- ifv i- v j -• - - • / .// r [No. 4, of Vol. IV.], JUVT PUBLISHED, AMD TO EE SOLD (PRICE ICf.) By HAZARD and ADDOMS, At the corner of Third & Chefnut streets, HISTORY New-Hampshire, Containing; a ideographical cfrcfr.ription of the Slate—with (ketches of its natural hiltory, pro <Ju£fions, improvements, and present ftaic of fo cietv and manneis, laws government Jeremy Be i. knap, A.M. This volume compleats the history, and is peculiarly interesting, *-Subscribers are delired to rail for their books. RuN AWAY from the luptcriber, Jtving in Kent Countv, and State of Maryland, on Sunday the May last, a NEGRO MA N, named Hark ; about 40 year's of age, about five feet nine inches high, has a fear o*er one of his eye-brows, and when talking, hangs his head on one fide, and looks up—had on and took with him the following cloaths, viz. a fearnought coat, a black and white kerfcy coat, cut round, a white ket fey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn (lock ings, the one pair lately footed, and the other not, two oznaburgh Ihirts. each pieced on one fide, two pair of tow-linen trowfeis, one pair patched with new tow-linen down the fore parts, and an old felt hat. Whoever takes up said Negro, if out of this State. ?nd secures him in gaol, shall receive FOUR TEEN* DOLLARS reward—and if taken within this and secured as aforcfaid, shall receive EIGHT DOLLARS reward ; and it brought home, realonable expences will be paid by PEREGRINE LETHRBURY Ch'Jicr-To-vn, June 4, 1791- 8w ) THE following feehons of the act entitled, 4< An ast for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned, are repub lifhed for the information of all persons, who, on the 29th day of Jnne next (1792) shall be pofTcfTcd of WINES. " SeJt. 10. A ND be it further enacted, That jljl all Wines which after the said last day of June next, shall be imported into the United States, shall be landed under the care of the infpeftor of the port where the fame shall be landed, and for that purpose, every permit for landing any Wines, which shall be granted by a Collector, shall, prior to such landing, be pro duced to the said infpettor, who, by endorsement thereupon under his hand, shall fignify the pro duction thereof to him, and the time when, af ter which, and not otherwise, 011 pain of forfei ture, it lliall be lawful to land the said Wines. And the said infpeiftor shall make an entry of all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and each pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, cafe, box or package whatsoever, containing such "Winds, lhill be marked by the officer under whole im mediate inipe<stion the fame shall be landed, in legible a;ul durable characters, with prpjgreiSve numbers, the name of the said officer, and the quality or kind of Wine as herein before enu merated and diftinguilhed. And the said officer shall grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt, liogfkead, cask, cafe,box or package, fpecifying therein the name or names of the importer or importers, the ship or veflel in which the lame shall have been imported, and the number there of, to accompany the fame wheresoever it shall be Tent. And if any pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, cafe, box or package, containing Wine, fhailbe found without such marks ar.d certificates, the fame (hall be liable to be seized, and the want of fuch'marks and certificates shall be preemptive evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully im ported and landed." " ?e&- 11. And be it further enabled, That •very person, who lhall have in his or her pof feflion, Wiues which arc intended for sale, in quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gal lons, iliall prior to the fa ; d fact day of June next, make entry thereof in writing at some office of infpe&ion in the city, town or county where he or Hie shall rellde, fpecii'ying and describing the casks, cases, boxes and other packages contain ing the fame, and the kinds, qualities and qua:** tities thereof, and where,and in whose pblTeflion they are ; and the oiiicerof inlpedlion,at whose office such entry may be made, lhall, as soon as may be thereafter, visit and infpedl, or cause to be visited and infpe&ed, the Wines so reported, and lhall mark,or cause to be marked, the calks, cases, boxes and packages containing the fame, with prog re (tive numbers, with the name of the person to whom the fame may belong, the kind or kinds thereto/", and wprds u Old Stock," and fiiaU grant a certificate for each calk, cale, box V- package containing such Wine, describing therein tue said call:, cafe, box or package, and the Wines therein contained, which certificate lhall accompany the fame, wherever it may be sent. And if any person who may have Wines in his or her ppffeflion for sale, lhall not, prior to the said last day of June next, makpentry there of, as abo ve directed, he or Ihe, for such omiiHon or neglect, lhall forfeit and pay the value of the Win 6 omitted to be entered, to be recovered with colts of suit, for the benefit of any person who lhall give information thereof, and the Wines so omitted to be entered, lhali be for lfs;ited.,, (ept29) A NATIONAL PAPili, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATUKDAYS BY JOHN FEN NO. No. 60, HJG ITS IRF.F.T, PHILADELPHIA THE Vol. 11l Wednesday, June 13, 1792. WHEREAS it ?ppear>, by the proceedings in * catrfenow dt p. tiding in die Court of Chancery in inland, wherein William Webb is rhe plaintiff, and John Porker (the exe cutor of Thomas Bradley, deceased) is the defen dant that Henry Wf.bb was pur out apprentice by the School, for the £en service, in or about the year 17 and who was then of the age of 14 years, or thereabouts, snd failed from Eng land in the year 1776, to some part of North- America, in the ship or vcffcl railed the ArtemiflTa, Captain Llewellyn, formerly a Spanilh Trader, and at that time a Navy Victualler or Transport, in his Majesty's service. And whereas it appears that the fa:d Henry Webb defer ted and run away Irom the said fti.por velTVl. and entered on board a certain privateer or vefTel, called the Revnge, or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Dean was then matter or commnndcr, then lyinjr in New-York, in Nonh-America ; and that the said Vengeance Privateer, on or about the sth of No vember, 1779, failed from New-York, aforefaid to Savannah, and arrived at fiich last mentioned place in or about the month of March, 1780, and failed from thence in the said month of March, or in the 1 month of April following, to some portor plaee in America, but to what poit or place is not known ; and that in the Month of May, 1780, the said fttip or vefTel was lecri at Piarbadoes, in the We(l-Tn- j dies, but the said Henry Webb hath not since been \ heard of, and is fqppofed to be dead, it having been reported that the Tender belonging to the laid ship or velfel callcd the Vengeance, which ship was then commanded by Captain Knowles, with a number of her men, to the amount of so, or thereabout among whom the said Henry Webb is supposed to be one) were ta'ken by the enemy, and carried into Philadelphia. NOW, in purfu.ince of an order made in the said cause, bearing date the 3d day of December, 1790, any pcrlon or persons who can give any ac count or information touching the said Henry Webb, or of the laid (hip V. ngeance, or whe(he r ihc said Henry Webb is living or dead, and if dead, when and where he died, are required to give such accoupt or information to William Well br Pe py s, Esq. one of the Maflers of the said Courf, at his Chambers, in Svmonds-Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 6ih day Oj November, 179?.-— and such pe'rfon or uerfons will be rewarded for their trouble by applying to Mr. Samuel Nay lor, the follicitor in the cause, at No. 4, Great Newport-Sueet, London ; or to the Rev. John Stanford, No. 46, William- Street, New-York; or to John Prettyjohn, Esq. Bridge-Town, Barbadoes. (3"'pw) W. W. PEPYS. Wm. CLE LAND, BOSTON, Tranfa&s business in the Funds of the United States ; BANK STOCK, BILLS of EXCHANGE, &c. Orders from New-York, Philadelphia, or any other part of the Union, will be attended to with' Diligence and Punctuality. June 1 PHILADELPHIA. 4f a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Ameri can Philofophica!Society Jor the purpose of cr,d. communicating to the Society materials for form ing the Natural Hijlory of the infeti called the Hefjian- Fly, as also information of the be ft means of preventing or aeflroying the JnfeS, and whatever etfi relative to the fame may be inter ejlir.g to Agfi. culture : RESOLVED that, for obtaining information ol the lasts necessary for foi ming the natural his tory ot this infect, before its entire cvanifhinent from among us, it be iccominended 1.0 all persons whofc situation may have brought them into ac quaintance with any such ta& to communicate the lame by letter addrefled to Thomas Jefferfbh, Efcj. Secretary of State to the United States. And that the proper obje&s of inquiry and in formation may he more particularly pointed out, the following QuciVions arc proposed. Section 1. Inwhatyear, snd at ■what time of the year, was th s animal observed for the firft time ? Does it fecm to have made its appearance in this country only of late years, or are there any reasons for supposing that it was known in any part of the United Slates previously to the com rnencemcni of the late revolution ? Sec. 2. At what time ol the year has this infe£l beenobferved in the Egg-State ? At what time in the Worm-State ? And at what t ime in the Fly- State ? How long does it remain in each of these several states ? Does it pass through more than one generation in the course of a year ? If it docs, which generation of the infc.dt is it that proves moit injurious ? Sec. 3. What kind of Wheat does this infe£i prove most injurious to ? Has it ever been fecn on, or has it proved dcftruflive to,'the Spelts ? Does it ever injure the roots of the wheat, &c ? Has it ever been fecn in the flowers ? Docs it afFtdl the leaves ? What part of ihe stalk is it chiefly con lined to ? Has ii ever been known to attack the grain, or to be 1 rani ported with it ? In what man ner docs it seem to operate its injurious effects ? At what season are these effects firft observed to commence ? Sec. 4. Does it ever injure the Spring-wheat, the Barley, the Buck-wheat, and the Oats ? Does it injure the Rye or the Indian-corn ? It it does, on what part of these several vegetables does it chiefly reside ? Dots it inhabit any of the Grasses, or other.{mailer vegetables, which v e cultivate in our fields, our meadows, gaidens, &c ? I fit does, what aie the names of these grafTes, See ? And on what parts of these vegetables does it chiefly re 10 frde ? llds it ever been obferve-d, in any of its fta-. pes, iu their flowers ? Has it ever been known to •jure their feeds ? Does it appear so be molt 'de tiru6tivc to the grades, See. of the more wet, or to ihofc of the more dry, (oils ? Has it ever been ob served upon any of. the larger trees or (hrubsof the forcil, garden, &c ? If it has, what are the names of these trees and shrubs ? And what paits ol ihcm does it commonly aftcft ? Sec. 5. Does this infe£l seem to havecommitted depredations on the different grains, but particularly on the wheat, when sown in one foil th?n when sown in another ? Thus, for inlfance, u it ascertained whether this animal has proved mod deftruttive to wheat which has been sown in a light artd loose foil, or to that which has been (own in a fliong and heavy foil ? Do its ravages, anpear to have been greater or less upon the wheat j of land which has been recently manured, than upon the wheat of laud that has never been manu red stall, or which has not been manured for a eonfiderable lengih of time ? N. B. All the que ries of this fettion have alfoa reference to the Rye, the Oats, the Barley, &c. Sec. 6. How far has ih» Bearded.-wheat efca pcd the injuries of this infeffc ? Which variety of 'he Bearded-wheat, the Yellow, the Red, or the White, has Keen observed to be most exempt from its injuries ? Has any variety or species of the : heat entirely escaped the ravages of this infect ? Sec. 7. Is it pofliblj to afcertain,with'any degree of Certainty, extent of country which this inft£l has fravcrfed in a year, or in any other pe riod of time ? Are iis movements rapid ? Does it appear that the progress of the infe£l has been, in any degree, retarded, or obftrufteel, bv rivers, by mountains, See ? Does it appear that it has pur sued any general or fixed rou'e through those coun tries, in which it has b<*en observed, as to the North, the South, &c ? How far to the North has it been observed ; How far to the South ? How Jar to Weft ? Sec. 8. Have any experiments been made to demonstrate the degree oi cold which this infect, in the different stages of its existence, is capable of supporting ? Is it food for other animals P Sec. 9. What means have been found most fuc cefsful for preventing the injuries committed by this infect,? How t<ir has the prattice of rolling the wheat and the rye in the autumn and in the faring been found of service ? Have any good con fequenccs rdulted from the pra&ice of feeding the grain close in the spring time ? Has the pra&ice of ■steeping the grain of the wheat, &c. (previously to its being sown) in infufions of the Elder, and of other vegetables, found of any fetvice ? And while the committee alk, with earncftnefs, information from every person who can answer anyone or more of the preceding questions, ihey address themfclves in a peculiar manner lo those on whose farms this i»(e£t has appeared, praying that they will give them fnCli details as thev cah give with certainty, regardlels of the style or form of theircommunications, since it will be the duty of the committre to reduce all the faCts receivea from different pcrfons' into ail <?rdeily narrative, to be reported to the Society. THOMAS JEFFERSON, ") BENJ AM IN. SMITH BARTON/ r TAMES HUTCHINSON, ( Comm.ttee. CASPAR WISTAR, ) Philadelphia, April 17, 1792. [ep\m & \aw2m) REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION. Concerning the mavufaElures of the United States, ai they ajfect the mercantile itterefi. MANY of the Ihip holders and merchants trading with foreign countries, suppose, but it is believed erroneously, that they have no interell in the promotion of manufactures. It is known that Great Britain with seventy millions of acres of cultivated land, (hips four teen millions (her whole exports being near twenty millions) in her own maunfaCtures. The foreign trade of that kingdom, without manufactures, would manifeftly be neither so great nor so various—for the value of the pro duce manufactured is increased from one hun dred to ten hundred per cent, as is also that of the imported raw materials, which constitute a great portion of their trade. The foreign commerce of the United States, is already enli vened by manufactures. Ships, boats, oars,and handspikes, bar iron, steel, nail rods, carriages of ail kinds, hats, (hoes, cordage, candles, soap, oils of several kinds, starch, hair powder, dif tilfcd spirits, malt liqnors, cabinet ware, plate, puncheon packs, gunpowder, potashes, bricks, chocolate, mustard, tow linens, fail cloth, pot ter's ware, fadlery and harnei's, wool and cot ton cards, paper and paper hangings, tanned leather, books, fnutf, manufactured tobacco, and iron manufactures are now frequently ex ported to foreign countries. Coaftwifc there is alfp a great trade in these and many other manufactured articles, and in raw materials and provisions for the manufacturers within the United States. An argument of great importance to the Ihip 1 holder?, exporters, and underwriters, and, in deed to the cultivators of the earth, in support ' of manufactures is to he drawn from their ten- 1 dejicy to promote in an easy, certain, fafe, and cheap way, the naval capacities and strength of the United States. The transportation ,of provilions, coal, raw materials, and otlier arti cles from the and middle states to the northern, and the of the niamifadtures, FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. (continued.) [Whole No. 526.] to the towns on the coast, througout the union, already employs many veifels. The rice, indi go, cotton, hemp, flax, iron, hides, furs, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin, wax, tobacco, wood and timber, flour and grain, (hipped from the states, on, and to the southward of* the Che fa peak. for the manufacturers in the middle and northern states, give employment at this time to a very refpe&able portion of our tonnage. This cannot be doubted, when it is remember ed that our coasters are I io,oo:> tons, though our veflels in all the foreign trades probably do not much exceed tons; and the for mer are entirely out of the reach of foreign re ftri<ftions,confequently (with tbe fifliing veflels) are our most certain dependence. The'weight of this circumstance, will be not a little increas ed by the recollection that the coasting trade is uncommonly interesting to a nation without transmarine colonies or dominions. When we consider the filheries as one of th« modes of creating the powers of offence and defence at sea, and that our agriculture and commerce, must therefore be supported and de fended by our fiftiermen, and fifhing veiTels, a mong other means, it will be fatisfactory to the cultivators, and merchants, that they will be promoted by the success of our manufactures. Skins and furs of sea animals, whalebone, and the head matter of the whale, are used by vari ous manufacturers for leather, hats, whips,can* dies, &:c. The oils are used by leather drelf ers, shipbuilders, &:c. andinftead of candles. It will be unneceflarv to adduce to our mer cantile citizens any arguments to prove, that the United States generally pay a premium on the bills purthafed for their remittances for European manufactures. The exports, sales of veiTels, their outward freights and the sales of lands, to foreigners, are the ordinary means applied to the payments for our imports, after deducting that part of them which, to the emigrators, is not to be remittedor paid for. It is interesting to ascertain the reasons for our continuing to lose by the course of ex change. The principal cause probably is, that we draw so very large a proportion of our ma nufactures from one nation, that there is con stantly h double demand for bills on that coun try. It is of importance to discover how this is to be remedied. The other Europeans rations have had the eight \ears of the war almojl exclu/ively and the vine yean of the pcace in a fair competition and do not fuppiy us zoith minufailure* equivalent to half of the Jlatcd value of the shoes made by ourjelves /It ap pears then, that our own exertion \ only, can re lieve our merchants from this annual loss, on their remittances forfeveral millions of dollars. It may not be improper to take a view of the article of distilled spirits as a commodity which we are capable of manufacturing to any extent, and which will be an aid to agriculture, and an object of coasting and foreign trade. We have imported, in a finale year, above eleven milli ons of gallons of foreign spirits and moUfles. If one million of gallons of the latter used in substance, then our imports of spirits and in j gredients made into spirits, would stand at ten millions of gallons. The value of thele, as they cost the country may be fairly taken at one third of a dollar on a medium, and will give 3*333*333 dollars, which is above one sixth part of the annual value of our exports. As five millions of bulhels Qf grain would be con sumed in the manufa&ory of a quantity of spi rits equal to what was imported, in the form of spirits or ingredients employed to make them, there is no occasion for argument to prove, thati the lavdediniertji would be benefited by the ma nufacture of grain liquors (or fruit liquors) in lieu of tiie ten millions of gallons drawn from Foreign sources. And in regard to the mercantile ivterrjl, it may be observed, that the supply of a foreign conynodity is always precarious, and accordingly the disturbances in the several parts ot the French empire, and the loss of their vin tage, have deprived us of the usual importation of their brandies since the last: autumn, and of the accustomed supply of molasses from the crop of 1792 of their principal colony. Thcfe two defalcations will probably amount to some mil lions of gallons, and must produce a void in a confidcrable branch of our foreign trade, for we shall not have it in our power to import the brandies and molafTes, nor to export the returns for them, which have employed many thousand tons of shipping, and a considerable part of our mercantile capital and industry ; nor shall we be able to export diftilicd spirits, manufactured from molasses, which has also employed our vessels, private funds and industry. How are the merchant and snip holder to be relieved unr der these injuries to their business ? Manufac-* turing distilled spirits and malt liquors from na tive materials will afford considerable relief. Their capital and vessels mav be employed in purchasing and tranfportingfrom the rivers and bays of the United States-to the distilleries and breweries a part at least of the requisite quan tities of grain, hops, fuel, and lumber, and of the manufactured liquors to domefticor foreign markets. Nor is this a* mere probability. It is already an 1 existing fact. The manufacture of grain liquors in the town of Providence (in Rhode Ifland).alone, in the firft three months of the prefentyear, was equivalent to 12,056 ca£> es of geneva per annum. If the Dutch import grain from the north of Europe, to make and diftributegin from Archangel to Canton, which
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