Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1798-12-24 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN WARD FENNO, No. 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1956.]
PHILADELPHIA: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1798.
[VOLUME XIV.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia.
For Sale, THE SHIP BOSTON PACKET, HUGHES COMPAGNIA, Master.
Isaac Harvey, jun., or Smith & Ridgway. November 16.
JAMAICA RUM. THE CARGO, Of the ship CHARLES, Captain Salter.
THE SHIP CHARLES, Captain Salter. Coppered, mount twelve 6 pounders and thirty-five men.
For FREIGHT or CHARTER, to any part of EUROPE, The Swedish Snow MARIA, HANS OLOF KOCK, commander.
For Sale. THE SUBSCRIBER, intending to decline the DRUG BUSINESS, offers For Sale, the whole Stock of Drugs and Medicines, Instruments, &c.
Who has For Sale, TWO Sloops, The PEGGY, about 30 tons burthen, and The SALLY, about 30 tons, sails well.
BOSTON BEEF, 200 Barrels in Shipping Order. FOR SALE BY JOHN SKYRIN, No. 96, North Front Street.
Who wants to Charter, A GOOD STOUT VESSEL, Of about 300 Tons burthen. HAS ALSO FOR SALE, 40 Pipes of Madeira Wine, 3 years old.
FOR WILMINGTON, NORTH-CAROLINA, THE SHIP COMMERCE, Captain Wood. WILL take freight on very moderate terms, and sail about the 10th inst.
For New-York & Boston. The new and fast sailing Sloop PRESIDENT-PACKET, JAMES BRACKETT, master.
SHIP BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store, No. 119, SOUTH FRONT STREET. THE Subscriber, encouraged by the advice of his friends, offers his service to the public as a Ship and Insurance Broker.
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 6 between decks.
FOR BREMEN, THE BRIG SPECULATION, AREND WITING, Master. NOW laying at Henry Pratt's wharf, the first below Race Street.
Who have for sale, a variety of GERMAN GOODS, Tickenburghs, Ozenbrigs, Heffians, Brown rolls, Coffee bags, Plutillas, Brittanias, Etopailles, Creas a la Morlaix, Bielefeld linen, Dorados.
FOR LIVERPOOL, THE ARMED SHIP MOLLY, Burthen 340 Tons. A stout well found vessel. She is now ready to receive her Cargo, and will sail on the first opening of the river.
Nicklin & Griffith, HAVE FOR SALE, Sail Cloth by the bale or piece, (No. 95 & 8)
The Brig AMAZON, FOR SALE OR CHARTER. December 10. m.w.&f.f.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JAMES THOMPSON, of the Indian Queen, Fourth Street deceased, are desired to make payment to the subscribers.
Massachusetts District. BY virtue of a Warrant from the honorable John Lowell, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
REMOVAL.
GEORGE DOBSON, INFORMS his friends and the Public in general, that he has removed from No. 21, South Third Street, to No. 93, South side of Market Street.
DRY GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. Per the ships William Penn, Amiable, and Anne, from London, and per Chesapeake and Thomas from Liverpool.
DRIED PEACHES, In barrels. Demjohns, Claret, Porter, and Port Wine, And Corks in Bales.
R. TAYLOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR, NO. 95, NORTH SIXTH STREET. RESPECTFULLY informs the Public that he continues to teach Ladies the Piano Forte as usual.
BOOK-KEEPING. Wants a Place, IN AN ELIGIBLE ACCOMPTING-HOUSE or OFFICE. A PERSON that Writes well, is a Ready Reckoner, a practical Book-keeper, and can be well recommended.
Gentle Boarding & Lodging. SEPARATE and ready furnished apartments with gentle Boarding and Lodging for the accommodation of four Gentlemen.
THIRTY DOLLARS, WILL be paid for apprehending and lodging in any goal in the United States, &c. following deserters from the Delaware Sloop of War, &c.
Stephen Decatur, Commander of the Delaware Sloop of War. Thomas Jones, seaman, formerly residing in Meade Alley, Southwark, light hair, fresh complexion and blue eyes, about five-feet nine inches high.
FOR SALE, A Tan-Yard, with about thirty two acres of Land, at Rock-Rash, on the Head of the Tide-water of Susquehanna, in Harford county, Maryland.
The Subscribers have for sale, Malaga Wine, in quarter casks, Red Port ditto, in Pipes, Hhds and quarter casks, Old Madeira ditto, fit for immediate use, French Brandy.
Just Arrived, In the Brig Eliza, from the Mediterranean, and now landing at Walnut Street wharf, Fourth proof Brandy in Pipes.
An assortment of valuable DRUGS, CONSISTING OF Opium, Aloes, Cantharides, Camphire, Senna, Cremor Tartar, &c. &c.
Old Madeira Wine, 27 pipes of Old London particular MADERA WINE, a strong iron bound Hambro' casks, for sale by ROBERT ANDREWS.
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, RUM and Port Wines, &c. &c.
NOTICE, PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of Washington Academy, in Somerset county, Maryland, authorizing William Polk, Esq. majors Samuel Wilson, and William Jones, Members of said Board, to procure a principal teacher for said Academy.
WANTED, Convenient Lodgings, for an elderly Lady, in a respectable private family, where there are no children. Enquire at this office.
JOHN DOBBIN, BOOT & SHOEMAKER. RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general that he carries on his business at No. 90 South Second Street, nearly opposite the Merchants Coffee House.
NOTICE, ALL persons who have any demands against the estate of the late WILLIAM CLIFTON, deceased, and who have not already produced their accounts, are requested to send them to the subscriber at no. 172, north second street.
ELIZABETH TUCKER, Adm'x Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1798 mth4w
JOHN SHIELDS, BROKER, Embraces this opportunity to present his thanks to his fellow-citizens for their past favors and acquaints them that he is returned from Chestnut-Hill, to his former residence, the House No. 23 Chestnut between Front and Second-street.
Good negotiable Notes discounted at a low premium. november 7
FOR SALE, A Tan-Yard, with about thirty two acres of Land, at Rock-Rash, on the Head of the Tide-water of Susquehanna, in Harford county, Maryland.
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
THOMAS WARING, Executor. 12th mo. 14th, 1798
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.
NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF HUDSON & YORKE, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to said firm are requested to make immediate payment.
WILLIAM HUDSON, NO. 54, NORTH FRONT STREET. Has for sale on the usual terms, a very extensive assortment of DRY GOODS.
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.
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of doctor Hugh Hodge, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment.
MARIA HODGE, Administratrix. SAMUEL HODGDEN, Administrator. nov 20
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 Eliza, from London for New-York, captured by the French, and supposed to be lost.
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 the ship Swallow Packet, capt. Kidd, captured by the French, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice.
THOMAS M'EUEN & Co. nov 28
JAMES & RICHARD SMITH, HAVE this day returned from the country to their STORE, No. 54, South Front Street, where they have for sale, as usual, a large and general assortment of European and East-India DRY GOODS.
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.
Robert Denison, junr. 127 Market Street.
For Sale, at the Stores of the Subscribers, on Walnut Street Wharf, 195 casks of nails assorted, 20 bales of sail canvas, from No. 1 to 8, 53 casks yellow ochre.
TO BE SOLD, PURSUANT to the last will and testament of MICHAEL CATTS, deceased, a valuable Plantation & Tract of Land, containing one hundred and twenty three acres, the Teller'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.
THOMAS WARING, Executor. 12th mo. 14th, 1798
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
THOMAS WARING, Executor. 12th mo. 14th, 1798
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
THOMAS WARING, Executor. 12th mo. 14th, 1798
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.

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 Monday 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 ensuing year, will be held at the Company's Office, on the first Monday in January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
GEO. WORRALL, sec'y to Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Company. dec 19
THE FORMS, As prescribed by the Commissioners of Pennsylvania, for the return of DWELLING HOUSES, LANDS and SLAVES, may be had at
Joseph & James Cruickshank's, No. 87, Market Street. Dec. 20
LOST A BUNCH OF KEYS, RETURN them to No. 7, South Fourth Street, and be rewarded. Dec. 20
To be Sold, The time of a robust healthy Negro Lad, aged about 17 years, and bound to serve until 21; he is honest, under-hand in the usual business of a family, and has been accustomed to wait on
Apply to BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, No. 47, Arch Street. dec 19
FLOUR, FOR SALE, DELIVERABLE at New-Castle or Port Penn, by LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH & SON. dec 19
IRISH LINENS, 4-4 and 7-8 White Linens well-also red 1-4 Brown ditto ditto 3-4 Irish Chequers suitable for the Drawback. West-India Market. FOR SALE, On reasonable terms—by the Box or Bale, By GAMBLE & HELMUTH, No. 148, South Second-Street. 3rawf
JOHN J. PARRY, CLOCK & WATCHMAKER, HAS again opened at his usual Stand, No. 28, South Second-Street—where he has for Sale
A VARIETY OF Excellent Gold & Silver Watches, AND A FEW
Eight Day Clocks, Which will be warranted to give satisfaction.
An assortment of Gold, Steel and Gift chains, Seals and Keys. All kinds of Clock and Watch work done with particular attention as heretofore.
An Apprentice wanted. november 13 m.s.f.350.
Bank of the United States November 19, 1798.
NOTICE, THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the 7th of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
And pursuant to the eleventh section of the bye laws, the stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday, the 8th of January next, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
G. Simpson, Cashier. Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected. november 16 m.r.E
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 assortment of the most
Fashionable Merchandize, (in the gentlemen's line)—The whole of which will be disposed of, wholesale and retail, at reduced prices for cash. dec 19 23wtf
TO BE LET, A NEAT, convenient two-story frame HOUSE and BAKE-HOUSE, situated in Fourth Fourth Street, below German Street. The house is in complete order, having two rooms on a floor, with a spacious garage; the lot is 19 1-2 feet front on Fourth Street, and 121 1-2 feet deep. Apply to
CHRISTIAN BETZ, no. 135, Mulberry Street. N.B.—As the property belongs to orphan children, it is expected that good security will be given for the rent. Philadelphia: december 11, 1798 1raw3w
NOTICE, THE Public are cautioned not to trust any of the people belonging to the Swedish Snow Maria, on any account. dec 20
Hans Olof Kock, master. 70 hlds. Santa Cruz Sugar
OF excellent quality, (in Stores of John Nixon, esq., and Co.) A quantity of SAIL CANVASS, and a Box of Mass, for sale, by
STEPHEN KINGSTON, dec 21 6eodgt
NOTICE, PURSUANT to the last will and testament of LINDSAY COATS, Esq., deceased, will be sold by Public Vendue, on Thursday, the third day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Thomas Lowry, (sign of the Bird in Hand) in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County
A valuable Grift Mill, AND ABOUT Twenty-five acres of Land, Situate in the said township, several acres of which are meadow, and the greater part of the remainder wood land.—The conditions of sale will be made known by
RACHEL COATS, Executrix. Dec 20 4th.wia.3t
Just Published BY THOMAS DOBSON, At the Stone-house, No. 41, South Second-Street, PHILADELPHIA ENCYCLOPEDIA: OR, A DICTIONARY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, On a plan entirely new. BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND ARTS ARE DIGESTED INTO THE FORM OF DIFFERENT TREATISES OR SYSTEMS, COMPRISING THE History, Theory, and Practice, of each, according to the latest discoveries and improvements; and full explanations given of the Various Detached Parts of Knowledge, whether relating to natural and artificial objects, or to matters ecclesiastical, civil, military, commercial, &c. Including elucidation of the most important topics relative to religion, morals, manners, and the economy of life: together with a description of all the countries, cities, principal mountains, seas, rivers &c. throughout the world; a general history, ancient and modern, of the different empires, kingdoms and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent persons in every nation, from the earliest ages down to the present times. Compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages; the most approved dictionaries, as well as general science as of particular branches; the transactions, journals, and memoirs, of learned societies; the MS. lectures of eminent professors on different sciences; and a variety of original materials, furnished by an extensive correspondence.
The work is now completed in eighteen large quarto volumes, illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates. The few copies which remain on hand are offered for sale at
135 dollars for the 18 volumes in boards 102 dollars neatly bound in sheep leather 180 dollars handsomely bound in Calf 207 dollars in Russia or Morocco. T. DOBSON, HAS JUST OPENED A SUBSCRIPTION, For Publishing a Supplement to the Work.
The object of which is to correct such mis-statements as have been found in the Work, and to give an account of the most important discoveries and improvements which have been made for the last ten years.
It is expected this supplement will consist of three volumes, on such paper and type as the Encyclopedia, at Six Dollars per volume, in boards, Six Dollars of which to be paid on subscribing. dec 15 2awow
A SHORT AND PRACTICAL ESSAY, ON FARMING: BEING the experience of a farmer of about sixty years of age; new forty years of which were spent in England, Essex county, on land where farming is done in the greatest perfection; and near seven years on three hundred and twenty acres of worn-out land in Pottsgrove, and Alloway, creek, in Salem county, West-Jersey:
Showing the means whereby these worn-out lands may be improved; and that the means are in the power of almost every farmer: Printed for the Author, AND SOLD BY ZACHARIAH POULSON, Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia.
N.B.—Some of the large sort of Clover seed may be had at Mr. John Cooper's, baker, no. 152 Rice-Street. december 13, 1aw.4w
EPHRAIM CLARK, CLOCK & WATCH MAKER, Corner of Front and Market Streets, Philadelphia, HAS JUST RECEIVED, BY the different arrivals, a large supply of Clock and Watch makers and Silver Smiths Tools, files and materials, CONSISTING OF
Rowling Mills, large and small Bench and Hand Vices, Turnbenches, Pliers, Sliding Tongs, Braces and Bits, Grooving tools, Saws, Scraper braces, Blow pipes, Screw and Draw plates, large and small Hammers, Clock dials, each brass Bells, forged work and pinions, Emery, Rotten Stone, Pumice stone, Borax, Spelter Solder, Bras, Steel and iron wire, steel Brads, main springs and glass gold, gilt, and steel chains, seals and keys, &c. &c. Clocks and Watches carefully repaired. nov. 21 endfw
A Ring of Small Keys. Was lost yesterday afternoon—any person delivering them at this office will be rewarded. dec 22 4t
14 Pipes Madeira Wine, FOR SALE BY Crooke Stevenson, No. 4, South Water-Street. dec 22 5
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company. THE STOCKHOLDERS, ARE hereby notified that an Election for President, Managers and other officers for the ensuing 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.ktu4w
The Subscribers, Have received by the Clothier from Liverpool A CONSignment of TEN CASES OF Well Assorted 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 Rocca, Apply as above. dec 22 5
THE CREDITORS, OF JOHN MCDONALD, OF PHILADELPHIA, ARE hereby notified, that application to the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Philadelphia, for the benefit of the Act of the General Assembly, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing that the portion of a Debtor shall not be liable to imprisonment for debt, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, &c.—passed the 4th day of April, anno domini, 1798; and that the Judges of said Court have appointed Wednesday, the second day of January next, for a hearing of said John McDonald and his Creditors, where you may attend. JOHN MCDONALD dec 19 1wed.3t
DI RICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT:
BE IT REMEMBERD, THAT on the tenth day of December, in the twenty third year of the Independence of the United States at America, JOHN LAMBERT of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the way following, to wit: "A short and practical Essay on Farming; being the experience of a farmer of about sixty years of age, near forty years of which were spent in England, Essex county, on land where farming is done in the greatest perfection, and near seven years on three hundred and twenty acres of worn-out land in Pottsgrove and Alloway creek, in Salem county, West-Jersey." Showing the means whereby these worn-out lands may be improved, and that the means are in the power of almost every farmer. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the terms therein mentioned."
D. CALDWELL. Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. dec. 13 TAWAW
Ready Furnished Apartments. TO LET, READY FURNISHED, FRONT Parlour and four chambers, with the use of a Kitchen and Cellar, in a pleasant part of Arch Street; enquire at the office of the Gazette.
N.B.—As the furniture is all new, it precludes any apprehension of contagion from the late prevailing fever. december 18 codgt
NOTICE. SAMUEL RICHARD, informs the Gentleman Subscribers, that the EXCHANGE is opened for their reception; and the CITY TAVERN, for Gentlemen and Travellers—Last Spring added an addition of twelve Bed Chambers to the side building, which makes it perfectly convenient. november 6 thaw
A capital Hand for Business. TO BE RENTED, AND POSSESSION GIVEN, On the 8th day of February, THE commodious Four Story Brick House on the South side of Market, near Water-Street, at present occupied as a Tavern, by Thomas Palmer. For terms, Enquire at the office of this Gazette. dec 5 2awtf
DANCING SCHOOL. WILLIAM M'DOUGALL presents his respectful compliments to the public: taken the liberty of informing them, that at the request of many of his former employers, he will open his School, at his BALL ROOM, in Fourth, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, on the first Monday of December—For Young Ladies at ten o'clock in the morning—and for Gentlemen, at six in the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. nov. 28 coim
Hats & Hosiery. WILLIAM M'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 kinds of Stockings—particularly a quantity of A-bed and knit Hosiery, suitable for the present season. nov. 28 coim
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Treasury of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Six per Cents, funded debt—standing in the name of Robert Wilson of Calcutta in Bengal, Surgeon in the service of the honorable United Company of merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, which were lost from on board the Swallow-Packet, capt Kidd, from Falmouth to New York. Dolls. Cts. No 10,444, Reg. office 14th Dec. 1793, one certificate for 1732 33 No 10,478, Reg office 17th Dec. 1793, one certificate for 1959 50 Ellijah & John Perot. nov 13 endfw
This Day Published, And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. 119 Chestnut-Street, (Price 1-8th 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 divide 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. august 11
This Day is Published, AND FOR SALE BY J. FENNO, 119, CHESTNUT-STREET AN ADDRESS To the People of Maryland, ON the origin, progress and present state of French aggression, with a sketch of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United States, and some reflections on the late proceedings in Congress; written the last of April in the present year, by a Member of the House of Representatives. 5 june 11
PRINTING WORK, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. At the OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES, Oct. 13. dif.
French Language. G. DUFIEF, 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. nov. 19 cw
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24.
TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA. (Continued.)
GENTLEMEN, A young man who lodged in 3d, near Walnut-Street, that was in the service of Mr. Clemens, whose business led him among the vessels and wharves, was attacked the 30th of July, and died the Saturday following.
One of the crew of the Deborah also died in, Race, near Fourth-Street, under the care of Dr. Keimly.
The Marquis De Rouvray, who came passenger in her, died on the 23d of July—and a boy, belonging to her, a few days after.
The Consulting Physician of the Port mentioned to the College of Physicians, that one of the crew of the Deborah died at the Marine Hospital, and that while the ship performed quarantine, she had been frequently walked, aired and lime walked; and every particular had been complied with that the law directs—Hence the law, and not the officers, has, in the present instance, been in fault.
In less than a week after the devastating malady first appeared at Thompson's and Philips's, a considerable portion of the neighbourhood became infected. The majority of these were apprentice lads and merchants' clerks, occupied in stores and warehouses in that neighbourhood.
Dr. Dorsey also visited a boy named Dugget, ill of the fever, on board the Schooner John from Boston, in that neighbourhood, on the 25th or 26th of July; from whom Mr. Lloyd and his apprentice John Saunders appear to have received the contagion, as they were both on board at the time of his illness, and sickened early in August.
Three mariners on board a ship (Nannings, master) from Hamburg, a little lower down, were attacked with the fever on the 29th of July—and the mate and one more, two or three days after. Dr. Currie attended all these till the ship weighed anchor and left the port.
The Deborah was towed up to Kensington on the 28th of July, and fastened to George Eyre's wharf, nearly opposite the middle of that village, where she remained till the 5th of August.
It appears from the accounts collected by Dr. Daniel De-Beneville, residing in Kensington, and communicated by letter to Dr. Griffiths, that Joseph Stretton, the first person that had the Yellow Fever at Kensington, had been on board the Deborah on the 21st of July, while she lay at a wharf in the city—was taken sick on the 29th, and died the 3rd of August. James Porter, an apprentice to Joseph Grace, who lived next door to Stretton, was taken sick on the 21st of August, and died on the 12th. James Alhmere, an apprentice to William Yard, ship carpenter, who lived nearly opposite to the wharf where the ship lay, and who had worked on board while she lay in the city, was taken ill on the 2d of August, and died on the 15th.
James Kerr, George Adams, and a lad named Simons, all fellow apprentices with James Alhmere, and had all worked on board the Deborah, were all three taken sick a few days after James Alhmere, and all recovered.
Two labouring men of the name of Sutton, that worked on board the Deborah, were taken sick the 3d of August; one recovered, the other died.
Samuel Baker, whose house is nearly opposite the wharf already mentioned, was taken sick the 3d of August, and recovered.
Dr. De-Beneville, who resides near Samuel Baker's, was taken with the fever on the 5th of August, and his wife and house-keeper on the 7th, the latter of whom died.
Johna Baker, son of Samuel Baker, was taken with the fever on the 7th of August, and died on the 15th. Samuel Baker's wife was taken ill on the 12th of August, and died on the 22d.
Jane Newman and many others in the neighborhood of the wharf where the Deborah lay, also took the disease and it gradually spread by contagion over the whole village; which, before the arrival of the Deborah was (as it usually is in the summer season) remarkably healthy.
The subsequent appearance of the disease in Chester, Marcus-Hook and Wilmington, and the escape of Baltimore and of all the sea-ports to the southward of Baltimore, also afford the most incontestible argument that the disease was not derived from domestic causes, but from imported contagion.
That fibre contagion may be retained in an active state many weeks, not only in the clothing of persons that have had the fever, but in the bulks and timbers of vessels we have the testimony of the most correct observers.
Dr. Mead relates that a lack of infected cotton, imported into Bermudas in the year 1695; gave origin to a fever so malignant, that the living scarcely sufficed to bury the dead—and that the imprisoned seeds of the plague which depopulated and destroyed nearly 60,000 of the inhabitants of Marseilles in the year 1720, made their escape from a sailor's bundle, lately arrived from one of the ports of the Levant.
The plague which proved so destructive in London in the year 1665, described by Dr. Hodges was traced to importation from Holland where it had prevailed for two years before its introduction into London—Historians ascribe its introduction into Holland from some of the ports of Egypt.
It appears from the statement given by Dr. P. Russell, that a vessel on board of which some of the crew had died, introduced the plague into Messina in the year 1743, though there was not a sick person on board at the time of her arrival.
To pretend in America, that a disease so glorious is inconsistent with the nature of the climate, is an opinion which has been refuted by the most extensive observation, and if such an opinion has prevailed, it has been ill supported by the wretched conviction of very late experience.
To the REGIMENTAL SURGEON. SIR,
AS you have undertaken to enlighten the Legislature of this State, upon the subject of the Yellow Fever, and have attempted to prove that it is always imported, I beg you will permit one who has had the misfortune to be much among it—to have experienced more than once its cruel attacks, and who has thought much upon the subject of its origin; to give you a little advice.
When a writer attempts to impeach opinions or assertions upon the world; and especially, when he undertakes to impeach a legislative body, it is to be supposed that he has something new to communicate; but in fact with regard to your publication of the single sentiment or observation which has before been repeatedly urged by others, in support of the doctrine of importation, which has not been as repeatedly controverted.
Your piece is indeed, little more than a general transcript of one which appeared in the European Gazette of last summer, signed "Citizen," and which no one answered, as it was anonymous; and contained nothing that convinces me you have never heard the doctrine in question; and moreover, I believe I am directly safe in asserting, that no General Surgeon of the United States Army has ever been the Yellow Fever in this city; the members of the Legislature will therefore judge, how much more likely it is to be connected with the positive assertions of a man who writes upon an importation, of which he knows nothing, and contradicts the observations of distinguished physicians who have lived the siege every time it has prevailed in this city since 1793, and whom mature observation has convinced, that it is only a bigger grade of bilious fever, and the consequence of the immense mass of exhalation, with which all our great cities, and especially Philadelphia, abound.
Further, Sir, your publication, feeble as it actually is, in argument, may do essential mischief among those citizens, (whose want of medical knowledge will prevent them from perceiving its fallacy) by favoring the prejudices they have unhappily imbibed in favor of the importation of the disease, but which are daily wearing away, and may tend to prevent them from seconding and supporting the means for preventing the domestic sources of the disease, the propriety of which both parties are agreed in, viz. the plentiful supply of running water in our city.
The two medical institutions in this city, it is well known are decidedly opposed to the doctrine of importation. The College that the disease is always imported, and that quarantine properly enforced will always preserve the city; while the Academy of Medicine, are of opinion, it may be generated here and imported, and that therefore it is as essential to have the streets and alleys well washed in summer, and the immense sources of exhalation in and about our city removed, as to oblige vessels to perform quarantine.
The members of both these bodies, have probably seen an equal share of the disease; and therefore the legislature will do well to attend to the opinions of both, and guard against the disease from foreign and domestic sources: The Corporation of our city, in their memorial to the Legislature, declared their opinion of the importance of a plentiful supply of fresh water to the health of the inhabitants, and the citizens at large coincide with them.
How absurd therefore, how criminal it is to weaken their confidence in its efficacy by the publication of your false opinions, and to distract the public mind by the untenable assertion that the fever is always imported? In God's name what injury will the admission of the opposite doctrine do?
The argument of its hurting the character of our climate, is too ridiculous to merit a moment's consideration; on the contrary what immense, what incalculable advantages will not attend the means recommended by those who believe the fever can originate among us, as well as be imported:
The alleys and back yards will be kept clean as well as the main streets, from which the offensive dust is so carefully scraped during the summer; our abominable common cesspools will be washed with a stream of water, which will carry all their offensive contents to the river, which now exhale through the city; that pestiferous place Water-Street will be carefully attended to, the extensive collections from all our privies which are deposited upon our commons will be prevented: the large stagnant ponds in the suburbs, the receptacle of every dead animal and vegetable matter will be filled up: the numerous docks, which present extensive surfaces to the action of a vertical sun for several hours will be cleaned or filled up; we shall have plenty of good water to drink from the Limpid Schuylkill, instead of that which we now use, and which is so polluted by the exhalations from our privies. In short, WE SHALL BE HEALTHY.
As the Legislature are in possession of all the information which the Academy and College of Physicians are able to communicate, and as you must be convinced, you know nothing of the subject of which you are writing; I leave it to your own judgment, whether you had not better suppress your illustrations.
MEDICUS. December 22.
NOTICE, ON or about the 15th last November, there was landed from on board a sloop or Schooner, on Race Street wharf, a quantity of Plaster-Paris. The owner is desired to pay the wharfage and take it away, otherwise it will be sold at vendue on said wharf for the same on Saturday, January 5, 1798. HARVEY & DAVIS. dec. 21 3awtfj5

HALIFAX, (N.S.) December 10. We hear from Raleigh, that Gen. Wm. B. Davis, is elected Governor of the state. Mr. Wm. White, of Lenoir county, is elected Secretary of State, in the room of Mr. James Glasgow, resigned.
WALPOLE, December 3. Carnot, once a Director of France, is now in obscurity at Liège, and writing with great zeal and perseverance, Memoirs of the Revolution. The mind of a Frenchman is always in a state of ebullition. When he is interdicted from the use of the dagger he seizes the pen. The motto of this work may be "quorum pars fui," and when the author narrates the irruption into the palace, the massacres of September, or the labours of the guillotine, he must talk like a man well acquainted with his subject.
The celebrated M. Lally Tollendal, a real French gentleman, a real politician, and therefore an adherent to the old government of his country, has, in a pamphlet entitled "A Defence of the Emigrants," drawn a picturesque contrast between the state of the nation under Louis in 1793, and under five persons, who now pretend to exercise power. This picture clearly shows that nothing has been gained, but every thing lost, by the revolution.
A very interesting letter has been transmitted to Mr. Pickering, from the Jacobin Johnson, of Prince Edward county, who it may be remembered, lately addressed to the department of state a famous memorial. This letter concludes in the following crazy, intemperate, impudent manner. "You set up a claim to an exclusive privilege of indecorum. A claim, which will be readily yielded to you, when it is recollected that insolence and moroseness of manners are your strong characteristics; and neither charity or envy will deny you the enjoyment of the only distinction, which is within the reach of your talents."
NEW-YORK, December 22. A member of the French Convention has had the boldness to assert—that seven rights of the prizes taken by the cruisers of the Terrible Republic, have been Neutrals—and that France would severely suffer by such absurd policy.—We did not think there was as much reason and honesty in that fatuated country. But disaster makes people sober and rational.
Honors cluster thick around the brow of Dr. L. Public gratitude seems eager to reward his generous ardor to compose our differences with France. Quere: Were we governed by the spirit of a French Directory, would he not long ago have received much higher honors? The moment he set his foot on American ground after such a suspicious embassy, would he not have been elevated to a lamp post? In all the circumstances of this transaction, could any man have committed a greater inaccuracy than the United States? We have heard however the first distant murmurings of the thunder—perhaps we may ere long see its tremendous lightning fall.
There is as much baseness in flattering a multitude, as an individual. What then are we to think of the Aurora, which is eternally adulating the people in contradiction from the government, thus: The majesty—the sovereign—the omnipotence of the people. The mob-sycophancy is as deplorable as any court flattery.
Four months ago the anxiety on the subject of French insults was universal. Although we did not tremble at the prospect of an open rupture with that haughty republic, yet it gave us uneasiness. We feared her daring boldness, unchecked by any moral restraints, and we were ignorant of her own strength and resources. Now though we regret that negotiation has failed, and all hope of accommodation is vanished—we feel our situation so vastly different—that her demand of tribute and her menaces of subjugation, we bear without one vibration of fear—or rather with ineffable contempt.
The disadvantage of the loss of reputation for integrity, was never more visible than on a late occasion. The Aurora, as is very common with that vehicle of impudent falsehoods, published a letter which not withstanding the strongest asseveration—could gain belief with no one but those who wished to be deceived.
We are anxious to learn the result of the Vermont election. Judge Chipman has declined being a candidate, and the Federalists will make a powerful exertion to elect Mr. Williams; but Lyon's adherents are still numerous. It is said, several thousand ligners have been obtained to the President, to shorten his imprisonment, and remit his fine! which if not done, will be paid by the petitioners.
"The Maritime Power of Albion is the only barrier to unlimited domination on the part of the Five-Headed Monster. The ancients had an idea that three heads were insufficient for the Cerberus of the infernal regions. Had they lived to the present day, the real existence of a Five-Headed Beast, would have superceded fiction, and the French Directory have taken the place of the old, surly mastiff, at the Portlands of Pluto."
RICHMOND, December 13. The hon. Henry Tazewell was yesterday re-elected a Senator in Congress, by joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly of this state. A report of eighteen months standing, which Mr. Tazewell had denied, and which had lain dormant for so long a time, was quoted against him.—It
was proposed to postpone the election, until the 1st day of January next: but a majority of sixty-eight to fifty-three decided against the postponement.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24.
PRICES OF STOCKS. PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 23.
 Six Per Cent. 16 3/4  Three Per Cent. 1 1/4  Deceared 6 Per Cent. 14  BANK United States, 25 percent.  — Pennsylvania, 25 ditto  — North America, 50 ditto  Insurance comp N.A. shares, 55 ditto  — Pennsylvania, shares, 45 ditto   COURSE OF EXCHANGE On London, at 30 days 60 at 60 days 57 1/2 at 90 days 55 Amsterdam, 60 days, per guilders, 30 cents
The next number of this Gazette will not be published until Wednesday.
MARRIED. —On Saturday evening last by the Right Rev. Bishop White, Mr. Samuel C. Cox of Maryland to Miss Eliza Truston daughter of Capt. Thomas Truston.
On Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Frederick Schmidt, Mr. Richard Loudenberger, to the amiable Miss Margaret Bowers, both of this city.
DEPARTED this life, on the 21st instant, MARCUS KOHL M. D. in the 29th year of his age. A Gentleman of a truly amiable disposition and honorable principles.
The return of Bulletown, at the El-Baton held on Friday last, was for Muhlenburg 82, for Logan 45—reducing the whole majority of the latter to 487.
The honorable Henry Tazewell has been re-elected a senator in congress, by the general assembly of Virginia.
OPINIONS OF GILES, Late Member of Congress from Virginia. "A state of things may exist between two nations in which Reprietal not only becomes the right but the duty of the nation sustaining the wrong. This happens when one nation without cause forcibly seizes upon the effects of another, or of its citizens, and withholds them without restitution or compensation; and when the nation whose effects shall be so seized and detained, shall possess no other means of indemnification. The right of reprisal in the injured nation, in such a case, grows out of the injury sustained, and its inability to receive satisfaction in any other way. The duty of the injured nation to make reprisals, is founded upon self-preservation, and in case of the loss of its citizens, upon the promise of the protection of the property, sacredly made by the nation to its individual members."
"A regard for peace has been construed into a fear of war. Submission to aggression has invited new aggression; appeals for justice have been deemed testimonies of debility, till at length the United States, after having been stripped of their citizens and property, are upon the eve of war, because they have not exerted their rights at an earlier period. If this conduct has been heretofore wise and pacific, experience has taught us that it is no longer so: nothing can be expected from the justice, moderation or honor of a government, which has proved itself equally a stranger to them all—but, before such a tribunal, acquiescence begets injuries, injuries beget insults, and insults will beget contempt, degradation and war."
MR. PENNO, THE remarkable contrast between the Aurora and the other city papers in respect to advertisements, is well worthy of notice. It explains in the most forcible language the cause of the political heresies and falsehoods, with which the former constantly teems. "In that vehicle of sedition, on the 22d inst. twenty one insolvent debtors gave notice to their creditors, that they had applied for the benefit of the act, provided for such persons. In the same paper there were only three vessels advertised; whereas the other city papers are crowded with advertisements of merchandise for sale, and vessels for freight; but they contain very few, if any, notifications of the former kind." From this display of the embarrassed situation of the Aurora's patrons, (and I presume they are almost all similarly situated) it is but reasonable to suppose that revolutions would better suit their circumstances than regular government.
AN OBSERVER. December 24.
Extract of a letter dated Columbia, Dec. 7th. Yesterday was elected Governor Edmund Rutledge 103 General Moultrie had 40 John Drayton, Lieutenant Governor, Charles Pinckney, Senator to Congress 79 General Pickens had 63 Charles Pinckney is elected.
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 1159, 1159 1/2, were forwarded from London by the British packet Courteous, of Leicester, capt. Dodd, bound for New York, which packet was captured by the French, and the said certificate lost; and for the renewal of which, application is made at said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. Phila. Oct. 26, 1798.
SHREDS AND REMNANTS.
The cant word, Bore, which is so current among cockneys and coxcombs, is not, as is generally supposed, the quintessence of the present day. In Shakespeare's Henry VIII. the Duke of Buckingham, describing the malice and threatening looks of Cardinal Wolsey, proceeds thus,
"I read in his looks, Matter against me; and his eye receiv'd Me, as he shied it; at this instant He bores me with some trick."
In the course of our literary labors, we find occasion, from the works of old authors, to make the following political applications.
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES. I am as constant as the northern star, Of whose true, fixt, and rising quality There is no fellow in the firmament, The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks, They are all fire, and every one doth shine; But there's but one in all doth hold his place; So's in the world; 'tis furnished well with men, Yet in the number, I know but one That, unassisted, holds on his rank, Unshak'd of motion; and, that I am he, Let me a little show it, even in this; That I am constant, Frenchmen are our foes, And constant will remain to think them so.
MRS. JEFFERSON. A Statesman more by nature than by art; By breeding sharp, by nature confident. Interest in all his actions is discern'd; More learn'd than honest, more a wit than honest.
LIEUT. GENERAL WASHINGTON. His captain heart, Oft in the scuffles of great fights, hath burst THE BUCKLES ON HIS BREAST.
MINORITY IN CONGRESS. When you speak best unto the purpose, it is not worth the wagging of your heads; and your heads deserve not so honorable a grave, as to stuff a butcher's cushion, or to be entombed in an ass's pail. faddle. Yet you must be saying A— is proud, who in a cheap estimation is worth all your predecessors, since Dædalus. More of your conversation would infect the brain. You are the herdsmen of the beastly plebeians.
VARNUM. Why he resembles like an honest, that hath no arithmetic but her brain to set down her reckoning; bites his lip with a political regard, as who should say—there were wit in this head, now 'twould out.
A HALF FEDERALIST. That, fir, which serves and seeks for gain, And'll pack, but it begins to rain, And leave you in the storm.
DR. LOGAN. For he tells us the Sovereign's thing in the world, Is parsimony for our inward bruise.
MATTHEW LYON. In thy religious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen and dies. A true man in thy bosom's worth a wit, And yet thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Thou wear a lion's hide doff it for shame, And bang a cat's skin on thy recreant limbs.
FRANCE. The vine-leaves in that country all are wither'd; The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean look'd prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad, and Ruffians dance and leap, Her fun sets weeping in the lowly west; Witnessing forms to come, woe, and unrest.
A COMPARATIVE ESSAY ON France and the United States of N. America. With regard to their Soil, Climate, Productions, Inhabitants, Constitution, and progressive Formation. [By E. A. W. ZIMMERMAN]
The author of this work having heard it argued in a numerous meeting, that the revolution of France was occasioned by the same cause, and had the same tendency with that of America, was so strongly affected with a conviction of the fallacy and dangerous consequences of such an opinion, that he engaged to oppose it in print. The extent of researches necessary for the accomplishment of his engagement required the labour of several years; and the book before us constitutes the first volume of his undertaking.
Mr. Zimmerman endeavours to show the dissimilarity of the two revolutions in their causes and consequences, and derives his proofs from two sources; the description of the countries, and that of their inhabitants. In a former work, which has been lately printed in German, and of which a first volume appeared at Cassel in 1784, in French, entitled "Zoologie Geographique," the author had rendered himself familiar with inquiries into the nature of countries; and he has availed himself of the authorities, to establish his facts in the present publication according to the same method. With regard to that part of his work which relates to men considered as the inhabitants of a peculiar district, his reasoning is established on the position that this animal, like every other, is subject to the influence of climate and different physical causes, as well as those moral energies of which the influence has never been doubted, and that the human character, with all its effects, is derived from these sources.
A simple history of the two nations, would not have accomplished the aim of the writer; but it was indispensably necessary that he should apply to the best historical documents, in order to develop the distinctive signs of national character; at the same time that the geographical structure, and the actual political situation of the countries, were objects of attention in the deduction of his results. Concerning those general results, it will be impossible for us to
speak until the whole work shall have been published. The author, however, enumerates the following in his preface, as peculiarly entitled to the attention of his readers: 1. From the most remote times to the present age, the character of the French nation has been constantly the same, as well with regard to its good as its bad qualities. The several degrees of cultivation, to which it has arrived, have not altered its primitive impression.
2. This nation has displayed at least as much courage during its obedience to its kings, as during its new ephemeral form of government.
3. Under its kings, Conquest was never rendered disgraceful by a regular and profound combination of robbery, even in the country of their real enemies; and still less did their armies march, attended by legions of the greedy agents of exaction, and censors who are solely occupied in robbing those states, with which they were in professed peace of such objects as procured the greatest advantages to the latter classes of people, while they had the impudence to speak of nothing in public but their liberty and their happiness.
4. Among all the kings of France, there is one only, namely Lewis XI. whose reign affords events in some respects similar to those which characterize the present soi-disant republic.
The author refers to the 8th and 8th sections, chap. 29 of Cicero's Oration pro Roscio, to show what kind of men these were.
CONGRESS.
The Senate of the United States, this day, commenced the trial of the impeachment of William Blount. The managers on behalf of the House of Representatives, in order to give due form and solemnity to the proceeding, requested, that the counsel who appeared in behalf of the defendant, should be called to enter upon the record of the court, the authority upon which they acted. Accordingly, Mr. Dallas, one of the counsel delivered to the hon. Mr. Lawrence, president of the court, two letters from Mr. Blount, containing authority for them to act as his counsel. A rule of the Senate having passed, that all decisions in this court, should be taken with closed doors, the galleries were thereupon cleared. The House of Representatives of the United States this day, adjourned to Wednesday.
Gazette Marine List.
Boston, Dec. 13. On Monday night, and Tuesday morning last, a large ship, with a figure head was seen off Cape Cod, under jury masts, with sails set, supposed to be making for land.
The Ich. Jerusha, Voakes, from Surinam went on Lynn Beach, in the late storm but it is probable she will be got off without any material damage. Capt. V. has arrived in town, and politely favoured us with the following.—Capt. Joseph Bragdon, in Ich. Eliza, of Newbury Port, from Scarborough, arrived 27th Oct. month of Surinam river, and proceeded from thence to Berbice. Capt. B. informed, that he spoke sloop Rebecca, of Bristol, from New-London, with horses on board, bound to Berbice, 61 days out who in lat. 5, 30, N. had lost her captain over board. The Rebecca had but half lhd. water on board, when spoken by capt. B.—Left at Surinam, snow Sula, Bowler, of Providence, to sail in 8 or 10 days; brig Fair American, Forest, of Philadelphia; Three Friends, Endicott, of Salem; schooners Ruby, Rhodes, for Charleston; Defiance, Clinton, of New-York. Sailed in company, the sloop Endeavour, Miller, for Portland.
In the storm on Sunday evening last a schr. of Portland, about 100 tons burthen loaded with pitch, tar, tobacco, &c. from North Carolina, was cast away on a beach near Sandy Bay, (Cape Ann) and by the exertions of the inhabitants, the people on board were saved, and it is probable some of the cargo may be—vessel gone to pieces.
RICKETT'S CIRCUS.
MR. RICKETT'S, WITH the most sincere respect, acquaints his friends and the public, that he has returned to Philadelphia, and will open his CIRCUS in Chesnut-Street, next Wednesday evening, with a variety of NEW PERFORMANCES, some of which he selected during his tour through Canada, &c. Among which are, a just representation of an INDIAN-SCALP-DANCE Which he acquired from the chiefs of the Seven Nations at Oskawaga.
A GRAND CAVALCADE, Consisting of Warriors in the dresses of the different nations of Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
The exercise of the BROAD SWORD, In which he will introduce the GUARDS of each nation, and also a new AMERICAN GUARD mounted on the charger Corplain.
A representation of REAL ACTION, Together with a number of extraordinary feats of Horsemanship, Stage Performances, Songs, Dances, and other agreeable entertainments, which he will not at present pretend to particularise, as he hopes by his exertion to render real satisfaction, and merit a continuance of that generous approbation and support which he so often experienced in this city, and for which he will ever feel the deepest sense of gratitude.
In the course of the evening there will be displayed several ludicrous scenes, in one of which Mr. R. will appear in a Canadian Winter Dress. The whole to conclude with Ba'iff going to the Election at St. Lawrence. N.B. The Circus has undergone a complete repair and is furnished with stoves that must render it extremely comfortable. The doors will be open at six—the performance to commence precisely at seven o'clock. 32c. one dollar; 16c. half a dollar. Tickets to be had at the Bar of Cellers' Hotel, and at the Ticket Office adjoining the Circus. Dec 24
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING A NEW UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER; OR MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY;
CONTAINING A full and authentic description of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, States, provinces, Islands, Cities, Towns, Rivers, Seas, Bays, Gulfs, and Harbors, in the known world.
LIKEWISE, The Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the inhabitants; with many interesting particulars relative to Trade, Manufactures, and Natural Curiosities.
By JOSEPH SCOTT, AUTHOR OF THE UNITED STATES GAZETTEER.
The advantages which this work possesses over every publication of the kind, are,
1st. IT will contain descriptions of many thousand places, which are not found in any of our Gazetteers.
2d. The new political divisions which have taken place, in those countries of Europe, in consequence of the French revolution; whilst a due regard will be paid to the old divisions, for the sake of those who read History.
3d. The account of several thousand places, will be more copious than is found in any other similar work.
4th. Many errors in former publications will be corrected, relative to latitude, longitude, situation, and extent of towns and countries.
5th. With respect to that part of the work which relates to the United States, the author has received upwards of six hundred letters, and is daily receiving more, from gentlemen of the first information, in different parts of the Union, which will enable him to give a much more copious and correct topographical account of our counties, towns, rivers, soil, produce, and natural curiosities, than has ever been published.
CONDITIONS.
 I. The new Universal Gazetteer will be printed on fine paper, with a handsome type, in 8vo.  II. It will be comprised in thirty, or thirty-two numbers, of 66 pages each.  III. Each number is to be a quarter of a dollar, to be paid on delivery.  IV. In the course of the publication twenty-five maps will be delivered. Also, two plates, explanatory of the first principles of geography and astronomy.  V. The work will be published with all possible expedition.  VI. A list of the subscribers names will be annexed to the work.  Subscriptions are received by the Author at No. 235 Market-Street. Dec. 24.
On Saturday next, the 29th inst., at 7 o'clock in the evening, at the Merchants Coffee House will be sold for an approved indorsed note at three months,
THE BRIGANTINE SALLY,
WITH her appurtenances as she came from Sea, an inventory of which may be seen at the auctioneers, she is 160 tons register measurement, built of white oak in the state of New-Jersey, and now lies at Mr. Fyres wharf in Kensington.
FOOTMAN & Co. auctioneers. Dec 24
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania District. } NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance of a writ to me directed, from the Honorable RICHARD PETERS, Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to public sale at the house of James Ash, Esq. in Third Street, on Saturday the 29th instant, at 11 o'clock at noon,
 2 Hogheads and  2 Barrels of Spirits.  The same having been libelled against, prosecuted and condemned as forfeited in the said Court. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
Marshals Office, Dec. 15th, 1798 Beware of the Rascal!
THE Public in general, and the Book Binders in particular, throughout the United States; are cautioned against the deception of a gallows-looking, yellow-complexioned, black-haired fellow, who calls himself JOHN HOLL, by trade a Book-Binder—by his acts as a Judas-chim to a JACOBIN. He yesterday secreted himself from the pursuit of his lawful creditors, although, the day before out of mere charity, I bailed him from prison, offered him the highest wages and constant employ, to enable him to do justice—he pledged his word, his honor to be industrious, to be faithful to his benefactor—he has put himself beyond my reach for the present—he has added ingratitude to injustice. In order, more effectually, to guard every person against his impositions for the future, I think it necessary to describe him more minutely than above. He is about 5 feet 7 inches high; slender make—he is a profane swearer, a liar, a drunkard and a glutton. He was guilty of several acts of swindling before he left this town. ROBERT HARPER. Chambrugh: December 12, 31.
Canal Lottery, No. 11. Will re-commence drawing, on Monday, the 7th of January next, and continue until finished.
TICKETS to be had Eight Dollars each, at WILLIAM BLACKBURN'S Lottery and Brokers Office, No. 64 South Second-Street, where check books are kept for registering and examination of Tickets in the above, City of Washington and Patten in 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-seven 200 5,400   With a full proportion of the one hundred and of the fifty dollar prizes—The Lottery is now in its two thirds drawn and above 15,000 dollars richer than at the commencement. Note, the business of a Broker duly attended to in all its branches. ouv. 9.

IMPORTED IN THE LAST ARRIVALS, Superfine, fine and common cloths Swandowns Bazils Velvets Velvettas Printed calicoes Furniture & fancy dimities Haircloths Sewing silk Brussels and Persia carpets Buttons For sale, for cash or credit, by SAMUEL MERRICK, no. 243 Arch Street.
FOR SALE, AT NO 90, SOUTH WATER STREET. Lin Linens, 7-8 and 4-4, well allotted, in whole and half boxes Checks in ditto Drogheads, and Brown 7-8 beated Linens Leith Hackled Flax Scotts Thread Men and Women Combs Ruffs Duck, of an excellent quality, and 100 hds. Aux Cayes Molasses. By ISAAC HARVEY, junr. 121b, mh, 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.
ANY French Ladies and Gentle- men wishing a passage for France, can obtain it in a Vessel at New-York, by applying to Messrs Gahm & Mumford in that City. Dec. 13.  Ces Dames & ces Messieurs Francaise, qui veulent passer en France, peuvent être accomodés, sur un bâtiment partant de N. York, en s'adressant chez M. M. Gahm et Mumford, dans cette ville. Dec. 13.  NOTICE, All Persons indebted to the Estate of WH- HAM BEAUCHAMP, lately deceased, are de- sired to make immediate payment and those who have any claims against said Estate to produce their accounts properly attested to Sam'l. Price, executor. nov 20  FOR SALE, By the Subscriber, Belfast Canvass, No. 1, to 7, On moderate terms for Cash or a short credit James Lyle, South Seventh Street, near Chestnut. nov. 16
FOR SALE, TO BE EXCHANGED for property within thirty miles of this city, or for ground-rent forever. Several valuable building Lots, in Philadelphia. Enquire of William M. Bidle, no. 147, Chestnut- Street. nov. 22  FOR SALE, By the Subscribers 200 Bolts Ruffia Duck, 30 pipes London particular bill Madeira Wine 1 butt old pimento London A few Bales Madras Handkerchiefs 400 bds Fine Flota Indigo 23 Barrels Beef. Willings & Francis. Penn-Street, 23 November 28  All Persons having any legal demands a- gainst the Estate of William Paton, dece- ased, of the city of Philadelphia, Tavern-keeper, are requested to forward their accounts properly au- thenticated, and all persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make payment to the subscriber in Philadelphia. LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH Adminr. October 31st, 1798  Wants a Place, A WOMAN with a good Breast of Milk, Enquire at No. 58 South Front Street, Dec. 10.  TEN DOLLARS REWARD. DESERTEED last night, a second time, from the Marine Camp, David Luper, a fiter.— He had when he went away, a plain blue jacket and vest, light blue overalls, a round hat which had been burned with yellow, and which he had ripped off in his first desertion, and a pair of new shoes. He is a Carpenter by trade, has grey eyes, sandy hair sallow complexion and a mirth in his upper lip. His back is still sore from a flogging he got a few days ago. He may be discovered by his fleeing, as he plays extremely well. W. W. BURROWS Major Comr. October 17.
FOR SALE, Fifty Acres of Good Land, LYING IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY, State of New Jersey, TWENTY-FOUR acres of which are Woodland, the rest Meadow. This land lies about half a mile from Timber-Creek, and two miles from the river Delaware, the county road passing through it, and the great road only two miles distant. For terms, apply to PATRICK DOGHERTY, Sign of the Rainbow, in Shippensburg, between Second and Third Streets. dec 4  ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of Mr. JOHN FANNO, late of Philadelphia, deceased, are desired to make pay- ment, and those having any demands, to present them for settlement, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Admr. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. nov. 30
NOTICE. All persons indebted to the Estate of SAM- UEL WALLIS, esq., of Muncy township, in the county of Lycoming, lately deceased, are hereby required to come forward immediately and pay their respective debts. And all persons having legal demands against the Estate, are requested to produce their accounts, properly authenticated, for settlement. JOHN WALLIS, WILLIAM ELLIS, DANIEL SMITH, JOHN ADLUM, Administrators. december 13
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 SUBSCRIBER, 14 four pound Cannon, different lengths, 5 Carrouades. JOHN NIXON & CO. December 1.
Lancaster County Butter, IN KEGS, —FOR SALE, Enquire at No. 92, Market-street, near Third-Street. dec. 1
LARENCE SECKEL, No. 155, Market-Street. First quality London Particular { WAINES. Madeira, Port, Sherry and Lisbon { Cognac Brandy, 1st to 4th proof. Spirits. By the Pipe, Hhd, Quarter-cask or Gallon. dec. 3
Now Landing, From on board the ship John Bulkeley, and for sale at the stores of Jeffe & Robert Waln, 350,000 weight of Java Coffee, of the first quality in bags. 150,000 weight of Java Sugar, in casks. nov. 21
BALLAST. A QUANTITY to be disposed of, if applied for immediately, on board the ship Louis, lying at Mr. HUMPHREY'S Ship Yard. november 10.
IMPORTED, In the Ships Active and Liberty, from HAMBURGH. Ticklenburghs, Oznabrigs, White Platillas Brown Silesias Bretagnes Hessian Rolls Brown Ruffia Sheetings German Lindseys, Bed Ticks, &c. For Sale by GEORGE PENNOCK, no. 103, Market-Street. nov. 29
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, &c. and a few Packages Glass and Queen's-ware; also, a quantity of Carolina Seal- catcher, which will be sold very low to close the sales. Philadelphia, 22 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 firm are requested to settle with the sub- scriber, 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 tambooured Mullins Guzzennas Batias Coffees Rabbongungies India Calicoes Book Mullins Coloured ditto Real & Mock Madras & pulicat hksf. Brown Silesias Tickings, &c. &c.
JUST ARRIVED, AN ASSORTMENT OF Irish Linens & Ruffia 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. Applica- tion to be made at this Office. nov 14  To the Creditors of the Subscribers. PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE, that we have ap- plied to the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the benefit of an act of assembly, passed the fourth day of April last; and they have appointed THURSDAY the 27th inst. to hear us and our Cre- ditors, in the city of Philadelphia, at such place where the Court may be held, and where you may attend if you please. PATRICK CANA VAUGH, JAMES DOUGHERTY, PETER G. ROSE, JOHN GREENE, LEWIS D. GRAFF, JAMES MCALLEY, RICHARD STOKES dec. 8.
IMPORTED In the lat arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT REASONABLE PRICES AND ON A LIBERAL CREDIT, BY PRATT & KINTZING, No. 93, North Water Street. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempes linens and osnabrigs from 1/5 to 3/ per lb. 70 do. bleached and brown hessians 40 do. brown rolls fuitable for cof- fee bags 20 do. strong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chells phillips 2 do. sealing-wax 30 do. dowias 3 packages oil-cloth 30 do. creas ala Morlais 4 do. full twine 75 do. etopailles 1 do. watches 15 do. Bielefeld linen 14 pipes Port wine 90 do. pattenboras 92 cales claret 45 do. Britanias 130 do fine long corked 1 do. Holland canvass claret 1 do. Ruffia do. 1600 butiels fine salt 3 do. Ruffia sheetings 400 cales of roll brimstone 1 do. ravers duck 200 cales of naval stores 2 do. Ruffia drillers 50 logs prime mahogany 1 do. brown holland 4 hds. coffee mills 2 do. Silesia rouans 6 bundles German steel 1 do. Walhrendrop linen 10 chells of plates and 1 do. Caraudoles pencils 1 do. Flemish linens 1 package of skates 1 do. cambricks and 4 do. woolen caps, &c. lawns 4 chells of Nurenberg 1 do. diaper toys 12 do. stripes 40 kgs of yellow ochre 15 do. checks 3 hds. Glue 1 do. fianois 3 barrels of Lentiles 1 do. Arabia stripe 5 chells of prime red 1 do. blueing-color 1 do. Holland cheets 1 packt. Madras hand- 30 kgs of pearl barley kerchiefs 60 boxes of capers 1 do. Turkey yarn 400 fides of upper and 6 bales empty bags 100 leather 1 chell hair ribband 300 boxes window glass 3 boxes tapes, assorted 200 Demijohns 2 do. babbitt, assorted 50 boxes glass tumblers 1 box thread & tapes assorted 1 do. fine blue fildados 2 hds. pumice stone 5 chells men's slippers 1 box of mill saws 3 do. bet ticks 1 cask of cutlery 2 chells hog's bristles 1 quantity of fine jugs 6 chells writing paper and pickling pots 4 do. quills 1 few ships anchors, &c. november 12
JOHN MILLER, junr. Has returned to the City, AND IS REMOVING FROM NO. 8, CHESTNUT, To the Five Story Building, in Deck near Third-Street. Where he has for Sale 250 Bales of Bengal Goods; CONSISTING OF Coffees Batias Mamooties Humhums Calicoes Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.
The remains of a Stock of DRY GOODS, Consisting of Woollens only, AMONGST THEM ARE, Cloths Coatings Blankets Kendal Cottons Hats, &c. ALSO, 100 Hhds. of Old Rum, Of a fine flavor, 3d & 4d proof. nov 10
Forty Dollars Reward. DESERTED, From a Detachment of Men under my com- mand, at Camp West 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, speaks broken English 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 Ideu, 34 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, grey eyes, sandy hair, fresh complexion, born in New-England, state of Connecticut, a repeated defector, by trade a Blacksmith. November 7. William Collins, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, sandy hair, fresh com- plexion, grey eyes, born in Ireland, county of Wexford, by trade a Gardner, has worked for some time about Philadelphia, he is very fond to hear himself Sing.
All the above deserters are very much addic- ted to liquor, and will take other people's prop- erty if in their power, are artificially marked on their backs, had on, when they went away, their regimental clothing. Whoever appre- hends said deserters, shall receive forty dollars reward, or ten dollars for each, with all reason- able expenses, by applying to me as above, EDWARD MILLER, captain 2d regiment of Infantry commanding.
CHARLES CAMPBELL, WATCH-MAKER, HAS removed to the Shop formerly occupied by Mr. John Wood, No. 55, corner of Front and Chestnut-Streets; where he will thank- fully receive and execute orders with neatness and dispatch. HE HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A Neat and Large Assortment of Clocks & Watches.
WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN, ALSO, one or two Apprentices of respecta- ble parents.
FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch Glasses Wholesale and Retail. nov 24
Bank of the United States. November 14, 1798. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT application will be made at the Trea- sury of the United States for the renewal of a Certificate of Six per Cent. Funded Debt, No. 15,148, for $18,782 dollars, 33 cents, dated Register's Office, January 8th, 1798, issued in the names of William Willink, Jan Willink, Nicholas & Jacob Van Staphorst & Hubbard, Trustees for sundry money lenders in Amster- dam; which was forwarded the 11th of Janu- ary, 1798, under cover to Nicholas Obbes, esq., and lost by the capture of the ship Columbus, captain Skinner, from New-York for Amsterdam. G. Simpson, esq'r. nov 14
GEORGE DAVIS'S LAW-BOOK STORE, No. 319 HIGH STREET. Latest London & Irish Editions. GEORGE DAVIS'S Fall Importation is now arranged of which a more capital collection he believes was never offered for sale either in this City, London or Dublin. It combines almost every book in, with several valuable books out of print. Davis's confining himself to the sale of Law-Books only, it will appear obvious to professional Gentlemen, the advantages they have both in selection and price by purchasing from him. His Catalogues being ready, gentlemen will particularly oblige him by calling for them and to those residing at a distance, by favoring him with their address (post-paid) they shall be sent. nov 26
ADVERTISEMENT. TODD & MOTT, Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, having affigned 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 im- mediate payment of their respective accounts to either of the assignees, or to William MOTT, 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 John Rhodes John Allen Assignees. nov. 26
To be Sold, OR EXCHANGED, For property in the City, or within thirty miles of it, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, IN Tuckerton Valley, Mifflin county, containing about three hundred acres, the whole capable of cultivation. At present there is about 50 acres cleared, 20 of which is a rich bottom of Meadow Ground, enriched by a never failing stream, that has fall and water enough for all the purposes of a Country Mill. For further information apply at No. 68, Market Street. november 20
NOTICE. THE Stockholders of the Company incorporat- ed for erecting a Permanent Bridge over the River Schuylkill, are requested to attend their annual meeting on the first Monday in January next (being the 7th day of that month) at the City Hall, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur- pose of choosing a President, twelve Directors and a Treasurer of the said Company for the ensuing year, as by law is directed. JOHN DORSEY, sec'y, pro tem. dec 17
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. JOHN A. SHAEFFER, of Philadelphia, who has for a few years past been in the Southern States, has had the effrontery to draw several Bills of Ex- change on Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of State, and myself, and by that means has defrauded a number of persons of their money, deceiving them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the names of various public characters and repu- table merchants. Above all this paper I find my name attached to one of these papers I find my name attached, but I do not know the man; these are villainous forgeries! To prevent further imposition, I have to request the printers of Newspapers in the United States to publish 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. 75, North Third-Street. THE Proprietor, in compliance with his pro- mises to render this Institution a complete source of rational amusement and instruction, by repeated acquisitions of entertaining and inter- esting publications, has now added to his former collection Four Hundred Volumes of miscella- neous works, comprising nearly all the latest published Novels and Dramatic productions— catalogues of which are ready for delivery to subscribers. N. B. Subscribers, and others, who still re- tain Books taken from the Library previous to the sickness, are requested to return them imme- diately: the fines will be charged from the 14th of November.
Valuable Property for Sale. FOR SALE, THAT well known Estate, called SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence of General John Cadwalader, situate on Schuylkill River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing about 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of 500 of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex- cellent, and consist of a handsome Dwelling House, two large Barns with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty horses, a spacious treadmill floor under cover, a gran- ary, two Overlooker's houses, two ranges of two-story brick buildings, for Negroes (one of them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoke house, &c. &c.—The whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires but little fencing, and has a good Shad and Herring fishery. It is conveniently situated for both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, with two landings on a navigable river but a short sail from Baltimore. There is a large Peach, and two large Apple Orchards on the premises, also, a variety of excellent Fruits of different kinds. The soil is mostly a rich loam. The whole will be sold to- gether or divided into smaller farms (for which the buildings are conveniently situated) as may suit the pur- chaser. The Stock on said Farm, consisting of Hor- ses, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of.— For further particulars apply to GEORGE HASTINGS on the premises, or to the subscriber, in Philadelphia: ARCHIBALD M'CALL, jun. December 12.
Notice. ALL persons indebted to the Es- tate of ISAAC TELFAIR, Esq. deceased, are request- ed to make immediate payment, and those having a- ny demands against said Estate will please to furnish their accounts duly attested for settlement to GEORGE DAVIS, Attorney in fact to JOHN M'KIM, jr. Admr. dec. 13.
MAYOR'S OFFICE REMOVED to 157 South Second-street. 92w
THIS DAY PUBLISHED By WILLIAM YOUNG, Corner of Chestnut and Second-Street, JOAN OF ARC, An Epic Poem, By Robert Southey; with notes. WE do not hesitate to declare our opinion that the poetical powers displayed in it are of a very superior kind—Conceptions more lofty and daring, sentiments more commanding, and lan- guage more energetic, will not easily be found in nor does scarcely any part of it sink into languor, as the glow of feelings and genius animates the whole. The language is, for the most part, ma- deled out of Milton; and not unfrequently it has a strong relish of Shakespeare. Monthly Review, vol. 19, p. 366.
A HISTOR, OR ANECDOTES OF THE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA, IN THE YEAR 1762. Translated from the French of M. de Rulhiere, With an elegant Mead of the late Empress [The second edition, price 75 cents] The grounds of M. de Rulhiere's information seem indisputable, and his readers appear to be every reason to be satisfied with his dis- in unfolding the motives and circumstances concurred in bringing about this striking We shall only add, that we have been with more interesting original and curious than those that are contained in the list we have now reviewed." Appendix Monthly Review, vol. 25. dec 19
An excellent Horse & Carriage. To be sold on reasonable terms at the Stable, Stable, No. 28 North Third-Street. N. B. The Horse belongs to a gentleman one of the Troops in this City. dec 17
ALL PERSONS, Having claims against the Estate of SUSANNAH LOCKHART, deceased, are requested to present them before the 1st of NATHANA SMITH, Executrix. nov 9
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT ON the twelfth day of August, in the twenty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Smith Barton, of the said dis- trict, here deposited 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., Correspondent Member of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member of the American Philosophical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, Corresponding Member of the Mass- achusetts Historical Society, and Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encourage- ment of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors, of such copies during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk, Dist. of Penna. November 2, 1798.
JAVA COFFEE, 350 Bags of First Quality, Now landing, on board the ship INDIA, at Mr. Thos. Penn's Wharf, and for Sale, John Ashmead, No. 263, South Front-Street. WHO HAS ON HAND, For Sale, on reasonable terms, Coffees Batias Black Tatties, &c. dec 10
Just Imported, Iron cannon, double fortified, Woolwich proof, with their carriages complete—3, 4, 6 and 9 pounders. Carrouades, Woolwich proof, with carriages, &c., complete—12, 18 and 24 pounders. Cannon powder in kegs of 25 lbs. each Round, double headed, and cannon shot Patent sheathing copper, bright, assorted 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 and 28 or per square foot, sheets 48 by 14 inches, suitable for vessels from 100 to 1000 tons. Copper nails, bolts and spikes Boarding Pikes. Common cutlasses Cutlasses of all kinds Tin plates No 1—123 gross boxes Patent shot in casks of 5 cwt. each London porter and brown stout, in casks of 7 doz. bottled. Earthen ware in crates, assorted FOR SALE BY SIMON WALKER, Pine near 5th Street. October 29.
Insurance Company of North America. THE STOCK HOLDERS, are hereby informed, that a stated meeting of the Company will be held at their Office on the 8th of January next, (being the se- cond Tuesday in the Month) for the elec- tion of twenty-five Directors for the ensu- ing year. E. HAZARD, Sec'y. Dec. 12/1/.
An Apprentice Wanted. ATOUTH, Of Reputable Connections, & sufficient qualifications, is wanted as an Apprentice to the Business of a Pri- mary Public and Conveyancer.—Enquire of the Not- ary. Dec. f. m. 3w.
FOR SALE, No. 7, SOUTH FOURTH-STREET 1000 pieces Nankeens, A Box of Silks 20 Boxes powdered Sugar Candy of 233w. A parcel very fine Caftan. C. HAIGHT. dec 5
FOR SALE, A well improved Plantation, Of one hundred and twenty acres, VERY beautifully situated in the county of Montgomery, about twenty miles from the city. The buildings are all new and finished to as to accommodate a genteel family only. For further information, enquire at the Pennsylvania Coat-of-Arms, nineteen miles from town, and three above Morris-town. december 15