At a nuroerons meeting of citizens at Mr. Poor's
ScboolHoufe, on the 6th October, >' was una
a;;noufly agreed to support the following tickets at
ta* next general eleiflion :
Peter Stephen Du Ponceau in the chair.
Governor,
Thomas Mifflin.
Congress,
John Swanwick.
AJfetnbly•
John Steinmetz, Benjamin Say,
Maithew Lawler, lirael lfrael,
Jacob Lawerfwvler, Fergufon M'llwaine.
.A Senator,
John Pearfon, Delaware County.
Selefi Council.
* John Donlap, James Irwin,
Jackfnn, Thomas Leiper,
John Isaac Pennington,
Stephen Giraril, Conrad Hanfe,
\V,n. Van Phull, Mathew.Carey,
James Sarfliwood, Abraham Shoemaker.
Common Council,
Andrew Ouyer, Matthias Sadler,
Cafpan Morris, Benjamin Harbefon,
Antlrony Cu hbert,' IJetyamiri F. Bathe,
William Rithards, Elifha Gordon,
John Porter, William Ru!h,
Joseph North, John Purdon, §
John Letchworth, John Barker,
Jacob Bright, Benjamin Taylor,
Godfrey Gebler, Benjamin Brian,
Andrew Kennedy, James Traquair.
IVc arc happy in communicating to Sur readers the fol
lowing federal intelligence, from the Jlatc of Dela
ware, cmtaimd in jj letter from Wilmington, dated
the Bth injlant.
The Delaware (late chufes its governor by the
people, it alio chufes one representative to the fede
ral government by the people.
Lad year a governor was chosen and the federal
interefl prevailed by a majority of zto; thi* year
on chafing a reprefemative to eongrtfs, the majori
ty appeared in favour or a true federal man (James
A. Bayard) 50? j these fa&s Jhew the change that
is taking place in the minds of the citizens of this
state. The principles and men of '94 are going
fad behind the icene, (hey are yielding to reason and
found policy.
Two thirds of the house of reprefeatatives, and
two thirds of the senate of. this state are true and
fuhftantial federalifts that cannot waver ; then the
ele&ors of a President of the United States, for this
state (chosen by such men) will malt certainly be
true and avowed federalifts.
Eiedion for the fiate of Delaware, on Tucfday the
Oclvber, 1796.
NEW-CASTLE COUNTY.
Federal. Democratic.
J as. A. Bayard 404 Wm. Peery 446 1
KINT COUNTY. <
Jas. A. Bayard 987 Wm. Peery 841 <
SUSSEX COUNTY. * 1
Jas. A. Bayard 903 Wm. Peery 502 I
Federal votes 2294 Democratic votes 1793 '•
Majority favorable to the Fcde al ticket 50;. '
Mr. Fenno,
I have frnce the publication in the Aurora of the t
eighth of September, in which Mr. E. {
character is much traduced, bean in Annapolis, and c
Jiave enquired particularly whether Mr. 1
was (in the language ol the letter) paraded tlron ;h '
the llreets of Annapolis under a Itrong guard, for t
crimes against hia bleeding country, I was uniform '
ly told and particularly by a man who was a firm <
friend to the revolution, was well acquainted with <
Mr. Tilghman, and who lived there during the war,
that the llatement was an infamous talfhood.
The charge contained in the extract of the let- t
ter as above recited, is flatly denied. The writer •
of this will submit his name to the publiek, vhen- 1
ever the author of the extract shall come forward i
in support of the allegations, so inlidioufly offered
igaitiil Mr. Tilgbman. Such liberties taken with !
the charaiters of candidates for public offices, at i
w the period of aR approaching election, are very re
prehensible ; calumny and detra&ian fhotild ever be
despised, while candour and modest truth should
meet with the countenance of all good men and
FREE ELECTORS.
BY THIS DAY's MAIL.
BOSTON, October 5.
Attack on Newfoundland.
Caps. Gralet who arrived last Suuday.in 24 cays
from Newfoundland, informs, That a French fqua
«toon of 6 fliips of the line, and 3 frigates, after
appearing off St. John's, demanding the furrendtr of
tl at town from Sir J. Wallace, who commands
there, and being refufed, had landed .a number of
men at Ball's Bay, a small hamlet, about 30 miles
from' St. John's, and burned a number of fiftier
men's hovels. At which olace they were when
our informant failed. St. 'John's is protested by
two forts—and Wallace's fquadrofl, conlifts of a 50
gan (hip, 3 frigates and 2 smaller veflels—lt is
therefore probable if they attack that town they '
will be opposed.
T he Britilh frigate La Raifort is arrived at Ha
lifax, whe>e a fullaccount of her late action is gi- '
vsir. Capt. Beiesford has been highly compliment
eJ for his conduct on the occasion.
1 i'e Elizabeth, one of Capt. Barney's squadron,
is arrived at Halifax. She is said in their papers
to mount 40 guns.
Col. Green, is appointed lieutenant Governor of 1
St. Vincent's. 1
NEW-YORK, O£tober 8.
We learn from Biif'ol., that Mr. Vandeihorft, 1
the- American tonful at that port, has received an '
official letter, {fating that the bey of Tukis has de- 1
livered up the Eliaa schooner, and a!f<> that the 1
American veflels have now nothing to apprehend
frujn tl}e power in the Mediterranean. '
I
LONDON, August 22. t
• We received this morning, by eiprefs, a great i
number of foreign papers, including the Paris jour- t
"alii pt the 17th, ißih and 19th intt. ;
s The attack wm begun by the Auftrians, oh the I
29th ult. who, -33 Buonaparje acknowledges, were j
! victorious for the firft three days. But we have |
more accurate accounts djan those of the French
general, of the movements of the forces under ge 1
Herat Wormfer, contained in a letter from thru ge- i
neral ly'mfeif, the contents of which were forward-*'
ed'to government from Vienna, by fir Morton E- 1
den, whose dispatches were received on Saturday. I
This letter is liatcd from Valeggio, on the 2d 1
inft. at which time the Auftriai#, who had previ- ;
oufly compelled the French to raise the Regs of
Mantua, and to retreat beyond the Po, were pro
ceeding to cross the Mincio, in order to j<_in gene 1
ral who wis polled at Brescia, and I
then to pg(h forward to Milan. General Metza- 1
roshad received orders to cross the Po, at Borgp
forte, whilr general Lauet was to repair to Mantua, ;
to give the neccflary for repairing the (
fortifications, and, at the fame time to make pre* 1
parations for besieging the important fortrefi »f I
Alexandria and Tor tona. I
The French hid left before Mant*a oni hun- |
dred and forty pieces of cannnn, and a vast quan
tity of ammvinition. Their loss ia the adtions ,
which preceded their retreat, was very eonfidera
ble, and they pafied the river Po at Borgo-forte
and San Benedotto, in the greatest confufion.
The loss of tbe Auftrians in the different aftioos
is stated to amount to 6000 men killed and wqund
- ed, from 12 to 15,000 prisoners, and 70 field
. pieces. This statement is probably exaggerated.
{ The loss of the French, on which, as usual, they
are totally fileut, must have been very considerable.
: The Paris papers of the 18th and 19th, contain
another Jetter from Buonaparte, dated from his
head-quarters at Verona, on the Bth of Augtifl.
1 By these it appears, that notwithstanding tht total
r defeat which the Auftriaiu, in his preceding let
. tcrs, were Ifated to have fuflained, they still raain
-3 taised their polition in the lines of the Mincio,
t and their commu'iica'ion with the town of Man
a tua. From this pofitiun however they appear to
j have driven on the 6th and 7th inft. when the
1 French advanced to Verona, and resumed the posi
tion which they had occupied previous to the at
-1 tack of the Auftrians ; while the latter are said to
] have made good their retreat into the Tyrolife.
e These journals alfia contain some farther accounts
s from Germany. By a letter from Kleber (of jive
; sth of Augu(t) it appears that the French did
not take poiTefiion of the city of B imberg with
out opposition. A desperate aftiotj took place in
• the llreets of the town, which w.« maintained with
great obditiacy, on both fides, though tin; French
were ultimtitely victorious.
A letter from general Marceau, dated from Wif-
J baden, on the 3 lit ult. gives an imperfect account
of a sally made'by part of the garrison of Mentz,
on the 29th, which appears to have b«en attended
with some successes at the outset, though the Au
ftrians weire finally obliged to retreat.
On the Bth inft. the advanced polls of the French '
army extended beyond tbe river• Aich : and the '
Auftrians were expe&ed to make good their re- ;
- TUBC to "fttrrcfrtlnii g. —■-—
We are happy te fay, that there doesaiot appear ®
to be the smallest foundation fer the report which '
prevailed in the ciry on Friday, and mentioned in 1
our paper of Saturday, that a French fleet' frots *
Brest had actually put to sea. Certain t it i», that |
no account of any such event has been received at
the admiralty ; nor is it believed, by those who are '
moll competent to judge, that the French can fend f
any fleet to sea from the port of Brest. The ac
counts of the failing of the Dutch fleet from the
Texel, are'alfo supposed to be premature; 1
All the Dutch prifee Ealt-India fhipa are purchased 1
to be employed as ftwrelhips in government service. 1
One of the largest is equipping in the river to car
ry over a breed of live cattle of various kinds to the '
island of Corsica. ' '
The members of the Irish house of commons
hrn-e already begun to canvass their conllituents,
in the expectation of a dissolution of Parliament. 1
I
PARIS, August 10. 1
1 A meflage was yellerday sent by the executive 1
directory to the council of five hundred, to inform
tf;em that Drouet has escaped from the prison of
the abbey ; that his evasion appeared to be the ef
fett of corruption ; that an invertigation had been
fct on foot for the dilcovery of his accomplices }
Si <i that f#om what they had already learnt, it did
not appear that the armed force had taken any part
in that event.
They write from Peterfburgh, that the Ruffian
army, after the capture of Dcrbent, reduced four
provinces of Persia, and took Dofleffioii of Beabe
rabafli, a large and rich commercial city in the Per
sian gulph, where they took an im'menfe booty.
The following is from the " SUN," a London Pa
ps of Augujl 12. .
From the London Gazette—August 20,
Admiralty Office, Augujl 20, 1796.
A letter, of which'the following is a copy, has
been transmitted by Admiral Sir John Jervis, K. B. *
Commander in Chief of his Majeity's (hips and vef
felij in the Meditteranean, to Evan Nepean, Efq-
Secretary of the Admiralty, in his letter, dated on
board his Majesty's ship Vi&orjr, off Toulon, July
18, 1796.
Captain, Porto Ftrrajo,
July, 10, 1796.
Sir,
I have the pleafureto inform you, that the treops
p under the command of Major Duncan, took pos
session of the forts and town of Porto Feirajo this
Bay at ten o'clock.
On my joining the eenvoy from Baflia yefteiday
t morning, Major Duncan having done me the favor
! to come on board, we concerted the moll proper me
thoc ror igeedily executing the viceroy's u;ftru£tions
to the major. t
I The troops were landed last night, about one
mile to the weftvvardof the town, under the direc
tion of captiin Stuart, of the Petterell, and the
Major marched close to the gate of
the weit fide j and at five o'clock this morning, sent
into thp governor, the Viceroy's letter, containing
the terms which would be granted to the town, and
g*ve him two hours for his arifwer. At half pafl
u
five I ciir.t on frier:-, wfier, we rereivrd a jreffage
from the Governor, delirii (} | one hour more t6 con
sult wish the piincipal inhabitants. We took this
opportunity to aflure tire Tuscan inhabitants, that o
they flvjuid receive no irjtsry whatever in their per- f
fors or property, 0
(j Having didered the jhips into the harbor to their
several iUtions before appointed, the major and my- e
felf determined, Htould the terms offered i>e reje&ed,
to inftaitly open the fire on the ships, and to storm
the place ofi every point f om the land and sea.
The hsrtnorty and the good feet- I
ween and navy employed on this occasion, a
will, i trflft, be a farther proof of what iray b6 ef
fe&ed by the hearty co operation of the two £tr
vices,
t cannot conclude without exprefling my ffitlift
approbation of the zeal a:id good conduit of every f
captain, offictr, and man in the squadron j and, alio r
that during the time 1 was neceffatily employed on
ftiore, that av firfi lieutenant, Edward Bifby, com- %
manded the fltup, a>.)d placed her cppofite to the (
grand gatrifon, within half*piftol (hot, and in such 1,
■ a manner as could not have failed, had we opened t
' ourSr<f, to havfe had the greatest effect. , »
I havcthe honor to be,
Sir, with great refpefV,
Your m>ft obedient and faithful servant. f
(Signed) HORATIO NELSON. I
Sir J jhn Jervis, K. B. n
N. B. The .lace mounted with one hundred j '
pieces of caanon, and garrifoued by four hundred j.
regulars, belides militia. ' 4
1 ™ ' """"" t
I GAItTTS OF THE UlflTEJ} STATES MARINE LIST. , l"
- t
I PHILADELPHIA, Oaober io. j
ARRIVED. Day,. e
, Snow Pol.'v, Reilly, Charlcftan .£
Schooner uabella Drifcel, Kingston 2i t
, Siltrs, Jackson, Frederickfburg 4 a
. Sloop M.ria, Kiugj New-York 4
Sail; and Betsey, Lyons, Cenae&icut 3
Mara, Marshall, do. 3
, The fho Eagle failed from Falmouth in'compa- e
ny with a Jeet of 300 fail of merchantmen, bound 1
1 to variousparts of the world.
I'he fhia Sedgely, Hodge, from Peterfburgj and
the Caroliie, Hilton, from Liverpool, are in the ri- n
ver. 0
A largi fleet of vefTcls, said to be npwards of 40 c
fail, were seen Handing in for the Ctpes, among P
them a fhp supposed to be the William Pent).
Arrived at the Fort. p.
Ship Golcen Age, Earlj Kingston, (J.) d
Eagle, Kearny, Falmouth, (Jt.) «
Schooler Dick, Trinidad
Savannah, September 20. "
Arrived the 14th n.ltant. schooner Two Bro a
thers, ciptain Courter, 51 days from Jamaica. —
on thijsoth ult. fell iri with the homeward-bound
English fleet, and on the 25th, there came on a very
" to " " n"' ; ■mi ,j -
hours f. during the gale, the Vigilant, a transport. f
ship, wis caik asvay on the Floiiday keys, and en
lirciy li/jt—rhe officers and crew came paffengeis
with captain Courtur. At the fame time saw ano
ther Ihip on shore, supposed to be the William and ''
Mary, who were in company with them the day \
before—She f >on went to pleceti, and the crew sup- a
posed to be loft. '
Sloop Cluriffa, captain. J«f. Congdon, of New- 1
York, w;k also cist away on the fame key. Cap- 0
tain Courter humanely affiited them in saving a part
of her cargo, which, together with the crew, he
took on boaid,.
A great number of the fleet are supposed to be
101 lon the Florida keys and Bahama islands, as
they were all in company when the gale came on.
Arrived on the 13th inftaut, ; captain
Bordman, 15 days from Cape Nichola Mole, who r
informs, that the news of the d«elaration of war
between England and Spain had arrived there In
cenfcquence of which, all Spatnfh vessels were im
mediately taken, made lawful prizes. '
THE PANTHEON,
And Rtcketts's Amphitheatre, I
For Equestrian and Stage performance*. Corner ef •
| Chefnut and Sixtli streets, will be apened on MON- '
DAY, o>?tober the 10th, with a
Brilliant Display of Scenery, s
1 AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTINGS, »
New lights, and a great variety of , c
SUPERB DECORATIONS.
Mr. RickbVts will endeavor to make the entertain
ments of each evening as agreeable as possible, being re
solved to use his belt exertions to render fatisfaAion to
h's friends and patrons.
0" The doors will open at 6 o'clock—Performance 1
Commences at f —Boxes 7s. 6d.—Pit 3s. 9<J.
Tickets to.be had at the ticket officc of the Pantheon, J
Snd at CKllers's hotel. 1
3 Evenings of Performance to be Monday, Wednef- j
iy, Thurfda/ and Saturday. i
• t 1
No 152. 1
Dijlrid of Pennsylvania, to ivit i '
Bli it remembered, that on the leyenteenth day of Sep- 1
tember, in the twenty- rft year oi the indepeßdence 1
of the United States of America, William Mitchell, of
the laid Jiffriifl, depofitcd ill this office the title of a book t
tlie rifiht whereof he claims as author, in the words fol
lowing-, to wit:
" A new and complete fyltcm of book-keeping, by an
s " improved method of double entry, adapted to retail, do
- " medic and foreign trade ; exhibiting a variety of tranf- 1
s " actions whicn usually occur in business. The whole
" comprised in three lets of books; the hit fct being a copy j
'• of theftcond, according to those systems most generally L
" in use, is given in order to exhibit, by a comparative
r " view, the advantages of Ihe system now laid down. To
- " which is added, a table of tUe duties payable on goods,
g u wares and merchandise imported i&to the' United States
" of America. The whole in dollars and cents.
„ " By William Mittfeeli."
In coaformity to the act of the Congress of the United r
States, intituled," An act for the encouragement of leanr
r ing, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to 1
f the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the
, times therein mtntjoised." f
SAMUEL CALDWELL, elk, dift. c
J Pennsylvania. ii
N. 3 The above Book k now publilbed, and may be
1 had of the Beekfelltrs. QAober 5. , 'law4w
" ..
• y
A GOOD HOUSE,
FOR SALE,
THE fv.hfcriber, intent on moving to tlic country#,
offers for fule, the HOUSE in which he now- resides.—
(ts healthy and beautiful fit*Jit:on,njjpofite if# gardens
of Mr. Bingham, ticedi neither comment or eulogium.
PoflcCjon will be given on or before the 13th of the
enl'uisg month.
THOMAS TINOLY,
No.'iit» South 3d Street.
IJ'e %as alft for Sate,
A final! han3ft>me afiorttnant of work'd and p!ain
INDIA MUSLINS, which he Will dilpr»fe of raafcn^
ablyi d'tf. October 10.
To be fold by Auction,
A Country Seat ami adjoining Grass
Lots,
On the \\t'h Hay cf OS'jber, at I o o'clock, d. M.
THIS pleasant and c®mmo'li«li» House, is lit'tiatcd oL
a 40 ftet public lane, leading frtftn the Ridge or
Wiffahickon Road, between the third and fourth mii*
stone, aerofs ehe canal to a landing oil the river Schuylkill.
It is a two-story brrik House, wuit a large, new,, ilone
Kitchen adjoining: it contains two neat parlours, fori
bed-rooms, and a light dressing closet; over the kitchen
are tvve otter bed-rooms. In front and at the south end
is a new piazza, extending between eighty and ninety
feet, by nine and a half f«et wide: adjoining the Kitchen
is a Puiiip of excellent and never failing water, with a
(lied for wafting ; the whole under an 'agreeable {hade of
large trees. This Situation has been afcertalned to be
more than one hundred and fij » feet in lieighlh, above
the Tiver. At a Convenient diitance it a frame Ceach-
House and Stables, in good order. On the fouth-wcit
fide is an excellent Orchard,,containing about eight acres,
and upwards of oJie hundred and fifty apple and other
fruit trees of the belt kind. On the north-call fide i*t a
field of Clover an 4 Timothy, put in latl Sprinjf, with fc
1 l'pace fenced off for a Garden—the whole containing- b»-
tween seventeen and eighteen acres.
At the fame time and pb.ee will be fold, tha following
Lets, adjoining the premises and each other, viz.
Nos. 1, 2, r, 4 —Four Lots, each measuring in f»ont
cn the Wiffahickon road, about nine perches, by about
Cxty-oac pcrchcs deep, and about twelve perches wide at
the fowh-weft end, each Let containing nearly four
acres—Clover and Timothy put in )*ft year.
No» 5 —Fronting on the above-mentioned lane, con
taining upwards of four acres—Clover and TiDiothy
put in lad year.
Nos. 6, 7 —Also fronting the said forty few lane, and
each containing about seven and a half acres - r Clover and ,
Timothy put ill fact year. '
I No. B—Contains about sixteen acres, ill in Clover >
bounded by the said lane and another lane leading to Jofc
nathan Williams' house: it «an elegant fitiratien, com
manding a view of the neighboring stats on bath fides
of the river. 1 On this Lot is a very large Hay-Houfc»
capable of containing ione hundred and'fifty tons, with a.
pump and yard open to the fouih, calculated to stall-seed
cattle.
A Draft of the whole will be produced at the time of
sale, describing the contents of each Lot, and the con
ditions will then be-declarcd ; a fart wr/jr cf tic payment
will be required, on delivery.
N. B. The above-mentioned line now communicate*
with the path of the canal, which is a good road to tawnr
in all seasons.
For further particulars apply to EDWARD BONSALI#
and Co. in Dock-street.
RICHARD FOOTMAN, Au£ti»acer.
OA. 10-. dtl4.
Pcnnfylvar.ia Diftrift. J JJ'
NOTICE is hereby given, thai pilrfuint ro i writ
to me, directed from the honourable Richard Peters*
Esq. Judge of the Lliltri.fi Court of the United Staves#
in and for the Pcnnfylvania Diltn£, will be Iblcl at
public sale, at the Custom-House ftorps, in Front, below
Wa'nut-ftreet, on Monday the 34th inft. at n o'clock
at noon.
THIRTY BAGSCOFFEEj
The fame hiving been libelled against, profecutfd, and
condemned as forfeited in the said Biflri£t Court.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, MaribaL
Marlhil's Office, Bth of OSlober, J790.
-■. ■ 1
For Boston,
v The Brig Diana>
at Chefnut-ftreet wharf; will fill
in a few days, and take freight on mode
. rate terms—for which, or passage, apply on board, or to
y&feph Anthony & Co.
October ro. d 5
For Sale,
thr brig FAIR AMERICAN
Captaia Richard CAtttr,
AN eiititenew veiTel, and well finiJKed,
0/"VIA-slJy - - I:>uilt at Newb»ry-port, (N- E.) her plank
and timbers white oak : Sails well, and
is completely fitted—her dimensions are j 7 feet keel, llrait
rabbit— ti feet beam-—8 fefit 8 inches hold, and 4 1-7
between decks. She is now discharging spars, near the
Still-howfe wharf, Southwark, and if not disposed of i«
a few dayswill be fold at public Ijile at the City-Tavern,
on the evening sf the 13th inll.—Apply to
ISAAC HARVKY, jun.
S South Water Street.
lothmo, loth; dxw.
' ' For Sale >
: The remarkable fall failing 1
jgySSgig. SCHOONER LIVEL r,
1 now lying at Hamilton's wharf, built in 1794 by Mr
Yard at KeSfington, of jive-oak and red-cedar her di
■ menfions are 6X feet 3 inches length on deck 19 feet' 6
inches breadth, of beam—B feet 4 inches bold and tar/
ries between j and 600 barrels flour.—The Lively being
well known here, any iurther defcription.of her is unue
ceffary—fuffite it to fay, that (he is. not inferior to any
. veflel of her size in any refpeA whatever— For terms ap
, ply to EDWARD DUNANT, '
f No. 149, fotith Front-ftreeti
Who will'have landed on WedneUlay morning next, tronv
on board the BiigaotineLlßEß Rf, Captain
ot faid'wharf. *
, too Hog/heads prime Havanna MalaJfej,
, He has likewiie (or sale,
. A few packages of CALCUTTA GOODS—Confiding of
: l'uog;m Cloths, flumharas, Tickerys. Baftaes, Coffaes,
. Barhar, Pullicat and Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Guienahj,
, black laffaiies, Choppa Romalls, Currahs, Patna Chintzes
. &c. &c. Also,
A quantity of Rhode-lfland CHEESE, Spermaceti CAN.
Df tS, aud a few barrels BEEF.
J October 3. & •
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber intends to make application fsr a re
newal of the following aertificate, to be
loft on the pafl'age to England, in April 1794 :
Certificate No. 1033J, dated 15th November, 1793 v
for 1830 dolhrs and 91 cents—Six per cent. domciUc
debt, »n the basks of the Tttafuryof the Uaittd States,
in the name of the Hon. John Trevor,
. ROBERT BIRD, at John Warder's.
Philadelphia. August 30th, 1796. "trfkffiw/