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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA
[No. 6, of Vol. IV.]
ADVERTISEMENT.
I DO hereby give notice to all persons, not to
credit any person or persons whatever on my
account, other wife 111 m) name, or on my credit,
without special order from under my hand au
thorizing the fame, as I am determined not to pay
any debt or debts controlled without such order
lacing produced,
THOMAS JONES.
Frederick-Town, Jane 5, 1792. ( e P4 w )
JUST PUBLISK£D t
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By HAZARD and ADDOMS,
At the corner of T' ird & Chefnut Streets,
the
HISTORY
New-Hampshire,
Vol. 11l
Containing a geographical description of the
State—with {ketches of its natural hiflory, pro
dfc&ions, improvements, and present Rate of so
ciety and manners, laws and government.
By Jeremv Belknap, A.M.
This volume compleats the history, and is
pe:uliarly interesting. Subscribers are dctired
to call for iheir books.
WHEREAS it appears, by the proceedings in
a certain cause now depending in the High
Court of Chancery in England, wherein William
Webb is the plaintiff, and John Porker (the exe
cutor of Thomas Bradley, deceased) is the defen
dant—that Henry Webb was put out apprentice
by the Greenwich School, for the lea service, in or
about the year 1775, w * l ° was ,en °* l^e a § e
of 14 years, or thereabouts, and lailed from Eng
land in the year 1776, 10 some part of Noith-
America, in the (hip or vefTel railed the ArtemiHa,
Captain Llewellyn, formerly a Spanilh Trader, and
at that time a Navy Vi&ualler or Transport, in
his Majesty's service. And whereas it appears
that the said Henry Webb defertcd and run away
from the said ship or velTel, and entered on board
a certain privateer or vtlfel, called the Revenge,
or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Dean
was then matter or commander, then lying in
New-York, 111 North-America ; and that the said
Vengeance Privateer, on or about the s'h of No
vember, 1779? failed from New-York aforefaid to
Savannah, and arrived at such last mentioned place
in or about the month of March, 1780, and failed
from thence in the said month of March, or in the
month of April following, to some portor place in
America, but to what port or place is not known ;
and that in the Month of May, 1780, the said ship
or velfel was ffen at Barbadoes, in the Weft-In
dies, but the said Henry Webb hath not since been
heafd of, and is supposed to be dead, it having
been reported that the Tender belonging to the
said fhtp orvelfel called the Vengeance, which
fhio was then commanded by Captain Knowles,
with a number of her meo, to the amount of 20,
or thereabout (and among whom the laid Henry
Webb is supposed to be one) were taken by the
cnemv, and carried into Philadelphia.
NOW, in pursuance of an order made in the
said cause, bearing date the 3d day of December,
1790, any person or persons who can give anv ac
count or information touching the said Henry
Webb, or of the said (hip Vengeance, or whether
the said Henry Webb is living or dead, and if
dead, when and where he died, are required to
give such account or information to William]
Weller Pews, Esq. one of the Mailers of the
said Court, at his Chambers, in Svmonds-Inn,
Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 6th day
of November, 179?- —and luch person or persons
will be rewarded for their trouble by applying to
Mr. Samu e l Nay lor, the follicuor in the cause,
at No. 4, Great Newport-Street, London ; or to
the Rev. John Stanford*, No. 46, William-
Street, New-York; or to John Prettyjohn,
Esq. Bridge-Town, Barbadoes.
( 3 -A'iaw) W. W. PEPYS.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
Philadelphia, June 6, 1792.
TH E Printers of Newspapers in the U (kited
States are defued to take Notice, That Mr.
Francis Bailey, Mr. Daniel Humphreys, and Messrs.
SpotfwooJ and Carey, of this City, have ceafcd to
print Newspapers. and of course can receive none
from the other Printers free or Pottage. Ths
Printers of Newspapers are therefore desired to dis
continue fending their Papers to those Gentlemen,
unlets they should becoinc Subfcribcrs, on the toot
ing of other Citizens.
As divers Printers in other Places may havedif
continucd their printing of Newspapers, the Pofl
mafters in thofc placcs are defined to give Notice
thereof in the Newspapers in which thev usually
Advertifc ; that the Newspapers fcni to such for
mer Printers may be dilcontinued, and the Pub
lic'Maiis be relieved from useless Burthens.
T. PICKERING.
Wm. cleland,
boston,
Transacts 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 t. (epim £2 iaw2m)
Wednesday, June 20, 1792.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN' AWAY from the fubferiber in February
faik, a TS T "EGRO LAD, named PHIL, about
20 years ot age; had on when he went away, a
round jacket, a paii homespun breeches, and a tow
Ihirt ; the fellow has a yellowish complexion, his
heighih obout live tCct iix or leven inches, very
square made ; has a mark along fide of his nofc,
ana one ot his inlteps has been bui nt, which causes
the (inews to draw.
Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures him
in any jail, so that 1 may get Dim again, fVall re
ceive the above reward, and have all reaionable
charges paid. ROBERT PEARCE.
HeadSaJJafras, June 16, 1792. (*epim)
RUN AWAY trom the iubferiber, living in
Kent County, and State of Maryland, on
Sunday the 2Tih May last, a NEGRO MA N,
named Hark ; about 40 years ot age, about live
feet nine inches high, has a fear over 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 fearnoughi coat,
a black and white kerley coat, cut round, a white
kerley jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn llock
ings, the one pair lately tooted, and the other not t
two oznaburgh -ftiiits. each pieced on one fide,
two pair of tow-linen trowfcis, one pair patched
with new tow-linCn down the fore parts, and an
old felt hat.
Whoever takes up fa id Negio, if out of this
State,and hiin in gaol, lhall rtccive FOUR
TEEN DOLLARS rewaid—and if taken within
this State, and fecurrd as aforcfaid, lhall receive
EIGHT DOLLAK.S reward ; and it brought
home, leaiouable expences will be paid by
PEREGRINE LEIHRBURY
Ch'flcT-Toiun, June 4, 1791
THE following feclions of the adt entitled,
An ast for railing a further sum of money
'or the protection of the frontiers, and for
other purposes therein mentioned, are repub
lished for the information of all persons, who,
011 the 29th day of June next (1792) shall be
polfeifed of WINES.
" Sect ic. A ND be it further enacted, That
-lX all Wines which after the said
last day of June next, lhall be imported into th'e
United States, lhall be landed under the care of
the infpe&or of the port where the fama lhall be
landed, and iijr that pnrpofe, every permit for
landing any Wines, which lhall be granted by a
Collector, lhall, prior to such landing, be pro
duced to the said inspector, who, by endorfemcnt
thereupon under his hand, lhall iignify the pro
duction thereof to him, and the time when, af
ter which, and not otherwise, on pain of forfei
ture, it lhall be lawful to land the said Wines.
And the said infpe&or lhall make an entry of
all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and
each pipe, butt, hoglhead, calk, cafe, box or
package whatloever, containing such Wines,
lhall be marked by the officer under whose im
' mediate inspection the fame shall be landed, in
legible and durable characters, with progredive
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
fhali grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt,
hoglhead, calk, cafe,box or package, fpecifying
therein the name or names of the importer or
importers, the lhip or velfel in which the fame
shall have been imported, and the number there
of, to accompany the fame wheresoever it lhall
be lent. And if any pipe, butt, hoglhead, calk,
cafe, box or packagc, containing Wine, lhall be
found without such marks and certificates, the
fame lhall be liable to be seized, ana the want of
such marks and certificates lhall be prcfumptive
evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully im
ported and landed."
ii Setft. u. And be it further ena&ed, That
every person, who shall have in his or her pof
feflion, Wines wliich are intended for sale, in
quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gal
lons, shall prior to the laid last day of June next,
make entry thereof in writing at some office of
infpe&ion in the city, town or county where he
or llie ihall reside, fpecifying and deferibing the
casks, cases, boxes and other packages contain
ing the fame, and the kinds, qualities and quan
tities thereof, and where, and in whose poffeflion
they are ; and the officer of infpe&ion, at whose
office such entry may be made, shall, as soon as
may be thereafter, visit and infpeft, or cause to
be vilitsd and infpedted, the Wines so reported,
and shall mark, or cause to be marked, the calks,
cases, boxes and packages containing the fame,
with progrellive numbers, with the name of the
person to whom the fame may belong, the kind
or kinds thereof, and words " Old Stock," and
lhall grant a certificate for each cask, calc, box
or package containing such Wine, describing
therein the said cask, cafe, box or package, and
the Wines therein contained, which certificate
shall accompany the fame, wherever it mav be
sent. And if any person who may have Wines
in his or her pofleflion for sale, shall not, prior to
the said last day of June next, makeentry there
of, as above directed, he or she, for such oiniflion
or neglect, shall forfeit and pay the value of the
Wine omitted to be entered, to be recovered
with costs of suit, for the benefit of any person j
who shall give information thereof, and the
Wines so omitted to be entered, ihall be for
feited." (ept29)
21
,: 8 L ISHED FROM THE FEDERAL GAZETTE
To the DIRECTORS and COMPANY of the
Si'squ eh an nah and SchuylkiLl Canal,
or Inland Navigation.
Gentlemen,
THE inland navigation of this state being of
the greatcft public utility, and having of latc|
drawn ihe attention of the legislature, as well as ol
the citizens in general thereto, as to a fubjett of
immense magnitude, some observations on it may
be necePary and ufeful at this time.
I. The immenje advantages of the objett absorb every
idea oj otjettion anjivg Jrom the expevce of it, the
only mailer of felicitous enquiry is the pra&icabi
iity of it. An inland navigation between Schuyl
kill and Sufquehannah, will bring by water to Phi
ladelphia all the trade of the extensive waters of
Sufquehcnnah and ol a ranft fertile country of about
one thouland fquars miles, or 6,000,00 c acres of
land.
But this is not all—if this can be accompli died,
a further extenfton of the inland navigation may be
talily nlade to the Ohio and to Lake Erie, which
at once opens a communication with above 2000
miles extent of western country, viz. with all the
Great Lakes, together with all the countries which
! '■ on, the wa-ets of MiiTiflipppi, Milourt ami all
1 heir branches; an object valt indeed, and far
greater than any one of a like kind which can be
produced in any other country on earth.
11. The water communication between Schuyl
kill and Sufquehannah is the foul of all this, or at
least js the Great Sine qua rion of it all; for were
011 the proposed water communications weft ot
Sufquehannah compleated, but mull flop at Sufque
hannah, or could the communication with the fia
be made in any other way than the on* piopofed,
'tis manifeft that the whole advantages of thnt
immense trade would be in a manner 101 lto this
city, and would go to some of our neighbors, and
aggrandize them fir beyond every power of com
petition which would be left for us.
(ep Bvv )
111. This water communication between
Schuylkill and Sufquehannah mull be formed over
a trail of country, of about 40 miles extent from
river to river on a firaight line, but about 60 miles
as the navigation mull go ; this trail is cut by two
creeks, the Quitapahilla, which is a branch of the
Swatara, and runs into Sufquehannah at Middle
town, and the Tulpenhoking, which empties into
Schuylkill at Reading. Thcfe two cieeks lead
within 4 miles of each othei ; the level of then
head waters is nearly the fame, and the space be
tween them makes the height o» land, or as 'tis
commonly called the crown lard, between the two
riveis, which is nearly a plain; and the bottom
of the canal through which the navigation mull
pass, will no where rife more than 30 feet above
the level of the head waters of the two cieeks
above mentioned, nor so much as 200 feet above
the level ot the waters of Sufquehannah or Schuyl
kill.
IV. The ground thro* which the canal must
pass from one head wat- r to the other of the fa id
two creeks, is a fort of gap or valley into which
much higher grounds on each fide descend in
gradual dopes from the distance ol several miles;
in which high grounds, many rivulets or (beams
of water are formed : supplied by perennial Iprings
riling in grouuds of e level much higher than the
high; ft part ofthecanal, some of these llreains car
ry mills thro' the year, and all of them united to
gether, would convey a large supply of water quite
fuflicient for all the purposes of tlie canal.
V. By actual and molt careful surveys and le
vcllings sundry times repeated, it is certain, it i
an established fa ft, that enough of the above laid
waters may be brought into the canal from sour
ces more than 20 feet above the level of the highefl
part of it, enough water I lay to carry a heavy saw
mill through the year ; which is as much water as
will be fully fufficient to supply a canal on the
largelt scale which can ever be neceirary in any fu
ture time.
And as these waters are derived from limestone
Iprings and other iources, that were never known
to fail, we have every reason to be airured thai
1 hey w ill afford a conltant peiennial supply of wa
ter , even through the d 1 yeft f afons of the year.
It appears then with most decided certainty,
that the communication in qucftion (however valt
and immense its importance) is practicable on the
latgeft icale requisite for all itsufes ; tor when wa
ter enough for ail the purposes of the canal can be
produced on the height of land, and which can
be let out either way as occasion requires, there
can be nothing impracticable, nor indeed very
difficult in forming the whole communication from
t iver to l iver in a manner cafy, fafe and fufficient
iv ;impleor exienfive for all its purposes.
VI. All 1 conceive neceirary to be done after
this is,
l. To make a fuccefliori of dams across the
crerks from each rivei 10 the height of land, so
conftru6ted, thai the tail of one pond may reach
the Gain next sbove it, and rife so much upon it
ai 10 produce the nccelfary depth of water ; these
dams are mostly built alreadv, and will require no
other ex pence than repairs, or ftrcngthemng for
more certain security, and perhaps fame height
ening, that the water of the pond may swell or rife
up to the dam above it, when thai is not the pre
fcrnt cafe.
2. F;om ihc !op of each dam to make wavs or
an inclined plane, leading down to the water of
the pond below, floored with strong pl<tnk, with
an angle of d?preffion fufficieut to give it a necef
lary but gradual dcfccnt, fay, it you please, one
foot in ten.
3. To make a cradle like a fled, if yon please,
with lidcs of very strong timber, 111 each of which
arc to be infcitcd two wheels, about 16 feet afun
BY D£SI R E,
[Whole No. 328.]
der, on which the cradle will run up the ways, the
lower wheel to be of lomcwhat larger diameter
than the upper cne, that the lower part of the
boat's keel may be railed nearer to a level than the
floor ot the ways, then fink the cradle and draw
the boat over it, then laife it to the bottom of the
boat, and fallen the boat securely to it,
4. In the pond above the dam, and at fuflficient
diftaoce and height, fix a flrong poit, and to it faf
ten a large block and fhieve.
5. At the dam, close beside the head of the ways,
make a floom and gate, and fix a water wheel with
a (haft or axis parallel to the top of the dam, and
H right angles with the ways, the fliaft of which is
:o reach over the ways, and be of fufficient height
.0 admit the boat and cradle to pass under it.
6. To the tongue of'the cradle or fled (which
mutt be strongly braced) fix a chain or rope of fuf
ficient strength, cairy it up the ways, and reeve it
through the block fattened to the pott as aforefaid,
then carry it back and fatten it to the fhaft of the
water wheel,
7. Fix your cradle carefully in the midst of the
ways below, then hoitt the gate and set the water
wheel a going, and I conceive it will draw up a
boat of 40 tons, wi'h a tteady and fafe motion,
and launch it into the upper dam in one or two
minutes. You may at any time increase or di
rtiinifh yorir force by letting out more or iefs wa
ter on tUc water wheel.
8. When the boat is launched into the upper
pond, difengageit from the cradle, float it off", and
let it go on its pafl*age, and bring or. its place ano
ther boat, bound down ft ream, and fatten a chain
or rope tothe lower part or fterri of the cradle,
and make it fatt to the (haft of the water wheel
and the gate, which will immediately draw
the cradle over the hc?d of the wavs, when the
gate mud be inftaiuly (hut down, and the latt men
tioned chain mutt beinttantly disengaged, which
is mod eafilv and fafely Hone by a large iron bolt,
pierced perpendicular through a flrong timber in
the ttern of the cradle, and which will be drawn
out of course the moment it pitches over the head
of the ways, and brings the bolt light under the
Ibaft. The upper rope mutt: be fattened to the
tongue of the cradle, and I conceive the force ot'
the boat running down the ways will be fufficient
to turn the w?tcr wheel the contrary way, and un
wind the chain from off the fhaft ; if this should
not be fufficicnt, a little force may be added by
hands, or if the wheel should turn too violently,
it may be checked by letting a little water on it.
VII. The ways, water wheel, and house for
the people who tend the works, mutt be ciouded
up as near the fhoreas pofiible, that the middle of
the dam may be left as wide as may be for a watte
way, over which ice, logs, See. in times ot"
frefhes, may pass without touching or injuring the
works.
(To be concluded in our next.)
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MONDAY, April 23, 1792.
In committee oj the whole, on the the bill
for catling forth the militia.
MR- LIVERMORE objected to the general
terms ufcd in this feftion ; he thought the
nature of the offences intended to be guarded
againft,ought to be more particularly defined—
that the sources from whence complaints Ihould
iil'ue Ihould be pointed out.
Mr. Benfon was in favor of introducing th<?
express words of the constitution—and moved
to strike out certain expreflions for the purpofis
of substituting those words.
Mr. Whita observed, that the objections
which had now been started were considered
by the committee, and attempts Were made to
render the clause more express and definite,
but it was found they only rendered it more
obscure.
Mr. Baldwin said he conficiered the objection
of the gentleman from New-York as involving
a dangerous principle—it seems to suppose that
the general government only poffefles the pow
er to suppress infurreftions; whereas the States
individually certainlv pofTefs this power, they
can suppress infurrettions, and will do it; their
interest is involved in supporting the laws—and
they are fully competent to do it.
Mr. Kittera said the "fnrlcmnn f;o:n New-
HainpOiire objects to the ciaufe because it is not
particular enough—while the gentleman from
New-York thinks it not general enough ; he
thought that the ciaufe was very well exprelfed;
it adopts that medium which in fuGh cases is
perhaps always the fafeft.
Mr Page- I move to strike out the clause—/
it cannot be amended j I hope that there is ni>
occasion for such a clause, it holds out an idea
of resistance which I will not fuppoie can exilh
Mild and equitable laws will not be refitted, and
if Cong-eft should be so infatuated as to enact
those of a contrary nature—l hope they will
be repealed, and uot enforced by martial law f
we have fcen no occasion for three years past of