Gazette of the United States.
FMLAIibUHIA,
TUESDAY F.VI.X'ING, JUL? IJ.
Far t'be (/Azs'r r K of the Unitkb States.
To " NO IN NO VAT OR."
TN the Gazette of the United States of
Wedriefday last, you have a number of ob
fervationj upon the new ph lofop'.y, which
you deiiominare i/luminatifm, and amidst
your animadverfu» s 011 the evils attending
it, you single out the author of an efiay oil
the amufemen'.s and punijhmenis prcper for
fcimo's, whom you affed to ennfider as a
difoiple of th s " new philosophy,'' and
abuse accordingly
It is not from a desire to vindicate this
peiuleman that I take notice of your essay,
- . -fort—;- oenlureaof luc'i chilu
ifti malignity and so - little meaning can hurt
no man, however vulnerable he may be to
th (hafts »f :ruc satire ; bu I tliink never
thckls tl a little advice may not be im
properly be ft owed upon you.
Give ma leave fir to tell yoti, that what
ever may be Ihe eriors of this gentleman,
yon have not the talents to'fet him right.
Ido nt know you, but I judge from your
elf.y, which is a jumble of nonsense as well
asgrofs incor/fiftency. This I will under
take to pfoVe to y ;ur own underlianding.
In the firtt place ycu fay that he is one of
those proud disciples of the new philosophy
whose tmpudehc and da ing even exceeds
their nonsense antl impiety, a&d immediately
you subjoin in a rote that he is a " meet''
man. Now starch your didionary and tell
us if you can reconcile tbefe exprefiions,
Avain, in fpealcing in defence of teligion,
and againtt the do rine of materialism, you ;
fay in one place 'hat the great bulk i f our !
citizens Jlit'f reverence the religion a dgood
sense of old times, and afterwards you are of
quite the contrary opir.ion. and aflcrt that •
• the fadions in this country" es well as the
wars in Europe are owing to aficlly trifle
for novelty ar.d paradox ; that there is " a
general corruption of manners and principles"
and that a rage for innovation ii.fefts hoth
puhji ardpei-oat life. These words I quote
from you, Sir, to fliew your foolilh iiicon-
Cftejjdy ; but you follv appears in another
light, dillind from this. Here, it is in
7 our manner of handling the fubjed ; but
it was further, a folly in.yoii to handle it at
nil. The cause of religion is i>nly injured,
when fucli bunglers as you attempt to de
fend it. Vou only bring the principles of
its enemies into notice, without the ability
to treat them as they deserve. You provoke
the wild bealt which ycu have not strength
to dellroy.
After this, Mr., No- nnovator, letmeafk
you one queft>on. .Your piece contains a
generel difcutfion of fubjeds, into which
you contrive to ing some lne rs agaiuft a
pjrticu'ar perstn Now which was your
mot v e for wrftirg, the consideration of the
fubjed, cr iheperfonal abufc ? And, if the
latter, in wLat chsrad r do you ogprfie
him, as a man who is very influential, and
whose errors are Intreform material to be
corrected, or as one jgjiinTl whom you have
f'jir.e latent reafari for dislike, a\d whose !
attack, not because you difap
«-|frcve ihem but becanfe he is their author ? :
I do not fuppi fe you will answer t:-is j
q'ullion, n.ir that you can answer it fairly, 1
without betraying your depravity. You ;
mAy fi.ppofe from the spirit of it, that he I
who puts it is some frietid of the man you 1
decry, but I foltmr.ly declare I have no
p rfona! acq a ntance with him. My re
gaid for him arises only from my know
ledge of his chara&er, and of tlvjf< benevo- i
lent adi ns of his. which duri g various :
seasons of public calamity have defe ved the |
thnt,ks of man an . -woman. By those adions
he has merited the praises and'prayers of ev.
try mar, and that any should be found to
withhold thein, is not bis reproach but
ihvirs. JUSTICE.
POLITICAL.
From the Connecticut Coursnt.
No. 11.
To toe People of the United States.
l'ilE firft p: -rpi fiticn which I have to
prove, is—Mi, JefTerlon bas Jong felt a
Ipirvt ot' deadly hcAiftty ggainit the Fe
.ser„i Coiittitij' on, and in conjunction with
bis pr y, has become lieadily plotting its
tScilnKtiwrn
i c iuppoit thispropofition, I fliall resort
to vafivus t'curces for; evidence and argu-
n.er.i.
i. Mr. J. flerlon's writings furnifl) strong
pro.if iir.il lie tiiilikes all government, which
is Liip.ibk of affording pi. .e&iou and fecu
rit; to those who live under it. About 11
0 15 yco:-s ago, Mr. Jtflferfbn publilhed his
'■ Nt s <lll Virginia." The edition which
1 have was pu'olfliied in London, in 1757.
At tfut period it was fafh'uinable, efpecialiy
in tiiis country, to M theorize about govern
r-jpr.t. Ll:v:ut I with the firtcefs of our
(irrigate for Independence, we were in our
or 11 opinions, very wile. All the ideas
which were derived 'from'experience, were
hoot'-d at, and every chamber politician was
able to plan. and e rectify Items of govern
ment, competent for all the exigencies of a
l.ir ; fe and emrraling nation. That Mr.
Jefferlort ranks high in this tlafs of govern
nient makers, is no»v generally acknowled
ged. In audition to (lis native flock of vi
ljon;ay nonfcnle r he had imbibed in h ; s liu
ropcaii viiit, large Supplies from the French
school, which was then plotting the over
throw of ilrtr government, and lighting the
torches i t' dreadful fire, whith has laid
vide neatly half tht civilized globe. A
ft: to expreflioßs from this back of Mr. J-f
---ferfon, wiil fliew what his ideas'on this i'tih
jed w ere. Wfifing 011 the ftibjed cf uni
versal to'.crrtioji, and attempting- to prove
that one kind of rutog-ion "is as good as ano
ther, Mr. Jiffetfou fays—•' The legitimate
■powers of government extend to inch ads
only, 4s are injurious'to others. But, it
does me no injury for my neighbour to fay
there are twenty gods, or n > god." It nei
ther picks ray pccket, nor breaks my leg."*
By this pafiage, we are plainly taught
thjs lell'oll—that morals are 110 objed for
th* attention, or care of government ; that
all we have to trouble ourselves about, is,
the conduct of the individuals of the com
munity—a lesson which is fraught with all
j the niiffhicfs which are now exhibiting, and
which have for years been pradifed by the
j abettors of the French ' Revolution. The
' dodriue is this—that if a riian believes in
I fhere.ditude of mard'er. atheifro, rape, adul
tery, &c. it is of no importance, becajßlit
neither breaks our legs, nor picks our
ets ; and as long as our pockets and leg-s
are fafe, government is fatisfied. Let us
then pi&ure to ourselves a community,
compoil-J of such individuals ; for, if it is
improper totontrol, or reflniiix one nntn, in
the free exe'icifc of his opinions, it is equal
j ly improper to control, or restrain any 11 um
j ber of men. We will then view a natii n,
i whose laws fuff!rr the free prop?gition of
! sentiments like these—viz.—That it is just
to commit murder, violate femalj chastity,
deny the exirtehce, of God, fcc. According
to Mr. Jefft rfon'j ideas cf legitimate go
vernment, this is just and to be tole
rated, and no notice can be taken of it, un
-1 til men adually do commit murder, rape,
&c. But, if it is proper to preach these
dodiines, why is it not to piadife them ?
It ctrtainly is ; unless it is proper to intro
duce a system of lyinjj into a community.
However, it i» fair to'acknowledge, that .
Mr. Jefferfon implies in his reasoning, that ;
tho* the sentiments do no real mifchief, j
yet th» jmfticc of them would. Let us
fee if thepradice will not necefTa ily follow
the precept. According to the dodrinr,
men have anuncontroulable right to believe, j
and to inculcate what moral or religious fen- 1
timents they please, provided they do not '
pradife them. Will not mtn generally !
pradife what they believe, provided they j
are secure from legal punifhmeot ? Mr. !
Jefferfon's murderers, alhtills, &c. have !
nothi»g further to do, then, than to spread j
their d drines, until a majority of the com- I
mr.nity fliall become proselytes to the faith,
and then she laws againll the pradice of
murder, rape, robbery, &c. will be repeal- |
ed, and the wholesome pradice introduced
in its fulleft latitude-
[ trust I am addrefling those, who, ge
nerally, still believe in the existence of a
God, of truth and justice, the momentous
truths of Religion, and the hopes and fears
of a future life , w! o are not yet prepared
to part wi'.ti their Bible, their morals, or
their God. If fj, let them seriously con
fider-tbe extc t of the sentiment cf Mr.
J.ffeiton wliich lam co«fid?ring. Ih »»
butjull touched upon it 5 the reft mull be
left for the more sober refledion of those
who arc irterefted in the fate of their
country.
Mr. Jeffjrfon fe 3 up a claim to be our
leader, our head ; to fill the feat which soce
contained a Walhington. I have brought
this particular sentiment into view, as con
taining the feeds of those opinions, which
have Cnce sprung up in the life aud writings
of Mr. Jefferfon, taking it for granted that
he, like ali other men. will tndeavour as far
as pcfGble to intrnduce into pradice, his
favorite sentiments His sentiments are,
that a man has an uncontnflable right to be
lieve what he pleases - mine are that, when
a man can do it with fatety, he will forever
pradice what he believes. The result is
too obv'ous to be mistaken. I shall pur
sue this f bjed in my next, by examining
other pafTagcs io the fame book.
BURLEIGH.
4 Kotn on Virginia, 265
To Printers.
WANTED—in Exchange,
A FOUNT or Long Primer,
or joo lb. or upwar's, and a Fount of
Brc-vier weighing 4colbj or upwards —tljfy
mult not be much worn—Any person having
• ypes of the above description and difpolid to
Exchange iht.n for etker printing materials ;
o: will fell cheap, may apply at the Office of
the Gizette of the United States.
July ii
WHEREAS,
AN attachment was lately iflued cut of the in
ferior court of common pleas of the county
of Efiex, in the state of New Jersey, directed to
the fheriff of the said county, against the right*,
credits, monies aou effefis, goods and chattels,
lands and tenements ol Jthn Cleves Symmes at the
fuitoi William Wells, in a plea of trespass on the
cafe to his damage thrtethoufand dollars; —
And whereas, the said flier iff did, at the term ol
June lad patl, return to the said court that he had
attached the defendant by a certain bond given by
Matthias Denmnn and Samuel Meeker to the.said
defendant, to the amount' of near two thousand
dollars,and alfoby sixty land warrants ;
A'»w therefore, Knlefs the said John Cleves
Symmes (hail appear,give special ball, and receive
i declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment
wili be entered against him, ?nd his proparty
herein attached, will be fold agreeably to the
tlatute in such cafe made axd prev : ded.
Aaron Ogclen, Clerk, is?c.
FHjabeth-tov/n, July 8,1/QQ (11) lawiim
A PARTNERSHIP.
A PERSON polTtfling some capita!, a coiifi
derablc share of iixluflry, and deftr«us of
engaging as a partner in a lucrative hiifincfs,
1 rcuy near of a fituati >n. All propolals on this
• to ,be in writing, sealed and rhredVed t..
VV. R, J New York, and left with the printer
of the Gazette of the United States, will be at
tended 10. *
C a A Printer would ffr.d it to mi advsntagi
) Junes• dtf
Laws of the United States.
lop Ziufynxitv.
Sixth Cvngrefs of the United States
At*the FiriV SelTion, begun and held
;u the .City "of Philadelphia, in the
State df Pentrfylvania, on Mon
day, the fecotvd of December^
Oivt fchoufetfd seven hundred
and ninety nine.
AN ACT,
An act making appropriations for the mi i
tary establishment of the United States,
in the year one thousand eight hundred,
Seflion 1.
BE it enacted by tie Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
tor. defraying the expences of the military
elhblilhment of the United States, for the
year one thoufuid eight hundred, the pay
and subsistence of the officers and men,
bounties and premiums, the cloathing, hos
pital, ordnance, quarter-matters and Indian
departments, the defenfive protection of the
frontiers, the contingent expences of the
War Department, for the fabrication of
cannon and iritis, and purchase of ammu
nition ; and for the payment of military
pensions, the sum of three millions forty
two thotffand five hundred and feventy-lix
dollars and thirty-five cents, lie, and is here
by that fs to f.y :
For tlie pay of the army of the United
States, one million eighteen thousand fix
hundred and twenty dplh.rs.
For the fubfifier.ee of the army, seven
hundred and ekhty-feven thousand seven
hundred and eighty-fix dollars and thirty
five cents.
For forage, the sum of thirty-fix thou
sand fix hundred and seventy-two dollars.
For horl'es to repUce those which may
die or become unfit for service, the sum of
6ve thousand dollars.
For cloathing, the sum of two hundred
and fifty-fcven thousand nine hundred and
fifty dollars.
For bounties and premiums, the sum of
fourteen thousand dollars.
For the hospital department, the sum of
fifty.one thoufwid dollars.
For the ordoaiwe department, the sum of
one hundred,ftji:dthirteen thouftnd five hun
dred and twenty-two duliars.
For the quarter-mailer's department, the
sum of five hunjred and twenty-eight thou
sand and dollar;.
For psy'i'g aniyntes to the following na
tions .of Juaian* ill purfuiinc* *£ tj-aatlea .
to the fix ;uations, Qierokees, Chickafaws,
and Greeks, 'be sum of fifteen thousand doj
lars. .
For promoting civilisation among the In
dian tribes, itnd pay cf temporory agents,
the lum of fifteen thousand dollars.
For expence attending the running of
the line of demarcation between the Indian
territory of the United States, including
the pay of comniirtiontfrs, surveyors, and sf
fiftants, the fuJrt of four tht ufand dollars.
For the defrnfrve proteflion of the fron
tiers of the United States, ihcluding the
erection and repaiis of forts and fortifica
tion», the sum of sixty thousand dollars.
For loss of (tores, allowances to officers
on being ordered to diflant command*, and
for special purposes, advertiling ar.d appre
hending deferterj, printing, purchasing maps,
and' other contingencies the lum of forty
ty thousand d.-llats.
For the annual allowance to the invalids
of the United States, for their penlions,
from the fifth of M itch, oce thousand eight
hundred, to the fourth as March, one thou
sand eight hundred and one, the sum of
ninety-three thouiand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
for the fabrication of c-nnon and arnjs,
and the purchase of ammunition for the ar
my and navy, and for the militia of the U
nited States, in addition to the films unex
pended of the appropriations made by the
a£ls of Congress of the fourth of May and
firft of July seventeen hundred and ninety
eight, the sum of two hundred and fixty
thoufand dollars fiiall be, and hereby is ap
propriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the foregoing appropriations (hall be paid
out of any monies in the Treasury of the
United States, not otherwise appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of tbe House of Representatives%
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States and
President as tbe Senate.
Approved, May .jo, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President oj tbt United States.
AN ACT
To ascertain tbe compensition of Pub'.'t: lifi-
r.tsiers.
Bcftion I.
BE it enacted '6i tbe Senate and lit. ust
of Representatives nf tbe United States
f America, in Congress assembled,. That
Axoftjfive of an outfit which ftmil in no cal'r
rxeced the amount fcf one year's full salary
to any Minifler-plenlpatentiaiv or Gharg
!es Affairs, to whom th?" fame may be al
lowed, the President, of the United State
(hall- not ullaw to--any Mini I'er-plßoipo ten-
Maty a greater fupi than at the rate of nin
thsufand dollars per annum, as a comp-rifj-
tion for all his personal services and ejrper.-
tes : nor a greater fnm for the f am e than
four xhoufiwl five hundred dollars per 'an
num to a Charge des Affairs : nor a great
er fnm fer the fame than one thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars per annum to the
Secretary cf any Minister-plenipotentiary.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
where any, sum or funis of money lhal! be
drawn from the Treasury under any law ma
appropriation for . the contingent -ex
pences of intcrcourfe between the United
States and foreign nation,s, the President
(hall be, and he hereby is nuthorifed to cause
the fame to be duly fettled annually with
the accounting officers of the Treasury in
mapiicr following, that is to fay—by cau
ling the fame to be accounted for fp.cially ;
in all inltances wherein the expenditure i
thereof may in his judgment be made public, I
and by making a certificate of the amount
of such expenditures as he may think it ad- j
vi fable not to fpecify, and every fucli certi- j
ficate (hall be deemed a fufficient' voucher j
for the sum or funis therein exprefled to
have been expended.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President cf the United States and
President of the Senate.
Approved, May 10, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United S'-ates.
HEALTH-OFFICE,
July 9 /), 1800.
The Governor having politely granted the
Board of Health a superior accommodation
thnn wl ere the office has be.'n lately kept,
the public are informed that after the 10th
inftunt, the Health-Office will be rer.oved
to the Stste-Houfe ; where those who have
any thing to fend their connexions perform
ing quarantine, will please to forward be
fire 8 o'clock, tit which time there will
punctually be a conveyance 6 days in each
week to the veflels detained by law.
By order of the Board,
Wm. ALLEN, Health-Officer.
t'6t.
WAYNE COUNTY TAXES.
r T'HH owners of unimproved lands in Wayne
county, ate krreby notified, that Taxes ar«
become payable therton lor the years I ■•99 and
1800. Thole who have not already paid their
taxes, are hereby required to discharge the fame
to JjHN BRINK, Esquire, Treafurcr cf laid
County at Miltord, within thrie month« Irom
this date, otherwise proceedirg« to fair, according
to the ail of Alfemhly in such cafe provided, will
be had hy the Commiflioners for the fiid county.
Asa Stenton, 7
Jobn1 Cartm, > Cummiffior.ers
Jtbannes Fan Etten, J
At'.efl,
E. Kelloco, Clk.
July 9, 1800 d 90t
FOR BRISTOL,
Roebuck,
'fwSaTfSj Bema d Raftr, Mailer ;
H«s a comitierable part of her Cargo engaged,
and will fail with all expedition.
For freight or pillage, apply to the Cap
tain, or to
THOMAS & JOHN CLIFFORD.
July. >2. end ;t
For Charter,
TH E s h i p
ABIGAIL,
A good stout vtffH, burthen about
SljyvT 2,000 barrels.
<:tpply to
MOORE WHARTON.
July 14 diw
Thespian Society.
TME members of the Tkefpian Society are re
quelled to attend a special meeting at the
Circus in Fifth {lreet, or> Tburfday evening, at 8
o'clock, An tuGscl's of importance. >
By order of the PreQdcnt.
July 14.
AN APPRENTICE
WANTED,
At tke Office »f the Gazette of the United
State*.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
March 12, iSco
Notice is hereby given,
THAT feparUe proposals will be received
at the office nf the Secretary of the De
partment of War, until the expiration of the
25th of July nextenfuing, for thefupplyof all
rations, which may be required for the use of
the United States, from the ift day of O<3ober,
1800, to the 30th day of September, 1801,
both days inclusive, at the places and within
the two diftriets hereinafter firft mentioned j
and alio that feparite proposals will be received
t the said office until the expiration of the 25th
day of July next ensuing, for tHe supply of all
rations which may be required as aforelaiil, from
the Ift s)ay of January in the year 1801, to the
31ft day of December in the lams year, both
days inclusive, at the place asd within the fev
ersl states hereinafter mentioned, viz.
Firfi. Proposals to supply all rations, that
may be required, at Ofwego ; at Niagara j at
Pitt/bncg ; at Prtfqu'ile ; at Michilimatkinac ;
at Fort Franklin at Kstuf; at Cincinnati ;at
Plcque Town, *nd Loramies fterei; at" Fort
Wayne; at Fort Defiar ec; at tnv place below
Fort Defiance, on tl.e Miai)i river to I.alie
Erie ; at FoxtKriox. and Ouatorim on the ri
ver Wabafh ; at Maflac ; at any place or places
on the river Mifiiffippi, abovs the mouth of the
river Ohio, and upon the Illonois river.
Second. Proposals to lippljr all rations that
may be required, at spy place or places on the
ealt fide of he Mifiiffippi river,below the mouth
of the river Ohio to the font! era boundary of
he ft ate of Kentucky and wiihin the fa ; d fhte ;
it Knoxville ; at all ports and place? within the
!hte of Tennefiee ; at South Weft Point: at
TeHico Block Hi.'ufc ; at St.'Scwfis, pr oilier fart
or poll on th? rivers Mobiile or ToiabigbV, and
any Vace or places within the Cherokee bounda
ries ; below the fouthrrn boundary of th;r ftato
of I'ennefTce a.'.d within the boundary of the
UnitedlStates.
Third. Proposals to supply a!! rations.that
may be required, at Foiht fetre ; at Coleraiue,
at Savannah, and at any other place or piace»
where troops are or may be stationed, mjrched
or recruited wihin the state of Georgia; at all
forts or stations on tht Oconnee and Aiatama*
ha, and at all places in the Creek nation,
within the limits of the United States, where
trsops are or may be Rationed.
Fourth Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Johnfton, at Fort Plnck
ney, at Charleston, or at any other place or
places where troops are or mav be stationed,
marched or recruited in the flat'e of Scuth -Ca
roiina.
Fifth. Proposals to fijppiy all rations that
may be required at the Fort at
Cape Feirj it Beacon iflaiid, Orracock • at
Charlotte ; at Fayetterille , at Saiilbury,' or
at aijy othei p.ace or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited in thf
state of North-Carolina.
| Sixth. Propofjls to f.ipply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, at PortfuioUtb/at
Kcmpfville, at Charlottevi'le, at Wim-htfter,
at Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at
Lecfburg, at Fredcrickfkurg, at Carterfviilt, at
Harper s fen-y, or at any otiier place or places
where tr >ops are or may be stationed, marched
or recrnited, in the state of Virginia.
Seventh. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort f-l'Henry, at Hjiti
nnrc, at Annapolis, at Frederick tow-.* ,-.t
Leonard town, at Hagerst wn, at Bladeniburp,
at George-town, at Eaftown, at the Head ot
Elk, and at any other place or places, where
troops are or may be flattened, marched or re.
cruited within the limits if the state of Mary
land.
Eighth. Proposals to fu'pp!y afl rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilkrtbarre,
at Reading, at B'riflol, at York town, at Carlifie,
at Lewiftowiij{ Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Greenfciirg at Wathington, at £aftown, at
Wilmington, at Chriftiaua, at Dover, dr at
any other place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within
the limits of the -Mates ot Pennsylvania and De
laware, except the posts wirjiin the (tare of
fylvania, enumerated ia the fir 2 pfopofals a
forefaid. '
Ninth. Propofats to supply all rations that
may be required at Ha.Jcrn:ac, at Elizabeth
town, at N«w-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, at Trenton, and at amy other place
or places wherefrccps are Or may be stationed,
marched «r recruited withii: tlie limits of the
state of Jersey,
Tenth. Propo/a!s to fupp'y all rations that
may be required at New-York, at Weft Point,
at Flulhing, at Haerlem, at Weft Chester, at
Poughkepfie, at Konderhoafe, at *tillwater, at
Newberg, at Alfcuny, at Conajoiarie, at Cher
ry Valley, and at any ether place or o'.acts
where troops are or may he ftatio ned, marched
or recruited within the linrrts of the state of
New-York, except the potts within the state .
enumerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Eleventh. Proposals to supply all rations
that may be required at Hartford, at Hebron,
at New Lrndon, « nmoklvr., 4t Wyndham,
at Litchfield, at Guilford, at TVrW-mven, at
Fairfield, at Danbury, at Widdletown, and at
any other place or places where troops *rc or
may be ftatiored, marched or recruited within
the limns of the state of Conn»<flicut.
Twelfth. Proposals tofupplyall rations that
may be required at Fort Walcott, at Brmt i.'s
Point, at Newpnrt, at Providence, arid at my
pace or places where troops are or may be ' t
eioned, marched or recruited within the limits
of the'fiate of Rhode-Island.
Thirteenth. Propofili to fopptv all rstiooj
tint may be required at Portland in tht Pif
trifl of Maine, Gloucefirr, Cape A-ir, &>lera,
Marblfhrad, Br.iloi;, at Uxbridge, and at any
ntlier place or places where troops are or miv be
Rationed, mirc|ie<j or recfoited within the li
mits of the Rate of Ma!Tjchufett«.
Fcurtccr.tb. Proposals talnj,. , all rations that
may be required at Portferutb, nt Exe'er, at
Windsor, at Bennitigson, at Rutland, *r at any
fort, place or places where troops are er may be
stationed, marched or recruited within the State*
of New Hamplhiri and Vermont.
The rations to be fopplied, is to cer.fiQ of tp e
following articles viz. eighteen ounces of hiaad or
flour, or when neithei can be obtained, of m, e
quart of rce, or one and a ha f pound ol lifted or
boulted Indian meal, one prund and a quaritr of
freft beef, or one pound of salted beef, or when
quarters of a pound of salted pork, and jhree Irefh
meat i» iflued, fait, at the rate ot two quart*, f r
every hundred ration'; soap at tfiu rate of four
pounds, and candles at the rate of a pou.id and a
half for every liundr«J ra'ions.
It is espe<3ed the proposal. will also extend ta
the supply of rum, wbifty, or other ardent fpi.
rits at the rat» of half a gill per ration and vine
gar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations. The proposals will fptcify the price «f
the several component parts of the ration at wsll
as those of fubflitutes or alternatives for parts
thereof.
The rations are to be furnilhed in fuel: quanti
ties as that there (hall ar all times, during the terra
of the proposed contrails be fuSHci nt for the con
sumption of the troeps at MichilimackiHac,!)*-
troit, Niagara and Ofwego for fix moaths in ad.
vance, and at each of the other pods on the wes
tern waters, fr at lead thrt> ninths in advance,
of good andwholefome provisions if th« fame Iball
be required. It is alfa to ha permitted to all and
every of the commandsnts cf fortified places, or
orpofls, to call for at fcafons when the fame can
be tranfportedi or at any time in the cafe of urgent
cy, such supplies of like provifiens in advance, as
in the discretion of the commandant shall Adeem
ed proper. It is to be under 'ood that the con
tractor is to be at the expence and riik of iJTuing tht
fuppliesto the troops, and at all lr ffej, fuftained,by
the depredations of an enei. y, er by the means of
he troops of the United States, (hall be paid, tor at
thepriee of the article captured or deftroyej, on the .
depositions of two or more persons of creditable
chataficrs and the certificate of a commissioned
Officer, ascertaining the cirrumftarces of the loss,
and the ameunt of tkearticles, fer which conipen
fation Shall be claimed.
Tite pritileg* ii to be anderOood referred
tothcUoited .Suu»ofrcauwg,-tiM( tVr
»hvh may fy furnifted'tteMlb *trj .<rf ■;. > •
prepofcl coatrjAi fiul),l>.c iSoc4, «ati) tha-fcjtr •'?
plie* »hlch_ h»*» or im; bt r_
U>A»j>«w ie force hi»e b«e»icooroJ»«3,.»,nd
» 1 ?'» m*j be •Jwty'i re*J»Ttr4«t »Us .- •
'(« be nicdpofti ea the Snuk fttAir//
tier*, not ixtctdieg 4>rac month*.. .v' ' -
J A M-Ea E N RYV "i f
i"•'U
I March 14