Gazette of the United States, & daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1800-11-27 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Daily Advertiser.
By C. P. WAYNE, No. 65, South Front-street.
NUMBER 2549
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1800.
Volume XVIII.
The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance. No Subscription will be received for a shorter term than six months. December 1 1799.
ALMANAC From November 25 to December 3. Table with 4 columns: Day, High Water, H. M., Low Water. Includes entries for Wednesday through Tuesday.
Samuel Reynolds, TAYLOR, Has removed from No. 40, to No. 44, South Third-street, next door above the Bank of the United States. Nov. 15.
Thomas Orr, No. 52, SOUTH FRONT STREET, HAS received by the latest arrivals from London, a well chosen assortment of the following articles: CALICOES and Chintzes, (a great variety) Furniture do. do. Corded Dimities for garments and furniture Durants, Joans and Calimancos Bombazettes and Bombazens Printed Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs and Lawn bordered do. Jacquet and Book Muslin handkerchiefs Shawls, Cotton and Chintz, a great variety Do. Camel's Hair Hosiery, Worsted and Cotton of all sizes Do. China White and Black Silk Table Cloths, from 5 to 10 by 16-4 with and without Napkins Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cambricks Jacquet and Lapet Muslins, coloured and plain White and Black Lace, Lace Veils, Cloaks and Handkerchiefs Black Mode, Peelongs and Satins White and printed Matillees for veils Swansdown, striped and plaid. Cotton Checks (five) 7-8, 4-2, 3-1-8, and 6-4 Black and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs India Bandanna do. of superior quality White, Red and Yellow Fannels Guernsey Worsted Frocks A few doz-in best elastic Suspenders. He has Also Just Received, a well assorted Invoice of India Muslins, CONSISTING OF Berhoom Gurrabs Patna Baftas Alahabad Emmeries Do. Gurrabs Company Guzzapora Janna Mamoodies Coffas. By the Bale or Piece. October 18. d w 3245.
Robert Smith & Co. No. 58, SOUTH FRONT STREET, Have Just Received, Per the Active, Captain McDougal, from London, A few bales of white and brown Russia Sheetings, Also, a general assortment of GOODS, Suitable for the season. November 11. d w
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 offering 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 each, 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 flasks, 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 SMILIE, in Market-Street, Pittsburgh. March 1. tu 1145.
PRINTING, Neatly executed at the Office of the Gazette of the United States. Book-Work---Pamphlets---Hand-Bills, Cards---Blanks of all kinds, &c. &c. Will be printed at the SHORTEST NOTICE. august 23.
Gideon H. Wells Has Just Received, By the late arrivals—a large and general assortment of Hardware, Cutlery & Sadlery, Which he offers for sale, for cash or the usual credit. Market-street, No. 135. 3244
Madeira Wine, In pipes hdd. and quarter casks, For sale by the Subscriber, GIDEON HILL WELLS, No. 135 Market Street. November 12. codf
200 boxes Havanna Sugar, FOR SALE By the Subscriber GIDEON H. WELLS. November 20. 3245
Glass Ware, A well Assorted Invoice just Received, Consisting of Wine-Glasses, Tumblers, Decanters, Lemonades, Goblets, &c. &c. of the newest fashion, and for sale JAMES C. & SAML. W. FISHER. Nov. 12. 3246
Just Received, AND FOR SALE, BY SIMON WALKER, Fourth Street, corner of Union Street, Fresh Cloves AND Real Ceylon Cinnamon of the best quality. November 6. tu th fa 8t.
William French, No. 48, SOUTH FRONT STREET, HAS JUST RECEIVED, By the Pennsylvania, captain York, from LONDON, An extensive and elegant assortment of LONDON SUPERFINE Broadcloths and Callimeres. October 22. datu, & 4w.
For Sale, By JOHN CLIFFTON, Junr. No. 80, Swanson street, Southwark, The following India Goods, VIZ. 100 pieces Goldhead Mamoodies 100 do Bonnahed do 500 do Jalapoor S wns 95 do Chandereona Nanfoon 75 do do Haokarchiefs 301 do Burhnoon Gurrabs October 24. tu th fa 1m
LANDING At Waln's wharf, The Cargo of the brig Enterprize, CONSISTING OF Surinam Molasses, Of an excellent quality, in hogheads, tierses and barrels, And about 40 quarter casks LISBON WINE, FOR SALE BY Wharton & Lewis, No. 115, South Front Street. October 6. tu th fa ff
To be Let, THOSE Large and commodious, Sellers under the Universal Church, in Lombard, between 4th and 5th Streets, lately occupied by Mr. John Savage and Co. Enquire of John Vans North East Corner of Walnut in Water St, or E. Howell No. 14 North 6th Street. Nov. 13. d w
Ephraim Clark, Clock & Watch Maker, Corner of Market and Front-Street, Philadelphia. Has received by the Kingston and other arrivals, CHAMBER and other Clocks, Clock Movements, Eight day and 30 hour cast brass, Clock Bells, Clock Dials, Cat-gut, Watch Glass and Springs, Steel and gilt Chains, silk strings, Ladies' chains gold, gilt, and steel; gold, gilt, and steel keys; seals gold, gilt, and steel. On hand a general supply of Clock and Watch Makers', and Silver Smith's Tools and materials, and Files of all sizes, &c. Pumice, Rotten stone, Emery, Borax, &c. &c. N. B. Watches and Clocks repaired as usual. October 28. codf
Employment Wanted. A PERSON, who has been many years conversant in Trade and Book Keeping, will be glad of fuller employment with the pen; either in posting books, stating accounts, or transferring other writings. Any business of this description, that may be done at the applicant's own house, will suit his present circumstances best. A note directed to A. B. and left at the Office of this Gazette, by any gentleman wanting such assistance, will be respectfully attended to. November 12. 3247.
Just Received, By the ships Kingston from Liverpool, and the George from Hull, AND FOR SALE BY GEORGE ROBERTS, No. 31, Market Street. A large and elegant assortment of CUTLERY. Gilt and plated buttons, ivory and horn combs, japaned, black-tin and pewter wares, bras and iron candlesticks, patent tea-kettles and sauce-pans, coffee-mills, iron and brass wire of all sizes. Also, a large assortment of flat-irons, bakes-plates; pots, &c. direct from the manufacturers. He has also on hand, a large and extensive assortment of TIN WARES, Of his own manufacture, manufactured in the best manner; all of which he will sell on the most reasonable terms, wholesale and retail. Received at the same time by the ship George, capt. Rice, the much admired improved patent COPYING MACHINES, Direct from the patentee. These machines are made on a simple and improved plan for copying, writing, &c. of any size, in an expeditious manner, and are charged at a much less price than any other now in use. They are found to possess a superiority over any others, both by being more durable, and not so liable to get out of repair, and by copying any number of writings at one time, without making any alteration in the machine, and their occupying little room. The very general use into which these machines are now brought in use in London and other large trading cities, and the satisfaction testified by all who possess them, render it unnecessary to enlarge any further on their advantage, both in point of accuracy and secrecy and in the saving of time, labour and expense. November 1. tu th fa ff
Proposals For publishing, by Subscription, A DIGEST Of the Law of Actions and Trials at NISI PRIUS. By Isaac Espinasse, of Gray's Inn, Esq. Barrister at Law. The third edition, corrected, with considerable additions from printed and manuscript cases. In spes et ratio studiorum. Juv. IN TWO VOLUMES. THE work is now printing, and in considerable forwardness, on a superfine paper, of royal size, and octavo form. It will be printed page for page with the latest London edition, and no pains will be spared to render the work correct, and free of typographical errors. It will be neatly bound and lettered in two volumes, royal octavo, and to subscribers there will be put at five dollars and fifty cents per set—to nonsubscribers the price will be somewhat enhanced. The price of the London edition is seven dollars. Those who subscribe for eight sets shall have a ninth gratis. The two volumes will consist of about nine hundred pages, of which the one annexed to the proposals is a specimen. As the work is now publishing, and will be completed with all convenient expedition, those who wish to profit by the subscription, will please to fulfil their subscription. N. B. Gentlemen holding subscription papers are requested to return them to Thomas and Thomas, the publishers, by the first of January next. The bookshelf, in Philadelphia, is respectfully informed, that they will be sold either bound or gathered in the set, by the subscribers, at their usual low price. Those who wish to purchase will please to apply by letter to the publishers. The work will be out of press some time in the winter. THOMAS & THOMAS. Walpole (N. H.) Oct. 1800. (28) codf
A quantity of Home made Sheetings, to be sold on reasonable terms, at Thomas and Shreeves, No. 37, North Front-street; Newbury Smith, No. 56, North Second-street; and Rogers and Donaldson, No. 41, High-street. As the manufacturing this linen is solely to give employment to the Poor, during the winter season and as the Runners of the Society who employ them, are much reduced, they hope their fellow-citizens, who are in want of this article, will give their aid, by purchasing, to enable them to carry on the manufacture the ensuing winter. N. B. Also a quantity of good SHOE THREAD, at Isaac T. Hopper, No. 39, Pine-street. The Printers generally, are requested to give this a place in their papers.
20 Dollars Reward. DESERTED last evening, JOSEPH PARKINSON, private in the marine corps of the United States, he was born in Ireland, is about 27 years old, 5 feet 6 and a half inches high, dark eyes, black hair, and sallow complexion. Also, JEREMIAH CLARKSON, born in England, town of Stockport, is 39 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, grey eyes, light brown hair, florid complexion and by trade a Hatter; from the appearance of his face the most evident marks of attachment to drink may be traced, they have both served in the Western Army, and now deserted in full uniform. The above amount will be paid with charges to apprehend them; or Ten Dollars for either by applying to FRANKLIN WHARTON, Captain Commanding. Philadelphia, Marine Barracks, Nov. 2.
Take Notice. THE Subscriber intends leaving the United States early in December. Therefore all persons who are indebted are requested to make immediate payment, and those having any demands to render their accounts, for settlement. JOHN MORGAN. No. 3, South Front Street. Nov. 12. codf
Philadelphia Academy, No. 24, SPRUCE-STREET. A Night School. PETER DELAMAR, professor of Mathematics in this Academy, respectfully informs the public, that he will receive a small, and select number of gentlemen (from half after six, till 9 o'clock each night, Saturdays and Sundays excepted) to be instructed in the following branches. Mercantile, arithmetic and accounts on a new and approved plan—mensuration, gauging, surveying and navigation, according to the best authors—Conic sections, fortifications and gunnery, as they are taught in the Royal Academy at Woolwich—Euclid's elements, plain and spherical trigonometry, astronomy, algebra and fluxions. A course of lectures on the use of the Globe, Geography, and the system of the universe, which has been prepared for the use of students of the Philadelphia Academy will be delivered occasionally. Gentlemen of the Navy, and others, who wish to acquire a speedy knowledge of Lunar Observations, may have an opportunity of being taught any of the known methods, and hearing the different Theories explained from first principles. November 19. codf
Just Received, By the George, Amiable and other late arrivals, AND FOR SALE, On low terms, by the package, at No. 48, South Front Street, 10 Bales Rofe Blankets, 5 bales Duffil ditto 15 bales Kendal Cottons 4 bales low priced Broadcloths 4 bales London superfine do. 5 bales Plains and Forest Cloths 1 bale fashionable fine Costings 2 bales fashionable Lincklin do. 3 small bales low priced Swansdowns 4 bales Ingrain Yorkshire Carpets and 20 hdd. Sein Twine. ALSO, An extensive and choice assortment of DRY GOODS— OF MR. WILLIAM FRENCH. October 21. dat tu, & 4w.
The Porcupine. I TAKE this method of informing the People of the United States, that on the first day of November next, I propose to resume the publication of Porcupine's Gazette, under the title of THE PORCUPINE; and to notify (in case any gentleman in America should want it) that the price of each Number will be sixpence sterling, and that the cash must be received by me before the paper can be supplied. As to the mode of conveyance, frequent are the opportunities from London to New York, that files may be forwarded to the latter place once a fortnight upon an average—from New York they can be speedily conveyed to every part of the Union. When files can be, without delay, sent to other places direct, it may be done; when they cannot, they will all be sent to New-York, unless otherwise ordered. Porcupine's Works, Which have been sometime in the Press, will be completed in February next, when the copies subscribed for in America will be forwarded to the Subscribers. Any of my literary friends in America, who may be disposed to renew their correspondence with me, will please to direct to me at my printing office, No. 3, South-empson Street, Strand, or at my Bookeller's shop, No. 18, Pall Mall. WILLIAM COBBETT. London, September 6, 1800.
WAR DEPARTMENT, August 4th, 1800. THE commanding Officers of corps, detachments, posts, garrisons, and recruiting parties, belonging to the military establishment of the United States, are to report to, and receive orders from Brigadier General Wilkinson, in the City of Washington, and all officers on furlough are to report themselves to the same officer with all possible dispatch. SAMUEL DEXTER, Secretary of War. All Printers within the United States who have published invitations for contests of the 13th or 14th of March last are requested to insert the above in their respective papers, once a week for two months.
To Printers. The following MATERIALS will be sold reasonable if applied for immediately. 1 Press, 3 Founts Long-Primer (partly worn) 2 ditto Small-Pica on Pica body, 2 ditto Pica, 1 ditto English, 2 ditto Brevier, 1 ditto Burgeois, Several pair of Chases, several composing flats, frames and galleys, some bras rules, Quotation, &c. &c. All of the above will be sold very reasonable for Cash. September 8.
AN APPRENTICE WANTED, At the Office of the Gazette of the United States.
Saulnier & Wilson, Woollen Drapers, Mercers, &c. No. 63, (NORTH SIDE) MARKET STREET, HAVE RECEIVED, By the late arrivals from Europe, a general assortment, consisting of BEST London superfine broad cloths Second quality do. Double mid'd. light, mid'd. emboss'd and first rate superfine callimeres of all colours Forests, plains and elastic stripe cloths Superfine cloths and other coatings Blue, drab and olive feathered Bocking balzes and flannels of different colours New fashion fwa-flos, & other wallcoating Fashionable stripe and plain black facings Black silk florantine Fancy cord, velvet, thickset and corduroy Different colours silk velvets Coat and vest fashionable gilt, plated, pearl and steel buttons Raw silk, beaver and woollen gloves Irish linen, brown holland and dowais Calicoes, muslins, checks, shawls and dimity Plain bandannos and pocket handkerchiefs Coloured and nun's veils of all numbers Assorted blankets Taylors' best trimmings. Also on Hand, A few bales of superfine Cloths and Callimeres, entitled to a drawback—all which they will dispose of at the most reduced prices. November 24. dif
Removal. PETER LOHRA AND JAMES HUMPHREYS, Jr. Notaries Public, RESPECTFULLY inform their respective friends and the public, that they have removed their office to No. 90, South Front Street, the fourth door below Walnut Street and nearly opposite the Custom House—where they continue to draw and authenticate, according to the most approved forms, and with the greatest dispatch, Letters of procuration, attorney and substitution of every kind, sea letters and rolls d'equipage, proof of property to be shipped to foreign ports, affidavits to obtain seaman's protection at the Custom House, and affidavits of every other kind and description, charter parties, bottomry, respondentia and other mercantile bonds and obligations, bills of sale and all other instruments of writing, certificates and attestations relative to the different kinds of stock, trade and commerce; and register letters of attorney for the recovery of debts, as well as all other documents usually recorded in the office of Notaries. They also draw deeds, bonds, mortgages, wills, &c. &c. November 21. diw—23w4w
NOTICE. Bank of the United States, November 27, 1800. THE Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the statute of incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors, will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the 5th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the by-laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 6th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an Election may always be re-elected. tu 15Jy
A HANDSOME EDITION OF LINDLEY MURRAY'S English Grammar, WITH AN APPENDIX, Has this Day been published, by ASBURY DICKINS, opposite Christ-Church, Philadelphia. [Price One Dollar.] October 7.
RUSSELL'S Modern Europe. THE Second Volume of MODERN EUROPE, is now delivering to Subscribers, and may be had of W. Y. Birch, No. 17, South Second Street. October 25.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Thomas Herman Leuffer, merchant deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands against said estate, are requested to produce their accounts, properly attested, for settlement, to SUSANNAH LEUFFER, Administratrix. No. 34, North Fifth Street. November 21. 3244
NOTICE. WHEREAS Duncan McIntire did on the thirtieth day of April last make an assignment of his property for the benefit of his creditors—such creditors are requested to present their accounts to the subscriber; and all persons indebted to the said Duncan McIntire, are requested to pay the same without delay, to JOHN CLARK, No. 55, North Water Street, Philadelphia, November 6. 15w3w
NOTICE. WHEREAS Duncan McIntire did on the thirtieth day of April last make an assignment of his property for the benefit of his creditors—such creditors are requested to present their accounts to the subscriber; and all persons indebted to the said Duncan McIntire, are requested to pay the same without delay, to JOHN CLARK, No. 55, North Water Street, Philadelphia, November 6. 15w3w

From the N. Y. Magazine.
THOUGHTS
ON AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.
"THE AMERICANS," said a splendid friend of mine, who has travelled a good deal in America, "are a nation of readers. Taking one with another, a far greater number of the people devote some of their time to reading, than of any other people in the world. In Great Britain, France and Germany, those who do, or who can read, bear a very small proportion to the rest. They are scarcely one to twenty; but in America almost every man is a student."
"They read, not casually, or now & then, but regularly and daily. They betake themselves to reading as punctual as to dine or to labour. Surely, then, they must be a very learned nation. All their minds must be turned to a generous and enlightened key. Society must wear among them, a face totally different from that of any other nation—and is not this so?"
"Why one must pause a little and enquire what is it they read? Books of history, or poetry, or science or morals? Much depends upon their kind of reading. Are they meagre ballads, or fabulous legends? If they be, we can only expect them to be confirmed in every silly prejudice or vile superstition. A fort of volume is left, daily, at every man's door. What are its usual contents? To judge of its efficacy, it is necessary to know the tenor of it."
"If we examine them, we shall find them to be nothing more than Newspapers; pages in which the two factions, who divide the nation, perpetually fight their battles; and in every species of invective and stratagem, endeavour to get the better of their adversaries. In this school, you may judge what progress the American student is likely to make in the art of governing his passions, enriching his fancy, or enlarging his understanding."
It is thus that the traveller affected to sneer at us poor Americans for our attachment to the noble pursuits of history and politics. "I would fain know, Mr. Caviller," returned I, "how the time of a citizen can be better employed than in watching the conduct of his governors, in detecting their mistakes, and, if need be, censuring or displacing them. For what end has the power of choosing our governors and legislators been vested in us, if we do not exercise it with judgement and vigilance; if we do not inquire into their claims to our favours, and regulate our choice by the tendency of those measures which we know they will adopt."
"But mere political discussions do not wholly engross these publications. Are they not continually supplied with intelligence from all parts of the world? And do they not inform us of the fate of battles, the schemes of statesmen, and the change of rulers in every part of the world? And what objects are more sublime, more interesting to the rational inquirer, than the successive scenes of this great drama?"
"There is no soul among us so sordid & grovelling that has not an active curiosity in relation to these great events. He will always lay down his great for the sake of knowing what they are about in Germany, Egypt or Bengal. The scene cannot be so remote but we have an eye to it; and Sultan Tippoo, and Field Marshal Suwaroff, are people with whom every American, the meanest and most laborious among us, is as intimately acquainted as with his next door neighbour."
Not convinced by these reasonings, my companion continued to insinuate, that to know the incidents of a German and Italian campaign, cannot very materially benefit a native of America, who has his bread to get by his industry, and his family to cherish by domestic virtues. He prated much about the necessity of limiting our attention, in the first place, to our own family affairs; and, if those will allow any of our time to be employed in general pursuits, he urged that it ought to be devoted to the improvement, of the heart and the understanding, by writings that explain to us our personal duties, and illustrate them by familiar, pertinent and amusing examples; by books that advance us in the knowledge of the properties and processes of nature; that make us, or tend to make us, better fathers, husbands and neighbours, better artists or husbandmen."
"Now, no instruction of this kind," he continued, "can be gained from the pickings of faction, vulgarly called politics, and from the shreds and fragments, trifling, contradictory, and vague to be found in newspapers, and gravely dignified with the name of history is any profession skill, any maxim of domestic economy or of social conduct, any improvement in the condition of ourselves or our neighbours, to be drawn from these fountains? How is any man the better in his taste, his temper, or his fortune, how is any man the wiser, in any art or science worth knowing, by hearing that so many Austrians were killed in this affair and so many Frenchman in that; that the Pope died in Tuscany, and Suwaroff in Lithuania; that the Queen of Naples passed from one part of Italy to another in a Russian frigate, and the like particulars."
"A newspaper, considered as one among a merchant's documents, is a very good thing; as conveying, in due season, information of what is to be bought and sold, of ships arrived or de-
parting, or taken, or shipwrecked, may not be conveniently dispensed with by the owners of ships, and the vendors and buyers of commodities; but why so many of its pages should be stuffed with declamation against individuals and with scraps of news respecting the operations of armies and ambassadors in another hemisphere, is not easily conceived."
"If these events are worth knowing, it is ridiculously absurd to seek the knowledge in this way. Stay till a little time has rendered the issue of transactions certain, & stay till you have the whole of a particular event, in all its parts and incidents, before you, instead of indulging a childish impatience, and eagerly swallowing every mutilated lying rumour. A little time will not only afford you an authentic account of an event, but will save you all that expense of time which is wasted in procuring and reading premature, unauthentic, and what is worse, unintelligible statements."
"If the knowledge of great events, passing in the other hemisphere, be of any value, newspapers, as at present conducted, are liable to insurmountable objections; inasmuch as, instead of faithfully and accurately affording this knowledge, they only tend to confuse, bewilder and mislead. In all they give us, there is such confusion or contradiction of dates—such opposite accounts of the same events—such idle and incessant repetitions, that no mortal can extricate himself from out of the chaos. After a week or a month's study, a man may safely conclude that a certain battle has been fought, or a certain treaty has been ratified; but as to the causes and circumstances that belong to them, the memory is burthened with a discordant and obscure mass. Of these he knows nothing, till some impartial and enlightened observer has collected, arranged, lifted and weighed the accompanying testimony, and profiting by lights for which it was requisite patiently to wait, or deeply to search, he delivers, in a narrative of half a page, what had failed, in its impure and chaotic state, not less, perhaps, than an hundred columns of an hundred Gazettes."
"But even admitting that there is some use in perusing these defultory and impertinent details of news, what have I, a plain farmer perhaps, or a man of some studious vocation, physician, lawyer or divine—or a country shopkeeper, or city artisan—what has such an one as I to do with this long history of shipping—this catalogue of sloops and brigs to be sold or freighted—these lists of goods, wet and dry, to be found at such a corner or in such an alley? These things occupy three out of four huge and overflowing pages which I daily receive, and are absolutely of no use but as blank paper."
"A daily gazette contains, when collected, at a year's end, no less than twelve hundred and fifty-two pages, and these are equivalent to, a least, twelve thousand pages of a good sized octavo, and these would make, at least, twenty-four bulky octavo volumes. When we reflect upon the infinite variety and quantity of valuable matter which might be squeezed into twenty octavos, how much we lament when we come to scan their actual contents! Three fourths of them are nothing to the world at large. They are of use, of temporary use, only to the traders—to one of the numerous callings into which the people are distributed. To all the rest they are just as foreign as if some eminent taylor should send his ledgers and receipt books, for the last ten years, to the press, and I should be served, every morning, with half a volume full of the precious contents. What is the cargo of the ship Saifalt to me? What is the bale of dry goods, or a thousand bags of prime green coffee, to be sold to-morrow by an auctioneer, to me, who live an hundred miles off, or whose pursuits have nothing in them of a mercantile call? Yet such is the vanity of fashion, and the caprice of the passions, that two thousand copies of such stuff shall be daily printed, and dispersed with a sphere of an hundred miles. Though never read by any but traders, it is bought and laid upon the table, because it is connected with the news and politics of the day; a connection that is perfectly incongruous, and irrational and unnecessary."
"Among other causes for regret, which the contemplation of the world and its ways furnishes to a friend of mankind, is the absurd or pernicious application of an instrument capable of the most illustrious and permanent use. It is impossible to praise too highly the invention of the press. Of all the forms of publication, that of a large sheet, filled with small type, and printed and dispersed daily, is the most to be admired. By this means, a man shall have, for eight dollars, in daily and convenient portions, put into his hand, without effort or forethought of his own, a quantity equal to twenty-four volumes in octavo."
"How powerful in the cause of true virtue and beneficial knowledge might this instrument be made! Put into the hands of philanthropy and genius, what wonders would be wrought by it! How might the knowledge diffused through costly, or inaccessible, or widely scattered volumes, be compressed, with new forms, arrangements and illustrations, into this easy and current vehicle! How might the truths of science, the maxims of morals and economy, be modelled and distributed anew, be familiarized, and rendered, at the same time, captivating and intelligible, in a daily paper!"
"Such are its possible uses, but it is mournful to reflect on the actual application of it. Three fourths of its contents are wholly useless & foreign to nine-tenths of its readers. By the remaining fourth, the illusions and misrepresentations of facti are conveyed to us. Our understandings are misled by sophistry, and our passions are irritated and depraved by invective and by slander, or a silly curiosity is tantalized (not gratified) by the shreds and
patches, void of connection, authenticity and order, of events in which we have no concern, and attention to which usurps the place of every salutary study."
"Considering the popular newspaper as the test of civilization or wisdom in its readers, how very how must sink our opinion of Americans! Their connection with us, as natives of a common country, may relieve them from our contempt, and prompt us to extenuate the censure, by extending it from Americans to men; and by studied comparisons, to show, that if Americans are no better, in this respect, than other nations, yet it may, at least, be said that they are not worse."
"Such was my good friend's invective against newspapers. It is easy to see that there was much error and extravagance in it; and that the fault thus imputed to the people at large, can only fall on the head of the editors or publishers of newspapers. As to the contempt cast upon the mercantile portion of a Gazette, it is plainly absurd, since intelligence of what is to be bought and sold, is useful to every one who buys and sells; and that is the case with every member of society. Every man is not interested in every article, but there are some to whom every article is of use; and in proposing the gratification or advantage of all, each one must be contented with a little."
"In a performance of this kind, nothing is more unreasonable than for any one man, or one class, to expect that his benefit or pleasure shall be solely consulted. It is sufficient that there is something, among a multitude of things, which is of use to him, and the scantiness of each portion is made up by the number of those who receive it."
"There is no valid reason why mercantile intelligence and general speculations should not be connected in the same paper. Every merchant and townsmen is a citizen and a man, though every citizen is not a merchant or inhabitant of a town; and, while one is contented to receive (for he need not read) the salesman's catalogue for the sake of the literature or politics connected with it, the trader is prompted to extend his view beyond his professional concerns by the vicinity of other topics."
"As to the politics of newspapers, the curiosity that is attentive to the character & conduct of our rulers, so far from being merely harmless, or only moderately useful, seems to be the grand and indispensable duty of every citizen. Since it is our privilege to choose, it is our duty to choose wily; and, for that end, to be vigilant in scanning the practices, and principles of public men, to employ all practicable means of forming a true decision ourselves, and to recommend that true decision to our neighbours."
"In all transactions with our fellow-men, we must make account for the influence of passions & prejudices, and draw from their folly, their precipitation, & their selfishness new motives for industry in searching truth for ourselves, and for perseverance and ardour in combating the passions and rectifying the ignorance of others."
"If newspapers be, in general, the vehicles of falsehood, and men are betrayed, by faithless guides, in the pursuit of their true interests, and the selection of their true friends, it is criminal to stand idly aloof, or to content ourselves with reviling either the deceiver or the dupe. No; it is our business to exert ourselves to show them their preferable path; and, by shunning all absurd reproaches, all groundless calumnies, all personal altercations which obscure the principal in proportion as they infame the passion of men, we may confer the most signal & illustrious benefits upon our countrymen."
"Political intelligence, as conveyed to us through newspapers, is liable to many objections; but some of these objections arise from the nature of the things, and are inseparable from human testimony; but much it is evident, must depend upon the industry, and candour, and judgment of the publisher. The proofs of momentous events must ever be wanting in absolute consistency and certainty, and in general, mere rumour and conjecture are just as likely to be wrong as right; but this is not applicable to every document or intimation, and there is constantly occurring proofs of a proper and legitimate kind. The selection of these evidences, and the conveyance of them to the inquisitive or studious part of mankind, are surely laudable and beneficial undertakings, and afford large scope for the exercise of diligence, penetration, and impartiality."
"The constitution of a newspaper will always allow some columns to be assigned to general information or speculative disquisition. It is in this respect, chiefly, that it is an important and inestimable instrument for influencing human society, and that a wise superintendent will have occasion for all his wisdom."
"Three or four columns of economical or moral discussion, daily supplied, will be quite as much as the occupations of mankind will allow them to attend to. More would be tedious & redundant; and the narrower be the compass of our lucubrations, the more incumbent on us will be the careful selection, and the judicious management of our topics. Instead of lamenting that three-fourths are otherwise engrossed, the friend of mankind should rejoice that literature and morals occupy so large a portion of a production that so widely circulates; and, instead of censuring the connection that is thus formed between literature, luxury, & politics, he should give honour to his countrymen for permitting the alliance, and ardently approve of such effectual means for introducing the teacher of virtue, and the preceptor in useful arts, to the counters, desks and tea-tables of every rank and profession in society."
"Your efforts, Mr. Editor, to attain these useful ends, will gain you the approbation of every lover of his country, and, among the rest, of a LOOKER-ON."
By this Day's Mail
BOSTON, November 20.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
CALEB STRONG, ESQUIRE.
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Honourable the General Court of the said Commonwealth, on the fourteenth day of November current, resolved, That the Governor be requested, with the advice and consent of the Council, to issue his proclamation, offering rewards to any person or persons for apprehending and bringing to legal punishment any of those notorious offenders, who were concerned in firing upon and wounding Broadstreet Wiggins and others, on the eighteenth day of July last:
I DO THEREFORE, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, issue this Proclamation, promising a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, to be paid out of the public treasury, to the person or persons who shall be the first to discover and give information, to proper authority, of the said offenders, or any one or more of them, so that he or they shall be convicted of said offence in a due course of law—And all officers, civil and military, of the said commonwealth, are required to use their utmost endeavours to bring the said offenders to justice.
GIVEN in the Council Chamber, in Boston, this Fifteenth Day of November, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand and Eight Hundred, and in the Twenty-Fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
CALEB STRONG.
By His Excellency's command. JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
Since his excellency John Jay, has declined serving again as governor of New-York—the cidevant governor, George Clinton, the father-in-law of Genet, has been nominated. The Chief Magistrate in Pennsylvania is the father-in-law of the late Spanish Minister. If such a connection existed between an American Magistrate and an English Minister, what an uproar the impartial Democrats would make!—They would esteem it a broad avowal for foreign influence. Whenever the candid Editor of the Aurora, has observed an American Officer return the compliment of a bow to the English Minister—he has not failed to record it as an important circumstance.
We are told that a subscription of Two Thousand Dollars has been filled up at Salem, for the relief of the inhabitants of Marblehead.
BALTIMORE, November 25.
A letter received by a Gentleman in this city, dated Raleigh, November 16, says, "The mail will close in two minutes after this letter is wafered. I can only therefore tell you that our electors are chosen, and that 4 are federal and 8 anti-federal."
NEW-YORK, November 26.
AT a General Meeting of the Clergy of different denominations, on Tuesday the twenty-fifth day of November, 1800. Resolved, that as difficulties have unexpectedly occurred, to render inexpedient the observance of Thursday next, the 27th inst. as a day of Public Thanksgiving, agreeably to a former appointment and notice; the service intended to be then performed, be postponed till a future day; and that seasonable intimation thereof be given by the chairman of this meeting.
By order of the meeting, JOHN RODGERS, Chairman.
The 25th November 1782.
Yesterday the Anniversary of the evacuation of this city by the British troops, and the successful termination of a long and destructive war, was celebrated by a general parade of all the uniformed companies, the artillery and the horse; the whole under the command of Brigadier General Stevens. In obedience to his orders the different detachments assembled at half past 10 o'clock in Broadway; the right, opposite St Paul's Church and the left extending beyond the Bridewell. At twelve o'clock, they took up the line of march, and moved down Beckman street, through Pearl street, up Wall street and down Broad and Beaver streets to the Battery. The numbers, the brilliant uniforms, the military discipline and order that characterised the troops on this occasion, merit peculiar praise. We rejoiced to see the immense crowds of spectators, and the strong marks of approbation that were visible on every countenance. For these evidences of the applause of their fellow citizens, must have been remarked by the troops, and could not but have afforded them high gratification. Arrived at the battery; the whole were reviewed by Major General Clarkson and Brigadier General Giles. In commemoration of the same event, a national salute was fired at Fort Jay. After a few evolutions and firings, the duties of the day were concluded by a feu de joie. We are happy in adding that not a single accident occurred, to interrupt or damp the pleasure of the scene.
VERGENNES, Nov. 13.
The Legislature of this State adjourned sine die on the 7th inst. Their next session is to be held at Newbury on the second Thursday of October next.
Our readers are mostly apprised of the loss of Mr. King's sloop of Burlington, in the month of September last, which is supposed to have sunk near Stave island, on her passage to St. Johns, and all her crew drowned; we have not been in possession of the particulars to give an accurate statement of this melancholy occurrence in this paper is the reason of its being deferred to this late period. The particulars are as follows:—Mr. George King, Mr. Alexander Catlin, jun. Mr. Chance, of Burlington, and a Mr. Taylor of Williston, failed from Burlington on the 25th September, for St. John's, in a weak crazy sloop, of 17 tons burthen, laden principally with pot ash. The morning of their departure was calm, but a violent gale soon came on before noon they were seen by a Mr. Allen, near the Grand Isle; the sloop was then labouring under a press of sail; in about 20 minutes he looked for her again and she had disappeared, the time being too short for her to run out of sight, it is supposed she sunk; only two of the bodies have been found.
For Norfolk and Richmond, The new schooner ELIZA ANNE, Willis Groce, master—laying at Jackson & Wharton's wharf—will sail post-haste on Saturday the 29th inst. For freight or passage, apply to captain Groce, on board, or to WALKER & KENNEDY. november 27 dat
SCHOONER Regulator, John Bagley, master, FOR Alexandria and Washington, To sail with all dispatch—now lying at Vine street wharf. For freight or passage, apply on board, or to GEORGE ARMROYD, 109, south Water street. november 27 dat
BALL. MR. QUESNET respectfully informs his present scholars, and those he had the honor to teach formerly, that his Ball will be held on Thursday the 4th of December, at his Assembly Room, south Fourth street, and will continue every fortnight, on the same day, during the season. Mr. Quesnet continues to take scholars on Monday, Wednesday and Friday—the attendance for ladies are in the morning and afternoon, gentlemen, every evening—the school being divided. november 27 006
By Desire. New-Theatre. ON FRIDAY EVENING, November 28, Will be presented (for the third time this season) a celebrated Tragedy, in 5 acts, called PIZARRO; Or, the Spaniards in Peru. Written by Kotzebue. [Characters as before.] To which will be added (for the third time in America) a New Musical Entertainment, called St. David's Day; or The Honest Welshman. Written by Thomas Dibden. [Characters as before.] On Monday, a celebrated new Comedy, called SPEED THE PLOUGH! with new Scenery and Decorations,—To which will be added, THE SPOILED CHILD. The Tragedy, of the LAW OF LOMBARDY, which was received with distinguished marks of approbation on Monday last, will be repeated on Wednesday next.—With (For the second time here) A TRIP TO FONTAINBLEAU.
Prices of Public Stock, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 27. Table with 3 columns: Stock Name, Price, and Remarks. Includes entries for 8 per cent stock, 6 per cent stock, Navy stock, and various Bank and Insurance stocks.
EXCHANGE. Table with 2 columns: Location, Rate. Includes entries for London, Amsterdam, and Hamburg exchange rates.
Rates of Foreign Coins and Currencies in the United States—per act of Congress for payment of Duties. Table with 2 columns: Coin/Currency, Rate. Includes entries for English pound sterling, Irish do, Dutch florin or Guilder, and Hamburg Mark Banco.
The Publisher having frequently heard complaints of the want of accuracy in the price current of public stock, has concluded to furnish the Gazette of the United States, occasionally (if called for) with what may in his opinion be considered the Market Prices of Stock, and the Rates of Exchange. M. M'CONNELL, Chesnut street, No. 143.

PROVIDENCE, (R. I.) Nov. 20.
Yesterday Town Meetings were held throughout this State for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States; The votes at the close of the poll in this town stood as follows.
   Federal. Jacobin.   Maj. Maj.     Providence 456   Cranston 13   Johnston 6   Smithfield 6   Gloucester 19   N. Providence 34   E. Greenwich 8   Warwick 7   Coventry 100   Scituate 150   Foster 71   Cumberland 39   Barrington 35   679 265  
The British Packet Mary, has been seized at New York, for smuggling nineteen pieces of broad cloth.
Letters from North Carolina, say the Federalists will certainly have five electors for President and Vice-President in that State.
Fine wits, says Selden, destroy themselves with their own plots in meddling with affairs of State. They commonly do as the ape that saw the gunner put bullets in the cannon, and was pleased with it, and would be doing so too; at last he puts himself into the piece, and so both ape and bullet were shot away together.
The above shrewd writer has a terrible farce upon the married dames, expressed in the blunt language of his time "Tis reason a man that will have a wife should be at the charge of her trinkets, and pay all the scores, she sets on him. He that will keep a monkey, 'tis fit he should pay for the glasses he breaks."
A republican Bookseller has lately declared, under his own hand, that he is willing to print for the Devil. Whether or not this same sooty and infernal author would employ a republican to vend his works cannot be made a question. As the satanic scribbler is the author of many a confused piece, and huge folios of treason, rebellion, sedition, confiscation, and murder, we know very well to what press he would apply, provided he were dissatisfied with work done in Hell.
Dr. G. GREGORY, a very useful and amiable living writer has lately revised the well known translation of Telemachus by Hawkesworth, and published a splendid edition of that charming and instructive Epic. It is decorated with beautiful engravings from designs by Stothard, and is accompanied by a well written life of Fenelon. Hawkesworth's is the most perfect translation we have from the French language. The monthly reviewers averred on the first appearance of Hawkesworth's version that the spirit, and genius of the author had never been so effectually represented, and Dr. Gregory assures us "that few translations, or even original productions in our language, can compare with it in brilliancy, elegance, or harmony of style." The commendation of the original is likewise high, and from the general impression left on the mind by careless perusal when a school boy, it is believed, that Dr. G. is not too partial, when he says "in the whole scope of modern literature, there is not a work, which comprehends so extensive a range of useful knowledge, conveyed in so agreeable and fascinating a style. The whole mythology, geography, and science of the ancients are comprized in this elegant work. The most useful lessons in politics and morals are forcibly inculcated; the finest feelings of the head are exercised and improved. The narrative is more interesting and pathetic than those of Homer and Virgil; and, in the perusal of it, the mind, so far from being contaminated, is enlightened and refined."
Some simpleton, whose stile is insufferably tedious and whose sentiments are unspeakably absurd, torments even the Jacobinical readers of the Aurora, with his miserable "bald and disjointed chat," under the signature of R. SLENDER. We suppose him to be a lineal descendant of Master Slender, whose faculty is immortalized by the pen of Shakespeare.
A droll advertisement occurs in the early folio edition of The Tattler. "Any gentleman that wants a man for shooting, hunting, setting, or any manner of game, may hear of one well qualified, at the printing press in Little Britain. He is a good scholar and shaves well."
A Gentleman lately crossing a narrow bridge in the Jersey's, which was not railed on either side to secure passengers from falling, said to a Countryman, whom he met, "I think this narrow causeway must be very dangerous, my honest friend; Pray, are not people lost here sometimes?" "Lost! no, Sir," replied the man "I never knew any body lost here in my life; here have been several drowned indeed, but they were always found again."
A country Gentleman, walking in his Garden, saw his gardener asleep in the arbour—"what," says he, "asleep, instead of at work, you idle dog, you are not worthy the sun should shine on you," "I am truly sensible of my unworthiness" answered the man, "and therefore, I laid myself down in the shade!"
A little boy having been much extolled by a fond Mother for his quickness of reply, a Gentleman rudely observed, when children were so keen in their youth, they are generally stupid and dull, as they advance in years. "What a very sensible boy you have been, Sir, then," replied the child.
A gentleman lately called on an oculist to consult him about his eyes, which of late had become very weak. He found him over a bottle of wine. "Would you be entirely cured," said the jolly Eye Doctor, "you must wholly abstain from wine?" "I will," replied the patient, "but it seems to me your eyes are full as bad as mine, and yet you drink pretty freely." "True," said the other, "because I prefer wine to good eyes."
We recommend the following passage from the works of Dr. JOHNSON to the canting Patriots of Pennsylvania, Patriotism in the form of an Irish Vagrant, or of the inconstant Tench certainly comes to us in a very "questionable shape."
"The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor, the wise and the foolish, the good and the bad. Before we confer on a man, who cares less the people, the title of patriot, we must examine to what part of the people, he directs his notice. It is proverbially said, that he who dissembles his own character, may be known by that of his companions. If then his first or principal application be to the indigent, who are always inflammable, to the weak, who are naturally suspicious; to the ignorant, who are easily misled; and to the profligate, who have no hope but from mischief and confusion; let his love of the people be no longer boasted."
The following extract, from the Massachusetts Centinel, is replete with truth and justice, and reflects honor on the heart that dictated, and the pen that wrote it.
General Hamilton stands not in need of any auxiliary support.—His political fame is founded on the rock of public service, in the cabinet and field; and will defy the whirlwinds of malice, or the waves of faction to impair its foundation.—We lament, that parasites and ear-wigs should have created jealousies of him, in the breast of our excellent President. But we think they cannot long subsist; and that the time is not far distant, when such men as General Hamilton will enjoy the full blaze of Executive confidence, while the tiny Ephemera which recently buzzed round its chair, will be annihilated by its rays.
A man of high man and ancient principle, though lonely, though unassisted, though discouraged, though almost desponding in the combined efforts of the learning and virtue of the age, may still contribute something to stem the devastating spread of "unsettlement of principles" and "unsettlement of institutions."
An humorous fellow lately observed that the French treaty must be a dark business as it is reported to have been signed at midnight!
Baltimore Pap.
We are informed, that among many other valuable papers demolished by the fire at the Federal City, there was a French edition of the Encyclopedia, which cost 2000. Sterling.
Alexander Pope.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE To the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN, In proceeding to lay before you a general state of the Commonwealth, I derive the highest satisfaction from an opportunity of congratulating you, upon the health that the city of Philadelphia has enjoyed, during the present year, as well as upon the many other blessings, which a beneficent Providence has bestowed upon our country. The commerce of the State, relieved from domestic calamity and external outrages, promises to revive with all its energy, and enterprise. Her agricultural industry, has been productive beyond the experience of any former period. While the progress of population and settlement (notwithstanding an impetuous discouragement of migration to America) rapidly extends, throughout her territory, the various arts and advantages of social life. To preserve, and to improve, a situation thus propitious, will, certainly demand and deserve the attention of every department of the government; but from the legislature, in particular, much is expected, and much, I am persuaded, will be performed.
It is obvious, that on the judicious structure, as well as on the faithful administration of our municipal institution, must depend the order, safety and tranquility of the community. Hence, it becomes necessary, occasionally to review the general laws for regulating our police; to adapt them to the inevitable mutation of human affairs; and to amend them, according to the useful lessons of experience. With this view, therefore, permit me to introduce to your immediate consideration, the propriety of revising the existing systems, in relation to Elections, to Courts of Justice, and to the Militia.
The law for regulating the General Elections, has been found defective in its description of the qualification of Voters; in the rigor of the proof required to establish the privilege of voting, and in the omission of a summary mode, to investigate and decide any contest, that may arise, at a preliminary election for Inspectors and other Officers. While, on the one hand, this sacred right of citizenship ought to be effectually protected from invasion; it will be allowed, that on the other hand, no obstacle, should be interposed or tolerated, by which the friends of a particular candidate may embarrass and oppose their opponents; or by which the Constitutional franchise of a single qualified Elector, may be endangered and destroyed.
It is referred, therefore, generally to your wisdom to devise a remedy for the defects that they have been stated; but the occasion seems, in a special manner, to require the legislative aid, to obviate the doubts, which have been recently created, respecting the validity of acts of naturalization in the Court of Common Pleas. I have always considered that Court, in their constitution and jurisdiction, to be Superior Courts (Though not Supreme) as well as District Court; and consequently, expressly empowered by the act of Congress to grant Certificates of naturalization, but on a question of such importance, to so many adopted Citizens, you will probably deem it expedient to pass a declaratory Act. On the subject of elections your attention will, likewise, be naturally attracted, during the present session, by the inconveniences, which the State has repeatedly encountered, for want of a permanent law, to regulate the manner of choosing Senators of the United States, and of appointing the Electors of a President and Vice-President.
Adverting to the Courts of Law, you will readily perceive, that the extension of Commerce and Agriculture, the increase of population, and the multiplication of Councils, have so accumulated the objects and duties of the Judiciary Department, that the existing system has proved to be no longer adequate to the regular and efficient administration of justice. An addition to the number of Judges of the Supreme Court, and a subdivision of the Circuits of the Courts of Common Pleas, appear therefore to be indispensably requisite, for the safety and accommodation of the People; but how far such an arrangement may be made to supply the use, and to frustrate the existence of the High Court of Error and Appeals, you will determine. The Constitution contemplates a legislative provision for authorizing suits to be brought against the Commonwealth: And besides introducing other general provisions, to secure a faithful execution of the Office of Sheriff, you cannot, I think, render a greater service to our constituents, than by devising and enforcing a plan for the return of Jurors, which, in every vicinage of party influence, and popular opinion, shall operate freely, without favour, and without prejudice. In our penal code, few important alterations can at this time, be suggested; but it may be proper to observe, that the nature and degree of some of the punishments denounced by the Health Laws, are so disproportionate to their relative offences, as to assume a character of cruelty, inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution, and obstructive in the execution of the regulations for the security of the Port.
It is with pride and pleasure, that I inform you of a numerous and effective enrolment of our Militia (the strength and safety of a free People) amounting, on the best calculation to about eighty thousand Citizens. A report of the quantity and disri-
bution of the public Arms lately purchased will be laid before you; but many of the old arms are in possession of individuals in different parts of the State, who ought to be induced, or compelled, to deliver them to the brigade Inspectors and an officer appears necessary, for the safe keeping, repairing, and superintending the whole of them. Notwithstanding the judicious liberality of the legislature in their former appropriations for this object, it will be necessary to give additional powers, either to the Brigade Inspectors, or to the Department of Accounts, for the purpose of collecting the arrears, as well as the accruing fines, which constitute the only permanent fund for defraying the expences of the Militia. Some mode should, also, be prescribed for deciding contested elections; the Judges of elections should be placed under the obligation of an oath or affirmation, as well as the Officers commissioned; and it seems to be proper, in conformity to the general principle of the law, that a provision should be made, for issuing Commissions to supply any future vacancies, not on a tenure of seven years, but only for the unexpired portion of the septennial period of election.
Having brought these principal institutions into your view, and considering the diffusion of useful knowledge among the People, to be the best auxiliary to the administration of a free government, allow me, Gentleman, to re-annex, you of a constitutional injunction, "that the Legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide by law, for the establishment of Schools throughout the State, in such manner, that the Poor may be taught gratis." As another important instrument, to unite the interests and affections of the citizens, the communication between the different parts of the State should be facilitated by every practicable means. An opportunity will be taken during the present Session, to exhibit a Report on the progress in executing the various Contracts, which have been formed for the improvement of our public roads and inland navigation; but, besides affording occasional aids from the Treasury for specific objects, I trust, that you will render the permanent provisions of our law, relative to Roads and Highways, more general and more operative. The business of the Land Office, and of the Board of Property, becomes highly interesting to the community. Some measures should be pursued to compel persons holding lands under settlements, warrants or locations, to apply for Patents, and you cannot be too early in taking the proper precautions to avert the danger, that menaces the property and peace of the State, from a Collision of titles in the distant Counties. To these objects of legislation, permit me to add, that during the present Session it will be necessary to choose a Senator of the United States, and that the Constitution requires, an apportionment of the representation in the General Assembly to the number of taxable inhabitants, according to the returns of enumeration which will be transmitted to you, as soon as they are received.
Since the last adjournment of the Legislature, the duties devolving on the Executive, have been punctually performed. In organizing the several new counties, however, some difficulty has occurred, (which it may be proper to obviate by a decision of the Judges) in relation to the validity of the commissioners of magistrates, whose residence does not continue within the boundary of the county, for which they were originally appointed. The sale of the house and lots that belonged to the state, situated between Market and Chestnut Streets, in Philadelphia, has been made to the University of Pennsylvania, in the manner, and on the conditions, prescribed, for the sum of forty-one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; but you will perceive by the report of the agents, that the premises are subject to a ground rent, which the state is bound to discharge. Though the commissioners employed in executing the act, for settling, on the principles of a liberal compromise, the injurious controversy at Wyoming, have not completed their arduous undertaking, you will perceive, by their report, that such progress has been made, as justifies the expectation of an early and satisfactory termination of the business. It may, however, be proper to prolong the time, that has been allowed to the parties to declare their accession to the terms of the compromise.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, The officers of Accounts will lay before you a detail of the Finances of the State; but permit me, in general, to inform you, that on the first day of October last there was a balance of eighty-six thousand three hundred and sixty dollars in the Treasury, which our various sources of Revenue will, probably, in the course of the ensuing year, augment to a sum of three hundred and four thousand and seventy-nine dollars. Besides, however, defraying the expences of Government, paying the sums due on the Contracts for Arms and satisfying various miscellaneous appropriations, it will be necessary to provide, for discharging the moiety of the Loan from the Bank of Pennsylvania, which will be due on the first day of April next. Hence, you will discover a considerable deficit (amounting perhaps to a sum of eighty thousand dollars) to supply which you will be under the necessity of resorting to a moderate tax, or to a sale of the public stock belonging to the State; but, I am confident, that in the arrangement of our Finances you will be equally attentive to the principles of public credit and useful economy.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, With the various other documents relating to the topics of this Message, the Secretary will present for your information, copies of reports from the several Land Officers, and a Schedule of the Acts that will shortly expire, in consequence of their
respective limitations. I trust, that in these and in all my official communications, you will perceive the proofs of a sincere disposition, to advance the welfare of the State, to facilitate the deliberations of the Legislature, and to expedite the translation of the public business.
THOMAS M'KEAN. Lancaster, November 21, 1800.
Washington City.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Munday November 24, 1800.
The following are the amendments to the constitution of the United States proposed by Mr. Nicholas on Friday, which were referred to Messrs. Nicholas, Harper, Macon, Griswold and Evans.
Previously to reading them, Mr. Nicholas noticed the propositions submitted by him during the last session, and the extraordinary provisions made in a bill received from the Senate, and stated the improbability of his voting for his own propositions, in case they had been called up by the house.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States two thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the U. States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
1. That after the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, the choice of electors of President and Vice-President, shall be made by dividing each state into a number of districts equal to the number of Electors to be chosen in such state, and by the persons in each of those districts who shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the legislature of such state choosing one elector in the manner which the legislature thereof shall prescribe.
2. That the election of representatives to serve after the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three shall be by dividing each state into a number of districts equal to the number of representatives to which such state shall be entitled, and by the people within each of those districts who shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the legislature of such state choosing one representative in the manner which the legislature thereof shall prescribe.
On Friday the House authorised their door keeper to employ an additional assistant, and to hire two horses, to enable him to do which they allowed him twenty eight dollars per week during the session and for 20 days after its close.
On Saturday, after attending the delivery of the President's Speech in the Senate chamber, returned to their own chamber, when the speech was again read, and referred to a Committee of the whole house, Mr. Harper in the chair.
The Committee, having taken the speech into consideration, made report that a respectful answer should be presented to the President, with the assurance that an attention would be paid by the house to the several important matters submitted to them. The house agreed to the report, and Messrs. Griswold, Nicholas, Macon, Craik, and Henderson, were appointed a committee to prepare the address.
Monday, November 25.
The Speaker read a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury, stating, that with the approbation of the President he had determined to resign his office at the close of the year; and inviting if the house deemed it fit, an investigation into his official conduct.
IN SENATE, November 23.
Messrs. Tracy, Morris and Baldwin were appointed a Committee to prepare an answer to the President's speech.
Gazette Marine List. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
   ARRIVED, days     Schr. Iris, Hamilton, Norfolk 4   Salt—William McClure   Sloop Friendship, Warthman, Savannah 4   Cotton—A. Piefch.   Cleared.   Ship Brothers, Bray, Londonderry   Schr. Sifers, Woodman St. Croix   The following vessels went to Sea on Saturday last viz.   Brig Hannah Griffen, for Havanna   Schr. Adventure, Lillibridge C. Francois   Mary, Bryant Surinam   Friendship, Taylor Port Republican   William, Eralt Nova Scotia   Betsey, Young Port Republican   Ship Pennsylvania, Yorke for Hamburg   went to sea on Monday and the ship Criterion from Charleston on Sunday.  
NEW YORK, November 26.
   ARRIVED, days     Brig Rambler, Savage, Bengal 12   Schr. Resolution, Sanford, St. Thomas   CLEARED.   Schr. Matilda, Sinclair, New Providence   Sloop Minerva, Williams, Jamaica   The ship Nancy, Captain Allen, has arrived at Calcutta.   The Schooner Harriet, Smith, from New Providence has arrived at Newport (R. I.)   The Schooner Resolution, Sanford, failed under convoy of the United States sloop of war Patapsco, with about thirty sail, amongst which was the Schooner Mary Ann, of New York—Snow Race-Horse, Captain Whittlesey, from Saybrook, is arrived at Kingstown, (Jamaica.)  
NORFOLK, November 18. November 16, arrived in Hampton Roads, the ship Juno, Luke, sixty days Liverpool.

For St. Croix, THE BRIG ARIEL, Joseph Paul, master. For Freight or Passage, apply to the master on board, or  JOSEPH SIMS, 155, fourth Water street. Who has for Sale, Imported in fair brig, a few hogheads  ST. CROIX RUM, and cases of  BRIMSTONE. november 17 dw
For Sale, THE SCHOONER  ELIZA & KATY, George Parker, master; Burthen 110 tons, 4 months old, sails fast, and is pierced for 14 guns. Apply to the master on board at Downing's wharf, or  SAMUEL REROADS, No. 1, Penn Street. November 21. dtf
For Lisbon, THE SHIP  Thomas Chalkley, To sail in six or eight days. For freight of a few hundred barrels, or for passage, apply to  MOORE WHARTON. November 21. dtf
For Hamburg, The Hamburg ship  Three Friends, John Peter Janfen, master, A substantial strong good vessel, and well found, is intended to sail previous to the 25th of December, two thirds of her cargo being ready to go on board. For the remainder, or passage, apply to  JACOB SPERRY & Co. Who have received per said vessel and are now Landing,
PLATILLAS ROYALES Britannias Quadruple Selefas Checks, No. 2, and Lilladoes Creas á la Morlaix Arabias Stries Selefa Handkerchiefs Bazzils Oil Cloths Gun Flints Also on Hand, Checks and Stripes Bocadillos, Britannias, Caf- frillos, Brown Rolls, Bropillas, Creas á la Mor- laix, Bielefeld fine Shirting, Linnens, Dowlas, Simois, Tapes Glass-Wares, Coffee Mills, Seythes, Demyjohns, Quills. november 21. dtf-ta&fr gw
For Liverpool, To return immediately. The Copper bottomed ship  MOLLY, Richard Flinn, Commander, Will sail in a few days, three fourths of her cargo being ready to go on board. For freight of the remainder, apply to the subscribers, or for passage, to the captain on board at Walnut Street wharf.  NICKLIN, GRIFFITH & Co. november 19 dtf
For London, THE SHIP  GEORGE, Captain Rice, HAS the greatest part of her cargo engaged - will take Freight if applied for immediately.  Thomas Murgatroyd & Sons. October 22. tu.th.&f.s.f.
IMPORTED, in the ship Atlantic, captain Waters, from Calcutta and Madras, And for sale by the subscriber, A great variety of articles mostly suitable for exportation, AMONG WHICH ARE  BLUE CLOTHS Beckenans Root Romals Salempooras Ventspolams Madras Long Cloths Ditto Handkerchiefs. ALSO 2000 bags prime Sugar, Hyson and Souchong Tea,  JOHN MILLER, Junr. No. 80, Dock street. october 10. mwf tf
Philadelphia Academy. MR. FRANCIS GALLÉT, An experienced and approved Instructor, has undertaken to teach the FRENCH LANGUAGE in this Seminary, to such of the Young Gentlemen as may choose to place themselves under his care. Parents and Guardians are requested to make immediate application, that all the scholars may begin at once. Samuel Magaw } Directors of James Abercrombie } the Academy. October 21. 3tawtf.
An Invoice of Playing Cards. SUPERFINE Columbian, Harry the Vitch and Merry-Andrew Playing Cards, for sale cheap for cash - Apply at this Office. september 13.
John Whitesides, INFORMS his friends and the public in general that he has taken the  BREWERY, (late William Dawson's) No. 50, north Sixth street - where they may be supplied with Porter, Ale, Table and other Beers. N.B. A quantity of excellent old Porter on hand fit for immediate use. november 18 dm
Crooke Stevenson HAS REMOVED From No. 4 South to the store lately occupied by Mr. JOHN TAGGERT, No. 11, North Water Street. WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE 34 Hogheads Antigua and St. Kitts rum 60 Do. Mulcavado sugar 55 Do. Surinam; sugar house, and Havana molasses Coffee in hogheads and bags Hyson skin and bohea teas Jamaica spirits Country rum French and Spanish brandy White and brown Havannah sugars, &c. November 17. mw&fzw
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 nankeens, Lutefings, black & color'd Sinhwas do. Satins do. Lutefings, maz. blue & dark green Sinhwas do. Persian satinas, dark green  TEAS, In Boxes assorted, In Boxes Striped and checked gingham White figured & color'd Muf- linets White corded dimities Color'd silk, striped Nankeens In small packages assorted, calculated for the West-India market & entitled to drawback, 14 Trunks printed Calicoes, 5 do. do. 3 Bales seine twine 10 Cases English China ware, in tea sets 6 Casks mineral black, 1 do. white, 10 do. coletcher, 35 do. nails assorted, 9 do. London porter in bottles, English sail canvas, No. 1, 2 & 3, Russia duck, 27 Boxes white Havanna 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., 280000 lbs. Ceribon coffee, 12 quality 10,000 lbs. black pepper 20 Lags ebony May 22. m&w tf
Horses to Winter, HORSES will be taken to winter at Prospect Hill, at the 14 mile stone, on the Bristol road, where they will have good Timothy and Clover Hay, be well taken care of, and have a field to run in when the weather is good; enquire of William Bell, Philadelphia; or, of Joseph Bunting, on the premises. They engage to return them in good order in the spring or charge nothing for keeping them, and will not be answerable for accidents or escape, but will take every precaution to prevent either. october 27. mwf tf
A Young Man, PERFECTLY versed in Mercantile accounts, and brought up in one of the first counting-houses in this city, wishes employment as Clerk. He is at present absent from Philadelphia, but a line left at the Office of the Gazette of the United States he will receive, and it shall be immediately attended to. Salary a secondary object - Employment his motive. august 21. dtf
STAGES REMOVED. THE public are hereby informed, that the Baltimore Coach will in future start from the Indian Queen, No. 15, south Fourth street, every day except Sunday, at 7 o'clock, and will arrive at Peck's Tavern, Baltimore, the next day at 3 o'clock and the Stages to New York, will start every day at 8 and 12 o'clock. JOHN H. BARNEY & Co. N.B. - A book is kept open at Mr. Ely Chan- dler's Franklin Head, where seats may also be taken in the above line of stages. october 2. s
LANCASTER STAGES. THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lan- caster 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 Lancaster 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. Nos. 30. 2t-s
That large and commodious HOUSE, At the corner of Arch and Ninth streets.
To be Let, THE house, stable, coach-house and lots, lately occupied by Major Butler, situate as above For terms apply to J. B. Wallace, No. 28, north Fifth Street. october 21. saw tf
Certificates Loft. LOST, THE undermentioned certificates of stock of the Bank of the United States, viz. No. 978, dated 1st January, 1793, for five shares in the name of Bourdeaux, Chollett and Bourdeaux. No. 27466, dated 1st of January, 1798, for five shares, in the name of the Right hon. Lord John Townshend. Notice is hereby given, That application is intended to be made at the said Bank by the subscriber, for a renewal of the same, of which all persons concerned are requested to take notice. JOHN WARDER. Philadelphia, 10 mo. 28, 1800. tuth3am
LOST, The following certificates of eight per cent. stock in the name of William Bell, Jr. standing to his credit on the books of the United States Loan Office of Pennsylvania, viz. No. 501, a Certificate dated 30th January, 1800, for one thousand dollars. No. 505, a Certificate dated 30th January, 1800, for one thousand dollars. Notice is hereby given, that application is in- tended to be made for a renewal of the same - of which all persons concerned are requested to take notice. JOHN WARDER. Philadelphia, 10 mo. 28, 1800. 3taw6w
Loft, IN the ship Kensington, captain Kerr, in the year 1794, having been captured by the French on her voyage from hence to Amber Lam, the follow- ing certificates of stock of the Bank of the United States, standing in the name of Benjamin Chap- man. Nos. 432 & 436 of 4 Shares each; 155 3 do. 1215, 1216, 1217. 1 do. Application is made at said Bank by the sub- scriber for a renewal of the same, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice. JOHN MILLER, Jur. dgm. ad. 27.
Twelve Shares Of the Bank of the United States, NO. 25952 to 25963 inclusive, in the name of Thomas Mallett of London, were forward- ed about the 1st of May 1792, from New-York, by the ship Oseida for London, which was cap- tured by the French, and said Certificates lost or destroyed; therefore application is made at the said Bank for the renewal of the same, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice. Clement Biddle. Philad: September 3, 1800. dgm
Saw Manufactory. FRANCIS MASON, No. 10, south Fifth street, MANUFACTURES mill, cross cut and pit saws, equal in quality, appearance and shape to any ever imported; which he sells wholesale at the following prices - 6 feet mill saws 5 1/2 dol- lar each; cross-cut do. 30 cents per foot; pit do. 60 cents per foot. Wood-Cutters saws, and every other kind, made to any particular direction. november 18. dgm
FOR SALE, A Valuable and singularly eligible ESTATE, CONSISTING of two handsome dwelling houses, with excellent stable 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, sur- rounded 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 app- roved plan; the other has been completely repaired, painted and papered, and contains ten rooms with an elegant drawing-room, fifteen feet by thirty- six. 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 felows in the neighborhood. For particulars enquire of the Printer, or of MR. POTTER, on the premises May 0. dtf
A FEW COPIES OF Gifford's Epistle to Peter Pindar, (Price 37 1/2 Cents) AND OF Dutton's Poem on the present state of Literature, (Price 12 1/2 Cents) Have just been received by A. DICKEN, opposite Christ Church. november 7. dtf
Education FOR YOUNG LADIES. COLUMBIA HOUSE, BOARDING & DAY-SCHOOL, RE-COMMENCED For the winter season, on Monday, October 6th, Walnut, between Fourth and Fifth-streets.
MRS. GROOMBRIDGE respectfully ac- knowledges the liberal encouragement she has experienced, for more than seven years in Philadelphia, and, as the most expressive proof of gratitude, will be a continuance of the unre- mitting attention, already paid to her pupils; flatters herself, it will be the best recommenda- tion to future patronage. The following branches (or any of them sepa- rately) may be engaged for, as most agreeable, the English, French, and Italian languages grammatically; writing, arithmetic, geogra- phy, use of the globes, history, music, vocal and instrumental, drawing and dancing. Plain work, marking, embroidery and tam- bour in gold, silver or colours, fillagree, artificial flowers, fancy baskets, netting, hair, print cloth, and mussin work of every kind. Oct. 13. d2w 2w2t2.
To Printers. WANTED - in Exchange, A FOUNT of Long Primer, weighing 6 or 700 lb. or upwards, and a Fount of Brevier, weighing 400 lb. or upwards. September 2. September 2.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 1st, 1800. Public Notice is hereby Given, In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23rd day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office,"
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamp- ed, with the following rates of duty which are demandable by law: For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instru- ments or writings following, to wit,
ANY certificate of naturalization Any licence to practice, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or reg- istry of any counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or proctor, in any court of the United States Provided, that a certificate in any one of the courts of the United States, for any one of the said offices, shall so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admission in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices. Any grant or letters patent, under the seal or authority of the United States (except for lands granted for military services) Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for mili- tary services) Any charter-party, bottomry or re- spondentia bond Any receipt or discharge for or on ac- count of any legacy left by any will or other testamentary instru- ment, or for any share or part of a personal estate, divided by force of any statute of distributions other than to the wife, children or grand children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars When the amount thereof shall ex- ceed the value of one hundred dol- lars, and shall not exceed five hun- dred dollars And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of Any policy of insurance or instru- ment in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dol- lars When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars Any exemplification of what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it may be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish for the use of the United States, or some par- ticular rate Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bond or other obligation or contract, made to or with the United States, or any state, or for their use respectively; and any bonds required in any case by the laws of the United States, or of any state, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty)
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars If above one hundred and not ex- ceeding five hundred dollars If above five hundred and not ex- ceeding one thousand dollars And if above one thousand dollars Provided, that if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two-fifth parts of the duty aforesaid, viz. If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dol- lars If above one thousand dollars Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country The said duty being charge- able upon each and every bill of ex- change, without respect to the num- ber contained in each set. Any note or bill of lading or writing or receipt in nature thereof, for goods or merchandise to be ex- ported; If from one district to another dis- trict of the United States, not being in the same state If from the United States to any fo- reign port or place The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of lading without respect to the number contained to each set. Any notes issued by the banks now established or that may be hereafter established within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as shall agree to an annual composition of one per centum on the annual di- vidends made by such banks, to their stockholders respectively, ac- cording to the following scale: On all notes not exceeding fifty dol- lars, for each dollar On all notes above fifty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars On all notes above one hundred dol- lars and not exceeding five hundred dollars On all notes above five hundred dol- lars
Any protest or other notarial act Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war Any inventory or catalogue of any fur- niture, goods or effects, made in any case required by law (except in cases of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in vir- tue of any legal process by any officer Any certificates of a share in any insu- rance company, of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank; If above twenty dollars and not exceed- ing one hundred dollars If above one hundred dollars If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars. That the power of the supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February 1801.
That, if any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or pa- per, marked or stamped by the supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or re- fuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of in- spection, any such vellum, parchment or pa- per, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may af- ter that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
And for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vel- lum, parchment and paper stamped or mark- ed, it is hereby declared, that when any per- son shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompa- nied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp- Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same super- visor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received. Given under my Hand, and the Seal (L.S.) of the Treasury, at Washing- ton, the day and year above men- tioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. September 29. dgm.
For Sale, or to Let, THE HOUSE, In Chesnut Street, Near the corner of Eleventh street, at present in the tenure of Mr. A. McCall - Possession may be had the first of November next, or sooner if re- quired - Apply to Edward Shoemaker. september 3. s
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, The Works OF THE Hon. James Wilson, Esq. L. L. D. Late one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and Professor at Law in the College and Academy of Philadelphia. From the original manuscript, in the possession of Bird Wilson, Esq. CONDITIONS. These works shall be elegantly printed in two volumes octavo, and delivered to subscribers at five dollars. They shall be put to press as soon as the sub- scriptions will justify the expence of publication, Subscriptions will be received by ASBURY DICKINS, The publisher, opposite Christ Church, Phila- delphia; and by the principal booksellers through- out the United States. A Prospectus of the work may be seen at the place of subscription. september 13. s
To be let, That large and commodious four story Brick Dwelling-House, No. 343, High-street. ITS situation is peculiarly pleasant and healthy and it has every convenience requisite for the accommodation of a family; a pump in the yard, Ice House, Stable and Carriage House, &c. &c. Pos- session may be had on the 15th of next month, or sooner, with the consent of the present tenant. ALSO, (On very low terms for the ensuing winter and spring) a large and convenient Brick House and Kitchen, Coach house, Stable and Lot of Ground, pleasantly situated in the Northern Liberties, a little to the westward of Fifth and northward of Callowhill streets, and within ten minutes walk from the center of the city. Apply to WILLIAM MEREDITH. Attorney at Law - No. 16, south 4th street october 29. mwf3w