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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA
[No. 104, of Vol. lII.] Wednesday, April 25, 1792.
SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
and held at the city of Philadelphia; in the State of Penn
° fylvama, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one
thouCand seven bundled and ninety-one.
AN ACT supplementary to the Ael for tlie Efta
blifhmenc and support of Light-Houses, Bea
cons, Buovs, and Public Piers.
Section j.TJE it ena&ed by the Senate and Honfe of Re
-13 prefentatives of the United States of America
in Congress a fembled, That all expences which ftiall accrue
from the £rft day of July next, incluftvely, for the necelFarv
fupoort, maintenance, and repairs of all light-houses, beacon's,
buoys, the llakcage of channel, on the sea coast, r.nd public
piers, (hall continue to be defrayed by the United State*, un
til the firi day of July, in the year one thousand feveo hun
dred and ninety-three, notwithstanding such light-houses, bea
con"., or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto
belonging, and the jurisdiction of the fame, ihall not in the
mem time be ceded to, or veiled in the United State;, by the
St ite or States respectively, in which the feme may be, and
tut the said time be farther allowed, to the States refpedive
jy to make such ceilion.
Sec. 2. And be it further ena&ed, That the Secretary of
the Treasury be authorized to cause to be provided, erected,
and placed, a floating beacon, and as many buoys, as may be
necc Idtv for the fecuritv of navigation, at, and near the en
trance of the harbor of Charleston, in the State of South-Ca
rolini. And alio to have affixed three floating beacon; in the
bav of Chefapeak ; one at the north end of Willoughby's Spit,
another at the tail of the Horse-Shoe ; and the third on the
ftoale:* place of the middle ground.
•JONATHAN TF.UMBULL, Speaker
ejthe Ilonfe oj Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Pref.devt of the United States,
end Picjident of the Senate.
AFP*OV£O APR I L THE TWELFTH, 3792-
GEORGE WASHI NfGTON,
Prejxicvt of the Ihitcd States.
AN ACT to erc& a Light-House on Montock
Point in the State of New-York.
SK iteaatted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress alfembled,
That as soon as the juril*di<stion of such land on Montock point
in t ie State of New- York as the Prefidentof the United States
fakfU deem fufficient and moil proper for the convenience and
accommodation of a light-house shall have been ceded to the
United State >, it lhall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to provide by contrail w'.ijch ftiiili be approved by
tie President of the United State?, for builu'ng a light house
thereon, and for furnifhing the fame with ail necelfary sup
plies, and to agree far the salaries or wages of the person
or persons who may be appointed by the President for the fh
perkKendance aad care of the fame ; a id the President is here
by authorized to make the said appointments. That the num
ber and disposition of the lights in the (aid light houle lhall be
facH as may tend to dlfringuifli it from others, and as far as is
practicable, prevent miifcakes.
JONATHAN TRUMBT'U,, Speahr
of the Houje of Reprcjentativei.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-FrefJmt ofthe United States,
and Prcfi-dektvJ the Senate.
APPROVED, MAR C? H THF. TWEIfIH, 1"Q
AN ACT for afcertainihg the Bounds of a Traift
of Land purchased by John Cleves Symmes.
T> E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
-L) of the United States of America in Congress ailembled,
That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is
authorized at the request of John Cleves Symmes or his agent
or agents, to alter the contract made between the late board
«f treasury and the foid John Cleves Symmes for tfre sale of a
traffc of land of one million of acres, in such manner that the
said tract may extend from the mouth of the Great Miami, to
the mouth of the little Miami, and be bounded by tlie river
Ohio, on the south, by the Great Miami on the weft, by the
Little Miami on the east, and by a parallel of latitude on th
north extending from the Great Miami to the Little Miami,
lb as to comprehend the proposed quantity of one million cf
acres, provided that the northern limits of the said tract lhall
not interfere with the boundary line eftablilheu by the treaty
of Fort Harmar, between the United States, and the lad-.an
nations, and provided also that the President reserve to the
United State-?, such lands at and near Fort Waffling ton as he
may think necelfary for the accommodation cf a garrison a*
that Fort.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Sbraket
ojthe Hou/eoJ Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS. Vice-President of tke United States,
and I refiient oj the Senate.
APFRCVED A?R I L THF TWELFTH. 179'
<,F.ORGi WASUIN'GTON,
Prtjidcnt cj the'Jntted States.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
prcjtdcnt of thr tfr.itcd Stales.
AN ACT for fixing the compensation of the
Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Re
presentatives in Congress.
BS it enacted by the Senate and House 6f Reorefentatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That from and after the termination of the present session of
Congress, the door-keepers of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives, shall each be allowed a salary of five hundred dol
lars per annum, in full compenlation for their services in the
laid offices; and that the afliftant door-keeper to each House
fhaß be allowed in fuil conipeufation for all his fervrce?, the
sum of f)ur hundred and fifty dollars per annum. And it shall
be the di*ty of the raid door-keepers to do the usual services
pertaining to their refpeftive offices during the fefljon of Con
gress, and in the recess, under tlie direction of the Secretary
of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, to
take care of the apartments occupied by the refpe&ive Hau
te", and provide fuel and other accommodations f>r their sub
sequent session. And the said compensations shall tie certified
and paid in like manner as is provided by law, far the other
officers of the Senate and House $f Representatives.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Spethr
oj the House oj ReprefirJativts,
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-PreJiderJ of the United States,
and PrtMent rf the Senate.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefilent of the United States.
FROM Till QUEBEC HERALD.
AGRICULTURE
TO THE EDITOR.
S I R,
IF the tiling] that occur in the praSice of husbandry calruHtrd
to ttitow light upon any particular branch of that bulinels,
y/cre in general made public, it would doubtlrfs be ol great uti
lity ; in that way farmers may mutually aid and alBIl each other;
and miy, not only find their lahor in many refpeds maj- easier
but learn bow to apply it 10 much better purpolc ; if the foilow-
Hige*j»e»im«W«»ndobfervatioiis (hould be thought to be calcu
lated to promote that valuable purpose, or, any part of them, they
'are at your service.
Considering the great qoantittesof potatoes that are raised in the
province, * appeared 10 me of considerable cOßteqoeuce to have
it determined, whether for feed or culture
Large potatoes, or small—whole potatoes, or cuttings—the
whole potatoes cut up, or the eyes only cut out—large cuttings, or
small—early planting, or late—few hoeings, or many—were best?
—To try to cast {owe ligtot ispon these queries, the follow rag ex
perimenls have been made in the course of the two tail fcafons.
Ii may here be observed with refpeft to all the following experi
ments, that land was chosen as near alike as could conveuieutly be ;
and dunged alike by measure :
For the (juery, the potatoes taken for teed, weighed,
Th« firfl fee, si «z. each.
The second J oz
The third 3 to an 07.
The fiift and second fizc were cut into near as m:ny pieces as there
were eyes; the third were planted whole and the fame experi
ment was repeated the lad year m two different places, and again
this year, extept that the second fire was tried [Ms year only.
The «verage of aJI the fcveral trials together, is as follows :
Firfl size, H7lbs.
S cond do. 110 *0 oz.
Third do. 106 8 ditto
The third fiw, being three potatoes to an ounce were, doubtless
as small or smaller than people in genera! take pains to gather, and
though not equal to either of the forgoing, yet ii appears by the
above experiments, rhat they will do to plant when larger cannot
be had. .
For the second query, trials were made in two places, and wub
two kinds of potatoes in each, viz. potatoes weighing ounces,
ar.d others 3to an ounce. The largcft size had generally four
teen or fifteen eyes in each poratoc, which when cut up is enough
for two hills, and in (hat way I planted them ; wher« the large
whole potatoes were planted I put one in each bill; where the
cutting were planted, I made one of these large potatoes serve
for two hills, saving halt the feed ; and hills where the cuttings
were, had about the fame number of (talks as the other : Thrs
mav 'seem strange but I have lound it to be true in other inttances;
when potatoes are cut into as many picces as there arc eyes, every
eye will commonly vegetate, and I have known fume of them put
out more than one stalk. On the other hand, when a potatoeis
planted whole, frequently not more than one half of the eyes ve-
grtatc.
" The average weight of an equal number of hills each, was as
foilous :
Whole potatoes, 82lbs. 13 oz.
Hatt rhe fame number cut up, 85 do. g do.
Those that were three to an ounce, were put three whole ones in a
hill and half the fame quantity of those that were cut; they yielded
The whole potatoes, 75 lt>s - 17 oz -
The cut. ditto, 63 do. 12 do.
The last part of this experiment (hews, that potatoes so small as
3 to an ounce, are hurt much by cutting ; but the produce of the
(mall ones, that were planted whole, in this experiment, was in
nearly the fame proportion with the produce of the latge ones in
it; is that of the small ones to the large ones in the foregoing
exoeriment, and serves, together with that, to (hew thit tHe rela.
live value o? such small potatoes, a. three to an ounce -when com
oated with those that weigh 3A ounces each, is nearly as 10 to 11 ;
and thia difference will be considerably diminilhed, wtien it is
confidercd, that it does not take moie than halt so many bufheis
of the small ones to feed an acre as it does of latge ones ;a! that
they are but of little value, compared vinth the others, (or any
other purpose than thai of feed.
(This is to be continued as it come 1 to hand J
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENKO,
READING the newspapers, I perceive that our public offi
cers are called knaves arid enemies of liberty. The mea
sures of government are represented not only in the papers by
paragraph writers, but by the (beech-makers in as
the worll that any country ever fuffered to be execute J.—
413
cPMt&o
Whole No. 51 2.]
Now, I agreed to this rcvr con ft i tut ion. T have often felt
pleasure ii> feeing; a new face on things since it was adopted—
and my neighbours, who were rather a* iirft thought inclined
to be antis, acknowledge that the success of the government
has been greater than they expected, and infteail of heavy di
re<st taxes, they fay that the farmers are peculiarly intereiied
in Aipoorting the government, as it has not ailVlled them to
pay the intereit money to the creditors—on the contrary, the
taxos encourage the sale of our produce;
But they tell us that the beads of the ./departments are very
bad men. If so, they were bad men before they were aopoint
ed—arid how came the President to trufl such bad iiieu with
power. But the man who has in every a&ion of hi" life mani
fefted his love of his country, is not to be supposed to have
made choice of very bad men in this internee. Judging of
them bv their appointer, and by their works, I fay, as an in
dividual, I place my confidence in the government and the
heads of its departments.—By their fruits ye shall know them.
If they go on as they have begun, every true-hearted Ameri
can will fay, and in his prayers too, " go on and prosper."
FOR THE GAZFTTt Of THE UfiiTF.l) STATES.
ON THE NATIONAL MONUMENT,
Dt frgnrd to perpetuate American Liberty—which it
has been proposed to employ Mr. CERACCHI, the
celebrated Roman Sculptor, to execute.
AS works of this kind depend for their appro
bation on sentiment, there is no use in rea
soning about thent. An attempt to vindicate this
public work, will be unfuccefsful, unlels more is
felt than can be said. The gratitude of a nati
on, the fame of its hero, the sympathy that is
indulged by the free when they join to comme
morate the event that has made them so, and
when they give to posterity an admonition in
marble, to prelerve inviolate in every future age,
the precious inheritance which the prefe:u lias
obtained for tliem—thefe are emotions which
cannot, by reasoning, be either fubdutd or awak
ened.
The precedent of such expence is feared. But
what does it commemorate —the birth of our
nation, which cannot happen again. What other
event can have equal pretenllons ? — or, if one
equally impoitant fliould occur, who could deny
that its nature would make a precedent ?
The proper reward of virtue is gratitude.
The afFetflionare admiration of a whole people,
is the only adequate return for the signal merit:
of the man in whom it is concentered. Tafle
and genius will chiflel this sentiment in the rock,
and make it indelible. Will not these means of
Augmenting the recompence of virtue contribute,
iu the molt powerful manner, and in all future
times, to excite it ? And if this work should
flimulate the emulation of future heroes and
patriots, what could more fuccelsfully promote
the cause of liberty—of our country—-of man
kind ! Even to the fordid foul that cnu prefer
gold to virtue, it will seem to be good economy
to bear the expence of a work which will tend
to raise up another WASHINGTON. And let
him who doubts this tendency read the hidory
of aniient Greece—What a fuccellion of patriots
and heroes served, and for centuries laved that
illustrious people ! The mind, weary and de
jected with the recital of human vice and misery,
is cheered by this contemplation.
If modern Greece that rears no monuments,
and yet is not left iinpoveriflied than debased—
which is the burial ground rather of the living
than the dead, for the living sleep in lilence and
darkness and oblivion, unconscious of their an
celtry ; while those whose graves they tread on,
by their glory still live and fill and govern the
earth—if Greece could rekindle a single spark
of the genius of her progenitors, is there one of
the nation so degenerate, whose foul has been so
much the victim of Turkilh brotality, that he
would not prize his country's honors beyond any
other inheritance ?
These are reasons to shew the tendency to in
cite and to reward pre-eminent virtue. Butfome
care ftiould be taken to secure what it has ob
tained. Such a monument ofliberty will make
it sacred. The law of the Ten Tables was ou
brass, and rufl has corroded them—Let the De
calogue ofliberty be engraved on the unperifh
abie marble. ESTO PERPETUA.
Certificate Loft.
TT7 AS Loft, on the 17th iuft. a CERTIFICATE, Numbered
VV 59>49Qi granted to Lev/is Nichola, lor the fuui of
307 24 90th Dollars, dated the ill of May, 1784, and signed by
John Pi erce, Esq. matked with the i.tier /.—Whoever has
found the fame, and will teturn it to Clement BiDDLE,Efq.
Notary Public, at No. 62, in Front-street, south ol Market-ftreet y
or to the Primer of this paper, frail be grneroufly rewarded.
April 18, 1792
A FAKMSR.