A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENSO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 14, of Vol. IV.] To be publijhed h Subfcripiiov, THE AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER, OR, PROCEEDINGS OF THE Old feoncj/rej'S, From their firft Mating in September 1774, to their final DilTolutiou in March 1789,— COMPRISING, at full length, every impor tant refoluuon, order, addrel's, declaration, &c contained in the thirteen volumes of their journals a concise fummarv of the kin mtereltiiig oarts-an alphabetical lift ot appointments, pro. motions, an# refignations-a colleft.ve view ol the public expenditures, &c. &c.-the whole intended io serve as a fatislaftory fubft.mte for the original Journals, which are now out of prmt, and of which the enure substance, un-mcumbered with official formalities and repetitions, will here be given in about one fourth of their present bulk—accompa nied with mi complete geneial Index :— — To which will Be added. A copiout and valuable collection of original &T6, From the records ond files of Congress,— Containing (either verbatim, or in abftraft, as the cases may severally require) such iiitereiling pieces referred to in the journals, as may with pro priety be permitted to be made public, viz. Letters from the different officers employed in the public fcrvice during the late war—intercepted letters of the enemy—communications from governors, state legislatures, conventions, and committees dis patches from agents and commifiioners instruc tions— reports of committees of Congress—and va rious other authentic documents, tenaing to throw u light on the important events, to which America owes her prefect independence. In the couifc of the work, will be introduced in their proper places, such parts of the 'tcrd Jowmalo a$ no longer require secrecy. As soon as 500 copies are fubfcnbed for, the work will be put to press—to be delivered to sub scribers in numbers of 304 odlavo pages each, at one dollak, in blue boards. The Jubfcription money will not be required for the fir ft number, un til the publication is begun ; and on the delivery ©f each number, half a collar will be expected in advance tor the succeeding one. To nou-fubfcri bers, the price will be raised. Subscriptions will be received by the principal jook-felleib throughout the Union, and by the Editor, JOHN CAREY. 1 No. 26, Pear-Street, Philadelphia. (it) TERRITORY of COLUMBIA. JULY 6, 1792. ' THE Subscriber offers for Sale, a Mill-Scat on Rock Creek, deemed by those who have ex mined it, equal to any in the United States. The Mill-House may be placed within one quarter ol a mile of the river Potowmac, half a mile from the market house in Georgetown, and one mile irom the President's fquaie, in the city of WaPn ington—on tide water, navigable for veflels of se veral hundred buftiels burthen.—The stream is fufficient,the year round,to turn four pair of stones, and the tall may be made from 25 to 30 feet. It is unnectfTary to dwell on the advantages of such a situation. The purchaser raay be accommodated with a few hundred acrGS of land adjoining the Mill-Seat, if that should be an objefh (epsra i 4 Jul) TERRITORY of COLUMBIA. June 28. 1792. PURSUANT to the last Will and Tettamentof the late Rev. Alexander Wil 1.1 am son, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale on Thurl day, the 1 ith of October next, at G eor g etow n, on a credit of three years, the purchasers giving bond with approved security, to bear intereftfrom the date—That valuable Seat of Land. in ,Montgo mery county, called Hayss; the late dwelling plantation ol the dcccafed, containing between fix and seven hundred acies, the greatefl. part of which is rich, heavy umbered land, extremely well wa tered, and capable of affording a very considerable quantity c! fine meadow ; —Situated about 6 miles irom the Federal City,and the fame diflance from George-Town, in a genteel neighbourhood, and a remarkable healthy part of the country. The improvements aie, a very elegant two story Brick Dwelling House, (with four rooms and a pafTage, or entrv. on a floor) and the necefTary oul houfes. HENRY TOWN&END,) BENJ. STODDERT, J> Executors. (eptO) THOMAS JOHNS,. ) Stock Brokers Office, Great Dock-ftrcet, New-York, THE bubferiber intending to confine himfell, entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE of STOCKS on COMMISSION, Begs leave to offer his Services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to fa vor him with their bafinefs, may depend upon hdving it tranfa&ed with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States will be ftri&ly attend ed 10. LEONARD BLEECKER. Jfcj » THE Partnerfhipof HAZARD & ADDOMS. is diifolvcd ; — All persons having demands on that FIRM, are delircd to call for fettJeincnt, upon EBENEZER HAZARD, at No. 128, North Second-Street—ard those indebted to it are ic queited to make immediate payment to him. EBENEZER HAZARD, JONAS ADPOMS. Philadelphia, July 10, 1792. (tf) THE UNIVERSAL HYMN BOOK. Now in the Prcfs, and will be ready for Sale in ten days, by THOMAS DOBSON, and A Selection of PSALMS, HYMNS, and SPI xl. RITUAL SONGS ; taken from different Au thors, for the Use of those who believe in the Reftorationof all Men. Publifned by Order of the Convention holding said Faith, met in Phila delphia, Mav, 1791. * # * As this is an Universal Hymn Book, the favor of the Printers indifferent parts, in inserting the above advertisement, will be acknowledged. July ii. eptf. BANK of the UNITED STATES, July 2fl, 1792. NOTICE is hereby given, That there will be paid at the Bank, after the 10th instant, to ihe Stockholders, or their representatives duly au thorized, the following sums, being the dividend declared from the commencement of the institu tion to the firft instant, viz. For each share compieated in the month of March, Twelve Dollars. For each share compleared in the month of April Ten Dollars, Sixty-seven Cents. For each share compieated in the month of May, Nine Dollars, Thirty-three Cents. For each hals-share, Eight Dollars. By order of the President and Dtre&ors, (aw.) JOHN KEAN, Calhier. Thirty Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from in February last, a N'KGRO LAD, named PHIL, about so years of age; had on when he went away, a round jacket, a pail homespun brceches, and a low shirt ; "(he fellow has a yellowish complexion, his heighth about five feet fix or seven inches, very fouare made ; has a mark along fide of his nose. and one of his infieps has been burnt, which causes th? sinews to draw. Whoever takes up said Negro, and fecurrs him in any jail, so that I may get him again, (ball re ceive the above reward, and have al! reasonable charges oaid. ROBERT PH.ARCE. Head Safafras, June 16. 1792. (*epim) RUN AWAY from the fubferiber, living in Kent County, and State of Maryland, on Sunday the 2*7 th May last, a NEGRO M A N. Darned Hark; about 40 years about five feet nil* 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 followingcloaths, viz. a fearnought coat, a black and white kersey coat, cut round, a white kersey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn stock ings, the one pair lately footed, and the other not, two oznaburgh lhirts, each piectd on one fide, two pair of tow-linen trowfers, 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,and secures him in gaol, fnall receive FOUR TEEN DOLLARS reward—and if taken within this State, and secured as aforefaid, (hull receive EIGHT DOLLARS reward; and il brought home, reasonable cxpences will be paid bv PEREGRINE LETHRBURY. Ck'.flcr-Tourn, June 4, 179'- ( C P 8w ) ' B. STODDERT. Containing a geographical description of the St aie —wirh ficetches of its natural history, pio du&ions, improvements, and present (late ot 10- ciety and manneis, laws and government. This volume complcats the history, and is pe.uliarly interesting. Subfcribcrs arc delired to call for their books. Tones & Burroughs, STOCK-BROKERS, STATE-Street, BOSTON, BUY and fell every kind of the Stocks of the United States, on Commission, by Private Contract, and Public Auftton.—Thofe gentlemen who may be pleased to iavor them with their commands, jnay rely on fidelity, fccrecy and di.- patch. x Boflon. March, 1792. ( ,aw 3 m ) WAITED—TO RENT, (£f" A convenient Hovfe, in or near the centre <j/ the City —Enquire ojthe Editor. Wednesday, July i 8, 4792. other Booksellers irv Philadelphia, JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOX D (PRICE lOf.) By EBENEZER HAZARD, 128 North Second-Street, THE HISTORY AA- -*•»-» -*■ v " * O F New-Kampfliirc, Vol. IU By JER EM * BEL" NA P, A. M. 53 / tOM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION, (continued.) A Sketch of the general Trade oj the United States. r ~¥^llE coasting trade has become very great, and < X the derangement cf the Welt-India trade inuft extend it exceedingly, during the current year, from the failure of molaifes. The increafi ot mdimfa&ures, and foreign icitn&ions on oiher branches, have contributed to elevate this valuable part of our commerce; and the former fmanu factures) will continue steadily to increase its im portance. The vetfels which take supplies of flour, and many other articles from the middle and northern itates, to South-Carolina and Geor gia, muke very frequent voyages, and they return Icls than half laden ; but if the planters should pursue the cultivation of hemp, flax, hops, and cotton, they may come back with full cargoes.— A similar lemark may be jultly made in regard to other ftjtes. The filherics do not appear to have recovered their former value ; but it is plain they have in creased yearly iince the year 1789 —and they are even 1- w more valuable than they appear to be. '1 he cisiiumpiion ol oil, whale-bonr, ikins of sea' animals, spermaceti, and pickled and dried fifh, is much great« r in the United Siat, s zt this time, than it was twenty yeais ago. The out-fits of the filhing vclfcls, too, are moie from the induilry and relouiccs of the country than was formerly the cafe. Wherefore the general benefits r< fulling tiom the fifheries, are probably little less than be loicthe levolution. Remote as the United States are from all fo reign nations,'totally unconnected with their poli tics aDd having no temptation to wage war for territoVy, they cannot but advance in commer cial and agricultural prosperity, if they preserve order and justice at home. Foreign reftri&ions will be nectHarily leis rigid, as oeccfions for luppliesand pacific ferviceslrom the United States shall arise ; and these occasions mud inevitably exist in every maritime nation, whichjihall engage in war, even with a countiy which is not nfell maritime. The prosecution of manufa&ures has created some increase of our foreign trade, and will ex tend it. If we did not pursue ihat branch of in dustry, wc (bould not import copper, iron, and hemp, from the Baltic ; cotton, saltpetre and White calliooes from India , ami cocoa, oye-wocus, mahogany, cotton and hides from the Weft-In dies and the southern part ot the American con tinent. Some of these importations regular ly and extensively made ; others are increafuig. Without them wc should have no intercourse with some of these countries, and much less than we now have wth others. In like manner our 111- tercourfe with fevcral countries is increased by manufactured exports. The demand tor our pot ash, distilled spirits, (hips and boats, feeel, malt liquors, cheese, bar iron, flit iron, gunpowder, carriages and other articles, occasions a greatei and more bencficia! trade with many foieign ports. It is impollible to lay how rapid and how confi dsrablc the progress of this pait of our commerce will be. The exported manufaflures of Great- B.'itain in 1791, -were gieater than ihofc of fifty years ago, by twice the value of our present ex-i ports. It is extremely favorable tj American com merce, internal and foreign, that a variety of chan ges have taken place in the affairs of the worjd, which have opened branches of trade forincily withheld from us bv monopoly, or other circum stances. The ast ot separation from Great Bri tain enabled us to trade to China, Bombay, and Surat ; and the enterprise of our citizens soon dis covered the way. The curious perfr&iou of ma nufacturing machinery in Europe, has made it the interest of the foreign India companies to fell us I their piece goods in the markets ot the east, with out taking them at fecoud hand. The misfor tunes oi St. Domingo have encreafed our com mercc in and will have the fame efie£t upon cotton, and they are driving us rapidly into an internal trade in native spirits, which will of course lead to external commerce of the fame kind. This will appear to be a t matter of great importance, when ii is remembered, that since the hie peace, the foreign spirits imported have in lime years been equal to one fifth of our (xports. The failure of ship timber, which begins to ap pear every where in Europe, is enublir.g the Un ited States to carry on f.iip building upon very ad vantag«ous terms. The profitable establishment of several banks of perfect credit with the mod wary and judicious citizens ind foreigners, is at once a proof and a great mean of commercial prosperity. The growth of citics, towns,and ma uufsftures has given to the fifheries a more sub stantial basis in a conliderable home demand,! than ihey foi merly had in a foreign one. The ba nishment of paper tenders, and ex post facto laws, ar.d the inteidithon o» laws impairing the obliga tions ol conttafts, have placcd cur commerce upon a more honorable and solid footing, than it ever was before. The mint, the laws regulating sea men and the fifheries, the appreciation of the pub lic debt, the {pint ol improvement on roads, ri vers and canals, the difcovcry of coal near naviga ble water, the late extension of the post office, the constant incrcafe of light houses on the coasts, the innod uftion of auxiliary arts, and above all, the piogrefs ofjagriculture have given facility, stability and extention to our tiade, which were unknown before the revolution, and :n the riillrefsful i derangements of 1786 ?nd i7B;appeared beyond the bounds of realouablc expectation. [Whole No. 556.] MANIFESTO of the Govfrnment at Brux -2 l l es tn an fiver to the declaration oj war on the part of Francs. PROCLAMATION Marie Christine Albert-Casimir Princz Princcfs Royal of Hun- Royal of Poland and I ithua garia and Bohemia, via, Duke of Saxe- Tefcheu Archduchtfs of Auflria, Grand Cross of the Royal Order Duchess of Burgundy, of St. Stephen, Field Marshal Lorraine and Saxe-Tef- of the Armies of his Majefly the chen. King of Hungary and Bnhe- rnia, and of those ef the Holy Rowan Empire, c3c. Lieutenant Governours, and Captain* General of the Low Countries, Sc. <3c. A FACT I ON, by which the kingdom of France has for four years been torn asun der, has jufk prevailed on his MoftChiiftian Maje sty, to fa nation a Declaration of War against hia Apostolical Majeftv, our mod honorable Lord and nephew. The full a6ts of hofttlities seem to be dire£ted against these Provinces ; and the enemies of all order and power, who are meditating an aggreflion so nnjuft, found their hopes ot success lon the spirit of partv which was unfortunately i diffeminatcd during the late troubles. We will carefully attend to the defence of rhofs provinces with the government of which we are entruftcd, relying with confidence on the protec tion of the Lord of Holts, who is pleased to mani fest the effects of his omnipotence in favor of those who are inl'pired with a sacred refpe£t for the laws, and for all powers by him ordained on the earth for the government of human societies. We flatter ourselves that everv class of citizens will be animated with one spirit, and that they will vigilantly attend to the maintainance of in ternal tranquility and the prefcrvation of property, while we order to the frontiers part of his Ma jetty's troops, full of glory, and crowned by vic toty under the two last reigns, until the league, formed between several great powers, (hall oopofe a mound to the torrent of Unifier pioje&s which menaces the overthrow of Europe. We owe it to the faithful fubje&s of his Ma }efty, to inform them ot the meafires which we have adopted, during a whole year, in hopes of re maining at peace with France,; and to warn them of the innumerable calamities which our enemies are eager to spread and perpetuate, under the spe cious veil of chimerical liberty, offered to a cre dulous multitude, b} an impious fe£t of innova tors, Jot difant philosophers, as the infallible re sult ot their mad piojeits. 'i heir's is not to war with the Ptinces of the earth, hut against the re ligion of our ancestors, against tocial.order, againit profperuy, and against ?!1 the comforts which n - turally flow from it. 1 hey have already, by the adoption of their absurd fyftcms, plunged their country into all the horrors of anarchy. Jealous of the prosperity of those nattorts who flill enjoy the fruits of social order, they have formed for their own protection the barbarous projett of in spiring them with a similar delirium, of propaga ting their errors, and with them all the calamities | with which the kingdom of Fiance is at tins time afflicted. They have been, during a whole medita ting and inventing pretexts for the aggreflion on which they had icfolved. Having driven away from the bosom of France, by dint of persecu tions, al! those citizens who were attached to the eftabliflied religion, and to the hi therto held facrcd by the fundamental laws of the kingdom, they have attempted to prevent them from enjoying in any part of the world, the fwects of holpitality which men reciprocally owe to each othtr. We have been extremely caieft l not to afford the flighted grounds of complaint, ' resolved not to meddle in the least degree, with the political government of any neighbouring states. We have taken care to prevent that any thing fhouJd be attempted, or even written, in those provinces, against the constitution just efta bliftied in . ranee ; and as a reward for our ftri6fc attention to the laws of good neighbourhood, a horde of factious vagabonds has been assembled ou our frontiers, resolved on the execution of the most infernal plots. The mod infamous writings against religion and against the constitutional au thority oT the sovereign, have been dispersed in ihefe provinces. These writings were fubftantial !y the fame as th." speeches delivered in the midst of the authorised societies, in which the most at (.rocious crime* have been recommended as vir tues, with a view to flatter ihe criminal propenfi lies of a set of men, in hope* of reconciling them : to a system, which 111 history will be the disgrace ! of the present generation. All our remonstrances on this fubjeft have been i made in vain ; and whilst we paid the greatest at tention to complaints relative to armaments which had no existence, and to pretended infuks offered, to Frenchmen, all kinds of excefles have been mul tiplied against the fubjeft of his Majesty, and com mitted on his territories, and we have never ob* tained on so many obje&s of complaint, any thing more ?han promises of fatisfa&ion, which have iu no inftancc been performed ; ana when we have, on our part, exercised that vigilance, which was become neceflary on the conduct of emifliarics, who it was boasted openly, were sent into thole provinces, on purpose to excite infurrettions and 10 create anarchy, we have been insulted for hav ing taken ihofe precautions, which were construed into attempts against the fafety aud liberty of French travellers. On the other hand, we were applauded for having given orders to prevent the allemblmg of the unfortunate French gentlemen who had emigrated from the kingdom, and to o blige them to conform moll ftriftly to the laws of simple hospitality, in order to preclude the pofli-. bility of iheir arming and forming thcmfelves into military corps. (Concluded in our next.)
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