Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-01-05 00:00:00

The price of this Gazette is Eight dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in advance.
Just Arrived, In the Brig Eliza, from the Mediterranean, and now landing at Walnut Street wharf, Fourth proof Brandy in Pipes. Brimstone. An assortment of valuable DRUGS, CONSISTING OF Opium, Aloes, Cantharides, Camphire, Senna, Cremor Tartar, &c. &c. Effences of Lemon and Bergamot Writing paper Sweet oil in bottles and flasks Olives, anchovies and capers Juniper berries A L S O,—Italian lute strings Satins Crapes Umbrellas Remaining on Hand, St. Croix Sugars, Claret in cases Old Madeira Wine of the first quality. JAMES YARD. November 3
REMOVAL. GEORGE DOBSON, INFORMS his friends and the Public in general that he has removed from No. 23 South Third Street, to No. 92. South side of Market-street, near the corner of Third Street, and is now opening a very extensive assortment of DRY GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, WHICH HE HAS JUST RECEIVED. Per the ships William Penn, Amiable, and Jane, from London, and per Chesapeake and Thomas from Liverpool, and will be sold low for cash, or approved notes at a short date, viz, London 7-4 Superfine Cloths and Calfimere, fashionable colours Yorkshire 7-4 do. and do. Mixed and plain coatings Welch flannels Kerby beaver, for Spencers Jennets and Tabby cords Velvets and velvetteens Velveteens and thicksets 7, 8, 4 and 11-8 cotton and linen checks 7-8 and 4-4 bed ticks 6-4 and 7-4 bed bunts London chintz and chintz furnitures Furniture cottons Do. dimities Purple and chintz shawls Silk do. Camels hair do. Silk, cotton, and worsted hose India and British muffs of every description Black and white erage Tiffany and paper fans Hats assorted in small cases Umbrellas Peelings and fatins Laces and edgings Ribbands Silk Motes Superfine French cambric Cambric muffs Do. threads Pulicate and Madras Handkerchiefs, And an elegant assortment of Brussels and Wilton Carpeting. November 17
BOND & BROOKS, CORNER OF MARKET AND SIXTH STREETS, HAVE RECEIVED, by the late arrivals from London, Liverpool and Hull, A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS, Which they are now opening for sale, at the most reduced prices, for cash or the usual credit. nov 17
JAMAICA RUM, A Cargo now landing at South Street wharf, FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT. Apply at Stores on the Wharf, WHO ALSO OFFERS FOR SALE, BRANDY, 1st and 4th proof Madeira and Port Wines, &c. &c. Nov. 1.
FOR SALE By the Subscribers, ON VERY LOW TERMS WAX CANDLES, OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY, Either by the single box of 24 lbs. or by the quantity. Willings & Francis. nov. 24
The owners of the ship NEW JERSEY from Canton expect in a few days part of the Cargo of that vessel in town, CONSISTING OF A general assortment of Silks & Sattins, Nankeens, White and Yellow, Caffa China Ware assorted Bohca Souchoong Mylon Skin Young Hyson Of excellent quality, and in Large and Small packages. For terms of sale—apply at the Stores of Nicklin & Griffith, Archibald M c Call, Wm. Read & Co. George Plumsted, dec 26
ADVERTISEMENT. TODD & MOTT, Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, having assigned over their effects, real, personal, and mixed, to the subscribers for the benefit of all their Creditors— Notice is hereby Given, TO all persons who are indebted to the said estate, that they are required to make immediate payment of their respective accounts to either of the assignees, or to WILLIAM MOTT, No. 62, Dock-street, their agent duly authorized; in failure whereof, legal measures will be taken for the recovery of such debts as are not discharged without delay. John Waddington } Assignees. John Rhodes } John Allen. nov. 26
FOR SALE, AT NO. 9, SOUTH WATER-STREET, With Linens, 7-8 and 4-4, well assorted, in whole and half boxes Checks, in ditto Drogheda's, 2 d and Brown 7-8 beated Linens Irish Hackled Flax Scots Thread Men and Womens Combs Russia Duck, of an excellent quality, and 100 hhds. Aux Cayes Molasses. By ISAAC HARVEY, junr. 12th. mo 17
Bank of North America. THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that an Election for twelve Directors, for the ensuing year, will be held at the Bank on Monday, the 14th of January next, at ten o'clock. RICHARD WELLS, Cash r . Dec. 8, 1798.
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of William Beauchamp, lately deceased, are desired to make immediate payment and those who have any claims against said Estate to produce their accounts properly attested to Saml. Price, executor. nov 20
70 hhds. Santa Cruz Sugar Of excellent quality (in Stores of John Nixon, Esq., and Co.) A quantity of SAIL CANNVASS, and a Box of Mace, for sale, by STEPHEN KINGSTON, dec 21
FOR SALE, To be EXCHANGED for property within thirty miles of the city, or to let on ground-rent forever Several valuable building Lots, In Philadelphia, Enquire of William M. Biddle, no. 147, Chestnut-street. nov. 22
FOR SALE, By the Subscribers 200 Bolts Russia Duck, 50 pipes London particular bill Madeira Wine 1 pair nine pound Cannon A few Bales Madras Handkerchiefs 4000 lbs Fine Flota Indigo 23 Barrels Beef. Willings & Francis. Penn street, November 28
BALLAST. A QUANTITY to be disposed of, if applied for immediately, on board the ship Louisa, lying Mr. HUMPHREY'S Ship Yard. november 10.
Lancaster County Butter, IN KEGS,—FOR SALE, Enquire at No. 92, Market-street, near Third-Street. dec 1
Hats & Hosiery. WILLIAM M c DOUGALL, AT HIS STORE, No. 134, MARKET STREET, HAS JUST OPENED, in addition to his former stock a very extensive assortment of Men's, Women's, and Children's Hats, and all kind of Stockings—particularly a quantity of ABERDEEN knit Hosiery, suitable for the present season nov 23
In addition to the above, he has just received a general assortment of Fleece Hosiery, such as Stockings, wigh-caps, travelling ditto, breeches pieces, under waistcoats, shirts, &c. Old Madeira Wine. 27 pipes of Old London particular MADEIRA WINE, in strong iron bound Hambro' casks, for sale by ROBERT ANDREWS. Nov. 30.
WANTED. IN a small family an elderly Woman, whose principal occupation will be the care of children—apply at no. 113, Spruce street. N B—Good recommendations will be an indispensable requisite. dec. 9.
ALL PERSONS, HAVING claims against the ESTATE of SUSANNAH LOCKYER, deceased, are requested to present their respective accounts to NATHANA. SMITH, or JOHN DORSEY, Executors. nov 9
NOTICE. PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of Washington Academy, in Somerset county, Maryland, authorising WILLIAM POLK, Esq. majors SAMUEL WILSON, and WILLIAM JONES, Members of said Board, to procure a principal teacher for said Academy— NOTICE is hereby given, that a gentleman qualified to teach the Greek and Latin Languages, Geography and the Mathematics, and such other branches of Literature as it is customary to teach in such Schools, will meet with liberal encouragement and it is presumed will be well accommodated in taking charge of this Academy. The building is spacious and will accommodate at least sixty Students. Proposals may be addressed to John Dennis, No. 161 Arch-street, or William Winder, accountant in the Navy department, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, or to either of the three gentlemen above-mentioned, near Princess Anne, Maryland. dec 17
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Bank of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Bank Stock, standing in the name of Hodgson Atkinson of London, which were lost from on board the Swallow Packet, capt. Kidd, captured by the French, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. No. 2424, issued in lieu of No. 1891, 1892, 5662 and 16640, for 4 shares. No. 3020 issued in lieu of 11055, and 11057, for 3 shares.—7 shares. THOMAS MEUEN & Co. nov. 28
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of doctor Hugh Hodge, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment—and those having demands against the Estate are desired to authenticate and present them to. MARIA HODGE, administratrix. SAMUEL HODGDEN, administrator. nov 21
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Treasury of the United States, for the renewal of the following certificates of Funded Debt, standing in the name of Robert Whitworth, of Chelsea, London, the said Certificates having been forwarded by the ship Ellice, Hatvey, from London for New-York, captured by the French, and supposed to be lost. No. 11437, 6 Per Cent Stock, dated New-York, 18th April, 1796, for Dollars 1481.47. No. 8171, 3 Per Cent. dated New-York, 18th April 1796, for dollars 400. SAMUEL MILBANK. november 18
TO BE SOLD, PURSUANT to the last will and testament of MICHAEL CATTS, deceased, a valuable Plantation & Tract of Land, containing one hundred and seventy three acres, the Testator's late residence, situated in North Susquehanna Hundred, Cecil county, Maryland, about three miles from the tide-water of Susquehanna, and at a convenient distance from several places of worship of Friends and Presbyterians. On the premises are a Tan yard and conveniences belonging thereto, in good repair; a dwelling-house, stable, orchard and other improvements, with 12 or 15 acres of good watered meadow, and a sufficient proportion of valuable timber. For terms apply to the subscriber, in West Nottingham, about 3 miles from the premises. THOMAS WARING, Executor 12th mo 11th 1798
English wrought Nails. Imported in the ships Molly and Diana, from LIVERPOOL. 400 Casks of Nails, CONSISTING of 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, flat points suitable for the southern market—6d, 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, fine drawn sharps—also 2, 3, 4, and 6 clous—sprigs—tucks—supper nails—sheathing nails, &c. FOR SALE BY Robert Denison, junr. 127 Market-street. Insurance Company of the state of Pennsylvania. THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified that an election for thirteen Directors to serve for one year, will be held at the Company's Office on Monday the fourteenth day of January next at Eleven O'clock. JAMES S. COX, President. dec. 17.
JOHN DOBBIN, BOOT & SHOEMAKER. RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general that he carries on his business at No 99 South Second-street, nearly opposite the Merchants Coffee house where gentlemen may be supplied in the neatest and best manner—he assures those who may please to favor him with their commands that no attention or exertion on his side shall be wanting to render him worthy of their encouragement. N B. Orders received will be punctually attended to. november 5
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of JOSEPH ANTHONY, sen. deceased, are requested to make immediate payment:—And all those who have any demands against said estate, are desired to produce them legally attested to the subscribers for settlement. JOSIAH HEWES, JOHN MORTON, JOSEPH ANTHONY, } Executors. December 26.
ALL PERSONS having any legal demands against the estate of William Polk, deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia, Tavern keeper, are requested to furnish their accounts properly authenticated, and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment to the subscriber in Philadelphia. LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH Adminr. October 31st. 1798.
Now Landing, From on board the ship John Bulkeley, and for sale at the stores of Jesse & Robert Waln, 350,000 weight of Java Coffee, of the first quality in bags. 150,000 weight of Java Sugar, in casks. nov. 27
FOR WILMINGTON, NORTH-CAROLINA, THE SHIP COMMERCE, Captain Wood, WILL take in freight on very moderate terms, and sail about the 15th instant. Apply to the Captain on board at Latimer's wharf, or Willings & Francis, Penn Street. november 16
THE CARGO, OF THE SHIP INDIA, Captain Ashmead, from BATAVIA, Consisting of JAVA COFFEE, Of the First Quality—to be Sold, by MORDECAI LEWIS. dec. 11
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 14 four pound Cannons, different lengths, 5 Carronades. JOHN NIXON & CO. December 1.
FOR BREMEN, THE BRIG SPECULATION, AREND WIETING, MASTER. NOW laying at Henry Pratt's wharf, the first below Race Street—she is a Bremen bottom; two hundred and twenty tons burthen; will sail with all possible dispatch—For freight or passage apply to PRATT & KINTZING, no. 95, north Water-street. Who have for sale, a variety of GERMAN GOODS, —viz.— Tickenburghs Patterbornes Ozanbrigs Checks Hefians Stripes Brown rolls Slippers Coffee bags Cambricks Platillas Twine Brittanias Glass tumblers Estopailles Port wine Creas a la Morlaix Window glass Belchfield linen Brimstone, & . Dorolas december 13 th.f.m.3w
JAMAICA RUM. THE CARGO, Of the ship CHARLES, Captain Salter, From the North side of JAMAICA, Near 200 hhds. of fine high proof JAMAICA RUM, Now Landing at South Street Wharf. PETER BLIGHT.
THE SHIP CHARLES, Captain SALTER, Coppered, mount twelve 6 pounders and thirty-five men—returns immediately to JAMAICA, for Passage apply as above. dec 17
For sale by the subscriber, AT PORTSMOUTH (N.H.) THE HULL OF A NEW SHIP, 80 feet keel, 27 1-2 beam, 12 feet hold, 5 to between decks; about 330 tons; with masts, spars and all the carpenter's and smith's work completed; built of good found seasoned timber and plank; launched in November, 1796, and has been well taken care of since that time.—Further particulars may be known by applying to Messrs. Wharton & Lewis, Philadelphia, or to THOMAS THOMPSON, 32w. tf. december 21
For FREIGHT or CHARTER, to any part of EUROPE, The Swedish Snow THE SWEDISH SNOW, HANS OLOF KOCK, commander. A remarkably good vessel, about 220 tons burthen. A freight to Cadiz, or any part of the Mediterranean would be preferred. Enquire of the Captain on board at Vine-Street Wharf. dec 17
For Sale. THE SUBSCRIBER, intending to decline the DRUG BUSINESS, offers For Sale, the whole Stock of Drugs and Medicines, Instruments, &c. The shop is elegant, commodious, and sufficiently known for the extensive business done in the wholesale and retail line; the situation equal to any in the city, being at the corner of Walnut and Second streets. The whole, or any part of the Stock, will be sold, as will best suit the purchaser. The terms may be known, by applying to JAMES MOORE, jun. Who has For Sale, TWO Sloops, Well calculated for the river trade—The PEGGY, about 30 tons burthen, Mulberry and Red Cedar frame, and remarkably stout, of an easy draught of water, rigging in good order. The SALLY, about 30 tons, fails well, and in complete order for the lumber business. All persons indebted to the late firm of Goldthwait & Baldwin, W. B. Goldthwait, Goldthwait & Moore, or the subscriber, are earnestly requested to make speedy payment to JAMES MOORE, jun. august 3
FOR WILMINGTON, NORTH-CAROLINA, THE SHIP COMMERCE, Captain Wood, WILL take in freight on very moderate terms, and sail about the 15th instant. Apply to the Captain on board at Latimer's wharf, or Willings & Francis, Penn Street. november 16
THE CARGO, OF THE SHIP INDIA, Captain Ashmead, from BATAVIA, Consisting of JAVA COFFEE, Of the First Quality—to be Sold, by MORDECAI LEWIS. dec. 11
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 14 four pound Cannons, different lengths, 5 Carronades. JOHN NIXON & CO. December 1.
LARENCE SECKEL, No. 155, Market-Street. First quality London Particular } WINES. Madeira, Port, Sherry and Lisbon } Cogniac Brandy, 1st to 4th proof. Sp. ris. By the Pipe, Hhd, Quarter-cask or Gallon, dec 3
SHIP BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store, No. 19, SOUTH FRONT STREET, Next door to the Custom House. THE Subscriber, encouraged by the advice of his friends, offers his service to the public as a Ship and Insurance Broker.—He proposes to buy and sell vessels and every thing relating thereto—assist matters of vessels and others in entering and clearing at the Custom-House, procuring and shipping freight, settling Insurance and all other mercantile accounts, and have on hand the necessary Blanks and Stamps. Papers in foreign languages translated, and information given in general mercantile matters.—From a knowledge gained by long experience of every branch of business he hopes to be useful to those who please to favor him with their commands. SAMUEL EMERT. november 10
AUGUSTUS FRICKE, Woollen Draper & Men's Mercer No. 7, South Third Street, HAS RECEIVED, per the last arrival from Europe, a large assortment of the fashionable Goods in his line, And has constantly for sale a general assortment of First rate London superfine Broad Cloths Calfimere Vest Patterns of all kinds And every other article in the gentleman's line by wholesale and retail. december 10
SHOEMAKER & BERRETT, HAVE REMOVED THEIR INSURANCE OFFICE to No. 9, South Front Street. Their room at the Coffee-house will continue to be attended from 12 till 2 o'clock in the day, and from 6 to 8 o'clock in the evening. JACOB SHOEMAKER, Has also removed his Counting-house to the same place, where he has for sale a few pipes choice London Particular Madeira Wine; French and Spanish Brandy; Claret in cases and cases, of superior quality, and a few Packages Glass and Queen's-ware; also, a quantity of Carolina Soak-leather, which will be sold very low to close the sales. Philadelphia, 12 mo. 12, 1798.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF ALEXR. J. MILLER, & Co. BEING dissolved on the first instant, by the death of James Davis, all persons indebted to the same are requested to settle with the subscriber, and those to whom they are indebted are requested to call on him for payment. ALEXR. J. MILLER, No. 64, South Front Street.
Who has on hand, TO BE DISPOSED OF ON LOW TERMS, By the Package or Piece. Fine plain and tamboured Muslins Guzzennas Baftas Collage Rabobungies India Callicoes Book Muslins Coloured ditto Real & Mock Madras & pullicat hks. Brown Silesias Tickings, &c. &c. JUST ARRIVED, AN ASSORTMENT OF Irish Linens & Russia Sheetings. nov 28
A Young Man, WHO writes a good hand, understands accounts and can be well recommended, wants a Situation as Clerk or Assistant in a Wholesale Store, or Counting-house. Application to be made at this Office. nov 14
LOST, IN one of the streets between Union and Sal-fas, on the 5th instant, the out-of-Cask of an English Gold Watch, chased on the back with a shield. Any person who may find the same, and will bring to this office, will receive Four Dollars reward, and the thanks of the owner. dec. 7.
This Day Published, And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. 119 Chestnut-Street, (Price 18th of a Dollar,) AN ORATION, Pronounced July 4, 1798, At the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. By JOSIAH QUINCY. "The inroads upon our public liberty, call for reparation—The wrongs we have sustained, call for—Justice. That Reparation and that Justice, may yet be obtained, by Union, Spirit, and Firmness. But to divide and conquer was the maxim of the Devil in the garden of Eden, and to disunite and enslave hath been the principle of all his votaries from that period to the present." Observations on the Boston Port-Bill, &c. p. 78 by the late J. Quincy, jun. aug 11
Wants a Place, A WOMAN with a good Breast of Milk, Enquire at No. 58 South Front Street, Dec. 10.
All Persons Indebted to the Estate of HENRY HILL, deceased are requested to make payment to the subscriber; and those having any demands on the same to produce their accounts for settlement. GIDEON H. WELLS, no. 139, Market Street Philadelphia, dec. 4, 1798

REMOVAL. CHARLES C. WATSON, Woolen Draper, Men's Mercer & Taylor, ESPECFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general, that he has removed from No. 24, South Fourth-Street, to No. 92, South side of Chestnut-Street, near the corner of Third- Street; where he continues to carry on his business in the most fashionable manner. The extensive as- sortment of goods that he keeps in his line, with the conveniences he has, will enable him to execute orders at the shortest notice. jan. 4. 6t
ATTENTION. The Volunteer Troop of Cavalry commanded by Captain Robert Wharton, are desired to meet at the Manufactory, on Chestnut-Street, on Saturday the 5th instat, at 2 o'clock, P. M. in complete uniform. JAMES SIMMONS. jan. 3.
Houses for Sale. FOR SALE, Two handsome, Three-story BRICK HOUSES; in Filbert-Street, between Ninth and Tenth- Streets. One at present in the tenure of John Shee, Esq. the other un-occupied. Terms of payment, one fourth cash, one fourth in six months, one fourth in Twelve months and the remaining fourth in Eighteen months. Apply to JOHN ALLEN, No. 122, Spruce Street. N. B. If not sold by private contract on or be- fore the 10th inst. they will then be exposed to public sale at the Coffee-House, at 7 o'clock in the evening. jan. 4. dtw
ON MONDAY NEXT, In the afternoon, at half past 2 o'clock, at Footman and Co's Auction Store, WILL BE SOLD, On account of the Underwriters. 2 Bales Damaged Cassimeres. FOOTMAN & Co. auctioneers. jan. 4.
NOTICE. All persons having any claims against the Es- tate of Mr. THOMAS CARRADINE, late of Phil- adelphia, deceased, are requested to present them, properly authenticated, to Christopher W. Carra- dine, executor of said Thomas Carradine, for set- tlement; And all who are indebted to the Es- tate are requested to make immediate payment to said Christopher W. Carradine, now at Mrs. Sarah Lawrence's, No. 7, South Fourth Street. jan. 4. 2t
NOTICE. The public are desired to take notice, that the partnership of SAMUEL BENNETT and SAMUEL CAREY Jun. trading under the firm of BENNETT & CAREY, has dis- solved. SAMUEL BENNETT BIRD WILSON Attorney for SAMUEL CAREY Jun. jan. 4. d2w.
FOR SALE, No. 7, SOUTH FOURTH-STREET. 1000 pieces Nankeens, A Box of Silks 30 Boxes powdered Sugar Candy of 133wt. A superb set of silk Damask, with fringed cord, &c. &c. Also, an elegant set Dining China. A parcel very fine Caffia. C. HAIGHT. dec 5. 3w2w
WHEREAS the Certificate of Two shares of the Bank of the United States in the name of SAMUEL AMORY, of London, banker, No. 312, issued in lieu of 11,593. 11,594, were forwarded from London by the British packet Countess, of Leicester, capt. Dodd, bound for New-York, which packet was captured by the French, and the said certificate lost; and for the re- newal of which, application is made at said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMANT BIDDLE. Phila O. 9. 6. 1798. d3m
WILL BE SOLD, By auction at the Horse Market, on Satur- day next, the 5th inst. at 12 o'clock, A complete Saddle HORSE, On account of a demand against his owner for keeping at Livery, by ROBERT McADAMS. N. B. Said Horse will be warranted Sound. jan. 3. 3t
Pleas to Observe. A LARGE case of Woolens of considerable va- lue, now in possession of Wm. Billings, mark WB No. 1, shipped at Boston in the Schooner Po- ly, Capt. Dogget and landed at Wilmington last September, directed in the Freight list to Wm. Billings, no Invoice, Bill of Lading or Letter be- ing received, renders it necessary to enquire who is the right owner of those goods; any person whom they belong to, who will call at No. 7 South Fourth-Street, prove the property, shall have the goods. jan. 3. 3t
Delaware & Schuylkill Canal. The Stockholders are hereby notified, that the Election for President and Managers, for the ensuing year, will be held at the Company's Office, on the first second-day in January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
Susquehanna & Schuylkill Canal. The Stockholders are hereby notified, that the Election for President and Managers, for the en- suing year, will be held at the Company's Office, on the first second-day in January next at ten o'clock P. M. GEO. WORRALL, Sec'y to Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Company. dec 10. dtc
Bank of Pennsylvania, DECEMBER 27th, 1798. NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders of the Bank of Pennsylvania, that an Election of Nineteen DIRECTORS, to serve for one year, will be held at the Bank, on Monday the fourth of February next, at 10 o'clock. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier.
Extract from the seventh Section of the AB of Incorporation. "Article 22. Not more than fourteen of the Directors elected by the Stockholders, and actually in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next succeeding year; but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected."
FLOUR, FOR SALE, DELIVERABLE at New-Castle or Port Penna, the LEVY HOLLINGSWORTH & SON dec 19. d4w
Bank of Pennsylvania, January 21, 1799. THE Directors have this day declared a dividend of sixteen dollars, on each share of Bank Stock, for the last six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their legal representatives, after the 12th instant. By order of the Board, JON. SMITH, cashier. jan 2. d12
Bank of North America, January 1, 1799. At a meeting of the Directors this day, a divi- dend of six per cent. was declared for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockhold- ers or their representatives, at any time after the 10th instant. By order of the Board, RICHARD WELLS, Cashier, detrol.
FOR SALE, THE FOLLOWING Valuable Real Estate, Free from every encumbrance, viz. A LOT in Union, between Second and Third Streets, 22 feet 4 inches front, on Union Street, on which is erected an elegant two story brick house (no. 35) comprising two parlours, seven chambers, a large kitchen, pantry, and entry throughout; the yard is paved and contains a cist- ern and other conveniences; the cellars, vaults, &c. are large and commodious; on the back end of the lot is erected a two story brick house with a floo- red cellar, 20 feet front (on a court which accom- modates the whole premises) and 37 feet deep, so constructed as to be convertible into a convenient dwelling-house. ALSO, A Lot on Chestnut, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, 54 feet front on Chestnut, and extending in depth to George Street, 235 feet, having a front on each Street, which, to purchasers, may be divided into two lots. For terms, apply to EDWARD DUNANT, No. 35, Union, or no. 149, South Front Street, WHO HAS LIKEWISE FOR SALE, A Bay Horse and a Chair, not more than 3 or 4 months in use. January 2. d4t
NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF HUDSON & YORKE, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All per- sons indebted to said firm are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have any de- mands are requested to present them for settlement to WILLIAM HUDSON, who is duly authorised to adjust the same.
REMOVAL. WILLIAM HUDSON, Has removed from No. 54, north Front Street, to No. 8, Chestnut, near the corner of Front, (to the store formerly occupied by Mr. JOHN MIL- LER junr.) Where he has for sale on his usual low-terms, an extensive assortment of DRY GOODS, december 28. d3w
The Subscribers, Have received by the Clothier from Liverpool A CONSIGNMENT OF TEN CASES OF Well Alforted Buttons, About 500. Sterling each Case, which they will dispose of per package, on liberal terms. Medford & Willis. No. 78, North Front near Arch-Street.
WANTED, ABOUT fifty Casks of Flag Annatto or Rocou, Apply as above. dec 23. 5
NOTICE. THE Public are cautioned not to trust any of the people belonging to the Swedish Snow Maria, on my account. Hans Olof Kock, master. dec 29. 5
14 Pipes Madeira Wine, FOR SALE BY Crooke Stevenson, No. 4, South Water-Street. dec 22. 5
TO BE RENTED, The dwelling house No. 153, South Water Street, together with a back of stores and wharf adjoining, enquire of JOSEPH SIMS. Dec. 29. 5
JOHN SHIELDS, MOST earnestly solicits all his Creditors, prior to the 23rd day of August, 1797, that have not furnished their accounts, to render them to him before the 10th instant, as after that day they will be excluded from his first dividend. January 2. d12tjv.
THOMAS MURCATROYD, Has entered into partnership with his two Sons, UNDER THE FIRM OF Thomas Murcatroyd & Sons, WHO HAVE FOR SALE At No. 35, Dock-Street, 1st and 4th proof Brandy in Pipes and Butts Irish Market } Medoc } Latour, and } Lunelle } Two Trunks Umbrellas. dec 31. dtw
NOTICE. Joseph Thomas's Creditors are hereby earnestly requested to furnish their Accounts duly attested, as soon as convenient; thereby to enable the Assignees to form an idea of the state of his affairs; and all those indebt- ed to said THOMAS, are required to make im- mediate payment to either of the Subscribers. SAMUEL W. FISHER, } Assignees. WILLIAM BUCKLEY, } JOHN HALL. } J. Thomas. dec. 31. dtf
WANTED, A reputable Woman with a good Breast of Milk, who will nurse a Child at her House. Apply at No. 110, Union Street. Jan. 3. 3t
PRINTING WORK, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. At the OFFICE of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES, O. 9. 13. dtf
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5. CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Debate on Mr. Griswold's motion. (CONTINUED.) FRIDAY, December 28.
Mr. Baldwin said, that the usages of the house certainly admitted of raising a question on a general principle, in several different stages; that it was very common for the mo- ver to call for the opinion of the house when he first made his motion; that when a mo- tion was made in the form in which the gen- tleman had thought proper to submit the one now under consideration, viz. "That a com- mittee be appointed to enquire and report whether there be any propriety or necessity for such a law to be passed;" he thought it a stage not very favorable to the discussion of the general principle. He was not prepared to say, that a committee might not, on in- vestigation, report facts and circumstances which might render further provisions in those laws necessary. He thought the mo- tion very guarded; that it left the subject as open as possible, and expressed his with that the committee might be suffered to be ap- pointed. He said it had been repeatedly stated, and did not seem to be denied, that there might be cases in war, or in imminent danger of war, in which individuals would find it indispensable to the support of them- selves and families, or perhaps to their lives, to hold such a correspondence with a foreign power. Persons might also be led, as had been stated yesterday, by religious impres- sions, or by other benevolent and honorable motives, to take such measures to endeavor to avert the horrors of an impending war, and to prevent the effusion of human blood. This has often been done, and been attended with wonderful success. He did not for a moment suppose it possible that a judicious committee of that house could be appointed who would wish to throw obstructions in the way, or render criminal such conduct. In- stances of this kind, he said, were presented to them in all history—they have been the subjects of most exalted and unbounded ap- plause; monuments and altars have been erected to peacemakers. Even the histories of savage nations are not without such in- stances. Individuals, at the risk of every thing, of life itself, have gone out between contending tribes and armies, and been the instruments of restoring peace, and been re- warded with the highest testimonies of re- spect and veneration, from both parties.
In this country, and in this age, he was sure it could not be the intention of any gen- tleman to discourage or defeat such disposi- tions; he was willing, at present, to accept the assurances which they have given, and let the subject go to a committee to examine and report.
Mr. Otis observed that when the present resolution was yesterday before the house, he intended to have offered a few remarks upon it, but gave way upon a motion to adjourn; he would not now take up more of the time of the house than he should have then occu- pied, nor enlarge the observations which had then occurred to him, as the sentiments expressed by the gentleman from Georgia had not varied the question. He viewed the propriety of the resolution as resulting from the peculiar circumstances of the country. The insults and outrages of the French republic had compelled the United States to assume an attitude which in other countries had been usually identified with war, and which in this country we ought to consider for any thing that yet appeared to the con- trary, as a prelude to an open rupture. We had been obliged to arm by sea and land, to in- terdict commerce and to authorize reprisals in short to do all but agree upon the formu- lary of a declaration. There could then be, he said, but one question before the house. Is it right and expedient in this state of approximation to war, to adopt every de- fensive and cautionary measure that would be incumbent upon us in an avowed and open state of war. If not, the strongest possible argument would be furnished in fa- vor of making an immediate declaration of war; but if on the contrary prudence de- manded and justified every precaution, which after such a declaration would be indispens- able, we might still exhibit our moderation and forbearance in preserving our present relations. It had never yet been doubted that in the event of an open war, it was not only competent to every nation, but a sacred and necessary duty, not only to restrain its citizens from passing over to the enemy, but from maintaining any correspondence with him, especially upon subjects of a poli- tical nature, and he could scarcely conceive of any reasons which would render such re- strictions wise and politic in the last resort, that did not apply to the present stage of ad- vancement towards such a state. If party di- visions exist in a country, it is no less im- portant to conceal them, than when armed at all points we might have less to fear from their effects. If distinguished citizens and men high in office under the plausible semblance of restoring peace might extend their intrigues to a dangerous latitude in one case; they might equally abuse an unrestrained inter- course in the other case under the no less spe- cious appearance of a design to prevent war.
The same encouragement to an enemy, the same assurance of support, the same plans of proceeding, and the same conspiracies, would be pregnant with the same and some- times with more aggravated evils. Indeed so palpable are the abuses to which the ram- pering with an open enemy would be liable, that none but a lunatic would contend for the innocence of the practice, or for the possibility of permitting it confidentially with the public safety. Yet the house had
been told yesterday by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Nicholas) and one idea had been enforced it is morning by the gentleman from Georgia, that if a late eccentric mission had been instrumental in maintaining peace, far from being a subject of reproach, it would be a cause for pride and exultation for civic rewards and monumental honors. That is, in other words, the cod will justify the means. Sir, said Mr. Otis it is the mis- ery of legislation in this as well as other coun- tries, that we cannot advance a step with- out entangling our feet in the toils of this fashionable philosophy, without encoun- tering these old Jesuitical doctrines new vam- ped and varnished by modern illuminati. As if there was no standard of moral fitness in the nature of things. Gentlemen espouse and preach up these principles who are not aware of their extent. An ingenious na- ture had led the gentleman from Virginia to extenuate the conduct of a person who had lately visited France; probably under an impression of the purity of his motives, or of the views of those who were privy to this singular adventure; but he could not belie- ve that this conduct would meet with the ap- probation of the people of this country, from any permutations that peace was the ob- ject of this diplomatic volunteer. Peace might be obtained by various modes, at which he believed that gentleman would re- volt with horror. Assassinate your Presi- dent, and transport a majority of both ho- uses to Cayenne, let the people be terrified into the election of men of opposite prin- ciples, and probably these measures would give you peace, but it would be a peace delusive, precarious and fatal; let those who prefer peace to honor and French fraternity to in- dependence form a subscription and pay to the Directory the fifty thousand pounds. Probably this act of patriotism would for a time procure the continuance of peace. But from such a peace he hoped the country would be preserved, it would be a peace de- stitute of comforts and blessings, a peace dis- tinct from prosperity, a delusive calm, portentous and dreadful such as the peo- ple of this country will ever embrace.
It had been objected to the present resolu- tion by the gentleman from Pennsylvania that it glanced at a late transaction, con- cerning which no evidence was before the house. Although the resolution does not involve or affect that transaction, yet Mr. O. admitted that it might not have been of- fered to the house at this time, unless the case in question had occurred. It is not, said he, good policy to anticipate offences; but when misdemeanors occur, and are com- mitted not only with impunity but applause, it is time for the legislature to interfere. Indeed as there are some crimes so atrocious, there are also degrees of folly and vanity to exquisite, that no fancy can picture them be- fore they are exhibited. Thus no one could seriously imagine that any man who was not descended in a right line from Don Quixote, would have gone to France with the roman- tic project of restoring by the mere force of his own private remonstrances or personal influence, the accustomed relations of the two countries. No man could foresee that an American citizen formerly of a good character, was capable, after a few years re- sidence in France, of becoming an apostate from honor, and a traitor to his country, and of writing and dispatching to a member of this house, such infamous slanders, and ser- vile sentiments, as we have lately seen pub- lished in the New-papers. Yet these phan- toms of the imagination are likely to be re- alised; we now learn that men can be thus foolish and thus prostituted, and we must guard against the effects of this folly and wickedness in future.
With respect to the mission itself, know- ing, said he, as he did know, by letters from a gentleman who was in France at the same time with the person alluded to, and on whose information and attachments to his coun- try he could place a perfect reliance, that all those measures which some affect to consider as proofs of a change favorable to our coun- try were actually agreed upon prior to any interview of the missionary with the French directory; being also well apprized that this person since his return had been so unlucky or forgetful as to impute this relaxation of the French policy in our favor, to a tempo- rary absence of Rewbell, he should be very much inclined to treat the whole expedition as an object of merriment and derision; to consider it in the view of a crusade, or a pilgrimage to Mecca, or on a footing with a voyage to Spain to see a bull baiting, or to London to see the lions, or any other project of curiosity or fanaticism; but that the account given by this man to various per- sons of the characters who were privy to his departure, induced him to think of it in a more serious light—He has repeatedly de- clared that the Vice-President of the United States, the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and the late French Consul were acquainted with his design, and furnished him with letters and passports; and a gentleman who was now in this country, but had been and conversed with this envoy in Paris, had as- sured him (Mr. O.) that he acknowledged that Mr. Genet was informed of his inten- tion and errand—it does not follow from these circumstances, said Mr. O. that any intrigue or conspiracy has certainly existed which may be hostile to the public welfare, nor was he disposed to implicate either of the American citizens just named in any such accusation—it was indeed strange, if true, that the secret of this mission should be com- municated only to those persons, but, per- haps, a satisfactory explanation might be given. His object, however, at present, was not so much to institute an inquiry into this particular transaction, as to show that great danger might exist in such practices, and to prevent their continuance.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania had been obliged to admit that a species of cor- respondence might be instituted with the ci- tizens of France, that would be highly cri- minal, but that the criminality would de- pend on the nature of the correspondence and that the resolution did not define with accu- racy the kind of correspondence which ought
to be punished. But said Mr. O. this is a very fallacious objection. It is not merely the particular correspondence, but the ille- gal and dangerous tendency of any corres- pondence which our enemies, and the abuses to which it is liable, which require attention. An ostensible correspondence may be so con- ducted as to furnish of itself no ground of censure, while a covert correspondence be- tween the same parties may be thereby facil- itated. He would venture to predict that if ever this renowned envoy had presented a memorial to the directory, or written any letter to them, it was ingeniously contrived so that if by any accident it should be made public it might appear unexceptionable. In such a memorial he would be careful to dwell much upon our union and patriotism; upon the folly of attempting an invasion, and the little chance there would be of success; upon the madness of forcing us against our natural bias into the arms of Britain; up- on the great advantages that both countries would derive from a restoration of harmony, and upon the injustice and severity of their measures; in a word upon all those topics which if published, would strike favorably the public ear and even aid the popularity of the writer and his friends. But with him this sort of correspondence would be of no a- vail. He should regard it merely as a fabri- cation. It would throw no light upon the real errand, the conversations at the private dinners of Merlin, the petit soupers of Treil- hard, the tete a tete with Lepaux, nor the conferences with Talleyrand. It is on these occasions that the real business is done, it is in these scenes that the flow of soul is com- municated. A law that does not reach this sort of correspondence will prove inadequate to the object of the resolution.
The House, said he, have frequently been told, and particularly on the present occasion by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that the great object and main design of the ma- jority was to excite a general alarm in the minds of the people. If this charge, said Mr. O. applies to me among others, I plead guilty at once. I confess myself to be alarm- ed, and while I stand as a sentinel at this post, it is my duty to communicate and diffuse the alarm until the danger be past. It was not he said, a proof of courage, but of a want of to be free from alarm: he saw nothing in the situation of other countries to quiet his fears. The fairest and happiest countries on the globe had been subjugated by France, their fields laid desolate, their cities transformed into a preflagrate banditti, all social order sub- verted, commerce destroyed, religion scoffed out of countenance, and liberty pursued hither into her last sanctuary, and the skirts of her garments already in the hands of ruf- fians in spite of an intervening ocean. Nor was he alarmed merely for himself, and his political associates, but for those who oppo- sed him. He was aware that when the con- fusion incident to French principles should overtake his country, that friend and foe would be involved in promiscuous ruin. The same dagger that was whetted for his bosom, would strike deep into theirs, the same hand that rifled his pockets would plunder their pockets, and the violence which beggared and enlaved his children would involve theirs in the same distress. He should not, he said, be discouraged from expressing this alarm, by being reminded of the effects produced by alarm in another country. He wished to God the gentleman from Pennsylvania could augment the list of countries that had listen- ed seasonably to the voices of their alarmists. Had Holland, Switzerland, and other nations which now groan under French taskmasters heard and obeyed the warnings, the entrea- ties, the prophetic prayers of their best and most faithful citizens, they would have had sufficient cause to rejoice at this hour; one country only, had taken this necessary alarm and by means of it has hitherto withheld and will probably ride out in safety, the de- structive tempest which has overwhelmed her neighbors. It is by resisting the lullaby of opposition that Great Britain has preferred her constitution and government—and if such a constitution and government, which so ma- ny are pleased to consider as corrupt and rot- ten, struggling with debts and abuses, have been preserved by a timely alarm, it is no re- proach to be anxious to save a better consti- tution and a better government by the same means. It has been also said, that if we suffer ourselves to be led astray by arguments drawn from the state of other countries, we shall be enslaved, and surrender our liberties through fear of losing them. He believed the reverse of this proposition to be true, and that if the examples of those countries came to be disregarded, we might prepare to meet our fate. Again it is insisted that the se- cret of the resolution on the table, was to perpetuate the division of party, and that al- though but few real causes of dissention re- main, yet we are determined to throw down the gauntlet and excite the greatest possible irritation. This accusation he denied. He did not believe that the resolution was intro- duced with any such design; but if such had been the object of the mover, the blame would not attach to him or to his friends. They might even then have justified themselves up- on principles of self-defence. He appealed to the whole house, that within a few days after the commencement of the session, they were threatened with a notice that motions might be expected in favor of repealing the Alien and Sedition acts; which could owe their origin to no other intention but that of inflaming the public mind and of persevering in the endeavor to expose the administration and its friends to odious imputations. There- fore, said Mr. O. we should stand acquitted if instead of giving time to our adversaries to furnish their weapons and carry war into our borders, we had seized this occasion to strike the first blow.
If, as the gentleman from Virginia obser- ved, the aspect of our affairs was changed for the better, he sincerely rejoiced; but con- fessed that nothing with reference to our for- eign relations had occurred, either in the repeal of the embargo on our vessels, nor the liberation of our seamen, nor in the nuga- tory renewal of the commissions to the French privateers, which convinced him of any real change in the sentiments of the

Directory Our domestic picture may, indeed, be changed for the better, if gentlemen, as they seemed to intimate, would unite in preserving and extending the system of defence, and follow up the wise and prudent measures which were adopted at the last session. Of their sincerity, hitherto, he had not been able to form an opinion, but in the course of the session they would show to what extent their professions were entitled to confidence. No credit was due to an arbitrary power so often repeated of a desire prevalent with a majority of that house, to crush the opposite party. For his part, he declared that his object was to crush no man, but to reform certain principles, and to explore others which his daily observation convinced him were mischievous, and inconsistent with good government.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania had concluded with expressing his design "to carry war into our borders." He presumed the gentleman did not mean literally to levy war against his opponents. The gentleman had acquired great credit as a political warrior, but he had often sustained his fire without much injury. If he really intended to bring a new force of artillery into the field, it is our duty, said Mr. O., to unite in throwing up such ramparts and bastions as may be requisite for our defence. But as the gentleman has never yet succeeded in forcing our camp, nor defeated us either by storm or surprise, there was no occasion to dread his return to the charge. On the whole, he thought the resolution highly worthy of attention, and hoped it would pass.
(To be Continued.)
DONATIONS
Received by the Committee appointed by the Managers of the Marine and City Hospitals, to alleviate the distresses of those who are suffering, in consequence of the late calamity, viz. 10 barrels of Flour from the inhabitants of London Grove township, and some others adjacent, forwarded by Joshua Pufey, Esq. 1 cwt. of Rye and Buckwheat Meal, and in Cash 9 dollars, and 30 Cents from Redman's township, Bucks county. 17 c. of Rye Flour, from Coventry Township, Chester County, collected in the neighbourhood, and manufactured at John Richards's Mill. 180 bushels of Potatoes received some time back from Gibbs and Channing of Newport, Rhode-Island, by the hands of Robert Hare, Esq. By order of the Committee, EDWARD GARRIGUES, Chairman. Attest. P. BARKER, Clerk. 1 mo. 3d. 1799.
At a meeting of the American Philosophical Society, held at their Hall, on Friday the 4th day of January, 1799, between the hours of two and five P. M. for the election of Officers for the ensuing year, the following persons were duly chosen: PRESIDENT Samuel H. Smith, Thomas Jefferson. VICE-PRESIDENTS Adam Seybert. Caspur Wistar, Charles W. Peale, Benjamin Russ, Benjamin S. Barton, Robert Patterson, Nicholas Collin. TREASURER COUNSELLORS John Vaughan, Robert Blackwell, SECRETARIES Thomas M'Kean, Thomas C. James, Adam Kuhn, James Woodhouse, James Davidson.
The following Donations and Communications were received by the American Philosophical Society, during the last six months:
A copy of Geo. Adams's work on the Microscope, with a volume of plates—also Adams's Graphical Essays, corrected by Wm. Jones, with a volume of plates. Presented by Wm. Jones, Esq. London.
A letter from Dr. Priestley, being an appendix to his former communication, on the Decomposition of Water.
A communication from Mr. Andrew Elliott, determining the Latitude and Longitude of the Town of Natchez.
Dr. Barton's "New Views of the origin of the Tribes and Nations of America," 2d edition. Presented by the author.
Three barrels, containing bones of non-descript animals, and two Meteorological Journals kept at Detroit, and on a voyage to Michilimackinac on the Lakes, by Gen. Wilkinson.
A specimen of Mica from New-Hampshire presented by Mr. Passmore.
Seven half volumes of the American edition of the Encyclopedia, which complete the work. Presented by Mr. Thomas Dobson.
A "Memoir on the Sand-Hills of Cape Henry, Virginia, by H. B. Latrobe.
"Experiments and Observations on the atmosphere of marshes, by Adam Seybert, M. D.
A paper "Concerning the pernicious effects of the Equisetum Hyemale, or Rough-Horse-Tail, when eaten by Horses, by B. S. Barton."
An answer to Dr. Priestley, on the doctrine of Phlogiston and the decomposition of water, by James Woodhouse, M. D.
ADAM SEYBERT, Secretary. January 5.
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BOSTON, December 26.
THE NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Detailed in the last Continent from the Hamburg and Altona papers, is of the most recent date, direct and authentic stamp. We shall be excused for dilating on it this day.
We observe in the Newbury-Port paper of Tuesday last, the following article, (copied into the Chronicle) "Paris, Oct. 9. The Turkish Minister is yet quiet here, and appears in the public walks. We hear no more of the proclamation of war with this country, which was in some late papers." As we had declared in the Continent, that the Ottoman Porte had declared war against France, this article arrested primary attention:—We recurred to the paper from which this article was said to be translated, and we found the following:—"Paris, Oct. 9. The Turkish Ambassador remains as yet quiet here, and appears sometimes in the public walks. Our yesterday's papers contained the declaration of war by the Porte against France." Why the last member of the paragraph was reversed, we are at no loss to conjecture:—But we shall repeat our assertion, that the Sublime Porte, declared War against France, the 12th of September, and delivered on the same day copies of their Manifesto to all the Foreign Ministers:—That the French Resident has been lodged in the Castle of the Seven Towers, and that Danton and Frontini, Translaters, Fleurat, Tiffre and Pidour, Secretaries to the Minister, Costeras formerly Adjutant to the Ambassador, Aubert Dubayot, and General Menan, of the horse artillery, have also been confined as hostages for the safety of the Turkish Ambassador at Paris:—Who has also been confined in the Temple.
While we are on this subject, we will state some particulars not before known here. In the Vienna Court Gazette of October 6th, is this article: "A courier arrived yesterday from Constantinople with dispatches.—They contain intelligence, that the Bays of Egypt in their operations against Buonaparte acted in cordial connection with the English. While the latter were to blockade Alexandria and the Nile, with six ships of the line, under Commodore Troubridge, the former were to attack the French on shore:—That the Porte had the greatest confidence in the assistance of the Pacha of Damascus, whose aid had been requested by the Bays of Egypt, [Our former accounts said, he was marching 30,000 men against the French.]—The Porte was not in possession of any intelligence from the Red Sea; nor whether the French had a naval force there to assist them, if India was their object. But to prevent a surprise, and to preserve the treasure at Mecca, the Porte had sent couriers to apprize the Sheriffs of that part of Arabia, of their danger; and exhorting every faithful Musselman to secure and defend them, as well as the wells of Ismael, the hermitage of Hagar, and the sacred dwellings of Abraham:—That the triple alliance signed between Russia, Great-Britain and the Porte, had been dispatched by express to the various Courts for ratification:—That the Spanish and Batavian Ministers at Constantinople had interceded with the Divan, that the property of the French who had resided in Turkey before the revolution, should not be confiscated; but were answered, that as they had put themselves under the protection of the last minister they should share his fate:—That the Russian fleet had passed the Dardanelles, as mentioned in preceding papers, consisting of one ship of 80 guns, five of 74, six of 50, three frigates, and three sloops of war: having on board 15,000 troops:—That 60,000 Russian troops were on the borders of Turkey, at the service of the Porte; but that as no employment could be found for them, they had directed their march towards France. [It will be recollected, that a letter from Lisbon, of the 30th October, mentions the arrival of 30,000 Russians in the Tyrol—a position which will enable them to bear either on the French or Cisalpine Republics.]—That the Turkish fleet, which joined the Russian, consisted of seven ships of the line, seven frigates, and seven sloops of war, having troops on board; and—That all Buonaparte's magazines at Alexandretta and Aleppo, have been seized and despoiled.
In the dispatches from Buonaparte, intercepted by the English, were letters to his brother, who is a member of the Council of Five Hundred, in which he says, "My situation is very critical—My army, through sickness and skirmishes, and leaving troops behind to keep a chain of communication between Cairo, Rosetta, and Alexandria, is so reduced, that I cannot advance farther."
Buonaparte in these dispatches praises the dress and outlines of the Egyptian women; and says, his army is much dissatisfied with their wearing veils. So, if he is, all his army are not Josephs. We are satisfied with the accuracy of our translations; and we with the public should be able to appreciate it. The Newbury-Port (and Chronicle) translations have it, that Buonaparte had caused his name to be engraved on the foot of the pyramid of Pompey:—The fact is the reverse—Buonaparte ordered the names of his warriors, who had fallen in the capture of Alexandria, to be engraved on the pyramid; and their bodies, which he brought with him, to be buried at the foot. Were we disposed to cavil, we could point out many other gross inaccuracies, which we with rather to attribute to a want of knowledge of the German language than to design to misstate:—But we cannot omit saying, that in Buonaparte's dispatches there is nothing said about engaging the Mamelukes four hours; and that very few of the original features of the dispatches appear in the translation. By a Paris paper of the 14th October, we learn; that peace is at a distance, and that
coercion, is still the order there;—for at a public ball all the young men were pressed, and sent off for the armies.
The official accounts of the loss of the French, in the battle of the Nile, make the number 8930—of which 5225 were killed drowned, or burnt,—3105 were made prisoners. These latter, after a cartel had been established between the English and French, were sent on shore the English retaining all the ship carpenters, and 200 officers.
The state of affairs at Malta, is thus narrated.—When the French Commissioners found their cash expended, and that they could not procure provisions without it, they resolved to lay hands on the plate in the churches: Accordingly they proceeded with a detachment of soldiers, to one of the richest in the island:—When packing up the plate, they were attacked by a large number of Maltese, armed with various weapons:—The French fired on the mob from the windows, and a great massacre on both sides ensued:—Both were reinforced, and the Maltese being the strongest, the French were obliged to retreat to Valetta;—but a revolt had taken place there also, and the troops were driven to St. Elmo, where the Maltese, at the date of the last accounts, were employed in cutting off their supplies of water, and were in daily expectation of the assistance of the English.
THE EXPEDITION TO IRELAND.
Like most other French expeditions of late, has added another unit to the sum total of French follies. Our readers may rely on its complete frustration. We believe about a thousand of the troops got on Irish ground; but like their countrymen, under Humbert, they have shared the fate of a "forlorn hope" of wantonness or ignorance. When the fleet left Brest, it consisted of the Hoche, a three decker, commanded by Bompart, formerly of the Ambuscade, the frigates La Romaine, l'Immortalite, l'Ambuscade, la Coquille, la Semillante, la Resolue, la Belone, and Le Loire; with the Bache cutter. Of these vessels only one has escaped;—the others are now component parts of the British navy. The frigates are some of the finest in the world.
Buonaparte, when he left Toulon, carried with him a great number of learned and philosophical men, as counsellors:—But his infelicity is confirmed by the circumstance, that he does not find safety even in a multitude of counsellors.
Yesterday the United States frigate Constitution, 44 guns, capt. Nicholson, failed from the outer harbor.
Fourteen sail of British men of war, left England about the middle of October. Ten bound to the East-Indies, and four to reinforce Lord St. Vincent's fleet off Cadiz.
Prince Edward has failed from Halifax for England, in the Topaze frigate, to obtain the assistance of the Faculty, in the cure of a severe wound he received by a fall from his horse.
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THE creditors of George Johnston, late of Queen Ann's county, in the state of Maryland, deceased, are hereby requested to appear at Church Hill, in the county and state aforesaid, on Thursday the 21st day of January next, with their claims against the said deceased, properly authenticated, at which time a proportional division of the assets in the hands of the subscriber will be made among the creditors according to law; and those who do not appear on the said day, will be forever precluded from their claims on the said estate. REBECCA JOHNSTON, Executrix. Church Hill, Dec. 22.
EPHRAIM CLARK,
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PRICES OF STOCKS.
Table with 2 columns: Stock Name, Price. Includes Six Per Cent (16/8), Three Per Cent (9/9), BANK United States (22 percent), Pennsylvania (21 ditto), North America (45 ditto), Insurance comp N. A. (55 ditto), Pennsylvania (50 ditto). COURSE OF EXCHANGE: On London, at 30 days (60), at 60 days (57 1/2), at 90 days (55), Amsterdam, 60 days, per guilder, 30 cents.
The literary labors of the Democrats, in their present dwindled and still dwindling state, resemble nearly the brayings of a cudgelled Ass to the wind; or, like some foundering body exposed on a wide heath to the roaring storm, they send forth hollow and unheeded murmurs, which only shew that their perishable system is perforated through and through.
Tom Vice, Tom Ditto, and the brave Mingo chief, have put their heads together and fabricated an appeal to the people, in which, after much filthy abuse of their betters, they fall upon the customary expedient of asserting negatives. To attempt invalidating the faith of a Jacobin, were to murder time.
God's revenge against murder has in no period of time been more remarkably or more promptly displayed, than during the French revolution. Even old Talleyrand, honest Merlin, the gentle Barras, and the humane Buonaparte, whom most men imagined to have exalted themselves by successful villainy above the reach of punishment, have, in all probability, paid the forfeit of their crimes on the scaffold, long ere this day. Would to God the fate of villainy might be every where else accelerated.
The horrid success of a set of marauders, supporting themselves by rapine, murder and every species of crime, had, to an alarming degree, relaxed the force of that most powerful retringing FEAR. Society began terribly to feel the effects of this relaxation. The sure tho' slow footsteps of divine vengeance are rapidly recalling the minds of men to their ancient obedience to its influence, and ought to operate as a reproof to that impatience and over-weaning anxiety which had but too frequently manifested itself.
Dr. Logan appears to be one of those superficial geniuses, whom we not unfrequently see wandering in a maze of their own creation, for want of capacity to distinguish between a shadow and a substance. He is reviving the mad force of certain crackbrained Alchemists, who, about a century ago, teased their retorts with multiplied experiments in search of the Philosopher's Stone; or like certain lunatic clowns who busy themselves in digging the earth for hidden gold, captain Kid's treasure, &c.—His philosopher's stone is peace: but, like most Visionaries and philosophers, his conceptions of the object he supposes himself in search of, appear as crude and indigested, as unintelligible and unsearchable, as the flange of an highwayman, or the gable of a knot of Jacobins at a civic feast or a maffacre. He seems as ignorant of the nature and meaning of the word Peace, as he is of the forms of decorum, the demeanor of a gentleman, and the attributes of common sense.
Peace is an entire thing—it is an unequivocal state—in the language of the French murderers, it is one and indivisible. Peace never yet was bought or sold. Requisition is not peace—tribute is not peace—fraternization is not peace. Spain is not at peace, Holland is not at peace, Switzerland is not at peace—Genoa, Milan, Piedmont, Savoy, Rome, are not at peace. No other peace do they enjoy, than did the ancient Philosopher, whilst the vital fluid issued from his lacerated arteries.
The measure of raising a subscription from the friends of government to prolong the existence of the dying Aurora, is too selfish for men of honor to promote. The writhings of the nate d-d are to be sure diverting enough to make us wish for a continuation of the amusement—but in charity we should remember that the Goddess will, after all, have to say, "this may be sport to you: but it is death to me."
How often are the labours of the impious turned to their own confusion. The absurd democrats thought they were forwarding the overthrow of all rational government, by fomenting mobs and insurrections. Those mobs and those insurrections opened the eyes both of the deluded and the wavering, and saved the country.
Thus will the matter stand—The youth and languor of Government begat Discontent, Disturbance and Rebellion, Rebellion begat Energy; and Energy annihilated Faction.
Seditious spirits find, as they should find, the American Government like a naked Razor: the harder they press it, the deeper it cuts them.
The democrats exult at the capture of the Retaliation, less for the accession of strength to the enemy, than for the damp they vainly imagine it will cast on our naval establishment. If the whole of our little navy had fallen a prey, the former would have been the predominant point of exultation.
It is always pleasant to recount past toils and perils; it is often useful. Those who
indulge in alarm at the reception of Kentuckian rumblings of the Landy, or elsewhere, should look back in triumph to those ten fold more menacing straits we have passed through; to the dark dangerous hour when a French majority lopped off with a pruning knife, the most vigorous branches of the Constitution, and threatened to lay it at the root; when an infolent minister leagued armies on our territory, and could parade a servile train of followers in procession to a civic feast; when to be rational was a reproach, and folly and depravity stalked forth in triumph through the land; in short
When we poor mates
Stood on the dying deck, hearing the surges
threat; Expecting soon to part into the sea of air.
Though many of that chosen few, who dared be honest in those worst of times, now look down from above with complacency on our fortitude and our triumphs, enough still breathe to bear new toils, to repel fresh attempts, to encounter fresh dangers, to overcome fresh violences.
The little hubbubbs excited here and there by the whippers-in of faction, are just about sufficient to keep up a proper degree of vigilance on the part of the Friends of government. There is always danger, in a government like ours, of the guardians of the public weal, the centinels of the laws being lulled into security and supineness. Indeed, so generally just is this observation, that perhaps there exists not a stronger procreating cause. Languor naturally succeeds vehement exertion. While we guard the dangers arising from the force of jacobinism, it should never be forgotten, that even its weaknesses may be converted to an engine of mischief. 'Incitat in Scyllam, cupiens vitare charybdim.'
Democracy howls with a louder and more piteous cry, as it advances towards the period of its trials. The burthen of its yells, rightly rendered, is O! dear! what can the matter be?
There can be little doubt that a vast proportion of Democrats would immediately hang themselves, were it not for the footing on which they stand in regard to the bereafter. Here, "all is not well." Hereafter all is worse. Milton has recorded their perplexity—
Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair Which way I fly is hell, my self am Hell, And in the lowest depth, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
The Speech of Mr. Otis, which adorns the pages of this day's Gazette, will be found more abundant in luminous conceptions and brilliancy of thought, than even those other productions of this celebrated orator, which have long since rendered his eloquence proverbial.
To Mr. Otis belongs the peculiar talent of interesting his hearer, where interest would be supposed impossible, by illuminating with an elegance peculiar to himself, the dreyest or most disgusting subject. Like that path in the Heavens, which shines contiguously along the extended ether, you discover in all the works of his hands a bright and interesting chain of superior thought and expression on which the mind dwells with delight, however cumbered with a dull and uninteresting subject.
This is the gentleman, on whom the "foul fiend" of faction, the loathsome and squalid imp of French liberty, exhausts all its pointles venom and malignity. Thus are his merits illustrated—thus, in the highest style, are his talents engaged. We long knew him foremost in the "splendid crowd" of the faithful. The enemy add their testimony, while they growl under the sharp lash of his satire—they publish to the world by their acrimonious writhings, that his lucid expositions are to them an Ionic wheel, round which, in continuous torment, they, howling, roll.
Gazette Marine List.
New York January 4.
ARRIVED, Brig George, Halsey, Havannah Hirn, Jamica Schr. Potomac, Thompson, Surinam
SHIP WRECK.
Extract from the Log Book of the ship Sophia, Capt. Johnson, of Altona, bound to this port, owned by Mr. Koupmann of that place.
July 10, failed from Hamburg, strong gales from the West and South, ship laxy and continuing to encroach; after great exertions to keep her above water, she sunk down in an instant on the 14th of Sept. having on board 20 seamen and passengers, 16 of whom were drowned; the other four with great difficulty recovered the boat, in which they were at the mercy of the sea for eight days, when they luckily made S. Ives, on the coast of Cornwall, in a starved and emaciated condition, they were hospitably treated by the inhabitants, and every nourishment generously afforded them till they recovered; they then travelled across the country till they arrived at Liverpool, where they met the American ship Alliance, Capt. Jerret, bound for New York, in which vessel they arrived on Wednesday evening last.
The persons thus miraculously saved from the jaws of death, were capt. Timothy Dorgan, of New York, Mart. A. Van Gersen, his apprentice, and two Danish seamen.
French Language.
G. DUFIE, No. 63, SOUTH SECOND STREET,
WILL OPEN
His DAY and EVENING SCHOOL,
On Wednesday, the 14th Inst. N. B. Private tuition attended to as usual and Translations from either Language into the other, performed with accuracy, secrecy, and dispatch. N.Y. 10

ABNER BRIGGS, Of the City of Philadelphia, STOREKEEPER, Having affigned over all his effects, real, per- fona! and mixed, to the fubscribers, for the benefit of all his creditors— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TO all perfons who are indebted to the faid Eftate, that they are requested to make immediate payment of their respective accounts, to either of the affignees; in failure whereof, legal measures will be taken for the recovery of fuch debts, as are not difcharged without further delay. GEORGE PENNOCK, WILLIAM FRENCH. January 2. wed.&fr. 6w
No. 128, The south-east corner of Market and Fourth Streets, JACOB COX, HAS just received by the late arrivals from Europe, a large, general and elegant af- firtment of the most Fashionable Merchandize, (in the gentlemen's line)—The whole of which will be difpofed of, wholefale and retail, at re- duced prices for cash. dec. 19. 2awtf
Just Imported, Iron cannon, double fortified, Woolwich proof, with their carriages complete—3, 4, 6 and 9 pounders. Carronades, Woolwich proof, with carriages, &c. complete—12, 18 and 24 pounders. Cannon powder in kegs of 25lbs. each Round, double headed, and cannifter shot Patent sheathing copper, bright, afforted 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 and 28 or per fquare foot, fheets 48 by 14 inches, fuitable for vefiels from 100 to 1000 tons. Copper nails, bolts and fpike Boarding Pikes, Common cutlaftes Gunners ftores of all kinds Tim-pieces No 1—1-3 erois boxes Patent shot in casks of 50wt. each London porter and brown ftout, in casks of 7 doz. bottled. Earthen ware in crates, afforted. For Sale by SIMON WALKER, Pine near 5th ftreeet. co tf. October 29.
JAVA COFFEE, 350 Bags of First Quality, Now landing from on board the fhip INDIA, at Mr. Thos. Penrofe's Wharf, and for fale by John Ashmead, No. 265, South Front-Street. WHO HAS ON HAND, For Sale, on reasonable terms, Coffees Bafias Black Taffaties, &c. dec 10. eodtf
NOTICE. ALL perfons indebted to the Eftate of SAM- UEL WALLIS, eq. of Murey townfhip, in the county of Lycoming, lately deceafed, are hereby required to come forward immediately and pay their respective debts.—And all perfons having legal demands against the Eftate, are requested to produce their accounts, properly authenticated, for fettlemeent. JOHN WALLIS, WILLIAM ELLIS, DANIEL SMITH, JOHN ADELM, december 11. 3taw4w
NOTICE. ALL perfons indebted to JAMES EMLEN, late of Middletown, in the county of Delaware, deceafed, are requested to make payment to either of the fubfcribers, whom they fhall find it moft convenient to call on: and all perfons having de- mands, will be pleased in like manner, to furnifh them, that they may be paid. All rents, which fell due on or before the fourth day of the 10th month laft are payable to the fub- fcribers and thofe which accrued after that day will be payable to the guardians of his children, who will duly notify the tenants where to pay the fame. MIERS FISHER, of Philadelphia, } Exec- ABM. PENNELL, of Middletown, } utors. dec 28. 2aw6w
NOTICE. ALL perfons having demands againft Ifacon and Bacon, formerly of this city, (Shopkeepers) are requested to deliver their accounts properly attelted, to either of the fubfcribers, on or be- fore the fifth day of January next, as a dividend will then be made of all the eftate affigned to them.—According to an agreement made at the meeting of the creditors, the accounts are to be rendered without intereft as they original- ly ftood before the affignment. As the dividend will be made upon the accounts which are produced by the time herein mention- ed, and that may be offered afterwards muft of courfe be excluded. JACOB BAKER ROBERT RAINEY RICH. R. SMITH dec 27. 3taw4w
NOTICE. ALL perfons indebted to the Eftate of THOMAS BROOKS, late of the city of Philadel- phia, Br-fs. Founder, deceafed, are defired to make immediate payment and thofe who have any de- mands againft faid eftate to bring in their accounts properly attelted for fettlemeent to DAVID BROOKS, administrator. jan 2. 7eod3t
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company. THE STOCK HOLDERS, ARE hereby notified that an Election for Pre- fident, Managers and other officers for the enfuing year, will be held at the Company's Office on Monday the 14th January next at ten o'clock. WM. GOVETT, Secretary. dec 22. m&tu4w
TO LET, And may be entered on in about two weeks from the date, TWO Ranges of ftore and Compting Houfes lately erected by the fubfcriber, juft below Market-freet wharf:—The ftand for bufinefs equal to any in the city. For terms apply to PAUL BECK, jr. No. 11 South Water-freet. Who has in ftore feveral boxes, chefts and packages merchandise received from New- York per the fchooner Weymouth, Henry Al- len mafter,—the owners are requested to call for them. dec. 31. mwf3w
PROPOSALS, FOR CARRYING Mails of the United States, On the following roads, will be received at the General Poff-Office, until the 13th day of February next, incifive. 1ft. From Philadelphia by Briftol, Trenton, Princeton, New-Brunfwick, Wood- bridge, Raway, Elizabethtown and Newark to New-York fix times a week. From May 1 to November 1. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday ex- cepted) at 1 P. M. and arrive at New-York in nineteen hours, the next day (Sunday excepted) by 8 o'clock, A. M.—Returning; leave New- York every day (Sunday excepted) at 1 P. M. and arrive at Philadelphia in eighteen hours the next day (Sunday excepted) by 7 A. M. From November 1 to May 1. The mail is to be taken from Philadelphia at the fame hour and delivered at New-York by 9 A. M. in 20 hours; and is to be taken from New-York at 1 P. M. and delivered at Philadel- phia at 8 A. M. in nineteen hours. 2d. From Philadelphia by Chefter, Wilming- ton, Newport, Chriftiana, Elkton, Charlefton, Havre-de-Grace and Harford to Baltimore, fix times a week. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday excepted) at 9 A. M. and arrive at Bal- timore in 27 hours, the next day (Sunday except- ed) at noon. Returning; leave Bal- timore every day (Sunday excepted) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next day by 9 A. M. in 27 hours. 3d. From Baltimore by Bladefburgh, Wahington and Georgetown, to Alexandria fix times a week. From April 1 to November 1. Leave Baltimore every day (Sunday except- ed) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Alexandria the fame day by 6 P. M. Returning—Leave Al- exandria every day (Sunday excepted) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore the fame day by 4 o'clock P. M. From November 1 to April 1. Leave Baltimore every day (Sunday except- ed) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Alexandria the next day (Sunday excepted) at 8 A. M. Re- turning—Leave Alexandria every day (Sunday excepted) at 5 P. M. and arrive at Baltimore the next day (Sunday excepted) at 4 1/2 P. M. 4th. From Philadelphia by Downingtown, Lancaster, Columbia, York, Carlifle, Ship- penfburgh, Strafburgh, Bedford, Somerfet and Greencfburgh to Pittfburgh once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Saturday at 4 A. M. arrive at Lancafter in the evening, arrive at York on Sunday noon, at Shippenfburgh on Monday, at 6 P. M. Leave Shippenfburgh on Tuefday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Pittfburgh the next Fri- day at 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Pittf- burgh every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Shippenfburgh the next Monday by 6 P. M. Leave Shippenfburgh on Tuefday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next Thurfdays by 8 P. M. Note 1. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the firft day of April next. The contracts for the routes No. 1, 2, 3, are to continue in operation until the firft day of October in the year 1800; and the con- tract for the route No. 4 is to continue until the firft day of October in the year 1801. Note 2. Fifteen minutes fhall be allowed for opening and clofing the mail at all offi- ces on the routes where no particular time is fpecified. Note 3. For every fifteen minutes delay (the impoftibility of rivers excepted) in arriving af- ter the times prefcribed, in any contract, the contrac- tor fhall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue till the departure of any depend- ing mail, whereby the mails defined for fuch depending mail lofe a trip, an additional for- feiture of five dollars fhall be incurred. Note 4. If any perfons making propofals de- fired an alteration of the times fpecified he muft ftate in his propofals the alteration defined and the difference it will make in the terms of his contract. Note 5. The ufual penalties for mifconduct in the carriers will be difpofed in the contract. Note 6. The mail on the route No. 1, fhall be carried in a Sulkey during three months of the winter feafon, having a box or cheft to fe- cure the mail from rain. The mails on that route during the reft of the year and the routes No. 2 and 3 fhall be always carried in a light box fufficient to defend it from the rain, or a box within the body of the ftag. JOS. HABERSHAM, P. M. General. General Poff-Office, } Philad. Jan. 1, 1799. } eod6w
Canal Lottery, No. 11. Will re-commence drawing, on Monday, the 7th of January next, and con- tinue until finifhed. TICKETS to be had Eight Dollars each, at WILLIAM BLACKBURN'S Lottery and Brokers office, No. 64 South Second-freet, where check books are kept for regiftering and examination of Tickets in the above, City of Wahington and Patterfon Lotteries, &c. STATE OF THE WHEEL. One prize of 10,000 dollars 10,000 Five 4,000 20,000 Two 2,000 4,000 Two 1,000 2,000 Ten 500 5,000 Twenty-levem 200 5,400 With a full proportion of the one hundred and of the fifty dollar prizes—The Lottery is more than two thirds drawn and above 15,000 dollars richer than at the commencement. Note, the bufinefs of a Broker duly at- tended to in all its branches. tu.fr. ouv. 9.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. DESERTEED laft night, a fecond time, from the Marine Camp, David Luper, a filer.— He had when he went away, a plain blue jacket and veft, light blue overalls, a round hat, which had been bound with yellow, and which he had ripped off in his firft defertion, and a pair of new thoes. He is a Carpenter by trade, has grey eyes, fandy hair fallow complexion and a notch in his upper lip. His back is ftill fore from a flogging he got a few days ago. He may be difcovered by his fteing, as he plays extremely well. W. W. BURROWS Major Com. of the Marine Corps. October 17.
DRIED PEACHES, In barrels Demijohns Claret Porter, and } BOTTLES. Port Wine And Corks in Bales—For fale by BENJ. W. MORRIS. Dec. 20. co6t
NOTICE. ALL Perfons indebted to the eftate of JANE DAVIDSON, widow, deceafed, are requested to make payment; and thofe who have any demands againft the faid eftate to render their accounts duly attelted, to WM. DAVIDSON, JAMES DAVIDSON, Executors dec 31. 3aw3w
THE SUBSCRIBER LANE, GODFREY & Co. INFORMS his friends in particular and the public in general, that he continues in the fame line of bufinefs as formerly at the ftore lately occupied by Meffrs. Morgan and Price, on Stampers-wharf, below the Drawbridge, where he has for fale a general affortment of bar, rod, fheet and hoop iron, country and Englifh ftee- l, open and ten plate ftoves, a few pair of double fortified 4 and 6lb. iron cannon, cannon ball and grape, shot, forge hammers and anvils, a quantity of caft iron ballaft for veflels, chim- ney backs and jams on a new and improved plan. Hollow ware afforted. Orders for any kind of calling will be received at the ftore and executed at the air furnace at the fhorteft notice.
A small House to let, Above Fifth ftreeet—Enquire of the Subfcriber. WM. LANE. jan. 3. eod3t
For Sale, Several Interesting Files of Newspapers, Published in this City, for the year 1798, —VIZ— The Philadelphia Gazette. The Gazette of the United States. The True American. The Aurora. The above Files are complete, and in the belt order. Enquire at No. 21, North Se- venth ftreeet, near Sugar Alley.
A Convenient two Story Brick House Suitable for a Small Family. TO LET Apply as above. jan. 3. w6t
THIS DAY PUBLISHED, By WILLIAM YOUNG, Corner of Chefnut and Second-freets, JOAN OF ARC, An Epic Poem, By Robert Southey; with notes. "WE do not hefitate to declare our opinion that the poetical powers difplayed in it are of a very fuperior kind—Conceptions more lofty and daring, fentiments more commanding, and lan- guage more energetic, will not eafily be found:— nor does fcarcely any part of it fink into languor, as the glow of feelings and genius animates the whole. The language is, for the moft part, mo- delled on that of Milton; and not unfrequently, it has a ftrong relifh of Shakfpeare." Monthly Review, vol. 19, p. 361.
A HISTORY, OR ANECDOTES OF THE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA, IN THE YEAR 1762. Translated from the French of M. de Rulhiere; With an elegant Head of the late Emprefs. [The fecond edition, price 75 cents.] "The grounds of M. de Rulhiere's information feem indifputable, and his readers appear to have every reafon to be fatisfied with his difcernment, in unfolding the motives and circumftances that concurred in bringing about this ftriking event. "We fhall only add, that we have feldom met with more interesting original anecdotes, than thofe that are contained in the little work which we have now reviewed." Appendix Monthly Review, vol. 22. dec 19. w18xmm
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Eftate of Mr. JOHN FENNO, late of Philadelphia, deceafed, are defired to make pay- ment, and thofe having any demands, to prefent them for fettlemeent, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. nov. 30. 53m
FOR SALE, A Tan-Yard, with about thirty two acres of Land, at Rock-Ran, on the Head of the Tide water of Sulquehannah, in Harford county, Maryland, whereon is funk feventy-five Vats, a Stone Mill and Tan Houfe, with conveniences of Water and other neceffaries for an extensive Yard, a Dwelling-Houfe, Kitchen and divers other ufeful buildings are erected thereon, fome of the lands in lots well improved, a good Herring Fishery on the fhore. The improving Town of Havre de Grace, is about fix miles diftant and veflels coming down the River, pafs clofe by the premifes. A con- venient fituation to get Bark, a flock of which with the utensils for Tanning, and all the hides in the Vats may be had with the Yard. For terms apply to John Wilson, near Harford Town, or the fub- fcriber on the premifes. ISAAC WILSON, 13th mo. 14th. 2aw3w
Forty Dollars Reward. DESERTEED, From a Detachment of Men under my com- mand, at Camp Welf Schuylkill, viz. October 29. GEORGE KELLER, 40 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark hair and complexion, born in Holland, no Trade, fpeaks broken Englifh and very talkative, has a dimple in his chin. November 6. John Murphy, 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 1/2 inches in height, grey eyes, dark hair and complexion, born in Ireland, city of Dublin, by trade a Hozier. Jacob Iden, 34 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, grey eyes, fandy hair, frefh complexion, born in New-England, ftate of Connecticut, a repeated deferter, by trade a Blackfmith. November 7. William Collins, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, fandy hair, frefh com- plexion, grey eyes, born in Ireland, county of Wexford, by trade a Gardiner, has worked for fome time about Philadelphia, he is very fond to hear himfelf fing. All the above deferters are very much addic- ted to liquor, and will take other people's pro- perty if in their power, are artificially marked on their backs, had on, when they went away, their regimental clothing. Whofoever appre- hends faid deferters, fhall receive forty dollars reward, or ten dollars for each, with all reafon- able expences, by applying to me as above, EDWARD MILLER, captain ad regiment of Infantry commanding. nov 10.
IRISH LINENS, 4-4 and 7-8th White Linens well- affo etc. 3-4 Brown ditto ditto 3-4 Irish Chequers fuitable for the West-India Market. FOR SALE. On reasonable terms—by the Box or Bale, By GAMBLE & HELMUTH, No. 148, South Second-freet. dec 19. 3tawtf
Nicklin & Griffith, HAVE FOR SALE, Sail Cloth by the bale or piece, (No. 1 & 8) One bale of feaming-twine Copper in fheets, from 24 by 48 to 48 by 60 inches Two tubs raifed copper still bottoms Queens' ware, afforted in crates London porter in bottles, contained in cafes Empty port-wine bottles Yellow ochre in cafes Cochineal in fcraps Indigo in do. & cafes 35 cafes and trunks of mufins, ginghams, dimi- ties, muflinettes and pullicat handkerchiefs, in fmail afforted packages, calculated for the Weft-India market. 12 trunks printed calicoes 4 bales callicoes, afforted 1 do. coarfe woolens Old Madeira wine Sheathing paper Englifh nails in cafes, afforted.
The Brig AMAZON, FOR SALE OR CHARTER. December 9. m.w.&ta.f
R. TAYLOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR, NO. 96, NORTH SIXTH-STREET. RESPECTFULLY informs the Public that he continues to teach Ladies the Piano Forte as ufual. Nov. 6. tuthsa
To be Sold, OR EXCHANGED, For property in the City, or within Thirty miles of it, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, In Tufcarora Valley, Mifflin county, containing about three hundred acres, the whole capable of cultivation. At prefent there is about 50 acres cleared, 20 of which is a rich bottom of Meadow Ground, enriched by a never failing ftream, that has fall and water enough for all the purpo- fes of a Country Mill. For further information apply at No. 68, Market ftreeet. november 20. taw
Wheat, Ginsang, &c. 4000 bufhels of white Wheat, of excellent quality 15 Cafes of Ginsang 30 Pies of Madeira Wine, three years old 100 Barrels of Prime Beef Pork in half bbls. and barrels For Sale by JOHN SKYRIN, No. 96, North Front-freet. dec 26. 3aw2w
FOR SALE, Fifty Acres of Good Land, LYING IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY, State of New-Jersey, TWENTY-FOUR acres of which are Woodland, the reft, Meadow. This land lies about half a mile from Timber-Creek, and two miles from the river Delaware, the county road paffing through it, and the great road only two miles diftant. For terms, apply to, PATRICK DOGHERTY, Sign of the Rainbow, in Shippen- freet, between Second and Third-freets. dec 4. 4tuth&2w
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. JOHN A. SHAEFFER, of Philadelphia, who has for a few years paft been in the Southern States, has had the effrontery to draw feveral Bills of Ex- change on Timothy Pickering, Eq. Secretary of State, and myfelf, and by that means has defrauded a number of perfons of their money, deceiving them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the names affixed of divers public characters and reputable merchants highly recommedatory of faid Shaeffer; to one of thefe papers I find my name fubfcribed, but I do not know the man; there are villainous forgeries! To prevent further impofition, I have to request the printers of Newspapers in the United States to publifh this for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Treasurer of the United States. Trenton, New-Jersey, } October 24, 1798. }
NEW NOVELS, PLAYS, MAGAZINES, &c. Chalk's Circulating Library. No. 73, North Third-freet. THE Proprietor, in compliance with his pro- mife to render this Inftitution a complete fource of rational amufement and instruction, by repeated acquifitions of entertaining and intere- fting publications, has now added to his former collection Four Hundred Volumes of mifcellane- ous works, comprifing nearly all the lateft published Novels and Dramatic productions;— catalogues of which are ready for delivery to fubfcribers. N. B. Subfcribers, and others, who fill re- tain Books taken from the Library previous to the fickness, are requested to return them imme- diately: the fines will be charged from the 14th of November. Fine flavored Imperial, Young Hyfon, Hyfon, Hyfon Skin, and Sououchong TEAS. dec. 13. t6m8w
NOTICE. SAMUEL RICHARDET, informs the Gentle- men Subfcribers, that the EXCHANGE is opened for their reception; and the CITY Tavern, for Gentlemen and Travellers— Laft Spring added an addition of twelve Bed Chambers to the fide building, which makes it perfectly convenient. november 6. thaw
THE share-holders of the Lehigh Coal Mine, are hereby notified, that the election for a Prefident, eight Managers and a Trea- furer for the enfuing year, will be held at the houfe of Jofeph Hardy, fign of the Golden Swan, in Third freet, Philadelphia, on the third Monday in Janu- ary next, at four o'clock in the afternoon. ISAAC WAMPOLE, Sec'ty. december 29. 12w3w. fa.
IMPORTED in the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT REASONABLE PRICES AND ON A LIBERAL CREDIT, BY PRATT & KINTZING, No. 95, North Water ftreeet. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempen linens and oznabrigs from 1/5 to 3/ per ell 70 do. bleached and brown kefians 40 do. brown rolls fuitable for cof- fee bags 20 do. ftrong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chefts platillas 2 do. fealing-wax 3 do. dowlas 3 packages oil-cloth 30 do. creps a la Morlaix 4 do. fail-twine 12 do. eftopailles 1 do. watches 15 do. Bielefeld linen 14 pipes Port wine 90 do. pattenborres 92 cafes claret 45 do. Brittanias 130 do. fine long corked 1 do. Holland canvafs claret 1 do. Ruffia do. 1600 bufhels fine falt 3 do. Ruffia fheetings 40 calks of roll brimftone 1 do. ravens duck 200 calks of naval ftore 2 do. Ruffia drillets 50 logs prime mahogany 1 do. brown holland 4 bds. coffee mills 2 do. Silefia rovans 10 bundles German fteel 1 do. Wahrendorp linen 10 chefts of flates and 1 do. Cerauloos pencils 1 do. Elemifh linens A package of ftakes 1 do. cambricks and 1 do. woolen caps, &c. lawns 4 chefts of Nurenberg 1 do. diaper toys 12 do. ftripes 40 kegs of yellow ochre 18 do. checks 3 bds. Glue 2 do. fiamois 8 barrels of Lentilles 1 do. Arabia ftripe 5 chefts of prime red 1 do. bunting for color- craft Holland chefts packs. Madras hand- 30 kegs of pearl barley kerchiefs 60 boxes of capers 1 do. Turkey yarn 400 fides of upper and 6 bales empty bags foal leather 1 cheft hairribband 300 boxes window glafs 3 boxes types, afforted 800 Demijohns 2 do. bobbin, afforted 50 boxes glafs tumblers 1 do. threads & tapes afforted 1 do. fine blue liftados 2 bds. pumice ftone 5 chefts men's fippers 1 box of mill faws 3 do. bed ticks 1 cask of cutlery 2 cafes hog's briftles A quantity of ftone jugs 6 chefts writing paper and pickling pots 4 do. quills A few fhips anchors, &c. november 12. t2wtf
CHARLES CAMPBELL, WATCH-MAKER. HAS removed to the Shop formerly occupied by Mr. John Wood, No. 55, corner of Front and Chefnut-freets; where he will thank- fully receive and execute orders with neatnefs and difpatch. HE HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A Neat and Large Affortment of Clocks & Watches. WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN; ALSO, one or two Apprentices of refpec- table parents. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch Glaffes Wholesale and Retail. nov 24. 3awtf
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, (L S) That on the twelfth day of Auguft, in the twenty third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Smith Barton, of the faid diftict, hath depofited in this office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author in the words following to wit: "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America—By Benjamin Smith Bar- ton, M. D., Correfpondent Member of the Socie- ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member of the American Philofophical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Bof-ton, Correfponding Member of the Maf- fachufetts Hiftorical Society, and Profeflor of Materia Medica, Natural Hiftory and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania." In conformity to the act of the Congrefs of the United States, intitled "An act for the encourage- ment of learning by fecuring the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors, of fuch copies during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk, Dift. of Penna November 2, 1798.
Insurance Company of North America. THE STOCK HOLDERS, are hereby informed, that a fated meeting of the Company will be held at their Office on the 8th of January next, (being the fe- cond Tuefday in the Month) for the elec- tion of twenty-five Directors for the enfu- ing year. E. HAZARD, Sec'ty. Dec. 12th.
An Apprentice Wanted. A YOUTH, Of Reputable Connections, & fufficient qualifications, is wanted as an Apprentice to the Bufinefs of a No- tary Public and Conveyancer.—Enquire of the Prin- ter. Dec. f. m. 2w:
NOTICE. ALL perfons indebted to the Ef- tate of ISAAC TELFAIR, Eq. deceafed, are requeft- ed to make immediate payment, and thofe having any demands againft faid Eftate will pleafe to furnifh their accounts duly attelted for fettlemeent to GEORGE DAVIS, Attorney in fact to JOHN M'KIM, jr. Adm'r. Dec. 13. aw6w
FOR SALE, A well improved Plantation, Of one hundred and twenty acres, VERY beautifully fituated in the county of Montgomery, about twenty miles from the city.—The buildings are all new and finifhed fo as to accomodate a genteel family only.—For further information, enquire at the Pennfylvania Coat-of-Arms, nineteen miles from town, and three above Morris-town. december 15. fa.&w. tf.
This Day is Published, AND FOR SALE BY J. FENNO, 119, CHEFNUT-STREET AN ADDRESS To the People of Maryland, ON the origin, progrefs and prefent ftate of French aggression, with a fketeh of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United States, and fome reflections on the late proceedings in Congrefs; written the laft of April in the pref- fent year, by a Member of the Houfe of Reprefen- tatives. june 11