CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the lixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. AN ACT to continue in force the Act therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the payment of Pensions to Invalids, and for the support of Light-Houses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers. BE itenafted by the Senate and House of Reprefcntatives of the United States of America in Congress aflembled, That the ast, entitled, " An to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures and penalties accruing under the revenue laws in certain cases therein mentioned," (hall be and is hereby continued in force until the en 4 of the next feflion ot Congress, and no longer. And be it further enadled, That the yearly pensions which have ,been allowed by or in pursuance of any act or law of ihe United States, to persons who were wounded and disabled during the late war, (hall for the space of one year from the fourth day of March rext.be paid out of theTreafury of the United States, under such regulations as the President of the United States may direst. And be it further ena&ed, That all expences which (hall accrue from the firft day of July next, inclusively for the neccflary sup port, maintenance and repairs of all light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers, (hall continue to be defrayed by the United States, until the firft day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, notwithstanding such light-houses, bea cons, buoys, or public piers, with the lands and tenements 'there unto belonging, and the jurifdiftion of the fame, (hall not in the mean time be ceded to or vested in the United States, by the State orStates refpcftively, in which the fame may be, and that the said time be further allowed to the States refpe&ivelv, to make such cession. Provided, that nothjng in the laid ast (fiall be con strued to limit or rcftrain the power of the Pre i.dent ot the United States, to grant pardons for offences against the United States. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprefentativcs, JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prejident of the United State*. and rrefident of the Senate Approved, March third, 1791 GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United Stata Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary oj State. RESOLVED by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress affcmblcd, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is requested to cause an cflimate to be laid before Congress at their next session' of the quantity and (ituation of the lands not claimed by the In dians, nor granted to, nor claimed by any of the citizens of the United Suites, within the territory ceded to the United States by the State of North-Carolina, and within the territory of the United States north-weft of the river Ohio. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vicc-Prefident oj the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, March third, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in thr Office of the Secretary of State. iHOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a mint (hall be established under such regulations as lhall be dirt&ed by law. Rc-folved, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause to be engaged, such principal artists as lhall be necefTary to carry the preceding resolution into and to stipulate the terms and conditions of their lervice, and also to cause to be procured such apparatus as shall be requisite for the fame purpose. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the HovJ'e of Reprcfentativcs. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prejident of the United States, and Prejident of the Senate. Approved, March third, 1791 GEORGE WASHINGTON, P,efUent of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls ir, the Office of the Secretary of State THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State'. ANNAPOLIS, April 7. To the President of the United States Sir, WE, the Faculty of St. John's College, beg leave to exprefsthefincere joy which the honour of your presence in our infant feininary afforded us. In common with all those who.superintend the education of youth, we must feel a lively gra titude to the defender of liberty, the guardian of his country, and consequently the great pat lou of literature. But as this feniinary was be gun since the united voice of free America cal led you to preside over its molt important inter ests, and ensure to them the continuance of those blessings which your calm foreflght and steady fortitude had been the happy means of procur ing, it seems in a peculiar manner to look up to you with filial refpetf. That it dates its birth from this grand aera, which has placed you at the head or fifteen diftindi sovereign slates united into one mighty republic, is regarded by its friends as an auspicious circumstance and flatter ing afliirance of its future eminence and ufeful iiefs. To the friend of virtue and his country the rife of colleges, where the youth of genera tions, yet unborn, may be taught to admire and emulate the great and good, must give a heart felt delight, as they promise perpetuity to the labours and renown of the patriot and hero. Our earnest prayers, that a kind Providence may constantly watch over you, and preserve a life, long, indeed, already, if measured by deeds of worth and fulnefs of kouours, but coo (hort as yet for your country. Signed in behalf, and ac the request of the Faculty, JOHN M'DOWELL, Pr. March 26, 1791. To the Faculty of St. John's College Gentlemen, The fatisfaiftion which I have derived from my visit to your infant seminary, is exprefled with real pleasure, and my wishes for its progress to perfection are preferred with sincere regard. The very promising appearance of its infancy matt flatter all its friends (among whom I intreat you to class me) with the hope of an early, and at the fame time, a mature manhood. You will do justice to the sentiments, which your kind regard towards myfelfiufpires, by be lieving that I reciprocate the good wishes con tained in your address, and I lincerely hope the excellence of your seminary will be manifefted in the morals and science of the youtli who are favoured with your care. From the (London) MORNING HERALD. EPITAPH for VOLTAIRE Mr. Editor, AS your paper is particularly circulated in Paris, 1 fend you for insertion the follow ing Epitaph on Voltaire. It conveys, I believe, the general sense which all good men entertain of that celebrated character, who was alike ad mirable for his talents, and detestable for his abuse of them. If his enthufialtic admirers can not disprove its allegations, let them adopt it, to decorate his tomb at their approaching celebra tion of his funeral obsequies. HERE lie deposited The ashes of VOLTAIRE. This man " In poetry was—much, In politics was—something, In religion was—nothing at all." He was Chief of a herd of freethinkers Who affected the belief and practice of a certain system of Morality, Which they had the hardihood to maintain as superior to revealed religion. But Voltaire, tohisown dil'gracc, And to the mortification of his followers Did in his own person give the lye ' To their viiionary hypothesis. For, Under the influence of this new-fangled Creed He, like many others of the Confraternity, Became notorious For the want of Honour, The wantofVf racity, And the want of common Honesty. Reader, when thou reflected, That among the bighefl orders of mankind The only restraint on Powerful Tyranny Wild Desire, Mad Ambition and Oppressive Avarice, is RELIGION, And that among the subordinate ranks of thy Fellow-Creatures, The fame Principle Is their great support and consolation under every species of adversity, Thou wilt perceive, ■That the man who endeavors to invalidate its Authority, And diminifli its influence, Is an enemy to the Weil-Being and Harmony of SOCIETY. Gallaudet andEwmc, HNo. 54, South Second Street, AVE tmportcd ~, the Lady Walterjlorf from London, Man. Pn I ,(•' a n,""" 1 L ' wr P° oi . and the Birmingham Packet from Bristol, a GENERAL ASSORTMENT of SEASONABLE GOODS, which they will fell on reasonable terms. |J3" On hand for Pt , J g , , ds of OLD J AM £S''RIVER TOBACCO Philadelphia, April 1791. , 00 " NOTIFICATION. Colonel Thomas Prqctik, Lieutenant of the City and Liber es of Philadelphia, being neccffarily absent from the city, his Excellency the Governor hath thought proper to authorise NV.twl gc ulof that Office until his return •_ OTICEis therefore giver., to the MILITIA of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties of said City, the Townftiips of Moyamenfing and Pafl\unk, that thev are to meet and exercise under their refpeftive Officer. ©n the'fol lowing Days, viz. First Battalion on the 2d Day of May next. Second Battalion on the 3d of do. Third Battalion on the 4th of do. Fourth Battalion on the sth of do." Fifth Battalion on the 6th of do. Sixth Battalion on the gth of do! Seventh Battalion on the 10th of do. ELEAZER OSWALD, Licntenant, pro tern, of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, April 6, 1791. T . CO P'" of the CONSTITUTION of the Edit 11 ' £ r,nUd W!th -Notes, ?nay he had of the 820 G. WASHINGTON Pintard and Bleecker PURCHASE and SELL all kinds of ' Certificates & Public Securities On COMMISSION, at public and private sale, on the ' following term*: ON the specie amouut of all i'alcs or purchases at aufiion eighth per cent. ' On ditto of all fdles or purchases at private sale, on all funis below 5000 nominal dollars, one-half per cent. ; and on all fumj above 5000 nominal dollars, one-fourth per cent. For receiving intercll at the Loan-03ice, one per cent. For making transfers at ditto, one dollar cach transfer." tf3~ Such perfoqs throughout the United as may be pleased to favor the fubferibers with their orders may rely on their being executed with punSunlity, fidelity and dispatch, as confi derable experience in the public flocks, together with extensive connexions in the city of New-York ana different parts of the continent, enable them to condufl their operations with peculiar advantages. PINTARD & BLEECKER, A'eu>-York, No. 57, King-Street. 197 law 6m) March 1,5, 1791 TIfHEREAS HENRY WEBB, put out appren » » tice by the Greenwich School for the sea service, mot Übout the year 1776, who was then of the age of t 4 years, oi'there fcbouts, and kiUd from England in that year to some part of tJonh-Ameiica, in the fliip or vcHcl called the Arlcmlfa, and which (aid ship or vellcl was at that time a Navy Vittualln-, Capt Lewellyn, and which ship or v-ITel w.s also a Spanifli Trader and' atterwards became such Transport in his Britannic Maiolty's' ler vtceas aforefaid ; and whereas the said Usury H'M defened and ran away from the said ship or veflel, and entered on board a cer. tain privateer or vessel called the Revenge, or Fengeame Privateer of which orie John Dcatc was then mailer or commander, tiieii lying at Ne.o-York in America ; and the said Vengeance Privateer oil or about the sth5 th day of November, i 77 9, failed from New. York aforefaid to Savannah, and arriv ed at such lad mentioned place on or about the month of March or the month of April fol lowing, from thenceto some port or place in America, but to what portor place is not known; and in the month of May,l7Bo, was seen at Barbadoes inthe Weft-Indies: but the said Henry Webb hath not lince been heard of, and is luppofed to be dead, it havino hem reported that the tender belonging to the said ship or ve(lVl°called the Vengeance,with a number of her men, to the amount of 20 or thereabouts, and among whom the said Hcr.rx Webb it is fuppo'fed was one, were taken by an American vcfTel and carried into Phi. ladelbhia If any oerfon or persons will give any info,.nation of the laid Henry Webb, or of the time and place of his <lea:h, to Sa muel Nay lor, F.iq. No. 4, Great Newport-ftreei, near Lone- Acre, London, or to the Rev. Mr. John St a n for d, No. M.lohn. ltreet, Xew-i'ori, they lnall be handsomely rewarded lor their troublc - (97»W 8 W) FOR SALE, In ths City of Ncw-Brunfwick, A Commodious TWO STORY HOUSE,aJmoft new, plealantly situated on the banks of the Rantan, to gether with a large I.ot iri the rear, and a very good Wharf im mediately in front of the House. Said House is thirty-four feet square has tour rooms on each floor, with entries between the fame and a good {lone cellar under the whole. Any perron inclining to purchafc may have poffeflion the firft day of May next, and know the price and tcrmsol payment which will he made cafy by applying to Lewis Forman, in said city, or the iubfcribcrm Borden Town. J. VAN EMBURGH. N. B. If not (old, to be rented from ill day of May next, Manuel Noah, BROKER, No.gi, Race-Street, between Second and Third-Streets. BUYS and SELLS Continental & State Certificates, » , „ , . , Pemfylvania and Jersey Paper Money, And all kind. of SECURITIES of the United State.,, or of any particular State. Matthew M'Connell, In Chesnut-Striet, No. 66, D U y S and SELLS all kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF I~J THE UNION ; has frequently occasion to N EGO CI ATE * .AND BILLS Of EXCHANGE—and will receive Orders SU3SCRIp TIONS to the BANK of the UNITED o IATES. Philadelphia. March 30, 1791 MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP AND T . COMBED WOOL. HE Sublcriber hereb? gives public noticc, that he has obtain, ed a patent for a Jlivering wheel and table, a movement fur wet ting the thread*, conical doth coated t/irumilers, and another for the•fame ra< C ' coa *°d 7 oiler, a leathern belt moved by rollers, for the purpoje oj tic preparatory drawing of the /livers, and another leathern JfFi Ukc ™" ver > b rollers,for the purfofe of drawing the roi eafl.ix, hemp and wool, being improvements uoon the mill or ma chinerv of Kendrew and Porthoufe of the town of Darlington in <-»rcat Britain. This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it is grafted,being of the utmost value to the United States, the fubferi 'tr ieieby offers to make and erect a complete mill or mills, in eluding both the original works, and bis above improvements ereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be by them agreed on ; and to conduct the Manufactory either for a fhareof V',.' s > r ?' ftl P"lated wages. GEORGE PARKINSON, Plnlad. ho. 65, Chejnut-Street, March 17, 1791. [93 6f.] TO BE SOLD, The seat of the late governor L 1 V 1 N C S T 0 N, fttuate about a mile from Elizabeth-Town, on the public road to i °J r, s Town. The farm contains between 90 and 100 acrtsof land, 15 or 20 acres of which are wood land ; there is also apper taining to the said farm about 19 acres of fait meadow. Particular attention having been paid to the cultivation of fruit ; there is on t le faim a very large coJle&ion of various kinds of the choicest: ruit trees, &c. in lull bearing; the house is large, convenient, well built and in very good repair. Enquire of the Printer, tor further particulars. Ncu)-York, 7an. 1791 LOST, T)Er\\ EEN this city and New-York, on the port road, two XJ bundles containing the Gazette oi the United States—No. 32 deilined for New-York and Boiton. As they can be of no use, but as paper, except to the Subscribers, many of whom keep files of that publication, any pcrfon who can give informa tion to the Editor, so that the whole or anv part of them may be recovered, fha!l receive a generous reward. The two bundles contained 300 papers. ( 9 6 tfj 80 3m
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