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HISTORY
New-Hampshire,
Containing; a ideographical cfrcfr.ription of the
Slate—with (ketches of its natural hiltory, pro
<Ju£fions, improvements, and present ftaic of fo
cietv and manneis, laws government
Jeremy Be i. knap, A.M.
This volume compleats the history, and is
peculiarly interesting, *-Subscribers are delired
to rail for their books.
RuN AWAY from the luptcriber, Jtving in
Kent Countv, and State of Maryland, on
Sunday the May last, a NEGRO MA N,
named Hark ; about 40 year's of age, about five
feet nine inches high, has a fear o*er one of his
eye-brows, and when talking, hangs his head on
one fide, and looks up—had on and took with
him the following cloaths, viz. a fearnought coat,
a black and white kerfcy coat, cut round, a white
ket fey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn (lock
ings, the one pair lately footed, and the other not,
two oznaburgh Ihirts. each pieced on one fide,
two pair of tow-linen trowfeis, one pair patched
with new tow-linen down the fore parts, and an
old felt hat.
Whoever takes up said Negro, if out of this
State. ?nd secures him in gaol, shall receive FOUR
TEEN* DOLLARS reward—and if taken within
this and secured as aforcfaid, shall receive
EIGHT DOLLARS reward ; and it brought
home, realonable expences will be paid by
PEREGRINE LETHRBURY
Ch'Jicr-To-vn, June 4, 1791- 8w )
THE following feehons of the act entitled,
4< An ast for raising a further sum of money
for the protection of the frontiers, and for
other purposes therein mentioned, are repub
lifhed for the information of all persons, who,
on the 29th day of Jnne next (1792) shall be
pofTcfTcd of WINES.
" SeJt. 10. A ND be it further enacted, That
jljl all Wines which after the said
last day of June next, shall be imported into the
United States, shall be landed under the care of
the infpeftor of the port where the fame shall be
landed, and for that purpose, every permit for
landing any Wines, which shall be granted by a
Collector, shall, prior to such landing, be pro
duced to the said infpettor, who, by endorsement
thereupon under his hand, shall fignify the pro
duction thereof to him, and the time when, af
ter which, and not otherwise, 011 pain of forfei
ture, it lliall be lawful to land the said Wines.
And the said infpeiftor shall make an entry of
all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and
each pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, cafe, box or
package whatsoever, containing such "Winds,
lhill be marked by the officer under whole im
mediate inipe<stion the fame shall be landed, in
legible a;ul durable characters, with prpjgreiSve
numbers, the name of the said officer, and the
quality or kind of Wine as herein before enu
merated and diftinguilhed. And the said officer
shall grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt,
liogfkead, cask, cafe,box or package, fpecifying
therein the name or names of the importer or
importers, the ship or veflel in which the lame
shall have been imported, and the number there
of, to accompany the fame wheresoever it shall
be Tent. And if any pipe, butt, hogshead, cask,
cafe, box or package, containing Wine, fhailbe
found without such marks ar.d certificates, the
fame (hall be liable to be seized, and the want of
fuch'marks and certificates shall be preemptive
evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully im
ported and landed."
" ?e&- 11. And be it further enabled, That
•very person, who lhall have in his or her pof
feflion, Wiues which arc intended for sale, in
quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gal
lons, iliall prior to the fa ; d fact day of June next,
make entry thereof in writing at some office of
infpe&ion in the city, town or county where he
or Hie shall rellde, fpecii'ying and describing the
casks, cases, boxes and other packages contain
ing the fame, and the kinds, qualities and qua:**
tities thereof, and where,and in whose pblTeflion
they are ; and the oiiicerof inlpedlion,at whose
office such entry may be made, lhall, as soon as
may be thereafter, visit and infpedl, or cause to
be visited and infpe&ed, the Wines so reported,
and lhall mark,or cause to be marked, the calks,
cases, boxes and packages containing the fame,
with prog re (tive numbers, with the name of the
person to whom the fame may belong, the kind
or kinds thereto/", and wprds u Old Stock," and
fiiaU grant a certificate for each calk, cale, box
V- package containing such Wine, describing
therein tue said call:, cafe, box or package, and
the Wines therein contained, which certificate
lhall accompany the fame, wherever it may be
sent. And if any person who may have Wines
in his or her ppffeflion for sale, lhall not, prior to
the said last day of June next, makpentry there
of, as abo ve directed, he or Ihe, for such omiiHon
or neglect, lhall forfeit and pay the value of the
Win 6 omitted to be entered, to be recovered
with colts of suit, for the benefit of any person
who lhall give information thereof, and the
Wines so omitted to be entered, lhali be for
lfs;ited.,, (ept29)
A NATIONAL PAPili, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATUKDAYS BY JOHN FEN NO. No. 60, HJG ITS IRF.F.T, PHILADELPHIA
THE
Vol. 11l
Wednesday, June 13, 1792.
WHEREAS it ?ppear>, by the proceedings in
* catrfenow dt p. tiding in die
Court of Chancery in inland, wherein William
Webb is rhe plaintiff, and John Porker (the exe
cutor of Thomas Bradley, deceased) is the defen
dant that Henry Wf.bb was pur out apprentice
by the School, for the £en service, in or
about the year 17 and who was then of the age
of 14 years, or thereabouts, snd failed from Eng
land in the year 1776, to some part of North-
America, in the ship or vcffcl railed the ArtemiflTa,
Captain Llewellyn, formerly a Spanilh Trader, and
at that time a Navy Victualler or Transport, in
his Majesty's service. And whereas it appears
that the fa:d Henry Webb defer ted and run away
Irom the said fti.por velTVl. and entered on board
a certain privateer or vefTel, called the Revnge,
or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Dean
was then matter or commnndcr, then lyinjr in
New-York, in Nonh-America ; and that the said
Vengeance Privateer, on or about the sth of No
vember, 1779, failed from New-York, aforefaid to
Savannah, and arrived at fiich last mentioned place
in or about the month of March, 1780, and failed
from thence in the said month of March, or in the 1
month of April following, to some portor plaee in
America, but to what poit or place is not known ;
and that in the Month of May, 1780, the said fttip
or vefTel was lecri at Piarbadoes, in the We(l-Tn- j
dies, but the said Henry Webb hath not since been \
heard of, and is fqppofed to be dead, it having
been reported that the Tender belonging to the
laid ship or velfel callcd the Vengeance, which
ship was then commanded by Captain Knowles,
with a number of her men, to the amount of so,
or thereabout among whom the said Henry
Webb is supposed to be one) were ta'ken by the
enemy, and carried into Philadelphia.
NOW, in purfu.ince of an order made in the
said cause, bearing date the 3d day of December,
1790, any pcrlon or persons who can give any ac
count or information touching the said Henry
Webb, or of the laid (hip V. ngeance, or whe(he r
ihc said Henry Webb is living or dead, and if
dead, when and where he died, are required to
give such accoupt or information to William
Well br Pe py s, Esq. one of the Maflers of the
said Courf, at his Chambers, in Svmonds-Inn,
Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 6ih day
Oj November, 179?.-— and such pe'rfon or uerfons
will be rewarded for their trouble by applying to
Mr. Samuel Nay lor, the follicitor in the cause,
at No. 4, Great Newport-Sueet, London ; or to
the Rev. John Stanford, No. 46, William-
Street, New-York; or to John Prettyjohn,
Esq. Bridge-Town, Barbadoes.
(3"'pw) W. W. PEPYS.
Wm. CLE LAND,
BOSTON,
Tranfa&s business in the Funds of the United
States ;
BANK STOCK, BILLS of EXCHANGE, &c.
Orders from New-York, Philadelphia, or
any other part of the Union, will be attended to
with' Diligence and Punctuality.
June 1
PHILADELPHIA.
4f a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Ameri
can Philofophica!Society Jor the purpose of
cr,d. communicating to the Society materials for form
ing the Natural Hijlory of the infeti called the
Hefjian- Fly, as also information of the be ft means of
preventing or aeflroying the JnfeS, and whatever etfi
relative to the fame may be inter ejlir.g to Agfi.
culture :
RESOLVED that, for obtaining information ol
the lasts necessary for foi ming the natural his
tory ot this infect, before its entire cvanifhinent
from among us, it be iccominended 1.0 all persons
whofc situation may have brought them into ac
quaintance with any such ta& to communicate the
lame by letter addrefled to Thomas Jefferfbh,
Efcj. Secretary of State to the United States.
And that the proper obje&s of inquiry and in
formation may he more particularly pointed out,
the following QuciVions arc proposed.
Section 1. Inwhatyear, snd at ■what time
of the year, was th s animal observed for the firft
time ? Does it fecm to have made its appearance in
this country only of late years, or are there any
reasons for supposing that it was known in any
part of the United Slates previously to the com
rnencemcni of the late revolution ?
Sec. 2. At what time ol the year has this infe£l
beenobferved in the Egg-State ? At what time in
the Worm-State ? And at what t ime in the Fly-
State ? How long does it remain in each of these
several states ? Does it pass through more than one
generation in the course of a year ? If it docs,
which generation of the infc.dt is it that proves moit
injurious ?
Sec. 3. What kind of Wheat does this infe£i
prove most injurious to ? Has it ever been fecn on,
or has it proved dcftruflive to,'the Spelts ? Does
it ever injure the roots of the wheat, &c ? Has it
ever been fecn in the flowers ? Docs it afFtdl the
leaves ? What part of ihe stalk is it chiefly con
lined to ? Has ii ever been known to attack the
grain, or to be 1 rani ported with it ? In what man
ner docs it seem to operate its injurious effects ?
At what season are these effects firft observed to
commence ?
Sec. 4. Does it ever injure the Spring-wheat,
the Barley, the Buck-wheat, and the Oats ? Does
it injure the Rye or the Indian-corn ? It it does,
on what part of these several vegetables does it
chiefly reside ? Dots it inhabit any of the Grasses,
or other.{mailer vegetables, which v e cultivate in
our fields, our meadows, gaidens, &c ? I fit does,
what aie the names of these grafTes, See ? And on
what parts of these vegetables does it chiefly re
10
frde ? llds it ever been obferve-d, in any of its fta-.
pes, iu their flowers ? Has it ever been known to
•jure their feeds ? Does it appear so be molt 'de
tiru6tivc to the grades, See. of the more wet, or to
ihofc of the more dry, (oils ? Has it ever been ob
served upon any of. the larger trees or (hrubsof the
forcil, garden, &c ? If it has, what are the names
of these trees and shrubs ? And what paits ol ihcm
does it commonly aftcft ?
Sec. 5. Does this infe£l seem to havecommitted
depredations on the different grains, but
particularly on the wheat, when sown in one foil
th?n when sown in another ? Thus, for inlfance,
u it ascertained whether this animal has proved
mod deftruttive to wheat which has been sown in
a light artd loose foil, or to that which has been
(own in a fliong and heavy foil ? Do its ravages,
anpear to have been greater or less upon the wheat j
of land which has been recently manured, than
upon the wheat of laud that has never been manu
red stall, or which has not been manured for a
eonfiderable lengih of time ? N. B. All the que
ries of this fettion have alfoa reference to the Rye,
the Oats, the Barley, &c.
Sec. 6. How far has ih» Bearded.-wheat efca
pcd the injuries of this infeffc ? Which variety of
'he Bearded-wheat, the Yellow, the Red, or the
White, has Keen observed to be most exempt from
its injuries ? Has any variety or species of the
: heat entirely escaped the ravages of this infect ?
Sec. 7. Is it pofliblj to afcertain,with'any degree
of Certainty, extent of country which this inft£l
has fravcrfed in a year, or in any other pe
riod of time ? Are iis movements rapid ? Does
it appear that the progress of the infe£l has been,
in any degree, retarded, or obftrufteel, bv rivers,
by mountains, See ? Does it appear that it has pur
sued any general or fixed rou'e through those coun
tries, in which it has b<*en observed, as to the
North, the South, &c ? How far to the North has
it been observed ; How far to the South ? How
Jar to Weft ?
Sec. 8. Have any experiments been made to
demonstrate the degree oi cold which this infect,
in the different stages of its existence, is capable of
supporting ? Is it food for other animals P
Sec. 9. What means have been found most fuc
cefsful for preventing the injuries committed by
this infect,? How t<ir has the prattice of rolling
the wheat and the rye in the autumn and in the
faring been found of service ? Have any good con
fequenccs rdulted from the pra&ice of feeding the
grain close in the spring time ? Has the pra&ice of
■steeping the grain of the wheat, &c. (previously
to its being sown) in infufions of the Elder, and of
other vegetables, found of any fetvice ?
And while the committee alk, with earncftnefs,
information from every person who can answer
anyone or more of the preceding questions, ihey
address themfclves in a peculiar manner lo those
on whose farms this i»(e£t has appeared, praying
that they will give them fnCli details as thev cah
give with certainty, regardlels of the style or form
of theircommunications, since it will be the duty
of the committre to reduce all the faCts receivea
from different pcrfons' into ail <?rdeily narrative,
to be reported to the Society.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, ")
BENJ AM IN. SMITH BARTON/ r
TAMES HUTCHINSON, ( Comm.ttee.
CASPAR WISTAR, )
Philadelphia, April 17, 1792.
[ep\m & \aw2m)
REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION.
Concerning the mavufaElures of the United States, ai
they ajfect the mercantile itterefi.
MANY of the Ihip holders and merchants
trading with foreign countries, suppose,
but it is believed erroneously, that they have
no interell in the promotion of manufactures.
It is known that Great Britain with seventy
millions of acres of cultivated land, (hips four
teen millions (her whole exports being near
twenty millions) in her own maunfaCtures.
The foreign trade of that kingdom, without
manufactures, would manifeftly be neither so
great nor so various—for the value of the pro
duce manufactured is increased from one hun
dred to ten hundred per cent, as is also that of
the imported raw materials, which constitute
a great portion of their trade. The foreign
commerce of the United States, is already enli
vened by manufactures. Ships, boats, oars,and
handspikes, bar iron, steel, nail rods, carriages
of ail kinds, hats, (hoes, cordage, candles, soap,
oils of several kinds, starch, hair powder, dif
tilfcd spirits, malt liqnors, cabinet ware, plate,
puncheon packs, gunpowder, potashes, bricks,
chocolate, mustard, tow linens, fail cloth, pot
ter's ware, fadlery and harnei's, wool and cot
ton cards, paper and paper hangings, tanned
leather, books, fnutf, manufactured tobacco,
and iron manufactures are now frequently ex
ported to foreign countries. Coaftwifc there
is alfp a great trade in these and many other
manufactured articles, and in raw materials
and provisions for the manufacturers within the
United States.
An argument of great importance to the Ihip 1
holder?, exporters, and underwriters, and, in
deed to the cultivators of the earth, in support
' of manufactures is to he drawn from their ten- 1
dejicy to promote in an easy, certain, fafe, and
cheap way, the naval capacities and strength
of the United States. The transportation ,of
provilions, coal, raw materials, and otlier arti
cles from the and middle states to the
northern, and the of the niamifadtures,
FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
(continued.)
[Whole No. 526.]
to the towns on the coast, througout the union,
already employs many veifels. The rice, indi
go, cotton, hemp, flax, iron, hides, furs, tar,
pitch, turpentine, rozin, wax, tobacco, wood
and timber, flour and grain, (hipped from the
states, on, and to the southward of* the Che fa
peak. for the manufacturers in the middle and
northern states, give employment at this time
to a very refpe&able portion of our tonnage.
This cannot be doubted, when it is remember
ed that our coasters are I io,oo:> tons, though
our veflels in all the foreign trades probably do
not much exceed tons; and the for
mer are entirely out of the reach of foreign re
ftri<ftions,confequently (with tbe fifliing veflels)
are our most certain dependence. The'weight
of this circumstance, will be not a little increas
ed by the recollection that the coasting trade is
uncommonly interesting to a nation without
transmarine colonies or dominions.
When we consider the filheries as one of th«
modes of creating the powers of offence and
defence at sea, and that our agriculture and
commerce, must therefore be supported and de
fended by our fiftiermen, and fifhing veiTels, a
mong other means, it will be fatisfactory to the
cultivators, and merchants, that they will be
promoted by the success of our manufactures.
Skins and furs of sea animals, whalebone, and
the head matter of the whale, are used by vari
ous manufacturers for leather, hats, whips,can*
dies, &:c. The oils are used by leather drelf
ers, shipbuilders, &:c. andinftead of candles.
It will be unneceflarv to adduce to our mer
cantile citizens any arguments to prove, that
the United States generally pay a premium on
the bills purthafed for their remittances for
European manufactures. The exports, sales
of veiTels, their outward freights and the sales
of lands, to foreigners, are the ordinary means
applied to the payments for our imports, after
deducting that part of them which,
to the emigrators, is not to be remittedor paid
for. It is interesting to ascertain the reasons
for our continuing to lose by the course of ex
change. The principal cause probably is, that
we draw so very large a proportion of our ma
nufactures from one nation, that there is con
stantly h double demand for bills on that coun
try. It is of importance to discover how this
is to be remedied. The other Europeans rations
have had the eight \ears of the war almojl exclu/ively
and the vine yean of the pcace in a fair competition and
do not fuppiy us zoith minufailure* equivalent to half of
the Jlatcd value of the shoes made by ourjelves /It ap
pears then, that our own exertion \ only, can re
lieve our merchants from this annual loss, on
their remittances forfeveral millions of dollars.
It may not be improper to take a view of the
article of distilled spirits as a commodity which
we are capable of manufacturing to any extent,
and which will be an aid to agriculture, and an
object of coasting and foreign trade. We have
imported, in a finale year, above eleven milli
ons of gallons of foreign spirits and moUfles.
If one million of gallons of the latter used
in substance, then our imports of spirits and in
j gredients made into spirits, would stand at ten
millions of gallons. The value of thele, as they
cost the country may be fairly taken at one
third of a dollar on a medium, and will give
3*333*333 dollars, which is above one sixth
part of the annual value of our exports. As
five millions of bulhels Qf grain would be con
sumed in the manufa&ory of a quantity of spi
rits equal to what was imported, in the form
of spirits or ingredients employed to make them,
there is no occasion for argument to prove, thati
the lavdediniertji would be benefited by the ma
nufacture of grain liquors (or fruit liquors) in
lieu of tiie ten millions of gallons drawn from
Foreign sources. And in regard to the mercantile
ivterrjl, it may be observed, that the supply of a
foreign conynodity is always precarious, and
accordingly the disturbances in the several parts
ot the French empire, and the loss of their vin
tage, have deprived us of the usual importation
of their brandies since the last: autumn, and of
the accustomed supply of molasses from the crop
of 1792 of their principal colony. Thcfe two
defalcations will probably amount to some mil
lions of gallons, and must produce a void in a
confidcrable branch of our foreign trade, for
we shall not have it in our power to import the
brandies and molafTes, nor to export the returns
for them, which have employed many thousand
tons of shipping, and a considerable part of our
mercantile capital and industry ; nor shall we
be able to export diftilicd spirits, manufactured
from molasses, which has also employed our
vessels, private funds and industry. How are
the merchant and snip holder to be relieved unr
der these injuries to their business ? Manufac-*
turing distilled spirits and malt liquors from na
tive materials will afford considerable relief.
Their capital and vessels mav be employed in
purchasing and tranfportingfrom the rivers and
bays of the United States-to the distilleries and
breweries a part at least of the requisite quan
tities of grain, hops, fuel, and lumber, and of
the manufactured liquors to domefticor foreign
markets. Nor is this a* mere probability. It
is already an 1 existing fact. The manufacture
of grain liquors in the town of Providence (in
Rhode Ifland).alone, in the firft three months of
the prefentyear, was equivalent to 12,056 ca£>
es of geneva per annum. If the Dutch import
grain from the north of Europe, to make and
diftributegin from Archangel to Canton, which