* iROM THE. MASSACHUSETTS SPY. Mr. Thomas,, IT was the answer of a certain eminent when a (Iced by what means he acqi)i,red the large fortune he was fuppafed to bepoflefled of, that he had more difliculty in accumulating the firil three thousand pounds, than all the relt of his immoderate wealth. , This mny be said to coniprife the whole secret of rifingiu the world ; and although none of the adepts in the science have yet discovered the le cret art of puttingthis rule in pra&ice, the indi gent or unbefriended will find as many difiicul ties as ever, to retard their progress, and hinder them from emerging out of their embarrassments; for it has been obferyed, that the in oil exalted vir tues, and the brightest accomplilh nents, do no l find it easy to extricate themselves out ol ditficul ties ; this the course of human contingencies has proved true, and daily observation ltainps a fitnc tityonthe addition. Perhaps in all our towns, there is fcarccly a man who cannot in the circle of his acquaintance point out foine one, puH'elied of extensive capacities, firong, natural and quick parts, and a delicate lenfibility and feeling of honor, wh.) are not how. ever able to rail'e themselves to any coulpicuous point of eminence, merely because their talents have not been called forth by oppirtuniy, or their indigence and ftrairened circumltauces [which ever are noticed by the world] have pre vented an animation of their abilities by fnccefs. To preventgenius from languilhment and decay, it mult be warmed, nurtured and clierifhed ; the fine sensations which commonly attend an enlight ened understanding, will occasion a dclicatc way of thinking, which will render the podefl'or liable to a great dejeilaon offpirirs Geniusfhould be tenderly encouraged,or the cold blasts ofadverficy and di.'app.iintmeut may chill it, like fruits,which if not carefully allilted in their vegetation by the use of hot beds, would wither unripened. . I waslately readiug the life of that great and good man, Lord Somsrs ; and I coula not bat. think, that the circqmftance ef the encourage- j ment afforded Mr. Addifon, who would hnve ; remained in alefs coiifpicuous point of view, with out die afliiiance of such a friend and patron, te ; fleded the gre.ueft lnftre on (lis chara'^ter. That vein of humour Which ever was the mod genteel, would, or at least might, have been tinc ,tured bylowlife ;coarfe and vulgar railing might ,havebeen indulged, in (lea.l of that delicate rail ery he was pollened of ; and his taste, nniflied and refined by travel and every other advantage, might have grown callous and indelicate—,R.i haldry might have been fubftitnted for thofefen tinients of morality which served to awaken the blulh of confufion in the female face, and which he endeavoured to fet.ofFin the Hailes of nativej innocence and unaffected beauty ; and his pen which entertained the world with the molt ele- j gant specimens of human wit, might have been ' The political tool of party rage, or employed in perianal inveiftive. Kis protection prevented his finking into ob. security, and from neceflitoufly compelled to fully that fir.je which is now the reward of'his 'performances. It has been and still is the fate of many, endu ed with parrs butUttle itiferiour to his, to droop in indigence; ar.d there are many who might be come Ihining characters, in any profeiliou, were there any incitement tofpur" their steed"— Wit is generally esteemed an objed. of ridicule; and a narrowness of fortune affol'ds matter of merriment to those to whom fortune has been more propitious. Is a man qualified to aifl well his part in any particular p'ofefiion, if not befriended by a full purse, or his situation is in the lead degree era barrafTed he is fire to be kept in a Itaie of depres sion, and not permitted an effort to rile in life. There is scarce any thing in life, to a feeling mind more affecting,than tofind thatthe insolence ofpai fe pride is f» prevalent, as to oc. afion scorn tobebeflowed on indigence; people whoarepof feiled of affluent fortunes, who have arrived at the fummitof reputation and wealth, by a fortu nate series of-fuccefiful efforts, ought to conlider, that thev betray an unmanly triumph over those who have flill their fortune to make, when they attempt, from trivial causes or matter of resent ment, to disappoint others, or depreciate their abilities—lt has been observed by the immortal I'ope, that the world is apt to form an idea of a man at a ti:;>e when be is lead capable of judging rightly for himfe,lf— thence we find, many are ruined by flight errors, trivi;,] imli i'crctions, and petty inadvertencies, while others owetheir ele vation to vices, paffians, and a series of felfiih are generally more fuccefsful than, jyiode.'ty, a under'.landing, and a spirit above battery or mean fiib;nii:lon. Xbpfc who fcc fjniiing ac'tiie goal of fortune, elevated .abyve iba frowns or famines of life while oihers arc running tlie hardy eourfe for wifli to be] might reflect, iliat perfeveiance and unremitted application maj' reach the point in which tUey take fucii pride. "JChc cqnfqquenc'es then'tfillbe obvious, a well ■meant spirited difpolitiou, with the advantages of ;a genteel education and a competent knowledge •of the world, riiuft receive airi additional I a fire from wealth ; apd fuchan one's acconvplHhmeiits will, in their turn, adorn and embellish afflu ienc^.--Ah J, confeqMently, iinifter views ought bever to influence .the brealts of any, who have ; it in their power co depress the neceflitous, to add ito the difficulties which naturally present, by withholding favours which true bcnevolence would induce them to bellow, and the bestowal •of which perhaps might add to the namber ot ■ happy as well as valuable citizens, without doing | the lead injury to themselves. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sep:. 28, 1790. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received atthe Office ot the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 31ft day of December next inclufive,forthe building of a LIGHT HOUSE, nearly of the dmien&ons proposed by the late Commiflioneis of Virginia and Maryland, upon the lot of land on Cape Henry, in theCbunty ot Princess Ann, and State of Virginia, lately ceded for that purpose to the United States. It is desired* that the proposals rmy leave the ele&ion, whether the building above the foundation (hall be of brick, or (lone, and as the cost and charges of those ma terials vary, it is expected, that a corresponding difference will be made in the terms offered. The foundation of the Light-House is to be of stone, and funk to the depth of thirteen feet below the water table, over the top of which the pavement is to be laid. The diameter thereof is to be twenty seven tect fix inches, with a vacancy of about nine feet in the ccntre. The diameter ofthe base isto be twenty fix feet, at which place the thickness of the walls is to be fix feet. The height from the bottom of the water table to the top of the stone work is to be se venty two feet,wherethe diameter istobefixteen feet fix inches,aud the thickness of the walls three feet. The form is to be an o&agou, having three windows in the east, and four in the weft. If it be built of brick, it is to be faced with the glafly kind, if of Hone, it is to be faced with hewn or hammer-dreiled stone. On the top ofthe stone work is to be a floor of joists, bedded therein, planked over and covered with copper, extending about two feet eight inches beyond ihe wall, thereby forming an eve, which is to be (lniftied with a cornice, the whole having a descent from the centre fufiicient to throw off the water. The lanthorn is to be supported by eight polls of wrought Iron of three inches square and twenty feet in length, ten feet of which are to be wrought into the stone wall on the inner part ?t each corner. The diameter of it is to be ten feet, leaving a platform on the oufide thereof of about fix feet in width. All the work abo\e this is to be of iron and copper. The lanthorn is to be ten feet high, having a feinicircular roof of five feet more( with iron raft ers covered with copper. The whole space between the posts sup porting the lanthorn, is to be occupied by the falhes, which air to be made of iron, rah fafli is to have twenty-eight panes «>f glass, twelve by fourteen inches. One of the fafties on the fotrh weft fide is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out upon the platf.'rm, from the outer part of which to the roof of the lanthoi n isto be a frame of iron covered with a net work of strong braf*s wire, to prefcrve the glass from injuries by hail and flights of birds in the night. The rafters of the lanthorn are to be wc!! faftened to an irpn hoop, over which is a copper funnel, through which the fmokc 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 so placed as to be turned by a large vane on the spire above ir, that the hole for yeutirg the fmokc may always be to the leeward. Eight dormant ventilators of fix inches diameter are to be fixed, in the roof of the lanthorn. A close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lanthorn, which • is to be furnifhed with eight lamps, each capable of containing fix quarts, hung in two tiers over each other transversely. There ar<- to be fix flights of (lairs to ascend to the lanthorn, the entrance to which i;s to be by a door covered with copper. The building is to be furnifhed with two conductors, to secure it from the eftefis of lightning. A frame houfc is to be built for the keeper, twenty feet fquarr, two stories high, with a frame kitchen ; the whole to be finiftied with lath and plaifter. A vault for the storage and fafe keeping of the oil is to be built of (lone at a convenient distance, twelve feet wide, and twenty in length. It is to be arched, and covered with earth m sand, over which a shed is to be built, and it is to be furnifhed with eight ftrong cedar ciftcrns with covers, each capable of containing two; hundred gallonls of oil. The entrance isto be secured by a strong, door. Good security for the faithful performance of the contrast will be expe&ed. Payments on account will be made at proper sta ges of the work, and the balance will be paid on its completion . or, if a suitable difference should be made in the terms, cash will be advanced for the purchase of materials and provisions.. CdT The Printers in the several States are requeued to insert this. By Order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Esq. Chief Juflice of the State of New-York. j NOTICE is hereby given to Lewis M'Donald,of Connecticut, an absent debtor, that upon application and due proof made to the said chief iuftice by a creditor of the said Lewis M'Donald, pursuant to an at\ of the Legiflaturc of the said State, entitled. " An a6> for relief against abfeonding and absent debtors," pass fed the 4th April, 1786; he, the said chief justice, has directed all the said Lewis M'Donalds eilate, within this State, to be seiz ed, and that unless he shall discharge his debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, the fame will be folc for the payment of his creditors. Dated ihc 3d May, 1790. New-York, May y t 1790, (iw. iy.) TO BE LET y On very low terms—and < entered upon immediately. until the firfi o / May next. THAT elegant new TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, in iht Bowery-Lane, formerly occupied by Robert Gilbert Livingston, decqafed ; it has ftven Fiie Places wiih a goofl Cellar under the whole Houie-—a convenient out-Houfe in thfc r.ai, with a Coach-House, and Sialics ; for further particulars cn- _ MANGLE MIXTHORN (2 M'. t. f.) The Mail Diligence, FOR PIULADLLriIIA, T iy . /K 6 ' , y*^ a i r ®f at New-York, Ten minutes after -I~i o'clock, every morning cxccpt Sunday. 5 .'age Of f ic-e;' C Hy J oven:; ) Jh<jiid-I! u)\ A cu:-Yvrk "jfuve I*9o. ) to™ Dr. -Price's Rivdniic:: Ssrmon may be hod if t'~c Fail or. Pries 1/7. 628 Corporation Dock cvßßEitr*-*~jigr-mK:i : u - J>o. pa inch do. iJ r fix ? ' Do. 18. inch do. 1 Butt white oak flakes;' Sgf- <.i Pipe d«. do. gt. ; V»r tr , Hogflyad do.-do. cfllffdK -■ { Do. do. heading, M, ~7: ' . . Irilh barrel do. flavra, £. Hogthoad red oaV. in. s- &f. Do. French drt. cl. ■ - - Ho<*ftiead hoops, i|li ' Whiteiak. square tiimljer )r - , v . per square foot, . 10 ; Red wood, per lon, jßi. Fufticfc, :o!. SeaVer, per !b. lrf. t igfi O't r per {kin, gf. ja/- Greyfox, 7 . , * Martin, 4/: 0. Racoon, g/6aj/6. ■ Mufkrat, lod. a ni. Beiver hats, 64/. " Callor do. jfif. , . Chocolate, iarf. v Coco - *, jcf. a 8->£ *1 Cotton, ifc. | Tar, pr. bar. 16/. ■ j Eilch, 1 ~, | Turpentine, 2IJ. e %%{. \ I Totacco,James Riv;ei, ] Do. York, 4d. * j I Do. Rapjjahanock, erf't Do. Maryland,coloured, yjji j I Do. Weftern-jhorf, id a jUd. Lead in pigs, pr cwt, 60/f j Drt. hars, 68f. } Do. Shot, -5 / J Red lead, 68/. i White do. dry, ; White do. in oil, rj. i«f. | Salt-petre hams, 'J Spermaceti candles, 3J. » " Mlulddo. 1 \d. a tj. Tallow dipt, 10i. Soap, s d. a Sd. Castile fojp, gd. a tqi. £ngli(h checfe, pr. Ib. ij#. Country do. $dr 6J. Butter, io</. Hyson tea, 9[.. Sequin do. 6/t>. Bohca do. 2/8. Ginseng, of. a ifib. Staich Poland, Bd.. SnutF, ?/j. Allum fait, water mea- ) » sure, pr. bulK J " Liverpool do. !-J. Madeira wind, > 60/ . a pr. j»*p C , J , Port, sa/. Lisbon, pr. gal. tJ6- Tcneriff, 4/2. Jy«». 3/3- Sper/naceti do, 6/. Shake-down hhds. gf6 Dutch g«npbwdcr,pr.cwt. 160/ I Vail rods, pr. ton, «(RL— .intfocd oil, pr. gal. $J. Vhale do. pr. barorl 50/] TRICt ouob. 1 AaIAICA Spirits,s/6. Antigua Ram, 4 jj, a 5/ St. Croix, do. 4JB. Country, d<>. ,3/^. MMilrey, «/o. % Brandy, 7/. G;ncv?, Do. in cases, 30^ Mufcovad ) Sii faV, <* 7*/■ Loaf, d'j. 1/3- Lump, do. i/i|. Pepper, 2/10. Pimento, 2/! Coffee, 1/3. 1/4. tndigo, (Carolina) 6f. Do. Frcu b, 18/. 10f. Rice, *z6f. Superfine flour, 52/ I Common do. 44 f. Rye do. a °%f Indian Meal, 18\f. 2of. Rye, 5/ ]frr. Wheat, 6/8. a 7/. Corn, (Southern) 3/6. Do. (Northern,) 4/! Beef, lirft quality, ijof. Pork, firft quality, 105JI Oats, if 2. Flax-fec<f, 4/6. ; Ship bread per cwt. 81/ I 24/ Countrv rciiucd > g,_ bar-Mon, ) 0 Do. HloomerV, a6l. Swedes do. 45!. riufHa do. 301. Pig-iron, xof. a 91. German steel, Q«.per lb. Nails American, by cask. ) 14d. per. ;b. 4d. ) Do. do. do. 6d. 12d. Do. do. do. Bd. 9\d. Do. do. do. iod."} Do. do. do* l'2d.( . . , Do. do. do. a0d.r 7^655 Do. do. do, 24d.) Pot alb, per tor,, 401. 1. Pearl alb, 571. Rees-wax per lb. 2/2. Mackaiel per barr. s6/T a 30/ Herrings, 18\f. Mahogany, Jamaica, ) , per loot, I loj - Dominico, do. qd. Honduras, do. fd. 81. Logwood unchipped,pr.ton. Do. chipped. 141. ? inch white oak ) , r plank, perm. J lOl " 10 / 1 inch do. 51. 2 inch white pine plai;£, 81. 1 3 inch do. 6!. 10f. 1 inch do. 31. 10f. 2 inch pitch pine do. 10!. 11 inch do. 61. 10f. 1 inch do. 4 Pitch pine scantling, 31. Cyprus 2 feet fhirtgles, 11. D«>. 22 inch do. il. Sf. Cedar 2 inch do. il. 10f TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 13, 1790. NOTICE IS hereby green, that Proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the firfl day of 08 ober next in clufve, for the fapply oj all rations, which may be required for the ufeof the United States, from the frfl day as January to the thirty firfl day of December 1791, both days inclufie, at the places, and within the diftriflr herein after mentioned, viz. At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in theflute cf Pennflvania t arid Fort Pitt and at Fort Pitt, At any place or places, betwixt fort Pitt and fort hVlntofh, on the River Ohio. and al Fort M'lntofh. At anyplaceo r plwes, betwixt Fort M'lntofh and the mouth of the Ri ver Mufkingvm, and at the mouth of the River Mujhingum. .it any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River MuJkingirm, aid up the said River to the Tufarowas, and at the Tufiarowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River and down the said River to its mouth. At anyplace or places, betwixt the mouth of the liver Mu/kingum, raid the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said RiverScioto. At any ptkc cor placet, betwi xt the mouth of Scioto River. and the mouth of the great Miami at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to tne Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio and at the fa-d Rapids. ar, y ft ace or pieces, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami, np -the aid Miami, to and at fiquctown, and thence over to the Miami Village s on the river of the J.nr.e name which empties ivto Lake Erie. At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth of the a ™fh> tftence up the fetid Wabafh to Pojl St. Vincermes, at Pofi St. Vin cennes, and thence up the said river Wabifh, to the Miami Village, be fore deferibei. ■ J J \ 6 At any place or places J rom the mouth of the Wabafh river to the mouth of the river Ohio. At any place or places, on the eaflfide of the river Mijifippi, front the mouth of the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Illinois river. At anyplace or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami V tllajre. Atany place or places y from the Miami Village to Sandufky, and at Sandujky, and jrom Sandu/hy to the mouth of Cayog« river. At any place or places, oetwixt Fort Pitt aud Venango, and at Venango. At any place or places, betwixt Vcnango and Le Beuf and at.Le Bxuf betwixt Le Beuf ami nnd Prefq'lJle, at Prefq'lflcy and betwixt Prefq' JJlc and the mouth of Cayoga river. At the mouth of Cayoga river, and at any place or places, on the rout from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek. ' At any place or places, on the eajl fide of the MijMppi, between the mouth of the Ohio andthe river Margot inclusively. At any place "or places, from the hid river Marmot, to the fiver Yazous inclusively. ° At any place or placesfrom the mouth of the river Tcnnefce, toCiochap po or Hear cteck y on tke said river inclusively. Should any rations be required at any places, or within other dipitls, notfpecif'd in the/efropofals,theprice of the fame tobt hereafter agieei on, betwixt the public and the contractor. The rations to be fupptied are to conffl of the following articks, vm One pound of br eid or flour. One pound of beef or -J of a pound of pork, Haifa jill of rum, brandy or whifi)' One quait of fait, } Two quarts of vinerar. f . Two founds offoeb, ( <"*■ One pound oj Candles, J Thefropojals miiftfpecifythe hwrjl price per ration. Kt credit is >''• P" r «<- ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of tkt Tr:sf*rU
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