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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. & 9> HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA
[No. 13, of Vol. IV.]
BANK of the UNITED STJTES,
July 2d, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, That there will be
paid at the Bank, after the 10th instant, to
xhr Stockholders, or their reprefeotatives duly au
titorized, the following sums, being the dividend
declared from the commencement of the mftitu
\ion to the firit inllant, viz.
Yor each share complcated in the month of
March, Twelve Dollars.
For each share completed in the month of April
•Ten Dollars, Sixty-[even Cents.
For each share compleated in the month of May,
XJine Dollars, Thirty-three Cents.
For each hals-share, Eight Dollars.
By order of ihe President and Directors,
(2 w.) JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
THE UNIVERSAL HYMN BOOK.
Now in the Press, and will be ready for Sale in
ten days, by THOMAS DOBSON, and
other Booksellers in Philadelphia,
\ Self&ion of PSALMS, HYMNS, and SPI
RITUAL SONGS ; taken from different Au
thors, for the Use ot those who believe in the
Rcftorationof all Men. Published by Order of
the Convention holding said Faith, met in Phila
ddohia, May, 1731.
As this is an Universal Hymn Bnok, the
favor of the Printers in different parts, in inserting
the above advertisement, will be acknowledged.
July ii. eptf.
SECURITIES
SOLDIERS, Mariners, and militia men's pay,
lands, and claims on the public,
SH ARES, in the Banks, in the Canals,and Turn
pike Road,
CERTIFICATES, granted by the public, and
the old and laie paper monies,
NOTES of hand, bills, bonds, and mortgages
with or without deposits,
BOUGHT, fold, or negotiated, at No. 2, in
Fourih-ilieet below Market-tercet, by
FRANCIS WHITE,
Who tranfa&s business in the public offices for
country people and others,by virtue of a power,
of attorney, or bv personal application
PHILADELPHIA,
24 Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY the 30th March last, a NEGRO
WOMAN, by tne name otCHLOE. She
is five feet two and a halt inches high ; quick
spoken ; upper tooth open ; no eye-bro ats at all ;
is about 30 vears old, but looks much younger.
She is wc'.l (locked with cloaths, long gowns, jack
ets, See. She is no w palling for a free woman, I
understand, and has changed her name—Whoever
takes her up, so that the owner gets her, (hail re
ceive the above reward ; and if brought home, all
other reasonable expences, from the fubfenber.
JOHN PUZEY.
Somerset County, near Princess-Ann,
Maryland, June 2id, 1792. (*iaw4<v)
Wm. CLE LAND,
BOSTON,
Tranfa&s bufmefs in the Funds of the United
States ;
BANK STOCK, BILLS of EXCHANGE, &:c.
Orders from New-York, Philadelphia, or 1
any other part of the Union, will be attended to
with Diligence and Punctuality.
J un c 1. (epim & iaw2m*
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the fubferiber in February
last, a NEGRO LAD, named PHIL, about
20 years of age ; had on when he went away, a
round jacket, a paii hornefpun breeches, and a tow
shirt ; thelellow has a yellowish complexion, his
heighth about five feet fix or seven inches, very
Jquare made ; has a mark along fide of his nose,
and one of his insteps has been burnt, which causes
the sinews to draw.
Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures him
in any jail, so that I may get him agaiu, shall re
ceive the above reward, and have all reasonable
charges paid. ROBERT PEARCE.
Head Sajjafras, June 16,1792.-
RUN AWAY Irom the fubftriber, living in
Kent County, and State ot Maryland, on
Sunday the 27th May last, a NEGRO MAN,
named Hark; about 40 years of age, about five
feet nine inches high, has a fear over one of his
eye-brows, and when talking, hangs his head on
one lide, and looks up—hag on and took urith
him the following eloaths, via. a feardfeglu coat,
a black and white kersey coat, cut round,a white
kersey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn {lock
ings, the one pair lately footed, and the ofter not,
two oznaburgh Ihirts, each pieced •» one fidej
two pair of tow-linen trowfers, -one pair patched
with new tow-linen foie parts, and an
old felt hat.
whoever takes up said Negio, if out of this
State,and fecurcs him in gaol, (hall receive FOUR
-IEEN DOLLARS reward—and if taken within
this State, and fccured as aforcfaid, {hall receive
LIGHT DOLLARS reward ; and ll brought
home, realonable expcnces will be paid by
PEREGRINE LETHRBURY.
Chejer-Touin, June 4, 1791. (ep 8w )
Stock Brokers Office,
N0.45, Great Dock-flreet, New-York,
THE Subscriber intending to confine himfelf
entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE of
STOCKS on COMMISSION, Begs leave, to offer
ins iervices to his friends and others, in the line
of a Stock Brokei. Those who may pleale to fa
vor him with their business, may depend upon
having it tranfatted with the utmost fidelity and
dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other
part of the United States wiil be ftrijtUy attend
ed to.
May 2
GENERAL POST-OFEICE,
PH 1 LADE LPHI A, Jul\ 7, 1792.
FOR the information of Merchants and me Mat
ters or Commanders of*Vv ffels, are published
the following extra&s from the Law for ettablith
ing Poll-Offices and Pott-Roads within the United
States.
In fe£iion io, it is ena&ed that there (hall be
charged ik for ev t rv letter or packet brought into
the United State.% or carried from one port there
in to another by sea, in any private ihip or vessel,
four cents, if delivered at the place where the fame
fhali arrive ; and it directed to-be delivered at airy
other placc, with the addition oi the like pottage,
as other letters are made fu'ujcct to the payment
of by this adl."
Infe&ioni2, " That no ship or vessel, arriving
at any port within the United States, where a polt
office is ettablilhed, (hall be permitjed to report,
make entry or break bulk, till the mailer or com
mander lhall have - delivered to the pottmafter, all
letters directed to any perion or peifoin> within
the United States, which, under his care or within
his power, (lull be brought in such (hip or vessel,
other than iuch as are dire&ed to the owner or
consignee : but when a vessel shall be bound to a
nother port, than that, at which she may enter, the
letters belonging to, or to be delivered a: the laid
port ot delivery, lhall not be delivered to the pott
matter at the port ot entry-. And it lhall be the
duty ot the collector or other officer ot the porr,
empowered to receive entries ot ships or vessels,
to require from every matter or commander of
such ihip or vt ffel, anoa h or affii mat ion, purport
ing that he has delivered ail luch letters, except as
atorefaid.!' *
(iaw6w)
In fetlion 13, 4t That the postmaster to whom
such lclteis ir.ay be delivered, lhall pay to the
mafttr, commander, or other person delivering
the fame, exccpt the commanders ot foreign pack
ets, two cents tor every such letter or packet; and
ftiall obtain from the pcrfou delivering the fame,
a certficatefpecityiog the number of letters and
pz <rti, with the name of the (hip or veflel,
ana the place from whence fne last failed ; which
cert ficaie, together with a receipt tor the money,
lhall be with his quarterly accounts, transmitted
to the Postmaster-General, who iHail credit the
amount thcieof to the poitmaltcr lorwardnig the
fame."
for general information, the 14th feftien is pub
lished, 44 And be it further enofted, That if any
pet son, other than the Pofttnafter-General, or his
deputies, or persons t»y them employed, lhall take
up, receive, order, dispatch, convey, carry or de
liver any letter or letters, packet or packcts, other
than newfpapcrs, tor hire or reward, or lhall be
concerned in fctting up any foot or hoife post,
waggon or other carnage, by or in which any let
ter or packet (hall be carried for hire, on any esta
blished post-road, or any packet, or other veifei
or boat, or any conveyance whatever, whereby the
revenue of the general poft-oftce may be injured,
every perlon, so offending, ihall torfeit, for evety
luch otiencr, the lum ot two huudred dollars.
Provided, That it (hall and may be lawful tor eve
ry person to fend lctteis or packets by fpccial mcf
fenger.
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND TO BE (OLD (PRICE \oJ,')
By EBENEZER HAZARD,
128 North Second-Streci,
THE
HISTORY
New-Hampshire,
Containing a geographical description of the
Slate—with (kctchcs of its natural history, pro
du6fions«e improvements, and Hate ot to
ciety and manners, laws and government.
(*eprm)
By Jerem* Belknap, A. At.
This volume compleats the history, and is
peculiarly intcrefting. Subscribers arc delired
10 call for their books.
ADVERTISEMENT.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of
Edward Man kin, an infolvcnt debtor,
confined in the gaol of the county ot Saiein, injthe
ttate of New-Jersey, that the Judges of the Infe
rior Court of Common Pleas tor laid county, on
application to them made, have appointed the
twenty-eighth day ot Julv next tor the said Credi
tors to appear before any two or more of said
Judges, at the town of Salem, to ftiew cause, if
any they have, why an alignment of the said
debtors estate should not be made, *nd he be dit
charged from confinement, pursuant to an Ast ot
Aflembly, palled the 24th of November last, for
the relief of infolvcnt debtors then confincd.
June 25,1792. (» 3 -)
Saturday, July 14, 1792.
LEONARD BLS.ECKER.
('•»■)
Vol. 11l
49
FXOU THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
REFLECTIONS on the STATE of tit UNION.
(continued.)
Concerning the Imports cj the United States
THIS part of the national bufincfs has given
nfe to doubts, whether the United States are
really in d prosperous lituation. The apprrhen
lion is believed, however, to have proceed* d from
levcral errors. The efhmation of the imports,
lias probably been made at the prices current in
America, which is more than the United States
pay for them, by the total value of the following
particulars. i,Such pait of the Ihipping chaigcs «t
---broad a* accrue to the benefit of r ihe citizens of the
United States,who may be on the fpotto make the
ftiipments ; 2. That part of the freight upon
them which is paid upon our own vessels; 3, That
part of the premium of mfurance upon them,
which is paid to American underwriters or iu
furers ; 4, The whole amount of the duties of the
custom houle fees, 011 the goods, amount
to several million of dollars ; 5. The amount of
the tonnage and fees on foreign veiicls, which are
dedu&ions in favor of the country, from the va
lue of the goods imported in them ; 6. The por
terage, llorage, cooperage, weighing, guagmg,
niealuring, commiilions on falcs here, and other
incidental expenUs 011 that part or the imports
which belongs to foreigners; 7. The profits ol
our merchants on that part of tne imports which
belongs to them ; 8, The wafteage of goods be
longing to foreigners between then arrival or time
of valuation and the time of laic; g, The benefit
of credit which is not less than two and an haif
per cent, on the whole v<nue of our lmoorts ; dnd
10, The value of those imported goods which re
mdin in the country, being the proverty of perrons
intending to become, or who will ultimately be
come citizens of the United States, iiut the ap
parent or conjectural difproportiori between the,
exports and imports of the United States, will bt
considerably duninifhed by the falcs of vessels to'
foreigners at home and abroad—the faies or lands
to them—the expenses of foreigners here—the
expenies of foreigh vessels, and the coll of their
lea Itoies—their commiilions on Hie fhipinent oi
their cargocs, and 011 the dilburlemrnt of tht\i
vessels, as already obierved in treating of our ex
perts. Beliaes tneic, the freight of goods to fo
reign countries in our vessels (not less, probably,
than three millions of dollais) and the proliu
upon all the goods exported on the account of our
own citizens, contribute very much to encrealc
the fund, wherewith our unpoiu arc purchaled
and paid for. An ellunate, which fiiall com
prehend all the-fe items at their true value, is ne
cessary to form a fatisl»&ory opinion of the ba
lance on our trace. From fucfi an estimation
(which has been made) there would relult no ica
fon to doubt our proiperity; nor will this appcai
queltionable, when it is remembered, that the
outward freights on our own vessels and the
duties on goods imported, - amount together to
6.400,000 dollars, which is mote than one tbird
of our expoits. The balance of trade has been
aptly denominated the metaphvfics of commerce.
To determine it with mdilputable certainty re
quires as accurate and elaborate an invelligation
as a metaphyseal qucifion : and though this as
sertion proves nothing, it will lufpiie us with due
caution againlt haftiiy adopting unfavorable con-
clufions.
An opinion so me what lingular and of consider
able impoilance will be hazarded upon tins fub
jedh The United Siates, to make the utinoil ad
vantage of things in their present improveabJe
lituation, should have little or no balancc m their
favor ou their genera) commcrce. It their ex
poits, outward heights, laics of vciFels and lands,
&c. amount to twenty-four million of dollars
pei annum, they will find their true interest in
importing the whole value in well felefted com
modities. It is better, for example, that they
import molaflVs, hemp, cotton, wool, bar-iron,
hides, skins, furs, la'tpetre, sulphur, copper, tin,
brass, paper, mahogany, &c. to roanufa£lure ;
tools for artizans, and materials and utcnfils for
conftrufting works, improving wade lands and
cultivating farms, and breeding cattle, horses and
sheep, than that they (hould bring back the equi
valent in gold or silver.
The sum we annually import in articles of that
nature, more precions to us than the moll precious
metals, would conffitute an imm nfe balance in
our favor ; such, indeed, as would in a few years
oppress out country with too copious a cuculating
medium, or compel us to export it.
That the exports and other means of paying
for our imports are much more adequate to the
occasion, than they were during several years fub
lequent to the peace, is manilcft from the Hate of
our private credit in Europe.
A diilin&ion, and it is conceived, a very im
portant one, has been already intimated in favor
of such of our imports as are of a nature adapted
to enhance the value of our lands, or to employ
or aliift our citizens : and in regard to those
which are for immediate consumption, the quan
tity cannot be in proportion to our lormer im
ports considering the increase of population.—
We have almost absolutely cealed to import shoes,
boots, fadlery, coarse hats, piate, fnuff, manu
factured tobacco, cabinet wares, carriages, wool
and cotton cards, hanging paper, gun powder
and other articles ; and we have exceedingly di
minished our importation of coatfe linnen and
woolen goods, cordage, copper utensils, tin uten
sils, malt liquots, loaf sugar, ite 1, paper, playing
cards, glue, wafers, fine hats, biazicry, watches
and clocks, cheese, &c. and we euher makethefe
articles from native proouttions, by which the
whole \alue is (buck off fiom our imports, or we
r <4 A ( -C
[Whole No. 555.]
manufacture them from foreign raw inaicrul?,
which coil leis than the goods uled io do, efpccialiy
as they often yield a great freight iu our own vei-
IcU. Thus the height of molafTes to make run ,
imported in one yeai, at two dollais per hhd. was
not leis than 140.000 dollars. The fame oblerva
tioa occuts as to hemp, cotton, iron, copper, brafd,
tin, fait petre, lulphur, inahogany, hides, dye
woods, and other iaw materials.
From these circumftanrial evidences, there
would appear to be little danger of miltake, in
concluding, that our imports, in a medium c,f
two or three years, have not been difproponion
<'te to our exports, and other I'afe and regular
means of balancing the amount of our iuppUcs.
But though the documents for acomparifon be
tween the present imports and those antecedent
to the revolution, are less perfect than is to be
delired, some which offer are worthy of atten
tion. Our imports from Great-Britain in
making some addition lor those from Ireland*
and adding twenty per cent, to bring them to
their market value, were worth here above
2,400,0001. llerling. In this item, the;informa
tion obtained from a report of the Lords of the
British pnvy council is principally relied on though
a part of it is fupplementlry information. To
(Ins sum is to be added, a proportion of the im
ports into .all the American colonies in 17-0,
f;om all the reft of the world but Great-Britain]
whleft, after dedutting therefiom 23,000!. fieri,
for the vaiue imported into Bermuda, the north
ern British colonies, and Newfoundland, leaves
1,0.50,0001. at the vaiue here. The total value
of our imports in 1770, would then appear to have
been more than 3 , 45°3° t>0 » 01 about 15,000,000
dollars as thev would have fold in the American
market, exclufivc of tfie contraband tiade which
was coniiderable. This will be'ieen by a refer
ence to the liifl number of these reflexions, to be
full seven millions inoie than our exports at the
fame time, if then our imports were to bear the
fame proportion to 18,250,000 dollars (our present
exports)'the former might be above 24,000,000
dollars, without creating more alarm than we had
then leafon to feel, 'i his view of the iubjetl may
convince us, that our imports were too copious,
at leait m some quarters, for several years before
rue war ; and hence we find a heavy load of pri
vate debt was created and remains upon some of
the citizen* of the United States at this day. Hap
pily for the United Slates, the reduction of the
prices of iupplies, by the present freedom of their
commerce, by the agency of fkilful merchants, in
itead of planters inexperienced intrude, by the in
trodu&ion of machinery in Europe, and by their
own manufacturing industry, has kept down their
imports many millions of dollars below that sum,
although the impoftand tonnage have diredtly or
.indirectly contributed to enhance the nominal a
mount without incicdfuig the sum to be paid lor
,• them abroad.
A Sketch of the general Trade of the United States.
IN taking a iurvey ot the American commerce*
the attention is att rafted to the.increase
of (hip building, the new manufactoriesof articles
necefTary to the equipment ol veflels, and the im
provement in the aitof ship building, as well as
the superior quality of the materials now used in
their conltruttion. The largest number of veflels
built in any one year before the late war, as far as
it can be ascertained, was equal to 24,358 !on>,
and at lealt 32,000 tons of superior quality were
built in 1791. The timber and plank, are more
cholen, nnd iron is more copiously used at this timt\
becaule the vcifels are not intended for fafe-, and
the fenlible practice of falling them is bccom
very frequent. It is important, too, that the art
ot thip building is diffufed more generally than
•any other equally important one which is carried
on within the United States.
The export trade in our produce is more bene
ficial than heretofore to the landed inteitft, be
caule ihe cultivatois Go not, as formerly, antici
pate upon their oops abroad, by ordering out
lupplies at the difcrction ot the European mer
chant, to be paid for in shipments of their crops
on their own account and risque. The planters
in Maryland md Virginia, particularly the tobac
co planters, iuflered extreme ly by an inconfider
purfuit of that practice before the revolution.
1 he American merchant is noW more frequently
their importer; and as he underitands the mode
of procuring goods cheap, the re<ii piofiis of the
import and export tiade of the country, are in a
greater degree divided between the planter and
the trader.
Ihe redu&ion of the prices of East-India and.
China goods, ot every ipeciej ot manufactures in
which labor-saving machinery and flight apply,
and ot wines, occaiion our imports to be obtained
on moie favorable terms. This beneficial ef
fect is increased by the freedom ot our import
trade, which lets in the produ&ions and manu
factures ot all countries by a dire£t intercourse
with them, which was formerly forbidden. From
the fame caule, superior prices tor our produce
and manufactured articles have been obtained.
If tobaceb is becoming an exception, it is to be
remembered, that great prices were obtained for
it till lately, and that the txiraoidinary quantity
raited is tufheient to account for its tall.
(TO BE CONTINUED.}
THE UNITED STATES.
HAIL rifmg States ! —lei envy blot her pagc #
And disappointed malice vent hrr rage ;
Thy councils fleady, built on wisdom's plan,
While laws support the sacred rights of man ;
41 Peace, liberty and fdfety," here fhjll reign,
While fun and moon and ilais and (kits remain.,