Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-03-16 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2026.]
PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1799.
[VOLUME XV.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
IMPORTED In the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT REASONABLE PRICES AND ON A LIBERAL CREDIT, BY PRATT & KINTZING, No. 93, North Water-street. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempen linens and osnabrigs from 1/5 to 3/ per ell 70 do. bleached and brown hessians 48 do. brown rolls suitable for cof-fee bags
20 do. strong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chests platillas 2 do. feeling-wax 3 do. dowels 2 packages oil-cloth 30 do. creas a la Morlaix 4 do. fail-twine 32 do. estopailles 1 do. watches 35 do. Bielfeld linen 14 pipes Port wine 90 do. pateriborne 92 cases claret 45 do. Britannias 130 do. fine long cored 1 do. Holland canvas olaret 1 do. Russia do. 1600 bushels fine salt 1 do. Russia finetings 40 calks of naval stores 1 do. ravens duck 200 calks of prime (stores) 2 do. Russia drillens 30 logs prime mahogany 1 do. brown holland 4 hides coffee mills 2 do. Silesia rovans 0 bundles German steel 1 do. Wahrenhop linen 10 chests of Stales and pencils 1 do. Flemish linens A package of scates 1 do. cambricks and lawns 4 do. woolen caps, &c. 1 do. diaper 4 shells of Nuremberg toys 12 do. stripes 40 kegs of yellow ochre 18 do. checks 3 hides. Glue 2 do. fiamis 3 barrels of Lentilles 1 do. Arabia stripe 5 chests of prime red 1 do. hunting for colors 1 do. Holland cheese 1 pack. Madras handker-chiefs 30 kegs of pearl barley 1 do. Turkey yarn 60 boxes of capers 6 bales empty bags 400 sides of upper and 1 do. hair ribband 300 boxes window glass 3 boxes ropes, assorted 800 Demijons 2 do. bobbin, assorted 20 boxes glass tumblers 1 do. fine blue lassados assorted 5 chests men's shippers 1 box of mill saws 3 do. bed ticks 1 case of cutlery 2 do. hog's bristles A quantity of Rose wgs 6 chests writing paper and pickling pots 4 do. quills A few ships anchors, &c. november 12 tu&Mf
Red Clover, Timothy, Blue Grass, Herds Grass and White Clover } SEEDS, All warranted fresh and free from all foul seed, FOR SALE, BY C. ROBERTS, No. 97, Market, between Second and Third streets. Who has also on hand, a general assortment of Ironmongery, fadery, cutlery and brass ware; viz. Crowley & Illington steel, pig-lead, block-tin, red lead, Spanish brown, Venetian red, Vermilion, &c. &c. Wholesale & Retail. march 2 12 & m. tu & ft. st.
CHINA GOODS. Now delivering from the ship New-Jersey, from Canton, FOR SALE, At the Stores of the Subscribers, CONSISTING OF
BOHEA } TEAS. Young hyson, Hyson and Imperial, White nankeens, Lutefirings, colored and black, Senfhuas do. do. Handkerchiefs do. do. 4-4 Sewing fiks do. do. Black hair ribbon, Black fatus, Cassia in small bales, China ware in dining and tea sets On Hand, 50 trunks and cases dimities, mullins, ginghams, muslinets and pulicate handkerchiefs, in small pack-ages, for the West-India market. 25 trunks of printed calicoes, assorted for the West-India market. 1 bale of woolen cloths, low priced. Sail canvas by the bale or piece, No. 1 to 3. Copper in sheets 24 by 48 and 48 by 60 inches. Railed copper bottoms in tubs. A small invoice of guineas ware assorted. English wrought nails in casks. Sheathing paper. New-Orleans indigo. Paints of different colors, dry in casks. Old Madeira wine fit for use. NICKLIN & GRIFFITH. feb. 11 m.w. fr. st.
Saml. Potter, Wm. Page, and Thos. Price. No. 31, Chestnut-street. HAVE JUST RECEIVED, per ship Lexington, from London, A very large assortment of DRY GOODS. Which they will sell low for cash, or notes at a short date, among which are Printed Calicoes, and Cotton counterpanes, &c. Chintzes, Pulings & Sarinets, British Muslins, plain and printed, and tambores, Plain & plain silk shawls, Silk, cotton and worsted Silk and cotton fringe, hosiery, and trimmings. Leather Gloves, A handsome assortment of ribbons, Black and white laces and edgings, 2 cases of the most fas- hionable ladies hats and bonnets. Calicoes and cotton checks, Ginghams, march 14 ruth&ft TIA
INSURANCE OFFICE. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their com-mer- cial friends, in particular, and the public in general, that an office for the INSURANCE OF SHIPPING, is now opened at No. 95 South Front-street, where a share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. N. & J. FRAZIER. feb 15 dim
For Sale, THE SCHOONER, THREE SISTERS
IS almost a new vessel, carries between six and seven hundred barrels, and sails remarkably fast, when loaded draws about 8 or 8 1/2 feet water, she is in com- plete order, having all the sails that can be used to advantage, the greater part of them are new. In short she may be lent to sea at a small Expense, and in- thence or four days notice. For terms apply to Jehu Hollingsworth, & Co. No. 47, Penn-street. feb. 6. $
SHIP BROKER'S OFFICE, And Commission Store, No. 119, SOUTH FRONT STREET, Next door to the Custom House.
THE Subscriber, encouraged by the advice of his friends, offers his service to the public as a Ship and Insurance Broker. He propo- ses to buy and sell vessels and every thing relat- ing thereto—assist masters of vessels and others in entering and clearing at the Custom-House, procuring and shipping freight, settling Insur- ance and all other mercantile accounts, and have on hand the necessary Blanks and Stamps. Papers in foreign languages translated, and in- formation given in general mercantile matters. —From a knowledge gained by long experience of every branch of business he hopes to be use- ful to those who please to favor him with their commands. SAMUEL EMERY. november 10 22w
CHINA GOODS, Just received per the ship New-Jersey from Canton AND FOR SALE BY ARCHIBALD M'CALL, At his Store No. 187, South Second Street, —viz— An assortment of Teas of the first quality, White and yellow nankeens, Cassia, silk umbrellas, an assortment of china ware, and a variety of SILKS, consisting of Black and colored Lute-firings, do. do. fatusins, do. do. senfhuas, do. do. silk handkerchiefs, do. do. fewing fiks, Black Taffeties, ALSO, 12 pipes of excellent Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use, jan. 24 $
For Sale by the Subscriber, No. 145, Market-street, Very low for Cash, or a short Credit, The remaining stock of the late House of TODD & MOTT, Cloths, Kerseymeres, a few printed Cottons, Printed handkerchiefs and shawls, Printed dimities, Hosiery, threads, twill and sewing fiks A small amount of hardware, WILLIAM MOTT, Agent for the assignees of Todd & Mott, to whom all persons indebted to that concern, are requested to make immediate payment.
W. MOTT, Having commenced business in the Commission line, his Store is now open for the reception of Dry Goods of all descriptions. Philadelphia, February 4, 1799. $
Richard Bayley & Co. RESPECTFULLY inform the public that the Retail Business carried on by them at their Store, No. 136, Market-street, will in future be carried on by Mr. Wm. BONNAR, whom they beg leave to recommend to the favor of their friends and the public.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the above firm and those to whom they are indebted, will please to apply to JOHN WHITEHEAD & Co. or the settlement of their respective accounts, who are duly empowered for that purpose. Richard Bayley & Co.
WILLIAM BONNAR, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that the above Store will be opened by him on Monday the 4th of February next, with an assortment of DRY GOODS, Suitable to the season, which he flatters himself will meet the approbation of those who honor him with their favor. jan 29. $
WANTED, To Article for two or three years a young Man to a profitable business— For particulars enquire at no. 68, South Fourth Street A person who has some knowledge of paint- ing or drawing would be preferred. W. HAYDON, WHO HAS A Cellar to Let. jan 11 $
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 14 four pound Cannon, different lengths, 5 Carronades. JOHN NIXON & CO. December 1. $
Land, Town Lots, &c. LAND in the Township of Cambria and lots in the Town of Beula, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, for sale at a moderate price and upon a reasonable credit; any quan- tity may be obtained from 10 acres to 10,000 —and good mechanics and laborers may have land on easy terms. The situation is healthy and the soil good — the present settlers are sober, industrious and well informed. A feewinary of learning, pub- lic library and other useful institutions have been among the first objects of their attention. Roads have been cut, and new ones are contemplated in different directions—The distance from Phila- delphia is about 235 miles; from Pittsburgh 65 miles and from Fort Franklin 83 miles. The best route is through Harrisburg, Lewistown, Huntingdon, &c. For further particulars, enquire of MORGAN RHEES, No. 127 South Second Street, Philadelphia, or of Messrs. JONES & MOORE, Surveyors, Beula. feb 13 22w6w
NOTICE. The Creditors of James Cummings and Co. who have executed the assignment and delivered their accounts previous to the 24th inst. may receive their respective dividends by ap- plying to the assignees, at No. 62, Dock-street, on the 11th, 13th, or 15th inst. between the hours of eleven and one. JOHN TRAVIS, JOHN WADDINGTON, JAMES TAYLOR, CORNELIUS CORNEGYS, Assignees of James Cummings & Co. March 2. 31—14th & 12
Notice. THE Creditors of JOSEPH JEFFERES, of the city of Philadelphia, house-carpenter, are hereby requested to take notice, that he hath petitioned the honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Phila- delphia, for the benefit of an act entitled, "An act of Assembly providing that the person of a debtor shall not be liable to impri- sonment for debt, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, unless he has been guilty of fraud or embezzlement"—and the said court have appointed Monday, the 25th of March instant, at 10 of the clock in the forenoon, at such place where the said court may be held, to hear him and his creditors; when and where you may attend if you think proper. march 9. 12m&w 31
NOTICE. Joseph Thomas's Creditors are hereby earnestly requested to furnish their Accounts duly attested, as soon as convenient: —thereby to enable the Assignees to form an idea of the state of his affairs; —and all those indebted to said THOMAS, are required to make im- mediate payment to either of the Subscribers. SAMUEL W. FISKE, } Assignees WILLIAM BUCKLEY, } of JOHN HALL. dec. 31. 12m
The Creditors OF the subscriber are hereby requested to take notice, that he has applied to the court of common pleas, in and for the county of Phila- delphia, for the benefit of the act of assembly passed the fourth day of April last, for the relief of insol- vent debtors, and the said court have appointed Monday the 25th day of March instant, for hear- ing and determining on the said petition, in the city of Philadelphia, at such place as the said court may be held on that day, when and where, all persons concerned may attend if they think proper. DAVID SIMMONS. march 11 32w25Mar
NOTICE. The Creditors of JOHN DOBBINS are hereby required to take notice, that he has applied to the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Philadelphia, for the ben- efit of the act made for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed the fourth of April last, and that the said Judges have appointed the 25th instant to hear him the said John Dobbins, and his creditors at the State House, at which time and place they may attend if they think fit. JOHN DOBBINS. March 8. 2799. 12w
NOTICE. GOOD encouragement will be given to a person who understands the Tanning business in all its branches—also to a person who understands making of Tin-Ware, to move into the Western Country.—Persons who have small families would be preferred.—For further particulars enquire at No 53 North Fourth-street. None need apply but those who can bring good recommendations. march 12 12m&w
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the Estate of Thomas Boon, of Caroline county, state of Maryland, deceased, are requested to exhibit them, properly proven, to the subscriber at Den- ton, in the county and state aforesaid, on or before the first day of May next, after which there will be a dividend made of the assets now in the hands of the subscriber. Those who neglect this notice, will be forever barred of their dividend, which will be made on the aforesaid day. Wm. BOON, administrator of THOMAS BOON. march 9. 12w3w
WHEREAS ISAAC PAINTER having made an assignment of all his property for the benefit of all his creditors who sign their discharge;—the assignee willing to arrange the business as soon as possible, and likewise to give the said Isaac Painter an opportunity of doing something for himself and family; therefore those creditors who have not signed their discharge are informed that unless they come for- ward and sign the same discharge on or before the first day of May next ensuing, they will be exclu- ded the benefit of a dividend, and all those who are indebted to the said firm are requested to make immediate payment to prevent further trouble. JACOB CLARK, Assignee. march 4. 32w1f
FOR SALE, A GREY-HOUND of the English breed; has a brass collar round her neck with the name Thomas Sterling on it; body quite white, except a small spot on her left side; each cheek of a dove colour; answers to the name of Dove. Whoever has taken her up, and will de- liver her at the Indian Queen, shall be rewarded. march 11. $
WANTED, A YOUNG MAN, who understands the Ger- man language, writes a good German hand, and knows how to cast accounts, to be brought up to business in a Counting-house at this city.—For particulars, enquire at No. 100, Spruce-street. march 2. dtf
FOR SALE, To be EXCHANGED for property within thirty miles of the city, or to let on ground-rent forever Several valuable building Lots, In Philadelphia. Enquire of William M. Bidle, no. 147, Chestnut- street. nov. 22 $
All persons indebted to the Estate of JOSEPH ANTHONY, sen. deceased, are re- quired to make immediate payment;—And all those who have any demands against said estate, are desired to produce them legally attested to the subscribers for settlement. JOSIAH BREWES, } Executors. JOHN MORTON, } JOSEPH ANTHONY, } dec. 26. dtf
ALL PERSONS indebted to the Estate of Mr. JOHN FENNO, late of Philadelphia, deceased, are desired to make pay- ment, and those having any demands, to present them for settlement, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. nov. 30 63m
White Platillas. A few boxes of White Platillas, Just arrived and for sale by the subscriber, GIDEON H. WELLS. No. 135, Market-street. feb 21 32w4w
For Sale, Deliverable at Norfolk, A CARGO OF Honduras Mahogany, & Logwood. For terms apply to PHILIPS, CRAMOND, & CO. February 9.
For Sale, TEN or twelve Tons, Clover & Timothy HAY, Of the first quality.—Apply at No. 43, Almond-street. jan. 8. 12wtf
Just Received, By the ships Juno, Walters, and Four Friends, Hubber, from Hamburg, AND FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, 460 pieces 6-4 quadruples filesas 35 do. 8-4 do. 139 do. creas a la Morlaix 34 do. 9-8 coutils 3 do. 4-4 do. 44 do. 6-4 guineas 25 do. Russia fail-duck 10 pipes Ricario wine 25 hogheads French brandy 80 do. claret 100 cases, at 4 doz. bottles each 7 claret of super. 228 do. at 1 doz. do. do. 5 for quality. Also on Hand, 11 bales ticklenburghs, at 23 to 28 cents pr. ell 12 do. Welfer linen, at 16 to 20 cents pr. yard 1 box pateriborne 5 boxes hollow glass ware 5 cases Russia bristles (first quality) Erick & Lewis Bollmann, no. 100, Spruce street feb. 13 $
TAKE NOTICE, THAT I am to be had on such terms, that the purchaser need not advance any cash, unless he pleases, till it is earned by my services, provided no accident happens me; or, if you please, I am to be farmed out for two years, and not less. I am a bright bay, full 15 1/2 hands high, of noble descent, my name is TRIMMER—I was got by Hall's imported horse Eclipse, my dam, purchased by Doctor Hall, was got by the imported horse Slim; my grand dam was got by Old Figure, my great grand dam by Taskers Othello out of Selima, &c. &c. as will more fully appear by William Lyle's attested certificate who raised me. My character as a racer is well established; I won the colt's purfe at Baden-pool of twenty guineas; I won a fifty guinea purfe at Baltimore, a fifty guinea purfe at Annapolis and a fifty guinea purfe at Hagerstown. I never lost a race but the last I ran at Alexandria, which was owing to my being badly fad, as I lost all my plates before I got in. I am in fine pligh, found in every respect; my offspring are in great repute, some of which are now in training for the turf—pro- cure me good stands and entertainment and I am able to earn one thousand dollars per an- num. Any person inclining to buy or rent may know the terms by applying to John Camsn (Lovelall) Cecil county and state of Mary- land, eight miles south of Elkton. feb. 21. 12w  WATER LOAN. THE Commissioners for receiving subscriptions to a Loan for supplying the City of Philadelphia with wholesome water, give NOTICE, That they will call on the citizens for their subscrip- tions in the following districts William Jones will receive from Vine to South side of Pine-street. Lewis Hollingsworth will receive from the North side of Pine to the South side of Spruce-street. Jesse Wats will receive from north side of Spruce to the south side of Walnut-streets. Edward Tiptman will receive from north side of Walnut to the south side of Chestnut-streets. John Iskey, and I will receive from north side of Chestnut to the south side of Market-streets. Stephen Girard, and I will receive from north side of Market to the south side of Arch-streets. Thomas Halkin will receive from north side of Arch to the south side of Race-streets. Leonard Jacobi will receive from north side of Race to the south side of Vine-streets. Joseph Cruickshank, I will attend at the office of Jared Jacob Ingals, opposite the State House, with the book hitherto kept at the City Hall. By order of the board. JACOB SHOEMAKER, sec'y. 2d no 18th $  Philadelphia, March 1799. PROPOSAL BY THOMAS DOBSON, At the Stone House, No. 41, South Second Street, for furnishing by subscription  ENCYCLOPEDIA, OR A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE; On a PLAN entirely NEW: By which the different Sciences and Arts are di- gested into the Form of distinct TREATISES OR SYSTEMS, COMPREHENDING  THE History, Theory, and Practice, of each, according to the Latest Discoveries and improvements: and full Explanations given of Various Detached parts of Knowledge, whether Relating to Natural and Artificial Objects, or to Matters Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, Com- mercial, &c. Including Elucidations of the most important Topics relative to Religion, Morals, Manners, and the Oeconomy of Life; together with a description of all the Countries, Cities, principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, &c. throughout the World; a General History, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms, and States; and an account of the Lives of the most Eminent Persons in every Na- tion, from the earliest ages down to the present times. Compiled from the Writings of the best Authors, in several Languages; the most ap- proved Dictionaries, as well of General Science as of Particular Branches; the Translations, Journals, and Memoirs, of learned Societies, both at home and abroad; the MS. Lectures of eminent Professors on different Sciences; and a variety of original Materials, furnished by an extensive Correspondence.  The Publisher having been solicited to fur- nish sets of this valuable and important work by one volume at a time, which by dividing the payments, might make the acquisition of the work more convenient to purchasers, proposes to dispose of the few remaining copies on the following:  CONDITIONS. The Work being already completed in Eighteen large Quarto Volumes in boards, Elegantly printed on Superfine paper, illustrated with five hundred and forty-two Copper plates: I. A volume in boards will be delivered to each Subscriber in the first week of every month till the whole be delivered, which will take a peri- od of eighteen months. II. Every Subscriber on receiving the first Vo- lume, to pay Twenty Dollars. On receiving the Second 15 Dollars The Third, 12 Dollars The Fourth, 10 Dollars The Fifth, 10 Dollars The Sixth, 8 Dollars and Five dollars for each of the succeeding vo- lumes, till the whole is delivered, which will amount in the whole to One Hundred and Thirty-five Dollars, being the present price for com- plete sets. Any Subscriber who may chuse to have the whole in a shorter time than 18 months, may have any number of volumes that may be agree- able at the same time at the above prices. To prevent any misunderstanding it is proper to express that no volume will be delivered to any person without the money, and as the sets on hand are but few in number, it will be requi- site that such as choose to become subscribers should apply as early as possible to prevent dis- appointments. Complete Sets may be had as above, or bound in various manners. march 6. w&6w  White Oak Logs—or White Oak Pipe—WANTED. PROPOSALS, WILL BE RECEIVED, On or before the 10th day of March, For the Delivery, To the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia, or their agent, at any part within the said City, of the whole or part of 104,000 feet, running measure, of WHITE OAK LOGS, In lengths of ten or twelve feet, Or of the same quantity, of LOGS, Bored into pipe, counterbored and tapped, as under: 24,000 feet to measure 13 inches at the thickest end, if bored, 4 1/2 inch pipe. 16,000 feet to measure 12 inches at the thickest end, if bored, 4 inch pipe. 64,000 feet to measure 11 inches at the thickest end, if bored, 3 inch pipe. 104,000 The Logs must be straight and free from shakes and knots: no faulty logs will on any account be received. Those who deliver proposals for bored logs, are requested to mention the price at which they will deliver the logs unbored, in case it should be found proper to bore them in Philadelphia. Proposals in writing will be received by B. Henry Latrobe, engineer. South Twelfth-street, the first House from Market-street. feb 8 $  The Creditors of the subscriber will take notice, that he has ap- plied to the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, for the county of Philadelphia, for the benefit of the Act of Assembly, passed the 4th of April last, for the relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed the 25th inst. at 10 o'clock, to hear him and his creditors, at the State House, or such other place where the court may be held. EDW. W. SHOEMAKER. March 12. 12w25th  NOTICE. Is given to all those indebted to the firms of Jackson & Evens, John B. Evens, & Co. Evens & Bullock, Whittion, Evens & Co. and John B. Evens. THAT the Subscriber is fully authorized to ad- just and settle the affairs of those concerns; and that suits will be indiscriminately commenced on all accounts that remain unpaid on the 20th day of March next. John B. Evens, No. 119, South Third-street. feb 2 co/6w

To holders of unseated LANDS in Lycoming county.
WHEREAS divers persons, intending to enter their Lands with us, the commissioners of said county, according to Law, have transmitted to us imperfect statements of their Lands, whereby we are unable to distinguish them on the general returns of the deputy surveyors: we hereby notify all persons holding unseated Lands in the county aforesaid, who are desirous of entering their Lands with us according to Law, that they transmit to us a statement, showing the names of the warrantees, numbers and dates of the warrants, the quality surveyed upon each, and the name of the deputy who surveyed the Lands. Such a statement forwarded to the post-office at the town of Northumberland, post paid, will be duly attended to by us, and the owner speedily furnished with an account of his taxes.
Those persons who do not enter their Lands as aforesaid, and pay their taxes, within three months from this notification, an interest of one per cent per month, will be charged upon the delinquents as the Law directs, besides the expenses accruing upon a procedure to file, which will be in the names of the original warrantees, of which the commissioners are in possession of accurate Lists for the whole county.
WILLIAM WILSON, HENRY DONNEL, THOMAS FORSTER, commissioners.
William Wilson, one of the commissioners is now in the city where he will remain until the 18th inst. Any person wishing to enter their Lands may make application to him at Wm. Elliot's, Cross Keys, North Fourth Street.
A Meeting of the Creditors of HENRY BANKS, is requested on Thursday next, the 14th inst, at the house of Mrs. Nicholas, sign of the Conestoga Waggon, in Market Street, at 6 o'clock in the evening.
Joseph Ball, John Baker, Trustees. March 7. dtcMar.
FOR SALE A House and Lot in Trenton, The house is of brick, two stories high, four rooms on a floor, and in good order:—For further particulars enquire of Ab. Hunt, in Trenton, or of JOHN E. CRESON, No. 54, Market Street. March 9. 3aw1m
ROBERT.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
THE Cellar of the Subscribers' Warehouse was broke open in the night between the 7th and 8th inst. from whence was taken a Trunk marked F. No. 7, studded and corded as it came from London; containing 34 drab coloured cloth cardinals 60 scarlet do. Some of them plain, and others bound with gimp and ermine. ALSO, 4 pieces of fancy striped callimancoes.
Thirty dollars will be paid for the discovery of the perpetrators of the robbery when convicted, and thirty dollars for recovery of the goods. THOMAS & JOSHUA FISHER. March 9. dtf
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March 11th, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 1st day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of United Meritors for propagating the gospel among the Heathen" and the act supplementary to the said recited act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine—to wit:
THAT the tract of Land herein after described, namely, "beginning at the North West corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges; thence due West to the Main Branch of the Scioto river; thence up the Main Branch of the said river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same—thence along the said boundary line to the Tulpacora branch of the Mufkingum river at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line so run to the place of beginning," has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of townships; and that plats and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspection of all persons concerned.
The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services performed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand, eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No registry will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter townships, or four thousand acres.
The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode described by the act first recited.
The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, in the order of which the priority of location shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, personally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particular quarter townships elected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed in locating such warrants to all other holders of registered warrants.
The holders of warrants for military services sufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each; shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be allowed to register the said warrants in manner aforesaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor on any tract or tracts of land not before located.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which shall not be registered and located before the first day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary act of Congress herein before recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT. Sec. of the Treasury.
A neat pocket edition of the Constitution of the United States, Together with the Amendments, may be had at this office—Price 25 Cents. Mar 6 11.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 5th, 1799.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT by an act of Congress passed the 28th day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, the following alterations and amendments have been made to an act passed on the sixth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, entitled, "An act laying duties upon stamped vellum, parchment and paper."
The stamp duties heretofore imposed upon foreign bills of exchange and bills of lading are to cease and determine from and after the 31st day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.
The several Stamp duties hereafter enumerated will be levied and collected throughout the United States, from and after the 31st day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. For every sheet, or piece of vellum or parchment or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed either of the instruments or writings following, to wit:
Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country, 20 Any note or bill of lading, or writing or receipt in nature thereof, for goods or merchandise to be exported, if from one district to another district of the United States, not being in the same state, 4 Any policy of insurance, or instrument in the nature thereof, other than those heretofore specified in the above recited act, when the sum insured shall not exceed five hundred dollars, 25 When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars, 1 And the said Duties are chargeable upon each and every Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lading without respect to the number contained in each set.
Bonds required in any case by the Laws of the United States, or of any state, upon legal proceeds, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty are exempt from the payment of Stamp Duties.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year abovenoted. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. March 7. d1m
Nankeens. 10,000 pieces Nankeens, entitled to draw-back, 7 bales Blue Gurratta, 2 bales Checks,
FOR SALE BY SAMUEL HAYS, No. 80, South Third Street. March 14. dtf
New Theatre. An adjourned Meeting of the subscribers to the New Theatre, will be held at the City Tavern on Saturday Evening next, at 7 o'clock, when business of importance will be submitted to their consideration. JOHN LEAMY, Chairman. March 13.
BALL.
MR. and Mrs. BYRNE respectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Philadelphia that their BALL will be on Tuesday the 19th inst. at O'Callaghan's Hotel. In the course of the evening several New Cotillions and Country Dances will be introduced. March 14.
East India Company of N. America.
THE Company are desirous of purchasing immediately, a substantial well built fast sailing vessel, completely fitted for sea, a ship already coppered will be preferred; her burthen to be not less than Three Hundred Tons. Any person having such vessel to dispose of, will be pleased to forward their proposals on or before the 15th inst. with a particular description of the vessel, the timber of which she is built, the number of guns she is calculated to carry, and her dimensions, to the secretary of the board of agents, who will receive the same for their consideration.
Per order of the board, S. BLODGET, Secretary p. r. March 5. dtf
NOW LANDING,
From on board the ship Josephus, H. Kennedy, master, at Rolf's wharf, from the Havana, and for Sale by the subscriber, 91 hogheads of prime Molasses, 31 tiersces of Coffee, 73 quintals of Logwood.
Who has also for sale, Bill Madeira WINE of 6 years old, in pipes, hogheads & quarter casks; 1 box of low-priced Irish Linens, Window Glass, Clover Seed, &c. &c.
SAID SHIP JOSEPHUS, FOR SALE or CHARTER. JOHN CRAIG. March 11. dtf
NOTICE.
THE Following certificates of shares of the stock of the Bank of the United States have been lost or destroyed at sea, to wit: 13 shares in the name of Peter Blight, of which 5 shares No 4185, 5 shares No 4186, and 3 shares No 4187, and 6 shares in the name of John Barker Church, No 2038, which were forwarded by the Countesses of Leicester packet from Falmouth for New-York—and ten shares of said stock in the name of Stadnicki & Son of Amsterdam, No 1796, which were forwarded by the Packet from Falmouth for New-York in November 1794; and for the renewal of which application is made at the said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. March 12. dtm
Boarding & Lodging.
THREE or four Gentlemen may be accommodated with genteel boarding and lodging in a small family, and upon reasonable terms, by applying at No. 12, Pear Street. March 15. $
TO LET,
A Three Story Brick House, In Spruce-Street, between Second and Third Streets. Possession given immediately, enquire at No. 31, Spruce-Street. March 13. dtf
Laws of the United States.
By Authority.
Fifth Congress of the United States
At the Third Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight.
AN ACT
For the augmentation of the Navy.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That under the orders of the President of the United States, and in addition to the naval armament already authorised by law, there shall be built within the United States, six ships of war, of a size to carry, and which shall be armed with not less than seventy-four guns each; and there shall be built or purchased within the United States, six sloops of war, of a size to carry, and which shall be armed with eighteen guns each, or not exceeding that force; all which ships and vessels shall be procured, manned and employed as soon as may be, for the service, of the United States; and in part of the necessary expenditures to be incurred herein, a sum not exceeding one million of dollars, shall be, and is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid out of any monies which shall be in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorised to augment, at his discretion, the force of any ship or vessel, now in the service, or building for the service of the United States, by allowing an additional number of guns and men therein, beyond the established rate, and according to the respective size and capacity of such ship or vessel: and a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, shall be, and is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of such augmentation, and shall be paid out of any monies which shall be in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and is hereby authorised to place on the naval establishment, and employ accordingly, all or any of the vessels, which, as revenue cutters, have been increased in force, and employed in the defence of the sea-coast, pursuant to the act, intitled "an act providing a naval armament;" and thereupon the officers and crews of such vessels, may be allowed, at the discretion of the President of the United States, the pay, subsistence, advantages and compensations, proportionably to the rates of such vessels, and shall be governed by the rules and discipline, which are or which shall be established for the navy of the United States.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, February 25, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Allowing James Mathers compensation for services done for the United States, and expenses incurred in rendering said services, as Sergeant at arms to the Senate.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred and one dollars and be, and the same is hereby allowed to James Mathers for his services and expenses during the recess of Congress as sergeant at arms to the Senate of the United States, which services were done and expenses incurred by order of the Senate, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury of the United States.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, February 25, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Authorizing the establishment of Docks. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That two docks for the convenience of repairing the public ships and vessels be erected in suitable places, under the direction of the President of the United States, and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars be appropriated towards effecting this object, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, February 25th, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
AN ACT Authorizing the purchase of timber for naval purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to direct a sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be laid out in the purchase of growing or other timber, or of lands on which timber is growing, suitable for the navy; and to cause the proper measures to be taken to have the same prepared for the future uses of the navy.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved February 25, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Respecting quarantines, and health laws.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the quarantines and other restraints, which shall be required and established by the health laws of any state, or pursuant thereto, respecting any vessels arriving in, or bound to, any port or district thereof, whether from a foreign port or place, or from another district of the United States, shall be duly observed by the collectors, and all other officers of the revenue of the United States, appointed and employed for the several collection districts of such state respectively, and by the makers and crews of the several revenue cutters, and by the military officers who shall command in any fort or station upon the sea coast; and all such officers of the United States shall be, and they hereby are, authorized and required, faithfully to aid in the execution of such quarantines and health laws, according to their respective powers and precincts, and as they shall be directed from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. And the said Secretary shall be, and he is hereby authorized, when a conformity to such quarantines and health laws shall require it, and in respect to vessels which shall be subject thereto, to prolong the terms limited for the entry of the same, and the report or entry of their cargoes, and to vary or dispense with any other regulations applicable to such reports or entries: Provided , that nothing herein shall enable any state to collect a duty of tonnage or impost, without the consent of the Congress of the United States thereto: And provide , that no part of the cargo of any vessel shall, in any case, be taken out or unladed therefrom, otherwise than as by law is allowed, or according to the regulations herein after established.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That when, by the health laws of any state, or by the regulations which shall be made pursuant thereto, any vessel arriving within a collection district of such state, shall be prohibited from coming to the port of entry or delivery by law established for such district, and it shall be required or permitted by such health laws, that the cargo of such vessel shall or may be unladen at some other place within or near to such district, the collector authorized therein, after due report to him of the whole of such cargo, may grant his special warrant or permit for the unlading and discharge thereof, under the care of the surveyor, or of one or more inspectors, at some other place where such health laws shall permit, and upon the conditions and restrictions which shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or which such collector may, for the time, reasonably judge expedient for the security of the public revenue: Provided , that in every such case, all the articles of the cargo so to be unladed shall be deposited, at the risk of the parties concerned therein, in such public, or other ware houses or inclosures, as the collector shall designate, there to remain under the joint custody of such collector, and of the owner or owners or master, or other person having charge of such vessel, until the same shall be entirely unladen or discharged; and until the goods, wares or merchandise which shall be so deposited may be safely removed, without contravening such health laws; and when such removal may be allowed, the collector having charge of such goods, wares or merchandise, may grant permits to the respective owners or consignees their factors or agents, to receive all goods, wares or merchandise, which shall be entered, and whereof the duties accruing shall be paid or secured, according to law, upon the payment by them of a reasonable rate of storeage; which shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury for all public ware houses and inclosures.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be purchased or erected, under the orders of the President of the United States, suitable ware houses, with wharves and inclosures, where goods and merchandise may be unladen and deposited, from any vessel which shall be subject to a quarantine, or other restraint, pursuant to the health laws of any state as aforesaid, at such convenient place or places therein, as the safety of the public revenue, and the observance of such health laws may require.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when, by the prevalence of any contagious or epidemical disease, in or near the place by law established, at the port of entry for any collection district, it shall be deemed dangerous or inconvenient for the collector and the other officers of the revenue employed therein, to continue the discharge of their respective offices at such port, the Secretary, or in his absence, the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States, may direct and authorize the removal of the collector, and the other officers employed in his department, from such port, to any other more convenient place, within, or as near as may be to such collection district, where
such collector and officers may exercise the same authorities, and shall be liable to the same duties, according to existing circumstances, as in such lawful port or district; and of such removal, public notice shall be given as soon as may be.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the judge of any district court of the United States within whose district any contagious or epidemical disease shall at any time prevail, so far in his opinion, to endanger the life or lives of any person or persons confined in the prison of such district, in pursuance of any law of the United States, to direct the marshal to cause the person or persons confined as aforesaid, to be removed to the next adjacent prison where such disease does not prevail, there to be confined, until he, the said person or persons, may be removed back to the place of their first confinement; which removals shall be at the expense of the United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case of the prevalence of a contagious or epidemical disease at the seat of government, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to permit, and direct the removal of any or all the public offices to such other place or places as, in his discretion, shall be deemed most safe and convenient for conducting the public business.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever, in the opinion of the chief justice, or in case of his death, or inability, of the senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, a contagious sickness shall render it hazardous to hold the next stated session of the said court at the seat of government, it shall be lawful for the chief or such associate justice, to issue his order to the marshal of the district within which the supreme court is by law to be held, directing him to adjourn the said session of the said court to such other place within the same, or an adjoining district, as he may deem convenient; and the said marshal shall thereupon adjourn the said court, by making publication thereof in one or more public papers printed at the place by law appointed for holding the same, from the time he shall receive such order, until the time by law prescribed for commencing the said session. And the district judges shall, respectively, under the same circumstances, have the same power, by the same means, to direct adjournments of the district and circuit courts within their several districts, to some convenient place within the same, respectively.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the act, intitled "An act relative to quarantine," passed in the first session of the fourth Congress of the United States, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved February 25, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect certain treaties between the United States, and several tribes or nations of Indians.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the following treaties, (viz.) A treaty made and concluded with the Creeks at the city of New-York, on the seventh day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and a further treaty with the said Creeks made and concluded at Colerain, in the state of Georgia, on the twenty ninth of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six: A treaty made and concluded with the chiefs and warriors of the Six Nations on the eleventh November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety four: An agreement made and entered into with the chiefs of the Chickasaw nation, in Philadelphia on the fifteenth July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety four to pay to the said nation, goods to the amount of three thousand dollars annually: And the treaty made and concluded at Tellico with the Cherokee tribe or nation on the second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight; and a treaty of Holston mentioned in the same: The money arising under the revenue laws of the United States, which have been heretofore passed, and not already appropriated to any other purpose, that is to say so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is hereby pledged and appropriated for the payment of the annuities stipulated as aforesaid, to be paid to the said Indian tribes, or nations, and to continue so pledged and appropriated so long as the said treaties and agreement shall be in force And that a further sum of ten thousand dollars out of the money aforesaid, be, and hereby is appropriated to defray the cost of transportation, and other contingent charges which may arise from the payment of said annuities according to the stipulations made and entered into with the aforesaid nations, tribes or Indians.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved February 25, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Department of State. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.
Notice.
THE creditors of John E. Hubbs may take notice that he has applied to the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Philadelphia, for relief, under the several acts of Assembly passed for the relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed Monday the 25th instant to hear him and his creditors. March 15. r mo. dtf. 23

By this Day's Mail.
NEWBURYPORT, March 5.
THE MERRIMACK.
Capt. Hoyt concurs with letters from officers on board the Merrimack, in giving the most flattering accounts of that excellent vessel. She is universally allowed in the West Indies to be the most beautiful ship in the American navy. Commodore Barry acknowledges her to be the handsomest vessel he ever saw. She sails remarkably fast, one letter says, "We see nothing but what we can either speak or leave. A ship, captain Roberts, sailed from Boston harbour the same day with us, and had got out a league before we have up; we soon were up with her under our topsails, and although she put on every rag of sail, we were obliged to lettle our topsails to the caps to keep her company. In a very severe gale in lat. 34, we scudded 11 knots under bare poles." It reflects the highest honor on the subscribers, contractors, and architect, to have furnished, on loan, the first and best vessel of her size, at a much less expense than any other built by the government. The officers and crew were in excellent health and spirits.
BOSTON, March 8.
On Wednesday night last, two children of Mr. Jacob Porter's, the master of a boarding-house in Royal-Exchange Lane, were poisoned with crude opium. One was about 7 years of age, the other about 5. The father, and a woman who lived in the house, were yesterday committed to separate apartments in the prison. A Coroner's Inquest was called, and several Physicians of the town assisted in the examination of the bodies—after sitting a considerable time they agreed in the verdict, That the children came to their death by certain poisonous substances received into their stomachs, and administered by Jacob Porter, and Abigail, whom he calls his wife, the reputed parents of the children.
NEW-YORK, March 15.
The citizens were highly delighted yesterday, when they received the enlivening information from the ship Sanfom, as she approached the harbour. She sailed from Madras on the 16th of October, under convoy, and in company with the following English India-men, viz.
Lord Camden (Com. ship) Dover Castle, Henry Dundas, Good Hope, Bushridge, and Veruna; with the Mount Vernon, for Baltimore—They all arrived off the Cape of Good Hope on New-Year's-day—at St. Helena the 16th Jan.—from whence the Sanfom and Mount Vernon sailed the 20th. On account of westerly winds the Mount Vernon did not expect to arrive as soon as the Sanfom.
A gentleman on board the Sanfom informs us, that in consequence of the manoeuvres of Tippoo Saib, the English had ordered out an army of observation of 20,000 men.
He also informs us of the capture of two English Indianmen (the Raymond and Woodcock) on the coast of Malabar. The captain of the Raymond was killed in the action.
It is thirteen months since the Sanfom left this port; and we are happy to observe, there is every prospect of her having made a productive voyage.
Yesterday arrived here from Jamaica, the Snow Chatham, Stanwood. On the 26th of February, off Cape Antonio, at 7 A. M. saw a sail—at half past 7, saw two Schooners. The first vessel appeared to be the Lucretia, Welsh, of Boston, from Kingston, bound to Norfolk, the other a French privateer. The Lucretia, unarmed, fired 4 men on board the Chatham, in order to defend both vessels. Having got the men on board, cleared for action, which commenced at half past ten, and continued for three glasses—during the engagement, the privateer kept in shoal water, which gave her an advantage over the Chatham. The Lucretia, being a heavy sailer, fell astern to the windward, which enabled the privateer to cut her off.
The privateer, having boarded her prize, immediately after made sail for the Chatham to renew the action, with her bloody flag flying; which was renewed at half past 12, and continued for three glasses more, during which time they had reason to believe, from the confusion, considerable slaughter was made on board the privateer, they having strung up a dead man to the yard arm, as a signal of their fate, had they fallen into their hands. After the engagement, the privateer steered off, and would have been pursued, had not captain Stanwood expended almost all his ammunition. The next day spoke the brig Polly, West, of Providence, who was detained four days by said privateer—having no cargo, was discharged. He informed us she was from the Havana, and that her force was four 18's, and one 24 pounder mounted on a swivel in the hatchway, and 75 men. The Chatham had six 18's, and 17 men, none of whom were in the least injured; and all the damage the vessel received, was the shattering of her boarding spar over the stern, and a shot or two through the sails.
Dr. Johnson's account of the republicanism of Milton, though perhaps exaggerated with respect to the political principles of that inimitable poet, may be justly applied to the pure republicanism of the present day. "It is founded in an envious hatred of greatness, and a fallen desire of independence; in petulant impatience of controul, and pride diffusive of superiority. Its predominant design is to destroy rather than to establish, not feeling so much the love of liberty, as repugnance to authority."
"We are, at present, in a perilous state, and it is to be feared, on the brink of some calamity. Menaced with the resentment of
a foreign nation, we are distracted among ourselves. In proportion to our diffensions, will be our danger, and our safety lies in love to our constitution, and confidence in our administration. If the people will cordially unite in supporting active measures of the administration, France will change her tone from resentment to complacency. But experience of her conduct towards all other nations must convince us, that it is her means only, and not her object, that she will change. Her object will remain the same, to reduce us to a subjection to her will. Let us beware, therefore, of supposing, that when she speaks peace, she means peace. She will speak peace while we support our administration; and again war, whenever she can persuade our people to oppose the administration of their government. Divide and subdue is her maxim."
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 16.
SOME ACCOUNT OF A MANUSCRIPT,
ENTITLED, "TALLEYRAND'S DESCENT INTO HELL."
(Continued.)
TALLEYRAND now discovered many of his old co-mates, whose visages were not totally obliterated. Robespierre, Danton, Carnot, Brissot, Marat, Condorcet, and the Orator of the human race, were among the number. The distinction of Cordelier and Jacobin, appeared to be altogether forgotten; those ties, which on earth bound some of them together in one deadly interest, were broken; and each perturbed spirit became a Fury of vengeance to his brother. But amid this throng of Republicans and Philosophers, he looked in vain for Mirabeau, and ventured, in a tremulous voice, to ask his guide in what manner his earliest and dearest associate was disposed of. For him, replied the ghost, has been reserved a deeper and heavier perdition. He is now suffering in the hidden cells of anguish, the very sight of which would stiffen all thy joints with horror. In the entrails of yonder rock, which rises from that ocean of liquid fire whose waves never sleep, is the home, the last dreadful home of Mirabeau—Mirabeau, whose sacrilegious purposes were conceived in darkness, and brought forth in blood: whose crimes were more numerous than the fiends which surround thee, more remorseless than the bosom of Alecto: Whose corrupt heart rotted in its own impurity; who died blaspheming; and, to honor whose pestilential remains, the ashes of a virgin Saint were torn from their hallowed rest, and scattered to the winds of Heaven. Nor is Mirabeau a solitary sufferer: Voltaire and all those whose bodies pollute the holy shrine of St. Genevieve, with the apostate Priests and Bishops, are thus racked on the excruciating wheel of hopeless Despair.
After a momentary silence, the mingling yells of varied torture burst from their confinement; a black whirlwind swept along the gulph; and the fatal orb moved from its station. As it gradually descended, Talleyrand followed it with his eyes till it was lost in total darkness. The gates, self-moving, now closed the terrific scene, and left the Minister to ruminate on the wonders of the place, as his guide conducted him, silently, towards the Palace of Pluto—They soon arrived in sight of those delightful fields where the spirits of the great and good repose in endless felicity. When come to the residence of the Prince of Darkness, Egalité was dismissed, and Talleyrand was delivered over to the shade of Dulau, the unfortunate Archbishop of Arles. Different, indeed, were the objects of Talleyrand's contemplation, as he passed along the flowery banks of Elysium, from those he had witnessed on the borders of Phlegethon. Pure rills gushing from their rose-fringed fountains, "on orient pearls and sands of gold", bubbled along in mazy wantonness; thos. bands of cool and pleasant arbours rose, in blooming tufts, on every side:—Not a grove but had some new and captivating beauty;—not a mead but was impurpled with the violet, or flushed with the carnation:—The voice of extacy warbled from every bush; the smile of celestial joy glittered on every countenance:—"The scene shone bright with bliss"; and every thing seemed to give evidence that it was the "Place
"Where mischiefs never fly, cares never come With wrinkled brow, nor anguish, nor disease, Nor malice forked-tongued."
As our author, in this part of his performance, is rather interesting, it is with
pleasure we lay it before our readers. It may be considered as no unfavorable specimen of his serious poetry.
"There rage no forms; the sun diffuses there His temper'd beams thro' skies forever fair. There gentler airs o'er brakes of myrtle blow; Hills greener rise, and purer waters flow. There bud the woodbine and the jessamine pale, With every bloom that scents the morning gale; While thousand melting sounds the breezes bear, In flken dalliance, to the dreaming ear, And golden fruits, mid shadowy blossoms, shine In fields immortal, and in groves divine. As onward thro' the joyful plains he goes, Th' apostate priest no touch of comfort knows. The fight of satiated souls in pleasure laid, By every stream; and blest in every shade, Joys which his guilty ghost must never share, His spirit plunged in comfortless despair. E'en then when mem'ry shew'd his every sin, When all was darkness and remorse within, His martyr guide directs his trembling eyes To where his monarch's peaceful refuge lies; Were, in the centre of a blooming wood, Immortal Louis rests, the mild and good. A crown he wore by angel fingers made; Around his head celestial glories play'd; In wreathes of light his radiant limbs were dress'd, And transport harbour'd in his holy breast. Close by his side, in beauty's pride, was seen, His life's last thought, his gentle, faithful Queen. In bowers of bliss, like the first pair, they play, Or hand in hand, pursue their flow'ry way. A light like this, to keener pangs consign'd The quivering texture of his blasted mind, When thus his guide: "Behold that lovely pair Whose lives were faultless as their lot is fair; Whose innocent blood, by ruffian hands, was shed, Who call'd no curses on their murd'rer's head: These woe thy Sov'reigns, Priest; the blood of they No charms can silence, and no prayers appease. It mounts, like incense, to th' eternal throne, And brings the judg. ments of th' Almighty down. Quick flies the time, the rapid hours advance That wing the dreadful destiny of France. Her race, her horrid race of crime is run Beneath th' horizon sinks her bloody sun;— The cloud built turrets of her pride decay; Their evening crimson fades in gloom away; Fierce portentous blaze, and to the world declare The last sad night of Anarchy's fell career.— "The time has been, 'ere scribbling knaves began To claim more rights than God design'd for man, To teach mankind that passion never strays, That human nature's just in all her ways, That Christian faws are ludicrously nice, And sweet, oh! sweet's the downy bed of vice: Ere convict Thieves, at their own fate amazed, Were from the gallows to the Pulpit raised; Ere, in the face of guilt-annoying day, The mother play'd to shew her child the way; Ere the son pluck'd the hoary father's beard; Ere beggars reign'd and beggars' trulls were fear'd; While Paris, yet, could plead her virtuous ten, And prayers sincere were mutter'd now and then, The time has been that gave the rustic throng Their evening ballet, and their morning song. E'en Paris, then, her harmless joys could boast; Who was most upright, then, was honor'd most; And no vile blush our-grateful cheeks o'er-spread To ask a blessing on our Monarch's head. In those good days, it was not strange to bend With cordial friendship o'er a bleeding friend; To see a foe in cureless anguish lay And smooth his pillow as he pass'd away. Then want was furnish'd with the means to live, For men had hearts to feel and hands to give; Then wealth dispensed what happiness it could, To taste the luxury of doing good: Then beauty wept at sympathy's command, And love was then no stranger in the land. Tell me, false Autun, what has France obtain'd In lieu of these; what great advantage gain'd. With all thy new illumination fired, With licence blest, 'd, with sacrilege inspired, With venerable piles in ruin laid, By village tales the wood-god's dwellings made, With all the Hamlet's sweet delights o'erthrown With flocks undone, and pious pastors flown, With knaves carousing where the poor were fed, With ev'ry gen'rous, social virtue dead, With all these blessings added to your store, Say are you better, happier than before. We are sorry the extent of our plan will not suffer us to give the whole of this passage; but we will select from it that part which particularly refers to America. After Talleyrand became assured of the final triumph of Great Britain, and of the restoration of monarchy in France, he was solicitous to know in what manner the difference with America would terminate; as he had full hopes of getting a crop from her, before he should be obliged to resign the task, of renting out the globe to other hands. It was true, she had been kicked and bruised with too little ceremony, and it was said she was preparing to kick in her turn; but this report seemed, to Talleyrand, rather problematical, inasmuch as she had been cuffed for many years without resentment, complaint, or even a murmur. He, however, wished to know, if her back was, absolutely, up, whether a little affected humiliation, and
sorrow for the past, would not happily restore him once more to her confidence. Dulau answers:
Go, more than demon, go resume thy arts Go plead repentance, and a contrite heart; Go let affection glitter thro' a tear; Go proffer peace,—the peaceful land will hear. While fardid commerce hugs her mangled trade; While public fame a slave to gold is made; While thefts and insults only touch the breast With grief for some, and hope to save the rest, Tho' but two fractions of the whole remain, Who pleads for peace will never plead in vain. Go, for Columbia waits, with anxious eyes, To see thee smile; an easy willing prize. The gates of Janus there are ever harr'd; Thou't sure to triumph, though thy terms are hard. And when the flattering league of friendship's made, When every little fear in peace is laid; When, wrapp'd in specious rest, they bless their lot. The future fair, and all the past forgot, Then cut the mounds of faction's lawless flood, And drench another land in tears and blood. Infatuate men, ah! what avails your boast, Your rising Navy, and your guarded coast, Your hosts of patriot youth in arms array'd, 'Tis, all, the wretched shadow of a shade. For soon the spoiler comes "with wanton wiles, With quips, and cranks, and nods, and wreath-ed smiles"; Disarms your vengeance, slays the lifted blow And lays your freedom and your honor low. So the poor girl, whose bold seducer flies With steps, too ride, to seize the virgin prize, Frowns on the wretch who dar'd invade her charms, And all her injur'd feelings rush to arms. But soon return'd, he drops an artful tear, And pours his plaintive sorrows in her ear, Till reachers love admits the wily cheat, And stamps her ruin and her shame complete. So Satan, once with "diplomatic skill," Rush'd thro' the tangles of the sacred hill, Beguild the truth of Adam's honest mind, And nail'd the yoke of mischief on mankind. Infatuate men! while clouds invest the air, You fondly dream, to morrow will be fair. Still careless on the same dull road you stray, Nor heed the stormy dangers of the way. With you the frolic and the feast is found, The Chariot rattles and the glass goes round. You fill can truck your wares, and go to bed With some new speculation in your head; Still fruit the Change with Haberdaisher pride; Still count the profits, and the gain divide; Still take the breakfast paper, and explore The advertising columns o'er and o'er; And, if the tale should meet your listless glance Of some new land a prey to bloody France, You still can look at home, with vast content, And underwrite the state for one per cent. Such was the prophetic spirit of our author when engaged in this truly curious little work. But what can we say of his predictions? Are they not the offspring of a tickly imagination brooding over its own misfortunes? Meteors of a stagnant mind; the victim of a sedentary life? Surely, surely, America, after her long suffering, is not at last to be dragged into the vortex of revolutionary misery. And yet — S. [To be continued.]
The fire at Norfolk, it appears, was occasioned by the wilful act of some incendiary for the mayor of the town has offered a reward of five hundred dollars, for apprehending the person or persons who set fire to it.
A melancholy accident happened on Wednesday morning last, whereby a negro man was unfortunately killed.—The circumstances as far as we can learn are, that a boy having laid hands on his master's pistols, which were loaded, carried them into an apartment where the negro man and a mulatto woman were employed in domestic affairs; the man jocosely told the woman to take one, retreat to a proper distance, and fire—the did so, when the ball entered the man's head and put an end to his existence—They both fired at the same time, but the woman received no injury. The above circumstance should operate as a warning to all persons who have occasion to carry like weapons, not to suffer them to be exposed to the curiosity of children and servants, whose little knowledge of them, frequently produce disastrous effects.
On Saturday was launched from Messrs. Steel and Lamdin's ship yard, Fell's Point, an elegant brig, named Mary Ann-Eliza, 200 tons burthen, and pierced for sixteen guns.
Married on Thursday evening last, by Michael Hillegas, Esq. Mr. Edmund Kinsey, (Saddler) to Miss Polly Keegan, both of this City.
Savannah, February 22.
Yesterday arrived the ship Fanny, Capt. Wellman, in 9 days from the Havana, with Sugar. Capt. W. informs, that he failed in company with upwards of 50 sail in American vessels, bound to different ports of the United States, under convoy of the Delaware sloop of war, capt. Decatur, and an armed Schooner and sloop. Capt. Hutch. of the brig Mercury, from Charleston to the Havana, was taken by a French Schooner of 6 guns, the crew taken out and sent to the Havana. Capt. W. also informs,
that there are two French Schooners cruising off the Havana, to intercept Americans. Capt. Decatur got in sight of them twice, but could not overhaul them. Capt. W. left upwards of 90 sail of Americans in port.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia,
CLEARED.
Brig Sally, Grevin, Savannah. The ship Superior, Conyngham, from Havana, has arrived at Reedy Island, failed with a fleet and parted company off the Matanzas, we are not yet in possession of her passage but suppose about 14 days. The ship in the river reported yesterday as from Liverpool, proves to be the British ship Douglass, Walker, from London in a long passage. The ship South-Carolina, Garmen, from Charleston, is on shore five miles below Reedy Island. It is expected she will be got off without damage. The vessels at Marcus Hook are detained by the ice.
Yesterday, failed for Guadaloupe, the Schooner Retaliation, having on board, 80 French prisoners, part of the crew of L'Croyable, Sans Pareil and Jaloux, French privateers, lately captured by the public armed ships of the United States. The India, Alhmead, left Marcus Hook, Thursday evening.
Extract of a letter from on board the Delaware Sloop of War, dated the 26th inst. off the Matanzas. "We are here with 25 sail under our convoy, bound to different ports of the continent. A British Squadron of 5 sail is to windward of us, running into the fleet; how they will conduct themselves I cannot judge. I am informed that the ship Fanny, Ricard, from Philadelphia to Havana, was captured 4 or 5 days since by a French privateer, and carried into a small port to windward of the Matanzas."
Attention!
THE Volunteer Company of PHILADELPHIA GRENADIERS are ordered to assemble with arms and uniform on Monday morning, at 11 o'clock in the State-house yard. JOSEPH HIGBEE, Captain. March 16.
New Theatre.
THIS EVENING, March 16. WILL BE PRESENTED, (Not acted this season) a celebrated COMEDY called the DESERTED DAUGHTER. To which will be added, a COMEDY in two acts, called, THE DEUCE IS IN HIM.
Box, one Dollar—Pit, three quarters of a Dollar—GALLERY, half a Dollar. The Doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rise at a quarter past 6 o'clock precisely.
Places in the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells at the office of the Theatre, from ten till one, and on the days of performance, from ten till four.
On Monday, a Comedy, called WEDDING IN WALES.
IMPORTED,
In the British ship Douglass, capt. Walker, from London, just arrived. Cannon—Woolwich proof 9 lb caliber, bored from the solid weighing 16 lb. 2 qrs. and 20 lb. each. Ditto of 6 lb caliber, wt. 11 lb. 2 qrs. each. Ditto Swivels, mounted. Cannon shot, viz. Canister, bar and round. 30 cal. Sh. Sh. muskets, fowling pieces and musketeers. Ship Shot, Horsemen's and Saddle Pistols, A large assortment of Flint, 150 cal. Porter, Brown Stout in Bottles, Pantheon Stoves assorted from 20 to 40 inches diameter. 40 Cal. Shot, No. 1, and 6, 3000 Buhl's Coals, 50 Crates Window Glass 100 Crates and 10 hds. Queens Ware adapted to the West India Market, 6 bales Whitney blankets 8-4 and 10-4. For sale by THOMAS & JOHN KETLAND, Walnut Street, W. hart. Who have also on hand, Carpent in cals, first quality, Old Pot Wine, Horsemen's Swords, hangers, &c. Dry White Lead, Ironmongery and Webbby by the package, Bolton Belt, A case of bell roll arments, Painted floor cloths, &c. &c. March 16, 15
FOR SALE,
Creas à la Morlaix, Dowlass, whole pieces, Ditto, half pieces, Brown Planillas, Holland Gla's-ware, Brandy, 4th proof, Rice, Russian horse hair, curled and uncurled, Ditto deck nail rods. ISAAC HAZLEHURST & SON. March 16, drew
A NEGRO BOY.
FOR SALE, THE time of a likely Negro Boy, about ten years old—he is healthy and active, and has been accustomed to waiting, &c.—Enquire of the Printer. March 16. codf
Weavers.
SEVERAL WEAVERS may find employment by applying to Isaac T. Hopper, No. 39, Pine-street. 3 mo. 15th, 1799.
A genteel House to Rent,
Situate in Spruce, between 4th & 5th Streets IT is accommodated with extensive back buildings, three florres in height, two pumps in the yard—one of excellent water and the other in a Rain Cistern. Apply at No. 109, Spruce-street, march 16 drot