Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-05-02 00:00:00

105  Gazette of the United States  AND EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 120 of Vol. V.]
FRIDAY, May 2, 1794.
[Whole No. 516.]
Just Imported,
In the Ship Apollo , Capt. Fitzpatrick, from Amsterdam, and now landing on Walnut-street wharf, viz.
GIN in pipes, A few bales Holland Duck, Dito Osnaburgs, Holland Sheetings, Juniper Berries, Glass Ware, viz. Tumblers and Mugs, various sizes. Sheathing Paper, Swedes Iron, square and flat bars, Hair Ribbon, No. 4. Dutch Great Coats, A quantity of Yarn and Oakum, &c. &c.
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS KETLAND, Jun.
The above-mentioned Ship is for Sale— No. old application be made within a few days; otherwise she will take freight for Amsterdam.
March 1, 1794. d—tf
To be Let,
For Merchants Compting Houses or Public Offices,
Two brick 3 story Houses,
HAVING 6 rooms in each, with fire places in the garrets, situate on the south westerly side of Dock Street, between Pear and Walnut Streets. Enquire
BENJAMIN W. MORRIS.
April 17. tuth&stf
The Profits arising from the following publication are for the benefit of the Poor.
Just published, printed by R. Aitken and Son, and sold by J. Cruikshank, W. Young, T. Dobson, and the other Booksellers,
MINUTES
OF THE
Proceedings of the Committee,
Appointed on the 14th September 1793, by the Citizens of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties, and the District of Southwark, to attend to and alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted with the Malignant Fever, prevalent, in the City and its vicinity.
WITH AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
A list of persons admitted into the Hospital at Bush-hill, showing the times of their admission, death and discharge.
Number of Houses, Deaths, &c. in the respective streets, alleys, and courts in the city of Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, and District of Southwark.
A list of the Interments in the Burial grounds in the city of Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, and District of Southwark, with a meteorological account of the weather.
A summary of donations in cash and provisions, received from sundry persons and places, for the use of the poor and afflicted.
April 2. d3w
For Sale or Charter,
THE SHIP ANDROMACHE, (An American bottom) John Moore, Master.
IS a stout good vessel, about two years old, burthen 232 tons, has only made three voyages, and may be sent to sea at a small expence. She may be seen at Vine-street wharf, and the terms made known by application to
WHARTON & LEWIS.
March 21. dtf
For Amsterdam,
The new fast-sailing, copper-bottomed SHIP ADRIANA,
K. Fitzpatrick, Master.
BUILT of live oak and cedar and was intended for a Liverpool Trader, will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply on board at Walnut-street wharf, or to
THOS. & JOHN KETLAND.
N. B. Passengers will be landed in England if required.
March 6, 1794 dtf
For Norfolk & Fredericksburgh,
The Brig LITTLE SALLY, JOHN EARL, Master.
A launch good vessel, will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at Chestnut-street wharf, or to
JOSEPH ANTHONY & SON.
March 31. dtf
Just Imported,
In the Ship Edward , Capt. Crandon, from St. Petersburg in Russia, and now landing at South-street Wharf, viz.
HEMP, H BAR IRON, RUSSIA SHEETING, RAVEN'S DUCK, RUSSIA DUCK, HOG'S BRISTLES.
AND FOR SALE BY
John Donaldson,
No. 22, Walnut-street.
March 4, 1794. drw;tawtf
FOR SALE,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
Old Lisbon Wine of a
superior quality in pipes, imported in the ship Wilmington .
OLD SHERRY WINE of the first quality in quarter casks, imported in the brig Nancy capt. Gwin, from Cadiz.
SHELLED ALMONDS and a few kegs of RAISINS , imported in ditto.
Particular TENERIFFE WINES , in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks, imported in the ship Thomas , capt. Skinner.
A few quarter casks of old particular bill of exchange MADEIRA WINE .
George Meade,
Who has also, just arrived and for sale
A SMALL CARGO OF
Lisbon Salt.
A quantity of empty BAGS for sale.
April 5. w&ssim.
The following Certifi-
cate of the funded three per Cent Stock of the Domestic Debt of the United States standing on the books of the Treasury of the said United States, in the names of Donald and Burton of London, merchants, and signed by Joseph Nourse, Register of said Treasury, to wit:—No. 5476, dated 24th August 1792 for 2959 dollars and 53 cents was transmitted from London in the ship Peter , Paul Hufsey, master, bound for New York, and has been lost. The Subscriber intending to apply to the Treasury of the United States to have the same renewed, desires all persons who are interested in the said certificate, to make their objections thereto, if any they have.
Francis Macy.
Philad. March 27. d6w
FOR SALE,
BY MATHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street,
An Essay on Slavery,
Designed to exhibit in a new point of view its effects on morals, industry, and the peace of society. Some facts and calculations are offered to prove the labor of freemen to be much more productive than that of slaves ; that countries are rich, powerful and happy, in proportion as the laboring people enjoy the fruits of their own labor; and hence the necessary conclusion, that slavery is impolitic as well as unjust .
PRICE 25 Cents. dtf
February 15.
Excellent CLARET,
In hogsheads and in cases of 50 bottles each.
ALSO,
A few cases Champaigne Wine;
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. 111, South Front Street.
Jan. 2, 1794. dtf
The Ground Plan
OF THE
City and Suburbs
OF
PHILADELPHIA.
TAKEN FROM ACTUAL SURVEY.
IT is with pleasure that the publisher has to inform his subscribers and the public in general, that the plate is now under the hands of the engraver, and in greater forwardness than was at first contemplated. At the same time he begs leave to remind them, that subscription papers are still open at most of the noted book-stores in the city; and that he hopes from the whole of them to be enabled to form such a respectable catalogue of names, as will do a credit to the work, as well as afford a reasonable encouragement to the undertaker. Those who are desirous of further information are requested to call on
Benjamin Davies,
No. 68, Market Street.
April 14. m&thtf
Just Published,
In one handsome volume, 12mo. Price 55
AND FOR SALE BY
JOHN ORMROD,
At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Second
Street,
AN ESSAY ON THE
Natural Equality of Men,
On the Rights that result from it, and on the Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem.
Corrected and Enlarged.
By WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN, D. D.
Professor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History; and Minister of the English Church at Utrecht.
Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem af- ferendum. CICERO.
The First American Edition.
THE grand principle of Equality, if rightly understood, is the only basis on which universal justice, sacred order, and perfect freedom, can be firmly built, and permanently secured. The view of it exhibited in this essay, at the same time that it represses the insolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and the outrages of oppression; confirms, in the most forcible manner, the necessity of subordination, and the just demands of lawful authority. So far indeed, from loosening the bands of society, that it maintains inviolate, every natural and every civil distinction, draws more closely every social tie, unites in one harmonious and justly proportioned system, and brings men together on the even ground of the inherent rights of human nature, of reciprocal obligation, and of a common relation to the community.
March 18. tn&stf
Treasury Department,
Revenue Office, April 19, 1794.
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue until the sixth of May next inclusively, for the supply of all Rations, which may be required during the current year, at the city of Philadelphia, for the recruiting service.
The rations to be furnished are to consist of the following articles, viz.
  One pound of bread or flour,  } Per 100 rations    One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound pork    Half a gill of rum, brandy or whisky    One quart of salt,    Two quarts vinegar    Two pounds soap  } Per 100 rations    One pound candles  
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY
THOMAS DOBSON,
Bookseller, at the Stone House in Second Street, Philadelphia,
VOLUME XI OF
ENCYCLOPEDIA,
OR A
Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature,
ON a plan entirely new; by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems. This volume contains the articles, medals, medicine, metallurgy, metaphysics, meth, distils, Mexic, microscope, midwifery, and a great variety of biographical and miscellaneous articles, illustrated with nineteen copperplates. The tables of logarithms, &c. which were deficient in the tenth volume, are subjoined to this.
Eleven volumes of this work are now published, and the XIth is in some forwardness.
On the first of September, 1792, the price of subscription was increased TEN dollars on all sets not taken before that time. The subscription is still open on these terms, and if any copies remain by the first of July next, the price will be raised TEN dollars more, on any copies which may be subscribed for after that period.
As many of the subscribers have taken only two, three or four, &c. volumes, they are earnestly requested to take up and pay for the remaining volumes, as it becomes difficult to complete the sets, and the publisher does not hold himself bound to make up any sets after the first day of July next.
Pennsylvania Hospital,
4th Month, 5th 1794.
The Contributors are desired
to attend the ELECTION, to be held at the HOSPITAL on the 5th day of the 5th Month next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon; to choose twelve MANAGERS and a TREASURER, for the ensuing year.
By order of a board of Managers.
Samuel Coates, clerk.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, Feb. 21.
The fleet assembled at Spithead, under Lord Howe, amounted to upwards of 100 sail. Sixty of which, were ships of the line. Some French frigates had been cruising in the Channel, and taken a number of vessels. Nine French East-Indiamen, under convoy of two frigates, were arrived at L' Orient.
By the last accounts from Paris, we learn, that the Convention has decreed, "that slavery shall be abolished in all the French islands." This, they say, will be a death blow to Pitt.
On the 4th inst. the National Convention decreed, that the colony of St. Domingo should be represented in the assembly. On that day three deputies came to take their seats, viz. a negro, a mulatto, and a white. They were greatly applauded and received the fraternal embrace of Vadier the President. This scene was accompanied by the reiterated cries vive l'egalite! The negroes of St. Domingo have sworn to extirpate the English from that Island. On the 8th several people of colour acknowledged their gratitude to the Convention for having given liberty to their brethren.
March 4.
In the opinion of a certain learned writer, the present French government is likely to end in a military Republic, of which Paris is to be the center, with the other departments of the kingdom as its circumference, and under its controul.—In that case, adds he, let Europe tremble; depopulation and diminution of internal resource will then rather stimulate than impede conquest, as they did in ancient Rome, which conquered the world during the most rapid decline of the population and of the resources of Italy.
March 8.
It has been said, that the state of France is industriously misrepresented on this side the water, to answer a purpose, & that only in Paris a temporary inconvenience prevails, on account of butcher's meat, while the departments labor under no such inconvenience; now on the authority of the Paris Papers, it is said that the distress appears to be every where much the same. We should but tire the patience of our readers, in translating the numerous complaints on this head, which pour out into the capital daily.
In every part of the country, the Clubs are engaged solely in devising means to remedy the evil.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
February 14.
Lord Moira's Expedition.
The Earl of Moira, rose to take notice of some observations that had been thrown out by an honorable gentleman, Major Maitland, in another house, on the expedition which he had the honor to command. His Lordship explained at some length, the general outlines of the expedition, the views of his Majesty's Ministers, and the communications which had taken place with the Royalists on the subject. He had been sent for, he said by his Majesty's Ministers, on the 17th of October, and informed by them, of the fucours with which it was intended the Royalists should be furnished. He did not hesitate to undertake the expedition proposed, nor that responsibility which he considered as attached to it. The Royalists had demanded a certain force, to co-operate with them, and his Majesty's Ministers had appointed a much greater force than they had requested; It only remained that a junction should be fixed: and before that could be effected, some signals were agreed upon, and some frigates sent to repeat those signals; but they were not answered by the Royalists. On the 10th of November, some persons were sent to concert measures with them, and a different spot for landing was fixed upon.—The Royalists had required artillery men, as they had scarce any one, who understood the use of cannon. His Lordship had represented to his Majesty's Min-

ters, who had entrusted him with a discretionary power on this expedition, the necessity of bringing some persons from Flanders, who were acquainted with the management of artillery; and as he hoped to have formed an immediate junction with the Royalists, he had appointed two French officers, of great merit, his aids-du-camp, and another as his secretary; because he conceived, the junction once made, his little army was not to be grafted into that of the Royalists, but was to form a part of that which he had the honor to command. In these circumstances, he thought himself justified in making the appointments on which such animadversions had been made. He concluded by saying, that he took the whole responsibility upon himself, because his Majesty's Ministers had fully approved of the appointment he had recommended to them. Lord Lauderdale rose to justify the notice that had been taken in the House of Commons of these appointments. Had ministers been as candid and explicit as the Noble Lord, it would have been deemed satisfactory; but they had observed a sullen silence, and had not even deigned to give the least explanation on the subject. Lord Greenville wished all responsibility for the measures adopted by Earl Moira to attach an administration, who, he contended, had acted legally and constitutionally.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TUESDAY, February 4.
The white colonists, admitted yesterday to represent St. Domingo, drew the picture of the actual situation of that island. After enumerating those particulars which are already known, he proceeded to state the burning of Cape Francois, and the expulsion of Galbot, the friend of Dumourier, who in conjunction with the rich inhabitants, projected to deliver up the island to the English and Spaniards. He stated, that the blacks with the patriots, had fought against those traitors; and that the civil commissioners, to reward the blacks, had proclaimed the liberty of the slaves throughout the island: that the blacks had sworn perpetual allegiance to France, and the most vigorous resistance to the English, if they should dare to penetrate into the interior parts of the island. The orator concluded his report by proving, that the rich planters, the ex-nobles, emigrants and rich merchants of St. Domingo, had projected to give up that island to the English.—Applause.
The National Convention then passed the following important decree.
The National Convention decrees, that slavery is abolished in all the French colonies. It decrees in consequence, that all the inhabitants of the French colonies, of whatever colour, are French citizens, and from this day forward enjoy all those rights which are secured to them by the declaration of rights and by the Constitution.
A negro, who had heard this decree, fainted away, and did not recover but by the noise of acclamations, and the shouts of Vive la Republique! —Her sensibility was ordered to be recorded in the minutes of the day.
Danton, after having declared that this decree would KILL PITTS, moved that the mode of its execution be referred to the committee of public welfare.—Adopted.
A motion for the annulment of the decree of arrest against Polverel and Santhonax, who are authors of the proclamation of August 29, granting liberty to all the blacks of St. Domingo, was referred to the same committee.
WEDNESDAY February 5.
The committee of public welfare presented the digest of the decree for abolishing slavery in the colonies.
Barrere, in the name of the committee of public welfare, having announced that the army of the North had put itself into motion and made victory the order of the day, proposed General Pichegru to replace Jourdain.—Decreed.
FRIDAY, February 7.
A Black deputy ascended the tribune, to denounce several secret assemblies of colonists, whose design it was to restore and cement slavery.
SATURDAY February 8.
Baudot, in the name of the committee of war and finance presented a long decree, respecting the allowances of meat to be granted to the army.
The Convention decreed it as a principle, that every military man, whatever his rank may be, shall be allowed the same ration that is allowed to all others.
SUNDAY February 9.
One of the Secretaries read a letter, dated Teulon, January 26, of which the following is an extract:
"Last night the bad weather drove into our Road a two masted English ship, laden with coffee and sugar: A republican sloop got up with her and brought her into port. This is another payment upon account." (Signed) "DEBENET."
This day was signalized by an action truly republican: As soon as the Spanish cannons were heard in the French camp, the soldiers who were prisoners at Saint Jan de Luz, for military offences, demanded to march against the enemy: their request was granted, and they were accordingly armed. After their party had gained the victory, these re-
publican soldiers retired quietly, and of their own accord, to their prison. The convention received this account with transport, and immediately decreed the release of their prisoners. The popular society of St. Quintin wrote to the convention congratulating it on the decree which made the negroes free, in the following terms: "LEGISLATORS, "On hearing of the fraternal manner in which you received the two deputies of color from St. Domingo, the fraternal embraces given them by the President, the fainting of the negro woman for joy, we too wept with tenderness and gratitude. We had a negro man in this town, whom we instantly invited to our assembly, and made him a member of our popular society, the fraternal kiss was given him by our President, as a proof how much we are inspired by the emancipation of 700,000 of our brethren. "Representatives of the people, a member very justly observed in the convention, that this day should prove a death blow to PITTS:—Continue as you have always done, to deserve well of your country. "Health and fraternity. (Signed) "TALBOT, President."
Mr. DEXTER's Observations concluded.
I respect the manly republicanism of America too much, to believe that the popular water-gruel, the milk for sucklings, with which some men strive to gain his favor, can either please his appetite or invigorate his system. There are discontented men in all countries; perhaps our own has fewer than any other. They hollow loud and often, and we are therefore led to think they are numerous. A tumultuous minority thus often imposes measures on a peaceful majority, against the first principle of Republicanism. The voice of the people is not for war, unless necessary for our safety and honor.—Many in this City may wish for it; but the majority through the Union are desirous of peace. Tho' they will encounter war bravely, if it shall overtake them, they are against running to meet it. I will not detain the committee with stating the inconveniences we subject ourselves to, the difficulty of obtaining supplies from other countries during the convulsions of Europe, the loss of our articles of export, perishing on our hands from a retaliatory prohibition by Britain, the impossibility of executing such a law, or the encouraging of frauds to the ruin of the merchant of honor. These have already been the subjects of observation. The strong objection which arises from our constitution, I cannot omit. In the distribution of power to the several departments of government, the right of making treaties is given to the Executive. Of course the preparatory negotiation must belong to them as an incident of the authority. But we are now commencing a negotiation ourselves, and prescribing terms of a treaty. It is urged that this cannot bind the Executive.—They may make a different treaty, but our prohibition will still be in force. Do we intend to say then, that we will forbid our Citizens from Commerce with Britain even after the Executive, the only constitutional power, shall have settled all matters of difference, unless they will suffer us to dictate the mode in which they shall exercise their authority? This looks to me very much like usurpation, by whatever name we may chuse to call it.
It has been said, by a zealous friend of the measure, that a treaty would be the supreme law of the land, by virtue of the constitution, and therefore would repeal this law. Perhaps it may in future be thought convenient to retract that doctrine. If it be true, it is idle to make the law. But sir, I doubt the truth of it. It appears strange to say that an act in its nature legislative, and such we are told this is, can be abrogated by an executive act. I know of nothing but the legislature which can repeal a law. It belongs either to legislative, or executive power. If the former, the legislative only, can abrogate it; if the latter, we ought not to meddle with it. We may as well carry thro' the negotiation, as begin it, and prescribe the terms of it. If the constitution had given us this power, we could not exercise it, from our numbers and mode of doing business. It will not be denied, that the Executive have a right to appoint and instruct a negotiator, as to the terms of settlement. Have we the same right—or even can we instruct him when they shall appoint? Suppose him thus doubly instructed by the Executive having constitutional authority, and by us who cannot tell from whence we de-
rive the power, and the instructions contradict each other; whom is the Negotiator to obey? None will say that the power of the Executive is not paramount all others as to treaties, and all foreign negotiations. Are we to make a law then which may be violated with impunity; nay more with propriety? I with sir, that gentlemen who so often tremble for the sanctuary of Republicanism and deprecate usurpation of power, would apply these excellent feelings to this subject. We have been often told that something must be done, and that if we object to this measure we ought to show a better as a substitute. I have never thought this a difficult task; I will now state the outlines of what ought to be done. By a peculiarity in our constitution negotiation with foreign nations is altogether an Executive duty; but to declare war, is with the Legislature. In governments where the powers of negotiation and of war are in the same hands, the same officer can demand a recompence for an injury, propose his ultimatum, and declare war if it be rejected; but our Executive may be embarrassed in pursuing a demand of compensation to the last extremity, lest he should pledge the honor of the nation to war against the will of the legislature, who alone can make war. We ought therefore to pass a resolution requesting the President to pursue with energy a demand for recompence according to the custom of nations, and pledging ourselves to support him if the event should prove unsuccessful; and in the mean time we ought to prepare for war. I can see nothing further which is legislative in its nature, or committed to our care by the constitution; until it shall appear that the negotiation has failed of success. Then sir, it will be time enough to prohibit commercial intercourse, or declare war, or take any other measures to avenge our wrongs and vindicate the honor of our country. If we are to engage in war sir, I presume we must have some money to carry it on, unless in this instance also we are an exception from general rules. The measure now contemplated must almost annihilate our imports and we have not looked round for a substitute. We have heard of a land tax; but there are many objections to it. On the eve of war public credit is doubly important. Having lost our former resources, we must provide new funds for the punctual payment of the interest of the public debt, the expenses of government, and the innumerable expenses of war. We must not only suffer heavy taxes and burthens, but also an enormous increase of our debt. As I am not guilty of being a creditor of the union, perhaps I may be heard patiently on this subject. It has been often said here, that the public debt has enslaved our country, yet now we are urged to encrease it beyond all calculation, without taking the usual measures for pacific accommodation.
Though I have labored in vain to understand how the public debt is an engine of slavery, and have sincerely thought our country a perfect model of civil freedom, yet I hope this argument will have some weight with those, who see that we are slaves and that the public debt has riveted our fetters. Here give me leave to answer an argument, which has been repeatedly pressed, and with apparent success. It is not denied that the first regular step is to demand a recompence for an injury; but it is said that Britain regards no laws of nations in her conduct to us, and therefore we are not bound to observe them towards her. I presume by this is not meant that we ought to do wrong, because Britain has done wrong; but that it becomes right for us to disregard those laws which she violates; let us examine this. The laws and usages of nations have prescribed certain modes of demanding redress of a nation for an injury; these of necessity can only be applicable to an injured nation, for no other can need redress. Can it then be true that the moment a nation is injured, and thereby is placed in the situation for which, and for which alone the rule was made, the rule ceases to be obligatory? A nation cannot be injured, unless the laws of nations with respect to her have been violated. According to this argument a very solemn rule of conduct has been established which is never to be complied with; not by a nation which has not received an injury, because there is nothing to redress; and not by a nation which has been injured, because with respect to her the laws of nations have been violated by the aggressing nation, and this dispenses with the rule. This answer,
to an argument so much relied on is to my mind perfectly satisfactory. I call on the gentlemen to shew it to be a fallacy.—Our situation sir is not new, though our conduct may be so. We have seen Holland when neutral in former wars, suffering similar injuries; they did not pursue such measures as we contemplate, though better prepared for war: Neither their interest or their honor suffered by their moderation. The present neutral powers of Europe are fellow-sufferers with us; yet we do not hear of similar impetuosity of resentment. In all wars neutral nations are abused, in proportion as the powers at war are strong, and the neutrality weak. A stronger combination than the present perhaps never existed in Europe; and a neutrality can seldom be weaker. The principles of the present war are also peculiar; it is a desperate struggle for existence. The unusual circumstances of it have compelled the French with whom we are in friendship, not only to disregard our rights as a neutral nation, but to violate their treaty with us, though we have proceeded so far in friendship to them as to hazard our peace. Our merchants suffer severely from that nation; yet we are told that imperious necessity from peculiar circumstances is an excuse. I say not these things to criminate that nation; they have been civil enough to apologize and promise recompence; but we have not received even good manners from their enemies. The public mind appears to have suffered little irritation from this cause, and it is far from my wish to excite any. My motive is only to shew that this acquiescence in their apology proves our opinion, that the present war is peculiar in its nature. Tho' we owe nothing but indignation to Britain, yet we owe prudence to our country and respect to ourselves. The present moment is infinitely valuable, and ought not to be trifled with. The present situation and disposition of Britain almost ensure us honorable peace, unless we provoke war. We have strong evidence that war with this country is against both their interest and their wishes. Though the measure under consideration is not in itself hostile, and violates no law of nations, were we to stop here; yet a little reflection must convince us that it tends to war. It is placing our negotiation for recompence from Britain on so new, and to them so humiliating a footing, that their pride must revolt; thus national honor must forbid a compliance. They will say to our negotiator, no nation ever addressed another in this way—Suppose we have injured you; it is not possible for us to treat with you respecting retribution on these terms: It is not an offer of peaceful accommodation, but an affront, a challenge. This refusal to treat, which the mode of making the demand renders certain, will then be urged as a refusal to make us a recompence; and war becomes inevitable.
Why sir should we be thus ingenious to avoid peace and rush hastily into the tragedy of Europe? At such a moment we ought to pause and enquire what we can gain by war. We now possess every blessing for which other nations contend; we may lose, but cannot gain by confusion. The price of our present political happiness was not small; we are now eating the fruit of that tree, which was watered with the blood of our fathers; yet we suffer the canker worm of jealousy to feed on its foliage; the whirlwind of discord threatens to root it up for ever. What attractions do we find in the desolation, the misery, the crimes of Europe? Their very virtues are shaded with horror; their rulers are the scourges of mankind; their business is oppression; their sport is violation; they trade in blood; the priests of Moloch offer daily Hecatombs of innocent victims; they fatten on human sacrifices; our former friends are insane; or rather their patriotism borders on phrensy; Europe is at war with all the feelings of nature; they blaspheme her rights; they laugh at her agonies. Can it be necessary sir, to describe the happiness of our own country to shew the contrast? We are so familiar with public blessings, that we have almost forgotten their value. The voice of oppression is not heard. Our habitations are the dwellings of virtue and domestic happiness. The laws of morality and of our country are revered. We have realized the golden age of fable. We have practiced republican visions. In this moment of danger our minds should swell to the magnitude of the occasion. We ought to have every danger to defend these inestimable advantages; but if we want prudence, we shall appear to want every virtue.—I have now done with the question. The measure appears to me to threaten great mischief to our country. If this shall be realized, tho' I shall share in the common calamity, a review of my conduct will not upbraid me. We may look back sir across a deluge of misery which may

overwhelm the country to the happy shore of peace, which perhaps we now imprudently abandon. We may recall this moment as that in which we hoisted the floodgate of destruction. On such a retrospect our countrymen may say, you were the authors of these calamities, and you are responsible.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 2.
WAYS AND MEANS.
Mr. SMITH, S. C. as Chairman of a Committee, consisting of a Member from each State, made the following REPORT to the House of Representatives, which is now under the consideration of the House.
The Committee appointed to enquire whether any, or what further or other revenues are necessary for the support of public credit; and if further revenues are necessary, to report the ways and means,
REPORT,
THAT, on referring to the estimates laid before the legislature by the Secretary of the Treasury, they find that the revenues to the end of the year 1794, are estimated to produce
Dols. Cts. 6,618,584. 19
And that, for the support of government, military establishment, and other services designated by law, previous to and during the present session there would be wanting the sum of
7,044,217. 98
And, that further sums will probably be requisite for which provision ought to be made, viz.
For the addition to the military establishment, provisional force, and expenses of militia
650,000
That the estimated product of the import being made at a time when our commerce was embarrassed, and no interruption of it contemplated, the committee are of opinion, that a deduction should be made on that account, of
1,300,000
from which it results, that there is a deficiency of funds to answer the demands of the present year, of 2,375,633. 79-100ths dollars; but as the sum of one million provided for foreign intercourse, is directed to be borrowed, if wanting, the committee have deducted that sum, except 60,000 dollars for the interest arising thereon, which leaves the sum to be provided
1,435,633. 79
To raise which sum, the committee propose, that there be raised, by additional import and tonnage
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Items include: On carriages (waggons, carts, and drays excepted) 392,500; On stamps 150,000; On sales at auction 100,000; On manufactured tobacco and snuff 100,000; On loaf and lump sugars 50,000; On licences for retailing wines and distilled spirits 100,000; By direct taxes on lands 992,500; Total: 1,742,500.
Which sums exceed the current demands 306,866. 21; but as the estimates on most of the articles are conjectural, and without sufficient data for obtaining a correct opinion, as to their probable amount, the committee have thought it more expedient to provide for a surplus, than suffer the revenue to prove deficient; and in conformity with the foregoing estimates, they submit the following resolutions:
Resolved, That from and after the day of next, there be levied, collected and paid upon the following articles imported into the United States, in ships or vessels of the United States, with an addition of one-tenth per cent. on like articles in any other ships or vessels; the several duties herein after mentioned, over and above the duties now paid, to be levied, collected and paid in the same manner, by the same officers, subject to the same penalties, and entitled to drawbacks, as the same articles are now subject and entitled to, viz.
On boots, per pair, 25 cents. On shoes and slippers for men and women, and on
clogs and gooshoes, per pair, 5. On shoes and slippers for children, per pair, 3. On millinery ready made, artificial flowers, feathers, and other ornaments for womens' head dresses, and on dolls dressed and undressed, On cast, slit, and rolled iron, and generally, on all manufactures of iron, steel, tin, pewter, copper, brass, or of which either of those metals is the article of chief value, not being otherwise particularly enumerated (brass and iron wire, locks, hinges, hoes, anvils and vises excepted,) On carpets and carpeting, On leather tanned or tawed, and generally, all manufactures of leather, or of which leather is the article of chief value, not otherwise particularly enumerated, On medicinal drugs, except those commonly used in dying; on matts and floor-cloths; on hats, caps, and bonnets, of every sort for women; on gloves, mittens, stockings, fans, buttons of every kind, buckles (shoe and knee,) On sheathing and cartridge paper, On all powders, pastes, balls, balsams, ointments, oils, waters, washes, tinctures, essences, or other preparations or compositions, commonly called sweet scents or odours, perfumes or cosmetics, and on all dentifrices, powders, or preparations for the teeth or gums, On gold, silver, or plated wares, gold and silver lace, jewellery and paste work, clocks and watches, and the parts of either, On groceries, to wit: cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmegs, ginger, anniseed, currants, dates, prunes, raisins, sugar candy, oranges, lemons, limes, &c, generally, all fruits and comfits, olives, capers, pickles of every sort, oil, and mustard in flour, On all marble, slate, or other stone; on bricks, tiles, tables, mortars and other stone, and generally, all stone and earthen ware, On cabinet wares, and all manufactures of wood, or of which wood, is the material of chief value,
On carriages, and parts of carriages, 4 1-2 per cent.
On all manufactures of cotton or linen, or of mullins; of cotton and linen, or of which cotton or linen is the material of chief value being printed, stained or coloured, 2 1-2 per cent.
On all goods, wares, and merchandise, which now pay a duty of 7 1-2 per cent. an addition of 1-2 per cent.
On coffee, per lb. 1 cent, cocoa, per lb. 2. Cheese, per lb. 3. Salt, per bushel 3.
On the tonnage of ships or vessels of the United States, employed in foreign trade, 6 cents per ton. On all other ships or vessels, 25.
Resolved, That after the day of every person keeping a carriage, for the conveying of persons for their own use, shall notify the same at some office, which may be designated for the purpose, and shall pay annually,
For a coach 10 dollars, for a chariot 8; for any other four wheeled carriage 6, for a chaise, or other two wheeled carriage 2.
With an addition of one fourth, where two carriages shall be kept by one person; of one third, where three carriages shall be kept by one person; and of one half, where more than three carriages are kept by the same person.
Resolved, That after the day of there be paid, the following stamp duties, Letters patent 200, Cts. exemplification thereof 100.
Licences, or certificates of admission, of solicitors, attorneys, clerks, advocates, proctors, and other officers of courts 5 dollars. Exemplification under the seals of courts 50 cents. Affidavits and affirmations, except those before the officers of the public revenue, those relative to suits pending in courts, to be used therein, and those relative to criminal proceedings 10, Deeds, except those otherwise particularly rated 25, Charter parties 100, Bottomry and respondentia bonds 100, Apprentices indentures 15, Certificates of debentures for drawbacks 20, Bills lading, coastwise, except for vessels going from one district to another, within the same state 10, ditto foreign 20, Inventories of the effects of deceased persons, or for any other purpose prescribed by law, except in cases of goods distrained, or in compliance of any agreement between two or more persons 10. Bonds for the security of money, when the sum is above fifty, and not exceeding one hundred dollars 20. Above 100, and not exceeding 500, 25. Above 500, and not exceeding 1000, 30. Above 1000, 40. Receipts for legacies, or shares of personal estate, in cases of intestates, where the sum is above 50, and not exceeding 100 dollars 25. More than 100, and not exceeding 500, 50. For every further sum above 500
100. Not to extend to wives, children, or grand-children. Notarial acts 25. Letters of attorney 25. Policies of insurance, From one district to another, in the United States 20. To and from the United States to any foreign country, for any sum exceeding 500 dollars 25. For every further sum, more than 500, 25. For every sum of 2000, or upwards 100. Probates of wills, and letters of administration 50.
Resolved, That after the day of there shall be paid, on all sales at auction (except in the cases of property sold upon execution, or by virtue of distresses for rent or tax, or in consequence of bankruptcies, and legal insolvencies, or where there have been general assignments for the benefit of creditors, or in cases where ships and goods have been stranded or wrecked, or in cases of sale by executors or administrators, or of produce sold upon the land where it is produced) at the rate of one per cent.
Resolved, That after the day of there shall be paid, upon all tobacco manufactured in the United States, 4 cents per lb. On all snuff 8 cents per lb.
That every manufacturer of tobacco or snuff, shall, on or before the day make entry, with the officer of inspection of the district in which he resides, of the house or building, in which the manufactory is carried on; and shall enter into bond, with sufficient surety, to render a faithful account, every three months, of the quantity of tobacco or snuff sold or sent out, within that period.
That, previous to taking in any tobacco, for the purpose of being manufactured, he shall notify the same to the office of inspection, and shall keep a book, in which shall be entered, daily, the quantity of tobacco or snuff sold or sent out in each day.
Resolved, That there be laid an additional duty of four cents per pound, upon all tobacco, eight cents per pound on all snuff, and two cents per pound on all refined sugar, imported into the United States, after the day of
Resolved, That after the day of there be paid, on all sugars refined within the United States, two cents per pound.
Resolved, That after the day of every person, selling distilled spirits or wines, for consumption out of their own dwellings; distilled spirits, in less quantity than twenty gallons; wines, in less quantity than thirty gallons, except in the original cask or package, in which they were imported, shall take out licences, to authorize the sale of such distilled spirits and wines, and shall pay, annually, For a licence to sell all foreign distilled spirits, 5 dollars. For a licence to sell all wines, 5 ditto.
Resolved, That the sum of 750,000 dollars be raised, by direct tax for the year 1794, to be apportioned among the states, agreeably to the rule prescribed by the constitution.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Items include: Appropriations for support of government 521,447. 24; Ditto, for war department, including fortifications 1,629,936. 1; Interest on public debt 2,849,194. 73; Frigates 700,000; Appropriations for foreign intercourse 1,000,000; Arsenals, &c. 343,640; Addition to the military establishment, &c. 650,000; Total: 7,694,217. 98
WAYS AND MEANS.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Items include: Surplus of revenue for 1793, 1,118,584. 19; Probable product of import for 1794, 3,300,000; Ditto, excise 400,000; Probable surplus of appropriations out of the revenues of 1793, 500,000; Balance, dollars 2,375,633. 79
Yesterday arrived the ship George Barclay, Capt. Collet, from London, with the following cabin passengers.
Capt. Collet sailed from London the 14th March, and Gravesend the 16th, and passed through the north passage.
Mrs. B. H. Fennell, Mr. James Fennell, Mr. Thomas Walker, Mrs. Catharine Walker, Mr. Thomas Walker, Miss Rose Walker,
Mr. Edward Willig, Mrs. Willig, Mr. Peter Coutant, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, Mr. Joseph Carr, Mrs. Mary Carr, Mr. Thomas Carr, Mr. Edward Jones, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Lydia Kempton, Mr. William Kempton, Miss Rebecca Gazem, and 32 in the steerage—all remarkably healthy.
A person has been detected and committed to jail in Halifax, (N. C.) who had in his possession sundry counterfeit Bank Notes; viz. a 20 Dollar Note of the Bank of North America—and a number of 5 Dollar Notes of the Bank of the United States.
For the Gazette of the United States.
To the EDITOR of the General Advertiser. CITIZEN,
Your Gazette has been compared to that of Brussels, and you have endeavored to exculpate it from the charge, by ironically) as I suppose you call it) supporting the comparison. But you should recollect, Citizen, that when things are compared, we do not always include in the comparison all the parts, qualities, &c. The Brussels Gazette for instance, is allowed to be, in many respects, a very useful paper: it is conducted with modesty, inculcates a due respect to the constituted authorities, obedience to the laws, a detestation of anarchy; & in this respect I am ready to confess that the comparison does not hold good. The Brussels Gazette is so noted for its incorrectness on recent occurrences, that Poole, to paint a liar in the strongest light, says that "he lies like the Brussels Gazette." Every one knows that this expression of the comedian is become proverbial; and if there is any, who is not convinced that it has been justly applied to the General Advertiser, let him read your Bulletin volant, published on the 18th of this month.
You say, "The Brussels Gazette treats the people as a swinish multitude; and so does the General Advertiser." What you meant here as irony "forsooth" is literally true. Is not the abovementioned Bulletin a sufficient proof of this! Would any one, who did not look on the public as swinishly ignorant, have published, and republished, that romantic story, with pretended confirmations of its truth, long after the city was in possession of proof of its resemblance to the Brussels Gazette? The other Printers of the City, behaved with much more respect to the people; it is true, they published the contents of this Bulletin volant, but they at the same time took effectual care to prevent its being believed by telling us from whence they had extracted it. Thus then a comparison between these two famous Gazettes was not inapplicable, even according to your own words; and why then be offended at it?
Salut, Citizen. B.
Philadelphia, 1st May, 1794.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, April 30.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in this city.
"The people emigrating, the attorney-general prosecuting, Pitt boasting, opposition grumbling, his Majesty hunting, the Queen pocketing, Royal Frederick spending, and the poor starving—and to Crown the whole, we are, one and all, next Friday, to betake ourselves to fasting and praying.—Ga Ira."
PROGNOSTICS OF WAR.
"The bay-trees in our country all are wither'd, And meteors fright the fixed stars of heav'n; The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody on the earth; And lean-look prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and sing."
THE office of the President and Directors of the INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, is removed to No. 127, South Front street, being the south east corner of From and Walnut streets.
May 1. t&f 1 m.
NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, May 2.
Will be performed, A TRAGEDY, called
OTHELLO,
The MOOR of VENICE.
To which will be added, A COMIC OPERA, written by the Author of the Poor Soldier, called Peeping Tom of Coventry.

ADVERTISEMENT.  SALES at NEW-YORK, by A. L. BLECKER & SONS, On Thursday the 15th May next at Twelve o'clock at the Tontine Coffee House, THE FOLLOWING  Tracts of Land, In Watkins and Flint's purchase, in the county of Tioga, state of New York. The following containing acres Southwest quar. of Township No. 2, 9,424 Northwest do. do. 4, 5,647 Northeast do. do. 6, 10,525 Southeast do. do. 7, 9,000 Southwest do. do. 8, 3,957 Northwest do. do. 8, 6,450 Southeast do. do. 9, 6,250 Southwest do. do. 10, 9,000 Northwest do. do. 10, 10,475 70,521
These lands are rapidly increasing in value, large settlements are already made in several of the townships; the goodness of soil, and the advantages in point of situation being so well known, render any further description unnecessary. A map of the tracts and conditions of sale may be seen at No. 10, Queen Street, New-York. April 10. tuth&st14M
—NO. 21— Second street, between Market and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.  POYNTELL'S AMERICAN MANUFACTORY OF  PAPER HANGINGS,
WHERE he keeps up a constant stock of ten thousand pieces for sale, comprising every variety of colours, in grounds and figures, or the most modern and tasteful patterns, for every part of a house. The perfection attained in this manufactory, in peculiar neatness of workmanship, durability of colours, variety in designs, and good quality of the paper, will be found to exceed any European papers at the same moderate prices. An elegant variety of rich fancy festoon & narrow borders, and of stucco and other coloured panel papers. Plain grounds made to any colour or shade. Wholesale orders for any quantity, from the country or for exportation, executed on a short notice, on advantageous terms, on usual credit. In addition to the above assortment, he has a beautiful variety of
French paper hangings of very superior quality. (Paris manufactory) with a variety of Rich Borders. April 25. tuth&sw
A New Novel. To the LADIES of Philadelphia. This Day is Published by  MATHEW CAREY, 118, Market Street, Price, u.d. five-eighths of a dollar, sewed in marbled paper, half a dollar,  Charlotte, a tale of Truth, IN TWO VOLUMES.
By Mrs. ROWSON, of the New Theatre, Philadelphia, Author of Victoria, the Inquisitor, the Fille de Chambre, &c. Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have given the following character.
IT may be a Tale of Truth, for it is of unnatural, and it is a tale of real distress.—Charlotte, by the artifice of a teacher, recommended to a school, from humanity rather than a conviction of her integrity, of the regularity of her former conduct, is enticed from her governess, and accompanies a young officer to America.—The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten, is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the inconstancy of her lover, and treachery of his friend.—The situations are artless and affecting—the descriptions natural and pathetic; we should feel for Charlotte if such a person ever existed, who for one error or frailty, perhaps, deserved so severe a punishment. If it is a fiction, poetic justice is not, we think, properly distributed. Said Carey has just published,
A 2 sheet map of Kentucky compiled by Elihu Barker, price one dollar and two thirds. War Atlas, containing maps of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Provinces, the Netherlands, and the West Indies. Price two dollars. Map of New Jersey—Half a dollar. Map of Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia—Price three eighths of a dollar each. April 29. tuth&3w
Concluding Sales. THE Subscriber having entered into partnership with Mr. John Bartholomew in the business of Sugar Refining, will dispose of the
Remaining Stock on hand CONSISTING OF Silver, Plated, & Japan Wares, Plated Coach & Saddle Furniture, &c. &c. By Wholesale at Prime Cost for Cash.  John Dorsey, No. 22, North 3d Street. April 1. tuth&sw
The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeit Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are a good general imitation of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the following
M A R K S. Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States. ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O. in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O. to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word. In the word United the letters are narrower and closer together than the rest of the bill. The i and f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i. The engraving is badly executed, the strokes of all the Letters are stronger and the device in the margin particularly is much coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some of the counterfeits bear date in 1791—Whereas the Bank was not in operation till December, and no five dollar bills were issued in that year. Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America. ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. They are printed on a paper nearly similar to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in number thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits. The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the v being less than the m, and others following. There is no stroke to the t in the word North whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined. The letters cut in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are to cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and the y going below them. The signature J Nixon, has the appearance of being written with lamb-black and oil, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cashier's signature. It is supposed these forgeries were committed in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been apprehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the author of them. The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz. The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the Bills are printed. The person or persons, who engraved the plates. The printer or printers, of the bills. Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. Philadelphia, March 28, 1794
Other counterfeit bills of the Bank of the United States have appeared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphabetical mark is the letter B. They may be distinguished from the genuine by the following MARKS: The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender texture and glossier surface than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them. The letter C. in the word Cashier, in the true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinished state. The letter a in the word demand, is badly formed and the whole word ill done, and there is no comma at the end of it, as there is in the genuine bills. The marginal device, is much darker in the false, than in the genuine bills owing to the shade strokes being coarser, much nearer together, and consequently much more numerous. This difference strikes the eye at first view. The same reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, & prosecuting to conviction the several above described Offenders in respect to this, as to the last described bills. THOMAS WILLING, President of the Bank of the United States. JOHN NIXON, President of the Bank of North America. By order of the Committees of the Respective Boards.
TO BE SOLD,  A large elegant House,  and Lot of Ground, In an eligible situation,—also a Country Seat within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of land, or 42 acres of land and meadow, the House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity of the city, in size, or convenience. For particulars apply to the printer. m&thtf
ADVERTISEMENT. OF the money robbed from the mail near Baltimore, by Doctor Gant, 110 dollars were afterwards sent by an unknown hand, to the Postmaster at Baltimore, who transmitted the same to the General Post Office. The sufferers by that robbery are desired to state the amount of their losses respectively, and transmit the same, with the original letters of their correspondents (where recovered) or other evidence thereof to the General Post Office, before the first day of June next, immediately after which a dividend will be made among the claimants. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Post Master General. Gen. Post Office, April 4, 1794. iaw6w
JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE SOLD BY  THOMAS DOBSON, No. 41, South Second Street, Extract of a letter from a gentleman in America to a friend in England, on the Subject of Emigration—price 1 8th of a dollar. Ecclesiastical Establishments detrimental to a State. Price 1 8 of a Dollar. April 22. mw&f3w
Just Imported, In the ship Abigail, Captain Horton, from St Peterburgh in Russia, and now landing at Russell's wharf, HEMP, BAR IRON, RUSSIA SHEETINGS, RAVENS DUCK, RUSSIA DUCK, And for sale at the stores of the subscriber in Walnut street, No. 22. John Donaldson. d1w w&tf
The annual election FOR Directors and a Treasurer OF THE Library Company of Philadelphia, WILL be held at the LIBRARY, in Fifth street, on Monday the fifth of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the treasurer will attend to receive the annual payments. As there are several shares on which fines are due, the owners of them, or their representatives, are hereby notified, that they will be forfeited, agreeably to the laws of the Company, unless the said arrears are paid off on the fifth day of May, or within ten days after. By Order of the Directors. BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, Secretary April 7. m&w 15th May.
Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of April in the eighteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Davies of the said district hath deposited in this office the title of a map, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit; "A Ground Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia, taken from actual survey; containing an exact description of all the squares, streets and alleys in the City and Liberties; of the situation of all the principal public buildings; of the rivulets, and as much of the Canal as lies within the compass of the draft, by H. P. Folie: published by the Proprietor, Benjamin Davies." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. April 9. w&sw
Lately Published,  SOLD BY  Thomas Dobson, No. 41, South Second Street: THE History of New-Hampshire, from the Discovery of the River Piscataqua—by Jeremy Belknap, D. D. 3 Vols. Price in Boards, 4 1 2 Dollars. The Forrester, an American Fable, being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. Price, 75 Cents. A Dialogue, intended to commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus; delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, October 23d, 1792, being the completion of the Third Century, since that memorable event. To which are added, Four Dissertations, connected with the subject—By the same author. Price, 50 Cents. March 17. tuth&gw
Those persons who undertake to cut timber or wood of any kind whatever, from any lands of the real estate of the late Richard Stockton Esq. deceased, in the western precinct of the county of Somerset in the state of New Jersey, under a pretence of a right to cut on lands adjacent, are requested to desist from so doing, or they will be proceeded against in such manner as may prove troublesome and expensive to themselves. April 16. w&ss2w
ADVERTISEMENT. THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE & SALE of STOCKS on COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States, will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLECKER. m&thtf
Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall-street, New-York. Philad. April 22, 1794. * * Notice, agreeably to charter, is hereby given to the members of the Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and children of Presbyterian Ministers, that a meeting of said corporation is to take place, on the 22d day of May next, in the Second Presbyterian church in the city of Philadelphia, at 4 o'clock P. M. for the dispatch of all such business as may then be brought before the board. ASHBEL GREEN, Secretary of the Corporation. tuth&st
Just Published, AND TO BE SOLD BY  THOMAS DOBSON, At the Stone house, No. 41, South Second Street,  Historical Collections: CONSISTING OF  STATE PAPERS, And other authentic Documents, intended as materials for an History of the United States of America. BY EBENEZER HAZARD, A. M. In two large quarto volumes, price ten dollars in boards. Subscribers will be furnished with the 2d. volume on paying three dollars and a quarter—having paid five dollars and a quarter on receiving the first. This second volume comprehends, among other interesting particulars, a complete copy of the Records of the United Colonies of N. England, in which the conduct of the commissioners respecting the general concerns of the colonies—the neighbouring Indians—and the Dutch at Manhattan (now New York) is particularly detailed. * * Materials are collected sufficient to form a THIRD VOLUME, The time of publishing will depend on the encouragement to be derived from subscriptions which will be received by Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia; Jere. Libbey, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Thomas & Andrews, & Dav. West, Boston; Asa Thomas, Worcester; Isaac Beers, New Haven; Timothy Green, New London; Jacob Richardson, Newport; John Carter, Providence; Hugh Gaine, Thomas Allen, and Samuel Campbell, New York; Frederick Craig, Wilmington, Delaware; James Rice, Baltimore; Mr. Lindsey, Norfolk; David Henderson, Fredericksburg; John Grammar, Petersburg; Augustine Davis, Richmond; F. X. Martin, Newbern, N. C. John Brad, Wilmington; and William Price Young, Charleston. April 4. mw&f3w
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, April 16th, 1794.  Communications by post or otherwise, will be received by way of information at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue from persons willing to supply him on Cannon, Cannon Ball, and Shells, for the fortifications and Ships of War. The funds of the founders in smelting, in preparing and mixing the metal, and in casting and boring the cannon (which are to be cast solid) will require to be particularly stated. Similar communications will also be received from any persons willing to supply live oak and red cedar timber for the construction of the ships of war. Different plans of procuring and supplying the same may be proposed. The convenience of the situation in regard to navigation, and the state of the timber whether already fallen or hereafter to be cut, will require to be noticed. All the necessary particulars in regard to the several articles which are wanted, will be specified in contracts intended to be grounded in part on the information, which is hereby sought. April 29. 3 t.
PASSAGE POUR ST. DOMINGUE. Tous les François qui se sont presenté ou voudront se presenter pour avoir une prompte passage pour St. Domingue, sont instamment priés de laisser leurs noms aujourd'hui ou demain, dans le comptoir de James Mc. Curach & Co. No. 42 Dock street, qui se proposent d'envoyer son bâtiment le Samedi prochain 3 de Mai: le bâtiment est tout prêt pour faire à la voile avec des bonnes accommodations pour prendre passagers a bord. April 29. 3 t.
NANKEENS. Nankeens of Superior Quality, FOR SALE AT No. 40, north Fifth Street. April 21. mw&tf
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, No. 3 South Fourth Street.