The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1791-02-08 00:00:00

The PATOWMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
T U E S D A Y, FEBRUARY 8, 1791.
[NUMBER 13 OF VOL. I.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
TREASURY-DEPARTMENT, January 6, 1791.
SIR, I HAVE the honor to transmit to you a Report of the House of Representatives, relative to Appropriations of Money, for certain purposes therein mentioned.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient and Most humble Servant,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
The Honorable F. A. MUHLENBERG, Esq. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The SECRETARY of the TREASURY respectfully reports to the House of REPRESENTATIVES the ESTIMATES herewith transmitted, No. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  THE first relating to the civil list, or the expenditure for the support of government, during the year 1791, amounting to Dollars, 299,276 53   The second exhibiting some additional objects of expenditure arising out of the laws for collecting the duties on imports and tonnage, for making provision for the public debt, for the maintenance and support of light-houses, &c. and for executing certain surveys of land, amounting to 50,756 7   The third relating to the department of war, shewing the stated expenditure of that department for a year, 202,179 46   The probable extra expence of the late expedition under General Harmar, 100 000   The amount of military pensions for a year, 87,463 60 6   Pay and subsistence to sundry officers for which no appropriation has yet been made, 556 48   390,199 54 6   Amounting together to Dollars, 740,232 14 6 
As appears by No. 4, which contains a summary of the three preceding ones, and shews in one view the total sum as above stated, for which an appropriation is requisite.
The funds now at the disposal of the legislature for this purpose, are the 600,000 dollars reserved annually out of the duties on imports and tonnage, by the act making provision for debts of the United States, for the support of the government thereof, and certain surpluses arising on former appropriations for the current service, in consequence of over estimates, and some other circumstances.
It is probable, that these two sources will be equal to the object; but as the amount of those surpluses is not yet definitively ascertained, it appears to be expedient, that the appropriation should embrace some additional resource.
The product during this year of whatever duties may be laid in the present session, as a further provision for the public debt, may with propriety be resorted to for the purpose; as the interest, which will be payable on the amount of the state debts assumed by the United States, will not begin to accrue till after the end of the year; and it is calculated, that the product of the duties, within each year, will be adequate to the payment of the interest of such year.
The Secretary begs leave to remind the House of Representatives, that no provision has been made for payment of interest to the foreign officers beyond the year 1788. In his report of the 5th day of August last, he submitted the expediency of discharging the principal of their debt, which bears an interest of six per centum per annum, payable in Paris: but the advanced period of the session prevented a discussion of the matter. The propriety of this measure, and the necessity of a provision for the interest, are again humbly submitted.
The Secretary also begs leave to state to the House, that representations have been made to him by several of the commissioners of loans, respecting the extraordinary expence occasioned to them, in the first instance, in the execution of the act making provision for the debt of United States, and the inadequateness of their compensations. Considerations relative to the public service, as well as to the officers themselves, require an acknowledgment that these representations are not without foundation.
The quantity and pressure of business which arise in receiving subscriptions, in liquidating and cancelling the old certificates, and issuing new ones in their stead; in counting and examining the old bills of credit; in making entries and furnishing returns to the treasury, necessarily require much additional clerkship; the expence of which, united with that of providing different sets of books, and other stationary in considerable quantity, must, in some cases, exhaust nearly, if not altogether, the whole salaries of the officers, and in others to considerable a part of them, as to leave a very incompetent recompence for the services to be performed.
All which are humbly submitted.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of the Treasury.
Treasury Department, Jan. 6, 1791.
No. I.
ESTIMATE of the EXPENDITURES of the CIVIL LIST of the United States, on the present Establishment, for the year 1791.
   Dols. Cts.     For compensation to the President of the United States, 25000   That of the Vice-President 5000   Compensation to the Chief Justice, 4000   Ditto of the five associate Justices, 3500 dollars per annum each, 17,500   To the Judges of the several districts and Attorney-General, 20,500   Both Houses of the Federal Legislature, 113,400   Treasury Department, 57,000   Departments of State, 6 250   Department of War, 6,500   Board of Commissioners for the Settlement of the accounts between the United States and Individual States, 11,550   Government of the Western Territory. District North-West of the River Ohio. 10,000   Grant to Baron Steuben. His annual allowance by act of Congress, 2,500   Pensions granted by the late Government, 2,767 73   For INCIDENTAL and CONTINGENT EXPENCES relative to the CIVIL LIST ESTABLISHMENT.  
Under this head are comprehended firewood, stationary, together with printing-work, and all other contingent expences of the two Houses of Congress, rent and office expences of the three
several departments, viz. Treasury, State, War, and of the General Board of Commissioners.
  Total Amount of Civil List, Dollars, 299,276 53 
No. II.
In ADDITION to the EXPENDITURES of the Civil List Establishment for the year 1791, there will be certain expences arising to Government from the following objects.
  For the ESTABLISHMENT and SUPPORT of TEN CUTTERS. 23,327 30   For expences towards the safe keeping and prosecution of persons committed for offences against the United States, 1,000   For the support, maintenance and repairs of light-houses, beacons, piers, tacks and buoys, 16,000   For converting the beacon of Georgia into a light-house, 428 57   For printing and stationary expences, 7000   For expences which will attend surveying the tract of the Miami company, and running the lines of division of the tracts of the Ohio and Sciota companies, agreeably to a resolve of 12th August, 1790, 1,500   For the purchase of hydrometers for the use of the officers of the customs and inspectors of the revenue, 1,500   Total amount, Dollars, 50,756 7 
No. III.
ESTIMATE of Money requisite for the DEPARTMENT of WAR, for the year 1791.
  Pay of the troops, 74,916   Subsistence of the troops, 50,787   Forage, 1,032   Clothing of the troops, 23,772 80   Quarter-master's department, 25,000   Hospital Department, 1635 20   Four extra surgeon's mates, for 1790, and 1791, 4 732 80   Ordnance department, 6,303 66   Contingencies of the war department, 5,000 
  Stated annual expences, 202,179 46   Extra expence; the expedition of Brigadier-General Harmar, against the Wabash Indians, 100,000   Annual allowance to the invalids disabled during the late war, 87,463 60   Monies due for former services, for which appropriation has not been made, 556 48   Whole amount, Dols. 390,199 54 
No. IV.
GENERAL ESTIMATE for the SERVICES of the ensuing Year.
  Civil List, as pr. No. 1, 299,276 53   Additional Expenditures, for 1791, as pr. No. 2, 50,756 7   WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 3, viz.   Annual stated expenditure, 202,179 46   Western expedition, 100,000   Military pensions, 87,463 60   Monies due for former services for which appropriation has not been made, 556 48   Total Dollars, 390,199 54   740,232 14 
N. B. The Printer has omitted the minute detail contained in the Secretary's statement, and has confined himself to the amount of the several objects of expence.
Foreign Advices.
L U X E M B O U R G, November 13.
THE first column of the Austrian troops, consisting of 12,000 men, is arrived at our army between the old and the new road to Luxembourg; the pontons and heavy artillery are also arrived. The second column, consisting of 12,000 men, with their heavy artillery, are arrived in the county of Limbourg, and will be on the frontiers of Brabant, by the 21st. We should not be surprised to see this column proceed to Brussels; whilst our main army, consisting of 30,000 men, surrounds Namur. The third column, consisting of 15,000 men will march to Brabant before the 25th.
L O N D O N, November 29.
Nothing final will be determined in council respecting the new modelled constitution of Canada, though mentioned in the King's Speech, till the arrival of Lord Dorchester, who is hourly expected from his government of Quebec.
By the extension of its commerce, this country has arrived from a state of Barbarism, to its present pitch of glory. Commerce is the foundation which has nourished it in every vein—which has given it wealth, strength, grandeur, and, in short, all that it holds dear; and that source of our happiness and riches, he is a good minister who pays the strictest attention. Hence it is that we become the envy and admiration of surrounding empires; and hence it is that an administration in this country will ever be popular so long as they consider with care, and attend with assiduity, to the promotion of the great object.
Thus has Mr. Pitt mounted so high into the favour and affection of the people—his first care was to stop illicit traffic by the prevention of smuggling, and this he has most effectually done—his next was the commercial treaty with France and Ireland, from which the most solid advantages are deriving—and his third is the convention with Spain, by which a source of commercial wealth is opened that must produce the most solid benefits to Great Britain, and against which there is no complaint, but from a set of men who would arraign the very blessings of heaven, if they were showered on the people when they were out of office.

C O N V E N T I O N,
Between his BRITANNIC MAJESTY and the KING of SPAIN, signed at the ESCURIAL, October 28, 1790.
THEIR Britannic and Catholic Majesties, being desirous of terminating, by a speedy and solid agreement, the differences which have lately arisen between the two crowns, have judged that the best way of attaining this salutary object would be that of an amicable arrangement, which, setting aside all retrospective discussion of the rights and pretensions of the two parties, should fix their respective situation, for the future, on a basis, conformable to their true interests, as well as to the mutual desire with which their said Majesties are animated, of establishing with each other, in every thing, and in all places, the most perfect friendship, harmony, and good correspondence. In this view, they have named and constituted, for their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: on the part of his Britannic Majesty, Alleyne Fitz-Herbert, Esq.; one of the said Majesty's Privy-Council in Great Britain and Ireland, as his Ambassador Extraordinary, Plenipotentiary to his Catholic Majesty; and, on the part of his Catholic Majesty, Don Joseph Monino, Count of Florida Blanca, Knight, Grand Cross of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III, Counsellor of State to his said Majesty, and his principal Secretary of State and of the Despatches; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE I. It is agreed that the buildings and tracts of land, situated on the northwest coast of the continent of North-America, or on islands adjacent to that continent, of which the subjects of his Britannic Majesty were possessed about the month of April, 1789, by a Spanish officer, shall be restored to the said British subjects.
ART. II. And further, that a just reparation shall be made, according to the nature of the case, for all acts of violence or hostility, which may have been committed, subsequent to the month of April, 1789, by the subjects of either of the contracting parties against the subjects of the other—and that, in case any of the said respective subjects shall, since the same period, have been forcibly dispossessed of their lands, buildings, vessels, merchandise, or other property whatever, on the said continent, or on the seas or islands adjacent, they shall be re-established in the possession thereof, or a just compensation shall be made to them for the losses which they shall have sustained.
ART. III. And, in order to strengthen the bonds of friendship, and to preserve, in future, a perfect harmony and good understanding between the two contracting parties, it is agreed that their respective subjects shall not be disturbed or molested, either in navigating or carrying on their fisheries in the Pacific Ocean, or in the South Seas, or in landing on the coasts of those seas, in places not already occupied, for the purpose of carrying on their commerce with the natives of the country, or for making settlements there; the whole subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions and provisions specified in the three following articles.
ART. IV. His Britannic Majesty engages to take the most effectual measures to prevent the navigation and fishery of his subjects, in the Pacific Ocean, or in the South Seas, from being made a pretext for illicit trade with the Spanish settlements; and, with this view, it is moreover expressly stipulated, that British subjects shall not navigate, or carry on their fisheries in the said seas, within the space of ten sea leagues from any part of the coasts already occupied by Spain.
ART. V. It is agreed, that as well in the places which are to be restored to the British subjects, by virtue of the 1st article, as in all other parts of the northwestern coasts of North-America, or of the islands adjacent, situated to the north of the parts of the said coast already occupied by Spain, wherever the subjects of either of the two powers shall have made settlements since the month of April, 1789, or shall hereafter make any, the subjects of the other shall have free access, and shall carry on their trade, without any disturbance or molestation.
ART. VI. It is further agreed, with respect to the eastern and western coasts of South-America, and to the islands adjacent, that no settlement shall be formed hereafter, by the respective subjects, in such parts of those coasts as are situated to the south of those parts of the same coasts, and of the islands adjacent, which are already occupied by Spain: Provided that the said respective subjects shall retain the liberty of landing on the coasts and islands so situated, for the purposes of their fishery, and of erecting thereon huts, and other temporary buildings, serving only for those purposes.
ART. VII. In all cases of complaint, or infraction of the articles of the convention, the officers of either party, without permitting themselves previously to commit any violence or act of force, shall be bound to make an exact report of the affair, and of its circumstances, to their respective courts, who will terminate such differences in an amicable manner.
ART. VIII. The present convention shall be ratified and confirmed in the space of six weeks to be computed from the day of its signature, or sooner, if it can be done.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries of their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, have in their names, and in virtue of our respective full powers, signed the present convention, and set thereto the seals of our arms.
Done at the palace of St. Laurence, the twenty-eighth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
ALLEYNE FITZ-HERBERT. (L. S.) EL CONDE DE FLORIDA BLANCA. (L. S.)
The French are at present very loud in their complaints against Great-Britain: Indeed our present system of politics is generally disliked—by all our enemies.
On Saturday, the six Cherokee Chiefs waited on Mr. Secretary Grenville, to deliver their embassy.
Nov. 26. To the praise and glory of the present age, when it is called enlightened and virtuous , let it be recorded in letters of brass, that it has been openly declared in Court, that consistency in a Barrister would be injustice to the public.
This opinion ought to be carefully recorded in the breast of every Juryman. It will save him a wonderful deal of trouble; and he will now be able to comprehend the learned pleadings of the Counsel, whether he hear them or not, since the upshot is, that black to-day may be white to-morrow .
By intelligence from Cork there is advice, that large demands are still made for salted provisions, Russian agents being busy, it is said in the purchase.
A very extraordinary appointment has just taken place in the French Ministry. M. Dupont Dutere has been nominated Keeper of the Seals, in the place of the Archbishop of Bourdeaux. This Gentleman has been a Clerk to M. Baily, the Mayor of Paris, and thus suddenly passes from an income of fifty , to a revenue of four thousand livres per annum .
Nov. 30. Notwithstanding the court of London made no formal complaint respecting the insult offered to Capt. McDonald, the Spanish court has given orders to put under arrest the commander of the frigate, who was guilty of that unnecessary cruelty. A council of war, appointed to try him, has been already held, consisting of five Lieutenants-Generals and four Commodores.
Near 4000 of our most able seamen are now employed in the Southern Whale-fishery. The vast increase of commerce which must be the result of the concessions of the Spanish Cabinet, will make our trade to those seas an inexhaustible nursery for seamen.
The Grand Vizier has passed the Danube, with a view to attack the Russians in Bessarabia, or wherever he may meet them.
Prince Potemkin seconds so well the measures of his Royal Mistress, that he is all activity: He proposes a winter campaign.
After leaving a small garrison at Bender, he has marched with all his forces towards the Danube, which he means to pass at Kalia, while the Russian squadron, which lately obtained a victory on the Black-Sea, enters the mouth of that River, with a view to cut off the Vizier's communication with Constantinople.
NOOTKA-SOUND.
His Majesty's frigates, the Thames and Leopard, commanded by Captains Trubridge and Blankett, have sailed from Portsmouth, for the Pacific Ocean: they are to join company with the Pandora at Madeira, and proceed from thence round Cape Horn to Nootka-Sound, to see proper indemnification made to the British subjects for the injuries they received there from the Spanish government. It is said they have orders to erect a fortress at Nootka-Sound, and to raise those erected by the Spaniards, and to take possession, in the name of the King of Great-Britain, of that immense tract of country, situated to the northward of Santa Fee.
Extract of a letter from Paris.
The confusion in this capital seems growing apace. The two distinctions of soldiers—the Guards soldees , and the Guards non soldees , which means those who are paid for serving, and those who are not paid have differed on the subject of a commander.
Nov. 30. The plan of the settlement of the constitution of Canada, which is to be submitted to parliament, is, that the province shall be divided into two governments, and each to have an assembly. The Governor of Quebec is to have the control.
Dec. 2. The departure of the British and Dutch Ministers from Constantinople, in order to assist at the Congress at Szeffove, gave rise to various conjectures. The Prussian Minister remains at Constantinople, and though requested by the Grand Signior to attend the Congress, he replied, that he could not quit his station without express orders from his Court.
The Deputies from the Tiers-Etat of Liege, at Francfort, are returned to their constituents. The Liegeois seem now actuated by despair, and resolved to reject all proposals for an accommodation.
Every one capable of bearing arms, is ordered to assist in the support of the Revolution, though they have received intimation from the King of Prussia, that the last offers were the best that will ever be made to them.
Dec. 3. The Opposition Orators have postponed their objections to the Convention with Spain for another FORTNIGHT. When this period elapses, they will according to the opposition now prevalent among themselves, wave their objections TILL AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. And, upon the arrival of this late period, it is probable that the debate on Convention will be adjourned TILL ANOTHER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT! All this is prudent. The party is, at present, in a very weakly declining condition.
In looking over the names of 410 Members, that had taken their oaths previously to the debate of Tuesday, the opposers of government found that VERY FEW OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE COME TO TOWN. But they trusted that they had friends somewhere; and that they would come to town some time or
other. It is good to have hope where possession is denied.
The opposition ought not to be so much blamed, by their friends, for not having opened their batteries with spirit upon the meeting of Parliament. It ought to be remembered that, since last campaign, they have lost a very considerable quantity of THEIR ARTILLERY. Besides, why should they have the trouble of going upon a FORLORN HOPE?
It is said that a camp, to consist of 20,000 men, is forming in Spain. The members of the society called la Propagande , have so inveterately attacked all those who bear the name of Kings, that all the Sovereigns of Europe are alarmed, and are preparing to be on their guard.
FRENCH NAVAL ARMAMENT.
In consequence of the settled peace and friendship between the Courts of London and Madrid, the French King has ordered his armaments to cease, and the fleet to be re-instituted in its peace establishment.
The National Assembly, however, ascribe to the wisdom and vigour of their own councils the cessation of hostile measures, and their flatterers attribute to them the powers of pacification through the universe.
United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
TUESDAY, January 18.
The papers, yesterday laid before the House, by order of the President of the United States, were this day read, viz. An account of the appropriation of 10,000 dollars, granted for defraying the contingent expenses of government: And an extract of a letter from the Governor of Virginia, accompanied with a resolution of the General Assembly of that state, and a petition from sundry officers and soldiers, and assignees of officers and soldiers, of the Virginia line, praying a revision of the act of Congress relative to the grants of lands northwest of the Ohio.
WEDNESDAY, January 19.
Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill, authorising the President of the United States to cause the debt due to foreign officers, the interest whereon is now payable in Paris, at the rate of 6 per cent. per ann. to be discharged—being read a first and second time, was referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
A resolution of the directors of the Philadelphia Library Company, was read, conferring the Freedom of their Company on the President and Congress.
A memorial from the Baptist society of Connecticut, requesting the interposition of Congress, to prevent the publication of any new edition of the Bible, without previous revision and correction, was read and ordered to lie on the table.
The House resumed the consideration of the excise-bill, and after some time spent therein, adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 25.
A memorial was read, from sundry inhabitants of Lancaster county, remonstrating against that part of the EXCISE BILL, which lays a duty on spirits distilled from American produce, and on stills employed in making such spirits.
The committee appointed to confer with a committee of the Senate, respecting the time for the commencement of the next session of Congress, reported,
That it was the opinion of the joint committee, that a revenue-bill might be passed, and such other business as is of immediate importance, accomplished, before the 4th day of March next; and that it would therefore not be necessary that a new session should commence immediately thereafter.
That the joint committee were also of opinion, that a bill should pass, to alter the next annual meeting of Congress, to an earlier day than that expressed in the constitution; but the two committees could not come to an agreement, with respect to the precise time.
The House then, pursuant to the order of the day, resumed the consideration of the EXCISE BILL, and after sundry amendments made thereto, it was proposed by Mr. Parker, that the duties should not extend to any still of a smaller capacity than 50 gallons; but the question being taken, passed in the negative.
WEDNESDAY, January 26.
The House proceeded to the consideration of certain papers, transmitted to them by the President on Monday last, which being of a secret nature, the doors were ordered to be shut.
THURSDAY, January 27.
Mr. Bourne presented a memorial from the Meeting for Sufferings, of the people called Quakers, in New-England, stating their objections to that part of the Militia-Bill which imposes a fine of two dollars on exents in the militia, which was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Parker gave notice, that to-morrow he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the establishment of marine hospitals throughout the United States.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lear, his Secretary, com-

municating information of some recent depredations committed on the Western frontiers of the United States.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informing that they have passed a bill respecting Consuls and Vice-Consuls, to which they request the concurrence of this House; also communicating sundry papers relative to the depredations on the Western frontiers, as contained in the message from the President of the United States, which papers were read and ordered to lie on the table.
On motion, the above papers were referred to the committee appointed yesterday, on the message from the President of the United States.
The bill, repealing, after the last day of next, the duties heretofore laid on distilled and other spirits, and laying others in their stead, was brought in engrossed, and read the third time, and the blanks therein being filled up; on the question shall this Bill pass, it was resolved in the affirmative, Ayes 35. Nocs 2. Adjourned.
B O S T O N, January 15.
By an arrival at Salem, from India, a Calcutta paper has been received, which gives accounts of the operations of that inveterate enemy of the English, Tippoo Saib, the successor of the famous Hyder Ali, against the Rajah of Travancore. In one battle with the Rajah Tippoo is said to have been defeated, with the loss of 1300 men—and in a second, he is said to have assaulted the Rajah's lines with incredible ferocity and bravery, and, after a long contest, obtained a victory. The Rajah of Travancore is assisted by his ally, the English, with considerable bodies of troops, and according to the last accounts Tippoo, with 150,000 men, was preparing to attack them—between whom a furious battle was expected.
The National Assembly of France, at the date of the last accounts, was fast approaching towards its dissolution—the consequent general election, that will take place throughout France, will be the true epocha for the permanent establishment, or final destruction, of the liberties of that country. That the issue may be the promotion of the best good of the French nation, seems the wish of every American.
A L B A N Y, January 13. FOURTEENTH PILLAR.
Of our free and happy federal government!
Yesterday morning the pleasing intelligence of our sister state VERMONT having ADOPTED the AMERICAN CONSTITUTION, by a State Convention, was received by a Gentleman of character, from that quarter, and at one o'clock the independent company of artillery paraded, in uniform, and fired a salute of 14 guns from Fort-Hill, which was followed by three cheerful huzzas, from a number of our respectable citizens. This agreeable event, which closes the circle of federal union, cannot fail of being received with the utmost satisfaction, by all the Americans, of every description, who are friends to order, unanimity, and good government, and to the true welfare of our country.
By the accession of Vermont, another link is added to the federal chain; and as a bill, for the admission of the District of Kentucky into the union, is now pending before the Senate of the United States, we may promise ourselves that we shall soon find the union will be complete and firm:—Combined as one great family, enjoying such variety of healthy climate, possessing such fertile plains in which Nature has been prodigal of her bounty, may we not anticipate the day when America will rival the most powerful kingdoms in the universe; nor cringe to—even Britain herself.
P I T T S B U R G, January 1.
The arrival of Mr. Robins, at this place, from Sandusky, and the accounts brought by him of the disposition of the Indians, is rather unfavourable.—It appears that they are determined, early in the spring, to turn out for war, and commit depredations on the frontiers; that they are greatly elevated with the issue of the late campaign, and (when speaking of it) they say they are more than men.—It may be necessary for the inhabitants on the frontiers to keep a watchful eye, although there may be no great danger, as a report of this kind never loses by frequent repeating; and we flatter ourselves their attention will be called to a more distant quarter, in order to protect themselves.
The navigation of the Ohio has been closed for some time, so that all communication, by that channel, is for the present stopped between this country and Kentucky.
N E W Y O R K, January 20.
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated the 28th of November, 1790, received by the French Packet.
"The accounts that have been sent you of the troubles that reign in France, are by no means true. The vessel of the state is afloat. Three million of men under arms, ready to sacrifice every thing in support of the new constitution, of which a third are this moment prepared to take the field, and a sixth in a situation to do it at their own expense—have over-awed all the counter-revolutionists—have over-awed England in her hostile views against Spain—and are in a condition to over-awe all Europe.—Formidable by our military strength, we shall be still more so by the riches of our government: Our assignats, our paper currency will pay our debts, both interest and principal, and will be liquidated by the sale of our national property; a sale of which is daily making, with the greatest success, and in general at a third more than it was valued at; this will have a surplus of forty millions sterling. You
see, by this situation of France, which is by no means exaggerated, her lot must give pain to none but her enemies; and every thing forebodes to the French nation the most brilliant destiny."
JAN. 24. Speculation in the funds goes on as briskly as ever—no less than four expressions have passed and repassed, with pegafion swiftness, from this city, to and from Philadelphia and Boston, within the week past.
In the late convention British pride has experienced a severe stroke. Mr. Pitt, a little before, informed the nation, that nothing but a reimbursement of the monies expended to arm and equip the navy, should induce him to make peace with Spain; the expences, it is supposed, amount to upwards of four millions sterling. The purpose of the convention clearly proves, that continual snarling and biting has sorely affected the TEETH of the OLD LION, and introduced defective specks.
The following lines were composed, and sung by British puffers, just before the peace:
Britain, smiling, seems to say— What is e'er expended,
Costs and suit, the Dons shall pay, Before the cause is ended!
THE SPANIARDS IN RETURN RETORT: Now Johnny Bull, what can you say, Come, is not this a griper, That when your HORES are danc'd away, 'Tis you must pay the piper.
JAN. 27. By a London paper we learn, that Prince Henry, one of the first Generals of the age, and brother to the late King of Prussia, is dead.
The following extract of a letter from Captain Ziegler, dated Fort-Harmar, January 8, to the Secretary at War, contains the substance of the intelligence brought by the express:
"I am extremely sorry to inform you, that the settlement, called Big-Bottom, twenty miles up the Muskingum, from this post, was cut off by the savages on the 2d inst. Eleven men and two children were killed; two men who were quartered in a cabin a small distance from the block-house escaped; three men, it is supposed, are taken prisoners, as their bodies are not found."
P H I L A D E L P H I A, January 22.
We hear that one million and a half dollars of the continental securities have been funded by the Loan-Officer of this state.
On the 10th of December one million and a half had been funded in Massachusetts, and it is supposed that about two and a half millions have been funded by this time; a very considerable proportion of the state debts is also subscribed; the non-subscribers who have taken out new certificates, are as a drop to the bucket.
Extract of a letter from London, dated December 1.
"The prices quoted by the last advices from America, being much higher than what can now be supplied at from Ireland, several shipments are making from thence, where wheat can be put on board at 30s. sterling per quarter, of eight bushels—In the spring, it is expected that supplies from the Baltic, where very good harvests have been experienced, will be poured in plentifully, so that I conceive it extremely impolitic in your farmers not to thresh and bring down their grain this autumn, as far better prices may now be expected for it in the spring, as I apprehend, the produce of Europe is fully adequate to its wants."
On Saturday last his Excellency Governor St. Clair, arrived in this city from the Western Territory.
B A L T I M O R E, January 28.
London news-papers, received by the latest arrivals, advise, That according to the latest accounts from Madrid, the strictest orders had been sent to all the Spanish settlements, to prevent all communication and trade with the ships of Great-Britain, in the Southern Ocean, under the strictest Penalties. That the war between the Spaniards and Moors continue with unabated vigour; and it was reported at Lisbon, that a large detachment of the Spanish fleet was ordered from Cadiz to Algiers, from thence to proceed either to the assistance of the besieged at Ceuta, or, if necessary, to make a diversion in the Moorish army, by investing either Mogadore or Sallee. That Namur, with the whole Belgic arm there, under General Schoedfeldt, had surrendered to the Imperialists; and that the Congress of Brussels, hearing of the rapid approach of General Bender, at the head of 40,000 Imperial troops, immediately dispersed and took to flight.—That a war had begun in the East-Indies, between the British troops and the brutal tyrant Tippoo Saib, who now styles himself Shah Allum, or King of the World. That the British government, now happily relieved from other enemies, appeared determined to strike a decisive blow against this implacable adversary. That 60 shocks of an earthquake had been felt in the city of Oran, on the coast of Barbary, (subject to Spain) which was nearly destroyed, and a great part of the inhabitants, and of the garrison, buried in the ruins. That the Moors, (who are under the dominion of the Bey of Maseara) took advantage of the calamities of the inhabitants, and attacked them with four thousand men; but they were repulsed, with great slaughter on the part of the Moors, by twelve hundred men, under the command of the count de la Union. That besides the Seven Articles of Convention which have been mutually published, there are, as usual, two or three secret articles, which have been agreed upon and arranged at Madrid and London—one of which goes to the disarming and reducing their naval forces. That the late warlike preparations in Great-Britain were allowed by the ministerialists
to have cost about four millions sterling. That the public would have no cause to complain of the expense of the late armaments, when the terms of the convention are fully made known to them.—That, perhaps, in the history of treaties and negotiation, there never was one so advantageous to the commerce of Great-Britain—and That the right of the whale fishery in the South-Seas is worth double the money.
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN, February 8.
A meeting of a Committee from nine of the Wards in Philadelphia, was held on Tuesday the 18th ult. who were chosen for the purpose of carrying round a Memorial to Congress, praying an exemption from Militia Duty for Apprentices and other Minors, when it appeared that no less than 1729 mechanicks, traders and other inhabitants, had signed the memorials in one day. The decided and unanimous sense of the citizens of Philadelphia, on this subject, may be satisfactorily collected from this hearty and general co-operation.—From the remaining wards, and the Northern Liberties, it may reasonably be expected that an equally respectable number of citizens will appear to have subscribed.
In consequence of a circular letter and memorial received at Baltimore from the abovementioned committee, a meeting of the tradesmen and mechanicks of that town was to be held on the 21st ult. to take the same into consideration.
We are informed, that the PRESIDENT of the United States has appointed the Hon. DAVID CARROL, THOMAS JOHNSON, Esq. and Doctor STEWART, Commissioners to survey and limit the territory of ten miles square, granted by the states of Maryland and Virginia, to Congress for the Seat of Government of the United States.
The excise bill, as it is termed, now before Congress, has met with much undeserved censure from an erroneous idea, that those men who strenuously opposed the same system of taxation, previous to the revolution, and whose opposition to the measures of the British government were the cause of the liberty we now enjoy, would act inconsistently by favouring a system of taxation they then detested and resolutely opposed.—Independent of the wide deference between the principles of the bill now before Congress, and the British excise; it may justly be observed, that there exists some difference in bearing a burden imposed by a government in which we had no participation, and in paying a tax laid by our immediate representatives, and for the support of a government of our own choice.
THE Subscribers to the PATOWMAC GUARDIAN, who have not paid the one half of their subscription, would particularly oblige the Printer by complying with this very necessary part of the contract.
T O B E S O L D, At Public Vendue, by the Subscriber, Living on Col. HUNTER'S Plantation in BERKELEY COUNTY, On Friday the 18th of this Instant, viz. About
30 Barrels of Corn,
in the ear, and between 18 and 20 acres of Wheat in the ground; also, sundry sorts of Household and Kitchen Furniture, among which are, a Chest of Drawers, a Bed and Bedding, Chests, Tables, Chairs, and a variety of other articles too tedious to enumerate. The Sale to begin at 10 o'clock, where due attendance will be given, and the terms made known, per me.
SAMUEL FARRA.
N. B. All persons indebted to said FARRA, either by Bond, Note, or Book Account, are hereby requested to discharge the same, before the first day of March next, as no longer indulgence will be given; and those who have any demands against him, are likewise desired to bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted. S. F. February 5, 1791.
T O B E S O L D, At Public Vendue, On the Premises, on the 23d day of February next, that Valuable Plantation
Late the property of THOMAS HOGG, deceased, and whereon he dwelt, containing 248 acres, situate near Thomas Crampton, Esq. six miles from Sharpsburg, in the County of Washington, State of Maryland. The land, meadows, waters, orchards, buildings, and other improvements is equal, if not superior, to any other in the settlement, and stands not in need of any encomiums. There will also be sold at the same time, Negroes, Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Waggon, Gears, Ploughs, Harrows, and all kinds of Farming Utensils and Household-Furniture.
The Vendue to begin at 10 o'clock of said day, when attendance and reasonable credit will be given, by
CHRISTOPHER ORNDORFF, Executor. January 24, 1791.

SEAT OF THE MUSES.
THE WINTER'S NIGHT.
NOW in-door Rustics 'mong themselves Converse of charms and fairy elves, Of Witch, who magic mischief reeks, Or nightly ghost, who justice seeks.
In brittle chains the streams are bound, With new-fall'n snow the hills are crown'd ; The trees, where full-plum'd warblers sung, Are now with icy fringes hung.
The azure firmament quite clear, The fairer moon and stars appear, Till darksome clouds their lights o'ercast, While bleak the North wind rises fast.
The needy trav'ler on the road, Now joys to find his night's abode, Whereto he makes thro' drifting snows, For shelter, warmth, and with'd repose.
HUNGER THE BEST SAUCE.
THIS adage was again proved a short time since. A hungry traveller having put up at a tavern, was served with a HASH, which he highly relished. Some months after, travelling the same road, he put up at the same tavern, and on being asked what he would chuse for supper, said, "The hash I had the last time I was here was excellent ; I should like such another." "O, yes," said a little innocent boy, who was standing by, "but we can't afford to have a HORSE DIE every time you come this way."
United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
THURSDAY, January 20.
MR. Fitzsimons presented a memorial from sundry Merchants of Philadelphia, trading to the East Indies, praying that a distinction, with respect to the impost, may be made between citizens of the United States and foreigners, importing East-India produce into the United States, whether from India or Europe—referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
A message was received from the Senate, informing, that they had passed a bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States, and desiring the concurrence of the House therein.
On motion of Mr. Tucker, a committee, consisting of Messrs. Tucker, Lee, and Partridge, was appointed to join a committee of the Senate, to consider what time will be most proper for the next session of Congress.
Pursuant to the order of the day, the House proceeded to the consideration of the excise-bill, and after sundry amendments made thereto, adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 21.
The bill sent yesterday from the Senate, entitled, "An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States," was read a first time, and on motion, said bill was read a second time, and ordered to be taken up in committee of the whole House on Wednesday next.
Mr. Madison presented a petition from W. C. Webb, and Conyers Whyte, praying compensation for supplies furnished to the southern army, was read and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
A message was received from the Senate, informing, that they had concurred in the appointment of a joint committee, to consider what will be the most proper time for the commencement of the next session of Congress.
SATURDAY, January 22.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the House proceeded in the consideration of the new revenue bill.
An additional section was proposed, pointing out the purposes to which the revenue, raised by the act should be applied. This was superceded by a motion to recommit the bill—which was lost. Several amendments were offered to that section ; which underwent some discussion, but were postponed for further consideration. Adjourned.
MONDAY, January 24.
The following messages were received from the President of the United States :
UNITED STATES, January 24, 1791.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives, I LAY before you a statement relative to the frontiers of the United States, which has been submitted to me, by the Secretary for the Department of War.
Trely upon your wisdom, to make such arrangements, as may be essential for the preservation of good order, and the effectual protection of the frontiers. G. WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, January 24, 1791.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives, IN execution of the powers, with which Congress were pleased to invest me, by their act, entitled, "An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States," and on mature consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of the several positions, within the limits prescribed by the said act, I have, by a proclamation, bearing date this day, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, directed commissioners, appointed in pursuance of the act, to survey and limit a part of the territory of ten miles square, on both sides the river Patowmac, so as to comprehend George-Town, in Maryland, and to extend to the Eastern Branch.
I have not, by this first act, given to the said territory the whole extent, of which it is susceptible, in the direction of the river ; because, I thought it important, that Congress should have an opportunity of considering, whether, by an emendatory law, they would authorize the location of the residue at the lower end of the present, so as to comprehend the Eastern Branch itself, and some of the country on its lower side in the state of Maryland, and the town of Alexandria, in Virginia. If, however, they are of opinion, that the federal territory should be bounded by the water-edge of the Eastern-Branch, the location of the residue will be to be made at the upper end of what is now directed.
I have thought best to await a survey of the territory, before it is decided on what particular spot on the northeastern side of the river, the public buildings shall be erected.
G. WASHINGTON.
The House then, pursuant to the order of the day, proceeded to the further consideration of the Excise-Bill : And after some time spent therein, it was moved by Mr. Tucker, and seconded by Mr. Williamson, to strike out of the following clause, "And be it further enacted, That the several duties imposed by this act, shall continue to be collected and paid until the debts and purposes for which they are pledged and appropriated, shall be fully discharged and satisfied, and no longer," the words printed in Italic, in order to insert in their stead, "until the day of in the year and until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer." The faith of the United States being hereby pledged, that timely and adequate provision shall be made for the full accomplishment of all the purposes, for which the monies, arising under the operation of this act, are pledged and appropriated. On the question, it passed in the negative.
TUESDAY, January 25.
Mr. Carroll presented the petition of two orphan children of Andrew Leach, late an officer in the American army, praying that the commutation or half pay, which would have been due to their late father, may be extended to them ; which was read and referred to the Secretary at War.
Agreeably to the order of the day, the House proceeded in the further consideration of the excise-bill ; several amendments were proposed, some of which were rejected, and others agreed to ; after some time spent in discussion, the question being put for engrossing the bill for a third reading, the Yeas and Nays being demanded, it passed in the affirmative. Adjourned.
To be sold, for a term of years, ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF L A N D, Or the one half of a Merchant-Mill.
Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms, by applying to
THOMAS HALL
Berkeley-County, January 20, 1791.
To be RENTED in CHARLES-TOWN, BERKELEY, THAT VALUABLE H O U S E,
Where Mr. JAMES HAMMOND now keeps Store. IT is well calculated for either Store or Tavern, and may be entered on the 1st. of April next. ALSO, that commodious HOUSE where Mr. PHILIP WELSH lives, opposite Mr. HAMMOND's Store. And a new finished two-story HOUSE, on the Main Street, fit for a genteel private family, or a tradesman. For particulars, apply to the Subscriber, near the premises.
WILLIAM CHERRY.
January 6, 1791.
SHEPHERD'S-TOWN New-Church LOTTERY.
THE following is the SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, to be drawn under an Act of the Honorable the Assembly of VIRGINIA, granting to the Trustees of the Congregation full power, by this method, to raise the sum herein proposed, for the purpose of completing their NEW MEETING-HOUSE in SHEPHERD'S-TOWN. Any of the Trustees who sign the Tickets, will be responsible to the fortunate adventurers, that the prizes drawn by them shall be paid in specie the next day after the Lottery is drawn—and that the drawing of it shall commence as soon as the Tickets are sold. There shall be in this Lottery
 1 Prize of 160 Dollars..... is..... 160  1 ditto of 80 ditto..... 80  2 ditto of 40 ditto..... 80  4 ditto of 20 ditto..... 80  8 ditto of 10 ditto..... 80  16 ditto of 5 ditto..... 80  30 ditto of 3 ditto..... 150  289 ditto of 2 ditto..... 458  The sum to be raised..... 832 
Dollars.....2000
1000 Tickets at 2 Dollars each, are.....2000
In this Scheme there is little more than two BLANKS TO A PRIZE, and as it was unavoidably set on foot for the most laudable purpose, so the most ample justice may be expected, and we flatter ourselves it will meet with encouragement from every good man. The Trustees will be considered as Managers—and Col. JOSEPH SWEARINGEN, Col. WILLIAM DARKE, and Major ABRAHAM SHEPHERD, will be requested to sit as Judges at the time of drawing—which time will be published 3 weeks before it commences, in the PATOWMAC GUARDIAN AND BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
JOHN KEARSLEY, JOHN MORROW, JOHN MARK, WILLIAM BUCKLES, LAURENCE VANDEVIER, } Trustees.
N. B. Tickets may be had from any of the Managers, and also from sundry other Gentlemen in the County.
BERKELEY, ff.
PERSONALLY appeared before me, PHILIP FITZPATRICK, and acknowledged that he had told LIES respecting CHARLES CULLINGS, and offered to prove them, which he says he is sorry for. Signed and acknowledged before me, this 15th day of January, 1791.
his PHILIP X FITZPATRICK. Mark.
WILLIAM PORTERFIELD, one of the Magistrates (for said County).
Edward O. Williams
Most respectfully acquaints the Public in general, and his Friends in particular,
THAT he has recommenced the practice of PHYSIC and SURGERY in this town, living opposite Mr. Wyncoops.
Shepherd's-Town, January 24, 1791.
Fort-Cumberland Nail-Manufactory.
At this place I make all sorts of
Nails, Brads, Spikes, and SPRIGS,
Which I will sell low for cash, or country produce. I also want a Number of NAILORS, that are good workmen, and I will give good wages.
JOHN PEIRCE.
November 22, 1790.
N. B. At this place we work all Stone Coals.
Blank Deeds of Bargain and sale may be had at this Office.