Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-10-07 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 1273.]
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1796.
[VOLUME X.]
THE PANTHEON, And RICKETTS'S AMPHITHEATRE, For Equestrian and Stage performances...
District of Pennsylvania, to wit. BE it remembered, that on the twenty-fourth day of September...
Plans of the city of Philadelphia, Including the NORTHERN LIBERTIES and district of SOUTHWARK...
For Sale, The Brig MART, Lying at Messrs. Willings and Francis's Wharf...
For New-York, Newport, and Providence, The new Sloop EAGLE, John Earl, master...
DISTRICT COURT, Pennsylvania District. IN pursuance of a writ to me directed...
For Boston, The Schooner JOHN, A constant trader, Peter Coffin, master...
FOR LONDON, The capital ship CERES, To sail soon:—For freight or passage...
For Cork, The Ship Mary Ann, Francis Stuart, master: is a strong, good ship...
For Charter, The Danish Barque BENEVENTURA, Samuel Stub, master...
For Charter, The Ship Dominick Terry, Jacob De Hart, master: an excellent vessel...
For Sale, 30 Hogheads of choice New-England Rum, Landing from the Schooner John...
The Cargo of the Polacre Independent, CAPTAIN CATHCART, from Alicante and Lisbon...
LANDING, From on board the Brig REBECCA, Dominic Davine, Master...
Thomas Ryerson HAS just received, by the ships Molly and Hamburg Packet...
Wm. HOLDERNESS, No. 76 High Street, HAS received, by the latest arrivals from Europe...
FOR SALE, PORT WINE, and HOLLAND GIN, of the first qualities in Pipes...
FOR SALE, By N. and J. FRAZIER, No. 95, S. Front-street, Prime Boston Beef...
Lottery and Broker's Office, No. 64, South Second Street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery...
NOTES LOST. WHEREAS two notes drawn by Benjamin Haskell and George W. Kirkland...
Dissolution of Partnership. THE Partnership between ROBERT ANDREWS and DAVID MEREDITH...
John Whitesides & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, Venetian Red, Spanish Brown, White Lead...
For Sale, By J. WARDER, PARKER & Co. An Invoice of Cordage, Consisting of different sizes...
NANKEENS, Of the first quality, FOR SALE BY, RD. and JAS. POTTER. For any quantity above Five Thousand Pieces...
Philip Nicklin & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, Souchoong, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson, Hyson and Imperial...
Wanted to Rent, A convenient, well furnished Bed Chamber, With a good fire-place...
Public Notice is Hereby Given, TO the Freemen of the City and County of Philadelphia...
The Electors of Chester county are requested to meet at Hunt Downing's...
The Inhabitants of the county of Chester are requested to meet at the house of Abraham Marshall...
University of Pennsylvania, October 5, 1796. The Medical Lectures will commence the first Monday...
India Tamboured Muslins. A small, handsome assortment of Muslins, viz. Fine tamboured Malda...
Sales of India Goods. The Cargo of the ship Ganges, capt. Tingey, from Calcutta and Bengal...
TAKE NOTICE. THE subscriber intends to make application for a renewal of the following certificate...
New-England Rum, In hogheads, Welsh's best Boston Chocolate, And HYSON-SKIN TEA...
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at No. 41 Chestnut-street by J. ORMRON, An Apology for the Bible...
An Apology for the Bible, In a series of Letters, Addressed to Thomas Paine...
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By W. YOUNG, MILLS and Son, A Dissertation on Slavery...
For the Gradual Abolition of it In the State of Virginia. By ST. GEORGE TUCKER...
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By W. YOUNG, MILLS and Son, The President's Address...
The PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS To the People of the United States, Announcing his intention of retiring...
Mordecai Lewis HAS FOR SALE, NANKEENS, long and short, China, well assorted...

   STOCKS.     Six per Cent. 17 3/4   Three per Cent. 10 3/4 int.   4 1/2 per Cent. 14 3/4 off.   5 1/2 per Cent. 16 3/4   Deferred Six per Cent. 13 3/8   BANK United States. 19 to 20 per ct.   Pennsylvania. 26 to 27   North America. 45 to 46   Insurance Comp. North-America. 37 1/2 per cent. adv.   Pennsylvania. par to 2 per cent. adv.        COURSE OF EXCHANGE.     On London, at 30 days, per £. 100 sterl. par.   at 60 days, 162 1-2   at 90 days, 161 3/4 to 162 1-2   Amsterdam, 60 days, per guild. 43   90 days, 40  
Washington Lottery.
The Twenty-sixth & Twenty-seventh days drawing of the Washington Lottery, No. 2, are received at the office No. 234, Market-street, where tickets may be examined. N. B. Information given where tickets in all the other lotteries may be procured. October 7, 1796. df
Washington Lottery.
The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days drawing are arrived at the office No. 147, Chestnut-street. Prizes in the above Lottery are exchanged for tickets warranted undrawn. Oct. 7. fm&w3
Just Imported,
 Tin Plates in boxes  Sheet and bar Lead  Shot—all sizes, patent and common  Copper bottoms and sheets  English shoes and boots in cases  Taunton Ale in casks of 10 doz. each  Basket Salt  Wool Cards  Gold Watches. 
For Sale by Simon Walker, Dock-street. Oct. 7. mwfxm
By Authority.
Schuylkill Bridge Lottery.
Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second-street.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY.
For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed during the last session, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks.     Prizes Number Dollars     1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 1 20,000   1 do. of 10,000 do. 1 10,000   3 do. of 5,000 do. 3 15,000   4 do. of 2,000 do. 4 8,000   20 do. of 1,000 do. 20 20,000   30 do. of 500 do. 30 15,000   80 do. of 200 do. 80 16,000   200 do. of 100 do. 200 20,000   300 do. of 50 do. 300 15,000   1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the possessor for the first drawn no. 1 500   5 do. of 3,000 do. to be paid possessors of the five last drawn nos 5 15,000   3,400 do. of 15 do. 3,400 51,000   10,034 Prizes 380,000   10,046 Blanks  
30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000. All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finished, upon the demand of a possessor of a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner, of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Kershner, William Witman, Joseph Hiester, James Diemer, Thomas Dundas, James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graeff, Sebastian Miller, COMMISSIONERS. Reading, May the 9th, 1796.
Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above office, where the earliest information of the drawing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterson Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and registering kept. October 7. 2aw if
For Sale, The remarkable fast sailing SCHOONER LIVELY,
now lying at Hamilton's wharf, built in 1794 by Mr. Yard at Kensington, of live-oak and red-cedar—her dimensions are 68 feet 3 inches length on deck—19 feet 6 inches breadth, of beam—8 feet 4 inches hold—and carries between 5 and 600 barrels flour. The Lively being well known here, any further description of her is unnecessary—suffice it to say, that she is not inferior to any vessel of her size in any respect whatever—For terms apply to EDWARD DUNANT, No. 149, South Front-street. Who will have landed on Wednesday morning next, from on board the Brigantine LIBERTY, Captain MURPHEY, at said wharf.
100 Hogsheads prime Havana Molasses. He has likewise for sale, A few packages of CALCUTTA GOODS —Consisting of, Pangum Cloths, Humbugs, Tickers, Bafars, Coffees, Barbary, Pulicat and Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Guzenahs, black Taftates, Choppa Romalls, Gurrabs, Patna Chinzes &c. &c. Also, A quantity of Rhode-Island CHEESE, Spermaceti CANDLES, and a few Barrels BEEF. October 3. 6r.
No 152. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE it remembered, that on the seventeenth day of September, in the twenty-first year of the independence of the United States of America, William Mitchell, of the said district, deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "A new and complete system of book-keeping, by an improved method of double entry, adapted to retail, domestic and foreign trade; exhibiting a variety of transactions which usually occur in business. The whole comprised in three sets of books; the last set being a copy of the second, according to those systems most generally in use, is given in order to exhibit, by a comparative view, the advantages of the system now laid down. To which is added, a table of the duties payable on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States of America. The whole in dollars and cents." "By William Mitchell."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, clk. dist. Pennsylvania. N. B. The above Book is now published, and may be had of the Booksellers. October 5. 2aw 4w
Extract of an Address from a candidate for the office of Elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, published in the Alexandria paper.
One of the charges against Mr. Jefferson, to which my former address alludes, is, that at a meeting of Mr. Burr, of New-York, a man of considerable talents, and one who has been as violent an opposer to the present government and its administration as any in America, with several gentlemen of this state equally violent in their politics, at Mr. Jefferson's house, in October last, the rash and violent measures brought forward in the last session of congress, which most of us then thought, and I still think, would have led this country into a war with Britain, were planned and approved of by Mr. Jefferson; who, it is said, wrote to the different southern members, urging them to persevere in the line of conduct then agreed. In proof of this, it is also said, a letter of his will be shown: and should these things be made appear, I cannot hesitate to declare, that I will not vote for him.
With respect to Mr. Adams, whose conduct has shown that he is a friend to the present government, it has been the policy of those unfriendly to it to charge him with anti-republican principles, and an attachment to monarchy; and have quoted a book called Adams's Defence, to prove that he possesses such sentiments. I have read that book with attention, and find nothing in it to justify that charge. It breathes, throughout the whole, as far as I am capable of judging, the purest republican principles.
But greatly to be lamented, and to the disgrace of this country, it is said two parties are formed in it, one in favour of the French, and the other the British. I detest them both, and think it may be well feared, that with these party principles in our rulers, we may become a prey to one or the other. We are told, that Mr. Ames, when he was in this country, laid, that the people of New-England looked on Mr. Adams as a man attached to the British party, and that in his opinion they would vote for Mr. Henry as President in preference to him. Mr. Ames and the people there know Mr. Adams better than we do; and if he made such a declaration, I should think it conclusive evidence. My wish is, that we may fix upon such characters as will give their whole attention to the interest of their own country, leaving foreign nations to act for themselves in the same manner, if they choose to do so. —And it is for this reason that I do at present feel disposed to vote for Mr. Henry and Mr. Pinkney, as President and Vice President. If these gentlemen should not be candidates, and either Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Adams must be President, it would become the duty of your Electors to vote for the one who, from the best information, may be least exceptionable.
LEVEN POWELL. September 27, 1796.
CHARLESTON, September 16. Died on Tuesday morning, of a painful illness, which had continued several weeks, Mrs. Hannah Sproat Keith, the amiable consort of the reverend doctor Keith, of this city, and daughter of the late reverend doctor James Sproat, of Philadelphia, who, with a great part of his family, fell victims to the yellow fever in the year 1793.
This truly excellent lady, in addition to a good understanding and the moral and social virtues which adorned her character, was eminently distinguished by her genuine and vital piety. Long had she felt the force of that great truth, to glorify God is the most desirable end of human life. This principle had so fully taken possession of her heart, that for several of her last years, she appeared to act continually under its governing influence: and while she exemplified true religion in its excellency and importance, in her own temper and conduct, she did not fail to improve every favourable opportunity for recommending it to others, in a kind, engaging manner, by her conversation; the influence of which, there is just reason to believe, will be felt by many, and especially by the younger part of her friends, through the remainder of their lives.
In these pious acts of friendship she found delightful employment while on earth; but she knew that "to depart and be with Christ, was far better." Her remains, accompanied by a very numerous train of respectable and weeping friends, were conveyed on Wednesday to the Independent church, in Archdale street, and deposited in the cemetery adjoining to that place of worship; on which occasion, the reverend Richard Furman, of the Baptist church, officiated.
AMSTERDAM, July 5. Some members of the national assembly having in one of the late sittings, attributed the defection of the Batavian troops to their being placed in the first line; and this assertion being denied by other members, as well as the committee of union for affairs on land— "Head-quarters, Utrecht, 28 Prairial (16th June)" "fourth year of the French republic," "one and indivisible." "Citizens,"
"I read in the public papers, the ridiculous declaration of some deputies respecting the motives for defection in the Batavian troops, ascribing it to their being placed in the first line, when they should be in the second, &c." "When the Batavian convention placed under my command the army of the republic, it imposed on me no conditions about placing it in the first or second line; and this mark of its extreme confidence has impressed me with gratitude. In return for that confidence, and for yours also, citizens, I am eager to inform you, that the defection has no other source than the scarcity of provisions and necessities—to scanty and dear, that they who are paid in money, cannot procure them in their cantonments. To feed your soldiers, is the true means of preventing defection; and you need look for no other." "It must also be observed, that your regiments did not make war to support your revolution; and possibly there may be individuals amongst them who do not like it: far, therefore, from blaming
their emigration, I am exceedingly pleased to find none remain but the true patriots, whose ardor and courage can alone support it." "Would it not be equally extravagant and impolitic on my part, to place behind me in the second line troops, in whom I can have no confidence? And should the enemy appear before me, would it not be putting myself between two fires, in case they should have an understanding with the suspected individuals that may be amongst your troops? I repeat it—this emigration is, perhaps, salutary; and I would rather give battle with a handful of brave men, than with a large army composed of poltroons and counter-revolutionists." "Feed your troops and they will be in good condition; pay them well, and you will retain the brave; but as to the scoundrels or cowards, I tell you once more, you should not interrupt them. Such is my opinion, which I pray you to communicate to the national assembly, that it may not be diverted from more serious considerations—Such is the answer I would give to those deputies who would place in the second line those brave Batavians, who, true to their colours, desire only to combat in the cause of liberty, and rival the glory of the French, who have all along so gallantly defended it."
"The committee of union must have already seen by the nature of my dispositions that I know how to do justice to the Batavian soldiers, and know how to estimate military talents." "For a month, lieutenant-general Dumoreau commanded the three divisions of the line; and for eight days lieutenant-general Daendels has succeeded him. At this moment, three battalions and four Batavian squadrons are moving to join the vanguard of the French, stationed between Nimeguen and Dusseldorf, to cover the last place, and support the left army of the Sambre and the Meuse—I wish them to partake the glory which the French burn to acquire anew. I wish them to fraternize and maintain that noble emulation, of which the sublime end is—liberty."
"(Signed) "BEURNONVILLE," "The general in chief of the combined French and Batavian armies of the north."
This letter being read in the assembly, the president proposed that it should be printed, and the discussion adjourned, which was agreed to.
PHILADELPHIA,
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7 1796. MARRIED, by the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, on Thursday evening, September 30th, Mr. DAVID EVANS, jun. to Miss MARY CAREY, both of this city. DIED, last evening, Master JOHN WILKINSON, son of General Wilkinson.
A Stated Meeting of the PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY will be held at their Hall THIS EVENING at six o'clock.
MR. FENNO, A FACT, considered as a very serious objection to the re-election of Mr. Swanwick by every consistent republican, was stated in your paper of Wednesday—viz. his voting directly contrary to Mr. Muhlenberg, when he had acknowledged that the vote of Mr. Muhlenberg had saved the country.—In the Aurora of this morning Mr. S. publishes the following vindication of himself: "As to the story about what Mr. Swanwick should or should not have said to Mr. MUHLENBERG, it is too contemptible for notice." This is a very decent and respectful mode of refuting a charge which proves the party to possess no political sentiments whatever! C.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) Sept. 29. FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES. The whole number of votes for Federal Representatives, returned to the Secretary's office, were six thousand four hundred and eighteen, and are as follows:
   Jeremiah Smith, 3210 making a choice.   Abiel Foster, 5828   William Gordon, 5667   Jonathan Freeman, 3468   Peleg Sprague, 2206   1219 in nomination.  
NEW-YORK, October 6.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
We flop the Press to announce the arrival late last evening at the Hook, of the ship Hope, Capt. Haley, in 41 days from London, with late and important news—Italian war clothing—Austrian Rhine army flown into Bohemia—21,000 Austrians killed and taken!—Peace at hand. The ship did not come up last evening, but the Capt. and Mr. J. A. Pinwall merchant, a passenger, came up in the boat about 9 o'clock, and Mr. Pinwall was so polite as to favour us with "The Express" of August 18, and "the Star" of August 22—From which we hasten to disclose such scenes as are not yet recorded in the Annals of Wars! By this ship we have received regular files to Aug. 22, from which we shall lose no time in extracting the other important official details which we have not time nor room this day to insert. The Ellis, Capt. Harvey, failed 3 weeks before the Hope. [Argus.]
COMPLETE RUIN OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN ITALY!
The following is translated from the Moniteur of the 14th inst. In the sitting of the council of 500, Aug. 13, a secretary read the following message: Citizens Directors, The details that the directory transmitted to you by their message of Aug. 12, on the operations of the army of Italy, were only the prelude to successes more brilliant. The commander in chief of that army has transmitted to the directory the history of five memorable days, which assure, for ever, the glory of our arms in those countries. In five days, behold the campaign finished in Italy! Gen. Wurmser has lost 12,000 men, who have been made prisoners, 6000 have been killed, and 70 pieces of cannon have fallen into our hands, together with
120 waggons. The rest of his army is dispersed. Lau, L. p. ux, President. By the Executive Directory, Lagarde, Secretary.
On the proposition of Pajol, the Council decreed, "that the army of Italy has not ceased to deserve well of their country."
LONDON, Monday Aug. 22.
On Saturday the Paris papers of the 15th and 16th instants, were received after our paper was at press. They contain the official accounts of the late successes of the French in Italy, of which we had before only the substance in an official message sent by the directory to the council of five-hundred. They contain besides, some official details respecting the operations of the army of the Sambre and Meuse.
This morning we received the Paris Journals of the 17th, 18th, and 19th inst. They contain a letter from General Buonaparte, which our readers will find in its proper place, giving an account of the raising of the siege of Poleschiera, and the recapture of Verona by the French troops previous to which the Austrians made a last ineffectual effort to retrieve their affairs. The wretched remains of the Imperial troops have taken refuge in Tyrol. The Paris Journals also contain some official letters from the army of the Sambre and Meuse, but they are of dates anterior to those which we have given in the preceding columns from the Paris papers which reached us on Saturday, and afford only details of operations, the result of which is already known: we therefore postpone until to-morrow, these and some other articles of less importance, that we may reserve room for the contents of the
HAMBURGH MAIL,
Which arrived this morning—The accounts which it brings respecting the operations of the war in Germany, are not of a later date than those from the French papers. They contain, however, some important particulars not before known. The accounts from Italy are only details of the short-lived advantages which general Wurmser had gained before the tide of victory had again turned in favour of the French, and enabled them to gain those successes which have been detailed at such length by Bonaparte in his dispatches to the directory. These we shall lay before our readers to-morrow.
The political state of Germany seems fast hastening to that crisis which we have more than once called to the attention of our readers. The little states and free cities are now only talked of as make-weight in the general adjustment of the greater interest; and it is not impossible, will be considered as divisible spoil, and treated like wretched Poland.—But all this is perhaps as necessary as the war itself was to prevent the spread of revolutionary principles, to maintain regular government, and to secure individual property!
We shall offer no further comment on the contents of the mail, but lay the principal articles which have reached us before our readers. They are as follows—
FRANKFORT, August 6.
Well informed persons positively state that negotiations for an armistice are on foot. According to them the fortresses of Mentz and Ehrenbreitstein are to be abandoned to the French; and the republican troops are to retreat to a certain line of demarcation, to the end, that they may not interrupt the operations of the congress, which is to meet at Hainau. This congress is to be convened by the emperor, jointly with the French republic. All the powers which have taken a part in the coalition are to send thither deputies; and after the treaty between the two former powers is concluded, the difference between the others are to be arranged, and the last hand put to a general peace.
Among the effects lately seized by the French between Wurtzbourg and Gemunden, was the equipage of the imperial envoy, count de Shlick; together with all the public and private plate belonging to the bishopric and bishop of Liege, as well as the plate of several of the rich abbeys of the Netherlands.
The king of France was on his way to seek a refuge at Dresden; but he was met at Amberg by a courier, who announced to him that circumstances required him to take another route. His majesty in consequence formed the resolution to repair to Prague, to proceed from thence to Russia. The elector of Treves is at Dresden, whither it is said the elector of Bavaria is also to repair.
Philipbourg is violently cannonaded; and Mannheim has been summoned within these few days. The sudden interruption of all correspondence with the latter place seems to confirm this intelligence.
Our city not having paid the contributions that were demanded, within the time fixed for it, 18 hostages were last night taken up and sent off. The whole number of hostages carried off from this city amounts now to twenty-five.
A French corps of 8000 men, under general Hairy, has taken its position near Russelheim, to compleat the surrounding of Mentz. On the 7th a heavy cannonade was heard near that fortress. It is said that the French have made themselves masters of Gustavsburg, on the point of the Mayn. Since the 5th the fortress of Philipbourg is surrounded by the French.
Last week a great quantity of carpenter's and bricklayer's tools were put in requisition, to be used in blowing up the fortress of Konigstein. Every thing is now ready to effect this; the mines are dug and the blowing up of that fortress will take place this week, of which the inhabitants of Konigstein and its neighbourhood have received notice.
The fate of our city is now extremely critical. The French Commissary-Ordinator, Dubretin, threatens to take the most violent measures, if the contributions are not shortly paid. Last night several houses were searched, the inhabitants of which were suspected not to have delivered up their arms. All mechanics have been ordered to give in an exact statement of the number of their journeymen and male servants. It is thought that the French, before they proceed to violent measures, mean to be well informed concerning the number of male inhabitants.

   STOCKS.     Six per Cent. 17 3/4   Three per Cent. 10 3/4 int.   4 1/2 per Cent. 14 3/4 off.   5 1/2 per Cent. 16 3/4   Deferred Six per Cent. 13 3/8   BANK United States, 19 to 20 per ct.   Pennsylvania, 26 to 27   North America, 45 to 46   Insurance Comp. North-America, 37 1/2 per cent. adv.   Pennsylvania, par to 3 per cent. adv. 
COURSE OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 30 days, per £ 100 sterl. par. at 60 days, 162 1-2 at 90 days, 161 3/4 to 162 1-2 Amsterdam, 60 days, per guilder, 43 90 days, 40  Washington Lottery. The Twenty-sixth & Twenty-seventh days drawing of the Washington Lottery, No. 2, are received at the office No. 234, Market-street, where tickets may be examined. N. B. Information given where tickets in all the other lotteries may be procured. October 7, 1796. df
Washington Lottery. The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days drawing are arrived at the office No. 147, Chestnut-street. Prizes in the above Lottery are exchanged for tickets warranted undrawn. Oct. 7. fm&w3  Just Imported, Tin Plates in boxes Sheet and bar Lead Shot—all sizes, patent and common Copper bottoms and sheets English shoes and boots in cases Taunton Ale in casks of 10 doz. each Baskett Salt Wool Cards Gold Watches. For Sale by  Simon Walker, Oct. 7. mwfxm Dock-street.
By Authority.  Schuylkill Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second-street.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY. For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed during the last session, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Bucks.     Prizes Number Dollars     1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 20,000   1 do. of 10,000 do. 10,000   3 do. of 5,000 do. 15,000   4 do. of 2,000 do. 8,000   20 do. of 1,000 do. 20,000   30 do. of 500 do. 15,000   80 do. of 200 do. 16,000   200 do. of 100 do. 20,000   300 do. of 50 do. 15,000   1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the possessor for the first drawn no. 500   5 do. of 3,000 do. to be paid possessors of the five last drawn nos 15,000   3,400 do. of 15 do. 51,000   10,034 Prizes 380,000   10,046 Blanks    30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000
All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finished, upon the demand of a possessor of a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner, of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Kershner, William Witman, Joseph Hiester, James Diemer, Thomas Dundas, James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graeff, Sebastian Miller, COMMISSIONERS. Reading, May the 9th, 1796.
Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above office, where the earliest information of the drawing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterson Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and registering kept. October 7. 2aw tf
For Sale, The remarkable fast sailing  SCHOONER LIVELY, now lying at Hamilton's wharf, built in 1794 by Mr. Yard at Kensington, of live-oak and red-cedar—her dimensions are 68 feet 3 inches length on deck—19 feet 6 inches breadth, of beam—8 feet 4 inches hold—and carries between 5 and 600 barrels flour. The Lively being well known here, any further description of her is unnecessary—suffice it to say, that she is not inferior to any vessel of her size in any respect whatever—For terms apply to  EDWARD DUNANT, No. 149, South Front-street. Who will have landed on Wednesday morning next, from on board the Brigantine LIBERTY , Captain MURPHEY , at said wharf.
100 Hogsheads prime Havana Molasses. He has likewise for sale, A few packages of CALCUTTA GOODS —Consisting of, Pungim Cloths, Humbugs, Tickers, Bafars, Coffees, Barbary, Pulicat and Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Guzenahs, black Taffetas, Choppa Romalls, Gurrabs, Patna Chinzes &c. &c. Also, A quantity of Rhode-Island CHEESE , Spermaceti CANDLES , and a few Barrels BEEF . October 3. 6r.
No 152.  District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE it remembered, that on the seventeenth day of September, in the twenty-first year of the independence of the United States of America, William Mitchell, of the said district, deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "A new and complete system of book-keeping, by an improved method of double entry, adapted to retail, domestic and foreign trade; exhibiting a variety of transactions which usually occur in business. The whole comprised in three sets of books; the last set being a copy of the second, according to those systems most generally in use, is given in order to exhibit, by a comparative view, the advantages of the system now laid down. To which is added, a table of the duties payable on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States of America. The whole in dollars and cents." "By William Mitchell." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, clk. dist. Pennsylvania. N. B. The above Book is now published, and may be had of the Booksellers. October 5. 2aw 4w
Extract of an Address from a candidate for the office of Elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, published in the Alexandria paper.
One of the charges against Mr. Jefferson, to which my former address alludes, is, that at a meeting of Mr. Burr, of New-York, a man of considerable talents, and one who has been as violent an opposer to the present government and its administration as any in America, with several gentlemen of this state equally violent in their politics, at Mr. Jefferson's house, in October last, the rash and violent measures brought forward in the last session of congress, which most of us then thought, and I still think, would have led this country into a war with Britain, were planned and approved of by Mr. Jefferson; who, it is said, wrote to the different southern members, urging them to persevere in the line of conduct there agreed. In proof of this, it is also said, a letter of his will be shown: and should these things be made appear, I cannot hesitate to declare, that I will not vote for him.
With respect to Mr. Adams, whose conduct has shown that he is a friend to the present government, it has been the policy of those unfriendly to it to charge him with anti-republican principles, and an attachment to monarchy; and have quoted a book called Adams's Defence, to prove that he possesses such sentiments. I have read that book with attention, and find nothing in it to justify that charge. It breathes, throughout the whole, as far as I am capable of judging, the purest republican principles.
But greatly to be lamented, and to the disgrace of this country, it is said two parties are formed in it, one in favour of the French, and the other the British. I detest them both, and think it may be well feared, that with these party principles in our rulers, we may become a prey to one or the other. We are told, that Mr. Ames, when he was in this country, laid, that the people of New-England looked on Mr. Adams as a man attached to the British party, and that in his opinion they would vote for Mr. Henry as President in preference to him. Mr. Ames and the people there know Mr. Adams better than we do; and if he made such a declaration, I should think it conclusive evidence. My wish is, that we may fix upon such characters as will give their whole attention to the interest of their own country, leaving foreign nations to act for themselves in the same manner, if they choose to do so. And it is for this reason that I do at present feel disposed to vote for Mr. Henry and Mr. Pinkney, as President and Vice President. If these gentlemen should not be candidates, and either Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Adams must be President, it would become the duty of your Electors to vote for the one who, from the best information, may be least exceptionable.
LEVEN POWELL. September 27, 1796.
CHARLESTON, September 16. Died on Tuesday morning, of a painful illness, which had continued several weeks, Mrs. Hannah Sproat Keith, the amiable consort of the reverend doctor Keith, of this city, and daughter of the late reverend doctor James Sproat, of Philadelphia, who, with a great part of his family, fell victims to the yellow fever in the year 1793.
This truly excellent lady, in addition to a good understanding and the moral and social virtues which adorned her character, was eminently distinguished by her genuine and vital piety. Long had she felt the force of that great truth, to glorify God is the most desirable end of human life. This principle had so fully taken possession of her heart, that for several of her last years, she appeared to act continually under its governing influence: and while she exemplified true religion in its excellency and importance, in her own temper and conduct, she did not fail to improve every favourable opportunity for recommending it to others, in a kind, engaging manner, by her conversation; the influence of which, there is just reason to believe, will be felt by many, and especially by the younger part of her friends, through the remainder of their lives.
In these pious acts of friendship she found delightful employment while on earth; but she knew that "to depart and be with Christ, was far better." Her remains, accompanied by a very numerous train of respectable and weeping friends, were conveyed on Wednesday to the Independent church, in Archdale street, and deposited in the cemetery adjoining to that place of worship; on which occasion, the reverend Richard Furman, of the Baptist church, officiated.
AMSTERDAM, July 5. Some members of the national assembly having in one of the late sittings, attributed the defection of the Batavian troops to their being placed in the first line; and this assertion being denied by other members, as well as the committee of union for affairs on land—
"Head-quarters, Utrecht, 28 Prairial (16th June) "fourth year of the French republic, "one and indivisible. "Citizens,
"I read in the public papers, the ridiculous declaration of some deputies respecting the motives for defection in the Batavian troops, ascribing it to their being placed in the first line, when they should be in the second, &c. "When the Batavian convention placed under my command the army of the republic, it imposed on me no conditions about placing it in the first or second line; and this mark of its extreme confidence has impressed me with gratitude. In return for that confidence, and for yours also, citizens, I am eager to inform you, that the defection has no other source than the scarcity of provisions and necessaries—to scanty and dear, that they who are paid in money, cannot procure them in their cantonments. To feed your soldiers, is the true means of preventing defection; and you need look for no other.
"It must also be observed, that your regiments did not make war to support your revolution; and possibly there may be individuals amongst them who do not like it: far, therefore, from blaming
their emigration, I am exceedingly pleased to find none remain but the true patriots, whose ardor and courage can alone support it.
"Would it not be equally extravagant and impolitic on my part, to place behind me in the second line troops, in whom I can have no confidence? And should the enemy appear before me, would it not be putting myself between two fires, in case they should have an understanding with the suspected individuals that may be amongst your troops? I repeat it—this emigration is, perhaps, salutary; and I would rather give battle with a handful of brave men, than with a large army composed of poltroons and counter-revolutionists.
"Feed your troops and they will be in good condition; pay them well, and you will retain the brave; but as to the scoundrels or cowards, I tell you once more, you should not interrupt them. Such is my opinion, which I pray you to communicate to the national assembly, that it may not be diverted from more serious considerations—Such is the answer I would give to those deputies who would place in the second line those brave Batavians, who, true to their colours, desire only to combat in the cause of liberty, and rival the glory of the French, who have all along so gallantly defended it.
"The committee of union must have already seen by the nature of my dispositions that I know how to do justice to the Batavian soldiers, and know how to estimate military talents.
"For a month, lieutenant-general Dumoreau commanded the three divisions of the line; and for eight days lieutenant-general Daendels has succeeded him. At this moment, three battalions and four Batavian squadrons are moving to join the vanguard of the French, stationed between Nimeguen and Dusseldorf, to cover the last place, and support the left army of the Sambre and the Meuse—I wish them to partake the glory which the French burn to acquire anew. I wish them to fraternize and maintain that noble emulation, of which the sublime end is—liberty.
(Signed) "BEURNONVILLE, "The general in chief of the combined French "and Batavian armies of the north."
This letter being read in the assembly, the president proposed that it should be printed, and the discussion adjourned, which was agreed to.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7 1796
MARRIED, by the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, on Thursday evening, September 30th, Mr. DAVID EVANS, jun. to Miss MARY CAREY, both of this city.
DIED, last evening, Master JOHN WILKINSON, son of General Wilkinson.
A Stated Meeting of the PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY will be held at their Hall THIS EVENING at six o'clock.
MR. FENNO, A FACT, considered as a very serious objection to the re-election of Mr. Swanwick by every consistent republican, was stated in your paper of Wednesday—viz. his voting directly contrary to Mr. Muhlenberg, when he had acknowledged that the vote of Mr. Muhlenberg had saved the country.—In the Aurora of this morning Mr. S. publishes the following vindication of himself: "As to the story about what Mr. Swanwick should or should not have said to Mr. Muhlenberg, it is too contemptible for notice." This is a very decent and respectful mode of refuting a charge which proves the party to possess no political sentiments whatever! C.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) Sept. 29.  FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES. The whole number of votes for Federal Representatives, returned to the Secretary's office, were six thousand four hundred and eighteen, and are as follows:
   Names Votes Status     Jeremiah Smith, 3210 making a choice.   Abiel Foster, 5828   William Gordon, 5667   Jonathan Freeman, 3468   Peleg Sprague, 2206 in nomination.  
NEW-YORK, October 6.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
We flop the Press to announce the arrival late last evening at the Hook, of the ship Hope , Capt. Haley , in 41 days from London, with late and important news—Italian war clothing—Austrian Rhine army flown into Bohemia—21,000 Austrians killed and taken!—Peace at hand. The ship did not come up last evening, but the Capt. and Mr. J. A. Pinwall merchant, a passenger, came up in the boat about 9 o'clock, and Mr. Pinwall was so polite as to favour us with "The Express" of August 18, and "the Star" of August 22—From which we hasten to disclose such scenes as are not yet recorded in the Annals of Wars! By this ship we have received regular files to Aug. 22, from which we shall lose no time in extracting the other important official details which we have not time nor room this day to insert. The Ellis , Capt. Harvey , failed 3 weeks before the Hope . [Argus.]
From the Express Evening Chronicle , of August 18.  COMPLETE RUIN OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN ITALY!
The following is translated from the Moniteur of the 14th inst. In the sitting of the council of 500, Aug. 13, a secretary read the following message: Citizens Directors,
The details that the directory transmitted to you by their message of Aug. 12, on the operations of the army of Italy, were only the prelude to successes more brilliant. The commander in chief of that army has transmitted to the directory the history of five memorable days, which assure, for ever, the glory of our arms in those countries. In five days, behold the campaign finished in Italy! Gen. Wurmser has lost 12,000 men, who have been made prisoners, 6,000 have been killed, and 70 pieces of cannon have fallen into our hands, together with
120 waggons. The rest of his army is dispersed. Lar. L. p. ux, President. By the Executive Directory, Lagarde, Secretary.
On the proposition of Pajol , the Council decreed, "that the army of Italy has not ceased to deserve well of their country."
LONDON, Monday Aug. 22.
On Saturday the Paris papers of the 15th and 16th instant, were received after our paper was at press. They contain the official accounts of the late successes of the French in Italy, of which we had before only the substance in an official message sent by the directory to the council of five-hundred. They contain besides, some official details respecting the operations of the army of the Sambre and Meuse.
This morning we received the Paris Journals of the 17th, 18th, and 19th inst. They contain a letter from General Buonaparte, which our readers will find in its proper place, giving an account of the raising of the siege of Poleschiera, and the recapture of Verona by the French troops previous to which the Austrians made a last ineffectual effort to retrieve their affairs. The wretched remains of the Imperial troops have taken refuge in Tyrol. The Paris Journals also contain some official letters from the army of the Sambre and Meuse, but they are of dates anterior to those which we have given in the preceding columns from the Paris papers which reached us on Saturday, and afford only details of operations, the result of which is already known: we therefore postpone until to-morrow, these and some other articles of less importance, that we may reserve room for the contents of the
HAMBURGH MAIL, Which arrived this morning—The accounts which it brings respecting the operations of the war in Germany, are not of a later date than those from the French papers. They contain, however, some important particulars not before known. The accounts from Italy are only details of the short-lived advantages which general Wurmser had gained before the tide of victory had again turned in favour of the French, and enabled them to gain those successes which have been detailed at such length by Bonaparte in his dispatches to the directory. These we shall lay before our readers to-morrow.
The political state of Germany seems fast hastening to that crisis which we have more than once called to the attention of our readers. The little states and free cities are now only talked of as make-weight in the general adjustment of the greater interest; and it is not impossible, will be considered as divisible spoil, and treated like wretched Poland.—But all this is perhaps as necessary as the war itself was to prevent the spread of revolutionary principles, to maintain regular government, and to secure individual property!
We shall offer no further comment on the contents of the mail, but lay the principal articles which have reached us before our readers. They are as follows—
FRANKFORT, August 6. Well informed persons positively state that negotiations for an armistice are on foot. According to them the fortresses of Mentz and Ehrenbreitstein are to be abandoned to the French; and the republican troops are to retreat to a certain line of demarcation, to the end, that they may not interrupt the operations of the congress, which is to meet at Hainau. This congress is to be convened by the emperor, jointly with the French republic. All the powers which have taken a part in the coalition are to send thither deputies; and after the treaty between the two former powers is concluded, the difference between the others are to be arranged, and the last hand put to a general peace.
Among the effects lately seized by the French between Wurtzbourg and Gemunden, was the equipage of the imperial envoy, count de Shlick; together with all the public and private plate belonging to the bishopric and bishop of Liege, as well as the plate of several of the rich abbeys of the Netherlands.
The king of France was on his way to seek a refuge at Dresden; but he was met at Amberg by a courier, who announced to him that circumstances required him to take another route. His majesty in consequence formed the resolution to repair to Prague, to proceed from thence to Russia. The elector of Treves is at Dresden, whither it is said the elector of Bavaria is also to repair.
Philipbourg is violently cannonaded; and Mannheim has been summoned within these few days. The sudden interruption of all correspondence with the latter place seems to confirm this intelligence.
Our city not having paid the contributions that were demanded, within the time fixed for it, 18 hostages were last night taken up and sent off. The whole number of hostages carried off from this city amounts now to twenty-five.
A French corps of 8000 men, under general Hairy , has taken its position near Ruffelheim, to compleat the surrounding of Mentz. On the 7th a heavy cannonade was heard near that fortress. It is said that the French have made themselves masters of Gullaviburg, on the point of the Mayn. Since the 5th the fortress of Philipbourg is surrounded by the French.
Last week a great quantity of carpenter's and bricklayer's tools were put in requisition, to be used in blowing up the fortress of Konigstein. Every thing is now ready to effect this; the mines are dug and the blowing up of that fortress will take place this week, of which the inhabitants of Konigstein and its neighbourhood have received notice.
The fate of our city is now extremely critical. The French Commissary-Ordinator, Dubreton, threatens to take the most violent measures, if the contributions are not shortly paid. Last night several houses were searched, the inhabitants of which were suspected not to have delivered up their arms. All mechanics have been ordered to give in an exact statement of the number of their journeymen and male servants. It is thought that the French, before they proceed to violent measures, mean to be well informed concerning the number of male inhabitants.

The day before yesterday the French ambassador at the court of Hesse Cassel, citizen Rival, accompanied by the Hessian minister of state, baron Waitz de Elchen, arrived here. They were met by a deputation from our senate, and were present at an entertainment prepared for them.
COLOGN, August 7.
General Bourdonville, commander in chief of the army of the north, arrived here this morning, at eleven o'clock. He was received by the discharge of 20 pieces of artillery. The general of division Custelvert, with his staff officers, and the city commandant, received him at the gate of Egelsstein, from whence they conducted him to the great square, where he reviewed the garrison. He will set out this afternoon for Bonn, to continue his visit to the whole extent of the line.
August 9.
The latest advices from the upper rhine, dated the 4th instant, announce that the French army has made another general movement. The division of General Laborde, which crossed the Rhine at Huningen, after having taken possession of Constance and Stockach, left a body of troops in the rear to facilitate its junction with the army of the Alps, and proceeded on the right bank of the Danube. This manoeuvre, which was intended to oblige the Austrians to recross that river rapidly, produced in a great measure the effect: on the 1st and 2d inst. the Imperialists retreated from the posts they occupied in the county of Reutlingen on the Steig, and from those near Geislingen, to proceed to different points of the Danube. In consequence of these movements the whole of General Moreau's army advanced; and at the departure of these advices was advanced rapidly towards the Danube, which river the Austrians had not as yet entirely crossed. General St. Cyr, commandant of the centre of the army of the Rhine and Moselle, had shifted his head quarters from Goepingen to Dondorff near Heidenheim. General Desaix, who commands the left wing, is at Gemund; and the commander in chief had just established his headquarters at Schondorff.
The army of the Sambre and Meuse, and that of General Wartensleben, opposite to it, have been perfectly tranquil since the affair of the 27th ultimo. According to the latest advices, the Austrian General had his head-quarters at Zeil; he had extended his wings, as if he meant to resume offensive operations. Since the flight of the balloon, nothing has passed either at Mentz or at Ehrenbreitstein.
On the 7th, after the eighteen hostages had been earned off, another edict was published concerning the payment of the contributions, and to avert the violent measures which threaten our city, the Senate has just acquainted the inhabitants, that, in case they were not immediately assisted in the best possible manner, the destruction of this city and its constitution, within a few days, would be unavoidable. Every inhabitant was again summoned, within twenty-four hours, to deliver in all cash and plate that could be found, to save our city.
Much as our city has till now refused to accept the offer of the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel to advance the money necessary for paying the contributions demanded by the French, it now finds itself under the necessity of accepting that offer—a step which may be productive of disagreeable consequences. Yesterday negotiations were opened for that purpose by our Senate with the Hessian Minister, Baron de Waitz. To day that minister, accompanied by the French Ambassador, Citizen Rival, departed from hence.
It is now publicly said that our city will soon be under Hessian government.
SUABIA, August 5.
On the 4th instant the French entered Ulm, from whence the imperialists had removed their magazines previous to their arrival. The imperialists are retreating to Bavaria, and will for the present take their position behind the Lech. It is said, that archduke Charles, who passed by Augsburg on the 2d inst. on his way to Bavaria, will join part of Wartensleben's army, with which it will assist the operations of the army of Italy. The French column which has passed the Danube, and advances along the right bank of that river, is said to consist of 12,000 men, and general Moreau is following.
WESEL, August 13.
The secret plan formed in the cabinets for the maintenance of the equilibrium between the preponderating powers of Europe, is on the eve of being developed. The conditions are not as yet known; but it may be foreseen, that there will be a question of putting many small weights into each scale of the balance, to form this equilibrium, which is to secure for a long time—at least such is the hope—the peace and tranquillity of Europe.
RATISBON, August 18.
We have not yet learnt what success the deputation of the diet to the French generals has met with. All we know of it is, that the French general of division, Klein, has assured the Prussian counsellor of legation, count Bernstorff, that the deputies will be successful in their negotiations. Should they not be able to obtain a complete neutrality for the diet and our city, the deputies are instructed to negotiate for passports for the ambassadors on their way to and from this city, for their archives and servants, as well as for the security of the inhabitants and their property.
A visit from that part of the French army which is stationed in Franconia, is not expected here; but that part of the French army which is closely pursuing the archduke Charles, we may expect. The former part of the French army seems to be marching to Bohemia. It is said, that from 14 to 20,000 men will be encamped in the neighbourhood of our city.
To day, three battalions of troops of Hesse-Darmstadt passed through this place. They are in the pay of England, and are marching to Triest, where they will be shipped for Gibraltar. They consist of infantry and cavalry.
INTERESTING REFLECTIONS
On the foregoing intelligence.
IMPORTANT!
Last evening arrived the ship Hope, captain Haley, in 41 days from London. From the late hour the papers were received, we have only time to give the following. Copious extracts to-morrow.
[Daily Gaz.]
LONDON, August 19.
The intelligence which we have this day to relate, is of so awful and tremendous a nature, that we cannot, without considerable agitation and pain, discharge our duty in communicating it to the public. It will excite wonder even in this miraculous campaign, and may perhaps produce some neglect and alarm in a nation that seems familiarised with defeat, and reconciled to disgrace. In the course of one day, we have learnt the tidings of the rout and dispersion of mighty armies, of the abject humiliation and impending ruin of the greatest powers—in one word, of events which seem to us to be little less than a prelude to the total destruction of the established system of Europe.
It was natural and reasonable that the imperial court should consider Italy as the quarter in which alone the French could be vulnerable. An army scattered over an extensive country, and occupied in containing a restless and mutinous people, seemed to present many favourable points of attack. Towards Italy, therefore, the efforts of Austria appear to have been directed. It was even thought politic to weaken the army of the archduke, for the purpose of reinforcing Wurmser, and a large body of men were detached for that object. By these extraordinary exertions, general Wurmser found himself at the head of a gallant and well disciplined army of 60,000 men; and that excellent officer seems to have thought himself in a condition to raise the siege of Mantua, and perhaps effect the recovery of Lombardy. His first successes corresponded with the hopes that have been formed from so formidable a force. On the 29th ult. he drove the French from the post of Salo, situated on the left bank of the Lago di Garda, and shortly after expelled them from Brescia the capital of the Bresciano.
These successes, however, proved as short lived as they were trivial. The army of Buonaparte had been reinforced by 25,000 men from La Vendee—that unfortunate celebrated country, through which the combined powers so long hoped to give a mortal wound to the French republic, but which has in fact proved the grave of the royalists, and the best nursery of republican soldiers. He withdrew his troops from Verona, and concentrating his whole force, he marched without delay against Wurmser. The dates and particulars of the astonishing events which followed, are so imperfect, that we can only give a very general sketch of them. It appears, however, that Buonaparte attacked the Austrians at Lonado and Salo; and at the first of these places made 600 prisoners, and killed 2000 men. On the 3d instant, he again attacked them in the whole extent of their line—at Lonado, Castiglione, and Montechiaro, with such success, as to have killed and wounded 2000, taken 30 field-pieces, and made 6000 prisoners, among whom were two general officers.
What the particulars of the events which succeeded this great victory were, we have not yet learnt; but such has been their astonishing and awful result, that in five days (probably from the 28th to the 6th inst.) twelve thousand Austrians have been made prisoners, six thousand have been killed, seventy pieces of cannon have been taken, and their whole army have been completely routed and dispersed. In this short period has been annihilated a numerous, brave and disciplined army, commanded by one of the most celebrated generals of his age; for the formation of which such extraordinary efforts and sacrifices were made; which was the sole bulwark of Germany on the Italian frontier, and in which were deposited the last faint hopes of the Court of Vienna.
At a calmer moment we might express our astonishment at these stupendous, and almost incredible events, and pay a due tribute of admiration to the skill and valor which have wrought such prodigies; but astonishment and admiration are lost in feelings of a more awful kind, in the relation of victories, which threaten nothing less than the universal subjugation of Europe. The French are now the undisputed masters of Italy, from the Alps to the Straits of Messina; and whether they parcel it into dependant republics, or till for a while, suffer its wretched princes, trembling in their palaces, to retain a precarious and nominal authority—it is in truth and substance a province of France.
If we turn our eyes towards Germany, the prospect appears, if possible, still more clouded and gloomy. The Diet of the Empire, assembled at Ratisbon on the 30th ult. in the last agony of dismay and consternation, passed a decree (which may perhaps, be one of the last acts of power they will ever exercise!) for imploring the French to grant a peace to the Germanic Body. They accused the Emperor of having protracted Hostilities; and his minister recriminated, by ascribing all the calamities of the war to their inactivity and pusillanimity; accusations which may both in part be true—But on what a miserable and desperate footing they must negotiate, may be judged from the circumstance, that they found it necessary to send a deputation of their own number to the French generals, supplicating them to grant protection to their persons and archives! and that they have been compelled to employ the mediation of the King of Prussia for the same humiliating object. It is a gross abuse of language, to dignify by the name of negotiation, the ignominious terms which a conqueror may chuse to dictate to those who are reduced to implore his protection.
Thus is this proud Assembly, the representative of the greatest number of princes and states that were ever united in a political association, obliged to depend for its personal safety upon the precarious mercy and accidental moderation of those who may command the armies of France. This wretched humiliation is not alone deserving of notice as an awful and memorable example of the vicissitude of human affairs; it must be a shallow politician indeed, who does not perceive that such instances of humiliation are likely to be productive of the most terrible consequences. A victory over the dignity of the established governments of Europe is as important to the French democracy as a victory over their armies. The one dissolves their opinions as much as the other extends their territories. When the people of every country see all that has been the object of their veneration for so many ages, degraded and laid prostrate in the dust; their reverence will be changed into contempt; all the sentiments which produce obedience to government will be extinguished; and the bands of political society loosened and dissolved. While the fabric of the Germanic constitution, with all its faults, has
been ever justly accounted one of the chief bulwarks of the established system of Europe, is thus rapidly tumbling to pieces, the situation of the Emperor appears to be equally mortifying and unfortunate. Even the gallant spirit of Hungarian Loyalty, which has often, in the most desperate moments, sustained the tottering fortunes of the House of Austria, has, on this occasion, forsaken him. Hungary has been deaf to the voice of its distressed sovereign, which in other times has produced such powerful effects on that martial people.
We have received authentic intelligence that Gen. Kleber has entered Ratisbon; but the particulars of his negotiation (for so it will full be ridiculously called!) with the captive diet, have not reached us. We have also the best reason to believe that some wretched terms of capitulation, which, by the courtesy of Europe, may be called a Treaty of Peace, have ere this been granted by the French to the Emperor at Munich. The term Negotiation may be applied to such transactions, but negotiation implies at least some equality. There is no negotiation between a conqueror and a suppliant.
Whether the victorious Republicans will condescend to listen to the supplications of Mr. Pitt, and vouchsafe to include him in the conditions which they may grant to the governments of Europe on their surrender, we know not; and amidst the struggling sentiments of fame, sorrow, terror and indignation, which at this moment fill our minds, we had almost said we care not.
The probability seems rather against a peace with Great-Britain. The Emperor is too much overwhelmed by his own calamities and dangers, and too urgently pressed by the necessity of an immediate accommodation, to be solicitous about the interests of an ally, whose destructive friendship has been the source of all his misfortunes; and in the race of suppliant ambassadors to Paris, Mr. Hammond seems likely to be outrun.
The detestation of the Republicans against a minister whose incendiary intrigues they believe to have stirred up all their foreign and domestic enemies, is still unexhausted; and they can have little inducement to grant terms, however humiliating, to a power whom they may injure materially, and which can scarcely, in any important interest, injure them.
We are perfectly sensible that some part of the intelligence we have called inconsistent with that earnest and uniform desire of Peace, which we have expressed since the commencement of this unfortunate contest. But there will not be the slightest real inconsistency in the conduct of the warmest enemies of the War, if they reprobate with equal warmth such conditions of peace as Mr. Pitt is likely to obtain. The contrary conduct would in fact be grossly inconsistent. His ignominious Peace will be the natural fruit of his abominable War. No man can detest the one, without abhorring the other. The Articles of Peace will in truth be the best commentary on the nature of the War. Its principles and effects will be there written in characters that cannot be mistaken. Reason will then be superadded, controversy silenced, and folly herself be silenced. All those fatal consequences which were predicted by sagacity and foresight, and ridiculed by presumptuous and infatuated ignorance, will, by that ruinous and ignominious treaty, be converted into history and record.
BOSTON, October 3.
Yesterday arrived the ship Minerva, capt. D. Turner, 54 days from London. Left the Downs the 9th of August, and Cape Sable Bay, Plymouth, the 13th. She brought London Papers to the 9th.
Passengers—Captain Tristram Barnard, & Lady; Dudley Walker; Joseph Loring, jun. John Graefer; James Evans, Edward Tucker, jun. James Carter, jun. and Thomas Lriwer.
Highly Important.
From the London MORNING CHRONICLE, Aug. 9. The following Official Note has been sent from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the French Ambassador, Bartholomew, in Switzerland.
The French Government is informed, that the English, after having stopped, during the war, under the most frivolous pretexts, every neutral vessel, have just given the most positive orders to the commanders of their ships of war to seize, indiscriminately, all the cargoes which they may suppose to be destined for the French.
Whatever injury France may have sustained from this conduct, she has, nevertheless, continued to give the only example of the most inviolable respect for the Law of Nations, which constitutes the pledge and security of their civilization. But after having long tolerated the offence of this machievian system of policy, the ar length finds herself compelled, by the most urgent motives, to have recourse to reprisals against England.
The Executive Directory therefore orders, all the political Agents of the French Republic, to inform the different governments that the squadrons and privateers of the Republic will act against the ships of every country, in the same manner in which those governments suffer the English to act against them.
This measure ought not to surprise them, since it would be very easy to demonstrate, that it is imperiously prescribed, by necessity, and is only the effect of a lawful defence. If these powers had known how to make their commerce respected by the English, we should have had no occasion to have recourse to this affliction extremity.
They will recollect, that the republic of France, ever generous, proposed to all the belligerent powers to respect commerce; but that this proposition, honorable to the government which made it, and dictated by the most perfect philanthropy, was rejected with pride by a government accustomed to treat with contempt the most sacred laws of humanity, &c."
A fishing smack arrived here yesterday from St. John's, Newfoundland, 22 day's passage. She brings a report, that a French fleet of six 74's and two frigates, had arrived off St. John's—had landed a number of troops to the northward of that place, and had burnt Bull's-Bay, and a number of other small towns, and destroyed a great number of small fishing vessels on the Banks. The great length of the passage of this vessel, together with many other circumstances, induce us to believe the report is premature.
[A letter from Boston by this day's mail informs, that it is admiral Richery's squadron which has destroyed the British settlements at Newfoundland.]
CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, By the late arrivals.
From the London Gazette, July 16.
Admiralty Office, July 16.
Extract of a letter from Sir John Jervis, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, and commander in chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, to Mr. Nepean, dated Victory, off Toulon, June 10, 1796.
I acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that last evening, having observed a French cruiser working up to Hierres bay, within the islands, I called Captain Macnamara, of his majesty's ship Southampton, on board the Victory, pointed the ship out, and directed him to make a dash at her, through the Grand
Pass, which he performed with admirable spirit and alacrity; and I beg leave to refer their Lordships to his statement included, for the detail of this gallant action.
Southampton, off Toulon, June 10, 1796.
Sir,
In obedience to the orders I received from you on the Victory's quarter deck last evening, I pushed through the Grand Pass, and hauled up under the batteries on the North East end of Porquerolle with an easy sail, in hopes I should be taken for a French or neutral frigate, which I have great reason to believe succeeded, for I got within pistol shot of the enemy's ship before I was discovered, and cautioned the captain through a trumpet not to make a fruitless resistance, when he immediately snapped his pistol at me and fired his broadside. At this period, being very near the heavy battery of Port Bregahlon, I laid him instantly on board, and lieutenant Lydiard, at the head of the boarders, with an intrepidity no words can describe, entered and carried her in about ten minutes, although he met with a spirited resistance from the captain (who fell) and a hundred men under arms to receive him. In this short conflict the behaviour of all the officers and ship's company of the Southampton had my full approbation, and I do not mean to take from their merit by stating to you that the conduct of lieutenant Lydiard was above all praise. After lashing the two ships together, I found some difficulty in getting from under the battery, which kept up a very heavy fire, and was not able to return through the Grand Pass before half after one o'clock this morning, with the L'Utile corvette of 24 guns, French six pounders, commanded by Citizen Francois Veza, and 136 men, several of whom escaped on shore in the launch. I am happy to inform you that I only lost one man, William Orton, marine, who was killed by a pistol shot near me on the quarter deck. From the best information I can obtain, the enemy had killed and wounded 25. (Signed) J. MACNAMARA.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 30.
Among the recent glories of the reign of Selim, the construction of a mercantile marine is one which promises to be of the greatest benefit to the Empire. Upwards of 200 vessels, transports, have been launched lately, which joined to the ships already in our possession, will make a formidable mercantile marine. To give them an institute and code for their regulation, the Sultan has ordered a collection to be made of all the previous laws respecting the navy. To guarantee the whole from the Maltese corsairs, he designs to avail himself of the intervention of Spain, to negotiate a treaty with the Grand Master, by which the two powers shall engage to respect each others flag, and particularly transport ships. The countries which have hitherto been our carriers, will see this with a jealous eye.
The Russians are reported to gain brilliant victories over the Persians, and their preparations in the Black Sea form a subject of incessant alarm to our Cabinet. The French Ambassador hitherto stimulates the Porte ineffectually to an open rupture with the Empress. The Dey of Tripoli has sent among his presents some ammunition of war, by a Spanish frigate.
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE LIST.
PHILADELPHIA, October 7.
   ARRIVED. Days.     Schr. Periphas, Dunn, New-York 6   Pomona, Gardner, Boston 16   Two Brothers, Norton, do. 17   Sloop Polly, Gladding, Rhode Island 5   Betsey, Holmes, North-Carolina 9   Brig Sally, Wilkins, St Ubes 58   Liberty, Murphy, Havanna 17   CLEARED.   Brig Pennsylvania, Tatem, St Croix   Alfred, Rogers, New-York   Sloop Diana, Pearson, Alexandria    The ships Camilla, Williamson was to sail from Hamburg for St. Ubes and the Liberty Ramage for Gottenburg shortly after the Eliza, arrived here yesterday.  On the 6th of August, the ship Thomas Chalkley, Capt. Ralof of Philadelphia was spoke by the brig Mary, going up to Brell. Left at Brell, brig _____, capt. Russel, of this port—Off U'shant capt. Jemmy was boarded by the Melpomine, a british frigate, which pressed one of his hands.  The ship Eliza of Baltimore was spoke on the 10th of September, 8 days out, all well, bound to London.  The schooner Betsey, East was at Kingston September 6, and ship Golden Age, Earl, was to sail from thence on the 9th—both of Philadelphia.  NEWBURY PORT, Sept. 29.
FROM BERMUDA.
Capt. Seward who arrived here on Tuesday, 18 days from Grenada, informs, that they were again fitting out privateers there, and several had failed—an 18 gun ship belonging to the Tuckers, was to sail as soon as manned—That they intended taking all American vessels from Guadalupe, and talked of taking those from Cape-Francois—a new collector had arrived, and a new governor had been appointed, who was expected out directly, supposed to be in a ship off the island when capt. S. failed. The wreckers have commissions. Two privateers arrived just before capt. S. failed, one which had taken a sloop from Guadalupe bound to Rhode Island, the men had arrived at Bermuda, sloop was re-taken by the French—heard a prize had arrived, just before sailing.
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. June 3

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 27.
A Manufactory FOR SALE. A Valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, situate in a convenient part of the city; the works almost new, on an entirely original construction, and built of the best materials, and may be set to work immediately. Persons who wish to purchase, are requested to apply at No. 273, South Second Street. September 13.
Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 South Third Street, opposite the national new Bank. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commission merchants. They buy and sell on commission every species of stock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c. Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds of writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatness and dispatch; accounts adjusted, and books settled, in the most correct manner. Constant attendance will be given. They solicit a share of the public favor; they are determined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost secrecy observed. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, JOHN VAN REED. Philad. August 27, 1796. m&wtf
Valuable Real Estate, For sale at Auction by Casper Thiell, of Hamburg, late the property of James and William Kinnear. For sale by public auction, on the 9th day of November next ensuing, at the sign of Gen. Washington, Wood's tavern, borough of Reading, Berks county, the following real estate, viz. No. 1. A TRACT of land containing 483 acres with allowance for roads, called the Purchase, situated in Brunswick township, Berks county, patented 18th of Jan. 1788. This tract, of which about 23 acres are cleared, is of good soil, situated on the Tomagawa, or Little Schuylkill, well watered and timbered, on which is erected a good log dwelling house and stable. No. 2. A tract of unimproved land, containing 284 acres, with allowance, &c. called Hopewell, patented 28th October, 1790, situated in Brunswick township, Berks county, soil good. No. 3. A tract of unimproved land, containing 376 acres with allowance, &c. called Hillsburg, patented 28th October 1790, situation, &c. as No. 2. No. 4. A tract of unimproved land, containing 388 acres, with allowance, &c. patented 28th of October, 1786, situation, &c. as No. 2 and 3. No. 5. A tract of land, containing 268 acres, and 57 perches, with allowance, &c. situated in Brunswick township, Berks county, on Tomagawa, or little Schuylkill, 5 miles above the town of Hamburg, on which is erected a well finished two story log dwelling house, 32 feet by 35, within the distance of 100 perches from a forge, with the advantage of a ferry and public house; these advantages render this tract very valuable. No. 16. A town lot in Hamburg, enclosed with a post and rail, or board fence, containing in front, 60 feet, and in depth 186 feet, subject to a ground rent of 7/6 per annum. No. 17. A town lot in Hamburg, enclosed as no 16, to which it adjoins, being of the same dimensions, and subject to the same ground rent, on which is erected a log stable, 16 by 16 feet. No. 18. A town lot in Hamburg, adjoining to No. 17, a corner lot, fronting on Main and Schuylkill streets, dimensions the same as No. 16 and 17, above described, subject to 10/6 per annum ground rent. On this lot is erected a large 2 story dwelling house, 45 feet front on Main street, by 34 feet in depth on Schuylkill street, pleasantly and advantageously situated for a store. N. B. The above described three town lots will be sold separately or together, as may best suit the purchasers. Conditions of sale—One third of the purchase money to be paid to the subscribers, or either of them in Philadelphia, at or before the expiration of one month from the day of sale, when a deed of conveyance will be executed; the residue payable in equal payments, at 6 and 12 months with interest, the payment whereof to be secured by mortgage on the premises. James Henderson, Frederick Montmolin, Thomas Rogers, Joseph D. Drinker, } Assignees to the estate of James & Wm. Kinnear. September 26. m & th.
Treasury Department, September 28, 1796. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until the expiration of the first day of March next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of June, 1797, to the thirty-first day of May, 1798, both days inclusive, at the places and within the districts hereafter mentioned, viz. At Oswego; at Niagara; at Presque Isle; at Sandusky Lake, and on Sandusky River; at Detroit; at Michilimackinac; at Fort-Franklin; at Pittsburgh; at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hamilton; at Fort St. Clair; at Fort-Jefferson; at Greenville; at Piqua Town and Loramies Store; at Fort Adams; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort Stuenben; at Fort Miamis; at any place from Fort Miamis to the south boundary of the United States on the river Mississippi; at Fort Knox; at Quatanaw. If supplies shall be required for any posts or places not mentioned in this notice, all such supplies shall be furnished at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the posts before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the Contractor. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound two ounces of bread or flour. One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon. Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiskey. One quart and half a pint of salt. Two quarts of Vinegar, } per hundred rations. Two pounds of Soap, } One pound of Candles, } The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara, and Oswego, for the term of six months in advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term of at least three months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is to be understood, that the Contractor is to be at the expense and risk of shipping the supplies to the troops at each post, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the price of the articles captured or destroyed, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co. No. 8, CHESNUT STREET. Have Imported in the late vessels from Europe, &c. AND HAVE FOR SALE, A general assortment of GOODS, suitable to the season— Amongst which are, BROAD and narrow CLOTHS; Plain and twill'd COATINGS, Rose striped and point BLANKETS, FLANNELS and BAISES, HATS assorted in cases, IRISH LINENS, INDIA GOODS, generally. A Consignment Invoice of IRONMONGERY, Comprising a capital assortment to open a store—including Thirty Cases of NAILS. This invoice will be sold entire on very advantageous terms. September 20.
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 is 5000 dollars  1 1000 1000  1 500 500  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. 441450 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 South Second Street, who will give information where tickets may be procured. Dated this 17th day of June, 1796. J. N. CUMMING, } Managers. JACOB R. HARDENBERG, } JONATHAN RHEA, } dtf eo
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 preserve that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. mwf
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. 1st. That pursuant to an Act of Congress passed on the 28th day of April, 1796, entitled 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 cent 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 cent 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 adhered, 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. I KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I 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 requisite 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 Sealed and Delivered in presence of BE IT KNOWN, that on the day of there me personally came within name and acknowledged the above letter of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed 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. July 23. m & wtf
For Sale, A Complete Font of BREVIER, Entirely new, and yet unopened. The weight of this font is about 312 lb. It is from the Foundry of Wilson & Sons, Glasgow, and will be sold at cost & charges. Also for Sale, a pair of Super Royal Chafes. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, 119 Chestnut-Street. September 27. dtf
City of Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent } 20,000 dollars, & } 50,000 dwelling-house, } cash 30,000, are } 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - - 10,000 20 do. 500 - - 10,000 40 do. 250 - - 10,000 100 do. 100 - - 10,000 200 do. 50 - - 10,000 400 do. 25 - - 10,000 1,000 do. 10 - - 10,000 15,000 do. 10 - - 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 332,611 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 completed, 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 safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the short suspension indispensable. SAMUEL BLODGET.
Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; at James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells Cooper's Ferry. eo
WATSON'S ANSWER to GIBBON. JUST RECEIVED, And for sale by J. ORMDROD, No. 41, Chestnut-Street. Apology for Christianity, In a series of Letters, addressed to EDWARD GIBBON, Esq. Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By R. WATSON, D. D. F. R. S. Bishop of Llandaff. (Price 75 cents bound.) Watson's Answer to Paine, To be had at the same place. The enemies of Religion are awake! Let not her friends sleep. Sept. 7. mwf
NOTICE. THE Subscriber, having been reduced in his circumstances, by sundry misfortunes, and being thereby unable to satisfy his just debts, hereby gives notice to his Creditors and to all persons concerned, that he intends to apply to the General Assembly of Maryland at their next session to be held on the first Monday of November next, for the benefit of an act of insolvency. WILLIAM EDMONDSON Easton, 1st of the 9th month, 1796. rawtfm
To be sold, A PLANTATION, in the town of Woodbury, county of Gloucester, and state of New-Jersey, containing about one hundred and fifty acres; a suitable proportion of which is woodland and improved meadow. A great part of the arable land is in a high state of cultivation, and very natural to the production of Red Clover. On said plantation there is a genteel two-story brick house, with four rooms on a floor, and a good dry cellar under the whole; together with a barn, corn-cribs and carriage-house. The garden is large, and contains a good collection of the best kinds of grafted and inoculated fruit trees; the orchard consists of about three hundred grafted apple-trees. Any person inclined to purchase said premises, may be informed of the terms by applying to ANDREW HUNTER. July 29. ii
To be Sold, At No. 128, 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 afforded 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, breast, side, stomach, back, rheumatism, recent gout, &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 1. iaw
To be disposed of, THE time of a healthy NEGRO WOMAN, who has between four and five years to serve; She can be recommended for her sobriety and honesty. For particulars enquire at No. 132, Chestnut-Street. August 3. wtf
On Wednesday evening, the 12th inst. at 7 o'clock, at the Coffee-House, Will be Sold by Public Auction, A LARGE, elegant, and well finished three story BRICK HOUSE (the late residence of Gen. Walter Stewart,) with a Lot of Ground thereunto belonging, on 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 thirteen feet high; there are ten mahogany doors in the house, a geometrical stair-case, with mahogany rails, and a good sky-light; the kitchen is in the cellar, which is spacious and convenient, and finished with an oven, new holes and pantries, a servant-hall and large wine-cellar adjoining the kitchen, in front of which is an area in which is a pump; the yard is vaulted. Communicating with the said building, is a neat, three-story BACK HOUSE, on the North side of Union-street, containing 20 feet front by 20 feet deep, the lower part of which is at present occupied as a cooking-house, and the upper part divided into well finished large chambers; this house, may, at a small expence, be converted into a convenient dwelling; the street door is very handsome, and the front and back have Venetian window-shutters. Adjoining the last mentioned house, upon the lot belonging to the first, are erected Bathing-Rooms, &c. there are likewise very good Coach-Houses and Stables, finished equal (or nearly so) with any in the city, on a lot, containing on Union-street 20 feet, and in depth on the West side of the said alley 52 feet—there are good cellars under the whole of the building, and a Wine Room over a part of the Stable, with a Hay Loft over the remainder. Approved notes at 60 and 90 days will be taken for one half of the purchase money, the remainder on like notes at six months, security to be given on the premises until the whole is discharged. FOOTMAN & Co. Auctioneers. 6th Oct. dtzth
FOR SALE, An Elegant Bay Horse, Fifteen hands high, four years old, warranted sound. Enquire at No. 194, Market-Street. October 6. *
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. The following is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz. 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000 1 ditto 10,000 10,000 7 last drawn } 5,000 35,000 Tickets, each } 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 20 ditto 100 2,000 55 ditto 50 2,750 5750 ditto 12 69,000 To be raised for the Canal, 26,250 5850 Prizes, 125,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 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. $
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors for establishing useful Manufactures, held at Paterson, July 8, 1796, RESOLVED, That a special meeting of the Stockholders of the Society be called on the first Monday, being the third day of October next, at Paterson, by ten of the clock of the same day; then and there to take into consideration the propriety of dissolving the said corporation, agreeably to the law in such case made and provided—and the Stockholders are earnestly requested to attend the said meeting in person or by proxy. August 27. dtzoth
FOR SALE. A PLANTATION, ABOUT 12 miles from this City, situate in Abingdon Township, Montgomery County; containing 70 acres, a new stone house, two stories high, a rooms one floor, fire places in each, a stone kitchen and stone spring house, over an excellent spring of water, a barn, stables, sheds, barracks, &c. A large apple orchard, and a variety of other fruit, about 12 acres of good meadow well watered, and wood sufficient for fire, and fencing the place. Possession may be had the 1st of April next. Property in this city will be taken in exchange, or MORRIS and NICHOLSON'S Notes in payment. Enquire at No. 37, Arch-Street. Philadelphia, September 13, 1796. ttf
FOR SALE, A very Valuable Estate, CALLED TWITTENHAM, situate in the township of Upper Derby, 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 4 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. tt&f
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119— CHESNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]