Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1798-05-31 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, No. 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1785.]
PHILADELPHIA: THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1798.
[VOLUME XIII.]
FOR LIVERPOOL,
THE SHIP LIBERTY, ISAAC VANDENBERGER, Master.
A good new vessel, fails well—Lying at Clifford's Wharf, will sail about the tenth of next month...
FOR SALE,
THE NEW AND REMARKABLE EAST SAILING Schooner's MAXIMILIAN, JOHN J. WILDEBE, Master.
Waln's wharf—her length is 69 feet 6 inches, breadth, 20 feet, 5 inches, depth 8 feet 6 inches...
120 Tierces of Rice,
Landing on board the Schooner Elizabeth, Captain Hatch.
For Cape Francois,
THE SHIP NORTH AMERICA, BARNES, Master.
TO sail in eight or ten days—For freight or passage apply to Pratt & Kintzing.
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The remarkably fast sailing Brig PENNSYLVANIA, JEREMIAH TATEM, Master.
She will sail in ten days—For freight or passage, apply to JAMES YARD.
For Sale, or Charter,
THE ARMED SHIP BELVIDERE, JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Master.
Lying at Jefferson Robert Waln's wharf, burthen 236 tons, built at New-York, by Mr. Cheeseman in 1793...
FOR SALE,
THE BRIG AMAZON, For Sale, or Charter. Nicklin & Griffith.
JUST ARRIVED,
In the brig Goyol, capt. Bingham, from St. Martins. A quantity of SALT, of an excellent quality.
FOR SALE,
195 boxes white } Havannah Sugar. 107 do. brown. 200 Hides.
FOR SALE,
A Black Man, WHO has five years and a half to serve, is a good coachman, an excellent waiter...
FOR SALE,
THE SHIP RICHMOND, JUST arrived from the East-Indies and lying at Latimer's Wharf.
Live Oak and Cedar and in every respect as excellent a frame, as perhaps was ever put together...
LANDING,
At Walnut Street Wharf, from on board the brig Amiable Matilda, William Brown, Master, from Bourdeaux.
FOR SALE,
Thomas & John Keiland. Said Brig for sale, With two pair four pound CANNON, and one pair 12lb. CARRONADES.
NOW LANDING,
From on board the brig Amiable Matilda, from Bourdeaux, and for sale by the subscriber, 88 casks CLARET.
WHO HAS ON HAND,
White Wine in half Casks. Sweet Oil of a superior quality, in boxes and baskets.
TO BE SOLD, LET,
Or exchanged for property in the city of Philadelphia. A Valuable Two Story Stone House, and lot or piece of ground, in Potts Town, in the county of Montgomery.
The following Certificates of FUNDED DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES
STANDING on the Books of the treasury, were forwarded for London by the ship William Penn, Captain Josiah, which has been captured, and the Certificates supposed to be lost, viz:
FOR SALE,
THE whole or one half of a PLANTATION on the river Delaware, between Burlington and Bordentown (two miles from the latter), containing about 400 acres...
FOR SALE,
JOSEPH RICARDO, Of this City, Merchant, has aliened his property for the benefit of his creditors, to James C. Fisher, Samuel W. Fisher, and Thomas Wilson.
FOR SALE,
WILLIAM MERRIDITH, Attorney at Law. HAS Removed to No. 127 Chestnut-Street, where Titles to Real estates are examined and Briefs thereof and Conveyances of every kind, prepared.
Collector's Office,
Philadelphia, May 15, 1798. FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
At the Custom-House, on Friday, the fifteenth of June, 1798, the following merchandise, which remain in the Custom-House stores more than nine months, unclaimed by the owners or consignees thereof:
Will be sold for Cash,
At eight o'clock on the Evening of MONDAY the eleventh day of June next, at the Merchants' Coffee house, in Philadelphia, if not previously disposed of at private sale.
Valuable patented LAND,
In the county of Glynn, in the State of Georgia, and the counties of Bath and Randolph in the State of Virginia.
FOR SALE,
THE following Certificates of Shares IN the North American Land Company, standing on the Books of said Company in the name of Daniel Lister, of Hackney, in the county of Middlesex, England—viz. No. 2151, representing 13096 to 13105, ten shares—No. 2150—13066 to 13075, ten shares—No. 2149—13056 to 13065, ten shares—No. 2148—11509 to 11518, ten shares—No. 2147—11471 to 11480—Amounting to Forty Shares, were forwarded for London by the ship William Penn, which having been captured, said certificates are supposed to be lost; for the renewal of which, application will be made to the Board of the said Company.
FOR SALE,
THE whole or one half of a PLANTATION on the river Delaware, between Burlington and Bordentown (two miles from the latter), containing about 400 acres...
FOR SALE,
JOSEPH RICARDO, Of this City, Merchant, has aliened his property for the benefit of his creditors, to James C. Fisher, Samuel W. Fisher, and Thomas Wilson.
FOR SALE,
WILLIAM MERRIDITH, Attorney at Law. HAS Removed to No. 127 Chestnut-Street, where Titles to Real estates are examined and Briefs thereof and Conveyances of every kind, prepared.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, May 15. (Continued from yesterday's Gazette.)
Mr. SEWALL said, it was a very difficult thing to restrict the right of petitioning; but it was very evident that some restriction ought to be put upon it, if possible. He believed there might be petitions so offensive in their manner and matter, as not to be suffered to have a public reading; there might be others, which on being read, should be found unfit to be referred. Of the latter kind he thought the present. Certain persons, it seems, have associated for the purpose of military exercise, and have thought proper to express their very extraordinary sentiments to Congress. Whether these sentiments were founded or unfounded, he would not enquire, but only whether they were decently expressed. He admitted the right which these people had to exercise their opinions upon all government measures, and that they might therefore say whether they thought the agents who conferred with our commissioners were authorized, or not. But do these proceedings go no farther? Have they the right to say that government have neglected their duty; to say that they have wilfully and designedly misled the people contrary to the interests of the community, by falsely and wantonly perverting the dispatches of our envoys for the purpose of producing a war with the French republic? And are these suggestions not only to be heard, but acted upon, as if they were proper subjects for their consideration and future debate. The very suggestion ought, in his opinion, to have excited an indignation which would immediately have rejected such a paper. He was astonished to hear the gentleman from Pennsylvania, tho' he acknowledged the impropriety of the thing, go into arguments in favour of referring it; that he should say we ought to convince them of their error. He (Mr. S.) believed if they themselves could not see it, it would scarcely be proper for the house to enter into an argument with them on the subject. If the charges in this paper are founded, they lie against this house, as much as any other branch of the government, for concurring in the publication of the late dispatches; therefore, this house have held out false colours, according to these people, as well as the other branches of the government. He would, at once reject such an address; he would say to be subscribers, "take back your suggestions—they are altogether groundless."
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by virtue of a Decree of the Chancellor, will be held at Public Auction, at Snowhill, Maryland, on the first Friday in June next, part of a tract of Land called STRUGGLE, lying in Worcester county, and all the rest of the Real Estate of Joshua Townsend, deceased, for the payment of his debts.
CONTRACTS.
THE Managers of the alms house and house of employment, in this city, will receive proposals in writing, to be left at said house on or before Wednesday the 24th instant, from any person or persons, willing to contract for furnishing Fresh Provisions, Beef, Pork, Mutton and Veal, for the use of the poor in said houses for one year: The contract to commence on the first of June ensuing; the meat to be fresh and marketable, and to be supplied in quarters, fore and hind alternately, or in sides or carcases, as required. Also, for supplying milk for the use of the said poor. The milk to be new, sweet, and unadulterated, and the supply to commence on the 14th of June ensuing.
By order of the Board of Managers, JOHN CUMMINGS, Steward.
FOR LIVERPOOL,
THE SHIP LIBERTY, ISAAC VANDENBERGER, Master.
A good new vessel, fails well—Lying at Clifford's Wharf, will sail about the tenth of next month...
FOR SALE,
THE NEW AND REMARKABLE EAST SAILING Schooner's MAXIMILIAN, JOHN J. WILDEBE, Master.
Waln's wharf—her length is 69 feet 6 inches, breadth, 20 feet, 5 inches, depth 8 feet 6 inches...
120 Tierces of Rice,
Landing on board the Schooner Elizabeth, Captain Hatch.
For Cape Francois,
THE SHIP NORTH AMERICA, BARNES, Master.
TO sail in eight or ten days—For freight or passage apply to Pratt & Kintzing.
FOR LIVERPOOL,
The remarkably fast sailing Brig PENNSYLVANIA, JEREMIAH TATEM, Master.
She will sail in ten days—For freight or passage, apply to JAMES YARD.
For Sale, or Charter,
THE ARMED SHIP BELVIDERE, JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Master.
Lying at Jefferson Robert Waln's wharf, burthen 236 tons, built at New-York, by Mr. Cheeseman in 1793...
FOR SALE,
THE BRIG AMAZON, For Sale, or Charter. Nicklin & Griffith.
JUST ARRIVED,
In the brig Goyol, capt. Bingham, from St. Martins. A quantity of SALT, of an excellent quality.
FOR SALE,
195 boxes white } Havannah Sugar. 107 do. brown. 200 Hides.
FOR SALE,
A Black Man, WHO has five years and a half to serve, is a good coachman, an excellent waiter...

have, that we are the Servants of the People, they have seized this occasion of charging us with the intention of bringing about domestic subjugation.
But the gentleman from Pennsylvania says, if this be their opinion, the people have a right to express it. It is true, Mr. R. said, that any man has a right to send another an indecent letter; but the person to whom it is addressed has also the right to say whether he will receive it or not. These gentlemen might have laid, our commissioners were scoundrels; they had a right to say so, by the reasoning of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, but it certainly would not be proper for Congress to give such a paper a reference. It was not an extreme case, to suppose the Virginia Grenadiers thought our Envoys scoundrels, for there were many, of their way of thinking on political subjects, who regarded the dispatches as a fabrication of the Envoys and the Executive, contrived for the purpose of involving us in a war with France, and he had been told that half the people of this city believed the Executive had practiced this deception. Whatever right people may have to hold and express these opinions, he thought if they were sent to Congress they ought not to be countenanced by a reference.
But gentleman say, addresses approving of the conduct of the Executive and the government are received without objection, whilst those with contrary sentiments are frequently objected against. This was not the case; if gentlemen would recollect the proceedings of yesterday, the day before, and of every day for twenty or thirty days past, they would see that this charge was not founded. What was the nature of the first addresses which were sent to Congress on the subject of our present situation? It would be recollected they all opposed arming our vessels and deprecated the measures as leading to war. They were, however, expressed in decent terms, and tho' in opposition to the opinions of a majority of this house, they were received without objection. One of these petitions from the eastward presented by the gentleman who sits behind him, (Mr. Varnum) was objected to by a gentleman from Connecticut, he conceiving, on hearing it read, that it contained some improper expressions, and he did not wish to deny it a reference, but merely requested it might lie on the table for a day—it was however immediately committed. Mr. R. knew that the people had a right to petition, and that it was the duty of Congress to attend to their representations; but he also knew that it was the duty of Congress to respect themselves so far, as to require these petitions to be expressed in decent terms. What, said Mr. R. will be the effect in Europe of receiving petitions like the present? What will the French Executive (a body in which every species of corruption is personified) say to it? They will not only deny the truth of what our Commissioners have related, but they will say to the people of France, they will say to the people of Europe, "even in America this calumny is not believed." The conversations of Talleyrand, X, Y, and Z, as reported by our Commissioners, they will say is a mere contrivance, the production of the Anglo, Monarchico, Aristocratico faction in America. They will say this, and corroborate it by referring to some of the speeches in Congress, and the petition on the table, in which the French agents are called unauthorized persons, and their villainy spoken of, nor without contempt and abhorrence, but with ridicule. This would be giving to Citizen Talleyrand and his associates the best justification they can offer for themselves. Mr. R. hoped, therefore, the resolutions would not be referred.
(To be continued.)
The following Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, exhibits a calculation of the quotas of the respective States, in a tax of two millions of dollars, proportioned to the number of free white persons, and three-fifths of the number of slaves, as ascertained by the Census.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 25th, 1798.
SIR, HAVING been requested to exhibit a calculation of the quotas of the respective States in a tax of two millions of dollars, proportioned to the number of free white persons, and three-fifths of the number of slaves, as ascertained by the census; also my opinion of what would be a proper rule for apportioning to individuals the proposed tax on lands, houses and slaves, I respectfully submit the following results and observations.
The enumeration or census by which the tax must be apportioned, was taken with reference to the first Monday of August, 1790, when the number of persons in the United States was as follows:—
  Free white males of sixteen years and upwards, including heads of families, $13,365,802   Free white females under sixteen years 802,127   Free white males, including heads of families, 1,556,682   Other free persons, exclusive of Indians, 59,511   Total number of free persons, exclusive of Indians, 3,231,631   Slaves 697,697, of which number three-fifth parts are taken, or, 418,619   Total, or representative number, 3,650,250 
The following are the quotas of the respective States, in a tax of two millions of dollars, calculated according to their relative numbers of free persons, exclusive of Indians, and including three-fifths of the number of slaves; to wit:—
  The quota of New Hampshire, 77,705.36.1   Massachusetts, 260,435.31.2   Rhode Island, 37,502.8.   Connecticut, 129,767.2   Vermont, 46,864.18.7   New-York, 181,680.70.7   New-Jersey, 98,387.25.3   Pennsylvania, 237,177.72.7   Delaware, 30,430.79.2   Maryland, 152,599.95.4   Virginia, 345,488.66.5   Kentucky, 37,643.99.7   North-Carolina, 193,697.96.5   Tennessee, 18,806.38.3   South-Carolina, 112,997.73.9   Georgia, 38,814.87.5   Total of the proposed tax, 2,000,000. 
It is proposed that the direct tax be assessed to individuals in the following manner:—
 1st. On dwelling houses, to be distributed into nine classes, and taxed uniformly in each class.  2d. On slaves, to be taxed uniformly.  3d. On lands, to be taxed at such a rate ad valorem in each state, as with the sums assessed on houses and slaves, will produce the entire amount of the sums apportioned to the respective states.  It being proposed to tax dwelling houses and slaves, by uniform rules, an estimate of the sums which may be assessed on these objects, appears to be important.
1st. Of dwelling houses.—The number of free persons in the United States, in the year 90,17 was 3,231,631—The number at present may be estimated at four millions—It is computed that there is a dwelling house for every seven persons—Of course, that there are about five hundred and seventy thousand dwelling houses in the United States.
It is proposed, by the bill as reported, to exempt from specific taxation, all houses, with the lots on which they are erected, not exceeding two acres in any case, of which the value is less than two hundred dollars. It is important to ascertain what would be the probable effect of an exemption of this nature, and it is much to be regretted that the public documents afford no certain data for calculation. After a due consideration of information, recently obtained, it however appears probable, that a much more considerable number of houses would be exempted than was contemplated by the committee—owing to the great number of settlements which have been lately formed, and the moderate value of land, in large districts of the United States, it is not unlikely that two hundred and twenty thousand houses would be included in the exemption, as houses are believed to be the most certain and eligible objects of taxation, to which resort can be had; as inconveniences might arise from an exemption in favor of what probably is the most numerous description of houses in some parts of the country, and as in new settlements dwelling houses of small value ought not to be considered as indications of poverty, the following classification, which is somewhat different from that reported, is respectfully submitted, to wit:—
 1st Class—To comprise all houses and lots not exceeding two acres, on which the same are erected, exceeding eighty dollars in value, and not exceeding two hundred dollars.  2d Class—To comprise all houses and lots, exceeding in value two hundred dollars and not exceeding six hundred dollars.  3d Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value six hundred dollars, and not exceeding twelve hundred dollars.  4th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value twelve hundred dollars, and not exceeding two thousand dollars.  5th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value two thousand dollars, and not exceeding four thousand dollars.  6th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value four thousand dollars, and not exceeding six thousand dollars.  7th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value six thousand dollars, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars.  8th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value ten thousand dollars, and not exceeding twenty five thousand dollars.  9th Class—To comprise all houses and lots exceeding in value twenty five thousand dollars. 
Notwithstanding it is proposed to assess a tax on all houses exceeding the value of eighty dollars, yet a considerable number would still remain exempted—It is probable, however, that if the above mentioned rule of classification should be adopted, that five hundred thousand houses would be included.
The following estimate of the number of houses of each class, and rate of assessment, are submitted to the committee.
  Class Number of houses Rate of assessment Dollars   1st Class 150,000 at 50 cents each 75,000   2d Class 200,000 do. at Dols. 1. 50 300,000   3d Class 200,000 do. at 3 600,000   4th Class 30,000 do. at 6 180,000   5th Class 10,000 at 12 120,000   6th Class 5,000 at 20 100,000   7th Class 3,000 at 30 90,000   8th Class 1,500 at 60 90,000   9th Class 500 at 120 60,000   500,000   Estimate of the product of the proposed tax on houses dolls. 1,315,000 
2d. Of Slaves.—A tax of two millions of dollars apportioned to the aggregate number of free persons in the United States, and to two-fifths of the number of slaves according to the census, would be as follows:—
  Proportion of 3,231,631, free persons, 1,770,635.43   Proportion of 418,619, being three-fifths of the number of slaves, 229,364.57   Total 2,000,000   The number of slaves in the United States has probably increased since the time when the census was taken; but as it will doubtless be deemed advisable to exempt certain descriptions, especially the aged and infirm, it will not be safe to calculate on a greater number than six hundred thousand taxable slaves.   A tax of thirty-eight cents on each slave, may be calculated to produce, dollars 228,000.—This sum nearly corresponds with the ratio of assessment to slaves according to the constitution, which may be presumed to afford a rule equally equitable in respect to individuals.   3d. Of Lands.—According to the preceding estimate, the tax on houses, as proposed, would produce dollars, 1,315,000 And the tax on slaves, 228,000 Leaving to be raised by an assessment ad valorem, upon lands, the sum of 457,000   Amount of the proposed tax, dolls. 2,000,000 
The sum proposed to be assessed on lands, will be found to be less in proportion to other objects, than would be payable in most of the states if the state systems should be adopted: It must also appear to be a tax really moderate when the immense value of that species of property in the United States is duly considered.—The variety of the principles upon which the state assessments have been formed, precludes, however, the possibility of an estimate of the probable rate of assessment in the different states.
To facilitate the receipt of the tax into the Treasury; to exemplify the operation of the law upon the different objects of taxation; to diminish the risk of collection; and render the burden as light as possible to individuals; it is proposed that the proportions to be laid on houses and slaves should be immediately assessed and passed to the credit of the respective quotas of states; while these parts of the tax are in course of collection, arrangements can be made for taking a valuation of the lands, and apportioning the balances, to be collected as a second instalment of the proposed tax.
I have the honor to be, with perfect respect, Sir, your obedient servant, OLIVER WOLCOTT. The Hon. Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.
TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN NIXON & Co. A quantity of very excellent LOGWOOD NOW LANDING AT THEIR WHARF.
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, Mar 31.
CONGRESS. Yesterday, the House of Representatives of the United States, in committee of the whole, were again engaged in discussing the motion of Mr. GALLATIN to strike out that section of the bill for laying and collecting Direct Taxes, which went to lay three-fourths of the Two Millions of Dollars proposed to be raised by a tax on lands, houses and slaves, to be raised from houses, the question upon which, after a long discussion, was carried 45 to 39. The committee then rose and had leave to sit again.—A bill was reported by Mr. SEWALL, and made the order for this day, for suspending all commercial intercourse between the United States and the French Republic and its dependencies. The Senate informed the house that the President had approved and signed the act for raising a Provisional Army, and the act for the further protection of the Commerce and Coasts of the United States.—A resolution was proposed to the house by Mr. MACON proposing an adjournment of both Houses of Congress on the 14th of June. On motion of Mr. Harper, it was ordered to lie on the table till this day.
The following address was presented to the President of the United States, by Mr. Hanna.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The address of the Inhabitants of Middletown and its vicinity, in the county of Dauphin and state of Pennsylvania.
SIR, AT a period so interesting as the present, when the political situation of the United States has become so precarious with respect to the belligerent powers, and especially the French Republic; at a time when a haughty nation, evidently aspiring to the dominion of the universe and the subjugation of all nations, are repeatedly committing the most aggravated and unprovoked depredations on our commerce, refusing to attend to the just remonstrances of our government, treating with the most pointed contempt and neglect its representatives, who are furnished with the most ample powers and instructions for adjusting and terminating all our differences amicably, and with unparalleled effrontery declaring to the world that we are a divided people, dissatisfied with our government, and under the arbitrary influence of a foreign nation: at such a time it becomes a duty incumbent on every true and unprejudiced American to come forward, and by an open and candid avowal of his sentiments, endeavour to rescue his country from the odium attempted to be cast upon it by such calumnious aspersions.
We therefore, the subscribers, impressed with a proper regard for the welfare and happiness of our country, do beg you, Sir, to accept this public testimony of our entire approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive, and relying with the fullest confidence on your wisdom, integrity, and patriotic exertions, in concert with the other branches of the Legislature, we shall deem it our indispensable duty to be ready upon all occasions, with cheerfulnes, to contribute, as much as in our power lies, to the support of government, and the vindication of our national honor and independence.
With these sentiments, Sir, we offer our sincere and unfeigned wishes for your personal happiness and prosperity, and that your services in a political capacity, may ever meet the deserved approbation of your country. (Signed by 147.) May 19th, 1798.
To the inhabitants of Middletown, and its vicinity, in the county of Dauphin, and state of Pennsylvania. GENTLEMEN.
THIS concise, but comprehensive address, contains every assurance, which the government can desire, from the best of citizens at this critical moment.
To me, it is particularly obliging, and deserves my thanks, to the public, it must be satisfactory, and will receive its applause. JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May 30th, 1798.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:—
The respectful address of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of Newport, in the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations.
SIR, AT this alarming crisis, when a foreign power cherishes the unfounded and dangerous opinion, that the people and the government of the United States are divided, and is thereby encouraged to entertain the most hostile projects against both; we consider it our duty, to declare to you and the world, that our affections are wedded to our constitution and our government, that all the objects of your administration, and the means by which they have been pursued, particularly as they regard the republic of France, possess our most cordial approbation and grateful applause.
Believing peace to be the true policy of our country, we rejoice to find, by your instructions to our Envoys, that you have endeavoured, by every prudent and honorable expedient, to avert the calamities of war, and to preserve undiminished, the public harmony and prosperity; and we are conscious that you could not have gone further, in the pursuit of this object, without violating the good faith, prostrating the honor, or surrendering the independence of the United States.
On an occasion so interesting, we beg leave to offer you the assurance, of our respect; solemnly pledging ourselves, that, by uniting closely with the government, reposing in it a liberal confidence, acquiescing
cheerfully in whatever burdens the public exigencies may require, we will, with zeal, with perseverance, and all the energy of a people determined to be free and independent, resist foreign influence, and repel foreign aggression. (Signed by 317 persons.)
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Newport, in the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. GENTLEMEN.
I THANK you for this cordial address. When you declare to the world, that your affections are wedded to your constitution and government; that all the objects of my administration and the means by which they have been pursued, particularly as they regard the Republic of France, possess your most cordial approbation and grateful applause; that I have endeavored, by every prudent and honorable expedient, to avert the calamities of war, and preserve undiminished, the public harmony and prosperity, and that I could not have gone further in the pursuit of these objects, without violating the good faith, prostrating the honor, or surrendering the independence of the United States, that by uniting closely with the government, reposing in it a liberal confidence, acquiescing cheerfully in whatever burdens the public exigencies may require, you will, with zeal and perseverance, and all the energy of a people determined to be free and independent, resist foreign influence, and repel foreign aggression;—you deserve well of your country, and command my most hearty thanks.
JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May 28th, 1798.
WE, the Young Men of the City of New-Brunswick, and its vicinity, in the counties of Middlesex and Somerset, beg leave to present ourselves before the President of the United States, and to make a tender of our services and lives in support of the independence and liberties of our country.
We are sensible, that every thing, which justice and sound policy could dictate, has been done for the preservation of peace with the French Republic; and it is with regret we learn, that all conciliatory measures have proved ineffectual. France will not hear. France, perhaps, is conscious, that she has injured and insulted us too deeply ever to forgive. Her ambition has no bounds; new victories and new conquests serve only to fan its flames. To be nations banished, degraded, and prostrate at her feet is her pleasure, and her pride. Nothing short of enslaving the world will satiate her appetite for rule. What is her language and what her conduct to the American government? Ah! pardon for the outrages and insults against you, and pay for the spoliation on your commerce, and then your commissioners of peace shall be admitted to an audience. Dread our diplomatic skill—Remember the fate of Venice; she is no more—Know, that you are a divided people, and that our party in your country is strong, and ready to strike. Is this the language, and the demeanor of one republic towards another? What more can the despot say to his tributary and slave?
Obedience to the laws, reverence for our federal constitution, and love for our country were early and deeply impressed on our minds. When that country calls, we shall not be deaf to her voice. For our lives we hold cheap when put in competition with our national honor and independence. May the Eternal direct our public councils, and long preserve our Chief Magistrate! May our constitution and union be perpetual, and our country free and happy! (Signed by 110.)
To the YOUNG MEN of the City of New-Brunswick and its vicinity, in the Counties of Middlesex and Somerset, in the State of New Jersey. GENTLEMEN.
I understand not whether any address ever expressed more feeling in so few words. I understand the language of France as you interpret it; Ah! pardon for the outrages and insults we have committed on your commerce, and then a man who says he has some influence will use it to procure for your Envoys an audience. Can a Young man wish for long life in a country, so degraded, below the character of man, as to submit to such insults?
JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May 24.
ADDRESS From the Citizens of the townships of Amwell, Readington and Kingwood, in the State of New-Jersey.
To the President of the United States. SIR,
We should do violence to the respect and loyalty we possess for our first magistrate, and the attachment, love and veneration which we entertain for our constitution and cherish for our country, if we were to remain silent when our honour is insulted, our interests injured and our national rights violated; we profess. Sir that we once were attached to the French nation and anxiously wished that they might accomplish the avowed object of their revolution; but, Sir, we never will permit our zeal for any nation to induce us to lose sight of the honour, interest, dignity & freedom of our own country. We have maturely considered the attempts you have made to preserve an honorable peace with the French republic, and we have with pain seen their effect. We approve of and admire the pacific disposition, the wisdom, the dignified love of country and the liberal policy discoverable in your instructions to our envoys extraordinary; and we most heartily despise the corrupt, the servile, and the tributary conditions, offered to us by the agents of the Directory. Sir, we are not divided from our government—we highly approve of the administration of it—and we will, with our property and services, support it, and every act of our constituted authorities, in defiance of the threats or power of any nation on earth.
S. R. STEWART, Chairman. L. W. STOCKTON, Secretary.
To the Citizens of the Townships of Amwell, Readington, and Kingwood, in New-Jersey. GENTLEMEN.
THE respect you profess for your first Magistrate is obliging to him, and your attachment, love and veneration for your constitution and country, will be amiable in the eyes of all men.
The attachment you profess for the French nation was common to you, and to America in general; but never was the attachment of one nation to another so wantonly, capriciously, so insolently despised and thrown away. All great things have begun in contempt—the Roman Empire—the French Republic—and to rise infinitely higher than both for an example, the Chris-
tian Religion itself might be cited: Our American world exhibits another instance—mark the issue;—this contempt will be changed into respect and admiration, and I hope to live to see the time and to rejoice with you in it. JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May 25th, 1798.
At a numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of Queen Ann's county in the state of Maryland at the town of Centre Ville on Thursday the 17th of May, James Kent, Esq. was unanimously appointed chairman, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That James Tilton, Joshua Seney, Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Richard Tipton, Earle and William Carmichael, esquires be a committee to prepare an address to the President, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States approving the conduct of the Executive in the late negotiations with the republic of France, and pledging our lives and fortunes to support our country in repelling any invasion or attack upon our sovereignty and independence.
Whereupon the committee retired and after some time reported to the meeting the following address which was unanimously agreed to.
To the PRESIDENT, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The critical situation into which America has been thrown by the late conduct of a foreign nation, having justly excited the attention of our fellow citizens throughout the Union, We the people of Queen Ann's county in the State of Maryland, feeling ourselves deeply interested in the common cause of our country have assembled for the purpose of expressing our sentiments on the present prospect of our political affairs.
With pleasure we inform you that the instructions of our Executive to the Envoys of the United States lately commissioned to the republic of France, are in our opinion calculated to promote peace and harmony with that nation and meet our entire approbation. We feel the utmost indignation at any threat to destroy our independence and at the suggestion of the idea that we could possibly be a divided people when the great interests of our country are at stake. We lament that all exertions for the continuance of peace have hitherto proved fruitless; but we look up to the constituted authorities of our government with the firmest reliance on their wisdom and their virtue to prepare us for approaching events, and if we are at last compelled to unsheathe the sword in defence of our common rights, the people of America may with confidence appeal to the God of nations for the justice of their cause.
War the fatal scourge of mankind we consider as the heaviest of all human calamities; & would approve of every measure to avert its horrors, which would be consistent with our national honor. But while we deplore it as the curse of nations, permit us to offer you our assurances, that if war is the dreadful alternative to which we must eventually resort, we are ready at the expense of our lives and fortunes to defend those rights which our fathers and ourselves during our glorious revolution contributed to establish,—whatever may be our attachment to the principles of the French revolution, whatever anxiety we may feel for the establishment of a government in France on the basis of the equal rights of mankind, the same spirit of patriotism which proclaimed our freedom and independence, again loudly calls upon us to remember that we are Americans and commands us to prefer the interests of that country which gave us birth to those of any other in the universe.
JAMES KENT, chairman. TO JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR,
THE grand jurors for the county of Plymouth, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, attending at the supreme judicial court for said county, have been led by their own reflections on the course of events, and by the excellent and impartial observations of the chief justice in his charge at the opening of the court, to contemplate the political situation of our country—Many of us have found it difficult to believe, that a nation avowedly struggling for liberty and independence, should attempt to invade or impair the blessings where they are quietly and fully enjoyed. But the experience of several of the last years of our history, has convinced us of our mistake. While occupied in our peaceful labors, we have seen the fruits of those labors perished and condemned, our friends and grandeur witnessed, by professed friends. Our tranquility has been disturbed by incessant appeals to the passions of the people, by tedious and designing men; and by repeated and audacious attempts to separate the people from the government;—our sincere desire for peace has been met with neglect or contempt; and odious and extravagant demands, dictated by rapacity and a thirst for boundless rule, have been made the terms of negotiation. In such a crisis when all that is dear and valuable to freemen, when liberty and independence, national honor, social order, and public faith appear to be in danger—a danger which union alone, under the blessing of heaven, can repel: we think it not improper, to step aside from the ordinary duties of our office, and to express to you our grateful acknowledgments for the firmness and discretion with which you have encountered such new and peculiar difficulties. We are assured that all the enemies of our common country, will aid you in every cause.
We pray the God of all intelligence to preserve the force of your mind unabated, and in any arduous issue, to which the arts or arms of forceful violence may compel us, we pledge ourselves that we become faithful citizens of this happy country, as one man, to come forward in the defence of all that is dear to us.
JOHN TORREY, Foreman. Plymouth, May 17, 1798.
 Samuel Robbins, Matthew Nash,  Joseph Bartlett, John Bradford,  William Atwood, Aaron Magace,  Samuel Seton, Samuel S. Southwick,  Silvanus Simpson, S. S. Baker,  Silas Morison, Charles Cole,  Leumi Little, John Vinal,  Job Pierce, George Blye,  Gershon Fossler, Rowland Leonard.  The chief justice is requested by the grand jurors to forward this to the President of the United States. It has been accordingly forwarded.
ANSWER: To the INHABITANTS of the town of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts. GENTLEMEN.
THIS Address, subscribed with such unanimity by the inhabitants of your most ancient town, whose simplicity, economy, industry, enterprise, intelligence, and consequent independence and opulence, form a model deserving the imitation of all your commercial fellow citizens, ought to have great weight, wherever it appears.
The interference of the people, by respectful expressions of their sense to the Legislature, at all times their right cannot be denied to be expedient at such a time as this when the leaders of a great nation are inflexibly pursuing the most injurious and baneful designs against us, and flattering themselves with a prospect of success, by a separation of the people from the government, of your disposition and endeavours to disappoint

these expectations, no man, who knows you, will doubt.
Your satisfaction with the measures of the Executive is very grateful to me; and your supreme dependence on the patronage of the Most High—the firm confidence you repose in the wisdom and fidelity of our rulers, with the steady patriotism, and combined exertions, of our fellow citizens, for maintaining a vigorous defence—I trust will not be disappointed.
The determination, at every hazard, to support the government of your choice, and the high estimation in which you hold your rights as a free, independent people, for which you have once contended, and which it is your settled purpose never to resign, are worthy of your character and will be fully credited by all the world.
JOHN ADAMS.
Philadelphia May 12. 1798.
ALEXANDRIA, May 20.
In Council 6th May 1798.
Whereas it appears by the expression of the general opinion, made at a meeting of the inhabitants assembled for the purpose, that it is expedient to adopt certain measures for placing the town in a posture of defence it is therefore
Resolved, by the mayor and commonality, That they do approve of the measures proposed, and that they will co-operate with their fellow citizens in the promotion of so laudable and necessary an object, and that they will from time to time ordain such requisitions as the prosecution of it may require, and which shall be consistent with their powers and the resource of the town.
Resolved also, That they will become responsible for the preservation and return of such arms and accoutrements as may be obtained from the executive of Virginia, for the purpose in view—and that the mayor be requested to make application to the executive of Virginia for a loan of 500 stand of arms and accoutrements, to be deposited in the town of Alexandria, for the defence of the said town; and that he be authorized, on behalf of the corporation, to engage the safe keeping and return of the said arms when called for.
EASTON, (Maryland) May 22.
About 5 o'clock, P. M. on Thursday the 1st of June, 1797, Betty Newman, a woman living in my family, was bit by a viper on her left arm, about four inches from the hand, when she was gathering Strawberries. I heard nothing of it till sunset—Her arm swelled a little with an acute pain—She took a spoonful of sweet oil, and I applied cold mud to her arm—she felt instant ease—The application was continued till dark—no inflammation remained at 9 o'clock at night, and she became perfectly well by the 5th day of the same month.
W. G.
CHARLESTON, May 8.
We have been favored with a copy of the following excellent and just decree, given by the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nassau, in the case of a Schooner b-logging to this port, taken and sent in there a few weeks ago, having 40,000 dollars and a valuable cargo on board, by the British frigate Pictis, Captain Cochran.
Upon the whole I am of opinion that the said Schooner Hector is American property. That the claimant Robert Read, removed from his own country in a time of perfect peace and became a citizen of the United States before the ratification of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between Great Britain and the said United States and that by the said treaty, he is to all intents and purposes to be considered as a citizen of the said United States: That Thomas Fraser, part owner of the goods on board the said ship, is in the same situation. That the citizens of America have a right as neutrals to trade to and from the ports of the Spanish dominions, and also to and from the British ports—That it is a known fact, that the commanders of the British fleets and armies at St. Domingo, and the customary officers there, have granted licences to Spanish subjects to bring provisions and other refreshments for the use of his Majesty's troops and fleets—That no fraud or collusion in the present case has appeared, but the business has been carried on openly avowedly, and in consequence of the before mentioned licence. I do therefore hereby dismiss the said libel as wholly unsupported by any proof and do adjudge, sentence and decree, that the said Schooner Hector, with the tackle, apparel and furniture and the goods, wares and merchandise, money and bullion laden on board the same, and libelled as aforesaid, be restored to the claimant Robert Read as American, neutral property, and that the captors pay the costs of the suit.
NEW-PROVIDENCE, April 27.
BARAMA ISLANDS. By his Excellency William Dowdeswell, Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Bahama Islands, Chancellor, Vice Admiral, and Ordinary of the same.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is judged expedient that the admission of provisions and lumber in neutral vessels should be allowed and permitted: I do therefore, by and with the consent of his majesty's honourable council, issue this my proclamation, allowing and permitting the following articles to be imported into the ports of Nassau, Exuma, Turk's Island and Saint George, as well in neutral as in British bottoms until otherwise ordered, viz. corn, all sorts of grain and pulse, flour and bread, rice, every species of salted provisions, cattle and live stock of all kinds, and all sorts of lumber: of which the officers of his majesty's customs, and all others whom it may concern, are directed to take due notice, and govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Islands, at Nassau, New-Providen, the fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign.
W. DOWDESWELL.
By his Excellency's command, ADAM CHRISTIE, Secretary. God save the King.
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA,
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31.
This day the bill providing for a suspension of intercourse between the United States and France and her dependencies passed to the third reading in the House of Representatives.
FIRE!
On Sunday afternoon last, about 3 o'clock, the seat of Robert Shewell, esq. known by the name of Painwick, in Bucks county, was discovered to be on fire. The family, excepting a few females, were at meeting, about a mile distant; immediately upon the unhappy accident being announced all the people there assembled, and the inhabitants of the vicinity ran to the scene of devastation with an alacrity which claims the highest praise; but although every effort was exerted, which a virtuous esteem for a worthy character (who had long resided amongst them in the capacity of magistrate) could excite, they were unable to stop the progress of the devouring element until it had satiated its fury by consuming all the inside wood-work to the ground floor, leaving nothing but the outside walls and doors and the household furniture, which the activity of those present served to rescue.
Married, last Sunday evening, by the Rev. Doctor Helmuth, Mr. Peter E. Fenbre, merchant, to Miss Mary Hy. to Miss Mary Hyler, both of this city.
AT a time when a military spirit pervades the whole Union, when troops and companies of horse and foot, are forming and numbering, it appears a matter of surprise that so little should be thought about discipline and subordination. Giving the gentlemen forming these several corps every credit for their spirit, ardor and courage, which they claim, it is necessary to hint to them, that an uniform only (however military in its appearance) will be of no other use in battle than to distinguish them as an easy prey to a bold and well trained enemy. Horsemen, in particular, should remark and remember, that unless their horses as well as themselves are well prepared and under perfect control, that they are more likely to create confusion and dismay in their own, than in the army of the enemy; and that to be any way useful they must be strictly disciplined.—A Veteran of the revolutionary war makes these remarks, for the purpose and with the hope of their being attended to; and further observes, that while a military academy for the foot is established in the Northern Liberties, and a riding school near the Centre in the City, and both under the direction of men, acknowledged capable of performing all they profess; it will be to the shame and disgrace of the city and county volunteers, if they neglect to fair and advantageous an opportunity.
On Monday the surviving Spanish prisoners, taken in the prize of his Britannic majesty's sloop of war Braak, were brought up to Philadelphia, and given up to the agents of Spain. The crew of the Braak consisted of 83 persons in all, about half of which were saved, including those who were in the prize. The officers left alive are the prize master, a midshipman, and the boatwain.—The accident altogether is a most melancholy one, but it is greatly heightened by the circumstance of the captain's lady being so near as New-York, where she was every hour in anxious expectation of the happiness of meeting him. The prize lies at the Fort.
COMMUNICATION.
It is currently reported, that the itinerant philosopher Volney has determined shortly to embark for Europe. In making this merit of necessity, he is politic; being undoubtedly sensible, from the proceedings of our government, that the day is just at hand when he, with other emigrants, must quit this land of toleration, for the regions of directorial tyranny.
I am well informed that this man has had the unparalleled temerity, on a number of occasions, to speak of the President of the United States and its government, in the most contemptuous terms. Unquestionably at such times he knew his company—the immaculate American Jacobins—those chicken-hearted friends of freedom, who, if spit upon by a Sansculotte, would find a happy apology in that most amiable trait of the human mind—gratitude.
Mr. Volney may be assured (all his knowledge of our Winds notwithstanding) for such language in the presence of a TRUE American, he would not have escaped with impunity.
I understand that artful French incendiary, and spy, C——, is still in America! at the very heart of government! Nay, at this very interesting crisis, the companion of some of the representatives of our nation!—O, shameless, degraded Americans! Well may the audacious tyrants of the French tell us, they have a party, and the MEANS in our country, &c.
Depart, Sir, with your countryman—the long-suffering and patience of the hospitable Americans, are nearly exhausted—their vengeance may otherwise overtake you—and perhaps with you, that treason-faced foreigner, whom there is almost demonstrative proof has been your coadjutor and adviser in the black business of Western Insurrection. Independent Yorker.
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED. Brig Folly American, Somers, Eng. Harbour 3. Sch. Polly, Edwards, Patapsco 13. Sloop Hope, Cole, Rhode-Island 4. Capt. Cole from Rhode-Island informs, that on Tuesday last, off Cape May, as he was landing up a French Schooner Privateer hasted and passed him—flood a light, black looking brig, outward bound, and brought her to looking along-side of her upwards of an hour and an half, and then both vessels flood off to the S. E. at 3 o'clock. Capt. Cole spoke the General Green cutter, then lying about two miles inside of Cape May, and informed capt. Price of what he had seen, who immediately got under way and fired down—a large ship was then in sight to the southward, supposed to be the Ganges.—Capt. C. spoke a
ship from C. Francis below, and the brig Duke of Brunswick from New-York—light.
NORWICH, (Con.) May 24.
Last Sunday the fine ship Hope, Capt. Elijah Clark, went down the river for the West-Indies. The Hope mounts 16 guns, besides swivels, and carries 50 men.
The Schooner Allen, Freeman, of this port, was taken by a French privateer brig of 12 guns, on her outward bound passage to Cape Nicholas Mole, to day out, in lat. 28, and sent for Porto Rico. The privateer took out of the Allen the mate and all the people, and kept them eight days (in which time they took an English Schooner) when they fell in with the Schooner Washington, Capt. Timothy Grow, from Barbadoes bound to Old York; they treated Capt. Grow in a most cruel manner, taking from him his boat, tying him to one of the guns and hogging him, &c. They then put the Allen's people on board capt. Grow, who landed them on Black Island last Thursday, with instant. The privateer was called Dim Jar, and had 45 men.
An English frigate has taken and sent in 36 French privateers, in a cruise of 8 weeks.
Norfolk, May 24.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Kitty, (of Charleston) Wm. Combs, master, 8 days from New-Providen. On the 20th April, in lat. 22. 30 long. 70 was chased even hours by a brig supposed to be a privateer.
May 18, the Thetis frigate, capt. Cochran, captured a French Schooner of 8 guns, called the Refugie, commanded by the celebrated Augustus Love, for the apprehension of whom a reward was some time since offered by Victor Hughes.
The Thetis sailed from New-Providen on the 7th May, bound to Halifax, via Bermuda.
By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, May 22.
Extract of a letter from Jeremiah Domet May 19. I am sorry to inform you, that the brig May, in government service, arrived this day with the disagreeable news of the evacuation of Port-au-Prince on the 6th inst. The French inhabitants would not suffer the British to take away their guns, nor their black troops, or demolish the fortifications which they erected. St. Marc and L'Archeve will soon follow. The enemy is still on our frontiers. (Signed) FERDINAND.
BOSTON, May 26.
Capt. Kent arrived yesterday from Guadalupe, came out in company with a French privateer bound to the American coast, and parted with her in lat. 29. long. 70; and that Victor Hughes had ordered four other pirates to sail in a few days, on the same destination.
FROM NEWBURY-PORT, May 25.
The patriotic citizens of this town, determined to show their attachment to their own government, and to vindicate its commercial rights, have opened a subscription for the purpose of building a 20 gun ship; and loaning her to government. The sum proposed for building her, is 20,000 dollars. Messrs Brown, Esq. has patronically subscribed 1,500 dollars. An example this, worthy prompt imitation.
The European neutral powers have sent envoys to Paris to remonstrate against the late violations of the laws of nations, committed by the French legislature.
MACPHERSON'S BLUES.
THE Blues will meet at O'Ellers' hotel this Day at 5 o'clock P. M. The gentlemen lately elected into the corps are desired to be punctual in their attendance. By order.
RICHARD PENSHAW, jun. Sec'y.
N. B. The committee of election will sit at Mr. Dunwoody's from 5 to 7 o'clock, P. M. every day this week "except Thursday" for the purpose of receiving applications of admittance into the corps upon the recommendation of a member thereof.
Drum and Fife.
GOOD Drummers and Fifers, will receive handsome encouragement to join MACPHERSON'S BLUES, on application at No. 78, Chestnut Street. may 30
Those persons of the city and liberties, who are determined to support the Constitution and Independence of their country; and are willing to join in the formation of a volunteer Artillery Company, to be attached to Macpherson's Blues, are desired to meet for this purpose at the house George Hill, sign of the Buck, in North Second Street, on Saturday next at 7 o'clock in the evening.
MR. CORBETT.
AT this present crisis, I believe it an indispensable duty I owe to my family, and to my personal safety, to acquaint the public with a short detail of facts relating to my conduct in this country, my object is to prevent if possible, any confidence being placed in the wrong insinuations, you have published in the month of October of last year, and recently in your remarks on Mr. Brown's note; such publications being calculated not only to deprive me and my young children of the very means of subsistence, but also to expose me to public view as a dangerous Frenchman, and capable of making malicious use of the lists of subscribers in my hands; however, I am certain that Mr. Penn, nor any of his subscribers would not feel the least uneasiness to see their names published, or even disclosed to the directory of France.
In the year 1792, I arrived in Philadelphia from Germany where I lived with my parents since the age of 14; after one year's residence I was united in the bands of matrimony with a woman, a native American; hence I took the firm resolution to stay in this country, and to become a peaceable citizen of the United States My conduct and my situation can be ascertained by my neighbors and other acquaintance: in fine, in the year 1793 I took the oath before a magistrate to support the constitution, and I am considered as a citizen (having also for five years past, paid the taxes) and entitled to possess the confidence of my employers.
I have been for 4 years employed in the post office and afterwards by Mr. Brown, until my proposals were agreed to by Messrs. Penn, Bache, Brown and Bradford. In consequence thereof, I have for fourteen months sent with the utmost impartiality and attention the papers of the several printers—Your complaints are all ungrounded as well as your charges.
After this, I hope that your remarks on the above, and what you have already said, will not injure me in the minds of the public. I have the honor to be, Sir, the News-papers Packer, JACOB ROSEF.
In your paper of October last, you mentioned of your own authority, that my name was not entered in the tax books.
WE, the subscribers, having employed Mr. Jacob Rosef in the month of April, 1797, for the purpose of enclosing and preparing our papers for the Post-Office, do hereby certify, that they have been since that period forwarded to our respective subscribers, as far as we are able to ascertain, with the strictest regularity on his part; and that we have not the smallest reason to suspect him guilty of any partiality in the business whatever. A. Brown John Penn Benjn. Franklin Bache Thos. Bradford.
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
MILAN, March 15.
The two thousand men of French troops which arrive here from Genoa will be followed by three thousand more which are expected there from Marseilles. Another body arrives by Mount Cenis.
The military movements give rise to various conjectures. It is probable we shall soon understand their object, as well as the cause of the augmentation of Austrian troops in Italy. It is said, the French troops on the 4th entered Lugano without experiencing any resistance. The gen. Casalta having quieted Corsica will return to Genoa. The chief of the rebels called Greferri has been made prisoner, and, with several of his accomplices sent before a military tribunal at Bastia.
It is said in a Genoese paper, that dispatches and a correspondence between Turin and Vienna have been intercepted, and that this discovery might have serious consequences, as well as several important papers seized at Rome. The same paper says, that 18,000 men are to assemble at Mantua, and that according to appearances, the establishment of the Roman republic will bring about great changes in Italy, as it cannot be made to accord with the treaty of Campo Formio. Already it is said, (adds that paper) that the taking possession of Venice has been but provisional. Thus while beyond the Adige, the bullets and gazettes announce that Austria is about extending its possessions in Italy on this side the Adige a hope is entertained that she will abandon part of her new acquisitions. We are very impatient to know which of these conjectures will be verified by the event.
VIENNA, March 6.
The Emperor of Russia, Paul I. has lately presented the Prince of Conde the town of Dubno, in Poland, and the territory belonging to it.
FRANKFORT, March 18.
The Elector of Bavaria has officially contradicted the report of a coalition said to have been proposed by him to the principal powers of Europe against the French Republic.
MENTZ, March 24.
The French troops close upon the fortresses of Ehrenbreitstein more and more.
STUTGARD, March 8.
After a very stormy sitting our assembly of the states has this day declared itself permanently sitting, until the Duke shall have abolished whatever is unconstitutional in the present form of Government.
BASLE, March 8.
The provisional regency of Zurich composed of the ancient Senate, has laid down its powers and has convoked the primary assemblies.
The government of Schaffhausen has sent deputies to citizen Mengand to apologize for having sent auxiliary troops to Berne.
The inhabitants of Solenre, have sent a deputation to Paris, empowered to thank the Directory for having released them from the yoke of the oligarchs.
March 9.
The Citizen Ochs appeared yesterday for the first time in our national assembly. He described the heartfelt emotions he experienced in seeing in the great hall of the Senate those representatives of the people, who, until now had never appeared there but in a supplicating attitude. He declared to the assembly, that more than once he had presented, but always without success, to the secret council, the views of the French republic, and the necessity of renovating the constitution of the country; that France, would not suffer in her neighbourhood, any oligarchical state; because that species of government is much more hurtful to her, than monarchies; that in general Switzerland had lost its strength and respectability, adhering now to one power, now to another there to beg commissions for officers and ribbands, and had played a part of a troop of satellites, rather than that of a free power; that it was high time to come back to ancient principles &c. As an election of a President of the national assembly was about to be proceeded with, the Citizen Ochs was unanimously chosen.
He is now sufficiently avenged against the efforts which calumny had made to injure him in the opinion of the people; for the numerous partisans of our ancient government had succeeded in producing in a clamour for his head, during the three tumultuous days of Feb. 28, March 1st and 2d, by spreading the report, that he wished not only to overturn the constitution of Basle, and that of all Switzerland, but to sell his country to the French republic.
LONDON, March 16
Confidential letters received from Rastadt by the last mail state—that as soon as the Congress has settled the affairs of Germany another negotiation for peace between this country and France will be opened, under the mediation of the courts of Berlin, Vienna, and Petersburg.
From the official report published by the government of Berne, on the pretended assassination of two French officers in the village of Thuerens, it clearly appears, that these two officers, refused answering the question of the Swiss sentries—Who they were? That one of these officers fell with his drawn sword on one of the sentinels, and wounded him in the face; whereupon the latter fired in defence of his life, and killed the officer; that the other officer then attacked the other sentry, and shared the same fate; that neither the government nor commandant of the place took the least part in this transaction, and that on the first intelligence thereof, the government of Berne offered general Menard any satisfaction he might demand,
and even surrendered the two offenders up to him.
All these facts are proved by the verbal process drawn up on the spot, and yet the pretended outrage is alleged by the French government as the motive for the French troops entering the territory of Berne, in the same manner as the death of general Duphot who was killed at the head of a band of rebels, served as a pretext for occupying Rome. Such are the political proceedings of the Great Nation.
One of the last Paris papers contains the following paragraph:—Since the infernal peace with the emperor, the French nation is sunk into a marasmus. We must give up all hope of revolutionizing other countries, since nothing is more apt to deprive us of the confidence of foreign nations, than such a treaty.
WASHINGTON LOTTERY. No. II.
A List of Blanks and Prizes.
167th Day's Drawing—February 5.
Table with 4 columns: No. Dolls., No. Dolls., No. Dolls., No. Dolls. containing lottery numbers and prize amounts.
168th Day's Drawing—February 10.
Table with 4 columns: No. Dolls., No. Dolls., No. Dolls., No. Dolls. containing lottery numbers and prize amounts.
Northern Liberty Volunteer Light Infantry. THE Volunteers forming the Light Infantry Company, attached to the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of Philadelphia county Militia, will take
NOTICE.
That pursuant to an order of the Brigade Inspector, an election for officers will be held at the sign of the President, North Second Street, on Saturday the 12th June next, between the hours of Ten in the morning and six in the afternoon.
The Members are requested to be present in their attendance. may 31
On THURSDAY next, The 7th of June, at 10 o'clock in the morning, WILL BE SOLD, At the late Dwelling House of Savannah M'Dowell, at the corner of Penn and Pine Streets, A VARIETY OF Household & Kitchen Furniture,
Among which are, a quantity of Feather Beds and Bedding, silver Spoons, Wearing Apparel, and a quantity of Tavern Utensils, &c. CONNELLY & Co. Auctioneers. may 31.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Susan M'Dowell, widow, deceased are requested to make immediate payment and all those who have any demands against said estate, to present their accounts duly attested to Patrick Lineham.
Reverend Leonard Neal, executors. Patrick Lineham, may 31.
TO BE LET—for the Summer Season,
The long Ball Room, IN Fourth, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, now occupied by Wm. M'Donnell. For terms and further particulars, apply at his house in Market Street, No. 134, where he still carries on the
Hat and Hosiery Business,
On his usual reasonable terms. may 31.
This Day will be Published, By PETER FORCUPINE,
A POEM,
CALL'D,
FRENCH ARROGANCE;
OR,
"The Cat Let out of the Bag."
A POLITICAL DIALOGUE
Between the AMERICAN ENVOYS,
And X. Y. Z. and the LADY. may 28.
A Premium of 100 Dollars
WILL be paid by the Bank of Pennsylvania, for such Plan of a Banking House, accompanied with sections and elevations, as may be approved of by the Directors. The building is not intended to exceed 60 feet front, or 100 feet in depth, and to be planned as to admit of its being made fire proof. It is requested that the plans may be sent to the Cashier of the Bank, previous to the first of June next. april 29.

Madras and Ventapalem HANDKERCHIEFS, Searlaukers and Carradarries, of the newest and most approved patterns, entitled to the drawback, just received, and for sale by Alex. J. Miller & Co. No. 64, South Front Street. may 18.
IF Mr. Charles William Klemcke, Formerly of London, and who left England for some part of the United States of America, in the year 1796, be living, and will apply per- sonally or by letter, to Mr. John Carrere, in Bal- timore, or to Messrs. Isaac Hazlehurst and Son, in Philadelphia, he may hear of something great- ly to his advantage. Any information respect- ing the said Mr. Charles William Klemcke, would be thankfully received. may 19. d3w
FOR SALE. A neat Country House, THREE and a half miles from the city, on the Wissahickon road, with seventeen and a half acres of land, half in orchard and half in grass. Apply to EDWARD BONSALL & Co. in Dock-street, or to the subscriber, at Mount Pleasant, on Schuylkill, adjoining the premises. Jonathan Williams. N.B. If not sold before the first of June, it will not be for sale during the season. may 19. d1f
Very Great Bargains, CONSISTING of Table Linen, Scotch and India Mullins, now lying off and well worth the attention of Housekeepers to make purchase of—Enquire of Thomas Randall, No. 88 Spruce-street. may 17. d3w
Military Colours, PAINTED ON SILK—BY GEORGE RUTTER & Co. Portrait and Ornamental Painters, IN a style which will endure the hardships of the weather without injury, and which for neatness and exactitude of colouring cannot be surpassed in this city. FLAGS AND DRUMS Furnished with dispatch, on the most moderate terms. may 1. d6w
NOTICE. HAVING observed an advertisement of C. Gullager, in terms derogatory of our pro- fessional abilities, we have to request the public not to be imposed upon by foreign artifice; but to decide upon the merits of such a comparison of the work executed by both, as it is a mode almost universally adopted by them to invalidate the ta- lents of established artists, with a view of deceiv- ing the public, and engrossing that business which their professional knowledge in no wise entitles them to. Well knowing that public opinion must govern, we flatter ourselves that the work executed by us will convince them of our great superior- ity over Mr. Gullager in every branch of port- rait and ornamental painting, and show the neces- sity of judging for themselves. N.B. In future no attention will be paid to the self-flattering advertisements of Mr. G. Any person wishing a supply of FLAGS and DRUMS will please apply to Geo. RUTTER and Co. Norris' Court, or Henry FRAILEY, Germantown. d6w
Military Colours. At C. GULLAGER'S Portrait and Ornamental Painting Rooms, No. 50, South Fourth, next to Chestnut Street, opposite the Friends' Meeting. PAINTING on silk for Military and other or- namental purposes (in a manner peculiar to himself) durable, not to be injured by the weather, which for elegance of design, truth and beauty of colouring, neatness and masterly execution, has not been equalled by George Rutter and Co. FLAGS AND DRUMS Furnished with all possible dispatch, on the most reasonable terms. Ornamental Painting, Signs, Fire Buck- ets, Cornices, &c. &c. executed in style (not that superb style of modern elegance peculiar to G. R.) but in a workman like manner, peculiar to an ar- tist master of his profession. Mr. GULLAGER, from a number of years' experi- ence in Europe and this country, flatters himself that professional talents, punctuality, and reason- able demands, will meet the entire approbation of those gentlemen who will please to call at his Paint- ing Rooms. d6w
NOTICE. P.S. Gentlemen in town and country, wishing for a supply of Colours and Drums, painted in a masterly manner, will no doubt feel themselves obliged for the kind cau- tion given by George Rutter and Co. not to trust self- flattering advertisements, but examine the work executed by both parties.—One view will satis- fy them where the superiority lies.—saw the spoil- ing of good silk by George Rutter's pencil—and discover the requisites for the contrasting talents of Henry Frailey, at Germantown. may 10.
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY, on the 7th of April, a Negro Man, named Glasgow, perhaps he may pass by the name of Glasgow Lee, or may change his name; he is about thirty years of age, nearly six feet high, has a scar in the upper part of his un- der lip, a small part being bitten out between the middle and the corner of his mouth (I believe on the right side), his left hand has been a very sore and was so at the time he ran away, by being burnt some time past; he is a stout, strong fellow, and has been employed at a saw mill a few years; he went away in company with a negro woman of Mr. Joshua Lingoe, of this county. It is supposed they are gone into Delaware State. Any person that secures said Negro Man in any jail, that the subscriber shall get him again, shall receive the above reward. ESME BATLY. State of Maryland, } Somerset County, April 10. } may 4—4w
For Sale, A FARM and COUNTRY SEAT, SITUATED on the west side of the Schuylkill op- posite to Norris-town, seventeen miles from Phil- adelphia—the farm contains 295 acres of land, 50 of which are woodland, about 40 of meadow, and the rest arable land. The house and garden which is large and well paved, stand in the most pleasant situation, commanding a view of the river, and an which is copious, and the village of Norris-town There is a good fishery belonging to the place—En- quire in Philadelphia, No. 68, North Third Street, on the premises. april 16. d2w
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, MARCH 1, 1798. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, IN pursuance of the Act of Congress passed on the fifth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act laying duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper," and the Act passed on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to postpone for a limited time the commencement of the duties imposed by the Act enti- tled "An Act laying Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper," that from and after the first day of July ensuing, the several Stamped Duties hereinafter enumerated, will be levied and collect- ed throughout the United States.
For every skin or piece of Vellum or Parchment, or sheet or piece of Paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following—to wit:     INSTRUMENTS. DOLS. CTS. MILS.     Any Certificate of Naturalization, 5   Any Licence to practice, or Certificate of the admission, enrolment or registry of any Counsellor, Solicitor, Attorney, Advocate or Proctor, in any Court of the United States, 10   Provided, that a Certificate in any one of the Courts of the United States for one of the said Officers, shall so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admission in all the Courts of the United States, for each and every of the said officers.   Any Grant or Letters Patent, under the seal or authority of the United States (except for lands granted for military services) 4   Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent, (ex- cept for lands granted for military services) 2   Any Charter-Party, Bottomry, or Respondentia Bond, 1   Any Receipt or discharge for or on account of any Legacy left by any Will or o- ther testamentary instrument, or for any share or part of a personal estate di- vided by force of any statute of distributions, other than to the Wife, Chil- dren or Grand Children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of Fifty Dollars, and shall not exceed the value of One Hun- dred Dollars, 25   When the amount thereof shall exceed the value of One Hundred Dollars and shall not exceed five hundred dollars, 50   And for every further sum of Five Hundred Dollars, the additional sum of 1   Any Policy of Insurance or instrument in nature thereof, on any ship, vessel or goods insured from one district to another in the United States, 25   From the United States to any foreign port or place, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dollars, 25   When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars, 1   Any Exemplification, of what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any Court, other than such as it may be the duty of the Clerk of such Court to furnish for the use of the United States or some particular state, 50   Any Bond, bill single or pecul, foreign or inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note, other than any recognizance, bill, bond, or other obliga- tion or contract, made to or with the United States or any state, or for their use respectively, 10   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 25   If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 50   If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 75   And if above one thousand dollars, 1   Provided, that if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two fifth parts of the duty aforesaid—viz.   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 4   If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 10   If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 20   If above one thousand dollars, 30   Any Notes issued by the banks now established, or that may hereafter be estab- lished within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said Banks as shall agree to an annual composition, of one per centum on the annual di- vidends made by such Banks, to their Stockholders respectively, according to the following scale:   On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar, 0   On all notes above fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 50   On all notes above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 1   On all notes above five hundred dollars, 2   Any Receipt or other Notarial act, 25   Any Letter of Attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell War- rants for Land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war, 25   Any Certificate or Debenture for drawback of Customs or duties, for less than five hundred dollars, 1   For five hundred dollars and not exceeding two thousand dollars, 2   For more than two thousand dollars, 3   Any note or bill of lading for goods or merchandise to be exported, if from one district to another district of the United States, not being in the same State, 10   If from the United States to any foreign port or place, 25   Any Inventory or Catalogue of any furniture, goods or effects, made in any case required by law, (except in cases of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in virtue of any legal process by any officers), 50   Any Certificate of a Share in any Insurance Company, of a share in the Bank of the United States, or of any State or other Bank, 10   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 25   If above one hundred dollars, 1   If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars. 1    The duties aforesaid will be collected and received by the Supervisors, Inspectors and other Officers of Inspection, in the several Districts, Surveyors and Divisions of the United States, and by such other persons as shall from time to time be specially appointed and employed by the Supervisors of Districts for that purpose.
The Supervisors of the several Districts will, prior to the first day of July ensuing, and as soon as may be practicable, mark or stamp, without fee or reward, any quantities or parcels of Vellum, Parch- ment or Paper, with any of the rates of duties before enumerated, on payment of the said duties; or flamped vellum, parchment and paper may at the option of the Citizens of the United States, be ob- tained at the rates prescribed by law, by application to any Supervisor, Inspector, Officer of Inspection, or other person appointed for the distribution of Stamps, by the Supervisors of Districts. GIVEN under my Hand, at Philadelphia. the day and year above-mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
TO BE SOLD, 40,939 acres of Land. IN Greene County, Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, on the waters of Fifth and Wheeling Creeks and Ten Mile Run. These Lands are fertile and well timbered, and abound in Coal; they were sold ten years ago for five shillings per acre; patented early in 1787, ex- cept 3700 acres, which were patented in 1792; a part of them were surveyed in 1783. The tract is between the Ohio and Monongahela, very con- venient to water carriage, about 19 miles from the town of Washington, from 14 to 16 from the village of Greenburgh and Wheeling. On payment of one fourth of the purchase mo- ney, a reasonable credit will be given for the re- sidue. Enquire of the Printer. april 21. $
TO BE SOLD, 26,780 acres of Land, IN the State of New York, between the northern bounds of Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna now, or late in the townships of Hamden and Warren and county of Warren. These Lands, from their quality and situation, are a very desirable object for any man who means to invest his money to advantage. On payment of one third of the purchase mo- ney, a reasonable credit will be given for the re- sidue. Enquire of the Printer. april 21. $
Country Residence. A FAMILY who live Six Miles from the City, with two or three genteel boarders. The House is handsomely furnished; the Gardens, Meadows and Lawn are beautifully laid out, and well stocked with the choicest Fruit. There are several Musical Instruments, amongst which is a most excellent patent Piano Forte. The Family have a handsome Coach, which may be at the service of the whole. The Coach House and Stables are most excellent —the Water good—and the Air unequalled in the environs of the Town. For particulars enquire at the office of this Ga- zette. d1f
ADVERTISEMENT. WHEREAS the subscriber and his wife Jane Hodgkinson, have by mutual consent agreed to live separate and apart from each other from bed and board, there are therefore to forewarn all persons from trusting her on any account, as by contract she is to support herself for the future, and I am determined not to pay any debt of her con- tracting. SAMUEL HODGKINSON. may 15. d1w
TRADING UNDER THE FIRM OF JOSEPH DAVIDSON & Co. IS this day dissolved by mutual consent, all those having claims against said firm, are desired to render their accounts, and those indebted to make payment to Joseph Davidson, who is duly author- ized to settle the affairs of the concern. JOSEPH I. MILLER. JOSEPH DAVIDSON. N.B. The Stores at the corner of Market and Fourth Streets are now to be let.—Enquire of Jo- seph Davidson. april 26. w3s2m
Canal Lottery, No. II. Considerably more than Half Drawn. Drawn twice a week, every Monday & Tuesday. TICKETS FOR SALE, Seven Dollars each, at WILLIAM BLACKBURN'S Lottery and Brokers office, No. 64 South Second-street, where check books are kept for examination and registering in this, City of Washington No. 2. and Paterson Lotteries and information where Tickets may be had in most of the Lotteries au- thorized by law in any of the States of the Union.
STATE OF THE WHEEL.     One prize of 10,000 dollars 10,000   Five 4,000 20,000   Two 2,000 4,000   Nine 1,000 9,000   Nineteen 500 9,500   Forty-four 200 8,800    With a full proportion of the one hundred and of the fifty dollar prizes—the price of tick- ets will soon rise, particularly on account of the five 4,000 dollar prizes that remain in the wheel until the last day of drawing. Note, the business of a Broker duly at- tended to in all its branches at the above office. may 24. w&stf
This day Published, AND FOR SALE, AT WM. YOUNG'S Book-store, No. 58, Chestnut, corner of Second Street, On fine new Paper, with Elegant Engravings, Dedicated to the PRESIDENT of the United States, The Studies of Nature, Translated from the French of James Henry Bernardin de St. Pierre, By HENRY HUNTER, D.D.
THESE very ingenious, interesting and instructive works have since its first publication, gone through four successive impressions, under the au- thor's immediate inspection; besides a variety of printed editions in different parts of the European continent. No book displays a more sublime theology, in- cludes a purer morality, or breathes a more ar- dent and expansive philanthropy. St. Pierre en- ables us to contemplate this universe with other eyes; has furnished new arguments to combat atheism; has established, beyond the power of contradiction, the doctrine of a universal provi- dence, has excited a warmer interest in favor of suffering humanity, and has discovered sources, unknown before of moral and intellectual enjoy- ment. The avidity with which the clergy and other learned characters in New-England, have purchas- ed the English edition of this delightful perform- ance, and the opinion entertained by them; and warranted by experience, that although written before the "Age of Reason," a part of it con- tains a more solid and complete refutation of it, than any thing published since, are perhaps a suffi- cient recommendation of the STUDIES OF NATURE; which the Botanist, the natural and christian Philosopher, the friend of order and government are equally interested, and by which they will be equally gratified. As no pains nor expense have been spared in procuring suitable paper and able artists, to render the work worthy of the public; and as the Sub- scribers have expressed their approbation of it, the publisher flatters himself, that gentlemen, who on account of the bad paper and print of some Ameri- can editions, give generally their preference to the English, will honor this with a comparison, before they purchase.
The Naval Gazetteer; Being a complete Geographical Dictionary, contain- ing a full and accurate account, alphabetically arrang- ed, of all the Countries and Islands in the known world; showing their latitude, longitudes, and situation for anchorage; with a particular description of the several Bays, Caps, Channels, Creeks, Rivers, Cor- rents, Gulphs, Harbors, Havens, Lakes, Oceans, Ra- ces, Rivers, Roads, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Sounds, Straits, Tides, Variation of the Compass, &c. To- gether with a particular relation of the share and ap- pearance at sea, of the several Headlands, Isthmuses, Peninsulas, Points, Promontories, and whatever is of use or importance to the Master, Pilot, Commander or Seaman of any ship or vessel, in navigating the wa- try element. Also, Comprehending Ample directions in falling into or out of the differ- ent Ports, Straits and Harbor of the four quarters of the world; and for avoiding dangers on the various and extended coast; in which more than twelve thou- sand distinct names and places, &c. are treated of and explained. With a correct set of Charts, 2 vols. 8vo. By the Rev. JOHN MALHAM. This book has been pronounced the most useful and the cheapest book published in America. It was un- dertaken several years since, under the auspices of Lord Sandwich while he was at the head of the Ad- miralty of England; and from which every diffi- culty was removed to complete so arduous a work, was readily furnished, but it never made its appearance until last year. The favor it obtained with Masters of vessels and other gentlemen concerned in Navigation induced the publisher to prepare this edition wherein the American Ports, Harbors, &c. have been corrected by a gentleman of great abilities, and extensive infor- mation on the subject. may 21. d2w4w
Just Published, By W. YOUNG, bookseller, Second-street, the corner of Chestnut Street, THE WORKS OF JOHN NEWTON, LONDON. A new edition, in 9 vols. price 7 1/2 dols. neat- ly bound, containing letters of Omicron and Virgil, Cardiphonia, review of ecclesiastical hi- story, sermons, meditations, letters to a wife, Olney hymns, and the life of Eliza Cunningham.— Each of these parts may be had separate, and such as have been supplied with W. Young's edition in 6 vols. may, by speedy application, be furnished with the 7th, 8th and 9th vols. at 2 1/2 dols. Also, lately Published. Baxter's Saint's Rest, abridged by Faw- dols. 12mo. at 1 75 Beveridge's private thoughts, 2 parts 12mo 75 Christian (the) Parent, 12mo 50 —(the) Remembrancer, 12mo 75 Christian's world unmasked, do 62 1/2 Dickenson's (of New-Jersey) familiar letters, 12mo 87 1/2 Doddrige's rise and progress, 18mo 50 62 1/2 —sermons on education, 12mo 44 —sermons to young persons, do 62 1/2 —on regeneration, 18mo 87 1/2 Davies sermons—2 vols 8vo 4 Horne's commentary on the book of Psalms, 2 25 ditto 3 vols 8vo 2 50 a work highly admired by all who have had the advantage of perusing it. Hervey's Aspasio vindicated, 12mo 7 75 Letters of certain Jews to Voltaire, 8vo 2 Walker's sermons, with Blair's life of the author, 2 vols 8vo 3 White's sermons, preached before the University of Oxford, 8vo 1 50 Wynne's on the true and eternal God- head of our Lord Jesus Christ, 50 62 1/2 Sacred Biography; or the history of the Patriarchs, by H. Hunter, 3 vols 8vo 6 A large assortment of bibles, in folio, quarto, 12mo and pocket, at various prices. A large allowance to wholesale purchasers. Catalogues of books, with the prices of each book annexed, are delivered as aforesaid. may 27. d2w3w
The Cargo of the Brig Minerva FROM BOURDEAUX, CONSISTING of Claret in hds. and Cases Oyl, Capers, Olives, Anchovies and Prunes FOR SALE BY Thomas Fitzsimons. may 26. d2w
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, The Cargo of the Ship Richmond; Captain Hathaway, from Bengal, Gurrachs, white Guzzens Ditto, blue Guzzens Salams Emeries Gorachs Mew Samans Tickies Petals Mamoodies Rafas Rumalls Coffas Doras Tanjeb Chintz Malda Cloths Saul Guzzies Carwah Cloths An elegant assortment of Madras Handkerchiefs Benares SUGAR COTTON and GINGER. Mordecai Lewis. may 25. d2w 2w2w
20 Dollars Reward. RUN away, last night, from the Subscriber, living in York Town, Pennsylvania, a German Servant man, named John Nicholas Kelb, a taylor by trade about 30 years of age and about 5 feet 4 inches high, has brown curled hair, and nearly bald on his head, had on a blue Surtout coat with a silk velvet cape and a dark blue coat with steel buttons, a green unlined cloth jacket, cloth colored thickset pantaloon a new rum hat, clouded cotton stockings and calf-skin shoes with strings. He is a good schol- ar in the German tongue and speaks English; it is likely he may lurk in and about the city of Philadelphia as he has acquaintances there. Whoever takes up and secures said servant in any jail so that his master can have him again, shall have the above reward paid by me, Thomas Owens. may 23. d1w
ROBERT SMITH & Co. No. 58, South Front-street. HAVE received by the ship Belvidere from London, a quantity of Russia Goods, consist- ing of Diapers, Drillings, Ravens-duck, &c. And by the Fanny, arrived at New-York from Glasgow, an assortment of Scotch goods. They have also on hand India Nankeens, Lutestrings, and a variety of India Mullins. may 23. d3w
30 Dollars Reward. THE Cellar of the Subscriber was broke open last night, and several pieces of Storm- mount Chintz of a set figure were car- ried off. Whoever will apprehend the thief or thieves, or recover the goods, shall receive the above reward, or in proportion for any part thereof. ROBERT SMITH & Co. No. 58 South Front-street. may 23. d2w
A few boxes of Umbrellas To be Sold cheap—by Mordecai Lewis. may 17. d2w
ROSS & SIMSON, HAVE FOR SALE, 22 bales superior Madras blue Cloths Carolina Indigo, first quality A few bales Batias, Coffas, and a quantity of Bengal COTTON Bengal SUGAR, in bags and boxes Jamaica and Bengal RUM april 2. $
For Sale, The cargo of the brig American from Laguira, CONSISTING of Caracas Cocoa. Henry Phillips, No. 113, South Fourth Street. april 23. $
Fresh Teas. Just Imported, in the ship Delaware, Captain Cooper, from Canton, And For Sale, by SAMUEL HOWELL, At his Compting House, No. 54, Chestnut-street, AND BY SAM. E. HOWELL, At his Compting House, Crooked billet wharf, Bohea, Souchong, Hyson, Young. Hyson, Hyson skin, and Imperial TEAS. Also, China Ware, assorted; black and coloured Lut- estrings and Sartins, Nankeens, Caffa, large garden and common Fans, fatin and lutestring Umbrellas, whale-bone sticks. They have also For Sale, Ell wide Perians, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, French Cambricks and Umbrellas, Sugar in boxes. march 8. $
Now Opening, At WILLIAM M'LAWS Saddle Manufactory, No. 72, Chestnut Street, A general assortment of Horseman's Bibbs, direct from the Manufacturers in London. ALSO ON HAND, Saddles, Bridles, Holsters, Half Covers, Light Horseman's Caps, Swords, Cartouch Boxes, Va- lises, Saddle Bags, Portmanteau's, Hard Leather Trunks, Carriage and Chair Harness, &c. april 9. d1f
FOR SALE. A THREE Story Brick House, on the north side of Spruce-street near Second-street, adjoining the wall of Mr. Jones's garden and formerly occupied by David Lenox, esq.—This house is in complete repair with back buildings, consisting of a Piazza, Kitchen and a handsome Dining Room over the Kitchen. As any Person inclined to purchase will view the premises, a more particular description is con- sidered unnecessary. The terms of payment will be one third cash, one third in 6 months and the remainder in 12 months with interest. For further information, Enquire of JOHN CRAIG, No. 12 Dock-street. may 16. $
Prison Manufactory. FOR SALE, At the Prison of the City and County of Philadel- phia, Cut Nails of all sizes, from 3d to 10d Flooring Brads, Spriggs, faddle and card Tacks Oakum and chipped Logwood Shoemakers and Saddlers Thread Allo—Sawed Marble, suitable for currier's table, tomb and head stones, hearths, chimney pieces, platforms, slabs, facia, window heads, fills, &c. All which may be had on reasonable terms. Shoes made and Weaving done at said Prison at a moderate price. Orders from a diligence, directed to Daniel Tho- mas, agent for the prison, will be attended to. December 3. anthon.