Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-12-10 00:00:00

J. M. Dowell
Gazette of the United States
AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 155 of Vol. VI.]
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1794.
[Whole No. 705.]
20,000 weight of Green Coffee, Not entitled to the Drawback A FEW PIPES Holland Gin, At a Reduced Price,
JAMAICA SPIRITS, ANTIGUA RUM, third and fourth proof, Fne flavoured St. Kitts, Grenada and country RUM, COTTON in bales BLACK PEPPER, Portan Prune MOLASSES, Malaga WINE in quarter casks Madeira Do. in pipes and qu. casks A few chests of very good Hyson TEA by the America into N. York, and A few barrels of good fat Philadelphia BEEF, put up by an approved hand of this city, fit for long voyages. FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, South Water Street. ALSO, 20,000 Weight of COFFEE, Entitled to the Drawback, in hds, barrels and bags. D. C. 4. d
PORT WINE. A choice parcel of Full Bodied Old Red Port Wine, This day arrived, by the Snow Trully, Captain Cook, from Oporto, For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. Also by the same Snow, 5000 Bushels St. Ubes Salt. Oct. 29. dte
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quarter casks LISBON do in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter chests A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Russia MATTS. June 9. d
LANDING, from the Ship Adriana Kieran Fitzpatrick Master, from Amsterdam. HOLLAND SAIL DUCK, Ditto--Sheeting, Ticklenburgh, Osnaburgh, White and Brown Linen, Diaper, fine Checks, Bedticks, Hair Ribbon, Great Coats, Boxes Window-Glass, Ditto Tumblers, Ginn in pipes, Ginn Cafes, Steel, Mill Saws 6 feet, Anchors, from 7 to 14 cwt. Frying Pans, Junk, Oakum, &c. FOR SALE BY Thomas & John Ketland. October 21. d.
Just Arrived, And will be landed to-morrow morning at Wharf, the entire cargo of the brig Good Hope, Captain Hodgdon, from Jamaica, consisting of High Proof RUM, SUGAR, PIMENT DO, and COFFEE FOR SALE BY Peter Blight. Nov. 19. d
FOR SALE BY John D. Blanchard, At his Stores, in Third street, 66 PIPES Choice TENERIFFE WINE, of superior quality, Coniac Brandy in pipes 50 Cases of Claret of a superior quality subject to drawback. B/Aou Tea Kettles, a large assortment Shots of all sizes and numbers Barr Lead, Lead in pigs Russia Sheetings Women's Stuff Shoes by the quantity Cutt Nails Rhode-Island Cheese And a large and elegant assortment of European and India GOODS, At the most reduced Prices. Nov. 24. 2awtf
For Charter, The BRIG FAIR HEBE, John McKeever master. BURTHEN 1700 barrels of flour, she is in complete order, and fails fast. For terms apply to the Captain on board at the Subscriber's wharf, or to Joseph Sims, Who has for Sale, just imported in said Brig from Malaga, Old Mountain Wine, RAISINS of the Sun, in kegs, FIGS in ditto PRUNES in ditto Muscatel and Bloom RAISINS in boxes and jars, GRAPES in ditto ORANGES and LEMONS in boxes Shel'd ALMONDS in casks Castile SOAP, &c. &c. Dec. 4. d
For Boston, The SLOOP ANN NNE, George Gardner, Master. WILL sail with all convenient speed For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, lying at Malley's wharf. Who has for Sale, Spermaceti Candles, Northern Oil, Mackerel, Salmon, &c. Dec. 5. dte
WANTED ON LOAN, Two thousand dollars, Real Estate in the City of Philadelphia will be pledged as Security. Enquire of the Primer. Dec. 4. daw
Sallad Oil, Of a superior quality in boxes of twelve Bottles; FOR SALE BY Grubb, Mather & Hill. Nov. 26. d
Parry & Musgrave, Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Hair-Workers, No. 42, South Second Street, Have received by the Pigeon from London an ASSORTMENT of Plated japanned ware Jewellery & Cutlery, viz. Plated and Japan'd Tea Urns Plated and Japan'd Patent Lamps Caitors and Liquor Frames Bread and Fruit Baskets Japan'd Tea Trays Plated coffee and Tea Pots and canies Ditto Candlesticks Plated coffee and Tea Urns and most fashionable Ear rings Enamell'd and other Bracelets, Breastpins, and Finger Rings Thimbles, enamell'd and other kinds Ladies and gentlemen's gold, gilt, and steel Watch chains Gold and gilt Seals and Keys Stone and fine steel Knee Buckles, Penknives and scissors, with Variety of other Articles, In the above Branches. Dec. 6. eodtf
Office of the Insurance Company of North America, THE President and Directors of this Company are now ready to receive applications for Insurance on Houses and Stores and on household Furniture and Goods in Dwelling Houses and Stores, upon the terms contained in their proposals which have been already published. The expense of Survey, being Two Dollars, must be deposited when the application for Insurance is made; and the Badge and Policy, together with the Premium, are to be paid for when the order is given and accepted. Ebenezer Hazard, SECRETARY. Dec. 8. d1w2awtm
Whereas an attachment at the suit of the administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of William Burnet deceased, at the time of his death, have been issued out of the Inferior Court of common pleas, in and for the County of Middlesex, against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements of Irenius Martin, late of the county aforesaid, returnable to the third Tuesday in July last. NOTICE is hereby given to the said Irenius Martin, that unless he appear and file special bail to the said action, on or before the third Tuesday in January next, judgment will be entered against him by default, and the goods and chattels, lands and tenements so attached, sold for the satisfaction of such of his creditors as shall appear to be justly entitled to any demand thereon, and shall apply for that purpose, according to the form of the Statute in such case made & provided. By order of the Court, DEARE, Clerk. Aug. 12. 1awtf
Mountford, Bioren & Co. PRINTERS, No. 75, DOCK-STREET, near THIRD STREET. HAVE commenced Business and solicit Encouragement from their Friends and the Public. They have laid in a complete Affortment of Types, Imported this Fall from Europe, which puts it in their power to do the Various kinds of Printing, With NEATNESS and ELEGANCE. They have likewise the greatest Variety of Card-Borders Ever imported to this country, of the most beautiful moulds. Gentlemen aving Cards of any kind to print, may see them by looking at the Specimens which are to be seen at their Office. Blanks, Circular Letters, Hand-Bills, Ship Advertisements, &c. &c. executed with a becoming Neatness at the shortest notice. Dec. 2. 3t
City of Washington. SCHEME OF THE LOTTERY, No. II. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. 1 A magnificent 20,000 Dollars, and dwelling house, 5 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 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 Cash prize of 10,000 2 ditto 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 ditto 1,000 10,000 20 ditto 500 10,000 100 ditto 100 10,000 200 ditto 50 10,000 400 ditto 25 10,000 1,000 ditto 10 10,000 15,000 ditto 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes 33,261 Blanks 50,000 Tickets at 8 dollars 400,000 This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington. The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold, or at all events on Monday, the 22nd of December next. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which no fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University, it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. The drawing will be under the management of 24 gentlemen approved by the commissioners for the City of Washington, for the time being, and acting on oath. SAMUEL BLODGET. ** Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. Aug. 30. eodtf
Dancing School. WM. MDOUGALL presents his compliments to the Public--Thanks them for the great encouragement he has experienced these twenty odd years. He will open his School for this Season on Monday the 13th October, at 10 o'clock in the morning, in that large and elegant Saloon in Harmony Street, leading from Third to Fourth Street, turning the corner of No. 70, South Third Street. His Employers may be assured, the strict order and decorum that has always been observed in his School, shall still be preserved--and that their children will be taught in the most approved and modern style. Note--An Evening School for young Gentlemen. Oct. 10. 1awtf
John Miller, jun. No. 3, CHESTNUT near FRONT Street, Hath Imported in the late Vessels A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WOOLLENS, SUITABLE TO THE SEASON. ALSO, (BY THE PACKAGE,) HATS well assorted, Boys' coloured, and Men's black Manchester Cotton Goods Slippers and Sandals Flowers and Feathers Black and White Lace Fans. IRISH LINENS, Brown and White, by the Box, laid in on the BEST TERMS. Ticklenburgs, BY THE SALE OR PIECE Oct. 15. oodtf
Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1794. The Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are hereby informed that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for TWENTY-FIVE DIRECTORS Will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the fifth day of January next, at TEN o'clock in the Forenoon. And pursuant to the Eleventh Section of the Bye Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are hereby notified to assemble in general meeting at the said place, on Tuesday the sixth day of January next at FIVE O'clock in the Evening. By Order, John Kean, Cajbir. Nov. 22. tuth2st6j.
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NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 10. Will be Presented, A COMEDY, written by Shakespeare, called
As you like it.
ORLANDO, Mr. Moreton ADAM, Mr. Whitlock DUKE SENIOR, Mr. Harwood DUKE FREDERICK, Mr. Warrell AMIENS, (with songs) Mr. Marshall JAQUES, Mr. Chalners LE BEU, Mr. Francis OLIVER, Mr. Green JAQUES DE BOIS, Mr. Darley, Jr. DENNIS, Master Warrell CHARLES, Mr. Rowson TOUCHSTONE, Mr. Bates CORIN, Mr. Darley SYLVIOUS, Mr. Cleveland WILLIAM, Mr. Blissett ROSALIND, (with the Cuckoo song) Mrs. Marshall
CELIA, Mrs. Francis PHOEBE, Mrs. Cleveland AUDREY, Mrs. Shaw To which will be added a PANTOMIME, called
THE BIRTH OF HARLEQUIN; Or, the Friendly Witches.
HARLEQUIN, Mr. Francis PANTALOON, Mr. Green MISER, Mr. Blissett CLOWN, Mr. Milbourne LAWYER, Mr. J. Darley 1st. WITCH, Mr. Darley 2d. WITCH, Mr. Marshall 3d. WITCH, Mr. Warrell BRICKLAYERS, Messrs. Warrell, T. Warrell, &c.
MAID, Mrs. Cleveland COLUMBINE, Mrs. De Marque To conclude with
A Grand Garland Dance in the
TEMPLE OF LIBERTY.
The Scenery designed and executed by Mr. Milbourne.
(The Dance composed by Mr. Francis.)
Box one Dollar—Pitt 2 of a Dollar—and Galleries 1/2 a dollar.
The doors will be opened at 7 1/2 after five and the performance begin at 8 after six o'clock.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. WELLS at the Theatre, from TEN till THREE o'clock.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places by five o'clock, and order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to re- main.
No money or tickets to be returned, nor any person on any account whatsoever, ad- mitted behind the scenes.
Vivat Respublica!
FOR SALE,
THE CARGO
OF THE American Ship HENRY, Capt. Crowninshield, from CALCUTTA, CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS:
 500 pieces Tannah Samahs,  200 pieces Mighumber do.  300 pieces Illiabab do.  1000 pieces Mighumber Emities,  948 pieces Illiabab do.  750 pieces Tannah do.  384 pieces Fizabad do.  490 pieces Mahrat Gurgs do.  45550 pieces Tannah Coffees, 600 pieces Fizabad do.  300 pieces Nabad Gurgs do.  200 pieces Illiabab Samahs,  195 pieces Tannah Battacs,  725 pieces Gurgs do.  150 pieces Baram do.  750 pieces Lucepore do.  750 pieces Jugady do.  750 pieces Chittabaty do.  750 pieces Guzzerrahs. 
—AND ALSO—
One hundred and sixty tons of BENARES SUGAR.
The ship Henry is arrived at Salem, and will be ordered to proceed to Philadelphia, as soon as the sale shall be effected. For terms apply to
Philips, Cramond & Co. Dec. 3.
A L I M N E R from Europe,
Intending a short residence in this city, in order to try the success of his endeavors in the exercise of his profession informs the public, that he possesses the ART of PAINT- ING, in all its branches, and WANTS like necesses—Enquire at
No. 211, North Second Street. Dec. 6
For Kingston, Jamaica, (To sail in a few days)
The BRIG LAVINIA, Samuel Hubbard, master.
For freight only, apply to Philips, Cramond & Co. Dec. 6
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, December 4, 1794.
Motion for a vote of thanks to General Wayne and his army, and to the Militia who quelled the Insurrection.
Mr. Murray said he thought the present resolution proper, unexceptionable and as the fate of this question would have an effect on the motion for thanks to the militia which he brought forward yesterday, he hoped it would succeed and that its mover (Mr. Smith S. C.) would not withdraw it—gentlemen who are against the vote have talked of precedent—if example would serve their feelings with a Kimulus, he would take the liberty of calling their attention to a page he had in his hand, in which they would find that some of our constituents have got the start of us—for the House of Delegates of Virginia had very properly considered the conduct of their Governor Mr. Lee, in a light which merited their thanks for his acceptance of the command of his fellow-citizens against the Insurgents.—Mr. Murray read the vote from a newspaper which was a unanimous one—He said he considered this circumstance as extremely auspicious to both votes.
He said he had no objection to consider the practice as founded in principles which would bear examination—He thought it more necessary in the administration of our government, the great basis of which was public opinion, than in that of any other which he had read or heard of—Here our theories have made a bold appeal to the reason and feelings of our fellow-citizens—Neither titles, nor hereditary honors, nor crosses, nor ribbons, nor stars nor garters are permitted or endurable.
Neither would they be accepted here were they offered—We have but two ways, as far as his knowledge then served him, of rewarding or acknowledging great displays of public virtue—one way is by pay, in money; the other by thanks expressed by vote, or preselected and perpetuated in some memorial, as a medal. The first is unequal, as the fortunes of men differ so would such reward not be equally valuable to all its objects—and were it practicable to apportion this reward agreeably to the fortunes of men, there is a something ill assorted in it with the idea of honorable ambition, nor did he think there was any good man who had a spark of what is called sentiment in his bosom who would not say the reward was not only lame for want of uniformity, but defective in point of taste in its species. He believed much in the sense of duty as a motive to good and reasonable services; and that an enlightened mind would feel the close alliance between interest and duty—but he held reward to be essential, politically considered to the practice of great virtue, taking men as you find them.—Not that money can be an adequate reward; it was therefore that he wished to see a style of acknowledgment derived both from the genius of the government and congenial with the passions which work on the side of virtue—a mode as far removed from mere avarice as it was nearly associated to the movements of the most elevated minds. He readily yielded his believe that the gentlemen who were unwilling to adopt the practice, fully admitted the merits to which they did not think it expedient to give a vote of thanks—but the precedent, founded expressly on the principle, that in no case of the greatest events are we to give thanks to the agents in them, will absolutely strip the government of the only power its constitution admits, of conferring deserved distinction—He thought that public gratitude was a great fund which if judiciously and delicately economised might be rendered a source of great and good actions—It is an honor both to the nation that can feel and express it; and to those who receive it—He did not think it ought to be lightly drawn on, and hoped a line which it was more easy to conceive than draw would be adopted by the house to save the Legislature from those perilous occasions which would lessen its value; and that no member would ever move a vote of thanks but upon the happening of some event so strikingly great and useful as to carry but one opinion. The two events designated at present (for he saw both votes were to have one fate) were great, highly interesting—and carried but one opinion. The army under General Wayne had gained a brilliant victory—It was he believed the first great victory that had attended the arms of the United States since the adoption
of the constitution—This army merited the thanks of their country, and we may say so—They had not only gained victory and fame—but had learned them in a solitude where the voice of fame could not be heard—in a profound wilderness where neither the loathings of ambition can reach them nor the smiles of social and civilized life can comfort them after their severe labours.
The militia, both officers and men in "quelling the insurrection," had displayed the wisdom and virtue, which the constitution had anticipated, had eminently deserved the most public testimony to their good conduct—Shall we, as we certainly feel this to be true, be benefited from expressing what we feel, because the folly of a future moment, may possibly betray us into an undue multiplication of thanks—or because we may be harassed by a fatiguing succession of calls upon our gratitude. There could be little fear, that great events would crowd too fast upon our feelings, and take up our time by applause; and he believed his constituents would readily admit the importance of two such events as some excuse for the time we consume in celebrating them.
In favor of the principle; we are supported by the example of the old Congress—by the practice of all nations—and by the known character of human nature in all cases and every where.—The ancients and the moderns, by a variety of inventions and of policy, analogous to our object, endeavored to enlist all the passions in the public service. The old Congress understood the springs that work in great events; and though there was in the glorious revolution which they guided an ardour in the public mind, that needed little aid; they did not disdain an appeal to the just pride and ambition of the individual—that the motives to public virtue might be multiplied, they in many instances took care that great events and services should be attended by some small, but inestimable memorial.
Mr. Murray made a number of other remarks, which want of room prevents us from publishing.
Mr. Ames—The apprehensions of the house have been attempted to be alarmed, as if they were pushed to adopt hastily and unguardedly some dangerous new principle. The practice of all public bodies without exception has been to express their approbation of distinguished public service. Instead of establishing a new principle, the attempt is now made to induce us to depart from an old one. Nay, the objection taken altogether is still more inconsistent and singular; for it is urged the answer of the house to the President's speech has already expressed our approbation of the conduct of General Wayne and his army. It is, say they, superfluous to express it again. The argument opposed to the vote of thanks stands thus: It is a dangerous new principle without a precedent, and without any just authority from the constitution; to thank the army; for, the objectors add, we have in the answer to the speech expressed all that is contained in the motion. It is unusual to quote precedent, and our own recent conduct, to prove a motion unprecedented, and to prove a measure new and dangerous because it has been adopted without question or apprehension heretofore.
The thanks of this body addressed directly to the army will be much more acceptable than an opinion concerning them in our answer to the speech, and which they may not happen ever to hear of.
It has been said with an air of triumph, that we are to be guided by reasoning, not feeling, as if I had made an attempt by an appeal to the latter to lead the house astray. This observation appears to have made some impression, and it is proper therefore to notice it.
Reason is the test of what is true and what is useful. When our interests are depending on a vote, we cannot be too circumspect to avoid the intrusion of our feelings. During the last session, the opposers of the measures which were then urged upon the house, used all their endeavours to expose their injurious tendency. Some of those who would now pass for all reason, made a boast then of being all feeling. Then they reproached us with an unchangeable adherence to what we thought the interests of the country; on such questions where error may be ruin, the passions turn traitors. On such occasions we had our feelings, but we thought ourselves bound by all that we owed to duty and our country to suppress them. It was then proper to be cool, considerate and cautious.
But is the present question of such a nature? It has nothing to decide respecting the abstract truth of the pro-
position, for the assertion contained in the vote of the merit of the army is undenia-ble—it cannot be opposed by any plea of public duty; for it is not an act of authority, nor will it affect any one interest or right of society.
It is simply a question of mere propriety; and is it a novelty, is it anything to alarm the caution of the house, that such questions are always to be decided by feeling? What but the sense of propriety induces me to perform to others the nameless and arbitrary duties, and to receive from others the rights which the civilities and refinements of life have erected into laws? In cases of a more serious kind, is not sentiment the only prompt and enlightened guide of our conduct? If I receive a favor, what but the sentiment of gratitude ought to direct me in my acknowledgments? Shall I go to my benefactor and say, Sir, I act coolly and carefully—I will examine all the circumstances of this transaction, and if upon the whole I find some cause of gratitude, I will thank you: Is this gratitude or insult? The man who affects to hold his feelings, and his best feelings back for this cold blooded process of reasoning, has none. He deceives himself, and attempts to deceive others if he pretends to reason up or to reason down the impressions which actions, worthy of gratitude and admiration, make upon his heart. Was it necessary to wait for the joy and exultation which the news of the victory of General Wayne instantly inspired, till we could proceed with all due phlegm and caution to analyse it? The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Nicholas) has not even yet received the impressions which are so natural and so nearly universal; for he has insisted that the army has only done its duty, and therefore it is improper to express our thanks. Indeed it has done its duty, but in a manner the most splendid, the most worthy of admiration and thanks. That gentleman has also expressed his doubts of the very important nature of the victory, and one would suppose it was thought by many a very trivial advantage that is gained. It is such an one, however, as has humbled a victorious foe, as has avenged the slaughter of two armies, as gives us the reasonable prospect of a speedy peace. Can we desire any thing more ardently than a termination of the Indian war?
The same gentleman, on some other opposing the vote of thanks, has said, if our armies have done well, they are paid for it: as if money was the measure and the recompence of merit. No, Sir, our soldiers did not reason coldly (as we are now extorted to do) in the day of battle. When the war whoop would have stunk hearts that had nothing more than reasoning on their wages and their services to animate them, did our brave soldiers think only of their nine-pence a day? If they had, we should not have had this occasion to offer to them the thanks of the nation.
A soldier of all men looks to this kind of recompence for his services; and surely to look to the approbation and applause of his country, is one means of keeping alive the sentiments of citizenship which ought not to be suffered to expire even in a camp. Shall we make it an excuse for refusing to pass this vote that we establish the principle of thanking nobody? Is not this, as a principle, as novel, as improper, as that which alarms our opponents? And shall we establish it as a principle against the known practice of other assemblies and of this, and against the intrinsic propriety of the case, merely because we think our discretion will not be firm enough in future to prevent the abuse of the practice? Scarcely any abuse could have a worse influence than the refusal to adopt this vote, because should the negative prevail, what would the army believe? Would they not say, a vote of thanks has been rejected? It is said we have not done much, and what we have done is merely our duty, for which we receive wages?
The debate has taken such a turn, that I confess I could have wished the motion had not been made. For the most awkward and ridiculous thing in the world is to express our gratitude lothly. But at least it offers to those who fear that votes of thanks will be too frequent, some security against their apprehensions. Would any man risk the feelings and character of his friend by an attempt to force a vote of thanks by a bare majority thro' the house?—No—an ingenuous mind will shrink from this gross reward. If there is any force in the precedent it is feared we are now making, it will operate more to deter from than to invite the repetition.
Mr. Dearborn was in favor of the original motion—in additional to some remarks relative to the republicanism of the idea of the Representatives of the
people, thanking the merits of the people for their prowess and victories—he compared the argument against the resolutions on the score of abuse—to a miser's excusing himself from the practice of charity, lest he should bestow it on unworthy objects.
Mr. Rutherford was opposed to the previous question, he hoped the resolutions of thanks would pass without a dissenting voice.
The previous question was then put in the following words, "Shall the main question be now put?" which passed in the affirmative, aye 51—nays 36.
The three resolutions of Mr. W. Smith, and the resolution by Mr. Murray, then passed unanimously.
Foreign Intelligence.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
October 9.
Cambacérès in the name of the three committees of public safety, general security and legislation united, presented the following address, the insertion of which in the bulletin was decreed.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
FRENCHMEN,
In the midst of your triumphs, your ruin is meditated. Some preverse men would wish to make the bosom of France the grave of liberty. Silence in us would be treason, and our most sacred duty is to enlighten you on the dangers that surround you.
Our most dangerous enemies are not those satellites of despotism whom you are accustomed to conquer; their perfidious emissaries who residing among you oppose your independence by imposture and Calumny, you have most to fear.
The heirs to the crimes of Robespierre and of all those conspirators whom you have crushed leave no means untried to produce confusion in the Republic. and disguised under various masks, endeavour to lead you to a counter-revolution through disorder and anarchy.
Such is the character of those whose ambition tends to tyranny. They proclaim principles; they express sentiments they do not feel; they call themselves friends of the people and love nothing but power: they speak of the rights of the people, and all their efforts tend to usurp them.
Frenchmen, you will no longer be deceived by those deceitful insinuations. Instructed by experience you can no longer be deceived; the evil has pointed out its remedy. You were near falling into the snare of the wicked, the Republic was endangered, you exclaimed with one voice: "Long live the Convention!"—The wicked were confounded and the Republic was saved.
Be assured, that as long as the people and the Convention make one, the efforts of the enemies of liberty will expire at your feet, as the foaming waves dash against the rock.
Having recovered your former energy, you will not suffer that some individuals shall impose upon your reason, and you will not forget that the greatest misfortune for a people is a state of continual agitation [Tourmente].
This is well known to them who would wish to drive you to the sleep of death in the arms of tyranny.
Rally at the voice of your representatives, never lose sight of this truth; that the guarantee of your liberty is in the strength of the people, and their union with the government which has deserved their confidence.
On their part, the National Convention, steady in their conduct, supported by the will of the people, will maintain, by subjecting it to steady rule, the government which has saved the Republic.
They will maintain it free from vexatious proceedings, from cruel measures, from the iniquities of which it has been made the pretext, and with which our enemies affect to confound it. They will maintain it in its perfect purity and energy, in spite the endeavours of those who wish to fully the one or exaggerate the other.
They will maintain it until the total destruction of all the enemies of the revolution, notwithstanding the hypocritical patriotism of those who cry out for the constitutional government with perfidious hopes.
Yes, we swear we will remain at our posts until the revolution is accomplished; until the moment when the triumphant Republic, giving laws to its enemies, shall be able to enjoy, under the guarantee of its victories, the fruits of

constitution as solid as the peace, the terms of which it shall dictate.
We shall know how to show mercy to error, and strike crimes; be inexorable against immorality; the immoral man must be cast from society as a dangerous element, corruptible from its nature, & always ready to rally to the faction of conspirators.
Do not mistake for those who have constantly supported the cause of liberty, those to whom disorder is a want, and confusion a means of acquiring riches: listen to the first avoid the latter.
Your representatives will not suffer that the public functions be exercised by any but true friends to the people; they will keep at a distance all those perfidious beings who speak of the rights of the people only to reserve to themselves the exclusive exercise of them.
Having expressed their solicitude, manifested their thoughts and intentions, the National Convention recalls the French people to sacred principles, to eternal truths, round which all citizens should rally.
A nation cannot be governed by the decisions of an inconstant will, which bends to every passion; it is by the authority of laws only it ought to be governed.
The laws are destined to guarantee the exercise of the rights. It is that important guarantee which men look for in political associations, and they find it by the aid of government which holds the citizen within the circle of his duties.
All that opposes the exercise of those rights is a crime against the social organization.
Individual liberty should find a limit only at that point when it becomes an infringement on the liberty of another; the law should recognize and mark out those limits.
Property ought to be sacred: Far be from us those systems dictated by immorality and sloth, which soften down the crime of theft, and fix it upon principles. Let, therefore, the law guarantee the right of property as it guarantees all the other rights of the citizen.
But who are to make the laws? The people only, by the organ of their representatives, to whom they have delegated that power.
No particular authority, no assembly of men is the people, none have a right to speak or act in their name.
If the daring hand should attempt to seize the rights of the people on the altar of the country, the Convention would shew itself the more ready to develop against the usurper of the power with which they are clothed, as they are to render an account to the people of the attacks on their sovereignty.
Tho' firm, the Convention will never lose sight of prudence; they will listen with attention to the complaints addressed to them; but they will not suffer that the right to inform and advise become a means of oppression and degradation, nor that voices shall ever be raised louder than that of national representation.
They will assume against intriguers, against those who can yet regret royalty the most decisive measures. They will maintain the measures of safety which the public good requires; but they will never consent to see them arbitrarily extended and that bare suspicion be a source of calumny.
In a word all the acts of government bear the character of justice; but that justice shall no longer be exhibited to France issuing forth from dungeons, covered with blood, as she was depicted by the vile and hypocritical conspirators.
Frenchmen—Consider as your enemies all who would with indirectness attack liberty, equality, the unity and indivisibility of the Republic.
Avoid those who constantly speak of blood and scaffolds, those who pretend to a monopoly of patriotism [ Patriots exclusifs ]; those men of exaggerated principles, those men who have grown rich by the revolution, who fear the scrutiny of justice, and who expect to find safety in anarchy and confusion.
Esseem, search for those laborious and modest men, those pure and good men who avoid public stations, and who practice without ostentation the republican virtues.
Never lose sight of this truth, that if rapid and violent movements are necessary to produce a revolution, calm prudence must be left to terminate it.
Unite, therefore, at a common centre; love and respect for the laws.
See your brave brothers in arms give you the example of their sublime obedience by their submission. Their glory is to acknowledge the voice of their chiefs; they bless constantly the decrees of the National Convention; if they suffer, they attribute the cause to unavoidable circumstances; if they die, their last breath is for the republic. And you, in the bosom of cities and country, you suffer yourselves to be tormented by useless disputes: You throw into your assemblies obstructions which will retard the triumphant progress of the revolution!
O Frenchmen! what grief it is to us what satisfaction to your enemies, to see France, tho' victorious against external enemies torn internally! No, they shall no longer enjoy the savage pleasure, and what the Convention has done in the armies, they will do in the bosom of the Republic.
Wallike virtues produce heroes, domestic virtues form the citizen: and it is these very virtues, supported, strength-
ened by an invincible attachment to republican principles, that perpetuate in a generous nation that sacred fire, that great character which makes the French People rank as the first nation of the Universe.
It is then, that all agitation being disconcerted, all parties will be seen to fall, and become extinguished; for, in all parties there are men who make a noise for the pleasure of making it; and do evil without even finding an interest in it: like so many winds in opposition to each other, which, without assisting the pilot, only prevent the management of the ship.
Citizens; all the virtues must concur in establishing a republic. You have alternately exerted strength in overturning the bastille and the throne, patience in bearing the evils inseparable from a great revolution, courage in repelling the barbarous enemies who would force your frontier; the time is come that you must conquer your enemies by firmness and wisdom. The calm must succeed so many tempests. The vessel of the republic, so long tossed by storms now touches the happy shore; take care you do not drive it back among the rocks, suffer it to arrive in port by gliding in a happy course through an obedient sea, in the midst of the transports of a free and happy people.
(Signed) Cambacérès, President; Laporte, Lozeau, Pèle de Lozeré, Eschasseriaux, the younger, Boissy, B. Guyomard, Secretaries. 18th Vendémiaire, (Oct. 9.)
DECREE.
The National Convention, having heard the reading of the address presented by their committees of public safety, general security and legislation united, agreeably to the decree of the 11th instant, (Oct. 2) and unanimously approved of it, decrees:
That it be printed, sent to the administrations of departments and districts, to the municipalities, committees of sections, to the armies and popular societies:
That it be published by the municipalities: pasted up in the places for assembling on the decades [ fallés décadiers ] and read in the assemblies of communes and sections:
That it be distributed to the members, six copies each, and translated into all languages:
That the district administrations cause it to be re-printed, and that the national agents do send it to the instructors of youth, to be read to their scholars.
Cambacérès, President; Laporte, Eschasseriaux and Boissy, Secretaries.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 6.
On Thursday last, Colonel Tibol, late Commandant at Crevecoeur, being at Bommel in the house of his sister, received the order for his arrest, and was conducted prisoner to the Provost Marshal: he was immediately conveyed in a carriage, accompanied by two Officers to the Hague, where he arrived the same day. On the way it was necessary to take precautions to prevent him from falling into the hands of the populace.
His highness the prince stadtholder has visited in person the whole district between the Waal and the Lek, from Nimeguen as far as Cullenbo urg. Afterwards the prince inspected the dyke of the Lek, on the side of Gueldres, and ordered cuts to be made in the dyke in seven places, which his highness pointed out himself, for the purpose of forming an inundation, in case the French should unexpectedly advance farther; which inundation, at the ordinary height of the water in winter, may extend from Wizeningen to Schoonhoven. All the inhabitants of Gueldres are ardently occupied in the defence of their possessions. The prince also made a short tour along the dyke of the Lek on the side of the province of Utrecht.
October 7.
The assembly of the states of the province of Gueldres, which was to have been held at Nimeguen, has been transferred to Arnheim, where it was opened on Tuesday last. Prince Frederick of Orange assisted at the assembly, and afterwards set out for Gormichan. The head quarters of the British army is still at Groesbeck.
By a letter from the city of Gueldres, we are informed that a strong party of French had been in the Prussian village of Veenuray, on the other side of the Meuse, where they exacted a quantity of grass, oats and straw, for their horses; and while this was collecting, they enquired how far distant they were from the Prussian territories. Being answered that the village they were in was Prussian, they immediately counter-
manded their order, and would even pay for what had been already delivered, as having received no order to go upon the Prussian territory, or to take any thing from thence. This is improbable.
MUNSTER, September 30.
We have heard nothing here of the approach of a Prussian army, so much talked of, for the relief of Holland; but it appears certain that General Mollendorf is preparing to advance with an army of 12 or 13,000 men to succour the Austrians near the Lower Rhine.
LONDON, October 13.
Mr. Drake has been appointed minister from the British court to Milan.
By the Corunna mail, which arrived on Saturday, we learn, that the rich homeward bound Mediterranean fleet, under the care of admiral Colby, and to intercept which, it is said the French have sent out several large ships, failed from Gibraltar on the 18th ult.
On the 10th ult. admiral Lord Hood failed from Leghorn in the Victory of 100 guns, to the southwest of that port: his lordship was followed by the Britannia, of 100 guns, admiral Hotham: the Agamemnon, of 64 guns, captain Nelson, and a frigate of 24 guns.
On Saturday news was received in town of the safe arrival of the greatest part of the homeward bound Jamaica fleet.
The sum necessary for the completion of Carlton House is estimated at 100,000.
The latest intelligence from Warsaw mentions the secure state of that city, which is well provisioned; the works are fully repaired, and all the booty left by the Prussians brought safe in.—The Deum had been sung on occasion of the insurrection of the whole of Great Poland. Kosciuszko, it is reported, has marched at the head of 40,000 men to South Prussia, to make a diversion in favour of the insurgents.
General Clairfayt is like a drum, we never hear of him but when he is beaten!
Higgins, Lemaire and Smith, three of the persons apprehended on the information of a conspiracy to assassinate his Majesty, are committed, not on any charge respecting the pretended conspiracy, but on the charge of treason as members of the London Corresponding Society. Upton the informer, and as far as appears, the inventor of the conspiracy, having prevaricated in his evidence, and been contradicted in material parts of it by witnesses of unimpeachable character, is also committed.
We have stated that Bayley and Barker, two of the persons taken into custody on the supposed conspiracy, were discharged. Instead of Barker, we should have said Burks.
One Taylor, who was a principal evidence against Watt and Downie, in Edinburgh, and had just travelled up to town, to become a witness against the persons confined in the Tower, was committed on Friday night, to Newgate, on a charge of Bigamy.
UNITED STATES.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 8.
The Comptroller of the Treasury in behalf of the Secretary, has reported the Estimates relative to Appropriations for the year 1795:
By which it appears—That making provision for deficiencies in former grants; and for sundry appropriations as detailed in the Estimates—The following sums are necessary: For the civil list, or the support of government, including the incidental and contingent expenses of the several departments and offices the sum of
435,249 53
For the support of light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims, the sum of
32,004 23
For the department of war, comprising the following general objects of expenditure:
The support of the army including expenses in the hospital, ordnance, quarter-master and Indian departments, the defensive protection of the frontiers, contingencies, and to complete certain fortifications, the sum of
1,511,975 29
For the pay, support, and expenses of the militia ordered into service in the year 1794 the sum of
1,122,569 01
For the naval department the sum of
220,754 40
For the payment of military pensions, the sum of
85,357 04
Total estimate for the war department
2,940,655 74
Amounting together to dols. 3,407,909 40
He adds—The funds out of which appropriations may be made for the foregoing purposes are—1st. The sum of 600,000 dollars of the proceeds of duties on imports
and tonnage, which will accrue in the year 1795, which is annually reserved for the support of government, by the act entitled "An act making provision for the debt of the United States;" and 2d.—The surplus of revenue and income which will accrue to the end of the year 1795, after satisfying the objects for which appropriations have been heretofore made.
And that—It may be expected, that the revenues of the United States will prove adequate to the expenditure contemplated; but owing to credits allowed by law, and the urgent nature of certain demands which have arisen during the present year, it appears to be necessary, that the appropriations should be accompanied with an authority to borrow the amount.
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PHILADELPHIA,
DECEMBER 9.
NOT heroes in triumphant cars, With trophies gain'd in foreign wars, Where victims pile th' encrimson'd plain, And plaudits rise from millions slain— But law and freedom's virtuous band Who made fell discord fly the land, From bloodless scenes of glory come, Their best reward a PEACEFUL HOME.
This day returned from their tour McPherson's volunteer battalion of blues—at the Schuylkill they were received under a discharge of artillery by a detachment which went from the City for that purpose—from thence they were escorted into the City by Captains Dunlap, Singer, and M'Connell's Horse, in full uniform—their companions in the late truly glorious, successful, and bloodless expedition.—The concourse of citizens which shonted a welcome to their return was immense—every eye beamed gratitude and pleasure—As they passed the President's House, who was at the door, the band played; the Father of his country, expressed in his countenance more than can be described.
By this Day's Mail.
TRENTON, December 9.
His Excellency Governor HOWELL, accompanied by about 90 horse, arrived yesterday in this city from the Western Expedition—He was met some distance from this place by a number of citizens, and escorted into town—On his appearance he was welcomed by the discharge of 15 cannon, from Capt. Gee's company of artillery.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
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A brig from the West Indies, and a ship from Boston, names unknown, were seen yesterday in the Bay coming up—besides a ship which lay at the Port last night not yet known whether outward or inward bound.
The brig Jefferson, Morris, from St. Croix was seen under way this side of the point.
A Philadelphia sloop from Guadalupe is arrived at the Port.
Captain Suter, of the Ship Aurora, 56 days from Hamburg, informs that the ship President Washington, from Charleston, and the British ship Esther, a Liverpool letter of 10 guns, from Virginia, were both arrived in the Elbe, on the same day that he came down, which was the 6th of October.
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On the 3d of Dec. between 30 and 40 sail of outward bound vessels were seen under Porto-Rico in irons.
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Medical Inquiries AND O B S E R V A T I O N S. By BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. Professor of the Institutes of Medicine, and of Clinical Practice in the University of Pennsylvania.
CONTAINING 1. An inquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. 2. An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of society. 3. An inquiry into the causes and cure of the pulmonary consumption. 4. Observations on the symptoms and cure of dropsies. 5. An inquiry into the causes and the cure of internal dropsy of the brain. 6. An account of the measles, as they appeared in Philadelphia, in the year 1789. 7. An account of the influenza, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the years 1789, 1790, and 1791. 8. An inquiry into the causes of the increase of bilious and remitting fevers, in Pennsylvania. 9. An inquiry into the causes and cure of sore legs. 10. An account of the state of the body and mind in old age, with observations upon its ills and their remedies. Price one dollar and a quarter unbound, or one dollar and a half neatly bound.
Medical Transactions OF THE College of Physicians of Philadelphia. VOL. I.—PART I. Price one dollar in boards.
A Treatise on the Diseases of Children. With general directions for the management of Infants from the birth, adapted for the use of Physicians and private families. By Michael Underwood, M. D. Licentiate of Midwifery in the Royal College of Physicians in London, and Physician of the Bethlehem Lying-in-Hospital. Price one Dollar.
This is acknowledged to be the best book which has been published on the subject, and is calculated for the use of parents, nurses, and private families, as well as for physicians. The two volumes handsomely printed in one, and the price only about one third of what the imported copies fell for. The Edinburgh New Dispensary, two dollars. System of Surgery, extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, by Dr. Waters, 2 vols. 50 cents. System of Anatomy, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, with 12 copperplates, 2 vols. 50 cents. System of Chemistry, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, exhibiting a view of the progress of the science, and the different systems which have been published, 2 vols. 50 cents. Brown's Elements of Medicine, 2 vols. 67 cents.
T. Dobson has in the Press, An edition of the Medical and Philosophical Commentaries of Edinburgh. Two volumes are printed in one at 2 dollars and 50 cents per volume; he has nearly finished the five first volumes, which contain the first ten volumes of the European edition, which fell for two dollars each. Nine volumes will include eighteen European volumes, which will bring the publication up to the present time. Likewise for sale a considerable number of Medical Books, viz. Cullen's Practice, Materia Medica, Physiology, and Synopses. Bell's Surgery, 6 vols. 4 dollars, do. on Ulcers, Buchan's Domestic Medicine, Ledran's Surgery, Cheselden's Anatomy, Hunter on the Venereal, Swediaur on do. Rollo on Well India Diseases, Rigby on Uterine Hemorrhage, Hamilton's outlines of the theory and practice of Midwifery, with or without plates; do. on the management of Female complaints. Mease in Hydrophobia, &c. &c.
WATCHES. Robert Leslie & Isaac Price, Clock and Watch Makers, Market Street, No. 79. In addition to their former assortment per the William Penn and Caroline, have imported in the George Barclay and Pigeon from London, a handsome and well selected
Assortment of warranted W A T C H E S, EQUAL to any they have ever imported consisting of capt and jewelled Gold and Silver Watches of the first quality, patent, second and plain do. elegantly engraved & plain Gilt Watches; also ornamented and plain chamber and eight day clocks, all which they will dispose of on the most reasonable terms, either wholesale or retail.
As they have been manufactured under the immediate direction of Robert Leslie, who has engaged some of the best Artists in London, the public may be assured, that no persons in the United States can furnish them on better terms, as the personal attendance of Robert Leslie, will enable him to guard against the impositions, usual among workmen, when manufacturing for exportation, and to ensure for the execution of any order with which they may be favoured, as no reliance on London, for either Philadelphia, New York, or Baltimore, will arrive, without adding to their assortment. Dec. 3
Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall-street, New-York. THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Bolton, or any other part of the United States, will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLEECKER. m&stall
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be sold by Benjamin Davies, No. 68, Market Street. A Ground Plan OF THE City and Suburbs OF PHILADELPHIA. Taken from late and accurate survey. This MAP is 26 inches square, and will be delivered as very best suit the purchasers, either in sheets plain or coloured, or canvassed and affixed to rollers; or to fit them for the pocket, they will be cut and added in cases. With each plan will be given a Small Pamphlet, containing a List of the Subscribers names, and
SOME ACCOUNT OF PHILADELPHIA: Its civil and religious institutions, population, trade and government; interspersed with occasional remarks. Subscribers are requested to call or send for their plans. At the Same Place may be had, THE American Repository. Price 4 Dols. 33 cents per doz. and 44 cents singles. This neat POCKET ALMANACK is the first of the kind that has been executed in Philadelphia, or perhaps, in any of the United States; and contains, besides, A Compleat Calendar, OR ALMANACK, for the Year 1795. Lists of the Officers of the American Government, Civil and Military. The terms of the Federal Circuit & District Courts. The Latitudes and Longitudes from the Meridian of Philadelphia, of all the Capital Cities in the Union. The dates of the periods when each of the States was first settled; Their respective Territories and numbers of People; The number of Inhabitants of each, in each square mile—and a brief State of their relative progress in Population; together with various other Articles of Information. Ornamented with an elegant Frontispiece, Title Pages, and twelve VIGNETTES, alluding to scenes in Thompson's Seasons, engraved by the most ingenious Artists in the City. Nov. 11
FOR SALE BY GILL & HENSHAW, No. 128, South Water Street, CLARET in cases, Madeira, Sherry, and Lisbon Wines Philadelphia Porter in bottles, for exportation at the shortest notice, or for private families and tavern keepers, delivered in any part of the town. ALSO, An assortment of 5-4 and 6-4 American manufactured Bolting Cloths, Which will be warranted equal to imported, for the respective purposes required—as has already been found on trial. A Liberal Allowance to Wholesale dealers. A Compleat Set of Grocer's Cannifers FOR SALE. Nov. 25
Just Arrived, And will be landed to-morrow morning at Hamilton's wharf, the CARGO of the Schooner Industry , Captain Hylander, from Havana, CONSISTING OF 85 hhds. Molasses, Of superior full quality. 106 Boxes and Barrels White & brown Sugar AND A Parcel of Ox-Hides; FOR SALE BY Peter Blight. ALSO, A PARCEL OF COFFEE, Just arrived in the Hibernia , Captain Irwin, from Jamaica. Sept. 23
Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars. Deducting 15 per Cent. from the Prizes. This Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,331 Prizes, and 23,669 Blanks, being about one and a half blanks to a prize. THE Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, having resolved to erect LOTTERIES for raising ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following persons to superintend and direct the drawing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrison, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew M'Connell and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Eliphalet Boudinot, of New-Jersey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every assurance and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the Banks at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paying Prizes, which shall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks.
SCHEME: Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 1 10,000 10,000 2 5,000 10,000 5 2,000 10,000 10 1,000 10,000 20 500 10,000 100 100 10,000 300 50 15,000 1000 20 20,000 2000 15 30,000 8000 12 96,000 8100 10 81,000 14539 Prizes. 262,000 23461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 Last drawn number, 2,000 83000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000
The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superintendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of Newark, Jacob R. Hardenbergh, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust reposed in them. In order to secure the punctual payment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 4,000 dollars, with four sufficient securities, to perform their obligations, the substance of which is 1. That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents as live in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes. II. The Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be responsible for them. III. To keep regular books of Tickets sold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, and drafts of which shall be sent, monthly, to the Governor of the Society. Paterson, January 2, 1794. On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24.
John Burge, CONFECTIONER, No. 75 North Fourth Street. RETURNS his sincere thanks to his Friends and the public, for the very liberal encouragement he has received in the line of his profession, since its commencement of business in this city. He respectfully solicits a continuance of their favours, and assures them that nothing shall be wanting on his part to render satisfaction. He has now on hand, and for Sale a GENERAL Assortment of Confectionary, Among which are the following ARTICLES: Pine Apples preserved, whole and sliced, Pears, Quinces, &c. preserved, Raspberry and Blackberry jam, Raspberry Blackberry, and Currant Jellies, Peach Marmalade, and a great variety of other articles. Also SOFT SHELL'D ALMONDS By the Bag or Small Quantity. Nov. 4
Burlington Pork. A QUANTITY OF Best Burlington Pork, FOR SALE BY Levi Hollingsworth & Son. Oct. 31
William W. Woodward, PRINTER, HAS removed his Printing-Office from No. 41, Chestnut Street, to Franklin's Head, No. 36, four doors from the corner of Second-street, South side, nearly opposite; where the Printing Business is carried on as usual; his whole attention being confined to that occupation. Obedience to any part of this state, or the continent, will be executed, and authors may rely on having any work they may see fit to publish, correctly printed, either in French or English. The LEVEL of Europe and NORTH AMERICA, with a COPIOUS PRICE-CURRENT, is printed for the Editor, Peter Egron, L. L. D. at the above mentioned office, in French and English; which publication has received the patronage of some of the most distinguished characters in America, and whose names, in a few days, will be published, and accompanied by two first numbers to the subscribers. N. B. Blanks, Circular Letters, Checks, Cards, Handbills, &c. &c. continue to be executed with the usual dispatch. Nov. 11
The Editor of the Level of Europe and North America, ever anxious to communicate to Europeans, who may be desirous of settling in this Continent, whatever may tend to inform them of the advantages they may find here, whether in agriculture or in commerce, has the honor to acquaint the public, that he has undertaken the translation of a work just published under the title of A View of the United States of America . This translation will be executed with the permission of the Author Tench Coxe, Esq. Commissioner of the Revenues of the United States. P. Egron, L. L. D. Nov. 20
Distant Subscribers For this Gazette, are hereby respectfully requested to pay up their Subscriptions to the first of January next. The Editor will be under the necessity of considering those who do not then renew their Subscription by paying Six Months' in Advance, as declining to take the Paper any longer. As there is a considerable sum due from remote Subscribers for the late half Weekly Paper published by the Editor, he most earnestly requests those who may be delinquent, to take the earliest opportunity of remitting him the balance they may respectively be indebted—the sums are individually trifling—the want of the Aggregate is severely felt.
To the Public. A SUBSCRIPTION Is opened for Printing the Theological Writings OF Emanuel Swedenborg, At Francis Bailey's Book store, No. 116, Market Street, Philadelphia. WHEN a sufficient Subscription takes place, a meeting will be advertised to consider the most eligible mode for conducting the printing of such of the Works as shall be thought to be of the greatest utility in the first instance. The following Treatises may be now had at Mr. Bailey's: The Doctrine of Life, or the Spiritual Sense of the Ten Commandments. The Universal Theology of the New Church; which was foretold by the Lord in Daniel, chap. 2, v. 5, 13, 14, and in the Apocalypse, chap. 21, v. 1, 2, &c. A Summary View of the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church. As various opinions have been entertained respecting these invaluable writings, and yet no person by rational argument has been able to refute them, but instead thereof, invidious calumnies and groundless reports have been industriously propagated to discredit the honourable and enlightened Author, as well as his Works, we doubt not the candid and sincere inquirers after Truths of the highest importance, will seriously examine those Works, for themselves, in which it is to be hoped, that being in the pursuit and love of the Truth for the sake of its native excellence and use, they will regard them as they justly deserve, and in the end receive both profit and delight. Oct. 14
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscribers in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New-Jersey, on Sunday morning the 12th instant, Two young Negro Fellows, named Jack and Tom, each about 20 years of age; Jack is of a dark black colour and a stout look; Tom is of an open countenance, of a yellowish colour, and much disposed to laugh. They are extremely active fellows, and but little short of six feet high; they were both well dressed; Jack had on a blue broad cloth coat and different kinds of clothes. Whoever takes up said servants, and secures them in any goal in the United States, so that their masters may get them again shall receive the above reward and reasonable expenses. John Sparks, Andrew Hunter.