Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-06-07 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1169.]
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1796.
[VOLUME IX.]
FOR SALE, The CARGO of Brig Fly, captain H. Ober, arrived this day, from Jeremie, 143 Hhds. } Prime Green Coffee, } 270,000 wt. 1267 Bags } 500 Bags COCOA, } 64,000 wt. 6 Bales COTTON. The Cargo has been put on board with an intention to proceed to Europe, and is reported at Custom House for that purpose. The quality is prime. Samples can be seen.
The Fly
Is an almost new vessel, and will be sold with or without the cargo. Can proceed immediately.
A liberal Credit will be given. Apply to Peter Blight. May 28
For Sale or Charter, THE SNOW BOSTON, BURTHEN about 2000 Bhs. of flour—she may be sent to sea at a small expence, her sails and rigging being in very good order—apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April, 29.
FOR HAMBURGH, The Danish Brigantine Den Nye Prøve, PETER HANSEN, Master; A fine Rout vessel. Will be ready to take in her cargo on the first of May. For freight or passage apply to Ross & Simon. April 25.
For KINGSTON, (Jam.) The COPPER-BOTTOMED BRIG LAVINIA, JOHN CHARNOCK, Master. SHE will sail in eight days—For freight or passage apply to the master on board, at Cuthbert's wharf, or to PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. June 4.
FOR SALE, the BRIG NEPTUNE, AND appurtenances as she came from sea burthen one hundred and twelve tons. Lying at Jesse and Robert Waln's wharf—For terms apply to EDWARD STOW, JUN. No. 4, South Water-street. Philadelphia, June 2.
For Madeira, The Ship FOUR FRIENDS. Will sail in ten or twelve days; having the greatest part of her cargo engaged. For Freight or Passage apply to JESSE & ROBERT WALN. June 2.
On Wednesday, the 8th instant, AT 8 o'clock in the evening, at the City Tavern, will be sold by Auction, for approved indorsed Notes, a 60, 90, and 120 days, The Ship JOHN, With all her materials, &c. As she came from sea. Laying at Latimer's wharf, a burthen per register 316 3/5 tons, about 19 months old, built at Portsmouth, New England, is well found, and fit to receive a cargo, having been grained at Liverpool. Inventory to be seen at the City Tavern. FOOTMAN & Co. Auctioneers. June 6.
For Sale by Public Auction, At the Coffee House, in Second Street. On Saturday evening next, the 11th inst. at 8 o'clock, The Copper-bottomed ship Lady Louisa, WITH her tackle, apparel and furniture, as per inventory to be seen at Parker & Wharton's counting-house, No. 109, S. Water Street. Footman & Co. Auctioneers. June 6.
New HAT and HOSIERY STORE, WHOLESALE and RETAIL, By WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, No. 134 Market-street, 3d door from the corner of Fourth, South side. MEN'S Black American and English Hairs, of various qualities and prices Ditto Drabs and Greenuns. Ladies' ditto, black and a large assortment of fancy-ditto Colored Beavers With a great variety of elegant and fashionable trimmings, &c. Youth's black and drab co. N. B. The Hats finished in the newest fashion. May 7.
The Partnership of George Kennard & Co. Of Duck Creek, being this day dissolved by mutual consent, those having claims against said partnership are requested to call on the subscriber, and such as are indebted, will please make payment to GEORGE KENNARD. May 17, 1796. (23$im)
Taken up, Yesterday, trespassing, six Milch Cows. Whoever has lost said Cows, may have them again, with paying damages, by applying at the sign of the Drover, up South Street. June 3.
Country Seat for sale. An elegant House, and highly cultivated Farm, on the eastern bank of Hudson's river, bounded on the north by Verplanck's Point, and distant forty-five miles from New York; the farm consists of 295 acres, and is one of the most picturesque and beautiful situations on the Continent; commanding an extensive and varied prospect; the soil is rich, chiefly laid down in English grass, and is under excellent fence. The house is a handsome two story double building, in the most modern style, finished with many taste, and possesses every requisite for the accommodation of a genteel family; there are also on the premises a new overseer's house, a new barn, extensive stables, cow-shed, cyder-house, smoke-house, poultry house, &c. There are abundance of fruit trees comprehending all the choicest kinds which could be procured from the nurseries about town, now in full bearing, and a well stocked kitchen garden. A slop goes twice a week to the city, from a landing convenient to the farm, and the Albany post road forms the eastern boundary. The house, &c. are kept in neat order. For the reception of the purchaser on the shortest notice, who might also be accommodated with about 120 acres adjoining the farm on the south, the greatest part of which stretches along the river, which abounds with oysters and a variety of fish. Should he be averse to farming, there are many respectable neighbours who would work it on advantageous terms. Apply to GEORGE & HUGH POLLOCK, Governor's Lane, New York, or to JOSEPH ANTHONY & CO. Philadelphia. May 27
Just Arrived, In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Liverpool, 5000 Bushels SALT; 100 Crates QUEENS WARE; and An Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY; FOR SALE On board, at Pine-street wharf—Apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29.
Landing, At Russell's wharf, the CARGO of the Ship Lady Louisa, James Cooper, master, from China, and the Cape of Good Hope, CONSISTING OF SUGAR, in Casks and Bags; WINES, in Butts and half Butts of superior quality; A small quantity of BRANDY; And a few Red HANDKERCHIEFS. FOR SALE BY Parker & Wharton, No. 109, South Water-street. April 26.
TO BE SOLD, A Three-story brick House, No. 80, N. Second street. The lot is about 21 feet front, and 288 feet deep, to Bread-street, or Moravian Alley. It has long been one of the best stands for business. 2d. A frame Dwelling-House, No. 260, South Front-street, with a Bake-House, the Lot is about 17 feet front, by 130 feet in depth. 3d. A handsome Lot of 25 feet by 200 feet deep, extending from Third street to George-street; it is the 3d Lot below South-street: on George-street there is a two story brick tenement, a frame ditto adjoining, with a good bake oven. Likewise a LARGE MEADOW FARM, situate on the River Delaware, at a convenient distance from Philadelphia Market—the Meadow is of the best quality, and in good bank. There are commodious buildings, with a good proportion of arable and woodland, and Cedar Swamp. For terms apply to JOHN LITTLE, No. 40 North Sixth-street. March 27th, 1796.
A Genteel family wish to rent a COUNTY SEAT, in an agreeable situation, within a few miles of Philadelphia. If furnished, it would be more agreeable. Apply personally or by letter to Mr. Taylor, at Dr. Yeatman's, No. 225, South Second street, corner of Second street. June 6.
Just Imported, In the Ship Ganges, from Calcutta and Madras, and for sale by SAMUEL & MIERS FISHER, Twenty-two packages of Goods; CONTAINING, GUERRAHS Tickerys Punjem Cloths Hurrul Humbums Bafacs Rofferah Coffas Bahar Handkerchiefs Guzzimahs Taffaties Pullicat Silk Handkerchiefs Patna Chintz coarse and fine Peniascoos, &c. &c. &c. 6 mo : 6. $1002w
GEORGE DOBSON, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to No. 25, South Third-street, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned articles—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymere, Yorkshire second Do. Do. Elastic do. do. Mix'd and Blue Coatings Flannel &c. Manchester Printed Calicoes, London Chintz ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, Coffas, Bafas, Battillas & Conjevrems, 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Mullins, 4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 & 6-4 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Mullins, 4-4 & 6-4 British Jacomes, 6-4 British Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. 4-4 ditto Chillies, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c. A large assortment of figured and plain Mullines, Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankeens, Fancy Waistcoats, Ginghams of the first Quality, subject to Drawback, India Nankeens, Men's White and coloured Silk flockings. May 9
TO BE LET. A LARGE Commodious dwelling House, No. 124, Spruce street, with a convenient stable and Coach House—Also for sale a Chariot but little the worse for use June 2. costw June 4. e04
For Sale, A Three story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut Street, between Front and Second Streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now do) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH H. April 21.
Notice is hereby Given, THAT in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "an Act to enable the Governor of this Commonwealth, to incorporate a Company for making an artificial Road from an intersection of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road near the Gap Tavern, in Lancaster county, to Newport and Wilmington in the State of Delaware;" the commissioners in said act appointed will procure five books and attend at the respective places directed therein to receive subscriptions for Stock in the company, viz. One book will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the Borough of Lancaster, one at Stradburgh, in the county of Lancaster, one in the Borough of Wilmington, and one at the house of Samuel Cochran in the county of Chester. The Subscribers, agreeably to their appointment in and by said act, will attend at the City Tavern in Philadelphia, with one of said Books, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, until 4 in the afternoon, and for the two days following, if necessary, for the purpose aforesaid; on the first of the said days, any person of the age of 21 years shall be at liberty to subscribe in his own or any other name or names by whom he shall be authorised for one share, on the second day for one or two shares, and on the third day for one, two, or three shares, and in any succeeding day, (if the said books shall continue longer open) for any number of shares in the said Stock. Every person previously to subscribing in said books must pay to the attending commissioners twenty five dollars for every share to be subscribed. GEORGE LATIMER, ROBERT WALLN, NATHL. LEWIS, ABIJAH DAWES. Philadelphia, May 7. $Jun. 7.
Landing, At the Subscribers' wharf, from on board the ship Aurora, capt. Suter, 150 Hhds Prime Jamaica Sugars, For sale by Willings and Francis, May 17.
John Miller, jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut-street, Have imported in the late vessel from Europe, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF SPRING GOODS, Amongst which are Striped and clouded NANKENS, Dimities and Mullines. HATS, Neatly assorted in packages, IRISH LINENS, ditto, All which they will sell on the most reasonable terms, for Cash or the usual credit. May 11.
Table Cloths, &c. MAURICE MOYNIHAN, No. 81, North Second, a few doors above Arch St. INFORMS his Friends and the Public, that he has for sale on reasonable terms, Damask Table Cloths, of different sizes, with Napkins to match the figure of the cloth, Diapers, Irish Linens, Sarjents, Sheetings, Persians, Checks, English patent Silk Hose, Coarse Mullins, &c. &c. Also, an assortment of China, Glass, and Queen's Ware: Amongst which are Blue & enamelled Breakfast Cups & Saucers, China Jars and Bickers, Decanters, &c. Do. Gallon Wine Glasses, &c. Half-Gallon Crates will be put up at the Quart Shortest notice, and the usual Pint & credit given. Half-Pint May 25.
Advertisement. WE the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by law to take subscriptions for the Gap, Newport, and Wilmington Turnpike Road, do hereby give notice, that we will attend for that purpose at the house of Samuel Cochran, on the 6th day of June next. JOSHUA PUSEY, JOHN M'DOWELL, JAMES BOYD, JACOB LINDLEY, Chester County, 25th April, 1796. [May 7. $im]
Just IMPORTED in the Ship GANGES, From CALCUTTA, and for SALE at No. 149, South Front Street, A few Packages of the following GOODS, viz. PUNJEM Cloths, Hurrul Humbums, Guerrahs, Guzzimahs, Barkar Handkerchiefs, Tickerys, Habbad Bafacs, Rofas Coffas, Punjem Chintz, Taffaties, Bandannoes, Choppa Romals, Pulicat Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. June 4. *e04
Teneriffe Wine. TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes, hogheads, and quarter casks, and 170 Filtering Stones, just arrived per the Schooner Polly & Sally from Teneriffe, and for Sale by John Craig, No. 12 Dock street. WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, Best Soft-shell'd ALMONDS, RAISINS in Prails. SHERRY WINE, in Quarter Casks, Irish CANVAS, Bristol and Irish WINDOW GLASS. May 30.
Yazoo Lands. May be had at the Editor's Office 119, Chestnut-street. A few Copies of "a Report of the Attorney General to Congress;" containing a Collection of CHARTERS, TREATIES and other DOCUMENTS, relative to and explanatory of the Title to the Land situate in the South Western parts of the United States, and claimed by certain Companies under a law of the State of Georgia, passed January 7th, 1795.
RECEIVED, By the Brig Welcome Return, from Savannah, 27 Bales COTTON. By the Schooner Abigail, from Charleston, 100 Casks PRIME RICE. And by the Schooner John, from Boston, SEWING-SILKS, various colours, GUERRAHS, COSSAHS, and India Bandannoe Handkefs. For Sale by N. & J. Frazier, No. 93, South Front-street. Who have also on hand, and for Sale, Prime Boston BEEF, in barrels, Sherry and } WINE, Teneriffe } Carolina INDIGO, &c. &c. May 31. mw&fm
Just imported, And for SALE, SUGAR and COFFEE, in hogheads NEW RICE, in whole and half tiers QUEEN'S WARE, in hogheads WHITE-LEAD, (dry) in casks COPPER, in sheets American } Castile and White Soap Mould and Dipt Candles and BOSTON BEEF of the first quality. Isaac Harvey, jun. [6 mo. 5: $3w] No. 5 South Water Street.
ROBBERY. STOLEN, on the night of the 27th inst. from a desk, in the Store of the Subscribers, No. 81 Front street, supposed to be broken open about 12 o'clock at night, the following Notes, &c. which the Public are cautioned against negotiating; as they can be of no use to any person but the subscribers. Payment of the Notes and Custom-house Debentures, which are drawn in favor of the subscribers, and not endorsed, is stopped. Forth, of a bill, drawn at Kingston, April 23, by Wm. Bercey, in favor of George Forth & Co. at 60 days, on D. C. Brauer, and accepted 23d May, for 63 pounds Quebec currency, and endorsed to and by A. Macomb. Nicholas Brower's note, payable May 1, dols. 500 Richard Williamson's ditto 978.25 Joseph Thompson's do. 195.27 The following Custom-house Debentures, viz. Debenture No. 925 due June 15, 147.08 926 July 25, 553.30 927 August 20, 687.96 928 September 30, 499.69 929 December 14, 233.93 Dollars 3785.53 The following 3ds and 4ths of Exchange, viz. 3d and 4th of a bill at 90 days, drawn by Scitton, Maitland & Co. on John Locke, London, in favor of ourselves, for £ 856 8 6 3d of a bill at 60 days, drawn by Isaac Clifton & Co. on Bird, Savage and Bird, London, in favor of Phyn, Ellis and Inglis, 3308 16 6 3d of a bill at 60 days, drawn by S. Codman, of Boston, on John & Francis Baring & Co. to the order of Plain, Ellice & Inglis 1000 3d of a bill drawn by Robert Kennedy, on Coult & Co. at 40 days, our own favour 1000 £ 6165 41 Besides the above number of papers, affixed to any but the owners, a quantity of money, amounting to about 150 dollars, was taken at the same time. N. B. If the person or persons who carried off the above, will enclose them to Plister & Macomb, New York, no farther notice will be taken of the transaction. New-York, May 28. PEFISTER & MACOMB. June 1 $2w
John Miller, jun & Co. No. 8 Chestnut Street, Have received by the Ship BIRMINGHAM PACKET, From Calcutta, 160 Bales of Bengal Goods, 10,000 Pieces Nankeens, Of a Superior Quality. 350 Bags of SUGAR, Which they will sell on advantageous terms May 10.
For Sale, THE time of a French Mulatto Boy, who has about Twelve years to serve; he speaks pretty good English, and is a good waiter. Enquire of the Printer. June 1. dtrw.
CHINA GOODS. THE Ship ATLANTIC, Siler Swaine, Commander, from Canton, will commence the discharge of her cargo to-morrow morning at Walnut-street wharf Consisting of Yellow and white Nankeens of excellent quality Persian Taffeties, black and coloured Lufrings, do. do. Sattins black of various qualities Sewing silks in assorted colours Vermillion in boxes Cassia in chests Quick-silver in jars BOHEA, SOUCHONG, HYSON SKIN, YOUNG HYSON, BEST HYSON, IMPERIAL, CHINA WARE, ornamental, with Table and Tea Sets generally assorted. WHITE SUGARS, and a quantity of First quality Bengal SALT PETRE. For Sale by Philip Nicklin & Co. April 8. tab&fo

From Peter Porcupine's Political Censor; Or, Monthly Review, for May.
The Christian Religion teaches men to forego their private interests for the sake of doing good, it is not therefore surprising, that deists and atheists should forego their private interests for the sake of doing mischief. Things opposite in their nature must be expected to be opposite in their effects.
The Editor of the Aurora of Philadelphia, (Mr. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BACHE) has advertised for sale a second part of Paine's Age of Reason at a low price. It is said he has received fifteen thousand copies of this from Paris, and it is very certain that he sells them at a price which will hardly pay the cost of printing. When I went to school, I remember we had for a copy: "Zeal in a good cause deserves applause." If this old maxim be a true one, I would ask what zeal in a bad cause deserves.
A person to whom the parties were well known, has assured me, that poor Paine imbibed his first principles of deism from Doctor Franklin; if so, it is possible that the Editor of the Aurora may look upon the distribution of The Age of Reason as a means of propagating his Grandfather's principles, and so far some persons will defend it, as an act of filial piety, or rather filial gratitude; for as to piety, I think we may venture to leave it out of the question.
This grateful young man should, however, recollect that a vendor of poison will not be excused merely because the compound was kneaded up, or the receipt for it given, by his ancestor. Deism cannot be well said to run in the blood, or I should really be afraid, that the descendant of the illustrious old deist was contaminated. Charity bids me to hope the contrary, and to ascribe the excess of his zeal to the amiable motive abovementioned.
It is going too far, perhaps, to say that any loss on these blasphemous pamphlets is to fall on Mr. Bache. The French Republic has ever shown a sincere desire of regenerating us, and as the funds us oblige in politics, she may be willing to try her hand in another way. The papers have told us lately, that Mad Tom takes up his lodgings at the house of the American Ambassador ; if this second part of The Age of Reason should have come to us under his auspices, it is a fact of a curious nature indeed.
As to the work itself, it cannot be better described than by saying that it is as stupid and despicable as its author. The wretch has all his life been employed in leading fools astray from their duty, and, as nothing is more easy, he has often succeeded. His religion is exactly of a piece with his politics; one inculcates the right of revolting against government, and the other that of revolting against God. Having succeeded against the Lord's anointed, (I mean his and our ex-devant friend the most Christian king) he turned his impious arms against the Lord himself. This process is perfectly natural, as has been exemplified in the conduct of others as well as that of Tom Paine.
How Tom came to think of exercising his clumsy battered pen upon the Christian Religion is what has excited a good deal of curiosity, without ever being well accounted for in this country; notwithstanding, the circumstances under which a man writes ought to be attended to in forming a judgment of his opinions, particularly if those opinions are new and extraordinary. For this reason, I shall endeavor to trace this raggamuffin deist from America to his Paris dungeon, and to account for his having laid down the dagger of insurrection in order to take up the chalice of irreligion.
Thomas, after having retailed out a good deal of very Common Sense, commonly called Non-sense, found himself rather richer than when he began. This gave him a smack for revolutions; but finding himself sinking fast into his native mud, and pretty universally despised and neglected by the people of this country; finding, in short, that the Americans were returning to order, and feeling that his element was confusion, he crossed the Atlantic to bask in the rays of the French revolution.
The Propagande at Paris, that is, the society instituted for the propagation of the vile and detestable principles of the Rights of Man, as laid down in the famous French Constitution, fixed their Jacobinical eyes on Tom, as an excellent missionary for Great Britain and Ireland. Off goes Tom with his Rights of Man, which he had the abominable impudence to dedicate to George Washington. The English Jacobins flared at him at first: he went a step further than they had ever dreamed of—his doctrines, however, grew familiar to their ears; they took him under their wing, and he made sure of another revolution. This security was his misfortune, and had nearly cost him a voyage to the South Sea.
From the thief catchers in England Tom fled, and took his seat among the thieves of Paris. After having distinguished himself in executing the Constitution he had written in defence of, he, and two or three others, set to work and made a new one; quite brand new, without a single ounce of old stuff. This covered Tom with glory soon after, when it was unanimously accepted by the rich, free, generous and humane French nation.
This may be looked upon as the happiest part of Tom's life. He had enjoyed partial revolts before, had seen doors and windows broken in, and had probably partaken of the pillage of some aristocratic stores and dwelling houses; but, to live in a continual state of insurrection, "sacred, holy, organized insurrection;" to sit seven days in the
* In his second part of the Rights of Man, he says he has a place in the State of Delaware.—Whether this be a lie or not I cannot tell; but, if it is true, it was certainly the product of the revolution; for every one knows he had nothing before. This was encouragement for him to try his talents in other countries. A confiscated castle in France, or some Abbey where he might join sacrilege to robbery, was a sufficient temptation to lead him across the ocean.
† The Second part was dedicated to La Fayette to which nobody had any kind of objection.
week issuing decrees for plunder, proscription and massacre, was a luxurious life indeed! It was, however, a short life and a merry one: it lasted but five months. The tender-hearted philanthropic murderer, Brissot, and his faction, fell from the pinnacle of their glory: poor Tom's wares got out of vogue and his carcass got into a dungeon.
This was a decaſul reversion for old Common Sense. To be hurled, all in a moment, from the top of the mountain of the Grande Convention Nationale down to the very bottom of a stinking dungeon, was enough to give a shock to his poor unsteady brain. But this was not all; he well knew that the national razor was at work, and had every reason to suppose that his days were numbered. He laid extended on the dirt like a sheep or a calf in a slaughter house, expecting every moment that the butcher would come for him.
How Thomas came to escape is something that will probably remain a mystery. It was said, that Danton (the new chief tyrant) spared his life, at the request of certain Americans; but this is improbable, not that some Americans might not be found silly enough to petition for it, but because, when his enlargement was afterwards demanded upon the score of his being an American, the ruling tyrants answered, that he was a sacred Anglaise, a damned Englishman. The fact is, I believe, Danton and his party despised Tom too much to run any risk of obliging their friends in Great Britain and America by taking away his worthless life. Be the motive what it might, he was kept in his cage, and there he wrote the first part of his Age of Reason .
Now to the motive that led him to the composition of this blasphemous work; which was no other than that of saving his ugly uncombed head from the guillotine.
The reader will recollect, that it was under the reign of Danton that the Christian Religion was abolished by a decree. A few days before Tom's imprisonment the famous festival of Reason was held. A common strumpet was dressed up as the Goddess Reason, seated on a throne of turf, and, while incense was burnt before her altar at some little distance, the idolatrous populace, with the Convention at their head, prostrated themselves before her. Not many days before this, the constitutional Bishop of Paris, with his vicars and three rectors, came to the Convention and abdicated their religion, declaring themselves to have been cheats, and that in future they would profess no other worship than that of Reason. In short, Danton, and Robespierre (then second in command) were incessantly occupied in extirpating the small remains of Christianity from the minds of the poor brutified and enslaved French. It was a necessary preparation to the bloody work they intended they should execute.
Citizen Common Sense knew this, and therefore it was not wonderful that he should attempt to soften his lot, and prolong, perhaps, his miserable days, by something from his pen, calculated at once to flatter their vanity and further their execrable views. Thomas had long railed against the baseness of courtiers, but when the moment of trial came he was found as base as the basest. The high-minded republican Paine, who had set Lords and Kings at defiance, was obliged to bend the knee before a vile low-bred French pettifogger. He descended to make use of the very phrases that the new tyrants had introduced. The Goddess was called Reason, the church which was profaned by her worship was called the Temple of Reason, and the inscription on the banners carried at the festival was "The Age of Reason" ( Le siecle de la Raison ) the very title of Tom's book. Base adulation! adulation not to be excused even by the situation in which he was. The old French clergy, with the dagger at their breaks, scorned to purchase life at such a price.
I would by no means be understood as believing that Paine's book was a defection of his principles; for, as I before observed, he had been corrupted years before. It is the disgraceful motive for publishing his creed that I am exposing. That it was done to make his court to the tyrants of the day cannot be doubted; for, in all his former works, if he has occasion to speak of the Christian religion, he does it in decent if not respectful language. In his Rights of Man , for instance, he extols toleration, and observes, that all religions are good; but as soon as he got into his new fashioned study, a dungeon, he discovered that they were all bad, or at least the Christian Religion, and it was of the diverse denominations of that religion that he before pretended to speak. When he said, that all religions were good, he was an abominable hypocrite, or he is one now, when he tells us that the Christian Religion is a very bad one. Either he disguised his sentiments to deceive the English, or he has since done so to deceive Danton and Robespierre. Tom knows the value of a character for consistency too well to run the risk of losing it unless upon a pressing emergency; but, the guillotine was yet red with the blood of his comrades, and he well knew that there was but this one way of keeping his own corrupted streams within his veins.
It will be said, by Tom's delistical friends, that the Second Part of the Age of Reason was written after his release, and at a time when he was in no danger. Very true; but the die was cast; the First Part was out, and there was no recalling it. He had openly attacked both heaven and earth; he could do no more. One essay at blasphemy was as good as a thousand for establishing his new pretensions to infamy; but Thomas had now something else to attend to besides his reputation; I mean his belly. The usual means of subsistence had failed: he was no longer a great Representative of a great and free people. The handful of assignats received daily were gone to some more staunch patriot, and the old Rights of Man was left to dine where he could. As to political drugs Thomas's were grown out of vogue in France as much as they now are in this country. His constitution was declared to be the most stupid performance that ever issued from a sick brain, and its author
* She was guillotined soon after.
† The constitutional clergy means the new clergy, the clergy of the revolution, the apostates.
fell into discredit as rapidly as he had risen to fame. Among thousands of others, he experienced the sudden change in the opinions of the volatile Parisians—from being a sort of demi-god he was become the most degraded thing in nature, a poor, half starved, despised pretender to renown. Besides, the constitution that was now coming into play, with a council of youngers and a council of elders and five kings, elected by people of some property, or, at least, some qualification, was what Tom never could defend with his right of universal suffrage and continual insurrection, and, for once, he had the prudence to hold his tongue.
Tom's fate in France was nearly what it had been in America; when it was no longer necessary to employ him he sunk into neglect. Happy if he could have ceased eating when his insurrection talents became useless; but as he could not, he must continue to write, and as he was in a country where he could revile none but the almighty, the almighty he reviled. The present of poison he has sent to his "fellow-citizens" of America, is not therefore, so much the work of choice as of necessity. The Second Part of the Age of Reason he wrote for a living and the First Part he wrote for his life.
Those who prefer a few years of life to every thing else, may possibly find an excuse for this degraded man: it is impossible for any of us to say how we should act at the foot of the guillotine. But, what shall be said to those, who, pressed by neither danger nor want, make uncommon exertions to spread his infamous performance among the ignorant part of their countrymen, and thereby sow in their minds the seeds of vice, iniquity, and despair? Again, deists may find some apology for doing this; but who will dare to become the apologist of those bookellers, who, professors of the Christian faith, throw out this bait of blasphemy to catch unwary corners, and, smiling at their simplicity, pocket the dirty pence. Such men, (and they are but too numerous) are like the Hollander on the coast of Japan, who, to outstrip others in trade with the natives, tramples on the cross of his Saviour.
Infurrection, revolution, constitution, a knowledge in all these seems to be a necessary qualification in a professor of the Rights of Man. Tom Paine understood the first perfectly well, he had a smattering of the second, but as to the third he was and, if alive is, totally ignorant.
Philadelphia, June 7.
MARRIED.—Last Evening by the right Rev. Bishop WHITE, MR. WALTER W. HYER, Printer of this city, to Miss MARGARET STUBER daughter of the late Dr. STUBER, of Lancaster.
It appears that the Portuguese Indian man, mentioned in our paper of the 4th inst. to have been captured by the French frigate Cybele, was not taken by that ship, but by the Convention of 44 guns.
The Letter-Bag of the Danish brigantine New Nye Prove, capt. Hansen, for Hamburg, will be taken from the Post-Office to-morrow evening, at 6 o'clock.
Capt. Newhall who left Cadiz the 4th April, informs that admiral Richery's squadron was then in that harbor.
A Whale, lately carried into Nantucket, made 35 barrels of head, and 50 of body oil, and sold for 2689 dollars.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, June 6.
From Geneva we learn that M. Salicetti has arrived there, and uses all his efforts to defeat the projects of the Coalition.
The Austrian and English ministers have declared to the government of Genoa, that any aids afforded to the French will be considered as acts of hostility.
An article from Vienna mentions, that the intrigue which has deprived Clairfait of the command of the Imperial troops, is ascribed to gen. Maelck.
Arrived at this Port. Ship Sampson, Sword, India. Brig Orange, Walfh, Dublin. Prince Edward, Falkeston, Halifax.
POLITICAL NEWS. Translated for the Argus , from Parker's Journal , from April 7, to 10, inclusive.
PARIS, April 3.
The Executive Directory has resolved as follows: 1. All turbulent and noisy theatres shall be shut. 2. Only plays or songs which have been announced by handbills, shall be represented or sung. 3. The theatre of Feydeau Street is allowed to open again. 4. The seats fixed on the place lately rented out by citizen Cardinaux to the Pantheon Society, shall be broken, and citizen Cardinaux is ordered not to let that place to any society whose object is political discussions, until further orders. (Signed) LETOURNEUR, President. In consequence of this resolution, the theatre of Feydeau Street opened again yesterday.
The conqueror of Holland, the vanquisher of the greatest Generals of Europe, the illustrious Pichegru, occupies a very modest apartment in Paris, Vanban's Hotel, Law-street. He is a General no more; no function has been appointed for him. He appears in public without uniform, without apparatus, without ostentation. He shows no regrets, nor does he complain against any body; he wishes for peace; he confesses the necessity of it. He wishes that his courage and genius be no more necessary at the head of our armies; he speaks of his rivals but in praise, and is much reserved with respect to those who may have wronged him. He wishes for nothing but rest after so much glory. Deeming himself happy in enjoying the gratitude of the good citizens, and the admiration of Europe, and even of those he has vanquished, he disdains the calumnies with which jacobins and their gazettes honour him almost every day.
He shares their hatred with General Hoche, who answers their attacks by taking Charette, and putting thus an end to the horrid Vendean war. They cannot forgive Hoche having shut up their clubs at Nantes, any more than Pichegru having vanquished on the 12th Germinal, the terrorists who were willing to save Billaud, Collot, and Barrere.
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
Sitting of the 13th Germinal.
The discussion is opened on Duchatel's project of re-establishing the national lottery.
Audouin claimed the introductory question; his chief argument was the immorality of that measure, which would prove the utter ruin of several families.
Philip Delville observed, that at the epocha of the States General, the representatives of all the provinces unanimously agreed in requesting the suppression of lotteries. He claimed also the introductory question.
Fermont required that the commissioner should be informed of a more simple mean which could attain the same end, he did not know of any which attacked properties in so a direct manner.
The discussion closed, and the first trial was dubious.
At the second, the council declared that there was sufficient cause to deliberate, and adjourned the project for three days.
Letters from Vienna state, that Clairfayt is to repair to Peteribourg, in consequence of an invitation from the Empress. It is believed that the object of the voyage is relative to a war which Russia seems to mediate against the Turks, as being the creation of the threefold alliance.
The Marquis Del Campo, the Spanish Ambassador, was at the opera on Decadi last. He was loaded with Spanish decorations. The public has, in a very lively manner, applauded the Ambassador of an allied nation. Some terrorists have been so daring as to murmur; but they have not been countenanced, and were obliged to keep their peace.
COLOGNE, March 22.
We are informed from Vezel, that we must not doubt any more of a Prussian army composed of 35,000 men marching towards Westphalia, under the apparent pretext, to protect against the belligerent powers, the line of neutrality, violated in the last campaign by the French in the passage of the Rhine, and afterwards by General Clairfayt. It has been remarked, that for some time past, the gazettes which are printed with the approbation of the Prussian government, have entirely altered their language; they say, that, should the Directory mistake so far the interest of France, as to refuse peace as proposed by the court of Berlin, the principal conditions of which is a reciprocal restitution of all conquests, then measures shall be entered into, which it is not time yet to discover, that the threatening language is tolerated, and even approved by the Prussian court, since ministerial papers profess it, which they would not dare to do, were they not tacitly approved.
BALTIMORE, June 4.
Arrived yesterday, the ship Carlisle , Porter, in 8 weeks from Liverpool.
April 16, in lat. 49, 28, was boarded by a privateer brig, of 12 guns; which detained them about two hours, put on board three English prisoners, and dismissed them.
18, lat. 46, 10, was boarded by an English ship of 44 guns, from St. Domingo, bound to Portsmouth, which took on board the three men left with them by the French privateer.
The latter ship used capt. Porter with some incivility. She sent on board of him two officers, to demand the Carlisle's papers.
It was not without difficulty that he got them back. The Frenchmen affirmed that they were false. He was then obliged to go on board the privateer, the captain of which filed a boat with English prisoners, and insisted on captain Porter taking them along with him. He demanded a suitable supply of provisions, having not enough to spare for so many men. At last he was forced to take the three above mentioned.
May 17th, lat. 38, 51, spoke the brig Freedom of Boston, out 13 days bound to Falmouth. In the night spoke a ship from Baltimore. Blowing hard could not learn her name, or destination. May 37, spoke a sloop from Charleston bound to New-London.
On Monday last, in the Chesapeake, capt. Porter met with a very heavy squall, which carried away his fore and mizen top masts.
NORFOLK, May 30.
Yesterday arrived in Hampton roads bound to Richmond, the schooner Violet , capt. Downing Lee, 21 days from the Bay of Honduras. Came passengers Mr. Jeremiah Barton and Mr. Thomas Rymington. By this vessel we have intelligence of the following American vessels which have loaded at that settlement since the ratification of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
Ship Gen. Lincoln, Lawrence, from and to New-York.
Brig Flora, Williams, from and to do.
Schooner Hampton, Hodge, do. do.
Sloop Hiram, McDonald, do. do.
Brig Elizabeth, Howlet, from Philadelphia.
Schooner Violet, Lee, from Norfolk to Richmond.
Ship Speedwell, Tatem, from and to Charleston.
Schooner Nancy, Birch, do. do.
The Violet left at Honduras the snow Aurora , capt. Brown of Charleston; and on the 6th of May spoke a brig belonging to Washington, N.C. from Jamaica, going into the bay, then under Tynes, with a fair wind.
FREDERICKSBURG June 3.
Reynolds and Goosey, the two persons who were apprehended last fall, upon suspicion of having robbed the public mail, were tried last week, at Richmond, before the District Court of the United States, and acquitted.
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Landing this day. From the Sloop Industry, Capt. Wharton,  22 Puncheons Barbados Rum, For sale by  Kearney Wharton.
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Mr. Warrell, Warrell, jun. & Miss Warrell's Night.
New Theatre.
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 8,
Will be performed, the Tragedy of
ROMEO & JULIET.
 Romeo, Mr. Moreton.  Paris, Mr. Darley, jun.  Montague, Mr. Warrell.  Capulet, Mr. Morris.  Mercutio, Mr. Chalmers.  Benvolio, Mr. Green.  Tibalt, Mr. Beete.  Friar Laurence, Mr. Whitlock.  Balthazar, Mr. Warrell, jun.  Apothecary, Mr. Francis.  Peter, Mr. Blissett.  Page, Master Warrell.  Juliet, Mrs. Marshall.  Lady Capulet, Mrs. Solomon.  Nurse, Mrs. Rowson. 
In act I. A MASQUERADE, with a Dance by the Characters.
In act V. A FUNERAL PROCESSION and solemn Dirge.—The Vocal Parts by Messrs. Marshall, Darley, Warrell, Rowson, Francis, Robbins, J. Warrell, T. Warrell, Mitchell, and Solomon.—Mrs. Oldmixon, Mrs. Warrell, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Gillingham, Mrs. De Marque, Miss Willems and Miss Milbourne.
End of the Play, Mr. Bates will sing the favorite comic song of  The Little Farthing Rush-Light.
After which,  A HORNPIPE—By Mr. Warrell, jun. To which will be added, (not performed this season) a favorite comedy in two acts, called
The LIAR.
 Old Wilding, Mr. Whitlock.  Young Wilding, Mr. Chalmers.  Sir James Elliot, Mr. Green.  Papilion, Mr. Marshall.  Waiter, Mr. Blissett.  Servant, Master Warrell.  Mrs. Grantham, Mrs. Francis.  Miss Godfrey, Mrs. Harvey.  Kitty, Mrs. Rowson. 
Between the 1st & 2d acts of the Farce, (by desire) The favorite air of
'The Trump of Fame', by Mrs. Warrell.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Warrell and Sons, 89 3d street, fourth, and at the usual places.
On Friday, Shakespeare's comedy of The Merchant of Venice, with the Pantomime of The Valiant Officer; or, The Rescue of Columbine, with other Entertainments, for the benefit of Mons. Lege and Sig. Jof. Doctor.
Mrs. and Miss Solomon's night will be on Monday, BOX, One Dollar—PIT, Three-Quarters of a Dollar—and GALLERY, Half a Dollar.
Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. WILLS, at the Front of the Theatre.
No money or tickets to be returned; nor any person, on any account whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them as soon as the company is seated, to withdraw as they can not, on any account, be permitted to remain.
VIVAT REPUBBLICA.
On Friday, the 10th instant,
At 10 o'clock,
AT No. 172, in Spruce, between 3d and 4th streets, opposite to Mr. Bingham's garden,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
 almost new—consisting of  Excellent Beds, bedding and blankets  Chinz bed and window curtains  Counterpanes, new carpeting  A quantity of table linen  Mahogany dining tables, card and Pembroke tables  Looking glasses, china and glass  A Piano Forte; and all kinds of kitchen furniture  A new roasting jack, handsome handirons, shovel & tongs, &c. 
TWO BREWING TUBS.
Footman & Co. Auctioners.
June 7. $
LAW BOOK STORE,
NO. 313, HIGH-STREET, A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LAW BOOKS JUST OPENED.
GEORGE DAVIS'S
EXTENSIVE collection of the latest Irish Editions being now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale, on the same moderate terms, as have for several years past, so particularly distinguished them; and to assure those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that their orders from any distance, whether for a single volume, or an entire Library, shall be executed with the like promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks.
Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and will be delivered on application.
N. B. A number of Trunks to be disposed of. 25th April. m&t&w
BOSTON, May 31. Agreeably to assignment, his Excellency the Governor, came into the Representatives' Chamber, and delivered to the two branches of the Legislature, the following
ADDRESS:
Fellow-Citizens, IT is not my intention to interrupt your business by a lengthy address. I have requested meeting with you at this time, principally with a view of familiarizing the several branches of government with each other, of cultivating harmony in sentiment upon constitutional principles, and cherishing that mutual friendship which always invites a free discussion in matters of important concern.
The Union of the States is not less important than that of the several departments of each of them. We have all of us recently laid ourselves under a sacred obligation to defend and support our Federal and State Constitutions: A principal object in the establishment of the former, as it is expressed in the preamble, was "to form a more perfect Union." To preserve this Union entire, and transmit it unbroken to posterity, is the duty of the People of United America, and it is for their lasting interest, their public safety and welfare. Let us then be watchful for the preservation of the Union, attentive to the fundamental principles of our free Constitutions, and careful in the application of those principles in the formation of our laws, lest that great object which the people had in view in establishing the Independence of our country, may be imperceptibly lost.
The Members of the General Court, coming from all parts of the Commonwealth, must be well acquainted with the local circumstances and wants of the citizens; to alleviate and provide for which, it is presumed you will diligently inquire into the state of the Commonwealth, and render such legislative aid as may be found necessary, for the promoting of useful improvements, and the advancement of those kinds of industry among the people, which contribute to their individual happiness, as well as that of the public.—Honest industry, tends to the increase of sobriety, temperance and all the moral and political virtues—I trust also that you will attend to the general police of the Commonwealth, by revising and making such laws and ordinances, conformably to our Constitution, as in your wisdom you may think further necessary to secure as far as possible, the safety and prosperity of the people at large.
It is yours, Fellow Citizens, to legislate, and mine only to revise your bills, under limited and qualified powers; and I rejoice, that they are thus limited:—These are features which belong to a free government alone.
I do not, I ought not to forget that there are other important duties constitutionally attached to the Supreme Executive—I hope, I shall be enabled within my department, with the continued advice of a wise and faithful Council, to act my part, as that a future retrospect of my conduct may afford me consoling reflections; and that my administration may be satisfactory to reasonable and candid men, and finally meet with the approbation of God, the Judge of all.—May his wisdom preside in all our Councils and deliberations, and lead to such decisions as may be happily adapted to confirm and perpetuate the public liberty, and secure the private and personal rights of the citizens from suffering any injury.
I shall further communicate to you by subsequent messages as occasion may offer.
SAMUEL ADAMS.
Council Chamber, } May 31, 1796. }
The house proceeded to the choice of a printer as agreed when the whole number of votes were 133—67 making a choice—Benjamin Russell, had 57—Young and Minns had 47—Adams and Larkin 23—so no choice was made. At the second trial the whole number was 139—70 making a choice Benjamin Russell had 69—Young and Minns 54—and Adams and Larkin 44—and no choice. At the third trial there was a mistake, there being two more votes than voters returned. On the fourth trial, the house concurred with the Senate, Messrs. Young and Minns having 89 of 140 votes.
We have received a regular series of the Paris "Moniteur" from the beginning of February, to the 10th of April last. They contain many extracts from the Jacobin papers of the United States, published last winter; but in the whole series we do not see a single observation on these extracts.—They appear to be held in as much contempt in France as they have been in the United States.
Nautical Intelligence.
Arrived since our last.—Ships, Wilcafler, Stetson, Liverpool; Hancock, Gooding, St. Ubes; brig, Dispatch; Cotmerais; Africa; Industry, Myrick, Havre; Brothers, Waits, Tobago; Mary, Pearson, Liverpool; Polly, Waine, Guadalupe; Schooners, Phoenix, Woodbury, Aux Cayes; Active, Pete, Martinique; Friendship, Atkins, Liverpool; Anna, Brown, Cadiz; Sally, Aver, Westmoreland; Nichols, Clark, Jamaica; Betty, How, Turks Island; Peace and Plenty, Kent, Aux Cayes.
In lat. 19, 55, long. 65, 22, May 13, Schooner Rebecca, Nickerson, out 23 days, all well, bound to the Cape.
In long. 53, May 3, brig Hannah, Burges, 12 days out, from Boston to Trinidad.
The Afrea, Tinkham, Magnet, Hodge, and Polly, Pope, were up at Liverpool, the 4th April.
Arrived at New-London, Schooner Chloe, J. Lord, from Martinique.
Capt. Lord, on the 3d of May, fell in with a French fleet consisting of one 50 gun ship 4 frigates 4 armed transports and 3 prizes. He was carried on board the commodore and his papers examined; and after towing him till next day suffered him to go, having plundered him of every small thing they could put hands on. The fleet was full of troops; they informed him there were 5 or 6000 on board, from Brell bound to the Cape; and that a very
large fleet of men of war and transports were on their passage to the West Indies.
Arrived Schooner Elizabeth, T. Trott, from Bermuda, whose cargo was there condemned. Came passengers, James Edgerton, of brig Three Brothers, of this port; Reuben Carver, of Schooner Rover, Boston; Wm. Bartlett, of Schooner Judith, Newburyport; all their vessels and cargoes condemned.
PARIS, April 11.
The reports of peace are various and contradictory. Those of the one day destroy those of the last.—But still those in favor of peace predominate.
NANTZ, April 1.
Charette, the generalissimo of the rebels was tried and shot here the day before yesterday. The conclusion of the account of his execution runs thus "Between four and 5 o'clock, in the presence of all the National Guards, the garrison in arms and an immense number of people on the market-place, after having conferred four minutes with General Travaux, and embracing his confessor, who desired him to kneel, and have a bandage over his eyes, which he refused; after drawing his wounded arm from the sling, and letting his hands fall by his side, standing erect, with his eyes open, and without the least emotion at the preparations and signal for firing, perished Francois Arbanas Charette, aged thirty three years, born at Couffé, and who was a Lieutenant of a man of war before the Revolution; in the same spot where his Cousin, le Marquis Charette de la Coliniere, chief of the Chouans, was shot the first of this month."
SALEM, May 31.
Capture of the Cork Fleet.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Asa Batchelder of this port, dated Barbadoes, April 7.
"Accounts were received here yesterday, by the arrival of a sloop of war, that a French fleet consisting of 7 sail of the line, and eight or ten frigates had captured all the Cork Fleet, which was convoyed by a seventh four, and the above sloop of war. Another ship which escaped arrived this day confirms the above. They were 25 in number, and captured in lat. 25, N. As the 74 had not arrived, it is conjectured they must have been taken."
NEW-YORK, June 4.
The Canvassers yesterday began upon the canvass of the votes for Senators in the Middle District; they have finished the votes of Dutchess and have canvassed part of Orange; The statement of Dutchess we give below.
MIDDLE DISTRICT. DUTCHES COUNTY. FEDERAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
 Robert Sands 1115  John Addison 1046  William Thompson 1041  REPUBLICAN TICKET.  Gilbert Livingston 591  Christopher Tappan 560  Nathan Sands 551 
Capt. Wright, from St. Bartholomews, on the 11th June, about 16 leagues from Sandy Hook, spoke the ship Apollo, Capt. Bushnell, from New-York, bound to Baltimore. Same day spoke the Bermudian privateer Fame, Capt. Rington of 12 guns.
Capt. Walsh, of the brig Orange, from Dublin, spoke on the 18th May, the ship Hope, from New-York, bound to Madeira, out 15 days, lat. 40.
April 16. Spoke ship Experiment, from Philadelphia, bound to London, out 30 days, lat. 49, 27.
Capt. Billings, of the ship Two Friends, from New Orleans, left at that port, the brigs Bayonne, Dorgan, and Iphigenia, Thompson, of New-York, to sail in 15 days after him.
Col. Henry Brue, a Quarter-Master in the British army, during the American war, died lately in England worth half a million sterling. He left the following annuities—12,000 to his eldest son—4000 to his second—3000 to his third—Besides a large jointure to his widow, and 50,000 to each of his daughters—Blessed fruits of the war! Col. Brue doubtless thought war a good thing—his heirs doubtless think it too.
The state is treated in war, just like a wounded porpoise at sea—The moment he begins to bleed, all the hungry fellows around him, fall on him and devour him. Just so when the state engages in war and wants all its strength, myriads of hungry speculating patriots fall on and begin to suck the vitals of the body politic.
It has cost France nearly as much to feed her patriotic agents, her commissaries, clerks, and horse drivers, as to maintain a million of troops to fight her battles.
War is a fattening thing to idle fellows who never get an honest living. But to every man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, it is the heaviest of curses. There has not been one war from the days of Nimrod to this moment, that ever paid one half the expenses of it. Even the ancients who hired no troops, but who subsisted on and fought for plunder, rarely brought any thing into the treasury by their wars. They enriched their soldiers, or rather their officers, and just fitted them for petty tyrants, to abuse their power, corrupt the state and fill it with domestic factions.
But must we not vindicate our national honor? Yes, truly. True honor is always to be vindicated. But to engage two nations in war because a few rascally pirates infest the seas, and disturb trade, is false honor. To go to war, will not help the matter, the seas will still abound with robbers. To declare war, on account of such fellows, is like fighting a duel with a man that treads on your toe, or jogs your elbow; instead of vindicating a man's honor, it only proves that he has no honor, and that he is more puppy than gentleman.
The friends of our government cannot fail to be pleased with the following state of votes in the Southern district, for three elections last past, as it indicates an increasing attachment to our government and its administration.
In 1794, the total of votes in the Southern District were, for
  Clarkson 2248 Gellston 1719   Hatfield 2134 Thomas 1737   Majority for Federal Ticket 395 
In 1795, for
  Sands 2848 Gellston 2213   Livingston 2573 Thomas 2084   Jones 2774 Coe 2059   Majority for Federal Ticket 360 
In 1796, for
  Watson 3067 Onderdonck 3113   Haight 3144 Strong 3082   Burr 1533 S. Smith 1485   Schenck 1532 A. Smith 1530   Majority for Federal Ticket 1534   Increase of Federal interest the last year 1174 
FRENCH LEGISLATION.
The Council of 500 on the 4th April passed a resolution which admits the promise of mandates in payment of the forced loan.
No small portion of the time of the French Legislature is occupied in organizing the National Institute for the instruction of youth, and in determining on the books to be used and the course of education.
Philadelphia,
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1796.
From a Correspondent.
IT is much to be regretted that our prospects of a free trade up the Mediterranean are still clouded; and humanity will yet more deplore the continuance of our fellow citizens at Algiers in slavery. The singular events which have retarded the completion of the terms of the treaty with the Dey, by putting the treaty itself at hazard, must render it extremely imprudent to risk the citizens of the United States or their property within the Straits. Should the present treaty ultimately fail, additional prizes and captives would increase the difficulty of renewing it, and the latter may pine in hopeless slavery. In this state of things then, it is hoped that our citizens will make no adventures within the Strait's mouth.
It has often and justly been remarked of party men, that if you bring them to principles, they shrink from the contact. They cry up the intangibility of the people, but when the voice of the people is against them, it ceases to be the voice of God: nay more, from Idolators, they become Apostates, and revile what they before "adored."
A recent instance of this may be found in a late democratic effusion of the Aurora. Miffed by the bale insinuations of some unprincipled demagogue, who took infinite pains to impress the public mind with false ideas of the opinions and sentiments of the constituents of a certain member of Congress from one of the Southern States, there were no bounds to the violence of their publications respecting that gentleman—but, "they reckoned without their host." Their lies and misrepresentations have been fouted. Truth has rent the veil of falsehood. What is the result—oh, says the Aurora, the people, the real constituents of that gentleman are delitute of wisdom and modesty! From such left handed compliments to the people, there can be no doubt that it is infinitely better that they should trust to their own understandings, than be led by the empty professions of such unprincipled pretenders to patriotism.
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GEORGE HUNTER, CHEMIST,
No. 114 South Second Street,
HAS for these two years past introduced a new species of PERUVIAN BARK, called YELLOW BARK, which after repeated trials by the principal Physicians of this city, is now preferred in all cases of importance that require it, to the best Red and Pale Bark. It is a powerful Astringent Bitter, sits well on the stomach, is certain in its effects, and requires only half the usual quantity for a dose.
Many of the citizens of Philadelphia are now acquainted with its virtues, the knowledge of which ought to be extended over the Union. He has a large supply of the Yellow Bark, and a general assortment of Drugs, Colours, Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c.
LIKewise,
Salt Petre, Jalap, and Camphor,
By the Quantity.
May 19. *1 w7t
No. 133, South Second Street.
DISEASES of the EYES.

For Sale, That Valuable Estate known by the name of Mount Hope Iron-Works,
Situate in the county of Morris, and state of New Jersey; twelve miles from Morris-town and thirty from Elizabeth Town or Newark Landings; consisting of a large furnace in good repair, with the belt wooden bellows, drove by an overshot wheel of forty feet diameter, a bellow-house, calling-house, bridge-house, and a large moulding-house, all in good order, together with a great variety of the most approved patterns of pots, kettles, tea-kettles, &c. &c. with a sufficiency of flasks therefor, and also a great variety of all kinds of stove patterns, and a complete set of patterns and apparatus for casting hollow ware, bar iron, &c. &c. A large convenient carpenter's and wheelwright's shop, a blacksmith's shop with two fires, a nailer's shop, and a stamping mill, a coal-house that will hold six hundred loads of coal, a large, convenient store, consisting of several rooms, two excellent barns, and stables, a slaughter-house near the store, together with a great variety of houses for the workmen very convenient to the furnace.
The furnace is supplied with water from a number of springs, which render a supply certain: the pond consists of about thirty acres: the mansion-house is built of stone, two stories high, with four rooms with fire-places on the first floor, and a large, handsome hall, and five rooms with four fire-places on the second floor, with a very fine high garet, in which there are two fire-places, with a handsome piazza in front, the whole length of the house: at each end of the house is a handsome wing; one used for a kitchen, with servants rooms above; the other for a counting-house; and a cellar under the whole house. A well of the best water at the door, smoke and other convenient out-houses, with two excellent gardens, in one of which is a large asparagus bed, several orchards of the best grafted fruit, and one hundred and fifty acres of upland, which may be tilled to advantage. In front of the mansion-house and in full view, is a most beautiful meadow of two hundred and fifty acres, in which may now be cut one hundred and fifty tons of the best Hay, besides affording a sufficiency of pasture for the teams, and as much more meadow may be easily put in, besides raising a large quantity of corn, potatoes and turnips. The lands belonging to this estate consist of about ten thousand acres; on which are the Mines for the works, two of which are of the best quality, one so near that a single horse and cart will bring ten tons per day, the other a team of four horses may bring six tons. Besides the above there are several other mines of inferior quality very convenient, the iron of which is good for nails, and when mixed makes excellent castings. The mines are in good order, with proper levels for drawing off the water, and shafts at proper distances. Near the Works have been discovered several beds of Bog Ore, and there is no doubt, with a little attention, a sufficient supply thereof may be procured. All the mines are supplied with proper houses for the miners. Within a mile and a half of the furnace there is an inexhaustible vein of limestone; from whence not only a supply for the furnace may be had, but also any quantity for building or manure. Within less than a mile of the furnace is about twenty acres of the best double spruce for beer; and near it is a celebrated mineral spring; and two and a half miles from the furnace, within the tract, are two valuable sites for Forges and Saw-Mills, on an excellent stream of water; and two large ponds may be made, and a permanent supply may be had, by a small expense, from a Lake of four miles in length and one mile wide, and adjacent a sufficiency of wood may be had: near to one of the sites is a good farm-house, and about eighty acres of arable land, a valuable orchard, and meadow to cut thirty tons of Hay; and in the swamp that will form the pond there may now be cut sixty tons of hay.
Belonging to the same Estate, and within three miles thereof, nearer the Landing, is a good NEW FORGE, with two fires, in complete order and repair, situate on Rockaway river, which furnishes a constant supply of water; adjoining which is a good convenient dwelling-house, with three rooms and a good kitchen on the first floor, and a good barn and stable; also a large, convenient store, which is now kept for the supply of the iron-works and the country; and this situation is very convenient for the works, much more so than to have the dry-goods store kept at the furnace.
Adjoining to the foregoing Estate, and within four miles thereof, may be had if wanted, a tract of six thousand acres of Woodland, and a site for a Forge, on a stream of water very sufficient in every respect; together with several houses new built, and a tract of three hundred and fifty acres of fine low land; a great part of which will make, with a little expense, meadow sufficient to cut one hundred and fifty tons of hay; and now affords a great supply of pasture—the residue is arable and woodland.
AND ALSO TO BE SOLD, All that VALUABLE ESTATE, called Boonetown Iron-Works,
Situate in the county of Morris, within eighteen miles of Newark Landings, and eight miles of Morris-Town: containing about three thousand five hundred acres of land, lying on both sides of Rockaway river, for near four miles.
On the premises is a FORGE with four fires and two hammers, in complete repair, which embraces the whole river, a SLITTING MILL, built in the most approved manner, with two furnaces for heating iron, with rolls, pillars, cutters, and every other apparatus in the most complete order, with a blacksmith's shop, coal-house, &c. &c. On the same dam is a very complete SAW-MILL; so that the Slitting-mill has the full command of the whole river, with a head of twelve feet.
Immediately below, and on another dam, is an excellent NEW GRIST-MILL, with two run of stones, and constructed for a third. The mill is large, and convenient for a merchant mill, and situate in a country which will afford a constant supply of grain.
All the works are in complete view of the mansion-house, and within half a mile of it, which is a handsome building, with five rooms on the first floor with fire-places, and four rooms up stairs, all in excellent repair, with a large kitchen and cellars, and a well of excellent water at the door. In front of the house is a piazza, sixty feet long, an excellent garden, with a great abundance of the best kind of fruit; the out-houses are convenient and good; consisting of a large spring mill-house, ice-house, smoke-house, fowl-house, corn-crib, root-house, good barns and stables, &c. &c. Also, within view of the mansion-house, are twelve dwelling-houses, a counting-house, a stone house, occupied as a store for the country and works, a large, convenient house, with six rooms, four with fire-places, occupied by the clerks; the residue of the houses are for foremen, millers, &c. There is, adjoining the store, a POT-ASH WORKS, in complete order, a blacksmith's shop, and wheelwright's shop, and other convenient appendages.
As Rockaway river runs through this estate about four miles, in which distance nine mills may be made, so as to occupy the whole of this very valuable and constant supply of water, it may be justly considered as a very valuable object for any person or persons desirous of going into the manufacturing line.
On the premises, and adjoining the mansion-house, are about one hundred acres of arable land; whereon are two orchards of three hundred trees, of the best grafted fruit; and within two miles and a half of the forge is a very fine Farm of two hundred and fifty acres of land, in the best and most complete order, with one hundred acres of meadow, two houses, a good barn, and other necessary improvements—the residue is woodland, on which are a number of houses for the colliers, &c. &c. &c.
AND ALSO, Near three thousand acres of Land; situate in the valley
of Newfoundland, about sixteen miles north west from Boonetown, in the counties of Morris and Sussex, whereon is a very good Forge of two fires, and a number of other buildings adjoining thereto, for the accommodation of the workmen, with an excellent vein of Iron Ore, situate about one mile west from the tract.
The above Estates will be sold on easy terms, together with all the horses, oxen, wagons, tools, and every implement necessary to carry on the works. There is now provided wood and ore for eight months blast; so that the Furnace will be put in blast the beginning of June. Any person wishing to purchase, may have the whole as they now are: there is also wood, &c. &c. provided at Boonetown.
The terms will be payment down for all the moveable property of every kind, appertaining to the Furnace, and one eighth of the purchase money—the residue in eight yearly payments, with the interest annually every year.
A clear and indisputable title will be given for the whole. Applying to Mr. Samuel Clarkson, in Philadelphia, Mr. Peter Mackie, Merchant, New-York, Water-Street; or to either of the subscribers.
J. J. Easch, Samuel Ogden.
BOONETON, Morris County, May 24, 1796.
Pennsylvania, ss. By THOMAS MIFFLIN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the General Assembly did, on the fourth day of April last, resolve, "That the Governor be requested to issue a proclamation, reciting the act entitled "an act to prevent intrusions on lands, within the counties of Northampton, Northumberland and Luzerne," and enjoining obedience to the same; and that he be forthwith requested to cause the same to be published in the newspapers of the state of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts; and whereas the act, in the said resolution referred to, is expressed in the following words:
"Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any person shall, after the passing of this act, take possession of, enter, intrude or settle on any lands within the limits of the counties of Northampton, Northumberland, or Luzerne, by virtue or under colour of any conveyance of half share right, or any other pretended title not derived from the authority of this commonwealth, or of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania before the Revolution, such person, upon being duly convicted thereof, upon indictment in any court of oyer and terminer, or court of general quarter sessions, to be held in the proper county, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, one half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer, and shall also be subject to such imprisonment, not exceeding twelve months, as the court, before whom such conviction is had may in their discretion direct."
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by this authority aforesaid, That every person who shall combine, or conspire for the purpose of conveying, possessing or settling on any lands within the limits aforesaid, under any half share right or pretended title as aforesaid, or for the purpose of laying out townships by persons not appointed or acknowledged by the laws of this commonwealth, and every person that shall be accessory thereto, before or after the fact, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, one half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer; and shall also be subject to such imprisonment at hard labour, not exceeding eighteen months, as the court in their discretion may direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the court wherein any such conviction shall have been had, shall issue their writ to the sheriff of the county wherein the said offence has been committed, or the said conviction had, or if the said court shall be of opinion that the sheriff or coroner are not impartial, then to any other person or persons they may think proper, commanding him or them, together with the power of the county, if he or they should judge their assistance necessary, to proceed to the lands in question, and therefrom to expel and eject all and every the person and persons therein intruded as aforesaid; and if the said sheriff, or other person or persons appointed as aforesaid, should make return to the said writ that he or they have been unable to execute the same, by reason of the forcible resistance of the parties or any other persons, or from a just apprehension of such resistance as would render the execution thereof by himself or themselves, and the power of the county, impracticable, the prothonotary of the court to which such writ is returned shall forthwith transmit a copy of the said writ and return, under the seal of the said court, to the governor, and if upon the said return, or if upon a certificate signed by the president, or one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the proper county, or by one of the judges of the supreme court, that the proceeds of the court has been resitted, or that there is reason to believe that the civil authority will be incompetent to the execution of this law, the governor shall deem it expedient to order out a portion of the militia of this state to assist the civil authority in carrying into effect this act, or any part thereof: The detachments so called out shall receive the same pay and rations, and be subject to the same rules and regulations, as are provided in other cases.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if a judge of the court of quarter sessions for the proper counties, or a judge of the supreme court shall apprehend that the sheriff and coroner are not impartial, it shall and may be lawful for the said judge to direct the said for the grand inquest, and for the traverse jury, to any person or persons he or they may think proper.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall resist any officer, or other person duly authorized in the execution of this act, or any part thereof, every person or persons so offending, and every person that shall be accessory thereto, before or after the fact, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a sum not more than five thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment at hard labour for any period not less than three nor more than seven years.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in order to disseminate a knowledge of the provisions contained in this act, it shall be the duty of the prothonotaries of the several courts of common pleas of the counties of Northampton, Northumberland and Luzerne, and they are hereby respectively enjoined and required to read or cause to be read, in open court, the said act, and every part thereof, at least once in each of the three terms next after receiving the same; and also it shall and may be lawful for the governor of this commonwealth to issue his proclamation, enjoining and requiring all persons having intruded as aforesaid, to withdraw peaceably from the lands whereon such intrusions have been made; and further enjoining and requiring the several officers of government, and the good citizens of this state, to prevent or prosecute by all legal means, such intrusions and intruders, and to afford their most prompt and effectual aid in their several and respective capacities, to carry into full execution the laws of this commonwealth relating thereto; provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to the claims of persons claiming lands under and by virtue of an act entitled "an act for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut claimants, the lands claimed by them within the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned", passed the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven: And provided further, that this act, or any thing therein expressed, shall not be considered as intended to affect any claims under the said law, nor as a Legislative construction or opinion respecting said act, or an act entitled, "an act to repeal an act entitled, "an act for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut claimants, the lands by them claimed within the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned", passed the first day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, or the validity or effect of either of the said laws".
NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with the said recited request of the General Assembly, and in pursuance of the authority to me by law given, as aforesaid, I HAVE issued this PROCLAMATION; hereby, in all things, enjoining obedience to the provisions in the said act of the General Assembly contained; and more especially requiring all persons, having intruded upon any lands, in the manner in the said act specified and prohibited, to withdraw peaceably therefrom, as well as warning and forbidding all persons whosoever from hereafter making any intrusion upon such lands, under the penalties in the said recited act of the General Assembly declared and imposed. And the several officers of the government, and all the good citizens of this state, are further enjoined and required to prevent or prosecute by all legal means such intrusions and intruders, and to afford the most prompt, and effectual aid, in their several and respective capacities, to carry into full execution the laws of this Commonwealth relating thereto.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Great Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the Commonwealth the twentieth.
THOMAS MIFFLIN, By the Governor,
A. J. DALLAS, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
May 18
The Political Censor;
Or, MONTHLY REVIEW
OF POLITICAL OCCURRENCES, FOR MAY,
By PETER PORCUPINE, Is this day published at BENJAMIN DAVIES's Book Store, No. 68, High Street.
May 31
For Sale, A Few Casks of First Quality INDIGO.
Enquire at No. 71, South Water Street. May 2
NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS
FOR BRITISH SPOLIATIONS. THE COMMITTEE
Appointed by the Merchants of this City, who are sufferers by British captures,
RECOMMEND,
THAT every Claimant who has not already exhibited well authenticated proofs of his property, furnish, without delay, proof that the property claimed is bona fide American, of its cost or value at the place of exportation, and at the place to which it was destined, (where that can be done) and the freight payable or customary, at the time of exportation, for like goods and voyages.
When the claim is for vessel, to specify the tonnage, age, where built, and the actual cost or value.
These documents ought to be proved by oath, or affirmation, of the party claiming, made and certified by a magistrate or notary public, and corroborated by such other testimony, as the nature of the case will admit.
Such of them as are handed to the Committee, will be forwarded to the Commissioners appointed on the part of the United States, to adjust the Claims of American Citizens.
THOS. FITZSIMONS, Chairman of the Committee. Philadelphia, 21st June, 1796.
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Philadelphia, April 19.
JOSEPH COOKE,
GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, The corner of Market and Third-Streets, Philadelphia.
MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a complete and general assortment of almost
Every Article in his Line;
Immediately from the manufactures of London, Birmingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on the lowest terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. John Nicholson received in payment at their current value.
N. B. The upper part of the House in which he now lives to be let, furnished or unfurnished.
Washington Canal Lottery,
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour.
The following is the SCHEME of No. I.
  Viz 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000   1 ditto 10,000 10,000   7 last drawn 5,000 35,000   Tickets, each 5,000 35,000   6 ditto 1,000 6,000   10 ditto 400 4,000   120 ditto 100 2,000   55 ditto 50 2,750   5750 ditto 12 69,000   To be raised for the Canal, 26,250   5850 Prizes, 175,000   11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000
The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG,
DANIEL CARROLL, of D.
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
WM. M. DUNCANSON,
THOMAS LAW,
JAMES BARRY.
City of Washington, Feb. 11.
City of Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II,
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY.
  A magnificent 20,000 dollars, & 50,000   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 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000   10 do. 1,000 10,000   20 do. 500 10,000   00 do. 100 10,000   200 do. 50 10,000   400 do. 25 10,000   1,000 do. 20 20,000   15,000 do. 10 150,000 
16,739 Prizes.
33,261 Blanks.
50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,000
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but ONE;
And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets.
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 nett 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 closing of the drawing, and to take up the bonds given as security.