Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-06-02 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 1, of Vol. IV.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1792.
[Whole No. 323.]
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For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE man who pays respect to the opinions of others, as he will if he is conscious he is under their eye, will follow virtue. In like manner the people should keep an eye on government. It is a kind of moral check which keeps base and turbulent passions down. A well informed people, as every free one should be made, will form a kind of conscience for government which will often guide and always awe their rulers. There is a consequence of raising the body of the citizens by establishing schools and making the means of education general that has not been noticed, tho' it deserves consideration. The administration of a country cannot become very profligate and corrupt unless the body of the citizens are in a great degree degraded by ignorance. An enlightened public will find means to give authority to their opinion of men and measures; bad men in power may despise the clamours of a London or Paris mob—but the reflected indignation of a wise people like the blast of heaven will penetrate the walls of brass that seem to defend them. The steady light thrown on villainy will be irresistible, for most great crimes against a public can exist only in darkness. Knowledge evidently tends to purify morals in private life, why not in public? A remarkable proof that it does so, appears from the great reformation of the private lives of princes in modern times. Modern Europe would not tolerate the monsters whose enormities pollute the page of ancient history. Probably the affairs of America have been managed with as much purity as those of any country whatever; the superior knowledge of the people is a principal cause.—As the elections are free, and since the new government the conduct of rulers having become more public and interesting, we may expect to continue to enjoy the two following advantages—that men of bad private characters will not be chosen, and that the public eye will keep them from at least very flagrant violations of duty. The newspapers indeed throw out such insinuations against Congress. But the state of knowledge in the country refutes them. It is not very credible that men of such known base and corrupt principles as they impute to Congress should have been freely elected, at least not a majority of such men; and if members of Congress were not worse than men are usually found, it is strange that they should since have become so shamelessly abandoned as they are represented.
The intention of these remarks however, is to evince the advantage of establishing schools, and providing for the general information of the citizens; we seem to think we are true sons of liberty, and that in our day there is safety. The danger after we leave the stage will be less than it is at present, if we take care that our children shall be wiser than we ourselves are. It is a misfortune that those who have knowledge are satisfied with the possession or they are too few, and their influence too much resisted and suspected by the multitude to give to this first republican duty that preponderance which is necessary to its being observed. Enough is not thought, nor said, nor done about providing free schools. The subject affords many important points of view which it would require some labor to present distinctly. The moral, the political uses of learning, how much it advances human happiness and exalts human nature are topics which the benevolent mind delights to contemplate. Another class of men would be more influenced by our shewing that an ignorant people earn less than those who are well informed—that the spirit of enterprise, the inventive faculties of the mind acquire new force and activity with the latter, especially as the spirit of imitation and a lively emulation will be so evidently incited. Is there a man who doubts that the 24 letters are a more useful invention than the discovery of a new continent.—And yet while we push our enquiries to find out the figure and history of the earth with a curiosity that grows more ardent while we indulge it, how large a part of mankind are yet to receive the advantages of the invention of letters? Learning, like the polar day, gleams in twilight only over a small part of the horizon; while ignorance seems even yet to be condensing her fogs and to brood like chaos over an imperfect world: And even we who enjoy the twilight suffer the children of the poor to remain with the film on their eyes, and to grope their way through life in the dark. Education removes that film. Men of sense and virtue who possess property or power, begin this work; establish schools, make the instruction of youth a common charge and the care of government, and you will not have lived in vain. PHILO.
THOSE equal laws our citizens demand, Justice requires that they should understand; From public schools, shall general knowledge flow, For 'tis the people's sacred right—to know; One solid act of public good outweighs, The boasts of science, and the hero's praise.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
THE DEATH OF ELLA.
COME, ye fair nymphs! who, like the gilded fly That flutters heedless o'er the bending grass; In giddy rounds your fleeting moments pass— Come, look, and let soft sorrow fill your eye. See where sweet ELLA, robb'd of balmy breath, From parents, life and her companions torn, Cropt like the rose-bud opening to the morn, Extended lies upon the bed of death.
She once was beautiful and young as you, As sprightly too she sang the airy round, In dance fantastic o'er th' enamell'd ground, And tho' her giddy pleasure was the true.
She wak'd the sleeping echoes from their springs, With songs delightful to the listening ear, As warbling sounds that fill the trembling air, When Zephyr plays amidst the Eolian strings.
No secret fear of danger shook her mind; But light, and sportive as the playful breeze That winds in Spring around the blossom'd trees, Her minutes flew, nor left a sting behind.
Till the hot fever burning in her veins, Rous'd tyrant Conscience with his hundred tongues,
To tell her of her un-repented wrongs, And pierce her flutter'd heart with goading pains.
Then, like the lily rising on the vale, Whose cups are fill'd with pearls of morning dew, Appear'd her pensive eyes of azure blue— And her young cheeks were like this beauty, pale.
Deep mournful sighs rose from her troubled soul; Upon her lifted hand the silent tear Fell frequent 'till th' Eternal heard her pray'r, And bade her flood of sorrow cease to roll.
She felt sweet Hope diffused through her breast, Her heart no longer struggled with Despair; Mild Resignation's calm and heav'nly air Smil'd on her face, and spoke her future rest.
True Gratitude now touch'd her tender mind, And oft in silent rapture would the raise Her snowy hands, and her Creator praise, In speaking looks, of a seraphic kind.
Her fair companions would the call around, And bid them turn from folly's flow'ry way, Left they, like her, should wander far astray, And lose themselves in pleasure's fairy ground.
Just when the Holy Angels hover'd near, To bear her spirit to the good on high, And place her 'midst the music of the sky, She warbled sounds that Saints might wish to hear.
"My blooming friends adore the God of Love, 'Tis he alone is worthy of your care; By early piety your souls prepare To meet the glories of eternal Jove."
"The song of peace salutes my raptur'd ears, My sister Spirits call my soul away— I fly—I mount into the realms of day, Where sorrows end, and music fills the spheres."
Dear Maid! when rested in thy lonely cave, Tho' thy pale cheeks shall be of worms the prey, And thy fair form shall mould to dust away, Yet shall new honors bloom above thy grave.
Each vernal flow'r upon thy grassy bed, With brilliant colors tintur'd from the sky, In beauty's charms shall catch the traveller's eye, And bend to ev'ry breeze its lovely head.
Thy pensive VINVELA shall musing gaze, And while she sees those beauties waving there, Her glistening eye shall drop a tender tear, And frequent sighs express her Ella's praise.
VINVELA.
STORY OF THE EVERLASTING TAPER.
AN EXTRACT—FROM THE FORESTERS.*
NOW I have spoken of madam's taper, perhaps you will be amused with some account of it. It is a wax candle of a common size, set in an old fashioned silver candlestick, richly embossed and gilt, but the rust and dust of it are so sacred, that it is never permitted to be scoured. The tradition is, that this candlestick formerly belonged to St. Peter, and the candle first placed in it is supposed to have been lighted at the sun, and by a mysterious kind of uninterrupted succession, has been kept burning ever since. By the light of this taper, old madam reads her bible and books of devotion, which always lie on a table by her bedside.
"Some persons of an incredulous turn of mind, have pretended to call in question this mystery; but it is still held sacred by the old lady, and by most of Mr. Bull's own family. There are some even among the foresters of the same opinion; and such is the liberality in these families, that no one is molested in the indulgence of any innocent whim, which does not affect the peace of the families, nor the interest of the partnership. It was not long after the re-establishment of harmony between them and Mr. Bull, that these persons sent two candles in one lantern, and one in another, to be lighted at this venerable taper, and dipped in the consecrated water. Two of them were actually lighted in old Madam Bull's presence, and to her great satisfaction. The other was lighted at a taper supposed to be derived from the same original, but "hid under a bushel" in one of Sifter Peg's out-houses, it not being permitted to burn publicly in her family, where the only candles allowed are of the manufacture of Geneva.
* This interesting work is published with the privilege of Copy Right, and will probably be for sale in this city in a few days. We shall not therefore anticipate, by publishing any further extracts.
+ American Bishops.
"There has been as long a controversy between different opinions on this subject, as between the sectaries in Lilliput, about breaking the egg at the big or little end. But it is easy enough to accommodate the matter by granting that St. Peter's candle, as well as those from Geneva, were originally lighted at the sun; that the same source of light is open to all; and that it is of no consequence of what materials tapers are made, nor in what kind of candlesticks they are placed, nor by whose hands they are lighted, provided they give so clear a light as to answer the purposes of vision."
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 30, 1792.
The proposition respecting a further assumption of the State Debts under consideration.
MR. CLARK, on the further assumption, observed, that he supposed every man had made up his mind on this subject, and that therefore a lengthy debate would be precluded. He should vote against it.—If it had not been for the assumption, we should not have been saddled with the excise, and a great number of officers. He knew of no advantage which had resulted from the great encrease of the debt—it had gone into the hands of foreigners—and for it we had got little more than a parcel of gewgaws, toothpicks, and other baubles. Our lands had not been improved, nor had any other advantages that he knew of resulted from it. The residue of the state debts was not so great, but that the states could easily provide for it.
Mr. Williamson said he considered the proposition as founded on so unequal principles, as it particularly respects North-Carolina, that he should find himself obliged to say NO to it.
Mr. Giles said he was entirely principled against the assumption. The measure originated altogether with the Secretary of the Treasury—and his report contained all the reasons which he had heard urged in favor of it. He then entered into a consideration of the effects of the funding system generally—one was, to draw the public wealth from the remote parts of the union to the seat of government. Money, at the time this system was first in agitation, was drawn from the bank, to accommodate persons who meant to, and did speculate in state paper in the distant parts of the union, where it was extremely low. A system therefore which has had this effect, ought not to be strengthened by adding to it the means of still further draining the distant states—the effect may be a temporary relief to some of the distant states, but will finally operate greatly to their injury.
The next argument he noticed, was that drawn from the inconvenience of conflicting systems of finance. He thought the present debt of the United States was fully equal to the resources of the government, and ought not to be encreased; for with that encrease, an encrease of burthens is necessarily imposed.—The resources of the general government are said to be not yet unequivocally secured—he hardly knew what was meant by this, except it was that the state governments were not yet sufficiently prostrate. The mass of debt already on the shoulders of the United States, he considered as quite sufficient; and to add to it, would be nothing better than adding to a mass of corruption; for he considered the debt in no other light.
The public content, it is said, will be increased by the measure—he thought directly the reverse—he anticipated great and increasing discontent.
The justice of the measure is mentioned—he adverted to the proportions already assumed on account of the several states, and said it was evident that the most flagrant injustice had been done, and therefore a further assumption was nothing better than a manifest proposition to perpetuate a system of injustice.
The debt, it is said, will be purchased by foreigners, if it is not assumed—he conceived the reverse idea was the true one, and experience sanctioned his supposition.
Additional taxes, it is said in the report, will not be necessary—he thought the report was inconsistent with itself, as was evident by a subsequent remark contained in it. At any rate he should think himself acting an unjustifiable part in assuming a debt when he knew not what resources were contemplated to pay it.
He was therefore in favor of postponing the subject to the time when the sense of the people could be more fully ascertained by a larger representation in that house.
Mr. Smith said, the gentleman has referred to the reasons contained in the last report of the Secretary—whereas his reasons are more fully stated in his first report; to which he wished gentlemen would recur. The gentleman from
New-Jersey (Mr. Clark) has observed, that he supposes every gentleman has made up his mind, and yet he goes on to state his objections to the measure. He hoped the gentleman would not object to other persons giving their reasons why they are in favor of it, or of answering his objections. He then noticed Mr. Clark's remarks respecting the excise. The excise, Mr. Smith said, was not the result of the assumption—it was first thought of for the debt of the United States, and was diverted from this debt, on account of the impost being taken from the states. It has been said that some of the distant states are opposed to a further assumption. In answer to this, he said some of the distant states were in favor of it—he instanced South-Carolina, the legislature of which had expressly instructed their representatives to advocate it.—He insisted that the reasoning of the Secretary was conclusive, in respect to the loss the states would incur by reason of the speculations of foreigners. The debt is due, and must be provided for. Foreigners consider this government as an honest government; and putting confidence in its justice, will purchase the debt.
He further observed, that a great saving would be made by a further assumption—it would reduce the interest from 7 to about 4 1/2 per cent.
The debt is a just debt, and has as good pretensions as that already provided for—and therefore the gentleman is mistaken in saying that a further assumption would be founded in injustice—he the gentleman says if the debts are not assumed, foreigners will not buy them—the gentleman surely does not mean that the debt shall never be paid; but his reasoning goes to that. The gentleman calls the public debt a mass of corruption—if the debt is a mass of corruption, it is better to confine it to as narrow limits as possible.
Having established the principle of assumption, it remains that the government should complete the system; otherwise a manifest injustice will take place, by creating a distinction between creditors exactly similarly circumstanced in the first place, and whose demands are precisely the same with those provided for.
A surplus has been assumed in some of the states, in consequence of the restriction as to the sum already assumed.
These subscriptions are in a very awkward situation indeed.
He next noticed Mr. Giles's observations as to a postponement, and his reasoning arising from a deficiency of funds; there was no difficulty on the subject of funds, said he, when the frontiers were under consideration, nor when the gentleman urged paying off the national debt.
With respect to pointing out the amount of the funds necessary—this, he observed, would be premature, till the amount to be provided for was known.
Mr. B. Bourne observed, that though it was supposed that objections would be made to the proposition, it was hardly to be expected that they would be made by gentlemen from states whose debts have already been completely assumed.—He then adverted to the situation of those states who had yet a large debt to pay—and expatiated on the nature of those debts, and urged the absolute necessity and justice of a further assumption. If, said he, the measure was unjust at first, which does not appear, it is now a measure of strict justice and sound policy.—The state of Rhode-Island had not had any thing like justice done to her in the former assumption—Her debt amounts to one fiftieth of the whole debt assumed, whereas she has only a one hundred and seventieth part provided for—the injustice of this partial provision was so flagrant, that he hoped it would not be continued by rejecting the proposition.
Mr. Clark added some further remarks—He was for a settlement of the accounts before any further steps were taken in assuming.
Mr. Baldwin said he had always been opposed to the assumption, and on that principle should oppose proceeding any further in the business—He stated certain objections against the general government's extending their legislation to objects which are not contemplated in the organization of the government—An inequality of burthens is the inevitable consequence, as no security for an honest apportionment of taxes on so general a scale, from the nature of the government can be expected.
Mr. Baldwin's speech appeared to be designed to impress this idea, that a previous ascertainment of the bona fide debt of the respective States should precede any assumption.
Mr. Smith (S. C.) replied generally to Mr. Baldwin.
Mr. Mercer. Language has changed, public debt is no longer considered as a public blessing, but as a public curse—and this sentiment pervades this House; What is the nature of the present proposition? why it is to assume the debt of the several States—and thus we are to go on assuming as long as any debt; exist in any of the States.
There never was a larger sluice to overflow the public with the burthen of an enormous debt, than that contained in the proposition. He considered it as holding out a temptation to originate anew, claims which have been already sunk: A second and third sluice, said he, is opened in the deferred and irredeemable quality

of the other part of the debt; and when he considered that there was no express provision to prevent the creditors from demanding an interest for the delay of payment; he considered that the foundation of a public debt to all eternity.
He adverted to the different expenses of the several States—there was no comparison could be formed between them; in South-Carolina a Judge has 800l. a year—In Virginia only 300 currency. He drew inferences from this. The States which have made exertions to pay off their debts are now called on to pay those of States which made no exertions whatever. He enlarged on the conduct of the State of Maryland in particular. He said the measure of the assumption was odious in Maryland as founded in injustice. The States are by this measure made pensioners to the general government.
Mr. Barnwell supported the proposition for a further assumption—and in an animated manner descended on the merits, services and sacrifices of the States which are now so great sufferers by reason of their exertions during the war.
STOCKHOLM.
The KING OF SWEDEN'S SPEECH, on closing the Diet. February 23.
WHEN on the opening of the Diet, which I am this day so happy as to close, I told you, that at a time when an unbridled licentiousness was shaking or overturning governments, I was not afraid to convoke you—I confided in your attachments to me, and the noble manner of thinking of the nation, for conducting in peace and tranquility, the important affairs which occasioned your being convoked. My hopes have not been deceived; and after having shewn in war, that you are the same people whose courage in former times alternately shook or fortified thrones, you now give to your cotemporaries an example still more noble, of the vigorous prudence and union with which a wise and enlightened people conduct their deliberations, when the head of the state calls for their advice on important affairs. This example is so much the more grand, that you are the only people who give it; that by doing so, you justify the confidence which I reposed in you; and by this mutual union, you fortify the internal peace and strength of your country, at the same time that you augment that consideration abroad, which your courage has so justly merited.
"If, as the first citizen, as he in whose contemplation the good of the state and yours are most intimately connected, I ought in the name of our country to express to you a degree of gratitude worthy of you and of me; how sensibly must my heart be affected by the attachment and the love, which during the sitting of this Diet, you have testified for me and my son? How much, in his young breast, must be fortified that regard for, and confidence in a generous people, who from his infancy gave him such proofs of attachment. You have seen him attending to your instructions; and under my guidance instructing himself to fulfil the important duty to which providence may one day call him. I wished to accustom him early to business, and to teach him to esteem a people whom he is to govern, to love their laws and respect their liberty. In expressing your wishes to see my son soon increase the family, and thus give the necessary strength and security to the succession to the throne, you have participated my paternal hopes. Such a sentiment must assuredly add to my gratitude, if my heart were not already full.
"You are now to return to your homes to resume your occupations in peace, and to share with your fellow-citizens the satisfaction of having contributed to the public good and the maintenance of the state. I am to watch over the happiness of our country and of yours. I shall endeavour to encourage agriculture, and commerce; to maintain the sacredness of the laws, the execution of justice, and the respect due to religion. In short, I am to apply myself to all the cares which my duty and my situation require of me, but which the love and the gratitude with which your attachment so sensibly affect my heart require in a still greater degree.
"These duties, which never cease for a moment, which occupy the whole of life, become more easy when they are executed for a beloved people; support is then derived from a true zeal, from a sense of honor, and still
more from the satisfaction of doing every thing in my power to prove my gratitude, and preserve in your hearts the sentiments with which you leave this place.
"It is with these sentiments that I this day close the Diet; it will be with the same sentiments that I shall again receive you before the throne, when our common interest may require that you be convoked."
Feb. 24. Some individuals having taken the liberty to censure the Administration of the finances of Sweden, & some of their writings breathing too great a degree of licentiousness, his Majesty on the 9th inst. prohibited the printing or publishing, during the course of the Diet then assembled, of any thing respecting the subject of the deliberations of the said Diet.
The King took every precaution to secure an exact conformity to his wishes in the Diet, by procuring the appointment of a secret-committee to prepare the several branches of business for discussion; and to prevent any disputes that might arise from being generally known, by prohibiting the publication of any account of the proceedings.
Notwithstanding these precautions it has transpired, that several of his propositions have been warmly opposed in the secret committee; and one, for continuing the same members on this committee during the whole session, absolutely rejected by the Diet.
The following is said to be the state of parties for the king. In opposition.
  Clergy 34 12   Citizens 71 19   Peasants 120 30   Nobles 42 360 
The King has consequently a majority in three of the orders, and almost the whole of the fourth against him. But while the nobles contend only for the restoration of their own privileges, and overbearing influence in the government, there is no danger of their being joined by either of the other orders, to whom the power exercised by the Senate was much more formidable than the prerogative of the King.
A few days ago arrived at Geste, M. de Bouille, son of the Marquis de Bouille, and the Marquis de Tschudi, a Swiss officer of great distinction; they came on a deputation from the French Princes.
COPENHAGEN, March 20.
The remarkable ordinance, whereby all Danish subjects are entirely prohibited to carry on the slave trade after the year 1802, really made its appearance on the 16th inst. Denmark consequently is the first country in Europe which hath hereby set so humane a precedent.
ROME, March 10.
At Neapolis, the mountain Vesuvius exhibits to the numerous strangers who are there at present, the awful scene of a new eruption.
VIENNA, March 10.
His Majesty king Francis has dismissed Prince Kaunitz from his council, and has chosen general Lascy and count Colloredo for his ministers, friends to the party of the French Princes.
PARIS, March 19.
The new house guard of the King began on the 16th inst. to do duty in the Thuilleries. They first took the civic oath and the oath of office by a grand committee, which was administered to them by the Mayor, M. Pethion, before the Hotel de Ville, during which time the colours were flying, and the usual tunes of ca ira , &c. playing. They then marched to the Thuilleries, moved off before the King and Queen, and cried in a chorus, Vive le Roi! long live the King. The Queen shewed the Dauphin to the people from the balcony, but they remained mute, no vivat to be heard.
The Jacobine club raises its head again, and draws the attention of the whole kingdom. All the members of this club appear with a newly invented red liberty cap, and even their weekly president, Mr. Thuriot, who is a member of the National Assembly, adorns himself therewith.
National Assembly, March 24.
The number of volunteers for completing the troops of the line being greater than is wanted, the minister at war was ordered to give an account of the deficiencies of the several regiments, and the return of recruits from the several departments.
The discussion on the colonies was resumed, and after an able speech from M. Vaublanc, the proposition of M. Gensonne, with some amendments, was adopted, and decreed unanimously, to the following effect:
"The National Assembly recognizes and declares, that the people of colour and the free negroes ought to enjoy the rights of active citizens, in the same manner as the whites."
LETTER FROM THE KING.
"Gentlemen, Deeply affected by the troubles that agitate the kingdom, I have neglected none of the means in my power to put an end to them. I had chosen for my principal agents, men recommended by public opinion. I have replaced them by others distinguished by their public opinions.—You have often repeated to me, that this was the only means of establishing perfect harmony between the two powers. I hasten to yield to the wish of the Assembly, in order to refute the suspicions which the enemies of the public good endeavor to excite against the purity of my intentions. I therefore inform you, that I have appointed M. Roland de la Platiere, to the place of minister for the home department, and M. Claviere to that of the minister for the public contributions. When that of the minister of justice, to which I appointed a citizen, who has refused to accept of it, shall be filled, I will inform the Assembly. (Signed) LOUIS."
SINGULAR PETITION.
Abstracts of a number of petitions were read, amongst which was one from Madame Grandval, a mother, without being a wife, praying the Assembly to pass a law to enable children, not born in wedlock, to inherit the property of their parents. In support of this prayer, she referred to the ancient laws of the Franks, and the customs of various other nations, both ancient and modern. Her petition was warmly applauded, and referred to the committee of legislation.
March 27. M. Guiraut announced to the assembly the discovery of a machine, to which he gave the title of a Logoscope, which would be a regulator of the voice, and would serve to direct the assembly in moments of tumult and disorder. He received the honor of the sitting.
March 28. The generous conduct of the Earl of Effingham, as governor of Jamaica, and of the United States of America, in regard to St. Domingo, had long ago engaged the assembly to pass votes of thanks, which the old ministers had not transmitted. A new order was made for transmitting them forthwith.
LONDON, March 31.
The Swiss Canton of Berne decided by a majority of 134 voices to 6, that the regiment of Ernest shall be recalled from the service France.
April 1. It is the duty of every member of parliament before he votes on Mr. Wilberforce's approaching motion to abolish the slave trade, to recollect—that as the abolition of it is avowed to be a measure not of policy but humanity—not of advantage but justice—not of expedience but experiment; the legislature ought to be fully satisfied that the claim of humanity and justice is well founded; that the experiment promises success, and that the interest and strength of the nation are not hazarded in a vain pursuit of unattainable purity and perfection.
Our peaceable friends, who from a delicacy of conscience abstain from the use of sugar, certainly are in the right, as it is some atonement for the unintended mischief they have committed in meddling with politics so far as relates to the slave trade, as it is called; it has already contributed to raise its price exorbitantly; and should the legislature consent to abolish it, the same effect may ensue in our islands as at St. Domingo. Thus will the white man's blood be spilt to save even a little perspiration of
the negro, which they emphatically stile the "blood of the negroes." On the same principle they should not touch money, or have even a lilliputian spoon or cotton gown, both these articles being produced by the same means.
April 3. The King of Sweden having succeeded in the objects for which he convened his Diet, has not been ungrateful to those who were chiefly instrumental to promote his views: some of them he has raised to new dignities, and others he has decorated with orders of knighthood.
The temperate determination of the House of Commons, that the slave trade shall be gradually abolished, bids fair to gratify all parties.
A surprising cure for a confirmed cancer is said to have been discovered by a farmer in Yorkshire: it consists in a successive application of leeches to the parts affected, which succeeded when the knife had been tried to no purpose.
Dr. Priestly, as one of the sufferers by the late riots at Birmingham, attended the Warwick assizes, to prove his claims on the county for indemnification. As soon as the populace of Warwick were apprized of his arrival, they collected, and used him in the most indignant manner—stones and dirt were thrown at him, and nothing that resentment could dictate, was unassayed to mortify and distress him.
Mr. Ryland's action for damages in the late riot at Birmingham, came on before Mr. Baron Thompson, on Thursday last, at Warwick, the trial commenced at 11 o'clock and continued till 2 the next morning. The damages were laid at 3000l., from which the Jury, who severely scrutinized every article of the demand, took 700l.
The astonishing advance on our funds, is rapidly followed by those of the United States of America, tho' there is still a very great difference between the prices of them. Our three per cent. consols are risen to 94, whilst the American three per cent. stock is as yet no higher than 75—a very essential difference to all persons living on the interest of their money in the funds. The only difference in the real value of the two, is a trifling charge on the American funds of commission, for remitting and paying it here; but the cheapness of the American makes a large addition of above 24 per cent. to the income of those who sell out of one fund to invest their money in the other, with the advantage of a great increase of their capital in a short time, it being certain that the American 3 per cents must rise, until they are to the same price as others.
Mr. Layton, of the Borough, lately entertained two hundred friends in a new tub. It was made for Mr. Meux, the brewer; the dimensions are, circumference 180 feet—height 21 ditto—contents 10,000 barrels—weight of iron 15 cwt.—tonnage 14 tons—number of staves 263, all heart of oak.—It takes 33 barrels to raise the level one inch. The cost is about 3,000l. !—Layton gave security of 2,000l. to indemnify Mr. Meux from any loss that may be sustained within the first twelve months. On a side table in the tub, was a china punchbowl, on a mahogany stand, with wheels, which contained twenty-seven gallons and a half.
ALBANY, May 24.
It is with pleasure we can inform our readers, that a load of HEMP, arrived in this city, on Tuesday last, which was raised at the south end of Cayuga Lake, near the Pennsylvania line, and was brought by water all the way from thence to Schenectady. —This we believe is the first instance of any produce, raised on that beautiful lake, being brought to our market.
HARTFORD, May 28.
The following gentlemen are chosen by the freemen, to stand in nomination for election in October next, as Representatives in Congress, viz.
Jonathan Trumbull, James Hillhouse, Jonathan Sturges, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Amasa Learned, Benjamin Huntington, Stephen M. Mitchell, Tapping Reeve, Jonathan Ingersol, Asahel Miller, Uriah Tracy, and Zephaniah Swift, Esquires.

CHARLESTON, May 15.
By several gentlemen who arrived here on Saturday last from the Rock-Landing, we are informed, that the utmost harmony subsists between the Creeks and the federal troops stationed at that place; and that Mr. Seagrove received a letter from General M'Gillivray, on the day of their departure, stating that he had been prevented from attending at the Rock-Landing as early as was intended, by the high freshes in the Oakmulgee: but that he would be there in a few days, with 1500 Creeks, in order to carry into full effect the treaty with the United States.
WINDSOR, (Ver.) May 15.
FEMALE HEROISM.
The wife of Mr. Nathan West, of Vershire, in this state, having occasion to go into a pasture near her house, in order to bring home her sheep, to secure them from the ravages of wild beasts, spied a large Bear in full pursuit after one of the Lambs of her flock—Upon which she immediately called to her favorite dog for assistance. The faithful animal, ever alert at the calls of his mistress, obeyed the command, and eagerly leaped off to secure from destruction the innocent bleating victim. He immediately engaged with the bear, and threw him upon the ground—in which situation he held him, until his mistress, with that degree of fortitude and resolution not peculiar to her sex, came up—when, grasping with one hand a leg of the bear, and with the other, a club, she made such application of the latter to his pate, as almost instantaneously put a stop to all further appetite or inclination in him for mutton food.—The period will perhaps arrive when the above will be considered as fabulous —
"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow— Our wiser sons no doubt will think us so."
PITTSBURGH, May 26.
Extract of a letter from Ensign Murphy, of the state levies, dated Reed's station, May 22.
"This morning about sun-rise Reed's block-house was attacked by the Indians, and one Gasper Redick and a child of John Harbeson's killed, and Harbeson's wife and two children taken prisoners, and one of the levies wounded: This news I received about 4 o'clock, and immediately set off for this place, with 11 men; since my arrival here I am informed that John Currie's house is burnt and his cattle killed, and a Mr. Millen's house, up Puckety, was seen on fire. The number of Indians is said to be about forty."
Two men, a friendly Indian and a white man, who had come express from fort Franklin, and were on their return on Wednesday last, about 12 miles from this place, on the path leading to that garrison, discovered three Indians—they immediately returned to this place and gave the information, when Major Smith ordered out a party of 40 soldiers, and a small party of volunteers from this town, went in pursuit of them. Neither of the parties had returned when this paper was put to press.
BALTIMORE, May 29.
"Few subjects have ever received a greater share of public notice than the EXCISE upon ARDENT SPIRITS, laid by Congress in March, 1791. The subject has been viewed in every way, since December, 1790, when the bill was moved in the House of Representatives.—It is a full proof of the safety of the measure, and of the wholesomeness of the tax, that no one Member of the Senate or Representative Body thought fit to move for the repeal of the law, when the subject was reconsidered by Congress this spring.—This is never the case with a bad or dangerous law, and not always with a good one—So universal a sense of the goodness of a measure, and so many reductions of the rate of duty on the home spirits and stills, the increase of the duty on foreign rum and spirits, and so many alterations in the manner of collecting it, cannot, therefore, but produce that acquiescence in the law, which every good and prudent citizen owes to the acts of the Representatives he has helped freely and fairly to choose."
Philadelphia, June 2.
The Governor of New-York, by proclamation, offers a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall apprehend and deliver John Ryer, charged with murdering Mr. J. Smith, Deputy Sheriff, to the keeper of the common gaol of the county of Westchester, so that he may be brought to justice.
At a convention of the several towns and plantations in the counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, on the first ult. assembled for the purpose of consulting on the expediency of the proposed separation of the District of Maine, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, into a separate government—the votes were, Yeas 1401—Nays 1335.
The late Emperor Leopold was born on the 5th May, 1747, and by his Empress Maria Louisa, Infanta of Spain, who was born May 24, 1745, had 11 children.
The grand juries of London and Middlesex, have presented Lottery Insurance offices as a great nuisance.
The General Assembly of Connecticut have passed an act for establishing a TURNPIKE on the road between New-London and Norwich.
By a decree of the National Assembly the estates of the emigrants are to be taxed to the full amount of the expenses they have brought upon the nation.
This Summer, being the periodical return of the Locusts, we may expect swarms of those devouring insects, they appearing very numerous in the ground already. [N. Jersey Jour.]
Monday last the President of the United States arrived in town from Virginia.
The Hon. TRISTRAM DALTON, is appointed Cashier of the Mint of the United States.
Further accounts from Virginia, say, that the representations respecting the insurrections of the negroes in the eastern parts of that State have been exaggerated.
Major-General Anthony Wayne, commander in chief, set out from this city on Thursday last, to join the army to the westward.
Thursday arrived the ship Harmony, Captain Ashmead, after a passage of four months from Calcutta. This ship brings the latest accounts of the operations of the British arms in India, to Jan. 19th, but it does not appear that any thing decisive had occurred, the time having been chiefly spent in preparations for the siege of Seringapatam, the fall of which is predicted in very sanguine terms by the news-writers of the English Asiatic papers.
In the ship Harmony, from Madras and Calcutta, came passengers, Mr. Glasford, and Mr. Smith, of Calcutta, Mr. Worley, of Boston, Mr. Mark Pringle, and Capt. Bell, of Philadelphia.
In the ship Grange, Captain Roberts, arrived here Thursday afternoon from Liverpool, were passengers,
 Mr. George Eskrigg,  Mr. Dod, surgeon,  Mr. Hufley,  Mrs. Gibbert, and two children,  Mrs. Marsden, and child,  Mr. Shaw, and Mrs. Shaw. 
The Asiatic papers received by the Harmony, state—That Lord Cornwallis has a magazine within 40 miles of Tippoo's capital—That the battering cannon was ordered from Bangalore, and every thing was expected to be in readiness for the siege of Seringapatam by the 20th Jan. the reduction of which was looked on as a matter of course—That the camp is supplied with every article of life, and the troops are in the highest spirits.
On the 28th December, one of Tippoo's principal detachments was defeated—the General who commanded, ten guns, with the elephants, and all the camp equipage, were taken—Tippoo is represented as oppressed by the dreary prospect before him—his collected force only 20,000 men, with which he intends to give battle to the English and their allies—but the idea is ridiculed by the English paragraphists, who seem to have forgot, if they ever heard the proverb of the Bear's Skin.
The French assignats have depreciated—but not so much as even the National debt of Great-Britain, during the late war, although this debt drew an interest of 4 per cent. to the holder, which is not the case of the present money of France. The new ordinance, securing and confirming the rights of citizens to the people of colour in the French West-India Islands, is an event which will probably be productive of happy effects. There has been a compleat revolution in the Cabinet of France, and the Patriots have now a perfect ascendancy; the Ministers being all of them of that party. A decree has passed the Assembly permitting the return of the absentees, on certain conditions.
Extract of a letter from Massachusetts, May 24.
"I observe under the article of European news, that the death of the Emperor Leopold is mentioned; this may be a providential event in favor of the French revolution; and if Catherine is not quiet, she may be sent after Leopold. It seems by these European accounts that France is not so well established in the new government as we wish—I hope and trust however that it will shortly be confirmed, and so improved as to be a light to the world."
"Health is a general blessing in this quarter, and the season is fine and flourishing."
Translation of a letter from a gentleman in New-Orleans to his friend in this city, dated April 25th, 1791.
The present prosperous situation of our colony makes us forget the misfortunes we experienced when this city suffered by fire. His Lordship, the Baron de Carondelet, our new Governor, uses every endeavor to encourage commerce, the arts, and agriculture. Indigo, tobacco, rice, and cotton are inexhaustible sources of wealth. To these
we shall soon be able to add—sugar plantations from this place to BALISE, as well as at BARA-TARIA and on the plantation AUX BOEUFs. It is even talked of to establish them in Florida, the soil of which is low, warm and moist, and consequently very fit for the culture of the sugar cane. We have already near this city a distillery which affords us excellent rum: and whoever undertakes to establish others, will receive considerable encouragement from government.
Our governor is erecting fortifications for the protection of this capital, which is to be surrounded by a deep ditch. A canal is to unite the Mississippi with Bayou St. Jean. This work will render the country more healthy by carrying off the stagnant water. We boast of a new rope yard which manufactures a considerable quantity of hemp. Pitch, tar, masts, wood for ship building, &c. add also to our wealth.
The boats lately from the Illinois country bring agreeable intelligence from that quarter. The lead mines have produced twice as much as the preceding years. New salt-pits are opened. The culture of wheat, Indian corn, flax and hemp increases. Linen and cotton cloths, cider, beer, wine, peach brandy, &c. are made there. Better tanyards are much wanted. An iron mine is about to be worked.
The Baron de Carondelet sent orders with the new commander of St. Louis of the Illinois, that trade should be free with all the Indian tribes of the Missouri and in the north; in order to extend our fur trade as far as possible.
This information has put us in such spirits that we have determined to erect a theatre and ball-room. It is almost completed. It would lead me too far to enumerate the reforms and improvements that are made here: It will suffice to tell you, that respectable and enlightened merchants have been appointed consular Judges; that forts are erecting to put the colony in a respectable situation; that MIGLETS and other regular troops are arriving; and in one word, that tranquility and harmony have begun their reign in this country.
INV ALIDS.
Whoever has attended the Circuit Courts of the United States the present term, must have been affected at the many objects who presented themselves as candidates for pensions.—To see the lame and emaciated war-worn Soldier—the decimated and almost naked seaman—the best years of whose life had been spent in the service of his country—humbly supplicating the scanty morsel to save him from perishing, was a sight which affected every benevolent and generous heart present: while the emotions of the soul were agitated with the recital of
 "Most disastrous chances,  Of moving accidents by flood and field,  Of hair-breadth 'scapes, in the imminent deadly breach,  Of being taken by the inhuman foe,  And sold to slavery—and of redemption thence." 
But the attention of the Hon. Judges was commensurate with the necessities of the wretched who applied—and we are happy to announce, among other successful applicants, the name of Old Commodore MANLY—whose intrepid valour, and timely services, were celebrated by his countrymen, in the "times which tried men's souls." He has obtained a pension of half pay for life [30 dol. per month] and arrearages of 500 dollars.
Columbian Centinel.
SAYS A CORRESPONDENT,
The people of the United States are in possession of a government of their own choice—administered by men of their own choice; at the head of whom is a name above all praise: These men have been repeatedly the peoples' choice—and the measures they have adopted have raised their country from contempt to glory; these measures have proved that the authors were worthy of the confidence of the people who chose them—for these measures have excited the opposition of a junta, who will never be easy while this country is happy.
But what are we told, and what do the Gazettes say, echo and re-echo through the union? "That poverty in the country, luxury in the capitals, corruption and usurpation in the national councils. National flock-jobbing, monarchy-jobbing, bank-jobbing and aristocracy-jobbing," are the blessed effects of placing the administration of our affairs in the hands of a Congress chosen by the people, and in the hands of such men as GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, HENRY KNOX, &c. &c. For public and private virtue, what are these men, compared to those who are now maligning the government?
Many persons indulge themselves in a strange way of talking about perpetual laws. The word PERPETUAL is always used instead of standing laws, as if it was useful to frighten us with the sound. Laws regulating property, should be as stable as possible. The manner of holding, transferring and inheriting it, cannot be changed, without some injury, and still more alarm.—As a republican government is founded on compact, and on the inviolable nature of right, its administration, if it be wise and honest, will give perfect security to property. Indeed, a man cannot be said to enjoy property, if he entertains the fear of its being invaded in his hands.
Died suddenly, on the 25th ult. Capt. MATTHEW BENNET, in the 51st year of his age. He was an officer in the late Continental army, was taken prisoner at fort Washington, and endured a tedious captivity on Long-Island. Several years he resided in Kentucky; from whence he returned a few months ago, intending to spend the remainder of his days in this city:—those days, alas! are numbered, and were very few! From full health and activity, he was almost instantly changed to a lifeless corpse. As a man, he was brave and humane: as a neighbor, he was friendly and sincere: as a parent, and a husband, he was most kind and affectionate. While his near connections lament the loss of one so very dear to them, his brother soldiers will drop a tear of sympathy; and all who know his late will reflect, for a moment, on the uncertainty of life.
The Volunteer Company of Artillery is desired to meet at the State House on Monday next, the 4th inst. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. JEREMIAH FISHER, Captain.
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
  Ship Harmony, Alhmead, Calcutta & Madras   Grange, Roberts, Liverpool   Brig Carman, De Costa, Oporto   Bon Fim, Roz, do.   Kitty, M'Alister, Barbadoes   Sophia, Price, Virginia   Planter, Poole, Cape-Francis.   Schooner Two Sisters, Smith, Hispaniola   Tryal, Venneman, St. Thomas   Jenny, Henfield, North-Carolina   Friendship, Welsh, Charleston   Friendship, Ogers, New-York   Peggy, Starky, do.   Friendship, Kitchen, do.   Sloop Betsey, Dunn, do.   Harriot, Havens, do.   N. Y. & Phil. Packet, Bird, do.   Two Brothers, Hill, Montseratt. 
The ship Baring, Capt. Tingey, of Philadelphia, failed from Calcutta about ten days before the Harmony, Capt. Alhmead—she was bound to Ostend, and from thence to Philadelphia.
Capt. Roberts, of the ship Grange, 7 weeks from Liverpool, on the 9th April, spoke the brig Neptune, Captain White, from Wilscasset, bound to Whitehaven; she had lost her rudder, and one man overboard, and was out 73 days. Capt. Roberts supplied her with a puncheon of water—the island of Torea bearing S. W. distant 5 leagues.
On the 17th May, in lat. 40. 12. long. 63. 26. spoke the ship Fanny, from Virginia, bound to Greenock; out 5 days—and,
On the 27th of May, in lat. 39. 13. long. 72. 30. spoke the schooner George, of St. John's, and the sloop Santa Margareta, of New-York, both from New-York.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
  6 per Cents, 22 3/8   3 per Cents, 13 3/4   Deferred, 13 3/4   Indents, 13 3/4   Final Settlements, 18 3/8   Half shares Bank U. S. 52 per cent. premium.   Shares Bank North-America, 15 ditto. 
POST-OFFICE, Philadelphia, June 1.
LETTERS for the British Packet Portland, Captain Rogers, for Falmouth, will be received at this office until Tuesday morning the 5th inst.
It is with regret that the Editor is obliged to postpone the enlargement of the Gazette to the size he had in contemplation.—Of the very large amount due for arrearages, but a very inconsiderable sum has been received since the intimation of a design to enlarge—but though the size of the paper is the same as heretofore, the contents are encreased.
THE following sections of the act entitled, "An act for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned, are republished for the information of all persons, who, on the 29th day of June next (1792) shall be possessed of
W I N E S.
"Sect. 10. AND be it further enacted, That all Wines which after the said last day of June next, shall be imported into the United States, shall be landed under the care of the inspector of the port where the same shall be landed, and for that purpose, every permit for landing any Wines, which shall be granted by a Collector, shall, prior to such landing, be produced to the said inspector, who, by endorsement thereupon under his hand, shall signify the production thereof to him, and the time when, after which, and not otherwise, on pain of forfeiture, it shall be lawful to land the said Wines. And the said inspector shall make an entry of all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and each pipe, butt, hoghead, cask, case, box or package whatsoever, containing such Wines, shall be marked by the officer under whose immediate inspection the same shall be landed, in legible and durable characters, with progressive numbers, the name of the said officer, and the quality or kind of Wine as herein before enumerated and distinguished. And the said officer shall grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt, hoghead, cask, case, box or package, specifying therein the name or names of the importer or importers, the ship or vessel in which the same shall have been imported, and the number thereof, to accompany the same wherefoever it shall be sent. And if any pipe, butt, hoghead, cask, case, box or package, containing Wine, shall be found without such marks and certificates, the same shall be liable to be seized, and the want of such marks and certificates shall be presumptive evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully imported and landed."
"Sect. 11. And be it further enacted, That every person, who shall have in his or her possession, Wines which are intended for sale, in quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gallons, shall prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof in writing at some office of inspection in the city, town or county where he or she shall reside, specifying and describing the casks, cases, boxes and other packages containing the same, and the kinds, qualities and quantities thereof, and where, and in whose possession they are; and the officer of inspection, at whose office such entry may be made, shall, as soon as may be thereafter, visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected, the Wines so reported, and shall mark, or cause to be marked, the casks, cases, boxes and packages containing the same, with progressive numbers, with the name of the person to whom the same may belong, the kind or kinds thereof, and words "Old Stock," and shall grant a certificate for each cask, case, box or package containing such Wine, describing therein the said cask, case, box or package, and the Wines therein contained, which certificate shall accompany the same, wherever it may be sent. And if any person who may have Wines in his or her possession for sale, shall not, prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof, as above directed, he or she, for such omission or neglect, shall forfeit and pay the value of the Wine omitted to be entered, to be recovered with costs of suit, for the benefit of any person who shall give information thereof, and the Wines so omitted to be entered, shall be forfeited."
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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 (cppt)
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.
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. (1aw3m)
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 flock 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 fame served up in the most neat and elegant manner. [1aw18] JUL. GEORGE H. LEIGH.
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 45, Great Dock-Street, NEW-YORK, THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLEECKER. May 2. (1.t.)
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 easy expence. The upland lays in the lap of about 50 acres of rich out marsh, from which (by an easy ascent to the cleared fields) 130 acres of excellent upland meadow may be made, at a moderate expence; 30 acres of woodland. A never failing stream of water runs through this tract, on which is a seat for a mill, and in which is good sport with the net and hook; plenty of rabbits and small game; and on the flats, abundance of wild ducks in the season. A good mansion-house, garden, and necessary out-buildings; an orchard of the best kinds of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees, bearing; a crop of wheat and rye in the ground, and a spring crop putting in. Apply to PETER LE BARBIER DU PLESSIS, Esq. No. 86, Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia; Mr. HUMPHREY WATERMAN, at the Washington, on the Bristol road; or to Doctor TOMS, 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. (cp.t.f.)
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
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, full stockings, a new wool hat, new shoes and buckles.—Whoever will secure said Negroes in any gaol, or bring them to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Morris-Town, April 17, 1792.
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THE LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PASSED AT THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS: COLLECTED WITH, AND CORRECTED BY THE ORIGINAL ROLLS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Price One Quarter of a Dollar.
THE ACTS of this session, agreeably to the plan of this edition of the laws of the United States, will be considered as the FIRST PART of the SECOND VOLUME; so that the acts of each Congress (the duration of which is limited by the constitution to the term of two years) will be comprised in one volume.
To the acts of this session will be annexed the ratifications of the amendments to the Constitution; the confederation between the United States and the Delaware nation of Indians; the treaty between the United States and the Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Pattawatimi and Sac Nations; the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Nation; and the armistice, declaring a cessation of hostilities between the United States and Great-Britain; These, with those in the first volume of the laws are all the existing treaties.
A copious index will accompany the second volume—when completed, at the end of the next session of Congress.
“As it is desirable that copies of the laws should be so multiplied throughout the States, and in such cheap forms, as that every citizen of the United States may be able to procure them,” it has been thought advisable, in this addition, to omit the signatures of the President of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Their signatures would have increased the size of the volume, and consequently have rendered it more expensive, without adding to its usefulness or authenticity, inasmuch as the Secretary of State’s certificate is to be prefixed to the volume.
This edition of the Laws of the United States is also to be Sold by Messrs. Thomas and Andrews, Boston; John Carter, Esq. Providence, Rhode-Island; Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, Hartford; Mr. Thomas Greenleaf, New-York; Messrs. Goddard and Angell, Baltimore; Augustine Davis, Esq. Richmond, and Mr. W. P. Young, Charleston, South-Carolina.
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.
A LOTTERY,
To raise the sum of £ 750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791.
S C H E M E.
  1 Prize of 2000 Dollars is 2000   1 1000 1000   2 500 1000   5 200 1000   10 100 1000   30 50 1500   90 20 1800   1675 4 6700   1814 Prizes. 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 positively commence on the second Monday in July, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey.
Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty.
A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery.
JOHN PARKER, 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.
** Adventurers in the above Lottery have a chance of more than 3 per cent. per month for their money. To accommodate all those who may be disposed to purchase Tickets, letters directed to P. KEENON, Manager, and Postmaster, at New-Brunswick, and enclosing good bills, will be attended to, and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters.
New-Brunswick, April 20, 1792.
TICKETS in the NEW-BRUNSWICK LOTTERY, are to be had at the following places, viz.—Samuel Cooper’s Ferry; at Burlington, of R. 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 Spotwood; and of the Managers in Brunswick.
WANTED, the First Volume of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES—for which Six DOLLARS will be paid by the EDITOR.
The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Editor hereof.
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 annum. 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, Marchmonts 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 Jeff Book, in two parts, with two very neat engravings—Price, bound, three-fifths of a dollar.
12. Garden of the Soul, by Bishop Chaloner—Price, bound in calf and lettered, three quarters of a dollar—plain, half a dollar.
13. The Doway Translation of the Vulgate Bible, in quarto—Price, elegantly bound and lettered, 50/2—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 eastwardly 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.
TO BE SOLD BY THE EDITOR,
A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold at the Bank of the United States, shewing the Value of Gold in Dollars and Cents; from One to a Thousand Pennyweights—according to the Act of Congress, ascertaining the Standard and Value of Gold.