tate such a peace as ffiall give hef a free paflagd through the Dardanelles, open a traffic from her new Empire in the Crimea, and become a mari time power in the Mediterranean. This great probable event would add to the wonders of the present age ; nor is it likely that the Empress would be arrested in her progress by any mediation, whofc operations mult be clif tant. — January 27. Yesterday an eminent Banking house in the Strand received letters from France, Hating that accounts had been received from Pondicherry, confirming the rumour from Madi as, that colo nel Floyd's detachment has been cut off. The banking house thought it their duty to fend the letter to the office of the secretary of itate, for the information ofgovernment. It is alio said, that the Britifli army have found as they advanced, the streams and springs poison ed, by the milk tree, which is cut and fixed in the bed of the river, and which emirs a juice for ma ny days, that mixing with the water, produces a dysentery. In consequence of this impediment, and fearing alfothat the country might be clear ed of all provisions, general Medows has notlefs than 80,000 bullocks in the train ofhisarmy. BOSTON, March 9 LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE SENATE Has referred to the next session of the General Court, the letter of the General Afl'embly of Vir ginia, refpefting the right of the citizens to hear the debates of the federal Senate. The refolve,directing theTreafurer to subscribe to the loan of the United States, certain Conti nental Securities in the Treasury, has pal Ted both Houses. A bill to determine how far officers in the pay of the government of the United States, (hall be eligible to offices under the authority of the go vernment of this Commonwealth, was read afirlt time, and on motion for its havinga second read ing, it palled in the negative. Bills appointing commissioners to afcertainthe boundary lines between thisilate and Conne&i cut ; and this state and Rhode Island, have pas sed the House. A resolve has pasTed both Houses, appointed Hon. Samuel Philips, Nathaniel Wells, and David Cobb, Efqrs. William Euftis and Thomas Davis, Elqis. a committee to fell the l ight of this Com monwealth to the Western lands, to Mr. Samu el Ogden. (The sum we are told, which has been agreed 011 is xoo,oool. payable by installments, to be on intei ell after a certain period.) To the amount of 800001. has been fold of the Eastern lands, in this commonwealth— 70000 of which has been paid into the public Treasury. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. TO ELLA. STRIKE, strike again thy silver-sounding lyre Ella, thou darling of the God of verse ; Again in thy clear, claflic strain, rehcarfe Decay's fierce ravage, wiih a poet's fire. So when the fainting Sun's last golden rays, Have gliinmer'd o'er the foam-white billowy sea, I've heari a Seraph's voice in heav'nly lays, Ofi bid me think on dread Eternity ! " Thy feeble star now shoots its paley beam, " Dim'd by disease, o'er life's temprftuous surge, " And soon the murmuring waves lhall found thy dirge, 11 While deep thy star is funk beneath theftream. <# Then shall it rife in the bright realms of Truth, " Deiide Decay, and smile eternal Youth." Philadelphia, Monday last, before noon, the President of the United States, accompanied by Major Jackson, Jat off from the Seat ofGovernment, on a tour to the south ward, in anew chariot and fix. It isfaid the President intends to visit the Carolinas and Georgia. } The Secretary of War, and the Secretary of State, escorted the President part of the way on liis journey. The above carriage was built by Mr. Clark of this citj*|- and may be pronounced a superior spe cimen of mechanical perfection in that line. IMPORTANT CHRONICLE! Thirty-two duels were fought in Great-Britain and Ireland, last year—fourteen of wliich were fatal. Twelve fcientific, regular bruising matches in the fame period ! An English paper mentions the following events which have taken place in the course of the French revolution, The order of nobility annihilated—the clergy humbled and degraded—the court an object of hatred, suspicion and contempt —the church lands fold at an {lion—and the lowefl of the people exalted to the rank of legislators : This lafl: lentence wants ex planation— the word /o'vejl is now obsolete. The writer then adds—it appears after all, that it is BIR T H A March 25. extremely probable—nay almofl: certain—that the Revolution of France is fixed—and not to be subverted ! The revolution in France is (said to be) the work of the people—not that of a party or par ticular fatftion of nobles—of the clergy—or of artful demagogues, working on the passions of part of the people —with whom they are popular to day—and execrable to-morrow : Should this be thecafe, acounter-revolution will be found nor so easy a business, as some visionaries imagine" —but was it never known before, that the whole body of the people in any country had changed their mind ? If the French nation are in favor of the revolution, they afford an inltance in point. The French Alfignats begin to find their way into England—Bottomed 011 terra-firma—the ever lasting hills are their balis ! By accounts from Europe,- via Boston, to the 22d January, it appears, that the Turks and Ruf fians continue the war with unabated fury. An alliance has lately been formed between Poland and the Turks. 5000 pounds of hemp, raised by Col Wood, on the memorable heights of Charleftown, was fold in Boston the beginning of this month : It was pronounced by Judges to befuperior to any they had ever seen : This hemp grew on 6 acres of land, and produced, (with the bounty from go vernment, which is 50 dollars per ton) five hun-. dred dollars. Extratt of a letter from Quebec, to the Editor, da- ted February 10. " I enclose you a paragraph, cut out of our Gazette, of 2d December, refpeifting the anions with the Indians, ir. your Weflern territories— That publiflied in your Gazette ; I had reprint ed here—it certainly is more consistent; however you may be allured, the loss of the lavages was not great. " It is not supposed here, that government will give them any support, particularly as they are iituated on your fide of the boundaries. The Indians with whom the furr-trade is carried on, lye to the N.W. of us and the lakes,from whom it is not probable you will receive any encroach- mems." Advices from Detroit, as late as the 6th of No vember, received by yesterday's port, inform us of two aifiions fought between the Indians, and part of Governor St. Clair's army, in the Miamis country. y We have reason to believe the following to be as accurate an account of these events, as has yet come to the knowledge of the public : The American army consisting of 2700 men, 1000 of which were horse, had made a very rapid movement by the 14th Otftober, to within nine leagues of the Miamis villages ; the Shawnefe, and Potowatomeis, after destroying their own villages, and what grain they could not remove, [they allowed the Indian traders fettled among them to remove every thing but ammunition] en camped about 800 strong at some distance from the ipot, and were attacked on the 16th by the 1000 horse, who they defeated after killing about 300 —the remainder retreated to the main body; on the 20th the Indians being reinforced, attack ed that body and defeated them with the loss of 250, or more ; and from the daily growing strength of the Indians, who were determined to purJue the retreating army of the Americans ; news of a general engagement was hourly expect ed when these accounts left Detroit : Such Ame rican prifoneri as they took, [after endeavour ing to learn what the designs of them were,which they said was, to erect some forts, for theprefent and to attack Detroit in the Spring] they killed. By letters from persons near the place, it is said, very few of the American army will reach their homes ; had not a chief of the Ottawa Na tion dreamed they would not lucceed if they at tacked that day, the major part of the American ar my would, on the second engagement, have been cut off. The Indians have called on Major Smith, and the officers in the Indian department, to know what alfiltance they are to expert, and fay, it Great-Britain will not affifl. them, they will go over to the Spanifli lines, and we must abide the consequences. |C 7* Public Securities as in Gazette of the 16th. Treasury Department, March x, 1791. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 28th instant, inclusively, to furnifh by contract, the following articles of cloathing, to be delivered ar the city of Philadejphia, in seven weekly parcels, so as to compleate the whole delivery on or before the 15th day of May nex, viz. 2000 round hats, 2000 short coats, 2000 vests 22 pair of buckles, 2000 pair of overalls, of drilling, 2009 Stocks, 40 pair of wollen overalls, 2002 Clasps, 2650 blankets. The articles must beagreeab'e to such palterns as shall be dirk ed by the Secretary for the Department of War. Paymeut wil bemadeasfoon as the whole of the articles (hall have been del: vered 791 Quebec, December 2, 4263 shirts, 4044 pair of (hoes By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. A Proclamation. WHEREAS it hath been represented to me, that JamisO' Fallon is levying an armed forcc in that part of (hf- State of Virginia which is called Kentucky, dilWbs the public peace, and sets at defiance the Treaties of the United States with the Indian Tribes, the Ast of Congress, intituled, "An Ast to regulate trade and intercourfc with the Indian Tribes," and my Proclamations of the fourteenth and twenty-sixth dajs ol Auouft last, founded thereon : And it is my earncft desire that those who have incautiously afTociated themselves with the fa id James O* Fa llon, may be yarned of their danger, I have therefore thought fit to publish this Proclamation, hereby declaring, that all persons violating the Treaties and Ast aforefaid, ihall be profecutcd with the utmost rigor of the law. And I do moreover require all officers of th;? United States, whom it may concern, to use their best exeitions to bring to jus tice any persons offending in the prcmifes. In teflimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United Statei to be affixed to theje Presents, and signed the fame with my Hand. Done at the City of Philadelphia, the Nineteenth Day of March y in the Year of our Lord one thou fund seven hundred and ninc~ tx-one, and of the Independence of the United Statet theffteenth. GEORGE WASHINGTON. By the Pr esident, THOMAS JEFFERSON Treasury Department. NOTICE is hereby given, that Propolals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treafurv, until the firft Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the full day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1792, both days in clusive, at the places, and within the diftn&s herein after menti oned, viz. At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the state of Penn sylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt. At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lntofh, on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'lntofh. At any place or places, betwixt Fort M'lntofh and the mouth of ihe River Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufkingum. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and up the said River to the Tufcarowas, and at the Tuf carowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said. River to its mouth. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and the mouih of the great Miami, at the month of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami, up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence Over to the Miami Village, on the river of the fame name which empties into Lake Erie. At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth of the Wabafh, thence up the said Wabafh to Post St. Vincennes, at Post St. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabalh, to the Miami village, before described. At any place or places, from the mouth of the Wabafh river to the mouth of the river Ohio. At any placeor places, on the east fide of the river Miflifippi, rom the mouth of the Ohio river,to the mouth of thelllinois river. At any place or places, from the inouih of the Miami river to .he Miami Village. At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandufky* and at Sandufky, and from Sandufky to the mouth of Cayoga river. At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango. At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Prefq'lfie, at Prefq'lflc, and be twixt Prefq'lfle and the mouth of Cayoga river, At the mouth of Cavoga river, and at any place or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to thejmouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek. At any place or places, on the east fide of the Miflifippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively. At any place or places, from the said river Margot, to the ri-'er Yazous inclusively. At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenefee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively. Should any rations be required at any places, or within other diftri&s, not fpecified in these proposals, the price of the fame to be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are to confiit of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or § of a pound of p®rk, Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of fait, } Two quarts of vinegar, T iQQ rations _ Two pounds or loap, C r One pound of candles, ) ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the fiilt Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the fiift day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the state of MaHachu fetts, and the Poftof Welt-Point, in the state of New-York, The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the fame articles as are above mentioned. ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the Ift Monday in September next inclusive, for the fapply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the id day of January to the 3iftday of December, 179 a, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diftri&s herein after mentioned. At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck. At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith. At the post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Capt. Joseph Savage. At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph. At any other place or places within the state ot Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops ot the United States. And for rations deliverable on the march to such future posts. The rations are to be furnifhed in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be fufficient for the con sumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions. The rations to befupplied are to consist of the fame articles, as aie abovementioned. It is to be understood in cach cafe, that all lofTes fufta-.ned by the depredations of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or des troyed, on the depositions of two or more creditable chara&ers, and the certificate of a commifiioned officer, ascertaining the cir cumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed. The piopofals may be made for the whole of the above posts to gether, or separately for Springfield, for Weft-Point, for Y and the seventeen places following it,and for the ports in Georgia ; and they mull fpecify the lowest price per ration, for prompt pay ment. March 22, 1591.
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