Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-05-15 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 115 of Vol. VII.]
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1795.
[Whole No. 838]
Wanted to Purchase A SHIP or BRIG
To Charter A SHIP or BRIG of the Burthen of 1500 to 2000 Barrels
Just Published, And to be sold by Mr. Ormerod, No. 47, Chestnut Street
DUTIES Payable by Law, on all Goods, Wares & Merchandise
GEORGE CLARKSON, CONVEYANCER, HAS opened his Office at No. 120 Spruce Street
WANTED A Child's maid, to attend a Lady on a visit to New York.
St. Croix Sugars IN Barrels, ST. MARTINS do. in do.
FOR PORTLAND, Massachusetts, and from thence to CAPE NICHOLO MOLT.
LOUIS OSMONT. For Hamburg, THE SHIP STAR, JOHN VANNEMAN, Master.
Thomas & John Ketland, Who have for Sale, received per the above vessel, Duck, Russia, Ravens and Hollands, Lead, English and German in bars
FOR HAMBURG, The New Ship ASIA, Captain LANGFORD. The Asia will be launched in a few days
JUST RECEIVED, By the Abigail, Capt. Blunt, from Ports mouth a few barrels Excellent SALMON.
For LIVERPOOL, THE SHIP MANCHESTER, JOHN COX, Master. A constant trader, built of cedar and live-oak
Randle & Murgatroyd, No. 11, Walnut-Street Wharf. Who have for Sale, OZNAEBRIGS & TICKLENBURGS
25 Hbds. Muscovado Sugar. For LIVERPOOL, the American Ship DIANA, GEORGE CLAY Commander.
PHILIP NICKLIN & Co. Who have for Sale, Landing from on board said Vessel, 3 cases Cutlery, Copper in Sheets and Bottoms
FOR MADEIRA, The Brig SALLY, GRACE, Master. Will sail in a few days; her cargo being ready to take on board.
This Day is published, And for sale by William Young, No. 52, South Second Street, J. Ormerod, at the old Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chestnut Street
A SERMON, Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, in the City of Philadelphia, on the 19th of February, 1795, being the day of General Thanksgiving throughout the United States.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, THIRTEEN LETTERS, On Democratic Societies; By GERMANICUS. Sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41 Second Street, John Ormerod 41 Chestnut Street
KNOX & HENDERSON, No. 46 North Front Street, ARE just opening a handsome Assortment of SPRING GOODS, per the William Penn, from London
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance, Signature of MANULUS, My hand is had, John Ormerod, No. 41, Chestnut Street.
Just Published, And to be sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41 Second Street, Benjamin Davies, 68, High Street, John Ormerod, 41, Chestnut Street
THE CARGO Of the brig Dolphin, Capt. Stutson, from Jamaica, will be landed on Monday morning, at South-street wharf
FOR SALE, 5,000 Bushels of SALT, on board the ship Eagle, Capt. Williams, at Mr. Latimer's Wharf. Old Red and White Port Wine, in pipes, hds. and quarter casks
James M'Alpin, Taylor, No. 3, SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Returns his grateful acknowledgements to his friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement
Jamaica Rum. A CHOICE PARCEL, Will be landed to-morrow morning, at Jesse and Robert Waln's wharf.
FRESH FRUITS &c. To-Morrow Morning will be Landed, At Stamper's wharf, from on board the Schooner ELIZA, T. Arnold, master, direct from MALAGA
SALT. Best Cadiz Salt, Just landing from on board the Brig Trial, or sale at Morris's Wharf and Francis's Wharf
Levinus Clarkson. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mary Lewis, late of this City, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment
American Landscapes. PROPOSALS PUBLISHING IN AQUATINTA TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS. Selected from the most striking and interesting Prospects in the United States
JUST IMPORTED, And for sale by the Subscriber, at his Store, No. 18, Penn Street, 50,000 lb. St. Domingo Coffee, 5 hds. Muscovado Sugar, 20 bbs. Havana Do.
Geo. Sibbald. FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quarter casks
WANTED. Immediately by JOSEPH COOKE, Goldsmith, & Jeweller, the corner of South Third and Market Streets. From 20 to 30 Journeyman Goldsmiths
SHERRY WINES, in pipes and quarter casks, 4 years old; Spanish and Carolina Indigo; Muscovado Sugar, in hogsheads and barrels; prime Boston Beef in barrels and half barrels
Nalbro' & Jno. Frazier, No. 95 South Front Street. April 28, 1795.
JOHN MILLER, jun. No. 8, Chestnut-Street, Has just received from New-York part of the Cargo of the Diana, from Calcutta, consisting of Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Taffaties, Muslin Handkerchiefs, Calicoes
The highest price In Cash, will be given for EMPTY BOTTLES, A preference will be given to Claret Bottles.
IMPORTED, In the Ship MANCHESTER, Capt. Cox, just arrived from Liverpool, and for Sale (by the package) by the Subscriber, upon very reasonable terms, the following GOODS
TO BE SOLD, A Lot, containing about 17 acres, on the Wissaahickon road, 4 miles, from the city, and directly opposite to the house of Mr. Isaac Wharton.
In the Chancery of New Jersey. Present his Excellency Richard Howell, Chancellor. Between Lydia Onderdonk, Complainant, and Henry Onderdonk, Defendant.
The Complainant in this cause, having this day filed her bill of complaint, praying for certain causes therein set forth, to be divorced from her husband Henry Onderdonk, the above defendant, and having made due proof, that the said Henry hath, after the cause of complaint had arisen removed himself without the jurisdiction of this court

DELAWARE BRIDGE,
AT EASTON.
NOTICE is hereby given, that agreeably to the provisions of an act of the general Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to authorize the governor of the said Commonwealth to incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton" and so far as an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, entitled "an act to empower the governor of that State to incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Township of Greenwich, in the county of Sussex, opposite the Borough of Easton," a Book will be opened on Monday, the sixth day of July next, at the Compting House of Levi Hollingsworth & Son, for receiving subscriptions for the stock of the said company, and will be kept open for three days at least, from 9 o'clock until 12 in the morning, and from 2 o'clock until 5 in the evening, unless the subscription should be sooner closed.
The Capital Stock of said Company to consist of two hundred and fifty shares at one hundred dollars each, ten dollars whereof must be paid on each share at the time of subscribing.
When a respectable sum is subscribed, due notification will be made in the newspapers of a time and place for the Stockholders to meet, to choose a suitable set of Directors for carrying the business into operation.
JESSE WALN } of Philadelphia.
L. HOLLINGSWORTH }
JOHN NICHOLSON }
THOMAS PAUL } New Jersey.
THOMAS BULLMAN }
JAMES HYNDSHAW }
JOHN ARNDT } Northampton.
WILLIAM HENRY }
JOHN BEISLER }
Commissioners under the Laws.
Phila. May 14 ditto Jul.
GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
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Those Subscribers who shall not have complied with the terms above specified on the first of July next, will, from that period be considered as declining to take the Gazette any longer.
The Editor has heretofore omitted any charge for directing and enclosing his paper—in future, one dollar per annum will be added to the Subscription of those whose papers are sent by the Post.
NEW THEATRE.
MRS. WHITLOCK'S Night.
On Friday Evening, May 15, will be presented a Tragedy, called
THE ROMAN FATHER
Or, Deliverer of his Country.
Tullus Hostilius, Mr. Moreton.
Horatius, (the Roman Father) Mr. Whitlock.
Publius, (Deliverer of his Country) Mr. Chalmers.
Valerius, Mr. Cleveland.
Volscinius, Mr. Darley jun.
Roman Soldier, Mr. Warrell.
1st Citizen, Mr. Mitchell.
2d Citizen, Mr. Blissett.
3d Citizen, Mr. Solomon.
Horatia, Mrs. Whitlock.
Valeria, Mrs. Cleveland.
act V. an OVATION, or the Triumphal Entry of Publius, after his Victory over the Curia.
The Vocal Parts by Messrs. Marshall, Darley jun. Warrell and Solomon; Mrs. Warrell, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs. Solomon, Mrs. Bates, Miss Williams.
End of the Play, a Comic Dance, (not performed this Season) called
The Scheming Milleners;
Or, the Beau New Trim'd.
Characters—Mr. Francis, Mr. Nagent, Master Warrell, Mr. Darley jun. Mr. Blissett, Mr. Mitchell, Miss Milbourne, Miss Williams, Mrs. Bates, Miss Roanson, Miss Oldfield, and Mrs. De Marque.
To which will be added, never performed here, a Comedy in two acts called
The Midnight Hour.
(Taken from the French of Beaumarchais.)
The Marquis, Mr. Marshall.
The General, Mr. Harwood.
Sebastian, Mr. Francis.
Nicholas, Mr. Bates.
Mathias, Mr. Blissett.
Ambrose, Mr. Warrell.
Julia, Mrs. Francis.
Cecily, Mrs. Bates.
Flora, Mrs. Whitlock.
With New Scenery, designed and executed by Mr. Milbourne.
* Tickets to be had of Mrs. Whitlock, No. 66 North Eighth Street, and at the usual places.
Mr. Chalmers's Night will be on Monday.
A Comedy, never performed here, called
Suspicious Husband.
To which will be added, a Farce called
Duke & no Duke.
Mr. Marshall's Night will be on Wednesday.
* The Public are respectfully informed, that during the Benefit, Places for the Boxes may be taken four Days previous to the night of Representation.
The Public are respectfully informed that the Door of the Theatre will open at a quarter after five, and the curtain rise precisely at a quarter after six o'clock.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their Servants to keep places by five o'clock, and order them, as soon as the Company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain.
PREMIUMS.
THE American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, in order the more effectually to answer the ends of their institution, have agreed to appropriate, annually, a part of their funds, to be disposed of in Premiums to the Authors of the best performances, inventions, or improvements, relative to certain specific subjects or useful knowledge. The following Premiums, therefore, are now proposed by the Society:
1. For the best System of liberal education, and literary instruction; adapted to the genius of the government, and best calculated to promote the general welfare of the United States: Comprehending also, plan for instituting and conducting public schools in this country, on principles the most extensive utility—a premium one hundred dollars. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the first day of January, 1797.
2. For the most simple, easy, and expeditious method of computing the Longitude from the common lunar observations—a premium of seventy dollars. The particular view of the Society in proposing this subject, is, that the solution of this most useful problem may, if possible, be rendered so plain and easy as to be readily learned by every mariner, even of moderate capacity, who understands the common rules of arithmetic; and thus be introduced into general practice. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the 1st day of May, 1796.
3. For the best construction or improvement of ship-pumps—a premium of seventy dollars. Improvements that may be readily applied to the ship-pump in common use, will be most likely to be adopted by seamen, and introduced into general practice. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the first day of April, 1796.
4. For the best construction or improvement of stoves or fire-places—a premium of sixty dollars. The principal end which the Society have in view in proposing this subject, is the benefit of the poorer class of people; especially of such as live in towns, or other places where fuel is dear. To answer this end, the stove should be cheap, and of durable materials; should afford the necessary degree of a salubrious and durable heat, with the least expense of fuel possible; and should be capable of being employed in warming the room, and of cooking provisions for the family. The Society have been informed, that stoves made of brick, are, in many respects, superior to those made of metal; especially in saving of fuel, and preserving a more equable degree of heat. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the 1st day of January, 1797.
5. For the best method, verified by experiment, of preventing the premature decay of peach-trees—a premium of sixty dollars. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the first day of January, 1798.
6. For the best experimental treatise on native American vegetable dies; accompanied with an accurate account or description of the several vegetables employed—a premium of ninety dollars. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the first day of February, 1798.
7. For the best construction or improvement of lamps, particularly for lighting the streets, a premium of fifty dollars. Papers on this subject will be received 'till the first day of July, 1796.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
1. EVERY candidate, along with his performance, is to send to the Society a sealed letter, containing his name, and place of abode; which letter shall never be opened by the Society, except in the case of a successful candidate.
2. No performance, invention, or improvement, on any of the subjects proposed, for which a patent, or other public reward shall have been obtained before presenting to the Society, shall be considered as entitled to the premium.
3. In lieu of the money which shall be awarded by the Society as a premium, any successful candidate shall have it in his option to receive a gold or silver medal, or piece of plate with a suitable inscription, of equal value.
4. The Society reserve to themselves the power of giving, in all cases, such part only of the premium proposed, as the performance will be adjudged to deserve; or of withholding the whole, if it shall appear to have no merit above what may have been already published on the subject: The candidates may, however, be assured, that the Society will always judge liberally of their several claims.
Extract from the Minutes,
RT. PATTERSON, Secretary.
May 1, 1795.
N. B. Besides the above Premiums which the Society have proposed out of their own proper funds, they will still continue to award, annually, to the Author of the best discovery, invention, or improvement, relative to natural philosophy, or navigation, (mere natural history only excepted) the premium of a gold medal of the value of ten guineas, out of a fund established for that purpose, by Mr. John Jayacim de Magellan, of London, in the year 1786. It is not, however, to be understood that any candidate will, for one and the same performance, be entitled both to the Magellan premium, and to any of those now proposed by the Society.
Donations from the friends of science, for the purpose of enabling the Society to extend their scheme of promoting useful knowledge by premiums, will be thankfully received by the Society, and faithfully appropriated, according to the respective directions of the donors.
A writer in the Georgia Gazette, speaking of the late act of the Legislature of that State for the sale of their Western Lands, observes—
BUT, supposing for a moment this position to have weight, I ask, how is it possible to give it effect? The members of the legislature were corrupt, and they made a law for their private emolument. This is the charge, and several Grand Juries have stamped it with an extra-judicial sanction. I call it extra-judicial, for two reasons; 1st, because the case was not within their province, and therefore they did not in this instance act under the common obligation of an oath; and, 2dly, because they no testimony but report, (insufficient to found a bill against an old woman for keeping a bawdy-house) on which to attain the legislature of their country. But waving all this for the present, and supposing the members obnoxious to the charge, I presume it will be thought but decent, if not absolutely requisite, on the score of justice, to give them a trial before their conviction is recorded. If they are not tried they cannot be convicted, and if they are not convicted, (by a proceeding in personam) it will be impossible to get at the consequence (in rem) of nullifying the act. Now, I ask, where is the tribunal to be resorted to to accomplish this mighty work? and, what is the mode of proceeding to be adopted? Why, I am answered, the people shall be the tribunal, and impeachment the mode. But the people have retained no judiciary power to themselves collectively, and the constitution declares all impeachments shall be tried before the Senate. In the present instance, the Senate are included in the charge, and thus we are all afloat again.
The truth is, in every government, like every other human device, the enemy must be a period somewhere to all the provisions that can be made constitutional or legal. Sir Matthew Hale, well known for his republican principles and conduct, (of Parliaments 49) has observed, "That a Parliament, being the highest and greatest court, over which none other can have jurisdiction, if, by any means, a misgovernment should any way fall upon it, the subject would be left without all manner of remedy." And in the same view, Montesquieu, that celebrated French writer, seeing the moral impossibility of making a constitutional provision against the possible errors of a legislature, has predicted, from the fate of several ancient republics, a period to the very constitution of a modern nation. I trust the gentlemen opposed to the measure in hand do not contend it is of sufficient magnitude to annihilate the government, and swallow up the very constitution itself: and yet, if the foregoing premises are just, or, if the authorities cited have any weight by analogy, nay, if in this age of reason, common sense is to be our standard, we will at once see that, supposing the evil even reduced to a certainty, the people would be without relief, unless by an appeal to that last of remedies, the issue of which it is not given to human intelligence previously to determine.
Messrs. Dunlap & Claypoole, Having observed in your paper a few days ago, a short account of the circumstance of the passengers being taken out of the brig Harmony, from Cork, I send you the following particulars of that disgraceful transaction.
JOHN CHAMPLIN, Mate of the brig Harmony. On the 2d of May, in 30 fathom water, Cape May bearing S. S. W. 18 leagues distant, we were brought to by two British frigates (or pirates) the Cleopatra of 32 guns, Capt. Penrose, and L'Oiseau of 36, Capt. Murray. At 7 o'clock in the evening, they boarded us and took away Capt. Tinker. After some time he returned in one of the frigates boats, with two officers, with orders to take all our passengers on board the Cleopatra, which they immediately began, and continued, and continued removing them until 12 o'clock at night, and finding it then inconvenient to persist in, they ordered us to remain along side till morning, with which we were obliged to comply, although we were then 20 miles to the northward of the Capes, and the wind from the southward. They compelled us to steer N. E. by N. all night, and at day light resumed their tyrannical proceedings towards the passengers, all of whom they took off, excepting those who found means to conceal themselves below, and not content with robbing these unfortunate people of their freedom, and the owners of the vessel of their property, carried off our second mate, who had a lawful protection granted him by the Secretary of State, and one of the seamen who is a native of Denmark, but had a protection from one of our Consuls, and left us with but three men fit for duty.
Whilst the Harmony was detained by the British ships, we were informed by the Mate of the ship Confederacy of New-York, (whose crew were also on board) that the said ship was captured by them on the 28th of April, and sent to Halifax, and that twenty odd Americans were in confinement on board the frigates, being the crews of the ship Eliza of 1000 tons, and Harmony of Baltimore.
Phila. May 12th, 1795.
WILMINGTON, (D.) May 13.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF NEW-CASTLE COUNTY.
WHEREAS the Subscriber has been so fortunate as to draw the HIGHEST PRIZE in the New-Castle Pier-Lottery, therefore Gives a General INVITATION, To the Inhabitants of the County of New-Castle, to meet at the Court-House, in the town of New-Castle, on the 10th instant, to partake of A PIPE OF MADEIRA, The head of which is to be drove in with a MALL and WEDGES.
CALIRA, will be danced around the Park, while the CAP of LIBERTY is to be suspended in the air.
CITIZEN CLAY.
New-Castle, May 12th, 1795.
EXTRACT
From the Journals of a Traveller.
CONVERSATION turned upon The Age of Reason, when a few remarks were made as might naturally be expected from men who are neither Atheists nor Sadducees, but who believe that a just God governs this world, as well as that which is to come; and that in the future state, he will give to every one a recompense of reward, according as his life and conversation here shall have been, whether in obedience to the revealed will of Heaven, or after the vain imaginations of his own mind.
They likewise lamented that there lived a man so unjust to himself as to entertain such opinions, and so inimical to his species as to publish them; and that the celebrity of a patriotic name should be corrupted into a vehicle for the most deadly of all poisons.
The successes and immoralities of the French were also mentioned, and a few common observations thereon being made, one, who abhorred The Age of Reason, declared, that if a people so cruel and wicked be in the end successful he would renounce the principles of Christianity, and adopt those of The Age of Reason.
By an accident the company was at that moment separated, and I retired to my lodgings, foreseeing that a good intention should be so marred by intemperate zeal. The design was only, in very strong terms, to express disapprobation of things which all men of virtue and humanity must condemn. But he was so unguarded as to suffer the fervor of his zeal to usurp his avowed sentiments; for it was in fact saying, If the almighty, in the dispensations of His providence did not order things as he thought just and best, he would renounce all belief in His providential care of the world, which is in truth saying with the fool, there is no God.
By this kind of zeal men most unhappily injure their own mind, and commit the heinous offence of accusing eternal justice—What pity it is that the affairs of the world command more circumpection than those of eternity!
I recollect a story of a zealot in the pulpit, who, eager to engage his parish in some contest of bigotry, declared, "Their cause was the cause of God and if the Deity did not favor them with success he would conclude that the Devil had taken the command of Heaven."
From the absurdity of the conceit I had considered this story as the fiction of the opposite party; but this declaration, which reminded me of it, gives it the appearance of probability.
From the apparent tendency of a few events, to judge of the stupendous plans of Omnipotence is at least imprudence. In such precipitations it is forgotten that he is God, and they but men, blind and incapable of foreseeing and comprehending the glorious and immense design.
In the present case, however, it is happy that we are warranted in believing those wars, and those Antichristian actors and teachers, are a fulfilment of scripture prophecies; and being such a fulfilment, they support, in a remarkable manner, another declaration of holy writ, Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee.
This is a very particular declaration, and the coincidence of so many events now verifying it is a circumstance, so striking, that it cannot fail to operate powerfully in favor of revelation, and a Providence, upon all minds not yet maddened into Paineism, which aims, like the giants of old, to tear the sceptre from out of the hands of Jehovah, the omnipotent, universal, and everlasting King.
Thus those very transactions, which all good minds abhor, and at which weak ones take offence, are improved, by infinite wisdom, into manifestations of His immutable truth; and they, all together, display the wonderful operations of that divine attribute which out of evil educes good, or overrules the rage of ambition and power to the praise of His glory, and completion of the eternal counsels of His sovereign will.
The following Correspondence is extracted from the Publications of The Massachusetts Historical Society. The Perusal will be a luculent Explanation.
L. Belknap's Letter to Dr. Kippis, Author of Biographia Britannica.
Boston, April 4th, 1795.
REV. SIR,
HAVING read, with great pleasure, some of your writings, and having heard, that you bear the character of great candour and goodness, as well as of indefatigable industry in searching after truth, it gave me very sensible mortification, to find in your life of Captain Cook, an unmerited reproach cast on the Congress of the American states.
After reciting an order, issued by the late Dr. Franklin, acting as ambassador from America, in France, in the year 1779, when Captain Cook was expected to return, from his last voyage of discovery, to Europe, in which order the Doctor recommended to American cruisers, in case they should meet Captain Cook at sea, to treat him not as an enemy, but as a friend; and assuring them, "that in doing they would not only gratify the generosity of their own dispositions, but obtain the approbation of Congress," you remark as follows, viz.
"In the confidence which the Doctor expressed, with respect to the approbation of Congress, he happened to be mistaken: as the members of that assembly, at least the greater part of them, were not possessed of minds equally enlightened, with that of their ambassador. He was not supported by his masters, in this noble act of humanity, of love to science and of liberal policy. The orders he had given were instantly reversed; and it was directed by Congress, that especial care should be taken, to seize Captain Cook, if an opportunity of doing it occurred. All this proceeded from a false notion, that it would be injurious to the United States, for the English to obtain a knowledge of the opposite coast of America."
The unqualified assurance, with which you have introduced this assumed fact to public view, is the more extraordinary, as you might have been induced to suspect it, by inquiring of American gentlemen whom you have seen in England. Dr. Adams, the Vice-President of the United States, whilst he resided in London, could have undeceived you; and I am assured that you had frequent opportunities of conversing with him. By the favour of this gentleman, during the last session of Congress, and by information received from gentlemen, who were delegates to Congress in the years 1779 and 1780, I have it in my power to produce the most satisfactory evidence, that the American Congress did not disapprove "the noble humanity, love to science and liberal policy of their ambassador;" that they did not "reverse the orders which he had given;" "Captain Cook, if an opportunity of doing it occurred;" and therefore that there is no ground for your reproachful charge against them, and the people whom they represented, as if they "were not possessed of minds equally enlightened with that of their ambassador;" or that they entertained "a false notion, that it would be injurious to the United States, for the English to obtain a knowledge of the opposite coast of America."
The following papers, containing the detail of my evidence, are respectfully submitted to the public; and I trust will produce conviction in your own, and in every candid mind, that you have been misinformed, with respect to what you have published as a fact. The originals are deposited in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
I am, Sir, with much respect,
Your most obedient servant,
JEREMY BELKNAP,
Corresponding Secretary of said Society.
REV. ANDREW KIPPIS, D. D.
[From the Vice-President.]
Philadelphia, Jan. 16 1795.
DEAR SIR,
YOUR letter of the 2d was brought to me this morning, and I thank you for your attention to the reputation of your country.
I have shewn your letter to Mr. Henry, Mr. Ellsworth, and other members of Congress in 1779 and 1780, and there is not one, who remembers anything like the account, which Dr. Kippis has given.
I will take other measures for ascertaining facts, and transmit the result to you, as soon as I can. Dr. Franklin's recommendation to American ships of war, to respect Captain Cook, as far as I remember any thing of it, was universally approved and applauded by all Americans, without exception.
I have often been a delighted hearer of Dr. Kippis in the pulpit, and have often met him in company at my own House and at the tables of other persons and never without a high opinion of his candour, as well as his information. He has written nothing, I believe, but what he honestly thought to be true; but he has been misinformed. I will do all in my power, to enable you to undeceive him, and disabuse the public.
I am, &c.
JOHN ADAMS.
[From the Vice-President.]
Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1795.
DEAR SIR,
I HAVE delivered your letter to the Secretary of State, and he has caused

he records to be searched; and the result is the report enclosed. I shall send you more on this subject; in the mean time you will prefer this.
With great regard, &c. JOHN ADAMS.
Department of State, January 22, 1795.
I hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the records in the office of the department of state, and find no mention made therein, of or concerning the directions issued in March 1779, by Dr. Franklin, then in France, to all commanders of armed ships in the American service, &c. as stated in Dr. Kippis's life of Captain Cook.
GEORGE TAYLOR, jun. Chief Clerk.
[From the Vice-President to Mr. Madison.]
Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1795.
DEAR SIR,
WILL you be so good as to read the enclosed letter from Dr. Belknap, and tell me, from your own recollection, of what passed in Congress in 1779, 1780, and 1781; whether there is any colour for the imputation cast on our country by Dr. Kippis. I often heard him, in the pulpit, and frequently met him, in society, in London, and ever conceived and entertained a good opinion of his candour, and a great idea of his information. I doubt not, he wrote what he believed; but certainly he has been misinformed.
I doubt not he will readily correct his error, as soon as he shall be convinced of it; and if you will be so obliging as to recollect what passed within your own knowledge relative to Dr. Franklin's recommendation, and write it to me, I will convey it to Dr. Belknap, and take some other measures to shew that Dr. Franklin's liberality of sentiment was never censured, but on the contrary was admired by his fellow-citizens.
I have the honor to be, &c.
JOHN ADAMS.
[From Mr. Madison to the Vice-President.]
Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1795.
DEAR SIR,
I have been induced to this delay in acknowledging your letter of the 23d ult. enclosing one to you from Mr. Belknap, by a desire to obtain from my memory all the information it might ever have possessed in relation to the error in Dr. Kippis's life of Capt. Cook. I was not a member of Congress till March, 1780. It is probable, therefore, that if the directions to American commanders in favor of Captain Cook, issued, as is stated, in March, 1779, they must have been transmitted to that body, and undergone its consideration, before I could have been present. After I became a member, nothing was ever done on the subject, as far as my memory can inform me. I do not even recollect, that the subject ever fell incidentally under any public discussion. I have, however, a pretty strong impression, that it occasionally entered into the conversation of the members, as it often did into that of intelligent citizens out of doors; and that I never heard a sentiment uttered, which did not applaud the magnanimity of the idea, which considered Captain Cook's expedition as consecrated to the general good of mankind, and consequently not included in the hostilities between particular nations.
With the highest respect and esteem, I have the honor to be, &c.
JAMES MADISON, jun.
P. S. I have shown the above to Mr. Muhlenburg, the speaker, and to Mr. Boudinot, a member of the House of Representatives. The former was a member of Congress during the years 1779, 1780, and 1781. The latter from July, 1780, to the peace in 1783. Both of them concur in what I have stated, and recollect nothing more particular on the subject.
[From Governor Adams.]
Boston, March 30, 1795.
SIR,
I received your note, stating what Dr. Kippis had asserted, respecting a recommendation of Dr. Franklin, minister from America in France, in the year 1779, to the American cruisers, to treat Captain Cook, on his expected return from a voyage of discoveries, as a friend, and not an enemy; assuring them, that in so doing, they would obtain the approbation of Congress; but that the doctor was mistaken, for that assembly, at least the greater part of them, instantly reversed the order of Dr. Franklin, and directed, that a special order should be taken to seize Capt. Cook, if an opportunity for doing it occurred.
You request me to give you a certificate respecting the matter, and to express the year when I was in Congress. I was a
member from the first sitting of Congress, in the year 1774, until the Spring of the year 1781. It was my constant practice once in every two weeks or fifteen months, to make a short visit to my constituents. In the year 1779, I was detained in Boston a much longer time than usual, by a fit of sickness; in which time, I constantly received from Mr. Lovell, and my other colleagues, information of the most material transactions of Congress. I do now declare to you, that I do not recollect, either while I was present in Congress, or from any of my colleagues, while I was absent, that the orders he (Dr. Franklin) had given to the American cruisers, were instantly or ever reversed, or that it was directed by Congress, that a special order should be taken to seize Capt. Cook, if an opportunity for so doing occurred.
It appears to me that Dr. Kippis must have been misinformed. I am with respect your friend and humble servant,
Samuel Adams.
Rev. Dr. Belknap.
[From James Lovell, Esq.]
Boston, March 28, 1795.
SIR,
HAVING been constantly upon duty, as a member of Congress, from the beginning of the year 1777, to the beginning of 1782, and, for the most part of that time, one of the committee of foreign affairs, and in some of the years upon a committee for publishing the Journals; and having also been individually in the habit of corresponding with Dr. Franklin during the whole period, I feel no hesitation in declaring the representation made by Dr. Kippis in your extract before me, to be false, and though, perhaps, not malicious, yet most disreputably inadvertent in him, as the author of Biographia Britannica . Dr. Franklin was so sure of the liberality of the government under which he was employed, that I doubt whether he thought it necessary even to send a copy of his orders, respecting Captain Cook, for the inspection of Congress. I am, sir, with much esteem, your humble servant,
JAMES LOVELL.
Rev. Dr. Belknap.
[From Elbridge Gerry, Esq.]
Cambridge, 3d April, 1795.
SIR,
IN compliance with the request of the President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, permit me to address you on the subject of an extract which he has transmitted to me from the Biographia Britannica of Dr. Kippis, who therein asserts, that "Dr. Franklin, acting as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, in the year 1779, recommended to American cruisers, if they should meet Captain Cook, on a return from a voyage of discoveries, to treat him as a friend, and not as an enemy: that the Doctor was not supported by his masters in this noble act of humanity, of love to science, and of liberal policy; but that the orders he had given were instantly revoked; and it was directed by Congress, that a special order should be taken to seize Captain Cook, if an opportunity for doing it occurred."
If such a measure had been adopted by Congress, it probably would have occurred to me, as I was a member of that body, and constantly attended it, from September, 1776, to March, 1780, but I have no recollection of such an act, or of any measure similar to it: admitting, however, it may have escaped my memory, it would certainly have appeared either on the public or private journals of Congress, and I have the whole of the former, and a copy of the latter, to the period last mentioned, but cannot find, in either of them, any such order as is mentioned by Dr. Kippis, or any entry which wears the resemblance of it.
That Congress therefore have neither passed or sanctioned such an order, I conceive is demonstrable; and if this unmerited aspersion is productive of disgrace, on whom does it devolve, unless on the author; if then, to justify his conduct in this instance, the Doctor should endeavour to shew that he has been grossly imposed on in point of fact, the public will determine whether this is a sufficient apology for his hasty and unjust reproach of the government of a nation; or whether, as a professed friend to liberality and candor, he ought not to have presumed that Congress were incapable of such an illiberal act, until he possessed incontestible evidence to the contrary.
I have the honor to be, sir, your friend and very humble servant,
E. GERRY.
To the Rev. Doct. Belknap, corresponding secretary of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
BOSTON.
COMMUNICATION.
The country have set the town of Boston a very happy example; almost every advocate for Jacobin principles has been displaced, and true Republican Federalists elected in their steads. That this is fact, the veracity of a gentleman, who has lately passed through a very considerable portion of the country, is pledged.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
LONDON, March 12.
Orders have been sent from the secretary of state's office to the comptroller and Newgate, ordering Mr. Gerald and Major Semple to make ready for their departure in a vessel about to sail for Botany Bay.
On Tuesday last the Irish House of Lords resolved itself into a committee of privileges on the claim of Lord Trimlestown. After the examination of witnesses as to the authenticity of the family records, the chairman reported, that his Lordship had proved his claim to the title of Baron Trimlestown. The report was received nem. dist. and his Lordship was congratulated by all the Peers who were present on the restoration of his family honors.
Lord Trimlestown's barony is the next in rank after that of Lord Kinfaule, the premier sitting baron of Ireland.
Sir Benjamin Hammett spoke feelingly on the Franking Bill. His wheelbarrow may now be sent to the country, for its occupation, as a letter carrier, will soon be no more.
When Sir Francis Baring laid thirty or forty pounds was very inconsiderable in the pocket of a member of the House of Commons, many of those who sat on the opposition benches, sliding their hands gently down the front of their thighs, as if moved by one and the same sensation, sent forth a heavy sigh, as much as to say, "Would to God the case was so."
It would have been extraordinary indeed, if Sir Benjamin Hammett had not opposed the franking bill; for we are informed from very good authority, that letters franked by and addressed to him only, are to the amount of 2400. sterling per annum.
It would have been no bad policy in the minister, if at the time he was taxing hair-powder, he had paid a little attention to another kind of powder much used in this country—not to ornament the head, but to feed the nose—sprinkle occasionally among victuals—paint brown the upper lip and fingers—and daub the cravat, handkerchief, gown, or waistcoat: This powder is called Snuff ; and were it even taxed to a prohibition, it would certainly render great service to decency, and frequently prevent the mouth from receiving insults from the nose.
Some persons have extolled the conduct of the French commodore on the coast of Africa, for destroying the British shipping, but particularly for emancipating the slaves from confinement. It is very unfortunate for those friends of liberty and humanity, that they are totally ignorant of the subject; they seem so much enraptured to dwell upon—What do they suppose the poor slaves enjoyed? The transitory liberty of being sent from the vessel they were in, to be instantaneously seized upon the shore, and confined till the arrival of other vessels to re-purchase them.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, May 13.
The French, among the actions which thoughtless enthusiasts have applauded, have granted freedom to all the blacks in the West-India Islands.
However unjust and detestable may be the principle of slavery, yet I venture to pronounce this measure of the French, highly impolitic and improper. It has not produced the effect intended—it has not rendered the islanders all free—it has only changed masters into slaves, and slaves into masters—and what is worse, it has taken the rod from men who were civilized, who had some sentiments of humanity, and placed it in the hands of a race of barbarous, unfeeling, ferocious savages, who murder with as little ceremony as they eat.
It is no excuse for this decree of the French, that slavery is a violation of all moral justice [which I admit] nor does it palliate the imprudence of the Convention, that the whites have been the aggressors. The truth is the evil existed, and the remedy proposed is ten thousand times worse than the disease. Instead of diffusing the blessings of freedom, it has converted freedom itself into a wide extended curse. The whites have been murdered or driven into exile, to perish in distress and poverty; or if they remain, and fortunately save their lives, they live in perpetual fear and exposed to every species of injury and insult. The whites are now the slaves.
The evil of slavery, like many others in society, is too extensive and deep-rooted to admit of a sudden and total relief. Nothing marks the weakness of a Legislator, more than this mode of correcting political evils; instead of applying those gradual palliatives and correctives which slowly remove the disease, without endangering the body. Great and sudden reformation often does more hurt, than good—Reforming too much, like governing too much, defeats its own purposes—increases the very evils intended to be corrected, removes one tyrant only to make way for ten. One half the changes in France,
during the revolution, have been of this kind.
Gov. Dunmore of the Bahama Islands has issued his proclamation prohibiting the exportation of provisions, till further orders.
The superb collection of painting, which the French have made in the Netherlands, is exposed in the Hall of the old Louvre.
We have very direct and credible information, that the appearance of the grain in the western part of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, is not flattering.—We should regret indeed the failure of crops in America, when all the world besides is in want.
Arrived at Providence, (R. I.) Ship Providence, Cole, Isle of France, 90 days.
Ship Abigail, Jenks, ditto.
HARTFORD, May 11.
It is time the good Seed was sown.
The United States have one of the fairest prospects before them ever known. Europe still remains like troubled water . Their granaries are destroyed—and millions of their inhabitants are looking to us for the necessaries of life. Whether war or peace prevails, their demands on the American Farmer must for a long time continue to be exceedingly great. The calls of humanity, and the prospect of gain, will doubtless stimulate our husbandmen to a degree of industry beyond what was ever yet seen on earth. He who doubts the truth of these observations, let him read the following.
Extract from a late London paper. "Bread has scarcely ever been at so high a price since the commencement of the century; in many of the Provinces a worm has been discovered in the wheat, which very much diminishes its produce. The harvests of America, which used to supply our deficiencies, have been forestalled by France, at a higher price than we can pay for them. The lawless influence of despots has not only destroyed the harvests, but ruined the seed-time of Poland, once the granary of Europe. The fertile fields of Belgium are laid waste. It is a fact that one great corn dealer in this city has received upwards of fifty letters from his correspondents on the continent, declaring they cannot fulfil his orders."
PITTSBURGH, May 9.
A friend to mankind is happy in having it in his power to inform the friends to virtue and good order, that the Presbyterian clergy of this country have taken measures to purge the church of those corrupt members who have been active in the late insurrection. Should other denominations of christians take similar measures with criminals in their connection, it might have a happy effect in healing the wounds which religion has received, and in restoring peace and order to our country. The following is an extract, which I have procured from the minutes of the Redstone Presbyterian, convened at Rehoboth, in the Forks of Yough, April 22d, 1795.
"On motion, Resolved, That if any of those persons who, during the late disturbances, had an active hand in burning property, robbing the mail, and destroying the official papers of the officers of government, shall apply for distinguishing privileges in our church, they shall not be admitted until they give satisfactory evidence of their repentance. And the Presbytery did, and hereby do declare their hearty disapprobation of all riotous, illegal, and unconstitutional combinations against the government, the laws, or the officers of government."
The Presbytery of Ohio, convened at Pigeon creek, April 29, 1795, unanimously adopted the same resolution, and added the following recommendation:—"And we do, in the most earnest and importunate manner, recommend to and enjoin it upon all the people under our care, to be subject to all magistrates and lawful authority."
NEWFIELD, (Conn.) May 13.
A new species of Privateering.
Friday night last the store of Captain Charles Pond, of Milford, was opened with false keys, and goods to a large amount taken out. Saturday morning Captain Pond came to this place, and observing a small sloop passing this harbour, which he recollected was in Milford road the evening before, and one of the people from on board her had been to his store & purchased a few flints, he was suspicious that they were the persons who had robbed his store. He hired Capt. Baker to go with his sloop in pursuit of them. They came up with the sloop at Hallet's Cove, where he had come to an anchor. The men belonging to the sloop were on shore. Capt. Pond and Capt. Baker went on shore to endeavour to satisfy themselves with respect to the sloop. They found the people at the tavern, and on asking them a few questions, their suspicions were heightened. Capt. Pond requested the captain to go on board and convince him of his innocence. This he readily agreed to, and with one of his hands went down to go on board. Captain Baker and Captain Pond got into their boat, and the two men went into theirs: they rowed towards the sloop, but the boat belonging to the strangers being lighter than Capt. Baker's they soon left him, and instead of steering for the sloop, made for the opposite shore, which they reached, and before Capt. Baker got to the shore they were out of sight. Capt. Baker and Capt. Pond then went and took possession of the sloop, where they found Capt. Pond's goods, a dark lantern, and a number of other articles, which make it
evident that she was fitted out for the purpose of pillaging. The papers were also found, by which it appears, that she is the vessel of Brooklyn, twenty-one tons burthen, James Coates master, of Brooklyn King's county and state of New-York, the 14th of April, 1795.
N. B. Any person who will secure the person or persons who committed the acts aforesaid, shall receive ten dollars reward from Charles Pond.
PHILADELPHIA, May 15.
Says a Correspondent.
THE merits of theatrical Candidates for public patronage are almost as various as the individuals who aspire to that high distinction—There is however one general trait of character, which never fails of success—and that is an evident, invariable desire to please.
Mr. CHALMERS, independent of his acknowledged intrinsic merits as a performer, has, on every occasion discovered a just solicitude to impress on the minds of his audience that he plays for THEM. That the approbation of an enlightened public is the richest reward of his exertions—It is this laudable idea that routes into action those great and surprising powers, which distinguish the performances of this gentleman—and which on Monday evening next will be called forth in all their energy to justify the high anticipations formed of the entertainment then to be exhibited for his BENEFIT.
His Excellency ARTHUR FENNER, Esq., is re-elected Governor, and the Honorable SAMUEL J. POTTER, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode-Island.
AUTHENTIC.
By letters received from Port-de-Paix, to the 18th ult. we learn that General Laveaux, who commanded in the northern province of Hispaniola, has been appointed by the French government, commander in chief over the whole military force in the island of St. Domingo.
They had intelligence there of 17 or 20 sail with British troops having entered St. Nicholas Mole, and it was understood that an attempt would be made against Port-de-Paix. Every thing was prepared for a good reception of the enemy in case they would venture on an expedition.
Port-au-Prince and St. Marc were both closely surrounded; two 24 pounders were mounted before the latter place, and played with advantage on the town and road.
From the Aurora
The gazette of Leghorn mentions that the Republic of Venice has raised an army of thirty thousand men, who are now quartered in the territory of Brescia between Austrian Lombardy and Tyrol; the only passage by means of which the Emperor is enabled to reinforce and supply his troops in Italy. On the other side the Ottoman Porte continues to make vigorous preparations by land sea.
These armaments are certainly not intended against the French republic. Time will disclose to us whether the two above powers do only mean to have their neutrality respected.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
   ARRIVED.  Days.      Snow Perroud, Harris, Port-de-Paix  20    Hebe, Hihlander, Havannah  20    Schooner Ann, Jackson, Virginia  4    Good Intent, Miller, do.  11    Success Hill, do.  6    Brig Brutus Garilican a French privateer from a cruise.     Schooner Charming, Lark, Grenada  16    Capt. Lark brings nothing new—altho' he is the latest arrival from that island.    
Wanted Immediately,
A Man Servant, who is capable of doing the drudgery business of a Public House.
ALSO,
A genteel young man, in the capacity of a Waiter. And a Woman, who understands the business of the Kitchen, and occasionally to assist in Cooking.
Such persons having good characters, will receive generous Wages, and constant employ.
Enquire of the Printer.
May 15
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NEW-CASLE PIER LOTTERY.
The returns of the drawing arrive daily at the office No. 149 Chestnut street, between Fourth and Fifth streets—where a correct numerical Book is kept; also, the slips of each day's drawing regularly filed.
Information given where a few remaining tickets may be had, warranted undrawn.
Low prizes exchanged, and high prizes cashed. Thirty-Sixth Day's drawing is arrived.
WASHINGTON LOTTERY.
The Public are informed by authority, that this Lottery will positively commence at the close of New-Castle Lottery. Information given where tickets may be purchased, value 3 dollars each. Also, a few quarter tickets. In the above lottery, signed by Samuel Bledgh which will entitle the holder to one fourth of the prize drawn to its number.
April 16
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PRICE OF STOCKS
   PRICE OF STOCKS       6 per Cents  19/9    3 per Cents  11/7    Deterred  14/1    Bank of the United States  39—40    Pennsylvania  37    North-America  45   

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 Leguin Island, near the mouth of Kenne- beck river, on the coast of the District of Maine; of the following Materials, Di- mensions and Description.
The form is to be an Octagon. The foun- dation is to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the wooden work, or twelve feet and an half be- low the surface of the earth, and to be com- menced 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 wood- en 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 in- ches higher than the crown level of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house is to be er- ected, and it may be found impossible, on account of the rock, to sink the fame 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 material, workmanship and labor.
The octagonal pyramid is to be well fram- ed, and of stout heart pine timber. It is to be twenty six feet in diameter at the base, there- of where it will rest on the top of the stone foundation, to which it is to be well secured by sixteen iron truss bolts built therein and otherwise. The height of the wooden build- ing from the bottom of the water table and 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 capped with sawed stone at least eight inches wide, and sloped at top to turn off the wa- ter.
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 pain- ted with three coats. The light house is to have two windows in the East, and two win- dows 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 from a cornice, the whole hav- ing a descent from the centering 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 a bove. 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 poles 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 furnished by a large vane, so that the hole for venting the smoke may be always to leeward. Eight dormant ventila- tors 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 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. The entrance into the light house is to be well se- cured 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 there- about in front, and twenty five feet deep, with a cellar, under it, if it shall be found practi- cable to dig it. The cellar walls to be eight- teen inches thick, and seven feet high. The story of the House to be seven feet and one half in the clear. The roof to have a rectangular pitch. The floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The House is to contain a Kitchen of thirteen by sixteen feet, a sitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by sixteen feet, two small chambers of eight by nine feet join'g to the ends of the Kitchen and sitting room, with a passage to those two rooms between the bed room. The back of chimneys to be between the Kitchen and sit- ting 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 out er door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. There are to be two win- dows 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 furnish- ed 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 fi- nished 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 contain- ing two hundred Gallons. The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be sunk at a convenient distance, 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 expense for a sum to be proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and every part thereof in a good and workmanlike manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on secu- rity, will be made. April 17. t&f.
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 Ma- terials, Dimensions and Description.
The form is to be Octagonal. The foun- dation is to be of stone, to be sunk thirteen feet below the bottom of the Water table, or the surface of the Earth, and to be com- menced of the Diameter of twenty nine feet. From such commencement to the bottom of the Water Table, the foundation wall is to be thirteen feet high, and nine feet thick.
The Diameter of the base from the bot- tom of the Water Table to the top thereof, (where the Octagonal pyramid is to com- mence) 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 Water Table.
The Height of the building, from the bot- tom of the Water Table and from the sur- face of the Earth, 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; the Water Table is to be capped 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, bedded 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 descent from the Centre, sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with Copper. A complete and suf- ficient 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 Stanch- ions 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 up- right 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 fram- ed 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 contain- ing 100 Gallons. This head is to be turned by a large vane; so that the hole, for vent- ing 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 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 cel- lar under it. The cellar walls to be eight- een 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 back of Chimneys with 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 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 co- vers, each capable of containing two hun- dred gallons.
The entrance to the vault is to be secur- ed by a strong door. A well is to be sunk at a convenient distance, and furnished with a curb, bucket and rope completely. The builder is to find and pay for all the ma- terials, labor, workmanship, provisions, and other objects of cost, charge or ex- pence 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. t&f.
City of Washington
SCHEME
OF THE LOTTERY, No. II.
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF THE FEDERAL CITY.
1 A magnificent 20,000 Dollars, and dwelling house, 5 cash 38,000 are
  1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 50,000   1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000   1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 Cash prize of 10,000   2 ditto 5,000 each, are 10,000   10 ditto 1,000 10,000   20 ditto 500 10,000   100 ditto 100 10,000   200 ditto 50 10,000   400 ditto 25 10,000   1,000 ditto 10 10,000   15,000 ditto 10 150,000   15,739 Prizes   33,261 Blanks   50,000 Tickets at 8 dollars 400,000 
This Lottery will afford an elegant spec- imen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful de- signs are already selected for the entire fronts 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 nett deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the neces- sary expenses of printing, &c. and the sur- plus 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 seize the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security.
The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery.
The twenty four gentlemen who by ap- pointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a se- cond time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National Uni- versity and the other federal objects may con- tinue 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 se- lection of the best materials, ancient and mod- ern, will be submitted to the public when- ever the fame may have gone through such perfection as may be necessary to establish the perfect confidence and general approbation, so essential to its present rise and future ex- istence for the general good of America.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Eu- rope, 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 fair disposal of the tickets, has rendered the short suspension indispensable. February 24, 1795.
SAMUEL BLODGET.
* Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; or James Wet & Co. Baltimore; or Gideon Denison, Savannah, of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins Rich- mond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry
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NOTICE is hereby given,
agreeably to Charter, to the Members of "The Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers," to meet on the 28th day of May next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Second Pres- byterian Church, in the City of Philadelphia, for the disposal of all such business as may then be brought before the Board.
ASHBEL GREEN, Sec'y of the Corporation. April 25th, 1795. sawt
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Extract from the Critical Review, April 1791, p. 468.
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Scheme of a Lottery,
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