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NEW-YORK, July i. 1
CHARLESTON, June 22. 1
CIRCULAR LETTER agreed upon by the *
citizens of Charleston, June 19. ,
Friends and Fellow Citizen r, j_
United co you by the endearing ties of private
friendlhip, and a common citizenship, vise feel our- | £
selves encou'aged to apply to you for aid in the
work ot benevolence, imposed upon us by the defo- f
latingfire, which has recently ruined a fair portian g
of our city. I t
Scarcely liad we recovered from the confufian
and distress arillng from ttie fire, which laid wa!te
the upper part of the city —scarcely had we enjoyed
the melanCholy x pleafure of diflributing the fruits of
the benevolence of the citizens, to the amouut of
10,000 dollar#, amongst the sons and daughters of
affli&ion, than we are agin aflailcd by a heavier ca
lamity. A fire more rapid, extensive, devouring rl
and irrefiltable than any we have experienced for
nearly twenty years, sweeps off a great part of the tt
city, deflroying houses, forniture, and goods, to
an immense amount, and reducing many indulirious
families to famine and to ruin.
Time has not yet allowed us to calculate the ex-
tent of the loss, but a partial view exhibits the mi- "
ferable picture of 300 houses reduced to aflies,
and of4oo families driven for fh«lter into the hou- n
fes of their friends—into the buildings appropriated P
to the comfort of the poor, of the orphan, and olf a
the helplefis—which being inefficient to afford
(helter, some of the unfortunate vidtiifts have been 1
obliged to convert the House of God <into the a- ®
bode of man, and to take refuge at the altar# P
Many are reduced from affluence to beggary— R
almotl all who have been burnt out have fullaiied n
great losses, and are placed in circumstances which 1
call for immediate relief. "
Every exertion is making by the citizens of the
town to alleviate the miseries of these unfortunate *'
fellow creatures. Every heart feels for their dif- *
trclTcs. Every hand is open for their relief. Much i
has been done and more will certainly be done—but ll
much remains for the exercise of the friendly affec- T'
tions. The resources of the inhabitapts of the city 1!
already exhausted by the almofl continued draughts
made upon them, by the unfortunate of oui own, as
well as of foreign coun ties, are inadequate to meet
the exigence of the present eiiormous evil. n
Where can we turn for assistance so natwally, or l '
we trull so efficacioufly, as to our friends and bre- P
thren of the country, whose interefl and whose as-
feftions are bou.id up with ours, and who fhsre in 1!
our prosperity, and in ouradverfity—we are com-, "
manded by the voice of this community, to rmke P
the appeal to the feelings of -our fellow citizens in
the country; and we make the appeal in the cotifi- 1,1
dense that it will be effectual ; and that they will "
readily seize the occasion of co-ope r ating with lis, "
in ths great duties offeeding the hungry, cloathing
thp naked, fhehering the houseless, and eomfortiiig
■the afflidted. ®
John Matthews, Chairman-; Charles Cotefwott'n
Pinckney, William Washington, David Ramiay, P
Burke, John Huger, Robert Smi:h. H. ?
W De&fFtire, James Ladt.in, John Bull, ! i *
Holmes, William Someffall, John B Holmes, A
dam Tunno, ,'Keating Simons, Daniel Caiir,.><r
Win, Johnson, Yen. William CraftS, J. S. Crips ;
Richard Furman, Thomas Waties, Nathaniel Kuf
ifell, Anthony Toomet, John Blake, William Mat
{hall, John Champrays, Thomas Lee. i
Charlellon, June 18, 1796.
[Gffl. Finekney's draught of a petitian.~\ .
To the honorable the Speaker and the other Mem
bers of the House of Representatives of the [
.V State of.South-Carolina.
The Memoiial and Petition of the citizen* of' f
Charlellon, i
Refpeftfully fheweth, • ' r
That a confjderable part of their city has been- r
lately tedueed to ashes by two dreadful and deftruc-
Vive fires. j
That the frequency of fires, and the extent of t
their devaluation in this city, has been chiefly occa-' t
fioned by many of the houses having been built v
with wood, and by mote having been covered with t
Ihingles. ]
1 hat the building and covering houses in this c
manner, not only endangers the prope ty of the e
proprietors of them, but renders insecure the hou- 1
fes of other citizens in their vicinity, built of brick c
or Hone, and covered with slate or tile. t
T hat thrfe fires do not only oecafion great loss <
and damage to those whose properties are immedi- t
ately cohfumed, but the injury sustained extends r
widely, and involves many others in the ruinous con
fequeuces ; they even cause a diminution ot the t
public revenue, as vacant lots pay a much less tax 1
to the slate and city, than lots improved. 1
That as it is contrary to the social compact for 1
any person to make fitch ufeof his property as will 1
be to his neighbour, and as your petition- 1
-ers are thoroughly convinced, by fad experience, of ]
the pernicious consequences of their building with i
wood or coveting with shingles, they most earnestly
request yon to ordain, that the outfiJe of all buil
dings,hereafter to be erected in the city of Charles- 1
ton, or within half a mile thereof, be henceforth
built ofbrick, (tone, tabey, or fon»e other in combus
tible material, with party walls of the fame ; and that
ah buildings which shall hereafter he covered within
the abova limits, be henceforth covered with either
ilate, tile, ftone,brick, tabey,or some other in com
bullible materia!; and that you will make such fur
ther provision, as to your wisdom (hall seem meet
to prevent, as far as human care and forefight can
prevent, the repetition of the dreadful calamities
they have fuftered.
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FORT OF BALTIMORE,
June 28.
ARRIVED.
Ship Active, Jenny, St. Übes
Brig Mentor, Feelenborg, Bremen.
CLEARED.
Ship Diana, Dtfhon, Martinique
Harmony, Robinson, Ditto
Brig Mentor left at Bremen brig of Cli 1*- si
! J tnn. The Anthony iiangitf, apjvej there live , fc
2 tit of April, in 60 days from Baltimore. Lat. 1 e
74, 46, lonp. 21, 14, spoke (hip Pacific, of a
Chaileiton, fn>m Surinam, bound to Amllerdam. c
Lit. 63, 6, long. 57, 32, spoke brig L.idy Eli
zabeth, from Charlellon to Hamburgh, 14 days
out, all well. Lat. 72, 43, spoke bng New Proof,
(Nye Prove) Peter Hanfen, from Philadelphia to
Hamburgh, 4 days out.
Capt. Reeves, of tke brig Paddy, from Jeremie, (
left at that port, snow John & Joseph, and brig
Thetis,of Baltimore to fail the next day ; fchooti- t (
er Trent, Jewel, to fail in 8 days, and schooner tl
Betsey, Story, of ditto, to fail in 3 days for Chsr- J
lefton. ' j- (
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Foreiga Intelligence. tl
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Dublin, April 16. n
REEPF OF THE SESSION OF-PitRJ-'IAMENT. n
Yesterday the session dosed - ; it may be ufetnt-To—'
review it. t<
The opening oti the part of, government was 'I
moderate confiftrnt and firm ; on the part ef oppo- v
fition, insidious and malignant. a
Administration recommends an attention to the e
state of provisions, the restoration of internal tran • a
quillity, and the moll vigorons means of profecut- b
ing the War, if peace could not be obtained.
Pledged on the war, oppofitian acquiesce-; oti the w
meafuic offecttrity, they attempt todelude the p;o- d
pie by unm»aning inquiry into the Ilate of the poor; si
and as to internal tranquility, they make aft effort
to decry the means of preserving it, and to cerffure S
the per sons who had been molt adtive in suppres
sing They fnrther endeavor to im- h
put-e to government a design of introducing religi-. tl
gious per'fecution 4 and try the temper of parlia- «
merit on the exploded principle of introducing Bri- si
tifh party as the engine of Irish opposition. The h
druggies of la ft session are attempted to be revived
—the authors of the renunciation aft are reprefen- -e
ted as the enemies of Trilh Indeprndenre 4 Mr.
Fox i» held up at a Comet, id whom Ireland is to t'
jbe the the Briffotint experiment of appealing ii
to the people againfl the government of England, is t
revived; and the sedition of Francis [treet Chapel, h
! is repeated in the senate with all the aifeftation ef o
fludied plagiarism. si
The country gentlemen of Ireland were not to o
be enraptured by their language ; neither sedition p
nor difaffeftion, nor British party, were lures to
their underflanding: they thought their livr-s,their
properties, the constitution, their country in
danger ; they felt that the adminiltrarion was act
ing sincerely and hotielliy for theii preservation, v
( and they refufed to be the dupes of disappointed '
party. P
Oppofition,hnding no support, and that every at- 0
to gain strength disclosed increasing weak- e
ness, soon relaxed their efforts, and funk 'by degrees
into a faint approbation, or faint abuse, of the mea
sures of government.
Lad year the magnitude of the supply had been
extolled and le great eft effort of
Ireland, -nd ly - tii.'.tc -o the unexampled
popula.ity r ■ Hiof the day: this
'e has been car
. ;e* v. but -~-ithiiUt sny parade.—
' in » two icjih is this—that the
ame fos-v - » was lalt year p <*ii' d'by a loan
' if 5 'I. us the cur re at icrvice, is this year
uppoijed by a loan of 700,000!. only. Such has
been the economy of government, that a faring of
joo.oool. has been brought to the public credit.
A judicious floppage of the expert of grain, en
fured plenty to the people, and a wife invefligation
diflipated alarm. The price of corn through
out Europe had encouraged a great fpectvlation in •
Ireland corn was bought up in great quantities for
export, and hence the temporary high price : but
speculation has ovei'fhdt its mark ; corn is falling t
in England ; the profpeftof the next harvefl is pro t
mifing ; of course adventure will soon cease, and f
reasonable and cheap prices will return.
No parliamentary measure has been taken for the 'si
poor : mod .wifely—for no parliamentary measure f
can serve them. When government proclaims that c
the kingdom increases in prosperity year after year, 1
whether in war or peace, it follows of ccturfe that t
the situation of the poor mult be daily meliorating , t
Prosperity arises from an increased supply of pro {
duce and manufactures % but thefeare the result of I
employment and induflry the poor -can only be
benefited by employment and industry. If then the
country .gradually prospers, it is a sure ted that in'
dullry and employment are increasing, and confe- 1
quently that the poor ate better supported ; for as 1
there is more demand for labor, the price of labor >
rife* with the demand.
With regard to the diilurbanees of the kingdom, <
the conduct of the government has been niafl judi- «
cious; it has avoided committees of inqniry, from- : 1
unwillingness to produce materials which might 1
llamp either disgrace or suspicion on persons or par- ' <
ties, where convicting evidences could not be always ;
fubflantiated : it has relied more properly on the
public notoriety and the public feeling. In apply- 1
ing the remedy to diilurbanees, its policy has been
preventative and not vindrftive : it has aimed itfelf
with the greatell powers, but confined the right of
exercising them to the dillurbed diflrifis alone. .
The infurrcftion law is the policy of the day 5
the operation ofthe civil bill jtirifdiftion is a mea
sure of perpetual efficacy. The government of
Lord Weftmoreiand had much merit in placing the
most efficient characters on the bench ; the present
government has ensured the continuation of that
wife policy, by increasing the fahry of the judges,
so that even the place of a puisne judge will now be
1 an object to men of leading business in the hall.—
i This is, however, a measure in which I ihink go
vernment is peculiarly felf interefled ; for if any 1
thing more than another can attach them to the j
constitution of their country, it is the confidence 1
that jufiice at all times will be ably and impertially !
adminiflered. A bad judge is of more disservice
i to government than the most furious opposition.
. In increasing the salary of the judges, a wife provi
sion is introduced to fecurt their going circuit ; the
; defalcation from their salary is made so great as to
> b« an efFectual counterpoifi: to indolence; the as
r. j. fi/.e-i A'lll be tefpe&aK!«; for the biiinefs of civ!' ?
us j bills being removed, thejudges will hive Itifure to' tl
t. ; complete tlie business of their circuis creditably. 01
>f and they will no longer be crowded aid tumultu- fe
l. ous. ti
s LONDON, Apil 27. 11.
f > {HOUSE of COMMONS. ei
0 April 26. P 1
Tlte house resolved itfelf into a committee of
-> the whole hpufe, on the slave carrying bjl.
S Mr. Wilberforce said, that what he now meant "
'* to propose went merely to make some alteration in
r the number of ilaves that were to he carried, in or- ®
der to prepare the islands for abolition, which was e
so great an object with many. He wilhed to render]
the (laves somewhat dearer, in order to encourage
the good treatment of them, and to prevent ,e
new settlements of them being formed. By this m
means a total ahoKtion might be effe&ed in the mm- _
• nrr moft-Jgtired by in u>c uuur..
_Jscfherefore would move that the number of slaves
to a ton Ihould be limited to one for every ton, when
.5 the tonnage of the ship was zoo, and four for ea r
). very five tons above that quantity of tonnage.—
and likewfe that no more (hips (hould tie allowed to
e ei»ter into tiie trade tlian those now engaged in it ; ' e
i. and he proposed that the blanks in the bill should T<
be filled up with that proportion. as
A long and desultory conversation erifued, in
e which Mr. Jenkinfon, General Tarleton, Mr. Dun* ' c
1- das,' Mr. Baitman, General Smith and Lord Shef
• field spoke against the motion. l '
t Mr. Ryder, Mr.-Francis, Mr. Pitt, Mr.
e Smiih spoke 111 its fufport. 01
f. Mr. Wilberforce, howeverconfented to withdraw «
t- his motion, as it feenvd to be the general delire of
i- the house to enquire into the degree of mortality
1- which the present mode of importing slaves occafi
i- fions, and to grant fach accommodations as their
e health requited.
d The house being retained,jMr. Hobart report- S
. <d progress and alked leave to lit again.
Mr. Rose moved, " That there be laid before S
o the house an account of all the cargoes of negroes S
5 imparted from the coafl of Africa from the year
s 178910 1794 inc'lufive, mentioning the number that
I, have died from rhe time that they were firll taken
>f onboard until their arrival in the Weft Indies j al
so diftinguiflung each year, and the different parts S
o of the coast of Africa from whence they wete im
-11 ported." n
o m iL-r.4,jii_rrr»n
'nr LEXINGTON, May 21.
On Tnefday lait theeleftors for choofingthe Go-
vernor and Senate, assembled at the Capitol in
J Frankfort for that purpole ; and after having ap
pointed their cleric, i*cc. proceeded to the elciSion
t of a Governor, and James Garrard, Esq. was ®
elected. ' _ 1
' The Senators for the different counties are-: 4
For Jefftrfon, A. S. Bullit C
Nelfbn, Wm." M'Clung B
Shelby, David Sandford
){ Hardin, Benjamin Helm
j Logao, James Davis Ii
; s Washington, Matthew Walton
Lincoln, James Knox,
M-.-reer, Robert Mc Iby
Madison, Green Clay
n Clarke, Hubbard Taylor
ir Fayette, John Campbell (
Woodford, Robert Alexander
Tkot, William Henry t]
Bourbon, John Edwards t]
Mason. 4 John Meehir. a
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" 19R THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. u
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>r Mr. fenno, "
it The following paragraphs, translated from the g
g Courier Fruncois, and published in the Aurora of
v this morning, #re strikingly corroborative of the in
d formation contained in the Letter from Cape
Francois, inserted in your Gazette a few days
ie 'since. There are some afTertions contained in -
re these paragraphs which are too gross for the rnoft
jt credulous Gudgeons of a foreign Junto to swallow.
r, It is important however to the oitrca«*ile Intereil
at to know with pre'ifion, on what tooting their
g commerce is hkelv to be placed. As these para
o 1 graphs may afford something Jike a clue to the
of bufinefa, they ought to be extensively known.
3e Yours, C.
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n- Lerters from Charleston inform that British pri
*e- vateers have lately taken and lent into the ports of 1
as his Britannic majesty 16 American vessels from j
or French ports, and among the number the fehooner £
■ Polly belonging to Mr. Trooholm merchant in I
n, 1 Charleston. The pretext under -which rhey now ; I
li- condemn American veffeb is, that every citizen of
n. ! the United States who resides on the French ter- I
ht ritory, is looked upon as a French citizen, and |'
ir- ! consequently t-h'at vessels loaded by such become ]
ys : good prizes.
he We cannot omit remarking that scarcely a day J
v- elapses which is not remarkable by the number of ,
en Ametican vessels taken by the English. They even ]
elf fom-etimes stop vessels bound to neutral and even J
of their own ports. They condemn the cargoes, and
always find a pretext for seizing them with
y ; out indemnifying the owners.
?a- The French, on the contrary, if they stop a few
of vessels carrying pTovifions to their enemies, they 1
he take out those provisions only, pay the market
■nt price for them and rrjleafe the vessels. Proofs of
lat this are found in the accounts given by captains
es, through the medium of the public prints.
be One solitary [reputed] Americsn vessel, the 1
— j Mount Vernon has been taken bound to London ;
;o-1 it is not known wliether Ihe will be condemned,
ny | whether the motives which led to the feizurc of her
he 1 are fo!ld,nor whether (he is really American prop
ice erty. Yet this solitary capture made by tire French
lly cauL's more noise than the 1000 and 7 or 8000
ice seamen by the English. The publio prints
mi. for a fortnight back are filletl with abuse against
vi- the French, and it would seem tliat the insult of
;he fered by this single capture to the Afnerican flag
to is such as to require summary retribution,
as Before Americans complain of the conduct of the
|1 French let tliem put a Sop to English piraciet, let
i>' themcgaftf to render ihemfclvs liable* to be
, on by the French to arrCwer, why tl ev have tacitly
seconded the effort? made b;: the English to over.
turn the French Republis. Am-ricans do not df
ceive yourfclves; it ij not by tending the Repub
lic that you will prove your altarhmmt; it is by
executing with pood faith your Trfaty ; It is by
preventing your Teamen from feiving their enemiet
j- in violation of the laws <as nations and of neutrali
ty. As loujj as you fubimt to the violence of the
( English yon lose all right to kink for jtiltice front
i( France ; you can no longer rerjuiie that flic (hould
consider you as neutrals ; and il they preserve si.
s lence relative to your prtfer.t condtrtsS, it it hecaufe
r | her good faith does not fuffer her to imagine that
you take no flep to cause your neutrsflrry to b«
tefpefled, or that yon tacitly content to lier'ede
mies finding reinforcements in your count*}'.
X- '■ - NASSAU, (N. f.) May 31. . t - . .
1 Yesterday morning came to town, the paflengerj
and crew of the schooner True Blue, belong' ig to
Meflrs. Moss, which failed on Wednesday last for
j Crooked Jfland, and was captured on Friday a few
. leagues to windward of this island, by a F ench pri
vate r schooner, which we are informed, Scls a!fo
as a Guarda Costa for the goverrrmervt of Culm.
1 Of the Bahama cotton planters, thole of the,
. foutliern difti i<£i -of Long Mlaed ai d ofCat 1 fland,
have this year been the-molt fortunate. J< is wor
thy of remark that in Cit.lflind the Geoigia or
Prefiacotton is almost universally planted. In the
other Islands/the Anguilla feed is generally uftd.
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1r Philadelphia, "July 2 '
r ARRIVAL AT THIS PORT.
Days.
- Schr. Lady Linderman, Paul, St, Croix, il
cIeMKO. •
e Ship Criterion, Johnfton, AmHerdam
s Scht. Ceres, Domingo, Curraeoa
r Bo*e Olden, Fort TTmphlii
t Holl, Woodward, Jeremie
n Polly and Nancy, Mackie, Nuv 1 ern
Phoebe, Johnfton, C rrituek
s Sloop Julian, Robefon, Hi fp-\ni .!»
A (hip was seen under wsylielow the Fort tbis
mon ing bound up,—appeared lioht.
The Schooner Commerce, Hawthorn is arrived
at the Fort from Poil-au-Pri.ice.
Letters from London, Hated May 4. were this
day received per post from Baltimore.
n
5 TO C K S.
s Six per Cent. - - - - - - "
Three per Cent. ------ - 10/6 ( 5
per Cent. --- -- ... 16.6 f.j
44 per Cent. - -- -- -- -- 14/4 _) —
Deferred Six per Cent. - - - - IB
BANK United SSj'tes, - - - - 17 pi - cent.
—— Pennsylvania, - - 3 3
North America, - - - - 48 te 50
insurance Comp. North-America, 55
Pennsylvania, II
Exchange, at 60 days, - - - T65 t® 166 2-3
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Urbanna Mill Seats ,
SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on
the river Strfquehanna, about one mile ar.ove tide wa
ter, and commanding the water of that important river,
the channelconducing the trade of which comes so near
the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the-boiitsf
and Mills may be so fituatedas to receive them alnpg their
walls, and bv water lifts take in their cargoes.
There i 3 a power fufficient for many and any kind or
ufeful Water Works, and <0 much may bejullly said in,
commendation of this Scite as wotild b« inconvenient to
insert in a newspaper publication.
Thole who may defipe to be concerned, will probably
- find tl-emfelves well pileafed on viewing the situation.
Leases for any term of years may be obtained o» appli
cation to the fobferiber, living on che premises
,e CLEMENT HOL LTD AY.
, s April 19. lawjm
n —— -1 -
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
ft Books and Stationary,
ir Wholesale and Retail, now opened and for Sale by
WILLIAM TOUNG.
e Book/filer, No. 54, Corner of Second and Cbefnut-fireets.
AMONG which are Fnglish, Latin, and Greek
Classics and Dictionaries, Divinu y, l Law, His
tory, Travels, Voyages, Miscellanies, avd themoft
! esteemed Novels.
' WRI i ING AND PUNTIHG PAPERS,
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i Super-royal do. do. Ditto gilt
in Roy. 1 do. do. BlolTom paper assorted
W i Medium -do. do. Trahfparent folio post
u s ] Demy do. do. 'SuperfiEe and common foolfis.
Glazed and hot-pressed papers.
r " and 4to extra largr post coarse papers.
Thick poll in folio dito'do. London brown, assorted
K j Ditto in 4to. ditto do. Hatters' paper
Folio wove post, lined Stainers' payer
1V Quarto ditto do. Common brown
f Ditto gilt do. Patent ftieathing
Common size folio post Bonnet boards
- 11 Ditto quarto, plain Binders' Boards.
rn Folio and quarto post, jilt,
id Also, a variety of other Stationary /Irliclet, Vix.
}l- Wedgwood and g!a r s philofophieal ink (lands, well assort.
ted ; pewter ink cliefts of various sizes ; round pewter ink
flands j paper, brass, and polilhed leather ink stands for the
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r books. Red and colored wafeis, common tize, bffice ditto»
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Allforts apd fixes of Bunk Btooxs, ready made or madfp
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