Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-06-18 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 144 of Vol. VII.]
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1795.
[Whole No. 867.]
For HAMBURG, The new ship ASIA, Captain LANGFORD. The Asia will be launched...
For Sale or Charter, The fast sailing Virginia Built Brig, Lady Washington, 18 months old...
EDWARD DUNANT, No. 149, South Front-Street. For Sale on board said Brig, 9000 White Oak Hogheads...
For LIVERPOOL, THE SHIP MANCHESTER, JOHN COX, Master. A constant trader, built of cedar and live-oak...
Rundle & Murgatroyd, No. 11, Walnut-Street Wharf. Who have for Sale, OZNABRIGS & TICKLENBURGS...
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quarter casks...
For FREIGHT or CHARTER, The New Cedar and Live Oak Ship FAVORITE, Burthen about three hundred Tons...
This Day, Will be Launched, ON Hamilton's wharf, from on board the Schooner MARK, 75 Hogheads Prime Green Coffee...
JAMES TIFFIN, No. 70 South Second Street, Near the City Tavern. HAS just opened and for Sale, an Assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Fashionable HATS...
IMPORTED, In the Richmond from Bristol, Quart Bottles in Hamps Taunton Ale, in casks of 10 doz. each...
NICHOLAS DIEHL, Jun. NOTARY PUBLIC, &c. HAS removed his Office from No. 15 South Fourth Street, to No. 30 Walnut Street.
IMPORTED, In the Schooner Amy, Samuel Chase, Master, from Newbury-Port, New-England, AND TO BE SOLD BY SAMUEL COATES...
Also, FOR SALE, The said Schooner AMY, NOW at Stumpner's wharf, a new vessel, has only made one passage from Newbury...
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Robert Rofide, late of Southwark, Mariner, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment...
Will be Landed, on Friday morning, June 19, at South Street wharf, The Cargoes of ABIGAIL and ISABELLA, from Jamaica.
CANAL LOTTERY. Of the State of Pennsylvania. TICKETS are now ready for Sale at the Office, No. 149, Chestnut-Street...
J. M. BART, No. 170, North Second-Street, Continues to wait on such Gentlemen and Ladies as are desirous to be instructed in the French Language.
For Sale, THE time of a Stout NEGRO LAD, who has upwards of six years to serve. Enquire of the Printer.
ADVERTISEMENTS. Subscriptions for a daily paper, perhaps in fewer instances are sufficient to defray the expense of their publication...
A FEW CASES OF Ticklenburgs & Oznaburgs FOR SALE BY RUNDLE & MURGATROYD, No. 11 Walnut-Street.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED [Price 25 Cents] THIRTEEN LETTERS, On Democratic Societies; By GERMANICUS.
Sundry Articles of Household Furniture FOR SALE. Enquire at No. 121 Chestnut Street.
JUST IMPORTED, And for Sale, Joseph Anthony & Son, An assortment of India Silks in boxes, and a few boxes containing Compleat Sets of Tea Table China.
DELAWARE BRIDGE. IN pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, entitled "An act to authorize the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware..."
NOTICE is hereby given, That Books will be opened to receive Subscriptions for the Stock of the said Company, at the times and places following, to wit:
Commissioners. Levi Hollingsworth, Jesse Waln, John Nicholson, John Arndt, William Henry, John Heister, James Hindshaw, Thomas Paul, Thomas Bullman.
ADVERTISEMENTS. Subscriptions for a daily paper, perhaps in fewer instances are sufficient to defray the expense of their publication...
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED [Price 25 Cents] THIRTEEN LETTERS, On Democratic Societies; By GERMANICUS.
Sundry Articles of Household Furniture FOR SALE. Enquire at No. 121 Chestnut Street.
FOR SALE. Sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41 Second Street, John Ormrod 41 Chestnut Street, Benjamin Davies 68 High Street and by the Editor, 119 Chestnut Street.
FRAUNCES'S TAVERN, No. 59 South Water Street, THE Subscriber respectfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he has removed from No. 166 South 3d Street, to that large, commodious, House in Water Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets...
THE INSURGENTS. Are yet remaining on hand, and may be had at this Office. Also of T. Dobson, No. 41 South 2d Street, J. Ormrod, Franklin's Head, Chestnut Street, and B. Davies, No. 68 High Street.
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of MANLIUS, May be had of John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut Street.
PHILIP NICKLIN & Co. Are now Landing from the Ship Liberty, capt. Van Luvenigh, from Liverpool 100 casks of Nails assorted in 4d 6d 8d 10d and 20d.
THE Terms on which this Paper was to be sent to Subscribers not resident in Philadelphia, were—that one half, at least, of the Annual Subscription should be constantly paid in advance, or that some person at the place of publication should be responsible for the same.
THE Editor has heretofore omitted any charge for directing and enclosing his paper—in future, ONE DOLLAR per annum will be added to the Subscription of those whose papers are sent by the Post.
INFORMATION may be obtained at the Office No 149 Chestnut Street, concerning the Drawing of the Washington and Paterson Lotteries—and also where Tickets may be had.
CANAL LOTTERY. Tickets in the above Lottery, sanctioned by a law of this State, are now in rapid demand, at the office No. 149 Chestnut-Street, between Fourth and Fifth-Streets, at ten dollars each, being the original price, by order of the committee for directing the above Lottery.
SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED, The DISSECTION of a HUMBUG; OR A Complete Analysis of the Current Scale of Policies, by Cole, Goodluck & Co.
CANAL LOTTERY. TICKETS in the above Lottery, sanctioned by a law of this State, and in every other Lottery extant here, authorised by the constitution of the United States, are selling fast at this office, where grand policies, and every other species of insurance on this Lottery, is legally transacted.
THE Terms on which this Paper was to be sent to Subscribers not resident in Philadelphia, were—that one half, at least, of the Annual Subscription should be constantly paid in advance, or that some person at the place of publication should be responsible for the same.
THE highest price In Cash, will be given for EMPTY BOTTLES, A preference will be given to Claret Bottles. Apply at No. 187, South Third Street.
LANDS FOR SALE, IN VIRGINIA. ONE Tract of 1204 1-2 acres, in Hampshire county, divided into three surveys: one of 400, another of 400 1-2, and the other 404 acres, on the waters of Indian camp run, and little cape Capen, adjoining the lands of Mr. Hugh Murphy and colonel Greenfield...
In the State of KENTUCKY, One Tract of 1000 acres, on Stoner's fork of Licking, granted in consequence of a pre-emption Treaty warrant, issued in June, 1780, and a patent granted for the same in June 1787...
Terms may be known by applying to ALEXANDER LITHGOW. Danville, June 1795.

Wanted Immediately, By JOSEPH COOKE, Goldsmith & Jeweller. Corner of South Third and Market Streets.
From 20 to 30 Journeyman Goldsmiths, Silver-Smiths, Jewellers, Engravers, Buckle-Makers, Plate-Workers, Spoon-Makers, Small-Workers, Lapidaries, Chape-Makers, or any other Mechanics, useful in the different branches of a Goldsmith and Jeweller, Manual-Story; any one capable of undertaking any of the above branches will meet with constant employ, the highest wages, and every encouragement due to their merits.
Any person capable of being a Foreman to the above described business, willing to instruct Apprentices, and do every duty incumbent on a Foreman, shall receive a handsome salary for his services, with Board and Lodging in the house.
Five or six Apprentices will be taken to the different branches as above, and one to the Store and Mercantile part of the business.
The highest price given: for Old Gold and Silver, Lace, Diamonds, Old Watches, and Jewellery, in Exchange or otherwise, by applying at the above Store, where there is ready for Sale, a compleat and elegant Assortment of fashionable Silver, Plated, Jewellery, Cutlery, Japanese, and Fancy Goods, received by the last arrivals. In addition to which he hopes to receive a fresh supply by every European arrival, and still continues to manufacture every article in the various branches as usual.
N. B. As he is going to remove to the corner Store, the House he now occupies is TO BE LET, or SOLD, which, for Convenience, Beauty, and goodness of Stand, is by far the most eligible of any in the City.
May 13. d
American Landscapes. PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING IN AQUATINTA TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS.
Selected from the most striking and interesting Prospects in the United States; each of which VIEWS will be accompanied with a descriptive account of its Local, Historical, and other Incidental Peculiarities.
By G. I. PARKYNS, Author of the "Monastic Remains and Ancient Castles in Great Britain."
CONDITIONS: That the work shall be published by Subscription; and that each Subscriber shall engage to take the whole set of Views, and shall pay for each engraving, if black or brown, 2 Dollars; and if coloured 5 Dollars. That the dimensions of each engraving shall be 24 by 17 inches, executed in aquatinta, and published upon paper of a superior quality. The publication to commence immediately; and one engraving to be delivered to the Subscriber, on the first Monday of each succeeding month, until the proposed series shall be finally completed. That with the last View of the series, shall be delivered an engraved title-page; an elegant characteristic vignette; a map of the route, connected with the prospects exhibited in the course of the Work; and an Alphabetical list of the Subscribers.
Subscriptions are received by Mr. Harrison, at his Print-shop, Maiden-lane, New-York by Mr. Carey, Bookseller, No. 118, Market-street, Philadelphia, and by all the principal Booksellers in the United States.
February 28. d.
MINIATURE PAINTING.
At No. 93 South Eighth Street, WARRANTED Likenesses are taken as a reasonable price.
A Specimen of the Artist's abilities may be seen in No. 122 of the public exhibition in the Senate Chamber.
June 17. dist
WANTED,
TO RENT for twelve months, certain, a CONVENIENT HOUSE , calculated for a small private family.—Any person having such a one to let, situated to the westward of Second street, and within three or four squares of Market street, will hear of a careful tenant by applying at the Office of the Gazette of the United States.
Also—Wanted to purchase the time of a BLACK WOMAN , who is acquainted with house work, and who can be recommended for her honesty, industry, and other good qualities.—Inquire as above.
June 26, 1795. cod2w.
FOR SALE, A very valuable ESTATE, Called TWITTENHAM.
SITUATED in the township of Upper Darby, and county of Delaware, 7 1/2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new West-fern 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 4 rooms 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 neighborhood, 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.
June 4, 1795. ctf
PHILADELPHIA, June 18.
Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons emigrating from Foreign Countries.
WHEREAS, from the various instances of distress, which Emigrants to this country have suffered, from the masters of vessels, in which they have taken passage, their lives have been greatly endangered, their health much injured, and their happiness and subsistence, for a time, totally destroyed,
Resolved unanimously, That the Members of this Society feel themselves called upon as men and citizens to exert every legal endeavour, to prevent the repetition of such distresses to human nature and their country; and as the laws of this State are fully competent to the complete redress of every evil of this sort, we hereby publicly request all masters of vessels, and others, bringing passengers to the port of Philadelphia, to treat such passengers with suitable kindness and attention; and any Emigrants who have felt themselves aggrieved, are invited to lay their respective complaints before the Committee, when every assistance to obtain justice shall be afforded them.
Resolved unanimously, That the Committee of Conference and Correspondence be directed to pay particular attention to the cases of those Emigrants, who appear to have well-founded complaints, against the conduct of their captains, and to leave no exertion untried, to bring such offenders to justice.
Resolved unanimously, That the members of this Society disclaim all countenance of frivolous or malicious accusations; that while we deplore the necessity which calls for this interference in too many instances, we acknowledge with the greatest pleasure, that there are numerous examples of a different nature; and we shall be ready at all times to distinguish, by a most marked approbation, those masters of vessels, whose uniform humanity and attention to their passengers shall be found to deserve it.
Signed and published by order of the Society, J. NICHOLSON, President.
W. TURNER, Secretary. Philadelphia, 6th May, 1795.
N. B. The Committee of Conference and Correspondence meets every Monday evening, at 8 o'clock at Mr. Israel Israel's tavern, at the corner of So. 3d and Chestnut streets.
It consists of the following persons—Mr. William Young Birch, No. 45 South 3d street. Charles Wilson Peale, treasurer, museum. William Turner, Secretary, 149 Chestnut street. Dr. Arthur Blaney, Physician, 158 South 2d street. Mr. John Harrison, Register, No. 10 ditto. Henry Andrew Hains, 93 South 8th street. Thomas Newnham, corner of Callow Hill and 2d streets. Charles Kemny, city tavern. William Oliver, 147 north 3d street.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
By the latest arrivals.
LONDON, April 11.
It has been imputed to us, that we have tarnished the lustre of Admiral Hotham's victory, by reminding our readers that several of the ships with which he fought were burnt 15 months ago, if we may give credit to the London Gazette. It is very hard if we may not be permitted to exercise the powers of memory. The reproach does not lie on our gallant fleet now in the Mediterranean:—
"If charnel houses and our graves must send Those that we bury, back; our monuments (that is our Gazettes) Shall be the maws of kites."
Is it to be understood that we are to pay no respect to the London Gazette? that it is possible for the nation to be cajoled, and that even quackery is not excluded from the modern annals of our navy? Let it be understood to what degree we are to be duped, that we may govern ourselves accordingly.
In the sitting of the National Convention of March 22, Robert Lindet began his defence of Barrere, &c. by the following observations. The conclusion of his speech we have not yet been able to lay our hands on; it shall be published when we do.
The president directed the regulation of the 8th Brumaire to be read, in consequence of which Robert Lindet was permitted to speak:—
"You would try the members of the old government; you must try that government itself in its aggregate, in its crimes, in its errors, in its success, in the whole of its vast operations. The whole committee is accused in the persons of some of its members. I was one of that committee from the time of its establishment to the 6th of October last; I present myself for trial; I desire to be tried; in vain shall I be told that I am excepted; that I am not accused; I feel that I am accused, and I demand justice."
He entered into an extensive review of the physical and political situation of France, at the time when the old committee of public safety took the reins of government; of the situation of the armies, the disposition of the generals, the spirit of the field officers and soldiers, the composition of the administrations, the spirit of the department of Paris, of the minority and majority of the convention, and of the new members of the committees; of the war of La Vendee, from its origin to the time when the old committee ceased to have the direction of it. When he came to speak of the 31st May, the terms revol, insurrection, sedition, royalism, were applied to the commotions which then broke out in the departments of Jura, Calvados, &c. Lindet himself was then employed as the pacificator of L'Eure, Calvados, and Finisterre. He seconded the conciliatory intentions of the committee, restored federalized departments to the indivisibility of the republic, made the will of a pure and patriotic majority triumphant over the efforts of an anti-republican minority, avenged Paris of her calumniators, & disarmed those who had sworn to make Paris disappear from the face of the earth.
He was interrupted by murmurs, cries of indignation, and express contradiction, on the part of the deputies formally proscribed.
Henri Larivière, "For the honour of the people of Paris, who have themselves disavowed the events of a day pretended to be their work, I desire to be heard."
Rewbell. "Let Lindet be heard out; he will never prove that he was one of the leaders of the old committee."
Several members desired that the apologist of the 31st of May, might be listened to, and they allowed to answer him.
April 17.
By a passenger arrived in a Swedish vessel from Brecht, (which place he left on the 6th inst.) we learn, that a squadron of three 74 gun ships, two frigates, and a corvette, sailed from Brecht on the 30th of March; on the following day, a fleet of about 50 sail, under the convoy of a line of battle ship, a frigate, and a corvette, arrived there from Bordeaux; on the 6th inst. there remained in Brecht Roads, La Mountain, a three-decker, thirteen two-deckers, and from twelve to fifteen frigates and corvettes, besides three three-deckers, and eight or ten 74 gun ships in the harbour; also, a three-decker and three 74 gun ships nearly ready for launching. So attentive are they to the equipping their navy, that an unprecedented number of hands are daily employed in the dock-yard at Brecht. The ships in the Roads did not appear in much forwardness for sea. He was informed, on the 6th, that the squadron was to sail in a few days.
HAGUE, March 23.
The new committee of naval affairs finds it exceedingly difficult to man a fleet, as by far the greatest part of the sailors, especially in Zealand, decline serving on board the ships. So much are they still attached to the Stadtholder and to Great-Britain.
Our land force is likely to have a great number of officers, who are averse to the present system, and think themselves insulted by the proclamation of the 17th ult. This way of thinking, which in several regiments extends to the non commissioned officers and privates, has led General Pichegru to order the greatest part of the Dutch garrisons at the Hague and Amsterdam to withdraw.
Messrs. Reuelar and Six are returned from their fruitless mission to Paris. Mr. Brandzen remains there, on account of a severe fit of illness.
MILAN, March 15.
Several conferences, relative to the opening of the next campaign have been held here in the presence of the Arch-Duke, our sovereign. Generals Colli and Della Torre arrived here from Turin to assist at them. The result of the deliberations is not known, but the greatest preparations are making for the ensuing campaign. The Duke of Cossia has left Suza, and the king of Sardinia has ordered his own field-equipage as well as that of the Royal Princes to be got ready. The latter will set out for the different cantonments immediately after Easter. The Austrian Sardinian legion is already encamped near Ceva, and all the troops in this quarter are under marching orders. Our government having been informed that the French intend to force their way into Lombardy by the post of Borchetta, three thousand German troops are sent thither to defend it. An ordinance has been lately published; prohibiting all importation of French assignats into Austrian Lombardy.
Holland Gin is become a very scarce article in England at present, owing to the French having caused the Dutch to be out of spirits.
DEAL, April 12.
Admiral Harvey has shifted his flag to the Prince of Wales, and sailed on a cruise to the Northward, with the Culloden, Thunderer, and Russell Men of War, and Pomona frigate. Remain the rest as per last. Admiral Harvey has brought to anchor in the guls, being becalmed. Wind South.
MADRID, Feb. 13.
[An account of the expedition referred to in the following has been published, but not with every particular this contains.]
The corvettes la Decouverte, l'Audacieuse, and the sloop la Subtile, have returned after a voyage of many years: were dispatched from Cadiz in July, 1789, in order to explore the coasts of South-America, from the mouth of the river la Plata, to Cape-Horn, and from thence to the extremity of the North-West coast of America.
A summary of the discoveries has just been published; the result is, that after all possible enquiries to passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean could be found between the 59th and 61st degrees of latitude, where hitherto it was at least thought probable to find out a passage much shorter, if not less dangerous, than that round Cape-Horn and China, to the East-India islands.
The sloops la Subtile & la Mexicaine, detached in the beginning of 1792 from the squadron, have, in concert with the English ships of war under Capt. Vancouver, much contributed to determine the true position of the immense Archipelago, known under the name of Admiral Fronte and Fuca, which forms a chain of islands from the North-West coast of America, till within a short distance of the North-East extremity of Asia.
The corvettes spent the greatest part of 1792 in exploring the Ladrones and Philippine islands, and surveying the coast of China North of Macao. They failed together between the island of Mindanao and New Guinea; after having crossed the equator, they directed their course eastward, and navigated on an immense ocean, a space of 500 leagues. They passed by the New Hebrides, visited New Zealand, New-Holland, the Friendly Islands, and explored the Archipelago of Behan, which no foreign navigator had ever reconnoitred.
SECOND ARTICLE of the instructions of the late Prussian Minister, Count Goltz, at Basle. [Extracted from the Paris Moniteur of April 12.]
"It will be necessary to do away the unjust suspicion, that his Prussian majesty shewed a disposition for peace with a view of causing the negotiations to prove abortive, and to lay upon the French government the odium of the prosecution of the war. Count Goltz is to keep up and strengthen the favorable sentiments which his majesty's way of thinking has inspired into the French nation, and of which it has given some proofs, even during the present war. He is to make it understood, that the king could not but be shocked by the horrors which, especially under the horrid reign of Robespierre, had marked the era of the French revolution; but that, so far from intending to subdue the French people, or to decide on their measures, he had only wished that they might soon regain that happiness, of which they had been deprived by their intestine commotions. That his majesty, rejoicing in the total change which seemed to have taken place in their principles, as well as in the conduct of their government, since the downfall of the Jacobin faction, most earnestly desired the return of peace; and would even feel proud if circumstances would permit him to act the glorious part of a pacificator, with respect to a part of Europe; which salutary view alone, must prove the sincerity of his intentions."
LONDON, April 27.
The cargoes of the different Dutch ships, now detained in British ports, are by order of Government, to be immediately sold; by which measure, great quantities of corn are expected to be procured at a reasonable price.
In the sitting of the 17th ult. Lecointre denounced Freron's Journal, as tending to exasperate the minds of the people, to inspire into every breast the desire of revenge, and to lay upon the Convention the odium of a tyrannical measure. Le Sage raised some doubts concerning the security of assignats, since it rested on such estates as could not be considered as national property. The order of the day being called, Bourdon de l'Oise observed, that by the order of the day fears and mistrust could not be done away, and that the widows and children even of executed criminals could not love the Revolution if they were reduced to tears.
In the sitting of the 20th, Legendre fixed the attention of the Convention on the Cabinets of Europe, which, he said, endeavoured to make the People believe that the Legislators of France had butchered French citizens for the purpose of seizing their fortunes. It was therefore necessary to convince the world, that all these massacres were their work.
The Convention, hard pressed by these cogent reasons on one side, and by the interest of the purchasers of estates of executed persons on the other, adopted a mezzo termino, perfectly of a piece with the whole system of Conventional justice, by passing a decree, which, first confirms the sales already made; and, secondly, suspends all those which are not yet brought to a conclusion.
The estates of emigrants engage likewise the solicitude of the French Journalists. On this head one of them expresses himself in the following:—"These Legislators dare to talk of justice, and
none of them has hitherto opposed measures, which rob the parents of Emigrants of their lawful property, and punish the former for the crimes of the latter; they dare to talk of justice, and none of them moves for the repeal of the decree which confiscates the property of transported Priests."
Lieutenant Edward Bowling, is appointed to the command of his Majesty's Schooner the Swinger, of 16 guns, eighteen 24 pounders, destined for the expedition under Sir Sidney Smith.
From the CAMBRIDGE INTELLIGENCER LONDON, March 35.
EXHIBITION EXHIBITION. Catalogue of Pictures, Statues, Busts, Bronzes, &c. now exhibited for sale, at the great Auction room, in Westminster; to which are annexed, some Critical Observations.
FIRST DAY'S SALE. (Continued from this Gazette of June 3.) Mr. Dundouky, opposite the New Church Strand.
22. A Camelion. The shifting lines of the creature are done in a most extraordinary manner. 23. The Five flags of Tyranny. Entering a House, seizing of papers, imprisonment, pillory, and transportation. Strongly executed, but the subject is too terrible for an Englishman to look at. 24. A Cabinet Dinner—full life. A hackneyed subject. 25. The Orgies of Bacchus. The master seems quite at home in this performance—the grouping is admirable. 26. The Castle of Oppression. A bold design. 26. The trial of Patience—this piece can never last long, although it has an uncommon thick varnish. 28. Liberty—in water colours. The figure is scarcely discernible. 22. The Death or Mr. Habeas Corpus commonly called the Poor Man's Friend. The last agonies of this respectable Old Patriot are truly affecting. The groups round his bed express neither interest nor affection for him, indeed they all seem to be drunk or asleep. This is upon the whole a lamentable production. 30. The opening of a Campaign. A Study. All enveloped in clouds—it also wants perspective. 31. Portrait of the celebrated John Bull. The figure shews neither spirit, sense, energy, nor even animation. There is no similitude to be traced of what he was formerly. He has more the air of a galley slave than of a freeborn Briton. Mr. Pittman, Downing Street.
32. Views in Ireland. Surely more confused, incongruous masses, were never before exhibited: there is a want of freedom, and the contour is by no means correct. 33. A Banditti intent on Plunder. There is a daring originality in this picture, which yet disgusts. The majority of the figures exhibits a set of the blackest villains that ever disgraced society. 34. Scene in Botany Bay. The design is uncommonly harsh, but the groups of suffering Patriots are peculiarly interesting. 35. The Empress of Russia singing Te Deum for the subjugation of Poland. An excellent idea, but the whole picture is too black, and wants relief. 36. The murder of the innocents. A rough and hasty attempt, that has totally failed in the execution. 37. The King of Prussia counting over his subsidy. In the count- 38. The Emperor of Germany, ditto, his loan. these 3 great men are admirably given. 39. The king of Sardinia ditto. A master piece. 40. The Geogium Sidus in Eclipse. An armed nation. There is an awful truth in the expression of this picture, that really is terrible. 42. An alarmed nation, (as companion to the above.) Though there is wonderful art in this composition, it can at best be called a miserable attempt. 43. Caricatures of England. Mr. Pittman has carried the farce a little too far. 44. Two War-Pieces. Ill designed and worse executed. 45. An invasion. A most terrific scene. The painter here seems to have laboured with uncommon ingenuity to produce the effect. 46. A Famine. A shocking display of misery and despair; the rending distresses of the poor. N. B. This piece was originally intended to have been sent to France, but owing to the present troubles in that unhappy country, will now remain in England. 47. Drawings of all the towns in Holland. N. B. They are already disposed of. 48. Satan, the Enemy of the Human Race, in Pandemonium. A formidable figure, with a horrible countenance. It is supposed to be a portrait of the MASTER himself. There is certainly a strong resemblance. 49. The subjugation of Mankind. A Study—in dismember. A poor conceit, and not likely to be successful in the execution.
End of the first Day's Sal.
Friday Messrs. Parkons Hazard and Co Richardson, and Co. Brancob, and Bish, Galley and Beardmore, Nicholson, Johnson, Wright, Banniter and Cooper, Lottery Office Keepers and dia is in tickets, contraded for the ensuing English Lottery, at the rate of 15l. 25s. 6d. per ticket. The other competitors were Messrs. Grenville, 15l. 28. 9d. Tawgood 14l. 15s. Boyd and Co. 14l. 11s. 7-8d. Leven, 14l. 7s. 6d. Cope, 14l. 1s. 2d. Morgan, 15l. 3s.

The debts and engagements of the Prince of Wales, are said to be little short of a million. Now the interest of a million sterling is 50,000. Fifty thousand pounds distributed among poor families, would bestow happiness on five thousand families annually.
It is computed that the late revolution in Poland has cost that unhappy country 80,000 men in killed and wounded, and 30,000 have fled into Galicia.
The defection of the king of Prussia, it is said, will in the end prove of infinite service to this country, because it will teach Mr. Pitt the true nature of continental connections. How many millions has it cost the people of this country to teach Mr. Pitt what every other body politic knew before?
POETRY.
Mrs. SIDDONS.
The following Character of this great and accomplished Actress is taken from Mr. Taylor's Poem entitled The Stage.
WHEN first the Mufe prefer'd her humble bay To deck the favourites of a former day, Scarce could she deem an orb would claim her song,
Form'd to transcend the brightest of the throng. At SIDDONS' call, glad she resumes her lays,
To blend her tribute with the general praise; And no! too sure, alas! her feeble strain Must, on such matchless powers essay in vain;
Yet may the muse, howe'er in numbers faint, Prove she can feel what she despairs to paint:
But SIDDONS' name can raise a po- tent spell, And memory with her flos res must fondly swell;
Recall at once her voice, her eye, her mien, And all the wonders of the mimic scene;
Nor dazled Critics need the unequal lay, Lost in the blaze of recollected day.
Blest with a form for happy Sculpture's hand To fix the lines of graceful and of grand;
A harmony of face, and power of eye, To image all that feeling can supply;
A voice, each change of passion to engage From tenderest pathos to the wildest rage: Soft as the breeze that waftens with the flower,
When on the heart she tries her gentle power;
Strong as the storm when fury takes its course, And madness strains it to the utmost force;
Beyond all sense of fiction she can soar, And real horrors scarce could whelm us more:
Whether her Zara's proud disastrous love, Or Shore's mild woes, the kindred feelings move—
Whether her genius tempt a bolder flight, The frail Macbeth to murderous deeds in- cite;
Terrific frown at Nature's best laws, Or playful plead misguided Cassio's cause; Whether she seeks to make our sorrows flow,
Thro' unambitious scenes of home-felt woe; Where 'mid the wreck of fortune, fame and life,
The Gambler leaves his fond tho' ruin'd wife:
In all, sublime, endearing, or refin'd, The great pervading energy is MIND:
In all, the Passions to her potent Art By turns reign the subjugg'd heart.
But tho' she thus the tragic heights can gain, And pour the plaintive or heroic strain;
With graceful ease the "learned Jack" she wears—
Thus Rosalind her comic skill declares, Whose sportive elegance can sweetly move
With happiest charm of gaiety and love. Oh! thou whose powers can soothe or form the foul
With magic touch, the fierce to controul; Who, born the Drama's noblest paths to trace,
Canst e'en to SHAKSPEARE's Mufe im- part new grace;
Let Scandal rave, let sickening Envy try To blast thy Laurels and thy worth decay,
While 'tis thy noble triumph, only those, Sure test of Genius, are thy hopeless foes:
The feeling still thy merit shall attest, Give thee fond credit for a kindred breast;
Swell with thy rage, and with thy anguish moan, As Vice shall tower, or Virtue droop for- lorn;
And while less grateful plaudits run thine ear, Bestow a nobler meed—the silent tear.
ANSWER
Of the SENATE of MASSACHUSETTS, To the GOVERNOR.
May it please your Excellency, THE Senate cannot but express their sincere satisfaction at the renewed testi- mony of public confidence, which excites the just and grateful sentiments expressed in your Excellency's communications.
The harmony and good humour, so es- sential to the beneficial operation of the well organized government, with which this commonwealth is favoured, it shall be our study to cultivate and improve; and by free communications and an expli- cit avowal of principles and intentions to conform to the genius of our constitution and to the character of the people by whom it is enjoyed.
A recurrence to the principles and e- vents which distinguished the early settle- ment of our country, to which your Ex- cellency has drawn our attention, will ever be peculiarly gratifying to thought- ful and patriotic minds. To eulogies up-
on our illustrious ancestors, every Ameri- can heart is in constant union. Poverty and distress, persecution and contem- pt were plentifully poured into their cup; But the Sun of Glory will ever shine upon their tombs. The affectionate reverence of their descendants will embalmed their memory, and a respectful regard to those principles and institutions, which have been attended with unexampled prosperi- ty, will form the glorious reward which they contemplated, and in the anticipation of which, all their sufferings were for- gotten.
The diffusion of equal liberty, and the voluntary adoption of those principles of rational freedom which form the basis of the American Constitution, by any of the nations of Europe, are circumstances which afford us much satisfaction. On the Su- preme Disposer of Events we rely, to give the contending nations peace, when the great purposes of the present commotions shall be accomplished. At the same time, we cannot but express our gratitude that he hath blessed us with a government by which we have been preserved in prospe- rous tranquility, amidst the sanguinary conflicts which have afflicted the Euro- pean world.
Your excellency's attention to the establishment and operation of literary institutions, is justified by the impor- tance of the subject. Academies have been considered as useful institutions to afford the means of instruction in seve- ral branches of science, of general and obvious utility, for which grammar schools are not well calculated. Consi- dering the various literary institutions in the commonwealth as highly necessary and useful for extending the several branches of learning and science, for the promotion of which they were respective- ly established, it shall be our special care at all times, to patronize them in such a manner as to encourage and ef- fectually protect the whole; and as time and experience shall evince that any of those institutions shall stand in need of the special assistance and patron- age of the government, we flatter our- selves that the Senate of Massachusetts will never withhold such assistance or patronage.
We sensibly feel with your excellency, real satisfaction, when we contemplate the cool, deliberate & enlightened man- ner in which the citizens of this com- monwealth have lately examined their constitution, in order to revise, or to preserve it in its present form. This deliberate character, and this dignified manner of examining the principles and forms of their government, must be at- tributed, in no small degree to the ex- cellent institutions established by them and their venerable ancestors.
A system of jurisprudence as perfect and permanent as it is attainable by men, will unquestionably be the object of the enlightened citizens of this common- wealth. If, in examining the machinery of the government, or this important branch of it, any improvement should come under consideration, it will surely be contemplated with all proper defer- ence and respect for those modes and systems, which time has rendered vene- rable, and long habit has familiarized or endeared.
The honorable and permanent provision on which the constitution requires to be made for certain important offices, is founded on such solid and approved prin- ciples, that any existing inadequacy will engage our careful attention; and the obvious policy and justice of making e- quitable and adequate rewards to all the officers of government, will lead us care- fully to consider any circumstances which may have diminished the compensation to which their services are entitled.
The adequate provision which has been made for the payment of the interest on the debt of the commonwealth, and the favorable operation of the sys- tem adopted for its gradual reduction, afford us much satisfaction, and we are happy in the reflection, that the accom- plishment of those interesting objects will be materially aided by resources indepen- dent of a tax upon the citizens.
We are convinced of your Excellen- cy's readiness to co-operate with us in the dispatch of public business, and shall endeavour to give your Excellency suit- able opportunity for the revision of those bills and resolves which may be passed the present session.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
R UNAWAY from the Powder Maga- zine in Baltimore, of which he had the charge, a certain Thomas Roach, a na- tive of Limerick, in Ireland; about 5 feet 8 inches in height, his person thin and lean- der, short black hair mixed with grey, dark countenance, with very black beard and eye-brows, & speaks much with a brogue, 43 years of age. The said Roach had un- der his charge, amongst other casks of pow- der, above 100 belonging to the United States, which he has taken off with him very lately, either in a boat or waggons. Whoever apprehends this villain, shall have the above reward—and if any person can give any account of the powder so stolen, he shall be generously satisfied, by JOHN O'DONNELL, President of the Fire Insurance Company.
UNITED STATES.
By this Day's MAIL.
NEW-YORK, June 17.
Extract of a letter from L'Orient, dated May 2d, to a merchant in this city, received per the Chesapeake, Capt. Ogil- vie, from Bourdeaux.
"Three commissioners have arrived here from England, amongst whom are the Duke of Dorset, and Mr. Eden: two of them are said to have powers to make an exchange of prisoners; and it is asserted the other has come on business of much greater importance."
ARRIVED AT THIS PORT.
Brig Minerva, Rathbone, Liverpool Two Sifters, Henshaw, Trinidad Schr. Lucy, Lees, Wilmington, (N. C.) Betty, Titcombe, St. Croix Ruthy, Barnes, Bermuda Sloop Hannah, Taylor, N. Providence Dolly, Dillingham, Curacoa Harmony, Rowan, Wilmington D.
Capt. Barnes of the Ruthy, left in Bermuda the sloop Fanny; Capt. Cog- gehall, of Newport, sent in there by a Cruiser, cleared and bound to Charle- ston, (S. C.) but destitute of Seamen, the Cruiser having sent them to New- York; a brig and a sloop unknown in the same situation.
The Ship Indullry, Davidson, of and from Philadelphia, is safe arrived at Fal- mouth.
The Hull Packet, Capt. Niel, was to sail from Liverpool to this Port, in a few days after Capt. Rathbone.
On Monday arrived at South Amboy the ship Thomas, Wilson, from Tobago, after a passage of 25 days—On the 26th May, I spoke the brig Thomas, Jo- seph Star, Master from St. Martins, bound to St. Eustatia, saw her come to anchor in the Road.
May 28, in lat. 20, 30 long. 94, spoke brig William, Capt. Hovey, from St. Kitts bound to Baltimore.
NORFOLK, June 10.
On Monday arrived here the sloop Greyhound, Capt. Parsons, 28 days from Dominica. By her we learn that the brig —, of Boston, capt. Farley, from Bourdeaux, had been carried into St. Kitt's by a Bermudian Privateer, and his trial was to come on the 21st of May. The Schooner Fair American, belonging to Messrs. Buchanan and Robb, of Baltimore, was at Dominica, the captain had disappeared about three days before capt. Parsons failed, and it was imagined had drowned himself.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Swal- low, from Boston, loaded with copper bolts and sheathing for the United States Frigate, now building at Gosport.
EDENTON, June 4.
On Saturday evening last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a fire broke out in the ware-houses of Capt. William Bennett, near Mr. Norfleet's wharf in this town, occasioned by the rising of the tide which communicated to some unflacked lime stored in the corner of one of them. It ra- ged for a time with such fury as to threat- en the entire destruction of the eastern part of the town, which doubtless would have been consumed but for the extraor- dinary exertions of the inhabitants, and the undaunted activity of one or two negroes, who mounted the ware-house of Mrs. M'Donald, and removed the fire there- from when it was just kindling. Had this ware-house, or the one of Mr. Nor- fleet's caught fire, they must inevitably have extended the conflagration to all the houses in that quarter; and if the wind had shifted easterly, probably the whole town would have fallen a prey to this de- structive element. Happily with the as- sistance of the engine, (which was abund- antly supplied with water from the same cause which produced the fire) it was pre- vented from spreading on the other side, and in a short time extinguished, after nearly consuming the abovementioned ware-houses of Capt. Bennett.
On Tuesday last died, aged 18 years, Mr. Archibald Little, son of the late Mr. Andrew Little, of this town.
And on Wednesday night, the 27th ult. Capt. M'Neill, the younger, and the next day his mate, died, after a very short ill- ness, both belonging to a Schooner from the West-Indies.
NEW-YORK, June 17.
Citizen ADET passed through this city without being recognized as the Plenipo- tentary from the Republic of France to the United States of America.
Argus.
JOHN T. GILMAN, Esq. is re-elec- ted Governor of the state of New Hamp- shire.
A correspondent has favored us with the following extract of a letter from Bermuda, dated the 6th inst.—
"You may now rest assured no more condemnations of American property will take place in our court. A few days ago four American vessels, cap- tured by two privateers, were discharg- ed by the agents, without being put in- to the admiralty, and departed immedi- ately. Your produce continues a mere glut, and prices are lower than in A- merica—indeed the market is complete- ly overslocked."
Translated for the Argus.
Extract from a Nantes Paper of April 29. NANTES, 8 Floreal (April 27.) Yesterday some of the chiefs of the Chouans brought to town themselves, six pretended Chouans, high way robbers and assassins. Among them was a girl, who they say is of Ancenis, and who was dis- guised in men's cloaths—They say that among the other five one is of Nantes— It is evident then, that the Chouans are decided to keep their promise, and to purge the country of those brigands, who permit themselves, robbery, pillage, and even assassination, under the name of Chouans.
It is certain, that this is a fact, that the Minister Pitt, informed of the approach- ing peace, that the French government was on the point of concluding with the Chouans, and the Vendicans, calculated to hinder it, and seeing his happiness, and that of his country promoted but in the effusion of blood, he has sent his emissar- ies to effect this glorious end. Of us, which were vomited upon our coasts, one only arrived at the Assembly of the Chouans. He employed the most flatter- ing promises to engage them not to make peace; he jingled his gold, more he said was coming, and that England would aid them with all her power. No, replied the chiefs of the Chouans, the destruction of France is your favorite project, you want to destroy us by means of one ano- ther—you have always deceived us, you shall be deceived in your turn, carry back your gold, and your counsels, and execute without us, and against us, if you can, what you would wish to effect by our means.
BALTIMORE, June 16.
Captain Helm, who arrived at the fort on Friday last, 17 days from Jeremie, in- forms, that the day before he left that port, the British frigate Succès arrived there, and pressed two thirds of the Amer- ican seamen in that port; the brig Habel- la, Captain Green, of Baltimore, then ly- ing there, had all hands pressed. The snow Jenny, Captain Lillie, was captured by a republican privateer, and ordered for Petit Guave. The Captain had arrived there some time before Captain Helm left Jeremie, but the Jenny had not been heard of.
Left at Jeremie, the brig Juliana, Brown, New-York; Fair American, Nash, Phila- delphia; —, Wood, ditto; sloop Sally, Barrels, ditto; & a brig and three schoo- ners, belonging to Salem.
Thirty-three passengers arrived in the Thetis.
Arrived at the fort on Thursday last, and yesterday came to at the Point, the brig William, Capt. Hovey, 18 days from St. Vincent's.
Captain Hovey informs, that the French have possession of the windward part of St. Vincent's, except the fort which com- mands Kingston Harbor. That on the night of the 7th May, at 12 o'clock an engagement took place on the Eastern Hill, between about two hundred English troops, with two field pieces, and about 600 French and Charibs. The French took the hill, but the English received a large reinforcement, took it again.—The French stood by their cannon till almost every man was killed, and left one of them spiked up. There was not a possibility of ascertaining the exact list of killed and wounded, but he says there was a great number on both sides.
Capt. Hovey called in at St. Martins— nothing very particular at that port. He left there (a prize to a French privateer) the Schooner Theresa, Captain Wm. Wil- iamson, of Baltimore, who with all his hands were thrown into prison.
The Theresa was taken on her passage from St. Bartholomews to Barbadoes.
On the 30th May, in lat. 24, long. 79, was brought to a Spanish frigate of 40 guns—he was ordered on board, and his papers searched. The frigate had under convoy 8 Polacre brigs and one ship.
Translated from the Courier François of this Day.
Philadelphia, June 16.
A deputation of the Colonists of St. Domingo, waited on the Citizen ADET, Minister of the French Republic, at his houle—He received them in a manner the most fraternal, and worthy of the Repre- sentative of a free people.
One of the Colonial Citizens addressed him, and exposed, in a succinct manner, the nature of the misfortunes of that Co- lony, part of which he had been witness to—and of the impatience with which they waited for the result of the contra- dictory discussion between Polverel and Sonthonax, and their Commissioners, be- fore the National Convention.
The minister said in answer that France had not been exempt from the persecu- tions and misfortunes which St. Domingo had suffered; but that the reign of tyran- ny was passed, and that justice humanity and patriotism were alone the order of the day.
In fine that the confronting discussion which they had requested was opened, and continued at his departure from Paris.
The article respecting Polverel's falling dead at the criminal tribunal, by more re- cent accounts appears to be unfounded.
We have the pleasure to inform the Public that the late Mr. DANIEL RUN- DLE, hath left to the Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, two hundred and fifty pound for the use of that hu- mane and charitable Institution.
ARRIVALS at the Port.
Ship Three Brothers, Brown Bengal Brig Eagle, M'Dougal St. Thomas Fame Medlin St. Kitts Schr. Lively, St. Thomas
Sloop Betty, Brewton of Philadelphia arrived at Trinidad.
Price of STOCKS.
6 per Cents 20/1 3 per Cents 11/10 Deferred 14/3 Bank of the United States 45 Pennsylvania 40 North America 45
NEW THEATRE.
Mr. & Mrs. ROWSON'S Night.
On Friday Evening, June 19, will be performed a Play, altered from Maffingr's Boudman, by Mrs. Rowson, called
The Female Patriot; or
NATURE'S RIGHTS ASSERTED.
Timoleon, Mr. Whitlock Archimedes, Mr. Green, Lesbena, Mr. Norton, Herbantha, Mr. Francis Diphilus, Mr. Warrell Jailer, Mr. Darley, jun. Garrambis, Mr. Wignell Cymbria, Mr. Biffett Flander, Mr. Chalmers Cleora, Mrs. Whitlock Olympia, Mrs. Marshall Scatilla, Mrs. Rowson Zantiba, Mrs. Francis The Prologue, Mr. Chalmers The Epilogue, Mrs. Rowson
End of the Play, a new serious Pantomimi- cal Ballet, under the direction of Mr. Fran- cis, called
La Petite PIEDMONTESA.
Or, the Travellers Preferred. Alberto, Mr. Moreton La fleur, Mr. Marshall Gerald, Mr. Warrell Ramirez, Mr. Rowson Old Woman, Mr. Francis Rosalie, Miss Mitbourne, Jacquetina, Miss Solomon Banditti, Messrs. Biffett, Solomon, &c. To conclude with a Pas de Quatre, by Mss. Nugent, F. Warrell, Miss Williams and Mrs. De Marquis. The music entirely new, composed by R. Taylor.
To which will be added, never performed here, a Farce, in two acts, called
All the WORLD's a STAGE.
Sir Gilbert Pumpkin, Mr. Francis Charles Stanley, Mr. Marshall Harry Stanley, Mr. Green William, Miss T. Warrell Walter, Miss T. Warrell Diggory, Mr. Bates Cymon, Mr. Biffett Wat, Mr. Darley, jun. Eloisa, Mr. Solomon Miss Bridget Pumpkin, Mrs. Rowson Miss Kitty Sprigley, Mrs. Marshall Jane, Mrs. Francis Pickets may be had of Mr. Rowson, No. 70 North 8th St. and the usual places.
Miss Williams's & Mrs. Her- vey's Night.
On MONDAY EVENING, June 23, Will be presented a Comedy, (never per- formed in America) called
The RAGE!
To which will be added, a Farce, never per- formed here, called
The Irish Widow.
Mr. WARRELL and Sons' Night will be on Wednesday next.
NOW LANDING.
At Willings Wharf, from on board of the Ship Washington, Captain Webb, from Calcutta, the following Goods, viz.
Guzemahs Oude Sahans Ditto Emeries Taundah Khallas Bafas Jugica Ditto Luckipore Ditto Jotapore Ditto Chittally Also,
Benares Sugar, in Bags.
For Sale by Philips, Cramond & Co. June 18
Office of the Insurance Company of North America.
Philadelphia, June 17th, 1795. NOTICE is hereby given to the Stock- holders that the Sixth (and last) In- stallment, being TWO DOLLARS, on each Share of the Stock of this Company, is to be paid on the second Monday (the 13th day) of July next; when it will be ne- cessary for each Person to produce the Receipt for the FIFTH Installment upon the Shares he shall propose to pay for.
Ebenezer Hazard, Sec'y.
By the first Section of the Char- ter it is declared, that all Shares on which Payments shall not be made at the Time prescribed, shall be forfeited to the use of the Company.
th&mtj13.
LEWIS PISE,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Revenue Office, April 27, 1795. PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue for building
A LIGHT HOUSE
on the head land of Cape Hatteras on the coast of North Carolina, of the following materials, dimensions and descriptions.
The form is to be octagonal. The foundation is to be of stone, to be sunk thirty feet below the bottom of the water, table or the surface of the earth, and to be commenced at the diameter of twenty nine feet.
The diameter of the base from the bottom of the water table to the top thereof (where the octagonal pyramid is to commence) is to be twenty eight feet four inches and the wall is to be seven feet thick.
The height of the building from the bottom of the water table, and from the surface of the earth, is to be ninety feet to the top of the stone work, under the floor of the lantern; where the diameter is to be sixteen and one half feet and the wall three feet.
The water table is to be caped with hewn stone, at least eight inches wide and sloped at the top to turn off the water. The outside of the walls is to be faced with hewn or hammer dressed stone, leaving four windows in the north east and five windows in the south west.
On the top of the stone work is to be a framed tier of joists, beded therein, plankled over with oak plank, extending two feet beyond the wall, forming an eave which is to be finished with a cornice, the whole having a descent from the centre sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper. A complete and luminous iron lantern in the octagonal form is to rest thereon.
This head is to be turned by a large vane; so that the hole for venting the smoke, may be always to leeward. Eight dormant ventilators are to be fixed in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be passed through the floor, and a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern.
Also a frame House to be thirty four feet in front and sixteen feet deep with a cellar under it. The cellar walls to be eighteen inches thick and seven feet high.
The first floor of the house is to be eight feet, and the second, seven feet and six inches high. The floors are to be laid in whole lengths, nailed through. The stack of chimneys is to be finished with two plain fire places on each floor, one of them large for a kitchen.
The ceilings and sides of the House are to be plastered with two coats; all the wood work inside and out is to be well painted and the whole to be finished in a plain decent manner.
An Oil vault is to be built twenty feet by twelve feet in the clear, arched over and covered with earth or sand over which a shed is to be built.
The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be sunk at a convenient distance, and furnished with a curb, bucket and rope completely.
The builder to find and pay for all the materials, labor, workmanship, provisions, and other objects of cost, charge or expense, for a sum to be agreed upon, and to execute the before described work and every part thereof in a good and workman-like manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on security will be made. April 27. m & th tf
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Revenue Office, April 24th 1795. PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue for building a
BEACON HOUSE
on Shell Castle Island, in Pamlico Sound, near Ocracoke Inlet, in North Carolina, of the following materials, dimensions and description.
The form is to be an octagon. The foundation is to be of stone, to be sunk nine feet and one half below the surface of the earth, and to be commenced at the diameter of 23 feet.
be eight feet high, and four feet and one half thick. The Octagonal Pyramid is to be well framed, and of stout heart Pine timber.
The height of the wooden building from the top of the stone work (six inches above the surface of the earth) is to be fifty four feet and one half to the top of the wooden work, under the floor of the lantern, where the diameter is to be twelve feet.
The frame of the Pyramid is to be covered with boards of one inch and one half in thickness, over which is to be laid a good and complete covering of shingles, and it is to be well painted with three coats.
The Beacon House is to have two windows in the East and three windows in the west. The sashes are to be hung with hinges, and each sash is to have eight panes of glass of eight by ten inches.
On the top of the wooden work of the Pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of joists, beded therein, plankled over with Oak plank, extending one foot beyond the sides of the Pyramid, thereby forming an eave which is to be finished by a cornice, the whole having a descent from the centre sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper.
A complete and sufficient iron lantern in the Octagonal form is to rest thereon. The eight corner pieces or stanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the Pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or both.
These stanchions are to be stout in the lower eight feet, and sufficiently strong above. The Lantern is to be six feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of three feet in height.
The space between the posts to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and struck solid. The sashes are to be furnished with large panes of glass; a part of the sash on the south west side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform.
The entrance into the light house is to be well secured by a strong door hung upon hinges with a strong lock and latch complete. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical conductors or rods with points.
The House is to be composed of two rooms of about thirteen feet and one half by fourteen feet and one half on the lower floor. The stack of chimneys is to be between the two sitting rooms and it is to have two plain fire places, one of them large for a kitchen, to which is to be joined an oven.
The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door. The builder is to procure and pay for all materials, labor, workmanship, provisions, and other objects of cost, charge, or expense for a sum, to be proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and every part thereof, in a good and workman-like manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on security, will be made. April 27. m&th tf
Mordecai Lewis,
Has for Sale at his Store, No. 25 Great Dock Street. A few bales of East India Goods, consisting of Beltas, Coffas, Emeries, Humhuns, and Bookmuffs.
A Bale of Nillacs and Pennascoo. Ruffia Sheetings and Sail Duck. Ravens Duck. China Silks. A case of Diapers. Barcelona Handkfs. in Boxes. Roll Brimstone. Something Tea in small boxes. A quantity of Grind Stones. June 9, 1795. cadom.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By J. ORMROD, Franklin's Head, No 41, Chestnut-Street, AN ADDRESS TO THE
CITIZENS of Philadelphia, RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT OF YOUTH, By MATTHEW CLARKSON, Esq. Mayor. June 10.
PROPOSALS,
By ISAAC NEALE of Burlington, and HENRY KAMMERER jun. of Philadelphia, for Printing by Subscription, the First American Edition of a work entitled
CALVARY, or the Death of CHRIST,
A POEM, in Eight Books. By Richard Cumberland.
A character of, and extracts from this work, given in the London Critical Review.
MR. CUMBERLAND, with confidence in his abilities, commits his performance to the public, without bespeaking its attention, or soliciting its regard; and such a performance deserves both the one and the other.
It may be considered as a second part, or as the sequel to Paradise Regained; an appellation more suitable to the present poem than to Milton's second epic; and it opens, like Paradise Lost, with the introduction of Satan, and an assembly of fallen spirits.
Mammon, now a reverend Levite in appearance, meets Judas in a solitary place, and the interview is managed with much address. The first speech of Judas, in which he complains that
"if when all is past, And this sad scene concludes, no reck'ning comes, No grateful compensation after death, Hard is our fate!"
"When he lays himself open to temptation through the suggestions of avarice, the conduct of the poet is excellent; and the description of our Saviour's appearance at the celebration of the Passover, is strikingly solemn. The language, though plain and unaffected, is not devoid of sublimity.
Preface of his own pure sacrifice. And type of his blood-shedding. Jesus came: The guests were present and the table spread, With loins girded, at men upon the mercies, And staff in hand, they snatch a hasty meal: This done, in pensive meditation sips, The Saviour, conscious of impending death, Sips in the midst; to his all-present mind The treason and the traitor shed confess. Loosing, abashed and from the rest apart, Iscariot at the table's trough foot Took post, where best he might escape that glance, From whose intelligence no heart could hide Its guilty meditation; all eyes else Were centered on the Saviours face divine, Which with the brightness of the Godhead mix'd Traces of human sorrow, and display'd The workings of a mind, where mercy seem'd Struggling to recant its some mortal wrong To pardon and forbearance: Such a look Made silence seal'd, every tongue was mute: Even Peter's zeal forbade the vent of words, Or spent itself in murmurs half suppress'd. At length the meek Redeemer rais'd his eyes, Where gentle resignation, tempering grief, Beam'd grace ineffable on all around."
The third book gives an account of Judas's treason. His soliloquy, his sophistical arguments to reconcile the meditated treachery to his conscience, are excellent. His interview with Caiaphas and the Jewish Sanhedrim is, we think, too much diluted. Some spirited apostrophes, naturally arising from their behaviour, and the description of the infernal Synod succeeding to their vacant seats on the dissolution of the assembly, are traced by the pencil of genius.
"Now break thy synod up, ye envious priests, Elders and scribes! prepare your barden'd hearts To judge the Lord of Life!"
"Hence to your homes! there meditate new plots; The fiends shall be your helpers, to your thoughts Present, though not in light, they swarm around, Now here, now there, now hovering o'er head, Where, as your enmity to Christ breaks forth, And your blasphemous voices fill the roof, Like streaming vapors from sulphurous lakes, Joyous they catch the welcome sounds, and fan With clapping wings the pestilential air, Applauding as they soar. Now clear the hall; Tied up your sashes, ye substituted fiends; Hence, minor demon! give your masters place! And bark! the King of Terrors speaks the word, He wails his shadowy prison, they start forth, Expand themselves in light and strong the ball, A synod of infernals: forms more dire, Imagination shapes not, when the earth, When confidence banish'd, is the dead hour of night, With all its dark and silent round his bed, Sets hideous phantoms in his fearful dream, That stare him into madness with fix'd eyes And threatening faces floating in his brain."
"In the fourth book we have a general review of Christ's agony in the garden. "Lo! where the Saviour kneels; he looks around For some to share, to support, some friend, Whose sympathising eye might beam upon him, And with a moment's glance of pity clear His distended Spirit. All around His vacant horror, solitary, dark; The partners of his heart, the chosen few, The friends, who should have watch'd, are wrapt in sleep, Insensible, supine, oblivious sleep; Weak multiplied by woe, and that the worst, Ingratitude, the sharpest pang that man's Man's bleeding bosom. In this sad extremis, His soul revolted from the noisome draught, With eyes to heaven uplifted, and a sigh, Which seem'd that human weakness then o'erpower'd His soul's divine part—Abba! he cries, Father, all things are possible to Thee, Remove this cup!—Then bows his patient head And qualifies the prayer—'Tis not my will, But thine be done!—No voice from Heav'n replies: All Nature sleeps in silence till at death, As if the planet in their spheres had paus'd To watch the trembling balance, on whose point The fortunes of this globe suspended hung, Its ruin or redemption, death or life."
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