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T U II D A Y, ' rr.BRUARY.27, 1796.
No 528-y
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BY AUTHORITY.
GEORGE WaSIIINGTON
Prrfi 'tnt tf the United Steles. t
A ProelanOUfi.
7HERE AS by an' act fiT-jplemcntary to
the ait entitled An r.ct fcretrabhl'U-.
inga mint, and -'regulating the coins of the'
United States' paliVd on the 3d day of March
'l 702, . "The Preudeniof the.lJnitedSmteL
- jTauthorifcd, whenever He ihatUthink fit for
the benctit of the United States, to', redivce
' the ui.Tht of tKs cosher coin of ths United
-States,'.- provided iuciv reduction jjha.1l not' in
1 the whole exceed two peiiny, weights in each'
wilt, wi iiiaii, v.. .iiutikC. ujr v"-
Uamatlon,' .-'"..
And whereas on account - of the increafed
price of copper, and expence- of coinage, I
have thou'iht it would be for the benctit of
ine umteq date to reduce tne wcigm or me.
copper, coin of the United tatcs one penny-
; 'weight and hxteeii grains in each cent, and
In like proportion ineach half cent, and the'
fame has, fince the 27th, day of December
lait, been reduced accordingly : I hereby give
. rvnrirp i nrrpnr nnn rnnr n i rpnrs rmnpci ann !
to be coined at the mint of the United States '
frn:n nnd affprthp fnid mth nav nf TJptem.
ber, are to weigh, the cents, cachfeven pen--
uy weights, and-the half cents, each three
ipennyw eightc and twelve graius.
.-, ; - In teitimony wheri'or, I the faid George
rrrri ff 1f rtf fVi (TrV.t-Pil
States, juve caufed the feal. of the U.
.jutcd States to be hereto affixed, 'and
V. figned the fame with my hand.
withherocntryn
this examination, was to have tfanCVitted a
furvey of the place: referred tut ";of the. '. J
adjacent- V aters, pri which theenjiieer' s te-H
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)' ' Done at the cttyof PhTdaclciphia on
thesoth day of January, in theyear
ol our .Lord one thoUJandlcven hun
dred and ninety fix,' and of the inde
pendence" of. the United States the
twentieth. ....
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port would be coaipleated.- The lurvey, has
not yet been received, and tne determinati-
Lpn of the executive is Consequently fufpend-
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; The t nineer employed,, for the like pur
ofe, in Vouth Carolina; .. made a report,
v Inch was received, early in the lu.it iuin'-'
mer-JlJj,e had explored that part1 oiv the
country to which his attention had been direc
ted by the executive, lie ?lfo examined an-
oilier. The latter iniependant of its being -
in alir ore healthy iiiuation",--was ucemea by
him to pcllefs lbine other advantages over
the fernier. However, hepropoied to viiit
the feat of government, ana personally ex
plain his idtaJi of the iubjecS 'i his v:tityas
waited for. but notmade : No dtviiion has"
confequently been taken on His report. .
'v."' The prices, of mill fe'ats, (for the
latter miut be comprehended in the plan of ,
an orfenai) fo lar exceeded 'thSfe upba which
- the. calculations were u'lade, ylie the plan of
erecting arlenals was projected, and role lo
rapidly loon after, it is now found that the
vhole approbation, for the three or ibur ar
ieiuls, which ths executive was authoriicd
bylaw to erect; would be inadequate for a
linMe new cibbl'ilhment. ,-Hehcc theprinct-
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pul object, in the mealures purfued during
the lait iu.nmer, was to aiccrtaiu aud iecure
the molt eligible Icite on the Pctowniack,
where inaixiines could be erected, and cer--tain
-military- itorcs be collected andfafely dc
polked ; and where afcertf ard theworki,
neceiTary in the foriiution of all the imple
mcntsbt ar, mght be erected, as the requiv
lite funds could be provided. :. - -
In a couairy waere fucheitablifliments are
unknown, ilndwhere theaitualftate of things
ad.rbt of afulpeniiba of Ioin5"oT ilicuij' cb?i-"
fiitei illy w ith the public faicty, it would feem -expedient
to uiaKe an experiment with one,
in a central po'.iiion.4 1 Iw obvious prhici.
plei ot" a'tcv.iomy recommend, this caution,
'Urtxntof thc Secretary at War, on the -4Ue wo4V& ot uceas iy to appear
! irieaTures- which have been purluf d to ob- j a -tte.npt, ana the proDau.hty 01 low
tain proper litcs for arfenals ; -which u) i'F0ViU;tal- wh cxper.eiice would luj
reineaiuuv.iuninitteu tome nouieoi xe- i o"" "
prelentatives of the United States.
iitanufacure-the moft eflcstial parts of mitf-
ket; and Ionic Ipecimens have been pfkv
cijteoVAvlikJi prove. their capacity -to equal,
that article, - the manufacture of anycotih
trm the world. All the arms m the - tna- "
gazines In Philadelphia have been repaired' p '
with fome thbulands at AVetHPolntHexci
the refidue are now repairing
In addition to thei'e fources of fupplyr
. befide s two thoufand rifles which have .'beerf
pur chafed, contradsv hy.ve been made, ancf.
executing, for feveh thoufand muficets, lo
be nianutactured in the U ntedvStatcs. Thet'
prefent period -may fee deemed ah janfavora-
r"ble-one to carry on fuch manufactures, on. -!
account of the high price of . labors' Kever-2
thelcis, it feemed important to Iecure, theT
fervices of the manufacture?, when they"
might be of the higheft necefiity, by contin
uing to furniih them' employment. "Suck
muKets as are manufactured are after the
jnodcl o the French; arms,: whp-ppTtf
by far the greatclt part of thofc hi cut- magai
.zjncs..'.-:.- For this reafon, and becaule they are
I preferable to tliole of any other nation fciown-
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"By the. Prefident," - -
-; Timothy Pickf.ring,
" : ' ' Secretary of Stute
Vt having been determined to erect one
-arfenal on the Potow mack, and anuher ii
t outh-Carclina ; the latter in a fituation to
' and from which water trahfpdr tat ion wouU
be afforded,- 'and the former in . the vicinity
of a number of ii on w orks; the iuccIut
orders were given in the year 1794, for ex-
'plcrinpboth countries ; the agent employ.
ecloh the former, reported, in the fame year
in favor of a fituat'on about 25 miles below
the Blue HidcV v. here anuu.ber ofch cum
(lances invited the cliabl'.n.mcnt.' In an ur..
dcrtakingi hov.cycr, of luch in.portanccsr.d
permanency, it was deemed expedient to
.' make ai'oihcr examination. '1 hiswas ilone
Uit fprm. The tngiiicej; employed pur-
fuant to his inflructiom, reported the liuu-
tioicf var'.ou pieces wl.ire it v'ould be
. prcdiobletocredihe necciiary v.oiksai'd
"magazines, with their rifpt6vcadvi.;u;ges
and d advantages y ancTat wh.n prices th?y
. coultl prebably be obtained. '1 hefe w 1 re U
' cx;remtly high,1 and one f.r e:i.tcdeJ the
whole appro;:ri3t:oii for all th: arfcnaU ro.
' ofed to be CTCcttd. For t!.;s reafon, , anoT
thrr place, Lomprchcrd;ng Icvtral lots of
lai.d, hadthej rclcrcncc j andthc rt.u'-fitc
tcgociation v.crclxgu. for making ih' j ur
chrflVi. Before thtic v. ere concluded, ti e
attcmW ot the executive vak tailed to ar.o
' ther lunation on the Potownw k. pofe.lit g,
! with fom'e JiffuuUicfto beencouiiurrd, ap-
prer.tly many imporunt advantagci. T he
- engineer was again tnilr uftcJ to examine th's
i.prln'.cld, in the liate of iviallacmnetts,.
was ai ont.e itxtd upn as a proper fituation
lor the arftnal to be eitabliliied, n the-eaft-.
urn diviiioa cf the Itates. Magazine's for
military rxre? had been formerly ereitcd at
tuat place : Some adaitional building 1 have,
ocen made, and a number of workmen col
lccicd for the purp&lcdof repairing and man
uiawturinp: fmall arms. , The former has been
cccui.cU, and the latter commenced.
.TIMOTHY P1CKLAIKG.
Department of War, "
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Dec. 12, 1795.
Report of the Secretary at War on the mea. '
lures which have been taken to rcplcnilh -.
the mag iincs with military llorcsi -'
IN rclpcd to fomc of the mod cflaiml
articles, the Itotk on hand is refpeJbble ;
and as to others, the marines are not now
iUiuppbtd. -
! A contract has been made for a large quan'
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I tity ot lalt.pctre j ana rooauiy 11 is no a- on
L its a iy from India. '1 his hnportainrticle
irtay, however, fcC oDUinca in inc tucni
pui ts of the United Matti. The facts is af.
tcrtaincd. Forty or ffty tons have been
bro't from thole parts to Pluladclphia for
fair ;- and it is fnd that fcveral hundred tons
niht be procured, in the fame way, in
the'eourfe of the next fummcr, if needed..
To incTcafc the ilock of fmall arms, and
to render ferviccablc tliofc already In the
tt'e United States, it was apparently in-
expedient to make an importation of arms
from Europe, feeing a fupply was not to be
expected from France ; and the fituation of
the United States not rendering the meafure j
of an immediate iinportation indifpenfiblei ,
The calling of cannon has not been atten-"
ded hitherto Vuli the expected fuccets Thtf ?
founderies wh'li formerly filcceeded very r
well in the calling of fmall guns, were not .
well adapted to the -calling of 24 and 32 .
pounders., y AJprech gentlemen, of foiiitfrsz:
knowledge and experience in cannon fcunde " .
rics, nas lately oeen empioyeu to amcnu tne s
procefsof calling, ancf to improve the 'ma- f-.
.hinery for boring : and there is room to hope' ;
that his projected improvements will be realized.-
Neverthelefs,in-an-undemk!ng:fa
impdrtant, and at the fame time foexpenlive, ,
it was dtfirablc to obtain if poflible, a corn- "
nlete cannon founder, and from the infonna-
tlon received,' it fcemeid probable that one" :
might be procured from one of the firil foun- 4
dcries in Europe.- Mealures for that pur-
pofe have accordingly been taken.
All which is refpectfully fubmitted to thtf
Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States S
. TIMOTHY PICKRING,
Department of War, 1
1 Dec. 12, 1795. J '
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THE NOTED HORSE,
HYDER ALI:
IS row in high order, and will ftand at ther
flable of the fubferibers at Haw landing, .
in Giafgow county j in order to cover marei;
at ten clollars the feafon payable the fiflt of
January next ; or eight dollars if paid in thej
lourfe of the feafon; five dollars the leap,
rnd twenty dollars to infurc. Corn or pork.
wiirbe rccch ed in payment thereof, if deli-,
vered in January next. ,
1 he feafon will begin the I Oth of Match
and end the 10th &fAuguft When marci
are brought for the leap, the money w iMbe
expected with them, otherwife the charge
' w ill be made for the feafon.
Hydir ALl is a beautiful dark bry, trp- .
wa;ds of 15 hands high. He was gotby ol
mark-Anthony, his uam by.thc importe d
horfe Bajazct, his grandam by Cray tord.
Good pallursge for marei gratis, and 4,e
greatcft care taken of them j but the f ub.
kribers will not be anfwcrablc for actid xnti
or tfcapci cf any kind.
. HOLLIDAY U CAU'H.
public (lores, two lets cf acmourcri have
Lrcn emnlcned, to wit 1 at Springfield in
nlaCc; from ulicncc he had lately retunud. Mafraclmfctu, and at Kew-Iomli-i m Vir-
; he Amineaii gentleman, well acqu-htcd ' ctnia, b repairmj; arms, and prt; axin to
. N. & Half a dollar to be paid to the
Giooni, at the flable door. , ,
m GbfgM ccunty, Vl.,24j 1796. . ..
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