Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-08-30 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, N o 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1552.]
PHILADELPHIA: WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1797.
[VOLUME XII.]
SALES BY AUCTION.
Stated Sales For DRY GOODS. Monday: Forenoon—Edward Fox, No. 56, South Front-street. Afternoon—Fontain & Co. No. 65 South Front-street. Tuesday: Forenoon—John Connolly, Old City Auction, No. 73 South Front-street. Afternoon—William Shannon, No. 183 High-street. Wednesday: Afternoon—Peter Benfon, No. 74 South Third-street. Thursday: Forenoon—Edward Fox. Afternoon—John Connolly. Friday: Forenoon—William Shannon. Afternoon—John Connolly. Saturday: Afternoon—Peter Benfon.
White Havana Sugar. 140 boxes of very superior quality now discharging from the ship Hamburg Packet, at Walnut Street wharf—and for sale by Philip Nicklin & Co. N. B. THE SHIP Hamburg Packet, SILAS SWAIN, Master, For Sale, or Charter.
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP!
A LIGHT WAGGON almost new, with a frame—and a pair of harness (English collar) has never been used—price 90 Dollars. A Horse 16 hands high, seven years old—and a new chair, with a falling top and harness—320. Enquire No. 331, Market-street. August 24.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, South Second-street. Letters and Conversations, Between several Young Ladies, on improving and interesting subjects. Translated from the Dutch of Madame de Cambon, with alterations and improvements. Printed on fine paper, and neatly bound. Price one dollar.
AMIDST the tide of modern Romances, painting tales of extraordinary distress, or of deliberate or artful villainy, which "harrow up the soul," and which it would be for the honor of young ladies to be ignorant of, this little book comes forward to solicit notice, where, in a variety of incidents, not exceeding the bounds of real life, the proper, beauteous elegance and natural dignity and importance of the Female character is exhibited in an interesting point of view, and presents examples of real and attainable excellence. The publisher was so much pleased with the perusal, that he was persuaded he should do an pleasing service to the community by sending it into circulation. August 24—mwfw
THIS DAY WAS PUBLISHED, And for sale by THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, South Second-street, EVENINGS AT HOME; OR, THE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED. Consisting of a variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the instruction and amusement of YOUNG PERSONS—Six Volumes handsomely printed and bound up in two volumes, price Two Dollars. The variety and excellence of these pieces are such, that the book needs only to be known to be universally esteemed one of the most valuable publications that can be put into the hands of young persons. "Delightful talk to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast." Thomas. mwfw
COMMISSIONERS' SALES, The Commissioners of the counties of Lycoming and Northumberland, have given notice that they intend to proceed to the sale of lands, for the arrearage of taxes, on the 7th of September next. The different printers in this city will render an essential service to a great number of individuals by publishing this notice. Aug. 18.
FOR SALE, BRETAGNES in cases, German Cheeskin do. Cambric, Plaitillas, Ozanbrigs, Gold and silver Watches, Window Glass to by 3, Glass Tumblers in cases, Linseed Oil in casks, &c. &c. George Pennock, 103, High-Street. July 5.
NOTICE, IF TERRY O'HARA, who some years since kept School at the Nine Bridges, Queen's County, Eastern Shore, Maryland, be living, he is hereby requested to call on, or write to, the Rev. Ambrose Marshall, near Warwick, Cecil County, Eastern Shore, Maryland, from whom he will receive interesting information. August 4.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, ASSIGNEES OF JAMES GREENLEAF, HEREBY give notice, that they have disposed of the property assigned to them for the securing the payment of the notes, acceptances, and endorsements given by Edward Fox, for the use of the said James Greenleaf; and the holders of such notes, acceptances, and endorsements, are hereby notified that the subscribers will settle with them for the amount of their respective claims, both PRINCIPAL and INTEREST, at any time before the 20th day of October next; after which day, the holders not applying, will be excluded, agreeably to the terms of assignment. Applications to be made at South-east corner of Dock and Second Streets (the Dock-front side), between the hours of eleven and one o'clock every day, Sundays excepted. Henry Pratt, Tho. W. Francis, John Miller, Jun. John Atbley, Jacob Baker. Philadelphia, August 18, 1797.
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania District. IN pursuance of a writ to me directed from the honorable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Merchants' Coffee-house, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday, the eleventh day of September next, at 12 o'clock at noon, THE BRIGANTINE, called the MARIA, With all and singular the tackle, apparel and furniture as they now are; the said Brigantine having been condemned to pay Mariners wages, &c. Wm. NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's Office, August 20, 1797. N. B. The Inventory may be seen at my Office.
This Day Published, And to be sold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, Price 3-8ths of a Dollar. Observations on certain Documents Contained in No. V and VI of "The History of the United States for the year 1796." In which the charge of speculation against ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Late SECRETARY of the TREASURY, is FULLY REBUTED. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. This publication presents a concise statement of the facts as presented by the Jacobins of the United States to asperse the character of those persons who are considered as hostile to their disorganizing schemes. It also contains the correspondence between Mr. Hamilton and Messrs. Monroe, Mullenburgh and Venable, on the subject of the documents aforesaid, and a series of letters from James Reynolds and his wife to Mr. Hamilton, proving beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the connection between him and Reynolds, was the result of a daring conspiracy on the part of the latter and his associates to extort money. A discount of one third from the retail price will be made in favor of wholesale purchasers, for cash. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Young. August 25.
The Norfolk Mail STAGE. THIS Stage starts from the GEORGE Tavern, at the corner of Second and Arch Streets, in Philadelphia, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock, in the morning; arrives at Dover the first day, at Snowhill the second day, at Northampton Court House the third day, and on the morning of the fourth day the passengers find a safe and comfortable packet to convey them to Norfolk. A packet leaves Norfolk for Northampton ferry, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the Stage starts from this ferry for Philadelphia, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; spots up at Snow Hill the first night, at Dover the 2d night, and arrives in Philadelphia in the evening of the third day. The distance on this route, between Philadelphia and Norfolk, is 80 miles less than on any stage route between those places. Too much cannot be said in favor of the road, which is most excellent indeed. The proprietors willingly engage to return the whole fare to any passenger, who, after having performed this route, will say that he ever travelled in a stage for the same distance, to good a road in America. August 11. d.m. cotf.
Imported in the latest arrivals from Amsterdam and Hamburg, and for sale by B. & J. BOHLEN, A large assortment of fine French Cambrics, Plaitillas, Kuffias and Dutch fail cloth, Brittannias, Writing, post, and printing paper, Rouans, ing paper, Brown Holland, Dutch calf skins, Checks and Stripes, Prime madder, Ticklenburgs, Shell'd Barley, Osnaburgs, Looking glasses, White sheetings, Hollow glass ware, Diaper, Slates, Brown rolls, Coffee mills, Umbrellas, Brals kettles, Hair ribbons, Scythes and straw knives, Black and white laces, Toys assorted in boxes, Best Holland Gin in pipes, London particular Madeira Wine. July 24. mshif
IMPORTED In the ship America, James Ewing, master, from Hamburg, Brown Hollands, White Plaitillas, Ticklenburgs, Coarse Linens, Tapes, Looking Glasses, Glass Tumblers, FOR SALE BY George Pennock. August 14. 32w
Young Hyson Tea. 40 chests of a superior quality—Also, 100 do. of Hyson, Imported in the Woodrop Sims, and for sale by the subscribers, corner of Second and Pine Street. C. Haight. cotf
Health-Office, Philadelphia, 7th June, 1797. THE Board of Health offer to rent out the NEW CITY HOSPITAL, usually called The Wigen. It may be occupied as a Tavern, for which there are excellent accommodations. The performing taking it must be capable and willing to act in the capacity of a Steward; in case a contagious disease in the city, should at any time render it necessary to make use of the premises as a Hospital. It cannot therefore be let for any limited time—and the red painted frame building is to be referred. Proposals in writing will be received at this office, stating what rent will be allowed under the foregoing circumstances. None need apply without being able to produce the best recommendations. JOHN MILLER, Jun. Chairman of the Board of Health. July 8.
Imported in the ship Pigou, And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front-street, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson, Imperial TEAS. April 20. cotf
MRS. GRATTAN INFORMS her friends, and the public in general, that her house, No. 103, Market-street, will continue open during the holidays. Board and Lodging in a separate room, TEN DOLLARS, in a double room, EIGHT DOLLARS. For the convenience of those gentlemen who have not their families in town, Mrs. GRATTAN will receive gentlemen to dine at HALF A DOLLAR a day. August 20—1f
TO BE SOLD, And possession given immediately, A LARGE two story brick House, handsomely situated in Princeton. There are four rooms and a large entry on each floor, and five rooms in the garret, a range of back buildings 51 feet in length, and a piazza of 57 feet. There is a pump in the yard, an excellent kitchen garden, at the farther end of which are a carriage house and two stables, one of which is new, 44 feet long, with flats in the two stables for 22 horses. The hall is spacious and pleasant in its situation, and the number of genteel and agreeable families in and near the town, render it a desirable retreat for a gentleman from the city. The commodiousness of the house, its central position, and the largeness of the stables, make it every way suitable for a tavern, for which it has always been considered as a capital stand. Inquire on the premises, of ISAAC SNOWDEN, JUN. Princeton, Aug. 25. 20—dtw2awm
COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, and CONSUMPTIONS. Just received, by Wm. GRIFFITHS, No. 177, South Second-street, a fresh supply of Genuine Balsam of Honey, Medicine invented by the late Sir John Hill (who knowledge as a Botanist procured him the appellation of the Linnaeus of Britain) and is considered in England as a certain cure for the above complaints; it is also of singular efficacy in the Hooping Cough. It may also be had retail of W. A. STOKES, No. 61, South Second-street, and T. STOKES, 35, New-street, in bottles at 75 cents each. Wm. GRIFFITHS having observed the happy effect of the medicine, (several cases of cures having come within his own knowledge) and the great demand for it has induced him to order a large supply, a part of which he has just received. August 3. 12w3w
A Cook wanted. A WOMAN who understands the business and can bring good recommendations, may find employ and receive generous wages by applying at No. 67, North Seventh-street. August 15. 2t
Wanted to purchase, A pair of stout, well broke Horses, young and sound. Enquire at Mr. Oellers' Hotel, Chestnut-street. Application must be made immediately. August 12. 3t
Insurance Company of North America. THE Stockholders in this company are hereby informed, that, pursuant to the fifth clause of their Charter, and at the request of a "Number of Stockholders, who, together with the proprietors of Six Thousand Shares, and upwards," a general meeting of the Stockholders will be held at the Company's Office, on Monday the 23th day of September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of filling up a vacancy in their Direction; and taking into consideration such Regulations or Bye Laws as may be presented in conformity with the Charter of Incorporation. EBEN HAZARD, Sec'y. July 20. w&f825
The Partnership, UNDER the firm of FREEMAN & Company, is dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having any demands against the said House are desired to render the same to T. B. Freeman and those indebted to the House are desired to make payment to him—By whom business will in future be carried on, at his Store, No. 39, South Front-street. August 7. cotf
PETER BORGER, INFORMS his friends and the public in general that he has removed from No. 129, corner of Arch and Fourth, to No. 105 North Front, between Arch and Race Streets. July 20. 22w4w
Ross & Simpson, HAVE FOR SALE— Hogheads, Excellent Coffee in Tiers, and Barrels. A small parcel of Jamaica spirits, fourth proof. Superior Teneriffe wine, old and in Madeira pipes. An invoice of jewellery and hosiery to be sold by the package. A few hampers best English cheese. July 27. dtf.
WINDOW GLASS, Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in the City. OF VARIOUS SIZES, From 8 by 6 to 70 by 14. By the single Box or Quantity, may be had at the Store of the Subscribers, corner of Arch and Front-street. James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. Philadelphia, June 9, 1797. h7w9wif
This Day is Published, BY Messrs. Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers. Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents, Elegantly printed on Wove paper, and Hot-pressed, By John Thompson, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF The Constitutions Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important provisions, under the several heads of administration; with Notes and Observations. By WILLIAM SMITH, Of South-Carolina, L. L. D. and member of the Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at 3-4ths of a dollar. February 6. 2wtf
Imported in the ship MANCHESTER, BENJAMIN SHEWELL, Master, From Bourdeaux, and for sale by the subscribers, No. 41 Walnut Street. Bourdeaux Brandy. Irish market claret in cases. Medoc wine, in do. Sauterne, do. Entitled to Drawback. Thomas Margatroyd. Who has for sale, Sherry Wine in pipes and quarter casks. Rota do. Pimento in bags. 4000 buhels Liverpool salt. Aug. 24. tut&stf.
A PERSON OF INGENUITY, lately arrived from Europe, wishes to find here a place in the quality of a Director of a Glass-house, Crystal of all kinds, having particular means for the construction of the kilns, pots, &c. and possessing likewise the articles used in the Glass houses of England and France, having worked a long while in most of them. Every exertion will be made to render the manufactory deserving of public approbation—He, who wishes to speak to him, will find him at No. 275 Front-street. August 24. 4t
For sale or to be let on ground-rent, A valuable Lot of Ground; SITUATE on the north-east corner of Walnut and Fifth Streets, fronting the State-House square. This lot is fifty-one feet front on Walnut street, and one hundred and thirteen feet and an half on Fifth street; there are at present two small two story brick houses, and a number of small tenements thereon. Also, for Sale, Two three story Brick Houses. With convenient stores, wharf, &c. situate on Water-street, between Mulberry and Sassafras Streets, containing in front on Water street fifty-four feet, and continuing that breadth eastward ninety-five feet, then widening to the south thirteen feet six inches. These houses are of the convenience of a public alley adjoining on the north side, and are a very desirable situation for a merchant, flour factor, or others who may have occasion for storage of goods. This property will be sold on very reasonable terms for cash. For further information apply to the printer. July 31. m&wtf
The Subscriber has for Sale, A large assortment of India Mullins, coarse and fine. India Calicoes, Sooty Romalls, Blue Cloths and Checks, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Blue red and Gilli Handkerchiefs. An invoice of Irish Linens and Sheetings, well assorted. A box of Diapers, Silk Umbrellas, Two boxes of fine Spices, containing Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves, Black Pepper of first quality, Best India Ginger, Java Sugar, A quantity of Madeira Wine, Ditto of Gin, Roll Brimstone. Mordecai Lewis. August 12. 32w12m
Cedar Shingles. THE subscriber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar Shingles of a superior quality, for sale at 13 dollars per thousand. William Hallowell, No. 193 North Third-street. July 27. cot2t
DUTY ON CARRIAGES. Notice is hereby Given, THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America, passed at Philadelphia, the 28th day of May, 1796; laying duties on Carriages, for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the conveyance of passengers, the several duties and rates following, to wit: For and upon every Coach, 15 dols. upon every Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Post Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Post Chaise, 12 dols. upon every Phaeton, with or without top, 9 dols. upon every Coach, 9 dols. upon other Carriages, having pannel work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains, 9 dols. upon four wheeled Carriages, having framed posts and tops with steel springs, 6 dols. upon four wheeled Carriages, with wooden or iron springs or jacks, 3 dols. upon Carriages with tops, 3 dols. upon Chaises with tops, 3 dols. upon Chaises with tops, 3 dols. upon other two wheel topcarriages, 3 dols. upon two wheel carriages, with steel or iron springs, 3 dols. For and upon all other two wheel carriages, 2 dols. upon every four wheeled carriage, having framed posts and tops, and rolling upon wooden spars, 2 dols. The Collectors of the Revenue for the first Survey of the District of Pennsylvania, will attend daily, until the 30th day of September next, for the purpose of receiving the duties on Carriages, at No. 117, in Race or Sassafras-street, in the City of Philadelphia; at the house of Daniel St. Clair Esq. in the County of Montgomery; and at the house of James Chapman Esq. in the County of Bucks; of which all persons possessed of such Carriages are desired to take notice. Notice is also given, TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled spirituous liquors, that licences will be granted to them: one licence for carrying on the business of retailing of Wines, in a less quantity, or in less quantities than thirty gallons; and one licence for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities than 20 gallons, at the same time and at the same places, by the officers legally authorised to grant such licences. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Inspector of the Revenue of the first survey of the District of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection at Philadelphia, 3d August, 1797. dtm
Excellent Bourdeaux Brandy. Ditto ditto Claret in cases. Just received, and for Sale by Randle & Leech. Aug. 25. 2awtf
Philadelphia, 15th July, 1797. NOTICE is hereby given, that separate proposals with sealed covers will be received at my office until the eleventh day of September next, to furnish by contract the following articles for the use of the Army of the United States in the year 1798.
First Contract for 8 Sergeants coats, 8 Muficians, do. 10 Sergeants vests, 126 Privates coats, 126 Privates vests, 64 Sergeants coats, 32 Muficians, do. 96 Sergeants vests, 192 Woolen overalls, 192 Linen overalls, 936 Privates coats, 936 do. vests, 1372 Woolen overalls, 1872 Linen do. 144 Sergeants coats, 72 Muficians, do. 216 Sergeants vests, 432 Linen overalls, 432 Woolen do. 1893 Privates coats, 1892 do. vests, 3784 Woolen overalls, 3784 Linen do. 1th Contract, for 1238 Sergeants shirts, 11816 Privates do. 12500 Socks. 2d Contract, for 272 pair leather breeches, 4600 pair shoes, No. 1, 8000 pair do. No. 2. 4th Contract, for 1032 Artillerists and Engineers hats, 2108 Infantry do. 136 Dragonoon caps. The whole to be delivered at the city of Philadelphia, viz. One fourth on or before the 15th day of February next. One fourth on or before the 15th day of April next. The remaining half on or before the 15th day of June next. The articles are to be agreeable to such patterns as shall be directed by the Secretary for the Department of War. Payments to be made as soon as the articles shall be delivered, and passed inspection. TENCH FRANCIS, Purveyor. cotthfSep. To Masters and Pilots bringing up Vessels from Foreign Ports to this City. Whereas sundry infringements have lately been made on the laws of this state for the preventing pestilential or infectious diseases, either from ignorance or inattention thereto, it is the expedient at this time to publish the following extracts from the laws of 22d April, 1794, 7th and 8th sections.
HEALTH OFFICE. June 6th, 1794. Extract of an act for securing the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases. Sect. 7. And be it further enacted, that every master or captain of any ship or vessel coming from foreign ports actually employed in the coasting trade (excepted) and bound to any port or place within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, shall cause his ship or vessel to be brought to anchor, or otherwise layed up in the stream of the river Delaware, opposite to the Health-Office on State-Island aforesaid, and there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a certificate or bill of health from the Resident Physician. And if, previously to obtaining such certificate or bill of health, any master or captain shall suffer his ship or vessel to approach nearer than the said Health-Office to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, cause or suffer to be landed, or brought on shore, at any place or port within this Commonwealth, or at any other port or place, with the intent of being conveyed into this Commonwealth, any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise, or, if after receiving such bill of health or certificate, he shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to the Health-Officer, such master or captain shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of five hundred dollars. And the captain or master of every ship or vessel shall find a safe and commodious boat to bring the physician on board, and shall in like manner convey him back to the Health-Office, after he has concluded his official examination; And while he is making such examination, or in case any subsequent examination by the Health Officer or Consulting Physician, agreeably to the directions of this act, the master or captain shall expose or cause to be exposed to the search of the Resident Physician, or of the Health Officer and Consulting Physician (as the case may be) each and every part of the ship or vessel, and shall present to his view each and every person or persons on board thereof, and shall also true and satisfactory answers make to all such questions as the Resident Physician, &c. at the time of examination shall ask relative to the health of any port or place from which the ship or vessel sailed, or has since touched at—the number of persons on board when the ship or vessel entered on her voyage—the number of persons that have since been landed or taken on board, and where respectively—what persons on board—are they have been during the voyage, or shall, at the time of examination, be infected with any pestilential or contagious disease—and what is the present state and condition of the persons on board with respect to their health or disease. And if any master or captain shall refuse to expose as aforesaid, to the search of any of the officers aforesaid, or if he shall conceal any sick person, or in any other manner deceive the proper officers aforesaid in his answer, such captain or master, for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars. Sect. 8. And if any person or persons whatsoever (the Resident Physician, &c. excepted) shall go on board any vessel, before the master thereof has received a certificate of health in the manner directed, every person so offending, shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars. It being absolutely necessary that the foregoing sections should be punctiliously complied with, the subscriber, in compliance with his duty, must exact a rigorous observance of the same, or else be under the necessity of putting the laws in force. Wm. ALLEN, Health Officer of the Port of Philadelphia. July 17.

PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 30.
From POULSON'S TOWN and COUNTRY ALMANAC.
A List of the Births and Deaths in the several religious Societies in the City of Philadelphia, from August 1, 1796, to August 1, 1797.
   The Names of the Societies, &c. Births. Deaths. Total Births. Total Deaths.   male. fm. male. fm.     1 German Lutheran Church, 154 144 105 115 298 220   2 German Reformed Church, 108 130 66 57 238 123   3 Episcopal Church, 42 49 40 42 91 82   4 St. Peter's Church, 45 55 42 42 100 84   5 St. Paul's Church, 36 31 19 23 67 42   6 Society of Friends, 152 159 75 80 311 155   7 Catholic Church, 195 222 104 90 417 194   8 Holy Trinity Church, 38 34 9 10 72 19   9 First Presbyterian Church, 29 33 29 22 62 51   10 Second Presbyterian Church, 37 34 26 33 71 59   11 Third Presbyterian Church, 59 62 41 28 121 69   12 Scotch Presbyterian Church, 11 6 5 3 17 8   13 The Associate Church, 7 4 5 3 11 8   14 Society of Free Quakers, 8 10 12 14 18 26   15 Moravian Church, 8 4 3 6 12 9   16 Swedish Church, 25 27 55 42 52 97   17 Methodist Church, 22 26 10 11 48 21   18 Baptist Church, 27 31 17 23 58 40   19 Universalist Church, 2 2 4 1 4 5   20 Jewish or Hebrew Church, 2 1 1 1 3 2   21 African Episcopal Church, 18 17 36 33 35 69   22 African Methodist Church, 26 21 4 3 47 7   23 Potter's Field, white People, 197 205 101 86 402 187   24 People of colour, 171 68 48 41 239 89     Total Number 1319 1375 857 809 2694 1666   From August 1, 1795, to August 1, 1796, 1430 1417 1188 1095 2847 2283  
* Several of these Societies admit the remains of strangers to be deposited in their burying-grounds—if this were not the case, the deaths would seldom exceed half the number of the births. † Births in those Families who bury in the Potter's Field.
PRICES CURRENT, AT BOSTON.
   AUGUST 24.   from Delv. Cts. 10 Cts.     BRANDY French gall. 1 16 1 37   Spanish  1 20 1 58   Cloves lb. 1 25   Cassia   50   Cocoa Surinam cwt. 20 22   Island  17 18   Coffee lb.  23 25   Cotton Foreign   32 39   Currants Zant   7   Cheese English   25   Duck Russia bolt 16 18   Ravens  11 12   Glass 7 by 8 100 feet 12   6 by 8  11 50   6 by 8  9 50   Geneva Holland gall.  92   Hemp ton 260 270   Iron Russia  100 106   Swedes  106 126   Indigo French lb.  83 1 33   Lemons box 7 8   Molasses gall.  60 66   Mackarel Nova Scotia bb. 7 8   Nutmegs  7   Oil Florence 13 bottles case 9   ditto gall. 1 25   Pepper lb.  22 25   Pimento   12   Raisins case 9 11   Rum Jamaica gall. 1 50   Windward  1 37 1 42   Sugar Brown cwt. 10 15   White India  12 16   Loaf lb.  32   Salt St. Ulis 8 bush. hhd.    Lisbon     Cadiz     Liverpool  4 50   Steel German lb.  15   Shot of all sizes cwt. 7 50   Tea Bohea lb.  42 46   Hyson  1 33   Wine Lisbon gall.  83 92   Sherry   89 97   Teneriffe   75   Red Port  1 11   Claret dozen 5   ASHPES Pot ton 120 130   Pearl  150 170   Anchors lb.  10   Allum cwt. 9 15   Butter  13   Beef bb. 14 15   Bees-wax lb.  37   Boards merchantable M. 8 9   Copper in sheets  40 44   Corn Indian bush. 92   Cordage cwt. 14 16   Chocolate lb.  25 28   Candles Tallow mould  20   dip  17   Spermaceti  53   Fish Table cwt. 7 9   Merchantable  4 50 5   West-India  3 67 3 75   Scale  3   Flour Superfine bb. 9 10   Fine  9   Middlings  6 50   Gun-Powder lb.  67 83   Indigo Carolina  33 66   Oil common Whale ton 80   Spermaceti  252   Linseed gall. 1 8   Pitch bb. 2 50   Pork one Hog  21   one & a half do.  20   Middle Pieces  26   Rice Carolina cwt. 3   Rofin bb. 3   Rum New-England gall.  75   Salmon bb. 9 10   Staves W. O. hhd. 120 30 35   Pipe  40 45   Bbl.  18 20   Tar bb. 8 50   Turpentine  6   Tobacco James River cwt. 9 50 10   Georgia    
Red Port Wine.
Just arrived, by the brig Iris, capt. Rhodes, from Oporto. Red Port Wine in pipes, hds. and quarter casks; 60 cwt. Cork, for sale by Philips, Cramond, & Co. July 21.
The Inhabitants of the District of Southwark.
ARE informed that a Conchess is provided, to be kept at the Conchables' office, the north east corner of Front and Almond streets, where the friends of those sick persons who desire to be removed to the City Hospital, are requested to make application—Also, a Hearses will be kept in readiness for the removal of the dead. JONATHAN PENROSE. N.B.—The Poor, who wish to remove to the Tents on Schuylkill, may be furnished with orders by applying as above. Aug. 29.
by instructed, to endeavour to carry the said recommendation into effect. Signed by order of the meeting. JAMES TAYLOR, Chairman. JOHN PENDLETON, Jun. Secretary.
A few of the most prominent defects in the constitution of our state—Submitted to the meeting for consideration. 1st. The inequality in the representation. For instance—Caroline having about 20,000 people, has no more representatives than Warwick, having about 3,000: and this inequality is felt in a greater or lesser degree by every county in the state. 2d. The limitation of the right of suffrage to freeholders. This excludes the majority of the citizens from representation, which is unjust, as they pay taxes, and are liable to military service. This injustice is aggravated by the mode of taxation which Congress have adopted, all their taxes being laid on consumption, and not on property: so that those who have no land, pay as much as those who have. The taxes on salt and spirits bear hardest on the poor, for they consume most of those articles; they ought therefore to have a vote for those who impose them: and by the Constitution of the United States, those who vote for the most numerous branch of the State Legislatures, are entitled to vote for the members of the House of Representatives in Congress. Under this article all free men in most of the states have such a vote, and why should most of the Freemen in Virginia be excluded? 3d. The inequality in the Senatorial districts is already enormous, and daily becoming more so.
4th. The militia officers hold their offices during good behaviour, whereas they ought to hold them during pleasure; because it is the first principle of liberty, that the military should be dependent on the civil power, and because military officers for life are a sort of privileged nobility—are the next step to hereditary distinctions—and are, of course, incompatible with republican principles; ours is the only state in the union, and probably the only government in the world, where such a thing exists; and it defeats one of the checks of the Constitution of the United States, which, whilst it gives to the President and Congress the right of commanding and regulating the militia, leaves to the states the appointment of officers to secure to each state their fidelity; a security which is defeated by having no power of dismissal.
5th. A numerous council is maintained at an expence, for which their services are no compensation to the community. 6th. Freedom of religion is so loosely provided for, that two laws, since the revolution, have been thought necessary to secure it; one to exempt the dissenters from the religious government of the Episcopalian; the other to establish religious freedom. Now this ought to be established by the constitution; because if the legislature had a right to establish it, it follows, that they also have a right to destroy it.
AUGUSTA, August 3. The court of inquiry instituted for the purpose of investigating the facts and circumstances on which was grounded the sentence of the court martial on the trial of the former adjutant general, met at Louisville, pursuant to the resolution of the legislature, and confirmed the former sentence in all its parts, two only dissenting, viz.—the honorable major general John Twiggs, and the honorable brigadier general Morrison:—This has a board of officers been twice convened, at a most enormous expence to the state, first, for the purpose of breaking, and again for that of reforming, a character whose sole pursuit since his residence here, has been to breed anarchy and confusion. We should not be surprised if Messrs. Jackson and Twiggs would open him a plan of hatching up some other grievances against the meeting of the next legislature, by which a few thousand dollars more will be drawn from the state coffers.
There is a degree of supineness attached to people even in the moment of danger, from which innumerable calamities frequently result. They will not have seen their error until it is too late to offer a salve to the wound already inflicted. This imbecility of the human mind arises from two causes,—first, by placing an overstrained confidence in those who once professed to have been our friends; and secondly in believing we are at all times, ready and capable of warding off any unforeseen blow which may be aimed us. Between individuals this doctrine may hold good, but in political bodies, and in the intercourse between nations, nothing can be more absurd. There was a time when it was thought a crime to suppose a Frenchman capable of treachery—capable of injuring an American; but that time is now no more:—The Americans have since received abundant proofs of the treachery of that people—we say treachery, because they have not attacked us as open enemies, but as assassins in the dark—We have frequently apprised our fellow-citizens of the secret intentions of these people in distributing themselves all over the United States—we have frequently told them that this intention partly consisted in poisoning the minds of the people against their happy government, and partly in instigating a spirit of commotion for certain supposed grievances—that these things are now fully verified, is unhappily too true. There are, at this time, about a million and a half of Frenchmen within the United States—the calculation is far from being exaggerated—We appeal to any man who will give himself the trouble to reflect a little, whether this number is not capable of much mischief at this time—it is true, we gave them an asylum from affliction and oppression, as we would have done to the people of other nations, but we did not stop here—we clothed, we fed them; and raised liberal subscriptions for their support—although their nation was then endeavouring to overturn our government, we shewed ourselves above taking revenge on the unfortunate. But how have this very people repaid us? By every action which could link or degrade the human character—in this place we have our share of them; and perhaps more than we ought to countenance—Let facts speak for themselves. When the stage arrived here this day week, a certain Frenchman in this town opened a letter, and with much affidavit circulated the following as part of its contents, viz.—Messrs. Harper, Rutledge and Smith, of South Carolina, all three members of the house of representatives, had absconded in consequence of their being implicated in the disgraceful design of William Blount; and that the British consular general was committed to jail.
We know this to be a lie; because Mr. Smith is appointed minister to Portugal, and has actually accepted that appointment—Mr. Harper is one of the committee appointed to investigate, in the recess of congress, the transaction which led to Blount's design on our government; and as to Mr. Rutledge, his character is too well known, and established in this country to suffer any thing from the animadversions of an itinerant Frenchman—With respect to the British consul, the executive of the United States knows his duty and the right of nations too well to attempt the imprisonment of a foreign consul—He is in an official capacity; and as such, is not amenable to the civil laws of this country, he is protected by the law of nations—such things might do very well in France; but at this time they are better ordered in this country. Whether the above letter was manufactured by the Frenchman himself, or that he received it from a citizen correspondent, [who is perhaps in some other part of the union, upon the fame express errand that this citizen is here] is perfectly immaterial to its criminality—in either case he deserves a quick conveyance from Georgia.
Late Foreign News.
LONDON, July 4.
By the Dublin mail which arrived this morning, we received a most eloquent and energetic address of Mr. Gratton to his fellow-citizens of Dublin. It begins thus.
Fellow-Citizens of Dublin. I thank you for past favors. I have found in you a kind and gracious master—you have found in me an unprofitable servant. Under that impression, I beg to assure you, that so long as the present state of representation in the commons House continues, so long must I respectfully decline the honor of soliciting at your hands a seat in that assembly.
On this principle it was I withdrew from Parliament, together with those with whom I acted—and I now exercise my privilege, and discharge my duty, in communicating with my constituents, at the eve of a general election, some say an immediate dissolution, when I am to render back a trust, which until Parliament shall be reformed, I do not aspire to re-assume. The account of the most material parts of my conduct, together with the reason of my resignation, will be the subject of this letter.
Mr. Gratton concludes this appeal to his fellow-countrymen in the following words:
May the Kingly power that forms one estate in our Constitution, continue forever! but let it be as it professes to be, and as by the principles and laws of these countries, it should be, one estate only—and not a power constituting one estate, creating another, and influencing a third.
May the Parliamentary Constitution prosper! but let it be an operative, independent, and integral part of the Constitution, advising, confining, and sometimes directing the Kingly power.
May the House of Commons flourish! but let the people be the sole author of its existence, as they should be the great object of its care.
May the connection with Great-Britain continue! but let the result of that connection be the most perfect freedom, in the fairest and fullest sense, of all descriptions of men, without distinction of religion.
To this purpose we spoke—and speaking this to no purpose, withdrew—it remains to add this supplication: However, it may please the Almighty to dispose of Princes or of Parliaments—MAY THE LIBERTIES OF THE PEOPLE BE IMMORTAL.
The Court of Directors of the East-India company have appointed the right hon. Richard Earl of Shelburne, to succeed Lord Hobart, in the government of Madras, and eventually that of Bengal.
Yesterday Mr. Pitt sent a letter to Sir George Precoft, intimating that it was not his intention at present to bring forward any measure before Parliament for the relief of the subscribers to Loan of 18 millions.
Last week, a French brig privateer of 16 guns took the following vessels off Flamborough Head, after a severe engagement, viz. the Favorite, Exeter; Betsey, Preston; Advice, Lochington; Adeona, Smith, of London; and the Dolphin, Covertale of Whitby. The above ships were from the Baltic, with four others who escaped, one of whom was the Elison, Corner, of this port, who gallantly beat off the privateer next day.
A newspaper has been established at Constantinople, a very great novelty in that country.
HULL, July 8.
The tribunal of state inquisitors at Venice, consisted of three members, who had the power of deciding, without appeal, on the lives of every citizen; the highest of the nobility, and even the Doge not being excepted. The inquisitors might employ spies, consider secret intelligence, issue orders to seize all persons whose words or actions they thought reprehensible, try them, and order them to be executed: they could command every individual to the house of every individual at all hours, and they were not responsible for their conduct. That such a tribunal, and such a government has been destroyed, is a subject for infinite joy and congratulation.
VIENNA, June 7.
The exchange of the ratification of the preliminaries of peace has at length taken place—Some dispute relative to the signatures, and some other difficulties, had occasioned the delay of this exchange.
According to accounts received by private letters, the Austrian arms have already been let up in several parts of the Venetian territories. Several battalions of troops which had received orders to march through Franconia to the army on the Rhine, have now received counter orders, and will go to Italy, to the army of Gen. Terry, which will be augmented to 70,000 men. The cessions of territory that are to be made, and the spirit that now prevails in Italy, render a strong military force necessary. The Venetian town of Brescia, is said to be already occupied by Austrian troops, under Gen.
MILAN, May 30.
All the French and Corsican failors in Leghorn and other places are ordained to repair to Venice to be employed in manning the Venetian ships which the French have taken for their own use. A part of the Venetian fleet has already failed for Corfu, Zant, and Cephalonia, with a number of French troops on board who are to serve there in garrison. The French expect to increase their naval force in the Mediterranean by 32 Venetian ships of war.
The present debts of the Ecclesiastical State amount to 128 millions, 800,000 scudi; the yearly expenses to 4,160,000, and the revenue (since the loss of the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara and Romagna) only to 1,500,000 scudi; the additional income from foreign countries becomes daily more insignificant.
According to letters from Rome, the Pope on the 22d May was again taken dangerously ill. The public attention is attracted to the future conclave; and two parties are already formed in support of two candidates for the papacy, in case of the death of Pius VI. The younger Cardinal Matthai, who is the friend of General Buonaparte, and patronized by the French party; the elder Cardinal Chiaramonte. Others, on the contrary, maintain that Pius VI. will be the last of the Popes, and have no successor.
Another letter, same date.
All the Italian provinces who with for a democratic form of government, are now consolidated into one, and form the new Italian Republic, which in Italy is called the Cisalpine, (or the Republic on this side the Alps,) and in France, the Transalpine, (or that beyond the Alps.) General Buonaparte has divided this Republic into eight departments, consisting of the districts of Milan, Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua, Cremona, and a great part of the Venetian territory. Milan will be the capital. Buonaparte has declared that the papal province of Romagna shall now likewise be added to it. The province of Ancona has also requested to be united to the new Republic, and sent deputies to Buonaparte for that purpose. The tree of liberty has been planted at Ancona, and titles of nobility are abolished. Guastallani and Magnani are chosen members of the directory of the great Italian Republic for Bologna; Serbelloni, for Milan; and Razzi, for Modena. They have already commenced the exercise of their functions, and the first mentioned signs all orders as president. It is believed that several districts of Lucania and Genoa will likewise make a part of the new republic.
The national guards of the new Cisalpine republic are likewise every where organized. On the 26th May, Gen. Buonaparte published a proclamation addressed to these guards, and dated from his head-quarters at Montebello near Milan; it begins as follows:
"Brave Brethren in Arms, To you it appears to confirm the liberty of your country. The soldiers found republics, the soldiers maintain them. Without an army, without force and discipline, there can be neither independence nor civic freedom. When a whole people is under arms determined to defend their liberties, they are invincible. The whole people of the Cisalpine is bound to defend its sovereignty. No partial privileges can exist in a state which has solely for its object the good of the whole. Every citizen, therefore, must exercise himself in arms, that he may be able to support and defend that liberty which

This city so important by its population and manufactures, whose inhabitants with nothing but tranquility, says the message, has been for a long time past, the receptacle of a number of robbers, who frequently commit robberies and murders. The robbers known under the name of Intendaries and brothers of Jesus, are formed into companies and led on by chiefs whose countenance and protection they can no longer be doubted of. It is a known fact that Lyons will be declared to be in a state of siege.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 30.
Yesterday, at 11 o'clock, his Excellency the Governor met both houses of the Legislature in the Chamber of the Senate, and addressed them as follows:
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
THE object for which the present session was appointed, being confined, I believe, to the completion of such business as was depending at the period of your adjournment, it will be proper to avoid pressing upon your attention any subject that does not require an immediate interposition of the legislative authority. I enjoy, indeed, a sincere satisfaction in being able, on this occasion, to repeat, that experience has disclosed but few important defects in the general institutions of our municipal policy; while even those subordinate regulations which are necessary to accommodate the progress of population and settlement in a young country, have, in a great degree, been anticipated by the wisdom and liberality of your predecessors. It is another interesting source of pleasure and congratulation, that, notwithstanding every recent symptom of dissatisfaction and hostility, the conciliatory conduct which the Federal government has pursued, promises effectually to restore the harmony of our foreign relations, and to preserve the peace and prosperity of the Union.
In order, however, gentlemen, to provide against a disappointment in this hope, Congress have directed, among other cautionary measures, that a corps of 80,000 militia shall be organized, of which 10,696 men are to be furnished by Pennsylvania. The necessary instructions have been issued for complying with the requisition; but permit me to observe, that the imperfections of our militia law, (which have often been the subject of remark in my communications to the Legislature) forbid the expectation of certainty or expedition, in embodying a competent force, upon the present or upon any future emergency. In carrying the act for procuring a supply of arms into effect, time has been allowed for transmitting proposals from the most distant part of the Union; and the delay has enabled me to obtain the aid of the President for facilitating an exportation from Europe; to ascertain under a late law of Congress, an exemption from duty on the importation into Pennsylvania; and, in consequence of the sudden prospect of a general peace, to insist upon more advantageous terms, than could have been contemplated in an earlier purchase. The contracts will nevertheless, I trust, be formed, so as to insure the delivery of 10,000 stand of arms in the course of the ensuing spring; But still, it is obvious, that the establishment of an arsenal can be of little importance, unless the regulations for mustering and training the militia shall also be efficient; and therefore, you will excise the renewed expression of my solicitude, that a reform, may be speedily introduced, on points so essential to the national honor and defence.
As the state of the unfortunate controversy at Wyoming has not been materially changed during the recess, I presume this subject will, likewise, be revived, in the deliberations of the present session. The hope was entertained, that a judicial determination in the Supreme Court of the United States would, before now, have obviated every ground of litigation, even upon the question of private property; but as the issue of the suits involving that question, can have no direct influence upon the obligation of the government to assert its right of jurisdiction, I again submit to your consideration, the expediency of adopting, in that respect, a prompt and decisive course of proceeding, whether it shall lead to an equitable commutation of either of the contending claims, or to a coercive establishment of the public authority. The additional documents that I have directed to be presented to you, evince the continuance of that spirit of resistance to our laws, which any appearances of supineness or of irresolution, on the part of the state, would, I apprehend, fatally extend and embolden.
From the many other subjects which your records will exhibit, allow me, Gentlemen to select, as deserving of peculiar attention, the institution, of public schools, and the system for regulating bankruptcy: the former is recommended with all the force of a constitutional injunction, and the latter, by those considerations of policy and humanity which will naturally occur, at this crisis, to every mind of feeling and reflection. Some further provisions might likewise be advantageously made, respecting the interior management of the prisons for debtors; particularly in the articles of lodging and subsistence; and, it is thought, that the authority of a law is wanting, for a removal from the debtor's apartment to the criminal jail, when a person in custody, upon civil process, shall afterwards be convicted of a crime.
The representations which have been made by the officers of the Land Office, point out the necessity of an early appropriation for paying the arrearages due for past services, and for compensating, in future, a competent number of clerks to perform the duties of that department. The allowance has hitherto been so insufficient, that the Records, for a series of years, have been, unavoidably, left imperfect, and even the expense of transacting the indispensable cur-
rent business, has been partially defrayed, as I am informed, out of the private funds of the officers. You will likewise be pleased Gentlemen, to prescribe the mode for distributing 546 copies of the new edition of the Acts of Congress, which the Secretary of State has transmitted to me, for the benefit of the Commonwealth; and some use should immediately be designated for the house originally intended to accommodate the President of the United States, as, in its present unoccupied situation, it is greatly exposed to dilapidation and injury.
It is proper to take this opportunity of stating, that the controversy relative to the prize sloop Active, which was captured from the British in the year 1780, has been revived in a suit brought by certain claimants against the then marshal of Pennsylvania, who paid the proceeds of the prize into the court of admiralty, under an order of the judge, and with the sanction of the legislative and executive authority of the commonwealth, as appears from the records of that period. It being incumbent on the state, under these circumstances, to indemnify the marshal, I have directed the suit to be defended on account of the public, and the documents will be laid before you, that such further steps may be taken upon the occasion as your wisdom and justice shall devise and approve.
The appearance of a malignant and contagious fever in Penn-street and its vicinity, as the time of your assembling approached, induced me, gentlemen, to convene such of the members as could conveniently attend, that they might be apprised from the best sources of information of the facts relating to the subject: but a variety of reasons occurred to render it improper on the part of the executive alone to pursue any step, that might prevent your meeting at all, or even change the ordinary seat of the legislature, without the previous authority of a law. I anxiously hope, however, that the precautions which have been taken, and the favorable temperature of the season, will enable us speedily to remove every cause of apprehension: And that you may, from time to time, possess authentic accounts upon the subject, I shall direct the reports of the health-office, and the communications of the college of physicians, to be regularly laid before you.
But, under the impressions made by the calamity which threatens, you will naturally be disposed, gentlemen, to invigorate, by every possible means, the police, for restoring and preserving the health of the city and its suburbs. The existing law has empowered the inspectors to prohibit an indiscriminate intercourse with the infected quarter, to remove the sick, and to provide for their accommodation: and you will, doubtless, concur in thinking, that the emergency justifies me in having made arrangements for establishing camps on the neighboring commons, as an asylum for such of the citizens as may wish to fly from the immediate sphere of contagion. For the outlines of a permanent plan, however, permit me to refer to the report, with which I have been favored by the college of physicians; a plan which will, I am confident, be digested and matured by your wisdom, upon liberal and enlightened principles, adapted to an object so deeply affecting the tranquility, opulence and prosperity of our metropolis.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. By the report from the department of accounts, of which copies will be presented to the legislature, it appears, that to a balance of 94,718 dollars and 85 cents, which was in the treasury on the 1st day of January last, there has been since added a sum of 178,205 dollars and 51 cents, the accumulative result of various sources of our revenue. During the same period, the disbursements for the public service, including the expense of the late session of the general assembly, and the grant for the relief of our fellow-citizens in Savannah, have amounted to the sum of 176,439 dollars and 1 cent; so that there remained a specie balance of 96,485 dollars and 35 cents in the treasury, on the first day of the present month. It should be recollected, however, that this sum, and the growing revenues of the state, are subjected to very heavy appropriations, independent of the current charges for the support of government; and I trust that the next general assembly (should your other avocations prevent an immediate investigation) will judge it proper to review the state of our finances, and to take the necessary precautions for preventing the public expenditure exceeding the public income.
The officers of accounts will submit to your consideration the ordinary objects for appropriation, which have occurred during the recess; but permit me particularly to suggest, that it may be proper to make a provisional grant for the use of the health-office, lest the progress of the disease, which at present excites an alarm, should call for pecuniary aid more suddenly and more extensively than the powers of the inspectors could supply.
It will likewise, I conceive, be an act of true policy, as well as of benevolence, to provide some means for employing and paying in the public service the indigent and industrious citizens, who may be deprived of the ordinary resources for the maintenance of themselves and their families, during the continuance of the calamity.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. The general information, which has been received, will not indeed permit me to flatter you with the hope, that the malignant and contagious fever to which I have just alluded, has ceased to exist. It is, I fear, a melancholy truth, that the number of victims in the neighborhood of Penn-street, in Southwark, and in that part of the Northern Liberties, which is called Kennington, has undoubtedly increased in the course of the last weeks; and some cases, it is said, have occurred even in the interior of the City. I am aware gentlemen, of the painful consequences of these public communications; but I have thought it an indispensable duty, in a
matter of such moment, that every individual should have an opportunity to judge for himself, and to pursue the measures which his own ideas of security might suggest. To the Inspectors of the Health-Office, however, as more intimately acquainted with the state of the various parts of the city and its suburbs, I have implicitly confined the task of devising regulations, to check and prevent the progress of the contagion; and you will perceive by the Proclamation which I have issued at their earnest request, that whenever they have thought it necessary, to ask my aid, their plans have received the full support of the Executive Authority. Those plans (which in most points coincide with the opinion with the College of Physicians) certainly contain arrangements that will affect the feelings and the interests of individuals; but our Fellow Citizens will perceive with their usual candor and good sense, that on occasions like the present, personal considerations must be superseded, by an attention to the welfare of the whole community; and it is great consolation to reflect, that the power is exercised by men chosen by themselves for the purpose; by men whose duties expose them to extraordinary dangers without the exemption from the operation of the rules they establish; and by men whose vigilance, judgment, and humanity, entitle them to public confidence and esteem.
THOMAS MIFFLIN. Philadelphia, August 29th, 1797.
A bill appropriating 10,000 dollars to the committee of health, to be by them applied to the relief of sick and indigent persons labouring under malignant or other diseases in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, passed the house of representatives yesterday afternoon.
The Governor informed the Legislature, that he had negatived the election bill which was presented to him at the last session.
The Legislature have adjourned sine die.
The account published in yesterday's Gazette, of an alarming disorder having broken out in Providence, R. I. is corroborated by letters from New-York. It is supposed to be the Yellow Fever, and has been traced with certainty to a vessel from Hispaniola.
A man by the name of McDowell, who lately died in Chestnut-Street, and who was reported to have expired under all the most horrid symptoms of the Yellow Fever, and whose death, with the circumstances attending it, spread such general alarm not only through the city, but the neighboring towns, is now confidently believed to have died of the Dysentery.
Two Doctors lately pronounced a man to exhibit every symptom of the Yellow Fever. The next day, he was walking the streets, and continues in usual health; nor has he had any other disorder than a trifling indisposition.
The late Doctor Thomas Bond's introductory Lecture to a course of Clinical observations in the Pennsylvania Hospital, delivered there the 3d of December 1766, shews his opinion clearly, that the Yellow Fever may be generated among us.
The Yellow Fever, which I take to be exactly the same disorder as the plague of Athens, described by Thucydides, has been five different times in this city since my residence in it. The second time it prevailed it was indigenous from evident causes, and was principally confined to one square of the city.
There are erected on the vacant ground between Broad-street and the Schuylkill, near to the road leading to the Middle-Ferry, betwixt twenty and thirty tents, for the reception, we believe, of such families as have been, or may be, obliged to leave the city on account of the prevailing fever, and had not the means of obtaining lodgings in the country.
It appears, by information collected for the Philadelphia Gazette, that in the burying grounds of this city, collectively, there were 4 adults and 6 children interred in 24 hours, ending yesterday at noon, exclusive of the City Hospital and Kennington.
On Friday evening, there fell such a torrent of rain a few miles to the northward of this city, as has not been witnessed for a long time past, which raised the waters in the small rivers and creeks to such a degree as to do considerable damage. A newly-erected bridge betwixt Germantown and Frankford was thrown down, and considerable damage was done to Frankford bridge, part of the foundation at one end, and the upper walls, having given way: in consequence of which a melancholy accident happened the same evening. Mr. Lewis Uber (son of David Uber, Spring-Gardens) a young man just of age, was returning to town, and the part of the bridge which had been washed away being overflowed, he and his horse fell off the bridge into the river, and, though a very good swimmer (perhaps from some injury he might receive in the fall) he was unfortunately drowned! The horse was saved. The body of the young man was found the next day, and on Sunday interred in the burial ground of the German Lutheran Church in this city. What adds to the melancholy of this event is, the young man was this week to have been married!
A boy about ten or twelve years of age, the son of Widow Wright, in Water-street, betwixt Race and Arch-streets, fell from one of the wharves in the neighborhood into the Delaware, and was drowned.
The Hamburg Advertiser Comptoir of the 10th of July, mentions an American ship from China to London, laden with 3,900 chests of tea, 600,000 wt. of sugar, with Nankins, silk stuff, and Porcelain, worth three millions of livres, being taken by a French privateer, and carried into Nantz. The same paper advertises for Philadelphia, to sail on the 15th inst. a large frigate-ship, with two decks for passengers, named the John, capt. Robert Folger; also a Hamburg ship, called the Iris, to sail in a month. Also, for Baltimore, in 14 days, an Al-
tona ship, called the Northern Lion; and for New York, the brig Eliza, captain Newham.
Married, by the Rev. Doctor White, on Saturday evening, Doctor Jacob Thompson, to Miss Ann Beaven, daughter of Mr. William Beaven.
By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, August 29.
A citizen was interrupted on Wednesday evening, near the Park, by a foot-pad who had a pistol; on seizing the pistol several others appeared. By some address the citizen cleared himself from them. The watch was turned out, but could find nothing of them. Such gangs should rouze the citizens to vigilance. Several robberies were committed last week; and a gentleman had his purse demanded of him about ten days since two miles out, by a pad, with a pistol at his breast.
ALBANY, August 25.
By Major Cals, of the United States 3d regiment, who arrived in this city on Monday last, we are informed, that he left Fort Hamilton, on the Great Miami, the 15th of May last, and travelled through the North-western Territory to Detroit; that as far as he could discover, the Indians shewed no hostile disposition towards the United States, although their minds appeared to be much agitated, and many of them were moving off to the Spanish side of the Mississippi. The spirit of defection which had prevailed amongst the American troops at Detroit, had considerably abated previous to his departure, in consequence of energetic measures being adopted by brigadier general Wilkinson. Great cordiality subsisted between the American and British officers in that quarter.
BOSTON, August 25.
We learn by an arrival at Newberry, that orders had arrived at Curraoos, from Guadalupe, forbidding any American prize vessel, being brought in. Hughes probably wants all the provisions at Guadalupe.
The French privateer arrived at Marblehead, we are informed by a gentleman of that place, is a Schooner mounting 14 guns and carrying 70 men. The conduct of the crew since her arrival, it is said, has excited some suspicion, that her visit was not for the purpose of bringing dispatches. And we are informed, one sailor, either when in liquor or from receiving some affront, threatened to inform the Selectmen of Marblehead of the real design, which he hinted to be, to gain information, what Indians were about sailing, or were expected home; and that to form a pretext for entering our ports, which might prevent suspicion of the object they emptied the water from the casks besides the pecuniary one of bringing dispatches. The sailor alluded to, actually quit the vessel, and the other seamen were so much enraged, that they menaced him with death, if he attempted to return again. He was yesterday seen on the road from Marblehead for Boston.
The privateer sailed from Guadalupe July 1, and has probably had a very comfortable cruise, being at sea upwards of 50 days, and it is improbable she would have been thus long, if employed as a dispatch boat.
There is mystery too in the captain's preferring Marblehead to Boston. A Boston fisherman, we are told, who piloted him to the former place, urged the coming in the latter; but the capt. insisted upon going into Marblehead.
An attempt has been made to fire the town of Portsmouth, N. H.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Table with 3 columns: ARRIVED, DEPARTED, DAYS. Lists various ships like Scht Sally, Scht Eutaw, Scht Minerva, Brig Friends, etc.
Portland, August 19. The following account was taken by a gentleman who was at the head of Merry Meeting Bay, and may be depended upon as accurate: From the 31st of March, to the 17th of July, 1797, inclusive, viz. 116 Schooners, 91 Sloops, 1 Ship, and 1 brig, have come up through the Cape of Kennebec river. The Kiff of Kennebec is taken by the French. Was left at Aux-Cayes, barque John, Freeman, Falmouth, Caf. B. Arrived at Boston, August 13, brig Elizabeth, Irsin, Bourdeaux, 53 days. August 22, lat. 42, long. 48, spoke ship Madison of Pappenburgh, 19 days from Virginia for London. August 10, spoke a brig 6 days from Wilcassett for Liverpool. Same day, Schooner Adventure, Bacon, Trinidad. Left ship Townsend of Kennebec. Charleston, August 12. The French privateer brig Pandora, Capt. Garifcan, has taken four American vessels, bound from British ports to Philadelphia. Yesterday arrived the ship Planter, Hudson, Havana, 20 days; sloop Confidence, March, Marguanne, 31 days; Schooner Harmony, Clarke, Teneriffe, 37 days. The Speedwell, Crawford, from Savannah, and the Triumph, Hazard, from Charleston, have arrived at Liverpool. The ship Fox, Lincoln, arrived at Amsterdam on the 30th of April from this port, 41 days passage. Capt. Clarke brought home four men belonging to the ship Virginia Packet, Wills, of Norfolk. This ship was bound to Cadiz; when the captain got off that port she was prevented entering; the captain then went to Madeira; while he was on shore a French privateer cut her out of the road, and carried her to Santa Cruz in Teneriffe, where she was condemned by the French consul, notwithstanding the American consul at Madeira had dispatched a vessel to claim her as American property. Capt. Clarke informs, that about the 20th of June two English frigates, which were cruising off Santa Cruz, sent in five boats, and cut out of that road a Spanish galleon from the East-Indies, which had a very considerable quantity of money on board. They also cut out a French brig, belonging to the Republic, mounting 18 guns, which was bound to the East-Indies.
Amsterdam, June 7.
A circumstance, favourable to our commerce is, that several ships, richly laden, from America, entered the ports of the republic a few days ago. They could hardly have escaped the vigilance of the English fleet, if the latter had been still at sea.
No newspapers were received by the Southern Mail of this day.
THE SALE OF NOTES.
Advertised for the first of September is postponed until further notice.
John Connelly, Auctioneer. Aug. 30.
Notice.
SAMUEL RICHARDET, BEGS leave to inform the Merchants and his friends, that he will shut up the City Tavern and Exchange on Thursday next, during the prevailing disorder; the great body of merchants having left frequenting the same for some days. Aug. 30.
FOR HAMBURGH, THE Copper Bottomed Ship FAVORITE, JOHN THOMPSON, Master, now at Bright's wharf, will be ready to take in on Monday next, part of her cargo being engaged and ready to go on board. The ship is so well known, that it is needless to describe her. She is now in complete order. For Freight or Passage, please to apply at Mr. Jeremiah Warder's Compting House, No. 12, North Third Street, or to the Master on board. August 20.
FOR SALE, On board the said Ship, Sweden's Iron, assorted Hollow and Window Glass, Demy Johns, Wrapping Paper for Sugar Refiners, Rugs of 1 & 2 Quiltings. Please to apply as above. wfdm4w
TO BE SOLD, And immediate possession given.
A Convenient well finished Brick edifice, with a cook house and other out houses, situated in a pleasant part of the borough of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware. The lot of ground has forty feet front on West-street, and extends through the square to Pasture-street, on which is erected a stable and carriage house. Wilmington, Aug. 30.
ALLEN M'LANE.
City Commissioners Office, August 29, 1797.
IN pursuance of an Ordinance of the Select and Common Councils, passed the 22d day of May last. Proposal in writing will be received by the City Commissioners for one month from the 1st of September next, for letting to rent on lease for one year to commence the first day of January next, the following public property of the city: The wharf and landing on Vine Street, Also on Sassafras, Mulberry, And High Streets, Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Draw Bridge, with the Scale and Fish Houses, Spruce, Pine and Cedar Streets. The cellar under the City-Hall. The Tavern at the middle ferry on Schuylkill, with the lots contiguous thereto, (except so much thereof as shall be occupied by any buildings erected for the use of the Collector of the Tolls, or be necessary for the toll-gates.) Aug. 3. 32awtm.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, an indented Servant Girl, named NANCY ANDERSON, about twenty years of age, short, thick set person, with short black hair; had on when she went away, a dark calico gown, an old black silk cloak, and a black fur hat. Whoever will secure said girl, and give information thereof to the subscriber, No. 2, Greenleaf alley, or to the office of this Gazette, shall receive the above reward. All persons are forbid harboring said girl, as they will be dealt with as the law directs. MARY ANDERSON. N.B. Said Girl is from Ireland, and has been in this country but a short time; she was sent to the work-house for misconduct, where she was taken sick and removed to the city-hospital, from which place she made her escape. August 30. co3t
Ad laying Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper.
A FEW copies of the above ad may be had at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-Street. July 19.

Just published, And to be sold at the Bookstores of H. & P. Rice, No. 50, Market-street; J. Ormerod, No. 41, Chestnut-street, and W. Young, corner of Chestnut and Second-streets.  An accurate System of Surveying; IN WHICH IS CONTAINED, 1. Decimal fractions, in a plain, concise, and easy manner. 2. The extraction of the square root. 3. Plain trigonometry, rectangular and oblique. 4. An exact method to cast up the contents of lands. 5. Field surveying. The whole being performed without the use of scale and compasses, on a table of logarithms. In which is given some account of the variation of the needle, and the causes of its attraction. By SAMUEL MOORE. August 1. 22w2w
Georgetown Bridge Company. Extract of an act passed by the Legislature of the state of Maryland on the 29th December, 1791, entitled, "An act for erecting a bridge over Potomac river." "And be it enacted, that the said directors or any two of them shall and may require any sum or sums of money in equal proportion from each and every proprietor, as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the building of said bridge; and after giving three months public notice, it shall and may be lawful for the directors to sue for and recover in the name of the company such unpaid requisition, with all costs and charges incidental thereto, and legal interest thereon from the time the same should have been paid: And the neglect or refusal to pay any such requisition after public notice shall have been given at least for three months in all the newspapers herein before enumerated, shall have the effect to forfeit all preceding payments made on the share or shares so neglected or refused to be paid to the use and benefit of the company." Information of such of the stockholders as have not complied with the requisitions heretofore made — they are as follows: On the 1st November, 1795, 20 dollars; on the 10th May, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 20th July, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 1st September, 1796, 40 dollars, and on the 1st November, 1796, 60 dollars. Caution is now given that after the expiration of the time limited for the continuance of this advertisement (three months) the law will be carried into rigid and complete effect against all delinquents. By order of the Directors, WALTER SMITH, Treasurer. Georgetown, May 1, 1797. 12w3m
Just Received, From Batavia (via Providence) A few Boxes of Spices, consisting of Nutmegs, Cloves and mace For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penn-street. dsf MAY 30  Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street. GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for some time past in preparations for removing into his present house, has been under the necessity of postponing until this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States, that his spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for sale, on terms that he trusts will entitle him to the like preference he has experienced for several years past. Catalogues, combining the most varied collection ever imported into this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. 22w6w
City Commissioners' Office, June 22, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the Select and common councils, passed the 22nd day of May last, appointing the city commissioners, and prescribing their duties, section 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five districts, each to be under the superintendence of one of the city commissioners, who is to be individually responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and are as follows: District No. 1. From the south side of Cedar-street, to the north side of Spruce-street, under the superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north side of Spruce-street, to the north side of Walnut-street, under the superintendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north side of Walnut to the south side of High-street, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypole. 4. From the north side of High-street, to the north side of Mulberry-street, under the superintendence of William Moulder. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the superintendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaning of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commissioners is held at the Old Court House, in High-street, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. coim
Stands for Draymen, &c. In pursuance of an Ordinance from the Select and common Councils, bearing date the 22nd day of April, 1797, providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, &c. Sec. the 15th. The following places are fixed upon by the said City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-street, on both sides. Sassafras, High, Chestnut and Walnut-streets, eastward of Front-street, on the north side only. Mulberry-street, south side from Front to Third-street. Front-street, east side from Vine-street to Elvira's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse alley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Water-street, west side from the north end of Stomper's or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Penn-street from Pine to Cedar-street, west side. Drawbridge, north side, east of Front-street. Spruce, Pine and South streets, east of Front street, south side. Dock-street, between Walnut-street and the flag-stone crossings, east side, opposite George Orkley's. Second-street, between Sassafras and Vine streets, west side. Fifth-street, east side from Chestnut to Mulberry-streets. Sassafras-street, from Third to Fourth-street, east side. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of any pump. STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north side from Fourth to Fifth streets. Fifth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, west side. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. mw&fjm
A Literary Treat. Just published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price 1 dollar. A new edition of that popular and entertaining work, entitled THE FORESTERS, an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of John Bull, the Clothier—In a series of letters to a friend, with the addition of two letters, alluding to recent political transactions in America. The following extract from the Clavis Allegorica, shews the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England His Mother, the Church of England His Wife, the Parliament His Sister Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland Lewis, the Kingdom of France His Mistress, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Representation Lord Strutt, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic The Pioneers, the United States of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire John Codline, Massachusetts Humphrey Plowshare, Connecticut Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peter Bull Frog, New-York Julius Caesar, New-Jersey William Broadbim, Pennsylvania Calimar, Delaware Walter Pipewood, Virginia His Grandson, George Washington Peter Pitch, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina George Trufty, Georgia Ethan Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife, Kentucky Black Cattle, Negro Slaves Rats, Speculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins This popular and entertaining satirical history of America is attributed to the Rev. Dr. BELKNAP. It has great share of originality and abounds with genuine humour. It is continued down to the present time, and characterises those late political transactions which have caused so much uneasiness in America. Sold by H. & P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 16, South Second Street, and No. 50, Market-street. June 26. $
LAW BOOKS, Latest London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 16, South Second, and No. 50, Market-street, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London and Dublin, their spring importation, consisting of a variety of the latest and most approved Law Books, which added to those already on hand, forms the most extensive collection ever offered for sale in this country. They therefore beg leave to notice, that from the nature of their connections in Dublin, they are enabled to sell Irish editions (as they have hitherto done) at the very lowest prices. The following are among the latest publications. Veley, jun's Reports in Chancery, 2 vols. Peake's Cales at Nisi Prius; Ridgeway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwicke; Pleyer's Reports in Practice in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions, 2 parts complete; Ward's Law of Nations; Cruise on Uses; modern Reports, 12 vols. London edition. H. and P. Rice expect to receive by the first arrival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of Dunsford and East's Reports, the 2d part of Gilbert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of new publications. June 26.  The History of Pennsylvania, By ROBERT PROUD, IS now in the press, and will be published, with all convenient expedition, by ZECHMIRAH POULTON, jun. No. 80, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, where subscriptions will continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, according to the printed prospectus, until the work is ready for the subscribers. July 18. 22wtf
Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut-Street, Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly assorted, very low on short credit. March 6. $  Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-street. August 2. w&fjt  Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg and Sunbury STAGES. THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time subsisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved: but, as not as Slough insinuates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the subject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last, a recital of which is now deemed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer, may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching himself to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippensburg, or any other place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, attention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the public can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage safe and commodious, inform those who wish to patronise and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their seats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, arrive at Sunbury in Northumberland county, every Thursday, and return from thence and arrive at Harrisburg every Saturday, so that passengers destined for Lancaster or Philadelphia, may proceed on Monday. WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Ferrer, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg, every Wednesday morning, on the same evening arrives at Patrick Cochran's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday: performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadelphia. mwf
City of Washington. SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. II, For the Improvement of the Federal City. An insufficient dwelling-house 20,000 dollars, & cash 30,000, are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 8,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 40 do. 500 20,000 100 do. 100 10,000 200 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 10,000 1,000 do. 10 10,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 15,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blank. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but one. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 50 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from those drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery. SAMUEL BLODGET. $ Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. mwf
Will be Landed, From on board the ship Active, Capt. BLAIR, from Hamburg. 20 bales white Russia clean Hemp 2 casks Clover Seed For Sale by Thomas Herman Leuffer, North Fifth street, No. 34. June 26.  William Blackburn, LOTTERY AND BROKER'S OFFICE No. 64 South Second-street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. II, which commenced drawing the 29th May, FOR SALE. The price of tickets will rise in proportion as the drawing advances, particularly on account of the five first drawn tickets, prizes of four thousand dollars each, on the last day of drawing. Check Books kept for examination and registering, in the Canal, No. 2, City of Washington, No. 2, and Pateron Lotteries. Also, tickets for sale in the Schuylkill Bridge and Perkiomen Bridge lotteries, which will begin drawing in the course of the summer. The business of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, Bills, Notes, Lands, &c. &c. transacted with the utmost attention. June 2. end  Erkine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT CAMPBELL & Co. No. 40 South Second Street, [Price 31 Cents]  A View of the Causes and Consequences of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ERKINE. May 15. $
STATE TRIALS. Sold by W. Young, Bookseller, No. 52, South Second-street. The Pennsylvania State Trials, CONTAINING the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and John Nicholson, Comptroller General—In one large 8 vo. vol. Price, in boards, 3 dollars. W. Young has for sale, a general assortment of Books. Also, Stationery, retail and by the package, well assorted, and entitled to the drawback if exported. July 7. —  THE SUBSCRIBER having been appointed by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, General-agent for affixing British creditors, and such particular agents as they may specially authorize, in prosecuting their claims before the commissioners for carrying into effect the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, hereby gives notice that he has opened his office at his house the fourth east corner of Chestnut and fifth Streets, Philadelphia, where he is ready to receive all claims or instructions for claims with the vouchers and documents thereof, for the purpose of bringing forward the same agreeably to the rules and orders which the board may think proper to prescribe. And as it will be for the interest of all concerned, that the several claims be so stated, and supported, as to prevent the delay which would arise from the necessity of obtaining further information, or additional materials, from persons residing at a distance, the general agent thinks it his duty to add, (for the direction chiefly of those, who, not having employed particular agents, may leave the prosecution of their claims to his charge and management) that all such claims ought in particular to set forth— 1st. The proper description and situation of the creditor or claimant, and original debtor, respectively. 2d. The date and amount of the original contract or debt. 3d. When, in what manner, and to what extent, the creditor or claimant was prevented or impeded, by the provision, operation or defect of law, the decisions and practice of courts, or restraint of execution, from recovering payment of the debt in question. 4th. The loss and damage incurred or sustained, in consequence of such impediments, whether the same may have arisen from the insolvency, change of situation, or death of the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of time, or other causes impairing the value and security of the debt, which would not have operated if such impediments had not existed. And 5th. The particular grounds and reasons, on which the claimant maintains, in the terms of the treaty, that "by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the creditor cannot now obtain and actually have and receive full and adequate compensation" for the losses and damages so sustained. The general agent thinks it his duty further to suggest that the several claims ought to be accompanied and supported by the affidavits of the claimants duly sworn and regularly attested, both as to the existence of the debt claimed, and such other circumstances as may be within their own knowledge, respectively. And wherever the claimants in stating the nature of their evidence (which must in every instance be the best of which the case is capable) have occasion to refer to the testimony of witnesses, it will be proper to apprise the general agent of the names and places of residence of such witnesses, and the facts to be established by their testimony. Wm. Moore Smith. Philadelphia, June 8th, 1797. d
For Sale, That well known place, called VANDERGRIFT'S FERRY. ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Philadelphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story house house occupied as a tavern, and a good one story stone kitchen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out-buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent ice House. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentleman's seat, commanding a view of the Neshannoy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Subscriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24. 32wtf  COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with much pleasure and respect, returns her sincere acknowledgement for the liberal encouragement she has received during four years residence in Philadelphia; and assures her friends and the public, so far from intending to decline her school, she has made a superior arrangement for the more convenient accommodation of her scholars.—Every branch of useful and polite education is particularly attended to by Mrs. Groombridge and masters excelling in their respective professions. Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. June 5th, 1797. $1m2p  Just Published,  And to be had of Messrs. Dobson, Campbell, Rice, Cary, and the other principal Booksellers in the city, price one dollar, twenty-five cents, in boards.  New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, M. D. June 20. $1m2p 
No. 183. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the fifteenth day of June, in the twenty first year of the Independence of the United States of America, JAMES WOODHOUSE, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit:— "The Young Chemist's Pocket Companion, being a Description of a Portable Laboratory, containing a Philosophical apparatus, and a great number of Chemical Agents, by which any person may perform an endless variety of amusing and instructing Experiments, designed for the use of ladies and gentlemen, and intended to promote the cultivation of the Science of Chemistry in the United States of America. By JAMES WOODHOUSE, M. D. Professor of Chemistry, in the University of Pennsylvania. President of the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, &c." "At present every thing that is not denominated Chemistry, is but a small part of a system of natural knowledge." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 18. d3t—wtf
No. 188. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty sixth day of July, in the twenty second year of the Independence of the United States of America, JOHN FENNO, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:— "Observations on certain documents contained in No. V. and VI. of "The History of the United States for the year 1796," in which the charge of speculation, against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted—Written by himself." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 27. w&fjt
Public Notice is hereby given, THAT at June term, 1797, a petition was presented to the Court of Common Pleas, held at York Town, in the State of Pennsylvania, at the instance of James Short, praying the Court to supply a lost deed made by a certain Andrew Hickenlooper, to Hugh Morrison, James Morrison, and John Sample, executors to Hans Morrison, deceased, for six hundred acres of Land, situate in Menallen township, in the county of York: All persons who have any objections to make to the object of the said petition are desired to attend at the Court House, in the town of York, on the 31th day of September next, otherwise the lost deed will be supplied. JOHN EDIE, Clerk. July 18. est85  30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indented Servants, Gifford Daily, a mulatto boy, about 17 years of age, a slim light built active fellow, can read and write five feet seven or eight inches high, has a heavy countenance; had on a fustian coat and trowsers; a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c. Allan Hellon, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven, or eight inches high, a thick set clumsy built fellow, particularly about the breeches, had on a tailor's blue jacket lined with fustian, dark striped vest, fustian trowsers, high crowned hat, coarse shoes, &c.; each of them had several shirts and several other clothes with them. Thirty Dollars will be paid for the runaways, or 15 dollars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street. The black fellow is about a year from Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, state of Delaware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. mtf&fjm  CAUTION. WHEREAS RICHARD LAKE has been attempting to sell a certain messuage or tenement and lot of ground, situated on the south side of Vine-street, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth, on Vine-street, fifteen feet, and in depth, southward, seventy six feet, bounded on the north side by Vine-street, on the east by ground late of Samuel Rhodes and Sarah his wife, on the south by ground late of John Pemberton, and on the west by another lot then about to be granted to Joseph Hulings—This is therefore to caution all persons against purchasing the above described property, the same having been mortgaged by the said Richard Lake to William Spade. SARAH SPADE. July 14. co2w
Musical Instrument Manufactory, No. 167, Arch-Street. HARPER, harpsichord, grand, portable grand, fide-board, pier table and square piano for maker from London, returns thanks to his friends and the public, for their liberal encouragement, and hopes that by his assiduity and attention to every branch of his business, to merit a continuance of their favours. Piano forte made on the newest and most approved plans, with pedals, patent, swell, and French harp stop, which he flatters himself will be found on trial by unprejudiced judges, to be equal if not superior to any imported, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any instrument purchased of him, if not approved of in twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical instruments made, used, and repaired with the greatest accuracy, dispatch, and on the most reasonable terms, for ready money only. Second hand Piano Forte taken in exchange. May 20. $2m2p
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the last Sunday of this inst. July, a Mulatto Man, named Will Bowzer, about forty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather chunky made; had on when he went away, a drab colored cloth coat, striped purple trowsers and jacket. It is probable he will change his clothes, as he took a number with him. The said fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Charles Blake of this place; and it is expected he has made towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State.—Any person apprehending the said fellow, and securing him so that I can get him again, shall receive the above reward if taken out of the county, and Twenty Dollars if in the county, and all reasonable charges if bro't home. JESSE REED, Queen Ann's County, Maryland. July 3. w3t
Just Published, And to be had of Messrs. Dobson, Campbell, Rice, Cary, and the other principal Booksellers in the city, price one dollar, twenty-five cents, in boards.  New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, M. D. June 20. $1m2p