-iatNBG of the United States.
Treasury Department,, «
Auzujl 8, 1795.
Public Notice is hereby given, ;
IN piirfnande of an a6l of Congreft passed on the 12 th
day of May, 1796, entitled "an providing " for
thefale of the Lands ps the United States, in the territory
north-weft of the river Ohio, and above " the trjonth of
Kentucky river," that the Quarter Towriihips of land
delcribed in the annexed schedule, lying.in the seven rang- •
es ot townlhips whieh wire furveyi-d in purfuancc of an
ordinance of Congress, passed on the twentieth day of
May! in the year one thoufcnd seven hundred and eighty-
Jive, will be exposed for {ale at PUBLIC VENDUE, at
ihe Merchants'Coffee-Houfe in Philadelphia, on the 4th
day of January next, and thenceforward from day today,
until the tenth day of F«bruary ensuing, unless the fatd
quarter townlhips {hall beiVjonsr fold, in the manner and
on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned : viz.
tft. The said quarter townlhips (hall be fold to the
highest bidder, but no sale can be made for less than two
dollars per acre of the quantity of land contained in such
quarter townlhip. '
ad. The highest bidder as before mentioned, mud de
posit a s the time of sale, one twentieth part of the pur
chase money, in tfce hands ©f the Treafurcrof the United
States, which will be forfeited if a moiety of thefumbid,
including the said twentieth part, (hall not be paid within
thirty days from the time cf sale.
3d. Upon payment of a moiety of the purchase-mo
ney in the manner beforement'wned, the purehaler will
be entitled to one year's credit for the remaining moiety ;
and (hall receive a certificate defcriuing the quarter town
lhip purchased, and declaring the sum paid on acvount,
the balance remaining due, the time when luch balance
becomes payable, and thit the whole Land therein men
tioned will be forfeited, if the balance is not then
paid ; but if the said balance lhall be duly dil'charged, by
paying the fame to the Treasurer of the United States,
the purchaser orjiis aflignee or other legal representative,
{hall bs entitled to 2 patent for the said land, on his pro
ducing to the Secretary of State a reccipt for fucli balance,
endoifedupon the certificate. But if any purchaser ffiall
make payment of the whole of the purchal'e-money at the
time when the payment of the firft moiety it directed to
be made, he will bs entitled to a dcdu&ion of ten per
•entum on the part for which st credit is authorized to be
given 4 and his patent lhall be immediately ifiued.
GIVEN under rxyhahd at Philadelphia, the day
and year fbwtmentloned.
OLIVEK WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHEDULE
Of Quarter-Tcvenftiipß to be fold at Philadelphia, in pur
suance of the 6th fedtion of an a<ft of Congress passed on
the 18th day of May, 1796.
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a 6 South Eal!| 5120
North East 5120
Squth Weft 5120
North Weft 5 120
20,480
5 5 South East 5120
North East 5120
Soutji Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
- ■ 20,480
7 South East 5120
No?th East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
9 South Enft 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
Nolrt Wed 5120
20,480
it South East 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5 120
North Weft 5120 j
20,480 t
4 South East $t2Q 1
North East 5120 1
South Weft 120 0
North Weft 5120
— 20,480
6 South East 5120
North Efft 5120
SouthWest 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
8 South East 5120 j t
North East, 5120 i
South' Weft! 5120 > 1
North Weft; 5120
| 20,480 (
10 Soft) East 5120
North Eall j 120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
! —«— 20,480
12 South Eaft 1 j 120 ]
North Eaftj 5120' ;
South Weltj 5120 , <
North Weft 5120
.j — 20,480 1
j ■ 3 South East 4602 1
North East' 4654 1
South Weflj 5120 I
Noiih. Willi 5120
j 19,496 1
5 Soath East 5120 :
North East 5120
SouthWest 5120 1
North Weft 5120 I
20,480
7 Sx)uth East 5120
North East 512 c
'jSoitth Wtft; .5120
iNurth Weft 5120
■ 20,480
9 South East J 120 % I
jNorth East) 20 1
tSeuth Weft 5120 I
'NsrthWeft 1 5120 .1
j " 1 1 20,480 f' 1
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North East 5120 men
South VVcrG 5 120 " Cra
North Weft 5 1 ao r , "
-j 20,.80 ful , r >
13 South East 5120
N'orth East 5120
South Weft SI?C5 I?C si"
North Weft 5. 20 ' , feßk
40489
6 4. South East 4630
4 North East 462 c. e . V ' IS
South w<iS 5 120; }p
North Weft 5.70' £
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6 South EaR 4730 ' Jr
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North East 4715
Sojtih Weft j 120
North Weft 5120 1 pUrs
19,685 =
8 South East
North East £120
South Weft j 120 "
jNdi'th Weft j 120 'hat
l 20,480 of 1
10 South East 5 120 ' ' ar g
North Eaft'ji2o or d<
South Weft's j 2O
North Wefljj 120 lum
j 20,480 for
12 South East 5120 tha:
Nprth East j 120 fimj
South Weft j 120 pre!
North Well 20 ftan
20480 of 1
14 South Eafl jj2o Tra
North Ea(lji2C as J
South Weft j 120 or-t
North Weft 5 120 abr
20,480 ops
7 3 South Eafl 5120 froi
North Eaftji2o t ed
South Weft j 12c the
North Weft j 120 ortl
'30,480 res;
5 South Eaftjjjo tioi
North Eal Jl2O adi
South Welt y 120 a 1
North Welt y.120 anc
20,480 qui
7 South East y 120 I '
North East j1 20 vet
South Weft JT2O car
North Weft 5 120 dai
20,480 ma
9 c outh East 5120 tht
North East ci 20 th:
South We..fj 120 wa
North Weft 5120 Fr
20,480 fro
*ti [So Ah Euft 5,20 ft!'
North East 5120 cJh
! South Weft j 120
North Weft jl2o roc
20,480 thi
13 South Eafl 5120 far
North Esfi Jl2O ers
South Weft 5120 an
North Weft 5 12o| 1 Jbo
—— 20,480 w:
15 Sooth Eafl Jl2O . . y c
North Eafiyi2e wi
South Wef; 20 lej
Nor.h Well 5120 jul
20,480 cat
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I'HE quantities of Lands in the several townships be
fore mentioned,arc exclvsfive of the Seflions reserved by
theUnitcdStat.es. The aggregate quantities in the feve- w
ral townships, have been afcertainsdby afiual survey; but tu
the quantities in the quarter town(hip», have been no la
otherwise afcertasned than by calculation. w
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ton the gazette of the united states. j„
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE are not to suppose that the opinion of the ve
majority bf the people can be holtile to their otvh cf
interefr ;or that this opinion, when known, will be ri;
lightly eftimaled, by their repvefentatives. so
It is not however to be expected, that every aft 01
of the Legislative body is always framed, so as to ar
meet the approbation of the majority at the mo- O
ment. It is often theduty of ihofe appointed, to «.*, fe
ercife their best judgments on behalf of the public, ei
to devise and enadt laws, refpefting which, they fc
mult depend f6r their general acceptance on the T
perception of the people, of tjieir fitnefs, propriety ni
and intrinsic merit, as these (hall appear in their ar
, operation. The eltabliihment of public schools is
a great objedt, which has been repeatedly p;
difcufied in the Lsgiflature ; it hasbeen ably treat- ,th
ed on in the public prints, aad its individual advo \ r
cates are numerOys and refpeftaiile, ; but, to the G
belt of my recollection there arc no data from T
which any decision can be drawn, as 10 I'ettfe of j n
•the majority ofthe citizens of this Commouweilth ar
at large, relative to the fubjedt. a
It is difficult, on any other idea, to "account for hi
the failure of the law, at the last session of the Le- vi
grflature. Surely thole who were opposed to do
ing any thing, and those who lightly gave the bufr- U i
ness liie go by, either entertained an idea that they [ uj
did not coumeraft the sense of the miijority, or 'a<
that the people were indifferent as to the fate of re
the plan. This being the cafe, what is more obvi- c «
oully tlie dirty of flie people than this, tkut they w
Ihould unequivocally expt'efs their minds ? Altho' di
the piocrattiaatioii that has taken placc, will be tt
found to have encteafed the obstacles ; and ah ho' m
the artifices of the unfriendly are hard to be tra- g,
verfcd, yet v?e ought as soon to delpair of the com. m
. , a l i!)t;'l' , rMj | «>^
moii'vcnli, 99 to V' I .' - '' ' . - t !ie peo ple be
cefa'of this molt .mpon-V't b * ~;r i, ar „ e 3 o t
mll ft hejwft to themWves ■; ,nd urfchaje
their duty to the rifiryg generstton. Astbeywrh
,0 pei pe.uat«f the b!e(li»e.s nt a tree government, «
their pofteriw, they onght to be fohcitcus
competent foundation for that purppfc.. T,".
'Let the bull nets be brought home to the bosom fie,
of our civil Fathers. In °rcW ,0 th.s,U the peo- b
nle express, by written reprefentatiOßS to the L
rrifla'ive tody, their wilhes and experftatro'.is. l?t he
memorials b/ptepared in season before the next or
neral election, and signed at all the meetu gv As
there oa.mot rat.onally, be any doubt as to the re- co
fult, it is presumed the aggregate vv.H speak w,th a h
voice that will be heard and attended to. When be,
this is done, there will be no further room for cavrl th;
as to the sense of the people. If however anotnen mt:
fefiion Ihould elapse, and leave undone, what oujjht tor
W fir.ce to have bee.r dstie—then it wtli remain Bi
with those who are in a fit nation to remedy the mc
evils retaking from the omission, to determine what dr<
they are to do. In this cafe, the metropolis lliould he.
set tho example. If the corporation, at the % in- am
stance of Uie majority of the citizer.s, are not au- an.
thorizej to include in the general Tax, an affels- of
ment for the fuppott of public schools, the Le<.if- th.
lature (houIJ be applied to, to pass a law lor that wl
purpose. 1,: \ c 0
THE FAIRS OF LEIPSIC AND FRANKFORT.
[Fr/lm Cogan's Journey.]
'• You will, doubtltfs, fir,tie when you arc told,
'hat. thtfe two fairs are the g'and marts for the sale
of literature. 1 mult alio acquaint you, that a
large ntimber of manufacturers are kept in pay, in
order to multiply thoughts for the fairs. By these " a
indefatigable labourers several thousands of vo
lumes, r.li forts and fizrs, are annually made up
for sale. The pay is generally by measure, rather to
than by weight, as thejawyers are paid with you,
limply by linrs and letters, whatever these may ex
press. However the prices depend in many in- 1
dances upon the nature of the work, or thi; degree
of reputation the manufa£turer may have acquired. '
Translations aie of the lower order, and will not, arl
as lam informed, fetch more than two rix dollars, Ct
or-twe and a half per Iheet. The next ar« small et
abridgments of large works. Then follows the
oppoiite employment, making a large compilation (
from a number of fraaft publications. Sermons us- ' jl
ed formerly to furnifh a small retail trade; but te
these, with treatises on theology according to the u
orthodox fyflem, are much upon the decline. He- av
refy is rilen nearly at par. Philosophical difLrta
tions are also upon the dfcline ; but they (till bear 1
a decent m»rk*t price. General histories are quite tc
a drug. Plays and romances increase in numbers
and value ; and of late the authors of politicalddi- c(
quifitions have conliderAhly taifed their price. _
" You are not to imagine thai a poor author will
venture to trade upon his own foundation. He
cannot wait so many months for his money j nor \
dare he Jo expofehimfelf to the rife and fall of the
market. Mod of them arc engaged and paid by
their principals, who take the whole rifle upon
thetnfelves. An editor of note generally fends a
waggon load of science twice a year Either to
Frankfort or Leiplic, folded as the (heets came
from the press. These are purchased by lefler book
sellers, and distributed ever the country by a third
clsfsof retail venders. 1
" The animal publications at the two fairs a- P
mount to upwards of five thousand volumes ; and *
the number of authors is computed to'be abotitthe z
fa'rne. This is not improbable ; for if your writ- 1
ers of abridgments can turn off three volumes per :
annum, a grave compiler will, on the contrary, la
bour three years at a single volume. A profefied c
writer bf romances may work up about two in one
year; but then your philosophic and metaphyseal d
writers will not be able to digest their fyttems in r
less than three or four years. Thus, by nicely ad
julling and balancing accounts, we may allow that, '
ceteris paribus, every man may supply the commu- I
nity with, tiis volume per annum. !
" As a proof of the zeal and assiduity wirti
■c. which the Germans apply to the futjeft of liteia- '
ut ture, I (hall tranfrnit to you the following particu- I
no lars relative to the conducing of the periodical 1
work, entitled, AU«e>m?inc I.ileratur Zeitung, or 1
— Journal of Geneial Literature, publiflted at jena,.
in the year 1790 ; the number of writers employ- '
ed in tiiat vvoik, including those that died within i 1
the year, amounted to net kfs than three hundred 1
and nine. Of these, one hundred and feveateen
were profeftors in the Germanic and foreigu uoi
he verfities, i.ji ety-fix in high or inferior offices in
vn church and slate, thirteen clergymen, seven libra- 1
be rians of prince's, counts, &c. lixteerr physicians, 1
four doftois of mafic, seven who hsve 110 ptofefli
ft onal charafler. The books reviswed in that work 1
t« amounted to one thousand eight hundred and five,
'o- Of ihefe, one thousand three hundred and ninety- '
V seven were written by German*; four hundred and
ic, eight were Foreign productions; one hundred and
ey seventy.three were publiftied by fellow labourers,
he The coi-efponding members of this literaiy frater
ty nity in different parts of Europe are one hundred
fir and thirteen in number.
is " The Review publiAied at Jena is the princi-
Hy pal, but not the only one. There are several o
*t- .thers by no mean* deficient in merit. Its chief ri
-0 val is the Geltingifdie anxeiu vojigelehrten fachen i. e.
!:e Gotti.igen'i Tidings of learned publications.—
' m These aie puUifhed in numbers, three or four times
of in* the week,-fo ss to fitnife about two hundred
tt' and t;nin a year. This literary journal is upon
a smaller fcaie. than the other. Not mote than fix
or hundred, or"fix hundred and fifty books are re
•e- viewed in it annually, but it is well conducted.
>0- " I have lately seen propolal3 for a new Journal
u,l dcr the title of Annalen des Gecgfnjiteen and Sta
ey i tijlifchen Wijftufchaten, i. e. Annals of Geographi
<>r ! eal and Statistical Science. It is under the di
-01 rettion bf proteffor Zimmerman of Brunfwick.
*1- curding to the plan of this work its chief objedt
ey will relate to geographical, politwal and (latittical
ditquifiuons ; bu: a review of new puMications in
i thc Ger!nan anri Foreign languages will not be o
-10 milted. A liumber ot the literati ate already enga
a- gcd for the undertaking., it is 50 come out in
n. monthly numbers of fix ihceis esch ; fi x numbe.s
A
4
bei-s are. to conftittte a TolB T e. New maps win
be occasionally added, The price ia three dolhn
and a half per volumt,
" 1 have not .heard what degree or encourage,i
ment this undertaking lias leeeived, Notwithftaud- •
ing the profeffors' kno*., abilities in this dep»rtif|
ment, I question whether the fi'.ijfSs will be fu
ficiently popular for a pctiudical publication. It it 4
be continued For years as istjie dcHgn, i fear that
the reader will be obli.- d tu crawl like a fvivtU over
'he face of the Globe, and fed himfelf weatied be
fore he gets half way.
" To he above may be added the following ac
count of publications rxpofed to hie at Lcipfic h
thecmirfe cf'tw years >79° and Their num
ber at the autumnal fair in 1790, was not more
than one thoufaud and fifty-five ;of these 65 were
' mufieal transitions fiom
foreigo languages, particularly from the Xiwltlh.
But at the fair held in the fprtnjr, the number was
more than double, being two thoufond three hun.
dred and forty-eight. In the year 1791, the pub
lications amounted to thvee tmmfand live hundred
and four, exclusive of frhool books, small pamphictr,
and iome works that were'publilhed at theexpenee
of their authors. It is observable, fays my author,
that worksof imagination, and political tlifquifition,
which were formerly the mod scarce, are now he
come the mod popular species of writing.'''
Foreign Intelligence.
PARIS, May 19.
Thuriot, ex member of the late Convention, and
coirnnidhHier of the Executive Diredlory at Rlieims,
has been difmified, and has Gnce fled.
Pache, who was mayor of Paris on the 31ft of
May, and now (lands charged with being an ac
complice in the hte confpirscy, has been arrefleJ;
and the night befoie lail, the membersof afociety
of £xc!ujivc Patriots were taken into cullody in
the lliett Guerin-Boifleau.
Charles Villambre, a native of Ton!, and a mi.
litary man, convided of and of biing
an accomplice tn the late conspiracy, has been cory
demned to death by the criminal tiibunal, andex-
I ecuted in the Place de GtCve.
Drouet hai published an address to the legiflat
! ive body, in jollification of his principle! and co/i
---duft, which affords (Irong proofs against his pre*
tended innocence ; as in this publication thf doc
trine and maxims of the confpir&tors are openly
avowed and defended by him.
Some attempts having been made to carry off
' the conspirators from the Abbaye prison, it is de
. termined to transfer them to the temple.
Dannou is this day to nwke the report of the
coromiffion relative to Drouet's conspiracy.
[ Tranjlatizns from Parts papers for the Daily Jldvtr
(Having early gi«en the accounts of the latelt and
1 most interelting, occuirenees on the continent of
Europe, received by the late arrivals from
Fiance, we have continued our details of other
mifcellancous articles ; from which an idea may
be formed of the interior (iuiation £i the differ
-3 ent powers afFected by the late important events,)
ROME, May r.
j This city has never been in a more critical Guta
tion, it is threatened with the lail misfortunes if
peace is not reflored to Italy, ihe price of pro"
j visions continues to rife daily, (Jie iadutlrious citi
zens of the community are without employment,
the b'ilk commerce which was carried on in the
Ecclefiaflical (late is abfoluie ruined, it hath been
so illy protc&ed that the merchants have Ml ail
1 confidence ; the refignats and notes of ihc holy
father are multiplied and fall in va:ue daily, gold
t and lilvcr have absolutely disappeared, the Irafs
money is alft! feared and felling from 12 o 15 for
, 100. To remedy the fearcity of a Circulating me.
diuro, goveninje'at has frecjusntly forbid, a*d, again
, permitted the:fale;of lilver, the conference of thole
nteafures has been uniformly to increase. the evil.
*. The Apostolic chamber in order to leftrain the
difconte'nted, eonti mes to purclife corn at a fixed
price, and inin themselves in ruining the proprie
a | tors, who cannot dispose of their proviOoi.s a van
£ 8 The theocratic government of Rome.
' worfl of all, and that city will be Mt.rrjy ruined
f n [if some happy evtfnt does not put an end to our
misfortune?.
e . n VENICE, May.2.
There is no government which is better formed
a " than Venice, by events which are about to take
I 9 place ill foreign.coutties, Ihe pu ic m »
B ' for this pui pose employ secret agents. _ 1 his ph-
I cy has contributed to their ■prW.rwtion ? for by
this means th.ey have beer, ficquent yapp •
* dangers which threatened them. M feo" ?a tM
return of the Count de Li c, wr.s now ,
J3 not doubtrd but that the inv-fion of Lombardy
S J was at hand ; and it was thought that t^e,
, d to enter their territories. It is probafcie
even announced that the greater part of the emi
grants at e to be ferlt away. _ under
t 'The principal object of the government under
r ; prcfent circu'tnftancesis to maintain goo uc}l
f tranquility .on the continent, where tlwe I ,
J diiEonte.lt ; for this-purpofe * P ro *«g n f hority
, e8 extraordinary will be appotnte ,wo •
ed will be very extensive, and who w.ll Be aiithori.e
on take any meifures which circum:lta"
H x mand, without consulting any other ■
I" will reside at Verona. V\ UP Wffo
clioice will fall upon S. C. Zac aiy funce
The v««w "■
because its independence nay its J y f .
hi- pf'ds upon the success ot that repu [a
di. natirn noblemen are not nor can >
lC _ French priijciules.
«1 FLORENCE. Way 1. . n( . ai ' ag
in We are not without OB«tapeU
o. the success ot the French, we ''A c( , n
ia- pe6l the neutrality of "he grand pfl jonß
• » 1 * t » t-poW -
in g've the law to In-.y »•« k ' f , fQW ar. |t
eis who are r,i pr.fj!:t it.ihc lwCad
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