Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-07-27 00:00:00

Schooner LITTLE JOHN.
FOR SALE, THE SCHOONER LITTLE JOHN, CAPTAIN BOYD.
ABOUT 18 months old, a very fast sailing vessel, on Virginia Pilot boat plan, now laying at South street wharf, carries near 900 barrels, is ready to take in a cargo; a liberal credit will be given. Apply to PETER BLIGHT.
July 29. rot cod
Just Arrived,
In the ship Molly, John Frost, Master, from Liverpool, 5000 Bushels Best fine stowed SALT, 500 Bushels HOUSE CO. L., And 118 Crates of QUEENS WARE afforded, FOR SALE BY Philip Nicklin & Co. N. B. THE SAID Ship MOLLY, IS FOR SALE OR CHARTER, she is 3 years old, Philadelphia built, of white oak, was well fitted and carries about 4200 barrels of Flour. For terms apply as above. July 23. dif
Advertisement.
On Saturday the 30th inst. will be sold at public auction The new ship LIBERTY, BURTHEN 310 tons, with her masts and spars as delivered by the carpenter, good judges have pronounced that she is a faithfully built vessel, of good and well seasoned materials, one thousand dollars will be required of the purchaser at the time of sale, and for the remainder a credit will be given of 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, the payments to be secured by notes negotiable at the Bank of Alexandria, with approved endorser. JOHN MANDEVILLE, GEORGE CLEMERSTON, & ELISHA C. DICK. } Trustees for the creditors of John Hickman & Co. 23 d 30th.
For Barbados,
The Brigantine FAME, FRANCES KNOX, Master, HAS good accommodations for passengers, and is expected to sail on Thursday next. For freight of a few barrels or passage, apply to capt. Knox, at Hamilton's wharf, or KEARNY WHARTON. July 23. 6j
For Sale, Freight, or Charter,
The Schooner ANGELICA, ONE hundred and twenty tons burthen—six months old, a staunch, faithfully-built, fast-sailing vessel, handsomely finished off, and well found in every particular. For terms apply to B. RHODES, On board said schooner, lying at Bickley and Bohlen's wharf, the first above Market-street. WHERE THERE ARE FOR SALE. A few half-bbls. Prime Mefs Beef. July 24. $
For Sale or Charter,
THE SNOW BOSTON, BURTHEN about 2000 Bbls. of flour—the may be sent to sea at a small expence, her sails and rigging being in very good order—apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29. $
LOST or LEFT,
At some place in the city or vicinity of Philadelphia, which is not known—a note drawn by Isaac Beers, Esq. of the City of New-Haven, (Connecticut,) for 150 dol. drawn in favor of the subscriber, payable in March next. As the note was not indorsed and payment is stopped, it can be of no use to any one but the owner. Whoever has found the said note and delivers the same to the Printer at No. 119 Chestnut Street, or as the subscribers No. 25 Carters Alley, shall receive ten dollars reward. Chester Atwater. July 26. 3t.
Wm. HOLDERNESSE,
No. 76 High Street, HAS received, by the latest arrivals from Europe and the East Indies, a well selected assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery and Haberdashery Goods; which he will sell, Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms; AMONGST WHICH ARE, Some fine India muffs embroidered with gold and silver Superfine Book, Jacobet, and Mulmul ditto Do do do Handkerchiefs Some extra black & white, Jute strings and colored Persians Bandana Handkerchiefs Long and short Nankenees English Mantuas of the first quality Damask table linen and napkins, very fine Silk Hosiery, an elegant assortment Thread and cotton do Umbrellas—green silk, oil'd do. and do cloth French cambrics, very fine Irish Linens, do. &c. &c. June 14. $
Just Arrived,
In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Liverpool, 3000 Bushels SALT; 100 Crates QUEENS WARE; and An Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY; FOR SALE On board, at Pine-street wharf.—Apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29. $
NOTICE.
There will be sold on Thursday the 4th of August, at the Merchants' coffee house, in Second street, One thousand shares of the stock of the North America Land Company. If not previously disposed of. Philadelphia, 20th July. dit
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT application will be made for the renewal of the following certificates, issued by Joseph Nourse, Register of the Treasury, in the name of Roger Griswold, Esq. of Norwich, Connecticut— 1 certificate, six per cent domestic stock, No. 13,907—dated the 17th December, 1795, bearing interest from the first day of January, 1791, for 1,507 65-100 dollars— 1 ditto, three per cent domestic stock, No. 10,682—dated December 16, 1795, bearing interest from the first day of January, 1791, for 994 30-100 dollars. 1 ditto, deferred stock, No. 9,166—dated the 17th December, 1795, bearing interest from the first January, 1801, for 793 83-100 dollars. Said certificates are supposed to have been lost or stolen in this city some time in December or January last.
JOSEPH THOMAS,
No. 59, North Front-Street. Philadelphia, July 21, 1796. d6w.
For Sale,
A Three story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut street, between Front and Second streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now do) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH. April 21. $
THE SALE OF
THE TOWN, and OUT LOTS of the TOWNS of ERIE, WATERFORD, FRANKLIN and WARREN. ADVERTISED for sale by the State Agents, in the Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser, to be sold in the City of Philadelphia; will commence at the City Tavern or Coffee-house in Second-street, in the said city, on Monday the 23d day of July inst. at 7 o'clock in the evening, and be continued by adjournment from day to day, from 12 o'clock at noon, until two o'clock; and from 7 until 9 o'clock in the evening, until the whole of the said LOTS and OUT LOTS are disposed of. The conditions of sale will be made known, and the plans of the said LOTS and OUT LOTS be shown at the time and place of sale. By order of William Irvine, Andrew Ellicott and George Wilson Agents. EDWARD FOX, Auctioneer. July 22.
Sales of India Goods.
The Cargo of the ship Ganges, capt. Tingey, from Calcutta and Bengal, CONSISTING OF Large and general assortment of Bengal and Madras COTTON and SILK GOODS. AMONG WHICH ARE A variety fine worked and plain Muslins, Doreas, &c. Also, A Quantity of Excellent Sugar, In boxes and bags—and BLACK PEPPER. For Sale by Willings & Francis, No. 21 Penn Street. June 8. $
On Monday next, 25th inst. (July,) Will be landed at South street wharf, the cargoes of superb West Indian and Isabella, from Jamaica and Havana, consisting of Molasses in Hogheads, Coffee in hogheads, barrels & bags, FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT, Who has also for sale, A quantity of Jamaica GINGER, Pimento & Cocoa, In Bags, And 150 boxes Hambro' WINDOW GLASS, 7 by 9, will be sold cheap. July 20. d10t & tuth & s 10t
Take Notice,
THAT the Subscriber intends to make application for the renewal of a Certificate, No. 1609, for 4000 dollars, dated the 14th December, 1795, bearing interest at 5 per cent. from 1st January, 1796, in the name of David Dunderdale & Co. of Leeds, in Yorkshire, merchants. The same is supposed to have been lost on its way to New York, under cover to Beecker & March, of that place, on the 6th of January last. Thomas M'Euen. Philadelphia, 22d June, 1796. $ w
CABLES,
From 16 to 9 3/4 inches, for sale by Jeremiah Warder, No 12 north Third-street. July 12. $
Landing
From on board the Nancy, William Belcher, master, from Bourdeaux, a cargo, consisting of— 360 Hhds. CHOICE CLARET, 232 Cases of 24 bottles each CLARET, 286 do. of 24 do. WHITE WINE, BRANDY, SWEET OIL, and 1 TRUNK of RIBBONS, For Sale by F. Coppinger. July 23. dif.
Just arrived,
220 boxes best CLARET, Containing two dozen each, for sale, Wholesale & Retail, by William Sheaff, *d6 July 22. No. 168 High-street.
Public Notice is given,
TO the merchants and others concerned in the shipping at State-Island, under quarantine, that a Care will attend every morning, Sundays excepted, from nine to ten o'clock, at the Health office, No. 32 Walnut-street, to convey provisions or other Refreshments to the Hospital, and for the use of the crews. It is expected that the Bags, Baskets, or other packages with supplies, will be directed with the name of the vessel and captain they are intended for, to prevent mistakes at delivery. By order of the Board of Health for the port of Philadelphia, LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH, Chairman. July 13. $
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, and repealing the former acts for that purpose.—That there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon all carriages for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the conveying of passengers, the several duties and rates following, to wit:
For and upon every Coach, 15 dols. upon every Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Post Chariot, 12 dols. upon every Phaeton, without cover, 9 dols. upon every Coach, 9 dols. upon other Carriages, having panes, work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains, 9 dols. upon four wheel carriages, having framed posts and tops with steel springs, 6 dols. upon four wheel top Carriages, with wooden or iron springs or jacks, 3 dols. upon carriages with tops, 3 dols. upon chairs with tops, 3 dols. upon chairs with tops, 3 dols. upon other two wheel top carriages, 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 wheel carriage, having framed posts and tops, and seating upon wooden spars, 2 dols.
The Collectors of the Revenue of 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 S. Clair, Esq. in the County of Montgomery; and at the house of Abraham Du Bois, Esq. in the County of Bucks; or 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 30 gallons—and one licence for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities, than 30 gallons, at the same time and at the same places, by the officers legally authorized to grant such licences.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Inspector of the Revenue of the first survey of the district of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection, at Philadelphia, 21st July, 1796. $ 30 f.
A Young NEGRO GIRL,
OF Fourteen years Old, FOR SALE, SHE has near Eleven Years to serve, is healthy, and well acquainted with the business of a Chamber Maid, and other house work. Enquire of the Printer. July 25. d 1t
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN, last evening, from the pasture of the subscriber, a black Rockingham GELDING, 13 hands high, has a star, and some white under his throat, (the part being formerly chafed) has a leather on his neck, the mane on the near side, his foot-locks fretted with a clog, and is a horse of much bone and size. Whoever secures him with the thief, shall have the above reward, or for the Horse alone a very generous compensation. JOHN LAWRENCE. July 7. co4w
Now Publishing by the Printer, At No. 3, Letitia Court, delivering to Subscribers, and to be had at the different Book-Stores in this City, Berriman & Co's CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDITION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, with marginal notes and references. An Index; or an account of the most remarkable passages in the old and new Testament, pointing to the places wherein they happened, and to the places of scripture wherein they are recorded.—A Table of Time.—Tables of scripture measures, weights and coins; with an appendix, containing the method of calculating the measures of surface hitherto wanting in Treatises on this subject. A Table of Offices and Conditions of men. CONDITIONS 1. The size of this Edition will be a LARGE FOLIO, printed on a beautiful new type, and good paper, made particularly for it. It will be published in Numbers, not to exceed 30, one of which will be delivered weekly to subscribers, at a quarter of a dollar. Those subscribers who prefer receiving the work complete, will be attended to by signifying the same on any of the subscription papers in the Bookstores in this city. 2. There will be an advance in the price, on subscribing after the 1st of August next. 3. In the course of the Work will be given an elegant Frontispiece—From an Engraving of the celebrated artist, GRIGION. BERRIMAN & Co. gratefully acknowledge the very liberal encouragement they have met with; and have reason to believe that the execution of their edition will answer every expectation, and speak its own praise. May 26. 3acoww.
Lottery
FOR raising six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, by a deduction of fifteen per cent from the prizes, and not two blanks to a prize. viz. 1 Prize of 5000 dollars 5000 1 1000 1000 4 500 500 5 200 1000 20 100 2000 99 50 4950 200 25 5000 2000 10 20,000 5 Last drawn numbers of 1000 dollars each, 5000 2332 Prizes. 4018 Blanks. 6350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 44450 By order of the Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, the Superintendents of the Paterson Lottery have requested the Managers to offer the foregoing Scheme to the public, and have directed them to refund the money to those persons who have purchased in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets in this Lottery. The lottery has actually commenced drawing, and will continue until finished. A list of the Blanks and Prizes may be seen at the office of William Blackburn, No. 64 fourth Second street, who will give information where tickets may be procured. Dated this 17th day of June, 1796. Y. N. CUMMING, JACOB R. HARDENBERG, } Managers. JONATHAN RHEA, June 18. co
Treasury of the United States,
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who are or may be Creditors of the United States, for any sums of the Funded Debt, or Stock, bearing a present interest of six per centum per annum.
It has pursuant to an Act of Congress passed on the 28th day of April, 1796, included an act in addition to an act, intitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt," the said debt or stock will be reimbursed and paid in manner following, to wit: "First, by dividends to be made on the last days of March, June and September for the present year, and from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen inclusive, at the rate of one and one half per centum upon the original capital. Secondly, by dividends to be made on the last day of December for the present year, and from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen inclusive, at the rate of three and one half per centum upon the original capital and by a dividend to be made on the last day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, of such sum, as will be then adequate, according to the contract, for the final redemption of the said stock."
2d. All distinction between payments on account of Interest and Principal being thus abolished by the establishment of the permanent rule of reimbursement above described, it has become necessary to vary accordingly the powers of attorney for receiving dividends; the public creditors will therefore observe that the following form is established for all powers of attorney which may be granted, after the due promulgation of this notice, viz.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, of in the county of do make, constitute and appoint my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive the dividends which are, or shall be payable according to law, on the (here describing the stock) standing in my name in the books of (here describing the books of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Loans, where the stock is credited) from (here insert the commencement and expiration of time for which the power of attorney is to continue) with power also, an attorney or attorneys under him, for that purpose to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts necessary for effecting the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute, shall lawfully do, by virtue hereof. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.
Sealed and Delivered in presence of, BE IT KNOWN, that on the day of before me personally came within named and acknowledged the above letter of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and year last aforesaid. Given under my Hand at Philadelphia, this twentieth day of July 1796, pursuant to directions from the Secretary of the Treasury. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Treasurer of the United States. 29 d 11 3 7.
For sale by the subscribers,
IN PENN-STREET, 130 quarter Chefts fresh Hylon Tea; 100 ditto do. fresh Souchong Tea; 300 Boxes China, containing small tea sets of 42 pieces; 400 pieces Bandanoes. Willing & Francis. January 30. 33w.
University of Pennsylvania,
July 16, 1796. THE Summer Vacation will take place on Monday next, the 18th inst. and continue for four weeks. The different Schools with the several Tutors will accordingly re-assemble on Monday, the 15th day of August. By the Faculty, WM. ROBERTS, Sec'y.
New Hat and Hosiery-store,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, By WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, No. 134 Market-street, Third door from the corner of Fourth, south side Men's Black American and English HATS, of various qualities and prices. Ditto Drabs and Green unders Ladies' ditto, black, and a large assortment of fancy do. Coloured Beavers, With a great variety of elegant and fashionable Trimmings Youths Black and Drab-coloured do. Children's fancy do. All kinds of Silk, Silk & Cotton, Cotton & Thread HOSE Knit, coloured Patterns Do. Drawers Do. Breeches Patterns Silk Gloves Knitted, coloured do. Cotton A quantity of Mending Cotton, forced colours. The Hats finished in the newest fashion. June 27. co1m
Washington Canal Lottery,
NO. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour.
Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes prizes of 20,000, 10,000, 5,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10 dollars, plus a section for 'To be raised for the Canal'.
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Washington, Feb. 11. $

THE LAY PREACHER.
"The fashion of this world passeth away."
As I am only a Lay Preacher, it must not be expected that I should always exhibit that accuracy of sermonizing, which characterizes the settled pastor. But having observed in the course of a long and regular attendance on public worship, that Divines are in the habit of dividing their matter, and of adjourning sometimes the morning exhortations till after dinner, I thought it expedient, when I selected the fruitful theme of last week's meditation, to reserve part of its topics till now. For, during the process of critically examining my subject in all lights, I found that fashion regulated speculation no less than practice, and that opinions, as well as dress, had their times and seasons. As we are told by a profound reasoner, that as there is but one sun in the natural, so there can be but one truth in the intellectual world; an abstract metaphysician, in his cell, would suppose that, by this time, that one truth was discovered, and hence necessarily induced uniformity of thinking. But this is a mere reverie of a novice in the history of man. In theology, in the healing art, in politics, in the fine arts, and in polite literature, in whatever interests, in whatever amuses our species, perpetual vicissitudes occur, and what is supposed to be settled by one party at one time, is unhinged by different theories at another.
In the infancy of the colony at Plymouth, and at the erection of the Saybrook platform, our emigrant forefathers, rejected with loathing the fat luxury of Luther, and starved themselves on the mean fare of Calvin. They were doubtful even of scriptural truth, if it had issued from the Clarendon press, and could not read the sermon on the mount to edification, unless imprinted in a bible at Geneva. Willard's body of divinity was their law and testimony, and reprobate was that sinner who would adventure to read and practice a more gentle and generous system. But such heavy and clanking fetters of the mind, were too unloose to be long worn patiently by fretful sceptics; and infant Catholicism in its cradle at length ventured innovation. Good works were sometimes associated with implicit faith, and the piety of our primitive christians was not always horror struck at the union. In process of time the reign of rigor declined, and now it may be said the high prerogative of superstition has become as nugatory as kingly power in France. For, a new dictator in divinity, who knew not Calvin, arose, and Chauncy considering brimstone as a Scottish or an old wife's fable, proclaimed salvation to all men, and insisted that a profligate should not be eternally singled for his sins. Hume and Bolingbroke, with elegance and elaboration, but with the darkest sophistry, and Boulanger, an audacious Frenchman, in his "Christianity unveiled," have presumptuously attempted to sap the christian's fortresses, and now, to represent the son of Mary as a mere man, and now, as an impostor. These writings have induced flimsy opinions, called, from their nature, Deistical, to predominate, and their professors, far from consulting the editions either of England or Geneva, will inspect no bible. Perhaps the accurate reader will pronounce my enumeration incomplete, unless I notice that second edition of Tom Paine's folio, called, "The Age of Reason." But as this, in mechanic phrase, is but a bungling vamp of obsolete infidelity, written by a drunken author, rarely quoted, except by the lowest vulgar, and then in the lisping accents of intoxication; I will not condescend to an analysis, but terminate this head of my discourse with the warmest wishes, that, in spite of jarring opinions, gospel charity and benevolence may be everlastingly fashionable, and that men will not expect a more excellent mode from the new fangled looms of Paine and of Paris.
Physis has experienced more revolutions than Poland, or even France, since the Capets are no more. Boerhaave has prescribed at Leyden, what Brown would reject at Edinburgh. Gout must be pampered according to one physician, and starved by another. The small pox, like Sancho Panza, is sometimes blaketed into submission, and sometimes every wind must be invoked to blow the infection away. Dr. Cheyne insists that his patients shall quaff a perpetual bowl of milk, while a more jolly physician directs as perpetual and much ruddier draughts. Le Sage's Sangrado drained every vein, and now every vein must be inflated like a bladder. Cullen departed from Boerhaave, Brown has exposed and abjured the heresy of Cullen, and probably by this time some European projector, has started a new theory to the utter destruction of the old.
A Logician, considering the two subjects as equally variable, would infallibly class weathercocks and politics together. We behold vast empires sometimes governed by a solitary woman—and petty states headed by a mob of rulers. Kings, once ranked with Gods, are suddenly and capriciously degraded among felons. Government, as a nervous writer expresses it, is sometimes scandalously relaxed, and then violently stretched beyond its tone. The Corinthian capital of society, babariously erected by arithmetical artists, is prostrated by popular fury in an hour. In our own country, political modes are perpetually fluctuating. Prior to the formation of French friendship, that people, their religion, and their politics, were equally detested. The pope was Antichrist, the French king his high Steward, the government of France was the archetype of Turkish despotism, and the nation viewed as a motley collection of coxcombs and slaves. Mark the instant operation of a single defeat on the whole political scene of America! A captured Burgoyne could metamorphose an arbitrary Lewis into the friend, the patron of republicans. But the love towards Lewis soon waxed cold, and Marat has his proselytes here as well as at Paris.
Very suddenly have most of our political fashions paid away. Britain has been called a mother, a hag, a sister, or a fiend. Our rulers are perpetually wrangling concerning the garb of government—Some from Geneva or Virginia, affect the broad mantle of republicanism which covers a multitude of sins. Others prefer French manufacture, and of the Paris cut. A few, perhaps, wish to import materials from England, but there is a good, warm, well made, easy garment, made to fit any one, cal-
led Federalism, which the Lay Preacher actually prefers to his canonicals, and prays may be constantly worn, and an unchangeable mode.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
IF we do not suppose a certain class of Newspaper writers, to be paid, to calumniate the President and government of the United States—it will be difficult to discover any other adequate cause for their ceaseless and laboured strains of detraction. The thunder that alarms is not heard every day; nor is Etna always disgorging its destructive lava on the neighbouring fields: Not so a certain paper, which is daily in labour with some portentous monster, and ever vomiting forth torrents of defamation against the most spotless characters.
What is to be the issue of such inordinate and everlasting abuse? Is it calculated to invite good men to serve the public, or to throw the management of our concerns into the hands of the present calumniators. The Atheopians it is true—reverted calumny and erected a statue to her honor; do these writers or rather their employers expect, that the same causes operating here, will produce the same effects as at Athens? And is the Republic of the United States to be destroyed, in order that they may dine?
According to them, there is no founda- tion in Government—all is rotten to the core! Even the man whose measures and politics, will draw forth the praises of remotest posterity; and whose conduct and patriotism will serve as a stimulus and contract to all succeeding presidents, is no longer fit to be trusted with power: He it seems ought long since, to have retired to the shade, and yielded up the vessel of state to some more skilful pilot.
According to them, every act of his administration is a blot upon his character, or a stab to the constitution. To take advice or ask the opinion of the principal officers of the executive departments in critical or difficult cases, is a crime against the Constitution, altho' these functionaries are enjoined by that instrument, to give to the President as often as required, every information relative to their departments.
What objects come under the cognizance of these departments; do they not severally and conjointly encircle and embrace the whole interests of the United States? How then can any thing bear upon the United States, either from abroad or at home, which does not directly or indirectly touch upon objects relative to their duties? And who so proper to give an opinion upon points, that affect the general interest of the Union, as men who see over their whole extent at one glance, and who from their situation ought to possess the most correct, extensive and minute knowledge of whatever in its bearings or dependencies may advance or retard their growth and prosperity? Are men possessing such various information, not to be consulted?
According to the same writers—the virtues which a whole people (even the people of the whole world) believed to reside in the bosom of Washington—are all extinct. They assert, that having forfeited all title to candor and honesty—he ought to be insulted in News-papers and reviled in Legislative speeches—they would besides, with it to be considered a Republican duty, to represent the man, (to whom a whole people are indebted, for a life of laborious and important services) in every degraded form, which calumny can paint, and to describe him in daily Philippics , by every Epithet which they can steal or borrow—from the vocabulary of Billingsgate.
With such men abuse is holy —Calumny is holy —Insurrection is holy —by such men orgies are held, and clubs i. lituted, and books written to disseminate the one and justify the other.
Tell me, ye men of forecast and reflexion! Do these things angur well to the Republic? Are they not symptoms which prognosticate some terrible disaster in the political world? Have they not always been the harbingers of the final catastrophe of Republics?
Tell me also, ye men of forecast and reflexion; who after Washington will waste the powers of his mind, and wear out the springs of his health, his capacities for the enjoyment of domestic ease and social happiness, in the service of his country? Should that country become indifferent to the obloquy he has sustained, and the mild American suffer a statue to Calumny, to be erected in every village.
MONITOR.
Mount-Hope, 24th July, 1796.
From the Edenton Gazette.
To the Citizens of the State of North Carolina.
Whereas there have lately appeared in the State Gazette, presentments from the grand juries for several counties in the district of Edenton, wherein they present us, the people called Quakers, and our abettors, "as the authors of the common mischief in this quarter;" which presentments, though they seem dressed in the language of an artful orator, yet contain, as appears to us, sundry unjust reflections, absurdities, and exaggerations: Therefore we think it expedient (for the sake of some, who, for want of better information may be led into errors by such misrepresentations) in meekness to express our sentiments touching the charges thus exhibited against us.
First, they present, "That the country is reduced to a situation of great peril and danger, in consequence of proceedings of the society of the people called Quakers—that the idea of emancipation among slaves is publicly held out to them, and encouraged by the conduct of the Quakers—that the minds of the slaves are not only greatly corrupted and alienated from the service of their masters, in consequence of said conduct, but runaways are protected, harbored and encouraged by them. Aroused committed without a possibility of discovery."
If those counties are reduced, as is said, to great danger, we are conscious the cause thereof cannot justly be imputed to our conduct respecting emancipation; for if an effect be evil, the cause producing that effect must likewise be evil; but what we,
as a religious society, have done therein, we are fully persuaded proceeded from motives truly good, and consistent with the nature and spirit of the gospel, which breathes peace on earth, and good will to men, and is never productive of corruption, disorder, or evil, in the creation; neither doth this benedict spirit ever instigate any man to commit a criminal act, as the spring his neighbour's house. All such are works of darkness, and proceed from that spirit who is the author of confusion, and an adversary to equity, love and harmony.—And we are apprehensive that the emancipation of the slaves is not inconsistent with a declaration of the general Congress, which is in these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and to secure those rights governments are instituted among men," &c.
Further it is said, "The grand jury are so perfectly sensible of the infatuated enthusiasm of the Quakers, as to partial and general emancipation, that they see a present alarm among the minds of the people, and foresee a prospect of immediate danger to impend, by the influence and designing attempts of the Quakers to this purpose, which, unless prevented in due time, must burst with destruction around the citizens of the state." Strange indeed! at this day, when the humane spirit of liberty hath so greatly dilated itself among the people under the federal government, that any of the citizens within the union should suffer themselves to be so far misled, as publicly to stigmatize it with the opprobrious appellation of "infatuated enthusiasm."
As to general emancipation, if they suggest that we endeavor to obtain a law to compel any to emancipate their slaves, we deny it. What we have requested in our petitions to the general assembly relative to the matter, hath been only to this effect viz. That those who are conscientiously scrupulous of keeping their fellow creatures in a state of slavery, might have the privilege of emancipating them, and that the persons so liberated might be protected by law. It is well known that the legislature of this state have frequently granted what is called partial emancipations; why then should we be censured for our sentiment in that respect?
Toucheing the alarm, which they say they see, and the prospect of impending da-, &c. If any such prospects are visible, we have reason to believe that those things arise not from our influence; and we are clear of any malevolent design to this purpose, that might give just occasion for such an alarm.
They further advance, "The grand jury reflecting upon the miserable havoc and massacres, which have lately taken place in the West Indies in consequence of emancipation." To this we may say, we do not conceive, that emancipation, proceeding purely from religious motives hath been the original cause of massacres either in the West Indies, or elsewhere, as may be obvious from an impartial information. As to the other circumstances which they mention, inducing them to present us and our abettors, these appear to us to be futile, and without just grounds, and we doubt not, but upon an accurate scrutiny will so appear to every unprejudiced reader.
Lastly, "The grand jury present, that speedy and resolute measures ought to be adopted by the good sense and spirit of the people, in order to prevent that common appeal to arms, in their own defence, which at present appears to be almost, if not altogether necessary." We hope that people of good sense, and actuated by a good spirit will not be moved by the exaggeration of a few individuals, blinded by prejudice, to adopt measures incompatible with the principles of a free Christian Republic; under which they enjoy their religious liberty, and for which favor we ought to render thankful acknowledgements, in gratitude to the divine all wise Dispenser of the hearts of men.
Given forth, in behalf of the society of people called Quakers, from our yearly meeting's standing committee in Perquimans county, the 29th day of the 11th month, 1796.
Signed by order and on behalf of the committee.
THOMAS JORDAN, Cl'k.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE Kingdom of Sardinia. (CONTINUED)
During the former part of the sixteenth century, the dukes of Savoy possessed territories not considerable either by their population, extent, or value. And of these the greater part had been conquered by Francis I. and were in the possession of the French. The reigning duke had been compelled to retire for safety to the strong fortress of Nice, where he remained but up for several years. While his son, the prince of Piedmont, strove to better his fortune by serving as a volunteer in the armies of Spain. The peace or rather truce of Chateau Cambresis placed him at length in possession of his paternal dominions, and from the commencement of the reign of this prince may be principally dated the rise of the fortunes of his house. By gradual acquisitions he added to his territories as well as importance. His successors, pursuing the same course, at length aspired to the regal dignity, and obtained it, a little more than half a century ago.
During the early periods of its history, the House of Savoy furnishes few materials for history that are interesting to the present age, or that are of any importance to our present object: a long train of princes are therefore passed over in silence: indeed the reign of Charles is conspicuous only for the calamities suffered by his country during its continuance.
Charles, duke of Savoy, was one of the least active and able princes of the line from which he descended. Having married, in 1535, Beatriz of Portugal, sister to the emperors, that princess soon acquired, by her great talents, an absolute ascendancy over him. Proud of her affinity to the Emperor, or allured by the magnificent promises with which she flattered her ambition, she brought about a union between the Duke and the Imperial court, extremely inconsistent which the situation of his dominions had hitherto induced him to observe. Francis I. highly irritated both at this conduct of the Duke and his having supplied the Constable of Bourbon with the money which enabled him to levy that body of troops which ruined the French army in the fatal battle of Pavia, caused him now to feel how severely he could punish the injury.
The French army under the admiral Brion, poured at once into the duke's territories, at different places.
The counties of Bresse and Bugey were overrun in a moment. Most of the towns in the dutchy of Savoy opened their gates at the approach of the enemy: the few that resisted were easily forced; and before the end of the campaign, the duke saw himself stripped of all his dominions except the dutchy of Piedmont, in which there were not many places in a condition to be defended.
(To be continued.)
Philadelphia,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27.
The building of the United States Frigate, now contracting in Southwark, goes on rapidly. Some progress has already been made in planking her.
Norfolk, July 15.
COMMUNICATION.
About the time when Rufus King, was appointed Minister from the United States, to London, it was boldly advanced by certain aristocratic papers, that Mr. Pinckney, our late Minister had solicited his recall:—Although there were many who doubted the truth of the assertion at that time, yet it was received with an acquiescence, that made it pass for a fact.
There is good reason however to suppose and believe, that Mr. Pinckney, did not request to be recalled; from very good authority, there is reason to say that on the 17th of April last, Mr. Pinckney had no idea of leaving London, yet Mr. King was appointed early in May.—The republican character of Mr. Pinckney, was not calculated to please Pitt; a temporary suspension of his functions by Jay, laid the foundation for a scheme that none but his worthy colleague could bring to maturity.
The removal of a minister like Mr. Pinckney, demands explanation; when such men are dismissed, we ought to know for what reasons they are removed.—If Mr. Pinckney requested his recall, it is easy to give an extract of a letter containing such request—again it is said (and the authority will be given at a proper time) that Mr. Pinckney, did not expect to be displaced on the 17th day of April last, although his successor was appointed in the beginning of May.—John Fenno and Noah, the monarchical republican, may carp at this article, but they will find it does not rest upon the fancy foundation of "extracts of letters."
In the true style of democratic jesuitism, it is insinuated that the above article that Mr. Pinckney did not request to be recalled. It has been said in this Gazette that the contrary is true.
The authority for the assertion can be cited, if necessary. An authority which, the Editor is sure, the NORFOLK NEWS-MONGER and letter fabricator, dare not contravert.
CONFESSION OF THE AURORA.
In the GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES of last evening the public are roundly assured, that but very few of the writers in the AURORA, who have, unawed by the magic of a founding name, scrutinized the public conduct of the President, have one drop of American blood in their veins. The assertion is false. The Public are assured, upon better authority than the EDITOR of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES can possibly possess, that chief of the pieces that have appeared in the AURORA upon that subject are from native Americans.
Neither the Aurora, nor the writers of the Aurora are mentioned in the Gazette of yesterday.
There is a Proverb known long since, "Touch a gall'd horse and he will wince." Tuesday. July 26.
The enemies of the Constitution have never produced a single fact to justify their abuse of the Government, or their pretensions to patriotism. The friends of our country, its independence and constitution, are charged with the most flagitious enormities. When facts are adduced, which prove the falsehood of these charges, the vocabulary of Billingsgate is ransacked for epithets to lengthen the chain of abuse.
Patriots proceed—tho' envy whirl her stings. The Fashion jeers "that facts are stubborn things." Look round; our country every where supplies Ten thousand facts to shew how fashion lies. Lie on—the Patriots best evange shall be, To point out facts, and tell the truth of thee.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
THE letters relative to the capture of Capt. St. Barbe, exhibit the conduct of Potter in a light that must render him detestable in the view of the civilized world. Potter is not the only instance; the present war has developed many such characters—and these are not confined to one nation only.
It is the wish of humanity, that the finger of scorn and contempt may be pointed at such monsters, till shame and remorse shall banish them from Society. It appears that a proper abhorrence of Potter's conduct is entertained by the officers of the British army, and that they are determined to intermix themselves against him.
When this is taken into consideration, in connection with the truly magnanimous conduct observed towards Capt. Hodge, (who saved a British transport) not only by the British executive, but by individuals and corporate bodies of that nation, I see no propriety in stigmatizing the whole for a transaction which we are sure they must execrate, by a puerile irony, in classing it among "evidences of British amity"—In a letter on this subject, a hope is expressed, that Potter's infamous conduct "will be a caution to all Americans whenever they see an English ship in distress to shun her." This was doubtless a slip of the pen—the laws of humanity are eternally binding, and it ought to be remembered are reciprocal.
The contrary sentiment if adopted, would transform mankind to brutes. The magnanimity and justice of the British Nation will be exhibited on this occasion—The example of Capt. Hodge, is a pledge of the former, and every principle of common right will ensure the other.
HUMANITAS.
"The fashion of this world passeth away." Yes, verily, fashion doth pass. But the efforts

of my ingenuity, thy original style, genuine wit, pecuniary of manner, apt quotation, and pure simplicity, will not lightly pass away, but continue an honorable monument to the credit of thy country. A tribute, forced by the intrinsic worth of the Sermons of "the Lay Preacher," from
AN OBSERVER.
RICHMOND, July 20.
DEATHS.
On Friday last, Mr. SAML. J. SYKES , a gentleman of respectability, and but a short time an inhabitant of this city. He left England some time last summer.
Also—On Monday evening last, suddenly !!! ALEXANDER CAMPBELL , Esq. Attorney at Law, and late Attorney of the United States for this district.
NORFOLK, July 18.
This day arrived the sloop Shepherds , Captain Dean , 18 days from St. Bartholomew's, who informs, that the islands of St. Vincent's and Grenada were entirely subdued; that Admiral Harvey , with a 98 gun ship, four 74's, and a large frigate, with 1200 troops, arrived there on the 27th June, in 30 days from Europe; they were momentarily expecting a large fleet with 10,000 men.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
BOSTON, July 19.
Estrat of a letter, dated June 18, 1796. "We have just made the island of Antigua, and having some hopes of meeting an American vessel bound home, as we are running down to St. Croix, I wish to acquaint you as soon as possible of our passage thus far. On the 27th of May, we met with a Brig in distress, which had been upset three days before, and carried away her mainmast, boat, deck, hatchets, caboose, foretop-mast, and considerable of her rigging. The brig's name Vennere , belonging to St. Thomas, from N. Carolina, commanded by John Osborn, who, with his crew we took on board. The seas were washing over the brig's deck; and I suppose, nothing but the lumber in her hold, prevented her from sinking. The captain and crew were 7 in number, which occasioned us to go on allowance of water. On the 14th of June, we met with a vessel on fire, burned down to her wale; soon after we came to her she went down and left a few bales of cotton floating with parts of the deck on fire."
Yours, &c.
NEW-YORK, July 26.
[Continuation of foreign advices received by the ship Briefs , Capt. Breath , from Bordeaux.]  Translated for the Daily Advertiser.
PARIS, 8th Prairial, May 27.
It is asserted that when the Emperor sent from Vienna to renew the hostilities on the Rhine, he was ignorant of the recent losses sustained by his army in Italy. On the 2d Prairial his generals notified to ours the cessation of the armistice, which has been granted to Austria, in order to induce her to accept a peace no more necessary to her than to us.
The arch-duke Charles, wishing to conceal from his army the entire defeat of that of Italy, caused the bells to ring, and the te deum to be sung on the other bank of the Rhine, as if to celebrate a victory; but artifice could not long here succeed, and it seems that he has been compelled to confess the reverse; nevertheless, he still endeavored to palliate it by stating the loss at 4000 men.
Estrat of a Letter.
From the "Courrier du Corps Legislatif".
27th Floreal, 16th May.
Council of Five Hundred, 26th Floreal, 15th May. The Council having received from the Directory thirty-six pieces relative to Drouet, met in a private committee to hear the reading thereof. Two letters addressed to Drouet, from de Saiffe, commissioner by Baker, secretary of the French Legation, are delivered to the President of the Council.
Council of Elders, 26th Floreal, May 15.
After reading of the process-verbal, a resolution is read, which puts at the disposal of the minister of justice, a sum of 6,821,649 livres, fixed value, to be taken out of the six hundred millions mentioned in the law of the 28th Ventose.
BOURDEAUX, 19th Floreal.
A justice of the peace proceeded, day before yesterday until 11 o'clock in the evening, in taking off the sails from on board the Danish ship L'Elisabeth-Christene , from Copenaghen.
The Commissary of the Directory of the Commune of Pontive, to the Minister of the Police.
Citizen Minister,
General Hoche appeared in our department and immediately made several chiefs of the Chouans fall to the ground; amongst these is the emigrant Cantini, whose death has caused great sensations.
It is on the 30th Germinal in the Commune of Maillecrean, where the council of the royal army, instead of a chosen company of infantry and a cavalry of 450 men, held a sitting.
I give you an account of it because their deliberation is connected with the events that are to take place in Paris, and the actors are already at their posts.
It is said that there exists in Paris a prince of the blood, whose name I could not learn. He is at the head of a party preparing to act, and whose position is to be generally felt, particularly in those parts in insurrection, with which it is asserted the prince holds a correspondence.
There exists also, in the department of Mortena, a citoyen famoux , thought to be the prince of Brete. He has been ordered to depart, and his wife: it is to be feared that he will go and join the rebels.
That commotion which they wait for with impatience is soon to burst out, and will be supported by all the efforts of Chouannerie and the emigrants who intend to effect a descent on the western coasts.
Citizen Minister, these warnings are not to be slighted, they spring from a good source; and the Chouan who has caused them to be transmitted to me, has never yet deceived me. I every day see what he announces realize itself.
Salut and respect.
GUEVIN.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES
LONGEVITY.
In the counties of Bucks and Montgomery about 18 miles from Philadelphia there are twelve farms adjoining each other, which were in the year 1793, owned and occupied by the following venerable and respectable citizens.
   age in 1793. present age.     John Irwin 90 years. 93   Herman Yerkis 87 90   Sam. Shoemaker 70 73   Sam. Irwin 69 72   And. Bussick 73 76   Isaac Bellow 74 77   Jacob Fry 71 74   Tinos. Craven 78 81   Giles Craven 75 78  
Total 714
Average near 80
   Anthony Scoult 94   Jacob Gilbert 93   Charles Garrison 76  
Total 950
Average near 80 years.
There are several other very old gentlemen, heads of families, in the same neighbourhood, but as they do not immediately join classes they are not mentioned—Few parts of the world however can produce 12 persons residing four fifths of a century in perfect harmony within two miles of one central spot.
Messrs. Willet and O'Connor, Please to publish the following remarks, and oblige, Williamsburg, July 8, 1796.
A SUBSCRIBER.
From a Correspondent.
There are well grounded reasons for expecting that the President of the United States will resign at the expiration of the term for which he was elected, that is in March next, and that his fellow citizens will be informed of his determination by an address, in the course of a few weeks. It is expected that he will be solicited to continue longer in office, but surely if the President announces his determination to resign, no thing could be more indecent, or (it is presumed) more offensive to the feelings of the President, than to request his continuance in office. In short, it is impossible that such solicitations can proceed from the real friends of the honor, peace, and happiness of Washington. It is possible that there are men so devoted to faction and party, who from an apprehension that some favorite of their own might not be elected President, or to prevent the election of some person of opposite political sentiments to themselves, would not hesitate to solicit the President to continue in his office; but would any man who wished well to the fame of the President ask him to act a part which would liken him to that hypocritical tyrant Augustus, who constantly made declarations of his wishes and intentions to resign, yet always had his minions and tools at hand to solicit his continuance in office? to those solicitations he always yielded, and died in the office he had usurped—of such unworthy motives no friend of Washington can believe him actuated, and it would be an insult to suppose it. If it is the wish of that great man to retire from office, may the blessings of his fellow citizens follow him, they will not cease to venerate his virtues, though he may cease to serve them.
Who the successor of Washington may be, it is uncertain—different opinions and wishes will direct different men—such is the nature of a government like ours, and to suppose that the office can only be filled by but one man, is a libel on the constitution—it is a libel on all republican government. Such an opinion should be treated as a degree of folly approximating to insanity, because it can only be supported by a belief that one man will live forever.
Philadelphia, July 27.
EVIDENCES OF BRITISH AMITY!
Capt. St. Barbe's capture published as three separate articles and numbered accordingly. The last article in Tuesday's paper is No. 93, the first article in Wednesday's is No. 95—what kind of arithmetic is this?
Estrat of a letter from a Mercantile House in Lisbon dated May 3.
"We advise you that a rapid decline has taken place in England, in the price of American wheat and flour, the former had fallen to 6s. per bushel, and the latter to 30s. per barrel, this great reduction seems not to be confined to that country alone, for in France prices have also given way considerably, in so much that several American vessels with flour, not being able to dispose of their cargoes, have proceeded to Falmouth in search of a market, and would gladly dispose of the same at the first cost, and be content to sink the freight and insurance; our friends at Falmouth expect many cargoes from America, to give them a call for advice, and have written to us, to furnish them by every Packet, with the state of our market, for their government, being anxious to feed some of them here. In politics all hopes of a pacification taking place with France seems to be abandoned, and there is every probability that Europe will experience the horrors of a war another campaign, at Paris party feuds begin again to shew themselves, and indicate another revolution in their Government."
   Exchange on London 73 1/2 per 100 ds.   American Wheat - 6s   Do. Indian Corn - 320   Flour - 8,000 per barrel.   Pitch, Tar, Rosin, abundant, slow sale. - -   New-York or Albany Pipe staves 96 per thousand.   Barrel do. - 33 per do.  
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
July 27. Arrivals.
   Days     Schooner Sincerity , Copia, Port-au-Prince, 10   CLEARED.   Schooner Helena Plumstead, Green, Hispaniola   Ship Ceres , Planden, Havana   Brig Clarissa , Du Costo, Hispaniola   Courtesy, Livingston, Norfolk   Schooner Polly , Ober, St. Andrews   Rachel, Nesbitt, Bolton   Tessy, Hand, Alexandria    The following vessels had arrived at Kingstown, Jam. viz.     Sch r  Perseverance , Addington Baltimore June 21   Little Peg, Almond do. 19   Betsey, Earl Charleston 17   Elizabeth, Moore Philadelphia 24   Ruby, Whitney Norfolk 22   Brig Kitty , Dillon Charleston 22   Seven Brothers, Heron Philadelphia 23   Columbia, Moody Alexandria 23   Bell, Smith N. Carolina 24   Ship Succefs , Gordon [Philadelphia 21   Dominick Terry do. 21    The above account was brought by Capt. Duplex of the Ship Old Tom .
Portland, July 18.
July 15.—Arrived at Pepperelborough, the ship Mohawk , 25 days from Martha's Vineyard, in Jamaica. Off the Havanna, spoke the schooner Hawk , of Philadelphia, Capt. James Gerrit, out of Jamaica 9 days.—Likewise spoke the schooner Lively , of Wareham (Cape-Cod) Benjamin Gibbs, master, out six months a whaling, having 170 barrels of oil on board, all well bound to the Bahama banks for four weeks, and thence home.
Capt. Retts, of the sloop Randolph , on the 17th ult. after he was four hours out from Jeremie, picked up the crew of the schooner Brothers , Capt. Brown, of Baltimore, just as he had been struck with lightning. The schooner sunk in fifteen minutes after she had received the stroke. Vessel and cargo, consisting entirely of coffee, lost.
Boston, July 19.
Arrived ship Magnet , Hodge, Liverpool, 64 days. Spoke the Adriana , from Londonderry for Philadelphia, with 500 passengers.
July 21.—Schooner Jenny , Miller, Leghorn, Essequibo, 23 days. July 11, lat. 29, 39, spoke Sch r  William , 10 days from Norfolk for Jamaica. July 17, lat. 40, 34, spoke a brig 4 days from Rhode Island for the West-Indies.
Sch r  Ranger , Atwood, Petit Guave, Hispaniola. Left there, capt. Conway, of Baltimore; and capt. Cockrane, of Boston. Spoke no vessels. Brig Nancy , Skinner, Lisbon, 55 days. In long. 29, 5, spoke brig Hope , Tuttrup, 30 days from St. Croix, for Copenhagen.
The Betsey , sloop, prize to the French privateer L'Amore , de la Pari, has, we believe, left this port, in consequence of the interdiction of the sale of prizes.
July 21.—Schooner Thomas , St. Croix, 13 days. Left there, ship Rich , of Boston; and schooner Patty , Spafford, of do. July 10, lat. 29, long. 65, spoke Schooner Phoenix , Robertson, 21 days from Portland for Jamaica. The Thomas has completed her voyage from Boston, in 51 days.
The following vessels have been at Cadiz, since Sept. 20, 1795: ship Chale , Johnson, of Boston; sloop Polly , French, from London, for Havre; brig Affanning , Halm, from Hamburg, for Cadiz; Galliot Martha , Simpson; five English Colliers; three large English transports; Two Sisters, L'Eclair, national vessels; Hendrickson, from Bremen, for Newry; brig Nancy , Skinner, of Boston; ship Jacobus , Boire, of Altena; Galliot Anna , Elizabeth, Newenfield, from Bremen, for France; ship Catharine , Denneker, for Cadiz; ship Falmouth , Forsake, from Shields for London; ship Star , Bennick, from St. Ubes for Stockholm.
The Diana , Brown, of Boston, left the Downs for Lisbon, May 15.
The Dolphin , Parsons, 6 days from Wilscasset, to Liverpool, was spoke in long. 62, 30.
The Two Friends , 8 days from Norfolk, to Havre was spoke in long. 66, 30.
The Ruby , Kempton, of Boston, arrived at Amsterdam, May 2, bound to St. Petersburg. Also the Camilla , of do. for do.
The Leopard , Putney, of Salem, was at Jamaica lately.
The Active , Parsons, of Newbury Port, was at Jamaica, June 18. Also, the Betsey , Sturgis, of Boston, to sail in 8 days.
PORTLAND, July 18.
On the 27th or 28th inst. as a Mr. Trueman of Boston, was passing from Mr. Stacey's, at Wilscasset, where he had put up, to a Mr. Clarke's, where he was invited to dine, he was suddenly attacked by five men in disguise, having their faces blacked, &c. One of the foot-pads presenting a gun to his breast, bade him stand. They then carried him a few rods from the road, into the bushes, and took from him all the money which he had about him, being upwards of 200 dollars, a silver watch, shoe-buckles and a pocket book containing many valuable papers. After which, they stripped him nearly naked, beating and mangling him in a shocking manner, cutting his ears, &c. They then proposed murdering him, or at least doing further violence to his body; but they forbore. We hear that the sufferer knew three of the villains, so as to have been able to swear to them; the further particulars we have not yet learned.
By an Artist resident at Mr. Oellers's Hotel,
MINIATURE LIKENESSES
ARE taken and executed in that elegant and delicate style, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Picture an interesting jewel. He will warrant a strong and indisputable resemblance; and he takes the liberty to lay before the public of this place his most earnest intention to deserve their patronage by his best endeavors to please. N. B. Specimens may be seen. May 12.
Just Arrived
In the brig Betty , from Jeremie, and for sale by the subscribers. Forty thousand wt. of very prime Coffee
And, in the Schooner Hope , from New Orleans, BEEF COTTON HIDES and LOGWOOD.
A liberal credit will be given for Approved Notes.
Richard and James Potter.
July 27. df.
UNITED STATES. PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT, } ss IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES, By WILLIAM NICHOLS , Marshal of the Pennsylvania District.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, at the first session of the fourth Congress, to wit, on the twelfth day of May last past, passed an act, to repeal so much of an act, intitled "an act to establish the judicial courts of the United States", as directs that the alternate sessions of the Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania, shall be held at Yorktown; and for other purposes, in the following words, to wit:
Fourth Congress of the United States: At the first session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the seventh of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.
An Act to repeal so much of an act, intitled "an act to establish the judicial courts of the United States", as directs that alternate sessions of the said circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania shall be held at Yorktown; and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the fifth section of the act, intitled "an act to establish the judicial courts of the United States", as directs that alternate sessions of the circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania shall be held at Yorktown, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that all the sessions of the said circuit court, from and after the passing of this act, be held at the city of Philadelphia, excepting only, when at any session of the said court, the judges thereof shall direct the next session to be held at Yorktown, which they are hereby authorized and empowered to do, whenever it shall appear to them to be necessary.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That all such proceedings of the said court, as may have issued before the passing of this act, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings that were continued to the said circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania, on the eleventh of October next, in Yorktown, shall now be returned, and held continued, to the same court, on the same day, at Philadelphia. And to the end that suitors, witnesses, and all others concerned, may have notice of the alteration hereby made, the Marshal of the said district is hereby required to make the same known, by proclamation, on or before the first day of August next.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL LIVERMORE,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved, May the twelfth, 1796.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls, in the Office of the Department of State.
TIMOTHY PICKERING,
Secretary of State.
I DO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN, that all such proceedings of the said court as has, or may be issued, and all recognizances returnable at Yorktown aforesaid, on the eleventh day of October next, will be returned to the Circuit Court of the United States, at the City Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the eleventh day of October next, at seven o'clock in the forenoon. And that all suits and other proceedings that were continued to the said court at Yorktown, will be held and continued at the said Circuit Court, at Philadelphia, on the same eleventh day of October next, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice, and give their attendance thereat.
GIVEN under my hand, at my office, in the District of Pennsylvania, the twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of our Independence the twenty-first.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
July 27
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A Country Seat to be sold.
ABOUT seven acres and a half of land near the three mile stone on the road leading to Gray's Gardens and extending with gentle declivity from the said road to the river Schuylkill—on which are erected, a convenient frame house suitable for a tenant, a frame barn and stables, a large Brick House forty-eight feet front, two stories high, a very elegant piazza fronting the river, the whole breadth of the house supported

District of Pennsylvania: to wit. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-fourth day of June, in the twentieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, John Ormerod, 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: "A short and candid Enquiry into the proofs of Christ's divinity; in which Doctor Priestley's opinion concerning Christ is occasionally considered. In a letter to a friend." By CHARLES H. WHARTON, D. D. and Member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning; if that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father. St. John, 1st Epist. c. ii. v. 23. 24." 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.
Law Book-Store, No. 313, High Street. GEORGE DAVIS begs to inform his professional friends, that per the Ceres just arrived from London, he has received the following scarce and valuable books. State Trials, 12 vol. in 6 and 11 vol. Ruffhead's Statutes at large, 16 vol. Wood's Institutes, Coke's Entries, Russell's do. Browne's do. Hearn's pleader, Coke's 2d, 3d, and 4th Institutes, 2 vol. Roll's Abridgment, Brooke's do. Bulstrode's Reports, Roll's do. 2 vol. in 1, Floyer's Proctor's practice, Clarke's Admiralty, Rutherford's Institutes, Demology, or the Eloquence and Logic of the Bar. These with his very large collection from Dublin now on hand, will enable him to supply an entire library or a single book, as gentlemen may have occasion on their immediate application. July 14.
Ashton and James Humphreys, CONVEYANCERS, HAVE removed their office to No. 61, Walnut-Street, next door but two to the corner of Dock-Street, where all INSTRUMENTS IN WRITING are drawn at a moderate charge, with care, accuracy and dispatch. They likewise buy and sell Real Estates upon commissions, and procure Money upon Loan on good security. The business of an ATTORNEY AT LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC is also transacted at the said office as usual by ASHETON HUMPHREYS. N. B. Good Notes discounted. July 5.
City of Washington.  SCHEME OF THE LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent 200,000 dollars, & } dwelling-house, 3000 dollars, are } 50,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - - 10,000 20 do. 500 - - 10,000 100 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. 55,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the last drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last but one. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two 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 erected within the city of Washington.
The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are sold off. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University; it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing, and to take up the bonds given as security. 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.
The twenty-four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fair disposal of the tickets, has rendered the most suspension indispensable.
SAMUEL BLODGETT. 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.
District of Pennsylvania, to wit. BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 23d day of May, in the twentieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, FRANCIS SHALUS, 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: "THE DISAPPOINTMENT, or THE FORCE OF CREDULITY, a new Comic Opera in three acts, by Andrew Barton, Esq. 2d edition revised and corrected with large additions by the author." "Enchanting gold! that dost conspire to blind, Mans' erring judgment, and misguide the mind, In search of thee, the wretched worldly goes, Nor dangers fears, the bands of night opposes." 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, Clk. Dist. Penn. The above Opera will be published in the course of two or three weeks. July 22.
FOR SALE,  A very Valuable Estate, CALLED TWITTENHAM , Situate in the township of Upper Merion, and county of Delaware, 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime woodland, and the rest arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick house, with 8 rooms on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, stables, and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and stone spring-house; two good apple orchards, and one of peaches. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country seat. The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, Surviving Executor. Oct. 9. co.]
PROPOSALS, By BIOREN & MADAN, For publishing by Subscription, that celebrated Work,  Godwin's Political Justice. From the 1st London Edition. TERMS: I. It will be published in two large volumes, duodecimo. II. Price to Subscribers, two dollars, handsomely bound, to be paid on delivery of the work. III. As soon as a number of Subscribers appear, sufficient to defray the expense, it shall be put to press. IV. The names of the Subscribers shall be prefixed. The following Character of this work is extracted from the Monthly Review, p 311, 312, for March, 1793. "We have no small degree of pleasure in announcing the present work to our readers; as one which from the freedom of its enquiry, the grandeur of its views, and the fortitude of its principles, is eminently deserving of attention. By this eulogium, we would by no means be understood to subscribe to all the principles which these volumes contain. Knowledge is not yet arrived at that degree of certainty which is requisite, for any two men to think alike on all subjects; neither has language attained that consistent accuracy, which can enable them to convey their thoughts, even when they do think alike, in a manner perfectly correct and intelligible to both. These difficulties are only to be overcome by a patient, incessant, and benevolent investigation. "Many of the opinions which this work contains, are held; some of them are novel; and some doubtless are erroneous; but that which ought to elicit even to those whose principles it may offend, is the strength of argument adduced in it to prove, that peace and order most effectually promote the happiness after which political reformers are panting; that as the progress of knowledge is gradual, political reform ought not to be precipitate; and that convulsive violence is dangerous not only to individuals (for that result comparatively would be of small account) but to the general cause of truth. It is the opposite of this principle that inspires the enemies of political enquiry with so much terror; it is the supposition that change must inevitably be attended by the turbulence and injustice of commotion; and that innovation cannot be made without the intervention of evils more destructive than those which are intended to be removed. Under the conviction of this philanthropic sentiment, of calm and gradual reform, (which in its proper place he has fully illustrated) Mr. Godwin proceeds without scruple to enquire into present evil, through its essential branches, and next to demonstrate its cure good. "Dividing his work into eight books, and making the importance of political institutions the subject of the first, he begins by an attempt to prove the omnipotence of government over the moral habits of mankind; and that on these moral habits their wisdom, virtue and felicity depend." Subscriptions received by the publishers at their Printing Office, back of No. 77 Dock-Street, Philadelphia. June 18.
For Sale, A LARGE ELEGANT AND WELL FINISHED  Three-story Brick House, (The late residence of General Walter Stewart) WITH A LOT OF GROUND thereunto belonging, the west side of Third-street, near Union-street containing in front 32 feet, and in depth 100 feet, to an alley leading into Union-street. The house is 32 feet front and 50 feet deep; the several rooms contained in it are large, commodious, and completely finished; the two first stories are each 13 feet high; there are 20 mahogany doors in the house; a geometrical staircase, with mahogany rails and a good sky-light. The kitchen is in the cellar, which is spacious and convenient, and finished with an oven, stew-holes and pantries, a servants' hall and large wine-cellar adjoining the kitchen, in front of which is an area in which there is a pump. The yard is vaulted. Communicating with the said building is a neat three-story brick house, on the north side of Union-street, containing 30 feet front by 20 feet deep; the lower part of which is at present occupied as a counting-house, and the upper part divided into well-finished large chambers. This house may at a small expense be converted into a convenient dwelling: The front door is very handsome, and the front and back have Venetian window-shutters. Adjoining the last house, upon the lot belonging to the first, are erected bathing-rooms, &c. There are likewise very good coach-house and stables finished equal (or nearly so) with any in the city, on a lot containing on Union-street 30 feet, and in depth on the west side of said alley 52 feet. There are good cellars under the whole of the buildings, and a wine room over part of the stable, with a hay-loft over the remainder. For further particulars enquire of EDWARD BONSALL & Co. At their Office No. 64 Dock-Street, between Walnut & Pear Streets. 6th month 24th, 1796.
Philip Nicklin & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, Southong } Hyson Skin } Young Hyson } Hyson and Imperial } Yellow Nankeens } China Ware, assorted in Boxes and Chests } Quicksilver } Bandannu Handkerchiefs of excellent quality in chests } London Market } London particular } New-York Market } Teneriffe Wine in pipes and hogsheads } Sugar Candy by the Box } Sal' Canvas No. 1 & 2 } Lead in sheets } 3 Casks of Cutlery assorted } A few chests of Manchester Goods, assorted thick- } cords, striped Nankeens, &c. } 3 Small packages of black sewing-Silks } 3 Tierces Virginia Snake-root. } Nails assorted in casks } July 18.
John Paul Jones. INFORMATION is hereby given, that the late John Paul Jones was a proprietor of five shares (amounting to about 5867 acres) in a tract of land purchased by the Ohio Company, in the territory of the United States of America, north-west of the river Ohio; and that his heirs, or legal representative, on application to the directors of said company, at Marietta, in the territory aforesaid, will receive a deed of the said five shares, or rights of land. The application may be made personally or by an agent, but proper documents must be produced to prove the claimant or claimants the legal heirs or representative of the said Jones. N. B. As it is not known in what country the person or persons interested reside, it will be an act of benevolence in every Printer in America and Europe, who shall insert this advertisement in his paper. In behalf of the directors of the Ohio Company, Rufus Putnam. Marietta, May 20, 1796. June 4.]
To be Sold, At No. 123, North Second-Street, and by several of the Apothecaries in this City. TRANSFERS of the right to remove pains and inflammations from the human body, as secured to Dr. ELISHA PERKINS, by patent, with instruments and directions necessary for the practice. This mode of treatment is particularly useful in relieving pains in the head, face, teeth, breath, side, loins, back, rheumatism, recent grates, &c. &c. Notwithstanding the utility of this practice, it is not presumed but there are cases in which this and every other remedy may sometimes fail. June 18.
War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796. THE following Rules, explanatory of those published the 15th February, 1796, are to be observed by all persons entitled to Lands, in pursuance of resolves of Congress. Every certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other magistrate, must, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the person making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or other magistrate; for which purpose words of the following import must be inserted in the certificate. "And I do moreover certify that the said A B making this acknowledgment has been for personally known to me." If the notary or other magistrate has reason to believe that he is the person he represents himself to be, he will also certify it. And if the proof be made by a witness or witnesses, he or they must swear to some general state of their knowledge of him, which matter must be set forth in the certificate; and the notary public, or other magistrate, before whom the acknowledgment is made, must also set forth that the witness or witnesses has or have been for upwards of personally known to him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the court of the corporation or county must certify that such person is a justice of the peace of the county or corporation as the case may be, and that full faith is due to his acts as such. JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. May 12.
GEORGE DOBSON, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to No. 25, South Third-street, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned articles:—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymere, Yorkshire Second Do. Do. Elastic do. do. Mix'd and Blue Coatings Flannels, &c. Manchester Printed Callicoes, London Chintz ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, Coffees, Bases, Battillas & Cojeveremo, 4-4 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Muslins, 4-4 and 5-4 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and 5-4 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 5-4 plain do. Muslins, 4-4 & 5-4 British Jamies, 6-4 British Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilbos, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c. A large assortment of figured and plain Muslins, Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankeens, Fancy Waistcoats, Ginghams of the first Quality, subject to Drawback, India Nankeens, Men's White and coloured Silk Stockings. May 9.
For Sale,  A Valuable Grist and Saw Mill, IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour. The Grist Mill is sixty by forty feet, two water wheels, and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fans and boultng-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mill has two saws and capable of cutting fifteen to six hundred feet of Boards per year. A valuable piece of Cedar Swamp, within a mile and a half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile of a Landing. The Lumber, &c. may be taken by water from the mill tail. ALSO FOR SALE,  Several Valuable Tracts of Land, In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be received in the notes of Messrs. Morris and Nicholson, or in Cash. For further information apply to the Printer. May 17.
Samuel Richardet, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia. The Subscription Room will be furnished with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, together with those of the principal commercial cities of Europe. They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soups, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refreshments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfasts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for convenience, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnished, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite. SAMUEL RICHARDET will be happy to receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himself that nothing on his part shall be wanting to prevent that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19.
FOR SALE. A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chestnut-street. JOSEPH COOKE, GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia. MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a complete and general assortment of almost  Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on the most easy terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and John Nicholson received in payment at their current value. N. B. The upper part of the House in which he now lives to be let, furnished or unfurnished. PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO. —No. 119— CHESNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]
For Sale, A Few Casks of First Quality  INDIGO. Enquire at No. 71, South Water Street. May 2.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber living near Church Hill, Queen Anne's County in the State of Maryland, about the first of January last, a black negro man, named Sam, about thirty years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has a crooked finger on one hand, and one leg and foot smaller than the other, somewhat round-shouldered, his clothing unknown. Any person who will secure or bring said fellow home, so that I may get him again shall have the above reward with reasonable charges. WILLIAM JACOBS. June 4.
Mr. FRANCIS, (Of the New Theatre) TAKES this opportunity of returning thanks to his scholars and to the public. Mr. Francis intends, on his return from Maryland, to open a public academy for dancing, upon a plan entirely new. He flatters himself that his attention to his pupils hitherto renders any promise of conducting his future schemes on the most liberal and strictest terms, of propriety, totally unnecessary. N. B. Private tuition as usual.
Plans of the city of Philadelphia, Including the NORTHERN LIBERTIES and district of SOUTHWARK; Published, and sold by  BENJAMIN DAVIES, No. 68, High Street, (Price one dollar.) THIS plan is 26 inches square, and has been engraved by one of the first artists in the city, from a late and accurate survey. Purchasers are entitled to a pamphlet with each plan, giving "some account of the city, its population, trade, government, &c." July 19.
PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE  MAILS of the United States, On the following routes, will be received by the Postmaster at Savannah, until the first day of September next: 1. From Savannah by Sunday to Newport Bridge, once a week. Receive the Mail at Savannah every Saturday by 9 A. M., arrive at Sunday by 6 P. M. and at Newport Bridge on Sunday by 10 A. M. Returning. Leave Newport Bridge on Sunday by 3 P. M. and arrive at Savannah in the evening, and at Savannah on Monday by 5 P. M. 2. From Newport Bridge by Darien and Brunswick to St. Marks, once in two weeks. Receive the Mail at Newport Bridge every other Sunday noon, and arrive at St. Marks the next Wednesday by 5 P. M. Returning. Leave St. Marks the next day, Thursday by 8 A. M., and arrive at Newport Bridge the next Sunday by 10 A. M. Note 1. If either of the routes are altered by law, during the continuance of the Contract, the Contractor is to observe such alterations in carrying the mail, and his pay is to be increased or diminished, in proportion to the distance increased or diminished by such alteration. Note 2. The Contracts are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue for four years until the 30th September, 1800, inclusive. Note 3. The Post Master General may alter the times of arrival, and departure at any time during the continuance of the Contract, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. Note 4. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified. Note 5. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in delivering the mail at the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar. And if the delay continue until the departure of any departing mail, whereby the mail destined for such destination shall lose a trip, the contractor shall forfeit ten dollars to be deducted from his pay. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post-Master General. GENERAL POST OFFICE, Philadelphia, June 28. 1796.
Urbanna Mill Seats, SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Susquehanna, about one mile above tide water, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducting the trade of which comes so near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats; and Mills may be so situated as to receive them along their walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes. There is a power sufficient for many and any kind of useful Water Works, and so much may be justly said in commendation of this Site as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication. Those who may desire to be concerned, will probably find themselves well pleased on viewing the situation. Leaves for any term of years may be obtained on application to the subscriber, living on the premises. CLEMENT HOLLYDAY. April 19.
Lottery and Broker's Office, No 64 South Second Street, TICKETS in the Canal Lottery No. II, are now ready for sale, a Check Book kept for the examination of Tickets, and Prizes paid, without deduction. The Subscriber solicits the application of the Public or any of his friends who wish to purchase or sell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange, or Notes, Houses, Lands, Lots or Merchandise of any kind, or to obtain Money on deposit of property. WILLIAM BLACKBURN, Late Agent for the Canal Lottery Company. Shares and Tickets in the late Newport Long Wharf, Hotel and Public School Lottery examined; a complete list of all the prizes having been received at this office. June 6.
FOR SALE. A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chestnut-street. JOSEPH COOKE, GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia. MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a complete and general assortment of almost  Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on the most easy terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and John Nicholson received in payment at their current value. N. B. The upper part of the House in which he now lives to be let, furnished or unfurnished. PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO. —No. 119— CHESNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]