6?tiz&U fftfi A NATIONAL PAPER, POLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 37, of yd. IV.] Grand Family Bible. PROPOSALS BV SUBSCRIPTION, i >». ELEGANT EDITION of the SAC R&D SCRIPTURES Of the OLD and NEW TESTAMENTS, with the Apocrypha, €n a very large bunt Jul new T)pe, and fuperfine Paper. THE great importance ot the Holy Scriptures, inttreftirtg to every individual ; the divine excel lence of its doctrines and precepts, and the beauty and fublimiiy of its paffiges, have so long made it a capita) opj<*£Vof aucution. e* to preCi'ijcU ucca fion of unity for eulogium. The piety or enierprize of individuals has pre fcuied thi invaluable book to tne public in a va- 1 riety ol forms ; in fomfc editions it has been highly , ctnhellilhed with superb engravings, which have greatly enhanced its price ; in others it has been a&ompanied with voluminous commentaries, which ncceilarily encreafed the size; while a va riety of plain cheap copies have gen rally ditfufed the knowledge of the Scripture, and made the purefcafeeafy to every class. Without w.iV-mg m the fmal'ieft degrr* to leffin the merits of the various editions, whither ptain or ornamented, which the public are already in pofle&on of, it is pertinent to it-mark, that very many readers of taste and judgment have expreifed a wish for a Familv Bible unencumberrd with ad ditions. There ft.ll appears room, for another edition on a beautiful, new type, superior in size and elegante to any bible that has yet been printed in the Englilh language, and which, leaving the adventitious circumstances ot ornament or com ment, may exhibit the Oracles oj God in their na tive limplicity. jj. SPECIMEN Of THE TYPE. 5 And God said, J Let there be light: and there was light. With refpeftlul fubmillion to the judgment awl candour of the'public, the following propotals arc offered : f I. The work (hall be printed with the gieateft fidelity and attention to corre&nefs both iti the text and marginal references, on a {uperfoie Paper made on puxjK>fc, wiub. aa eigyttt new call lor the work, of the size ot the a'Dove Specimen. 11. The woik will be comprised in twenty number. l , making two elegant volumes in Folio ; to be furnilhed to fublctibers at one dollar e<tch -number. To prevent any complaints \>f want of punctuality, no part of the woik wll be delivered untefs paid for. 111. The firfl number, containing lixty folio elegantly piinted, will be furnifhtfl 011 the firft Saturday of July next, when fubferibers are to pay the price of the fir it and second numbers, and the price of one number to be always in ad vance trll the work is completed. The subsequent numbers to be published regularly on the firil Sa turday of each succeeding month, till the whole is finiihed. (£3* Sublet iptions will be received in Philadel phia by the PuDiiflieis, Thoma's Dobson, No. 41, South Second-street, and John Parker, N0.259, North Second-llreet ; and by all the Booksellers : in Charleston. by William P. Young ; Richmond, by Aichibald Currte ; Baltimore, by James Rice ; vV ilmington, by Peter Brynbcrg ; New-York, by Thomas Allen; New-Haven, by 1 fuac Beers; Providence, (R. I.) by William Willtinfon; Sa ' ' m > by Thomas Culhing ; Boston, by David eft, Benjamin Guild, jrnd -Ttaumis & Andrews. Treasury Department, N August 20th, 1792. OTICE is hereby given, that propolals wil be received at the office of the Secretary »i the Treasury, uufil the 13th day of O&obel next jnclufivc, for the of all rations whicfi may be required for the use of the United States, from inefirliday of January to the thirty-firft day of . cember *'798' both at Springfield, in the State oi Malfachuletts, and the Post oj W»ft foint, in the State of New.York. The rations to be supplied, are to con fill of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, ne pound of beef, or of a pound of pork, «alf a jill of rum, brandy or whiiky, One qua it of fait, ) Two quarts of vinegar, f A»o pounds of soap, f P er 100 rallons "%One pound of candles. ) , P">pofali may be made for both of the f. t j e ? t » oncc * or feparatciy, for Suiing «Je!d and Weft-Point. * George-Town. J\ dumber of LO AS in every situation which •ii in "City of Washington, vi be offered for falc by the Commilli oners, on "day the Bth day of Oftobc r next. One fourth Part ot the money to be paid down, the residue in ree tqual annual payments, wuh yearly Intcreft on the whole principi! unoaid. JOHN M'GANTT, Cleik j 1 """, ?■ 1795. t'T The price of rhis Gazette is Three Dollars ber «*.■»«_ One half to be fatdat the tjg e o/ftibfcribing. v TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA. June 28, 1792. PURSUANT to the last Will and Tfeftaimry of the late Rev. Alexander Williamson, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale on 1 hurl day, the 11 th ol Odtober uexi, at Georgetown, on a credit of three rears, the purchasers givin? bond with approved fecrnty, to bear intercll from the date—That valuable Seat of Land, in Montgo mery county, called Hayes; the late dwelling plantation of the dcceaied, containing between fix and (even hundred acies, the greatest part of which rich,heavy timbcred land, extremely well wa tered, and capable of afloiding a very confiderabie quantity ot tioe mradow -Situated about 6 miles Jrom jh- Etdccal dift ince from George-Town, in a genteel neighbourhood, and a remarkable healthy pait of the country. The improvements are, a very elegant two story Brick Dwelling House, (with four rooms and a j oafTagfc, or entry, on a floor) and the necelfary out houses. H>E R Y TOWNSEND, ) BEN'}. SiODDER7', > Executors. feptQ) THOMAS JOHNS, > Ju LY 6, 1 792. THK offers for fair, a M'il-Stat on Rocvi Creek, deemed by \ hose whe f.3ve cx mmed it, equal to any in the United States. The Mill-House may be placed within one quarter of a mile of the river Potowmac, half a mile from Ihe market house in Georgrtown, and one mile from the President's square, in the city of Wash ington—on water, navigable for vc lfels of fe-, ver.il hundred ufh<Nfrbuithen.—-The ilream is luPicient,tbe year round.to turn frjur paSr ot ikones,. and the lall may be made from 25 to 30 feet. It is uiinecefTary to dwell on the advantages of such a fituatton. The purchvafer may h* accommodated with a lew hundred acres of land adjoining the Mill-Seat, if that should he an obicft, fepQm 14Jul) DOBSON, CAREY, YOUNG, & CRI'KSHANK. . August 0, 1792. INFORMATION is hereby given to all the Military Invalids of the United States, thai the sums to which they are intitled for fix months of their annual ptnfion, from the 4th day of March 1792, and which will bccome due on the sth day of September 1792, will be paid on the laid day by the CommilfioncTs of the Loans within the States refpc&ivcly, under the usual regulations, Eveiy application lor payment mult be accom panied by the following vouchers. iff. The certificate given by the ftate,fpecifying that" the per (on poflffling the fame is in fait an in valid, and afceitaining the turn to which as iuch he is anonallv entitled. 2d. An affidavit, ag|feably to the following form : A. B. came before me, one of the Jujliccs ofthe co-unty of in the Jlate oj and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate ui his pojjcffion was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the flute to be recittd) That he fcrved (regiment, corps or vcjjelj at the time he was dfibled, and that he now refxdes m the and county of and has refidtd there for the laji years, previous to which he re- ! sided in In cafe an invalid fhoujd apply fox payment by mi attorney, the laid attorney, besides rhe certifi cate and oath before recited, mult" produce a spe cial letter of attorney agreeably to the following form : I, A. R. of county of Jlate of do herebyconflitute and appoint C. D. oj my lawjui Attorney, to receive in my behalf of my pcujion for fx months, as an invalid oj the United States, fiom the fourth day of March, one thousand [even hundred and ninety-two. and ending the day oj September, one thoujandfeven hundred and ninety-two. Signed and u aled in the presence of Acknowledged before me, Applications of executory and ad miriiftiators must be accompanied with legal evidence of their rvfpe&ive offices, and alio of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim. By command oi the President of the United States, H. KNOX, Secretary of War. The Printers in the refpe&ivc States arc requcfted to publish the above in their newfpa ers, for the space of two mootbs. TO jiE SOLD BY THWDITOR, AN ALPfIABETICAL LIST of the Duties payable on all Goods, Wares and Merchan-J dize imported into the United States ; exhibiting: the Rakes payable on those imported in Ships or Veflels of the United States, and in Foreign Ships or Veflels; including the additional Duties to which the refpettive Articles are liable. A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold'— 1 graduated according to Law—Blank Manifefts— And Blank's for the various Powers of Attorney mceflary in tranfatting Banners at the Trettfuiy or at the Bank of the United States. to the Commifl'ioners. l>pfQ Saturday, October 6, 1792. TtKKITOKY ot- COLUMBIA PLANS OF THE City .of Waihington, Sold by the Booksellers, War Department, Witnejfes. ALSO, 145 FOJi THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITFUSTATES. Mr. Fenno, Having been favored with the rough copy of the inclosed Charge, delivered by Judge Sinmcrson,/o the Grand Jury, at the lafl Court of Quarter Sefliofu in the County of Salem, New- Jerfey—J have sent it to you. for publication, fhculd you think the fertments contained in it worth) a plate in \out ufefulpuper. A ibek. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, WHILST the greater part of mankind are labouring under the prefTure of despotic .Jvernnjents, it is the peculiar felicity of Ame-I i cans to live unHer eftahlifliments wiich have' | torthe;y bafts the voice of the people, and for. object, tlie public welfare where the genius j ,of the laws is mild and beneficial, and which! pOiTefs one of the best inflritutions ever yet de v tied for bringing offenders to. J tift ice,.without endangering the security of the innocent. A Grand Jury, composed of the moil diforeet a«id refpeftabie citizens taken at stated periock i om the body of a country, in order to enquire ntoand prefect the offenders against the laws, an institution admirably calculated to pro mote 6refer and good government. It is an in stitution which, from the nature of the appoint ment, mud poiTefs the best knowledge of the peoples' behaviour, whilifc it is bound by the fan&ious of pivil and religious obligation dili gently and impartially to discharge its duty. In the diftrihntion of the functions of criminal - dtniniftration in our government, a most im portant part of that gi cat duty has been afilgned to you., gentlemen. To you has been exclu fiyely committed the duty of crimiuating the offenders against the laws, and of impeaching tbcm at the fear of public justice. you, in ched, it may be laid, has in a great measure been committed the peace of the country, and the custody of the public morals.—ln vain will the civil niagiftrate-bind over or commit for offences, unless those offences are by you enquir ed into and prelented. And ior vain fliall we look for public order or private happiness," na jt.i >»&! prosperity or individual fafety, under the imft perfect conftitutiofis, the bell governments, and the wisest laws, unlets they are carefully ai)d uprightly admintftered, and generally re- and obeyed by the feopJe.-r-Virtuou* citizens will regard the laws with attention, and obey them from a fente of duty; but the fear of disgrace and puni/hment only, can com pel those of an opposite character to refpe<ft them- B. STODDERT. Hence it is neceflary for the welfare of so ciety, effectual protection of Its mem bers in the peaceable enjoyment of their rights, that offenders lhould be brought to justice : and however painful the performance of this duty may be to the feelings of human nature, yet when it is considered as being inseparably con nected with fQcial peace the per form an ce becomes an indifpcnfiblc duty. For there is no truth more clearly established by ex "perience than this-—that crimes and misdemean ors will multiply in a state in proportion to the chance of impunity. And whenever it fhrtll happen that Grand Jurors, ceaHng to be the vi gilant censers of tfie behaviour of the citizens, and. regardless of the obligations of duty* fhali j negledt or refufe to present the offenders againil, the laws, this admirable institution, the boast of political wisdom and the pride of Americans, uiftead of answering the valuable ends for which it was defigncd. wiil-bqcorne acorn under which the unprincipled and villainous part of mankind may disturb the order and peace of society, and commit depredations on the rights of their fel- j low citizens with perfeCt security. It being then necessary that examples should be made of offenders, in order to deter«others from the cojnmilfion of crime' — to the end that such examples may be ufeful, it is ellential that ail proceedings against persons accused or fuf pefted, fiiould be attended with the reflection, that they may be innocent, and that and dil paflionate enquiry should ever precede the rigors which justice exaCts, and which are the una voidable consequences of conviction. Warm, partial, and precipitate prosecutions, are a dis grace to any adminiltration; and they never [fail to excite in the public mind partiality and companion for the accused, and disgust at the leverity of government But, on the contrary, when the proceedings against offenders are tem perate and decent; when convictions are the result of impartial trials, held in a fiftent with the dignity of public justice, the vir tuous feelings of men will ever be found on the iide of government; and however they may commijlerate the unhappy lot of fuffering offen i ders, their companion will ever be mixed with | a due degree of indignation. Happy, thrice happy Americans ! your's is a government of laws—laws made by your own consent, expressed by your representatives in the legillature.—Laws which never abridge the natural rights of man, but in order to enlarge and more effe&ually to secure the civil rights of the citizen—and prote&ed by which every orderly member of society may rejl in per fedftcu? rity under his own vine and under his own Jig tret, and none Jhall be found to make him ast aid* And howe ver some may complain of the inequality of con ditions resulting from the laws of property ; it September 25, 1792. [Whole No. 559.] is plain that without I iws to regulate : t, pro perty cairaot exist atyd the world mtift become an uncultivated common. And it is evident from the conducl «f tbe pooreli member of so ciety, that-lie values the bleilings rel'ulting from social order ami cultivated humanity, tar, far, beyond thole which are to be found amongst the lawless and lintored lavages of the wilijernefs. But gentlemen it is never to be forgotten that public and private virtue are thefole found ations upon which a government like ours can reft with fecnrity, and that its duration can on ly be commeufurate with the prevalence of those virtues- And in order to cultivate and cheriih thele vita) principle of freedom, let each individual constantly bear in mind, that he is one of the links which conneftsthegrA.it chain of a social' community, and that he has duties of a public as well as of a private nature afligned to him, for the faithful performace of which he stands accountable to God and )iis j country. And that between tbe duties of such as fill the variod", departments of public admi nistration, and of thoie who tread tbe private walks of life, there are relations and cpnneftj ons which never can be J'afcly mfto! ved, and that performance of ti em mutually aid and are aided by each other. Let him remember, that the laws are the ligaments of fociety—tbe ties-which connect mankind together in their focln capacity—the rules which the people themfelvc? |ui v e cftablilhed for tie regulation ot their civil citnduft;—that courts of justice are the organs by which tiie laws »re adraini fiered, and that the executive magistrates are . the instruments, to whom the people themselves have Committed the duty of carrying into ef feihial execution the decrees of thoe courts of. justice. And efpecislly let each individual re member, that in a republic like ours; in order to give authority to the laws, energy to the public ari» andrfignity to freedom, it is eflen tiaj that the public count;nanee and support, whenever it may be necessary, Ihoukt attend the civil magiflrate in the lawtfll execution of liis dntv. And that on the contrary to behold amontft a free people, the open and repeated tranfgrefflons of their own laws, without notice or ceni'ure, to behold the civil magistrate refifi ed and insulted, vainly calling on the people to aid him in the execution of laws, is a melancbol ly fpeftacle of ignorance dp piavity, i: requires llDT"tht gift of prnph«*y to that without more knowledge and more virtue, such a people cannot long remain free ■ or in the language of Montesquieu, " wilen in a po pular government the laws are suspended, as this only can happen from the corruption of the republic, the state is certainly undone." Most of you having served as grand jurQrs, ar.d being consequently acquainted with the du ties of your office, renders it unneceflary for me to minutely enter into pxrtlcu ar me only generally to observe that all capital crimes what foe ver, as well as those of an infe rior nature, such as mifprifions, contempt, oif turbances of the peace, nui/ances, and all other offences of a public evil example again ft the common law, may be inditfed ; and it seems to be a general ground, that Wherever a statute commands any matter to be done, as the repair of highways and bridge- ; or prdhibits any thing as an offence aga'tnft the public order, os conomy or morals, as gambling, horse racing, tippling and other disorderly houles, whether licensed or not—l fay it seems to be a general ground that an offender such statute, may be indi&ed for his contempt of the law. FROM THE P£NXSYIVANIA GAZETTE. No. 111. OBsrt v at ions on the Letters of " A Farms*,'' Addtejjed to the Yeomanry of tie United Statu. /(CONCLUDED.) IN regard #o the funding system, the Hate of the matter is briefly this. Immediately before the adoption of the federal conilitution, the United States were jointly or feveraliy indebted to their creditors in the amount of about 74 millions of dollars. Qf this sum twelve mil lions were foreign debt, principally due to or guaranteed by France. One of the onjedfo of the funding system was, to discharge this debt by new loans, upon an interest not less favora ble, and if pollibie, more advantageous. " Th£ Faß.mer" appears to be too friend to the emancipation of France, to disapprove cf this grateful, just and honorable part of the funding system, which, however, has been over looked by him and others, in their riiflertati®ns againfl it. The domestic debt, which amount ed to 62,000,000 dollars, in principal and inter est, including the assumed debt, was at an in terest; of about fix and one ninth per centum, which on 42,000,000 of the principal of the fe deral and afTumed debts, gives the sum cf 2,566,000 dollars. As the resources of the country were not adequate to the discharge of the interest, being about twenty millions ot dol lars, it was plain, that public credit could net be restored but by loans to pay off that interest, which, if effected at the lov/eft rate of those made in Europe (four p»r cent.) with the cus tomary charges, would add 800,000 dollars to the interest, and would increase the public bur -1 dens to the annual sum of 3^3^i ooo^°^ars ) , clufive of the foreign debt. No other moQe 1 was left, but to reduce the capital, either ail<^
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