FROM THE COLUMBIAN (BOSTON) CENTINEL.
COLUMN ON BEACON-HILL.
THE column which has lately been erected on Beacon-Hilly by
the fubfcripti©n of a number of the inhabitants of this town,
is a plain column of the Dorick order, ratfed on its proper pedel
tal, and substantially built of brick and stone. On each fide of
the pedestal is an inscription, adapted to render the column of use
in commemorating the leading events of the American Revolu
tion—as well as an ornament to the Hill, and a ufeful landmark.
From the advanced season of the year, and itsexpofed lituatioq,
it has been found impoflible to complete it until the spring, when
it is to be incrufted with a white cement ; and a large Eagle of
■wood gilt, supporting the American arms, is to be placed above.
The whole height of this Column including the Eagle, will be
6® feet. The diameter of the Column is 4 feet, and of the Pedes
tal 8 feet.
Ivfcription on the South fide.
To commemorate
that TRAIN of EVENTS,
which led
to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
and finally secured
LIBERTY and INDEPENDENCE,
to the UNITED STATES;
This Column is ere&ed
by the voluntary contribution
of the citizens
of Boston,
On the Weji fide.
Stamp Ast patted 1765, repealed 1766.
Board of customs established 1767.
Antifh troops fired on the inhabitants of Boston, March 5, 177 0 '
Tea Ast passed 1773.
Tea destroyed in Boston, Dec. 16.
Port of Boston shut and guarded June 1, 1774-
General Congress at Philadelphia, Sept. 5.
Provincial Congress at Concord, Oft. li.
Battle at Lexington, April 19, 1775.
Battle at Bunker.H'll, June 17.
WASHINGTON took command of the Army, July 2.
Boston evacuated March 17, 1776.
Independence declared by Congiefs, July 4.
HANCOCK, Prcjidcnt.
On the North Jide.
Capture of Heflians at Trenton, December 26, j
Capture of Heflians at Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777.
Capture of British Army at Saratoga, Oft. 17-
Alliance with France, Feb. 6, 1778.
Confederation of the United States, formed July 9.
Constitution of Maflachufetts, formed 1780.
BOWDOIN, President of Convention.
Capture of Britifli Army at York, October 19, 1781.
Preliminaries of Peace, Nov. 30, 178'.;.
Definitive Treaty of Peace, Sept. 10, 1783.
Federal Constitution, formed September 17, 1787.
and ratified by the United State s, 1787 to 1790.
New Congress aflembied at New-York, April 6, 1790.
WASHINGTON inaugurated President April 30.
Public Debts funded, Aug. 4, 1790.
On the Eajl Jide.
AMERICANS!
While from this eminence,
scenes of luxuriant fertility,
of flourifhing commerce,
and the abode«
of SOCIAL HATPINESS,
meet your view,
Forget not those,
who, by their exertions,
have secured to you
these BLESSINGS.
Written, at the requejl on the View from Beacon-Hill'
FROM this blcft spot let laughing Folly hie,
And placid Wisdom lift the searching eye.
On Charlejlown's Heights, each hallow'd scene explore,
While her own river laves the beaten shore ;
There kindred worth, unboafting sorrows Hied,
When deathless Warren bow'd his patriot head ;
Her sacred temple like the Phcenix (hines,
And her long bridge the sister city joins ;
Whose crescent haven's liberal furface smiles,
Clad in the verdure of unnuraber'd isles,
Yon mafly fane rears its ionic fide,
The boast of art, the great Defignn'i* pride.
There Bowdoin sleeps, deaf to his country's praise,
Deaf to the heav'nly poet*s living lays.
See varied charms adorn the circling main,
The peopled isthmus and the velvet plain ;
Here ruddy health the grateful foil divides,
There gen'rous commerce cleaves the yielding tides ;
From culfuv'd vales, fee tow'ring mounts arise,
Their piny summits curtain'd by the ikies ;
Like a new Planet mid thevaft serene,
1.0 rising Harvard swells th' extended scene,
O'er distant regions spreads a ray divine,
Bids other Bowdoin'«, other Winthrop's (hine.
Such Queem of Cities, are thy rich domains,
Andfuch the realm, where godlike Freedom reigns.
PHILENIA.
* The celebrated Mr. Harrifon.
ON LAWYERS, FOR LEGISLATORS.
" O UPPOSE a little village confiding of 100
*3 personS, fliould feleift out 10 of that hun
dred, to make laws for the rest—Suppose further,
3 of the 10 felerted, to be farmers, 3 tobemanu
fatfiurers, 3 to be merchants, and the remaining
one to be a lawyer ; suppose further, that the 10
are equally knowing, and capable of legislating
right, (which by the by, is scarcely fuppofeable)
these 10 meet to make laws most beneficial for the
■whole. The 3 farmers, anxious to promote agri
culture, will naturally favor that branch inoft,
btcaufc it is for their interejl so to do. The manu
facturer, wishing to have his trade flourifh, will
naturally favor his occupation, as much as pofli
ble, becaufeit is for his inter eft foto do.—The mer
chant will nfe all his influence, and exert every
nerve to promote commerce, even if he fliould
Dec. 4, 1790.
MDCCX C
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ruin the other two branches, becauft it is for his
inter*ft so to do. The lawyer, indifferent as to
the promotion of any one particular branch yet
immediately interested in tlie promotion of the
whole, will nfe his influence, that all these three
branches, (liould so harmonise, as that tliegieat
elt encouragement may accrue to all—the gene
ral good will be his happiness and interest, be
cause he is not so immediately connected with
any one branch, as to influence or bias him, one
way or the other. Where men, who are sepa
rated from the body of the people (to be legisla
tors) have different interests to serve, it is almost
iinpoffible that they Ihould expedite business, or
so fyfleinatize their resolutions, as to promote
the general good." lndepen. Chron.
Philadelphia, December 7, i?9®-
/V S the partnerlhip ot John Dun lap and David C. Clay
x\. poole will expire on the fiill day of January, i79 l >
Dav id C.Clay pool E propofestopublifha Newspaper, entitled
The Mail,
and
New Daily Advertiser.
(To ie continued every Evening, Sundays excepted.J
THE MAIL ftiall "be printed "with an elegant new Type, pro
cured for this particular purpoJV, on Paper, equal in size and qua
lity to any of the Newspapers of Europe or America—And the
engages that no Means Ihall be spared to renderthe
Mail and New Daily Advertiser in other refpe£ls worthy
of the Public Patronage, which he now refpc£Hully solicits.
The Price of the Mai l will be Eight Dollars pr. annum, to be
paid at the end of the Year : And Advertisements will be re
ceived on such moderate Terms as to prove fatisfa&ory to those
who may be pleased to favor the Printer with their Commands
in that line.
' Subscriptions are thankfully recrived at No. 48, Market-Street,
by D C. CLAYPOOLE.
MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY.
THE Managers as the STATE LOTTERY, present the Public
•with the First C'afs of tl.e Majjachufetts ftmi-annual Stite Lot
tery, which will commcnced p awingin the Reprefentat>ves y Chamber,
in Boilon, on the Seventeenih of March next, or sooner, if the
Tickets shall be disposed of.
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125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, lubjeft to a
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pay the Prizes on demand— of the TREASURER of t*ic Common
wealth—of JAMES WHITE, at his Book-Store, fraithHn's-Hcad,
Ceurt-Streci, and at other placcs as usual.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jr.n. 1
DAVII) COBB, |
SAMUI'.L COOI'ER, Managers.
GEORGE R. MINOT, I
JOHN KNE£LAND, j
Bojlen, Jul) 28, *(790.
A Dl'lß TIS EM EST.
WHEREAS a cerain WILLIAM TUFF, of Salem County,
State of Ne ha« two nine pound notei of hand,
given Y»y Samuel jJ, juri. and by certaiu information, it
appears that my name as a licurity tor the fame is added to those
nutes, unknown to r.ie. I >-reby forbid any person or persons
from taking any attg'imentof them from him ; for I am deter
mined not to antVrr tliofc note?, or anv alignment of them, as I
know nothing ol tlxir dealings, uor wilt I answer for the fame.
„ , REUBEN ROBINSON.
Cumberland County, A'jp. 30, 1790.
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TEAS;
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has opened a
Commodious Boarding House,
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VV HERE Gentlemen may be accommodated with
tiEKTEEL BOARDING AXD LODGING,
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This day U published,
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And fold bv Francis Ba.ley, Joseph Crokihauk, Wil
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The Poems of Ossian,
SON OF FINGAL.
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BUYS AND SELLS ALL KINDS OF
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Terms. November 29.
PR ICE CUR RENT. PHI LADE L P 111 A.
DECEMBER 17.
ANCHOfcS pr. Ib.
Allum, Englifli, pr. cwt. 36s
Diuo, Rocb pr. lb. 10d
A (hes, pot, per ton, 35 a 37/iox
Arrack pr. gall. ' ics 1 ts6d
Brandy, common, 7 s
Cogniac 8r 4 d
Braziletto, pr. ton. Itl a 16i
Brie)# pr. M 30s
Bread, Ihip pr. cwt. »Bs6d 19 1
Ditto, pilot 35s
Ditto, small water 65;
Beer, American, in bot. £ .
pr. doz. >
pr. bbl. 3 CS
cn f Oak pr.M feet, 4/ior 4/18/
| Merch. pine 4/ \os 4/ 15X
< Sap, do. 2h.ys6d 3i
O I N.Eng. 2lss 21 7.16 d
I. Cedar 4/ 415s
The above are the Shallop prices ;
for the Yard prices add 15spr M.
Brimstone in rolls pr. cwt. 24X
tn ( Irish pr. bbl. 55J 60/
< Boston 50s 55s
cQ ( Country 45* 47sGd
Butter pr. lb. is is 2d
in kegs tod \id
Cedar,red timber pr.foot 2s2s6d
Chocolate pr. lb. 12d
Coal pr. buihel
Coffee pr. lb.
Cinnamon
Calfia 3*
Cheese, Englifli \s6d
Country 6d 7hd
2 f Sper. pr. lb. 3s6d
\ Wax 3f
p Myrtle Wax U2</
5 | Mould,tallow tsaf
3 LDipped io</
Cotton is \d i> 8-
Cut rants
Dollars *
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6000
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600©
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8000
450©
4000
360©
322#
200®
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Cloves 15X
Copperas pr.cwt. 155 ijs6d
Cordage 65,1 6js6d
Cocoa 6n6d 6756 d
Duck, Ruflia, pr. piece Boj 85J
Ravens
Flour, Superfine, pr. bbl. 443
Common, 40/ 41/
Bur middlings,beft 37J
Middlings 341
Ship-ftuff pr. cwt. 14J 15/
Flax
pr. Ib,
Fustic pr. ton, 13$s 150s
Feathers pr. lb. 2J 4 d
Flaxfeed pr. bush. $s gd
Glue, pr. cwt. 7/10s 81
Ginger, white race 5256 d
Ditto, common 50J
Ditto, ground pr. lb. Bfad
Ginseng, o S
Gunpowder, cannon,pr. )
. quarter cask, £ 3 os
Ditto, fine glazed 37 s 6d
G»n, Holland, pr. gall, 6s
Do. pr. cafe, 28/ 30/
" Wheat'pr. bush &s^d6d
R / e ,5 J
„ Oals \sSdn6d
< < Indian corn
f; Barley 4 s 6d
Bed Ihellcd 20s
Buckwheat sj §d
Hams pr. lb. yd Hd
Hera?, pr. ton, 56/
Hogthead hoops, pr. M 5/ 61
1 2<jOC>f>
Herrings, pr. bbl. 20s
Hides, raw pr. ib. 9d 10d
Hops 2 s
Indigo, French,
Carolina 4* yj
Irons, fad pr. cwt. s
f Callings 223 Sd 30s
7: I Bar pr. ton, 20/ W
2 < pl s 101
5 I Sheet Go/ 65/
I Nail rods 35/ioj
Jiink, pr. cwt. 27s 35s
Lard, hogs lodud
Lead in pigs 40* 42 s 6d
i" tiars 45J 50/
Lead, white Bo.t 85/
; red 4;/i 6d
Leather, Toil pr.\b. it 2d
Lignum vita: pr. ton 42* 4 5 r
Logwood yI SS 81
Meal, Indian, pr. bbl. 20*
Rye t 5 ,
Mackarel,beft 6o s
Common 30J 52J 6d
Mace pr. lb. 70 s
Mustard 23 4d
Madder, bed \slils<jd
Molasses pr. gall. zs6dnsgd
Marble, wrought, pr. foot, 13s
Ma ft spars 6s 7s 6d
Mahogany SJ
Nutmegs pr. lb. 6os6p6d
Nails, iodi2d&2od— SdSjjdgd
' Linseed, pr. gall. 359 d
Train ts tod 2s
Spermaceti 3* yd
j Whale is 101/ 2s
r •{ Olive Q S 6d
j Ditto pr. cafe 28.J 30s
Belt fwect in ) r , r
flafks.pr.box.f s«6<i6o*
L—balkets 12 bottles 28/
Oak timber pr. ton 40*
Porter in calks, pr. gall. 2s
London, pr.doz. t2J 6i 15s
PER QUANTITY
Dollars at if6.
Porter, American pr. doz. 12/
Pitch, pr. bbl. 25/
Pork, Burlington, Bo.rc>o.y
Lower county 70s 85 r
Carolina ysr
Peas, Albany ys 6d 8j
Pepper, pr. Ib. 2s qd
Pimento is 6d
Rice pr. cwt. 24 s
Kofin pr. obi. 25/
Raiiins, best, pr. keg 75/
Ditto pr. jar 22/6^30/
Ditto pr. box 17 s 6d 2256 d
/-Jamaica pr. gall. 5 s 6d 6s
Antigua 41 gd 5/
Windward 4*6*
Barbadoes 43 414^
r Country, N.E.
2ssd zs6d
Saffafras pr. ton 4/jj 60*
Saltpetre, pr. cwt. 6/10/
Sulphur, flour 40/41*
Shot 50/
j ( German pr. cwt. 601 70s
W blistered 82s 6d
pr. ton 40/60/
-n pr. fag. 4/ 10/
Snake root pr. lb. 1{ 6d is Sd
Soap, Common $d 6d
Brown 6d
Castile &d gd
Starch 7
Snuff is6d 2s±d 3s 6d
Spermaceti, refined, 31
Sail Cloth, Englith, )
pr. yard, $
is 3i
ißj 20s
•Boston, No. I,
No. 11. 2J 2<<
Riifiia (heeting, pr. p. 90/
fLump, pr. lb. is
& j Loaf, (ingle refined is6d
"i J Ditto, double do. lsiofcd
y I Havannah, white lid
co ' Ditto, brown, 8d 10d
L Mufcovada,pr.cwt,
Spirits Turpentine pr. gall. Qsgd
(Allum pr. bufti.
,j 2s 6d
< us
(Lisbon ts^dzsdi
Ship build. W.O. frames f Boj
p. ton, J 85#
Do. LO. & red C. do. 6/6/5*
Shingles, Ihort, p. M. 15J zof
ij 1 s6
65s 7 os
—long dressed go.r 100/
Scantling, heart, 90/150/
Sap 42 j iS s
f Pipe pr. 1200 pieces ia/
2 ; W. O. hogshead 7/ 5/
> ) R.O. do. 5/ 5/
< I Leogan 5/i s *
c/ 3 Barrel 4/ 1
L Heading 8/ioz
' Otter, best pr. piece zys6d
Minks is 2s 6d
Fox, grey 2s 6d 5/
red 6s js6d
Martins 3/
~ Fishers zs6d
3 Bears js6d 20s
Racoons gj 4*
Mu(k-rats is 6d
Beaver, pr. lb. 7s6d lisgd
Deer, in hair is6d?s^d
Tar,N.Jerfey, 24 gal. p. bbl. 131
Carolina, 32 gall. 15x17/
Turpentine 20J 22sGd
Spirits, pr.gall. 3J gd
. f James R. new best 35/
;£ inferior z6s 28/
o old 45J 50s
~ Rappahannock
O J Colo. Maryland 40/ 60/
Dark slos 22s 6d
Long-leaf 22 s6d
W Eastern-shore 15J 16s
Carolina, new 24126/
_ —-old 30/
Hvfon pr. lb. ioj ioj 6d
co Hyson llcin, 5/
■{ Souchong, best ys6dss
H I Congo, 3 s 9d 5/ 6d
(.Bohea, 2s 8d
Tallow, refined 7\d 9d
Tin pr. box, 110/ 112s 6d
pr. lb. 41 4s 6d
Vermillion, iu
Varnilh, SJ 2J
' Madeira, pr. pipe 40/80/
Li (bon 40/
Teneiiffe 22/ 10s 24/
w Fayal pr. gall.
52 J Port pr. pipe 39/ 40/
5 Dilto pr.gall. s'iod
Do. in bottles, pr. doz. 30/
Claret <Joj 45s
• Sherry pr.gall. 6sgd g*
L Malaga 4* f,s
Wax, Bees pr, lb. 2s 2s 61i
Whale-bone, long pr. lb. isgJ
■Ihort, pr. lb. is io|^
8 d 9 d
Tun
JS 6d 12/
Wax,
Whal
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Bills of Exchange, London,
90 days, 7»
Ditto 60 days 72^
Ditto 30 days 74
Amsterdam, 60 days.
3® days 3/ ji
Trance, 60 day»,pr.s liy. 7s 2i
30 days 7/ 3d
233 d
pr. guilder,