Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-04-05 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1115.]
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1796.
[VOLUME IX.]
John Miller, jun. & Co.
NO. 8, CHEYNE-STREET. Have just imported in the Hamburg Packet, A general assortment of Spring Goods, To which they expect large additions by the next arrival from London and Liverpool. They have also on Hand, received from France, by the box, assorted, 1800 dozens of Silk Stockings, on which the drawback is recoverable; A few Bales of India Book Muslins, & Handkerchiefs, which will be sold low to close sales. March 30. $
For SALE, by the SUBSCRIBERS,
IN PENN-STREET, 130 quarter Casks fresh Hylon Tea; 100 ditto do. fresh Souhong Tea; 300 Boxes China, containing small tea sets of 48 pieces; 400 pieces Bandanoes. Willings & Francis. January 30. 3taw.  500 bags Martinico coffee, Of excellent quality, entitled to the drawback, just arrived, and to be sold by Thomas & John Clifford. March 30. diw.  30 Pipes Cogniac Brandy, Corks, in bales, and Holland Gin, in pipes, For Sale by Benjamin W. Morris. December 31. codt.  MADEIRA, SHERRY and PORT } WINES. For Sale by EDWARD STOW, jun. No. 4, South Water-Street. Dec. 12. d.  Excellent Claret in Casks, FOR SALE, BY Joseph Anthony & Son. February 13. $  Jamaica Pimento, A quantity for SALE—for Exportation. PETER BLIGHT. Feb. 26. $  Fresh Teas. 50 Quarter casks Hylon 15 Ditto Gunpowder 75 Ditto Souhong Of choice quality, just arrived in the Pigeon, from Canton, and to be sold on very reasonable terms at the stores of Mordecai Lewis, No. 25, Great Dock-Street. March 18. d2w.  Furs and Skins.  RICHARD & JAMES POTTER, HAVE FOR SALE A prime selection of the annexed articles: Shaved Deer Skins Unshaved ditto Elk Skins Shaved do. Beaver Otter Bear Raccoon Wolf Ox hides Tiger Leopard Likewise, Three thousand wt. of superior New-Orleans Indigo. Twenty tiers of Rice, and A quantity of excellent logwood, which they will sell on good terms. March 17. $  FOR SALE, A quantity of Spanish Brown, in casks, Ditto dry White Lead, ditto Milled Lead, in sheets, Bar Lead, in casks Shot, of all sizes, A large quantity of Pipes, and A few hampers of English Porter, Likewise, 50 Barrels Excellent Boston Beef, A few cases of Perfumery, A quantity of Belt Bandanna Handkerchiefs, and A small invoice of Cloths, Muslins, Shawls, and Black Lace. Apply to Samuel Breck, jun. At his Counting-House, on Rofs's Wharf. March 18. codt.  JUST PUBLISHED, BY JACOB JOHNSON, & CO. NO. 147, MARKET-STREET, [Price 11s. 6d.] THE  Flowers of Ancient & Modern History, IN TWO VOLUMES. Comprehending, on a new plan, the most remarkable and interesting Events, as well as the most eminent and illustrious Characters; with a View of the Progress of Society and Manners, Arts and Sciences, from the Crea- tion to the Conclusion of the American War. By JOHN ADAMS, A. M. March 4. 2w2m  Treasury Department; Revenue Office, March 10th, 1796. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carolina, I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteras. II. A Beacon House upon Shell-Cattle island. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Superinten- dants of Light-Houses, or of the Supervisors of the Reven- ue, or of the Collectors of the Customs in any of the States; as also at this office. 2aw3m  For Sale, at Public Auction,  On Thursday, the seventh of April next, THE SHIP PORTSMOUTH, BURTHEN 183 tons, or 2630 barrels. This ship falls remarkably light, and completely repaired last voyage. She may be seen at Mr. Hindle's wharf in Southwark. Approved notes at 60 and 90 days, will be received in payment. Her inventory may be seen at the office of the subscribers. March 24, 1796. $eda. FOOTMAN & CO. Auctioneers.  For LONDON, THE BRIGANTINE PEGGY, John Hyer, Commander, BURTHEN 150 tons, is now ready to take in, and will fail in about ten days, part of her cargo being already engaged.  FOR HAMBURGH, THE SHIP DIANA, SAML. PILE, master, BURTHEN 200 tons, an excellent vessel, and well-fitted. Part of her cargo being engaged, she will fail early.  For LIVERPOOL, THE SHIP Hamburg Packet, GEORGE CLAY, Commander, BURTHEN 320 tons, is nearly a new vessel, and a re- markably fast sailer. A great part of her cargo being ready to go on board, it is expected she will fail about the 20th instant. For terms apply to Philip Nicklin & Co.  WHO ARE LANDING, From the Hamburg Packet, from Liverpool; 38 Sheets Lead, 140 Casks Nails assorted, 9 Bales of Sail Canvas, No. 1 & 7, ditto of Seine and Sewing Twine, Small Invoice of Cutlery, and Watch Chains, well assorted. And from the Diana, from Jamaica, 160 Puncheons Rum. They have also on Hand, Madeira Wine, in pipes, hogheads, and qr. casks, Old Red Port Wine, in pipes and hogheads, Teneriffe Wine, in pipes and hogheads, Mountain Wine, in quarter casks, Sugar Candy, in boxes of 80 and 100, each, 2 hogheads of Campher, 1 ditto of Jalap in powder, And a quantity of Mahogany. March 30. m w & f  For SALE, THE SLOOP WILLIAM, Now lying at Steinmetz wharf, she is a remarkable fast sailing vessel, burthen between 40 and 60 tons, is in exceeding good repair, built chiefly of live oak and cedar, and has excellent accomodations for passengers; if not sold in four days, will take in freight for Boston. For terms apply to EDWARD STOW, jun. No. 4, South Water-Street. March 26. d8t.  For Falmouth and a Market, THE SHIP FAVORITE, JOHN THOMPSON, master, A good cedar and live oak ship, with convenient accom- modations for passengers, is now discharging at Rofs's wharf below Walnut-Street, and will be ready to receive her cargo in a few days, and is intended to fail with all convenient speed. For freight, or passage, apply to the master on board, or to Jeremiah Warder, WHO HAS FOR SALE, A quantity of very neat drawn Swedish Iron; heart and clap German Steel; Rags for paper makers; Demi Johns; Bristles; large Liverpool house Coal; and fail makers leaming Twine. March 3. cod1m  FOR SALE, The Barge DELIGHT, One hundred and nine Tons burthen; a good, staunch well built vessel, now lying at Huddell's wharf. For terms apply to Nalbro & John Frazier. No. 95 South Front Street. March 10. 3w1m  For Sale, or Charter, THE SLOOP BETSEY, John Dankins, master, BURTHEN about 800 barrels flour, in complete order to receive a cargo immediately. For terms apply to the Captain on board, at the subscriber's wharf— or to JOSEPH SLIMS. Who has for Sale, just imported in said sloop, Coffee, of an excellent quality, in hds. and tiers. Sugar, ditto in hds. and barrels. February 12. $  FOR CHARTER, THE SHIP John Bulkeley, BURTHEN about 3000 barrels. Enquire of Jesse & Robert Waln. March 29. $  Plaster of Paris & Burr Stones, JUST ARRIVED, By the ship Asia, Captain Langford, from Havre- de-Grace. Apply to Peter Blight. March 31. codt.  This Day is Published,  At No. 201 Arch Street, and may also be had at Fol- well's Printing Office, No. 33, in the same street, A MAP OF THE RIVER RHINE, From NIMESGUEN to BASLE, Shewing The actual Seat of War Between the French and Austrians. March 26. $  SPIRITS. ANY person may be supplied with Rum, Gin, Cordi- als, and other Spirits, upon application to the Sub- scriber, at his Distillery, No. 113, Story, or New Street, between Third and Fourth Streets. March 7. m4t. THOMAS CAVE. N.B. Whiskey and Melasses will be purchased, of in exchange for any lot of Spirits at a fair and marketable price. Also, wanted any number of Gin and Brandy Pipes & Well-India Rum Puncheons; enquire as above.  IMPORTED, In the Ship Pigeon, Captain Dala, from Canton, and for SALE by THE SUBSCRIBERS, CHINA, assorted; SUGAR; BOHEA, SOUCHONG, HYSON SKIN, HYSON, IMPERIAL, NANKEENS; QUICK SILVER; CASSIA; FANS; SEWING SILKS; HAIR RIBBONS. Jesse & Robert Waln, William Sansom, Mordecai Lewis. March 4. $1m.  No. 8, North Front-Street. Printed Calico and Muslin WAREHOUSE. RICHARD & JAMES POTTER, Have just received a superb assortment of the following articles, which they offer for sale: PRINTED calicoes 4-4 wd. book muslins 6-4 wd. ditto ditto Book muslin handkerchiefs Pocket ditto Colored, bordered, muslin handkerchiefs Very new fancy ditto Elegant tambour muslins Colored work ditto Last night ditto Bordered ditto Ladies plates Gentlemen's neck handks. New fashionable shawl Mudras & handkerchiefs Tambour'd muslins Gurrabs Humhums Coiffes &c &c An elegant and fresh assort- ment of ribbands and ladies Cotton flannels Worsted ditto And a variety of other articles, just opened. Many of the above goods are particularly calculated for the West-India market. December 23. taw  SHOT, Oval sizes, from 32 lb to Grap. Cambric, Shot, and other castings executed at the shortest notice. Nail rods, from 10d to 12d. Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for cases or cutting into nails, from a broad to 1/2 d nails. Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Herring in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hds. and Bbls. Rye flour &c. to be sold by Levi Hollingsworth & Son. August 4. g2w  George Bringhurst, COACH & HARNESS MAKER, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public that he has removed from Arch-Street, to No. 23 in North Fifth-Street, adjoining the Episcopal Burial Ground, where he continues the business of Coach making in all its Branches. He makes all kinds of crane neck and perch Carriages, such as Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, and Carriages; also, Chairs, Kittereens, Gigs, Sulkeys; and all kinds of Par- sels, with plated or brass mounting. He has a good supply of the best materials, and a stock of the best sea- soned wood. Orders from any part of the United States will be du- ly attended to with the greatest punctuality and dispatch. His long experience in business, his care in the execu- tion of his work, and an unremitted attention to the de- sires of his employers, he flatters himself will prove suffi- cient recommendations. He has several second-hand Carriages for sale, viz. a complete Coach, with a coachman's seat and Venetian blinds all round; a Phaeton; a Chair; and a Sulkey with a falling top. All kinds of Carriages sold on Commission, and Car- riages taken in to stand by the month or year. Apprentices wanted to the Business. Philadelphia, November 21. t. r. & $3m. 2awdo  Copper Ware-House, No. 2. North Fourth Street. GEORGE & HENRY WESCOTT HAVE just received by the late vessels from London, Liverpool and Bristol, and which they are selling at the most reduced prices for cash, or a short credit, a very large and extensive assortment of Sheet Copper and Bottoms, comprising sheets from 3 to 100lb. and bottoms from 16 inches to 5 feet—Also a handsome as- sortment of the most approved sheathing Copper with nails, and bolts, Tin in boxes, Block-tin, Spelter in casks, Spelter fodder, pig lead, &c. &c. Jan. 2. w & f.  NOTICE. THE President and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, having determined to supply the city of Philadelphia with water, early in the year 1797, Proposals will be received in writing until the first day of June next, from any person or persons disposed to contract for the casing and delivery of Iron Pipes necessary for the above purpose. By the Board. WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Sec'y. March 31. 2awtj.  JUST RECEIVED,  A quantity of excellent Boston BEEF, And Mould and Drip CANDLES. FOR SALE BY Isaac Harvey, jun. No. 5, S. Water-Street. 3d mo. 11th, 1796. d3w  New Book Auction, BOSTON. JOHN W. FOLSOM respectfully informs the public, and booksellers in particular, he has opened an Auc- tion Office, in a central situation, for that purpose only. Any orders in that line shall be faithfully and punctually executed; and letters, post paid, immediately attended to. Boston, March 23. $  NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against JOHN LYONS, deceased, late of Charles County, Maryland, are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and those who are indebted are requested to make immediate pay- ment. ALEXANDER GREER, Executor. Allen's Creek, Charles county, Maryland, March 14, 1796. 1aw6  Canal Lottery Office,  Near the Bank of the United States. Philadelphia, 19th March, 1796. TICKETS to be had at the office, warranted undrawn, at 24 Dollars each, and from the extraordinary rich- ness of the wheel, the price will rise at least one dollar after every day's drawing, particularly while the 30,000 dollar prize remains in. STATE of the WHEEL: 1 prize of 30,000 - - - 30,000 5 do. 20,000 - - - 100,000 1 do. 10,000 - - - 10,000 2 do. 2,500 - - - 5,000 6 do. 1,000 - - - 6,000 10 do. 500 - - - 5,000 27 do. 100 - - - 2,700 With a proportionate number of 12 dollar prizes. The Public are informed, that the Lottery is three fourths drawn, consequently one undrawn ticket now, has the same chance for any of the larger remaining prizes, that four had at the commencement—and every future day's drawing will greatly increase this value, from the five stationary prizes of one hundred thousand dollars, and the lottery being so near a close. Wm. Blackburn, Agent. A Check-book kept at the Office for examination and registering. $  JOSEPH COOKE,  GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER. The corner of Market and Third-Street, Philadelphia; MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a com- plete and general assortment of all kinds. Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Bir- mingham and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest fashion, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, at the low- est terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. John Nicholson received in payment at their current value. March 5. 1awtj.  COLUMBIA HOUSE  Boarding School for Young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE having removed from Lodge Alley, to the corner of Eleventh and Spruce-Street, for the advantage of a large, convenient House, in a dry, healthy situation; hopes for the continuance of the encou- ragement she has hitherto so highly experienced; and for which she returns her sincere acknowledgments. Mrs. GROOMBRIDGE is assisted by Masters of the first ability; and the useful, as well as ornamental branches of education are particularly attended to. February 28. $2w2m  General Post Office, Philadelphia,  March 15, 1796. WHEREAS sundry Letters, transmitted in the Mails of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of several denominations fraudulently taken from them at York, in the State aforesaid, in the months of October, Novem- ber and December last; and whereas a part of said notes and some cash have been recovered and are now in posses- sion of the Post Master General. In order therefore that such Bank Notes as shall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cash be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who have suffered by such fraudulent practices, within the pe- riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such notes as shall be identified will be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the first day of July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their respec- tive losses, to be ascertained by the necessary proofs, which on or before that day shall be produced to the General Post Office. (2awtju) JOS. HABERSHAM.  Canal Lottery Tickets,  For Sale, warranted undrawn, at 24 Dollars, 149, Chestnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets.  Washington Lottery—No. 2. THE Public are respectfully informed, that the whole of the Tickets in the above Lottery are now rolled up, and from information received, will commence im- mediately. After the first day's drawing, which will be announced in one of the Philadelphia papers, tickets it is expected will be then Ten Dollars. A correct Numeri- cal Book for public inspection will be opened at the above Office, where all transactions relating to the line of a Bro- ker, are promptly and faithfully executed. March 2. THOMAS NOBLE. $  N. B. Approved Notes securing payment, either in money, or in the prizes of this Lottery, and payable in ten days after completion of the drawing, will be receiv- ed for any number above fifty tickets.  FOR SALE,  A NEAT two story frame building, situate in Fifth- per annum, subject to a ground rent of 10s. An elegant Brown Gelding, 14 1-2 hands high, goes well in a chair or under the saddle—An handsome riding Chair and Coach, with harness complete. Three tracts of Land, situate contiguous to each other, containing about 773 acres, in Northumberland county, near the town of Northumberland. Sundry tracts of Land in Bedford county, being about 2,200 acres, part near the waters of Conyngham, and adjoining Lands of Daniel Tyson. Also, one other tract in Westmoreland county, adjoining lands of William Sitgreaves, on Clear- field creek. For terms apply to SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1796. codt.

Ricketts's Amphitheatre.
For the Benefit of Mr. SULLY.
THIS PRESENT EVENING, the 5th of April, Will be exhibited,
A variety of New Entertainments.
HORSEMANSHIP.
The Sailor's Frolic on Horseback,
By Mr. Ricketts, in which he will introduce a Horn-pipe, ride blindfold in a Sack, And change to a Sailor's Dory.
Various FEATS by Mr. F. Ricketts.
COMIC FEATS in the character of Mr. Merrymann, by Mr. Sully.
The Horsemanship to conclude with the COMIC SCENE OF
The Taylor riding to Brentford.
On the HUNTER & ROAD HORSE, by Mr. Ricketts.
Ground and Lofty Tumbling,
In which will be displayed a variety of Manly Feats, By Messrs. Sully,
F. Ricketts, Langley, and Reano, Master Sully.
Crown to the tumbling—Mr. Spinacuta.
The tumbling to conclude with Mr. Sully's throwing a Row of Flippflaps across the area of the Circus, with
Fireworks tied to his Feet!
In the course of the Evening, for this night only, Mrs. SULLY will perform
A Concerto on the Grand Piano Forte.
She will introduce a favorite Scots Air, with variations.
To which will be added, (for this night only) a NEW PANTOMIME, called
Harlequin's Olio; or,
MIRTHS MEDLEY.
Harlequin, Mr. Sully. Genius, Master Sully. Pantaloon, Sig. Reano. Clown, Mr. Spinacuta. Lover, Mr. Macdonald. and, Dwarf, Master Schnyder. Columbine, Mrs. Spinacuta. Magician, Witches, Millers, Servants, &c. by the rest of the Company.
In the course of the Pantomime will be displayed the following TRICKS and MACHINERY.
The Dwarf outwitted; or, Harlequin turn'd market-woman.
The Magic Band Box; or, Harlequin's aid-de-camp.
The Necromantic Hat; or, Clown's Flight in a Balloon.
The Transforming Chair; or, the Lover defeated.
A grand change from the Sea to the Grotto of Mirth and Good-Fellowship.
The Scenery painted by Messrs. Schnyder & Hallam.
The entertainments of the Evening to conclude with
Goldsmith's Epilogue,
By Mr. Sully, (in the character of Harlequin) who will, for that night only, take a flying Leap into
The Crater of Mount Vesuvius.
At the moment of Eruption—The
Fireworks by Monsieur Ambrofe,
In Arch-treet.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Sully at Mr. Wadman's corner of Race & Front-streets, and at the usual places.
The Doors in future to be opened at SIX and the Entertainment to begin at SEVEN o'clock.
Boxes, one dollar—Pit, half a dollar.
CONCERT
OF VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
R. TAYLOR,
RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends, and the Public, his benefit Concert will be on Thursday, the 21st of the present month, April, at Mr. O'ELLER's Hotel.
A Band of the most eminent Instrumental Performers will be engaged.
The Vocal Part by Miss HUNTLEY, and R. TAYLOR. Particulars will be made known in due time. April 4. t.th&c*.
For LIVERPOOL,
THE SHIP
SUSSEX,
Philip Atkins, master,
BURTHEN 246 tons, to sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to
Samuel & Miers Fisher,
No. 27, Dock-street.
Who have Imported per said Ship, A general assortment of Queens Ware in Crates; Short Pipes in boxes, three gross each, An assortment of Stone Jugs, Together with an assortment of DRY GOODS, suited to the Season—as usual. 4th Mo. 5th, 1796. 3aw4w
Just Landing,
From on board the Ship SEA FLOWER, Captain Ben. Swift, from GUAD-LOUPE,
A quantity of SUGARS,
FOR SALE, BY
F. Coppinger,
5th April. § No. 221, South Front-street.
FOR SALE,
Or will take FREIGHT for Newport, or Providence,
THE SLOOP
JOANNA,
NOW lying at Cheapside-wharf. For terms apply to JOHN PROUD, the master on board, or to
Samuel Coates,
No. 82, South Front-street.
Who bath for SALE, imported in said Vessel, A quantity of CIDER; SOAP; and CANDLES; TIMOTHY SEED. 4th Mo. 5th, 1796. *6t.
To the Public.
AT MR. O'ELLER'S HOTEL.
A French Miniature Painter respectfully offers his services to the Public, and hopes that the moderation of his terms, the very short time of his sittings, and the rate of his abilities, will induce his visitors to become his patrons. Feb. 20. §
From the Western Telegraph.
THE important subject of the British Treaty is now before the House of Representatives of the United States: and the Treaties with Spain, Algiers, and the Indians, which offer to us peace with all the world, will perhaps soon occupy their attention. On these subjects, opinions may vary with interests; and the interests of this Western Country are peculiarly involved in the success of the British, the Spanish, and the Indian Treaties. It must have occurred to almost every person, that the failure of the British Treaty will of course occasion the failure of the Indian Treaty; but perhaps it has not occurred to every person, that it will also occasion the failure of the Spanish Treaty, and destroy all the bright prospects which these Treaties have opened to the Western Country.—It may be asked, how can the British Treaty fail, since, being ratified by the King of Britain, and the President of the United States, it has become a law binding on both parties, like any other mutual agreement, signed, sealed and delivered? This question is natural, perhaps just; but it is one thing to ratify, and another thing to execute an agreement; and many suspect that the House of Representatives of the United States may have the inclination, and some assert that they have the power to render the whole Treaty of none effect, notwithstanding its ratification. How can they do this? It will be recollected, that the constitution provides, that no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. The British Treaty requires money to pay the expenses of Commissioners, who are to settle the boundary lines and adjust the claims on both sides for spoiliations and detained debts. If the House of Representatives refuse their consent, no appropriation of money can be made for this purpose. If no appropriation be made, no commissioners will be appointed. If no commissioners be appointed, the lines will not be settled, nor the claims adjusted, nor the posts surrendered; and we shall be precisely in the situation in which we were before the Treaty: and I fear, in a worse situation, for I should have very little hope of obtaining another Treaty, and see war only as our resource. If the House of Representatives have and exercise this power of rendering void, Treaties ratified by our constitutional organs, they are more sanguine than I, who expect that foreign nations will readily listen to proposals for another Treaty. The example of the British parliament is cited. I hope the cases are not similar. The British parliament, like the senate of Augustus, is too often supposed to be the parliament of the minister.—It is well known, that the minister, either by his eloquence, his patronage, or his money, can always command a majority in parliament. When he cannot do this, he cannot be minister. Any foreign nation may therefore be assured, that a Treaty approved by the minister, will be approved by the parliament; and their votes on a measure adopted by him, are like the votes of a dean and chapter on a conge d'elire, or leave given by the king to elect a bishop; leave to elect him whom the king names. I am not now to enter on any defence of the British Treaty. It has been successfully defended. And to attentive, intelligent, and candid readers of the arguments on both sides, the opponents of the Treaty will have little victory to boast of: to any other readers all argument is vain. I will, however observe, that as it respects the Western Country, to me it appears without a fault; that the principal objections to it are drawn from those articles of it, which relate to manitime affairs, and are but temporary; and that one of those articles is not confirmed, but referred to a further negotiation, which, if we reject not what has been already given, may improve it. Self-defence is the duty of every nation. —The grandeur of Britain stands only by her commerce and navigation; and if she was to share generally with other nations those sources of her power, she would shrink to her natural littleness. She has given us more than she has given to any other nation; perhaps more than, if this fail, she will ever give to us by another treaty. I believe, what we have received will be advantageous to us; and when two persons negotiate about their several interests, each must take only what the other is willing to allow. And I believe, that the present treaty would have been thankfully received by us, if Britain had not been at war with France. If, in comparing our mutual claims, we calculate from the complaints of the sea coast, of spoiliations, or of the frontier, of Indian ravages; Britain has far more in her hands than we; and it is her interest more than ours, that the treaty should not be executed. The detention of the posts exposes the Western country to a continual Indian war, deprives us of the peltry and fur trade, and obstructs the sale of our lands, and the extending of our settlements. The surrender of the posts can hardly be purchased too dear by the Western people, and I despair of our ever purchasing it so cheap as by the present treaty. The time named for their surrender approaches; but if this session of Congress closes without providing for the execution of this treaty on our part, it will not be executed on theirs, and the posts will not be surrendered. Thus the British Treaty will fall.
But how will the Spanish treaty fall with it?—Legislators do not act from wanton, corrupt or partial motives; but from principle, and with an even hand to all. If the House of Representatives refuse to provide for the execution of the British treaty, they must do it, I presume, on the ground that the President and Senate-house have exceeded their powers. Nothing that I can see but this, or some necessity, can justify their refusal. Necessity is not pretended; and it so happens, that those points in the British treaty, in which the President and Senate are said to have exceeded their authority, exist also in the Spanish treaty. It also, like the British treaty, settles boundaries, interferes in titles to lands, and in the regulation of trade, prescribes contraband articles, defines piracy, appoints commissioners to adjust claims, &c. If, on these principles, the House of Representatives refuse to provide for the execution of the British treaty, they must also refuse to provide for the execution of the Spanish treaty; for they must act from
principle, and must determine, not on their opinion, whether the President and Senate have acted well or ill within their authority, but on their opinion whether they have exceeded their authority. If they could refuse to provide for the execution of a Treaty, not because it is unconstitutional, but because it is unjust or improper, there would be no test to try the propriety of their opinion, and they would be left at liberty to annul every treaty, render the President and Senate, in making treaties, mere puppets to be wire-drawn and moved at their pleasure, and overturn this part of the constitution. It is by the constitution, therefore, not their opinions, that the British treaty must be tried. If the House of Representatives refuse to provide for the execution of the British treaty, they must refuse on constitutional principles. The same principles which are objected to the British treaty, lie also against the Spanish treaty; and if they annul one, they must annul both. Nay more, on similar principles, the House of Representatives must also refuse to provide for the execution of the Indian treaty, and the Algerine treaty. Nor is there a treaty ever made by the President and Senate with any nation, which on the same principles might not be annulled. A proof, that the objections to the British treaty have their birth, not so much in principle as in the passions of the times.
See then the point to which the rejection of the British Treaty brings us; all treaties with every nation annulled, the posts detained, another Indian war, destruction of our frontiers, increase of our debts, obstruction of the Mississippi, the loss of all those objects to which this country looks forward for prosperity. But if the British treaty be, the Spanish treaty will, of course, be carried into execution by us; then the posts will be surrendered, peace and trade with the Indians will be secured; Orleans will be a free port; the navigation of the Mississippi will be free to us. We may build ships on the Monongahela, and sail thence to the West-Indies or to Europe. A vessel of seventy tons has failed round the world. Our produce and our lands will sell as high here as in Coneccheague. Nor do I see any thing that will then be wanting to our prosperity, but industry and virtue.
It may be said, that we can take the posts, and can take New Orleans. I believe we can; but that would produce a war with Britain and with Spain, and be a far more irrational and expensive way of obtaining them, than the present treaties. Besides, a war with Britain and Spain would take away the best markets for our produce in the West Indies, or prevent us from reaching them. When our ships have got out of the Mississippi, or any other port, they would be taken on the high seas. I have even been told, that Spain, by sinking a few vessels in the mouth of the Mississippi, could entirely destroy its navigation; so that it is only in a friendly way, that the navigation of that river could be useful to us.
But it may be said, that the British treaty is bad, and we ought to give no sanction to it. This is begging the question. It does not appear from the arguments on it. I lay little stress on the voice of town meetings: They are not adapted for a full discussion of any subject, much less of this.—Neither is their voice a just estimate of the voice of the people: it is rather the voice of party and passion, than of reason and judgment. The parts of it called bad, affect not us: we ought not to judge for others; but suffer those whom it affects to judge for themselves. We ought to think and speak, as it affects us. Every part of the Union will do the same. And the representatives of the whole will then hear the voice of the whole, and judge for the whole.
It may be said, that we ought to trust our representatives, and let them act for us. Perhaps we might safely do so, if such clamour had not been raised elsewhere against the treaty, and our silence, in this critical state of the treaty, could not be considered, as approving that clamour. We thought it our duty, when the acts of government were injurious to us, to express our objections; it is equally our duty, when the acts of government are advantageous to us, and while they are yet unfinished, to express our approbation. The treaties are not so important to others as to us; and who will require their execution, if we do not? will the inhabitants of the sea coast call for the surrender of the posts or the navigation of the Mississippi, that their lands may be drained of cultivators, and fall in their value, and that our produce may supplant theirs in foreign markets? We know it is not their interest, but it is beyond conception ours. It is therefore our duty, to strengthen the hands of our representatives, by expressing our desires and our interests, and to stir them up, to provide for the execution of the treaty, and thus secure the advantages which it offers to us.
It must therefore appear to our fellow citizens of the United States, that, as it is yet in suspense, whether the British and the Spanish treaties will be executed or not, the conduct of the grand juries of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties (which has been followed with such unanimity by other citizens of these counties) in signing, and recommending a petition to the house of representatives, for the complete execution of those treaties, is the result of duty, and pursuit of the true interests of this country, and that this petition ought to be signed by every man who regards either duty or interest.
From the Western Telegraph.
Mr. Fenno, I send you a Washington paper, containing some observations on a Speech, read by Dr. Leib, in the House of Representatives of this State, during their late Session. Yours, C.
The extract published in your last Telegraph may have its merit; but just sentiment, good reasoning, or that kind of knowledge which is acquired by observation and experience, must not be looked for in it. It seems the work of a young politician, entirely undisciplined, and should be received with the utmost diffidence.
It is the fault of young and warm minds to be unsuspicious, and to imagine the world governed by virtue. Poets have fancied a golden age, and visionaries have predicted a millennium: if fate had
cast our lot in such times, we might indeed dispense with treaties.
"What have to do with treaties," says this new statesman, "three thousand miles distant from Europe, polling every thing necessary for man, no enemy contiguous, and competent to repel every attack?" I confess if we could be content to stay at home, and make other nations content to keep three thousand miles off from us, I should be of his opinion, that treaties were useless. But if either we will go to other nations, or if other nations will come to us, I do think a treaty, regulating the terms of our intercourse, is not amiss. We have at present some very unwelcome intruders, even within our territory; and if he would without a treaty persuade them to keep three thousand miles off, we should have some proof of his reasoning powers, and the truth of his opinions. Surely the same arguments of mutual convenience, which would persuade us to make no treaties, will persuade the British and Spanish garrisons to surrender the posts, and persuade the Indians to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. Did not the walls of Jericho fall down at the sound of rams horns? but until he can do so much as this for us, since those people are here and will be troublesome, let us make one treaty to keep them quiet, and get them away; and then if we can do without them, let us make no more. For my part, when a man is willing to listen to reason, and settle differences by a contract or an arbitration, I like this way better than the heroic way of knocking him down.
"Are treaties of alliance necessary to us?" I know of none that we have but that with France, in the year 1778. I do not know that any others are necessary to us, nor that now. I believe, at the time it was made, it was of some use to us; and unless we can bind other nations to their good behaviour, I do not know but the time may come when perhaps some other may be necessary to us. I cannot calculate events; and, till the age of reason arrives (on which all his calculations seem founded) I am disposed to take all the security I can against the vices of nations.
"But which ever way he turns his eyes, treaties present a ghastly spectacle. They always bind the weak, but they have no cord strong enough for the powerful." If the weak cannot bind the strong by a treaty, I do not know what other cord the weak can use. He would surely not advise them to use force. And it will not hurt his own system of moral obligation, if a positive obligation be superadded to it. The natural duty to respect the life of another, is not weakened by the command thou shalt not kill, or the statute against murder.
"To commercial treaties his objections are not so strong; but he asserts, that commerce ought to be free as air, and left like fluids to seek its own level." This, like many other things, would be very desirable, if it could be accomplished. But like the precept, "to give your coat to him who takes your cloak—and to turn your left cheek to him who strikes your right," this doctrine, excellent as it is, will not do for a literally practical application, till we get to the age of reason. When even this politician can make nations and men rationally pursue their true interests, I will agree, not only that there shall be no treaties, but also that there shall be no laws, and that every man do what seems good in his own eyes. But it is unfortunate for his conclusions, that he makes his premises, and does not find them. He supposes a state of things, and then reasons from it as real. He draws men as they ought to be, not as they are.
"What commercial treaties has the Emperor of China?" Our politician might as well have asked what commercial treaties has the Emperor of the Elkimaux Indians, the Hottentots, or the Laplanders? And I may ask, what is that to us, unless we be in the same situation? When men either want nothing, or have nothing to give, they need no commerce; and when they have a commerce in which none can rival them, they may make their own terms, without asking the consent of any others. China contains about two hundred millions of inhabitants, and there are born in it every year a number equal to about one third of the whole number of inhabitants in the United States. It abounds in arts and manufactures, and its soil is cultivated to the utmost possible extent, and so competent are all their exertions to procure from the fruits of the earth and the fishes of the sea a bare subsistence, that they are sometimes obliged, and the law permits them to expose their infants to perish. If he had asked, why do not the people of the United States do so too? I should have thought the question just as pertinent, and the argument arising from it just as conclusive. The use of commercial treaties, I had thought generally acknowledged. The want of one with Britain has been a constant theme of complaint, since 1783. And so strongly were we impressed with the injury of her refusing to us that, just before Mr. Jay was sent to make the present treaty, the House of Representatives of the United States was about to make a law to punish Britain for not making such a treaty with us; and desisted only in consequence of his mission. Britain saw all this before her, and I dare say gave us the best terms she safely could, in order to keep us quiet.
"The right of originating money bills," says this writer, "is, by the constitution vested exclusively in the house of Representatives." I do not know that, I do not recollect, that the constitution speaks of money bills; nor do I know what he means by money bills. He seems to me to mean appropriation bills; and the constitution does not vest in the house of representatives the exclusive right of originating these. The constitution provides that "all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives," that is, the house of representative shall first point out the manner and objects of taxation; but it is not very logical to conclude from this, that the Senate cannot first point out, to what purposes the taxes shall be applied.
I cannot tell for what end the extract was published here at this time. I with true opinions to prevail, and for this purpose only have I made these few remarks on it. The extract shows a good heart, and some fancy, but a false judgment, and very weak reasoning.

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, April 4.
Mr. Thatcher brought in a report from the Committee on the Post Office Law.
A petition was read from Samuel Legare and Co. of South Carolina, and referred to the Committee of Claims.
The report from the Committee on the Post Office was then read. This report proposes a number of new routes for the transportation of the Mails, and the suppression of some of the present routes. An increase of compensation of the Deputy Post-Masters, and further provision to secure the regular transportation of newspapers. Read a second time and committed for Monday next.—Interim to be printed.
Mr. Smith of New Jersey had leave of absence for two weeks.
A petition was read from the inhabitants of George Town, (S. C.) praying that a post road may be established between that place and Charleston. Referred to the Committee of the whole to whom the above report is committed.
Mr. Blount called up a resolution laid on the table last week, the purport of which is to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant relief to certain distillers in the state of North Carolina by commuting the duty on the capacity of their stills, for a duty on the quantity of Spirits actually distilled. The words "State of North Carolina" were struck out in order to making the resolution general. It was then referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
In committee of the whole on the report of the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair. The following resolutions were agreed to.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to prepare and report to the House of Representatives at the next session, a plan for laying and collecting direct taxes, by apportionment among the several states, agreeably to the rule prescribed by the Constitution; adapting the same as nearly as may be to such objects of direct taxation, and such modes of collection as may appear by the laws and practice of the states respectively, to be most eligible in each.
Resolved, That the sum of dollars ought to be obtained to discharge the debt due to the Bank of the United States, by creating a stock bearing an interest of six per cent and irredeemable for years; the redemption thereof to commence thereafter and to be payable in yearly installments.
These resolutions were taken up by the House and adopted, and the second referred to the committee of Ways and Means, with instructions to bring in a bill accordingly.
A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis informed the house that they have passed the bill authorizing the building of a light house on Baker's Island in the state of Massachusetts.
In committee of the whole on the bill providing for the sale of lands in the territory north west of the Ohio.
Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair.
The bill was discussed, and progress reported. Adjourned.
NEW THEATRE.
BY DESIRE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 6,
Will be presented,
(For the last time this Season) a celebrated COMEDY, (written by the author of the Dramatist) called
The RAGE!
[As performing at Covent Garden Theatre with the greatest applause]
Gingham, Mr. Wignell, Darnley, Mr. Moreton, Sir George Gauntlet, Mr. Green, Hon. Mr. Savage, Mr. Harwood, Sir Paul Perpetual, Mr. Bates, Fluff, Mr. Francis, Ready, Mr. Warrell, Walter, Mr. Darley, jun. Richard, Mr. Blissett, Thomas, Mr. Mitchell, William, Mr. Warrell, jun. Groom, Master Warrell.
End of the Play, A Serious Pantomimical Ballet, (under the direction of Mr. Francis) called
Shipwreck'd Mariners Preserved;  LA BONNE PETITE FILLE.  Capt. Hatchway, Mons. Legs, Jack Ratlings, Mr. Blissett, Gerald, Mr. Warrell, Ramirez, Sig. Doñor, Banditti, { Messrs. Warrell, jun. Morgan, Mitchell, Beter, &c. Sailors, { Messrs. Darley, jun. Solomon, &c. Rosalie, Miss Milbourne, Jaqueline, (La bonne petite Fille) Miss Solomon, Leonarda, Mr. Francis.  The Overture and Music composed by R. Taylor. To which will be added, An Exhibition of Scenery and Feats of Activity, CALLED  Other Side of the Gutter.  With a variety of new performances, by Signior JOSEPH DOCTOR.  In the course of which he will repeat some of the most approved Feats in the 1st Exhibition, which were received with unbounded applause.  The Public are respectfully informed, that the Doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter after FIVE o'clock, and the Curtain rise precisely at a quarter after SIX—until further notice.  BOX, One Dollar—PIT, Three-Quarters of a Dollar—and GALLERY, Half a Dollar.  Pennsylvania Hospital.  The Election will be held at the Hospital pursuant to law, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the second day of the fifth month next, being the second day of the week, at which time the Contributors are desired to attend to choose out of their number Twelve Managers and a Treasurer to the said Institution for the ensuing year.  By order of a Board of Managers. SAMUEL COATES, Clerk. 4th mo. 5th, 1796.  Foreign Intelligence.  LONDON, Feb. 6.  Detection of a Spy.  Yesterday by virtue of a warrant from the Secretary of state's office, backed by the right hon. the lord mayor, a person of the name of Gillot was apprehended at Batson's Coffee House, in the city by Mr. Walsh, a messenger, on suspicion of carrying on a secret correspondence to and from this country with France. He was immediately secured and conducted by the officer and two of the City Marshall's men to the Duke of Portland's office, where he underwent a private examination; the result of which was, that he was detained in custody for a further investigation into the enormity of his offence this day. At the time he was apprehended, he was making enquiries at the Coffee-house, if any letters or papers, had been left for him that day, and on being answered in the negative, he seemed much surprised, and on going to sit down, was seized by the officer, to whom he acted in a very violent manner, and would most probably have escaped, if other assistance had not been procured.  From Nieuwied it is said, that since the truce the French have removed all the cannon from the batteries upon the opposite shore; the picquets had entirely disappeared from the banks, and the French officers frequently came from Coblenz to dine in the valley of Ehrenbreitstein.  The accounts from Sardinia by way of Leghorn say, that, some of the refractory districts having refusing to pay the late imposts, government sent 600 men to force obedience. Several of the ringleaders were made prisoners, but being afterwards pardoned, tranquility was perfectly restored.  The French have again taken hostages away from Deux Points. At Coblenz Gen. Kleber has been insulted, and nearly ill treated by some French soldiers. They have been banished from the army, after cutting off their hair and eye brows.  The exportation of rye, barley, and oats is prohibited at Danzig until next August.  By a letter from Como, dated the 29th Decem-ber, it is stated that an armistice between the French and Austro Sardinian army, had been agreed on for six weeks.  By a letter from Madrid, dated December 20, it appears that the camp of St. Roche already contains 20,000 men, besides 8000 men in garrison, & 12000 more cantoned in the environs.  The King of Prussia has appointed the late minister of finance, Struenfee, (brother to the unfortunate count Struenfee) to the salt-office, hitherto held by baron de Hertzwitz.  Among the immense fortunes gained by the French revolution, is that made by a Jew from Altona, who arrived at Paris about April 1795, with no more than 200 louis d'ors in his pockets, and now possesses a superb hotel in the Faubourg St. Honoré, for the furniture of which he paid 300,000 livres in hard cash. He has also bought a country seat for 800,000 livres in France, and is said to possess a fortune of 250 millions in assignats.  From the London Telegraph of Feb. 19.  FORGERY OF L'ECLAIR.  Whereas a French paper, purporting to be of Feb. 10 was forged, and sent to the office of the Telegraph.  And whereas, by another application, the said French paper, of the date before mentioned, was made an instrument of a conspiracy to defraud.  And whereas, in consequence of that conspiracy, many persons have been defrauded of large sums of money in regard to funded property, the property of this paper, and otherwise.  And whereas, besides the person first delivering the said French paper (which person is sufficiently known) there are others partaking in the perpetration of the forgery.  The proprietors of the Telegraph, in conjunction with the most respectable committee of the monied interest, do hereby most earnestly address the public, for the sake of public justice, and the manifestly necessary preservation of their property from cheats and felons, to transmit all possible information upon the subject, and touching any of the accomplices, to Messrs. Jones and Co. solicitors for the prosecution in Charlotte street, near the mansion house. Who are empowered to give rewards of money upon conviction of the offenders. The said rewards to be proportioned to the degree of evidence given, from five to five hundred pounds.  ** The name of any person thus communicating intelligence to the solicitors, will be kept perfectly secret if desired.  N. B. The plaintiffs and prosecutors particularly require a more ample description, viz. Christian names, and Surnames, places of abode, &c. of all the persons concerned in the office where the said forgery was printed.  And further intelligence to complete a series of proofs, respecting a suspected Jew and Frenchman. Telegraph, office, Feb. 18, 1796.  Admiral Cornwallis is to have the Jamaica, and Admiral Christian, the Leeward Island station. The former being appointed to Jamaica, proves that Government considers it as a most important command at the present juncture, probably on account of the unsettled state of St. Domingo from the late cession of the Spanish part of it to the French. We still think that our Government will judge it necessary to resist this cession, it is in direct violation of the Treaty of Utrecht.  The five Departments of Belgium are obliged to furnish 2000 heads of black cattle, and 5000 sheep, for the Republican army; and the forced loan in that country must be paid in gold and silver, either in bullion or coin. Assignats, at the hundredth part of their nominal value, are not received there, as they are in France. The estates of several Abbeys are sequestrated.  The present fashionable mode of wearing the hair turned up so close behind, is an imitation of the Republican coiffure a la guillotine. We hope the French fashion will go no further. It is, however, not unworthy of remark, that this fashion of heads a la guillotine, has come into vogue in London at  the period of its being unfashionable in Paris. Should it, however, be recorded by future historians, we hope they will give the priority of the fashion to the French, as it is one we should not wish to dispute with them about.  Translated for the Gazette of the United States from the Hamburg Gazette.  Extract of a Letter.  PARIS, December 18, 1795.  I here send you a more particular account of our ministers.  1. Merlin of Douai, (minister of justice) formerly a lawyer, president of the criminal tribunal for the department of the North, then member of the Constituent Assembly, then of the Convention and lately of the Council of Ancients. He has been busily employed in the committee of safety. One of his boldest motions in the Convention was that in 1795 for the convoking a new National Assembly.  2. Aubert Dubayet (minister of war) before the revolution an officer in the troops of the line, a member of the first National Assembly, commander of a battalion in the year 1792 in the army of the Rhine under Custine: Brigadier General in '93; where he remained in the besieged fortress of Mentz till August 1793. After its surrender he was sent to the western army against the Vendee; in the latter end of 1793, he was broke and arrested. After his liberation he was appointed a general of division in 1795 and commander of the army of Cherbourg under Hoche.  3. Benezzech (minister of the interior) of a protestant family in Languedoc, in public service since 1789, lately head of the department for arms and ammunition. Till now there was but little talking of him, perhaps on account of his modesty, as several Parisian journalists characterize him "the modest Benezzech;" being administrator of the department of Seine and Oize, he organized 12 battalions of National guards at the insurrection of the Prussians in Champagne. He is rich and married.  4. Truguet (minister for the marine) during the revolution he was appointed rear admiral and had a command in the squadrons of admiral La Touche that appeared before Naples in 1792.  Our Directory anxiously waits for dispatches from Constantinople relative to the conclusion of an offensive and defensive alliance with the grand Seignior.  FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.  MR. PENNO.  THE activity displayed by the HOLLOW WARE COMPANY, in consequence of the success attending the forced loan has become the subject of much speculation.  It is rather unfortunate however, for the concerned, that the zeal of the chief Forger to excel in his business should lead him to palm new manufactures upon the public for old ones. None of the kind which has lately occurred is too glaring to pass unnoticed.  In the Aurora of this morning, a paper devoted to the interests of the company, an article is offered for sale, said to have been fabricated by a certain M. Therenin in 1795—Now altho' it has been a common practice with the said chief Forger to sell the manufactures of his employers under feigned names, yet, that in dressing up the article in question he should leave the cloven foot exposed to view, is unpardonable.  This piece of Hollow Ware for example, is stated to have been fabricated in the beginning of 1795—how then does that fact accord with the following sentence with which and many others of a similar nature, we find it to be decorated. "American navigait n is by no means assured by the truce with Algiers."  The Truce or Treaty with Algiers was signed on the 5th of September 1795, and yet this circumstance was known to M. Therenin in the beginning of the same year!!! If I was permitted to hazard an opinion on the subject, it would be, that if the article was not manufactured by the Hollow Ware Company, it is the handy work of their dignified agent at Paris, who must have fabricated it towards the close and not in the beginning of 1795.  It does not require much penetration to discover, that the object of the chief Forger and his agents, is to render the President unpopular; this however is what might be naturally expected from men of their stamp,—but that they should be joined in the base attempt by the representatives of freemen, is a circumstance for which all present and future historians will be utterly at a loss to account.  In vain the sons of misrule whet their fangs and point their big knives at the Father of his country; their empty threats the infallible diagnostics of a bad cause, will forever terminate in their own disgrace, when combated by the invincible arm of TRUTH.  JUST IMPORTED,  In the ship Liberty, from London, a handsome well assorted Invoice of  DRY GOODS,  (OF ABOUT £1000 STERLING)  Consisting of British and India Book Muslins, Chintzes, &c. two Bales of 6-4 wide Book Muslins. Also, a small Parcel of Namcos; and for Sale by  JAMES C. & SAM. W. FISHER.  April 5.  $3w  This Day is Published and Sold AT BENJAMIN DAVIES' BOOK STORE, No. 63. High-street,  The Political Censor;  Or, MONTHLY REVIEW  of the most interesting political occurrences relative to  The United States,  For March 1796.  By PETER PORCUPINE.  ** This work will be continued monthly, and the future numbers will be published on the last day of every month.  April 5.  32w2w.  Philadelphia,  TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1796.  The Legislature of this State yesterday adjourned sine die.  IMPORTANT!  Extract of a letter from Samuel Bayard, Esq. agent of the United States in London, to a gentleman in this city, dated Jan. 17, 1796.  "As soon as Ministry learn the line of conduct which the House of Representatives mean to pursue, I am persuaded their conduct, as it regards us, will be less fluctuating. Should the House coincide with the President and Senate, every thing here will go well: Should obstacles, on the other hand, be thrown in the way by the popular branch of the government, I doubt whether the Western Posts will be surrendered, or restitution made of our captured property. However, I trust that every man who has any regard to the honour, the faith, or interest of his country, will see the necessity of carrying the treaty fully into effect, so far as regards the United States."  Extract of a letter from New York, dated the 2d April, to a merchant in this city.  "It is with regret I inform you, that the Ocean is taken by one of the British cruisers commanded by Captain Beresford, and sent for Halifax, on the 31st ultimo. One of your apprentices is just brought up by the pilot, and says all the rest of the crew, except Captain Vredenburg and the chief mate) are on board the frigate now lying at the Hook. Should you wish to write to Halifax, there is a vessel to sail from hence on Tuesday next, weather permitting."  A letter from Falmouth, dated February 22, mentions the arrival of the ship Sally, Captain Wickes, in 22 days from Philadelphia. The letter was brought by the Packet arrived at N. York. The writer says, that "all prospect of peace has vanished."  A gentleman lately from Martinique, was requested to make known in Philadelphia, for the information of those concerned, that a complete collection is made of all documentary papers relative to captures and adjudications on the part of the British government, and that the same may be expected shortly to arrive in the brig Venus, Capt. Burrows for this port.  STOCKS.  Table with 2 columns: Stock Name, Price. Includes Six per Cent, Three per Cent, Deferred Six per Cent, BANK United States, Pennsylvania, North America, Insurance Comp. North-America.  BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.  NEW-YORK, April 4.  The following remarks were made by Capt. Earle, who arrived from St. Thomas's, the night before last, in fourteen days passage.  February 16. A large English ship arrived this day at Point-Petre, a prize to the Decius, a French sloop of war. When captured, she was on her passage from England to the West-Indies. She parted from a fleet in a gale of wind. She had on board a large quantity of hammocks and tents.  About the same time another ship, taken by the same sloop of war, arrived at St. Martin's; she had on board a company of Grenadiers. She had also parted from the fleet in a gale of wind.  Another ship of the same fleet ran into St. Lucia, the captain taking that island for Martinico; he did not discover his mistake till he was under the fort. He endeavoured to make his escape, but was prevented.  February 29. The sloop Ajax, of New-York, Capt. Hoyt, arrived at Point-Petre. He had been out 112 days from Portsmouth (England) bound to New-York. In lat. 40, 20, long. 67, he lost his mast: he was then compelled to go to the West-Indies.  Capt. Nicholls, of New York, lost his schooner: going into a small port near the east end of Guadalupe, called the Mole, she struck on a reef.  Capt. Palmer, also of New-York, lost a schooner on a reef on the north side of Guadalupe. Both these vessels were lost about the middle of February.  Arrived at this Port.  Table with 2 columns: Ship Name, Days. Includes Packet Countess Leicester, Dodd, Falmouth 39, Brig John, Webb, Charleston 8, Ocean, Vredenburg.  Canal Lottery Office,  Near the Bank of the United States.  Philadelphia, 5th April, 1796.  THE Public are informed, that Tickets are Thirty-one Dollars each, and will continue to rise a dollar at least every other day. As the Lottery is near five-sixths finished every day's drawing must greatly enhance the value of Tickets on account of the five statutory ones of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, besides the 30,000 dollars, and other considerable prizes still in the Wheel.  Wm. Blackburn, Agent.  STATE OF THE WHEEL.  Table with 2 columns: Prize Amount, Number. Includes 1 prize of 30,000, 5 do. 20,000, 2 do. 2,500, 4 do. 1,000, 8 do. 500, 16 do. 100.  With a proportionate number of 12 dollar prizes. A Check-book kept at the Office for examination and registering.

JUST PUBLISHED  BY JACOB JOHNSON & CO. No. 147, Market-street, Philadelphia. DODD's reflections on Death, price 30 cents. Hervey's Meditations, 80 Thompson's Seasons, with an elegant engraving 75 The Columbiad, a Poem, on the American war 18 The American Farmer's Guide, a new and excellent Treatise on Agriculture 20 Dilworth's Book-Keeping 83 History of the Pelew Islands 25 February 1. 3ta2wm
City of Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE  FEDERAL CITY.
  A magnificent dwelling-house, } 20,000 dollars, & } 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   2 do. 5,000 each, are, 10,000   10 do. 1,000 10,000   20 do. 500 10,000   100 do. 100 10,000   200 do. 50 10,000   400 do. 25 10,000   1,000 do. 10 10,000   15,000 do. 10 150,000   16,739 Prizes.   33,261 Blanks.   50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but ONE.
And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets.
This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them when completed, to the fortunate adventurer, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington.
The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold off. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University, it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security.
The real securities given for the payment of the Prize are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery.
The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted the other federal objects may continue to favor the design.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fair disposal of the tickets, has rendered the most suspension indispensable.
Wahington Canal Lottery,  No. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour.
  The following is the SCHEME of No. I.   Viz. 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000   1 ditto 10,000 10,000   7 half drawn } 5,000 35,000   Tickets, each } 1,000 6,000   6 ditto 1,000 6,000   10 ditto 400 4,000   20 ditto 100 2,000   35 ditto 50 1,750   5750 ditto 12 69,000   To be raised for the Canal, 26,250   5850 Prizes, 175,000   11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, 175,000
The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given.
Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY.
City of Washington, Feb. 11. $
TO BE SOLD,
1st. A Three-story brick House, No. 20, N. Second street. The lot is about 21 feet front, and 288 feet deep, to Broad-street, or Moravian Alley. It has long been one of the best stands for business.
2d. A frame Dwelling-house, No. 209, South Front-street, with a Bake-house, the Lot is about 17 feet front, by 130 feet in depth.
3d. A handsome Lot of 25 feet by 200 feet deep, extending from Third-street to George-street; it is the 3d Lot below South-street; on George-street there is a two story brick tenement, a frame ditto adjoining, with a good lake oven.
Likewise a LARGE MEADOW FARM, situate on the River Delaware, at a convenient distance from Philadelphia Market—the Meadow is of the best quality, and in good bank. There are commodious buildings, with a good proportion of arable and woodland, and Cedar Swamp. For terms apply to JOHN LITTLE, No. 40 North Sixth-street.
March 29th, 1796. dtt
PUBLISHED, Price Three-fourths of a Dollar,  No. 60, SOUTH SECOND-STREET, STEPHENS'S  Philadelphia Directory, FOR 1796. WITH A PLAN OF THE  City of Philadelphia. January 18. tf.
BURR MILL STONES
Made by OLIVER EVANS, at his Factory, in the old wind-mill in Brandywine's alley.
WHERE those who apply may be supplied with stones of such quality as will suit their purposes. Also, stones for gudgeons to run on, and Plaister of Paris ground fine for manure, and
Calcined for Stoco-Work.
He keeps for SALE, At his dwelling No. 215 north Second-street, a little above Vine-street.
Boulting Cloths,
A complete assortment of both imported and American manufactured for merchant and country work, which he warrants good.
A L S O,
The Young Millwright's and Miller's GUIDE. Containing a system of mechanics and hydraulics as they apply to water mills with the whole process of, and all the late improvements on the art of manufacturing flour &c. intended to be useful to all concerned in building or using water-mills, which book is sold by Matthew Carey and Robert Campbell, booksellers.
Sept. 25. 3tdawt.
PUBLISHED THIS DAY, And will be sold by BENJAMIN DAVIES, No. 68, High-street, (price one dollar)  The BLOODY BUOY,
THROWN OUT AS A Warning to the Political Pilots of America; Or a FAITHFUL RELATION
Of a multitude of acts of Horrid Barbarity, Such as the eye never witnessed, the tongue never expressed, or the imagination conceived,
Until the commencement of the French Revolution.
AN INSTRUCTIVE ESSAY,
Tracing these dreadful effects to their real causes. Illustrated with four striking copper-plates.
By PETER PORCUPINE.
"You will plunge your country into an abyss of eternal detestation and infamy, and the annals of your boasted revolution will serve as a bloody buoy, warning the nations of the Earth to keep aloof from the mighty ruin."
Abbe Maury'sy's speech to the National Assembly March 18. 1aw4w
JAMES WALPIN,  TATLOR, No. 3 South Fourth Street,
RETURNS his grateful acknowledgements to his Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors.
At his Shop gentlemen may be furnished with the best materials, and have them made up and finished in the most fashionable manner. He will thankfully receive any orders and pay a prompt and punctual attention. Oct. 23. cod.
Mr. Walter Robertson
BEGS leave to acquaint the Gentlemen, subscribers to the print Portrait of George Washington, President of the United States of America, engraved by Mr. Field, from an original picture painted by W. Robertson, that the Proofs are ready for delivery to the several subscribers at John James Barralet's, No. 19 north Ninth-street; or at J. Ommrod's, bookseller, No. 41, Chestnut-street, where the subscribers are requested to send their address. October 27. cod.
Public Notice is hereby given,
To the Stockholders in the Lancaster & Susquehannah Turnpike Company, that an Election for one President, eight Managers, and one Treasurer of the said Company, will be held at the House of MATTHIAS SLOUGH, Esq. in the Borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday, the 5th day of April next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. EDWARD HAND, MATTHIAS SLOUGH, ALEXANDER SCOTT, ISRAEL WHELEN, GEORGE BICKHAM, FRANCIS JOHNSTON, GEORGE LAUN. N. February 29. eodstylia
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
The Constitution of the United States, price 20 cents.
Last report of the late Secretary of the Treasury, containing a Plan for the further support of PUBLIC CREDIT, 75 cents.
Germanicus 20.
Proceedings of the Executive respecting the Insurgents; forming an interesting History of the late Insurrection in the four Western Counties of Pennsylvania.
Interesting summary of the events which have taken place in the Republic of Geneva—written by M. de Nivernois, 12 1-2 cents.
Twenty-six letters; on the most interesting subjects, respecting the American Revolution, containing much information not generally known to the Citizens of the United States, written in the year 1780, 25 cents.
Also a few copies of the Accounts of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, during the year 1794—price one Dollar and 50 cents. December 20th, 1795. d.
FOR SALE.
A FOUNT of BREYER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Chestnut-street. December 1. $
WANTED,
ON Loan, for two or three years—2000. Dollars for which a mortgage on Land will be given as security The land is clear of every incumbrance. Jan. 9. d.
TO BE LET,
And entered on the 20th April next, A Convenient HOUSE, Near the High-street market. Enquire at No. 174, Mulberry-street. March 10. 1aw3
WANTED,
Several Apprentices to the Printing- Business. Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-street. $
Ephraim Clark,  CLOCK & WATCH MAKER, PHILADELPHIA, Has received by the different arrivals, A VERY LARGE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF  Gold, Silver, and Metal Watches; ALSO, A GENERAL SUPPLY OF  TOOLS, FILES, AND MATERIALS; CONSISTING OF— Japan'd Clock Faces; Eight day, and thirty hour brass; fit pinions and forged work; large and small bells; time-piece and watch glasses; springs; large and small files and beak irons; ditto hammers; large and small bench vices, and hand vices; sliding tongs and pliers; screw plates; round, oval, and square draw plates; shears; blow pipes; emery; rotten stone; pumice stone; crucibles; cat gut, and 30 hour lines; an elegant assortment of ladies and gentlemen's steel and gilt chains, silk strings, gilt and steel seals and keys. All orders from the Country carefully attended to. February 11. tuff
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the Society for establishing useful manufactures, held at Paterson, on Tuesday, the first of March, 1796, by special appointment of the Board of Directors of said Society.
THE meeting having taken into their consideration the extreme badness of the roads and weather, which has prevented the attendance of many of the Stockholders; and as it is judged necessary that there should be as full a meeting as could be had—therefore ordered and directed that the present meeting be adjourned to the 3d Tuesday in April next, to meet at the House of ARCHER GIFFORD, in Newark, at ten of the clock of the forenoon of said day; at which time and place a full meeting of the Stockholders is earnestly requested. By order of the meeting. J. N. CUMMING. Sitsma
Pateron, March 4, 1796. $itsma
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,  S K E T C H E S
OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
From the peace of 1783, to the termination of the present Session of Congress.
BY MATTHEW CAREY.
CONDITIONS:
 I. This work will be comprised in two or three octavo volumes, each about 400 pages.  II. The price to subscribers will be two dollars per volume, handsomely bound.  III. No money will be required till the volumes are delivered.  IV. Should any of the subscribers disapprove of the work when complete, they may decline receiving it.  V. It is expected to be ready for press in the spring of 1797.  VI. As soon after the above time, as one thousand copies are subscribed for, the printing shall commence, and shall be finished as speedily as possible.  VII. Subscriptions received by the Author, No. 118, Market-street, and by the chief Booksellers throughout the United States. 
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE object of the proposed work, is, to present to public view a connected series of the chief events of a period of American history, that does not yield, in importance, to any period of equal length, in the peaceful annals of any country in the world.
Defining to excite no expectations but such as he shall endeavour to satisfy, the writer is thus early in announcing, that the body and consistence of a regular history, is not to be looked for in this work: neither his talents nor the documents now in hand to hope for this. His humbler task shall be to sketch out the most prominent features. It shall be his study to smooth the rugged path—for abler hands, who, by such means, will find their labours abridged, and their progress accelerated.
His chief view will be, to give the History of the United States as a confederated Republic. Nevertheless, notice will be taken of the most remarkable circumstances in the history of the individual States, as far as they can be collected. This information shall be classed under separate appendices. The Author solicits the assistance of such Gentlemen as may be possessed of documents calculated to promote the execution of his plan. They shall be received with due gratitude—carefully preserved—and safely returned. February 9. 1aw2at
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be sold by the Editor,  AN ACCOUNT
Of the Receipts and Expenditures
Of the UNITED STATES, For the Year 1794.
Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
CONTAINING—
 Statements of the duties on merchandise & tonnage  — Duties on bills and spirits distilled.  — Revenue arising on postage of letters.  — Monies received into the Treasury in the year 1794.  Payments to the Executive  — Legislature,  — Judiciary, Treasury,  — Department of War, State, and the Mint,  — Government of the Western Territories,  — Commissioners of Loans,  — Pensions, Annuities, and Grants,  — Army of the United States,  — Naval Department,  — For fortifications of ports and harbours,  — For maintaining intercourse with foreign nations, light-houses, beacons, &c. for interest on domestic debt, for domestic loans, for reduction of domestic debt, French and Dutch debts, relief of inhabitants of St. Domingo.  — Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. &c. 
FOR SALE,
A very valuable ESTATE,
Called TWITTMAN.
SITUATE in the township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road containing 230 acres of excellent Land, 45 of which are good water-meadow, 90 of prime Wood-land, and the rest Arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two-story Brick House, with a room on a floor, and Cellars under the whole, with a Pump Well of excellent Water in front; a large frame Barn, Stables, and other convenient buildings; a Smoke-house and Stone Spring House; two good Apple-Orchards, and one of Peaches. The Fields are all in Clever, except those immediately under tillage, and are so used out as to have the advantage of Water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for Grazing.
The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the Land, the good neighborhood, and the proximity to the city, it is very suitable for a Gentleman's Country Seat.
The foregoing is part of the Estate of Jacob Harman, deceased and offered for sale by MORDECAI LEWIS Oct. 9, 1795 ctf
Joseph & Jesse Sharpless, No. 32, South Third-street, Have received per the Hamburg Packet,  AND HAVE FOR SALE,  A variety of MERCHANDIZE; CONSISTING OF  CALICOES, Furniture of Dunicks, Fustians, wide and narrow clouded and striped Nankens, Checks, Ginghams, elegant Yelt patterns of Cambric's hair, muslinet, and Marseilles, Hoheney, Callimaco, Jeans, superfine and second Cloths, Calimacoos, Sphynx, Mouselins, Irish Linens, and dry Goods in general—also GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF  Saddlery and Saddlers Tools. They expect a large additional supply of dry Goods by the first vessels, which they will sell on reasonable terms for cash or usual credit. 3dmo. 30th. 2awtf. N. B. A number of elegant Counte panes, and Marbles Bed Quilts.
WILLIAM YOUNG, No. 52 South Second-street,  HAS FOR SALE,
An extensive assortment of PAPERS, from the manufacturers in Europe, and from his Manufactory on Brandywine, wholesale and retail.
WRITING & PRINTING PAPERS, viz.
 Imperial, Small folio Post, plain  Super-royal, Ditto gilt  Royal, Blossom Paper assorted  Medium, Transparent folio Post  Demy, Superfine & common foolsc.  Thick Post, in folio, Marbled papers, large and small  Ditto, in quarto,  Extra large Folio Post,  Ditto, quarto,  Folio Post, wove, London brown, assorted  Quarto, ditto, L g-book paper  Folio wove Post, lined, Hatter's paper  Quarto do. do. Stainer's paper  Ditto, gilt, do. Common brown  Common size Folio Post Patent fleathing paper  Ditto, quarto, plain Bonnet boards  Folio & quarto Post, gilt Binder's boards. 
Also, a variety of other STATIONARY ARTICLES, viz.
Wedgewood and glass philosophical ink-stands, well assorted; pewter ink-stands of various sizes; round pewter ink-stands; paper, brass, and polished leather ink-stands for the pocket; red morocco portable ink-stands with plated spring locks, gold leaf and embossed papers; lining sand & sand boxes, pounce & pounce boxes, ink & ink powder, black leather & red morocco pocket books, with and without instruments, of various sizes. Counting-house and pocket pens-knives of the best quality, as-skin tablet and memorandum books. Red and coloured wafers, common size, office ditto. Quills from half a dollar to three dollars per hundred, ready made pens. Black lead pencils. Cam elastic or Indian rubber. Gilt and plain message and conversation cards.
All sorts and sizes of BLANK BOOKS ready made or made to order. Bank checks, blank bills of exchange, and notes of hand executed in copper plates, bills of lading, manifests, seamen's articles and journals, &c. &c. A well selected collection of miscellaneous books. Bibles and prayer books various sizes and different bindings. Toy books for children. Also, of Greek, Latin, and English classics, as are now in use in the colleges and schools of the United States.
N. B. Feels Spanish indigo, moulds, & other articles used in manufacturing of paper, to be had on easy terms. The market price in Cash paid for any quantity of Rags. February 15. 1aw6w
JUST come to Hand, and to be sold By BENJAMIN DAVIES, No. 68, High-street.
The GHOST-SEER, or Apparitionist,
An interesting Fragment.
Found among the papers of Count O—
From the German of Schiller.
AND
The DEMOCRAT,
Or the intrigues and adventures of Jean Le Noir, in the various offices of a Soldier, Missionary, &c.
March 9. 3ta2w2w
JUST PUBLISHED, [PRICE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS] By Samuel H. Smith, No. 118 Chestnut-street,
Letters of Pacificus,
Written in justification of the President's Proclamation of Neutrality.
ALSO,
Charge of Judge Paterson,
In the WYOMING CAUSE—Price 25 cents.
Also, a new political Pamphlet, called
POLITICAL TRUTH.
March 30. 2aw4t.