Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-05-26 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 113, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1792.
[Whole No. 321.]
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 concerning the Duties on Spirits distilled 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 last day of June next, the present duties upon spirits distilled within the United States, and on stills shall cease, and that in lieu thereof, upon all spirits which after the said day shall be distilled within the United States wholly or in part from molasses, sugar or other foreign materials, there shall be paid the duties following, that is to say :
For every gallon of those spirits of the first class of proof, ten cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the second class of proof, eleven cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the third class of proof, twelve cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the fourth class of proof, fourteen cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the fifth class of proof, eighteen cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the sixth class of proof, twenty-five cents.—And upon all spirits which after the said day shall be distilled within the United States from materials of the growth or produce of the United States, in any city, town or village, at any distillery at which there shall be one or more stills which singly or together shall be of the capacity of four hundred gallons or upwards, there shall be paid the duties following, that is to say :
For every gallon of those spirits of the first class of proof, seven cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the second class of proof, eight cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the third class of proof, nine cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the fourth class of proof, eleven cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the fifth class of proof, thirteen cents;—for every gallon of those spirits of the sixth class of proof, eighteen cents.—And upon stills which after the said day shall be employed in distilling spirits from materials of the growth or produce of the United States, at any other place that a city, town or village, or at any distillery in a city, town or village at which there shall be one or more stills which singly if only one, or together if more than one shall be of less capacity than four hundred gallons, there shall be paid the yearly duty of fifty-four cents for every gallon English wine measure of the capacity or content of each and every such still including the head thereof :—Provided, That it shall be at the option of the proprietor or possessor of any such still, instead of the said yearly duty, either to pay seven cents for every gallon of spirits by him or her distilled, or to pay at the rate of ten cents per gallon of the capacity for each and every month of the employment of any such still ; and in case the said proprietor or possessor shall elect to pay either the said rate of seven cents per gallon, of the spirits by him or her distilled, or the said monthly rate of ten cents, according to the capacity of his or her still or stills, he or she at the time of making entry of his or her still or stills in manner herein after directed, shall by writing under his or her hand, left at the office of inspection where such entry shall be made, notify the said election, and if the same shall be to pay the said monthly rate of ten cents, shall demand a license for the term of time, specifying the day of commencing and the day of ending, during which he or she shall intend to work his or her still or stills, which license shall without delay or expense to the said proprietor or possessor be granted, and shall be signed by the supervisors of the revenue and countersigned by the officer at whose office application for the same shall have been made. And in case of an election to pay the said monthly rate of ten cents, it shall not be lawful for any person by whom the same shall have been made, to work his or her still or stills, at any time, within the year from the date of his or her entry thereof, other than that for which a license shall have been granted, unless he or she shall have previously obtained another license for such further time, which upon like application shall, and may be granted, in like manner, and if any such person shall work his or her still or stills, contrary to the direction or provision aforesaid, he or she shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, two hundred dollars. And in every case in which any proprietor or possessor of a still or stills subject to the payment of duty according to the capacity of such still or stills, shall not make election to pay according to one or the other alternatives aforesaid ; or shall not duly comply therewith, he or she shall be liable to pay, and shall pay the said yearly rate of fifty-four cents for every gallon of the capacity or capacities of his or her still or stills.
And be it further enacted, That there be in each county comprehended within any district, at least one office of inspection, at which every person having or keeping a still or stills within such county, shall between the last day of May, and the first day of July in each year, make entry of such still or stills ; and at which every person, who being a resident within the county shall procure a still or stills, or who removing within a county, shall bring therein a still or stills, shall within thirty days after such procuring or removal, and before he or she shall begin to use such still or stills, make entry thereof. And every entry besides describing each still and the capacity thereof, shall specify the place where, and the person in whose possession it is, and the purpose for which it is intended, as whether for sale or use in distilling ; and in the case of removal, shall specify the place from which every such still shall have been brought.
And be it further enacted, That every proprietor and possessor of a still shall be jointly and severally liable for the duty thereupon ; and that every owner of land, upon which any still shall be worked, shall be liable for the duty thereupon, unless the same shall be worked by a lawful and bona fide tenant of the land of an estate, not less than for the term of one year, or unless such owner can make it appear, that the possessor of, or person by whom such still shall have been worked, was during the whole time of working the same, a trespasser or intruder on his land.
And be it further enacted, That every officer of inspection with-
in whose survey any distillery of geneva or sweet cordials, subject to the payment of duty by the gallon of the spirits distilled thereon may be, shall forbear to visit or inspect for a space not exceeding two hours in each day, such part of the said distillery as he may be required by the proprietor, possessor or manager of such distillery to forbear to visit and inspect, for which purpose it shall be necessary for the said proprietor, possessor or manager, to give notice in writing to the said officer, describing therein particularly the part of such distillery, which it shall be his desire that the said officer may forbear to visit and inspect, and specifying the time of each day for which such forbearance shall be desired.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate as well the marks to be set upon the casks, vessels and packages containing distilled spirits, as the forms of the certificates which are to accompany the same, and that when any cask or vessel in which distilled spirits have been contained, shall have been emptied of its contents, it shall be lawful for the marks thereupon to be effaced by, or in the presence of an officer of inspection ; and if the said cask or vessel shall afterwards be used for putting therein other spirits, the same may be marked anew.
And be it further enacted, That instead of a notice of twenty-four hours heretofore required to be given of the intent to export distilled spirits in order to the benefit of the drawback of the duties thereupon, six hours shall be sufficient.
And be it further enacted, That there be an abatement for leakage, at the rate of two per cent. in every case in which the duty shall be payable by the gallon of the spirits distilled, to be allowed at the distillery where such spirits shall be made.
And be it further enacted, That the officer of inspection within whose survey any still shall be, the duty whereupon is payable according to the capacity of the still, shall indentify by progressive numbers and other proper marks, every such still within his survey, and the duty thereupon shall operate as a specific lien upon the said still.
And be it further enacted, That every distiller of, and dealer in spirits, who may have in his or her possession, distilled spirits not marked or certified, pursuant to the act, intitled, "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," shall prior to the last day of September next, report the spirits in his or her possession, in writing, at some office of inspection, to the end that such spirits may be marked and certified as old stock. And that from and after the last day of September next, casks and vessels of the capacity of twenty gallons and upwards, containing distilled spirits, which shall be found in the possession of any distiller or dealer in spirits, except at a distillery where the same were made, or in going from one place to another, without being marked according to law, or without having a certificate from some proper officer, shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture ; and that it shall be the duty of the several officers of inspection, upon request of any dealer or distiller, to take measures for the marking of casks, vessels and packages containing distilled spirits, and to furnish such dealer or distiller, free from expense, with certificates to accompany the same : Provided, That it shall not be incumbent upon any such officer to mark or certify any cask, vessel or package, which ought to have been before marked or certified according to any law of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, no distilled spirits, except arrack and sweet cordials, shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in casks or vessels of the capacity of ninety gallons and upwards.
And be it further enacted, That no drawback of the duty on distilled spirits which shall be exported after the last day of June next, shall be allowed upon any quantity less than one hundred gallons.
And be it further enacted, That after the last day of June next, no distilled spirits shall be brought into the United States, from any foreign port or place, in any cask or vessel which shall have been marked pursuant to any law of the United States concerning distilled spirits, on pain of forfeiture of the spirits so brought, and of the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought.
And be it further enacted, That if the owner or possessor of any still or stills shall neglect to make entry thereof, within the time and in the manner prescribed by the second section of this act, such owner or possessor shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. And if any distilled spirits, except arrack and sweet cordials, shall, after the last day of April next, be brought into the United States in casks or vessels of less capacity than ninety gallons, all such spirits, and the casks and vessels containing the same, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture, and every such penalty or forfeiture shall be, one half to the use of the United States, and the other half to the use of the person who shall first discover and make known the matter or thing whereby the same shall have been incurred.
And be it further enacted and declared, That the duties hereby laid shall continue in force, for the same time, and are hereby pledged and appropriated to and for the same purposes, as those, in lieu of which they are laid, and pursuant to the act intitled, "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same."
And be it further enacted, That to make good any deficiency which may happen in consequence of the reduction hereby made in the rates of the duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and on stills, so much of the product of the duties laid by the act intitled, "An act for raising a farther sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned," as may be necessary, shall be and is hereby pledged and appropriated to the same purposes, to and for which the duties, hereby reduced, were pledged and appropriated.
And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be authorized to make such allowances for their respective services to the supervisors, inspectors and other officers of inspection, as he shall deem reasonable and proper, so as the said allowances, together with the incidental expenses of collecting the duties on spirits distilled within the United States, shall not exceed seven and an half per centum of the total product of the duties on distilled spirits, for the period to which the said allowances shall relate, computing from the time the act, intitled, "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," took effect : And provided also, That such allowance shall not exceed the annual amount of seventy thousand dollars, until the same shall be further ascertained by law.
And be it further enacted, That the act intitled, "An act repealing after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same," shall extend to and be in full force for the collection of the several duties herein before mentioned, and for the recovery and distribution of the penalties and forfeitures herein contained and generally for the execution of this act, as fully and effectually as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, provision, clause, matter and thing therein contained, were inserted in, and re-enacted by this present act, subject only to the alterations hereby made.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED, MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
An ACT making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be an accountant to the department of war, who shall be charged with the settlement of all accounts relative to the pay of the army, the subsistence of officers, bounties to soldiers, the expenses of the recruiting service, the incidental and contingent expenses of the department ; and who shall report from time to time, all such settlements as shall have been made by him, for the inspection and revision of the accounting officers of the treasury ; and the said accountant shall also be charged with the settlement of all claims for personal service authorized by the act of this Congress of the 27th of March last, and of all military claims lodged in the late office of the paymaster general and commissioner of army accounts, which are not fore closed by the acts of limitation of the late Congress, and he shall report from time to time, all such settlements as have been made by him, for the inspection and revision of the Comptroller of the Treasury. The compensation of the said accountant shall be a yearly salary of one thousand two hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the United States shall disburse all such monies as shall have been previously ordered for the use of the department of war by warrants from the treasury ; which disbursements shall be made pursuant to warrants from the Secretary at War, countersigned by the accountant.
And be it further enacted, That there be a Paymaster to reside near the head quarters of the troops of the United States. That it shall be the duty of the said paymaster, to receive from the treasurer all the monies which shall be entrusted to him for the purpose of paying the pay, the arrears of pay, subsistence or forage, due to the troops of the United States. That he shall receive the pay abstracts of the paymasters of the several regiments or corps, and compare the same with the returns or muster rolls which shall accompany the said pay abstracts. That he shall certify accurately to the commanding officer, the sums due to the respective corps, which shall have been examined as aforesaid, who shall thereon issue his warrant on the said deputy paymaster, for the payment accordingly. That copies of all reports to the commanding officer, and the warrants thereon, shall be duly transmitted to the office of the accountant of the war department, in order to be there examined and finally adjusted at the treasury. That the said paymaster shall give bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, with two sufficient sureties, for the faithful discharge of his duty, and he shall take an oath faithfully to execute the duties of his office. That the compensation to the said paymaster shall be sixty dollars monthly, with the same rations and forage as a major.
And be it further enacted, That no assignment of pay made after the first day of June next, by a non-commissioned officer or private, shall be valid.
And be it further enacted, That all purchases and contracts for supplying the army with provisions, clothing, supplies in the quarter-masters department, military stores, Indian goods, and all other supplies or articles for the use of the department of war, be made by or under the direction of the Treasury department.
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the superintendence of the collection of the duties on impost and tonnage as he shall judge best. That the present office of assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury be abolished, and that instead thereof there be an officer in the department of the Treasury, to be denominated Commissioner of the Revenue, who shall be charged with superintending, under the direction of the head of the department, the collection of the other revenues of the United States, and shall execute such other services, being conformable to the constitution of the department, as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. That the compensation of the said Commissioner shall be a salary of one thousand nine hundred dollars per annum.
And be it further enacted, That in every case of an account or claim not finally adjusted, upon which the present Comptroller of the Treasury, as Auditor, may have decided, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Revenue, and of the Auditor of the Treasury, finally to adjust the same, and in case of disagreement between the said Commissioner and Auditor, the decision of the Attorney General shall be final.
And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, absence from the seat of government or sickness of the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, or of the Secretary of the War department, or of any officer of either of the said departments whose appointment is not in the head thereof, whereby they cannot perform the duties of their said respective offices, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, in case he shall think it necessary, to authorize any person or persons at his discretion to perform the duties of the said respective offices until a successor be appointed, or until such absence or inability by sickness shall cease.
And be it further enacted, That the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts whatsoever, shall be prescribed by the department of the Treasury.
And be it further enacted, That in addition to the compen-

FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
A REPUBLICAN government is of all modes undoubtedly the best. The essential mark and principal characteristic of such a government, is, that the people are governed by laws enacted by their own representatives. Under this character, all men surely will agree to prefer a republican mode. My education, habits and reflections, have so riveted my attachments, that it would be difficult for me to subdue them so far as to live contentedly under any other. I should feel a want of that firm ground of security which an American treads on. Like an inhabitant of Calabria, which is often shaken by earthquakes, I should think myself on a thin crust of earth, walking over caverns of sulphur. For a despotic government can neither enjoy safety, nor give it. Accordingly, the zeal of patriots and philosophers to preserve republican government, is not less rational than ardent and universal. The good sense and virtue of the world seem to be all on the same side. The means which tend to perpetuate this blessing to the citizens of the United States, cannot be too diligently sought, nor too firmly established. Knowledge among the great body of the people, is worth every other security of liberty. It is not only the first and best security, but it is absolutely essential. There is no safety without it. An ignorant free people! a solecism. Banish knowledge from a republic—the foul leaves the body—the inert mass will soon corrupt. It is the strength of the body politic—without it, like Sampson shorn of his hair, it is bound by the weak, and despoiled by the profligate. Every school-house protects liberty more effectually than a fort, or a regiment guards the frontiers.—Why then is it not the first care of every American patriot to provide for schools. Year after year passes away, and this work, which it takes a generation to accomplish, is neglected. O mighty ignorance, that hast erected empires and levelled republics with the dust, we fear thou wilt outlive all thy enemies! PHILO.
BOSTON, May 12.
[The following extracts from letters of Mr. John Parker Boyd, of this town, now in India, evince the genius and enterprise of that young gentleman, and shew much of that spirit of adventure so peculiar to Bostonians.]
“Being well assured that whatever relates to me, will in some measure be interesting to you, I shall therefore just inform you of my present situation.
“Fourteenth June last, after having procured recommendatory letters to the English consul, residing at the court of his Highness the Nizam, I proceeded to this capital, Hyderabad, being 450 miles from this place. On my arrival I was presented to his Highness, in form, by the English consul: My reception was favorable as my most sanguine wishes had anticipated.
“After the usual ceremony was over, he presented me with the command of two Ransolars of infantry (each consisting of 500 men) with the commission of Buxy and paymaster of my soldiers.
“I am also indulged with the cloathing: my pay at present only 500 rupees per month; but my other emoluments will make it 1200 per month, equal to about 200l. lawful money.
“The Nizam is in alliance with the English company, and had, when I arrived, taken the field against Tippoo Sultan with about 50,000 infantry, 60,000 horse, and 500 elephants. This was the noblest fight I had ever seen: each elephant supporting a large castle, containing a nabob or commander, and four servants; the size of the animals, the glittering of the castles, and elegance of their equipage, was the most brilliant sight that the eye can behold.
“I am now down to this place purchasing arms for his Highness; the method of travelling in this country is very luxurious, as you must have heard; my servants and escorts in all consist of fifty men, 16 bearers to my palanquin, the other domestic servants, runners, &c. all but the 20 are paid by the prince, who is supposed the greatest in India; his capital, Hyderabad, as I have already informed you, is an ancient walled city, within four miles of the diamond mines of Golconda,—it is 450 miles from Madras, and 225 miles inland from the coast, and a most luxuriant place.
“I do, as you suppose, keep a journal of my travels, and intend, when more at leisure, to give you some extracts from the same, which I flatter myself will afford you some amusement.”
PETERSBURG, May 17.
Several alarming accounts have been received in this town, of a very dangerous insurrection among the negroes on the Eastern Shore of Virginia; the particulars of which we have not been able to obtain:—Reports state, that about two weeks ago, the negroes in that part of the state, to the amount of about 900, assembled in different parties, armed with muskets, spears, clubs, &c. and committed several outrages upon the inhabitants. A favorite servant of Col. Savage's, who had joined them, met his master on the road, took his horse and some money from him, and treated him in a very insolent manner. Caleb, a negro the property of Mr. Simpkins, was to command this banditti; he was also a favorite servant of his master's, and had long lived with him in the capacity of an overseer. A barrel of musket balls, about 300 spears, some guns, powder, provisions, &c. have already been discovered and taken; the spears it is said were made by a negro blacksmith on the Eastern Shore. A considerable number of the negroes have been taken,
and it is expected will be hanged. The militia have turned out, and are obliged to keep constant guard.
It appears by a letter which has been lately discovered in Norfolk, from one of the negroes on the Eastern Shore, that they had concerted a plan with the negroes about Norfolk and Portsmouth, to commit some violent outrages in and about those two towns. The letter states, that 600 of them were to cross over the bay, at a certain time in the night, and when they arrived at these towns, they were to be joined by the negroes in that neighbourhood—they then meant to blow up the magazine in Norfolk, and massacre the inhabitants. Since the discovery of this letter, a guard of fifty men in each of the towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth, has been regularly kept up; several negroes have been taken up on suspicion, and lodged in jail, and a number of guns have been discovered concealed under houses and other secret places, all loaded, most of which were English muskets with fixed bayonets. It is hoped that a timely check will be given to this alarming outrage.
The present unguarded situation of our country renders the above circumstances more particularly interesting—and it is hoped will be a means of urging our rulers to make some speedy and effectual provision for arming and organizing the militia, which for three years past has been most shamefully neglected, and has left us almost destitute of every means of defence.
PITTSBURGH, May 19.
The Fort begun last winter at this place, stands on the Allegheny river, within about 100 yards of the bank, on a beautiful rising ground, about one quarter of a mile higher up than the old garrison of Fort Pitt. It is completely stockaded in, and one range of barracks built, a block-house in one of the angles finished, and the remainder in forwardness. Capt. Hughes, of the 2d United States regiment, commands the Fort, which, last Saturday, the 12th of May, was named Fort Fayette. The ceremonial was as follows:—About two o'clock, the American flag of fifteen stripes was hoisted on the staff of 62 feet in height. The company assembled, consisting of the principal gentlemen of the town, were invited to a cold collation, and a glass of wine. At the first toast, two pieces of ordnance were discharged, old double fortified twelve pounders, brought to this place originally by the French, then acquired by the British, and from them by us—at these discharges the Fort received its name—then a treble discharge in honor of the President of the United States, and fifteen rounds for the fifteen states.
Thursday last a detachment of troops arrived here from the lower parts of this state, under the command of Capt. Edward Butler.
NEW-YORK, May 22.
On Thursday the 17th inst. Dr. Smith, a deputy sheriff in West-Chester county, was inhumanly assassinated in the execution of his office, by John Ryer, at Delancey's Mills. A gentleman lately from that place has favored us with the following detail of circumstances: That the sheriff having a writ against Ryer, met him in a public house at Delancey's Mills, and took him prisoner—Ryer immediately drew a pistol from his pocket and shot him dead upon the spot; he then presented another pistol, and declared that he would shoot the first person who attempted to lay hands upon him, and notwithstanding a number of persons were present, he made his escape and has not since been apprehended.
The jury sat upon the body of Dr. Smith, and brought in their verdict wilful murder . We hear that the sheriff of West-Chester county has offered a reward of 100 dollars for his apprehension.
Philadelphia, May 26.
The President of the United States arrived at Mount Vernon on Monday the 14th inst.
We are authorised to inform the public, that the committee of merchants and wardens of the port, who were requested to accompany the superintendent of the Delaware light-house, &c. for the purpose of affixing some leading marks for shipping in the river Delaware, have stationed a boat with a white flag, upon the easternmost part of the shoal called Horse-shoe, in twelve feet water at low tide, and opposite to the upper part of League Island; another boat with a white flag upon the northernmost point of the shoal called Reeves' or Red-Bank Bar, in the same depth of water, between Eagle-Point and Red-Bank, and a buoy upon the lower part of the shoal called Tinnycums Spitt, in about 13 feet water at low tide, and nearest to the canal side of said Spitt—this buoy is about 1 mile from the lower part of Little Tinnycum-Island.
We hear that the Pilots who were on Tuesday last in town, after having held some conversation with the merchants, returned to their brethren at Marcus Hook, and persuaded them to disperse: 15 pilot boats went out of the bay to bring in the inward bound shipping, and six other pilot boats came up to this city to attend their duty as usual.
ations allowed to the Comptroller, Auditor, Treasurer, and Register of the Treasury, by the “act for establishing the salaries of the executive officers of government, their assistants and clerks,” and to the Attorney General by the “act for allowing certain compensations to the judges of the supreme and other courts, and to the Attorney General of the United States,” the said officers respectively shall be allowed the following yearly sums, viz. the Comptroller four hundred dollars; the Auditor four hundred dollars; the Treasurer four hundred dollars; the Register five hundred dollars; the Attorney General four hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to have two principal clerks, each of whom to have a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum; and that the salary of the chief clerk of the department of war, be at the rate of eight hundred dollars per year.
And be it further enacted, That the restriction on the clerks of the department of the treasury so far as respects the carrying on of any trade or business, other than in the funds, or debts of the United States or of any state, or in any kind of public property, be abolished, and that such restriction, so far as respects the funds or debts of the United States, or of any state, or any public property of either, be extended to the commissioner of the revenue, to the several commissioners of loans, and to all persons employed in their respective offices, and to all officers of the United States concerned in the collection or disbursement of the revenues thereof, under the penalties prescribed in the eighth section of the act, intitled, “An act to establish the treasury department,” and the provisions relative to the officers in the treasury department, contained in the “Act to establish the post office and post roads,” shall be and hereby are extended and applied to the commissioner of the revenue.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
An ACT relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collection of the Duties of Impost and Tonnage.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the last day of June next, in addition to the fees and emoluments which may accrue to the officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage, by the provisions already made, they shall severally have, and be entitled to the respective allowances following, to wit: The surveyors of Newburyport, Salem, Saint Mary's, and Wilmington in North-Carolina, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars, each; the surveyors of Beverley, North Kingston, East Greenwich, Warren, Bristol, Pawcatuck river, Providence, Patuxet, New Haven, Lewellenburg, Alexandria, Beaufort, Hertford, Winton, Bennett's-creek, Plymouth, Windsor, Skewarkey, Murfreesborough, Nixonton, Indian-town, Currituck-inlet, Pasquotank-river bridge, Newbiggen creek, the yearly sum of eighty dollars, each; the surveyor of Portsmouth, the yearly sum of sixty dollars; the surveyors of Ipswich, Portland, Newport, Stonington, Middleton, Bermuda-Hundred, Peterburg, Richmond and Savannah, the yearly sum of fifty dollars, each; the surveyors of Gloucester, New London and Swanborough, the yearly sum of thirty dollars, each; the surveyors of Hudson, Little Egg-harbor, Suffolk, Smithfield, Urbanna and Fredericksburg, the yearly sum of twenty dollars, each; the collector of the district of Wilmington in North Carolina, the yearly sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; the collectors of the districts of Portsmouth, Gloucester, Albany, Annapolis, Vienna, Nottingham, York-town, Dumfries and Louiville, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars, each; the collector of the district of Fairfield, the yearly sum of eighty dollars; the collectors of the districts of Marblehead, Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, Bath, Wiscasset, Machias, Newport, New Haven, Perth Amboy, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Delaware, Chester, Cedar-point, Georgetown, Hampton, South-Quay, Washington, Plank-bridge and Georgetown in South-Carolina, the yearly sum of fifty dollars, each; the naval officer of the district of Portsmouth, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars; the naval officers of the districts of Newburyport, Newport, Providence, Wilmington in North-Carolina, and Savannah, the yearly sum of fifty dollars, each; the collector of the district of Salem and Beverley, one fourth of one per centum on the amount of all monies by him received on account of the said duties; and to the collectors of the districts of Portsmouth, Newburyport, Gloucester, Marblehead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Edgartown, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, Portland, Bath, Wiscasset, Penobscot, Frenchman's-bay, Machias, Newport, Providence, New Haven, Fairfield, Perth Amboy, Burlington, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Delaware, Oxford, Vienna, Snowhill, Annapolis, Nottingham, Cedar-point, Georgetown in Maryland, Hampton, Yorktown, Yeocomico, Dumfries, Foley-landing, Cherrystone, South Ruay, Wilmington in North Carolina, Newbern, Washington, Denton, Plank-bridge, Georgetown in South Carolina, Beaufort, and Savannah, each, one half of one per centum on the amount of all monies by them respectively received on account of the duties aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of June next, the allowance of three fourths of one per centum to the collectors of the districts of Pennsylvania and the city of New-York, on the amount of all monies by them respectively received, on account of the duties of impost and tonnage, shall cease, and instead thereof, they shall, after that time, be entitled to one half of one per centum on all such monies by them respectively received.
And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of June next, the expense of fuel, office rent and necessary stationery, for the collectors of the districts of Salem and Beverley, Boston and Charlestown, the cities of New-York, Philadelphia and Charlestown, the towns of Baltimore, Norfolk and Portsmouth, shall be paid, three fourths by the said Collectors, and the other fourth by the respective naval-officers in those districts.
And be it further enacted, That whenever a collector shall die, the commissions, to which he would have been entitled on the receipt of all duties bonded by him, shall be equally divided between the legal representatives of such deceased collector and his successor in office, whose duty it shall be to collect the same; and for this purpose the said representatives shall deliver over to such successor all the public or official books, papers and accounts of the said deceased.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.

Extract of a letter from Arthur Donaldson, one of the Contractors for improving the Navigation of the Schuylkill, dated the 15th May, 1792.
"I took passage on Sunday in a boat from Reading for Philadelphia, as well for the opportunity of observing the effect of the work which was done last season, as for an easy conveyance to the city. I had the satisfaction of observing the set of the current at half freshes, and perceived that they have a different effect on the navigation than was generally apprehended. And I shall be better informed how to remedy the defects, in a more satisfactory manner than has hitherto been practised. On enquiry of the boatmen, I find that about 12 boats have been employed in the vicinity of Reading, each of which has made ten trips, carrying generally from 13 to 16 tons. Some few lately have not exceeded 5 tons, since the waters have fallen; but they may, I think, be fairly estimated at 10 tons per trip; making in the whole, since the first of March last, 1200 tons. The country have brought in such quantities of produce, that much remains on hand."
A society for the promotion of Agriculture and domestic Manufactures, has been recently established in Culpeper County, Virginia.
SOCIETY for establishing Useful Manufactures.
Notice is hereby given, That the certificates for shares in the stock of the society are nearly completed, and will be ready to be delivered to the original subscribers, or their legal representatives on the first day of June next. All persons therefore having claims to the said certificates are desired to forward them without delay to the subscriber, No. 14, Cortlandt-street, New-York, that they may be examined and the certificates be prepared for delivery.
BENJAMIN WALKER, Commissioner. New-York, May 18th, 1792.
In pursuance of a resolution of a Board of Directors, the following extract from an ordinance passed 20th January last, is published:—
"And be it further enacted, That all assignments of the certificates shall be in form following, viz:—
For value received named in the annexed certificate or share of stock in the society for establishing useful manufactures, do assign, transfer, and set over unto executors, administrators, or assigns, all right and interest in and to the said certificate, mentioned as follows, viz:—
And to the stock therein mentioned, together with all the privileges and emoluments resulting from the same. Witness hand and seal this day of 179
Sealed and delivered in presence of
At a meeting of the Directors of the Society for establishing useful Manufactures, held at New-York, on Friday the 18th day of May, 1792.
RESOLVED unanimously, that the town of Paterson be located upon the waters of the river Passaic, a distance not more than six miles from the same on each or either side thereof, between the seat of Mr. Isaac Gouverneur, near the town of Newark and Chatham bridge.
Resolved, That Mr. Low, Mr. Bayard, and Mr. Boudinot, or any two of them be and they are hereby authorised to locate the said town within the limits in the foregoing resolution, and to make purchases of such lands as they shall deem requisite for the purposes of the Society, and to employ such surveyor or other persons under them, as they shall deem proper and necessary.
Free extract from the minutes, JAMES GRIFFITHS, Clerk.
By late arrivals from France the subsequent intelligence is received, viz.—That the Emperor Leopold died apparently of a Vomica of the lungs; his sudden death had given room for many conjectures at Vienna.—That his successor was very sick.—That by the Emperor's death, France will be quiet the ensuing fall, and providence will provide for the rest.—That the three ministers, M. Cahier de Gerville for the home-department, and M. Molleville of the marine-department, and M. Narbonne of the war-department, had demanded and obtained leave to resign; M. Narbonne wished war to have been declared against the Emperor on account of his declining to give France the explanation demanded of him the 12th of January; he always giving evasive answers; but M. de Lestart and the King being of a different opinion, compelled him to resign: The first news from France will inform us of the fate of M. de Lestart, who, it is said, is arrested.—That a few days after the arrival of M. Burgoin, at Madrid, the famous Count Florida Blanca was disgraced and dismissed.—That Count d'Aranda has succeeded him; that Minister was advising the King of Spain to break his alliance with France, and had introduced into Spain such inquisitorial regulations and ways of governing, that it was dangerous to speak about political affairs—that he is not at all regretted.—That all his schemes have fallen with him—and that Count d'Aranda is now repairing all the wrongs he has done to the French, and to individuals."
"The articles produced by our farms for many years past, have been liberally paid for. Agriculture therefore has not languished—every branch of mechanic industry seems at no loss for its due recompence—and the state of our public funds and exchanges do not show any scarcity of money, or want of zeal to employ it."
An English paragraphist speaking of the late Emperor of Germany says:— "Wherever he himself went, tranquility followed his steps. In Hungary every symptom of discontent was done away by his presence.—In Bohemia all was made easy at his word.—Such effects do virtue and justice ever carry with them."
"By his death, it is much to be feared, very different scenes may be opened. A young Prince, in the Archduke, and heir to his crown, may be too fond of war. He may listen too readily to the insinuations of the emigrants, and be too hasty to revenge supposed affronts upon his territories. In short, by the death of the late Emperor, we may again see a great part of Europe deluged in blood. At all events, the loss of a good man is ever to be regretted, especially in a Prince; and when it happens through foul means, the instigators and perpetrators are all equally to be detected and considered as acknowledged enemies to mankind."
There has been just published in Boston, a book entitled, "The FORESTERS, an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of JOHN BULL, the clothier, in a series of letters to a friend." Wit, learning and humor, are here happily united in a concise history of the American Revolution.—Published by THOMAS & ANDREWS.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Gibraltar, to his correspondent in this city, dated March 1.
"The emperor [of Morocco] YEZID, having made a forced march, and eluded the army commanded by Ben Affar, pulled on to the city of Morocco, where he arrived about the second of February, but the gates being shut against him, he attacked the place, and carried it on the 6th, when he committed the greatest excesses, and once more gave up the devoted Jews to plunder; many friends as well as enemies suffered from the rapacity of the army.—On the 12th Muley Ithem reached the plain of Morocco, with a considerable army, said to consist of thirty thousand men, where the emperor with about half that number met them, and after an engagement which continued from ten to two o'clock, obtained the victory. Of Ithem's army thirteen hundred were killed, and eight hundred taken prisoners, some dispersed themselves, but the greatest part retreated towards Jaffa. The emperor's loss was inconsiderable, but he was himself wounded in two or three places, and the use he made of his success was to put the prisoners to death, not one of whom did he pardon. He ordered them to be nailed up against the walls, and upon the floors where they happened to be, and he prohibited all persons from administering any kind of relief to them. He also put to death, without any apparent reason, two Christians that had been several years employed by his father as stone-cutters, and two Frenchmen who had passed into the country from Ceuta. In short, from the 12th to the 16th such a scene of slaughter was exhibited as, in Morocco, has seldom been heard of. On the 16th, however, it pleased heaven to put an end to it, for on that day the emperor died of his wounds."
Extract of another letter from the same gentleman, dated March 16.
"Slema (or rather Selima) who I think will govern at last in the kingdom of Fez, has, upon the whole, an amiable character. He is humane and temperate, religious and superstitious, a dutiful son to his mother, and a lover of peace. He has declared himself a friend to commerce, and an enemy to every thing cruel or treacherous. An Alcaide, who had attached himself to the late emperor in a distinguished manner, upon the death of his master retired to a sanctuary, but Slema sent him a message applauding his conduct, telling him he had nothing to fear, and expressing a wish that, if ever himself should be reduced to distress, he might have a few such faithful adherents, as the Alcaide had been to his brother.—"By the best and most moderate accounts the number of people Yezid (the late emperor) caused to be put to death from his arrival before the city of Morocco, until he died, which was about two weeks, exceeded twenty thousand; among whom were, without respect to age or sex, all who had any connection with the late Effendi."
THE CLASSES of the SENATORS of the UNITED STATES, during the second Congress, commencing 4th March, 1791.
   2 Years Class. 4 Years Class. 6 Years Class.     Mr. BASSETT, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. BURR,   Mr. BUTLER, Mr. GUNN, Mr. CABOT,   Mr. DICKINSON, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. CARROLL,   Mr. FEW, Mr. HENRY, Mr. ELLSWORTH,   Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. IZARD, Mr. FOSTER,   Mr. LEE, Mr. KING, Mr. MONROE,   Mr. STANTON, Mr. LANGDON, Mr. READ,   Mr. STRONG, Mr. MORRIS, Mr. ROBINSON,   Mr. WINGATE. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. RUTHERFORD.  
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Industry is the source of wealth—mines are found to impoverish a nation, because more is lost by their leaving off work than is dug out of the earth. To protect and encourage industry therefore is the true way to augment the wealth of our nation. The certain protection afforded to property in England is probably the principal cause of the wonderful prosperity and almost inexhaustible resources of that people. Free and prosperous as our country is, it becomes us to see whether our laws have not raised some obstacles to the industry of our citizens, and if we discover any such it will be proper to reform them. Men would not work if others could intrude into their affairs and controul the disposal of their earnings. The mode of taxing by arbitrary assessment which obtains in most of the States is unfavorable to industry. In theory it is right and proper that the contributions to government should be made in proportion to the ability of those who pay. But if this equality of assessment is to be obtained only by laying open the dealings and private transactions of those who pay taxes, it is better and would give more satisfaction to obtain the supplies for the State treasuries by some other mode. Equality however, after all the prosecution of the most strict and invidious enquiries is not to be obtained. In some of the States a man is taxed for the profits of his calling or trade; it becomes his interest to conceal his gains instead of enjoying the reputation that skill and industry are entitled to. It is scarcely possible to imagine a more effectual damp to the spirit of enterprize; if a man drains a swamp, and it becomes a fine meadow, the tax gatherers are sent after him as if he had smuggled the property without paying the duties. These things ought not to be so.
Calumny is an odious vice; the propensity to it marks a mind devoted to malignant passions, and deeply corrupted. Accordingly the worst and basest of men are those who most readily believe slanderous reports. The conversation of some persons turns wholly on the faults and vices of their acquaintance. They deal so much in dark suspicions and foul practices imputed to others that at length it becomes their sole delight. Virtue, worth and talents, or any clean wholesome subject of praise, disgusts these Hottentots in morals; they chuse to live by calumny, and to be dressed in the putrifying spoils of their victims. Those who are known to deal much in calumny of-
ten leave us in doubt of the characters they have traduced, but they fix our aversion to their own. Worthy persons are neither very suspicious nor very censorious. Those who delight in the slanders against Congress which of late seem to rain upon us from the newspapers should set a guard upon their own hearts, lest they should be tainted with the malignant passions which inspire their authors. Foreigners and the back country people on reading the insinuations against speculators in Congress, and innumerable other vile slanders against the members which touch their integrity as men, would at once conceive a deep abhorrence of a government in such abominable hands; they would conceive them to be men without character—without principle, without shame. As these insinuations are thrown chiefly on the supporters of the funding system the bank and excise, they are doubtless intended to produce their full effect with those who are averse to those acts, in order that those who hate the measures may be persuaded that the men who agree to them are still worse. To all this nothing can be replied. Those gentlemen conscious of the purity of their characters and views, can only wonder in silence at the audacious profligacy of the slanderers.
"The people of America can never be too careful of their liberty," and of that government on which its existence depends; for, as a late writer, speaking of the French Revolution, says, there is an inseparable connection between liberty and government, as there is between despotism and slavery.
The people of the United States are now in possession of what great part of the European world are laboring to obtain—a government of their own choice. This is the glorious reward of our sacrifices in a long and bloody war—this completed the revolution—and while every real friend to the happiness of mankind most ardently wishes success to the struggles of oppressed humanity in the eastern hemisphere, he will spurn with indignation every insidious attempt to blast the prospects of his country, under the auspices of that government whose basis is freedom, and the equal rights of man.
The funding system is the "Act making provision for the public debt." Had the system made no provision for the public creditors, we should have heard no complaints; at least from those who never trusted their property on the uncertain issue of the contest with Britain. To PAY, is the rub, with those who feel neither for the prosperity, dignity or freedom of the United States, let their pretences be what they will.
The speculators have bought up the certificates, and they have centered in the great trading cities, at a price far below their present value. The blame is thrown upon the funding system, upon its author, and those who supported it.—Is this just?
The delay of the funding law in its passage was made by its foes, not by its friends. If then a long space of time was afforded to draw the certificates from the distant states, the fault, if any, must fall on those who caused the delay. The low price of the certificates was not owing to the friends of the law. The opposition was so great as to make it improbable that the state debts would be assumed; and it was very doubtful whether the other debt would be funded at all. This hazard depressed the price of the paper. The value would have sunk to almost nothing, had the law been finally rejected. The price paid for the paper before the law passed, after allowing for the risk, was, possibly, as much as the true value. Had the law been rejected, the paper would have been left on the hands of the buyers, and the sellers who now complain would have received three times as much as the market price. Would any one have had a mind to make up to the buyers of state paper their loss, if it had not been assumed.
However, the transfer of the certificates, under such circumstances of disadvantage to the holders, is truly to be regretted.
No occupation requires less talent or merit of any kind than railing and finding fault. It is the opinion of many who know the authors of newspaper calumnies, that those succeed best in this way, who are totally unqualified to act in any other. To bawl knave, speculator, aristocrat, partizan of monarchy requires but a trifling stock of modesty, candor, respect, for truth, decency, or the public tranquility.
Says a correspondent—It is not to be wondered at that a certain limner in London was puzzled to find an original from which to paint a likeness of the Devil. His Satanic Majesty is of all shapes and sizes, and is recognized under all the colours of the rainbow, and all the variety of shades arising from their combinations. For the truth of this, I will just repeat some of the remarks which were made in a retail store a few days since:—A piece of linen, DEVILISH YELLOW—one piece of dark calico, DEVILISH BLACK—another, DEVILISH GRAY—another, DEVILISH GAY—another, DEVILISH UGLY—and another, DEVILISH PRETTY, &c.—and how common is it to hear it said, devilish handsome, devilish homely, devilish tall, devilish short, devilish great foot, and a little devil of a foot! In short any, and all colors, and no colours whatever; any shape, features, form or size, are equally descriptive of the prince of DARKNESS, who, with the greatest facility, accommodates himself to the exigencies of those who are puzzled to fill a gap in their ideas.
By a vessel from Hamburg arrived yesterday in the afternoon, an account is received of an attempt to assassinate the King of Sweden, the 16th March—He was wounded by a pistol, but not mortally—the perpetrator is a Capt. Angerstrom of the King's guards, lately discharged.—Further particulars in our next.
Late accounts from St. John's, New-Brunswick, say, that 30 sail of vessels, chiefly square rigged, are building in that Province.
We hear that General Wilkinson has lately established a post and built a Fort between Forts Hamilton and Jefferson. The Fort is called Fort St. Clair, and has a strong garrison, with several months' provision in it.
Died, in England, the EARL of BUTE—aged 79.
SHIP NEWS.
   ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.     Ship Roebuck, Bliss, Bristol,   Brig Eliza, McKay, St. Marks,   Betsey, Eagleston, Cape-Francois,   Alfred, Thompson, Teneriffe,   Mary, March, St. Bartholomew,   Maria, Pepper, Boston,   Sloop Flying Fish, M c Michael, New-Providen.   Rainbow, Pote, Casco Bay,   Mary, Larrabo, Bay Fundy.  
PRICE OF STOCKS.
   6 per Cents, - - 22 1/2   3 per Cents, - - 12 3/8   Deferred, - - 13 3/4   Indents, - - 12 3/4   Final Settlements, - - 18 3/4   Half shares Bank U. S. 50 per cent. premium.   Shares Bank North-America, 15 ditto.  

For BRISTOL,
The Ship Birmingham Packet, LEESON SIMMONS, Master;
A remarkable fast sailer, her cargo is all ready—nevertheless, to accommodate those who may be disposed to put freight on board, it will be taken in. She will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board, laying at Walnut-Street Wharf, or to GEORGE MEADE. N. B. The owners are determined that the ship shall leave Bristol with the first Fall ships. May 14. (41)
Bank of the United States.
MARCH 21, 1792. RESOLVED, That the Stockholders be, and hereby are, authorised to complete their Shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation. Resolved, That each Share so completed, shall be entitled to draw a dividend of the profits of the Bank, from and after the first day of the month next succeeding the day of completing such Shares. Resolved, That so much of the quarter's interest upon the Public Debt transferred to complete any Share as aforesaid, as shall have accrued before the first day of the month next succeeding the completion of such Share, shall be received by the Bank, and paid to the persons who shall have transferred the same. By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier. (ep1st)
Bank of the United States,
MAY 8, 1792. RESOLVED, That the specie proportion of the third payment due on the first Monday of July next, on each share of the Bank of the United States, may be made at the Bank, or at any of the offices of discount and deposit; and that transfers of public debt on account of such payment, may be made on the books of the Treasury of the United States, or in the office of any of the Commissioners of Loans in any of the States, certificates of which transfers to be deposited in the office in which the specie proportion of such payment shall be made. Resolved, That the transfer books be closed fourteen days previous to the first days of July and January of each year. By Order, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 30, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the Offices of Discount and Deposit be authorised to receive of Stockholders the 3d and 4th Specie Payments on their Shares in the Capital Stock of the Bank, and that the Cashiers of the said offices give duplicate receipts for such payments, one of which receipts, accompanied with evidence of a transfer of public debt sufficient to complete said shares, upon being produced at the Bank, shall entitle such Stockholders to certificates for full shares, and to all the benefits of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors passed the 21st instant, relative to completing shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation. By order of the President & Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, on Monday the 9th current, a NEGRO MAN named ROBIN, is 55 years of age, stout made, and bred a farmer; one of his thumbs much swelled; is 5 feet 6 inches high; had on when he went away a big purple coloured cloth coat, a short linen coat, a pair of fustian breeches, a ruffled shirt, an old beaver hat, with shoes, stockings and buckles, all good. Also, a young NEGRO BOY named SAM, is 19 years of age, stout and well made, 5 feet 9 inches high, much marked with the small-pox; had on when he went away, a big blue coat, a brown short coat, overalls of a mixed cloth, fulled stockings, a new wool hat, new shoes and buckles. Whoever will secure said Negroes in any gaol, or bring them to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Morris-Town, April 17, 1792.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party, will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July next, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, to be erected in this City. The site of the building, if the artist will attend to it, will of course influence the aspect and outline of his plan; and it's destination will point out to him the number, size, and distribution of the apartments. It will be a recommendation of any plan, if the central part of it may be detached and erected for the present, with the appearance of a complete whole, and be capable of admitting the additional parts, in future, if they shall be wanting. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF A LOT in this City, to be designated by impartial judges, and FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party; will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July, 1792, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a CAPITOL, to be erected in this City; and TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or a MEDAL, for the Plan deemed next in merit to the one they shall adopt. The building to be of brick, and to contain the following apartments, to wit:
  A Conference Room  sufficient to accommodate 300 persons each.  these rooms to be of full elevation.    A Room for the Representatives    A Lobby or Antichamber to the latter    A Senate Room of 1200 square feet area      An Antichamber or Lobby to the last      12 Rooms of 600 square feet area each, for Committee Rooms and Clerks' Offices, to be of half the elevation of the former.    
Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
TICKETS in the NEW-BRUNSWICK LOTTERY, are to be had at the following places, viz.—Samuel Cooper's Ferry; at Burlington, of R. Pierson, Esq. Bordentown, of Mr. John Van Emburgh; Mount Holly, of J. Read, Esq. Trenton, of John Singer, Esq. Amboy, of James Parker, Esq. Elizabeth-Town, of R. Gray; Powles-Hook, of Col. Smith and Judge Hunt; Cranbury, of William Throckmorton Spottwood; and of the Managers in Brunswick.
By the Post-Office Act, after the first of June next, newspapers sent by the mail are subject to postage of one cent each paper, for 100 miles carriage, or less—and for all distances more than an hundred miles, one cent and an half each paper. The postage to be paid by the Subscribers, at the office where the papers are delivered.—As it is optional with Subscribers to receive their papers through the medium of the Post-Office, or to contract with the Stage Proprietors, the patrons of this Gazette, within a short distance of this city, may find it advantageous to adopt the latter mode.
JUST ARRIVED,
In the Ship MOLLY, Captain PITT, from LISBON, A FEW pipes and quarter-casks of LISBON WINE, far superior in quality to what is generally imported—And a few bales of the very best CORKS,
TO BE SOLD BY GEORGE MEADE,
WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, Choice three and five years old Bill of Exchange MADEIRA WINE, by the pipe or quarter-cask. London Market MADEIRA WINE, five years old, by the pipe or quarter-cask. Choice old SHERRY WINE, by the quarter-cask. MESS BEEF, of a superior quality, and such as is fit for an East-India voyage, put up in this city. Choice first quality BEEF, do. Ditto second ditto do. BOSTON BEEF, equal to any from that country. BURLINGTON PORK, of the first quality, and 114 Hhds. FLAX-SEED. &c. &c. Philadelphia, May 16, 1792 (ep91)
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL HYSON and SOUCHONG, Of the very first quality, and latest importation from Canton, via New-York, by retail, at No. 19, Third, between Chestnut and Market Streets.
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 45, Great Dock-Street, NEW-YORK, THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLECKER. May 2. (l.f.)
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
At any time between this date and the first day of July ensuing, A very valuable FARM,
PLEASANTLY situated, and bounded on the East by the river Delaware, 17 miles above Philadelphia; containing 203 acres, 40 whereof is first rate Timothy Meadow, which may be watered in a dry time; 25 acres, a rich low bottom, may be made very good meadow at an early expence. The upland lays in the lap of about 50 acres of rich out marsh, from which (by an easy ascent to the cleared fields) 130 acres of excellent upland meadow may be made, at a moderate expence; 30 acres of woodland. A never failing stream of water runs through this tract, on which is a seat for a mill, and in which is good sport with the net and hook; plenty of rabbits and small game; and on the flats, abundance of wild ducks in the season. A good mansion-house, garden, and necessary out-buildings; an orchard of the best kinds of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees, bearing; a crop of wheat and rye in the ground, and a spring crop putting in. Apply to PETER LE BARBIER DU PLESSIS, Esq. No. 86, Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia; Mr. HUMPHREY WATERMAN, at the Washington, on the Bristol road; or to Doctor TOMB, at Neshannoy Ferry, Bucks County. The purchaser, paying one third of the price down, may have a term of years to pay the residue, paying interest. May 5. (ep.1f.)
JONES & BURROUGHS, STOCK-BROKERS,
STATE-STREET, BOSTON, BUY and sell every kind of the Stocks of the United States, on Commission, by Private Contract, and Public Auction.—Those gentlemen who may be pleased to favor them with their commands, may rely on fidelity, secrecy and dispatch. Boston, March, 1792. (raw3m)
GEORGETOWN (POTOWMAC.) THE SUBSCRIBER HATH OPENED A
House of Entertainment,
At the Sign of the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, In that commodious House lately occupied by Thomas Beale, Esq. Mayor of this Town. He has furnished himself with a stock of the best Liquors, and will use every exertion to give satisfaction by procuring, in their season, the best of every species of provision, and having the same served up in the most neat and elegant manner. [1aw1stJul.] GEORGE H. LEIGH.
American Lead Manufactory.
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. tf
BOOKS,
PRINTED AND SOLD BY MATTHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street, Philadelphia.
 1. AMERICAN MUSEUM, from its commencement in January 1787, to December 1791, in ten vols. Price, neatly bound and lettered, sixteen dollars. This work, which is now conducted on an improved plan, containing the best pieces published for and against the proceedings of government, will be found to contain at least as great a variety of political, agricultural, and miscellaneous essays, as any ever published in America. Perhaps in no one work are so many valuable documents respecting the history of this country, collected together. His Excellency the President of the United States, has declared of it, that "a more useful literary plan has never been undertaken in America, nor one more deserving of public encouragement." The subscription is two dollars and a half per ann. Gentlemen in the country who wish to be supplied with this work, are requested to give commission to friends in the city to subscribe for and receive it.—Any of the back numbers may be had in order to complete sets.  2. Ladies' Pocket Library, containing Miss More's Essays, Gregory's Legacy, Lady Pennington's Advice, Marchioness of Lambert's Advice, Swift's Letter to a newly married Lady, Mrs. Chapone on command of Temper, More's Fables for the Ladies, Price 6/6.  3. Smith's History of New-York, from its first settlement to the year 1732. To which is annexed, a description of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants, their religious and political state, and the constitution of the courts of justice. Price a dollar and a quarter.  4. Elements of Moral Science, by James Beattie, L. L. D. professor of moral philosophy and logic in the Marischal College, Aberdeen—Price three-fourths of a dollar. Of this book the Critical Reviewers (vol. 69, p. 628) say: "We have seen nothing on these subjects more plain, more perspicuous, or more generally useful."—N. B. It is introduced into the University in Philadelphia.  5. Beauties of Poetry, British and American, containing select productions of the most eminent British and American poets—Price four-fifths of a dollar.  6. Blair's Sermons, containing the whole of the three volumes of the British edition, in two—Price two dollars.  7. Necker's Treatise on the importance of Religious Opinions. Price four-fifths of a dollar.  8. Examination of the Observations of Lord Sheffield on American Commerce—Price, on very fine paper, 5 8ths of a dollar.  9. The Constitutions of the several United States, with the Federal Constitution, &c. Price five-eighths of a dollar.  10. M'Fingal, an epic poem, a new edition in 12mo.—Price three-eighths of a dollar.  11. American Jest Book, in two parts, with two very neat engravings—Price, bound, three-fifths of a dollar.  12. Garden of the Soul, by Bishop Chaloner—Price, bound in calf and lettered, three quarters of a dollar—plain, half a dollar.  13. The Downy Translation of the Vulgate Bible, in quarto—Price, elegantly bound and lettered, 50/2—plain, six dollars.  14. Devout Christian's Vade Mecum—Price a quarter dollar.  15. Think well on't, or reflections for every day of the month. Price a quarter dollar.  16. Christian Economy, translated from a Greek manuscript, found in the island of Patmos, where St. John wrote the Apocalypse—Price a fifth of a dollar.  17. History of Charles Grandison, abridged—Price a sixth of a dollar.  18. Poems by Col. Humphreys—Price a third of a dollar.  19. Select Poems, chiefly American—Price a sixth of a dollar.  Said CAREY has for sale, a large assortment of Books, European as well as American editions, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. Country gentlemen, who favor him with commands, may depend upon being supplied in the most satisfactory manner. A liberal allowance to such as purchase quantities for public libraries, or to sell again.
FOR SALE, BLOOMSBURY,
THAT elegant SEAT at the Falls of Delaware, in the vicinity of Trenton, in New-Jersey, occupied for many years past by the subscriber; containing upwards of 200 acres of land, besides a tract of wood-land of about 185 acres, at the distance of two miles. The farm is divided by the main street leading from Trenton to Lambertville, and Philadelphia, into two parts, nearly equal in quantity; the easterly part being arable land, is laid off in convenient fields, and in good farming order. The other part, bounded by the said street on the east, and by the river on the west, forms a square; which, from the combined effect of situation and improvement, is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful and desirable seats in the state. The mansion-house is a handsome, well-finished brick building, 50 by 40, containing four rooms on each floor, with excellent cellars, and a two story brick kitchen; and commanding a very extensive and pleasing view of the river, both above and below, as well as including the falls, and also of Trenton and the neighbouring seats and improvements on both sides of the river. Among the out-buildings are a new stone coach-house and stables, sufficient to contain six carriages and ten horses, accommodated with a cutting and feeding room, and a capacious loft for hay; adjoining these is a very complete granary, rat proof, and a stone cow-house, upwards of 100 feet in length, containing thirty-one paved stalls, over which is a roomy loft for hay, &c. Adjoining the court-yard of the mansion-house, is a garden of about two acres, extending towards the river, in the highest state of culture, and abounding with a rich collection of the choicest fruits of almost every kind, and several large asparagus beds, highly manured. At a convenient distance from the mansion-house, and nearly in the centre of the square, is a new, well-built, stone farm-house, accommodated with a large cheese-room, spring-house, garden, &c. a complete stone smoke-house, corncribs, waggon-house, a capacious ice-house, and every other necessary out-building. The ground is properly divided into small fields, all well watered, highly improved, and chiefly under the most approved grass. This square has produced annually, for several years past, upwards of sixty tons of the best hay, besides supporting through the summer season twenty to thirty horned cattle, and eight or ten horses. It contains also two bearing orchards of good fruit. The river abounds, in the proper seasons, with great plenty of all kinds of fish usually found in fresh water in this climate, and with a variety of wild-fowl; both of which may afford a pleasing amusement to the sportsman, as well as a convenient addition to the elegance and variety of his table. The whole of the land, except the wood-land, is inclosed and divided by good fences, great part of which is formed of red cedar posts, and rails of chestnut and white cedar. The purchaser may have the improved square separately, or the whole together, as may best suit him. There is an inexhaustible quantity of good building stone on the river shore. The purchase money, if well secured, and the interest punctually paid, will not be demanded for many years. Any person desirous of viewing the premises, may be gratified on application to SAMUEL W. STOCKTON, Esq. of Trenton, or Mr. INALLMAN, who at present occupies the farm-house and part of the land—and may know the price on application to the subscriber, at No. 213, South Second-Street, opposite to the New-Market, in Philadelphia. JOHN COX.
The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Editor hereof.