Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-05-05 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 106 of Vol. VII.]
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1795.
[Whole No. 829.]
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NEW THEATRE.
Mrs. MORRIS'S Night.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 6, will be presented, celebrated COMEDY, in Four Acts, (never performed here) called
The Child of Nature.
From the French of Madam Genlis by the author of Every one has his Fault. Marquis Almazan, Mr. Pillsbury. Count Valentini, Mr. Chambers. Duke of Mucian, Mr. Bates. Seville, Mr. Cleveland. Grenada, Mr. Wignell. 1st Peasant, Mr. Marshall. 2nd Peasant, Mr. Warrell. Marchioness Merida, Mrs. Morris. Amandia, Mrs. Marshall. Attendant, Miss O'Field. End of the Play (for the first time) a Comic Dance, composed by Mr. Francis, called
The SAILOR'S RETURN.
The Music composed by Mr. De Marque, Characters,
Mr. Francis, Miss Milbourne, Mr. Nugent, Miss Wilton, Mrs. Warrell, Mrs. Bates, Mr. Darley junr., Miss Rowson, Mr. Biffitt, Miss Oldfield, Mr. Wilton, Mrs. De Marque, Mr. Price.
To which will be added, (never performed here) a MUSICAL DRAMATIC TALE, in two acts, called
The Sicilian Romance.
Or, THE APPARITION OF THE CLIFFS.
Now performing at Covent Garden in London with unbounded applause. Ferrand, Marquis of Orranto, Mr. Morton. Don Lope de Vega, Mr. Morris. Lindor, Mr. Marshall. Martin, Mr. Harward. Jaques, Mr. Biffitt. Sancho, Mr. Warrell. Gerbin, Mr. Wignell. Julia, Miss Salomon. Alinda, Miss Broadhurst. Clara, Miss Oldfield. Adelaide, Lady of Orranto, Mrs. Whitlock. The Music by Mr. Reimagle.
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April 20 eod4w
For the Gazette of the United States.
MR. FENNO.
I SAW in the "Daily Advertiser" of last Tuesday a long string of toasts, swallowed by a company of citizens, chiefly Americans, as they call themselves, which of all the extraordinary collections hitherto published, is the most extravagant. From the general complexion of the sentiments, and such arrangement, one would be inclined to suppose, if the paper did not declare to the contrary, that these sons of Bacchus were really seated on the banks of the Seine—or, from the inspiration of the moment, at least supposed themselves there. Would any virtuous citizen of America, in the joys and congratulations of the convivial circle, so far forget his own felicity, and the common felicity of his country, as not to mingle one solitary toast, in praise of his patriotic fellow-citizens, to whose wisdom and virtue the whole community is so largely indebted? Could he reflect with any pleasure on the incalculable benefits of peace and plenty which his country enjoys, while the ancient world is lacerated and desolated by the dogs of war, and not feel his heart expand with gratitude to the happy instrument of our singular felicity? Can he look round him and see all this confirmed by the joyful countenances of the people from Georgia to New-Hampshire; hear it told in the congratulations and eulogiums of a Europe, and not feel the stings of guilt, when he murmurs a single discontent? I lay nothing about the justice or propriety of the toasts, devoted to the honour of France and Holland. In this our citizens had a right to please themselves. Let them raise their batteries, and tumble all the strong holds of despotism in the dust—but I confess I feel myself hurt, in that they have paid so little respect to their own country in the sentiments they have swallowed in her name, and in the order in which they have introduced her to the public. America, poor lady, brings up the rear; when without any offence to the etiquette of French politeness, she has a just right to a precedence. She is the oldest of the three Republics, and the now actually enjoys the reality, of what the other two profess to be fighting for. Besides, when the doors make her appearance, it is only to be insulted by the base insinuations of her parochial children. Republics have long been infamous for ingratitude to their most virtuous citizens; and there are men in America who seem resolved to perpetuate the stigma. Proceed, Americans! thus to reward your most upright servants, and in a short time they will leave you to your own evil destiny—they will consign you to the hands of those insidious villains who are now endeavouring to cajole you with flattering sounds, which like the aligatons of France, have long since lost their original value every where; and which, from the unhallowed lips of democratic clubs, mean nothing but anarchy and disgrace.
But, before I take off my leave of these gentlemen who endeavour to pass off the extravagant flights of a civic feast for the sober opinions of America, let me recommend one sentiment for a toast at their next entertainment: "May every man, however distinguished by the name of Republican, Democrat, or Jacobin, who professes the talents, which God has given him for the good of his country, to spread discontent and innovation among a happy people, meet with the universal execration he deserves: However he may counterfeit the Patriot and man of sentiments, may be soon be stripped of this disguise; and, as if touched by the spear of Libarius, may be appear in his genuine colours, as a fiend of discord—and may all the demon start up from the road." May 4th.
EXTRACT
From a Newport Paper.
AVERTING our eyes from all European, Asiatic, and African governments, and the offices and titles of the rulers of those innumerable tribes of people, with filial exultation and delight, we embrace our own government, and "the ministers of God for good" to ourselves—at the head of whom we behold our own Chief Magistrate, the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY; whose voice, like the voice of an Angel, continually speaks "good" to all his children. Votfessing the purest benevolence, a truly disinterested paternal and patriotic spirit; terrible in the field of war, but gentle, meek and wise, in the cabinet of peace—the President of these United States appears, in the midst of the other OFFICIALS, whether Legislative or Executive, as the sun amidst the circumvolving orbs, communicating hourly part of that excellent spirit with which he hath been endued from on high. Full of affection for our Chief Magistrate, and ardently wishing for a continuation of the present tranquility and happiness of our confederated Union, who would not pray, "Long may he live," and may his days be propitious? May the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe, more and more add to his already received donations "of grace, wisdom, and understanding;" that he may be more and more useful to, and amiable in the eyes of, this great and mighty people. However honorable in itself the title, President of the United States, confessedly is—yet, in the true and proper sense of the word, it is a title—a title expressive of duty, of usefulness, and relationship. Called upon by the voice of thousands and ten thousands, enjoying the equal rights of citizenship, GEORGE WASHINGTON accepted this super-eminent OFFICE; not for his own, or his family's aggrandizement (for prior to this he was sufficiently ennobled, and his family sufficiently opulent) but for the good of others. The public weal required, that such an OFFICIAL should be appointed to, and accept of, such an OFFICE—an office, which is the centre of all others, whether civil or military, throughout these States; and in relation to which, they appear as so many rays, issuing from one common illuminator. Representatives of the people, whether in Congress, or General Assembly; Ministers or Consuls abroad; Ministers and Secretaries at home; Generals and leaders of the army or marine; Officers of the Customs or Excise; and whatever other Offices or Departments there are in the government of the Union, ALL are constituted parts of the great governmental system: ALL hang together, as so many links of a chain: ALL are intended to diffuse usefulness, to reciprocate energy, and to strengthen each other's hands in the performance of those duties which belong to "that state of life, into which it hath pleased God to call them."
LACONIC ADDRESS,
From the American Spy, printed at Langenburg.
To Mr. HULL.
Sir,
I AM informed that you keep a Billiard Table in town, and that you do no other business than to attend it.
You are able to cut down twenty trees 3 feet over, in a day: labour bears a great price; and it would be much more to your honour to go into the woods and clear a fallow of ten acres, than to support yourself as you do. I should think the very thoughts of supporting such a great, healthy, lubberly fellow as you are, in idleness, would be sufficient to keep the gentlemen of the town from your table. From a very moderate calculation, you have taken two hundred dollars this spring for your table, besides the enormous sums you won by playing yourself. Now, Sir, I tell you to be off with yourself and table very suddenly, or such measures will be taken as will put a stop to such a shameful practice. E. L.
Mr. FENNO, In the Aurora of yesterday "All free nations are advised to learn of France to transfer their attachment from men to principles." In the Aurora of this morning we are told, "Principles have not yet triumphed in the Convention (of France) over private rancor." What is to be done in this case?
Foreign Intelligence.
From the Paris Journal. Received by the Ship Andrew, Makins, from L'Orient. (Translated for the Aurora.) NATIONAL CONVENTION. March 1.
THE Representative of the people Grenot, is to set out for the Department of Ille and Villaine [north coast of Brittany] in order to superintend the military operations in that quarter.
Bouilly D'Auglas, "Some uneasiness seems to manifest itself at Paris a few days since; considerable crowds of people beset the doors of the bakers; false alarms are spread and want is openly proclaimed. It is a fact that the bakers could not satisfy the demands of the citizens and that the consumption is excessive."
Under the old Government, in times when the population of Paris was more considerable there was never distributed more than 15,000 sacks of flour a day, and during the last decade nineteen hundred sacks have been daily allowed to the bakers. Yesterday the distribution amounted to no less than two thousand and forty eight sacks of flour.
"However, the crowds continue at the doors of the bakers. To whom ought this factious scarcity to be attributed? Do the bakers sell their flour or the citizens take a quantity of bread exceeding their wants? What we certainly know is that there are many who supply themselves for the next day. Let every one content himself with the necessary, and public tranquility will soon be re-established."
Paris is supplied with provisions and Government watches without intermission over the wants of its inhabitants. Let the good citizens rely on the superintendence of Government; let them be persuaded, that the agitation which reigns at this moment cannot but be raised by that class of men whom a decree ordered to repair to their respective communes.—Ships laden with provisions are arrived at Havre and Dimerique.
The report was ordered to be posted up and transmitted to the forty eight sections of Paris.
Vilar said that it would be advisable to send to the frontiers numbers of citizens of the first requisition, who arrive daily at Paris.
Bourdon (de l'Oise) are the young citizens of the first requisition those who flock to the rear of the tyrants army? No! it is the people of Robespierre. They endeavour to divert your attention from the principal object, by insinuating that those who have obtained furloughs are of the first requisition. It is because you are on the eve of treating a grand affair that the enemies of public tranquility are agitating the people. [Applauded.]
Rewbell. The citizens of the first requisition who are not retained at Paris for legal causes, are arrested and conducted to the frontiers. The police is active and watches incessantly the manoeuvres of the enemies of the republic. The young men of the first requisition are not those who say at the markets, eight and a half and eight and a half make seventeen. But in spite of the royalists the republicans will be triumphant; if they display but calmness at this moment; when the time of awaking arrives [expression of Billaud Varennes] we shall see..... Applauded.
Rovere declared that the Jacobins and their partisans had formed the project to render themselves masters of the tribunal of the Convention next duodi [March 2] in order to excite disturbances; because they know that the report of the commission of twenty one on Barrere, Collot d'Herbois, Billaud &c. will be presented that day. He said as many citizens of the first requisition departed from, as there arrived at, Paris.
The reports of the administration of police he added, are often contrary to truth—the administration is well composed but its agents are the same who were employed under Robespierre.
Cambaceres declared that the agitation which manifests itself is provoked by enemies of liberty; but it is not, it cannot be fomented by the young citizens who obtained leave of absence for re-establishing their health. He demanded that the committee be invited to redouble their activity in watching the friends of royalism as well as the remnant of Robespierre's party in order to prevent a surprise of any kind.
Bentabolle complained that the young citizens are too noisy in the theatres; he did not suppose them guilty of criminal intentions, but thought them guided by an exaggeration of principles. He demanded that the furloughs granted should be declared void at a fixed epoch. And that henceforth no body but the committee of public safety should be empowered to grant furloughs.
The Count d'Aranda, is said to have arrived in France, as Ambassador from the Spanish Court, on the subject of peace.—This nobleman is one of the most liberal and enlightened statesmen in Europe. He is above 75 years of age.
It has been said that the Prussian Ambassador to France, had been poisoned in Switzerland. A Paris paper of January 30 contradicts this, and says "A Minister from Berlin, de Goltz, is arrived here. We are assured that citizen Barthelemy, our Ambassador in Switzerland, is named
to go to Berlin, in the same quality." Merlin (of Tonnerre) has obtained a million to the banks of the Rhine, which is believed here, that a peace will take place with Prussia. public safety should be empowered to grant furloughs. All the propositions were referred to the reunited committees. The assembly broke up at 4 o'clock. March 2.
The reporter of the committees decrees proposes the admission of Chabot's first suppleant.
A member declares that this suppleant is a priest of the seminary of Blois; he accuses him of having abused the authority vested in him as administrator.
Thuriot wonders that any one should dare to call reflections on a person called to represent the French people. He conceives it would have been more in order for the member to have given the information he possessed on the conduct of the suppleant, to the committee of enquiries.
A member—"There is a sacred principle too long trampled under foot, but which we observed lately, viz. that no constituted authority has a right to contravene the will of the people. All men are equal in the eye of the law."
If the suppleant who is now the subject of debate is guilty of any crime, let those who are acquainted with the facts communicate them to the committees of the government, who will examine them and report. But it would be violating the sovereignty of the people to reject the person by them elected.
The proofs of what I have advanced, says the member who first denounced the suppleant, are in the hands of the committee of legislation, which is to report in two days, to send the accused before the tribunals.
The Convention adjourned the admission of the suppleant of Chabot till they receive the report of the committee.
Lakannal, in the name of the committee of public instruction, proposes to decree that there shall be five central schools in Paris—Adopted.
Dufresnoy wishes to exculpate himself of an accusation against him of being a partisan of Robespierre, of Carrier, and of Jos. Lebon. He moved that the three united committees should report on his conduct. The Convention passed to the order of the day.
The section of Pont Neuf presented the following address.
"We flatter you on having restored Marat to infamy; his cause is broken but he still has admirers! Cause the authors of the massacres of the 2d of September to be pursued. It is to their impunity we owe the lengthened existence of the Jacobins, of the ancient members of the revolutionary committees, and all the misfortunes of France. Order the provisional arrestation of all the members of the ancient revolutionary committees, and let a section of the revolutionary tribunal be exclusively employed in passing judgment on them."
"Let the leaders fall under the sword of the law, and let their subaltern agents be punished in proportion to their crimes. But is not the criminal code too lenient for those oppressors of France! To unheard of crimes should not new punishments be lent. (Violent murmurs.) Let them be chained two and two to be employed in public works, and ignominiously exposed. (Violent murmurs) Strike all those guilty if you wish to save the Republic."
The President answered that the Convention applauds the civic sentiments expressed by the citizens of the section of Pont Neuf, but that they cannot applaud measures which would tend to recall the reign of terror against any person whomsoever. (Warm applause.)
The address was referred to the committee of general safety.
The section of Unity asks the repeal of the decree which excludes from the national representation the deputies who were outlawed on the 31st of May.
Penieres. "It is no doubt lawful for a section of the people to come and tell you, that you have deviated from the true principles, which ought to be your guide. It is in vain that the deputies in question have been calumniated. They detest, as we do, thrones as well as scaffolds."
"The rights of citizens have been violated, those of the national representation, of justice and of humanity. I ask no indulgence for our colleagues that were declared outlaws: they need no indulgence. Let them be punished with death if they are guilty: but let them be restored to their functions if they are pronounced innocent. You had not the right of stripping them of the powers with which they were invested by the people. For my part, I declare, that I will rather perish than be deprived of the powers confided to me by the people."
"If the voice of several orators had been listened to, when the report, by which they have been deprived of their authority, was under discussion, principles would have triumphed. According to the decree then adopted, would not the Convention have an equal right to lay to any representative of the people: "Return home; you shall be tried before no tribunal; but you cannot represent the French people here." Such a power would be absurd and tyrannical."
"Among our colleagues who were outlawed, there are no drinkers of

blood, no terrorism, no incendiarism: that all of men only merit dishonor and the scaffold. And shall men of probity, ready patriots, declared enemies of all tyrannies be proscribed under the regimen of justice! I demand the insertion of this address in the bulletin, and that it be referred to the committee of legislation, with order that they make a speedy report." (Warmly applauded.)
Reubell. "There is not a good citizen but what laments the situation of the republic. Can it be denied but that there are movements calculated to bring about a violent crisis? Then let us make no motions out of order. Let us be busy in saving our country. I demand the postponement of the proposition of Pénier." [Decreed, in the midst of applause.]
Freron. "A feeling grateful to my heart, and in which you partake, induces me to speak. I come to speak to you of ourselves, of public opinion, of what you have done for it, of what it has done for you, and what remains yet to be done. We approach the wished-for period when we may do good without fearing calumny, when the true friends of the people will no longer be exposed to private hatred. Liberty has attained man's estate: it is emancipated, and no one can longer keep it in leading strings. We shall not again see those times when the table of the rights of man shall be like the map of a lost country: it has been too long suspended by the dictators as a trophy of the victory obtained over public liberty."
"The tyrant held France completely under his dominion: he is punished. Immediately by means of the liberty of the press the public opinion was formed and unfolded: the law breaks its fetters, and the Jacobins of the 9th Thermidor regarded that liberty as a comet presaging their approaching ruin. They were not mistaken; the people precipitate themselves towards their cavern, the throne of anarchy is shaken, it totters and falls in ruins."
"You then felt the necessity of setting wise limits to that impetuous overflowing of the popular indignation. As ingenious in your justice as the tyrants were in their cruelties, you created protecting forms by which to judge the accomplices of the tyrant. You determined to assassinate no one, not even the assassins. Therefore when you said that you would judge the guilty, the effervescence ceased; the people do not demand of you an account of the time you spent in instituting the trial; they only demand of you justice."
"The faction of men of blood is not yet destroyed: now it shows itself in the person of a man who menaces to assassinate his colleagues; now under the form of a libellist, who tears you to pieces every morning; now under that of Gracchus, who preaches up insurrection against you. I will point that fact on which still has its Couthon, in a Roman Catholic Priest who accuses me of having attacked the rights of man; and its Saint Just, in a Jew, who dresses me up in his conceits, who has covered the walls of Paris with pieces of abuse which I have victoriously answered."
"You must have been sensible of the perversity of my calumniators and their want of truth. Abuse is an honour to those who have invariably shown themselves the friends of the people, when they originate with those who have always shown themselves their oppressors. When I spoke of the manner in which the declaration of rights was drawn up, they said that I attacked it. When I printed that the constitution of 1793 was like Pygmalion's Galathea, and that it wanted but the touch of Prometheus to give it animation, they said that I attacked it."
"Having shared with several of my colleagues in the honour of having reconquered Toulon, they printed mutilated extracts of letters written under the fear of my recall, and of my being replaced by the ferocious Couthon; I did not touch a stone, and they paint me as having demolished buildings; I have spared the blood of Frenchmen, and they represent me as a butcher like Carrier, like Collot."
"But what is all this to me; they cannot annihilate truth, they shall not triumph over liberty, they shall not save the great leaders of the guilty: for that is the end of their endeavours. In vain do they sit by themselves in one of the most elevated corners of this sanctuary; they affect the exterior of indifference and patriotism; their perfidy is well known, and it is known that they keep up criminal correspondences with the South, and that they stir up to insurrection all heads volunized by the ferociousness of Robespierre, or by the heat of the climate. But a wise law has driven from Paris the agents they had called in, and the people will not depart from the principles which you
have proclaimed on the 9th of Thermidor. They rest their hopes upon justice, which is eternal, upon your justice, upon the public spirit, and on the majority of the Convention, which will no longer be the sport or tool of tyranny, but which will break them all."
"The republicans who know and proclaim the necessity of putting a period to the revolution, who have forgotten their ancient divisions, who sent the tyrant to the scaffold, and who have brought to trial his associates, are determined to consummate the good destinies of the French people. We swear it by the ills they have endured, the remembrance of which will eternally weigh on our hearts."
"In vain does malevolence publish, that after the punishment of the traitors (Barrere, Collot d'Herbois, &c.) new divisions will spring up: If new divisions should arise, I do not fear to say, France would be entirely lost without a resource."
"But what could give rise to them? Is it possible that all the representatives be destined to pass from one to the other a cup filled with the blood of their colleagues? No; the malevolent will be deceived in their calculations; the national representation will no longer suffer its bosom to be torn, as soon as the cause of discord shall be destroyed, [i. e. as soon as the imprisoned deputies shall be put to death]. There will then be but one wish, one opinion; all hearts will be united in the same sentiments."
"All you who bear a hatred to me, or who at least pretend to hate me, lay aside all obstinacy, and say candidly; is there more than a line that divides our opinions; like you we sigh after the moment when we shall see established an union of sentiments and thoughts. For, I declare, the Convention must put an end to their proceedings or to their bickerings."
"The revolutionary form should be gradually disused; they are tools for the ambitious, a throne prepared for the first factious individual who should have the audacity to ascend it; it is a dictatorship, and every dictatorship supposes a dictator and every dictator is a tyrant. Let us hasten to cause these abortions to disappear, which though they may have been of some use, have produced great evil."
"Several of your laws are stamped with the seal of ambition: Robespierre wished to throw in all your decrees the foundation of his power and the first steps of the dictatorial throne, to which he was already ascending in thought. Let us hasten to destroy the defects of those laws, which are as it were big with tyranny, and which order the arrestation of whoever is suspected of being a suspicious character. At the epocha of a glorious peace let the constitution be put into activity; let as present to the French People the table of alliance, which they have sworn to liberty and equality."
"Let others speak of aristocracy; where is it? Where are its forces, its means, its resources? It is but a phantom, and we are not visionaries to be duped by it.—It is meant by that, that there are men who shed secret tears over the ruins of the throne? Who denies it? And were there not under the ancient regimen men who thought of the Republic? But are they numerous? Have they treasures, armies? No: The Vendee their only rallying point, is really no more; and now you may believe it, it is not. BARRERE who tells you so.—Will aristocracy armed cap a pec, like a second Minerva, come from the brain of lunatics."
"Peace! Peace! exclaim all the nations bent down under the weight of their misfortunes and the French people answer with a gentle but firm voice, Peace: It is the object of all wishes, of all hopes, and this quarter of the globe which has been thrown in convulsion wants rest. Let it be founded on the justice and good faith of the French people; let it be the pattern of all the bonds, which shall be contracted with free nations; henceforth not a single cannon shot ought to be fired without the permission of the French republic; let us become, to make use of the expression, the arbiters of peace for Europe. Let us offer our victorious arm to other nations, let us treat with, but not capitulate with our enemies. There our boundary columns ought to be seated, where they cease to combat us."
"You have already fulfilled part of your duties and satisfied the voice of the people, by re-establishing the liberty of worship. Morality begins to be consolidated on its true basis; for without the dogma establishing the immortality of the soul, there is neither happiness nor morality, nor true politics, nor love of country, nor liberty. Tolerance ought to create the fraternity of religion; tolerance the patrimony of freemen
it is tyranny which engenders fanaticism."
"Let us face even the remembrance of discord, do we intend to take leave as friends or as enemies, do we desire out of this hall to attack each other, with looks of hatred? Is it not more agreeable to embrace one another after we have jointly effected the good of our country? As soon as the matter we are now occupied with, is terminated, we ought to embrace each other; let crime alone be punished and let us proclaim indulgence for those, who believed they served the cause of our country in Robespierre."
This speech was several times interrupted by the warmest applause. Freron then presented the following project of a decree.
 1. The committee of legislation will, without delay, report on those laws in which tyrannic features are discernable.  2. The law of the 17th Sept. (old style) is repealed. Consequently those who agreeably to that law, are arrested on suspicion shall be restored to liberty, and the sequestration of their property is recalled.  3. There shall be formed a commission of 20 members by nominal appeal, to prepare the means of putting the Democratic constitution of 1793 (O. S.) into execution, as soon as that constitution can be put into effect under the auspices of a glorious peace.  4. The present government can only be replaced by a definitive government founded on that constitution.  5. When the trial of the four members detained shall be terminated the law of the 8th Brumaire shall be repealed on this principle; that a representative of the people cannot be judged by the revolutionary tribunal, but by the convention, according to a new form to be settled. 
The printing and referring of the speech and projected decree was demanded.
MAURE said, he did not oppose the printing of the speech, but demanded that the words; henceforth not a single cannon shot ought to be fired without the permission of the republic, should be struck out. He found that phrase contrary to our principles, and observed that the British had made themselves many enemies when they declared that not a single cannon ought to be fired without their permission.
Freron replied, that he did not insist on that phrase; however, he believed, it contained nothing in the least injurious to the republic. Closes drew a parallel between the discourse of Freron and the speech which Robespierre pronounced on the 2d of July, 1794, and remarked that the convention ought not to be the dupe of fine words, which cover ambitious views (violent murmur) The convention refused to hear the orator any further.
The discourse of Freron with his project of decrees were referred to the United committees; the convention decreed the printing of both.
The section of Battes des moulins and several others demanded the repealing of the decree which excludes the outlawed deputies from being re-admitted in the Convention. Two contradictory consequences, they said, result from that decree: "The outlawed deputies cannot be prosecuted by any tribunal," consequently they are not guilty; "they cannot represent the French people," consequently they are not innocent.
L O N D O N, March 12.
A letter from Barcelona, received at Gibraltar, brings an account of more than 25 sail of English vessels being taken between Algiers and Barcelona, by a French 40 gun ship.
The Daphne frigate of 32 guns, Captain Cracraft, which was taken on her passage from Oporto, had a vast quantity of dollars on board.
NEW BRUNSWICK, April 30:
It is generally remarked, that the winter grain bids fair to yield a luxuriant crop. We hope a rich harvest will confirm the justness of the observation.
Fresh Teas, Of SUPERIOR QUALITY, viz. Imperial, or Gunpowder Hyson Gomee, 1st quality Hyson, 2d do. do Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Souchon. A few Boxes of each, for sale at No. 19, Third street south. Dec. 10 eodtf
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, May 4.
Saturday arrived the brig Amphion, Capt. Sawyer, in 25 days from Cayenne.
Capt. Sawyer failed from Amsterdam in November last for Surinam, and on the 29th January was taken by a French privateer, called l'Amitie, and carried into Cayenne, where his cargo was condemned as being Dutch property—his crew imprisoned for upwards of three weeks, and himself and mate obliged to live on shore at a great expense.
They tendered Capt. Sawyer 6000 livres (which was equal to 400 dollars) as a full compensation for his freight, which he refused, after being detained upwards of two months, and put to an expense of 3000 livres he was permitted to depart.
The following vessels were also taken by French privateers out of Cayenne.
Ship Triumph, of Baltimore—which caught fire, and was entirely consumed.
Ship Ceres, of co. supposed to be sent to Guadalupe.
Brig Courtney, of do.
Ship Kensington, of Philadelphia, supposed to be retaken by the Captain, as she had not arrived.
Vessels arrived at Cayenne.
Brig Charlotte, Lib. n., of Rhode-Island.
Brig Fox, of Boston.
Brig Ann, from Hamburg, which had been on shore, but got off.
Capt. Sawyer, also mentions, that a brig of 12 guns, and armed Schooner, are constantly out from Cayenne, which take all vessels from Holland bound to Surinam.
On Tuesday last, in lat. 38, 45, long. 74, Capt. Sawyer spoke a brig from Philadelphia bound to Cayenne.
Arrivals at New-York.
Ship Providence, Palmer, Port-au-Prince
Brig Amphion, Sawyer, Cayenne
George, Bruce, St. John's
Schr. Virginia, Brown, Virginia
Sloop Betty, Davis, Charleston
Cleared at the Custom-House.
Ship Asia, Hawley, Canton
Lord Middleton, Davis, Shelburne
Snow Elizabeth, Robertson, France
Brig Fanny, Stawwood, St. Thomas
The brig Nymph, Stevenson, arrived at Kingston in 16 days from this port.
Brig Jemima and Fanny, Conklin, arrived at New-Orleans 29th March from this port.
LONDON, March 6.
By the death of Lady Rivers, Admiral Bowyer, her nephew, comes into the possession of estates to the amount of 3000 per annum.
Count Hohenhausen, an Hanoverian General, arrived in town on Saturday, charged with dispatches from General Walmoden. It was rumored, but of course only on conjecture, that they contained overtures for peace from the Commissioners of the French Convention in Holland. Even if there were truth in the report itself, any hope founded upon it will prove illusory. there will be no peace for Britain for twelve months to come—perhaps for a much longer period.
The arrangements at the Admiralty are at length finally settled; they are as follows:
Mr. Stephens, vice Lord Hood.
Lord Hugh Seymour, vice Admiral Affleck.
Captain James Gambier, vice Admiral Gardner.
Mr. Nepean, Secretary, vice Mr. Stephens.
And Mr. Ibbetson retires, and is succeeded by Sir Harry Parker.
On Saturday evening Mr. Hunter, one of the Admiralty Messengers, was dispatched to all the Eastern ports, with orders to take off the embargo, on account of the return of the Grand Fleet, which is not expected to sail again until the middle of April.
No. 94. District of Pennsylvania, TO WIT.
Be it remembered that on the twenty sixth day of March, in the nineteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Joseph Priestley 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:
"A continuation of the Letters to the Philosophers and Politicians of France; on the subject of Religion, and of the Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever, in answer to Mr. Paine's Age of Reason—By Joseph Priestley, L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. &c."
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."
Samuel Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. April 11 rawaw
At Reduced Prices,
No. 26, Chestnut Street between Front and Second Streets,
FOR SALE,
An elegant Assortment of the most
Fashionable Stays, Corsets, &c
Suitable for the Season.
Ladies will be waited on at their own houses if required, and stays, &c. altered, if necessary, free of extra charges.
N.B. The sale will only continue fifteen days from this date. April 25
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.
Mr. Keen, whose death was mentioned in yesterday's Gazette, was a member of Congress from the State of South Carolina, and a Commissioner for settling the accounts between the United States and the individual States—under the old Confederation. Since the adoption of the new Constitution he was re-appointed Commissioner, and continued in that office till the business was completed—on the formation of the Bank of the United States, Mr. Keen was chosen Cashier of that important institution—this office on account of ill health he resigned a few weeks since—Virtue, Talents and distinguished worth, were conspicuous in the discharge of his official duties—No eulogium is necessary—the impression will remain on the public mind, and his death be long regretted by his particular friends.
Yesterday being the day appointed for the commencement of the Trials of Criminal Causes in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District. The Hon. JUDGE PATERSON delivered a most excellent Charge to the Grand Jury of said district.
We are informed that the New Comedy written by an American, and Philadelphia is to be performed for the Benefit of Mr. Wignell.
LOGIC.
There is too much Bank paper in circulation; therefore let more Banks be established—the proposals for a new one in Baltimore. The rise of the necessaries of life is owing to the great increase of bank notes. Money is extremely scarce—every body owes, no body pays—all this is owing to the overflowing flood of bank paper. When will money be more plenty?
At an election held at the Library, on Monday the 24th of May, for ten Directors and a Treasurer of the Library Company of Philadelphia, for the ensuing year, the following Gentlemen were duly chosen:
DIRECTORS.  Joshua Hewes Mordecai Lewis  John Kaighn Thomas Parke  William Rawle Richard Wells  Richard Wharton James Read  Samuel Mickle Fox Joseph Parker Norris  TREASURER. Richard Hill Morris.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
Brig Ann, Middleton, Lisbon, 43
Captain Howard, arrived at Newbury Port from St. Lucia, informs, that the French are in possession of all that island except Mont-Joie, and Pigeon Island; that Carlee had been once attacked, but the French returned to town. The English have offered liberty to all the blacks who would take up arms against the French. The French force there is said to be 3000; the English 800.
BERMUDA, April 11.
The ship Minerva, John Arnot, master, from Portsmouth, in Virginia, bound for the West Indies, with slaves, heading, &c., run on the rocks off, the West End on Thursday, bilged, broke off her rudder, and soon after filled with water, in which state we was left. In the night she drifted off, and the boats from shore went on board and endeavoured to get her in, but the wind being off shore, it was found impossible; as many articles as could be got off were saved. She was armed with ten guns.
In consequence of the above ship's detaining the pilot boat on board with the men, being armed, and another ship and brig appearing off at the time, apparently of considerable force and making no signal, with other suspicious circumstances, it was judged they were enemies, and consequently an alarm was given. The alertness of the militia on this occasion was very conspicuous throughout these islands, particularly in St. George's where every man was at his post, properly equipped, in a quarter of an hour after the alarm was given.
Married, on the 19th of March last, his excellency Henry Hamilton, esq., governor of Dominica, to Miss Lee, of that island, an accomplished young lady of 25 years of age.
MAPS of PHILADELPHIA And its ENVIRONS,
26 Inches square, taken from a late and accurate survey, and executed in a neat and masterly style, may be had at
Benjamin Davies's
BOOK & STATIONART STORE,
No. 68, High-Street.
In sheets, at 15/; canvassed on rollers, or square frames, 25/; varnished on rollers or frames at 25/.
If coloured, 5/ will be added to the foregoing prices.
N. B. With each Plan, will be given a Pamphlet, giving an account of the City, its trade, manufactures, population and government; its literary and charitable institutions, diseases, weather, &c.
At the same place may be had,
MAPS of the United States, Asia, Africa, and France divided into departments.
April 29.

BOOKS.
PRINTED & PUBLISHED By Matthew Carey, No. 113, Market Street.
1. Charlotte, a tale of truth, By Mrs Rowson, of the New-Theatre Philadelphia. Second American edition—Price 75 cents. [The rapid sale of the First Edition of this interesting novel, in a few months, is the best proof of its merit.]
Extract from the Critical Reviews, April 1791, p. 468.
It may be a tale of truth, for it is not unnatural, and it is a tale of real distress—Charlotte by the artifice of a teacher, recommended to a school from humanity rather than a conviction of her integrity, of the regularity of her former conduct, is enticed from her governess, and accompanies a young officer to America—The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten, is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the inconsistency of her lover, and treachery of his friend—The situations are artful and affecting—the descriptions natural and pathetic; we should feel for Charlotte if such a person ever existed, who, for one error, scarcely, perhaps deserved so severe a punishment. It is a fiction, poetic justice is not, we think, properly distributed.
2. The Inquisitor—By Mrs. Rowson. Second Philadelphia edition. 87 1/2 cents
3. Adventures of Roderick Random. 2 vols. 1 dollar and 50 cents, coarse paper—1 dollar and 75 cents, fine.
4. Notes on the State of Virginia—By Thomas Jefferson. Price, neatly bound, one dollar and a half.
5. History of the French Revolution, from its commencement to the death of the Queen and the execution of Brissot. Two dollars.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE. The authors have presumed to affix to their title the epithet Impartial ; and the reason is, because they cannot change themselves w/ feeling the smallest bias to any party, but that of truth and liberty; and they flatter themselves, that their readers will find not only every circumstance fairly represented, but every censureable action, whenever it occurs, in its proper colors. It is now necessary to make a declaration of their own principles, they would say, they are neither Tories nor republicans—They love liberty as English whigs, and execrate every criminal act by which no noble cause is endangered and disgraced.
In the present ferment of the public mind, they cannot flatter themselves with the hopes of being this claim universally acknowledged. On the contrary, they are well assured that these pages will not be acceptable to the zealots of either party. But when time shall dissipate the cloud of political deception, they, with some confidence expect that verdict from public opinion, which candor and moderation seldom fail to receive.
EXTRACT FROM THE CRITICAL REVIEW, JANUARY, 1794—page 12.
"We have certainly derived much pleasure, and acquired much information from the perusal of these volumes; and we think them, both for matter and style, worthy the attention of all who interest themselves in events which have so justly excited the curiosity and astonishment of mankind."
6. Plowden's History of the British empire from May 1792, to December 1793. A dollar and a quarter. [This is an interesting valuable publication as had appeared for many years.]
7. Beattie's Elements of Moral Science. 2 vols. One dollar and three quarters
8. Ladies Library. Second American edition. 87 1/2 cents. CONTAINING—Miss Moore's Essays; Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughters; Lady Bunting's Advice to her Daughters; Mrs. Lambert's Advice to her Daughters; Mrs. Chapone's Letter on the government of the temper; Swift's Letter to a Young Lady newly married; Moore's Fables for the Female Sex.
9. Journal d'un voyage en France depuis le commencement d'Octobre jusqu'à la mi-Decembre; auquel s'ajoute un récit des événements les plus remarquables qui ont eu lieu à Paris, depuis cette époque, jusqu'à la mort du roi de France. Bonaparte 2 1/2 dollars—sewed, 2 dollars.
10. Edwards's treatise on the religious affections. Coarse paper, a dollar—fine, a dollar and a half.
11. Rights of Woman—By Mrs. Wollstonecraft. A dollar.
12. Williston's Sacramental Meditations—60 cents.
13. Bunyan's Holy War, made by Shaddai against D. abolus.
14. Short account of Algiers. Second edition, enlarged—25 cents.
Containing—A description of that country—of the manners and customs of the inhabitants—and of their several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and other powers of Europe—from the usurpation of Barbary and the invasion of Charles V. to the present time. With a concise view of the origin of the war between Algiers and the United States.
Embellished with a map of Barbary, comprehending Morocco, Fez, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoly.
To the present edition is added a very copious index, containing letters from sundry American prisoners in Algiers to their friends in the United States—a list of the vessels taken—and many very interesting articles not in the first edition.
15. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. Three dollars 33 cents.
16. Smith's Letters to Married Women, on nursing and the management of children. 62 cents.
17. American Farmer's letters. 80 cents.
18. Young Misses Magazine. 2 vols. 1 dollar 33 cents.
Containing—Dialogues between a Governess and several Young Ladies of Quality her scholars,—in which each Lady is made to speak according to her particular genius, temper and inclination—Their several faults are pointed out, and the easy way to amend them, as well as to think, and speak, and
act properly; no less care being taken to form their hearts to goodness, than to enlighten their understandings with useful knowledge. A short and clear abridgment is also given of sacred and profane History, and some lessons in Geography. The useful is blended throughout with the agreeable, the whole being interspersed with proper reflexions and moral Tales.
19. Duncan's Elements of Logic. 80 cents
20. M'Fingal, an epic poem. 37 1/2 cents.
21. Touch-Cote's examination of Lord Shelburne's observations. 62 1/2 cents.
22. Ladies' Friend. 37 1/2 cents.
23. Smith's History of New York, from its discovery to 1732. 1 dollar 25 cents.
24. Complete Atlas for the present war, containing maps of France, Holland, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the West-Indies. 2 dollars.
25. Constitutions of the United States, with the Federal Constitution. 62 1/2 cents.
26. Peabody's Grammar for Freshmen to learn English. 50 cents.
27. Epictetus' Enchiridion. 31 cents.
28. Gay's Fables. 31 cents.
29. Christian Economy. 25 cents.
30. Charnes of Melody, a choice collection of Songs. 25 cents.
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Nov. 29
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 23,461 Blanks, being about one and an half blanks to a prize.
THE Directors of the Society for establishing 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 drawing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrison, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Willing, Joseph Hall, Matthew McConnel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq., Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Elisha 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.
S C H E M E.
Table with 3 columns: Prize, Number, Amount. Prizes range from 10,000 down to 10 dollars. Total Prizes: 14,539. Total Amount: 262,000. Blanks: 23,461.
38,000 Tickets at 1 Dollar each is 266,000.
The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superintendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cuming, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardey, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Root, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust-reposed in them.
In order to secure the punctual payment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of this 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
1. That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents as are in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes.
11. The Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may sell, otherwise to be responsible for them.
12. 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.
Parsippany, January 1, 1794.
On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had.
SHERRY WINES, in
pipes and quarter casks, 4 years old; Spanish and Carolina Indigo; Mulled Sugar, in hogsheads and barrels; prime Boston Beef, in barrels and half barrels; Hylton and Son's Chong Teas; Ravens Duck; Ticklenburgs and 8 by 10 Window Glass, for sale by
Nalbro' & Jno. Frazier, No. 81 Walnut-Street.
April 28, 1795. 21w4w
City of Washington.
SCHEME
OF THE
LOTTERY, No. II.
FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT
OF THE
FEDERAL CITY.
Table with 3 columns: Prize, Number, Amount. Prizes range from 50,000 down to 10 dollars. Total Prizes: 16,739. Total Amount: 400,000. Blanks: 33,261.
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 when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, 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 a 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 off.
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 at 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 twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. The synopsis of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and will be speedily published, together with its constitution.
A complete PLAN of the whole of this Important Institution, compiled from a selection of the best materials, ancient and modern, will be submitted to the public whenever the same may have gone through such revisions as may be necessary to establish the perfect confidence and general approbation, so essential to its present rise and future existence for the general good of America.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the short suspension indispensable.
February 24, 1795.
Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; or James West & Co. Baltimore; or Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry.
Aug 30 endt
IMPORTED,
And to be sold by
Jacob Parke,
No. 49, north side of Market, between Front and Second streets Philadelphia,
A General Assortment of
Ironmongery, Cutlery,
Sadlery, &c. &c.
AMONGST WHICH ARE,
Table with 3 columns: Smiths' anvils, vices and files; Sawmills, crosscut, hand and other saws; Carpenters' ditto; Drawing knives, and other edge tools; Locks, Hinges, Bolts and latches; Nails, springs, tacks and screws; Frying pans; Smoothing irons; Shovels and tongs; Coffee-mills; Candlesticks; Snuffers; Warming-pans; Table knives & forks; Riding whips. Barlow, pen and other pocket knives; Razors; Scissors; Needles; Ivory and bone combs; Belt Kirby fish hooks; Bras cabinet furniture; Waggon boxes; Sheet brass; Scale beams; Spelter; Plated and tin'd bridle bits and stirrups; Do. saddle nails; Staples and plates; Worsted; Lureingle webs; Diaper, girth and strain webs; With most other kinds of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddlery, Bras wares, &c.
4 mo. 14th. endt
Treasury Department
Revenue Office, April 14, 1795
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Office of the
Commissioner of the Revenue,
For Building a
LIGHT HOUSE,
On Seguin Island, near the mouth of Kennebeck river, on the coast of the District of Maine; of the following Materials, Dimensions and Description.
THE form is to be an Octagon. The foundation is to be of stone, to be sunk, if practicable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the wooden work, or twelve feet and an half below the surface of the earth, and to be commenced of the diameter of twenty seven feet. It is to be laid solidly to the height of two feet. From thence to the bottom of the wooden work, the foundation wall is to be eleven feet high, and six feet thick.
As it is intended that the above described stone foundation shall only be carried six inches higher than the crown level of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house is to be erected, and it may be found impossible, on account of the rock, to sink the same to the depth of twelve feet and one half below the earth, or thirteen feet below the wooden work, it is necessary that the propositions for the said stone foundation be made by the perch to include all costs, charges and expenses of materials, workmanship and labor.
The octagonal pyramid is to be well framed, and of stout heart timber. It is to be twenty six feet in diameter at the base thereof where it will rest on the top of the stone foundation, to which it is to be well secured by sixteen stout iron straps built therein and otherwise. The height of the wooden building from the surface of the earth, is to be forty feet to the top of the wooden work, under the floor of the lantern; where the diameter is to be fifteen feet. The foundation is to be canted with sawed stone at least eight inches wide, and sloped at top to turn off the water.
The frame of the pyramid is to be covered with boards of one inch and one half in thickness, over which is to be laid a good & complete covering of shingles, and well painted with three coats. The light house is to have two windows in the East, and two windows in the West. The sashes are to be hung with hinges, and each sash is to have eight panes of glass, eight by ten inches.
On the top of the wooden work of the pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of joists, bedded therein, planked over with oak plank extending one foot beyond the sides of the pyramid, thereby forming an eave, which is to be finished by a cornice, the whole having a deflexion from the center, sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper.
A complete and sufficient iron lantern in the octagonal form is to rest thereon; the eight corner pieces or stanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or both. These stanchions are to be very strong and stout in the lower ten feet, and three and one-half inches by two and one-half inches above. The lantern is to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet in height. The whole space between the posts to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and struck solid. Each sash is to have twenty-eight large panes of glass; a part of the sash on the south-west side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform. The iron rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel; thro' which the smoke may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head; capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to be turned by a large vane, so that the hole for venting the smoke may be always to leeward. Eight dormant ventilators are to be fixed in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be passed thro' the floor and a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be four pairs of stairs ascended to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical conductors or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with plank. The entrance into the light house is to be well secured by a strong door hung upon hinges with a strong lock and latch complete.
Also a frame Dwelling House of one story and the roof, to be twenty six feet or thereabout in front, and twenty five feet deep, with a cellar, under it, if it shall be found practicable to dig it. The cellar walls to be eighteen inches thick, and seven feet high. The first story of the house is to be seven feet and one half in clear height. The roof to have an irregular pitch. The floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The house is to contain a Kitchen of thirteen by sixteen feet, a fitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by fifteen feet, two small chambers of eight by nine feet join'd to the ends of the Kitchen and sitting room, with a passage to those two rooms between the bed rooms. The stack of chimneys is to be between the Kitchen and fitting room and is to have two plain fire places, one of them large for a kitchen; to which is to be joined an Oven. There is to be an outer door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. There are to be two windows in each of the large rooms, and one in each bed room.
Each sash is to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten inches. Each window is to have a strong plain shutter, with fastenings and hinges. The doors are to be hung and furnished completely. The ceiling and inner sides of the house are to be plastered with two coats. All the wood work inside and out is to be well painted, and the whole is to be finished in a plain and decent manner.
An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear, arched over, and covered with earth or sand, over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnished with nine strong cedar cisterns with covers, each capable of containing two hundred gallons. The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door, and furnished with a curb, bucket and rope completely. The builder is to procure and
pay, for all materials, labor, workmanship, provisions and other objects of cost charge, or expence for a sum to be proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and every part thereof in a good and workman like manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on security, will be made.
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Treasury Department
Revenue Office, April 10, 1795.
PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Office of the
Commissioner of the Revenue,
FOR BUILDING A
LIGHT HOUSE,
On Long Island, at Montauk Point in the County of Suffolk, and State of New York, of the following Materials, Dimensions and Description.
The form is to be Octagonal. The foundation is to be of stone, to be sunk thirteen feet below the bottom of the wooden work, or the surface of the earth, and to be commenced of the diameter of twenty nine feet. From such commencement to the bottom of the wooden work, the foundation wall is to be thirteen feet high, and nine feet thick. The Diameter of the base from the bottom of the wooden work, is to be twenty six feet, (where the Octagonal pyramid is to commence) is to be twenty eight feet, and the wall is there to be seven feet thick. The wall of the Octagonal pyramid is to be six feet thick at the base thereof, on the top of the wooden work.
The Height of the building, from the bottom of the wooden work, is to be eighty feet to the top of the stone work, under the floor of the lantern; where the diameter is to be sixteen feet six inches, and the wall three feet thick. The whole to be built of stone or the Water Table is to be canted with sawed stone, at least eight inches wide, and sloped at top to turn off the water.
The outside of the walls is to be faced with hewn or hammer dressed stone, having four windows in the East, and three in the West. The sashes to be hung with hinges, and each sash to have twelve panes of glass, eight by ten inches.
On the top of the stone work is to be a framed tier of joists, bed therein, planked over with oak plank, extending three feet beyond the wall, thereby forming an eave, which is to be finished with a cornice, the whole having a deflexion from the center, sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper. A complete and sufficient iron lantern, in the Octagonal form is to rest thereon, the eight corner pieces or stanchions of which are to be built in the wall to the depth of ten feet. These stanchions are to be nearly 3 inches square in the lower ten feet, and 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches above. The lantern is to be ten feet and nine inches in diameter. It is also to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet and nine inches in height.
The whole space between the posts or upright pieces at the angles is to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and struck solid. Each sash is to have twenty eight panes of glass, fourteen by twelve inches, a part of the sash on the south-west side is to be hung with hinges for a convenient door to go out on the platform. The rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel, thro' which the smoke may pass into a large Copper Ventilator in the form of a man's head; capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to be turned by a large vane; so that the hole for venting the smoke, may be always to leeward.
Eight dormant ventilators are to be fixed in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be passed thro' the floor and a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be seven pair of stairs to ascend to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical conductors, or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with plank, of at least one inch and one half in thickness. The entrance to the light house is to be well secured by a strong door hung upon hinges, with a strong lock and latch complete.
Also a frame house to be thirty four feet in front and sixteen feet deep, with a cellar under it. The cellar walls to be eighteen inches thick, and seven feet high. The first story of the house is to be eight feet, and the second, seven feet six inches high, the floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The stack of chimneys is to have two plain fire places on each floor, one of them large for a kitchen; two windows below, and three above in front and rear; each sash to have eighteen panes of glass ten by eight inches. The doors to be hung and furnished completely. The ceilings and sides of the house to be plastered with two coats, all the wood work inside & out to be well painted & the whole to be finished in a plain decent manner.
An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear, arched over and covered with earth or sand over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnished with nine strong cedar cisterns, with covers, each capable of containing two hundred gallons. The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door, and furnished with a curb, bucket and rope completely. The builder is to procure and
pay, for all materials, labor, workmanship, provisions, and other objects of cost, charge or expence for a sum to be agreed upon, and to execute the before described work and every part thereof in a good and workman like manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on security will be made.
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