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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
LONDON , September 1 st , 1703 . ¦ ¦ FOVULATION OF AMEB 1 CA . A CALCULATION ofthe Population ofthe United States made in the year 17 S 3 , in order to become the basis of Congressional Assessments , stated the total at 2 , $ 89 , 300 persons ; this was alledged in Lord Sheffield ' s Observations to the commerce ofthe United Slates to be much too high , but with what probability of truth is seen by a reference to the census taken in 1790 ,
accordingto an act of Congress , from which it appears , that the number of inhabitants had encreascd in seven years to nearly four millions of persons . The encrease in the four last years , is equal to that of the preceding seven , and the number of inhabitants ofthe United States , amount on a fair calculation to 5 , 650 , 000 persons . Abstract of an Estimate of the expenditures of the Civil List ofthe United States , for the year 1793 , reported by A . Hamilton , Secretary ofthe Treasury , to the House of Representatives .
President ' s salary - - 25 , 000 Dollars . Vice-President's ditto - 5 , 000 Chief Justice ----- 4 , 000 Five Associate Justices - - - I 7 > 5 °° AI ! the District Judges - 21 , 700 Congress - - - - - 143 , 59 r Treasury Department - - - 55 , 050 Department of State - - 6300
, Department of War - - - 11 , 250 Commissioners of old Accounts - - 13 , 30 ° Loan Offices - 13 .-5 ° Western Territory - 11 , 000 Amount of Pensions - S ,- ^ l
Contingencies - - 20 , 264 Total - - 352 , 4 66 , or In British money 79 , 304 / . 1 7 * . orf . sterling . The American revenue , for 1793 , is estimated at 4 , 400 , 000 dollars , exclusive of what may arise from the sale of lands in the Western Territory ; there is likewise upwards of the value of 5 , 000 , 000 dollars in bullion , lying in the Bank of
the United States , now preparing for their coinage . The number of convicts now in the jail of Philadelphia is hventy-eigbt men and two women ; a proof that the system of solitary punishment for capital crimes , adopled by that State in 17 S 6 , f lly answers the purpose intended . The number of convicts in November 1791 , when the writer of this paragraph , who was one of a Committee for inspecting the public prisons , in order to mitigate the miseries arising from confinement , — -last visited t { iat place , was 134 . % At Maiden Fairin Essexon Sept . the 13 th and 14 ththere was a fine shew
, , , of all kinds of cattle and sheep ; but little or no business was done , as none of the principal graziers could purchase any , from the universal want . of grass , and the scarcity of turnips and hay ; the best Welch runts and Scots , were offered full thirty per cent , cheaper than last year , and yet very few were disposed of even at these reduced prices ; most of the large flocks of sheep were also , on the same account , driven back again . At Salisbury great Sheep Market on the nthand at Wilton Fair on the
, 12 th , the shews of sheep were very considerable , particularly at the latter , but the sale was remarkably dull . Lambs yielded from Si . to 12 s . and ewes from 14 * . to ISJ-. or 20 J . which was much below the prices expected . There were many liprses at Wilton , but the prices were low , and but few were sold . Zz
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
LONDON , September 1 st , 1703 . ¦ ¦ FOVULATION OF AMEB 1 CA . A CALCULATION ofthe Population ofthe United States made in the year 17 S 3 , in order to become the basis of Congressional Assessments , stated the total at 2 , $ 89 , 300 persons ; this was alledged in Lord Sheffield ' s Observations to the commerce ofthe United Slates to be much too high , but with what probability of truth is seen by a reference to the census taken in 1790 ,
accordingto an act of Congress , from which it appears , that the number of inhabitants had encreascd in seven years to nearly four millions of persons . The encrease in the four last years , is equal to that of the preceding seven , and the number of inhabitants ofthe United States , amount on a fair calculation to 5 , 650 , 000 persons . Abstract of an Estimate of the expenditures of the Civil List ofthe United States , for the year 1793 , reported by A . Hamilton , Secretary ofthe Treasury , to the House of Representatives .
President ' s salary - - 25 , 000 Dollars . Vice-President's ditto - 5 , 000 Chief Justice ----- 4 , 000 Five Associate Justices - - - I 7 > 5 °° AI ! the District Judges - 21 , 700 Congress - - - - - 143 , 59 r Treasury Department - - - 55 , 050 Department of State - - 6300
, Department of War - - - 11 , 250 Commissioners of old Accounts - - 13 , 30 ° Loan Offices - 13 .-5 ° Western Territory - 11 , 000 Amount of Pensions - S ,- ^ l
Contingencies - - 20 , 264 Total - - 352 , 4 66 , or In British money 79 , 304 / . 1 7 * . orf . sterling . The American revenue , for 1793 , is estimated at 4 , 400 , 000 dollars , exclusive of what may arise from the sale of lands in the Western Territory ; there is likewise upwards of the value of 5 , 000 , 000 dollars in bullion , lying in the Bank of
the United States , now preparing for their coinage . The number of convicts now in the jail of Philadelphia is hventy-eigbt men and two women ; a proof that the system of solitary punishment for capital crimes , adopled by that State in 17 S 6 , f lly answers the purpose intended . The number of convicts in November 1791 , when the writer of this paragraph , who was one of a Committee for inspecting the public prisons , in order to mitigate the miseries arising from confinement , — -last visited t { iat place , was 134 . % At Maiden Fairin Essexon Sept . the 13 th and 14 ththere was a fine shew
, , , of all kinds of cattle and sheep ; but little or no business was done , as none of the principal graziers could purchase any , from the universal want . of grass , and the scarcity of turnips and hay ; the best Welch runts and Scots , were offered full thirty per cent , cheaper than last year , and yet very few were disposed of even at these reduced prices ; most of the large flocks of sheep were also , on the same account , driven back again . At Salisbury great Sheep Market on the nthand at Wilton Fair on the
, 12 th , the shews of sheep were very considerable , particularly at the latter , but the sale was remarkably dull . Lambs yielded from Si . to 12 s . and ewes from 14 * . to ISJ-. or 20 J . which was much below the prices expected . There were many liprses at Wilton , but the prices were low , and but few were sold . Zz