Gazette of the United States, & daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1800-07-09 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Daily Advertiser.
By C. P. WAYNE, No. 65, South Front-street.
NUMBER 2428.]
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1800.
[VOLUME XVIII.]
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ALMANAC From July 8 to 15. Table with columns for day, moon phase, and time.
Bank of the United States, July 7th 1800. THE Directors have this day declared a dividend for the last six months, of sixteen Dollars per Share, payable to the Stockholders or their legal representatives after the 17th Instant. G. SIMPSON Cash'r. July 7.
Bank of North-America, July 1, 1800. At a Meeting of the Directors this day, a dividend of Five PER CENT. was declared for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockholders or their representatives any time after the 10th inst. By Order of the Board, H. DRINKER, Jun. Cashier. July 1.
BANK of PENNSYLVANIA, July 2, 1800. THE Directors have this day declared a dividend of eighteen dollars on each share of Bank Stock, for the last six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal representatives, after the 12th inst. By order of the Board, JONA. SMITH, Cash'r. d. 12.
150 BARRELS Boston Prime Beef, A few Heads Molasses. A few Quarter-casks of first quality Madeira Wine, and 200 Molasses Knockdowns with heads, For sale by SAMUEL RHODES, No. 1, Penn-street. Who has to Let, A Gentel Three Story Brick House, In Spruce, near Front street. July 7. eod 4t.
Imported In the Ship Abigail. Seth Webber, Master, from Liverpool, and for S. Ie. A FEW THOUSAND BUSHELS OF High Stoved Salt, AND SOME EXCELLENT HOUSE-COAL. APPLY TO GIDEON H. WELLS, or MOORE WHARTON. July 7. d. w.
WALNUT STREET, Opposite to the Public Square. In that handsome and airy spot, there are just now ready TO LET. 4 or 5 New Houses. THIS situation for pleasantness of the prospect of trees and herbage, and its extensive thoroughfare of fresh air, is deemed equal if not superior to any other, that is as convenient to the trading parts of the town. The water is excellent, perhaps the most pure and wholesome that is to be met with in the city. Persons inclined to rent will please to make early application at the Office No. 96, Arch street, or about the premises to JOHN CREAM. July 7. d. 5t.
At Bush-Hill, THE Mansion House is to be let, with about 20 acres of the adjoining lands. Also, some lots from 3 to 4 acres each to be let on improving leases of years, situated on the high grounds next to Francis's Lane, affording fine views of the city and of the Delaware. Likewise, a number of lots to be let on Ground rent on Vine and Callowhill Streets, both eastward and westward of broad Streets. Apply to WILLIAM HAMILTON. The Woodlands, June 27, 1800. July 5.
Lots at Lancaster, Of sixty feet front by 245 feet deep in different parts of the town are to be let on ground rent forever. Also a number of pasture lots from five to ten acres each, to be let on leases for years. The healthiness and pleasantness of this borough, and its ready communication with Philadelphia by means of the Turnpike Road, render it a desirable situation as that of any other inland town. Apply at Lancaster, to JOHN MOORE, Esq. or WILLIAM HAMILTON. The Woodlands, June 27, 1800. July 5.
LOTS, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BLOCKLEY, FOR SALE OR TO BE LET, ON GROUND RENT, One mile and a half from the Centre Square, fronting on Market, Chestnut and Walnut Streets continued, between the turnpike and the road leading from thence to Baltimore. THE situation of these lots is more elevated than any within the same distance of the city, of which and the surrounding country, it commands beautiful and extensive views, and has at the same time the advantage of being on the side of Schuylkill generally esteemed most healthy. The dimensions of the lots are particularly calculated to suit industrious citizens, whose occupations, although requiring them to be near the town, may be nevertheless advantageously pursued without its bounds. There are in the neighbourhood numerous stone quarries, and there is at the middle ferry (well side) a board yard, where wooden materials for building, as well as cedar posts and rails for fencing, may be had at lower rates than in the city. Apply to WILLIAM HAMILTON. The Woodlands, June 27-July 5. 317
CHINA GOODS. Landing from the ship America, Walter Sims, Commander, from Canton, AND FOR SALE BY NICKLIN, GRIFFITH & CO.
BOHEA, CONGO, Souchong, 1st & 2nd quality, Caper Souchong, Hyson-skin, Tonkay, Singlo, Young hyson, Hyson, 1st & 2nd quality, Imperial, Yellow & white nankens, Lutcestrings, black & color'd, Sinshawa do. Satins do. Lutcestrings, maz. blue & dark green, Sinshawa do. Persian tassels, dark green. They have also on hand for sale, received by the late arrivals from Europe, &c. Striped and checked ginghams, White figured & color'd Muslinets, White corded dimities, Color'd silk, striped Nankens. 14 Trunks printed Calicoes, 3 do. do. 3 Bales seine twine, 10 Casks English China ware, in tea sets, 6 Casks mineral black, 1 do. white, 10 do. colcother, 3 Casks purple browns, 35 do. nails aff. vied, 9 do. London porter in bottles, English sail canvas, No. 1, 2 & 3, Russia duck, 27 Boxes white Havana sugar, 13 Pipes old Madeira wine, Gunpowder, Empty wine bottles, 20 Guns, 6 pounders, 12 do. 9 do. 18 do. 9 do. with carriages, &c. 280,000lbs. Ceribou coffee, 1st quality, 30,000lbs. black pepper, 20 Logs ebony. May 25. m&w tf
To Ironmongers, Storekeepers, &c. FOR SALE, At No. 97, MARKET-STREET, A WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddlery, Japanned Ware, Paints, &c. For cash, or on a short credit, at a low advance, either the whole together or in lots as may best suit the purchasers. July 3. tuth&s if
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE, About 25 acres of Land, LAYING on the east side of the Falls Road. On the East it is bounded by property belonging to Mr. Tench Francis, Sen. On the North, by a road of two perches, and on the South by a lane which separates it from Mr. McCall. It is proposed to divide this land into 3 equal parts in order to suit the purchasers. Also, 31 acres, situated on the west side of Germantown road, adjoining to an estate, being part of the property of the late Samuel Millin. For terms apply to Samuel Millin, corner of Market and 11th Streets. January 24. d. 5t.
To the Inhabitants of the 3d Collection District, Comprehended by the East and West Northern Liberties, and the township of Blockley in first division, State of Pennsylvania. YOU are hereby notified, that the tax which has been assessed upon dwelling houses, lands and slaves within this district, by virtue of an act of Congress passed the 14th of July, 1798, entitled "an act to lay and collect a direct tax," becomes due and payable on the 12th day of July next, and that I will attend at my house, No. 363, north Second Street, to receive the same, from and after the 12th day of July to the first day of August next, from 9 o'clock in the morning till 6 in the afternoon, except Monday the 21st and Friday the 25th, when, for the greater convenience of the inhabitants in the township of Blockley, I will attend at the house of Mr. William Roads, at the Cross Roads, of which all persons concerned are to take notice—that on default the delinquents will immediately be proceeded against as the law directs, and subject themselves to an additional expense of eight per centum on their respective taxes and cost of prosecution. In conformity to the 6th section of the act aforesaid, a full and correct copy of the tax bill remains at the office of John Browne, No. 368, north Front Street, Northern Liberties, the surveyor of the revenue for the said assessment district, open to the inspection of all persons inclined to inspect the same. JAMES SWAIN, Collector of the 3d collection district. Northern Liberties, June 23. w. 1A
WILL BE LANDED, IN A FEW DAYS, At Beck's Wharf, the next below Market St. A QUANTITY OF Jamaica Spirits AND COFFEE. Also, a few Hogheads of JAMAICA SUGAR, FOR SALE At No. 17, South Water Street. July 3. d. w.
Imported In the Pomona, from Liverpool, and for sale, Ironmongery, Saddlery, Cutlery, Brass & Japan'd Wares, Per the Brutus and Penelope, via N. York, HATS assorted in cases, and PINS in Boxes—BY ELISHA FISHER & Co. No. 39. North Front Street. June 26. d. 1m
A Summer Retreat. TO BE RENTED, A GENTEEL HOUSE, WITH a stable, carriage-house and lot, situated in a pleasant part of Trenton. The terms will be moderate, and possession can be had immediately; but the tenant will not be wanted to occupy the premises after the 10th of next November. For terms apply to the printer, or to ABRAHAM HUNT, Esquire, in Trenton. June 14. tuth&s t
GLASS MANUFACTORY. THE PROPRIETORS Of the Pittsburgh Glass Works, HAVING procured a sufficient number of the most approved European Glass Manufacturers, and having on hand a large stock of the best Materials, on which their workmen are now employed, have the pleasure of assuring the public, that window glass of a superior quality and of any size, from 7 by 9 to 18 by 24 inches, carefully packed in boxes containing 100 feet ea. h., may be had at the shortest notice. Glass of larger sizes for other purposes, may also be had, such as for pictures, coach glasses, clock faces, &c. Bottles of all kinds and of any quantity may also be had, together with pocket knives, pickling jars, apothecary's shop furniture, or other hollow ware—the whole at least 25 per cent. lower than articles of the same quality brought from any of the sea ports of the United States. A liberal allowance will be made on sale of large quantities. Orders from merchants and others will be punctually attended to on application to JAMES O'HARA or ISAAC CRAIG, or at the Store of Messrs. PRATHER and SMILE, in Market-Street, Pittsburgh. March 11. tuth&f. FOR SALE, An Invoice of Playing Cards, Consisting of 75 dozen assorted—they will be sold cheap for cash. Apply to the Printer. May 19.
QUESTIONS To Merchants, Store keepers, and Traders in general, &c. 1st, PRAY Gentlemen, is a perfect standard of discount, or interest, calculated on every dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2000, from one day to sixty-four days inclusive, of any value, whether used as a standard, or as a check upon the enquirer's own calculations. 2d, Is it of any importance to know the best methods of computing the exchanges, between this country and the principal maritime trading place in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Prussia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Italy, in several of the Windward and Leeward West India Islands, and many ports in the East Indies? 3d, Is a table of all the coins and monies of account in the places aforesaid, of any use? 4th, Are the coins and monies of account in the aforesaid places, when reduced to dollars and cents, of any service? 5th, Is a table of compound interest of any utility? 6th, Is the table by which the banks determine the value of gold, desirable? 7th, Is the amount of interest, accurately calculated for each month from one to twelve months, and on every dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2000, of any value? 8th, Is a table of all the post towns in the United States, and rates of postage therewith, of any use? 9th, Will not all these together make a book, as generally useful and convenient as ever entered a counting house or store? 10th, Will not the whole, when comprised in a quarto volume of from 200 to 225 pages, be worth two dollars? And lastly, Is the person, who at the expence of FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS undertakes to perform upwards of one hundred and sixty thousand calculations of interest, and of giving all the preceding information to the public in the most complete manner, deserving of your encouragement and support? If the answer is in the affirmative, you are individually and respectfully invited to subscribe in one of the specimen books, exhibited at the City Tavern, Hardy's Hotel, Francis's Hotel, the Indian Queen, Dunwoody's Tavern, the Franklin Head, and at the George. It is proper to state, that the work will not be executed unless fifteen hundred subscribers are obtained: for four thousand dollars is too much to hazard. NOTHING IS TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE, neither will it be expected of subscribers to take the work when published, if it is not delivered rigorously conformable to my agreements with the public, expressed in the conditions annexed to the specimen books, each of which consists of six detached pages of the work. I am, with respect, Gentlemen, Your humble servant, JOHN ROWLETT, Accomptant, Bank of North America. POSTSCRIPT. The work is dedicated, by permission, to the President and Directors of the Bank of North America, and has already received the patronage of JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States; of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate; of a large number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States; and of the Presidents and Directors of the different Banks unanimously. The Specimen Book in the Bank of North America, is filling very fast with subscriptions, some for 2 copies, some for 3 copies, and some for 5 copies, and I take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging all favours. ** Gentlemen having business at either of the Banks may subscribe there as well as at the Taverns, &c. already mentioned. Copy-right secured according to act of Congress. March 10. d. 2t
A fashionable HORSE AND GIG FOR SALE. The Horse young, and the Gig as good as new. Apply to the Editor. N.B. NEW WATCHES will be taken in payment at a fair wholesale price. June 12.
A CERTIFICATE FOR a three quarter Share of Bank Stock of the United States, No. 3818 in the name of John Holmes, Jun. has been lost or mislaid and for the Renewal of which application has been made at said Bank, of which all concerned are desired to take notice. PETER TRECENT. d. 3m. May 19.
A FRAME BUILDING, ABOUT 30 feet long and 18 wide—it has been so constructed that it can be taken down and put up without injury. Any person desirous to purchase, by applying to the Printer will receive further information. June 17.
CAUTION. LOST or mislaid Moore Wharton note, dated 28th May last, payable in sixty days to Jacob Downing, and by him indorsed for three hundred eighty eight dollars and seventy three cents—payment being stopped at the several Banks, it can be of no use, but to the owner—Any person having found the same, shall receive a suitable reward, by leaving it at No. 119 North Water Street. June 17. d. 5t
Three Cents Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 28th inst. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Howackel, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any person apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N.B. She had a 3 years and some months to serve DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. gawtf
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, APRIL 21, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the act of Congress, passed on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred, intitled "An act in addition to an act, intitled, an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," as follows: 1st. All the fractional parts of the quarter townships adjoining to the Indian boundary line of the tract of land referred to in said act, except the fractional quarter townships number twenty; 2d. All the fractional parts of the quarter townships adjoining to the river Scioto, except the quarter townships number one and four, in township number one of range number nineteen; 3d. The quarter townships number two and three of township number three, in range number nineteen; and the quarter townships number one and four in township number five, of range number twenty; together described, are reserved to be located, for the original holders of warrants granted for military services, or their heirs, in lots of one hundred acres, pursuant to the act above recited. 4th. The following is a description of the fifty quarter townships referred to in the preceding article and which were designated by lot in the presence of the Secretary of War, pursuant to the act above recited.
Table with 7 columns: Range, Township, Lot, Number, Range, Township, Lot, Number. Lists 50 quarter townships.
3d. All the lands in each of the above fifty quarter townships, and in the fractional parts of quarter townships before described, have been divided upon the respective plats thereof, as returned by the Surveyor General, into as many lots of one hundred acres each, as the quantity such quarter township or fraction is fitted to contain will admit, in the manner pointed out and required by the above recited act. 4th. The plats divided as aforesaid in the office of the Register, the Treasury where the locations are to be made; and upon surrendering the warrants which shall be thus located, patents will be issued in the manner, and upon the conditions prescribed by law. Given under my hand at Philadelphia the day and year above-mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. April 22. d. w. 3m.
Ten Dollars Reward. DESERTED FROM York Town on the 23d inst. JAMES HENDERSON, lately a Sergeant in the 10th Regiment, and since enlisted as a Sergeant in the Marine Corps, of the following description:—He is about five feet six inches high, brown hair and fair complexion. He is an active fellow and brags much of his abilities as a Drill Sergeant. He has been lately seen in Lancaster, and is probably with his friends, who live about 4 miles from that place. The above reward will be given and all expenses paid, on delivering him to any officer in the service of the United States, or lodging him in jail. ROBERT RANKIN, Adjutant Marine Corps. Philadelphia, June 30. d. w.
Public Notice IS hereby given, that the Partnership of John Whitehides & Henry Houghton, trading under the firm of JOHN WHITEHIDES & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. JOHN WHITEHIDES. Edward Edwards } Attorneys Charles B. Young } FOR Joseph S. Lewis } H. Houghton. Philadelphia, July 3, 1800—(s.) (tf
Just Arrived, AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBERS, THE CARGO OF THE SHIP PHILADELPHIA, Theodore Bliss, Commander, from Banga consisting of An assortment of Piece Goods. Sugars of the best quality. And 200 qr. chests of superior quality Hyson Teas. Willings & Francis, and Thomas & John Clifford. March 17. d.
Baltimore and New York Mail Stage Office IS removed from No. 13 South Fourth Street, to No. 18 South Third Street. An Office for these Stages is also kept at Mr. Hardy's Inn, No. of Market Street. General Post Office, April 28.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
[By the brig Tryal, arrived at New-York from Liverpool.]
LONDON, May 15.
A letter from Palermo, dated April 8, mentions the arrival there of the William Tell, French ship, lately captured by the English in the road of Malta. She had on board six millions of specie, with a quantity of other valuable effects, which the French found in that island. The conflict was desperate, and continued 4 hours. The number of killed and wounded on board the French ship amounted to about 400; the loss on our part is 90 men. There were about 1600 men on board the William Tell, chiefly of those belonging to the garrison, sick, and Malta patriots.
A powerful expedition is certainly preparing to sail; it is to consist of 12,000 men, under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie. The old regiments of Gibraltar and Minorca, are, it is reported, to form a part of this force, and being replaced by militia corps, will be embarked for Genoa, from whence a combined army of British and Imperial troops is to be marched into the south of France.
It seems likely from every appearance, that a new expedition is now upon the tapis. Several revenue cutters have just been put under admiralty orders at Portsmouth; and a number of flat-bottomed boats are about to be put on board some men of war at Deal, where the 31st regiment is expected to embark in the course of the present week.
The Court of Petersburg assumed mourning during a fortnight on account of the death of the French princess Adeliade, aunt to the unfortunate Louis XVI.
Admiralty-Office, May 10.
Copy of a letter from vice-admiral lord Keith, commander of his majesty's ships and vessels, in the Mediterranean, dated on board the Minotaur, off Genoa, April 18.
"I have the satisfaction of acquainting you, for the information of their Lordships, that the Guillaume Tell having attempted to escape from Malta on the evening of the 29th ult was intercepted and captured the following morning by his majesty's ships Lion, Foudroyant, and Penelope; but, as I have not yet received captain Dixon's account of the particulars of the action, or of the loss which has been sustained, I must take another opportunity of communicating them. I understand, however, that the enemy was completely dismayed before the shock, and that the Lion and Foudroyant have had killed and wounded about 40 men each."
The state of the weather for some weeks, and at present, is favorable beyond all precedent, for vegetation promises to alleviate the distress of the great body of society, and to ultimately compensate the enormous price of every article of food.
[The following is a part of the Intelligence from the Office of the Gazette of the United States and omitted last evening for want of room—It is now re-published for the information of our distant subscribers.]
VIENNA, April 23.
On Monday last, a second Supplement Extraordinary was published, relative to the operations of the army in Italy, which is as follows:
"In the last Supplement, the position was mentioned which General Melas had taken, after the advantages gained by him in the Riviera, and the effecting the blockade of the citadel of Savona. But not to give time to the enemy's principal force assembled near Genoa, to gain advantages over any detached divisions of our troops, the General resolved, for that purpose, as well as for establishing as speedily a junction as possible with F. M. Lieutenants Ott and Hohenzollern, to march with the greater part of the army, on the evening of the 9th, and to take his position from Veirara along St. Juliana di Stella to Veggio, the English Admiral having promised to cover his right wing by several ships. Meanwhile, the necessary measures were taken, as soon as the English bomb vessels should have arrived, for bombarding the citadel of Savona by sea and land at the same time. On the 8th the enemy also quitted Finale, thus leaving to F. M. Lieutenant Elwitz a shorter position from Sente Pani, along St. Pantalone, to Cape Zoppa, but General Melas intends to take possession of it only as the further progress of his operations shall require. In the batteries on the coast between Vado and Finale, seven pieces of artillery off different caliber, and about four hundred pounds of gun powder were found."
General Melas further reports, from the head quarters at Celle on the 10th instant, that he altered his plan of marching to Varraggio, on the evening of the 9th, on account of his having received positive intelligence that the enemy had shortly before reinforced the post of Varraggio with 3000 men. Under these circumstances the General thought it necessary to avoid marching at night, and did not set out before 6 o'clock in the morning of the 10th. He ordered the division commanded by General Count Palfy to attack the enemy at 3 points, at Stella di Costa, while the two Generals Francis Count St. Julien and Count Bellegarde took their stations on and near the Veirara. The engagement was very hot, and the enemy's resistance more than obstinate; but they were forced to give way to the bravery and perseverance of our troops, who with all the courage imagina-
ble made themselves masters of every one of the enemy's advantageous positions. A chief of Brigade, an adjutant General of the commander in chief Massena, who at different times led his troops in person, endeavouring to gain the victory, with several other officers, belonging to Massena's suite, and 200 privates, were made prisoners, and the field of battle was covered with dead bodies. The farther details of the enemy's and our loss, General Melas promises in his next. The enemy flying in confusion, mostly on the roads along the coast, were pursued as far as Invrea, and greatly harassed on their retreat by some English bomb vessels; night only terminated the conflict. On the same day, the 10th the General of Cavalry received the glad tidings from Field Marshal Lieutenant Hohenzollern, of his having on the 9th inst. ascended the Bochetta with four battalions, on which occasion he had taken six pieces of heavy artillery, killed a great number of the enemy's troops, and made nearly 200 prisoners. Field Marshall Lieutenant Keim reported to Genoa at Melas, that in the night from the 7th to the 8th inst. he had surprised Mount Cenis, made prisoners 8 officers and 300 privates taken sixteen pieces of cannon, and maintained himself on that important post."
A few days ago, the French Generals Perignon and Grouchy, who had been prisoners at Gratz, set off for Frankfort, accompanied by the Imperial Capt. Villon, to be exchanged.
STUTGARD, April 23.
Letters from Jassy say, that a Russian corps of more than 50,000 men, is collected on the frontiers of Moldavia, which will receive reinforcements. The motive for collecting these troops is not known; but it is supposed that the Sublime Porte has requested succours of the Emperor of Russia against Pashwan Oglou and other European Pashas who refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Grand Seigneur.
PARIS, May 9.
Joseph Buonaparte is appointed Counselor of State, and the Department of the Interior is appropriated to him.
Several emigrants who had returned to France, in order to intrigue, have under the protection of the Centre Police been arrested. Among these is Citizen Piette, formerly member of the Council of Five Hundred. His papers have been seized, and the seals put on them. They mention besides him Oudinot, Falsafeau, under the name of Morneur, Delisle, Bastion, Labrosse, Lercoy, and Robuck. They are accused of emigration.
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.
"The Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of the Departments."
"The First Consul set off at one in the morning for the army of reserve. He repairs to Dijon, and from thence perhaps to Geneva. In 15 days he will be on his return to Paris; and in the interval an uniform and rapid movement will be given to our armies."
"Hasten, citizen Prefects, the payment of the contributions; suspend the departure of the Conscripti who have not quitted your Department. The Head Quarters remain at Dijon, to receive them; let them hasten to join their Comrades, if they wish to share in the glory which awaits them."
"In these circumstances your zeal, Citizen Prefects, will dictate what you ought to do. You see that the interest of the Republic requires that the army should be completed without delay. The First Consul has commissioned me to announce to you his departure, and it is unnecessary for him to remind you of what your country expects from you."
"If upon this intelligence, the hawkers of alarming news should be circulated among you by the slaves of England, let the slaves of England and their emulators be pursued by the hatred and the contempt of Frenchmen. We must either save our country, or be silent and with it well."
"Tell those under your administration that the hour of battle and of glory comes for the last time. Let the soldiers, magistrates, citizens, redouble their efforts. To stimulate the zeal of all, let your departments, your cities, and your fields, ring with these words, which should move all hearts—"Peace is about to be re-conquered!"
Signed "LUCIEN BUONAPARTE."
"Surowow is said to have been on the 14th of April invested with the order of St Hubertus by the elector of Bavaria; a circumstance which pretty well establishes the fallacy of the report of his having died on the 22nd of the present month."
LONDON, May 8.
Some of the morning papers report that a squadron of five Dutch ships of the line, is now at sea. Our letters from Yarmouth received this morning do not state them to have failed, but mention that number being ready to sail; and that our north sea fleet are under sailing orders, to be in readiness should they venture out.
GENERAL ORDERS.
War Office, April 26.
Copies of the following circular letter from the Adjutant General, to the Secretary at War, relative to the Officers being absent from their regiments without leave, &c. have been transmitted to the different army Agents, for the purpose of being circulated throughout the Regiments of their respective Agencies.
Horse Guards, April 19, 1800.
SIR, "I have received his royal highness the commander in chief's directions to inform you, that in consequence of the representation made to the king, of the frequent instances which occur of officers being guilty of neglect of duty, by being absent without leave, and not joining their respective regi-
ments; it is his majesty's pleasure, that in future the pay of all officers, who are absent without leave, or who having obtained leave of absence, overstay the period of it of whom I have received his royal highness's command to make from time to time special returns to the war office shall be suspended in the hands of their agents, nor shall it in any instance be afterwards paid to such officers, except upon a very strong and full representation from the commanding officer, stating some unavoidable cause for this apparent breach of duty, in which particular cases his Majestys further pleasure will be notified through the commander in chief, to the war Office."
"His Royal Highness the commander in chief will feel it incumbent on him to submit the name of any Officer who continues absent without leave, and whose absence is not accounted for, to his Majesty, for the purpose of his being suspended."
I have the honour to be, with much respect, your most obedient humble servant, HARRY CALVERT, Adjut. Gen. Right Hon. WILLIAM WINDHAM, Secretary at war, &c.
May 13.
A Passport is made out for the Turkish ambassador and his suit to leave England for the Ottoman porte soon as his successor arrives.
A letter from the Hague, dated the 3d inst. received of the Hamburgh mail, contains the following information:—"Yesterday the first Chamber and to day the second Chamber decreed, that leave should be given to the importation, from England for every raw material, which is not the direct produce of that country; also every article not the manufacture of Great Britain. The same privilege has been granted to the Brabanters."
The same letter adds—"That no military man, or armed burgher is suffered to go without the gates of Amsterdam. Some Burgers, not liking this restriction, tempted on Saturday to pass the gates to the number of fifty. The guard at the gates refused their passing, in which a scuffle ensued, and one burgher was shot dead. The rest took flight."
We have great satisfaction in being enabled to hold out to the Public the prospect of a considerable reduction in the prices of all sorts of grain, in consequence of the very large importations during the last wine days. The following is an account of the entries inwards, in the port of London, of foreign corn, from the 1st to the 8th of May, 1800, inclusive.
Table with 2 columns: Grain type, Quantity. Wheat: 45757 Quarters, Oats: 36138, Rye: 2459, Barley: 2234, Pease: 1538, Beans: 800. Together: 88226 Quarters.
May 18.
The king on Thursday was present in Hyde Park, at a field day of the Grenadier battalion...
Paris journals dated the 11th give ample details of the previous battles, and of a new one on the 9th in which the French were again successful...
May 21.
Paris papers to the 18th inclusive, reached us this morning. These papers contain a Telegraphic Dispatch from Huningen, dated the 16th inst stating the capture of Memmingen by the right wing of the French army.
The Paris Journals state, that the battles of the 4th and 5th, were most bloody. The loss of the Austrians is estimated at 10,000 killed and 11,000 wounded; the French 5000 killed, and 7000 wounded. On the 7th, the Austrians are said to have gained some advantages, but were soon compelled to retreat. The right wing of the French on the 9th, it is said, entered Lindau, and another was preparing to attack Bregenz after passing the Rhine at Rheineck. The French army seems to be advancing to Augsburg.
DEAL, May 19.
The Superb, Trail, from Charleston, is arrived off Weymouth. On the 15th instant, in long. 12, lat. 42, she was boarded by a privateer of 12 guns, who had captured the Princess Amelia Packet, from the West Indies; and two brigs for Newfoundland; one of them from Dartmouth and the other from Jersey.
NAPPER TANDY.
DUBLIN, May 5.
This day Mr. Tandy and Harvey Morris were brought up to the King's Bench, under a strong escort of cavalry and infantry.
Lord Kilwarden, Chief Justice, ordered the Clerk of the Crown to ask the prisoners if they had anything to say to the Court? Mr. McNally, as Counsel for the prisoners, said it was their wish that their trial should be postponed, as requested on a former day on their part by Mr. Curran; that there was an affidavit sworn, by which it appeared Sir James Crawford, His Majesty's Minister at Hamburg, intended coming to this city as a witness on their behalf.
The Attorney General consented to postpone the trial, when the Court ordered that the prisoners be brought up again this day week in order to be tried, if Sir James Crawford should then appear in Court. The prisoners were remanded. The course of people in and around the Court was immense, and the prisoners appeared in good health and spirits.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
BOSTON, July 4.
From the frequent mention that Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence—ignorant people might be led to doubt whether others, who were esteemed patriots, approved of the measure. If Jefferson penned the Declaration, it probably was an accidental honor in the arrangement of Committees, and every other member of Congress would have been proud of the task—The following letter from the person who is now the President of the United States was written the day after that Declaration was made. The fervour of sentiment and language, would authorize a strong presumption of the constant fidelity of the writer to his principles.
"Philadelphia, July 5, 1776."
"YESTERDAY the greatest question was decided, which was ever debated in America; and a greater perhaps, never was, or will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, "THAT THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES."
"The day is passed—The Fourth day of July, 1776, will be a memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm; but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory—I can see that the end is more than worth all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. I am, &c."
JOHN ADAMS."
The Roxbury Troop of Horse met the President at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Dedham, and had the honor to escort him from thence to Quincy, where he arrived last evening. The Marshal of the District attended at Milton. The President appeared fatigued, having left Providence yesterday morning.
The road the President took in returning to Quincy, deprived the citizens of Boston of the opportunity of testifying to him that their affection is unabated, by assembling to form a respectful escort cavalcade.
CHARLESTON, June 19.
Senator Charles Pinckney, the author of the writings on the case of Nash, the murderer and pirate, arrived on Tuesday last, from Philadelphia in the Schooner Minerva.
Laws of the United States.
By Authority.
Sixth Congress of the United States At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.
AN ACT,
To establish the District of Kennebec, and to annex Lyme to New-London, and to alter the District of Bermuda-Hundred and City Point, and thereby to amend an act intitled "An act to regulate the Duties on Imposts and Tonnage."
Section 1.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the towns of Wells and Arundel, in the State of Massachusetts, and all the shores and waters thereof, shall be a district, to be called the district of Kennebec, of which the port of Kennebec shall be the sole port of entry, and the ports of Wells and Cape Porpoise shall be ports of delivery only, and a collector for the district shall be appointed to reside at Kennebec.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That ships or vessels owned in whole or in part, in the towns of Edgcomb and Newcastel in the district of Maine, having entered in due form of laws at the port of Wilscasset, and taken on board an officer, shall be permitted to unlade in the ports of the said towns which adjoin Sheepscot river. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the town of Lyme, in the State of Connecticut, and the shores and waters thereof, shall be annexed as a port of delivery only to the port of New London, and all vessels bound to or from the said port of Lyme, shall first come to enter and clear at the said port of New London. Provided however, that the surveyor appointed to reside at Saybrook, shall be authorized to visit and inspect ships or vessels arriving at said port of Lyme, and generally to perform the duties of a surveyor, as may be requisite within said port.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the district of Bermuda Hundred and City Point, as at present constituted in the State of Virginia, shall be called the district of Peterburgh, to comprehend Peterburgh, City Point, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbours and inlets of James River, from Hoods and the junction of Chickahominy to the junction of the James and Appomattox river, and from thence to the highest tide water of Appomattox, and also the Chickahominy to its highest tide water mark. And the port for the said district shall extend from Peterburgh to City Point. And another district shall be formed to be called the district of Richmond, to comprehend Richmond, and Manchester, and Bermuda Hundred, and all the waters, shores, bays, harbors and inlets of James river, from Bermuda Hundred, including the harbor thereof to the highest tide water of James river, and the port shall extend from Richmond and Manchester to Bermuda Hundred. The office of the collector for the district of Peterburgh shall be kept in the town of Peterburgh, and a collector shall be appointed for the Richmond district, whose office shall be kept in the city of Richmond, and the supervisor's within these two districts, shall continue to reside at the places at present established by law.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the master of any ship or vessel bound to any district of James River above Sewall's Point, shall, before he pass by the said Point and immediately after his arrival either at the same, or at Hampton Road, deposit with the collector of the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or of Hampton, a true manifest of the cargo on board such ship or vessel; and the said collector shall after registering the manifest, transmit the same duly certified to have been so deposited, to the officer with whom the entries are to be made: And the said collector may whenever he shall judge it to be necessary for the security of the revenue, put an inspector of the customs on board any such ship or vessel, to accompany the same until her arrival at the first port of entry or delivery in the district to which such ship or vessel may be destined: And if the master or commander of any such ship or vessel, shall neglect or omit to deposit a manifest in manner as aforesaid, or shall refuse to receive an inspector of the customs on board, as the case shall require, he shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit, one half for the use of the officer with whom such manifest ought to have been deposited, and the other half to the use of the collector of the district to which the said ship or vessel may be bound.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That such part and so much of the act intitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on impost and tonnage," as comes within the purview of this act, being contrary hereto, shall be and hereby is repealed.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved, May 10, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Sunday Schools.
A Stated Meeting of the First Day or Sunday School Society, will be held, at the usual place, This Evening, the 9th instant, at half past 7 o'clock.
Punctual attendance is requested.
July 8
FOR CHARLESTON, (S. C.)
THE SHIP
Mary Ann,
Francis Stewart, Master;
Will sail on Sunday next. Any freight or passengers offering in time, will be taken on low terms: For either of which apply to WILLIAM BELL.
Who has for sale,
A few Casks of Plastics, Bretagnes and Ticklenburgs, entitled to drawback.
July 9.
d 902
WAYNE COUNTY TAXES.
THE owners of unimproved lands in Wayne county, are hereby notified, that Taxes are become payable therefor for the years 1799 and 1800. Those who have not already paid their taxes, are hereby required to discharge the same to JOHN BRINK, Esquire, Treasurer of said County at Milford, within three months from this date, otherwise proceedings to sale, according to the act of Assembly in such case provided, will be had by the Commissioners for the said county.
Asa Stetson, John Garson, Johannes Van Etten, } Commissioners
E. KELLOGG, Clk. July 9, 1800 d 902
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PRICES OF STOCKS.
Table with 3 columns: Stock Name, Price, and Remarks. Includes entries for 8 per Cent Stock, Navy Stock, Three per Cent, Deferred, Bank United States, Pennsylvania, North America, Insurance comp.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Table with 3 columns: Bill Location, Days, Price. Includes entries for Bills on London, Bills on Hamburg, Do. in Amsterdam.
Yesterday, the Gazette groaned under the load of news. To day, studious of variety, the matter is so changed, that even the yawning loungers may allow that its "yoke is easy, and its burden light."
MARRIED—At Carlisle, P. by the Rev. Dr. Robert Davidson, Lieut. Hugh H. Foss, of the late 10th United States regiment, to Miss Betsy Hughes, daughter of John Hughes, Esq. of that borough.
On Saturday evening last by the Rev. Dr. Helmuth, Mr. John M. Knibb, to Miss Catharine Stoll, both of this city.
DIED—at Civetta Vecchia, in Italy, in the month of March last, Mrs. Henrietta Teresa Margrave Sartori, daughter of Mrs. Esther Musgrave, of this city, and wife of John Baptiste Sartori, Esq. Consul of the United States at Rome—in the 27th year of her age.
THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATION.
Table with 2 columns: Time, Temperature. Includes entries for At noon, July 5, July 6, July 7, July 8.
Extract of a letter from John Morton, Esq. American Consul at Havana to the Secretary of State, dated Havana 21st of May, 1800.
It is with much concern I announce to you, Sir, that since my last, the yellow fever has commenced its ravages among our countrymen at this place. A number of seamen, and several persons, who resided on shore, have already fallen victims to that dreadful disease; and several are now under the hands of the physician.
The love of novelty is very finely displayed in the sentiment contained in a toast: "drunken, or a drunken toast, at a late meeting in the Northern Liberties. "May a speedy change take place in every department of government." How many changes do the gentlemen of the Northern Liberties wish in a day? Are they not a little afraid that they would be affected with a vertigo, a sort of sea sickness, amid this incessant whirl of revolution?
"Be my shoul," said Pat, after a ramble through the suburbs of the city on Friday evening last, "be my shoul, but militiamen is dam plenty in this country, for faith the gutters is full of them."
The United States ship Herald, lately failed from St. Thomas with a fleet. Butcher was selling there at 1 dollar per lb.
Colonel James Martin, of Stokes county, North-Carolina, is a candidate for the district composed of the counties of Iredell, Surry, Stokes and Rockingham, for an Elector of President and Vice-President. Should he be chosen, he will support the present Chief Magistrate, and some other Federal character.
To JOSHUA B. MCLEAN
Some time has elapsed since the following questions were proposed to you; least you might not have seen them, they are again published, and full time shall be given for a reply, which, if you think proper, shall be published in this Gazette.—Remember, Sir, you are placed in a high office under the State Government of Pennsylvania, and the queries now proposed, if answered in the affirmative, render you unqualified for your station. If you do not answer, it will be a fair conclusion that you are guilty, and your silence will induce me to propose a question of a more serious nature.
Query I. When a man is appointed Attorney General of the state of Pennsylvania, does he on oath declare he will support the Laws?
II. Is it consistent with his duty as an attorney general to advise the good people to oppecany tax legally imposed?
III. Did you or did you not advise a gentleman of this City who is opposed to the tax for watering the city, to continue his opposition, and to refuse submission to that law?
MAD DOGS!
We are informed that a Boy was bitten this morning by a Mad Dog at the corner of Chestnut and Second Streets—He seized the boy by the wrist and early torchis hand off.
The Marquis DEL CAMPO died on his estate in Spain, about the middle of March last.
A letter from Lieutenant D. Porter of the Amphitrite tender, now at the Fort, states that a Northern sloop which arrived at Cape Francois, informed that the schooner Swiftly, captain Perry, of and from this port, and for Philad. or N. Y. from Cape Francois was lost on the West Caicos, crew saved. The schooner was boarded in lat. 32 by the French privateer La Union, and after taking some provisions permitted her to proceed.
A late London paper observes that a letter from Lisbon states that the Spaniards seem more serious in their designs upon Portugal, and they understand two or three Spanish regiments had actually taken possession of a post on the frontiers, which they are to maintain if possible till the main body, which report states is 60,000 men, shall arrive.
The Aurora of July 3d last, has the following observation, "Attorneys of Districts, such as Luther Martin, and Judges, such as Chase, are eager, as blood hounds, after the scent of a man, who has talents and integrity to expose public dilapidators," &c.
Jasper must surely tell a lie of the lying when he states Mr. Martin to be a District Attorney. That gentleman has for more than twenty years, held the office of Attorney General of the State of Maryland; the duties of which office he has uniformly executed with an integrity, which hath set at defiance even democratic censure. He doth not, nor did he ever hold an appointment under the government of the United States, nor is there an appointment in its power, which could be for his interest to accept.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
ILLUMINATISM.
If there is any thing that surpasses the nonsense and impiety of the new Philosophy, it is the impudence and the daring of its proud disciples. It is sufficient for these conceited sophists, that an opinion has received the sanction of ages, to excite in their irreverent minds doubts of its credibility. For as truth is not the object of their researches, but something new and wonderful, from which they will gratify a thirst for fame, virum volitare per ora , they seldom give themselves much concern about evidence or argument; or when they do, they are always more ready to reject than adopt the truth, because, he wears the matron like, sober stub of antiquity.
So strong is the rage for novelty with all these philosophical gentry, that one of the most cautious of them, in a treatise he published some time ago on education, expressed a wish that it were possible to establish schools in the United States, "to teach the Art of Forgetting." I suppose he meant, only to teach others this singular art, while himself was suffered to remember all that he had ever learned; that he might appear the greater prodigy of wisdom to his ignorant neighbours.
It is a little singular, and deserves remarking, that whenever a spirit of anarchy and rebellion shakes the government of states and empires, something of this antipathy to the theorems of ancient wisdom prevails with equal fury in the literary world. Omar, the Arabian revolutionist, burnt the Alexandrian Library as useless lumber.—We know what attempts the French Vandals have made, since the beginning of their mad revolution, to destroy every vestige of science as well as of government:—And when the Fanatics of last century had overturned both Church and State in Great-Britain; had murdered their king, and despoiled the hierarchy; they changed every thing they could, and at length proposed to burn all the records in the Tower, in order, as they modestly alleged, that the nation might begin the world anew. The motion we are told was lost on a few votes.
This pestilent Sect, though on the whole it is a modern and original character, partakes in no small degree of the septic and the materialist of the ancient heathen schools. Some of the clearest axioms of human science they spurn from them with contempt; and, in order to substitute something that has the appearance of novelty, in the place of what they denounce as ancient errors, they are not ashamed to borrow, even from the absurd and impious whims of Epicurus; and to ascribe to inert matter some of the noblest offices of design and contrivance.
When Volney and Talleyrand, two apostles of the new philosophy, visited the Philadelphia Prison, and were informed that hard labour, scanty diet, and solitary chambers had effected a reformation in some of the convicts; one of these missionaries turned to the other with an air of triumph, and declared that he had never seen a clearer demonstration of the truth of materialism.—A common observer would have supposed that the reformation, where it really existed, was operated by a sense of suffering, by serious reflection, and by the absence of temptation. Not so thought these metaphysical pedants.
* See an Essay on the "amusements and punishments proper for Schools." The meek author of this Essay wished to discard corporal punishments altogether from the discipline of schools. But take notice, reader, the same man, who felt so much tenderness for the posteriors of a truant school-boy, could with the utmost sang froid, pursue a poor Printer and his family to the verge of ruin, for only lampooning his professional errors.
pedants. A phenomenon that was contemplated with delight by the patrons of the Institution, as the fruit of an improved system of discipline, was confined by them, only as a new argument against the immortality of the soul.
The sentiments of an Elf-yit, which have lately appeared in the TRUE AMERICAN, seem to have been cast in the same mould as those of the French philosophers, though on a different subject. They reflect a charge of moral habits into the mere effect of matter and motion; he discovers the origin of wars, civil discord, and pestilence in the constitution of the atmosphere. Both tend equally to confirm the wild and pernicious doctrines of blind fate and materialism.
In the days of our worthy ancestors, before men were bewildered with this new light; if famine and pestilence attended or succeeded devastating wars, it was generally supposed that the labours of the farmer had been neglected, or wasted, in order to support the belligerent armies; and that scanty and unwholesome diet, together with crowded quarters, and neglect of the sick and wounded, had produced camp, or other malignant fevers; and men comforted themselves with believing that, on the return of peace, these evils would cease with their causes. They never enquired whether the atmosphere was impregnated with more or less of oxygenous gas; and had any person told them that war and pestilence had their source in a malignant air, they would have consigned him, very properly, to a dark chamber, and the care of a surgeon barber.
Not to reason the illuminated sons of the present time. They will tell you very gravely, that war and pestilence are both effects of one and the same cause, "an inflammatory constitution of the atmosphere." From a frequent concomitancy, to use the very words of the writer in the True American, "war has been considered by many as the cause of pestilence; this is, however, a very loose and inconclusive mode of reasoning. May not the same condition of the air, which predisposes the human system to inflammatory diseases, produce an unusual and morbid irascibility of temper, and thus lay the foundation of discord and war? In pestilential periods, the human passions appear to have been, at all times, preternaturally subject to become turbulent and stormy. May not the violence of party spirit in our own country, as well as the exterminating war in Europe, proceed in part, from a kind of delirium, excited in the human mind, by that malignant constitution of the atmosphere, which contributes to the production of pestilential epidemics, †
Such extravagant rant as this, at any time but the present, would hardly deserve a serious animadversion: but when such unwearied pains are taken, to subvert the foundation of all physical and moral truth, and to give the wildest range to hypothesis and conjecture; when these sophists vary their means of deception, by so many artful disquisitions; and the people are so eager to embrace every novelty, that tends to remove the ancient landmarks of truth, morality, and good order; it becomes an irksome duty to take some notice, even of such ridiculous nonsense.
If the French revolution, with all its horrors, were produced by a morbid state of the atmosphere; if the factions, seditions, and insurrections which have distracted the United States, were owing to a similar cause; the people of both countries were passive machines, and of course were as innocent, in their various acts of rebellion, assassination, robberies, and murders, as they were of the sin of creating a yellow fever: for both were produced by "an inflammatory constitution of the atmosphere;" both, according to this hypothesis, were effects of the irresistible laws of matter and motion. It must therefore be aggravated tyranny to punish men for any crimes they commit, since they can no more avoid it than they can prevent the sun from shining.
It is superfluous to observe that where such an opinion is embraced, it must tend to remove from the mind of man all sense of responsibility, as a moral agent, and to furnish him with an easy apology for all the evil he may perpetrate, however, destructive of private and social happiness. Indeed, if this doctrine were true, pardon the absurd supposition, reader, it would be possible "to excite in the mind ideas, emotions, and affections of every kind, by the mere application of matter; simples may be discovered, or compounds formed, which will produce the same effects, with the various objects of hope and fear, of joy and sorrow." A time may come, when an Apothecary will be able to prepare a portion, to create either love or hatred, peace or war, honour or disgrace; and to manufacture an honest man, or a scoundrel, a Washington, or a Buonaparte.
But I will not inflict the reader with tedious remarks on this philosophical gibberish. I am almost ashamed I have written so much, for I am fully persuaded the great bulk of the citizens of the United States detest such jargon most sincerely;—that they still reverence the religion, and the plain good sense of old times;—that they are disposed not only to worship like their grand-fathers, but, like them also, to reason from the evidence of facts and experience.
To convince these antiquated gentry that the phenomena in question were produced by a malignant constitution of the atmosphere, when they may be so easily traced to a very different source, will require more skill than the Illuminati of France, and their American apes united possess. While there ex-
† How great wits jump together! This corresponds exactly with the opinion of Lindley, the author of the history of the Western Insurrection. This philosophical weaver, speaking of the cause of the insurrection, says it was a great mistake to ascribe it to the turbulent, seditious spirit of the people; for that it was, in a great measure, owing to the extreme heat of the dog-days in the summer of 1794.
A such unquestionable proofs of the foreign origin of the yellow fever; and while every man who has resided in the United States for the last 20 or 30 years, is sensible that the air, instead of being more malignant, has really become more temperate and salubrious; it will not be, in the power of sophistry, of briefs, or blulgeons , to convince him that the frequent recurrence of the disease, since the year 1793, is owing to a deleterious revolution in the atmosphere. Still less willing must he be, to ascribe the wars of Europe, or the factions of this country, to a cause so fanciful and extraordinary; while ambition, turbulence, and a rage for innovation, which infest both public and private life, afford so easy and natural a solution. In short, it is this sickly taste for novelty and paradox, joined to a general corruption of manners and principles, which constitutes the morbid character of the age; and not any physical revolution, or pestilential qualities in the air of Europe or America.
NO INNOVATOR.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
LETTER I.
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice President of the United States.
PHILAD: July 5, 1800.
Sir, AS you are a candidate for the Supreme Magistracy of the United States, a knowledge of your character and qualifications becomes a subject of great importance to every lover of his country.—Had you been content to have moved in the humble walks of private life and never interfered in political concerns, I would not have troubled you or the public with these letters, since your vices or your virtues could have had but little relation to our national happiness;—You might then, Sir, have slid down the current of life in obscurity, and at least have had the consolation to know that your deformities were hidden from the world. But, as, Sir, you have appeared on the stage of public life in a variety of situations, and now offer yourself as a candidate for the Presidency, you will please excuse the liberty I take to investigate a character, which, from a false opinion of your country may perhaps confide her dearest interest to.
It is my duty, as it is my wish, to give you credit for every great or good quality you possess, and to speak with gratitude of any services you have rendered America in the course of a long life busied with public cares.—But, Sir, it is also my duty to speak of those other qualities of your heart and mind which have been also employed in the national affairs of our country.
Nature, Sir, in profusion, gifted you with talents, a brilliant fancy, penetrating genius and a native elegance of diction, combined with a thirst for knowledge, formed you a man of learning and taste, well acquainted with the classics, deeply read in the philosophy of natural history, observant of men and things, and attentive in theory to political concerns. But, to balance these singular favors, she denied you others, which, to "move in the tempestuous sea of liberty," or guide the helm of a great nation, are of more utility and absolutely indispensable.—Your fortitude has been often tried and found unequal to the task—much less arduous than the one you are so indomitably striving to impose on yourself: your mind is fitted for a sedentary life, and in your closet you may study, with honor to yourself, the works of Nature; but the fatigues, perseverance and firm temper, necessary in an Executive station, would wear out the remains of those delicate nerves which have on former occasions so often shrunk from the approach of danger, and rendered an enlightened understanding useless to its possessor and injurious to his country. Let me conjure you, Sir, to call to your remembrance the history of your political life, and from a regard to your peace and reputation, not involve yourself in that disgrace which must inevitably attend your acceptance of the Presidency. You have been, Sir, a Governor, an Ambassador, and a Secretary of State, and had to desert each of these posts, from that weakness of nerves, want of fortitude and total imbecility of character, which have marked your whole political career, and most probably will attend you to your grave. Remember, Sir, all the services you ever rendered your country were of the literary kind—The Declaration of Independence was penned in your closet, where you were perfectly secure; but I do not recollect that you supported that Declaration by any extraordinary exertion, or by exposing yourself to any imminent danger. When Governor of Virginia, you fled from your state because a storm was gathering, and declined a foreign appointment by Congress. As the danger was visible, you acted consistently with your character, but surely did not display either much firmness or patriotism.
But, Sir, weakness of nerves and want of fortitude are natural defects—they are not faults of your own—tho' were you, conscious of your defects, to accept the important office of President, when the liberty and rights of millions and the happiness of your country are depending, it would in my opinion, amount to a crime. But I will no longer dwell on these topics—In my next letter I will consider you as the head of a party devoted to the enemies of America, and a party created for her ruin.
COLUMBUS.
Gazette Marine List.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Arrived at the Port, United States Schooner Experiment, May, from a cruise. Capt. Maley spoke the following vessels on his passage home, viz.—June 20th brig Charleston Packet, Price, 6 days from Ja-
maica, to Boston; same day brig Juno, Vincent, 6 days from Jamaica to Philadelphia; same day a sloop from Jamaica to N. Carolina; June 21st, off Cape Antonio, a Schooner from Jamaica to New Haven, out 7 days; July 1st lat. 34, 33 long. 74, 38, L. Adventure, Lillibridge, from Philadelphia to Havana.
Sloop Farmer, Baker, of and from Wilmington, D. to New Orleans, is lost on the Florida Keys; captain and crew taken up by a New Providence privateer and arrived at Boston.
Schooner Swift, Perry, of this port, is lost on the West Caicos; crew saved.
BALTIMORE, July 5.
ARRIVED, Days Sloop Fox, captain Bissel, 16 days from New-Providence.
Schr. Nancy, capt. Ohear, of Norfolk, failed in company with us. A number of American vessels were carried in there, but remember none except the brig Calliope and Volunteer, of New-York.
Spoke a Schooner belonging to N. Providence two days after we came out, that had the crew of the brig Guardian, captain Stevenson of Baltimore on board, that had been cast away on Elbow Key.
Arrived, ship Rein Deer, capt. Fross, 45 days from Bremen; Left in Bremen the ship Traveller, captain Billings, to sail in one day after the Rein Deer, for this port. Ship General Greene, captain West, failed 8 days before the Rein Deer, for Baltimore—Spoke the brig Mary, captain Alexander Brannan, from Norfolk, bound to Liverpool all well.
A German brig, the Aolus, capt. Henrickson, failed 2 days before the Rein Deer, and a ship, the Baavia, captain Hansmen, was ready to sail, both for this port.
Ship Randolph, R. Oram, Liverpool, belonging to Portsmouth. The ship Six Sisters, captain Mathews, failed from Liverpool, for Baltimore, one day before the Randolph—Left in Liverpool, the ship Union, captain Porter, belonging to Baltimore, time of sailing not known—Spoke one Schr. bound for the West-Indies, from New-London; blowing hard at the time, could not get her name. In the Randolph a few passengers came over, one a Mr. Catson, of this place.
Schr. Charlotte, Stanly, 10 days from the Havana.
Left there the schls. Monarch, Pierce, and Polly, Myrick, of this port, where they had just arrived after forty days passage.
The United States frigate General Greene from New-Orleans, with general Wilkinson on board, had put in there for water. Spoke nothing on the passage.
Brig Hope, captain Haynes, 12 days from the Havana. Sailed with the Charlotte. Was boarded by the brig Pickering, captain Hillier, in lat. 33, 20, long. 77.
The ship Hercules Courtenay is in the river.
Arrived, brig Fly, captain E. Pearce, in 33 days from the Isle of May. Left there the ship William, captain Towne, belonging to William Gray, Esq. of Salem, to sail in ten days. Also three English ships, bound on a whaling voyage. On the 6th of June, in lat. 17, 30, long. 43, 30, captain P. fell in with a fleet of merchantmen, consisting of 200 sail, from London, bound to Barbadoes, under convoy of 6 English frigates. Was boarded by one of the frigates, and treated politely. On the 26th of June, in sight of Bermuda, spoke the schr. Rover, captain Mallory, from New-London, out 12 days, bound to that Island.
CHARLESTON, June 27, 1800.
FRENCH PIRATES.
Captain Miner, of the sloop Sally, from Eleuthera, (one of the Bahamas) on Sunday last, in lat. 32, 28, on the eastern edge of the Gulph, was brought to and boarded by two armed brigs, one of 14 guns, the other of 12. Captain Miner went on board the largest brig; he was there told that they were French, Spaniards, but he believes they were French privateers from Guadaloupe; he was informed that they had taken three vessels of the Jamaica fleet, and had sent them to the Havana. They took from Captain Miner all his liquors and stores, and a boat load of pine apples. One of the hands of the privateer mentioned, that they had taken an American vessel. The largest brig appeared to be American built, with a white head; the other a French built vessel.
The ship Sympathy, Hancock, of Norfolk, from Cape Francois to Norfolk, was captured off the Cape by the Alarm British frigate; four French passengers who were in her, were put on board Captain Crosby. The Captain, Mate, and crew of the Sympathy, were detained by the frigate.
HEALTH OFFICE.
July 9th, 1800.
The Governor having politely granted the Board of Health a superior accommodation than where the office has been lately kept, the public are informed that after the 10th instant, the Health-Office will be removed to the State-House; where those who have any thing to send their connexions performing quarantine, will please to forward before 8 o'clock, at which time there will punctually be a conveyance 6 days in each week to the vessels detained by law.
By order of the Board, WM. ALLEN, Health-Officer.
CLERK.
Clerk wanted for Saint Peters Church Apply to Thomas Cumpston. No. 24 South Third-Street. May 19.

LOST, OR MISLAID. A CERTIFICATE of four shares of the Bank of the United States in the name of Richard & Rebeck, No. 2592, for the renewal of which application is intended to be made at the said Bank, and all persons concerned are desired to take notice. JAMES HENDERSON. May 8.
A PERSON Of abilities, integrity and experience in mercantile business, would willingly engage as CLERK to a merchant or public officer, or be concerned with any person or persons, as he has an interest of about one thousand pounds in real estate in the city. Please to apply to the Printer, or a line left at the office for B. Y. will be attended to immediately. May 10
This Day Published, By J. ORMSBY, No. 41, Chestnut Street, (Voice 25 Cents)
Death of General Washington. A POEM. In imitation of the manner of Ossian. By Rev. JOHN B. LINN, A. M. Minister of the First Presbyterian Congregation of Philadelphia. Mr. Chandron's Oration will be published on Monday morning.
JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes, FOR SALE By ISAAC HARVEY, JR.N. N. B. Any size or sizes that may be wanted can larger than 12 by 18 can be had from said manufactory, on being ordered and attention given to forward on any order. A line may be left for that purpose. Apply at No. 9, South Water-street, as above. July 8
THE CARGO Of the Ship Criterion, B. Wickes, sen. commander, from Bengal, CONSISTING OF A complete assortment of BENGAL GOODS, SUGARS of the first quality, BLACK PEPPER do. FOR SALE BY WILLINGS & FRANCIS, No. 21, Penn-street. May 5.
A PLEASANT COUNTRY HOUSE, WITH an excellent Orchard, Barn, Pump, &c. &c. The whole containing 17 acres, situate on the Wilmington-road, between the third and fourth mile stone—May be purchased on reasonable terms.—Two thirds of the purchase money may remain secured on the premises and an interest during three years. Enquiry of BONSAL & SHOEMAKER, No. 122, South Walnut-street, the Subscriber, at Mount-Pleasant, adjoining the premises, or at No. 45, Walnut-street. JON WILLIAMS. June 13.
FOR SALE, A Valuable and singularly eligible ESTATE, CONSISTING of two handsome dwelling houses, with excellent fishing for seven horses, double coach-house most completely fitted up; a beautiful large and valuable garden richly filled with choice fruit, surrounded with high board fence, almost new. The premises are beautifully situated near the middle of Germantown, surrounded with rich prospects of the adjacent country; an orchard of about two acres, with a handsome lawn at the back of the house. One house has been recently built on an approved plan; the other has been completely repaired, painted and papered, and contain ten rooms with an elegant drawing-room, fifteen feet by thirty-five. The new house is well calculated for a store in either the dry or wet good line. The air and water are unrivalled, and there are some most excellent schools in the neighborhood. For particulars enquire of the Printer, or of MR. POTTER, on the premises. May 9.
Fifty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from Gen. Ridgely of Baltimore, on the 20th inst. a light coloured negro man, who calls himself WILLIAM MC. DONALD; He is about 24 years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, neat in his dress, and has a good suit of hair. Had on, when he went away, a good beaver hat, a short light green cloth coat, edged with yellow, and yellow gilt buttons—a light buff cassimere, double breasted waistcoat, a pair of dark olive coloured thickset pantalettes—a white linen shirt, white ribbed cotton stockings, and a good pair of shoes with strings. He took with him a dark blue coat, a pair of olive cassimere pantalettes, and a light corduroy pair of breeches; also a gold or pinchbeck watch, with a steel chain. He is fond of spirituous liquors, is insolent, has a supid look, and chews tobacco. He was bred in Charles county, Maryland, and purchased of Col. John Thomas by Gen. Ridgely. Whoever apprehends said negro, and delivers him in any jail so that the owner may get him again, shall receive the above reward, with reasonable charges if brought home, or delivered to Joshua B. Bond, Philadelphia. May 1
BENJAMIN CLARK, CLOCK & WATCH MAKER, HAS REMOVED To No. 36, MARKET STREET, Where he has for Sale, Spring and other Clocks; gold and silver Watches; Tools, Files and Materials; steel and gilt Chains, Seals and Keys; Springs, &c. &c. CLOCKS AND WATCHES Repaired as usual. June 3
300 Dollars REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 18th of June inst. TWO NEGRO SERVANTS; viz a negro woman named Pat, a washer-woman and cook, of about fifty two years of age—tall and well shaped, of a black complexion. She has bad teeth, most of her under-jaw are much discoloured and project a good deal. She has a full head of woolly hair—a very cross forbidding countenance, and is very impertinent, and 1-ugh and talks loud. Pat was born in South-Carolina, and speaks bad English, with the negro dialect. She has on the upper part of her breast, two pretty large lumps of flesh resembling Wens, or rather with the appearance of the marks of a burn. She carried away with her several changes of cloaths, and gowns of white mouselin, and of coloured and figured printed cottons fashionably made up. She also carried away with her.
CLARA her daughter—a very stout, robust, strong made girl, of a short stature, and round shouldered—appearing to be about 14 years of age. Clara has large luring eyes, a flat nose, an oval flat face, her under jaw projecting a little, and good teeth. She is very artful and impudent, has a great fluency of speech, uses good language, and has been taught to read. She has the appearance of ring worms on her left cheek and chin; the skin in spots appearing much paler than the rest of her complexion, which is much lighter than her mother's—her hair is short and woolly. She wore a pink ground printed cotton with a small black figure, with new fore parts.
Also ran away, on Wednesday the 11th inst. JUNE, DICK and AMELIA. Dick, or as he has lately called himself, Richard Weaver, is a house servant—he is about 5 feet 7 inches high, rather small made, is about 27 years old, of a good smooth, black complexion—has a flat nose, with very large open nostrils. He carried his head and neck as if he were stiff in the neck and shoulders, which are high and tolerably square, and his neck short—is 1 g. are straight but small and illy made, with scarce a y. He has bad teeth, is left handed, and exceedingly awkward—he has a full head of woolly hair, which he plits and dresses to the best advantage. His voice is small, his speech commonly mild and slow, and his manners appear extremely simple, but he is at bottom an artful knave, and when spoken to is very apt to be rascallion and impertinent. Dick is a native of South-Carolina, and speaks bad English—he seduced and carried away with him Amelia, who he called his wife.
Amelia is a very complete, well instructed lady, much below the common stature and of a small make—her complexion is that of a dark mulatto or melizzo, nearly resembling that of the Lascars of India, with black curling hair, and a very low forehead—her right eye has a great weakness, owing to the small pox in her infancy—under her eye very black—a flat face, flat broad nose, with scarce any rising at the bridge; a large mouth, with thick lips, and good strong teeth. On the nose of her neck she has the marks of a Seton. Dresses with taste, and imitates the French style; is very sensible, and expresses herself well. She took with her a variety of clothes, fashionably made—she has for more than two years past been liable to fits, which at times give her a wildness in her eyes—her health is generally delicate—she is at present likely to ensconce her family, and is about 22 years of age—she can dress hair, clear flesh, has a taste for millinery and mantua-making; and as she is very ingenious, can turn her hand to any thing and may probably offer herself to some milliner or mantua maker as a work-woman. As Amelia has heretofore been a great favourite of a very indulgent mistress, and 'tis believed has been led away by the persuasion of her paramour Dick, if she will return to me, she will be forgiven and treated with the same tenderness she has always received.
FIFTY DOLLARS Reward for each will be paid for the delivery of Pat and Clara to the subscriber, or to any post in the United States, so that I may get possession of them—One Hundred Dollars each for Dick and Amelia, on the like delivery. The subscriber warns all master of vessels, from taking these Runaway servants from the United States, and requests such of his friends and acquaintance as it may not suit to arrest them, to give information, should they hear of either of the fugitives, to the subscriber by letter directed to the post office, Philadelphia, which will find him, wherever he may pass the summer, or to the Printer of the Gazette of the United States, who will communicate it to a friend in Philadelphia to act on his behalf. JACOB READ. Of South-Carolina, corner of Fourth and Union-streets, Philadelphia. June 25.
THE UNDERSIGNED, His Swedish Majesty's Consul General, and authorized to transact the Consular business, for his Majesty the King of Denmark in the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, Hereby gives public Notice, That in obedience to recent instructions received from his government, it is the duty of all Masters of Swedish and Danish vessels, before their sailing from any port in the said States, to call upon him or the Vice Consul in order to be granted such Certificates for their Cargoes, which the exigency of the state of the Neutral Commerce and the several Decrees of the Belligerent Powers, renders indispensably necessary, and that any Master of vessels belonging to the respective nations, or navigating under the protection of their flags, in omitting to take such certificates, will personally stand responsible for the consequences. RICHARD SODERSTROM. Philadelphia, 18th December, 1799.
RARITAN FARM, FOR SALE. A VALUABLE and desirable Estate, situated on the river Raritan in Jersey, near Somerset Court-House, 16 miles from Brunswick, and 18 from Princeton; consisting of upwards of 700 acres, equally divided into meadow, arable and wood land; the whole within a ring fence; the barn, stables, &c. are spacious, and adequate to the size of the Farm; there is a plenitude of game, with a good shad fishery. The estate is now in the hands of Mr. Henry Worley. Further particulars may be known of Messrs. NICKLIN & GRIFFITH Merchants, Philadelphia, and of JAMES GIBSON, Esq. Of MR. RICHARD POTTER, Germantown, Or of the Tenant on the premises May 9.
Bankruptcy Blanks. PETITIONS AND BONDS, USED under the BANKRUPT ACT as drawn and approved by the Commissioners and the Hon. Judge of the District, may be had of JAMES HUMPHREYS, No. 106, south side of Market-street, Where he has opened for sale, A VARIETY OF THE BEST STATIONARY, Particularly Paper and Quills. June 14.
NOTICE. WHEREAS Matthew Irwin did on the 8th day of July 1797 make an assignment of his estate and effects, to his creditors, for the benefit of such of his creditors, as should on or before the 20th of September, 1797, execute to him a full and final discharge. Now those of his creditors who are entitled to a dividend under said assignment, are requested to furnish their accounts on Samuel Mecker, with interest calculated up to the 8th day of July, 1797, as a dividend will undoubtedly be struck on the first day of April next, and those who neglect to comply with this notice will thereafter be excluded from the benefit of the same. Philip Nicklin Samuel Mecker Nathl Lewis, by his Ads. } Assignees. Pearson Hunt John M. Taylor Philadelphia, March 14
LAND. FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND, SITUATED on Scott's mountain in Oxford township, county of Sussex and state of New Jersey, eight or ten miles from Easton (about four from the river Delaware, and seventy two from Philadelphia); containing 179 Acres; about 200 acres of which is cleared and under good fence, including 12 acres of meadow; the remainder is woodland, consisting mostly of chestnut and oak. On the premises are two log houses and outbuildings, a number of fruit trees, and springs of excellent water, and a stream runs through the tract. The premises is occupied by Christian and Peter Snyder.
Letters addressed (post paid) to the subscriber at No. 87, Arch street, Philadelphia; or at Mr. Edward Mott's, Easton, Pennsylvania, will be duly answered. WILLIAM GARDOM. N. B. No application will be necessary after the 18th of July next. June 20.
THE CARGO Of the Ship GANNON, Richard Dale, Commander, from Canton, CONSISTING OF Bohea Souchoong Hyson Skin Young Hyson and Hyson } TEAS. White } NANKENS. Yellow } Sugar of 1st quality. China Ware. Cassia. Fans. An assortment of Silks. WILLINGS & FRANCIS, No. 21, Penn Street. April 14.
PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON CITY Mail Stages. ON the 1st of July next, the Mail Stages will leave Hardy's Inn and the United States Mail Stage office, opposite the Post-office in Philadelphia, every day Sunday excepted, at 8 A. M. and arrive at Evans' tavern in Baltimore, the next day by 6 A. M. in 22 hours. Leave Evans' tavern every day at 8 A. M. and arrive at Washington City by 5 P. M. RETURNING, Leave Washington City every day Sunday excepted, at 8 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore by 5 P. M. Leave Baltimore the next morning at 3 A. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the same day by 10 P. M. Fare for Passengers. From Philadelphia to Baltimore, 8 dollars. Baltimore to Washington City, 3 50 Washington City, June 21, 1800. June 26.
Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from Spring Forge, in York County, a negro man, named ISAAC, otherwise GUDSO, about 21 years old, the property of Robert Coleman, Esq. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high, has a blemish in his eyes, wore white in them when common, by trade a Barge-man; had on and took with him a drab coloured broad cloth coat, almost new, a sailors jacket and pantalettes, printed fancy cord, a swansdown striped under jacket; a rum hat; one fine and one coarse shirt; one mulin handkerchief, sprigged, two ditto striped border, a blue Persian under jacket and two pair cotton stockings. Whoever takes up said negro and lodges him in any jail in this or any of the neighbouring states shall have the above reward or reasonable expenses brought home. JOHN BRIEN. Spring Forge, October 23, 1799. N. B. As said negro formerly lived in Chester county, it is probable he may return there. November 5.
TO DISTILLERS And Owners of Still. WHEREAS by an act of Congress, passed the 31st day of May 1792, entitled, "An act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the United States," it is required of all persons having or keeping a still, or stills, to make entry thereof, between the last day of May and the first day of July in each year, under the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars. NOTICE is therefore hereby given to all distillers, or owners of stills, within the city and county of Philadelphia, to make entry of them at the office of Inspection, at 49, North Third street, in the city of Philadelphia, within the abovementioned periods. JAMES ASH, COLLECTOR of the revenue of the first division of the first survey of the district of Pennsylvania. June 6.
WANTED, AS TUTOR, A SINGLE Man, capable of instructing twelve Boys, in the Latin, Greek and French languages, also writing and arithmetic. Such a person coming well recommended, for his ability and good behaviour, will receive four hundred dollars per annum, and be accommodated, much to his satisfaction, with meat, drink, washing and lodging; by applying to the subscribers, living near Berry'sville, in Frederick county and state of Virginia. John Milton, Warner Washington. June 20.
MARSHAL'S SALES. UNITED STATES, } Pennsylvania District. } By virtue of sundry writs of venditioni exponas, issued out of the District Court of the United States, for the District aforesaid, will be exposed to public sale, on the premises, on Wednesday the 30th of July next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, all that tract of land called Cone-dog-winton tract, situate in East Pennbury township, Cumberland county, containing five hundred and thirty two acres, more or less, with the improvements thereon erected. Also all that tract of Land called Locust Valley, adjoining the above, containing three hundred and seventeen acres, more or less, with the improvements thereon erected. Also all that tract of Land called Oak Bank, situate as above, containing two hundred and seventeen acres, more or less, with the improvements thereon erected. The property will be surveyed and sold in lots to suit the purchasers; plots of which will be exhibited on the day of sale. Seized and taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Oliver Pollock Esq. by JOHN HALL, Marshal. Marshal's Office, Philadelphia, June 21, 1800. } cot30jy.
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE FOR SALE, AT NO. 35, DOCK-STREET, 1000 Boxes best marbled Soap. 80 Boxes Sweet Oil, } From on board the 200 Half casks Lucca Oil, } Lonia, 7 Bales Paper, } from Leghorn, Parmesan Cheese, 300 Pipes best Bordeaux Brandy, 200 Hogsheads Claret superior quality, 700 Cases French Sweet Oil, 60 Cases Catherine Plumbs, 6 Cases Prunes, 400 Boxes Capers, Olives, Anchovies and Cornichons, 100 do. best assorted Cordials, DRY GOODS assorted for the West-India market, Claret in cases of superior quality, London dry White Lead, A small invoice of Coffee, 6 & 4 Pound Cannon, mounted, Thomas Murgatroyd & Sons. May 10.
WHEREAS By a decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, JAMES against NEWMAN, Esq. is among other things referred to Wm. Graves Esq. one of the masters of the said court, "to take an account of the Legacies bequeathed by the will of the testator, WILLIAM PHILLIPS, late of Newgate street, London, deceased, and also to inquire and state to the court, whether Francis James, the brother of the complainant's named as one of the Legatees in the said will is dead, and whether he died in the life time of the testator;" Therefore all persons who can give any information whether the said Francis James be living or dead, and if living where he now resides or last resided, and when and at what place, and when and where he was last heard of, and if dead, when and where he died, are hereby requested to give such information to the said William Graves, Esq. at his office in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, on or before the first day of March next, otherwise he will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. The said Francis James was born at or near Kidwelly, in the county of Caermarthen, and if living, is about the age of thirty-four years, and about the year 1799, was a foreman on board the Milford, a merchant ship, belonging to the port of Bristol, and failed for Jamaica in September, 1798, afterwards he returned to Bristol, and in November, 1798, was pressed in King's road, Bristol, and sent on board the king's frigate called the Diomedee, in which he failed from Plymouth on a cruise, and on board of which he afterwards became a quarter gunner, and deserted the said ship at Charleston Bar in North-America in September 1782. Should any person in the United States of America, be enabled to give information of the above named Francis James, whether living or dead, they are requested to communicate the same to DAVID A. OGDEN, No. 69, Stone street, New York. The printers throughout the United States are requested to publish the above. April 18.
BOONETON IRON WORKS. TO BE SOLD, OR LEASED FOR ONE YEAR—THAT Valuable Estate, KNOWN by the name of the Booneton Iron Works, situate in the county of Morris in the state of New-Jersey, consisting of a Forge with four fires, a Rolling and Slitting Mill, a Grill mill with two Run of stones, and Saw mill, all in good order and now in use, together with an excellent, large, and convenient house, with out-houses of every kind; among which are an Ice house, and stone mill house, with a remarkable fine spring in it, a large Garden, and an excellent collection of Fruit, a large Orchard, and 2500 acres of wood, pasture and arable land, and a great number of stores and workmen's houses. Immediate possession will be given of houses and stores sufficient for providing stock the present winter, and possession of the whole in the spring. For terms enquire of David B. Ogden at New-York, Mr. Peter Mackie in New-York, Mr. David Ford in Morris Town, or Messrs. Jacob and Richard Faeith on the premises. January 11.
LANCASTER STAGES. THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lancaster line of Stages DISPATCH, return their grateful thanks to their friends and the public in general, for the past favors they have received, and inform them that in addition to the regular Line, they are provided with Carriages, sober and careful drivers, to go through between the City and Borough in two days. Those who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage Office, sign of United States Eagle, Market street, Philadelphia. Slough, Downing, Dunwoody & Co. Nov. 30.
JUST COME TO HAND, And for sale at W. YOUNG, J. & J. GRUBSHANK, AND THOMAS DOBSON'S BOOKSTORES, A POEM, Sacred to the memory of GEORGE WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22d February 1800. By RICHARD ALSOP. march 29.
SCUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE. A DIVIDEND of 8 per centum per annum is declared by the President and Directors of the Company for erecting a Permanent Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at or near the city of Philadelphia, on the amounts paid in on the 18th day of April last, (the time when the subscriptions to the stock of the said company were completed, and to be from thence computed) payable to the stockholders or their legal representatives after the 10th day of the present month, out of the profits arising from the Floating Bridge Ferry and Tavern, at the West end of High Street, on application to the Treasurer, No. 13, Church Alley. WILLIAM BANKS, Secretary. July 1.
A PROPOSAL BY William Young Birch, AND Abraham Small, Of the City of Philadelphia, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THAT INVALUABLE WORK, DR. RUSSELL'S HISTORY OF Modern Europe.
With an account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the Rise of Modern Kingdoms, &c. &c. THE great applause which this excellent book has received, is a sure proof of its merits—The vast sale which it has had for several years, is a fair criterion by which the public opinion of its worth can be known. During the life of the learned author, it went through the annual sale of a very large impression—every succeeding edition received some improvement the result of his deep researches and great judgment—he lived to make it as perfect as in the nature of things it could be—he is dead! Whilst the English language remains a monument to his fame! It is as entertaining as instructive; as interesting as profound. The plan of the work is copious, but by a happy arrangement, the reader is at once presented with the contemporary history of every part of Europe. The book now offered to the public is from the left and most correct copy, to which this shall be no way inferior.
IT CONTAINS— An history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. The rise of modern kingdoms generally. A particular history of the French monarchy. Do. Spain from the division of the Visigoths. Italy, with the rise and progress of the Temporal Power of the Popes. Britain, from its relinquishment by the Romans. Ireland. The German empire, from Charlemagne. The empire of Constantinople to its overthrow. Empire of the Arabs. Rise and progress of the Turks and fall of the Greek empire. History of Portugal; View of the progress of Navigation; Conquests in the East and West Indies; Discovery of America, &c. History of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Poland and Prussia. North-America, as connected with European history. A very comprehensive and highly useful chronology.
CONDITIONS. I. The whole shall be comprised in five large octavo volumes, printed in the best manner, on a superior paper. II. It is intended to deliver one volume every two months, at the price of Two Dollars per volume in boards, payable on delivery. III. As it may be inconvenient to deliver them to distant subscribers in single volumes, those who wish it, may let them remain with the publishers until the whole are published. The work is at press and will be printed on a beautiful new type cast for the purpose. The encouragers of this undertaking may rest assured, that nothing now foreseen shall delay its regular procedure; so that in one year at farthest the citizens of the United States shall be presented with an American Edition of Doctor Russell's History of Modern Europe, equal to the English copy, and at a lower price. June 24.
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING on the Potomac River, county of Northumberland, state of Virginia; containing about 1400 acres—its situation is equal to any other in the Northern Neck, remarkable for every kind of wild fowl, oysters, fish and crab, and none better for health. It is about the same distance from Baltimore, Alexandria and Norfolk, and not more than one day's sail from either. There are three improved plantations with dwelling houses, the one known by the name of Exeter Lodge, formerly the residence of col. John Gordon is an elegant two story brick house, with four rooms on a floor, and a passage sixteen feet wide. The other two are commodious and conveniently fitted, with good and suitable out houses, at one of which John Murphy, Esq. (now of Wellmore and county) lived several years; on this farm there is a good grist mill with water sufficient to turn any number of stones; also convenient store houses and granaries on a public road, well situated for a country store. On each of those places there are fine apple and peach orchards. The greater proportion of the land is of the first quality, and near the half of the whole heavily timbered. The terms may be known by applying to Wm. P. Tebbs Baltimore, Fowle G. Tebbs, Esq. of Richmond county, Virginia, or to Thomas Murgatroyd and Sons, Philadelphia. Feb. 5—14.
Philadelphia Academy. SAMUEL MAGAW, D. D. Rector of St. Paul's Church, and formerly Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, AND JAMES ABERCROMBIE, A. M. One of the Assistant Ministers of Christ church and St. Peter's, Have opened, At No. 24, Spruce Street, AN ACADEMY, CONSISTING OF AN English School, a Classical School, and a Mathematical School, in which all the branches of science connected with those departments are taught. N. B. The Mathematical Department is conducted by Mr. Peter Delamater, formerly Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Academy, Dublin. June 6.
LANCASTER STAGES. THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lancaster line of Stages DISPATCH, return their grateful thanks to their friends and the public in general, for the past favors they have received, and inform them that in addition to the regular Line, they are provided with Carriages, sober and careful drivers, to go through between the City and Borough in two days. Those who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage Office, sign of United States Eagle, Market street, Philadelphia. Slough, Downing, Dunwoody & Co. Nov. 30.
JUST COME TO HAND, And for sale at W. YOUNG, J. & J. GRUBSHANK, AND THOMAS DOBSON'S BOOKSTORES, A POEM, Sacred to the memory of GEORGE WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22d February 1800. By RICHARD ALSOP. march 29.
SCUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE. A DIVIDEND of 8 per centum per annum is declared by the President and Directors of the Company for erecting a Permanent Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at or near the city of Philadelphia, on the amounts paid in on the 18th day of April last, (the time when the subscriptions to the stock of the said company were completed, and to be from thence computed) payable to the stockholders or their legal representatives after the 10th day of the present month, out of the profits arising from the Floating Bridge Ferry and Tavern, at the West end of High Street, on application to the Treasurer, No. 13, Church Alley. WILLIAM BANKS, Secretary. July 1.