Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-03-03 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 89, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1792.
[Whole No. 297.]
SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
An ACT to establish the Post-Office and Post-Roads within the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of June next, the following roads be established as post-roads, namely: From Wilscasset in the district of Maine, to Savannah in Georgia, by the following route, to wit: Portland, Portsmouth, Newburyport, Ipswich, Salem, Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, Middletown, New-Haven, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, New-York, Newark, Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Bristol, Philadelphia, Chester, Wilmington, Elkton, Charlestown, Havre de Grace, Hartford, Baltimore, Bladensburg, Georgetown, Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Fredericksburg, Bowling-Green, Hanover Court-house, Richmond, Petersburg, Halifax, Tarborough, Smithfield, Fayetteville, Newbridge over Drowning creek, Cheraw Court-house, Camden, Stateburg, Columbia, Cambridges and Augusta; and from thence to Savannah, and from Augusta, by Washington in Wilkes County to Greenborough, and from thence by the great falls of Ogechee and Georgetown to Augusta, and from Stateburg to Charleston, and from Charleston to Georgetown, from Charleston to Savannah, and from Savannah by New-Port bridge to Sunbury; and also from Portsmouth by Exeter and Concord, to Hanover in New-Hampshire; and from Salem to Marblehead, and from Salem to Gloucester; and from Boston, by Providence, Newport, and New-London, to New-Haven; and from Boston, through Taunton, to New-Bedford; and from Taunton, through Warren and Bristol, to Newport; and from Boston, by Plymouth, to Barnstable; and from Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, to Kinderhook in the state of New-York, and from Springfield, by Northampton, Brattleborough, and Charlestown, by Windsor in Vermont, to Hanover, and from Hartford, by Middletown, to New-London; also from Hartford to Norwich and Providence; and from Providence to Worcester; and from Philadelphia, by Lancaster, Yorktown, Carlisle, Shippenburg, Chambersburg, Bedford, and Greensburg, to Pittsburgh; and from Philadelphia to Bethlehem; from Bethlehem, by Reading and Harrisburg, to Carlisle; and from Bethlehem, by Easton, Sussex Court-house, Goshen, Ward's Bridge, and Kingston, to Rhinebeck; from Philadelphia, by Salem, to Bridgetown; and from Wilmington, by Warwick, Georgetown, Crooks-roads, Chestertown, Chester-mills, and Easton, to Vienna; and from Vienna, by Salisbury, to Snow-Hill; also from Wilmington, by Newcastle, Cantwell's Bridge and Duck-Creek, to Dover; and from thence by Milford, Dagsborough, Snow-Hill and Northampton Court-house, to Norfolk in Virginia; and from Baltimore to Annapolis, Upper Marlborough, Piscatawa, Port-Tobacco, Allen's Fresh, Newport, and Chapico, to Leonard-Town; and from Richmond by Williamsburg, Yorktown and Hampton, to Norfolk; and from Fredericksburg, by Port-Royal and Tappahannock, to Urbanna; and from thence, crossing Rappahannock, and proceeding by Northumberland Court-house, to Kinsale on the river Yeocomico; thence by Westmoreland Court-house, through Leed's town, to Fredericksburg; and from Petersburg, by Cabin-Point, Smithfield, and Suffolk, to Portsmouth; and from Suffolk to Edenton, and by Plymouth to Washington; and from Washington to Newbern, and thence to Wilmington; and from Fayetteville, by Elizabethtown, to Wilmington; and from Halifax, by Warrington, Hillsborough, Salem, to Salisbury; from Halifax, by Blunt'sville, Williamson, Daileys to Plymouth; and from Edenton, by Hertford, Nixonton, Sawyer's Ferry, in Camden County, to Indian Town, in Currituck County; and from New-York, by Albany, Bennington, Manchester and Rutland, to Burlington on Lake Champlain; and from Albany, by Schenectady, to Connaharrie; from New-York to Hartford, through White-plains, North-Castle, Salem, Poundridge, Ridgefield, Danbury, Newtown, New-Milford, Litchfield, Harrington and Farmington; from Newark or Elizabethtown, by Morristown, to Suff. Court-house; from Woodbridge to Amboy; from Alexandria, by Salisbury, Leesburg, Shepherd's-town, Martinsburg, Winchester, Stevensburg, Strasburg, Woodstock, and Rockingham Court-house, to Staunton; and from Richmond, by Columbia, Charlottesville, Staunton, Lexington, Fincastle, Montgomery Court-house, Wythe Court-house, Abingdon, and Hawkins's Court-house, in the territory south of the river Ohio, to Danville in Kentucky; and from Baltimore, by Fredericktown and Sharpsburg, to Hagarstown; and from thence to Chambersburg: Provided , That the route, by which the mails are at present conveyed, shall in no case be altered, without the consent of the contractors, till the contracts made by the Postmaster-General shall be determined.
And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Postmaster-General to enter into contracts, for a term not exceeding eight years; for extending the line of posts, and to authorize the person or persons, so contracting, to receive, during the continuance of such contract, according to the rates by this act established, all the postage which shall arise on letters, newspapers and packets, conveyed by any such post; and the roads, therein designated, shall, during the continuance of such contract, be deemed and considered as post-roads, within the terms and provisions of this act: Provided , That no such contract shall be made, to the diminution of the revenue of the general post-office, and that a duplicate of every such contract, under hand and seal, shall, within sixty days after the execution thereof, be lodged in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That there shall be established, at the seat of the government of the United States, a general post-office. And there shall be one Postmaster-General, who shall have authority to appoint an assistant, and deputy postmasters, at all places where such shall be found necessary. And he shall provide for carrying the mail of the United States, by stage-carriages or
horses, as he may judge most expedient; and as often as he, having regard to the productiveness thereof, as well as other circumstances, shall think proper, and defray the expense thereof, with all other expenses arising on the collection and management of the revenue of the post-office. He shall also have power to prescribe such regulations to the deputy postmasters, and others employed under him, as may be found necessary, and to superintend the business of the department, in all the duties that are, or may be assigned to it, and also to direct the route or road, where there are more than one, between the places above established, which route or road shall be considered as the post-road.
And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General shall, once in three months, obtain from his deputies, the accounts and vouchers of their receipts and expenditures, and the balances due thereon, and render to the Secretary of the Treasury, a quarterly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the said department, to be adjusted and settled, as other public accounts, and shall pay, quarterly, into the Treasury of the United States, the balance in his hands. And the Postmaster-General, and his assistant, the deputy postmasters, and such as they may employ in their offices, shall, respectively, before they enter upon the duties, or be entitled to receive the emoluments of their offices, and the contractors for carrying the mail, and their agents or servants, to whom the mail shall be entrusted, before they commence the execution of said trust, shall respectively, take and subscribe before some justice of the peace, the following oath or affirmation, and cause a certificate thereof to be filed in the office of the Postmaster-General; "I do swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from every thing forbidden by the law in relation to the establishment of post-offices and post-roads within the United States."
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction for every such offence, pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. And if any ferryman shall, by wilful negligence, or refusal to transport the mail across any ferry, delay the same, he shall forfeit, and pay, for each half hour that the same shall be so delayed, a sum not exceeding ten dollars.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General, to give public notice in one or more of the newspapers published at the seat of government of the United States, and in one or more of the newspapers published in the state or states where the contract is to be performed, for, at least, six weeks before the entering into any contract for the conveyance of the mail that such contract is intended to be made, and the day on which it shall be concluded; describing the places, from and to which such mail is to be conveyed; the time at which it is to be made up; the day and hour, at which it is to be delivered; and the penalty or penalties for non-performance of the stipulations. He shall, moreover, within thirty days after the making of any contract, lodge the same, together with the proposals which he shall have received respecting the same, in the office of the Comptroller of the treasury of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That every deputy postmaster shall keep an office in which one or more persons shall attend at such hours as the Postmaster-general shall direct, for the purpose of performing the duties thereof. And all letters brought to any post-office, half an hour before the time of making up the mail at such office, shall be forwarded therein.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, the Postmaster-General shall be allowed, for his services, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, his assistant, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid, quarterly, out of the revenues of the post-office: And no fees or perquisites shall be received by either of them, on account of the duties to be performed in virtue of their appointments.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of June next, the deputy postmaster and persons authorized by the Postmaster-General, shall demand and receive, for the postage and conveyance of letters and packets, except such as are herein after excepted, according to the several rates and sums following: For the postage of every single letter, to or from any place by land not exceeding thirty miles, six cents; over thirty miles, and not exceeding sixty, eight cents; over sixty miles, and not exceeding one hundred, ten cents; over one hundred miles, and not exceeding one hundred and fifty, twelve cents and a half; over one hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding two hundred, fifteen cents; over two hundred miles, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty, seventeen cents; over two hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding three hundred and fifty, twenty cents; over three hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding four hundred and fifty, twenty-two cents; and to or from any place by land, more than four hundred and fifty miles, twenty-five cents; and every double letter shall pay double the said rates; every triple letter, triple; every packet weighing one ounce avoirdupois, to pay, at the rate of four single letters for each ounce, and in that proportion, for any greater weight.
And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets, passing by sea to and from the United States, or from one port to another therein, in packet boats or vessels, the property of, or provided by the United States, shall be rated and charged, as follows: For every single letter, eight cents; for every double letter, sixteen cents; for every triple letter or packet, twenty-four cents; for every letter or packet brought into the United States, or carried from one port therein to another by sea, in any private ship or vessel, four cents, if delivered at the place where the same shall arrive; and if directed to be delivered at any other place, with the addition of the like postage, as other letters are made subject to the payment of by this act.
And be it further enacted, That if any deputy postmaster, or other person authorized by the Postmaster-General, to receive the postage of letters, shall fraudulently demand or receive any rate of postage, or any gratuity or reward, other than is provided by this act for the postage of letters or packets, on conviction thereof, he shall forfeit for every such offence, one hundred dollars, and shall be rendered incapable of holding any office under the United States.
And be it further enacted, That no ship or vessel, arriving at any port within the United States, where a post-office is established, shall be permitted to report, make entry or break bulk, till the master or commander shall have delivered to the postmaster, all letters directed to any person or persons within the United States, which, under his care or within his power, shall be brought in such ship or vessel, other than such as are directed to the owner or consignee: but when a vessel shall be bound to another port, than that at which she may enter, the letters belonging to, or to be delivered at the said port of delivery, shall not be delivered to the postmaster at the port of entry. And it shall be the duty of the
collector or other officer of the port, empowered to receive entries of ships or vessels, to require from every master or commander of such ship or vessel, an oath or affirmation, purporting that he has delivered all such letters, except as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That the postmasters to whom such letters may be delivered, shall pay to the master, commander, or other person delivering the same, except the commanders of foreign packets, two cents for every such letter or packet; and shall obtain from the person delivering the same, a certificate specifying the number of letters and packets, with the name of the ship or vessel, and the place from whence the last failed; which certificate, together with a receipt for the money, shall be with his half-yearly accounts, transmitted to the Postmaster-General, who shall credit the amount thereof to the postmaster forwarding the same.
And be it further enacted, That if any person, other than the Postmaster-General, or his deputies, or persons by them employed, shall take up, receive, order, dispatch, convey, carry or deliver any letter or letters, packet or packets, other than newspapers, for hire or reward, or shall be concerned in setting up any loot or horse post, waggon or other carriage, by or in which any letter or packet shall be carried for hire, on any established post-road, or any packet, or other vessel or boat, or any conveyance whatever, whereby the revenue of the general post-office may be injured, every person, so offending, shall forfeit, for every such offence, the sum of two hundred dollars: Provided , That it shall and may be lawful for every person to send letters or packets by special messenger.
And be it further enacted, That the deputy postmasters or agents of the Postmaster-General, shall duly account and answer to him, for all bye or way letters, and shall specify the number and rates in the post bill. And if any deputy postmaster or agent shall neglect to so account, he or they so offending, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any person, employed in any of the departments of the general post-office, shall unlawfully detain, delay, or open, any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or which shall have come to his possession, and which are intended to be conveyed by post: Or if any such person shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any letter or packet, entrusted to him, as aforesaid, and which shall not contain any security for, or assurance relating to money, as herein after described, every such offender, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, according to the circumstances and aggravations of the offence. And if any person, employed as aforesaid, shall secrete, embezzle or destroy, any letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or which shall have come to his possession, and are intended to be conveyed by post, containing any bank note, or bank post bill, bill of exchange, warrant of the Treasury of the United States, note of assignment of stock in the funds, letters of attorney for receiving annuities or dividends, or for selling stock in the funds, or for receiving the interest thereof, or any letter of credit, or note for, or relating to the payment of money, or other bond or warrant, draft, bill, or promissory note whatsoever, for the payment of money; or if any such person, employed as aforesaid, shall steal or take any of the same out of any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters, that shall come to his possession, he shall, on conviction, for any such offence, suffer death. And if any person, who shall have taken charge of the mail of the United States, shall quit or desert the same, before his arrival at the next post-office, every such person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for every such offence. And if any person, concerned in carrying the mail of the United States, shall collect, receive or carry any letter or packet, or shall cause or procure the same to be done, contrary to this act, every such offender shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall rob any carrier of the mail of the United States, of such mail, or if any person shall rob the mail, in which letters are sent to be conveyed by post, of any letter or packet, or shall steal such mail, or shall steal and take from or out of the same, or from or out of any post-office, any letter or packet, such offender or offenders shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
And be it further enacted, That the deputy postmasters shall, respectively, publish at the expiration of every three months, in one of the newspapers published at, or nearest the place of his residence, for three successive weeks, a list of all the letters then remaining in their respective offices; and at the expiration of the next three months, shall send such of the said letters as then remain on hand, as dead letters, to the general post-office, where the same shall be opened and inspected; and if any valuable papers or matter of consequence, shall be found therein, it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General, to cause a descriptive list thereof to be inserted in one of the newspapers, published at the place most convenient to where the owner may be supposed to reside, if within the United States, and such letter and the contents shall be preserved, to be delivered to the person, to whom the same shall be addressed, upon payment of the postage, and the expense of publication.
And be it further enacted, That the following letters and packets, and no other, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage, under such restrictions as are herein after provided; that is to say—all letters and packets to or from the President or Vice-President of the United States, and all letters and packets, not exceeding two ounces in weight, to or from any member of the Senate or House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House of Representatives, during their actual attendance in any session of Congress, and twenty days after such session. All letters to and from the Secretary of the Treasury, and his assistant, Comptroller, Register, and Auditor of the Treasury, the Treasurer, the Secretary of State, the Secretary at War, the Commissioners for settling the accounts between the United States and individual States, the Postmaster-General and his assistant: Provided , That no person shall frank or enclose any letter or packet, other than his own; but any public letter or packet from the department of the Treasury may be franked by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the assistant Secretary, or by the Comptroller, Register, Auditor or Treasurer. And that each person before named shall deliver to the post-office every letter or packet enclosed to him, which may be directed to any other person, noting the place, from whence it came by post, and the usual postage shall be charged thereon.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall counterfeit the hand-writing of any other person, in order to evade the payment of postage, such person or persons, so offending, and being

thereof duly convicted, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, the sum of one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That every printer of newspapers may send one paper to each and every other printer of newspapers within the United States, free of postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General shall provide.
And be it further enacted, That all newspapers conveyed in the mail, shall be under a cover open at one end, carried in separate bags from the letters, and charged with the payment of one cent for any distance not more than one hundred miles, and one cent and a half for any greater distance: And it shall be the duty of the post master-general and his deputy, to keep a separate account for the newspapers, and the deputy post-masters shall receive fifty per cent. on the postage of all newspapers: And if any other matter or thing be enclosed in such papers, the whole packet shall be charged, agreeably to the rates established by this act, for letters or packets. And if any of the persons employed in any department of the post-office, shall unlawfully detain, delay, embezzle or destroy any newspaper, with which he shall be entrusted, such offenders, for every such offence, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars: Provided, that the post-master-general, in any contract, he may enter into, for the conveyance of the mail, may authorize the person, with whom such contract is made, to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail.
And be it further enacted, That the post-master-general be, and he is hereby authorized to allow to the deputy post-masters, respectively, such commission on the monies arising from the postage of letters and packets, as he shall think adequate to their respective services: Provided, That the said commission shall not exceed forty per cent to any deputy, whose compensation thereby shall not exceed fifty dollars, nor thirty per cent to any deputy, whose compensation thereby shall not exceed one hundred dollars, nor twenty per cent to any other deputy, except the post-master at the port where the European packets do, or shall steadily arrive; to whom such farther allowance, in addition to the emoluments of his office, shall be made, as the post-master-general shall deem a reasonable compensation for his extra-services, in the receipt and dispatch of letters, originally received into his office, from on board such packets, and by him forwarded to other offices: And provided also, That the compensations aforesaid shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum to any one post master for all services by him rendered.
And be it further enacted, That if any deputy post master, or other person authorised to receive the postage of letters and packets, shall neglect or refuse to render his accounts, and pay over to the post-master-general, the balance by him due, at the end of every three months, it shall be the duty of the post-master-general, to cause a suit to be commenced against the person or persons so neglecting or refusing: And if the post-master-general shall not cause such suit to be commenced within three months, from the end of every such three months, the balances due from every such delinquent shall be charged to, and recoverable from the post-master-general.
And be it further enacted, That all pecuniary penalties and forfeitures, incurred under this act, shall be, one half for the use of the person or persons informing and prosecuting for the same, the other half to the use of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the post-master-general, to make provision, where it may be necessary, for the receipt of all letters and packets intended to be conveyed by any ship or vessel, beyond sea, or from any port of the United States to another port therein; and the letters so received shall be formed into a mail, sealed up, and directed to the post-master of the port to which such ship or vessel shall be bound And for every letter or packet so received, there shall be paid, at the time of its reception, a postage of one cent. And the post-master-general may make arrangements with the post-masters in any foreign country for the reciprocal receipt and delivery of letters and packets, through the post-offices.
And be it further enacted, That the deputy post-masters, and the persons employed in the transportation of the mail, shall be exempt from militia duties, or any fine or penalty for neglect thereof.
And be it further enacted, That all the surplus revenue of the general post-office, which shall have accrued previous to the first day of June next, not heretofore appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying any deficiency which may arise in the revenue of the said department for the year next ensuing.
And be it further enacted, That the act passed at the last session of Congress, intitled, "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act intitled, "An act for the temporary establishment of the post-office," be, and the same
is hereby continued in full force, until the first day of June next, and no longer.
And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for the term of two years, from the said first day of June next, and no longer.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED, FEBRUARY TWENTIETH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6.
In committee of the whole, on the Fishery Bill.
[CONTINUED.]
MR. GOODHUE.—The gentleman last up (Mr. Williamson) says, that an appropriation of money being made by the bill now before us, and the treasury standing pledged for the payment, therefore a direct bounty is granted. At present, we pay in drawbacks about 45000 dollars; but we cannot say, that this sum will be adequate to the payment of the drawbacks next year: for if a greater quantity of fish be taken, a greater sum of course must be allowed: and as the sum depends entirely on the quantity of fish, it is impossible to ascertain beforehand the precise amount; there is not however, in the whole bill any thing of a bounty, except the bare name. The gentleman allows that we may commute the present drawbacks, and give them to the fisherman instead of the merchant: but it is impossible to do this with safety in any other mode than that pointed out in the bill—Shall we leave it to the fisherman, to be determined by his oath? This would not be advisable.
The plan proposed is a much less exceptionable one; it is founded on a calculation, that a certain quantity of tonnage is employed in taking a certain quantity of fish:—on this calculation the allowance is apportioned to the tonnage: if gentlemen think the allowance too high, let the sum be reduced; but let it not be stigmatised as a bounty: it is no such thing.—The word 'Bounty' is an unfortunate expression; and I wish it were entirely out of the bill.
Mr. Livermore. The bill now under consideration has two important objects in view. The one is, to give encouragement to our fishermen, and by that encouragement, to encrease their numbers: the other is to govern those fishermen by certain laws, by which they will be kept under due restraint. Both these objects are of great importance to such persons as choose to employ their capitals in the fishery business: and I believe it will not be disputed that the business itself is of considerable importance to the United States, inasmuch as it affords a certain proportion of remittance or exportation to foreign countries; and does not impoverish the country, but enriches it by the addition of so much wealth drawn from the sea.
It is the object of those gentlemen, who favor the bill, that the fishermen should have some encouragement, not given to them at the expense of the United States, but directed to them out of what was, in the former law, called a drawback of the duty on salt.
The calculation, as I understand, has been made as nearly as possible, to give that drawback not to the merchants who export the fish, but to the fishermen who take it, in order to encrease that description of men, without whose assistance it is in vain to expect any benefit from the fisheries: for if the merchants, at present engaged in that branch, possessed the whole capital of the United States, yet if they cannot get fishermen, they cannot carry on the fishery: this is done by a particular class of men, who must be not only expert seamen, but also accustomed to taking the fish and curing it. If these men cannot be had, the capital cannot be employed; and those who undertake the business, cannot carry it on, or reap any profit from it.
Whilst the drawback is payable only to the merchant who exports the fish, it is impossible to convince the fishermen, that they reap from it any advantage whatever: or if some of the more discerning among them do perceive any advantage in it, the others who are not so clear-sighted, cannot discern it, and are therefore not disposed to undertake the business. It is however of considerable importance to the merchants, that the fisherman should receive a proper encouragement, even if they were obliged to allow him a bounty out of their own pocket.
The government of the fishermen, after their engagement in this business, is also necessary to be provided for: otherwise frequent instances may occur among that class of men, of quitting one vessel to embark on board another, or of shipping themselves for a foreign voyage, before the expiration of the fishing season. In the latter case, the vessel lies useless on the owners hands; and he, together with the whole expense of the out-fit, loses all his prospects of future gain.
The two objects here mentioned, are fully provided for in the bill. Still however it is objected to:—but what is the objection?—it is, that the word 'bounty' is twice used in this clause. —Let us now see what advantage will result from striking out this obnoxious 'bounty.'—None at all:—the bill says it shall cease; and have gentlemen any objection to the bounty's ceasing?—Since the bounty is to cease by this bill, what advantage in striking it out?—The sense would still remain the same: and I don't know why we should make a law expressly to strike out the word 'bounty,' but to strike out the bounty itself.
It is strange to me, that any gentleman, whether he is for giving a great bounty, or no bounty at all, should quarrel with this unfortunate word. There is indeed, one part of the section, which I will readily consent to strike out, and I believe every other gentleman who is in favor of the bill, will consent to it likewise; and that is, the clause which provides, that the bounty, to be allowed and paid on every vessel, for one season, shall not exceed one hundred and seventy dollars. If, when the vote is taken on the section, there does not appear a majority of the house in favor of striking out the whole, we may then move for striking out the proviso, if it be offensive to any gentleman: if it be not offensive, it may remain.
If gentlemen are disputing, only because the word 'bounty' is in the bill, they may be perfectly relieved from their uneasiness on that score: for the bill expressly says "that the bounty now allowed upon the exportation of dried fish, of the fisheries of the United States, shall cease; and in lieu thereof" a different kind of encouragement is to be given. Here is no reason to dispute about a word: if gentlemen are disposed to consent to the principle of the bill, that the drawback of the duties on salt shall be commuted for a certain sum to encourage the fishermen, they will vote in favor of the bill:—if not, they will vote against it. But it is impossible for me to conceive, why any gentleman under heaven should be against it: it is only fixing, for the merchants engaged in this branch, a clear and equitable ratio, for distributing among the fishermen that encouragement, which they think necessary in order to attach those people to the business, and to prevent them from going to other occupations, on land. The bill is an important one, and will encrease that branch of business, which is very useful to the community:—it does not lay a farthing of bounty, or duty on any other persons, than those who are immediately concerned in it:—it will serve them; and will not injure any body.
Mr. Lawrance said, from examining the section, he conceived it contemplated no more than what the merchant is entitled to by existing laws. The merchant is now intitled to the drawback; but it is found by experience that the effect has not been to produce that encouragement to the fishermen which was expected; and he presumed the way was perfectly clear to give a new direction to the drawback—and this is all that is aimed at in the bill. He supposed that the clause had no necessary connection with the question which had been started, respecting the right of the government to grant bounties—but, since the question has been brought forward, it may be proper to consider it: in discussing the question, he enquired, what has Congress already done? Have we not laid extra duties on various articles, expressly for the purpose of encouraging various branches of our own manufactures—these duties are bounties to all intents and purposes; and are founded on the idea only of their conducing to the general interest—Similar objections to those now advanced, were not made to these duties—they were advocated (some of them) by gentlemen from the Southward; he traced the effects of these duties, and shewed that they operated fully, as indirect bounties.
Mr. Lawrance then adverted particularly to the constitution—and observed that it contains general principles and powers only—these powers depend on particular laws for their operation; and on this idea he contended that the powers of the government must, in various circumstances extend to the granting bounties; he instanced in case of a war with a foreign power, will any gentleman say that the general government has not a power to grant a bounty on arms, ammunition, &c. should the general welfare require it? The general welfare is inseparably connected with any object or pursuit which in its effects adds to the riches of the country. He

conceived that the argument was given up by gentlemen in opposition to the bill, when they admit of encouragement to the fishermen in any possible modification of it. He then adverted particularly to the fisheries; stated the number of men employed, the tons of shipping necessary to export the fish taken; and inferred the found policy of encouraging so important a branch of business.
Gentlemen say that we do not want a navy—grant it—but can they say that we shall never have a war with any European power? May not the time arrive when the protection to the commerce of this country, derived from this source may be of the utmost necessity to its existence. Adverting to Mr. Williamson's objection from the unequal operation of bounties—and who had referred to the article of the constitution which says that taxes shall be equal, in all the States; Mr. Lawrance observed that this article in the constitution could only respect the rates of the duties, and that the same duties should be paid in Virginia that are paid in New-York—at the Northward, as at the Southward; it surely could not mean that every individual should pay exactly the same sum in every part of the union; this was a provision that no law could possibly contemplate.
He concluded by a summary recapitulation of his arguments—and saying he hoped the section would be retained.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29.
The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Treasurer of the United States, containing his specie account, from the 1st of October, to the 31st of December, 1791.—Referred to a special committee, to examine and report.
A message was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, notifying that the Senate had agreed to the conference proposed by the House, on the subject of the amendments to the frontier bill, and had, on their part, appointed a committee of three members, to meet the committee (of five) appointed by the House.
A report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of the executors of Edward Carnes, was read and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next.
Mr. Page called up the report of the select committee on the memorial of Mr. Churchman.
The report, after some debate, was agreed to, and in pursuance thereof, a committee was appointed to bring in a bill.
Mr. Lawrance presented a memorial from the merchants of New-York, who trade to India and China—Referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union.
Mr. W. Smith (from the committee appointed to examine and report whether any and what alterations are necessary to be made in the Acts establishing the Treasury and War Departments) made a report, which was twice read, ordered to be printed, and referred to a committee of the whole House on Tuesday next.
In committee of the whole—(Mr. W. Smith in the Chair)—on the Militia Bill.
The question being taken on a motion made yesterday by Mr. Sumpter, to strike out the second section, containing an enumeration of various descriptions of persons to be exempted from militia duty—it passed in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Boudinot, "the members of both Houses of Congress, with their respective officers," were added to the list of exempt.
But a motion from the same gentleman, to add "all persons conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms," after a short debate, was negatived—and the committee rose and reported progress.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1.
In committee of the whole on the Militia Bill—Mr. B. Bourne in the chair.
The committee proceeded in the discussion as far as the tenth section—they then rose and reported progress.
Mr. Goodhue, from the joint committee appointed to consider and report what business is necessary to be done the present session, made a report, which was read and laid on the table.
Mr. Williamson presented a bill to amend an act, entitled, an act to promote the progress of the useful arts—read the first time.
Mr. Sedgwick informed the House, that the committee of conference, on the articles of disagreement between the two Houses, in the frontier bill, having come to an agreement, he had in his hand a report to make to the House—On which, at half after two o'clock, the galleries were cleared.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2.
The bill to amend the act to promote the progress of the useful arts—was read the second time and referred to a committee of the whole on Thursday next.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill to ascertain and regulate the claims to half pay and invalid pensions—with amendments; also that the President of the United States has approved and signed the act relative to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States, &c.
Mr. Gerry renewed his motion for a committee to report a bill providing for a reduction of the postage on newspapers; this motion after some debate was agreed to, and a committee appointed consisting of Messrs. Gerry, Murray and Findley.
Mr. Macon's motion laid on the table some days since for the appointment of a committee to report a bill providing for the finishing a Light-House on Bald-Head, on Cape-Fear River—was taken up, agreed to, and a committee accordingly appointed, consisting of Mr. Grove, Mr. Key, and Mr. Barnwell.
A message from the Senate informed the House, that the Senate has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the bill making further and more effectual provision for the defence of the frontiers.—N. B. The House accepted of the report of the committee of conference yesterday.
The committee on enrolled bills, reported a bill "for making further and more effectual provision for the defence of the frontiers," as duly enrolled—The Speaker then signed the same.
In committee of the whole on the militia bill.—Mr. B. Bourne in the Chair.
The 10th section being read, which provides for training and disciplining the militia, imposing fines, &c. a motion was made that it should be struck out; this motion after considerable debate was negatived.
The committee finished the discussion of the bill. Mr. Boudinot proposed an addition to the 2d section, imposing an equivalent of two dollars per annum on all persons exempted from militia duty, except sailors.—This motion was negatived by a large majority.
The committee then rose and reported the bill with sundry amendments—which were laid on the table.
A petition was presented and read, from the directors of the Ohio Company—referred to Messrs. Sedgwick, Findley, Benion, Learned and Baldwin. Adjourned till to-morrow.
LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 27. The committee on the hospital, reported a sum of £15,000 to be granted that institution.
The bill for removing obstructions in the navigable waters of this state, passed a second reading, and was ordered to be transcribed for a third.
BOSTON, February 18.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SENATE—FEB 16.
THE bill for incorporating the subscribers to the Boston Tontine Association, sent up by the hon. House for concurrence, was read a second time, and after debate, the question, shall the bill pass to be engrossed, was determined in the negative—Yeas 13—Nays 17.
[The bill underwent an ample and fair discussion for several days; and a Committee of the Association was heard on the subject on the floor of the Senate.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEB. 14.
The committee raised to take into consideration the propriety of issuing a tax the present session, reported verbally that it was not expedient.
The report was advocated by Messrs. Breck, Jarvis, Eustis, Stearns, and other gentlemen.—The prospect of the assumption of our State debts, the handsome sum of money in the Treasury, and the still greater sum due to the Commonwealth, were insisted on as arguments not only against the tax, but as proofs that we should have hereafter in the State but very small assessments indeed; and the time was fast arriving, when the good people of this Commonwealth, wherever situated, will enjoy all the blessings of peace and tranquility, with but very little expence to them.
The report was objected to by Messrs. Bacon, Gardiner, Cony and Parsons; but this last gentleman altered his opinion upon hearing the reasons urged in favor of it. The House accepted the report by a large majority.
FEBRUARY 15.
Messrs. Pierce, Tudor and Bond, were appointed a committee to take into consideration the expediency of giving a bounty to that person who will make a model of the best and simplest construction for the expediting the breaking and swindling flax and hemp, to go either by water or hand, for the benefit of the public.
FEBRUARY 17.
Agreeable to assignment, the House proceeded to the choice of an additional Clerk to the House, when Thomas Crafts, Esq. was unanimously chosen.
A bill for erecting a Bridge over Merrimack River, at Newbury, passed the House, after a lengthy debate.
A petition of Henry Knox, and others, praying for the privilege of opening a navigable canal from Connecticut river to the waters surrounding the town of Boston—Read and committed to Mr. Breck, Mr. Tudor and Mr. Wedgery.
Philadelphia, March 3.
Reports have prevailed that the Cod Fishery Bill was ill received by the fishermen, and that a riot had happened at Marblehead, in which a store was burned. We are happy to find the report is groundless.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Boston, to his friend, dated February 22, 1792.
"The attempt to burn Col. —'s store at Marblehead, was by a boy, who, at the time, was intoxicated, and who went with a brand of fire from a vessel in the view of half a dozen men, and laid the fire at the corner of the store. Col. — says, the fishermen were at first averse to sign articles, and complying with the regulations prescribed in your act, because they were innovations; but that efforts had been used, and were successfully using, to shew the sailors that their interest was protected and promoted by this statute."
CENSUS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
The following is a transcript from a complete and authentic copy just received, of the CENSUS of the State of SOUTH-CAROLINA—viz. 35,576 white males above 16, 37,722 white males under 16, 66,880 white females, 1801 other free persons, 107,094 slaves. Total 249,073.
We are happy to hear that the injury which the Hon. Mr. DAYTON received from his fall on the ice last Tuesday evening, is not so great as has been represented. It proves to be a fracture of one of the small bones of the ankle only; it is in so fair a way of recovery, and the symptoms attending it so favorable, as to afford the most flattering prospects of his being able to go abroad, and to give his attendance as heretofore in Congress, in the course of a fortnight.
Accounts are received in town from Fort Washington, which mention that a serjeant and four men had lately been to the place where the bloody battle of the 4th of November last was fought, near the Miami villages, where they counted five hundred and thirty eight dead bodies. One piece of artillery only was to be seen, but the carriages of seven others remained on the ground; the guns, it was supposed, were either buried or thrown into the water.
The party left Fort Jefferson at dusk in the evening, arrived at the place about day-break, and staying only long enough to make the above observations, left the melancholy scene.
Col. Wilkinson, with a party of about four hundred men, left Fort Washington the 25th of January, with intent to go to the place of action and bury the dead, and it was thought would visit the Miami villages before they returned.
Fort Jefferson had a sufficient garrison, and six month's provision.
The papers from various parts of the Union announce the celebration of the PRESIDENT'S Birth-Day, with every circumstance indicative of loyalty to the government, and affectionate attachment to his person and administration.
The important business of establishing free schools throughout this commonwealth, has lately been before the legislature—the result is a report from a committee, in which it is proposed that a school shall be established in each county.
A lot has been contracted for by the agents of the Governor of this State, for the purpose of erecting thereon the PRESIDENT'S HOUSE. The lot pitched upon, is in High-street, the corner of Ninth-street. Several plans of the house have been recently submitted to the legislature for their consideration; and in order to raise a sum, in addition to what has already been raised, to complete it in a proper stile of elegance, a tax is proposed upon pleasure carriages.
From a concise view of the present state of several European powers, it appears that the French Revolution is in no danger from them. The Empress of Russia, whatever may be her wishes, it is said has only 18,000 troops, and a small fleet, to oppose to 24 millions of men, who have sworn to live free, or die.
The family of PENN, have constituted the honorable Thomas M c Kean and Edmund Physick, Esq. of Pennsylvania, their attorneys in fact, to sell and dispose of all the property of the said family in the state of Delaware. The two gentlemen above mentioned, in consequence of this appointment, have notified the President of Delaware of the same, and offered to that state the right of pre-emption.
On the 11th and 15th of January last, the Legislature of the state of North-Carolina passed two resolutions, instructing their Senators in the Senate of the United States "to use their constant and unremitted exertions until they effect having the doors of the Senate of the United States kept open, that the people may have access to hear the debates of the Senate, when in its legislative, or judicial capacity."
There being every appearance of a general assumption of the residue of the state debts at this session of Congress, the public are advised not to sell their state certificates at the present prices, as there must be a considerable appreciation of them in a short time. [N. York D. Adv.]
It is a fact pretty well ascertained, (says a N. York paper) that the real specie in the state does not exceed twelve hundred thousand dollars; of which scarcely one million falls to the share of the city.—It is hard to tell, then, from whence the patrons of the new bank expect to procure specie, as a basis whereon to erect their fabric.
The New-York papers contain a variety of electioneering speculations—the majority of them appears at present in favor of Gov. CLINTON.—It seems that the business is to be conducted without personal scurrility!
But when mankind so wise are grown, To see no foibles but their own; When deep humility of spirit, The sons of pride and gold inherit; And universal love inspires The breasts that mad ambition fires; Why then—and not before—you'll see The world from lies and slander free.
RECIPE—FOR A DUEL.
LEST the glimm'ring sparks expire, Clap a bellows to the fire; Innuendoes furnish fuel, And insure the dying duel.
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PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
   FUNDED DEBT.     6 pr. Cents 24/8 pr. 7. 123 3/4 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 14/4 71 3/4 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 15/ 75 do.   UNFUNDED DEBT.   Final Sett. and other Certificates 22/ 110 do.   Indents 14/ 70 do.   half shares Bank Stock 106 per cent premium.  

Joseph Anthony, & Son,
HAVE FOR SALE, At their Store, No. 5, on Chestnut-Street Wharf, A FEW puacheons choice old Jamaica Spirits, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis Rum, Port-au-Prince, Cape-Francois and Surinam Molasses, Coffee, Coton, and Pimento, Hyson and Souchong Tea, of the first quality, Cloves, Cassia, and Boston Chocolate, Spermaceti Candles and strained Oil, Salmon and pickled Mackerel, Boston Beef and Burlington Pork, Russia and Boston Canvas, A few bales excellent Hops, Myrtle Wax Candles, St. Martin's Salt, Madeira Wine, in pipes, hogheads and quarter casks, And a few cases old Batavia Arrack.
February 8, 1792.
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MILITIA FINES.
THE Collectors of Militia Fines in the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the districts of Moyamensing and Passyunk, are hereby required to collect and pay into the County Treasury, all arrearages of fines, and to settle and deposit their books and vouchers in my Office, at No. 61, Walnut-Street, on or before the first day of April next.—Wherefore Notice is given, That immediately from the said first day of April, all Collectors who shall fail in complying with this requisition, will be proceeded against according to law.
THOMAS PROCTER, L.icut. of the City and Liberties.
Philad. Feb. 25, 1792.
American Lead Manufactor.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co.
HAVE just now opened their LEAD-WAREHOUSE, two doors South of Walnut-Street Wharf, adjoining their New Factory—where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general assortment of SHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced English workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced price from the cost of imported.
They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception.
For further particulars enquire of Messrs. Moses Austin & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above.
Philadelphia, December 3, 1791.
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Thirty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN on Thursday the 26th ult. a bright Bay HORSE, with a Saddle and Bridle; about 14 hands and an half high, a darkish snip reaching down his face to the end of his nose, a little white on two of his feet, with a white spot under his left eye, about the size of an English shilling, his hind feet turn in, round made, five years old, trots and canters well. Whoever takes up said horse, so that the owner may get him again, shall receive Fifteen Dollars; or the above reward for the horse and thief, paid by the subscriber, living in Piscataway, about 9 miles from New-Brunswick, New-Jersey. BARZILLAI F. RANDOLPH.
February 22, 1792.
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Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
PROPOSALS for cutting a Canal from the waters of Elizabeth River in Virginia, to those of Pasquotank in North-Carolina, or for conducting the work, will be received until the ninth day of April next, by Robert Andrews, of Williamsburg; Thomas Newton, jun. and Daniel Bedinger, of Norfolk, in Virginia; by John Cowper, of Gates County; and Benjamin Jones, of Camden County, in North-Carolina. The length of the Canal will be about sixteen miles; the country through which it will pass, is swampy, free from stones, and covered with heavy wood. The Canal is to be thirty-two feet in width, and eight feet at least in depth, below the surface of the earth, and capable of being navigated in dry seasons, by vessels drawing three feet water.
Good security will be required of contractors; and persons making application to be employed as managers, must produce certificates (from characters of respectability) of their qualifications for a business of this kind.
By order of the President and Directors, WILLIAM A. BAYLEY, Clerk.
Norfolk, January 21, 1792.
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S A L E S
Of the real Estate of JOHN KIDD , late of the Township of Bensalem, in the County of Bucks, Esquire, deceased, pursuant to the Directions of his last Will and Testament.
ON Tuesday the 27th of March next will be exposed to Sale, by way of Public Vendue, on the premises—One exceedingly valuable and highly improved Farm, containing about two hundred and ninety-nine acres, situate on the river Delaware; on which is erected a handsome two-story brick house, with a new piazza in the front, two kitchens, a good barn, stables, hay-house, and other convenient out-houses. A good orchard of the best kind of grafted fruit, now in its prime; a large garden well fenced in, and in good order; and a shed and herring fishery before the door. This place is remarkably well timbered, has a sufficiency of meadow, a large front on the river, and runs back to the post-road.
One other very valuable Farm, adjoining the above; containing about two hundred and seven acres, the greatest part of which is wood-land. There are on this farm a good house, barn, stables, and other out-houses, with a young thriving orchard of the best grafted fruit, and a shed and herring fishery. It has long been a well accustomed tavern; and the ferry belonging to it, known by the name of Dunks's, is noted for being well kept and much frequented. Both the above places afford the best prospects on the river, and are remarkably healthy.
One other small Farm, containing about sixty-three acres, situate in the township of Southampton, in the county aforesaid; on which are erected two log-houses. There is a small orchard, and a great sufficiency of wood-land and meadow ground.
One Lot, containing four acres, situate on the great post-road leading from Philadelphia to New-York, and ten miles from the former. On it is a good log dwelling-house, and work-shop adjoining, with a well of excellent water at the door: now in the tenure of the Widow Ward.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold all the remaining Stock, Household-Furniture, Farming Utensils, and Wheat in the ground.
N. B. The conditions of sale will be, one-third of the purchase money to be paid down, and the remainder in two yearly payments with interest.
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JOHN SWIFT, JOHN M. NESBIT, SAMUEL BENEZET, } Executors.
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT and SOLD, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chestnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
To be SOLD peremptorily, at PUBLIC VENDUE, on Wednesday the 11th day of April next,
THE SEAT of the late Doctor Lewis Johnson , deceased, in Perth-Amboy, containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES of LAND.
This place is bounded southerly for near a mile on the river Raritan, where it empties into the bay about 18 miles from Sandy-Hook, and affords two most agreeable situations for Gentlemen's Seats. There are now on it, two brick houses, with gardens, and a good collection of fruit trees of the best kinds. The land is very fertile, and a great part of it very good meadow; and from its situation on the river, has the advantage of fish of different kinds, in their seasons, particularly of oysters and chicken clams, which may be picked in great plenty on the flats before the doors. It is a delightful, healthy situation, capable of genteel and tasty improvements; and as Perth-Amboy is one of the best sea-ports in the United States, and within 18 miles of the sea, the prospect of its increasing in value from that circumstance, is by no means inconceivable.
There will also be sold, other Lots, within the bounds of the city, and about Five Hundred Acres of Land on the opposite side of the river Raritan—part of which is improved by a farm—on which there is a framed dwelling-house and barn, with an orchard of grafted apple trees, and will contain about one hundred and fifty acres; the remainder will be sold in convenient lots, well wooded and timbered, and very convenient for supplying New-York and other markets with fire-wood, timber for ship building, and other uses, the transportation by water being easy and safe.—The conditions will be made known at the day of sale, and the requisite conveyances made by
JAMES PARKER and } Trustees to the said Estate. BOWES REED,
Likewise to be SOLD, at the same time and place,
ELEVEN ACRES of LAND, adjoining the above, the property of the Proprietors of East New-Jersey, where the proprietary house lately stood. The elegant situation of this spot is hardly to be equalled; it affords a grand prospect of Raritan Bay, and of the Bay formed by the waters of Raritan and Hudson's rivers, where they disemboque into the sea to the East—and a most delightful one of the serpentine course of the Raritan river, for several miles, through a rich tract of meadow to the West. The great quantity of stone neatly dressed, and brick, the remains of the house lately burned, will be nearly sufficient for a new building; and a large stone cistern, and well of excellent water, with a very convenient stable and coach-house, will greatly lessen the expense of putting the place in order for the residence of a Gentleman.—There are few situations so eligible, particularly in the summer season—when the cool sea breezes, and the elevated situations, render them places of pleasing retreat, from the confinement and sultry air of the southern states and neighbouring cities.
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TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
ALL the landed estate of GEORGE WARNER , deceased, consisting of a valuable Plantation and tract of Timber Land, supposed to contain between four hundred and 450 acres, about 90 of which is plow-land and 15 of drained meadow. There is on the farm a dwelling-house and kitchen, a cooper's shop and a large barn; a well of water at the door, a good apple orchard. The house stands close on a good landing belonging to the said premises; the rest of the land is well timbered and lies within one mile of said landing, and an equal distance from a saw-mill and grist-mill and also of Quinton's Bridge, bounding on the Main, Allaway's Creek, in the county of Salem, five miles from Salem Court-House.
Any person that is disposed to view or purchase the said premises, may see the place and know the terms, by applying to the subscribers near the same.
MARK MILLER and } Executors. ANDREW MILLER,
Salem County, 2d mo. 13th, 1792.
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TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION, the title indisputable, in the county of Gloucester, supposed to contain five hundred and forty acres of Meadow Land and Cedar Swamp, situate on a branch of Little Egg-Harbour River, in the township of Galloway. There is on said premises a frame house and kitchen, a small hay house and stable. About sixty acres of the land cleared, and about one hundred and ninety of woodland, and a cedar swamp, chiefly well timbered, and about 300 acres of meadow (interspersed with fresh water flowing streams) sufficient to supply one hundred head of cattle.—The situation is allowed by judges, to be capital for raising stock.—Any person inclining to purchase said Plantation, may have possession from the 25th of March ensuing. The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber, living at Quinton's Bridge, in the county of Salem; or a further description may be had, by applying to Richard Wood, senior, in Greenwich; or Joseph Sloan, Surveyor, near Hattonfield; or of James Scull, adjoining said lands.—The place above mentioned, is a pleasant healthy country, within two miles of three grist and saw-mills: And three houses appropriated to divine worship, are about the same distance. Terms of payment made easy, by
ANDREW MILLER.
Quinton's Bridge, Salem County, 2d mo. 13th, 1792.
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TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. 26, PEAR-STREET, A COLLECTION OF Scarce and Valuable BOOKS,
Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock, P. M. Among them are the following:
Folio. HOMER , Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, Eusebius, Sozomen, Theodoret, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Paternus, Pliny, Concordantia Lat. Concordantia Gr. Thesaurus. Cicero. Biblia Junii and Tremellii, Bible de Martin, Wells's Maps, Scapulae—Phavorini—Martini—Hoffmanni Lexica, Vossii Etymologicon, Antiquit. Eccles. Britannica, &c. Quarto. Pindar, Cyropaedia, Bentley's Horace, Terence and Phaedrus, Ovid, Juvenal, Manilius, Cicero's op. om. Cæsar, Suetonius, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Vossii Ars Gram. Cluverii Geographia, Justinian Code, &c. Octavo et infra. Homer, Anacreon, Aristophanes, Longinus, Theophrastus, Hesiod, Poëtæ minores Gr. Isocrates, Phalaris, various editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius, Lucan, Martial, Claudian, Val. Flaccus, Ausonius, Buchanan, Sallust, Curtius, Florus, Justin, Val. Maximus, A. Gellius, Hist. August. Scriptores, English and French Translations of some of the Classics, a great variety of Greek and Latin Grammars, &c, &c. Catalogues may be had of Messrs. Rice & Co. Booksellers, Market-Street, or of JOHN CAREY. October 21. [cp4f.]
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.
JOHN PINTARD, SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER, PURCHASES and SELLS PUBLIC DEBT of every description, on Commission, at the following rates:
ON the specie amount of all sales at auction, one eighth per cent. On ditto at private sale or purchase, one-half per cent. On remittances, ditto. Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent. on the amount of the interest. For making transfers at ditto, seventy-five cents per transfer. Such persons as may incline to favor the subscriber with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctuality, fidelity and dispatch. His long experience and extensive dealings in the public stocks, together with a well established correspondence throughout the United States, enable him to conduct his operations with peculiar benefit to his employers.
October 15, 1791. JOHN PINTARD, New-York, No. 57, King-Street.
War Department.
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 September, 1791, and which will become due on the 5th day of March, 1792, will be paid on the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans within the states respectively, under the usual regulations, viz.
Every application for payment must be accompanied by the following vouchers. 1st. The certificate given by the state, specifying that the person possessing the same is in fact an invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which as such he is annually entitled. 2d. An affidavit, 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 (regiment, corps or vessel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now resides in the and county of and has resided there for the last years; previous to which he resided in
In case an invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to the following form: I, A. B. of county of state of do hereby constitute and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of my pension for six months, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and ending the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
Signed and sealed in the presence of } Witnesses.
Acknowledged before me,
Applications of executors and administrators must be accompanied with legal evidence of their respective offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the President of the United States, H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
The Printers in the respective states are requested to publish the above in their newspapers, for the space of two months.
A LOTTERY,
To raise the sum of £750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791.
S C H E M E.
1 Prize of 2000 Dollars is 2000 1 1000 11000 2 500 1000 5 200 1000 10 100 1000 30 50 1500 90 20 1800 1675 4 6700 1814 Prizes, 16000 3520 Blanks.
5334 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, is 16002 Dolls.
This Lottery is composed of 5334 Tickets, not two Blanks to one Prize, and subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. which is more favorable to adventurers than any Lottery yet offered to the public—and it being of such evident utility, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support.
The drawing will commence on the second Monday in April, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey.
Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty.
A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery.
JOHN PARKER, PETER KEENON, ANTHONY W. WHITE, } Managers.
N. B. Those prizes which are not demanded within six months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be considered as a generous donation to the Church.
New-Brunswick, January 20, 1792. [en3m]
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