Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-07-19 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 32 of Vol. VI.]
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1794.
[Whole No. 582.]
Choice St. Croix Sugar, JUST IMPORTED, And for Sale, By JAMES YARD. Also a quantity of RUSSIA Mats. June 24th.
For Sale or Charter, The Ship NANCY, JAMES DEVEREAUX, Master.
SHE is well found, and ready for sea; would take a freight to the North of Europe or the West-Indies, and carries about two thousand barrels. For terms apply to Deblos & Breck, Between Walnut and Chestnut Street Wharves—Where may be had the following articles:
1000 lbs. New Orleans Indigo, A Few Casks New Rice, Sugar in Hhds. and barrels, Coffee in Tierces and do. Russia Duck, and an Assortment of English Earthen Ware. July 11th, 1794
For Sale, The Brig Hannah, About 10 months old; a strong double decked vessel; burthen 116 tons. Enquire of Samuel Coates, No. 82, South Front Street. July 9
For Sale or Charter, That remarkable fast sailing ship the PORTSMOUTH, NOW lying at Cuthbert's wharf, burthen about 3000 barrels, and in complete order to receive a cargo. For terms apply to John Craig, No. 12, Dock Street, WHO HAS FOR SALE, HIGH PROOF Antigua & Grenada Rum, Hylon and Souchong Teas, Roll Brimstone, British crown Window Glass of different sizes Almonds in bags, Lampblack in hogheads, Cotton in bales, Rich Port Wine in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks, and A few BOXES of Sugars, snuff, chocolate, & Confectionary; Lately received from the Havannah. July 3
Carolina Rice and Indigo, BAY MAHOGANY and FRENCH BURR STONES, FOR SALE BY Gurney and Smith. May 14.
Essence for the Tooth-ach. Prepared and sold by Dr. Lee, Golden Square, London. THE public are offered one of the most efficacious and safe medicines, that ever appeared, for that most excruciating pain the tooth-ach. The numerous instances of its happy effects in relieving the afflicted, have now brought it into universal estimation; it not only relieves the tooth-ach, but is of the utmost service in curing the curvey in the gums, in preventing the disagreeable smell that proceeds from unsound teeth, and occasioning a sweet breath; it likewise prevents the teeth from decaying, and will be found a general preserver of the teeth and gums. Sold in Philadelphia, only at Poyntell's Stationary Store, No. 21, Second Street. July 14
FOR SALE, At the STORES of Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter chests A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Russia MATTS. June 9
Nicholas Diehl, jun. Attorney at Law, INFORMS his friends and the Public, that he has opened an OFFICE for the sale and purchase of Real Estate at No. 19 South Fourth Street, where he will thank fully receive their commands. He also draws Deeds, Mortgages, and other Writings. June 10
George Eddy. Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, July 9. Letters directed to George Eddy, at Philadelphia, or this place, or to Thomas Eddy, at New York, relative to this business, will be duly answered. eodgm
Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall-Street, New-York. THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE or STOCKS on COMMISSION, begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those 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 BLEECKER. m&thf
Medical Books. JUST PUBLISHED, By Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House No. 41, South Second Street, VOL. II.
Medical Inquiries AND OBSERVATIONS. By BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. Professor of the Institutes of Medicine, and of Clinical Practice in the University of Pennsylvania. 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 sell for.
The Edinburgh New Dispensatory, 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 sell 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, Buchanan's Domestic Medicine, Ledran's Surgery, Cheelden'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 on Hydrophobia, &c. &c.
The Ground Plan OF THE City and Suburbs OF PHILADELPHIA. TAKEN FROM ACTUAL SURVEY. IT is with pleasure that the publisher has to inform his subscribers and the public in general, that the plate is now under the hands of the engraver, and in greater forwardness than was at first contemplated. At the same time he begs leave to remind them, that subscription papers are still open at most of the noted book-stores in the city; and that he hopes from the whole of them to be enabled to form such a respectable catalogue of names, as will do a credit to the work, as well as afford a reasonable encouragement to the undertaker. Those who are desirous of further information are requested to call on Benjamin Davies, No. 68, Market Street. April 14.
Benjamin Davies, No. 68, Market Street. April 14.
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA In the House of Representatives, DECEMBER 21st, 1793.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of public Accounts, have reported, that they cannot proceed to the investigation of the Treasury Accounts, respecting special Indents, without knowing the outstanding amount thereof in circulation:—Therefore, Resolved, That all holders of special Indents be directed, and required, on or before the first day of November next, to deliver the special Indents in their possession to one or other of the Commissioners of the Treasury, who are to give receipts for the same, and to report to the Commissioners on public accounts, on or before the tenth day of November next, the amount by them respectively received, and also to the Legislature, at their meeting in November next, and that all special Indents not rendered into the Treasury as above, on or before the first day of November next, shall be, and the same are hereby barred. Resolved, That public notice of this resolution be given in the several Gazettes in this State, once every three weeks, until the first day of November next. And that the Delegates of this State in the Congress of the United States, be requested to cause this resolution to be published in one or more papers in the cities of Philadelphia and New-York, and that provision will be made for the expenses attending such publication. Ordered, That the resolution be sent to the Senate for their concurrence. By order of the House, JOHN SANFORD DART, C. H. R. In the SENATE, DECEMBER 21st, 1793. Resolved, That this House do concur with the House of Representatives in the foregoing resolutions. Ordered, That the resolutions be sent to the House of Representatives. by order of the Senate, FELIX WARLEY Clerk. ewtNov.
Claudius Chat, SILVER SMITH and JEWELLER, No. 4, South Fourth Street, four doors from the corner of Market Street, MAKES and sells all kinds of Jewellery and has now ready for sale, a general assortment of elegant watch chains, seals, watch keys, lockets of various kinds and sizes, gold beads for necklaces, ear rings of different patterns, rings with devices and plated hair, &c. He gives the highest price for old gold and silver. Two or three apprentices of honest parents, are wanted. July 11
T U I T I O N. WILLIAM FINCH of the New Theatre, begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has removed from the corner of Eighth and Arch Streets to No. 68, north Eighth between Arch and Race Streets, and that he continues to give Instructions in the French and English Languages as usual, as also the Classics. He takes this opportunity of expressing his acknowledgements for the very liberal encouragement he has experienced, a continuation of which he begs leave to solicit. N. B. Translations from either languages correctly executed. Bank of the United States, July 7th, 1794. NOTICE is hereby given, that here will be paid at the Bank after the sixteenth instant, to the Stockholders or the representatives duly authorised, sixteen Dollars for each share, being the dividend declared for the last six months. By order of the President and Directors JOHN KEAN, Cashier. endtm.
One thousand Dollars R E W A R D. Some few Counterfeit Post-Notes of the Bank of Maryland, having been lately discovered in circulation, and on tracing the same were found to come from the back parts of Virginia, where they probably first issued; to avoid imposition it is thought necessary to give the following description of them, by which they may readily be detected. They have the letter D, for their alphabetical mark, at the left hand side of the Note. The paper on which they are printed is more soft and tender, the strokes of the letters, in the engraving are in general stronger, and have a darker appearance than in the bills. The signature William Patterson, is badly done, the strokes of the letters, are stiff and labored, and appear to be painted over with the pen, as well as the flourishing of the name. The value is left blank in the engraving, to be filled up in writing, so the sum may be more or less at pleasure. No true Post-Notes of the alphabetical mark, above described, have been lately issued, and very few are now in circulation. The above reward of One Thousand dollars will be paid to any person, or persons, who shall discover, or prosecute to conviction, the several offenders, or any of them, of the following description, viz. The person or persons, who engraved the late. The printer, or printers of the said bills. Every person who has acted as principal in any way in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. WILLIAM PATTERSON. President. of the Bank of Maryland. Bm2. April 8, 1794.
Bank of the United States, July 7th, 1794. NOTICE is hereby given, that here will be paid at the Bank after the sixteenth instant, to the Stockholders or the representatives duly authorised, sixteen Dollars for each share, being the dividend declared for the last six months. By order of the President and Directors JOHN KEAN, Cashier. endtm.
One thousand Dollars R E W A R D. Some few Counterfeit Post-Notes of the Bank of Maryland, having been lately discovered in circulation, and on tracing the same were found to come from the back parts of Virginia, where they probably first issued; to avoid imposition it is thought necessary to give the following description of them, by which they may readily be detected. They have the letter D, for their alphabetical mark, at the left hand side of the Note. The paper on which they are printed is more soft and tender, the strokes of the letters, in the engraving are in general stronger, and have a darker appearance than in the bills. The signature William Patterson, is badly done, the strokes of the letters, are stiff and labored, and appear to be painted over with the pen, as well as the flourishing of the name. The value is left blank in the engraving, to be filled up in writing, so the sum may be more or less at pleasure. No true Post-Notes of the alphabetical mark, above described, have been lately issued, and very few are now in circulation. The above reward of One Thousand dollars will be paid to any person, or persons, who shall discover, or prosecute to conviction, the several offenders, or any of them, of the following description, viz. The person or persons, who engraved the late. The printer, or printers of the said bills. Every person who has acted as principal in any way in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. WILLIAM PATTERSON. President. of the Bank of Maryland. Bm2. April 8, 1794.
Bank of the United States, July 7th, 1794. NOTICE is hereby given, that here will be paid at the Bank after the sixteenth instant, to the Stockholders or the representatives duly authorised, sixteen Dollars for each share, being the dividend declared for the last six months. By order of the President and Directors JOHN KEAN, Cashier. endtm.
Insurance Company of North America. THE Stockholders are informed that a dividend of six per cent for the last six months, on the amount of the capital paid in, has been agreed on, and will be paid to them, or to their legal representatives, in ten days from this date, agreeably to the charter of the incorporation. By order of the President and Directors, EBENEZER HAZARD, Secretary. July 14
Scheme of a Lottery, To raise 39,900 Dollars, on 266,000 Dollars, deducting 15 per Cent. from the Prizes—this Lottery consists of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,539 Prizes and 23,461 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, Herman Le Roy, James Watson, Richard Harrington, Abijah Hammond, and Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—Thomas Willing, Joseph Ball, Matthew McConnel and Andrew Bayard, of the city of Philadelphia—His Excellency Richard Howells, Esq. Elias Boudinot, General Elias Dayton, James Parker, John Bayard, Doctor Lewis Donham, 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 Banks 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.
S C H E M E.
  1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars is 20,000 1 20,000   1 10,000 10,000   2 5,000 10,000   5 2,000 10,000   10 1,000 10,000   20 500 10,000   100 100 10,000   300 50 15,000   1000 20 20,000   2000 15 30,000   3000 12 36,000   8,000 10 81,000   14,539 Prizes. 262,000   23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 2,000   Last drawn number, 2,000 2,000   38,000 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 Newark, 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 securities, to perform their instructions, the substance of which is I. 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. II. The Managers to take sufficient security for any Tickets they may trust, otherwise to be responsible for them. III. 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. Paterson, January 1, 1794. On application to either of the above gentlemen, information will be given where tickets may be had. February 24.
The Lottery published by the "Society for establishing useful manufactures," will commence drawing the first Tuesday in November next—
To the Electors of the city and county of Philadelphia. GENTLEMEN, THIS being the last year of the present Sheriff's time in office. I take the liberty to offer myself a Candidate, and solicit your votes and interests in my favour, to place me on the return at the next general Election, as his successor for said office; in doing which, you will confer an obligation that will be gratefully remembered, by Your most obedient, and humble servant, JOHN BAKER. May 3.
To the Electors of the city and county of Philadelphia. GENTLEMEN, THIS being the last year of the present Sheriff's time in office. I take the liberty to offer myself a Candidate, and solicit your votes and interests in my favour, to place me on the return at the next general Election, as his successor for said office; in doing which, you will confer an obligation that will be gratefully remembered, by Your most obedient, and humble servant, JOHN BAKER. May 3.

From the New-Jersey State Gazette.
MR. DAY,
FROM the lamentable weakness and too evident corruption of human nature, parties seem to have prevailed with all their mournful effects, in every age and country. They have generally raged most, in those nations who have been understood and most enjoyed the natural and inalienable rights of man. We cannot be free, but we must become licentious. We are no sooner delivered from the oppression of the few, than we assault each other; and seeing we cannot do violence to each other's persons or property, take effectual measures to diminish the enjoyments of the present existence, by disturbing, irritating and piercing the inward feelings. Indeed the extravagance of parties is often productive of effects more extensively baneful. Out of the excesses into which freemen have been hurried, by reason of their divisions, have grown up usurpations by one or more of that sovereignty, which resides only in the law, the equal and the regularly constituted Representation of the people. Should liberty escape this ruin, yet its comforts may be almost annihilated by the horrors of civil war. But should neither of these gigantic evils scourge a people for their political intemperance; yet the following ones cannot be avoided, viz.—A general and painful ferment in those passions, which God has wisely and kindly given us for our felicity, in an uninterrupted succession of the sweet emotions—a considerable diminution of the pleasures of social intercourse—ruptures between friends and sometimes between near relations—a disgusting exhibition of our own & our neighbors infirmities, a temporary but unjust forfeiture of one's good name, frequently very bitter sensations—and many more, which a knowledge of human nature will too easily bring to remembrance. All these burdensome taxes we impose on our souls, as soon as our persons and property are delivered from the oppressions of despotism. I am distressed, that freemen will not be free—that they seem not to know that the seat of felicity is the mind—and what, regardless of the pain we may suffer in that quarter, they glory only that their bodies and estates are exempt from tyranny—is not this almost glorying in their shame?—Man then only rises to dignity, and may be pronounced free and happy, when he improves his mind, cultivates his heart, controls his passions, and spends his life as the deity commands, in diffusing knowledge, virtue, harmony and bliss, to all his fellow creatures.
After wisdom and courage have delivered a nation from bondage, parties may exile felicity and enslave the soul.—But, say some, parties are absolutely necessary to a free state; and Montesquieu has attributed to them the preservation of Roman liberty and the extension of Roman glory. Superficial, indeed, must be the mind that, from the benefits arising from the collision of sentiments, pleads for the virulence and excesses of a party-spirit. Much may be said in favor of parties and factions in a state, with all their disgusting and frequently pernicious effects: And, on the other hand, the pen of eloquence, of wisdom, and of virtue too, has been not a few times employed in favor of arbitrary power. So we often meet with romantic displays of the blessings of fortitude; and many are this moment, especially in the religious world, fascinated with its all pleasing charms. Yet I believe, there are few whose judgments prevail over their ignorance, prejudices or passions, but are persuaded, that fortitude is a dangerous enemy to morals, to knowledge and to all useful improvements.
As in conversation on common topics of discourse, so with respect to political principles and governmental operations, there ever will be a diversity of opinion. But because we see different ways of obtaining the same object—while we choose different roads by which to proceed to the same place—shall we proclaim war against each others characters and peace? And because we will not all crowd in the same path with an impid uniformity of thought and motion, shall we open upon each other all the perilous contents of Pandora's box? No Sir, we may each pursue his own course—each may advocate his own system of opinions, and labour for that success of those measures which to himself may seem most conducive to the public weal, without diminishing mutual esteem, and without impairing social happiness. No one, that feels what man is, expects; no one that has reaped the benefit and tasted the pleasures of social intercourse can desire, that we should all jump into one judgment and remain immovably there for ever. A diversity of sentiments we ever will have; but I
do contend we may have it without animosity, and ought to maintain it with a manly temperance.
The utility of this temperance in debate has been frequently pointed out, and many respectable authorities might be quoted in order to recommend it to us: But I shall content myself with a single extract from a Mr. James, an author who wrote a good while ago, but who, as well as several of his contemporaries, admirably understood human nature, and above all who have written since and almost all who wrote before, was, by some means or other, made wonderfully acquainted with what is most for our happiness both here and hereafter. Some men, I know, object to the authenticity and unrivalled excellence of this man's writings and others of his stamp; but this Sir, we all know is only because he so dissects, as sometimes to "discern the thoughts and intents of their hearts," (and who of us does not flinch when we are cut to the quick?) and because, these writings, with a perspicuity, strength and beauty peculiar to themselves—expressing and illustrating the rights of man, smiting terror into the consciences of such as infringe them, and doing more than all that has been penned to preserve them both from diminution and decay—these men are prevented from so using their liberty, as to miserably curtail the enjoyment of it by others. Fashion is perhaps a little against me, in the approaching quotation: But if Mr. Addison, who is so high in fashion and in fame, even in that production so aptly styled by Dr Johnson "Arbiter elegantiarum" has thought proper to confirm his sentiments by quotations from the writings in question, I shall expect to be excused.
The great instrument of violence and excess from whence flow the evils so pernicious to free states—is the tongue; and let us not forget, that the pen on paper is precisely the same as the tongue in conversation and in public assemblies—Hence the government of the tongue is the great desideratum in order to social comfort and to the due and pleasant enjoyment of our precious political privileges. To effect this valuable purpose, Mr. James wrote to the men of the old times, and he had also a considerable eye to the men of the present day, "If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold! we put bits in the horses mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold! how great a matter a little fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison."—I could detain you a long while in pointing out the perfect justness and classical elegance of this passage; but shall refrain—I have only one observation to make, after which I shall conclude.
The expressions in this passage may to some seem too strong and not justified by fact: But to prove to the contrary, I would ask every virtuous and intelligent fellow-citizen, what inconceivable mischief might not be effected in this most happy land, if, in our supreme legislature, groundless accusations of our best public officers were sustained and adopted? and what, if they were even believed by the people—with as much ignorance, rashness and imprudence as they have been known to be made—might we not suffer, if all our legislators subjected their judgments to their passions, and expended their hours of public duty, not in discourses that inform and convince, but in heated invectives and inflammatory declamation? Should Britain in her dorage, prosecuting her late incredible folly and arrogance, commence the war we have sometime apprehended—what advantages might she not have gained? what fatal injury might she not have done us, if all the members of Congress had raved with the same unbridled passion, against her on the one hand, and against preparing for her hostilities on the other? Surely the hour may be on the eve of an arrival, when we shall detect the incoherent procedure of those, who provoke war with as much eagerness as if war only could give them importance and wealth—and yet, in the same breath, with the same tongue, that "fire," that "world of iniquity," that "untameable monster," that "unruly evil, full of deadly poison," vehemently declaim within and labour with-
out, to frustrate every scheme for being fully prepared for that awful event.
May your Gazette prove an instrument of calming the passions—of informing the public mind—and of promoting internal and external PEACE.
From the American Daily Advertiser.
Gentlemen,
The base and cowardly attack upon the character and conduct of General Wayne, which lately appeared in a Virginia paper, and has since been republished in several others, is so replete with scurrility as to afford an antidote to its poison and render a refutation hardly necessary; was the author of the slander known to its object as the latter is to the former, he would probably be treated with silent contempt or receive the reward of his virulent abuse, from the foot and not from the sword of a soldier who is too brave to draw it against a paltroon, or to sheath it when attacked by true courage.—From a thorough knowledge of Gen. Wayne, I venture to pronounce the author of Stubborn Facts , a rancorous assassin—and, his production to be as false as his heart is venomous.
General Wayne, after having fought and bled in his country's cause, from the frozen lakes of the North, to the burning sands of the South, was selected from amongst his former brethren in arms, to the chief command, against a bold and savage enemy.
The President had seen the officers of the late army tried in various scenes of difficulty and danger. Their respective merits were well known to him, and if a better choice could in his opinion have been made, Gen. Wayne would not have been preferred. His activity, his zeal, and his success here justified the appointment. He had raw materials to work upon; and by a strict but necessary discipline he now finds himself at the head of a small but gallant army. The brave he trained and disciplined, and the coward and the worthless he cashiered or drummed out of his camp. In their vagrant state they or their hirelings and some others of the like principles and practices, feign Stubborn Facts , while the General is infusing his own martial spirit into his soldiers, and preparing to meet the enemy. That he has conducted himself with great good conduct since his appointment, appears from all well authenticated accounts from the army; that the President with the best means of judging of his conduct is highly pleased with it, appears by the following extract of a letter written by his direction:
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War, to Major-General Anthony Wayne, dated "War Department, March 31st, 1794."
"It is with great pleasure, Sir, that I transmit you the approbation of the President of the United States, of your conduct generally since you have had the command, & more particularly for the judicious and military formation and discipline of the troops—the precautions you appear to have taken in your fortified camps, and in your arrangements to have full and abundant supplies of provisions on hand. Continue, Sir, to proceed in this manner—and, your success will be certain."
True Extract from the Records of the War-Office of the United States.
JOHN STAGG, Jun. Ch. Clk.
And the more effectually to root out any prejudices that may have arisen in the minds of some, from the piece called Stubborn Facts , we present the world with a letter to the Secretary of War from General Scott, who most certainly has a good right to know whether General Wayne merits censure or applause, he not only being the commander of the Kentucky volunteers, but also resided in that quarter, where any misconduct of the General would soon be felt, and instantly made known.
Philadelphia April 30, 1794. SIR,
It is with real concern that I hear the reports in circulation here very injurious to the Commander in Chief of the Legion, and am not yet able to learn from what causes they have originated.
Among other things it has been hinted to me, that he has reported the conduct of the officers of the volunteer corps that I had the honor to command last campaign very unfavorably—if so, he has done them injustice in not discriminating.
To be sure, there were two subalterns that behaved ill, and deserved the highest punishment—but I have too good an opinion of General Wayne, to suppose he ever possessed a thought of damn-
ing a whole corps for the misconduct of two bad men—I am sure there could be no cause for it, nor can I yet believe he has done so, until I am convinced by seeing his report to you on that head; I hope there is no impropriety in your favoring me with a sight of it; there are many other reports in circulation here highly injurious to that officer—I therefore think it my duty as far as comes within my knowledge to do him the justice he deserves. I waited on General Wayne the latter end of June, in order to make the necessary arrangements respecting the volunteers of Kentucky, during my stay I found him with great sobriety and extreme attention to the duty of the army, from that time until the 10th of October, (at which time I joined him) we kept up a constant correspondence relative to my duty, in which I found him clear and pointed in his instructions.
From about the 20th of October until the 5th of November, I was almost constantly with him, during all which time he paid the most unwearied attention to every, the most minute thing possible in person.
Notwithstanding all this, I was unhappy to find some discontent in the army, whether it was owing to the change of discipline, the difference between garrison and field duty, the hardness of the duty, or the unequivocal orders enforced, I cannot say: they were all spoken of unfavorably by some.
However, so far as I am able to judge, taking every thing in view, the army was conducted with great propriety, never losing sight of the public good, or the honor of the arms of the United States.
I believe there is not an officer that served with me under General Wayne's order but will cheerfully serve him again.
With esteem and regard, I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant. (Signed) CHARLES SCOTT.
The Hon. Maj. Gen. Knox, Sec'y at War.
True copy from the original letter, on file in the War-Office of the United States.
JOHN STAGG, Jun. Ch. Clk. July 11th, 1794.
It may be proper to add, that the report which had been made by General Wayne to the Secretary at War was highly complimentary to General Scott and the officers under his command.
Read this ye calumniators and blush at your detection.
A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
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NATIONAL CONVENTION.
16 Floreal, May 5.
Dupin in the name of the committees of general surety and finances, made a report on the ci-devant farmers general. He entered into a detail of their abuses and exactions, and concluded with proposing a decree, which was unanimously adopted; the substance of which was to render all of them accountable to the revolutionary tribunal, for the purpose of forcing them to reimburse to the nation what they had unjustly acquired. The same decree was extended in its operation to the courts of Aides.
Couthon—It is time to convert the numerous edifices, monuments of former luxury, to purposes of national benefit. St. Cloud may be converted into a school of sculpture; Belvidere into a school of painting, Rincey into a Menagerie, and Versailles into a seminary of education. In the mean time the committee have charged me to present the plan of a decree for preventing the sale of these houses, and for converting them to public purposes—Decreed.
The popular society of Vabres, informed the convention, that lately a band of Insurgents had been dispersed by the efforts of the Republicans, and six of the ringleaders arrested.
The popular society of Aubenas communicated an event of the same nature, which had taken place in the department of l'Ardeche.
FRENCH ACCOUNT
Of the BATTLE FOUGHT May 7th.
From French Papers.
Lille, May 18.
CITIZENS,
The letter of exchange drawn by the Alpine army, on that of the north begins to be duly honoured. Victory is here the order of the day.—The enemy
is in full rout. Notwithstanding their losses at Courtray, Moucron and Menin, they determined to attack us again, and to use every endeavor to resume their former position.
Yesterday having assembled their troops of the centre, they attacked us on all points. They obliged us to fall back from Pont a Marque and Lannoy. We retreated in good order. Proud of this first success, they expected by attacking us again to make further progress. It was their object to cut off our communication; but we did not give them time to effect it; we attacked them, and every where drove them back, beat to the charge and our victory was complete.
Adjutant-General Revel fought with the greatest vigor. We took a train of artillery complete, made the garrison of Lannoy prisoners; near three hundred Hessians have fallen into our hands. They asked for quarter, we ought not by the laws of war, to have granted it, since the town was taken by assault yet they obtained it. We shall shew to the world that Frenchmen are only to be feared in battle.
We learned that the enemy opposed to our forces 60,000 men. The commander in chief just returns from his round with my colleague Richard; I hope soon to be able to communicate new victories. We have taken 50 pieces of cannon, the enemy lost 1,000 men. This division needed this victory.
CHODIEU,
Representative of the people.
P. S. I learn this moment that the enemy evacuated Pont a Marque, and has fallen back upon Orchies, consequently the communication between Donay and Lille is re-established.
We promised not to suffer the enemy to rest. We keep good our word. We attacked them yesterday in all quarters and every where beat. We have driven them to Tournay and Mount Trinity. The battle lasted 15 hours, and was well fought. The enemy were considerably reinforced and we retired in good order, having taken a considerable convoy on the Scheldt. We lost two cannon that were dismounted. We took seven from the enemy and 600 prisoners. We shall soon begin again.
CHODIEU.
Account of this last action by the General in chief of the Northern army.
Courtray, May 23.
CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVES,
We fought yesterday the whole day long. We have driven the enemy beyond the Scheldt; we captured a convoy of hay, oats and coal. We carried off what we could; the remainder was burnt. The affair was bloody on both sides. There has been a great number wounded. We took from the enemy seven pieces of cannon, who took two of ours. We made about 500 prisoners.
Traits of courage were numerous; cowardice and treachery in some parts injured us. Many Soldiers left their duty to pillage; which so weakened the battalions, that towards evening we were near being driven back.
The right of the army, on the 21st May was near Binche, and must thence have proceeded to Mons or Charleroi. PICHEGRU.
ARMY OF THE ARDENNES.
Commanded by Gen. FROMENTIN.
Binches, May 22.
We have crossed the Sambre in several points. Our divisions acted with concert and success. I have taken from the enemy all their travelling hospital, a great many sheets, a considerable number of Flemish horses. We also have taken several droves of cattle; I send them to Philipville. We drive on the enemy with expedition, and may anticipate successes the most important. The representative of the people Levasseur follows us every where; he is always in the heat of action. I expedite this moment 900 carriages that bring us all kind of goods. In a skirmish this day a chasseur had his arm carried away; he laid, turning round to an artilleryman, "Put the arm in the mouth of your cannon and send it back to those brigands."
MOSELLE ARMY.
Commanded by JOURDAIN.
Arlon, May 22.
We arrived this day at Arlon. The small number of the enemy here did not attempt to resist. I leave here a body of troops to protect the march of our artillery and provisions which pass thro' the country of Treves, and of Luxembourg, and I march on. Expect great successes.
JOURDAIN.

Neufchateau, May 24.
We have this day taken this post. We made 70 prisoners and lost but 5 men killed and 15 taken prisoners. The inhabitants had been taught to believe, that the French pillaged every thing, they have been deceived. The troops have not pillaged. We are terrible to our enemies; kind to the people.
The van guard of Beaulieu has been completely beaten by that of the Moselle army. We took 100 prisoners. I to-morrow march on St. Hubert; and the day after on Rochfort. Our communication is restored with Bouillon; it soon will be with Givet.
Gen. Adv.
UNITED STATES.
ALBANY, July 14.
On the 4th of July inst. a number of gentlemen from the counties of Ontario, Otsego, Herkemer, Montgomery and Albany, met by appointment, at Old-Fort-Herkemer, on the German-Flats, for the purpose of celebrating the Anniversary of American Independence, and also, for promoting an uniformity of sentiment in support of the federal government and its laws.
After partaking of a very elegant dinner, prepared for the occasion by Mr. Aldridge, they drank the following toasts—accompanied by the discharge of cannon at the Old Fort, answered by a six pounder, conducted by Captain Frank and his artillery company, and on the report reaching Fort-Dayton, Col. Myers and a number of other gentlemen, assembled at that place, honored each toast with the discharge of a nine pounder.
 1. The President of the United States.  2. Alexander Hamilton.  3. Thomas Jefferson.  4. Baron Steuben.  5. The federal government.  6. The virtuous Federalists of both houses of Congress, whose integrity and prudence have preserved us from the calamities of war.  7. John Jay—success to his embassy.  8. May democratic societies never rise beyond their present insignificance.  9. Our new Minister to the Republic of France—may his absence from the antient dominion, enable him to appreciate the value of the federal government.  10. A speedy surrender of the western posts.  11. May the energy of government so protect the new settlements, that their inhabitants may not fear Indian cruelty.  12. Charles J. Fox—his eulogium on our beloved President.  13. Freedom throughout the world.  14. The officers and soldiers of the late American army.  15. The Fourth of July—three cheers. 
PHILADELPHIA,
JULY 19.
The Prince de Coigny, natural son to Lewis XV. is now a resident in England, with no other means of subsistence than an allowance of one shilling per day. Hebert, formerly leader of one of the factions in France, and a short time since executed, had, for several years, been valet de chambre to the above unfortunate personage. Eng. Pap.
From the NEW-YORK DIARY.
Philadelphia, July 14.
Citizen Fauchet to La Grofeterie.
Citizen Fauchet writes you and your fellow-citizens of Guadalupe, to call upon him to-morrow at 11 o'clock to hear some news, which he has received directly from Guadalupe. You need no longer think of going to France, as the news cannot be more satisfactory than it is.
Health and Fraternity, FAUCHET.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, July 17.
The war in Europe has arrived to the last act of the drama—and the scenes become interesting in proportion as the plot is unfolded to the view of a world of spectators.
The opposition to the combined armies on the Northern Frontiers of France, was, the last campaign, enfeebled and embarrassed, by the insurrection on the Loire, and the treacherous surrender of Toulon. Besides, the project of raising the active citizens in a mass, was crude and required another season to ripen into full effect. But these embarrassments being removed, the whole energy of the nation is brought into action, and the united military columns of half Europe are yielding to the impression of this astonishing force, and borne away by the irresistible torrent.
Even in generalship, the oldest and most experienced officers of Europe are not a match for the prompt and ready ingenuity of the untaught LEATHER APRON Generals of France. The project of extending the lines of the army, and attacking at all points at once, was deep military skill, and will hasten the ruin of the allies. The French by making a feint towards the Rhine and Mozelle, have weakened the allies in Flanders; at the same time spreading an immense number of troops along the coast of Normandy, under the pretence of invading England they have prepared themselves to make an irresistible impression on the right of the allied armies in that quarter—while the allies, not aware of the stratagem, had left a small division of their forces to oppose the irruption of the French into Flanders. The allies have indeed re-inforced their right—but too late—their force is destroyed by detachments, and ruin awaits them. The French are pursuing in Flanders this campaign the same desperate mode of war, with which they closed the last campaign on the Rhine,—attacking their enemies day after day, till they kill, exhaust or dishearten the soldiery, who can no longer maintain a show of resistance. Amer. Minerva.
13. The fair sex of North-Carolina—may the perfections of their minds excel the beauties of their persons.
14. The improvement of arts and sciences, and the cultivation of the natural genius of the youth of North-Carolina.
15. Enfield and its vicinity—may its inhabitants, each coming year, thus commemorate the anniversary of their liberties.
From the Columbian Centinel.
FROM LONDON.
(Communicated in a letter, from a gentleman of great political information.)
"I rejoice that the leading men of America, deprecate war, and wisely endeavor to secure an honorable neutrality. I hope you will continue the same judicious policy. That you have been irritated by the conduct of our government, I acknowledge—but it will be your interest to bear a few evils, rather than entail your growing States, the depopulating and immoral calamities of war."
"Europe—christian Europe, exhibits a scene of carnage and unnatural interests, never before known. The French, under the opening auspices of liberty, have run into every species of depravity and cruelty, as well as impolicy—but this does not clear the allies from singular depravities, and nearly equal atrocities. They have butchered their own subjects by thousands a day, attempting to force a Constitution, or internal Government, on a nation without their consent—in attempting which, they have already sacrificed 300,000 young men, and have taken a bout 12 leagues of land, a price too much even for a King to give!!"
"The allies are so heterogeneous in their interests, that beyond this campaign they cannot, I think coalesce. The mortal enemy of Prussia is Austria, and France is her chief resource, both against Austria and Russia. The natural ally of Spain is France, her mortal enemy is England.—Holland must look to France as a counterpoise against England or Prussia, and should Austria possess the French Netherlands, Holland must become a province of Austria."
"In short, the whole combination is so unnatural, that its existence must contain the seeds of its own dissolution. I imagine while the Belligerent powers are sacrificing their own subjects, you are wisely encouraging Emigrants among you, and by degrees, as you become populous, you will slide into manufactures, and soon supply your own wants, and many of the Europeans, with whom the less you unite in politics, the better."
From the Baltimore Daily Intelligencer.
A few thoughts, addressed to the good sense and serious consideration of the public.
IS the constitution of the United States a democracy or an aristocracy, or is it neither? These questions are important in their own nature, and have never been thoroughly examined: they are also collaterally interesting, as their solution will serve to determine the degree of merit or demerit attached to the terms democrat and aristocrat, as applied to denominate the friends or enemies to the constitution.
Is the constitution of the United States a democracy?
A democracy, according to the original acceptance of the word, is a government where the whole of the people assembled in a body, from time to time, to enact laws by a majority of voices, and try offences committed against the laws of the state. In this point of view, neither the constitution of the United States, nor any of the state constitutions, establishes democracy.
Is the constitution of the United States an aristocracy?
An aristocracy is where the power of making laws and trying offences is lodged exclusively with the rich or nobles. It is plain, therefore, that neither the constitution of the United States, nor any of the state constitutions establishes aristocracy.
Hence it follows, that the constitution or government of the United States is neither a democracy nor aristocracy; not a democracy, because the people do not meet in a body to make the laws, which is the essence of democracy; not an aristocracy, because the rich have no exclusive right to govern, which is the characteristic of aristocracy. If then there are people among us, who are desirous to establish such a government as the former in the room of the present, they have very properly assumed the name of democrats; and if there are also men who wish to change the government of the United States, so as to fix exclusively in the rich the right to
administer its powers, they may as justly be denominated aristocrats.
The constitution of the United States being therefore neither a democracy nor aristocracy, it is certainly incumbent upon those who have voluntarily called themselves democrats, to prove to their fellow-citizens, how a man may be a democrat, and not wish to change the government to a democracy.
In all ages of the world, the multitude have been abused with sounds, and in nine instances out of ten which could be quoted, have lost their liberty by their credulity in the men who have thus imposed upon them, and set themselves up for centinels and guardians of their rights.
The constitution then of the United States, as we have observed, is neither an aristocracy nor democracy. To call it either, would be to abuse the known etymology and settled acceptance of the sense of these words, and lay a snare for the ignorant or uninformed in such disquisitions. It indeed contains a portion of the principle of each, but without possessing the essential qualities of either.
For example. The people by the constitution, have no right to meet in a body and make laws, which as has been said, is the essence of democracy and without which democracy cannot exist; but they have a right to elect persons to make laws, in which particular it partakes of the principle of democracy. On the other hand, the constitution excludes all persons under twenty-five years of age from being representatives, those who are not thirty, from being senators, and all who are not thirty-five and natural born citizens, or citizens when it was adopted, from being president; so far therefore, as it has thus granted the exclusive power of making laws and governing to men of a certain description of years, it participates of the principle of aristocracy.
As the government or constitution of the United States can, therefore, neither be denominated a democracy nor aristocracy, without a perversion of terms, what is it? I answer, a pure representative government, excluding the disorders and tyranny inseparable from a democracy or aristocracy.
With what propriety, then, it may be asked, do men call themselves democrats, and to answer what purposes do they associate as such, and hold private and secret meetings and correspondences in the bosom of a government which is not a democracy?
A declared democrat must wish to destroy the aristocratic principle of the constitution, and an aristocrat its democratic principle; both, therefore, may be considered as enemies to the constitution; for to add to or take away from either principle, is to change the nature of the government, and of course to change the government itself. Hence the aristocrat and democrat should be equally dreaded and watched, the one as the caterpillar and the other as the canker-worm of the constitution, by good men who are neither the one nor the other, but constitutionalists, anxious to preserve and maintain to each principle the rank assigned it by the constitution.
A CONSTITUTIONALIST. Baltimore, July 14, 1794.
Arrived at New-York.
Brig Rebecca, Bruce, one of the Convoy Amelia, Jewett, Oporto The brig Jefferson, Capt. Morris, from Philadelphia, arrived at St. Croix on the 27th June last.
A French line of battle ship, two frigates, a brig, and a lugger, were cruising off St. Andros on the 30th of April.
The Brothers: Summers: the Lively King; the Argo, —, from Oporto to Newfoundland, taken by Le Cherie French frigate, are retaken by Lord Howe's fleet, and arrived at Falmouth.
The above is on Lloyd's books. And it is there stuck up "that it is announced by the French, that twenty sail of merchantmen, laden with wine, fruit, flour, &c. are taken and carried into Brest."
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NATIONAL CONVENTION.
15 Floreal, May 4.
The female citizens of Neuilly were admitted to the bar. The speaker thus addressed the convention. "The female citizens of Neuilly constantly animated with the love of their country, are this day come to swear to you, that they are determined to make salt-petre, to cultivate the land, and to reap the harvest. They will themselves fend their husbands, their lovers, and their brothers, to fight against tyrants and their slaves—say you the word and they depart. We likewise declare to you, that we will consider as a coward and traitor to his country, every citizen, who shall hesitate for a moment to fly to the field of honour. In fine we swear to you, if you shall have need for our arms, give but the signal, and, forgetting our sex, we will immediately set out. In order to fight well, nothing is necessary but courage, and the love of liberty is the sure passport to victory. We ought to imitate you—You have taught us how to sacrifice life for liberty and equality, and we shall esteem ourselves happy to perish in their defence."
The young scholars of Rennes congratulated the convention on their labours, invited them to remain at their post, and requested a decree to put in requisition all the youths, from ten to eighteen, to fight the English.
Barrere, after stating that Landrecies had fallen, gave the following detail of advantages gained at sea.
Prizes carried into Brest.
A brig laden with Fruit and Wine, bound for Peterburgh, taken by the frigate la Proserpine.
The Thames has come into Brest, having taken a dozen of prizes during a cruise; part of which have entered our ports. The principal prize is the English packet boat, the Expedition, of 10 guns and 48 men, Capt. Refen, from Lisbon for Falmouth. She has a considerable sum of money on board. An English brig bound from Jersey to Oporto, taken by the frigate l'Infatigable. An English sloop laden with fish from Plymouth. An English ship of 400 tons laden with salt and other merchandise. A brig of 160 tons laden with rice, bound to Dover. Another of 200 tons laden with grain, for Oporto. An English three masted ship, armed with ten guns, bound from Lisbon for Falmouth. A brig of 120 tons laden with iron and timber for Liverpool. One of 120 tons laden with herrings, oil, and Linseed, for Teneriffe.
A English sloop bound for Newfoundland, taken by the frigates la Belona and le Furet.
A brig of 100 tons laden with salt for Spain, taken by the Insurgent.
A ship of three masts laden with grain for Ferrol, taken by the Lechibutier.
Two ships of 200 tons for Spain laden with oil, &c. taken by the cutter la Surprize and le Courier.
Prizes carried into L'Orient.
An English privateer, the Stick, of 12 guns. A Spanish brig, of 100 tons, la Notre Dame de la Conception, laden with iron, &c. An English brig the Mary, laden with fish oil.
Carried into Morlaix.
An English ship, laden with sugar, taken by the Thames.
Carried into Port Malo.
A brig laden with timber.
PHILADELPHIA.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
That our allies, in the late naval engagement on the coast of Europe, should have made a drawn battle of it with so great an inequality as free sail of the line, is so highly honorable to the maritime character of France, that it is really surprising the details should not be handed to the public—especially as it is confidently asserted they were brought by a French Gentleman, charged with dispatches to the Minister of France, who received them, from the Captain of the Precieuse French frigate, with which Capt. Green kept company two days.
A Letter from New-York dated yesterday morning says, that when the French convoy discerned the British ships, the armed vessels in order to attract their attention, drew up in a line, which had the desired effect of facilitating the escape of many of the merchantmen; that Capt. Cochran of the Thetis now at New York says "he took five sail, and might have taken four others which arrived within the Hook, but was prevented by orders from Admiral Murray, who had strictly enjoined that the neutral limits of the United States should not be violated."
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JAMAICA RUM, LANDING at Hamilton's wharf, above the Drawbridge, out of the ship BACCHUS Capt. VANNEMAN, from JAMAICA. FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT. May 16. d.
Morris Academy.
THIS institution is now open for the re- ception of students under the immediate care of Mr. Caleb Russell, whose abilities as an instructor, and attachment to the bu- siness have long been known and approved. He has under him the best assistants in the different branches—The scholars are taught the English, French, Latin, and Greek languages, Public-Speaking, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Astronomy, and the various branches of the Mathematics. The healthy situation of this place is suc- h as to recommend it to those, who wish to have their children in the country. Board- ing, washing, mending, &c. will be provid- ed in good families, and the morals of the scholars carefully attended to.
The price including tuition, firewood, &c. exclusive of the French language) will not exceed thirty pounds proclamation money per annum) an addition of three dollars per quarter will be made to such scholars who are taught the French language. The Directors are determined to pay such atten- tion to this institution, as will render it respectable and useful.
GABRIEL H. FORD, TIMOTHY JOHNS, jun. } Directors. NATHAN FORD, Morristown, May 15, 1794 d. w. w. 2m.
Christiana Mills For Sale.
ON Monday the first day of September next at 8 o'clock in the evening, at the Coffee House in the city of Philadelphia will be sold by public vendue, two tract or pieces of land situated in White Clay Creek hundred, New Castle county and state of Delaware; one of which contains about sixty acres of highly improved land, on it is a large two story brick dwelling house, a convenient brick barn, with stabling and a carriage house underneath, an excellent kiln for drying corn; and the well known mills called Christiana Mills (late Pat- teron's) which being at the head of the tide on Christiana river, and but about half a mile from the landing, is conveniently situated for carrying the articles manufactured at the mills by water to Philadelphia—This property being close to the road leading from Elkton to Christiana bridge, and at the head of the tide, with many other at- tendant advantages, renders its situation for the milling business to very valuable, as to be equalled by few and excelled by none.
The latter tract containing 175 acres, is about one mile from the mills and is chiefly woodland, which being contiguous to water carriage to the city of Philadelphia, must be of increasing value, especially as there is a quantity of large timber in said tract suitable for the purposes of the mills. The terms upon which the above men- tioned estates will be sold are—one thou- sand pounds to be paid on executing the deeds, and seven hundred and fifty pounds per annum, with interest for the remainder or proportionally for each part. Indispensible titles will be made for the property, by
JOHN NIXON, ALEX. FOSTER, GEO. LATIMER. At same time and place will be sold a large BOAT, July 2. mw&sts
ADVERTISEMENT.
LETTERS on the subject of the Wash- ington Lottery, being by mistake repeated addressed to the Commissioners for the City of Washington.
Persons concerned are hereby informed, that all such should be addressed either to W. Deakins jun. of Washington, or to the Subscriber. The commissioners never hav- ing contemplated any further concern in this business, than in their assent to receive the bonds, and approve the names of the managers. The prizes have been paid and are paying on demand by W. Deakins, Washington, Peter Gilman, Boston, and by the Subscriber.
For the Lottery No. 2, the securities al- ready given will be retained by the com- missioners, or transferred by them at their option to the bank of Columbia; and the commissioners will be consulted respecting a judicious and equitable disposition of the houses to be built thereby; their treasury or the bank of Columbia will receive the money intended for the National Univer- sity, and they will be consulted in the no- mination of the 24 managers; but all the responsibility respecting the general dispo- sition of the tickets, and payment of prizes, will rest as in the Hotel Lottery, on the persons whose names are and may be hereafter published as assistants to forward this business with
S. BLODGET. N. B. Mr. Blodget will be particularly obliged if those persons who possess prizes yet unpaid, will apply for their money as early as possible. June 7th. d.
Excellent CLARET, In hogsheads and in cases of 50 bottles each ALSO, A few cases Champagne wine; MADEIRA, In pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks, FOR SALE BY JOHN VAUGHAN, No. 111, South Front Street. Jan. 2. 1794. d. f.
140 BARRELS Best Boston BEEF, 18 HOGSHEADS New-England Rum, Received by the Schooner Belinda, from Boston, and for sale by Nalbro' & John Frazier. No. 81, Walnut Street. June 20. mw&83w
Risbard Johns } In the Chancery Court of the John Wells and } State of Maryland, Mordecai Cole. } May 26th 1794.
The Complainant hath fil- ed his bill, for the purpose of obtaining a decree, to vest in him a complete legal title to two tracts of land, lying in Baltimore county, one called Painters-Levy, contain- ing 100 acres, the other called Prospect containing 135 acres. He states, that the said John Wells on the 16th day of March 1774 contracted to sell the said land to the said Mordecai Cole, & executed to him a bond for conveyance, that the said Cole, on the same day, executed to the said Wells a bond for the payment of the purchase money amount- ing to £675 Pennsylvania currency, that the said Cole hath since discharged the whole of the purchase money, and hath assigned to the complainant the said bond for con- veyance; that the said Wells hath never executed a deed, agreeably to his contract but hath removed out of the state of Mary- land, and now resides in the state of Ken- tucky.
It is thereupon, and at the request of the complainant, adjudged, and ordered, that he procure a copy of this order to be insin- dated least six weeks successively, before he first day of August next, in the United States Gazette at Philadelphia, to the intent, that the said John Wells may have no- tice of the complainant's application to this court, and may be warned to appear here, on or before the first Tuesday in Oc- tober next, to show cause wherefore this court should not proceed to decree, agree- ably to the prayer of the complainant, and to the act of assembly, for such cases made and provided.
Test, Samuel Harvey Howard. Reg. Cur. Can. June 13. mw&83w
Just Published, In one handsome volume, 12mo. Price 55 AND FOR SALE BY
JOHN ORMROD, At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chesnut Street,
AN ESSAY ON THE Natural Equality of Men, On the Rights that result from it, and on the Duties which it imposes. To which a MEDAL was adjudged, by the Teylerian Society at Haarlem. Corrected and Enlarged, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE BROWN, D. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy, and the Law of Nature, and of Ecclesiastical History; and Minister of the English Church at Utrecht. Aliquid semper ad communem utilitatem afferendum. CICERO. The First American Edition.
THE grand principle of Equality, if rightly understood, is the only basis on which universal justice, sacred order, and perfect freedom, can be firmly built, and permanently secured. The view of it exhibited in this essay, at the same time that it represses the insolence of office, the tyranny of pride, and the outrages of oppression; confirms, in the most forcible manner, the necessity of subordination, and the just demands of lawful authority. So far indeed, from loosening the bands of society, that it maintains it in its every natural and every civil distinction, draws more closely every social tie, unites in one harmonious and justly proportioned system, and brings men together on the even ground of the inherent rights of hu- man nature, of reciprocal obligation, and of a common relation to the community. March 18. tuff
MADERA, SHERRY, PORT, LISBON, & } WINES of the first quality TENERIFFE Old Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and West In- dia Rum.
Coniac, French and Peach Brandies Claret and Port Wine of a superior qua- lity in cases. Wine Cyder and Vinegar, in pipes and hds. Corks in Bales, Havannah Segars in Boxes. Philadelphia Porter, in Casks and Bottles London do. in do. do. Philadelphia Ale and Beer in do. do. London do. in do. do. and Cyder in barrels and bottles, prepared for exportation or immediate use, FOR SALE BY
Benjamin W. Morris,
The corner of Dock and Pear Streets, Where he has provided suitable stores and vaults, for the reception of
W I N E S, &c. Which he proposes to store or dispose of on commission. Captains of vessels and others supplied with any of the above LIQUORS bottled, and sea stores in general put up. May 9. tu&f2m
FOR SALE, BY MATHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street, An Essay on Slavery, Designed to exhibit in a new point of view its effects on morals, industry, and the peace of society. Some facts and calculations are offered to prove the labor of free men is much more productive than that of slaves; that countries are rich, powerful and happy, in proportion as the laboring people enjoy the fruits of their own labor; and hence the necessary conclusion, that slavery is impo- litic as well as unjust. Price 25 Cents. February 15. d. f.
THE office of the President and Directors of the INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, is removed to No. 107, South Front Street, being the south east corner of Front and Walnut Streets.
The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are good general imitation of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the fol- lowing
M A R K S.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States. ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O. in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O, to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word. In the word United the letters are nar- rower and closer together than the rest of the bill.
The i and f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i. The engraving is badly executed, the strokes of all the Letters are stronger and the device in the margin particularly is much coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some of the counterfeits bear date in 1791—Whereas the Bank was not in oper- ation till December, and no five dollar bills were issued in that year. Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. They are printed on a paper nearly simi- lar to that of the counterfeit Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in num- ber thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits. The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the o being less than the m, and o- thers following. There is no stroke to the t in the word North whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined.
The letters cut in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are cut so as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tu and the y going below them. The signature J. Nixon, has the appear- ance of being written with lamb-black and oil, and differs from other mks. used in printing the bills and the cashier's signa- ture. It is supposed these forgeries were commit- ted in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been ap- prehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the author of them.
The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL- LARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to convic- tion the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz. The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the Bills are printed. The person or persons, who engraved the plates. The printer or printers, of the bills. Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. Philadelphia, March 28, 1794 April 22, 1794.
Other counterfeit bills
of the Bank of the United States have ap- peared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphabetical mark is the letter B.
They may be distinguished from the ge- nuine by the following MARKS:
The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender texture and glossy surface than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them.
The letter C. in the word Cashier, in the true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfin- ished state. The letter a in the word demand, is badly formed and the whole word ill done and there is no comma at the end of it, as there is in the genuine bills.
The marginal device, is much darker in the false, than in the genuine bills ow- ing to the shade strokes being coarser, much nearer together, and consequently much more numerous. This difference strikes the eye at first view.
The same reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending & prosecuting to conviction the several above described Offenders in respect to this, as to the last described bills.
THOMAS WILLING, President of the Bank of the United States. JOHN NIXON, President of the Bank of North America. By order of the Committees of the Re- spective Boards.