Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-06-25 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 17, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1791.
[Whole No. 225.]
FROM THE (BOSTON) COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
MR. RUSSELL,
IN examining the question whether the English nation, have a right, fundamentally to demolish their present form of government, it becomes necessary to inquire whether Mr. PAINE's assertion that there is no such thing as an English constitution, be really true? This question may, perhaps, in some measure affect the people of America. For if the government of Great-Britain, is an usurpation, it may be worthy of consideration how far we are bound by treaties, which do not reciprocally bind the inhabitants of that Island.
"A Constitution," says Mr. PAINE, "is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal, but a real existence; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none." Mr. PAINE should have gone further, and told us, whether like a deed it must be written on paper or parchment, or whether it has a larger latitude, and may be engraved on stone, or carved in wood. From the tenor of his argument it should seem, that he had only the American Constitutions in his mind, for excepting them, I believe he would not find in all history, a government which will come within his definition; and of course, there never was a people that had a constitution, previous to the year 1776. But the word with an idea affixed to it, had been in use, and commonly understood, for centuries before that period, and therefore Mr. PAINE must, to suit his purpose, alter its acceptations, and in the warmth of his zeal for revolutions, endeavor to bring about a revolution in language also. When all the most illustrious whig writers in England have contended for the liberty of their country upon the principles of the English constitution; when the glorious Congress of 1774 declared that "the inhabitants of the English colonies in North-America were entitled to certain rights by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts," they knew very well what they meant, and were perfectly understood by all mankind. Mr. PAINE says that "A constitution is to a government, what the laws, made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature." But, when the American States, by their constitutions, expressly adopted the whole body of the common law, so far as it was applicable to their respective situations, did they adopt nothing at all, because that law cannot be produced in a visible form? No, Sir, the constitution of a country is not the paper or parchment upon which the compact is written, it is the system of fundamental laws, by which the people have consented to be governed, which is always supposed to be impressed upon the mind of every individual, and of which the written or printed copies are nothing more than the evidence.
In this sense, Sir, the British nation have a constitution, which was for many years the admiration of the world; the people of America, with very good reason, have renounced some of its defects, and infirmities. But in defence of some of its principles, they have fought and conquered. It is composed of a venerable system of unwritten or customary laws handed down from time immemorial, and sanctioned by the accumulated experience of ages; and of a body of statutes enacted by an authority lawfully competent to that purpose. Mr. PAINE is certainly mistaken when he considers the British government, as having originated in the conquest of William of Normandy. This principle of being governed by an oral or traditional law prevailed in England eleven hundred years before that invasion. It has continued to this day, and has been adopted by all the American States. I hope they will never abolish a system so excellent, merely because it cannot be produced in a visible form. The constitution of Great-Britain is a constitution of principles, not of articles, and however frequently it may have been violated by tyrants, monarchical, aristocratical or democratical, the people have always found it expedient to restore the original foundations, while from time to time they have been successful in improving and ornamenting the building.
The people of England are bound therefore by a social compact now existing. And they have no right to demolish their government, unless it be clearly incompetent for the purposes for which
it was instituted. They have delegated their whole collective power to a legislature, consisting of a king, lords and commons, and they have included even the power of altering the constitution itself. Should they abuse this power so that the nation itself should be oppressed, and their rights to life, liberty, and property instead of protection, should meet with tyranny, the people would certainly be entitled to appeal in the last resort to themselves, to resume the trust which has been so unworthily betrayed, and (not to do whatever they should choose, but) to form another constitution, which should more permanently secure the natural rights of the whole community. The same may be said of the National Assembly of France, who according to Mr. PAINE's idea, are possessed of the whole collective power of the nation, and who seem like him to think they have a right to do whatever they choose. Mr. PAINE says, that "the authority of the present assembly is different to what the authority of future assemblies will be." But if the present assembly should decree that all future national assemblies should possess the same power with themselves, it would certainly be binding as an article of the constitution. Mr. PAINE, indeed, will not acknowledge this, and it is the second right which he denies his nation, which at the same time has a right to do every thing. Mr. PAINE's ideas upon this subject appear to have been formed by a partial adoption of the principle upon which Rousseau founds the social compact. But neither the principle of Rousseau, nor that of Mr. PAINE, is true. Rousseau contends that the social compact is formed by a personal association of individuals, which must be unanimously assented to, and which cannot possibly be made by a representative body. I shall not at present spend my time in shewing that this is neither practicable nor even metaphysically true. I shall only observe, that its operation would annihilate in an instant, all the power of the National Assembly, and turn the whole body of the American constitutions (the pride of man, the glory of the human understanding) into a mass of tyrannical and unfounded usurpations. Mr. PAINE does not go quite so far, but we must examine whether his arguments are not equally wide from the truth. "A government, says he, on the principles on which constitutional governments arising out of society are established, cannot have the right of altering itself. Why not? Because, if it had, it would be arbitrary." But this reason is not sufficient. A nation in forming a social compact may delegate the whole of their collective powers to ordinary legislatures in perpetual succession, and reserve only the right of resisting the abuse of those powers; and every other question relative to the reservation of powers to the nation, must be only a question of expediency. The same power which the present national assembly possess in France, is by the English constitution, constantly vested in the king and parliament of Great-Britain; and the people in both kingdoms have the same right to resist and punish the abuse of that power. Surely, Sir, the people of the United States have a constitution, although they have given the power of making alterations, to those by whom it is administered, in conjunction with the State legislatures. Surely, the people of Massachusetts have a constitution, though it provides for certain alterations by the ordinary legislatures, and though since it was formed, such alterations have accordingly been made. The constitutions of several of the United States, are expressly made alterable in every part by their ordinary legislatures. I think there is not one of them, but admits of alterations without recurring to "the nation in its original character." Yet Mr. PAINE will surely acknowledge that the American constitutions arose out of the people and not over them. His principle therefore "that a constitutional government cannot have the right of altering itself" is not true. In forming their constitution a nation may reserve to themselves such powers as they think proper. They may reserve only the unalienable right of resistance against tyranny. The people of England have reserved only this right. The French national assembly have been in session more than two years, to make laws nominally paramount to their future legislatures: I shall hazard some observations upon this subject, when I attempt to follow Mr. PAINE, through his comparison between the French and English constitutions. But
as the English have delegated all their power, I contend they have no right in their original character to change their form of government, unless it has become incompetent for the purposes, for which all governments are instituted. I am aware of the question which will occur here, Who is to judge of this incompetency? and I am aware of the triumphant manner in which it may be asked. But a triumph is not my object, and in the pursuit of truth I shall venture in my next number to consider this subject.
PUBLICOLA.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE COD AND WHALE FISHERIES. [CONTINUED.]
No. XII. State of the WHALE-FISHERY in Massachusetts, from 1771 to 1775.
   PORTS from which the equipments were made. Number vessels fitted out annually for the northern fishery. Their tonnage. Number vessels fitted out annually for the southern fishery. Their tonnage. Number of seamen employed. Barrels spermaceti oil taken annually. Barrels of whale oil taken annually.     Nantucket, 65 4875 85 10200 2025 26000 4000   Wellfleet, 20 1600 10 1000 420 2250 2250   Dartmouth, 60 4500 20 2000 1040 7200 1400   Lynn, 1 75 1 120 28 200 100   Mar. Vineyard, 12 720 156 900 300   Barnstable, 2 150 26 240   Boston, 15 1300 5 700 260 1800 600   Falmouth, county of Barnstable, 4 300 52 400   Swansey, 4 300 52 400   183 13820 121 14020 4059 33990 8650  
State of the WHALE-FISHERY, from 1787 to 1789, both inclusive.
   Nantucket, 18 1350 18 2700 487 3800 8260   Wellfleet & other ports at Cape Cod 12 720 4 400 212 1920   Dartmouth, 45 2700 5 750 650 2700 1750   Cape Ann, 2 350 28 1200   Plymouth, 1 60 13 100   Mar. Vineyard, 2 120 1 100 39 220   Boston, 6 450 78 360   Rochester and Wareham, 7 420 1 90 104 800   91 5820 31 4390 1611 7980 13130  
True Copy. Attest, JOHN AVERY, jun. Sec'y. N. B. About one quarter of the spermaceti is head-matter, one quarter of which was exported to Great-Britain, the remainder manufactured into candles. The spermaceti oil, previous to the revolution, was mostly exported to Great-Britain. The average price in that market for five years previous to the war, about forty pounds sterling for the spermaceti oil, and fifty pounds for head. The whale oil was formerly about one half exported to the French and English West-India islands, the other half sold in the United States. The average price of this oil, about seventy dollars per ton. A whale producing one hundred and twenty barrels whale oil, will generally produce two thousand pounds bone, which was chiefly exported to Great-Britain, the price about half a dollar per pound. A whale producing fifty to sixty barrels, will generally produce nearest ten pounds of bone to a barrel of oil. - The average price of oil for three years past, as follows, viz. Spermaceti, one hundred dollars per ton. Whale oil, fifty dollars per ton. Head-matter, one hundred and fifty dollars per ton. Bone, about fifteen cents per pound.
No. XIII.
Extract from a Memorial presented to the States General in 1775, by a Committee of the Merchants engaged in the Whale Fishery. THE whale fishery is of great importance to Holland, as the produce yielded by the sea may properly be considered as our country produce, which furnish employ for thousands of hands; all the apparatus being made, and the vessels fitted out in our own country.
   A new vessel from 110 to 116 feet, including anchors, cables, rigging, &c. cost from Guilders.   Sixty or seventy lines, six or seven sloops, casks, harpoons, and other materials, 32 to 36000   Store rent, lighters, victualling, &c. for 42 to 48 men, 8 to 9000   4 to 5000  
Total, 44 to 50000
From these outfits the country evidently derives real advantages, whereas those immediately concerned risk their property, as has formerly been represented, that during a period of forty-seven years, fourteen millions have been lost in this traffic, besides the loss arising from the decrease of capital. (To be continued.)
A FRENCH ANECDOTE. THE PATRIOTIC COOK.
A N aristocratic lady of Caen, gave out two days ago that there would be every day two covers at her table for Priests who had not taken the Civic Oath - her cook, hearing of the invitation of his mistress, said - "Let the bad Priests come, I will prepare for them a better feast than they are aware of. I shall write the Civic Oath on small tickets, and put them up nicely in petty pates; so that if they have not the oath in their hearts, they shall have it in their bellies."

PARIS, April 20.
THE King of France having on Tuesday sen- night been obstructed by the people in proceeding to St. Cloud, for the purpose of spend- ing Easter there, the following took place in the National Assembly, on Tuesday last in conse- quence of that affair.
AT two o'clock the President read a letter from the King, stating his design to come to the National Assembly.
The King shortly after entered. The most profound silence took place. Every one rose. He took his seat by the side of the President. The ministers took their stations beneath, and the rest of his suite within the bar. There was then pronounced, with firmness and sensibility, the following—SPEECH by the KING:—
Gentlemen,
I HAVE come into the midst of you with that confidence which I have ever testified in you; you have been informed of the obstruction which I yesterday experienced to my departure to St. Cloud. I would not consent that it should be repelled by force, from the fear of occasioning acts of severity against a deceived multitude who thought they were acting in conformity to the laws, at the time they were infringing upon them. But It behoves the nation to prove that I am free : Nothing is so essential to the authority of the sanctions and of the acceptations which I have given to your decrees. For this potent reason, therefore, I persist in my intention of going to St. Cloud, of which the National As- sembly will feel the necessity. It seems as if, for the purpose of instigating a faithful people, whose affections I have deserved by what I have done for them, endeavours were making to in- spire them with doubts with respect to my sen- timents for the constitution.
I have accepted, and I have sworn to maintain, that constitution, of which the civil constitution of the clergy forms a part, the execution of which I will maintain with all my power. I now but repeat those sentiments which I have often manifested to the National Assembly: I know that my intentions and my wishes have no other object than the welfare of the people; and that welfare can result but from an obser- vance of the laws, and an obedience to all legiti- mate and constitutional authorities.
The President immediately read the following answer:—
Sire, if the profound sentiment with which the National Assembly is penetrated towards you, could possibly receive any increase, it would be from your presence; May your majesty find a- mong us, in those testimonies of affection with which you are surrounded, some compensation for your uneasiness. Inquietude is inseparable from the progress of liberty—in the midst of the cares which the good citizens take to quiet the people, alarms are circulated—threatening cir- cumstances unite from all quarters, and their dis- trust returns.
Sire, you, the people, liberty, the constitution have but one interest. The cowardly enemies of the constitution and of liberty are likewise your enemies. Every heart is devoted to you. As you wish the welfare of the people, the peo- ple are equally solicitous for the welfare of their King. Let us prevent a faction too well known by its plans, its efforts, and its plots, from inter- posing between the throne and the nation, and all our wishes will be accomplished.
When you thus come, Sire, to bind more close- ly in this Assembly, the ties whereby you are at- tached to the revolution, you strengthen the friends of peace and of the laws. They will tell the people that your heart is unchanged, and every uneasiness, every distrust, will disappear, our common enemies will be again confounded, and you will have procured for the country a new victory.
[The King's speech was received with great attention and profound silence. The President's answer was honored with plaudits from that part of the House where the Members who belong to the Club des Jacobins usually sit: The other Mem- bers were silent. Whilst his Majesty was with- drawing, the Jacobin Members only cried Vive le Roi ; those who were known to be his parti- cular friends did not utter a syllable; they said afterwards, that they were too much shocked at the indiscretion of the President's speech, to be able to express joy on the occasion.]
APRIL 21. Order is now pretty generally re- stored, to which the conduct of the King, in dis- missing several obnoxious persons from his ser- vice not a little contributed.
Yesterday after dinner he dismissed the former Bishop of Senlis, and the Cardinal de Montmo- rency; and this day the majority of aristocrats who have hitherto surrounded his person, were all dismissed, and replaced by persons less objec- tionable. This has given much pleasure to the people, as they now promise themselves perfect security, against the machinations of the enemies of the constitution.
During the late riot, a Chasseur came up to the carriage of the King, and said to his majesty, that that which alarmed the people of Paris, was the confidence which he had placed in priests, declared enemies of the revolution, and that if he had placed it in Ecclesiastics who had taken the oath, the people instead of opposing his de- parture, would have considered him as their guardian angel.—M. de la Fayette ordered the chasseur to be taken into custody, but it was not obeyed.
The sessions met on the 19th to deliberate on the question submitted to them by the directory, and as many of them as had come to any final resolution, when our accounts were made up, had resolved, that his majesty's speech to the National Assembly appeared to have quieted the fears of the people; there was no occasion for considering the questions proposed; and that it was their duty to rely on the wisdom of the de- partment, for restoring public confidence and tranquility.
APRIL 22.
To calm the minds of the people, an address from the department to the citizens of Paris, has been published. It is of some length—laments the late misconduct of the people, represents to them the necessity of good order, and due obe- dience to the laws, justifies the King from the suspicions entertained by the people, that he was about to desert them—recalls to their memory the many proofs which he has given of his pa- rental care for their welfare, and his attachment to the new constitution—represents the proper mode of redress of grievances, whether real or supposed, by addresses, petitions, deputations, &c. which are legal steps built upon the constitu- tion itself. It concludes with the strong necessi- ty of paying due attention to this address, by be- having as good citizens, if they with not to see the late glorious revolution overturned, and des- potism, anarchy, and confusion, substituted in its place.
The following address of the municipality of Paris, to the King, has also been published:
"Sire, the municipal officers of the capital, entrusted with the maintenance of order and public tranquility, owe to your majesty an ac- count of the causes which have disturbed them.
"Repositories of the interests of the people, honored with their immediate confidence, it is their duty to make known to your majesty the alarms which have agitated them. It is to fulfill this double duty, that we state to your majesty, that the people see with alarm the throne sur- rounded by those men, who have declared them- selves their enemies, and whose counsels are per- haps pernicious suggestions.
"If these men, Sire, were friends to your per- son, they would make known to you the wishes of the people, if they were truly religious, they would not calumniate them to you. But, Sire, we ought to tell you, for which we have lessons of experience, the people love the King whom these men deceive, the power which they abuse, and the religion whose treasures feed their idlen- ess.
"Sire, we beseech you to send from your pa- lace, those who, concealing the regret of their pride, under hypocritical fears, occasion uneasi- ness in your loyal, generous soul, and provoke the just distrust of a people, jealous of the heart, and of the confidence of their King.
"You have declared yourself, Sire, the King of the constitution, the restorer, and the guard- ian of French liberty. May these titles which cover you with immortal glory, be announced and proclaimed amidst surrounding nations. No- thing will then be heard by you from the French people, but acclamations expressive of their wel- fare; and their magistrates will come with joy to bring you testimonies of their gratitude. These testimonies, Sire, we present you, in re- turn for the brilliant step you took yesterday, in the midst of the National Assembly. The sen- timents which you then expressed, were, for the nation, a new proof of your love, and a new pledge of your attachment, to the constitutional laws of the state.
(Signed)
BAILLY, Mayor. DEJOLLY, Sec. greflier.
April 20.
The following is an official answer which was sent to the preceding:
To Messrs. the directory of the department of Paris.
"Among the different objects, gentlemen, which you have presented for the consideration of the King, and on one part of which his ma- jesty had already anticipated the wish which you expressed, (the dismissal of the aristocrats and nonjuring clergy) he particularly attended to the desire testified by the department, that he should make known to foreign nations, his senti- ments in favor of the constitution. These the King has incessantly manifested on all occasions, by means of ambassadors—and to the assurances which has been given on his part, to the differ- ent courts of Europe, we are doubtless indebted for the tranquility which we have hitherto en- joyed. But his majesty, who will ever respect
the public opinion, and who will never hesitate to remove any doubts which may be entertained with respect to his sentiments, will give orders to the ambassadors and ministers of France, at foreign courts, to explain themselves in his name, in the same manner as he himself did to the Na- tional Assembly. You will acknowledge, gen- tlemen, in this step, the readiness with which the king adopts whatever can contribute to tranquilize the minds of the people, and to re- move distrust and uneasiness.
April 21. (Signed) "DELESSART."
Yesterday M. de la Fayette resigned his situa- tion, in consequence of which the centry box at his door was immediately removed. Some sol- diers, however, went voluntarily to his house for the purpose of mounting guard there, to tes- tify their profound esteem for this friend of li- berty and the laws. It is feared that this refig- nation will be followed by others. It is report- ed that the King has delayed his departure for St. Cloud, till after the holidays.
LONDON, April 26.
We cannot for a moment hesitate in saying, that the trade for slaves to Africa ought to be a- bolished. It is disgraceful to us as men and as Britons. It can be vindicated by no arguments save one, and that in all cases the most contemp- tible, INTEREST—But after a discussion of two days it has been decided by a very great ma- jority, that this traffic is not to be abolished, a de- cision which adjusts the dispute for the present, but which we have no doubt will some time here- after be reversed; the honor of the nation re- quires it, and humanity and every christian prin- ciple calls loudly for it.
The time of rising from a grand DINNER, now, is precisely the time when our Ancestors arose for their day.
Time was, a sober Englishman would knock, His servants up, and rise by five o'clock.
The French call themselves an enlightened Peo- ple. BURKE differs with them in the term, tho' he is willing to admit, that they are truly a Peo- ple en flamed.
Preparations are, and have been long made in the modern BABYLON, for the Aunts of the French Monarch. Inviting all ranks of persecu- ted Bigots, his HOLLINESS might say with SHAKE- SPEARE,
"Here is ROME, and ROOM enough."
The Billingsgate of PARIS, continue to man- age the chief business in the REVOLUTION: They set up and pull down PRINCES—and the NA- TIONAL ASSEMBLY permit it. Excellent Senators!
THE FUNERAL OF M. DE MIRABEAU.
THE Citizens of Paris, as if desirous to rival each other in their attachment, assembled on Monday the 4th of April, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, to pay their last respects to a patriot, whose memory they had already embalmed with their tears!
No ceremony was ever so mournful, or so majestic; the Procession was as follows:
 A Detachment of National Parisian Cavalry.  A Deputation of the Matrosses and Minors of the 60 Battalions, With a Deputation of Invalids on the right and left.  M. DE LA FAYETTE.  The Field Officers of the National Guard.  A Deputation of the 60 Battalions of the National Guard, 60 deep. The Music of the National Guard.—(The Fifes muffled, the Drums, Kettle Drums, Cymbals, and other warlike Instruments, covered with black crape, and playing a dead march.)  One hundred Swiss Guards.  The Guards of the Prevote.  The CLERGY.  THE COFFIN.  Surmounted by a Crown of Laurel, and surrounded by the Na- tional Guards with their arms reversed.  (A Hearse was provided for the occasion, but the soldiers of the battalion of Grange Bateliere, of which M. de Mirabeau had been Colonel, insisted on the honor of carrying him to his grave, which was performed by sixteen citizen-soldiers, who were relieved in rotation.)  THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,  Escorted by a battalion of Veterans, and another of Children dressed in the uniform of the National Guards.  THE ELECTORS.  The Deputies of the 48 Sections.  The Department.  The Municipality.  The Judges of the Tribunals of Paris.  The Municipal Officers of neighbouring Towns.  The Society of the Friends of the Constitution.  The Ministers of State.  The Society of 1789.  THE JACOBINS.  A Detachment of Infantry,  And an Escort of Cavalry. 
The Funeral Procession, marshalled in the manner as above de- tailed, occupied a space of more than three miles, and proceeded, through a double line of National Guards, and an innumerable concourse of citizens of both sexes, all of whom evinced the sense of the great calamity that had befallen the Empire, with their tears.
After a march of three hours, during which the most solemn silence prevailed, the procession arrived at St. Eustache.
A Sarcophagus was erected in the Choir, and all the Church was hung with black. After the usual prayers, M. Cerutti ascend- ed the Tribune, and pronounced a discourse, in which he consi- dered M. de Mirabeau as a Politician and a Legislator. When recapitulating his Civic Virtues, and the services he had rendered to his country, not only the Orator himself, but the whole audi- ence was melted into tears! At the conclusion of his speech, the procession set out in the same order for the Church of St. Gene- vieve; having arrived there at midnight, they deposited the body of Honore Riquetti Mirabeau in the same tomb with that of the illustrious Descartes, where they will both remain till the new church is prepared to receive these great men, whom France has reckoned worthy of National Honours!

FRANCE.
The Assembly of France have at length come to deliberate on those great points on which alone must depend the excellence and permanency of their constitution—the responsibility of the executive Ministry, and the purity of the Legislative Council. On these capital points they seem to be influenced by the same wisdom which has uniformly marked their proceedings. To give an idea of their sentiments in this instance, we give an extract from their minutes:
The responsibility of Ministers was the order of the day; and the following are the principal articles decreed.—
No order of the King can be executed, without being under-signed by the minister.
No order of the King, whether verbal or written, can protect a Minister from responsibility.
Ministers shall be responsible, 1. For all offences committed by them against the safety of the nation, and the constitution of the kingdom.
2. For any attempt against the liberty and property of an individual.
3. For the employment of the public funds, or any dissipation they have made or favored.
A law also passed, according to which, no member of the National Assembly can accept a place for a relation or friend, to be entered under four years after that Legislation, of which he is a Member, is dissolved.
Every step they have taken here appears to have been dictated by the genius of liberty.
PITTSBURGH, June 11.
To the account published in our last, of the skirmish between the party under the command of Lieutenant Buskirk and the Indians, we are enabled to add, that a party of men went to the place the day after the battle, and got 21 wallets full of plunder, a rifle gun, and some other articles, which had been left by the Indians, and which was sold for Fifty-Three Pounds.
Sunday last arrived here the Hon. Thomas McKean, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. William Augustus Atlee, Judge of the said Court, and on Monday morning opened a court of oyer and terminer and goal delivery, and a court of nisi prius, for Alleghany county; several causes were called over for trial, but the parties not being prepared, there was none decided on. Their honors, on Thursday morning, proceeded to Greensburgh, in order to hold similar courts for Westmoreland county.
BOSTON, June 15.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 1.
On Thursday, on a resolve reported by a committee of the House of Representatives for purchasing four hundred shares capital stock, in the bank of the United States, a very animated debate took place.
The arguments advanced by the advocates of the resolve, were—the influence the Commonwealth must naturally possess in the direction of an incorporated body, who in some considerable measure would influence the government of the Union—the preventing this influence being placed entirely among the Natural Aristocracy of the country, i. e. men of influence and opulence, by giving the poorer citizens whose circumstances prevented their possessing personal influence, that influence through the medium of the State property therein—the advantages in a pecuniary light, which this state would reap from such a disposal as this of their paper and specie—now lying useless in the treasury—the manifestation of the good will of this state to the Union, and to the establishment of a BANK—this mode of advantageously employing the money of the Commonwealth, being the only one in which it could engage—that the avidity with which individuals invested their property in the stock of this bank, was a strong proof of the well founded anticipation of its advantages, which had been held out—with many other reasons which the house seemed to consider as forcible.
These were opposed with much ingenuity, and in reply it was said, that before Massachusetts engaged in any such scheme, her own creditors ought to be paid their just demands—that to counteract the influence the bank would possess over the government, by merely purchasing as much of that influence as we could afford, was a very improper mode of proceeding—that being a check on the Federal Government by purchasing the stock of a corporate body was not a right mean of effecting it—that if any such thing as a Natural Aristocracy did exist, let it be pointed out, and suppressed—that if it did not, it was ridiculous to guard against its effects—that other proofs more flattering than this might be given the Federal Government of our approbation of its measures; and, that it was doubtful whether the state could with propriety engage in such an undertaking.
The question, Whether the Resolve should pass? was negatived by a great majority.
BALTIMORE, June 21.
In the very interesting debate which took place in the British House of Commons on the 19th of April, on the subject of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Fox, Mr. Pitt, and other members, distinguished themselves by their masterly speeches in support of “a bill to prevent the farther importation of African Negroes into the British Plantations.” Mr. Pitt, on this occasion, said, “That every principle that could bind a man of honor and of conscience, would impel him to give the most powerful support he could to the motion for the abolition.”
After a long and most important debate on the Slave-Trade, in the British House of Commons, on the 20th April, at half past 3 o'clock the house began to divide.
NEWBURYPORT, June 8.
A subscription is now set on foot for building a bridge over the river Merrimac, a little above this town—The expence is estimated at five thousand pounds, which is divided into two hundred shares. It is already brought to a certainty that subscribers will not be wanting—and the utility of such a bridge, in this part of the country, is so obvious, as to render it altogether unnecessary to comment on the subject.
NEW-HAVEN, June 15.
By a letter from Trinidad, to a gentleman in this city, dated May 4th, there is a confirmation of the account, of the fire at that place; which broke out on the night of the 30th of April—the damage is estimated at 30,000l. sterling.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE SMILE.
SONNET TO CAROLINE.
HAST thou not seen upon some night serene, The silver moon with smiling radiance beam— Illume the grove—enliven every stream— And add new charms to every lovely scene? So charming CAROLINE thy angel-smile On day or night unequal'd joy bestows, Does the sad breast of grief and pain beguile, And flays the tear which else forever flows. In thy soft smile the soul of sweetness lives, That grace, which shines exalted over art— Which speaks the friendly and the feeling heart, And ev'ry virtuous wish and transport gives. Then lovely CAROLINE thy smile repeat; I fear not there the poison of deceit.
HENRY.
Philadelphia, June 25.
Extract of a letter from St. Pierre (Martinique) of 1st May, 1791. “By a decree of the National Assembly the port of Trinity on the windward side of this island is open to Americans without limitation as to time; that of Fort Royal, the Governor with consent of council has thought proper to declare free until after the hurricane months—it is his opinion as well as most men here, that in the interim, the planting interest will obtain a decree of the nation for its remaining open.”
His Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT is re-elected President of the State of New-Hampshire.
The constitution of that State is shortly to be revised pursuant to one of its articles.
Monday last Capt. Beatty of the federal troops, marched from New-Brunswick with a company of near an hundred men, completely equipped; several companies of regulars are also on their march from Massachusetts. The force in the Western country will very shortly be more respectable than any heretofore sent to that quarter.
The prospect of a great crop of grain is as favorable as has been known for many years; this will add to the numerous blessings we enjoy, a reduction in the price of bread.
A melancholy event happened in Cumberland County, New-Jersey, last week; a number of persons went into the water to bathe, when the four following were drowned, viz. Mrs. Bacon, Miss Hufsed, Mr. Peter Coddington, and Mr. William M'Creaff. The men lost their lives in attempting to save the women.
By a letter from Wexford, Ireland, signed by one of their most eminent physicians, the account of a mortal, contagious distemper resembling a plague, which it was said raged in Wexford, is declared to be entirely built on misconception and misinformati—no uncommon disorder having made its appearance there.
Arthur Erwin, Esq. late of Bucks County, in this State, while peaceably sitting with sundry other persons in the house of Daniel Macafee, in Luzerne County, was killed by being shot, by a person unknown. 700 dollars reward is offered for bringing the perpetrator to justice.
By the will of the late John Westley, he disposes of almost all his property in charitable donations.
Few men have entered the haven of an honest popularity on a fuller tide of general applause, than the present Governor of New-Jersey. The addresses presented on his election have been numerous, and from almost all the corporate bodies and associations of the state, couched in terms of uncommon respect, attachment and affection.
SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. Wilberforce, in the House of Commons, on the 18th of April last, made the following motion:
“That the Chairman be directed to move for leave to bring in a bill for preventing the farther importation of African Negroes into the British Colonies and Plantations.”
And supported it by a very able speech, which was followed by an interesting debate.
The house divided at four o'clock, when there appeared for Mr. Wilberforce's motion
Ayes 88 Noes 163
Majority against the abolition
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A statement in a late London paper intended to inform the importance of the question respecting the abolition of the slave trade, states the present value of the slaves in the British islands in the West-Indies, to be 18,491,955l.—[The slaves in all the islands are estimated at forty pounds each, except in Bermuda, where they are computed to be worth forty-five pounds]—And the value of the property in the British West-India islands 36,810,905l. The present value of the property in the British Sugar Colonies, is stated to be 70,000,000l.
The citizens of Charleston (S. C.) are zealously and successfully pursuing their plan of subscribing to the Bank of the United States.
Subscriptions in New-York, Boston, and other parts of the Eastern States, are made with great rapidity; so that there is not the least shadow of a doubt to suppose, that if the shares were much more numerous than they are, they could not all be filled even in less time than the law prescribes.
One firm in this city has received domestic orders to subscribe for fifty shares.—and as to foreign subscriptions, there is every reason to suppose they will be to a very great amount.
The Royal Society of London, having received from Mr. Churchman his Magnetic Atlas , have politely acknowledged the receipt of the same, and returned the author their thanks, by their Secretary.
At a public commencement held on Thursday last, in the College-Hall of this city, for conferring degrees of Doctor of Medicine, the following mentioned gentlemen were approved of viz.
JAMES BLUNDEL, of Delaware.
SAMUEL FOREMAN CONOVER, of New-Jersey.
HAST HANDY, of Maryland.
JAMES GRAHAM, and GEORGE PIEFFER, of Philadelphia.
The number of persons employed in the different branches in the cotton manufactory in England, are estimated at about 375,000; in the iron branches about the same number; and in the silk, and other weaving fabrics, upwards of one million.
It is said that upwards of 40,000 men in arms attended the funeral of the great Mirabeau.
The PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, the 22d ult. on his return from the Southward, passed through Columbia, the present seat of government of South-Carolina—where the gentlemen of Columbia, Granby Winnboro', Camden, Statesburgh, Bellville and Orangeburgh, and the vicinity of those places, waited on him. At four o'clock he sat down to a FARMER'S DINNER, at which were present 153 ladies, and as many gentlemen. Nothing could exceed the pleasure of the scene. Among the toasts given were the two following:
America's best infant—Miss Assumption and her Sponsors.
The Magnificent Aloe of America.
The latter after the President had retired.
An address was presented by Commodore Gillon, on the request of the gentlemen present, which was replied to in the usual strain of urbanity—and on the 24th the President pursued his route.
It must afford pleasure to every federal patriot when he observes with what sincere, what heartfelt delight the citizens of this confederated republic, from New-Hampshire to Augusta in Georgia, recognize their obligations, and express their love and veneration to the President of the United States; and with what unequivocal marks of attachment they refer on every proper occasion to that government over which he presides.
Among the many instances of respect and attention to THE MAN who unites all hearts, during the tour to the Southward, the inhabitants of the village of Salisbury have peculiarly distinguished themselves—the account published in our last exhibits several pleasing and affecting novelties in their arrangements to receive the illustrious traveller—their address breathes a truly respectful, manly, and federal disposition of mind—and the toasts given at the entertainment are replete with ingenuity, loyalty and sentiment.
This village is about 200 miles from the Atlantic, and in a county which according to the census lately taken, contains upwards of 20,000 inhabitants.
It has been the fate of France to lose one of those few extraordinary men whose names are destined to occupy a distinguished place in history, and whose death could have power at such an eventful period to interest the passions of Europe. The eyes of Mirabeau were closed before he could behold his regenerated country completely emerged from the chaos of anarchy. Death, which usually disarms the fiercest rancour of enmity, will not impose silence on his detractors, for he has wounded them too deeply. But a posterity too remote to be reached by the petty slander of the day, will regard only that gigantic mind, which bursting from obloquy, seized as its natural station, the first place in the greatest scene that has been hitherto acted on the theatre of the world.
Eng. paper.
Died, on Thursday, Doctor JOHN JONES, aged 63—a very eminent Physician and Surgeon of this city.
Monday morning last died, in the city of Burlington, JOHN STORY, Esq. a native of Boston, Massachusetts. A gentleman who sustained a good character as an Officer in the late American army—as a late Commissioner of the United States, in Pennsylvania—and as a citizen. He was eminent for his calmness and serenity of mind, under a long and languishing illness.
The death of this worthy man is sincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
His funeral was attended the day following by a number of the most respectable citizens of that place.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Editor requests an interview with GUARINT.
From PELOSI'S MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Table with 3 columns: Schooner, Name, Port. Rows include Friendship (Welsh, Charleston), Brig Ceres (Cheesman, Boston), Lucretia (Atkins, St. Croix), Mary (Stone, Cadiz), Molly (Miles, Madeira), Planter (Poole, St. Croix), Hector (Baker, Port-au-Prince), Newton (Hawkins, St. Croix), Snow Fanny (Withall, Havre-de-Grace), Ship Jeanie (Rogers, London).
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
Table with 4 columns: Security, Price, Cents, pr. cent. Rows include 6 pr. Cents (17 5/8, 83 3/4), 3 pr. Cents (9 3/8, 48 3/4), Deferred 6 pr. Cents (9 9/9, 48 3/4).
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Table with 4 columns: Security, Price, Cents, pr. cent. Rows include Final Sett. and other Certificates (16 5/8, 82 1/2), Indents (9 3/8, 48 3/4), N. and S. Carolina debts (13 1/2, 15 5/8).
IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
TEAS,
REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES, &c. &c.
Of the first quality—by retail,
No 19,
Third-Street, between Chestnut and Market Streets.
LOTTERY TICKETS,
New-Haven Wharf, to commence drawing 13th September, Massachusetts Semi-Annual, 2d Class, 13th October, may be had as above.

Intelligence-Office, In FOURTH-STREET, second Door below Market-Street.  FRANCIS WHITE  BUYS and Sells on Commission all kinds of Public Securities and Paper Monies.  Transacts business for those who have claims on the United States, or against either of the States, particularly for the Officers, Soldiers and Mariners, and others who have served in or about the late American Army, or for their legal Heirs, Ad- ministrators, Attorneys, &c.  Certificates and such Paper Monies furnished for country people and others, who have to make payments to the Pennsylvania Loan or Land Offices, as will pass equal to specie, and their warrants, patents, &c. passed through the different offices.  Money borrowed or loaned, and discounts procured for bills, bonds, and notes of hand, with or without de- posits.  Houses, Farms, Lands, Lots, bought and sold, and Houses, Rooms, Boarding and Lodging, rented or let, or pro- cured for Strangers or others.  Reputable Characters of either sex, and of any profession, out of Place, may hear of Employ—and Families, Merchants, Travellers and others, be supplied with suitable do- mestics. Those at a distance who may address on either the above sub- jects, their letters being post paid, will be duly attended to, by  FRANCIS WHITE. Philad. June 22, 1791. (ep tf)
A FINE CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PRINTER.
FOR SALE,  A Printing Press and Types, together with the right of publishing a PAPER, in good repute, the subscribers to which are continually increasing—The present number of its patrons is between seven and eight hundred. The types consist of BURROYS, PICA, and a sufficient quantity of lar- ger letter to display advertisements to advantage. The situation is in the interior part of MASSACHUSETTS, in the centre of a populous and thriving community, and within 17 miles of an ex- cellent Paper-Mill, where paper of every quality and size may always be had on short notice. Perhaps no country paper on the continent has a larger share of Advertisements than the one offered for sale. A very considerable profit also accrues from the sale of Blanks of all kinds, which are much used in the place—from the publication of Hand-Bills, &c. &c. It is a good situation, also, for a small Book-Store—and it is supposed the Book-Binding bu- siness might be carried on in the same place to advantage. For further particulars, enquire of JOHN FENNO, at his Office, No. 69, High-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, Phi- ladelphia. (1aw 8w)
Public Notice is hereby given, to all whom these presents shall come, or in any wise concern, That JAMES GARDNER, late of Wilmington, North-Carolina, deceased, did make four promissory notes payable to SAMUEL JACKSON, of Philadelphia, Merchant, all bearing date the 19th July, 1786, one for three hundred and seventy-one pounds, pay- able in six months—one for seven hundred and forty two pounds, in nine months—one for seven hundred and forty pounds, in twelve months—and one for seven hundred and forty-five pounds thir- teen shillings and three-pence, in fifteen months, amounting in the whole to two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight pounds thir- teen shillings and three-pence, and payable in produce at Wil- mington:—Which said notes have been assigned by the said Sa- muel Jackson to THOMAS MACKIE and Co. and JAMES HOOD, Merchants, Philadelphia, and have since, in the life-time of the said Gardner, by him been accounted for and paid in part to the amount of two thousand and forty-seven pounds fifteen shil- lings and six-pence, to the said THOMAS MACKIE, and Co. in proof of which the subscribers have sufficient vouchers. These are therefore to caution all persons from purchasing said notes as they will not be taken up.
THOMAS WRIGHT, } ROBERT SCOTT, } Executors. M. R. WILLKINGS, }
Wilmington, North-Carolina, 27th May, 1791. (c p 3 m.)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
MAY 30, 1791.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for six months of their annual pension, from the 4th day of March, 1791, and which will become due on the 4th day of September ensuing, will be paid on the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans within the States respectively, under the usual regulations, viz. Every application for payment must be accompanied by the fol- lowing vouchers.
1st. The certificate given by the state, specifying that the person possessing the same is in fact an invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which as such he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form: A. B. came before me, one of the Justices of the county of _____ in the state of _____ and made oath that he is the same A. B. to whom the original certificate in his possession was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the state to be recited) That he served (re- giment, corps or vessel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now re- sides in the _____ and county of _____ and has resided there for the last years, previous to which he resided in _____
In case an invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to the following form:
I, A. B. of _____ county of _____ do hereby constitute and appoint C. D. of _____ my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of my pension for six months, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and ending the fourth day of September of the same year.
Signed and sealed in the presence of _____ } Witnesses.
Acknowledged before me, Applications of executors and administrators must be accompa- nied with legal evidence of their respective offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the President of the United States,  H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
The Printers in the respective States are requested to publish the above in their newspapers, for the space of two months.
Blank Powers to receive the Interest, and for the transfer of the principal of public debt, agreeable to the Rules established in the Treas- ury Department: Also Blanks for abstracts of Certificates, to be sold by the Editor.
PUBLIC SECURITIES, BOUGHT and SOLD, on COMMISSION, by  SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chesnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.  MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL  Lottery Tickets, Class SECOND, to be had at the same place. May 28, 1791. (eplf)
TO BE SOLD,
And may be entered on the ensuing Fall,  THAT large, elegant and convenient HOUSE, in which the subscriber now lives, situate in Elizabeth-Town, in the state of New-Jersey, within 16 miles of the city of New-York. It is finished in the very best manner, and peculiarly convenient for a gentleman with a large family. The Lot contains about four acres of land—the Garden is large, well laid out, and stocked with a good assortment of fruit. For further particulars, enquire of WILLIAM BRADFORD, Esq. in Philadelphia, JOHN PINTARD, Esq. in New-York, or the Subscriber on the Premises. June 11, 1791. (1aw 3w) ELIAS BOUDINOT.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscriber, who served a regular apprenticeship to the business of VENDUE-MASTER, under Mr. GEORGE KELLY, has just opened an OFFICE in the Borough of NOR- FOLK, Virginia, in a good and convenient House, situated near the County Wharf, where he is in hopes of giving general satisfac- tion to all those that may be pleased to favor him with their com- mands. Norfolk, Virginia, April 21, 1791. (1 ep 7w) JOHN H. HALL.
CONTRACT,
For erecting BRIDGES over the HACKINSACK and PASSAICK Rivers, between Powles-Hook and Newark, in the State of New-Jersey.
THE Commissioners appointed by an act of the legislature of the state of New-Jersey, to erect bridges over the Hackinsack and Passaick rivers, having obtained the necessary surveys, are now ready to receive proposals for performing the same; and offer the following conditions for the consideration of such as may be inclined to contract:
The situation of the bridge across the Hackinsack river, will be at one of the following stations, as shall be hereafter determined most eligible.
 1st. At the place where the present ferry is established, where the width of the river is 1448 feet. Depth at the eastern shore, 8 feet 8 inches. Do. western shore, 8 11 Greatest depth, 25 4  2d. At a place more northerly, called Douw's Ferry, where the width of the river is 846 feet. Depth at the eastern shore 19 feet 10 inches. Do. western shore 12 8 Greatest depth 35 8 
The situation of the bridge across the Passaick river, will be at one of the three following stations, as shall be hereafter determined most eligible.
 1st. At the place where the present ferry is established, where the width of the river is 676 feet. Depth at the eastern shore 8 feet 6 inches, Do. western shore 9 6 Greatest depth 17 4  2d. At a place more westerly, called Beef-Point, where the breadth of the river is 799 feet. Depth at the eastern shore 11 feet, Do. western shore 4 5 inches, Greatest depth 13 4  3d. At a place still more northerly, called Hedden's dock, in the town of Newark, where the width of the river is 526 feet. Depth at the eastern shore 4 feet 5 inches, Do. western shore 10 8 Greatest depth 15 11 
The bridges are to be constructed on the principles of those erect- ed over Charles, Myllick, and Beverly Rivers in the State of Mas- sachusetts, with a draw to admit a free passage for vessels with fix- ed standing masts, not less than twenty-four feet wide, to be placed in such part of the bridges as shall be determined most con- venient for the navigation of the river, with piles or blocks on each side of the entrance of such draw, as shall be judged sufficient to aid vessels in passing through. Also, one lamp on each side of the draw, to be lighted every night from sunset to sunrise, during the continuance of the lease.
The bridges are to be built with such piles, timber, scantling, and plank, as shall render them perfectly substantial and secure in the opinion of the commissioners, and are to be of a sufficient height to protect them against the tides, which rise at ordinary tides from 5 to 6 feet, and at spring tides from 8 to 10 feet. They are to be 31 feet in breadth, viz.
 Allowance for carriage way, 20 feet.  Do. for foot walks, railed off on each side, 4 feet each, 8 feet.  Do. for ballustrades, 1 foot each, 2 feet.  Do. for hand-rails for do. 6 inches each, 1 foot.—Total, 31 feet. 
The sides of the bridges to be secured with strong ballustrades, after the manner of the bridge between Boston and Charlestown.
The bridges and draws are to be kept in constant repair, and at the expiration of the lease are to be surrendered in good order, agreeably to the act.
The following are the terms which the commissioners are au- thorized to offer to contractors:
A lease of the exclusive privilege of the bridges for a period not exceeding 99 years, with a toll equal to three-fourths of the pre- sent rates of ferryage.
From as accurate an estimate as could possibly be obtained, the actual receipts of the ferries for a medium of five years last past, amount to twelve hundred pounds, New-Jersey currency, per annum, three-fourths of that sum will consequently produce an immediate income of 900 pounds per annum. This may fairly be estimated as the smallest profit that can be calculated upon. The advancing population of the United States, the increasing inter- course between the two cities of New-York and Philadelphia, the facility which the construction of these bridges will give to travel- ling, the easy communication thereby offered with the state of New-York, on the western side of the Hudson, are all important circumstances, which must necessarily tend rapidly to accumulate the profits of the bridges. The commissioners are moreover au- thorized by law to raise four thousand pounds to be applied to- wards making causeways and laying out proper roads connected with the bridges, and have a lottery now on foot for that purpose. As soon as the places shall be determined on where the bridges are to be fixed, and the contracts for erecting them are executed, the roads and causeways will be immediately undertaken.
Such persons therefore as may be inclined to contract on the above principles, will be pleased to send in their terms sealed, within three months from this date, to WILLIAM MAXWELL, Esq. in New-York, specifying the shortest period of lease for which they will undertake to erect the said bridges, together with proper security for performing the same.
SAMUEL TUTHILL, } JOHN NEILSON, } ROBERT KEMBLE, } Commissioners. WILLIAM MAXWELL, } JOHN PINTARD }
Newark, State of New-Jersey, April 22, 1791. 1 w. 3m.
MATTHEW M'CONNELL,
In CHESNUT-STREET, No. 66.  BUYS and SELLS all kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF  THE UNION; has frequently occasion to NEGOTIATE INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE—and will receive Orders for making SUBSCRIPTIONS to the BANK of the UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, March 30, 1791. (96 tf)
All persons concerned will be pleased to take notice that the following advertisement has been varied from that published in our paper of the 23d of March.]
Treasury Department.
MARCH 22, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the first Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1792, both days in- clusive, at the places, and within the districts herein after men- tioned, viz.
At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the state of Penn- sylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'Intosh on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'Intosh.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort M'Intosh and the mouth of the River Muskingum, and at the mouth of the River Muskingum.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Mus- kingum, and up the said River to the Tuscarawas, and at the Tus- carawas, and thence over to the Cayuga River, and down the said River to its mouth.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Mus- kingum, and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and the mouth of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami, up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the Miami Village, on the river of the same name which empties into Lake Erie.
At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth of the Wabash, thence up the said Wabash to Post St. Vincennes, at Post St. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabash, to the Miami village, before described.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the Wabash river to the mouth of the river Ohio.
At any place or places, on the east side of the river Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Illinois river.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami Village.
At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandusky, and at Sandusky, and from Sandusky to the mouth of Cayuga river.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango.
At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Presq'Isle, at Presq'Isle, and be- twixt Presq'Isle and the mouth of Cayuga river.
At the mouth of Cayuga river, and at any place or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayuga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek.
At any place or places, on the east side of the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively.
At any place or places, from the said river Margot, to the river Yazous inclusively.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenesee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively.
Should any rations be required at any places, or within other districts, not specified in these proposals, the price of the same to be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contractor.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles.
 viz. One pound of bread or flour,  One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork,  Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky,  One quart of salt,  Two quarts of vinegar, } per. 100 rations.  Two pounds of soap, }  One pound of candles, } 
ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the first Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the state of Massachu- setts, and the Post of West-Point, in the state of New-York.
The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the same articles as are above mentioned.
ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the 1st Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the districts herein- after mentioned.
At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck.
At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith.
At the post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Capt. Joseph Savage.
At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph.
At any place or places from the Rock Landing on the Oconee, up to the mouth of the main south branch of the said river, from the said mouth up to the source of the said main south branch, and from thence to the Currahee mountain.
At any other place or places within the state of Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops of the United States.
And for rations deliverable on the march to such future posts.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the con- sumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the same articles, as are abovementioned.
It is to be understood in each case, that all losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or de- stroyed, on the depositions of two or more credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the cir- cumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed.
The contracts for the above supplies will be made either for one year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons disposed to contract will therefore confine their offers to one year, or they may make their propositions so as to admit an election of the term of two years.
The proposals may be made for the whole of the above posts to- gether, or separately for Springfield, for West-Point, for Yorktown, and the seventeen places following it, and for the posts in Georgia; and they must specify the lowest price per ration, for prompt pay- ment.
The Printers who have published the above advertisement, are requested to reprint it with the alterations.