Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-10-11 00:00:00

SALES BY AUCTION. Stated Sales FOR DRY GOODS. Monday...
For Freight or Charter, THE GOOD BRIG S U K E Y, Isaac Vredenburg, Master;
HAVANNA SUGARS. FOR SALE. 1400 boxes and casks prime white Havana SUGARS.
Antigua Rum, JUST arrived at Wilmington, Delaware State, and now landing from on board the Brig Active, William Williams, Master.
For Savannah, The fast sailing ship, SWIFT PACKET, PATRICK GRIBBIN, Master,
For HAMBURGH, THE Copper Bottomed Ship FAVORITE, JOHN THOMPSON, Master,
For SALE, On board the said Ship, Swedish Iron, assorted Allow and Window Glass, Demy Johns, Wrapping Paper for Sugar Refiners, Rugs of 1 & 2 Quality.
FOR SALE, BRITAINES in cases, German Checks in do. Cambricks, Flatillas,
An elegant House in Arch Street. TO BE let and entered on immediately a large and elegant house at the corner of Arch and Ninth Street.
Chocolate and Mustard. Manufactured as usual, Ginger and Pepper ground, Shelled or Pearl Barley.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, (If not before disposed of at private sale) ON Friday, the first of December next, at six o'clock in the evening,
To be Sold at Public Vendue, (If not before disposed of at private sale) ON Friday, the first day of December, at six o'clock in the evening,
The Norfolk Mail STAGE. This Stage starts from the GEORGE Tavern, at the corner of Second and Arch Streets,
WINDOW GLASS, Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in the City. OF VARIOUS SIZES,
James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. Red Port Wine. Just arrived, by the brig Iris, capt. Rhodes, from Oporto.
Philips, Cramond, & Co. Will be Landed, From on board the ship Active, Capt. Blair, from Hamburg.
Young Hyson Tea. 40 chests of a superior quality—also, 100 do. of Hyson.
Cedar Shingles. THE subscriber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar Shingles of a superior quality, for sale at 13 dollars per thousand.
William Hallowell, No. 193 North Third-street. Imported in the ship Pigeon, And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front-street.
Imported in the latest arrivals from Amsterdam and Hamburg, and for sale by B. & J. BOHLEN,
A large assortment of fine French Cambricks, Flatillas, Brittanias, Romanes, Brown Holland, Checks and Stripes, Ticklenburgs, Osnaburgs, White Sheetings, Diaper, Brown rolls, Umbrellas, Hair ribbons, Scythes and straw knives.
Excellent Bourdeaux Brandy. Dito ditto Claret in cases. Just received, and for Sale by Randle & Leech.
MRS. GRATTAN INFORMS her friends and the public in general, that her house, No. 192, Market-street, will continue open during the recess.
Choice St. Croix Sugar and Rum. Coffee, Madeira and Teneffice Wine. For Sale by James Yard.
CUSTOM-HOUSE. Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1797. THE Merchants who at this time prefer having their vessels and Merchandise entered and cleared at Chester or Marcus Hook,
TO BE SOLD, And immediate possession given, A convenient well finished Brick Tenement, with a cook house and other out houses,
ALLEN MYLANE. Lately Published, In one vol. 8vo. (price one dollar in boards) sold by WILLIAM YOUNG,
A Collection of Papers on the subject of Billions Favers, prevalent in the United States for a few years past. Composed by NOAH WEBSTER.
City Commissioners Office, August 29, 1797. IN pursuance of an Ordinance of the Select and Common Councils, passed the 23d day of May last.
LOST, ON the Paffyunk Road, between the Blue Bell and the city, a Fowling Piece, with a brass barrel and silver fittings;
TO BE SOLD, THAT elegant seat, called BLOOMSBURY, the residence of the late JOHN COX, Esq. with about 50 acres of Land,
DUTY ON CARRIAGES. Notice is hereby Given, THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America,
Notice is also given, TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled spirituous liquors, that licences will be granted to them;
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Inspector of the Revenue of the first Survey of the District of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection at Germantown, 12th Sept. 1797.
IMPORTED, In the ship America, James Ewing, master, from Hamburg. Brown Holland, White Pettillas, Ticklenburgs, Coarse Linens, Tapes, Looking Glasses, Glass Tumblers.
George Pennock. FOR SALE BY George Pennock. February 6.
To be Let, at a moderate Rent, THE principal part of a HOUSE, within a short distance of the Coffee-house, which has been occupied for the last four months,
MR. LAILSON, WITH an intention to render service, and under-ceive those Performers, who during his absence Mr. Jaymond has thought proper to engage,
PHILIPPE LAILSON. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS KEPT, FOR THE PRESENT, AT THE CITY HALL.
MAIL STAGE. THE proprietors beg leave to inform the public, that they have established a Stage between Philadelphia, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Reading.
THOMAS WARDLE & Co. At the Federal Blast Furnace, In Carbon—for Slitting, Plating, and Rolling MILLS.
SEYMOUR'S Patent Rollers. THESE superiority consists in being free from holes and honey-combed places, which are commonly found in rollers cast in sand, or clay moulds.
This Day is Published, BY MESSRS. Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers. Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents.
The Constitutions. Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution,
By WILLIAM SMITH, Of South Carolina, L.L.D. and member of the Congress of the United States.
By JOHN THOMPSON, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF The Constitutions. N.B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at 3-shillings a dollar.
THOMAS HERMAN LEUFFER, North Fifth street, corner of North alley, No. 34, HAS FOR SALE, EXCELLENT Red Bourdeaux Wine in cases and 12 boxes, six years old.
THIS DAY WAS PUBLISHED, And for sale by THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, fourth Second street, EVENINGS AT HOME;
Letters and Conversations, Between several Young Ladies, on improving and interesting subjects. Translated from the Dutch of Madame de Cambian.
HEALTH-OFFICE. Extract of an act for securing the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases.
It being absolutely necessary that the foregoing section should be punctually complied with, the subscriber, in compliance with his duty, must exact a rigorous observance of the same,
Wm. ALLISON, Health Officer of the Port of Philadelphia. July 14.
At the Federal Blast Furnace, In Carbon—for Slitting, Plating, and Rolling MILLS. SEYMOUR'S Patent Rollers.
This Day is Published, BY MESSRS. Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers. Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents.
The Constitutions. Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution,

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
Philadelphia, October 5th, 1797. MR. B. WYNKOOP.
(Continued from yesterday's Gaz. V.) By this statement it appears, that the coffee was thrown into the dock, and not upon the wharf, as stated by Dr. Roth; and I know from personal inspection, that the dock into which the damaged coffee was thrown was always covered at flood tide; hence any effluvia must have been prevented from rising from that source. That no morbid effects were produced by that sold on the wharf, is evident from all the cases which occurred for the first two weeks being confined to one neighbourhood, or to persons who had intercourse with the inhabitants of that neighbourhood.
If the bilge-water could have given rise to the disease, no commercial city would ever be free from it in the summer season. To the argument offered in support of the effluvia from the damaged coffee producing the disease, because the sailors were indisposed while clearing the hold, it may be replied that their indispositions were too mild and of too short duration, to give support to such an opinion.
We learn from the writings of the experienced Lind and Blanc, that it is common for people to be made giddy and sick by the effluvia from putrid bilge water, and that the gases generated in the confined holds of foul ships, from whence fresh air has been long excluded, has, like the fixed air of fermenting liquors, occasioned instant death to persons incautiously or suddenly exposed to it, before the holds have been ventilated or exposed to the access of fresh air; but there is no mention in either of these authors, or in any others that have come to my knowledge, where they have occasioned a fever even of the mildest kind, much less a malignant and contagious fever. The effluvia which arise from putrid coffee are precisely the same as those which arise from putrid grain and other herbs, from the leaves and bark of plants and trees, and from almost every other kind of putrid vegetable: hence, if the effluvia of putrid coffee ever produces any kind of fever, it must produce the same kind as other putrid vegetables; but the effluvia of other putrid vegetables never produce any fever but one of an intermitting kind, which are never contagious, of which the remitting fever, whether accompanied with bilious evacuations or not, is only a variety, rendered different only by the difference of the constitution or condition of the persons affected by the acting cause; that is, if the cause operate upon a patient with a phlogistic or inflammatory diathesis, the fever will be accompanied with inflammatory symptoms, and the remissions will be obscure so long as that diathesis continues. When it operates upon a patient with the opposite diathesis, called the nervous or typhus disposition or constitution, the remissions will also be imperfect, but the increase or recurrence of the febrile symptoms will also be moderate, though the danger may be great. The circumstances and facts which have now been stated, appear sufficient to convince every impartial enquirer, that a disease of so malignant a nature as that which occasioned such mortality in 1793, could not arise from the effluvia of damaged coffee or any other vegetable substance. If to these we add that such a disease was never known to be generated in Philadelphia, or any other part of the United States of America before, but had always been introduced, when it did occur, by vessels from the West Indies, though the seasons had frequently been as hot and dry, and some more so, and the streets more replete with putrid vegetable matter than in 1793. And if we compare its leading and characteristic symptoms with those of the bilious remitting fever in its most equivocal and dangerous form, as well as with the observations of all the physicians that have written expressly on the subject, together with the causes which give rise to other contagious fevers; no person acquainted with medical history, and qualified to discern the connection between cause and effect, can hesitate in believing that the disease never has originated in Philadelphia, nor ever can be occasioned by putrid vegetable effluvia, but is always imported by vessels with sick persons or infected goods on board. (To be continued.)
From the NEWARK GAZETTE.
Mr. Woops, I have with pain observed in a conspicuous place of the Centinel of Freedom of last week, under the New York head, a statement intimating that Gen. Wilkinson had arbitrarily proclaimed military law at D'Etroit, which had excited great discontent, and caused the merchants and others to remove to the opposite side of the Strait. It is to be lamented that there are to be found among us, persons base enough to invent and publish every species of report that can possibly bring into disgrace either our government or its officers. But as there are such, it is our duty to defeat their nefarious policy, by detecting and exposing them, when in our power.
Having left D'Etroit in July last, I feel myself authorised to contradict the above statement, and assure you that it is in pure absolute falsehood. Admitting it to be a fact that the general has proclaimed military law, which I think is not improbable; yet the conclusion that the proclamation has produced great discontent, and caused the merchants and others to leave the place and form a new settlement on the opposite side of the river, is altogether without foundation. So far from military law being unpopular, I can assure you, that if it has
been proclaimed, it has been done at the special instance and request of the inhabitants themselves. I was witness myself to frequent solicitations from the most respectable of the inhabitants, earnestly requesting the general to adopt the measure; and a petition was actually in circulation before I left that place, stating its expediency and urging its necessity. It is possible, however, that there may have been some who were opposed to the measure; yet it is not to be wondered at, if, in these days of regeneration, there are to be found there, as well as here, persons who are opposed to all government.
The assertion, that many of the inhabitants, in consequence of martial law, formed a new settlement on the British side of the Strait, is equally untrue. In consequence of the treaty between us and Great Britain, eighty-four of the inhabitants of D'Etroit, agreeably to that treaty, declared themselves British subjects—shortly after its ratification they formed the plan of the new settlement above alluded to. In the latter end of August, they laid out the town on the opposite side of the Strait, about two miles below D'Etroit; and on the 4th July last, the proprietors cast lots for their several places, and actually commenced their improvements. The frames of several dwelling houses, as well as of a Block-house, were before this framed, and stipulated to be raised in a short time. It is therefore not only a false, but a cruel assertion, that it was in consequence of the general's proclamation the inhabitants of D'Etroit formed this new settlement within the British lines.
Among the many reasons that were urged in favor of military law, it was alleged, that in consequence of the sudden change from a rigid and military discipline, to a mild and lenient civil administration, crimes of every species had increased to such a degree, that there was no security of persons or property. That by reason of some radical defect in the new system, or in consequence of the remissness of the officers, there was no adequate remedy to redress the grievances complained of. That on account of the prejudices of many in favor of foreign governments and their enmity to their new one, added to the large assemblage of Indians that were continually gathered round the town, and frequently in it, who in consequence of the secret instigations of the French and Spanish had discovered enmity towards the Americans, the town was in real danger, of being plundered and pillaged—to prevent which military law was the only remedy, as the civil law could not exclude the Indians from the town, nor prevent their assemblage out of it.—But many even preferred the military to the civil law from principle—it was a government they had ever been accustomed to; under which they alleged they experienced fewer crimes, than under their new government. Their disputes they urged were then quicker settled, with less expense, and generally agreeable to right and justice.
It was also formally stated to the general, by Col. Hamtramck the then commandant of the Post, that under the present law his garrison was daily diminishing by desertion being enticed away by the inhabitants.—That frequent complaints were made of the excesses which they committed in town, which it was impossible for him to prevent while the inhabitants were permitted to sell them liquor; an evil the civil law was inadequate to remedy—that they were in real danger of an attack and in case of an attack, of a defeat by the Indians, as there were frequently five or six hundred of them in the town many of whom had discovered hostile dispositions, and who might, easily under the present regulations, intoxicate his garrison and render them an easy prey to their merciless enemies.—In short he alleged, that military law was the only method of preventing the threatened danger and redressing the many evils complained of.
Dispatches containing these statements were, on the 7th of July last, forwarded by the General to the government, and requesting orders on the subject.—It is therefore presumable that if he has proclaimed military law, he has not done it prematurely, nor without orders. Before the measure is censured, the above circumstances ought to be known, and it is believed, that when weighed maturely, they will be found sufficient justification of its adoption.
Your's, B. Newark, September 30th, 1797.
From the NEW-YORK GAZETTE.
Translated for this Gazette, from a work entitled "An Elector of Paris," written and published at Paris, by COUSIN JACQUES; author of several elegant and much admired productions on religious, moral, political and fanciful subjects, page 161. This work is universally and highly esteemed and sought after by all ranks of people, not only at Paris, but in the departments.
"What do you call Royalist? "Do you mean those who regret the ancient regimen? But, with the exception of an handful of anarchists, interested in the prolongation of the revolutionary government, every Frenchman regrets the ancient order of things. It would be useless to disguise any longer this truth, founded in nature and reason."
"It is, in effect, very natural and reasonable, to compare the situation in which we were, with that in which we are. There is not a single honest man in France who does not make this comparison each moment in the day—who is not by an irresistible movement forced to make it, even when he wishes it suppressed. Before the revolution there were abuses—great abuses; and the revolution was made to correct those abuses; to-day abuses of every kind are multiplied without end. The sum of evils which bear upon us at present is such, that nothing which oppressed men under the ancient regimen, is comparable to our actual situation. Every kind of privation, vexation and calamity desolate us; we cannot make one step, without walking on ruins or dead bodies; we cannot look around us, without seeing blood or tears. Assuredly, this situation is not comforting; and to three men to prefer it to the ancient order of things, would be to say to them: "
"We command you to prefer iniquity to religious sentiments, crime to virtue, robbery to honor, perfidy to good faith, devastation and pillage to tranquility and the maintenance of property, misery and famine to abundance and physical enjoyments, every thing that desolates to every thing that consoles, all that is absurd, over-done, extravagant, perplexing, tyrannical and murderous, to all that is just, reasonable, consistent, mild, humane, propitious to innocence and favorable to preservation."
"Who further do you call Royalist?" "Is it the man of information, the reflecting observer, who, judging of the present by past ages, and seeing factions incessantly succeeding each other, should say to himself:—"If the present regimen engenders factions; if it is in its essence to create them; if we march without ceasing from convulsion to convulsion; if parties succeeding and destroying each other by turns, find in this order of things an eternal aliment to their fury; it would then be better to be under a chief, than to be in a republic; because a chief is the only means of suppressing all factions; because factions rend and distract the bosom of the country, and because the people would never be happy in a country always a prey to patricidal children who tear her to pieces."
"But a man who reasons thus would merit a civic crown, instead of deserving persecution, because he would be actuated by a sacred love of his country, and love of country is what constitutes the good citizen."
REMARKS.
Friends to liberty, wherever you are, seriously weigh the above sentiments—they were written by a man whom you will see, by the quotation below, was once an ardent advocate for the revolution, which has taken place in his country. How much more reason, Americans—my countrymen—had a Benchenau, who lived under the despotism of the Grand-Monarque, to wish a change in government than you, who in this land of liberty, enjoy every right compatible with the existence of social order? Do not, my fellow-citizens, by complaining of imaginary, bring upon yourselves real oppression. If you love and will to preserve liberty, follow not blindly the devotees to France—they will lead you into the paths of despotism, through their admiration of every thing that is French; for it must be evident to every man of the least penetration, that the too long continued and murderous anarchy which desolates France, has opened the doors of despotism, which the people of that unhappy country will soon eagerly rush into, to shelter themselves from a more devastating tornado. Consider the excellence of your government—the invaluable privileges you possess—the benevolent and rational laws that have been made to secure you in the un molested enjoyment of your particular mode of religious worship, your property and reputation. Will you sacrifice the certain enjoyment of all those blessings in the chimera of establishing a better and more eligible order of things? No, the bulk of you are too enlightened not to see, and too honest not to despise any attempts at innovation under the specious and insidious pretences of exclusive and superior patriotism and benevolence: a friend to mankind, I love regulated, rational liberty as the true source of human felicity: and view as my greatest enemy and the decided foe to the happiness of his fellow-creatures, him, who, continually at work to undermine the pillars of social order, wishes to introduce the destructive chaos of anarchy. Americans, ye are more fit for liberty than any nation on earth, ye have more of it—for Heaven's sake do not lose any part by listening to the fiends who advise you to your ruin; remember, if you are friends to freedom, that you avoid anarchy—it is the grave of liberty. Suspect the man who pretends a furious and violent attachment to the interests and happiness of the people—who is the bully of liberty; look round you and see the most glaring dereliction of principles in the conduct of the exclusive patriots of our own country. Are those the friends of liberty, who justify on every occasion the usurpers that have, for several years past, tyrannized over the poor, ignorant, and deluded people of France, and in particular, those among us, who, to a man, have wished the directory and army paid by them, to triumph over the people and the legislative body, even when the peace and welfare of the United States was evidently put in jeopardy by the success of the former?—When the minister of the despotic king of Spain insulted and abused our virtuous rulers, have not the very men, who three years ago were for giving a death-blow to every Spaniard as the vile slave of a despot, been the most zealous supporters of the interests and unjust conduct of Spain towards the United States? Do not the Jacobins among us, with patricidal grin, exult in the embarrassments of our country from foreign insults and depredations and ascribe to mal-administration what is ascribable only to the weakness of government in not having a naval force sufficient to protect our immense commerce from the dangers to which it is exposed from every war in Europe? Every dispute among the ambitious powers of Europe will prove equally fatal to our interests and happiness as the present has been, if we do not hasten to command justice and respect by an increase of our power. Strengthen your power and you will always ensure peace, honor, happiness—and confiding the management of your affairs with generous unsuspicious confidence to men of your own choice, cheerfully abide by their decisions. Observe the band-like conduct of our apostles of anarchy; never does any measure come forward to secure our respectability abroad and our tranquility at home, but they oppose it with all their might, as forming a barrier to their black designs of tormenting insurrection. See their
internal exultation at any supposed disaster which befalls our frigates. They are afraid of strengthening the arm of government, lest their idol anarchy may be crushed and destroyed, and their horrid views thereby frustrated. You have liberty, my fellow-citizens, and may you continue to deserve and enjoy it, by detesting Jacobinism and its abettors; they have dug a grave for Republicanism in France and so will in America if you do not show yourselves determined on every occasion to avoid and despise their wiles and villainy.—The author of the foregoing quotation was once a friend to innovation and Revolution, as you will find by what follows; how he has changed, you will see by the translation above—they are the sentiments of at least four fifths of the people of France. Extracted from a work called "The Constitution of the Moon," written by Cousin Jacques, page 3.
"All my works, my known principles and conduct, which at any time cannot be charged with inconstancy, attest sufficiently that there are few men, of letters, who, under the ancient regimen combated as courageously as me, the abuses of despotism, who marked more energetically a tender and sincere love for the people, who was more fitted with the charms of true liberty. But were injustice begins, there liberty ends; when law, peace, humanity, even God himself became causes of condemnation, that person must be destitute of common sense, who could expect public felicity from such an order of things—who could not see to what results they would eventually tend."
Messrs. M'Lean & Lang,
Every American, whether born or adopted—every friend to the honor and interests of his country, who is feelingly alive to insults and injuries from any foreign nation whatever—every firm supporter of the measures of our national administration, particularly in their disputes with foreign powers—in short, every honest man who loves true liberty, should feel a virtuous and patriotic pride in showing himself a decided foe to an abandoned, despicable and unprincipled faction, which, for several years past, have assumed all shapes, and put in practice every vile and wicked engine to impede the operation of all measures entered into by the most upright and enlightened men in America. To unite in supporting our government whenever it is involved in disputes with foreign powers—to justify, rather than criminally condemn every step it takes at such an interesting crisis, is a sacred principle, and it cannot be too often, nor too generally inculcated. We should not allow ourselves to deliberate a moment, when our government thinks itself insulted and its rights invaded by another nation—should feel a holy impulse to hasten without reflection around its standard, and give it our decided support; which, in a republican institution like ours, forms its only strength. Should the points in dispute be glaringly impolitic, or even unjust, it is better to suffer the momentary reproach or inconvenience attached to their temporary operation, than to incur the certain devaluation which would flow from inviting foreign insult and injury, by the weakness occasioned from diffusion among ourselves. Every man, who, on such occasions, is heard to justify foreign governments or their agents, in opposition to our own, ought to be branded with contempt and ignominy, as being destitute of every principle of virtue or patriotism. Men of this stamp are "fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils"—their notions are dark as Erebus—let no such men be trusted." No! Americans, they ought not to be trusted—they are digging a pit for your destruction—we know the men—let us watch them betimes, lest the evil hour come upon us unawares.
I regret exceedingly that my abilities are not equal to my will in the development of the nefarious views of some patricidal men among us, who have organized a system for the destruction of our federal government—who are openly and secretly at work—have their agents and their funds—receive impulsion abroad as well at home—eagerly catch hold of every abuse offered to degrade and vilify our government by foreigners of every description—the vile organ of a foreign chaotic democracy, as well as the representative of the most despotic king in Europe—and finally, who would fervently caress and flatter even the fiends of hell itself, did they declare themselves inimical to our virtuous rulers and admirable constitution!—Arouse, from your lethargy, my countrymen! ye who love order and rational regulated liberty—who are friends to the federal government—who feel a holy horror at the daily recital (from the pens of humane and enlightened Frenchmen, who begin only now to peep out of their denizens) of the carnage and devastation committed by the demons of disorganization and anarchy in France; the furies of insurrection and antipatriotism are gone forth among us—and their deadly poison is spread, with active zeal, by vile, despicable printers in different parts of the Union, amongst whom, those in New-York hold a distinguished rank in point of venom, although inferior in point of talents. Do not say to yourselves, as is too commonly the case, that "they are so despicable and few in number that we do not fear all their machinations;" call to your mind the fate of unhappy and desolate France; see an handful of Jacobins, having one view—one soul—one centre—usurp the government;—steal upon the most sacred rights of the people—dealing death and destruction to all around. As it is surely much better to profit by the misfortunes of others than our own, let us encourage the publication of the pictures of the horrors which have marked the steps of Jacobins during the revolutions of France—let our active and laborious countrymen use their endeavours to obtain every French account of the dreadful reign of the men of blood, and transmit to their countrymen the justly awful description of that hundred-headed Hydra, anarchy, whose frightful image should be kept constantly before the eyes of the
people of America. Hall virtuous and enlightened Frenchmen! whom heaven has inspired for the benefit of the human race—inspired by truth, who has, for a few years past, been chained down by the fell demon of democratic tyranny, ye are now giving to your fellow-creatures of every climate, a revolting but instructive lesson, of the horrid evils which are to be apprehended in letting a few men get the upper hand, who, abusing the sacred names of philanthropy and liberty, have made them subservient to their infernal views of declaring war, not only against every thing sacred among men, but even against the Almighty Ruler of the Universe himself.
Americans! do you not observe the convulsive writhings of the high-priests of Jacobinism among us (our galle American printers) when any accounts are published, written in France on the crimes of their "patriots," which, till lately, dared not appear? Do they not pointedly lay, they are "lies," and affect to disbelieve them, altho' every speech from the directory and the legislative body to each other, proclaim the horrid situation of that distracted country? Read the message of the directory to the council of five hundred, in answer to the resolution of the council, respecting the march of the troops within the constitution's limits; in which Carnot, as President, lays: "The cause of these proceedings on the part of the defenders of the country, is to be attributed to the general alarm and inquietude, which for some months past, have taken possession of all persons, has succeeded the profound tranquility that reigned, and the general confidence which every where prevailed. It is to be attributed to the depletion of the revenue, which leaves all parts of the administration in the most deplorable situation, and deprives, often of their pay and their subsistence those men, who, for years past, have sacrificed their health and shed their blood to serve the republic. It is to be attributed to the assassination of the purchasers of the national property, of the public functionaries, of the defenders of the country—in short, of all those who have dared to show themselves the friends of the republic."
In the foregoing address of Carnot will be seen a confirmation of the extracts from French authors, which have, at different times appeared in the daily gazette, and which our anarchists have pretended to doubt the authenticity of; if they really believe them to be "nonsense and lies," by calling on the Editors of this paper, they will be directed to the person by whom they were translated, who will condescend to show them the French chapter and verse in the French language. But no, ye furies of sedition and usurpation, I shall see none of you; ye are afraid lest the clear unclouded and splendid light of truth which is daily appearing, should expose to open day, the horrid works of darkness committed by your idols, Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Carrier, and a long list of monsters, whom you have enthusiastically and impiously called representatives of the Deity ! What! do you want to keep truth any longer in chains? Do you with the liberty of speech and of the press, for another five years to be under the tyrannical awe of democraticarchical despotism? No, your reign has been long enough—the time is at last arrived, when virtue shall take place of crime, religion of atheism, humanity of barbarity, morals of debauchery, industry and commerce of speculation and robbery, the arts and sciences of the devastation, destroying angels of furious democratic ignorance and brutality. The enlightened heroes of insulted humanity in France, who have escaped the revolutionary tornado, are now manfully opposing the directory—Jacobinic attempts to sweep off the face of the earth, every remaining village of civilization and refinement, by bringing back the devastating reign of the blood hounds of chaos. Heaven grant, in pity to mankind, that they may succeed in their god-like exertions. And, may the industrious and patriotic part of the United States, avail themselves of their salutary and seasonable labours to strip anarchy and insurrection of the amiable and attractive garb in which one "patriots" have industriously arrayed them, and are still anxious to display them in, notwithstanding the horrid, frightful deformity in which every French writer daily represents those fell demons to human felicity. What their views are in wishing to stifle and suppress the flood of truth which the fatal example of France affords, during the reign of her Jacobins, or apostles of disorganization; must be glaringly obvious to every man of the least observation, and ought to be an object of serious and timely alarm to every friend of order and good government. PATRIOTICUS.
A meeting of the Select and Common Councils, is requested on Friday next, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, at the State-Hall in the City of Philadelphia, in order to receive the returns of the Election, pursuant to the 11th section of the act of Assembly, of March 11th, 1799.
WILLIAM H. TOD, Clerk of the Select Council. EDWARD J. COALE, Clerk of the Common Council. The Mayors of the City are requested to publish the above in their several Gazettes. Oct. 11.
The Managers, Treasurer and Physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital, are desired to attend at the said Hall, on the 5th day next, the 11th inst. at one o'clock in the afternoon; the company of David Evans, house carpenter; Robert Haydock, glazier; and William Stewart, blacksmith, is also requested. The above gentlemen may be assured, there is not a person in the house ill of a fever of any kind. SAMUEL COATES. 10 mo. 18, 1799.
The Health-Office
Is removed to the City-Hall, and is kept open night and day, where persons having business may apply. Wm. ALLEN, Health-Officer. Sept. 4.
NOTICE.
THE Offices of the Department of War are for the present removed near to the Falls of the Schuylkill, on the Ridge Road. September 4.

By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, October 10. YELLOW FEVER.
We are credibly informed that doctor David Hosack, of this city, is at present engaged in examining the evidences relative to the introduction of yellow fever into this country; and that, contrary to what has been advanced by our health-officer, he is in possession of unequivocal testimony of its importation from abroad—If true, it will prove of immense importance to the mercantile interests of this city and country.
Yesterday arrived at Belvidere house, in this city, his excellency Robert Linton, the British ambassador, his lady and suite. His excellency Don De Friere, the Portuguese ambassador, and two sons—MM. E. galité, sons of the duke of Orleans, are also arrived in this city.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
New-York, October 9, '97.
His excellency the President of the United States being hourly expected in town from the eastern states, on his way to Philadelphia, brig. gen. Hughes calls on the uniform companies of grenadiers and infantry of the different battalions of the brigade, and the companies of horse, to assemble (at the signal of the troop beating through the streets) in Broad Way, opposite to Trinity church, in order to pay him due honors on his arrival. They will be under the command of col. Morton, assisted by major Bogert—The adjutant will come from the 3d regiment.
Col. Morton, on the arrival of the troops of horse on the ground, will instantly detach them to gen. Hughes' quarters, at Hunter's hotel, there to wait his orders. Capt. Ten Eyck, of the brigade artillery, will, at the above mentioned signal, assemble his company at the battery, and fire a federal salute, on notice being given him of the president's arrival, and do the other usual honors. Col. Morton will proceed with the rest of the troops, as shall be communicated to him by the brigadier general.
Those officers of the brigade, not detached on particular service, who can make it convenient to assemble, mounted, will be very acceptable to the brigadier general, on his route to meet the President.
By order,
JOHN MORTON, Maj. of Brig.
It having been determined by a large number of citizens to give an entertainment, at the city hotel, to the President of the United States on his arrival in this city (which is daily expected) the committee of arrangement have signified to the major of brigade, that it would be a desirable circumstance to be joined, in this attention to the chief magistrate of our nation, by the officers of the brigade. For this purpose, therefore, subscription papers will be opened by the major of brigade, and left with the adjutants of the different regiments; and also at his office, where the adjutants will be supplied with tickets of admission. N. B. Notice will be given of the day fixed for the entertainment.
On enquiring into the circumstances mentioned in Saturday's Argus, respecting the knowledge captain Breath, or the owners of the ship Briseis had of the French regulation respecting the Role d'Equipage, I find that the arrest of the 2d of March, 1797, did not appear in my paper until the 11th of May, and that the Briseis failed on the 5th. Having ascertained this fact, I correct the error with pleasure, being led into it by not critically examining into the dates, on receiving information that this was a fact.
THOMAS GREENLEAF.
Communication.
The suggestion, contained in a morning print, and copied, with comments of approbation in an evening one, that it would be much to our credit if the money subscribed for an entertainment in honor of the President were collected and remitted to Philadelphia for the suffering poor,—Is an indirect attempt of the party utterly unworthy of being regarded. That the sufferers of that unfortunate city should be assisted by the Citizens of New York, is a sentiment that meets the approbation of us all—though unhappily no active measures have yet been attempted to give it effect. But, the intention of the paragraph alluded to, considering the quarter where it originated, or the channel through which it communicated, is not so much to countenance, as to discourage a good action. If Cit. Monroe or any other citizen were the object, would such an attempt have been made? No. But when it is proposed to receive with respect the President,—the man who deserves well of his country, the Patriot, the tried Statesman,—the most pitiful artifices are attempted, to divert the public attention, by bringing into view the affecting scenes of a neighbouring city. 'Tis well enough for a half-starved democrat to propose this—Poverty, though willing, can do little—but if that little is judiciously done, it is well—But the object of the proposal referred to, is not what it professes to be—The Subscribers to this entertainment will generally be such as can afford it—and afford something besides, for the sufferers at Philadelphia—and it is believed, if the paragraphist would be at the pains of soliciting donations from the gentlemen, or if it founds better, Citizens, he would meet with more success than at a feast in honor of an recalled ambassador, or other chief of the Fault finding Party.
MIDDLETOWN, (CONN.) Octo. 6.
On Tuesday last, col. Dana's regiment of infantry, paraded in this city, and after a satisfactory general review, went through many pleasing military manœuvres, and retired in the greatest harmony, exulting on the agreeableness of the day.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Federal Republican Ticket. Democratic.
Table with election results for Senators, Assembly, and Council. Columns include names (e.g., Benjamin R. Morgan, George Latimer) and vote counts.
Table with burial statistics for 24 hours, ending yesterday at noon. Columns include location (e.g., St. Peter's, First Presbyterian) and number of adults/children.
Our readers will remember to have seen some time since, the melancholy account of a murder committed on board a small vessel in Morris river by a villain who called himself Brown.
COMMUNICATION. A correspondent is favoured to see emigrants, many of whom are in respectable situations in life, joining the list of enemies of our excellent government in their insidious and ever active endeavours to effect its overthrow.
A Friend to Truth shall appear to-morrow. THE Poor who may find it inconvenient, from distance, to make use of Mr. HUNTER's true meritorious offer, will be supplied with medicine—flax, barley, oatmeal, &c. by applying at the subscriber's store, No. 36, Market-street. ROBERT S. STAFFORD.
MEDICINES. At a meeting of a number of respectable citizens of Philadelphia, at the Union school house in Germantown, on the 7th Oct. '97: It was resolved that a committee to consist of nine, be appointed to collect contributions of the citizens now resident in Germantown and its vicinity and others, for the purpose of alleviating the distress of such of their fellow citizens, who may be deemed proper objects of relief by the commissioners appointed by the governor to carry into effect an act of the General Assembly passed on the 29th day of August last.
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT.
Table with hospital statistics including admissions, discharges, and deaths. Columns include names (e.g., Thomas Glisan, John Brown) and dates/counts.
The commissioners for alleviating the distress of the citizens of Philadelphia, &c. To the inhabitants of said city and its vicinity.
Permit us to address you at this awful crisis, and lay before you a brief statement of the distressing situation of our suffering fellow-citizens. It is known to you that on the first day of September we accepted of the appointment from the governor, to act as commissioners for the purpose of relieving the indigent, by donation and employment, with the stipulated sum of ten thousand dollars, granted by the legislature; and we presume it was generally believed at that time to be more than sufficient, arising from an expectation that the disease would soon abate, and that our absent friends would return and give employment to those whose resources were cut off by their leaving the city; but, alas! how are we disappointed in our expectation, for our city yet continues in the same desolated gloomy state, and consequently all means of employment for the industrious mechanic and labourer are still suspended—Add to this the numerous body of females that procured a livelihood by washing, ironing, needle work, &c. who are left destitute of their usual means of subsistence, besides a number who are aged and infirm, that used to obtain relief from the bounty of their more able friends and relations, as well as many seamen's wives who depend on the merchant for part of their husband's monthly pay, and who are now deprived of relief from that source.
Friends and fellow-citizens, If you mean to give relief through us, we have only to observe that our endeavours shall be to continue to distribute it according to your benevolent intentions and their necessities. If, on the other hand, it should be your pleasure to entrust your monies for the above purpose, in the hands of any other set of men, we shall hold ourselves bound to give all and every information or assistance that experience has furnished us with, so as to facilitate your laudable purposes; and in either case we think it proper to annex our names and places of abode. THE CITY. Robert Wharton, S. Third street, No. 135. Edward Garrigues, Cherry street, No. 39. George Krebs, N. Fifth-street, No. 17. John James, do. No. 18. Israel Israel, Corner of Chestnut and Third. Thomas Savery, N. Fifth street, No. 20. NORTHERN LIBERTIES. Samuel Wheeler, Vine street, No. 99. John Wagner, Noble street. George Ingles, New Market street. NORTHERN LIBERTIES. Samuel Wheeler, Vine street, No. 99. John Wagner, Noble street. George Ingles, New Market street. SOUTHWARK. William Linnard, South Second street. Robert McMullen, Swanson street, No. 60. * This relates to the 10,000 dollars—the commissioners have yet in hand part of the private donations. [The printers are requested to insert the above as often as convenient.]
purpose of alleviating the distress of such of their fellow citizens, who may be deemed proper objects of relief by the commissioners appointed by the governor to carry into effect an act of the General Assembly passed on the 29th day of August last. That the following named gentlemen be a committee, viz. John Dunlap, Robert Hare, Benjamin Chew, Jr. Peter Baynton, John McCulloch, Henry Pratt, Gideon Hill Wells, Thomas Fisher, William Willar. That the proceedings of the meeting be signed by the chairman and secretary, and published for the information of their fellow-citizens.
BENJAMIN CHEW, Chair. SAMUEL W. FISHER, Sec'y.
Extract of a letter from Trenton, October 7. This afternoon a meeting was held, of some of the citizens of Philadelphia, resident here who taking into consideration the distressed condition of many of the inhabitants of Philadelphia at this time, resolved to open a subscription for their relief, and by way of example, 245 dollars were subscribed by those present; and more were expected, as many of the Philadelphians living here were not at the meeting. A like measure, it is expected, will take place at Lambertville, and Morrisville, opposite this place.
The subscribers, who came passengers in the brig Mercury, from Port au Prince, desire to render public thanks to captain Rockwell, commander of said brig, for the politeness and humanity he showed us on the voyage to this port. Hulings Cowperthwaite, M. M. La Traite, Daniel Keighler. Philadelphia, Oct. 9, 1797.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
Table with shipping arrival and departure information. Columns include ship names (e.g., Ship Amity, Brig Cicero), destinations (e.g., Jamaica, Port au Prince), and dates.
French vessel and cargo. Mahogany sold for 800 dollars, five days after arrival. A number of other vessels, too tedious to mention. Vessels that the Spaniards clear, the French bring in again and condemn. Their intention seems to be to distress us as much as the English. Capt. Christie, of the snow Cleopatra, saved 20 of the Ladonan privateer's crew, the being wrecked. The next day they took his long boat from him and went to New Providence, being in the old Straits of Bahama, where she was wrecked.
NEW-YORK, October 10.
Table with shipping arrival information. Columns include ship names (e.g., Ship Success, Brig Lydia), destinations (e.g., Miller, St. Thomas), and dates.
This morning arrived fchr. Little John, capt. H. King, 14 days from C. N. Mole: He informs, that he left Port-au-Prince 10th Sept. with 19 sail of vessels, bound to different parts of America, under convoy of the ship Nige, of 20 guns, and brig Jason of 12 guns, with cargoes in for Philadelphia; that on the 22d, off the Platform, 5 barges came off to board the Jason, the being the sternmost vessel; but finding her force returned to the shore again; that on the 23d, part of the fleet anchored for 12 hours in the Mole, the remainder lay off and on, where the brig Nancy of Philadelphia, was taken by three brigand barges, within 1 1/2 mile of the fort, which fired several shot at them to no purpose; admiral Parker then sent about 50 men in barges after her; the barges had not returned when the fleet failed. Several American vessels have been carried out of the harbour of the Mole by brigand barges. At 6 P. M. same day left the Mole, was joined by another fleet there, making up 29 sail, all bound to America. Lat. 36, 51, long. 73, 10, W. parted with our convoy, and fchr. Fox, of New-York. Lift of vessels at Gibraltar. Ship Whitcomb of Boston; brig Mary Ann, New-York; Mary, Philadelphia. A ship arrived the night the brig Lydia came out, in 28 day from New-York. Before the Lydia failed, news had arrived at Gibraltar of the sailing of a detachment of the British fleet for Tenerife. Sloop Prudent, Maltbie, is taken and carried into Havana—capt. and crew robbed as usual by the French pirates. Ship Success, from Port-au-Prince, is below. Arrived, fchr. Harmonia, King, from Philadelphia, bound to Port-au-Prince, dismasted in lat. 31, 30, long. 70, in a gale of wind. Spoke the sloop Drive, from New-York bound to C. Francois, out 5 days. From the log-book of the brig Swallow, Mortimer Stoddard, master, arrived from Aux-Cayes, in 26 day passage. On the passage from St. Bartholomews to Aux-Cayes, on Friday, 11th August, was boarded by a French privateer, ordered on board with my papers, after having examined them, they marked the boat, and came on board the brig, examined the hold, fore and aft, the cabin and steerage, lockers, births, and indeed every part of the vessel, stole my watch, opened the trunks, and plundered us of a great many small articles and all the letters, after which, suffered us to proceed. I required the name of the privateer, but they would give me no satisfaction. Sept. 9, failed from Aux-Cayes in company with the brig Olive Branch, Capt. Eldridge, of Portsmouth, bound to Baltimore, and the brig Friendship of Portsmouth, Capt. Cutter, bound to Portsmouth—Left at Aux-Cayes the sloop Sally. Watts, and the fchr. Harmony, Nichols, both of Philadelphia, to fail in a few days—a brig belonging to Philadelphia, capt. Morris, brig George, Bartlett, of Baltimore, to fail in a few days, fchr. Fortitude, Davis, of Norfolk, brig Eliza, White, of New Haven, sloop Sea Flower, Smith, of do. snow Elizabeth Coals, Johnson, of Newburyport, fchr. Fanny, Gailson, of do. fchr. Peace and Plenty, White, of Boston, to fail in a few days. Sept. 17, was boarded by a small French privateer: they informed us they had that morning captured the sloop George, Eldridge, of Norfolk, bound to the Mole, and sent her to Gonaives—they also informed us, they, together with three other privateers, were waiting for the English convoy from Port-au-Prince to the Mole, and that one of the privateers had captured the brig Olive Branch, which failed in company with us, and ordered her for Cuba; and that but for the accommodation of three French citizens, passengers on board, we should share the same fate—The Olive Branch then in sight, and in company with the privateer, bearing away for the Old Straits. They then left us without further interruption. Sept. 21, parted with the Friendship for Portsmouth, all well. Sept. 22: spoke the brig Dolphin, Salter, from Boston to Havana, out 25 days, all well, lat. 26, 12. Sept. 26, lat. 30, long. 73, spoke the fchr. Sunbury Packet, Aulpin of New-York, from Aux-Cayes to New-York, all well. Sept. 26, lat. 31, 22, long. 70, 20, was boarded by a French national ship, having Santhonax on board, they informed us they were bound to the first port in America—They tore open all the letters, overhauled all the papers, and finding every thing regular suffered us to pass. The brig Washington, capt. Graham, from Cork to this port, is taken by a French frigate and carried into Bordeaux, with 225 passengers on board.

Imported in the ship MANCHESTER, BENJAMIN SHEWELL, Master, From Bordeaux, and for sale by the subscriber, No. 11 Walnut Street. Bordeaux Brandy Irish market claret in cases } Entitled to Medoc wine, in do. } Drawback. Sauterne, do. do. Thomas Murreatroyd. WHO HAS FOR SALE. Sherry Wine in pipes and quarter casks Rota do. do. Pimento in bags 4000 bushels Liverpool salt. Aug. 24. tut&stf.
To be sold at Public Vendue. To the highest bidder, at the house of Mr. William Evans, the sign of the Indian Queen, in the city of Baltimore, on the 25th day of October next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. About seven thousand acres of land, the property of William Bell, of Philadelphia, lying between Reisterstown and Westminster, commonly called Little Winchester, (the turn- pike road runs through a considerable part of the lands) the tract begins about 17 miles from Baltimore, within a few hundred yards of said Reisterstown, and extends to the dis- tance of about twenty-three miles from Balti- more, and lies on the main falls of Patapsco river, from three to four miles thereon. Will be sold in tracts of one hundred and fifty to three hundred acres. There is a large propor- tion of meadow and wood land on each tract, some of them highly improved, with excellent buildings and fine grist.
A tract of seven hundred acres of land, called Clover Farms, within five miles of Bladensburg, esteemed very good for Grass. Richard Poffenbary, of Bladensburg, will show this land to any person inclined to purchase. Also,
A tract of land of about three hun- dred and thirty acres, within about two miles and a half of the President's house in the Fed- eral City. It is nearly all wood land, and a fine high prospect, from which may be seen the city of Washington, Bladensburg, Alexandria and a part of George-town, and many miles down the Potomac river. Mr. Richard Poffen- bary, of Bladensburg, will also show this land. A liberal credit will be given for the greater part of the purchase money. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. May 8. w3m
Just Received, From Batavia (via Providence) A few Boxes of Spices, consisting of Nutmegs, Cloves and mace For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penp. Street. May 30. dtf
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street. GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for some time past in prepa- rations for removing into his present house, has been under the necessity of postponing until this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States, that his spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for sale, on terms that he trusts will settle him to the like pro- fitence he has experienced for several years past. Catalogues, combining the most varied collec- tion ever imported into this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. saw gw
City Commissioners' Office, June 22, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the Select and common councils, passed the 22nd day of May last, appointing the city commissioners, and prescribing their duties, section 9th. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five districts, each to be under the superintendence of one of the city commissioners, who is to be individually responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and are as follows. District No. 1. From the south side of Cedar- street, to the north side of Spruce-street, un- der the superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north side of Spruce-street, to the north side of Walnut-street, under the super- intendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north side of Walnut to the south side of High-street, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the north side of High-street, to the north side of Mulberry-street, under the super- intendence of William Mouler. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the super- intendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaning of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commissioners is held at the Old Court House, in High- street, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. coim
Stands for Draymen, &c. In pursuance of an Ordinance from the Select and Common Councils, bearing date the 22nd day of April, 1797, providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, &c. Sect. the 15th. The following places are fixed upon by the said City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-street, on both sides. Sassafras, High, Chestnut and Walnut-streets, eastward of Front-street, on the north side only. Mulberry-street, south side from Front to Third-street. Front-street, east side from Vine-street to Eliz's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse al- ley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Water-street, west side from the north end of Stomper's or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Penn-street from Pine to Cedar-street, west side. Drawbridge, north side, east of Front-street, Spruce, Pine and South streets, east of Frost street, south side. Dock-street, between Walnut-street and the Bar Stone crossings, east side, opposite George Orkley's. Second-street, between Sassafras and Vine streets, west side. Fifth-street, east side from Chestnut to Mul- berry-street. Sassafras-street, from Third to Fourth-street, east side. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of any pump. STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north side from Fourth to Fifth streets. Fifth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, west side. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. mw&fm
A Literary Treat. Just published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price 1 dollar. A new edition of that popular and entertaining work, entitled THE FORESTER'S, an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of John Bull, the Old- shire. In a series of letters to a friend, with the ad- dition of two letters, alluding to recent political transactions in America. The following extract from the Clavis Allegorica, shews the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England His Mother, the Church of England His Wife, the Parliament His Sister Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland Lewis, the Kingdom of France His Mistress, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Representation Lord Strutt, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic The Foresters, the United States of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire John Colline, Massachusetts Humphrey Plowshare, Connecticut Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peer Bull Frog, New-York Julius Cæsar, New-Jersey William Broadbrim, Pennsylvania Callimar, Delaware Walter Pipeword, Virginia His Grandson, George Washington Peter Pith, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina George Truly, Georgia Ethan Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife, Kentucky Black Castle, Negro Slaves Rats, Speculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins This popular and entertaining satirical histo- ry of America is attributed to the Rev. Dr. BEL- KNAP. It has great share of originality and a- bonds with genuine humour. It is continued down to the present time, and characterizes those late political transactions which have caused so much uneasiness in America. Sold by H. and P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 16, South Second Street, and No. 50, Market Street. June 26. $
LAW BOOKS, Latest London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 16, South Second, and No. 50, Market Street, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London and Dublin, their spring import- ation, consisting of a variety of the latest and most approved Law Books, which added to those already on hand, forms the most extensive collection ev- er offered for sale in this country. They therefore beg leave to notice, that from the nature of their connections in Dublin, they are enabled to sell Irish editions (as they have hitherto done) at the very lowest prices. The following are among the latest publications. Veley, jun's Reports in Chancery, 2 vols. Peake's Cales at Nisi Prius; Ridgeway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwicke; Floyer's Proders Practice in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions, 2 parts complete; Ward's Law of Nations; Cruise on Wils; modern Reports, 12 vols. London edition. H. and P. Rice expect to receive by the first ar- rival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of Durnford and East's Reports, the 2d part of Gil- bert's Law of Evidence by Lofte, and a number of new publications. June 26.
The History of Pennsylvania, By ROBERT PROUD, IS now in the press, and will be published, with all convenient expedition, by ZICHA- RIAH POULSON, jun. No. 80, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, where subscriptions will continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, according to the printed proposals, until the work is ready for the subscribers. July 18. saw gw
Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co. No. 3 Chestnut-Street, Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly assorted, very low on short credit. March 6. $
Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-street. August 2. w&f6t
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg and Sunbury STAGES. THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time sub- sisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved; but, not as M. Slough insinuates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear by a letter on the sub- ject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last; a recital of which is not now deem- ed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer, may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching him- self to any other person in the prosecution of the stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippen- sburg, or any other place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Wedel and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, at- tention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the pub- lic can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage safe and commodious, inform those who wish to patronize and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their seats at George Wood's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, arrive at Sun- bury in Northumberland county, every Thursday, and return from thence and arrive at Harrisburg every Saturday, so that passengers destined for Lancaster or Philadelphia, may proceed on Mon- days. WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Potter, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, pro- ceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, every Wednes- day morning, on the same evening arrives at Pa- trick Cochran's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday, performing the same routine daily in its tour from Philadel- phia. mw&fm
Advertisement. On the 20th of November next in Alexandria (being court day), will be exposed for Sale one or more covering Jacks, and several young ones of different ages and sizes; all descended from Royal Gift (an imported Jack from Spain, upwards of 15 hands high) out of imported Jennies from Malta, full 14 hands high. The terms of sale (or if not sold of letting them for one or more seasons as cover) will then be made known: the payments may be made easy to the purchasers, bond and security being given for the amounts, with interest. At the same time and place, sundry Horses and Mares will be offered for sale. The latter having been to the Jacks, are probably with foal. JAMES ANDERSON, Manager. Mount-Vernon, 20th September, 1797. saw gw
Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania. THE Office will be kept until further notice at the School House in Germantown. The Company still retain the room in Chestnut, above Seventh street, where a person will attend to re- ceive and give answers to applications, every day from 10 until 1 o'clock. Sept. 12. dtzawtf
Thomas Armat and Son, OF PHILADELPHIA, INFORM their customers and the public, they have removed a part of their merchandise to Wilmington: Also, they have their store open in the city. At either place their friends can be sup- plied, and their orders carefully attended to. By the Cumberland, from Hull, they have re- ceived a handsome assortment of articles, suitable to the approaching season; and expect to add to it by other fall ships. Should the sickness prevail in the central part of the city, that branch of their business will be re- moved to Germantown. The communication by post is open and reg- ular as usual. Sept. 18. dtf
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP! A Light WAGON almost new, with a frame- and a pair of harness (English collars) has never been used—price 90 Dollars. A Horse 16 hands high, seven years old—end a new chair, with a falling top and harness—320. Enquire No. 331, Market-Street August 24. dtw
For sale or to be let on ground- rent. A valuable Lot of Ground; SITUATE on the north-east corner of Wal- nut and Fifth Streets, fronting the State- House square. This lot is fifty-one feet front on Walnut street, and one hundred and thirteen feet and an half on Fifth street; there are at present two small two story brick houses, and a number of small tenements thereon. Also, for Sale Two three story Brick Houses With convenient stores, wharf, &c. situated on Water-street, between Mulberry and Sassafras streets, containing in front on Water street fifty- four feet, and continuing that breadth east- ward ninety-five feet, then widening to the fourth thirteen feet six inches. These houses have the convenience of a public alley adjoining on the north side, and are a very desirable situa- tion for a merchant, flour factor, or others who may have occasion for storage of goods. This property will be sold on very reasonable terms for cash. For further information apply to the printer. July 31. m&wf
TO BE SOLD. A large two story brick House, handsomely furnished in Princeton. There are four rooms and a large entry on each floor, and five rooms in the garret, a range of back buildings 51 feet in length, and a piazza of 57 feet. There is a pump in the yard, an excellent kitchen garden, at the farther end of which are a carriage house and two stables, one of which is new, 44 feet long, with stalls in the two stables for 27 horses. The health- iness and pleasantness of its situation, and the number of genteel and agreeable families in and near the town, render it a desirable retreat for a gentleman from the city. The commodiousness of the house, its central position, and the largeness of the stables, make it every way suitable for a tavern, for which it has always been considered as a capital stand. Inquire on the premises, of ISAAC SNOWDEN. Princeton, Aug. 25. saw gw
City of Washington. SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. II, For the Improvement of the Federal City. A magnificent dwelling-house 20,000 dollars, & cash 30,000 are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 5,000 5,000 2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 20 do. 500 10,000 100 do. 100 10,000 200 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 10,000 1,000 do. 10 10,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 15,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the price of 40,000 dollars will be the least drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but one. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tick- ets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings as soon as pos- sible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when completed, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of prizing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery. SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Colum- bia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilmac, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. mw&fm
This Day Published, And to be sold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, Price 3-3/4s of a Dollar. Observations on certain Documents Contained in No. V and VI of "The History of the United States for the year 1796." In which the charge of speculation against ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Late SECRETARY of the TREASURY, is FULLY REFUTED. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. This publication presents a concise statement of the false means practiced by the Jacobins of the United States toasperse the characters of those persons who are considered as hostile to their disor- ganizing schemes. It also contains the cor- respondence between Mr. Hamilton and Messrs. Monroe, Mullenburgh and Venable, on the sub- ject of the documents aforesaid, and a series of letters from James Reynolds and his wife to Mr. Ha- milton, proving beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the connection between him and Reynolds, was the result of a daring conspiracy on the part of the latter and his associates to extort money. A discount of one third from the retail price will be made in favor of wholesale purchasers, for cash. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Young. August 25.
No. 188. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the (L.S.) 22nd day of July, in the twenty- second year of the independence of the United States of America, JOHN PENNO, of the said dis- trict, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Observations on certain documents contained in No. V. and VI. of 'The History of the Unit- ed States for the year 1796,' in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted— Written by himself." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encour- agement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprie- tors of such copies, during the times therein men- tioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 27. w4w
The Inhabitants of the District of Southwark, ARE informed that a Coachman is provided, to be kept at the Constable's office, the north east corner of Front and Almond streets, where the friends of those sick persons who desire to be re- moved to the City Hospital, are requested to make application—Also, a Hearse will be kept in readi- ness for the removal of the dead. JONATHAN PENROSE. N. B.—The Poor, who wish to remove to the Tents on Schuylkill, may be furnished with orders by applying as above. Aug. 29.
William Blackburn, LOTTERY AND BROKER'S OFFICE No. 64 South Second-Street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. II, which commenced drawing the 29th May; FOR SALE. The price of tickets will rise in propor- tion as the drawing advances, particularly on ac- count of the five first drawn tickets, prizes of four thousand dollars each, on the last day of drawing. Check Books kept for examination and register- ing, in the Canal, No. 2, City of Washington, No. 2, and Paterson Lotteries. Also, tickets for sale in the Schuylkill bridge and Perkiomen Bridge lotteries, which will begin drawing in the course of the summer. The business of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, Bills, Notes, Lands, &c. &c. transacted with the utmost attention. June 2. tu&f
Erskine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT CAMPBELL & Co. No. 40 South Second Street, [Price 31 Cents] A View of the Causes and Consequen- ces of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ERSKINE. May 15. $
STATE TRIALS. Sold by W. YOUNG, Bookseller, No. 52, South Se- cond-street. The Pennsylvania State Trials, Containing the impeachment, trial, and acquit- tal of Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and John Nicholson, Comptroller Gen- eral—in one large 8vo. vol. Price, in boards, 3 dollars. W. Young has for sale, a general assortment of Books. Also, Stationery, retail and by the pack- age, well assorted, and entitled to the drawback if exported. July 7. —
For Sale, That well known place, called VANDERMEER'S FERRY, ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Phila- delphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story stone house occu- pied as a tavern, and a good one story stone kit- chen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent ice House. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentle- man's seat, commanding a view of the Neshan- noy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Subscriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24. stawtf
COLUMBIA HOUSE. Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with much pleas- ure and respect, returns her sincere ac- knowledgement for the liberal encouragement she has received during four years residence in Philadelphia; and assures her friends and the public, so far from intending to decline her school, she has made a superior arrangement for for the more convenient accommodation of her scholars.—Every branch of useful and polite education is particularly attended to by Mrs. Groombridge and masters excelling in their respective professions. Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. June 5th, 1797. smfml
Ross & Simpson, —HAVE FOR SALE— Excellent Coffee in Tierces, and Barrels. A small parcel of nice cocoa in bags A few puncheons Jamaica spirits, fourth proof Superior Teneriffe wine, old and in Madeira pipes An invoice of jewellery and hosiery to be sold by the package A few hampers of best En_lish cheese. July 27. dtf
The Subscriber has for Sale, A large assortment of India Mullins, coarse and fine India Calicoes Sooty Romalls Blue Cloths and Checks Bandana Handkerchiefs Blue red and Gilli Handkerchiefs An invoice of Irish Linens and Sheetings, well assorted A box of Diapers Silk Umbrellas Two boxes of fine Spices, containing Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves Black Pepper of first quality East India Ginger Java Sugar A quantity of Madeira Wine Ditto of Gin Roll Brimstone August 12. saw gw
Mordecai Lewis. Higgins' Specific FOR THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF THE YELLOW FEVER. EVER since this disease made such ravages in this city and New-York, the author has turned his attention to its cause and cure.—The result of his enquiries has convinced him that the reason why so many persons recover from its attacks, are from its not being well understood, and the consequent wrong method taken to cure it. He is persuaded that the excessive bleedings and mercurial treatment of the Faculty is highly injurious, and that the on- ly rational mode of treatment is by the use of proper agents. Convincing of this he offers his Specific as a certain remedy, if used according to the directions. To be had in bottles, at one dollar each, of the inventor Geo. Higgins, Cherry Street, two doors above Ninth Street, (late manager of Jackson and Co's Medicine Warehouse, London) by T. Le- Blanc, No. 2, 6; W. Griffith, No. 177, T. Pearce, No. 21, South Third Street, T. Stiff, No. 55, New Street, near Vine Street, and T. Gale, No. 36, Race Street. Aug. 25. tu&stf
COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, and CONSUMPTIONS. Just received, by Wm. Griffiths, No. 177, South Second-street, a fresh supply of Genuine Balsam of Honey, A Medicine invented by the late Sir John Hill (who knowledge as a Botanist procured him the appellation of the Linnæus of Britain) and is considered in England as a certain cure for the above complaints; it is also of singular efficacy in the Hooping Cough. It may also be had retail of W. A. Stokes, No. 61, South Second-street, and T. Stiff, 55, New- street, in bottles at 75 cents each. Wm. Griffiths having observed the happy ef- fect of the medicine, (several cases of cures hav- ing come within his own knowledge) and the great demand for it has induced him to order a large supply, a part of which he has just received. August 3. saw gw
30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indented Ser- vants, Gifford Dally, a mulatto boy about 17 years of age, a slim light built active fellow, can read and write, five feet seven or eight inches high, has a leathery countenance; had on a fustian coat and trowsers, a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c. Allan Hellons, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick set chunky built fellow, particularly about the breech; had on a fustian blue jacket lined with fustian, dark striped vest, fustian trowsers, high crowned hat, coarse shoes, &c.; each of them had several shirts and several other clothes with them. Thirty Dollars will be paid for the runaways, or 15 dol- lars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street. The black fellow is about a year from Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, State of Dela- ware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. mto&fsw
To be SOLD or RENTED, A LARGE 3 Story Brick House, on the South side of Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, lately occupied as the Sur- veyor General's Office. The Building is 36 feet front and 35 feet deep, the lot 110 feet deep, with the privilege of a nine foot wide Alley extending the whole length of the lot, to a thirty feet wide Court for Carriages to turn in. The House is not plastered, and may be turned either into one, or two dwelling Houses. It is suitable for a large Manufactory, or would make a good Tavern. Immediate possession will be given. Apply to No. 121, Chestnut-Street. Aug. 27. cotdar.
Musical Instruments Manufacturer, No. 167, Arch-Street. HARPER, harpsichord, grand, portable grand, a 1/2 f'd-board, pier table and square piano forte made in London, returns thanks to his friends and the public, for their liberal encouragement, and hopes that by his ability and attention to every branch of his business, to merit a continuance of their favors. Piano fortes made on the newest and most approved plans, with pedal, patent, swell, and French harp forte, which he states himself will be found on trial by unprejudiced judges, to be equal if not superior to any imported, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any instru- ment purchased of him, if not approved of in twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical instruments made, used, and repaired with the greatest accuracy, dispatch, and on the most reasonable terms, is a ready money only. Second hand Piano Fortes taken in exchange. May 24. Scan.
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the Sun- day, and day of this last July, a Mulatto Man, named Will Bowzer, about forty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather chunky made; had on when he went away, a drab colored cloth coat, striped purple trowsers and jacket. It is probable he will change his cloathes, as he took a number with him. The said fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Charles Blake of this place; and it is expected he has made towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State.—Any person apprehending the said fel- low, and securing him so that I can get him a- gain, shall receive the above reward if taken out of the county, and Twenty Dollars if in the county, and all reasonable charges if bro't home. JESSE REED, Queen Ann's County, Maryland. July 3. wgt
New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, M. D. June 24. 6c.