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j 1 """, ?■ 1795.
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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
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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
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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,
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must be accompanied with legal evidence of their
rvfpe&ive offices, and alio of the time the invalids
died, whose pension they may claim.
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H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
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which the refpettive Articles are liable.
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And Blank's for the various Powers of Attorney
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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<^