Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-04-21 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States AND DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 94 of Vol. VII.]
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1795.
[Whole No. 817.]
FOR PUBLIC SALE, ON Wednesday next, the 27th inst. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon A Cargo of FAYAL WINE
Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, and Glas Ware, Landing from on board the ship Peggy, from Amsterdam. ALSO, Coffee of prime Quality
Jamaica Rum. A CHOICE PARCEL, Will be landed to-morrow morning, at Jeffe and Robert Waln's wharf.
IMPORTED, And to be sold by Jacob Parke, No. 49, north side of Market, between Front and Second streets Philadelphia.
Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddlery, &c. &c. AMONGST WHICH ARE, Smiths' anvils, vices Barlow, pen and o and files
NOW LANDING, For sale by the Subscribers, from the ship Theresa, from St. Marks. 15 hhds. & 3 tierces SUGAR
Just Published, And to be sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41, Second street, Benjamin Davis, 68, High street, John Ormrod, 41, Chestnut street, and by the Editor of this Gazette, Proceedings of the Executive of the United States, RESPECTING THE INSURGENTS, 1794.
WILL BE SOLD, FOR CASH, At Public Auction, at the Coffee House, On Tuesday the 21st inst. THE SHIP BETSEY, Late from St. Marc's, George Loother, Master.
COFFEE & SUGAR, In Hhds. and Barrels, Just arrived, on board the brig Rover, Capt. Haynes, at the wharf of Messrs. Jeffe & Robt. Waln.
The ROVER IS an American bottom, burthen about 2000 barrels, one of the best sailing vessels, and may be sent to sea at a small expence. For particulars enquire of John Craig.
For Hamburg, THE SHIP STAR, JOHN VAN NEMAN, Master. NOW lying at Walnut street wharf, and will sail early in next month, having part of her cargo already engaged.
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.
JUST IMPORTED, And for sale by the Subscriber, at his Store, No. 18, Penn street, 50,000 lb. St. Domingo Coffee,
Geo. Sibbald. The highest price In Cash, will be given for EMPTY BOTTLES, A preference will be given to Claret Bottles.
No. 187, south Third street. LANDS for SALE. To be Sold or Exchanged FOR GOODS. A Valuable Tract of Land, Containing about 360 acres, situate in the county of Northampton, 3 miles from the river Delaware, and nearly the same distance from the newly laid out town of Millford.
Any person wishing to purchase, will please to apply at Edward Bousfield and Co's office in Fourth street near Walnut, or Jacob Johnson & Co's Bookstore, Market street, near Fourth street.
A Cargo of Russia GOODS, Now landing on Chestnut street wharf, out of the brig Columbia, Captain Ober, from St. Petersburg, CONSISTING OF Hemp, Bar Iron, Flax, Duck, Ravens Duck, and Sheetings.
FOR SALE BY Joseph Anthony & Son. Who have also to dispose of Claret Wine in hds. and cales French Brandy in small cales Spanish Brandy and Taffia in pipes East India Sugars in sacks
Clarified QUILLS, Just Imported and for sale by J. ORMROD, At the Old sign of Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chestnut street.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, [Price 25 Cents] THIRTEEN LETTERS On Democratic Societies; By GERMANICUS.
Sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41 Second Street, John Ormrod 41 Chestnut Street, Benjamin Davis 68 High Street and by the Editor, 119 Chestnut Street. Patent NAIL Manufactory, No. 120, South Front-street, Philadelphia.
THOMAS PERKINS & Co. HAVING by the use of Machines, for which they have a Patent from the United States, been enabled to make 3d. 4d. 6d. 8d. and 10d. NAILS, equal to the best drawn ones, (and superior to them for many purposes) and from 15 to 30 per cent cheaper for list orders in that line, which shall be executed with fidelity by Thomas Perkins and Co.
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Brig Good Hope, Captain Hubber. 128 Hhds. Choice SUGAR, 50 Hhds. COFFEE, 75,000 lbs. 80 Barrels Pimento. Just Arrived from Jamaica.
SALT. Best Cadiz Salt! Just landing from on board the Brig Trial, for sale at Messrs Willing and Francis's wharf by Levinus Clarkson.
Green Coffee, In 87 hhds. 40 barrels, and 200 bags, entitled to the drawback, stored on Messrs. Willing & Francis's wharf. 1st 2d & 4th Proof Bourdeaux Brandy,
39 pipes of London particular Teneriff, and London particular Madeira WINES, in hds. pipes, and quarter cales, Malaga Do. in quarter cales, Antigua and other RUM in hds. St. Croix SUGAR of the first quality, St. Marks MOLASSES, Hyson TEA, Jamaica SPIRITS, Holland GIN, in pipes, LOAF SUGAR, in hds. PEPPER, &c. &c.
FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, south Water Street. 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.
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 3 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, Maiden-lane, 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.
BOOKS. PRINTED & PUBLISHED By Matthew Carey, No. 118, Market Street, 1. Charlotte, a tale of truth, By Mrs Rowson, of the New-Theatre Philadelphia. Second American edition—Price 75 cents. [The rapid sale of the First Edition of this interesting novel, in a few months, is the best proof of its merit.]
Extracts 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 her regularity of her former conduct, is en-iced from her governess, and accompanies a young officer to America—The marriage ceremony if not forgotten, is postponed, and Charlotte dies a martyr to the inconstancy of her lover, and treachery of his friend—The situations are artless and affectation—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.
1. The Inquisitor—by Mrs. Rowson, Second Philadelphia edition. 87 1/2 cents 2. Adventures of Roderick Random. 2 vols 1 dollar and 50 cents, coarse paper—1 dollar and 75 cents, fine. 3. Notes on the state of Virginia—by Thomas Jefferson. Price, neatly bound, one dollar and a half. 4. History of the French Revolution, from its commencement to the death of the Queen and the execution of Brissot. Two dollars.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE. "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 cenurable action, whoever were the authors or actors, marked in its proper colors. If it was necessary to make a declaration of their own principles, they would say, they are neither tory nor republican—They love liberty as English whigs, and execrate every criminal act by which so noble a cause is endangered and disgraced. In the present ferment 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 more confidence expect that verdict from public opinion, which candor and moderation seldom fail to receive. EXTRACT FROM THE CRITICAL REVIEW, JANUARY, 1794—page 12. "We have certainly derived much pleasure, and acquired much information from the perusal of these volumes; and we think them, both for matter and style, worthy the attention of all who interest themselves in events which have so justly excited the curiosity and astonishment of mankind." 6. Plowden's history of the British empire
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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—a list of the vessels taken—and many very interesting articles not in the first edition. 15. Baird's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. Three dollars 33 cents. 16. Smith's Letters to Married Women, on nursing and the management of children. 62 1/2 cents. 17. American Farmer's letters. 80 cents. 18. Young Misses Magazine. 2 vols. 1 dollar 33 cents. Containing—Dialogues between a Governor and several Young Ladies of Quality her scholars,—In which each Lady is made to speak according to her particular genius, temper and inclination—Their several faults, are pointed out, and the easy way to amend them, as well as to think, and speak, and act properly; no less care being taken to form their hearts to goodness, than to enlighten their understandings with useful knowledge. A short and clear abridgement is also given of sacred and profane History, and some lessons in Geography. The whole is blended throughout with the agreeable, the whole being interspersed with proper reflections and moral Tales. 19. Duncan's Elements of Logic. 80 cents 20. M'Fingal, an epic poem. 37 1/2 cents 21. Trench Coxe's Examination of Lord Shelburne's observations. 62 1/2 cents 22. Ladies' Friend. 37 1/2 cents 23. Smith's history of New York, from its discovery to 1732. 1 dollar 25 cents 24. Complete Atlas for the present war, containing maps of France, Holland, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the West-Indies. a dollars. 25. Constitutions of the United States; with the Federal Constitution. 62 1/2 cents 26. Peyton's Grammar for Frenchmen to learn English. 50 cents 27. Epictetus Enchiridion. 31 cents 28. Gay's Fables. 31 cents 29. Christian Economy. 25 cents 30. Charms of Melody, a choice collection of Songs. 25 cents 31. American Museum, 12 vols, 8vo. Nine dollars and 20 cents. "The American Museum is not only eminently calculated to disseminate political and other valuable information, but it has been uniformly conducted with tale, attention, & propriety. It to these important objects be superadded the more immediate office of relieving public documents from oblivion, I will venture to pronounce, as my sentiment, that a more useful literary plan has never been undertaken in America, nor one more deserving of public encouragement." General Washington. 32. Poems of Col. Humphreys. 37 1/2 cents 33. Catechism of Man. 18 3/4 cents 34. Tom Paine's Jests. 18 3/4 cents 35. Carey's account of the Yellow Fever, 4th edition. 50 cents 36. Devout Christian's Yade McCum. 25 cents 37. Garden of the Soul. 50 cents 38. Think well on't. 50 cents 39. Doomsday Bible. 6 dollars. Nov. 29 rod!
A Child's Maid WANTED, One who can bring good recommendations may hear of a place by applying to the Printer. April 17 d3t A FEW BALES OF INDIA MUSLINS, Entitled to the Drawback, FOR SALE BY Mordecai Lewis. April 3 d2w

For the Independent Gazetteer.
Mr. OSWALD.
BEING one of your subscribers from the commencement of its publication, I have regularly kept a file of them for my amusement in a leisure hour; and I find myself sufficiently recompensed for my trouble, by the entertainment which they now afford in contrasting the political disputes of the present day, with those which took place a few years since. I was much surprised at the insertion of an original Epigram, which by an accident I saw in Mr. Fenno's paper of the 8th inst. Being possessed of a pretty retentive memory, I thought I had seen it before, but did not know exactly where. However, upon looking over some of your papers, I found the identical Epigram, with the only alteration of "French Jacobin," for "Justice Jeffries."
Now Sir, I wish, through the medium of your paper, to inform the writings of Mr. Fenno, of the circumstance. If at any future period they may wish to exercise their talents upon Jacobinism, at least to suffer their wit to have the merit of originality.
ARGUS.
April 8th, 1795.
Mr. FENNO.
I happened to-day, for the first time, to see the Independent Gazetteer of the 11th inst.—an accident, which may not happen again in twelve months—in which a paragraph under the signature of Argus asserts, that the Epigram on a French Jacobin , published in one of your late papers, was no more than the copy of another on Justice Jeffries , with a change merely of the two names. He begins with, "Mr. Oswald, being one of your subscribers from the commencement of its publication, I have regularly kept a file of them for my amusement."—Here seems a little confusion of gender and number, which I mention only, en passant, that Argus may rectify it in the copy he has filed—unless he agree with me, that the sentence will contribute most to amusement as it now stands. But I thank him sincerely for informing the public, for it had never occurred to me, that to describe the characters of a French Jacobin , and a bloody Jeffries requires so small a change of words. Certain it is, that villains, tho' of different nations, have all a family likeness. To use a common saying, they are as much alike as two potatoes. Jeffries was a robber and a cut throat, and so was a Jacobin ;—they were both the execrable scourges of their age and country; and they both deserve, with another daring impostor of last century, "To be damn'd with everlasting fame."
Now, Sir, I wish, through the medium of your paper, to inform Argus of all this—and at the same time to whisper in his ear, that he has been rather unlucky in choosing a name; for Argus of old was noted for an hundred eyes, and this writer does not seem to have the perfect use of one.
For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr. FENNO.
THE following is the last paragraph of a piece signed Franklin , supposed to be written for the Aurora , but which originally appears in the Gazetteer —I request you to insert it, and the paraphrase annexed.
Yours, C.
The Paragraph.
Citizens of America, you are on the brink of a precipice—beware before your fate be irrevocable! Let not a blind devotion to men plunge you into an abyss of misery! Your destiny, like the tyrant's sword, hangs suspended by a thread—avert it before the opportunity escapes! Remember that nations, once free like yourselves, have lost their liberty by supineness, and let it not be said of you, that you had energy enough to purchase freedom, but that you wanted vigour to preserve it.
FRANKLIN.
April 15th, 1795.
The Paraphrase.
"Citizens of America!" Your country is denounc'd this day; You're on a precipice's brink; Before it is too late, O think! Before from liberty you sever, Before your fate is fix'd forever, O lie not humbug'd by the notion, That Franklin wishes self-promotion ; Nor place in men a blind devotion; Men who have led you thro' a war, Whom you have tried—know what they are; These men (poh! do not laugh & hifs) Will plunge you in a deep abyss Of misery—nay take my word, Your fate, like Dionysius' sword, Hangs now suspended by a thread, And threatens each devoted head; Avert it then—from danger fly, Now is your opportunity. Remember, nations once as free As you confess yourselves to be, Have lost their freedom by supineness, And now lament in tears, its loss. O let it not be said of you, Who've beat your foes both black and blue,
That you had energy to gain it, But wanted vigour to retain it. Ah! till you wake we will not cease, To be your faithful cackling geese.
And now dear Cits, a word or two, Of what we really have in view— We are a set of lazy fellows, Who volunteer to blow the bellows; To make a revolution blaze, We've jointly wrote these bold essays; Where lies and impudence combine, And FRANKLIN fancies every line. God and the world know we're down, Our names are scouted thro' the town; But if we can but raise a dust, We who're the last will then be first, The State, ye gods, will then revive, And rogues will feel themselves alive; We'll mount and ride, now pray be civil, We'll ride like beggars to the Devil.
From the Columbian Centinel.
THE FOUNT.
Mr. RUSSEL.
THE wits of England still continue to denounce the war in its consequences notwithstanding the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and the prevalence of the system of spies and informers. One of them thus lets off a squib at a late Proclamation for a day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer:—
AN IMPROMPTU,
ON THE INTENDED FAST.
PROCLAIM a Fast poor men to feed, Throughout a hunger'd Nation; They've fasting days enough decreed Without a Proclamation !
The same would have been said in America , had the mad system of certain demagogues in Congress, prevailed the last year.
From an English Paper.
SONNETS
FROM SHAKESPEARE.
ROMEO TO JULIET.
ARISE fair Sun, arise, thy charms display, Unveil those eyes with Heaven's own lustre bright; Then the pale moon shall envious fade away, And hide its beams beneath the shade of night. O were those eyes, resplendent, placed in Heaven, The moon and stars would shine less bright than they; Then to the dusky face of night were given, Beauties, ah! far more glorious than the day. In musing posture, fee, intent to stand, (Tho' silent, yet her eyes would seem to speak) She leans her gentle cheek upon her hand, O that I were the glove to touch that cheek; To grow to that fair hand, O lot divine, And touch that beauteous cheek, what ecstasy were mine!
ROMEO.
JULIET TO ROMEO.
Ah me! what fate my bosom shall betide? O Romeo, why is Montague thy name? Why, fortune, should'st thou thus our names divide, Whom gentle nature form'd in common frame? Thou art my enemy in name alone! And what's a name? 'Tis breath, 'tis empty air; The rose, whatever title it might own, Yet still would smell as sweet, would blush as fair. And Romeo by any other name The same dear, lov'd, all perfect youth would be; Then change that name, and all thy Juliet claim. For that, which is no real part of thee: Or if thou wilt not change that hostile name, Be thou but sworn my love—I'll instant mine disclaim.
JULIET.
A LIMNER from Europe.
WHO has acquired a certain celebrity in the art of taking faithful and agreeable Likenesses, in several parts of the world where he has resided, is desirous of making a tender of the exercise of his abilities (in that line) to the public of this flourishing city, where the cradle of the arts is set in motion by the enlightened part of its inhabitants, of whose protection and encouragement he humbly claims a small share.
Specimens of his skill in painting may be seen at his room, No. 93, fourth Eighth street, between Walnut and Spruce streets at Mr. Henry Andrew Heins's.
N.B. His prices are very moderate and he warrants Likenesses.
April 3
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Post-Office, Apr 18, 1795.
The Merchants, and others, are particularly requested to take notice, that after this day the Southern Mail will be closed every Friday, Monday, and Wednesday, precisely at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the Pittsburg Mail every Saturday, at 11 o'clock.
UNITED STATES.
CONNECTICUT, April 13.
Arrived in Milford road ship Eleven Sons , Samuel Hawley master of this place, in thirty two days from Surinam, bound to New-York. Twenty-four days ago, one and a half league from Basseterre, Guadalupe, Captain Hawley was boarded by the lieut. of the Marauda *, a British ship of 64 guns. The lieut. informed him they had been cruising off there 7 weeks, in company with 5 English ships of the line and three frigates, to block up the French privateers in the Island of Guadalupe. Fourteen days ago spoke a Schooner from Antigua, bound to Newbern, with 50 men, women and children on board. The Captain informed that it was expected that there would soon be an insurrection in the Island of Antigua among the Negroes; and that the English inhabitants were quitting the Island as fast as possible. Lat. 32, long. 64, spoke the brig Two Sisters , from Wilmington N.C. bound to St. Domingo, out 5 days all well. Lat. 38, long. 72, boarded by the lieut. of the British ship Hope , said to have been on this coast 7 weeks, bound to Halifax, had a brig in company, but gave no information respecting her. Capt. Hawley informs that he was very politely treated by both the lieutenants who boarded him. Captain Hawley, failed in company with the Schooner Friendship , Baldwin, master, belonging to Stonington, bound to New-York.
* A misnomer .
BOSTON, April 8.
ARRIVALS.
Ships Aurora , Seward, Bristol; Sally Jew, Bristol; brigs Lark , Cheeseman, Cape Francois; Nancies , Hooker, Tobago; Success , Stevenson, Turk's Island; schooners Betty , Freeman, Liverpool, N. S. Friendship , Warner, Martinico; Shildrake , Stutrevant, Cape Francois; Nalheigh , Gardner, Halifax; Friendship , Haskell, Martinico; Caroline , Plumer, do. Betty , Kelley, Yarmouth, N. S. Winthrop , Hall, Teneriffe; Hannah , Swift, Mariagante; sloops Dolphin , Irwin, Gibraltar; Jenny , Otis, Essequibo.
NEWBURY-PORT, April 10.
SHIP NEWS.
Tuesday arrived brig Eliza , Capt. Elkins, 70 days from Bristol—Captain E. very politely furnished the Editors with a file of Paris papers, but his passage being long, they contain nothing new. He informs that Bristol harbour contains 2000 Prizes, taken by the French, and Forty Thousand British Seamen.—Feb. 3d, spoke brig Eliza , from New-York, bound to Hamburg, 21 days out.
NEW-YORK, April 18.
Extract of a letter received by a merchant of this city, from his correspondent in Bermuda, dated the 4th inst.
"The Schooner Polly , Capt. Griffin, belonging to Wm. Fitch, and Mess. Coits, was sent in here a few days ago by one of our piratical privateers, and has been libelled. I have offered my friendship to Capt. Griffin, and shall do every thing in my power to serve him, both by advice, and advancing what money he may require; though I flatter myself, the system of condemnation is at an end, owing to an arrival from London, about a week ago, by which the Judge of the Admiralty received public dispatches, which it is said, censure his conduct very severely, and it is to be hoped, will relieve many unfortunate Americans from their very unpleasant situation in this country."
The following was handed in last evening, after the paper was closed.
The Lombardy Poplar Tree has lately made its appearance in the streets of N. York. Those who have planted it have made a bad choice. If shade is the object of erecting planting, it affords none. It is a mere maypole; its roots have no hold of the ground, and it is liable to be blown down by every gust of wind. The caterpillar eats off its leaves in July and August, when shade is most wanted. The buttonwood tree is deemed unhealthy. The American elm has not a close and leafy top, the Wych or English Elm has. If they can be got, they are the best for the purpose. All the nurseries about town have the Catalpa, a beautiful flowering tree with large leaves, next to the Wych Elm they should be preferred.
The bust of the ci-devant bon patriote, Marat, has been taken from the theatre at Lyons, and is treated every where with contempt. His deification has lasted ONE YEAR.
The Convention are collecting and publishing the documents of Jacobin villainy. The communications relative to the crimes of the old Commune of Paris and the committees are printed in the Journals of Paris. The famous circular invitation to massacre all the Prisoners, after the manner of Paris on the 2nd and 3rd Sept. written and signed by Marat and forwarded by Danton to all the communes of France, has been published.
The committee of Public Safety have suppressed the republication of the Memoirs of Dumourier in Paris. A strong evidence that he has written truths that they do not relish!
It is a melancholy reflection that the people whose views are pure should forever be the dupes of intrigues and false
patrons! PATRIOTISM is often the pretext for the most detestable views of private ambition. See Marat! See Danton! See Robespierre! See the end of their patriotism.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, January 31.
Nothing is known of the operations of the British army subsequent to the 20th ultimo. Gen. Waimoden then continued at Deventer. It was not, however probable that he could remain there, the place being of little strength, and without magazines: and further as it gave him the command of the Yssel, and the embankment towards the Zuyder Sea, he might at pleasure inundate Holland. It was a place of too much consequence for the French to allow him to retain the possession of.
At Bentheim, on the Frontiers of Holland, the Hanoverian hospitals, magazines, &c, have long been established, to that place the British, Hanoverian, and Hessian army has most probably fallen back, and there may be considered in a place of security.
The two schuyts that arrived on Monday last at Harwich, came over laden with the baggage of the Prince de la Tour and Taxis.
The Irish Government are about to open a Loan of Two Millions. Mr. Shaw and two other Gentlemen have offered to advance the money.
The Squirrel frigate is frozen up in Margate Bay. Margate Road, forms a continued sheet of ice, a circumstance never before remembered.
A survey of the great arch of London Bridge is to be made, to determine on its safety, after the violent shock it has experienced by the late passage of the West-Indian through it, by which she lost all her masts.
February 3.
The Earl of Bellamont, we understand, is removed from the direction of the Dublin Post-office, and in the plenitude of his resentment has declared that whoever accepts his office, must fight him. Mr. Ponsonby, it is said will be the champion.—Oracle.
FRANCE.
IT has been lately supposed that the Abbé Syeyes, whose name appears among the members present in the Convention on the decree of accusations against Carrier, is forming a party to frame a new constitution. This, it is said, accounts for Audouin and Barrere, coming on the 14th November to propose immediate application for drawing up the organic laws of the constitution accepted by the people in 1793, and the vehement opposition they experienced from Pelet and Tallien; for it is the character of Syeyes hardly ever in public to act for himself, but to make other men, sometimes without their knowing it, his instruments. The following is part of the attack upon Carnot, in Freron's Journal :
"Never will the people be made to believe that Robespierre alone committed all the atrocities, all the horrors, under which France groaned for fifteen months. The people will recollect, that never were more victims immolated, than after Robespierre had withdrawn himself from the Committee of public safety. They will recollect that the Guillotine was never more active during the last six weeks of the reign of Carnot and Barrere. They have not forgotten that Carnot was a member of the Committee of Public Safety, which, on the 27th July, delivered the Convention and all France into the hands of Fleuriot and Dumas. And it is, after having groaned under the tyranny of such a man, that the Convention entrusts him with new powers! It is to hands dyed in the blood of fellow-citizens, that the reins of government are now committed! Carnot has the head of Billaud, the heart of Collot, and the wit of Barrere. He has had the same thirst for French blood as they; he has drunk of the same cup; he has participated in their crimes and their treasons. Not a drop of blood has been spilt for which Carnot did not sign the order. He is the Assassin of Philippeaux, Camille Desmoulins, and a hundred thousand other Frenchmen. No, No, let us not doubt of it, Virtue will refuse to sit with guilt. The cadaverous odour, the bloody sweat which Carnot exhales, will no more infect the air which the members of the Committee of Public Safety are to breathe."
To this attack, it was that Carnot, in the first report from the Committee of Public Safety, after being re-chosen a member of it by a great majority of the Convention alluded, when he said "Shame shall be the lot of the Pamphleteers, and glory the Defenders of their Country. The enemy of factions braves the dagger of the assassin, and the fang of the Reptile:—he holds in equal abhorrence the shedders of blood, and the distillers of gall."
Carnot is generally reputed the author of all the military plans so greatly conceived, so admirably combined, so skillfully executed, and crowned with success so astonishing. It is said, however, that much of this honor is due to his brother, who, with Rochambeau, Lafite, d'Arenon, &c. is a member of the Sub-Committee for military operations.
Of the French Army, the Editor of a German Gazette, who can not be suspected of speaking too favourably, says:
"The army takes no part in the divisions of the Convention; it is an insulated body in the State, which obeys the impulse giving it from whatever quarter that impulse may come. The army will always pursue its own course, whether that be for a La Fayette, a Brissot, a Marat, a Tallien, or Louis XVII. It was thus the Roman armies fought on the extremities of Asia, while Marius, and Sylla were contesting the Supreme Power at Rome.
With respect to the composition of the Republican troops, and the spirit that animates them, both are very different from what they were under Dumourier and Culline. The old army of the line is annihilated. The troops are now French masses, organized and impelled forward by the different sensations that distinguish the National character. The soldiers, always numerous, well commanded, and protected by an immense artillery, march with confidence, and get killed with the best grace in the world. Their number diminishes their sense of danger, which, by being divided among so many, serves only to inspire contempt. The General officers are excellent, as are the officers of artillery and engineers. The other officers are middling, but make up in activity, what they want in skill, and serve zealously the cause to which they owe every thing.
"Excessive rigour has at length established the most exact discipline. In Belgium, not the smallest irregularity has been committed; at Brussels, not a single drinking party has been disturbed day or night; not a glass broken. One part of the garrison goes to the Church, and the other to the tavern; one part sings Salve Regina , and the other Carmañole , with the utmost good fellowship. The soldiers never talk of the politics of Paris, but they obey all and every where."
We believe the French armies to be perfectly indifferent as to the men by whose orders they are to fight; but we have, as yet, seen no reason to believe that they are indifferent as to the cause for which they are to fight.
LAW REPORT.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
February 7.
The King, v. the Earl of Abingdon.
MR. Erskine moved for the judgment of the Court on the noble defendant, for a libel on Mr. Thomas Sermon.
Lord Chief Justice Kenyon asked if the prosecutor was inclined to receive any proposal from the defendant; or if the defendant was disposed to talk with the prosecutor.
No answer being given to that question by either of the parties, Lord K. said, it would be unnecessary for him to report the evidence at length which was given at the trial. The offensive paragraph was delivered by the defendant to Mr. W. Woodfall, to get it published in the news-papers, and a sum of money was paid for the insertion of it.
Lord A. was here asked, if he had any affidavits to produce in mitigation of punishment; on which he produced the affidavit of Samuel Etwick, Esq. his trustee, which was read. After stating the manner in which Mr. Sermon became his Attorney, this affidavit entered into a detail of the business which the prosecutor had done for the defendant; and charged that he had acted under some influence, and in a manner that was inimical to the interests of the noble Earl.
When the officer was reading it, Lord K. observed, that it was very scandalous and ought not to have been made.
This affidavit being read, the prosecutor was asked if he had any affidavit.
Mr. E. replied, that Mr. S. had made an affidavit, which was upon the files of the Court.
Lord A. began to address the Court in these words:
"My Lords, Being here called upon to receive, I presume, the judgment of the Court, in consequence of the verdict which has been obtained against me for a libel."
Lord K. "This is not the first time I have heard of this business, and I submit it to your judgment and consideration, that in any thing you may say in your defence you will not discover any malice lurking in your mind. I wish to impress this earnestly on your judgment."
Lord A. "I hope your Lordship will not pre-suppose any thing."
Lord K. "Certainly not."
Lord A. "I shall certainly follow your Lordship's advice. In consequence of the verdict which has been obtained against me, I am to request, that the affidavit which I made, when I was cited to shew cause why this criminal information should not be exhibited against me, may again be read to the Court."
This affidavit was accordingly read, in which he candidly admitted that he had delivered the speech in the House of Lords, which the prosecutor complained of, and that he had afterwards given directions to have it inserted in the news-papers. He thought himself not only justified in doing what he had done, but that it was his bounden duty to do so. He then stated in his affidavit, a part of the literary correspondence that passed between him and the prosecutor, and censured severely his conduct in the management of his business.
Lord A. "My Lord, The affidavits being read, I have a word to say in my own defence, and by way of explanation, not being allowed at the time to lay anything on a single point, on which much stress was laid at the trial by the Counsel, in his argument, and also by your Lord

ship in your charge to the Jury. When this is explained, I trust it will appear in a very different light. Mr. E. expressed his surprise at my saying I had suffered an injury, without being able to obtain remedy or redress; and your Lordship admonished me for not instituting proceedings in a Court of Justice, in order to obtain satisfaction and to bring the prosecutor to shame, instead of carving out a remedy for myself. The answer to which is, by asking this question, Does your Lordship think that I am come into this Court, and am now here as my own advocate, from inclination or through necessity? From inclination? I answer, No. From necessity? I answer, Yes. No advocate could be found who would touch even a hair of the prosecutor's head. Many did I try, and all were deaf to my applications. Not even MONEY would open their mouths. What then? Like Diogenes, I took a candle and lantern to seek for honest lawyers to bring the prosecutor to shame; but neither honest nor dishonest were to be found, for it seems they hang all together. I was therefore forced to become my own advocate, and, like that surly Cynic, was obliged to tell my own story in a Tub in Westminster Hall. This is no exaggeration, but is literally true, and I am here in propria persona, as undeniable evidence of the fact I have stated. My consolation is this, had I been one of the late State prisoners—had I been one of those who, not directly indeed, but circumstantially, had conspired to subvert the Constitution of their country, under the flimsy pretext of Parliamentary Reform, I should then have had the best-rate abilities at the bar, to rend the very air in my defence; but because I was charged with having written a libel, no advocate was to be found to give me legal assistance. But let me thank God, that to be found guilty of the one, is a greater comfort, and more honourable, than even to be found Not Guilty of the other. What shall I say? What is the inference on the whole? Such men wish to dissolve at once the bonds of society, and are the scourges of the country to which they belong. A verdict of Guilty having been obtained against me, it is my duty to submit to the sentence of this Court whatever that sentence may be."
Mr. Erskine observed, that in praying judgment for the Crown in this prosecution against Lord Alvingdon, he should not certainly be at all led out of the path of his public duty, by any observations which had been made. If he mistook not, hardly at any time had there occurred a case, certainly not within his experience, which began to be long, which called more emphatically on the Court to support the magistrates of this country, than that on which he was then about to speak. They who considered that the right of the Crown to prosecute any individual for a libel, as proceeding only from this principle, that the public peace must be preserved, and that libels had a tendency to provoke persons to break the peace, were very ill acquainted with the genuine principles of our Constitution. It was indispensably necessary to the tranquillity of human life, that men should enjoy that peace which every well regulated state must afford to every individual who lived under its shadow. The invincible sensibility of mankind to the good opinion of their neighbors, rendered it absolutely necessary that men should be protected in their reputation, which was superior to every other blessing that society itself could bestow. The Crown, therefore, lent its authority for a time (and all the authorities of the Crown were given to it for the benefit of the people) to any individual who lived under the law, to prosecute any man, whatever his rank and station might be, who had invaded his dearest interests. Mr. Erskine begged of the Court not to consider what this libel was, and when they had looked round to the different prisons in this metropolis, and in various parts of the kingdom, when they had looked also at the records of the Court itself, he then called on them to compare those records which were for libels, and the judgments they had pronounced on them, with the libel in question, which he should read, in order to shew its real character and complexion. He begged pardon, and hoped the Court would not suppose he believed they had not the fullest disposition on the present occasion to discharge their duty. But in going through this most unpleasant part of his own duty, he conceived it proper to suggest to their Lordships what he felt from the character of this libel. He said this was proper to be mentioned when they were on a discretionary punishment. He had heard their Lordships often say, the law was no respecter of persons, and that they must deal out punishment according to the nature of the offence, and not according to the quality of the offender. But rather recollecting the quality of the offender in point of rank and station, when these were abused, they called down from the Court a heavier and more indignant judgment. Their Lordships, he said, had heard that day that which it was for others, not him, to contradict; namely, that the Noble Lord was compelled to come there, in
his own person, because there was no man to be found where he stood, and where the gentlemen behind him sat, who would have protected him, and given him that assistance which he (Mr. Erskine) was then giving the prosecutor. Their Lordships would permit him to say, he did not believe it. He firmly believed there was no advocate to be found who would defend the Noble Lord in the way he proposed, and in the way in which he had defended himself; and it was the highest honor to the bar that they had so deported themselves. Was it proper for the defendant to tell the people of England what he had told them that day? If ever there was a time to hold high the law of the country, and to hold high all those who were entrusted with its administration, this was that time. Could any man who professed to think as the defendant thought, hold language which would call on the people of this country to destroy the whole fabric of our law, as if it were true that that Court which met for the administration of public justice, was nothing else but a place of abuse, and where innocence could not be defended.
"My Lords (said Mr. Erskine) with regard to the insinuations and allusions made towards me, I have only to tell the Noble Lord—that they are false. I am as nobly born as he is. The blood that runs in my veins is fully as good as his; and neither he or any other man shall say of me what he has insinuated without receiving from me this answer—If it is possible, it is more false and more wicked malice than the slander he comes here to answer for. Your Lordships will pardon me for being a man, and that I am not made of marble or stone."
He said he should read to them this libel, or as much of it as was necessary for their Lordships exercising their discretion that day. Lord A. forgot what was submitted to the jury but the publication of a speech made by him in the House of Lords, for the ends of public justice. But the charge made on him was not merely that he did not confine it to the walls of that house; but he said the noble Earl had never considered the subject? had never prepared materials for regulations, with a view to reform the law and its practitioners; but, the whole was a flanking horse, to ruin and defame an innocent man. He came forward with this business on the last day of the last Session of Parliament. The present Session had advanced a little, and yet this great plan of reform had never been mentioned by his Lordship. Lord A. as a public man, and as a member of the House of Lords, had a right to lay before that Assembly whatever his duty or his inclination suggested. But the charge on him was, that the whole was a malicious slander on Mr. S. If the jury had believed that Lord A. had done this, and in the course of his discharging his duty, not looking to his own particular wrongs, and his own particular feelings, but that he had only given the case of Mr. S. as an instance among others, in order that the law might be set in motion, the verdict of the jury must have been for his Lordship. [Mr. E. here read the libel, beginning with these words: "My Lords, my case is a hard one, &c."]
Mr. E. asked their Lordships, whether it was possible for any person in the situation of the prosecutor of this indictment, not to come into a Court of Justice and to ask for protection? Whether this was not the greatest libel that could possibly be written? Was it not appealing to all society to banish him from it? Did it not hold him up as a man who ought not to be cherished with even a common acquaintance? Who is the writer of this libel? In what place was it uttered? and what are the circumstances attending it? Your Lordship in your charge to the Jury was pleased to speak in terms of praise of the general deportment of the defendant in common life. That, he contended, was a great aggravation of this libel, for in proportion to the deportment of the defendant, he gave efficacy to what he spoke and to what he wrote, and therefore the Noble Earl's general deportment entitled him (Mr. E.) to say, that the defendant, by that rank, and that general character which he held in society, had endeavoured to the utmost of his power to deprive the prosecutor of all that was dear to him in this world.
Mr. Erskine said, the next point for their Lordship's consideration, was one which the Court would very deeply and very seriously take into the account; and that was, how far a person called before a Court of Justice allotted for his offence, had mitigated the sentence, or the contrary, by his conduct in the course of the prosecution: how far he shewed a peaceable and a tractable spirit, tractable to the law, and peaceable to the prosecutor; how far he had demeaned himself as a good subject of the country, according to his deportment and carriage, when he was called upon to answer for the crime he had committed. He knew, from the manner in which the noble Earl had conducted himself in his defence, that he had greatly aggravated his crime, and of course enhanced the punishment.
The learned counsel said, he really came into court with the best hopes that he should not have occasion to make these observations; and least of all that he should have been obliged to make the observation he had already
anticipated. He called his Lordships to witness, and that part of the bar who were present at the trial of the information that had been filed against the noble Earl, which he did not most studiously avoid every thing that could produce that irritation?
He was sure the defendant had no right, from any thing uttered by him (Mr. Erskine,) on that occasion, to make the observations he had done on the prosecutor. If that was the case, what judgment should their Lordships pronounce? In this argument, he had not led the way to any observations, which took in the great political situation of the country: but he could not help saying, that this was a season in which the people of this country ought to be made to feel the blessings they enjoyed under our admirable constitution, and undoubtedly one of the greatest blessings they enjoyed, was, that the nobility of this country were not like that nobility of which, in an age hence, he might say already, no trace or memorial could be found: because their privileges were not founded on the slavery of their fellow subjects, by despotic power, but constituted a part of the balance of the constitution; and all their privileges were given them for the benefit of the people, of which they were a part.
The learned counsel said, he was by no means sure that he was not in a condition to move for a criminal information against Mr. Erskine, for an insult upon the court, which had never been offered to it in his time. Did that gentleman come there with facts, in order to mitigate the sentence? He came with epithets which did not follow from any facts, and charged with a gross fraud, a gentleman then before the court complaining of a person he was connected with as a trustee. Said Mr. Erskine, I am persuaded your Lordships will never allow that robes and fur gowns hide all. When scandal once began a gainful authority, it was difficult to say what was to be the apex. The most respectable and honorable men in the kingdom had been calumniated, and how soon it would ascend to their Lordships and the other judges, would depend on when the necessity and convenience of the noble Lord, would require that he should calumniate and defame, and endeavor to destroy all that was respectable in the administration of English justice. The noble Earl, said the learned counsel, may shake his head as much as he pleases, but I maintain it as a fact, and I blush for the peerage of England, when I reflect on what has passed in the court this day.
The noble Earl rose to reply, when Mr. Erskine observed, that he had no right, and that he should not.
(To be concluded To-morrow.)
PHILADELPHIA, April 21.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, dated Jan. 5, to a Merchant in this city.
"I may add to my encouragement, that by letters I have received from Algiers, dated the 8th Nov. last, the Dey had just agreed to receive an American ambassador to treat for Peace, and that Col. Humphreys was soon expected there. A fortnight ago a Swedish vessel from Baltimore, arrived at Toulon, loaded with Flour and Rice, has sold it already at 22 hard dollars per barrel, the flour, and 35 livres specie per quintal the rice, as they are much wanted, and of the greatest scarcity."
WOODBURY ACADEMY. On Friday last the pupils of the Woodbury Academy were examined on their different Studies, in the presence of a number of Literary Gentlemen, who expressed great satisfaction with their improvements.
At an Election held yesterday afternoon, for Major to the 3d Battalion of Militia, Mr. Thomas M'Euen was chosen by a majority of 113, viz. for T. M'Euen 326—for R. R. Cusack 213.
Extract of a letter from a Merchant at Nantes to his friend in Philadelphia.
Nantes, Nov. 18. "On board an American brig now lying in the river, they fell 25lbs. of flour for 14 piastres in specie."
Soap per pound at 3 livres 10 sous do.
It must be allowed that the price of goods is exorbitant, but the scarcity of necessaries is so great here, that the citizens don't consider the price, if they can only get what they want. The same American captain had also some leather, shoes, and stock-fish, which he sold extremely well. Oil would sell exceedingly well here, as also tallow, candles &c.
E P I G R A M.
BY MR. THOMAS FOOL. When gaff'd with steel to pierce each other's brain, Bold Cocks are match'd to fight a Royal main! To save the gen'rous Birds in pangs expire, I fudder, grieve, I pity, I admire! Dast! the men who urge the cruel strife! But to lay wagers on departing life: And as the Blood-stain'd Jell I musings quit, I think upon the WAR and curse the PITT!
SOUND ARGUMENT.
WE bipeps made up of frail clay, Alas are the children of sorrow, And though brick and mortar to-day, We all may be wretched to-morrow; For sunshine's succeeded by rain, Then fearful of life's stormy weather, Left pleasure should only bring pain, Let us all be unhappy together. I grant the best blessing we know, Is a friend, for true friendship's a treasure, And yet, lest your friend prove a foe, Oh taunt not the dangerous pleasure: Thus friendship's a flimsy affair, Thus riches and health are a bubble, Thus there's nothing delightful but care, Nor any thing pleasure but trouble. If a mortal would point out a life That on earth could be nearest to heaven Let him, thanking his stars, choose a wife To whom truth and honour are given; But honour and truth are so rare, And horns when they're recutting to tingle, That with all my respect to the fair, I'd advise him to sigh and live single. It appears from these premises plain, That wisdom is nothing but folly, That pleasures a term that means pain, And that joy is your true melancholy: That all those who laugh ought to cry, That 'tis fine frisk and fun to be grieving, And that, since we must all of us die, We will taste no enjoyment while living.
By this Day's Mail.
BERMUDA, March 21.
Yesterday came on at the Vice Admiralty Court, the trial of the ship Eliza, Borrowdale, from Bourdeaux, bound to Virginia, with plate, brandy, wine, &c. prize to his Majesty's ships Argonaut, &c. &c.
This ship was chartered by John Broomfield, jun. of London, to take a cargo of wine and brandy from Bourdeaux to America,—but no money was mentioned in the letter of advice, and the charter party was destroyed.
The evidence was contradictory to the letters found on board [most of the papers were destroyed before and after the capture] but from other circumstances it is evident, that this ship is part owned in Alexandria and part in London, and that the cargo was to pay for the flour sent to France in May last; particularly as it is death to export bullion from thence without the orders of the Convention; and as all merchandise has been in requisition until last December, no merchants could export anything.
The decree is not yet given in. Wednesday last failed on a cruise the privateer Sir Charles Grey, belonging to Bridger Goodrich, Esquire, mounting 20 twelve pounders, and manned with 150 prime able seamen. She is considered by judges to be the completest and swiftest ship that ever failed from these islands.
By the prize Betsey, from Turk's Island, we have accounts of the safe arrival at that place of all the vessels with Salt-makers; and that the Bermudiana was among them. Salt was at 2s. per bushel and a good sale.
A French privateer lately cut out of Blubber Gut [Grand Caicos] a brig belonging to Glasgow, laden with cotton, dye-wood, mahogany, &c. and carried her into Port-a-pau-Paix.
The Scorpion sloop of war, Captain Western, was at New-Providencia the 9th of January last; she is soon expected here.
BALTIMORE, April 17.
We have it from good authority, that a French gentleman arrived in town yesterday, with dispatches from the National Convention to our Executive. He is said to have arrived a few days since at York, (Virginia) where he procured a small vessel to convey him to this place, which he left for Philadelphia. The gentleman who favored us with this information, received letters by the above arrival, which only state, in general terms, that the Republic still continues to be successful.
April 18.
A report is prevalent in town, but on what authority we cannot learn, that instructions have been received at Bermuda, curbing the licentiousness of their rovers, and enjoining more respect, in future, towards neutral bottoms.
The sloop of war reported to have arrived at Bermuda, 30 days from England, proves to be a letter of marque, belonging to that island, which was attacked by a French privateer, but beat her off.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in St. Eustatia, to the Editor of the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Universal Daily Advertiser, dated March 27—received by Capt. Towers.
"The last arrival from England, [the packet] left it the 13th of February:—Holland was then entirely in possession of the French, and the fleet had not sailed from England for those seas; the inhabitants begin to despair of getting any troops in Antigua and St. Kitts, the assembly have determined on liberating 1000 slaves in each island, put them on pay and train them up to arms, in order to defend the islands against Victor Hughes, who is much dreaded all over the West Indies."
"Mr. — is directly from Guadalupe, and told me that he saw 1200 men march from Point-Petre, a few days past, in order to embark for some secret expedition."
"One thousand men, I have no doubt, would take Antigua, and meet with little opposition. Many whom I heard roar-
ing out God For the King, loud enough to split their sides, (of which they follow a great quantity) the next day when the alarm was spread, were frightened that they fled to sea, and wished to be in America. Upon the whole, they are in a bad way, and I do not pity them. The judge of Montserrat, old Parum, talks of going to America, I suppose to deposit the money he made by adjudications. Several privateers from that port, are daily carrying in our countrymen, but they have not thought proper to cond-mn any as yet, I believe more out of fear than love."
ARRIVED.
Brig. Lilly, Towers, St. Eustatius, 19 Schrs. Federal, George, Arnold, Boston, 8 Hope, Whitmore, Cape Francois, 25 Polly, Vickery, St. Martins, 15 Industry, Smith, Salem, 8 Cupid, Clark, St. Bartho-lemews, 14 Sloop Anna, Hammond, Savannah, 11 Sterling, Huffy, Bermuda, — Capt. Towers, in lat. 34, 45, spoke a schooner from Newbern, (N. C.) bound to Hispaniola. In lat. 36, 18, spoke the Sultan, from Rhode Island, bound to Savannah. In lat. 36, 6, spoke a schooner from North Carolina. On Monday last Captain Towers was boarded by the Cleopatra, a British frigate, two other frigates then in sight. Capt. Clark, in a gale of wind from the northward, had the misfortune to spring his foremast, and carry away all his fore rigging, together with his chains and chain bolts. Capt. Hammond informs us, that a large Spanish ship and a schooner were going up the river, prizes to a French privateer, when he left Tybee. Captain Huffy informs that the brig Philip Rutter, of this port, was captured and carried into Bermuda, two days before he failed, that a number of American vessels had lately been carried into Bermuda, and in all probability would be condemned.
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April 21.
New-Castle Pier Lottery.
THE twenty-sixth day's drawing is arrived at the OFFICE, No. 149, Chestnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
500 Tickets drawn that day—no higher prize than one of 200 dollars. The wheel immensely rich.
TICKETS to be disposed of—WARRANTED UNDRAWN.
A Coachman wanted.
One with good recommendations may hear of a place by applying to the Printer. April 21
NEW THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, April 22, Will be Presented, A TRAGEDY, never performed here, called
TAMERLANE.
Tamerlane, Mr. Whitlock Bajazet, Mr. Chambers Axalla, Mr. Cleveland Moneses, Mr. Moreton Prince of Tanais, Mr. Warrell Omar, Mr. Harwood Mirvan, Mr. Mitchell Zama, Mr. Darley jun. Hali, Mr. Warrell jun. Dervise, Mr. Morris Arfaspas, Mrs. Whitlock Selima, Mrs. Marshall To which will be added, (Never performed in America) a Comical Tragical, Operatical FARCE, called
Tom Thumb the Great.
With the original Music, Scenery, &c.
King Arthur, Mr. Bates Lord Grizzle, Mr. Marshall Noodle, Mr. Francis Doodle, Mr. Darley jun. Merlin, and the Ghost of Gaffer Thumb, Mr. Darley Tom Thumb, Miss Solomon Queen Dollalolla, Mrs. Warrell Princess Huncamunca, Mrs. Oldmixon Cleora, Miss Oldfield Mufachach, Miss Willems Glumdalea, (Queen of the Giants) Mr. Rowson
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. Lots prizes exchanged, and both prizes cashed.
Washington Lottery.
The public are informed by notice, 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 Budgett, which will entitle the holder to one fourth of the prize drawn to its number. April 16.

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 knoll 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 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 stout iron straps 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 canted with sawed 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 sashes are to be hung with hinges, and each sash 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 joists, bedded therein, plank 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 stanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or both. These stanchions are to be 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 posts to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and struck solid. Each sash is to have twenty-eight large panes of glass; a part of the sash on the south-west side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform. The 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 stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be four 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 fifteen feet, a sitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by sixteen feet, two small chambers of eight by nine feet join to 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 sash is 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 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 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. t&f&f. April 17.
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. t&f&f. April 17.
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 of 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 hinges, 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, plank 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 struck 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. The entrance to 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 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 story 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 is to procure and
pay, for all 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. tu&fif
Fresh Teas,
Of SUPERIOR QUALITY, viz.
 Imperial, or Gunpowder  Hyson Gomee,  1st quality Hyson,  2d. do. do.  Young Hyson,  Hyson Skin, and  Souchong. 
A few Boxes of each, for sale at
No. 19, Third street south.
Dec. 10 eodtf
Forty Dollars Reward.
Was taken out of the stable of Abraham Van Bibber, Esquire, in the town of Baltimore on the night of the 28th ultimo,
A GREY HORSE,
Near fifteen hands high, six years old this spring, had been shod about 8 day's all round with new shoes, without either brand or ear mark, a white or balled face, a bushy tail, the lower part of which is whiter than the upper; a short head and neck, but carries well and has great spirit; trots, racks, and gallops; is active and well made for either saddle or carriage. Whoever secures the horse so that he can be convicted thereof, and also returns the said horse to either of the subscribers, shall be entitled to the above reward or twenty-five dollars for the horse only, with all reasonable expenses to be paid by
Abraham Van Bibber,
In Baltimore Town, or
Philip Reading,
In Middletown, New Castle County, State of Delaware.
April 8 d6w
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 39,000 are
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000
1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000
1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000
1 Cash prize of 10,000
2 ditto 5,000 each, are 10,000
10 ditto 1,000 10,000
20 ditto 500 10,000
100 ditto 100 10,000
200 ditto 50 10,000
400 ditto 25 10,000
1,000 ditto 10 10,000
15,000 ditto 10 150,000
16,739 Prizes 33,261 Blanks
50,000 Tickets at 8 dollars 400,000
This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington.
The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold 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 West & Co. Baltimore; of Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Bolton; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. Aug 30 eodtf
Rumford & Abijah Dawes,
HAVE FOR SALE,
No. 7, South Water Street,
A PARCEL OF
CAYENNE COCOA,
 A few bales ditto Cotton,  Coffee in tiers and barrels,  A quantity of Récout or Annatto Flag,  Pimento,  Cork Duck,  A few boxes Irish Linen, 
And some Packages of
Spring Goods.
4 mo. 7, 1795 d2w
Columbianum.
Notice is hereby given,
That the Committee of Examination of Talents and Pretensions, belonging to the Columbianum or National College of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving continue to receive recommendations from those Artists, who mean to become Members of that Institution, inclosed to Mr. Groombridge at his house adjoining the Bank of Pennsylvania, and addressed to the chairman.
Signed by order of the Committee of Examination, &c.
J. J. BARRALET,
THOS. ROBSON, Ass't. Sec
Feb. 27 d
Just Published,
BY
THOMAS DOBSON,
BOOKSELLER,
At the Stone House, in second street,
Philadelphia.
Volume XIII of Encyclopædia: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, on a plan entirely new, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems:
This volume contains the history of Neheimah, Nero, Newfoundland, Newton, and Newtonian Philosophy, Niagara, Nile, Norway, Numidia, Observatory, Olympus, Optics, Oratory, Ornithology, Orian, Otahiti, Ovis, Owyhee, Paintings, Palermo, Palestine, Paper making, Parliament, Paris, Patal, together with a great variety of Biographical and miscellaneous articles. Illustrated with 32 elegant Copperplates.
Subscribers to this work are earnestly solicited to take up the volumes which they have not received, as the lying out of so much money is a serious injury to the Publisher, those who do not take them up and pay for them by the first of July 1795, will be subject to an additional charge.
The subscription for this valuable work is closed sometime ago, the Publisher has still a few sets on hand for sale at 110 dollars the set. The money to be paid in full on delivering the volumes now ready, which are thirteen, and the remaining five volumes will be delivered when published to the purchaser or his order.
The fourteenth volume is in the press, in considerable forwardness.
April 10 eod4w
Boston Glafs.
THE Proprietors of the Boston Glafs Manufactory, after great trouble and expence, have got this Useful Manufacture established so as to be able to supply any quantity of Window Glafs that may be wanted, and of any sizes, from 6 by 8 to 19 by 13, of a quality superior to any ever imported into America.
Therefore hope they shall meet the Encouragement of their Fellow Citizens in this and the other States, by having their Orders for Glafs, which will be executed with care and dispatch by Samuel Gridley, Superintendent at the Manufacture, or by sending their orders to Mr. William Codman, merchant, New York, or to
Joseph Anthony & Son,
Merchants, Philadelphia.
March 27 d3w
Just Published,
And to be sold by Mr. Ormerod, No. 41, Chestnut street, Mr. Dobson, 41, Second street, Mr. Davies, 68, High street, and by the Editor, 119, Chestnut street,
An ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF THE
DUTIES
Payable by Law, on all Goods, Wares & Merchandise imported into the United States after the last day of March, 1795.—Price 1-8th of a Dollar. March 19 d
George Hunter,
Chemist,
At his Laboratory, No. 11A, on the
Second street.
INFORMS his former customers and the public, that he has begun the DRUG business again on an extensive plan.
He has for sale a general assortment of
FRESH DRUGS,
CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, and PATENT MEDICINES.
Likewise, painters' colours, dry and ground in oil, paint brushes, window and coach glass, dye stuffs, linseed oil, oil of turpentine, copal oil varnish and japan, warranted good.
Allum, copperas, madder, ground red wood by the hoghead or smaller quantity. As he imports the simplest from the best market, and makes the compositions and preparations himself, he is enabled to vouch for and warrant every article sold out of his Laboratory, and likewise to dispose of them at the most reasonable rates.
He wishes to sell a large LOT OF GROUND, the north-east corner of High and Eleventh Streets, containing 78 feet front on High street, and 200 feet on Eleventh street, opposite Mr. Leiper's new buildings. And another LOT on the north side of High street, near the above, 28 feet front, and 200 feet deep. Both lots have the privilege of a 30 feet alley in their rear. Dec. 13. sif
TO BE SOLD,
A Lot, containing about
17 acres, on the Wissahickon road, 4 miles
from the city, and directly opposite to the
house of Mr. Isaac Wharton.
A Lot, containing 10 acres, in Ilington
Lane, on said road, near the estate of Jas or
Moylan, Esq.
A Lot, containing 10 acres in Turner's
Lane, on said road, and directly opposite to
the estate of Mr. Tennant.
Enquire of Joseph Redman, Woodstock,
corner of Turner's Lane.
April 6 eodtf
This Day is published,
And for sale by William Young, No. 52,
south Second street, J. Ormerod, at the old
Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chestnut street,
and the Editor of this Gazette,
[Price 18 Cents.]
A SERMON,
Delivered in the Second Presbyterian
Church, in the City of Philadelphia, on the
10th of February, 1795, being the day of
General Thanksgiving throughout the United
States.
By ASHBEL GREEN, D. D.
One of the Pastors of the aforesaid Church.
March 18 d
Wanted Immediately.
2 Smiths, a good fireman and White
Smith, good encouragement will be given.
Apply No 162 or 74 Market street.