A SAIIVSAL tAI ,-A, I- L HUSHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 12, of Vol. IV.] Thirty Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from the subscriber in February last, a NEGRO LAD, named PHIL, about 20 years of age ; hail on when he went away, a roun.i jacket, a paii homespun breeches, and a tow ihirt; theiellow has a yellowish complexion, his heighth about five feet fix or seven inches, very square made ; ha? a mark along fide of his nose, ana one of his insteps has been burnt, which caufej the sinews to draw. Whoever takes up said Negro, and fecurrs him in any jail, so that I may get him again, (hall re ceive the above reward, and have all reafonablc ROBERT PEARCE, charges paid Head Safjafrat, June 16, 17Q' BANK of the UNITED STATES, July 2d, 1792. NOTICE is herebv given, That there will be paid at the Bank, after the 10th instant, to the Stockholders, or their representatives duly au thorized, the following sums, being the dividend declared from the commencement of the i'nftitu tion to the firft instant, viz. For cach share complcaLed in the month of Ivlarch, Twelve Dollars. For eac' scare comoleated in the month of April Ten Dollars, Sixty-[even Cents. For cach (hare compleated in the month of May, Nine Dollars, Thirty-three Cents. For cach half-(hare, Eight Dollars. Bv order of the President and Dire&ors, (2 w.j JOHN KE AN, Cafhicr. JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOLD (PRICE 10f.) By HAZARD and ADDOMS, At the corner of Third & Chefin. Streets, „T H £ ■'*"* HISfORY O F New-Hampshire, Vol.' 111. Containing a geographical description of the State—with {ketches of i.s natural history, pro ductions, improvements, and present ftatc ot io «iety and manner*, laws and government. By Jeremy Del knap, A.M. (£3T This volume compleats the history, and is pe_n!iarly intending.——Subscribers are dclired to call for tYieir books. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Phi l adelphi a, July 7, 1792. FOR the information of Merchants and ine Mas ters or Commanders of vcffels, are published the following extra&s from the Law for eftabliih ing Pott-Offices and Pott-Roads wkhia the United States. lii fcftion io, it is enafled that there (hall be chargrd " for every letter or packet brought into the United States, or carried from one port there in to another by sea, in any private (hip or vessel, four cents, if delivered at the placc where the fame lhall arrive ; and if dire&ed to be delivered at any other place, with the addition of the like pottage, •as other letters are made fubje& to the payment of by this act." Infe£tioni2, t; That no fhlp or vessel, arriving at any port within the United States, where a poft office is established, shall be permit;ed to report, make entry or break bulk, till the mailer or com mander (ball have delivered to the poilmafter, all letters directed to any person or persons within the United States, which, under his care or within his power, (hall be brought in such ship or vessel, other than such as are dire&ed to the owner ot consignee : but when a vessel (hall be bound to a nother port, than that, at which (he may enter, the letters belonging to, or to be delivered at the (aid | port of delivery, (hall not be delivered to the pod-j matter at the port ot entry. And it shall be the duty of the colleflor or other officer ot the port, empowered to receive entries ot lhips or vcffels, to require from every mailer or commander ot luch (hip or vessel, anoatli or affirmation, purport ing that he has delivered all such letters, except as a(orefaid.!' * , In feftion 13, " That the postmaster to whom such letters may be delivered, (hall pay to the matter, commander, or other person delivering the fame, except the commanders ot foreign pack ets, two cents for every such letter or packet; and (hall obtain from the person delivering the fame, a certficate fpecifying the number of letters and packets, with the name of the (hip or vessel, and the place trom whence (he latl failed ; which together with a receipt for the money, shall be with his quarterly accounts, transmitted to the Postmaster-General, who shall credit the amount thereof to the postmaster torwarding the fame." For general injormation, the 14th fc&icn is pub lifbed, " And be it lurther tnbtted, That if any person, other than the Poflmafter-General, or his deputies, or perfonsby them employed, (hall take up, reccive, order, dispatch, convey, carry or de liver any letter or letters, packet or packets, other than newfpajjers, for hire or reward, or shall be concerned in letting up any foot ©r hoifc pott, waggon or other carnage, by or in which any let ter or packet (hall be carried for hire, on any esta blished poll-road, or any packet, or other vetTe! or boat, or any conveyance whatever, whereby the revenue of the general pott-office may be injured, every per (on, so offrnding, (hall forfeit, for every such offence, the sum of two huudred dollars. Provided, That it shall and may be lawful for eve rv person lo fend lettcis or packets by special rncf icnger. RUN AWAY Irom the subscriber, living in Kent County, and State of Ma vland, on Sunday the 2-nh May last, a NEGRO M A N, named Hark; about 40 years of age, about five feet nine inches high, has a fear over one of h?s .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 kersey coat, cut round, a white kersey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn stock tngs, the one pair lately footed, and the other not. two oznaburgh shirts. each pieced on one fide, two pair of tow-linen trowfers, one pair patched with new iow-l«rti) down the-forexirti. and an old felt hat. Whoever lakes up (aid Negro, if out of this State,and secures him in gaol, fh 11 receive FOUR -1 EEN DOLLARS reward—and if taken within this State, and secured as alorefaid, {hall receive EIGHT DOLLARS reward ; and if brought home, reasonable expences will be paid bv PEREGRINE LETHRBURY. Chejler-Tcwv, June 4,1791. (ep 8w ) [*eoi m) FRQU THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. REFLECTIONS on the STATE eftke UNIO Reflections on the mavufaflurcs of the United St< as they afteß the mercantile interejl. SOME of the oenefits to the coading trade other parts of the domellic Commerce res ingfrom manufactures, '* already been l "nated in treating of the manufa£lure of iiqu 3efides these, bark and hides tor the tanno rnn, lead ; lice!, coppcr, hemp, flax, wool, cot 1 ilk, wood, timber, furs, tobacco, flax feed Tarn for the ers <>! those art teles, irovifions, fuel, and other obiefts of tl onfumption and use, together with the got nade by them, are, ami conitantly will be p hafed, tranfpoited from place to place, and ft reating a great part of the emplovmentfor no,( '"■ns of vefTeb, exerciimg a large port • f cosnmescial ind»llry and ikiil, and afford in etuin of profi s on a very conirlrrable sum nercantilc capital employed in thebufinefs. 1 • ranch of our trade is of peculiar importan >ecaufe we have 110 transmarine colonies, ; vhile the redundancy of (hipping owned by n at ions will leave us but little chance of materi; ncreafingour vessels in the foreign trades, the enfion we may give in the course of ten year: ur home Wlll.prohaKly Wuaru ave brought coiton, sugar and saltpetre to mar, ;:£fure from India, lulphur from the Adriat emp, flax and iron from Ruflia, copper fr< vveden, fur»,indigoand mahogany from the Gu' >f M .xico, and coal i.ir our workmen from i land : and we cannot doubt, thercfoie, that ball transport thofecommodities and others, fr< uch of the States as produce them, to those wh ball create or have already cftabliihed a manuf uring demand. Foreign commcrce being limited by the co • ined value of our impoits and exports any m< antile capital, which accumulates beyond the si equifite for those purposes, would want emplo nent of a commercial uatuie, if the merchant wt lot able to have tecourfe to manufactures. Tl s not a m« re speculation in pofnble even's ; b onfiderable trading houses and otheis of refpedl >'e (landing, have actually entered into such pu. utts. Glais-houfes, rope-walks, powder mill, mn wotks, fUel works, Hitting auj rolling nulls [rift mills, naileries, sugar refineries, brewerie nd distilleries, the manufactory of fail cloth, au< >f woolen, cotton and linnen goods, exhibit a his moment numerous proofs of the fa6l. It is too well known to need moie than a ban illegation of the truth, that our outward boun< r effels are always completely laden, and thai 10 not on a medium return half full. It will herefore, increase the profits of the owners o hips, if the outward cargo can be rendered more aluable by manufacturing the goods to be export d. This may be exemplified in regard to whea md the simple manufacture of fuperfine flour. A elfel which will,carry ten thousand bufhelsof ih< ormer, at the price of a dollar per bushel, will b< aden foi ten thousand doliars ; but the quantity >f fupeifine flou) (3,000 barrels) which the Unit effel could iceeive, will amount, at a proportion, ite price, to the sum of fifteen thousand dollars The fame quantity of tonnage, filled with bottler, sorter, distilled fpirirs, fte; 1, cordage, (larch, peat flies, carriages,cabinct wares, plate, candles, soap, infeed oil, paper, hats, ihoes, &c, would ri!e tn much greater value; and of conbquence, the iwners of the vessels mull be able to purchafc nore goods lor the rclu-n by which the c (Tel being fuller, would make a greater sum in reight back. This circ'umftance is rendered of he more consequence by realcn of our diflance rom the greater part of the coufumers of our lur >l us produee ; and it is obvious that ships will hen be moil profitable, when the measurement <>1 11 our imports shall be equal to the measurement ft all our exports. Vtffclft which depart and re urn fully laden, cannot fail to enrich their owners No arguments will be to convince the idicious and reflecting mind, that the employ ncnt of large c pitals and of many merchants and raders, is mod certain and cafv, whvie there is he gieatcfl number and variety of objeCts to buy nd fell. As our commercial towns, therefore-. iave offered ina»ufaClurc.d commodities to those vhocome thither, they have increased in butinefs. 'otafh, pearl 3fh, country rum, domestic bquors, oaf fu *ar, See. have already contribute d to hvi II heir exports, by attracting foreign demand, or ncreafing the number of profitable objetls of fhi p nent. THete will naturally multiply under the lands of our vnauufaCtuteis, and inllcad of maik- Wednesday, Tutv ii ? 1792. 45 nothing ;>i«t Uinilicr, tobacco, Hock, • uw materials were formerly to'be »bi;«i.-ed, ou f-aporrs -w ,ii be converted into ma !. ' , i which all thofc articles will be pur h;tTev»iilr, id the various commodities manu atti>; .! fr< i them. For these goods in whatever hap !i;- afers will never be wanting:—cheap «!' !• ] as certainly attracts buyers, as water (ids t s V- . Nor is this mere sanguine hope or wpenit 1 rgeftion ; for it is an obvious truth, H i : i' lteil manufacturing nations in the old irorld, he greatest traders to foreign pans, 101 - en roost temarkable for main ; >"rs, amount of eighty millions o< .«t . n the commodities of oilier - prov ,0 mere.. per ar A Jru / reflections on American manufacture. -1 !>t: t v- . cal concord and attachments, which grov out o: mutual benefits are the mod rational r tii:.;r»ent. In this view, the feme •• vch v.- i t given to the nationrl union, by th inter chei. soi raw materials, provisions, fu and manu'i.&urcs among the levfcral States, isoh nef •iinae: ;lue. If European nations have u vo "cf amity and mutual forbcarauer >n ions, it cannot be doubled t n.-.c f_. wit) evince equal wifdorn an l < trtue.' a' tf f our union, from polity or tempo for manufactured supplies, have ll'r exhibit the greatefi liberality to oi igners, with whom they have been I recent \ at »b idtll variance*, It mull appeal vc • v .able, t the capacity at once to accomo- v'ia«< ,-m a. ~ engage their regard, should be _ t frur distant strangers, to their own c*>j:ri , • I'- ieir own kindred. If the mer chant :.d rr ufa&uTers of the opulent nation I with 1 on) t United States so long waged war, i irfil nc< dhy e hope of our consumption, cried | alou > for pea and. on the moment of its return, prelTc.d vvith the courtesies of commerce to our j fho; ing fnendfnipof the feyeral pans ofjhe ».:■-! ion .* caeh other, mud be strengthened by 1. .Ur iu nces, as they (hall be progiefltvely m {cffaiM. Hie anirn prifecution and liberal cncou ! r«r.< n i ni nf nufa&ures, is at this moment a rr , politic; y. The national legislature has incrtafed th oft on foreign 'merchandise, to { defray ?he r. es of the Indian war. The con tiiftiiance oi : t part of the duties is to be no Ion: r than ' jf the hostilities which occasion thei to be It the interval should bedili ' in : emp»» lin the promotion of manufac - '4i■ >* •; V > "•' 'r.-7*Tl: - V'.f rr '." 1 "id to pro;fx .he temporary injuries or trie In luian war wi -e accompaniea and followed by j great, solid u permanent benefits. Ihe militai v expev.lc is re red less buidenfome, by the em ! ploytf»e.rtgi* to our own workmen. The (hoes, !>oc' horfcit i's caps, haw, buckles, buttons, lad cry, spears, le.® gunpowder, and other articles i .or the nfe c t' e aruiy are made by American • manufacture It is perceived, that war, which j , oft Mp.icrrup: foreign commerce and generally •v.fner- :h. otices of agricultural produ&tons has in this, instance no eflects of ,t iiarun ;'b< t by judicious arrangements, may ji ridert d i-iltrumental to the greatest fuppor.t i-• 3 .ed intereft —the national manufacturers. ' he 'ock of the field mufl incvita- L-iy :iiih The number of our citizens; but there ■ ■ cry reason to believe, that those, who, in the couri : 0 present war, may fall under the banners country, will prove inferior in number to those who will be drawn, by the in fluence of the new duties, from foreign countries, to the standard of American manufaftuies : and although the moll ufeful arts are-no compenluiori f. . the lives of our compatriots, the acquthtion of a great number of new fcitizens will counterba lan. ? the political evil rcfulting from such a loss, so far as it m2y unhappily occur. It is detrimental to the United States that the manufactures they consume arc drawn from n - tions whose citizens pay much greater contribu tions to their government than our manufacturers, and conlequently tliat we so far forth are subjeCt to their taxes, imposts, and excises. In (iitai Britain, for example, their national taxes are fc ven times as large as ours, in proportion to the number of people in the two countries ; and their poor rates and church rates are each more than double our whole national contributions. Tin j monopolies of thofecountriesfajl heavily upon the conlr.mers, among their citizens; and those, who purchase their fabrics, bear a part ol th:s burden, which lies on their inanufattui cs. The commer cial charges paid by the Englilh Eaik-India com pany abroad, amount to one million of dollars pei annum ; the freight and charges in England arc about two million and two thirds-more, exrlufivr • ly of duties. The company's civil and military charges would, in two years like the p fen , pay all the cxpenlcs of our government, a.,d difeharge our national debt. Tne reftrj&ipns on navigation and trade in the Eui opcan nations also enhance the price of raw materials and articles of confum pnon, required by their manufactures, ali which falls ul timately upon the people of the United States, so far as their fabrics are confumtd here. These I considerations (hould induce our moll (Irenuous exertions, to dimini(h those indirect burdens, and at the sains time they l-id out strong piomifesof a fucce fslul iffuc to our effn pears : But he departs with regret, and calls alojiging, lin gering look behind him—yet go be niult ; and to perpetuate his exilt ence, has no alternative but in bis children : These he is therefore to consider as part's, and the only abid ing parts, of liim