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pari; June ^ On the 24th tlt. 6ghonfec
were destroyed by an accidental are at, royes,
in Champaign, and by this accent above 82
families are reduced to the utmort mrfery. Se
veral lives were loft, and the damage is com
puted at 200,000 livres.
We read the following melancholy account
in a letter from Maupertuis, in thb province
of Brie, dated May 26, “On the 9 th instant,
the iky being uncommonly serene, several of
the workmen in the country were furprized by
a rumbling and almost uninterrupted report of
thunder; about 12 at noon clouds were seen
gathering from south to weft ; the wind increas
ed ; about half past three o'clock the claps
became louder and more frequent, and in a
few minutes a black thick cloud was seen to
hang over the village, which soon broke into
a heavy Shower of rain, mixed with hail, which
fell with such violence about two hours, that
all the vines, gardens, and fruit trees were to
tally destroyed. According to the above ac
co jnts, some of the hail stones were as big as a
man's thumb, and in general the size of a
pistol ball."
LONDON, May 20.
Letters from Carrickfergus by Saturday's mail
from Ireland bring advice, that the crew of a
French privateer had landed there and carried
off some few sheep and poultry, and had retur
ned for more plunder, but the country people
getting intelligence, flocked down in great
numbers well armed, which obliged the French
men to retreat with great precipitation. Two
of the Frenchmen were (hot dead ana left be
hind- ,
BALTIMORE, September 11.
An accurate lift of the naval armament in Chefa
peak Boy, commanded by Monfteur le Compte de
Graft, in order of battle; ',
White and blue squadron, commanded by Mofor
de Monteil,
Philadelphia, 30th of August, 1781.
IT having been represented to the Merchants
of this city, that many inconveniencies
arose to the service of his Mod Christian Ma
jeffy's fleet in America, from the employment
given to the French seamen, and others his
fubjeds, on board American armed and trading
vessels ; various of these gentlemen have mofl
chearfully entered on the following agree
ment, which is here published as an acknow
ledgement of their desire to difeourage such
an abuse, and their sincere wish to promote
his Majertv's service in America.
WHEREAS it is of the greatest importance
to these United States, and to the trade of the
inhabitants thereof, that every assistance
should be given to the fleet of his Mort Chris
tian Majesty, and every means used to prevent
the desertion of seamen from that service.
And whereas it has been represented to the
merchants of this city, that the Count de Bar
ras, Admiral of the French squadron in those
seas, (who is ready and willing at all times,
to exert himfelf for the protection of our trade)
has intimated that some of the seamen of his
squadron, after deserting the service, have
been employed in vessels belonging to the
fubjeas of the United States.
Wherefore, We the Subscribers, merchants
of this city, desirous of effectually difeourage
ing a practice so injurious to the service of our
great and generous Ally, and to the common
cause, do thus publickly and solemnly engage
that we will do every thing in our power to
prevent such desertions, in future, and will
give the molt positive inftruftions to the com
manders of our vessels not to employ in our
service, any such seaman or fubjeftof his most
Christian Majesty, without the consent of his
Majesty's Consul ; but on the contrary, to ex
ert themselves in detecting and delivering
pp to the Consul ; or his officers, all such fea=
men or fubjeas.
SIGNED,
John Wilcocks, John Rose,
George Meade and Co. John Meafe,
John Mitchell, And. Jas. Caldwell,
Sam. C. Morris, and Co. Peter Whitefide &T Co.
Joseph Cownerth Fait, R. Sh^ell,
M. Clenachan and Moor,Blair M'Clenachan,
John Barclay, and Co. Thomas Irvine,
James Bindon, Joseph Carson,
John M. Nefbitt and Co. Sam Cowperthwait,
Meredith and Clymer, Ijaac Sidman,
James Craig,jun. Charles Pettit,
Sum. Inglis, and Co. Robert Gotten,
Nicholas Low, Simon Nathan,
William Pollarde, Meafe and Caldwell,
James Ajh, John Purviance.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18.
La Bourgovne, 74 guns; le Glorieux, 74;
le Vailiant, 64; le Deftin, 74; le Languedoc,
84; [to repeat signals, I'Aigrette, 32] le Scep
tre, 74; le Reflechi, 64; Ie Marfeillois, 74;
le Diademe, 74.
White squadron, commanded by Mons. de Graffe.
Le Northumberland, 74; le Zele, 74; le
St. Esprit, 86; le Triton, 54; le Cesare, 74;
[to repeat, le Serpent, 18] la Ville de Paris,
110; [to repeat, l'Andromaque, 42] la Vic
toire, 74; [to repeat, I'Alerte, 16] le Solitaire,
64; I'Experiment, go; le Souveraine, 74.
White Squadron, commanded by M. Bougainville.
Le Palmier, 74; I'Hedor, 78; le Citoien,
74; le Scorpion, 74; l'Augufte, 84 ; [to re
peat, la Diligente, 32] le Magnanime, 74; le
Gaton, 64.; i'Hercule, 74; [t () re P eat > la Rai ~
leufe, 40] le Pluton, 74.
From the Pennfjlvanla Journal,
September 15.
Yesterday arrived from a curize, the priva
teer Ihip Congress, gapt. Geddis. On the gth
instant he fell in with the iloop of war Savage
of 18 guns and 130 men, Capt. Stirling, off
Charledown, when a severe adion commence
ed, which continued five glasses, great part of
NE W-YOR K, Sept. 24.
Saturday last being the Anniversary of his
Majesty's Coronation, the fame was observed
here with the usual Deference. At 120 Clock
the Guns at Fort George fired a Royal Salute ;
and at One the fame was repeated by his Ma
jtfty's Ships in the Harbour.
The Quebec and Halifax fleets which fail
ed from this port in July last, under con
voy of his Majesty's ships Warwick, Hon. K.
Elphinftone, Commander, and the Garland,
Captain Chamberlain, arrived at Halifax on
the 6th day after they left Sandy-Hook.
We hear some Whale Boats from Brunswick
have last Week paid a Visit to some of the
Farmers at the Eart End of Long-Island, and
plundered many of them of considerable Pro
perty.
Last Wednesday Night the House of Col.
Cortelyou, of Staten-Island, was plundered by
a Party from Jersey : Mr. Smith, a wealthy Re
fugee fromWoodbridge,who lodged in the house
(but was here that Night) loft all the little
Property he had there, and is now left with
only the Cloaths on his Back.
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the time within pistol shot. The Savage firuck,
with the loss of between 30 and 40 men killed
and wounded. The Congress had 25 killed
and wounded.
Public Muffion.
Thursday and Friday next,
By James Inglis,
At his office in Water-street, No. 33, will be
fold,
A very large and Compleat assortment of
COatings, Duffels, Flannels, Baizes, Fine
and Coarse Broad and narrow Cloths,
worrted and yarn hose in great abundance,
Stuffs, Printed goods, Silks, Gauzes, Black
Laces, Threads, Tapes, Linnens of most kinds,
Corduroys and other cords, Velverets and other
Cotton Goods, Silk and other Handkerchiefs
of many forts, Shoes, Hats, Gloves &c. in the
course of the sales will be disposed of a most
valuable and very large assortment of ufeful
and ornamental
HARDER E,
Some Jewelry, Ironmongery, &c. a Case of the
very bert Pomatum, &c. &c.
Public Audion.
By Bowman and Codner,
To-morrow at Ten o'Clock,
At their Office, No. 18, Hanover-Square,
Will begin thefale of a mofl exterfive assortment
Of European and India Goods,
Amongst which are,
COATINGS of all widths, colours & quali
ties, a great choice of broad and forreft
Cloths, do. of Ratteens and Frizes, Flannels,
and Baizes of many colours and qualities,
Duffils, Bearskins and Fearnoughts, Hosiery in
all its variety, figured and plain corduroys,
and velverets. a quantity of silk >nj worked,
and worked fluffs, a parcel of the most falhion
able brocades, rn^ncuas and Lutestrings, Sat
tins, Modes ^nd perfians, Women's Satten,
Silk, fluff and Leather Shoes, Childrens Mo
rocco, and black Shoes. Mens fine and coarse
Shoes, Hats of all forts, Irish linens of many
widths and qualities, printed linens, Cottons,
Callicoes and Chintzes,, Check, Linen, printed
and Silk Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks, Threads
Buttons, Bindings, Tapes, &c. &c.
N. B. Sale will be continued from day to
day forenoon and afternoon, until the whole is
fold.
To be fold at Public Auction,
TO-MORROW,
At the Coffee-Houfe,
The Snow FRIENDSHIP,
Now lying at Hallet's .Wharf, by order of
the Court of Vice-Admiralty.
Thomas Ludlow, jun. Marfoal.
Tomorrow at 11 o'Clock, at the Coffee-houfe
Will be SOLD,
50 barrels Irish mess beef, just landed,
84 firkins Irish butter,
6 pipes French brandy,
2 pipes of the very best shrub, Englilh
made,
A quantity of brown and white soap, in box
es, a calk of fig blue.
P. M"Davitt.
TO be fold, on W^dneldAy next, the 26th instant,
at three o'clock, on the premises, a new
HOUSE, situated on the eart fideof Well's wharf,
known by the sign of O'Donnel's Tavern, in
a good stand for business. Immetiate possession
will be given to the purchaser, and the particulars
made known at the time of sale, or before, by ap
plying to
Hugh and Alexander Dean.
TO BE SOLD
THIS DAY,
At public Audion,
At the Coffee-Houfe Bridge,
75 Firkins Rose Butter.
Public Au&ion.
On WEDNESDAY,
1 o'Clock at the Coffee-Houfe,
The Brig SUSANN A,
Lying at Wells's Wharf, New-England
built, well found, and fit to proceed to sea at
a small expence.
Cuningham and Wardrop.
PUBLICK AUCTION.
Broad cloths,
Rattinets,
Russia [iheetings,
Do. drillings,
Irish linens, fine
and coarse,
Diapers,
—.— _. — —_—
Public Audion.
On the wharffbelow the Coffee house,
This day will be fold,
By TAYLOR and BAYARD,
Between 11 and 12 o'clock,
A cargo of prize rum, salt, &c.
Two pair three pounders.
HALL and BIR K S,
At No. 977, Beekman's Slip,
Have for sale, on the lowed terms,
MADEIRA, red port, and Lisbon wines by the
pipe, quarter calk, or dozen; hyfon, green,
fuihong and bohea teas, double and single refined
loaf sugars, mufcovado ditto, old Jamaica spirits,
brandy and rum by the puncheon or gallon, mess
beef and pork in tierces, barrels and half barrels,
fliip bread, flour of a good quality, a frefh assort
ment of butter ; Ihot from No. 1 to 4, with a general
assortment of groceries, a few tierces of good rice,
a parcel of damaged bread and oatmeal.
public Au&ion,
To morrow at the Coffee-Houfe, will be fold,
8 Pipes of Madeira Wine, Lohdon Quality,
20 Calks Philadelphia frefli Flour,
Irish Butter, latly imported, to be fold by
Templeton nad Siewert.
funuw t^ rnn Lonion, and <0 befold by
PETER M'LEAN,
At No. 16, Hanove^-Square,
A Quantity of the bed Boot Legs & Vamps,
of Calf Skin—of the belt Bend Soles
and Tope Piece—of Hemp Thread —of Russia
Hair—of Sand Stones—of Heel Ball—of Ma
ihean, and of Bees Wax.
Alfa a large Assortment of Mens, Boys, and
Childrens Shoes, and between 60 and 70 do
zen of Mens and Youths Vamps, with a large
Assortment of Shoemaker's Tools.
N. B. The said Peter M'Lean continues
to carry on his Business in all its Branches, and
he humbly begs those whose Accounts have
flood above two Years, would call & difeharge
them, that he may be enabled to difeharge
those to whom he is indebted.
PUBLIC AUCTION
On Hallet's Wharff, this Day, will be fold,
THE remaining Part of the Brig Maria's
Cargo, confining of Shot, and sundry
Dry Goods. And,
To-morrow,
At I o'Clock at the Coffee-Houfe,will be fold,
The Brig MARIA,
By Order of the Court of Vice Admiralty,
Thomas Ludlow, jun.
Marshal.
SALES by AUCTIONS
This Day, at 11 o'Clock at the Coffee-Houfe
Bridge,
8 Chests of Soulhong Tea,
2 Barrels of Beef,
4 Boxes of Starch,
2 Pipes of Madeira Wine,
2 Quarter Calks of Port Wine.
On Wednesday,
At ourAu&ion Room, No. 12, Hanover Square,
An Assortment of Houfhold and Kitchen
Furniture, Plate and plated Ware.
On THURSDAY, at said Place,
An Assortment of Dry Goods fit for the Season.
Duncan, Barclay, and Bayard.
Public Auction.
On Thursday Morning will be fold,
At Daniel M'Cormick’s
Auction-Room,
A large parcel of coarse and fine
Woollens, coarse and fine Irish Linens,
Dowlas, Callicoes, Men's Shoes, Wo
men's Shoes, &c. &c, &c.
Sales by AUCTION,
To-morrow, 11 o'Clock, near the Bridge,
By Child and Harrison,
§ hogsheads of glass and earthen ware,
2 pipes genuine Madeira wine,
3 puncheons of spirits,
I puncheon brandy,
2 calks of shelled almonds,
1 calk of fnuffin bladders,
I chert of excelleht hyfon tea,
2 do. foufhong, do.
I do. bohea, do.
Public Auction.
By M'Adam, Watson, and Co.
THIS D A Y,
XI o'Clock at the Bridge, will be
SOLD,
8 hogsheads genuine London particular,
1 pipe Madeira wine,
2 quarter calks of red Port,
60 firkins of rose butter, in good order, 3
A few lots of loaf sugar.
To-morrow at their Auction
Room,
A valuable assortment of dry goods, amongst
Which are,
Table cloths,
Flanders and Dutch
lace,
Silk Ihoes,
Morocco skins,
Hardware,
I Perfumery, &c. &c.
all Families.
SO exceedingly valued b, all People who have had
of them in Great-Britain and Ireland, Jor tbetr
tranfeendent Excellent, in the defraying Warms 0, all
kinds both in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Children,
by not only breaking the Knots in the Duodenum or Gut
next the Stomach, but the, pass tbroygb the smalled
Pufages of the Body, and purge away the rose, and
(limy Humours which are the cause of tbofe pernicious
Vermin, and the source of man, otf°rDisorders; they
are one of the befi Purges in the whole World for grojs
bodied Children that are apt to breed Worms, and have
large Bellies; their Operation is mild, fafe and ilea,
fant ; they wonderfully cleanse the Bowels of all ftiff
and clammy Humours wbic,iop up the Paris and
prevent the "Juice of Food being conveyed to the liver
and made Blood, which is often the Case with Children,
and is attended with a hard Belly, finking Breath,
frequent Fevers, Rickets, and a Decay of ftrengtb in
the lower parts: Likewise fettled Aches and Pains in
the Head, dwellings, old fores, scabs, Tetters, or
Breakings-Out, will be perfectly cur'd, and the Blood
and skin rejiored to its original Purity, and smooth?
nefs; they purge by Urine, and bring away the Gra
vel, and esf equally cure all Obfruflions of the Urine,
or Ulcers in the Kidneys. They at once frike at the
true cause pf the feurvy, and entirely defroy it, at all
fcorbutick Humors and Effefls, Root and Branch, ft
as never to return again, and vdhat makes them more
commendable is, they are full as agreeable to both tafe
and fight, as Loaf Sugar;and in their Operation as
innocent as new Milk.
Jhave b, theft Plumbs cured a great man, Children
of the Whooping-Cough, and Agues, which Dis
tempers ar/ very common and troublesome to Families,
andthe Want of tbefe Plumbs are the Ruinof Many
Children's Conflitutions.
The Plumb is a great Dieuretick, clpanfing the Reins
of Slime ; it expels Wind, and is a fo-vereign Medicine
in the Cbolick and griping of the Guts. It allays and
carries off four Vapours which occafon many Disorders
in the Head. It opens all Qbfructions in the Stomach,
Lungs, Liver, Reins and Bladder; causes a good Ap
petite and helps Digestion. It bath been found won,
derfully feccefful to Juch Persons as are going into
Chronical Difempers, as Afbmas, Phthificks, Short,
nefi of Breath, Dropsies and Yellow Jaundice. Now
I hope all impartial Persons are fdtisfied, that the Me
dicine which works upon fueb Humours, will qlmof
teach an, Didemper, if not toojar gone, face Corrup
tion and Pt4reja@ion are the Fore-runners of all Dis
eases; therefore no better Pbyfck can be taken for all
Ages, Sexes and CorfCutie ns, from Infant, to an of
Age. Sohl B, HUGH GAINE.
CHILD and HARRISON,
No. 35, Water- Street, haveto dUpofe of veiyc^vi
forcih,
A Parcel of fi e and cause Tofh linens, 113^,
thread, and black laces, well xflorted in L^
boxes; a quantity of feeing fit, fuk knee g?.^ L
tambouring cut >n, and a few pieces of eßoan: 'bF'^
a few boxes choice fperm.ceti candles, a quantify ^
coarf- fait, &c.
At Public Vendue, the 2d of OBeber nexf
fT'HE large and elegant FARM belonging L-
Isaac SMITH, E'Lufe, fitoate fa the vill^?
of Herricks, in the townihip of Hempdead. Th^
said farm containing one hundred and fifty acres of
good land, with a good house, barn and qut-houfes-,
a good Spring of water by the door, twenty -five acn^
of good orcharding, a good lot of meatlow at Near
Rockaway South, on which there may be cut twenty
loads of hay, about ttwenty-five acres of good timber
land adjoining the laid fafm. The whole in good
repair. The Vender? to begin at iz o'clock, and to
be held at the house of Oliver Willis, ne^r the pre,
mises, by us,
And therefore highly necessary to be kept in
TWO large LOTS of LAND, one fitua^
at the corner of Scone Street, and the
Broadway fronting on both, and the other
fronting the Broadway, in an exceeding goof:
Hand for business. Proposals in writing wifi
be received by John Kelly, No 33, Hanover-
Square, who is empowered to ckfpofe qf th#
farae.
IHE Creditors of James M'Cridie, deceas
ed, late of Bedford, Long-Isl and, are
hereby required to meet on Tuesday the 2§th
instant, at 12 o'clock forenoon at the dwelling
house of Mr. Thomas Chitwynd, at Bedford
aforefaid—in order to appoint a day for the
sale of the goods and effitts of said M'Cridie,
deceased. All creditors uifrefpe&ng the above
requisition, may expert in future to be ex
cluded in any fliare of the dividend.
E MUNUEL WALKER
INTENDS embark ; ng for Britain in the fitft
Fleet ; he therefore requests all Persons
indebted to him to make immediate Payment;
Those who have Demands againrt him will
apply and have their Accounts fettled.
He has still remaining on Ffand the follow
ing Articles, which will be fold op low Terms
for Calh or Bills of Exchange.
Port, Lisbon and Madeiia Wines,
Antigua Spirits,
Windward Island Rum,
Mess Beef in Barrels and Tierces,
Irish Better of the firft Quality,
Raisins in CAlks, &c. &c.
A Jovereign Cure may be found for the
Drugs and Medicines,
TXrHICH they will dispose of on reasonable terms,
wholesale and retail, at their store, No. z 6,
Hanover-Square, next door to Mr. Hugh Gaine,
Printer. The Inhabitants of the city and Practi
tioners, and others living io the country, by fending
their orders to the above (tore, may depend on being
supplied with fre(h and genuine medicines.
Whooping-Cough,
By the Uje of Dr. R Y A N's
Incomparable Worm destroying
SUGAR PLUMB S,
Hull and Lawrence,
Have received by the last fret and running fifys
from London, a general affortmeut of
TO BE SOLD,
ISAAC SMITH,
And OLIVER WILLIS.