f " Front -Kfngfton I proceed to Niagara, in a
'schooner of upwards of one hundred tons burthen
a.-rofs this little sea of frefh water ; a sea it may
jutliy be called, for we arc a great pan of the time
for three days out of fight of the land; though pas
sages have been made in twenty hours ; we enter
the Niagara river between the fort and the town
callcd Newark, with a beautiful profpeft of both.
« The fort (tands in a commanding fituatisn on
a point formed by the jun&ion of the rivar and
lake, upon the east (i Je of the river, and is a regu
Jar fortification, in good repair, and well gartifon
cd.
" The mouth of this river affords a f?fe and
copious harbour, fufficieatly large for half the Bri
tish navy.
" The town of Newark is situated in lat. 43
north, on the weft banks of the river, extending a
long the lake about a mile, enjoying in the summer
the frefh breezes from this little sea, in altnoft eve
ty direiSion, plentifully supplied with fifh at all fca
fon» of the year. In the winter here are caught
by fcins, quantities of white fifh, which seem to be
peculiar to that river, they are generally from two
to fix pounds weight, and are considered the bed
fifh in the lakes; betides these sturgeon, brass, and
many other excellent fifh, are in great plenty ; sal
mon are taken in all the creckcs round the lake ;
these varieties of fifh arc not only eftecmed a luxu
ry, but a great afliftance to new beginners in sup
porting their families, many laying in a half dozen
barrels or more for their winter's use.
" The lower landing or Queenltoa, is about fe
ten miles up the river from Newark, where the
Teffels difchargc their cargoes, and take in furs col
lected from three to one thousand five hundred
■tiles back, there I have seen four vefiels of sixty
and one hundred tons burthen, unloading at the
fame time, and sometimes not left than sixty wag
gons loaded iu a day, which loads they carry ten
miles to the upper landing place or Chipawa creeks,
three miles pad the great falls. From Chipawa
the merchandize is tranfportcd in batteaux to Fort
Erie, a diftancc of eighteen miles and are shipped
there on board of vessels for Detroit and Michili
mackinac. Detroit, I was told was a pleasant coun
try, through a low and marlhy foil, more noted for
its fur trade, than its agriculture.
M Niagara is at present the temporary feat of
government, confiding of a governor, a legislative
conncil, and houfeof aifembly chosen by the peo
ple ; here annually in the month of May, they
meet for the purpose of legislation. Members of
the afTem Jy are chosen sot four years, and havcal
lead fat three sessions.
'« The ftreights of 'Niagara, from its peculiar
ituation, being the channel through which all the
produce of the vafl country above mult pats, is look
ed forward tsMS a place of the firft confluence,
and where a farmer will at all times find a market
for his produce, the transport being easy from
thence to the Atlantic. Here have 1 seen with a
mazrment that famed catataft, which exceeds eve
ry defcriptioii I have ever heard of it, but it would
be idle in me to pretend to give you an idea of it
—It ftriltes the eye with more grandeur and fub
limi y than the jfn can convey. Among many
other natural curiosities, a spring about two miles
above these falls, attracts the attention of the curi
ous } emitting a gas, or inflammable air, which,
when confined in a pipe, and a flame applied to it,
will boil the water of a tea kettle in fifteen minutes :
Whether this may hereafter be applied by machine
ry, to ufefol purposes, time will determine. It was
lately discovered by clearing away and burning the
brush under the bank of the river, to credt a mill,
and was observed after the brush was consumed to
burn for days together, to the great aflonifhment
of the inhabitants.
" About three hundred miles weft of this fort
Detroit fittiate on the east fide of the ftreights, be
tween lake Erie and Huron, around which,a French
fettlemenr was eftabhfhed before the reduction of
the province, but attending more to the Indian
trade than agriculture, made but little progress as
farmers. The English fettlemcnts lately begun on
the shore are already in a high ftatc of cul
tivation, however the French have fine orchards,
from which Niagara is at present supplied with cy
der and apples.
" To the northward of Detroit about three
hundred andfifty miles, lies fort . Michilimackinae,
on aa island between lake Huron and Michigan, is
aboute five miles round, arid an entire bed of grav
el incapable of cultivation, but mod remarkable for
being the general depot and grand rendezvous of
all the Indian trader*, who meet in the month of
June from every quarter, delivering their furs and
receive their outfus for the ensuing year. Spanish
set lemeius many mihsdown the Miflifippi are sup
plied with British goods through this channel, to
mu h greater advantage than from New-Orleans
where the rapids of the oppose almost
Unfurmountablc difficulties t;i ascending it.
" This .fort, the forts of Detroit, Niagara, and
Ofwego, fell within the United States, when the
line* of separation were drawn, at the treaty of
peace, in the year one thousand seven hundred and
eighty three; fort Miami, which was built by the
British lately, is also within those. lines.
' M o ■ *34'
Diftrift of Pennf, Ivanin, to wit.
5 ) 13E it Remembered that on the 23d <iay cf May, in
•13 the year r>t ttie Independence of the Uni ed States
of America, Francis Sha'lluS, the laicl diiirift hath
dcpofitfd.in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof
he claims woprietor iu the words foMowing to wit THE
DISAPPOINTMENT, jor THE FORCfc OF CREDULI
TY, a new Comic :Opera in three aCls, by Andrew Barton,
E'q. ad edition reviled and corrected with large additions by
the author."
" Enchanting g,,ld ! thatdoft confpireto blind,
44 Mans* erring judgment and tnilguide the mind,
14 In search of thee, the wretchcd worldling goes,
u Nor dangers fee s, tho' friends of right oppose."
In conformity the a& of the of the United
States, entitled " An a&ior the encouragement of learning,
by securing the copies of maps.ckarts and books to the authors
and proprietors of such copic? during theUimes therein men
tioned. Samuel Caldwell, Oik. Dift. Penn.
I tic above Opera will be tubUfhci in the a>H r /c of two or three
July 2g ' J J t4 t
WANTED,
A SERVANT GIRL, or a NEGRO BOY in a
■l J- genteei family, who can produce pood recom
mendations,for whom constant employment and gene
ram wages will be giver}. Inquire ®f the printer.
July aa. „ it, .
Philadelphia,
-FRIDAY EVENING, Jolt 21, 1796.
La ft evening were married, by the Rev. Doctor
Andrew«, Mr. IVMiam Harrifun, jun. to Mrs.
Sarah Mi tier.
Extras of a letter, dated New-York, July 10th, 1796
" Reports ire spreading that we have the Yellow Fe
ver amongst us, and I believe we have had" a few in
stances of it, but do not find that it increases yet."
Several other letters from New-York csntain the like
difajreeablc information.
The Star of the ißth of May, the Uteft London pa
per brought by the Manehefter, fays,
" We are informed from very high authority, that
parliament will be prorogued to-morrow, and difiolved
by proclamation on Friday."
t —
The Letter bag of the ship Harriet, capt. Nor
man, for Hamburgh, will be liken from the Poft-of
fice at i o'clock to-morrow evening.
The (hip General Walhiugton, captain Perry, the
(hip Huldy, captain Warner, and the brig Frieudihip,
captain Trott, for Philadelphia, were advirtifed in
Gore's Liverpool Advertiser of May 19. The Huldy
to fail the 30th of May.
The (hip Eliza, captain Benfon, of Baltimore, has
arrived at Liverpool.
Extract of a letter from Madame de la Fayette, to
General Ferrarri, (one of the Emperor's Mi
nisters.)
" I am particularly grateful, for the regret you
express at the impossibility of granting my requests.
I made them 'in the firft instance to the cotnmaiicL
ing officer of Olmuta, because hit Imperial Majesty
had told me to address myfelf to him—l made them
in writing because 1 had no means of feeing him.
" I asked 111. Permission to go to mass, bccaufe
1 ought to do every thing in my power to go to it.
On Sundays and hollidays.
" 2d. To be attended accafionally by a servant,
because having learnt when at Vienna, that M.
Bournorville, Camus, Bancal, and others, Con
ventional prisoners, who had fervanta, enjoyed here
the libetty of feeing them all the day long, I flat
tered myfelf-that the fame favor might be granted
to me for fomc momenta.
" 1 have also asked that M. de Maubourg and
De Puay might pafa some houra with tia, because
in the difjrrent prisons of France, in Robefpierre'a
time (where, aa yeu know, I have 'pasTed sixteen
months) I waa in the habits of feeing the prifonera
communicate with each other.
" 1 beg pardon, for having in thia vefpefl allow
ed my confidence to carry me too far.
" I confeft with great pleasure, that we agreed
to paticipate all the rigours of M. de la Fayette's
prifon,and that this was the only favor wc appli
ed for. Our sentiments aro still the fame, and we
repeat with all our hearts, that we ire happier with
M. de la Fayette, even in thia prison, than wc should
be any where else without him.
" To juftify, however, the liberty I have taken
with you, I will remind you, fir, that his Imperial
Majesty in the audience he war pleafcd to grant me,
had the goodness to fay to me that " 1 should find
M. de la Fayette very well treated, and that if I
had any request to make, I ihould be well fatiafi
cd with the commanding officer."
" I have also the honor of reminding you fir,
that hia Imperial Majesty permitted me to write
dire&ly to himfelf, and toaddrefa my letter to the
Prince of Rofemberg ; and, aa since we have been
shut up, I have been utterly deprived of the means
of writing to the Emperor, or even to Mr. Rofem
berg, I conceived it ray duty to addrefa my te
quefts te you, and beg you will excuse me, if they
have appeared fomewnat exaggerated to you.
ARRITEB AT THIS PORT.
DAYS.
Brig Jane, Lillibridge, Ncw-Orleana >8
Sally, Stubbs, Jamaica 35
Betsey, Holt, Kingilon 25
Sch'r. Sally, Hitchcock, Demcrara 23
Nancy, Town, Jeremie 18
Betsey, Whfte, Virginia 5
— Kitty, Shaw, North-Carolina 6
Sloop Betsey, Colburn, Richmond 12
Mary, L'Hommedicu, New York 13
Arrived at the Fort. -
Ship Sally, Wickes London
Sch'r. Sincerity, Copia Aux-Caycs
Sloop lnduftry, Dillingham, St. Bartholomews.
1 Brig Simons, from St. Jago, (Island of
Cuba) is arrived at the Fort.
A ship, said to be the South Carolina, was in
Cgbtthis evening; (July 21.)
Captain Frost, of ship Molly, 64 days from Li
verpool—spoke 22d June, lat. 42, long. 53, (hip
Fox, Dackray, from Savannah to London, 16 days
out, all well.
25th, lat. 40, long. 62, spoke a fchooncr from
Wifcaffet to Liverpool, 16 days out, name not
known.
July 17, about 10 leagues from Cape Henlopen,
spoke (hip Seaflower, Boland, from Philadelphia to
Havre, with a number of paflengers on board, all
well.
14 PafTengerß came in the Molly-
Ship Success, Babcock, from Bourdeaux to
Philadelphia, was captured on the Btb inft. by the
British frigate La Raifori.
Tbe'orig Twins, Keelerfrom St. Croix is in theri
yer. >
Arrived at St. Thomas's fchooncr Expedition from
Philadelphia.
Capt. Peirce of the schooner Delight from Porto-Ri
co arrived at tile Fort—in lat. 28 was boarded by two
French 84's and a 50 gun (hip from France —they were
fleering N. E. under easy fail.
Scl:»oner Dion, Capt. Doyle for Philadelphia from
Aux-Cayes is taken by the Argonaut and sent forKiagf
ton, Jamaica.
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
BOSTON, July 16.
No particulars of the late engagement heard off
the bay have tranfpiied.—There are three French
frigates on the coast, the Concorde, the Infurgcnt,
and aijoiliyy ,
t< was repo-ted yesterday, but upon no account
able authority, that the Concord French frigate had
captured the Hnffar British frigate. It 13 not im
poffiblc but that the report may be founded on
truth.
Yesterday arrived here the French privateer A
onor de la Patrie, from a cruise. She has sent in a
piize.
. emigrations to the United States increase in
; maugre the {ombre (hades thrown
over her eharafler and prafpefts by the diforgauiz
ing faftiori.
1 FROM ST. VINCENTS, June Is.
ExtraS from a teller.
\t may be interesting to you •to know how
thing! go with the French and Engliih. St. Lu
cia is totally >in pofleffion of the former; they
ftorm{;d tiie forts, and succeeded in carrying them.
Some!negroes, and naturalized French were hang
ed, ajid some brought to this place for the fame
purpdf-. -The commander in chief, Sir Ralph A- j
bercrombie, arrived from thence to this place, seven j
days ago, with part of the forces to retake the |
windward fide of this island from the French and
Charibs, who have had pofleffion, a long time palt.
On the 10th at sunrise, the British commenced
tbeir ajtack with 4,300 men ; at two in the after
noon they stormed and took the old fort, and three
redoubts between It, and the new fort", About
three the firing eeafed ; and a flag of truce from
the French came in.—Finally it was fettled to sur
render all the pofleffions.on the island to the Bri
tish, and the French prisoners to receive the ho
nors of war. Those who were natural fubjefts of
Great Britain, and had.joined the French,' were
to be at the discretion of the commander in chief
—as also those negroes who fled to them. The
Charibs, however, in the night, as well as, the
plantation negroes, got into the woods, and a bo
dy of rangers and riflemen are-after them. On the-,
lith, at 3 o'clock, P. M. the prisoners came in,
and were conveyed on board the different (hips in
the harbour. Such a (habby set I never beheld be
fore. Thejr amounted in all to above 400, out of
whom only five or fix were white men ; the others
were negroes and mulattoes. They were com
manded by a negro, who had a French commission
of Captain, as had also many of the other negroes
and mulattoes. They came into town with their
fide arms, and (omitting the balk of the prison
ers, who were (the dirtiest and most ragged crew
under heaven) appeared decently dreft in their uni
form."
• The English successes in the Weft-Indies, have
n«t been equal to the immense expense of blood
and treafurc lavished to attain them. In one action
at St Lueia, we are allured by a correspondent,
they loft fix hundred mec.
Notwithftsnding we are not able to lay befor.
our rearers this day, the report of Marbois, an
nounced in eur lalt, we can aflure them, that even
a Hamilton, whose knowledge of the law of nati
ons, wliofe talents and inveltigation, and uniform
candour and liberality are univetfally acknowledg
ed, could not have vindicated the rights of a neti
tral nation more forcibly, nor have condemned thr
G?net}n conduct adopted in the United Slates,
with more effcift.
The French Directory ar* clothed with much
more powei-than the Piclidcnt of the United States.
Befid«s appointments, in which they have not tc
advise with a Council or Senate, they have the re
gulatiou of the armed force of the Republic ; and
tliey have lately encreafed the number of polie bl
ditrs, of 'those they have at their immediate com
ihand to execute their order, to 13,000 men.
Arrived (hif\ Eagle, Capt. Swcst, 40 days from
Lilbon, via Marblehead. Spoke July 2, brig Blos
som, Capt. Mark Pool, bound to Hamburgh, 7
days from "Boston. Left there a brig belonging to
Mr. Parsons of this town, had loft her inain-maft j
snow Ann, and Mary, Smith of Philadelphia ;—
fchr. ——, Gale, of do. July 9, capt. S. was
brought too by the English frigate Raifon, former
ly a Freneh ship, Cape La Havre, bearing N. by
E. 15 leagues, they had a ship in company that
they had taken the day before from Bouideaux,
bound to New-York, captains name was Babcock,
he had a number of French paflenger* on board,
July 10, was palTcd by two more frigates, one of
which brought him too, and meant to have boarded
him, but.upon his telling him he bad been over
hauled the day befor*, by the La Raifon, he was
then fuftered to pals.
Arrived at BREST, 7th Floreal, ApHl 27.
The Sea-flower, eapt. Cromby, from Hamburgh.
The Fame, of Boston, capt. George Cunning-
from Havre.
The Minerva,of New-Yoik, capt. K. Eldridge
from Havre.
The Commerce of Baltimore, capt. John Brown
from Havre.
Sailed from Brest. The Sally of Boston, capt.
Harlow, for Bourdeaux.
The Katy, us Boston, capt. Rides, bound to
Setubal, in ballast.
The General Greene, of Philadelphia, capt.
Hodge, for Bourdeaux, in ballast.
De Rouges of Boston, capt. Atkins bound to
Falmouth with exchange of prisoners.
. The (hip , capt. Blackington, owned
by Mr. Meffct, of Wifcaffet, lately foundered at
tea, in the English channel: the capt. and mate
and one seaman saved. We undefftar.d she was in
fU■.?' NEW-YORK, July 21.
Oil Monday last, was heard before the Mayor, a
complaint made by Meflrs. George Lord, and Sa
muel-Lord,,of the 7th ward of this city, carpenters,
against Geo. Tibberths, one of the cartmen, who
drive* No. 28, for a fraud. The following is a
Uatement of the fa&s which appeared upon the
examination : That Mr. Tibberths was employed
by Meffirs. to cart two loads of plank from
the Albany bason at the north river, to the Bowe
ry, for which cartage, Messrs. Lotd paid him eight
Shillings : That Meflrs. Lord, as ufsial; intruded
bim with the monies to pay to a captain Martling
the amount of'hi» bill for those plauks 5 that upon
such payment, Mr. Tibberths demanded of him al
so eight (hillings for the cartage ; that Martling at
firft tefnfed,but Tibberths peremptorily infilled up
on the paymeat thereof, and capt, Mattling then
paid him th« sight ftiilliaga j. that tipoi) it* beisg
discovered by Meflrs. Lord that he'SiiM ... >rted
payment from capt. Martling alf . ' uad
returned the last mentioned lumßl* Ma;
Upon this statement of facts. the M;. ; or
(iifplaced Mr. Tibberths from the office of a cart
man of this city.
Arrived at ih'u Port.
Sch'r Regulator, Allen Richmond, Vir.
New Adventure, Harrington St. Thomaa
Sloop Commerce, Johnson New Providence
Franklin, Rufleil Petit Guave
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) July 14.
Arrived la-re the Sdioor.er Aflive, Capt. Samuel
Cuttt, in 11 days si.mi Port-de-Paix. Left there the
brig Frieudfhip, Capt. Kipley, of Philadelphia. Schoo
ner Harriot and Ann, Capt. Ruler, and Schooner John,
Capt. Stewart, of Charleftsn. Sloop Scftib, Capt. Wil
liams, Miridlctowu (Conn.) Sloop Cnfis Capt. Cook,
of New-London.—A Pilot boat, Capt. Jones fron: Bal
timoi-e. The Brig Friendship, and thefloops Crisis and
Scrub, were carried 111 there as prizes.
Capt Wells, of the Sehr. Success, has been waiting
at Port de-Paix, Upwards of fix moofts for payment
from the Adminiltrnion, and has reilmd nothing as
}t ' NEWBURYPORT, July 16.
St. LUCIA RE-TAKEN.
Last evening it was reported {hat St. Lucia wa»
re-taken by the French. It was received by an ar
rival at Portsmouth.
KINGSTON, June 16.
His majesty's brig Drake, and feboaner Port-
Royal, arrived late on Tuesday evening frum the
Mole. I
The Drake has taken and brought in with her,
a French privateer flocip named the General Thouf
faint,* and a French schooner l'Oifeau j the eom
mandSr of the forirer fays he failed from Port-de.
Paix with a commission to cruize agawft the En
gli h, and had also inftmftions to fend into that
'pott, all American vcffels he should fall in with,, la
den witl? provisions, which are extremely scarce
there, flour felling at 30 dollars per barrel. He
adds that they were in daily expedition ps the. ar
rival of Richery's squadron at Cape. Francois ; at
which place the mailer of l'Oifeau, fays that San
thouax and General Rochambeau arrived in the
ate armament, which confills of two fail of the
ine, five frigates, and fifteen transports.
The American schooner Polly,capt. Eafton, ar
rived on Tuesday evening, in 3 days from Si. Ja
go de Cuba; she had been taken by the priva eer
Rights of Man, and all her cargo condemned and
fold. The captain reports that a French pnViteer „
called Freboftic, a schooner mounting 2 guus, ij
cruiling on the outside of the harbour, which took
some days ago air Erglifh barque, and a brig bound
to this island off the weft end of St. Domingo;
these veflels are layinfF in the outer load of St. Ja
go de Cuba, and not permitted to enter. The
capt, likewise mentions that, a schooner privateer
with one only, and a pilot boat which fails remar
kably fact, and with about thirty men, are cruizing"
n the north fide of this island.
July gift, i 7 96.
The Members of " the society of
ihe Sons of St. Georg*, eftablifhedat Philadelphia for thead~
ice and afliftante of l-.ngliflmien in diftreis, are requclled to
a-tend aquartrrlv of the Society on Saturday the
iuft. at o ie o'clock, P, M. at the City Ta crn.
A HUMPHREYS, Sec'y.
N. B. Som-new members to be balloted for.. Dinner to
beoa thetableat 4 o'clock orecifcly. #2 —it
THE SALE OF
The TOWN, and OUT LOTS of the TOWNS
of ERIE, WhTERFORD, FRANKLIN
and WARREN.
A DVERTISED for sale by the State Agents, in the Phillu
l\ delphia Gazette and Universal Daily to be
Sold in the City of Philadelphia ; wiM Commence at the Ciiy
Tavern or CofFte-Houfe in Second-Street, in the said city, oa
Monday the day ot July inft. at 7 o'ciock in the even
ing, and becontiiiued by adjournment from day to day, Irom,
1 s o'clock at p®on, Oflril two o'clock, and from 7 until 9
o'cl« ck in the evening, ut)tii the whole of the said LOTS and "
OUT LOTS are disposed of. The condition* of faie will b«
made known, and the plans of the said LO IS and OUT '.
LOIS be (hewn at the time and-place of.fale.
By older of WUtium Irvine, Andrew EMic tt And
.Agent,. FOX, Auflitnuri
July 22.
DUTY ON CARRIAGES,
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT agreesbly to an of CongreTt of the UniteA"
Slates ot America, passed at Philadelphia, (he ftSik day
of May, 1796 ; laying duties on Carriagei, f»r the convey,
ance of perlons, and repealing the former afti for that pur
pose there lhall be levied, collected and paid, upon
all carriages for the conveyance of perforn, which frail be
kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to lec
out to hire, or for the conveying of palTengeri, the fereial du
ties and rates following, to wit.
For and upon every Coach, 15 dob.
upon every Chariot, la dols.
upon every Post Chariot, a dol 11
upon every Pott Chaise, 1 a dols.
up*n every Phaeion, with or without top, g dots.
upon every Coachee, 9 dols.
upon other Carriages, having pannel work above,
with blinds, glafiesor curtains, 9 dols.
upon four wheel carriages, having framed pods and
topi with ftcet fpiiogs, 6 dols,
upon fogr wheel top Carriages, with wooden or iron
springs or jacks, j dols.
upon curricles with tops, 3 dols*
upon chaises with tops, 3 dols.
upon chairs with tops, 9 dols,
upon sulkies with taps, 3 dais.
upon other two wheel top carriages, 3 dols.
upon two wheel carriages, with steel or iron springs*
) dols
For and upon all other two wheel carriages, 1 dols.
upon every four wheel carriage, having framed poll*
and tops, and reftiug upon wooden spars, a dols.
The Coll fctora of the Revenue of the firft survey *f th«
Diftrift of Pennfylvaoia, Will attend daily, until the 30th day
•f September next, for the purpose of receiving ihe duties 00
Carriages, at No. 117, in Race or Saffifras street, in the City
et Philadelphia, at the house of Dnnel S. Clair, Esq. in the
County of Montgomery ; and at the house of Abraham Du
bois, tliq. in the County of Bucks; of which all persons pof
leffed of fuck Carriages arc deflred to take notice.
Notice is also given,
TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled fpiri»
tuous liquors, that licences will be granted to them j one li
cence for carrying on the business of retailing of Wines, in a
lets quantity, or in Jels quantities than 30 gallons—and onr
licence far carrying 00 the bufineis of reta_ilingSpirituous li
quors in lefsquaptities than 29 gallons at the fame time, and
at the fame places, by the officers legally authorized to graus
such licences.
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
Inrpcclor of the Revenue ot the fit ft larrey
of the diltrift ol Paiuiijlvania. 4 \
Office of Infpeftion, at ?
Philadelphia, »>ft July, J7s6. > t 3# f.