Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-05-29 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, N o 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1473.]
PHILADELPHIA: MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1797.
[VOLUME XI.]
For Sale or Charter, THE SHIP WARREN, Benjamin Church, Master. Of about 280 tons burthen. Enquire of Jesse & Robert Waln.
For Freight or Charter, To any part of Europe, The Swedish Ship Alexander Magnus, Capt. CARL G. EHRMAN, About 350 tons burthen, in this port; and also the Danish Ship FREDERICK JULIUS KAUS, of 450 tons, now lying in Hampton Roads.
For Hamburg, THE SHIP AERIAL, John Tarras, master. A GREAT part of her cargo is engaged, and the will sail in ten days. For freight or passage apply to capt. Tarras, at Willings & Francis' wharf, or to GURNET & SMITH.
For London, THE SHIP WILLIAM PENN, James Josiah, Master. WILL sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to Jesse & Robert Waln. The owners of Goods in the ship William Penn, are requested to send their permits on board as soon as possible.
For Sale, The cargo of the brig Enterprise, Captain Langdon from Bourdeaux, now landing at Morison's wharf, CONSISTING OF 524 hhd. of Claret, 247 cases of ditto, 200 cases of Sweet Oil, 210 pipes London proof, 10 pipes of Holland proof.
Wharton & Lewis, No. 115, South Front St. Said Brig, WILL take a FREIGHT for the West-Indies or Europe, fails fast, further about fifteen hundred barrels, is in complete order, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days.
Loft—A Gold Bracelet, Marked S. H. with a double Chain. Any person who may have found it, and will return it at No. 47, Penn-street, will be handsomely rewarded.
The Subscriber, Determined to retire from business, invites all who have any note, bill, bond or acceptance of his, now due, to call for payment; and those who have to anticipate may receive the money at a reasonable discount. JAMES SWAN. Dorchester, near Boston, 16th May 1797.
Pennsylvania Population Company. NOTICE is hereby given to the Share Holders, that a further assessment of NINE DOLLARS is levied on each share, payable as follows, viz. Six Dollars immediately, and Three Dollars on the 1st of July next. Which they are requested to pay to the Treasurer of the Company, at the Company's Office, No. 53, North Fourth-street, agreeably to the times above mentioned; and they are further informed, that on their neglecting to pay the same as above directed, the several forfeitures will be exacted. By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Treasurer. May 27.
To Let, And possession given in two weeks, A good 3 story Brick House, With back buildings—No. 43, Spruce-street. Apply at No. 109 Spruce-street. May 26.
JOHN CRAIG HAS just imported from Rotterdam, via St. Thomas, and for sale on reasonable terms by the package, Platillas Royal, Harlem and German linens, Rouens, Post and Pro Patria Paper, Wafers, Quills, Ozers for Hoops, in Bundles, Coffee Bags. He has also for Sale, Best Red Clover Seed, Old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use, Teneriffe Wine of first and second Quality, Coffee in Bags and Hogheads, Jamaica Spirits, Connecticut Turpentine Soap, Window Glass, Two Trunks of best Patent, Silk and Cotton Hosiery, April 18.
Received by the Indostan, From Madras, A SMALL invoice consisting of the following Cash Goods, viz. Blue Cloths, Long Cloths, 14 punjums, Do. do. fite, Madras Handkerchiefs, and Book Muslins. WILLING & FRANCIS. March 27.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, At the Merchants' Coffee house, in Philadelphia, on the 15th day of June, at 8 o'clock in the evening, if not before disposed of at private sale, 40,931 1-2 acres of land, on the waters of Wheeling and Fishing creeks, in Washington county, Pennsylvania. The soil is remarkably fertile; and besides a large body of meadow, there are considerable improvements on the premises. These lands were patented in 1787. On payment of part of the purchase money, a reasonable credit will be given for the residue. Enquire of the printer. May 15.
The Commissioners FOR carrying into effect the TWENTY-FIRST Article of the Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation, between His Catholic Majesty and the United States of America, hereby give information to all Persons therein concerned.—That, in order to terminate all differences, on account of the losses sustained by the citizens of the United States, in consequence of their Vessels and Cargoes having been taken by the Subjects of His Catholic Majesty, during the late War between Spain and France, that they are ready to receive (at their Office, between the hours of ten and one o'clock, daily) all complaints and applications, authorized by the said Article, during EIGHTEEN MONTHS from the day of the date hereof, and that they have power to examine all such persons as some before them, on oath or affirmation, touching the complaints in question, and also to receive in evidence, all written testimony, authenticated in such manner as they shall think proper to require or admit. By Order of the Commissioners, PETER LOHRA, Secretary. Commissioners Office, No. 109, Mulberry-street, Philadelphia, May 17th, 1797. 20—$4w
Just received, And for sale by Isaac Harvey, jun. No. 5, South Water-street, A parcel of prime Rice; also, Trinidad and Cayenne Cotton, Coffee in Barrels and Bags, Spanish Hides and Beef. 4th mo. 25, 1797. d4w
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company, will be held at the Company's Office, on Monday, 10 o'clock, the 12th June next. WILLIAM GOVETT, Sec'y. May 12.
NOW LANDING, From on board of the ship GEORGE BARCLAY, Capt. CHARLES M'ALESTER, from Calcutta, the following GOODS, viz. Coffees, Hummums, Guzzecahs, Emeries, Mamoodies, Sahans, Tickeries, Jollas, Curdatties, Maragangs, Baftas, various forts, Sattin Romals, Punjum Cloths, Gurrabs, India Calicoes, Cotton Checks, Mullmuls, Red and Blue Betnagou hks, Patas do. Santipore do. Plain, Striped and flowered fine muslins, Ginghams, Taffeties, Bandanno red hks. A L S O, 320 Cakes Sugar, 40 Boxes do. 165 Bags do. 70,000 lb. weight heavy black Pepper, 40,000 lb. weight Ginger, 20 Tons Hemp in Bales, 9 Pipes East-India Spirits. For sale by PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. May 4.
For Sale, On board the ship MOLLY, John Frost, master from Liverpool, laying at Walnut-street wharf 6000 bushels of fine stoved Salt, AND QUEEN'S WARE, well assorted, By PHILIP NICKLIN & Co. WHO HAVE IN STORE, ALSO FOR SALE, 100 Boxes White Havana Sugars, Imperial and ? T E A S, Hyson, 17 tubs Quicksilver, 2 chests Bauduano Handkerchiefs, A few shells Manchester Goods well assorted in corduroys, thickets, ginghams, mullinets, dimities, &c. 2 Trunks black fowing silk, 180 Crates queens ware, well assorted, 10 Tons sheet lead, Nails assorted, flat and sharp points, London particular and ? Madeira Wine in India market, 30 pipes, 10 hhd. Teneriffe Wine, 10 pipes choice Port ditto, 31 casks yellow paint, 7 boxes 12 bundles writing slates, 1 box ink-stands & note presses, Sail canvas assorted No. 1 & 2. May 4.
Ross & Simson, Have for Sale, A QUANTITY OF PRIME St. Domingo Cotton, Superior Old Lisbon Wine in Pipes, Excellent India Market Teneriffe Wine, In Madeira Casks, A few Quarter Casks best Fresh Hyson and ? TEAS, Hyson Skin, Mucovado Sugars in Hogheads, and Coffee in Tierces, March 7.
Erskine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT CAMPBELL & Co. No. 40 South Second-street, [Price 31 Cents] A View of the Causes and Consequences of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ERSKINE. May 15.
Millinery Room, No. 136 Market-street. MISS CHRISTAL TAKES an early opportunity of acquainting her Friends that she has received by the WILLIAM PENN, a variety of NEW MILLINERY, &c. which she hopes to be able to show them in a few days. May 18. $30t
Now Landing, At Pratt's wharf, FROM on board the ship Thomas Chalkley, Capt. Raper, from Bourdeaux, CLARET in cases, White Wine Vinegar, Red Skins in boxes. For Sale by Rundle & Leech. May 15. $
Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut-street. Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly assorted, very low on short credit. March 6. $
Advertisement. PURSUANT to an Order from the Orphan's Court, will be sold at PUBLIC SALE, at Cranberry, on Wednesday, the 24th day of June next, all that valuable REAL ESTATE, late belonging to the Rev. Gilbert T. Snowden, deceased, lying in and near Cranberry, in the county of Middlesex, township of South Brunswick, state of New Jersey, upon the lower stage road leading from Philadelphia to New York. A very elegant frame house in a beautiful and healthy situation, painted white, with Venetian window shutters, thirty feet front and thirty feet deep, two rooms with a handsome hall or entry on the first floor, three rooms on the second floor and two well-finished garrets. In the rear of the house is an excellent two-story building consisting of a dining-room for work people, spacious pantries and a large kitchen, with every convenience, and over these are three chambers for servants. To the right is an additional building consisting of a chamber below and a library above—under the whole are very fine cellars paved with brick. The house is entirely new and finished with taste. Every room is hung with felt that laid wall to the kitchen and the servants' apartments. There is a pump in the yard, and a stone and brick pavement round the whole house, which is enclosed with a handsome railing, with three gates in front. The farm consists of one hundred and sixty seven acres, with a proportion of woodland and meadow, under excellent fence; a garden with pale fence; a large barn, flails, carriage-house, co. buildings, &c. all new, and built in the best manner; with a young orchard of 200 grafted trees. Nearly adjoining this farm is a lot of Woodland of the best quality, containing 37 acres. Also a tract of land within seven miles of Cranberry, containing one hundred and fifty acres, otherwise meadow and thicket excellent timber. This will be sold in lots or together, as will best suit the purchaser. The payments, one third cash—one third in one year—and the remaining third, one year following, with interest on the two last payments, and approved security. For further particulars enquire of Nathaniel Hunt, Esq. or Dr. Ralph Lott, Cranberry; of Isaac Snowden, at Princeton; or of Isaac Snowden, Jun. No. 141 South Second street, Philadelphia. May 25. $6w6f8
Richard Bayley & Co. Late JOHN WHITESIDES & Co. No. 136 Market-street. HAVE received per the ships William Penn and Star from London, a large and fashionable assortment of the following articles: viz. Chintzes, and printed Cottons, of the newest patterns, Furniture Dimities and Chintzes, Ginghams, plain and figured, Mullins, printed and embroidered, Do. tamboured, plain, check and strip'd, Do. tamboured, of a very superior quality, Fine Book, Jacquet and Decora Handkerchiefs, Dimities and mullinets, Damask table-linen, in sets and in the piece, Diaper ditto in Cloths and in ditto, Holland and Russia Sheeting, Loop'd Hollands and Irish Linens, Long Lawns and Cambrics, Sattins and Silks, plain and figured, Ribbons and Gloves, Crapes and Gauzes, Straw, Chip, and Paper Hats and Bonnets, new shapes, Fancy trimmings, &c. With a variety of articles in the Linen-Drapery and Haberdashery line. May 22. $20t
Post-Office, 23d May, 1797. THE Mail for Baltimore will be closed at this office every morning (Sundays excepted) at half past 7 o'clock. The Mail for Boston will be closed every day (Sundays excepted) at 12 o'clock noon; and The Mail for Fredericksburg, Milford, Clowes, Dagsborough, Delaware, Ho. town, Accomack Court-House and Northampton Court-House, Virginia, will be closed every Monday morning at half past 7 o'clock. May 23. *1st
Just Imported, IN the ship Woodrop Sims, Capt. Hodgson, from Canton, and for sale by the Subscriber, at Mrs. Kinsey's, corner of Second and Pine-street, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Gunpowder, Also, A few Nankeens. C. HAIGHT. April 17.
Just Arrived, In the Schooner Dove, Captain Paul, from St. Thomas, and for sale by the Subscriber, Mulcovado Sugar in hds. tierces and barrels, St. Croix Rum in hds. and Laguna hides. ALSO ON HAND, Imperial, Hyson, and Sherry and Malaga Hyson Skin Teas. Wines, Yellow Nankeens, Holland Gin in pipes, Canton Cloth, Do. Cheesecloth, Lureffings, Do. Glass ware, Silk Hankerchiefs, China Ware, Sewing Silk, Window Blinds, Cotton in bales, Rheubarb, Peruvian Bark, Quickilver, &c. JOSEPH SIMS. May 22d. d14t.
The Gazette, PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1797.
AN ORDINANCE Providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, and prescribing their Duties.
Sec. 1. BE it ordained and enacted by the Select and Common Councils assembled, That at the first meeting of the Select and Common Councils in the month of June in the present year, and at their first meeting in the month of December in the same and every succeeding year, there shall be appointed, by concurrent resolutions of the said Councils, not less than three, nor more than five discreet persons, citizens of, and resident in, the city of Philadelphia, by the name of The City Commissioners, who shall, during the period of their appointments, exercise and perform the several authorities and duties hereinafter given and prescribed, or which shall hereafter be given and prescribed by any ordinance or resolution of the Citizens of Philadelphia in Select and Common Councils assembled, or which, by any ordinance or resolution of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia in Common Council assembled, remaining in force at the time of the passing of this ordinance, and not repealed or annulled by the same, are given or prescribed to the City Commissioners heretofore chosen and appointed, under an ordinance of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens, passed on the third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and the Commissioners appointed at the first meeting of the Select and Common Councils, in the month of June in the present year, shall be and remain in office until the last day of December following, inclusive; and the Commissioners appointed at the first meeting of the said Councils in the month of December in the present or any succeeding year, shall be and remain in office from the first day of January next succeeding the time of their appointment, inclusive, for and during the full term of one year, unless they or any of them shall be previously removed by a resolution of the said Select and Common Councils; Provided always, That in case the office of any of the said Commissioners shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy may be supplied in the manner above-mentioned, at any time after it shall so happen.
Sec. 2. And be it further ordained and enacted, That each of the Commissioners appointed, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Mayor, according to law, that he will faithfully execute the office of a City Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia, and the said Commissioners or a majority of them so qualified as aforesaid, which number shall at all times form a quorum for the transaction of any business, shall meet at the Court-House in High-street or such other place as may be appointed by a resolution of the Select and Common Councils, on the Tuesday of every week, which meeting may be continued from time to time by adjournment; and the said Commissioners shall have and employ a fit person as a Clerk to attend in their office, keep their accounts, and perform all such business as is usually performed by a Clerk, and the same at pleasure to dismiss, and employ another.
Sec. 3. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have the several authorities and perform the duties hereinafter mentioned: that is to say, They shall, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, demise and let the public wharves and landing-places, the fish and scale-houses, and the cellar under the City-Hall, and the house on Schuylkill, with the lots contiguous thereto (except so much thereof as shall be occupied by any buildings erected for the use of the Collector of the Tolls, or be necessary for the Toll-gates at the ferry on the said river, together with the wharves and landing-places properly appurtenant to the same) the leases for which shall not be made to continue longer than one year respectively, without the consent of the Select and Common Councils, signified by concurrent resolutions, and shall contain proper covenants for the quarterly payment of the rents thereby reserved, and the other usual and necessary covenants, with at least two sufficient sureties for the due performance of the same, to be approved of as hereinafter directed with respect to the other terms of the said leases. But every person to whom the lots on Schuylkill may be demised, shall be bound to render at all times, when thereto required, every assistance in his power, towards securing the bridge at the said ferry, upon sudden emergencies, against any injuries from ice, swells, freshets or otherwise, and also for the swinging and replacing the said bridge, when rendered necessary for the passing of boats, or by the accumulation of trash or rubbish against the same. And the said Commissioners shall, at least four months previous to the first day of January next, and every succeeding year respectively, cause advertisements to be published in two of the daily news-papers of the city, and continued therein thrice a week for one month, inviting proposals to be made and sent to them at their office, in writing, stating the rents which the applicants are willing to pay for all or any part of the said property, and the said Commissioners shall lay all proposals which they shall receive before the Mayor, and, with his consent and approbation, determine upon and accept those proposals which shall be most advantageous to the city. And the said Commissioners, from year to year, shall let the fixed and invariable rents of the markets for the highest and best rents, payable quarterly, which can reasonably be obtained for the same, regulating the leases thereof in such manner, that the same will expire on the last day of December inclusive, in the present and every future year respectively, which rents shall be collected by the Clerks of the markets as heretofore, and the said Commissioners shall quarterly settle the accounts of the said Clerks, ascertain the balances due from them respectively, and report the same to the Treasurer. And the said Commissioners shall contract with proper workmen who will undertake to repair the bridge over Schuylkill at High-street, to replace it as soon as possible after it or any part of it may be carried away or damaged, and to purchase timber, plank, and other materials necessary for the same, and for building and repairing the boat or boats necessary to be kept there, and for keeping the ropes and wharves in proper repair, and the said Commissioners shall see that such contracts are punctiliously complied with, and report to the Select and Common Councils any final delinquency therein. They shall also contract with proper persons, from time to time, to repair and keep in repair, the ferry-houses, fish and scale-houses, market-houses, wharves, docks, and the fences and inclosures of all the real estate belonging to the city, and see that such contracts are complied with, and they shall take the general care and superintendence of the said property, so as to prevent misfeasance and encroachments thereupon, and shall attend to the execution of the several acts of the legislature of this state, and the ordinances of the Corporation, now in force, or which hereafter shall be passed for preventing or removing projections, obstructions, or nuisances in the streets, lanes, alleys or footways of the city.
Sec. 4. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall examine every account which shall be exhibited to them, for any monies demanded as due, in pursuance of any contract which shall be made by them, and if they allow the same, give a certificate specifying the amount due, and the purposes for which the debt was contracted, which certificate, together with the account and vouchers respecting the same, shall be presented to the Mayor for his investigation; and if the Mayor approve of said account, as legally due, he shall draw an order on the Treasurer for the sum mentioned in such certificate, but if he shall not approve thereof, he shall transmit the said account and vouchers, with such observations thereon as he may think proper, to the Select and Common Councils for their examination and final decision. Provided always, That every order so drawn shall specify the object for which the debt shall have been contracted, and shall be charged by the Treasurer to the particular account for which the monies therein due shall have accrued, and whenever the amount of any appropriation, or the sums received thereupon shall be exhausted, no other or future order shall be drawn upon such account, but notice of the same having been so exhausted, shall be given by the Mayor to the Commissioners, and they shall immediately thereupon notify the same to the Select and Common Councils, and, at the same time, state the different contracts which shall then have been made upon the credit of such appropriation, with the situation of the respective objects for which the same is assigned. And in order that the Mayor may be possessed of the necessary information, he shall have authority, at any time, to inspect the books of the Treasurer, or demand from him the state of the account of each, or any particular appropriation, and the amount of the balance remaining in his hands thereupon. And in case it shall at any time be found or apprehended by the said Commissioners, that any specific appropriation will be inadequate to the object or objects for which it is assigned, they shall immediately report the same to the Select and Common Councils, and state what further addition or provision will be necessary.
Sec. 5. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall determine upon and cause such additional wells to be dug, and pumps therein to be fixed, and lamps to be set up, in such convenient places as to them shall appear necessary within the streets, lanes and alleys of the city. And they shall also, with the approbation of the Select and Common Councils, limit, direct and appoint the depth of all vaults, wells and sinks, hereafter to be dug within the city, for privies or necessary houses, which regulation being so made, and approved in Select and Common Councils, shall be advertised in two or more newspapers of the city, and then deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Mayor's Court, for the inspection of any inhabitant of the said city. And if any person or persons whatever, shall dig or cause to be dug, any vault, well, or sink for a necessary house or houses of any greater depth than shall be limited and appointed by the said Commissioners in manner aforesaid, or nearer to the line of his lot than two feet, every such person or persons so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars, and for

every three months the nuisance shall remain after notice given by the said Commissioners to remove the same, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and paid into the Treasury for the use of the City.
Sec. 6. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall appoint a Superintendent of the night watch, and hire and employ a sufficient number of able-bodied men to light and watch the city by night, at certain fixed monthly or other wages, and prescribe rules for their government, and dismiss them from office when they shall think proper, and the said Commissioners shall purchase and provide oil, wick and the other materials necessary for the supply of the public lamps, and shall take care that the city be properly and regularly lighted.
Sec. 7. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall cause, from time to time, to be repaired and kept in order, all the public pavements, lamps, wells and pumps belonging to the city, and for such purpose shall contract with proper persons upon such terms as shall be most advantageous, and take care that such contracts be complied with.
Sec. 8. And whereas, There are many public streets not yet paved, which are often in bad condition, and difficult to be passed: Be it therefore enacted, That the said Commissioners shall keep in good repair, by drawing off the water, and otherwise, all the public streets which are in common use.
Sec. 9. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall cause such of the streets, lanes and alleys of the city, as the Select and Common Councils, by resolution, shall from time to time direct, to be pitched and paved; and they shall also cause all the public streets, lanes and alleys of the city, to be well and properly cleaned, and the filth removed therefrom, and shall have authority to make such reasonable contracts and purchases, as may be necessary to the execution of the same. And that the said Commissioners may be made more circumspect, in attending to the proper cleansing of the said streets, lanes, and alleys, by an individual responsibility, they, or a majority of them, shall at some one of their meetings in the month of June in the present, and in the month of January in every succeeding year, divide the city into districts, and assign to each one of their own body the superintendence of one of the said districts, and they shall immediately cause an advertisement of such arrangement to be inserted in two of the daily newspapers of this city, and cause the same to be continued therein twice a week for one month. And it shall be the particular duty of each of the said Commissioners, to attend carefully to the cleanliness of the district so placed under his care, and to see that the filth and all noxious matter is seasonably and properly removed from all the streets, lanes and alleys therein. And the said Commissioners shall cause the manure so collected to be disposed of to the best advantage and removed as speedily as possible.
Sec. 10. And be it further ordained and enacted, That where the cart-way in any public street, lane or alley in this city, hath been paved, or hereafter shall be ordered to be paved, with stone, under the authority of this ordinance, every owner of the lot or lots of ground opposite to such stone pavement, shall, without delay, at his own cost, cause the foot-way in front of his ground to be paved with brick, and supported by hewn stones, and kept in repair as they have formerly been, or shall be ordered to be done; and if the owner of any ground opposite to the stone pavement heretofore made, or hereafter to be made, shall neglect to pave with brick and support the foot-way, and to keep the same in repair, as before directed, for the space of twenty days after he or the tenant or occupant of such lot, or the attorney in fact of the said owner, shall have been thereto required by any of the City Commissioners, then it shall and may be lawful for the said City Commissioners, and they are hereby enjoined and required, to pave with brick, and support and defend in the manner aforesaid, and to repair all such footways as aforesaid, and to recover the whole amount of the expense thereof, together with twenty per centum advance thereon, as a penalty for such neglect, and the costs of suit, by an action in the name of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, against the owner of such lot of ground, or to levy the same by distress and sale of goods and chattels of the tenant in possession of such lot of ground, in the manner that rents or shall be by law recoverable; which tenant is hereby authorized to pay the same and deduct the amount thereof out of the rent which may then be due, or thereafter become due for such lot or lots of ground, and the same when recovered, shall be paid into the Treasury for the use of the city. Provided always nevertheless, That the said Commissioners shall not require or cause to be paved or repaired before the front of any lot or lots not actually built upon, more than a strip of brick pavement, of the breadth of five feet from the gutter or stone edge bordering the foot-way, the residue of such footways from the said strip of pavement to the line of the streets being laid with gravel, so as to support the said pavement, in such manner as the said Commissioners shall direct.
Sec. 11. And be it further ordained and enacted, That where there are private cart-ways leading from public cart-ways to any store-houses, stables, or other buildings, and crossing any footway within the paved part of the city, such footway where it shall be so crossed, shall be paved at the expense of him or them, for whose use such cart-way is or shall be required or allowed, in manner following, that is to say, either wholly with broad flat stones, hewn and
laid close together, or wholly with hard bricks laid on their narrowest side or edge.
Sec. 12. And be it further ordained and enacted, That when the Select and Common Councils shall have directed any streets, lanes and alleys to be paved, repaved or repaired, the Commissioners shall execute the same according to such regulations as shall be agreed on by the Mayor, Aldermen and Regulators, according to law. And to prevent irregularities in the footways of old pavements, and preserve a plain and even surface, any person or persons making any new pavement, or repairing any old one, shall conform the same to the regulation already made, under the penalty of forfeiting, for every offence, the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered with costs by the said Commissioners, or any of them, and paid into the treasury for the use of the city; and the Commissioners are hereby moreover authorized to take up all pavements which have heretofore been laid contrary to existing regulations, or may hereafter be laid in violation of this ordinance, and cause the same to be paved in conformity thereto, at the expense of the proper owner, and to recover the whole amount of the expense thereof, together with twenty per centum advance thereon, as a penalty, in the manner and for the use as heretofore directed in the tenth section of this ordinance.
Sec. 13. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall examine all the stones provided by the owners of lots for the purpose of supporting the footways at the line of the cartways, and if they shall not be of sufficient length, depth and thickness, and of good quality, or shall not be hewn so as to form even joints, and to present fair surfaces, with a proper bevel on the top and front, they shall reject the same; and if any owner shall cause any of the stones so rejected to be put into the said pavement to support a footway, he or she shall forfeit and pay the sum of half a dollar for every foot, running measure, of the length of such rejected stones, to be recovered with costs by the said Commissioners or any of them, and paid into the treasury for the use of the city.
Sec. 14. And be it further ordained and enacted, That when any person shall be about to erect, or repair any house or building within the paved parts of the city, and shall be desirous to occupy a part of the street, by placing a lime house and materials for building therein, he shall apply to the City Commissioners, some two or more of whom shall view the place, and if they shall think it necessary to have a lime house and lay materials in the street, they shall allot such part of the street as they shall think necessary and proper to accommodate the owner, and shall give a written permission, describing the space so to be used, and containing a condition that the lime is to be lifted in an inclosure with a close board fence of at least eight feet in height within the said space, or upon the owner's ground, so as not to incommode the citizens; and if any person shall place any lime house or materials for building within the paved parts of the city, without such permission so as aforesaid first obtained, or shall place any lime house, bit lime, make mortar, or place any materials, lime, core or rubbish, in any other part of the street, or in any other manner than shall be allowed by the Commissioners as aforesaid, or shall suffer the same to remain in the place allowed for more than two weeks after such building shall be covered in, or, in case of repairs, for more than twenty four hours after the Commissioners shall have given notice for the removal thereof, he or she shall forfeit the sum of three dollars for every day the same shall so remain after such notice given, to be recovered with costs by the said Commissioners, and paid into the Treasury for the use of the City, and if any person cleaning any cellar, stable or other place, or paving or repairing any footway, or upon any other occasion shall place any rubbish or dung in the street, and suffer the same to remain there more than twenty-four hours after they are so placed, or after the repair be finished, or after notice to remove shall be given by the Commissioners, or some person by their order, he or she, so offending, shall forfeit the sum of two dollars, to be recovered with costs before any Alderman, by any person who will sue for the same, one moiety thereof to the use of him who shall sue, and the other moiety to be retained by the Alderman, and paid into the Treasury for the use of the city. Provided always, That this section, or any part thereof, shall not be construed to extend to any house keepers, or their servants collecting their house dirt, and placing the same with the dirt and rubbish to be raked out of the gutters and water courses, in a heap without the gutters, to the end that the scavengers may remove the same.
Sec. 15. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the City Commissioners shall appoint proper persons to be corders of wood at the different public wharves and landing places within the city; and shall also appoint from time to time, as occasion may require, such and so many Rands for draymen, and hackney coachmen within the city, as to them shall appear requisite.
Sec. 16. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commissioners shall make out, and cause to be delivered in two fair copies, one of which shall be presented to the Select and one to the Common Council at their first meeting respectively, in the month of December in every year, a just and true account of all and singular their transactions and disbursements for the current year, including and designating the quantity of work and repair done, with a specification in detail of the expenses incurred for each object under their superintendence, so far as the same may be practicable, with an inventory of all the stock, utensils, materials and necessaries of every kind belonging to the city, which shall then be provided, and remain on hand, and together with such account and inventory, shall furnish an estimate of the several sums which will be necessary to complete any work or transaction begun and then unfinished; and the said Commissioners shall calculate, make out and deliver, in like manner, to the Select and Common Councils, at
their first meeting respectively, in the said month of December in every year, a statement of the monies which will probably be necessary for each distinct object under their superintendence for the year succeeding, and when the said Councils shall have determined what sums of money shall be raised for those purposes, the Commissioners shall immediately assess the same, according to the last county assessment, upon the persons and estates, real and personal, within the city, and shall also cause duplicate lists of such assessment to be made out, and delivered to such proper persons as shall be willing to undertake the collection thereof, and who shall produce the best security for the faithful performance of their duty. And the said Commissioners, when such duplicate lists are returned, shall allow to the said collectors, such reductions as they may judge right, for persons charged with personal taxes, who are not to be found, or are unable to pay the same. And the said Commissioners shall, likewise, render, from time to time, such accounts, statements and information within their department, as may be required by any resolve of the Select or Common Councils, and shall submit their books, accounts and vouchers, to the inspection of any Committee or Committees appointed for that purpose, by either of the said Councils.
Sec. 17. And be it further ordained and enacted, That if any person or persons shall and do, after the passing of this ordinance, maliciously, wilfully or wantonly break or carry away the handles, or stop up the spouts of any of the public pumps, or otherwise injure, or damage the said pumps, or shall extinguish, break, destroy or injure overthrow or carry away, any of the public lamps, lamp-posts, watch houses, or any thing pertaining thereto, in any of the streets, lanes or alleys, within the city, every such person so offending and every person aiding or concerned in such offence, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one Hundred dollars, to be applied to the purposes of lighting, watching, and paving the streets of the city, and the city Commissioners are hereby strictly enjoined diligently to enquire after and to prosecute all who shall offend herein.
Sec. 18. And be it further ordained and enacted, That an ordinance of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, passed the third day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An ordinance for providing for the lighting, watching, watering, pitching, paving and cleansing the streets, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned," and every matter and thing therein contained, is hereby repealed and made null and void.
Enacted into an Ordinance at Philadelphia, the twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
SAMUEL HODGSON, President of the Common Council. FRANCIS GURNEY, President of the Select Council.
CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, May 23.
In a committee of the whole, Mr. Dent in the chair, on the answer reported to the President's Speech, Mr. Nicholas's proposition being under consideration:
Mr. Giles said, that as the committee appeared divided on the address, and as he had attended the discussion, he submitted to the consideration of members whether it would not be advisable, in order to produce a spirit of unanimity and cool deliberation, to recommit the report and send the amendment also to the committee with an addition of members: he wished the gentleman last up had been more delicate on a subject that he had touched; if he infers that because one part of the members may think a rash measure just, that those who think differently must not exercise their judgments in thinking the contrary, he thought the gentleman had overextended his reasoning; he was one of those who felt a strong apprehension of a war; he thought one means would be more likely to prevent it than another—he was for using that preventive measure because he thought it both just, honourable, and wise; we all concur in our declaration of at least a love of peace, he was sorry to hear language which betrayed a very different disposition; he was for showing our ultimatum and taking the consequences, but he would not agree to be either silly or insolent in the proceeding, because nothing was so unbecoming a wise man or a wise people, as anger or petulant irritation, when their happiness and that of millions was at stake; he wished the report to be re-committed, that we might proceed thus wisely; after we had determined well and the issue should disappoint our fair and just expectations—he should not be one of those that would ask others to support his opinions—he would stand by his country in the storm, and share its fate, prove then by a recommitment that you do not aim at the triumph of a party, he therefore moved the recommitment; which was opposed by Mr. Harper and Mr. Brooke on the ground of its not being calculated to produce an effect.
Mr. Dayton (the Speaker) said that he hoped the motion of the gentleman from Virginia, which had for its object a recommitment of the answer, would not prevail. It was certainly very desirable that the Select Committee, appointed in the first instance for the purpose, should have reported such a draft of an answer as would have united in its favour all parts of the house. He was not the only one who had expected it. Disappointed, however in such an expectation, they were forbidden, Mr. Dayton said, to indulge a hope that any good could be derived from sending it back to a committee before one vote at least was taken, and the sense of the house thus far ascertained as to the style and tenor of their reply. If this proposition for amendment should succeed, then the business would be right for reference to a committee, who would take such amendment as their guide, and so modify the report as to render the whole correspondent with it. As to the motion more immediately under consideration, he could not give it his unqualified vote, more especially when it was considered and acknowledged to be in its operation a complete substitute. Candor, however, compelled him to declare, that it contained one feature, and that too an important one, which attracted his attention, and would certainly have his approbation. There would, however, be a more proper place for introducing it than that proposed by the mover. Stripped of the more exceptional matter
with which it was, then connected, it might very well be adopted as an amendment in one of the latter paragraphs of the report, and would not at all vary the principle, or be inconsistent with the general tenor of it.
Wednesday, May 24. Mr. Swanwick opened the debate this morning. He lamented the loss of time which was generally experienced at the opening of every session in debating the answer to the President's speech, when, perhaps business of the first moment called for immediate attention. It was much to be wished that committees appointed for this purpose, would confine themselves to the instructions which were given to them on the occasion, which were in general terms, viz. "to prepare a respectful address, assuring the President that the house will take into their serious consideration the various important matters recommended to their attention." If answers were drawn in general terms conforming to these instructions, he thought very many of the embarrassments which they now experienced would be avoided, and every member would be left at liberty to pursue such measures as appeared to them right, when they came before him in the ordinary course of business, unencumbered by any creed which he might have been called to assent to before he had an opportunity of considering the subjects it contained. It also often occasioned much warmth in debate, and served to divide the house into two parties on the very threshold of their business. This could not possibly have any good effect, but the contrary; he should therefore be happy to see the practice simplified or abolished together.
The effect at present has been, that no sooner had the committee appointed to draft an address made a report, than the gentleman from Virginia proposed a substitute, which according to his idea, was more proper. A warm debate had taken place, and he believed that either might be adopted without effect, as they were merely a form of words leading to no conclusion. Suppose a majority of one was obtained on the report, what end would be produced? None: for it might be that the very persons who voted on this general question, might vote against particular subjects when they came under consideration; as every one would recollect the difficulties which had been experienced in getting three frigates built, and this difficulty he doubted not, would again occur. Since, however, these two forms of an answer were before them; and they were called upon to say which they would adopt, it might be proper to go into some consideration of the subject.
The difference between the two productions seemed to be, that the one reported seemed to express great indignity on account of the injuries received from the French republic, and a determination to repel them; that produced by the gentleman from Virginia was of a more conciliatory tone, recommending to the President to begin his negotiation with the French republic on the same ground with the other belligerent powers. So that the difference was simply as it respected a few words.
What were the arguments in favor of the warm tone? They were told it would have a great effect on the French republic; because if a spirited answer were given to the President's communication, signalling (as his colleague, Mr. Sitgreaves expressed it) that we were determined to "die in the last ditch," it would strike them with terror. If he thought this effect could be really produced, it might be some inducement for him to agree to it.
Mr. S. remarked, that they were told by Mr. Pinckney, in his letter to the Secretary of State, that it was probable that two events had contributed to his dismissal from the French republic, viz. one, the victories of Bonaparte in Italy, the other, the address of the Senate and House of Representatives in answer to the speech of the President at the last session. With respect to the answers alluded to, no opinion could be formed from this reflection, because, though that of the House of Representatives was tolerably moderate, yet that of the Senate was as warm as anything could be produced. He read extracts from both, and compared them with each other, giving the credit, which in his opinion, was due to the most moderate.
The first and most necessary step to be taken was, to put all the belligerent powers upon the same footing, which could not be an offence to any. But it was said that to recommend this measure to the executive, was to dictate to him; that it was carrying humility on the front of the minister who should be employed. What! said Mr. S. would it be to carry humility in the front, to say, "I come to place you on the same footing with the most favored nation?" It certainly could not; since it was the language of right reason—of justice.
As to dictating to the executive, could it be called dictating, when we merely express our opinion and advice to him on points, which he has himself laid before us, and in order to deliberate on which we were thus unusually called together; very low and debating indeed, must be the situation of this house, if they were to be muzzled and prevented from laying their sentiments before the chief magistrate of the union. When treaties are made, we are told they are laws over which we have no power—If we dare not speak on the subject before they are made, is this house reduced, merely to the odious task of laying its taxes, without being allowed to express its sense on any other important public measures connected with them? Why does the President communicate these things to us, if we are not allowed to express any sentiments about them? Why do the people elect their representatives, all over this widely extended empire—if, when they are convened, they are not allowed the faculty of expressing their opinions on the dearest interests of their constituents?—But it is stated that this will create divisions among the branches of government, who ought always to act and think alike. Were this the case, there was no use to divide the government, as our constitution does, into three branches—they might all have been left in one, and then no accidents of this kind would have happened; but the fact is, this very division of the branches was devised in order that they might operate as checks on each other. The people thought it better that a division of this kind should prevent acting at all, than that we should act hastily and unadvisedly.—Thus when a law, after mature deliberation, passes this house as wise and good, the senate were not obliged on this account, to see it in the same light; they judge for themselves, and if they see cause to reject it, and no complaint takes place on our part because they do so. In no other government, indeed that of England, all the branches have been contrived in the most perfect union, kings, lords, and commons all agree, but hath the government been the better for this? Happy had it been for that nation, had this not been the case. Many an unwise measure they have gone into, might then, fortunately for the nation, have been totally prevented.
But it hath been said we ought to express the highest indignation at the conduct of France. Let us examine for a moment on what this is founded. Three grounds have been mentioned—the dismissal of our minister, the spoliation on our ships, and the interference with our government, in attempting to divide the people from it. As to the first, the dismissal of our minister, said Mr. S. nobody can feel more sensibly
than I do the indignity; but it can't be a matter of regret, as I have often already expressed my regrets, at our sending so many diplomatic gentlemen to Europe. Wretched will be our case, if we are embroiled whenever those gentlemen shall be refused, or uncivilly treated. All history is full of instances of wars, founded on such points of etiquette as these, and they admonish us only to avoid employing embassies, as much as possible, to avoid these dangers from our foreign connections. But it seems, the dire story, by Mr. Pinckney's letter, at the same time sent away 13 other foreign ministers; yet we don't hear that these nations went to a war on this account. One of them was Sweden, a very powerful maritime nation, possessed of a considerable fleet, her minister was dismissed—She contented herself with sending away the French minister also, and here the dispute ended. But surely allowance ought to be made for the present revolutionary state of France. If all things do not proceed there with the order they ought; it is perhaps because of their present warlike and revolutionary position, which cannot but mend every day, and should induce us to make some allowance for them.
From the COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. FRENCH INFLUENCE—No. VI. MR. RUSSELL.
REASONING from the nature of man, and of civil society, abstracted from experience, a philosopher might fairly deduce, the dangerous nature, the pernicious effects of organized clubs—he would naturally observe, that such associations had a tendency to excite and foment a spirit of party, to localize and narrow the feelings of the members of them; to separate their feelings, their pride, and their interest, from those of the community at large—to establish that base of all governments, that monitor so universally dreaded in antient as well as modern times, the "Imperium in imperio"—that such clubs when opposed to a government, become the more dangerous, as they were enabled to act with more system, to preserve more consistency, to facilitate the communication of slander and traitorous objects, and to operate with more unity and stronger effect, than detached individuals possibly could do. But the melancholy tale, founded on the experience of the unhappy French, and corroborated by some interesting events in this country, affords a darker picture.
Anarchy, insurrection, rapine and murder, have marked the bloody footsteps of disorganizing clubs in France, and if we have happily escaped these baneful effects, these horrid outrages, it is rather to be attributed to the good sense of our people, the wisdom and prudence of our rulers, than to any spirit of moderation, any solid principles of virtue, in our "Constitutional" societies. The only striking feature, which was ever unveiled to the eye of an injured and indignant public, was a mean, servile, childish imitation, of the maternal club, at Paris. They copied, like the Chinese, with too much minuteness: They adopted not only the captivating principles of French "Liberty and Equality" but they introduced their style,—their bombastic and turgid expressions: they affected also the Republican rudeness (in France termed simplicity)—in their manners, their conduct, and conversation. Like them, too, they attempted to influence the public opinion, with raree shows, by civic feasts, by republican symbols, by revolutionary mimes. They even dared at certain periods to applaud the cut throat tuns intended to excite French mobs to plunder, outrage and murder, and to censure American music, commemorative of our national honor.
So widely diffusive was their influence, so subversive of national pride, and national honor, that a cold apathy appeared to pervade the great mass of the community. The basest insults upon our government, or neutral rights, from French insolence, not only escaped censure, but found dastardly advocates. If there were in the nation some who burned with indignation at those abuses, they were either intimidated by the threats, or overawed with the influence of what appeared to be the public opinion. While on the other hand through the instrumentality of the Jacobins, the people were inflamed and outrageous at every aggression of the British. Every injury, every outrage of that nation, (all of which were unjustifiable) were magnified and distorted. War, horrid war, with that insolent foe, was the most moderate measure we could adopt. Hostile, at one time the prop and the oracle of the Jacobin Club at Boston, in a speech which will not soon be forgotten, undertook to prove that we were at that time, and had long been at open war with Great Britain. This great statesman, has now changed his tone, and viewing injuries through the dense medium of gallic influence, he cannot perceive any thing irritating, any thing unjustifiable, any thing indeed which is not commendable, in the conduct of France, towards America. The prudence of our executive in preferring honorable negotiation to humiliating war, in the case of Great Britain, was called pusillanimity, nay it was even hinted, that WASHINGTON was absorbed in the vortex of Britannic influence.
In the case of French depredations, French barbarities, French insults, more cruel, more outrageous, more unwarrantable, more ungrateful to a country, which honestly and sincerely cherished her cause, no measures can be too lenient, no condescension too mean. Though her haughty tyrants, in all the turgid insolence of power, should kick our ministers from their presence, and spurn at our humble and modest supplications—though with more bombastic pomp than would disgrace an Eastern Vizir, the Directory did in "full" refuse to admit our special Envoy (for such was Mr. Pinckney) to an audience, disdainful to enter into a correspondence with him, and made his Secretary Maj. Rutledge, stand like a lacquey, behind their chairs—though with an insolence, unparalleled even in their treatment to the degraded Hollanders, or the wretched Germans, they have insisted in writing, that they will not receive "ANY Minister" from the United States, until we have complied with all the unreasonable and humiliating demands of France: Yet there are still to be found in this country, miserable sycophants who not only palliate but applaud this infamous conduct—

who rejoice in their country's woe—who would kiss the hand that lacerates, and bow to the imperious head, which dictates such disgraceful terms to our country. That these sentiments are solely the effects of the influence I have described, and that we have always had more reason to be offended with France than with Great Britain, I shall attempt to prove hereafter.
LEONIDAS.
MR. RUSSELL,
THE writings under the signature of "Leonidas," do honor to the head, and heart of the writer. As a Statesman he appears to be thoroughly acquainted with the dispositions and proceedings of our Government towards France. As a Patriot he is anxious to exonerate his country from those libelous charges of perfidy and ingratitude, which have been made against her by Genet, Fauchet, and Adet; and which have been aided by the abominable treachery of many American-Arnolds, who have sold their consciences for French gold, and have belied and traduced the legitimate government of a country which is disgraced in having given birth to them; merely that they might find favour in the sight of the rulers of France; and share in the general plunder of friends and foes. That the American Republic should silently submit to the repeated insults on its government, and people; that it should tamely bear insult and outrage; appears to be the wish of those who have grown callous to the fame infamous line of conduct. But Heaven be praised, such is not the sentiment of the great body of the American people; nor such the creed of her ablest champions and defenders. The satellites of France, thro' the medium of certain jacobin vehicles of slander, have spread far and wide their calumnies against the constituted authorities; charged our courts of justice with violating the laws of the land, and exiling treaties; denounced the men whom the citizens of America have been leading their arms to victory in the cause of liberty; or presiding at the head of our councils. To refute the charges, and shew the falsehood of those calumnies and denunciations, is a bounden duty on every man who has time and talents equal to the task. The latter falls to the lot of Leonidas, and it is hoped he will never be weary in well-doing.
PHILO LEONIDAS.
LONDON, March 27.
ADDRESS TO THE NATOIN.
Postman-square, March 27, 1797. It was my intention to have entered my Protest on the Journals of the House of Lords the day after I moved my Address to his majesty for peace, and for that purpose I went to the clerk's office, and to my utter surprise I found that my address had never been entered upon the Journals. Upon inquiry I was informed that Lord Kenyon had taken it home with him. I wish at all events that the public should be in possession of my Protest, and I hereby pledge myself to my country and to the House of Lords, that I will this day, in my place, in that House, demand the fullest reparation for this insult, offered thro' me to the whole House, in this illegal and unprecedented manner.
PROTEST.
Dissention, First, Because seeing no means of salvation for this country but by an immediate, sincere and lasting peace, I think the Address, which I moved March 23, 1797, calculated to produce that happy event, and that a refusal to carry that Address to the Throne, tends to a continuation of this cruel war, which I hold to be certain and inevitable ruin.
Secondly, Because a secretary of state's moving that an address to his majesty on the 30th December, 1796, should be read, is a poor, weak, and rude manner (to say no worse of it) of answering the arguments advanced in my address.
Thirdly, Because I believe that the arguments advanced by me, have never before been touched upon even in debate, and no attempt having been made to answer those arguments, the conclusion which the public must draw from it is, that they are perfectly unanswerable.
Fourthly, Because it was my sincere wish that the eyes of his majesty should be opened to the dangers with which he is surrounded, and that giving peace to his exhausted subjects, and restoring to them their rights, should be his own gracious act.
Fifthly, Because I have the highest authority for every sentiment respecting the "economy and reform of abuses," which I recommended: namely, his majesty's own words, in that most excellent and patriotic speech made at the close of the American war, and which I quoted in my reply.
Sixthly, Because whenever a nation is in the situation we are in at present, it requires the united energy and public spirit of the whole nation, to re-establish its credit, and I am persuaded that energy and public spirit are only to be obtained by the public possessing their ancient free constitution, which they so justly revere; and I maintain, that according to common law, which is common sense, and according to "the true spirit of the constitution," which is founded in wisdom, liberty, and justice, the people in Great Britain have a right, and ought to be fairly and equally represented in that, which, by its very nature, is their house of Parliament.
Seventhly, Because I hold the Borough system, and every other system of corporation that has of late years crept into practice, to be directly contrary to the true spirit of the constitution, and big with the most alarming evils to King and People, and that to confer the honor of peerage on men who have no other merit than that of commanding Boroughs, and performing Ministerial jobs, degrades that high dignity, and takes away one of the greatest motives that actuates the human mind, the hope of reward, by making it unworthy the acceptance of those men for whom it was intended—men who have rendered great and distinguished services to their country, by their valor, their talents, or their learning.
Eighthly, Because I am desirous of mak-
ing this public avowal of my principles,—which nothing on earth shall make me alter, and which I learn from the acts and writings of our ancestors, who loved liberty and understood it.
Ninthly, Because I am resolved, whenever I see danger, boldly and independently, to the full extent of my ability, to discharge my duty to my King and Country.
OXFORD & MORTIMER.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA,
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29.
DIED, on Tuesday last in the 28th year of her age, Mrs. ELIZABETH ORR McKECHNE, wife of Mr. Landon Mc. Kechnie of this City. Mrs. Mc. Kechnie sustained a lingering sickness with the fortitude and resignation characteristic of the christian.
An Eastern paper says that some of the Clergy have lately omitted praying for the destruction of the Pope.
A New-York paper says that there is no longer any question on the subject of the authenticity of Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mr. Mazzei. What will the world think now of the views of our French partizans?
Admiral Vandeput is arrived at Halifax from the Chesapeake.
"The ship Alligator is arrived at Portsmouth, N. H. (says the Centinel) in 4 days from Liverpool, and brings nothing new: Thus evaporates the story of a second embassy to Paris."
Extract of a letter from the captain of the Schooner Susannah, dated Guadalupe, 2d April.
"I am sorry to inform you of our ill success on the voyage. I left Cape Henry on the 28th of February, and on the 12th of March, five leagues N. W. of Antigua was captured by a French privateer mounting two guns and forty men, who took myself and three men out of the Schooner, put a prize-master and seven Frenchmen on board, and brought us to this place, where, after two days, our trial commenced—both vessel and cargo condemned—myself plundered of books, quadrant, and most of my clothes; and what is still worse, the whole of my people put in gaol, and myself threatened very hard. There are upwards of forty Americans in gaol in this place, besides a great number that have been exchanged with the English. Our treatment is most intolerable; worse than that of the Turks in Algiers—insulted by every black scamp, and they protected by the government. Nothing is more common here than for a black soldier to be a white man arrested for the smallest offence—I don't know what to compare it to, for I am sure the Moors in Barbary have more humanity—All the black American seamen are obliged to work for the republic, and have only three-quarters of a pound of bread and four ounces of cod fish for twenty four hours. They condemn all vessels cleared out for the West-Indies, except for Guadalupe; there has been about ten condemned since I was here. I have not been able to see my people since they were put in gaol, except one, who works for the republic—We are not permitted to go to the gaol, as they have an idea that America will declare war against them. If I were to infer the whole of my ill usage it would take two or three sheets of paper. They condemn vessels, some for one thing and some for another; any thing will answer if they want the cargo—The owners of the privateers are the judges, so that every one tries his own cause. I shall be at home, I suppose, some time in May, and hope to find congress sitting; I am determined to go before them, and if they will not give us satisfaction, nor suffer us to defend ourselves, I will never sail under the flag again, for I am determined to have satisfaction at the risk of my life and salvation—I have taken charge of a ship here for St. Thomas's, where I shall make all possible dispatch for home. Ships of 200 tons here for 100 Joes."
"I shall be obliged to leave my people here; I have tried every means to get them out, but all to no purpose."
"The following is a list of American vessels condemned since I have been here: Brig Sally, capt. Bats, from Baltimore, with corn and flour; Lady Walter Storr, Gutterton, Philadelphia; Maria Wilmans, Gardner, Baltimore, cargo condemned, vessel cleared; Callopee, Leonard, New-York, from Teneriffe with wine; Sally, Vetet, Rhode-Island, from the Coast of Africa, with slaves; Scher. Adventure, Compton, Baltimore, from Demerara, with coffee; Brig Betsey, New-York; Amelia, Boston; and myself—together with a great number at Point Petre, have all been condemned within this ten days, and all their crews put into gaol."
Accounts from Lisbon, to April 11, inform—That admiral Jarvis's squadron, reinforced by 5 sail of the line from England, and the 4 Spanish prizes had failed from thence in quest of the united Spanish and French armada, which it was said had failed from Cadiz for the Mediterranean. The United Fleet after being reinforced by the French squadron, amounted to about 30 sail of the line. The English fleet comprised only 24.
(Col. Centinel.)
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED. days. Ship India, Assamed Madras, 105 Brig American, Town Port-de-Paix, 14 Diana, Eastburn London, 32 Schooner Maria, Wilson, returned in distress. Sloop Patty, Mitchell, Alexandria 10 Rhody, Rowden, St. John's 13
The Scher. Maria, Wilson from hence to Guadalupe left the cape the 24th inst.—on 25th sprung a leak and put back. On the 26th, at 10, A. M. lat. 38, 29, about 12 leagues S. E. of the Cape, was boarded by the French privateer Pandour. Capt. Wilson was ordered on board with his papers—the capt. of the privateer finding that the Maria was bound to a French port, and informed of her distress, immediately dismissed her. The Pandour has been a three masted Schooner—is now a brig with yellow fides, low stern, no head and her guns hauled, and is said to have only 6 on board. A ship and 2 Schooners were standing off, at a distance, but capt. W. did not learn who they were. Off the Light House spoke a small yellow-fided brig bound to St. Domingo, and informed her of the privateer.
Extract from the journal of the ship India, Capt. Assamed, from Madras.
The English ship Berwick, which had arrived at Madras at the last of January, and spoke the American ships Illustrious President and Atlantic, a short time before near the Equinodial.
The Ganges, Capt. Green, arrived at Calcutta about the 15th January.
A ship under Danish colours arrived at Madras the latter end of January, from Manila; left at that port two American ships, Capt. Prince and
Dobell of Bodon, and an American ship from Eastern Bay, master's name forgot.
March 27. Spoke the ship Jane, Capt. M'Pher-son, from Calcutta for Philadelphia, a little to the eastward of Cape L'Agulhas.
May 17. Spoke the ship Neptune, Capt. Miller, from Calcutta, for New-York, out 28 days, all well.
May 29. Spoke a small Schooner, "the Dart of New-York," on her return, a prize to a Bermudian privateer, and bound to Bermuda, but did not learn the privateer's name that had taken her.
The mate of the Nancy, Perry, which failed a few days ago from this port to London, is arrived in town, with the information of the capture of that ship on Tuesday morning last, a little to the southward of the Cape, by a French privateer of 14 guns (a brig called the Pandour). She captured the same evening the brig Two Sisters, Sherer, from hence to Jamaica, and sent them both for the Cape. The privateer was from Curacao, and the captain said he had orders to capture all American vessels or from British ports, and has sent a copy of his orders to this city. They had taken five vessels before, out of none of this port. They put 12 of the people on board of a pilot boat, from whence they have come up in a Schooner from Alexandria.
NEW-YORK, May 25.
The following genuine letter is from a gentleman of intelligence and veracity—its contents are highly interesting at this moment.
Extract of a letter from Holland, dated 3d of February.
Very soon after you wrote the elections of President and Vice-President were compleated; they have excited in England, in France and in Holland, a degree of interest and attention, which proves the rising importance of the United States. The event has been expected with a degree of feeling, of trepidation, of ardent wishes in favor of one or the other candidate, which has afforded one more melancholy proof, of the profoundly rooted principle of animosity, which at this moment arms one half of the human race against the other. All the friends and partisans of ancient establishments, good or bad, throughout Europe, all the adherents of Great-Britain, all the people who have property yet left in their hands, all the peaceable, moderate and humane, and all the enemies to the present French administration, a motley mixture, whose sentiments one would imagine never to concur in any one point, agree in their wishes for one of the persons considered as candidates: while all the adherents to the present French government, all those who pant for revolutions, all those who are by anticipation feeding upon the plunder of the present proprietors, all those who are fattening upon war, and raising fortunes upon the misery of nations, all the remaining enthusiasts for democracy, all who desire to see the United States at war with Britain, are equally zealous in favor of another. They seem on both sides to fancy, that the destiny not only of America, but of Europe, is, in a manner, suspended upon the decision, and both have already indulged in the exultation of announcing that the choice has fallen upon him whom they respectively favor.
The first object of our attention at this time, is the predicament in which we stand towards France. Nothing new has turned up, except rumours and reports propagated by the usual French mechanism to operate upon the public opinion. Our American letters generally say, that the late conduct of the French government has not occasioned any alarm in the United States. I cannot say the same of the Americans in Europe; many of the friends of our government are frightened; and the impression produced upon our stocks is considerable. Every artifice of France is at work, and there is scarcely any thing operating to counteract it. In general the alarm is heightened by Americans themselves. I have, in former letter, given you a statement of the interest and motives which concur to bias the minds of our countrymen now in Europe, and informed you, that Paris has long been the resort of many individuals, to whom the destruction of our government, and a civil war in the United States, are objects of desire and pursuit.
It cannot be too strenuously repeated, because the final event depends altogether upon this single point of fact. The French government have been led to believe that the people of the United States, have but a feeble attachment to their government, and will not support them in a conflict with France. It is upon the idea of this internal weakness and division alone, that the French have hitherto ventured upon their late measures, and, as they are still flattered with the same hope, it is impossible to ascertain how far it will lead them. The event of the presidential election, as now announced, has exceedingly mortified them. Upon a train which they had so long been concerting and laying, they had found and been encouraged in the most sanguine expectation of settling the choice, The effect which they certainly did produce, that of throwing thirteen or fourteen votes into one scale, which, but for them, would have been in the other, and their approximation to success, has rather stimulated further exertions, than deterred them from repeating their experiment. Their ill success has provoked, without discouraging them, and they are assured, that by persevering and bearing harder upon us, they shall compel the American government to submit or succeed in overturning it. I speak not from simple conjecture, but from inferences confirmed by personal observation, and by intelligence tolerably direct.
They know perfectly well, that if the matter should be brought to an hostile issue, and the American people support the measures of their government, France must give up the contest. They know that France, by doing her worst, cannot essentially hurt us externally; as to her sending an army against us, they have not the most distant idea of it; and you may judge from the issue of their expedition against Ireland, in what a condition their naval power is. Ships it is indeed possible for them to build and rig; but sailors and marine officers they cannot make, and they have them not. This famous Irish expedition, besides all its preparatory expenses, has cost them three ships of the line, three flutes, two frigates, two cutters, several transports, four or five thousand men, and a great deal
of damage to all their vessels returned. From the first moment of their sailing, until the return of the last transport, every circumstance that has been related of them, or that they relate themselves, shews their total destitution of naval skill or experience. One would imagine from the accounts, that they had not on board the whole fleet, a man capable of managing a sail boat. The French papers still announce very pompously that great preparations are making for a second expedition, but the general Hoche is appointed to another command, and if they venture out with their fleet again, it will only be to meet with a more disastrous fate. As to their allies, Spain and Holland, nothing is to be expected from any concert of operations between them. The history of the late Dutch expedition against the Cape of Good Hope, affords two important incidents from which the conclusions are inevitable. That expedition was planned in concert with the French, and at three several stations on the passage they had engaged to furnish a reinforcement of troops, at every one of them they totally failed. On the very first appearance of the English squadron, the Dutch sailors almost unanimously stripped off their three colored cockades, substituted the orange badges in their stead, rose upon their officers, and would not suffer the admiral to employ the said relievers of burning or injuring his ships, but compelled him to surrender them up at discretion, and seven eighths of them immediately entered into the British service. The same temper prevails among the seamen here in the Texel; and it is but a few days since, I heard a marine officer say, in answer to general Rumbold, a brother of the French director, who was enquiring why their maritime exertions here were so feeble: "you know that almost all our sailors are against us."
What sort of harmony of operations at sea between France and Spain is to be anticipated, may be judged from the well known circumstance, that many of the Spanish ships are commanded by French emigrants, and when a Spanish squadron lately put into the harbor of Toulon, some of those officers were arrested, imprisoned, and with difficulty rescued by the Spanish admiral from the municipal administration of the place.
In this country, the conviction, as far as I can judge, is universal, that they have much to lose and nothing to gain, by a difference with the United States. Our commerce and our payments are almost the only resources, the enjoyment of which is yet left them. In my conversations with their merchants, and even with members of their government, they freely acknowledge this, though they as freely say, they fear that they should be forced to follow whatever France should dictate to them, and this is unquestionably true. An intelligent and considerable merchant of Rotterdam told me, a few days ago, that he was glad the French government had determined to intercept our trade with England, because it would essentially injure Great-Britain, and must be excused by reasons of state. I asked him, what he thought would be the consequence of an embargo of six months laid by the American government? "It would bring us all," said he, "English, French and ourselves to your terms, but the American government cannot carry it through."
At O'Ellers's Hotel.
READINGS AND RECITATIONS,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining; On Monday Evening, May 29th, at 8 o'clock, Will be delivered,
The effects of Ambition and Guilt, considered, traced and exemplified in the character of MACBETH;
With a recitation of the whole character, and moral and critical observations on the character and the author.
Tickets (half a dollar each) to be had of Mr. Poulton, at the Library, and at the Bar of O'Ellers's Hotel.
Doctor Perkins
INFORMS the citizens of Philadelphia, that he has taken lodgings for a few days at the sign of the Indian Queen, South Fourth-street. He will be happy to wait on those who wish to satisfy themselves of the efficacy of his
Patent Metallic Points;
And will operate gratis for the relief of the poor at his lodgings, where he has for sale the instruments, with the necessary instructions for using them.
May 29. dit
dit
For sale, or to be let,
A new three story brick house.
AT the Merchants' Coffee-house, on Friday next, the 2d of June, at 8 o'clock in the evening, will be sold by public vendue, a genteel three story house. It is pleasantly situated on the south side of Arch-street, the fourth house above Fourth-street. It may be viewed any time before the sale. Terms are one fourth in approved notes at 60 days, and the remainder in seven years on security and interest annually. If not sold it will be put up to be let on a lease of seven years. Immediate possession may be given. Further particulars will be made known at the time of sale, by
Richard Footman & Co.
Auctioneers.
May 29. dit
Ezekiel Hall
HAS removed his Compting Room to Bright's Wharf, where he has for sale
24 hogheads Cod Fish.
A store to let, In Water-street, between Market and Arch-streets. May 29. dit
Dutch Gunpowder.
A quantity of the best Dutch Gunpowder for sale by Samuel Breck, jun. No. 89, South Third-street. May 27. coBT
For Sale,
By Samuel Breck, jun. at his Compting-house, No. 89, South Third-street.
A quantity of the best Boston men Beef in whole and half barrels for ship's use Do Pork Do A quantity of Sherry Wine A few Pipes Old Brandy, just landed from Bordeaux Chocolate Boxes Rice, Cotton, Castile Soap, and Four or five Bales large Orange Peels, &c. May 27. coBT
Valuable Books.
A new importation, from London, just received, and now opening and selling by J. OKMROD, No. 41, Chestnut-Street. March 29. 10p
LAILSON'S CIRCUS,
South Fifth-Street. To-morrow, Tuesday, 30th May, a Representation of new and various Equestrian Exercises, and other Stage Performances, of which particular will be given in the bills of the day.
For Sale or Charter,
The Schooner Fair American, Virginia built—burthen about 700 barrels flour—two years old—and can be sent to sea immediate. Thomas & Joshua Fisher, No. 5, Dock-street. May 29. ditw
Southwark Printing-Office,
No. 294, South Second-Street.
IF encouraged, Timothy Mountford, will publish from this office, a newspaper, entitled, The Southwark Gazette, and Philadelphia Register; the utility of which, no one can doubt of who considers the distance between this and other offices. He will send papers on the morning of every Thursday and Saturday, to such places as his subscribers shall direct. The price of this Gazette will be Four Dollars per year, payable as follows: One dollar when called for—one dollar at the expiration of six months—and one dollar at the end of every subsequent term of three months. Literary essays will be gladly received and inserted gratis—Advertisements at the usual rates. Apply to WILLIAM ROBINSON, jun. Esquire, at his house in front of the office, who will receive subscriptions.
Subscriptions will also be received by the following gentlemen, viz. Messrs. Young, Mills & Son, Thomas Dolfus, John Ormerod, William W. Wastnave, and Samuel Richards, Merchants' Coffee-house. May 29. 10p.
WASHINGTON LOTTERY, NO. II.
LIST OF PRIZES AND BLANKS.
90th Day's Drawing, May 13.
No. Dols. No. Dols. No. Dols. No. Dols. No. Dols. 92 11665 24580 10 39848 486 12210 647 913 540 446 726 20 40904 1123 815 25435 41117 201 996 10 20089 401 280 10 13168 708 312 705 195 10 28132 427 2776 10 259 10 512 847 10 14858 601 777 3297 10 15216 610 790 455 805 10 29588 42089 460 20 959 10 30556 677 16797 828 10 391 4139 10 912 968 485 245 17088 31879 10 43158 300 10 889 32074 10 366 10 212 331 10 5134 427 585 270 503 908 955 44304 872 935 33800 10 509 921 18107 901 45245 6201 734 34192 447 234 777 20 615 803 414 19405 10 36409 10 498 499 566 46189 527 504 20 621 243 7109 806 37050 10 494 301 10 888 405 10 479 985 521 289 735 987 603 10 311 745 20025 631 512 8013 10 948 38000 910 9293 21203 033 10 48592 682 809 10 162 667 746 10 947 396 10 10027 996 39028 10 49850 409 10 22235 10 529 11042 10 884 782
91st day's Drawing—May 15.
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Important Public Document.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, And for Sale At the Office of the Editor of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chestnut-Street, (PRICE ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS) A FEW COPIES OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, For the Year 1795. Being the LATEST Period to which an account can be made up. February 22.
A Quantity of Brandy,
FIRST & 2d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Rhenish, in cases of 40 dozen each Glas Tumblers, in pints and half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different sizes Hazelnuts, in hks Whiting Coppers White Lead & Spanish Brown For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4.
SWANN'S Riding School, Horse Academy & Infirmary, Adjoining the Public Square, Market Street.
T. SWANN RETURNS his sincere thanks to those gentlemen by whom he has been employed, during his residence in this City, and flatters himself that the success of his efforts, in the numerous, obstinate and dangerous diseases in Horses, in which he has been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will secure their future favors and recommendation. He now begs leave to inform them and the public at large that his spacious and commodious premises, erected for the purpose of the above description, are open for the reception of pupils of either sex, who will be instructed in the Art of Riding, and the right method of governing their horses, so as to ride them with ease, elegance, and safety; their horses will be carefully and expeditiously broke, for every purpose, and made obedient to the will of the riders; the natural powers which are shut up in them, will be unfolded by art, calling forth uniformity of motion, and giving to that noble animal all those beauties of action which Providence has so bountifully bestowed on them. Also, at his hospital, every disorder to which the horse is liable will be treated according to the rules of art, confirmed by long and repeated experience. The utility of the above institution has never been questioned, that it has long been wanted in this city, every gentleman's stud will manifestly benefit, and T. SWANN as the first establisher of the veterinary art, solicits and relies upon the support of that public (which he is very anxious in serving) to enable him to bring it to perfection. The idea of a subscription for that purpose has been hinted by several gentlemen, who will be pleased to return the amount of each subscription to be returned by services in any of the departments he professes, agreeable to the rate of charges stated in his hand bill. Subscription is now on the way to the house of many respectable gentlemen already obtained. He therefore informs his friends and such Ladies and Gentlemen to whom he is not the honor of being known, that he shall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and soliciting their support and protection. N. B. Horses are properly prepared for those Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to be instructed. Nov. 5. t&h&f.
Advertisement.
To be sold at private sale, A LIKELY strong bay HORSE, 5 years old, fit for the saddle. Also, a likely full blooded MARE, 4 years old, runs well, and is now fit for the path; she is lately from Virginia, and may be seen at the stables of James McCawley, No. 45 in Cherry Alley. Any person desirous to buy either or both, must apply to the owner, at Mr. Valley's corner of Cherry Alley and Fourth-Street. May 22. 3t.
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Soppenburg and Sunbury STAGES.
THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time subsisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved, but, not as M. Slough informs to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the subject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last, a recital of which is now deemed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching himself to any other person in the prosecution of the stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippensburg, or any other place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, attention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the public can possibly exert. The above company, who are simply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage safe and commodious, inform those who wish to patronize and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their seats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, No. 26, Pearl Street, in Northumberland county, every Thursday, and return from thence and arrive at Harrisburg every Saturday, so that passengers destined for Lancaster or Philadelphia, may proceed on Monday.
WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Geer, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg every Wednesday morning, on the same evening arrives at Patrick Cochrane's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday; performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadelphia.
GOLD AND SILVER Bullion. THE highest price in ready money will be given for gold or silver bullion, old gold or silver, or gold dust, at No. 29, North Seventh-Street. April 20. 2286w
A FEW BOXES OF Bologna Sausages, Of a superior quality, to be Sold at No. 190, South Front-Street, April 20. 2286w
THE holders of Robert Morris and John Nicholson's notes and acceptances, deposited as collateral securities for the engagements of Edward Fox and James Greenleaf, are requested to TAKE NOTICE That the subscribers, at the request and by the authority of the holders of near nine tenths of the amount of the paper above alluded to, have received from George Simpson, Esq., an assignment of the trust under which the said notes and acceptances are secured, together with all the deeds and obligations thereunto attached—therefore any application for sale of any part of said property is to be made to THOMAS W. FRANCIS, HENRY PRATT, JOHN MILLER, jun. JOHN ASHLEY, JACOB BAKER. March 2. m&th. f
Notice. April 3d. 1797. THE Managers of the Canal Lottery, No. II, announce to the public, that the drawing will positively commence on the twenty-ninth of May next. Tickets to be had of either of the managers, and at the Canal Office. WM. MOORE SMITH, Sec'y. April 3. mth. t29thM
A New Work.
PROPOSALS For printing and publishing, by subscription, The History of Pennsylvania, IN North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, WILLIAM PENN, in 1681, till after the year 1748; with AN INTRODUCTION. Respecting the Life of W. PENN, Prior to the grant of that Province, and the religious Society of the people called Quakers; with the FIRST RISE of the NEIGHBORING COLONIES, more particularly of WEST-NEW-JERSEY, and the Settlement of the DUTCH and SWEDES on DELAWARE. To which is added, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SAID PROVINCE. And of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, By ROBERT PROUD.
To be sold at Public Vendue, To the highest bidder, at the house of Mr. William Evans, the sign of the Indian Queen, in the city of Baltimore, on the 25th day of October next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. About seven thousand acres of land, the property of William Bell, of Philadelphia, lying between Reisterstown and Westminster, commonly called Little Winchester, (the turnpike road runs through a considerable part of these lands) the tract begins about 17 miles from Baltimore, within a few hundred yards of said Reisterstown, and extends to the distance of about twenty-three miles from Baltimore, and lies on the main falls of Patapsco river, from three to four miles thereon. Will be sold in tracts of one hundred and fifty to three hundred acre. There is a large proportion of meadow and wood land on each tract, some of them highly improved, with excellent buildings and fine grist-mills. ALSO, A tract of seven hundred acres of land, called Clover Farms, within five miles of Bladensburg, esteemed very good for Grass. Richard Pombony, of Bladensburg, will show this land to any person inclined to purchase. ALSO, A tract of land of about three hundred and thirty acres, within about two miles and a half of the President's house in the Federal City. It is nearly all wood land, and a fine high prospect, from which may be seen the city of Washington, Bladensburg, Alexandria and a part of George-town, and many miles down the Potomac river. Mr. Richard Pombony, of Bladensburg, will also show this land. A liberal credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchase money. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. May 8. w3m
Georgetown Bridge Company. Extra of an act passed by the Legislature of the state of Maryland on the 29th December, 1792, entitled, "An act for erecting a bridge over Potomac river." And be it enacted, that the said directors or any two of them shall and may require any sum or sums of money in equal proportion from each and every proprietor, as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the building of said bridge; and after giving three months public notice, it shall and may be lawful for the directors to sue for and recover in the name of the company such unpaid requisition, with all costs and charges incidental thereto, and legal interest thereon from the time the same should have been paid: And the neglect or refusal to pay any such requisition after public notice shall have been given at least for three months in all the newspapers herein before enumerated, shall have the effect to forfeit all preceding payments made on the share or shares so neglected or refused to be paid to the use and benefit of the company." The above extract is published for the information of such of the stockholders as have not complied with the requisitions heretofore made—they are as follows: On the 1st November, 1795, 20 dollars, on the 10th May, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 20th July, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 1st September, 1796, 40 dollars, and on the 1st November, 1796, 60 dollars. Caution is now given that after the expiration of the time limited for the continuance of this advertisement (three months) the law will be carried into rigid and complete effect against all delinquents. By order of the Directors, WALTER SMITH, Treasurer. Georgetown, May 1, 1797. 1aw3m
To be sold or let, And immediate possession given, A genteel two story Brick House; SITUATE on the upper end of Broad-Street, in the city of Burlington, with four rooms and an entry on each floor, good cellars under the whole, a pump in the yard, a garden and court yard, containing nearly half an acre under good fence, with a stable adjoining the yard. The whole property is in good order. For terms apply to the subscriber in Burlington, who will give a credit for a considerable part of the purchase money if good security is given. William Cox, jun. May 17. 2awtf
William Haydon, Drawing Master, from London; WHERE he studied several years under one of the most eminent masters in that science. He attends young ladies and gentlemen at their respective houses. His terms are six dollars per month for attendance three times per week; likewise all kind of ornamental painting, fruit, flowers, &c. taught on the above terms. A line directed to W. Haydon, No. 26, Pearl Street, will be immediately attended to. W. H. flatters himself his terms will be particularly advantageous, where there are several pupils in the same family; as he makes no alteration in his terms if there are two or three to teach in one family. May 9.
This Day is Published, By Messrs Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers, Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents. Elegantly printed on Wove paper, and Heliographed, By John Thompson, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF The Constitutions Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important provisions, under the several heads of administration; with Notes and Observations. By WILLIAM SMITH, Of South-Carolina, L. L. D. and member of the Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at 3-4ths of a dollar. February 6. mwf
Imported in the ship Pigeon, And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front-Street, Hyson Hyson Skin Young Hyson Imperial April 20. eotf
To be Sold, The time of a Negro Man, WHO has about six years and an half to serve. He is honest and sober, a tolerable waiter, and understands driving a carriage. For terms apply at No. 113, South Third Street. May 25. eotf.
All persons who have any demands Against the estate of John Finlay, deceased, are requested to exhibit their accounts properly attested on or before the 20th of May next—and those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to either of the Subscribers. ROBERT HENDERSON, } Administrators JOHN MCARA, } April 26.
Translations. MEMORIALS, advertisements, epistolary, & other writings in French and English, undertaken by Samuel Chandler, A. M. translator of Le Moniteur, L'Oberseur, Les Quatre Fils Aymons, L'Heroine Americaine, and many other French authors. S. C. has been in the habit of compiling for the most approved publications, & occasionally attending where the hurry of business may require his immediate attendance. Encouraged and assisted by gentlemen of abilities, he proposes publishing by subscription, a work in French and English, by the title of The American Spectator. The prospectus may be seen at his lodgings, No. 67, Arch-Street. April 27.
Benjamin & Jacob Johnson, No. 147 Market Street, Philadelphia, HAVE just received by the Connecticut and other late arrivals from Liverpool, a general assortment of dry wools.
DRY GOODS, For the ensuing Season, for sale on the lowest terms for cash or the common credit. A large collection of Books at their usually moderate prices. 4th month, 25th, 1797. tw&f4
City of Washington. SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. II, For the Improvement of the Federal City. A magnificent dwelling-house 20,000 dollars, & cash 30,000, are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - - 10,000 20 do. 500 - - 10,000 40 do. 250 - - 10,000 100 do. 100 - - 10,000 200 do. 50 - - 10,000 400 do. 25 - - 10,000 1,000 do. 10 - - 10,000 15,000 do. 10 - - 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but one. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centrepiece or corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A neat deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery. $5. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. mwf
For Sale, At the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-Street, The last Report of the late Secretary of the Treasury; being a brief history of the state of financial concerns of the United States. The Proceedings of the Executive of the United States respecting the western insurrection: Containing many facts and circumstances no where else to be found. 50 cents.
The Letter of Mr. Pickering to our minister in France. 37 1-2 cents. An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the year 1795. A few copies of the volume for 1794 may be had to complete sets. D'Ivernois' account of the Revolution in Geneva. 12 1-2 cents. April 3. 5
Mr. Pickering's Letter to Gen. Pinckney. A few copies of the above interesting paper, may be had at the office of the Gazette of the United States. May 13. 5
TEAS. A FEW chests of Imperial, Hyson Skin and Souchong Teas of a superior quality for sale at the store of the subscriber, the north-west corner of Market and Third-Streets. Patent Shot. ALSO, A large CELLAR to be let at a very low rent. Enquire as above of RICHARD WISTAR. April 29. 12u&th1m
For Sale, That well known place, called VANDEGRIFT'S FERRY, ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Philadelphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story stone house occupied as a tavern, and a good one story stone kitchen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent ice house. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentleman's seat, commanding a view of the Neshannoy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Subscriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24. 2tawtf.
TO BE SOLD, And possession given immediately, A Lot of Land; SITUATED in Mount-Holly, in the county of Burlington, in New-Jersey, lately occupied by Francis Bullus, Esquire, upon which are an excellent brick house, two stories high, with four convenient rooms on each floor, also a good stable, carriage house and other buildings. The situation is valuable for business of any kind, and at least equal to any other in the town. The terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser. Apply to William Roffell, Esq., John Perry, or Richard Coxe, merchants, in Mount-Holly, or to the Subscriber, in the city of Burlington. JOSEPH M'ILVAINE. Burlington, 27th April. May 5—93w
Chocolate and Mustard Manufactured as usual, Ginger and Pepper ground Shelled or Pearl Barley Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale and Cyder London Porter Taunton and Burton Ale Red Port and other Wines, either bottled, or by the pipe, quarter-cask or gallon—suitable for exportation or home consumption— For Sale by John Harworth, No. 98 South Front Street. May 18. th4w
TO BE SOLD, A valuable three story Brick House; SITUATE in Lodge Alley, next to the bank of Pennsylvania, the lot on which it stands, together with the vacant lot adjoining, which extends to Goshort-Street. The house is about 50 feet in front on Lodge Alley, and about 42 feet in depth, the adjoining lot is about 66 feet front on Lodge Alley, and 42 feet on Goshort-Street, being a street which leads from Chestnut-Street and Carter's Alley into Dock-Street at the horse market. The house consists of ten lodging rooms, with six fire places, two dining rooms, one of them forty feet in length, the other about thirty-four feet, each containing two fire places, two parlours and a large kitchen, with extensive cellars under, and garrets over the whole, a privilege of a vacant lot of ground to the eastward between this house and the bank, a pump of excellent water in the yard, a handsome piazza fronting the vacant lot, and a frame stable and dwelling house on Goshort-Street. The premises now rent for £318 per annum. To be sold clear of all incumbrances. For terms apply to John Clement Stocker. April 20. 3awtf
Maurice Moynihan, No. 81, North Second-Street, A few doors above Arch-Street, INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has for wholesale or retail, on the lowest terms, a general assortment of Queen's Ware, gilt and cut tumblers, plain and flowered quart, pint, half pint, gill and half gill do. exact measures, decanters and wine glasses; gallon, half gallon, quart and pint bowls, and china in sets and separate; pocket bottles; Schuylkill and Jersey country quart and half gallon bottles; Dry Goods, &c. &c. N. B. Crates put up with care at the shortest notice. May 11. dit
Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, May 1st. 1797. THE STOCKHOLDERS WHO are in arrears for any sums due on their respective shares, are requested to pay the same. WILLIAM GOVETT, Treasurer. 10. maw
To be sold at private sale, A TWO story dwelling house and lot of ground in the city of Burlington, state of New-Jersey, in a healthy and pleasant situation. The house is of brick, containing four good sized rooms, with a convenient kitchen and cellar. The lot, on which is a stable, &c. contains about an acre of land of the best quality, with a front sufficient to admit two or three large houses, independent of that part at present occupied by the house. For further particulars enquire of Joseph M'Ilvaire, Esq., in Burlington, or Joseph Reed, No. 214, High-Street, Philadelphia. May 12. co2w
This Day is published, By THOMAS DOBSON, At the STONE HOUSE, No. 41 South Second-Street, Price 37 1-2 cents. Two Lectures on Combustion. Supplementary to a course of Lectures on CHEMISTRY; containing an Examination of Dr. Priestley's Considerations on the Doctrine of Phlogiston, and the accusation of Water, By JOHN MACLEAN, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the College of New-Jersey. May 22. mwf3p
Venereal Complaints, PUNCTUALLY attended to in every stage of that disease, without the use of mercury or restraint of diet, in any case recent and simple, on application at No. 113, Chestnut-Street, opposite the United States Bank, or at No. 170, South Water-Street, between Spruce and Pine-Streets, where he has opened an office for the better accommodation of his patients. Butin Lues Venerea confirmed, Doctor Morgan pledges himself, that no system of cure (however specious) can be effectual without mercury, and that all the known rules of practice for these two centuries past, and united experience affirm, that any substitute for it is but nugatory, and any mode of practice to the contrary must be futile and deceptions. Nevertheless, he undertakes, however complicated the case, to effect a cure without inconvenience or injury to the patient's constitution, and in time not generally experienced or expected. N. B. Regular attendance at the office in Water-Street, from the hour of nine o'clock in the morning until one, and from three o'clock in the evening until seven; but any other time at his dwelling house, in Chestnut-Street. May 16. dit
Pennsylvania Population Company. NOTICE is hereby given to the Shareholders, that a further assessment of fifteen dollars is levied on each share, payable in the following instalments—viz. One quarter immediately. One quarter on the 1st of June. One quarter on the 1st of September. One quarter on the 1st Dec. next. Which they are requested to pay to the Treasurer of the Company at the Company's Office, No. 53 north Fourth-Street, agreeably to the times above mentioned; and they are further informed that on their neglecting to pay the same as above directed, the several forfeitures directed by the Constitution, will be exacted. By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Treasurer. May 15. 6m
Gold and Silver Watches, Of an excellent quality, and neat fashionable Gold Chains, Seals and Keys, Eight Day Clocks and Time Pieces, fashionable Steel and Gilt Chains, &c. &c. for sale by JOHN J. PARRY, Clock and Watchmaker, No. 38. S. 2d Street. Clocks and Watches of all kinds carefully repaired. May 19. tues. & fa. 3w
For Sale, At this Office, No. 119 Chestnut-Street, A few copies of a late Report of a Committee of the Senate, on the subject of the GEORGIA LANDS. March 13. 5
Caution. THE Public are hereby forewarned against trusting the step-daughter of the Subscriber, and her mother, his second wife. Repeated misconduct compels him to forbid any person to give them credit on his account, as he will pay no debts of their contracting after this date. LUNO BROWN. Philadelphia, May 16, 1797. 18—4that