Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-12-12 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 157 of Vol. VI.]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1794.
[Whole No. 707.]
30,000 weight of Green Coffee, Not entitled to the Drawback. A FEW PIPES Holland Gin, At a Reduced Price, JAMAICA SPIRITS, ANTIGUA RUM, third and fourth proof. Fine flavoured St. Kitts, Grenada & country RUM, COTTON in bales BLACK PEPPER, Port wine in pipes & casks Molasses in pipes & casks A few casks of very good Hylon TEA by the America into N. York, and A few barrels of good fat Philadel- phia BEEF, put up by an ap- proved hand of this city, fit for long voyages; FOR SALE BY Levinus Clarkson, No. 216, South Water Street.
ALSO, 20,000 weight of COFFEE, Entitled to the Drawback, in hds., barrels and bags. D. c. 4 d.
PORT WINE. A choice parcel of Full Bodied Old Red Port Wine, This day arrived, by the Snow Trusty, Captain Cook, from Oporto, For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. Also by the same Snow, 5000 Bushels St. Ubes Salt. Oct. 29. dtf.
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hds. and quar- ter casks LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter casks A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Russia MATTS. June 9 d.
LANDING, from the Ship Adriana Kieran Fitzpatrick Master, from Amsterdam. HOLLAND SAIL DUCK, Ditto—Sheeting, Tickleburgh, Osnaburgh, White and Brown Linen, Diaper, fine Checks, Bedticks, Hair Ribbon, Great Coats, boxes Window-Glass, Ditto Tumblers, Ginn in pipes, Ginn Cakes, Steel, Mill Saws 6 feet, Anchors, from 7 to 12 cwt. Frying Pans, Junk, Oakum, &c. FOR SALE BY Thomas & John Ketland. October 21. d.
Just Arrived, And will be landed to-morrow morning at Wharf, the entire cargo of the brig Good Hope, Captain Hodgdon, from Ja- maica, consisting of High Proof RUM, SUGAR, PIMENTO, and COFFEE FOR SALE BY Peter Blight. Nov. 19 d.
FOR SALE BY John D. Blanchard, At his Stores, in Third street, 66 PIPES Choice TENERIFFE WINE, of superior quality, Coniac Brandy in pipes 50 Cases of Claret of a superior quality subject to drawback. Bolon Tea Kettles, a large assortment Shot of all sizes and numbers Barr Lead, Lead in pigs Ruffs Sheetings Women's Stuff Shoes by the quantity Cutt Nails Rhode-Island Cheese And a large and elegant assortment of European and India GOODS, At the most reduced Prices. Nov. 26 2awtf
For Charter, The BRIG FAIR HEBE, John McKeever, master. BURTHEN 1700 barrels of flour, she is in complete order, and sails fast. For terms apply to the Captain on board at the Subcriber's wharf, or to Joseph Sims, Who has for Sale, just imported in said Brig from Malaga, Old Mountain Wine, RAISINS of the Sun, in kegs, FIGS in ditto PRUNES in ditto Muscate! and Bloom RAISINS in boxes and jars, GRAVES in ditto ORANGES and LEMONS in boxes Shelld ALMONDS in casks Castle SOAP, &c. &c. Dec. 4 d.
For Boston, The SLOOP ANNE, George Gardner, Master. WILL sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, lying at Malley's wharf. Who has for Sale, Spermaceti Candles, Northern Oil, Mackerel, Salmon, &c. Dec. 5 d.
For Freight or Charter, The fast sailing ship INDUSTRY, Master. Burthen 470 tons, and will carry about 420 hogheads of tobacco; is in complete order, and ready to receive a cargo on board. For terms apply on board at Albion's wharf, or to Thomas Newman, No. 118, South Second Street. Dec. 11 d.
Sallad Oil, Of a superior quality in boxes of twelve Bottles; FOR SALE BY Grubb, Mather & Hill. Nov. 26 d.
FOR SALE, THE CARGO OF THE American Ship HENRY, Capt. Crownshield, from CALCUTTA, CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS: 2500 pieces Tandah Samahs, 2000 pieces Mighumber do. 300 pieces Illiabald do. 1000 pieces Mighumber Emereties, 918 pieces Illiabald do. 750 pieces Tandah do. 384 pieces Fizabad do. 490 pieces Mahrat Gurgey do. 4550 pieces Tandah Coffees, 600 pieces Fizabad do. 300 pieces Nabad Gurgey do. 300 pieces Illiabald Samahs, 1950 pieces Tandah Baftas, 725 pieces Gurgey do. 150 pieces Baram do. 750 pieces Lucopne do. 750 pieces Jugady do. 750 pieces Chittabuty do. 6780 pieces Guzevalis. —AND ALSO— One hundred and sixty tons of BENARES SUGAR.
The ship Henry is arrived at Salem, and will be ordered to proceed to Philadelphia, as soon as the sale shall be effected. For terms apply to Philips, Cramond & Co. Dec. 8. d.
Tuition of the French Tongue and Mathematicks. J. C. ROUSSEAU, one of the unfortunate inhabitants of St. Domingo, having a small family of children, finds it necessary for their support, to apply himself to the in- struction of youth. He therefore proposes teaching the above branches of science, in the most modern style; and solicits the pa- tronage of a generous public. The liberal education he has received, and the several other branches of science he has acquired a perfect knowledge of, will enable him to give satisfaction to those persons who may employ him. He will wait on ladies and gentlemen, who wish to be taught at their own houses; and will open an evening school, from six to nine o'clock, on the 20th instant. Enquire at No. 117, No 4th Second-street. Dec. 11. tt
DR. BARTON Proposes to deliver a COURSE of Lectures on Chemistry AND ON THE Philosophy of Natural History. This course is intended to be comprised in about fifty lectures, and will principally involve those parts of chemical science that have a more immediate reference to medi- cine; and those parts of natural history that are thought to be the most interesting, and the most entertaining. The intro- ductory lecture will be delivered, in the Univer- sity, on Tuesday next: the hour will be made known in due time. Dec. 11. d.
This Day is Published, A N Authentic History OF THE Revolution in Geneva: Price 12 1-2 Cents. Sold by Thomas Dobson, No. 41, Second street, John Ormerod, Chestnut Street, and by the Editor hereof. December 11
City of Washington. SCHEME OF THE LOTTERY, No. II. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent 20,000 Dollars, and dwelling houses, 5 cash 30,000 are 50,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 Cash prize of 10,000 10,000 2 ditto 5,000 each, are 10,000 10 ditto 1,000 10,000 20 ditto 500 10,000 100 ditto 100 10,000 200 ditto 50 10,000 400 ditto 25 10,000 1,000 ditto 10 10,000 15,000 ditto 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes 33,661 Blanks 50,000 Tickets at 8 dollars 400,000
This Lottery will afford an elegant spec- imen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful de- signs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the neces- sary expenses of printing, &c., and the sur- plus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington. The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold, or at all events on Monday, the 22nd of December next. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University, it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. The drawing will be under the management of 24 gentlemen approved by the commissioners for the City of Wash- ington, for the time being, and acting on oath.
SAMUEL BLODGET. * * Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James Webb & Co. Baltimore; of Gideon Denison, Savannah; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Rich- mond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's ferry. Aug. 30 codtf
Dancing School. WM. M'DOUGALL presents his com- pliments to the Public—Thanks them for the great encouragement he has experi- enced these twenty odd years. He will open his School for this Season on Monday the 13th October, at 10 o'clock in the morning, in what large and elegant Saloon in Harmony street, leading from Third to Fourth street, turning the corner of No. 70, South Third street. His Employers may be assured, the strict order and decorum that has always been observed in his School, shall still be pur- sued—and that their children will be taught in the most approved and modern style. Note—An Evening School for young Gentlemen. Oct. 30 zentf
John Miller, jun. No. 8, CHESTNUT near FRONT Street, Hath Imported in the late Vessels A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WOOLLENS, SUITABLE TO THE SEASON. ALSO, (BY THE PACKAGE,) HATS well assorted, Boys' coloured, and Mens' black Manchester Cotton Goods Slippers and Sandals Flowers and Feathers Black and White Lace Fans. IRISH LINENS, Brown and White, by the Box, laid in on the BEST TERMS. Ticklenburgs, BY THE BALE OR PIECE Oct. 15 codtf
Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1794. The Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are hereby in- formed that according to the Statute of In- corporation, 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 fifth day 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 hereby notified to assemble in General Meeting at the said place, on Tuesday the sixth day of January next at FIVE o'clock in the Evening. By Order, John Kean, Cashier. Second Fundamental Article—Not more than three-fourths of the Directors in Of- fice, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next succeeding year: But the Director, who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-e- lected. Nov. 22 ruth&st61j.
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MR. FENNO,
The following copy of an address lately presented to the Legislature of New Jersey, having accidentally fallen into my hands, and the subject being of general importance to the State, I take the liberty of transmitting it to you for publication in your Gazette.
A JERSEYMAN.
IT is expected the Legislature will, this sitting, be employed in the important business of revising and digesting our code of Statute Law. As this work, if well executed, will be a credit to the State, as well as highly beneficial and convenient to individuals, it must be the sincere wish of every good citizen, to see it completed as speedily as possible. On a subject in which they are all so intimately concerned, every citizen of the State has an undoubted right to communicate his sentiments freely to his fellow-citizens. I shall make no apology, therefore, for the freedom I now take in submitting, with diffidence, a few desultory observations on the subject, for the consideration of the Legislature.
The execution of this business will consist of two distinct parts. First, In selecting such Statutes or parts of Statutes of Great Britain or England as have been heretofore adopted as law in this State, or shall now be judged proper to be adopted, and enacting them into State Laws. Secondly, In revising, new modelling and digesting all our acts, of a public and permanent nature, into one uniform systematic code. The former of these must first be completed, before the latter can be fully entered upon, as the new code, when finished, must comprehend the whole.
There are very few English Statutes which do not contain some local, temporary, or circumstantial matters, not admissible into our system of Statistical Jurisprudence ; consequently, very few or none of them can be wholly adopted, and of many not more than one or two sections; all such parts, therefore, of those Statutes as consist in pari materia , or relate to the same subject, may very properly be comprehended in one general Act. This will render the law more convenient, and be more readily understood, than it can be if detached in unconnected parts, as it now stands in the British Statute Books. A manifest advantage will also result from our adopting the phraseology, or at least the most material words, of those Statutes, which are intended to be incorporated with our Legislative acts, as we shall thereby be enabled to avail ourselves of the experience and judicial interpretation of the English Courts of Justice, in the application of those laws to particular cases in practice.
This part of the work will require less time and labour in its execution, than may seem necessary on a superficial view of the subject. The number of British Statutes which can, with propriety, be adopted, in whole or in part, upon critical examination, will be found to be few, and not very difficult of arrangement. The following heads of Bills, with the references to the several Statutes from which they are to be compiled, will, perhaps, comprehend the most material ones.
1st. An Act concerning administrations, and the distribution of intestate estates; to be extracted from 31. E. d. 3. c. 11. 21. H. 8. c. 5. 22 & 23. Ch. 2. c. 10. 29. Ch. 2. c. 31. Ja. 2. c. 17. and three of our acts of Assembly, viz. The act respecting granting letters of Administration; An act making all bona fide acts of administration before notice of a will good; and an act disposing of the surplus of personal estates of persons dying intestate leaving no relations. All these may be conveniently comprehended in one law of a moderate length, and will comprise our whole Statute law on this subject in one general act.
2d. An Act for the amendment of the law, and the better advancement of justice.—If the framer of any law ever deserved to be immortalized for it by his countrymen, that great and good man who penned the Statute 4 and 5 Ann c. 16, certainly is entitled to it. Nearly the whole of this comprehensive Statute may be adopted, together with detached paragraphs from sundry other Statutes relating to the same beneficial objects; as 8 and 9, W 3. c. 11, concerning actions and covenants; 9 and 10, W 3. c. 15, making submissions to arbitration a rule of Court; 17 Ch. 2. c. 8 and 9, W 3. c. 11, of the death of parties before final judgment, laying actions in their proper counties, &c. 7 Geo. 2. c. 20. for more easy redeeming &c. mortgages &c.
3d. An Act to remedy mistakes omissions and defects in the form of proceedings in Courts of law. To an Utopian Legislator, unacquainted in the acts of forensic sophistry and prevarication, this will appear useless, and much praise is due to the liberal and enlightened Judges of the present day, for the little countenance they show to mere formal exceptions; But a proper attention to the history of law alterations, will, notwithstanding, soon convince him of the necessity of this act. The British Statutes of Amendments and Jeofails , as they are commonly called, are numerous, and contain a sarago of words and obsolete matter, of no use to us. The substance of such parts of them as are applicable to the practice of our Courts of common law may easily be reduced to one short act.
4. An act regulating distresses, replevins, the recovery of rent, and to prevent frauds by tenants. This act will be compiled from sundry parts of 1 P and M. c. 2—17 Ch. 2. c. 7—2 W 3. c. 5—8 Ann c. 14—4 G 2, c. 28 and 11 G 2, c. 19.
5. An act to prevent Frauds and Perjuries. 9 Ch. 2, c. 3—as our act respecting the attestation of wills, agrees in substance with the statute of Frauds, though it differs a little in words, it deserves consideration, whether it will not be most proper to repeal that section in our law, and adopt the English one, or let ours stand and omit that of the English Statute. The difference between them is so small, that, I believe, we have generally followed the British adjudications in practice, if so it would perhaps be most eligible to adopt the precise words of that Statute.
6. An act to prevent forcible entries and detainers; from 8 H 6, c. 9. 31 El. c. 11—31 Ja. 1, c. 15, and our act. It will be necessary that this act should vary a little from the English Statutes, to render it more effectual, and better adapted to modern practice.
7. An act for the limitation of civil actions, and criminal prosecutions; to be extracted from 21 Ja. 1, c. 16. 3 W 3, c. 14—4 A. c. 16,—and our Acts limiting suits respecting the titles of land, for civil actions; and 31 El. c. 5, and last section of our act for the punishment of certain crimes, for criminal prosecutions; and all reduced to one act.
8. An Act respecting apprentices; Part of 5 El. c. 4—20 Geo. 2. c. 19, and 6 Geo. 3. c. 25.
9. An act concerning Bastards—5 El. c. 3—16 Ch. 1, c. 4—12 and 14 Ch. 2, c. 12—6 G 2, c. 31.
10. An act concerning promissory Notes; 3 and 4 A. c. 9. It will probably be a beneficial addition to this Act, to make bond, and other specialties for the payment of money, only negotiable as promissory Notes. This is done in some of our sister states and daily practice seems to indicate the utility of it.
11. An act to enable the father to dispose of the Guardianship of his child or children, until the age of 21 years; one Section of 12 ch. 2, c. 24.
12. There are parts of sundry Statutes relating to the practice of the Law, which have been, in some measure, adopted by our courts; as 13. Ed. 1. c. 31. concerning bills of exceptions; 23. H. 6. c. 9, concerning Bail Bonds, 4 and 5 W 3. c. 21. declaring against prisoners in custody; 43 El. c. 5, and 21 Ja. 1. c. 23 removing causes by Habeas Corpus, or Certiorari, and several modern statutes for striking special juries, ordering views, directing who shall pay costs &c:—all these particulars, as they relate to the same subject, may with propriety be thrown together into one Act: or rather, as our Statute Book contains several acts on this subject, when the revision of that is taken up, it will, perhaps, be more eligible to reduce them all to our general law, adding thereto such sections of the British Statutes as are here alluded to.
The practice of the law has afforded matter for much popular censure and declamation, and has often engaged the attention of the Legislature. It is generally supposed that unnecessary forms and delays attend the prosecution of civil suits, in our common Law Courts, and it must be acknowledged that many instances in practice, have afforded too much ground for such an opinion. The Legislature have frequently attempted to remedy those evils. Their efforts, though laudable, have not always proved successful. The late practice Law is sufficient evidence of this, by aiming at too much, it has not only, in a great measure, defeated itself, but has destroyed the efficacy of prior regulations, which on experience had been found very beneficial in practice. Instead of shortening suits it has manifestly protracted them, by authorising the frivolous plea in Bar, as it is improperly called, in all cases whatever.
The amendments in the practice of the Law, made before this act was passed; in allowing the Plaintiff to commence his action by Summons instead of Clipsis , which saves the expense and delay of arrest, appearance, Bail, and all their consequences: in taking away, in common cases, the expensive and burthensome proceeding on writs of enquiry after interlocutory judgments; in authorising Set-offs in cases of mutual debts and dealings, and other similar improvements, had rendered the prosecution of Civil actions as simple, perhaps, and expeditious as the nature of solemn forensic adjudications would well admit: and every attempt to reduce them below that standard, will probably weaken proportionably the solid basis of rational prudence, and thereby lessen the security of the citizen.
Alterations in the fixed and established forms of administering justice ought to be made with caution. They are founded on the wisdom and experience of ages. Innovations in practice have a tendency to shake the foundation of substantial justice, and weaken the fabric of legal science.
The essential forms only , of judiciary proceedings, ought to be regulated by law. The rest ought to be referred to the judges of the courts, who have an undoubted right to make such rules and regulations in practice, as shall conduce to the great end of administering justice, in the easiest, safest, and most expeditious manner . They will then be more immediately responsible for their effects to their fellow-citizens, and their feelings will be interested in strictly adhering to rules and regulations of their own fabrication. But as doubts or difficulties in the judges may have hitherto occasioned a too great reliance in regulating the practice of their respective courts; it will, perhaps, be advisable for the legislature explicitly to authorize the judges of the supreme court, in the first place, to frame and establish a complete system of rules, orders and regulations for the practice of the supreme court; to send a copy to every county court, the judges of which then to form rules and regulations for their respective courts, as nearly as may be agreeable to those of the supreme court; the rules to be hung up publicly in the clerk's office and court-house of every county.
The heads of bills which I have mentioned, will comprehend the principal acts of parliament proper to be incorporated into our code, except criminal law, which I have reserved for a separate consideration hereafter. But I pretend not to have been very accurate, either in the arrangement or enumeration, of all the selection, of all the particular statutes from which they ought to be compiled.
I have deliberately omitted the habeas corpus act, 31 ch. 2, c. 2—because, from the genius and circumstances of our government, the common law writ of habeas corpus seems sufficient; because the federal constitution, having expressly recognized its principles, the object of it will become national ; and lastly, because the provisions of that famous statute are calculated solely for the meridian of Great Britain, and, therefore, if such a law be necessary, it ought to be framed to answer the local purposes of our own government.
I likewise omit the statute 13. Ed. 1, c. 1. De Donis Conditionalibus , as very exceptionally in its policy, and as virtually superceded by our statute barring entails.
The establishment of our republican form of government has destroyed the foundation of the statutes of H. 8, concerning devises . An absolute title or estate in land, tho' still called a fee , or fee simple , has now become, properly speaking, an Allodium . The owners or proprietors of the lands of New Jersey, know no sovereign but the people, no lords but themselves. They are seized of the soil which they possess, absolutely and directly , in their own right, and consequently, on principles of plain rational law, as well as of the ancient common law (before feudal tenures were known) may dispose of it absolutely, or with such conditional limitations, as consist with the nature of real property, and the general interests of society. The state can now be seized of land only as a corporate body, or as the ultimate heir of all its citizens. Devising by will is as natural and necessary an incident of the right of property, as conveying by deed , and it is now as unnecessary to enact a law to authorise the Allodial proprietor of land to transmit his estate by will , as it would be to authorize him to transfer it by deed .
The statutes 13 and 27 Eliz. concerning fraudulent sales and conveyances, being only in affirmation of the common law, enacted at a period when the principles of that law were not fully elucidated and settled as at present, are now, perhaps, become unnecessary; and a similar observation will apply to several other ancient statutes. It is unnecessary to be particular in their enumeration. I shall only farther observe, that in cases where the common law has made reasonable provision, it is always advisable to attempt no alteration by statute, as ten disputes arise in practice upon the construction of statutes, to one on the common law. And, in adopting British statutes, it will be better to omit some useless ones at present, than to introduce one unnecessary ; because they may at any time hereafter be adopted without inconvenience, whereas enacting or repealing useless laws, always tends to endanger and weaken the efficacy of good ones.
(To be Concluded to-morrow.)
Foreign Intelligence.
PARIS, Oct. 5.
We are now able to form a judgment on the diversity of principles, which appeared in the addresses presented to the Convention. It derives its origin from two different opinions, one tends to recall the days of terror and fright, we are hardly delivered of, and decides, that there cannot be too much done, in order to curb the enemies of liberty: the other concludes, that justice alone is sufficient, and will create more partizans of Republican principles, than the best calculated means of tyranny and oppression.
All those, who have the most reason to fear that the head of justice will at last reach them, declare in favor of the first opinion, and endeavor by all means, to conserve their rank among the class of oppressors in order to prevent being sacrificed to the just vengeance of the oppressed. For the honor of humanity, we ought to observe that the number of those monstrosities is but small; all hope however is lost, to convert them it will be sufficient to bridle them.
There is besides a large number of citizens endowed with less understanding than good intentions who, being habituated to eccentric principles, mistake excess for patriotism, like those bigots who are directed by cunning priests to express their attachment to religion rather by austere and rigorous manners than by practising sound maxims. The latter are only the dupes of the first class. Time and instruction will soon convince them of their error, for they sincerely wish the safety of the Republic.
The other opinion is supported by a majority of the citizens, who, having been themselves witnesses, or victims of the oppressors, believe that the former system would prove fatal to the Republic if it should be re-established; this class of citizens, who always maintained themselves at the height of true principles, are rallying in crowds round the Convention, and embrace with their Representatives, justice as the first duty of individuals and of government.
The above circumstances are the moving springs of the opposition which manifested itself in the different addresses of the day. The dissensions would cease, if the bad genius of intrigue, and the passions permitted men to listen to arguments, and understand each other. What do you aim at? might be asked of each party, to watch and retain all the enemies of the liberty, to maintain the revolutionary government till the war is over, to combat all kinds of tyranny, to operate by all possible means the welfare of the Republic. This is the general wish and the duty of every individual worthy to be called a citizen.
The ci-devant Abbe Giraut-Soulayac, resident of France at Geneva, against whom the former Republic has made severe complaints; was conducted by the national Gendarmerie to Paris, and imprisoned. It is reported, that a correspondence with Robespierre whose principles he eagerly propagated, was found among his papers.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
September 24.
Cambon, in the name of the Committee of finances, proposed and the Convention decreed: that the French Republic shall in future neither pay the expenses nor the salaries of any form of religious worship. [By this decree the Republic lays a sum of more than 80 millions of livres per annum; it is to be wished that this measure may not serve at the same time as a signal for the superstitious, and royalists to raise fresh disturbances in the interior of the Republic.] The same decree also regulates the ecclesiastical pensions.
More, presented interesting and explicit observations on some inconveniences, which result from the law of the maximum, to merchandizes fabricated in our manufactories; he concluded with proposing the abolition of that law. The assembly ordered the project to be printed and adjourned.
The popular society of Tavarque, department of Ardèche (in the south of France) informed the Convention that the brigands of that country, had designed to establish a new Vendee there, and had already tried to render themselves masters of the chateau d'Alais; but the plot had been discovered and frustrated; four of the principal chiefs were arrested, among these one Dom. St. Albin, who had invited in the name of Louis XVII, all the vagabonds like him, to take up arms against the republic; they had besides arrested a new Catherine de Médicis, who acted the part of a prophetess in the conspiracy.
The National guard of Joyeuse, had valiantly contributed to crush the rebellion, by arresting the above mentioned individuals.
The denunciation of that new plot gave rise to different propositions.
Berie attributes the cause of the disturbances to the fanatical priests, who have retreated to the mountains, where they beset the credulous people. He accused at the same time the ex-nobles who were kept in public stations, as accomplices of the disaffected clergy. He demanded, that the refractory priests should be transported out of France, and the nobles excluded from all public employments.
Jourdan of the Nievre, expressed his surprize, that the sucker (the S n) of Capet, should still serve as a point of rallying, and offer a pretext to conspirators against the republic. "Certainly, he said, there must exist still some plots, when we see individuals preaching in the streets, and posting up on the walls of Paris, insurrection against the national representation. I demand that the committees make such a report, on the members of the Convention, that every body may afterwards be able to say, here are the men, who deserve our confidence; there are the individuals, unworthy to be trusted; (murmurs) did not the Jacobins affirm yesterday, that many deputies were unworthy of sitting in the Convention? (some members exclaimed it was Vadier.) Let him mount the tribune and specify them. I demand that the committees occupy themselves in presenting such measures, as will prevent in future, the Capet family from causing us the least uneasiness.
Mathieu, I assisted at the Jacobins, and heard indeed some words, like those mentioned by Jourdan; they expressed the opinion of one member; but not of the society, which wishes nothing more than to continue closely united with the Convention. It forms besides a little strange, that Vadier should be accused, for having supposed at the Jacobins, what Jourdan himself seemed willing to confirm at the tribune of the Convention.
Duhem seconded the motion of Jourdan, as far as it concerned the rallying point of the royalists. He demanded besides, as an expert physician, that the committees should examine the question, whether it would not be advisable to vomit out of the territory of the republic, not only the children, but the whole internal family of Capet and all their adherents. The propositions were referred to the committees of public and general safety.
UNITED STATES.
NORFOLK, December 1, 1794.
In the report of the debates of the Jacobin Club, those who had expressed an attachment to the Convention, were considered as unfriendly to the Club: Duhem particularly denounced those who were in the habit of making use of the exclamation "Vive la Convention!"
The Jacobins possess so much influence in the Committee of General Safety, as to obtain an order from the Committee to arrest two members of the Convention, Real and Dufourny. They seem even to consider themselves as sufficiently powerful to dictate to the Convention; and for this purpose they came to a resolution, on the 9th September, to present a strong address to the Convention.
Several events, however, have prevented the Society from obtaining much influence over the minds of the people. Tallien, who was expelled from the Jacobins on the 3d, was assassinated on the 9th inst. and this assassination has been attributed to the Jacobins. The horrible massacre of thirty-eight of the prisoners (released from the prison at Nantes) by order of the Revolutionary Committee of Nantes has drawn much odium on the Jacobin Club; for it will be recollected, that the Club possessed much influence in the appointment of the members of the Revolutionary Committees in the departments.
The Convention in the mean time seems to have acted with becoming vigour. Merlin of Thionville, denounced the Jacobins as the continuators of the tyranny of Robespierre; and Thibault, even ventured in the presence of the Jacobins to move that the Society should be deprived of its functions. Though this motion was not carried, it was only considered as imprudent; and we are sure to predict, that the extinction of the Society is an event that will speedily occur.
New-Jersey, Field of Assembly, Dec. 3, 1794.
Resolved, That the Legislature embrace the present occasion of expressing their approbation of the measures pursued by the President of the United States, for suppressing the insurrection in the four western counties of Pennsylvania, and with pleasure view his fidelity and care for a due execution of the laws and support of the constitution.
Resolved, That the Legislature of

state entertain a high sense of the virtue, patriotism, and alacrity of the commander in chief, in complying with the requisition of the President of the United States, for calling into service the militia of this state, against the insurgents of the four western counties of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That the patience and magnanimity with which the officers and privates of the militia of this state who have marched under that requisition, have encountered the fatigues and difficulties of a long and arduous march, at so inclement a season of the year, justify the Legislature in declaring, that they have deserved well of their country; and the Legislature felicitate themselves and their fellow citizens, that so direct and unconstitutional a violation and resistance of the laws of the United States, has been so completely discountenanced and defeated. The above Resolutions were unanimously passed by both Houses of the Legislature.
PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 12.
This family [Livingston] affect to have strong attachments to the French republic; why? because they seek popularity by coinciding with the affectionate concerns of America, for the welfare of this gallant and invincible nation. But by their fruits you shall know them. On the recall of Governor Morris, application was made to Chancellor Livingston to go as our minister to France; the office was honorable, the nation the first in rank, and the mission capable of assisting the cause of liberty and of promoting the mutual interest of the two countries. The chancellor refused the office, and Mr. Monroe was appointed.
New-York Daily Adv.
A letter from Paris says, "Mr. Monroe has already taken up the subject of American claims, and the very important one of the present state of commerce between the two countries which has and does continue to derogate from some of the articles of treaty of commerce and amity, subsisting between them. I am in hopes soon of being able to inform you of Mr. Monroe's complete success."
The volunteers who are returned from the late expedition to the westward, are received by their fellow-citizens with the most cordial and respectful attention—what was seen in this city on Wednesday last, is the counterpart of those civil and military demonstrations of gratitude and affection to the patriotic army, which have been exhibited in Baltimore, Virginia and New-Jersey.
By HENRY LEE, Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Major General therein, and Commander in Chief of the Militia Army in the Service of the United States.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, information hath been given to me that David Lock , of Washington county, Ebenezer Gallagher and Peter Lyle , of Allegheny County, charged with the commission of Treason against the United States, have this morning, made their escape from the Fort at the town of Pittsburgh, to which place they had been committed by the civil authority. I do therefore by virtue of the authority vested in me hereby offer a reward of SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS , to be paid, to any person or persons who will apprehend the said offenders and deliver them to the Commanding Officer of the said Fort, or the Keeper of the Gaol at the City of Philadelphia, or the sum of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for any one of them who shall be apprehended and delivered as aforesaid. And I do hereby call upon and require as well all magistrates and other officers of justice, as well all disposed citizens desirous of supporting the laws and avoiding a return of the anarchy and confusion in which the Western Counties of Pennsylvania have lately been involved, to use their utmost endeavours to cause the above mentioned Offenders to be brought to justice. GIVEN under my hand at Head Quarters in Pittsburgh, this 24th day of November, 1794.
HENRY LEE, [L. S.]
By order of the Commander in Chief, James Heard, Aid-de-Camp.
Peter Lyle is about 5 feet 10 inches high, light complexion and light hair about 30 years of age, very talkative had on a blue coat, and white under jacket.
David Lock is stout, square built, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, light complexion, short sandy hair, flat nose, and large lips, had on a round white hat cloth coloured great coat yellow cassimer waistcoat and breeches.
Ebenezer Gallagher is 6 feet high fair complexion, light hair, had on a
green coat, a bold, talkative man, born in New-Jersey.
For the Gazette of the United States.
Massa PRINTER, YOU print e letter in e paper from Gaudupe—bery well—Milfee Le Roy say he put e neger to deat cause he no work—ha Massa! dis he freedom he gin um—pole he neger free—buckara lay go dig—cut cane, get e coffee—eat yam—go naked—hey! what dis?—ole times come again—Dis new freedom Massa; kill e, if e no work? Ah Massa, worle e worle. Free neger work when he no mind to—and kill um too—worle an e ole times Massa, great deal. Pray Massa dis he freedom for buckara too in Ole France; kill um if e no fight? Won't do Massa—give e brack e gun, and see if he work for buckara—What Massa, kill e if no work? Neber vill do—dis freedom worle an e cat across e back Massa. Print um, an brige one who member
OLE TIMES.
By this Day's Mail.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 29.
Saturday last the workmen at Hope Furnace, in Scituate, began to call Cannon for the United States. A number of excellent 32 pounders we learn are nearly completed.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2, 1794.
Mr. PRINTER, The following is a true copy of a certificate given me by the Chief Justice of the State of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, ss. The underwritten Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, certifies, that Edward Cook , of the county of Fayette, in the said State of Pennsylvania, Esquire, hath this day before him, personally appeared, and voluntarily entered into a recognizance to the United States of America, himself in three thousand dollars, and one good surety for one thousand five hundred dollars, for his personal appearance before the Justices of the Supreme Court of the said United States, at the next special session of the Circuit Court to be held for the District of Pennsylvania, and then and there answering to such charges of treasonable and seditious practices and such other matters of misdemeanor as shall be alleged against him in behalf of the United States; and that he will not depart that court without licence.
The underwritten further certifies, that the aforesaid recognizance was taken in the presence and with approbation of William Bradford, Esq. attorney General of the said United States.—Done at Philadelphia the sixth of Nov. in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four.
(Signed)
THOS. M'KEAN.
To all whom it may concern.
The above is intended to show that the subscriber holds himself liable to answer any thing that may be alleged against him, notwithstanding the insinuations that may be to the contrary.
EDWARD COOK.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
CLEARED.
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THE City Cavalry will parade to morrow morning at ten o'clock, at the Middle Ferry, to accompany the remainder of the patriotic Troops, who served on the Western expedition into the city.
December 12.
THE Fifth Sixth Seventh and Ninth companies of the Artillery regiment are requested to meet at Ten o'clock, on Saturday morning at the Arsenal. Dec. 12. JOHN CONNELLY maj.
BATTALION ORDERS.
The Gentlemen of Col. M'Pherson's battalion of blues, are requested to parade in the State-House yard, to-morrow at 10 o'clock A. M. precisely—to accompany their friends, on their return from the Western expedition, into the City.
By order of the Commandant, Robert Heysham, Adjut.
THE gentlemen belonging to Col. Gurney's regiment now in this city, will be pleased to meet at the Middle Ferry to-morrow at ten o'clock, in order to accompany their Brethren into the City.
December 12, 1794.
NOTICE.
A Special Meeting of the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons emigrating from Foreign Countries will be held at half past Six o'clock, To-Morrow Evening, the 12th instant, at Sharpless's School Room, in Fromberger's Court.
John Nicholson, President.
Philad. Dec. 13, 1794.
Any person desirous
to contract for the supply of Rations for the Recruits in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Reading and Carlisle, or either of those places, during the year 1795, are requested to send in their proposals sealed, to my Office, on or before the 26th instant.
The component parts of the Ration are One lb. of Bread or Flour, One lb. of Beef or 3-4 lb. of Pork, 1-2 gill Rum, Brandy or Whiskey One quart Salt Two quarts Vinegar } For 10 Rations Two lb. Soap One lb. Candles
Tench Francis, Agent.
Dec. 12 12w3w
NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12. Will be Presented, A TRAGEDY, called Romeo & Juliet.
ROMEO, Mr. Moreton ESCULUS, Mr. Warrell PARIS, Mr. Marshall MONTAGUE, Mr. Morris CAPULET, Mr. Green MERCUTIO, Mr. Wignell BENVOLIO, Mr. Cleveland TIBALT, Mr. Harwood FRIAR LAURENCE, Mr. Whitlock BALTHAZAR, Mr. Darley jun. APOTHECARY, Mr. Francis PETER, Mr. Blissett PAGE, Master T. Warrell
JULIET, Mrs. Marshall LADY CAPULET, Mrs. Rowton NURSE, Mrs. Shaw
In Act 1, a MASQUERADE, with a DANCE by the characters.
In Act 5, the FUNERAL PROCESSION and SOLEMN DIRGE. The vocal parts by Messrs. Marshall, Darley, jun. J. Warrell, T. Warrell, Mrs. Oldmixon, Mrs. Warrell, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Cleveland, Miss Rowton, Mrs. De Marque, &c.
To which will be added,
A FARCE, in two acts, called
The Sultan;
Or, A
Peep into the Seraglio.
SOLIMAN, Mr. Moreton OSMYN, Mr. Harwood ELMIRA, Mrs. Francis ISMENE, Miss Broadhurst ROXALANA, Mrs. Oldmixon
Box one Dollar—Pitt 3/4 of a Dollar—and Gallery 1/2 a dollar.
The doors will be opened at a 1/2 after five and the performance begin at 1/2 after six o'clock.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the Theatre, from ten till one, and on days of performance from ten till three o'clock.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places by five o'clock, and order them, as soon as the company are seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to remain.
No money or tickets to be returned, nor any person on any account whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes.
Vivat Respublica!
Parry & Mulgrave,
Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Hair-Workers.
No. 43, South Second Street,
Have received by the Pigeon from London an ASSORTMENT OF
Plated japanned ware Jewellery & Cutlery, viz.
Plated and Japan'd Tea Urns Plated and Japan'd Patent Lamps Castors and Liquor Flasks Bread and Fruit Baskets Japan'd Tea Trays Plated coffee and Tea Pots and candles Ditto Candlesticks A variety of elegant and most fashionable Ear rings Enamell'd and other Bracelets, B. e. k. plus, and Finger Rings Thimbles, enamell'd and other kinds Ladies and gentlemen's gold, gilt, and steel Watch chains Gold and silver Seals and Keys Stone and fine steel Knee Buck'es, Pen-Knives and Scissors, with
Variety of other Articles, in the above Branches.
Dec. 6 codt8
From a Correspondent.
The insurrection of the western counties spread in Europe for a time a small share of discouragement to emigration: Men of property especially would look for refuge in some other country where the people were not in arms against the laws. But what will they not say of the noble patriotism that suppressed it? Will not the event hold out the most rational inducements to those who are flying with their wealth from war and plunder to seek repose and protection in this land of peace and true liberty? Our militia army has not made a mere empty flourish of patriotism: At this moment of convolution, nothing could be more reasonable than their conduct to attract the admiration and the wealth of foreign nations.
The French have taken Englishmen, coming to settle in this country, out of American vessels, and carried them off prisoners: Waving the repugnancy of this with the treaty, is it wise and politic? The effect is decidedly this, to keep the Englishmen at home. One would expect that France would chuse to see her enemy drained of her wealth and people.
Those rash men who think of running this country headlong into war, should look at that which rages in Europe. Near sixty millions of lives are exacted from the conquered Netherlands. Such a contribution, and the removal of immense property of every kind from thence into France, will utterly ruin the Netherlands. It is hard to compute how much of what we already have, would be lost by a war. But it is beyond all reckoning how much the growing wealth of the country would be prevented.
It is wise to encourage emigration by a liberal grant of privileges and protection. Do not embarrass the trade of new comers, or obstruct their holding any property as freely as citizens. But more caution is demanded, and experience proves it, in respect to investing them with power, as representatives, senators, or magistrates. Let them be free on their first arrival, and that is what they come for. It is however neither prudent nor necessary to appoint them to rule over the free, until they have become citizens in heart and by habit, as well as by the law of the land.
"America has need of a free commerce with all nations. A political connection with any is unnecessary: for will any one who has seen the army of the continent believe that we cannot defend our independence against the attacks of any nation on the other side of the Atlantic. One plea for war has been in constant use, that our liberties are flaked on the politics of Europe. Debasing fallacy! Is any country on the globe so propitious as the United States. Has any one so much in prospect and possession depending on the good order and steadiness in the government. The virtue of the militia army in defending the laws has rewarded itself."
The officers of the first Division of the Militia of Pennsylvania, are requested to meet to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Middle Ferry; To welcome the return of, and accompany to town, their brother soldiers, who have served on the Western expedition, with so much honor to themselves, and satisfaction to their fellow-citizens.
Walter Stewart, Major-General.
Dec. 12.
A Quantity of BEST
James River Tobacco,
A few Hhds. of
Kitefoot Tobacco,
Georgia Dito
500 BARRELS
Burlington Pork,
TO BE SOLD BY
Levi Hollingsworth & Son.
Dec. 6 cod2w
F. G. Sarmento, of the
House of Sarmento and Co. of the Island of Teneriffe, intending to return to that Island in the course of this month (Dec.) requests all persons having demands against him or his House, to call on Mr. John Craig of this city for payment. Dec. 8 end3t
Stock Brokers Office.
No. 16, Wall-street, New-York THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE OF STOCKS on COMMISSION, b. g. leave to offer his services to his friends and others, who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States, will be strictly attended to. LEONARD BLIECKER. md.1818
BRUSSELS, Sept. 13.
The park of this town, which is a most agreeable and salubrious promenade, has been for some time abandoned, on account of the fetid exhalations arising from various masses of filth and dirt, and which render access to it quite impracticable.
The severe discipline established by the military, in obedience to the order of the commander in chief, and the wise regulations issued for the repairing and preserving of this spacious walk, has restored it to its former brilliancy, and is now as much frequented as ever. Three days ago, in particular, an immense crowd of people were attracted by the appearance of a balloon.
There is in the army of the Sambre and Meuse, a military aerostatic company, entrusted with the management of this machine.
The principal persons direct its filing and ascension. The balloon is composed of yellow taffeta gummed, and covered with a net work of strong thread, to which are attached cords to fix it to the earth, when about to be filled, and to sustain the gondola, in which the aerial voyagers sit, with all the instruments necessary to determine the height of the balloon in the atmosphere, and to discover the different temperatures they may experience, and which is effected by the aid of a barometer and thermometer, and mathematical calculations.
The form of the aerostatic machine is not spherical as those of Mongolfier, Blanchard, Pilatre, and Rozier. Its figure is oval or elliptic, 29 feet in length and 19 in diameter, and consequently 57 in circumference.
The directors of this balloon employ also a new process to fill it. If they followed the plan adopted by Mongolfier, at Paris on the 27th of August 1783, in filling it with inflammable air, drawn from iron, they would want more than 1500 pounds weight of steel filings and more than 747 pounds of vitriolic acid, which would render the operation very expensive.
Besides this amalgam of iron and vitriol, produces gas so violently hot, that it injures the taffeta and the gum, and exposes the whole machine to the danger of being burnt. The new mode remedies this inconvenience, renders the gas less expensive, and affords travellers a facility of returning to the place whence they set out, as soon as they have made the necessary discovery by the assistance of a telescope.
The great aerostatic balloon, and the small ones, which serve to fill it, and to repair any damage which it may sustain in its ascension by irrepressible holes, and the seams in the taffeta, are sent to the siege of Maestricht.
BROOKFIELD, (Mass.) Dec 2.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadelphia, to his friend in this town, dated Nov. 22, 1794.
"I enclose to you a copy of the President's speech to both houses of Congress on Wednesday last—The interesting details and patriotic sentiments it contains, will be pleasing to you. I wish the Jacobin clubs and self-created societies, who, under various names, have been so busy in sowing dissension, uneasiness and discord, may read and profit by it. The rising prosperity of our country, resulting from existing circumstances, cannot fail to inspire the most pleasing emotions."
"Prudence, firmness and an honest adherence to the principles of neutrality will place this country in a state of respectability surpassing that of any other nation on earth.—I am solicitous that the citizens of the United States should individually learn to consider themselves as Americans—Detached by nature from other parts of the civilized world, our interests are distinct and ought not to be involved with any other nation whatever."
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, December 10.
Mr. B. Bourne read the following resolution.
"Resolved, That provision be made for effecting the transfer of so much of the stock landing to the credit of any state, pursuant to the report of the commissioners for settling accounts between the United States and individual states, to creditors of such state, as may be necessary to satisfy their respective demands, with the consent of the said state and its creditors." The resolution is referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.

India Nanceens, On which the Drawback may be obtained.  FOR SALE BY Samuel Corp, New-York, or Henry Philips, No. 118, Spruce Street. Dec. 11 dist
Office of the Insurance Company of North America, December 8th 1794.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders, that the Fifth Installment, being two DOLLARS on each share of the Stock of this Company is to be paid on the second Monday (the 13th Day) of January next; when it will be necessary for each person to produce the receipt for the fourth Installment upon the shares he shall propose to pay for.
* * By the first section of the Charter it is declared that all shares on which payments shall not be made at the time prescribed, shall be forfeited to the use of the Company.
On Tuesday the 13th day of January next (being the second Tuesday in the month) at 11 o'clock A. M. an Election will be held at the Company's Office, for the choice of
Twenty-five directors
To serve for one year, and until others shall be chosen. The Electors may vote either in person or by proxy; but no Stockholder can vote at any Election for Directors unless the Stock shall have been paid in his or her name in the books of the Company at least three months preceding the time of such Election.
In case of a Stockholder's voting by Proxy, the Charter requires that "the proxy be delivered from such Stockholder, & the vote be given by a citizen of this Commonwealth."
Ebenezer Hazard, SECRETARY. Dec. 8 m&wt13f
Ticklenburgs, Oznaburgs, and Glass Ware, Landing from on board the ship Peggy , from Amsterdam.
ALSO,  Coffee of prime Quality In hogheads and tierces,  Muscovado Sugars In hogheads,  German Steel,  ASSORTED WOOLLENS, In small Bales, &c. for sale by  Rundle & Murgatroyd, No. 11, Walnut Street wharf. Who want to purchase 300 or 400  Casks Good Flaxseed. Nov. 11 3tawtf
To all who it may concern.
TAKE notice, that agreeable to an act of the late Session of Congress, I mean to apply at the Treasury of the United States for the renewal of the following Continental Loan Office Certificate, destroyed and lost at my Lodgings in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1791.
No. 1607, dated April 13, 1779, for 400 Dollars. Issued in the Delaware State to the Subscriber then resident at New-Castle, countersigned Samuel Patten, C. L. O. whereon were indorsements for interest paid up to the 1st of December 1783, made by the said Continental Loan Officer.
George Read. New Castle, Nov. 19. 1794 2aw6w
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FOR SALE BY  Thomas & John Ketland. Aug. 26 d
Bank of North America, December 8, 1794.
The Stockholders of the Bank of North America are hereby notified that an ELECTION for
Twelve Directors For the ensuing Year, will be held at the Bank on Monday the 12th of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Dec. 9 dtj12
Thomas McEuen,  Stock and Land Broker, No. 78, CHESNUT-STREET,
INFORMS his Friends that during his absence from Philadelphia (on the Western Expedition) his Business will be carried on at his Office as usual, by Mr. Thomas Hall where Orders in his line will be thankfully received, and every Attention paid to them. Oct. 12 d
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CONTAINING 1. An inquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. 2. An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of society. 3. An inquiry into the causes and cure of the pulmonary consumption. 4. Observations on the symptoms and cure of dropsies. 5. An inquiry into the causes and the cure of internal dropsy of the brain. 6. An account of the measles, as they appeared in Philadelphia, in the year 1789. 7. An account of the influenza, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the years 1789, 1790, and 1791. 8. An inquiry into the causes of the increase of bilious and remitting fevers, in Pennsylvania. 9. An inquiry into the causes and cure of sore legs. 10. An account of the state of the body and mind in old age, with observations upon its diseases and their remedies. Price one dollar and a quarter unbound, or one dollar and a half neatly bound.
Medical Transactions OF THE  College of Physicians of Philadelphia. VOL. I.—PART I. Price one dollar in boards.
A Treatise on the Diseases of Children. With general directions for the management of Infants from the birth, adapted for the use of physicians and private families. By Michael Underwood, M. D. Licentiate of Midwifery in the Royal College of Physicians in London, and Physician of the British Lying-in Hospital. Price one Dollar.
This is acknowledged to be the best book which has been published on the subject, and is calculated for the use of parents, nurses, and private families, as well as for physicians. The two volumes handsomely printed in one, and the price only about one third of what the imported copies fell for. The Edinburgh New Dispensary, two dollars. System of Surgery, extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, by Dr. Waters, 2 vols. 50 cents. System of Anatomy, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, with 12 copperplates, 2 vols. System of Chemistry, extracted from the Encyclopaedia, exhibiting a view of the progress of the science, and the different systems which have been published, 2 vols. 50 cents. Brown's Elements of Medicine, 2 vols. 67 cents.
T. Dobson has in the Press, An edition of the Medical and Philosophical Commentaries of Edinburgh. Two volumes are printed in one at 2 dollars and 50 cents per volume; he has nearly finished the five first volumes, which contain the first ten volumes of the European edition, which fell for two dollars each. Nine volumes will include eighteen European volumes, which will bring the publication up to the present time.
Likewise for sale a considerable number of Medical Books, viz. Cullen's Practice, Materia Medica, Physiology, and Synopsis. Bell's Surgery, 6 vols. or 4 vols. do. on Ulcers, Buchan's Domestic Medicine, Ledran's Surgery, Chefelden's Anatomy, Hunter on the Venereal, Swediaur on do. Rollo on West India Diseases, Rigby on Uterine Hemorrhage, Hamilton's outlines of the theory and practice of Midwifery, with or without plates; do. on the management of Female complaints. Mease in Hydrophobia, &c. &c.
SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BY  Mountford, Bioren & Co.
Proposals for Printing by Subscription, THE WHOLE  Dramatic Works OF  WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, IN EIGHT DUODECIMO VOLUMES; At One Dollar each  CONDITIONS.
I. This Work will be comprised in Eight Duodecimo Volumes, printed on a fine American paper, in a style of Typographical Elegance that shall reflect the highest credit on the American press. II. That it shall be embellished with a beautiful Frontispiece of Shakespeare—engraved by the best American Artist. III. That the price to Subscribers will be EIGHT DOLLARS, one dollar to be paid on subscribing, and one dollar on the receipt of every succeeding volume but the last:—to enable the Publishers to pursue with convenience this arduous undertaking. IV. Each volume shall be delivered in blue boards to the Subscribers immediately on the publication of every volume with best impressions of the Frontispiece—the price to be raised to Non-Subscribers. V. That the names of the Subscribers will be printed to record the patrons of this endeavour to encourage the useful and elegant Arts in America.
TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT Shakespeare has followed nature with such truth and correctness, as to render his Works the delight of all nations, however differing in customs and manners from his own, is a fact which more than centuries of universal approbation have sufficiently established.—The debt paid by the earliest and unenlightened contemporaries of this illustrious Man has been most to posterity to discharge, and in proportion to the progress of taste and literature, the gratitude of mankind has endeavoured to acknowledge the obligation.—England has exhibited her favourite Authors with splendour, and it is hoped that America that seat of true liberty, will not be backward in encouraging this great attempt to do merited justice to the author of this Dramatic Work.
The selection therefore, of this incomparable Production for an ELEGANT AMERICAN EDITION, requiring no justification, it only remains for the Publishers to add a few observations on the claim which such undertakings have to patronage in America—a country, which for liberty none can equal and should necessarily be the nurse and patron of the Arts. And tho' to rival the Eastern country, may seem hopeless in us—yet it is surely a laudable endeavour to excite that encouragement here, which should be always offered to improvement and excellence. Indeed the seal which has appeared in America, since the permanent establishment of the present happy constitution, for patronizing the arts, whilst it has produced and rewarded a multitude of works which immortalize the artist, has also exalted the character of the nation, and given dignity to the people whose patriotism and munificence have promoted their disinterested perfection.
America is not insensible to the value of character, and will assume her rank amongst nations as an encourager of the arts. It would therefore be an impeachment of her understanding and patriotism, if a doubt were entertained of her possessing a portion of that spirit which so elevates the eastern world, a spirit which considered in a national point of view, is one of the most praiseworthy in the catalogue of public virtues: as it contributes to the best interests of society, by promoting industry, cherishing genius, multiplying the rational enjoyments of life, and exciting a general taste for the beautiful and the excellent.
In the hope then that the humble effort here proposed may interest this spirit, and have some claim to general encouragement, it has been undertaken.
The attention which shall be paid to the correctness and beauty of the PRINTING, will evince the desire of the publishers to present their country with an edition worthy of the inimitable Shakespeare.
The Publishers assure the Patrons of this undertaking, they will discharge their engagement with strict probity and honor, and therefore hope they may justly claim public confidence and support. Subscriptions will be received at Stephens's Book-Store, No. 57, South Second Street, and at the principal Bookellers in the United States—also, at the Publishers No. 75. Dock Street, and at the Philadelphia Coffee-House. Dec. 10. eod 2w 2aw tf
Just Arrived, And will be landed to-morrow morning at Hamilton's wharf, the CARGO of the Schooner Industry, Captain Hylander, from Havana, CONSISTING OF  85 hhds. Molasses, Of superior full quality. 106 Boxes and Barrels  White & brown Sugar AND A  Parcel of Ox-Hides; FOR SALE BY  Peter Blight.
ALSO, A PARCEL OF  COFFEE, Just arrived in the Hibernia, Captain Irwin, from Jamaica. Sept. 23 d
Scheme of a Lottery,
Prize 39,500 Dollars, or 660,000 Dollars Drawing 15 per Cent. on the Prizes. This Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,531 Prizes, and 23,469 Blanks, being about one and an half blanks to a prize.
THE Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, having resolved to erect LOTTERIES for raising One Hundred Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, have appointed the following persons to superintend and direct the drawing of the same, viz. Nicholas Low, Rufus King, Heiman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrison, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Witting, Joseph Bell, Matthew McConnel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howell, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donisthorpe, Samuel W. Stockton, Joshua M. Wallace, Joseph Bloomfield, and Eliza Boudinot, of New-Jersey, who offer the following Scheme of a Lottery, and pledge themselves to the public, that they will take every assurance and precaution in their power to have the Monies paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the hands at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain for the purpose of paying Prizes, which shall be immediately discharged by a check upon one of the Banks.
SCHEME:
  Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 1 10,000 10,000   2 5,000 10,000 10,000   5 2,000 10,000 10,000   10 1,000 10,000 10,000   20 500 10,000 10,000   100 100 10,000 10,000   300 50 15,000 15,000   1000 20 20,000 20,000   2000 15 30,000 30,000   3000 12 36,000 36,000   8100 10 81,000 81,000   14,531 Prizes. 202,000 202,000   23,469 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 2,000 2,000   Last drawn number, 2,000 2,000 2,000   83,000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is 266,000 
The drawing will commence, under the inspection of a Committee of the Superintendents, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
The Superintendents have appointed John N. Cumming, of New-Jersey, Jacob R. Hardenberg, of New-Brunswick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample security for discharging the trust reposed in them.
In order to secure the punctual payment of the Prizes, the Superintendents of the Lottery have directed that the Managers shall each enter into bonds in 40,000 dollars, with four sufficient sureties, to perform their instructions, the substance of which is
 That whenever either of the Managers shall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, he shall immediately place the same in one of the Banks of New-York or Philadelphia, to the credit of the Governor of the Society, and such of the Superintendents as live in the city where the monies are placed, to remain there until the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes.  The Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be responsible for them.  To keep regular books of Tickets sold, Monies received and paid into the Bank, abstracts of which shall be sent, monthly, to the Governor of the Society.  Patten, January 11 1794. On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24. to&tf
FOR SALE BY  GILL & HENSHAW, No. 128, South Water Street,  CLARET in cases, Madeira, Sherry, and Lisbon Wines Philadelphia Porter in bottles, for exportation at the shortest notice, or for private families and tavern keepers, delivered in any part of the town.
ALSO, An assortment of 5-4 and 6-4  American manufactured Bolting Cloths, Which will be warranted equal to imported, for the respective purposes required—as has already been found on trial. A Liberal Allowance to Wholesale dealers.
A Compleat Set of  Grocer's Cannifers FOR SALE Nov. 25 eodtf
WANTED ON LOAN,  Two thousand dollars, Real Estate in the City of Philadelphia will be pledged as Security. Enquire of the Printer. Dec. 4 daw
Burlington Pork. A QUANTITY OF  Best Burlington Pork, FOR SALE BY  Levi Hollingsworth & Son, Oct. 31 d
William W. Woodward,  PRINTER,
HAS removed his Printing-Office from No. 41, Chestnut-Street, to Franklin-Head, No. 36, four doors from the corner of Second-Street, south side, nearly opposite; where the Printing Business is carried on as usual; his whole attention being confined to that occupation. Orders from any part of this State, or the continent, will be executed, and authors may rely on having any work they may see fit to publish, correctly printed, either in French or English. The LEVEL of Europe and North America, with a COPIOUS PRICE CURRENT, is printed for the ed. for Peter Egron, L. L. D. at the above mentioned office, in French and English; which publication has received the patronage of some of the most distinguished characters in America, and whose names, in a few days, will be published, and accompanied by two full numbers to the Subscribers. N. B. Blanks, Circular Letters, Checks, Cards, Handbills, &c. &c. continue to be executed with the usual dispatch. Nov. 11 end 9w.
The Editor of the Level of Europe and North America, ever anxious to communicate to Europeans, who may be desirous of settling in this Continent, whatever may tend to inform them of the advantages they may find here, whether in agriculture or in commerce, has the honor to acquaint the public, that he has undertaken the translation of a work just published under the title of A View of the United States of America . This translation will be executed with the permission of the Author Teich Coxe, Esq. Commissioner of the Revenues of the United States.  P. Egron, L. L. D. Nov. 20 2aw3w
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To the Public. A SUBSCRIPTION is opened for Printing the  Theological Writings OF  Emanuel Swedenborg, At Francis Bailey's Book Store, No. 116, Market Street, Philadelphia.
WHEN a sufficient subscription takes place, a meeting will be advertised to consider the most eligible mode for conducting the printing of such of the Works as shall be thought to be of the greatest utility in the first instance. The following Treatises may be now had at Mr. Bailey's:
 The Doctrine of Life, or the Spiritual Sense of the Ten Commandments.  The Universal Theology of the New Church; which was foretold by the Lord in Daniel, chap. 7, v. 5, 13, 14, and in the Apocalypse, chap. 21, v. 1, 2, &c.  A Summary View of the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church.  As various opinions have been entertained respecting these invaluable writings, and yet no person by rational argument has been able to refute them, but instead thereof, envious calumnies and groundless reports have been industriously propagated to discredit the honourable and enlightened Author, as well as his Works, we doubt not the candid and sincere inquirers after Truth of the highest importance, will seriously examine those Works for themselves, in which it is to be hoped, that being in the pursuit and love of the Truth for the sake of its native excellence and use, they will regard them as they justly deserve, and in the end receive both profit and delight. Oct. 14 eTutw
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the Subscriber in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New-Jersey, on Sunday morning the 12th instant,
Two young Negro Fellows, named Jack and Tom, each about 20 years of age; Jack is of a dark black colour and a surly look; Tom is of an open countenance, of a yellowish colour, and much disposed to laugh.
They are sprightly active fellows, and but little more of six feet high; they were both well dressed; Jack had on a blue broad cloth coat and different kinds of clothes. Whoever takes up said servants, and delivers them in any goal in the United States, so that their masters may get them again shall receive the above reward and reasonable expenses.  John Sparks,  Andrew Hunter. 2awtf