Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-06-28 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1187.]
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1796.
[VOLUME IV]
For Sale or Charter,
THE SNOW BOSTON, BURTHEN about 2000 Bbls. of flour—she may be sent to sea at a small expence, her sails and rigging being in very good order—apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer.
April, 29.
Snow HEBE.
FOR SALE, The Snow H E B E, Capt. GAY, A faithul Philadelphia built vessel, carries 1,300 bushels of grain or 2600 barrels flour, is ready to take in a cargo. She is about four years old. Apply to PETER BLIGHT.
Who has for sale, Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa, and Pimento. Also, A Parcel of CHOICE PORT WINE.
June 6
For Cadiz,
To sail on or about the 25th inst. from New-York, The ship HAZEN, B. CORR, master, Excellent accommodations for Passengers. For passage only apply to Miller and Hooper, at New-York; or to the Printer hereof. [June 13. 13w]
For Sale at Auction,
On Thursday, the 30th inst. at 7 o'clock, at the Merchants' Coffee-House, The Schooner Polly & Sally, BURTHEN 77 tons, well found, and may be seen at the wharf of Messrs. Jeffs & Robert Waln.—The terms of payment will be one half of the purchase-money at 60 days, and the remainder at 90 days, in approved notes.
Footman & Co. Auctioneers.
June 22
For Sale,
A sloop
Of 83 tons burthen, and can be sent to sea at a small expence. For terms apply
JOHN WELSH,
N o . 82 South Wharves, WHO HAS FOR SALE, 36,000 Pipe and barrel STAVES and heading St. Croix SUGAR MADEIRA and PORT WINES LAMBLACK , of Kuhn's "warranted" in order to ship, being put up in pound papers and stowed in good hogheads SPERMACETI CANDLES SOAP SWEET OIL CORDAGE Boston BEEF and MACKAREL , and knock down HIDES , BLUBBER OIL , MOROCCO SKINS . June 22 $6
FOR SALE,
THE Cargo of the ship Catharine , John Farraday, master, from Hispaniola, at the wharf of Messrs. Jeffs & Robert Waln, Consisting of 156 Hogheads of SUGAR 51 Hogheads } COFFEE 258 Bags } 44 Hds. of Clarified MOLASSES 72 Bales of Cotton
ALSO FOR SALE,
The said ship,
BURTHEN about 24 or 2500 barrels—Strong, well found, and may be sent to sea at a small expence. Apply to John Craig.
June 21
UNITED STATES,
Pennsylvania District, } Notice is hereby given, THAT in pursuance of a Writ to me directed, from the honorable Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to Public Sale, at the Merchants' Coffee-House, in the city of Philadelphia, on Tuesday the 5th day of July next, at 12 o'clock at noon, The Schooner or vessel called the
Delight,
With all and singular her tackle, &c. The same having been condemned within said court for the payment of Mariners' wages, &c.
William Nichols, Marshal.
Marshal's Office } 22—$
Freight Wanted.
For WASHINGTON, (N. C.)
THE Brig SALLY , Capt. Samuel Bradford, will sail on Wednesday next, the 29th inst. for freight or passage apply to the Captain at Jones's wharf or to JEHU HOLLINGSWORTH & Co. June 24. d.t.n.w.
T. NOBLE,
B R O K E R, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public that he has removed his office to his house No. 147, Chestnut Street, next door to his former residence, where, every Business in the line of a BROKER, are faithfully transacted: Money procured to any amount at a moment's notice.
ALSO,
WILL be kept a numerical book of the drawings of all the Lotteries now extant—For the purchase of Tickets, information will be given as usual. Canal Tickets in the second Class are now for sale. From every information received, Washington Lottery will absolutely commence in a few days. June 24. d.t.f.
TO BE SOLD,
THE time of a Black Man who has lately years to serve, he is an excellent cook and good house servant under the care of a Horse perfectly and sold for no money, his present owner having no employment for him. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States. June 24. d.t.f.
Landing,
AT the Subscriber's wharf, from on board the ship Aurora , capt. Suter, 150 Hogheads Prime Jamaica Sugars, For sale by Willings and Francis, May 17 $
Take Notice,
THAT the Subscriber intends to make application for the renewal of a Certificate, No. 1699, for 4000 dollars, dated the 14th December, 1795, bearing interest at 5 per cent. from 1st January, 1796, in the name of David Dunderdale & Co. of Leeds, in Yorkshire, merchants. The same is supposed to have been lost on its way to New York, under cover to Bleeker & March, of that place, on the 6th of January last. Thomas M'Euen. Philadelphia, 22d June, 1796. $6w
Wanted,
A YOUTH of from 12 to 15 years of age, of respectable character and connections, as an Apprentice to the Mercantile business. Apply to the Printer. June 23
To-Morrow Morning
Will be LANDED , at Hamilton's wharf , FROM on board the Schooner Eliza , Thomas Arnold, master, from MALAGA , FRESH RAISINS , in kegs, Ditto, in Jars and Boxes, SOFT-SHELL'D ALMONDS , in sacks ANCHOVIES , in kegs, MOUNTAIN WINE , in qr. casks, &c. And for sale by Peter Kubn. June 22 $6
CINCINNATI.
THE Members of this State Society are hereby notified, that their Anniversary Meeting, for the purpose of electing Officers of the Society, and transacting such other business as may come before them, will be held on the 4th day of July next, in the State House, at 10 o'clock in the morning: where their punctual attendance is requested. After the business is finished, the Society will adjourn to Mr. O'Ellers Hotel, in order to celebrate the birth-day of our FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE . The dinner will be on the table at 3 o'clock. The Members of the other State Societies of the Cincinnati, who may be in this city on that day, are particularly invited to join in celebrating it. By order of the Standing Committee, ROBERT PORTER, Sec'y. June 24
A small Invoice
PER the ship Harriet , capt. Thomas W. Norman, from Hamburg, consisting of Ravens Duck, } Dainalk and } Table Cloths Diaper } Holland Linen } Cambrics, &c. ALSO, A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF Gold and silver WATCHES, Which will be dispensed of together or by the package. Apply to Isaac Harvey, jun. No. 5 South Water Street. June 25 $3w
To be Sold,
A LARGE commodious house at the corner of fourth and Prune Streets, between Walnut and Spruce Sts. 33 feet by 42, and two story back buildings—adjoining the house there is an office two stories high, and a vacant lot on fourth street 33 by 102 feet. Possession will be given in September, and 12 months credit will be allowed for the greatest part of the purchase money. Enquire of Dr. SHIPPEN. June 25. $3. No. 10, Prune Street.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
LOST,
JUNE 15th, between Shippen and Market Streets, a red MOROCCO POCKET BOOK , containing a Check on the Bank of the United States, drawn by Peter and Henry Miercken in favor of Mr. R. Potter, for 1500 dollars, and several notes of hand paid due; together with a share in the New Theatre, and several other papers of no consequence but to the owner. Whoever will bring it to No. 136 Market Street, shall receive the above reward. N.B. Payment of the Check is stopped at the Bank. June 15. $
Landing,
This Day, at Willings & Francis's wharf , from the Brandywine Miller, A cargo of Rum & Sugar from St. Croix. For Sale by John Nixon & Co. June 23. $10
Sales of India Goods.
The Cargo of the ship Ganges , capt. Tingey, from Calcutta and Bengal, CONSISTING OF A Large and general assortment of Bengal and Madras COTTON and SILK GOODS . AMONG WHICH ARE A variety fine worked and plain Muslins , Dorcas, &c. Also, A Quantity of Excellent Sugar , In boxes and bags—and BLACK PEPPER . For Sale by Willings & Francis, No. 21 Penn Street. June 8. $
Teneriffe Wine.
TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes, hogheads, and quarter casks, and 170 Filtering Stones, just arrived per the Schooner Polly & Sally from Teneriffe, and for Sale by John Craig, No. 12 Dock Street. WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, Best Soft-shell'd ALMONDS , RAISINS in Frails. SHERRY WINE , in Quarter Casks, Irish CANVAS , Bristol and Irish WINDOW GLASS . May 30. eo
NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS
FOR BRITISH SPOLIATIONS.
THE COMMITTEE Appointed by the Merchants of this City, who are sufferers by British captures, RECOMMEND, THAT every Claimant who has not already exhibited well authenticated proofs of his property, furnish, within the time prescribed by the Act, a full and complete list of his property, of its cost or value at the place of exportation, and at the place to which it was destined, (where that can be done) and the freight payable or customary, at the time of exportation, for like goods and voyages. When the claim is for vessel, to specify the tonnage, age, where built, and the actual cost or value. These documents ought to be proved by oath, or affirmation, of the party claiming, made and certified by a magistrate or notary public, and corroborated by such other testimony, as the nature of the case will admit. Such of them as are handed to the Committee, will be forwarded to the Commissioners appointed on the part of the United States, to adjust the Claims of American Citizens. THOS. FITZSIMONS, Chairman of the Committee. Philadelphia, 1st June, 1796. d.t.n.w.
Wm. HOLDERNESSE,
No. 76 High Street, HAS received, by the latest arrivals from Europe and the East Indies, a well selected assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery and Haberdashery Goods; which he will sell, Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms; AMONG WHICH ARE, Some fine India muslins embroidered with gold and silver Superfine Book, Jacquet, and Mouselin ditto Do do do do Handkerchiefs Some extra black taffetas, lute strings and colored Persians Bandano Handkerchiefs Long and short Nankenees English Mantuas of the first quality Damask table linen and napkins, very fine Silk Hosiery, an elegant assortment Thead and cotton do Umbrellas—green silk, oil'd do. and do cloth French cambrics, very fine Irish Linens, do. &c. &c. June 14 $
A Genteele family wish to rent a COUNTY SEAT , in an agreeable situation, within a few miles of Philadelphia. If furnished, it would be more agreeable. Apply personally or by letter to Mr. Taylor, at Dr. Yeatman's, No. 225, South Second Street, corner of Second Street. June 6. $
Just Arrived,
In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Liverpool, 5000 Bushels SALT ; 100 Crates QUEEN'S WARE ; and An Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY ; FOR SALE On board, at Pine-Street wharf.—Apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29. $
For Sale,
A Three story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut Street, between Front and Second Streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH. April 21. $
Samuel Richardet,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN AND MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia. The Subscription Room will be furnished with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, together with those of the principal commercial cities of Europe.—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soups, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refreshments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfasts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for convenience, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnished, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite. SAMUEL RICHARDET will be happy to receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himself that nothing on his part shall be wanting to preserve that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. $
TO BE LET.
A LARGE Commodious dwelling House, No. 124 Spruce Street, with a convenient stable and Coach, House,—Also for sale a Chariot but little the worse for use. June 2. cott
GEORGE DOBSON,
BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to No. 25, fourth Third-street, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned articles—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymere, do. do. Yorkshire second do. do. Elastic do. do. Mix'd and Blue Coatings Flannels, &c. Manchester Printed Calicoes, London Chintz ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, Coffees, Bafas, Bauillas & Conjevers, 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Muslins, 4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and 9-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Muslins, 4-4 & 6-4 British Jacquets, 6-4 British Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c. A large assortment of figured and plain Mullinees, Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankenees, Fancy Waistcoats, Ginghams of the first Quality, subject to Drawback, India Nankenees, Men's White and coloured Silk Stockings. May 9. 54wcoth
For sale by the subscribers,
IN PENN-STREET, 150 quarter Casks fresh Hyson Tea ; 100 ditto do. fresh Souchong Tea ; 300 Boxes China , containing small tea sets of 42 pieces; 400 pieces Baudanoes . Willing & Francis. January 30. 3t.n.w.
Yazoo Lands.
May be had at the Editor's Office 119, Chestnut-Street. A few Copies of "A Report of the Attorney General to Congress;" containing a Collection of CHARTERS, TREATIES and other DOCUMENTS , relative to and explanatory of the Title to the Land situate in the South Western parts of the United States, and claimed by certain Companies under a law of the State of Georgia, passed January 7th, 1795.
RECEIVED,
By the Brig Welcome Return , from Savannah, 27 Bales COTTON . By the Schooner Abigail , from Charleston, 100 Casks Prime RICE . And, by the Schooner John , from Boston, SEWING-SILKS , various colours, GURRAHS , COSSAHS , and India Bandanno Handkerchiefs. For Sale by N. & J. Frazier, No. 95, South Front Street. Who have also on hand, and for Sale, Prime Boston BEEF , in barrels, Sherry and } WINES , Teneriffe } Carolina INDIGO , &c. &c. May 31. mw&f1m
Lottery and Broker's Office,
N o . 64 South Second Street, TICKETS in the Canal Lottery No. II, are now ready for sale, a Check Book kept for the examination of Tickets, and Prizes paid, without deduction. The Subscriber solicits the application of the Public or any of his friends who wish to purchase or sell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange, or Notes, Houles, Lands, Lots or Merchandise of any kind, or to obtain Money on deposit of property. WILLIAM BLACKBURN, Late Agent for the Canal Lottery Company. June 6. 1824
Ross & Simson,
HAVE FOR SALE, French Checks Stripes Printed Cottons Mouseline Table Cloths and Napkins Nankenees of an excellent quality per the package, fit for the West India market, and entitled to the Drawback Grey Ginger in bags Superior old Sherry in quarter casks A few pipes and quarter casks Lisbon Wines June 22 $2w
A Small Invoice of
C A M B R I C S, For Sale, by N. & J. FRAZIER, No. 95, South Front Street. June 18. 2w3t.n.w.
FOR SALE,
A very Valuable Estate, CALLED TWITTENHAM , situate in the township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7 1/2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood-land, and the rest arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick house, with a room on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, stables, and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and stone spring-house; two good apple orchards, and one of peaches. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country seat. The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, Surviving Executor. Oct. 9. co.]
CHINA GOODS.
THE Ship ATLANTIC , Silas Seaborn, Commander, from Canton, will commence the discharge of her cargo to-morrow morning at Walnut-street wharf. Consisting of Yellow and white Nankenees of excellent quality Persian Taffetas, black and coloured Lutrings, do. do. Satins black of various qualities Sewing silks in assorted colours Vermilion in boxes Cassia in chests Quicksilver in jars BOHEA, SOUCHONG, HYSON SKIN, YOUNG HYSON, BEST HYSON, IMPERIAL, CHINA WARE , ornamental, with Table and Tea Sets generally assorted. WHITE SUGARS , and a quantity of First quality Bengal SALT PETRE . For Sale by Philip Nicklin & Co. April 8. t.oth&g
WANTED,
Several Apprentices to the Printing- Business. Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-street.

Mails of the United States.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the MAILS of the United States on the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post Office, until the fifteenth day of July next.
1. From Portsmouth New Hampshire by Hampton Falls, Newbury Port, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem and Lynn to Boston, three times a week.
May 1. to November 1. Receive the Mail at Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 A M, and arrive at Boston the same days by 6 P M. Returning. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A M, and deliver it at Portsmouth the same days by 6 P M.
November 1. to May 1. Receive the Mail at Portsmouth every Wednesday and Saturday at 5 A M, and arrive at Boston on Thursday and Monday by 10 A M. Returning. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday and Wednesday at 2 P M, and arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday and Thursday by 5 P M.
2. From Boston by Worcester, Brookfield, Springfield, Northampton, Hartford, Wethersfield, Middletown, Wallingford, New Haven, Milford, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford and Kingsbridge to New York, three times a week.
May 1. to November 1. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A M, arrive at Worcester the same evenings; leave Worcester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 A M, arrive at Springfield by 10 A M, at Hartford by 12 M, and at New York on Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 A M, arrive at New Haven by noon, at Stamford in the evening, and at New York on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by noon.
Returning. Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A M, deliver it at New Haven on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by noon, and at Hartford by 3 P M; leave Hartford every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 P M, arrive at Springfield by 10 A M, and at Worcester in the evening; leave Worcester every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 3 A M, and arrive at Boston by 1 P M.
November 1. to May 1. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 P M, arrive at Springfield the next days by 4 P M, at Hartford in the evening, and at New Haven the next days by 8 A M, and arrive at New York every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 11 A M. Returning. Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 P M, arrive at New Haven the next days by 6 P M, leave New Haven every Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 3 A M, arrive at Hartford by 6 P M, at Springfield by 9 P M, at Brookfield on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 10 A M, and at Boston on Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 1 A M.
3. From Alexandria by Colchester, Dumfries, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Hanover court house, Richmond and Offutt's, to Petersburg, three times a week.
April 1. to November 1. Receive the Mail at Alexandria, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4 A M, arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 P M, leave Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 A M, arrive at Richmond by 7 P M, leave Richmond every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 4 A M, and arrive at Petersburg by 10 A M. Returning. Leave Petersburg every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 1 P M, arrive at Richmond by 6 P M, leave Richmond the same days by 4 A M, and arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 P M, leave Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 A M, and arrive at Alexandria by 6 P M.
November 1. to April 1. Leave Alexandria every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10 A M, arrive at Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday by noon, leave Fredericksburg in one hour, arrive at Richmond Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 6 P M, leave Richmond Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 5 A M, and arrive at Petersburg by 10 A M. Returning. Leave Petersburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1 P M, arrive at Richmond by 6 P M, leave Richmond every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 5 A M, arrive at Fredericksburg on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 A M, and arrive at Alexandria on Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 1 P M.
4. From Richmond by New Kent court house, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Hampton to Norfolk, three times a week.
April 1. to November 1. Leave Richmond every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 A M, arrive at Hampton by 9 P M, leave Hampton on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 5 A M, and arrive at Norfolk by 11 A M. Returning. Leave Norfolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 1 P M, arrive at Hampton by 6 P M, leave Hampton every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 3 A M, and arrive at Richmond by 7 P M.
November 1. to April 1. Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 4 A M, arrive at Williamsburg by 6 P M, leave Williamsburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 5 A M, arrive at Hampton by 11 A M, and at Norfolk by 6 P M. Returning. Leave Norfolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 A M, arrive at Hampton by 5 P M, leave Hampton every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 5 A M, arrive at Williamsburg by 6 P M, leave Williamsburg Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday by 5 A M, and arrive at Richmond by 6 P M.
5. From Petersburg by Cabin Point, Smithfield and Suffolk to Portsmouth, three times a week.
April 1. to November 1. Receive the Mail at Petersburg, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A M, arrive at Suffolk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by noon, and at Portsmouth by 7 P M. Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 10 P M, arrive at Suffolk every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 10 A M, and at Petersburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by noon.
November 1. to April 1. Leave Petersburg every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 11 A M, arrive at Suffolk on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday by noon, and at Portsmouth by 3 P M. Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 5 A M, arrive at Suffolk on Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 10 A M, and at Petersburg by 12 M.
6. From Petersburg by Harris's, Goldson's, Warrenton, Lewistown, Raleigh, Averysborough, Fayetteville, Lumberton, Cheraw court house, Camden, Columbia and Edgfield court house to Augusta, twice a week.
Leave Petersburg every Tuesday and Friday by noon, arrive at Harris's by 7 P M, at Goldson's on Wednesday and Saturday by 8 A M, at Warrenton by 2 P M, at Lewistown on Thursday and Sunday by 8 A M, at Raleigh by 3 P M, at Fayetteville every Friday and Monday by 1 P M, at Lumberton by 6 P M, leave Lumberton every Saturday and Tuesday by 4 A M, arrive at Cheraw court house by 4 P M, arrive at Camden on Sunday and Wednesday by 2 P M, at Columbia on Monday and Thursday 4 A M, arrive at Edgfield court house on Tuesday and Friday at 6 1/2 A M, and at Augusta by noon. Returning. Leave Augusta every Tuesday and Friday by 8 P M, arrive at Edgfield court house on Wednesday and Saturday by 10 A M, at Columbia on Thursday and Sunday by 10 A M, at Camden by 7 P M, leave Camden every Friday and Monday by 4 A M, arrive at Cheraw court house by 5 P M, at Lumberton every Saturday and Tuesday by 2 P M, leave Lumberton in one hour, arrive at Fayetteville on Sunday and Wednesday by 7 A M, at Raleigh on Monday and Thursday by 6 A M, at Lewistown by 2 P M, at Warrenton on Tuesday and Friday by 5 A M, at Goldson's by 2 P M, at Harris's by 7 P M, and at Petersburg on Wednesday and Saturday by 11 A M.
7. From Camden by Stateburg to Charleston twice a week.
Leave Camden every Sunday and Wednesday at 8 A M, arrive at Stateburg the next Tuesday and Friday by 12 M, and at Charleston the next Tuesday and Friday by 6 P M, and arrive at Camden the next Thursday and Sunday by 7 P M.
8. From Augusta by Waynesborough to Savannah, once a week.
Leave Augusta every Saturday at 1 P M, and arrive at Savannah the next Sunday by 6 P M. Returning. Leave Savannah every Tuesday at 10 A M, and arrive at Augusta the next Thursday by 6 P M.
9. From Abingdon by Hawkins court house to Danville, once a week.
Leave Abingdon every Sunday at 5 A M, and arrive at Danville the next Saturday by noon. Returning. Leave Danville every Sunday at 6 A M, and arrive at Abingdon the next Sunday by noon. Proposals for this route will be received until the 1st day of August next.
Note 1. If either of the routes No. 6, 7, or 8 are altered by law during the continuance of the Contract, the Contractor is in oblige such alterations in carrying the Mail, and his pay is to be increased or diminished in proportion to the distance increased or diminished by such alteration.
Note 2. The Contracts are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue for four years until the 30th September, 1800, inclusive.
Note 3. The Post Master General may alter the times of arrival and departure at any stated place, and the Contractor is in oblige to make such alterations as may be necessary, and to be entitled to an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
Note 4. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified.
Note 5. For every quarter of an hour's delay, unavoidable accidents excepted, in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the Contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continues until the departure of any succeeding Mail, whereby the Mails delivered for such succeeding Mail, lost a trip, the Contractor shall forfeit ten dollars, to be deducted from his pay.
JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post Master General.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, Philadelphia, June 11. 1796.
No. 136.
District of Pennsylvania, to wit.
Be it remembered, that on the sixteenth day of May, in the twentieth year of the independence of the United States of America, Samuel Harrison Smith, of the said District, being deposed, in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims, as proprietor, in the words following: to wit:
"History of the Insurrection in the four Western counties of Pennsylvania, in the year MDCCXCVII, with a recital of the circumstances specially connected therewith, and an historical review of the previous situation of the country, By William Findley, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."
SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
June 10. 1796.
GEORGE HUNTER, CHEMIST,
No. 114 South Second Street,
HAS for these two years past introduced a new Species of PERUVIAN BARK, called YELLOW BARK, which after repeated trials by the principal Physicians of this city, is now preferred in all cases of importance that require it, to the best Red and Pale Bark. It is a powerful Astringent Bitter, sits well on the stomach, is certain in its effects, and requires only the usual quantity for a dose.
Many of the citizens of Philadelphia are now acquainted with its virtues, the knowledge of which ought to be extended over the Union. He has a large supply of the Yellow Bark, and a general assortment of Drugs, Colours, Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c.
LIKEWISE,
Salt Petre, Salap, and Camphor, By the Quantity.
May 19. 1796.
Now Publishing by the Printer, No. 149, Chestnut-Street, and No. 3, Loretia Court, delivering to Subscribers, and to be had at the different Book-Stores in this City.
The First Number of
Berriman & Co's
CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDITION OF
THE HOLY BIBLE.
Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, with marginal notes and references. An Index; or an account of the most remarkable passages in the old and new Testament, pointing to the places wherein they happened, and to the places of scripture wherein they are recorded. A Table of Time. Tables of scripture measures, weights and coins: with an appendix, containing the method of calculating its MEASURES OF SURFACE, hitherto wanting in Treatises on this Subject. A Table of Offices and Conditions of men.
CONDITIONS. 1. The size of this Edition will be a LARGE FOLIO, printed on a beautiful new type, and good paper, made particularly for it. It will be published in Numbers, not to exceed 30, one of which will be delivered weekly to subscribers, at a quarter of a dollar. Those subscribers who prefer receiving the work complete, will be attended to by signifying the same on any of the subscription papers in the Bookstores in this city.
2. There will be an advance in the price, on subcribing after the first of August next.
3. In the course of the Work will be given an elegant Frontispiece—From an Engraving of the celebrated artist, GRIGION.
BERRIMAN & Co. gratefully acknowledge the very liberal encouragement they have met with; and have reason to believe that the execution of their edition will answer every expectation, and speak its own praise.
May 26. 1796.
FOR SALE.
A POUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chestnut-Street.
Urbanna Mill Seats,
SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Susquehanna, about one mile above tide water, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducting the trade of which comes to near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats, and Mills may be so situated as to receive them along their walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes.
There is a power sufficient for many and any kind of useful Water Works, and so much may be justly said in commendation of this Site as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication.
Those who may desire to be concerned, will probably find themselves well pleased on viewing the situation.
Leaves for any term of years may be obtained on application to the subscriber, living on the premises.
CLEMENT HOLLYDAY.
April 19. 1796.
General Post Office, Philadelphia,
March 16. 1796.
WHEREAS sundry Letters, transmitted in the Mails of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the state of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of several denominations fraudulently taken from them at York, in the state aforesaid, in the months of October, November and December last: and whereas a part of said notes and some cash have been recovered and are now in possession of the Post Master General. In order therefore that such Bank Notes as shall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cash be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who have suffered by such fraudulent practices, within the period, and on the route aforesaid, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such notes as shall be identified will be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the first day of July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their respective losses, to be ascertained by the necessary proofs, which on or before that day shall be produced to the General Post Office. (sawtjuly) JOS. HABERSHAM.
SHOT
OF all sizes, from 32 lb to Grape. Cambon's, Pots, and other castings executed at the shortest notice. Nail rods, from 10d to spike. Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for casks or cutting into nails, from a braid to 12d nails. Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb. Bar Iron. A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Herring in barrels, Kilo-dried corn meal in Hds. and Blds. Rye flour &c. to be sold by Levi Hollingsworth & Son.
FOR SALE, A few hundred weight of Salt Petre in bags. Best Sherry Wine 1 H in quarter casks. Champagne in cases of 50 bottles. A quantity of White Lead, Bar Lead, and Shot in casks. About 30 boxes tin plates. A few boxes of best Castile Soap entitled to drawback. An invoice of Walking Canes and Perfumery. Ditto Bandanna handkerchiefs, and Some Elegant Italian Statuary. Samuel Breck, jun. Rel's Wharf. June 13. 1796.
FOR SALE,
A Valuable Grist and Saw Mill,
IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour. The Grist Mill is sixty by forty feet, two water wheels, and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fans and bolting-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mill has two laws and capable of cutting five to 600 thousand feet of Boards per year. A valuable piece of Cedar Swamp, within a mile and a half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile of a Landing. The Lumber, &c. may be taken by water from the mill-tail.
ALSO FOR SALE,
Several Valuable Tracts of Land,
In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be received in the notes of Messrs Morris and Nicholson, or in Cash.
For further information apply to the Printer. May 17. 1796.
GEORGE HYDE,
HAS removed to No. 149 Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th streets, where he is prepared to continue the business of
Bookbinding,
Extensively in all its various branches. ACCOUNT BOOKS, of all kinds, RULED and BOUND to any pattern, in the best and most approved methods. June 14. 1796.
JOHN PAUL JONES.
INFORMATION is hereby given, that the late John Paul Jones was a proprietor of five shares (amounting to about 3867 acres) in a tract of land purchased by the Ohio Company, in the territory of the United States of America, north-west of the river Ohio; and that his heirs, or legal representative, on application to the directors of said company, at Marietta in the territory aforesaid, will receive a deed of the said five shares, or rights of land.
The application may be made personally or by an agent, but proper documents must be produced to prove the claimant or claimants the legal heirs or representative of the said Jones.
N.B. As it is not known in what country the person or persons interested reside, it will be an act of benevolence in every Printer in America and Europe, who shall insert this advertisement in his paper.
In behalf of the directors of the Ohio Company, RUFUS PUTNAM. Marietta, May 20. 1796. 1796.
Treasury Department;
Revenue Office, March 10th, 1796.
PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carolina,
1. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteras.
2. A Beacon House upon Shell Castle island.
Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Superintendents of Light-Houses, or of the Supervisors of the Revenue, or of the Collectors of the Customs in any of the States; as also at this office. 1796.
Bank of the United States,
JUNE 14th, 1796.
NOTICE is hereby given, that applications will be received at Bank, until the first day of July next, exclusive, for the purchase of the six per cent stock bearing interest from the first day of July next, to be issued agreeably to an act of Congress, passed the thirty-first day of May last, entitled, "An act making provision for the payment of certain debts of the United States."
CONDITIONS:
1st. Said stock will be sold at par, for notes with two endorsers, to be approved of, at terms not exceeding three, four, and five months, in three equal instalments.
2d. No sum less than one hundred dollars will be sold, nor any sum expressing a fractional part of one hundred dollars.
N.B. The applications accompanied by the notes offered in payment are to be made in the same manner as for discounts, and are to be handed to the Cashier, from whom answers can be received on the second of July.
By order of the Directors, G. SIMPSON, Cashier. 1796.
FOR SALE,
An elegant 3 story Brick Messuage
And LOT of GROUND;
(Late the property of George Dannacker, deceased) WITH piazza and kitchen, cow-house, and stabling for 34 horses, a good pump in the yard, &c. Situate on the West side of Front, near Callow-Hill Street—at present occupied by Mr. John Kincaid.
N.B. The Lot is 22 1/2 feet front on the West side of Front Street, in depth on the North side, 157 feet, and on the South side, 156. GEORGE KEMBLE } Exrs. JAMES TRIMBLE. 1796.
To be sold at private sale, or let for one
year,
A HANDSOME, new, three story brick house,
on the south side of Filbert-Street, the first above
Ninth-Street: It is neatly finished, has a good yard,
and the privilege of a thirty feet alley in the rear of
the lot. Immediate possession and an indisputable title will be given.—For terms apply to No. 111, Chestnut-Street. June 22. 1796.
For Sale,
A Few Casks of First Quality
INDIGO.
Enquire at No. 71, South Water Street. May 2. 1796.
INSURANCE OFFICE.
JACOB SHOEMAKER,
HAVING been encouraged by several of his friends, to undertake the Business of an INSURANCE BROKER, to which he served an Apprenticeship, has this Day opened an Office at his Dwelling,
No. 29, North Water-Street;
Where he will be glad to execute Orders in that Line, and hopes by his Attention and Punctuality, to give full Satisfaction to all those who may be pleased to favour him with their Business. May 26. 1796.
Joseph Cooke,
GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER,
The corner of Market and Third-Street, Philadelphia; MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a complete and general assortment of almost
Every Article in his Line;
Immediately from the manufactures of London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on the lowest terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. John Nicholson received in payment at their current value. N.B. The upper part of the House in which he now lives to be let, furnished or unfurnished. 1796.
Washington Canal Lottery,
No. I.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour.
The following is the SCHEME of No. I.
Table with 2 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes. Includes 1st Prize of 20,000 dollars, 10 prizes of 10,000 dollars, 35 prizes of 5,000 dollars, etc.
5850 Prizes, 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 175,000
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, 175,000
The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG,
DANIEL CARROLL, of D.
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
WM. M. DUNCANSON,
THOMAS LAW,
JAMES BARRY.
City of Washington, Feb. 11. 1796.
City of Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II,
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
FEDERAL CITY.
A magnificent 20,000 dollars, &c }
dwelling-house, 3 cash 30,000, are }
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000
1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 000 10,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000
1 cash prize of 10,000

What a pity that since the world is so bad this Mr. L. who is so wise and benevolent cannot turn into every body, and correct every body's vices and follies—then change from every body into 1 again, and correct 1's own vices and follies.
Philadelphia,
TUESDAY, EVENING, JUNE 28, 1796.
MARRIED.—On Saturday Evening last by the Right Reverend Doctor White, JOHN READ, Esq. Attorney at Law, to Miss MEREDITH daughter of SAMUEL MEREDITH, Esq. of this City.
COMMUNICATION.
The Aurora of this morning says, it is "not yet proved that the Mount Vernon is American property." If any of the party concerned either in her capture or any of the steps taken preparatory thereto—any of the owners of the privateer, or its agents, or any other American citizens friends to the peace, neutrality, honor, rights and independence of the United States, know any thing of the fate of the Mount Vernon, where she is carried for adjudication, what progress is made in the trial, whether evidence on the part of the owners (the onus probandi being thrown on them) has been adduced to shew that the ship and cargo are American property, and will give information in the premises they will oblige the American public, particularly those who now consider the transaction as an act of piracy, a violation of the neutrality and sovereignty of the United States, and a breach of our treaty with France.
If there was an arrival at New-York on Saturday last from Havre de grace in 23 or 24 days which brought dispatches to the French minister which contained an account of a victory by the French over the Austrians, near the Rhine, and these dispatches were received here on Sunday, and the circumstance was known to many who are in the secrets of the French republic, and this news was circulated at the coffee house and in the streets, and repeated again on Monday with additional corroborating evidence of its authority: It is not fully matured for official announcement. Time and patience may prepare the public mind for its reception. The Courrier Francois of this morning says, Mais quand cette victoire des Allemands ferait vraie, il s'en faut bien qu'elle soit décisive, ni même consolante pour eux. Il paraîtrait que leur perte est plus considérable que celle des Français, qui n'ont abandonné ni canons, ni poste important. The Argus is requested to say whether there has been any suppression of intelligence, or not, as in the case of the Iris .
Extract of a letter from Bermuda, June 14. "Our custom house have entered into a resolution respecting the exportation of coffee, and sugar, not allowing the former to be cleared excepting for England, unless 54/4 per cwt. sterling is paid here, and 7/6 for the latter."
The vessel that brought the above, was obliged to relinquish her cargo, altho' the loading was completed two days before the instructions were given. The Olive Branch, Devereaux, 5 days from Philadelphia for Surinam, was spoke June 6, lat. 34.57 long. 65.
We are informed that in the course of this week the public will be gratified with the first appearance of a young gentleman on the stage of the New Theatre in the character of Montgomery in the Carmelite . Tho' this gentleman has as yet never appeared upon any stage, great hopes are entertained of his success by those who are acquainted with his talents—we can say with confidence that few young men have raised such flattering expectations of future eminence in the Theatrical line as Mr. F——x. It is an unpleasant circumstance for the public that the Theatre has too long been considered merely as a refuge for misfortune without talents, and not as a proper field for the display of genius. In Mr. F——x we are happy to say that his appearance on the stage is the result of choice, and that the inclination of his talents only has induced him to offer himself on this occasion as a candidate for the public approbation. Whilst the citizens of Philadelphia lament the loss of so many celebrated performers which the New Theatre has sustained, and is about to sustain, their own interest, would direct the most generous and candid attention to every gentleman who offers himself to supply the necessary succession of actors. The lateness of the season will prevent Mr. F——x from appearing a second time before the departure of the company from this city, but should he meet with the encouragement of the public on his first appearance, they will receive ample returns in the course of the next winter for their present favors—The New Theatre can now boast of few male performers in the tragic department, but the talents of M——n, respectable as they are, can do but little without proper assistance from other performers. In Mr. F——x we trust he will receive an able coadjutor.
On this occasion it is hoped the citizens of Philadelphia will not fail to afford that encouragement to merit for which they have hitherto been so justly distinguished. The approbations of the public must invite the appearance, and insure the exertions of genius. Without the sunshine of their favor the bud can never blossom, or the fruit be matured.
GLEANINGS
From late European papers.
PARIS, April 8.
The supplementary contributions to the forced loan exceed the original amounts imposed on the tax bills; for those, who originally were rated at 6000 livres, are now obliged to pay 50 to 60, or 70, and even 200,000 livres in specie. As these sums surpass the effective property of many merchants, they determined to try the worst, and have their furniture sold by the public. At Bourdeaux the property of several merchants, who would not or could not pay, was confiscated.
Gen. Pichegru, who at first declined accepting the appointment of ambassador near the Swedish
Court, has, on the 4th inst. declared his intention to accept. During his command he acted so disinterested, that he was obliged after his resignation, to sell his horses to provide for the necessaries of life.
In the sitting of the Council of Ancients on the 4th Lecouleux stated the number of troops now in the service of France to be 300,000 men, and the yearly expenses at 1000 millions in specie. When the decree of the Directory, offering 100 livres payable in subscriptions to any person arresting an emigrant or priest condemned to be exported; was known at Marseilles, numbers of persons were imprisoned and a general alarm spread over that city.
LONDON, April 5.
Extract of the late regulation of a tax on Legacies.
"Every Legacy to a brother or sister to pay 2 p. cent. To those to an uncle, aunt or first cousin 3 p. cent; to a cousin in the second degree 4 p. cent, to more distant relations or strangers 4 p. cent."
"The Executors are to pay these taxes to the Stamp-Officers. Every gift to be considered as a Legacy. If a legacy consists of an annuity, the latter must pay by the quarter according to the calculations annexed to the bill."
"Plate, furniture, &c. are exempted from the tax. Two years are allowed to recover outstanding monies of the deceased. That time being elapsed, the board of Treasury proceeds to the calculation of the deductions and the stamp officers are directed, then to effect an estimate of the estate.—That act constitutes a large volume in folio on account of the very complicated calculations and pieces annexed."
On the arrival of the Spanish Ambassador Marquis del Campo the women of the hall, according to custom repaired to his hotel in order to congratulate him on his safe arrival, by presenting him a noble gay. The minister ordered 25 louis d'ors given them, which they cheerfully accepted.
Monsieur, said one amongst them, we shall always pray God to preserve his Catholic Majesty, your king and you also.
MENTZ, April 5.
Authentic information of the condition of the enemies armies and forces still promise an advantageous peace. The Austrian armies count 90,000 men, the enemy can hardly muster an equal number.
LONDON, March 30.
The French frigate arrived at Portsmouth, proves to be La Bonne Citoyenne, mounting 24 guns and 145 men; she belonged to the Squadron, that failed on the 4th with a number of troops on board from Rochefort to the Isle of France. She was in company with the frigates la Forte, la Seine, la Regenerée and the brig la Mutine.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
Port of BALTIMORE, June 24.
Yesterday arrived here the ship Lenox, captain John Rice, in 80 days from the Isl. of France, laden with coffee and bale goods for Bantalon and Dumas.
April 16, lat. 34, 49, south, low offset of English Indians from Bengal bound to Europe. The commodore, captain Young, sent his boat on board captain Rich, and informed him that they were to call at the Cape of Good Hope, and Saint Helena. April 22, lat. 20, 31, spoke the ship Columbus, of New-York, capt. William Pell, from the Isle of France, bound to Hamburg, all well. Capt. Baird, who failed some time since from New-York, was on board the Columbus.
May 8, lat. 7, 52, spoke the brig Rose, capt. Manley, from the Isle of France for Philadelphia.
June 15, lat. 30, 14, north, spoke the ship Altea, of New-York capt. William Morton, from Martinico bound to New-York.
Left at the Isle of France.
Brig Columbia, capt. Franklin, of Philadelphia, ship Elizabeth, Pense of New-York, who had been struck with lightning and lost her masts; several of her men were much hurt.
Ship Belisarius, captain George Crowninshield of Salem; ship Industry, capt. Lewis of Philadelphia; a ship from Rhode-Island name unknown, a day or two before capt. Rich failed.
Ship America of Boston, capt. Woodward, was going to Bourbon and from there to Hamburg.
Same day arrived the Brig Alfred, Cornelius G. Bowler, from Rhode-Island, out ten days. In lat. 39, 50. long. 73, 13, spoke with a schooner, name unknown, Stephen Brown master, from Aux Cayes, bound to Boston, out twenty-five days. Capt. Brown informed that the French and English had a very close engagement at Leogan, in which the English were obliged to retreat into Port au Prince, and shut their gates with a very great loss of men. In lat. 37, 31, long. 74, 13, spoke with a ship from Jamaica bound to Philadelphia with passengers, and a Bermuda schooner privateer, on a cruise.
Arrived yesterday, in ten days from Cape Francois, the schooner Thetis, Capt. Dickson, with sugar and coffee—John M'Fadon, & Co.
Left at Cape Francois on the 13th inst.
Ship William, Earl, Charleston. Snow Zephyr, Hilmar, Boston. Brig Hiram, Leveing, Wilmington. Harriet, Nelson, Baltimore. Speedwell, Preston, Easton (condemned.) Schrs. Peter, Shaddock, Snowhill. Citizen, Charleston. Mary, Easton, Charleston. Cummings, Small, Charleston. Mars, Lewis, Wilmington. Rebecca, Neckerson, Marblehead. John, Lewis, Philadelphia. Sally, Baltimore. Sloop Dolphin, Amey, Middletown. Delight, Warner, Charleston. Brothers, Hingham, Two 74's, 5 frigates, and 3 corvettes.
The day before capt. D. failed, the republican troops were embarking, with an intention of taking possession of Fort Dauphin.
June 15, was brought to by his Majesty's ship, Leviathan, of 74 guns, and politely dismissed.
Also arrived, Schooner Succels, Baldry, in 16 days from Petit Trou, laden with sugar and coffee—Price Current. Coffee, 26 lous. The Captain was boarded off Heneanga by 5 British privateers, who examined his papers and dismissed him politely.
Also Schooner Betsey, Rufus Burr, in 20 days from St. Thomas, laden with rum and sugar.
Left at St. Thomas, Schooner Hannah, Phillips, Baltimore; the Schooner Beaufort, Conway, Baltimore, failed a few days before capt. B. for St. Domingo—capt. B. confirms the account of the Dutch fleet's arrival at Surinam—1 ship of the line, 4 frigates, 2 sloops, 2 cutters and 2 brigs with 2000 troops. He likewise says that St. Lucia had surrendered by capitulation, after great loss on both sides.
GEORGE-TOWN, June 24.
As a small tribute of public worth—and to testify their entire approbation of the political conduct of that able and honest patriot, Mr. AMES, whose celebrated speech on the question of appropriations, is not more to be admired for its irresistible eloquence, than the excellent system of political morality which it inculcates, the citizens of George-town invited him to a public dinner, on Tuesday last, at the Union Tavern—The day was spent in the utmost harmony and conviviality.—The following, we understand, is a list of the toasts given on the occasion:
1. The United States of America—May Virtue and good sense perpetuate their Union.
2. Congress.
3. The President of the United States.
4. The Republic of France, and all the Republican governments throughout the world.
5. The State of Massachusetts.
6. John Adams.
7. Patrick Henry.
8. General La Fayette—May he soon enjoy in this land of liberty, the freedom he contributed to establish.
9. May talents and integrity be the only passports to posts of distinction in this country.
10. May the people of America possess discernment to distinguish real from pretended patriotism.
11. May no system of politics be tolerated in America, which has not morality for its basis.
12. May perseverance in true policy render foreign influence abortive.
13. The American Fair.
Upon Mr. Ames's retiring.
Mr. Ames—May he long continue to deserve well of his country.
NEW-LONDON, June 23.
Arrived, Brig Aurora, S. Wadsworth, of Hartford, in 14 days from Port-au-Prince. Left there, Sloop Crisp, Cook, of Norwich, with mules; Sloop Scrub, Williams, of Middletown; and a brig from Philadelphia; all carried in by French privateers. It was not pretended to make prizes of them; but their cargoes were taken by the administration at their own price, and due bills given therefor.—Those who go there to trade, and those carried in are all treated alike. Capt. Wadsworth received a fine bill for 11,000 livres.
Philadelphia, June 27.
ARRIVALS AT THIS PORT.
Table with 3 columns: Ship Name, Origin, Days. Includes entries for Schooner Idle Time, Franklin, Liberty Stillwell, President, Sloop Sally, Anna Corbin, Schrs. Roebuck, Phoebe, Sloop Cynthia.
CLEARED.
Table with 3 columns: Ship Name, Destination, Days. Includes entries for Ship Clothier, Ship Adriana, Brig Newton, Schrs. Fidelity, Phoebe, Thalissa, July Ann.
Arrived at Fort Mifflin.
Table with 3 columns: Ship Name, Origin, Days. Includes entries for Brig Anoa, Brig Nymph, Schrs. Lady Zimmelman, Sloop Lucania, Britton and Massey, Sloop Rebecca, Sloop Nabby.
STOCKS.
Table with 3 columns: Stock Type, Rate, Amount. Includes entries for Six per Cent, Three per Cent, 5 1/2 per Cent, Deferred Six per Cent, BANK United States, Pennsylvania, North America, Insurance Comp. Pennsylvania, EXCHANGE, at 60 days.
The ingenious author of a "History of the Earth and Animated Nature," concludes his Description of Birds with the ensuing neat and lively sentence.
I own I cannot take leave of this most beautiful part of the creation without reluctance. These splendid inhabitants of the air possess all those qualities that can sooth the heart and cheet the fancy; the brightest colours, the roundest forms, the most active manners, and the sweetest music. In sending the imagination in pursuit of these, in following
them to the chirruping grove, the screaming piece, or the glassy deep, the mind naturally lost the sense of its own situation, and, attentive to the little sports, almost forgot the task of describing them. Innocently to amuse the imagination in this dream of life is wisdom; and nothing is wiser than, by furnishing mental employment, keeps a for a while in oblivion of those stronger passions that lead to evil. But every rank and state of mankind may find something to imitate in those delightful songsters, and we may not only enjoy the time, but mend our lives by the contemplation. Did a their courage in defence of their young, and the affluity in incubation, the coward may learn to be brave and the rash to be patient. The inviolable attachment of some to their companions may teach lessons of fidelity, and the esnabial tenderness of others, be a monitor to the incontinent. Even those that are tyrants by nature never spread capricious destruction; and, unlike man, never inflict pain but when urged by necessity.
There were in the last war an Irishman and Welchman, who, in besieging a city, went into a tent to drink; when, as Cpt. Splatter here falls was heaving up the pitcher; a cannon ball slipt off his head the Jack and all. "By Jafus," cries Paddy, "the beer is spilt."
AUTHENTIC.
We are informed that orders have been transmitted by Lord Dorchester to the officers commanding at the several British forts within the limits of the United States for their evacuation; and that duplicates thereof were delivered to Captain Lewis, who arrived in this city yesterday evening from Quebec.
MR. FRANCIS,
(Of the New Theatre)
Takes this opportunity of returning thanks to his scholars and to the public. Mr. Francis intends, on his return from Maryland, to open a public academy for dancing, upon a plan entirely new. He flatters himself that his attention to his pupils hitherto renders any promise of conducting his future schemes on the most liberal and strictest terms, of propriety, totally unnecessary. N. B. Private tuition as usual.
TO LET.
Ready furnished, for three or four months, certain, A GENTEL three story brick house, No. 70, North Eighth-street. For terms enquire of Mr. Francis as above. June 28. df.
For Hamburg, THE AMERICAN SHIP HARRIET,
Thomas W. Norman, Commander. A remarkable fine, fast-sailing ship, with excellent accommodations for passengers. A considerable part of her cargo is engaged and ready to go on board, and is expected to fill in 10 days. For freight or passage, apply to the captain on board, the lower side of Walnut-street wharf, or to Peter Kubrn. June 28. $10
New Theatre.
Last week this season of the company's performing.
On WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 29, Will be presented, a Tragedy, called The CARMELITE.
Montgomery, By a Young Gentleman, (Being his first appearance on any Stage.) End of the Tragedy.
A Concerto on the French Horn, By Monsieur ROSIER, being his first performance in this country.
To which will be added, the Comedy of The Mock Doctor; Or, THE DUMB LADY CUR'D.
On Friday will be performed The DESERTED DAUGHTER. Mr. WELLS, Box-Book-Keeper's Night will be on Saturday.
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A Plan of the City of Washington, By THOMAS FREEMAN, Surveyor of the territory of Columbia and City of Washington.
CONDITIONS.
I. This Plan shall be an elegant and correct Copperplate impression, of about four feet square, whereon will be accurately delineated the natural state of the ground contained within the lines of the city—parks, vallies, rising grounds, springs, runs, creeks, &c. with the lines of the grand avenues, streets, squares, public appropriations for walks, gardens, as now correctly laid out and permanently established—the river Potomac, and Eastern Branch, opposite the city—the channels, coasts, harbours and foundations of the same, as taken by order of the Board of Commissioners.
II. On the sides of the Plan shall be represented a beautiful elevation of the President's House and the Capitol.
III. To render the drawing still more intelligible and useful, it shall be accompanied by a Pamphlet, containing all the laws of the general and particular governments, respecting the location and establishment of the city—the orders and regulations of the Board of Commissioners, approved by the President of the United States, respecting the purchase and improvement of lots therein—a particular description of the city and adjacent country—of the river Potomac, with the productions, state of cultivation, commerce, population, &c. of the country through which that vast river flows.
IV. This work will be published under the sanction of the Commissioners of the City, and shall meet with their full approbation before it appears in public; and Mr. FREEMAN pledges himself to make it as accurate useful and entertaining as possible.
V. The price to subscribers, 5 Dollars, to be paid on reception of the Plan and Pamphlet.
Surveyor's Office, City of Washington, June 3, 1796.
Subscriptions will be taken at the Surveyor's office, in the city; Mr. Rice's Bookstores in Baltimore and Philadelphia; and at the principal Bookstores on the Continent. June 17. zaw sw
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber living near Church Hill, Queen Anne's County in the State of Maryland about the first of January last, a black negro man, named Sam, about thirty years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has a crooked finger on one hand, and one leg and foot smaller than the other, somewhat round-shouldered, his clothing unknown. Any person who will secure or bring said fellow home, so that I may get him again shall have the above reward with reasonable charges. WILLIAM JACOBS. June 4. taw sm.

For Sale, A LARGE ELEGANT AND WELL FINISHED Three-story Brick House, (The late residence of General Walter Stewart) WITH A LOT OF GROUND thereunto belonging, on the west side of Third-street, near Union-street containing in front 32 feet, and in depth 100 feet, to an alley leading into Union-street. The house is 32 feet front and 60 feet deep; the several rooms contained in it are large, commodious, and completely finished; the two first floors are each 13 feet high; there are 20 mahogany doors in the house; a geometrical staircase, with mahogany rails and a good sky-light. The kitchen is in the cellar, which is spacious and convenient, and finished with an oven, a well-hole and pantries, a servants' hall and large wine-cellar adjoining the kitchen, in front of which is an area in which there is a pump. The yard is vaulted. Communicating with the said building is a neat three-story brick house, on the north side of Union-street, containing 20 feet front by 20 feet deep; the lower part of which is at present occupied as a compositing-house, and the upper part divided into well-finished large chambers. This house may at a small expense be converted into a convenient dwelling: The floor-door is very handsome, and the front and back have Venetian window-shutters. Adjoining the last house, upon the lot belonging to the first, are erected bathing-rooms, &c. There are likewise very good coach-houses and stables finished equal (or nearly so) with any in the city, on a lot containing on Union-street 30 feet, and in depth on the west side of said alley 52 feet. There are good cellars under the whole of the buildings, and a wine room over part of the stable, with a hay-loft over the remainder. For further particulars enquire of EDWARD BONSALL & Co. At their Office No. 64 Dock-street, between Walnut & Pear streets. 6th month 24th, 1796.
For sale by Auction. At the house of C. E. WHITLOCK, No. 66 North Eighth street, on Thursday, June 30th, all the HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND KITCHEN FURNITURE; Consisting of—A large Mahogany Bedstead, 1 camp do. several common do. Feather-beds, of the first quality, large Hair Mattress, Blankets, Counterpanes, White Dimity Furniture, Mahogany Circular Bureau, Chest of Drawers, Dining, Card, and Breakfast Tables, Mahogany Chairs and Sofa with hair bottoms, Side-board, Pier-glasses, China, &c. &c. The Sale to commence at 9 o'clock in the morning. All the furniture was new last summer, and is in excellent order. After the sale of the Furniture, the HOUSE will be put up; if not sold before by private contract. JOHN CONNELLY, Auctioneer. N. B. Any part of the purchase-money, for the said house, may remain upon interest for six, twelve, or twenty-four months, as may best suit the convenience of the purchaser. June 27
PROPOSALS, By BIOREN & MADAN, For publishing by Subscription, that celebrated Work, Godwin's Political Justice. From the last London Edition. TERMS. I. It will be published in two large volumes, duodecimo. II. Price to Subscribers, two dollars, handsomely bound, to be paid on delivery of the work. III. As soon as a number of Subscribers appear, sufficient to defray the expense, it shall be put to press. IV. The names of the Subscribers shall be prefixed. The following Character of this work is extracted from the Monthly Review, p. 311, 312, for March, 1793. "We have no small degree of pleasure in announcing the present work to our readers: as one which from the freedom of its enquiry, the grandeur of its views, and the fortitude of its principles, is eminently deserving of attention. By this eulogium, we would by no means be understood to subscribe to all the principles which these volumes contain. Knowledge is not yet arrived at that degree of certainty which is requisite, for any two men to think alike on all subjects; neither has language attained that consistent accuracy, which can enable them to convey their thoughts, even when they do think alike, in a manner perfectly correct and intelligible to both. These difficulties are only to be overcome by a patient, incessant, and benevolent investigation." "Many of the opinions which this work contains, are bold; some of them are novel; and some doubtless are erroneous:—but that which ought to endure it even to those whose principles it may offend, is the strength of argument adduced in it to prove, that peace and order most effectually promote the happiness after which political reformers are panting;—that as the progress of knowledge is gradual, political reform ought not to be precipitate;—and that convulsive violence is dangerous not only to individuals (for that result comparatively would be of small account) but to the general cause of truth. It is the opposite of this principle that inspires the enemies of political enquiry with so much terror; it is the supposition that change must inevitably be attended by the turbulence and injustice of commotion; and that innovation cannot be made without the intervention of evils more destructive than those which are intended to be reformed. Under the conviction of this philanthropic sentiment, of calm and gradual reform, (which in its proper place he has fully illustrated) Mr. Godwin proceeds without scruple first to enquire into present evil, through its essential branches, and next to demonstrate future good." "Dividing his work into eight books, and making THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS the subject of the first, he begins by an attempt to prove the omnipotence of government over the moral habits of mankind; and that on these moral habits their wisdom, virtue and felicity depend." Subscriptions received by the publishers at their Printing Office, back of No. 77 Dock-street, Philadelphia. June 28
Lottery FOR raising five thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, by a deduction of fifteen per cent from the prizes, and not two blanks to a prize. viz.  1 Prize of 5000 dollars, is 5000 dollars  1 1000 1000  4 500 2000  5 200 1000  20 100 2000  99 50 4950  200 25 5000  2000 10 20,000  5 Last drawn numbers of 1000 dollars each, 5000 2122 Prizes. 444450 2128 Blanks. 350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 244470 By order of the Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manuscripts, the superintendents of the Paterson Lottery have requested the Managers to offer the foregoing Scheme to the public, and have directed them to refund the money to those persons who have purchased in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets in this Lottery. The Lottery has actually commenced drawing, and will continue until finished. A list of the Blanks and Prizes may be seen at the office of William Blackburn, No. 64 South Second-street, who will give information where tickets may be procured. Dated this 17th day of June, 1796. N. CUMMING, } Managers. JACOB R. HARDENBERG, } JONATHAN RHEA, } June 18
Be an Artist resident at Mr. Oellers's Hotel, MINIATURE LIKENESSES ARE taken and executed in that elegant and delicate style, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Picture an interesting jewel. He will warrant a strong and indispensible resemblance, and he takes the liberty to lay before the public of this place his most earnest intention to deserve their patronage by his best endeavors to please. N. B. Specimens are to be seen. May 12.
Ten Dollars Reward. Ran away, JUNE 23d, from Brian McLaughlin, living at Henry Clymer's place at Schuylkill point, a Young Woman, who passes by the name of Polly Morrison, low set, darkish complexion, small grey eyes, about fifteen or eighteen years of age, had on a dark-colored short gown, and linsy petticoat. She stole and carried away a trunk and a considerable sum of money, and a great many other articles. Left behind her a cloak of coating lined with green baize, which is supposed to be stolen. The owner, by proving property may have it. Whoever lodges her in any way, so that she may be brought to prosecution, shall receive Ten Dollars Reward. June 28 saw 3* BRIAN McLAUGHLIN.
FOR SALE, A New CHAIR, With Steel Springs and Harness complete. Inquire at No. 194 Market-street, corner of Sixth-street. June 28
The First Floor and Cellar, Of a three-story Brick House to be LET, situate on Dock-street, between Second and Walnut street—Very suitable for an Office or Wholesale Store. Enquire of JAMES KEEGAN, No. 64 Dock Street. June 28
A special meeting of the American Philosophical Society WILL be held at their Hall NEXT FRIDAY EVENING at 7 o'clock. As the occasion of this meeting is mournfully interesting, all the members now in the city are requested to attend. By order of the Vice Presidents, ROBERT PATTERSON, Sec'y. June 28
William Young Birch, STATIONER No. 17 South Second-street, between Market and Chestnut-streets.
Has imported by the last ships from London, an extensive assortment of the best STATIONERY GOODS, which he offers for sale on equitable terms. Amongst other articles he has fine wove vellum drawing paper, viz. Antiquarian Elephant, double & single Atlas Imperial, Super Royal, &c. Writing paper of the first quality, viz. Imperial, Super royal, royal, medium, demy, thick, thin, vellum, and bank post, folio, quarto, gilt and plain, copy foolscap, pot, &c. Merchants' account-books, viz. ledgers, single and double journals, waste books, cash books, letter books, bank check books, &c. Books of any size or pattern made to order. W. Y. Birch respectfully informs merchants, traders and others, that the making of account books is a branch of his business which, having paid particular attention to, he flatters himself he shall execute in such a manner as to secure the approbation of his friends. And in order to do this, he has been careful to provide himself with a flock of paper from the most esteemed English paper-makers, for the purpose; a sufficient quantity of which he shall endeavor always to keep on hand, so as to enable him at all times to meet the demands of his friends. Quills and pens School bibles & testaments Ink and ink-stands, pewter, India rubbers lead and pocket Paper cases, red and black Wedgewood and glass phi- Flat and round rulers losophical do. Pounce and pounce boxes Pewter ink-stands Shining sand Mahogany writing desks Sealing wax, superfine, fine Black ebony ditto and common Ditto ditto ink-stands with Wafers, red, black and colored, fine and common, large and small plated furniture Types and ink for marking Cards large and small gilt plain linen Copy-books ready ruled Red morocco and black travelling cases Copperplate copies Black lines for writing Print and colored map files Pocket books Sand and sand boxes Patent blacking cake for boots and shoes Walkden's shining japan ink and red ink-powder Pen and sportman's knives Ivory knives and folders Too-h powder and brushes Fine writing parchment Razors, shaving boxes and Windsor soap Blank checks, bills of lading, and blanks for bills of exchange, bonds, bonds & judgments, powers of attorney, indentures, mortgages, &c. Sponges, large size W. Y. Birch has supplied himself with a complete stock of every article in the Stationary line, and as he shall be studious to execute his business in a manner the most satisfactory to his customers, he hopes to meet with encouragement and support. Country Store-keepers supplied on the best terms for cash. June 28.
PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE MAILS of the United States, On the following routes, will be received by the Postmaster at Savannah, until the first day of September next. 1. From Savannah by Savannah to Newport Bridge, once a week. Receive the Mail at Savannah every Saturday by 9 A.M. arrive at Sunbury by 6 P.M. and at Newport Bridge on Sunday by 10 A.M. Returning. Leave Newport Bridge on Sunday by 3 P.M. and arrive at Savannah in the evening, and at Savannah on Monday by 6 P.M. 2. From Newport Bridge by Darien and Brunswick to St. Mary's, once in two weeks. Receive the Mail at Newport Bridge every other Sunday noon, and arrive at St. Mary's the next Wednesday by 5 P.M. Returning. Leave St. Mary's the next day, Thursday by 8 A.M. and arrive at Newport Bridge the next Sunday by 10 A.M. Note 1. If either of the routes are altered by law, during the continuance of the Contract, the Contractor is to offer such alterations in carrying the mail, and his pay is to be increased or diminished, in proportion to the distance exceeded or diminished by such alteration. Note 2. The Contract is to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue for four years until the 30th September, 1800, inclusive. Note 3. The Post Master General may alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the Contract, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. Note 4. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified. Note 5. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar and if the delay continue until the departure of any departing mail, whereby the mail destined for such departing mail shall lose a trip, the contractor shall forfeit ten dollars to be deducted from his pay. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post Master General. GENERAL POST OFFICE, Philadelphia, June 28, 1796.
Foreign Intelligence. IRISH PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 15. This day, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant came in state to the House, and being seated on the throne, 43 bills, returned from England, received the royal assent, after which, his Excellency delivered the following gracious speech to both houses of Parliament: "My Lords and Gentlemen, "In releasing you from your further attendance in Parliament, I am particularly commanded by his majesty to thank you for that peculiar zeal and unanimity so honorable to yourselves, and so oppressive to your enemies, which have marked your conduct during the whole of the session, in promoting by your energy and temper the interests of your country, and in supporting by your spirit and liberality, the common cause of the empire. "His majesty has taken the steps which appeared most proper for setting on foot a general peace, if the enemy should be disposed to enter into such a negotiation on grounds consistent with the safety honor and interest of his majesty's kingdoms and allies. "If his majesty's views in this respect should fail, he has no doubt that the valor of his subjects, the resources of his kingdoms, and the exertions of the powers engaged with him, will ultimately produce this desirable end. "Gentlemen of the house of Commons, "I am to thank you in his Majesty's name, for the cheerfulness and liberality with which you have provided for the current services of the year, and it affords me the highest satisfaction to reflect that these objects have been attained by burdens so judiciously imposed, that they can scarcely affect the lower orders of the people. It is equally satisfactory to observe, that your strength and prosperity remain undiminished, notwithstanding the pressure of the war, and, and it will be my endeavor to cherish your resources, and apply your liberality with economy and prudence. "My lords and Gentlemen, "The enquiries I had ordered to be made with regard to the produce of the last harvest, and the measures taken by you to prevent the exportation of grain must relieve the public mind from an apprehension of scarcity. If any illicit means should be attempted to evade the provisions of the laws which have been enacted upon this important subject, I shall be attentive in exercising those powers with which I am entrusted. "The vigorous measures you have adopted for the suppression of insurrection and outrage, and the wise provisions you have made for preventing the extension of similar offences, must have the most salutary effects. "The new regulation of licences under the superintendence of magistrates will tend to promote tranquility and sobriety. The establishment of more frequent sessions of the peace, will afford an easy and expeditious administration of justice in the different districts throughout the kingdom. The liberal increase of the salaries of the judges, and the alteration of the civil jurisdiction for the convenience of the lower ranks of the people, will ensure the constant and regular attention of his majesty's judges to the civil and criminal business that will remain to be done on the circuits. "These measures cannot but demonstrate to the people at large, the firmness and temper of Parliament, which, whilst it is determined to repress the excesses of licentiousness and outrage, is at the same time anxious to ensure to the country those permanent advantages of security, peace, and good order, which are to be derived from a prompt and upright administration of justice. "I cannot too strongly recommend it to you to give effect to these benefits, by your example and presence, and I am convinced that when you are released from your duty in Parliament, all ranks and descriptions, of his Majesty's faithful subjects will feel themselves protected by your exertions and authority in your different counties. "Your kind declarations in favor of my administration, make the deepest impression upon my feelings. If I have any claim to your confidence and good opinion it arises from the fidelity with which I have represented to his majesty your loyalty and zeal, and, from the sincere desire I feel to conform my conduct to your sentiments. Great Britain and Ireland form one Empire; they are inseparably connected; they must stand or fall together; and we are all equally engaged, because, we are all equally interested in the common cause of defending and upholding our religion, our laws, and our constitution." The Lord Chancellor stated to the house, that it was his Excellency's pleasure, that the Parliament be prorogued to the 18th of June next. Both houses of Parliament were accordingly prorogued to that period.
From the Farmers Weekly Museum. "Come my beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the Villages." The hope of gain, and the love of society have now, for centuries, incited men, to risk many inconveniences, for the sake of congregating in cities. The simple would naturally conclude that where there was "much people" there would be much jollity. Desperate adventurers, bringing their craft to market, would have nothing to lose, and every thing to gain in the throng. Ambition would find in every street, a ladder lofty enough to reach the extent of many a project; and avarice could find no place more convenient to drive a bargain, than a frequented coffee house or an obscure alley. Schemes of wealth and aggrandizement, or pleasure, thus operating upon hope, the bull and most sanguine passion, should we wonder to mark flocks of rovers, eager and upon the wing expecting by a flight from the country to fly from themselves? But wily has the wise man said "Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full, with travail and vexation of spirit." Tranquility chooses the country for her favourite residence and should you inquire for the peaceable personage in town,
every cit would tell you he did not know her, and that she must be some outlandish person. In cities I grant there are many agitations, which are dignified by the name of pleasures, but they are a spurious brood, and felicity would not call them her own. The streams of pleasure in cities are like their common sewers: they are turbid, they are full of taint. He who quaffs liberally must soon be either sick or drunk; and such morbid influence have they on the brain, that men go from them, like the apostle's gazer in the glass "not knowing what manner of person, they were." They who with never to be cloyed, to respire with freedom, to enjoy the pleasure of reading and reflection, and to sleep sweetly, must go forth into the field, and lodge in villages. Allowing that there are some genuine delights in the thronged town, yet they tread too fast on each other, and weary by constant succession. A man will pray sometimes no less fervently for a respite from pleasure, than in a fit of the gout, for a respite from pain. The pleasures of the country, pure, simple, not dazzling, not boisterous, will gently stir the stream of life: A stream which passion should not be suffered to vex into whirlpool, nor be "creamed over and mantled" by the stagnation of sloth. To saunter along the banks of the brook, and allure the trout from his reefs, to crop the fantastick flowers of May, or the strawberries of June, to climb the solemn mountain, or loiter in the valley's shade, are cheap, and real pleasures, make no man a criminal, and leave no sting behind.
Such is the influence of the atmosphere upon the human body, that even robust constitutions are sensible of the changes of the air, and invalids are "tremblingly alive" to them. A fluid, that whether we are sheltered at home or exposed abroad, we are obliged perpetually to dabble in, we should attempt to find in the utmost purity. But in great towns on the margin of the main, reeking with the putrefaction of its shores: In cities whose streets are defiled with frequent feet, and scorched by the dogleg, where every tenth house is a hospital, it is not air which the fallow inhabitants breathe but "a mass of offensive things." Let the chain which binds willing prisoners to the crowd be broken, let them "go forth to the field" and if the easy play of their lungs, and alertness of limbs; if the light slumber and the red cheek will not convince them whence the mighty change in their health has proceeded, they deserve to die soon, and in some dirty lane, as a punishment for their incredulity.
Dissipation being the characteristic of cities, to travel its round will require so much time that none will be left to cultivate the understanding or mend the heart. Whatever some indolent fine ladies and fine gentlemen may suppose, we were not sent into this world merely to go to assemblies, to faunter at shops, to purchase of milliners or undergo the three hours operation of a barber. He, who wishes to read verses, or write them, he who means to instruct others, or commune with himself must seek the retirement of the "field" and the "village." In the city, protracted dinners and midnight revel, will murder half, and more than the day, and the long repose of the morning will be necessary to repair the wasted spirit. In solitude, as there are few incidents to enchain the mind, and few excesses to debase it, the student will bring a willing intellect to the complicated task, and from a pen put to a rural scene all difficulty and hindrance will vanish away! He who in city, and broken slumbers, has a thousand times turned his pillow and himself, and, like Shakespeare's king has muttered "O partial sleep, how have I frighted thee," will find that if he should sleep soundly he must "lodge in the village." That exercise which in the country, is usually taken in the day, will induce that lassitude ever accompanied by delicious repose at night. He may be assured that at the close of the day, the hamlet is still; no lumbering carts or chariots will banish his pleasant dreams, no outcry of midnight murder chill his palpitating heart. No noise will strike his ear, but the distant waterfall, and no fires glitter in his eye, but the innocuous one of the lucid insect of the meadows. At this genial period, when every June rose is broad blown, and the garniture of the fields is of the greenest hue, the emigrant from town may, perhaps, find some amusement not inferior to gambling all night, tracing dusty streets or visiting the fagacious dog. He will acknowledge the flavor of our strawberry equal to his pine apple, and the notes of the robin, and wren "of little quill" may looth him as much and sound as sweet as the songs of the songsters of the theatre.
THE LAY PREACHER. If I was he. Ah! what if you was? Why I would do so and so. No sir, under the same circumstances, you would do just like him, or worse. "If I was a minister," says a well meaning parishioner, "and had as little to do as most ministers have, I would study my sermons better, I would not come into the pulpit without a sermon, and have to make one as I go along; nor would I preach one of Blair's." "If I was a lawyer," says a farmer, "I should not have the face to ask three dollars for a word of advice. But suppose, sir, you had spent five hundred pounds in qualifying yourself to give that advice?" "If I was Mr. such a one, I would not be plagued with lawsuits as he is. I am sure he might avoid it." "Neighbour such a one has a farm—he owns a large flock of cattle—but he lives wretchedly in his house. His wife is a drozzle, his floors are an inch thick with dirt—his tables and chairs are covered with greace. If I was he, I would put things in better order or I'd know the reason why." Alas, poor man, wait, till you have a suit for a house keeper, and then you'd change your tone. "If I was such a one," says a young man, I would not marry such a lady, for depend on it the will be a Xantippe. If I was he, I am sure I could not love her. "If I was a married man," says an old bachelor, "I would govern my children, or I'd know the reason why. There is neighbour such a one who suffers his children to do all manner of mischief, and if a word of reproof is uttered, the little fellows laugh in his face." Bachelors children are always well governed.