Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-09-19 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2182.]
PHILADELPHIA: THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1799.
[VOLUME XVI]
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
The Office of "The Gazette of the United States" is removed to the first three-story brick house in Eleventh, above Arch street, where this paper will continue to be published during the prevailing sickness.
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The Boy who served this Paper in the Northern District of the City, having abandoned, and being obliged to supply his place with another imperfectly acquainted with the route, we have to request Subscribers who may be omitted to give notice thereof at the office.
NOTICE.
THE Freemen of the City of Philadelphia, friends to the Election of James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh as Governor, are requested to meet at the Union School-House, in Germantown, on Saturday the 21st of September, at 3 o'clock, in order to fix on a general ticket, to be balloted for at the ensuing election, in the City of Philadelphia. By order of the Committee of Correspondence. LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH. Sept. 16.
120,000 wt. COFFEE, Chiefly prime quality, in bags and barrels, AND 17 hhds. SUGAR, Just arrived at New Castle, in the Schooner Adventure, Capt. Devoreux, from Port Republic, and for sale by THOMAS & JOHN KETLAND. September 17, 1799. dtz.
FOR SALE.
TO GRAZIERS. In pursuance of the last will and testament of General David Forman, deceased, will be exposed to sale, at public vendue, (on the premises) on Wednesday the 25th day of October next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon—that day.
THAT valuable FARM and PLANTATION, lying on the Long Marsh in Queen Anne's county, State of Maryland, containing about five hundred acres, about fifteen miles from Chester town, six from Church hill, and twelve from the head of Chester.
This property is an object of very great speculation, particularly to any person in the grazing line, and in fact to any person wishing to sell their money in lands. There is a very large proportion of laid farm laid down in timothy, and will cut grass sufficient, I doubt not, to pay a neat profit of 500 dollars a-year. There are also about twenty acres more cleared and fit to lay down in grass; and what renders it more valuable is, that when once the timothy is well set, it will last any person's life time. And what is called the bed of the Marsh, (of which there is a considerable part belonging to this farm) the soil is from four to six feet deep, of a black rich loam, and will average from two and an half to three tons of timothy an acre; and for two years past all the hay which could be spared from the farm, has sold at the stack for five pounds a ton. The arable land is calculated for wheat, rye, Indian corn, and particularly for what is called kite-foot or bright tobacco; it is well timbered, and contains maple swamps, that when cleared, will make meadows equal to any on the farm. Any person wishing to purchase, can view the premises on application to Mr. Stephen Forman, on said farm. The conditions of sale will be, one half the purchase money on the first day of January next, and the remainder on the first day of May following. WILLIAM G. FORMAN, Surviving Executor. Sept. 17, 1799. 22w210.
By JAMES KINSEY, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme court of New-Jersey. Notice is hereby given, THAT upon application to me by Joseph P. Minnick, and John W. Bloomfield for themselves, by John W. Bloomfield in right of Ann his wife, William Bullus, John Moore, in the right of his wife Mary, John Bullus and Ruth Bullus, who claim an undivided sixth part of all that tract of land situate, lying and being in Springfield, Burlington county, containing eleven hundred and eighty-eight acres and a half of an acre or thereabouts, formerly devised by Mary Ludlam to Francis Bullus, who by his last will and testament devised the same tract to William Bowler, and John Turner in trust for Samuel Bullus his son in law, which said Samuel Bullus by his last will and testament, dated on or about the 5th day of March 1796, conveyed the same to his children Francis Bullus, and the same Ann Bloomfield, formerly Ann Bullus, William Bullus, Mary Bullus, now Mary Moore, John Bullus and Ruth Bullus. I have nominated and appointed Job Lippencott, Esq. of Springfield aforesaid, Abraham Stockton and Chas. Ellis, both of the city of Burlington, commissioners, to divide the said tract into six equal shares or parts, and unless proper objections are stated to me on the 21st day of Nov. next, at my office in the city of Burlington at ten o'clock in the morning of that day, the said Job Lippencott, Abraham Stockton and Charles Ellis, will then be appointed the Commissioners to make partition of the said tract of land, pursuant to an act, entitled, "an act for the more easy partition of lands held by Co-partners, joint tenants, and tenants in common" passed the eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine—Given under my hand the 30th day of August A. D. 1799. JAMES KINSEY. Sep. 2. dtw.
FOR FREIGHT or CHARTER, FOR EUROPE, THE BRIG ENTERPRISE, A staunch good Vessel, well fitted, about three years old, and will carry about 1500 Barrels—can be sent to sea immediately. For terms apply to Wharton and Lewis in Germantown, near the Mark et house. Sept. 5, 1799.
For LIVERPOOL. The British letter-of-marque ship, THE LONDON, Samuel Roper, commander, Burthen 300 tons, coppered to the bands and mounting 16 six-pounders. A great part of her cargo being ready to go on board, she is intended to sail as soon as possible—for freight or passage apply to the captain on board, or to NICKLIN & GRIFFITH. august 15
FOR CHARTER, The British Letter-of-Marque SHIP LONDON, Samuel Roper, commander. Burthen 330 Tons, coppered, sheathed, mounting Twenty guns, and will be ready to receive a cargo in about 14 days, for terms apply to NICKLIN & GRIFFITH. WHO HAVE FOR SALE ON BOARD SAID SHIP, 40 Tons Patent Sheathing COPPER afforded from 18 to 32 ounces to the square foot. Composition Nails, Spikes and Bolts of various descriptions. 20 albs. guns of 4 cwt. each, 40 albs. do. 6 cwt. do. 12 albs. do. 12 do. 16 do. do. with carriages, 12 cwt. each, 240 crates Queens Ware, assorted, 200 Tons Fine Stoved Salt, 45 do. House Coal, and a quantity of Paints codet august 3
THE STORES Of the Subscribers are continued open as usual. THEY HAVE FOR SALE 70 hogheads Molasses, 20 bales Surinam Cotton, 20,000 pounds green Coffee, 10 pipes old Port Wine, 100 boxes Claret, 50 kegs Pearl Barley, 30 boxes Tumblers, (assorted) 200 boxes 8 by 10 Window Glass, 40 Tons Hemp. Also an extensive variety of Silesia and other German Linens, Checks, &c. all which they will sell at reasonable prices and generous credits. ** Application by letter or otherwise, will be immediately attended to. PRATT and KINTZING. Philadelphia, 5th Sept. 1799. mwf.gt
VINEGAR. CYDER VINEGAR, one and two years old, fit for pickling. For sale by the Cask or Gallon, at No. 191, North Third Street. ALSO A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, As usual, by— RICHARD B. JACKSON. Sept. 12. $120
Fashionable Millinery. ELIZA M'DOUGALL, NO. 134, MARKET-STREET, HAS just received per ship Thomas Chalkley and Adriana, from London, an elegant assortment of the most fashionable MILLINERY, viz. Chemille toilette FEATHERS Fancy flowers Black tiffany flowers Wreaths Pink, yellow and blue crape, full dress caes Do. do. and do. Nelson's bonnets Infant's pipe straw bonnets Maid's fancy do. do. Women's do. do. do. Do. do. shades Do. do. hats Fancy bangle shoe rocs Do. do. trimmings Black, white, blue, yellow, pink and orange crape Black, white and green gauze veils Do. gauze cloaks N. B. Aird per Harmony, just arrived, a further assortment of Millinery. June 26 eoff.
NOTICE. Bank of North America, SEPT. 9, 1799. THOSE Persons who have Notes or Bills to pay at this Bank, are informed That regular Notices will be put under sealed covers, directed to the respective payers and lodged in the Post-Office, every Monday until the return of the citizens. RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. dtz
CATTLE. About Sixty-Six Head for disposal. Enquire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Island in Wye River, Eastern Shore, Maryland; or in case of writing, direct to him at Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wye, Sept. 2, 1799.
TO BE LET. Until the 15th of November next, A safe Retreat from Philadelphia, In a pleasant situation, about three miles from town. Application left at the Printer's addressed to A. B. will be attended to. august 22 cf.
Mr. Spence, Dentist, has removed to his house in St. Andrew's squares, 2 Squares N.W. of Bath Hill. august 28 2awtm.
SAMUEL POTTER, WM. PAGE, AND THOMAS PRICE, HAVE removed to GERMANTOWN, between the five- and six-mile stone, where they have for sale, a general assortment of DRY GOODS, a great part of which they have just received by the ship Boyne from London, via New York. N. B. Letters (Per Post) addressed to them Philadelphia, will be regularly forwarded. Sept. 3, 1799. daw&utlsh tf
Now Landing from the ship Delaware, from Canton and for sale by the Subscribers. Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson, Souchong, Canton and Garden Fans, Nankens, China Ware, assorted. Umbrellas 13 to 30 inches, Silk Handkerchiefs, Hair Ribbons and Sewing Silks. They have also remaining on Hand Black Perlans, Choppa and Pulicat Romals, And a general assortment of Dry Goods as usual, Thomas & Joshua Fisher. 4th mo 26
ROSS & SIMSON, HAVE FOR SALE, 3000 pieces 1st and 2d quality Russia Duck, 700 pieces Ravens Duck (superior) Bolton Beef in Barrels. A few bales Bengal HUMHUMS. 1100 butts St. Martins Salt. april 11
TO BE SOLD BY JESSE & ROBERT WALN. Old Port Wine, in Pipes, Hhds. and quarter casks, Also Landing at their Wharf From on board the ship Edward from Lisbon. Lisbon Wine, in pipes and qr. casks. june 25
TO BE SOLD, An Invoice of Woollens, CONSISTING of Coarse and Fine Cloths,—principally Dark Blue, and printed Callicoes—Apply to Owen & Jonathan Jones, No. 151 Market-street. april 29
THE PARTNERSHIP TRADING under the Firms of HARTSHORN, LARGE & CO. and JESSE & ROBERT WALN, was dissolved 1 mo. 11. 1798, and the partnership trading under the firm of HARTSHORN & LARGE, was dissolved 15th of the 4th month last, all persons indebted to either of the above firms are requested to make immediate payment, and those that have demands to present their accounts. 7 mo. 13th
FOR SALE, A variety of Lots, many of them very advantageously situated north of the city of Philadelphia, in different parts of the Land known as the Estate of the late William Martin, Esq.—many of the lots afford valuable sites for Country houses, not excelled by any within the same distance of the City, other lots are well adapted for Garden Grounds, Pasture &c. a third description is well calculated for building, fronting upon Frankford road, Second, Third, and Fourth streets continued to the Schuylkill River and also on Cross Roads designed to be laid out from Fourth Street to Turner's Lane to which the property extends—For further particulars, application to be made to NICHOLAS HOLYDAY, on the Premises westward of Fourth Street. 5 july
TO BE LET, Possession to be given on the 20th August, A convenient Three Story Brick House, SITUATE in Spruce between Second and Third Street; apply at No. 110 South Second Street July 18
FOR SALE, A COUNTRY SEAT. CONTAINING about Ten acres of Land. Situated at the 5 mile stone, on the Ridge Road, being near the Falls of Schuylkill. The Dwelling-House has lately received a thorough repair, and consists of a Dining Room, nearly 30 feet long, a Breakfast Parlour, a Housekeeper's Room and a Kitchen, with 5 Bed rooms, and Garret's over the whole. Adjoining the house is a good Garden, Ice-House, Spring-House, Eight Stall Stables, and Coach-House, with a large Orchard. Apply to the Printer. august 23
District of Pennsylvania—To wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT on the ninth day of August, in the twenty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JONATHAN WILLIAMS, of the said district hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as AUTHOR, in the words following, to wit:— THERMOMETRICAL NAVIGATION, Being a series of experiments and observations, tending to prove, that by ascertaining the relative heat of the sea water from time to time, the passage of a ship through the Gulph Stream, and from deep water into shoals, may be discovered in time to avoid danger, although (owing to tempestuous weather) it may be impossible to heave the lead or observe the heavenly bodies. Extracted from the American Philosophical Transactions, vol. 2. & 3. With additions and improvements. "God helps them that help themselves" (i.s.s.) In conformity to the act of congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned" ed. D. CALDWELL. Clerk of the district of Pennsylvania. august 20
John J. Parry, WATCH-MAKER, INFORMS his friends and the public, he has removed from the Market to his shop in Second-Street to the next house to the post-office in Trenton, opposite the Market, where all orders in his line will be executed with particular care and attention. An excellent assortment of Silver Ware and Jewellery, and Gold and Silver Watches, for Sale as above. Trenton, Sept. 4, 1799. 3taw2w.
Oellers's Hotel in Germantown. THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the public in general, and his friends in particular, that he has opened his Hotel in Germantown, just above the Market House; he has provided the best of liquors of all kinds, he will prepare dinners at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms; refreshments of every kind to be had at all times, as well as soups every day from 12 to 3 o'clock. His ordinary will be as usual at half past three o'clock. A COACHEE, will start from the said Hotel in the morning at 6, for Germantown, and return from thence at 9. In the afternoon at 3, and return at 5 o'clock, where good accommodations will be provided for passengers. N. B. The Hotel in the city of Philadelphia, will remain open as usual. JAMES OELLERS. august 26
JOHN MILLER, JUN. No. 80, Dock, near Third Street. Has for Sale, Coffees, Bales, Mammodies, Taffetas, Coicocs, Pasca, Roman and Mulmul Handkerchiefs. The foregoing goods are now to be sold at REDUCED PRICES, N. B. Many of these Goods may be printed to advantage in this country may 16
SEABORN, TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and customers in general, that he has removed from his house No. 76, Mulberry Street, for the present season, a little above Riter's tavern, Germantown, the sign of Gen. M'Pherson, where he intends to carry on business as usual. september 2.
OFFICE FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATES, AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS NO. 14 CHESTNUT-STREET, Between 2d & Front-streets, Philadelphia. THE SUBSCRIBER, Being solicited thereto by a number of his friends, takes this method to acquaint the Public, that he has this day opened the above Office, and has for sale the following property, viz. TWO excellent well built frame houses, two rooms on a floor, completely finished in Christian, between Third and Fourth streets, Southward; two frame houses at the corner of Fifth and Christian streets; one three story brick, and one two story frame house in Queen street; one good accustomed tavern in German Street, between Third and Fourth streets, Southward, known by the name of Weeks's Tavern. One Plantation and tract of Land in Salem County, New Jersey, containing, 70 acres, with a frame dwelling house, and other improvements thereon, together with a good proportion of wood land—the above lies near a public landing. Also, 25 acres of wood land in Cumberland county, New Jersey; a number of valuable lots to be let on ground rent, in the district of Southward. Ground rents and debts collected with promptness and address, by the Public's Most obedient Humble servant, JOSEPH H. FLEMING. N. B. A front LAD wanted, of good connections, who writes a tolerable hand. august 15
THE partnership of Joshua B. Bond, and John Brooks, trading under the firm of Bond & Brooks, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, all persons indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment to Joshua B. Bond, and those having demands to present their accounts to him for settlement, Joshua B. Bond, John Brooks. april 1
NOTICE. The subscribers being duly authorised to receive all the debts and effects of James Wilkiss, of Philadelphia, all those indebted to him are cautioned against making payment to any other persons. DANIEL SMITH, GIDEON H. WELLS, August 26th, '99, codim.
FOR SALE, IN GEORGE TOWN, TOGETHER OR SEPARATE, Two handsome Dwelling Houses. THEY contain five rooms with fire-places, four bed chambers, two closets, and have two handsome piazzas, a kitchen near the houses, a lake house, two rooms for domestics, a stable and coach house, a beautiful garden ornamented with terraces well grafted, a large fish pond, a well and a spring of water, 150 young fruit trees. The whole finished and done in the neatest and strongest manner, under a handsome and excellent enclosure, containing three lots and a half, extending 180 feet on Fayette Street, and 192 feet on Third Street. For terms apply to John Threlkeld, George Town on Potomac. august 27, 1799. 4th d. st.
JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes. FOR SALE BY, ISIAE HARVEY, JUN. N. B. Any person that may be wanted cut larger than 18 by 24 can have them made to order, on being ordered, and attention given to forward on any orders that may be left for that purpose. Apply at No. 9, South Water-street, as above. july 8
Wanted to Employ, A PERSON of Judgment and Integrity to occasionally attend Vendues to purchase Wet and Dry Goods for an extensive Country Store. Proposals sealed, directed to A. B. with the name of some other person mentioned, to whom reference may be had, if necessary, for information relating to the qualifications of the agent, and left with the printer, will be duly attended to. The applicant will mention the No. of the house where he, or she, resides, that a letter directed by post may be regularly received. aug. 20
Notice. ALL persons having claims against the Estate of Col. Edward Oldham (deceased) late of Cecil County, Maryland, are hereby warned to exhibit the same immediately, with vouchers thereof, to the subscriber. EDWARD OLDHAM, Jun. Attorney for Mary Oldham, Ex'x. Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1799. 3tawtm.
NOTICE.
To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, LATE of Lewistown, in the county of Mifflin, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who was a partner of the firm of Johnson & Alexander, I have applied to the judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Mifflin aforesaid, for the benefit of the laws of the said commonwealth, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed the second Tuesday of September next, for a hearing of me and my creditors at Lewistown, in said county, of which, please to take notice. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. august 23
THIS is to give notice, That the Subscriber, of Elkton, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Cecil County, in Maryland, letters of Administration, on the personal estate of SAMUEL HEWETT, late of said County, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned, to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the Subscriber, at or before the first day of March next. They may otherwise, by law, be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 15th day of August, 1799. JOHN MILLER, Adm'r. aug. 17.
TO BE LET, From the 1st of October next, THE STORES & WHARF, Adjoining the Drawbridge, now occupied by Mr. Joshua Gilpin. The terms may be obtained by applying at No. 252, Market-Street. july 29
Valuable Property for Sale, In Chestnut, near Sixth Street, directly opposite CONGRESS HALL, A LOT of ground, about 21 feet front in Chestnut street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge subject to a ground rent of 20s. per annum. The advantageous situation of this property requires no comments, for it must be known, there are few in this city to equal it, an unexceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GILVAN, no. 198, Chestnut Street, next door to the premises. march 5
TO BE SOLD, TWO new frame two Story Houses, pleasantly situated near the Jolly Post-Tavern, upper end of the Village of Frankford. There are in each house, besides a kitchen, two rooms on the first floor, three on the second, with roomy garrets, all well finished; there are also to each, a good garden lot, stable and coach house. Part goods will be taken in payment. Any persons wishing to become purchasers are requested to view the premises, and for terms apply to JOHN McCLELLAN. Frankford, July 13
SALE OF The Springettsbury Grounds. ON Thursday the 26th September, at two o'clock P. M. at the Upper Ferry on Schuylkill, will commence, the sale of the remaining lots of the Springettsbury Estate. Purchasers paying one fourth of the money down, may have credit for the remainder as follows: Six months from the day of sale for one fourth, Nine months from ditto one fourth, Twelve months from ditto one fourth, J. CONNELLY, and Co. Auctioneers. $
HALF A CENT REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 8th inst. an apprentice lad, named Joseph Burnet, paper maker by trade, about 20 years of age five feet eight or ten inches high, light complexion, down look, wore his hair queue, remarkable for being a noted liar, had on when he went away a hat half worn, brown mixture cloth coat, striped velvet waistcoat, and many other clothes. Any person that will take the said apprentice up and bring him home shall receive the above reward and no charges paid. PETER BECHTEL. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, September 10, 1799. 22w3w.

Philadelphia, 7th Sept. 1799.
MR. FENNO,
I enclose you a letter from the committee of correspondence for Washington county, covering a certificate from a number of the most respectable gentlemen in that county, proving Mr. JAMES ROSS of Pittsburgh's attachment to the Christian Religion, in contradiction to a false and scandalous report propagated and industriously circulated, by the friends to Mr. M c Lean's election, "that Mr. Ross is an Atheist, a Deist," &c. I have known Mr. Ross from his youth, and his father and friends of York county, where he was born, and a more religious and virtuous family is not to be produced. In my long acquaintance with him, I have never heard an irreligious or indecent expression from him, and believe him to be a moral, wise and virtuous citizen, a good Christian, and well qualified to fill the important office of Governor.
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH.
Washington, August 28, 1799.
SIR,
THE committee in this county for promoting the election of Mr. Ross, have learnt where Mr. Ross is less known than here, currency is given by the enemies to his election, (the same conscientious men who supported the election of Mr. Jefferson,) to a report, that Mr. Ross is a Deist.
To prevent the effect of this report, one of the committee in this town, where Mr. Ross lived more than ten years, and until about five years ago, applied to such elders and other persons, noted for their piety and regard for religion, as have known Mr. Ross during the whole of this time, and as easily could be applied to, and they cheerfully signed the enclosed certificate. It was regretted that the absence of the Rev. John M c Millan, (who is the minister nearest to this place, is intimately and has been about twenty years well acquainted with Mr. Ross, and is zealous for his election,) and of the other Presbyterian ministers in this neighbourhood, who are now sitting in Presbytery, more than sixty miles from this town, prevented the obtaining of their countenance to this false and malicious report. But it was not that prudent for the sake of this, to suffer the report to gain force, by the delay of another week's post: especially as those who have signed, are distinguished characters, for good sense, honesty and piety, and respectable for their stations in society. Mr. Allison is judge of this county, Mr. Swearer, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Ritchie are justices of the peace, and the last has been a member of assembly. Mr. Cott and Mr. Brice, are county commissioners, and the last has been a member of assembly. Mr. Cunningham is a substantial merchant and Mr. Mercer a substantial farmer. These gentlemen being all in town at the time, were readily applied to, and you may be assured, that the certificate of any one of them, is sufficient to outweigh the report. Many more names could have been obtained, but to seek numbers was thought to be giving too much respect to the slander, and a selection of a few unquestionable characters was thought best.
The presence of the Rev. John Smith, of Cannonburgh, a learned and respectable Seceder minister, who, about three years ago, removed to this country from Octorara, in Lancaster county, enabled us to procure his certificate also, and upon this we are content to rest the character of Mr. Ross and of ourselves.
We could with as much ease have obtained as positive a denial of all the other malicious reports lately propagated against Mr. Ross, and we do pledge ourselves that they are false. But we thought it not of consequence to do so, for as they are, we trust, generally known to be false; and as such reports from unprincipled and designing men are usually expected on such occasions. But there are so few means of ascertaining the credit due to a report of infidelity and a respect for religion is of such importance in public stations, that we thought it a duty to our fellow citizens to disprove the aspersions of deists.
Least, therefore, this aspersions should mislead good people, unacquainted with Mr. Ross, the committee here request that you will publish, if you think proper, these documents in the newspapers or in hand bills, as you think best, and in such manner as you think most fit. The original of these certificates is in the hands of the committee of Franklin county.
ALEXANDER ADDISON, Chairman of the committee of Washington co.
Washington, (P.) Aug. 26th 1799.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
WE the subscribers, regular members of sundry Presbyterian congregations in the county of Washington, have heard with surprise and regret, that among the many slanderous reports propagated against the respectable character of James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh, who has been proposed to be chosen Governor of Pennsylvania, one is that he is a Deist.
We trust that we have a sincere regard for truth and religion, and we feel ourselves bound by the duties we owe to both, so far as our testimony can go to remove from our fellow citizens, this obnoxious to the free exercise of our votes in favour of Mr. Ross. God forbid that we should assist in placing in such an important a station, a man defective in respect for religion. And we but obey the dictates of our own consciences in making the following declaration of what we know of Mr. Ross, from our own observation and indubitable information.
Mr. Ross was born of respectable and pious parents, of the Presbyterian church in York county in this state, and received from
them a religious education. He is well instructed in the scriptures and the doctrines of christianity as held by our church; and we are persuaded believes and respects them. He lived long in this town, and longer in this county, and we have had good opportunities of knowing him. Where he has lived, there has not been any stated minister, and only occasional supplies for public worship. But he has contributed to the support of public worship where he lived, and attended it regularly and there is nothing known to us to justify the imputation that he is an infidel or deist, and we think this imputation false and malicious.
In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands.    A Swearer  Elders of Washington Congregation.    Robert Stockton    Joseph Wherry  Elders of Buffalo Congregation.    John Cotton    James Brice  Elders of Chartiers Congregation.    James Mitchell, Elder of Peters Congrega.    John Mercer  Elders of Chartiers Congregation.    James Allison    Craig Richie  Elders of Chartiers Congregation.    Alexander Cunningham.  
Since I lived in Washington county, I have had opportunity of conversing and being well acquainted with James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh, and of knowing his character from serious and respectable persons well acquainted with his opinions and conversation, and I am well persuaded that he is sincerely respectful of the Christian Protestant Religion, and do verily believe that the report of his being an infidel or deist is altogether without foundation.
JOHN SMITH, Minister of Associated Congregation Chartiers.
ALMS-HOUSE,
September 11th 1799.
GENTLEMEN,  YOU being returned to serve as Guardians of the poor, are required to attend at the City Court House in Chestnut Street, on the 23th instant, at ten o'clock in the morning, or at such other place where the Mayor may please appoint.
IN THE ROOM OF    Peter Thompson  Andrew Pettit    Thomas Morris    Charles Jolly  William Holderness    James C. Fisher    James Stooks  William Read    John Whitesides    Michael Roberts  William Steel    Capt. William Jones    William Cramond  William Preston    Thomas M c Willing    Joseph Highie  Joseph Simons    Richard Tunis    John Massey  Peter Keyser    Israel Paxton    Samuel Richards, Jun.  Jacob Greobie    Isaac Tatem Joppler    Joseph Worrel  Charles Swift    Samuel Sminn    Benjamin Price  Charles Swift    John Davis    Thomas Hockle  Charles Swift    Edward Thompson    John M c Price  Charles Swift    Abel Evans    Cadwallader Foulke  Charles Swift    William Hallowell    John Newbold  Charles Swift    Henry Moliere    William Johnson  Charles Swift    John Hood    Jesse Williamson  Charles Swift    William Clifton, Jun.    David Evans  Charles Swift    Capt. John Carson    William Burnside  Charles Swift    William Burnside    CHARLES SWIFT, President, Board of Managers.
SPECULATION.
TO BE SOLD,
AT Public Vendue, on Monday the 23d of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. at the house of the Subscriber, living in the town of New-Castle, State of Delaware, a number of valuable
LOTS,
suitable for building on, being the South square of the flourishing town of New-Castle aforesaid, distant from Philadelphia thirty-three miles.
This valuable property is highly capable of improvement, being immediately on the river Delaware, having a number of wharf lots on it; and from the depth of the water (earth and materials for wharfing being easily procured) there is no doubt but wharves would bring a handsome interest.
This property consists of five acres more or less, in one body; lays high, and is divided into lots to suit every description of persons. New-Castle is one of the most healthy and flourishing towns on the continent; and from the increase of trade it has raised property to four times the value it was seven years past. The number of vessels bound out and in, which stop for supplies of flock, &c. &c. and the whole carriage of goods between Philadelphia and Baltimore, is now through this place. The packets and stages from the aforesaid cities, &c. &c. make it very lively; there is not, at this time, one house to be rented in the place; and the number of applications for houses make it an object for persons to improve. There are a number of elegant and useful buildings now going on, a Public Academy and several private Schools. The malignant fever has never made any progress, and the Ague scarcely known; the number of children in this place is a convincing proof of the healthiness of it. The prospect of the river Delaware, up and down is delightful; as far as the eye can distinguish you may view the vessels in different attitudes. There is reason to suppose that public piers for the Navy will be built here, as vessels can sail from this place when the river is fast at Philadelphia.
The conditions of sale will be easy and made known on the day of sale. Places of public worship, market and mills are very contiguous.
JOHN DARRAGH.
N. B.—A plat of the above will be exhibited any time previous, as well as on the day of sale. August 26.
Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY.
Message to the Council of Five Hundred.
24 Messidor, (July 12.)
Citizens Representatives—The Executive Directory received yesterday, the 23d of this month [July 11] the message that you have decreed on the 21st, concerning its secretary general. He has just submitted to the Directory his answer to the contents of that message, desiring that it may if you judge it convenient, order it to be transmitted to the commission charged with the motion of order; after which it was resolved,
That the Directory do not conceive itself empowered to refuse this demand, in consequence of which they address the said answer to you.
Answer of citizen Lagarde, secretary general to the Executive Directory, to the accusations transmitted to the Directory, by the message of the Council of Five Hundred, dated 28th Messidor, (July 9.)
Citizens Directors—I was extremely anxious that the message which contained divers charges against me, and which was resolved on Primidi last, had not been addressed to you the same as, in that case, my answer would have appeared the day following, which would have tended to remove any unfavourable impressions which the delay might occasion on the minds of those citizens who do not know me, with respect to the incertitude of the facts which it contains. On the rising of the sitting my first care was to reduce my answer, and I hasten to present it to you. My entertainment is too expensive. I shall not give myself up to any discussion on that head, I shall merely observe, that my entertainment was fixed by the law of the 2d Frimaire, the 6th year. The Directory, in its attentive observation of the expenses of that year, had set down my entertainment at the same rate as that of ministers. The two commissions successively charged with this task by the two councils, found this fixation just, as sanctioned by the law. From that moment I have not been able to touch this entertainment, nor yet to dispense with touching it. Since the 27th article of the constitution enjoins that no citizen shall have it in his power to renounce either the whole, or in part, either in the indemnity or in the entertainment, that which is assigned him by the law in the rate of public functions. I am also charged with extending those entertainments by ruinous accessories—these accessories are my lodgings and my furniture. In this respect I have run to no expense, which was not granted to me by the law. The decree of the second complimentary day, adopted by the national convention, in execution of the 172d article of the constitution, enacts—art. 3, that apartments in the Luxembourg shall be destined for lodgings for the members of the Directory and their Secretary; and all the additional expenses to furnish out the same are especially authorised by the law of the 2d Frimaire (Dec. 12.) since that they have been included in the estates annexed to that law. So far there is no abuse but the execution of the law. But I have caused, says another, alterations and embellishments, which have cost the republic upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand livres. I have not been able to make any alterations and embellishments in any departments. As I took possession of them in the decade of the installation of the Directory, they were then in the same state in which they were found, when occupied by the domestics of the citizen-deputy Monsieur. There was no changes and embellishments made which was not sanctioned by the law, which ordered, that apartments should be prepared for me to lodge in. As to the expenses of the arrangements, in conformity to the law, that cannot be laid to my charge in any respect. I have ordered nothing in that time. Plans and designs have been made agreeably to the article of the law of the 12th complimentary day; these plans and designs have been approved by the commission of the legislative body, charged with this task; they were afterwards executed by those employed in those labours. As to myself I have neither the time nor the right of suing in such things, and all that I have done has been to declare, that I neither paid for gilding or sculpture, or any ornaments of the kind. With respect to the interior distribution, made in my lodging, they have not cost 150,000 livres. These apartments are merely those of an individual, whose circumstances are moderate; and that sum is undoubtedly an exaggeration of more than three fourths of the valuation that has been made. As to the rest, I repeat that these works have been executed according to the plan of the commission of the legislative body, without any intervention of mine. There is equally an exaggeration in the number of many coach horses; I have not eleven, I have seven, and that number has been regulated by the Directory, in the order which it has transmitted to the Minister of the interior, after the sums, which the law had granted for that purpose. A single reflection, besides will silence all that has been said with respect to the expenses of my house. The law already cited, fixed in the whole a sum for those kind of expenses, the Directory having settled a certain sum for my expenses; they allowed for all kind of subjects, the one half of what was fixed for one of its members, and my expenses in the year six, which has been cited for example, was very much inferior to that which I would have been able to expend after the sum that was allowed in the whole granted by the law. If then I had expended less than what the law allowed me,
where is the abuse where is the dilapidation? I also observe, that what is called my expense of the 6th year, arises in a great measure out of the objects of the first establishment, for want of means to purchase, at prime cost, objects, which served that year, and years following: objects which ought to be placed to the account of the Republic, and which cannot exactly be said to be part of the annual expense. Besides the horses which were granted me as a part of my official establishment, I am accused with having six more of my own: this is not more exact than that which I have just refuted. I have not six horses. When I was attacked with sickness, my physician ordered me to ride on horseback; I bought three horses—I bought them with my own money. What abuse have I committed in that? I am likewise accused with furnishing my house at Surrennes with costly furniture, tapestry, and glasses, belonging to the Republic. This is not merely an exaggeration, but it is totally devoid of truth. As to the glasses and furniture in my house at Surrennes, they were there when I purchased it, with a few articles that I have purchased since, of which I have the inventory and receipts. I am accused of another article of dilapidation. I am supposed, in the first place, to be an associate of the company of Gratiot; I have no occasion to refute this charge, citizen Gratiot himself has already done it in his No. 1301, of the Redacteur.
PARIS, July 20.
Talleyrand has given in his resignation which has been accepted.
A Paris paper of the 20th inst. states, the permission given to the Russian troops to pass through the Prussian territories, as an argument in proof of Prussia having joined the coalition.
VIENNA, July 6.
Gen. Massena is said to have sent a trumpeter to the Archduke Charles, with dispatches from the new Directory at Paris. The Archduke Charles has made dispositions for new attacks upon Massena.
STRASBURGH, July 20.
There was a new action yesterday on the right bank of the Rhine. Our centre was fortunate; but our right fell back from Gengenbach and Offembourg. It is now posted at Sand.
Massena is preparing to attack the Austrians at all points. This army is now as strong as that of the Archduke.
LONDON, July 23.
The Hamburg Mail arrived this morning. It brings the important account of some desperate fighting between Suwarow and Moreau. On the 26th ult. the Russian General arrived at Alxandria and joined Bellegarde. The army then advanced and encamped on the 27th between Novi and Alxandria. The French in the mean time, retreated towards Gavi; the Austrians followed them. The details from Italy come down no later than the 27th, but the Vienna account of the 6th instant says, that a courier arrived this morning from Suwarow, with dispatches to the 30th of June, inclusive, stating that after three days hard fighting he had succeeded in defeating Moreau, who was retired to Genoa. From the smallness of Moreau's army, our readers were probably not prepared to expect that he would be able to make any vigorous resistance against such a force as the Austrians could bring against him. No mention has been made of his receiving any fresh troops, nor of his having been joined by Macdonald. Macdonald, the Vienna Gazette says, is retreating towards Pistoia, with an intention to collect his troops at Florence, and proceed to Leghorn. General Victor's division has re-taken the road to the Riviere of Genoa by Borgo Val di Taro. A strong Russian corps has, it is said, made a descent above Ancona, which place was to be vigorously attacked both by Sea and Land. Some accounts say that it has been taken. It is Suwarow's intention to make an attack upon the strong mountainous pass of the Bocchetta, which is the key to Genoa. In 1749 the Imperialists took it by storm, and soon afterwards made themselves masters of Genoa.
In Switzerland the armies remain inactive; there has been some warm fighting near Celli, in which the French appear to have obtained some advantages.
The Vienna Gazette gives an official account of the operations before Acre. From the beginning to the 21st May, several very desperate but unsuccessful assaults were made. On that day the garrison made a general sally, and Buonaparte, after getting fire to the camp, and baggage was forced to retreat to the environs of Jaffa. The Constantinople accounts of the 18th of June add that he was wounded, and that his communication between Jaffa and Cairo is cut off. A Prussian courier arrived at Vienna with some very important dispatches on the 6th, and returned the same day with the answer of the Austrian Government.
July 24.
EMBEZZLEMENT OF PROPERTY.
A Paris Journal states, that when the first attack was made on Reubell, citizens felt his sister left Paris, and went to Mentz, where her daughter resides. After remaining with her for some time, she left the territory of the Republic, and is now settled at Visbaden on the right bank of the Rhine, under pretence of using its baths, where she is visited by bankers from Hamburg and Frankfort, and others, to whom the Ex-Director had remitted immense sums of money.
July 25.
Abstract of an act entitled, "an act to protect Masters against embezzlements by their clerks or servants." Whereas bankers, merchants, and others, are, in the course of their dealings and transactions, frequently obliged to entrust their servants, clerks, and "persons employed by them in the like capacity; with receiving, paying, exchanging or transferring money, goods, bills, notes, banker's drafts, and other valuable effects; And whereas, doubts have been entertained, whether the embezzling of the same by such servants, clerks, and others, amount to felony;" and it is expedient that such offences should be punished in the same manner in both parts of the united kingdom," be it enacted, that if any servant or clerk, or any person employed for the purpose in the capacity of a servant or clerk, to any person or persons whomsoever shall by virtue of such employment, receive or take into his possession, any money, goods, bill, note, banker's draft, or other valuable security or effects for or in the name or on the account of his master or masters, or employers, and shall fraudulently embezzle, secrete, or make away with the same, or any part thereof, every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master or masters, employer or employers for whom he was, or in whose name or names, or on whose account the same was or were delivered to, or taken into the possession of such servant, clerk, or other person so employed although such money, goods, bill, note, banker's draft, or other valuable security, was or were not otherwise received into the possession of his or their servant, clerk, or other person so employed; and every such offender, his adviser, procurer, aider, or abettor, being thereof lawfully convicted or attained, shall be liable to be transported to such parts beyond the seas as his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, shall appoint, for any term not exceeding 14 years, in the discretion of the court before whom such offender shall be convicted or adjudged.
140 barrels Green COFFEE,
FOR SALE, By SIMON & HYMAN GRATZ,
No. 232, Market Street.
WHO HAVE ALSO ON HAND,
150 qr. chests Hyson Skin TEA, } of latest 30 qr. chests Hyson ditto, } import- 10 chests Bohea ditto, } tion. Sept. 18. dim.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
That the subscriber living at George Town, cross roads in that county and state of Maryland, hath obtained letters of administration on the personal estate of William Dinsmoore, late of Kent County, merchant, deceased.
All persons having any claims against the said deceased, are requested to exhibit them properly authenticated, either to the subscriber or to William Barroll, Esq. her attorney, living in Chester Town Maryland.
All persons indebted to the deceased, either on Bond, Bill, note or account, are earnestly requested to discharge the same without delay, otherwise suits will be commenced against them.
ISABELLA DINSMOORE, Administratrix of William Dinsmoore deceased George Town Cross-Roads Kent County. August 31, 1799. dam.
WHEREAS,
An attachment was lately issued out of the inferior court of common pleas of the county of Essex, in the state of New Jersey, directed to the sheriff of the said county, against the rights, credits, monies and effects, goods and chattels, lands and tenements of John Cleves Symmes at the suit of William Wells, in a plea of trespass on the case to his damage three thousand dollars;
And whereas, the said sheriff did, at the term of June last past, return to the said court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Denman and Samuel Meeker to the said defendant, to the amount of near two thousand dollars, and also by sixty land warrants;
Now therefore, unless the said John Cleves Symmes shall appear, give special bail, and receive a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment will be entered against him, and his property herein attached, will be sold agreeably to the statute in such case made and provided.
Aaron Ogden, Clerk, &c. Elizabeth-town, July 8, 1799 (11) rawiam
Valuable Property for Sale.
ON FRIDAY,
The 20th of September next, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon,
Will be sold, on the premises, in Springfield and Upper Dublin townships, Montgomery county,
About 13 miles from Philadelphia, one and an half miles from Flour town, and the same distance from White Marsh tavern,
One Tract, containing fifty acres,
FRONTING on a public road, leading from the old York road to White Marsh, North Wales, &c. It is handsomely situated for a Summer's Retreat, and well calculated for a Farm; good John healthy situation, and abundantly supplied with timber, of the first quality. The conditions of sale will be one third cash, one third payable in six, and the other third in twelve months, with interest and such satisfactory security as may be required. It will either be sold entire, or divided in two or three lots.
Fifty acres of choice timber land,
consisting chiefly of young shofnut, nearly opposite to the above, in lots of 2 and 3 acres each, for convenience of purchasers—the intrinsic value of shofnut timber, is so well known to every farmer that it is unnecessary particularly to describe it. Also, a small lot of one and three quarters acres nearly adjoining, but distant from the above. Conditions of sale will be one half cash and the other half in six months, with interest and security before mentioned.
Persons desirous of viewing the lots previous to the day of sale, may find a Plot of the whole as divided, at the house of Charles Redheffer, on the adjoining premises, who will attend and shew the property.
To be sold as part of the estate of Caleb Embley, deceased, by
JAMES VAUX, } Attorneys in fact CHARLES PLEASANTS, } to Mary Embley, } sole Executrix. august 17. wtf&azw3aw.t500

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19.
PRICES OF STOCKS.
Table with 2 columns: Stock Name, Price. Includes 6 per Cent, Deferred 6 per Cent, Three per Cent, BANK United States, North America, Pennsylvania, Insurance comp. N.A. shares, 8 per Cent Stock, Do. Scrip, Do. 5th and 6th Instalments, East-India Company, Land Warrants.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE
Table with 2 columns: Location, Price. Includes On London, Amsterdam, Hamburg.
APPROACHING ELECTION.
NUMBER IX.
To the Electors of Pennsylvania.
THE personal objections made against Mr. Rofs, are—
1st. That he encouraged the spirit of hostility to the excise law... 2d. That he is in principle a deist... 3d. That he has been a landed speculator.
The republican committee, after having attempted to repel the charge of jacobinism from their candidate, say, "On this score let the honest members of the federal party examine the conduct of the opposing candidate..."
As some scandalous insinuations could not have been made, it is worthy only of the subtle means of a Dallas, or the baser cowardice of a Cox; it is an attempt to give a stab to Mr. Rofs's character...
The assertion that Mr. Rofs was unfriendly to the excise, may possibly be true. This tax certainly operated with peculiar hardship upon the western country...
The election committee, in their insolent, impotent and malicious address to the mayor of this city, say, "that the recital of conversation unqualified and unexplained by the concomitant circumstances..."
But even if the federal candidate had actually been the counsel for the murderer of an excise officer, upon what principle would Mr. Dallas inculcate him?
If Mr. Rofs had been guilty of an illegal opposition to the excise, it is probable that General Washington would have appointed him at so critical a juncture...
any ground exists for the accusation since the late president publicly recommended in a speech to congress, the whole behavior of the federal candidate during the rebellion?
But with what propriety does this atrocious calumny come from those who still make the unpopularity of the excise, one of their principal engines for calling odium upon our government?
It is said that he was elected a senator by the republican interest in the legislature, and that it was not until after his election, that he became a member of the federal party.
The second charge alleged against him, is, that he is a deist, and has contemptuously ridiculed the christian religion.
If he had been in the impious practice of reviling the christian faith, it must have been known to those with whom he was most intimately connected...
The last charge against Mr. Rofs, is, that he has been engaged in landed speculation; I have had no opportunity of thoroughly ascertaining the truth or fallhood of this accusation...
MILO.
COMMUNICATION.
Among other arguments used by the Aurora in favour of Mr. M'Kean's election, is his love for the Quakers.
During the existence of the test law, Mr. Norris Jones, a Quaker of great respectability, was summoned to serve as a juror.
this unhappy object of judicial tyranny was sentenced to languish in a jail for several months. It will be observed that the incapacity occasioned by the test act was the penalty prescribed for a refusal to take the oath of allegiance.
"MENENIUS AGRIPPA", a writer in the Lancaster Journal, while discussing the merits of the two candidates for the office of Governor...
"At Sunbury, at a court of Nisi Prius, some two years ago, one Mr. Bond, who is one of the heads of the seventh day baptists in that country, was one of the jurors.
At a meeting of the Committees from the different Banks, held yesterday at 12 o'clock, the report from the Board of Health, and the different Physicians of the City appeared so favourable...
Committee from the Banks—Present: Abijah Dawes, Jeremiah Parker, John Clement Stocker, Benjamin W. Morris, Kearney Wharton, Thomas Fitzsimons, George Latimer, Thomas Muggatroyd.
REPORT
Of the Sections of the different grounds, of the number of Funerals at their grounds.
Table with 3 columns: Grounds, Number, Children. Includes Christ Church, St. Peters, St. Pauls, 1st Presbyterian, 2d do, 3d do, Scots Presbyterian, Associate Church, St. Mary's, Trinity, Friends, Free Quakers, Sweden, German Lutheran, German Presbyterian, Moravian, Baptist, Methodist, Universalist, Jews, African Episcopal, do. Methodist, Kensington, Public Ground.
The above list comprehends all the burials from the City and Liberties of every disease By order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM ALLEN, Health Officer.
CITY HOSPITAL.
Table with 2 columns: Admitted, Died. Includes Catherine Brindley, Charles Hagerty, Edward Garrett, William Shank Plumb, Hannah Shank, John Shank, William Shank, Esther Dicker, Betsey Dicker, Solomon Flamer, Hannah Smith, John Nietly, Elizabeth Lee, Mathew Lee, Nancy Lee, James Duling, William Baker, Jane Brice, Mary Caldwell, Walter Dugan, Mary Johnson.
PETER HELM, Steward.
SALEM, September 13. Since our last, Capt. Ebenezer Shillaber, arrived here from Malaga. We are indebted to him for a careful summary of the late operations of the armies in Europe and Syria...
Capt. James Stewart arrived on Wednesday from Cadiz, which he left on the 29th of July. He has also obliged us with the following summary of the news at Cadiz, viz.—That the important defeat of Macdonald has rendered the Austrians and Russians masters of Italy...
OF THE FLEETS.
BY CAPT. SHILLABER.
Gibraltar, July 20.
Two frigates arrived this morning from Malaga, which left the British fleet there on the 10th, watering and nearly ready for sea.
July 22. Cape Spartel bearing E. b. S. 20 leagues distant, Captain Shillaber spoke a British frigate which informed him that the French and Spanish fleets had left Cadiz...
LATER—BY CAPT. STEWART.
On the 9th of July came into Cadiz, the French and Spanish fleets, consisting of 42 sail of the line, besides frigates, brigs, schooners, cutters, luggers, &c.
THE ENGLISH FLEET
at about 9 leagues W. S. W. of Cadiz. It consisted of about 32 sail of the line, among which were 13 3-deckers, besides a great number of frigates and small vessels of war...
It was not particularly understood whether the French and Spanish were bound to some supposed they were bound for Brest, with intention to embark troops for Ireland...
Notwithstanding all the accounts of the French fleet's going to Toulon, Genoa, &c. it was said at Cadiz, that it had not been further up than some bay on the coast of Valencia.
NEW-YORK, September 18. 8 Deaths have been reported at the Health Office in this city for the 24 hours, ending yesterday at 12 o'clock.
Capt. Clapp, of the brig Sally, in 13 days from Martinique, says that when he left there it was currently reported and believed, that the United States brig Pickering, of 14 guns, commanded by Lieut. Hilyer, had captured a French privateer of 16 guns...
[The following Communication was left at the Albany Coffee-house yesterday, for insertion in the Mercantile Advertiser.]
Port de Paix, St. Domingo, Sep. 99.
On the morning of the 19th ult. Toussaint set out for Jean Rabel with 30 or 40 horsemen to review his army, which is composed chiefly of cultivators.
he will meet his deserters. The Mole was not taken on the 31st. They have plundered there all the white inhabitants of their goods and cash, and have put all the Americans in close confinement...
Brig Delaware, Joseph White, of Baltimore, which was fitted out as a privateer to cruise against Toussaint.
Schr. Clara, Edwards, of do. and schr. captain Craps, from Boston, which had left Port de Paix the day before.
Schooner Two Brothers, Baker, of Baltimore, to sail in 10 days.
Schooner Patty, Green of Salem: schr. Mary, Chipman, Boston; sloop Sally, and Kitty, Glover, Philadelphia; schooner Olive-Branch, King, Charleston. Sailed for Cape Francois on the 13th August; sloop Favourite, Kirby, Baltimore, sailed for Jean Rabel by order of the General in Chief...
Vessels left at Port de Paix on the 1st Sept.
The brig Lord Nelson, belonging to St. Andrew's, (N.S.) T. Bell master and bound to Jamaica belonging to Messrs. Franks of that place, was taken by the French privateer schooner Charlotte, on or about the 14th August, and released by order of Toussaint...
The Princes in the United States as far south as Charleston are required to mention in their papers the death of Mr. JOSEPH LA BEGA, merchant of Port de Paix, which happened at Port au Prince the 27th July.
DIED, at Fort Payette, on the 1st instant, Lieut. DAVID THOMPSON, of the 2d United States Regiment of Infantry, after a painful and tedious illness, which he bore with unexampled fortitude.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia.
Arrived at the Port.
Brig Sally, Gwynn, Laguira, left 18th of August. Brig Mercury, Yeardsley, from Portsmouth, has arrived at New-Castle.
Brig Little George, of Boston to Martinique, taken by the French, re-taken by the Ganges sloop of war, has arrived at New-Castle.
Boston, September 11.
Arrived, ship Diana, Barker, from London, via Portsmouth, 45 days. Sailed in co. with 10 American vessels, including schr. Eliza, for Boston. Left at Portsmouth 7 Southern vessels, waiting convoy.
Sept. 12. Arrived, ship Mary, Gamaliel Bradford from the Mediterranean. Sailed in co. with the Industry, and others, lately arrived. The Mary saluted the town; Aug. 14, lat. 32, long 32, spoke schr. William, from Boston, for Cape de Verde.
Arrived at Hospital Island, since our last schr. Friendship, Blackington, 20 days from St. Thomas.
Capt. Clark, late master of the ship Barbara, of this port, whose vessel has been lately condemned at Cadiz, has returned home, via Salem, where he arrived in the brig Sukey. Capt. Clark has handed us the following marine information. Ships taken and condemned, viz. ship Barbara, Clark, Boston; ship Rufus, Holland, N. York; Mary Ann, Robertson, Baltimore; Commerce, Gardner, do; Francis and Mary, Peterton, do; brig Robertson, Wakefield, Norfolk. Left at Cadiz—sch. Wait, of Boston, for Barcelona; brig Hind, Ropes, of Salem; Sally, Endicott, do; schr. Catharine, Henderson, do; ship Ceres, Cutts, for Portsmouth; ship Washington, Packwood, for N. York; Liberty, Pollard, do; Union, Norris, do; brig Loring, for Malaga; brig Sally, Bell, Charleston; Angle, Young, for Philadelphia; Superior, Cunningham, ditto; Canton, Coffin, for Chasleston; schr. Eliza, Myers, not determined. Sailed in co. with 5 vessels for the southward, including ship Hope, Hasly, a Cartel, with American prisoners, for Philadelphia.
On Tuesday the 1st of October next, at the Robin Hood tavern, on the Falls road, at 11 o'clock A. M., will be sold by public auction, About eighty acres of Land.
LAYING 4 miles from Philadelphia, on the east side of the Falls road, which bounds it on the west, and contiguous to lands of Mr. Clement Biddle, Mrs. Elmhurst, Mr. Thomas Keeland, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Thomas Clifford, Mr. Wilson and others. A road of two perches, leading from the Falls road, at the top of the Robin Hood hill, runs east through this land, and gives an easy access to the whole, which will be divided into lots of 7 to 10 acres, to suit the purchasers.
CONNELLY & Co. Auctioneers. September 14.

JUST RECEIVED, Per the MARIA, from HAMBURG, and NOW LANDING, At Wilcocks's wharf, from on board the IRIS, from BREMEN, And for sale by the subscriber, 353 PACKAGES LINEN,
Confisting of Bielefeld Linen      Elberfeld Checks Warendorp do      Checks and Stripes Rouans      Harlem Checks White Plaitillas      Lilladoes Brown do      Ticklenburghs Craes à la Morlaix      Osnaburgs Dowlas      Malbaken Bregagnes      Weter Linnen Bucanillas      Bag Linnen Quadruples Silesias      Myer Linnen Bed-ticks      Estopillas Pocket Handkerchiefs.
Also for Sale, 400 boxes Claret 40 hds. do 70 Tons St. Petersburg Hemp 3 Casks Bristles 200 pieces Sailduck 7 Bales German Cloth 300 Demijohns 80 Liquor Casks ERICK & LEWIS BOLL MANN, No 113 South 3d St near 2d. 2w1c
FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near Fifth-street, WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounds, 67 2 feet long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 feet long, 25 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. completed ditto—6 pounds, 5 1-2 feet long, 15 cwt. each, and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. complete; Carronades on sliding carriages, 12, 18 & 24 pounds, weighing 6 1-2, 8 and 13 cwt. each; Boarding Pikes and Cutlasses; English Cannon Powder; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts; 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 lb. round Shot; 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 lb. double-headed do. 9, 18 and 24 lb. Canister Shot. Also—a quantity of best English, Porter, Claret and Port Wine Bottles; Tauton Ale in cases of 7 dozen each. march 8. 2w2c
FOR SALE, The brig MARY, Capt. JOHN TARRIS, Now lying at Marcus Hook—a live oak and cedar vessel—will carry 2000 barrel, and has been newly sheathed. She is armed with 10 four-pounders, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, boarding-pikes, &c. For terms, apply to GURNEY & SMITH. sep. 3. cost
JUST ARRIVED, In the ship Belvedere, John Frankford, command- er, from Alicante and Gibraltar 308 PIPES BRANDY, 27 pipes } strong bodied RED WINE 34 hogheads } 32 quarter cks. } 15 butts } SHERRY 60 quarter cks. } 100 quarter cks. Malaga Wine 290 kegs Raisins 450 boxes do. 94 jars do. FOR SALE BY NICKLIN & GRIFFITH,
Who also offer for sale, THE SAID SHIP BELVEDERE. This is New-York built, coppered to the beams, mounts 14 six-pounders, with small arms in proportion, and sails fast. august 13. m w & t f
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, & Evans, Insolvent Debtors, in the county of Sussex, are to meet the Assignees at the Court-House in said county, on the 25th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock A. M. in order to make a dividend of said Insolvent's estate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. june 25
A two story Brick House, SITUATE on Duke, between Front and Second Streets, in the Northern Liberties; having a large garden and yard, extending to Green Street —on which there is a stable and small frame build- ing suitable for a shop or counting house. The house is built in the best manner and in excellent order; two rooms on a floor, wash house, &c. Enquire at No. 37 Arch Street. P. S. This house was lately occupied by Joseph Engle. august 20. 2aw1m
WHEREAS Matthew McConnell, Esq. By deed dated the 16th of May, 1799, granted and assigned to the subscribers, 55,018 acres of land on the waters of Su- gar creek, in the county of Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania, upon trust, to sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds (after satisfying all such just and legal claims as may be due on said lands) to the payment of such notes as the said Matthew McConnell has drawn in favor of a certain Joseph Thomas, or that the said Joseph Thomas has drawn in favor of, and are in- dorsed by the said M c Connell, and which are mentioned in the schedule annexed to the deed of trust, aforesaid:—
Provided, That the holders of said notes shall, on or before the 16th day of Novem- ber next, execute to him a full discharge and acquittance, or render up the said notes, and the balance, if any, to the holders of any of the said notes who shall not have made such discharge or rendered up said notes, as aforesaid, pro rata, according to their re- spective claims and demands. This public notice is given of the said assignment, that those who are interested may avail themselves of the terms therein contained. William Buckley, } Affignees. Thomas M c Williams, } William Davidson, } Philadelphia, 14th Sept. 1799. 12w16N.
To the Freemen, Electors for the city and county of Philadelphia.
GENTLEMEN, ACKNOWLEDGING with thanks, all former favors, I request a continu- ance of your friendship, by your Votes and Interest, at the ensuing Election for the Coroner's office, which will add an addi- tional obligation and shall be held in grate- ful remembrance by your friend and humble servant, JOHN LEACOCK, Coroner. 2aw5t.
This day is published, By W. YOUNG, BOOKSELLER, Institutes of Natural Law. THE THIRD EDITION. Being the substance of a course of lectures, read in St. John's college, Cambridge. By T. RUTHERFORTH, D.D. F.R.S.
THE 1st vol. explains the rights of mankind, considered as individuals. I. Law in general. II. Rights and obliga- tions. III. Of property. IV. Limitations of property. V. Of our common right to things. VI. Of derivative acquisitions by the act of man. VII. Of derivative acqui- sitions by the act of the law. VIII. Of preference. IX. Of the obligations aris- ing from property. X. Of the right which a man has in his own person. XI. Of pa- rental authority. XII. Of promises. XIII. Of contracts. XIV. Of oaths. XV. Mar- riage. XVI. Of the right of defence.— XVII. Of reparation of damages done. XVIII. Of punishment. XIX. Of war. XX. Of slavery. The 2d vol. explains the rights and ob- ligations of mankind, considered as members of civil societies. I. Of societies in general. II. Of civil society its nature and origin. III. Of civil power. IV. Of different forms of civil government. V. Of the changes produced. VI. Of civil laws. VII. Of interpretation. VIII. Of civil subjection, and civil liberty. IX. Of the law of nations. X. Of the changes that are made in States and in their civil conditions.
The merits of this work, so justly extolled by experienced judges, and appreciated by the lovers of science, renders it unnecessary for the editor to publish the numerous and hon- ourable testimony, that might be produced in its favour. It is with much pleasure he informs his customers and the public, that the American edition (not inferior to the British in paper and print) is now offered for sale, in two 8vo. vols. at 4 dollars and 50 cents in boards, and five dollars when neatly bound. The imported copies of the same size, are sold at 7 and 8 dollars. W. YOUNG, has for sale, as usual, Stamps, Stationery, custom house Blanks of every denomination, Writing and Printing Papers Blank & Printed Books, wholesale and retail. N. B.—Orders transmitted through the Post-office or otherwise, are immediately executed. Philadelphia, 12th Sept. 32w2w.
DONATION LANDS. Notice is hereby given, THAT Claims for Donation Lands granted by the State of Pennsylvania to the Offi- cers and Soldiers of the Line belonging to the said State in the late war, will be received at the Office of Comptroller General of said State until the 1st September next inclusive, and that the subscribers authorised by law will sit as Board at the said Office on every Monday from ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the af- ternoon, to hear and determine all unsatisfied Claims already filed, as well as those which may be filed on or before the said first day of September next. JOHN DONALDSON, Com r SAMUEL BRYAN, Reg t . PETER HAYTON, Treas r . Department of Accounts of Pennsylvania, May 15, '99. (16) dtw (m.w.f.a.tf)
United States, District of Pennsylvania. } ff. To the Marshal of the Pennsylvania Dis- trict of the United States. WHEREAS in my opinion a contagious sick- ness in the city of Philadelphia, renders it hazardous to hold the next stated Session of the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District of the middle Circuit of the said city, the place appointed by law at which to hold the stated Session of the said Court—There- fore by virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me, RICHARD PETERS, Judge of the Penn- sylvania District of the United States, in the name and by authority of the United States, to order and direct you to adjourn the session of the said circuit court, directed to be held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of October next, to Norris Town, in the county of Montgomery in the same district, being a convenient place within the same for holding the said court; and you are to make publication hereof in one or more public papers printed at the said city, that the said court is ad- journed as it is hereby directed to be; and you are accordingly to adjourn the said court to the said place hereby appointed from the time you shall receive this order to the said eleventh day of Octo- ber next, the time by law prescribed for commenc- ing the said session. (L.S.) Given under my hand and seal at Bel- mont in the said district this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord 1799, and in the twenty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States.
RICHARD PETERS. WHEREFORE I, the said Marshal, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the above order and directions from the honorable Rich- ard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the Pennsylvania district of the United States, and in the name and by the authority of the United States, do adjourn the session of the Circuit court of the said United States, which was to have been held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of Octo- ber next, to the court-house in NORRIS TOWN in the county of Montgomery in the same dis- trict, there to meet on the said eleventh day of October next at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day of which all persons bound by Rec- ognizance or have otherwise to do thereat are desired and required to take notice and give their attendance accordingly. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's office at Philadelphia, September 7, 1799. dtz10O.
A QUANTITY OF FRESH CASTOR OIL, Just received and for Sale by JOSEPH SHOEMAKER. Lower end of Germantown. September 13. 3t
MAIL COACHEES Between PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE, LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday excepted) at 8 o'clock, A. M. arrive at Baltimore the next day, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Returning. Leave Baltimore every day, (Sunday except- ed) at 4 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Philadel- phia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M. Between NEW-YORK and PHILADELPHIA. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday ex- cepted) at 12 o'clock at noon, arrive at New- York the next morning, by 8 o'clock. Returning. Leave New-York every day (Sunday except- ed) at 1 o'clock, P. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next morning, by 7 o'clock. Seats in the Mail Coaches to be taken in New-York, At Butman's Office, No. 5, Courtland-street, In Philadelphia. At John Dunwoody's, Market-street, Spread Eagle, and at the Franklin Inn, No. 59, north Second street. In Baltimore. At Evans' Tavern. Fare for Passengers, 8 Dollars from Philadel- phia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Phila- delphia to Baltimore. All baggage over 14 lb. weight, is carried at 5 cents per pound. The Proprietors are not responsible for Bag- gage. LEVI PEASE, Agent for the Public Line, from Philadelphia to Baltimore.
WARD, BROADHURST, JONES & Co. Proprietors of the Mail Line, from Philadelphia to New-York. General Post-Office, } May 1. }
To the Holders of MILITARY LAND WARRANTS. THE Subscriber having lately returned from viewing the land, surveyed and appropriated to satisfy the land warrants, issued by the secretary at war, to the officers and soldiers of the late continental army; and having made arrangements with Mr. James Johnson, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who be left on the land, and who with the assistance of an in- telligent inhabitant of that county, will spend five months in exploring the different sections. He will take regular notes, descriptive of the soil, situation, and natural advantages attached to each section in the whole survey—which notes will be placed in the hands of the subscriber pre- vious to the period for locating, thereby en- abling him to make the most advantageous lo- cations the priority will admit. He offers his service to the holders of land warrants of the above description, throughout the United States, to receive their warrants, class them, (as no less quantity than 4000 acres will be required at the office of the treasury) have them registered agreeable to law, and attend to make the location at the time appointed in February next. For transacting the business, one tenth part of the land specified in the warrants will be re- quired, and no other charge, except the postage of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters addressed to the subscriber, at No. 3, Penn-street, Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention. JAMES E. SMITH, September 2. mwf.
DUTY ON CARRIAGES. Notice is hereby given, THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America passed at Philadel- phia the 28th day of May, 1796, laying duties on carriages for the conveyance of persons, and re- pealing the former acts for that purpose—That there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon all carriages for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the conveying of passengers, the several duties and rates following to wit:
   For and upon every coach Dolls.     upon every chariot 15   upon every post chariot 12   upon every post chaise 12   upon every phaeton with or without top 9   upon every coach 9   upon other carriages, having pannel work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains 9   upon four wheel carriages, having framed posts and tops, with steel springs 6   upon four wheel top carriages with wooden or iron springs on jacks 3   upon carriages with tops 3   upon chaises with tops 3   upon chairs with tops 3   upon fulties with tops 3   upon other two wheel top carriages 3   upon two wheel carriages with steel or iron springs 2   upon all other two wheel carriages 2   upon every four wheel carriage, hav- ing framed posts and tops, and resting upon wooden spars 2    The Collector of the Revenue of the 1st divi- sion of the first survey of the district of Penn- sylvania, will attend daily until the 20th day of September next for the purpose of receiving the duties on carriages, at No. 49, North 3d Street, in the city of Philadelphia, of which all persons possessed of such carriages are desired to take notice.
Notice is also given, To all real dealers in wines and foreign dis- tilled spirituous liquors, that licences will be grant- ed to them; one licence for carrying on the business of retailing of wines in a less quantity, or in less quantities than twenty gallons, at the same time and at the same place, by JAMES ASH, Collector of the first divi- sion of the first survey of the district of Pennsylvania. Office of inspection at Philadelphia, August 18, 1799. N. B. THE STAMP OFFICE AND OF- FICE OF INSPECTION IS REMOVED TO GERMANTOWN, the first house above the sign of the King of Prussia. Every denomination of Stamped paper to be had at said office. August 15. 12w13S.
SAMUEL REYNOLDS, TAYLOR. RESPECTFULLY acquaints those gentlemen, who please to favour him with their custom, and his friends generally, that he has removed from No. 40, South Third street and taken up a tempo- rary residence near the sign of Gen. M c Pherson (Riter's Tavern) in Germantown, where he will continue his business until the return of the healthy season, all orders attended to with the usual punct- uality. August 29. cod 3w.
A meeting of the visitors and governors of St. John's college in the State of Maryland, on the 13th day of July 1799. Resolved, That on the first day of October next, this board will proceed to elect a Professor of Eng- lish and Grammar, who shall receive, for his ser- vices, at the rate of £200 per annum, to be paid quarterly; and that public notice thereof be given, &c. &c. A. C. HANSON, Tell. N. B. The office aforesaid hath just become va- cant, by the resignation of a gentleman, whose affairs require, the immediate undertaking of a voyage by sea. It is the duty of the said Professor (to whom is allowed an assistant) to teach the English language grammatically, and to prepare students for a tui- torial school, by teaching them the Latin grammar the Vocabulary, and Cordery. Writing is to be taught to all his scholars at stated hours; and to those students who are not destined for the tui- torial school, are to be taught, at the discretion of their parents, or guardians, arithmetic, and other branches of (successfully taught in English schools —A complete knowledge of Latin, Arith- metic, &c. is considered indispensable in the profes- sion; and it is expected, that candidates who are not known to the Board, will submit to an exami- nation, as well as produce satisfactory testimonials of their good morals, and fair characters. The Printers within the United States are re- quested to insert in their papers the foregoing re- solution and remarks, and to repeat the publica- tion, as often as convenience will admit, until the 20th day of September next. july 22. 12w13S.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. May 29th, 1799. THE proprietors of certificates issued for sub- scriptions to the Loan bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time after payment shall have been made of the 5th installment, which will become due during the first ten days of the month of July ensuing, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option be obtained at the Treasury or Loan Offices, respectively, for the amount of the four first installments, or one moiety of the sums ex- pressed in the subscription certificates:—No cer- tificates of Funded Stock will however be issued for less than one hundred dollars. Such subscription certificates as may be pre- sented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in con- sequence of the foregoing arrangement, will be noted and distinctly marked as to denote, that a moiety of the stock has been issued. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March 11th, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 1st day of June, one thousand, seven hun- dred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulat- ing the grants of land appropriated for mili- tary services, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the act supplementary to the said act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and nine- ty nine—to wit:
THAT the tract of Land herein after de- scribed, namely, "beginning at the North West corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges;—thence due West to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri- ver; thence up the Main Branch of the said ri- ver to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same;—thence along the said bound- ary line to the Tuscarora branch of the Muf- kingum river at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line to run to the place of be- ginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of town- ships; and that plans and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspec- tion of all persons concerned.
II. The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services perform- ed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No regis- try will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres.
III. The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner afore- said, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immedi- ately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode described by the act first recited.
IV. The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 11th day of February, in the year 1800, in the order of which the priority of loca- tion shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, person- ally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particu- lar quarter townships elected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed to locating their warrants to all other holders of registered warrants.
V. The holders of warrants for military services sufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each; shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be al- lowed to register the said warrants in manner a- foresaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor on any tract or tracts of land not before located.
VI. All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which shall not be registered and located before the first day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary act of Congress herein before recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred. Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Sec. of the Treasury.
Three Cents Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 28th inst. a bound Servant Girl, named Elizabeth Howickel, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any per- son apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N. B. She had 2 years and some months to serve DANIEL RITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6. 3awtf
The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & NEW-YORK, By the short and pleasant road of Bullton, Newtown, Scotch Plains, Spring- field and Newark.
THE excellence of this road, the populous- ness of the country through which it pass- es, with sundry other advantages, which render it so far preferable to the Old Road through Bristol, Brunswic, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Thor- ough Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute survey of it has been taken, and its superiority over the Old Road, both in winter and summer, has been clearly ascertained.—There are good bridges over all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the crossing is performed with great safety and in less than half the time required at the Trenton Ferry. The road is several miles shorter than the old road, but this is amongst the least of its advantages, because daily expe- rience proves to us, that dispatch as well as com- fort in travelling principally depend on the goodness of the road and the levelness of the country, and, in these respects, the New Road is, beyond all comparison, the best. It presents none of those rocks, hills, which render the Old Road so fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark. The soil, too, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very little, if it summer, which in unulance, added to the beauty of the country, and a con- siderable proportion of shade, will always ren- der travelling on the latter season peculiarly a- greeable.
The Swift-Sure starts from PHILADEL- PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite the Lutheran Church, North Fourth Street. It goes through Frankford to Bullton, where it stops to Breakfast; from Bullton it goes through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner; from Penny town through Hopewell, Millstone, Bound-brook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it stops at Springfield to breakfast, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at New- York at noon.
From NEW-YORK it starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For leave- New-York, application may be made to Ed- ward Bardin, Old Coffee-house, to A. Mathew, corner of Nassau and John streets, to B. Many, no. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Greenwich streets, and to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 42, Broad street.
Fare for passengers, Five Dollars. Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each passenger is allowed to take on 14 lbs. of baggage carriage free; but all other baggage, taken on by a passenger, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight.
With respect to packages sent on without passengers, the proprietors presume they have adopted a regulation, which, though unknown to other lines of stages, they think must meet with general approbation. They pledge them- selves to make good every package on the fol- lowing conditions. The person who delivers the package at the office shall see it entered in the stage-book, for which entry he shall pay 6 cents; he will then state the value of the pack- age, and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent. on the value, as insurance, and for which he will receive a receipt. Thus, for instance, if he estimates his package at one dollar, he will pay one cent, and it at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar insurance, and in like pro- portion for packages of any other value.
Very few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation; it will, however, be optional with every one to avail himself of this security or not. But the proprietors think it right to state very explicitly, that they will be respon- sible for the safe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insur- ance receipt cannot be produced.
In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has been taken to fix on such places and ta- verns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the passengers at the most reasonable rates. The stages are well equipped furnished with fleet and steady horses, and com- mitted to the care of intelligent driver and ob- liging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns and villages where the stages will stop, so that the conduct of the per- sons they employ is continually an object of their attention.—They take care also to see that the passengers are well provided for and politely treated at the taverns, and that no sort of chican- ery or imposition is practised upon them; in short, they have spared neither pains nor expense to render the SWIFT-SURE the very best line of stages in America.
The line has now run nearly a month, dur- ing which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Every passenger has found the road to surpass very far all that has been said of its excellence; and the Proprietors of the Swift- Sure are extremely happy to hear the behaviour of their drivers, and the treatment at Taverns spoken of with the highest satisfaction.
JOHN MCALLA, Philadelphia. THOS. PAUL, Bullton. JOSEPH THORNTON, } Newtown. NICHOLAS WYNKOOP, } JACOB KESLER, JOHN MORREHEAD, Pennytown. T. KILLMAN, near Millston. ELLAS COMBES, Bound Brook. R. SANSBURY, Scotch Plains. ISAAC RAWLE, } Springfield. ROBERT PEARSON, } June 22. codtf.