Philadelphia., FRIDAY EVENING, Jolt I, 1796. address* The Volumes of this Gazette are made up half _early the present Number commences the Tenth, which will be completed oa the lall of Decembet Two years and an half have elapsed ftnee the Ga zette of the United States was published daily. The patronage it has receieved-, is equal, it is believed, to that of any othsr daily publication, for the fame 1 period, and merits the Editor's grateful acknow ledgements. Subscribers are continually added to the lift ; and its advertising patrons encreafe 4 they will please :o accept of sincere thanks for their li berality. . A full fapply of new Types is hourly expected When received, the Gazette lhall appear in a new dress. _ , _ . As it is the determination of the Editor to em brace Commercial obje&s more fully than hereto fore, a Price Current will be published weekly ; as correct as the present very fluctuating state of mar kets will admit. Marine information, local and ge netal, will be given extensively. Advertisements will be promptly and conspicuously publilhed, at 50 Cents a square for the firft insertion, ar.d *5 cents for every continuation. Tlie propriety of the addition this day made to the title of the Paper we hope will b«judified by ex perience, in such a proportional participation of the public favor, as exeitions may merit. The price of this Gazette is eight dollars a year. Subfcribera whole paper* are sent per pod are char ged ona dollar yearly in addition for enelofing and dire&ing. Six months fubfeription to be paid in advance. obw. th* milittn of the city and I liberties of Philadelphia arc rrqnefted to meet atthe Statehoufe on Monday next, the 4th July, at 11 o'clock precisely, to proceed from thence t* pay their'compliments to the President of the United -States, and to the governor of the State, on the -aoniverfary of American Independence. JOSIAH HARMAR, Adjutant General. Philadelphia, June 30th, 1796. A report was circulated last evening that the . President of U.S. was arrived in town. This is not true, nor is there any foundation for the re port that he is expected in a few days. And it is difficult o assign any just reafonfor it. As the Hufbandmau said of the Devil who sowed Tares a- Tnong the wheat, it may befaid of thisfetch of a cer tain Junto —■" An Enemy hath donethis." ABSTRACT Of the BILL 'For legulatingth'e conveyance of prii ted votes, pro ceedings in Parliament, and printed news-papers, 'by the.pod, in Great Britain. The preamble recites, that there is reason to he -ttlt'velfiai wiTtrngs OWJ.IL iltljinu. > r -. under theformof news-papers, to the detriment of the revenue, and that from the {great increase of their numbers it has becoirje inipoffiMe to examine them within the space allotted. The bill repeals in consequence all the exifcing privileges of franking news-papers, &c. It enadts, that every person (hall have the pow er of fending newfpapeis, which (hall be dire'&edon the part of the'margin adjoining the title, date and flump, and signed with the nr.me, asd place of a bode of the peifon transmitting the fame. The direction to be repeated 0(1 the cover, which « to be opened at the ends, attd the-.paper to be put into the pott-office, two hours before the-time appoint ed for the departure of the mails. Dealers to be allowed to fend news-papers doty free, on entering into a recognizance, binding each in the Turn of fifty pounds not to inclose any thing ■in writing or cypher his name and residence as a further security, being either written or printed on the cover. The pcrfons employed St the Stamp-Office are en joined to affix the damp adjoininng conveniently to atw-Jote and (iilt of the novsl-^apers. The Post-Master, or his servants, are empowered to examine every news-paper, and to fee that it contains no writing. A penalty of Eve ponnds is imposed on every person so employed, on proof of iheir detaining or injuring the news-papers. Every news-piper -unftampt, or containing any ■writing or cypher, to be charged according to the ■ufualrate of Every dealer trespassing a - gainst this regulation to forfeit his recognizance as above dated; every other perfoas twenty pounds. Letters direffed to memberi of Parliament, at the placc of their residence, to be exempted as here tofore. Nothing in this aftattachesto irwf-paper passing between Great-Britain and Irelanl. BY THIS DAY's MAILS. NEW-YORK, June 3 o. MARINE REGISTER. Arrived at this Pott Brig Patty, Snow, St- Bartholomews 16 John, Webb, Chaiiefton 7 Sloop Mary, , PKlsdelphia 3 Sally, Woodward, Trinidad 25 Capt. Woodward spoke the BritiA frigate Cleo patra, off Block-lfland. The reader will observe in some <f the papers of this city, extracts from a certain Journal of a private Citizen, attempting to prove he Fever of last fommcrto have been taken from vsfrls arriving from the Weft-Indira. Truth is alw.ys a defira ble thing; but error in the present cai is a fatal evil, i: will appear, from papers and documents ©* that fiibjeft now publilhed and publishing, that there is not even a (hadow of gro\ n( l for the opinion, that the difsafe, was introduceiand prop agated by iafettion. On the other hand, it will appear to )e cleerly demonftiattd to have been produced by he pecu liar lcalon, the filth of the city, and the negligence ami irr prudence of tire people. To be 011 our guirj a_;aintt infe&ion, 11 wife anj proper { btlt t« attempt to make the citizens believe the yellow is not and cannot be gener ated in thiscity> is a mod pernicious thing. The fame disease has appeared in this city four or five seasons pad, and will appear whenever the caufis ooncui —to wit, a fufficient degree of heat and a fufficient degree of 6lth. It is of infinite consequence to the health of the city, for the people to know or be eonvinced that the healthinefsof the city depends modly on them feives. If the citizens will not be convinced of this fail, they may be aflured no vigilance of the government or the health officer will prote& them from frequent Epidemics. Yesterday the brig John, Capt. Webb, arrived at this port fromCharlefton. The governor of South Carolina has issued his proclamation, dated June 20, recommending that FRIDAY the Bth July, be set a part as a day of FASTING, HUMILIATION, and PRAY ER, on account of the late diftrefles of that city. BOSTON, June IJ. ARRIVED. January 23, Arrived schooner Lucy, Holmes, St. Pierre, Martinique, ill days. Left Stork from Boston. Spoke a French 20 gun (hip soon aftei failing. Schr. Harriot, Godfrey, Falmouth, Jamaica. Left (loop Peggy, Charleftori, S. C. June 20, 40 leagues fiom Bodon, spoke brig Cyprus, Blake Z days from Boston, for Hamburg. June 24, Brig Capt. Stone of Portland, 24 days from the Havanna. Ship Merchant, of Portland, Captain Fitch Giles 34 days from Kingston, -{Jam.) —Left thsre brig Sally, capt. Stubbs, of Boston, to fail in a few days. Spoke Brig Betsey from Jamaica, for N. Carolina, out 16 days, capt. name Argonat. On Friday, Brig Afteon, capt, Burnham, from Philadelphia. Monday, June 20, off Long-Island, Montok Point, bearing «bout W. by N. was brought to and boarded by the British (hip Afiilt ance of 50guns, who after examining his papt-is and people, informed (he was fr.,m Halifax, on a cruize, to days out ; the night before, took a Da nish brig, bound to New-York, on account of hav ing two different sets of papers on boaid. Two frigates failed from Halifax, in company with the Affidance ; and had parted the next day in a fog> June 21, at 8 a. m. wasbronght to and hoard ed by the Huflar frigate, of 32 guns, who likewife examined his papers and people. The 11 ighy be fore, theyl)oarded a (hip bound to New-York, and took out five of the people who had not got pro teflions. The officers of bo-th fhipi behaved po litely. June 25, Schooner John, capt. Smith, 30 days from Dcmarara. Left there, Ship Commerce, Cow ell, of Boft-on ■; brig , Geyer, of do ;fchoon er , Eathearn,-of do 4 fchr. Nancy, Derby, of do - ; ship Hannah, Wait, of do ; capt. Laugh ton, in a (hip from Charleftown ; capt. Lincoln, of jfJkarl*Ann U ■■* ' /vf Baltimore. Same day arrived, fdtr. Sculplon, capt. Carter, from the Havanna. Same dty arrived, brig Fox, capt. Hurley, 13 days from Guadaloupe. Left at Petit-Canal, eppt Wyatt, of Newbury-Port, and capt. Cole of Bos ton. Ship Zabiah, Burgess, failed in company with capt. H. for Boston. Provisions at Guadaloupe plenty sndclveap. [authentic] Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Tefpeftabi lity belonging to this town, now in Paris, dated A pril •!. •*' Wonderful to relate, you may purchhfe bills in Paris on any part of the world (where exchange is negociatcd) from 7to 18 percent, difcourft. I (hall leave you toguefshowii happens, that in this time of dijlrcfs, France has the exchang-ew Irer fa vor againil every power in the world ; ami telling the neutral powns (he can do without them—pro visions are cheaper in any part of France, but espe cially in Paris, than in any other part of Europe. They are indeed ■' a wonderful people"—can do perfeflly well without the Test of the world—have proved they can live without foreign trade—and ap pear as proud of the discovery, as a boy who has solved a difficwlt problem." £ojlon Chronicle. SALEM, June 24, Capt. Samuel Lambert, in the brig Hope, ar rived lad night from the Isle of France, in 85 days —May to, at tlie Me of Ascension, spoke the (hip Hamilton, from Bengal for Bodon. The Belifarius of this port, George Crowninfliield, com mander, may be expe&ed from the Isle of Bourdon every day. Capt. Hardy Ropes, arrived yesterday from St. Domingo, spoke on the 15th inft. schooner Polly, of Charleston, from Atix-Cayes, then bound to Bermuda, (having been captured by the Spencer (loop of war") for adjudication. Capt. John Foster, ariived on Wednesday from Baltimore. On his passage, was boarded by a : Bermudian privateer, detained <6 hours, and then permitted to proceed. An En li(h (hip is cruising between Gay Head and Block-lilland. Capt. Hardy Rapes arrived yesterday in 19 days from the port of St. Domingo, (in the Spanish part of thelfland of the fame name) fays he heard nothing of any fleet having arrived in any port of that Island—He saw a frigate going in as he came out, but could not tell of what nation she was. Liverpool Pritcs 'Current—April 29. Wheat 10 to i ts. perbufhelof 7olbs.wt» Flour 35 to 40s. per barrel—dull sale. Indian corn 3s. 6d alk'd, but no buyers. Barley 2s. 6d to 3s. pei bushel—vast quantities at market. iDiJlrifl of Salem and Beverly. Arrived, June tß—24. Brig Hope, Lambert, Isle of France Schr. Betsey, Ropes, St..Domingo Betsey, Townfendi Anx Cayes An Englilh (liip is cruising between Gay-head and Block- Iflaud. 1 DjtriH of Providence—.June 24. jwarto. Sloop Lucy, H'allct, Bolton Rebecca, Hicks, Warren Hancock, D.ivis, New-York Lark, Godfrey, ditto. Aurora, Jackson, St. Croix Hiram, Earl, Charleston. ' PORTSMOUTH, June 23. . We are authorized to inform the electors of New- Ham pfh ire, that the Hon. John S. Sherburne, Esq. declints being considered as a candidate at the approaching ele&ion of members to represent this state in Congress. Rep»rt also fays, that the Hon. Mr. -Oilman, another of the present members, will'likewife de- ' cline. In the courlcof three days, the last week, there 1 were brought into this '.arbor (by veflels belonging to this and the neighboring towns) Ten Thoufend Quintals of Filh ! and all flaked in good order. COOPERSTOWN, June 23. 1 On Saturday last, towards evening, information ! was received that the hon. Wm. Cooper was on his way to this placc i immediately an escort left the village on horseback, to attend him tp his home— • When his carriage had pafied the bridge, he was welcomed by a double row of citizcns, who teftifi ed their joy on his arrival by three cheers. Never was a cliara&er received with a more cordial wel- « come ; all ranks of people united in manifefting their approbation of his condutt, thro' a long, an ' arduous and an important session. in the evening ' the judge very obligingly attended his fellow citt sens, convened at Huntington's inn, and in a con tife and ermprehenlive manner recited the moll im- ; portarit events Of the session. During his entrance , into Ceoperilown, 16 cannon were fired, and eve- , ry appearance of pleafute and fatisfa&ion was ex- 1 hibiied. 1 The citizens of Cherry Valley addrcfled liim, on ■ his pafl'age thro'that town as follows : To tin Hon. Wm't Cooper. 1 Sir, ImprcfFed with a high opiniwn ot your exeTtions of your firm and decided conduct, dilring the im portant qucftion which has agitated the public mind'from New Hampshire K> Georgia. it would 4 be unpardonable, in us, not to express o» this oc calion our highest approbation, and wflrmeit grati tude. Permit t.9 to fay, that, in aiqiieftion in which is involved thepeaceand happinefs.a'*not the vefy existence of our government, all former dillinciions give place, and private or peifonal considerations: . cease to operate. JOSEPH WHITE. RICHD. EDWARDS. InTjehalf of the inhabitatus of Cherry Valley. June i-S. J 1 R E PL V. Gentlemen, The mode in which you bsve exprefied your ap p&ttsKjsLsx jkjsSSJHBSS 1 •Gty part of the United States, is highly pleasing to me—and much move so coming fiom the iahabi-, tants oif Cherry Valley ; as it prefentt to my mind two very defirablc objects ; the-form the argument aifamed -in Congress and the final event, will it fecßis, have n teii3eney to cause a general unanim ity of Sentiments among the inhabitants of your flourifliing town, in favor of vhe general govern ment. And, that my exertions are the cause of cx tinguifliing former diflentions amoivg us, affords to me a confoiaiion that -is better felt than expreflcd. WM, -COOPER. To joseph White, Richard Edwards, and other inhabitants of Cherry Valley. E~xtra& of a letter from the surgeon attending the child of Mr. Chamberlain, whole cafe was men tioned in our lad, " Dear Sir, ■*' 1 have the happinefs'to inform yon, that Mr. Chamberlain's foil, our patient, is in a likely way to recover; the wound digests kindly, no inflamma tory symptoms appear, his fever has subsided, his appetite is good, and nothing new appears in the way of his recovery. I am your fwcere friend, DAN. FOOT, Dated at Mr. Chamberlain's, June 19. Dr. Joseph White. CHARLESTON, June 22. In the great >fire of January 15, 1778, the follow ing lift of houfeit were conformed viz. Currency. East Bay, D. Houses, 56 Valuedat ,£. 177,425 Broad (Ireet, do. 28 72,700 Elliot-street, do. 51 89,900 Bedoti's alley, do. 13 28,753 Church-Street, do. tj 25,100 Tiadd-flreet, do. 34 73.100 Uunion street, do. 32 30,760 , Chalmer's alley, do. 9 9>s°° Unity alley, do. 8 8,500 1 Qijecn-ftreet, do. 2 8,000 | Exclusive of kitchens, &c. 252 £•s°'/ >^55 In the yesr 1776, alltUe dwelling houses withifl . Boundary street, amounted to 1434* a °d were valu , ed at 2,523,5251. currency. The late •fires are computed to have consumed, p in houffs end property, nearly 500,0001. llerling. Yefltrday arrived fchr. Either, Wells, Savannah, 1 day; sloop Fortune, Johnson, Savannah, I day. TheSpanifh brig Yorick anchored at Fort John r fton ye!lerday,in 8 days irom the Havannah. June 20. Yeftrrday arrived the brig Principe de la Pa% v capt. Euflamante, from Havannah, 9 days ; ship Ophir, Stevens, St. Thomas's 9 days. A Post-Chaise wanted. , WANTED immediately to purchase, a (econd-hand Post-Chaise, with Harness for 2 Horses aud Biafs furniture. 1 It must be in good condition. 1 July 1. ■ Enquire at Ko. 73 South Front Street. Philadelphia, July 1. The United States' brig Sophia, failed a feur days ago irom this port for Europe.—She is to touch at L!fb >n, sot a short time, and from tlvfnre proceed to Algiers. We learn that the Jsophia has on hoard the means of fulfiling the terms of oi.r Treaty with the Dey and Regency of Algiers, for which purpole (he was difpatclied by the executive with Capt. O'Brien on hoard. arrivals at twjs port. 'Days. Brig Amiable, Paul, Hav.-.nna 13 Anna, Maffet, Gonaivei 13 Sloop JLauranla, Stewart, St. Croix 11 • Capt. Paul a few days before he made tlve Capes spoke the Danish brig Den Nye Prove, capt. Han fen from this port to Hamburgh, out 2 days. A febooner from Port-au-Prince is arrived at the Fort. Ship Old Tom, Duplex, an.! the schooner Eet fey, M'Cullough, both from this Port arc arrived at KingttoH. CLE/, RED. Ship Four Friends, Smith, Hambtirg Brig Theodofia, VaeGtie, St. Thomas's Sally, Bradford, Wafhingtonf N! C'.) Polly & Betsey, Shaw, Nixontt' 1 Schr. Conception, Borniel, St. Aii'jiitli • Mary-.ann, Swail, 4.; Schr.Hannah, Phippen, Hifpani. !a Sloop Wealthy, Bray, St. John's (N. B.) STOCKS, SfxperOnt. ------- - 17/6 Three per Cent . ------ - io/6 ( o jt per Cent. - - - -- - -- ( J 4i per Cent. - -- -- -- -- T4/4 J £ Deferred Six per Cent. - - - - 15/7 to 3 BANK United Sttites, - - - - 17 pr. ccnt. Ptmnfylvariia, ----- 30 ■ North "Liner ica, - - - - 48 to 50 Insurance Comp. North-Amerioa, 55 ———Pennsylvania, 12 Exchange, at 60 days, - - -r6jtei66 2-3 At a meeting of the undernamed judges cf the •court of common pleas, juflices of the peiice, and prothonotary bfthe county of Northamptnn, in the state of Pennsylvania, convened at Bethlehem in the said county, on the nth June, 1796, 111 con sequence of a circular letter -of the 57th May last, from his excellency governor MilHin, on the ftib jeft of iutrufions 011 land within the territorial boundaries of this kate, by reje&ed Connedticut claimants, Present, Peter Rhoads, William Henry, and Robert Trail, Efqrs. JKidges, See. George Breenig, Nicho las Kern, John Starberd, Philip Riggs, Joh« Serfafs, Jonas Hatzell, Isaac Shymer, Abraham Levan, William Latimore, Joh>r Shaw, Henry Cooper, John Thymer, Jacob ICuntz, Jacob Horn er, Joseph Horfefield, and HenrySpieing, Efqrs. » "• tary See, The said Peter Rhoads wa? nnanimoufly chosen chairman, and the said Henry Spreing secretary of the meeting : And on mdtion of Mr. Trail, the letter aforefaid was read by the secretary. it was Hated to the meeting, by William Craig, Esq. that in travelling through the northern parts of this county, and within the jurrfdi&ion of the fame, heheard of a Mr. Stanton, that divers per sons had been surveying lands" under the Connc£tf cut claim within the said nojthenr parts of the said county, Wiirrerrpon on motion of Mr. Henry, it was rtfolved, that the chairman be requested, on the oath of the said William Craig, to the ci.cum ftritiees, to ifiue his precept to bring she said Stan on,and fitch other persons as may be able to give information on the fubjefi, before him, or some, other magistrate of the county aforefaid, to be ex amined in the premffes and dealt with according to law. On motion of Mr. Trail, it was resolved that a committee of two of the magistrates be nam ed, who (hall make it their particolar business to go to the northern boundaries of this county, or other wise inform tlTeltifelvcs of any intriffiong on the lands within the commonwealth by Conncdicut claimants ; and that the chairman name the said committee : Whereupon the said chairman named Nicholas Kern, and Jonas Hartzell, Efqrs. the committee aforefaid, who were agreed to. And on motion, it was further resolved, that the fheriff of the county be requested to attend the said committee, or furnifh an officer for the purpose of executing any process that may be issued on the oocafion. Resolved that the proceedings of this meeting, "be signed by the chairman, attested by ' the secretary and tranfroitted by them to his excel ' lency the governor of the commonwealth of Penn sylvania. 1 (Signed) PETER RHOADS. | Attest, H, SPERtNG, Secretary. Bethlehem, June 14, 1796. ' Hi 9 Excellency Governor Mifflin ; SIR, We have it in charge to tranfmrt to your excel lency the enclosed proceedings of a meeting of a number of the public officers of the county of Northampton, in consequence of your, circular let ' ter <if the 27th May last, on the fubjeft of intrus ions by GonneSicut claimaints on the territory of Pennsylvania. ' Permit us to afTnre you, that there is a firm dff pofition in the officers who composed that meeting to afTert and maintain the authorities of the com monwealth according to their flations ; that all legal ways and means will be pursued in fcringinu v tojuftice those who have or may invade, or violate the fame ; and that any information which can be . collected relative to any unlawful intrusions, will be readily communicated to you. We have the honor to be. Sir, 1 With due refpedt, Your Excellency's molt obt. servants. (Signed) PETER RHOADS, HENRY SPERING.
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