Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-10-04 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO THE FREEMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Friends and Fellow Citizens,
WHEN a numerous meeting of our most respectable fellow citizens assigned to us the duty of endeavoring, as a committee, to promote the election of James Rofs, it was far from being the wish of any, or the expectation of most, of our number, to become involved in the unpleasant task of commenting on the conduct of the opposite candidate, or that of his advocates.
An artful insinuation will frequently produce more pernicious effects, in the minds of the unwary, than a direct charge, while those by whom it has been made, may consider its ambiguity a sufficient shelter to their characters, from any imputation of inaccuracy and falsehood.
The meetings opposed to Mr. M'Kean, are charged with having assumed to themselves, the exclusive right of thinking and acting in the politics of our country, and prohibiting as traitors to it all the citizens who differ from them in relation to public men or public measures;
The general unanimity manifested in favor of Mr. Rofs by the grand juries in different parts of the State, as it affords the strongest evidence of the public sentiment, could not fail to excite the deepest chagrin in his opponents;
We submit to you the candor manifested in the general charge of intercepting, treating with insult, and destroying the letters of the committee who styled themselves republicans, and substituting others teeming with sedition, disrespect and indecency;
"That arts of detraction, intrigue and falsehood have been assiduously practiced to expose the republican candidate to odium, and to bring the republican principle itself into discredit and contempt with the people," is another of the charges, doubtless intended to apply to some or all of the supporters of Mr. Rofs, as the calumniators, intriguers, &c. and to Mr. M'Kean as the republican candidate.
The committee have taken some pains to exculpate their candidate from the charge of being a native of Ireland and a member of the catholic church.
That Mr. M'Kean is a friend to France is a charge to which we cannot refuse our
assent. We believe him to be so to a degree that, adopted in our public councils, or sanctioned by the voice of the people, would have a tendency prejudicial, if not ruinous, to the honor, independence and interest of our common country;
That Mr. M'Kean is friendly to France, that he defends and justifies most of her measures towards this country, and reprobates those of our own government, is too generally known to admit of controversy;
You cannot, Fellow Citizens, be ignorant, that they have made Liberty and Equality the pretences, whilst plunder and dominion have been their objects;
Although our country has withdrawn a little from the precipice towards which she was not long since rushing with wild and inconsiderate leaps, and our government, supported by the rising spirit of the people, has opposed a more manly attitude to the insulting aggressions of an implacable foe,
We know nothing of the charge, that Mr. M'Kean is desirous of provoking a war with Great Britain. The answer to this supposed accusation, if not introduced for the purpose, has at least afforded his committee an opportunity of pouring forth their censures on the treaty with that nation.
In the Aurora of February 22, 1798, an opinion is published with the signature of Thomas M'Kean, agreeing with that now maintained before the British Commissioners.
doctrine, corroborated by Mr. M'Kean; is true, you have been mistaken in observing the fourth day of July, 1776, as the birth day of your Independence.
Mr. M'Kean's committee say, that he had been "charged with being a Disorganizer, a Jacobin; but that in truth there does not exist a firmer advocate, a more successful supporter of law, of public tranquility, of private property and public credit."
The Mayor attempted to state the nature of their offence—the evidence of their having insulted the congregation of the Church, and that one of them had presented a loaded pistol to the breast of one of the Members,
Many of the supporters of Mr. M'Kean are men who profess their attachment to an equality of rights and their abhorrence of political distinctions founded on wealth or family;
The committee has thought proper to deny, in positive terms, Mr. M'Kean's having ever expressed a wish, "that twenty thousand United Irishmen would come over to the United States,
of the conversation, stated by Messrs. Smith and Watts, were necessary several other Gentlemen, who were present, are ready to corroborate their testimony.
Several other charges have been stated and replied to by the committee, some of them probably unfounded and others of little importance if true;
We have deemed it unworthy of ourselves, either as a committee or individually, to make any anonymous attacks on the public or private character of Mr. M'Kean;
Thus, fellow-citizens, we have considered the observations of the adverse committee in reply to the charges they suggest to have been made against their candidate;
With respect to Mr. Rofs it is almost superfluous to remind you of his just and uniform principles—his unexceptionable deportment and unquestionable qualifications.
Fellow Citizens? We have endeavoured to place before you the two Candidates as they appear to us upon our best knowledge and information.
Levi Hollingsworth. Samuel Morris. Robert Wharton. Benjamin R. Morgan. Henry Pratt. Michael Kepple. Zachariah Poulson, jun. Daniel Smith. John Wall. Lawrence Sechell.
Documents referred to in the preceding Address.
Certificate of Mr. Watts. I DO hereby Certify, That I heard Thomas M'Kean, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, declare, "That he wished Twenty Thousand United Irishmen would come into this Country, that they were a People who understood true Liberty and the Rights of Man," which I am willing to attest upon oath, if it should be necessary.
The Letter from the Committee of Correspondence for the County of Washington which accompanied the Certificates alluded to in the preceding Address.
Washington, August 28, 1799.
SIR, THE committee in this county for promoting the election of Mr. Rofs, have learnt where Mr. Rofs is less known than here, currency is given by the enemies to his election,
To prevent the effect of this report, some of the committee in this town, where Mr. Rofs lived more than ten years, and until about five years ago, applied to such elders and other persons, noted for their piety and regard for religion, as have known Mr. Rofs during the whole of this time,
The presence of the Rev. John Smith, of Cannonburgh, a learned and respectable Seceder minister, who, about three years ago, removed to this country from Octoraro, in Lancaster county,
We could with as much ease have obtained as positive a denial of all the other malicious reports lately propagated against Mr. Rofs,
Least, therefore, this aspersion should mislead good people, unacquainted with Mr. Rofs, the committee here request that you will publish, if you think proper, these documents in the newspapers or in hand bills,
A. ADDISON, Chairman of the committee of Washington co.
Washington, (P.) Aug. 26th 1799.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
WE the subscribers, regular members of sundry Presbyterian congregations in the county of Washington, have heard with surprise and regret, that among the many slanderous reports propagated against the respectable character of James Rofs, Esq. of Pittsburgh,
We trust that we have a sincere regard to truth and religion, and we feel ourselves bound by the duties we owe to both, so far as our testimony can go to remove from our fellow citizens, this obnoxious to the free exercise of our votes in favour of Mr. Rofs.
Mr. Rofs was born of respectable and pious parents, of the Presbyterian church in York county in this state, and received from them a religious education.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands. A. Sweeney } Elders of Washington Robert Stockton } Congregation. Joseph Wharton } John Cotton } Elders of Buffalo Congregation. James Brice }

James Mitchell, Elder of Peters Congrega- John Mercer } Elders of Chartiers James Allison } Congregation. Craig Richie Alexander Cunningham.
Since I lived in Washington county, I have had opportunity of conversing and being well acquainted with James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh, and of knowing his character from serious and respectable persons well acquainted with his opinions and conversation, and I am well persuaded that he is sincerely respectful of the Christian Protestant Religion, and do verily believe that the report of his being an infidel or deist is altogether without foundation.
JOHN SMITH, Minister of Associated Congregation Chartiers.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4.
APPROACHING ELECTION.
NUMBER XI.
To the Electors of Pennsylvania.
A FIFTH address has, since my last number, appeared from the Jacobin Committee, upon which I beg leave to weary the patience of the public, with a few observations:—
1st. They assert, that the federal committee had delayed publishing their address, with a view of circulating misrepresentations which could not be replied to, and that it was sent to different parts of the State before it was published in the city.—This is an absolute falsehood. Mr. Hollingsworth sent it to the editors of several newspapers, as soon as it was printed, and before it was distributed in pamphlets. But wherefore was Mr. M c Kean's committee entitled to the last reply? Wherefore were the federalists to be prevented from detecting their fallacies upon the spot? It is evident that one of the parties must have had the last answer, and why not the one as well as the other? Might not Mr. Ross's committee as justly complain, that they will have no opportunity of replying to the work upon which I am now commenting? To display the base and contemptible artifices of Mr. Dallas and his colleagues, in their proper colors, it is, however, only necessary to state, that they have printed and distributed an address in various parts of the State, which has never been published in a Philadelphia Gazette, which the most active members of the federal party have had no opportunity of seeing, and which, from beginning to end, is a tissue of the most palpable, calumnious, and abandoned misrepresentations. I obtained a view of this curious production only by chance, it was not suffered to remain in my possession, and therefore I cannot, with sufficient accuracy, enlarge upon it.
2ndly. The Jacobin committee affirm, that although Mr. M c Kean knew that Dr. Logan was going to Europe, yet he neither knew to what part of Europe, nor upon what business; and he only furnished the doctor with a certificate under his hand and seal, in his official capacity, and according to his official duty, that Dr. Logan was a citizen of the United States."
Now Dr. Logan has acknowledged, in an apology for his conduct, signed by himself, and published in the Aurora, that he went to France with the privy of some of the most distinguished characters in America. It is confessed that the chief justice of Pennsylvania (whose office certainly grants great distinction) furnished him with a certificate of citizenship, for the purpose of going to Europe. Is it then credible that Mr. M c Kean is not one of the persons to whom Logan alludes? If the pursuits of the envoy were purely agricultural as he has alleged, wherefore was any secrecy necessary? If his objects were of a political nature, wherefore should they have been concealed from the republican candidates, whose views generally coincided with his own? Were his intentions too criminal to be confided, even to the leaders of his own faction? Were they too dangerous and treasonable even for a Jeffersonian and M c Kean to sanction?
But how could it have been the official duty of Mr. M c Kean, to grant certificates of citizenship? Is such a duty in any respect judicial? Is it the business of any State officer to grant such certificates? The rights exclusively appertain to the officers of the general government; and I challenge the committee, or any of their partisans, to point out any law by which such a duty has been devolved upon the chief justice of Pennsylvania, or a single instance of his having before performed it.
3d. The republican committee declare, that Mr. M c Kean has never approved, directly or indirectly, of the claim of the Penn family, as made under the British treaty. Nor has it ever been said that he does so. But in answer to the clamours made by his committee, against the proceedings of the British commissioners, it has been asserted, and with truth, that he has sanctioned the principles whereon that claim is grounded, and has written a pamphlet in support of them. This pamphlet is part of a memorial presented to the Board, by the present attorney in fact, of Messrs. Penn's, and precisely so far as the claim is inadmissible, has Mr. M c Kean endeavoured to substantiate a demand, unjust in itself, and injurious to his country. It is perfectly immaterial when the book was written; it corroborates the ideas of the claimant, or he would not have produced it as a proof of the validity and justice of his claim; and this is all that has ever been contended for.
4th. Mr. Dallas and his subalterns deny that the opinion of their candidate, published in 1798, agrees with that of the general British agent, who contends, that the U-
States were not independent until the definitive treaty of 1783. Now, Mr. M c Kean, in the opinion alluded to, expressly declares, that "the civil war continued till the year 1783;" that "all the inhabitants of the United States were put on the footing of a ceded island, by the definitive treaty of 1783;" and, that "after the definitive treaty, the national independence was consummated." A civil war, in its very nature only, exists between the different branches of the same empire, not between two independent nations. If, as he says, this civil war did not terminate with the declaration of 1776, but continued until 1783, we must have been dependant upon Great Britain till that period, because we did not become Sovereign States until that moment, and of course we remained British subjects until the king of England put us on the footing of a ceded island, by signing the definitive treaty, and thereby consummating our national independence. The opinion of Judge Chase, mutilated as it is in the quotation of the committee, in no wise corresponds with that of Mr. M c Kean; for the former lays only, that the subjects of Great Britain were entitled to become American citizens, on the declaration of independence: While the latter affirms, that the citizens of America were entitled to choose which party they pleased, until the definitive treaty.—The difference between the two opinions constitutes precisely the point in dispute, for if the doctrine of the republican candidate be true, the Tories who espoused the cause of Great Britain after 1776, became British subjects, and have, therefore, under the sixth article of the British treaty, a right to recover their confiscated debts and estates.
5th. Mr. M c Kean's committee endeavour to palliate his conduct at the Mayor's, after the disturbance in St. Mary's church yard, by asserting "1st. That the city and its neighbourhood had been much disturbed with the feuds and riots of intemperate party men. 2d. That the streets were crowded with people, and that the report was officially made to the chief justice, that the prisoners who paraded hand-cuffed through the city. 3d. That when the facts were understood, he perceived at once that the riot had originated in a party contest, and that the prisoners were not the aggressors. 4th. That they have since been prosecuted, tried, and acquitted." If the city had been before disturbed by the feuds and riots of intemperate party men, there was the more reason for making a severe example of the rioters on this occasion, since if they had been suffered "to take up their hats and go away," so dangerous a practice would have become more frequent from impunity.
If the streets were crowded with people, it was no more than has been usual when any offence has been committed of so atrocious a nature, as to rouse the public attention and curiosity. Nor could the report that the prisoners were hand-cuffed, have been officially made, unless it was sworn to, since no judge can take official notice of any fact, unless it is proved by the oath of the informer. If any such official information, therefore, was given (as it was totally false) the person who gave it was perjured, and if so, the vigilant chief justice ought to have bound him over for prosecution. Consequently, either no such official report was made, or Mr. M c Kean has been guilty of a flagrant breach of his judicial duty, in not binding over the perjured party.
Mr. M c Kean did not take time fairly "to understand the facts," for the moment he entered the Mayor's house, and before he could perceive whether "the prisoners were the aggressors or not," he most violently attacked, and insultingly abused that magistrate, while in the execution of the duties of his office.
If the prisoners have been prosecuted, tried, and acquitted, it was no reason for advising them "to take up their hats and go away, or for not taking their recognizances to appear at court and stand their trial; since we daily see, by the practice of our courts, that sufficient cause exists for prosecution, when sufficient evidence cannot be adduced to bring about conviction.
But admitting all the facts stated by his committee to be true, Mr. M c Kean's conduct was not the less indecent, illegal, and criminal. He possessed no legal authority to controul the mayor in the exercise of his judicial functions. If that officer had been oppressive or tyrannical, more legal means than one existed, by which the prisoners could have obtained redress, and Mr. M c Kean is not so ignorant a lawyer, as to be uninform'd that he was guilty of a gross contempt of judicial authority, for which he was liable to, and deserved imprisonment, Caudour, however, compels me to record one fact, in palliation of his behaviour: He was in a state of evident intoxication, and Mr. Israel, bail for one of the prisoners, leaned towards the desk at which the mayor was sitting, and said "never mind him Mr. Mayor, he is drunk, go on with taking the recognizances." Yet do we now see this Israel among the most zealous and efficient supporters of Mr. M c Kean's election.
The committee conclude with a declaration "that adhering to their original defensive principle, they shall leave the merits and demerits of Mr. Ross to the oral of public opinion. And how have they acted upon a defensive principle? Did they not in their first address declare that they could discover neither talents nor public virtue in the federal candidate, and that he had endeavoured to advance a system which could be established only on the ruins of the federal commonwealth?" Did they not in their second publication plainly insinuate that he had been guilty of treason, by fomenting the western rebellion? Have they not expressly compared Mr. Wharton to the "captain of a banditti, organized for the purposes of assassination and pillage?" And has not Mr. Coxe, one of their number, in a paper branded with his own signature, and
filled with the most atrocious falsehoods, accused Mr. Ross of prompting to the murder of the officers of government, of scattering the firebrands of discord, and fanning the flame of insurrection? If libels as scandalous and malignant as these, constitute acting upon the defensive, the public have hitherto totally misunderstood the term. Mr. Dallas may, however, be assured, that the public fee through the veil of hypocrisy with which he has endeavoured to conceal his intentions; and that Mr. Ross will be elected in despite of all the "cabals of faction, and the spectres of detraction."
MILO.
Since the above was written, the fourth address to which I alluded, as having been circulated in pamphlets before it appeared in the city, has been published. It bears date the 27th of September, and was not published until the 3d of October.
From the "ORACLE OF DAUPHIN."
Extract of a letter from Huntingdon, dated September 19, 1799.
"Mr. Wyeth has been in this town last week, and has said in public, that he has been offered one thousand dollars not to write any thing in favour of Ross, and five hundred of it in hand; and said he did not know who would carry the majority in that county."
REMARKS ON THE ABOVE.
The above was handed me one day last week, by Mr. Stacy Potts, Gen. Hanna and Mr. George Whitehill, who requested an explanation of the same. I observed to them, that this was not an accurate statement of my assertion in Huntingdon; but that I had said, and I do hereby declare, that at the last June Court in Harrisburgh, one individual, offered to take FIVE HUNDRED additional papers of my publication, (which in fact would be 1000 dollars) "if I would turn a GOOD REPUBLICAN, and PRINT only on THAT SIDE," to which, if necessary, I am willing to be qualified to be as near the very words made use of to me, as the best of my recollection will admit.
I do not hesitate to say, that I have both in public and private, in Huntingdon and elsewhere, asserted, that I did not know which of the candidates for Governor would have a majority in Dauphin county; and when I reflected on some of the committee for promoting Mr. M c Kean's election, declining to serve, and others displeased for being nominated, I cannot persuade myself that I committed a crime in either thinking or saying so—at any rate, I know several who exercise their thinking faculties in a similar way.
THE EDITOR.
REPORT
Of the Sextons of the different grounds, of the number of Funerals at their grounds.
   FOR THE 24 HOURS, ENDING THIS DAY AT 12 O'CLOCK. Children Grown Persons   Names of the Burial Grounds.     Christ Church, - - - 2 0   St. Peters, - - - 0 0   St. Pauls, - - - 0 0   1st Presbyterian, - - - 1 0   2d do. - - - 0 0   3d do. - - - 0 0   5th Presbyterian, - - - 0 0   Associate Church, - - - 0 0   St. Mary's, - - - 0 0   Trinity, - - - 0 0   Friends, - - - 1 0   Free Quakers, - - - 0 0   Swedes, - - - 0 0   German Lutheran, - - - 0 0   German Presbyterian, - - - 0 1   Moravian, - - - 0 1   Baptist, - - - 0 0   Methodist, - - - 0 0   Universalist, - - - 0 0   Jews, - - - 0 0   African Episcopal, - - - 0 0   do. Methodist, - - - 0 0   Kensington, - - - 0 0   Public Ground,* - - - 7 0   Total 11 1  
The above list comprehends all the burials from the City and Liberties of every disease By order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM ALLEN, Health Officer.
CITY HOSPITAL.
For the last 24 hours, ending 12 o'clock A. M.
ADMITTED.
Catherine Nugent, from Race street. Robert Killpatrick, Lombard near 8th street. Catherine Harris, from Race street. Paul Sheppard, 2d street near Love lane.
DIED.
Robert Grove, ill 7 days previous to admission. William Jacks, ill 4 do. do. Jacob Freed, admitted insensible. William Shanks.
Interred the last 24 hours, in the
 *PUBLIC GROUND,  1 Still Born Child, from 5th below South street.  1 Joseph Bowen, 4th street, corner of Calloswill street.  1 Peter Rose, Starling alley.  4 From the Hospital.  7 Total. 
Remaining in the Hospital 54, of whom 30 are convalescents.
PETER HELM, Steward.
THREE deaths were reported at the Health-Office in New-York, for the 24 hours ending Wednesday last at 12 o'clock.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia.
ARRIVED. Days.
Brig Mary, Dickson, Guernsey 52 Gayosa, Remington, Havana 24 Young George, prize to Ganges Came up from the Port.
Ship Wm. Penn. Volans, Batavia Brig Ariel, Griffiths, St. Croix
The brig Lavinia, Cook, from hence, has arrived at Guernsey.
The ship Edward, Wickham, from hence has arrived at the Havana.
Captain Remington left at the Havana the following vessels belonging to this port:
Ship Neptune, Hacquin, Edward, Wickham, Schbr. Success, Johnson, Zenith, Shurcliff, Favorite Packet, Maffet, And several others names unknown.
An embargo had been laid for five days previous to captain Remington's sailing.
New-York, October 3.
Yesterday arrived ship Adventure, Barr, 63 days from Copenhagen.
Spoke Sept. 17, ship President, of New-Bedford, capt. Bennett, from Virginia to Falmouth, out 25 days; the captain very sick.
Sailed from Elsinore in company with 14 sail of Americans, among them.
Ship Penelope, Zett, of New-York, Joseph, and Atlantic, of do. and Dispatch, of Philadelphia. Rising States, Putnam, of Salem. Aurora, of Richmond. George, of Portsmouth, N. H. Neptune, of Providence, and several others not recollected.
BOSTON, September 30.
Yesterday arrived in the outer harbour, ship Rodolph Frederick, capt. Crocker, 48 days from Hamburg. Mr. Thomas Geyer, merchant, of this place, passenger. We were last evening favoured with papers printed in that city, to August 7, but they contain no intelligence of any moment. Capt. Crocker, spoke coming down the Elbe, with the brig Ann, capt. Lord, of this port, bound up. On the Grand Banks, spoke a vessel bound to Baltimore, which failed from Hamburg eight days after him—was informed that information had been received there, of an embargo being laid in all the ports of England; on Saturday, spoke brig Williams, from the Havannah, bound to Salem, and saw several vessels standing in—one of them thought to be the Isabella, Jones, from Hamburg.
Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, have considerably fallen in Hamburg, the markets being overstocked.
The other vessels anchored in the outer harbour yesterday, were, a new ship from the eastward, and one from Russia, name unknown.
IMPORTANT ABSTRACT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
From the Sun of August 9.
We yesterday announced, in part of our impression, the receipt of Paris papers to the 5th inst. If they do not give us reason to believe that any great success has been obtained by the allies, they afford us at least a certainty that our enemies have not gained any. They do indeed say, that they have obtained a final advantage in Switzerland, but all the late accounts agree in representing the two hostile armies in that country as in nearly the same position in the end of last month, in which they have for so long a time been. The head quarters of the Archduke have, it is true, been removed two leagues backward, but the army has not followed this movement, and has maintained its position. The troops opposed to each other on the right bank of the Rhine, have in like manner remained nearly inactive. The case has not been the same in Italy, and though we have no authentic account of the operations of the armies in that country, we see that of the allies has been actively employed at its two present objects, the siege of Mantua, and that of Alexandria. The latter place has, it appears, asked to capitulate, but the propositions of the commandant were not accepted, and it was expected that in would surrender before the 20th of July. It is probable though we shall hear of its surrender before the expiration of a week. The siege of Mantua, at which it appears that more than 30,000 men are employed, has been not less vigorously pushed, although attended with more difficulty. The besiegers took possession on the 12th of another outwork; on the 15th the second parallel was finished, and preparations were made to begin the third; the principal attack is directed against the Fauxbourg St. George. If we may believe a letter from Pavia of the 15th, General Moreau had only left a small body of troops in the defiles of the Appennines, and had himself retreated as far back as Albenga. Marshal Suwarow is said to have gone up the valley of the Bor mida, and to have advanced as far as Ormea and Garresio. This movement is a natural consequence of that of General Moreau, and if the latter has really taken place, little doubt can be entertained as to the former. In that case the situation of Moreau must be very critical, and the design which Marshal Suwarow is supposed to entertain, of taking possession of the road of the Col du Tende, may be realized.
The French papers confirm all we know, and even give us new details respecting the recapture of the state of Naples and of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, but bring us nothing certain respecting the fate of Macdonald and his army. It is said that one part was at Lucca, another at Pontremoli,
and another at Sestri di Levante. On the other hand, we are assured, that the allies had taken possession of the defiles of Sarma-zia. It is evident that one of the two reports must be false; but we are furnished with no dates to enable us to determine which is so. We are in the same situation with respect to a report of the capture by the English of a ship carrying General Macdonald, his Staff, and the Commissary Reinhard, which is contradicted, and, as it appears, with good reason, since subsequent accounts state Reinhard to have arrived at Ville Franche. The Austrians had entered Pistoia, and, what is still more important, Leghorn and Ancona continue to be besieged.
Though the Paris papers are not so satisfactory as we could desire respecting foreign affairs, they are on the other hand very interesting on the affairs of France itself. They indeed take advantage of that degree of Liberty of the Press which the councils have granted them. The journals represent the state of their country to be such, as the most decided enemies to the French can wish it to be. The war, the taxes, and the new tyranny which the Jacobins exercise, have reduced the inhabitants of France to what we should call the extreme degree of misery, if futurity did not appear to be big with still greater evils for them. The wretchedness of the people is only equalled by the distress of the government, which is incapable of supporting itself at the same time against want of money, war, the attack of its internal enemies, and the discontent of all the inhabitants of the Republic. Although even according to the statement of the French papers, the relative situation of the Directory, of the Councils, and of the Jacobin Club, be a real chaos, the view becomes, however, somewhat less obscure. The Councils of Five Hundred continue to support, or to be supported by the Jacobins. That of the Elders opposes them with some firmness, and does, in fact, pay the part assigned to it by the Constitution—that of a Moderator. The Directory, divided between Sieyes and Barras on the one hand, and the three Directors on the other, is neutralized by the attachment of the two former to the Council of Elders and of the three others to the Council of Five Hundred; so that the real contest is between the two Councils. That of the Elders, whose constitutional force is merely negative, does not, however, confine itself to rejecting some Decrees of that of the Council of Five Hundred. After having, as has been seen, driven the Jacobins from its vicinity, it took on itself, in the sitting of the 31st, to bridle their violence and their daring publications. The Directory have in consequence been called upon to make communication respecting the execution of the Articles of the Constitution relative to Societies and Associations, contrary to the public order, and to private Societies occupying themselves with the discussions of political questions. We shall see whether the Council of Elders will carry their courage, and their desire of preserving the Constitution and themselves any further. In the mean time, the Jacobins continue to organize their power. The affiliated Clubs of the great cities have again opened their sittings. Marcellies, Bourdeaux, and Rouen, again tremble under the axe of their ancient oppressors. The Jacobins have renewed their ancient method of procuring denunciations from the Provinces. The administrators of a Department in the South have drawn up an address, in which they accuse Barras and Sieyes of being sold to the coalition, charging the former with having delivered to the allies the fortresses of Piedmont and Italy, and the latter with being the author of a secret convention for giving a King to France, and with having received presents from the King of Prussia for that purpose. Whether or no these accusations be well founded, there will be found a number of people in France who will believe them, and the throne which one of our English papers has day after day been raising for King Barras, must at present appear to him to exist only in his own columns.
The Debates of the Councils have principally turned on the three objects which at present chiefly interest them—the loan of 100 millions, the measures relative to the war, and the Jacobin Club. The Council of Elders has rejected the mode adopted by that of Five Hundred, as to raising by multiplied assessments of the taxes the loan of an Hundred Millions, which they have decreed. The Council of Five Hundred has in consequence presented several other modes, one of which has been definitely adopted; and of which a sketch is to be found among our extracts. In the mean time the government, reduced to such distress from want of money as to be unable to send off the troops to the army which it designs for it, is said, after several conferences with Bankers, to have obtained an advance of six millions of livres, [300,000. sterling.]
NOTICE
To the owners of unleased lands in the county of Huntingdon, to come forward and pay the taxes assessed and due thereon, within three months from this date, there being one or more years taxes due on the unleased lands in the said county of Huntingdon.
WILLIAM STEEL, HUGH MORRISON, } Commissioners. JOHN STEEL, Huntingdon, Commissioners } Office, Sept. 25, 1799. } October 4. } d3m.
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ERICK & LEWIS BOLLMANN. No 113 South 3d Street near 4th. west.
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WHEREAS,
Matthew McConnell, Esq.
By deed dated the 16th of May, 1799, granted and assigned to the subscribers, 55,018 acres of land on the waters of Sugar creek, in the county of Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania, upon trust, to sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds (after satisfying all such just and legal claims as may be due on said lands) to the payment of such notes as the said Matthew McConnell has drawn in favor of a certain Joseph Thomas, or that the said Joseph Thomas has drawn in favor of, and are endorsed by the said M. McConnell, and which are mentioned in the schedule annexed to the deed of trust, aforesaid.
Provided, That the holders of said notes shall, on or before the 16th day of November next, execute to him a full discharge and acquittance, or render up the said notes, and the balance, if any, to the holders of any of the said notes who shall not have made such discharge or rendered up said notes, as aforesaid, pro rata, according to their respective claims and demands.
This public notice is given of the said assignment, that those who are interested may avail themselves of the terms therein contained.
William Buckley, } Assignees. Thomas M. Willings, } William Davidson, }
Philadelphia, 14th Sept. 1799.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March 15th, 1799.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 11th day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the act supplementary to the said act recited and passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine—to wit:
I.
THAT the tract of Land herein after described, namely, "beginning at the North West corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges;—thence due West to the Main Branch of the Scioto river; thence up the Main Branch of the said river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same;—thence along the said boundary line to the Tuckahoe branch of the Mufking river at the crossing place above Fort Laurence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line to run to the place of beginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of townships; and that plans and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspection of all persons concerned.
II.
The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services performed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No registry will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres.
III.
The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode prescribed by the act first recited.
IV.
The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, in the order of which the priority of location shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, personally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particular quarter townships elected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed in locating their warrants to all other holders of registered warrants.
V.
The holders of warrants for military services sufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each, shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be allowed to register the said warrants in manner aforesaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor on any tract or tracts of land not before located.
VI.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which shall not be registered and located before the first day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary act of Congress herein before recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Sec. of the Treasury.
To the Freemen, Electors for the city and county of Philadelphia.
GENTLEMEN, ACKNOWLEDGING with thanks, all former favors, I request a continuance of your friendship, by your Votes and Interest, at the ensuing Election for the Coroners office, which will add an additional obligation and shall be held in grateful remembrance by your friend and humble servant, JOHN LEACOCK, Coroners. 22w5t.
This day is published, By W. YOUNG, BOOKSELLER, Institutes of Natural Law.
THE THIRD EDITION. Being the substance of a course of lectures, read in St. John's college, Cambridge, By T. RUTHERFORTH, D.D. F.R.S.
THE 1st vol. explains the rights of mankind, considered as individuals: I. Law in general. II. Rights and obligations. III. Of property. IV. Limitations of property. V. Of our common right to things. VI. Of derivative acquisitions by the act of man. VII. Of derivative acquisitions by the act of the law. VIII. Of prescription. IX. Of the obligations arising from property. X. Of the right which a man has in his own person. XI. Of parental authority. XII. Of promises. XIII. Of contract. XIV. Of oaths. XV. Marriage. XVI. Of the right of defence. XVII. Of reparation of damages done. XVIII. Of punishment. XIX. Of war. XX. Of slavery.
The 2d vol. explains the rights and obligations of mankind, considered as members of civil societies. I. Of societies in general. II. Of civil society its nature and origin. III. Of civil power. IV. Of different forms of civil government. V. Of the changes produced. VI. Of civil laws. VII. Of interpretation. VIII. Of civil subjection, and civil liberty. IX. Of the law of nations. X. Of the changes that are made in States and in their civil constitutions.
The merits of this work, so justly extolled by experienced judges, and appreciated by the lovers of science, renders it unnecessary for the editor to publish the numerous and honorable testimony, that might be produced in its favour. It is with much pleasure he informs his customers and the public, that the American edition (not inferior to the British in paper and print) is now offered for sale, in two 8vo. vols. at 4 dollars and 50 cents in boards, and five dollars when neatly bound. The imported copies of the same size, are sold at 7 and 8 dollars.
W. YOUNG, has for sale, as usual, Stamps, Stationery, custom house Blanks of every denomination, Writing and Printing Papers, Blank & Printed Books, wholesale and retail. N. B.—Orders transmitted through the Post-office or otherwise, are immediately executed. Philadelphia, 12th Sept. 32w2w.
DONATION LANDS.
Notice is hereby given, THAT Claims for Donation Lands granted by the State of Pennsylvania to the Officers and Soldiers of the Line belonging to the said State in the late war, will be received at the Office of Comptroller General of said State until the 1st September next inclusive, and that the subscribers authorised by law will sit as a Board at the said Office on every Monday from ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the afternoon, to hear and determine all unadjusted Claims already filed, as well as those which may be filed on or before the said first day of September next.
JOHN DONALDSON, Comt. SAMUEL BRYAN, Regt. PETER BAYTON, Treasr. Department of Accounts of Pennsylvania, May 15, 1799. (16) dtw (m.w.s.f.t)
United States. District of Pennsylvania. } ss. To the Marshal of the Pennsylvania District of the United States.
WHEREAS in my opinion a contagious sickness in the city of Philadelphia, renders it hazardous to hold the next stated Session of the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District of the middle Circuit of the said city, the place appointed by law at which to hold the stated Session of the said Court—Therefore by virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me, RICHARD PETERS, Judge of the Pennsylvania District of the United States, in the name and by authority of the United States, to order and direct you to adjourn the session of the said circuit court, directed to be held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of October next, to Norris Town, in the county of Montgomery in the same district, being a convenient place within the same for holding the said court; and you are to make publication hereof in one or more public papers printed at the said city, that the said court is adjourned as it is hereby directed to be; and you are accordingly to adjourn the said court to the said place hereby appointed from the time you shall receive this order to the said eleventh day of October next, the time by law prescribed for commencing the said session.
(L.S.) Given under my hand and seal at Belmont in the said district this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord 1799, and in the twenty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States.
WHEREFORE, the said Marshal, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the above order and directions from the honorable Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the Pennsylvania district of the United States, and in the name and by the authority of the United States, do adjourn the session of the Circuit court of the said United States, which was to have been held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of October next, to the courthouse in NORRIS TOWN in the county of Montgomery in the same district, there to meet on the said eleventh day of October next at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day of which all persons bound by Recognizance or have otherwise to do thereat are desired and required to take notice and give their attendance accordingly. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's office at Philadelphia, September 7, 1799 dixthO.
FOR SALE, The brig MARY, Capt. JOHN TARRIS, Now lying at Marcus Hook—a live oak and cedar vessel—will carry 2000 barrels, and has been newly sheathed. She is armed with 10 four-pounders, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, boarding-pikes, &c. For terms, apply to GURNEY & SMITH. Sep. 3. cotf.
FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near 15th-street, WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders, 62 feet long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 feet long, 25 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. completed into 6 pounders, 52 feet long, 15 cwt. each, and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. complete; Cartridges on filing carriages, 12, 18 & 24 pounders, weighing 62, 88 and 123 cwt. each; Boarding Pikes and Cutlasses; English Cannon Powder; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts; 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 lb. round Shot; 6, 9, 18 and 24 lb. double-headed do. 9, 18 and 24 lb. Cannister Shot. Also—a quantity of best English, Porter, Claret and Port Wine Bottles, Taunton Ale in casks of 7 dozen each. march 8. 22w 1f.
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, & Evans, Insolvent Debtors, in the county of Sussex, are to meet the Assignees at the Court-House in said county, on the 25th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock A.M. in order to make a dividend of said Insolvent's estate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. june 25
MAIL COACHEES
Between PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday excepted) at 8 o'clock, A. M. arrive at Baltimore the next day, by 11 o'clock, A. M. Returning. Leave Baltimore every day, (Sunday excepted) at 4 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A. M. Between NEW-YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday excepted) at 12 o'clock at noon, arrive at New-York the next morning, by 3 o'clock. Returning. Leave New-York every day (Sunday excepted) at one o'clock, P. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next morning, by 7 o'clock. Seats in the Mail Coachees to be taken in New-York. At Butman's Office, No. 5, Cortland-street. In Philadelphia. At John Dunwoody's, Market-street, Spread Eagle, and at the Franklin Inn, No. 59, north Second Street. In Baltimore. At Evans' Tavern. Fare for Passengers, 8 Dollars from Philadelphia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Philadelphia to Baltimore. All baggage over 14 lb. weight, is carried at 5 cents per pound. The Proprietors are not responsible for Baggage. LEVI PEASE, Agent for the Public Line, from Philadelphia to Baltimore. WARD, BROADHURST, JONES & Co. Proprietors of the Mail Line, from Philadelphia to New-York. General Post-Office, } May 1. 9
AT a meeting of the visitors and governors of St. John's college in the State of Maryland, on the 13th day of July 1799. Resolved, That on the first day of October next, this board will proceed to elect a Professor of English and Grammar, who shall receive, for his services, at the rate of £200 per annum, to be paid quarterly; and that public notice thereof be given, &c. &c.
A. C. HANSON, N.B. The office aforesaid hath just become vacant, by the resignation of a gentleman, whose affairs require, the immediate undertaking of a voyage by sea. It is the duty of the said Professor (to whom is allowed an assistant) to teach the English language grammatically, and to prepare students for a superior school, by teaching them the Latin grammar the Vocabulary, and Cordery. Writing is to be taught to all his scholars at stated hours; and to those students who are not destined for the superior school, are to be taught, at the discretion of their parents, or guardians, Arithmetic, and other branches of science usually taught in English schools. A complete knowledge then of Latin, Arithmetic, &c. is considered indispensable in the professor; and it is expected, that candidates who are not known to the Board, will submit to an examination, as well as produce satisfactory testimonials of their good morals, and fair characters. The Printers within the United States are requested to insert in their papers the foregoing resolution and remarks, and to repeat the publication, as often as convenience will admit, until the 20th day of September next. july 22 12w12o
To the Holders of MILITARY LAND WARRANTS.
THE Subscriber having lately returned from viewing the land, surveyed and appropriated to satisfy the land warrants, issued by the Secretary at war, to the officers and soldiers of the late continental army; and having made arrangements with Mr. James Jokelson, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who he left on the land, and who with the assistance of an intelligent inhabitant of that county, will spend five months in exploring the different sections. He will take regular notes, descriptive of the soil, situation, and natural advantages attached to each section in the whole survey—which notes will be placed in the hands of the subscriber previous to the period for locating, thereby enabling him to make the most advantageous locations the priority will admit.
He offers his service to the holders of land warrants of the above description, throughout the United States, to receive their warrants, class them, (as no less quantity than 4000 acres will be required at the office of the treasury) have them registered agreeable to law, and attend to make the location at the time appointed in February next.
For transacting the business, one tenth part of the land specified in the warrants will be required, and no other charge, except the postage of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters addressed to the subscriber, at No. 33, Penn-street, Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention. JAMES E. SMITH. September 2 mw15f.
WILLIAM COBETT HAS JUST PUBLISHED (PRICE 1 DOL. 50 CENTS) THE BAVIAD AND MÆVIAD. By WILLIAM GIFFORD, Esquire. To which is prefixed, A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHOR By an American Gentleman. [In introducing this celebrated work to the Gentlemen and Ladies of America, I have endeavored to give it a dress proportioned to its distinguished merit, and to the taste of those for whose amusement and delight it is intended. No expense has been spared in the publication; and I flatter myself that the work does not yield, either in paper or print, to any one ever published in America. This edition has an advantage over some former ones, as it contains by way of notes, the minor productions of the author; and it has an advantage over every other edition, in the Poetical Epistle, which is prefixed to it, and which must be extremely gratifying to every lover of literature in this country, as it is a proof that there are Americans who have the taste to admire, the justice to applaud, and the talents to rival the Geniuses of other nations. Some Copies have been sent on to Mr. Somerville, Maiden Lane, New York, also to Mr. Hill, Baltimore, and to Mr. Young, Charleston. Copies will be sent to Boston and other places, as soon as occasions offer.] may 28
TERMS Of Richard Folwell, in Philadelphia, FOR SUBSCRIBING TO THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT Of the American War, in 1774, to the present time, INCLUDING The Reports of Heads of Departments, of Committees, and other Official and Private Papers of that Body, now first permitted to be made public. THE work will be printed on a fine paper, and a new neat type, in large octavo. Each volume will contain above 500 pages, nearly bound and lettered. Uniformity in size, paper, and binding, will be observed throughout the work; so that, while the subscribers become possessed of a valuable record, an ornament may be added to their libraries. The price to subscribers will be 2 dolls. 75 cts. per volume, in boards, and 3 dolls. whole bound, but, as the publisher does not intend to print more than the number subscribed for, a considerable rise on the price may be expected to non-subscribers. Each volume will contain about one third less of letter-press than the original editions; but, as the publisher is not yet enabled to determine the extent of the Private Journals, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot ascertain the number of volumes which will comprise the work. Payments to be made on delivery of each volume. Subscribers will have it at their option, either to subscribe for the whole of the Journals, up to the present time, or to those only of the Old Congress, prior to the organization of the Federal Government.
IN all countries, the proceedings in the commencement of their governments, are lost in darkness and obscurity, owing to a carelessness, in the succeeding generation, to preserve the public records, and the attention of the nation, in those rude ages, being called off from their domestic concerns, to engage in wars and conquest. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been transmitted to our days? Time, that destroyer of every thing, enhances the value of well authenticated public records, and renders them almost inestimable. It is hoped, that Americans will, therefore, cheerfully contribute their assistance in transmitting to posterity the labours of their ancestors—founders of the Columbian nation. * * * The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following will show the support it has already acquired: "Philadelphia, June 15, 1798." "To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States." "The MEMORIAL of the Subscribers, Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia," "Respectfully &c. &c." "That having, in our respective avocations, frequent occasions to recur to the Journals of Congress, we experience inconvenience by the scarcity of them: That we understand that Richard Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation to print that public record; and that he has obtained partial countenance from many individuals; but that he has delayed prosecuting the work, in expectation of encouragement from government, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, respectfully solicit, as the publication is necessary to be illuminated among public bodies, that Congress will, in their wisdom render him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable him to proceed with the work, so that your Memorialists may be enabled to purchase copies of that record for themselves." Thomas M'Kean, John D. Coxe, Charles Heatly, Samuel Levy, T. Rofs, Wm. Moore Smith, John Read jun. William Tilghman, John F. Mifflin, Joseph M'Kean, John Beckly, W. Sergeant, John Thompson, Jared Ingersoll, Jasper Moylan, William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Lewis, James Gibson, M. Kapple, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, George Davis, John Hallowell, James Oldden, Walter Franklin, James Milnor, John C. Wells, John L. Leib, Alexander L. Dallas, Joseph Reed, Thomas Witting, Samuel M. Fox, John Nixes, Robert Wain, Robert H. Dunkin, John Ewing, Jun. Edward Pennington, Liberty Basker, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell, Septimius, Claypoole, James Craik, Mark Mathew Carey, Henry K. Helms, Peter D. Haven, John Dunlap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Claypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. Smith, John Fenn.
"True copy from the original Memorial, presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, on Monday, the 18th of June 1798: "WILLIAM LAMBERT, for "JONATHAN W. CONDY, Clerk." "RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be authorised and directed, to subscribe, on such terms as they may deem eligible, for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives, for four hundred Copies of the Journals of Congress, which are proposed to be published by Richard Folwell and such number of copies of deficient volumes of the sets now in print, as may be necessary to complete the same. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES ROSS, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, March 20, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. may 20. 12w1f
Three Cents Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 23th inst. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Bowdell, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any person apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N. B. She had 3 years and some months to serve DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6 3aw1f
The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & NEW-YORK, By the short and pleasant road of Burlington, Newtown, Scotch Plains, Springfield and Newark.
THE excellence of this road, the populousness of the country through which it passes, with sundry other advantages, which render it so far preferable to the Old Road through Bristol, Brunswic, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Thorough-Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute survey of it has been taken, and its superiority over the Old Road, both in winter and summer, has been clearly ascertained.—There are good bridges over all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the crossing is performed with great safety and in less than half the time required at the Trenton Ferry. The road is several miles shorter than the old road, but this is amongst the least of its advantages, because daily experience proves to us, that dispatch as well as comfort in travelling principally depend on the goodness of the road and the levelness of the country, and, in these respects, the New Road is, beyond all comparison, the best. It presents none of those rocky hills, which render the Old Road so fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark. The soil, too, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very little in summer, which circumstance, added to the beauty of the country, and a considerable proportion of shade, must always render travelling in the latter season peculiarly agreeable.
The Swift Sure starts from PHILADELPHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite the Lutheran Church, North Fourth Street. It goes through Frankford to Burlington, where it stops to Breakfast; from Burlington it goes through Newtown to Pennypack to dinner; from Pennypack through Hopewell, Millstone, Boundbrook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it stops at Springfield to breakfast, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at New-York at noon.
From NEW-YORK it starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For seats at New-York, application may be made to Edward Bardin, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathieu, corner of Nassau and John-street, to B. Many, no. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Greenwich Street, and to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 42, Broad Street.
Fare for passengers, Five Dollars. Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile.
Each passenger is allowed to take on 14 lbs. of baggage carriage free; but all other baggage, taken on by a passenger, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight.
With respect to packages sent on without passengers, the proprietors presume they have adopted a regulation, which, though unknown to other lines of stages, they think must meet with general approbation. They pledge themselves to make good every package on the following conditions. The person who delivers the package at the office shall see it entered in the stage-book, for which entry he shall pay 6 cents; and he will then state the value of the package, and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent. on the value, as insurance, and for which he will receive a receipt. Thus, for instance, if he estimates his package at one dollar, he will pay one cent. and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar insurance, and in like proportion for packages of any other value.
Very few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation; it will, however, be optional with every one to avail himself of this security or not. But the proprietors think it right to state very explicitly, that they will be responsible for the safe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insurance receipt cannot be produced.
In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has been taken to fix on such places and taverns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the passengers at the most reasonable rates. The stages are well equipped furnished with fleet and steady horses, and committed to the care of intelligent sober and obliging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns and villages where the stages will stop, so that the conduct of the persons they employ is continually an object of their attention.—They take care also to see that the passengers are well provided for and politely treated at the taverns, and that no sort of chicanery or imposition is practised upon them; in short, they have spared neither pains nor expense to render the SWIFT-SURE the very best line of stages in America.
The line has now run nearly a month, during which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Every passenger has found the road to Burlington very far all that has been said of its excellence; and the Proprietors of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to hear the behaviour, of their drivers, and the treatment at Taverns spoken of with the highest laudation.
JOHN MCALLA, Philadelphia THOS. PAUL, Burlington JOSEPH THORNTON, } Newtown NICHOLAS WYNKOOP, } JACOB KESLER, } JOHN MORRELL, Pennypack J. KILLMAN, near Millstone ELIAS COMLES, Bound Brook R. SANSBURY, Scotch Plains ISAAC RAWLE, } Springfield ROBERT PEARSON, } June 22. endf.
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