Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-02-07 00:00:00

CONTINUATION OF Latest Foreign Intelligence.
It is confidently asserted, that Eali Affendi is going to reside at Paris as Ambassador from the Porte.
It appears that the French were, on the 5th of November, still in possession of the bridge of Hunningen, with a body of 3000 men. Nothing of any moment had taken place on the side of Kehl, or on the Lower Rhine, so late as the 10th.
A Spanish squadron of 19 sail of the line and several frigates is arrived in the port of Toulon.
General Clerk, Chief of the Topographical Department, has been appointed by the Director, Ambassador to the court of Vienna, for which place he set out on the 17th inst.
November 25.
Gen. Simcoe was yesterday sworn in before his Majesty in Council, Governor of St. Domingo in the West Indies, for which place he is to set off immediately.
The Hamburg mail, which became due yesterday, had not arrived when this paper was put to press, nor had Government received any further intelligence from Paris.
Mr. Timms, the messenger, set out yesterday, and not before, with dispatches for Lord Malmesbury. These it is generally considered, contain the final resolution of government on the subject of the present negotiation. Mr. Ellis, we understand, will have to deliver a verbal message to his lordship.
Extract of a Letter from an Officer stationed at St. Tropez, dated Nov. 19. 1796.
"The troops which for some months past had lined the French coast opposite to these islands; have marched from thence, being, as I am informed, ordered to reinforce the armies on the Rhine. Even the signal posts which, previous to these encampments, were established along the shore, now appear abandoned: so urgent have been the wants of the French government for men. All the gun-boats have returned to England."
By the arrival of the Spanish fleet at Toulon, we are relieved from a late anxiety, lest admiral Jervis should be blockaded by them at Corsica.
A Flemish paper received yesterday of the date of the 18th inst. speaks of a considerable commotion having manifested itself in different parts of Belgium, in consequence of some violent proceedings of the French, and which is not a little promoted by the late ill success of the latter on the Rhine. A considerable part of the army of Bourdonville, it is said, have been ordered to march to quell the disturbances.
The court of Lisbon has positively refused to accede to the insulting proposition made to it by the court of Spain, viz.—to shut out all English vessels from the ports of Portugal. The court of Spain offered only a period of ten days to decide on this momentous point, and to receive a categorical answer. The court of Lisbon returned one without delay—highly honorable to its own dignity, and replete with good faith to its Allies. It declared that it would remain true to its engagements with Great Britain.—Accordingly, when the last letters left Lisbon, it was expected that the Spanish forces would attack without delay.
Nothing is worse than ill luck.—Sir Roger Curtis only left his station off the port of Rochefort on the 3d inst. in the evening, and Admiral Richery entered it on the 4th. We suppose his instructions were, to wait there no longer. His squadron met with most terrible gales of winds during its cruise.
The Paris Papers, which we received yesterday afternoon by Express, to the 19th inst. inclusive, give an account of several changes which have taken place in the Naval appointment of the Republic.—Vice-Admiral Villaret Joyeuse, who has till now engaged the confidence of the Government, both under the Committee of the Public Safety and the Directory, has been dismissed from the command of the fleet at Brest; and Citizen Marad le Gail has been appointed to succeed him.—Twelve Post-Captains have also been dismissed. Ten ships of the line, and 30 transports are preparing at Brest for a secret expedition. At Toulon, Vice Admiral Martin has been replaced by Citizen Houss. The want of money is severely felt at both ports. At the latter place 3000 artificers have been discharged, as it was found impossible to pay them.
"The Santa Margarita of 38 guns, is gone up Hamoaze to rest; the Edgar of 74 guns, and the Spitfire of 16 guns, are now going up."
"Came from Hamoaze, and failed for Falmouth, his majesty's Pique of 38 guns, capt. Barlow; and Amazon of 30 guns, capt. Reynolds."
"Chapman of 24 guns is gone up to Hamoaze to rest."
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Nov. 21. "In consequence of an order received this morning by the Telegraph, his majesty's ships Latona of 38 guns, hon. capt. Legge, and Greyhound of 32 guns, capt. Young, immediately put to sea."
"Admiral Gardner's squadron is ready, and will sail in a few days to cruise on the coast of France."
"The Namur of 98 guns, capt. Whitehead; and Colossus of 74 guns capt. Grindall, are ordered to victual for the Mediterranean."
Extract of a letter from Deal, Nov. 21.
"Sailed thro' the Downs the General Pinckney, White, for Charlestown. Remain the ships as per last. Wind S.W."
November 22.
"Sailed this morning on a cruise to the Eastward, his majesty's ships,"
 Melpomene 44 Capt. Sir C. Hamilton  La Nymph 38—Cook  Clyde 31—Cunningham. 
The French Directory have announced the proposition
for an armistice with the Austrians, but it does not appear to have taken place except in regard to some out posts.
Nothing decisive on the subject of peace, but it is certain that negotiations are on foot between the Emperor and the Republic.
Mr. Pitt has proposed a mode of raising resources by subscription.
On the 27th Dec. the Carteret, Captain Taylor, spoke with the Andromache, of Philadelphia, Simon Kinston, master, 35 days from Cadiz bound to New-York. Palma then bore S. E. 16 leagues. The head of her foremast was sprung.
On the 16th January, spoke the Danish ship Northern Lion, of Altona, Capt. John Yanzen, master, from Hamburg and Teneriffe, bound to Charleston, out 54 days. lat. 23, 06, long. 57-00.
ARMY OF ITALY.
BUONAPARTE TO THE DIRECTORY.
General Quarters at Verona, 23 Brumaire, Nov. 13.
It is my duty to give you an account of the operations which have taken place since the 14th. I was informed on the 10th, that an Austrian corps was advancing, and had encamped upon the Piave; I dispatched general Mallela as soon as possible with a corps of observation, to Basso on the Brenta, with orders to retire to Vicenza the moment the enemy should pass the Piave; I ordered gen. Vaucluse to attack the enemy's posts on the Trentino, and by all means to drive them from their position between the Lavis and a hill resistance was made. Gen. Guites went to St. Michel, and burnt the enemy's bridge. But the latter rendered our attack upon San Vittore no purpose, and the 24th demi-brigade was hardly used in spite of its bravery. We have made 300 prisoners, and killed a great number of the enemy.
On the 13th, I ordered the attack upon Segusano to be renewed, a place of which it was necessary we should be in possession, and being informed at the same time that the enemy had passed the Piave, I sent out with Angeleau's division; we joined Mallela's division at Vicenza, and marched on the 15th, and met the enemy, who had passed the Brenta, came upon them by surprise, and swept them from their first position. The action was sharp, warm, and bloody; the advantage was ours; the enemy repassed the Brenta, and we remained in possession of the field of battle; we made 500 prisoners, and killed considerably the greatest number. We took one piece of cannon. Gen. Lanus was wounded with a sabre. All the troops are covered with glory.
In the meanwhile the enemy had on the 13th attacked gen. Vaucluse in several points, and threatened to take him in flank, which obliged the gen. to retreat to La Pietra, his right to the mountains, and his left to More. On the 14th the enemy did not make their appearance, but on the 17th there was a most obstinate battle, in which we took two pieces of cannon, and 1300 prisoners, but night coming on, a panic struck one part of the troops.
The division took its position on the 18th at Rivoli, and Corona, by a bridge which I had caused to be erected for that purpose. The loss of the enemy must have been very considerable.
Being apprized of what was passing in Tyrol I hastened to let out on the 17th at day break, and we arrived on the 18th at mid-day at Verona.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, having learnt that the enemy had set out from Montebello, and had encamped at Villa Nova, we went from Verona, and fell in with their advanced guard at St. Martin. Angeleau attacked it, routed it, and pursued it three miles; it escaped under night.
On the 22d, at day break, we found ourselves in the presence of the enemy. It was necessary to put them to flight. We attacked them with skill and bravery—Mallela's division attacked them on the left; gen. Angeleau on the right. Our success was complete. Gen. Angeleau took the village of Cardera, and made 200 prisoners.
Mallela made himself master of the rising ground, turned the enemy about, and took five pieces of cannon; but the rain which fell in spouts, was succeeded by a cold frost, which a strong wind blew in the faces of our soldiers, and favoured the enemy, who, being joined by a corps of reserve which had not been beaten, regained the height. I have sent off the 75th demi-brigade which was kept in reserve. The two armies guard their position. The weather continues very bad. To day our troops take repose; to morrow we shall regulate our operations by the movements of the enemy.
(Signed)
BUONAPARTE.
Bulletin of the Army of Italy.
General Quarters Verona, 23 Brumaire Nov. 13. On the 16th Brumaire, the division of the Divisionary General Vaucluse took its position at Corona. The enemy's army is advanced from Vicenza to Montebello, and from thence to St. Martin.
The General in chief has marched the corps which he had upon the Adige, which set out from Verona on the 21st, at three o'clock in the afternoon. It met the advanced guard of the enemy between St. Martin & St. Michel, which it routed, and pursued for the space of three miles.
The next morning the two armies found themselves in presence of each other, and had a sharp engagement. The weather was extremely bad; this did not prevent the French army, however, from dislodging the enemy several times from their position, after having made about 700 prisoners. The General in Chief having been informed that the enemy were in motion upon the Lower Adige with a view of passing it, he marched, at day break, the whole body of the army to Verona. The battle was very smart, the enemy's loss was estimated very high. Launay, General of Brigade, has been killed.
Gentili, General of division, Commander for the Republic in Corsica, at the head of a column of light-infantry, made himself master of the important height of Mortela, which has obliged the English fleet to evacuate the gulf of St. Florence.
Three English ships of war have been burnt in the port of Ajaccio.
(Signed)
BERTHIER.
GERMAN ACCOUNTS.
VIENNA, November 12.
A messenger is arrived here from Lord Malmesbury at Paris, with dispatches for the English minister at the Imperial court, who immediately after had a long conference with Baron Thugut, our minister of state. The dispatches were dated Paris, the 27th October, and contained the answer of the directory to the first note presented by Lord Malmesbury, in consequence of which Mr. Morton Eden has inquired of our cabinet, whether his Imperial majesty could commission and empower Lord Malmesbury to negotiate a peace for Austria? It seems, however, most likely, that an Imperial minister will be sent to Paris to carry on the negotiations jointly with the English negotiator, although the French directory appears to be averse to all sorts of congress.
The 4000 troops of Hesse Darmstadt, which at first were to embark at Civita Vecchia, have now marched to Trieste, from whence they are to be conveyed to Gibraltar.
November 12. (FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY VIENNA COURT GAZETTE)
The reports of field marshal Baron Alvinzy, state the following particulars respecting the battle of the 6th, near Basso and Fonteniva, the consequences of which are highly important.
The position of the army was as follows—twelve battalions were posted near Fonteniva, and had their advanced posts on the opposite banks of the Brenta; one battalion was encamped near Cordignano, to cover the communication of the other corps, and eleven battalions were near Bassano.
On the 5th at break of day, accounts reached the field marshal from all sides, that Buonaparte had drawn in all his detachments from Legnaro, Ferrara, Verona and Montebello, and even a part of his battering train; and had taken a position near Vicenza, with three divisions. These accounts having been found true on reconnoitering the enemy's position, the necessary dispositions were made to meet them, in case they should attempt an attack.
On the 6th, in the morning, the enemy attacked the van guard of field marshal Provera, near Fonteniva, the report of which having reached field marshal Alvinzy, the whole army was immediately ordered to advance, and two battalions were detached to Lenova, and one to Moroselica, to threaten the enemy's flank and rear, and to force them to desist from their attacks on field marshal Provera. But these troops had scarce reached Lenova, with the enemy far superior in force, attacked them with their usual impetuosity. Lenova was, with a considerable loss on both sides, several times taken and abandoned.
But as our troops had considerably suffered in this severe and constantly renewed attack, they were ordered to fall back into their former position, which extended from the mountains of the Sette Comuni, by Moroselica, beyond Lenova, as far as the Punta; and even on this position the enemy made several times the most furious attacks; but about the fall of night the conflict took a favorable turn, and the enemy were repulsed on all points.
Field Marshal Provera was exactly in the same situation, and he states, that his loss on that day amounts to some thousands in killed and wounded, but that very few were taken prisoners, which shews, that the troops were not thrown into confusion. The field marshal estimates the enemy's loss at 4000 men.
The night put a period to the action, during which, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the field marshal received the agreeable intelligence, that field marshal lieutenant Davidovich had rendered himself master of Trent.
The situation of our troops having been much improved by this event, the field marshal resolved to attack the enemy on the 9th, in order vigorously to pursue the object of his expedition, if the enemy, on account of the severe loss they sustained on the 6th, should not retreat.
The night after the battle, was employed to bring the troops to the different points assigned them, and to make the necessary dispositions for the following day. At break of day the whole army was under arms, and ready for action. But on the return of the patrols, the field marshal learnt that the enemy had fallen back. They would have been immediately pursued, but that field marshal lieutenant Provera was obliged to re-establish the bridge of Pootono, broke down by the enemy, which was accomplished about noon.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the army began to move forwards, both from Bassano and Fonteniva, and at nine o'clock at night, reached the camp near Scadelfero; three battalions having been left on the right flank near Moroselica, and the different columns ordered to form a junction between St. Pietro di Gu and Golo. But no enemy was to be seen, except that the van guard of Provera's column overtook the rear of the French, which brought on a trifling skirmish between our troops and the enemy.
On the 8th, early in the morning, the field marshal received the division of field marshal lieutenant Provera and Quosdanovich, and as it appeared to him indispensably necessary to pursue the enemy, already thrown into confusion, without allowing them time to rally and gather strength, the army put itself in motion at ten o'clock in the morning, and pursued the enemy in three columns, as far as Vicenza. On our approach they drew in their advanced posts, abandoned Vicenza, and retreated to Montebello.
The field marshal ordered his vanguard, under general Hohenzollern, to take post at Altavilla, and the main body of his to occupy a position on the road to Verona, and was determined, in case the enemy should not evacuate Montebello in the course of the night, to dislodge them from thence the next morning.
The French General Anulle, who commanded the enemy's horse and van guard, was severely wounded, taken prisoner, and conducted to Vicenza.
VIENNA, Nov. 12.
A messenger is arrived here from Lord Malmesbury at Paris, with dispatches for the English minister at the Imperial court, who immediately after had a long conference with Baron Thugut, our minister of state. The dispatches were dated Paris, the 27th October, and contained the answer of the Directory to the first note presented by Lord Malmesbury, in consequence of which Mr. Morton Eden has inquired of our cabinet, whether his Imperial majesty would commission and empower Lord Malmesbury to negotiate a peace for Austria? It seems most likely, however, that an Imperial minister will be sent to Paris to carry on the negotiations jointly with the English negotiator, although the French Directory appears to be averse to all sorts of congress.
The 4000 troops of Hesse Darmstadt, which at first were to embark at Civita Vecchia, have now marched to Trieste, whence they are to be conveyed to Gibraltar.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, January 13.—Continued.
Mr. Harper said, they had been informed farther revenue was wanted. Every gentleman who had advocated a system of direct taxation, had taken pains to prove this, which was unnecessary. He admitted the fact in the amplest extent. But there was another position of gentlemen in which he by no means agreed, viz. that the source of indirect taxation, would, if resorted to, be unproductive, and that it had long since been exhausted, consequently, that we must have recourse to a land tax to procure the necessary supplies. This statement he entirely dissent from. He was persuaded this country possessed ample sources of revenue, thro' established channels, to raise all the money wanted. The question, then, was one of expediency, whether this or that mode of raising revenue shall be adopted? And here he would observe, that however the tax was laid, it must be paid by the people; the possessor of the soil and consumer must pay. The whole question was, which way will be the most convenient to draw the sum wanted from them? Whether by a circuitous and indirect mode, or by a direct and positive method? In comparing these different modes of taxation, it would be necessary to take a view of the difference of circumstances which distinguished this country from others, of whose practice in this respect we had some knowledge.
He confessed there were great difficulties attending this subject. He was not ashamed to confess himself very unequal not only to the task of indicating to the house what measures would be proper to be taken, but even of judging for himself on the subject. It was a subject which had engaged for a long time the best talents of this country, and there still existed a division of opinion about which was the best mode of raising revenue; but, when an individual was called upon to form a judgment, however difficult the task may be, he must take some course or other, and in his choice he could only be directed by his own understanding, improved and informed by the experience of others.
Since the subject was full of difficulties on all sides, he said, they had only to choose between evils. He was of opinion that whatever objections might be brought against the system of indirect taxation, that the inconveniences of that system were far less than those which would be found in a system of direct taxation. With respect to a land tax, or tax on real property, there were circumstances in which he believed it the very best mode of raising revenue which could be adopted, viz. in a country where wealth & population were equally diffused throughout the whole territory; were markets were, of course, every where convenient; where a farmer could easily exchange his labour for another man's labour, or where produce sold every where at nearly the same price. In such a country, he believed a land tax was a very good tax; there the ratio upon which such a tax might be equally laid, was readily attainable; but, in our country, he said, the situation of things was totally different.
It was well known, that the great population and wealth of this country lay near the sea coast, and that, in proportion as it was receded from, the population became thin and the country comparatively poor by being far removed from a market for the produce of the soil. The exchange against a man removed 300 miles from the coast was so great, that much of what he sent to market was wasted by the expense of conveyance. Hence results, said he, the scarcity of money which exists in the interior of a country like ours, which renders the payment of a small sum inconvenient, and this difficulty cannot be removed by any regulation which can be introduced. A man on the Monongahela called upon for twenty shillings, would find it lie heavier upon him than a farmer on the Delaware would find twenty pounds lie upon him, as he would experience more than twenty times the difficulty in procuring the money; for, from the scarcity of circulating medium, in remote situations, it was almost impossible to convert the most valuable articles of produce into money, whilst persons living near a good market were able to sell the most trifling articles for a good price.
These observations were so well verified in that part of the country with which he was best acquainted, that though the most equitable valuation had taken place, yet a tax which had been laid in consequence of that valuation, had been collected with the greatest difficulty.
It would be found, therefore, from these statements (for the truth of which he appealed to every gentleman who had thought upon the subject) that let direct taxes be laid in whatever manner they might, they would bear extremely hard in some cases, though they might be perfectly light in others. This he considered as one of the greatest objections to a land tax, an objection which did not exist in European countries, as they are full of inhabitants, and the farmer had every where a market for his produce.
Indirect taxes, on the contrary, Mr. H. said, were collected with facility, and were voluntarily paid. If a man found himself pinched for money, he might refrain from purchasing, at least for a time, of such articles as were taxed, and not immediately necessities of life, or he would make a less quantity serve him; but a direct tax could not be avoided, however unable a man might be to pay it. Hence, he said, would arise executions and a variety of distress amongst that class of citizens who were unable to meet the demands of government.
Another objection, not less strong, to direct taxation, was the impossibility of apportioning such a tax equally. He said, impossibility, and he was warranted in the expression. He was desirous of hearing how the committee of Ways and Means meant to apportion and collect this tax; but this information was withheld, and they were called upon to agree to the principle without any plan of carrying it into effect. He said it was impossible from two causes; first, from markets being remote in some parts and convenient in others, and consequently land being of much less value in some parts than in others, and from the vast inequality which took place in proportion to population and to the improved or unimproved state of agriculture. So that some parts of the same district was of much more value than others, and even some farms more than others, from the superior skill and industry of their present possessors, or of those who heretofore possessed them. There was no part of the country, he said, where this remark would not be verified. Combine with this circumstance, the contiguity and distance from markets, and the impossibility of an equal apportionment would appear evident. Nor was the distance from a market alone to be considered; bad roads were an insurmountable objection in some parts of the country. How these difficulties were to be overcome, he was at a loss to see. He believed such a tax could not be laid with any degree of justice. It had been attempted in some states; in some it had been found impracticable, and in others attended with very great inconvenience. In the state which he represented, it had been attempted upon a principle which seemed to be generally approved; but it had been found that a man who possessed land of four times the value of

his neighbour, paid no higher a tax than he who possessed the poor land.
What, said Mr. H. must then be done? Would you resort to an assessment? If so, you embrace an immense expense. For an assessor to go through the United States, and to class every farm according to its value, would not only be very expensive, but it would require a very long time to accomplish such a business; and the expense could not be stated at less than from twenty to forty per cent. the first year upon the sum raised. And to preserve a thing like a just valuation, it must frequently be repeated, as from emigration, and a variety of other causes, the value of property was continually changing, and thereby the expense would become very heavy. Besides, from the attachments and interests of the persons employed on such an occasion, there would be no certainty of obtaining a just valuation.
Viewing all these objections, therefore, he believed it would be allowed, if it was not impossible, it was at least impracticable to any good effect to lay an equal land tax. In other countries, he said, these difficulties did not exist. The rent of property afforded a certain criterion by which to judge of its value, and there was therefore no difficulty in forming a just apportionment.
These objections, he remarked, could not be urged against indirect taxation; but there were other objections. They were told that the source of indirect taxation was so far exhausted, that to increase these taxes would risk the introduction of smuggling, by which the morals of individuals would be destroyed, and the revenue diminished. These, he allowed, if true, were very serious objections; but he denied their truth. How did it appear that this source had been so much exhausted that no addition could be made without introducing smuggling? There was no statement to prove this; but he believed he should produce a statement which would prove the contrary. He believed the duties on several articles were rapidly increasing. This proved that the duty was paid with ease and convenience, and that it might be augmented without danger. But they were told, that whilst the revenue depended upon commerce, it was in the power of foreign nations greatly to embarrass it, and utterly to destroy it by a war with this country. The propriety was therefore urged of transferring the taxes from sources which might be so affected to internal sources.
These objections, Mr. H. said, deserved to be very seriously weighed. He believed them to be infinitely the most solid which could be urged against this mode of taxation; and if true in their whole extent, would afford real ground of objection. But, in the first place, it may be remarked, we are already in this predicament, as our resources depend upon duties arising from foreign articles imported; and we should be no more so, by increasing those duties, since we were as effectually under that influence whilst five millions were drawn from that source, as if double the sum was drawn from it. He would ask, if the danger was increased by increasing the duty? He believed not; but that the benefits would be increased, without increasing the danger or evil.
He believed, however, that this objection was so solid as to command attention, and to require us to shape our course accordingly. He believed it was advisable for them to turn their eyes from foreign to domestic sources of revenue, and commence a system, which may be increased as necessity may require, and upon which may be transferred a part at least of that duty which is at present drawn from foreign sources. This, he thought, was found policy, and this would be found to be his intention.
There was another point of view, in which the plan he should propose recommended itself. They all knew money was immediately wanted. They were not to project a revenue which would be wanted by and by; 1,200,000 dollars were wanted immediately. This sum, he said, might immediately be drawn from established channels; but how long a time, he asked, would it take to raise it by a direct tax? Those who were best acquainted with the subject, would be able to say there was always great uncertainty in new sources of revenue, particularly when the object of taxation was entirely untried. Circumstances might, hereafter justify a transfer of a part of this tax, but at present, the system of taxes already organized, should be resorted to, as in that there could be no deception; they would only have to ask for the money and it would be there.
He believed it would be unnecessary to extend any farther his general observations on the introduction of this subject; he should now submit to the committee a sketch of objects which he meant to propose in place of a direct tax on land. He did not mean this as a complete system; some of the articles might perhaps be properly enough struck out, and others introduced. He intended more to recommend the plan than any particular object. He would, however, point out the sources which had struck him as proper to be resorted to, and leave the committee to determine upon the propriety of adopting or rejecting them.
Salt at present paid 12 cents per bushel, and the clear increase of duty from 1793 to 1795, had been from 247,000 to 345,000 dollars. This increase, he said, proved that the present duty was no way burdensome, as the consumption had greatly increased. He therefore proposed as addition of 12 cents per bushel, which would make an increase of duty at least 300,000 dollars. If it was thought this was too great an increase, a less might be adopted. It might be said this was taxing a necessary of life; but, he said, if salt were taxed, he could use what he pleased of it; but the same reason would hold good with respect to a tax on land. Three bushels of salt would serve a laboring man, his wife and three or four children a year, or admitting it to be four bushels, this additional duty would only amount to half a dollar, and what portion of a land tax would fall lighter than this! It would be said salt was used for cattle also. The quantity used for this purpose, he believed, was small. A bushel of salt would be enough for 30 cattle in a year, but if it were two bushels, the additional duty would only be a quarter of a dollar, which would not be felt by a man who kept this number of cattle; and if his number was larger, and he were a dealer, those to whom he sold them would pay the duty. The same observation would hold good with respect to salt used in salting up provisions for sale.
His next object was an augmentation of the tax on foreign merchandise which at present paid 15 per cent. ad valorem. This duty, he said, had increased from 1793 to '95 from 455,000 to 1,278,000 dollars. There had, indeed, been a small increase of duty between 1793 and 1794, which operated in 1794, but the increase of duty had not been by any means equal to this increased produce; and this being the case, it might be concluded the duty had been paid with convenience, and that it would bear an augmentation, and more particularly if it was recollected that the articles included in this class, were mostly articles of luxury and ex-
pence, and consequently fair objects of taxation, since the tax would fall upon the rich consumers. Perhaps, he said, there might be some articles of necessity in the list, which might be deducted, without making a material difference in his calculation. He would propose to augment this class of articles to 15 per cent. which would produce 500,000 dollars.
He would propose also to augment that class of goods which at present paid 12 1/2 per cent. ad valorem. The duty on these from 1793 to 1795 had increased from 33,000 to 645,000 dollars. This duty having increased five-fold (allowing for a small increase of duty as in the former case) it might very well be augmented, especially as the articles in this class were also articles of expense and luxury. Suppose 2 1/2 per cent. added to this class, it would produce 100,000 dollars.
His next object was that class of foreign merchandise which at present paid 15 per cent. The net revenue of this class in 1793 was 87,000, in 1794, 362,000, in 1795, 885,000 dollars. This class of articles, he said, was exceedingly numerous, and comprised many articles of general consumption by all classes of the community, but also some of expense. Perhaps it would not be advisable to increase the duty very much on this class, particularly as many of the articles were such as were manufactured in this country, and to increase the duty too much, might encourage a monopoly amongst our manufacturers at home, which he would wish to avoid. He should think, however, 25 per cent. upon the present amount might very well be laid, which would produce 100,000 dollars.
Madeira Wine was an article, the duty upon which might be increased, though it was already pretty high. In 1793 this duty had produced 117,000 dollars, in 1794, 152,000, in 1795, 190,000 dollars. The consumption it appeared had increased very considerably and he thought it would at least bear 10 per cent. upon the present duty, which would produce 15,000 dollars. He believed this might be done; but if it should be doubtful, it might be dropped without inconvenience.
Sherry, Lisbon, and certain other unenumerated wines, the duties upon which he believed had increased more than upon Madeira. He proposed an augmentation which should be equal to 15,000 dollars.
Foreign Spirits not distilled from grain, was amongst the objects on which an augmentation might take place. This article produced in 1793, 898,000 dollars in 1794, 1,492,000, in 1795, 1,400,000. The drawback in 1795 had been greater than the preceding year. He would augment this duty 10 per cent. on present amount, which would produce 100,000 dollars.
Bohea Tea was an article of great consumption, which at present paid 10 cents per lb. In 1793 this article had produced 163,000 dollars, in 1794, 226,000, and in 1795, 222,000. He said he was not so certain with respect to the propriety of increasing the duty upon this article as upon others. The smallness of its bulk made it a convenient article for smuggling, and it would not therefore, be prudent to advance the duty too high upon it. He thought, however, 10 per cent. might be added to it, which would produce 20,000 dollars.
Brown Sugar, he said now paid 1 1/2 cent per lb. It had produced in 1793, 646,000 dollars, in 1794, 510,000, in 1795, 707,000 dollars. This duty of 1 1/2 cent having been found a very light duty, being more so than the duty upon most other foreign articles, he proposed to augment it one cent per lb. which would produce 400,000 dollars. These augmentations added together, he said, would amount to 1,450,000 dollars.
This sum, he believed, might be very well raised by additional imposts, which was a greater sum than was wanted; 1,200,000 dollars being the estimated sum required. The augmentations which he had proposed might therefore be greatly reduced. This additional revenue, he said, would be raised without an increase of expense of one cent in the pound, by a system of collection already established, and understood, and might be produced without delay.
He proposed also that 100,000 dollars should be raised by a tax on stamps, and 150, or 200,000 by a tax on windows.
He proposed these, he said, not so much with a view of immediate revenue, but as a means of transferring by degrees the revenue from foreign to domestic sources. He had no doubt that a tax on stamps might be made to produce 500,000 dollars, and a tax on windows 4,000,000 if wanted. This might also be done with great facility, and would be infinitely preferable to a land tax, as it would fall equally upon all parts of the Union. He was not sure but a tax upon hearths might not be still better; and by these measures they would see how far they could go in drawing revenue from internal instead of foreign sources.
This, he said, must be gradual. The first thing necessary was to organize a tax, which might take several years to bring to perfection. In the mean time, they should get what was immediately wanted from the sources he had already pointed out; and in case of future wants, they could have recourse to the stamp and window or hearth tax.
Mr. Harper concluded with saying, he was sensible the plan he had proposed was an imperfect one; but as gentlemen had been cautioned against objecting to the system of direct taxation, except they produced a substitute, he had produced this, which might be added to or diminished from, as the committee should see proper. He was convinced of the necessity of further revenue, and he believed that the patriotism of the people of this country would induce them to pay whatever tax they might be convinced was necessary.
Mr. S. Smith, from the committee to whom it was referred to enquire whether any and what amendments were necessary in the act relative to the military establishment, made a report, recommending sundry alterations, the principal of which was the repeal of that part of the act which relates to light dragoons, and to a major-general and his staff. The report was ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole.
Mr. Madison, from the committee to whom was referred the confidential communication received from the President of the United States, a few days ago, gave notice that he had a report to make on the subject. The house and galleries were accordingly cleared.
This business finished, the house Adjourned till Monday.
Philadelphia, February 7.
Extract of a letter from Norfolk, dated January 27, 1797.
"Our allies are playing the devil with us where they can take hold, here we are weaning fast from our fraternalizing qualities. The Yankees are as much exasperated against them, to you see what changes a little time brings about."
Married on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Doctor Rogers, Mr. JOHN HOWE, to Miss ELIZA FLINTHAM, both of this city.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The French party seem very sure that an envoy extraordinary will be sent to France—because they insist that the very same measure should now be meted out to France that was meted to Britain in 1794. If they think this, is it not strange that they do not propose an embargo? Does their own conduct make no precedent for another call exactly similar, putting France instead of England? Why are they silent about sequestration of French debts and property? Why do they not prohibit all commercial intercourse with France and her colonies? Yet these are the men who boast of a majority in one house of Congress, and nevertheless have charged the friends of order with partiality and inconsistency, as if a minority were answerable for what they cannot do, and as if they thought the task easier to make the charge against others than to answer it themselves. Facts are stubborn things.
Colonel Pickering is attacked by a drowsy sceptic, yclep'd "a citizen" on the score of ignorance, because he was not so learned in the treasury of courts, as to disbelieve every thing that the Ministers of Louis the 16th, said, published, or did ! A Secretary of State here is to act the part of a member of a Democratic Society—to believe every thing untrue that any government asserts, and to act upon any thing sooner than the evidence of facts and the best authentic documents. The moral spirit of this country is not debased enough to sanction this sort of political decyphering. When ever it becomes necessary, however, in self defence, good master citizen has told us in what diplomatic corps we may find a master key to the cyphers.
It has been frequently and justly remarked that a habit of falsehood really bewilders some persons. When once accustomed to represent things as they are not, they lose the nice and ready discernment of the impression that facts make upon those who are used to seeing and representing them as they are. The character of public men is a fact of this sort—it is in reality the impression that the public has taken respecting such men. When we speak of a Congress man's or Secretary's character, we do not confine it to one man's private judgment, nor even to that which would generally prevail, if the foibles and weaknesses of the character in question were trumpeted abroad. The actual impression on the public decides what is called, character, a word which imports that we speak of what is, not what might be.
These observations lead one to remark on the great blindness of the disorganizers as to facts. Their little junto has so long brooded over the tales that are hatched in their midnight meetings, that they lose all knowledge of the judgment that the impartial and respectable public has definitively passed upon the characters they have slandered. The President and the heads of the Departments are mentioned in the Jacobin Gazettes, as having sunk very low in the estimation of the Citizens—and this they lately tell the very public which at the moment is solicitous to evince its unbounded respect for the President, and which is also reading the able, perspicuous and masterly report of one Secretary on the Land Tax, and the excellent and irrefragable diplomatic letter of another.
The Jacobins mistake their own opinions for that of the public, and they become once more as they have been invariably heretofore the dupes of their own credulity and malice.
The anarchoists are sure that an extra envoy will be selected for a French mission from the Democratic corps. It might indeed please France to see such an one, because Charles de la Croix would answer our end no worse and that of France no better than a true Democrat. The man who would have subjected Mr. Jay in 1782 to the Court de Vengeance has given proof of his gallantry and might possess and deserve the confidence of every body, but his own countrymen. Yet however experience has not much encouraged the election of Jacobin ministers or corporals. The burnt child dreads the fire.
EXTRACT
From the Speech of Governor ADAMS, to the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the 27th January.
Friends and Fellow Citizens,
"I think it a duty incumbent upon me to acquaint you, and our fellow citizens at large, that having arrived to a stage of life, marked in holy writ, and verified by constant experience as a time of labor and sorrow, it is highly proper both upon my own account, as well as that of the public, to decline the future suffrages of my fellow citizens for the office I have now the honor to sustain. I have had this in contemplation near a twelve month past. The infirmities of age render me an unfit person, in my own opinion, and very probably in the opinion of others, to continue in this station; and I mention it now, that those of the Electors who may probably be too warmly attached to me, may not nullify their own votes by giving them for me. I have always been convinced that many others might have been found to fill my place, to greater advantage to the commonwealth than is now or ever has been in my power. In the civil department during the times of war and of peace, I have served her in various stations to the best of my ability, and I hope with general approbation; and I can say with truth, that I have not enriched myself in her service. My warmest thanks are justly due to my constituents for the confidence they have placed in me. When I shall be released from the burthens of my public station, I shall not forget my country.—Her
welfare and happiness, her peace and prosperity, her liberty and independence will always have a great share in the best wishes of my heart."
TREATY OF PEACE,
Between the French Republic and the infant Duke of Parma—concluded under the mediation of Spain.
The most important conditions follow: There shall be peace and amity between these states.
The respective powers shall not assist in any way each other's enemies.
The French emigrants shall neither stop nor dwell upon the duke's territories.
All sequestration of property are done away on either part.
The stipulations of Buonaparte, on the 20th Floreal, are to be strictly and solemnly observed.
  The republican troops have free passage through the territories of the duke.   Neither power can permit this passage to the troops of the other's enemies.   There is no restriction upon the commerce of each country, but the necessary duties of each country, and preference is accorded to the inhabitants of each country. These mutual duties are to be fixed by a separate convention.   The exportation of French merchandise through the estates of the duke shall pay only a duty of transit or passage, and not of importation. This being intended for the maintenance of bridges and repairs of roads—articles transmitted by rivers or navigable canals, shall pay no duties.   In execution of the 6th article of the Hague treaty, concluded the 22d Floreal, third year, the present peace is declared also with the Batavian republic.   (Signed) CHARLES DE LA CROIX, COUNT POLLI, LOUIS BOLEA.   Paris, November 6. SEPARATE ARTICLE.   His royal highness gives up one-fourth of the duties of entry upon merchandise coming from the soil of the republic, its colonies, and fisheries, for his interior consumption, and of export on the articles of his produce designed for the republic, upon a reciprocal advantage allowed him with them, namely, on their importations from his territories, and their exports intended for his subjects.   New Theatre.   ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, February 8, Will be presented, (for the fourth time) an Historical Play, called   Columbus; Or, A WORLD DISCOVERED. WITH NEW SCENERY, MACHINERY, DRESSES AND DECORATIONS.   The music composed by Mr. Reinagle. The processions and Pageant by Mr. Byrne. In this Play the manners and customs of Mexico and Peru characterize the first discovered nations of America. Such deviation from Historical truth was deemed necessary for dramatic effect, and has enabled the author to introduce the pathetic Tale of CORA and ALONZO, from Marmontel's Incas.   THE PROLOGUE will be spoke by Mr. WITSELL.   SPANISH PART.   Columbus, Mr. Cooper   Alonzo, Mr. Moreton   Harry Herbert, Mr. Wignall   Doctor Dolores, Mr. Harewood   Bribon, Mr. Francis   Roldan, Mr. Fox   Valverdo, Mr. Darley   Molusco, Mr. Bisset   Captain, Mr. McDonald   1st Spaniard, Mr. Darley, jun.   2d Spaniard, Mr. Morgan   INDIANS.   Orozimbo, Mr. Warren   Solafco, Mr. L'Estrange   Catalpo, Mr. Warrell   Cuto, Mr. J. Warrell   Cora, Mrs. Merry   Neltis, Mrs. Francis   Priestesses of the Sun, Mrs. L'Estrange, Mrs. Maclellan, &c.   Indian Women,—Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Dods, Miss Milbourne, Miss Oldfield, Miss L'Estrange, Miss Bates, Miss Anderson, and M lle Sophie In act 3.   A PROCESSION OF INDIANS, and the first Landing of COLUMBUS.   In act 3.   REPRESENTATION OF A STORM AND EARTHQUAKE; With a Grand Eruption from a Volcano.   In act 4.   A MARCH OF SACRIFICE, and Procession to the Execution of CORA.   The whole to conclude with A GRAND PAGEANT. The scene of the Volcano designed by J. Richards, Esq. R. A. principal Scene Painter to Covent-Garden Theatre.   The rest of the Scenery designed by Mr. Milbourne, and the whole executed by him and under his direction.   Machinist, Mr. Lenthall.   The dresses designed by Mr. Gibbons.   To which will be added, A FARCE, called   Love a-la-Mode; Or, THE HUMOURS OF THE TURF. [Written by Charles Macklin, Esq.]   Sir Calaghan O'Bragaghan Mr. Warren   Sir Archy M'Sarcasm Mr. Bates   Squire Groom Mr. Harewood   Beau Mordecai Mr. Francis   Sir Theodore Goodchild Mr. Warrell   Servant Mr. Mitchell   Charlotte Mrs. Harvey   The Public are respectfully informed, that the new comedy of The Way to get married is in preparation, and will be speedily brought forward; after which Columbus will necessarily be laid aside.   Box, One Dollar twenty-five cents. Pit Seven Eighths of a Dollar, and Gallery, half a dollar.   Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's book-store. No. 50 High-street, and at the Office adjoining the Theatre.   Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places a quarter before 7 o'clock, and to order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain.   The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the Curtain rise precisely at 6 o'clock.   Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the front of the theatre, from 10 till 2 o'clock, and from 10 till 4 on the days of performance.   VIVAT RESPUBLICA! 

PHILADELPHIA,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1797.
We are happy to learn that the Philadelphia Gazette will be continued by Mr. Andrew Brown, Son of the late Mr. Andrew Brown; he is a young gentleman of handsome acquirements, and, we doubt not will merit a continuance of that distinguished public patronage which the Philadelphia Gazette has so amply enjoyed.
Married, last Thursday evening by the Right Rev. Dr. White, Dr. F. Young, of this City, to Miss Frances Holiday, of Bermuda.
The Eastern Mail had not arrived when this Paper went to Press.
Yesterday arrived here in a ship from Marseilles, Mons. de Montpelier and Mons. de Beaujolais, brothers of Mons. d'Orleans.
They have left France with a passport from the Executive Directory, to come and reside amongst the good friends and allies of their country.
COMMUNICATION.
The expression that Archduke Charles would prove the best negotiator for this country was probably enough never used by the gentleman to whom it is ascribed by a Jacobin gazette. However that may be, it is almost as easy to vindicate as to misrepresent it.
In the first place the Archduke Charles would not leave the terms entirely to the French themselves, which the more than half Frenchman whom the party would employ directed Mr. Jay to do in 1793.
But the question really is, this, Do the successes of the Austrians tend to the good or evil of this country as it respects France? The uncontrollable power of France has excited her to abuse the rights of the Italian and other states. The same cause has led her to attempt to cut off the trade of England with this country. This is the true motive of all her conduct, as the declarations of the French themselves have clearly proved. Now do our patriots chuse to avow their unabated wishes that France may go on conquering and to conquer till the trade and independence of America are as low at her feet as those of Tuscany and Sardinia? With less power she will no doubt effect more moderation and treat neutrals better in proportion as she comes down again from the imaginary throne of universal dominion to that level which will oblige her to respect the rights and fulfil the duties prescribed by the laws of nations. Not wishing to see my native country, plundered and oppressed as it is, with success to those who are fighting our despoilers and robbers. May France keep her independence and gain finally that liberty which she has so much abused and outraged; but may her power never be so augmented as to put our rights and sovereignty at her mercy.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
THE WARNING No. II.
INDEPENDENT of the commands of honor, the coelest calculations of interest forbid our becoming the instruments of the ambition of France, by associating with her in the war. The question is no longer the establishment of liberty on the basis of republican government. This point the enemies of France have ceased to dispute. The question now is whether she shall be aggrandized by new acquisitions, and her enemies reduced by diminished territories, to a degree which may render her the mistress of Europe, and consequently in a great measure of America. This is truly the remaining subject of contention.
They who understood the real strength and resources of France before the present war, knew that she was intrinsically the most powerful nation of Europe. The incidents of the war have displayed this fact in a manner which is the astonishment of the world. If France can finally realize her present plan of aggrandizement, she will attain to a degree of greatness and power, which if not counteracted by internal disorder, will tend to make her the terror and the scourge of nations. The spirit of moderation in a state of overbearing power is a phenomenon, which has not yet appeared, and which no wise man will expect ever to see. It is certain that a very different spirit has hitherto marked the career of the new republic; and it is due to truth to add, that the ardent, impetuous, and military genius of the French, affords perhaps less prospect of such a spirit in them than in any other people.
'Twas therefore contrary to our true interest to assist in building up this colossus to the enormous size at which she aims. 'Twas a policy as short sighted as mean to seek safety in a subserviency to her views as the price of her clemency. This at best would be but a temporary respite from the rod; it indeed that can be called a respite, which is of itself the sacrifice of a real to a nominal independence.
These reflections are not designed to rouse a spirit of hostility against France, or to inculcate the idea that we ought of choice to participate in the war against her. They are intended merely to fortify the motives of honor, which forbid our stooping to be compelled, either to submit without resistance to a virtual war on her part, or to avert her blows by engaging in the war on her side.
When it was the opinion, that France was defending the cause of Liberty, it was a decisive argument against embarking with her in the contest, that it would expose us to hazards and evils infinitely disproportioned to the assistance we could render. Now that the question plainly is, whether France shall give the law to mankind, the addition of our opposition to her plan could have too little influence upon the event to justify our willingly encountering the certain dangers and mischiefs of the enterprise. 'Tis our true policy to remain at peace, if we can, to negotiate our subjects of complaint as long as they shall be at all negotiable, to defer a resort to arms 'till a last effort of negotiation shall have demonstrated that there is no alternative, but the surrender of our sovereignty or the defence of it—that the only option is between infamy or war. But if unhappily this period shall ever arrive, it will impose a sacred and indispensable duty—to meet the contest with firmness, and relying on a just providence, confidently to commit the issue to the God of Battles.
While it is a consolation to know, that our government, on this as on other trying occasions, will act with perfect prudence, and will do every thing that honor permits to preserve peace; Yet it is not
to be forgotten that there is a point at which forbearance must stop—beyond which moderation were baseness—where we must halt and make a stand for our rights or cease to pretend to any.
When the indiscriminate seizure of our vessels by British cruisers under the order of the sixth of November 1793, had brought our affairs with Great Britain to a crisis, which led to the measure of sending a special envoy to that country to obtain relief and reparation, it was well understood that the issue of that mission was to determine the question of peace or war between the two nations. In like manner, it is to be expected that our executive will make a solemn and final appeal to the justice and interest of France, will insist in mild but explicit terms on the renunciation of the pretension to intercept the lawful commerce of neutrals with the enemies of France and the institution of some equitable mode of ascertaining and retributing the losses which the exercise of it has inflicted upon our merchants. If the experiment shall fail, there will be nothing left but to repel aggression and defend our commerce and independence. The resolution to do this will then be imposed on the government by a painful but irresistible necessity, and it were an outrage to the American name and character to doubt that the people of the United States will approve the resolution, and will support it with a constancy worthy of the justice of their cause, and of the glory they have heretofore deferred and acquired.
No: let this never be doubted! The servile minions of France—those who have no sensibility to injury but when it comes from Great Britain, who are unconscious of any rights to be protected against France, who, at a moment when the public safety more than ever demands a strict union between the people and their government, traitorously labour to detach them from it, and to turn against the government for pretended faults, the resentment which the real oppressions of France ought to inspire—these wretched men will discover in the end, that they are as insignificant as they are unprincipled. They will find that they have vainly flattered themselves with the co-operation of the great body of those men with whom the spirit of party has hitherto associated them—In such an extremity the adventitious discriminations of party will be lost in the patriotism and pride of the American character. Good citizens of every political denomination will remember that they are Americans—that when their country is in danger, the merit or demerit of particular measures is no longer a question—that it is the duty of all to unite their efforts to guard the national rights, to avert national humiliation, and to withstand the imposition of a foreign yoke. The true and genuine spirit of 1776, not the vile counterfeits of it which soothed and lulled our eyes and our ears, will warm every truly American heart, and light up in it a noble emulation to maintain inviolate the rights, and unfulfilled the honor of the American nation. It will be proved, to the confusion of all false patriots, that we did not break the fetters of one foreign tyranny to put on those of another. It will be again proved to the world that we understood our rights and have the courage to defend them.
But there is still ground to hope that we shall not be driven to this disagreeable extremity. The more deliberate calculations of France will probably rescue us from the present embarrassment. If she perseveres in her plan, she must inevitably add all the neutral powers to the number of her enemies. How will this fulfil the purpose of destroying the commerce of Great Britain? The commerce of those powers with France will then entirely cease, and be turned more extensively into the channels of Great Britain, protected by her navy, with the co-operation of the maritime force of those powers. The result will be the reverse of what is projected by the measure. The commerce and revenue of Britain will in all likelihood be augmented rather than diminished; and her arms will receive an important reinforcement.
Violent and unjust measures commonly defeat their own purpose. The plan of starving France was of this description and operated against the views of its projectors. The plan now adopted by France of cutting off the trade of neutrals with her enemies, alike violent and unjust, will no doubt end in similar disappointment. Let us hope that it will be abandoned, and that ultimate rupture will be avoided—but let us also contemplate the possibility of the contrary and prepare our minds seriously for the unwelcome event.
AMERICUS.
GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES MARINE LIST.
A Swedish Barque, in 70 days from Gibraltar, has arrived at Marcus Hook, with the Americans released from captivity at Algiers.
Yesterday arrived at the Hook, the brig Tryal, Capt. Knox, from Hamburg. We have received papers by this vessel—but none later than the 14th of November.
A small ship from Port-au-Prince, and a large white bottom ship, are also arrived in the Delaware—names unknown.
The ship Fame, Jones, in 68 days from London, is arrived at Marcus Hook—Captain Jones (when 6 days out) spoke admiral Elphinstone, from the Cape of Good Hope, with a Dutch sloop of war: admiral Elphinstone knew nothing of a Spanish war, until he met the Fame, although he had boarded a Spanish frigate the day before.—In the Fame came ten passengers.
NORFOLK, January 26.
Yesterday arrived here the brig Betsey, captain Timothy Baker, 21 days from St. Martins. The captain informs, that 10 sail of Americans had been carried into that port previous to his sailing; some of which were condemned, some under, and others waiting for trial—among whom we are enabled to state the following:
Ship Sally, of New-York, captain John Bayne, from Demarara bound home—vessel and cargo condemned.
Brig Mary, of New-York, captain Beattie, from Barbadoes to Turk's-Island—waiting for trial.
Brig —, of Sheepscot, (Mast.) capt. Crawford, from St. Bartholomews to Georgia—waiting for trial.
Schooner —, of Newbern, (N. C.) Captain Tinker, had cleared out from St. Martins to St. Bartholomews—brought back by a privateer and waiting for trial.
Schooner Elizabeth, of Norwich, capt. Brown, from Demarara bound to New-York. Captain Brown detained in irons on board the privateer, and the schooner waiting the privateers at sea.
Left there, the sloop Jenny, captain Rogers, of Norfolk, put in there in distress, was selling her cargo.
Brig Sally, capt. Adams, of Wilmington, (Del.) selling her cargo.
Schr. Patty, Capt. Stafford, of Boston, selling her cargo.
Captain Baker also informs, that the American Indian, the Rindbeck, of Providence, (R. I.) capt. J. Aborn, from the Isle of France, was captured by a French cruiser on the 26th December, and carried into St. Martins. On the 1st of January, at 3 o'clock in the morning, she was cut out by the Bermudian lugger Experiment, and carried off.
The above brig Betsey was taken by a French cruiser on her passage from Wells (Mast.) to Cape Francois, carried into St. Martins, and vessel and cargo condemned; the Captain and crew were plundered of their ventures and cloaths: the brig was bought in by the captain on account of the owners.
Came passenger in the brig Betsey, Captain John Hall, of the Schooner Rebecca of Baltimore, (captured and carried into St. Martins) who also informs, that he was plundered of every thing he had, the prize master and crew put on board his vessel, and part of his crew put on board a prison ship, who were obliged to work in the day-time, and at night were put in irons.
Yesterday arrived the brig Bell, Captain Jeffray, 21 days from Cape Nicholas Mole—informing,
That the brig Peggy, Capt. Kilby, of and bound to Philadelphia, from Port-au-Prince, was taken by a French privateer of 12 guns, in Caucus passage; afterwards re-taken by a British man of war, and is now in Mole St. Nicholas. Captain Kilby was detained on board the privateer.
Also, that a ship from Salem was taken by a French privateer to windward of Turk's Island passage, a British sloop of war heaving in sight, the Frenchman quitted her, and rounding too under her stern, poured in several broadsides, which wounded four of her men. The sloop of war carried her into the Mole.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Barbara, Capt. Joseph White, jun. in 18 days from the Havana; by her we learn that the owner of the ship Golden Age, (mentioned as captured in our paper of the 9th inst.) had given security for the vessel and cargo and was to sail in a day or two. The Spaniards would not allow her condemnation in the Havana, and her papers had been sent on to St. Domingo.
Yesterday put back in distress the brig Patty, Capt. Lee, having sprung a leak on her passage from this port to London-derry.
Jan. 21, spoke the Schr. Success, of Beverly, capt. Foster, 55 days out, who informed that he had fallen in with the brig Thomas, captain Israel Douse, then 75 days out from Jamaica; and the sloop Nancy, captain Isaac Ellick, from Antigua for Baltimore; both of which capt. F. supplied with provisions. They had lost two hands.
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 31.
Captain Wattles, of the Paragon, arrived here yesterday from Martinique and St. Thomas', the latter place he left the 5th instant.
Captain Wattles left several American vessels at St. Thomas', amongst which were some that put in there in distress, of this description is the schooner Cornelia, Thomas, from Jamaica to New-York—she had been out 93 days—Also, a ship commanded by Capt. Seawood, from Surinam, and a ship of New-Bedford, Capt. Toby, from Amsterdam.
The day after Capt. Wattles left St. Thomas' he was boarded by a French privateer, of 14 guns, and treated politely.
Capt. Watts, arrived at Annapolis, in 19 days from St. Martins, makes mention of the capture of the above vessel, but not of her having been cut out by the English. He says she was the property of Clark and Nightingale, of Providence; and that her cargo was valued at 200,000.
NEWPORT, Jan. 24.
Last Wednesday arrived here the ship America, Olney, in 11 days from Charleston. Capt. Olney informs that the ship Three Friends, Capt. Bradley, of Boston, in coming over the bar about half an hour before him, and just before night, struck; and from the tempestuousness of the weather she is apprehensive the vessel and crew must have been totally lost.
PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of WASHINGTON ACADEMY, in Somerset County, and State of Maryland,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
That the office of Principal Teacher in the said school is vacant.
A GENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and Latin Classics, Geography, and the Mathematics, with such other branches of literature as are usually taught in such schools, would meet with liberal encouragement, and, it is believed, would obtain a very eligible settlement. For the present, the Trustees would be willing to contract with a person capable of taking charge of a Grammar School.
As this Institution is provided with buildings sufficient to accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy to eighty boys; a library, an excellent philosophical and mathematical apparatus, globes, maps, &c; has respectable funds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the country; nothing seems wanting to make it rank among the most useful seminaries in this part of the Union, but a suitable character to preside in it.
Proposals may be addressed to the subscriber, in Princess Anne, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to Doctor MARTIN L. HAYNIE, No. 83, north Third-Street, Philadelphia, or to the Printer hereof.
EZEKIEL HAYNIE.
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BOSTON, January 27.
LEGISLATURE of MASSACHUSETTS.
Address to the President.
Yesterday Mr. Cooper moved the appointment of a joint committee of the Senate and House to draft a respectful address to President WASHINGTON—expressive of the most perfect approbation of his administration—the extreme regret experienced on finding our country about to be deprived of his eminent services, and our fervent wishes that he may find the most perfect happiness in his retirement. Mr. Cooper observed, he should have made this motion in the last session—had not the haste with which that session was closed prevented him—he had experienced an anxiety that Massachusetts should have taken the lead in testifying the gratitude, that the labors of that great man for the public good, had impressed on every feeling heart; but as several legislatures, actuated by a spirit of commendable emulation, had seized an earlier moment to prefer their addresses, it was now our duty to follow these virtuous examples.
The motion passed unanimously; and Messrs. Williams, Otis and Eulis, were appointed on the part of the House.
The LYCEUM, for free Debate,
In Mr. Poor's School Room, Cherry Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, North.
Adjourned Question.
On Wednesday evening, the 8th February, will be continued the debate on the following question—
"Ought a Representative in a Republican Government to act on important measures from the result of his own judgment, or from the will of his Constituents legally expressed?"
The chair will be taken at 7 o'clock.
Admittance for ladies and gentlemen, 1-8th of a dollar.
February 7.
92
Dr. Perkins
INFORMS the Citizens of Philadelphia, that he has taken lodgings for a few days, at the Indian Queen, in 4th Street. He will be happy to wait on any persons in this city, between the hours of 9 and 11, who wish to satisfy themselves of the efficacy of his
PATENT METALIC POINTS,
And will operate gratis for the relief of the poor: the instruments, and the right of using them, are for sale at his lodgings.
Subjoined, are Extracts from a Pamphlet, containing many remarkable cures, attested by characters of the highest respectability.
Extracts from Letters to the Author of the Metalic Discovery. PIERPONT EDWARDS, Esq. District Attorney for the State of Connecticut.
New-Haven, October 7, 1796.
Dear Sir, I should have written you last week, had I then been able to ascertain certain facts, the rumour of which I had heard. A Mrs. Beers, a near neighbour to me, the wife of Eben Beers, and daughter of captain Samuel Huggins, of this town, had been, for fourteen weeks, exceedingly distressed with the Rheumatism, to such a degree that for fourteen weeks previous to the 29th of last month, she had not been able to walk across the room even with crutches, save only once, when she made out with the assistance of crutches to hobble part of the way across her room. On the 29th of September last, she procured a set of your metallic substances, and in less than an hour after she had begun to use them, in the manner directed by you, she rose from her chair, and walked about her house, and on the next day she went abroad to her neighbours, having thrown aside her crutches. I have this day paid her a visit in company with her father, and Timothy Jones, Esq. who lives in the street where she resides and directly opposite to her residence, and with Capt. Abel Burrett, who is her next neighbor, and lives within eight yards of her door. I requested her to relate her case over in their presence, which she did, and these gentlemen all with one voice, supported, from their own knowledge, her story. It is a duty which you owe yourself and the world to promulge this event.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
PIERPONT EDWARDS.
N. B. She says her fever has left her, her appetite has returned, and she is in a fair way to be restored to perfect health.
February 7.
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College-Hall.
READINGS and RECITATIONS,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining.
On TUESDAY, February, 7th,
At 7 o'clock, will be delivered
THE EFFECTS of AMBITION and GUILT, Exemplified in the character of Satan,
As displayed by MILTON,
With Recitations of the most striking of his speeches and soliloquies, and moral and critical observations on the character and the author.
On Thursday,
The above subject continued, and exemplified in the Fall of Man.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulsen, jun. at the Library; at Mr. McElwee's looking-glass-store, No. 70, S. Fourth-Street; and at Mr. Carey's, Bookseller, Market-Street—Half a dollar each.
Peter Borger,
No. 129 Mulberry-Street,
HAS imported by the brig Tryal, captain Robert Knox, and the Good Friends, captain Smith, from Hamburg, 7000 Empty French bottles, 600 do demijohns, 246 do. filled with beans and lentils, 100 Hand Engines, 100 Ps. Placillas, 200 White Rolls—
—ALSO—
Several boxes with decanters and tumblers, half pint, pint and quarts—one invoice of Nuremberg toys—containing snuff-boxes, looking-glasses, &c. 100,000 Quills of different qualities, 150 Boxes Window Glass. 7-9 9-11 11-13.
—ON HAND—
10 Qt. Casks Sherry Wine, 4 do. Brandy, 200 Casks bell Holland Gin, 200 Boxes Red Wine, containing 22 bottles each, One Bale of Flannels assorted, and 30 Ps. Cloth, Fresh Prunes in boxes and barrels.
February 7.
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All Persons having Demands
Against the Estate of the late Thomas Franklin, deceased, are desired to bring in their accounts for settlement; and those indebted to make immediate payment, to ISRAEL PLEASANTS, WALTER FRANKLIN, or Executors, SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, January 24th, 1796. co2w
Washington Lottery.
TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chestnut-Street, where a correct Numerical Book is kept for public inspection. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or exchanged for prizes drawn in the Washington Lottery, of which the 54th and 55th days returns are received. The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. January 12.

Elegant Brussels & Turkey Carpeting, For sale by George Dobson, No. 25, South Third-street. December 15.
FOR SALE, THE SHIP MARY, SAMUEL PARKER, MASTER, Two hundred tons burthen. Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co. If the MARY is not sold in a few days, she will take freight for Hamburg. Apply as above. October 31.
For Sligo and Killibegs, The American Ship NAMER, Cuthbert Riggs, master. Will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to
William Bell; Who has for sale, 4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well assorted 3 Bales Irish Flannels, and 2 boxes Linens 25 Pipes Brandy Madeira Wine; Indigo; Russia Mats. Also, A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK, OATMEAL, &c. November 11, 1796.
FOR SALE, The Schooner ORION, SHE is between eighteen months and two years old; her frame is of the best of W. Oak; she is a faithful vessel—handsomely finished off and well found in every particular: is ready to receive a cargo and can be put to sea without any expense on her Hull, Rigging, or furniture. She shows 620 barrels, has a handsome cabin and steerage, and a half deck which will flow seventy- five or eighty barrels. She is a fast sailing vessel—has been newly caulked, grouted and painted, and put in thorough good repair in every respect; her inventory may be seen by applying to the captain on board said Schooner, laying at Mr. John Wilcock's wharf, between Chestnut and Walnut Street, where she at any time may be thoroughly examined by those who wish to purchase. The terms of sale may be known by applying to Samuel Smith, ship broker, No. 86, South Front Street. Feb. 4.
For Sale, or Charter, The Ship DIANA, SAMUEL PILE, Master, Burthen 205 47-95 tons register, built in Philadelphia in the year 1792, of live oak and red cedar, and was sheathed 13 months ago, she has just had a complete out-fit, and may be sent to sea at a very trifling expense. For terms apply to Philip Nicklin & Co. Who have for sale on board said vessel, 27 casks of fine yellow paint. 9 boxes and 12 bundles of writing slates. 1 box ink flasks and note presses. 14 bales of sail canvas.
And on hand, TEAS. 40,000 pieces Nankens of the best quality. 19 tubs Quicksilver. 2 chests Bandanno handkerchiefs. A few chests Manchester goods well assorted in Cor- duroy, thickets, Ginghams, Mullinets, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk. 180 crates Queens ware well assorted. 10 tons sheet lead. Nails assorted, flat and sharp points. London Particular, } Madeira Wine in pipes London Market, } and hogheads. New-York Market, } 40 pipes and 20 hogheads Teneriffe wine. 3 tiers Snake Root. 230 logs Mahogany. Nov. 7.
FOR SALE AT WILLIAM PRIESTMAN'S No. 15 South Fifth-street, Between Market and Chestnut Streets, A quantity of Plain Gold Watches; Gold enamel'd & ornamented with pearls; Silver and metal ditto, by the first makers in London and Paris; a Time-Piece by Arnold; plain gold by Mudge & Dutton; several diamond and diamond & pearl lockets, rings, ear-rings, &c.; about 60 lb. of Scotch thread; double-barrel'd guns, in case, by Manton; quantity of plated table, tea, and night-plated candlesticks, branches, &c. 46 volumes of Law-Books, in one lot, mostly reports, folio, scarce and valuable books; books of Prints; amongst which are Martyr on Shells, Statue da Rossi, Calmet's Dictionary de Bible, Johnson's Poets, 75 vols. Baker's Additions 4 vols. Biographia Britannica, Opere de Machiavelli, Ruins of Balbec, Blair's Chronology, Plinii Historica Na- turalis, Montaigne's Antiquities, State Trials, Evelyn's Silva, Poflewey's Dictionary, Ritratti duonini illu- stri Toscani, Oeuvres de Bayle, Caracci. January 31.
FOR SALE, At Whitesides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99, North Second-Street. Imperial } Hlyon Skin. Hlyon, } Fresh Teas. } Souehong, Young Hlyon, } } Bohea Dec. 9.
50 Dollars Reward. LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the fisherman was going to his house at the Falls of Schuylkill, from the house of his father-in-law, Mr. Francis Stewart, in Sugar-alley, between Sixth and Se- venth-streets, above Market-street. A black POCKET-BOOK, Containing 1190 Dollars, in Bank-Notes From 5 to 100 Dollars each, One of which was of the Branch-Bank of New-York, and several papers, such as receipts and orders. The road the subscriber took, was the Falls road, crossing at the Upper Ferry. Whoever finds the above Pocket-Book, and returns it to the subscriber at the Falls, or to his father-in-law, Mr. Stewart, living in Sugar Alley, shall be entitled to the above reward, paid by JAMES HAFFY. Feb. 3.
Bank of Pennsylvania, January 4, 1797. At a meeting of the Directors this day, a dividend of sixteen dollars on each share was declared for the last 6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders af- ter the 14th inst. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. Jan. 3.
A Quantity of Brandy, FIRST & 2d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glas Tumblers, in pints and half-pints Window Glas, in boxes, of different sizes Hazelnuts, in facks Whiting Coppers White Lead & Spanish Brown } in hhds For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4.
SALT PETRE. A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 25, South Third-street. November 5.
Clocks and Watches. LESLIE AND PRICE, No. 79, MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA. HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, a large assortment of WARRANTED WATCHES, consisting of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of superior workmanship and elegance; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches; capp'd & jewel'd, capp'd, seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks with marble frames; eight day and thirty hour, brass works, &c. December 22, 1796.
A Square of LOTS, At the upper end of Frederickburg, beginning op- posite to the lower corner of Doctor Wellford's, on Caroline-street, and running up to the cross street leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to Sophia-street. This square I have laid off into 24 lots, 27 and an half feet front, and 122 back, 12 on Caro- line-street, and 12 on Sophia-street. Nine of those on Caroline-street I have leased on an annual ground rent of 8 and 10 pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds, and the vacant lots a purchaser could enhance the value of by building small houses, which will as readily procure tenants as pots or gardens will Martins in the spring, and yield a greater profit in proportion to their cost than large buildings. Those who incline to purchase may know the terms by applying to HENRY FITZHUGH. Bell-Air, Dec. 8, 1796.
Women's Cloaks. GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25, South Third-street, Has just received, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lon- don, an assortment of Scarlet Drab Purple and Pearl } Cloaks trimmed with fur and ermine. December 15.
THE SALE OF LANDS of the United States, in the North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised in the several public papers, will commence this even- ing, at the City Tavern—to be continued from day to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not sooner sold. January 4.
The Elephant, Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 8 feet. He eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water; he has drunk some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is perfectly inoffensive; travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may see him— after which time the former price of half a dollar will be resumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31.
Second Ball. New Cotillions, Scotch Reels, Contre Dances and a new Quadrille. MESS. FRANCIS & BYRNE beg leave to inform their scholars, friends and the public in general, that their second Ball for this season will be on Tuesday the 7th of February, at O'Ellers's Assembly-Room,— and in addition to their new Cotillions and Reels, will be introduced an entire new QUADRILLE, compos- ed by Mr. Byrne. Mess. Francis and Byrne propose to give gratuitous at- tendance at their School-Room, for the instruction of those ladies and gentlemen in their new dances, who mean to honor the Ball-Room with their presence,—attendance for this purpose after their school hours, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tickets to be had of Mess. Francis and Byrne, No. 70 north Eighth-street or at O'Ellers's Hotel. Ladies are requested to apply to their female friends, scholars of Mess. F. & B. or at above, at their residence. N. B. The new dances will not intrude upon the usual routine of the evening. The days of teaching, for their young pupils, are Thurs- days and Saturdays, from three o'clock in the afternoon, 'till six—and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from six 'till nine, for those of a more advanced age. * * * Private Tuition as usual. January 28.
INSURANCE COMPANY of the State of Pennsylvania. NOTICE is hereby given, that the directors have de- clared a dividend of THIRTY DOLLARS per share, on the business of the last six months: which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal representatives, after the 10th instant. SAM. W. FISHER, Sec'y. Philadelphia, Feb. 24, 1797.
Le Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris. Keeps a complete assortment of every thing necessary to be used for the Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth. Patent Mineral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth; Dentifrice in powder; Opiate; excellent Elixir for sweetening the mouth and preserving the teeth—he also furnishes Brushes and soft Sponges. * * * He lives in Chestnut-street, No. 135, above Fourth-street. November 26.
Washington Canal Lottery, No. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Po- tomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour. The following is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz. 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000 1 ditto 10,000 10,000 7 half drawn } 35,000 Tickets, each } 5,000 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 20 ditto 100 2,000 55 ditto 50 2,750 5750 ditto 12 69,000 To be raised for the Canal, 26,250 5850 Prizes, 175,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities re- quired by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Washington, Feb. 11.
City of Washington, SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent 20,000 dollars, & } 50,000 dwelling-house, 5 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 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 20 do. 500 10,000 200 do. 100 20,000 400 do. 50 20,000 1,000 do. 25 25,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 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 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the pri- vate 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 these drawings it is proposed to erect two centrepiece 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 Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are old off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University; it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the draw- ing, and to take up the bonds given as security. 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 a- mount of the lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient num- ber of them having kindly accepted, it is hoped that she tends to a National University and the other federal ob- jects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the inor. suspension indispensable. SAMUEL BLODGET. * * * Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James Watt & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells Cooper's Ferry.
SALES AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. ON TUESDAY NEXT. THE 7th instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, will be sold at the Custom-House, for payment of duties, 40 Pipes of genuine London Particular Madeira Wine, By WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's Office, Philadelphia, February 4th, 1797.
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 313, HIGH-STREET. GEORGE DAVIS announces to his professional friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through the Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is now arranged, and ready for Sale, from a single volume to an entire li- brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding low prices, which for several years past have in to distinguished a manner recommended them to notice. Printed Catalogues combining the most extensive collec- tion of the latest English and Irish Editions ever imported into this country, are published, and will be delivered gratis on application. Orders addressed to G. D. in writing from any distance shall be punctually attended to. A number of TRUNKS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient LOFT, near Market Street Wharf. ov. 8.
A CARD. If Monsieur G. H. SAINZ, Who left Bordeaux the 20th June last, and arrived at Boston about the middle of August, in the Schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requested to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chestnut-street, who will give him some information of importance. December 24, 1796.
Mr. Pickering's Letter. This Day Published, AND FOR SALE BY THE EDITOR, Price three eights of a Dollar. THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pickering, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the French Republic. February 4.
Mrs. GRATTAN Respectfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the 10th day of January, she proposes opening at No. 39, North Sixth- street, A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Book Muslins, from 6/3 to 13/11 per yard Jacquet ditto, from 8/8 to 9/8 per yard Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard Fine Collars Tambour'd Book Muslins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard India Muslin, from 11/3 to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin Jacquet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdk. Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 3/3 to 10/6 per hdk. Muslin color'd and border'd Handkerchiefs Dacca Handkerchiefs Tambour'd Cravats from 10/8 to 11/11 Pocket Handkerchiefs Cambric, from 11/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Cloths Huckaback Towelling Women's Cotton Hole, from 6/6 to 13/ per pair Dimity from 4/10 to 6/11 Men's Silk Hole Tambour'd mullin Handkerchiefs from 11/11 to 13/9 Irish Linens for Gentlemen's Shirts, from 5/3 to 9/7 And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linen, Gentlemen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Cravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Household Linen, &c. &c. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 6 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 1-2. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 1-2 dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13.
PROPOSALS, For carrying the Mails of the UNITED STATES, On the following Post Roads, will be received until the first day of March next inclusive: 1. From Charleston, S. C. by Jacksonport and Coos- hatchy, to Savannah, twice a week. Receive the Mail at Charleston every Tuesday and Friday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Savannah the next Friday and Monday by 8 A. M. Returning, receive the Mail at Savannah every Saturday, by 6, P. M. and Wednesday by 6, A. M. and deliver it at Charleston the next Tuesday and Friday by noon. Proposals for this route will be received by the post-master at Savannah. 2. From Coosahatchy to Beaufort once a week— Receive the Mail at Coosahatchy every Thursday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Re- turning, leave Beaufort every Friday by 3, P. M. and arrive at Coosahatchy on Saturday by 8, A. M. Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be re- ceived by the post-master at Beaufort. Note 1. The Post-master General may alter the times for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time dur- ing the continuance of the contract, as he may think proper, noting an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. Note 2. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by con- tract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. Note 3. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above spec- ified, he must state the alteration desired and the price he will carry the mail for with and without such alter- ation. Note 4. The contracts are to be in operation on the first day of April next and to continue until the 30th of September in the year 1800. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post Master General. General Post Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1797. Jan. 16.
Pennsylvania Population Company. NOTICE is hereby given, to such Share-holders as as have not paid their assessments on their shares—to pay the same immediately to the Secretary of the Compa- ny, at the Company's Office, No. 23 north Fourth-street, Philadelphia. They are further informed, that in default of paying the same within thirty days from the 4th of Fe- bruary, instant, the several forfeitures will be finally ex- acted, in conformity to the 21st article of association. By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Secretary. Feb. 2.
Irish Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds, Roots, &c. &c. This day landing from the ship Eagle, captain Fofdick, from London, And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Second-streets, A most capital and extensive Assortment of GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &c. &c. Among which are, Five kinds Asparagus Three kinds Cresses Four Beccole Twelve Radish Twenty-five Beans Thirteen Turnip Six Beets Fifteen Peas Eleven Brocoli Fifteen Savoy Twenty-six Cabbage Six Parsley Six Carrot Four Melon Three Cauliflower Twenty-three Lettuce Five Celery Ten Cucumber Common and lemon Thyme Curl'd leaf and sprigged Parsley Pot Marigold Pot Marjoram Balm Thyme Mangel Wurzel Leek Kail Shallots Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucerne Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. With a curious collection of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Being the most extensive ever imported into this city. The above are from a capital Seedman in London, and are warranted fresh and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17.
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO —No. 119— CHESTNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]