Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1799-03-08 00:00:00, page 2

The fever 1 flamp 'uties hereafter enumerated,
will be levied and collected throughout the Uni
ted States, f rom an-: after the 3 r l\ day ot Marc!'.,
ore thousand seven hundred and ninrty-nine.
For evcy (kin, or piece of vdlum or parchment,
or ftieet or piece of paper, upon which shall be
writteD or printed either of the instruments or
writings following, to wit.
Dolls. Cts.
Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or
order tor rhe payment of money in
any foreign count'y, ... 36
Any net* or bill of lading, or writing
or receipt in nature thereof, for
goo 's or merchandize to be export
dittritft o'" the United States, not
Veil'j* mr'ic fame fla'e, - 4
If from the United States to any foreign
: pi :»c\ - - la
Any policy nf insurance, or instrument
if. rV r:arurc o:hrr than
those heretofore fpeciGed in the
above recited when the sum in
l?red (hall not exceed five hundred
dollars, - %i
When the sum injured shall exceed five
hundred dollar*, ... j
Aikl the laid Duties are chargeable «jpon eafl
and ev.-rv Ril! of Exchange and Bill of Lad
irg: without refpe<ft to the number containet
in ej.ch fct.
Jonds required in any cafe by the Laws of th>
United States, or of any stare, upon legli
proeffs, or in anv judicial proceeding, or for
thefaiihfu! performance of my trust or duty
are exempt irpm the payment of Stamp-
Duties
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury.
T'-rh - dim
BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
The Cargo of the Ship Asia,
Capt. Mohcan, fron Batavia.
>
COFFEE and SUGAR.
TobefolJ at public att&ion at the Merchants* Cof
fee houfc on Friday the 15th in ft, at 6 o'clock
(if not prevkufly disposed of at private sale),
A lOT of GROUND on the Germantown
road, distant from the citj between a and
5 miks adjoining the plantation of Joseph P.
Norri*, Efq containing 10 acres and 26 perches
more or less : tis beautiful?* fituared, and com
mand a very extensive prospect. The terms of
THK Creditors of WUiIAM PUR.NELL,
(C. N.) late of Worcester county, Maryland,
dcceaf. .i. 111- h< if'-,v notified to appear at the court
hjufe in Snow i iil, in the laid courty. on the Bth
day ot Marc i next, v. j:h rinir refpeflive clair.-.?
againH the laid deceafcd, properly authenticated,
portionable J vision oi tie aflet. in the hands of the
subscriber will be made between them, agreeably
tr. the dire ctions o: the ad of afiembly, entitled
'■ An aci to alter and amend the law in certain
cafe«."'
Treasury Department,
Attention, Cavalry.
Centlemen ol' the city and liberties of Phila
delphia, desirous to become members of the
Volunteer Tror.p of Cavalry, are informed that
there are fcvrral vacancies in theTroopj'and that
a committee eonfifting of Henry Mierken, Jno.
R. Taylor, James Hamilton, OwenFoulkand
James Simmons, will attend at Wm Ogden's
ravern, Chefnut-llreet, every mondsy* evening,
rt o'clock for the purpose of receiving applica
tions.
Ironmongery, fadlery, cutlery and
braft ware ; T. Ciewlcy Miliingtan steel, pig-
Wad, hieck-tin, red lead, Spanish I.rowji, y#m tian
red,'Vermilliin, Jtc. Sic.
The (lamp duties heretofore imposed upon foreign
hills of exchange and hills of lading are to cease
and determine from and after tbe jjft day of
March-, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
nine.
TT
nvrch 6.
Attention Cavalry.
Th e Volunteer Troop of Cavalry, is or.
dered to meet at Ogden's Tavern Chefnut
ftreet n Friday Evening at 7 o'clock, there
being several Members to Elrft, and other
bnfinefs of importance to discuss.
JAMES SIMMONS.
Secretary.
An Elegant situation for a Country Seat.
For furihsr particulars apply to
THOMAS GREEVES, or
Who hat also on band, a gcn'eral njartment of
Red Clover,
Timothy,
Blue Grass
Herds Grass and j
White Clover J '
All warranted f'.tfb and free from'all
foul feed,
FOR SALE,
Bi' C. MOBERTS, .
ISAAC W. MORRIS.
March stb, 1799.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT by an aft of Congress
parted ths 28th day of February, oi.e thousand
ievcn hundred and ninety nine, the following al
terat ons atid amendments have been made r» an
afl paflVd on the fixwh (by of July one thousand
seven hundred and ninety seven, intituled, " An
a& laying duties upon (lamped vellum, parchment
and paper."
THIS Ccnps is ordered to avfemble at tlif
houl'e ot Mr. Og'den, in CVfnut Street, on
Friday evening next, at 7 o'clock, on busi
ness of importance.
By command,
G. K. HARRISON,
1a! Serjeant.
trarcb 1
Feb. 19
fth. A.
march 6.
march 6.
March 6.
Edward Henry, executor.
dtßMar
Volunteer Grenadiers.
Advertisement.
No. 97, Market, between and
I hird flrec!«,
V.'iliiam Sanfom,
ye. &. s. iv. Fiber,
Mfrdeeai Lewis.
JAMES SIMMONS, Sec'ry..
Wholtjah & Retml,
SEEDS,
I|Jtisth
(I I w
A number of Deeds, Bonds and
other instruments, which had been under the care
of the late John Todd and William Woo<{ Wilkins
Esquire.«, having, after the deecafe of thof« gen
tlemen, heen placed in the hards of thefubferiber,
and there remaining many for whiah no applica
tion has been made ; this public notice is given
for the benefit of those who may be inrereftcd
WALTER FRANKLIN."
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Will
iam HEYsiiAM.late of the city of Charlcfton,
and formerly of city, mariner, drceafed, are
requeued to make payment, and those who have
demands, againrt said F.ftate, will please exhibit
them to ROBERT HEYSHAM, Admr.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6. 1799 eod^w
ISA AC PAINTER hrving made an •ffignmcnt
of all bis property for the benefit of all his cr«di
tors who tign his difcharge.;—the aflignee withine
to arrange the business 19 soon as. poffi'fclej aiitt
likewise to give the (aid Isaac Painter an opportul
nity of doing something for hjgnfelf and family :
therefore those creditors who have not signed hia
discharge are informed th t unlefi they come for
ward and fi<*n the fame discharge on or before the
firft day of May next ensuing, they will be exclu
ded the benefit of a dividend, and all those who
are indebted to t!«e (aid firm are requeued to make
immediate payment to prevent further trouble.
For Sale,
Sixteen Acres of Land,
T About half a mile from the city of Philadelphia,
HhRF. are on the premises a one story brick
house feet front, a stable and corn crib
a well of excellent water,and a few fruit trteo, the
fituatJtrq is petfcaps superior to sny within the
iame diilance of the city, and commands one of
the wioft beautiful ans) pisturef«jiie profpefla of the
c:ty, Kenfingtcn, the Delaware and Jerseys,
i-rquire of EDWARB EONSALL &Ce
march * eodtf
Fajhionable Englijh Hats,
Which he now offers for sale at v«ry reduced
Canadaßeaverlff Mujk-ratSk>. r,
With a conplete aflnrtment of FURS, always
for (ale—He hat received per the late arrivals
from London, a complete alTortment of
Thomas Clayton, Hatter,
HAS removed to No. 116, south Front ilreet,'
where ha ii.tends carrying on his bufinrfa as
formerly, and has on hund a complete affortir.ent
of his own manufaAured ladies, gentlemen and
childrens'
Dancifig Ajjernbly Room.
former Kihfctiwers ana other g/nilenen,
willing to promoy theere-flion ol so nccef
fary a building, arc eafneflly requested to meet at
the City Tavtrn en Saturday next, at iz o'clock,
march 7 <1 t so.
Stray Horse.
WAS taken up, trefipalSrg on the subscriber,
in tb« townfliip of PalTyuifk, in- the eounty
of Phftajelphia.a grey Horfe,about fourteen hands
high, thirteen or fourteen years old, blind of his
right eye, and (hod before. Whoever .ha' loft
lur>, by proving property arid paying Charges.miy
him again on applying to the fobfcribsr.
JOHN SINK, I
The situation is healthy and the foil good ;
the present settlers are sober, industrious and
well informed. A seminary of 'earning, pub
lic library and other ufeful mftitutions have been
among the firft objeiU of their attention. Roads
have been cut, and new ones aro contemplated
in different dire<ftions—Thi diflance from Phi
ladelphia is aboat a.15 miles ; from Pittlburgh
65 miles and from Fort FmnVlin 8? miles. The
bell rout is through Harrifburgh, Lewiflown,
Huntingdon, &c.
for further partienlar«, enquire of
MORGAN RHEZS,
No. 177 South Second.street,
Philadelphia, or of
Messrs. JONES W MOORE,
OF HFGH MORISON, wiil take notice,
that he ha* applied to the Judges of the
C"Brt of Common Pleas for the county of Phi
ladelphia, for the benefit tif the ail of afiem
bly, pafledfor the relief of insolvent debtors ;
and they have appointed Vonday the 15th inft
at 190' clock, A. M. to hear himfelf and credi
tors.
—— v h 7. f&m tijth
ALL Persons having any De
cnands against the cftate of the late Robert Hardit,
mariner, deceased, are hereby requested to present
them for ftttlcment, and allthofe indebted to laic'
estate, to make payment to either of the fubferiber
PETER BAYNTON, -\
Walnut-flreci. ( -
JOHN CRAIG, f £
No. IJ, Dochjtreet. J
Land, Town Lots, &c.
LAND in the Townfbip of Cambria and
lots in the Town of Beula, Somerset
county, Pennsylvania, for sale at a moderate
price and upon a reafonablc credit ; any quan
tity may be obtained from 100 acres to iq.ooo
—and good mechanics and laborers may have
lahd orlotj for their work.
A .Meeting of the Creditors of
HENRY BANKS, it reqiwftrd on Thu>f<U« ttxi,
the 14th in&ant, it the house of Mrs. Nicholu, sign
of tne Conettoga Waggon, in Market ftrcct t u 6
o'clock in the evening.
':l pk ß,tr; }
dtT4Mar.
East India Company of N. America.
The Company are defir
flSwjgSgjjyj ous of purchasing immediately, a
f'lhftantial wc " built faft failing vef
f«l, completely fitted lor sea, a (hip
efhrmv wX. already coppered will be preferred ;
her burthen to be not iefs than Three Hundred
Tons. Any p'crl'on having such veflcl to dispose
of, will be pleased to forward their proposals on
or before the 15th inft. with a particular descrip
tion of the vessel, the timber of which (he is built,
the number of guns (he is calculated to carry, and
her dirnenfious, to the secretary of the boar 4 ot
agents, who wijl receive the fame for their con
fi deration.
jCa»
much 5,
march 4.
}«"• «9»
.febrj -
march 7
ma r
march 5.
Per ordet of the board,
S. BL.ODGET, Scerttary p. t.
drf
A Summer Retreat.
Tbe Creditors,
NOTICE.
HATS.
WHEREAS
JACOB CLARK, Affignre,
NOTICE.
t emoval.
prices.
On the Banks ofSchu-ylk'U.
Surveyora, flint*.
}»*lw
taw6m
jawtf
Pennsylvania. Papulation Company.
f V ) I l< - E tefeky given to the Shareholders, thi
an auempent of Eight dollars is levied on each (hare
payable, one half immediately, and [he remainder it
ooidayi fritnthe 14th inlUni ; w'hifh they are. requcft-
to the Treasurer of khi CStripanv at the
Company's Office, No. 43 North Fourth.tfira, vrw.
abfy to Ehe timet abpvjc mentioned. " • -
The proprietors Will please to recoiled
y cf being pysfturf, otherwise the fbrteuiie of«h«ir
hares will be incurred agreahly to the rtnlHhitknfi
By order of the board, -
: SOL. MARAEHE, see'rj,.
3avgim
sHE creditors of Leonard Ssvre
Will take notice, that, he has 4{ *plied to the
PhMA P,eas - for tbfc County of
Philadelphia, forrfce benefit-of the acft of Af
femblv puffed the 4th of April last, f or the re
m "\ hW T d(!bt " M > '" d tkey have appoint
ed M. nday the »ithd S y bt March mft»nt, at
ten o c ock m the- fnrenoon, to hear him an d
hjs creditors, at the fWhoufe, or f„ch other
place where the court ra»y then be held.
--march_6, i 79 9; , th.mo.ti 5 Mar.
TO-BE SOLD,
. THE lime of a fiout teahfcy Mulatto-Boy who
has about 18 years to serve : would fmt a Farmer
in the country—Enquire 0/ the Ptinter.
WILLIAM BEALE.
N-B. The sale to begi» at * o'clock on said
diy, or. the premiles.
Weft-Whitilaml, the id mo..n, 1799.
Samuel Miles, jun'r.
■ Philedelphia, merchant, hav
ing aftgnedover all hit..ffea., real, ptrfooal
and mixed, to the fubferiber-, for the benefit
ot luch of his creditors as may fubferibe to the
said afiignment cn or before the firll of Aueufl
,nc*t. 6
, ov-iT, v ; ' WILLIAM BELL.
Ftb. i 79 9. m.th.tiMiy
Notice is hereby given,
To-all persons ijvdebted to the (aid estate, tfcit
they are requefttd to make immediate payment
to enher of the (aflignees, or to the said Samuel
Miles, who IS authorised to receive the fame ■
in failure whereof legal fleps will be taken IW
the recovery of such debts, as are not difchar
geu accordingly.
THE real estate of William Richards having
been recently fold, the creditors ®f saul
estate are rcqaeftcd to fiirnifh theiraceoimts im
mediately, as a dividend 'A-ill be flruck ot, the
firft day of May next and paid at any time af
terwards on application' to
Plantation of Lime-ftonc Land,
Situate in the Greit Valley. in IVtJI
IVhit eland town/his, Chcjtcr county,
ADJOINING lands ot jr.fcph Downing.
Joftiua Roberts, Thomas Merrifs and fl
eers ; and near the purnpike road, a 8 miles
from Philadelphia—>the trail contains 198 acres*
with then fual allowance, about 200 acres clear,
of which 50 acres is Meadow, the remainder
well timbered, mod of the meadow ground is
watered—-illo fufficient water in all the fields
by never failing fpringi ; the plowUnd is ef
tetmed to be equal r.r superior, to any in the
neighbourhood ; one third part it now under
clover; the buildings are a two-dory ftonc
dwellirig house and kitchen adjoining a mitch
houfc, (moke-house, waggon-house, two large
barns, one stone the other stone and logs, and
other out-houfes: There is two bearing orch
ards fa garden enclosed with » stone will, «cc.
Credit may be had'for a confiderible part of
the purchase money. .. Any perffin inclining to
view the premiles may apply to" the owner living
thereon. 0
JOHN M'CKILLOH.
N. B. The fubferiber will fe 1 or itt the above
yard, wharf and dwelling houie, which he now
occupies.
Alfn a few thousand feet fnafoned half-inch and
inch Whire Pitie boards, and a small quantity of
two feet c«dar Ifcinglrs.
All that (ball remain unfold, will be difpofrd of
at public sale.at 10o'clock on Thursday the 18th
instant Ihe terms of payment will be ci(h for
purchases under 100 dollars, from 100 to 500 dol
lars at 60 days, and all above <os dollars at 60
and 110 days, for approved indorsed notes, with
the discount. Th.' sale to be continued until the
whole is disposed of.
THIS EVENING, March 3.
Will be presented, a favorite Tragedy, called
The Grecian Daughter.
1 o which will be added.
To be Sold
By way of Public Vendue, on Thursday,
the 26th of the Third iVlonth next,
A YALUABLF
The Grand Hflerical Romance of
RICHARD CCEUR DE LION.
[Taken from the French of Mons. Sedaine. —
with the original Overture Music by Gretry
the Accompaniment by the late Mn. Linley,
as performed at Drury Lane Theatre, up
wards of sixty niehts in the season.]
A PASTORAL DANCE, .
.7?* huet concludes <with
A grand *tr»i k.on the eaftle—the defeat of the
Governor's party, and the restoration of
Richard to liberty.
\tZF The Doors of the Theatre will open
at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rife at a
quarter pa ft 6 o'clock precifelv.
%* Places in the Boxes to be ta,ken of
Mr. Wells at the office of the Theatre, from
ten till one, and on the days of performance,
from ten till four.
Mahogany.
' 1 ,I HE fuhferiber, intending to leave off, the
X. Mahogany and Lumber Bufinefi, offers for
f»le at hi> yard, the corner «f Queen and Water
ftreetj, Sonthwarlt, all hit (lock on hand, confiding
of a great viriety of
St. Ditningo and Bay Mahogany Boards,
|C7* Another new Comedy, is in rehearsal
and will be speedily produced.
Incidental to the piece—By
The riling of the curtain difrovers
A Distant View of a strong Castle, ift a
mountainous country, with a Rural Fete.
A A 11. Opens with the interior view of the
Castle with fofle, ramparts, platform,
draw.htfiV e s &r -
To the Creditors of WiUmm Richards,
Deceased.
ftb. 16
GEORGE ASTON, ~t
CORNEI.IS GOMEGYS, > Ailignees
JOHN ALLEN, j 8
ftb- '4- tawtf
march 4
All well seasoned and fit for immediate use.
oetO'%l>tiLtn.
Plank and Scantling,
Notice.
ct*BMay
cod6t
The Addrest of the Legislature of North-( arjli na.
AT this inter?fling period of the af
fairs of the Union, we feel it a duty which
we owe to ourselves and to our country to
make to yo'.i as the Chief Magistrate, a free
and explicit declaration of our sentiments
upon the measures which lately have been
taken by our general government, more efpe
cial!v as they regard our foreign relations.
At the commencement and during the pro
gress of the present war in Europe, a war
unparalleled almofl in the annals of of na
tions; it was to be expedted that many diffi
culties vjould occurfrom our connection with
the belligerent nations, in eftablifliing and
obii-rviiig -hat neutrality which both justice
and policy pointed out as proper to pursue.
We lave the fatijuclio;i to declare, that
we believe a correct outline of our duties
and rights in a neutral Ration was formed
by the Federal Executive at an early period,
in the proclamation of neutrality ; and that
ft nee that period no measures have been taken
as to foreign powers, not confident with
those duties, and conformable to the indif
penfiblc rights of sovereignty. We lament
however that differences, and of a serious na
ture too, the causes of which it is onnecef
fary to retrace have arisen between tlie Uni
ted States and the Republic of France.
To adjust these by fair and amicable nego
tiation, the measures taken ii.ice your ad
minifttration, with pleasure we express it,
have in our opinion been wifely calculated.
The inflru&iuns to our envoys to France
i appear eminently to be founded in impartial
j ity, lincerity and candour. In them it is
| declared it' wrong has been done to France
I and her citizens, it was as well the object of
j the government to do justice to them as to
| tained by the people of these dates,
j It was not without the utmost astonish
ment therefore, after the ex ten five depreda
tions on our commerce committed by the citi
zens of France, and after the repeated over
ment, that we heard, not only that redress
was denied to our wrong's, but by a proce
dure a< undeserved as unwarranted by the
practice of civilized nations, even a hearing
to our meffeogm of peace was also refufed,
except on terms totally incompatible with
national dignity and honor.
Be allured, that conduct like this ir. the
French government, has strongly excited in
us thole feelings which naturally arise in the
minds of men conltious of the reftitude of
their own intentions, and sensibly alive to
injuries committ-d by those with whom we
had indulged the hope of maintaining a long
and sincere friendOiip.
Notwithstanding the strong delire of pcuc:
we have hitherto entertained, andilill do en
imprefled with the fullrft conviction, thai
national honor and national fafety are eflen
tially, if not inseparably connected ; that
the former cannot be it. any degree impairec
without ir;n;rent danger to the latter. If
after Jjc moderation almost unexamplec
which our counseL have displayed, after th<
iefcrfive measures which have brtn purfrei
iuftice shall not be done tons, but furthr
sggrefW? shall be attempted, we hope un
ler God, that again it will be relerved t<
Jnited America, to reilram the arbitrary
Iridcs of in justice, and curb the upbridlet
In senate, December * 4 th, i 7 93. The
toregomg addrels was read and unanimous
ly concurred with.
~ J **AV£ received the letter you
aid me the honor to write me on the 31ft of
month, inclosing an elegant, masterly
and Patriotic address from the legislature of
North Carolina.
I pray you, fir, to accept my thanks for
the very polite and pleasing manner in which
you have communicated to me, the impor
tant expression of tie fenle and the pleasure
T,r , te offo weijht in this union.
With groat refpeft an d esteem, I have
the honor to your excellency's molt
obedient and mast humble feevant,
n- r J OHN ADAMS.
U;s Excellency Covernor.Dsrie.
Separated from the immediate scenes of
ontentiou in Europe" by a vr.it and friend
y ocean," we with not to be involved in
ier intrigues and quarrels ; but if any train
>f events (hall make it neceflary to depart
rom tins deiirablc policv and to embark in
he con'iia, we for ourfclves, (and cnniin?
Rom different parts of this slate, we have full
onfidence that we express the fentimeuts of
Jur fellow-citizens and constituents,) allure
you that we will not patiently fuffcrany fo
reign interference with our nation.il con
terns ; and we pledjje to yj'i our lac red
word and henor that we wl\ with our lives
and lortur.es to the lafi extremitv, support,
nv.intain and defend ,11 the ccniWtional
mcaiures ol our federal government.
In the house of commons, December 2.1
J79S. Agreed :o.
S I R, v
THE FOLLOWING
Address was transmitted by his excellency
To tie President of States,
the Governor to the President cf the Uni
ted States, agreeably to the resolution of
the General Assembly of the of De
cember last :
PHILADEL PH IA ,
Bv order.
benjamin smith, s. s.
By order, S. Haywood, c. s.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH %,
Philadelphia, January nth, 1799.
Xije S.ijJttj.
M. MATTHEWS, S. H. C.
J. Hunt, c . H. C.
» ■
I HAVE retciv. 1
pol.te and friendly letterfrom his fXcell '" a
governor Davie, your verv , ,
fubferibed by Mr. Matthews,'
house of commons, and by Mr Sm'lif
speaker of the ienate, on
month. J 4thofl ift
A confirmation of the American f v ft
from the commencement and during 2 m '
grefs of the war in Europe, so f„f
pilot as this, from the legifl lture o{ **
so popolous and powerful as North cJ*r
is an happy omen for the union, honor frf '
and profperitv cf these dates ' *
Whether those persons who begin thcw
volution in trance, had for theirdJ££
improvement of their own political fit,,!
and the establishment of a Jll N
principles of rational libertv or not
plain they were not mailers'of the fublft
and have been dnven i„ succession ov-eru
predp.ee, like the waves of a s ea b , f „ k
hurricane. For some years pad their 1 *
duA has been so eccentric t,,\ w ° "
that at present the mod friendly office wf" '
d° them is-to oppofc and refill their
tWomifchiefto a„ others, as , e „ as
Philadelphia, ,^ AMS -
Noßrotx, Fib. i 6
'Jn 7 mornin g presented to oorcitiil
a fpeftacle truly awful. Nev tr fi nfr J*'
volution, have they witnessed s uc h nn •
th,9 place. At about two in the mo™'
they were awakened from their peg
number, by the loud and repeated
had it b come so formidab'e as fecnmS
threaten all with the molt drradTtil Jf'
quenees. The ufuall means, cn ; „'
«CC. were ufed.rn order to arred?, 3 'JJ
but without cff.a ; every moment
additional drength The weatherwiLl,,
the crackling flame extended in every di»
tion ; fentimenf* of dismay and horror J
vaded every bread ; and even hope
most ext.nguilhed Such a Icene few
beheld. House after house wag fticcefTivc' -
torn down ; the furious flames did buttock
the effort to day their progress. J. A;,
delemma, the lad fad hope reded on the cf
l v f S u "P° wdcr - wa. accordingly
brought. I hose house? in the differ- 1
quarters of communication, which, if fof.
t< red to (land, would endanger the rto| {
town, and which mud themselves fooohart
fallen before the dcdrudlive element, ttrt
fucceffivety blown up. This caused u»
mediate abatement of the fire; and tkt cj:..
Zens, seized the favourable moment, facets',
ded in their endeavour*, to extinguiftit. A:
about ftvsn In the morning, the dacgtrwn
entirely over. Had it continued for jktt
an hour longer, are this the town would
have been aheap of ashes: for the wind
sprung up from the weft, and continued to
bl»vv very fre(h for the remainder of theday
Tkis was a direction which could not fail
to have communicated the flames to the
other par s of the town.
All the houses within the fquarr bounded
by Water, Commerce, and Main ftreeti,"iiid
by Burke's wharf, were totally consumed.
1 he whole number is computed to be shout
faty, the greatest part of which were built
of wood, and occupied principally by trades.
men.
Thus, in a few Ihort hours, the work oi
many years has been reduced to an heap,of
a/hes ; the affluent to bare competency, per
haps to poverty ; and the industrious trades
man to want and misery !—Let the hand of
charity be extended ; let the rich seek out
didrefi, and adminider comfort. Many are
the objefts which call foraffiftance ; and nil
ny are there who can afford to give it. The
voice of humanity cries aloud,"forget not
that the fufferers are men as well it
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you.
To enumerate the different charaSers
who didinguifhed themselves amidfl the
calamitous scene, would he a talk too dif
ficult to perform. Much more so thrn
wwild it be to bedow on each that p'raife
which is judly their due. The gratitude
of their fellow citizens, and the confcioufnels
of having merited it, will be a more Jading
and acceptable recompcnce than can be
conferred in the fleeting fhcet of th; day.
A failttr was killed by the explosion of one
of the houses. We are informed alf" that
the skeleton of a woman has been difcovt
red amcng the rubbish, since the fire.
Last evening the town was again alarmed
with the cry of fire. It proved to be a
chimney in Church dreet, adjoining captain
Vaughan's wh ; ch excited painful apprehec
(ions from its continuance and the quantity
of flame and cinders it emitted. Surely the
didrefling scene of Sunday fliould teach in
to be more careful of our fires.
A beautiful Country Seat, for Sale.
SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware.
joining lands of Matthias Sipler and Mr.
Duftield, IJ miles from Philadelphia and 7 mi!e»
from Brifti.l.
The buildingsconfift of anew two dory Fnmi
House ana Kitchen adjoining— 3 roomson a floor,
a Piaza the whole front of th« House a para 7 oi
•sicellent water, alio a good garden and orchard—
lo acres of land will be fold with the prcsfrif-'t
but more can be had if required. There
velly Ihoreat the river, the water stages for Tur
lington pass svery day in the summer feafan,
the landftages for New-York within half a rhi<c,
any p<rlon inclining to purchase may know the
of sale and oth«r psrticulare hv enquiring at
o. ia, Dook>ftreet r or No. 16r, south scct»ra
reet. x '
feb. a 7
To the Legislature of the mau a r to- , !
garth*.
GEXTtfcMXN,
Feb. iZ.
BY THE SUBSCRIBER*
®n Willirgs aud Fr.mcis's Wli»rf,
200 Gin Cases,
A lio, a few bales of Berre! Goods.
V. IM.INC
FOR SALE,
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