*
*' - r • . . ,
livening ocoool,
Vjt A'o. 201, ARCH STREET.
S. LEWIS refpeftfully infgrms *iis friends and the
\puV-ic, that his Evening School for Young Gentlemen
will-commence 011 Monday, tzth September; for the 1
winter season.
Sept. g. td4 (
To be Sold,
A valuable Lot of Ground,
AT the fau'.h-eaft corner of Market and Front-streets,
extending on Mafeet-ftreet one hundred feet, to the
house occupied by R. Aitkin and Son, and '•twenty-five
"/ feet on Kront-ftrcet, "with the, buildings thereon—The
corner house, now in poffeflion of James Stokes, is well
known, having been many years dccupied a* the mer
chants coffee house. It is propofcd to divide the ground ■
into convenient lots (or stores, for which, from its excel
>f!t fituatipn for business, it seems particularly suited; or,
if most agreeable to 'ji'urckjfers, it will be-fold together.
For fcrms apply to _
Israel Pleafants, or
t Charles & Joseph Pleafants.
/ Sept. 8. dtf
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
stolen;
Front the Compttng-Hoife of R4LPH M/tTfiER,
No. 12, Qnarry-Jlrect, on Saturday or Sunday night
tajt, the fallowing NoTiS, 13c.
/ DOLLARS.
John Nicholfon, to Moorhoufe, due Nov.
I, 1797, bearing inte-eft, - - 5000
David Allifon to James Cramond, due in
March last, - ... 4075
J. W. & W. Gibbs to Ralph M.ther, at 70
days, 20th, ... l6gi 98
Ferdinand Gourdon to Ralph Mather, at four '
months, Augufl. 17 th, ... 264 13
Benjamin Chamberlain, at <5o days, Augufl 6, 213 53
Affleck to Jos. Eufwell, at 6 months, dated
May .... jJo 64
Parker and Greaves to Ralph Mather, on de- -
mand' - . - . j o o
A bill by Harford to Harford, not accepted, iSli. ster
ling.
Likewise,, the Titles of some Eflates, Mortgages, ice.
Whosoever bring* the thief or thieves justice, lhall
have the above reward.
As the papers in question can be of no use to any other
person, the bil J s having been flopped payment, request
the perpArators may be searched after with all imagina
ble care
September 6. tw&f6t
Will be Landed To-morrow,
From on board the Schooner Molly, Capt. IVillet, at
Mot-ton's Wharf
. 31 Pipes «f Cogniac Brandy, 4th proof, "S
15 Hhds 4th proof Jatiaica R'im, ( entitled to
16 Barrels and 14 liags of Coffee, and' ( drawback.
24 Boxes of Aloes, J
lon uti sr
Wharton & Lewis.
Who ha-ve ctlfo for sale,
40 HdF pipes Madeira Wine,
And the said Schooner,
'(jEy A«, Hie carre from fra, burthen about 500
; i( not fold in a lew days she will
take in some freight for Salem. *
Sept, S, 1795. d 3
For sale by the fublcribers,
IN PfcNN-STREET,
130 quarter Chests frefh Hyson .'sea;
i®o ditto do. frefh Souchong Tea;
3CO Boxes Cfciha, containing fmali tea setts of 42
. pieces;
400 pieces Band&nqes.
Willings & Francis.
January 30 t>& f
For Sale,
A LARGE ELEGANT AND WELL FINISHED
Three-story Brick House,
(The late residence of General Walter Stewart)
WITH a LOT of GROUND thereunto belonging,
the weft fide of Thirriftreet, near Union-street
containing in front 32 fei*t. and in dfpth 100 feet, to an
alley lea(3ing into Union-ftrcet. The house is 32 feetfront
and 50 feet deep ; the several rooms contained in it are
large commodibHs, and completely iinifticd; the two fir ft
ftorie* are each 13- feet, high ; thtfre are 20 mahogany
doors in the house ; a geometrical flaircafe, with mahoga
ny rails and a good Iky-light. The kitchen is in the ceil
ar, whic!(i is spacious and convenient, and finilhed with an
oven, stew-holes and pantries, a servants' hall and large
■wine-cellar adjoining the kitchen, in front of which is an
area, in which there is a pump. The yard is vaulted.
Communicating with the said building is a neat thrce-ftory
brick house, on the north fide of Union-street, contain
ing 30 feet front by 20 feet deep; the lower part of which
is nt present occupied as a compting-houfe, and the upper
part divided into wull-finifiied large chambers. This house
may at a (mail expense be converted into, a convenient
dwelling : The llrfict door is very hnndfome, and the frpnt
and back have Venetian window-shutters. Adjoining the
last house, upon the lot belonging to the firft, are creeled
bathing-rooms, &c. There are likewise very good coach
house and flablesfinilhed equal (or nearly so) with any in
the city, on a lot containing on Union street 30 feet, and
in depth on the waft fide of said alley 52 feet. There ire
good cellars unde, the. whole of the buildings, and a wine
too'v. over part of the (tabled with a hay-loft over there
tnuindt'r. For further particulars enquire of
EDWARD BONSALL & Co.
At their Office No. 64 Doc It-street. between Walnut & Pear
t ftrcets.
£>fh mftftth 24th, 1796.
NOTICE.
r ITIG Su'ofcriber, having been reduced in his circum
.5- 'stances, by sundry misfortunes, and being thereby
n'jabhe to fatisfy his jutt-debts, hereby gives notice to his
Creditors and to all pcrfons concerned, that he intends to
apply to the General Assembly of Maryland at their next
f< tlior. to be held on the full Monday of November next,
fiir tiie benefit of an ail of insolvency.
WILLIAvf £DMONDSON
Fe.fion, xft of the 9th month. 1796. lawr.UMN.
.Plans of the city of Philadelphia,
Including the Northern Liberties and diftridl of
Southw ark,
. Pttblifhed, and fold by
BENJAMIN DAVIES,
No. 68, High street, .
(Price one dollar.)
THTSp'.inis 26 inche, square, and has been en
orsved by one of the firft artists in the cityi from a late
stic'. accurate survey. Purchasers are entitled to a pam
-5 " ; t with ra '» plan, giving'" some account nf the
, 'ty. its population, trade, government, &c.
j'jiv to tuf&ftf
A HaCi'fome, weil-brohe
SADDLE MORSE,
Fcr Sale enquire at the Coneftogo Stable's, the ovrner
>. .-'ing ho life for hiia.
Aug. 21 mid^w
m 111 limn pain i i i i_jm a
For the Gazette of the United States.
—— *
On the republication »f the 6des of Jonathan Pindnr, c
Poet Laureat of the Democratic Society, deceaftd. v
OLD lies, new-Vamp'd—grown raiik and ftalo,
To print anew is wanton waste ; a
Philip will damn the niggard fa!e, a
Then curse th.e age for lack of taste. I
Old lies, new-vatnp'd—ebfeure as night, 0
Oefign'd our patriots to aWufe ; a
May serve to drain off rage and spite, (
But will not fell, please or amuse. t
The time is past when smutty rhymes, 1
Replete with envy, falfhooi, t
Could raise a foill belief of crimes,' ,
To damn the good, convtilfe the ftSte, - ~
PhiHp, let dear experience teach, ;
Your genius has a fatal kmk ; j-
Your can never reach,
'"Jill men ihall cease to feel £nd think.
' j
From the North-CakouhA Jobrnai. v
KNOWLEDGE is the illumination «f 'the 1"
mind. Ignorance is therefore its d.irknefs. This
illumination i 6 made by an object (hißing full upon c
the mind. This fnining of the object is the per- r '
ception which the mind has of the objefl. This
perception of thciobjeA is attained by reading ard a
thongbt. Reading and thought are therefore ef. ' l
fenlial to mrntat light. Mental darkn'efs ii direst- c
ly opposite to mental light, an 9is therefore pro- n
dut ed by a negkd of reading and thought. Any ''
man might read and thii k a little, therefore afiy I
man might know a little. Any man might read
and think upon fubjefts this year, which he did rot 0
lad year, therefore any man might £now more this ll
year than he did lad year j and consequently, the
reaftm why men will be ignorant, is, they will not
read and think. e
Knowledge is as neceflary to,the mind as lijrht is b
to the body; without light the body Humbles and v
falls upon every thing that lies in the way, so with- c
otlt knowledge the mind is forever blundering apon f
error and falfhood - t
Man la proportion to his knowledge, rifes'in the 8
scale of dignity, and approaches in the
fme proportion Jowards the (late of angels; there- c
fore he finks in proportion to his ignorance, and v
towards the (late of brutes. . c
■ Our knowledge cannot be calculated by the num- <3
ber of book? which we have read, or pofTcfs, but
by the number of our.ideas—if we could count
im;r our ideas as often as we do out buoks, or dol- h
lars, we would generally know Wow much we do 1
know ;• and as generally be furpn'fed that the num 1
ber of our books'ami dollars, is gieat as that of a
our ideas. ' J,
A man never knows*what*he wants, until he '
knows what he has ; f« a man never knows his own
ignorance until he knows his own knowledge j f
therefore every man ought to count his ideas as c
carefully as he does his dollars. t
The way to grow rich, is to be frugal, and in- t
duftiious in the acqaiiition of property, and' care 1
ful in the management of it ; so the way to gain 1
knowledge, is to be carcfid and industrious in get- f
ting and retaining ideas. The farmer or mechanic 1
does and gams something this day which he did not a
do and gain yesterday ; by these means his treasure c
is increased, fcr cents make difmes and cifmes 1
make dollars: so if we every day, gain a diftinft r
thought upon any fubjefl, we shall soon have a *
thought upon every fubjedi. >
iBNEAS. t
MAN is a social creature; his wants render so- '
ciety neceflary, and his d:fpofition prompts him to ■
conned hirafelf with his fellows. In'every society 1
there twill be an oneness ; fur to suppose every in- '
dividual 'unconneftea with the reft, is to suppose C
that there is no society at all. That oneness which '
exists in a society is not personal but political : the C
oneness of a society seems to lie m tjyieJwo things, [
in its objedl, and in its laws. The is the
good of the whole ; the laws are adopted by mu- '
tu?.l consent, and every one pledges himfelf for his C
This political oneness may v<yy well 1
be Compared to that hi the human body. Every °
member does its pari for the good of the whole
the body is governef by iiv(lin£l and reason. It is
impoflible that inftinS and reason in all the thott
fands of the humaa race, (hould point out the fame
tiling, at the fame time, as being conducive to the
public good j for we find, by daily intercourse with
mankind, that their opinions are nearly as different
as their features ; therefore thp opinion of every
man cannot be received as rules of conduct, by
that community to which he belongs. Hence a
rises the ncceffiiy of legislators to enact laws which
may be binding upon every fuhjedi. In con fe. j
quence of that nataral variety in opinions, and t
pronenefs which is in the mind of man to vice, ex- I
ccutive officers are neceflary in every government
upon earth. .
Thedafign of government, is to produce the in- <
tereft or happiness of the State. Hence we fee i
some beauty and propriety in this paflage of scrip- 1
ture ; " Let every foul be fubjedt to the high pow- 1
er«, for there is no power but of Csd, t' e powers 1
that be are ordained of God." It is not said, let '
every foul be fubjeft to a -monarchy, or aristo-, ;
CftACY, or even to a but to the pow
ers that be, that is, to present exiding govern- 1
ments.
f Sometime* a revolt is neceflary and jufiifiable. 1
Vv hen a government produces more evil than good 1
to the State, and when modest and manly remon
strance? eannot prevail u; -ii the rulers to alter the 1
nattft and operations of government, then a revolt
is neceflary and juftifiable. The necefiity in this
[ cafe is fouuded on the interest of the State; it is
. tfiablc upon this principle, that the present go
c vernment is no government at all. The design of
all government is to secure the iiitereft and '■ iiappi
nsfs of the people; therefore if a present supposed
government is manifestly evil, and adually deltroys
.the interell and happnlefs of the people, that State
r is at •Jiber: j', Ly the law of nature, to declare that
their government, i". ho government, consequently
. .aws made by lttch authoniy, arc not binding, and
difobcJierec is obedience to a higher law, viz. the
law of nature. Hence were I an lrilhman, i
wouli be a Rcrolu itmift. . _ y
In America, we have a demi-arifiocratic demo
cracy. Onr laws arc generally deemed as reaf«nab!e,
virtuous and fa'uiary to the nation. They must be
so, notwithlhnding they may oppose the interelt of
a few individuals, if upon principlesof equity they
are calculated to prodoce the good of the nation.
It is Sin obvious fact, that every American enjoys,
or might enjoy, every liberty and privilege which
any citizen in any couutry could reasonably desire.
Our pcifons, property and character are secured
tons hy the laws of the land. No American is
born to power, but mud He chosen by the voice of
the people. Notlyg can be a greacer Itimulous
to virtue and political worth than this. Every man
has the way to great ness and honour before him.
Let him copvince the people that he is a man" of
fuperier talfnts and virtue, and they will confer a
proper dignity upon him From these fa£ts I in
fer, that a revolt at this time is u'nneceffary and nn
jultifiable. These things being so, what propriety,
what wisdom is in all thole declamations against 1
government, which from day to day we fee and I
hear,/ Are they not calculated to sow the feeds cf ■
discontent, the foundation of every political mis- '
chief? If we suppose 'the measures of government '
to be wrong, would it not be more wife, more mo
deft, and more manly to petition "for a revifal, or 1
alteration, than to cry out, " our liberty isloling or 1
loft. Gill the deception of Congress! the trea
chery, the fpecujation, the Britairiifm of our great 1
men I This man is an aristocrat, that a demagogue ; f
down with them! they ought never to govern the* '
Americans again," t t
Such exclamations as these are the native effufi- 1
onsof a mind maddened by disappointment or in- e
tereft, ignorance or pride; sure they cannot .be the '
dilates of sober sense, c
lam very far from thinking that every declaim- c
er againfl government is ienl(mentally opposed to I
her measures : But some artful men have seen the '
way-to popularity in a government like ours ; they c
ciitd out against prcfent measures, and endeavour- 1
ed to peri'uade the people that all was not right ; £
the next step was to iufiauati themselves into the 1
good opinion of the people, then their'eledtion was 1
sure. Others have seen how happily they have fue
ceeded, and To follow on. Others again-rail at go- 2
vernment itift feecanfe they dare to do it ; and be- !
cause it is agreeable =io those to whom they are *
dupes. 1
For my own part, when I fee a man genteely :
dressed, with the constitution or a newspaper in his I
hand, haranguing his rieighbouts, or a croud, upon '
the follies, or x vices of government, I cannot help '
thinking he will be a candidate at our next eledtion, '
and that his condutt speaks this langnage, p'eafe to I
fend me, and I will do your bufineft much bitter than 1
those "villains now in ojficc. I
The very circumstance ef allowing ourselves to '
speak against government, ha* a tendency to bend '
our minds that way ; and it may fee very probable
that many who began without now continue 1
their oppwfition from a fixed belief that they are '
right': "but it would, no doubt, be very ungenerous 1
to fay, lhatjevery one who is oppoftd to the mea
sures of has formed his ftntiiMentsTn 1
this way—difference's in political opinions, may 1
arise upon the fame renera! principles, that they do
on other fuhjc£U, from the native difference in the 1
minds of men, and from the different books they
read or different company they keep. Different ;
sentiments may be of essential service rn politics, as
well as in religion : They will expose every
to a full difcufCon, and thus more accurately difco
verthe truth, than if there had beea no oppofitioi)-
But one thing is certain, that men of principle are
generally men of moderation and candour there
is something in a consciousness of innoccncy, which
■gives sobriety and dignity to what a man fays and
docs—it does not need those other aids, which are
nfceflarily employed by those who are hurried on by '
disappointment, interefl and paflion ; men of prin
ciple will at lealt suppose it possible that they may
be mi (taken, and therefore cannot feel a disposition ]
to palm their opinion® by any unjust measures.' Mo
deration, modesty, and a spirit of honest inveftig'a- 1
ti°n become man, who is born like the wild ass's
colt, and arrives to eminence, and knowledge, and
virtue by flow degrees. Therefore if we do not
fully approve the measures of government, let us re.
monftrate with vvifdom and prudence, and remem
ber that the powers that be, are ordained of GOD
—and as long as we have such a government, as
and enemies acknowledge, let- us be abedient
for conscience fake. iENEAS„
Mecklenburg, July 21.
L O N D O N, June 8.
The disorder called St. 'Anthony's fire is very
prevalent '3t present, and has in some cases termina
ted fatally, by bringing on a brain fever, that very
shortly puts an end to the patient's existence.
A fubjeft of great importance to the commerci
al world is likely soon to find its way into the
court of king's bench. The silks on board the
Mediterranean fieet, captured lad winter, by admi
■ ral Richery, ?nd carrisd into Cadia, were preten
ded to be, or were brought by a Spanish company,
l at the head of which was the marquis d'lranda.
These silks have never been regularly condemned as
. a lawful prize ; and have moreover been (hipped for
. London, conttary to the a& of navigation. A
. Ihip, kden with some of these silks, and valued at
120jQ00l. (terling, is arrived in the river from Ca
di/., to theaddrefs of a principal commercial house
1 in Old Bond-street. The underwriters who have
. paid losses formeily on these very silks, itave petiti
: oned to have the goods on board this (hip (topped,
t wV.ich application the court of Admiralty has com
s plied with. The attachment after being taken off,
a has been again renewed.
June 9.
f Count Zepphelin having fettled all the prelimina
ries to the martimonial negociation betweenithe
i Duke of Wurtemberg, and tli* princels Royal of
s England, orders have been issued to fend a frigate
t immediately to the $lbe, for the purpose of bring
t ing over his feren? Kighnefs to this country, it be
ing fct'tled that the itop:ia!s (hall be celebrated at
1 St. James's.
June 17.
In a diR-uffion upon 1 Com. insult which several
members of the c uncll of .Five Hundred experi
. 'enced, Taliien-, no. cooienwd with ths inveighing
, againtt the particular aft from which it arose,
■ launched out into general reflexions upgn the di
r reAory, affe&ed to consider this insult as a more
■ dangerous conspiracy against the Nation .1 Repre
feiitatives than that lately discovered, and lamented
i the progrcfs of what he termed a rc-attion ; by
1 which he meant that the government had for some
, time pad, in the disposal of places and the encou
[ ragcment o£ individuals, discovered a strong partial
i ity for the caufeof royalty.
F Tne appearance, the language, the late conduct «
i of Taliien produced a general expression of indigo
, nation in 'he council, more vehe.nent than dece
rous. Thibaudeau, a member of great charadter,
in an eloquent and energetic speech, cxpofed the
infidiouc declamations of Taliien. He displayed
. the indefatigable adlivity, the different Ihapes, the
varying conduit and language ot the party of 1 er
ror, and their refllefs artifices to acquire power ;
he recalled the maflacrees of September and 31ft
May; the connection of the partizans of Terror
with the late conspiracy; and in fine, the true re.
adlion, which he said, proceeded from this detcila*
ble and sanguine fadtion.
The sentiments of the council seemed almost
unanimous in favour of the jiropolition supported
by Thibaudeau, afid the sentiments he exprefled.
The charadter of Taliien appears to be perfectly
underltood, and to be completely detested. The
temporary reputation acquired by this changing po
. litician has been unable to efface the genial charac
ter and impttlTion of his life and of his conduct.
Difappoimed, perhaps, in his_ expectations of pow
er and influence under the new cOnllituticn, he may
have been induced to abet, or at least to wish suc
cess to the views of the Jacobins, and the authors
of the late confpiracv. His language feeir.s to sup
port this conjedlure. If these be'his withes, and if
he spoke as the organ of the remnant of the fyltem
of Terror, the spirit and indignation displayed by
the council of Five Hundred would infer, that the
adherents of this fyltem are few, and that apiong
the'refpe&ible part of the aflerftbly none were found
to lilteo with approbation to his declamation.
But if the enemies of the present conditutiqn,
and the authors of the late conspiracy, expedt fup
ptirt from some mefnbers of the legislature, the pre- >
fervation of tranquility will depend in a great mea
sure upon the vigilance of the Directory, and the
adtivity and vigor with which they employ th«
power which they pofiefs* That they will bring
into adtion, there can belittle doubt. Their am
bition will rally' 011 the fide of their virtue. They *
will exert the abilities which they unqueflionably
pofTefs in the maintenance of order, and of that con
stitution whii h secures their own power. They vyill
be seconded by the virtuous parts of the iegfflative
bodies. At prffent, the great majority in both
houfrs, seem cordially to co operate with shem.
1 he French naiion has fuffered too much for the
revival of the system of terror.' 'They know its
leaders too well to entrnll thetfi confidence 01 pow- .
er. TheLulk of the people are pleased with a go
vernment, which, combi ing the vigour of a raon
aicliy wiilntie for mi of a republic, likt' TliTtercd »
their national pride by a/eries of fp'endkl and un
rivalled success. From thefc causes, if the event*
to France did not set all coojedlure at defiance, we
(houtd be inclined to fpe:ulate in favour of tranqui
lity, and to conclude, that Parir will not be the
scene of those ludden and rapid revolutions, by
which it has been so much harrafled and disgraced.
Noriting Chronicle.
.DOMINICA, June 14.
To bis Excellency Governor Hamilton, £sV. lsc. &c.
SIR,
WE have the honour of waiting upon your ex.
cellency,- at a deputation from the inhabitants of
this island, to acquaint your excellency, that we
have inltrudtions to invest the sum of seven hundred
pounds flerling in the purchase of plate, to be pre
sented to your excellency, as a grateful testimony
of the obligations due on the part of th* colony, for
those ready and vigouroys exertions by which your
excellency rescued our properties from the danger
of a formidable invasion, and secured to-»»-Ui£_pte
fent enjoyment of rttc blcflings derived fiotn the
mild government of the British conflijfdon.
In making yobr excellency with this
proof of the public gratitude and eftcem, it will
afford particular fatisfaftion to us, to be enabled to
acquaint the inhabitants of this island with your ex
cellency's condefceiition to accept it.
We heve the honour to be, very refpedtfully,
Your excellency's mod obedient,
/ Very humble servants,
THOMAS DANIEL,
JAMES LAING.
Government-House, Junt 14, 1796.
OESTLtMEK,
THE approbation of myc«ndu£l, exprefled "a
very„flattering teims, mull be exceedingly gratify
ing to me, although fcnfible that I have done noth
ing more than my duty.
In accepting the very handsome testimonial offer
ed by the inhabitants of this colony, 1 mull not
forget the advantages which I derived from varioui
quarteis.
The acqtiiefcence of his Majesty's Council to the
measures 1 proposed, and the spirit and alacrity
displayed by the regulars, militia, and independent
companies, in the execution of them, are not to be
forgotten, and shall ever be remembered by me with
gratitude.
I malt entreat his Majtfty's Attorney-General to
', accept my bell thanks for the example he set, and
which was- so cheerfully followed by a number of
the molt refpedlable pe:fons in public fituatioiis, ex
-- empted by,law from serving in the militia;
The adopting a uniform, the praftifin'g the ufs
>f of arms the tender of their servants and horses for
e :he public fervire, and the taking upon them the
defcnceof the north entrance into the town of R.of
- !eau, of the prison, and th>? duty of Melville's l-at
" ery, were the fairelt proofs of .their loyalty, asa a
/ ufeful example to the commußi yv