* , The very rational amufemeet of gamUing t may here be enjoyed in all its delightful variety. Per -3 have often the exquisite fatisfa&ion, after pass i r two or t'nrf?r sleepless nights to find themselves tbjlurthehed of fix, eight, ten, or twelve hundred dollars, according to a man's purse or refutation. The loofers at times taife the cry of cheats, fhar pers, Sec. There are to be sure no laws even jn the Common-wealth of Virginia that compel a mah to risque his money in this way; but the law» of i cuftera, and the inebriating charm* of play, bind, i -fediice, and lead captive. I Ypurs, See. I Philadelphia, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16* ,796. Yesterday failed for France, Gen'. Pinckney, Mi.- ' )ii£W Plenipotentiary from the United State 3, to the ] French Republic, in the room of Mi. Monroe, who has been recalled. Th-appointment of Gen. Pinckney to that import- < ant tlation must afford (incere pleasure to all those who ' ar« acquainted with his patriotic virtues andeminent a bilitits. While his dcrelidlion of a molt lucrative_prac- , ti:e in the profeffion of ihe law, evinces his patriotism 1 in facrificing pr.vatt a ivantagee and domestic ease to ' the public goo 1; the feledlion of luch a Jit character ! by the Prelident, manifefu his judicious, vigilant, and unceafirig care of the public good. ' Ihe friends of American Independence, and of a cordhl friendihip with f i anc e, may now congratulate* f themfelve , that at the fame time that our minister will 1 exert his belt and fincerefl endeavors to tighten the J bonds of friemifh p betwecnthe tworcpublics, onliberal and honourable principles, having a ways manifefted a lively inrercfl for the Fiench fevolutipn, and a warm ( attachment to the nation, he will never lose fight of / those national principles Which have ever characterized i him in his military and political career, and which wiil never fufi'er him to be either the dupe of Foreign in trigues, or the tool of domejlic faction.' < A Comnl?llCrnlriii"fcfrccmferrtnjj Degrees in the College of N\-w-Jeif«y, is to be held at Princeton 1 next Wednesday. , — t Mr. Chalmers has lately made his firft appear- 1 ance on the Bolton Theatre, in the part of Vapid, c in the Draiflatift. In ihe Columbian Centinel it ia li said to have been " tbe mod splendid display of f Theatric talent ever witnessed by a Boston audito- a TJ." It is generally allowed that #n Puff, Vapid, d Goldfinch, and many other chara&ers in thii line, * Chalmei sis without a rival. 3 ~ . C A few days'finre a small brig was launched at Kensington, with all her malls, yards and spars (lan ding, fails betat, Sec. Having a considerable distance to run before (he (truck the water, the fpetlacle was rendered very pleasing. The novelty of the fight, attracted fcveral hundred fpe&ators. — t One day last week, as a gunner near the middle " ferry, knocking the flint of his gun, laying over a rail, it went off aud wounded a child who was paffi >g the road, very dangerously 4 the charge being duck (hot. - ..Jet •.—B—tM if — f A Frrtiih gentleman is in town, from New- [ Yoik, w oleft Si. Croix the 4th inft. He informs si that he dined on b John Prentice 428 di Nathaniel Peabody 37 1 tl Nathaniel Rogers 336 S Joseph Ciiley 236 at John Bellows • 167 Peleg Sprague ill Timothy Walker 103 James Sheafe 103 / Edward S. Livermore' 74 Israel Evans, 67 Nicholas Qilman 27 James Hill" 25 (J Oliver Peabody 22 Paine Wingate 18 ac Thomas Thompson 10 ; n Atthur Livetmore 9 Aaron Hutchinfon 7 Charles Walker ~ 7 th William Plummer 5 ' Nathaniel Gilman 3 ~ of SALEM, (Mad".) Sept. 20. ' v\ We are happy to fee the prefr,,, the sermon mi of the reverend E. Hubbard, of Marblehead, upon the death of colonel Ome. We know how falfe F< f'.irlerarpanegyrips commonly are. But the modelly cf our pteachcr could not be file # :t the praise ol uii who wa» aa honour tv.iiuman nature. His ya we alfr I n that that Tur chS" l and - vve prefcre for sln r A'ft' 1 "?' 3nd tcftilnony We tha.i read it ro our chiMren, when we inftruft them to be g oo d - men. To urge their v.rtues, wo fnall tell them to - be a, good as colonel Orne, as diligent, a, public i fp-nted, and a, fincerp a friend t 0 th'r country. h By a letter from Newbury-Port, from the health f commute, on Saturday Utf, we are .ffured, that' ,»» P nf ™ was then sick of a malignant fever, and health. Wn W3B 0 7 knOW " to be in g r « ICI » '■—mi , gazette of THE UK,TED states marine list. p H I L A D I L P nI A, SepavMr s6. q, . ~ , • CLEARED. . Ship Mancheder, Shewell, ■ B,ig M Fa ; r , AmC ;' Ca "' Richards, Je rem ,e Malabar, Renyon Hifpaniola Governor Brook Ehrenfcrom, N. Orleans > Schoo ««Mary Foulke, Aux-Cayes 1 hree Sifters, M'Known* Beaufort - w Arrived at tbe fort. » Ship Nancy Dill Montego-Bay , Schooner Snfannah, Carson, Rarbido/. - Sloop Robert, Hefs, . Newbedford, September 8. I • Arrived fh,p Hudson, M. Gardner, 76 days ! j from Dunkirk—Left there, (hip Indullry, G. , Lawrence of ip Eliza, Phippsof New- i j \ ork—and the fohonnerjeremiah, Stevens, of Mar. 1 n d T Ju ' y Zd ' ,he En « lifll eh»"noe!, spoke ' , (hip Bristol, of New-York, bound from thenee to : : Amflerdam July 27th, in lat. 3°- S. long. 90, 15, E. spoke 3 kHghfli homeward bound Indiamen which left Calcutta River March 19. s Bo.ston, September 20. From India—the latest. By *n arrival yesterday at Salem, in 1 [5 days from Calcutta, papers were received to the 14th of May. In the following note, which accompanied the papers when forwarded to us, is a good lum inary of their contents. Messrs. Young & Minns, 1 herewith fend you several Calcutta papers, this day received by the Keteh Eliza in 115 days pas- " faac. You will find in them, the conditions ofhSc surrender of Colnmbo, in the Island of Ceylon, [which however exhibits nothing,interefting to A mericans ;J An account of a fleet'having failed a gain ft the Spice islands ; and information, that yith - a little coerfion, the difputej between the eompa . ny's troops had b.eeri put an end to. To shew the great improvemeots made in the navigation of our eountry.it may not be amiss to inform the public, That the Krtsh Eliza hasVr formed two fuccellive to Calcutta, in less time than has heretofore been thought and bo v h thefc voyages eniively against the Monsoon hr.ring to beat imo the bay of Bengal, and out fit like manner, the season changing while she lay in Port She hard also to pass tlfr Cupe of Good Hope each voyage, on her return in tbe middle of win ter. Thg fiift voyage was effedled in g months ' and i4days—r-the la ft, in 9 months and 6 days, in cluding a ftoppageat thejfland of Bourbon I Calcutta, May 14, 1796. I The Kensington, an American (hip, arrived from 1 Madras on Wednesday. The Insurance is now To high in Calcutta, tho' perhaps not more than adequate to the different I risks, that it must be avety profitable trg.de, which i < can afford to pay it. Madras, April 2. ' I On Thursday evCSog arrived and anchored in • thv roads, the American Ih'ip, John of Boston, capt. 1 ' Folger : She left the Dojvns, the 19th of Ofto- j ■ ber, and the island of Madeira, the loth of De- I cember. f Boston, September 21. Far tie CentiNel. ' The public have before been informed of the cap ture of the brig Friendship, captain Smith, from j Aux Cayea, for The following is'the ' decree of the vice admibf.-y court at Halifax ; and. though apparently fair, is pronounced by captain Smith, to contain as much vice as coald iflue ftopi . aoy vice court in Bermuda. < -*><»■ i WE Richard Bulkeley, Esq. Judge and (L. S.) commiffaryof his roajeity's coui>t of vice- „ admiralty, for the province of Nova Seo tia aforefaid, and the maritime parts thereof, . a Having maturely considered vhe merits of a cer. tain exhibited to risit «ourt- by Sampson Sal ter Blowers, Esq. his majefly'sattorney gentral and advocate in the laid court, who prosecutes for' apd in behalf as well as of his majefly, as the honour able Alexander Forester Cochran, captain and com q mander of his majefly's ship of war Thetis, -and £ the other officers and crew of the said (fcip.and Hen- Q ry Wemyfs, Esq. captain and commander of his majesty's fliip of war Pievoyante, and the other . ■officers and crews cf the-faid fliips, refpeftively :— Wherein the said attorney-general, among other matters, alledges and sets forth :— the said Henry Wemyfs and Alexander Foreiler Cochran, being cruiling in concert and to uciher, in and wrth his majfliy's said (hips of wfr> C under their refpedive c ommands a« aforefaid, being t( ; v art of the under the #f'vice- c ' it | admiral Murray, on the fourteenth das of July lafl, >' i on the h'r(h fe;s, sboutjhree leagues to the eaft y j war.d of Cape Henry, on the coast of North-Ame ° j ilea, they fell in with and seized as prize, a certain » j lirigantwc called the Fricndfhip, of the burthen of 0 one hundred End fifty-five tons, under the cum c raand of one Thomas Smith, and being loaded with a cargo on board, confiding of fugais, coffee, h cotton, molaffts and other merchandizes, and hav t ing sent the fimi briganlini and cargo into the d harbour of Halifax aforeTaid, for adjudication.— r And further Rating, that thefaid brigantine Friend ship, and all and lingular the goods and merchan dize, her cargo on board at the time of herfeizure afortfaid, belonged to France, or to some. perftn or persons being fubjetts of France, or inhabiting with?# some of the territories of France. Andall the papers and writings fount' on board said (hip, at th'c time of capture, having been read and confiiier td» trjgtthcr \YHh the claims filed in this cause, and S taken in preparatory, under the e Handing interrogatories, and-every othir nutter 3 and thing requifitc and neceffaiy for a (air and im partial hearing and tiial of the [Sremifes, having du ly attended to, We do pronounce this our delini tive lenience and decree thereon, as follows: — We do order; adjudge and decree, ail and fingu ' jar, that part of tlx cargo on board.said brigantine ( 'h'pped by Edward Hall,and Denton, or eitliCr of them, as also the goods Hated to be the property of » s eter Borton, to be lawful prize to his mijetty ; , f nd we do hereby condemn the lame as such accord ingly: and we do further adjudge and decree, That ; all and lingular, that part of the cargo, t-leimed in behaifor Petti'ngill and Smith, together with that . that part of the cargo claimed by Thomas Smith, ) as his private adventure, and also thi private ad- , 1 venture of the maie; and one ol the other crew' 6 | fdveutuie, and also that part of the cargo claimed. . in behalf of Seth Sanger, together with the said - brrgant-ne Frienddtip, her boats, (lores, tackle, ap- ! parel, and furniture, to be restored, and delivered up to the claimants, such cults in the premises, as may be taxed and allowed by this court. I And we do order and decree, That all and Angular j the remainder of the catgo on board, be unloaded, from the said brigantine, and depofitcd in fdme 1 fafe and convenient warehouse, under the joint cuf | tody of the marljiall of' this court, or hit deputy, ' and the colledor a»d comptroller of his rmjelty's cuftoirw, and under the infpe&ion of the agent for I the captors and claimants, fobjefl to ourfurthet or der and decree thcrron, or further proof of the ■ property be produced, either on the part of the 1 captors or claimants, or otherwise as the court may decrtr right and jufton the pretnifes. Given urulet otir hand, and the seal of the said court at Halifax, t.hc 20th day of August, 1796, t and in the 36th year of his Majesty's reign. ' r RICHARD BULKELY. C. Morris, jun. D. Regilier. A true copy. Ou the above truly formal, and as it would ap pear from the caption, sacred St ate-Paper {which 1 the aboriginals of our country very pointedly call Potu-Mam) the following obfervat'ons may be made; — - h»l that part of the cargo shipped by , Hall and Denton, was 'bona fide the property of Stewart and Son, of Baltimore; and the' follow ing extrsds from intercepted letters of Capt. Co chra" to hi agents Foreman and Gfafftf, wififhew ou v. hat groitrids it has been condemned " On board htsMajelly's (hip Thetis, at sea, Augufl 6, 1796. " On tne 14:11 of lall month, being in company with his M:jetty, s (hip Prevoyante, we detained and (ent into Halifax, the brig Friendship, of Newbu ; ryport, from Aux-Cayes, bound to Baltimore. , laden with fug-tr, coffee, &c. &c. all of ivhiifh it. 1 on freight, and the greatefl part said to belong to Stewart and Soris, of Baltimore, who from being Biitijh fuhjt'dfg and trading, with the enemies of Grew-Bi i.ain, make their property liable to confif 1 cation; this do£bine has bees cbnfirmed by the Lords of Appeal, in the cafe of the schooner Ro bert, cordemned at Bermuda, taken on her passage from Guadaloupe, and belonging to Messrs. Pat terfons, of Baltimore. " I fufpedi that the remainder of the cargo is 1 French property, covered or belonging to Briiilh ftiljjefls resident at Aux payes, which would e qu'aliy make it attachable. " The besrer will jjive you every particular in formation,which should be lodg«d in the Court of 1 Admiralty, and a copy of that or any other you 1 1 may procure, you wiii oblige me by forwarding to Bermuda." Capt. Cochran thendfcfers to certificates and in formations enclosed in his letters, which art necef fary to be communicated to the pcrfons concerned ■only, and concludes— " I beg you will communicate this, and the en closed to Messrs, * Blowers and Uniache. I hope foan to fend you some cettifieates of confequcnce, and am, &c. I Extracl from the information. ; Den ton and Hall, of Aux Cayes, the former ' , English ; Stewart and of Baltimore, are Scotch. " The certificates to be produced in evidence, and the bearer to be mojl pointedly interrogated." * One iiAttorney-General, the other Solicitor-Ge neral. • Mr. Sanger, of Baltimore, who ha ded us the above, had ou board the Friendship a confidcrable quantity of coffee proceeds of a copper bottom schooner and cargo fold at Aux-Cayes. His pro perty would have been condemned, he supposed, had he not arrived at Halifax, vety opportunely, on the day of trial ; the informers have given Capt. Coc.'.ran a falfe ttatement, on which the Solicitor- General did not fail to vociferate in a declamation I of two hours and an half. Mr. Sanger is a native of Bollon, and committed n» other misdemeanor, 1 than to have parted with his schooner ior a price J with which he was pleased. t ■ i PARIS, 19 Mefiidor (Ju)y 7.) By letters from Stralbourgh, we arc affured,tha l General' Wurmfer, has ordered the aimy of Condei to marcto into Auth'ian Brifgau, because he per ceives the desperate condition of the emigrants/' r y\ fl, who have nothing but death t» Lope far from our ft- troops, and lie Jhioki they but artimate »h<-m. The e fame letter (peaks of the army of Conde being 6f« in teen or (ixteeu thousand itrong, but we hive never of thought them'more than eight or nine thoufsnd. n- Lejteri from the North, are filled with the ex« -d trenic tuibairaffinent of the Au hduke Ciktli-j. be e, injr obliged to abandon us part of his polfefilan* v- near DulTeldorf, to return to the Upper Rhine, le fearing to fee Jourdan repafs again that river, while — he has bee:t obliged to detach a part of his army to Hop t)ie progress of Moreau, all the plant of th* Li- Auflrian generals are deranged. r e July 14. 11 E\tra& of a letter frorh " HildcfTeun (GerminyJ g dated joih Jonr. d " Fifteen thoilfa'd the combined army* U for. the defence of the line <.£ neutrality, ate arriv. r- ed 011 the Kordcrs of the Wrfer, whtre they 'tave d already had an-uppoituniiy to prove 1 heir ufcful e nefs^ :r ""A fee corps of 500 men in British pay, and 1 recruited at Pyrmont, wanted to pass the Wefer ; l- but the President of the Congrefsof this place has i given notice to the tommandant of the corps that htf could not, reminding him of the articles of i- neutrality. The commandant despising tIA advice e of the President, bcgen during- the night, to cm if b-t k Ir.s troops ; before the embarkation was com if plete, a detachment of 5,000 men a-refted the ; whole of the o»rpB and difnrmed them, after which they conduced them.out of the terri.ory by th# t order of. tli* Cong'refi." ;• 1 ■ " ■■ • —— S ID a S. 1 Six per Cent. - * .... . s Three per Cent 10/ -; ) !nt !' 4 P ef Cent 14/ ("off. i J* per Cent. - - - ,Z- \ Deferred Si* per Cent. .... jy6 BANK United States, - - . . i 9 to2oprct. Punnfylvariia, ... .x 6 to' 27 e Nprth \meiica, ... _ 4J t o 46 . Insurance Comp. North-America 37 1-2 per ccnt. adv. r *~~~ Pcnnfylvania, par to 2 per cent. ady. • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 30 days, per £>*00 fterlJ par. ' at 60 days, par to 161 1-4 ' " ~ at 90 days, 161 a 162 1-2 3 AmJterdani, 6p days, per guilder, 42 r : 9° days, 40 - : — -Mm 1 in n C ~ 7~ " r— — e This Day is Published, y By William Cobhelt, oppofi'e Chriit Church, The Pditical Censor, 1 For September, 1796. I, Sept. 26. Narth-Card\na-—HWJhorough Dijlrtd. COURT OF EQUITY, April term, 1796. John Wtllcox's heirs at law, > Versus Archibald Machine, James Morris, and others. ) ' fN this cause the death of James Morris being fu»,refted. I as al