Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-06-14 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 3 of Vol. VI.]
SATURDAY, June 14, 1794.
[Whole No. 553.]
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quarter casks LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter casks A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Ruffia MATTS. June 9 d
JAMAICA RUM, LANDING at Hamilton's wharf, above the Drawbridge, out of the ship BACCHUS Capt. VANNEMAN, from JAMAICA. FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT. May 16. d
Advertisement. THE relations of Mr. Thomas Curtis, formerly of Ellicott's Upper Mills, and lately of the City of Washington, deceased, are desired to apply and have his affairs settled. City of Washington, April 22, 1764. M. 5 m&th4w
All persons who have any demands upon the New Theatre, are requested to send in their accounts to No. 204, in Arch street, near Eighth street, as soon as convenient. WIGNELL & REINAGLE. May 31. dff.
It is Requested, THAT no person will supply any articles for the use of the New Theatre, without an order in writing; signed by ourselves, or Samuel Anderson, for us. WIGNELL & REINAGLE. May 30. dff.
ADVERTISEMENT. LETTERS on the subject of the Washington Lottery, being by mistake repeatedly addressed to the Commissioners for the City of Washington.
Persons concerned are hereby informed, that all such should be addressed either to W. Deakins jun. of Washington, or to the Subscriber. The commissioners never having contemplated any further concern in this business, than in their assent to receive the bonds and approve the names of the managers. The prizes have been paid and are paying on demand by W. Deakins, Washington, Peter Gilman, Boston, and by the Subscriber.
For the Lottery No. 2, the securities already given will be retained by the commissioners, or transferred by them at their option to the bank of Columbia; and the commissioners will be consulted respecting a judicious and equitable disposition of the houses to be built thereby; their treasury or the bank of Columbia will receive the money intended for the National University, and they will be consulted in the nomination of the 24 managers; but all the responsibility respecting the general disposition of the tickets, and payment of prizes, will rest as in the Hotel Lottery, on the persons whose names are and may be hereafter published as assistants to forward this business with
S. BLODGET. N. B. Mr. Blodget will be particularly obliged if those persons who possess prizes yet unpaid, will apply for their money as early as possible. June 7th. d.
One thousand Dollars REWARD.
Some few Counterfeit Post-Notes of the Bank of Maryland, having been lately discovered in circulation, and on tracing the same were found to come from the back parts of Virginia, where they probably first issued; to avoid imposition it is thought necessary to give the following description of them, by which they may readily be detected.
They have the letter D, for their alphabetical mark, at the left hand side of the Note. The paper on which they are printed is more soft and tender, the strokes of the letters, in the engraving are in general stronger, and have a darker appearance than in the bills.
The signature William Patterson, is badly done, the strokes of the letters, are stiff and labored, and appear to be painted over with the pen, as well as the flourishing of the name. The value is left blank in the engraving, to be filled up in writing, so the sum may be more or less at pleasure.
No true Post-Notes of the alphabetical mark, above described, have been lately issued, and very few are now in circulation.
The above reward of One Thousand dollars will be paid to any person, or persons, who shall discover, or prosecute to conviction, the several offenders, or any of them, of the following description, viz.
The person or persons, who engraved the plate.
The printer, or printers of the said bills. Every person who has acted as principal in any way in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, President. of the Bank of Maryland. Baltimore, April 8, 1794. N. B. The printers in the neighbouring states are requested to republish the above.
For AMSTERDAM, The Ship ABIGAIL, Gardner Hammond. Master. TO sail with all convenient speed, having two thirds of her cargo already engaged. For freight or passage apply to said master on board at Russell's wharf, or the subscriber, JOHN DONALDSON. June 10. d
For St. Croix, The Brigantine SCHUYLKILL, FRANCIS KNOX, Master. LYING at Morton's wharf, and to sail in a few days. She is a new vessel, calculated to accommodate passengers, and will take some freight. For terms of which or passage, apply to Captain Knox, or WHARTON & GREEVES. June 10. 6t
For Hamburg, The new Ship STAR, JOHN VANNEMAN, Master. TO sail with all convenient speed, having three fourths of her cargo already engaged. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or THOMAS & JOHN KETLAND. June 3. d
For Charter, The Ships John Bulkeley, AND FOUR FRIENDS, They will be ready to receive their cargoes in a few days, and will carry about 3200 barrels each. For terms apply to JESSE & ROBERT WALN. June 9. d
For Sale or Charter, The American ship MARGARET, (Lying at Maffey's wharf near Chestnut street) HAS made only one voyage; is a staunch well fitted vessel, and will carry about 3000 barrels, or 14,000 bushels of grain—Apply to WHARTON & LEWIS. June 10. d
FOR HAMBURG, THE BRIG LADY WALTERSTORFF, WILLIAM WATERS, Master. WILL sail in the course of a few days, for freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board, at the subscribers wharf, or to JOSEPH SIMS. June 12. dff. Carolina Rice and Indigo, BAY MAHOGANY and FRENCH BURR STONES, FOR SALE BY Gurney and Smith. May 14. d
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA In the House of Representatives, DECEMBER 21st, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of public Accounts, have reported, that they cannot proceed to the investigation of the Treasury Accounts, respecting special Indents, without knowing the outstanding amount thereof in circulation:—Therefore, Resolved, That all holders of special Indents be directed, and required, on or before the first day of November next, to deliver the special Indents in their possession to one or other of the Commissioners of the Treasury, who are to give receipts for the same, and to report to the Commissioners on public accounts, on or before the tenth day of November next, the amount by them respectively received, and also to the Legislature, at their meeting in November next, and that all special Indents not rendered into the Treasury as above, on or before the first day of November next, shall be, and the same are hereby barred.
Resolved, That public notice of this resolution be given in the several Gazettes in this State, once every three weeks, until the first day of November next. And that the Delegates of this State in the Congress of the United States, be requested to cause this resolution to be published in one or more papers in the cities of Philadelphia and New-York, and that provision will be made for the expenses attending such publication.
Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the Senate for their concurrence. By order of the House, JOHN SANFORD DART, C. H. R. In the SENATE, DECEMBER 21st, 1793.
Resolved, That this House do concur with the House of Representatives in the foregoing resolutions. Ordered, That the resolutions be sent to the House of Representatives. by order of the Senate, FELIX WARLEY, Clerk. cwtNov.
MADEIRA, SHERRY, PORT, LISBON, & TENERIFFE WINES of the first quality Old Jamaica Spirit; Antigua and West India Rum. Cognac, French and Peach Brandies Claret and Port Wine of a superior quality in cases. Wine-Cyder and Vinegar, in pipes and hds. Corks in Bales, Havannah Segars in Boxes. Philadelphia Porter, in Casks and Bottles. London do. in do. do. Philadelphia Ale and Beer in do. do. London do. in do. do. and Cyder in barrels and bottles, prepared for exportation or immediate use. FOR SALE BY Benjamin W. Morris, The corner of Dock and Pear streets, Where he has provided suitable stores and vaults, for the reception of WINES, &c. Which he proposes to store or dispose of on commission. Captains of vessels and others supplied with any of the above LIQUORS bottled, and sea stores in general put up. May 9. tu&fam
JUST PUBLISHED, BY MATHEW CAREY, 118, Market Street, Price 18 cents, THE Catechism of Man; Pointing out from sound principles, and acknowledged facts the Rights and Duties of every Rational Being. Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? Gal. iv. 16 Now all these things happened unto them for examples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the earth are come. 1 Cor. xii. tu&fam May 10
Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall-street, New-York. THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE or STOCKS on COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States, will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLEECKER. m&thf
Excellent CLARET, In hogsheads and in cases of 50 bottles each. ALSO, A few cases Champaigne wine; MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks, FOR SALE BY JOHN VAUGHAN, No. 111, South Front Street. Jan. 2, 1794. dff
Just Published, In one handsome volume, 12mo. Price 5s AND FOR SALE BY JOHN ORMROD, At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chestnut Street, AN ESSAY ON THE Natural Equality of Men, On the Rights that result from it, and on the Duties which it imposes.
To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem. Corrected and Enlarged, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN, D. D.
Professor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History; and Minister of the English Church at Utrecht. Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem afferendum. CICERO. The First American Edition.
THE grand principle of Equality, if rightly understood, is the only basis on which universal justice, sacred order, and perfect freedom, can be firmly built, and permanently secured. The view of it exhibited in this essay, at the same time that it represses the insolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and the outrages of oppression; consummates, in the most forcible manner, the necessity of subordination, and the just demands of lawful authority. So far indeed, from loosening the bands of society, that it maintains inviolate, every natural and every civil distinction, draws more closely every social tie, unites in one harmonious and justly proportioned system, and brings men together on the even ground of the inherent rights of human nature, of reciprocal obligation, and of a common relation to the community. March 18. tu&f
NANKEENS. Nankeens of Superior Quality, FOR SALE AT No. 40, north Fifth Street. April 21. mw&ff
TUITION. WILLIAM FINCH of the New Theatre, begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has removed from the corner of Eighth and Arch streets to No. 68, north Eighth between Arch and Race streets, and that he continues to give instructions in the French and English Languages as usual, as also the Classics. He takes this opportunity of expressing his acknowledgements for the very liberal encouragement he has experienced, a continuation of which he begs leave to solicit. N. B. Translations from either languages correctly executed.
Medical Books. JUST PUBLISHED, By Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, No. 41, south Second street, VOL. II.
Medical Inquiries AND OBSERVATIONS. By BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. Professor of the Institutes of Medicine, and of Clinical Practice in the University of Pennsylvania. CONTAINING 1. An inquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. 2. An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of society. 3. An inquiry into the causes and cure of the pulmonary consumption. 4. Observations on the symptoms and cure of dropsies. 5. An inquiry into the causes and the cure of internal dropsy of the brain. 6. An account of the measles, as they appeared in Philadelphia, in the year 1789. 7. An account of the influenza, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the years 1789, 1790, and 1791. 8. An inquiry into the causes of the increase of bilious and remitting fevers, in Pennsylvania. 9. An inquiry into the causes and cure of sore legs. 10. An account of the state of the body and mind in old age, with observations upon its diseases and their remedies. Price one dollar and a quarter unbound, or one dollar and a half neatly bound.
Medical Transactions OF THE College of Physicians of Philadelphia. VOL. I.—PART I. Price one dollar in boards.
A Treatise on the Diseases of Children. With general directions for the management of Infants from the birth, adapted for the use of physicians and private families. By Michael Underwood, M. D. Licentiate of Midwifery in the Royal College of Physicians in London, and Physician of the British Lying-in-Hospital. Price one Dollar. This is acknowledged to be the best book which has been published on the subject, and is calculated for the use of parents, nurses, and private families, as well as for physicians.—The two volumes handsomely printed in one, and the price only about one third of what the imported copies fell for.
The Edinburgh New Dispensatory, two dollars. System of Surgery, extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, by Dr. Waters, 2 vols. 50 cents. System of Anatomy, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, with 12 copperplates, 2 vols. System of Chemistry, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, exhibiting a view of the progress of the science, and the different systems which have been published, 2 vols. 50 cents. Brown's Elements of Medicine, 2 vols. 67 cents.
T. Dobson has in the Press, An edition of the Medical and Philosophical Commentaries of Edinburgh. Two volumes are printed in one at 2 dollars and 50 cents per volume; he has nearly finished the five first volumes, which contain the first ten volumes of the European edition, which sell for two dollars each. Nine volumes will include eighteen European volumes, which will bring the publication up to the present time.
Likewise for sale a considerable number of Medical Books, viz. Collen's Practice, Materia Medica, Physiology, and Synopsis. Bell's Surgery, 6 vols. or 4 vols. do. on Ulcers. Buchanan's Domestic Medicine, Ledran's Surgery, Cullen's Anatomy, Hunter on the Venereal, Swediaur on do. Rollo on West India Diseases; Rigby on Uterine Hemorrhage, Hamilton's outlines of the theory and practice of Midwifery, with or without plates; do. on the management of Female complaints. Meads on Hydrophobia, &c. &c. March 5.
To be Let, For Merchants Compting Houses or Public Offices, Two brick 3 story Houses, HAVING 6 rooms in each, with fire places beside garrets, situate on the south westerly side of Dock street, between Pear and Walnut streets. Enquire of BENJAMIN W. MORRIS. April 17. tu&fam
The Ground Plan OF THE City and Suburbs OF PHILADELPHIA. TAKEN FROM ACTUAL SURVEY.
IT is with pleasure that the publisher has to inform his subscribers and the public in general, that the plate is now under the hands of the engraver, and in greater forwardness than was at first contemplated. At the same time he begs leave to remind them, that subscription papers are still open at most of the noted book-stores in the city; and that he hopes from the whole of them to be enabled to form such a respectable catalogue of names, as will do a credit to the work, as well as afford a reasonable encouragement to the undertaker. Those who are desirous of further information are requested to call on Benjamin Davies, No. 68, Market Street. April 14. m&thf
Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, deducting 15 per Cent, from the Prizes—this Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,539 Prizes and 23,461 Blanks, being about one and an half Blanks to a Prize.
THE Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, having resolved to erect LOTTERIES for raising One Hundred Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following persons to superintend and direct the drawing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrison, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew McConnel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Eliza Boudinot, of New-Jersey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every assurance and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the Banks at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paying Prizes, which shall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks.
S C H E M E:    1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 20,000   1 10,000   2 5,000   5 2,000   10 1,000   20 500   100 100   300 50   1000 20   2000 15   3000 12   8100 10   14,539 Prizes. 266,000   23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000   Last drawn number, 2,000 
38,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000. The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superintendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenberg, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust reposed in them.
In order to secure the punctual payment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with four sufficient securities, to perform their instructions, the substance of which is
I. That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents as live in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes.
II. The Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be responsible for them.
III. To keep regular books of Tickets sold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, abstracts of which shall be sent, monthly, to the Governor of the Society. Paterson, January 1, 1794.
On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24. tu&f.

THEATRE.
OBSERVER No. XXIII.
MR. FENNO,
It has been said of the works of some authors, that 'after the fiftieth reading they are as fresh as ever. The writings of Shakespeare will continue to please as long as taste or genius shall exist. The public are always pleased with a good representation of the Merchant of Venice, tho' perhaps not one of Shakespeare's plays has been more frequently repeated. The lustre of this immortal man is often obscured thro' the incompetency of those who attempt his characters—but, the last evening, he had as much justice done him, in many parts of the above justly admired comedy, as was perhaps ever witnessed on an American theatre.
Mr. Chalmers in Shylock, was great—he most deservedly received the full one! plaudits of the house thro' the whole play—there was no faulting on his part—and no diminution of the applause which was excited at his first appearance—what a Jew!
Mr. Whitlock, Mr. Moreton, and Mr. Marshall, filled their several parts with energy and propriety; and Mr. Bates, in Launcelot, was never more in his element.
Mr. Finch, whose benefit it was, played with uncommon animation, and to great acceptance. The Observer thinks that the Audience discovered new sources of future entertainment in this performance.
Mrs. Whitlock in Portia, played with her usual spirit and propriety—and Mrs. Francis in Nerissa. The house never discovered greater approbation of the performers.
The Characters in general were extremely well filled.
Mr. Francis in Old Gobbo, was an excellent old man.
It was expected the house would have been crowded—The Observer regrets that it was not. It is a reproach to say the world runs after novelties, except they are imported.
"The Embargo" was well received—the incidents are few—plot or surprise, neither—the allusions, popular—the sentiments, just and patriotic.
Mr. Finch in Patrick O'Flanagan, was, at least, as good an Irishman as has appeared on the New Theatre.
The Observer has said nothing of the performance of Wednesday (Mrs. Whitlock's Benefit.) There were some things to admire—and some that were not admirable. But the Critics have drawn their goose quills—perhaps, justly. If faults are corrected, let the austerity of punishment be tempered with mercy, good gentlemen! 14th June.
From the General Advertiser.
From Correspondents.
What a generous, grateful and honorable people are the Americans! How nobly have they rewarded the French nation for their services, and how zealous have they discovered themselves in the cause of liberty! A conduct so worthy as they have manifested towards an ally that has fought, and is at this moment fighting their battles, proves how well they deserve freedom, and how much they are entitled to the affection of a generous, magnanimous and gallant nation! During the American struggle for liberty, we wanted money, and France generously gave it; during her struggle, she, through her minister requested only a reimbursement of a part of the sum lent, and we have refused it. Yes, that virtuous and patriotic body, the Senate of the United States, have rejected a bill, passed in the House of Representatives by a large majority, for granting the minister the sum requested. What have not the people of the United States to expect from the virtue and patriotism of such a Senate! Liberty must flourish under its auspices, and the rights of man may slumber in security under such guardianship. Tyrants may well tremble when they see such union and energy in republicans; they will feel their thrones a-void when they perceive the fraternity between the sister Republics of America and France, when they behold the exertions that freemen make to rescue their brethren from the iron hand of despotism. Let the Senate of the United States be held up as an example to the world and to future ages of national gratitude and justice, of love for liberty, and of vigour in defence of oppressed humanity!
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE,
June 5th, 1794.
The Committee to which was referred the bill entitled, "An act providing for the payment of a certain sum of money due to the French Republic—make the following report:
IT appears by a statement of the account between the United States and France, reported to the House of Representatives, that according to the view which is entertained at the Treasury of that account, the United States on the first day of January, 1794, were in advance to France the sum of two millions one hundred eleven thousand and eighty-six livres tournois and five deniers (being 383,162 dollars and 11 cents) beyond the instalments of principal and all interest which had accrued to that period;
It further appears upon enquiry at the Treasury, that since that period there has been advanced on account of our debt to France the further sum of seventy-one thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty-one cents.
And it appears likewise from the papers referred to the committee, that the President has promised further payments upon the same account of 1,500,000 of livres on the 5th of November next, making together 453,750 dollars; which payments, it is understood may be anticipated at the Bank of the United States, in the proportions and at the epochs which are desired by the Minister of the French Republic.
These sums embrace all the parts of principal which by contract would become payable to France during the year 1794, beyond which, were there no anticipations, nothing would be demandable during the present year, but the interest on the balance of the entire debt, which balance on the 1st day of January, 1794, is computed at the Treasury at 2,611,587 dollars and 88 cents—whence it results, that the payments which have been made, and engaged to be made exceed those which by the terms of contract could be demanded.
This being the case, and the loan in question having been in its origin specifically appropriated to the purpose of the sinking fund;
It is the opinion of the Committee, that it is not advisable to divert it from its destination, as is proposed by the bill referred to them, and consequently that the bill should not pass.
Foreign Intelligence.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, Sixtidi Germinal 16.
Vadier. At the moment in which justice and probity are the order of the day, I feel constrained to open my heart to my virtuous colleagues, and the people who hear me.—Yesterday I was witness, without being seen, of the scandalous debates which took place at the Revolutionary Tribunal. I there saw conspirators conspire in the face of justice; I was witness to the most atrocious proposals; I heard it said by those criminals: Nothing is more glorious than to conspire against a government which itself conspires. Danton said, that his enemies, the committees of public welfare and general safety, and even the Convention should be torn to pieces in a few days. What! Danton, the only man whom I have feared for liberty, whose robust figure, colossal eloquence, and hideous countenance was enough to have terrified its very image, accuses the Convention! I have seen, citizens, the conspirators insult the judges and juries with an audacity which can hardly be credited.
At the same moment Dillon, and Simon our colleague, conspired in their prison. They had organized a cohort of wretches, which were to have issued from the Luxembourg on a signal being given, to possess themselves of the passages leading to the committees of public welfare and general safety, to fall upon the members which compose them, and sacrifice them to their fury. And these men still breathe! But the people exist to support the energy of the Convention, and to aid it in the discovery of every plot; they doubtless will not suffer liberty to be annihilated. For my part, I declare, if I knew a traitor amongst the members which compose the two committees, I would have the courage, though age may be supposed to have frozen my energy, to poignard him with my own hand. (The loudest plaudits resounded from the hall and for the sake of the Convention, the people and liberty. Let us shew what we are; let each member of the Convention render an account to the people of his political and private life (repeated plau-
dits;) let each of us present to the people the state of his fortune. (The applauses recommenced, and the whole assembly demanded to have the question put on this proposition.)
Couthon. Yes, citizens, let us render a faithful account of our political conduct; let us make known to the people what we were before the revolution, and what we have been since; what has been our profession, what our fortune, if we have augmented it, and by what means, or if we have become more rich than virtuous; (applaudes). Let each of us have this account printed: For me, I shall present you with the truth, if I deceive you in a single syllable, I call national vengeance on my head. (The hall resounded with the loudest plaudits.—All the members spontaneously rose, and voted with acclamations for the propositions of Couthon.)
Couthon. It is grand, it is sublime to see the Convention rise in a body, to adopt my proposition: But as it is necessary properly to digest it, I demand that you decree the limits and principles which should be observed. Let each deputy present, within a month at farthest, a faithful account of his public conduct and the state of his fortune: and let my proposition be referred to the committee of public welfare, with an order to have it presented to-morrow properly digested.
This proposition was adopted in the loudest applauses.
Vadier. I should add to what I have already said, to console the patriots, that the number of conspirators is small: that the people en masse love liberty; that by far the greater number of the Convention are men of integrity. But what do the wretches say who breathe nothing but calumny: The accomplices of the conspirators said yesterday: To day twenty deputies go to the scaffold, to morrow as many more, after to morrow the same number, and thus the Convention will soon be dissolved. These are the atrocities published by the counter-revolutionists. Let the wretches perish who thus calumniate the Convention! Perish all the monsters, friends of tyranny & enemies of liberty! The Convention, ever faithful to the people whom it represents, will not fail to crush to atoms every counter-revolutionist. Citizens let us be united, and we shall save liberty, we shall save the Republic.—loud plaudits often interrupted the orator.
Barrere in the name of the Committee of Public Safety, presented to the Convention the following list of new advantages gained by the French navy.—(The Gazette Nationale contains only part of this account, and promises to continue it in the next paper, which we could not procure.)
LONDON, April 8.
On Monday, a woman was committed for trial from the public-office, Bow-street charged with extorting from Lord Eardley, 10l. and a draft on his banker for 150l. by threats of publishing a libelous pamphlet against him.
In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress there is a catalogue of colaterals that would apply to some of our great men of the present day; Christian asks a Mr. Byends who are his kindred in the town of Fairspeech; and is thus answered.
"Almost the whole town; and in particular my Lord Turnabout, my Lord Time-server, my Lord Fairspeech; also Mr. Smoothman, Mr. Facing Bothways, Mr. Anything, and the parson of our parish, Mr. Two-tongues, was my mother's own brother by the father's side, and to tell the truth I am become a gentleman of good quality, yet my great grandfather was only a waterman, looking one way and rowing another; and I got most of my estate by the same occupation."
We hear, the Irish loan has been negotiated in the stock exchange with great advantage to the purchasers, the security is a Debenture from the government of Ireland, under the authority of an act of Parliament, much in the nature of an Exchequer bill or India Bond, bearing an interest of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly about 98 for the scrip, with an allowance of above 2 per cent. on the payments, which when we consider the nature of the stock transferable from hand to hand as a bank note, so perfectly convenient for lodging at any time as a deposit for money, every day increasing in value, there can be no doubt of its becoming a favorite security with the public, and that it must rise in proportion to the English 5 per cents. which are now above par.
UNITED STATES.
PROVIDENCE, June 5.
"The workmen employed on the Turnpike from the Town of Gloucester, in this state, to Connecticut, we have the pleasure to learn are proceeding with great spirit. About a mile of the roughest way is already transformed into a beautiful and permanent Road, 22 feet wide, and the committee expect to have the whole completed by the first of October."
NEW-YORK, June 12.
To JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, L.L.D.F.R.S. Sir,
The associated Teachers in the city of New-York, beg leave to offer you a sincere and hearty welcome to this land of tranquility and freedom.
Impressed with an idea of the real importance of so valuable an acquisition to the growing interests of science and literature, in this Country, we are particularly happy that the Honour of your first Reception, has fallen to this State, and to the City of New-York.
As labourers in those fields which you have occupied with the most distinguished eminence, at the arduous and important task of cultivating the human mind, we contemplate, with peculiar satisfaction, the auspicious influence which your personal residence in this country, will add to that of your highly valuable scientific and literary productions, by which we have already been materially benefited.
We beg leave to anticipate the happiness of sharing, in some degree, that patronage of science and literature, which it has ever been your delight to afford. This will give facility to our exertions; direct and encourage us in our arduous employments; assist us to FORM THE MAN, and thereby give efficacy to the diffusion of useful knowledge.
Our most ardent wishes attend you, good Sir, that you may find in this land of virtuous simplicity, a happy recess from the intriguing politics, and vitiating refinements of the European world. That your patriotic virtues may add to the vigour of our happy constitution, and that the blessings of this country may be abundantly remunerated unto your person and your family.
And we rejoice in believing, that the parent of nature, by those secret communications of happiness with which he never fails to reward the virtuous mind, will here convey to you that consolation, support, and joy, which are independent of local circumstances, and "Which the world can neither give nor take away."
Signed by order of the Committee, William Payne, Chairman, Edward Shephard, Sec'y.
To the Associated Teachers in the City of New-York.
Gentlemen, A welcome to this country from my fellow-labourers in the instruction of youth, is, I assure you, peculiarly grateful to me. Classes of men, as well as individuals, are apt to form too high ideas of their own importance; but certainly one of the most important is, that which contributes so much as ours does to the communication of useful knowledge, as forming the characters of men, thereby fitting them for their several stations in society. In some form or other this has ever been my employment and delight; and my principal object in flying for an asylum to this country, "a land," as I hope you justly term it, "of virtuous simplicity, and a recess from the intriguing politics, and vicious refinements of the European world," as that I may, without molestation, pursue my favorite studies. And if I had an opportunity of making choice of an employment for what remains of active exertion in life, it would be one in which I should, as I hope I have hitherto done, contribute with you, to advance the cause of science, of virtue, and of religion.
J. PRIESTLEY.
New-York, June 9, 1794.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
June 5.
The Committee to whom was committed the Governor's Speech at the opening of the session, take leave to report the following
ANSWER.
May it please your excellency, While the House of Representatives have reason to felicitate their constituents on the continuance of the invaluable blessing of being governed by men, elected among themselves, by their free and annual suffrages, they feel a peculiar satisfaction in finding this act of their sovereignty so generally exercised in the choice of their present chief magistrate. It is at once a proof of the love they bear their country, and of their attachment to those who have devoted themselves to her service: And the repeated suffrages of the people of Massachusetts, in bestowing their first places of honor and emolument on those who early adopted and never deserted their cause, must convince the world, that ingratitude is not the characteristic of Democratic Republics; while they will serve as an encouragement to men of virtue, ability, and integrity, to follow the bright example of American patriots. Under the influence of such examples, and in furtherance of such examples, we assure your excellency that we will endeavour faithfully on our part to watch and guard the interests, liberties, and sovereignty of the Commonwealth, that they suffer no diminution.
May 6
and emolument on those who early adopted and never deserted their cause, must convince the world, that ingratitude is not the characteristic of Democratic Republics; while they will serve as an encouragement to men of virtue, ability, and integrity, to follow the bright example of American patriots. Under the influence of such examples, and in furtherance of such examples, we assure your excellency that we will endeavour faithfully on our part to watch and guard the interests, liberties, and sovereignty of the Commonwealth, that they suffer no diminution.
We consider the present war in Europe, as a war of principles, a combination of kings and nobles, temporal and spiritual, against the equal rights of men, civil and religious. However, the existence of freedom in America, in such a critical contest, may be thought to depend on the ultimate success of the French arms, and however the private wishes of our citizens may have been felt or expressed for the triumph of liberty, yet such has been the conduct, both of the government and people of the United States towards the combined powers, that the legitimate interests of all and each of them have been sacredly regarded, and equally protected. This ought to have secured to us the rights of neutrality. But we have seen, with a mixture of regret and indignation, these rights wantonly invaded on the part of Great Britain: She has insulted our flag, she has interrupted our lawful commerce, she has captured and condemned the property of our merchants, she has impressed our seamen into her service, and in fine, she has invaded our territory. To our complaints for these injuries, her ministers have answered with indifference, if not with contempt. It was a crisis like this, which the people of the United States contemplated, when they formed their union; that the liberties, interests, and honor of the whole may be preserved and vindicated against foreign insult and invasion, by the federal arm. On the strength of this arm, under divine Providence, we must rely. On the wisdom of that government we must confide. And we hope and trust that their measures have been such, as shall procure to our citizens indemnity for the injuries they have received, and security for the future exercise of the rights of neutrality. For although the preservation of peace, on safe and honorable terms, is the first wish of our hearts, yet we cannot but highly approve the energetic measures that have been, or may be adopted by the government of the United States in vindication of our violated rights, and for the immediate defence of our common country.
That in case the measures pursuing under the wisdom of that government for the continuance of peace should fail of success, they hope, and have a right to expect, we may be prepared for the last resort of nations. And we confidently trust, that should that unfortunate alternative happen, the people of Massachusetts will meet its calamities with that unanimity and fortitude which becomes freemen; and when called, will be found ready, with their lives and fortunes to support the rights, interests, and honor of the confederated Republics.
To the several important subjects, referred to in your excellency's communications, the House of Representatives will pay the earliest and most vigilant attention.
Read and unanimously accepted—ordered, that Dr. Jarvis, Messrs. Matson, Parker, and Drury, be a committee to wait on his excellency the governor, with the foregoing answer to his speech.
Friday, June 6. A report of the joint committee on the subject of fortifications, with the following order of the Senate thereon, came down.
"In Senate, June 6. On the question, whether Castle-Island in the harbor of Boston, being the property of this commonwealth, be ceded to the United States? It was determined in the negative: And thereupon ordered, that Thompson J. Skinner, and Thomas Dawes Esquire, with such as the honorable house may join, be a committee to enquire what alterations and repairs may be necessary upon the fortifications on Castle-Island, & an estimate of the expence."
Read and concurred, and Messrs. Eustis, Jarvis, and Bigelow. (G.) are joined.
S H O E S.
A quantity of stout well made Men's size SHOES, adapted for the Southern market, for sale at
No. 36, North Third Street. May 6

Judge IREDELL'S CHARGE, Concluded.
It thus appearing, that the second proposition is as groundless as the first, and still more dangerous in its nature and tendency, it follows that neither will constitute any exception to the general duties which a state of neutrality requires.
There is still however a very important enquiry, whether a right of prosecution exists in cases where the Legislature of the United States has made no special provision, most if not all of the cases I have been considering (unblended with other circumstances) coming within that description.
1. The Common Law of England, from which our own is derived, fully recognizes the principles of the Law of Nations, and applies them in all cases falling under its jurisdiction, where the nature of the subject requires it.
2. It will not be denied that this part of the Common Law subsisted in full force in this state previous to the Revolution, it being in no respect inconsistent with the peculiar circumstances of the country (which in case of an interference must necessarily control the general operation of the Common Law), nor superadded by any special act of legislation.
3. The change in the government could not do away the Common Law in this particular, that continuing (according to acknowledged principles universally received in America) upon the same footing as before, except in cases where its operation was absolutely inconsistent with the change in our situation, until altered by some act of the people or of the Legislature of the state;
4. The only two acts, either of the Legislature or the people, affecting this subject, were, the Articles of Confederation,
and the present Constitution of the United States. I shall give these, for the greater perspicuity, a distinct consideration.
1. The Articles of Confederation gave all external authority as to peace and war to the Congress of the United States, but left full complete legislative authority as to all internal concerns in the several states, and except in very special cases, no way relative to our present subject, the whole judicial authority was likewise in the several states.
2. The effect of the present constitution of the United States, in my opinion, was not to vacate all state laws concerning subjects in respect to which judicial authority was given, but to authorize Congress to establish courts for the trial of such cases, and also to make any alteration in the laws concerning such particulars as the nature of the new situation of the United States, under a proper construction of their legislative authority, might require.
That the laws of the several states, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States, shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in cases where they apply.
Having had occasion, Gentlemen, to take up so much of your time on a subject which naturally and properly, at the present momentous period, engage so strongly the attention of us all, I shall not trouble you on any other. I doubt not your strictest attention to the whole of your duty, but I thought it of the highest moment on the present occasion to rectify many misrepresentations which had taken place, and to point out in the clearest manner I was able that duty of individuals in support of the government of their country which I fear is too little understood and too slightly regarded.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 14.
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Greenburgh, June 6, 1794.
Sir, I beg leave to lay before you a statement of the information I have received, of the hostile disposition, manifested by the Indians on our frontiers:
On Friday last in the morning of the same day, a canoe was fired on, above the mouth of Kiskimnetas, in the Alleghany river, by which one man was killed, and two wounded; on the same day in the evening, Capt. Sharp's boat was attacked in the Kiskimnetas river near to Chamber's station, having just set off for Kentucky, by a party of
Indians supposed to be twelve in number, there was but three men and one boy with the boat when attacked and the savages kept up a constant fire on the boat while she kept drifting down the river.
It appears that one man and a boy was killed, one made his escape, and Capt. Sharp supposed to be mortally wounded, the boat with some women and a number of children miraculously got to Pittsburgh.
By a letter just received from Col. Charles Campbell he informs me that the spies had made a discovery of a large trail of Indians on Pine creek, above the Kettanning, who appeared by the track to be making for the settlement.
By another discovery of the spies it appears, that three canoes with six or seven Indians in each had crossed the Alleghany river at the mouth of Puchoty, in consequence of which the settlement of Pine Run is broke up, and a very general alarm excited on the frontiers.
Several parties have turned out voluntarily to intercept the enemy if possible, and for the security of the frontiers, but as these are not regular drafts, it is not to be expected they will remain out more than a few days. There is great reason to believe these Indians are of the Six Nations, and that the frontiers will of course continue to be constantly harassed, by the best information it appears that many even of the frontier inhabitants are destitute both of arms and ammunition: and that a supply at this place would prove extremely useful to such as turn out on occasional scouts.
Waiting your pleasure and direction in the premises, I remain your excellency's very humble servant,
WM. JACK. His excellency Thomas Mifflin, Esq.
From a Baltimore Paper of June 11.
The Schooner Flying-Fish, Captain McKinney, belonging to Bermuda, which has invested our coast for near 2 months past, and plundered a number of vessels off our coasts, was captured a few days since by the privateer ship Liberty, Capt. Laurenty, after a severe action of upwards of 3 hours, in which the latter had 17 men killed, and a number badly wounded. We further learn, that the Flying-Fish is now on her way to this port; her arrival may therefore be hourly expected.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, June 13.
An account of the number of vessels in the harbor of New-York the 11th day of June.
38 Ships, 52 Brigs, 9 Snows, 52 Schooners, 71 Sloops, 162 Sloops from 5 to 75 tons entitled to Coastal Licences. 40 Schooners, including Petitaugers from 5 to 40 tons
424 Errors excepted.
BY AUTHORITY. By GEORGE CLINTON, Governor of the State of New-York, &c.
ALL Ships and vessels of War belonging to Foreign Nations other than such as are employed in Commerce, coming into this Harbor, are forbid approaching the City nearer than one mile Southward of the Southernmost point of Governor's Island: And all Ships and other vessels of the Description first mentioned now in this Port, are with all convenient speed to remove to a situation, conformable to the above.
GIVEN at the City of New-York this 12th day of June, in the eighteenth year of the Independence of the said State, 1794. GEO. CLINTON.
RICHMOND, June 9.
Friday morning, the 6th inst. a fire broke out in that thick-settled part of this city between Messrs. Lenox and Davidson's and Col. Gamble's; it was first discovered to be in the lumber-house of Mr. Joseph Gallego, from whence it communicated to that of Mr. James Heron, and notwithstanding the exertions of the citizens (whose endeavors were unremitting on this occasion) they were entirely consumed, together with several other buildings adjacent thereto.
The losses sustained by Messrs. Gallego and Heron (the principal sufferers) were very considerable.
Mr. BALTAZER DORISH, a worthy and meritorious citizen, who on these occasions has always particularly distinguished himself, by his manly exertions, fell a sacrifice at the shrine of benevolence, in the act of extinguishing the fire, by the sudden fall of a brick wall! He invariably supported the character of an honest benevolent man, and was deservedly beloved by those who knew him.
Spoke the Commerce, Capt. Poldy, of Boston, in the English channel, from Brest, bound to Amsterdam. May 5. Boarded by a French fleet consisting of 8 sail of the line, about fifteen leagues to the windward of Scilly, saw a large fleet lying at Spithead, as we came through the channel.
NORFOLK, June 5.
Yesterday arrived here the St. Tammany, Capt. Dangerfield, in 8 weeks from Liverpool. Capt. Dangerfield was brought too by the Worcester British East-Indiaman, Capt. Hall, from Bencoolen, who informed him that the Princess Royal, Captain Hornecastle, was captured in the Straights of Sunday.
On the 25th May, was brought too by a British privateer schooner of 8 guns, belonging to Bermuda, under French National colours.
On the 3d inst. saw the French frigate Concord, take a brig from White-Haven, under Cape-Henry.
This day arrived the brig Courtay, Captain Bushnel, from Amsterdam. On the 9th of May, in lat. 37, 40, and long. 68, W. lost her main and foremasts.
ARRIVED,
Ship Fame, Davis, Boston St. Tammany, Dangerfield, Liverpool.
Brig Lively, Galt, White-Haven Patty Wentworth, Sheerer, Amsterdam
Sloop Governor Bagg, Stamers, St. Eustatia
CLEARED,
Ship Molly, D'Esteris, Liverpool
KNOXVILLE, May 8.
On Friday the 25th ultimo, Capt. Beaird returned to this place from the pursuit of the Indians who stole the horses from Beaver-Dam-Creek. He followed the trail upwards of one hundred miles, overtook them, killed three Indians, wounded four others, and retook thirteen horses—he also took three guns, ten shot bags, and fourteen blankets. One of the fellows killed was richly dressed, and wore a medal engraved with the arms of the United States—from the date it was presented in 1789.
We are informed from good authority (via the Cherokee nation) that between the 20th and 28th ult. a large body of Creeks passed the lower Cherokee towns, for war against the Cumberland settlements.
On the 30th ult. Lieut. Col. Kelly, with a party of the Knox militia, went in pursuit of the Indians who murdered Casteel's family, as mentioned in our last, and on the day following, about day break, an advanced party of his command, forded the Tennessee, near Tellassee, where they found the Indians encamped, fired on them, killed one fellow and wounded another—one squaw was killed contrary to the wishes or intention of the party.
The Indians took themselves to the almost inaccessible spurs of the mountain, but by the exertions of the men, who ascended it, in the face of a very heavy fire; they were routed, five warriors killed, and several squaws and children taken prisoners, who were set at liberty. Col. Kelly brought off three horses, lately taken from the frontiers. He left undisturbed, their corn, houses, and other property, which he found in Tellassee.
SHIP NEWS.
Capt. Webb a few days ago, was chased by a privateer brig of 14 guns. The Brig Nancy of Norfolk, Captain Beesom, on her passage from Jamaica home ward bound, was cast a way upon the coasts of Florida. The Captain, Crew, and part of the cargo was saved, and the Brig lost. Captain Beesom and Crew came passengers in the Schooner Hopewell.
Capt. Foulke of the brig Susannah, 58 days from Teneriffe, informs, that a brig from New-York, Capt. Reily, arrived in 36 days. A few days ago he spoke the ship Nancy, Adams, from New-York, out 5 days, bound to Limerick.
In the Bay he spoke the sloop Sally, Eggan from St. Eustatia, the mate of which informed him, that the Capt. landed at Cape May, in order to convey some important dispatches he had to Philadelphia.
Arrivals at New-York.
Ship S. Carolina, Sheffield Charleston Adriana, Johnson, Amsterdam 35 Brig Harrison, King White Haven Eunice, Saltonstall Cape N. Mole Almy, Cutter, Jamaica Sch. Dolphin, Brain Jamaica Minerva, Sayer, Washington, N.C. Sloop Hannah, Coneklin Jackmell Friendship, Rock, Richmond Favorite, Goodfcl, Charleston Capt. Johnson, on the 23d April,
spoke the Commerce, Capt. Poldy, of Boston, in the English channel, from Brest, bound to Amsterdam. May 5. Boarded by a French fleet consisting of 8 sail of the line, about fifteen leagues to the windward of Scilly, saw a large fleet lying at Spithead, as we came through the channel.
May 9. Spoke the Thomas Wilson, Capt. Killester, of Philadelphia, from Bourdeaux, bound to New-York.
June 2. Spoke the Ontai, Capt. Wheaton, from New-York, in long. 73: 30 W. lat. 36, 24, N. out 15 days, bound to Canton.
The piece signed "A Friend to the Theatre" was received—perhaps the writer may not have seen the articles on the same subject in Thursday's paper—Independent of the objections to the pointedness of his remarks, we submit to his consideration, whether the hints already given, do not preclude the necessity of any thing further being published.
LANDING
At Waln's wharf, from on board, Brig Susannah, Wm. Foulke Master from Teneriffe.
80 PIPES
Teneriffe Cargo WINE 50 Hogheads do. 250 Quarter Casks do. 10 Hogheads India Market do. 100 Quarter Casks do. 100 do. do. London particular, do. For Sale by PETER I. IN. June 14.
NEW THEATRE.
Mr. & Mrs. Francis's Night, On MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16.
Will be Presented, A TRAGEDY, called Gustavus Vasa;
THE DELIVERER of his Country. Christiern, Mr. Marshall Trollio, Mr. Green Peterson, Mr. Francis Laertes, Mr. Cleveland Gustavus, Mr. Fennel Arvida, Mr. Wignell Anderson, Mr. Finch Arnoldus, Mr. Harwood Sivard, Mr. Warrell Dalecarlians, Messrs. J. Darley, Lee, Bafon, &c. Christina, Mrs. Whitlock Augusta, Mrs. Shaw Gustava, A Child Marianna, Mrs. Cleveland End of the Tragedy, an occasional ADDRESS to be spoken by Mrs. Francis.
Preceding the Pantomime, the Box Lobby Lounger; Or, TIPPY BOB from Covent Garden, By Mr. Bates.
To which will be added, For that night only, an entire New Pantomime, called
Harlequin shipwreck'd; Or,
The Grateful Lion.
The Music compiled by Mr. De Marque, from Pleyel, Gretti, Giornowicki, Giordani, Shields, Reeves, Morehead, &c. &c.
With new Scenes and Decorations. The Scenes designed and executed by Mr. Milbourne.
The Pantomime under the Direction of Mr. Francis.
Harlequin, Mr. Francis Leo, (the Lion) Master Warrell Capt. of Ship, Mr. Cleveland Principal Savages, { Messrs. Darley jun. Lee, &c. Sailors, Messrs. Bafon, and De Moulin Savage Princess, (afterwards Columbine) M. Gardie. Old Thoughtless, (the Pantaloon) Mr. Warrell. Billy Whiffle, (his Nephew) Monsieur Bellona. Whimsical, (his Servant) Mr. Green. Drowsy, (the Clown) Pantaloon's servant, Mr. Blifet. Cobler, Mr. Darley jun. Taylor, Mr. De Moulin Hair-Dresser, Master T. Warrell Farmer, Mr. Rowson Female Villagers, and attendant Spirits, Mrs. De Marque, Miss Willems, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Rowson, Miss Rowson, Mrs. Bates, Miss Finch, &c. &c. and The GENIUS OF LIBERTY, (with Songs) Mrs. Warrell.
The whole to conclude with The Death and Restoration of Columbine;
And a GRAND GARLAND DANCE.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Francis, in Cherry-Alley, near North Sixth-Street—At the usual places, and of Mr. Franklin at the Theatre. Where places may be taken.
On Wednesday a Comic Opera called the WOODMAN, with entertainments for the Benefit of Miss Broadhurst. Mr. Green's Night will be on Friday.

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Morris Academy.
THIS institution is now open for the reception of students under the immediate care of Mr. Caleb Russell, whose abilities as an instructor, and attachment to the business have long been known and approved. He has under him the best assistants in the different branches—The scholars are taught the English, French, Latin, and Greek languages, Public-Speaking, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Astronomy, and the various branches of the Mathematics. The healthy situation of this place is such as to recommend it to those, who wish to have their children in the country. Board, washing, mending, &c. will be provided in good families, and the morals of the scholars carefully attended to.
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A New Novel.
To the Ladies of Philadelphia. This Day is Published by MATHEW CAREY, 118, Market Street,
Price, bound, five eighths of a dollar, few-ed in marble paper, half a dollar, Charlotte, a tale of Truth, IN TWO VOLUMES.
By Mrs. ROWSON, of the New Theatre, Philadelphia, Author of Victoria, the Inquisitor, the Fille de Chambre, &c. Of Charlotte, the Reviewers have given the following character.
It may be a Tale of Truth, for it is not unnatural, and it is a tale of real distress. Charlotte, by the artifice of a teacher, recommended to a school, from humanity rather than a conviction of her integrity, or the regularity of her former conduct, is enticed from her governess, and a companions a young officer to America.—The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten, is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the inconstancy of the over, and treachery of his friend.—The situations are artless and affecting—the descriptions natural and pathetic; we should feel for Charlotte if such a person ever existed, who for one error scarcely, perhaps, deserved so severe a punishment. If it is a fiction, poetic justice is not, we think, properly distributed.
Said Carey has just published,
A 2 sheet map of Kentucky compiled by Elias Barker, price one dollar and two thirds.
War Atlas, containing maps of France, Germany, Spa n, Italy, the United Provinces, the Netherlands, and the West Indies. Price two dollars. Map of New Jersey—Half a dollar. Map of Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia—Price three eighths of a dollar each. April 29.
GUTHRIE'S GEOGRAPHY Improved.
THE subscription for this work on the original terms, of twelve dollars and the binding, will be closed this day—and on Monday the subscription will open at fourteen dollars, exclusive of the price of binding.
The new maps added to this edition are twenty one; among which are those of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, the Genesee Government, South Carolina, and Georgia. These maps have never been given in any former system of Geography, and, it is hoped, would alone be sufficient to entitle this work to a preference to any other edition of Guthrie.
N B. The map of the United States, which is compiling by Mr. Samuel Lewis, from the respective state maps, will be far more complete than any one yet published, and be printed on two large sheets of paper, nearly the size of the late Mr. Murray's map.
Just Published,
By BENJAMIN JOHNSON, and sold at his Bookstore, No. 147, Market Street,
The Life of Dr. Franklin,
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Reflections and Maxims, by William Penn,
with his advice to his children, 4/8. 16 mo. 2, 1794.
Congress of the United States,
In Senate, Tuesday May 13th, 1794.
ORDERED, that Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, do, upon the third Monday of December next, shew cause to the Senate, why so much of the grants of land to them the said Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver and Griffin Green, pursuant to an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of associates," shall not be declared void, as may interfere with and be sufficient to satisfy the claims of the French settlers at Gallipolis.
Ordered, that the delivery of a copy of the above order to Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, Robert Oliver, or Griffin Green, and the publication of the same, in this City, shall be deemed sufficient notice thereof.
Extract from the Journals of Senate. Attest, SAM. A. OTIS, secretary. May 14.
Bank United States, June 13th, 1794. PROPOSALS will be received at the Bank of the United States until the first day of July next, for the Masons and Carpenters work of the Banking House, to be built in Third-street. It is not expected, that more than the foundation will be completed this season. The plan may be seen by applying to JOHN KEAN, Cashier. dtj.
A PLAIN COOK.
WANTED a middle aged single woman, who understands plain Cooking; to such a one the best wages will be given. Apply to the Printer. May 31.
To the Electors of the city and county of Philadelphia.
GENTLEMEN, THIS being the last year of the present Sheriff's time in office. I take the liberty to offer myself a Candidate, and solicit your votes and interests in my favour, to place me on the return at the next general Election, as his successor for said office; in doing which, you will confer an obligation that will be gratefully remembered, by Your most obedient, and humble servant, JOHN BAKER. estf. May 3.
The following section
of the law for establishing an Health-Office, passed the last session of the Legislature, is re-published for the information of all concerned.
WM. ALLEN, Health-Officer, for the port of Philadelphia, No. 21, Key's alley. June 2, 1794.
Sec. 7. AND be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every master or captain of any ship or vessel coming from beyond the sea (vessels actually employed in the coasting trade of the United States excepted) and bound to any port or place within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, shall cause his ship or vessel to be brought to anchor, or otherwise stayed in the stream of the river Delaware, opposite to the health-office on State-Island aforesaid, and there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a certificate or bill of health from the resident physician, in the manner and upon the terms herein before directed: and if, previously to obtaining such certificate or bill of health, any master or captain shall suffer his ship or vessel to approach nearer than the said health-office to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, or cause or suffer to be landed, or brought on shore, at any port or place within this commonwealth, or at any other port or place, with the intent to be conveyed into this commonwealth, any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise; or if after receiving such certificate or bill of health, he shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to the health-officer, or to the directions of this act, such master or captain shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of five hundred dollars to be recovered and appropriated as hereinafter provided and directed; and the captain or master of each and every ship or vessel, as soon as the same is brought to anchor, or otherwise stayed as aforesaid, shall send a safe and commodious boat to bring the resident physician on board of his ship or vessel, and shall in like manner convey him back to the health-office after he has concluded his official examination; and while he is making such examination, or in case of any subsequent examination by the health-officer and consulting physician, as the case may be, each and every part of the ship or vessel, and shall present to his view each and every person on board thereof, and shall also true and satisfactory answers make to all such questions as the resident physician at the time of examination, or the health-officer at the time of delivering the certificate, or bill of health, in the city of Philadelphia, or at the time of examination to be had by the health-officer together, with the consulting physician shall ask relative to the health of any port or place from which the ship or vessel failed, or has since touched at, the number of persons on board when landed or taken on board, and when or where respectively, what persons on board, if any have been during the voyage, or shall at any time of examination, be infected with any pestilential or contagious disease, what person belonging to the ship or vessel, if any died during the voyage, and of what disease, and what is the present state and condition of the persons on board with respect to their health and diseases; and if any captain or master of any ship or vessel shall refuse to expose the same as aforesaid to the search and examination of the resident physician, or of the health-officer and consulting physician, as the case may be; or if, having on board his ship or vessel any such person or persons, he shall conceal the same, or if in any manner whatsoever he shall knowingly deceive or attempt to deceive the proper officers aforesaid in his answers to their official enquiries, such captain or master, for each and every such offence, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as hereinafter provided and directed; and wherever the resident physician, or consulting physician, as the case may be, shall direct any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise to be landed at the health-office, or any ship or vessel to be detained opposite thereto, and there to be fumigated, cleaned and purified, the captain of the ship or vessel shall in all respects conform to such directions, shall at the proper cost and charge of his company carry the same into effect within such reasonable time as the resident physician, or consulting physician, as the case may be, shall allow and prescribe; and if any master or captain shall refuse or neglect to conform to these said directions, and to carry the same into effect as aforesaid, according to the respective objects thereof, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered and appropriated as is hereinafter provided and directed.
The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are a good general imitation of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the following
M A R K S.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States.
ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O, to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word.
In the word United the letters are narrower and closer together than the rest of the bill.
The i and f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i.
The engraving is badly executed, the strokes of all the Letters are stronger and coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some of the counterfeits bear date in 1791—Whereas the Bank was not in operation till December; and no five dollar bills were issued in that year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark.
They are printed on a paper nearly similar to that of the counterfeited Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills.
The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in number thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits.
The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the o being less than the m, and others following.
There is no stroke to the t in the word North where it is in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined.
The letters eht in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are so cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tu and the y going below them.
The signature J. Nixon, has the appearance of being written with lamb-black and oil, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cashier's signature.
It is supposed these forgeries were committed in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been apprehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the author of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz.
The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the Bills are printed.
The person or persons, who engraved the plates.
The printer or printers, of the bills. Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. Philadelphia, March 28, 1794
Other counterfeit bills
of the Bank of the United States have appeared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphabetical mark is the letter B.
They may be distinguished from the genuine by the following MARKS:
The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender texture and glossy surface than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them.
The letter C. in the word Cashier, in the true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinished state. The letter a in the word demand, is badly formed and the whole word ill done and there is no comma at the end of it, as there is in the genuine bills.
The marginal device, is much darker in the false, than in the genuine bills owing to the shade strokes being coarser, much nearer together, and consequently much more numerous. This difference strikes the eye at first view.
The same reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, & prosecuting to conviction the several above described Offenders in respect to this, as to the last described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President of the Bank United States. JOHN NIXON, President of the Bank of North America. By order of the Committee of the Representative Boards.
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An Essay on Slavery,
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February 15.
THE office of the President and Directors of the INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, is removed to No. 107, South Front Street, being the south east corner of Front and Walnut streets.