Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-07-14 00:00:00

John McDomell Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, No. 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1512.]
PHILADELPHIA: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1797.
[VOLUME XII.]
For Boston. The Schooner SALLY , ASA SCUDDER, Master, NOW lying at Chestnut-street wharf; will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the C. & W. Board, or to Joseph Anthony & Co. For Sale on board said Schooner, a few barrels of flat MACKAREL. July 13. Persons having freight on board the said Schooner, are desired to call immediately for the same.
For New-York. THE BRIG Little Sally , James Taylor, Master, LYING at Chestnut-street wharf, will sail in a few days, and take freight very low. Apply on board, or to Joseph Anthony & Co. July 12.
For Amsterdam. THE SHIP Four Friends , Joseph Glenn, Master, WILL sail with all convenient speed, the greater part of her cargo being ready. For freight or passage apply to the captain on board, or Jesse & Rob. Waln. July 11.
For Savannah. The Ship SWIFT PACKET , Patrick Gribben, Master, NOW lying at Wilcox's wharf, and will positively sail on Saturday, 17th inst. She is handsomely accommodated for passengers, and sails well. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or N. & J. Frazier , No. 95, South Front-street. WHO HAVE FOR SALE, Prime Rice in whole and half tiersces. July 8.
For Hamburg. THE SHIP CHARLOTTE , C. F. Danenberger, Master, WILL be ready to receive the cargo in a few days, and is a fast sailing vessel, good vessel, well found—For freight or passage, apply to George Pennock , No. 103, Market-street. July 7.
LANDING. At Walnut-street wharf, from on board ship Manchester, Benj. Shewell, Master, from Bourdeaux, Bourdeaux Brandy Old Claret in hds. Medoc Wine in cases Sauterne do. do. For Sale by Thomas Murgatroyd , No. 11, Walnut-street.
Said Ship for Freight or Charter. Burthen 280 tons, Philadelphia built of live Oak and Cedar, will be ready to sail in a few days. Apply as above. July 5.
For Sale. The fine and remarkably fast sailing Schooner Virginia and Philadelphia Packet , Burthen about 100 tons. For terms apply to Ross & Simson . June 12.
For Sale. The cargo of the brig Enterprise , Captain Langdon from Bourdeaux, now landing at Morton's wharf, CONSISTING OF 524 hds. of Claret 212 cases of ditto 100 cases of Sweet Oil 110 pipes London proof 10 pipes of Holland proof } BRANDY. Apply to Wharton & Lewis , No. 115, South Front St.
Said Brig. WILL take a FREIGHT for the West-Indies or Europe, falls fast, burthen about fifteen hundred barrels, is in complete order, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Apply as above. May 24.
The Subscriber GIVES notice to all to whom he may be indebted, that he intends to embark for Europe in a few days; and that he will not pay any demands which shall not be presented to him prior to his departure. WM. SMITH , of South-Carolina. Philadelphia, 11th July.
The Shareholders Of the Pennsylvania Population Company, ARE requested to meet at the Company's Office, No. 53, North Fourth Street, on Saturday the 15th inst. at 12 o'clock. By order of the Board, SOLOMON MARACHE , Sec'y. July 1.
Bank of North America. July 1, 1797. At a meeting of the Directors this day, a dividend of Six PER CENT. was declared for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockholders or their representatives, at any time after the 10th inst. July 1.
LANDING. At South-street Wharf, from on board Schooner Expedition, Captain Harding Williams, from St. Thomas, a Cargo of Coffee, Sugar, and Rum. For Sale by F. Coppinger , No. 221, South Front-street. July 10.
Wants Employment. IN a store, a Man who can be well recommended, writes a good hand, and understands accounts. Apply at No. 50, North Fifth Street, and Cherry-alley.—Any reputable place will suit. July 10.
A Wet Nurse Wanted. A Healthy Woman with a good breast of milk, may hear of a place by applying at the Printing Office of this paper. July 10.
Health-Office, Philadelphia, 7th June, 1797. THE Board of Health offer to rent out the NEW CITY HOSPITAL, usually called The Mag- It may be occupied as a Tavern, for which there are excellent accommodations. The person taking it must be capable and willing to act in the capacity of a Steward; in case a contagious disease in the city, should at any time render it necessary to make use of the premises as a Hospital. It cannot therefore be let for any limited time—and the red painted frame building is to be reserved. Proposals in writing will be received at this office, stating what rent will be allowed under the foregoing circumstances. None need apply without being able to produce the best recommendations. JOHN MILLER , Ym. Chairman of the Board of Health. July 8.
POST-OFFICE. Philadelphia, 6th July, '97. THE mail for New Castle, Camptown's bridge, Duck Creek cross roads, Dover, Frederica, Milford, Georgetown (in the place of Cleves) and Doggerborough, in Delaware; and Snowhill, in Maryland; Horn Town, Accomack C. H. and Northampton C. H. in Virginia; will be closed every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 10 o'clock. 18c
THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE Tracts of Land, IN the county of Glynn and state of Georgia, will be sold by public sale, at eight o'clock on the evening of Tuesday the 27th day of June next, at the Merchants Coffee-House in this city, unless previously described by private sale. 1st. 7000 acres on St. Simons Sound at the confluence of Frederica and Turtle rivers, adjoining the commons of the town of Brunswick, originally granted to John Howell, and within 6 miles of the Atlantic ocean. 2d. 25,000 acres on the head waters of a branch of the great Satilla, originally granted to Ferdinand O'Neal. 3d. 50,000 acres on the waters of the little Satilla river, and of Buffalo and Alexanders Creeks; the great Satilla road passes through these lands, which were originally granted to Ferdinand O'Neal. 4th. 50,000 acres on the great Satilla river, which are also intermixed by a branch of the little Satilla, and were originally granted to Thomas Spalding. It appears by authentic certificates from Thomas Davis, surveyor, and from Major Hopkins now residing in Philadelphia, that the body of these lands are not thirty miles from the ocean, and principally within tide water; that the Altamaha is navigable for boats and rafts two hundred miles above, and for large vessels within ten miles of them; that they are chiefly first rate pine lands, producing timber equal in quality to any in the state of Georgia, possessing the same advantages of navigation. The abovementioned certificates, together with the patents, drafts, and other papers respecting the title, which is complete and unincumbered, are in the possession of the subscribers and may be seen by applying to Benjamin R. Morgan, at No. 41 Mulberry Street. The terms of payment will be one third cash, the remaining two thirds in good negotiable endorsed notes, payable in three and six months after the sale; a conveyance to be made to each purchaser on the payment of that moiety of the notes received from him which becomes first due. THOMAS FITZSIMONS, JEREMIAH PARKER, BENJAMIN R. MORGAN. Philadelphia, May 31, 1797. codt.
C. E. Whitlock, DENTIST. RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Philadelphia and its vicinity, that he continues to perform all operations on the Teeth, sup-plies the deficiencies of nature with artificial or real teeth, in all the various modes of fixing—Clean, files, regulates, extracts, and fills decayed teeth with gold or lead, &c. &c. He was upon Ladies and Gentlemen at their houses, and will be happy to receive their commands by note, at Mrs. FINCH'S, No. 68 North Eighth Street, or at his house, next to the Black Horse Tavern, on the Frankford road. Dollars. Scaling and cleaning 5 Artificial teeth, with enamel, per tooth, 5 Do. in gold sockets or screws 7 Natural teeth with ligatures 7 Do. on gold or ivory sockets, or gold screws 10 Filling and cutting away decay—each decay 1 Filling with gold 2 Do. with lead 1 Extracting (to the families who employ him as dentist) 1 Do. where not employed 1 Tooth powder of his own preparing 25 cents Brushes, belt London manufacture 25 cents Regulating, &c. according to the operation. * * * C. E. WHITLOCK will tell the time of a Negro Man—he is honest and sober, and has about 5 years and a half to serve. Enquire as above. June 15.
Received by the Indostan. From Madras, A SMALL invoice consisting of the following Coast Goods, viz. Blue Cloths Long Cloths, 14 punjums Do. do. brie Madras Handkerchiefs, and Book Mollins WILLING & FRANCIS. March 27.
WILLING & FRANCIS. March 27.
New Hat and Hosiery Store. Just Imported, In the ship William Penn and Star, from London, and now opening by WILLIAM M'DOUGAL , At his New Hat and Hosiery Store, No. 124, Market Street—An elegant assortment of silk, cotton and thread Stockings Silk, cotton and thread Gloves Puntalons, &c. &c. Likewise, a handsome assortment of men's women's, and children's fashionable Hats, suitable for the Season. A considerable quantity of low and middle priced Hats assorted in cases, intended for country stores. May 23.
The Commissioners FOR carrying into effect the sixth article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, concluded between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, on the 19th day of November, 1794, having this day constituted their Board, pursuant and agreeably to the said treaty, do hereby give notice, that they are ready to proceed to business accordingly; and that all such claims under the said article (which so far as the same describes the cases thereby provided for, is hereunto annexed) may be lodged with their Secretary without delay. They further desire that all such claims may not only state in what manner the several cases come within the description of the said article, but also specially set forth the nature of the evidence by which the claimants respectively undertake to substantiate the same. Extract from the said article, "Whereas it is alleged by divers British merchants, and others his Majesty's subjects, that debts to a considerable amount, which were bona fide contracted, before the peace, still remain owing to them by citizens or subjects of the United States; and that by the operation of various lawful impediments, since the peace, not only the full recovery of the said debts has been delayed, but also the value and security thereof have been in several instances impaired and lessened, so that by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the British creditors cannot now obtain and actually have and receive full and adequate compensation for the losses and damages which they have thereby sustained: It is agreed that in all such cases where full compensation for such losses and damages cannot for whatever reason be actually obtained, had and received by the said creditors in the ordinary course of justice, the United States will make full and complete compensation for the same to the said creditors: but it is distinctly understood, that this provision is to extend to such losses only as have been occasioned by the lawful impediments aforesaid, and is not to extend to losses occasioned by such insolvency of the debtors or other causes, as would equally have operated to produce such losses, if the said impediments had not existed; nor to such losses or damages as have been occasioned by the manifest delay, or negligence, or wilful omission of the claimant."
By order of the Board, GRIFFITH EVANS , Secretary. Philadelphia, Commissioners' Office, No. 3 South Sixth-street, May 29, 1797. 16—5 fm
THE SUBSCRIBER having been appointed by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, General Agent for all British creditors, and such particular agents as they may specially authorise, in prosecuting their claims before the Commissioners for carrying into effect the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, hereby gives notice that he has opened his office at his house the fourth east corner of Chestnut and fifth streets, Philadelphia, where he is ready to receive all claims or instructions for claims with the vouchers and documents thereof, for the purpose of bringing forward the same agreeably to the rules and orders which the board may think proper to prescribe. And as it will be for the interest of all concerned, that the several claims be so stated, and supported, as to prevent the delay which would arise from the necessity of obtaining further information, or additional materials, from persons residing at a distance, the general agent thinks it his duty to add, (for the direction chiefly of those, who, not having employed particular agents, may leave the prosecution of their claims to his charge and management) that all such claims ought in particular to set forth— 1st. The proper description and situation of the creditor or claimant, and original debtor, respectively. 2d. The date and nature of the original contract or debt. 3d. When, in what manner and to what extent, the creditor or claimant was prevented or impeded, by the provision, operation or defect of law, the decisions and practice of courts, or restraint of execution, from recovering payment of the debt in question. 4th. The loss and damage incurred or sustained, in consequence of such impediments, whether the same may have arisen from the insolvency, change of situation, or death of the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of time, or other causes impairing the value and security of the debt, which would not have been operated if such impediments had not existed. And 5th. The particular grounds and reasons on which the claimant maintains, in the terms of the treaty, that "by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the creditor cannot now obtain and actually have and receive full and adequate compensation" for the losses and damages so sustained. The general agent thinks it his duty further to suggest that the several claims ought to be accompanied and supported by the affidavits of the claimants duly sworn and regularly attested, both as to the existence of the debts claimed, and such other circumstances as may be within their own knowledge respectively. And wherever the claimants in stating the nature of their evidence (which must in every instance be the best of which the case is capable) have occasion to refer to the testimony of witnesses, it will be proper to apprise the general agent of the names and places of residence of such witnesses and the facts to be established by their testimony. Wm. Moore Smith. Philadelphia, June 8th, 1797. dim
For Sale. That well known place, called VANDERGRIFT'S FERRY , ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Philadelphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story stone house occupied as a tavern, and a good one story house kitchen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent ice House. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentleman's seat, commanding a view of the Neshannoy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Subscriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24.
FOR SALE. By Simon Walker , No. 122, SOUTH FOURTH STREET, GOLD and silver Watches Shot, common and patent Tin plates, Sheet Iron Bar and sheet Lead Copper sheets and bottoms Tanton Ale Ravens Duck Hairs in cases Wool Carls Claret Wine and Porter Bottles in hampers. July 1.
FOR SALE. By Simon Walker , No. 122, SOUTH FOURTH STREET, GOLD and silver Watches Shot, common and patent Tin plates, Sheet Iron Bar and sheet Lead Copper sheets and bottoms Tanton Ale Ravens Duck Hairs in cases Wool Carls Claret Wine and Porter Bottles in hampers. July 1.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company. July 10th, 1797. At a meeting of the President and Managers, a dividend of seven and a half dollars per share was declared for the last half year, which will be retained by the Managers for the purposes of paying the debts of the Company, as agreeable to a resolution of the Stockholders the 12th June last. TENCH FRANCIS , Treasurer. Extract from the Minutes of the Stockholders. June 12th, 1797. Resolved, That the subscription opened for one hundred additional shares of stock, conformable to a resolution of the 11th January, 1796, be now closed, and that the stock of the Company consist of twelve hundred instead of thirteen hundred shares. WM. GOVETT , Secretary. July 10.
Ross & Simson, Have for Sale, A QUANTITY of PRIME St. Domingo Cotton, Superior Old Lisbon Wine in Pipes Excellent India Market Teneriffe Wine, In Madeira Casks A few Quarter Casks best. Fresh Hylon and } TEAS Hylon Skin Muscovado Sugars in Hogsheads, and Coffee in Tierces. March 7.
Nathaniel Lewis & Son, Have for Sale at their Store, No. 70, adjoining George Latimer & Son, Pine-street Wharf, A Quantity of Madeira Wines In pipes and half pipes adird Walnuts and Citron, lately imported in the Schooner Sincerity, Capt. Copia Also, 25 Puncheons, second and third proof, West-India Rum, and a few Pipes of Brandy. They have constantly on hand and for sale, French Burr and Country Mill Stones of various sizes, and a general assortment of Building Cloths of the best quality, both American and Foreign manufacture. The former having proved, from several years experience of a number of millers in different parts of the United States at least equal, and in many instances superior to the European Cloths, we hope the manufacturer, Robert Dawson, will meet with liberal encouragement in this important and useful undertaking. He has obtained a patent and exclusive right of making and vending Building Cloths on his improved plan for a number of years, and they are sold only by himself in Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, and by the subscribers in Philadelphia. June 14.
LANDING From on board Schooner Daphne, captain G. W. Morfe, from Hispaniola, 61,000 wt. Sugar, 53,000 Coffee FOR SALE BY F. COPPINGER , No. 221, South Front-street, Who has also on hand, Claret in hds. and cases Rice A quantity of Bristol Bottles A case of Cambrics Cloths and Cassimeres. July 5.
A Literary Treat. Just published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price 1 dollar, A new edition of that popular and entertaining work, entitled THE FORESTERS , an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of John Bull, the Clothier—In a series of letters to a friend, with the addition of two letters, alluding to recent political transactions in America. The following extract from the Clavis Allegorica, shews the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England His Mother, the Church of England His Wife, the Parliament His Sister Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland Lewis, the Kingdom of France His Mistress, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Representation Lord Strutt, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic The Foresters, the United States of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire John Codline, Massachusetts Humphrey Plowshare, Connecticut Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peter Bull Frog, New-York Julius Cæsar, New-Jersey William Broadbim, Pennsylvania Cassimar, Delaware Walter Pipeword, Virginia His Grandson, George Washington Peter Pitch, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina George Truity, Georgia Ethan Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife, Kentucky Black Cat, Negro Slaves Rats, Speculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins This popular and entertaining satirical history of America is attributed to the Rev. Dr. BARNABAS. It has great share of originality and abounds with genuine humour. It is continued down to the present time, and characterises those late political transactions which have caused so much uneasiness in America. Sold by H. and P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 16, South Second Street, and No. 50, Market Street. June 16.
FOR SALE. By Simon Walker , No. 122, SOUTH FOURTH STREET, GOLD and silver Watches Shot, common and patent Tin plates, Sheet Iron Bar and sheet Lead Copper sheets and bottoms Tanton Ale Ravens Duck Hairs in cases Wool Carls Claret Wine and Porter Bottles in hampers. July 1.
NOTICE. THE holders of certificates of a loan to the citizens of the States of South Carolina and Georgia, under an act of Congress 23rd July, 1781, are informed, that by loosing the same with George Simpson, Cashier of the Bank of the United States, they will be enabled to receive payment of principal and interest, as soon as the certificates can be forwarded to Charleston for settlement, and orders received for their discharge. July 12.
FOR SALE. BRETAGNES in cases German Checks in do. Capricorn Matillas Osnabrigs Gold and silver Watches Window Glass to by 8 Glass Tumblers in cases Linseed Oil in casks, &c. &c. George Pennock , 103, High-Street. July 5.
To be sold, A large and convenient Three Story Brick House; SITUATE at the north-east corner of Arch and Fourth streets. It contains eighteen rooms—and is in every respect well finished. For particular enquiries of M. Kepple , No. 138, Chestnut-street. May 31.
Millinery Room, No. 136 Market-street. MISS CHASTAL TAKES an early opportunity of acquainting her Friends that she has received by the WILLIAM PENN , a variety of NEW MIL-LINERY, &c. which she hopes to be able to shew in a few days. May 18.
Town Lots. A TOWN named BEULA, one mile square, being laid out on the Blacklick Creek, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Lots therein of 58 feet by 125 feet are now selling at TEN DOLLARS each; their situation in the town to be determined by ballot before the first of August, and deeds for the same will be delivered by the subscriber before the first of October next. MORGAN J. RHEES , No. 177, South Second-street, Philadelphia. The purchasers of lots in BEULA have the following prospects of appreciating their property: 1. It is remote from any other town, and surrounded by great bodies of excellent land, capable of producing every kind of grain and vegetables, and is without doubt one of the best grazing countries in the United States. 2. In point of health the situation is not exceeded by any on the continent. 3. Besides numerous springs and runs, of the finest quality, there is a creek for water works (on which mills are now building) running through the town. 4. The public road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh will go through it, which being more level and nearer than any other route, must become universally travelled: aided by the navigation of Juniata and Conemaugh, goods may be conveyed at least 2 or 3 dollars per cwt. cheaper from the former to the latter place, than by the old road thro' Bedford. 5. Being in the centre of a flourishing settlement, and taking in the shortest passage between the eastern and western waters, it is likely to become a depot for stores, a manufacturing town, and a seat of justice. Besides the old settlers, upwards of one hundred emigrants have settled in the vicinity of Beula, since last October, and many more have engaged to join them this summer. 6. A Land-Office for supplying actual settlers with farms to a considerable amount, and in various situations, will be immediately opened in the town. The proprietors of land in the circumjacent country are solicited to send their drafts and terms of sale, or leasing, to THOMAS JONES , Surveyor, in Beula, who will give security for any trust reposed in him: with such co-operating aid, the progress of the settlement will be the more rapidly advanced and extended to distant townships. 7. A public library for the benefit of the settlers, will be established in the town, towards laying the foundation of which, upwards of one thousand volumes are already purchased and principally sent forward. 8. Two hundred acres of land adjoining the town, besides lots and subscriptions, will be applied to support a minister and preceptor, capable of teaching the useful and liberal arts. 9. After defraying necessary expenses, the money arising from the present sales will be laid out in public buildings—A place of worship, school house and library room, are the first objects. 10. Every professional man and mechanic, on condition of building a house with a stone or brick chimney, and residing in it, before the first of November next, will be entitled to four lots gratis, free for ever from ground rent. Five and ten acre lots may likewise be obtained on reasonable terms. The two central streets in Beula are 100 feet wide, and the others 80 feet. Reserved squares and other accommodations must add to the health and beauty of the place. July 6.
Now Landing, At Pratt's wharf, FROM on board the ship Thomas Chalkley, Capt. Raper, from Bourdeaux, CLARET in cases Ditto in cases White Wine Vinegar Red Skins in boxes For Sale by Rundle & Leech. May 15.
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street.
GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for some time past in preparations for removing into his present house, has been under the necessity of postponing until this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States, that his spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for sale, on terms that he trusts will entitle him to the like preference he has experienced for several years past. Catalogues, combining the most varied collection ever imported into this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27.

Last Exhibition IN the great Dining Room of Mr. M'Dougal, South Fourth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut-street, at 8 o'clock in the evening. The Automaton which has excited the admiration of the connoisseurs, will absolutely leave every their astonishment exercises, on Friday the 22d of this month. After the experiments of natural philosophy, the artificial lady will exhibit several fine works without powder or levers. Entrance half a dollar—Children half price. July 12. JAWT22
FOR SALE, The following Valuable Property. A VACANT LOT, situated on the east side of Third-street, between Shippen and Plumbe-streets, twenty one feet front by one hundred feet deep. A frame Tenement fifteen feet by nineteen feet, on the north side of Shippen-street between Third and Fourth-streets; the lot is one hundred feet deep, it is paved before the door, and great improvements are making in the street—the above is clear of ground rent and every other encumbrance—the house lets for thirty seven pounds ten shillings per annum. A frame Tenement eleven by sixteen feet, on the west side of Fifth-street, between Shippen and Plumbe-streets; the lot is ninety six feet deep, clear of every encumbrance except a ground rent of one hundred and ten shillings per annum; the house lets for thirty pounds per annum. A pair of dark brown Carriage Horses, one of which is an excellent Saddle Horse. For further particulars inquire of Samuel R. Franklin, No. 100, Lombard-street, corner of Fourth St. N. B. The above property will be sold for part cash and part dry goods. June 30. JAWT22
45,000 pieces of Nankeens 250 boxes brown Havannah Sugars Imperial Hyson Teas 17 tubs Quick Silver Sail Caves, No. 1 & 2 A large assortment of Nails, sharp and flat points Queens Ware, well assorted in crates and bids. London Particular and } Madeira Wines India Market Penseville Wine in bids and pipes Benedict London Porter in tiers Fine Yellow Paint, dry in cakes Writing Slates in boxes and bundles A box of Ink Stands and Note Presses Manchester Goods in chests 3 bunks black Sewing Silk 6 tons of Sheet Lead Bell Liverpool Coal, and A quantity of Wine Bottles For Sale by Philip Nicklin, & Co. June 22. JAWT22
Just Received. From Batavia (via Providence) 170 Sacks of Java Coffee of first quality 100 half sacks do. do. A few Boxes of Spices, consisting of Nutmegs, Cloves and mace For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penn-street. May 30. JAWT22
Advertisement. PURSUANT to an Order from the Orphans' Court, will absolutely be sold at PUBLIC SALE , at Cranberry, on Wednesday, the 23d day of August next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. all that valuable REAL ESTATE , late belonging to the Rev. Gilbert T. Snowden, deceased, lying in and near Cranberry, in the county of Middlesex, south of South Brunswick, state of New Jersey, up on the lower stage road leading from Philadelphia to New York. A very elegant frame house in a beautiful and healthy situation, painted white, with Venetian window shutters, thirty feet front and thirty eight feet deep, two rooms with a handsome hall or entry on the first floor, three rooms on the second floor and two and a half gabled rooms. In the rear of the house is an excellent two-story building 37 feet by 19, consisting of a dining room for work people, spacious pantries and a large kitchen, with every convenience, and over these are three chambers for servants. To the right is an additional building 18 feet front by 37 feet deep, consisting of a chamber below and a library above—under the whole are very fine cellars paved with brick and conveniently partitioned. The house is entirely new, built in a western style, and completely and elegantly finished. Every room is hung with bells that lead both to the kitchen and the servants' apartments: there is a pump of good water in the yard, and a fine and brick pavement round the whole house, which is enclosed with a handsome railing, with three gates in front. The farm consists of one hundred and sixty seven acres, with a proportion of woodland and meadow, under excellent fence; a garden with pale fence; a large barn, flanked by carriage-house, cow-house, &c. all new, and built in the best manner; with two orchards, one of 60 full grown trees, the other 20 young, and thriving, consisting of 200 best grafted fruit trees. Now adjoining said farm is a lot of Woodland, of the best quality, containing 37 acres. Also a tract of land within seven miles of Cranberry, and 1 of the Grog's roads, containing one hundred and fifty acres, three-fourths meadow and the rest excellent timber. This tract will be sold in lots on Thursday, the 24th day of August following, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on the premises if the weather permits, if not at the house of Mr. Withersill, Grog's Roads. For further particulars enquire of Nathaniel Hunt, Esq., Cranberry, of Mr. Isaac Snowden, Esq., No. 145 South Second Street, Philadelphia, or of Mr. Charles Snowden, Tenant Coffee House, New York, or of the subscribers. ISAAC SNOWDEN, Private JACOB FISHER, Cranberry } Administrators N. B. The sale of the above property was advertised for the 14th inst. but the Administrators were not able to get the two separate Tracts laid out into Lots, and other matters arranged, on account of the indisposition of one of them, it was therefore adjourned to the days above mentioned. JAWT22 June 19
LAW BOOKS, Latest London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 16, South Second, and No. 50, Market Street, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London and Dublin, their spring importation, consisting of a variety of the latest and most approved Law Books, which added to those already on hand, forms the most extensive collection ever offered for sale in this country. They therefore beg leave to notice, that from the nature of their connection in Dublin, they are enabled to sell Irish editions (as they have hitherto done) at the very lowest prices. The following are among the latest publications. Vesey, Junr's Reports in Chancery, 2 v. s. Peake's Cases at Nisi Prius; Ridgway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwicke; Floyd's Reports in Practice in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Barron's Treatise on a Suit in Equity; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions, 2 parts complete; Ward's Law of Nations; Cruise on Uses; modern Reports, 12 vols. London edition. H. and P. Rice expect to receive by the first arrival from New York the 6th vol. complete of Durnford and Hall's Reports, the 2d part of Gilbert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of new publications. June 26. JAWT22
Masters and Pilots bringing up Vessels from Foreign Ports to this City. Whereas sundry injunctions have lately been made on the laws of this state for the preventing pestilential or infectious diseases, either from ignorance or intention thereof, it is the expedient at this time to publish the following extracts from the laws of 22d April, 1794, 7th and 8th sections.
HEALTH OFFICE. June 6th, 1794. Extract of an act for securing the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases. SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, that every master or captain of any ship or vessel coming from any place actually employed in the coasting trade (excepted) and bound to any port or place within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, shall cause his ship or vessel to be brought to anchor, or otherwise lay in the stream of the river Delaware, opposite to the Health Office on State-Island aforesaid, and there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a certificate or bill of health from the Resident Physician. And if, previously to obtaining such certificate or bill of health, any master or captain shall suffer his ship or vessel to approach nearer than the said Health Office to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, cause or suffer to be landed, or brought on shore, at any place or port within this Commonwealth, any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise, or, if after receiving such bill of health or certificate, he shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to the Health Officer, such master or captain shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. And the captain or master of every ship or vessel shall send a safe and commodious boat to bring the physician on board, and shall in like manner convey him back to the Health Office, after he has concluded his official examination; and while he is making such examination, or in case any subsequent examination by the Health Officer or Consulting Physician, agreeably to the directions of this act, the master or captain shall expose or cause to be exposed to the search of the Resident Physician, or of the Health Officer or Consulting Physician (as the case may be) each and every part of the ship or vessel, and shall present to him view each and every person or persons on board thereof, and shall also true and satisfactory answers make to all such questions as the Resident Physician, at the time of examination shall ask relative to the health of any port or place from which the ship or vessel sailed, or his since touched at—the number of persons on board when the ship or vessel entered on her voyage—the number of persons that have since been landed or taken on board, and when and where respectively—what persons on board—if they have been during the voyage, or shall, at the time of examination, be infected with any pestilential or contagious disease—and what is the present state and condition of the persons on board with respect to their health or disease. And if any master or captain shall refuse to expose as aforesaid, to the search of any of the officers aforesaid, or if he shall conceal any sick person, or in any other manner deceive the proper officers aforesaid in his answers, such captain or master, for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. SECT. 8. And if any person or persons whatsoever (the Resident Physician, &c. excepted) shall go on board any vessel, before the master thereof has received a certificate of health in the manner directed, every person so offending, shall pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT being absolutely necessary that the foregoing sections should be punctiliously complied with, the subscriber, in compliance with his duty, must exact a rigorous observance of the same, or else be under the necessity of putting the laws in force. WM. ALLEN, Health Officer of the Port of Philadelphia. July 12. JAWT22
City Commissioners' Office, June 22, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the Select and common Councils, passed the 22d day of May last, appointing the city commissioners, and prescribing their duties, section 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five districts, each to be under the superintendence of one of the city commissioners, who is to be individually responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and are as follows. 1. District No. 1. From the south side of Cedar-street, to the north side of Spruce-street, under the superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north side of Spruce-street, to the north side of Walnut-street, under the superintendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north side of Walnut to the south side of High-street, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the north side of High-street, to the north side of Mulberry-street, under the superintendence of William Moulder. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the superintendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaning of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commissioners is held at the Old Court House, in High-street, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. JAWT22
Stands for Draymen, &c. In pursuance of an Ordinance from the Select and Common Councils, bearing date the 22d day of April, 1797, providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, &c. Sect. the 15th. The following places are fixed upon by the said City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-street, on both sides. Sassafras, High, Chestnut and Walnut-streets, eastward of Front-street, on the north side only. Mulberry-street, south side from Front to Third-street. Front-street, east side from Vine-street to Elfrith's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse alley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Water-street, west side from the north end of Stomper's or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Penn-street from Pine to Cedar-street, west side. Drawbridge, north side, east of Front-street. Spruce, Pine, and South Streets, east of Front street, south side. Dock-street, between Walnut-street and the flag stone crossings, east side, opposite George Orkley's. Second-street, between Sassafras and Vine streets, west side. Fifth-street, east side from Chestnut to Mulberry streets. Sassafras-street, from Third to Fourth-street, east side. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of any pump. STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north side from Fourth to Fifth streets. Fifth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, west. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. JAWT22
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, July 14.
A letter to Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of State, from the Chevalier de Fages, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Catholic Majesty, &c. dated July 11, 1797. SIR, YOUR additional report to the President of the United States of the proceedings of the officers of the king of Spain, in relation to the ports and the running of the boundary line, which I find published in all the newspapers, obliges me to trouble you with this letter. If your discussion of facts has been as correct and impartial as there was reason to expect, I should not have been under the necessity of undertaking this task; but the construction which you are pleased to put upon every act of the Spanish officers in general, and especially upon those in which I am personally concerned, compels me to observe upon several expressions, which I have noticed in your said report. You begin, Sir, with saying, "that altho' I had declared I had just reasons for suspecting an expedition from Canada "upper parts of Louisiana, yet I never had "mentioned a single fact or reason on which "my suspicion was founded."—In my letter of the 2d of March, I pointed out to you the probable route which the expedition would take, and in our conference of the 27th of February, I gave you information that a corps of 350 men had been raised at Montreal, and marched towards the Lakes, where, after the evacuation of the American forts, there was no ostensible object for them. I also told you that I knew that the British agents had treated with some of the Indian nations in that country, concerning the intended expedition, and I added that I had received those advices from a person who might be depended on, who had seen those new levies passing through Johnstown, on their way to the westward. But, even supposing that I had not entered into any particulars, even supposing that my information at that period was not complete, yet did not the interest and dignity of this government—did not its friendly connection with Spain, require that it should have taken every proper means to prevent the attempt we were threatened with, by giving suitable orders to general Wilkinson, or to the commanding officers of the military force on those frontiers? The absolute silence in this particular of the documents which accompany the report of the secretary of war, your never having communicated to me any determinate disposition on this point, as you do in your answer to my letter, which in the publication is marked No. VII. afford me sufficient grounds to fear that these precautions were omitted. You add, Sir, with a degree of candour difficult to be conceived, that from my not having given to you detailed information respecting the expedition, and from the answer which you received on the 19th ultimo, from the British minister, you believed my suspicions to be groundless. Is it possible, that any one will candidly imagine, that if the English intended to violate the territory of the United States, in order to effect a coup de main, they would be as ingenious in answering, as you were in asking their minister the question?
I shall not enter into all the observations which suggest themselves to my mind, from your having communicated to Mr. Litton the contents of my letters. I expected that the American government would have watched his motions, and taken the means which I have already mentioned to prevent the success of a similar enterprise; but I never could have imagined that you would have given to the British minister a piece of advice, which might enable him to alter his plan, by letting him know that the former one was discovered. By the line of conduct which you have pursued in this business, I am convinced, that had I communicated to you more particular details respecting this transaction, you would, with the same good-natured frankness, have given information of them to Mr. Litton. But, if you did believe that asking this question of the British envoy was the most efficacious means to prevent the violation of the neutrality of the United States, and the invasion of the Spanish territory, let me ask why you was so remiss in this measure, that although I had communicated this project to you, verbally on the 27th of February, and on the 2d of March, in writing, yet, in a matter obviously so urgent, you only wrote to the British envoy on the 28th of April, that is, two months afterwards? I shall not quit this subject, without taking the liberty of making to you one observation which is intimately connected with it. By the date of the letter I have just mentioned, it evidently appears that I gave you advice of this intended expedition on the 2nd of March, and that three days before, I had given you the same information verbally. I imagined from your known attention to business, and the importance of the subject, that you would have submitted it immediately to the consideration of the President of the United States. On the 9th of March, I had the honor of speaking to Mr. Adams, at his lodgings at Francis's Hotel, and mentioned this subject as a matter that I supposed him already fully informed of; and, it was with no small surprise I heard him say, that he knew nothing about it. I produced the map, which I had in my pocket-book, and he listened with great attention to all that I had to say to him. It was no doubt to this conference with Mr. Adams, that I was indebted to your answer of the 11th of the same month. I shall entirely abstain from putting any construction upon the reasons which induced you to omit making this communication to the President; but they must have been very powerful motives which could oblige you to remain so long silent on a matter of such importance.
You say, in the third paragraph of your report, on your asking me what measures Spain had taken in order to carry into execution that part of the treaty which relates to the withdrawing the garrisons, I answered you on the 12th of April, that I had been for some months without receiving letters from the baron, and consequently "was entirely ignorant of the steps which had been taken for the execution of the treaty."—From this expression, which, in order to draw attention, you place between inverted commas, you insinuate, an inference which in my opinion is very far from being true, when you add immediately afterwards—"Nevertheless, he had previously informed the baron of his suspicions of a projected expedition." What is this to prove, Sir? That the baron indeed had received my letters, but not that I had received his. The irregularity and uncertainty of navigation easily shews that your logic on this point is extremely false. In the fifth paragraph, after giving an account of my letter of the 27th ultimo, and of its object, you observe that I have omitted to mention, among the other complaints of the baron, that of Mr. Ellicott's not having given him notice of his arrival at Natchez. Permit me, Sir, to represent to you, that you have entirely mistaken what I had the honor of telling you on that occasion, for I simply mentioned, not as a complaint, but as a mere observation, that the baron, in the vigour, might not have considered Mr. Ellicott as an American Commissioner, for not having given him on his arrival official notice of his appointment, having merely informed him of it in the way of a confidential communication. You cannot be ignorant, Sir, that there are certain requisite formalities when nations treat with one another of their mutual concerns, which are not required between individuals. The baron, when he speaks in this manner, clearly points out his meaning, that, besides the confidential letter, the communication of which you consider as so important, no doubt he expected another official one, including his Commission; Authority, or some other document, to ascertain the identity of the person, and the object of his mission. When, on my arrival in this country, I had not yet preferred my credentials to the President, although I had delivered to you a copy of them, you might, in the vigour, not have recognized me as the Envoy Extraordinary of the King my master, for want of having complied with that necessary requisite of the established etiquette. I do not mean to say that in the present case it was absolutely necessary to go through a similar formality; nor did the baron mention this but as a mere matter of observation, which was not to affect the object in question; although you, thinking that it affords you a victorious argument, are pleased to give to this circumstance an importance which it does not deserve. Besides, Sir, I might observe to you, that when, after a mixed and desultory conversation upon various subjects, I had collected and methodized my ideas, and committed them to writing, your answer and observations ought to have been confined to the written communication, clothed with all the necessary formalities; but neither do I wish to make of this an object of discussion. The proof which you give in the sixth paragraph of your report, to shew that it is not certain that Mr. Ellicott intended to get possession of Natchez by surprise, and that for that purpose he had endeavoured to gain over the inhabitants, is merely negative. From your examination of the two persons you mention, you had very little to expect: The circumstance alone of their being the bearers of Mr. Ellicott's dispatches, points out that they were both in his confidence; and it may be presumed without temerity, that being his friends, or employed under his orders, they would hardly make a denunciation that might be prejudicial to him. Governor Gayoso declares that he has proofs of the facts in his power. I shall not fail to apply to him for them, and perhaps I may one day speak to you more positively on this business. After having discussed the history of these transactions with all the force and accuracy which result from these observations, you assure with a very ill-grounded confidence, that upon a view of the whole it appears that his Majesty's Governors on the Mississippi, have, on various pretences, postponed the running of the boundary line, and the evacuation of the posts. But I appeal to that candour which you have so generously shown to the British Minister, that you may tell me, whether it can be called a pretence, that the Baron de Carondelet, who was entrusted with the safety of Louisiana, refused to carry into execution a pretension that was not stipulated for by the treaty? By the second article it is only agreed that the garrisons shall be withdrawn; and as I had the honor of presenting to you in my letter of the 24th ultimo, it is not to be presumed that it could ever have been the intention of his Catholic Majesty to deliver up fortifications, which, besides that they have cost him considerable sums of money, may be the effect of political vicissitudes, be one day prejudicial to his subjects. If not to do what was stipulated for, and the execution of which would be contrary to the interests of Spain, is a pretence, we must confess that, is a very plausible one. With respect to the line of demarcation, it appears by the correspondence and letters of the Baron de Carondelet, which are in my possession, that although he entertained the same doubts which were suggested by Governor Gayoso, respecting the posts, yet he was contenting, that the astronomical observations should be begun upon, for which purpose the Engineer Mr. de Guillemand had already arrived at the Natchez, with all the instruments and apparatus.—Such was the situation of things when my communication respecting the intended expedition got to hand; from that moment imperious necessity, and the great principle of self-defence, made his Catholic Majesty's officers turn their thoughts to objects of a more urgent nature. Mr. Ellicott's letter,
and the late detected conspiracy, evince how far their conduct in this respect was necessary; and you, Sir, possess as you were, of all the facts, when you laid them before the President, ought to have been one of the last to have stigmatized the motives with the epithet of pretexts . So palpable an attempt to make groundless and unfair impressions on the public mind, is well calculated to defeat its own ends, and appears still more extraordinary when we consider that the American Government is in every way anxious, by its own confession, to maintain peace and harmony with Spain. Nor do your ill-founded insinuations stop here: Sentiments and expressions still more violent, flow from that same halcyon pen.—You say in another part, that there is but too much reason to believe Mr. Ellicott's suspicions well founded, that an undue influence has been exercised over the Indians by the Officers of his Catholic Majesty, to prepare them for a rupture with the United States. Fortunately, Sir, you have told us the source whence you derived all those dreadful conjectures of yours; otherwise, perhaps, the weight and authority which your high official character stamps upon whatever you write or say, might make an undue impression on the public. You acknowledge, Sir, that it was a private letter of Mr. Sargent's (Secretary of the North Western Territory) that gave rise to your families: We shall now see what the letter lays. [No. 14.] Extract of a letter from Winthrop Sargent, Esq. Secretary of the North Western Territory, to the Secretary of State, dated Cincinnati, June 3d, 1797. General Wilkinson sending off an express, I seize the occasion to transcribe for you some paragraphs from a western letter. "The Spaniards are reinforcing their upper posts on the Mississippi considerably.—General Howard, an Irishman, in quality of Commander in Chief, with upwards of three hundred men, is arrived at St. Louis, and employed in erecting very formidable works. It likewise appears through various channels, that they are inviting a great number of Indians of the territory to cross the Mississippi; and for this express purpose, Mr. Lorimier, an officer in the pay of the Crown, made a tour through all this country last fall, since which time several Indians have been seen on the same errand, and generally furnished with plenty of cash to defray their expenses. "A large party of Delawares passed down on White River about the 6th of May, on their way to the Spanish fort,—bearing the national flag of Spain, some of them from Saint Louis. "They (the Spaniards) have above the mouth of the Ohio, on the Mississippi, several row-galleys with cannon." Now, Sir, what inference can be drawn from that letter? Why, that the Spaniards have fortified San Luis, and availed themselves of every means of defence that the country afforded. But let me ask you, Sir, against whom it is that they were thus preparing to defend themselves? Surely the documents which you have laid before the President, and the momentous business which now engages the attention of Congress, and agitates the public at large, afforded a complete and satisfactory answer. I mentioned to you, in my letter of 2d March, that the object of the British was to attack Upper Louisiana, and take San Luis and New Madrid, by surprise. It will not be questioned, that prudence required of us, at that juncture, to fortify the threatened points. This, Sir, was all we did; and this, Sir, you knew many months past, yet Mr. Sargent's letter, which in substance says no more, fills you all at once with fears, and foresees apprehensions, and makes you declare in the face of the American people, "that the Spanish officers are exciting the Indians to a rupture with us." No one will say, that preparations for our self defence were not necessary on our part. The assurance given you by the British Minister, with all the appearance of a confidential communication, but without any signature, did not inspire the servants of his Catholic Majesty with the same blind confidence which it produced in you. We know from daily experience how religiously the British nation observes the rights of neutrality. Witness the American sailors! Witness the republic of Genoa, in whose port they attacked and made prize of the French frigate La Molette, as she lay at anchor there. Witness the inhabitants of Trinidad, when the British, though then in Amity with them, entered their capital with drums beating, and colours flying, in pursuit of a few French, who had taken refuge there. These and other instances of the sort too numerous to be recapitulated, make us less credulous on the score of Great Britain's respect for the rights of neutrality than you appear to have been. As to those tender considerations which actuated the British Minister to reject the plan on account of the inhumanity of calling in the aid of the Indians, I did expect that such vague unauthenticated declarations, would have been appreciated as they deserved by you, Sir, who fought in the glorious cause of American Independence, who witnessed the humanity of their conduct in the course of that war, and who cannot be ignorant of what has happened since. Your ascribing hostile views to the preparations for our self-defence, cannot, Sir, have been matter of much surprise to me, after having heard a certain member of Congress, who is known to be the organ of the will of administration, declare in that house that he ascribed to the same motives the preparations we were making for the defence of Florida, though probably he was not ignorant, at the very time of their real object. Thus, then, Sir, according to your mode of reasoning, and that of the gentleman I have just alluded to, though we were certain of being attacked, and though we were not certain that the American government had taken the proper measures for protecting

its neutrality, yet we were to adopt no measures for our defence, but tamely suffer his Majesty's forts and possessions to be taken, and all this for fear of creating ill-founded suspicions in your minds!
If you have not been very successful Sir, in the solidity of your reasonings, you appear not to be more so in the method of following them. After having denounced us to the whole American nation as stirring up the Indians against the United States, and preparing them for a rupture, you fall into the most glaring inconsistency in the following paragraph:
Whether this plan of exciting the Indians to direct hostilities against the United States, has been contemplated and provided by any of our own citizens, it may be difficult to say; but that one or more of those citizens have proposed and taken measures to detach the Southern Indians from the interests of the United States, and to destroy the influence of the public agents, over those nations, and thus to defeat the great objects of their appointment, the chief of which is to preserve peace, is certain.
I again appeal here, Sir, to your generous candor. How is it possible to reconcile such evident contradictions? On the one hand the Spanish officers are those who excite the Southern Indians against the United States, and on the other you quickly follow presuming, with sufficient foundation in my opinion, that it may be some citizens of the United States. But although you might entertain any doubts yourself on the subject, which I am sure no person in America will after reading Mr. Blount's letter, did not this very same doubtful case and uncertainty, require in your situation more circumspect language? And if even in this case you appear to have gone beyond what found policy, the tranquility and interest of the United States required how much more unjust are your insinuations against Spain, when the public papers, in Mr. Blount's letter, a document by which they can see, that if the manoeuvres with the Indians were not favourable to the United States, they were precisely combined to attack the Spaniards? From this method of reasoning of yours, it appears as if the Spaniards were jointly with Mr. Blount, stirring up the Indians to attack themselves.
Respecting the last article of your report, I have only to observe, that although you have constantly assured me that government had not the least information respecting the subject of my representations, and although the letter of Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, appears to coincide with your ideas, nevertheless time has shown that I have complied with my duty by not repeating on such assurances. The plot is discovered, and nobody any longer doubts that the expedition was to have taken place.
After having followed you step by step through the various points of your report to the President, I shall make a short compendium of such as arise from this letter, from which it results.
1. That on the 27th of February, I gave you sufficient particulars respecting the intended expedition, to have attracted the attention of this government.
2. That although to this verbal communication, I added another in writing on the 2d of March, the President had not the least knowledge of it on the 9th of the same month, and that without doubt you must have had very powerful motives to prevent you from communicating it to him.
3. That it does not appear by the documents presented by the Secretary of War, that Government had given orders to the military commanders to cause the territory and neutrality of the United States to be respected.
4. That you made to the English Minister a communication, which in my opinion you ought not, and that even if you thought it necessary, you delayed doing it for two months, that is, from the 27th of February to the 28th of April, although it respected a most urgent and important object.
5. That the Baron de Corondelet could very well have received my letters, without its necessarily following that his had come to hand.
6. That the Baron did not represent Mr. Ellicott's not writing to him officially as a complaint, but as an observation, and that in fact he never has done it in those terms.
7. That the proofs you allege to exculpate Mr. Ellicott, respecting his intentions of taking the Fort of Natchez by surprise, are purely negative.
8. That it is not merely pretences, but very powerful reasons, which have impeded the evacuation of the Posts, and the running of the Boundary Line.
9. That the insinuations with which you are willing to persuade the American People that our arming is directed against them, are unjust as well as unfounded, as by Mr. Blount's letter it is clearly demonstrated to be a precaution for the mere purpose of defence.
10. That you evidently contradict yourself, when on one hand you are pleased to attribute to us the movements of the Indians, and in the very next paragraph you shew it might proceed from American citizens, as it actually does according to Mr. Blount's letter; and that he acted with the knowledge and intelligence of the very same British Minister, in whose private notes, without signatures, and perhaps not of his hand writing, you place such implicit confidence.
11. That although in all your official communications, you have always manifested to me that the American government knew of nothing which indicated any foundation for my suspicions, Mr. Blount's letter clearly proves that I was perfectly in the right.
I have thus fulfilled a very disagreeable duty. Always desirous to contribute to strengthen the bands of friendship which unite Spain and America, and to which their situation, their wants and resources, invite them, I have been with the most profound grief, that the language and tenor of your communication to the President, is not, in my opinion, calculated to promote to defen-
nable an object to us all. For my part, although I shall leave nothing undone, to cement the union and harmony with a nation which I respect; neither shall I ever suffer the interests of the king, my master, in any case whatever, to be sacrificed to an unjust partiality.
I pray God to preserve you many years. Your most obedient humble servant, CARLOS MARTINEZ DE YRUJO. Philadelphia, July 14, 1797.
By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, July 13. [We yesterday received New Providence papers—they contain nothing important.] NASSAU, June 9.
This forenoon the town was alarmed by fire, which broke out in the roof of a wood-out-house on Dr. Gray's lot on the bay. Very fortunately the fire was immediately discovered; and the prompt exertions of the inhabitants, aided by the masters and crews of the shipping, prevented its spreading further than the building in which it first broke out. The inhabitants are much indebted to the American captains and sailors for their very animated services on this occasion.
June 10. General Simcoe, we understand, has introduced a much more economical system in St. Domingo, than was before known there in the British military departments.
BOSTON, July 10. The last accounts from the Mediterranean, are greatly afflictive to the American merchants and public. The depredations on our commerce there, have assumed a new degree of turpitude and audacity. The laws of nations, the rights of treaties, and every principle of justice, good faith, and even humanity, are violated and prostrated without remorse, and without shame. By the arrivals since our last, and by recent letters, we have accounts of the capture and condemnation of many American vessels by the French and Spanish, even when bound to and from Spanish ports, and laden wholly with Spanish and American produce, and bona fide owned by citizens of the United States.
The pretences for these condemnations are the most frivolous, arbitrary, and unjust; the want of papers, unknown to the American laws, and customs, is made the pretence in some instances—the possession of the same papers is made the cause of condemnation in others. If the right of property is precarious, the vessel and cargo is sequestered—if proved American property, it is condemned as such. No claim is allowed—no argument admitted—the French consular jurisdiction is supreme, in Spain; and its decrees, like the ancient, but less arbitrary laws of the Medes and Persians, are irrevocable. The Captains of American vessels at Alicante, have been told by the French Consul there, that although the vessel and cargo should be known to be American; and although he should be satisfied that they were bound direct from Spain to the United States, yet if captured and brought in, he should instantly condemn them—and his threat has in many instances been fulfilled. Such being the situation of the Captains charged with American vessels in Spain, they were necessitated to apply to the British Admiral at Gibraltar, and request from him a convoy to protect them from the piracies of a nation with whom the United States are at peace; who instantly complied with their request; and at the risk of losing one of the frigates of his squadron, convoyed fifteen sail of American vessels to latitudes free of danger from the Gallic pirates.
We must refer our readers to our articles of port news, and to the following letter, received via Lisbon, for the detail of these enormities. How long the United States is patiently to bear such reiterated insult and illusage, is not for us to predict!
Extract from a letter written by Captain William S. Plummer, of the brig Telemachus, to Robert Montgomery, Esq. American Consul at Alicante. dated Carthagena, May 20, 1797.
Sir, You no doubt must have been a spectator of my capture off your harbour, in company with capt. Crust, in the Pomona, captain Atwood in the Abigail, and capt. Muckford in the brig —, of Salem—we were all taken by three French privateers, and arrived at this port yesterday at 11 o'clock—are all confined on board our vessels, our papers taken from us, and have not liberty to go on shore. What will be the event, God only knows. Your presence here may be of service to us, and I most earnestly request you to proceed to this place, if your health will admit, immediately after the receipt of this letter; I do not yet know that I shall be permitted to send it, if possible, I shall forward it by express.
Sunday Morning, May 21. Since writing the above I am allowed to go on shore—have passed an examination on board one of the privateers and from the treatment I have received from the French Consul, I expect no mercy—have only time to intreat you again to lose no time in coming here, and remain with respect, your humble servant.
WILLIAM S. PLUMMER. Robert Montgomery, Esq.
American vessels at Alicante, May 22, 1797, waiting to know the fate of the vessels carried to Carthagena.
Ship Sarah, Hopkins, Boston; ship John and Martha, Knapp, Newburyport; Sifters, Cogshall, Boston; brig Venus, Tolman, New-York; ship Maria, Eldridge, Charleston, S. C.
French cruisers laying in the mouth of the harbour, avowedly waiting for the above vessels.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
The following letter must be interesting to those American merchants who trade to the Mediterranean, as it indicates the appearance of another enemy in that quarter. It was communicated by Mr. Winlow of this town, who is supercargo on board a Swedish ship bound for this place, to capt. Ross, who arrived since our last from Alicante, with a desire that it might instantly be made public. It will be recollected that the United States have not yet effected a treaty with Tunis, and the arrangement spoken of was a trade made about the time Mr. Barlow effected a treaty with Tripoli—As the Dey of Algiers is a real friend to the United States, it is hoped his action in our favor will be successful—Here follows the letter, &c.
Leghorn, 24th March, 1797. JOHN MATHIEU, Esq. Naples. DEAR SIR, I came here the 8th current, and found letters from Algiers purporting the hostile intentions of the Bey of Tunis to the United States, having declared he would not accede to the arrangement made in October last—the consequence is, open hostilities on his part. You would therefore do well to caution such Americans as are at your port, against his cruisers. Mr. Barlow at the same time tells us, he flatters himself, the matter will soon be accommodated, as the Dey of Algiers has undertaken the affair. With great respect, your most obedient, JOS: DONALDSON, Jun. [Mr. J. M. MATHIEU is the American Consul at Naples. The vigilance of Mr. DONALDSON is well known.]
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, July 14.
APPOINTMENTS BY AUTHORITY. Sylvanus Bourne, Vice-Consul at Amsterdam, to the office of Consul-General of the U. S. for the Batavian Republic. John Beeldemaker, of Rotterdam, Consul for that port. We understand, that Mr. Gerry accepts the appointment of Envoy Extraordinary to France, and is making preparations for his voyage. [Boston Paper.]
The Committee of the House of Representatives, on Mr. Blount's Conspiracy, consists of Messrs. Sitgreaves, Baldwin, Harper, Bayard, and Dawson.
The following paragraphs have appeared in several papers:—
"Doctor Romaine has been brought to town from New-York, with his papers. It is said he questions the authority of the Committee."
"It is found, either by his papers or those of Mr. Blount, that the attack was to be made on Louisiana, about the middle of this month. There was to be a co-operation by sea."
REMARK. It would have been candid in the editors who published the above (tho' perhaps it might not have answered their purpose) to have informed their readers whether the plan was concurred in by the British, or is merely the proposal of the conspirators.
At the festival of the 4th July in Hartford, the following toast was drunk, "May the Democrats never suffer a worse evil, than to govern themselves on their own principles."
COMMUNICATIONS.
Garrison, who commands the privateer which took the ship Nancy in the bay of Delaware, is a naturalized citizen of Maryland. He took the oath of allegiance about five years ago, before Judge Chase. Of such citizens we have many.
ADMIRAL Jervis's Fleet.
Extract of an official dispatch of Don Joseph de Cordova, Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Spanish fleet, to Don Juan de Langara the Spanish Minister of Marine, relative to the action between the British and Spanish fleets, off Cape St. Vincent's, on the 14th February last. (From the Madrid Gazette)
CADIZ, March 2.
"As soon as the English fleet was discovered, I ordered the squadron under my command to form itself into a line of battle; but the ships El Principe, Le Regla and L'Oriente remained so much to the leeward as to be unable to form the line, without running the risk of being cut off by the enemy, who made up to us in good order, and growing fail, as much as possible. I stationed them on the rear of the line, except the L'Oriente, which remained to the leeward of the enemy."
"The firing began at three quarters after ten o'clock, A. M. between the first ship of our rear which preceded La Santissima Trinidad so that the centre and the van took no part in the action."
"At this period I made signal to the van to tack about, to make up to the enemy; but most of the ships being not able to hear my orders, I considered the loss of El Principe, Le Regla, and the rest of the rear-guard, certain."
"In another movement, which I ordered to double, and bring into action the combat with the centre and the advanced guard, the Santissima Trinidad came astern, and within musket-shot of the enemy's line, and sustained the whole of their fire."
"When the headmost ship of the English had passed through our rear, they tacked a bout; five or six other ships did the same, doubled us, and presented themselves on the other tack, keeping up a most vigorous fire. Having foreseen this manoeuvre from the beginning of the action, I gave orders to the headmost ships to wear to the leeward of the enemy's rear-guard; & had this been practicable, the enemy would have been between two fires."
"The English, after their last manoeuvre, directed all their efforts against La Santissima Trinidad, that remained to the leeward; but El Salvador del Mundo, El San Josef, El Soberano, and El San Nicholas, having, by my orders, fallen back to the rear, the signal was given at two o'clock, P. M. to bear up, crowd sail, and attack in all points. La Santissima Trinidad, El San Josef, El Mexicano, El San Nicolas, and El San Isidro, alone held out the combat, with the whole Fleet of the enemy: Being at last dismasted and shattered,
resources, the same want of foresight, as to the inevitable result of the present hostilities. They are blind to the power of France, and will not see how greatly that power has increased by her alliances. We do not want war with you, but your abandonment of the principles of the modern law of nations by a formal treaty has indisposed us much; it has excited a mixture of contempt and indignation."
"Common report informs us that Mr. Hamilton is soon to usher into light a production, of which he has been laying the foundation since 1783 and of which Pacificus and Camillus have been but trifling specimens. [We imagine the allusion is to Pickering's letter to Pinckney.] He is to prove in it that the alliance between France and America, has been a dark conspiracy from the beginning; (George the third, was of this opinion also, and on this account Lawrence was confined in the tower, which he would have left for the scaffold, if ulterior events had not favoured him) that none but rascals can be the partisans of that alliance; that the conduct held towards France was such as they should have expected; and that this republic of scoundrels should be sent a packing; and a close union should take place with England; that the executive directory are a set of fools, and will be too lucky if they are suffered to gain the good offices of the new allies by condescension."
"I with Mr. Hamilton much satisfaction and to his readers the greatest pleasure; in the mean time we shall set about soundly beating our enemies in Europe, as a prelude to an honorable and advantageous peace, and then we shall turn our attention to the conduct of your government. We shall see whether they will persist in their departure from the principles of the modern law of nations—if they do, the lucrative commerce they have with our islands, I foresee will be cut off."
The only thing worth notice in the foregoing article, is the modesty and decency of the introduction. It is a sample of that insolence which we should fatally experience, were the hopes of the nefarious atheistical faction to be realized, who are now busily employed in fabricating lies and slanders against our government. It is a direct attack on the freedom of the press; for it ought never to be forgotten, that the freest and most pointed remarks on the French revolution, which have appeared in the gazettes of this country, were copied from French papers; and first published in Paris.
Bache says "the letter is not of a very recent date, but it is from a good quarter," and is from "information more to be depended on, [by our administration] probably, than that usually communicated to them by their agents in Europe." Our agents in Europe are known, our government publishes their information with their NAMES, but who or what are the correspondents of this editor? Condescend, great Sir, to inform us, that the people may judge fairly. Those of our readers who have condemned themselves to the reading of the Aurora, will recollect the several articles in this pretended extract, more at large in the paragraphs of that paper, published only last winter, particularly that respecting Mr. Pickering's letter to Mr. Pinckney. It was repeatedly asserted, with a front of brazen falsehood, that Mr. Hamilton was the author of that letter.
NEW CAUSES OF WAR!!!
FROM THE AURORA. From the following extract of a letter from Paris, to the Editor, a hint may be taken by our administration, on information more to be depended on, probably, than that usually communicated to them by their agents in Europe. If they chuse to improve the hint, they are welcome to it. At any rate it may serve to warn the citizens in America as to what they are to expect in consequence of the perfidious conduct of their public servants towards France; and also the share which certain papers in the interests of the administration here, have had in fomenting the discontents of France to this country.
The letter is not of a very recent date, but it is from a good quarter.
"I read the other day a piece in the Gazette of the United States, which proves, that your government still encourages abuse against this country. Among other proofs of stupid malignity, of which the article was made up, it was said, that our national institute, was not equal to the academy of Princeton; and that we were a people of rascals and atheists. I know not whether your government believes it a means of reforming harmony to authorize as much as in them lies, invectives, such as our enemies alone dare utter, by encouraging the papers containing them, and thus actually paying for insulting the republic. I cannot conceive what the federal government would be at; but of this I am convinced that they are sacrificing, as they have been doing all along, since the beginning of this war, your plainest interests. They still exhibit the same ignorance of our
they were forced, same to strike, and the rest to cease the action—La Santissima Trinidad was all the evening raked by a three decker and three frigates; though she had 200 men killed or wounded, and all her rigging destroyed, she still fought during a whole hour, when the San Pablo, Pelayo, La Regla, El Principe having come to her assistance, the English retreated, carrying along with them, El San Josef, El Salvador del Mundo, El San Isidro, and San Nicholas, which had struck to them.
"I gave orders to remain in the same order of battle all night long, and to repair the damage which each ship had sustained."
"Few of my ships were absolutely able to come to action; I did, not therefore, think it proper to pursue the enemy; who, at three o'clock P. M. were still E. S. E. of us, and I ordered the fleet under my command to steer South East, to double Cape St. Vincent's."
LEXINGTON, (Ken.) June 14.
We are credibly informed by a gentleman who returned from New Orleans last Sunday by land, that two vessels which had arrived there from New-York, or some one of the Eastern ports, had been permitted to dispose of their cargoes, during which time an embargo had been laid; however, they were shortly after permitted to depart, but before they proceeded any distance below Orleans, they were seized and prevented from proceeding on their voyage. Two other American vessels had been brought in there as prizes, one of which was laden chiefly with logwood; after the cargo was landed, the vessel was set up at public sale, and purchased by the Governor, who had her fitted out with 40 guns and 250 men, and sent off on a cruise.
There are now lying at the mouth of the Ohio, seven Row-Galles, completely armed, belonging to the Spaniards.
THE Public are respectfully informed, that there will be no performance at the New Theatre until further notice. July 14.
Federal-Street Theatre.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Trustees of the Boston Theatre, will receive Proposals from any person, or company, for the lease of the Theatre in Federal-Street, for a term not exceeding five years.
Also, to be let, The Dwelling House part of the same building, and the cellar under the same. For terms of lease, inquire of THOMAS BARTLETT, Pro's Clk. Boston, July 5.
CARD.
SYLVANUS BOURNE, Consul General of the United States to the Batavian Republic, begs leave hereby to make known to his friends and others, that he has lately established a Commission House at Amsterdam, under the firm of LANGE and BOURNE, by whom all orders for the sale and purchase of merchandise and of the various public Stocks of the United States, for the negotiation of loans, &c. will be attended to with promptitude and fidelity, and on the most reasonable terms. July 14.
20 bbls. of New England Rum,
FOR SALE BY Samuel Breck, jun. No. 89, South Third-street. July 14.
CAUTION.
WHEREAS RICHARD LAKE has been attempting to sell a certain messuage or tenement and lot of ground, situated on the fourth side of Vine-street, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in breadth, on Vine-street, sixteen feet, and in depth, southward, seventy five feet, bounded on the north side by Vine-street, on the east by ground late of Samuel Rhodes and Sarah his wife, on the south by ground late of John Pemberton, and on the west by another lot then about to be granted to Joseph Hulings—This is therefore to caution all persons against purchasing the above described property, the same having been mortgaged by the said Richard Lake to William Spade. July 14.
SARAH SPADE.
July 14.
A Special Meeting
OF the American Philosophical Society will be held at their Hall this evening, at 7 o'clock. July 14.
THE Members of the Society of the Sons of St. George, established at Philadelphia, for the Advice and Assistance of Englishmen in Distress, are requested to attend a Quarterly Meeting of the said Society, at the City Tavern, on Monday the 24th of July, at 7 o'clock in the Evening. GEORGE DAVIS. N. B. Several Members to be balloted for. July 14.
Insurance Company of North America.
THE Dividend for the last half year, declared by the Directors this day, is one dollar on each share of the Stock of this Company; which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their representatives duly authorized to receive it, at any time after the 20th inst. EBEN HAZARD, Sec'y. July 10.
George Dobson,
No. 25 South Third-Street.
HAS imported per ships William Penn, Star, and Diana, from London, 5-4-8 Super London Chintz, elegant patterns, Gingham, Mullinets and Dimities. Fashionable Washings, newest patterns. Ribbands well assorted, in small trunks. 4-4 5-4 and 6-4 India and British Book-muslins. Fancy Cloaths and Cassimers. The whole to be disposed of cheap for Cash or approved Notes of a short date. June 14, '97.
WINDOW GLASS,
Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in the City.
OF VARIOUS SIZES,
From 8 by 6 to 19 by 14.
By the single Box or Quantity, may be had, at the Store of the Subscribers, corner of Arch and Front-street. James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. Philadelphia, June 29, 1797.