Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-04-28 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 100 of Vol. VII.]
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1795.
[Whole No. 823.]
For Norfolk, Richmond and Petersburg, THE SLOOP GEORGE, ROBERT HOLMES, MASTER. Now laying at Pine-street Wharf, and will sail in ten days. For freight or passage apply to the Captain on board, or to  Elliston & John Perot. April 15.
For Hamburg, THE SHIP  S T A R, JOHN VANNEMAN, Master. NOW lying at Walnut-street wharf, and will sail early in next month, having part of her cargo already engaged. For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board, or to
Thomas & John Ketland, Who have for Sale, received per the above vessel, Duck, Russia, Ravens and Hollands, Lead, English and German in bars, Anchors, from 8 to 14 cwt. Tin, in boxes, Bagging, No's. 5, 6, 8, 11, &c. Sheeting, white and brown, Hollands, Platilles Royales, Diaper, Steel, Frying Pans, Mill Saws, Cables, Junk, Window Glass 10 by 12, & 9 by 11.
ALSO ON HAND, A few pipes best Holland Gin, Do. London particular Madeira Wine, Claret in cases, of superior quality, Sheathing Paper, and an assortment of Glass Ware, consisting of Tumblers, Decanters, Glasses, &c. &c. plain, flowered and cut. Checks, double Gloucester, in whole and half hampers. March 19.
Wanted to Purchase A SHIP or BRIG Of about 1200 or 1500 Barrels Burthen. also
To Charter A SHIP or BRIG of the Burthen of 1500 to 2000 Barrels to load at Norfolk for the West Indies. Apply to GEORGE SIBBALD, No 18 Penn Street. April 21.
SALT. Best Cadiz Salt, Just landing from on board the Brig Trial, for sale at Messrs Willing and Francis's wharf by  Levinus Clarkson. March 11.
Jamaica Rum. A CHOICE PARCEL, Will be landed to-morrow morning, at Jesse and Robert Waln's wharf. Also at South street Wharf, The CARGO of Schooner INDUSTRY, Captain Flinn, from JAMAICA  COFFEE, In Hogsheads & Barrels, Pimento in Bags, FOR SALE BY  Peter Blight. March 26.
NOW LANDING, For sale by the Subscribers, from the ship Theresa, from St. Marks, 15 hhd. & 3 tiers SUGAR And 1200 lbs. St. Domingo Indigo, From the Brigantine Sally, from Jamaica, 200 Bags PIMENTO, They have also on hand, 150 qts. casks of rich Mountain Wine, Port Wine in pipes and hogsheads, Brimstone in roll and cake, An invoice of Saddles and Harness, New Castle Crown Glass 8 by 10 Liquorice Ball in boxes of 2 cwt. each, One 12 inch new Cable, 150 crates of Queen's Ware assorted And 251 pieces of Mahogany.  Philip Nicklin & Co. March 16.
JUST IMPORTED, And for sale by the Subscribers, at his Store, No. 13, Penn Street, 50,000 lb.
St. Domingo Coffee, 5 hhd. Muscovado Sugar, 20 boxes Havana Do. 2 bbls. Do Do 1975 Spanish Hides, entitled to the Draw-  Geo. Sibbald. April 7.
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. April 10.
In the Chancery of New Jersey. April 14th. 1795. Present his Excellency Richard Howell, Chancellor. Between Lydia Onderdonk, Complainant, and Henry Onderdonk, Defendant.
The Complainant in this cause, having this day filed her bill of complaint, praying for certain causes therein set forth, to be divorced from her husband Henry Onderdonk, the above defendant, and having made due proof, that the said Henry hath, after the cause of complaint had arisen removed himself without the jurisdiction of this court, so that the process thereof cannot be served upon him, or if served, he cannot be compelled to appear and answer or plead, and having thereupon prayed a hearing upon the facts charged in the said bill.
It is therefore ordered that a hearing be had on the facts charged in the said bill, accordingly on the first day of July next at the dwelling house of William Hay, Innholder, in the city of Trenton, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, a copy of this order, having been first published in one of the public papers of this state, and in one of the public papers of the states of New York and Pennsylvania, or served on the said defendant for the space of two months at least, before the said day appointed for hearing.
Richard Howell. eodtj April 22.
To be Sold, And Possession given immediately, A  Two story brick Dwelling House, In Arch Street, near Front Street, No. 23, fifteen and an half feet front, and the lot is 102 feet deep. Enquire of  Isaac Snowden, South Second Street. d6t-codtf March 30.
Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Company. April 2d. 1795. Notice is hereby Given, That agreeably to a bye law of the Stockholders, subscriptions will be opened at the company's office in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of May next, for one hundred additional shares of Capital Stock in the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road company. The sum to be demanded for each share will be three hundred dollars, and a sum equal to legal interest upon the several instalments called for from the original stockholders, to be calculated from the times the said instalments became severally due. One hundred dollars thereof to be paid at the time of subscribing and the remainder in three equal payments at 30, 60, and 90 days. No person to be permitted to subscribe more than one share on the same day. By order of the board,  WM. MOORE SMITH, Sec'y. April 14. eodt4M
E L E C T I O N. An Election will be held at the Pennsylvania Hospital on the fourth day of the fifth month, 1795 (being the second day of the week) at three o'clock in the afternoon, for Twelve Managers and a Treasurer, for the ensuing year; of which the Contributors are desired to take notice and attend. By order of a Board of Managers,  Samuel Coates, Clerk. 4th Mo. 13, 1795.
No. 93. District of Pennsylvania, TO WIT. Be it remembered that on the twenty sixth day of March, in the nineteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Thomas Dobson of the said district hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Remarks, Instructions and Examples, relating to the Latitude and Longitude; also the variation of the compass, &c. &c. to which is annexed, a general chart of the Globe, where the route made by the author in different ships under his command, to the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, Canton in China, the different parts of India, Europe and the Cape de Verde Islands, are marked for the purpose of showing the best tract of sea, to meet the most favourable winds, and avoid those perplexing calms, which too often attend Asiatic voyages; together with a short but general account of variable winds, trade winds, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, tuffons calms, currents, and particular weather met with in those voyages, &c. &c. By Thomas Irupton."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled "an act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."  Samuel Caldwell, Clerk of the District of P en sylvania. April 11. iaw4w
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. I. 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. II. 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 Subscribers, on the first Monday of each succeeding month, until the proposed series shall be finally completed. III. 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, Market-street, New-York by Mr. Carey, Book-seller, No. 118, Market Street, Philadelphia, and by all the principal Book-sellers in the United States. February 28. d.
FOR SALE, Between nine and ten Thousand  Acres of LAND, Situate in the county of Frederick, and state of Virginia, the greater part of Greenway Court Manor. Part of this tract lies on the river Shenandoah, between thirty and forty miles above its junction with the Potomack. The Shenandoah is capable of being rendered navigable, and the navigation of the Potomack is in a fair way of being completed to tide water which circumstances offer in a few years a water carriage to the flourishing towns of Georgetown and Alexandria, and to the City of Washington; from all which places the said tract is distant between seventy and eighty miles by land. The flourishing Borough of Winchester is only twelve or fourteen miles from it. Between three and four thousand acres of the land are leased generally for terms not exceeding twenty one years, and many of the terms have only short periods to run. The remaining quantity being near six thousand acres, consists of the most valuable part of the tract being extremely rich limestone land, similar in quality to the very fertile country in Lancaster and York counties of this state, and in Frederick county of Maryland. An indisputable title will be made to the purchaser. This tract being situated in a most healthy and fertile country, offers a most advantageous investment of money; as no part of America can exhibit a more rapid settlement and improvement, and consequently a more rapid increase in the value of real estate. It would be particularly advantageous to a company of settlers as the part not leased, admits of being divided into farms of any size to suit the convenience of the parties concerned. One half of the purchase money must be paid at the time of sale, and the remaining half at easy instalments with interest. Further particulars are deemed unnecessary as it is probable the land will be viewed, by any person disposed to buy before he purchases. The price for the whole tract may be known on application to the hon. Thomas Hartley, Esq. at Yorktown, to the hon. John Wilkes Kittera, Esq. at the town of Lancaster, in this state, to Charles Lee, Esq. at Alexandria in the state of Virginia, or to the subscriber, at No. 29, north Second Street in this city, who will treat with any person or persons disposed to purchase till the fifteenth day of June next.  Richard Bland Lee. Philad. April 14. 2aw2m
Fresh Teas, Of SUPERIOR QUALITY, viz. Imperial, or Gunpowder Hyson Gomee, 1st quality Hyson, 2d. do. do. Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Souchoong. A few Boxes of each, for sale at No. 19, Third street south. Dec. 10. eodtf
Treasury Department REVENUE OFFICE, April 10, 1795.  PROPOSALS Will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, FOR BUILDING A  LIGHT HOUSE, ON LONG ISLAND, at MONTAUK POINT in the County of Suffolk, and State of New York, of the following Materials, Dimensions and Description. The form is to be Octagonal. The foundation is to be of Stone, to be sunk thirteen 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. From such commencement to the bottom of the Water Table, the foundation wall is to be thirteen feet high, and nine feet thick. 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, and the wall is there to be seven feet thick. The wall of the Octagonal pyramid is to be six feet thick at the base thereof, on the top of the Water Table. The Height of the building, from the bottom of the Water Table and from the surface of the Earth, is to be eighty feet to the top of the stone work, under the floor of the Lantern; where the Diameter is to be sixteen feet six inches, and the wall three feet thick. The whole to be built of Stone; the Water Table is to be canted with sawed stone, at least eight inches wide, and sloped at top to turn off the water. The outside of the walls is to be faced with hewn or hammer dressed stone, having four windows in the East, and three in the West. The Sashes to be hung with hinge; and each sash to have twelve panes of glass, eight by ten inches. On the top of the Stone work is to be a framed tier of Joists, beded therein, planked over with Oak plank, extending three feet beyond the wall, thereby 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 sufficient iron lantern, in the Octagonal form is to rest thereon, the eight corner pieces or Stanchions of which, are to be built in the wall to the depth of ten feet. These Stanchions are to be nearly 3 inches square in the lower ten feet, and 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches above. The lantern is to be ten feet and nine inches in diameter. It is also to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet and nine inches in height. The whole space between the posts or upright pieces at the angles is to be occupied by the Sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and truck Solid. Each sash is to have twenty eight panes of glass, fourteen by twelve inches, a part of the sash on the South west side is to be hung with hinges for a convenient door to go out on the platform. The rafters of the Lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel, thro' which the smoke may pass into a large Copper Ventilator in the form of a man's head, capable of containing 100 Gallons. 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 thro' the floor, and a close Stove is to be provided and fixed in the Lantern. There are to be seven pair of Stairs to ascend to the Lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical Conductors, or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with plank, of at least one inch and one half in thickness, The entrance to the Light-House to be well secured by a strong door hung upon hinges, with a strong lock and latch complete. 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 six inches high, the floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The stack of Chimneys with two plain fire places on each floor, one of them large for a kitchen; two windows below, and three above in front and rear, each sash to have eighteen panes of glass ten by eight inches. The doors to be hung and furnished completely. The ceilings and sides of the house to be plastered with two coats, all the wood work inside & out to be well painted & the whole to be finished in a plain decent manner. An oil Vault to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear; arched over and covered with earth or sand over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnished with nine strong cedar cisterns, with covers, each capable of containing two hundred gallons. 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 workmanlike manner. Convenient payments or advances, on security will be made. tuctit  IMPORTED, And to be sold by  Jacob Parke, No. 49, north side of Market, between Front and Second Streets Philadelphia, A General Assortment of  Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, &c. &c. AMONGST WHICH ARE, Smiths' anvils, vices and files Sawmill, crosscut, hand and other saws Carving chisels and gouges Carpenters' ditto Plane irons Drawing knives, and other edge tools Locks, Hinges Bolts and latches Nash springs, tacks and screws Frying pans Smoothing irons Shovels and tongs Coffee-mills Candlesticks Snuffers Warming-pans Table knives & forks Riding whips 4 mo. 14th. Barlow, pen and other pocket knives Razors Scissors Needles Ivory and bone combs Belt kirby fish hooks Brass cabinet furniture Waggon boxes Sheet brass Scale beams Spelter Plated and tin'd bridle bits and fair-rups Do. faddle nails Staples and plates Worsted fircingle webb Diaper, girth and strain webb With most other kinds of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, Brass wares, &c. eodtfj
110,000 weight of  Green Coffee, In 87 hhd. 40 barrels, and 200 bags, entitled to the drawback, stored on Messrs. Willing & Francis's wharf. 1/2 2d 3/4 4/6 Proof  Bourdeaux Brandy, 39 pipes of London particular Teneriff, and London particular Madeira WINES, in hhd. pipes, and quarter casks, Malaga Do. in quarter casks, Antigua and other RUM in hhd. St. Croix SUGAR of the first quality, St. Marks MOLASSES, Hyson TEA, Jamaica SPIRITS, Holland GIN, in pipes, LOAF SUGAR, in hhd. PEPPER, &c. &c. FOR SALE BY  Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, outh Water Street. D c. 4 d
Advertisement. Take notice that on the third Day of March, the C-partnership of the Subscribers was dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the said Company are requested to make speedy Payment, and all persons having demands against said Company are requested to exhibit them for settlement.  Lewis Deblois,  Samuel Breck, jun. Philad. March 3d. 1795. 2aw3m
All persons are hereby cautioned against taking any assignment of a Bond obtained from the subscriber by Henry Moliere, Rope maker, for the sum of twenty-five pounds, dated October 1790—as the said bond was not given for any valuable consideration—and I am determined not to pay the same unless compelled by law.  William Jordan. April 7. *1aw2m
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of  M A N L I U S, May be had of  John Ormrod, No. 41, Chesnut-street. PRICE—25 CENTS.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, [Price 25 Cents] THIRTEEN LETTERS On Democratic Societies; By GERMANICUS.
Sold by Thomas Dobson, N. 41 Second Street, John Ormrod 41 Chesnut Street, Benjamin Davies 68 High Street and by the Editor, 119 Chesnut Street. April 18.
St. Croix Sugars IN Barrels, St. MARTINS do. in do. HAVANNA MOLASSES for sale by  SAML. R. FRANKLIN, No. 137 South Front and 136 South Water St. April 20. 5c-wif

For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr. FENNO,
THE Managers having lately very judiciously shown their attention to the wishes of the town, by bringing forward some pieces of great merit that have not been hitherto in this country, have deservedly gained the emoluments that a truly discerning public will cheerfully bestow when the conduct of the Managers merits such solid evidences of their approbation. Though it might be justly deemed oppressive to trouble the Managers with too many observations in their conducting a business where their own interest is so materially concerned, yet a candid hint should be candidly received.
Upon that principle, it is proper they should know, that a great part of the frequenters of the Theatre have lately been much dissatisfied at being deprived of their favorite amusement, a Dance, between the play and entertainment. The interval is generally sufficient for the performance of an agreeable Ballet. The great abilities of Mr. Francis as a Ballet-Master and performer in that line, exclusive of his high merit as an Actor, need not a repetition; and the universal applause which constantly attends Mrs. Demarque's exertions, shews that her appearance always gives great pleasure to the spectators. Mr. Nugent also, gives much satisfaction. Mr. J. Warrell and Miss Millbourne, though but noviciates, are rising in estimation. It is therefore to be expected, that the public will not be curtailed in future of an entertainment so truly pleasing to them.
It is frequently mentioned, with much surprise and dissatisfaction, that a performer of such great merit as Mrs. Warrell should so seldom appear. Her brilliancy of tone and execution in "The Soldier Tired," as also the burlesque song to the air of "Fisher's Minuet," in Tom Thumb, and the genuine applause she is favored with when she does appear, excites regret in the minds of many, that this is not the case more frequently.
CANDID.
April 25th, 1795.
UNITED STATES.
CHARLESTON, April 11.
A few days ago arrived at Wilmington, N.C. the French privateer La Petite Port-de-Paix, Captain Sougy, with her prizes, the Spanish brig La Concepcion and polacre Donna Maria, both from Old Spain, bound to the Havana; the prizes were taken the 6th ult. off Hispaniola, are laden with oil, wines, dry goods, &c. and supposed to be worth 120,000 dollars.
By Captain Finley, who arrived here from Cape Nicholas Mole, on Thursday evening, we are informed, that about the 8th of March last, a brig of 18 guns, in the British service, lying at anchor under one of their forts near Tiburon, was boarded by 50 Frenchmen in three small boats, who cut her out and carried her off; the captain of the brig went out at the cabin window and swam on shore, and was the only one who escaped.
In consequence of a great number of British vessels being taken near the islands of Jamaica and St. Domingo, the merchants of Jamaica had fitted out about twenty stout armed vessels, in the mouth of March, for the protection of their trade in those seas; these vessels were taken into the service of government.
All the ports in the Bite of Leogan were very likely; a number of vessels belonging to the United States, which had failed for the continent weakly manned, had been driven off the coast by contrary winds, and returned to the West-Indies in great distress; four of them arrived at Cape Nicholas Mole, and, though they had loaded at republican ports, were permitted to sell their cargoes, and were treated with great civility; captain Lewis, of this port, was one of them, who may be expected here in a few days.
Died, in December last, at Beechwood, near Edinburgh, Lieut. Gen. Alexander Leslie, colonel of the 9th regiment of foot, some time commander in chief of the British army in South Carolina.
NEW-YORK, April 27.
By an arrival at this Port, in seven days from St. John's New-Brunswick, information is received of the arrival of the British February Packet at Halifax.
We learn from Savannah, that every British vessel, which has been claimed as being prize to privateers fitted out in America, under French Com-
missions, has been given up. Five of this description were restored in the port of Savannah alone.
April 25.
Passengers to the number of near one hundred, including families, came out in the Fanny—who confirm the accounts of the poor people having suffered much from the severity of the weather. From the generosity of the affluent, however, they have received great relief. The papers are full of instances of this nature.
Continuation of FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE received by the late Arrivals.
LONDON, Feb. 24.
THE six mails that arrived on Saturday night brought us such a quantity of papers and letters from Holland, Germany and France, that we are at present obliged to select only the material facts, and to defer to a future day much of the intelligence contained in these papers. As the public attention is principally directed to the Revolution in Holland, we have entered into a particular account of the progress of that revolution. Our readers will see that the French, with a most commendable moderation, do not interfere with the internal government of the United Provinces, and that they do indeed deserve the appellation which has been bestowed upon them by the assembly of the provisional representatives of Holland, of the friends, rather than the conquerors, of the United Provinces. Every precaution has been taken to establish tranquillity in every part of the Provinces.
An exact account is ordered to be taken of the naval force of the republic, and of the number of ships which can be got ready in the Spring. The assembly of the deputies of the people of Holland meets daily. The ambassadors from Russia, Prussia, America and some of the German courts, have had long conferences with the president of the assembly. Admiral Kennebec has resigned the command of the Dutch fleet. The commissioners from Holland we understand, confirm the dreadful detail given in Saturday's Courier of the retreat of the British army.
Progress of the REVOLUTION in HOLLAND.
HAGUE, Jan. 20.
Several of the deputies from the cities and towns in Holland assembled at the Hotel called Heeren Logement, the day before yesterday to deliberate in what manner the assembly of Holland should be constituted and opened. The general opinion was, that the deputies should assemble at the town house at four o'clock, and send for the secretary Royer, as the most legitimate minister of Holland, in order to communicate to him the intentions of the deputies to open the assembly in form in the evening.
The secretary Royer accordingly attended and received the necessary order which he obeyed, and in the evening the deputies opened the first assembly.
Pierre Paulus was appointed president. Spoors and de Lerge Van Wyngaarden, secretaries.
The deputies declared the name of the assembly to be
The assembly of the Provisional Representatives of the People of Holland.
The President addressed the assembly in a speech [see yesterday's Gazette]
The following deputies were present:—
From Dordrecht, Citizens Roos, Lammen, Deker and De Haan.
From Haerlem, Citizens Horeno, Leftevenon, Delange, and P. Kops Goed-schalks.
From Delft, Citizens Chr. Van Vredenburgh and Jb. Van Boerestein.
From Leyden, Citizen Hahn, Van Leyden, La Pierre, and Spoors.
From Amsterdam, Citizens D. Van Laar, S. J. Wiefelius and S. Bos.
From Gouda, Citizens de Lange, Van Wyngaarden and F. Kumfus.
From Rotterdam, Citizens P. Paulus, and Jb. Keepmaker.
From Schiedam, Citizens Loncq, J. Nolet, Kool, and J. Loeq.
From Alkmaar, Citizens de Kempenaar, and du Tour.
From Enkhuizen, Citizens T. Fan, and B. Vand de Vlede.
From Monnikendam, Citizens J. Teungs, and C. Boterkoper.
From Purmerend, Citizen A. G. Men-ger, and Sudema.
The first proceeding of the assembly after the speech of the president, was to recognize the Rights of Man in the following manner.
"This assembly recognizes the sovereignty of the people, as well as the rights of man and of the citizens, in consequence the assembly of the so-called states of Holland and West Friesland, composed of the squires, an order, and of the towns pretending to represent the inhabitants of Holland and the West Friesland; as well as all the hereditary dignities of Stadholder, Captain and Admiral of this Province ought to be abolished." A proclamation was ordered to be addressed to the people on the subject.
For the same reason the oath taken in 1787, was annulled and all persons were released from their obedience to it.
The colleges of the under council and the chamber of accounts were ordered to be abolished, and the deputies from Holland to the assemblies of the generality to be recalled.
This sitting lasted till half past eleven at night.
To replace the under council a committee of public safety, a military committee and a committee of finances were directed to be established with full powers.
As the towns of Gorinchem, Schoonhoven, Brille, Hoorn, Edam, and Medemblik had not sent deputies, letters were ordered to be written to them, requiring them to send four deputies elected by the people. Another resolution was entered into to appoint a committee to inspect the state of the dikes, to make the necessary repairs and to make use of the power of requisition.
The existing taxes were ordered to be provisionally continued on the ancient footing, meanwhile measures were ordered to be taken to relieve the citizens as much as possible. The citizens Hahn Leftevenon and Loney, were deputed to the States General, and to take their seats in that assembly as Representatives of Holland, as long as the confederation of the United Provinces should subsist in its present form. Those deputies were directed to request the States General to inform the Dutch citizens in the east and west, and the consuls of the republic in the Baltic and Mediterranean of the Revolution that had taken place; to require the consuls to communicate the necessary information to the Captains of all ships, in order that they might guard against all surprise; and that they might as soon as possible return either to their own country, or proceed to the nearest French ports; that the captains of ships of war in the East Indies and West Indies should be ordered to remain there for the defence of the colonies, and to obey no orders transmitted to them by the ci-devant Admiral (the Stadholder);—that couriers should be sent to Paris to recall the Dutch deputies, and to prohibit them from entering into any negotiations, at least on the part of Holland; that a Cartel, with a Commissary, should be sent to England to order the captains of ships of war and merchantmen to return, to claim restitution of the ships; and to make the necessary arrangements relative to the packets. It was resolved to open a correspondence with France, Brabant and Liege. And finally, it was determined, that the committee of public safety should be authorized to make the necessary researches relative to the objects of the first necessity; to the circulation and value of assignats as well as to the finances of the country, which several municipalities at present keep in their possession.
Carel Woater Felscher was appointed Mayor of the assembly.
Six Committees were also appointed.
1. A revolutionary committee. 2. A committee of general vigilance. 3. A committee of Public Safety. 4. A committee of justice. 5. A committee of commerce and marine. 6. A committee of finance.
Maurice Cornelitz Van Hall was appointed Procurator of the commune.
January 28.
The citizens Leftevenon and Van Leyden, members of the provisional representation of the people of Holland, read a memorial tending to inform the representatives of the French people, of the objects of the deliberations of the assembly.
The following deputies were admitted: H. Forster, J. D. H. Van Ljender, from Rotterdam; A Van Heemskerck, and L. Sandeers, from Delft; J. J. Troon, from Schiedam.
January 29.
It was resolved that the pensionary counsellor, Vander Spiegel, should be dismissed from his office of keeper of the seals of Holland. W. G. F. Count Bentick was also dismissed from the post of the Grand Bailliff; Schepton was appointed in his stead.
February 2.
The assembly was principally employed in organizing the constitution of the different committees.
The following letter from the Hague of the 31st Jan. was read:
Citizens Representatives,
The following citizens, furnished with proper credentials, appeared in this assembly.
D. de Wyble, from Schoonhoven; B. Moerhert, from Gorcum; N. Catenius, and M. A. Daay, from Alkmaar; P. W. Wingaarden and S. Blas from Edam; A. Tolk, from Medemblik; and D. L. V. Hogendorp, and C. Meyer, from Amsterdam.
The letter also informed the assembly of several decrees passed by the States.
1. A decree relative to the repeal of duties on cattle. 2. A decree relative to the military committee.
3. The deputies to the generality were ordered to give the necessary directions to the Council of State to present, within a week, to the States, an accurate state of the Treasury of the Generality, and of the Union; as well as a precise account of the naval force of the country, and of the ships which might be formed into a squadron in the spring; of the ships now ready for sea; and of the ships which were ordered to sail for the purpose of conveying the vessels in which William the 5th sailed with his effects. Whether the ships did sail, and if so, where they are now?
4. A decree relative to a requisition made by the French, for the purpose of ascertaining the property of the governments with which the French are at war.
5. A decree relative to advice received from the Mayor of the disarming of the burghers of the Hague.
The Mayor Vitscher appeared at the bar, and requested that the Grand Assembly of the Consistory should be suspended from its functions in a week, in order to remedy the abuses which have been introduced into the Assembly in the year 1787. The Gardes du Jour were ordered to be suppressed.
The President read a proclamation to the people, requesting that plans might
be presented to the Assembly of the best means of convoking the people of the towns, for the purpose of electing new representatives.
February 3.
Deputies were admitted from several towns.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 3.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
The Assembly of the provisional deputies of the people of Holland have published a proclamation to the people, in which they make a solemn declaration of their principles—After an exordium, in which they express their conviction that the power which they possess is derived from the people, they recognize and declare—That all men are born with equal rights, and that these rights cannot be alienated.
That these rights are Equality, Liberty, Security, Property, and Resistance to Oppression.
That Liberty is the faculty which belongs to every man, to do that which does not injure the rights of others.
That every man has a right to worship God in whatever manner he may choose, without compulsion, directly or indirectly.
That safety consists in a certainty of not being disturbed in the exercise of rights, and in the peaceable possession of property legally acquired.
That every one has a right of suffrage in the Legislative Assembly of the whole society, either personally or by representation, in the choice of which he has concurred.
That the end of all civil society is to secure to all men the quiet enjoyment of their natural rights.
That natural Liberty is, to do every thing that does not injure the rights of others, and that it never can be impeded unless the immediate exigence of society absolutely demands it.
And that such exigence can only be established by the people, or their representatives.
That consequently no person whatever can be forced to give up, or sacrifice, any of his private property to the community at large, unless by an express regulation of the people, or their representatives, and after a previous indemnification.
That the law is the free and solemn expression of the general will, and is equal for all, whether it rewards or punishes.
That no person can be accused, arrested, or put in prison, but according to the formalities of the law previously established.
That whenever it is found necessary to make any one a prisoner, he must not be treated more rigorously than is absolutely necessary to secure his person.
That all men being equal, all men are equally eligible to all posts and employments, without any other preference than virtue and talents.
That every person has a right to concur in exacting from every functionary of the public administration, an account and justification of his conduct.
That there can be no restriction on the right of every citizen to represent what is his interest to those who are entrusted with public authority.
That the sovereignty resides in the whole of the people, and therefore no portion of the people can arrogate it to itself.
That the people have, at all times, the right to change their form of government, to correct it, or to choose another.
February 17.
It is we understand, determined that the British infantry of the line shall return to this country, as soon as the navigation is open to Emden.
The guards and cavalry are to remain upon the continent.
La Sybille frigate of 50 guns is put into commission at Portsmouth, and Captain Cook appointed to command her. She is the largest in the service; was made prize of last June in the Archipelago, by the Romney man of war, Captain Paget, who was killed in the action.
The Board of Agriculture, in consideration of the probable scarcity of wheat, have agreed to propose a premium of 1000 pounds to the person who shall grow the largest breadth of potatoes on lands never applied to the culture of that plant before. They have excluded the members of their own Board from becoming candidates for this prize.
Mr. Pitt has compromised with the Ship Owners. They are to find the men, and he is to give them a bounty proportioned to the expense. The requisition on the counties is persevered in.
February 18.
M. de Lambert, formerly Maitre des Requetes of the King of France, is appointed President of the Supreme Council at Port-au-Prince in St. Domingo. This worthy magistrate is the son of the late Comptroller-General of the Finances, of that name, who was guillotined under the reign of Robespierre.
February 21.
A material change is daily expected in the Admiralty Department. Lord Hood it is thought will resign; and Mr. Nepean is to succeed Mr. Stephens as Secretary.
We cannot at present dismiss this subject without bestowing the highest encomiums on Earl Spencer, whose unremitting attention, and indefatigable zeal, since he accepted the arduous office of First Lord of the Admiralty, make us wish for a continuance of his patriotic exertions.
There are advices from Holland that the Duke de Choiseul, & the Duke de la Force have been shot, as being found in the service of the powers leagued against France.
February 25.
The Dutch Commissioners, it is said,
have made a second attempt for an interview with the secretaries of state, but have been so far, the duke of Portland having refused to give them admission.
The French army that entered Holland has suffered as much from the intemperance of the cold as our own, and have lost a very considerable number of men by sickness. Letters have been received within these few days from Bilbao and St. Andero, by which the situation of affairs in Biscay and Navarre is thus related:
The winter having been so uncommonly severe, and the fall of snow so excessive, that the French could not continue the siege of Pampeluna, a large body of the Northern army, therefore, fell back to the ancient city of Tolosa, which post it seems is now put in a regular state of fortification. Another body, which was smaller, crossed a part of Monte del Asturia, and took up their quarters in St. Sebastian and neighbourhood. This perhaps gave rise to the ridiculous story, that the French were going to evacuate Spain, and to retire to Bayonne.
The French being in possession of the fortresses of Fontarabia, the only pass from France thro' the North Western Pyrenees, and of all the chain of hills which command Navarre, and, indeed, the greatest part of that kingdom itself, except the district of Pampeluna, are at this very time preparing at Bayonne to great a force, that, the French assert, will overwhelm every effort of Spain to save the capital of Navarre.
The same material causes which prevented the French from continuing their operations, have, in a great measure, prevented the Spanish army from being reinforced; for the snow covers the sharp hills in such abundance, that it was momentarily rolling in masses into the valleys, and rendering the roads entirely impassable. In the memory of man such a winter has not been known; and the weather, which used to break, and become suddenly warm the latter end of February, will most likely continue until the middle of March, when the French will be again some weeks before-hand with the Spaniards, having a large army almost on the spot, ready to act; whereas the reinforcements for the defence are not yet raised, nor could they be so in the very nature of things.
When the last letters left St. Andero, St. Sebastian, Bilbao, &c. the fall of all Navarre, early in the spring, was considered as a matter of course, and with it Bilbao, and the whole of Biscay, which from the easy manner that those letters are worded, does not seem to carry much terror.
FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION, 28 Pluviose, February 16.
Letter from the Representatives of the People, with the Armies in Holland.
"SINCE the letter which we addressed to you on the 2d of this month, the political and revolutionary movements that the invasion of Holland has occasioned, have taken a confidence, day by day, more solid and important. These movements appear hitherto to have been confined to a municipal regeneration; but they have been successively extended to the States of the Provinces, and those of Holland are already recompensed. The men whom Prussian despotism had established in office, against the national will, and by force of arms, are removed, and replaced by energetic and prudent patriots; no violence, no tumult accompanied this change; and no other difference of opinion is manifested than in the confidence which is given to, or withheld from different public functionaries. The regeneration of the body of the States of Holland is of the greatest importance: this Province, the most considerable of the Union, as it is equal in value to two-thirds of the United Provinces, has a proportionable influence in the political affairs of this Republic; almost all the ports depend upon it, and its determination in the present Revolution necessarily draws with it that of all the other independent provinces. This day new deputies of this province take their seats in the States General: thus this body will in a few days be entirely, or at least in a great degree, renewed; and the French Republic may expect to lay the first foundations of a solid and unalterable union with the Dutch nation. The men who compose the new authorities were, for the most part, in place before the invasion of the Prussians, and they have done no more than re-enter into the functions which had been delegated to them according to the legal course of the constitution: they have all the characters of legitimacy which were wanting to the creatures of Prussia and the Stadholder. This assembly has for its President Citizen Peter Paulus, formerly minister of the marine, a warm patriot, who was removed from the maritime resources of his country, experience in her political relations with the powers of Europe. His colleagues, like himself, perfectly accustomed to public business, appear to us equally capable of contributing successfully to an union of the interests of the two nations, and of powerfully seconding the common efforts that we ought to make against England. Their intention is to put aside all questions which tend to alter their present constitution, (the Stadholderate excepted, which they reject,) until a more tranquil time shall permit the Batavian people to fix their attention upon this matter and to make the reforms which shall appear to them convenient. The powers granted to the deputies sent to Paris are about to be abolished, together with the regimén of 1787; and by and by they will bear no public character at Paris. We announce to you also, that we have made a provi-

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On WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 29, will be preferred, (never performed here) a COMEDY, written by General BURGONNE, called
The HEIRESS.
Sir Clement Flint, Mr. Whitehead, Clifford, Mr. Chalmees, Lord Gayville, Mr. Bouverie, Alscrimp, Mr. Morris, Chignon, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Blandish, Mr. Harwood, Prompt, Mr. Francis, Lady Emily, Mrs. Morris, Miss Alscrimp, Mrs. Whitehead, Miss Alton, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Sagely, Mrs. Bates, Tiffany, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Blandish, Mrs. Rowson.
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For SALE or CHARTER,
THE SLOOP ABBY, OBADIAH DOANE, Master. Burthen about 900 barrels. For terms apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY LESTON. Who have now landing from on board said Sloop, MALAGA WINE, in Quarter Casks, PRIME BEEF, SPERMACETI CANDLES, and WHALE OIL.
For PORTLAND,
Massachusetts. and from thence to CAPE NICOLA MOLE. The Ship BETSEY, Pearson Freeman, Master. THIS ship is now getting a thorough repair at Mr. George Eyre's ship-yard, and will sail for Portland in about ten days; in about four or five days after her arrival there, she will sail for the Mole, she has uncommon accommodations for passengers; a number of them may be received either here by applying to the Subscriber, or at Portland, by applying to Wm. Cobb Esquire, or to the Captain.
LOUIS OSMONT.
April 28.
SHERRY WINES, in
pipes and quarter casks, 4 years old; Spanish and Carolina Indigo; Mulcavado Sugar, in hogheads and barrels; prime Boston Beef, in barrels and half barrels; Hyslop and Southong Teas; Ravens Duck; Ticklenburgs, and 8 by 10 Window Glass, for sale by Nalbro' & Jno. Frazier, No. 81 Walnut-Street. April 28, 1795.
A SULKET,
Quite new, with an excellent set of harness and plated furniture; very light, neat and strong, and was calculated for travelling—for sale.
COACHEE,
With plated furniture to the harness; very light, neat, and plain in the construction; with or without a pair of young, lively, Bay HORSES, for sale.
WAGGON,
Also, a very good, new, light, Farm WAGGON, With fixtures complete, for sale; apply to the printer hereof.
N. B. Any of the above articles will be sold separately or together, and approved notes taken if required. The Horses are remarkably well adapted for Leading-Horses in a Stage. April 28.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
MOUNTFORD, BIORN & CO.
PRINTERS,
IS this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having demands against said firm are desired to furnish their account—and those indebted, to make payment to the subscribers, who are duly authorized to settle all concerns. JOHN BIORN, PATRICK MADAN. April 24.
BIORN & MADAN, Printers,
CONTINUE the Printing Business as usual, at their Printing-Office, No. 75, Dock-Street. Having a general assortment of printing materials, they hope to give every satisfaction to those who may please to employ them.
Printing in general, Ship Advertisements, Cards, Handbills, &c., executed at the shortest notice.
The first volume of the Works of SHAKESPEARE is now in the press. Subscriptions are received by the booksellers in this city, and in the United States; at the office of the Authors, Phila. Lib. and by the publishers, No. 75 Dock Street. Centum binding Subscription papers in the different states, are requested to transmit the names of the subscribers which they have obtained, to the publishers, in order that the first volume may be forwarded to them. April 28.
West Prussia, fall to that power; while Russia takes possession of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Courland, and Samogitia. The Russian troops were in motion for that purpose when the last intelligence came away.
It is added, that upon condition that the Austrians maintain 60,000 men in Poland, the Empress has engaged to send 40,000 Cossacks, and 20,000 of their troops, to act against the French, upon the Rhine.
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.
Extract of a Letter from J. Isnard, American Consul at Cadiz, to a gentleman in Boston.
I am very sorry to inform you of a new danger that threatens our Commerce, and which, if not soon remedied, will prove very fatal—Mulay Soliman's cruisers are at sea, with orders to seize all American vessels—They sent into Tangier an English brig on suspicion of her being an American.
Only two half Galleys have as yet put to sea, but the first Easterly wind will undoubtedly bring out several more. This new enemy is of much more immediate danger than the other; there is nothing to prevent their cruising when they please. The conduct of the Emperor has been infamous—as at the very time he gave orders to his cruisers, to seize our vessels, he assured our consul at Gibraltar his dispositions were friendly to the United States. Mr. Simpson has dispatched to him an Express remonstrating against the proceedings of the Captain of his cruiser, in detaining a vessel under pretence of being an American, at the time he just received letters from his majesty, full of assurances of his desire to maintain peace with the United States—and praying that explicit orders might be given to the Captains of all his majesty's cruisers to respect the flag of the United States—we anxiously wait for his answer, which, weather permitting, we shall have in 5 or 6 days.
There are thirteen sail of American vessels here at present, for two that are ready (one this goes by) I have been fortunate enough to procure the protection of an English Letter of Marque, mounting 18 guns, which will protect them 'till out of the region of immediate danger. I am in hopes also, that none of the vessels now in this port, will sail without some protection.
In the Quebec Gazette of the 2d instant, the new Schooner Kingston Packet, of seventy tons burthen, is advertised to sail from Kingston to Niagara and other places on Lake Ontario. This vessel is as large as some of Queen Elizabeth's men of war which fought the Spanish armada.
The legislature of New-York have passed an act for raising a corps of Artillery-men for the protection of their capital. As an encouragement for persons to enrol themselves in it, they are exempt from attending on juries; in the assessment of city taxes two hundred pounds are to be deducted from their property and the assessment then made, and they are to be exempt from militia duty after 9 years service in the artillery.
The Boston Centinel assures, that the agent of the United States empowered to renew the treaty of amity with Mulay Soliman, arrived at Gibraltar the day before a vessel from that port, which brings us the intelligence from thence, published in the papers, failed; and that he was to set out immediately on his mission. The name of the agent is not mentioned, neither is that of the vessel.
Newcastle Pier Lottery.
The returns of the drawing arrive daily at the OFFICE, No. 149, Chestnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth streets—Where a correct Numerical Book is kept; also, the slips of each day's drawing regularly filed—Information given where a few remaining tickets may be had, warranted undrawn. Low prizes exchanged, and high prizes cashed.
The Twenty Ninth Day's Drawing is arrived at the above office.
Washington Lottery.
The public are informed by authority, that this Lottery will positively commence at the close of Newcastle Lottery. Information given where tickets may be purchased, value 8 dollars each. Also, a few quarter tickets in the above lottery, signed by Samuel Blodget which will entitle the holder to one fourth of the prize drawn to its number. April 16.
NOTICE is hereby given.
agreeably to Charter, to the Members of "The Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers," to meet on the 28th day of May next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Second Presbyterian Church, in the City of Philadelphia, for the dispatch of all such business as may then be brought before the Board.
ASHBEL GREEN, Sec'y of the Corporation. April 25th, 1795.
water and mire two feet deep. Several horses have perished, and a number of waggons have been left behind.
We crossed the Yssel, near Deventer. Having lost our way, we reached, after a five day's march, Zutphen, three leagues from Gaveningen, the inhabitants of which were taking up arms and hoisting the tri-colour cockade. Another march of five days has brought us here. The French have detached three different corps to Ommen, Lemmer and Groningen. They seem to threaten this country, but I do not suppose that they intend to pass the Ems. The frost returned yesterday with great severity, but probably will not be of long standing. Our communication with England, by way of Emden, is now perfectly free and open.
LONDON, Feb. 26.
The Proclamation of the Representatives of the People of Holland of the 2d inst. concerning the circulation of assignats, contains the following articles: First, all shop keepers and retailers, all the manufacturers of the first necessities of life, shall be obliged to receive assignats in payment for their commodities, at the rate of nine sous for a livre, from French soldiers and other individuals employed in the French army; and for the purpose of preventing false declarations to be made by the shop keepers of the sums thus received in assignats, they shall declare at the Municipality the quantity received; and every week give in lists of the same; for which they are to receive from the Municipality the amount in specie, or receipts for the same, which are to have course, like other currency.
Secondly, no shop-keeper shall sell to a French soldier, or any individual employed in the French army, commodities for more than ten livres at one and the same time, and every such buyer ought to present an order from his officer, which along with the assignats received in payment, is to be delivered to the Municipality. To an officer, according to his rank, merchandise may be sold to a higher amount, but always in virtue of an order of his chief. Besides, the French soldiers shall be allowed to spend a sum in a public house, provided this sum does not exceed two livres, which sum may be paid in assignats not exceeding that sum.
Thirdly, All other circulation of assignats is prohibited.
Fourthly, No specie coin or bullion, is to be exported out of the country under pain of death. From this prohibition are however excepted such merchants as in the Baltic or any other trade are accustomed to make their payments in specie. But in such case they are bound to make the necessary declarations at their respective Municipalities, give security for treble the amount of the sum to be exported, and remain responsible for the importation of merchandise to the same amount. Likewise are excepted travellers, but the Municipality of their place of abode ought to determine the sum that will be necessary for their travelling expence and to acquaint the Municipality of the Frontiers. Foreigners shall be obliged to prove before the Municipality on the Frontiers, that they do not export a larger sum in specie than is necessary for their travelling expenses.
Accounts from Poland, by the way of Vienna, affirm, that the consequence of a late extraordinary exchange of couriers between Austria and Russia has been a final division of that unhappy country, so far as to exterminate even its name from the list of independent States upon the Continent; a Convention having been formally exchanged among the co-dividing powers; according to which it is agreed upon, that Austria shall possess the Palatinates of Sandomir, Lublin, Chelm, and Cracovia, with the city of that name. In consequence of the new arrangement the Austrians in Galicia, to the number of 60,000 under General Harcourt, were ordered to march to take possession of the new territory; and a Colonel Fletcher, of the corps of Engineers, was to go from Vienna, to form the necessary lines of demarcation. In the above mentioned Palatinates, the Austrian Commandants had already began to receive the customary taxes, &c. for the Emperor's use, and to charge the inhabitants for the maintenance of the troops. He had also laid on an extraordinary impost for six months to come, commencing in January 1795; it was likewise expected, that an oath of allegiance to the Emperor would be shortly administered.—The Prussian Commander in Chief has fixed his residence at Bialstock, where he receives the duties, &c. formerly paid to the Republic.
Masovia, and all the Palatinates remaining on the confines of South and
ries of the same to the magistrates of their circuits, within eight days after the publication of the present decree.
All such as neglect to conform themselves to it are to pay a fine of double the value of the articles of which they have not given any account as above stated.
The fourth part of the fine, and likewise one fourth of the value of goods not declared, and the sum above cited, shall belong to discoverers and informers.
III. An agent-general shall be appointed for all the United Provinces, who is to collect all the above inventories, and dispose of the things mentioned therein, according to the instruction he shall receive from the representatives of the people.
The magistrates are to deliver to him all the declarations made to them.
IV. It is forbidden to accept any notes or bills of exchange, or to make any negotiations or loans for, or on account of governments at war with the French Republic, upon pain of confiscation of the whole value of such objects.
The transgressors of this shall be considered and dealt with as enemies of the French Republic.
V. It is forbidden to all civil and military agents of the French Republic, to seize upon any treasure belonging to towns, communes, or to the government of the United Netherlands, upon pain of arrest.
VI. What has been decreed by these presents shall be addressed to the states-general, desiring them to send it to the respective states of the United Provinces, in order to be printed in both languages, and to be sent to, and posted up, without delay, in all the towns, communes, and ports of the United Provinces.
Signed upon the original, NS. HAUSSMANN, JOUBERT, and ROBERTOT. Conformed to the original. (Signed) NS. HAUSSMANN.
All the corps of French emigrants in the English and Dutch pay are in East Friesland. The regiments that wear the white cockade are mostly in the neighborhood of Osnaburg and Pirmont. General Lord Cathcart commands in that quarter.
A great number of French emigrants have perished in the Zuyder-sea. Several others have remained at Amsterdam and the Hague, and have hitherto not been molested. The Archbishop of Tours remains very quiet in the former place. The republicans are arming 40 vessels.
A chain of frigates is now stationed all along the North coast, from the mouth of the Thames to Newcastle, at the distance of seven leagues each, for the purpose of protecting the coal and northern trade.
The French ship of war Revenge, of 28 guns and 250 men, is taken in the Straights of Sundae, by the Resistance, of 44 guns, captain Pakenham, and sent to Madras.
The French are fitting out a number of gun boats at Calais, and all along their northern coast.
Although the circumstances of the murder of the count de Goltz, envoy extraordinary from the King of Prussia at Halle, are not clearly understood, yet it appears by all the French Gazettes that the facts of his having been assassinated are undoubted.
CORK, February 23.
The St. Tammany, of Virginia, and the Mohawk, of Philadelphia, arrived at Cove on Friday evening, from port L'Orient. They failed on Monday the 16th inst. from thence, at which time there was not any ship of the French fleet arrived at L'Orient. Twelve ships had arrived at Brest, in a very shattered condition from gales of wind during their cruise.
Letters were received at L'Orient, from officers of the fleet, mentioning that they had suffered very severely. Le Neptune of 80 guns, and four more ships, had foundered, and the crews perished. The remainder of the fleet, which failed from Brest on the 31st of December, were unaccounted for, having been dispersed by the storms they had encountered: however, some of them, having been victualled for six months, have probably proceeded on some expedition.
Provisions were very scarce, particularly bread of any kind, and the interior part of the country still worse. The system of moderation prevailed, and the English, Irish, and other foreign families, were permitted to quit the country without molestation.
BRITISH ARMY.
Aurich, four leagues from Embden, February 16.
It would be for me a task equally painful and impossible to give you a detailed description of what we have suffered on our retreat of near 70 leagues, from the intenseness of the frost, and the inclemency of the weather. On the 10th inst. we passed the ice with our artillery. The thaw having afterwards set in, we marched in two days from Lzer, on the Ems, wading thro'
one application to the States General for grain, forage, straw, clothing, shoes, &c. to be delivered at Nimeguen, Thiel, and Bois-le-Duc, to supply the wants of the armies of the North, the Sambre and Meuse. Immense magazines of the English are at our disposal. We are about to make out inventories: we believe that these magazines will be usefully employed in provisioning the strong places which we occupy, and which are all more or less unprovided. The Danes and Americans have given us a proof of their exactness in observing the neutrality, by refusing to embark on board their ships in the Texel the French emigrants who fled the approach of our troops.
"Alquies, Bellegarde, Joubert, F. B. Lacoche, Freine, Haussman, Robertot."
The Amsterdam Gazette of the 6th instant contains the following passage:— "By an extraordinary opportunity we learn from Paris, that the news of the Revolution in this town has caused universal joy in the National Convention; and that deputies from Berlin have arrived there, to negotiate a peace between the King of Prussia and the French Republic."
The celebrated Jewish Rabbi, Lauda Dio Modigliana, died at Rome on the 4th of January. His friends obtained permission of the Government to inter his body in the National Cemetery: the ceremony was performed with all the funeral pomp imaginable. The body was escorted by the national troops, both horse and foot, followed by an immense crowd of Jews, and attended by a great number of wax-lights, &c.
The Prince of Orange has refused to receive the Commissioners from Holland, who were at Hampton-court on Tuesday last.
By the last private advices that came from Holland, we hear, that their new and good Allies, the French, have made another requisition in specie of one million and a half, which with the fourteen hundred thousand pounds in goods already obtained, make the first fraternal squeeze little short of three millions.
The same advices add, that some of the principals of the late Anti-Stadholderian Party beginning to see the error of inviting a foreign nation to settle their domestic differences, and expressing themselves rather too freely on that subject, have been put under an arrest, and their property, pro tempore, confiscated.
HARWICH, Feb. 23.
"Yesterday morning a Dutch fishing vessel from Scheveiling, arrived here with a flag of truce."
"The above vessel came express with three foreign persons from the Hague, one of whom is a commissioner from the states general, charged with dispatches for our government; and the others with dispatches from the Dutch East-India Company for the Dutch ambassador in London."
"These gentlemen assert, that every thing remains perfectly quiet at present in Holland; and that no depredations of any kind have been committed by the French army."
February 26.
"From Posenania, Jan. 21, we learn that the King of Poland arrived at Grodno, on the 12th, escorted by 120 Russian Cossacks and Dragoons, commanded by Gen. Tornow."
"On his journey, he was received with general esteem, and expressed much concern on passing numerous villages, which had been laid in ruins by the Russians."
"Prince Repnin received him at Grodno; and, we hear, he is to be conducted either to Petersburg or Mohilew immediately."
"The Sisters of his Majesty retire to Galicia, where madame de Grabowsky lives."
"The Head-Quarters of the army, which were in South Prussia, have been transferred hither, and General Farrat arrived here on Saturday."
"The cisdvanant Starost Niemojowsky, one of the principal authors of the insurrection in this Province, has fallen into the hands of the Prussians."
"In Sweden it has been determined that an encampment shall be formed of 30,000 men, whether to guard against any probable external or internal commotion, we know not."
"The French troops in Holland are stated to amount to 110,000 men, divided in two columns. One extends on the left of Holland, taking all the towns: the other, composed of 50,000 men, with a numerous artillery, advances from Arnheim, along the banks of the Yssel. Another small body of French troops march from Cleves towards the Rhine, on the side of Emmerick, in order to alarm the Austrian advanced posts in that quarter."
"Equality, Liberty, Fraternity. HAGUE, 11th Pluviose—January 30. The third year of the French Republic, one and indivisible."
"The Representatives of the People, with the armies of the North, the Sambre, and the Meuse, decree as follows:—"
"Art. I. All goods, both moveable and immovable, ships, merchandise of any kind, pretensions and property of any kind whatever, belonging to governments at war with the French Republic, or of French emigrants; likewise those of Priests, monks, members of Churches, or Spiritual Corporations, having emigrated from the conquered Provinces between the Rhine and the sea; also all goods whatever given in trust by members of churches and corporations, are seized and confiscated for the benefit of the French Republic."
"II. All such persons as are debtors, concealers, or detainers of what is mentioned in the above article, are to give invento-

Treasury Department
Revenue Office, April 14, 1795 PROPOSALS Will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue , For Building a
LIGHT HOUSE,
On Seguin Island, near the mouth of Kennebec river, on the coast of the District of Maine; of the following Materials, Dimensions and Description.
The form is to be an Octagon. The foundation is to be of stone, to be sunk, if practicable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the wooden work, or twelve feet and an half below the surface of the earth, and to be commenced of the diameter of twenty seven feet. It is to be laid solidly to the height of two feet. From thence to the bottom of the wooden work, the foundation wall is to be eleven feet high, and six feet thick.
As it is intended that the above described stone foundation shall only be carried six inches higher than the crown level of the knob or rock on which the Light-house is to be erected, and it may be found impossible, on account of the rock, to sink the same to the depth of twelve feet and one half below the earth, or thirteen feet below the wooden work, it is necessary that the propositions for the said stone foundation be made by the perch to include all costs, charges and expenses of materials, workmanship and labor.
The octagonal pyramid is to be well framed, and of stout heart pine timber. It is to be twenty six feet in diameter at the base thereof where it will rest on the top of the stone foundation, to which it is to be well secured by sixteen iron iron pins built therein and otherwise. The height of the wooden building from the bottom of the water table and from the surface of the earth, is to be forty feet to the top of the wooden work, under the floor of the lantern; where the diameter is to be fifteen feet. The foundation is to be caped with swivel stone at least eight inches wide, and sloped at top to turn off the water.
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 & complete covering of shingles, and well painted with three coats. The light house is to have two windows in the East, and two windows in the West. The fishes are to be hung with hinges, and each fish is to have eight panes of glass, eight by ten inches.
On the top of the wooden work of the pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of joints, bedded therein, planted 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 center, 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 fanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the pyramid, or to the tier of joints, or both. These fanchions are to be very strong and stout in the lower ten feet, and three and one-half inches by two and one-half inches above. The lantern is to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet in height. The whole space between the poles to be occupied by the fishes, which are to be moulded on the inside and truck folded. Each fish is to have twenty-eight large panes of glass; a part of the fish on the fourth-welt side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform. The iron rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel; thro' which the smoke may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head; capable of containing one hundred gallons. 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 thro' the floor and a close floor is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be 4 pair of stairs ascending to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical conductors or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with plank. 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.
Also a frame Dwelling House of one story and the roof, to be twenty six feet or thereabout in front, and twenty five feet deep, with a cellar, under it, if it shall be found practicable to dig it. The cellar walls to be eighteen inches thick, and seven feet high. The story of the House to be seven feet and one half in the clear. The roof to have a rectangular pitch. The floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The House is to contain a Kitchen of thirteen by sixteen feet, a sitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by sixteen feet, two small chambers of eight by fifteen feet joining the ends of the Kitchen and sitting room, with a passage to those two rooms between the bed rooms. The stack of chimneys is to be between the Kitchen and sitting room and is to have two plain fire places, one of them large for a kitchen; to which is to be joined an Oven. There is to be an outer door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. There are to be two windows in each of the large rooms, and one in each bed room.
Each fish to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten inches. Each window is to have a strong plain shutter, with fastenings and hinges. The doors are to be hung and furnished completely. The ceiling and inner 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 is to be finished in a plain and decent manner.
An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the cleared space, and covered with earth or sand, over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnished with a strong cedar Cistern with covers, each capable of containing two hundred Gallons. 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 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 workmanlike manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on security, will be made. April 17.
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Extract from the Critical Review, April 1791, p. 468.
It may be a tale of truth, for it is not unnatural, and it is a tale of real distress—Charlotte by the artifice of a teacher, recommended to a school from humanity rather than a conviction of her integrity of the regularity of her former conduct, is enticed from her governess, and accompanied by a young officer to America—The marriage ceremony, if not forgotten, is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the infidelity of her lover, and treachery of his friend.—The situations are artificial and affected—the descriptions natural and pathetic; we should feel for Charlotte if such a person ever existed, who for one error, scarcely, perhaps deserved so severe a punishment. If it is a fiction, poetic justice is not, we think, properly distributed.
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The authors have presumed to affix to their title the epithet Impartial ; and the reason is, because they cannot charge themselves with feeling the smallest bias to any party, but that of truth and liberty; and they flatter themselves, that their readers will find not only every circumstance fairly represented, but every censurable action, whoever were the authors or actors, marked in its proper color. It was necessary to make a declaration of their own principles, they would say, they are neither tory nor republican—they love liberty as Englishmen, and execrate every criminal act by which to noble a cause is endangered and disgraced.
In the present state of the public mind, they cannot flatter themselves with the hope of seeing this claim universally acknowledged. On the contrary, they are well assured that these pages will not be acceptable to the zealots of either party. But when time shall dissipate the clouds of political deception, they will with some confidence expect that verdict from public opinion, which candor and moderation seldom fail to receive.
EXTRACT FROM THE CRITICAL REVIEW, JANUARY, 1794—page 12.
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To the present edition is added a very copious index, containing letters from sundry American prisoners in Algiers to their friends in the United States—advice of the vessels taken—and many very interesting articles not in the first edition.
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UNITED STATES.
PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
trials of Criminal Causes in the Circuit
Court of the United States for the Penn-
sylvania District, will commence on Mon-
day, the 4th day of May next, at the City
Hall in Philadelphia: when and where all
persons bound by recognizance or other-
wise to appear, are required to attend.
By order of the Honorable William
Pateron, Esq. one of the associate
Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and the Honorable
Richard Peters, Esq. district judge
of the United States for the Penn-
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March 12 mw&ft4M
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 38,000 are
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 10,000 25,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000
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1 Cash prize of 10,000 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 1 15,000
16,739 Prizes 400,000
33,681 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 off. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which 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 twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. The synopsis of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and will be speedily published, together with its constitution.
A complete PLAN of the whole of this Important Institution, compiled from a selection of the best materials, ancient and modern, will be submitted to the public whenever the same may have gone through such revisions as may be necessary to establish the perfect confidence and general approbation, so essential to its present rise and future existence for the general good of America.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the short suspension indispensable.
February 24, 1795.
SAMUEL BLODGET.
** Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James W. & Co. Baltimore; of Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry.
Aug. 30. codt
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BY
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