■j
Notice is hereby given.
HP H AT IVparate proposals will be received at
A the office of the Secretary of the
ment of War, until the expiration of the 15th
of July next cnfjing, for the supply of a'.l ra
tions, wh.i-li may be required for the use of the
United States, from the firfl day of O&ober,
1799, to the thirtieth day of September, 1800,
both days inclusive, at the places and within the
two diflrifls herein after fiift mentioned ; and
also that separate proposals will be received at
the said office until the expiration of the 15th
day of July next ensuing, tor the supply of all
rations which msy be required it aforefaid,
from the firit day of January in the year 1800,
to the thirty.firrt day of December in the fame
year, both day» inclusive, at the place and with
in thefeveral ltates herein after mentioned, viz.
FirJ} —Propof»l3 to supply all rations, that
may be required, at Ofvrego ; at Niagara ; at
Prefqu'ifle ; at Michilimackinac ; at Fort
Franklin ; at Le Ba;uf; at Cincinnati ; it
Picque town, and Loramies stores ; at Fort
Wayne ; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below
Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake
Erie , at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the
iiv«r Wabafti ; at MalTac ; at any place or
places on the eafl fide of the river Miflifiippi,
above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon
the Illinois river.
Second—Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required, a: any place or places, on the
east fide of the Miflilfippi riven, below the
mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boun
dary of the state of Kentucky and within the
said state ; at Knoxville j at all other pofti and
places wUhin the state of Tenneflee ; at South
Weft Point ; at Tellico Block-house, at St.
Stephens on the river Tombigby and any place
or places within the Cherokee boundaries ; be
low the southern boundary of the state of Ten
neflee and within the boundary of the United
Third—Propofalj to supply. all rations that
may be required, at Point-Petre 5 at Coleraine j
at Savannah, and at any other place or places
where troops are or may beftationed, marched
or recruited within the state of Georgia j at alt
forts or Rations on the Oconneeand Alatamaha,
and at all other plac-es in the Creek Nation,
within "he limits of 'the United States, where
troops are or may be ftatinnetU
Fourth—Proposals to supply all ration* that
may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pinck
ney, at Charkflon, or'at any other place or
placet where troops are or may be ftaticmed,
marched or recruited in the state of South Ca*
rotina.
Fisth —Proposal* to supply all ration* that
may t»e required at the Fort at Wilmington,
Cape Fear ; at Beacon Island, Ocracoek ; at
Charlotte; at Fayettevillei at Salisbury, or at
any other place or places where troop* are or
may be Rationed, mareHed or recruited in the
flats of North Carolina.
Sixth- -Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
Kempfville, at Charlotievilie, at Winehefter, at
Staunton, at IMchmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at Fredericklburg, at Carttrfville, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
imy be Rationed, marched er recruited, in the
ftiite of Virginia.
Seventh —Proposals to supply all ration* that
may be required at l f ort M'Heury, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Bladenlburg, at
.George town, at Harper'* ferry, at Eaftown, at
the Head of Elk, and at any other place or
places, where troops are or may be Rationed,
marched or recruited within the limit* of the
slate of Maryland.
Eighth—Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilktfbarre, at
Reading, at Bristol, at Yorktown, at Carlisle,
at Lewifi wn (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Gresnfbarg, at Walhington, at Eaftown, at
Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be (lationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the slates of Pennfylvanii and Dela
ware, except the posts within the state of Penn
sylvania, enumerated in thefirft proposals afore
faid.
Ninth —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hackeniac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, at Trenton, and at any other place
or places where troops are or may be ilationed,
marched er recruited within the limits of the
state of Jersey.
Tenth—Prooofah to supply all rations that may
be required at New-York, at Weft-Point, at Flush
ing, at Haerlem, at Wefl-Chefter, at Poughkeep
fie, at Kenderhook, at Stillwater, at Newburg, at
Albany, at Conejoharie, at Cherry Valley, and at
any other place or places. wh*re troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within the
limits ol the state of New York, except the posts
within the said state enumerated in the firft pro
posals aforefaid.
Eleventh—Prspofals to supply all rations that
may be rixjuired at Hartford, at Hebron, at New
London, at Bror.klynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield
at Guilford, at New-Haren, at Fairfield, at Dan
bu;y, at Middletown, and at any other place or
places where troops are or may be ftationed,march
ed or recruited within the limits of the State of
Conne&icutt. /
Twelfth —Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, %t Newport, at Providence, and at any
place cr places where troops are or may beftation
ed, marched or recruited within the limits the of
state of Rhodelfland.
Thirtnutb—Propofals to supply *ll rations that
maybe required at Portland in the Diftriift of Maine
Gloiitaftcr, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Bos
ton, «t Springfield, at Uxbridge, and at any other
place or places where troopi are or may be Ration
ed, marched or recruited within (he limits of the
{late of MaiTachufettt.
Fourteenth —Proposals to supply all rations that
nay be required at Porifmouth, at Exeter, at
•"ort, place or places, where troops are or may b«
latiohed, ma»chedjOr recruited within the Stateiof
Sew-Han>p{hire and Vermont.
1 he Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the
Following articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of bread
or flour, Or when neither can be obtained, of one
quart of rice, ®r oneanJahalf pound of fiftedor
boulted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of
frelh b.-ef, or one pound of salted beef, or three
quarters of a pound of salted Pork, and when frelh
meat is ifined, fjlt, at the rate of two quarts for
evrey hundred rations, soap at the rate of four
pounds, and ean'lles 3t the rate of a pound and a
half for every hundred rations.
It is expected the proposals will ilfo extend to
the supply of sum, whiskey, or other ardent spi
rits at tlie rate of half a gill per ration, and Vine
gar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations. The projofals will fpetify the price of
the several component parts of the ration, as well
as those of iu'olkitutci or .alternatives for parts
hereof. . .
Ther.itions arc to be furnifted in filch quantities
as that there (hall at all timet, during the term of
tHe propofcii cißfttra&f, he lumciefX for the con
fjmpt'on ot thetroopsat Michilimackinac, Detroit
Niagara ar.ti Ofwego, for fix months in advances,
and at each of the other pods on the wellern wa
ters, fir at least three months in advancs, of good
e provifipns.'if ihe fame shall te re
qu'ilsJd Itti all* to be permitted to Mi ami every
of the <omnj*ndants of fortified places, or puits,
to call for at f-afon* when the lame tan be trans
ported, or at any trine in cafe of urgency, i'uchfup
plies of like proviiion* in advance, as in the dil'are
tion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is to be uwdfrltood that the contrjilor is to be
at th 4 e?pence and rifle of issuing the supplies to
the troops, and that al} lofles, sustained, by the
depredations of an enenty, or by means of the
troops *f the United States, ihall be paid for at the
price of the article captured or destroyed, on tlx
depofiticns of two or more persons of creditable
eharaiSter.% and the certificate of a commiffionsd
officer, aftertaining the circumllances of the loss,
and the amount of the articles, for which comp'en
fation (ball be claimed.
The privilege is to beunderftood to be reserved
to the United States of requiring, that none of the
supplies which may be furnifhed under any of t lie
proposed contrails {hall be issued, until the supplies
which have or may be furnilhtd under xontrails
now in force have b«en consumed, and tnSt afup
ply in advance may be always required at any of
the fixg'i posts on the Sea-board or Indian frontiers
not exceeding three months.
JAMES M'HENRT,
mcvch »9
War Department,
April, Ij, 1799.
ALL Officers within the States of New-
Hampshire, MafTachufetts, I'hode-Ifland,
Connecticut, Vermont, New-York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, belong,
ing to the firft, fecand, third and fourth regi
ments of Infantry, and the firft and fecoud re
giments of Artillery, now upon furlough, or ab
sent from their commands will, without delay,
report theml'elvej to Major Qeneral Hamilton,
and obey his orders.
JAMES M'HENRY, Sec'ry of War.
6t
NOTICE.
The Members of the So
ciety of the Sons of St. George, eftablilhed
at Philadelphia, for the Advice and Afiiftance of
Englilhtien in diftpefs, are requested to attend
their Anniversary Meeting, at the City Tavern,
on Tuesday the 13d inltant, at a o'c-lock ia the
afternoon.
GEO. DAVIS, Sec'ry.
A punfloa! attendance, at the above hour, is
deli red, at feveril sew member* will be bal-<
lotted for.
Dinner to be on the table at 4 o'clock pre
cifelv. April ifi, J799. • dt<j
An elegant Coach
FOR SALE,
Enquire at No. 5, north Fourth street.
April 16 11 it
NOTICE,
To the Inhabitants
Of the City and County as Philadelphia.
IT appearing from the returns received by" the
Afleffors of the fir ft division of Pennfylv.ma
confiding of the C : ty and County et Philadelphia,
under the AA" to frov'do for the valuation,of Lands
and Dwelling Houfei and the enumeration of fanes within
the United States," that due attention has not been
paid to returning vacant Lot , er property held i»
other partsof this, orfome other of the United
States ; and as heavy fines may be recovered for
such negleft, it is requeftcd that all persons resid
ing within the aforefaid division and owning, pof
fefiing or superintending any property a» aforefaid
which they hive not already returned, will forth
with return the fame to the affcfTor of the ward,
townlhip or ditlrift in whi«h thay reside (or in
which the property lies,if in the aforefaid division)
from whom on appliation they will receive the ne
cessary Blankforn s or from Mr. George Weftcott,
No. 4, North Fourth-ftrect. Those who do not
comply with this requellprevioHS to the 13d inft.
can blame themselves only, for the conferences,
apri! 16 H • 3t
China Goods.
yusvj mpor Ted,
* In the Ship Dilawakc, from C»nton,
Imperial
Hyf0 a n nd k ' D /TEAS.
YoungHyfox J
A very handsomely ifforted
Small invoice of Silks ;
Alio, China Ware, assorted.
For Sale, by
WILLIAM SANSOM.
diw
April 16
F. KISSEL MAN,
Has for sale, at no. 105, foutk Water street,
Cogniac Brandy, ift 3d & 4th proof
Jamaita spirits, 4th proof,
Nev^"England } RUM '
Sherry "\
Port"" ( WIVES
Malaga J
Molaflet
Sugar
Coffee
And various kinds of Groceries:
april II „
N ANKEENS,
Hyson, "
Hyson Skin, and > TEAS,
Souchong j
JUST UANDINB,
From en board the fftip Wooddrop Sims
from Canton, and for Tale by
James C. Fisher,
No. 13, Arch-street.
eodtf
April ii
CAUTION;
WHEREAS my wife, Maryjame»,has proved
unfaithful to my bed and to my inu'reft,
and behaved in every refpe& unbecoming a wife—
-1 am thereby and in conference of the failure of
all my other endeavors to reclaim her, reduced to
the painful neceflity of declaring that I will not
hereafnr pay one farthing of any debts (he may
attempt to contrail in my name.
ANDREW JAMES.
»pril i.f
LONDON BOOTS.
RECEIVED by the fbip Lexingtsn, a few doz
en of BOOTS, of an excellent quality, which
are now open forfale, by John Bedford, No. 79,
south Second street.
N. B.—A f »ber steady foreman who underftanda
the bnfineft of a (hop, and i» or 14 good boot and
(hoe-makers wanted,
april is
FOR SALE,
A smart, aftive Bay Horse,
BETWEEN fifteen and sixteen hanHs high.rifihg
five years, would suit very well for a gentle
man in any of the troops of Horse, he is perfe&ly
found, the price is iio dollars.—For a ■view please
to apply at No 10, North Eighth street, or at Gif
bertfon's Stable, in 4th between Lombard and Ge
dar or South-streets.
match 1}
The Ship °K KPT UN E,
n°w laying at Walnut ftr?ct
SBiSiaiiSKwharf, wiih her tackle and ap
partj as (he cam!: from fes ; her burthen is
233 ton*. For terms, apply to
JOSEPH ANTHONY & Go. '
7be consignees of goods on board the above
vessel, are requested to take out their Per
mits so soon as possible, as the ship will be
gin discharging to-morrow morning,
april 12. dtf
Secretary of War.
3»W.}W
1f eo6t
aaw^w
I Jl l"
For Edenton, N. C.
enquire at No 135, NJar
ket-ftreet.
« pril tt
Sheathing Copper,
tj Pipes of the fineft particular
Madeira Wine
For Sale by
JOSFPH S. LEWIS
No- »St Dock Street,
3tawim
March »i.
FOR SALE
By SIMON WALKER,
Pine, near Fifth-street,
WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders,
6 1-3 fset long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 le«t
long, 25 cwt. eaeh, with carriages, &c. completed
ditto
and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c.
complete;
Carronajes «ri Hiding carriages, la, *8 & *4
pounders, weighing 612, 8 and 13 cwt. each ;
Boarding Pikes and Cutlafles ;
English Cannon Powder;
Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts;
6, 9, It, 18 and 141b. round Shot;
6, o, 18 and 14 lb; double-headed do.
9, 18 and 141b. Cannifter Shot.
Alio—a quantity of best Englilh, Porter, Claret
and Port Wine BottUs,
Taunt#n nlein calk*of 7 dozen each,
maroh 8
The fubferibers have on hand,-and for falc at re
duced prices, the following articles, via.
Seventy Pipes London Particular
Madeira Wine,
the vintage of '96, fines whed they have lain is a
store well adapted to their improvement ;
15 Chests of Young Hyson Tea ;
An Invoice of vrell assorted China—eriginal
coll between 8 and 900 dol's. in Canton.
HIGBEE Sc MILNOR.
march tr
English wrought Nails.
Imported in the Jhips Molly and Biana, from
fclv* RFOOt.
400 Casks of Nails,
CONSISTING of 6d, Bd, iod, tii, and
iod, flat points suitable for the southern
market—6d, Bd, iod, lid, and iod, finedrawn
fliarpi—affo », 3, 4, and 6 clouts—lprigs—
lucks—feupper nails—(heathing nails, iS?c.
tOH SALE BY,
Robert Denifon, junr.
ft 7 Marktt-ftreet.
Valuable Property for Sale,
In Chefnut, near Sixth street, dire&ly oppofit
CoNGkiss Hall,
A I.OT of ground,' about 11 fecc front injChef
t\. nut street and 7 J feet in depth, whsrecn is a
good frame house, now in the tcuure of Samuel
Benge, lubjeil to a ground rent of aos. per annum.
The advantageous situation of this property re
quites no comments, for it mud be known, there
jrefew in this city to equal it, an unecceptionable
title will be made to the purcbafer. Apply to
JAMES GIRVAN,
no. 198, Chefimt street, iKtt door to the pre*
mifes.
mareh 5
Notice.
THE subscribers being appoint*
ed by the court of common -plexs of the city and
county , gttardiapi perfon and cflare of Jo
nathan Brt&i, now confined in a state of lunacy
in the Pennsylvania Hospital—.All persona holding
his effeds or indebted to hina will pay or return
the fame immediately ; and tho<e"having demands
will prefcnt them (W|y authenticated, to
, , Mary Beere,
Thomas Hurly,
Philadelphia, april 4
arrived, in the Ship Delaware, from
Canton—and for Sale, by
Joseph Ant bony t & Co.
.Imperial
Hyson, and > TEAS of thefirft Quality.
Hyson Skin J
ALSO,
A few Bundles of Nankeens.
April 16 Cawim
JACOB PERKINS y
H.AVING invented an effectual chsck forde
. tefling counterfeit Bank Paper, which
has received the fan&ion of on* Bank, and the
approbation of the undersigned eminent artists,
and having obtained a patent, securing to him,
and to his afiignt, the exclusive right of the in
vention, hereby offers to his fellow citizens the
privilege of using it upon terms, to be agreed
en J>etween him and any person disposed to avail
themselves of a guard against counterfeits.
THE underfifned having examined Jacob
Ptrkin's new invented method to detect coun
terfeit Bank paper, do approve of the plan, it
being inpoffible to engrave or fink two plates
perfeilly alike, without the original die or hub,
the counterfeiter would find it impoflible to
make an impreflion which would perfectly gage
with the check from the original die.
ROB'T SCOT, Engraver & Die Tinker
JAMES SMITHER, Engraver.
JAMES AKIN, Engraver.
The terms may be known by applyiag to
No. it, South 3d flreet.
March 13
FOR SALE,
A Capital Printing Press.
Enquire at this office.
April 13
NOT. ICE.
creditors of TODD ts* MOTT are request
ed to leave their accounts calculating interest
to the aad of November, 1798, the date of Todd
and Motts's aflignment, with W. Mott, no. 14.5,
Market street, on or before the firft of July next,
as a dividend will fee immediately made after that
time ; those who neg!e& to find in their accousts
will be excluded fiom that dividend.
John Waddington, ~j
Jebn Rhodes, v Assignees
John Allen J
april 13,1799
On the 19th of July, 1791, ths following
Advertiieineiit appear-d in the World, Ora
cle, &c.—London.
law tf
tu.th fa tf
no. 16, Carter's alley.
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lawif
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taw tijy
Xl)e (3asetic.
PHILADELPHIA .
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AP,Jill 17■
■: ®>: m.\
ANTHONY PASSU!IN.
A DECLAIIA'TIQN•
" Having liy repeated wounds, very near
ly loft the ul'e of my right arra, the princi
pal tendons and artery being biie&ed ; and
being very much enfeebled by illness and lot's
ot blood, I find rnyfelf reduced to the ne
cetfity of informing all those whom it may
concern, that, having loft more than -half
my power ot refinance, 1 cannot any longer
submit to thofc- brutal insults whVch I have
latejy received, in conlequence of the parties
knowing- my present Wodily with
out applying to the laws for redreh. The
recent barbarous conduct of ieveral lurking
paltroons wKo have had the mean villainy to
attempt the aifaffination of a man, whom
they had not the courage to meet on Serins
of equality, fufficiently juftifics me in this
addrets, yet knowing the vapouring propen
fitiesand illiberality of theinlidious, thedif
tardly, the depraved, whom I have scourged,
I think it honorable and manly to declare,
if any individual feels himlelf highly agriev
ed by my writing*, and will fignify his wish
es within a month frorh the date of this no
tice, that I will chearfully give him that
fatisfa&ion Which requires a man of spirit to
require or bestow. J. WILLIAMS,
Alias ANTHONY PASQUIN.
No. 125, Strand.
July 17, 1792.
The following Card appeared the 20th of
July, addressed
To J. Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin
In consequence of an advertisement called
a Declaration., having appea-ed in several
Morning Papers, he is informed by a party
concerned, that, should any further ruiftate
ment of the affair (in which he has had be
llowed on him what he so well deserved) ap
pear in any way before the public, he may be
assured, that a particular ftatenicnt of the se
veral fails will be published, ftgned by the
names of the gentlemen who were witnefles
to the tranfadtion.
Though Anthony Pafquin alias J. Wil
liams, does not deserve any pity from the
writer of this, yet he feels so much for him
as to give him this advice ; let him remem
ber, in future not to insult the feelings of a
gentlemen—let him remember that the terms
of equality, he l.jnents the want of, were
indeed difficult to.come at ; let him remem
ber, -that no gentleman can draw a knife—
carry a tuck flick, or (hamefully wound his
adversary with his teeth, and that the cane
which he so heartily felt the weight of, and so
patiently bore, was tfye proper challifement
for his insolence, his boasting, and his affec
tation of courage. His threat of appealing
to the laws, is as much despised as his das
tardly behaviour throughout the affaif. A
man mufl make a good figure when one part
of his advertisement complains of a breach
of the law, and in another can prevail on
hiaofelf to believe he has sent a challenge.
But as the writer of this, knows by experi
ence the matter wholly to be meant as a joke,
it is likely the former is too. He supposes
Anthony Pafquin, alias J. Williams, has at
least wit enough to avoid an investigation
which must expose him so entirely *0 the
j contempt and deriGon of the world.
His infalent aflumptimi of the name of a
man of spirit, calls lor hothing from the
writer of this, but an encreafed contempt,
nor should he have been honored with this
notice of his paltry jumble of incoherent
falfehoods, but from a to save him from
the cudgel of fomc one of the gentlemen
who were accidental witneflVs of his cow
ardly, and dastardly humiliation.
If after having read this, Anthony Paf
quin, alias J. Williams, is not fatisSed
with the caning he has received, and lhall
presume to obtrude any of his ribaldry on the
public eye, to mis-represent the affair alrea
dy too well known for him ; the fratement
before mentioned lhall be inserted ; after
which Anthony Pafqain, alias J. Williams,
fball fink into to that obfeurity and oblivion
be has so muchcaufe to wi/h for.
1 he writer of this thinks it incumbent to
return his (incere thanks to the several gen
tlemen concerned in the conduit of the va
rious daily Papers, for the very honorable re
sistance of the calumny and malice endeavor
ed to be intruded on them relative to this
affair. [7*p be continued.']
BLAKE vs. SEWELL.
Supreme Jud. Court, February Term,
1799 —Bojlon.
This a&ion was brought on by a pro
missory note made by Wilson to Sewell, da
ted June ift, 1796, for 1973 dollars and 89
cents, payable to him or order in 60 days.
Sewell endorsed it to Pomeroy, and he en
dorsing it blank, delivered it over to Rogers
for a valuable confederation, who lodged it
in the United States bank for colle&ion.
Pomeroy within days of grace paid ihe
contents into the bank and took out the
note w "b an endorsement therein as follows
_<« U. States bank, paid by Pomeroy A.u
guft 2 d, 1796." and afterwards delivered it
to Bl a ke the plaintiff, who brought this
adion as the indorsee of Pomeroy. The
defendant's council made three points in the
cafe ; firft, that when a negotiable note or
bill of exchange is once paid il i» no longer
negotiable jfecor.d that when such a note
or bill is overdue, that is, has become pay
able, and is wards endorsed, fuel) sub
sequent indorsee must take it on the credit
of his endorser only ; and third, that any
prior party, whether drawer or indorfer shall
have every advantage against such subsequent
indorsee which he could have had pgainlU
his endorser. The defendant's council mo
ved-the court, and was permitted to g'v£ In
evidence that the conhdrratioK of the mire
was certain goods purcha'ed at auHion hv
Pemerov for hijnfelf and Wilson, in certsii:
proportions, and that it was made payable
to Sewell mer !y to obtain his credit, he ha.
vi"g no interest in the purchase : that Wi!-
i'oll had paid Pomeioy his proportionable
part of the note before he took it up at the
bank, and that it was placed in the hands
of Blake the plaintiff as collateral security
of a .Note not then du<r ; it being agreed at
tht fame time between Blake and Pemeroy,
that Blake should keep the delivery of the
note to him secret from Wilson and Sewell
until after the note for which this had been
lodged as a collateral security should become
payable ; and that in fa<S it haJ been so
kept secret more than eighteen months ;i»
which time Pomeroy failed.
The council for the plaintiff contested all
the points made in the cafe by the defend
ant's counsel.
But the court,, viz. Dana, Paine Cufhing
and Dawes concurring in their opinion on
the firft point, viz. that the note having
been paid at the Bank by Pomeroy ceased
to be negotiable, chief justice Dana, diredfced
the jury accordingly who found their ver
dift for the defendant without leaving their
feats. The other points were not conside
red as necessary to b« fettled by th-e court
in this cafe. The cases cited by the coun
sel for the defendants were three term ' re«
ports, page 80, Brown agiinft D ivies, H.
Blackftonos Reports, page 80, Beck and
Robby. (being a Note) Kyd on bills of
exchange, page 163, 284.
From the Farmer'/ Weekly, Mtijeum
Occasionally, some small baok, originally
written in Europe and amply encouraged
there, is reprinted here, with every precua
tfon to secure the bookseller against a loss.
Nor is it always that the price of his pa
per arid the charges of printing are paid.
A new book is a prodigy. A market cannot
be (locked, when there are no ctiftomer?.
Our men of real genius, either indignantly
cross the Atlantic, and with Rumtord and
West, laugh at patriotism, and re
ceive their wealth and honors from foreign
hands ~- or, sullenly conceal talents in a dap
kin, exhibit the energies of mind, to the
dull and " (tony eyes" of speculators, ped
lars, and Jews, A Mr. Caritat of New
Y®rk has hazarded the republication o-
Zimmcrrrann en National Pride, and Mr.
Nancrede has printed a miniature edition «f
Southey's Poems. Nay, we have of our
own printing and publifhiiig, those invalua
ble volumes, Hervey's Meditations, Gu
thrie's Saving Interest, and the healing pam
phlet of Dr. Bertody. We have a variety
of little things on Arithmetic, to assist our
men of business in the great work of compu.
tation. We have felc&ions, and extrad*,
and elements, and childhood precepts, with
out nurfiber. We have £ Geography, the
produ& of a fertile invention. We have a
Biography of a molt martial personage. We
have many of Dr. Wigglcfworth'6 Discour
ses, and litera
ture, have been gratified with a little spice
of Aftrouomy from a President of our own
rearing. Ment'on has been made, among
us, of the Magnetic Needle, and its varia
tions, and certain new moons, and eclipse*
have been calculated, with painful accuracy.
The memoirs of Burroughs have seen the
light here; and, if ever patronage was be'
flowed upon an American author it has been
felt by an ignorant convicl. But not one
original work of genuine genius isnowpub*
lifhed in the United States. The fame
dearth of domestic literature has for a long
time prevailed, nor have w* any reafoß to
exclaim the harvest is nigh. No fyraptcm
appears of the revival of elegant author/hip
among us. Every book that appears here,
even on the threshold of life, druggies like a
sickly infant. It has the marks of diflblu
tion and negleft, even upon its title page
forehead,' and quickly dies, a babe, in the
lively phrase of Burke, of as little hopes as
ever eked out a billof mortality. Though it
may derive found (lamina and a florid com
plexion from its parent, it cannot last. It will
receive no (helter. It will attach no friendf.
Its expenccs will not be paid. Ii will find
neither fotler father nor nurse. The writer
of this article has been severely blamed for
holding this language. It ii har(h, but it is
true. It is wholcfo.ne reproof. It is inten
ded to alter that swelling tone, and to check
j that absurd vanity, which have so long pre
vailed at home, and founded the praise and
boasted the munificence of America. In
this refpedt, if weighed in th; balance of the
goldsmith, (he would be found wantirtg.
We refpedt Columoia, (lie has many graces.
But we have one thing against her, (he has
forgotten her literary 1 lve. Slie vaunteth
of her authors, and luffers them to idle, to
be (equeftered, or to starve. The above re
marks are intended to afiUl the rights of li
terature; and to blame that mercenary, or
blind spirit, which snatches the pen from a
Morton, a Minot, a Gardiner, a Kiax
land,and a Bentley.
ANECDOTES.
A Company of scholar*, going a bun
ting, enjoined on one of the party, who
was usually very talkative, to prefcive silence
for he would frighten away all the game.
Upon spying a number of rabbits he vdcife
roufly exclaimed, " ecce ! multi funiculi!"
when they disappeared in a moment. Being
chid by his companions, lie replied, " Who
the devil would have thought the ralbits under
stood latin ?"
An 3&ion was tried for slander, in which
an attorney was plaintiff and an honest far
mer was defendent. It was to recover da
mages for calling the attorney a rogue and
a thief, the words were proved to have been
spoken by the defendent. Ihe verdift of
the jury was, " We are cf an opinion that
as the plair.t'fFis an attorney, the aftion will
not lie.'*