Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1798-10-25 00:00:00

REMOVAL.
THE office of the Secretary of the Commission...
Those concerned are informed that, notwithstanding...
Letters and inclosures post-paid will be duly attended to by.
A French Classical & Mathematical SCHOOL.
WILL be opened on Monday the 22d, instant...
AVIS AUX FRANCOIS:
Messrs Chandler et Smith ont l'honneur...
GEORGE DAVIS,
TAKES this opportunity of informing...
LAW BOOKS,
he ever imported, or that was ever imported into...
Bank of Pennsylvania,
WHEREAS the Hon. at present occupied...
By order of the Board,
JONATHAN SMITH, cashier.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTE last night, a second time, from...
By order of the Board,
W. W. BURROWS Major Com. of the Marine Corps.
A Young Woman from England
would with to engage with a lady, in the capacity...
By order of the Board,
C. READ, Commissioner first named.
Reading, Sept. 3, 1798.
STAMPS.
Pursuant to the Act of Congress, passed...
By order of the Board,
C. READ, Commissioner first named.
Reading, Sept. 3, 1798.
Canal Lottery, No. II.
Considerably more than Half Drawn.
Drawn 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-100.
WILLIAM BLACKBURN'S Lottery...
and Bricker's office, No. 64 South Second-Street...
where check-books are kept for examination and...
registering in this, City of Washington No. 2...
and Paterson Lotteries, and information where...
Tickets may be had in most of the Lotteries au-
thorized by law in any of the States of the
Union.
STATE OF THE WHEEL.
One Prize 10,000 dollars 10,000
Five 4,000 20,000
Two 2,000 4,000
Nine 1,200 10,800
Nineteen 500 9,500
Forty-five 200 9,000
With a full proportion of the one hundred
and of the fifty dollar prizes—the price of tick-
ets will soon rise, particularly on account of the
five 4,000 dollar prizes that remain in the wheel
until the last day of drawing.
Note, the business of a Broker duly at-
tended to in all its branches at the above office
may 24
W. KITT
FOREIGNERS
MAY, by virtue of an act passed at November
session 1791, hold by deed, or by will, lands
in that part of Maryland called the district of Co-
lumbia; and the same may be transmitted to, and
inherited by their heirs, &c. as if they were citi-
zens.
Within the district of Columbia, upon the east-
ern branch of Potomac, opposite square No.
122, and 123 in the city Washington, are 360
acres of refined wood land for sale. Its advan-
tages are numerous, possessing three or five elegant
heights, many fine springs, and an abundance of
timber, principally white oaks. For a week or
ship yard, no position can boast of equal benefits,
having two coves, with narrow entrances, from
which at an easy expence, tide water might be
excluded, and docks sunk, large enough to re-
ceive vessels of any size.
Wishing to retain an interest in the property, I
would prefer selling an undivided half or three
eighths.
GEORGE BRENN.
For terms apply to Mr. Charles Minifie, Union
Street, Philadelphia, or Mr. Robert Walsh, Balti-
more. July 23.
CASTOR OIL.
Is much wanted; Those who have
it to dispose of will meet a ready sale
by applying to any of the Apothecaries.
Madeira Wine.
A few pipes of remarkably fine MADEIRA WINE
fit for immediate use, and at a reduced price—For
sale by
JAMES YARD
July 26.
The Health Office is kept open night and
day, at the City Hall, where every necessary
convenience is procured for removing the sick
and burying the dead.
WILLIAM ALLEN.
Health Office, September 29.
Relief of the Poor.
THE undermentioned persons are ap-
pointed by concurrent resolutions of the
boards of managers of the Marine and City
Hospitals and guardians of the poor for the
purpose of relieving such of their fellow citi-
zens whose situations render it improper
for them to remove to the encampments.
John Kehr, Peter Barker,
Thomas Allison, John James,
Edward Garrigue, Thomas Savery,
Stephen Mansfield, Rhea Kings,
Nathan A. Smith, Paschal Hollingsworth,
Daniel Doughby, John Teas.
By order of the board of Managers of
the Marine and City Hospital.
Wm. JONES, President.
Augst.
Timothy Paxton, Clerk.
By order of the board of Guardians of
the poor.
PETER MIERCKEN, President.
THE committee appointed by the above
resolution for the relief of such persons,
whose situations render it impracticable to
remove their families to the tents, being ready
to enter upon the important duties of
their appointment; inform the public that
they will meet on the 2d, 4th and 6th days
of each week, from 3 to 6 o'clock, at the
Senate Chamber in the State House, where
the indigent of the above class will be re-
lieved, upon producing certificates from one
or more respectable inhabitants who con-
Foreign Adverts.
[FOR THE LATE ARRIVALS FROM COR.]
LONDON, Sept. 1 to 9.
His majesty, by the advice of his privy
council, has been pleased to order the fol-
lowing declaration to be issued. The unjust
aggressions of the persons exercising the
governments of those parts of Italy, to
which the order of Council refers, demand
that they should be treated as enemies of this
country.
At the Court at St. James's, the 29th of
August, '98, present, the King's most
excellent majesty in Council.
Whereas, by the unjust aggression of the
persons exercising the powers of government
in France, now in hostility with his majesty,
many parts of Italy have been forcibly taken
possession of, and the ancient governments
erected under the influence of their coun-
cils, for the purpose of aiding more effect-
ually their designs against the common inter-
ests of Europe, and specially for the pro-
secution of their hostile intentions against the
commerce, navigation, and property of his
majesty's faithful subjects:—And whereas
divers acts, injurious to the just rights of his
majesty and to the interests of these king-
doms, have in consequence been committed;
his majesty is pleased to declare (by and
with the advice of his privy council), that
such parts of the coasts of the Mediterranean
as are occupied by the arms of the said per-
sons exercising the powers of government
in France, or are subject to the government
of persons acting notoriously under their
influence and direction, and especially the
coasts and ports of Genoa and those of the
territory of the Pope, shall be considered as
in a state of hostility with his majesty; and
all his majesty's subjects and others are re-
quired to treat and consider the inhabitants
and subjects thereof as his majesty's enemies.
W. FAWKENER.
There is reason to believe that our squa-
drone in the Mediterranean, and the rein-
forcements which government intends to
send to that quarter, will give us such a
preponderance in those seas, as to strike awe
into our enemies, and inspire our friends
with confidence. The above measure, there-
fore, combined with the preparations made
by the king of Naples to be on his guard
against any surprise which may be attempted
by his perfidious ally, will open ports to
our ships, when they may take shelter or
get fresh provisions. It will also probably
prevent the second armament, now fitting out
at Toulon, from being able to join the first;
and thus intercept the latter from returning
to port from whence it failed.
The French papers say, that the sluices
of the Texel are in a most alarming condi-
tion, and that there prevails at present a
strong fermentation amongst the inhabitants
of Zealand, the costs of which are threat-
ened with the English with an immediate de-
scant.
The neutral packet boat Mary, of the 3d
inst. at Dover, on board of which was major
general Coote, accompanied by Mr. Jarvis,
surgeon of Margate, and major general
England. They have parole permission from
the Directory to remain three months in
England, then to return and deliver them-
selves up as prisoners of war in France.
They left the citadel of Lille on the 31st
ult. at which time the officers and men of
the artillery, of the detachment of guards,
of the 23d and 49th regiment of foot, as
well as the officers and men of his majesty's
navy, were in good health. The greater
part of those wounded at Ostend are recov-
ered, and have joined their respective corps.
The minister of the French marine has
addressed a letter to the naval commanders
in the several ports of France, on the sub-
ject of the loss of la Sensible man of war, in
which he makes use of the following lan-
guage:
"It is time that the navy should know,
that it is not enough to justify the loss of a
ship, that it surrenders to superior force; it
is necessary that a long, and obstinate, and
a terrible resistance should alliate the for-
row of a defeat, and soften the regret of the
republic. The executive directory will not
suffer themselves to be seduced by any con-
federation repugnant to this determination,
which I now communicate to you. It will
give its confidence only to officers who shall
deserve it by talents and courage."
PLYMOUTH, September 5.
The whole of the Lancashire regiment of
militia are now on board the Haaren, Ex-
periment and Druid; they are a fine body
of men, and nearly one thousand strong; the
ships are quite ready for sea, and are lying
with their fore-top sails loosed, as signal for
failing; but the wind blows so strong at
W. S. W. that it is impossible for them to
get under weigh.
The Frenchmen that were captured on
board the Decade frigate, and Mercure and
Colombe privateers, are now landing; they
will make an addition to the many thousand
prisoners that are in this port already, of
near 570 men.
The Decade is now about to go up to Ha-
moaze; she is a very fine frigate, and one of
the largest class; is pierced for 44 guns, but
when captured had only 34 on board; the
other 10, the

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25.
The unbacked American, justly infatuated with high ideas of the destinies of his country, must feel his soul swell with honest pride, as he surveys the impression made by the spirit and constancy of his country, upon the councils of the proud European oppressors.
What a fund of reflections upon the fate of nations does the fall of Rome give rise to! Rome, which filled the world with her arms, which enlightened at the time the enslaved mankind, has sunk at last into the arms of a conqueror, an easy, unresisting prey.
The Society of Antiquarians in England, have found a delicious treat, the Roman coins lately discovered in the urn ploughed up near Rottingdean.
The sacrifice which cardinal Maury has been obliged to make, has been great indeed: he has been forced to abandon two Sces; the first famous for good wine, and the second for beautiful women.
The falsehoods which the French Government circulated respecting the treatment of prisoners in England, have involved them in a difficulty which probably they did not foresee.
If the French, as they pretend, interfere in the affairs of Switzerland only to assist the cause of liberty, they should at least have avoided the scandalous indecency of forcing the Swiss to accept a Constitution manufactured without their assistance, and brought forward without their consent.
Thursday the 15th day of November, is appointed a Thanksgiving Day, throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The following extract, illustrative of the liberality of this Society, is from a Paris print. The Physicians and Surgeons of the Military Hospital in Bospital in Basse-terre, Guadalupe, had sent to the late Commission of Health at Paris, a small box containing the scalp of a young Negro, in which were found three needles.
The Society, conceiving that men of letters are always in a state of reciprocal union and friendship, have imposed upon them, as their president, the agreeable task of transmitting to you the packet which will be delivered with this note.
With the most ardent wishes for the promotion of science, and for the tranquility and the happiness of every country, particularly of yours, which has of late so greatly contributed to extend the bounds of human knowledge, I have the honour to be, &c.
This is not the first time that the national Institute has received proofs of the spirit of fraternity which animates the English philosophers, and which has surmounted the barriers placed between the two nations by political disputes.
From Russell's Gazette.
ONE of the wildest measures ever adopted by our general government, is that by which we are disconnected with the perfidious French nation, whose character of punie truth, generally applied to her under the name of liberty, has been so firmly established by her conduct since she assumed the republican form—a form so unsuitable to her frigid and selfish disposition, that no change of conduct will ever alter it.
as well at home as here, been pursuing steps invariably militating against our welfare & tranquility. To the virtuous friends of our government alone it is that we are indebted for a continuance of our political existence, and not to the hollow professions of a set of hypocrites or their partisans among us, the treacherous Judas's of America; who, for money, or from predilection to a hostile nation, would betray their country's best interests into the hands of her most inveterate enemy.
It was to be expected that Talleyrand, and the other members of the French government, would endeavour to shift the blame of a rupture, from their own shoulders upon us. They have represented our commissioners as inaccessible, and intrenching themselves in etiquette—while it is known that every effort they made to be received, was fruitless.
Nothing can be more striking than the contrast between the condition of the Genevans under the royal Governments of France and their wretched oppressive fate under the French Republic. Louis XIV. at the height of his power made no attempt upon the independence of this city, though it had dared after the revocation of the edict of Nantz, to open an asylum to the French fugitives.
At the birth of the French Republic, it would seem Geneva was entitled to enjoy the greatest possible security. So much respect for the rights of man! so many declarations in favour of the independence of the people!
A relation of a voyage has lately been published in London, undertaken by four Portuguese merchants in the year 1793, for the purpose of exploring an island discovered the preceding year.
The second circumstance is very extraordinary, if true. The relation pretends, that the Portuguese found in an island which they call Hospital Island, a colony of French emigrants, who flying from the horrid scenes of the revolution, have been conducted to this abode, where nature is lavish of all her gifts.
Baltimore, October 22. By letter from Augusta in Georgia, we have information of a severe frost during the nights of 12th and 29th ultimo, which has destroyed a considerable part of the cotton and tobacco crops.
By letter from Savannah, we learn, that the caterpillars have, along the sea-shore destroyed the crops of cotton, and left very few plants uninjured.
A gentleman who left Pittsburgh about the 1st instant, informs, that Albert Gallatin, is elected for Member to Congress, by a majority of 1740 votes.
Wern that Joshua Seney, Esq. lately elected represent the 7th district in Congress, on Saturday last; in consequence of which another election will take place.
PETER BLIGHT. He removed his Counting House to his House in northern Liberties near Nice Town, Germantown road. August 21.
PARODY Of Dr. Dwight's "COLUMBIA."
COLUMBIA, Columbia, to discord arise, The world whom in blood, and wage war with the skies; Fair GALLIA commands thee; with rapture behold, What millions of earth throats thy borders enclose.
Thy fair ones shall even their brothers transcend, In living all nature in chaos to blend; All order disdaining, give loose to desire, Profligate Hymen, and put out his fire;
SONNET.
[From Southey's Travels in Spain.] ANOTHER mountain yet! I tho't this brow Had surely been the summit; but they rise Hill above hill, amid the inclement skies, And mock my labor.
[From Southey's Travels in Spain.]
FATIGUED and faint, with many a step and flow, This lofty mountain's pathless side I climb, Whose head, high towering o'er the waste sublime, Bounded my distant vision; far below, Yon delicate peaks pique patient on their way, Girdling the long ascent. I pause, and now On this smooth rock my languid limbs I lay, And to the grateful breeze, and from my brow Wipe the big dews of toil.
BOSTON, Oct. 20.
TRANSLATED. For the Centinel, from Dutch papers, furnished us by captain Gale.
Trieste, August 3. The complete destruction of the French fleet is confirmed by number of late informations. The 5th of August the English fleet overtook the French fleet in the waters of Candia.
Venice, August 10. Six French frigates, which escaped the fate of the Toulon fleet, have arrived in Morea, in a most shattered condition, and totally unfit for action.
August 11. Captains arrived this day from Zante, confirm the news of Nelson's victory over Buonaparte. This news has caused a revolution at Malta, Corfu, Zephlonia and Zante.
August 12. It is reported that the Ma'tisans have revolted against the French, and killed the greatest part of 7000 French inhabitants of that island.
Cologn, August 30. On the 28th inst our whole garrison marched to Giffen. We have now here only four companies of a new corps, which arrived a few days since, and do duty with the city guard.
Bonn, August 17. Yesterday the two French camps near this city were hastily broken up, and several half brigades marched with all speed for the frontiers of the Grisons.
Paris, August 17. Several bodies of cavalry, of the army of the Rhine have received orders to march for Italy.
A Hamburg paper of September 1st, observing on the letter of Gen Washington, accepting of the lieutenant-generalship of the new American army, "FILLS this world with a confidence against the French it never before knew."
Extracts of a letter from an American in England, dated Sept 18, 1798. I re-echo what you relate of the politics of America. Never was there a man like Washington, whom so many circumstances have combined to raise above all the rest of the world.
The French have thrown a few troops into Ireland—but too late—and in a firm, peaceable part of the country. How happens it, that these enthusiastic revolutionizers fancy the whole world in love with them?
Gazette Marine List.
Norfolk, Oct. 18. Arrived, Ship Martin, Colley London; Industry, Rudd do; Juno, Barrett, do; Charles Carter, Bell do; Robs & Beiley, Nimmo Bristol; Flora, Colley Liverpool; Brig Europe, Kenon Newcastle; ABC, Lepellay Guernsey; Enterprize, Survally do; Scher Antelope, Robinson Londonderry; Sloop Thomas & Sally, Gilbert, Cayco's; Faithful William, Tynes, Bermuda.
The London gazettes from the first to the 6th of September, contain accounts of the following vessels being captured from the French by British cruizers:
By the Phaeton, capt. Stopford—A French ship privateer of 20 guns and 132 men, called the Le Mercure: quite a new vessel, copper-bottomed. By the Magnanime, capt. De Courcy—La Catombe of 12 guns and 64 men. By the Naiall, capt. Pierpoint—Le Decade of 44 guns and 336 men, from Cayenne; also, a French settée privateer, named La Tigre, of 8 carriage guns and 3 swivels, and 53 men.
DONATIONS.
Received at the Encampment at Maser's place, for the use of the poor. October 24. Twenty-five dollars, from a gentleman, by the hand of Mr. John Inskee.
October 25. 1025 lbs. of rye flour, and 22 lbs. bacon, from the inhabitants of Upper Hanover townships, Montgomery county, and collected by the Rev. John Theob. Faber. 65 dollars from the inhabitants of Newtown, Bucks county, forwarded by Mr. William Linton. 40 bushels potatoes, from an unknown person. 15 do. do. 6 sheep, 1 barrel cyder, and a waggon load straw from Mrs. Ann Decatur.
John Inskee, Jonas Robson, Isaac W. Morris. Committee.
DONATIONS.
Received at the Tents near Schuylkill, for the use of the use of the Poor. October 23. One bundle babe clothes, from a person unknown, forwarded by Captain Slough. Forty bushel potatoes, ten do. turnips, and fifty heads of cabbage from Mr. Samuel Pleasants. One cask rice, one do barley, one barrel cheese, one keg sugar, one do. tea, and one box of chocolate, from Mr. Charles Harris. Second near Market-street.
October 24. 10 cwt. 2 qrs. of fat beef, 2 cwt. ofryeflour 57 lb. bacon, two bags of apples and turnips, 21 1-2 bushel potatoes, 2 pigs, some veal, and 36 dollars. from Messrs. John Langrau and Abraham Penele, collected by them from several of the inhabitants of Middletown township, Delaware county, forwarded by Mr. Benjamin Stokes.
6 dollars, from a person name unknown, forwarded by Mr. Benjamin Stokes. 100 dollars from a gentleman in Norfolk, Virginia, whose signature is A. Mechanic. 20 dollars, from Mrs. Stephen Decatur. 1 bundle, containing 30 pieces clothing, from Mr. Joseph Conrad, in Trydillen township. 20 loaves bread, from Mr. George Lowry. Eight pieces of stamped cotton, each containing 2 yards, for babe clothes, from a person name unknown. 12 pieces of children's linen, from a person unknown.
PETER MIERCKEN, Southwark, Oct. 25. Chairman.
DONATION.
Received by the committee appointed to relieve the sick and infirm poor in the city. From Thomas Wiltor and John Wain, 19 cord of Wood. From Henry Toland, 60 dollars. By order of the committee, EDW. GARRIGUES, President. Attest, P. BARKER, Clerk. 10th mo. 18th 1798.
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT.
From 24th to 25th October. ADMITTED. Nancy McIntosh, Eackiel Hoag, Mary Ann Waters, Jamit Weaver, Bernard Smith. DIED—William Lucas. Remaining in the Hospital, 48, 21 of whom are on the recovery. Interred from city and suburbs 7, City Hospital 1. Total 8. PHILIP S. PHYSICK, CHRISTOPHER DARRAH, Steward. By order of the Board of Managers. WILLIAM JONES, President. Attest, TIMOTHY PAXSON, Clerk.
TWELVE new cases of the prevailing fever, reported for the last 24 hours, by 16 physicians.
List of all the Burials in the several Grave Yards of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, as taken from the books kept by Clergymen, Sextons, &c. [Collected for the Gazette of the UNITED STATES, by ROBERT PAXTON.]
Table with 3 columns: Names of the Burial Grounds, Number of Burials, Total. Rows include Christ Church, St. Peter's, St. Paul's, First Presbyterian, Second Presbyterian, Third Presbyterian, Scots Presbyterian, Associate Church, St. Mary's Church, Trinity Church, Friends, Free Quakers, Swedes, German Lutheran, German Reformed Presbyterian, Moravians, Baptists, Methodists, Universalists, Jews, City Hospital, Kensington, Coates. Total for the last 24 hours: 14.
CUSTOM HOUSE, Chester, 23rd Oct.
NOTICE. To the MERCHANTS of Philadelphia. The owners and consignees of goods by the William Penn, Philadelphia, Jane, Kingston, Amiable and other vessels lately arrived, are requested to forward to this Office as soon as possible, their respective entries and invoices, in order that permits for landing may be prepared, and ready to hand them, so soon as the returning health of the City will admit the vessels to go up. A due attention to this notice may be of convenience to the merchants, who probably will be desirous to receive their goods very expeditedly. GEO. LATTIMER, Collector.
THE Owners of Goods on board the ship WILLIAM PENN, are informed that the Collector of the Customs will receive such invoices and entries as may be forwarded to him, and will make the necessary calculations and prepare the bonds to that permits may be granted immediately on the arrival of the ship at Philadelphia. October 23. $ rw
Just imported in ships William Penn, Amiable and Jean, from London,
A quantity of Cannon, sizes 4, 6 & 9 lb. with balls Cartridges, 12 lbs. Muquets, Muquettoons, Cutlasses and Pistols, for ships use. Rifled barreled Guns, Fowlering Pieces, and Horseman's Pistols, 400,000 Flints, chiefly for muskets, in bags. Regulation Light Dragoon Sabres, with Iron Scabbards, in cases of 50 each, Light Cavalry Swords in Cases. Sabres, Swords and Cutlasses, with plated mounting. Harness and Cutlery in cases, a general assortment. For Sale by Thomas & Jno. Kettland, Philad. October 25.
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
JOHN A. SHAEFFER, of Philadelphia, who has for a few years past been in the Southern States, has had the effrontery to draw several Bills of Exchange on Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of State, and myself, and by that means has defrauded a number of persons of their money, deceiving them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the names affixed of divers public characters and reputable merchants highly recommendatory of said Shaeffer; to one of these papers I find my name subscribed, but I do not know the man; these are villainous forgeries! To prevent further imposition, I have to request the printers of Newspapers in the United States to publish this for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Treasurer of the United States. Trenton, New-Jersey, October 24, 1798.

PROPOSALS, BY THE Insurance Company of North America.
FOR INSURANCE against FIRE, on Dwelling-Houses, Ware-Houses, and other Buildings (and on Goods contained in such Buildings) distant from Philadelphia, in the United States.
1. Common Insurance, on hazards of the first class, will be undertaken at a premium of about half per cent. per annum. For extra hazardous risks a larger premium will be required, which will vary according to circumstances, seldom exceeding one per cent. per annum; but in some instances, where the property insured is not only in itself extra hazardous, but rendered still more so by the vicinity of extra hazardous buildings and occupations, the premium demanded will be raised according to circumstances.
Houses and Ware-Houses, the walls and partitions of which are wholly of stone or brick, well constructed, so as to be guarded as well as may be against fire from within, and free from extra hazardous buildings and occupations in their neighborhood, will be deemed hazardous of the first class, and may be insured to their full value.
Also Goods and Merchandise, not of an extra hazardous kind, in casks, bales, or packages, deposited in such buildings, to an amount not exceeding 4000 dollars; but if more than this sum is required to be insured in one instance, an additional premium will be required, in proportion to circumstances.
2. Insurances will also be made on buildings and goods extra hazardous, at premiums proportioned to the risks. But it is not easy to arrange these under particular heads or classes, so as to describe each with the necessary accuracy. Each case must therefore be decided upon according to the circumstances attending it; and these circumstances will, in general, appear from the description accompanying the application.
Buildings partly constructed of brick or stone, are preferable to those wholly wooden. And in both cases, the site of building, how they are occupied, how they are situated, the neighboring buildings, and how occupied, are considerations to be taken into view. And with respect to goods, their tendency, whether from their nature or from the manner in which they are exposed, either to commence or to increase an accident, either by their liability in such state to receive damage by wet, or by sudden and hasty removal, or to be frozen in time of confusion and hurry, are all circumstances of weight; and the premiums must be proportioned accordingly.
11. The following conditions are to be understood by the parties.
1st. The Insurance is not binding till the stipulated premium be paid; but it shall be deemed effected from the time of such payment and acceptance thereof, whether the policy be immediately signed or not.
2d. Insurances may be renewed at the expiration of the term of the policy, without further expenses than the payment of the premium of the renewed term, the circumstances continuing the same as they were understood by the Insurers at the time the former insurance was made; but the payment of the premium is essential to such renewal; and if the party insured suffers any time to elapse after the expiration of the former insurance, before he pays a premium for the renewal, he is not insured during such time; nor can the Insurance be renewed on the former policy but by computing the commencement of the renewal from the expiration of the former insurance. The subject of insurance may nevertheless be open to treaty for a new insurance.
3d. If any other insurance be made on the same property; it must be made known at the time of application, otherwise the policy made on such application will be void.
4th. Goods held in trust, or on consignment, may be insured as such in a separate policy; but they are not to be considered as insured otherwise.
5th. This company will not be liable or accountable for any loss or damage occasioned by any foreign invasion, or by any military or usurped force, or by reason of any civil commotion; or occasioned by gunpowder, aquafortis or other thing of like kind kept in the building, or amongst the property insured.
6th. Bills of Exchange, Bonds and other Securities, Title Deeds, Money, Bank and other promissory Notes, are not included in any insurance; nor are paintings, medals, jewels, gems, antique curiosities, or mirrors exceeding the value of twenty-five dollars each, to be considered as insured unless particularly mentioned and by special agreement.
7th. No insurance will be made for a shorter term than one year, nor for a longer term than seven years. Persons choosing to insure for seven years shall be allowed one year's premium by way of discount. One third of a years premium shall be abated in like manner on an insurance for three years.
8th. Losses sustained by fire on property insured, shall be paid in thirty days after due proof and liquidation thereof, without deduction.
A description of the property to be insured will be expected with each application, to be made by a master carpenter and signed by him, as well as by the owner of the building or applicant for insurance, and attested before a Notary or principal Magistrate, who will certify his knowledge of the parties and their credibility.
With respect to Houses and other Buildings.
1st. The site and position; describing the street or road on or near which the building stands; its contiguous to the extinguishment of fire in case of accident; and particularly whether and what fire companies are established, and any and what fire companies in the place or neighborhood, and engines provided, in the place or neighborhood.
2d. The materials of which it is built, whether of brick, stone or wood, as to the outside walls as inside or partition walls, and their respective height and thickness; the style of the roof and of what materials; how secured by battlements or parapet walls; what kind of access to the top of the house and to the chimneys; whether any and what electric rods; the number and kind of fire places; and the kind of deposit for ashes.
3d. The dimensions of the building and how divided, and the style in which it is finished so as to enable indifferent persons to judge in what manner it is to be repaired or rebuilt in case of injury; the age and condition of the building, and how occupied, whether merely as a dwelling house, or for any other, and for what purpose; also an estimate of the value of the house or building independent of the ground.
4th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not, comprehending at least one hundred feet each way; what kind of buildings are within that distance, how built, of what materials, and how occupied or improved, whether as dwellings for private families or otherwise; whether any and what trade or manufacture is carried on, and particularly whether there be any extra hazardous articles used, or usually deposited in the house, or within the distance aforesaid, and of what kind.
Respecting Goods in Houses, Warehouses, &c.
1. A general description of the building in which they are kept will be expected, similar in all respects, as to the danger from fire, with that required for insurance on the buildings themselves.
2. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole or in the usual form for retailing. And
if the goods vary materially in kind, a general estimate of the value of each kind proposed to be insured; but in the last particular minute details of description is not expected.
3. Articles of the following kinds are deemed extra hazardous, though in various degrees, in whatever building they may be placed, viz. pitch, tar, turpentine, rosin, wax, tallow, oil, inflammable spirits, sulphur, hemp, flax, cotton, dry goods of an inflammable kind opened—Glass, china ware or porcelain, especially unpacked; Looking glasses, jewelry; and all other articles more than commonly inflammable, or more than commonly liable to injury by sudden removal or by moisture, or particularly obnoxious to theft on an alarm of fire.
Letters post paid, directed to the Secretary of the Board of Directors, will be duly attended to. An order for insurance accompanied by the means of paying the premium, will be immediately executed on the premium being paid. If the application contain an enquiry only, it will be answered.
By order of the Board, EBENEZER HAZARD, Secretary. Office of the Insurance Company of North America; Philad. Feb. 1, 1798.
Mills, Portage, &c. TO BE LEASED FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
TO be leased, for a term not less than three, nor more than seven years, a VALUABLE PROPERTY at the Seneca-Falls, in the county of Onondaga, and state of New-York, on the Banks of the Seneca-river, two miles west of the Cayuga-ferry, and eleven miles east of Geneva.
This establishment consists of an excellent grist mill, saw mill, dwelling house, barn, and a portage or carrying place, with between thirty and forty acres of land, under good improvement, and as much more in the vicinity, as may be required for future improvement.
The grist mill is a handsome, new and well finished building, of 30 by 30 feet, 3 stories high, and furnished with a run of excellent Burr stones and another of Etopus' stones, of the best quality—and the most approved bowls, &c. calculated to make all the different qualities of flour for exportation or for home consumption: It is accessible by water from every part of the Cayuga-lake and Seneca-river, as well as from the Seneca-lake—and from its situation, commands a very extensive and increasing custom: The stream on which it stands, brings the outlet of the Seneca-lake, the mill can never be in want of water; and as it has been kept working during the severest season of the last winter, it is not liable to be impeded by frost.
The saw mill is also new, situated on the same stream, now furnished with an ample stock of logs, of which a supply may at all times be procured by land or water, of the best quality.
The dwelling house is well calculated for the use of the miller, is new, and sufficiently large: The barn is about 40 feet square, and entirely new: The portage is 3/4ths of a mile in length, along the Seneca-falls—over which were passed in the last year, nearly two hundred boats with their contents; this object is already productive of a handsome income, which will be increasing and permanent.
Among the many advantages of this situation, must be numbered the fertility of the surrounding country—being the best improved part of the country of Onondaga—the concentration of interest by land and water, the Genesee Waterway passing through it, as well as all water carriage to Geneva, and the counties of Ontario and Steuben; which renders it a most eligible stand for a Store or Tavern—The river and lakes abound in fish and fowl, and the country with deer and other game. Besides the mills already erected at this place, it is calculated for any additional water works that may be found necessary—Pulling mill, bark mill, tannery, forges, &c. may be erected at a small expense—Iron ore may be brought in boats from the Cayuga-lake—and it is thought to abound in the neighborhood.
The stock on hand will be sold to the lessee, and the cattle, utensils, smith's forge, &c. may be sold or let the premises.
If a purchase should offer for the whole or an undivided part of the premises it will be sold. For terms of sale or lease, apply to Mr. WILHELMUS MYNSENDE, at the Seneca falls, or to the subscriber, at Schenectady.
STEPHEN N. BAYARD.
Federal Mills,
ADJOINING Georgetown, and the City of Washington, will be offered at Public Sale, on the 10th day of September next, at the Union Tavern, if not previously sold at Private Sale.
Those mills in point of situation for business and natural advantages are generally admitted to be equal to any in America. The Merchant Mill is a large brick house, eighty feet by fifty, almost new, in which are erected four pair of Burr millstones with elevators, hopperboys and bolting cloths, completely finished and constructed in such a manner that the whole of the mills may manufacture flour at the same time. The country mill which is erected near the other, is entirely new, a strong stone building, containing one pair of stones, and built in such a manner that the second pair may be put up with little expense. This mill is conveniently finished, and calculated to carry on extensively country work, of which it gets a constant supply. There is belonging to the said mills 273 acres of land, the whole of which will be sold with the mills.
One third of the purchase money will be required in sixty days from the day of sale, and for the balance a liberal credit will be given. Further particulars will be made known on the day of sale.
JOSEPH E. ROWLES, Surviving partner of JOSEPH E. ROWLES & Co. Georgetown, July 13. 23-3aws
LANDING,
At South Street wharf, the cargo of the ship Connecticut, from Batavia.
About 300 tons of Java Coffee, of the growth of 1794 and 1795 60 tons of Java Sugar, In casks—for sale by PETER BLIGHT,
WHO ALSO OFFERS FOR SALE, 150 bds. choice Jamaica Sugars Jamaica rum in bds Brandy 1st and 4th proof in pipes, bds, and quarter casks. Madeira in pipes Old Batavia Arrack July 3 5
John Haines & Wm. Jones,
BEG to inform their friends and the public, that they have commenced a Co-partnership in the SADDLING BUSINESS, which will in future be carried on under the firm of
HAINES & JONES,
in Market Street, No. 132, one door above the corner of Fourth—where they presume (at least to hope) that their attention to, and knowledge in business, their determination to serve on the best terms, and their known attachment as Native Americans to the Government, and Constitution of their Country, will entitle them to the encouragement of a generous public. Although they cannot boast of having acquired their experience in any part of Europe, yet they take the liberty of pledging themselves, that their manufacture shall be inferior to none in this city. june 26. ruthuf
DUTY ON CARRIAGES.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America, passed at Philadelphia the 28th day of May, 1796, laying duties on carriages for the conveyance of persons, and repealing the former acts for that purpose—that there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon all carriages for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the conveyance of passengers, the several duties and rates following, viz.
 For and upon every coach 15  upon every chariot 12  upon every post chariot 12  upon every post chaise 9  upon every gig, with or without top 9  upon every coach 9  upon every carriage, having panel or work above, with blinds, glass, or curtains 9  upon four-wheel carriages, having frame posts and tops, with steel springs 6  upon four-wheel carriages, with wooden or iron springs on jacks 3  upon carriages with tops 3  upon chaises with tops 3  upon chairs with tops 3  upon sulky with tops 3  upon two wheel top carriages 3  upon two wheel carriages with steel or iron springs 3  For and upon all other two wheel carriages 2  upon every four wheeled carriage, having framed posts and tops, and rolling upon wooden spindles 2 
The Collector of the revenue of the first division of the first survey of the district of Pennsylvania, will attend daily until the 20th day of September next, for the purpose of receiving the duties on carriages, at Germantown, on the Main Street, a little above the sign of the King of Prussia, of which all persons possessed of such carriages are desired to take notice.
Notice is also given,
To all retail dealers in wines and foreign distilled spirituous liquors, that licenses will be granted to them; one license for carrying on the business of retailing of wines in a less quantity, or in less quantities, than one gallon; and one license for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities than twenty gallons, at the same time and at the same place, by
JAMES ASH, Collector of the 1st division of the 1st survey of the district of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection at Germantown, 22d August, 1798.
The Stamp Press is removed
to the Office of Inspection in Germantown, on the Main Street, a little above the sign of the King of Prussia, where attendance will be given for the accommodation of those who with any instruments stamped, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, up to 22.
For Sale at Public Auction,
ON THE PREMISES,
FOUR LOTS on Harper and Keith's wharf, in Alexandria, on the 26th day of October next, if not sold at private sale before that day. One of these lots is near the end of the wharf, twenty feet beyond which the water is two fathoms deep, about forty feet out three fathoms, fifty feet out the water is four fathoms, and grows deeper until it comes to the channel, which is about seventy feet from the end of the wharf. There is as much dirt belonging to the bank as will level the bank, which may be want raising about a foot near the end. There is in this sale an half acre not very far for a wharf; it is well watered, and an excellent stand for that business. This property will be sold for ready money, and altogether or separately, as may best suit the purchaser; it lies on the lower side of Alexandria, which is now improving very fast. A sketch of the ground may be seen in the hands of the Printer hereof. For terms or private sale, apply to WM. HARTSHORNE, or to the subscriber, in Alexandria.
JOHN HIRPER. september 3 1aw8w
Wants Employment,
A YOUNG MAN, who has served a regular apprenticeship to the mercantile business in this city, wishes to engage in a Counting house or office, writes a good hand and understands accounts, can be well recommended and security given if required. Enquire at the office of this Gazette. june 21 3awtf
Baskenridge—for sale
IT consists of 920 acres, almost all of which is a fine rich Meadow, (the residence of the late Rev. Dr. Sterling). It may be conveniently divided into five farms, four of which are bounded on the East by the river Potomac. There are on its number of buildings, forming a square of nearly three acres—The dwelling house is a very convenient one, and a small expense would put it in complete repair.
The orchard consists of 1500 fine bearing engrafted Apple Trees—and there is on other parts of said tract near 300 other Apple Trees—as also a great variety of other fruits, particularly Cherries of the best and most delicious kinds.
Also, a great number of beautiful Exotics and Forest Trees, that add to the beauty and convenience of the place. Its situation is about 18 miles from the towns of Newark and Elizabeth: 10.00 from Morris-Town, and 12 from Springfield—it is wooded and watered.
To save trouble, the price is five pound pr. acre in cash, on delivery of the deeds. Please to enquire of T. MCHEEN & Co. No. 78, Chestnut street. codtf february 2.
Patent Ploughs,
TO be sold for cash by Joseph Satter at Atkinson Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker, Woodbury—and Jesse Evans, Lumberton. Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kind, as they require less team, break the ground better, are kept in order at less expense and are sold at a cheaper rate—the plan is much simplified and consists of but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood; they may be fixed with wrought iron and coulters to be put on with screws and taken off at pleasure.
Patent rights for vending with instructions for making them may be had by applying to John Newbold, or the subscriber No. 212 North Front-street.
Who has for Sale,
Or to Lease for a term of Years, A number of valuable tracts of Land, well situated for Mills, Iron Works or Farms, mostly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Huntingdon state of Pennsylvania. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan esq. near Huntingdon. Charles Newbold. july 17 2awtf
To be Let,
An airy three Story Brick House, On the south side of Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth street, formerly occupied as the Surveyor General's Office—Enquire at No. 121, Chestnut Street. august 10 40gt
AN ACT
for the relief of the Refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova-Scotia;
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That to satisfy the claims of certain persons claiming lands under the resolutions of Congress, of the twenty-third of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and the thirteenth of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova-Scotia, the Secretary for the Department of War, be, and is hereby authorized and directed to give notice in one or more of the public papers of each of the States of Vermont, Massachusetts, New-York, New-Hampshire and Pennsylvania, to all persons having claims under the said resolutions, to transmit to the War-office, within two years after the passing of this act, a full and true account of their claims to the bounty of Congress.
Sec. 2. And it is further enacted, That no other persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this act, than those of the following descriptions, or their widows and heirs, viz. First, those heads of any such families, who were members of the provinces aforesaid, were residents in one of the provinces aforesaid, prior to the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and who abandoned their settlements, in consequence of having given aid to the United Colonies or States, in the revolutionary War, and continued, or with intention to give aid to the United States, in the United States, or in their service, during the said war, and did not return to reside in the dominions of the King of Great-Britain, prior to the twenty-fifth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Secondly, the widows and heirs of all such persons as were actual residents, as aforesaid, who abandoned their settlements, as aforesaid, and died within the United States, or in their service during the said war; and thirdly, all persons who were members of families at the time of their coming into the United States, and who during the war, entered into their service.
Sec. 3. And it is further enacted, That the proof of the several circumstances necessary to entitle the applicants to the benefits of this act, may be taken before a judge of the Supreme or Superior court of the United States, or a judge of the Supreme or Superior court of the United States, or a judge of the court of common pleas or county court of any State.
Sec. 4. And it is further enacted, That at the expiration of fifteen months from and after the passing of this act, and from time to time thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Secretary for the Department of War, to lay such evidence of claims as he may have received, before the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, and with them, proceed to examine the testimony, and give their judgment what quantity of land ought to be allowed to the individual claimants, in proportion to the degree of their respective services, sacrifices and sufferings, in consequence of their attachment to the cause of the United States; allowing to those of the first class, a quantity not exceeding one thousand acres; and to the last class, a quantity not exceeding one hundred, making such intermediate classes as the resolutions aforesaid, and distributive justice, may, in their judgment require; and make report thereof to Congress. And in all such claimant shall have sustained such losses and sufferings, or performed such services for the United States, that he cannot justly be classed in any one general class, a separate report shall be made of his circumstances, together with the quantity of land that ought to be allowed him, having reference to the foregoing ratio: Provided, that in considering what compensation ought to be made by virtue of this act, all grants except military grants, which may have been made by the United States, or individual States, shall be considered at the just value thereof at the time the same were made, respectively, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, or to such person to whom they may have received the same: Provided also, that no claim under this act, shall be allowable until after report made to Congress, as aforesaid, and until the said lands be granted to the persons entitled to the benefit of this act.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all claims in virtue of said resolutions of Congress, which shall not be exhibited as aforesaid, within the time by this act limited, shall forever thereafter be barred.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives TH: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, April, 1798. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. Deposited amongst the Rolls in the office of the Department of State. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.
Pursuant to the above Act, Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims under the resolutions of Congress, of the 23d of April, 1783, and the 13th of April, 1785 to transmit to the War-Office within two years after the passing of the said Act, viz. the 7th day of April, 1798, a full and true account of their claims to the bounty of Congress.
In the proof of Claims, strict attention must be paid to the requisitions of the 2d and 3d Sections of the Act. JAMES MCHENRY, Secretary of War. july 17 3aw6w
AURORA OFFICE,
October, 1798.
Reports having been circulated that the AURORA was not to be published, the public are hereby respectfully informed that the want of hands alone has postponed its re-publication several days ago; but as such arrangements are now making as will insure the appearance of the paper in the course of the present, or the first week of the next month. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Race Street. august 6.
CAUTION.
WHEREAS a certain person winded me in her name on the first thing giving me in her name a forged check on the Bank of North America, a note of that drawn in my favour by Mr. John Travis payable in six months, for three thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-five cents. ALL persons are desired to receive any transfer of it, as it will not be paid by either the drawer or endorser unless recovered by law. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Race Street. august 6.
This Day Published,
And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. 119, Chestnut-Street. (Price 1-8th of a Dollar.) AN ORATION, Pronounced July 4, 1798, At the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. By JOSIAH QUINCY.
"The inroads upon our public liberty, call for reparation—The wrongs we have sustained, call for Justice. That Reparation and that Justice, may yet be obtained, by Union, Spirit, and Firmness. But to divide and conquer was the maxim of the Devil in the garden of Eden, and to disunite and enslave has been the principle of all his votaries from that period to the present." Observations on the Boston Port-Bill, Sep. 78 by the late J. Quincy, jun. august 11
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
June 27, 1798.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of an act, passed during the present session of Congress, so much of the act entitled "An Act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt"—passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, as bars from settlement or allowance, Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, and Indents of Interest, is suspended until the twenty-fifth day of June, which will be in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.
That on the liquidation and settlement of the said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive the Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stock equal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrears of interest due on their said Certificates, prior to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
That the principal sum of the said Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, with the interest thereon, since the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, will be discharged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the payment of interest and reimbursement of principal, equal to the sums which would have been payable thereon, if the said Certificates had been subscribed, pursuant to the Act making provision for the debts of the United States, contracted during the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market value of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by such subscriptions as aforesaid, which market value will be determined by the Comptroller of the Treasury. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. june 28 1awtf
General Post-Office,
PROPOSALS for carrying the mails of the United States on the following routes will be received at this office until the 20th day of September next inclusive.
 1. From Pittsburg, by Cannonsburg, Washington, West-Liberty, Wheeling and Williams-town to Zanes at the mouth of Licking-creek on the Muckinung, estimated 140 miles. Leave Pittsburg every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Zanes the next Monday by 8 P. M. Returning—Leave Zanes every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Pittsburg the next Friday by 10 A. M.  2. From Zanes, at the mouth of Licking-Creek on the Muckinung, by Chillicothe and Malley's to Mayville in Kentucky; estimated 140 miles. Leave Zanes every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Mayville the next Friday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Mayville every Friday by 2 P. M. and arrive at Zanes the next Monday by 8 P. M. 
The carriage of the mails to commence on the first day of November next and continue until the first day of October 1800. Payments will be made quarterly. The usual penalties for delays and failures will be stipulated in the contract. Joseph Habersham, Post-Master General. Philadelphia, July 13, 1798. mckhow
HEALTH OFFICE.
Philadelphia, 1st May, 1798.