FROM THE AMERICAS SPY, PUBLISHED IN LAhSINCEURG STATE OF NEW-YORK. o XCE, fays the fable, thief combin'd with thief, CoMihv'd a plot to steal a piece of beet : This, watchful, firll the tempting fui loin took, Which t'other, Hy, conceal'd beneath h:s cloak; This had not look (to crown the guileful cheat) That swears by J l » v c he had not got the meat : Thus cloak'd their crime by (hew of iruth and wit; So mafiei butcher he was fairly bit. O! would 10 God such petty frauds and crime® Would gratify the knaves of modern tunes! But mightier thieves infect mankind of late, Who scarcely blush to cabbage half a Slate ; With great commiflion mighty mifersiob, Alas, a plumb is but a modem job ! A Slate Divan, in power and office high, With dread preface survey their period ni :h; (For, by progrcflion, all must rife who shine, And ev'ry IVar that rises must decline) Who, like th' unrighteous steward, as we read, Are hoarding fomeihing 'gainst a time of need ; To make their mistress', debtors kind and thrifty, Forcv'r) hundred bid them write down fifty; Win o'er lb' unrighteous mammon to their caufc, Securely cheat, and triumph o'er the laws : That ftiff ffate-robe that's wrapt around the great, Cloaks blacker crimes than hangs a needy cheat. Man rai&'d to power, and holding it too long, To yield that pow'r to them may seem a wrong, And cause to curfc that spirit of the nation That blasts the hopes of heredit'ry fucceflion, And purchalc large dominions of their own, Which, like Pizarro, they can rule alone. Hence la»ge polleflions in the Weft arc fold, And in one vortex whirls a people's gold. But think ye, reader, barely for himfelf Plump Mc. has purchas'd all that world of ocif? If not, then search the hidden mylt'ry, where An honor'd something fills an honor'd chair, Turn back the copious cloak, peihaps a patent Is in the pocket snug ;—but, hush! tis latent. SIMONIDE S. PHILADELPHIA. A CORRESPONDENT OBSERVES, IT is certainly among the firft duties ofa legis lative body to provide as far as poflible the means for difFufing among all the citizens of a free country, information refpedting their rights and privileges—aknowlcdgeofthe laws by which rbey are governed, and ti;e reasons on which those laws are sounded—also foch political, mo ral and social intelligence as has special refer ence to their freedom, peace, security and hap piness. linprefled with this idea, the legislature of the United States has provided, by law, for the publication of their acts and resolutions, on a liberal and extensive scale, not only in volumes, for the life of the several Hate legiflat tires, but nlfo in several of the newspapers of the refpetftive states. This provision, so far as it goes, is salu tary ; but it is obvious that it is also tieceflary to the exigence and administration of the govern ment. It therefore now remains, to complete a patriotic system of general information, that ade quate provision be made to diffufe, with punctu ality and certainty, that mass of intelligence which our numerous periodical publications af ford. In the most enlightened countries of Europe, this information is circulated through the me 4ium the port-office—for experience fully fhews/rnat no private arrangements which can be made will be found adequate to the purpose. Since the glorious revolution in France has ta ken place, that wife and sagacious people, by their national aflembly, have opened the channels of intelligence upon a plan so liberal and univer sal as to have produced the most aftonifhina ef fedls. In England, it has been aflerted that the newspapers are circulated through the medium of the pofl-office to all parts of the kingdom. A% this country has exhibited examples to man kind of a just and liberal policy on many impor tant points, and which have been applauded and adopted by folne of the oldest countries in Eu rope, the examples above recited jullly demand our imitation—but, independent of this confede ration, the merits of the business claim the fulleft attention of our civil fathers—and when to this is added the weight of the public opinion so de cidedly in its favor, a doubt cannot exist of every thing being done to meet the vviihes of the people. ~ Two very liberal events have transpired in the preceding year—Mr. Wilberforce, for his en deavors to effect ah "abolition of the Ilave trade has been hung in effigy—and Dr. Priestley, for rejoicing that twenty-five millions of people have been reltored to liberty, has had his house burnt, and himfelf threatened with broilin?. Liberal rimes these"!" EXTRACTS. " With the liberty of the press, a bad Consti tution may be iniprovbd, and vicious instruments reformed; without this liberty, the best Consti tution may be corrupted, the wisest laws may de generate." 3 " What is a momentary calumny against a ■whole life devoted to virtue, against disin tere sted aiilions ; against important; services i" of the United States. Bank Phi ladelphia, November 22/1791. HPHE Stockholders of the Bank of the United States i are hereby informed, that according to tha ilatute of incor poration, a general ekttion foi twenty-five Di Rectors will be held at the Bank of the United Slates, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the fccond day of Januaiy next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And, pursuant to the eleventh fe&ion of the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are hereby notified to alTemble in general meeting, at the fame place, on Tuelday the third day of January next, at five o'clock in the evening. By order of the President and Dire&ors, JOHN K E A N, Cajhicr. Second fundamental Article of Statute of Incorporation. " Not more than three-fourths of the Directors in office, exclu sive of the President, lhall be eligible for the next succeeding year. But the Director who lhall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-eletted." septs \ George MEADE Has for SALE, at his Stores on Walnut-Street Wh^rf, A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old bills of exchange Madeira WINE, which he will dispose of by the pipe, hoglhead or quarter cask. London market Madeira WINE, 5 and 6 years old. Old Sherry WINE of ine suit quality, by the hoglhcad or quarter cask. Three and 4 years old LifbonWlNE, of a superior quality to what is generally imported, by the pipe, quarter cask, or larger quantity. Choice old Coniac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or quantity. A few quarter chests of firft quality Hyson TEA. He hasjuft received by the Pigou, Loxlev, matter, from London, a few quarter casks of old Madeira WINE—And By the brig Mercury, Capt. Stevens, from Dublin, a few boxes of Irish LINENS, low priced and well afiorted ; a tew bales of red and white FLANNELS, and some GLUE. A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of the firft quality, and Burlington PORK of prime quality. He has a!fo to dispose of, a quantity of drell»d White Oak STAVES. He means to keep a constant supply of First. Quality Madeira and Lisbon WINES, and whoever is pleased to favor him with their custom, may be allured of being well served. He will, through the Winter and Spring, buy undreHTed HAND SPIKES. He is purchafmg FLAX-SEED and BEES-WAX, and will give the highest price for them. N.B. A few hampers of excellent London PORTER and Taunton ALE, just received, and to be difpoied of. Philadelphia, November 16, 1791 Public Securities, Bought and Sold, on C O M M I S S I O N, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chefnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97. MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL, and NEW-HAVEN LOTTERY TICKETS, To be. had at the fame place. John Pintard, SWORN BROKERk AUCTIONEER, PURCHASES and SELLS PUBLIC DEBT of every defcriptionjOnCowrai^o//, at the following rales: ON the specie amount of all falcs at au£lion, one eighth pci cent. On ditto at private sale or purchase, one-kalj per cent. On remittances, ditto. Receiving imerelt at the Loan-Office, one percent, on the amount of the interest. For making transfers at ditto, seventy-Jive cents per transfer. Such persons as may incline to favor the subscriber with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctual/l\ y fidelity and dispatch. His long experience and extensive dealings in the public liocks, together with a well established correspon dence throughout the United States, enable him to conduct his operations with peculiar benefit to his employers. JOHN PINTARD, 01 k, No. 57, King-Street. OBobcr 15, 1791 TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. 26, Pear-Street, A COLLECTION OF and Valuable Scarce B O O K S, Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock, p. m. Among them are the following : Folio. TTOMER, Xenophon, Plato, Piutamh, Eufebius, Sozo -17 J. men, Theodorer, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacirus, Puter culus, Pliny. Concordantia Lat. Concordantia Gr. Thdaurus Ci ceronis. Biblia Junii and Tremcllii, Bible de Martin,Wells's Maps, Scapulas— Phavorini—Martinii—Hoffmani Lexica, Voflii Etymo logicon, Antiquit. Ecclef. Sritannicie. &c. Quarto. Pindar, Cyropsdia, Berkley's Horace, Terence and Phasdrus, Ovid, Javen.nl, Manillas, Ciceronis op. om. Cajfar, Su etonius, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Voflii Ars Gram. Cluve rii Gcographia, Justinian Code, &c. Octavo et infra. Homer, Anacreon, Aristophanes, Longinus, Theophraftus, Hefiod, Poctac minores Gr. liberates* Phalaris, va rious editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus, Plau tus, Lucan, Martial, Claudian, Val. Flaccus, Aufonius, Buchanan, Sallult, Curtius, Floras, Juftin, Val. Maximus, A. Gellius, Hill. Augutt. Script ores, Englifk and French Tranjlxtion* of feme of the ClafTics, agreat variety ol Greek and Latin Grammars, &c. &c. Catalogue? may be had ot Mefl'rs. Rice & Co. Booksellers, Market.street, or of JOHN CAREY. Oftnhgr 31. (fptf.) 1 he First and Second Volumes of the HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, (To which is prefixed an accurate Map of the State) By the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, Arc ready for Delivery to Subfciihers—who m;iv receive their Books on application to HAZARD & ADDOMS, at the Corner of Chefnut and Thiid Streets. (f3 The above two volume;, contain the polit;ca 1 history of the State, from its firft fettlemc.it to the adoption of the present On ft'tatton of the United States ;_the third, containing a geographi cal dcfcnption of the State, fketchej of its natural hiftory,"&c. is in the press. *** A lc , w CO P'" of the fitil two volumes for fale—pricc zof. A jiember i;gi. J 244 (op 6w.) Funds of the United States. A LI, kinds of the Public Debt of the Union, bought, fold, ore*. Ix. changed ; Foreign and Inland liil/s of Exchange Merchandize ot all for o bought and fold on iominijicn, and^a//other Bulinefs in the line of a BroKer, tranfa&ed by WILLIAM CLELAND, .4t th: Office next door to the Custom-House, State-Street, BOSTON. 2m IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA TEAS, r» rDI\Tr" r* rti /" at» n o/-\oorer is 3 Dollarsp:r