Xjw ©ajette. * PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER li. The Office of " The Gazette of the United States" is removed to the first three-story brick house in Eleventh, above Arch street, where this paper will continue to be publish ed during the prevailing sickness. i,K?" Subscribers in Germantsivn-and its t' . . .. - vicinity, loill receive their papers from Mr. Kitchen. Those at Frankfcrd, from the Store of John M'Clellen, Esq. PRICE.S'OF STOCKS. Puiladilfhia, August 24. ij;B to 8d Six per Cent. Deferred 6 per Cent. 14J4 Three per Cent. j/3 B-VNK United States, 16 ' North America, 45 to 47 Pennfylvaiiia, 14 Infuranse comp. N.A. (hares 17J + — Pennfyhrania, (hares, % 8 'per Cent Stock—funded—a to a£ percent, idv Do Scrip with the fix Inflslments 1 do. do- Do. the jth and 6th Inftalmcnta ado par. Eaft-lndia Company ot N. A. p*r. Land Warrants, 30 dolls, per ico acres. C.OUkSE OF EXCHANGE On London, ' Jl at 30 days jo at 60 a yo days Amflerdatn, 35 37 a-100 per florin Hamburgh 30 23 a-ioo per Mark Sanco. To Peter Mublenburg, Michael Leib, Samuel Miles, William Penrose, A. y. Dallas, Tench Coxe. , WHEN a man comes forward, un asked, to obtrude his advice on a public and important occasion, \yhere his competence as ■well as motives are doubtful, it is not only right but it is unnecefiary, to scrutinize his general chara&er, his p-.'rfuits, and connec tions, if we wilh to avoid gross and danger ous irrpofitions. If I hear a debauchee recommending tem perance and sobriety, an atheist preaching the duties of religion, or an intriguing of fiie-hunting politician profefllng extraordi- nary zeal for the liberties of his country, 1 immediately fufpedt that he is plotting fomc jjiiiicliief again (I his hearers. Howevei vcr fatile and contradictory the conduA of bad men sometimes is, their objett is uniformly vicious or mercenary. Wf shall, therefore, seldom err much in examining their manoeu vres, either in public or private concerns, if •we bring them to the test of their general chara&er in society. " Men do not gather grapes from thorns, nor fys from thistles." f)n this principle, gentlemen, I will now take the liberty to examine your late add rets to the republicans of Pennsylvania, in which you have undertaken to dirett your fellow citizens,in the choice of a proper perfbn for their (' rft magistrate. Whether the man you have recommended is worthy of the dignified and important trust, or not, I may enquire fyrther hereafter; my present concern is with you only : It is to examine whether your judgment and recommendation are tc, be relied on ; whether you are fufticiently known, or not, to deserve that degree of public confidence, which you have so mo destly courted. I will begin with your name, Mr. Dallas, for though it is not firit on the lift, you are one of the moll aftive, intruded and leading members of the cabal. It is natural, and I will add, grateful in you, if liach a virtue can find a place in your mercenary bosom, to support the faction that made you—that created you out of nothing—or worse than nothing. Nor will I assert that modesty ought to restrain you, who are almost a ft ranger, from giving advice to people whs never requeued it. You doubtless, expe# to be paid for it by somebody; and your present, as well as former, situation and en gagements require a greater degree of ef frontery than common. But when you as sume the important office of a political men tor, " in times unforted" like the present, you have 110 right to expeft the public will be deceived by y?ur pretences, silenced by your audacity, or forget your real history and charafte'r. You may go 011 ftiil to act y»ar part, either 3s a dramatic or political fiction ; tout we will take care to criticize your performance— to enquire what you were before, and what since, you affamed the patriot—and, as we have paid dear enough for our tickets of admiflion, I think you receive about 2000 dollars a-year, "we will excrcifc the right also either to hiss or applaud. Common report fays you were hooted from the Britilh theatre for your clumiy exhibi "ition in the person of Archer, in the Beaux Stratagem. How you came to fail in so natural a chara&er ; or whether, indeed, you left the stage with good or evil fame; or, what ill-omened florm drove you on our shores, is not worth enquiring : Your firft appearance in Philadelphia was in a state of indigence— you met with a generous recep tion ; and a moderate fliare of gratitude would bind you to fludy the welfare of a country, which had been so propitious to your misfortunes, instead of caballing against 1 1) if your mind was capable of approving: 10 jult a fentiinent. Your early services I will pass over in fiience—they were too obscure to deserve a a place in your memoirs, and I will hallen to a more conspicuous epoch—to your ap pearance as secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was very fortunate, Cr, for you, that you landed in Philadel phia, when Thomas Mifflin was governor. You were made for hiin, and ha for you ; and the evil genius of Pennsylvania brought you tsgethe* Under no other fir ft magis trate, that ever presided in this State, or an) other, would you have ril'en, so easily, frow ' rags and infamy, to wealth and a confpicu ous office. But you could not disgrace hi administration. It was no dilhonor to Ton Mifflin to make you secretary of the com monwealth ; or to commit the archjves o the State to an indigent fortune-Huntin| stranger. The more dependent you were the more fit he expedted you would be t< perform the lowed services of a defperati tadtion. "lhis man had pnblii offices on other creatures as vile as youri'elf He had a thief and a pick-pocket Oi the bench of justice in the metropolis f hi still supports a bully, and a murderer, in tlr fame honorable (Nation, in a neighbouring county ; and mod of his official, as well-a convivial favourites have bsen felefted witl the fame happy discrimination. So tha whatever reafoji Pennsylvania has, and (hi really has enough, to'deteft you both, yoi have as little cause to be proud of yourele vation, or your patron, as he has to boafl o his protege. But to do you juflice, you have not dif appointed him, »r his red-cap 'sansculotte. ta£tion. One of your firll memorable adls -after you became his il-cretaiy, Wa» the in llitution of jacobinic clubs, in concert witl <jrcnet, to watch, oppose, and calumniate tin general government. We know this wa: the purpose of those detcftable societies. vVhtn that insolent Frenchman threatenec tp apj>eal frem the fait magistrate of th< Union to the mob, and be was accused o: I the flagitious defijjn by two of the most rc fpeflable cha ratters m America, you fteppec in to aflifl him through his dilemma by ont of your pitiful quibbles; by which yoi alearly evidenced that the honor of a Freud minister was dearer to you than the charac< ter|of General Walliington, or tiiedignit) -oithe United States. This servile aft firfl brought you into favour with the rcprei'ent ative of *.he G;eat Nation; your Panliai grimace, andlubfequent .services confirmee the alliance. . When the British treaty which saved us, at a critical period, fron the hateful embraces of France, was.attackec by her and herpartizans, you harangued tfit 1110b at a town meeting ; you exhausted al your fophiltry in writing, to mislead and in flame the people against it. At the time o: the WesterN iniurreAion, your name is men tior.od by Faucbet, another French eniiffary with distinguished approbation, as a faftiou: inllrument, oil whole services he wou-lc reckon, either to promote peace, or to blov up the flames ef a civil war, if he had ha< a fe V more thousand dollars to dillribute While the profligate republic had minifte: here, you received from tl em an annual f; }i lary, as hercounfel and attorney, and we all know with what diftinguilhed faithfulnefs you I'eived her. I hefe things happened, fir, when her power was the most formidable, her politics the most trear.htrous and hostile to this country and it's independence* In your prpfedional capacity, as an attorney at the bar, you did nothiug criminal in advo tating the cause ot rioters and insurgents ; but why they (hould uniformly kleft you, .is their defender, who was never conspicuous tor your knowledge of th» law, or your ta lent? as an orator, I cannot account for, unlels the culprits discovered foinething in your charafter and sentiments congenial with their own. I'his has been the cafe with many a vile limb of the law, in other places belides Pennsylvania. but I conceive it (hould not recommend to office or public confidence. 11l all this you will plead, perhaps, that | you have aited only in conformity with tin* i principles and commands of the man "who employed and paid you ; that your bread depended on it ; and that you dared not to adt otherwise, l'ilking the lots of your office. Granted ? for I#m very ien lible that, had governor Mifflin dil'approved of ymir cotidudt, he might have finiflied' your career, and sent you back, long ago, to ycur original infignificance. But will this fervilitygivHy.u a right, orapretenee, to didlate to the people of Pennsylvania who Ihall be hi».fucce(Tor 1 Did they ever request your advice whom to set at the head of their affairs,? Is there any part of you motley his tory, that has come to our ears, on which they can prudently found such a confidence ? So for as we are able to judge from what we know of you, it is just the rcverfe. For try own part, I would as foonchoofea horfeon recommendation of a jockey, who was in tiufted in the profits, as choose a governor of Pennfvlvania by your advice. We want a man, fir, to fill this exalted (eat, who is a known enemy to those perni cious speculations in politics, which have caused so much misery to the nations of Eu- rope—a man attached to law, order, and the conflitution of his country—and free from foreign connections, partialities, and preju dices. Are you a proper person tobecon fulted on such an important choice, who have beeii the flipendiary of France, and done, as much on all occasions as you dared, to pro mote caballing, riots, and insurrections ? —you, who are alraofl: a stranger among us, and owe the distemper of the times all the little confcquence you poflefs. Are you, really, weak enough to imagine that the good people of Pennsylvania are such dupes as to be Row their confidence on a man of yoar charafter, or to choose their firft ma- giftrate by your recommendation ? No, fir; they have too much penetration to be so ea sily deceived: they fee clearly that you are speculating on their weakness and credulity, and that it is your own interest, and not theirs, that governs you. Beaffured, there fore, whether they eleft the mam whom you recommend, or not, that both parties are equally regardless of your opinion and ad vice, and that they will aft from their own choice, and not ysurs. Before I conclude,give me leave to wifper a l'ccret in your ear, which your sudden ele vation, and your vanity, seem to have con cealed from you. Whatever value you may be tempted to set on your talents for decep tion, or your importance with the public, you only deceive ycurfcif, it you imagine we think you are sincerely attached ts either party. No ! fir ; both parties agree iu this reipeft ; both consider that you are an arro gant, a {Turning foreigner, and watcli you as an firtificial and dangerous charafter. A TRUE AMERICAN: Philadelphia, -jtb Sept. 1799. Mr. Fenno, Inclosed I lend you a letter from the committee of correspondence for Walhing ton county, covering a certificate from a number of the most refpc&able gentlemen in that county, proving Mr. JAMES ROSS of Pittsburgh's atta:hmint to the Christian Religion, in contradi&ion to a falle and scandalous report propogated and isduftrioufly circulated, by the friends to Mr. M Kean's ele&ion, " that Mr. Rofs is an Atheilt, a Deist," &c. I have known Mr. Rofs from his youth, and his father and friends of York connty, where he was born, and a more religious and virtuou* fa mily is not to be produced. In my long acquaintance with him, I have never heard an irreligious or indelicate expreflion from him, and believe him to be a moral, wife and virtuous citizen, a good Christian, and well qualified to fill the important office of Go vernor. LEVI HOLLINGS WORTH Washington, August 28, 1799. Sir, THE committee in this county for pro moting the ele&ion of Mr. Rofs, have learnt where Mr. Rofs is ltfs known than here, cur rency is given by the enemies to his election, (the lame conscientious men who l'upported the election if Mr. JefFerl'on,) to a'report, that Mr. Rofs is a Deist. 1 o prevent the effeft of this report, one of the committee in this town, where Mr. Xofs lived more than ten years, and until about five year* ago, applied to such elders and other perf«ns, noted for their piety and regard tor religion, as have known Mr. Rofs during the whole of this time, and as easily could be applied to, and they chearfully sign ed the enclol'ed certificate. It was regretted that the absence of the Rev. John M'Millan, (who is the minister nearest to this place, is intimately and has been about twenty years well acquainted with Mr. Rofs, and is zeal ous for his election,) and of the other Pref byteria* minrfters in this neighbourhood, who are now fitting in Presbytery, more than iixty miles from this town, prevented the obtaining of their contradiction to this falfe and malicious report. But it was not tho't prudent tor the fake of this, to fuffer the report to gain force, by the delay of another week's poll: especially as thole who have ligned, are dillinguilhed charafters, for good lenfe-, honesty and piety, and refpeftable for their Uations in society. Mr. Allifon is judge ot this county, Mr. Swearenger, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Ritchie are justices of the peace, and-the lad has been a member of af ierobly. Mr. Cott n and Mr. Brice, are county coriiiniffioners, and the lalt has been a member of assembly. Mr. Cunninghai® is a fubflantial mercharft and Mr. Mercer a iubftantial tarnier. 1 hefe gentlemen being all in town at the tims, were readily applied to, and you may be assured, that the certifi cate ot any one of them, is fufficient to out- T ' e '6h tile report. Many more names could have been obtained, butts seek numbers was thought to be giving too much refpeft to the and a feletlion of a lew nnqueftion-, able charadters was thought bell. The pretence of the Rev. John Smith, of Cannonlbuigh, a learned and refpedable Se ceder minister, who, about thrii; years ago, removed to this country from Odtorara, in La Header county, enabled us to procure his certificate also, and upon this we are content to reft the character of Mr. Rofs and of our selves. We could with as much ease have obtaiid ed as positive a denial of all the other mali cious reports Jately propagated agaihft Mr. Kofs, and we do pledge ourfeivejinat they are falfe. But we thought it n«t ojf confe quenie to do 10, as they are, we.truA, ge nerally known to be falfe; and as filch re ports Irom unprincipled and deligrivng men are usually expeAfd oir such occasions. But there are so few means of al'certaining thie credit due to a report of infidelity and a re or religion is ot futth importance in public stations, that we thought it a duty to our fellow citizens to disprove the afpedion of deism. ' > ' I Least, therefore, this aspersion (liquid mis. lead good people, .unacquainted with Mr. Rof», the committee here request that you will publilh, if you thick proper,, these do cuments in the newspapers or in hand bills, as yeu think bed, and in such manoer 1 as you think moftfit. The original of these certificates is in the hands of the committee of Frasklin county. ALEXANDER ADDISON, Cbairmau of the committee of Washington cd. Wajhington, (P.) Aug. 26th 1799. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. WE the Tubfcribers, regular members of sundry Presbyterian congregations in the county of Wafliington, have heard with surprise and regret, that among the many slanderous reports propagated against the refpe&able charafter of James Rofs, Esq. of Pittsburgh, who has been proposed to be chofeu governor of Pennsylvania, one is that he is a D> ijl. We trust that we have a sincere regard for truth and religion, and we feel ourselves bound by the duties we owe to both, To far - .( "X " v . as out" testimony can go to remove from our fellow Citizens, this obftruftion to the free excrcife of our votes in favour of Mr. Rofs. God forbid that we fliould aflift in placing in fuc'* an important a station.a man defeftivp in refpeft for religion. And we but obey the didlates of our own conferences in ma king the following declaration of what we know of Mr. Rois, from our own observa tion asd indubitable information. , Mr. Rofs was born of refpe&able and pious parents, of the Presbyterian churc'i in York county in this state, and received f oiji them a religous education. He is well in ftruded .in the fcri}>tures and the dofitrines of christianity as held by our church ; and we are persuaded believes and refpe&s them. He lived long in this town, and long er in this county, and we have had good opportunities of knowing kirn. Where he has lived, there has not been any minister, and only occasional fiipplies for public worlhip. Bub he has contributed to the support of public worflrp where he liv ed, and attended it regularly and there is nothing known to us to juftify the imputa tion that he is an infidel or deist, and we think this imputation sals? and malicious. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands. Robert Stockton I E,dt " of Washington Joseph Wherry J Congregation. Johnj ohn Cotton 1 Elders of Buffaloe Congre- Jatres Brice J gaticfti. James Mitchell, Elder of Peters Cosgrega. John Mercer ) Elderi of Chartiers James Allifon 5 Congregation. Craig Richie Alexander Cunningham. [ Since I lived iri Washington county, I have had opportunity of conversing and being wel! acquainted with James Rofs.Efq. of Pittlburgh, and of knowing his character from serious and refpeclable peffons well acquainted with his opinions and converfa* lion, and I am well persuaded that he is sin cerely refpedful of the Christian Protestant Religion, and do verily believe that the re port of h's being an infidel or deist is alto gether without foundation. JOHN SMITH, Minijler of AJfociated Congregation Chartiers, NEW-YORK, September 10. FROM A LONBOH PAPER. The London Gazette of July 9, contains, in a letter from Lord Duncan to the Admi ralty, dated on board the Kent, off the Tex el, July 4, the following accounr of the cap ture of twele Dutch vessels in the Wadden, transmitted to his lordlhip by captain Win throp of his Majelly's (hip Circe : Circe, at See, June 29. My Lord, , Having reeeived information, that feve r*l Dutch gun vefles were lying at the back ol the island of Ameland, and Captains Temple aad Boorder, of his Majesty's sloops Jaloufe and I'Elpiegle, having very hand l'omely, volunteered their services to cut them out, I ordered the boats of his Maje sty's ftlipa, Circe, Jaloufe, Pylades, l'Efpie gle, and 1 ifiphone, to proceed under their command on the night of the 27th inft, for j that purpose, and anchored with the ships as ; near the ihore as possible, to give every a Alliance in my power. I am lorry to fay, it now appears, that the gun vessels had previoully fliifted their birth with the ebb-tide and were lying a ground when the boat: got on, at a place where it was impofible to get near them. The officers' and men were therefore ordsred to cut out as many velTels from the Wadden as it might be practicable to bring away ; and I have tlib fatisfactisn to add, they succeeded in getting out twelve, with out a man being killed or wounded, though 1 the enemy annoyed them as much as possi ble from their batteries. Six of the vefll-li have valuable cargoes, and were bound to Amsterdam, the others are in hallalt. This Gaze tte contains the appointment of the right Hon. Gilbert Lord Minto to his Majesty's Envoy extraordinary ;ind Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Vienna. Extract of a letter from an Amir icon gentle man of respectability no~v at Hamburgh, dated July 2, 1799. . " In the opinion of most men of Informa tion and discernment here, the present French government cannot be of long duration. In deed the directory, in a nieffage to the council of 500, speaks a language to this effe<ft, too plain to to? misconstrued. Alter recounting in various refpefts, the disastrous situation of the republic, they copctude ; " In fine, representatives of the people, the directory must inform you and the nation, THAT THE BODY POLITIC IS THREATEN ED WITH TOTAL DISSOLUTION, IF ALL THE SPRINGS OF ITS OR GANIZATION AND MOVEMENTS BE NOT SPEEDILY TEMPERED ANEW." We are allured, from the bell fourees of in telligence, that the greatest discord and divi sion cxifls in the different departments of the government; great diffatisfaftion prevails among the people, and equally so in the ar mies, as is evident from the numerous de flations. The royalists every tthere gather ftrength. It is even said to be common con vention, as well among the in the army, and there with the officers as well ks soldiers, that FRAJ£E MUST HAVE A KING." Extract of aletterfrom a gentleman at Ha lifax, (AT. C.J to his friend in this city, dated August 26. ' " We know, not what to think of the re ports,- announcing the appointment /)f our late governor Davie, to succeed Mr. Hen- 7» as envoy to France. Many people here vere almost ready to believe, that the death >i Mr. Henry was a providential interpo s' placed by the spirit and energy of the Ame ittitude, can make a rctrogade movement, involving so n*any serious consequences ? Various opinions are entertained with re (peft to the acceptance of the appointment, by Mr. Davie: For my own part, I think he will not accept it ; bu: if he does, it is probabx the ojd gentleman will very much admire a winter voyage." ®a?cttc 40aritn itfl; Port of Philadelphia . ARRIVED, Schr. Nancy, Logan, 31 days from Fayal. Lat. 30, 00, N. long. 73, 00, W. spoke ! the (hip Orona, Stiles, from hence to Cape J Francois, all well, out 5 days. Capt. L. came j (hips,, one the Prudence, Mitchell, from Caaiz, the other luppoled to be the Swan* wick, Kirkbridge. Two Schr'9, one of them tl e Fair Ameiicaii, , from St. Tho"- mas's, are below. Ship Swanwick, Kirkbridge, came too at Nevv-Ci(tle yesterday. Brig Weft Point, Ellerfon, from hence, Yeftej-day afternoon arrived the (hip Two ' , to Portsmouth. Also arrived the (hip Sally, in 40 days .from Teneriffe. Reports tha't the French and Spanifli fleets had formed a jundion, and got into Cadiz, where they were block ed in. The Amsterdam Packet, Capt. Crockat arrived at Greenock in 26 days from this port. Owing to the desertion of the persona who attend our boat, and the indifpolition of two hands, we are unable to give far ther particulars this day. - " REPORT Of the Sextons of the different grounds, qf the number of Funerals at their grounds. ■ ! ' 'V. - • -- FOR TH* 2* HOVKt, KHBtNG THIS DAY AT IJ O'CLISCK. S» ' ~y,. •' :,y. ; 5» Names of tbe Burial Grounds. •_ Clirilt Church, St. Peters, St. Pauls, or o o ■& Free Quakers, - o o . - iiaptilt, - O o Univerlaliit, - o O do. MethoiJiit, - ® o {eniifigton, V •* Of these 4 were from the City Hospi tal, and 6 from city and suburbs. The above list comprehends all the.burials from the City and Liberties of every distase. By order of the Bor.rd of Health. WILL iAM ALLEN, Health Officer. CITY HOSPITAL. ADMITTED. 1 Solomon Jones from Shippen street. 1 Rai ney Fuler, 2d below Lombard street. , Margaret M'Clean, from the street. Edward Killin No. 174 South Water street. Ma;y Scott, Mary street between Lombard ! and South ftfeet. Captain Micheal Luke, from a Prussian Gal liott. DIED Jacob Cock ill 3 weeks previous to admission Matthew Divis ill 3 days do. Mary Merickle ill 6 do. with Black vomit John Pilfworth ill i do. Remaining in the Hospital 51, ot whom 25 are convalescents. Interred in the Publk: ground the last 24 hours. >• City and suburbs, 6 City Hofpiial, 4 PETER HELM, Steward. NEW-YORK, September 10. For the Twenty Fcur Hours, ending' last evening, at 8 o'clock, FIFTEEN Deaths were Reported at the Health-office New cases not ascertained. :V- '*" ? • 4»- .' r I .O ' X or'' * , ,»;** "vK 'Wt. ,-V* • w / * ■r- « A-?*'- f 4 ■ > -v* ' W. * j ■r. ■ r ' ■ .* , ,'i J '• ' j / t : rc, -• y s 2 a n 4 - l , *y ** v 6 / *
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