Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-09-02 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, N o 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1555.]
PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 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 Connelly, Old City Auction, No. 73 South Front-street. Afternoon—William Shannon, No. 183 High-street. Wednesday Forenoon—Peter Benfon, No. 74 South Third-street. Thursday Forenoon—Edward Fox. Afternoon—John Connelly. Friday Forenoon—William Shannon. Afternoon—John Connelly. Saturday Afternoon—Peter Benfon.
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania District. In pursuance of a writ to me directed from the honorable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Merchants' Coffee-house, in the city of Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the eleventh day of September next, at 12 o'clock at noon.
The Brigantine, called the MARIA, With all and singular the tackle, apparel and furniture as they now are; the said Brigantine having been condemned to pay Mariners wages, &c.
WM. NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's Office, 7 August 29, 1797. N.B. The Inventory may be seen at my Office
White Havana Sugar. 1401 boxes of very superior quality now discharge-75 hds. from the ship Hamburg Packet, at Walnut Street wharf—and for sale by Philip Nicklin & Co.
N.B. THE SHIP Hamburg Packet, SILAS SWAIN, Master, For Sale, or Charter. Aug. 24. cotf
COMMISSIONERS' SALES,
THE Commissioners of the counties of Lycoming and Northumberland, have given notice that they intend to proceed to the sale of lands, for the arrearage of taxes, on the 7th of September next.
The different printers in this city will render an essential service to a great number of individuals by publishing this notice. Aug. 18.
FOR SALE,
BRETAGNES in cases German Checkain do. Cambric Platiillas Oznabrigs Gold and Silver Watches Window Glass 10 by 8 Glass Tumblers in cases Linseed Oil in cases, &c. &c. George Pennock, 103, High-Street. 3aw
NOTICE.
IF TERRY O'HARA, who some years 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. mwt&faw
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 note, 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 20th 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 Ashley, Jacob Baker. Philadelphia, August 18, 1797. d
At a Meeting of the Board of
Property, June 6, 1797,
Present John Hall, Sec'y. Francis Johnston, R. G. of land office Dan. Broadhead, S. G. Nicholas Bettinger, versus Samuel Cunningham.
In this case the proof of service of notice being insufficient, it is ordered that notice be given in one of the Philadelphia and York newspapers weekly, for at least eight weeks to the heirs or assignees of Samuel Cunningham deceased, to attend the board on the first Monday in November next, to show cause why a patent should not issue to Nicholas Bettinger for the land in question. (A true Copy.) JOHN HALL, Secretary of the Land Office. Aug. 15. *iaw8w.
The Inhabitants of the District of Southwark,
ARE informed that a Coachman is provided, to be kept at the Constables' office, the north east corner of Front and Almond streets, where the friends of those sick persons who desire to be removed to the City Hospital, are requested to make application—Also, a Hearse will be kept in readiness for the removal of the dead. JONATHAN PENROSE. N.B.—The Poor, who wish to remove to the Tents on Schuylkill, may be furnished with orders by applying as above. Aug. 29
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 Surveyor 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.
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP!
A Light WAGGON 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. diw
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 1796," 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 as proved by the Jacobins of the United States to asperse 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, Muhlendburgh 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.
The Norfolk Mail STAGE.
THIS Stage starts 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; puts 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 80 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. dnm.cotf.
Imported in the latest arrivals from
Amsterdam and Hamburg, and for sale by
B. J. BOHLEN,
A large assortment of fine French Cambrics, Platiillas, Rouanes, Brown Holland Checks and Stripes Ticklenburgs Oznabrigs White sheetings Diaper Brown rolls Umbrellas Hair ribbons Black and white laces
Russia and Dutch sail cloth Writing, post, and printing paper 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
IMPORTED
In the ship America, James Ewing, master, from Hamburg,
Brown Hollands White Platiillas Ticklenburgs Coarse Linens Tapes Looking Glasses Glass Tumblers } in cases FOR SALE BY George Pennock. August 14. 3aw
Young Hyson Tea.
40 chests of a superior quality—Also, 100 do. of Hyson, Imported in the Woodrop Sims, and for sale by the subscribers, corner of Second and Pine Street. C. Haight. June 21. cotf
Imported in the ship Pigou,
And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front-street,
Hyson Hyson Skin Young Hyson Imperial } TEAS. April 20. cotf
Chocolate and Mustard
Manufactured as usual, Ginger and Pepper ground Shelled or Pearl Barley Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale and Cyder London Porter Taunton and Burton Ale Red Port and other Wines, either bottled, or by the pipe, quarter-cask or gallon—suitable for exportation or home consumption— For Sale by John Haworth. No. 92 South Front Street
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
TO BE SOLD,
And possession given immediately,
A LARGE 2 Story Brick House, handsomely situated in Princeton. There are four rooms and a large entry on each floor, and five rooms in the garret, a range of back buildings 52 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 suitable for a tavern, for which it has always been considered as a capital stand. Enquire on the premises, of ISAAC SNOWDEN, JUN. Princeton, Aug. 25 29—diw&wtf
COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, and CONSUMPTIONS.
Just received, by Wm. GRIFFITHS, No. 177, South Second-street, a fresh supply of
Genuine Balsam of Honey,
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. GRIFFITHS having observed the happy effect 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. iaw3w
A Cook wanted.
A WOMAN who understands the business and can bring good recommendations, may find employ and receive generous wages by applying at No. 67, north Seventh-street. August 19. *gt
Wanted to purchase,
A pair of stout, well broke Horses, young and found. Enquire at Mr. Oellers' Hotel, Chestnut-street. Application must be made immediately. August 12. *3t
Insurance Company of North America
THE Stockholders in this company are hereby 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 upwards," a general meeting of the Stockholders will be held at the Company's Office, on Monday 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 Charter of Incorporation. EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'y. July 20. w&f82s
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
PETER BORGER,
INFORMS his friends and the public in general that he has removed from No. 129, corner of Arch and Fourth, to No. 105 North Front, between Arch and Race Streets. July 2. 2aw4w
Ross & Simpson,
—HAVE FOR SALE—
Hogheads, Tiers, and Barrels. A small parcel of nice cocoa in bags A few puncheons Jamaica spirits, fourth proof Superior Teneriffe wine, old and in Madeira pipes An invoice of jewellery and hosiery to be sold by the package A few hampers best English cheesa. July 27. dtf.
WINDOW GLASS,
Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in the City—
OF VARIOUS SIZES,
From 8 by 6 to 19 by 14, By the single Box or Quantity, may be had at the Store of the Subscribers, corner of Arch and Front-street. James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. Philadelphia, June 9, 1797. hwwm&f
This Day is Published,
BY Messrs. Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers,
Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents, Elegantly printed on Wove paper, and Hot-pressed,
By John Thompson, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF
The Constitutions
Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important provisions, under the several heads of administration; with Notes and Observations. By WILLIAM SMITH, Of South-Carolina, L. L. D. and member of the Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at 3-4ths of a dollar. February 6. sawf
Imported in the ship MANCHESTER,
BENJAMIN SHEWELL, Master,
From Bordeaux, and for sale by the subscriber, No. 11 Walnut Street.
Bordeaux Brandy
Irish market claret in cases
Medoc wine, in do.
Sauterne, do. do. } Entitled to Drawback. Thomas Murgatroyd. WHO HAS FOR SALE.
Sherry Wine in pipes and quarter casks
Rota do. do.
Pimento in bags
4000 bushels Liverpool salt. Aug. 24. tut&stf.
FOR SALE or to be let on ground-rent,
A valuable Lot of Ground;
SITUATE on the north-east corner of Walnut and Fifth Streets, fronting the State-House square. This lot is fifty-one feet front on Walnut Street, and one hundred and thirteen feet and an half on Fifth Street; there are at present two small two story brick houses, and a number of small tenements thereon. Also, for Sale,
Two three story Brick Houses
With convenient floors, wharf, &c. situate on Water-street, between Mulberry and Sassafras streets, containing in front on Water street fifty-four feet, and continuing that breadth eastward ninety-five feet, then widening to the south thirteen feet six inches. These houses are the convenience of a public alley adjoining on the north side, and are a very desirable situation for a merchant, flour factor, or others who may have occasion for storage of goods. This property will be sold on very reasonable terms for cash. For further information apply to the printer. July 31. m&wtf
The Subscriber has for Sale,
A large assortment of India Mullins, coarse and fine
India Calicoes
Sooty Romalls
Blue Cloths and Checks
Bandanna Handkerchiefs
Blue red and Gilt Handkerchiefs
An invoice of Irish Linens and Sheetings, well assorted
A box of Diapers
Silk Umbrellas
Two boxes of fine Spices, containing Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves
Black Pepper of first quality
East India Ginger
Java Sugar
A quantity of Madeira Wine
Ditto of Gin
Roll Brimstone
Mordecai Lewis. August 12. 3awim
Cedar Shingles.
THE subscriber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar Shingles of a superior quality, for sale at 12 dollars per thousand. William Hallowell, No. 193 North Third-street. July 27. cotat
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 Coachee, 9 dols.
upon other Carriages, having panel work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains, 9 dols.
upon four wheeled Carriages, having framed posts and tops with steel springs, 6 dols.
upon four wheeled Carriages, with wooden or iron springs or jacks, 3 dols.
upon Carriages with tops, 3 dols.
upon Chaises with tops, 3 dols.
upon Chairs with tops, 3 dols.
upon other two wheel topcarriages, 3 dols.
upon two wheel carriages, with steel or iron springs, 3 dols.
For and upon all other two wheel carriages, 2 dols.
upon every four wheeled carriage, having framed posts and tops, and rolling upon wooden spars, 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 No. 117, in Race or Sassafras-street, in the City of Philadelphia; 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 40 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 Philadelphia, 2d August, 1797. dnm
THOMAS HERMAN LEUFFER,
North Fifth street, corner of North alley, No. 54,
HAS FOR SALE,
EXCELLENT red Bordeaux Wine in cases and
boxes, six years old
White Graves Wine in cases
Ticklenburgs
Russia Sail Cloths
Ravens Duck
Bag Linen
Hollands
Diaper and Table Cloth
Empty bags
Consignment German Cloth
An assortment of black coloured Ribbons
Fine German Laces
About twelve tons Russia clean Hemp
Clover Seed
Italian Soap, in small boxes, for family use
Window Glass
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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 seems 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. mwl&w
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House,

CITY HALL, September 1, 1797.
THE Inspectors of the Health-Office, on the recommendation of the College of Physicians, and other gentlemen of the faculty, and after consultation with several of their fellow citizens, on mature deliberation adopted sundry resolutions founded on the laws for regulating the Health-Office, which in their opinion would be most likely to prevent the spreading of infection; those resolutions were submitted to the Governor, and at the earnest solicitations of the Inspectors, were sanctioned by his Proclamation of 23d August, 1797. The Inspectors flatter themselves, that as far as those resolutions have been acted on, the most salutary effects have followed; and had they been carried into earlier operation, greater benefits would have resulted.
To impress this belief on their fellow-citizens, and as far as possible to draw forth their co-operation, the inspectors deem it only necessary to state the manner in which those resolutions have been acted on.
No sick person has been removed unless the attending physician declared to the health officer that their particular situation made it necessary—no force has been used or ever was contemplated.
When persons with infectious fevers have been situated in confined places, every person belonging to the house, as well as those adjoining, except the necessary attendants, have been pressing advised to remove—yellow flags have been placed at the doors to prevent unnecessary intercourse—and in the neighbourhood of Penn street, where the infection appeared most malignant, a fence has been erected to stop the communication with that part of the city. The city hospital with several out buildings have been kept in complete order for the reception of the sick, and a number of tents pitched for the accommodation of families, whose connexion with the sick made it necessary for them to remove.
Doct. Cox—North Second street. Doct. Pleasants—No. 133, South Second street. Doct. Church—No. 1, Little South Water street. Doct. Dobe—No. 180, S. Second st. Doct. Leib—Northern Liberties, were appointed to seek out and administer relief to such persons as required assistance.
After this view of the subject the inspectors trust that all sick or indisposed persons, as well as those employed in the care of them, will see the propriety of an early application to their family physicians, doctor Duffield, consulting physician for the part of Philadelphia, or to the before mentioned physicians appointed by the board, that the necessary relief may be administered—and the inspectors again request, that the physicians generally will report such cases as may come within their knowledge, that the statements of the progress of the disorder may be published to their fellow citizens.
Approved by the board, JOHN MILLER, Jun. Chairman. While the foregoing address was under consideration, being explanatory of the former resolutions of the board, the following new members requested and had leave to withdraw.
STEPHEN GIRARD, JOHN CONNELLY. CALEB LOWNES, JAMES SWAINE.
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 Warden's Compting House, No. 12, North Third street, or to the Master on board. August 20.
For SALE,
On board the said Ship, Swedish Iron, assorted Hollow and Window Glass, Demijohns, Wrapping Paper for Sugar Refiners, Rugs of 1 & 2 Quality. Please to apply as above. WIDEM4W
Excellent Bourdeaux Brandy Ditto ditto Claret in cases Just received, and for Sale by Rundle & Leech. Aug. 21. sawtf
City Commissioners Office,
August 29, 1797. IN pursuance of an Ordinance of the Select and Common Councils, passed the 24th 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, And High Streets, Chefnut and Walnut Streets, Draw Bridge, with the Scale and Fifth Houses, 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. grawtm.
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 West-street, and extends through the square to Pasture-street, on which is erected a double and carriage house. ALLEN MYLANE, Wilmington, Aug. 20.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, September 2.
List of all the Burials in the several Grave-Yards of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, as taken from the books kept by Clergymen, Sextons, &c. From THURSDAY noon till FRIDAY noon.
   Name of Burial Ground. Adults. Children.    Christ Church 0 0  St. Peter's 0 0  St. Paul's 0 0  First Presbyterian 0 0  Second Presbyterian 0 0  Third Presbyterian 1 0  Scotch Presbyterian 0 0  Associate Church 0 0  St. Mary's Chapel 1 1  Trinity Church 0 0  Friends 0 0  Free Quakers 0 1  Swedes 0 1  German Lutheran 1 0  German Calvinists 0 0  Moravians 0 0  Baptists 0 0  Methodists 1 0  Universalists 0 0  Jews 0 0  Potter's Field 0 1  City Hospital 3 1  Kensington 3 1  Coates's 0 0  Total for the last 24 hours. 10 6  
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in Paris, to his friend in city, dated May 25. The departure of M—— is not less a subject of rejoicing to the very few Americans here who are still attached to the genuine principles of their government, than it is a striking example of the discernment of our illustrious President. Candor obliges us to avow the unequivocal uniformity of Mr. M——'s political conduct since his arrival in this country—in no instance has he deviated from the path, that the Jacobinical faction must have pointed out, nor ceased to vilify whenever a popular occasion offered, not only our constitution, as being formed on unequal principles, but the immortal Washington and Adams, as meriting the fate of Cæsar and Louis. It is however a source of real consolation, that if his diplomatic abilities have been found incompetent to support the respectability of his country in this republic; they have not been crowned with that complete success he has unceasingly aimed at. There is scarcely a man in the councils of 250 or 500, whose talents and patriotism have avoided the Orleans and jacobin faction, but deplores the unhappy divisions of the two republics, and will assuredly stand forward at the first convenient opportunity, to unite our countries by the most indissoluble ties of amity. It is, I presume, unnecessary to enlarge on Mr. M——'s political life here, as his recent sufficiently evinces that he is held in America in that point of view he has so justly and uniformly merited. While I am speaking of public men, the duty I owe to my country renders it impossible for me to pass over in silence the conduct of Mr. S——, the United States Consul in this city; his avowed principles are perfectly congenial with those of Mr. M——, he has been the faithful organ and interpreter of the sentiments of his protector, illustrated by all the virulence of expressions, which his small knowledge of the French language enabled him to effect. The force of his mind is unequal to the task of supporting a good cause, or of aiding a bad one; and we are therefore more indebted to his inability than to his intentions; the former is so flagrant, that even his warmest advocates are compelled into the confession. To supply in some measure this inexpressible defect, he has a secretary, or as is termed here, a chancellor, a Frenchman by birth, not less unequivocal in his opinions, or less vigilant in disseminating them; it is through this impure medium that has necessarily passed every part of our governmental operations; it is in this way that our leaders have been censured here, and even vilified—our citizens represented on the eve of a revolution, and ready to embrace the disciple of a Robespierre, or any emissary of despotism."
ours, we must view with some apprehension the effect of their interference in our elections, till they have been long enough among us, in some measure to forget their own prejudices, and adopt ours. In all governments, but especially in a democratic government, opinion is the support of the government, and unless the opinion of the electors harmonize with the principles of our government, the voice of our representation will be at war with the principles of our constitution, and our government will gradually or suddenly be subverted—A fearful reflection! when we survey the motley variety of our inhabitants, and the careless conduct of our election officers. We have among us French, Germans, English, Scotch, Irish, &c. some who fled from oppression, some from poverty, and some from the gallows; some who have been bred up in ignorance, some in villainy, some in the bigotry of superstition, some in the delusions of infidelity, some in the chains of despotism, and some in the confusions of anarchy. Of the French, some admire the old tyranny, some the licentiousness, anarchy, and insurrection of the revolution. Of the English, some are for a seven years parliament, some for a parliament of one year, some for a republic, some for a limited monarchy, and some for the divine right of kings. Two rebellions within 30 years in Scotland, mark the strong passions and prejudices in the minds of the Scotch. Of the Irish it must be owned, that the permanent examples of riot and mischief, which they see before them at home, render them too often dangerous inhabitants of other countries; and in many instances they carry that hatred, which they bear to their own government, into every other government under which they live. With what an inundation of corruption must such a mass of discordant opinions, principles, manners and habits threaten to overwhelm America, if they are suffered at once, and before they can be gradually corrected by ours, to interfere in our elections, affect our representation, and operate in our laws? How carefully ought our constitution and our laws to guard against a sudden or great introduction of such foreign and heterogeneous materials into the administration of our government. And how carefully ought our election officers (especially in the present convulsed state of Europe, when the minds of all emigrants from that country must be greatly inflamed) to watch over the execution of the election laws, with all the tenderness of conscience and sanctity of an oath. For this vigilance and diligence they are answerable both to God and to the state. To the state from the obligations of a public duty, every deviation from which is an indictable offence: To God, because they have solemnly called on his name, to witness the manner in which they execute this office. If judges of courts of justice, even in small matters, adhere with conscience and exactness to established rules; much more ought the judges of the great court of the citizens, at elections, adhere to the fundamental rules of our government in the most important part of its administration; in that part of it the administration of which affects the whole. For the satisfaction of such as may not have enquired into the rules which our constitution and laws have laid down for electing, who are entitled to vote at our elections, I shall, in another paper, give a short, but I hope a just, view of the existing laws on this subject; adhering to the distribution of the inhabitants, which I have already stated, into natives of this state, and emigrants into it.
A NATIVE AMERICAN.
From the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, &c.
No. V.
A DEVELOPEMENT OF THE CAUSES OF THE DISTURBANCES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REPUBLICS. Addressed to the Citizens of America. BY FELLOW-CITIZENS.
I SHALL make no apology now for considering Mr. Jefferson the head of what is called the French party in America. Nor will it be deemed a reflection by himself, I presume, to be thought the head of a party which he himself, it would appear, esteems the most honorable in all its body. Yet, however honorable it may be, to be considered the head of a republican party, as in truth it is, I cannot agree with that distinguished character, enlightened as he may be, in some of the things he would attach, as necessary, to those principles.
That his excellency, the vice-president, is a sincere and devoted friend to republicanism, I never doubted. But that he ever was some things, which the letter now to be examined into shows him to be, I never could have suspected. With respect to our ideas of republicanism, which is of itself but an indefinite thing, we may indeed differ, and yet both be honest. But the impropriety of being the head of a French party in America, when that nation are doing all the injury in their power to us, having never struck so enlightened and virtuous a patriot, is to me indeed astonishing. Well might Mr. Jefferson say then, that "our political situation is prodigiously changed, &c."—from "that noble love of liberty and republican form of government, which carried us triumphantly through the dangers of the war, &c."
That noble love of liberty which carried us triumphantly through the dangers of the war, was attended with an attachment to our own country in preference to all others; and not a disposition to invite our enemies, by declaring to them our divisions and feelings in their favor, to make aggressions, and perhaps invasions on us: Nor would there have been a man in America, I am persuaded, less apt in the late revolution, to have held out a doctrine like this to Great-Britain, than Mr. Jefferson himself. How it can be patriotism in the one case, and not in the other, even admitting that an attachment to Great-Britain in preference to our country had taken place, I cannot
conceive. But let us examine the change, from our former dispositions towards Great-Britain, which is supposed to have taken place on the principles laid down in the letter itself, without regard to the leaning which has actually taken place towards France.
"Instead of that noble love of liberty, and that republican government, which carried us triumphantly through the dangers of the war," says Mr. Jefferson, "an anglo-monarchical-aristocratic party has arisen. Their avowed object is to impose on us the substance, as they have already given us the form of the British government."
How far we have deviated from that noble love of liberty by the standard here laid down, viz. a departure from a republican form of government, (if not wholly dependent on the different ideas which different persons entertain of that indefinite term) would require an elaborate discussion, upon the abstract principles of government, which neither the bounds of the present enquiry permit, nor the nature of the accusation renders necessary. The other part of the charge, which is rather more definite and reducible to some more certain rule, includes every thing necessary to be enquired into on this head. If an anglo-monarchical-aristocratic party has in reality arisen, then indeed have we deviated from that noble love of liberty, and that republican government, which carried us triumphantly through the dangers of the war. But the existence of monarchy and aristocracy in the hopes and wishes of one party, or the imaginations of another, is no proof of the actual existence of either among us. It is easy to ascertain the real existence of these, if any such existence there is.
The government of America is a system now well understood. It is in that, and not in the hopes and wishes of one party, or the fears or imaginations of another, that we are to look for the real existence of these qualities, either in form or substance. If by the form, are meant those acts which, it is said, assimilate us to the British model, and the substance, an endeavor to reduce that form to a hereditary right of acting, then it is easily demonstrated, that no such form or substance either, has yet existed, or been attempted, as it relates to monarchy. The acts of our government, which have generally been said to assimilate that government to the British model, such, for instance, as the banking system, excise laws, &c. were the acts of the representatives of the people, who have escaped the censure past in that letter, of being in the design to introduce monarchy and aristocracy among us. One of the highest powers of the president, is, his negative on the acts of the representatives of the people. Consequently, if the form of the British government has been given us in those acts, it has arisen, as I suspect it ever will, from the democratic and not the monarchic exertions of our fellow-citizens. And with respect to the substance that form, whatever may have been the wish, nothing of the sort has yet been attempted certainly.
The eligibility of the same person to the office of president, successively for life, is the only possible channel in our government, as it now stands, through which an approach to hereditary monarchy can ever be made. The late president, who has been accused of being at the head of all this design, it is to be remembered, came into office with more circumstances in his favor, than ever can be expected to accompany any other man. Considered as the very father of those liberties which our present government was meant to protect, he was twice elected by the unanimous voice of the people of America; and at the approach of the third election, the body of the people, who never flit but upon proper occasions, and when stirred, move in an irresistible torrent whichever way they incline, gave such powerful proofs of their inclinations to re-elect him, with the same unanimous consent, that not a candidate would have ventured forward as an elector against him, who valued his reputation with the people. Yet, this president, who has been accused of all this monarchical design, in spite of all those strong appearances in his favor, to the great astonishment and confusion of his accusers, retired to lead a private life under that tyranny which he had thus laid the foundation of in his public capacity.
No other man, it is almost certain, will ever be elected, with the same unanimous consent; or ever twice elected, perhaps, in his whole life. How then the substance of the British government, in its monarchical feature, is to be brought upon us, as long as the present temper and government of America prevail, is difficult to be seen: and with respect to its aristocratic features, I see no way in which that is to be substantiated, except by a change of government, which is alone the wish, of those who have pointed those evils out.
An aristocracy, as I have always understood it, consists in a distinct order of citizens elevated above the common mass, by separate and exclusive privileges, honors or titles. For the most part, these extraordinary privileges and distinctions have arisen from, and been granted in consequence of some noble achievement; and have become hereditary from the willingness that mankind have to perpetuate the memory of great deeds, by continuing the credit and admiration of them down through a train of successors, without being able to continue the qualities from whence those noble deeds arose: Whence the members of those families have acquired the appellation of nobility, with a continuance of all those privileges and advantages granted to their ancestors, with a variety of titles, emblematical of those great actions. In America no separate and exclusive benefits or privileges have yet been granted or attempted to be granted; and the present constitution of the United States expressly provides [Art. I. Sec. IX.] that "no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States." All offices and places of authority under that constitution, are expressly by election, and on-
ly during good behavior, to be judged of in most cases, by those who bestow them. Hereditary succession to any place of honor, profit, or trust, is totally unknown to the present government of America. Where then the form of the British government, in its aristocratic feature, has been introduced into this country, or how a design to impose upon us its substance can ever be executed, except by that destruction of our present government which its enemies alone desire, I am unable to find out. Whenever the form or substance either, of that government is given to us, it must be by the introduction of another constitution; it will not be the constitution that now exists, if it has in it those qualities.
The introduction of the banking system and excise laws, which are a part of the administration of our government, can have no immediate relation with, or tendency to monarchy and aristocracy, which would be a material part of its principles, that I can perceive. As well might we conclude, if a tyrannical monarchy should pass one or two laws in favor of the people, that it was one of the most democratic republics upon the earth. Great Britain, it must be remembered, as well as its banking system and its excise laws, has its magna charta its trial by jury and its habeas corpus act. Why not say then, that because that government has those things, we should expunge from our American system, all constitutional boundaries and agreements between the people and their rulers, the trial by jury, and the writ of habeas corpus; otherwise, that these things too, assimilate us to the British model, and thereby render us monarchical and aristocratic? Either that, or an acknowledgment that the British government is a perfect democracy and republic, must be the conclusion from this mode of arguing which has been adopted against the American government.
Admitting then, as I do, that it was the administration of our government, and not our constitution, that Mr. Jefferson meant by that form which this Anglo-Monarchical-Aristocratic party had given us, and were endeavoring to substantiate, yet I must contend, that he has fairly and positively laid in the preceding part of the same sentence, that our government is not a republican one; and therefore, does it astonish me exceedingly, that Mr. Jefferson should twice now have entered so highly into the administration of that government, of which he thought so badly. Without making any comments however on this circumstance, which would but too naturally produce a disagreeable retort for the many unpleasant things that are said in that letter of the friends to the government, I shall conclude this paper, with just contrasting the part of the sentence alluded to, with a part of the same gentleman's inauguration speech as Vice-President to the Senate, and leave every reader to comment for himself.
The words in the sentence alluded to are these—"Instead of that noble love of liberty, and that republican government, &c."—Those of the speech are as follows: "I might here proceed, and with the greatest truth, to declare, my zealous attachment to the constitution of the United States, that I consider the union of these states as the first of blessings, and as the first of duties, the preservation of that constitution which secures it."
This last certainly shews, at least, that "our political situation," had not so "prodigiously changed" from "that republican government which carried us triumphantly through the dangers of the war," even on the 6th of March, 1797, which was long after his excellency's friend had left us, and a considerable time after the writing of the letter even, we may presume; or, that Mr. Jefferson had then become an admirer of a monarchical and aristocratic government!! AMERICANUS.
Richmond, August 20, 1797.
ERRATA FOR AMERICANUS. No. I. 5th parag. instead of "in capturing the property of neutral nations"—read, in taking the property of their enemy in the fairs of neutral nations—and in the same parag. instead of "illegality of captors," read illegality of captures; and immediately after, instead of "the law of nations to which," read the law of nations which, &c.—No. II. 5th parag. instead of "were recommended as facts," read, were recommended as facts. 9th parag. instead of, "and with so much propriety," read, and with as much propriety—and in six lines after, between the words from and scene, add, of.
FREDERICK-TOWN, August 23.
Died, on the 12th inst. on his plantation in York county, Pennsylvania, ANDREW SHRIVER, an old, respectable and independent farmer—he was near 85 years of age—left a widow of 87—lived in a state of matrimony 66 years—65 of which passed on the farm on which he expired—He lived to see his offspring multiplied to a great number—9 children, 52 grand children, and 55 great grand children—in all one hundred and sixteen persons.
A few days ago, a person by the name of Robinson, living near the Sulphur Spring, Berkeley county, Virginia, put an end to his existence, by hanging himself. This, it is said, completes the half dozen who have taken their own lives in this dastardly manner, in Berkeley country within 12 months.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, August 30.
Melancholy Accident. On Thursday last, Mr. Stephen Le Fevre, residing between this place and Rahway, having by mistake eaten at dinner a Toad Stool (agaricus clypeatus of botanists), with some common Mushrooms (agaricus campestris) was seized in the evening with indispotion, and died the next morning.
Having heard more than once of accidents of this nature, we think the following receipt to try the quality of Mushrooms will not be unacceptable—Take an Onion, Strip off the outer skin, and boil it with your Mushrooms: If the onion becomes black or blue, there are certainly dangerous ones amongst them; if it remains white, they are good.

By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, September 1. MESSRS. M'CLEAN & LANG, By giving the following a place in your impartial Gazette, you will oblige a SUBSCRIBER.
In your Gazette of Tuesday last, you are pleased to censure the conduct of Captain Nathan Haley, of the ship Hare & hutch, as I conceive, upon a principle not sufficiently warranted, from a fair construction of his own letter to Mr. Isaac Clason, dated Dieppe, the 30th of April, 1797, you will therefore excuse me for attempting to correct your mistake, and shewing that he is not criminal in the eyes of thousands in America. But so far am I from justifying Haley, that I do not hesitate to pronounce him a consummate villain; yet I cannot agree with you, that his malignant hostility was chiefly directed against the United States. I cannot draw such an inference from his letter; and from the bold, audacious manner in which he avows his degraded principles, he is the more entitled to credit. He tells Mr. Clason, that last January, when he parted with him in London, for France, it was his determination to procure a French Commission, in hopes of getting revenge of his infernal enemies, (the British, of course) and that when he returned with the Commission, it was his intention to cut some vessel out of the Downs, but getting the command of the Hare from Mr. Clason, his purpose was frustrated, knowing that the principal part of her cargo belonged to his detested enemies, the English, and all insured in London. This you censure, that "he meant to go on board some vessel for the express purpose of depredating on American property." But the true construction is, that the whole being insured in London, he expected that the Underwriters there, would be the sole losers, and so far his revenge would be gratified; he says, his "intention was to have the cargo condemned, but had no idea of the ship sharing the same fate."
You again infer from his own declaration, that "under the pretence of fastening on the property of what he calls his "detested enemies," his object must be, and it is inferrible from his declaration, to seize wherever he meets it, the property of Americans." This conclusion cannot be drawn from any declaration of his, for he expressly tells Mr. Clason, that were he to suffer shipwreck, him, or no other Republican, should suffer on his account.
Thus it is pretty evident, that Mr. Haley's malignity is pointed against Great-Britain, and not America. It is true, like all other Jacobins, he is no doubt an enemy to the government, and a pretended friend to the people; but what prospect he can have of overturning the government, by plundering its citizens, is not to be reconcilable. He, like thousands of others in America, is distracted with a spirit of revenge against the British nation: to accomplish its destruction, all principles of justice and morality are set at defiance. In the wild incoherent state which such a disposition produces, even self-interest and reputation are insensibly sacrificed. Jacobins are the enemies of all established government and order in society, where they cannot ascend to paramount authority; and it is impossible for them all to be raised to such stations, hence arises out of their jarring competitions for power, those most detestable of all tyrants, ANARCHY and CONFUSION. But Jacobins are not actuated wholly by malice; their malignity is strongly tempered with ambition—gratify that and injure their power, they will make tolerable mild depots; but where malice alone gets full possession of the heart, it admits of no palliative, nothing will satisfy short of the total destruction of whatever is the object of it.
I could almost venture to pledge myself for the Jacobins, that they will be very delicate for Haley's character: but I would not risk a cent upon the prudence of another class of enemies to Great Britain, who, like Haley himself, are solely instigated by the spirit of revenge.—This class, in point of number, are, perhaps, nearly equal to the Jacobins; and, though they can all cavil against Jacobinism, and make great professions of supporting the government, against the attacks of the democrats, they have always joined them, and many of them even exceeded the generality of the democrats, in their imprecations against Britain. Let these men be cautious how they speak of Capt. Haley; his conduct is a delineation of their principles; he has only done away what many of them would have done, and still would do, were it in their power. This act of his, may serve them as a looking-glass; from its reflection they may fairly see and examine the principles of their own hearts. OBSERVATOR.
STONINGTON, August 28.
"In the severe storm, on Friday night the 18th inst. the house of Mr. Samuel Billings, of Stonington, was struck with lightning; it first entered the funnel of the chimney,—whence taking a direction to the gable end of the house, it shattered the roof very much,—went down the end of the house, stove a window to pieces, split the frame, and continued its course through into the kitchen, splitting a large post by the door.—Other branches of the lightning, proceeded down three smokes of the chimney, split a large log into four pieces, together with the hearth stones, turning them over; split into several pieces one of the sleepers of the lower floor, on which Mr. Billings and his wife had laid down; burst the floor boards off, breaking them in two, by the bed side, within one foot of the heads of Mr. and Mrs. Billings,—and even split the bedstead, that it fell, with no other injury to the two persons than the deprivation of their senses for about fifteen minutes." Same night a barn of Mr. Gordon Giff-
ords, of Norwich, was set on fire by the lightning, which together with its valuable contents, viz. 12 tons of Hay, 100 shocks of Grain, a quantity of Flax, &c. were entirely consumed. Last week a Mohegan Indian, sailor, named Joshua Ahbo, in a fit of intoxication attempting to leap from a vessel in Tilly and Miller's dock, to the wharf, fell into the water and was drowned.
BOSTON, August 29.
Commotions continue to agitate France. Riots were frequent. Two happened at Bourdeaux about the 25th of July. The object to prevent the resuscitation of the system of terror, which was apprehended.—The story of hostilities between France and Austria, was founded on slight and accidental skirmishing—the effect of trifling circumstances unauthorized by any general officer and which was forgot, almost as soon as known. The Preliminaries of peace between the two countries it is well known are signed. The definitives will be settled by a Congress. A degree of tardiness seems to mark the assembling of the Congress, but Buonaparte says, "Negotiations continue," which must signify, that the work of the Congress is arranging and simplifying, of course, we presume, when that body meets, it will soon conclude the business.
The French privateer, mentioned in Friday's Mercury, has failed from Marblehead. We understand she is hovering round our harbors in the Bay, and has boarded several vessels, which have recently arrived.
Messrs. Printers,
Notwithstanding what has been said relative to the privateer lately arrived at Marblehead, of her "innocent intentions" in coming on this coast, it is a fact that a number of American vessels have been captured by the same privateer and sent to the Savannah, where they were sold without any condemnation taking place whatever.
FARNCE.
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
Barbe Marbois made a report upon the resolution relative to sending new agents of the directory to St. Domingo. He proved that it was impossible to save this important colony without a very active government, but he did not dissimulate that its fate depended entirely upon the choice which the directory should make. If they are good men it may again flourish: It is lost forever if they are bad. He employed himself afterwards in tracing to them in some degree the route they will have to pursue to succeed in this delicate mission. They should seek, said he, rather the general interest than local prejudices; to ally mildness to firmness; and convince men, now habituated to a fatal independence, that the bonds of society are mild, and that the government is still paternal; to gain the hearts of the Spaniards who are Frenchmen in name only; to encourage our allies of the United States, against the arbitrary cruelties to which their property has been incessantly the victim; "against a system of cruising, which, being authorized by no law, is a real piracy."
A member, in the name of the commission of the colonies, presented a resolution which authorizes the directory to send four agents to Cayenne and the Windward Islands.
Boissy.—I have reason to be astonished that the commission should present you a measure of this kind, without giving the motives. I request, before any thing is enacted, that a message should be addressed to the directory, to ask of them a state of the actual situation of Guadaloupe and Cayenne.
Bourdou.—I am not opposed to the sending the message, but I however insist upon the discussion of the subject. "Victor Hughes is recalled;" he has encouraged the cultivation of the colonies, but he has also established in them the reign of Terror, which cannot be maintained. All property has been struck by the hand of real seizure, and it is now important to put an end to such an order of things.—I vote for the resolution.
Dumolard.—Before we determine in favor of the adoption of the measure, we ought to know whether it is necessary, and to all this question of the directory.—I support the opinion of Boissy.
Vaublan.—Whatever may be the communications to be made by the directory, they will not in the least change the necessity of sending new agents to the colonies. The colonies not being placed under the constitutional reign before peace, we must insure to them a provisional government, which cannot be entrusted to any but agents. I vote for the resolution. The resolution was adopted.
Report of the Minister of Marine.
June 26. Three Swedish vessels, one Danish, and one American, are carried into Carthagena, by l'Epervier, capt. Viaud. They were loaded with grain and brandy for enemy's ports.
July 1. The American brig Maria, bound to Lisbon, is sent into Nantz.
July 5. An American brig from Norfolk, for Lisbon, is taken by La Munche, of Rochelle.
The American vessel, Mercury, from Bremen, with tobacco, is taken by the Hydra, of Nantz.
The American brig Hero, laden with grain, is taken by the Intrepidity.
Many neutral vessels, taken by the English, have been cut out of Gibraltar by the Droits de l'Homme, and carried to Algeziras.
July 12. The American vessel the Sight Hofey, has been made to enter the river of Nantz.
The Raven, American vessel, has been consigned to the Orient.
The American brig Maria has been made to enter Minden.
The Williams, Campbell, American, has been conducted to Calais.
HAGUE, June 30.
Preparations for an expedition against England are still continued with the greatest activity at the Texel.
The last letters from Dantzic state, that the king of Prussia has prohibited the importation into his states of all sorts of foreign tobacco.—This news has caused the highest alarm among the tobacco merchants and manufacturers at Amsterdam.
BALTIMORE, August 30.
AUTHENTIC.
Baltimore, August 28, 1797.
By the Commissioners of Health.
IN consequence of a report spread by the Philadelphia papers and others, that the yellow fever had made its appearance on Fell's Point, the physicians of the town and Point, agreeably to the invitation given, generally attended a meeting of the board, held at the Exchange yesterday morning, for the purpose of a full investigation of said report, who individually gave information, that not a single instance of the YELLOW FEVER, or other contagious disease, had made its appearance amongst any of their patients, and that the inhabitants generally enjoyed a better state of health than was customary for them at this season of the year.
A woman lately from Philadelphia, on a visit to this city, had occasioned some uneasiness, but is now on the recovery.
In order to remove all doubt respecting that particular part of the city, concerning which the rumor was raised, the board requested three attending physicians, residing in the western part of the city, to visit the eastern part, called Fell's Point, to enquire into the state of the sick, which service they cheerfully performed, and communicated the following report:
To the Commissioners of Health.
Gentlemen,
Agreeably to your request, we yesterday afternoon visited a number of sick at Fell's Point, and are happy in assuring you, that we discovered nothing like a malignant, contagious, or yellow fever—the patients we saw all labored under the common bilious remittent, and will generally recover with common attention. We therefore can very confidently say, that we do not think that there is at present any cause of alarm.
LYDE GOODWIN, DANIEL MOORES, JNO. B. DAVIDGE. Published by order of the board, Jos. TOWNSEND, Clerk. Baltimore, Aug. 29.
NORFOLK, August 26.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Betsey, captain Clark, 31 days from Martinique, and 25 days from Tortola: failed under convoy of the Bellona of 74, the Chatham of 44 guns, and several lighter armed vessels. Under the lee of Guadaloupe several French privateers got amongst the fleet, and captured one brig. On Wednesday last, near the Capes, spoke a sloop that had part of the crew of the Winnifred of Richmond, taken on her homeward passage from Antigua; also the crew of the brig Peace of Providence, taken on her homeward passage from Surinam. The sloop was bound to New York.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2.
DIED—Mr. JOHN WEST, Lumber-Merchant, in Vine-street.
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT.
2d September in the morning. Admitted, since last report, Israel Canfield, from Wm. Norris's, No. 4, Mead Alley. John Toy, Spruce corner Water street. Robert McGowan, from Henry Martin's corner South and Penn streets. Mrs. Margaret McCleoa, Mead Alley, above Norris's. Mrs. Sarah Riley, Relief alley, between Second and Front street. Mr. Foster, Mr. Frazier's, Front, three doors from Lombard. Mrs. Parkes, Front, corner of Hooper's alley.
DISCHARGED.
Robert Fee, admitted 26th ult. John Bayman, 20th. DEAD—NONE. Remaining last report 16 Admitted 7 Discharged 2 Remains in Hospital, Convalescents 5 Sick 16 22, four of whom are dangerous.
(Signed) STEPHEN GERARD, CALEB LOWNES, JOHN CONNELLY.
Extract of a letter from a respectable mercantile house in Providence, Rhode-Island to a gentleman in this city, dated 25th ult.
"This town has unhappily been visited by that most alarming disorder, the Yellow Fever; and eleven persons have fallen victims in the course of the last eight days,—but as no new subjects are taken down, and three or four, who were quite unwell, are recovering; there is good reason to flatter ourselves that we have seen the worst of it. This contagious disorder, was brought hereby by a vessel from Nichola Mole."
Mr. Penno, it is not astonishing, after such repeated proofs of its importation, to find some of the Faculty remains so stubborn, as still to contend that, the disorder is generated in this country, thereby making those upon the look-out, less vigilant in their duty.
Within the last three days the following accidents have happened:—A boy, about ten years old, fell from a tree, and broke his arm; and a man fell from the yard-arm of a Schooner, and hurt his head very badly. They were both carried to the Pennsylvania hospital, and are in a fair way of doing well. Also, at the said hospital, a scaffold gave way, in the long entry of the new building, directly over the arched door, up stairs, by which means four labourers, two of them white and two black, fell about 25 feet to the lower floor, with their hods of brick and a quantity of mortar—by this accident one of the white men had his thigh and jaw-bone broke, and received several wounds—he lived about 8 hours, during which time he never spoke—he has left a wife and one child: the other white man and the two blacks were badly bruised, but no bones broke. This sad misfortune ought to be an instructive lesson to carpenters and masons to see that their scaffolding is made secure.
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 12.
The house in a Committee of supply. Mr. Pitt moved, that the sum of 38,454. 14s. 3d. be granted to defray the sum which the commissioners for settling the American claims have awarded; and for defraying the expense of that commission. Sir W. Pulteney wished to know whether any sums had awarded to British claimants? Mr. Pitt replied, that matters were now in a train of negotiation, but nothing as yet was definitively settled.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
The report of the insolvent Debtors' bill was brought up and read. Mr. Serjeant Adair called to the recollection of the House, that eight persons who were Quakers had been long confined in York gaol for non-payment of tithes, at the suit of the Rev. George Markham, rector of Charlton, in the West-Riding of Yorkshire. These unfortunate persons must lie in gaol for an indefinite term, because they could not conform to the provisions of the bill. He therefore proposed a clause to extend relief to them. The clause was adopted, and made part of the bill.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
The ship North America, Capt. Coffin, 47 days from Londonderry, is arrived at New-Castle, with 350 passengers, all well. They will be landed at Wilmington.
Aug. 27, at 6, P. M. spoke the ship Assistance, 50 gun ship, in company with the Andromeda, long. 72, with the brig Faithful, of Philadelphia, which they had captured a few hours before. The Assistance pressed 27 passengers.
Capt. Potter of the sloop Sarah arrived at Wilmington, Delaware, from Windsor, N. S. informs, that on the 26th ult. spoke a sloop from New-Providence, bound to Rhode Island, the master of which told capt. Potter, that an American East-Indian man, which had been captured about eight weeks ago by the French, and afterwards retaken by the British, was lying in New-Providence when the sloop arrived.
(The above is supposed to be the Asia.) The brig Phoenix, Sellers, of this port, on her passage from Port-au-Prince home, is lost on Cape Hatteras—cargo saved.
The brig Phoenix, Sellers, of this port, from Jeremie to this port has put into the Chesapeake, after being chased by an armed Scher off Chincoteague.
The snow Boston, Dougherty, from hence to Cape Nichola Mole, is taken and sent into Jean Rabel—vessel and cargo condemned.
The brig Peggy, of this port, was cast away on the 25th ult. on the Caicos—capt. and crew saved.
The Scher. Eutaw, Brewster, from Cape Francois, has gone up to Burlington, to finish her quarantine.
The Ship Asia is certainly re-captured, and carried into New-Providence.
Wilmington (Del.) Aug. 31.
Yesterday arrived at this port the ship Bayne, of New-York, captain Ferret, 12 weeks from Amsterdam, with 94 passengers.
New-York, September 1.
ARRIVED. Days Scher Argus, Allyn, Havannah Weymouth, Guthrie, Philadelphia Sloop Maria, King, do.
On Sunday, July 2, Scilly Island bearing North, distant 6 leagues, Capt. Hodgess was boarded by a French brig, mounting 16 guns and 60 men, called La Bone Order, Capt. Tobatortson, belonging to Cherbourg, who detained me one hour, treated me very politely, and permitted me to proceed on my voyage; but informed me that if I had not took the precaution I did, to get all the property swore to, before a Notary, and signed by Mr. Rufus King, our Minister in London, that he actually should have taken me into France, or if they had been signed by Mr. Johnson, for that they had every reason to suspect that he had covered English property out of London.
New-London, August 30.
Arrived, sloop Prosperia, Asa Williams from St. Pierre. The following is extracted from his log-book.
August 12, in lat. 29, long. 67, spoke brig Florida, of Philadelphia, bound to St. Domingo. At 6, P. M. saw a brig and scher. bearing down for us; at 10, the scher. brought us to, and proved to be a French privateer, on board of which capt. Williams was ordered with his papers; after which 4 Frenchmen were sent on board his vessel, who said the wds from Martinique, and declared her a good prize. But as they had taken so many prizes, they were unable to man another and take care of their prisoners: They therefore dismissed capt. Williams on condition of his taking their prisoners on board. They have taken the ship America, Shallcross, of Philadelphia, from St. Christopher's; brig Commerce, Reynolds of do. bound to West Indies; and scher. Nancy, P. Harding, from Norfolk, for the Mole. They took from us a cask of rum, and gave us in return two barrels of bread. While he had us in tow, saw a scher. bearing down upon us. The privateer fired for her, and on coming within shot, was saluted with a few guns from the Schooner, which made her put about and make all the sail she could. The prisoners put on board capt. W. were 22.
Arrived ship Charlotte, Fitch of this port, was bound from Baltimore to Amsterdam, with freight. Put in here on account of the mate and some of the hands being sick, and unable to do duty; 12 days out—Back of Long-Island, spoke a privateer brig of 16 guns. On the 24th, spoke ship Juno, 76 days from Amsterdam, for New-York, 26th, off Montock, spoke a brig from Halifax, for New York. Aug. 29, Sailed, ship Charlotte, Fitch, for Amsterdam, with passengers.
BLOOMSBURY.
To be Sold at PUBLIC SALE,
ON Friday, the eighth day of September next, between the hours of twelve and five o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Wm. HAY, innkeeper, in Trenton, in the State of New-Jersey, that elegant seat called BLOOMSBURY, the seat of the late JOHN COX, Esq. deceased, with the appurtenances; containing 400 acres of land, with a suitable proportion of arable, meadow, and wood land. The principal mansion house is within a half a mile of Trenton, and on the river Delaware. The situation and improvement of this estate is such as to be worthy the attention of any gentleman willing to retire from the city. The terms will be made easy as a great part of the purchase money may remain in the hands of the purchaser for a liberal term of credit, on giving satisfactory security. Attendance will be given on behalf of the subscribers, who can make an indisputable title for the premises. Elizer Cox, John Stevens, Matthias Barton. Sept. 2. d17h
Notice.
SAMUEL RICHARDET,
BEGS leave to inform the Merchants and his friends, that he will shut up the City Tavern and Exchange on Thursday next, during the prevailing disorder; the great body of merchants having left frequenting the same for some days. Aug. 30. d2t
THE SALE OF NOTES,
Advertised for the first of September is postponed until further notice. John Connelly, Auctioneer. Aug. 30. 3t
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, an indentured Servant Girl, named Nancy ANDERSON, about twenty years of age, short, thick set person, with short black hair; had on when she went away, a dark calico gown, an old black silk cloak, and a black for hat. Whoever will secure said girl, and give information thereof to the subscriber No. 2, Greenleaf alley, or to the office of this Gazette, shall receive the above reward. All persons are forbid harboring said girl, as they will be dealt with as the law directs. MARY ANDERSON, N. B. Said Girl is from Ireland, and has been in this country but a short time; she was sent to the work-house for misconduct, where she was taken sick and removed to the city-hospital, from which place she made her escape. August 30. cont
Philadelphia, 15th July, 1797. NOTICE is hereby given, that separate proposals with sealed covers will be received at my office until the eleventh day of September next, to furnish by contract the following articles for the use of the Army of the United States in the year 1798.
First Contract for 8 Sergeants coats } Dragoons. 2 Mulicians, do. 10 Sergeants vests 126 Privates coats 126 Privates vests 64 Sergeants coats 32 Mulicians, do. 96 Sergeants vests 192 Woolen overalls } Artillerists 192 Linen overalls & 936 Privates coats Engineers. 936 do. vests 1872 Woolen overalls 1872 Linen do. 144 Sergeants coats 72 Mulicians, do. 216 Sergeants vests 432 Linen overalls 432 Woolen do. 1893 Privates coats 1892 do. vests 3784 Woolen overalls 3784 Linen do. 11th Contract, for 1288 Sergeants shirts 11816 Privates do. 12600 Socks 2d Contract, for 272 pair leather breeches 3d Contract, for 272 pair boots 4600 pair shoes, No. 1 8000 pair do. No. 2 4th Contract, for 1032 Artillerists and Engineers hats 2108 Infantry do. 136 Dragonoon caps
The whole to be delivered at the city of Philadelphia, viz.
One fourth on or before the 15th day of February next.
One fourth on or before the 15th day of April next.
The remaining half on or before the 15th day of June next.
The articles are to be agreeable to such patterns as shall be directed by the Secretary for the Department of War.
Payments to be made as soon as the article shall be delivered, and passed inspection. TENCH FRANCIS, Purveyor. entirthSep.
Red Port Wine.
Just arrived, by the brig Iris, capt. Rhodes, from Oporto.
Red Port Wine in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks
60 cwt. Cork, for sale by
Phillips, Cramond, & Co. July 21. 5

Just published, And to be sold at the Bookstores of H. & P. Rice, No. 50, Market-street; J. Ormerod, No. 43, 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
Georgetown Bridge Company. Extract of an act passed by the Legislature of the state of Maryland on the 29th December, 1791, entitled, "An act for erecting a bridge over Potomac river." "And be it enacted, that the said directors or any two of them shall and may require any sum or sums of money in equal proportion from each and every proprietor, as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the building of said bridge; and after giving three months public notice, it shall and may be lawful for the directors to sue for and recover in the name of the company such unpaid requisition, with all costs and charges incidental thereto, and legal interest thereon from the time the same should have been paid: And the neglect or refusal to pay any such requisition after public notice shall have been given at least for three months in all the newspapers herein before enumerated, shall have the effect to forfeit all preceding payments made on the share or shares so neglected or refused to be paid to the use and benefit of the company." Information of such of the stockholders as have not complied with the requisitions heretofore made—they are as follows: On the 1st November, 1795, 20 dollars, on the 10th May, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 20th July, 1796, 40 dollars; on the 1st September, 1796, 40 dollars, and on the 1st November, 1796, 60 dollars. Caution is now given that after the expiration of the time limited for the continuance of this advertisement (three months) the law will be carried into rigid and complete effect against all delinquents. By order of the Directors, WALTER SMITH, Treasurer. Georgetown, May 1, 1797. 12w3m
Just Received, From Batavia (via Providence) A few Boxes of Spices, consisting of Nutmegs, Cloves and mace For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penn-street. May 30. def
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street. GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for some time past in preparations for removing into his present house, has been under the necessity of postponing until this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States, that his spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for sale, on terms that he trusts will entitle him to the like preference he has experienced for several years past. Catalogues, combining the most varied collection ever imported into this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. 22w 6w
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 superintendence 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 superintendence of William Moulder. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the superintendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaning of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commissioners 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. 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 Elfrith's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse-alley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Walnut-street, west side from the north end of Stumpers or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Pine-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 Mulberry 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 side. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. mw&fm
A Literary Treat. Just published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price 1 dollar. A new edition of that popular and entertaining work, entitled THE FORESTERS; an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of John Bull, the Clothier—In a series of letters to a friend, with the addition of two letters, alluding to recent political transactions in America. The following extract from the Clavis Allegorica, shews the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England His Mother, the Church of England His Wife, the Parliament His Sister Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland Lewis, the Kingdom of France His Mistress, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Representation Lord Strutt, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic The Foresters, the United States of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire John Codline, Massachusetts Humphrey Plowshare, Connecticut Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peter Bull Frog, New-York Julius Cæsar, New-Jersey William Broadbim, Pennsylvania Cassimar, Delaware Walter Pipewod, Virginia His Grandson, George Washington Peter Pitch, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina George Trusty, Georgia Ethian Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife, Kentucky Black Cattle, Negro Slaves Rats, Speculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins This popular and entertaining satirical history of America is attributed to the Rev. Dr. BENJAMIN. It has a great share of originality and abounds with genuine humour. It is continued down to the present time, and characterizes those late political transactions which have caused so much uneasiness in America. Sold by H. & P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 50, Market-street. June 26. 5
LAW BOOKS, Latest London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 50, South Second, and No. 50, Market-street, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London and Dublin, their spring importation, consisting of a variety of the latest and most approved Law Books, which added to those already on hand, forms the most extensive collection ever offered for sale in this country. They therefore beg leave to notice, that from the nature of their connection in Dublin, they are enabled to sell Irish editions (as they have hitherto done) at the very lowest prices. The following are among the latest publications. Velay, Jun's Reports in Chancery, 2 vols. Peake's Cales at Nisi Prius; Ridgeway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwicke; Ployer's Producers Practice in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions, 2 parts complete; Ward's Law of Nations; Cruise on Utes; modern Reports, 12 vols. London edition. H. and P. Rice expect to receive by the first arrival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of Durnford and East's Reports, the 2d part of Gilbert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of new publications. June 26.
The History of Pennsylvania, By ROBERT BROUD, IS now in the press, and will be published, with all convenient expedition, by ZECHARIAH POULSON, jun. No. 80, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, where subscriptions will continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, according to the printed prospectus, until the work is ready for the subscribers. July 18. 22wtf
Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co. No. 3 Chestnut-Street, Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly assorted, very low on short credit. March 6. 5
Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-street. August 2. w&fst
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg and Sunbury STAGES. THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time subsisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved: but not as M. Slough insinuates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the subject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 27th December last, a recital of which is not now deemed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching himself to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyances from Philadelphia to Shippensburg, or any other place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, attention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the public can possibly exert. The above company, who are 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 Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation of the public a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, arrive at Sunbury 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 Mondays. WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797.
N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Ferrée, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg every Wednesday morning, on the same evening arrives at Patrick Cochran's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday; performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadelphia. A.D. Richmond, June 11, 1797. 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 30,000, are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 50,000 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 3,000 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 10,000 100 do. 100 10,000 200 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 10,000 1,000 do. 10 10,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To any one who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but one. And approved prices, securing payment in either money or notes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be credited within the city of Washington. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. SAMUEL BLODGET. 5. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. mw&fm
From the Osgo Herald. CAUTION. WHEREAS a combination of men in this country have undertaken to enrich themselves, 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 redress while the men have property, and are to be found. Those who have been discovered are Truman Harrison, Joseph Witcomb, said now to reside 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 fabricated titles, are at least worth fifty thousand dollars. Such as we have actual knowledge of are as follows: Lots No. 11 and 12, Osgo 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. Chaumont, 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 place in their papers, as well to caution the public against purchasing those lands, as also to deprive those men in future from imposing on individuals, which their education and address have enabled 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 excuse the interference of Wm. COOPER. Osgo, July 28th, 1797. I Thomas Kelly, of the County of Osgo, having 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, Osgo patent, which was the property of William T. Franklin now Mr. Chaumont's and others; and further the said Joseph and Truman did persuade me to do this against my inclination, which was made out on the 10th day of November, 1793, or set back two years so as to bring it to that time; and further the name of Pardon Starks 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 affidavit, and made solemn oath that it contains nothing but the truth. ELIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace. On the 18th July, 1797, some before me Jacob Kibby, a person by me well known and worthy of good credit, who on his solemn oath did say, that two of the parties abovenamed did make application to him this deponent, some time in the winter of 1796, to make them a deed for two thousand acres of land in the Osgo patent, and promised this deponent a share of the profits, on the sale of said lands, for his so doing; and that they made application several times for the same purpose, which services this deponent as often refused, declaring to them that he had no right to lands, and could do no such thing; which during attempt on this deponent's integrity he had related among his friends several times, previous to making this affidavit. JACOB KIBBY. Sworn before me, ELIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace. Aug. 3. 12w4w
Thirty Dollars Reward. ELOPED from the service of the subscriber, on the 10th 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 workman. His countenance is very good—When spoken to, 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 reward 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.
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
Will be Landed, From on board the ship Active, Capt. BLAIR, from Hamburg, 20 bales white Ruffia clean Hemp 2 casks Clover Seed For Sale by Thomas Herman Leuffer, North Fifth street, No. 34. June 26. 5
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 proportion as the drawing advances, particularly on account of the five first drawn tickets, prizes of four thousand dollars, each, on the last day of drawing. Check Books kept for examination and registering, 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. to & f
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 Consequences of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ESKINE. May 15. 5
STATE TRIALS. Sold by W. Young, Bookseller, No. 52, South Second-street. The Pennsylvania State Trials, Containing the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and John Nicholson, Comptroller General—in one large 8 vo. vol. Price, in boards, 3 dollars. W. Young has for sale, a general assortment of Books. Also, Stationery, retail and by the package, well assorted, and entitled to the drawback if exported. July 7. 5
THE SUBSCRIBER having been appointed by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, General Agent for settling British creditors, and such particular agents as they may specially authorize, in prosecuting their claims before the commissioners for carrying into effect the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, hereby gives notice that he has opened his office at his house the fourth east corner of Chestnut and fifth streets, Philadelphia, where he is ready to receive all claims or instructions for claims with the vouchers and documents thereof, for the purpose of bringing forward the same agreeably to the rules and orders which the board may think proper to prescribe. And as it will be for the interest of all concerned, that the several claims be so stated, and supported, as to prevent the delay which would arise from the necessity of obtaining further information, or additional materials, from persons residing at a distance, the general agent of those, who, not having employed particular agents, may leave the prosecution of their claims to his charge and management that all such claims ought in particular to set forth— 1st. The proper description and situation of the creditor or claimant, and original debtor, respectively. 2d. The date and nature of the original contract or debt. 3d. When, in what manner, and to what extent, the creditor or claimant was prevented or impeded, by the provision, operation or defect of law, the decisions and practice of courts, or restraint of execution, from recovering payment of the debt in question. 4th. The loss and damage incurred or sustained, in consequence of such impediments, whether the same may have arisen from the inolvency, change of situation, or death of the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of time, or other causes impairing the value and security of the debt, which would not have been operated if such impediments had not existed. 5th. The particular grounds and reasons on which the claimant maintains, in the terms of the treaty, that "by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the creditor cannot now obtain and actually have and receive full and adequate compensation" for the losses and damages so sustained. The general agent thinks it his duty further to suggest that the several claims ought to be accompanied and supported by the affidavits of the claimants duly sworn and regularly attested, both as to the existence of the debts claimed, and such other circumstances as may be within their own knowledge respectively. And wherever the claimants in stating the nature of their evidence (which must in every instance be the best of which the case is capable) have occasion to refer to the testimony of witnesses, it will be proper to specify the general agent of the names and places of residence of such witnesses and the facts to be established by their testimony. Wm. Moore Smith. Philadelphia, June 8th, 1797. d
For Sale, That well known place, called VANDERGRIFTS FERRY, ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Philadelphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story stone house occupied as a tavern, and a good one story stone kitchen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent ice house. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentleman's seat, commanding a view of the Neshannoy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the subscriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24. 22wtf
COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with much pleasure and respect, returns her sincere acknowledgment 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. 5
No. 183. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: L. S. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the fifteenth day of June, in the twenty first year of the Independence of the United States of America, JAMES WOODHOUSE, 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:— "The Young Chemist's Pocket Companion, being a Description of a Portable Laboratory, containing a Philosophical apparatus, and a great number of Chemical Agents, by which any person may perform an endless variety of amusing and instructing Experiments, designed for the use of ladies and gentlemen, and intended to promote the cultivation of the Science of Chemistry in the United States of America. By JAMES WOODHOUSE, M. D. Professor of Chemistry, in the University of Pennsylvania, President of the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, &c." At present every thing that is not denominated Chemistry, is but a small part of a system of natural knowledge. Priestley on Air." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 18. d3t—wstf
No. 188. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: L. S. 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 1796," 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, intitled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 27. w2w
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 Pennsylvania, at the instance of James Short, praying the Court to supply a lost deed made by a certain Andrew Hickenlooper, to Hugh Morrison, James Morrison, and John Sample, executors to Hans Morrison, deceased, for six hundred acres of Lands, situate in Menallen township, in the county of York:—All persons who have any objections to make to the subject of the said petition are desired to attend at 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. July 18. eotb 5
30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indentured servants, Gifford Dally, a mulatto boy, about 17 years of age, a slim 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 trousers, a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c. Allan Mellons, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick set clumsy built fellow, particularly about the breeches, half on a sailor's blue jacket lined with fustian, dark fustian vest, fustian trousers, 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 dollars 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 Delaware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. mm&f3w
CAUTION. WHEREAS RICHARD LAKE has been attempting to sell a certain messuage or tenement and lot of ground, situated on the south side of Vine-street, in the city of Philadelphia containing in breadth, on Vine-street, sixteen feet, and in depth, southward, seventy five feet, bounded on the north side by Vine-street, on the east by ground late of Samuel Rhodes and Sarah his wife, on the south by ground late of John Pemberton, and on the west by another lot then about to be granted to Joseph Hulings—This is therefore to caution all persons against purchasing the above described property, the same having been mortgaged by the said Richard Lake to William Spade. SARAH SPADE. July 12. eotw
Musical Instrument Manufactory, No. 167, Arch-Street. HARPER, harpsichord, grand, portable grand, fid-board, pier table and square piano forte maker 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 fortes made on the newest and most approved plans, with pedals, patent, swell, and French harp stop, which he asserts himself will be found on trial by unprejudiced judges, to be equal if not superior to any imported, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any instrument purchased of him, if not approved of in twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical instruments made, used, and repaired with the greatest accuracy, dispatch, and on the most reasonable terms, for ready money only. Second hand Piano Fortes taken in exchange. May 20. 22m.
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the second day 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 pelt trousers 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 fellow, and securing him to 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. w2t