Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-07-18 00:00:00

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[No. 14, of Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1792.
[Whole No. 336.]
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TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA.
JULY 6, 1792.
THE Subscriber offers for Sale, a Mill-Seat on Rock Creek, deemed by those who have examined it, equal to any in the United States. The Mill-House may be placed within one quarter of a mile of the river Potomac, half a mile from the market house in Georgetown, and one mile from the President's square, in the city of Washington—on tide water, navigable for vessels of several hundred bushels burthen.—The stream is sufficient, the year round, to turn four pair of stones, and the toll may be made from 25 to 30 feet. It is unnecessary to dwell on the advantages of such a situation.
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TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA.
JUNE 28, 1792.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of the late Rev. ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale on Thursday, the 11th of October next, at GEORGETOWN, on a credit of three years, the purchasers giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date—That valuable Seat of Land, in Montgomery county, called HAYES; the late dwelling plantation of the deceased, containing between six and seven hundred acres, the greatest part of which is rich, heavy timbered land, extremely well watered, and capable of affording a very considerable quantity of fine meadow;—Situated about 6 miles from the Federal City, and the same distance from George-Town, in a general neighbourhood, and a remarkable healthy part of the country.
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May 2.
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BANK of the UNITED STATES,
July 2d, 1792.
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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 low 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.
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RUN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Kent County, and State of Maryland, on Sunday the 27th May last, a NEGRO MAN, named HARR; 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 flockings, 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.
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FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION.
(CONTINUED.)
A Sketch of the general Trade of the United States.
THE coasting trade has become very great, and the derangement of the West-India trade must extend it exceedingly, during the current year, from the failure of molasses. The increase of manufactures, and foreign restrictions on other branches, have contributed to elevate this valuable part of our commerce; and the former (manufactures) will continue steadily to increase its importance. The vessels which take supplies of flour, and many other articles from the middle and northern states, to South-Carolina and Georgia, make very frequent voyages, and they return less than half laden; but if the planters should pursue the cultivation of hemp, flax, hops, and cotton, they may come back with full cargoes.—A similar remark may be justly made in regard to other states.
The fisheries do not appear to have recovered their former value; but it is plain they have increased yearly since the year 1789—and they are even now more valuable than they appear to be. The consumption of oil, whale-bone, skins of sea animals, spermaceti, and pickled and dried fish, is much greater in the United States at this time, than it was twenty years ago. The out-fits of the fishing vessels, too, are more from the industry and resources of the country than was formerly the case. Wherefore the general benefits resulting from the fisheries, are probably little less than before the revolution.
Remote as the United States are from all foreign nations, totally unconnected with their politics and having no temptation to wage war for territory, they cannot but advance in commercial and agricultural prosperity, if they preserve order and justice at home. Foreign restrictions will be necessarily less rigid, as occasions for supplies and pacific services from the United States shall arise; and these occasions must inevitably exist in every maritime nation, which shall engage in war, even with a country which is not itself maritime.
The prosecution of manufactures has created some increase of our foreign trade, and will extend it. If we did not pursue that branch of industry, we should not import copper, iron, and hemp, from the Baltic; cotton, saltpeetre, and white calicoes from India; and cocoa, dye-woods, mahogany, cotton and indies from the West-Indies and the southern part of the American continent. Some of these importations are regularly and extensively made; others are increasing. Without them we should have no intercourse with some of these countries, and much less than we now have with others. In like manner our intercourse with several countries is increased by manufactured exports. The demand for our potash, distilled spirits, ships and boats, steel, malt liquors, cheese, bar iron, flax, gunpowder, carriages and other articles, occasions a greater and more beneficial trade with many foreign ports. It is impossible to say how rapid and how considerable the progress of this part of our commerce will be. The exported manufactures of Great-Britain in 1791, were greater than those of fifty years ago, by twice the value of our present exports.
It is extremely favorable to American commerce, internal and foreign, that a variety of changes have taken place in the affairs of the world, which have opened branches of trade formerly withheld from us by monopoly, or other circumstances. The act of separation from Great Britain enabled us to trade to China, Bombay, and Surat; and the enterprise of our citizens soon discovered the way. The curious perfection of manufacturing machinery in Europe, has made it the interest of the foreign India companies to sell us their piece goods in the markets of the east, without taking them at second hand. The misfortunes of St. Domingo have increased our commerce in indigo; and will have the same effect upon cotton, and they are driving us rapidly into an internal trade in native spirits, which will of course lead to external commerce of the same kind. This will appear to be a matter of great importance, when it is remembered, that since the late peace, the foreign spirits imported have in some years been equal to one fifth of our exports. The failure of ship timber, which begins to appear every where in Europe, is enabling the United States to carry on ship building upon very advantageous terms. The profitable establishment of several banks of perfect credit with the most wary and judicious citizens and foreigners, is at once a proof and a great mean of commercial prosperity. The growth of cities, towns, and manufactures has given to the fisheries a more substantial basis in a considerable home demand, than they formerly had in a foreign one. The banishment of paper tenders, and ex post facto laws, and the interdiction of laws impairing the obligations of contracts, have placed our commerce upon a more honorable and solid footing, than it ever was before. The mint, the laws regulating seamen and the fisheries, the appreciation of the public debt, the spirit of improvement on roads, rivers and canals, the discovery of coal near navigable water, the late extension of the post office, the constant increase of light houses on the coasts, the introduction of auxiliary arts, and above all, the progress of agriculture have given facility, stability and extension to our trade, which were unknown before the revolution, and which in the distressful derangements of 1786 and 1787 appeared beyond the bounds of reasonable expectation.
MANIFESTO of the GOVERNMENT at BRUXELLES in answer to the declaration of war on the part of France.
PROCLAMATION.
MARIE CHRISTINE ALBERT-CASIMIR PRINCE Princess Royal of Hun-Royal of Poland and Lithuania and Bohemia, nia, Duke of Saxe-Teschen Archduchess of Austria, Grand-Crois of the Royal Order Duchesses of Burgundy, of St. Stephen, Field Marshal Lorraine and Saxe-Teschen of the Armies of his Majesty the King of Hungary and Bohemia, and of those of the Holy Roman Empire, &c.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOURS, and CAPTAINS
GENERAL of the Low Countries, &c. &c.
A FACTION, by which the kingdom of FRANCE has for four years been torn asunder, has just prevailed on his Most Christian Majesty, to sanction a Declaration of War against his Apostolical Majesty, our most honorable Lord and nephew. The first acts of hostilities seem to be directed against these Provinces; and the enemies of all order and power, who are meditating an aggression so unjust, found their hopes of success on the spirit of party which was unfortunately disseminated during the late troubles.
We will carefully attend to the defence of those provinces with the government of which we are entrusted, relying with confidence on the protection of the Lord of Hosts, who is pleased to manifest the effects of his omnipotence in favor of those who are inspired with a sacred respect for the laws, and for all powers by him ordained on the earth for the government of human societies.
We flatter ourselves that every class of citizens will be animated with one spirit, and that they will vigilantly attend to the maintenance of internal tranquility and the preservation of property, while we order to the frontiers part of his Majesty's troops, full of glory, and crowned by victory under the two last reigns, until the league, formed between several great powers, shall oppose a mound to the torrent of similar projects which menaces the overthrow of Europe.
We owe it to the faithful subjects of his Majesty, to inform them of the measures which we have adopted, during a whole year, in hopes of remaining at peace with France; and to warn them of the innumerable calamities which our enemies are eager to spread and perpetuate, under the specious veil of chimerical liberty, offered to a credulous multitude, by an impious sect of innovators, soi disant philosophers, as the infallible result of their mad projects. Theirs is not to war with the Princes of the earth, but against the religion of our ancestors, against social order, against prosperity, and against all the comforts which naturally flow from it. They have already, by the adoption of their absurd systems, plunged their country into all the horrors of anarchy. Jealous of the prosperity of those nations who still enjoy the fruits of social order, they have formed for their own protection the barbarous project of inspiring them with a similar delirium, of propagating their errors, and with them all the calamities with which the kingdom of France is at this time afflicted.
They have been, during a whole year, meditating and inventing pretexts for the aggression on which they had resolved. Having driven away from the bosom of France, by dint of persecutions, all those citizens who were attached to the established religion, and to the prerogatives hitherto held sacred by the fundamental laws of the kingdom, they have attempted to prevent them from enjoying in any part of the world, the sweets of hospitality which men reciprocally owe to each other. We have been extremely careful not to afford the slightest grounds of complaint, resolved not to meddle in the least degree, with the political government of any neighbouring states. We have taken care to prevent that anything should be attempted, or even written, in those provinces, against the constitution just established in France; and as a reward for our strict attention to the laws of good neighbourhood, a horde of factious vagabonds has been assembled on our frontiers, resolved on the execution of the most infernal plots. The most infamous writings against religion and against the constitutional authority of the sovereign, have been dispersed in these provinces. These writings were substantially the same as the speeches delivered in the midst of the authorised societies, in which the most atrocious crimes have been recommended as virtues, with a view to flatter the criminal propensities of a set of men, in hopes of reconciling them to a system, which in history will be the disgrace of the present generation.
All our remonstrances on this subject have been made in vain; and whilst we paid the greatest attention to complaints relative to armaments which had no existence, and to pretended insults offered to Frenchmen, all kinds of excesses have been multiplied against the subject of his Majesty, and committed on his territories, and we have never obtained on so many objects of complaint, anything more than promises of satisfaction, which have in no instance been performed; and when we have, on our part, exercised that vigilance, which was become necessary on the conduct of emissaries, who it was boasted openly, were sent into those provinces, on purpose to excite insurrections and to create anarchy, we have been insulted for having taken those precautions, which were construed into attempts against the safety and liberty of French travellers. On the other hand, we were applauded for having given orders to prevent the assembling of the unfortunate French gentlemen who had emigrated from the kingdom, and to oblige them to conform most strictly to the laws of simple hospitality, in order to preclude the possibility of their arming and forming themselves into military corps. (Concluded in our next.)

PARIS, May 9.
The relations of the unfortunate DILLON have published the following account of his death:
Relation of the Assassination of M. Theobald Dillon, Marechal de Camp, at Lisle, the 29th of April, 1792.
BY AN EYE WITNESS.
I DINED at Gen. Theobald Dillon's the day of the expedition at Tourney. In the course of the conversation, he many times testified his confidence in the good disposition and courage of the troops he commanded. Although I had been for these fifteen years his intimate friend, it was not until after the orders had been given to the troops, that I knew he was to march the same evening.
He quitted me in the afternoon to go to Gen. Daumont; at half past 7 o'clock the troops were under arms; they had the best appearance possible—a little before nine o'clock he went out at the head of the army, by the gate of Fisse. The next day [Sunday April 29.] at 9 o'clock, I went to Gen. Daumont, to ask him if there was any impropriety in my going to view the army, and if it was not necessary to have a passport? he replied in the negative.
Madame Dillon testified great uneasiness for her brother, but he assured me that it was without foundation; and from the orders the army had received, an engagement was not likely.
I mounted on horseback, and departed by the gate of Fisse, in order to see M. Dillon. At a place near the town I met four dragoons, who as soon as they saw me made signs by their sabres for me to return; crying that all was lost—That the army had been betrayed, and cut in pieces. I begged them not to spread the alarm in the town: but first to acquaint Gen. Daumont, and the principal officers of it.—They soon left me behind. I returned into town with a man without an uniform, who related that his comrade was killed by his side: with him was an officer of the national guards, on a horse belonging to one of the artillery carriages, who also cried that all was lost, betrayed, and cut to pieces, but he could not give any detail of particulars.
I took my domestic with me, and returned again on foot to the gate of Fisse. The street was full of soldiers and national guards, who impeded the passage of the cuirassiers, who began to enter in crowds with great disorder. The Swiss of Dielbach, who guarded the gate, had erected some works and stationed patrols on the outside: in the mean time the cavalry entered, raising the cry of treason, aristocrat, and a la lanterne .
The confusion now became general; many, without knowing who commanded, demanded the head of Rochambeau; I then went to the suburbs; the infantry now presented themselves, but in small numbers; the road was covered with cavaliers, all crying treason. Not one wounded, not even a horse; I asked many officers and soldiers news of the General; not one could give me any account of him; an officer of cuirassiers said, that he was surprised to hear me ask news of a general who had led them to butchery. The deputy marshal general (M. de V——) said that M. Dillon had given him orders to charge the cavalry. As soon as he perceived the enemy, he found them retiring and in general confusion. The soldiers informed me it would be imprudent to advance further; that the Austrian Hussars pressed them closely; I stopped some time, and advanced again. I had not yet heard the report of a fusée, nor seen a hussar, nor any person that had seen one. The road was now crowded with carts of baggage and peasantry, who fled with their moveables into the town. I again returned, the confusion was now great; the cry of lanterne , of Rochambeau, of traitor, of aristocrat, and noises from every side. The infantry now began to enter, and brought in three or four Austrians (one in a grey uniform, striped with green, and the others in round frocks.) A hundred steps from the gate, they hung an officer of engineers, M. Berthois, suspended by the feet with cords. I
saw more than twenty shots through his body, and a horse grenadier, as I was told, gave him a cut on the head with his sabre, and fired a pistol at his breast. Then the national guards and infantry took possession of him, I saw one of the Austrian prisoners killed, and two or three who were despatched, trampled under feet, and their bodies run through.
I heard the ridicule and the barbarous shouts of the soldiers, and saw them amuse themselves in striking the dead bodies with their hands. They were crowded in a wheel-barrow, with the officer of engineers. I shudder at the sight. The municipal officers arrived with a cart, in which they placed the dead bodies, and continued to abuse them. It is two o'clock, and I have not been able to hear the least news of the General, or the action. Not a wounded man has yet appeared, and among all the soldiers, not one seems to have been in battle, except a foot soldier, who had received some shot through his hat.
I remained in the street to observe the dispositions of the people About four o'clock I went towards Fisse gate. In the entrance of the street the agitation was great, and the howling most terrible. At last I heard the cry of "He's coming, he's coming, to the lantern." I asked, with a trembling voice, who? Dillon, they answered, the traitor, the aristocrat; we are going to tear him to pieces, he and all that belong to him.
Rochambeau must also perish, and all the nobility in the army. Dillon is coming in a cabriolet; his thigh is already broken, let's go and finish him. The cabriolet soon appeared; the General was in it, without a hat, with a calm and firm look; he was escorted by four horse guards; he had hardly passed through the gate, when more than an hundred bayonets were thrust in the cabriolet amidst the most horrible shouts! The horse guards made use of their sabres, it is true, but I don't know whether it was to defend themselves or to protect the General. The man who drove the cabriolet disappeared, the horse plunged, and no bayonets had yet been fatal, when a shot was fired into the carriage, and I think this killed M. Dillon, for I never saw him move afterwards: he was taken from the carriage and thrown into the street, when they trampled upon his body, and run a thousand bayonets through it. I neither heard from him complaints or groans,
Between seven and eight o'clock I went to the marker-place, where a great fire was lighted, in which his body was thrown. French soldiers danced round the burning body of their General; this barbarous scene was intermixed with the most savage howlings. Parties of Swiss were passing and repassing in good order during this atrocious scene, with the greatest indignation painted in their countenances. The sister of the General was also threatened; she changed her abode four times, being warned of her danger; nobody dared to shelter her in their houses; however, the night was passed in tranquility.
I have been lucky enough to save her from these cannibals, and the next day she set off for Paris.
This is what I have seen, and what I am ready to attest before any tribunal.
N. B. The original of this has been deposited at a Notary's, and a faithful copy delivered to the National Assembly, signed by the author. If any person should doubt the authenticity of the above, they may address themselves to James Migneret, Jacob street, Paris, or to the family of M. Dillon, who engage to answer them.
LONDON, May 23.
STATE OF SWEDEN,
As set forth in a letter from Stockholm, of April 24.
THE transactions at the diet of Gese having been grossly misrepresented, it will be well to undeceive the public in those particulars. It has been stated that the faction in the order of Noblesse , which has for many years opposed the royal authority, and endeavored to extend its influence to the other orders of the state, succeeded in bringing over to its party the deputies of the clergy,
citizens, and the whole order of peasants; which is untrue, as those three orders remained constantly attached to the late king, and at the diet of Gese gave him the greatest proofs of their love for him, and unlimited confidence in his wisdom. What was advanced respecting the propositions of the late king, touching an annual supply of 1,100,000 ounces of silver, the payment of his private debts, and the opening of a loan for ten millions, is equally false. The first proposition was never made by the king, but was an arrangement proposed by the secret committee itself, and was approved of by the states. With regard to the second, such an one could never have been made, as the king had no private debt; and as to the third, so far from desiring the opening of a new loan for ten millions, his majesty had the satisfaction of remitting to the secret committee a letter of credit for that sum, which the committee had left at his disposal last year, but which he had not made use of. The equestrian order, in communicating to the public the protocol of its deliberations, only did what was customary; no rigorous measures were taken to interrupt the publication of the deliberations of the orders of the peasants, or to hinder the publication of the state of the finances; and the restraint laid on the press was only confined to the printing of certain pamphlets, calculated to mislead the public. Many public prints also contained an account of some pretended representations, couched in very strong terms, which the states of Sweden made to the king at the late diet, respecting his participation in the affairs of France.—All these reports are absolutely false, as during the whole time of the assembly, there was no mention made of France, further than the passage in the speech of his Majesty at the opening of the diet.
SAVANNAH, May 31.
We hear a new edition is preparing for the Press of Mr. Church's elegant characteristical Poem, with notes, critical and explanatory—of which due notice will be given.
NORFOLK, (Virginia) July 7.
We are informed by Captain Cockran from Madeira, that the ship Illustrious President, of Richmond, Dennis Butler commander, bound on a voyage to India was at that Island; and that in consequence of some of the sailors belonging to the Illustrious President applying to the Captain of the British Frigate for protection, alleging they were Englishmen, the Briton had the audacity to board the Illustrious President and take out two sailors with their chests and bedding, (one of them a Swede, by birth); that our Consul there, John Marsden Pintard, Esq. by his spirited exertions on the occasion, succeeded in obtaining the two sailors, who were demanded by him of his Excellency the Governor of that Island, and given up to Mr. Pintard; but Captain Hargood either by mistake or on purpose, thought proper to take his departure from Madeira, before Mr. Pintard could have time to demand the chests and bedding of the poor sailors.—Captain Cockran has favored us with a copy of a letter written to Mr. Pintard, by Captain Butler on this occasion:
"Madeira 14th May, 1792. "JOHN M. PINTARD, Esq. "SIR, "RELIEVED at length from the difficulties so unjustifiably thrown in my way by Captain Hargood, commander of his Britannic Majesty's ship of War, Hyena, I this day propose sailing from Madeira. "The spirited exertions you have made to support the honor and independence of the American flag upon this occasion, calls not only for my warmest acknowledgments as far as I am individually concerned, but have a claim on the thanks of the whole commonwealth of America, when the matter is viewed as a public cause. "I regret not the delay and expense to which I have been put on this occasion, when I consider the manifest advantage of having fixed (I hope) a firm precedent, for the inviolability of the American flag in this port. "Permit me further, Sir, before I take leave of you, to thank you for the invariable politeness and hospi-
tality, which we have experienced from you, since our arrival in Madeira, and to assure you I shall ever retain a most grateful sense of them.
"I remain, dear Sir, "Your obedient, humble Servant. (Signed) "DENNIS BUTLER."
BOSTON, July 7.
Assassinations have not stopped in Sweden—an English paper of May 22, announces the confirmation of the report of the assassination of the Duke de Sudermania—Regent of Sweden.
Yesterday the selectmen and school-committee, attended by a large number of the clergy and principal citizens, visited the several public schools in this town, and were greatly pleased with the proficiency of the scholars. After which the whole partook at a sumptuous entertainment, prepared at Faneuil Hall.
HARTFORD, July 9.
THE destruction of Apples, by the canker-worm in various parts of the country is a serious and alarming calamity; and it is the duty of every man to contribute his mite towards restraining and avoiding the evil.
About a year ago a respectable gentleman who is more than eighty years of age, remarked to me, "that this species of worm never touch apple trees which stand on clay." I cast my eyes over the orchards in this town, and found the remark verified by facts. In the center of the town, where the soil is mostly a pure stiff clay, not a tree was affected by this devouring animal, and this gentleman informed me, the fact had been the same ever since his remembrance.
I have lately made a journey to the eastward, and am, by particular observations, convinced of the truth of the fact. I find wherever orchards stand on clay, or a cold moist springy soil, the trees remain untouched. A gravelly soil is not friendly to these worms; but if the gravel is mixed with a soft light earth, the trees thereon are considerably injured. On the other hand, gravel mixed with a hard clayey earth never admits the worm. In short, the lighter the earth where the trees stand, the earlier the worms appear and the more complete their ravages.
These facts suggest to farmers the propriety of choosing such spots on their farms for their orchards, as do not admit the worm; for hard clay and cold moist earth do not furnish this animal with agreeable lodgings.
I would further just hint to farmers who have not a choice of soils for orchards, the possibility that by plowing or digging up the earth under the trees, just before winter, and exposing the worm to the action of rain and frost, they may perhaps destroy them or so lessen the number, as to save the fruit of the succeeding year.
ALBANY, July 9.
Capt. Guion of the 3d United States regiment, sailed for New Brunswick on Thursday last, on his way to the western country, with a company consisting of about 60 young likely recruits enlisted in this city.
Capt. Rogers' company of horse sailed from this city yesterday for New Brunswick on their way to the western country.
INFORMATION.
For several months past, a post has regularly rode from this city to Whites-town, in Herkemer county, once a fortnight; it now gives us great pleasure to add, that several patriotic gentlemen on the Genesee country, have established a post from Whites-town—who there meets the one from this city; and in his circuit, (which is also once a fortnight) he passes through Geneva, Canandaqua, Canawaragus and Williamburgh on the Genesee-river. By this establishment, a safe and direct conveyance is opened between the most interior parts of the United States to the west, and the several states in the union: The printers of the Albany Gazette, to facilitate the communication thus opened, will receive and take charge of all letters and packages, sent to their care (post paid) either for or from the Genesee country or the county of Herkemer, and attend particularly to their being safely delivered or forwarded, free of any charge or expense for their trouble.

S A L E M, July 3.
Capt. Thomas Putnam, of the brig William and Henry, arrived yesterday from Copenhagen, which he left the 8th of May.
Ankerstrom, the Swedish regicide, he informs, has been executed, pursuant to his sentence. He was publicly whipped three different times, in the market places—ignominiously exposed to view in the pillory—his right hand was cut off—and finally he was BEHEADED, quartered, and exposed at the common place of execution. To the last he gloried in the deed, by which, he said, he had rid his country of a tyrant.
PROVIDENCE, July 7.
Extract of a letter from a very respectable mercantile house at Copenhagen, dated May 10.
"We are convinced it will be absolutely necessary that our government encourages the American trade, by reducing the duty—and our Mr. Saabye being favored with the consulship for your states, we make no doubt may influence it very much."
Yesterday morning a fine Salmon, weighing 22lb, was caught above the great bridge; the first instance of that species of fish having been taken here.
NEW-BRUNSWICK, July 10.
Anniversary of American Independence.
The ever memorable fourth of July was celebrated in this city, neither by the ringing of bells, the discharge of cannon, nor by the noisy battle of a promiscuous crowd; but in social mirth and pleasantry. The morning being unfavorable; the orations which were designed to be delivered, by two members of the Federal Society were omitted. At 3 o'clock the Society sat down at Mr. Drake's and partook of an excellent repast; after which the following toasts were drank:
 1. The President of the United States.  2. The Vice-President and both Houses of Congress.  3. The Governor and State of New-Jersey.  4. The Ministers of the gospel, and all patrons of virtue and learning.  5. May the love of truth, knowledge and religion, ever be the characteristics of the sons of America.  6. May the 4th of July, ever be celebrated in such a manner as to inspire us with gratitude, for the blessings of liberty.  7. May the union and friendship which now subsist between the different States, long continue, as the Harbinger of national respect and felicity.  8. May the allies of this country, enjoy, without interruption, the blessings of peace and freedom.  9. May the arts and sciences be encouraged, and agriculture and commerce, ever be cherished by the hand of industry.  10. The fair daughters of America, may they ever repay the protectors of their country, and lovers of virtue with their smiles, and long remain the favorites of heaven.  11. In memory of the departed heroes of America.  12. May the western wilderness, become the garden of innocence, and its savage inhabitants the pruners of the olive branch of peace.  13. May the hoary head be respected throughout the world, and the tear of sorrow be dried up.  14. The federal society, may her sons be famed for friendship, knowledge and the love of generous deeds.  15. May lasting peace continue her grateful influence over America, and may all mankind partake of the blessing. 
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
THERE are some strictures in the Connecticut Journal of the 11th instant, on the subject of the contested election in the State of New-York, in which the writer says, that votes in favor of Mr. Jay were rejected by the canvassing committee, "because the name was not orthographically written, and according to the latest improvements;" while at the same time this very committee admitted "sundry votes which came up under exactly parallel circumstances with the rejected." The votes of the rejected counties, the writer further says, he is informed, were left till the scrutiny had proceeded so far as to evince, that the election would be lost to them if the whole were admitted. Then were questions made which would probably have never been moved, had an evident majority appeared in their favor. "Those that run may read" and "wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."
How differently men pretend to think. An article in the National Gazette of Saturday last, denominated an "extract of a letter from New-York," in reference to this business, says, "the present case [that is the agitation which the citizens of New-York are thrown into by the decision of the majority of the canvassing committee] I take to be similar to what is sometimes observed in courts, where the pleader who makes the most noise, has generally the worst side of the question. It is somewhat extraordinary to see men, who were avowedly hostile to the American Revolution in the dark days of adversity, now assuming the garb of patriotism, and endeavoring to take the lead in government; men who but the other day were begging pardon of their country for inimical conduct, now endeavoring to establish a government by committees through the State."
The above remarks from the National Gazette, verify an observation which sometime since appeared in the Gazette of the United States, viz. "That the writers in that paper can take both sides of a question, and support each with equal zeal and ability;" for, though societies, or which are the same, committees for the purpose of subverting the present government of the United States comprise the essence of republicanism, yet the appointment of committees to vindicate the violated rights of election, according to these consistent and learned writers is "throwing the tory weight into the federal scale!"
Philadelphia, July 18.
Saturday last, the 14th of July, being the anniversary of the French Revolution, the fame was noticed in this city by various demonstrations of joy.
The vessels in the harbor were dressed in their colours; and a French vessel saluted the day by frequent firings.
Several select companies celebrated the anniversary in a convivial manner—and the evening was closed by a brilliant display of fire-works, which received the applause of a vast concourse of spectators.
The following toasts were drank by the gentlemen assembled at Oellers' Hotel, after partaking of a splendid repast, viz.
 1. The French Nation; their Constitution, and King.  2. May the freedom which dawned on this day, encircle the globe.  3. Victory to the French armies over the foes to Liberty.  4. Liberty or Death.  5. The President of the United States.  6. Agriculture, Parent of Virtue and Independence.  7. Commerce and Manufactures.  8. The Fair of France and America—may each weave a Cap of Liberty for a husband.  9. Peace to all the world—may it learn to prize and preserve it.  10. The Patriotic King, Stanislaus Augustus.  11. The United States—may they prove an asylum to Patriots of every part of the world.  12. The Rights of Men.  13. The political virtues of Mirabeau—may they cover his foibles.  14. The old Thirteen—may the number be sacred to every American mind.  15. The memory of those who have fallen in defence of Liberty.  16. The two new States—may they be a blessing in the Union.  17. Le Jour.—The Day. 
Abstract of further European intelligence.
THE Polish malcontents, those disaffected to the new constitution of Poland, receive every encouragement from the Empress of Russia—and three Russian generals are appointed to invade that kingdom with 60,000 men—Poland has however a fund lately created of 400 millions—The Stadholder has been warned by a letter, of a plot against him—The King of the French it is said has made another attempt to escape—[Luis is doubted]—In the Austrian army there are several corps whose arms are very dangerous and destructive—the Tirolese are natives of the country of Tiro, which lies on the Alps, these are dextrous marksmen armed with short rifles—The Chasseurs on horseback and on foot have guns of the same form with the Tirolese, but longer—The Pandours and Croats are trained to firing at marks, and will hit a dollar with a common musket at a 100 paces distant—These soldiers hide themselves in woods, ravins and behind houses, and fire at an enemy without being seen—to these the French Carabiniers will be opposed.
A long debate took place in the British House of Commons the 11th May, on a motion bro't forward by Mr. Fox, for the repeal of sundry provisions in several of the religious penal statutes—this motion he supported in his usual style of animation and argument—it was opposed by Mr. Burke and Mr. Pitt—Lord North gave it a partial support.—The House divided on the question, when there appeared for the motion 63, against it 142—majority 79.
It is said that the Spanish troops on the frontiers of Spain are deserting every day by hundreds—The King of the French has settled the indemnities due to the Princes, landholders in Alsace—He has also granted an unlimited leave of absence to M. Rochambeau—The army destined for the attack of Portorico had succeeded in that enterprise—the imperialists having evacuated the place on the approach of the French troops.—The Swedish and French ministers plenipotentiary were both received in form at the British court the 2d May, and delivered their credentials.—The accounts given from English papers of the late defeats of the French troops, correspond with those since received from Paris, and published there in the most approved papers—whatever may be thought or said to the contrary, it cannot be for the permanent interest of a printer to publish falsehoods—'A lying tongue is but for a moment.'—M. de Carl has taken possession of Furnes, a city in Flanders—The inhabitants received the French troops and furnished them with refreshments—This detachment returned to Dunkirk.
Accounts from Lisle say, that good order is perfectly restored in the French army—Several skirmishes of inconsiderable consequence had taken place since the late actions—The accounts from Marseilles are unpleasant—Savoy is said to be in a state of fermentation—The King of Sardinia has sent a large body of troops into the country, he says he prefers seeing the country in flames to seeing it in a state of insurrection—An account from Holland says the Empress of Russia is dead—If so, a most formidable triumvirate will be taken off—Court Martial are ordered for the trial of those dragoons of the 5th and 6th regiments who cried out treason in the late actions. M. Servain is appointed minister of war in the place of M. De Grave—The regiment Royal Allemand has totally deserted to the enemy; the loss of the horses is regretted.
The new ministry of France are making a thorough clearance of all the persons employed in all the departments and offices of state, and appointing others in their stead.—Great suspicions prevail, both in Paris and in the army, that the enemies of the revolution have introduced their creatures into the court and into the army—that from these the late misfortunes originated—and that it is in vain to expect success till all traitors are properly disposed of.
The National Assembly of France have established a fund to defray the expense of educating the children of parents who have suffered at St. Domingo.—The children to be brought up in the principles of the constitution.
The Quebec gazette of the 10th May, contains a proclamation of the King of Great Britain, dividing the Province of Lower Canada into districts, for the purpose of chusing members of the Legislative Council, and of the Assembly—the writs to bear teste on the 24th May inst. returnable the 10th day of July following.
The Albany Gazette says, that a deputation from the Chiefs of the Five Nations, are on their way to the Miami Village, where a treaty is shortly to be held by the hostile Indians. This deputation is sent under the direction of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and charged with a message from the Executive of the United States to the said Indians, demanding a cessation of hostilities until measures can be taken to bring about a general treaty of peace.
The same Gazette says, Capt. Joseph Brandt returned through that city on the 6th instant, from his visit to the President of the United States. Capt. Brandt has expressed himself as much pleased with the reception he met with from the President, and the polite treatment he has received during his whole tour. We are informed that his best endeavors will be used to establish a treaty of friendship between the United States and the present hostile tribes of Indians; and that it is more than probable, on his return home, he will immediately set off for the Miami Village.
The premiums of the Albany society for the encouragement of the manufacture of maple sugar have been awarded and paid, viz. The first, of 75 dollars, to Thaddeus Scriner, of Herkemer county; he having produced 600 pounds of grained maple sugar of superior quality. The second premium, of 50 dollars, to Comfort Cook, of Otsego county; this quality was equal to the best muscovado. The third premium, of 25 dollars, was paid to John Harris and Rayner Huntley, of Milton, Saratoga county.
The Legislature of Massachusetts adjourned the 2d instant, to the first Wednesday of November next.
The foundation of a new Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia, was laid on the 4th July.
The violent gust of wind on the first instant was very extensive; its effects were severely felt in various parts of the Union, from the state of Massachusetts to Cape-Hatteras.
The fate of Mr. Fox's motion for the repeal of sundry odious penal statutes against the Dissenters from the established Church of England, is an event which could scarcely be conceived of at this enlightened period of the world.
A very handsome address was presented to General Sumpter, by the officers of the regiment of Clermont and Clarendon counties, in South-Carolina, on his return from attending Congress; in which they recapitulate some of his services in the field during the late war—thank him for his defence of the character of the militia of that state, in Congress, from the aspersions thrown on it in certain letters during the late war—and for the republican sentiments which he supported on the floor of Congress.—The General, in his reply, thanks the officers for their approbation of his conduct—that his sentiments respecting the insidious imputations on the patriotism, moral and military characters of the southern people, particularly the South-Carolinians, are corroborated by so many testimonies against the fallacy of them.—He expresses his gratitude for the friendly reception they had given him on his return, and for their favorable sentiments of his public conduct in the various stations to which he had been appointed.
The present posture of affairs in Europe exhibits a more interesting scene, than ever was before displayed on that great theatre of battles, sieges, intrigues, murders, assassinations, enterprize, genius, learning, ignorance, folly, frivolity, tyranny, slavery, freedom and what not.
An universal effervescence is apparent—kingdoms, states, and empires are convulsed—the struggles of reason, right, and liberty have produced the fermentation—the faces of despotism, superstition and prejudice will be purged away, and the pure waters of life, transparent and invigorating, will remain: these will be imbibed in copious draughts by an enlightened race of men, who have for ages been drinking the inebriating and intoxicating potions prescribed for them by the emissaries of darkness—the traitors to the dignity of human nature.
Mr. Abraham Hodge has published proposals for printing a newspaper at Halifax, North-Carolina, to be entitled, The North-Carolina Journal . Mr. Hodge says, The general and well-founded complaints that have so long prevailed among a considerable and respectable part of the citizens of this state for the want of a proper knowledge of the affairs of government, and a due communication of intelligence, being happily removed by the late act of Congress for the establishment of the post-office: and the routes of the posts being directed through various of the interior parts of the state, whereby a channel is opened for an extensive circulation of a newspaper—he has, by the advice of his friends, been induced to embark in the present undertaking.
The issue of the present contest between the combined powers and the French nation, must be favorable to the rights of man,
For there can be no doubt that the French will zealously defend their country, and the revolution they have accomplished; their enemies may for a time be partially successful—but this success will bring the people, now under the dominion of prejudice and tyranny, in more immediate contact, and make them more fully acquainted with, those ennobling principles which cannot fail to have a powerful influence on their minds. The result will be, under every possible contingency of the contest, that the despots of Europe must in their own defence, and to preserve any semblance of power and government, meliorate the condition of the great mass of their subjects.
The President of the United States arrived at Baltimore last Saturday, on his route to Virginia.
The Post-Master General of the United States, is now on a visit to the various Post-Offices in the Northern States.
Accounts have been published in several papers of the capture of Tippo Saib's capital, Seringapatam, by the forces under Lord Cornwallis. The whole now appears to be a fabrication in London, for jobbing purposes. Later and authentic intelligence, states, that Cornwallis had taken some small forts, was on his march towards Seringapatam, and that Tippo had made some propositions for peace, which were not acceded to.
His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq. on the third inst. was qualified into office as Governor of the state of New-York; and the day following elected President of the Society of the Cincinnati in that state.
We are informed in the National Gazette of Saturday last, that the new regulation of the post-office in respect to newspapers, is "an unhappy affair, and will make the ensuing general election not so satisfactory a touchstone of the public mind as it ought to have been. For it is certain that in many places where the information contained in the papers will not now circulate, the elections will turn very differently from what they would, if the people knew as much as is known here on the spot."
The Salem Gazette some time ago contained a remark to the following purport—"Some printers, at the seat of government, seem to think that the people at a distance from that favorite spot, are so ignorant, that they know nothing."
The author of the above quotation from the National Gazette, is undoubtedly well informed; for it is certainly true that the people in the different parts of the Union, are determined to see, hear and judge for themselves; and altho' they have been admonished, catechized, scolded, corrected, berated, beatup, befooled, and otherwise politely, candidly, honestly and fairly treated for more than nine months past, by the truly benevolent, federal and principled supporters of the National Gazette—Yet alas! alas! "the elections will turn very differently from what" these sage conservators, of republicanism had fondly and anxiously anticipated. Alas! alas! that this is true.
FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
TO THE HON. JOHN JAY, Esq.
BORN thro' the paths of Fame to move, Grac'd by a graceful people's love, Whether the helm of State you guide,* Or bid the storm of War subside,† Or, to the clement Virtues dear, From Africk catch the falling tear § Or, with a voice, whole dulcet strain Might sooth the sad'ning soul of pain, O'er the stern courts of Law preside,¶ Nor seem to lean on mercy's side, Or, in thy soft retirement blest, Feel all the FATHER warm thy breast, Thine is fair VIRTUE's noblest cause, And thine the summit of APPLAUSE.
Nor shall a faction's fraudulent way E'er tear one laurel'd wreath away; To thee the generous heart extends, For thee the patriot prayer ascends, On thee the rightful suffrage falls, For thee the SACRED PEOPLE calls. Wrong'd of their hopes the numerous band, Determin'd wait thy guiding hand, E'en while degraded FREEDOM turns To where defeated FRIENDSHIP mourns; Thus when the midnight vap'ry breath In clouds obscure the tyvan Heath, No strains of Mufick cheer the vale, No floweret scents the fresh'ning gale, Till the BRIGHT SUN's benignant ray Dispels the gloom, and pours the day.
PHILENIA.
 * As member of the first Congress.  † One of the plenipotentiaries who formed the treaty of peace.  § President of the first society for the abolition of the slave trade.  ¶ Chief Justice of the United States. 
MR. FENNO, The following Lines were wrote under a mezzotinto print of the celebrated Doctor MAYHEW, of Boston, by a native of that place;—as I do not recollect having ever seen them in print, their poetic merit and the justness of the character drawn of that real patriot, will doubtless lead you to publish them.
Yours, C.
WHAT tho' the artist's curious touch may paint, And strike an outside of the ascended faint; Deep in our breasts a surer print is wrought, Who saw him live the Doctrines that he taught: Just, wise and good—as FREEDOM's champion bold, TRUTH his Religion,—CHARITY his gold! Such once was MAYHEW—such his righteous end; Heav'n now rewards him—HOLLIS was his friend!
S. Q.
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July 18.
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FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
YOU are requested to republish the following, being the proceedings of the People of Otsego County, in consequence of the high-handed infringement as they conceive, of their rights of suffrage in the late election of Governor, &c.
I am the more induced to request this, as the conduct of the friends of Mr. Jay, who really were the majority on this occasion has been very unfavorably represented in a paper published in this city entitled the National Gazette .
The estimates of votes, extracts of letters from New-York, paragraph, &c. in that National Gazette are merely quotations from the most virulent publications on the subject which have appeared in New-York; but have been brought forward with so much zeal and attention, as to shew that one spirit actuates the whole of the junto, who will stick at nothing to carry points. In the National Gazette of the 14th inst. they say, that the measures adopted by the electors of the State of New-York to obtain redress of their violated rights "is one of the blessed effects of that policy, which professes to check the levity of popular government, by the introduction of Toryism, and controuling the predominant spirit of democracies by throwing the Tory weight into the federal scale." The Resolutions, are spirited, patriotic and federal; they are a genuine exhibition of the spirit of '75.
Your's, A. B.
At a numerous Meeting of the Freeholders of the county of Otsego, State of New-York, held the thirtieth day of June, at the Court-House, on the solemn occasion of taking into consideration the violent attack made by a majority of the canvassers on the SUFFRAGES of the freeholders of said county; Samuel Tubbs, in the chair. After some time spent in debating, the meeting appointed James Applin, Solomon Pier, Darius Warren, Isaac Stacy, Daniel Johnson, Joseph Culver, John Adams and Rufus Hall, to be a committee to report to the Meeting certain resolutions, proper for the electors of this county to adopt and pursue, when after due deliberation, the committee returned with the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the meeting.
I. RESOLVED, That we resent the insinuations promulgated by vile defamers, of our being compelled to vote through fear—and, that we are not in possession of property enough to entitle us to vote for governor, by the laws of this State; that being the language of vassals to a tyrant only .
II. Resolved, That we will hold in perpetual contempt the names of those hardy and chosen seven canvassers, who with deliberate wickedness, deprived us of the rights of citizenship contrary to law, good conscience and common sense.
III. Resolved, That we will revere the memory of the virtuous four, who protested against the insult committed on the sacred rights of more than twelve hundred freeholders, whose feelings are as acute, and views (in transmitting to posterity their invaluable privileges) as liberal as those of any other part of this State.
IV. Resolved, That we now report to the citizens of this State that there are EIGHT HUNDRED and TWENTY families now settled in the town of Otsego, as per the last return, most of which are freeholders entitled to vote for governor, although false and bale men have advised that there is not one hundred.
V. Resolved, That those law characters who passed through our county procuring affidavits from vagrant persons, and unprincipled wretches, are unworthy our notice, seeing that their views were calumny pointed against a valuable inhabitant among us, the father of our country.
VI. Resolved, That we will pursue with manly firmness such modes of redress as the well wishers to the State of New-York, shall advise us from time to time.
VII. Resolved, That if not advised to the contrary we will as one man quietly march down to New-York, and solicit of the legislature our dearest and highly prized rights, as a testimony to our children that they may see that their fathers did not quietly submit to a precedent operating in favor of tyranny.
VIII. Resolved, That we consider the present administration no less an usurpation than that of the famous Kouli Khan, that being obtained by the sacrifice of one man, this by sacrificing the privileges of twelve hundred.
IX. Resolved, That as it hath been reported we were unfairly influenced to oppose the re-election of the present governor, that we unanimously deny the charge, and will contradict that envious insinuation by stating the reasons of our objections as follows.
1st. Because, was he a good man, he has already been too long in that important office.
2d. Because, he was a vigorous opposer of that constitution that has been the salvation of our country; that has made us respectable at foreign courts, and nervous in our domestic operations; that has raised the soldiers pay from 2/6 to 20/ on the pound. To prevent the adoption of which he came forward with ignorant obstinacy and threw the State into violent par-
ties, only kept from desperate acts by an overruling Providence.
3d. Because, he is a man of passion and party, and of resentment deeper than the grave.
4th. Because, he joined in an advertisement, purporting to the good people of this State, to bring down information to New-York, of the lands they wanted to purchase, with their boundaries and price, and wait six weeks for an answer. Many went and returned dissatisfied, declaring, that they were only made fools of, to carry down information of the boundaries of good lands that the governor's friends by bidding above them, might engross the whole.
5th. Because, we humbly conceive that he was not so ignorant as not to know, that after selling at more than three shillings per acre many large tracts of lands that others equally well situated were worth more than 8d—at which price, he has sold near four million of acres, to Alex. Mc'Comb, with a privilege of leaving one or two sixths of the mountains on the hands of the people of this State, for a trifling forfeiture; most of which land we firmly believe our brethren of New-England, would gladly pay interest for at the rate of eight shillings per acre; which leads us to consider this single sale, as a sacrifice of near one million of money, not to mention the nature of the sale, being discouraging to agriculture and the commerce of this State, as it is now for sale in Europe—who when they own the soil, will certainly turn the commerce through their own government of Canada.
6th. Because, for hidden purposes, he commissioned the infamous Griswold, in our county, and since that has made partial and disgusting appointments amongst us—for the purpose we verily believe of raising a party devoted to his designs.
7th. Because, a majority of the people of this State do not approve of him.
8th. Because, JOHN JAY is a better man.
9th. Because, when men in posts of great trust, are partial to a party, they become dangerous and ought to be removed; as the present instance of the canvassers affords a striking figure. When our sacred privileges, every other way so well guarded, were trusted in the hands of corrupt men, they were flagrantly violated and we left in a deplorable situation. Therefore,
10. Resolved, That as we have seen the reasons assigned by the seven canvassers for their conduct, we are unanimously of opinion, that it is a frivolous excuse for such a violent outrage. —They say "there was reason to suspect fraud" —Would those monsters in iniquity destroy us on suspicion without a hearing? Why did they not declare the truth at once—"That they suspected the box of Otsego would, if canvassed, remove George Clinton from office," which was certainly the sole cause they were rejected.
11. Resolved, That we do now pledge ourselves to each other, not to separate till the last extremity—that we will pay cheerfully, according to our abilities, such expence as may arise in regaining our rights, and fixing a lasting stigma on those veterans in corruption who have rendered from us that which is more valuable to posterity than our lives!—The insult is too great for the souls of FREEMEN to bend to!
SAMUEL TUBBS, Chairman. JOEL GREEN, Clerk.
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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.
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For further particulars enquire of Messrs. Moses Austin & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above.
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SOCIETY FOR ESTABLISHING USEFUL MANUFACTURES.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Society for establishing useful manufactures, held at New-York, on Friday the eighteenth day of May, 1792, at which time was passed the following. Supplement to an ordinance, entitled, "An ordinance for securing the punctual payment of the monies due on the subscriptions to the society for establishing useful manufactures."
WHEREAS by the third section of the ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for securing the punctual payment of the monies due on the subscriptions to the society for establishing useful manufactures," it is ordained, that if any subscriber or his assigns, shall neglect to pay the second, third or fourth payment of his, her or their respective subscriptions, for the space of three days after the expiration of the time limited by the law of incorporation for the said payments, that is to say, the second payment, on the 13th day of July, 1792: that then and in that case, all and every share or shares, of such person or persons, so neglecting to make such payments as aforesaid, and the monies by them previously paid, shall be forfeited, and forever thereafter vested in the said directors and their successors for the common benefit of the said society.
And whereas circumstances render it inexpedient to exact full payment of the second instalment on the said thirteenth day of July next, or within three days thereafter.
Be it therefore ordained, by the deputy governor and directors of the society for establishing useful manufactures, that if the said second payment shall be made in manner following, that is to say, one equal third part thereof, on or before the thirteenth day of August next, one other equal third part thereof, on or before the thirteenth day of September next, and one other equal third part thereof, on or before the thirteenth day of October next, with lawful interest computed thereon from the said thirteenth day of July next, that then and in such case, the said penalty mentioned in the said section, shall not be exacted, any thing in the said ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.
A. MERCER, Dep. Gov.
Extract from the minutes,
JAMES GRIFFITHS, Clerk.
The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Editor hereof.