Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-09-26 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, N o 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 575.
PHILADELPHIA: TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1797.
[VOLUME XII.]
SALES BY AUCTION.
Stated Sales
For DRY GOODS.
Monday Forenoon—Edward Fox, No. 56, South Front-street. Afternoon—Footman & Co. No. 65 South Front-street. Tuesday Forenoon—John Connolly, Old City Auction, No. 73 South Front-street. Afternoon—William Shannon, No. 183 High-street. Wednesday Forenoon—Peter Benion, No. 74 South Third-street. Thursday Forenoon—Edward Fox. Afternoon—John Connolly. Friday Forenoon—William Shannon. Afternoon—John Connolly. Saturday Afternoon—Peter Benion.
For Hamburg, the good Brig
SUEKY, Isaac Vredenburg, Master, NOW lying at Clifford's wharf, in complete order to take in a cargo, and will receive freight on low terms. Please to apply to GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25 South Third-street. N. B. A few passengers can be accommodated, if speedy application is made. Sept. 25
HAVANNA SUGARS.
FOR SALE, 1400 boxes and casks prime white Havana SUGARS. On board the ship Hamburg Packet, Silas Swain, Master, now lying at Marcus Hook. For terms apply to Capt. SWAIN, on board, to Capt. SAMUEL SMITH, in Front, near Walnut street, or to Philip Nicklin, Esq. Co. Who offer the said Ship
Hamburg Packet
FOR SALE or CHARTER. She is 320 tons register, coppered to the bends, sails remarkably fast, and can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Sept. 25
Antigua Rum,
JUST arrived at Wilmington, Delaware State, and now landing from on board the Brig Active, William Williams, Master, One hundred hds. 3d & 4th proof, And for Sale by John Hollingsworth & Co. Wilmington, Sept. 21.
N. B. The above Brig, and the brig GAYOSO, are also for Sale or Charter, and now ready to receive a cargo on board, at Wilmington. Apply as above.
For Savannah,
The fast sailing ship, SWIFT PACKET, PATRICK GRIFFIN, Master, Now lying opposite the mouth of Frankford Creek, has handsome accommodations for passengers, and will sail on or about the 1st of October. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or of the subscribers at Frankford, 5 or 2 miles from Philadelphia. Nalbro & F. Frazier. Frankford, Sept. 18.
For HAMBURGH,
THE Copper Bottomed Ship FAVORITE, JOHN THOMPSON, Master, now at Bright's wharf, and will be ready to take in on Monday next, part of her cargo being engaged and ready to go on board. The ship is so well known, that it is needless to describe her. She is now in complete order. For Freight or Passage, please to apply at Mr. Jeremiah Warder's Compting House, No. 12, North Third street, or to the Master on board. August 30.
For SALE,
On board the said Ship, Swedish Iron, assorted Hollow and Window Glass, Demyjohns, Wrapping Paper for Sugar Refiners, Rugs of 1 & 2 Quality. Please to apply as above. wtk&maw
TO BE SOLD,
And possession given immediately, A LARGE two story brick House, handsomely situated in Princeton. There are four rooms in the garret, a range of back buildings 31 feet in length, and a piazza of 37 feet. There is a pump in the yard, an excellent kitchen garden, at the farther end of which are a carriage house and two stables, one of which is new, 44 feet long, with stalls in the two stables for 27 horses. The healthiness and pleasantness of its situation, and the number of genteel and agreeable families in and near the town, render it a desirable retreat for a gentleman from the city. The commodiousness of the house, its central position, and the largeness of the stables, make it every way suitable for a tavern, for which it has always been considered as a capital stand. Inquire on the premises, of ISAAC SNOWDEN. Princeton, Aug. 25. 29—dtw2awtf
NOTICE.
IF TERRY O'HARA, who for some time since kept School at the Nine Bridges, Queen's County, Eastern Shore, Maryland, be living, he is hereby reminded to call on, or write to, the Rev. Ambrose Marshall, near Warwick, Cecil County, Eastern Shore, Maryland, from whom he will receive interesting information. August 4. mw&f4w
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP!
A LIGHT WAGON almost new, with a frame and a pair of harness (English collars) has never been used—price 90 Dollars. A Horse 16 hands high, seven years old—and a new chair, with a falling top and harness—320. Enquire No. 331, Market-street. August 24. dtw
WANTED
Bills on Amsterdam, at a light not exceeding sixty days, and with approved Indorsers, to the amount of two hundred thousand guilders—for which cash will be paid at the rate of thirty eight cents a guilder—Applications to be made to George Simpson, Esq. Cashier of the Bank of the United States. Sept. 14. dtf
The Partnership,
UNDER the firm of FREEMAN & Company, is dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having any demands against the said House are desired to render the same to T. B. Freeman; and those indebted to the House are desired to make payment to him—By whom business will in future be carried on, at his Store, No. 39, South Front-street. August 7. codaw
Young Hylon Tea.
40 chests of a superior quality—also, 100 do. of Hylon, Imported in the Woodrop Sims, and for sale by the subscriber, corner of Second and Pine street. June 21. C. Haight. coif
Imported in the ship Pigeon, And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front-street, Hylon Hylon Skin Young Hylon Imperial TEAS. April 20. coif
The Norfolk Mail STAGE.
THIS Stage runs from the GEORGE Tavern, at the corner of Second and Arch Streets, in Philadelphia, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock, in the morning; arrives at Dover the first day, at Snowhill the second day, at Northampton Court House the third day, and on the morning of the fourth day the passengers find a safe and comfortable packet to convey them to Norfolk. A packet leaves Norfolk for Northampton ferry, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the Stage starts from this ferry for Philadelphia, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, spurring up at Snow Hill the first night, at Dover the 2d night, and arrives in Philadelphia in the evening of the third day. The distance on this route, between Philadelphia and Norfolk, is 20 miles less than on any stage route between those places. Too much cannot be said in favor of the road, which is most excellent indeed. The proprietors willingly engage to return the whole fare to any passenger, who, after having performed this route, will say that he ever travelled in a stage for the same distance, so good a road in America. August 11. dim. coif.
This Day Published,
And to be sold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, Price 3-8ths of a Dollar, Observations on certain Documents
Contained in No. V and VI of "The History of the United States for the year 1766,"
In which the charge of speculation against ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Late SECRETARY of the TREASURY, is FULLY REFUTED.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
This publication presents a concise statement of the facts means practiced by the Jacobins of the United States toasperse the characters of those persons who are considered as hostile to their disorganizing schemes. It also contains the correspondence between Mr. Hamilton and Messrs. Monroe, Muhlenburgh and Venable, on the subject of the documents aforesaid, and a series of letters from James Reynolds and his wife to Mr. Hamilton, proving beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the connection between him and Reynolds, was the result of a daring conspiracy on the part of the latter and his associates to extort money. A discount of one third from the retail price will be made in favor of wholesale purchasers, for cash. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Young. August 25.
No. 188.
District of Pennsylvania, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty sixth day of July, in the twenty second year of the independence of the United States of America, JOHN FENNO, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
"Observations on certain documents contained in No. V. and VI. of "The History of the United States for the year 1766," in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted—Written by himself."
In conformity to the act of the 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."
SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 27. w4w
MRS. GRATTAN
INFORMS her friends, and the public in general, that her house, No. 192, Market-street, will continue open during the sickness.
Board and Lodging in a separate room, TEN DOLLARS, in a double room, EIGHT DOLLARS.
For the convenience of those gentlemen who have not their families in town, Mrs. GRATTAN will receive gentlemen to dine at HALF A DOLLAR a day. August 29.—6t
Imported in the latest arrivals from
Amsterdam and Hamburg, and for sale by B. & J. BOHLEN,
A large assortment of fine French Cambrics, Platillas, Britannias, Rouanes, Brown Holland, Checks and Stripes, Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, White Sheetings, Diaper, Brown rells, Umbrellas, Hair ribbons, Black and white laces, Dutch calf skins, Prime madder, Shell'd Barley, Looking-glasses, Hollow glass ware, Slates, Coffee mills, Brass kettles, Scythes and straw knives, Toys assorted in boxes, Best Holland Gin in pipes, London particular Madeira Wine. July 24. m&thtf
Cedar Shingles.
THE subscriber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar Shingles of a superior quality, for sale at 13 dollars per thousand. William Hallowell, No. 193 North Third-street. July 27. coit2
CUSTOM-HOUSE,
Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1797.
THE Merchants who at this time prefer having their vessels and Merchandise entered and cleared at Chester or Marcus Hook, are hereby notified, That in compliance with their desire, and upon a full conviction that the measure will be mutually beneficial to them and to the United States. The collector of the customs has made arrangements to establish for some time branches of the custom-house at those places, where every accommodation in his power will be given to the merchants. diw
TO BE SOLD,
And immediate possession given,
A convenient well finished Brick Tenement, with a cook house and other out houses, situated in a pleasant part of the borough of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware—The lot of ground has forty feet front on Well-street, and extends through the square to Paun-street, on which is erected a stable and carriage house. Wilmington, Aug. 30. ALLEN M'LANE.
Lately Published,
In one vol. 8 vo. (price one dollar in boards) sold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets,
A Collection of Papers on the subject of
Billious Fevers, prevalent in the United States for a few years past.
Compiled by NOAH WEBSTER, jun.
Containing letters from Doctors Seaman, Smith, Bush, Taylor, Ramsay, Monro, Reynolds, Mitchell, on contagion, &c. &c. Sept. 1. 5t
City Commissioners Office,
August 29, 1797.
IN pursuance of an Ordinance of the Select and Common Councils, passed the 22d day of May last. Proposals in writing will be received by the City Commissioners for one month from the 1st of September next, for letting to rent on leases for one year to commence the first day of January next, the following public property of the city—
The wharf and landing on Vine Street, Also on Sassafras, Mulberry, High Streets, And Walnut Streets, Draw Bridge, with the Scafe and Walnut Streets, Spruce, Pine and Cedar Streets. The cellar under the City-Hall. The Tavern at the middle ferry 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.) Aug. 3. 3tw1m.
LOST,
ON the Paffyunk Road, between the Blue Ball and the city, a Fowling Piece, with a brass barrel and silver light; on the plate of the butt are the letters "Jamaica, Q. 99"—and on the barrel near the lock "London" and the Tower stamp. Whoever will return the said piece to John Bonnard, at the sign of the Blue Ball on the Paffyunk Road, or the office of this Gazette, shall receive a reward of Four French Crowns, Sept. 12. 3t
DUTY ON CARRIAGES,
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America, passed at Philadelphia, the 28th day of May, 1796; laying duties on 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 conveyance of passengers, the several duties and rates following, to wit:
For and upon every Coach, 15 dols. upon every Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Post Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Post Chaise, 12 dols. upon every Phaeton, with or without top, 9 dols. upon every Coach, 9 dols. upon every Carriage, having pannel work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains, 9 dols. upon four wheeled Carriages, having framed poles and tops with steel springs, 6 dols. upon four wheeled Carriages, with wooden iron springs or jacks, 3 dols. upon Carriages with tops, 3 dols. upon Chaises with tops, 3 dols. upon other two wheeled topcarriages, 3 dols. upon two wheeled carriages, with steel or iron springs, 3 dols. For and upon all other two wheeled carriages, 2 dols. upon every four wheeled carriage, having framed poles and tops, and rolling upon wooden springs, 2 dols.
The Collectors of the Revenue for the first Survey of the District of Pennsylvania, will attend daily, until the 30th day of September next, for the purpose of receiving the duties on Carriages, at Germantown; at the house of Daniel St. Clair, Esq. in the County of Montgomery; and at the house of James Chapman, Esq. in the County of Bucks; of which all persons possessed of such Carriages are desired to take notice.
Notice is also given,
TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled spirituous liquors, that licences will be granted to them; one licence for carrying on the business of retailing of Wines, in a less quantity, or in less quantities than thirty gallons—and one licence for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities than 20 gallons, at the same time and at the same places, by the officers legally authorised to grant such licences. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Inspector of the Revenue of the first survey of the District of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection at Germantown, 12th Sept. 1797. dtm
IMPORTED
In the ship America, James Ewing, master, from Hamburg,
Brown Holland, White Platillas, Ticklenburgs, Coarse Linens, Tapes, Looking Glasses, Glass Tumblers } in cases. FOR SALE BY George Pennock. August 14. 3tw
Act laying Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper.
A FEW copies of the above act may be had at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-street. July 19.
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
ON Friday the 29th instant, precisely at three o'clock in the afternoon, at the sign of the King of Prussia, near the market house in Germantown, a two story Stone dwelling house, barn and stable and lot of 2 acres 20 perches of ground, part of which is an orchard of excellent fruit trees, situate near the middle of Germantown, on the north east side of the main street or road, containing in front on the said street or road 149 feet nine inches; bounded by ground of Dr. Betton and others, and opposite to the mill-house and lot of Melchior Ming. The above lot is good clover meadow, and has a never failing stream of water running through it.
Also three other lots of ground, each containing about two acres, situate on the fourth east side of Rittenhouse's Mill road, commonly called Peter Smith's Lane, in Germantown township, at the distance of 270 yards from the north west side of the Germantown main street; bounded by lands of Conrad Carpenter, James Ogelby, Jacob Keou, and Melchior Ming. The above lots are high and pleasantly situated, commanding a pleasing prospect of Germantown and the Schuylkill and Wissahickon hills, and are well adapted for gentlemen's country seats. The said lots are now in clover, and there are on the same upwards of 400 grafted fruit-trees.
A good and indispensible title, clear of all incumbrances, will be given to the purchaser twenty days after the sale, upon the payment of one half of the purchase money, and securing the other half by mortgage upon the purchased premises.
Possession of the first described lot and premises may be had on the 17th April next, and immediate possession may be had of the three last mentioned lots.
Any person, wishing to view the above premises, may see the same by applying to Benj. Lehman, in Germantown near the Market house. EDWARD FOX, Auctioneer. Germantown, 22d Sept. 1797. dtS
Sundry Lots
IN the following Squares in the City of Washington will be exposed to Public Sale, by the subscribers, on the second Monday in October next, at the Little Hotel, in the said City, to commence at 10 o'clock:
Square No. 32, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 101, 102, 103, 118, 119, 120, 141, 62, 56, 84, 104, 87, 88, 89, 101, 124, 125, 126, 101, 106, 80, 103, square east of square 81, square east of square 88, square north of square 81, square east of square 88, square north of square 128.
These Lots are advantageously situated in the neighborhood of the President's Square, and deemed equal in value to any in the city, and will be made to the purchaser, on receipt of the purchase money. Terms of sale, are good notes, negotiable at the Bank of Columbia, one fourth part in one month, one other fourth in three months, one other fourth in five months, and the remaining one fourth in seven months. WILLIAM DEAKINS, jun. URIAH FORRESTER. Sept. 21. dtS
At the Federal Blast Furnace,
In Carver—for Slitting, Plating, and Rolling MILLS.
SEYMOUR'S Patent Rollers.
THEIR superiority consists in being free from holes and honey-combed places; which are commonly found in rollers cast in sand, or clay moulds. These patent rollers are cast in iron moulds, previously boated, and will be found to be more dense, solid and durable than any rollers heretofore used. Another important advantage they have over others, is, that the necks require no turning, but are immediately fit for use, and from their accuracy, run with less friction, and require less water to make them perform their work. They may be had by application to the Patentee in Plymouth, of Gen. Nathaniel Goodwin, or of Messrs. Thatcher and Hayward. Boston, Aug. 31. Sept. 19.—5t.
MR. LAILSON,
WITH an intention to render service, and undeviate those Performers, who during his absence Mr. Jaymond has thought proper to engage, thinks it would be wrong in him not to inform those that are engaged, that it is without his approbation, and that he will not in any way answerable for Jaymond's engagements. PHILIPPE LAILSON. Alexandria, Sept. 15, 1797. 6t.
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
ASSIGNEES of JAMES GREENLEAF, HEREBY give notice, that they have disposed of the property assigned to them for the securing the payment of the notes, acceptances, and endorsements given by Edward Fox, for the use of the said James Greenleaf; and the holders of such notes, acceptances, and endorsements, are hereby notified that the subscribers will settle with them for the amount of their respective claims, both PRINCIPAL and INTEREST, at any time before the 28th day of October next; after which day, the holders not applying, will be excluded, agreeably to the terms of assignment. Applications to be made at south-east corner of Dock and Second-streets (the Dock-street side), between the hours of eleven and one o'clock every day, Sundays excepted. Henry Pratt, Tho. W. Francis, John Miller, Jun. John Abney, Jacob Baker. Philadelphia, August 18, 1797. d
Just published,
And to be sold at the Bookstores of H. & P. Rice, No. 50, Market-street; J. Ormerod, No. 41, Chestnut-street, and W. Young, corner of Chestnut and Second-streets,
An accurate System of Surveying;
IN WHICH IS CONTAINED,
1. Decimal fractions, in a plain, concise, and easy manner.
2. The extraction of the square root.
3. Plain trigonometry, rectangular and oblique.
4. An exact method to cast up the contents of lands.
5. Field surveying.
The whole being performed without the use of scale and compasses, on a table of logarithms. In which is given some account of the variation of the needle, and the causes of its attraction. By SAMUEL MOORE. August 1. 22w2w
THOMAS HERMAN LEUFFER,
North Fifth street, corner of North alley, No. 34, HAS FOR SALE,
EXCELLENT red Bourdeaux Wine in cases and White Graves Wine in cases
Ticklenburgs, Ruffia Sall Cloths, Ravens Duck, Bag Linen, Hollans, Diaper and Table Cloth, Empty bags, Common German Cloth, An assortment of black coloured Ribbons, Fine German Laces, About twelve tons Ruffia clean Hemp, Ivory Seed, Crystal Soap, in small boxes, for family use, Window Glass. Aug. 29.—22w
THIS DAY WAS PUBLISHED,
And for sale by THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, fourth Second street,
EVENINGS AT HOME;
OR, THE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED.
Consisting of a variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the instruction and amusement of YOUNG PERSONS—Six Volumes handsomely printed and bound up in two volumes, price Two Dollars.
The variety and excellence of these pieces are such, that the book needs only to be known to be universally esteemed one of the most valuable publications that can be put into the hands of young persons.
"Delightful task to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast."
THOMSON. August 24. RIW&W
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, fourth Second street,
Letters and Conversations,
Between several Young Ladies, on improving and interesting subjects.
Translated from the Dutch of Madame de Cambon, with alterations and improvements. Printed on fine paper, and neatly bound, Price one dollar.
AMIDST the tide of modern Romances, painting
tales of extraordinary distress, or of desperate or artificial villainy, which "harrow up the soul," and which it would be for the honor of young ladies to be ignorant of, this little book comes forward to solicit notice, where, in a variety of incidents, not exceeding the bounds of real life, the proper, because elegant and natural dignity and importance of the Female character is exhibited in an interesting point of view, and presents examples of real and attainable excellence.
The publisher was so much pleased with the personal, that he was persuaded he should do a pleasing service to the community by sending it into circulation. August 24.—m&w&w
To Masters and Pilots bringing up Vessels from Foreign Ports to this City.
WHEREAS sundry infringements have lately been made on the laws of this state for the preventing pestilential or infectious diseases, either from ignorance or inattention thereto, it is tho't expedient at this time to publish the following extracts from the laws of 22d April, 1794, 7th and 8th sections.
HEALTH-OFFICE.
June 6th, 1794. Extract of an act for securing the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases.
SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, that every master or captain of any ship or vessel coming from a foreign port, and actually employed in the coasting trade (excepted) and bound to any port or place within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, shall cause his ship or vessel to be brought to anchor, or otherwise stayed in the stream of the river Delaware, opposite to the Health-Office on State-Island aforesaid, and there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a certificate or bill of health from the Resident Physician. And if, previously to obtaining such certificate or bill of health, any master or captain shall suffer his ship or vessel to approach nearer than the said Health-Office to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, or cause or suffer to be landed, or brought on shore, at any place or port within this Commonwealth, any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise, or, if after receiving such bill of health or certificate, he shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to the Health-Office, such master or captain shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of five hundred DOLLARS.
And the captain or master of every ship or vessel shall send a safe and commodious boat to bring the physician on board, and shall in like manner convey him back to the Health-Office, after he has concluded his official examination; And while he is making such examination, or in case any subsequent examination by the Health Officer or Consulting Physician, agreeably to the directions of this act, the master or captain shall expose or cause to be exposed to the search of the Resident Physician, or of the Health

No. IX.
A DEVELOPEMENT OF THE CAUSES OF THE DISTURBANCES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REPUBLICS. Addressed to the Citizens of America.
MY FELLOW-CITIZENS,
An excuse which was offered for this very improper correspondence with Mr. Jefferson with Mazzei, in a certain American paper, just about the time he went to congress in May last, which was soon after the letter made its appearance in America, deserves to be particularly noticed here; not only on account of its being delivered, that it was the excuse of Mr. Jefferson himself, and, therefore, the best on every consideration that could be offered, but because, it will also serve to open a further view to a connection of the means employed by France, and the subsistence of other nations in submitting to be made her tools in promoting her nefarious views.
You were told in that excuse, my fellow-citizens, that you ought to pay no attention to the charges raised against Mr. Jefferson, on account of that letter, because it was a mere little private communication with a man with whom he was in habits of intimacy, and held friendly correspondence, who when in Virginia, was a dependant on Mr. Jefferson, and a republican; a friend to monarchy while a prisoner to the British in New-York; and a jacobin when under a dread of the French in Tuscany—to appease whose threatening vengeance by flattering them with the opinions of this exalted American in favor of their conduct against his own country, or to shew his own importance in corresponding with such a character, it was said the letter was transmitted for publication in Paris.
This is all true enough; but as an excuse for the writer, it is to me only another of those self-contradicting, contra-convincing arguments, with which the letter and its apologists abound. With respect to its being private, I trust, I have already sufficiently shewn, that so far from offering an apology, that adds considerably to the impropriety of such a correspondence from such a hand; and as to the other part of the excuse—if it was written to a man, whose supple conscience in politics was such, as to render him the speckle tool, thus capable of exhibiting all the prevailing colours of the rainbow in the little circle of private life, round which he was doomed to travel, then certainly was it the more improper, as it was the more likely to be used to our prejudice, when the influence he was under, happened to be unfavorable to us.
The various means which the French employed among their neighbours to promote their views, and the cringing dispositions of some of them, are only a stronger proof of the impropriety of any who were yet unencumbered, though they would with to engage in those views, risking any thing with those neighbours which might be turned against themselves. In the case of Holland and Belgium, under the pretence of setting them free, she obtained their immediate aid as spies, as informers, and as instruments in the project of subduing other nations into the same use, and under the pretence of guarding against the danger from her emigrants, she employed a variety of other means to induce others, who were not to be influenced by the same pretences, to become her dupes. She armed, and finally declared and commenced war against some; and demanded of others to dismiss the emigrants from their territories; till most of the nations round were either involved in war, or became her tools to promote her views. The Swiss cantons were among the few who boldly and successfully resisted her demands: While others were soon reduced, and compelled to act as instruments and spies, against those whose dispositions or fate was yet undecided in the part they were to act, in the great revolutionary disorganizing scheme of France.
Spain, for a while was one of the combined powers who opposed her plans: But being at length conquered, and compelled to become her ally, or rather her tool the means which have been employed through that important acquisition, to drive America into her views, serve to shew the impropriety of committing ourselves too far to any nation thus under her controul; at the same time that it adds to the variety of proofs which we have of the commencement and promotion of those means. The unnatural connection of a monarchy, whose leading and national characteristic is jealousy, with a republic, is sufficient of itself to shew the servile readiness of those nations, of that description, under the influence of France, to promote her views by every and the most contemptible means. A monarchy, a principedom, or a dukedom, receiving the fraternal speeches and embraces of a republic, is of itself an odd enough sight; but to be crawling on their hands and knees to receive their orders from those natural enemies of their existence, is what neither of them can do through choice; and, therefore, is the impropriety of entrusting our secrets, which might drag us into the same humility, in the bosoms of such dependents, the more striking; and the acts of some of those dependant nations will serve as a further illustration of the causes of the injuries and the insults we have already received from that nation by trusting our affairs with such dependants.
The acquisition of Spain in the grand maritime coalition that was to disorganize, and, in fact, destroy all Europe, was a thing of no small importance, as it related to the reduction of the United States of America into the scheme. Situated as the colonies of Spain and America are, and interested in
* See their spirited correspondence with Bartholomew, the French minister.
some of the western waters alike, it was easy to perceive, that the subservience of that nation to France, was of as much importance in aiding her in her pretences for quarrelling with us, as if she had possessed those Spanish settlements herself. What this Jacobinical republic could not find a pretext for, as the very natural friend and ally of the Spanish monarch, or accomplish herself, situated as she was, she found the means of availing herself of, from the ascendancy which she held over that enslaved king. Accordingly, our treaty with Great-Britain, which had been the pretence of quarrel on the part of France herself was also made the pretence of jealousy and uneasiness on the part of Spain. Our having admitted Great-Britain, however, into a participation of our right to the use of the Mississippi, being too glaring an absurdity to be made the ground of any serious objection, a pretence was then raised, of an intended expedition from Canada, against Upper Louisiana; in consequence of which, the execution of our treaty with his Catholic majesty was suspended, and instead thereof, forts and garrisons erected and manned within our territory; reports made to our executive of the intended violation of the neutrality of the United States, by the supposed preparations making by the British to march through our territory; while our soil was actually erected into fortifications, and our treaty broken on the part of Spain: And when doubts were raised by our executive (after a thorough examination into the complaint of the pretended expedition into Louisiana) about the grounds for those suspicions, proofs given of the actual fortifications erected in our country being at least as great a violation of our neutrality, as any mere suspicion of the intentions of the British to march through our territory; and the suspension of the execution of our treaty on the part of Spain on these pretences complained of; our government was addressed by the minister of that king, in a style unparalleled, except in the diplomatic history of French insolence itself. Not only the business between America and Spain, but even the manner of conducting our internal affairs to suit ourselves, as it had been by the French ministers, was objected to by that of Spain; the representatives of the people even, with whom a foreign minister can have nothing to do, insulted and called tools to the executive.
This certainly, no one can deny, was a continuation of the French system, countenanced and promoted by some of our own citizens: For who, that will reflect on the situation of the Spanish settlements in America (possessing every temptation to the inhabitants of the western parts of the United States, and subject at a moment's warning to be swept away) can suppose, that they would be so imprudent, of their own accord, as to insult and offend us? And the French having no public minister here at that time, there is no doubt, in my mind, but that the philippic of Yrujo was only another of those little private communications of some of our American chiefs, brought forth by the influence of that nation over the minister of another; as in the instance of the one at the court of Tuscany, who, it is admitted, published the secret labors of his friend in Paris, to justify and encourage their treatment of America!
The influence, the pretences, and intrigues of France; the uses made of the information obtained from the communications of some of our own citizens, by means of that influence over other nations; as well as the co-operation of those citizens immediately in their plans, are all very perceivable in this whole affair; as well as some other things connected therewith. First, general Clarke, of Georgia, who had actually received a commission from Genet, and was ever known to be devoted to France, it was pretended, was engaged in the service of the British, in their intended invasion of Louisiana.
Blount's plot next breaks out. A man ever devoted to the French; in the strictest intimacy with the Spanish minister, who is under the influence of the same people; of no acquaintance or visible connection with the British; from a state whose politics were entirely of the French cast; (to whom Adet in the scheme of electing a president "devoted" to France, deputed one Collet to promote the plan) advocated by a senator violent in the interest of the French; and defended by an attorney distinguished as a reporter both in politics and law;—where, let me ask, are the proofs of his correspondence being intended to bring on a British war with Spain, except in his letter itself, which was nothing but another of those little private communications, which, according to some men's opinions, ought not to operate against their writers! Why, if it was a British plot, has there never been one man at least proved to be connected with Blount, but those of open and avowed attachments to France? Is it because those of an opposite description are not to be trusted with the secrets of their own party? And why did that exalted character, whom Blount had labored to have elected president of America, desert his post, while that important enquiry was on foot; to which no more matter of official etiquette, form, or private business should have been preferred? Was it that he was afraid of being suspected of being engaged in a British plot? Was it that he was afraid of offending his friends the French, in assisting in detecting and punishing such a plot against their Spanish ally? Or was it that he really thought such a little private communication with a friend at a distant court (which was only
* "After having heard a certain member of congress, who is known to be the organ of the administration," says Yrujo; and then draws his conclusions in his diplomatic communications from those legislative premises.
† See Dallas's report, Genet vs. King and Jay. The prison to which Blount's letter was written, was an interpreter at an Indian court; which interpreter, and which court, were as honorable, as worthy, and as much to be trusted with secrets, I dare say, as that person and that court to which Mr. J—'s was sent.
calculated to involve America in a war) was not worth the notice of the people of this country? These are questions I should like to see answered with all that openness, candor and sincerity, with which some of our eminent characters are now supposed to abound!
If it was really believed that Blount had no serious intention of exciting an expedition against Louisiana from Canada, and therefore that his letter to Cary ought not to be considered a matter of such criminal craft against him; if it was from this belief that this little private correspondence, let out by the intoxication of liquor, as the one to Mazzei, it is said was by that of vanity or fear, that the sympathetic forbearance of one to be present and aiding in his prosecution, and his continuance in senate was advocated by another, then do I agree most heartily with our French patriots that those little private letters are not of so much consequence and danger as they have been thought. That Blount's letters had no real and serious view to the promotion of a British plot against Spain; but that the scheme (only seen in part in that letter) was to have an exact opposite direction, the evidence of every thing that has yet appeared in the case most clearly shews.
Besides the intimacy which Mr. Blount had with the Spanish minister, it is pretty notorious, that he was also in the strictest intimacy, and held constant correspondence with Adet while in this country. Part of the plan to drag America into the grand scheme of disorganizing all Europe, by the destruction of Great Britain, which has now come to light, and which bears a strong resemblance (when viewed with this pretended Canadian expedition) to a French, a Spanish and American, instead of a British port, it would now seem, was begun and carried on by Adet, while thus in habits of intimacy and correspondence with Mr. Blount. Instead of an expedition against Louisiana from Canada, aided by the Americans, it is now clear, that the poor Canadians had enough to do at home, to prevent their helpless wives and children being strangled in their beds, or poisoned in the libations of this holy and pious minister of the Spanish ally, to be offered up by American hands. Mr. Adet, it appears, from all the testimony in the trial of Mr. Lane, had employed that detestable American to stir up an insurrection in Canada. Quebec was to be taken by secretly administering Laudanum, and other atrocious means. Arms were shipped from France; and troops were to be sent from the same quarter, who, in conjunction with some of our good French patriots in America, were to complete this noble work; while good master Yrujo was to raise the pretence of a British and an American plot, to discredit that nation here, obscure the true laudandum plot, or, if it was discovered, to have for it, at least some colorable pretext.
So artful, so horrid, and so wicked a project for exciting treason, murder, and rebellion among nations, could never have been thought of and put into execution, but by the ingenious, the enlightened, and philosophic admirers of liberty and humanity; the inventors and celebrators of their own republican marriages at home! But this affair between Adet and Mr. Lane was another of those little private correspondences between friends; carried on by the influence of the former over the latter; or by vanity arising from the honor of the correspondence; or, perhaps, by the influence of a little French gold; and, therefore, is, with some, perhaps, a thing of no great consequence! While the information of Yrujo (which was also private) of the intended expedition against Louisiana, peremptorily demanded all the attention of the United States—both at its councils and its citizens at large!
Added to all this—our recalled minister, returned home from France, nearly about the time this grand French, Spanish, and American preparation, for disorganizing and overturning regular governments, was thus drawing to a point. That the circumstances of that recall were to be attended with some little increase of private enmity to the American government, was not to have been wondered at; but that enmity, too, was to have been broken out into overt acts against the government, was hardly to have been expected. Yet, unexpected as it was, the recall of Monroe was made a pretence for justifying the conduct of France, as well as holding out fresh hopes to her of succeeding in her demands, from the division among ourselves. It was well known, that the dispute between the American government and France, took place while colonel Monroe was at that court; and from the long and warm attachment of that gentleman, to the interests of that country, it was certain that an approbation of his conduct, whatever might be the merits of the recall, would be considered as a justification of France, and a condemnation of our own government. Accordingly, without any previous investigation or knowledge of the causes of the recall, an immediate determination was formed to justify the conduct of Monroe.
Trivial facts often throw light upon important designs. The circumstances attending the entertainment given to Col. Monroe, on his arrival at Philadelphia, on that occasion, are not unworthy particular notice here. At that entertainment, the vice president, the speaker of the house of the national representatives, and a senator of the United States of America were present.—An address was presented, approving warmly and completely the conduct of Monroe, "upon the information they had on the subject;" which information could have been but limited and partial, as it was derived from him who has since called for information.
* The republican marriages were men and women, or infants, tied back to back, and thrown into water out of their depth for the entertainment of the Jacobins.
† Every plot is a private affair until it be made public by some accident or cause; but their being private or there being causes for their being disclosed do not render them the less treasonable when they are discovered.
on himself; while a pointed disapprobation of the conduct of the government, marked the whole complexion of this political feast. Besides the address, the evident tendency of the toasts was, to approve of the minister and France, and censure of the government which had recalled him. Without entering into a condemnation of the recalled minister, unheard, and without knowing the whole merits of the case, as they have done with respect to the government, I shall just observe for the present, that it is the first instance, I believe, in which some of the first officers of government have ever turned their moments of festivity and relaxation from public business, into a serious and pointed examination of the acts of that government.
That the private citizens, who have no public opportunities of discussing and offering their opinions upon state affairs, should turn their heedless moments of levity and mirth, into seasons of serious judgment and severe censures against the government, is not extraordinary, nor at all dangerous; but that the first officers of government, whose particular duty it is, upon all occasions, and at all times, to examine thoroughly, and weigh well the acts of the governments they are entrusted to administer, before they hold those acts up as unjust and improper; to ward off and not invite foreign dangers; and for that purpose to reconcile and conceal, and not ferment and publish domestic differences; should, in so hasty a manner, at such an improper time, and upon so slight and partial an examination, hold up the government and country, with whole safety and welfare they are entrusted, as improper and unjust, (to a country which waits only for a fit moment of destruction) at the same time that they fan those internal differences that are to insure them success—is indeed unparalleled and astonishing! It was not to be expected that France would be entirely blind to such a striking and conspicuous circumstance; nor was it to be expected, from the principles by which she has been already led to injure us, that she would relax in her determinations to commit those injuries, from a view of such circumstance.
But here let us pause! Facts will now soon perhaps speak for themselves! Without any labored vindication on the one side, or high wrought panegyric on the other, we shall presently be convinced, I trust, by solid and happy experience, by WHO & WHAT our disturbance with France have been brought upon us, as it is sincerely hoped, that it will quickly be discovered now, by WHO and WHAT those disturbances will be quieted. I have already observed, that they began and attained to their highest pitch, while the gentleman, whom this feast was intended to compliment, was our minister at that court. They will be ended, I trust, by the powers with which the new mission are charged, and the dispositions and talents they possess. The firm and well tried patriotism and integrity of a Pinckney, the open, the candid, and brilliant ingenuity of a Marshall, and the plain and honest understanding of a Gerry, it is believed, will soon place the conduct of our government, and the dispositions of the people of America, in that true light, which will restore that nation to their former dispositions towards us.
Should this be the case, that mission, tho' industriously represented as possessing sentiments and dispositions unfriendly to an adjustment of our differences, will stand in need of no vindication. I shall not fail, however, to seize upon that circumstance to place the charge of a wish in our government and its friends, to bring on a war with that country, in that true light in which it deserves to stand: And until the fate of that embassy should be decided, shall now take my leave of you, my fellow-citizens, with that sincere wish for a speedy reconciliation of all our differences, and prayers for your welfare, which an attachment to one's own interest, without any violent professions of love for others, will most naturally insure.
AMERICANUS.
Richmond, September 11, 1797.
The Development of the Causes of the Disturbances between the American and French Republics, by Americanus, will now be discontinued, until the fate of the new mission to France is known, and a thorough knowledge of the merits of the old obtained; when the nine numbers already written, in haste, for this paper, will be corrected, enlarged and improved, and the subject resumed in the papers, and the whole of the work, with considerable amendments, notes (and vouchers, if necessary) republished in pamphlets.
Fayette county, August 36th, 1797.
Mr. Scull,
I have lately arrived from a western state, and am much pleased to find that the citizens of this and the neighbouring countries are not all led away by a foreign influence; that they are not made jacobins or democrats, and exerting every nerve to overthrow our present government, and establish a foreign one in its stead: our pretended patriots (as their friend, citizen Fauchet, called them) will deny that that they had this in view, but what more honorable object could they be in pursuit of, in raising such a cry against the British treaty and opposing it so violently in Congress. I make no doubt but many well meaning men have been so wrought upon by the designing and knavish as to think the treaty a bad one, for all men are not politicians; but that one well acquainted with politics, and uninfluenced by party and self-interest, I say, for such a person to think the treaty injurious to our people, was and is impossible.
An instrument so well calculated to secure the peace and promote the interest of the states; an instrument from which we are deriving such great advantages, and from which we should receive many more benefits was not for the French party among us, who strive to inflame the directory and set them against the American government—Yes, Sir, this party have done their utmost to defeat a treaty that has given us peace with the Indians, secured indemnification to our injured merchants, established trade on a
footing advantageous to the United States, and prevented a destructive war with Great-Britain.
Is there any one in the United States that still thinks favourably of those who have been foremost in opposing the British treaty, let him compare that treaty with the treaty made with the Algerines and see what a vast sum we pay that little nation from whom we receive nothing but what is justly due us, and let him say why there was no clamour raised against that treaty.
From the (Vermont) Argus. MAHOMET, the famous Arabian Impostor, died the fore part of the seventh century. His successors in government were styled Califs, their subjects, Saracens. These, impelled by an irresistible fanaticism, and more willing to die than not to be victorious, found none able to stop their career. But they clearly evinced, that victory abroad is not always attended with happiness at home. Those who led them to glory, victory and spoil, often felt the direful effects of their domestic machination.
A comparison of their history with the history of the present Gallic revolution, will present a resemblance, which serves to evince that human nature is the same in distant countries, and distant ages. To day is a chieftain admired at home and victorious abroad; all fear to blame the faults they see—all that is, public is plauded. He orders them in crowds to the dungeon or death—to the dungeon or death they are instantly dragged! Mean while a plot is laid, is ripened—and he, whom none dared dispute, is now by a stroke laid breathless—The people join to execute him, and a new tyrant becomes their idol.
In less than five centuries more than fifty Califs reigned over the Saracen empire. A few had long reigns; the rest fell mostly by the hand of the assassin, or by poison, the worst weapon of ruffians. But we wish not to level the French nation with the Saracens in every respect. In the midst of murder, and frantic conquest, we still discover the glimmerings of "the sacred flame of Liberty;" and we anticipate the day when its meridian splendor shall dissipate the glaring meteors, which have so long deluded that gallant nation. COLUMBUS.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, July 20.
His majesty lately took a very remarkable occasion to express his approbation of the conduct and measures of his present Ministers:—It is an established custom for the Bench of Bishops to go into the King's Closet on the anniversary of his Birth-day, and pay their annual homage of respect and attachment to his Royal Person and House. On Monday morning, the 5th of June, this congratulation was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the speech was made by the Archbishop of York. In this Address no allusion whatever was made to the politics of the day. But his Majesty in his gracious answer to the Learned and Reverend Prelates, took occasion to assure them, "That his Ministers continue to "possess his entire and unabated confidence;" "that he fully approved of their measures," "and that he should continue to support them "so long as they acted upon the same system," or words to that effect.
Our modern Beauss would be extremely careful of quarrels, if a challenge in the present day were to be conducted as in the Age of Chivalry. Felton the Assassin of the Duke of Buckingham, having received an affront from a gentleman, sent him a challenge; and to prove his magnanimity, he cut off and inclosed in his letter, the tip of his little finger.
A meeting of the London merchants and ship owners, was held on Wednesday at the London tavern, to consider the late decision in the law cause of Smith against Shepherd, which made it necessary for them to take into consideration what means could be most prudently adopted in their present situation with regard to their liability to answer for losses at sea. A bill had been brought into parliament to relieve them from the hardships to which the decision exposed them; but as the session terminated before it could be thoroughly discussed, the ship owners felt themselves called upon to provide some regulation until a permanent law should be made on that subject by the legislature. The temporary remedy, proposed at the meeting, as the best means to provide against the inconvenience complained of, was that of making an alteration in the bill of lading. After some discussion, in which Mr. Foster (the chairman) Alderman Curtis, Messrs. Hill, Long, Bonner, Curling, Chapman and King took part, it was unanimously agreed to, that instead of the words "Dangers of the seas only accepted," the following words be introduced into the bills of lading in future, "all and every the dangers and accidents of the seas and of navigation, of whatever nature or kind soever, excepted." As the meeting was but thinly attended, the further consideration of the resolution was postponed.
The French Journal called the Sentinelle says,—"Lately a bill was posted up on the church door in the department of La Sarthe, containing an invitation to the Faithful to receive their good Priests who were transported, and to restore, under the pain of damnation, the goods taken from the illustrious nobility. Who could believe that some peasants were stupid enough to believe that these bills were posted up by Angels from Heaven!
Such is the piety of some of the French peasants, and such the improvement they have made under the instruction of their Priests!
Two naval officers, as they were walking together, in the Strand, on Monday last, stopped a man, not apparently a seaman, whom they charged with being a delegate. They had collared him, and were proceeding with him to the navy office, Somerset Place, when the fellow knocked down one of them, and made his escape from the other, notwithstanding there were several by-standers.
The convicts at Portsmouth, to the amount of 100, on Monday evening, had very nearly effected their escape. They were at last secured.

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City Commissioners' Office, June 22, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the Select and common councils, passed the 22nd day of May last, appointing the city commissioners, and prescribing their duties, section 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five districts, each to be under the superintendence of one of the city commissioners, who is to be individually responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and are as follows. District No. 1. From the south side of Cedar- street, to the north side of Spruce-street, under the superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north side of Spruce-street, to the north side of Walnut-street, under the super- intendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north side of Walnut to the south side of High-Street, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the north side of High-Street, to the north side of Mulberry-street, under the super- intendence of William Moulder. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the super- intendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaning of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commission- ers is held at the Old Court House, in High- street, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. eotm
Stands for Draymen, &c. In pursuance of an Ordinance from the Select and Common Councils, bearing date the 22nd day of April, 1797, providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, &c. Sec. the 15th. THE following places are fixed upon by the said City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-street, on both sides. Sassafras, High, Chestnut and Walnut-streets, eastward of Front-street, on the north side only. Mulberry-street, south side from Front to Third-street. Front-street, east side from Vine-street to Eliza's-alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse al- ley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Water-street, west side from the north end of Stomper's or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Penn-street from Pine to Cedar-street, west side. Drawbridge, north side east of Front-street. Spruce, Pine and South streets, east of Front street, south side. Dock-street, between Walnut-street and the flag stone crossings, east side, opposite George Orkley's. Second-street, between Sassafras and Vine streets, west side. Fifth-street, east side from Chestnut to Mul- berry-streets. Sassafras-street, from Third to Fourth-street, east side. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of any pump. STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north side from Fourth to Fifth streets. Fifth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, west. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. mw&fm
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Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-street. August 2. w&f6t
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Soppenburg and Sunbury  STAGES. THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time sub- sisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved; but, not as M. Slough insinuates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the sub- ject from M. Slough, to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last. A recital of which is not now deem- ed 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 him- self to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippen- burg, 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 Wimer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, at- tention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the pub- lic can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply 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 Shippenburg. 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, arrive at Sun- bury 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 Mon- days. WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Ferriss, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, pro- ceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg every Wednes- day morning, on the same evening, arrives at Pa- trick Cochran's in Shippenburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday, performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadel- phia. mw&fm
City of Washington.  SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. II, For the Improvement of the Federal City. A magnificent dwelling-house 20,000 dollars, & cash prizes, are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 " " 10,000 20 do. 500 " " 10,000 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. 13,261 Blank. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quan- tity of Tickets, the price 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 50 tick- ets. 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 four corner buildings as soon as pos- sible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of print- ing, &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 Direc- tors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. SAMUEL BLODGET. $ Tickets may be had at the Bank of Colum- bia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Bolton; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. mwf
Erkine'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 Conse- quences of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ERSKINE. May 15. $
STATE TRIALS. Sold by W. YOUNG, Bookseller, No. 53, South Se- cond-street. The Pennsylvania State Trials, Containing the impeachment, trial, and acquit- tal of Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and John Nicholson, Comptroller Gen- eral—In one large 8 vo. vol. Price, in boards, 3 dollars. W. YOUNG has for sale, a general assortment of Books. Also, Stationary, retail and by the pack- age, well assorted, and entitled to the drawback if exported. July 7.
From the Oscego Herald.  CAUTION. WHEREAS a combination of men in this county have undertaken to enrich them- selves, by fabricating titles to sundry valuable tracts of land, the property of gentlemen living in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris, for which tracts of land large sums of money have been paid to those fraudulent men, by innocent purchasers. It is therefore just that public information should be given, to the end, that the injured may seek re- dress, while the men have property, and are to be found. Those who have been discovered are Tru- man Harrison, Joseph Witcomb, said now to re- side in the county of Saratoga; Thomas Kelly and several others who go under fictitious names. It is supposed that the lands offered for sale on those fa- bricated titles, are at least worth fifty thousand dollars. Such as we have actual knowledge of are as follows: Lots No. 11 and 12, Oscego patent, thousand acres each, the actual property of William Dellwyn, now of London; lots No. 58 and 64, same patent, thousand acres each, the property of Mr. Chamont, now of Paris, and James Averill and others, of this State. There is some ground to suppose that the lands of Richard Wells and Charles Wharton, of Philadelphia, are under their management. The Printers will do well to give this a place in their papers, as well to caution the public against purchasing those lands, as also to de- prive those men in future from imposing on indivi- duals, which their education and address have en- abled them to do heretofore. Witcomb has been a shopkeeper of some note in this country. The following affidavits will set in a clear point of view the wickedness of those men, which when the public have perused, will induce them to ex- clude the interference of Oscego, July 28th, 1797. I Thomas Kelly, of the County of Oscego, hav- ing been led into an error, by John Witcomb and Truman Harrison, of the same County, to sign a deed to them, for lot No. 58, Oscego patent, which was the property of William T. Franklin now Mr. Chamont's and others; and further the said Joseph and Truman did persuade me to do this against my inclination, which was made on the 14th day of November, 1795, or let back two years so as to bring it to that time; and further the name of Pardon Stokes to that deed was a fictitious name, there being no such person there. To this I make voluntary oath. THOMAS KELLY. 19th July, 1797. On the 19th July, 1797, came personally before me, Thomas Kelly, the subscriber to the above af- fidavit, and made solemn oath that it contains nothing but the truth. ELIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace. Aug. 3. 1aw 4w.
Thirty Dollars Reward. ELOPED from the service of the subscriber, on the 19th instant, a negro man by the name of DICK, about twenty-five years of age, and five feet nine or ten inches high; by trade a carpenter, and is a very lively brisk work- man. His countenance is very good—When spoken to, he converses with ease and confi- dence, and is pretty garrulous. I purchased the said fellow of Mr. Dubney Minor, in whose name he has been advertised in the Richmond newspapers. During his last runaway trip (last summer) he was employed a considerable length of time, by some person near Dumfries, from which circumstance, I conjecture, he has taken another northern route. I forewarn all persons from giving him employment, of any kind whatever, and masters of vessels and others, from carrying him out of this State. The above re- ward will be given if he is taken within forty miles of this city; and an additional sum, in proportion to the distance he may be brought, or the trouble and expense the apprehender may be at, in bringing him to this place. AUG. DAVIS. N. B. His apparel was of the usual negro kind, but he had more cloaths than is customary for them to possess. A.D. Richmond, June 11, 1797.
Will be Landed, From on board the ship Active, Cape Blair, from Famburg, 20 bales white Russia clean Hemp 2 casks Clover Seed For Sale by Thomas Herman Leuffer, North Fifth Street, No. 34. June 26. $
William Blackburn, LOTTERY AND BROKER'S OFFICE No. 64 South Second-street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. II, which commenced drawing the 29th May, FOR SALE. The price of tickets will rise in propor- tion as the drawing advances, particularly on ac- count of the five first drawn tickets, prices of four thousand dollars each, on the last day of drawing. Check Books kept for examination and regis- tering, in the Canal, No. 2, City of Washington, No. 2, and Paterson Lotteries. Also, tickets for sale in the Schuylkill bridge and Perkiomen Bridge lotteries, which will begin drawing in the course of the summer. The business of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, Bills, Notes, Lands, &c. &c. transacted with the utmost attention. June 2. tu&f
Higgins' Specific FOR THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF THE YELLOW FEVER. EVER since this disease made such ravages in this city and New-York, the author has turned his attention to its causes and cure. The result of his enquiries has convinced him that the reason why so few persons recover from its attacks, are from its not being well understood, and the consequent wrong method taken to cure it. He is persuaded that the excessive bleedings and mercurial treatment of the Faculty are highly injurious, and that the only rational mode of treatment is by the use of proper acids. Convinced of this he offers his Specific as a certain remedy, if used according to the directions. To be had in bottles, at one dollar each, of the inventor Geo. Higgins, Cherry Street, two doors above Ninth Street, (late manager of Jackson and Co's Medicine Warehouse, London) by J. Le- boucq, No. 265 W. Griffith, No. 177, T. Pearce, No. 21, South Third Street, T. Stiff, No. 55, New Street, near Vine Street, and J. Eales, No. 36, Race Street. Aug. 25. w3t
COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, and CONSUMPTIONS. Just received, by Wm. GARRATT, No. 177, South Second-street, a fresh supply of Genuine Balsam of Honey, A Medicine invented by the late Sir John Hill (who knowledge as a Botanist procured him the appellation of the Linnaeus of Britain) and is considered in England as a certain cure for the above complaints; it is also of singular efficacy in the Hooping Cough. It may also be had retail of W. A. STOKES, No. 61, South Second-street, and T. STIFF, 55, New- Street, in bottles at 75 cents each. Wm. GARRATT having observed the happy ef- fect of the medicine, (several cases of cures having come within his own knowledge) and the great demand for it has induced him to order a large supply, a part of which he has just received. August 3. 1aw3w
Insurance Company of North America. THE Stockholders in this company are here- by informed, that, pursuant to the fifth clause of their Charter, and at the request of a "Number of Stockholders, who, together, are proprietors of Six Thousand Shares, and up- wards," a general meeting of the Stockholders will be held at the Company's Office, on Mon- day the 25th day of September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of filling up a vacancy in their Direction; and taking into consideration such Regulations or Bye Laws as may be presented in conformity with the Char- ter of Incorporation. EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'y. w&f845 July 20.
Public Notice is hereby given, THAT at June term, 1797, a petition was presented to the Court of Common Pleas, held at York Town, in the State of Pennsylva- nia, at the instance of James Short, praying the Court to supply a lost deed made by a cer- tain Andrew Hickenlooper, to Hugh Morrison, James Morrison, and John Sample, executors to Hans Morrison, deceased, for six hundred acres of Land, situate in Menallen township, in the county of York:—All per- sons who have any objections to make to the ob- ject of the said petition are desired to attend at 10 the Court House, in the town of York, on the 5th day of September next, otherwise the lost deed will be supplied. JOHN EDIE, Clerk. eot85 July 18.
30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indent- ed servants, Gifford Daily, a mulatto boy about 17 years of age, a firm light built active fellow, can read and write, five feet seven or eight inches high, has a heavy countenance; had on a fustian coat and trowsers, a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c. Allan Hellons, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick set clumsy built fellow, particularly about the breech; had on a fustian blue jacket lined with fustian, dark striped vest, fustian trowsers, high crowned hat, coarse shoes, &c.; each of them had several shirts and several other clothes with them. Thirty Dollars will be paid for the runaways, or 15 dol- lars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street. The black fellow is about a year from Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, state of Dela- ware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. mts&f3w
To be SOLD or RENTED, A LARGE 3 Story Brick House, on the South side of Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, lately occupied as the Sur- veyor General's Office. The Building is 36 feet front and 35 feet deep, the lot 110 feet deep, with the privilege of a nine feet wide Alley extending the whole length of the lot, to a thirty feet wide Court for Carriages to turn in. The House is not plastered, and may be turned either into one, or two dwelling Houses. It is suitable for a large Manufactory, or would make a good Tavern. Immediate possession will be given. Apply to No. 111, Chestnut-Street. Aug. 21. codat.
Musical Instrument Manufactory, No. 167, Arch-Street. HARPER, harpsichord, grand, portable grand, fid-board, pier table and square piano forte made from London, returns thanks to his friends and the public, for their liberal encouragement, and hopes that by his assiduity and attention to every branch of his business, to merit a continuance of their favors. Piano forte made on the newest and most approved plans, with pedals, patent swell, and French harp stop, which he flatters himself will be found on trial by unprejudiced judges, to be equal if not superior to any imported, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any instru- ment purchased of him, if not approved of in twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical Instruments made, and, repaired with the greatest accuracy, dispatch, and on the most reasonable terms, let ready money only. Second hand Piano Forte taken in exchange. May 20. kam.
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the 16th and 17th of this inst. July, a Mulatto Man, named Will Bowzer, about forty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather chunky made; had on when he went away, a drab colored cloth coat, striped purple trowsers and jacket. It is probable he will change his clothes, as he took a number with him. The said fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Charles Blake of this place; and it is expected he has made towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State—Any person apprehending the said fel- low, and securing him so that I can get him again, shall receive the above reward if taken out of the county, and Twenty Dollars if in the county, and all reasonable charges if bro't home. JESSE REED, Queen Ann's County, Maryland. July 3. w3t
COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with much pleas- ure and respect, returns her sincere ac- knowledgement for the liberal encouragement she has received during four years residence in Philadelphia; and assures her friends and the public, so far from intending to decline her school, she has made a superior arrangement for the more convenient accommodation of her scholars.—Every branch of useful and polite education is particularly attended to by Mrs. Groombridge and masters excelling in their respective professions. Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. June 5th, 1797. ydmstf
Just Published, And to be had of Messrs. Dobson, Campbell, Rice, Cary, and the other principal Booksellers in the city—price one dollar, twenty-five cents, in boards, New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, M. D. June 20. 76t