A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 60. HIGH-STREET, PHU A DELPHI A [No. 27, of Vol. IV.] Treasury Department, August 20th, 1792 NOTICE is hereby given, that propof«i!s will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 13th day of October next inclusive, for the fupplv of all rations which may be required for theufe of th-* United States, from thefirikday of January to the thirty-fit ft day of December 1 793, bothdays inclusive, at SpringfHd, in the State of MafTachufetts, and the Post of Weft- Point, in the State of New-York. The rations to be supplied, are to consist of th. following articles, viy. One pound ol bread or flour, One pound of beef, or of a pound of pork, Half a jill of rum, brandv or whisky, One quart of fait, } Two quarts of vinegar, f -r n j c r . > per ioo rations. Iwo pounds of loap, f 1 One pound of candles. ) The piopofals mav be made for both of thr above-mentioned Pofts,or separately, for Spring field and Weft-Point. Treasury Department, August, 20th, 1792 NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals wil ! be received at the office of the Serretary o ; the Treasury until the fourth day of October nex: inclusively, (or the supply of the following articles of Clothing for the Troops in the service of the United States viz. For the INFANTRY and ARTILLERY. 4608 Hats 18460 Shirts 4608 Coats 7956 Pair of Socks 4608 Vests 4608 Blankets 8668 Woolen Overalls 4608 Stocks 9216 Linen Overalls 46C8 Stock Clafp,a 18376 Pair of Shoes 4608 Pair of Buckles For the CAVALRY. 360 Caps Pair of Stocking? 360 Coats 1 44° Shirts 360 Vests 360 Blankets 360 Pair of Leather 360 Stocks (Breeches 360 Stock Cla(p r , ; also, 720 Pair of Boots 1200 Rifle Shirts, to be 360 Pair of Spurs (made of RulTia Sheeting. The above Clothing to be delivered either in New-York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, at the op lion of the contractor or contractors, on or b.lore the 15th day of June, 1793. The proposals may comprise the whole of th before-mentioned Clothing, or any one or liiori of thecomponent articles ; to be furnifhed agreea bly to patterns or specimens, which will be (he wn at the War Offi e. Go.)d fccurity will be requir ed for Ihe pun&ual and faithful performance ol the contrast. The payment v. ill be on the delive ry of the Clot hi ng, or, if necelfary, such reasona ble advances will be made the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem expedient. War Department, INFORMATION is hereby given to all the Military Invalids of the United Statts, tha the sums to which they are intitlcd for fix months of their annual pension. from the 4th day of Match 179?, and which will become c'ue on the sth dav of September 1792, will be paid on the laid Hay by the Commiflioners of the Loans within the States refpedlively, under the usual regulations, viz. Every application for payment mull be accom panied by the following vouchers. ift. The cerrificatf given bv the state, fpecifying that the person poffciling the fame is in fact an in valid, and afcei taming the sum to which as such he is annually entitled. An affidavit, agreeably to the following 2d. form A. B. came before me, one of the Jaflices of the ! oounty of in the flute of and m ide oath that 1 he is the fame A. B. to whom the origin 1/certificate in his pofjef/ion was given, of which the following is 1 *t coby (the certificate given b\ the fiate to be recited) Thjt he ftrved (regiment, corps or vessel) at the time he was disabled and that he now resides ?>■ the and county of and has refilled there for the lajl years, previous to which he re fid d in In c ,fe an invalid should apply Tot payment by an attorney, the fa id attorney, hefidjts the cert fi xate and oath before recited, muit produce a fpr cial letter of attorney agreeably to the following form : I, A R. of county of Jiate of do hereby confiitute and appoint (. D. of my lawful sttorney r to receive in my behalf of my pen ft on for fix months, as an r valid oj the United Utiles from the fourth das of M rch. one thou fa d seven hnnired and ninety-t-co and ending the fifth day of September, ore thouj dfeven hundred and ninety-two. Signed and f< died in the pjcleuce ot Acknowledged bcfo<e me, A narrations of cxe niofs aril adminiftiator< *>'.(! eacr»n pa n' ■ vuf. ~-vv.ii .vidtn~e of then rcfpcftiVc 1 offices, and alio <>t ihe time ihc invalids flied, whoft j . in y claim. JSy < otn;U .r>d -i! 'it Pi Hi "I i' U f'. S' ' s, H. M\ (>?•'. s ' of War. Prnfcrs if> ihe • - ,nc» an •'t to . fn • 1 1 -e iu . wfpa pen, iyi (he spa.. of two uioq..:«. THE following authentic Documents refoefting the Progress which has been made by the prefcnt G jvrrnmcnt of the United States, towards ex tingm thing 'he Debts contra&ed underlheformer Government, will, it is prefumrd, be very ac ceptable to the People of the United States ; and it is hoped, thai the different Editors of Newf papeis will give the Information the general Circulation which its Importance merits. I HAVE the honor to enclose an abftraft state ment of the debt incurred by the late government, nd which has been paid off from the funds of the ores nt government, amounting to one million '• ght hundr.d and forty-five thousand two hun dred and 1 venieen dollars forty-two cents; but ih's sum will be encreafed, when the balance of three hundted and ninety-ieven thousand twentv 'our dollars fileeii cents, remaining to be appro priated in the farther purchafe'of the public debt, shall be applied, and which more particularly ap pears bv the subjoined statement. With everv sentiment of th-" highest respeCt, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient, And most humble servant. JOSEPH NOURSE, Reg. Honorable Alexander Hamilton, Esq. Statement of the Balance which remains to he applied in the furthei Purchases of the Public Debt. By the atl paflTed i2fh August, 1790, mak'iig pro vision for the redu&ion of the Public Debt, fer tion 2d, it is rnatted, that all such surplus of the product of the duties ar-.fing from imooft and , tonnage to 31ft December, 1790, after f tis<v»ng the several aporopriations theic in foecfied, shall be applied to the purchase of the public debt : Dollars. 306.070 i,687.11>4 81 j The product of said duties were, The total appropriations were, The surplus fund to 31ft Decem- ber, 1 790, Dcdu6t the amount paid for dol lars 1,456,743 38-100 of the public debt cx'.inguiftied at per abftraft, Leaves n balance which remnins to be applied to the farther pur chases of the public debt, ITT. An abflraft flatement of the sum extin%ui shed of thr Public Debt, also of the p7\ment from the fundi of the prefect government of certain claims, which were incurred by the late government. Purchases ot the Public Debt : Dollars. Amount thereot extingmfhed, *>456,743 38 Warrants drawn by the Board of treasury under the late govern ment, and which have been dif- August 6, 1792. ch.irged in pursuance of the ast of Congress of 29th Sept. 1 789, Civil Lilt—for various payments made upon accounts which ori ginated under the late govern ment. War Department, being for ar rearages of pay due to sundry officers of and for p»o ---vifions furnifhed, Abraham Skinner, late Commis sary-General of prisoners, for the board of Am<*rican prisoners of ■war, at Long-Island; appropri ated by Congiefs, per their ast parted 12th 1790, Old accnuntSy viz. Representatives of Morif. Decoudray, bal. of pay 2,977 24 Do. Hon. John Lawrens, his sal jry on an embafly to (he French Court, 6,017 31 Francis Dana, salary on an embalTv 10 the Court of Si. P.ierlbur^, Benfon, Smith & Parker, t l >eir expenses attending thr embarkation of the Bri'ifh troops at New- York, Hi Mod Christian Ma jcfty, tor military ard ntdnance (tores fuppfi ed ihc American (hips of war in the French W ft-Indcs, Ol'ver Polio k, for ba lance clue him for fup pli«s at New-Oi Ir-aiis, with miereft ihereon, in confo-mity with thr* fe vr»al acts of Conor's, 108,605 M« fit s.Gardoqui & Son, bnlance due 'or fup plics furnilhrd in Spaiq, 502 §6 | rr itrtjjis. 'Mis of cx' han rp which had b' .1 d-awn on fo-r-ign commilfion erj,, and n »t ikj <1 by the n, Tim « by Pick? ting, late qua ter maft r-genrral, being on ac count of the app'opTianon of 40 000 dollars, palled July t, l 7y°i Saturday, September i, 1792. PHILADELPHIA, Treasury Department, Rcgijlcr's 24M Augujl, 1792. SIR, Secretary of the Treasury 11. «>4'° 3 1,000 49,029 68 105 John M'Cord, per ast of Congress of lft July* 179°, M'Jockfin, of 'ch, Glaobcck, per ast of 29th September, 1789, Seih Harding, per ast nth August, 1790, Caleb Brtwfter, ditto, ditto, Treasury Department, Aegifler's OJfice, Augujl 23, 1792. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. REPRESENTATIVES in CONGRESS. THAT liberty depends on government for its existence and preservation, is a senti ment recognized by the Constitution of the United States, by all our State constitution"-, and by the National Allembly of France on fe veral occasions ; this is as true in politxs as t anv principle in the economy of nature ; it is true in a more extensive sense than some t'leo rifts appear ready to allow—for while it is af •erted that government depends on opinion, It seems to be affuined by certain writers, that if the public opinion was hoftiie to any form of go vernment whatever, still liberty might be pre served : Whereas civil liberty becomes extinct t'ie moment that government is diflolved—fur in a state of natu^l',Ji r en ■_th tilone is the supreme dilator j and life freedoai and property are held entirely at fuiferance.—Liberty then rot only depends on government, but the perfec tion of freedom is in proportion to the Jlrcngth and permanency of government : A weak go vernment is always fluctuating, its measures are perpetually changing—confidence is let a float—uncertainty fuccecd industry grows d : 'cou-agcd, property recedes from an active fp'iera ; distrust, indolence and a long train of vices public and private succeed, and complete the public disgrace, and the public m ferv. This i-njtan exaggerated rep-efentation, it is a tranfeript from real life ; we are but just ef caoed from a fitnation which more t'>an juftifies t'ie defciiption. Government founded on just Ujid e ]ual principles is an exemplification of rc pub'icanifm—'uch a government every wife people, favorably fitirjted, will adopt—and of w'nic I, so long as they retain a virtuous and confiltent character, nothing but superior ex ternal force can dep ive them. The above re marks are not offered as being new ; thev are felf-evident principles, which cannot be con troverted, they are written in the book of ex perience ; every age, and every nation has lorne teftnnonv to their immutability: But what have these ob r ervation- to do with the bu rners of electing Representatives in Congress ? Much every way. They however have special reference to sentiments which a.e advanced bv foms person?, to e'feft sinister purposes at this critical and important juncture. It is an old re mark that mankind are prone to change ; this propensity gives rife to inuumerable projects in every puiTuit object and profeflion—for an un certain good always flatters more than positive enjoyment. In every free country there are always to be found men who are, or pretend to be, dillatisfied with t'eexifting state of things J hut were itnot for this mutability of disposition, vhich such persons know how to avail them elves of, the people, when happy, would remain so, and forever fruftrate the machination* of the enemies of their peace and freedom. At t sis time various artifices are used to deceive and div di the people—attempts have been made to depreciate in their estimation, their own government—and it is made a criterion of patriotic worth and abilities, to condemn the majority of those men whom the people have e.efted in the si ft and second Congress, as a •;roup of the vilest inifcreaiits that ever fold or betrayed a country. Let not the free electors be dece ved, "by their fr u ts ye (hall know them"—" ;f thou dost well (halt thou not be ac cents*!,." fai;l Satan to Job. That the general government has done well, all our senses teftify — >ur country is renovated—" Liberty has been :hi ited round the globe"—Tie has here found a retting plact J but iftheavem.e to public fa vo* is n\ :■ ■ t.ie -urns of that glorious fabric, the new conft.tution, and a fubverfionof those mea sures which it ha '"anftioned ; liberty, difgnft ed With a fickle age, will <juit t'<e ea rh for ever. T,e re r a!t of wrhat ha? been said i<-, that to aa honest mind, and an enl ghtenod under standing,we ftould -e -juire, as indiipenfable qna -1 ncations, principles of government consistent with the pre ervat'nn of f-eedom, which will tnOolye a decided attachment to the conftitu ao.i oi tae United States. C. >338,875 8 4 j 941,85' 397,024151 •57.789 94 25,768 50 7,3°8 40 38,683 13 •5°i54« >4 4-' B S 5° 2,077 89 Grants of Congrejs, viz 1 >3°9 7» 140 26 348 57 Dollars, 1,845,217 42 JOSEPH NOURSE, HU$, o [Whole No. 545). FROM THE PENKSYIVAKIA GAZETTE. No. I. Observations on the Letters of " A Farmer," Add?ejjrd to the Yeom mr t \ of the United State*. THEhiltorvof mankmd too frequently >n (bufts us, that nieafures, intended fur t'ti public good, and really calculated to produce iliac deliiaolc end, have been hincftly mifunderltooo, or wilfully mifreprcfenU'd. Ii is 1101 known, nor is it important to the freemen o! ihefe flat' <, to which class the wnier of "The Farmer" be. longs; but it is a matter of no small cons quence, lhat the truth or error of his affcrtions and opinions should be ascertained. 2,118 54 So many of his leafonings are deduced from examples, said loexift in foreign countries, tliac ir becomes neceifarv to ix min., whether he has knowi., or ftaltd, as they really are. Holland, he observes in the fourteenth paee, a r . lords a Unking con rait in f lV or u' jree commerce. The yeomanry of "the Unied States will judge how !ar they are to rely on the information of 1h i Farmer," w hen it is made known , o them, tha 1 F/our, .he principal in cL of their pro duce, and of out exports, is liable to 'eizuie on importation into any of thr European ports of that country, and that (latch, biscuit, . nd <vtr» ginge.-bread, are piohibited by their re- Krittions, There is not to hi found, in the h lto. ryot the world, a country, in which (o many branch, sos tra ie have been thtown in:o th t hands of monopolizing companies or corporate s. The> have an £a/2-India eompanv, a V ej! lnr>n company, tnclud ng he African trade, a Levant company, a Swrinam company, 4 Beykhe rompa. "y> * Adnk coipuiaiton, and b'Jhing companies. Ihi Dutcn fptci t'ade is the mntt rigid monopoly in the woi Id. A Dutch merchant is forbitni iv to participate, dirctlly or indiit£lly, in an\ to leign Ealt-India Ihtp, or even 10 infuic her, or hci caign. Then government ha> allowtd a bounty of ihiriy gu ldets, equal to twelve of our dollais, to e cli man employed iri theii veflcis. 1 hey have duties upon txpoits, whicrj art loibidd nby our tonflnuiion, ai.d the n ft oppreffne weight of taxa: ton < f any conn ry in tin ope ; 2.760,0 o petfons, living in a country • ess than one fouith < t P nnfvlvania, having paid, 1 n 1783. 20,0C0.C00 of do la r s in vaiiousnuiits of im poitatiou, and in axes and txc fes upon v> oca, diltilled fpirtts, rnead, tobacco, beer, malt, vine gar, giound grain or ineal of all kinds, soap, f.,!t 4 buttir, buichcis' n.i at. pou irj. fifh, tur!, toil n.d wood fuel, coffee and tea, weighing of c-onnliy pioduce and loieign goods, ftuits, garden Hurt", cattle, including milch cows, feiriagcs and pa 11... ges even of emigrants 10 their couuir\ j ~n the great ehaigcs of the Slate, Itamp duns, on mauu* lafturing bands, and ferVanii, coaches and hoifs, livery llables, low 11 lands, whclht r in train, 51 „fs or vegetables, hatd ware and lead, mainagej, bu rials, r.ews-papets, magazines and nihei pt nod'- cal pamphlets, the lales ot goods, certain beq> t its and devilts t\ will, certain heir-lbips, hoelts, chimnies and lands, >eftdis lythes. The fucce!» of the Dutch has not been owing to the atti .il Irecdom of their commetcf , but to a pa it nt and laborious induflry, an uutxatnpled fiugalitv, an obligation to trade ind manulafluie, l.\ real not then want ol foil to cultivate, a difmveiy of || 1(; bent fits and secrets ol con mem, fifherics and manuladtures, when moll oiher nations neglect d or defptfed them, an ablliuence ftom w r in a greater degice than an\ oh. r piwer, <iy! mode, ration in their public 1 xpent es, teligious rolcra tion, a confi.lerable portion, f irp H units, ot ci vil liberty, and, above all, by a rigid punctuality in their dealings, and attention to public order. Ihey exclude lorcigners from the gieater part of iheir foreign trade, a<>d rcllrain the rights of the r citizen-, who do not btcome m 111b is of ihttr mercantile corp rations and companies, thus re gulating the bulinels and the fb.ck of their citizens in an unusual degree. Ha ing vetv In le land™ tax, and modcrat duties onimpoiisand txpoits, they, of course, drew their tcvenuis principally from excises 01 con/umf'tion duiies, ftrll uj.on a few foreign articles, and utur a little time upon tm.d, meat, drink, lali, luel, and o|her neceflariei and. conveniences of l.fc. Regijlcr. No. IV, " The FARMER"speaks of the state of tMnge in France with as little accuracy, as he lhews in regaid to Holland. He convevs the idea of that kingdom being under raifcra'jl; cultivation in refpedt to grain. Mr. Necke., however allures u«, t at they have not, fur fifty yeurs past, imported more than one or'two bushel* i/l the hundred of their consumption, and that 'hey annually consume above i03,"j00,00j of lui/hel's ot grain. This is confirmed by a French writ.*? of eminence, who fays that Fr; nee p . di ces three and a hali tJines the qusrtit of grailt which was exported fume years ago fro.,. i_n glanu, Poland, Dantzic, and the Nurt: , HoUandy Sicily, Bai bary, ard the 'Archipelago. When it is remembered that large quantities of grain werS coniumed in France by their iinmenfe ar my, their navy, the manufa&urers, and the cul* tivators of the vine, and that there was a con iidernbli? exportation to their colonie -, it will appear, that farming in France cannot be on so despicable a footing as he would have u« to believe. He ailerts further, in the 17th page, that not only farming, but maiiufaflu:es alio, were in a ruined state, in conlequence of* t: ft measures of Lewis XIV. and of his Minifler Lo/ieit. Here again, " The Farme*" is in a great error ; fur, though it is well known tl at the Fiench conlume an uncommon proportion oi their own manufactures, and they hays <,w»
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