Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-11-21 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2235.]
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1799.
[VOLUME XVI.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
JOHN MILLER, Junr.
No. 80 Dock, near Third street,
HAS FOR SALE,
Coffees,
Mamboes,
Taffies,
Striped Dorcas,
Tangibs,
Patua and
Santipour Handkerchiefs.
The foregoing will be sold very low in order to close sales.
ALSO,
A FEW PACKAGES OF
German Goods,
Suitable to the West India Market;
Received by the Fair American from Hamburg,
October 25.
REMOVAL.
JOSEPH E. G. M. DE LA GRANGE,
Sworn Interpreter of Foreign Languages,
HAS REMOVED
To No. 91 South Fifth Street,
(the third door above Spruce Street.)
WHERE all translations from and into the
French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and
Italian Languages, are executed with accuracy and
dispatch.
N. B. Letters of Attorney and other kinds of
instruments drawn up in the French or Spanish
form.
The French Library open as usual.
November 1. 2awtm
THE REV. ROBERT ANDREWS
Has opened a SCHOOL
No. 110, Walnut Street,
IN WHICH
YOUNG GENTLEMEN will be instructed by
him in the different branches of Classical and
Polite Literature, viz. the English, Latin and
Greek Languages, History, Antiquities, Geography,
the Use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and the
Practical Branches of the Mathematics.
Unquestionable testimonials can be given
of Mr. A.'s experience and qualifications as a
Teacher.
November 7. w&fif
FOR WILMINGTON, (N. C.)
THE BRIG
LITTLE MARIA,
John Thompson, Master.
She will sail on the 22d inst. - For freight or passage
apply at No. 109, South Water Street, to
MOORE WHARTON.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
Imported in the Abigail from Cape Francois,
COFFEE,
In hogsheads and bags, and a few tons of
LOGWOOD,
November 16. d6t
The Subscribers
Have for sale at their Store, No. 5, Ches-
nut street, the following articles, viz.
Russia Hemp and Duck,
First quality,
Bottom do. no. 1 and 2.
A small invoice of well assorted cordage,
First and fourth proof Brandy, in pipes,
Madeira Wine in pipes and half pipes.
Claret in cases.
New England Rum in hds.
Winter finished, Spermaceti Oil and Candles, and
a few quarter chests of
Hylon Tea,
of a superior quality, latest importation.
JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co.
November 16. 3awtm
For FREIGHT to HAMBURGH,
The fast sailing Danish ship
LITTLE MARTHA,
In complete order, and ready to re-
ceive a cargo. For further particu-
lars, enquire of
JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co.
Oct. 9th, 1799. 3rawf
TO BE SOLD BY
JESSE & ROBERT WALN.
Old Port Wine, in pipes, hds. and qr. casks,
Also Landing at their Whar-
From on board the ship Edward from Lisbon.
Lisbon Wine, in pipes and qr. casks.
June 25. 5
The following Certificates
OF THE
STOCK of the BANK of the United States
In the names of Nicolaus Van Staphorst
and Nicholas Hubbard of Amsterdam, to wit,
No. 29,160 for 5 shares, 29,161 for 2 shares,
29,162 for 2 shares, 29,163 for 1 share,
29,115 for 4 shares, and 29,116 for 5 shares; and
the following certificates of the debt of the United
States, on the books of the Treasury, to wit, No.
12,823, dated February 22, 1799, for 4000 dol-
lars three per cents, in name of Nicolaus Van
Staphorst of Amsterdam, No. 12,824 same date,
for 4000 dollars three per cents, in name of Jacob
Van Staphorst of Amsterdam, No. 16,348 dated
19th February 1799, for 783 dollars 33 cents
of six per cents, and No. 12,818 same date, for 633
dollars 33 cents of three per cents, in the name of
Nicholas Hubbard of Amsterdam, and No. 12,817
dated 19th February 1799, for 3300 dollars three
per cents, in the name of Jan Hendrick Kingbergen,
knight of the Russian military order of St.
George, were sent by the British packet Chester-
field, Captain Jones, which vessel was captured,
and the said certificates lost, therefore application
is made for the renewal of the same, of which all
persons concerned are desired to take notice.
CLEMENT BIDDLE.
October 12, 1799. d3m
THE PARTNERSHIP Under the Firm of POTTER, PAGE and PRICE, of the city of Philadelphia, MERCHANTS,
Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to said house are desired to make payment to William Page, who is duly authorized to receive the same, and to apply to him for all demands against the said house.
WILLIAM PAGE, Attorney for Samuel Potter.
WILLIAM PAGE, THOMAS PRICE.
Philadelphia, October 17.
THE Business of the above late firm, will be carried on by the subscribers, under the firm of SAMUEL POTTER and WILLIAM PAGE, who inform their friends and the pub- lic, they have
FOR SALE
A large Assortment of DRY GOODS, calculated for the present season, a great part of which are just arrived in the ship Swanswick, from Liverpool, and the brig Mercury, from London. They will have by other arrivals, daily expected, an additional supply, all of which they will sell on very low terms, for cash or short credit.
SAMUEL POTTER, WILLIAM PAGE.
dim
JUST RECEIVED,
From the BOSTON Manufactory,
A QUANTITY OF
WINDOW GLASS,
Of different sizes,
FOR SALE
By ISAAC HARVEY, JUN.
N. B. Any size or sizes that may be wanted cut larger than 18 by 12 can be had from said manufac- tory, on being ordered; and attention given to forward on any orders that may be left for that purpose. Apply at No. 9, South Water Street, as above. July 8. dtf
NOTICE.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. Barkley, deceased, are requested to call upon the Subscribers, and those who may have any demands against the said Estate, will be pleased to apply for payment to
JOSEPH SIMS,
Acting Executor.
November 7. sw.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Thomas M. Mayers, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment. All persons having demands against said Estate are desired to furnish their ac- counts legally attested, to
JOSEPH CLARK, Administrator,
No. 8 South Water Street.
Philadelphia, November 7. d2w
LAST NOTICE.
ALL persons to whom the Estate of William West, distiller, deceased, is indebted, are requested to send their accounts properly attested, to the subscribers, before the first day of January next, or they will be excluded the benefit of a final dividend, which will then be made.
JOSEPH CLARK, Executor,
No. 8 South Water Street.
Philadelphia, November 7. daw
LAST NOTICE.
ALL persons to whom the estate of the late William Beauchamp, deceased, is indebted, are requested to send their accounts properly attested, to the subscribers, before the first day of January next, or they will be excluded the benefit of a final dividend, which will then be made and immediately paid.
SAMUEL PRICE, Executor,
No. 21, South Front Street.
November 18, 1799. dtf
NOTICE.
TO the owners of unseated lands in the county of Huntingdon, to come forward and pay the taxes assessed and due thereon, within three months from this date, there being one or more years taxes due on the unseated lands in the said county of Huntingdon.
WILLIAM STEEL,
HUGH MORRISON,
JOHN STEEL,
Huntingdon, Commissioners?
Office, Sept. 25, 1799.
October 4. d3m.
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT application is made to the Bank of the United States, for the renewal of the following certificates of Bank stock, which were lost in the brig Peggy, Captain Fluyer, on her passage from America to London.
No. 2059 For Eight Shares of Bank Stock
2062 In favour of Samuel Ethridge.
2067
WILLINGS & FRANCIS.
October 25. d3m.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JACOB THOMAS, of Washington in the State of Kentucky, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment. All persons having demands against said estate are de- sired to furnish their accounts legally attested to
JACOB REESE,
Administrator.
Philadelphia, October 31, 1799.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of THOMAS WILSON, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement.
SARAH WILSON, Administratrix.
JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator.
No. 295, South Front Street, Southwark.
Nov. 1, 1799. dtf
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF THOMAS AND JOHN KETLAND Being Dissolved,
By the death of Mr. JOHN KETLAND,
ALL persons who have demands against said Firm are requested to bring in their ac- counts for payment, and those indebted to the Firm are solicited to make payment to
THOMAS KETLAND.
October 21.
Just Imported,
135 Hogsheads, } Prime SUGAR. 191 barrels, } 10 do. Green Coffee, } 25 Boxes brown, } Havana SUGAR. 25 do. white, } 12 hds. James River Tobacco, 30 Packages well assorted German Linens Rusfia Cordage, assorted, 400 Pipes Barcelona Brandy, 4th proof, Hazelnuts in Sacks, Brown Stout Porter, draught and bottled, 40 Casks Shot, No. 1 to 6, Lead in Pigs, 8 hds. ground Lead, assorted, 1 Casks Glauber Salts, Cream Tartar, &c. Black quart wine bottles in crates, 1 gross each, Queens ware in Crates, Cannon, 4, 6, and 9 pounds calibre, with shot, round, grape and canister, Swivels, Corks in bales, 1st quality, ditto in Reels, Claret in cases, superior quality. Port Wine, ditto. Horseshoes, Nails, Hangers, &c. Fowling pieces and pistols in cases, Ship Mulgrees and Blunderbusses, in do. Bath Stone Grates, for chambers, &c. &c. FOR SALE BY THOMAS KETLAND, Walnut Street wharf:
Nov. 1. dtf
FOR SALE,
By JOSEPH SIMS,
No. 155 South Water Street,
Hylon Gomez, } Teas, in gr. chests, Hylon Skin and } Young Hylon } Souchong and Peo Souchong Teas, in gr. chests and boxes, Bohea Tea, in whole, half and gr. chests, Silk Umbrellas, plain and fringed, Hair Ribbon, Window Blinds, White and brown Havana Sugars in boxes, Old Coniac Brandy, 1st, 3d, and 4th proof, in pipes, And a quantity of Cordage assorted. Nov. 6, 1799. d2w.
ALL PERSONS
INDEBTED to the Estate of JOHN WHAR- TON, late of the City of Philadelphia, Mer- chants, deceased, are requested to pay the same, and those having demands against his Estate, to produce their accounts legally attested to
KEARNY WHARTON,
Acting Executor, No. 111, Spruce Street.
November 11. dtf.
UNSEATED LANDS.
THE owners of Unseated Lands in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are hereby notified, that unless the Taxes due on said Lands for the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, and 1798 are paid into the hands of JOHN WILKINS, Esquire, County Treasurer, on or before the 20th day of February next, they will be advertised for sale as the law directs.
Ebenezer Denny, } Commissioners. William Dunning, } James Robinson, } Pittsburgh, November 5, 1799. 3m.
Notice is hereby given,
TO all persons having claims against the Estate of WILLIAM SLUBEY, late of Kent county in the State of Maryland, deceased, to appear, ei- ther in person or by attorney, on the eighth day of April next, at the house of the subscriber in Chester town, Maryland, between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock, A.M. with their claims against the deceased, properly authenticated; at which time the effects then in hand will be divided among, and paid to the several creditors of the de- ceased, in such proportion and manner as the law directs.
WILLIAM JONES,
Executor of William Slubey, deceased.
Chester town, Maryland,
October 28. 2aw4w
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH,
OR EXCHANGED,
For property in the City, or within thirty
miles of it,
A PLANTATION or tract of Land in Million County and State of Pennsylvania, within six miles of the river Juniata, con- taining about 300 acres. There are about fifty acres cleared, part of which is a rich bottom, watered by a constant stream that is strong enough to work an oil or a grist mill. Any person inclining to deal for it, may obtain fur- ther information by applying at the office of this gazette.
N. B. If sold, credit will be given for part
of the money.
October 17, 1799. dtf.
TO BE SOLD,
TWO new frame two Story Hou- ses pleasantly situated near the Jolly Post-Tavern, 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. 90t
NICKLIN & GRIFFITH HAVE FOR SALE,
At their Stores on Walnut Street Wharf,
Patent Sheathing Copper, 24 ounces to

Ricketts's Circus. MR. RICKETTS respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Philadelphia and its vicinity, that He will open his Circus on Thursday, November 21. The Evening's Entertainment will commence with surprising Feats of  HORSEMANSHIP. Ground and Lofty Tumbling, Vaulting, Dancing, Singing, &c. &c. To conclude with A New Pantomime, called  THE VALIANT SOLDIERS; OR, The Two Robbers. The Pantomime to conclude with A Dance. Doors to open at 6 o'clock and the performance to begin precisely at 7, every evening until further notice. Tickets to be had at the Circus. Box, one Dollar; Pit, Half a Dollar.
MADEIRA WINE. THE Subscriber, has just received a quantity of HILL'S First Quality  London Particular Wine, In Pipes, Hhds. and Quarter Casks.  GIDEON HILL WELLS. Philadelphia, Nov. 12. 3w2w2m
Now Ready for Sale, AT  GEORGE DAVIS'S Law Book Store, No. 319, High Street, A very valuable and extensive Assortment of  Law Books, IMPORTED this fall and immediately before the late sickness, comprehending almost every Book in use, of the latest London and Irish editions. They will be disposed of from a single volume, to an entire Library at the same prices as have heretofore given such general satisfaction. By sundry vessels daily expected from London and Dublin, his stock will as usual be kept up, so that gentlemen will seldom be disappointed when applying at his store. N.B. This day is published, Davis's Law Catalogue for 1799, of books for sale, which may be had gratis, on application as above. November 8. tuth&f2m
Just Published, A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM Of Practical Surveying and dividing of land; briefly comprized under the following heads, viz.
TWENTY-THREE Geometrical Definitions, eleven Geometrical Positions, exhibiting to view the properties and dependencies of triangles; followed by problems and examples preparatory to Trigonometry, heights and distances. Then fifteen problems and examples necessarily previous to calculating a Survey, preceded by seven surveys, the area of the whole number by difference of latitude and departure, showing how to take an inaccessible boundary, find the bearing and distance of the closing line without running it, also the distances to an inaccessible corner from the two adjacent corners, followed by examples of offsets on a winding stream of water, showing how to ascertain the area without the trouble of measuring the windings with chains and instruments—a crooked water course grazened, and a quantity of land on each side found by these offsets. Ten examples of dividing land, with many subdivisions, leading into the most critical circumstances that can occur in practice; an example of Intersections, and an example showing how the bearings of a field may be truly taken where the needle is attracted, also the attraction may vary in quantity and denomination at every station; examples showing the method of measuring by the chain only. All the rules are clear and explicit. This work contains the tables of difference of latitude and departure and of logarithms. Orders sent to Joseph and James Cruckshank, Bookellers, No. 8, High-street, Philadelphia; Bonfah and Niles, 173, Market Street, Baltimore, or the Subscriber in Wilmington (Del.) will be duly attended to. Those who have the care of subscription papers for this work, are requested to send their respective numbers as soon as possible, to whom the quota's will be sent agreeably to the proposals.
ZACHARIAH JESS. Wilmington, 9th 11 mo.—16. 3w2w2m  JUST IMPORTED, in the late Favorite, Henry Ruff, jun. Master, from St. Petersburg, laying at the wharf of the subscribers, About 40 tons clean Hemp, 25 tons old label bar Iron, A small parcel of Cordage, A few bales Russia sail Canvas, Ditto Ravenluck, and Ditto 9-8th Sheeting, FOR SALE, By ELLISTON and JOHN PEROT. October 21. tawtf
OX BEEF, Of the first quality, and fit for India voyages, FOR SALE, By WILLIAM SHEAFF, No. 168 High Street. November 19. d6t  To be Sold, Cheap, The Time of a young healthy Negro Girl, Who has eight years to serve. She can cook and do all kinds of house work. For terms, apply at No. 271 Chestnut Street. November 19, 1799. dgt
WANTED, A NEWS CARRIER. An active, steady and faithful MAN, who can give satisfactory reference as to character, will meet employ in the above capacity, on applying at the office of this Gazette. November 20. dgt
PRATT & KINTZING, No. 93, north Water Street, HAVE RECEIVED By the ships Wilmington, Connecticut, Fair American, and other late arrivals, from Hamburg and Bremen, A great variety of  GERMAN GOODS, Among which are Plaitillas, Ginghams, Brittanias, Handkerchiefs, Espoirs, Laces, Creas a la Morlaix, Siamois, Round Creas, Bedticks, Dowlas, Oil Cloths, Rouans, Slippers, Faterbornes, Window Glass, Bielefeld Linen, Tumblers, Waarendorps, Yellow Ochre, Table Linen, Quills, Tickenburgs, Siles and Pencils, Oznabrugs, Pearl Barley, Heffen Rolls, Claret in cases, Brown ditto, Coffee Mills, Polish ditto, Nails and Ironmongery, Coffee Bags, Demijohns, Liffado, Lentilles, Carradoles, Glue, Checks and Stripes, Hogs Bristles, Arabias, Looking Glasses, Bradrantees, Toys, Caffardils, Anchors, Coutils, A few tons Hemp, Cholets, &c. &c. ALSO, 10 hhd. Mucovado Sugar, Roll Brimstone, a few pipes old Port Wine, a parcel of seal and upper Leather, men's coarse Shoes in trunks, a few low priced silver Watches, &c. &c. All which they offer for sale at the lowest prices and most extensive credit. Nov. 7. th&la 4w
FOR SALE, At No. 103 Market Street, On reasonable terms, for Cash or a short Credit,  THE STOCK ON HAND, OF GEORGE PENNOCK, deceased, CONSISTING OF AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF  Dry Goods, A WELL assorted invoice of German goods selected for the West India market, as well as suitable for home consumption. Also, just arrived in the ship America, 100 pieces Blue Plains, 3 trunks fancy Chintz, 2 trunks mouselins, 1 trunk Checks, and 1 trunk Ginghams. Likewise a handsome Coach and a pair of quiet, large, well broke Bay Horses.  GEORGE WILLIAMS, Acting administrator to the estate of Geo. Pennock, deceased, November 9.
Just Imported, In the PACIFIC, and other vessels lately arrived from England, and FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 2 Bales of low priced Broad Cloths, 2 do. Rife Blankets, 1 do. striped Duffel do., 1 do. Twilled Coatings, do. Flannels assorted, do. fine Plains and Swansdowns. 1 do. Mouselins, Wildbrees, Tambourings and Ruffles, 1 do. Brown Sheeting, 1 safe Mussulins—and 4 Ton of Shot assorted and in 1 1/4 cwt. bags. ALSO, A few Tiers of Rice.  THOMAS GILLIN, No. 249, South Front Street. 11 mo. 15. 602w.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. November 15, 1799.  NOTICE. THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the by-laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 7th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected. November 15. cPtE  To be Sold, Agreeably to the last Will and Testament of Joseph Knight, deceased,  AT PUBLIC VENDUE, On the Premises, the seventeenth day of December next, A VALUABLE PLANTATION, or tract of Land, containing about 780 acres, pleasantly situated in the township of Middletown, county of Bucks, and State of Pennsylvania, adjoining lands of Samuel Watson and others; about 6 miles from Newton, 5 from the borough of Bristol, and 23 from Philadelphia. There are on the premises a two story dwelling house, with three rooms on the lower and four on the second floor, a kitchen adjoining, milk house at a small distance, and a pump of good water, a good stone barn, hay house, waggon house and some other out-buildings; a good bearing apple orchard, containing about 250 trees; about 70 acres of good timber land, and about 50 acres bottom meadow. Two never failing streams of water run through the farm. The conditions will be made known on the day of sale, when attendance will be given by WILLIAM HULME, } Executors. SAMUEL HULME, } N.B. Any person inclining to view the premises will be shown them by applying to either of the subscribers at Millford's mills. Nov. 16. c0tyD
MATTHEW M'CONNELL Having opened an Office in Chestnut street, (A few doors above Fourth) At No. 141, AND again commenced the Business of Negotiations, in the various kinds of Public Stock, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. Engages to do every thing in his power to give satisfaction to those who may think proper to employ him. He means to continue his transactions to the Agency and Commission line, in all such business as is common to the profession. The purchase and sale of Houses and Lots in and near the City will be attended to, and also of Lands, when that business again revives. November 19. d2w
WILLIAM HUDSON, No. 8 Chestnut Street, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has received by the late arrivals from Europe, in addition to his former Stock,  A complete Assortment of Goods, which are now opening, suitable for the approaching season. Among which are— Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Double milled Drab Cloths, Superfine Nap Cloths, assorted colors, Blue and Drab Plains, Swansdowns and Swanskins, Drapery, Bailes, assorted colors, Blue, green, white and spotted Bockings, Blue and grey Coatings, Scarlet, white, red and yellow Flannels, Velvets, Thicksets, Corduroys, and fancy Cords, Striped elastic Cloths and Coatings, Fancy Marcellies Waistcoats, Mens' and Womens' fine worked Hose, Do. do. worked Gloves and Mitts, Mens' Socks, Calimancos, Durants & Jeans Spinnings, 6 bales of Rose Blankets, completely assorted, by the bale, &c. &c. Nov. 6. d2ot.
COPPER, Proper for sheathing vessels, and for Copper-mills use, FOR SALE, By JOHN ALLEN, No. 122 SPRUCE STREET. ALSO, A few Crates Glass Ware, assorted. November 14. 601ot
FOR BALTIMORE, THE Fast-sailing Schooner  SALLY, PELETHIA BRIGGS, Master. A good strong vessel, considerable part of her cargo engaged, and will sail in six days. For Freight or Passage apply to the Captain on board, at Chestnut Street wharf, or to  WILLIS & YARDLEY. 11th Month, 18. 1-1st
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. ON Thursday, 12th October, deserted from the encampment, near Bristol, PENNSYLVANIA, HENRY WEST, an enlisted Musician, belonging to the company of Captain Matthew Hickey of the tenth regiment of United States Infantry. He was 26 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, grey eyes, fair complexion, born in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, he is a little stoop shouldered and speaks in a low tone of voice. ALSO, Deserted from the company of Captain Hugh Brady, on Saturday, 26th October, four privates, JOHN DENNIS, aged 34, 5 feet 8 inches high, born in New York, grey eyes, brown hair, brown complexion, was much addicted to liquor, and when intoxicated, very abusive. SOLOMON SMITH, aged 37, 5 feet 7 inches high, born in New York, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, a notorious offender, this being his third desertion. SIMON DUN, aged 21 years, and 6 months, 5 feet 5 inches high, born in New Jersey, grey eyes, fair hair, brown complexion. CHARLES MCLEAY, aged 26, 5 feet 6 inches high, born in Ireland, grey eyes, black hair, dark complexion—he is supposed to be in Northtown, or its neighbourhood—it is not known what clothing they had when they deserted; but the probability is that they have changed their military habits.—Also BENJAMIN GIBBS, jun. Captain, 10th U. States Regiment Infantry, November 11. d2w
Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from Spring Forge, in York County, a negro man, named ISAAC, otherwise GODJO, about 32 years old, the property of Robert Coleman Esq. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high, has a blemish in his eyes, more white in them than common, by trade a Forge man, had on and took with him a drab coloured broad cloth coat, almost new, a sailors jacket and pantaloons printed fancy cord, a swansdown striped under jacket; a rumus hat; one fine and one coarse shirt; one mufin handkerchief, sprigged, two ditto striped border, a blue Persian under jacket and two pair cotton stockings. Whoever takes up said negro and lodges him in any jail in this or any of the neighbouring states shall have the above reward or reasonable expenses if brought home. JOHN BRIEN. Spring Forge, October 23, 1799. N.B. As said negro formerly lived in Chester county, it is probable he may return there. November 5.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY on Saturday evening the 13th July instant, from Colebrook Furnace, Lancaster county, a Negro Man named Cato, ven inches high, tolerable black, with a downy look, squints, he is a cunning artful fellow, a great liar, and very fond of strong liquor, has been brought up to the farming business, is very handy at any kind of laboring work; he took with him a number of clothing, amongst which were, one suit plain Nankeen (some money). It is expected he has staid his course for Philadelphia or New York. The above reward will be paid for returning him in any jail in the United States, with reasonable charges if brought home. SAMUEL JACOBS. Colebrook Furnace, July 16, 1799. (O18) d6m
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21. Judam et tenacem propositi virum, Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni, Mente quatis solida.
MAXIM. "Un Sot trouve toujours un plus Sot qui l'admire." EXEMPLIFICATION. [From the Columbian and Massachussetts Centinel Federalist] The Poets of our country are, almost without an exception, Patriots. In rousing the American people to a sense of their danger from foreign intrigue and internal faction, they have been in the advanced guard. That they are not wearied in well doing, almost every public celebration gives abundant evidence.—The tuneful bard of New Hampshire on the last anniversary of the President's natal day, produced a song which would not suffer in those ranks where "Adams and Liberty" should be the commander: The following is a specimen of its excellence: But turn us to Europe—How fares it with France? What's confounded! amaz'd! such astonishment ne'er rose! From the North bursts Suwarow! I see him advance, That Victor of Victors! that Hero of Heroes! Hardy Ruffian! Bon Dieu! If this course you pursue, You will leave mighty WASHINGTON nothing to do. At that name the Muse kindles, and twining fresh bays, Blends with Adams's Glory great Washington's Praise!
The audacious—the atrocious mutilation, by the True-American, and Time-Serving Editors, of an official detection, published in this Gazette, of the falsehoods palmed upon the public respecting Jonathan Robbins, will be hereafter more fully unveiled; and the catilifs who have been guilty of this outrage upon truth, decency and honor, exposed to the infamy they merit. It is of no consequence to me, that a Scoundrel who commits such an imposture on the public, be the protégé of metropolitan wealth, taste and patriotism; that he receive his daily contribution, alike from every class of the tribe of Midas; no; no; when truth and justice demand the punishment of a criminal, he ought to be scourged, however numerous his accomplices.
A Toast for a Land of Liberty. May every Swab, who calls in question the wisdom of the Captain, that keeps the reckoning, be ordered to the gang-way, and receive a round dozen. The above stupid and malignant effusion was uttered by a quantity of Sailors at Boston calling themselves the Marine Society. The sentiment is exactly in corroboration of the opinion I have always entertained of the mass of our Sea Captains; and I am only sorry to find, that a sentiment so mean, so dastardly, so unmanly, so brutish, could gain admittance into the discriminating Gazette of John Russell.
It has been PRINCIPALLY, by listening to the mercenary tales of unprincipled, lying Sailors, and contraband traders and smugglers, that the people and government of America, have been led into all their errors, embarrassments and misfortunes. If there was a gentleman who fractioned this toast, by withholding his indignation; if there was one man of sense or honesty, who heard the toast and curled it not, let him immediately do so.
In the Aurora of the 5th October last, we find a long letter from Jonathan Robbins, dated on board the Sprightly, Charleston, July 30, 1799. It is prefixed by a letter to "the editor of the Aurora," in which the writer, with great prudence, says "you might use my name, but I do not wish to encounter party rage, when there is not an absolute necessity for it.—As I was acquainted with the deceased, it will be some satisfaction to see the last sentiments of my friend laid before his country," the writer wishes to be understood that he means America. Then follows the pathetic letter of that man of various names, Jonathan, or Nathan, or William, or "whatever title please his ear." He informs us that "there were a great number of Americans on board the Hermione," of course these unfortunate wretches "were treated in the most shocking manner." But here the judicious caution and timidity of Jonathan appears, for he fears to mention their names, as probably they would be hunted up by the bloodhounds that pursued him. It would have been indeed impudent to have named these Irish American murderers, because the British have always had a strange custom of hanging felons; and it is ridiculously enough supposed in the courts of conscience, as well as of King's Bench that justice and the good of society require that pirates and assassins should be punished with death. But the amiable Jonathan proceeds thus "It was indeed a sudden thing," alluding to the murders &c. On board the above frigate, for mutiny, piracy, and knocking out a man's brains, or cutting his throat, are, after all, nothing but things, and, in the opinion, not only of Mr. Robbins, but of all his party, they are very trifling and harmless things, for which a modern philosopher can easily find an excuse. However, it is hard to interrupt Mr. Robbins long, when he is talking in such an edifying strain upon this moral topic. He proceeds: "It was entirely owing to the barbarity of our infernal commander." The common discipline
and severity of a nautical chief are, doubtless, sufficient to justify murder, &c. The whole of this Rabbinical or rather Robbinical doctrine is extremely moral, mild and merciful, and it is submitted whether it might not form a primary article in a didactic work to be entitled "Maritime Ethics, or the Seaman's new creed." Our Jonathan goes on, and asks a very natural question in a voice now softly plaintive, and now patriotically loud: "And were the unfortunate men, who were pressed to blame? when they were continually beat and abused, would not the most virtuous man, if he had the least spark of American spirit have done the same? Why, Mr. Robbins, here we confess we are a little sceptical: we admire Spirit as much as any man; nay, we believe entirely that we are not wholly destitute of American Spirit; but, indeed, indeed we hope you or your shade will pity our pusillanimity. We cannot think that our spirit would urge us to the assassin's trade, and we suggest with great diffidence our incredulity concerning your opinion of the probable conduct of a "most virtuous man" in the situation to which you allude. To be sure it is rather an old fashioned sentiment, and might perhaps look very dim in the full blaze of the new philosophy, but a "most virtuous man" generally thinks it a duty to do unto others, as he would with they would do unto him. Such an individual, therefore would, for his own sake abstain from deeds of violence and blood. Mr. Robbins and his companions will, doubtless, be shocked at such repugnance, and call it an affected delicacy, and a sort of Christian coyishness; but certain it is that a "most virtuous man" would pause a long time, before he plunged a dagger in his neighbor's heart. Many circumstances would conspire to hold the hand of a "most virtuous man." He would feel some few prickings and warnings from a very vigilant bosom Friend, called conscience in the works of Bunyan or some other obsolete author. He would think of the pain and inconvenience, commonly felt by one of our species, when run through the body, or knocked down by a maulin spike. He would recollect certain Bible doctrines and moral precepts that he had learned from nurses and priests, and conclude by no very absurd logic, that committing murder would only serve to make him miserable, and conduct to the gallows in this world, and prove a sure guide to a place called Hell, in the next. It is with pain that we check for a moment the flowing, persuasive and convincing eloquence of our letter writer, who proceeds thus to demonstrate, with mathematical precision, the place of his birth: "It has been said I am an Irishman, but you know I am an American." It seems, from some recent facts, that this You, who frankly calls himself Robbins's friend, must have been a prodigiously knowing one, if he knew this. However, as "strange things happen in our Philosophy, Horatia," perhaps it falls to the lot of a democrat to know the unknown, and to see the invisible. "For any man, with half an eye, What's right before him can esp'y; But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen." Mr. Robbins, who, as a seaman, naturally uses rough language, now begins to exercise his privilege, and talks of being "prefixed, beat, and abused, by a set of rascals." By these he means certain people, acting under the authority of Great Britain, an island distinguished for the purity of its justice, the excellence of its religion and the humanity of its manners. Mr. R. is here evidently in a passion; for the expression of "a set of rascals" does not attach or apply to Englishmen. Indeed this reproach, like a blow, unavoidably aimed, recoils and wounds none but our Jonathan. For it is clear from his character and conduct, that he as a very great individual rascal could not with a good grace object to the villainy of others, even if proofs of such villainy were flagrant. Waving our objection to this inconsistency, we now proceed to look at Mr. R. in the act of closing his plaintive epistle. Here, forgetting "his most virtuous man," the place of his birth, and the "set of rascals" by whom he has been injured, he rises to a higher tone, and the "paulo major cantamus" sits on his learned lips. He seems enlarged, above the life; and, throwing off the jacket and trowlers of a seaman, appears before our astonished eyes in the character of a civilian, a jurist. For he avers with the gravity of a Martens and a Vattel that, "if a man had entered, perhaps he ought to be delivered up let the treatment be ever so bad, but the Treaty could never intend a pressed man should be delivered up." Here we are lost in admiration of the various talents and learning of Jonathan Robbins. He is a Proteus; the very "admirable Chrichton" of democracy. He is an American; nay more, he is a native of Connecticut, and Danbury, in her register of births enrols him as her son. He is likewise a mutineer, a pirate, a murderer, and a democrat. He is master of the epistolary style, and lastly he has a long diplomatic head, and confers a Treaty, and discerns its spirit, and kindly gives us his sage interpretation. Thus far, having amused ourselves with an analysis and exposition of all the foolish and the fashions in this curious epistle, which is a sort of vade mecum and "only sure guide" to the lipers of democracy, it is proper to add that the whole letter, containing, it is true, every thing that William Wash might have said, is a downright FORGERY. It has been officially proved that there was no such American as Jonathan Robbins, and the man who falsely swore that this was his name and the United States his country, has, at the foot of the gallows, confessed himself to be perjured, and an Irishman. The above letter was, therefore, a fabrication for criminal and party purposes; and men may judge of the morals and objects the faction, who employ

such arts; who sometimes rise to the heights of guilt, and sometimes descend to the vile and low grounds of cheat and imposture.
Mrs. JOHNSON, (says a London paper of August last) who so lately distinguished herself in the character of Agatha at Covent Garden, has received overtures from several of the most respectable Provincial Theatres. And we rejoice that her talents, which by due cultivation and practice will assuredly set all competition at defiance, are about to be called into action. Like Mrs. Siddons, the character of Isabella first established her as a great supporter of Melapome, and like our celebrated actress, Mrs. Johnson, possesses a form and countenance, grace and feeling that marks her out to shine conspicuous in the histrionic art.
ALEXANDRIA, November 16.
The protection afforded to the commerce of America by the armed vessels of the Union, has been sensibly felt by the town of Alexandria—Several new vessels are now fitting out at this port. The Schooner Mount Vernon, pierced for 14 guns (built by Mr. John Hughes for messrs. Robert and James Hamilton) was launched a few days ago with peculiar magnificence. She is elegantly moulded, and may truly be said to be as handsome a vessel as ever graced the bottom of the Potomac. A pilot boat, (built on a new construction, under the direction of messrs. George and Charles Gough) has also been launched, and bids fair, from her appearance, to do honour to the ship builders of this town. Exclusive of these vessels here are several new ones now in port, ready for sea, several on the stocks, and some expected from below.
BALTIMORE, November 18.
We hear the frigate Chesapeake, now building at Portsmouth, (Virg.) will be launched the 20th instant.
The brig Jemima and Fanny, belonging to Baltimore, arrived safe in the Wefer, about the 20th of September. On her passage passage through the English Channel, she was captured and carried into Bologne, in France where she underwent a very strict examination; but was suffered to proceed on her voyage on the fourth day after. No instance has occurred, for a long time past, of any vessel being in this manner released, after having once been taken into a French port.
[Disgusting remark on the above by a True American.]
Our national measures begin to have their good effect in Europe. A stronger argument cannot be wished for holding out the arrows with the olive branch, than the speedy release of the Jemima and Fanny. We begin to be respected by those who respect not even the Deity himself.
[This naughteous emanation of True Americanism strongly borders on BLASPHEMY: if the miserable True American had told us, what is, perhaps, the fact, that this ship belongs to a Sam Smith, the mystery of the business would be at once at an end; for, if I recollect right, the very last vessels that were released by the French, were the property of him or his house.]
Arrived, Captain Clayton, of the brig Felicity, has politely favoured us with the following handed to him by the captain of the Chesapeake:
Remarks on board the Chesapeake, Andrew Tombs, master, mounting 20 guns, on a passage from New-York, to New Orleans.
On the 2d October, in lat. 23, 49. Havana bearing S. distant 37 miles, at 10 o'clock, A. M. the man at the mast-head described a sail coming out from the land and bearing down upon us. At meridian, we found she gained upon us very fast and then prepared for action. At 3 P. M. I consulted with my officers and cabin passengers, who all agreed that it would not be prudent to hazard and action in the night, (should the vessel then in chase of us prove to be an enemy) and therefore concluded to shorten sail and see who she was, before dark. At half past 4 she fired upon and hoisted English colors, which we returned with a stern chaser and hoisted our ensign, on which she immediately hoisted the bloody flag at her fore-top-mast-head. At a quarter past 5, she came up under our stern; I then hailed them and enquired who they were and where from, but could not understand the answer; they then hailed me in English and ordered me to lay my topsails to the mast or to abide by the consequences. I replied that I was an American and would protect the trade. The word American was scarcely uttered before they gave three cheers and poured a broadside and volley of small arms into us, which we returned, and a desperate engagement ensued, which lasted three quarters of an hour, when her quarter deck blew up, and she went down stern foremost. Immediately hove my ship to and hoisted my boat out, but unfortunately could not save one man.
She was a Schooner, mounting 12 or 14 guns, and manned, as near as I could judge, with about 80 men—we had two wounded one of whom died the next morning; the other is in a fair way of recovery.
My ship received material injury in her masts, spars and rigging; the enemy having fired all kinds of combustibles and materials into us, such as iron spikes, (22 inches long) flugs, &c.
Extract from the log book of the ship Polly and Nancy, Colin Jackson, commander. Who left St. Thomas on the 17th of October last, bound to Norfolk; her cargo consisting of sugar and rum, consigned to John Grandberry, of Norfolk.
On the 27th of October, it came on to blow very severely, lost sight of the fleet
and made the best of our way. On the 26th the gale still increasing, the ship laboring very hard, she began to make a considerable quantity of water, which the watch kept clear for 24 hours. On the 27th, all hands still employed at the pumps, the water still increasing in the hold, saw a brig to windward—made signals of distress, but no assistance was received from the brig; the water still gaining on us, and the wind hauling to the northward blowing very strongly, we bore away to the southward, in the hope of meeting with some of the fleet. On the 29th the water got above the ballast, the pump well was shortly stove in and broke to pieces, and both pumps were choked. Being in this condition on the 30th October, and hogheads of sugar and puncheons of rum floating through the hold, and the water increasing to an amazing height so as to reach the beams, all hands engaged themselves fore and aft in getting down the yard in order to form a raft, for the preservation of their lives. At nine o'clock A. M. cut away the main and mizen masts; and the ship settling down fast in the water the hands particularly engaged themselves in making the raft, the water was by this time nearly over the lower deck. October 31, cut away both anchors from the bows; at 3 P. M. employed in cutting away the foremast, but were obliged to desist, by the water's coming in upon deck; the raft was launched and all hands got upon it, except the captain—the vessel went down in five minutes from the launching of the raft, the captain jumping over the stern and swimming to the raft. In this deplorable situation, and having nothing but two gallons of rum and six gallons of water and a small quantity of bread on the raft, we committed ourselves to the mercy of God; the sea continually washing over us, and sharks and dolphins playing round us; thunder and lightning with heavy rains, whilst on the raft; several persons light headed—After being six days in this condition, we were picked up on the 5th instant, by the Schooner Experiment, captain Isaac Field, of Baltimore, who treated us with the greatest kindness, and of which we shall ever entertain a sense of the highest gratitude. During the time of our being on the raft each man was allowed only one gill of water per day.
Arrived this day the ship Hampton, captain George Lee, 47 days from Bremen.
Left at Bremen the following vessels:
Ship Almy, of Baltimore, S. Snow, to sail in 15 days.
Snow Light Horse, of do. James Gibson, just arrived and expected to sail in 20 days.
Brig Jemima and Fanny, of do. Williams, just arrived.
Ship Sally, of Beverly, Patterson, to sail in 15 days.
Ship Anna, Prentiss, of Boston, to sail in 10 days.
Ship John, of Charleston, Purcell, just arrived.
Ship Ranger, Wilcasset, Clarke, to sail in 10 days.
Ship Mercier, Nantucket, Brown, do. for Cape de Verd.
Brig Ranger, Boston, Woollers, to sail in 15 days.
Brig Charles and Henry, Charleston, Bates, to sail in 20 days.
Ship Betsy, Wilmington, Drysdale, to sail in 10 days for Liverpool.
Snow Panthe, Boston, Plumbe, just arrived in the Wefer: Spoke the ship Harmony, from Charleston, out 70 days.
October 1, in the North Sea, spoke the armed ship America, captain, ——, from Hull bound to Philadelphia, out four days, kept company until the 5th of said month, when parted off the Orkney Islands.
Several other vessels, besides those mentioned, arrived to-day, but they were all from the Eastern States.
Last evening arrived at the Fountain Inn, in this city, on his way to New Orleans, general Wilkinson, commander in chief of the Western army.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia.
ARRIVED,
Ship Swift Packet, Gibben, St. Thomas 19 days
Arrived, ship Perseverance, Williamson, from Batavia. Sailed from thence the 2d July in company with the schr. Cleopatra, (already arrived) and schr. Commerce of Boston. On the 4th August, in lat. 26, 25. E. long. 52, 48. E. spoke the barque Eliza, Townsend, of and for Salem, from Batavia. On the 21st September put into the island of St. Helena, where the Perseverance was taken possession of by the Belvidere and Earl of Wickham, English East-Indiamen, on suspicion of being Dutch property, but on application to the Governor, was immediately liberated.
New York, November 26.
The brig West Point was bound to Philadelphia, but put in here for water and provisions, having been on allowance for several weeks. November 6, fell in with the U. S. frigate, Commodore Barry, from whom she had received some bread and beef.
ARRIVED,
Brig West Point, Ellison, Hamburg 81 days
Schooner Federal, Van Antwerp, from Havana to this port foundered four days after the left there, in a violent gale of wind.
Sloop Eliza, Bancker, from this, bound to New York, has returned with the loss of her anchors and cables. Schooner Eglantine, Payne, has arrived at Curacao from Trinidad. Sloop Linnet, from Alexandria to Barbadoes, carried away her mast running from a privateer.
SIMON WALKER, Has removed his Counting House to No. 78 Walnut Street, near Fourth Street, AND HAS FOR SALE,
ENGLISH PORTER, in casks of six dozen each. English Brown Stout, ditto ditto Tin Plates, 200 crates Earthen ware, Patent Shot, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, B, BB, Lead, bar, sheet and pig; White and red Lead; yellow and black Paint, Spanish brown, &c. ground in Oil, Russia Bristles, English Gunpowder in kegs, FF, F & C, Muskets, Pistols, Cutlasses & boarding Pikes, Cannon with carriages complete, 4, 6, 9 & 12 pounders; Round, double headed and canister Shot, Iron Crow Bars, Refined Salt Petre, Rough Brimstone, 20 bales new Orleans Cotton, Porter, wine and claret Bottles, Hardware (assorted) in casks, Sadlery (assorted) in casks, November 21.
JOSEPH D. DRINKER
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public that he has taken into partnership
DANIEL BARTOW.
Their Mercantile Concerns will, in consequence, be conducted under the firm of Drinker and Bartow, who have just imported, per the West Point, arrived at New York, the Amiable Creole, and other late arrivals, at this port from Hamburg.
A VARIETY OF GERMAN GOODS,
Consisting of the following Articles, viz.
 Ticklenburghs,  Creas, a la Morlaix,  Dowlas, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 & 9-8ths wide  Flanders Sheerings,  Silesia ditto,  Rouan ditto,  Brown and white Platillas,  Britanias,  Welsarnige Linens,  7-8 & 4-4 Silesia Sheerings, assorted,  Diaper and Damask Taule Cloths,  Clouting Diapers,  Diaper Zwillich,  Oil Cloths,  Glass Tumblers, Quarts, Pints and Half Pints,  ALSO, Per the Eliza from London, Russia Sheerings, Ravens Duck, Men, Women and Children's Welsh yarn Hose.
All which they offer for sale at their Store, No. 6: North Front Street, either by the package or smaller quantity, at the most reasonable rates, for cash or notes at short date.
November 20.
FOR SALE,
By JOSEPH & JAMES CRUKSHANK, No. 87 High Street Philadelphia.
A FEW COPIES OF THE
HARLEIAN MISCELLANY,
BEING a Selection of Tracts which principally regard the English History, and of which many are referred to by Hume. The scarcity and high price of the Harleian Miscellany, induced the editor to offer the present abridgement to the public, which is composed of a narration of those highly interesting events which have occurred in the History of England, and which are chiefly arranged in chronological order.
The volume contains in quantity one sixth of the original work, and the price of it is one guinea, being only one twelfth of what the original book now sells for.
November 21.
MACPHERSON'S BLUES.
Legionary Orders.
THE first and second troops of horse, the second company of rifle men (commanded by Capt. Coyle), the artillery, grenadiers and infantry in the city, are ordered to parade at the Manufactory in Chestnut street, on TUESDAY the 26th inst. at half past two o'clock, PM. completely equipped.
By order of Brigadier General Macpherson
JOHN M'CAULEY, Adjutant.
November 21.
N.B. Should the day prove wet and unfavorable, the parade will be postponed until further orders.
FOR FREIGHT or CHARTER,
For Europe or the West Indies,
THE SHIP
PACIFIC,
PERKINS SALTER, Master.
She is a staunch good Ship, well fitted, burthen about 3000 barrels, and ready to receive a cargo on board.
For terms apply to
WHARTON and LEWIS,
No. 115 South Front Street,
WHO HAVE FOR SALE,
A parcel of Havana Molasses,
Old Madeira Wine,
Ground Ginger,
Burlington Pork, &c. &c.
November 21.
MEDFORD and WILLIS
Have received this day, by the Active and America, from London,
Fancy Striped Ginghams & } entitled to
Madras Handkerchiefs, } Drawback,
Blankets, in bales,
White and red Lead, in casks, and
Sail Cloth.
ON HAND,
London Pewter,
Scarlet Cardinals,
Hosiery,
Buttons, and
Petersburg Hemp.
Enquire of JOHN DORSEY.
November 12, 1799.
[Official.]
FRENCH ARMED VESSELS, CAPTURED BY THE ARMED VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES.
   Names of the vessels. Description of the vessels. Captains' names. Guns. No. of men. Commission. By whom taken.     Le Croyable Sch'r Martin 14 54 Privateer Capt. Decatur   Sans Pareil do. Tonin 16 87 do. Capt. Barry & Decatur   Jaloux do. Renne 14 70 do. do. do.   Les Amis Brig Mitchell 6 18 do. Capt. Murray   L'Amour de la Patrie Sch'r —— 6 60 Privateer Capt. Barry   Syren do. —— 4 36 do. Capt. Barron   Tartuffe do. Philépon 8 60 do. Capt. Barry   Marlouin do. Hernand 11 70 do. Capt. Decatur   Union do. —— 6 32 Letter of Marque Capt. Murray   Vainqueur do. —— 8 85 Privateer Capt. Tingey   A small Sch'r. do. —— —— —— do. Lieut. Speake   Do. do. do. —— —— —— do. Capt. Truxton   Diligent do. —— —— —— do. do.   L'Infatigable Frigate Bureau 40 407 National Ship do.   Magicienne Sch'r Legeaux 14 63 National Schooner Capt. Brown   Bon Pere do. Boudin —— —— Privateer Lieut. Campbell   Buonaparte do. —— —— —— Letter of Marque Capt. Brown  
VESSELS, RE-CAPTURED BY THE ARMED VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES.
   Vessels' names. What country Cargo. By whom taken.     A large ship English Coal & Goods Captain Nicholson.   Schooner Neutrality American —— do.   Carteret Packet English —— do.   Brig Harmony American Dry Goods Captain Brown.   Sloop Vermont do. —— Captain Barry.   Schooner Maria English —— do.   Do. Cicero do. Dry Goods do.   Ship Nancy American —— Lieutenant Campbell.   Brig Mehitable do. —— do.   Ship Cygnet do. —— Captain Decatur.   Brig Volunteer do. —— Captain Murray.   Ship Eliza do. —— Captain Tingey.   Ship Brothers English —— Captain Truxton.   do. Francis American —— Captain Fletcher.   Brig Fair American do. —— Captain Murray.   Ship Amelia India-man—Cargo said to be valued at 250,000 dollars English do. Captain Talbot.   A letter-of-marque valued at 100,000 dollars English Sugar Lieutenant Hillyer.  
A number of captures and re-captures, lately made, are not included in the above list.
At a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Board of Guardians of the Poor for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, on the 25th day of the 9th Month, 1799, to assist in granting relief to indigent and necessitous inhabitants of the said City and Liberties, held at the Court House the 16th day of the 11th month, 1799—
JOHN JAMES, in the Chair, THOMAS HARRISON, Secretary.
Resolved, That as the duties of this Committee have now become unnecessary in consequence of the restoration of health and return of the citizens to their homes, the Committee deem it proper to state for the information of their fellow-citizens and the Board of Guardians, the number of poor families relieved, together with the cost of that relief.
   From the accounts examined and passed, and for which orders were drawn on Luke W. Morris, Treasurer to the Committee, it appears, that   Samuel M'Farran, Basil Wood, and Math. Vanduzen, Sub-committee for the Northern Liberties, relieved 225 families with bread, tea, sugar, rice, &c. Sec. to the amount of 901 55   John Barker, Joseph Justus, Lambert Wiltmore & John Teas, Sub-committee for the 1st Division of the City, being from Vine to Arch-street, and from Delaware to Schuylkill, relieved 212 families. Same. 675 82   John James, Arthur Howell, Wm. Holderness, Thomas Stokes, & Ray King, Sub-committee for the 2d Division of the City, being from Arch to Chestnut-street, and from Delaware to Schuylkill, relieved. 106 families. Same. 461 62   John Evans, Philip Edwards, & Thos. Harrison, Sub-committee for the 3d Division of the City, being from Chestnut to Spruce-street, and from Delaware to Schuylkill, relieved 81 families. Same. 293 27   Dr. S. P. Griffiths, Thomas Atmore, Fergus M'Hvaine, Wm. Preston, & Wm. Stevenson, Sub-committee for the 4th Division of the City, being from Spruce to South-street, and from Delaware to Schuylkill, relieved 155 families. Same. 347 44   James Engle, Sub-committee for Southwark, relieved 220 families. Same. 627 57   Total, 999 families, relieved with dollars, 3303 23  
Resolved, That the foregoing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and they are requested to have the same published in the papers of this city, daily one week, for the information of the citizens generally.
THOMAS HARRISON, Secretary. JOHN JAMES, Chairman.
MUSIC.
R. TAYLOR,
BEGS leave to inform the Ladies of Philadelphia, and the public in general, that he still continues teaching the Piano Forte, Singing, Guitar, &c. as usual. Application to be made to him, No. 96, north Sixth street, between Arch & Race streets.
Nov. 20. 22w3t
BOARD AND LODGINGS.
MRS. HAND
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public in general, that she has just removed to the mansion house, in Franklin Court, formerly occupied by Dr. Franklin, and latterly by the Portuguese Minister, the Chevalier De Friere. A family may be accommodated with a suit of rooms, and single gentlemen with separate apartments, or Board only. Has also a good Coach House and Stables for four horses, to let.

UPPER CANADA. COUNCIL OFFICE, Sept. 24. Notice is hereby given, THAT the townships of Dereham and Norwich , in the western district of this province, are to be sold in lots of three thousand acres each, exclusive of the crown and clergy reserves. There are sixteen blocks in each township, numbered from one to sixteen. The lands are of excellent quality, and lie between the river La Tranche and lake Erie. Persons inclined to purchase are to give in their proposals in writing, to this office, in which they are to name the lots they bid for, and to state the price they are willing to give for them. The proposals must be given in on or before the first day of March next; within one month after which the purchasers will be declared, and on their taking the oaths of allegiance to his Britannic Majesty, letters patent of grant will be delivered to them free of expense. Half the purchase money must be paid when the purchasers are declared, and good security given for the payment of the other half in four years, in equal yearly payments. Plans of the townships may be seen at the Surveyor General's office in York, and at the house of Mr. Hambley, near the townships.
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; in failure whereof legal steps will be taken for the recovery of such debts, as are not discharged accordingly. GEORGE ASTON, CORNELIS COMEGYS, Assignees JOHN ALLEN, Feb. 14. 3awtf
Valuable Property for Sale, In Chestnut, near Sixth street, directly opposite Congress Hall. A LOT of ground, about 21 feet front in Chestnut street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge subject to a ground-rent of £25. per annum. The advantageous situation of this property requires no comment, for it must be known, there are few in this city so equal, as an unexceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, no. 193. Chestnut street, next door to the premises. march 5. ruth faf
WHEREAS, An attachment was lately issued out of the inferior 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 Cleves 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 Wells 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 Dimer and Samuel Mecker to the said Wells , in the sum of two thousand dollars, and also by forty land warrants. Now therefore, unless the said John Cleves 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 according to the statutes in such case made and provided. Aaron Ogden, Clerk, &c. Elizabeth-town, July 8, 1799. (11) 1aw1am
A beautiful Country Seat FOR SALE, SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware joining lands of Matthias Siple 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 swively shore at the river, the water Regals for Duri, agton pats every day in the summer season, and the land stages for New-York within half a mile; any person inclining to purchase may know the terms of sale and other particulars by enquiring at No. 12, Dock-street, or No. 161, South Second-street. june 1.
TO BE SOLD, THREE or four lots of about 30 or 40 acres each, more or less as may suit a purchaser. On each of which there is a good situation for a house—viz. one on the river Delaware, suitable either for a gentleman's seat, or for a person who might wish to engage in the lumber business having a good landing. One commanding a good view of the river from the highest ground between the Pennypack and Poquelin creeks; and another on the Bristol Road. Enquire of Mr. Gilpin near the 12 mile stone on the said road. ATSO FOUR LOTS, Of about 10 acres each with good situations for building a small house and a young bearing orchard on it, on the Newtown road near Snider's mill about 40 miles from Philadelphia; and one other lot of about 30 acres on the Pennypack—Enquire of Jonathan Clift who lives on the premises or of Mr. Gilpin. Possession will be given in the spring, but building materials may be collected sooner. November 3. swtf.
Taxes of Lycoming County. JOHN KIDD, Treasurer, BY Direction of the Commissioners of Lycoming county, attends at Philadelphia to receive the Taxes assessed upon unseated Lands in that County, from the holders thereof, in this City. Those who have filed with the Commissioners, statements of their Lands, are requested to call upon him, to know the amount of Taxes thereon, and pay them; otherwise, before his leaving the City, they will be put into the hands of the Sheriff for collection, agreeably to the act for raising county rates and levies. Those who have not filed statements of their lands with the Commissioners, and are desirous of having it done, to prevent sales without previous personal Notice, may file with the above Treasurer, their lists, stating the quantities returned, number and dates of the warrants and names of the warrantees, under which they hold their lands. He will attend at Mr. Joseph Hardy's No. 98, Market street for this purpose until the 18th instant. November 9.
CATTLE. About Sixty-Six Head for disposal. Enquire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Island in Wye River, Eastern Shore, Maryland; or in case of wiring, direct to him at Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wye, Sept. 2, 1799.
WANTED A COOK. A WHITE WOMAN to serve in the capacity of cook in a small family—None need apply who does not perfectly understand her business, and cannot produce an unexceptionable character. Apply to the printer. october 13. dm
TENERIFFE WINE, Of an excellent quality, JUST ARRIVED AND FOR SALE, By JOHN MILLER, Jr. Nov. 11.
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, and that the subscribers authorised by law will sit as a Board at the said Office on every Monday from ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the afternoon, to hear and determine all unsatisfied Claims already filed, as well as those which may be filed on or before the said first day of September next. JOHN DONALDSON, Comt'r SAMUEL BRYAN, Reg'r. PETER BAYNUT, Treas'r. Department of ACCOUNTS of Pennsylvania, May 15, '99. (16) dtw (m.w.fatf)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March 18th, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 1st day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the act supplementary to the said recited act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine—to wit: I. THAT the tract of Land herein after described, namely, "beginning at the North West corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges; thence due West to the Main Branch of the Scioto river; thence up the Main Branch of the said river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same; thence along the said boundary line to the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum river at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line so run to the place of beginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of townships; and that plats and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspection of all persons concerned. 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 less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres. III. The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will in all cases, 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 location shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, personally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particular quarter townships elected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed in locating such warrants to all other holders of registered warrants. V. The holders of warrants for military services insufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each, shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be allowed to register the said warrants in manner aforesaid, and for which 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.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. May 29th, 1799. THE proprietors of certificates issued for subscriptions 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 expressed in the subscription certificates; No certificates of Funded Stock will however be issued for less than one hundred dollars. Such subscription certificates as may be presented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in consequence of the foregoing arrangement, will be adorned and distinctly marked in as to denote, that a moiety of the stock has been issued. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
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 letter 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 in four months from the date of this notification, will be presumed to have resigned their commissions. JAMES MCHENRY, 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. jantf.
The Owners and Consignees of GOODS, ON board the ship Charlotte, Ysa Joyce, Master , now lying at Sumner's Wharf , are requested to furnish their Permits as early as possible. 10th mo. 21st, 1799. dth
ROSS & SIMSON, HAVE FOR SALE, 3000 pieces 1st and 2d quality Russia Duck , 100 pieces Bleavet Duck (superior) Boston Beef in Barrels, A few bales Bengal 1100 butts St. Martins Salt , april 11
NOTICE. To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, LATE of Lewistown , in the county of Mifflin , and commonwealth of Pennsylvania , who was a partner of the firm of Johnson & Alexander , I have applied to the Judges of the court of Common pleas, in and for the county of Mifflin aforesaid, for the benefit of the laws of the said commonwealth, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed the second Tuesday of September next, for a hearing of me and my creditors at Lewistown , in said county, of which please to take notice. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. august 23
TERMS Of Richard Folwell, in Philadelphia, FOR SUBSCRIBING TO THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT Of the American War, in 1774, to the present time, INCLUDING The Reports of Heads of Departments, of Committees, and other Official and Private Papers of that Body, now first permitted to be made public. TERMS. THE work will be printed on a fine paper, and a new neat type, in large octavo. Each volume will contain above 500 pages, neatly bound and lettered. Uniformity in size, paper, and binding, will be observed throughout the work; so that, while the subscribers become possessed of a valuable record, an ornament may be added to their libraries. The price to subscribers will be 2 dollars 75 cts. per volume, in boards, and 3 dollars, whole bound, but as the publisher does not intend to print more than the number subscribed for, a considerable sum on the price may be expected to non-subscribers. Each volume will contain about one third less of letter-press than the original edition; but, as the publisher is not yet enabled to determine the extent of the Private Journals, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot ascertain the number of volumes which will comprise the work. Payments to be made on delivery of each volume. Subscribers will have at their option, either to subscribe for the whole of the Journals, up to the present time, or to those only of the Old Congress prior to the organization of the Federal Government.
IN all countries, the proceedings in the commencement of their governments, are lost in darkness and obscurity, owing to a carelessness, in the succeeding generation, to preserve the public records, and the attention of the nation, in those rude ages, being called off from their domestic concerns, to engage in wars and conquest. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been transmitted to our days? Time, that destroys every thing, enhances the value of well authenticated public records, and renders them almost incalculable. It is hoped, that Americans will, therefore, cheerfully contribute their assistance in transmitting to posterity the labours of their ancestors—founders of the Columbian nation . The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following will show the support it has already acquired: Philadelphia, June 15, 1798. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. The MEMORIAL of the Subscribers, Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia, Respectfully represents, That having, in our respective avocations, frequent occasions to recur to the Journals of Congress, we experience inconvenience by the scarcity of them; That we understand that Richard Folwell , printer, of Philadelphia , has had it in contemplation to print that public record; and that he has obtained partial countenance from many individuals, but that he has delayed prosecuting the work, in expectation of encouragement from government, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, respectfully solicit, as the publication is necessary to be disseminated among public bodies that Congress will, in their wisdom render him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable him to proceed with the work, so that your Memorials may be enabled to purchase copies of that record for themselves. Thomas McKean, John D. Coxe, Charles Heatly, Samuel Levy, T. Ross, Wm. Moore Smith, John Read junr, William Tugman, John R. Mifflin, Joseph B. McKean, John Beckly, W. Sergeant, John Thompson, Nathaniel Bicknell, Jasper Molyan, William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Levy, James Gibson, Mr. Kippell, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, George Davis, John Hallowell, James Oldden, Walter Franklin, James Milner, John C. Wells, John L. Leib, Alexander L. Dallas, Joseph Reed, Thomas Alexander, Samuel M. Fox, John Nixon, Robert Waln, Robert H. Dunning, John Ewing, Jun. Edward Pennington, Henry Balder, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell, Stephen, Claypoole, James Cruikshank, Mathew Carey, Henry K. Helmsuth, Peter D. Hays, John Dunlap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Claypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. Smith, John Penno.
True copy from the original Memorial, presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, on Monday, the 18th of June 1798: WILLIAM LAMBERT, for JONATHAN W. CONDY, Clerk. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be authorised and directed, to subscribe, on such terms as they may deem eligible, for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives, for four hundred copies of the Journals of Congress, which are proposed to be published by Richard Folwell and such number of copies of deficient volumes of the series now in print, as may be necessary to complete the same. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES ROSS, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, March 2d, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. may 29. tawtf
Three Cents Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 23th inst. a bound Servant Girl, named Elizabeth Howickel , had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any person apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—two cts. per mile, and the balance will be paid. N. B. She had 4 years and some months to serve. DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6. 3awtf
The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & NEW-YORK, By the short and pleasant road of Buffleton, Newtown, Scotch-Plains, Springfield and Newark. THE excellence of this road, the populousness of the country through which it passes, with sundry other advantages, which render it so far preferable to the Old Road through Bristol, Bensalem, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Thorough-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 experience proves to us, that dispatch as well as comfort 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 in circumstance, added to the beauty of the country, and a considerable proportion of shade, must always render travelling in the latter season peculiarly agreeable.
The Swift-Sure starts from PHILADELPHIA , at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE , opposite the Lutheran Church , North Fourth street. It goes through Frankford to Buffleton , where it stops to Breakfast ; from Buffleton it goes through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner ; from Penny-town through Hopewell , Millstone , Boundbrook , Quittapahilla and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge . The next morning it stops 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 Edward Bardu , Old Coffee house, to A. Mathews , corner of Nassau and John streets, to B. Many , no. 43, Courthand , 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 14 lbs. 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 themselves to make good every package on the following 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 package, and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent. on the v.lue, 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 proportion 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 responsible for the safe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insurance receipt cannot be produced. In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has been taken to fix on such places and taverns 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 committed to the care of intelligent sober and obliging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns and villages where the stages will stop, so that the conduct of the persons who employ it 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 chicanery or influence 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, during which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York . Every passenger has found the road to be for passengers 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 spoken of with the highest satisfaction.
JOHN MCALLA, Philadelphia THOS. PAUL,  Buffleton JOSEPH THORNTON, NICHOLAS WYNKOOP,  Newtown JACOB KESLER, JOHN MOREHEAD,  Pennytown T. KILLMAN, near Millstone ELLAS COMBES,  Bound Brook R. SANBURY,  Scotch Plains ISAAC RAWLE, ROBERT PEARSON,  Springfield June 22. cawtf
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