A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS KY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NORTH FIFTH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 71 of Vol. IV.] -k- F O 11 SAL £, ' J* tie Suifaiitr, a* SVaimt-Strut tt'kaif, B/LL or EXCHANGE Madeira Wine, Fit for immediate ule, in pipes & quarter calks, TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes, SHERRY WINE, in quarter calks, WEST-INDIA RUM, 2, 3 and 4 pioul, OLD BRANDY, OLD SPIRIT, COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM, Two Baits io-4 BLANKETS, and A Bale of MUSLINS. .Aacw 13.41« eh CABLE, 120 fsrboujs long. GEORGE MEADE. mi- TO BE SOLD, OR LEASED 'FOR SEVEN OR TFN YEARS, TIIE FOLLOWING HOUSE S. ONE on Walnut-flreet, near Fourth-street, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, the ftWour rijby 1 feet, 'he back parlour is iJWTfM. .i, .fii by 174 feel. TWre £ie fise good cbafwVn in ihiv house, belides the garret is divided into three rooms, in two of them there are fire placei. The other House is 2; feet upon Walnut flreet, and 52 feet upon 4th firm; theie are tw« good parlours below, one of them 25 by 20 1-2 tett, ihe oilier 95 by t8 1-2 feet, and seven com jikie btd-chambers; besides the girret is di vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have fire places. TI.I kitchens are good ones, and are under the bouses ; the largest hcufc has also a house-keeper's room. It is intended there shall be a communication from both of these h»ufes to a neighbouring ice-house, fufficiently large to fuppfy 3 lioufes. Within 50 vards of these houses, ihere will be cornpleat (tables and coach houseS, tor both houlcs ; they will bo finifhed in the moR cornpleat manner, and the keys ready to he delivered early in the summer. On paying half the money down (if fold) the oth r half may be paid bv inftalmems, 01 the whole may remain for 5 years, paying interest ami giving fecunty 011 the premises. For terms of sale or lcafe, apply to the Sub scriber, - - - -— GEORGE MSASfc Who has JOr $ALE % Sundrv Ground Rents, j ' In this cii v, amounting to twenty-five pounds sixteen (hillings and fix-pcnce, per annum. Also, a quaniify of BAGS, that will contain two and a half and three and a half bulhels. Philadelphia, fan. 19, 1792. eprnn City of Washington. January ;ih, 1793. A NUMBER of Lois in this City will be of fered for lale at auction, by the Commif fioneis, on the 17th day ot September next. — One fourth pad of the pun:hafe money is to be paid down, the residue at three equal annual pay ments with yearly interest on the whole princi pal unn^id. JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to ihc Cem'rs. Extratt of an A£ of the General Aflemblv of Maryland,.concerning the Territory of Co lumbia, and the City ot Washington. 4t Be it eria&cd, That any foreigner may by ' deed or will, hereafter to be take and hold lands within that fart of the jaid Territory which lies with in this State. in the fame manner as ij he was a citi zen of this State \ and the fume lands may be con veyed by him, and transmitted to and be inherited by his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens of thu State: Provided, That no foreigner in virtue hereof be entitled to any further or other privilege of a citizen Jan. 19, Jtifl publifhcd, By H-i 8c P. Rice, No. 50, Market-Street, the SYSTEM of ■Ufcd by Mr. 1, loyr, in taking riown the DEBATES of CONGRESS. *x* Refirrfcntation having been made, that the Jhortnefs of the period, limited for the Subfcrip'.ion, ha j deprived many flit It men at a diflance, of an op portunity oj fending in their names ; —the Editor, in ordet to accommodate them, and to render this publi cation more extenfrfeh nfeful, has determined not to raifc the price to a Dollar and half (as intended) be fore the fifteenth of March;—making however a dij crimination, in favor of the aCluai Subfribeis, by printing their copies on fu pet fine writing paper. A few remaining copies of this kind will be delivered to the earliejl of the non Jubfct ibing pur chafer}y at Vie Jame price as those on the common printing paper, viz. One Dollar, in marbled covers ; neatly bound, a French Crown. Jan., «6 (£3T The price of'his Gazette is Three Do/furs per annun—Vne kulj t$ be p-ud at the tine scribing. <J i>». TiK U A %. r - iW _. .. j An ACT concerning the regiftcring and recording of Ships or Vetfels. See. 18. A ND be it further ena&ed, That, in all cases, where the master, j commander, 01 owner of a Ihip or veflel, iljall J deliver up the register of such fli»p or veifel, | agreeable to the provisions of this a&, if to ; the colleftpr of the diftrt&, where the fame shall have been granted, the laid collector fliall, thereupon, cancel the bond, which shall have beeii given at the time of granting such register ; or, if to the collector of any other (Jiftridt, luch collector ftiall grant to the said mailer, commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment, that such register has been delivered to him, and the time when ; and upon such receipt being produced to the col lector, by whom the register was granted, he shall cancel the bond of the party, as if the register had been returned to him. ep 2i» Sec. 19. And be it further ena&ed, That the collector of each diftritt (hall progreflively number the certificates of the regittry by him granted, beginning anew, at the commence ment ofeach year, ami (hall enter an ex»fi cupv of ench certificate, in a /, »ok 10 be kept for that purpose ; and (hall, (met in ll.ree months, transmit to the litgilter of tie Trea furv, copies of all the certificates, which lhali have been granted by Uin>, including the nuin- bcr of each. Sec. 2i. And be it further enacted, -That every lhip or veflel, built in the United States, after the fifteenth day of August, one tliou fand seven hundred arid eighty-nine, and be longing wholly, or in part, to the lubjefts of foreign powers, in order to be entitled to the benefits, of a (hip, built and recorded in the United States, stall be recorded in the office of the collector of the diftri<s>, in which such lhip or vefl'.'l was built, in manner following, that is to fay ; The builder of every such (frip or vessel shall make oath or affirmation, be fore the collector of such diftridt, tvho is here by authorized to sid>nini3:er the fame in man ner following ; " I (inserting here the name of such builder) of (inserting here the place of his residence) (hipwright, do swear (or affirm) that (deferibing here the kind of veflel, as, whether lhip, brig, fno«', schooner, Hoop of - vcr - -fcc*re~ tfc name of the lhi;i or veflel) hiving (inserting here the number of decks) and being, in length (inserting here the number of feet) in breadth (inserting here the number of feet) in depth (inserting here the number of feet) and mea suring (inserting here the number of tons) having (fpecifying, whether any or 110) galle ry, and (also fpecifying, whether any or no) head, was built by me, or under my direction, • at (naming the place, county and in the United States, in the year (inserting here the number of the year ;") which oath, or affir- - mation, (hall be fubf'cribed by the person ma king the fame, and (hall be Recorded in a book, to be kept by the said collector for that puvpofe. Sec. 21. And he it further enacted, That the said collector (hall cause the said (hip or velll-1 to be surveyed or admeasured, accord ing to the rule prescribed by the forty-third feftion of the ast, intituled " An ast to pro vide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law On gotods, wares, and merchandize, imported into tile United States, and 011 the tonnage of (hips or Veflels end the person, by whom such admeasurement (hall be made, (hall grant a certificate there of, as in the cafe of a (hip or veflel to be re glilered ; which certificate (hall be counter signed by the said builder, and by an owner, or the master, or person having the command or charge thereof, or by some other person, being an agent for the owner or owners there of, in teftiniony of the truth of the particu lars therein contained. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That a certificate of the said record, attefled under the hand and seal of the said collector, (hall be granted to the matter of every fuck {hip or vessel, as nearly as maybe, of the form follow ing : " In ourfuance of an ast, intituled, "An ast concerning the registering and recording of (hips or vefliels," I (inserting here the name of the collector of the diftrift) of (in serting here the name of the diftrift) in the United States, do certify that (inserting here the name of the builder) of (inferring here the place of his relidence, county, and State) ha v. ing sworn, or affirmed, that the (describing the (hip or veifel, as in the certificate of re cord) named (inserting her* her name) where of (inserting here the name of the master) is, at present, master, was built at (inserting here the name of the place, county, and State, where built) by him, or under his direction, i.i the year (inserting here, the number of the year) and (inserting here, the name of the furvevor, or other person, by whom the fame admeasurement shall have been made) having, certified, that the said (hip or vefiel has (in ferring here, her number of decks) is, in length (inserting here, the number of feet) in breadth (inserting here, the number of feet) in depth (inserting here, the number of leet)_ and measures (inserting here, the number of Saturday, February 2, 175*5. 281 Y « ~j ) • And the said builder and (naming and 1 Scribing the owner, or master, or agent for the owner or owners, as the cafe may be, by v horn the ftiid certificate lhall have been c . juter-figned) paying agreed to the said de ft, ription and admeasurement, the said fljip or veifel has been recorded, in the diftrift of (in citing here, the name of the diftr'nft where Recorded) in the Uijited States ; Witness my ! ajd and feat thro (inserting here, the day of tie month) day of (inserting here the name of tie month) in the year (inserting here, the l umber of the year)'.'*; which certificate shall 1 e recorded in the office of the said collector, v.nd a duplicate thereof transmitted to the Register of the Treafufy of the United States, to be recorded in his office. Sec. 23. And he it further enacted, That « the master, or the name, of any ship or vet s i so recorded,(hall be changed, the owner,iiart ci 'ner, or consignee of such ship or veflel, shall c-ufe a memorandum thereof lo be endorfiid "i the certificate of the record, by the col- L' ;C lor of the diftrift, where such ship or vef -1 I may bs, or at which fire llvall firft arrive, such change took place in a foreign country; ; ■ d a copy thereof shall be entered in the yok of records, atranfetipt whereof shall be . anffriitted, by the said collector, to the col ..ftor of the diftiicV, where Inch cerfHtrotg >vas granted [if not the fame person) who shall i nter the fame in his book of record?, and •■irwari! a duplicate of such entry, to the Re gister of the Treafurv of the United States ; md in such cafe, until the said owner, part owner, or consignee, shall cause the said me morandum to be made, by the collector, in manner aforefaid, such ship or vessel shall not lie deemed, or considered, as a vcHM record ed, inpurfuarce of this act. [To be continued.] fSOM THE COLUMBIAN MIRROR. Me(T. Smith & Price, From the diversity of fent'ment which has lately taken place among citizens in general, owing to the debates in Congress it. f|>e&i»g the inefficacv of" regular disciplined troops, when employed against Indians—l cannot, as a citizen, refrain from giving my .miion aifo ; which is, that militia is by r,o ' i.i'-ails a proper force to be caiijWvcd in <v tarit regions and against such an enemy- IVli litia, when acting even in defence of every thing that is dear to man, and an enemy -at their doois, have ever been found inadequate to the obtaining any thing decisive. In fonie few instances they may have repelled an infe rior body of their enemy, but they have never conquered in one out of fifty. It is impoffib'e that such a class of soldiers, taken suddenly from the ease and comforts of private life, can be equal to regulars, who are inured to every species of fatigue, cold hunger, thirst, and the thousand other disagreeable circum stances that occur in long marches and diflant campaigns. In a paper which I lately perilled, it is there asked, who fought the battles of New-jersey, North-Carolina, Cowpens, South-Carofir.a, and Georgia ? I will answer, not militia. Was the battle of Princeton fought by militia? We't the Hefiians taken at Trenton by mili tia ? Was the battle of Monmouth fought by militia? Was the battle of Kutaw fought by jnilitia*-Was the ftormingof Stony-Pointex ecuted by militia? Did Genocal Morgan de feat Tarleton by militia ? Was Col. Lee's surprise of Paules Hook, and the many brilli ant actions of that excellent officer in the two Carolinas, performed by militia ? Did Col. Samuel Smith defend Mud- Island Fort against the whole Brit fh fleet in the Delaware, with militia ? Were the HelEans defeated on Ked Bank by militia? Was Chamblee, Fort St. John, Montreal, Src. taken by militia ? Were those who stormed Quebec militia ? Were those men who marched through the Indian country under General Sullivan, militia ? NO Did they fight .at the battle of Guilford Court-Hnu'e ? A little—but what was the caufeofit? Small parties of regulars, under non-conimillioned officers, were drawn up in their rear with fixed bayonets, which were to be made use of against them if they offered to retreat without orders ; thus being in as much danger from our own ai my as that of the British, they were of some use—Did they fight at the battle of Camden, when General Gates was defeated ? I fay no—three thou sand of them ran away, whilst the Maryland line, the Jersey regiment, and Arniftror.g's legion, in all not above eleven or twelve hundred, fought Corawallis's army for twen ty minutes, hand to hand, until they were surrounded (owing to the dallardly conduct of the militia) and even then they charged thro' their enemy, and the greater part made their escape. Thus did a handful of regulars—thus ran three thousand miiitia—and thus was the brave Gen. Gates defeated. Let us now take a view of Indian affairs. In the year 1793, Gen. Harmer, that real dis ciplinarian and competent officer, ina r (hed on an expedition against the Miami Indians. He had with him part of his own regiment, which was the lft, and regular they were in [Whole No. 595." deed. Ido not know the exa& n«mber of militia, but am certain they were near two thirds of his army. lie p-ot to their town*-, which he totally deft roved, together with all their crop of corn, &c. On his march the militia behaved in the 1110 ft unfoldier*like manner ; firing night and day round his camp, notwithstanding the niofl pointed orders to the contrary. One day he dete&ed a militia man in this breach of general orders : he had him immediately punished j hut was under the necessity of loading his artillery, and hav ing his regulars drawn up in order, that the punishment might be inflicted undisturbed by the militia, who threatened very hard on the occasion ; in fliort, every day he was disturb ed by their turbulent and difordcrly behavio^. On his inarch back to Fort Waihingfcon, he was solicited by the commanding officer of the militia, for permission to attack a body of Indians which appeared in his rear, and that he would engage to retreive their cha racter, which had fuffered Co materially in the mind of the General—for he.tnonght, that though they could not he made to march with regularity and silence in an enemy's country, yet itill they could fifth t that enemy if they appeared. But if a soldier cannot be made to obfervt orders and pay re "pert to them, I an\ sure he cannot foe inatlgTetigftT, wUtiUl UIIUV is the more dif agreeable parr of military duty. Htiwever, to proceed. The General think ing it nece/Tary to give a check to the Indi an.';, left they fhoukl harrafs his rear, complied with the militia officer l 4 requcft, at the fame time detached'eventy or eighty of the regu lars to Aipport them, under Major WyHis. In a fliort time they fell in with a "finall patty of the Indians, which, I suppose, was Tent for ward by their main body as a -bait. The few Indians ran, and nearly t*ie whole of the mili tia after them, contrary to the most earnest entreaties of their officer. The regulars dis played their little column -and formed, flood the bi unt of neatly the whole force of the enemy, until they were cut in pieces, except a few under Capt. Armstrong, who charged through them and made ffie r retreat —but not till they had laid eighty-odd warriors dead 011 the field. The militia who pursued the few flying Indians, loft fight of their prey in a fliort time ; but the firing of the party engag t«i, nrrxi a i4tftanr'foMiTH r>4>He Wi r-y»tar>r>rr. a fufficient tlimulcsfor them to encreaie their distance : a few got back to the army, and re ported to the General, that all the reft were destroyed, whllft a more considerable number never stopped until they had gained the Ken tucky ftiore ; and r. Iso reported, that their ab sent friends were also cut to pieces. This was called Harmar's defeat, though at tie fame time he did not lose a single paik-horfe, nor a man more than was facrificed by the gallant behaviour ojthof;javaritc Indian jighttr*. 1 fliall now beg leave to touch a little -on the conduct of those iniinrii/es who accompa nied the army of Gen. St. Clair—When they firft joined, they wee in number about 4°°S but owing to desertion, there were not, on the day oflwttle, more than 300. Through out the whole march, after their jnnftion, they kept the camp in a constant alaim by tbeirir regular condue>, and firing round the pickets and out posts, often in the dead hour of the n'ght. Gen. St. Clair threatened and remon strated with them, informing them how dan gerous it was, inafinnch as it favored the ap proach of an enemy ; for it would be impnl fible to devise whether it was the pickets fir ing at the Indians, or the inilitia fhoot'mg bears. Thiswas not the only part of their conduct that, in my opinion, tended to the defeat of the army. A few days bofore the acftion a whole company, at least 63 or 70 of them,de ferted ; the firft regiment was detnehed in pursuit of them, as well as to prevent their plundering the provision which was on the road, and expected to arrive in a short time. There was I believe a third reason for throw ing this regiment in the rear, which was t<> deter others of the militia from this difgrace ful retrogade. A third reason why I think they were in ftruinental in the defeat of t! army is as fol lows : When the tropns on the evening pre ceding the fatal 4th of November, 1791, halt ed and encamped, the militia, who wiflict! to be separate from the regulars, were advanced one quarter of» mile over a small river that ran along the front of the encampment : the pickets of the army were ported at about the fame distance in the rear, with the proper camp and flank guards, stationed in fuel) a, manner, as to prevent a surprise or sudden at tack iii its then position. After dark, it ap pears a tew guns were fired at foir.e distance over the river where the militia was posted j but it was as much to be presumed, that they were firing at the stars as at the enemy; how ever, the Adjutant-General was sent over the river with orders to their commander, that at about an honr before day he fliould divide t'ne men into Several parties of about 20 or 30 each, with an officer at their head, and move 011 in different directions towards the Indian villages. But alas! they were still militia; no attention was paid to these orders. Day»
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