Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-09-03 00:00:00

J. Parker.
Gazette of the United States AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 71 of Vol. VI.]
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1794.
[Whole No. 621.]
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
And to be sold by the following Booksellers viz. John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut Street, Thomas Dobson, No. 41, South Second Street, Joseph Crukshank, No. 87, High Street, and Wm. Young, No. 52, South Second Street.
A DISCOURSE
Delivered July 17, 1794.
ON THE occasion of opening the said church and holding public worship in it the first time.
By Samuel Magaw, D. D. Rector of St. Paul's.
Divine Service, introduced with select Scripture passages, and a special prayer, and then proceeding in its usual offices, having been performed.
By James Abercrombie, A. M. Second Assistant Minister of Christ Church and St. Peter's.
"Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God."
Aug. 16 *1aw4w
Lachawannock.
A LARGE body of LAND on this river and its waters, is now for sale to Settlers only, on moderate terms, and at a long credit.
The soil is remarkably fertile, and numerous streams of water are interspersed through the whole country.
The main river flows through one tract of about thirty thousand acres, and is with the exception of one obstruction, navigable to the Susquehannah.
Spring Brook Creek, which with its branches, waters another tract of about forty thousand acres of good Land, empties itself into the Lachawannock, about twelve miles from the Susquehannah.
It affords numerous Mill seats, & in its course creates large bodies of well watered meadow ground.
The other tracts are intersected by creeks of considerable importance.
Several Mills are already erected for the accommodation of the Settlers.
Roads are cut in different directions, towards the most convenient markets.
The county town is not more than 12 miles distant from many parts of the settlement.
The Susquehannah affords an easy and safe navigation to Middletown, from whence the Canal to Schuylkill extends the communication to the city.
Another means of connection with Philadelphia, is by the Delaware, from which the distance in several places is about thirty miles.
The proprietors combining their own interest with that of the inhabitants, are disposed to erect works of public utility, open roads, &c. and in every one mile square, a tract of one hundred acres is allotted for a School, and one hundred acres for the first resident clergyman of any denomination of Christians.
For further particulars apply to George Eddy.
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, July 9.
Letters directed to George Eddy, at Philadelphia, or to Thomas Eddy, at New York, relative to this business, will be duly answered. eod3m
TO BE SOLD BY THOMAS DOBSON, Principles and Observations
APPLIED TO THE MANUFACTURE AND INSPECTION OF Pot and Pearl Ashes.
By DAVID TOWNSEND, Inspector of Pot and Pearl-Ashes for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Published according to Act of Congress. These observations relate to an extensive business; and are designed, in the plainest manner, to convey profitable information to those interested in it, who have not leisure or opportunity to search for the principles therein contained, in the writings of professional Chemists.
Aug. 2
To the Electors of the city and county of Philadelphia. GENTLEMEN,
THIS being the last year of the present Sheriff's time in office. I take the liberty to offer myself a Candidate, and solicit your votes and interests in my favour, to place me on the return at the next general Election, as his Successor for said office; in doing which, you will confer an obligation that will be gratefully remembered, by
Your most obedient, and humble servant, JOHN BAKER. May 3. es tf.
For Amsterdam, THE SHIP HOLLAND, Christopher Franklin, jun. Master. HAS excellent accommodations for passengers, will sail with all convenient speed, having the greatest part of her cargo ready to go on board. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, to PETER BLIGHT, Or PRAGERS & CO. Aug. 26
For Cape Nicholas Mole, To sail on Saturday next the 6th inst. The SCHOONER JOHN, For some freight, apply to Louis Osmont, No. 117, north Second Street. Sept. 1
For Freight or Charter, The Brig SCHUYLKILL, Captain KNOX; Burthen about 1200 Barrels, and now ready to take in a Cargo. Apply to the Captain or Wharton & Greeves. September 1, 1794.
For Liverpool, The New Ship Neptune, James Jeffries, Master. ABOUT 300 tons burthen; she has very complete accommodations for passengers, and is intended to sail on or about the 14th of this month. For freight or passage apply to Capt. Jeffries on board, or John Mayo. Sept. 2
LANDING, This Day from on board the brig Ann and Mary, Capt. Corrie, from Antigua, NINETY HOGSHEADS OF Prime Antigua Rum, ONE third of which is fourth proof, the other third, also a few hogheads remaining on hand of the Brig Sally's CARGO, Capt. in West from same place, which has been so much approved of for the fineness of its flavour. Jamaica Spirits, MOLASSES, Genuine Madeira Wine, By the pipe, quarter cask or gallon. 20 TIERCES FRESH RICE, By the Norfolk, Captain Art, FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, south corner of Pine and Water Streets. Aug. 27
LANDING From on board the Birmingham Packet, Lockyer, and the Henry and Charles, from Hamburg, HEMP, Peterburg's first quality. BAR IRON, Swedes, assorted TIN, in plates, do. do. GENEVA in bds. BAGGING, German assorted GLASS TUMBLERS, and Black Quart Bottles, DEMIJOHNS, Window Glass, Feathers of superior quality, MATTS, &c. &c. FOR SALE BY Thomas & John Ketland. Aug. 26
TO BE SOLD, By THOMAS DOBSON, AN Alphabetical List
OF THE DUTIES
Payable by law on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United States of America, after the last day of June 1794, distinguishing the rates payable on those imported in ships or vessels of the United States—and the rates payable in foreign ships or vessels, including the additional duties, to which the respective articles are liable.
City of Washington. SCHEME OF THE LOTTERY, No. II. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY.
1 A magnificent 20,000 Dollars, and dwelling house, 5 cash 30,000 are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 50,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 Cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 ditto 1000 each, are 10,000 10 ditto 1,000 10,000 20 ditto 500 10,000 100 ditto 100 10,000 200 ditto 50 10,000 400 ditto 25 10,000 1,000 ditto 10 10,000 25,000 ditto 10 250,000 16,739 Prizes 33,261 Blanks 50,000 Tickets at 8 dollars 400,000 This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire front on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington. The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold, or at all events on Monday, the 22nd of December next. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University, it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. The drawing will be under the management of 24 gentlemen approved by the commissioners for the City of Washington, for the time being, and acting on oath. S. BLODGET. ** Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. Aug. 30 end5f
Just Arrived, FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT, The Cargo of the Schooner John, Capt. SULLIVAN from Jamaica; Consisting of 150,000 lbs. Coffee, in 80 Hogsheads, 30 Barrels, 460 Bags. Also For Sale, PORT WINE, In Pipes, Hogsheads and quarter Casks, MADEIRA do. and a Cargo of St. Ubes SALT, Just arrived about 6000 Barrels. Aug. 26. d. Carriages for Hire. GEORGE GREEN, In Pine Street, No. 123, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, HAS FOR HIRE, BY THE DAY, the newest fashioned Carriages, as COACHES, COACHEES, CHARIOTS and LIGHT WAGGONS, with two or four Horses, and careful Ready drivers. The former respectable and all favorite carriages fully acknowledged. August 26, d6te03w War Department, August 1, 1794. Information is hereby given to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for their annual pension, which will become due on the fifth day of September 1794, will be paid on the said day, by the Commissioners of Loans within the States respectively, under the usual regulations. Applications of Executors or Administrators must be accompanied with legal evidences of their respective offices, and also of the time of the decease of such invalids whose pensions they may claim. By command of the President of the United States, H. KNOX, Secretary at War. The Printers in the several States are requested to publish the above in their newspapers or the space of two months. Aug. 6 d2m Just Published, AND FOR SALE BY Jacob Johnson & Co. No. 147, Market Street, THE American Revolution Written in the style of ancient history, in two vols. price 10/.
To be Sold, The House, Stables, & Lot of Ground, In Second Street, between Spruce and Union Streets, in the occupation of his Britannic Majesty's Minister. ALSO The Adjoining Lot, 26 feet front, and 149 feet deep. For terms of sale, apply to Wm. Cramond. Aug. 14 w&stf C. W. PEALE. EVER solicitous to render his MUSEUM still more and more an object of rational entertainment, and subservient to the interests of useful science, has on the suggestion and with the advice of a number of his friends, provided a Book, which will be always open for the inspection of those who visit his Museum, in which book it is proposed to insert all such discoveries, inventions, improvements, schemes, observations, experiments, projects, hints or queries relating to the arts or sciences, as any of his visitors, or correspondents, may from time to time communicate. Such as may chuse to conceal their names may either send their communications anonymous, or at their desire, C. W. Peale will insert their names, with the number or signature of their respective communications in a private book which he will keep for that purpose. The advantages of such a public register are obvious. It will rescue from oblivion many useful hints, which might otherwise have died with their authors. It may secure to inventors their just claims, and prevent others from taking the honor or profit of a discovery to which they are not entitled, and as the Museum is now visited by persons from almost all parts of the world, such a register, it is presumed, will soon contain and be the means of disseminating a vast fund of useful knowledge, and promote that spirit of enquiry and invention, for which the people of the United States are already so justly distinguished. Aug. 22
Life of Howard. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY J. ORMROD, (Price 75 Cents) At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chestnut Street, A VIEW of the Life, Travels and Philanthropic Labours, of the late JOHN HOWARD, Esq. L. L. D. F. R. S. Embellished with a striking likeness of that Citizen of the World. By JOHN AIKEN, M. D. To which is subjoined an ODE inscribed to John Howard, by William Hayley, Esq. FROM realm to realm, with cross or crescent crown'd, Where'er mankind and misery are found, O'er burning sands, deep waves, or wilds of snow, Great HOWARD journeying seeks the house of woe. Down many a winding step to dungeons dank, Where anguish wails aloud, and fetters clank; To caves belyew'd with many a mould'ring bone, And cells, whose echoes only learn to groan; Onward he moves!—Disease and death retire, And murm'ring demons hate him, and admire. Sept. 1. 31aw3w.
NO. 68. District of Pennsylvania, TO WIT. BE it remembered that on the twenty-third day of July in the nineteenth year of the independence of the United States of America, JOSEPH BOGGS, of the said district hath deposited in this office, the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author in the words following, to wit: "The Philadelphia Directory, for the year 1795—by Joseph Boggs." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States intitled "An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." Sam. Caldwell, Clerk of District of Pennsylvania. July 30 d. New-England Rum, In Hlds. for Sale by Nalbro' & John Frazier, No. 81, Walnut Street, Who have also on hand, and for sale, SIERRY WINE, In pipes and quarter casks, fit for immediate use. St. Lucar Wine in pipes, and quarter casks. ROTA WINE in quarter casks PORT WINE in do. Boston BEEF, Hysop and Souchong TEAS, Spanish INDIGO, Ravens DUCK, TICKLENBURG, OZNABRIGS, DOWLAS, and 8 by 10 Window Glass. Aug. 5 tuth4w THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By Thomas Dobson, At the Stone House, No. 41, South Second Street, I. LETTERS addressed to the Philosophers and Politicians of France, on the subject of Religion; to which are prefixed observations relating to the causes of the general prevalence of Infidelity, By JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. Price one quarter of a Dollar. II. TWO SERMONS, viz. 1. The present state of Europe compared with ancient prophecies. Preached on the Fast day, in 1794; with a preface containing the reasons of the author for leaving England. 2. The use of Christianity, especially in difficult times; being the Author's Farewell Discourse to his Congregations in Hackney; with Appendices to the two Sermons. Price one third of a dollar. III. AN APPEAL to the Serious & Candid Professors of Christianity, on the following subjects, viz. 1. The use of reason in matters of Religion. 2. The power of man to do the Will of God. 3. Original Sin. 4. Election and Reprobation. 5. The Divinity of Christ, and 6. Atonement by the Death of Christ, by the same author. To which are added, A Concise History of the rise of those Doctrines, and an account of the Trial of Mr. Elwall, for Heresy and Blasphemy, at Stafford Assizes. Price one eighth of a Dollar. The above three are re-published with the author's improvements and additions; and a considerable part of his works, in an improved state, will make their appearance as soon as convenience will admit. July 28 eod3w
Whereas an attachment at the suit of the administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of William Burnet deceased, at the time of his death hath been issued out of the Inferior Court of common pleas, in and for the County of Middlesex, against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements of Irenius Martin, late of the county aforesaid, returnable to the third Tuesday in July last. NOTICE is hereby given to the said Irenius Martin, that unless he appear and file special bail to the said action, on or before the third Tuesday in January next, judgment will be entered against him by default, and the goods and chattels, lands and tenements to be attached, sold for the satisfaction of such of his creditors as shall appear to be justly entitled to any demand thereon, and shall lapse for that purpose, according to the form of the statute in such case made & provided By order of the Court, DEARE, Clerk. Aug. 10. 1 aw16.

Philadelphia, September 2.
This day, at 12 o'clock, the Governor, being introduced by a Committee to both Houses of the Legislature, assembled in the Senate Chamber, delivered the following
ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
As soon as the declaration of the President, has announced, that, in pursuance of combinations to defeat the execution of the laws, laying duties upon spirits distilled within the United States, and upon stills, "many persons, in the western parts of Pennsylvania, had, at length, been hardy enough to perpetrate acts, which he is advised amount to treason, being overt acts of levying war against the United States." — A communication to me has, likewise, expressed his determination "to take measures for calling forth the militia, in order to suppress those combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed."
These occurrences have appeared, in my judgment, to be of a nature and tendency so interesting and momentous, as to claim, independent of every other consideration, an exercise of the executive authority, to convene the General Assembly, upon extraordinary occasions.
Accordingly stirred, but experience justifies an expectation, that you will consider every private interest as simply compensated, by the opportunity of contributing to restore public tranquility and order. Unless, indeed, that wholesome Subordination to the laws, which confers on virtue its merited safety, which secures industry its laudable acquisitions, and which shelters freedom from the blasts of licentiousness, can be introduced and preserved, we pursue, in vain, the avocations of domestic life, and boast, without pretext, of equal rights and civil liberty.
The impracticability of combining social order with the principles of a free Republic, to long the favorite illusion of interested statesmen, seemed already to have received a satisfactory refutation from the experiment, which our country had made. The friends of Liberty, who had rejoined in the accomplishment of our Revolution, beheld with ill greater exultation, the peaceful and almost unanimous adoption of our Federal Constitution. The visible effects of this system, raised upon the firm basis of popular representation, and directed to the legitimate objects of Government, attracted the attention, and hitherto have excited, the admiration, or the envy of mankind. If, indeed, we examine, more particularly, the operations of the government, we shall find, that, since our Federal character from a state of degradation, the American Union has been rendered respectable among the nations of the earth. While Europe is involved in all the horrors of war, and distracted by the embarrassment of her finances, we find our country preferred from a participation in the dreadful conflict; and its treasury exhibiting no aid in to diminish the profits of genius or labour, but what is necessary to protect a distant and defended frontier from savage depredation — to pay an honest debt, the price of our National Independence, or to defray the unavoidable expenses of Government, the price of our political establishment. In other countries, too, the disposition, the interest, and the prosperity of the government, may be distinguished from the disposition, the interest, and the prosperity of the people; but so long as the spirit of our social compact continues to operate; so long as the laws are enacted by the immediate authority, and maintained by the ready obedience, of the citizens; that odious distinction can not be generated here. With the prosperity of the American government, the prosperity of the American People must be coeval and commensurate. Thus, the reputation which our government has acquired abroad, the peace which it has preserved at home, and the moderation of its fiscal demands, are intimately and obviously allied to the morality, the industry, the affluence, and the happiness, which appear in all the circles of domestic life.
But a period has unfortunately arrived, which renders it indispensable to remark, that this scene, so honorable and so beneficial to our country, can only be perpetuated by the efficient means, which have produced it. The establishment of a free government, with a competent legislative power, and the certainty of submission to the laws when duly made, were the real sources of our prosperity. Nothing more will be necessary to convert all our enjoyments into cares, than the dissemination of an unmerited contempt for the government, which the People have thus created; or the practice of an unconstitutional opposition to the laws, which they have thus authorized to be enacted. Such proceedings, indeed, are not less unreasonable in their nature, than pernicious in their consequences. It is unreasonable to oppose a measure which our Representatives have been empowered to adopt; it is unreasonable to risk the subversion of the government, merely to extort, what a change of our representatives may procure; it is unreasonable to resist by the force of arms, what could not be prevented by the force of argument; and above all, it is unreasonable that the few should counteract the will of the many, or that a part of the community should undertake to prescribe to the whole.
I enquire not, Gentlemen, whether there was any original impolicy, or whether there is any oppressive operation in the laws, which the present occasion particularly contemplates: it is enough for my object to know, that they exist by an authority competent to make them; for, this knowledge (speaking as a Magistrate, or as a Freeman) is enough to convince me, that they ought to be obeyed. If an abstract opinion, controverting the policy of any legislative act; or if a partial inconvenience resulting from the operation of a general law, shall be deemed a sufficient vindication for disobedience, and hostile opposition, to the Government, on what foundation can we longer rest the national hopes of respect, tranquility, and order? In a country so extensive, with interests so various, and with habits so diversified, can we expect from human wisdom, a system of legislation, that shall reconcile every difference, or gratify every prejudice? Or, is there any principle of discrimination, that will warrant a compliance with the local pretensions of one district, and justify the denial of a similar indulgence, to the local pretensions of any district, in the Union? Enquiries of this kind must inevitably terminate in a conviction, that there is no alternative in a free Country, but a submission to the laws, ordained by the regular exercise of Constitutional authority; or a subjection to the anarchy, produced invariably by a popular disregard of social obligation. Here, therefore, is the point for serious deliberation: for, should the event be unpropitious to the laws, the glorious harvest of our Revolution will be wantonly laid waste; the foes of freedom and republicanism will acquire new energy from our disgrace; the present age will regard our conduct with contempt, and posterity will pronounce our names with detestation. To us, Gentlemen, in particular, this dreadful reflection must bring additional pain, should the calamity which it contemplates, be occasioned, or promoted by the fatal example of Pennsylvania.
That the Acts of Congress, commonly called the Excise laws, had created considerable discontent in various parts of the State; and that this discontent had been manifested, not only by a non-compliance with the laws, but by an irregular and violent conduct towards the officers, who were employed to execute them, have long been circumstances of public
notoriety; and, at an early period of my administration, were mentioned as a proper subject for legislative amendment. With a design to facilitate the measures of the Federal Government, I employed, likewise, repeated opportunities to inculcate the indispensable duty of obedience to the laws; and, from time to time, I received, with peculiar satisfaction, the strongest assurances, that, on the part of the State Officers, every reasonable exertion would be made to constitute the minds of their Fellow Citizens, and to effectuate the acts of the Union. It is to be lamented, however, that the result of those efforts, has not corresponded with the expectation which I had formed. The spirit of lawless opposition seems to have acquired fresh vigor during a transient sleep; and being, at length, excited into action, it has recently violated the public peace, overthrowing in its career the barriers of personal safety, and the safeguards of private property.
From the information, which I have collected through various channels, and the result of which is my duty, Gentlemen, to submit to your observation, it may be conjectured, that, at the period of perpetrating the late outrageous Riots, in the western parts of the State, the principal source of discontent, had been augmented by several collateral considerations. Under circumstances peculiarly insidious, therefore, the marshal of the District seems to have entered the western counties, to serve certain judicial process, by which a number of citizens, who had omitted to enter their stills, agreeably to the act of Congress, were summoned to appear at a District Court, to be held in the City of Philadelphia. From the documents which I have had an opportunity of examining on the subject, it appears that this officer was allowed without injury, or molestation, to discharge his duty in the county of Fayette; that proceeding, for the time, passed into the County of Allegheny, he requested the company and assistance of Genl. Nevill, the Inspector of the Revenue; that while thus accompanied he suffered some insults and encountered some opposition; that considerable bodies of armed men having at several times demanded the surrender of General Nevill's commission and papers, attacked and ultimately destroyed his house and other valuable property; that these rioters (of whom a few were killed and many wounded) having made the Marshal, together with other Citizens, prisoners, released that officer in consideration of a promise, that he would not serve any more process on the Western side of the Allegheny mountain; that under a just apprehension of violence, General Nevill, before his house was destroyed, applied to two of the Judges of the county of Allegheny, for the protection of his property, but the Judges, on the 14th day of July, the day on which his house was destroyed, declared that they could not, in the present circumstances of the country, afford the protection, that was requested, though they offered to institute prosecutions against the offenders; and that General Nevill, and the Marshal, menaced with further outrage by the Rioters, had been under the necessity of repairing, by a circuitous route to Philadelphia. To this outline of the information, which was received immediately after the riots, the stoppage of the public mail, the expulsion of several friends to government from Pittsburgh, and the measures taken to establish a correspondence and concert among the rioters, must be regarded as circumstances of great aggravation and alarm.
As soon as the intelligence of these lawless proceedings had arrived, letters were addressed under instructions to every Judge, Justice, Sheriff, Brigadier, Inspector, and in short, to every public officer, residing in the Western counties, expressing the regret and indignation, which the event had produced; and requiring an exertion of their influence and authority to suppress the tumults, and punish the offenders. The Attorney General of the State was, likewise, desired to investigate the circumstances of the riot, to ascertain the names of the rioters, and to institute the regular process of the law for bringing the leaders to justice. This judicial course of proceeding, the only one, which, at that period, appeared lawful to be pursued on my part, was recommended, likewise, by the success, that had attended it upon former occasions. Riots have heretofore been committed in opposition to the laws of Pennsylvania, but the rioters have been invariably punished by the Courts of Justice. In opposition to the laws of the United States, in opposition to the very laws now opposed, and in the very counties supposed to be combined in the present opposition, riots have, likewise, formerly occurred; but, in every instance supported by legal proof (and several such instances are specified in the documents that accompanied my address to the Legislature on the 7th of December, 1792) the offenders have been indicted, convicted, and punished by the Tribunals of the State. To support the authority of the Union, by an exertion of the authority of the State, has ever, indeed, constituted a favorite object of my official attention; and I shall always be persuaded, that if the purposes of Justice can be attained, if obedience to the laws can be restored, and if the horrors of a civil war can be averted, by that auxiliary intervention, no idea of placing an individual State in too distinct, too important a point of view, or of interfering with the exercise of a concurrent Federal jurisdiction, can be sufficiently clear or cogent, to supersede such momentous considerations.
But it may be suggested, that the extent and violence of the late disturbances, required a more energetic course, and would have justified an immediate interpolation of the militia. For my part, Gentlemen, I confess, that in manifesting a zealous disposition to secure obedience to the Constitutions and laws of our Country, I shall ever prefer the instruments of conciliation to those of coercion, and never, but in the last resort, countenance a direction of judicial authority, for the exertion of military force. Before the President had determined to employ the militia on this occasion, the incompetency of the Judiciary Department of the Government of Pennsylvania, to vindicate the violated laws, had not been made sufficiently apparent. That the laws of the Union are the laws of the State, is a constitutional axiom that will never be controverted; but the mere circumstance, that the riots were committed in opposition to the laws of the Union, could neither enlarge nor alter, the powers of the State Government; for, in executing the laws, or maintaining the authority of the Union, the officers of Pennsylvania can only employ the same means, by which the more peculiarly municipal laws and authority of the State, are executed and maintained. Under a solemn conviction, then, that the military power of the Government ought not to be employed, until its judicial authority, after a fair experiment, has proved incompetent to enforce obedience, or to punish infractions of the law, I conceived that nothing more was due to good faith and justice, than an assurance that the measures which were taken, would have been precisely the same, had they not been unconnected with the system of Federal policy. If the riot had been unconnected with our laws upon the arrival of the first intelligence, would have been left to the ordinary course of justice; and only in the last resort, at the requisition, and as an auxiliary of the civil authority, would the military force of the State be called forth.
For, it is of some importance, Gentlemen, to recollect that, at this time, no positive law of the State exists, by which the exigency that will justify an appeal from the political, to the physical, strength
of our country, is defined; or, by which the evidence, to prove the existence of that exigency, is regulated and prescribed. It is true, that, in seasons of tumult and insurrection, when the civil authority has declared itself incompetent to the discharge of its functions, a duty may be presumed to result from the nature and Constitution of the Executive office, to the execution of the laws, by every other legitimate means. But in the performance of a discretionary trust, so charged with official responsibility, as it affects the magistrates, and so exposed to patriotic jealousy as it affects the Citizens, every construction of the circumstances that occur, should, in my judgment, be the effect of serious deliberation; and every step that is taken, in a military course, should be dressed and circumscribed by the necessity, which impels it. Besides, therefore, the recollection, that in similar extremities the Judiciary Department of our Government had maintained its authority, by punishing the violators of the public peace; and besides the defect, originally, of satisfactory proof to evince, that on this occasion, its authority had failed; there were considerations of policy, that added powerful influence to recommend the lenient course, which, as an Executive Magistrate, I had determined to pursue.
In a free country it must be expedient to convince the Citizens of the necessity, that shall at any time induce the government to employ the coercive authority, with which it is invested. To convince them that it is necessary to call forth the military power, for the purpose of executing the laws, it must be shown, that the judicial power has in vain attempted to punish those who violate them. The citizens of Pennsylvania (however a part of them may, for a while, be deluded) are the friends of law and order; but when the inhabitants of one district shall be required to take arms against the inhabitants of another, their general character did not authorize me to expect, a passive obedience to the mandates of Government. I believed, that as Freemen they would enquire into the cause and nature of the service proposed to them; and, I believed, their alacrity in performing, as well as in accepting it, would essentially depend on their opinion of its justice and necessity. Hence, therefore, my solicitude to ascertain, in the clearest manner, whether the judicial authority had been tried in vain: for under an assurance, that every other reasonable expedient had been previously resorted to, I was confident that the public opinion would sanction the most vigorous exertion of the who force, which the constitution and laws of the state entrusted to me; and that every good citizen would willingly lend his aid, to strengthen and promote the measures, that were thus unavoidably employed, for restoring the authority of the laws.
Upon great political emergencies, the effect, likewise, of every measure, should be deliberately weighed. Anticipating the probable consequences of an awful appeal to arms, I could not avoid impressions, which are of a nature too painful, and too delicate, for public recitation; but which will readily occur to every reflecting mind.
From the situation that has been represented, I was relieved, however, Gentlemen, by the conduct which the Federal Government has determined to adopt upon the occasion; and by which, it is obvious, that my interference, in a separate and unconnected manner, to embody any part of the militia, would be rendered uselessly expensive to the State, unnecessarily burthensome to the Citizens, and might be eventually introductory of embarrassment and confusion, instead of system and co-operation. The complicated nature of the outrages, which were committed upon the public peace, gave, indeed, a jurisdiction to both Governments; but in the judiciary as well as in the military Department, it would, perhaps, be expedient, that the subject should be left entirely to the management either of the State, or of the General Government: for, the very important difference, which is supposed to exist in the nature and consequences of the offences, when contemplated by the laws of the United States, and when contemplated by the laws of Pennsylvania, must otherwise, destroy that uniformity in the definition of crimes, and the apportionment of punishments, which has always been deemed essential to a due administration of justice.
You will perceive, Gentlemen, from the documents which I have directed to be laid before you, that, in treading in the regular path designated by an act of Congress, the President has received a notification from an Associate Judge, stating, according to the Act, "that in the Counties of Washington and Allegheny, in Pennsylvania, laws of the United States are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshal of the District." The legal operation of this Certificate, having authorized the President to call forth the Militia of this, and of any other State, to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed, a requisition for that purpose, has been accordingly issued, and copies of it will be communicated for your information. Leaving it, therefore as I ought, implicitly to the judgment of the President, to choose, on such evidence, as he approved, the measures for carrying the laws of the Union into effect; and feeling as I ought, the influence of my Federal obligations, I did not hesitate to give a full and unequivocal assurance, that, whatever requisition he might make, whatever duty he might impose, in pursuance of his constitutional and legal powers, would, on my part, be promptly undertaken, and faithfully discharged. Actuated equally by the regard due to my immediate trust, and my desire to co-operate with the plans of the General Government, I have, likewise, published a Proclamation, declaring (as far as I can declare them) the sentiments of the Government; announcing a determination to punish the offenders; and exhorting the Citizens at large to pursue a peaceful and patriotic conduct. I have engaged two respectable Citizens to act as Commissioners, for addressing those who have embarked in the present combination, upon the lawless nature, and ruinous tendency of their proceeding; and for inculcating the necessity of an immediate return to the duty which they owe to their country. And I have convened the Legislature, in order that those defects in the existing laws of the State, which obstruct or retard the use of the proper instruments for maintaining the dignity of the Government, or for complying with the requisitions of the President, may be amended; and that the ultimate means of subduing the spirit of insurrection, and of restoring tranquility and order, may be prescribed (consistently with the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania) by your wisdom and authority.
Having thus, Gentlemen, laid before you the circumstances that have attended, the very serious event which has occasioned your present meeting, it cannot, I presume, be necessary to offer any further arguments, to engage you in the indispensable task of providing, with a prompt, firm, and patriotic policy for the maintenance of an issue, in which the laws and existence of our government are critically involved. You will perceive from the papers, which the Secretary is directed to deliver, that every conciliatory effort has been made, as well by the general government, as by the State, to convince the deluded insurgents of their error, to reconcile them to their duty, and to re-establish the violated authority of the laws: You will be satisfied from the present state of our information, that the judicial authority of the government is no longer compe-
tent to enforce obedience to the acts of Congress, or to punish the outrageous offences, which have been committed in the course of an opposition to them — and you will feel, under the most sacred obligations of duty, under the strongest incentives of interest, the force of the resulting alternative, which now presents to our choice a dereliction of our official trust, or the most vigorous exertion of our constitutional powers.
But not only as guardians of the public welfare, and of the equal rights of our constituents. — Let me likewise, call upon you gentlemen — let me solemnly call upon our fellow-citizens of every description, — as individuals bearing testimony against a lawless proceeding, — to exercise all the influence of reason and example, in counteracting the fatal effects of a spirit, so hostile to the public order of Society, and to the private happiness of man. There is no member of the community so elevated, by opulence, or so depressed by poverty — so weak, or so feeble, in the condition of his mind or body, — but must feel his dependence upon the benignity of the laws: For a general submission to the law, is the certain, though the only medium (as I have already intimated) by which the public is enabled to extend security to property, and encouragement to industry; by which it arms the feeble against outrage, and shelters the unfortunate from want. To violate this palladium, upon any pretext, is to set a precedent for violating it upon every pretext; and to permit it, in the first instance, with impunity, is, in effect, to invigorate every subsequent attack. The duty of the government being thus intimately combined with the interests of the people, I anxiously hope, that the ready and effectual aid, which the public measures will receive, at this crisis, from the zeal and spirit of a militia, composed of enlightened and patriotic freemen, will leave the enemies of Liberty hereafter without a pretext, for asserting that a standing army is necessary to maintain the authority of the laws.
It is incumbent upon me, however, Gentlemen, to renew at this period, the representations, which I repeatedly made, during the last session, relative to the radical imperfections of the existing system, for organizing and regulating the militia of the State. Such embarrassments, indeed, daily occur, that the candor, which ought to prevail in my Legislative communications, and the attention that is due to my executive character, impel me to declare, that, without some essential alterations and amendments in the law, I cannot be responsible for a punctilious compliance with the requisitions of the President, or a seasonable exertion of the military force, in aid of the civil authority. The insufficiency of the penalties to induce a performance of militia duties; the inadequate means for recovering those penalties; the want of a fund to defray contingent expenses; the inconsiderable compensation of some of the officers compared with their duties; the ineffectual regulations for compelling individuals to procure arms and equipments; and the want of a public arsenal, with a competent supply of arms and ammunition; are among the obvious defects, which claim immediate consideration. Some of the general arrangements, have, likewise, been found inconvenient in practice; and many parts of the law are so ambiguous, as to produce different constructions, in different counties of the State. Permit me, at the same time, to suggest, that general provisions ought to be made, for ascertaining the occasions on which the military, may be employed in support of the civil authority of the state; and for regulating, more efficiently than at present, the mode of complying with the requisitions of the President. The latter provision, indeed, deserves immediate attention; as a requisition has been made in copy of which, and of the proceedings in relation to it, you will have an opportunity of perusing for a draft of 10,762 of the militia of this state, as our quota of the detachment of 30,000 men directed to be organized, and held in readiness to march at a moment's warning, in pursuance of a late act of Congress. Whatever may be the issue of the existing circumstances of our country, which furnish an immediate occasion for these military preparations, the endeavour to improve, and perfect our militia system, ought not to be relinquished or relaxed. The rapid augmentation of the population, opulence, and importance of the union, must, in the usual course of sublunary events, expose us to those external dangers, and internal agitations, which are inseparable from the human character and condition. It becomes, therefore, our highest duty to be, at all times, prepared to repel hostilities against the nation, and to preserve subordination to the laws; and this can only be effected, with safety to our Freedom and Independence, by a well regulated militia, who shall add to a sense of their rights, a knowledge of the means to assert them.
Since the transactions to which your attention has hitherto been directed, have imposed the necessity of an immediate call of the Legislature, it is some consolation, Gentlemen, that I shall now enjoy the benefit of your advice and authority upon another subject, which has, likewise, been the source of some embarrassment. In compliance with directions of the several acts, relative to the establishment of a town at Presqu'isle, I appointed Commissioners for making the surveys, & formed, upon the principles which the law prescribes, a detachment from the state troops, to protect those commissioners in the execution of their trust. When however, they had proceeded a considerable distance in their course to Presqu'isle, accounts from a variety of quarters concurred in raising a serious apprehension, that the projected settlement would be hostilely opposed by the six Nations, & other ill disposed persons in the neighbourhood of our Northern Frontier. It became necessary, therefore, for the purpose of repelling the threatened invasion of our territory, as well as for preventing a disappointment of the Legislative intentions, to reinforce the detachment, which accompanied the Commissioners; and orders were accordingly issued to draft a thousand militia from the Western Brigades, for that particular service. But, when these orders were communicated to the President (the law, and every other step taken to execute it, having in like manner been previously communicated) he declared "an opinion, formed upon mature reflection that it was advisable to suspend for the present the establishment of Presqu'isle." The reasons that have been mentioned as the ground of this opinion, appear in the correspondence, which will be laid before you: and you will there, likewise, perceive, that under the uniform influence of an official disposition to promote the views of the general Government, of an earnest desire to cultivate every possible means of peace, and of a personal confidence in the judgment and patriotism of the President, a prompt compliance, on my part, followed the communication of his opinion and request.
Aware, however, of the policy of the Presqu'isle establishment, in adding strength to the means of protecting our distant frontier, & of its justice in maintaining the system for the settlement of public lands, by the sale of which a sufficient revenue had been produced to exonerate the State from the pressure of her debts, I received with peculiar satisfaction an assurance, that the obstacles to its accomplishment were of a temporary nature, and that no exertion would be omitted to remove them. On any other terms, indeed, my authority could not have extended to an acquiescence in the President's wishes; for, you will find it expressly stated in the opinion which the Attorney General gave upon the subject, that I could not justify an omission to conform to the de-

resides of the act, though I might justify any delay consistent with the performance of the duties enjoined...
But Gentlemen, as I have received no intimation of the removal of the obstructions...
I cannot leave this subject, Gentlemen, without recommending to your consideration the expediency...
The necessary limitation of the present session, and the brief attention, which I am persuaded...
Among these, Gentlemen, permit me to state, that the intelligence which has been received...
The Land Office continues to be a fruitful source of revenue...
You will receive, Gentlemen, among the various papers...
I did not write you by the usual route, from the troublous state of things in Pennsylvania...
to have returned with a stronger party but did not, and I believe dare not.
By this Day's Mail. BOSTON, August 28. Yesterday arrived brig Elizabeth...
Capt. Oliver informs, that the Danes and Swedes had each a fleet of 14 sail...
Extract from Capt. Oliver's Log-Book. Ship William, of Newbury-Port...
June 11. In the Gulph of Finland, 60 leagues from St. Petersburg...
June 20. Ship Minerva, of Boston, Jared Gardner, master, for St. Petersburg...
August 1. In lat. 45, 21, N. long. 35, 44, W. spoke Schooner Abigail...
August 2. In lat. 45, 0, N. long. 38, 30, W. spoke ship Knight...
August 18. Lat. 43, 2, N. long. 60, 35, W. spoke brig Suley...
The ship Neptune, of Boston, bound to Wilmington, (N. C.) was spoke...
PORTLAND, August 23. On Monday last arrived here brig Harmony...
July 31. In lat. 43, long. 44, spoke ship Polly...
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) Aug. 26. TOWN MEETING. At a legal meeting held yesterday...
European Intelligence. LONDON, May 29. A shocking accident occurred at Covent Garden Theatre...
The Gazette of Erlangen, one of the best German Newspapers, of the 29th ult...
Letters from Madras advise, that a considerable freight of beautiful English damasks...
JUDGE GOULD. Wednesday at one o'clock, died, at his house in Lincoln's Inn-fields...
By intelligence from Italy, dated May 25th, it is stated from Milan...
The Piedmontese and Austrian camps near St. Dalmazzo and Comi...
Their head quarters were at Alexandria, and it was the object of all their dispositions...
From Genoa it is said, that the French column that took Pignerolles...
Legislature of Pennsylvania. September 3. A message from the Senate was received...
On motion a committee of five was appointed to prepare and report an answer...
NASSAU, August 5. Extract of a Letter from the Grand-Cai-coo, dated July 20, 1784.
To a few days ago, I returned from Hispaniola; Our troops there, though very sickly...
To relieve the troops, they are raising a legion at St. Nicholas, St. Marks...
The regiment of Egalite, of 1200 stout able blacks, raised by Sonthonax and Polverel...
The Spanish force, 7000 men, which invaded Cape Francois has done nothing...
The Spaniards talk of returning to the Cape after the rainy season...
A detachment of Colonial troops, shipping, and some British, have been sent against Port-au-Prince.
NEW-YORK, August 30. After the execution of Hebert and Danton...
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 2. Extract from the log book of the ship Penelope...
Last evening a brig arrived at the Port from St. Marks...
An English frigate of 32 guns, a tender, and a large English merchantman...
WANTED, An Apprentice To the Watch Making and Repairing Business...
Manchester Cotton GOODS, Fine Cloths offered; EACH CONTAINING VELVETS...
NOTICE IS hereby given to all the Students and Scholars belonging to the University of Pennsylvania...

Fine Liverpool Salt, To Be Sold From the Ship THOMAS, The second wharf below Pine-Street, ap- ply at said wharf, to Jehu Hollingsworth, & Co. Aug. 26. d.
A FEW TONS Chipped Logwood, FOR SALE, Landing at Hamilton's wharf. Apply to John Vaughan, HO HAS FOR SALE. CLARET, In hogheads and cases of the first quality. Aug. 7 d.
GUTHRIE'S GEOGRAPHY Improved.
THE subscription for this work on the original terms, of twelve dollars and the binding, will be closed this day—and on Monday the subscription will open at four- teen dollars, exclusive of the price of bind- ing.
The new maps added to this edition are twenty one; among which are those of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecti- cut, Rhode-Island, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- land, Virginia, Kentucky, North Caro- lina, the Genesee Government, South Caro- lina, and Georgia. These maps have ne- ver been given in any former system of Geography, and, it is hoped, would alone be sufficient to entitle this work to a pre- ference to any other edition of Guthrie.
N. B. The map of the United States, which is compiling by Mr. Samuel Lewis, from the respective state maps, will be far more complete than any one yet published, and be printed on two large sheets of paper, nearly the size of the late Mr. Mur- ray's map. May 31 d.
Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, deducting 15 per Cent. from the Prizes—this Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,539 Prizes and 23,151 Blanks, being about one and an half Blanks to a Prize.
THE Directors of the Society for establish- ing Useful Manufactures, having resolved to erect LOTTERIES for raising One Hundred Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following persons to superintend and direct the draw- ing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrion, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York— Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew Mc- Counell and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard How- ell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Day- ton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Eliza Boudinot, of New-Jersey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every assurance and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the Banks at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paying Prizes, which shall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks.
SCHEME:
  Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 1 10,000 10,000   5 1 5,000 10,000   10 1 2,000 10,000   20 1 1,000 10,000   100 1 500 10,000   300 1 100 10,000   1,000 1 50 15,000   2,000 1 20 20,000   3,000 1 15 30,000   8,100 1 12 36,000   16 81,000   14,539 Prizes. 262,000   23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000   Last drawn number, 2,000 
38,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000 The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superin- tendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Har- denberg, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust reposed in them.
I. In order to secure the punctual pay- ment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with four sufficient securities, to perform their instructions, the substance of which is
I. That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dol- lars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadel- phia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents as live in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes.
II. The Managers to take sufficient se- curity for any Tickets they may trust, other- wise to be responsible for them.
III. To keep regular books of Tickets sold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, abstracts of which shall be sent monthly, to the Governor of the Society.
Paterson, January 1, 1794. On application to either of the above gen- tlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24. mw&tf
The Lottery published by the Society for establishing useful manu- factures, will commence drawing the first Tuesday in November next—
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, Aug. 20, 1794.
Notice is hereby given, that PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Office of the Com- missioner of the Revenue until the expi- ration of the first day of October next, for the supply of all Rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December 1795, including both days, at the places, and within the districts hereina- fter mentioned, viz.
 1. At any place or places between York and Carlisle, in the State of Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh, and at Pittsburgh, York, and Carlisle.  2. At any place or places from Pittsburgh to the mouth of Big Beaver Creek, and at the mouth of Big Beaver Creek.  3. At any place or places from the said mouth to the upper falls of the said Big Beaver, and at the upper falls.  4. At any place or places from the said upper falls to Mahoning, and at Mahoning.  5. At any place or places from the said Mahoning, over to the Head Navigation of the river Cayahoga, and at the said Head Navigation.  6. At any place or places from the said Head Navigation to the mouth of the said river Cayahoga, and at the said mouth.  7. At any place or places between the mouth of the Big Beaver Creek, to the mouth of the river Muskingum, and up the said river to the Tuckahoe, and at the Tuckahoe, and thence over to the Gayahoga river, and thence down the said river to its mouth.  8. At any place or places between the mouth of the river Muskingum and the mouth of the Scioto river, and at the mouth of the said river Scioto.  9. At any place or places between the mouth of Scioto river and the mouth of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids on the falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids.  10. At any place or places between the mouth of the Great Miami, upon the said Miami, to and at Pique Town.  11. At any place or places from Fort Washington to Fort Hamilton, and at Fort Hamilton.  12. At any place or places from Fort Hamilton to Fort St. Clair, and at Fort St. Clair.  13. At any place or places from Fort St. Clair to Fort Jefferson, and at Fort Jefferson.  14. At any place or places from Fort Jefferson to Fort Recovery the field of action of the 4th of November 1791, and at the said field of action.  15. At any place or places from the said field of action to the Miami Villages, and at the Miami Villages.  16. At any place or places from the said Miami Villages to the falls of the Miami river, which flow into Lake Erie, and at the said falls, and from thence, to its mouth, and at its mouth.  17. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Miami river of Lake Erie to Sandusky Lake, and at Sandusky Lake.  18. At any place or places from the said Sandusky Lake, to the mouth of the river Cayahoga.  19. At any place or places from the said mouth of the river Cayahoga to Presque Isle, and at Presque Isle.  20. At any place or places from the said Presque Isle to the stream running into Lake Erie from towards the Jadaghque Lake, & thence over to and at the said Jadaghque Lake, and thence down the Alleghany river to Fort Franklin.  21. At any place or places from Presque Isle to Le Boeuf, and at Le Boeuf.  22. At any place or places from Le Boeuf to Fort Franklin, and at Fort Franklin, and from thence to Pittsburgh.  23. At any place or places from the Rapids of the Ohio to the mouth of the Ouabache river, & from the mouth of the said Ouabache river to the mouth of the river Ohio.  24. At any place or places on the East side of the river Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Illinois river.  25. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Ouabache river up to Fort Knox, and at Fort Knox.  26. At any place or places from Fort Knox up the said Ouabache to Quitmanon, and at Quitmanon.  27. At any place or places from Quitmanon, up the said Ouabache to the head navigation of a branch thereof, called Little River, and at the said head navigation of Little River.  28. At any place or places from the said head navigation of Little River over to the Miami Village.  29. At any place or places from the mouth of the river Tennessee to Ocoeechappoor Bear Creek, on the said river, including the same.  30. At any place or places from the mouth of the river Cumberland to Nashville, on the said river, and at Nashville.  31. And At any place or places within thirty miles of said Nashville to the Southward, Westward or Northward thereof.  Should any ration be required at any place, or within other districts, not specified in these proposals, the price of the same is to be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz.
 One pound of bread or flour,  One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork,  One quart of salt,  Two quarts of vinegar,  Two pounds of soap,  One pound of candles,  per 100 rations.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the term of at least three months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is to be understood in each case, that all losses sustained by the depreciation of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or destroyed, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The contract for the above supplies will be made either for one year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons disposed to contract will therefore confine
their offers to one year, as they may form their propositions so as to admit an election of the term of two years.
The offers may comprise all the places which have been specified, or a part of them only.
It is also Desired, that proposals may be offered for supplying at the two posts of Fort Washington and Pittsburgh all the rations necessary for the main Army, its detachments and the Garrisons above mentioned during the said year 1795. The provisions &c. which will be received at Pittsburgh will be those which shall be necessary for the troops at that place and in the vicinity, on the west thereof. The provisions which will be received at Fort Washington will be those which shall be required for the remainder of the posts, for the principal detachments and for the main Army. The expense and trouble of safe keeping unpacking and issuing the provisions deliverable under this second form of the proposition, will be saved to the Contractors. The exact proportion of the whole supplies, which will be required at each of the two Posts of Fort Washington and Pittsburgh will be determined at the time of executing the contract. Aug. 21 tawt:O
Money to be Lent, On Mortgage of REAL ESTATES, Within the City and Liberties of Philadel- phia. Apply to Nicholas Diehl, jun. Attorney at Law. No. 19, South Fourth Street. Aug. 4 mw&tf
FOR SALE, the following Tracts of Land, in Virginia.
ONE tract in Frederick county, contain- ing 8756 acres, being part of that whereon col. Thomas Bryan Martin now resides, known by the name of Greenway court, a- bout 12 miles from Winchester and 5 from Newtown. For the convenience of pur- chasers, it will be divided into parcels of various dimensions from 200 to 600 acres, which may be viewed by application to col. R. K. Meade, living near the premises— The greater parts very fertile and well timbered.
Another tract in the same county on Passage creek, containing 230 acres, and adjoining Jacob Levingoods.
Another tract in Hampshire county, con- taining by patent, 699 acres, called Slim Bottom, situate on both sides of the South Branch and within two miles of the mouth of it, and is supposed to have a good mill seat.
Another tract in Hampshire county on New Creek and Kettle-Lick, containing 501 acres.
Another tract in Prince William county, called Leefylvania, containing upwards of 2000 acres, lying upon Potomac river, a- bout 23 miles below Alexandria, and 28 below the City of Washington, compre- hending Free Stone Point, which appears to be a quarry of free-stone, covering about 50 acres and adjoining the river, where ves- sels of 100 tons conveniently harbour. On another part of this tract it is supposed there is a quarry of slate, convenient to water carriage. Upwards of two thirds are in woods. Mr. Enoch S. Lane, living on the premises, will shew this tract.
Another tract, in Fairfax county, called Springfield, containing 2040 1-2 acres, a- bout 13 miles from Alexandria and 10 from Washington; abounds with fine springs and meadow ground, and may be seen by apply- ing to Mr. John Wood, living on part of it.
Another tract in Fairfax county, con- taining 392 acres, on Turkey-cock Run, a- bout 6 miles from Alexandria.
Another tract in Fairfax county, contain- ing about 176 acres, adjoining Mr. J. Wat- son's farm, about four miles from Alexan- dria.
Another tract, in Fairfax county, con- taining 513 acres, near Ocoequan, joining Mr. Edward Washington's.
Another tract, in Fairfax county, con- taining 80 acres or thereabout, within a mile of Pohick Landing, and within five miles of Mount Vernon, lies level, and is well timbered.
An undivided moiety in another tract, containing about 284 acres, in Fairfax county, about 5 miles from Washington, & 9 from Alexandria, where J. Robinson for- merly lived.
Another parcel of land, within a mile of Alexandria, containing about 24 acres, and to be sold in acre or half-acre lots.
Also, sundry unimproved lots of various sizes, in different parts of the town of Al- exandria.
To describe the premises more particu- larly is deemed unnecessary, as it is expec- ted every person will examine and view whatever part he shall be inclined to buy. My only object being to raise a certain sum of money, by selling so many or such parts of the aforesaid tracts of land and lots as shall be necessary for that purpose, one half of the purchase money must be paid at the time of contract, and the other within a year from the first day of August next, and at the time of delivering possession or ex- ecuting a legal conveyance. The lands re- maining unsold, except the tract in Prince William, after raising a limited sum, will be divided into tenements, and leased for a term of years. From the 12th day of Oc- tober next, till the 15th of December, I shall be in the city of Richmond, and after that time I shall remain at home, in Alex- andria, at which places, or elsewhere, I shall be prepared to detail particulars, and to enter into contracts.
Alexandria, July 28 CHARLES LEE. Ang. 8 saw10W
Just Landed, From on board the Ship Washington, Capt. John Collins from Bourdeaux, A CARGO OF White Wines In Barrels; and CLARET in Hds. and Cases—For Sale by FRANCIS COPPINGER, No. 26, Spruce, near Front Street. August 15; 1794. d.
One hundred dollars Reward. WHEREAS there were delivered in the Month of October last, from the Stores of the Subscribers, Two Casks and nine Half Casks of Bohemian Tea, marked, numbered and weighing, as under, to some person or persons with pretended orders from Mr. ISAAC CLASON of this City, but which he did not receive; whoever will give in- formation so that a discovery may be made, who got the said Tea, shall receive the above reward; and it is requested that the Dealers in the Article will be careful in examining the Marks and Numbers of the Casks that have passed through their hands since the period above-mentioned, and give the desired information. New-York, July 31st, 1794.
William and James Constable.     Ship Washington. C. q. lb. Tare     B. No. 327 3 2 16 60 Whole   W. 473 3 2 24 64 Casks   B. 177 1 3 12 39   177 1 2 23 39   198 1 3 7 41   213 1 3 18 37 Half   227 1 3 7 40 Casks.   287 1 3 9 38   301 1 3 15 40   379 1 3 18 41   404 1 3 14 39   Aug. 6 dim  
One thousand Dollars REWARD.
Some few Counterfeit Post-Notes of the Bank of Maryland, having been lately dis- covered in circulation, and on tracing the same were found to come from the back parts of Virginia, where they probably first issued; to avoid imposition it is thought necessary to give the following description of them, by which they may readily be detected.
They have the letter D, for their alphabe- tical mark, at the left hand side of the Note. The paper on which they are printed is more soft and tender, the strokes of the letters, in the engraving are in general stronger, and have a darker appearance than in the bills. The signature William Patterson, is badly done; the strokes of the letters, are stiff and labored, and appear to be painted over with the pen, as well as the flouring of the name. The value is left blank in the engraving, to be filled up in writing, so the sum may be more or less at pleasure.
No true Post-Notes of the alphabetical mark, above described, have been lately is- sued, and very few are now in circulation. The above reward of One Thousand dol- lars will be paid to any person, or persons, who shall discover, or prosecute to conviction, the several offenders, or any of them, of the following description, viz.
The person or persons, who engraved the late.
The printer, or printers of the said bills. Every person who has acted as principal in any way in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, President. of the Bank of Maryland. Bmo, April 8, 1794.
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA In the House of Representatives, DECEMBER 21st, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of pub- lic Accounts, have reported, that they cannot proceed to the investigation of the Treasury Accounts, respecting special In- dents, without knowing the outstanding amount thereof in circulation: Therefore, Resolved, That all holders of special In- dents be directed, and required, on or before the first day of November next, to deliver the special Indents in their possession to one or other of the Commissioners of the Treasury, who are to give receipts for the same, and to report to the Commissioners on public ac- counts, on or before the tenth day of Novem- ber next, the amount by them respective- ly received, and also to the Legislature, at their meeting in November next, and that all special Indents not rendered into the Treasury as above, on or before the first day of November next, shall be, and the same are hereby barred.
Resolved, That public notice of this resolu- tion be given in the several Gazettes in this State, once every three weeks, until the first day of November next. And that the Dele- gates of this State in the Congress of the Uni- ited States, be requested to cause this resolu- tion to be published in one or more papers in the cities of Philadelphia and New-York, and that provision will be made for the ex- pences attending such publication.
Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the Senate for their concurrence. By order of the House, JOHN SANFORD DART, C. H. R. In the SENATE, DECEMBER 21st, 1793.
Resolved, That this House do concur with the House of Representatives in the foregoing resolutions.
Ordered, That the resolutions be sent to the House of Representatives. by order of the Senate, FELIX WARLEY Clerk.
NOTICE. The GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES is now published at No. 119 CHESNUT STREET—to which place the OFFICE of the Editor is removed, and where PRINTING WORK in general is performed.
Choice St. Croix Sugar, JUST IMPORTED, And for Sale, By JAMES YARD. Also a quantity of RUSSIA Mats. June 24th. d.
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quar- ter casks LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and CONGO TEAS, in quarter chests A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Russia MATTS. June 9 d.
The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are good general imitations of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the fol- lowing
M A R K S. Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States. ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O. in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O, to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word. In the word United the letters are nar- rower and closer together than the rest of the bill. The i and f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i. The engraving is badly executed, the strokes of all the Letters are stronger and the device in the margin particularly is much coarser and appears darker than in the true Bills. Some of the counterfeiters bear date in 1791—Whereas the Bank was not in oper- ation till December, and no five dollar bills were issued in that year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America. ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. They are printed on a paper nearly simi- lar to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in num- ber thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits. The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the o being less than the m, and o- thers following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined.
The letters ent in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are so cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and the y going below them.
The signature J. Nixon, has the appear- ance of being written with lamb-black and oil, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cashier's signa- ture.
It is supposed these forgeries were commit- ted in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been ap- prehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the author of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL- LARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz.
The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the Bills are printed.
The person or persons, who engraved the plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills.
Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills.
Philadelphia, March 28, 1794