Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-07-23 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2133.]
PHILADELPHIA: TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1799.
[VOLUME XVI]
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
FOR SALE.
The first sailing SHIP SWIFT PACKET. She is well calculated as a Packet between this and the southern states, having handsome and extensive accommodations for passengers. She is well suited for the freights or West India trade, and can be sent to sea at a trifling expense. The inventory may be seen and the terms of sale made known by applying to N. & J. FRAZIER, No. 95 South Front St. May 30.
SHIP BROKER'S OFFICE,
And Commission Store, No. 120, SOUTH FRONT STREET, Next door to the Custom House. The Subscriber, encouraged by the advice of his friends, offers his service to the public as a Ship and Insurance Broker. He proposes to buy and sell vessels and every thing relating thereto—assist masters of vessels and others in entering and clearing at the Custom House, procuring and shipping freight, settling Insurance and all other mercantile accounts, and have on hand the necessary Blanks and Stamps. Papers in foreign languages translated, and information given in general mercantile matters. From a knowledge gained by long experience of every branch of business he hopes to be useful to those who please to favor him with their commands. SAMUEL EMERY. November 10.
FOR SALE,
By SIMON WALKER, Pine Street, near Fifth Street. 400 boxes Tin Plates, Hardware, assorted in cases, Sashes, assorted in cases, Wool with proof CANNON, viz. 4 pounders, 8 and 12 cwt each 6 pounders, 11, 13, 15 & 18 cwt each 9 pounders, 20 and 25 cwt each 12 pounders 22 cwt each. A short 18 pound cannonade. Round, Double headed and Cannister shot, English Cannon Powder, Cutlasses and boarding pikes, Muskets and Pistols, Iron Crow Bars. ALSO, for sale, 40 boxes Brown 10 ditto White HAVANNA SUGAR. June 28.
ROSS & SIMSON,
HAVE FOR SALE, 300 pieces 1st and 2d quality Russia Duck. 200 pieces Raven Duck (superior) Boston Beef in Barrels, A few bales Bengal COSAS HUMHUMS. 1000 bushels St. Martins Salt. April 11.
Old French Brandy in large and
small cases. 100 boxes 7 by 9 & 8 by 10 Window Glass 20 chest pint & half pint Tumblers, assorted 225 whole & 6 half tiers Rice, FOR SALE BY Gurney & Smith. May 3, 1799.
TO BE SOLD,
An Invoice of Woollens, CONSISTING of Coarse and Fine Cloths, principally Dark Blue, and printed Cambric—Apply to Owen & Jonathan Jones, No. 151 Market Street. April 20.
An excellent Stand for Business
FOR SALE, And possession immediately given. THAT valuable stand for business at the head of Chester Street, Maryland consisting of a brick store-house, 20 feet by 60, two stories high, three rooms on a floor, well appointed for business, two twenty feet rooms for the reception of grain, and a counting room, and three rooms for guests, with an excellent cellar under the whole, completely partitioned off for salt and pickling work, with a log corn crib adjoining, 10 feet by 40. This stand is situated in the handsomest and most advantageous part of the town for business and the prospect of returning good crops of wheat in the country around the head of Chester Hill tend to make it more desirable to those intending to purchase. For terms apply to Messrs. Leat Hollingsworth & Son, Philadelphia, or the subscribers near the premises, GEORGE V. MCANN W. THOMAS. P.S. If the above property is not sold in three months from this date, it will be rented. July 9.
TO BE LET,
Possession to be given on the 16th August, A convenient Three Story Brick House, SITUATE in Spruce between Second and Third Street; apply at No. 119 South Second Street July 18.
Just Received, and for Sale by
PAUL BECK, Jr. No. 11, SOUTH WATER STREET, Patent Sheathing Copper, From 16 oz. to 24 oz. per foot, inches. inches.
Copper in sheets 48 by 24 from 6 to 30 lb. pr. sheet do. do. 54 do 8 37 1/2 do. do. do. 60 do 8 30 do. do. do. 60 80 70 80 lb. do. do. do. 60 80 100 110 lb. do. do. do. 72 18 14 15 lb. do. do. do. 72 18 15 16 lb. do. do. do. 90 20 20 20 lb. do. Bottom Pipes, of various sizes, Flat Bottoms, from 10 to 18 inches diameter, Sheathing Nails (polished) 1-1/2 inch to 2-1/2 inch, Forged Nails, from 2-1/2 inch to 7 inch, Spikes, from 5 inch to 7 inch, Clinch Rings, from 1-1/2 inch to 1-3/4 inch, Copper Bolts, from 5-8 inch to 1-1/8 inch, ALSO, 100 tiers fresh rice, 60 pieces brandy 1st and 4th proof, Imperial, hyson, hyson skin, soucong and bohea teas, 20 hogheads allum, 20 do. copperas, Madras in hogheads, barrels and bags, Spanish, French and Carolina indigo, 300 hogheads molasses, 300 kegs of ginger, 20,000 wt. of pepper, Nutmegs, mace and cloves, 300 tons shot B B No. 119 9, 50 kegs of powder, Port wine in pipes, 50 hales of cotton. July 11.
LANDING.
From on board the DOROTHEA, at Willings and Francis's wharf, and for SALE by the subscribers, An assortment of GERMAN LINENS, CONSISTING OF— Estopillas Guingas Plantillas Royales Dowlas Brown Plantillas Creas & la Morlaix Bretagnes Silesia white Rools Rouges Warendorp linen Checks & Stripes Table Linen Lettadoes Linen fit for coffee bags Bielefeld Linen Pocket handkerchiefs LIKEWISE, German broad Cloth 50 hds. claret Thread 1200 demijohns French silk Stockings 135 liquor cases Swedish Iron 300 cases claret 12 pipes Holland Gin. ON HAND, Russia Bristles, English Sail Cloth, St. Peterburgh Hemp, English Silk Goods—co. fitting of Satins, Rubbans, Persians, &c. ERICK & LEWIS BOLLMANN, 123, South Third Street. June 26.
NICKLIN & GRIFFITH,
HAVE FOR SALE, No. 165, Chestnut Street, Received by the last arrivals from Liverpool. Ginghams, Dimities, Mouselines, Muslins, Printed Calicoes, Checks, Silk Striped Nankeens. Calimere, elegantly assorted in small bales. Wildbore Fancies, in do. Fernando Serge, in do. Broad Sars in do. Coarse Woolens in bales. ON HAND, Sail canvas by the bale or piece, No. 1 and 5 Nails 4, 6, 8 sprgs, clouts, claps, sheathing and copper Sheeting copper and copper bottoms Sheathing paper Yellow ochre in cases China ware assorted in boxes A quantity of empty port wine bottles London particular & India market 1 in pipes and Madeira wine 30 puncheons St. Kitts rum 20 ditto country ditto 11 fix pound cannon 10 four pound ditto, with carriages, hand-spikes, rammer, sponges, shot, &c complete Gunpowder in cases July 9.
Lost or Mislaid,
A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of the United States, No. 2933, in the name of Julia Westwood Knox, and for which, application is made at the Bank of the United States for the renewal of said certificate; and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. May 23.
THE SUBSCRIBER
HAVING been appointed administrator to the estate of the rev. JOHN WADE (deceased) late of New Jersey, NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to the said estate, to make immediate payment to the subscriber, and those who have any demands against the same, to render their accounts without delay, properly attested. Edward Thompson, no. 131, Market Street July 13.
THE PARTNERSHIP
TRADING under the Firms of HARTSHORNE, LANGE & Co. and JAMES ROBERT WALN, was dissolved 1 mo. 11, 1798, and the partnership trading under the firm of HARTSHORNE & LANGE, was dissolved 15th of the 4th month last, all persons indebted to either of the above firms are requested to make immediate payment, and those that have demands to present their accounts. 7 mo. 12th.
To be Let for the Summer Season,
Adjoining to, and on the north-west side of the Centre Square, Two very Pleasant and convenient ROOMS, On the lower floor, suitable for offices. Enquire of the subscriber on the premises. MATW. McCONNELL. July 23.
OFFICE
No. 14 Chestnut Street, or No. 25 Arch Street, FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Commission Business, Transacted Extensively.
MONEY ADVANCED,
On good Paper, on Mortgages and Merchandise. Also, Purchases and Sales of LANDS made, BY JAMES NEWPORT. July 5.
THE Proprietors of the New
Tavern are requested to move at the City Tavern on Monday the 23d inst. at 7 o'clock in the evening to elect their agents. N.B. The election will open at half past 7 and close at 9 o'clock. CHARLES BIDDLE, Chairman, July 12.
Notice is Hereby Given,
THAT the Officers and Crew of the Confessio will receive their prize money for the Frigate L'Indigent, by calling on CHARLES BIDDLE, No. 23, Market Street, or HENRY BENBRIDGE. July 12.
Unseated Lands in Luzerne County.
THE owners of unseated lands in Luzerne county (Penn.) are hereby notified, that unless the taxes due on said lands for the year 1796, are paid into the hands of General Lord Butler, County Treasurer, on or before the 20th day of August next, they will be advertised for sale as the law directs. John Phillips, John Jenkins, Thomas Wright } County Commis'ns Commissioners' Office, Wilkesbarre, July 11, '99 (16) dtz0A.
PRATT & KINTZING,
No. 95, north Water Street, HAVE FOR SALE, Ninety Packages Ticklenburghs, Hempen linen and Osnaburgs, from 3/6 to 2/9 per yd. 75 lb. brown beffans, brown rolls and wide Po. lish rolls, suitable for coffee and cotton bags &c. &c. 20 cases pasteros 14 pipes choice old port A few cases claret 25 tons hemp 1 box fine plantillas 1 do. Bielefeld linen 1 do. brown Holland 1 do. bed ticks, assorted 50 pieces Madras hdkfs 2 boxes Russia drilling 1 do. cambricks and lawns 1 do. tapes 4 bales coffee bags 1 box hunting for colors 2 packages oil cloths 1 barrel snuff boxes 1 chest quilts A few do. flats and pencils 4 chests Nuremberg toys The above are entitled to drawback, and will be sold at reasonable prices and a generous credit. July 5.
Fashionable Millinery.
ELIZA M'DOUGALL, NO. 134, MARKET STREET, HAS just received per ship Thomas Chastley and Adriana, from London, an elegant assortment of the most fashionable MILLINERY, viz. Chemille rosette FEATHERS Fancy flowers Black offany flowers Wreaths Pink, yellow and blue craps, full dress caps Do. do. and do. Nelson's bonnets Infant's pipe straw bonnets Maid's fancy do. do. Women's do. do. do. Do. do. finches Do. do. hats Fancy bagle shoe ruffs Do. do. trimmings Black, white, blue, yellow, pink and orange craps Black, white and green gauze veils Do. gauze cloaks N.B. And per Harmony, just arrived, a further assortment of Millinery. June 26.
JUST RECEIVED,
From the BOSTON Manufacturers, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes, FOR SALE BY, ISAAC HARVEY, JUN. N.B. Any size or sizes that may be wanted cut larger than 18 by 12 can be had from said manufacturer, on being ordered; and attention given to forward on any orders that may be left for that purpose. Apply at No. 9, South Water Street, as above. July 8.
UNSEATED LANDS.
THE owners of Unseated lands in FAYETTE COUNTY (Penn.) are hereby notified, that unless the taxes due on said lands for the years 1796, 1797 and 1798, are paid into the hands of General Ephraim Douglass, County Treasurer, on or before Thursday the 19th day of September next, they will be advertised for sale as the law directs. Caleb Mounts, James Allen, John Fulton, } County Commis'ns Union Town, June 5, '99. (14) d3m.
IRISH LINENS.
A good assortment of 4-4 & 7-8 wide Irish Linens, in half boxes, Some of which are very fine—also, a few bales 3-4 & 7-8 brown & half bleached Dowlas, Suitable for the St. Domingo trade, and entitled to drawback. Which will be disposed of on reasonable terms by the package. JAMES CLIBBORN & ENGLISH, No. 13, South Front Street, July 19.
MAIL COACHEES
BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, LEAVE Philadelphia every day, (Sunday excepted) at 8 o'clock, A.M. arrive at Baltimore the next day, by 11 o'clock, A.M. Returning. Leave Baltimore every day, (Sunday excepted) at 4 o'clock, A.M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next day, by 9 o'clock, A.M. Between NEW-YORK and PHILADELPHIA. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday excepted) at 12 o'clock at noon, arrive at New-York the next morning, by 8 o'clock. Returning. Leave New-York every day (Sunday excepted) at one o'clock, P.M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next morning, by 7 o'clock. Seats in the Mail Coaches to be taken in New-York, At Butman's Office, No. 5, Cortland-Street. In Philadelphia. At Francis' Hotel, No. 13, South Fourth Street, and at the Franklin Inn, No. 59, north Second Street. In Baltimore. At Evans' Tavern. Fare for Passengers, 8 Dollars from Philadelphia to New-York, and 8 Dollars from Philadelphia to Baltimore. All baggage over 14 lb. weight, is carried at 5 cents per pound. The Proprietors are not responsible for baggage. Agent for the Public Line, from Philadelphia to Baltimore. LEVI PEASE.
WARD, BROADHURST, JONES & Co.
Proprietors of the Mail Line from Philadelphia to New-York. General Post-Office, May 1.
TO BE SOLD BY
JESSE & ROBERT WALN. Old Port Wine, in Pipes, Hhds. and quarter casks, Also Landing at their Wharf From on board the ship Edward from Lisbon. Lisbon Wine, in pipes and qr. casks. June 25.
A special meeting of the Board of property in Lancaster, June 24, 1799.
Present, Daniel Broadhead, Sec. Gen. John Hall, Secretary, Francis Johnston, Reg. Gen. of the Land Office. The petition of Thomas Stewardson on behalf of himself and the other trustees for the estate of Samuel Caldwell, surviving partner of James Meefe, bearing date Philadelphia, 5th Month 17th 1799, stated as follows, viz. That a certain John Collins had in consequence of fraudulent deeds poll, obtained patents for two certain tracts of land, one situate in the county of Northumberland, surveyed to Samuel Caldwell in pursuance of a warrant dated in 1774; and the other situate now in Luzerne county, surveyed to said Caldwell by a warrant also dated in 1774—and requested that patents might be granted, for the said tracts, to William Crammond, Edward Tighman, John Ashley, and Thomas Stewardson, trustees of the estate of Samuel Caldwell, surviving partner of James Meefe, as the said two tracts were part of the estate of Meefe and Caldwell. Whereupon the Board having considered the same, ordered that at least sixty days notice be given in one of the Philadelphia newspapers, and in the Lancaster Journal to the said Collins or his assigns, to appear before the Board on the first Monday in October next, to show cause if any he or they have, why patents should not issue for the said two tracts to the said trustees agreeably to the prayer of the said petition. A true copy For JOHN BALL, Esq. Sec'y of Land Office. N. LUFBOROUGH. July 8.
FOR SALE,
A variety of Lots, many of them very advantageously situated north of the city of Philadelphia, in different parts of the Land known as the Estate of the late William Martin, Esq.—many of the lots afford valuable fees for Country seats, not excelled by any with in the same distance of the City, other lots are well adapted for Garden Grounds. Pasture &c. a third description is well calculated for building fronting upon Frankford road, Second, Third, and Fourth Streets continued to the German Town Road and also on Cross Roads designed to be laid out from Fourth Street to Turner's Lane; to which the property extends—For further particulars, application to be made to NICHOLAS HOLYDAY, on the Premises westward of Fourth Street. 8 July.
THE partnership of Joshua B. Bond, and
John Brooks, trading under the firm of Bond & Brooks, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, all persons indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment to Joshua B. Bond, and those having demands to present their accounts to him for settlement. Joshua B. Bond. John Brooks. April 1.
ALL PERSONS
HAVING demands against the Estate of Donald Grant Mitchell, Esq. late a captain of Artillerists and Engineers, in the service of the United States, deceased, are desired to produce their accounts legally authenticated—and those indebted to the said estate to make payment to NICHOLAS DIEHL, administrator. No. 20, Walnut Street. June 22.
WANTS A PLACE,
As a Seamstress or Child's Maid, IN a small family, who is going to the country, a YOUNG WOMAN, who can be well recommended, and who has learnt the Mantua Maker's business. Enquire in Arch Street, at the third house west of Eighth Street, on the north side of the way. July 15.
Journeymen Shoemakers.
TWO HUNDRED will receive immediate employment by applying to WILLIAM M. LAWS, Sadler, No. 72, Chestnut Street. June 12.
CANAL OFFICE,
June, 28th 1799. A MEETING of the Stockholders of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation will be held on Thursday the 5th of August next, at 6 o'clock in the Evening at the Canal Office. By order of the President, GEORGE WORRAL, Sec'y to Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company. June 29.
Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Office,
Philadelphia 21. May, 1799. IN pursuance of a resolution of the president and managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, the Stockholders are hereby notified and required to pay, on each of their respective Shares, to the Treasurer of the Company, at the Company's Office in this city, 15 dollars on the 15th June next, 20 dollars on the 15th July next, and 20 dollars on the 15th August next. WM. GOVETT, Treasurer, (M.D. 1799A) May 15.
Dissolution of Partnership in the Island of Antigua.
THE subscriber gives this Public Notice that the Partnership of Sherry and Dixon is this day dissolved. He begs leave to acquaint his Friends that he continues to carry on business in his own name and solicits continuance of their favors. WILLIAM SHIRVINGTON, St. John (Antigua.) May 16. (July 5) d3m.
A beautiful Country Seat, for Sale
SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware joining lands of Matthias Siple and Mrs. John Duffield, 13 miles from Philadelphia and 7 miles from Bristol. The buildings consist of a new two story Frame House and Kitchen adjoining—3 rooms on a floor, a Piazza the whole front of the House, a Pump of excellent water, a good garden and orchard—to acres of land will be sold with the premises, but more can be had if required. There is a gravelly shore at the river, the water flags for Burlington pass every day in the summer season, and the land flags for New-York within half a mile; any person inclining to purchase may know the terms of sale and other particulars by enquiring at No. 12, Dock Street, or No. 161, South Second Street. June 1.
NOTICE.
THE Creditors of Woodruff and Thompson, late merchants of this place, insolvent debtors, are hereby requested to take notice, That the subscribers will attend on the 11th Monday in January next, in the year 1800, at John Johnson's Inn, in this town, for the purpose of making the first dividend of their estate. JOHN JOHNSON, EDW. SHARP, } Assignees, Newton, Sussex county, New-Jersey, June 26, '99 July 9 d3m.
LAST NOTICE.
To the Creditors of Joseph Thomas, A GENERAL meeting of the Creditors is intended to be called, for Thursday the first of August next, when those persons only will be recognized as such. At that meeting the Assignees hope to have it in their power to lay before them a circumstantial account of his concerns; and to propose some mode of adjustment to the Creditors. Those who neglect to furnish their accounts before that day, will be excluded from the benefit of any arrangements that may be then made. Samuel W. Fisher, William Buckley, John Hall, } Assignees of Jos. Thomas July 3.
TO BE LET,
A Large Commodious Cellar, Under Friends Meeting House, in Keys' Alley. Apply at LEONARD SNOWDEN'S, No. 130, North Front Street. 7 mo. 6.
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, &
Evans, Insolvent Debtors, in the county of Sussex, are to meet the Assignee at the Court House in said county, on the 25th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock A.M. in order to make a dividend of said Insolvent's estate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. June 25.
TO BE SOLD,
A LOT of Land containing two and an half acres, situate in the Manor of Moorland, Montgomery county, not far distant from the Newton road, and about 15 miles from Philadelphia, on which is erected a good Stone Dwelling House, Stone Spring House, and Frame Stables. On this place is a large bearing orchard of the best grafted fruit, such as navel and winter apples, pears, cherries, mulberries, corn, flax potatoes and clover. The situation is very healthy, and being in the neighborhood of several stores and flour mills, makes it a desirable purchase for any person wishing to secure a farmer's retreat at a small expense. Possession can be had immediately. For further particulars apply to EDWARD BONSALL, No. 64, Dock Street N.B. One acre of excellent woodland adjoining he above may also be had. July 9.

UNITED STATES } Pennsylvania District } BY virtue of a writ of Fi. fa. to me directed by the Honorable the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to Public Sale at the Merchants' Coffee House in the City of Philadelphia on Thursday the 21st day of August next at 12 o'clock at noon,
305 1/2 acres No. 241, located by James Shaw, situate on the easterly side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, between Tunkasawrey and Manjappa, and known by the name of Long reach or Long bottom. 317 acres No. 221, located and patented by Archibald Stewart, situate on the westerly side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, a little below the mouth of Tunkasawrey creek. 318 acres No. 235, located by Wm. Harrison, situate on the west side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, opposite the mouth of Lachawannack. 274 acres No. 1986, located by David Fraser, situate on the southerly side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, called Point no Point. 292 acres No. 321, located by Pat. Savage, situate on a branch of Mill creek. 309 acres No. 202, located by Jno. Hammond, situate on the westerly side of N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, about 4 1/2 miles below the mouth of Tunkasawrey. 307 1/2 acres No. 1300, located by Christopher Mire, situate on the westerly side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, at a place called the Meadows. 320 acres No. 1775, located by Wm. Crooks, situate on the westerly side of the N. E. branch of Schuylkill River, opposite Manjappa. 332 acres No. 721, located by John Brown, situate on the easterly side of the N. E. branch of the Schuylkill River, between 3 and 4 miles below the mouth of Tunkasawrey. 900 acres on the Plains called Abraham's Plains. Be the same more or less. Seized and taken in execution as the property of Archibald Stewart deceased, and to be sold by
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's office, at Philadelphia, 22d July '99. } DITA
A piece of Serge found. On Saturday morning the 21st inst. was found a piece red serge, suppose to be stolen, from a retail store. The owner by enquiring at 130, Market-street, and proving property, may have it again. July 22. } 11.2.
To be Sold. A TWO story BRICK HOUSE, two Rooms and Garret two fire places—It is situated on the Passyunk road, between Christian and Carpenter Streets, at the corner of Merrit's lane. The Lot is forty feet in front on the public street, which is one hundred and eight feet front, to the lane, with a large garden. Any person inclining to purchase may know the terms by applying to the subscriber on the premises. The house is on a low ground rent, and will be sold on reasonable terms. July 20. } 31.
Lost or Mislaid. A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of the United States bearing date 18th January 1793, in the name of Joseph Thornburgh, No. 1138, for the renewal of which application hath been made at said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice thereof. ROBERT DENISON, Junr. Philadelphia, June 12. } d3m
42 Hhds of Richmond TOBACCO, of an excellent quality, FOR SALE BY Peter Barker & Co. No 148, High Street 6 mo. 18 } eof
TO BE SOLD. TWO new frame two Story Houses pleasantly situated near the Jolly Post-Tavern, upper end of the Village of Frankford. There are in each house, besides a kitchen, two rooms on the first floor; three on the second, with roomy garrets, all well finished; there are also to each, a good garden lot, stable and coach house. Part goods will be taken in payment. Any persons wishing to become purchasers are requested to view the premises, and for terms apply to JOHN MCCLELLAN. Frankford, July 23. } eof
ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to the Estate of ABRAHAM DICKS, Esq. late Sheriff of the County of Delaware, are requested to make immediate payment, and all those who have demands against said Estate to authenticate and present them for settlement. Also, all those who have deposited writings with said deceased to apply for them to WILLIAM PENNOCK, Adm'r. Springfield, Delaware county, } 1st mo. 8th, 1799. } 12.8. 3 } 12.8.16
WHEREAS, An attachment was lately issued out of the inferior court of common pleas of the county of Essex, in the state of New Jersey, directed to the sheriff of the said county, against the rights, credits, monies and effects, goods and chattels, lands and tenements of John Cleves Symmes at the suit of William Wells, in a plea of trespass on the case to his damage three thousand dollars;— And whereas, the said sheriff did, at the term of June last past, return to the said court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Deuman and Samuel Meeker to the said defendant, to the amount of near two thousand dollars, and also by sixty land warrants;— Now therefore, unless the said John Cleves Symmes shall appear, give special bail, and receive a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment will be entered against him, and his property herein attached, will be sold agreeably to the statute in such case made and provided. Aaron Ogden, Clerk, &c. Elizabeth-town, July 8, 1799 (11) awtam
TAKE NOTICE, THAT I have applied by petition to the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northumberland for the benefit of the insolvent act, and they have appointed the 4th Monday in August to hear me and my creditors at the court in Sunbury, at which time and place they may attend if they think proper. JACOB RESSER. July 2, 1799. } 12.8.3w
CONTINUATION OF Late Foreign Articles BY THE DUBLIN PACKET, ARRIVED AT NEW-YORK. LONDON May 20.
Jourdan is named Inspector of the Army of England—Quere, Where is this army? The Commander in Chief of this extraordinary army, Moulins, has addressed a proclamation to the western department, in which the national guards are ordered to join with the troops of the line in order to extirpate the wandering hordes of assassins who desolate those unfortunate provinces. Public robberies increase in various parts of the department of the Tille de Vilaines. The roads are infested with banditti, who stop and pillage the public carriages. The Diligence from Nantz to L'Orient, and the Mail from L'Orient to Nantz, have been stopped and plundered, the one of the dispatches and letters, the other of considerable sums in specie. They are part of a still more formidable band, who are armed with muskets bayonets, and pistols, who have plundered several houses in the commune of St. Ouen, and maltreated their inhabitants. A French Journal gives the most extraordinary account of the system, manners, and organization of a band of wretches known by the name of Chasseurs, from the tortures they inflicted. It asserts, that they compose only a section of one immense body of banditti. That they exercise amongst themselves the strictest police. That birth is a great distinction with them, and a title to the highest ranks; that they employ in their great affairs only a chief of family, while they delegate their ordinary operations to the new Franks. (It is the first time we have observed this appellation.)—The stigmatic and disgrace any one has endured from the hands of justice, are the most important recommendations. Banishment, the Carcan, and the Fleur-de-Lis, entitle to different ranks, and they appear to make a mockery of death, which they call the Bell. Out of 200 of them, confined in the prison of Chartres, 54 are dead already. Every thing combines to prove that they poison those from whom they apprehend any discovery which could expose the higher order. They have their priests, who marry and baptize.
Advises received yesterday from Earl St. Vincent state, that he feels himself fully prepared to meet the French fleet, should its destination permit him to fall in with it.
CORRESPONDENCE Between Commodore Trowbridge, and General Macdonald.
To his Excellency General Macdonald. Culloden, off the Isle of Procida, April 9. SIR, Having learned that the French privateer Championnet, a prize belonging to one of his majesty's vessels under my command, has been driven by bad weather into the port of Castellamare, and having, with little more than a month, released nearly 400 French prisoners, I hope that your excellency will set at liberty the midshipman and seven English seamen, now in your power. It is necessary for me further to inform your Excellency, that on the 30th ult. I sent a party from Palermo to Nice, with 300 French prisoners.
It is with real concern I hear, that the effects of our minister, Sir W. Hamilton, are detained in his house at Naples. You, Sir, both as an officer and soldier, ought to know that the property of Ambassadors has never been considered as falling within the right of conquest, and I am convinced that what has taken place, in that respect, has happened without your knowledge. An ambassador is obliged to follow the court to which he has been sent. I beg you to reflect on our conduct towards your consuls and merchants at Leghorn, when we took possession of the port.
I am also to acquaint you, that I captured at the heights of Alexandria, a Mons. Beauchamp, dressed in the Turkish fashion on his way to Constantinople as a spy, with secret instructions, and about £600 concealed about him, which I restored to him, from the conviction that it is the duty of all officers to alleviate the miseries of war, which should as little as possible affect individuals, and to treat prisoners with every proper attention. I wish I had it in my power to say that our officers, soldiers, or sailors, have been treated in that way by the Directory. I trust, Sir, after this explanation, that you will make no difficulty of giving up the above mentioned midshipman and seamen to my officer, who is charged with the delivery of this letter, and that you will also put into his hands all the English whom you may have in your power. I shall take care to have their names registered, and the officer will give you a receipt for the men whom you shall send back to me. I have the honor to be with great respect, your very humble and obedient servant, T. TROWBRIDGE.
General Macdonald's Reply, SIR, The crew of the small vessel which was forced into Castellamare by bad weather, are still performing quarantine, but as soon as the officer of health shall declare there is no danger in opening the communication with them, I shall give the necessary orders for sending them on board your squadron. Your officer who brought your letter has been able to satisfy himself that your minister has left nothing here but the walls of his house—at least it was found in that state on the conquest of Naples. You, Sir, who are so well versed in the rights of nations, should put the ex-King of Naples in mind of them who now keep in chains, without any reason, the vice consul of the French republic.
I beg, Sir, you will be satisfied that your prisoners are treated with all the attention and care which misfortune can claim and humanity bestow. I with I had it in my power to say as much of the agents of your government, and of you in particular. I am, Sir, &c.
MACDONALD. Letter from General Macdonald to M. Acton. The Commander in Chief Macdonald to M. Acton, Minister of his Neapolitan Excellency. I learn, Sir, with the greatest surprise and indignation, that the clement King of Naples exercises his impotent vengeance against citizen Ribaud, vice consul of the French republic at Messina, and that he has loaded him with chains, and thrown him into a dungeon. Such extraordinary conduct cannot fail to provoke reprisals, and it is on your brother that they have fallen. I am assured, Sir, that humanity and the ties of blood have not spoken in favor of him. I propose, Sir, however, to exchange him for our estimable fellow-citizen Ribaud.
MACDONALD, General in Chief. From the London Gazette Extraordinary. Downing-Street, May 22. "A dispatch of which the following is an extract, has been this day received from the Right Hon. Sir Morton Eden, K. B. by the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, dated Vienna, May 7. 1799."
"An officer arrived here yesterday from Milan, with an account of Marshal Suwarow having forced the passage of the Adda on the 27th past, completely beaten the enemy, and established his head quarters on the 30th at Milan. By this victory all the Milanese, except the castle of Milan, is wrested from the French, and it must all soon fall, as the garrison does not exceed 12 hundred men, of which only four hundred are French. The disorder of the enemy in their flight was extreme; and it is supposed that they went towards the Po. Another body of the enemy is said are throwing up works at Reggio and Parma, in order to cover Mantua. I enclose the Extraordinary Gazette published last night on this occasion, and most sincerely congratulate your Lordship on this brilliant and important event."
"It is with great satisfaction that I add, that by accounts just received from General Bellegarde, it appears that that General has driven the enemy from nearly the whole of the Lower Engadine. On the 3d inst. he himself was at Sufi, and Gen. Haddick was at Zernez; Schuls was also occupied by the Austrians."
This government is greatly hurt at the unfortunate event that has taken place near Rastadt, with regard to the French Plenipotentiaries. Bonnier and Roberjot are said to be dead, and Jean de Brie badly wounded. A severe enquiry has been set on foot, the result of which will be made public, and the guilty exemplarily punished."
PARIS, May 13. COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. 23 Floreal—May 12. The following Message from the Directory was read, and is as follows: Citizen Representatives, "A Spanish division, consisting of five Spanish ships of the line and one frigate, with about 3000 troops on board, has just put into the road of the island of Aix. The health of the soldiers might be injured were they to remain on board until the ships sail for the place of their destination. It is even possible, in consequence of subsequent combinations, that the Spanish troops may be obliged to march over a part of the territory of the Republic."
"The Executive Directory, in conformity to the 295th article of the constitution, acquaints you with the arrival of these troops, and demands your consent, even eventually, to their introduction, residence, and passage." "The Directory has, moreover, Citizen Representatives, already given orders to furnish every assistance to the Spaniards which their situation, and the good understanding that subsists between the two nations, might require on our part." "BARRAS, President. "LA GARDE, Sec'y"
M.Y. 13. Bouly Paty read a resolution, by which the Directory is authorized to introduce on the French territory the 3000 Spaniards announced in the message of yesterday.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. Proclamation of the Executive Directory on the assassination of the French Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Rastadt. 17th Floreal—May 6. "FRENCHMEN! "Your plenipotentiaries have been massacred in cold blood, by the orders and satellites of Austria; and those illustrious victims, whose character was sacred, have been sacrificed only because they were the images of the active representation of a nation, which your ferocious enemy would have been happy to have butchered without a single exception; similar to that other Emperor, who in his brutal ferocity wished the Roman people laid but one blow, that he might strike it off with a single blow. You have read the horrible details of this assassination, which was meditated in the silence of the cabinet, preconcerted by teachers, and executed in the sight of the members of the Congress, as if designed to defy in their per-
sons all the powers whose representatives they also were, and to give the dreadful signal of a war of extermination." "Frenchmen! you have, on the recital of such horrors, demanded vengeance.—Be assured, that it will prove terrible. It is not the cause of liberty alone which we must defend, but even that of humanity; and in this struggle of civilization against barbarity, should the indignation of Europe promise to supply you with auxiliaries, it will be your duty to hold on the glorious example that is calculated to rally them in support of your cause. There has never yet occurred any instance in which an outrage of the law of nations has stained your successes or accompanied your misfortunes. Your enemy, on the contrary, has only attempted to repair his defeats by treachery, and has celebrated an ephemeral success only by assassinations: a perseverance in your generous conduct will render the contrast more dishonorable to him. If the battalions of Austria have not spared in its crime, they will refuse to associate themselves with assassins, and will break their arms. If they continue to fight against us, they must be considered as accomplices in the guilt. A memorable punishment is necessary to preserve the world from the new outrages and crimes which are reserved for it by the impious league of the monarchs of Russia and Austria, formed by ambition, cemented by crimes, and which, in the madness of their projects, threatens the destruction of Europe."
"The Executive Directory decrees, that the preceding proclamation shall be inserted in the bulletin of the laws, and that it be reprinted and affixed in all the communes of the republic in the usual places." "The Minister of Justice is charged with the execution of the present decree." (Signed) "P. BARRAS, President. "LAGARDE, Sec'y General."
Massena, Commander in Chief, to the Executive Directory of the French republic. Head-quarters at Zurich, May 3. Citizens Directors, "The General of division Menard, commander in chief in the Grisons, informs me that on the 1st inst. at break of day, the enemy attacked him with superior force in the defiles of Lanquar, and on the points of Lucileis and Flaich. A column of 2000 men, which was to have turned Lucileis, opened a passage by Flaich, and marched down the mountain. The enemy expected to form a junction with the troops who were to have forced the passage of Lanquar.—Our posts fell back before that column, and we suffered it to advance as far as the heights of Mayenfeld. General Chabran, at the head of a battalion of the 109th demi-brigade, attacked it with impetuosity, forced it to lay down its arms, and made all the troops it consisted of prisoners of war. Some of our posts on Lanquar were at first obliged to give way to numbers, but they soon drove the enemy back, and we have retained all our positions. I am informed by the same General, that General Lecourbe was also attacked on the 30th April, in all points of his line, at three o'clock in the morning, and the action lasted till night. The attack directed against Zernez by the valley of St. Marie, although supported by 3 battalions, was sustained with intrepidity by our troops. The enemy was repulsed, and 500 prisoners taken, among whom are officers, & the young prince de Ligne, Major of the regiment of that name. The enemy also attempted to carry our entrenchments at Veranka, in four successive assaults, and was repulsed in each, after losing upwards of 4000 in killed and wounded. He has only penetrated by the single point of Schlarla, and has advanced to Traisp. General Lecourbe speaks in terms of the high commendation of the gallantry with which all the troops fought. He had to contend with 14,000 men. While the enemy was engaged in attacking our position in the Grisons and Valteline, he also cannonaded us on the line of the Rhine, and made dispositions which announced the intention of attempting a passage."
(Signed) MASSENA. May 13. Letters from Cadiz mention, that a tempest having dispersed the English fleet, the Spanish fleet, consisting of 19 ships of the line, sailed from that port on the 20th April. It is said that the army of General Macdonald has formed a junction with the army of Moreau; but the fact is, that nobody has yet had any account of the army of Naples. It is also asserted that a courier has brought an account to the directory of the junction of 26,000 men to our army. It may be so, but we are ignorant of it. It appears that the directory has received information that the Spanish fleet had scarcely gone out of Cadiz, when it joined the French squadron.—Clef du Cabinet.
May 14. When the details of the assassination of our plenipotentiaries are fully considered, there is no person who must not be convinced that it had been preconcerted, and ordered by the house of Austria. The crime is, however, so atrocious, and violates rights of so sacred a nature, that people are inclined to struggle, to the last moment, against the evidence. The following letter was written by Prince Charles to Gen. Massena on the 2d of May, four days subsequent to the assassination, and three days after the remonstrance addressed by the ministers of the different powers who remained at Rastadt, to Prince Charles, whose head-quarters at Stockach were, however, only 20 leagues distant from Rastadt. "General, "The reports which reach me this day, inform me of an event which has happened in the line of my advanced posts. The officer in command acquainted me, that the French ministers, Bonnier and Roberjot, having crossed during the night the chain of his posts, were attacked by Hussars, and unfortunately perished. The circumstances of this event are still unknown to me. I have, in the mean time, caused the commander of the advanced posts to be arrested, and have also appointed a commission to take the most exact and rigorous enquiries respecting the causes of that accident. I hasten to assure you, beforehand, that, should my advanced posts be found in the slightest degree culpable in that affair, I shall exact signal satisfaction from them, as my orders relative to the personal safety of the French ministers were precise and reiterated. I cannot sufficiently express my regret that such a disaster should have happened in the line of my advanced posts. I reserve to myself, General, the opportunity of communicating to you, without delay, the result of the enquiries which I ordered to be made the moment the intelligence reached me. Receive, General, an assurance of my most distinguished consideration."
"CHARLES. "Head-quarters, Stockach, May 2."
We learn from Hamburg, that the French Consul, Citizen Lagan, has withdrawn from that city to Bremen. Boccardi, the Ligurian minister at Rastadt, is arrived here. He was present when the French ministers were assassinated.—The widow of Roberjot is also arrived. The proclamation of the Directory, relative to the assassination of our plenipotentiaries, was yesterday published at Paris, in a very solemn manner. The municipal scarf and those of the colors were covered with black crape, and the officers wore black crape on their arms. On the night before the funeral pomp was celebrated in all the decadal temples. Black colours were suspended at the porticoes, solemn music was played, and the reading of Jean Debry's letter was frequently interrupted by shouts of imprecation and vengeance.
May 16. There is a considerable number of forged notes of the Bank of England in circulation here, which have been lent by Pitt and his friends to this country. They are very bad counterfeits, but as there are very few real ones here, the forgery is not easily detected. The report in circulation of the junction of Macdonald's army is believed without being officially confirmed. It is added that Moreau is actually in possession of impregnable posts in different points of the Alps.
Extract from the Journal of the Directory, sitting of the 26th Floreal (May 9) "The Members of the Directory having met pursuant to the 137th article of the constitution to decide by lot which of them should go out of office on the 1st of next prairial (the 20th of May) the order of drawing was first determined in the following manner: 1st, Citizen Barras—2d, Citizen Lepaux—3d, Citizen Reubell. The ball containing the word—'Member of the Directory to go out,' was drawn by Citizen Reubell and it was accordingly, declared that he should quit his official situation on the 20th of May. A message stating this proceeding was immediately sent to both Councils."
ARMY OF ITALY. Extract of a letter from the head-quarters of the army of Italy, dated May 1. "Our army had quitted the Oglio, in order to advance to the Adda. It was Gen. Scherer who made this movement, and established the line of defence. On the 24th ult. Moreau received a courier from the Directory, who brought him the news of his promotion to the command in chief. He had no time to change all the dispositions of his predecessor, and on the following day the enemy had already passed the Adda at two different points. It was then necessary he should defend himself according to the order of battle that had been established. The obstinacy of the engagement was equal on both sides. At noon there were hopes of forcing the enemy to repass the river. If the division of Victor, which had been placed at a great distance, could have come up two hours sooner, the enemy would have repassed the Adda, and 12,000 of them would have been made prisoners. This division however arrived time enough to take 3000 Hungarian grenadiers. Night put an end to the combat; and we withdrew in the best order possible to Pavia. This retreat has deprived us of Milan, which was evacuated during the day and night of the 24th. On the 25th at noon it was entered by the enemy. Our army has again this day to contend with 70,000 men, whose progress, thanks to the experience and talents of our General, is checked."
"The head-quarters are this day at Novarra. It appears that our army is about to move towards Genoa."
ARMY OF THE DANUBE. Massena, Commander in Chief to the Executive Directory. "Head-quarters, St. Gall, May 5. Citizens Directors, "I have the honour to inform you that General Lecourbe, after several obstinate engagements in which the enemy suffered excessive losses, at least treble to ours, found it expedient to march up the Inn, and proceed to Belluzona. "In those different actions, in which the enemy lost more than about 6,000 men, General Lecourbe had about 700 men killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The actions were fought with uncommon fury. "Health and respect. "MASSENA."

PARIS, May 11. The Executive Directory of the French Republic to all People and all Governments.
The news of an excessive outrage has already resounded in Europe, and the circumstances of a crime the most unheard of, with which the pages of the history of civilized nations have been stained, are now collected with horror from all parts. It was at the gates of Rastadt, on the territory of an independent and neutral prince, and in sight of all the members of the Congress violently detained in that town, and forced to be no less important than indignant spectators of a crime which affected them all, that in contempt of a sacred character, in contempt of assurances given, in contempt of every thing which constitutes humanity, justice, and honor, the Plenipotentiaries of the Republic, victims ever to be regretted of the mission of peace with which they were entrusted, and unlimited devotion with which they fulfilled the instructions of government, and maintained the national dignity, were massacred in cold blood by a detachment of Austrian troops. But how much more deplorable are the circumstances of this assassination than it is!
Already, in the first days of the month Floreal, the communication of the French Legation with the Republic had been interrupted; one of its couriers had been carried off, and the spirited remonstrances of the Congress had only produced an insolent declaration, which made its operation necessary.
On the 9th Floreal (28th April) at seven o'clock in the evening, the colonel of the regiment of the Szekelys caused a declaration to be made by a Captain to Baron Albin, the Directorial Minister, that the French Legation might leave Rastadt in security. The same captain proceeded afterwards to the French Ministers, and signified to them an order to depart from Rastadt in twenty-four hours. At eight o'clock they got into their carriages, and were stopped at the gates of the town. So sudden a departure no doubt had been expected, and the assassination was not completely organized. Another hour was still wanting. At nine o'clock the prohibition from passing the gates was taken off with respect to the French Legation only. The French Ministers demanded an escort, but the Austrian commander refused to grant it, and answered in the following terms:
"You will be as secure on your journey, as in your apartments." But the legation had scarcely advanced fifty paces, when it was surrounded by a numerous detachment of the same corps, whose commander had just before promised every kind of security. The carriages are stopped; Citizen Jean Debry, who was in the first, is forced to alight, and he is asked, "Are you not Jean Debry?" "Yes," he answered—I am Jean Debry—Minister of France." He instantly falls to the ground pierced with wounds. The citizens, Bonnier and Roberjot are stopped in the same manner and interrogated. They tell their names and are killed. Roberjot is massacred in the arms of his wife. The crime being perpetrated, the papers of the Legation are carried off, and conveyed to the Austrian commander. In considering these faithful details, who is there that cannot perceive the premeditations of this assassination, and its first authors.
"Such a sacrilege will doubtless only tend to the accumulation of infamy and execration, and should any other punishment be wanting, history reserves one for those who have been guilty of the crime. It would be in vain for the Court of Vienna to attempt to shake off the dreadful responsibility that attaches to this accusation. All its previous conduct now comes forward in evidence against it. It will be recollected that it commenced hostilities by an outrage of a similar nature, in causing two French ambassadors to be arrested on the territory of the confederacy, who were afterwards thrown into dungeons at Mantua. It will be remembered that the prisoners of Olmutz also received, and confined for three years, representatives of the people, and a Minister who was delivered by treachery. It will be remembered, that Austria was not unacquainted with the assassinations committed at Rome on the French, and that it received and protected the authors of them. It will finally be recollected, that the first ambassador of the Republic at Vienna, experienced only outrages and affronts there. These statements are sufficient to impress conviction that the assassination recently perpetrated at Rastadt, is but the consequence and the horrid completion of the series of atrocities with which Austria has astonished Europe, since Charles the Fifth furnished the example of stepping beyond all social laws, by causing the ambassadors whom Francis the First sent to Venice and to Constantinople to be massacred.
"The proofs existing in history of the indignation which was manifested at that period by all the European powers convince us that a crime still more execrable will also excite more horror and detestation.
"And when the constant moderation and boundless generosity of the French Republic shall be compared with the crimes of Austria; when it shall be considered, that even in the midst of the most violent storms of the revolution, the law of nations has not received the slightest injury in France; that the Envoy of the British Government entered twice into the territory of France, and departed from it free and respected, although justly suspected to have come rather to excite troubles than to negotiate peace; that the Minister of Naples obtained permission to return to his master, and to continue his journey in a secure and uninterrupted manner, at the very moment when the French General had repulsed the Neapolitan troops, and when he was informed that the Ambassador of the Republic had been refused passports to retire by land, and had been
compelled to embark at Naples, with a certainty that such a measure was not to deliver him into the hands of the Austrian States; that the cruel treatment to which the French have fallen victims, in the dominions of the Grand Seignor, however great and just the national resentment, on that account, may have been, has not given rise to any reprisals; when the Congress of Rastadt, peaceable and respected as long as the French armies were near it, shall be compared with the Congress thrown into confusion, and dissolved on the approach of the Austrians; when the voluntary departure of M. M. de Lehrbach and de Metternich, protected by French passports, shall be compared with the premeditated massacre of the Ministers of the Republic.
These different contrasts, already so odious, will become still more dishonourable for Austria by the comparison which must be made between its fatelities, whose cowardly ferocity is a subject of astonishment even to the people of the North, who have been called upon to co-operate with them and the agents of the government of Europe, who though it is the most essential enemy of the French Government, and the most determined to insure it, have recently given proofs, at Constantinople that they understood, the law of nations, and set a value on preventing the violation of it. Is it possible then, that any people, that any Government, who may not have injured every principle of civilization and of honour, can hesitate for a moment to declare itself in favour of good faith against perfidy; in favour of continued moderation against unmasked ambition; in favour of abused confidence against atrocious and premeditated crimes?
"It is therefore with the just hope of being attended to with effect, and of obtaining for the illustrious victims who have been immolated at Rastadt, a deep regret; for the French Republic an honourable approbation, and an union of execration against Austria, that the Executive Directory now addresses this solemn appeal to the conscience and honor of every people and of every government, accepting this early as a pledge of the generous determination which will be formed by them, the particular indignation which has been expressed with so much energy at Rastadt by all the members of the Congress, and at Paris by the Ambassador and Ministers of friendly or neutral powers.
"The Executive Directory decrees, that the proceeding manifesto shall be transmitted to all governments; that it shall be printed in the bulletin of the laws, and solemnly read, published and affixed in all the Communes of the Republic, and be inferred in the orders of all the armies.
(Signed) "BARRAS President. "LA GARDE Sec."
[The Execution of the two Sansculottes at Rastadt, must have been caused either by their masters, (which is most probable) or by the intolerable insolence of the fellows themselves, leading them to outrage centinels at their posts, who would have been hung if they had not shot them. But it was an event not to be neglected by the five Neroes, let it have originated as it may: accordingly we find them charging it upon the Emperor, and invoking the nations of the earth to make common cause with them—inviting them to expressions of deep regret for the "illustrious victims" Jean de Brie, Roberjot and Bonnier, three revolutionary regicides and assassins, unmann'd knaves, who after outraging the house of Austria for months within the sphere of its own control, and all mankind for years before, still audaciously insisted on remaining in its territory as spies, under its protection, after having been repeatedly ordered to depart.
Their appeal to the world, on the score of the sanctity attached to diplomatic character, will be lost, at least in this country if no other. A band of scoundrels, who have at no time been bound by any laws human or divine; who have notoriously threatened with imprisonment, and banished ignominiously the minister of one nation because he did not come with his pockets full of bribes; and imprisoned along with felons, cut-throats and democratic sansculottes, the ambassador of another nation after he had paid them their required douceur; can by no stretch of mendacity acquire even the slightest degree of consideration.
But these execrable monsters, who fell the just victims of their own brutal temerity, were not diplomatic characters; their functions had ceased, and their calling was at an end: the dissolution of the Congress had been openly proclaimed—these audacious regicides had been ordered to depart—and that order had even been repeated. But no, "the honor of the Great Nation," says De Brie, "rendered it fitting, that we should wait an order to return from our own Government;" (or words to that effect). We have besides, the evidence of his own assertion, that if they had gone even on the morning of the day on which they were executed, they might have gone safe; and why? Because "the military posts of the Austrian forces had not then been stationed." They remained, then, as spies—as spies, they intruded, at night, upon a military post,—and as spies, they were put to death. This is the aspect the transaction wears, according to their own reports of it—but what we have repeatedly hinted at already, must appear a much more plausible method of accounting for their execution.
The appeal of their fancied majesties in either case, is mere brutum fulmen: the meagre, squallid spectre of French republicanism will gnaw in vain his gory tushes, for his last victim is devoured. The knocking in the head of these three clodpoles, who are thereby only lent, according to their own philosophy, to take a long nap, may be viewed upon the whole rather as a charitable action, for they have been dispatched about in season to see that preparation be made
against the explosion of the Grande Republic itself, and the consequent descent of their quondam comrades into the domains of Pluto—whereas these might otherwise have been left to wander unburied in the Cis-Rhenan Republic, for a great number of years, which, as they ever tested anarchy, must have proved to them, of all things the most horrible.]
LONDON, May 20. Copy of a Letter from Capt. Charles Wollaston, Commander of his Majesty's sloop Cruizer, to Rear-Admiral, Esq. dated at Yarmouth the 23d instant. SIR,
I BEG leave to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that St. Albans Head bearing North, on the 21st inst. at 11 A. M. I discovered two luggers to the Southward to which I gave chase, but the weather being unsettled and hazy, I could only discern them at times, they being well to windward, and finding in the intervals of clear that we headed them fast, I took the advantage of tacking, and had the satisfaction of seeing them nearly a head when the weather cleared up; and about half past four P. M. were nearly within gun shot of them, when a sudden gull of wind from off the shore carried away our fore-top-mast, and with it the main top-gallant mast; this obliged me to bring too for some time to clear the wreck, which being accomplished I made out sail I could, and was thereby enabled to keep sight of them until in P. M. when finding they steering a course directly along shore I continued standing to the southward all night, having during the night got up another top mast and refted the ship. At day-light in the morning, Scarborough Castle bearing W. half N. three leagues, I gave chase of six hours, captured her. She proved to be, the Deux Freres, captain Jacques Bisset, of fourteen guns, (twelve of which she threw overboard during the chase) and fifty men, belonging to Calais, sailed from thence on the 16th of April last, and has been cruising ever since.—The lugger, (the Captain informs me) in company with him the day before, was the Tippo Saib, of 12 guns, and having thrown all her guns, boat &c. overboard during the chase, has gone either to France or Norway. Having 26 men away in prizes, and 40 prisoners on board, I judged proper to come into this port, the wind being Northerly, to land the prisoners, and shall as soon as possible repair to my station.—I am, Sir, &c.
CHARLES WOLLASTON.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, July 22. The ship Columbus, prize to the Letter of Marque Brig Black Joke, is, we understand, taken possession of by the officer of the customs. A Public dinner, we hear, will be given in compliment to capt. Truxton, by the Chamber of Commerce.
We are informed that Lord Hugh Seymour, is appointed to succeed Vice Admiral Henry Hervey, commanding on the Windward Island station, in the West Indies.
EASTON, July 19. At a meeting of a number of the Inhabitants of the Election district, composed of Upper Smithfield, Wayne county, convened by previous notice, at the house of Peter Quick, for the purpose of fixing on a suitable person to fill the Executive office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, James Van Aken, Esq. being appointed Chairman and Lieut. Ira Fuller, Secretary the following resolutions were adopted by a large majority.
1st. Resolved, That considering the present political situation of our country, and the important rank, which the state of Pennsylvania holds in the Union, the filling the executive office of this Commonwealth, with a true Republican, a real friend, to the Constitution, the Laws and government, is essential to the tranquility, happiness and liberties of the United States, and more immediately that of our own.
2d. Resolved, That James Ross, Esq. of Pittsburgh, has given the most unequivocal proofs of his attachment to the Constitution, the Laws and Government of his country; is a friend to Order and Republican form of government, and as such this meeting will support him with their votes and interest at the ensuing election.
3d. Resolved, That the following gentlemen be a committee of correspondence for promoting Mr. Ross' int. rest with the other committees and individuals of this state, viz. Abraham Mulford, Esq. Simeon Wellsall, Lieut. Abraham Weinfield, Capt. Emanuel Brink, Jonathan Brink, Ensign Ira Newman, Francis Littell, Lieut. Eli Fuller, Jonathan Strickland, Jacob Robison, Lieut. James Eldred, Capt. Samuel H. Tarry, Tobias Hornbeck, Lieut. John M. Sloan, and James Rofencrans.
4th. Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretary do sign and transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to the corresponding committee in Easton for publication in the American Eagle, and another copy to the corresponding committee in Philadelphia.
JAMES VAN A KEN, Chairman. IRA FULLER, Secretary.
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The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 23.
No. VIII.—To the Managers of the Alms-House and House of Employ, is unavoidably postponed 'till to-morrow.
No. II.
MR. FENNO, IF I have succeeded in establishing that the Alms House and House of Employment partakes in its nature of an infirmary or hospital, and that from necessity, I will next proceed briefly to show the nature and extent of that hospital as connected with the establishment: and after this I will endeavor to explain the manufacturing department, in discussing which branch of the Alms House and House of Employment, I think it possible, clearly and satisfactorily to demonstrate, that quite as much is produced from it, as can reasonably be expected, considering the number and kind of people employed.
But first of the Hospital Department. After the powers of the "Contributors to the Alms House and House of Employment" had ceased, and became vested in the "Guardians of the Poor in the City of Philadelphia," it was very early found expedient to provide accommodations for the multitude of cases that daily presented themselves to that house for relief. To enumerate the whole, would be to enumerate almost the entire catalogue of casualties and diseases to which humanity is liable.
The aged, the impotent, the infirm, the idle, and the dissolute, were no longer the exclusive inhabitants of this asylum of human wretchedness. They partook of it in common with those poor, whose bodies were emaciated by disease. They partook of it in common with those, whose limbs were rendered useless by fracture, by frost, or by any of the various accidents to which the limbs of the mechanic or the labourer are daily exposed. The diseased (though perhaps not repentant) prostitute, was no longer denied admission and medical aid. And to the eternal honor of the institution, a place in it was set apart for the birth and comfortable nurture of those children whose lives might otherwise have been lost to society, by the distress or profligacy of their parents—at once protecting helpless infancy, and removing a strong temptation to the commission of horrid crimes. But this department of the house was not confined to such as these—the widow of the industrious, but poor inhabitant, left in an advanced state of pregnancy was here received; and the wives of those, whose poverty denied them the comforts and assistance so requisite in this perilous state, partook the common bounty of the place: and here the poor, seduced, deserted, heart-broken girl, was provided with a pillow for her aching head; cheered with the consoling balm of pity and compassion, while at the same time she was sheltered from the slow moving hand of callous scorn. In short, the doors were thrown open for the reception of all the distressed, and (with the exception of contagious cases alone) to every species of disease or casualty.
To provide for the numerous cases which from this populous city, daily presented themselves, as well to the hospital side as to the other parts of this house, for relief required, it will be readily perceived, very considerable funds. Whether the managers have been extravagant or economical; whether they merit praise or censure will appear, when I come to controul the total expenses of the house, with the numbers annually annuities, cloth, and relieved.
But perhaps before we dismiss the subject of the infirmary, it may not be improper to state for general information, that in consequence of two successive visitations by a disease most commonly called yellow fever, upwards of two hundred and fifty infant children, from a few days, to thirteen years old, have been thrown upon the institution for maintenance and support—a large proportion of whom, have been inoculated for the small pox, and cured in the house. The Managers, ever attentive to reduce the expenses by all proper means in their power, from time to time as opportunities present themselves, bind them out to useful trades. But at present upwards of sixty remain, whose tender age renders it impossible to provide for them in that way; of course they must for some years remain a daily expense to the public.
From this hospital, thus created out of absolute necessity, it is with pride and with pleasure that I prophetically asserts, the foundation of a medical school is already laid, that at no very distant day will rival the most celebrated.
Physicians the most profound, and surgeons the most skillful will boast of professorships in this house—and a long train of respectable and worthy young men hereafter devoting their lives to these sciences, will not blush to hail the hospital of the Philadelphia Alms House, as their alma mater. (To be continued.)
The U. S. frigate General Greene touched at Turk's Island lately on her way to the Havana station. We learn she sails remarkably fast. [Prov. Jour.]
The wound which Admiral Nelson received in the late glorious engagement with the French is said to be the forty-second which that heroic man has gained since entering in to the naval service.
A letter from the American consul at Alicante, dated May 11th, says, "The French fleet from Brest passed by this on the 7th."
Extract of a Letter from Limerick, 29th March 1799.
"Unhappy the peace and tranquility of this country is not effectually restored. If you would have a right to expect our poor people, too easily led astray, are still many of them dupes to the intrigues of treason; and government has found it necessary again to have recourse to martial law in several parts of this kingdom, for putting down the attempts at rebellion; and the French to encourage their secret agents here, threaten us with another visit. Our glorious victories at sea will, I think, make them cautious how they commit themselves on that element—and if they reach our shore, they will find a very strong military force to resist them; and they will find themselves as much disappointed in the support they expect here, as they were on a former occasion—to that they cannot remain long here in existence as an enemy. The vigor, the resources and vigour of our government, added to the unshaken loyalty of the good subjects of this kingdom, secure us from the wicked designs of our enemies, foreign and domestic. Your country is happy to hold in detestation French politics and French principles. Your distance from the French will, I hope, preserve you from the grasp of their insidious ambition, and continue to you the blessings of peace."
Lord Camelford has been fined £500. by a Jury of Middlesex, for an assault committed at Drury Lane Theatre on a young merchant of London. [Lon. Pup.]
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia,
ARRIVED, days Brig Abigail, Hughes, Swansea 63 Schr. Andrew, McKinley, Georgetown 7 Two Friends, Duckendorff, Nova Scotia 20 Sloop Almena, Bird, N. York. Came up from the Port; Schr. Experiment, Crane, Jamaica Rainbow, Brown, S. Croix Sloop Mary, Callender, Surinam
CLEARED, Ship Eliza, Rockwell, Barbadoes Brig Gayota, Remington, Havana Fame, Brown, Dominica (St. Kitts) Agness, Burton, Norfolk Mary Ann, Kuhn, P. Republican Schr. Mary, Hillman, St. Croix Industrious Friends, Carberry, do. Catherine, Smith, New-York Trial, Hland, Alexandria Ship Henrietta, Gafwell, from Dublin, is below. A brig name unknown, came too at the fort last evening.
Ship John Day, from River La Plata, has arrived at the Port.
Arrived brig Abigail, Hughes, 63 days from Swansea. On the 16 June, spoke the brig Mary and Fanny, from Newburyport, bound to Copenhagen, 19th spoke the schr. Deligence, from Lisbon bound to Boston, in long. 51, 64th July. lat. 38, 6, long. 69, 30, spoke the schr. Cumberland, and of and from Portland, bound to Liverpool. 12th July, lat. 38, long. 70, spoke the schr. Paragon, of and from Kennebec, 11 days from St. Vincent.
Capt. H. left no Amer. vessel at Swansea, and brings nothing new—made the land in 35 days out from Swat.
Ship Ocean of this port, from New-York bound to New York, was in Old Killa Roads on Saturday.
The ship seen off Reedy island proves to be the Delaware sloop of war put back. The Delaware was dispatched after the reported privateer, but ordered back upon the mistake being discovered.
Arrived at the Port.
Brig Louisa, Davis, Vear Cruz; left it 9th June and the Havana 12th July.
Ship John, Day, River La Plata—left it 17th March.
Capt. Davis informs that on Sunday last, between 4 and 5 A. M. saw in sight of the light house, a schr. of about 12 guns, deep in the sea, of a great length, with two top-masts, fore top sail very large, with a frame head without a figure, supposed it to be a French privateer that failed two or three days before the American convoy from Havana.
A number of vessels are said to be below.
FOREIGN ATTACHMENT.
John Wilkins, Charles Wilkins, & Matthew Ernst, } NOTICE is hereby given that a Foreign Attachment has issued from the general Court of the territory North west of the river Ohio, at the suit of John Wilkins, Charles Wilkins, and Matthew Ernst, against the Lands and Tenements, Goods, Chattels and Effects, Rights and Credits of Levi Muffett, and that unless the said Levi shall appear by himself or attorney and give special bail to answer the suit of the said plaintiffs, Judgment will be entered against him by default, and the property attached will be sold for the satisfaction of all creditors who shall appear to be justly entitled to a demand thereon, and who shall apply for that purpose. DAVID SYMMES, Clerk of the General Court.
Cincinnati 21st } Nov. 1798. } July 23
TO LET,
And possession given the 7th of next month A Three story Brick House, with a good kitchen and cells, in Second street near to the New market. Enquire of THOMAS GREEVES, No. 73 Walnut Street. July 23. glaw2w9