Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1798-12-13 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN WARD FENNO, N o 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1947.]
PHILADELPHIA: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1798.
[VOLUME XIV.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia.
FOR SALE, The fast sailing Schooner THREE SISTERS, is now ready to take a cargo on board.
JOHN MILLER, junr. Has returned to the City, and is removing from No. 8, CHESTNUT, To the Five Story Building, in Dock near Third-street.
BOND & BROOKS, CORNER OF MARKET AND SIXTH STREETS, HAVE RECEIVED, by the late arrivals from London, Liverpool and Hull.
NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF HUDSON & YORKE, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to said firm are requested to make immediate payment.
For Sale, THE SHIP BOSTON PACKET, HULINGS COWPERTHWAIT, Master. BURTHERN about 4,500 barrels, a good strong ship.
For New York & Boston. The new and fast sailing Sloop PRESIDENT-PACKET, JAMES BRACKETT, master.
REMOVAL. GEORGE DOBSON, INFORMS his friends and the Public in general that he has removed from No. 25, South Third Street, to No. 92, South side of Market-street.
Old Madeira Wine. 27 pipes of old London particular MADEIRA WINE, in strong iron bound Hambro' casks, for sale by ROBERT ANDREWS.
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of doctor Hugh Hodge, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment.
For Sale, THE SHIP PERSEVERANCE, James Williamson, master. Just arrived from St Domingo, built in Philadelphia, of live Oak and Cedar.
SHIP BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store, No. 119, SOUTH FRONT STREET. THE Subscriber, encouraged by the advice of his friends, offers his service to the public as a Ship and Insurance Broker.
DRY GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, which are just received. For the ships William Penn, Amiable, and Jane, from London, and per Chesapeake and Thomas from Liverpool.
Just Arrived, In the Brig Eliza, from the Mediterranean, and now landing at Walnut Street wharf, Fourth proof Brandy in Pipes.
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Treasury of the United States, for the renewal of the following certificates of Funded Debt.
For Sale, THE SHIP JACK, R. WILLIAMSON, Master. FROM St. Domingo, with her cargo, consisting of 43 hogheads of Sugar, and 40,000 weight of prime Coffee.
For SALE or CHARTER, THE SHIP MOLLY, Burthen 4200 barrels of Flour, Philadelphia built, well found and fitted, and may be ready to receive a cargo in a few days.
For sale by the subscribers, A FEW BALES OF WOOLLENS, Containing Cloths & Blankets, 150 bales Bengal muslins.
Evening School. S. LEWIS, INFORMS the Public that his EVENING SCHOOL for Young Gentlemen will open for the Winter, on Monday, December 18, at No. 21 Arch-street.
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Bank of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Bank Stock.
For Sale, THE SHIP AMIABLE MATILDA, MOUNTING 12 Guns, burthen two thousand two hundred barrels of Flour, and in complete outfit. Apply to Thomas & John Ketland.
THE SHIP DIANA, Burthen 2,100 barrels of Flour, Philadelphia built of live oak and cedar, is pierced for fourteen guns.
IMPORTED IN THE LAST ARRIVALS, Superfine, fine and common cloths Swandowns Baizes Velvets.
WANTED. Convenient Lodgings, for an elderly Lady, in a respectable private family, where there are no children.
Millinery Room, No. 136, Market Street. THREE or four young women who are well acquainted with the Millinery business, and can bring good recommendations may be employed.
The PEGGY, about 30 tons burthen, Mulberry and Red Cedar frame, and remarkably stout, of an easy draught of water, rigging in good order.
THE BRIG AMAZON, Burthen 1,500 barrels of Flour, New-England built, has lately been completely fitted, and may be ready for sea in a few days.
LANDING, From on board the Brig Amiable Matilda, Richard Stites, Master, from Cape Nicholas Mole.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JAMES THOMPSON, of the Indian Queen, Fourth street deceased, are desired to make payment to the subscribers.
English wrought Nails. Imported in the ships Molly and Diana, from Liverpool. 400 Casks of Nails, CONSISTING of 6d, 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, flat points suitable for the southern market.
Who wants to Charter, A GOOD STOUT VESSEL, Of about 300 Tons burthen. HAS ALSO FOR SALE, 40 Pipes of Madeira Wine, 3 years old.
AUGUSTUS FRICKE, Woollen Draper & Men's Mercer, No. 7, South Third Street, HAS RECEIVED, per the last arrival from Europe, a large assortment of the fashionable Goods in his line.
Now Landing, From on board the ship John Bulkeley, and for sale at the stores of Jesse & Robert Waln, 350,000 weight of Java Coffee, of the best quality in bags.
JOHN DOBBIN, BOOT & SHOEMAKER. RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general that he carries on his business at No 99 South Second-street.
For Sale, at the Stores of the Subscribers, on Walnut Street Wharf, 195 Casks of nails assorted 20 bales of sail canvas, from No. 1 to 8.
FOR WILMINGTON, NORTH-CAROLINA, THE SHIP COMMERCE, Captain Wood, WILL take freight on very moderate terms, and sail about the 25th instant.
R. TAYLOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR, NO. 95, NORTH SIXTH STREET, RESPECTFULLY informs the Public that he continues to teach Ladies the Piano Forte as usual.
150,000 weight of Java Sugar, in cannifers.
TO BE SOLD, PURSUANT to the last will and testament of MICHAEL CATTA, deceased, a valuable Plantation & Tract of Land.
Plantation & Tract of Land, containing one hundred and twenty three acres, the Testator's late residence, situated in North Susquehanna Hundred, Cecil county, Maryland, about three miles from the tide-water of Susquehanna.

LETTER
From Sir Francis D'Vernois, to an American Gentleman,
ON THE CONQUEST OF SWITZERLAND, by the French Troops.
SIR,
THE fate of Switzerland no longer permits me to defer answering your letter, in which with such lively interest you expressed your eagerness to learn the news of Geneva, and since your solicitude and hopes still to find that the Helvetic Body perseveres in its system of neutrality. The tenor of your epistle of their conduct recalls to mind the column passed on it by Lord Lansdowne: that human wisdom had taken refuge in the sovereign Council of Berne.
Down to you, Sir, that with you and his Lordship, I had at times flattered myself that in scrupulously avoiding to give the least umbrage to the belligerent powers, the Swiss cantons would escape the double scourge of revolution and of war.
This illusion is vanquished for ever: the finest part of Switzerland is now nothing more than a province of France. This power has taken from the inhabitants, their magistrates their laws and property, and not content with depriving them of their arms, it has destroyed even those monuments which brought to their recollection the glorious purposes to which their ancestors devoted them.
If you have received the French papers, they will have already given you a sufficient idea of this scene of desolation, to lead you to conjecture what they have thought proper to conceal. I never could have the courage to make up the deficiency by such an horrible recital; but I flatter myself I shall satisfy your curiosity and that of your friends, in a more useful manner, by tracing the dreadful catastrophe of the Swiss to its original cause, the feeble and undecided conduct of their own governments.
That of Berne will be sufficient for me. From its preponderance in the league, it has almost always guided the rest of the confederate cantons; and from the divisions of its Senate, you will derive a faithful image of what passed in the other cantons.
Ever since the beginning of this century, there has existed in the Sovereign Council of Berne, a party of opposition called patriots , and it must be admitted that in ordinary times this party was eminently useful in restraining the aristocracy and moderating its power. But since the crisis which yet agitates Europe, these two parties became more marked and distinguished, one of them was denominated the French and the other the English party. Neither merited these insulting appellations, both parties were exclusively attached to their own country, and differed only as to the means of saving it from the storm with which it was threatened.
One of these directed by the advocate Steiguer, looked upon a war with France, as inevitable; they saw at least no other resource to avoid it, than that of being perfectly prepared before hand and resisting with firmness all innovations on their internal policy, or presenting to foreign nations a firm and determined attitude, and of submitting to no acts of condescension to Republican France, which had not been granted under its monarchical state; in short, to observe faithfully towards her, all their ancient treaties, but to suffer on her part no violation on any terms. It was on these principles, that Steiguer would have had the Diet in 1792 to have peremptorily exacted the evacuation of that part of the Bishoprick of Basle, which the French troops had invaded, although that State had a right to the confederated protection of Berne to which it was strictly allied. The other party, at the head of which was the treasurer Frising, wished on the contrary to avoid all discussion which might provoke a rupture with France; it believed that in the midst of the almost universal conflagration of the continent, Switzerland could save herself only by the policy of petty States—that of temporizing and delay; that above every thing it was important to arrive at the end of the war without taking any part in it; that to reach the port as it was called, they ought to conceal their grievances or at least to throw over them a kind of veil, to complain of them with the greatest moderation, and not to regard themselves as dishonored by any acts of complaisance to which they could submit without immediate danger.
This party, at first the weakest, did not fail to obtain much influence, when the repeated defeats of the allied troops had furnished the most powerful arguments of the impossibility of the Swiss resisting by arms, a nation which had vanquished the best troops of Europe, and which was decorated by its victories; thus the policy of the Bernois became by degrees, that of the Confederates; and they were much less aware of the snare into which they were betraying themselves, as France availed herself of it at first with the greatest circumspection, for the evident reason that the neutrality of Switzerland covered her frontiers, on the most vulnerable side.
However, the thirteen Cantons would infallibly have opened their eyes on the danger which awaited them, if France had not sent them, for a Minister, her most able negotiator, and perhaps the only one capable of reducing them. I ought to explain myself; for in thus imputing to Mr. Barthelémy their ruin, I do not pretend to say, that he had foreseen it, much less, that he was willing to be instrumental in effecting it. He has been the victim, even before them, of the fatal councils he gave.
In accepting his nomination to the directory, he has afforded the more satisfactory proof, that he had abandoned himself to the false hopes with which he had lulled the Swiss Magistrates; and this will explain to you how he proceeded in obtaining from them so many acts to which they were so averse.
It always softened the harshness by the manner of his demands, nor did he at times even dissemble, that he personally disapproved of them, but he conjured them to temporize; he told them that Europe rapidly approached to the end of the storm; that it was concerned the Helvetic body, to let it pass without being drawn into its vortex; that they would be exposed to lose the fruit of all the sacrifices hitherto made, if they refused certain concessions which were the inevitable consequences of what had been before accorded. It was by these arguments and others of a like kind, that he even obtained the expulsion of the banished Priests to whom Switzerland had given an asylum; but although the Magistracy were blind, the Swiss people began to awake, and to feel themselves degraded in the persons of their leaders. For, Sir, you will agree with me that one of the greatest crimes that can be committed by the chiefs of a free people, is to disgrace them in their own opinion.
Without doubt you were astonished at the time, at the weakness of the Helvetic Body, and at the ascendancy which Mr. Barthelémy had acquired in its Councils; but perhaps you do not know to what a point his personal morality, his wisdom and uprightness, and above all the sincere interest he took in the happiness of the Swiss, were calculated to gain their confidence. I shall never forget the lively impression he one day made on me, on perceiving my astonishment that a man like him, should consent to remain, under the orders of Robespierre: he conducted me towards a map of Europe and encompassing with two fingers the space that comprehended Switzerland, he said, "No you will not blame me in the end, if in thus devoting myself I succeed in preventing the lava of this volcano from reaching this little corner of the Earth, so happy and so worthy of being happy."
Observe also that at the same time, while Mr. Barthelémy obtained from the Helvetic Government, almost all the concessions which he demanded of them, he covered them with his shield in aiding them, in discarding the French emissaries who came to revolutionize their people, and in refusing decidedly his support to all the revolutionary Swiss. He did yet more; he had the address to persuade all the various factions, which successively attained the seat of the government of France; that the first attempt of the kind, which they should permit, would push the diet to the desperate resolution of affording a passage to the German troops. It was by this double service that Mr. Barthelémy rendered himself by degrees the mediator between France and Switzerland, and that the people, whose heart he had truly gained, suffered themselves to be drawn imperceptibly from concession to concession. If by good fortune there had been sent at first a rash and intriguing minister they would have been apprised in time of their danger; and their prompt union with the coalition might possibly have changed the face of affairs. But I repeat that Mr. Barthelémy, who lulled them to sleep for long on the brink of the gulph of Destruction, so little suspected its depth, that he precipitated himself into it; for he accepted, as before observed, the mission of France, in accepting her proffered alliance.
With a view to tranquilize this devoted people, the Directory did not hesitate to declare, by their Minister at Basle, "that far from being disposed to make conquests upon the Helvetic Body, or entertaining the smallest design against its integrity, the French Republic was determined to live in peace and perfect harmony with the Swiss nation, and even to guarantee, in the most solemn manner, its independence and its freedom." To give more weight to these declarations, the Directory four days after, seized an occasion to suppress, with much clamour, some of the Paris newspapers, against which was charged a very heavy crime, namely the intention to calumniate the Directory, in imputing to them views of invading Switzerland, contrary to good faith . Hitherto, Sir, you perceive in this stroke of arbitrary power, only the effect of extreme delicacy and sensibility, which had induced the French government to refuse, with so much clamour, the smallest insinuation of a breach of public faith; but read the last words of this incendiary arrêté , viz. "and thereby frighen the Helvetic people, with respect to the consequences of those measures, which it would adopt, to reestablish them in the plenitude of their rights ."
This was only as you perceived, a new version of the famous decree of the 10th of November, 1792, which, notwithstanding what certain writers have been pleased to say, has never been revoked, but is at this day in full force. But the Directory was not content with this war of the pen; for, at the same time, they ordered their troops to take possession of that part of the Bishoprick of Basle, into which they had not yet penetrated. This march placed the troops at the distance only of seven or eight leagues from Berne; and then to complete an insurrection of the people, and frighten the administrators, it was notified to the latter, on the twenty-eighth day of December, "that the members of the governments of Berne and Fribourg should answer personally for the safety of the persons and property of the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud, who had applied, and who might yet apply, to the French Republic, to claim, by her mediation, the execution of ancient treaties, to the end of maintaining them in or restoring them to their rights."
I need not inform you that there never existed any treaty, either ancient or modern, which authorized, in the smallest degree, the interference of France in the internal affairs of the cantons: but it may not be useful to recollect that a few weeks before this menace of an armed mediation, Buonaparte refused his interference to the Grisons, who solicited it to prevent the Cisalpine Republic from seizing on one of their provinces, and to whom he made this answer: "It is one of our principles to intermeddle as little as possible with the affairs of other people." Perhaps it may be necessary to acquaint you that the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud, to whom France thus granted her mediation with an armed force, were certain men who had endeavoured to introduce into Switzerland, the French revolution nearly about the same time that your government sup-
pressed the Vaudois was effected without the effusion of blood, but the guilty were judged according to the laws of their country, and the greatest part were exiled, or escaped into France, where they solicited a long time in vain the protection of the Directory.
The latter waited only for the termination of the continental war to grant to their exiles their public support. As soon as those received the first signal, they passed to their partizans, who thereon, in several of the villages of the Pays de Vaud, ran to arms on the tenth of January, 1798, planted trees of Liberty, and proclaimed a Republic Lemanique.
This first insurrection without resistance, which is so much the more surprising, as a great majority of the people, especially those of the country, only waited for orders to fall upon the insurgents, and nothing would have been more easy, than to have overwhelmed them before the arrival of the French troops; but the government of Berne slept in such perfect security, that not even one of their bailiffs had conditional orders to direct, in such a case, the force of a people, who should remain faithful to their government; and it was by this unpardonable want of thought that the loyal people were reduced to inaction: abandoned by their legitimate chiefs, they preferred the yoke of the revolutionary Vaudois to that of the French soldiery, and remained passive, deceived by a proclamation wherein General Menard assured them, "that his army approached the frontiers only, by the effect of its presence, to prevent the enemies of their freedom from suppressing that noble enthusiasm which elevated them to liberty."
Scarcely had he learned that no one had endeavored to suppress this enthusiasm, than he pushed on with all his troops to Lausanne, where his first care was to levy, by way of loan, a subsidy of about £45,000 sterling. This unexpected extortion, and the irruption of the French, began to deprive him of the greater part of his partizans, but this defection did not prevent him from pursuing his march against the German part of the canton. The commander in chief caused himself to be preceded by another manifesto, in which he repeated to the Bernois, precisely what Buonaparte had declared to the Italians. "The French are your brothers, put far away from your minds all distrust; they will respect your property, your customs, your religion, your independence: ask the inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud."
While he thus invoked their testimony, these unhappy people in despair at having been duped by his first promise, escaped from all parts to join the army of the Bernois, where they collected to the number of from three to four thousand men. It was this column, justly called the faithful column, which achieved such prodigies of valour, to efface the blot of their former inaction; and it was, above all, that to which
the message of the French Directory alluded when, in announcing the victory, they represented it as so much the more glorious, as it was disputed with a common bravery and inconceivable fury. On the first news of the defeat, the two parties of Berne were reunited to each other, and it is even said, that on this occasion the Treasurer Frising deplored with no less candor than bitterness, the false policy which had plunged all Switzerland into so long and so fatal a security. They now thought only of fighting, and the militia of the German country ran to arms with an alacrity and zeal very proper to cause those Senators to blush who had not ceased to raise doubts of their fidelity and their patriotism.
They demanded with vehemence to be led against the enemy, and such was the intention of their general D'Erlach; for as he relied less on their discipline than on their valour, he knew the danger of suffering their enthusiasm to cool by marches, and counter marches, the expediency and object of which they would not have been sensible of, nor consequently did he accept of the command but when invested with full and the most unlimited powers. Hardly had he received them, but he resolved on a general attack, fixed the day of battle, and made his resolution known to his troops, who, although inferior in numbers, received the news with transports of joy. After what passed in the sequel, there is every reason to believe, that if D'Erlach had not been thwarted at Berne, or if the revocation of his full powers had not arrived till after the engagement, the chances would have been at least equal.
And it is very evident that the French general entertained this opinion, since he hastened to propose an armistice, in order, as he said, to enter upon conferences for peace. Would you believe it, Sir? upon this news, the Senate of Berne again fell into its former indecision; the party who flattered themselves that peace was yet possible, reasserted its former majority, and revoked the full powers given to D'Erlach. From this moment all was lost, and the militia believed themselves betrayed, not only by the party which they accused of being devoted to France, but by many of their military chiefs, on receiving from them orders for certain retrograde movements, which this new state of things rendered necessary. These peasants, whose ardent courage was raised to the highest pitch on perceiving the enemy, and on learning that the Saléusis had been cut to pieces, believed themselves sold, when a retreat was ordered, and in the first paroxysms of rage, they sacrificed several of their General Officers.
This is, without doubt, an indelible blot on the character of the Helvetic people, but it ought to fall entirely upon those fanatical divisionists in the government, which, after having displayed so much wisdom and capacity on ordinary occasions, discovered itself so unequal and pusillanimous in the hour of danger.
It is a great misfortune, that Switzerland did not on this occasion think of naming a dictator, or that in its federal association it has not as yet presented the incontestable advantage of an unity in the Executive.
You already know the deplorable consequences which remain for me to recite. You know without doubt, that the French General profited of this moment of universal confusion to make an attack upon all points, in spite of the armistice, and he justified himself for this breach of faith by writing to the Directory—"In a position so critical, I thought myself justified to repel force by force, and not doubting their intention to attack, it remained only to me to prevent it." In short, Sir, you must have seen that according to his own confession, the Swiss militia, disorganized as they were when he made the attack, "sustained with incredible bravery five successive actions, and scarcely driven from one position, but they knew how to avail themselves of another."
Perhaps you are uninformed that in the last of these five engagements it was the Advocate Steiguer who brought back the Bernois to the charge, and that this chief of the Senate, indignant at seeing his corps debating upon the possibility of obtaining peace, when the noise of the cannon was heard even at the gates of Berne, quitted the Senate, where he presided, to seek death at the head of the troops. However, it is not true that he had the good fortune to meet such a fate as hath been related in some papers: the truth is, that he every where braved death, and was on the point of ending his existence so gloriously, when four peasants seizing him as a shield, forced the aged Statesman into a cart, and carried him in spite of his efforts, far from the field of battle. The first thing which the French did on arriving at Berne, was to confer, provisionally, his place upon his rival: the Treasurer Frising; but they did not long delay to depose him, on perceiving that they had been deceived by those who had described him as their partizan. I am far from believing that he was one, and I am even convinced that he constantly held their principle in abhorrence. It is too true, however, that a spirit of opposition led him to contravene every vigorous measure which Steiguer's party proposed, whether to preserve the dignity of the national character, or to prepare in any event for the common defence; but in short, and above all things, it is too true that these oppositions, and this sort of intestine division, more than any thing else, contributed to create a belief in the French, that they had a powerful party in Switzerland, who would support them on their arrival. I even doubt, if they would ever have thought of entering the country without such a hope as this.
The letter in which he has rendered an account of this exploit, is a very instructive paper, especially when compared with all the subsequent manifestoes, wherein he boasts of having been received as a benefactor, or by the majority of the Swiss Peasantry, who had invoked him to assist them in shaking off the oppressive yoke of their magistrates: this same general has written to the Directory, that the Magistracy of Fribourg had acquiesced in delivering up the city by capitulation, but were prevented from doing it for several hours, by armed peasants, who entered unawares, dominated over the government, and left no freedom in their deliberations.
It is painful to proceed in relating the rest of this military expedition, which has been one continued scene of destruction, of rapes, and above all, of plunder, under a pretext that the neighbouring country around Berne was not included in the capitulation, which related to that place: the richest villages were abandoned to the soldiers, and the officers reserved to themselves the capital, which they despoiled with an avidity, that surpassed the exactions of General Massena in Italy. After having taken from the noble families all that they possessed, which was capable of being seized, they taxed them with enormous contributions; and in the just fear that they could not satisfy them, they arrested the principal members of those families, and sent them as hostages to Huningen, and to Strasbourg. One would have thought however that the French would have been satisfied with the capture of the Public Treasury, the wealth of which surpassed their hopes, since it has been valued at £600,000 sterling. This prodigious sum was the fruit of the economy of two centuries, and it would have been more than sufficient to put the country in a respectable state of defence, if the government of Berne had been willing to open its eyes upon the dangers with which it was menaced. But such was, shall I say its want of foresight, or its parsimony, that it did not even think of preparing surgeons for its little army; and surely if it had made use of such a treasure, and divided it among such of the confederacy, as were destitute of money, to enable them to prepare for the war, it is more than probable the war would have been avoided, as this treasure constituted the principal motive of aggression on the part of France.
The Directory however, has not failed to declare "that the aggressions of the government of Berne and Fribourg, compelled their troops coming from Italy, to enter these territories, and that the French army had recourse to arms only because it was attacked."
It, as I suppose Sir, you have received in America, the debates of the two councils of France, you have seen that Lacombe Saint Michael in the council of Ancients declared "that the Executive power had only repelled an unjust aggression, that the national cockade had been publicly insulted in Switzerland, and that so many encroachments had doubtless a long time before provoked a declaration of war on the part of France, but for the sacrifices they had continually made to preserve peace."
You will also have seen, that when they came to deposit the Swiss colours at the feet of the Directory, their President Merlin answered the officers who brought them, that the French people had become, as it were, the Proteus of the political world .
After such impiety, and what you know of the French character, you will not be astonished that the successor of Barthelémy added to so many outrages that of irreligion in ordering the Swiss immediately after their defeat, to establish the liberty of the press, that liberty of which his masters openly boast that they have destroyed even the smallest remains.
To this irony the Directory added one not less cruel—an engagement to restore the estimable Helvetic People to their former dignity.
For some time it hesitated on the government it should dictate; it wavered on the convenience either of preferring several small independent Republics or consolidating them into one. The latter opinion prevailed, and a formula was sent from Paris, which is nothing else, but Copy of the French constitution, and which all the cantons and their allies were ordered to accept, without the smallest modification.
Hitherto several of the little Cantons would not hear of any new organization, and shewed themselves determined to preserve their own independence, and all their ancient forms. Before they would have recourse to arms, they wrote to the French General "that the Obligation of self defence could alone induce them to recur to this desperate expedient: that they possessed nothing but their liberty, no other riches but their flocks; and that they were ready to give the French Republic every pledge and every proof of devotion consistent with their liberty and their independence."
They were answered by an express order to consolidate immediately their independence with that of the new Republic one, indivisible, Representative, and democratic. But all these high sounding terms did not impose on this simple race of shepherds; as they had not abused their independence, they were unwilling to renounce it, and armed themselves to repel the French General. He has already begun his march and if he has not caused himself to be preceded by a manifesto, it is because he has found it too difficult to name even the semblance of a grievance, and too absurd to pretend that it was his wish to overthrow aristocracy by marching against the cantons of Switz, Ury, & Unterwald—the only cantons which now hold out. I doubt much if the General has the audacity to address to these three Cantons the manifesto which he sent to the people of Berne and in which he has said "In vain do the Nobles, the Patricians, the Oligarchs tell you that they sent you for the cause of Liberty, William Tell rises from his awful tomb; He exclaims to you, my children, break your chains! your Senators

are your fellow citizens... Some persons flatter themselves that in... struggle personal courage will regain her rights...
It succeeded only in regard to Basle, and there merely so far as to cause an insurrection of a part of the people...
It is evident that a sentiment of indignation and rage forced from the Baslois this reply... It is very true these were more the crimes of France than of the people of Geneva...
as there were avaricious men at the head of the Directory or the French Ministry... Be this as it may, the Resident Desportes began to assume more and more a threatening tone...
While they were peaceably assembled in the Great Church and proceeding, according to the mode prescribed, to the completion of the above business... The citizens he addressed himself to might indeed have demanded, upon what ground the French Republic was likely to have a more sacred regard for this second treaty...
Their consternation was at the highest extreme; but the danger of the moment united the citizens of all parties... The French Republic accepts the wish of the citizens of the republic of Geneva for their union with the French people.
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FOR LIVERPOOL, THE BRIG MOLLY, Burthen 340 Tons. A most well found vessel. She is now ready to receive her Cargo, and will sail on the first opening of the river. Three-fourths of her Loading being already provided for...
NEW NOVELS, PLAYS, MAGAZINES, &c. Chalk's Circulating Library, No. 73, North Third-street. THE Proprietor, in compliance with his promise to render this Institution a complete source of rational amusement and instruction...
English & American Playing Cards, Sold Wholesale and Retail. Wholesale dealers supplied with Boston Cards at the same prices as at the manufactory. Fine flavored Imperial, Young Hyson, Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Souchong TEAS.
Forty Dollars Reward, LOST on Thursday last the 6th Instant, in Market Street, between 5th & 7th Streets, a Red Morocco pocket Book, containing six Bank Notes for Fifty Dollars each, and small Notes for one Hundred and Ten Dollars...
Notice. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of ISAAC CAFFMAN, Esq. deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having any demands against said Estate will please to furnish their accounts duly attested for settlement to GEORGE DAVIS, Attorney in fact to JOHN M'KIM, Jr. Adm'r.
Insurance Company of North America. THE STOCK HOLDERS, are hereby informed, that a stated meeting of the Company will be held at their Office on the 8th of January next, (being the second Tuesday in the Month) for the election of twenty-five Directors for the ensuing year. E. HAZARD, Sec'y.
To the Creditors of the Subscribers. PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE, that we have applied to the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the benefit of an act of assembly, passed the fourth day of April last, and they have appointed THURSDAY the 29th inst. to hear us and our creditors, in the city of Philadelphia, at such place where the Court may be held, and where you may attend if you please.
This Day is Published, AND FOR SALE BY J. FENNO, 116, Chestnut-street AN ADDRESS To the People of Maryland, ON the origin, progress and present state of French aggression, with a sketch of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United States, and some reflections on the late proceedings in Congress; written the last of April in the present year, by a Member of the House of Representatives. This Day Published, And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. 119 Chestnut-street, (Price 1-25th of a Dollar) AN ORATION, Pronounced July 4, 1798, At the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. By Josiah Quincy.
IMPORTED. From Hamburg, Bremen, and London, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, An assortment of German Linens, CONSISTING OF Ticklenburghs, Osnaburghs, Weiler linen, Checks and Stripes, Bielefeld linen, Brown Bieles, Silesia lawns, Stamois, &c. &c. 150 Boxes of Claret. 5 Boxes of hollow glass ware. 12 casks of Russia bristles. ALSO ON HAND, 1 Box of Irish Linens. 1 Trunk silk goods. 1 Box of Ginghams, And a complete assortment of English Buttons. Erich & Lewis Bellman, No. 120, Spruce Street.

SHOEMAKER & BERRETT, HAVE REMOVED THEIR INSURANCE OFFICE to No. 9, South Front Street.
Their room at the Coffee-house will continue to be attended from 12 till 2 o'clock in the day, and from 6 to 8 o'clock in the evening.
JACOB SHOEMAKER; Has also removed his Counting-house to the same place, where he has for sale a few pipes choice London Particular Madeira Wine; French and Spanish Brandy; Claret in cases and cases, of superior quality; and a few Packages of Salt and Queen's-ware; also, a quantity of Carolina Sall-leather, which will be sold very low to close the sales.
Philadelphia, 12 mo. 12, 1798. $ THE CARGO, Of the Ship INDIA ; Captain ASHMEAD, from BATAVIA, Consisting of JAVA COFFEE, Of the First Quality—to be Sold, by MORDECAI LEWIS. d2w
FOR SALE, By the Subscribers, 14 four pound Cannon, different lengths, 5 Cartridges.
JOHN NIXON & CO. December 1. $
TO BE SOLD, A quantity of choice Timothy & Clover HAY. Enquire of the Printer. d6t
For sale by the Subscribers, THE CARGO of the Schooner SINCERITY, from LAGUIRA, 450 Casks of cotton 40 do. of indigo 522 Casks of sugar 256 bales 4 bundles of gun 60 bag 38 barrels } COFFEE 1 bale of Deer skins Willings & Francis. december 12, 1798. d2w
The Subscribers Have received by the late European arrivals, the Following Merchandise, Shipped them principally on consignment, which they offer by package to Wholesale Store Keepers, or others, on very advantageous terms, for cash, approved notes, or bills of exchange on London. Medford & Willis, No. 78, North Front Street.
IRISH LINENS. Printed calicoes, furnitures, purple and colored shawls Mouselin, plain, striped, checked and fancy Balsore, jaconet and book handkerchiefs Pins and sundry haberdashery Scotch and colored threads Scarlet cloth cardinals Durants and calamancos Worsted, cotton and fancy hosiery Felt, castor and beaver hats Yorkshire plains and broadcloths Plain and twilled coatings and duffles Callimeres and swandowns Stripe, point and role blankets White colored and Welsh flannels Knapp Kendal cottons Worsted and mohair plushes Pewter, assorted in small cakes Spades, shovels, frying pans & ironmongery An invoice of Watches & 100 cases nails assorted. nov 12. $
THE PARTNERSHIP OF ALEXR. J. MILLER, & Co. BEING dissolved on the first instant, by the death of James Davis, all persons indebted to the same are requested to settle with the subscriber, and those to whom they are indebted are requested to call on him for payment. ALEXR. J. MILLER, No. 64, South Front Street.
Who has on hand, TO BE DISPOSED OF ON LOW TERMS, By the Package or Piece. Fine plain and tamboured Mullins
Guzzennas Batias Coffers Rabobungies India Calicoes Book Mullins Coloured ditto Real & Mock Madras & pullicat hks. Brown Silesias Tickings, &c. &c.
JUST ARRIVED, AN ASSORTMENT OF Irish Linens & Russia Sheetings. nov 28. $
FRESH FRUITS. This day, will be landed at Hamilton's wharf, from on board the brig Eliza ,
captain Vaughan, MALAGA FRUITS, Of the best quality, consisting of Sun Raisins in kegs, Muscatel and Bloom do. in boxes, Figs in kegs and boxes, Soft shelled Almonds in sacks, Jordan do. in boxes, Lemons in chests, Anchovies in kegs, Prunes in boxes, A few jars Grapes, &c. &c. Also on hand, Holland Geneva in pipes, Sherry Wine in quarter casks, French and Spanish Brandy in pipes and butts. Belt Olive Oil in boxes of 12 bottles. For Sale by PETER KUHN, No. 179, N. Market Street. December 6. d1ot
GOOD WAGES WILL be given to a Servant Man, who can bring a good recommendation, and will apply at No. 131 Walnut Street. dec. 11. d2t
Wants a Place, A WOMAN with a good Breast of Milk, Enquire at No. 58 South Front Street, Dec. 10.
DANCING SCHOOL. WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, presents his respectful compliments to the public; takes the liberty of informing them, that at the request of many of his former employers, he will open his School, at his Ball Room, in Fourth, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, on the first Monday of December—For Young Ladies at ten o'clock in the morning—and for Gentlemen, at six in the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. nov. 28. corm
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of Mr. JOHN FENNO, late of Philadelphia, deceased, are desired to make payment, and those having any demands, to present them for settlement, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. nov. 30. gtm
Lancaster County Butter, IN KEGS,—FOR SALE, Enquire at No. 92, Market-street, near Third-Street. dec 1. $
WOODBURY ACADEMY. The Trustees of the Woodbury Academy; in the city of Gloucester, New-Jersey, have the satisfaction to inform the numerous patrons of that institution, that they have engaged the Reverend Thomas Pison , to be the principal, and to take upon himself the charge of the above seminary of learning, and that the school will be opened on Monday the tenth inst. Among the exercises taught here, will be the English, Latin and Greek languages, grammatically—Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in all its branches; Stereography, Geometry, Geography and the use of the Globes, Navigation, Surveying, &c. This institution was formerly under the care and direction of the Reverend Andrew Hunter , and the same attention to the education and morals of the youth, which under him so highly distinguished it, will be pursued with unremitted endeavors, by the present principal and duly attended to by the trustees. The town of Woodbury is situated on an high and elevated spot; it is airy, pleasant, and remarkably healthy, and is but nine miles distant from the City of Philadelphia. Parents, guardians and others, who are disposed to send their youth to this place, will find exceeding good, decent and comfortable boarding and lodging, and upon reasonable terms. Further application may be made to the principal, or John Sparks Thomas Hendry Franklin Davenport Joshua L. Howell John Blackwood John Lawrence Thomas Heston } Trustees. ELISHA CLARK, Secretary of the Board. Woodbury, Dec 3. d1ct
EPHRAIM CLARK, CLOCK & WATCH MAKER, Corner of Front and Market streets, Philadelphia, HAS JUST RECEIVED, By the different arrivals, a large supply of Clock and Watch makers and Silver Smiths Tools, files and materials, consisting of Rowling Mills, large and small Bench and Hand Vices, Turnbenches, Pliers, Sliding Tonges, Braces and Bits, Grooving tools, Saw, Scratch brutes, Blow pipes, Screw and Draw plates, large and small Hammers, Clock dials, call brass Bells, forged work and pinions, Enery, Rotten stone, Pumice stone, Borax, Spelter Solder, Brass, Steel and iron wire, sheet Brass, main springs and glasses gold, gilt, and steel chains, files and keys, &c. &c. Clocks and Watches carefully repaired nov. 21. coidf
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made at the Treasury of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of Six per Cent, funded debt—standing in the name of Robert Wilson of Calcutta in Bengal, Surgeon in the service of the honorable United Company of merchants of England trading to the East-Indies, which were lost from on board the Swallow-Packet , capt Kidd, from Falmouth to New-York. No. 10,444, Reg. office 14th Dec. 1793, one certificate for 1732 33 No. 10,478, Reg. office 17th Dec. 1793, one certificate for 1799 50 Elliston & John Perot. nov 13. cod6w
WHEREAS the certificate of two shares of the Bank of the United States in the name of Samuel Amory , of London, banker, No. 3182, issued in lieu of 1553, 1554, were forwarded from London by the British packet Councils , of Leicester, capt. Dodd, bound for New-York, which packet was captured by the French, and the said certificate lost; and for the renewal of which, application is made at said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. Phila. Oct. 26, 1798. cod6w
Patent Ploughs, TO be sold for cash by Joseph Satter at Atkinson Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker, Woodbury—and Jesse Evans, Lumberton. Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kind, as they require less team, break the ground better, are kept in order at less expense and are sold at a cheaper rate—the plan is much simplified and consists of but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood; they may be fixed with wrought iron and coulters to be put on with screws and taken off at pleasure. Patent rights for vending with instructions for making them may be had by applying to John Newbold, or the subscriber No. 212 North Front Street. Who has for Sale, Or to Lease for a term of Years, A number of valuable tracts of Land, well situated for Mills, Iron Works or Farms, mostly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Huntingdon state of Pennsylvania. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan esq. near Huntingdon. Charles Newbold. july 17. z2wtf
Horses to Winter. HORSES will be taken in to winter as PROSPECT HILL, at the 12 Mile Stone, on the Bristol road; they will be well fed with clover and timothy hay, well littered and cleaned, and will also have a large field to exercise, themselves in when the weather is good.—Enquire of Mr. William Loh, merchant, Water Street, or on the premises. Nov. 7. wtf
FOR SALE, No. 7, SOUTH FRONT STREET 1000 pieces Nankenees, A Box of Silks 20 Boxes powdered Sugar Candy of 133wt. A parcel very fine Caffia. C. HAIGHT. dec 1. tam2w
FOR SALE, By the Subscribers 200 Bolts Russia Duck, 50 pipes London particular bill Madeira Wine 1 pair nine pound Cannon A few Bales Madras Handkerchiefs 4000s Fine Flota Indigo 23 Barrels Beef. Willings & Francis. Penn-street, } November 28. } 6
IMPORTED In the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT REASONABLE PRICES AND ON A LIBERAL CREDIT, BY PRATT & KINTZING, No. 95, North Water Street. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempens linens and oznabrige from 1/5 to 3/ per ell 70 do. bleached and brown hessians 40 do. brown rolls suitable for coffee bags 20 do. strong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chells platillas 1 do. dowlas 30 do. creas a Morlais 12 do. elopailles 15 do. Bielefeld linen 90 do. paterbomos 45 do. Britanias 1 do. Holland canvas 1 do. Russia do. 3 do. Russia sheetings 1 do. ravens duck 2 do. Russia drills 1 do. brown holland 2 do. Silesia rovans 1 do. Wahrendrop linen 1 do. Caraudoles 1 do. Flemish linens 1 do. cambricks and lawns 1 do. diaper 12 do. stripes 18 do. checks 2 do. siamois 1 do. Arabia stripe 1 do. hunting for color 1 pack. Madras handkerchiefs 1 do. Turkey yarn 6 bales empty bags 1 chell hair ribbands 3 boxes tapes, assorted 2 do. bobbin, assorted 1 do. thread & tapes 1 do. fine blue bladders 5 chells men's flippers 3 do. bed ticks 3 casks hog's bristles 6 chells writing paper 4 do. quills november 12. 6
2 do. sealing-wax 3 packages oil-cloth 4 do. fill-twine 1 do. watches 14 pipes Port wine 92 cases claret 130 do. fine long corked claret 1600 bushels fine salt 400 casks Roll brimstone 200 casks of naval stores 200 logs prime mahogany 4 hides coffee-mills 10 bundles German steel 10 chells of flats and pencils A package of Stacks A do. woolen caps, &c. 4 chells of Nuremberg toys 40 kegs of yellow ochre 3 bds. Glue 8 barrels of Lentilles 5 chells of prime red crust Holland checks 30 kegs of pearl barley 60 boxes of capers 400 fides of upper and sole leather 300 boxes window glass 800 Demijohns 50 boxes glass tumblers assorted 2 hides, pumice stone 1 box of mill faws 1 cask of cutlery A quantity of Beer jugs and pickling pots A few ships anchors, &c. cut&f
To be Sold, OR EXCHANGED, For property in the City, or within Thirty miles of it, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, IN Tuckers Valley, Milfin county, containing about three hundred acres, the whole capable of cultivation. At present there is about 50 acres cleared, 40 of which is a rich bottom of Meadow Grounds; enriched by a never failing stream, that has fall and water enough for all the purposes of a Country Mill. For further information apply at No. 68, Market Street. november 20. tam
FOR SALE, Fifty Acres of Good Land, LYING IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY, State of New Jersey, TWENTY-FOUR acres of which are Woodland, the rest, Meadow. This land lies about half a mile from Timber Creek, and two miles from the river Delaware, the country road passing through it, and the great road only two miles distant. For terms, apply to PATRICK DOGHERTY, Sign of the Rainbow, in Shippensburg, between Second and Third-streets. dec 4. truth&tam
ADVERTISEMENT. TODD & MOTT, Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, having affirmed over their effects, real, personal, and mixed, to the subscribers for the benefit of all their Creditors. Notice is hereby Given, To all persons who are indebted to the said estate, that they are required to make im- mediate payment of their respective accounts to either of the assignees, in failure whereof legal measures will be taken for the recovery of such debts as are not discharged without delay. John Waddington John Rhodes John Allen. } Assignees. nov. 26. truth&tam
ALL PERSONS, Having demands against the Estate of HENRY SCHAEFFER, deceased, late of City of Philadelphia, Miller and Shopkeeper are requested to furnish their accounts properly authenticated and all persons indebted to said Estate are desired to make speedy payment to GASPAR W. HAINES, FREDERICK GAUL, } administrators 11th mo. 13. tam2w
Notice is hereby given, THAT application will be made to the treasury of the United States for the renewal of the follow- ing certificates of six per cent. funded debts, stand- ing in the name of Jane Gabrielle Rigaud , of Geneva, which were lost from on board the Swallow Pack- et , capt. Kidd, from Falmouth to New-York. No. 3195. Reg. office 19th May '95, 1 cent. for 1000 13.181. do. 14th do. do. 1 do. for 3500 Willings & Francis. October 24. cod6w
FOR SALE. Rice, in whole and half Tierces. Sherry, and } WINES. Teneriffe. Carolina and Georgia Indigo. AND A PARCEL OF Shipping Furs and Skins. Apply to N. & Y. Frazier, No. 96, So. Front Street. november 13. tam2w
MARSHAL'S SALES. UNITED STATES, } Pennsylvania District, } IN pursuance of a writ to me directed from the Hon. Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Merchant's Coffee House, in the City of Philadelphia, on Saturday the 15th day of December instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, the armed French vessel the Jaloux , with her apparel, guns, and appurtenances, captured by the public armed ship the United States , John Barry, Esquire, commander, in the said District Court condemned as forfeited. WILLIAM NICHOLS Marshal. Marshal's Office, Dec. 7, 1798.
UNITED STATES, } Pennsylvania District, } IN pursuance of a writ to me directed from the Hon. Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to public sale at the Merchant's Coffee House in the City of Philadelphia, on Saturday the fifteenth day of December instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, the armed French vessel, the Sanspareil , with her apparel, guns, and appurtenances, captured by the public armed ship, the United States , John Barry, esq. Commander; and in the said District Court, con- demned as forfeited. WILLIAM NICHOLS, marshal. Marshal's Office } December 7, 1798 } 6
THE SUBSCRIBERS, Of the City Dancing Assembly ARE informed, that the First Assembly will be held on Thursday the 20th inst. at GILLERS HOTEL. Thomas W. Francis James Gibson Thomas Kelland Jonathan Williams Mathew Pearce Stephen Kingston William Macpherson Samuel Murgatroyd December 11. 6
FOR SALE, To be EXCHANGED for property within thirty miles of the city, or to let on ground-rent forever Several valuable building Lots, In Philadelphia, Enquire of William M. Biddle, ne. 147, Chestnut- street. nov 22. 6
Ironmongery, Cutlery, &c. THE SUBSCRIBERS INTENDING to decline their present business, offer for sale, at reduced prices, a handsome assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, &c. in lots to suit the purchasers. John Green & Co. No. 16, North Second Street. Ironmongers Will find the above Goods not unworthy their attention. nov. 23. 6
DOBBIN & ROBERTS, TAYLORS. RESPECTFULLY informs their Customers, and the Public in general, that they have removed from No. 114, Chestnut Street, to No. 30, South Fourth Street; Where orders in their line will be thankfully re- ceived and diligently attended to. november 15. tam&f tam
French Language. G. DUFIEF, No. 63, SOUTH SECOND STREET, WILL OPEN HIS DAY AND EVENING SCHOOL, On Wednesday, the 14th inst. N.B.—Private Tuition attended to as usual and Translations from either Language into the other, performed with accuracy, secrecy, and dispatch. nov. 10. ewtf
JOHN J. PARRY, CLOCK & WATCHMAKER, HAS again opened at his usual Stand, No. 78, South Second Street—where he has for Sale, A VARIETY OF Excellent Gold & Silver Watches, AND A FEW Eight Day Clocks, Which will be warranted to give satisfaction. An assortment of Gold, Steel and Gilt chains, Seals and Keys. All kinds of Clock and Watch work done with particular attention as heretofore. An Apprentice wanted. november 13. tam&f tam
LARENCE SECKEL, No. 155, Market-Street. First quality London Particular } WINES. Madeira, Port, Sherry and Lisbon } Cognac Brandy, 1st to 4th proof. Spirits. By the Pipe, Hhd, Quarter-cask or Gallon. dec 3. tam&f tam
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. DESERTED last night, a second time, from the Marine Camp, David Luper, a fife- He had when he went away, a plain blue jacket and velvet-light-blue overalls, a round hat, which had been bound with yellow, and which he had ripped off in his first defection, and a pair of new shoes, he is a Carpenter by trade, has grey eyes, sandy hair, fallow complexion and a notch in his upper lip. His back is still sore from a flogging he got a few days ago He may be discovered by his fifeing, as he plays extremely well. W. W. BURROWS Major Com. of the October 17. Marine Corps.
The time of an Active BLACK BOY, WHO is about sixteen years old, and has five years to serve, to be disposed of. He is well acquainted with the business of a farm, and handy at cooking or waiting in the house. En- quire at the office of this Gazette. nov. 26. cod2w
WANTED, A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN, to take care of children, the must be well recommended as good temper, honesty, sobriety and cleanli- ness.—Enquire at No 238 Market St. Dec. 11. 3t
Ready Furnished Apartments. TO LET, READY FURNISHED, A FRONT Parlour and four chambers, with the use of a Kitchen and Cellar, in a pleasant part of Arch Street; enquire at the office of this Gazette. N. B.—As the furniture is all new, it precludes any apprehension of contagion from the late pre- vailing fever. december 12. col3t
Bank of North America. THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that an Election for twelve Directors, for the ensuing year, will be held at the Bank on Monday, the 14th of January next, at ten o'clock. RICHARD WELLS, Cashr. dec 8. 1798. d2t
IMPORTED, In the Ships Active and Liberty , from HAMBURGH. Ticklenburghs, Oznabrige, White Platillas Brown Silesias Bretagnes Hessian Rolls Brown Russia Sheetings German Lindseys, Bed Ticks, &c. For Sale by GEORGE PENNOCK, no. 103 Market-street. nov 20. 6
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Wil- iam Beauchamp, lately deceased, are de- sired to make immediate payment and those who have any claims against said Estate to produce their accounts properly attested to Sam. Price, executor. nov 20. d1m
BEEF, OF THE FIRST QUALITY, And fit for India voyages.—For Sale By WILLIAM SHEAFF, No. 168, High Street. nov. 23. d1t
FOR SALE, By the Subscriber, Belfast Canvass, No. 1, to 7, On moderate terms for Cash or a short credit. James Lyle, South Seventh Street, near Chestnut. nov 16. 6
Forty Dollars Reward. DESERTED, From a Detachment of Men under my com- mand, at Camp West Schuylkill, viz. October 29. GEORGE KELLER, 40 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark hair and complexion, born in Holland, no Trade, speaks broken English and very talkative, has a dimple in his chin. November 6. John Murphy, 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 1/2 inches in height, grey eyes, dark hair and complexion, born in Ireland, city of Dublin, by trade a Hozier. Jacob Eden, 34 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, grey eyes, sandy hair, fresh complexion, born in New-England, state of Connecticut, a repeated defector, by trade a Blacksmith. November 7. William Collins, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, sandy hair, fresh com- plexion, grey eyes, born in Ireland, county of Wexford, by trade a Gardner, has worked for some time about Philadelphia, he is very fond to hear himself sing. All the above defectors are very much addic- ted to liquor, and will take other people's pro- perty if in their power, are artificially marked on their backs, had on, when they went away, their regimental clothing. Whoever appre- hends said defectors, shall receive forty dollars reward, or ten dollars for each, with all reason- able expenses, by applying to me as above. EDWARD MILLER, captain 2d regiment of Infantry commanding. nov 10. 6
BALLAST. A QUANTITY to be disposed of, if applied for immediately, on board the Ship Louis , lying near HUMPHEW'S Ship Yard. november 10. 9
ALL PERSONS having any legal demands a- gainst the estate of William Paton , deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia, Tavern-keeper, are requested to furnish their accounts properly au- thenticated, and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment to the subscriber in Philadelphia. LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH Adminr. October 31st, 1798.
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT on the twentieth day of August, in the twenty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Smith Barton, of the said dis- trict, hath deposited in this office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author in the words following to wit: "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America—By Benjamin Smith Bar- ton, M. D. Correspondent Member of the Socie- ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member of the American Philosophical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, Corresponding Member of the Mass- achusetts Historical Society, and Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encoura- gement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprie- tors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk, Dist. of Penn. November 2, 1798.
A Young Man, WHO writes a good hand, understands accounts and can be well recommended, wants a Situation as Clerk or Assistant in a Wholesale Store, or Counting-house. Applica- tion to be made at this Office. nov 14. 9
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. JOHN A. SHAEFFER, of Philadelphia, who has for a few years past been in the Southern States, has had the courtesy to draw several Bills of Ex- change on Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of State, and myself, and by that means has defrauded a number of persons of their money, deceiving them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the names affixed of divers public characters and re- putable merchants highly recommended by said Shaeffer; to one of these papers I find my name subscribed, but I do not know the man; they are villainous forgeries! To prevent further imposition, I have to request the printers of Newspapers in the United States to publish this for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Treasurer of the United States. Trenton, New-Jersey, October 24, 1798. tam