Gazette of the United States.
' PHILADELPHIA,
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY \J
For tks Gazette of'.be Uskild States
I
LITERARY INTKLtIG F.KC E»
Isaac Wkld,jd:»r> ao Irilli gcntleman> j
snd a well bred scholar, has prifeiifhed in Lon
don his " Travels through the States of North
America, and the provinces of Upper and
Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796,
and 1797." This is a work entitled to a
much greater (hare of attention, than has
been defcrved by mod of the travels and
tour* in America. It is the offspring of a
man of observation and reflection, and in
its course of narrative is neither broken, nor
abrupt, nor lliallow an the one hand, n6r
fwo'len and romantic on the other. In a
Prehceof very becoming modelty the au
tli, r ! 1 its s that at a time, when war was
™gj»£ in E.iropf, and rebellion and difcoh
tent in Ireland, lie was induced to VfTit
America, to investigate the truth of the cur
rent accounts refpedting the latter country,
and to chole, in cafe, of emergency, an
eligible and agreeable abode. He declares
that he wrote his remarks, without the rnuD
riillaut intention of publishing them, but
find ng, on h'n relnm to England that
much of his information was new to his
friends, and presuming it would be To to the
public, he came to the resolution of print
ing, £;c. rhisiaft .paragraph, we are con
(trained to oiferve, i$ rather in the trite
cant of autliorflnp. This affeited coyness
v( writers has in the present age, a prudish
and djlgufting air. Men areeafily induced
t» quickly publish, what they have labori
oully written ;*and the motives which urge
Genius or Labour tq the press are more
personal, than the fuggeltion of friends or
the impatience of the public. Mr. W. pro
ceeds to apprize his readers that if it shall
•ppcar that lie has spoken with asperity of
American men and American manners, he
begs that such language may not be alcribed
to hafly prejudice, and a blind partiality for
every thing European. He crofied the At
lantic (tiongly preptiflefM in favor of the
people and country was about to
visit ; ana if he returned with sentiments of
a different tendency, they resulted solely
from a cool and difpa(lienate observation of
what chance presented to his view. The
I'.Utlior, after exprfffing his admiration of
the beauties of n.iture jn general, antL
o£ American scenery in particular, men-'
tions the different views and engravings,
which adorn this volume. They were sket
ched by hinifell, on the spot, with the ex
ceptions of the view of Mount Vernon, and
that of the Moravian fettlem'ent at Bethle
hem. I'j'iefe pl,tes are very b autiiul. They
are fixtepn in number, and are honorable to
the, designer, and the engraver. They are
faithful. I'he firfl is a view of the Rnck
Bridge in Virginia—2d, A Plan of the
City of Washington—3 1, A View of the
Potowmac from Mount Vernon—4th, A
View of Mount Vernon—sth, A (ketch of
an Americaif ?tau:c-waggon setting off from
a village Inn—6.ll, View of Cohcz Full—
7th, A Plan of the City of -bee Bth,
View of Diamond on the Rivtr St.
Law renc —9th, Ueprefentation ■f a Cana
dian CulitOi, or Marche Done.— isth, An
eve fkettli of the Falls of Niagara—ll th.
View of the .Horfc-Shor F .11—. zth. View
of the lt-fler F-.11 12th, View of the Fall?
14til, \ lew of Bethlehem a Moravian set
tlement 15th, A new map of Upper and
Lower Canada—l6th, Map of pait »f the
U;tited States. To the lover of prints these
plates wilfbe peculiarly The view
ol the stupendous R >ek Bridge of Virginia,
and the different representations of Niagara
Falls, are all exquifitly beautiful.
In the plate, which exhibits one of our
flige coaches, departing/from a country inn
yard, the sketch of tbe adjacent landscape
will ghe an European a very diflinA idea of
the fore ft grofcnd, fences, roads, and general
alpcft of whit Americans calls " anew fet
tleinent." The writer of this article is en
titlcJ, lrom a lonj* rtfidence, amid the wild
ia I's of luch fequelfcred scenery, to pronounce
Mr. V/eldV (ketch of ruggrd and romantic
ground, a refemblapce, which has its exact
archtype in nature. The gloomy and aspi
ring- wo d, the unequal. road, the zig tag
fenc, the lpw tavern, with its angular root,
and rude portico, the sprawling and e:.ag
gerated Eagle, depending from the lign post,
the reient wheat fieid, squalid with (tumps
and with half burned and smouldering pines,
arc all accurate 'pictures of our sylvan inte
rior. The two plates which Mr. W. pro
cured from a friend, we think are inferior to
Wis own. In the View of Mount Vernon,
the feat of General is strangely
thrult into a corner, and has a very clumsy
ar.d inelegant appearance refem'ollng the
butch of a swine herd, r ither than the villa
ol a gentleman. In the View of Bethlehem
the river scenery of the Leheigh is pretty,
but 111 the representation of the houses and
lull fide of the Moravians, there seems to be
an error in tie perfpc'dYive. The author
concludes his Preface with apprizing the
reader that thefu Travels are the production
of a very youthful pen, unaccultomed to
write a great de..l, far lei's to write for the
pre Is. Here again is a little alteration, and J
a fort of virgin timidity of authorship. For '
an apology of his diction there is no need.
He is a manly, pure and/perlp'ictious writer,
and lii> fhle always neat, frequently rises,
particularly in his defc.ripii si.l 9, to the ani
mated and elegant, Hii title page is a
'misnomer. "'t ravels through the States
of North America." Hence the racier is
led to ekpedt that Mr. W. has visited nil
the States, put on examination i: Terms his
travels were retrained to l'cunfylvania, De-
laware, Maryland, Virginia, New JeVf,yar.J
New York.— Of New England he makes no
mention. Hence, many of his general con
dufions, refpefting America, illuit b; erro
neous, for Mr. W. is toj correft a scholar
to affirm that from parti*! preihifcs an abso
lute afTertien may 'b4 mude, confidently with
the rules of ordinary dialetlic. Belides, to
iulifl on this topic a little longer, it is not
clear that Mr. W. does not trespass up.
on ethical principles, fly the title he has
chosen to employ, liis readers must cert iinly <
underftartd it in ml limited feiife. They
infer that he lias traversed aliour territory.
But lie has not. He excites a well ground
ed expedition in the reader, which it is not
in die author's power te>gratify. It is to
be regretted that the northern quarter of,the
union was not fully explored, by this intel
ligent traveller. It wolrld have led to mure
Cathrlc.fm, and though the inquifitiveneis
ot Maffuclutfetta and Conne£h<;ut
have tormented a relerved Engliihmaii, drill
lie would have found there many habits and
principles, not uncongenial with bis own.
This volume opens with the Author's ar
rival Ht Philadelphia. An accurate defcrip
tl on of that city, its public edific.es, its-man
ners and amufeme;Vts next fuccecds An
account of tiie rife and progress of the Fe
deral City is intertfling, and derived from
authentic lourccs. Some political reflexions
are interspersed in this put of our traveller's
narrative. Speaking of the oppofitioii to
many ol the late Pref.detit's mrafuies, he
idds, " It is spirit of difTatjifatfion, which
forms a leading trait in the chararter of
Americans, as a people, which produces this
malevolence at present, judas itdid former
ly ; and if their public affairs were regulated
by a per foil lent from Heaven, I firmly be
lieve his aits, instead sf meeting with uhi
verfil approbation, would by many be ctm
fidercd as deceitful and fbgitious. This
m irk of Mr, W. eT'ry man will fesl to he
jtifl, who observes the acrimonious p-rrfecu-
J tion, and immoderate' jealouly exercifrd by
I the bulk of our citizens acaind every admi-
I nifliation, of their own choice.
The Author sometimes writ's in the i
; fptenctic spirit of Dr. Smollct and of M.it
j thew Bramble. peevifluiefsis frequent- i
ly provoked by the badr.efs of onr roads and
j inns ; by the petty knavery of jbtkits and
• fwirullers ; by the low, and crooked cunning
■ cf our bargain makers, and by the general
• inquisitiveness of a recent and rural people.
, For all tlrfe charges, the last excepted, the
I writer of this article "will attempt no apolo-'
Lgy"; no, list the flighted. Our inns and
1 roads are the terror bf every traveller, and
i wiih reipeft to Our t'icAs of avarice, he
j'.would think himfelf dishonored by attempt
ing to extenuate the foul disgrace of
his COUNTHY. On' the contrary, he ex
ults that men of honor and cavaliers, that
men of moral fenttment, and principle con
cur in applying the knife, and caustic, and
blider ot reproof to this gjngrene, this can
ker of "the State. Bitter reproach will per
haps beg-t thorough reformation, and re
move the foul llain that in money matters,
many Anerir ins . r- R?t e.\C'-ed-d .in can-
I niriA" traltinels and greediness of gain, by
;■ the fly B rmudian, cr the (harking buctw
, iieer.*
For the inquifitivenefs of the country
people some defence can be made. It ge
nerally results, tbe writer is confident, from
a more 1 udable motive, than Mr W. has
thought proper to allien. He supposes ev
ery quelt on lo be the offspring of merce
nary dclign, of idle, impertinent, and pry
ing curiosity or of lliberal fu'picion. This
is. sometimes, true. But many, indetd
mod of our inceflant qoerifts in country
inns and on the road, and at Poft-OfEces
propose their interrogatoriesto theimpatient
traveller with an honed desire rf obtaining
ufefirk information. The mind of Mr. W.
must be too liberal to attempt quenching
'his kind of third ; and his recolleftion will
easily lead him to that passage in Plato,
where lie makes the asking of whys and
«wherefores one of tbe kaft fallible signs of '
a liberal aspiring and learn-d youth.
The following is Mr. W's chaiafler of
'the American vulgar. His pencil is h rfh,
but it is doubted whether his piftiire is a
carrirature. "In the United States the
Tower clafles of people will return rude and
impertinent anfwejS to quedions, couched
inthe mod civil terms, and will insult a per
son, who bears the appearance of a gentle
man, on purpose to fiiew how much t'-ey
consider themselves on an equality with him.
They to thi'ik civility incompatible
with freedom and that th re to n»" other
way of convincing a ftrrngerthat he is really
in a land of liberty, bu by being surly, and
ill mannered in his prefence-''
The auhor sneers at the prodituu'on of
military titles in every petty and unwarlike ;
village ; a circumdsnce which grows out of ■
our filly acd inordinate attachment to the
an < dabliflim, r.t specious, but bung
ling, nugatory ;»r.d weak, and the jell of
Washington and every \eteran soldi
tr. "In every, part of America, a Eu
ropean is f'uiprifed at finding so many men
with military titles, ard dill more so at fee
ing fu h numbers of th m employed-in ca
pacities, apparently so inconfifkr.t with
tliei't rank , for it is nothing uncommon to
fee a cap'ain in the fhap- of a waggoner, a
coiorel the driver of a ft»ge '•oach, and a e
rerd dealing out pent y ribbon behind his
I counter."
(To be Continued.)
'* Thr following lints from Churchill'*.
*' Gholt" correflly dtp til an American Qprtu-
' ,
" By long nft Wd
In e»fry ill, winch brings him g"M,
Whohil Kc'tirocr wi.uld pu ldowrr f
And lelt'hii Cc A tor h»!f a iri *r ;
Who, il ( m- M<>rl,hfid (hn>ld t* villiup
To Itn! him pa bit font, • foiling—
A vieij ntait iarytrn w uld eft. fw if,
AnU tuvt more fcule tiuo t redeem it.".
POLITIC A J..
From fie Connecticut Couijamt.
No. Illi
71 tbe People of tbe United" Stales*
Ma. JEFFERSON includes his chapter
011 toleration, by the following paflage—
" From tne conclusion of this war, we (hall
be going down hill. It will not. then be ne
cefTary to resort every moment to the peo
ple for support. They will bs forgotten,
therefore) and their rights disregarded.
They will forget thenvf'lvs?, hut in the
lole faculty of miking money, and will ne
ver think of uniting, to ess. £\ a due refpeft
lor 1 be (hackles, ".hrrefore, which*
. (ball not be knocked of} at the conclusion of
this war, will "riinaiu on ns long, will be
made heavier, an i'heavier, 'till our rights
fliaK revive, or expire in coftvyllion.'*!A
| fentinvnt is here ut'rred, which itwillap
! scar governs Mr. J fferfon in all i.is piftti
cal cmv.liidL " I l:e (hackles which are rot
| knocked off at the close of the war, will re
j main'oh uslcng { will grow heavier and
heavier, 'till our rights revive, or expire in
I a coilvuilton." That is, my c.cintryinen,
j you arr sb weak, so ihe roe nary, fa depraved,
1 that.you y:i!l in the firft place negledl your
j rights ; an 1 when once neglefted,' there is
nu other mode of reviving them, than by a
Oonv'ulfion— -r-in'other words a lievoluiiuf.
Ait you prepared to fuhlcribe to this senti
ment ? Are the people who voluntarily
adopted the present Federal Constitution,
twelves years ago, esrinfl ? And -with them
»11 the virtue and wisdom of the nation ?
They are not'extinft—many of them, at
lsa(V, and their virtues are still alive. And
should they become persuaded, th'at their
present form of government is inadequate to '
the great purp-.fes for which it was designed, !
th-y will d'evife means to amend, or alter it, j
unless prevented by the arts, and pra&ices !
of thole, who openly prof-fs to believe, that
i'uch amendments, and alterations, nuiflbe
made by a Convuifion. It will bt obfcrved,
that Mr. Jeffcrlon speaks without any heli
tation, without any doubt—" they trill re
main—'till our rights shall revive," See. It
ij an eftablilhed dodtrine with him ; one that
bis been tried and pioved. A few years
afterwards, we (hall find, that the sentiment
is more openly, and toldly ivowed.' Heae
it was only a ftrearti, by tracing which, we
shall explore our way into an ocean, bound
less, and tempestuous, agitated by uiiceafing
dorms, and tinged with the blood of all na
tions on whose (hares its waves are permit
ted to d.(h.
How dangerous is it to fay to a 1-rge na
tion, that there is no mode of reviving the
spirit, or altering the form, of a govern
ment, but by a convuls 'on ! This is precise
ly the doftrine, which has been.taught in
all countries whose governments have been
termed despotic, and (jiranr.icat, efpeeially in
Great-BritaiD. Whether it be jufl as it
refpedU them, is not .my province to deter
mine. I .fhouUi hardly expeft that the man,
who is proud of the title of " The Man of
tilt People.," would at a fhoke of his pen,
difti out all the integrity, public spirit, and
virtue of thole' Very people, even if he fup
pof;d that tli'V were in fa£t so debated, so
depraved, as he seems to hold them. How
ever, it is fartonafe, that hypocrisy cannot
easily be supported for a great length of
time. Human nature is incapabfe of per
petual redraint. It is difficult to chain the
body—but it is incomparably more, so to
(bain the mind. Mr. Jcfftrfon did not
utter this fentimcnt, bee a use he dreaded that
" Convulsion," whifch is neeeffarily to follow
the neglt-ft of our Mtfh'.s.
To eftablilh this afkrtion, let ue now re
sort to a source, which has been often exa
mined, but which cannot be examined too
often. I allude to the letter to Mizaei.
Here we lhall find, why Mr. Jcffsffoii fays
in his " Notes on Virginia," that •' our
rights will revive, or expire, in a convul
sion.'' What men ardently wish for, tfft-y
are very apt to believe will take place ; ef
\ pecially when they have such geod grounds
for their faith, as Mr. Jefferfun had ill this
itilhnce. He very well knew, that the arts
of a demagogue always were, to apply to
the strongest pafUoiuof men, for support—-
that :he wny so elHblilh himfelf in the shair
of Rate, would be, to p rfuadt the people,
that he was their exclusive friend —and that
ail their other rulers were their enemies,
dishonest in their pra£tices and tyrannical in
their hearts, He well knew, that when it
fliould become liecrffary to change, modify
or renew a government, men like himfelf,
would easily inflime the poorer clafles of
people, with ideas of oppression, and when
i once inflamed, it would be no difficult talk
to cause their rights, at lead, to expire in a
convulsion.
Now, let it be, remembered, that the
" Notes on Virginia," were published be
fore the formation of our Federal Constitu
tion. When that event took place, Mr<
Jefferfor. saw his favorite sentiment com
pletely falfifkd- Our rights revived with
out a Ctiivulfeon, and a Norm of government
was c-ftablifhed, which bid fair to secure
th?m againlt the future attemp3 of such
dif' rganizers, as he was well acquainted
with. Is it tlrange then, that he (hould
pro>e a foe to tbat Constitution, which thus
cut off nf his hopes ? Accordingly the tirll
thing Mr. Jtfferfon complains of, in his let
ter to Mazzei, is, that—" of that
Republican Government, which carried us
through the dangers of tke war, a party
has aiifen, whose avowed objedl i 3, to im
pose on us ihefubjlance, as they
dy given us the jorm of the Britifti Govern
ment-" Wi'a\ is that Mr. Jefferf »n is here
cmplai ing of ? 7kut vie have given up the
Confederation, and ejla'.lifhed the Federal Con-
Jiitut on. That is. we had gone doiun hill
from theclofe of the war, 'till 1787, under
the confcdcraiion, which afforded u3 no pro
:c£ticn, no security ; when conscious :tiai
we should in a fliort time, be expiring in a
convuifion, the people, who Mr. Jeff rfon
fays will forget every thing but getting mo
ney, contra y tothe forebodings of "the man
of the people," coolly, wifely, and virtuonf
ly, agreed to revive their government, to'tth
out a convuifion, aud accordingly established
th: Federal Constitution. To this Conftituti
tion, Mi Jefferfongivesthemoftodiousoame
he can find—" the Britijb Government." All
ourdemocrats/>ro/V/j to loveourconftitution.
Mr. Jefferfon makes the famc profejfion. But
here are his sentiments drawn from a private
letter of friendfhip to an Italian ; a letter
which, undoubtedly, the writer expected
would be kept fee ret. From such a fonrce
we may rationally expedt to drrive the truth;
because few people piay the hypocrite, when
converting familiarly with a bosom friend.
It is in public, in pursuit of ambition, in the
poffllion of places of power, and profit,
that we are to look for difgu'le, and fraud.
Mr. Jeff.i Ln decltres our Federal Ccnfti
tutioiLo monarchy ; and yet, he is very wit
linglo accept of offices under it. He has
willingly enjoyed two lucrative places under
it, he is now ready graciously to accept a
third, worth only 25,000 dollars ayear. And
r.ttfier than to lose these offices, he is capa
ble of taking oath after oath, to fnpport
that monarchy.
j It may be laid that though he did not ap
prove of the Conftftution at firft, his cool
ness, by a long acquaintance, has warmed
into a flame of admiration. We have not
yet finifhed with this letter Mazzei. An
answer will be found there. Among the par
ty who were in favor of the Federal Consti
tution, and which wr.s composed of such
men as Gen. Walhington, &c. Mr. Jeffer
foil fays were—" all timid persons, who
prefer the calm of depotism, ta the tempestu
ous sea of Liberty." At thjs time, mod
clearly, Mr. Jefferfon had no friendfliip for
the Constitution ; for the lift of charters
which he enumerates, ;>a being its friends,
does not comprise him. Indeed so far is he
from including himfelf, or any of his party,
that he conGders its friends as being pleased
with the Calm of Despotism, which he ot til
things dislikes. But, the truth is more ob
vious from the next fenter.ee of the letter.
" They"—that is the friends of the Consti
tution—would wrest from us our Liberty,
but we shall preserve it. It is fufficient that
we guard ourselves, and that we break the
Li'liputian ties by which they have bound us,"
Mr. Jefferfon here explicitly declares, that
the friends »f the Federal Constitution are
endeavouring to wrest from the people of the
United States, their Liberty. How ? Cer
tainly, by supporting the Constitution ; be
cnufe, he fays, " -we," that is himfelf and
his party have nothing to do, but to d.-ftoy
the Lilliputian tie, viz. that very Federal
Constitution. <
Here, then, we have the. fummir.g up of
Mr. Jefferfcm's meaning, when he speaks of
Liberty, the calm of Despotism, and loving
the Federal Constitution. His Liherty is
licentiousness his calm of Despotism is the
beneficent effedts of our Federal Government
—and his love of the Constitution, is a stea
dy determination to. destroy it, asfoon as the
means are in his power.
It appea\s to me, that the result of the
whol* will be that Mr. Jefferfon has long
felt a deadly hostility against the Federal
Constitution. The remaining branch of the
proportion will next be considered.
BURLEIGH.
WAYNE COUNTY TAXES.
'T'HK owners of unimproved lands in Wayne
* county, are fc»reby norifitd, that Taxes are
become payable thereon for the years 1'99 and
1803. ThoTe who have not already paid their
taxes, re here'iy required to discharge the fame
to JO -IN BRINK, Esquire, Trcafurer of said
Count fat Milford, within three months from
thisda r otherwise proceedings to sale, according
to the .& of /: ffembly in such cafe provided, will
be had oy the Commissioners for the said county.
. .sa Stenton, ~l
obn Cotton, > Comrfiiflioners
abannes Van Etten, J
At-.eft,
E. Keilogg, Clk.
July 9, ißco d 90t
& Book-keeper
WANTED.
WA NTED a complete Book Keeper and. Ac
comptanc, who is matter of the German
language, and well acquainted with the manner
of iraafaiting business in this city—to save trou
ble. none need apply utilefs answering in every ref
pe& fully this advertifemcnt, and produce fatis
faclory teflimnnials of chara&er and talents.
Apply at the office of the Gazette of the Uni.
ted States
July 15. d4t
Twenty Dollars
REWARD.
DESERTED from the Ma ine Bariackson the
Bth inrtant, the following Marines, viz—
JOHN STEEL, horn near Hrafldy Wipe in
Chester county, by profi ffi >n a Tailor. He is 15
y ars of age, five feet eight inches high, grey
eyes, light brown hair,thin visage and fallow com
plexion—had oij a ronrd hs.t, brown fiik coat,
nankeen breeches, and other decent cloathing.
Frederick Fry, born in Germany, hut came
to America very vo ing, about tliirry fix ye.'rs
of age, <ivc feet l'even Iti hes high, Hazle
Black Curly hair and very brown complexion—
had no uniform on—He. was lately a Soldier
in General Waynes Army at Fi rt Detroit.—
The above re.vard will be paid, or Ten Do!
i3r« for either, and all expenses, on delivering
them at tfie Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, or
to any Officer in the Service of the United
Statei.
ROBERT RANKIN,
Adjutant Marine Corps.
Pkilad July If, iSso. diw
Thespian Society.
THE members of the Tfccfpian Society are re
quelle! to attend a special meeting at tin
Ciicus in Fifth street, on Thursday evening., at fc
o'clock, on tufißcl's of importance.
By order of the Prefidcnt.
July 14;
Laws of the United States.
Bp
Sixth Cmigrefs of the United States
At the First Session, begun and held
at the City of Philadelphia, in the
State of Pennfylyania, on Mon
day, the second of December,
one thousand '.even hundred
and ninety nine.
AN ACT
To appropriate a certain sum of money to
defray the expence of b /ding a treaty or
treaties with the Indians.
BE it enacted by the Senate and H use
of Rep' esentatives of the United States
of America in C tigress assembled, That
a sum not exceeding fif't n thbuLn.; dol
lars, be appropriated to dffray the expenfs
of ftich treaty, or treaties <.3 tie President
cf the United States (k.ll deem it expedient
to hold with the Indians, Soath of the river
Ohio, Provided, nothing iu this con
tained fliall te co nil rued to admit ah ,bli
t?ati<.n on tlie part of the United States to
exting liifh fcr the benefit of any fete or in
dividual citizen, Indian claims to any unci's
lying within the limits of the United States;
and that the compensation to be allowed to
any of the coniiwfilone.-s who may be ap
pointed for negotiating fnch treaty or trea
ties, (hall not exceed exclusive of travelling
ex'per.ces the rate of eight dollars per day
during the time of aftual fc-rvice of such
Commiflioner.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the funv aforefaid, fliall be paid out of any
monies in the Treasury of the United
States, not otherwise appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved, May 13, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
AN ACT
To amend an Act, entitled " An Art ta
establish the Judicial Courts of the Uni
ted States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
jurors to serve in the courts of the
United States, shall be designated by lot, or
otherwise, in each state ordillrM} reipe&ive
ly, according to the mode of forming juries
to serve in the bigheft courts of la w therein,
now praftifed ; so faV as the fjm - lhall ren
der such defis nation pra&icable by the courts
and Marshals of the United States.
THEODORE SEDGWIpK,
Speaker of tbe House of Representatives.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of tbe United States and
President of tbe Senate.
Approved, May rj, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President oj tbe United States.
ANACT
Dire Ring the payment of a detatchment of the
Militia under the command of Major Tho
mas fohnfon, ins the year one thousand fc
•ven hnndral and ninety four.
BE it enacted by the Senate and -House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled. That
the proper accounting officers of the Trea
sury be and they are hereby authorized to
fettle the accounts of the militia who served
on an expedition commanded by Major
Thomas Johns.m againfl th< Indians in the
year 01 e thousand seven hundred and nine
ty-four, and that the fame be paid out of
any monies in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.'
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of tbe United States and
President of the Senate.
Approved, Miiy 13, A. D. :800.
JOHN ADAMS,
t President of the United States.
For Charter,
THE SHIP
Hi ABIGAIL,
rCiA A good stout vessel, burthen about
12,000 barrels.
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MOORE WHARTON".
July 14 dlw
TO BE SOLD,
On WEDNESDAY the 33d of July, at 7
o'clock, P. MI at the Merchants' Coffee House
in Second ftrefct,
A Lot of Ground,
CiONT AINING 3 acres, 4 perches and 5 loths,
* fiti!ate,! at the upper end of Germanrown,
* pjiolite to Mount Airy, about 8 miles from the
city.
On which is erected a good Conv;»ien.t ne.v
flone dwelling-house, kitchen piazza, &c. also a
good (lone barn.
It i» an eligible situ ticm for a family wlu wifti
to retire from the city during the fumaier m'-tithe.
JOHN CONNELLY, Anffr.
July s4* dts
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