Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-09-14 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2178.]
PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1799.
[VOLUME XVI.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia.
The Office of "The Gazette of the United States" is removed to the first three-story brick house in Eleventh, above Arch street.
Subscribers in Germantown and its vicinity, will receive their papers from Mr. Kitchen.
Those at Frankford, from the Store of John McClellan, Esq.
This day is published, By W. YOUNG, BOOKSELLER, Institutes of Natural Law.
Being the substance of a course of lectures, read in St. John's college, Cambridge.
THE 1st vol. explains the rights of mankind, considered as individuals: I. Law in general. II. Rights and obligations.
The 2d vol. explains the rights and obligations of mankind, considered as members of civil societies.
The merits of this work, so justly extolled by experienced judges, and appreciated by the lovers of science, renders it unnecessary for the editor to publish the numerous and honorable testimony, that might be produced in its favour.
W. Young, has for sale, as usual, Stamps, Stationery, custom house Blanks of every denomination, Writing and Printing Papers, Blank & Printed Books, wholesale and retail.
NOTICE. To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, LATE of Lewistown, in the county of Mifflin, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
By JAMES KINSEY, Esq. Chief Justice of the Supreme court of New-Jersey. Notice is hereby given, THAT upon application to me by Joseph P. Minick, and John W. Bloomfield for themselves, by John W. Bloomfield in right of Ann his wife.
THIS is to give notice, That the Subscriber, of Elkton, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Cecil County, in Maryland, letters of Administration, on the personal estate of SAMUEL HEWETT, late of said County, deceased.
A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of the United States bearing date 1st January 1793, in the name of Joseph Thornburgh, No. 5738, for the renewal of which application has been made at said Bank.
ROBERT DENISON, Junr. Philadelphia, June 11. THIS is to give notice, That the Subscriber, of Elkton, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Cecil County, in Maryland, letters of Administration, on the personal estate of SAMUEL HEWETT, late of said County, deceased.
Given under my hand this 15th day of August, 1799. JOHN MILLER, Adm'r. JOHN CUMMINS & Co. Duck creek, 29th Aug.
For LIVERPOOL. THE BRITISH letter-of-marque ship, THE LONDON, Samuel Roper, commander.
For FREIGHT or CHARTER, FOR EUROPE, THE BRIG ENTERPRISE, A staunch good Vessel, well fitted, about three years old, and will carry about 1500 Barrels.
Fashionable Millinery. ELIZA M'DOUGALL, NO. 134, MARKET-STREET, HAS just received per ship Thomas Chalkey and Adriana, from London, an elegant assortment of the most fashionable MILLINERY, viz.
NOTICE. Bank of North America, SEPT. 9, 1799. HOSE Persons who have Notes or Bills to pay at this Bank, are informed.
CATTLE. About Sixty-Six Head for disposal. Esquire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Island in Wye River, Eastern Shore, Maryland.
Old French Brandy in large and small casks. 200 boxes 7 by 9 & 8 & 10 Window Glass.
SEABORN, TATLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and customers in general, that he has removed from his house No. 76, Mulberry Street.
FOR SALE, AT DUCK-CREEK, 10,000 bushels Indian Corn, 3000 bushels good Wheat, 50 barrels Pork, 40,000 Hhd. Staves.
TO BE LET, Until the 15th of November next, A safe Retreat from Philadelphia, In a pleasant situation, about three miles from town.
Lost or Mislaid, A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of the United States bearing date 1st January 1793, in the name of Joseph Thornburgh, No. 5738, for the renewal of which application has been made at said Bank.
THIS is to give notice, That the Subscriber, of Elkton, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Cecil County, in Maryland, letters of Administration, on the personal estate of SAMUEL HEWETT, late of said County, deceased.
SAMUEL POTTER, WM. PAGE, AND THOMAS PRICE, HAVE removed to GERMANTOWN, between the five and six mile stone, where they have for sale, a general assortment of DRY GOODS.
ROSS & SIMSON, HAVE FOR SALE, 3000 pieces 1st and 2d quality Russia Duck, 100 pieces Ravens Duck (superior).
TO BE SOLD BY JESSE & ROBERT WALN. Old Port Wine, in Pipes, Hhds. and quarter casks.
TO BE SOLD, An Invoice of Woollens, Consisting of Coarse and Fine Cloths, principally Dark Blue, and printed Cassimeres.
THE PARTNERSHIP TRADING under the Firms of HARTSHORNE, LAROE & Co. and JESSE & ROBERT WALN, was dissolved 1 mo. 21, 1798.
FOR SALE, A variety of Lots, many of them very advantageously situated north of the city of Philadelphia, in different parts of the Land known as the Estate of the late William Martin, Esq.
TO BE LET, Possession to be given on the 26th August, A convenient Three Story Brick House, SITUATE in Spruce between Second and Third Street.
FOR SALE, A COUNTRY SEAT, CONTAINING about Ten acres of Land, situated at the 5 mile stone, on the Ridge Road, being near the Falls of Schuylkill.
Ten Dollars Reward. STRAYED or conveyed on Thursday night last from off the premises, about 2 1/2 miles from Philadelphia, on the Ridge road, a handsome dark bay HORSE in good condition.
DONATION LANDS. Notice is hereby given, THAT Claims for Donation Lands granted by the State of Pennsylvania to the Officers and Soldiers of the Line belonging to the said State in the late war, will be received at the Office of Comptroller General of said State until the 1st September next inclusive.
Oeller's Hotel in Germantown. THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the public in general, and his friends in particular, that he has opened his Hotel in Germantown, just above the Market House.
JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes.
MAIL COACHEES, Between PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE, LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday excepted) at 8 o'clock, A. M.
UNSEATED LANDS. THE owners of Unseated lands in FAYETTE COUNTY (Penn.) are hereby notified, that the taxes due on said lands for the years 1796, 1797 and 1798, are paid into the hands of General Ephraim Douglass, County Treasurer.
ALMS-HOUSE, September 11th 1799. GENTLEMEN, YOU being returned to serve as Guardians of the poor, are required to attend at the City Court House in Chestnut Street, on the 25th instant, at ten o'clock in the morning.
FOR CHARTER, The British Letter of Marque SHIP, LONDON, SAMUEL ROPER, commander. BURTHEN 330 Tons, coppered to the bends and mounting Twenty guns.
OFFICE FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATES, AGENCY & COMMISSION BUSINESS, No. 14 CHESSNUT-STREET, Between 2d & Front-streets, Philadelphia.
THE SUBSCRIBER, Being solicited thereto by a number of his friends, takes this method to acquaint the Public, that he has this day opened the above Office, and has for sale the following property, viz.
Samuel Miles, jun'r. Of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, having assigned over all his effects, real, personal and mixed, to the subscribers, for the benefit of such of his creditors as may subscribe to the said assignment on or before the first of August next.
Notice is hereby given, To all persons indebted to the said estate, that they are requested to make immediate payment to either of the assignees, or to the said Samuel Miles, who is authorised to receive the same.
HAIR SEATINGS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HAIR SEATINGS, Suitable for chair and sofa covers, consisting of striped and plain, of the following widths, viz. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 inches.
JOHN MILLER, JUN. No. 82, Dock, near Third Street. Has for Sale, Coffees, Baltas, Mamoodies, Taffaties, Colicoes, Panama, Romal and Handkerchiefs.
A two story Brick House, SITUATE on Duke, between Front and Second Streets, in the Northern Liberties; having a large garden and yard, extending to Green Street.
THE STORES & WHARF, Adjoining the Drawbridge, now occupied by Mr. Joshua Gilpin. The terms may be known by applying at No. 238, Market-street.

CONTINUATION OF LATE Foreign Intelligence.
VIA NEW-YORK.
FRANCE.
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
Sitting of July 10.
A great number of addresses congratulated the council on the fall of the triumvirate, and demanded the speedy punishment of the traitors.
Among these addresses there is one of the principal districts of Paris which is most remarkable. It declares that nothing can be done while the guilty remain unpunished.
"Punish," say they, "Merlin, the fabricator of conspiracies; Rewbell and Scherer, Capidators and plunderers; Larevelliere, the exciter of war in La Vendee; Francois Neufchateau, as having morally assassinated all the patriots; Ramel, who has disorganized the finances and ruined the public treasury; Lally, Talleyrand, who has provoked and organized the assassination at Rastadt."
Referred to a committee of five.
Sitting of July 12.
Echafoux the elder, on a motion of order—"Treasoners have sold the Republic—our frontiers are menaced—the hearts of republicans are filled with inquietude—joy and hope brighten the eyes of the royalists—we can no longer contemplate with a tranquil eye the dangers which every where surround us. Let us not wait till the coalesced robbers proclaim royalty on the dead bodies of the friends of the revolution."
After a violent invective in the same strain, the orator demanded that the following resolutions should be referred to a special committee.
The legislative body declares the constitution of its allies to be under the protection of the loyalty of the French nation.
Every citizen from 16 to 50 is desired to provide himself with a musket.
A particular administration shall be created, charged to superintend the manufacture of arms.
The exportation of every thing necessary to carry on war is prohibited.
Citizens who are possessed of guns are to declare the same to the municipal administration.
The council ordered six copies of the speech and resolutions to be printed, and that they should be referred to a committee composed of seven members.
The president announced, that two important subjects were among the orders of the day, namely, the discussion relative to the loan of one hundred millions, and the report relative to dilapidators.—"The dilapidators," resounded from all parts.
Montelieu had leave to speak in the name of the committee on this subject. He began by congratulating the council upon the measures taken on the 30th Prairial. "For a length of time," said he, "this most execrable tyranny has weighed down the friends of the republic. The legislative body has assumed that attitude which becomes it, and exclamations of surprise have answered the triumph of liberty." Here the reporter made a brief recapitulation of all the denunciations against the ex-directors and their accomplices, namely, the transportation of Buonaparte, with 40,000 men; the prosecution of Championet; the daring violation of the constitution of the Cisalpine nation; the violation of the French constitution; their attempts at the acquisition of sovereign power; the means of terror employed to influence the elections; the confiscations; the arbitrary imprisonments; the recognition of the war in La Vendee, encouraged by their inactivity; the menace of republicans promoted by impunity. Such were the principal heads of accusation. "Each of these charges," said the orator, are not confined to one individual, they apply to all of them. Rewbell, Merlin, Larevelliere, Treilhard, and Scherer, are pointed out as the chiefs of that extensive conspiracy which has nearly annihilated the Republic. The contractors in general, and other public dilapidators of the public treasure, are referred to. The latter and the Ex-ministers are answerable to the ordinary tribunals. Your committee has thought that having formed an active part in the conspiracy, they ought to be delivered over to the tribunal which is to judge the executive directors, as was done in the affair of Babeuf. As to the rest, you will act according to your judgment; but as these discussions cannot, agreeable to the constitution, be had otherwise than in a secret committee, it proposes to the council immediately to form one."
The council ordered the printing of the speech, and the formation of a committee.
PARIS, July 10.
The Chouans have committed several horrid excesses in the town of Montigne.
All the gaming houses were shut up yesterday by order of the police.
The new political society, organized some days since, in the old hall of the five hundred in the Thuilleries, is composed of many deputies and many other citizens. They have decreed as a principle, that no denunciation shall be read which is not signed by some one who is known. This society, says a Journal, does nothing but make a noise, for every evening the neighbourhood resounds with the Marseillois hymn, which they sing in full chorus. (Journal du Soir.)
We read, in one of our Journals, the following letter, which we publish without any observation:
"The most atrocious and Michiavilian plan of treason ever conceived, at this time occupies the attention of a certain number of men whom public confidence has called to the most eminent stations. The most urgent
reasons prevent me from mentioning the names of those molimamous wretches who have not feared to capitulate with tyrants.
"To avert these daring machinations, I trust it is only sufficient to point them out to all France."
"Inform all the citizens, that it is in vain they have for six years sought to create and consolidate the republic. Certain persons, despairing of its safety, have demanded the mediation of the king of Prussia, in the name of the French government. The Prussian cabinet has made the following answer, which has been listened to without indignation, and without surprise.—'The king of Prussia consents to interpose his good offices and his authority to establish in France a constitutional king.'"
"Inform all Frenchmen, that the idea of this culpable mediation is not abandoned; and that it is proposed to renew it the first favourable opportunity."
Nothing has been published relative to the dispositions of the political society opened in the old riding school. It was yesterday numerously attended. Many deputies are members of it, as well as other citizens.
The Theophilanthropists appear to lose their partisans. The exercise of their worship has ceased in the temple of genius.
We have observed the re-appearance of several groups of people in the public places, but they are not numerous.
July 11.
A considerable number of troops are continually marching from Brussels, Gand, Bruges, and the frontiers of Holland, for Ostend, and that part of the coast of the republic which is threatened by the English.
July 12.
Marbot, general of division, has been appointed to the command of the 17th military division, in the room of general Joubert, who is intended by the directory to be promoted to the rank of commander in chief of the army of Italy.
It is stated that general Macdonald is on his way to Paris.
We are still in the greatest uncertainty respecting the fleet.
The opening of the society in the riding house has produced a great sensation.
Several persons who yesterday spoke against this assembly have been arrested, and conducted before the inspectors of the hall of the Ancients, charged by the police of the Thuilleries. In one of the groups which formed every instant, a citizen said, sufficiently loud to be heard, it would be necessary to cut off 50,000 heads to save the country. The general indignation which this excited rendered it necessary he should take to his heels to save himself. It is said Gohier is a member of the society.
Bulletin of the sittings of the Political Society in the Riding House.
The sittings of last night were remarkable for the crowd of spectators. There were about two or three hundred members, to whom were added four or five hundred spectators, whose persons have been remarked in the Sections of Paris. At half past seven the Tree of Liberty was planted, amidst loud acclamations. It was surmounted with a cap of three colours, but that which was placed superior was the Bonnet Rouge. After a speech from Santheux, on the reception of members, Delfran sung a song which he had made on the planting of the tree of liberty. A deputation of the grenadiers of the guard of the legislative body received the fraternal embrace. A member, after a speech in favour of liberty, exclaimed, "Live free or die;" and moved, that to "Liberty, Equality," &c. be added another inscription, "or death."
Leclerc des Vosges, author of the Russe de Paris , after an eulogium on the National Convention, whose sacred seat the society occupied, swore to be faithful to the Constitution of the third year (general silence): he then pointed out as fit objects for the scaffold, Scherer, Rewbell, Merlin, Lepaux, Treilhard, Rapinat, Legarde, Paypoux, Trouve, Talleyrand, &c. (Long and universal applause.)
The following European Extracts is taken from the London Star , of the 25th of July.
PARIS, July 17.
Citizen Talleyrand has just published a vindication of his conduct, in answer to the accusations preferred against him in several pamphlets and journals—He begins with remarking, that all his accusers are themselves either Ex-Priests or Ex-Nobles, and even princes or foreigners, who having first introduced themselves to notice with cunning and dexterity, soon assumed, with audacity, the privilege of instructing us how we should be free from our own country. "What then," continues Talleyrand, "do these men urge, who are not Frenchmen, or those among Frenchmen whose integrity they have succeeded in corrupting? That I have been one of the Constituent assembly! Yes, I was fully convinced that they could never forgive those whose names are illustrious among the founders of liberty. I was fully convinced that men who had never experienced the first fallies of the French people, in 1789, who indulged in shameful railley on the sublime enthusiasm of the nation, and who, unable to prevent the Revolution, exerted themselves to render it odious, were in secret, enraged against the assembly which first proclaimed the declaration of the rights of man, and were more favorable to the anti-revolutionary part of that assembly than to the part which produced the revolution. But I was ignorant that they would carry their audacity so far as publicly, and without any mask, to reproach a Citizen with having been a Member of the Constituent Assembly. And
yet this is one of the numerous accusations preferred against me in their favourite Journal."
"In the present agitation of the public mind three suppositions are alone possible. The Republic will consolidate its strength in the midst of so many events; we shall be overwhelmed in the confusion and destruction of every kind of authority; or Royalty will be restored to oppress us with increased fury and tyranny. Every other supposition is to me a chimera, and I have unquestionably given sufficient pledges of my zeal against the two last systems. The fate allotted to me, by both the one and the other of them, is sufficiently known, as well as the kind of preference which they would grant to me. It has been a thousand times demonstrated, that I can have no other desire but that of consolidating the power and establishing the glory of the Republic. I did not, indeed expect, to be reduced to the necessity of proving, in the 7th year of the Republic, that I am not an Emigrant. A proof rendered unnecessary by the unanimous declaration of the National Convention, which ordered my name to be erased from all lists of Emigrants, and repealed, at the same time, the decree of accusation which had been brought against me."
"But it is asked by my accusers, What are the motives which caused the National Convention to erase the name of Talleyrand? The answer however, is simple, and undoubtedly decisive, I was sent to London for the second time, by the Provisional Executive Council, on the 7th of September, 1792. I have in my possession the original passport delivered to me by the Council, and which is signed by six of its members, Lebrun, Danton, Servan, Claviere, Roland and Monge. It was committed to the Convention, when it thought proper to take my case into consideration, and I will produce it to any person desirous of seeing it."
Talleyrand denies that he wore the white cockade in America and at Hamburg, and appeals to the testimony of the Envoy and Consul at that city.
With respect to the reproach of having suffered the new coalition to be formed, he vindicates himself by quoting his opinion, which was decidedly given in favour of an honorable peace, and makes the following observations; "when it is considered that those who dare to accuse me of wishing for the continuance of war are the very persons who stirred up the fire of discord, invoked with the most ardent prayers all the fury of war, were eager to excite revolutionary movements in every part of the world, abused every power in the most insulting and impotent manner, threw obstacles in the way of every negotiation, and propagated in the public journals the assertion so fatal to the tranquility of Europe."
That Republics and Kings are necessarily in a state of hostility;—when it is considered that I have been constantly engaged in repairing the mischiefs produced by so many inconsistencies and follies, and in calming the apprehensions of the Envoys of neutral and amicable powers, every one must be struck with astonishment that these men should accuse me of co-operating in producing the coalition, and that they should themselves be ignorant on how many accounts the accusation applies to their own conduct. I have also, in a detail which has been noticed by the Legislative Body, pointed out the principal and more immediate causes of the Coalition, and I may be allowed to observe, that my observations have been received by the National Representation, with a degree of interest which it only confers on acknowledged precision, and truth.
"It is known that Austria, even from the signing of the treaty of Campo Formio, however favourable that treaty might have been to it, having recovered from the terror inspired by our arms, began to meditate projects of greater ambition; that it was then encouraged by England and Russia; that the events in Rome and Switzerland became new motives and pretences for its actions; and that it sought every where, from that time, for new allies, which it did not find difficult to obtain, in consequence of the principles of the Representative system which struck at all aristocratic establishments, or by the natural effect of the oppressions exercised by some of the French agents, unworthy of that name, even in friendly countries, or principally in consequence of the impression made by the engagement at Abenkir, which, in giving us an additional enemy, revived the audacity and hopes of others."
"At the commencement of last Brumaire, the end of October when General Joubert set out for Milan, about five months before the Russians entered Italy, I had the good fortune to procure the plan of attack which had been combined between the Russians and Austrians, and I gave it to him myself. He has since declared, that it proved highly useful to his operations. Every thing relative to the great changes in Switzerland and Italy was never either discussed or decided by the Directory in my presence. The alterations in the Cisalpine Republic are totally without my knowledge. I was merely acquainted with them in consequence of their execution; so much so, that when Citizen Rivaud was sent Ambassador to that Republic, I was applied to for blank letters of credence, and thus I was totally uninformed with respect to his embassy, until he had been employed for a considerable time. Here I know, it is objected to me with severity, that I should not have hesitated to have given in my resignation." And it is imagined that I was not disposed to that measure? can it be thought that such an idea was gratifying to my independence? but I confess, I was prevented by that desire, that indefatigable hope of peace, from which nothing could detach me. I forgot myself entirely
in that sentiment, and to that I sacrificed my personal uneasiness, my repugnance as an individual.
"I am accused that an attack was not made on Portugal. But if such an attack had taken place and had been violently opposed by Spain, would they not have thought themselves justified in blaming a conduct which would have irritated this latter power, whose alliance it was so useful to cultivate? I am reproached with not having sufficiently encouraged privateering against England, but if it had been encouraged without bounds, with what vehemence would they have inveighed against the want of precaution, or the stupidity of Ministers, who assured, that 345 armed vessels for cruising had been captured by the enemy from the beginning of the war to the end of the 6th year, that the number of our prisoners now in England amount to more than 30,000, for whose subsistence the Republic is at the yearly expense of 15 millions, and that it is principally to privateering such a result is to be attributed, might have dared to expose the nation to the repeated hazards of a game, the losses of which are so sensibly felt."
"I am reproached with the expedition to Egypt, which was planned previously to my administration, and had in no respect been determined by me. But if that expedition in which the genius of Buonaparte, in which his glory, and that of his invincible army rendered certain and still renders certain, so many successes had not been effected, and it could be proved, that I had opposed the project, with how much acrimony would not these same persons have said, that I was influenced by secret and improper views, and that I wished to deprive the Republic of the most magnificent establishment in the world, which was to strike a most terrible blow at the British power in India."
"They complain of the cold indifference of the Swedish government, but how much more would they have to complain, if in order to prevent it the Republic had given way to demands incompatible with her dignity? They also object (could it be imagined), that men of the best characters as Republicans have been entrusted with diplomatic missions, with an intention, they say, of getting rid of their vigilant observation at home. But if others who were not republicans had been entrusted with business of that nature, would they not have had more reason to complain, and would they have been silent upon so favourable an opportunity?"
"The Journal des Hommes Libres maintains, that it was Talleyrand who procured the return of Malmesbury, after the latter had been dismissed by Charles La Croix. But it was not to Paris, that was no longer necessary, but to Lisle, even in the center of our military bulwarks. Is this point clearly made out? There never was an important fact that carried conviction with it more strongly. On the 18th of Messidor, when the conference began, "I was not Minister; it was only the 28th Messidor, I was appointed by the Directory." In short every thing which has been done, either within or without the republic, is imputed to me; and I am interrogated why the Grand duke of Tuscany was not kept as a hostage, as if it were my province to give instructions to the Generals. They have the effrontery to assert, that it was I who alienated from the Republic the United States of America, at a moment when they know that American negotiators have arrived in France, and they cannot be ignorant of the share which I have had in that event, on account of the language, full of deference, of moderation and I will be bold to say, of dignity, which I addressed them in the name of the French Government, while those who now attack me were delirious only to convey to them expressions severe and irritating."
Talleyrand concludes his vindication by accusing his assailants of ignorance, malice and the basest designs.
Observations of Charles Delacroix upon the Reflections published by Talleyrand Peri-gord.
As I have been named, or referred to twice in the reflections which citizen Talleyrand has published, I owe it to truth, and to my own character, to establish those facts with respect to which I have been alluded to in this work. It is true, as citizen Talleyrand says, that it was me of whom lord Grenville demanded a passport for lord Malmesbury; that it was I who forwarded it; that it was during my Ministry the negotiations were carried on; and finally, that it was I who pointed out Lisle, in consequence of the express orders of the Directory. I do not see how these facts can excite suspicion; but if it was necessary to justify them, I would say that the facility of telegraphic communication, and the recollection of the intrigues of lord Malmesbury, at Paris, during his first mission, were the principal motives which determined the Directory in preferring the commune of Lisle. "It is well known" says Talleyrand, "that the expedition to Egypt had been prepared before the period of my Ministry. It is a certain fact, that citizen Magallier, consul General of the republic in Egypt, after a great number of memorials he had sent relative to an expedition against Egypt, received, previous to my entering into administration, leave to return to France. It was in fact, and it could not be otherwise, my duty to give information upon the subject of his memorials." It would seem from this passage, that it was I who prepared the expedition to Egypt. I owe it to truth to declare the fact without attempting here to judge of the merit of the enterprise. It is very well known that different projects, particularly under the ancient government, were proposed relative to Egypt; but what is not known, yet is not less true, is that these memorials remained wholly neglected during my ministry. That
neither myself on the part of the Directory nor the chief of division, paid any attention to them; that I had not any idea of the contents of the memorials of citizen Magallier. That his memorials no respect influenced the permission given him to return; but, on the contrary, it was granted on the ground of his ill state of health, and the danger he was in of dying if he remained longer in Egypt. Let citizen Talleyrand refer to the account which I gave the Directory of the operations of my administration on the 12 Thermidor, under the article Ottoman Porte.
He will find there is not a word relative to this expedition, and that throughout it breathes the desire and the hope of promoting and assuring the most perfect harmony between the two powers. Citizen Talleyrand may recal to his mind, that in the first conference I had with him after my return from the Batavian Republic, having for a long time discoursed upon the subject of the horrible counter-revolution, which had destroyed in one day the fruit of six months labour there; and the outrages committed against the French Republic on my person; I spoke of the report just circulated, that Egypt was the immediate object of the expedition of Buonaparte. "I would not attempt (said I) to steal the secret from you; but I do not believe the report. It is not to Egypt, but to the Black Sea. He is gone to destroy the settlements of the Russians, who are determined to declare war against us, to restore Poland to its rank as a nation, to keep the house of Austria in check, and command a definitive peace. If you have any ulterior designs against Egypt, the Porte, in gratitude for the important service you will have rendered it, will willingly lend its assistance to realize them." Citizen Talleyrand left me to enjoy the sweet illusion which events have but too soon destroyed. My regard for truth has imposed on me these short observations. It will plead my excuse to Citizen Talleyrand.
CH. DELACROIX.
Charenton 27 Messidor, July 15, 7th year of the French Republic, one and indivisible.
LONDON, July 25.
Three French frigates from Alexandria had recaptured part of the fleet taken by Sir Sydney Smith, before Acre. In this action Lieut. Bulbly was taken, and captain Miller, of the Thetis , was unfortunately killed with part of the crew, from the accidental bursting of some bomb shells.
The following article appears in the Monoiteur of the 26th of Messidor (July 14) a.d. Genoa, 11th Messidor, July 9:—On the 6th (June 24) an English squadron of about thirty vessels appeared within sight of our port, and sent in a flag of truce with two letters from Vice Admiral Lord Keith, one of which was addressed to the French Charge d'Affairs, and the other to our government. He requested, that having made himself master of the fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Perree, the latter might be permitted, together with his Etat Major, to go on shore and negotiate the exchange of 1200 prisoners that he (Lord Keith) had taken. The latter concluded by saying, Port Maurice had fired upon his ships, in consequence of which Genoese vessels should be treated as enemies. On the 7th, June 25, some vessels failed from hence to take on board the prisoners from the English squadron; they will be embarked in France."
A letter from Dover, dated July 24, at 2 o'clock in the morning, says—"There is now, off this place, a very heavy firing; an engagement no doubt; it is very dark, and has a fine effect."
United States, District of Pennsylvania. } ff. To the Marshal of the Pennsylvania District of the United States.
WHEREAS in my opinion a contagious sickness in the city of Philadelphia, renders it hazardous to hold the next stated Session of the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District of the middle Circuit of the said city, the place appointed by law at which to hold the stated Session of the said Court—These are by virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me, RICHARD PETERS, Judge of the Pennsylvania District of the United States, in the name and by authority of the United States, to order and direct you to adjourn the session of the said circuit court, directed to be held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of October next, to Norris Town, in the county of Montgomery in the same district, being a convenient place within the same for holding the said court; and you are to make publication hereof in one or more public papers printed at the said city, that the said court is adjourned as is hereby directed to be; and you are accordingly to adjourn the said court to the said place hereby appointed from the time you shall receive this order to the said eleventh day of October next, the time by law prescribed for commencing the said session.
(L.S.)
Given under my hand and Seal at Belmont in the said district this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord 1799, and in the twenty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States.
RICHARD PETERS.
"WHEREFORE I, the said Marshal, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the above order and directions from the honorable Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the Pennsylvania District of the United States, and in the name and by the authority of the United States, do adjourn the session of the Circuit court of the said United States, which was to have been held at Philadelphia, on the eleventh day of October next, to the courthouse in NORRIS TOWN in the county of Montgomery in the same district, there to meet on the said eleventh day of October next at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day at which all persons bound by Recognizance or have otherwise to do thereat are desired and required to take notice and give their attendance accordingly."
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
Marshal's Office at Philadelphia, September 7, 1799.

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14.
PRICES OF STOCKS.
   PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 24.     Six per Cent. 15 3/4 to 8d   Deferred 6 per Cent. 14 3/4   Three per Cent. 9 3/8   BANK United States, 16   North America, 45 to 47   Pennsylvania, 14   Insurance comp. N.A. shares 17 1/2   Pennsylvania, shares, 27 3/4   8 per Cent Stock—funded—2 to 2 1/2 percent. adv. do.   Do. Scrip with the six instalments do.   Do. the 5th and 6th instalments do.   East-India Company of N. A. par. do.   Land Warrants, 30 dolls. per 100 acres. do.  
COURSE OF EXCHANGE
   On London, 51 at 30 days   50 at 60 to 90 days   Amsterdam, 35 3/4 to 100 per florin   Hamburg 30 2 3/4 to 100 per Mark Banco.  
For the Gazette of the United States.
SINCE Mr. Rofs has been fixed upon as the next governor of this State, his opponents have labored with incessant malignity to defeat his election, by circulating in the newspapers, in hand bills and in pamphlets every falsehood and calumny which party spirit or personal enmity could suggest. They boldly assert, that Mr. Rofs is an open reviler of religion—a deist—an atheist—a speculator—a land jobber—an active agent in exciting the western insurrection—and that in public life, he has been altogether under foreign influence. These charges will have no effect where Mr. Rofs is known, but as a great portion of those who are interested in the choice of the chief magistrate, are not personally acquainted with this gentleman, it cannot be amiss for one who has known him intimately from early life, to state his real character and conduct in all the points, where these anonymous slanderers have attempted to attack him.
1. As to religion.
Mr. Rofs received an early, a liberal and religious education from his parents, who were themselves of exemplary piety. Several of his preceptors are now among the most respected Presbyterian Divines. One of them, greatly eminent for his learning and piety, has been the close neighbour and intimate friend of Mr. Rofs ever since he began to practise the law, in the western country, has lived in the habits of familiar intercourse with him, visits his family, and although not always of opinion with him on political subjects, is now among his firmest supporters at the next election. So are also the great body of the clergy in the western country, who are well acquainted with Mr. Rofs, several of them having been his school-fellows. Would these men act thus—would they even associate or visit Mr. Rofs, (as they constantly have done) if he was known or thought to be an atheist—a deist—or reviler of religion? So far from this, it is well known, that he has uniformly expressed a great respect for religion and its ministers; that he has always been among the most active to promote the regular establishment of clergymen of his own denomination, in the towns where he has lived; that he contributes regularly and liberally to the support of religious worship; and that he was among the first men in the U. States to condemn the French revolutionists for their profane and impious attacks upon the christian religion. His associations in private and public life have been very extensive, and neither among his associates abroad or his neighbours at home, has he ever been heard to speak otherwise than with respect for the religion in which he was educated, and with the most marked abhorrence of the infamous abuse which has been published against it by Paine and others. Those who reproach such a man as being a contemner of religion, must be willing themselves, to take Paine's Age of Reason as their Confession of Faith.
2. Speculation and land jobbing.
So far from deserving censure on this score, it is an absolute fact, that Mr. Rofs never owned certificates of any description, nor scrip, nor bank stock, nor army warrants, or public securities of any kind, in his life. Neither has he ever been engaged in taking out warrants for vacant lands, or dealing in that kind of real property which is called land jobbing. His purchases (with one exception) have been of titles secured by others, thinking it better to pursue his profession, and buy from those who had taken up more lands than they wished to retain. The exception alluded to is his purchase of several valuable tracts of land on the Ohio river, at the public sales of the lands of the United States, where we all know the price cannot be less than two dollars per acre. This, surely, was not censureable, or if it is so, what will be said of the chief justice, M c Kean's purchasing at the Pennsylvania sales in Philadelphia, three the quantity of Mr. Rofs for less than half the money. This estate, which is in the neighbourhood of the Ohio, he still holds, together with a greater number of unimproved tracts of land in other parts of the State, than ever Mr. Rofs held. This never ought to be offered as an objection against either of the men—they both bought what was offered in the open market, to the highest bidder, where there was no dispute; and I never heard it alleged that either has obtained any portion of his property unfairly.
Instead of acting the part of an unfeeling speculator, it is well known that Mr. Rofs, after agreeing with some gentlemen of Philadelphia, for valuable lands they held on the Juniata, found that those lands had been
* The Reverend John M c Millan.
† [The history of the property at the corner of 3d and Pine street, now in the tenure of old M c Kean, would then be new to this writer!]
fettled and improved by a number of industrious Germans, who had never heard of this old title. He generously assured them he would relinquish his bargain in their favor, and he actually gave them a recommendation to the owners, advising them to let these innocent men have the land on which they had settled, at a lower price than he had bought it, which has since been carried into effect by his interpolation. So much for the charges of speculation and land jobbing.
3. Misconduct relative to the insurrection.
It has been asserted, that he was present at a meeting in Pittsburgh, of one of the opposition committees, in September 1791, and that he gave countenance to their violent measures. At the time of that meeting, Mr. Rofs was in Pittsburgh, on his return from one of the courts, so were the gentlemen of the bar who had been on the circuit. It was understood, that Mr. Gallatin, who was then pulling himself into public life, would make a great speech in the committee. Every body went to hear the French patriot's speech, for it was then alleged in his praise, that he was a true Frenchman. The inspectors and collectors of the revenue, all the friends of government as well as its enemies, crowded to the scene of action, and Mr. Rofs among the rest. They were all witnesses of Mr. Gallatin's "political sin," as he calls it; but it is utterly false that Mr. Rofs gave any approbations or assistance, or co-operation to the committee; he neither framed nor suggested any of the measures or resolutions, at that or any other meeting, at any time during the opposition. It is, however, further asserted, that he countenanced the opposition to the laws, by declaring that he would advocate any cause against any excise officer, for nothing, and defend any man gratis, who would kill an excise officer. This charge is evidently very unlike the general tenor of Mr. Rofs's conversation, it has been traced carefully to the very foundation; and when the judges of the supreme court were in the western country last spring, the incident, which when distorted, has given rise to this wicked calumny, was explained, and related in all its circumstances to the judges, by the most clear and unimpeachable testimony of witnesses, actually present at all that was said and done by Mr. Rofs; his speech and behavior were not only blameless, but contained a severe reproof to the rioters, for their dark, disguised outrages which had been offered to the public officers, in the execution of the laws. It is pleasing to add, that this testimony of Mr. Rofs's perfect innocence, came from those well known to be friendly to Mr. M c Kean's election, and therefore every doubt as to coloring, party, or interested views, is out of the question. It would be strange indeed, that Mr. Rofs should have been engaged with the opposition councils, and yet never have appeared, except at one meeting, and then only as a spectator. That all his connections and friends were opposed to the violence and opposition against the laws, and that his talents and influence should not have been able to induce any of them from their duty. But above all, it is incredible that the government of the United States should trust one of the disaffected, as a commissioner to extinguish the disturbances. Yet, Mr. Rofs was appointed by General Washington, as one of the three for that purpose.
Every body knows that he was active and successful, beyond expectation, in that business. His moderation, knowledge of the people and of the country, his industry and perseverance contributed greatly to prevent things coming to extremities. His brother commissioners, the executive of the United States, the people of the western country, entertained the highest value and respect for his services on that memorable occasion. And it has been reserved for his political opponents to discover, on the eve of a popular election, that this man excited or contributed to encourage an insurrection, which he was the most zealous and resolute to oppose and suppress.
4. His political conduct under foreign influence.
This charge might be alleged against most other men with more chance of success than against Mr. Rofs. It has never been supposed that his opinions either in private or public life, were ever under the influence of any body. They are emphatically and notoriously his own. Few men can be found more capable of discerning the true interests of his country, none more independent or industrious in pursuing them. His attachments, his interests and his honour, are strongly tied to Pennsylvania. He is not only a native of the state, but is descended from parents who were both born in and whose connections still live in different parts of it. He is held in high estimation where he lives, has been twice elected by the legislature of the state as a senator of the United States. It ought to be recollected that the legislature have elected him since all the occurrences happened which are now alleged as objections. Since his appointment to the senate, he has by industry and application to books and business, acquired great and deserved weight in that body; and as a proof of this, we find that he has actually been made President of the Senate in the absence of the Vice-President of the United States. Upon enquiry it will be found that he has never associated himself with foreign ministers or agents, but on the contrary, has invariably declined not only their acquaintance, but even their entertainments, confining himself to the society of his own countrymen. Who can be found more forward than him in detecting and exposing the corrupt practices of foreigners among us. Was it not he that came forward against Blount, and had him expelled from the Senate for his intrigues with a foreign minister? Was it not he who first proposed and advocated a publication of the dispatches of our ministers in France, which displayed the corrupt and hostile views of that government upon ours?
In one word, where is the man so little connected and associated with foreigners, or that is bolder or firmer in asserting the honor and independence of our own country. To accuse such a man of foreign influence, without adducing a single fact to support it, is as absurd as it is wicked.
These remarks are written by one who well knows the truth and the correctness of every thing here stated; who has a very sacred regard for the christian religion himself; who never held, and whose pursuits forbid a will to hold any appointment in the gift of the governor of Pennsylvania; and who entertains a much higher respect for the chief justice than most of those who will vote for him as their governor. Nothing has been said in vindication of the one which is not strictly and honestly true, and not a syllable in prejudice of the other.
The author pledges himself to the public for the truth and the candour of the statement, and leaves them to judge as they ought between the two men for themselves.
It is daily lamented by all good citizens, that the best and the ablest of our statesmen are traduced in the public papers by the vilest abuse and inuendo from unknown hands. These are the deadly weapons which crime and vice and disappointed ambition employ against public virtue. Among a free, well-informed people, this kind of attack should be repelled with horror and execration; but as long as any are disposed to listen and believe, or even to doubt, it cannot be improper to write truth or wipe away unmerited aspersions from a fair character.
A PENNSYLVANIAN.
Leib, Penrose, Tench Coxe, and that supercilious Captain Joseph B. M c Kean, were, on Friday, together at Frankford. No very honest business could have been in agitation at this assembly of scoundrels.
A DUEL was fought on Thursday last, between Captain JOHNSON, and Lieutenant SHARPE, of the 10th U. S. regiment of infantry, quartered at Bristol, in this state. The combatants fired two shots each, by the first of which Capt. J. was very slightly wounded. The second proved mortal to Lieut. S. as the ball entered his right breast near the shoulder, and came out of his left side. Capt. J. by the second fire, was wounded in the leg. The cause we understand arose from a trifling dispute about politics, when a challenge immediately ensued, and the parties met about three hours afterwards, in the vicinity of the camp.
Died, on the 3d inst. on State Island, captain EBENEZER MASSEY, of the second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and commandant of Fort Mifflin.
10 Deaths of Fever, were reported at New-York for the 24 hours ending Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
9 deaths of Fever, were reported at the Health-office, for 24 hours ending at 12 o'clock Thursday evening.
Extract of a letter from Martinique, dated the 15th August, received in town via New-York.
"There is nothing new here at present, except an expedition of 30,000 men that has failed from this place, destined for the reduction of Surinam, and at the request of the governor of Surinam."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of the first respectability and character, in Washington county, to his friend in Easton.
"I have personally and intimately known Mr. James Rofs, of Pittsburgh, for fourteen years and upwards and can say with great sincerity, that in point of integrity, prudence, understanding, knowledge and talents, he is inferior to no man of my acquaintance and I would rather more justly express my sentiments by saying that in these respects I hardly know his equal. His penetration, sagacity, experience, equanimity, and discretion peculiarly fit him for the duty of Governor. His moral character is excellent, his mind strong, his manners simple, his demeanor unaffected and affable. His education has been good and pious. His acquaintance with the doctrines of Christianity and the scriptures in general is accurate; his respect for the doctrines and solemnities of religion is sincere."
"His public character is well known. As a member of Convention for framing the present Constitution of Pennsylvania, he was distinguished for his eloquence and understanding and though that was his first essay in political life, he discovered a great extent of knowledge and experience and exhibited a very great contract, to his present rival, then also a member of that Convention. As a Senator of the United States he has displayed wisdom, spirit, and firmness, in prosecution of the interests of America, independent of any foreign nation. He is no tool, nor mouth of any faction, and he is justly considered as standing in the first rank in the Senate of the United States."
"In contemplation of the approaching election, he has descended to no mean arts, altered no conduct, disguised no sentiments, made no promises. He keeps himself more distant from public intercourse and solicitation. This is shewing the respect to the people, and exhibiting a specimen of real republicanism. And this he may do safely; for he has no aristocratical opinions to disguise or renounce: no sacrifice to make of past pride and no atonement for past infallibility. He thinks like a true Republican, that if good sense united with a vigorous mind, honest views, great experience and irreproachable character, will not secure the votes of republicans, it is disgraceful to solicit them, by affected courtesy and constrained fawning; and that a disinterested, useful, and proper conduct, in past life is better evidence than any promise of a future disinterested useful and proper conduct."
At a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Philadelphia, held pursuant to public notice, on Monday the 2d of September, at the house of the widow Lehen, in Germantown, for the purpose of nominating proper persons to fill the several elective offices which will become vacant at the ensuing election:
Col. THOMAS DUNGAN, was appointed Chairman, CHARLES W. HARE, Secretary.
The meeting having taken in consideration the merits of the several candidates for the office of Governor,
Resolved unanimously, that the wisdom, integrity, patriotism and firmness of JAMES ROSE, Esq. of Pittsburgh, entitle him to the votes and utmost exertion of the members of this meeting, at the ensuing election for Governor.
Resolved unanimously, that the members of this meeting will support Joseph Ball, Esq. as Senator to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Benj. R. Morgan, for the district composed of the city and county of Philadelphia and county of Delaware, at the ensuing election.
Resolved, that the members of this meeting will support John Jones, Esq. at the ensuing election, as Senator to represent the same district.
Resolved, that Thomas Loyd, Benjamin Chew, jun. Richard Tittermary, Joshua Comely, Samuel Wheler, and Peter Brown, be nominated as representatives to serve in the next general assembly.
Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Philadelphia newspapers, signed by the chairman, and countersigned by the secretary.
THOMAS DUNGAN, chairman. CHARLES W. HARE, secretary.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia.
ARRIVED AT NEW-CASTLE. Brig Polly. Henderson, Cape Francoise Sher. Elsher & Eliza, Parrock, Laguaira
Baltimore, September 12.
Arrived on Tuesday, Brig Dispatch, of Philadelphia, captain Rose, 68 days from Hull. Left there the following American Vessels on the 14th July.
Ship Alliance, Chew, New-York, to sail in all July. Pacific, Salter, Philadelphia, do. Stafford, Moulton, Baltimore, do. Active, Story, New-York, uncertain. Brig Endeavor, Marshall, do. to sail in July (arrived)
Ship America, Hardy, in the dock repairing. July 19, in lat. 39, 23, N. long. 2, 22, W. spoke the ship Connecticut, from Philadelphia, bound to Hamburg, out 29 days, all well.
August 26, was boarded by the British sloop of war Lynx, and treated politely.
Arrived yesterday,
Brig Joseph, of Bolton, captain Hopkins, 43 days from London. Twelve sail of Americans came out with her, none of which were bound to this port.
Schr. Nancy, captain Huntington, 21 days from St. Thomas's.
By Mr. Hutchings, who came passenger in the brig Joseph of Bolton, captain Hopkins, from London, the following articles have been received.
List of vessels which passed Gravesend from the 26th June to the 12th July inclusive.
Manille, ——— Adriatic, captain Ford Tanner, Braunt New-York, Collie, from Virginia Woodrop Sims, Hlodson Birmingham Packet, Kelly Merchant, Trail, from Boston John and Bella, Stewart, from Virginia Lydia, Smith, from New-York Eliza, Ladd, from Virginia Martin, Paicall, ditto Antelope, Derby, from Salem Delaware, Clay, from Philadelphia Fair American, McCall, ditto Rajah, Foster, New-York Newport, Moore, from Virginia Minerva, Elford, from Charleston July 11th, passed the ship Hope, from New-London—at the Nore, July 12th, passed the ship Essex, from Gloucester—off Ramsgate.
Same day arrived past Dover, the ship Planter, captain Watts, of Peterburg; had engaged and beat off a French 22 gun ship; lost 4 men and 8 wounded; Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Cobb, (2d mate included).
Sailed from Portsmouth on the 27th of July, in company with the following American ships:
Perseverance, Wheatland, for India Sanfom, Treadwell, of N. York, do. Dianna, Barker, for Boston Rebecca, Corran, for Virginia Alexandria, Carey, do. Tupman, do. Two Friends, Gardner, for New York West India, ———, for Charleston Brig ———, Woodhouse, for Virginia Ship ———, Brown, for Charleston ———, Dixon, for Virginia The Snow Clarissa, captain Field, from Savannah, for Rotterdam, belonging to Mr. Samuel Brown, of Bolton, was carried into Yarmouth.
It was currently, reported and generally believed at Portsmouth, before the Joseph sailed, that the French and Spanish fleets had passed Gibraltar, and got to sea without having met with the English fleet.
August 27, in lat. 43, 18, long. 58, 30, spoke brig Anna Maria, of New York, from Hamburg, 53 days—wind northerly.
REPORT Of the Sections of the different grounds, of the number of Funerals at their grounds.
   FOR THE 24 HOURS, ENDING THIS DAY AT 12 O'CLOCK.   Names of the Burial Grounds. Children.     Christ Church, 0   St. Peters, 0   St. Pauls, 0   1st Presbyterian, 0   2d do. 0   3d do. 0   Scots Presbyterian, 0   Associate Church, 0   St. Mary's, 1   Trinity, 0   Friends 0   Free Quakers, 0   Swedes, 0   German Lutheran, 0   German Presbyterian, 0   Moravian, 0   Baptist, 0   Methodist, 0   Universalist, 0   Jews, 0   African Episcopal, 0   do. Methodist, 0   Kennington, 0   Public Ground,* 7   Total 8 1  
The above list comprehends all the burials from the City and Liberties of every disease By order of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM ALLEN, Health Officer.
CITY HOSPITAL.
ADMITTED. William Evitt, upper end of Race st. John Mayberry, Locust, bet. 8th & 9th st. Elizabeth Connen, Front & Shippen st. Safan Sullivan, Baily's alley, bet. Front & Vernon st. William Middleton, Plumb, near 5th st.
DIED. Mary Scot, ill 8 days previous to admission John Gatherwood, ill 7 do. James Fitzgerald, ill 6 do. Elizabeth Connen died 2 hours after admission.
Remaining in the Hospital 57, of whom 38 are convalescents.
Interred in the Public ground the last 24 hours.
City and Suburbs, 3 City Hospital 4
PETER HELM, Steward.
WHEREAS
By deed dated the 16th of May, 1799, granted and assigned to the subscribers, 55018 acres of land on the waters of Sugar creek, in the county of Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania, upon trust, to sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds (after satisfying all such just and legal claims as may be due on said lands) to the payment of such notes as the said Matthew M c Connell has drawn in favor of a certain Joseph Thomas, or that the said Joseph Thomas has drawn in favor of, and are indorsed by the said M c Connell, and which are mentioned in the schedule annexed to the deed of trust, aforesaid:—
Provided, That the holders of said notes shall, on or before the 16th day of November next, execute to him a full discharge and acquittance, or render up the said notes, and the balance, if any, to the holders of any of the said notes who shall not have made such discharge or rendered up said notes, as aforesaid, pro rata, according to their respective claims and demands.
This public notice is given of the said assignment, that those who are interested may avail themselves of the terms therein contained.
William Buckley, Thomas M c Willing, William Davidson, Affixees. Philadelphia, 14th Sept. 1799.
A QUANTITY OF FRESH CASTOR OIL,
Just received and for Sale by JOSEPH SHOEMAKER. Lower end of Germantown. September 13 31.
To the Holders of MILITARY LAND WARRANTS.
THE Subscriber having lately returned from viewing the land, surveyed and appropriated to satisfy the land warrants, issued by the secretary at war, to the officers and soldiers of the late continental army; and having made arrangements with Mr. James Johnson, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who he left on the land, and who with the assistance of an intelligent inhabitant of that county, will spend five months in exploring the different sections. He will take regular notes, descriptive of the soil, situation, and natural advantages attached to each section in the whole survey—which notes will be placed in the hands of the subscriber previous to the period for locating, thereby enabling him to make the most advantageous locations the priority will admit.
He offers his service to the holders of land warrants of the above description, throughout the United States, to receive their warrants, class them, (as no less quantity than 4000 acres will be required at the office of the treasury) have them registered agreeable to law, and attend to make the location at the time appointed in February next.
For transacting the business, one tenth part of the land specified in the warrants will be required, and no other charge, except the postage of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters addressed to the subscriber, at No. 3, Penn-street, Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention.
JAMES E. SMITH. mwttf.

VINEGAR. CYDER VINEGAR, one and two years old, fit for pickling, For sale by the Case or Gallon, at No. 191, North Third Street. ALSO A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, As usual, by RICHARD B. JACKSON. Sept. 12.
JUST RECEIVED, Per the MARIA, from HAMBURG, and NOW LANDING, At Wilcocks's wharf, from on board the IRIS, from BREMEN. And for sale by the subscriber, 353 PACKAGES LINEN, Consisting of Bielefeld Linen                      Ebersfeld Checks Warendorf do                      Checks and Stripes Rouen                                  Harlem Checks White Platillas                      Lilliputians Brown do.                              Ticklenburghs Craes à la Morlaix                  Osnaburgs Dowlas                                  Nalibaken Breagans                              Weler Linnen Buccalillas                          Bag Linnen Quadruples Silesias              Myer Linnen Bed-ticks                              Eulopillas Pocket Handkerchiefs. Also for Sale, 400 Boxes Claret 40 Hds. do 70 Tons St. Petersburg Hemp 5 Casks Brilles 200 Pieces Salsduck 7 Bales German Cloth 800 Denijohns 80 Liquor Casks ERICK & LEWIS BOLL MANN. No 113 South 3d Street near 4. 2w1c aug 14
FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near Fifth-street; WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders, 15 2 feet long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 feet long, 25 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. completed ditto—6 pounders, 5 1-2 feet long, 15 cwt. each, and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. complete; Carronades on sliding carriages, 12, 18 & 24 pounders, weighing 6 1-2, 8 and 13 cwt. each; Boarding Pikes and Cutlasses; English Cannon Powder; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts; 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 lb. round Shot; 6, 9, 12 and 24 lb. double-headed do. 9, 18 and 24 lb. Cannon Shot. Also—a quantity of best English, Porter, Clare and Port Wine Bottles. Taunton Ale in casks of 7 dozen each. march 8. 2aw tf
Wanted to Employ, A PERSON of Judgment and Integrity to ac- commodally attend Vendues to purchase Wet and Dry Goods for an extensive Country Store. Pro- posals sealed, directed to A. B. with the name of some other person mentioned, to whom refer- ence may be had, if necessary, for information re- lating to the qualifications of the agent, and left with the printer, will be duly attended to. The applicant will mention the No. of the house where he or she resides, that a letter directed by post may be regularly received. aug. 20 2aw tw
Notice. ALL persons having claims against the Estate of Col. Edward Oldham (deceased) late of Cecil County, Maryland, are hereby warned to exhibit the same immediately, with vouchers thereof, to the subscriber. EDWARD OLDHAM, Jun. Attorney for Mary Oldham, Ex'rx. Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1799. 31awtm
WHEREAS, An attachment was lately issued out of the in- ferior court of common pleas of the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, directed to the Sheriff of the said county, against the rights, credits, monies and effects, goods and chattels, lands and tenements of John Glass Symmes at the suit of William Wells, in a plea of trespass on the case to his damage three thousand dollars; And whereas, the said Sheriff did, at the term of June last past, return to the said court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Denman and Samuel Mecker to the said defendant, to the amount of two thousand dollars, and also by sixty bond warrants; Now therefore, unless the said John Glass Symmes shall appear, give special bail, and receive a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment will be entered against him, and his property herein-attached, will be sold agreeably to the statute in such case made and provided. Aaron Ogden, Clerk, &c. Elizabeth-town, July 8, 1799 (11) 1aw1am
Three Cents Reward. RUN away from the subscriber on the evening of the 23d inst. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Howeckel, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any per- son apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N. B. She had 2 years and some months to serve DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6 3awtf
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 8th inst. an apprentice lad, named Isaiah Comly , paper maker by trade, about 18 years of age, five feet five or six inches high, dark complexion, wore his hair queued, had on a dark blue coat, spotted velvet waistcoat, brown overalls, with several other articles of wearing apparel; it is probable he will change his clothes as he took a number with him. Any person that will bring said apprentice home shall have the above reward and all rea- sonable charges paid. At the same time ran away, an apprentice lad, named Joseph Barnett , paper maker by trade, about 20 years of age five feet eight or ten inches high, light complexion, down look, wore his hair queued, remarkable for being a noted liar, had on when he went away a hat half worn, brown mixture cloth coat, striped velvet waistcoat, and many other clothes. Any person that will take the said apprentice up and bring him home shall have one half cent reward and no charges paid. PETER BECHTEL. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, September 10, 1799.
Joseph H. Fleming, has re- moved his Agency and Commission Office, from No. 14, Chestnut Street, to his house at the Rising Sun village, on the Germantown road, near the 4th mill stone, where he will continue his business— Several persons having already applied to him for the purpose of collecting debts, looking out lands, recording deeds, &c. in different parts of this and other States—he solicits the further patronage of the public before he proceeds on his journey. N. B. He would have no objection against trav- elling to the British or Spanish territories, to trans- act business for Gentlemen. august 28 1aw3w.
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, & Evans, Insolvent Debtors, in the county of Sussex, are to meet the Assignee at the Court-House in said county, on the 25th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock A. M. in order to make a dividend of said Insolvent's estate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. june 25
Patent Ploughs, To be sold for cash by Joseph Salter at Atkinson Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker, Woodbury—and John Evans , Lumber- ton. Those who have not yet given them the preference to any other plough, as they require less team, break the ground better, are kept in order at less expense, and sold at a cheaper rate—the plan is much simplified and consists of but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood; they may be fixed with wrought lays and coulters to be put on with screws and taken off at pleasure. Patent rights for vending with instructions for making them may be had by applying to John Newbold, or the subscriber No. 212 North Front-street. Who has for Sale, Or to Lease for a term of Years, A number of valuable tracts of Land, well situated for Mills, Iron Works or Farms, mostly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Hunting- don in the state of Pennsylvania. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan esq. near Huntingdon. Charles Newbold. july 17 1awtf
WAR DEPARTMENT. Trenton, September 2, 1799. ALL officers of the first regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and of the first, second, third and fourth regiments of Infantry in the service of the United States, who are, from whatever cause, absent from their commands, are required with all possible expedition to report themselves by let- ter to Major General Alexander Hamilton. The officers thus called upon, will be held amenable for any avoidable delay in reporting themselves, and those who do not report within four months from the date of this notification, will be presumed to have resigned their commissions. JAMES M'HENRY.
The Printers in the several States, who published the proposals for the supply of rations during the year 1800, are requested to insert the above once a week in their papers, till the 1st of January next. Valuable Property for Sale, In Chestnut, near Sixth Street, directly opposite Congress Hall. A LOT of ground, about at front in Chest- nut street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Berge subject to a ground-rent of 20s. per annum. The advantageous situation of this property re- quires no comments, for it must be known, there are few in this city to equal it, an unexceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES CIRVAN, no. 198. Chestnut Street, next door to the pre- mises. march 5 tu th fa tf
TO BE SOLD, TWO new frame two Story Hou- ses pleasantly situated near the Jolly Post-Tav- ern, upper end of the Village of Frankford. There are in each house, besides a kitchen, two rooms on the first floor; three on the second, with roomy garrets, all well finished; there are also to each, a good garden lot, stable and coach house. Part goods will be taken in pay- ment. Any persons wishing to become pur- chasers are requested to view the premises, and for terms apply to JOHN MCCLELLAN. Frankford, July 13 cots
A beautiful Country Seat, for Sale SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware joining lands of Matthias Sipler and Mr. John Duffield, 13 miles from Philadelphia and 7 miles from Bristol. The buildings consist of a new two story Frame House and Kitchen adjoining—3 rooms on a floor, a Piazza the whole front of the House, a Pump of excellent water, also a good garden and orchard—to acres of land will be sold with the premises, but more can be had if required. There is a gravelly shore at the river, the water flags for Burlington pass every day in the sum- mer season, and the land flags for New-York within half a mile; any person inclining to pur- chase may know the terms of sale and other par- ticulars by enquiring at No. 12, Dock Street, or No. 161, South Second-Street. june 1.
FOR SALE, Pine Forge and Farm, SITUATE in Douglas Township, Berks county, about one mile and a half from the River Schuyl- kill, and five from Pott's Town. The farm con- tains three hundred and sixty acres of land, about one hundred and twenty of which is wood land; twenty-five acres of meadow, sixteen of which is watered, besides clover fields; a very capital orch- ard containing upwards of two hundred apple trees. The forge has four fires, two hammers, and four pair of bellows, is in complete order, having been lately repaired, and is capable of manufacturing two hundred and forty tons of bar iron annually. Likewise, a saw Mill, smith shop, two coal houses, and a sufficient number of houses to accommodate workmen, all in good order. On the premises are two story stone dwelling houses and counting house stone barn and stables sufficient for thirty horses, a large grain barn, cow house, and every other build- ing necessary for the use of the farm and works. Also about five hundred acres of excellent chest- nut timber land from 3 to 5 miles from the works; which will be sold either with the works or super- are, as may suit the purchaser. The purchaser can be accommodated with wag- ons, horses, and every other kind of stock neces- sary for carrying on the business. The terms may be known by applying to JOHN CLEMENT STOCKER, Esq. merchant, Philadel- phia, or to the subscriber on the premises. DAVID RUTTER. july 25 w&tf
Notice is hereby Given, THAT application will be made for the issue of certificates for twenty two shares of the Stock of the Bank of the United States, in lieu of the undermentioned certificates for a like number of shares of the stock of the said Insti- tution, in favour of James Eckley Colley, of Liverpool, left by the capture of the Diana, Richard Kirkbride, master, on a voyage from Philadelphia to Liverpool, Great-Britain, viz. Two certificates, No. 27,000 and 27,001 for five shares each. Three certificates, No. 27,002 and 27,004, for four shares each. G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Bank of the United States, May 23, 1799. law3m
THE partnership of Joshua B. Bond, and John Brooks, trading under the firm of Bond & Brooks, hitherto dissolved by mutual consent, all persons indebted to them, are re- quested to make immediate payment to Joshua B. Bond, and those having demands to present their accounts to him for settlement. Joshua B. Bond. John Brooks. april 1
Wants a place as a Coachman, OR as an Attendant to a travelling gentleman, a steady capable man, who can produce satis- factory recommendations. Enquire at Mr. Rich- ard Hunt's, No. 28, South Fourth Street. august 14
FOR SALE, IN GEORGE TOWN, TOGETHER OR SEPARATE, Two handsome Dwelling Houses. THEY contain five rooms with fire-places, four bed chambers, two closets, and have two hand- some piazzas, a kitchen near the houses, a bake house, two rooms for domestics, a stable and coach house, a beautiful garden ornamented with ter- race well grafted, a large fish pond, a well and a spring of water, 150 young fruit trees. The whole finished and done in the neatest and strongest manner, under a handsome and excellent enclosure, containing three lots and a half, extend- ing 180 feet on Fayette Street, and 192 feet on Third Street. For terms apply to John Threlkeld, George Town on Potomack. august 27, 1799. 4th d. 5t.
Valuable Property for Sale. ON FRIDAY, The 20th of September next, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, Will be sold, on the premises, in Sp ingfield and Upper Dublin townships, Montgomery county, About 13 miles from Philadelphia, one and an half miles from Flour town, and the same dis- tance from White Marsh tavern. One Tract, containing fifty acres, FRONTING on a public road, leading from the old York road to White Marsh, North Wales, &c. It is handsomely situated for a Summer's Re- treat, and well calculated for a Farm; good soil, healthy situation, and abundantly supplied with fine water, of the best quality. The conditions of sale will be one third cash, one third payable in six, and the other third in twelve months, with interest and such satisfactory security as may be required. It will either be sold entire, or divided in two or three lots. Fifty acres of choice timber land, consisting chiefly of young chestnut, nearly opposite to the above, in lots of 2 and 3 acres each, for con- venience of purchasers; the intrinsic value of chestnut timber is so well known to every farmer that it is unnecessary particularly to describe it. Also, a small lot of one and three quarters acres nearly adjoining, but distinct from the above. Conditions of sale will be one half cash and the other half in six months, with interest and security before mentioned. Persons desirous of viewing the lots previous to the day of sale, may find a Plot of the whole as di- vided, at the house of Charles Rathbun, on the ad- joining premises, who will attend and show the property. To be sold as part of the estate of Caleb Emlen, deceased, by JAMES VAUX, CHARLES PLEASANTS, } Attorneys to Mary Emlen, } sole Executrix. august 17 wtf&vaw3aw1820
SPECULATION. TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC Vendue, on Monday the 23d of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. at the house of the Subscriber, living in the town of New-Castle, State of Delaware, a number of valuable LOTS, suitable for building on, being the South square of the flourishing town of New-Castle afore- said, distant from Philadelphia thirty-three miles. This valuable property is highly capable of improvement, being immediately on the river Delaware, having a number of wharfs long on it; and from the depth of the water (earth and materials for wharfing being easily procured) there is no doubt but wharves would bring a handsome interest. This property consists of five acres more or less, in one body; lays high, and is divided in- to lots to suit every description of persons.— New-Castle is one of the most healthy and flourishing towns on the continent; and from the mercantile trade it has raised property to four times the value it was seven years past.— The number of vessels bound out and in, which stop for supplies of stock, &c. &c. and the whole carriage of goods between Philadelphia and Baltimore, is now through this place. The packets and flags from the aforesaid cities, &c. &c. make it very lively; there is not, at this time, one house to be rented in the place; and the number of applications for houses make it an object for persons to improve. There are a number of elegant and useful buildings now going on, a Public Academy and several private Schools. The Malignant Fever has never made any progress, and the Ague scarcely known; the number of children in this place is a convin- cing proof of the healthiness of it. The prospect of the river Delaware, up and down is de- lightful; as far as the eye can distinguish you may view the vessels in different attitudes. There is reason to suppose that public piers for the Navy will be built here, as vessels can sail from this place when the river is fast at Phila- delphia. The conditions of sale will be easy and made known on the day of sale. Places of public worship, market and mills are very contiguous JOHN DARRAGH. N. B.—A plat of the above will be exhibited any time previous, as well as on the day of sale. August 26. 201m.
SAMUEL REYNOLDS, TAILOR. RESPECTFULLY acquaints those gentlemen, who please to favour him with their custom, and his friends generally, that he has removed from No. 40, South Third Street and taken up a tempo- rary residence near the sign of Gen. M c Pherson (Rivers Tavern) at Germantown, where he will continue his business until the return of the healthy season; all orders attended to with the usual punc- tuality. August 29. cod 3w.
A meeting of the visitors and governors of St. John's college in the State of Maryland, on the 13th day of July 1799. Resolved, That on the first day of October next this board will proceed to elect a Professor of Eng- lish and Grammar, who shall receive, for his ser- vices, at the rate of £200 per annum, to be paid quarterly; and that public notice thereof be given, &c. &c. A. C. HANSON. N. B. The office aforesaid hath just become va- cant, by the resignation of a gentleman, whose affairs require, the immediate undertaking of a voyage by sea. It is the duty of the said Professor (to whom is allowed an assistant) to teach the English language grammatically, and to prepare students for a super- ior school, by teaching them the Latin grammar the Vocabulary, and Cordery. Writing is to be taught to all his scholars at stated hours; and to those students who are not destined for the superior school, are to be taught, at the discretion of their parents, or guardians, Arithmetic, and other branches of science usually taught in English schools —A complete knowledge of Latin, Arith- metic, &c. is considered indispensable in the profes- sion; and it is expected, that candidates who are not known to the Board, will submit to an exami- nation, as well as produce satisfactory testimonials of their good morals, and fair characters. The Printers within the United States are re- quested to insert in their papers the foregoing re- solution and remarks, and to repeat the publica- tion, as often as convenience will admit, until the 20th day of September next. july 22 1aw1820
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. May 29th, 1799. THE proprietors of certificates issued for sub- scriptions to the Loan bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time after payment shall have been made of the 5th installment, which will become due during the first ten days of the month of July ensuing, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option be obtained at the Treasury or Loan Offices, respectively, for the amount of the four first installments, or one moiety of the sums ex- pressed in the subscription certificates:—No cer- tificates of Funded Stock will however be issued for less than one hundred dollars. Such subscription certificates as may be pre- sented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in con- sequence of the foregoing arrangement, will be noted and distinctly marked so as to denote, that a moiety of the stock has been issued. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March 11th, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 11th day of June, one thousand, seven hun- dred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulat- ing the grants of land appropriated for mili- tary services, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the act supplementary to the said act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and nine- ty nine—to wit: I. THAT the tract of Land herein after de- scribed, 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 ri- ver; thence up the Main Branch of the said ri- ver to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same;—thence along the said bound- ary line to the Tuscarawas branch of the Mus- kingum 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 to run to the place of be- ginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of town- ships; 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 inspec- tion of all persons concerned. II. The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services performed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No registry will however be made of any left quantity less than a quarter township, or four thousand acres. III. The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner afore- said, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immedi- ately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode described by the act first recited. IV. The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, in the order of which the priority of loca- tion shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, pe- sonally, 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. V. The holders of warrants for military services sufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each; shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be al- lowed to re-register the said warrants in manner a- foresaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor on any tract or tracts of land not before located. VI. All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which shall not be registered and located before the first day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary act of Congress herein before recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred. Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT. Sec. of the Treasury
NOTICE. The subscribers being duly authorised to receive all the debts and effects of James Wilkins, of Philadelphia, all those indebted to him are cautioned against making pay- ment to any other persons. DANIEL SMITH, GIDEON H. WELLS, codim. August 26th, '99.
The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & NEW-YORK, By the short and pleasant road of Burlington, Newtown, Scotch-Plains, Spring- field and Newark.
THE excellence of this road, the populou- sness of the country through which it pas- ses, with many other advantages, which render it so far preferable to the Old Road through Bristol, Brunswic, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Thor- ough-Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute survey of it has been taken, and its superiority over the Old Road, both in winter and summer, has been clearly ascertained.—There are good bridges over all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the crossing is performed with great safety and in less than half the time required at the Trenton Ferry. The road is several miles shorter than the old road, but this is amongst the least of its advantages, because daily expe- rience proves to us, that dispatch as well as com- fort in travelling principally depend on the goodness of the road and the levelness of the country, and in these respects, the New Road is, beyond all comparison, the best. It presents none of those rocky hills, which render the Old Road so fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark. The soil, too, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very little dust in summer, which circumstance, added to the beauty of the country, and a con- siderable proportion of shade, will always ren- der travelling in the latter season peculiarly agree- able. The Swift Sure starts from PHILADEL- PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite the Lutheran Church, North Fourth Street. It goes through Frankford to Burlington, where it flips to Breakfast; from Burlington it goes through Newtown to Pennytown to dinner; from Pennytown through Hopewell, Milltown, Boundbrook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it flips at Springfield to breakfast, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at New- York at noon.
From NEW-YORK it starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For seats at New-York, application may be made to Ed- ward Bardin, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathien, corner of Nassau and John Streets, to B. Many, no. 48, Courtlandt, corner of Greenwich Street, and to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 42, Broad Street.
Fare for passengers, Five Dollars. Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile.
Each passenger is allowed to take on rails, of baggage carriage free; but all other baggage, taken on by a passenger, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight.
With respect to packages sent on without passengers, the proprietors presume they have adopted a regulation, which, though unknown to other lines of stages, they think must meet with general approbation. They pledge them- selves to make good every package on the fol- lowing conditions. The person who delivers the package at the office shall see it entered in the stage-book, for which entry he shall pay 6 cents; he will then state the value of the pack- age, and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent. on the value, as insurance, and for which he will receive a receipt. Thus, for instance, if he estimates his package at one dollar, he will pay one cent. and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar insurance, and in like pro- portion for packages of any other value.
Very few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation; it will however, be optional with every one to avail himself of this security or not. But the proprietors think it right to state very explicitly, that they will be respon- sible for the safe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insur- ance receipt cannot be produced.
In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has been taken to fix on such places and ta- vers as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the passengers at the most reasonable rates. The stages are well equipped furnished with fleet and steady horses, and com- mitted to the care of intelligent sober and ob- liging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns and villages where the stages will stop, so that the conduct of the per- sons who employ is continually an object of their attention.—They take care also to see that the passengers are well provided for and politely treated at the taverns, and that no sort of chican- ery or insolence is practised upon them; in short, they have spared neither pains nor expense to render the SWIFT-SURE the very best line of stages in America.
The line has now run nearly a month, dur- ing which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Every passenger has found the road to surpass very far all that has been said of its excellence; and the Proprietors of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to hear the behaviour of their drivers, and the treatment at Taverns spokes of with the highest satisfaction. JOHN M C CALLA, Philadelphia THOS. PAUL, Burlington JOSEPH THORNTON, } Newtown NICHOLAS WYNKOOP, } JACOB KESLER, } JOHN MOREHEAD, Pennytown. T. KILLMAN, near Millston. ELLAS COMBS, Bound Brook. R. SANSBURY, Scotch Plains. ISAC RAWLE, } Springfield. ROBERT PEARSON, } codif. June 22.