ations allowed to the Comptroller, Auditor, Treasurer, 3rd Remitter of the Treafury,-by the " ast tor eftabliflung the ia laries of the executive officers of government, t;ieir afhitants and clerks," and to the Attorney General by the " ast tor al lowing certain compenlations to the judges ot the supreme anc other courts, and to the Attorney General ot the United States," the said officers refpeftively lhall be allowed the fol lowing yearly sums, viz. the Comptroller four hundred dol lars ; the Auditor four hundred dollars ; the 1 reafuiei foui hundred dollars; the Reside r five hundred dollars ; the At torney General four hundred dollars. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea sury be authorized to have two principal clerks, each ot whom to have a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum ; and that the salary of the ch'ef clerk of the department of war, be at the rate of eight hundred dollars per year.. And be it further enacted, That the reftriftion on the clei ks of the department of the treasury so far as refpefts tie carry ing oi} of any trade or buiinefs, other than in the fund"*, or debts of the United States or of any state, or in any kind of public property, be abolilhed, and that such restriction, so far as refpefts the funds or debts of the United States, or ot any state, or any public property of either, be extended to the commissioner of the revenue, to the several coramiflioners of loans, and to all persons employed in their refpeftive offices, and to all officers of the United States concerned in the col lection or disbursement of the revenues thereof, under the pe nalties prescribed in the eighth feftion of the ast, intitled, " An ast to eftablifti the treasury department," and the provi sion? relative to the officers in the treasury department, con tained in the u Ast to establish the post office and post roads," shall be and hereby are extended and applied to the tommifli oner of the revenenue. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representative!. RICHARD HENRY LEE, P,efident pro tempore of the Senate. APPKOVED MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. An ACT relative to the compensations to cer tain officers employed in the collection of the Duties of Import and Tonnage. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress afleinblcd, That from and after the last day of June next, in addition to the fees and emoluments which may accrue to the officer- em ployed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage, by the provisions already yiade, they lhall severally have, and be entitled to the refpeftive allowances following, to wit : The surveyors of NewbuTyport, Salem, Saint Mary's, and Wil mington iri North-Carolina, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars, each; the surveyors of Beverley, North Kingston, East Greenwich, Warren, Bristol, Pawcatuck river, Provi dence, Patuxet, New Haven, Lewellenfburg, Alexandria, Beaufort, Hertford, Winton, Bennett's-creek, Plymouth, Windsor, Skewarkey, Miirfree (borough, Nixontor, Indian town, Currituck-inlet, Pafquotank-river bridge, Newbiggen creek, the yearly sum of eighty dollars, each; the furvevor of Portsmouth, the yearly fom of fixtv dollars; the surveyors of Ipswich, Portland, Newport, Stonington, MidJleton, Bermu da-Hundred, Petersburg, Richmond and Savannah, the yearly sum o'~ fifty dollars, each ; the surveyors of Gloucester, New London and Swanfborough, the yearly sum of thirty dollars, each ; the surveyors of Hudson, Little Egg-harbor, Suffolk, Snjithfield, Urbanna and Frederickfburg, the yearly sum of twenty dollars, each ; the collector of the diftri(ft of Wilming ton in North Carolina, the yearly sum of one hundred and fif ty dollars; the collectors of the diftridls of Portsmouth, Glou cester, Albany, Annapolis, Vienna, Nottingham, York-town, Dumfries and Louisville, the yearly sum of one hundred dol lars, each ; the collector of the diitrift of Fairfield, the yearly sum of eighty dollars; the colleflors of the districts of Mar blehead, Plymouth, Barnftable, Nantucket, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Biddeford and Pepperelborough, Bath, W ifcaf fet, Machias, Newport, New Haven, Perth Aniboy, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Delaware, Chelter, Cedar-point, Georgetown, Hampton, South-Quay, Wafliington, Plank bridge and Georgetown in South-Carolina, the yearly sum of fifty dollars, each ; the naval officer of the (liftriot of Ports mouth, the yearly sum of one hundred dollars ; the naval offi cers of the diftrifts of Newburyport, Newport, Providence, Wilmington in North-Carolina, and Savannah, the yearly sum of fifty dollars, each ; the collector of the diftrift of Salem and Beverley, one fourth of one per centum on the amount of all monies by him received on account of the said duties; and to the collectors of the diftrifts of Portsmouth, Newburyport, Gloucester, Marblehead, Plymouth, Nantucket, Edgartown, New Bedford, Dighton, York, Bicdeford and Pe iperelboro', Portland, Bath, WifcafTet, Penobfcot, Frenchman's-bav, Ma chias, Newport, Providence, New Haven, Fairfield, Perth- Amboy, Burlington, Great Egg-harbor, Wilmington in Dela ware, Oxford, Vienna, Snowhill, Annapolis, Nottingham, Ce dar-point, Georgetown in Maryland, Hampton, Yorktown, Yeocomico, Dumfries, Foley-landing, Cherryltone, South Ruav, Wilmington in North Carolina, Newbern, Wafliington, Ddenton, Plack-bridge, Georgetown in South Carolina, Beau fort, and Savannah, each, one half of one per centum on the amount of all monies by them reflectively received on ac count of the duties aforefaid. And be it farther ena&ed, That from and after the last day of June next, the allowance of three fourths of one per cen tum to the collectors of the diftri&s of Pennsylvania and the city of New-York, on the amount of all monies by them re fpe&ivlv received, on account of the duties of impost and,ton nage, shall cease, and instead thereof, they fha.ll, after that time, be entitled to one half of one per centum on all such monies by them refpe&ivelv received. And be it farther enaCted, That from and after the laftday of June next, the expense of fuel, office rent and neceflary sta tionary, for the collectors of the diftri&s of Salem and Bever ley, Boston and Charleftown, the cities of New-York, Phila delphia and Charleston, the towns of Baltimore, Norfolk and Portsmouth, shall be paid, three fourths by the said Collectors, and the other fourth by the reipeCtive naval-officers in those diftriCts. And be it further enaCted, That whenever a collector i'hall die, the commissions, to which he would have been entitled on the receipt of all duties bonded by him, (hall be equal ly divided between the legal representatives of such deceased collector and his fucceflor in office, whose duty it fball be to collect the fame ; and for this purpose the said representatives lha.ll deliver over to such successor all the public or official baoks, papers and accounts of the said deceased. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House oj Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, Prefidevt pro tempore of the Semite. MAY THS lICIITH, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prejiient oj the United States. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A REPUBLICAN government is of all modes undoubtedly the best. The eflential mark and principal chara&eriftic of such a government, is, that the people are governed by laws enacted bv their own representatives. Under this character, all men furelv will agree to prefer a republican mode. My education, habits and reflections, have so riveted my attach ments, that it would be difficult for me to subdue them so far as to live under any other. I should feel a want of that firm ground of security which an American treads on. Like an inhabitant of Calabria, which is often shaken by earth quakes, I should think myfelf on a thin crust of earth, walking over caverns of sulphur. For a despotic government can nei ther enjoy fafetv, nor give it. Accordingly, the zeal of pa triots and philosophers to preserve republican government, is not less rational than ardent and universal. The good sense and virtue of the world seem to be all on the fame fide. The means which tend to perpetuate this blefling to the citizens of the United States, cannot be too diligently fought, nor too firmly established. Knowledge among the great body of the people, is worth every other security of liberty. It is not only the firft and best security, but it is absolutely efTential. There is no fafety without it. An ignorant free people ! a solecism. Banish knowledge from a republic—the foul leaves the body— the inert mass will soon corrupt. It is the strength of the body politic—without it, like Sampson shorn of his hair, it is bound by the weak, and despoiled by the profligate. Every school-house protetts liberty more efle&ually than a fort, or a regiment guards the frontiers.—Why then is it not the firft care of every American patriot to provide for school*. Year after year pasTes away, and this work, which it takes a gene ration to accomplish, is negle&ed. O mighty ignorance, that haft ere&ed empires and levelled republics with the dust, we fjar thou wilt outlive all thy enemies ! PHILO. BOSTON, May X 2. [The following extradts from letters of Mr. John Parker Boyd, of this town, now in India, evince the genius and enterprise of that young gentleman, and (hew much of that spirit of ad venture so peculiar to Bollonians.] " Being well allured that whatever relates to me, will in foine measure be interesting to you, I (hall therefore just inform you of my present situation. " Fourieenth June last, after having procured recommendatory letters to the English consul, residing at the court of his Highness the Nizam, I proceeded to this capital, Hyderabad, being 4JO miles from this place. On my arrival I was presented to his Highness, in form, by the Eng iifti consul : My reception was favorable as my mod sanguine wishes had anticipated. " After the usual ceremony was over, he pre sented me with the command of two Ranfolars of infantry (each conliftingof joomen) with the commiflion of Buxy and payinafterof my soldiers. " I am also indulged with the cloathing : my pay at present only joo rupees per month ; but my otlier emoluments will make it 1200 per month, equal to about 2001. lawful money. " The Nizam is in alliance with the English company, and had, when I arrived, taken the field againfl: Tippoo Sultan with about 50,000 in fantry, 60,000 horse, and joo elephants. This was the noblest fight 1 had ever seen ; each ele phant supporting a large caflle, containing a na bob or commander, and four servants; the size of the animals, the glittering of the castles, and elegance of their equipage, was the molt brilli ant fight that the eye can behold. " I am now down to this place purchasing arms for his Highness ; the method of travelling in this country is very luxurious, a3 yon must have heard ; my servants and escorts in all consist of fifty men, 16 bearers to my palanquin, the other domestic servants, runners, &c. all but the 20 are paid by the prince, who is supposed the greatest in India; his capital, Hyderabad, as 1 have al ready informed you, is an ancient walled city, within four miles of the diamond mines of Gol conda, —it is 450 miles from Madrafs, and 225 miles inland from the coast, and a mod luxuriant place. " I do, as you suppose, keep a journal of my travels, and intend, when more at leisure, to give you foine extratfts from the fame, which I flatter myfelf will afford you some aniufenient." PETERSBURG, May 17. Several alarming accounts have been received in this town, of a very dangerous infurre<ftion among the negroes on the Eastern Shore of Vir ginia ; the particulars of which we have not been able to obtain :—Reports state, that about two weeks ago, the negroes in that part of the state, to the amount of about 900, aflembled in differ ent parties, armed with mu<kets, spears, clubs, &c. and committed several outrages upon the in habitants. A favorite servant of Col. Savage's, who had joined them, met his mailer on the road, took his horse and some money from him, and treated him in a very insolent manner. Ca leb, a negro the property of Mr. Simpkitis, was to command this banditti ; he was also a favorite servant of his matter's, and had long lived with him in the capacity of an overseer. A barrel of mulket balls, about ;oo spears, some guns, pow der, provisions, &c. have already been discovered and taken ; the spears it is said were made by a negro blacksmith on the Ea?ern Shore. A con fidwable number of the negroes have been taken, 450 and it is expected will be hanged. The militia have turned out, and are obliged to keep con iiant guard. It appears by a letter which has been lately discovered in Norfolk, from one of the negroes on the Eastern Shore, that they had concened a plan with the negroes about Norfolk and Pnrtf mouth, to commit foine violent outrages in and about those two towns. The letter Ytates, that 6co of them were to orofs over the bav, at a cer tain time in the night, and when thev arrived at these towns, they were to be joined by the negroes in that neighbourhood—they then meant to blow up the magazine in Norfolk, and mafia ere the inhabitants. Since the difcoverv of this letter, a guard of fifty men in each of the towns of Norfolk and Portfimouth, has been regularly kept up; several negroes have been taken up un suspicion, and lodged in jail, and a number of guns have been discovered concealed under holl ies and other secret places, all loaded, mod of which were Englilh mnfKetswith fixed bayonets. It is hoped that a timely check will be niven to this alarming outrage. The present unguarded situation of our coun try renders the above circumllances more parti cularly interesting—and it is hoped will be a means of urging our rulerito make some (peedy and effe<Sual provision for arming and organiz ing the militia, which for three years part has been mod fliamefnlly neglerted, and has left US almofl destitute of every means of defence. PITTSBURGH, May 19 The Fort begun last winter at this place, ft anils on the Allegheny river, within about 100 yards of the bank, on a beautiful riling ground, abonc one quarter of a mile higher up than the old garrison of Fort Pitt. It is completely stockaded in, and one range of barracks built, a block-houle in one of the angles finished, and the remainder in forwardnefs. Capt. Hughes, ot the 2d United States regiment, commands the Fort, which, lait Saturday, the 12th of May, was named Fort Fav ette. The ceremonial was as follows :—Abouc two o'clock, the American flag of fifteen stripes was hoilted on the ftaff of 92 feet in heigluh. The company ailembled, confilling of the principal gentlemen of the town, were invited to a cold collation, and a glass of wine. At thefirft toad, two pieces of ordnance were discharged, o'd dou ble fortified twelve pounders, brought to this place originally by the French, then acquired by the British, and from them by us—at these dis charges the Fort received its name—then a treble discharge in honorof the President of the United Stares, and fifteen rounds for the fifteen states. Thursday last a detachment of troops arrived here from the lower parts of this state, under the command of Capt. Edward Butler. NEW-YORK, May 22. On Thursday the 17th inft. Dr. Smith, a de puty (lierifF in West-Chester county, was in&M' manly aflaflinated in the execution, of his offioe, by John Ryer, at Delancey's Mills. A gentle man lately from that place has favored us witH the following detail of circumstances : That tlie (heriff having a writ against Ryer, met him in a public house at Delaneey's Mills, and took liim prifoner—Ryer immediately drew a pistol from his pocl<et and (hot him dead upon the spot ; he then presented another pistol, and declared that he would (hoot the firft person who attempted to lay hands upon him, and notwithftandinga lium bar of persons were present, he made his escape and has not since been apprehended. The jury fat upon the body of Dr. Smith, and brought in their verdict lu'tljnlmurder. We bear that the (lierifFof West-Chester county has offer ed a reward of 100 dollars for his apprehension. Philadelphia, May 26. The President of the United States arrived at Mount Vernon on Monday the 14th infl. We are authorised to inform the public, r '' 3 the committee of merchants and wardens of the port, who were requested to accompany the fu perinteiidant of the Delaware light-house, &c. for the purpose of affixing some leading marks for shipping in the river Delaware, have ftauon ed a boat with a white flag, upon the eauermo t part of th-efhoal called Hoi fe-fhoe, in twelve feel water at low tide, and opposite to the upper part of League Island ; another boat with a white nap upon the northermoft point of the shoal calie Reeves' or Red-Bank Bar, in the fame depth ot water, between Eagle-Point and Red-Bank, an a buoy upon the lower part of the shoal ' ale Tinnycums Spitt, in about 1 3 feet water at low tide, and nearelt to the canal fide of said Spit this buoy is about i mile from the lower part 0 Little Tinnycum-lfland. , We hear that the Pilots who were on . last in town, after having held some convention with the merchants, returned to their r^ thr ® at Marcus Hook, and persuaded them tod.fperie - it pilot boats went out of the bay to bring in' inward bound shipping, and fix other pilot >0 came up to this city to attend theirdutyas 0 l! 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