From the Independent Gazetteer.
The Way to Wealth, Improved.
AN Mi At,
Frequent opportunities of examinin
the conduit of mer. getting forward i: ;
the world, has c'.miixed in; tlidt Di
Fratiklm's .-.Aims are only calculate
fortholeiobcrceitorTornical beings, whol.
abilities confine them tt> a med- icrit
in life. Very few people have it i<
their power to reduce them to practice
becauic, they i., .e indullry for thei
foundation ; and he who is converfan'
with mankind mnft have observed it to
b*- a quality 'arely met with. It is
the.-fine evident that Franklin's max
ims mull operate jn a very limited cir
c! ' ; while the following, I presume,
will be of infinite service to all those
who wilt to acquire fortunes, without
Indjifhy, Ecoaomv or Virtue.
Many authors of credit have aflerted,
that every man hits a genius fitted for
fomt icicnce utf prouuoii ; and by pro
ceeding in the path nature has thus af
iigned him, he will become eminent.
Lavater, whose writin on physiogno
my promise fair to bring that science
into repute, boldly afTerts, and almoll
itieontrovcrtably proves that thequalities
of the mind are vilibly expressed in the
countenance. I acknowledge the po
tency of his arguments ; and as very few
countenances exhibit the ligns of a pre
fcfTed hypocrisy, it cannot be expected
many of the* readers will become illnltri
ous, from the observance of the princt
pies and maxims laid down in this eflay:
but I will take upon me to fay, they
may be benefited from it, and in fom'e j
measure succeed.
- Those who have been obliged to flee
from England, on aucouut of ti.ir
tricks being detected, will find this es
say of inestimable value, when they en
,ter on a new life in' America i it. will
enable therfa to avoid the (hoals and
of Integrity, upon which
they founded in. the wtlier world.
Not withftandiiifrthe spirit of Chrifli-
Silfty has been long diipeufed with in
the trading tvorld, yet the cotter under
Svhich it used to be kept, is found of
infinite service- And such as wish to
rife in life will find a cloak of'this Reli
gions Itiiff absolutely necessary* " Set
a thief to Catch a thief," is a vulgar
proverb: yet all worthy ttaofaftioiis
vouch for its truth.
Judicious emigrants from England
will aiTume the garb os-same persecuted
• it will et.fure them a cordial re
ception in a country where " birds of a
fenflier Sock togetheu"
When introduced to a llranger of the
f»me feel, fay very little j but when he
mentions any circumf. ji)ce ofpcrftcution,
or touches on the tin-ies, be fare to twirl
your thunjbs, and look at the ceiling
overhead, that he miy have an oppor
tunity of viewing the wliite part of your
eves ; at the fame time a gentle (hake
of the head, will shew the purity of
yojlr heart, and convince him, you are
a man of feeling. With him your bu
siness is done and you may rely upon
mv word, that he will exert himfelf to
the utmolt in your service, \then it does
not interfere with his ownintereft.
With a mail of bufirifefs your talk is
move difficult; he will probably begin
to talk on the fubjett of trade, and on
your joining the Conversation he would
hare a.i opportunity of feeing your ig
norance and thereby deprive, yourfelf of
his" afiiftance. The greatest caution is
here neceflary ; —Anfwer him by—yes
or no—taking care to coincide with
him in opinion, until you are become
acquainted with his mode of thinking:
—this done you may venture—" I
knew it, Sir," —'tis quite familiar," —
" That's art observation 1 myfelf have
frequently made," —taking care to avoid
giving any opinion of your own. By
this means he will be given to under
stand you are more-conversant in the
subject than himfelf, the pleasure he
receives fiom hearing his own discourse
will prevent his discovery of the cheat
and make him fancy, your conduct
proceeds from gravity and knowledge.
Gonfcious of his own feelings; igno
ta'nt of yours, he will place a dependence
oh your superior judgement and afford
you opportunities of, " taking him in."
In company with men who may be
nefit you, listen to their conversation,
and whenever you have an idea on the
fame fiibjecV, which rather improves
uppn theirs, mention it : they will give
yiiii credit for underftandirig the whole
better than themselves. In all compa
nies opportunities of this kind occur,
aud the person who has sense to avail
himfelf of them will certainly find his
advantage.
Impudence is a great virtue. Get
to know every body's business ; ask a
immber of questions, and don't he mor
tified when an answer is refufed.
s Pulh yourfelt into the company of
nen bf repute ; never fail to tell them
■ f thp number and readability of
rnr intimate friends; —amongfl these
ou mwjl claji all the people of credit
•hom you have the leajl knowledge of
—introducing their name with, " my
vhvthv Friend Mr. , ot Mr.
—a Gentleman of my acquain
tnce, for whom 1 have the Gretitcfl
■'..'/rem," &e. by which means yon will
•;'ejte a value to youtfelf at their ex-
>ence.
Invite any ft ranger that can further
' our views, to you." house :—turn the
ifcourfe upon politics ; —take out an
hi letter to read as containing intelli
gence from Europe by an intimate
friend and correspondent of yours :—
invent any thing which fttits the gene
al politics of the day, and repeat it as
from your friends : This will never fail
jetting yon eoiifequence, credit and con
lections, if tolerably well managed.
If you are an Enghfiiman, anil wifii
to get into business here T neglect none
f the above maxims, but add this, f<;l
lowing :—whenever you are in c.impa
ny with any of your dsrontented coun
trymen (and many thure are, because ■
the Americans do not supply them with
\ luxuries while they continue in idle
neffi,) make it a point, to brand all
Americans with the appellations " La
zy Rogues,"—" the Created Thieves
upon earth" &c. :—but if Americans
be your companions ; be a Democrat
thii.fing for the blood of Tyrants and
Kings.
Tt> complete the character, be re
markably attentive to the Sabbath, walk
to Church with all the Dignity and
Solemnity you can muster on the occa
sion ; choose a coufpieuous place, and
let the fervency of your devotion attratSl
the notice of the faints ; after the ser
vice return with the fame fan&ity of
deportment. Never powder your head
except on Sunday (jufl to diilinguifh
you from the Vulgar,) and then let
your hair hang straight.
I By a fti'iift conformity to the p in
ciplesof a£\ion laid down in this Eflay,
I you may acquire unbounded credit and
I confidence; and by ertiploying others
• to perform the laborious part of bufi
; ness, be left at leisure to, enjoy the blef-
S of pride, luxury, and fenfualfty.
| , . & .
\ UNITED STATES,
' NEW-YORK, September 4.
There is in New jsrfev, about four
miles froin Newark, a Copp.r Miik,
called, from the original proprietor,
Schuyler's Mine.—lt was discovered be
fore the late Revolution, and form eTnys
made on the ore, which was feiil to ting
land to afcMain its richness, and obtain
the premium forthe difcovervbut the
war fufpendtd the working nf the Mine.
A company is now formed for carrying
911 the digging, and cxtraftlon of tile
Copper from the ore, which is said to
yieid nearly three parts of four. The
water is d if" barged from the Mine by a
Steam Engine which completely au
fwers its purpofc.
1 A faulting mill, it is (aid, will be
' ere&ed it Paterfoo for refining the
Copper.
Results of observations on the Ther
' mometer and Hygrometer, nude at
Schliyler's Copper Mine, near Newark,
State of New-Jersey, on Monday Au
: gull 18, 1794.
Thermometer H °rometa\
11 o'clock, A. M. at the
mouth of the Mine;
Water level 100 feet be
low the- Hirface.
Bottom of the Mine 200
feet below the furface. 56
Ascending.
Foot of the old (haft. 60
Mine ntouth at 12 o'clock 80
Greatest range of the Thermo-
meter in one hour 24
Do. Do. of the Hygrameter 18 50
N. B. The Humidity by the Hy
grometer at the bottom of the Mine,
was within one degree as great as on
the of May lall ; it is worthy of
remark, that at this time there was a
remarkable long and very wet time,
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY,
Pinciney Diflriß, South-Carolina.
The committee appointed to take into C6n-
Jideration the refilves of the Democra
tic Society, held in Philadelphia, May
ifl, 1794, make thefollowing report :
I ft. Resolved, as the opinion of this
Society, That the government of the
United States ought to be adminiltered
upon a fair and honed conftrutkion of
the conllitution, as explained to the
people at the time of its adoption ; and
that the people received it under full af
furancethat the three different branches
were to be kept diftindt, is manifelt.
2(5". Resolved, aithe opinion of this
Sodety, That the appointment of John
Jay', Chief Justice cf the United States,
as envoy extraordimry to the court of
Great Britain, waga flagrant outrage
committed on the fp:it and plain sense
<;f the constitution, by uniting func
tions which were evtt intended to be
kept diltinfl, which has a direst ten
dency to dellroy all responsibility in
Both the judiciary and executive depart
ments.
3d. Resolved, as the opinion of this
Soc&ty, That after '.he declaration of
John Jay, that the British were per
fedily right jn their detention of the
wellern polls, to appoint him to a bu
siness which immediately involved a re
quisition of those polls, was a very im
proper measure, as it could not be pro
bable that his efforts would be strenuous
when he acted in direst contradiction to
iiis decided opinion.
4: h. Resolved as the opinion of this
Society, That it is too much narrow
ing the salutary operations of a repub
lican government to confine its adminis
tration to a few individuals ; and thai
our conSitution never intended a mono
poly of functions-for any one of our
citizens.
sth. Resolved, as the opinion of this
Society, That the objefls contemplated
in the Appointment of John Jay, asei
voy extraordinary to the Court of
Grrat-Britain, mufl have been the per
sonal aggrandizement of himfelf; 01
that he was a lit instrument to facilitate
measures for bringing about a radical
change in our republican government,
and afiimulate it to the monarchical
government of Great Biitain ; else why
not confide in ourconful already at that
court, whose abilities and integrity are
unqtien'onable:
6th. Resolved, as the opinion of this
Society, That mylteries in government
are repugnant to the principles of re
■publicaniim ; and can exist only in such
governments as are dependent upon,
and subject to, the will of its rulers ;
and that they were expelled this coun
try with their kindred royalty upon the
eftabli/hing of its independence; and
any attempt to introduce them ag .in,
(hould be regarded as a violation of e
qtial liberty.
7th. Resolved, as the opinion ot
this Society, that it is magnanimous
in freemen tp watch over their liberties;
and when anY attacks are tfiade Upon
tlum, to point out the aggrefiors, that
they may be held up as marks of the
jest odium of offended liberty ; aid e
vince to the world, that no iituatiun in
life, neither family connexions nor il
iu'lrious extra£tion, : nor elevation of of
fice, nhr abounding in wealth, (hall
f>rm a fufficient protection for any ci
tizen in facnficing the interest of milli
ons to promote the grandeur of a few.
Ordered, That the printers in Co
lumbia r id Charleston be tcquefted to
p'iblifh the above.
B 1; order of the Society,
AL£Xtt. MOORE, Secretaryi
PHILADELPHIA)
Thfie is now to be fold by Mr. Dot>-
son, z, jublicaticAi entitled " Princi
ples and Observations, applied to
the manufacture and inspeCtion of .Pot
ami Pearl Ashes"—by Da<bid Town
fend, inspeCtor of pot and peairl ashes
for the commonwealth of MafTachu-
setts,
79 46
The original design of these observa
tions, was to relieve the author in his
business—having found that many per
form employed in the manufacture of
pota(h were unacquainted with the prin
ciples on which it ought to be conduCt
! Ed, to be fuccefsfui; and much opoofi-
64 56 £0
57"
44 50
. tiun to combat, after a new system of
1 inspeCtion had been by law eltabliflled
in Mafiachufetts.
The publication has answered the. de
sign in a much greater degree than Was
! expected. The ashes sent to Boston
i market (by the fame peiions) the cur
rent year, being better, beyond all com
parison; than they ever sent before—and
numbers who thought themselves expe
rienced manufacturers have acknow
ledged themselves indebted to the obser
vations for great improvements in their
business.
Directions founded on experience,
must be doubly ufrfnl to those who are
fettling new Countries, for there the bu
siness of manufacturing ?(h-.s, must have
every advantage if properly attended
to.
What else can be done with fiich in
finite quantities of wood, that mufl be
in lome way destroyed, when clearing
the land, and which if, disposed of in
this way, mud be an immense fourceof
business, and profit to the settlers of
our wcltern country.
Tliefe obfervatiunß ara couehed in
SEPTEMBER 8.
terms cafy to be understood", and fiich
exprefiions ufe4 as are agreeable to the
language by which workmen usually un
derltand each other.
Extrati tf a i ttcr from Pro-uidenee, dat
ed Augnjl 29, to a gentleman in this
City.
" We hare now to inform yon that
the antifcderal iutercft in this ilate, pri
vately concerted a design to displace our
two wotthy representatives, MeiTis.
Bourn and Malboiu;, to effect which
the mod abominable talflioods rcfpefting
those gentlemen, were indultrioufly cir
culated in the country, every species of
disingenuous policy, alias left banded
wijdfjm was applied to effect the nefari
ous defigti, which did not transpire till
afeiV days previous to the time of elec
tion, which wasonTuefday last; but it
is with exultation we add that the at
tempt was defeated, and Meltrs. Bourn
and Milbone are re-elected to a feat in
Ccngrefs by a handsome majority. We
think we can add with confidence* that
the citizens of the Eastern Hates almost
imiverfally reprobate the conduct of your
Eennfylvania lnfurgents, and most cor
dially approve the spirited and decisive
meafih'es adopted by the supreme execu
tive of the National government, and
of y our state, to enforce obedience to
the laws.
Is it possible that those -wild IrllTi
rhen, can expect to set at defiance, all
authority, and yet escape with impuni
ty ? These are the execrable fruits of
Democratic Socitfies, thank heaven
there are no such moniters existing in
oar state."
Of/ o<wn ManufaHurest
We are happy t/hear that ONE of
the frigatc3 at ordered 10 be built
hy Congress, is to be cloathed with
Duck, manufactured in the United
State§ ; and conlideririg the thorough
and long experience of its good quali
ties, it seems difficult to conceive of
any substantial reafoni that can be af
figr.ed, why the whole nUr,'.betr (hould
not—'the following certificate lately ap
peared in a Bolton paper—and is one
among others that might be produced
of the atteliation to the superior qua
lity of the American fail cloth.
Mh Russel,
IT is unquestionably the duty of
every citizen to render that justice to
the ManufaSurcs of his country which
truth and experience will jultify. It is
therefore that I request you to inform
the public, That, in August, 1791.
I purch<tfed a quantity of SAIL
CLOTH, made at the Manufactory in
Bojian, for the use of the {hip Marga
ret, 011 a voyage to the Northwest coall
of America ; that the fails made of the
laid cloth* were on the yards, and in
conftarrt wear, thirty-four months, and
are now in good condition. I feel hap
py in being able to make this declara
tion, and farther to f;iy, that I never
failed with better cloth, *nd that I think
it equal if not superior. to any import
ed.
JAMES MAGEE.
Bojlon, Augujl, 27, 1794.
The frigates now building in the U
hited State? will nn'queftionably tie
clotlied with the duck of the Ma
nufactory in this town. Indeed, if the
manufacturers continue their endeavors
towards perfection, the ocean will soon
be whitened with the produCt of our
looms.
Nature designed the United States to
be a commercial order,
therefore, that Hie may aflume her de
fined rank, (lie must have a naval force
which will be able to prcteCt her tra
ding (hips frorii insult and depredation.
Cits any good thing come out of Nazar-
eth ? Come and fee.
From the General Advtrtijer.
There can lie no better criterion of the
happy turn affairs have taken in the Wes
tern counties of this fiate than the com
plexion of the Pittlburgh paper last come
to hand. The sentiments expreffed,imme
diately urtder the Pittlburgh tho'
a few weeks since they would have caused
the writer and printer to be expcll-d from
the town, rnuft be considered now as in u
nison with the feelings of the great body
ol the people. The ambitious demagogues
who have there attempted to raise them
ftives into notice by taking hold of the
pafiions of the people, will, from the pre
sent Rate of affaire, it appears be funk to
their true level by the good sense of that
peopl
But left old anarch's balance fail,
Here's something dropt in t'other scale,
From the fame paper.
Our barkers are still loud against Demo
cratic Societies, and thenby only prove
their fears of their increasing ascendancy ;
an ascendancy founded on the genuine
worth of their principles and the good
sense of the people. Fain would our aris
tocrats diferedit >every cftablilhment capa
ble of keeping the people awake to their
inlereft» and throw light or. the conriuft rj
their servants ; fa n would they envelope
the proceedings of government in iiadt
netrable and mysterious secrecy. the p o
s>le know their rights and will assert thetn.
The New-York Journal fays,—We
underlland that letters to the ikli July
came Hy the Packet; and slate, ti.;it
the remains of the combined armies had
abandoned Brufiels, and had retreated
to and entered Antwerp, and that the
patriots were in full chafe of them j That
the Duke of York wae a prifoncr ; that
all the Pruflian troops were called Lome
—That Oftend pott was filled with
(tones ; that Valenciennes was evacuat
ed ; that Howe was to Tail with 30 fail
about July 13, whom the Frcuch were
preparing to meet ; in short, that all
the conibination were DISAFFECT
ED—overtures for PEACE were wish
ed for, &c.
We are informed that there is a letter
in towiij from a gentleman in Canada,
informing that the advance of the Ame
rican army, on its march to Miami had
encountered and defeated a party Of Ii -
dians, and ti-'k 40 prisoners ; that upon
the approach of the army to the fort
lately erected by a detachment of Jtiri
tilh foliiers, the garrison retired, .with
out opposition, leaving- 4 pieces cannon,
and that it was destroyed by the orders
of General Wayne. Not having ob
tained a fight of the letter, we are una
ble to state particulars. Am. D. A.
Extract of a letter from a Clergyman in
London, to his friend and corrtfp6ndent
in this city, dated June 21, 1794.
" Yesterday I received your very ac
ceptable present of the two pamphlets and
the certificate. When perilling the mi
nutes of the proceedings of a Conventiua
of delegates from the abolition focieiies,
I was much surprized to find, that the ex
ecrable man trade is yet carried on by some
of the citizens of the United States; and
that they traffic in human fiefn, to supply
the demands of Mammon and Moloch in
other countries, as well as in Jtheir own:
for I had pleased myfelf with supposing,
that the subjects of the Britifli g vtmmtnt
had a monopoly of that infamy which be
longs to such outrageous inhumanity, in
jufticc and cruelty- —When, beneficent
God ! —when will thou arise, effectually to
plead the canl'e of the degraded A.ricans,
those outcafu of human : ty !
" It gives me great pleasure to find, that
that there are so many societies instituted
inthe Un.ted States, for thcabolition cf sla
very; and it is my ardent prayer, that God
may render , heir un ted efforts effectual to
| the end of their infthution. I think myfelf
! highly honored, and exceedingly obliged,
j by the president and members of thePtnn
| fylvania society, for the refpttS they hive
' shewn to the feeble exertions of pMljnthro
py, by tledting me a meipber of their bo
dy : to whom I request that you, fir,
would befo kind as to present mv grateful
acknowledgements. lam both pleased
and inftruflcd, by Mr. Granville Sharp's
letter to the Maryland society. Some
time ago, a paragraph appeared in our '
newspapers here, purport ng, that your
Congrcfs had determined slavery (hoi ld
ccafe at the end of twenty two months, in
all the United States. This repcrt gave
both me aud others great pleafare ; but I
have my doubts 'whether it be authentic.
Hope you will be so kind as to give me in
formation 011 that fnbjeA, the firft op-; x
tunity. I wilb aifo to be informed, whe
ther, tjie state of Kentucky formed their ,
civil conftiution, so as to exclude slavery
from among tliem. With what an awfut
visitation was your city affiidted, in the
course of last fumir.er and fail! How great
the mortality, and I.ow pungent he dis
tress, of survivors 1 in which distress, you,
I have been informed, had a (hare. In
how many ways doth Jehovah fay ; be /fill
and kno-.u that I am God ? and in how
many inflances doth lie call upon us to let
our afiedlions on things above 1
7'be fallowing <was prejented to the Hoaft
of Rifrejentativcs on Saturday loft*
To the Geheral AlTembly of the Common
wealth of Pennfylvaiiia the memorial of
the fubferibers, manufacturers of nuft,
and of Refined Sugar, on behalf of
themselves and Other Citizens of Peon
fylvania -
Rcfpeftjully ybenvttb,
That your rremoria'ifts having in vain
petition d and remonllrated, against the
palling of an a& of Congress for imposing
a partial and oppreflive excise, upon their
manufactures ; for their own fake, and for
the fake of posterity deem it incumbent on
them to implore the interposition and in
fluence of a legislature which may be con
sidered as the most immediate guardians
of the rights and liberties of the citizens
of Peimfylvania, to rescue them from the
impending danger.
That the reasons which a<tuate your
memorialills in opoofitiorr to the < ftsbli/h
----ment ■ f an excise i'yftem, upon the infant
manufactures of America, wll appear in
the annexed copies of the memorials which
have been prt-fented to Congrels upon the
fubjeff : And they cannot avoid adding,
as a point deserving your fcrioos confedera
tion, that if in their opinion of the nature
and consequences of such a fyfeem they
have erred, the error has been tanght them
by a Congress of the United States, not
exceeded in Wisdom, Virtue, or latriot
ifin, by any political body which hps (mce
been known to the Union. In the addrels
transmitted by: Congress to the inhabitants