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PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENh'O, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOS'D AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA
[No. of Vol. lI.J
L O N DON, Oift. 12
LETTERS from Frankfort fay, that theAfi'em
bly met there for the election of an Empe
ror, has ordered,
That all books, pamphlets and writings attack
ing or reflecting 011 Sovereigns, or their govern
ments, shall be prohibited under the moil rigoi ous
penalties, the authors of them pro:be;;, -,i cri
minally, the hookfellers anddiftiihutors lined 200
ducats for the firft offence, and for the second
panifhed with cor.fifcation of goods.
The approaching dillblution yf the present Na
tional Allembly, and the consequent general e
lection that will take place throughout France,
•will be the true epocha for the permanent elta
bliflinient or final deftru&ion of the liberties of
that country
The latelt feeds of the revolution in France
nay be said to have been germinating upwards
if five and twenty years ; that is to fav, from the
noft alarming convulsion by the lentence of ba
lifliinent being pronounced by the King againil the
Vlembers of his parliaments, in conlequence of
heir havingrefufed to register, and remonftrat
mg aguinlt the injufticc of his arbitrary edidts.
On this occasion he told his Parliaments, rfiat he
would not fufl'er an association to be formed in
his kingdom, which might grow into a confede
racy of refinance ; and that his coronation oath
vvas not, as they vainly supposed, an oath made
to the nation, but to God alone, to whom only
he was accountable.
On Sunday lall a gentleman, whole curiosity
had induced him to examine the internal parts
of St. Paul's Church, mislead hitnfelf, by the
multiplicity of pafliiges into the North front tow
er [corresponding to that where the clock is pla
ced] and from which he was unable again to
find his way. There he remained till Monday
in the afternoon, when by tying his waillcoat and
handkerchief tp a flick, and repeatedly waving
them, for at that height his voice could not be
heard, he attracted the notice of some workmen
in the church yard. Accompanied by a verger,
they went to his afliftance, but, from the intrica
cy as the pallages, had ab;ioft bewildered them
selves in their return. At the moment of his
release, his wife came into the church yard, al
most frantic with the apprehension of his having
experienced some fatal accident.
Though in Europe and America the ordinary
colour for mourning is black, yet in China, it is
white ; in Turkey it is blue ; 111 Egypt it is yel
low ;in Ethiopia brown. Each country has its
reasons for each particular colour ; black denotes
rhe privation of life, as being the privation of
light ; white denoted purity ; blue expreflesthe
felicity whjch the deceased is wished to enjoy ;
yellow, that death is the end of all human hopes
in regard to leaves that fall, and flowers that
fade 5 and brown denotes the earth in which the
deceased is deposited. The ancient Spartan and
Roman ladies used to mourn in white.
FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
BOSTON, December 25.
Thole who rejoice in the profperitv of their country, mud feel
a pleasure on teading the SPEECH of our beloved President,
■which no language can fully describe. The profpe&s it holds out
to the citizens of the United States, arc highly flattering; and it
more than realizes the anticipations of the friends of the general
government. May AMERICA be wife, and justly estimate the
blefiings of her highly favored situation. In the fplehdor of her
lifing beams, the damps, the fogs of anarchy,fedition and every evil
work, die away, and are exhaled into nonentity. The opprefTcd
of the elder world will fcek an asylum in this last retreat of liberty
and her attendants—and founded on the rock of union, the world
ihall fee our country,
" To glory, wealth and fame ascend —
Her commerce rife, her realms extend ;
Where now the Panther guards his den—
Her defart forcfts swarm with men—
Her cities, tow'rs, and columns rife,
And dazzling temples meet the ikies ;
Her pines descending to the main
Jn triumph fprrad the wat'ry plain,
Ride inland lakes with fav'ring gales,
And croud her ports with whit'ning fails,
'Till to the skirts of western day,
The peopled regions own her sway."
Accounts from the Weft-Indies mention, that Count Damas had
been reduced to such extiemities as to solicit afliftance from the
Governors of the Englilh islands. The fame accounts add, that
the feritifh Governors had denied his request.
NEW-YORK, January 4.
By a letter from Judge Morris, of New-jeriey, a veflel which
appears to have been Unity, Captain Barker, from
©cracoke Sound, which place fhc left on the 18th December last,
for New-York, was found on shore at Deal, in the county of Mon
mouth, bottom upwards, on Monday the 27th December. Part
ot her cargo had been pillaged through a hole cut in her bottom,
the rcmaiuder was fecurod by the (hcriff, confiding of 57 cases of
Saturday, January 8, 1791
wine, 6 caflts, and a barrel or two of flaxfeed, and about 5500 hhd
and barrel (laves. The wine was ihipped by Capt. Thomas pox,
lately arrived at Edenton from Boiudeaux, and consigned to Mess.
Hound and Co. pt New-York, a« appears by a letter found in the
veflfel. Four men, rather better drelfed than seamen, the fherift
informed Judge Morris, were driven afliore about a mile to the
southward of the wreck.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, Jan. 4.
The fallowing RESOLUTIONS, as the bafts of a bill
for the eflablijbment of a LAND-OFFICE for the
sale of the unappropriated lands in thd Wijter/i Ter
ritory, were pajjed the houje.
THAT it is expedient that a general land of
fice be eftablilhed and opened at the feat of
ihe govei nment of the United States.
That two subordinate land offices be eftabliffi
ed and opened, one in the government north welt
of the Ohio, and the other in the government
foutli of the Ohio.
That all contrails for the sale of land above
the quantity of acres, fliall be exclulively
made at the general land office.
That no land /hall be fold, except fncli in re
fpecft to which the titles of the Indian tribes fliall
have been previously extinguished.
That the seven ranges already surveyed be fold
in lots as laid out.
That any quantities may be fold by special con
tract, comprehended either within natural boun
daries or lines, or bcili. •Iter m> fliall in
any cafe be made on a river or watercourse, but
in the proportion of chains back from such
river or watercourse, for every chain along the
bank or course thereof.
That the price (hall be thirty cents per acre,
That warrants for military service be put on
the fame footing with warrants idiiing from the
land office, and that the exclusive right of loca
ting the fame in districts set apart for the army,
ceal'e after the day of
That no credit thail be given for any quantity
less than a township of ten miles square, nor more
than two years credit for any quantity.
That in every inltance of credit, at least one
quarter part of the consideration shall be paid
down, and security, other than the land itfelf,
(hall be required for the residue. And that 110
title {hall be given for any tract or part of a pur
chase beyond the quantity for which the consi
deration fliall be actually paid.
That the of each subordinate office
shall have the management of all sales, and the
ifl'uing of warrants for all locations in the tracts
to be set apart for the accommodation of individ
ual settlers, subject to the fuperintendency oftbe
commissioners of the general land-office, who
may also commit to them the management of any
other sales or locations which it may be found
expedient to place under their direction.
That preference be given, for a limited time,
to those actual settlers, whose titles are not secu
red by the former governments of that country,
and the existing ordinances and actsofCongrefs.
That there shall be a surveyor general, who
fliall have power to appoint a deputy furveyor
general in each of the western governments,
and a competent number of deputy surveyors lo
execute in person all warrants to thetn directed
by the surveyor-general or deputy furveyor-ge
rals within certaindiftrids to be aifigned to them
refpetftively. That the surveyor-general ihall al
so have in charge all the duties committed to the
geographer-general by tlie several resolutions
and ordinances of Congrela.
That all warrants iiiued at the general land-of
fice, ihall be signed by "";ind shall be di
rected to the surveyor-general. That all war
rants iflued at a subordinate office, fliall be signed
by and fliall be directed to the deputy
surveyor-general within the government. The
priority of locations upon warrants fliall be de
termined by the times of the applications to the
deputy surveyors: and in cafe of two applica
tions for the fame land at one time, the priority
may be determined by lot.
697
HUso
[Whole No. i 77.]
That the Treasurer of the United States fliall
be the receiver of payments for lales made at the
general land-office, and may also receive deposits
of money for purchases intended to be made at
the iubordinate offices, his receipts or certificates
for which shall be received in payment at thole
officcs.
That the secretary ot each of the weflern go
vernments, shall be the receiver of a!? payment!
arising from f'afcs at the office of such govern
ment.
That controvcrfies concerning rights to patents
or grants of land, fliall be determined by the
of that office, under wliofe immediate
direction or jurifdidtion the locations in refpe<3:
to which they may arise, fliall have been made.
That the of the general land-office,
surveyor-general, deputy-surveyors-genera), and
the of the land-office in each of the west
ern governments, fliall not pure hale nor fliall
others purchase lor them in trult, any public
lands.
That the fecreraries of the western govern
ments shall give security for the faithful execu
tion of their duty, as receivers of the land office.
That all patents lhall be signed by. the Preli
dent of the United States and lhall be recorded
in the office of the Secretary of State.
That all officers aiding under the laws efta
blifliing the land-office, lhall make oath or affirm
ation faithfully to discharge their respective du
ties, {to their entering upon the exe
cution thereof.
That allfurveys of land fliall beat the expeuce
of the purchasers or grantees.
T hat the fees fliall not exceed certain rates to
be fpecified in the law, affording equitable com
pensations for the services of the surveyors, and
eilablifliing reafonableand cultomary charges for
patents and other office papers, for the benefit of
the United States.
That the of the general laml -eflicr, ffialf
as soon as may be, from time to time, cnufe all
the rules and regulations which they may efla
blifh to be pnblifhed in one gazette, at least, in
each ftare,and in each of the western governments
where there is a gazette, for the information of
the citizens of the United States.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. j
[It (hould have been noticed in our lad that th<?
bill for the relief of Shubael Swaine was read
the third time, on Tuesday and palled.]
The bill more effectually to provide for the
national defence by eflabjifliing a uniform mili
tia throughout the United States, was read th<«
second time, and referred to the committee of
the whole house on Wednesday next—too cooieu
were ordered to be printed.
A mellage was received from the Senate, in
forming the house, that they havepaffed the bill
to provide for the unlading of goods, wares and
merchandise, in cales of obstruction by ice.
The house agreeable to the order of the day
resolved itfelf into a connnittec of the whole,anil
took into consideration the bill, repealing after
a certain time, the act laying duties on distilled
spirits, &c. and imposing others in their Head.
Mr. Boudinot in the chair.
Mr. Parker moved that the whole bill (hould
he again read. This was objected to, as a need
less expence of the time of the committee, efpe
ciallvas the fubdanceof the bill had been print-'
ed. Mi. Parker infilling on his motion, and the
rules of conducing business in the committee of
the whole, being called for and read, the oppo
sition to reading the bill was withdrawn. '
The bill being read through, and the firft pa
ragraph being repeated by the Chairman,
Mr. Jackson moved to strike out the eflcutial
part of the firft clause. He dated his objection#
at large against the principles of the bill—and
reprobated the funding system, and an excise in
particular, as an auxiliary to it.
The tenor of his observations were to (hew that
this mode of taxation was odious, unequal, un
popular and oppreflive—more particularly in the
Southerji States—ln which he observed, its une
qual operation would te molt sensibly felt, as the
citizens of those States have no alternative to a
dopt,' by which they can diminish the weight of
the tax —no breweries, or orchards, to furnifh
a fubditute for fpiritous liquors—hence they be
come a neceflary article. He contended that they
were not only neceflary, but salutary in the
southern regions : This he said had been ac