1 > ilrpofitories of public autKisrity, th; ■i ijperiatendince of the public but in proportion as an institution is great and ufeful, its corruption and degradation becomes more criminal. It is from, this principle, that the poisoning of springs and rivers at all times been" claifed among the blackest crimes, as by this heinous deed the sources of fertility and life are convert ed into elements of death and deftruaion. ' Struck by this disorder.the Reprrfentatives ofthc Nation have more th:n once beirn engaged in ilifcaffiotu tesding to remove it. They have ennfidered this important aueflion in its double relation to the public intere'l of the country,and to the private interest of the public funflionaries and citizens; they have viewed the mifchief which may be done with the press, either by se ditious provocations or hv calumnies and fesn dal ; but in this last point' of view they have found their attempts obftraaed by obstacles hi therto thought infurmoantable, and the only re futt of their legislative exertions on this head, is the law of tie 28th Germinal, fourth year, the fifth article of whieh is as follows: " Authors, who fhill allow themfelvei to compose, and in general all persons, who (hall print, diflribute fell, hawk about, or difirihute writings containing prevocations, deemed crim inal by the law of the 27 Germinal, (hall be pro feciitcd in manner and wife as tlw said law di re ils. " The provocations, judged criminal by the id article of th- law of the Germinal, are thoi's /hi h ha»e for their ohjeil.— The dilFolution cf the National Representa tion, and of the Executive dire^iory. " The murder of all or any of the members which compose them. I " The rtftorition of royally. *' The re-eftablilhment of the Constitution of J 793- i . " Thereftcration »f the constitution of 1791, ; and of any form of government different from that which is eliablifhed by the constitution of 1 the third year; 1 1 " The invasion of public property : < " The pillage and spoliation of private pro- i perty, under the name of Agrarian La« », or in ( a-.iy manner whatever. " Of all these criminal provocations, the firft j is the only one with whieh I fhal! compare the I ! aiticle inserted in the " as being j 1 the only one any wayconnefled with the infer- £ rr.a'ion, which the Council of Five Hundred de- 1 fires to obtain. , " Now after hiving perused with the utmeft ; attention the article under confideratior., Ican not find, that it contains any thing tending to r provoke the difloliition df the National Repre- ' fentation. I found in this article 1 severe and bitter censure of some operations of the.Le- d piflative Body, fereral of which remain as yet p mer< proje£U or refolations; but I have not been 0 able (0 discover any expressions, which, on re- w presenting these a<s\s as daneerous for the public 1 weal, proposes as a remedy the diflolution of the authority from which they proceed. 0 " That this article is written in a bitter and t< reproachful tone, which but little belongs to a y writer who speaks of the Representatives of the p nation, I (hall not undertake to deny or juftify. c , I had merely to enquire, whether there existed a crime, and consequently matter for a crimin- *1 prosecution, Jnd this qutfiion I find myfelf obliged to decide in the negative. ti " This infta.ice, however, chofsn from a fc thousand others, offers one advantage, namely ar this, that it proves the infufficiency of the laws ar on this head. You are «ot ignorant, Citizens Direflors, thit there exists great numbers of far more criminal, b*caufe their crimes and their pernicious results recur daily, who 7J make it their to defame the firft autho- di ritiesofthe RepublK., totalumniate the Kepre- tu fen'atives of the people of theirMagiftrates, to ne recofrn'.ea murder and aflaffination, to discredit vc the purchase of National Domains, "to <Cttaek the Republican tnanners inllitutions and denrmina tions, to ridicule your arretes, to excite a civil en war, and to protract that with Foreign Powers. an And yet all these crimes remain unpunished, ow- ga ing to the infuffici*ncy of the laws, though un- an der the present cjrcumftances they are tar more tjfc culpable than they might be at any other peri od" tir " You have compelled the most formidable ene mies of the republic to for peace. Nrgotia- °P tions, on which depend the fate of Europe, are pe; opened under the auspices o r vidlory. You ap proach the nsomcnt when, after haviDg dilated a glorious peace, you will fee humanity recovering from the calamities of a dreadful hut neceflary war ; and it is at such a time that infamous wri ters lead allray thu public opinion, deceive the so- f ro rei„n powers on the moral (lreogth of government, • inspire them with ejtravagant hopes, by calling to recolleelion an order of things which isabolifli- °* ed forever-; inflame paflions which peace would Wi allay, and eonfumnoate their execrable wotk by ed, promoting distrust and di'.eord between the two on main frripgs of the political machine. , " The indignation of the Council of Five Hun dred has been roused by an article, which cenfurcs their operations; but what will be their feelings on reading the fo'lowing paflage, literally extracS- of ed from a public print, which I received this moment from on« of your commiflioncrs:— , "We had in France a monarchy .founded I4hun dredyears ago, and which ujider the reign of the Bourbons, had attained the most resplendent glo- trie Ty ; the French conftitution,it is true, was no more the drawn up in writing, than that of Lycurgus; j, en but it was attefled by the records of history, and q < by thoufan .'s of public monuments Among thi ° three coiftitutions fabdituted in Its place since war 1789, the'.e is none, in the fabrication of which rive the people have not been grolsly defrauded in their so t rights.—That of 1791 was manufactured in open w j t ] co.ntradiilion to the inftruiftioßi and powers recei- , ved, and the o;her two without any inftrudions or ™ powers at all. Whatever attempts again ft the mo- °' 1 narchy were made Vy the firft or constituent as- the fembly, it prefcrved at least the eflence of that mer ' form of government. The second r-flembly, tho' f a jj, more audacious, swore even to preserve it, and , proscribed only the person of the monarch. But er , the third, called the national convention, an im- mat! pure compound of debauched ruffians and atheists, uate inviud by a tyger (Orleans) and influenced by the y en the attraftioiis of immense booty, after having OUJ terrified the nation by numberless maflacres, abo- p lifted monarchy, not only without instruCtions £m l and powers, but alio without any miflion whatev- on t er, and completed its outrages against the monarch nia, by the most cowardly and mod cruel aflifiination JJ « Ye new £,ntlemen of the council of elders, j^ ren lay your hands-on your hearts and. dare, on your , . own principle,: of an absolute nullity, to maintain c, "i the validity of that abolition. Can you, agreea- both bly to the moral principles you have always pro- \S fsfled, excuse that interdiction and that murder ? o bvi. Your Clence on these two points (hall serve us {a | ne fftr an answer. The nation will itfelf in due time . and place examine, id, Whether these men are '°"S able and worthy to make eonftitutions and laws ? lumc idly, Whether their constitution of 1795, which Matt they have cejnented with the blood of our bed ci- q£ }■ tizens, is more admiflible than that o! r793' w bich they have abandoned ? Until such times as the na tion {hall have recovered fudkient liberty to rhoofe P ro J c between a monarchy and a republic, we feel no latioi difficulty in acknowledging the national repref. u his ti tition in the two thirds of the B<slua! legidativc to. dy, because thry have been cbofen by the people. But till the arrival ot the ]d third, you are only a _ ptovifional government, flrft to ul vi.'.'e tije mod >w- . efih, and above aH, to corre&that depra ; v of manners, which the convention encour rreat jT 1 " 5 * nv -'* OU3 (d*cre?s and ipfarnotis conduit, ation \ e<?ont *y > to endeavor to pecom'penfc the body of I t . * naflf n, torn by the difperficn of its mofl wer tn.s thy and most 3iftingui(hed numbers ; and 2dly, to i and rrepare a be'ter regimen, whatever may be its long " rm - ' deed " ' !) aTC E' VCH the necetfary orders t«profecute vert- '. ea " or .' eventually the printer of this arti cle, since it obviously contains fnch provocations as on. are pointed out by the la vofti e ißth Germinal, tives bu you will be able to judge by th.s article, citi aged zens directors, of the audacity of certain jeurnsl have ' ljs . who now lay down the hypocritical mask un iul)le , "er which they hitherto thought proper to conceal ,and i themselves. Aries | " lc legiflstive body will, no doubt feel the ihief ne stffi'y ps checking this unbounded licentiouf y fe- *' is no raor- liberty of the pref-,. than a can- narch y is government, and the right of carrying lave arn,s » the right to aClffinate. j hi- (Signed) " MERLIN." r re- —^■■■■« ■« d th' By this clay's Mail. LONDON, Augult 22. LETT ER of his BRITANNIC MA •im. JESTY, to the KING of PRUSSIA, fj pro- " entire confidence which I enter di- tain in the patriotic fen(;iments of your ma jesty, as well as the friendfhip which I flat the ter myftlf your majesty reciprocally enter arc tains for me, induce me to inform you with lta- out hefitatlon ttia t his imperial majesty had f add re (Ted to me as eledor, a circumstantial iers and detailed letter relative -to your takioj ' pofleffion of the imperial city of the dependencies of Eichrtadt, and the ■ 1 of , Equestrian Order Immediate, which took place lad year, on account of the principaji- | om tle ® Brandenbourg Franconia. His of ma jesty expressed a desire to know my opi- ' j nion upon these events, and at the fame time ; desired my interpolation with your majesty. j r ?" j "As his imperial majesty, in the differ in ; cnt proceedings which have taken place on 1 ; this fubjeft, is delirous to discharge the du- J he I fy prefcfibed by the capitulation of eleftisn 1 t llg in a manner that must redaund to his hiph«il ! ;,r- glory, and at the fame time manifeft tf)e , le- high consideration which he entertains for " your majesty, accordingly I conceive that, ! X » n my quality of eleaor, and agreeably to I l 0 m y ut 'es, I cannot and ought not deny the P •e- ,ec l u eft of his imp«rial majesty. e re 'I lam very far however from wifliing to I *- decide upon the legality of your majefty'* o et pretentions, or even to enter into a difcuflion h of their principles. I /hall content myfelf *" with relying upon the wisdom and upon the 1 of knowledge of your majesty, which cannot overlook any thing conneaed wiah the fyf „t tem of the constitution of the German em-1 m a yire> over the prefcrvation of which you are' fe >e principally called upon to watch, and I fhal? fi< ■d °" lr rc^er *° n °ble and generous fentij- v < menta which your majesty thought proper d< If to prescribe to yeurfelf in the public inftruc- cc tion, published the 27th of March, 1792, a for the regencies of Anfpach and Bareuth, b« y and on the fpecific fubjeft of thepretenfions w; 8 and differences which might arise faid th I® principalities. du " These feutiment* and manifeftations of 0 your Majesty leave me no doubt of yoar disposition uniformly to support, by consti tutional means, your pretenfionj on your 0 neighbours in Franconia, and of ceurfe that • you will leave your less powerful co-estates, of 1 and other of the empire in the a i 1 enjoyment of what the law fecurctto them, fm and what you allow to your own fubjeftt a gainst yourfelf, to wit, their maintenance • and re-establishment in a legal and incontef -1 tible pofleflion. "In thus teftifying with pleasure my en- ffol tire confidence in your Majesty, I take this . opportunity to renew the affuranees of the M: . perfect efteera with which I am, &c. (Signed) " GEORGE REX." NEW-YORK, Oa. 27. The son of the marquis La Fayettt failed from this port yesterday in the brig Clio, a f t: 1 bound to Havre de Graee, in expe&ation c '. t l of meeting his father and family in France. *" s We sincerely with his hopes may be realiz- ter< ed, and that happiness may once more beam er on that unfortunate family. He was attend ed by his governor, Mr. Freftel. a^' lar^ The reftittition of the important fortrefs ! )< *^ < of Mantua, and the acquisitions which Austria h*s made in Italy at the expence eel of Venice, indemnify her amply for the loss ' on ' of her former dominions in the low Coun- du " tries, and the Milanese. The frontiers of S en the Imperial pofleffions in Italy will, neC( henceforth extend westward as far as the ex . lt Oglio, southward as far as the Po, and east- min ward probably as far as the point where that ever river discharges itfelf into the Mediteranean, tere so that the city of Venice will be contained tac ' < witln'n the Imperial frontiers. The line of attai demarcation being thus drawn, the country emi!l of Brescia, the Veronese, and in general wa ? the whole extent of domination which for- l atic merly constituted the Venetian Terra Firma in fall to the ftiare of Austria; while 011 the o- mor( ther fide the Venetia part of Iftria and Dal- ant * matia, together with all the small 1 (lands fit- ''S 0 ' uated off the eastern coast of the Gulph of e ' Venice, as far as Ragufa, form a prodigi- ' ous encreafe of power, and will enable the Emperor to extend hereafter his conquests ne nc on the one fide into Turkish Dalmatia, Bos- dut y nia, See. and on the other into Italy. and : By this new demarcation, the political edan strength of Austria is greatly increased, by IS being rendered more compadl and more fit 1 both for attack and defence. c Whatever may be the eonfequencf, it is ' obvious that the House of Austria has at tained one great advantage to which it has long aspired, by having an extent of sea coast f , orn fufficiently considerable to raise a navy.— to Matter of the whole Adriatic Gulph, and ra .' '' of the coasts on each fide of it, the Emperor is now at full liberty to execute that favorite W projeil, and to multiply the commercial re- tant c lations of his fubje£is in the different parts of and his territories. \_Lond. Pap. are —>■ of thi PROVIDENCE, Oaober 21. T1 On Wednesday next the hon. General print: Jfpra- Aflembly of this Aatc will meet, at South- S: K-'"gftown. >dy of During the progress of the late epidemic, . wer- thirty-fix persons died here, and fikteen it lly. to Bristol. Both towns are now happily freed be its from the disorder, and business going on as recute formerl 7- , ans as day lall fnom New York, three sons of the uin il, late duke of Orleans came pafTt ngers. clt j- At Bristol, on Tuefclay last, a French - rn gentleman by the name of Montpellier, in nceal a insanity, (hot himfelf through the head with a pair of pistols, Another pair, I the loaded, were fpund in his pocke.'s. im! wmwiwiimi sua- *—• —-——an "—• ying Xlje ettc* iij* PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVCNTNG, Octobfr JB. j , SUBSCRIPTIONS. Amount of the fubferiptions received for IA- the use of the lick poor, £c. of the city i, ! j and liberties of Philadelphia, continued ter- from the last publication, dols. 1718 96 ma- Received fince — 3at- From Michael Prager, of Philad. ,100 ter- Benville, of Burlington, 100 ith- Samuel Chew, of Chester town, had Maryland, tial A citizen of New York, by the irtg port, unknown, ' 10 rg, BenedicSl Dorfey, of Philadelphia, 35 the From the citizens of Newburyport jok in New England, remitted to Sa aji- | muel Coates, by Mofe3 Brown, 600 lis ' pi- Total received from the 25th 1 me ; Aug. 1797, to this day, j 2j, 3 9° f. | Published by order of the committee, er- 1 SAMUEL COATES, Treasurer, on ' *** The several printers of the news lu- papers are requested to republifh this for 'eu ' the information of the fubferibers, fc he I Two persons more of the White all fa- For mily have deceased of the prevailing fever at, ' than have been mentioned in the papers, viz. to | Do&or Benjamin Whiteall, a refpeftable he physician of Woodbury, and Job Whiteall, • eldest son of Job Whiteall, deceased, of Red j to Bank, making ten in all, in three families J r'i of the Whitealls—in the fame neighbour- j an hood, Bos whom died of the fever, elf he 1 health-office: ot ' Odlober 27, 1797. I / -f- A communication was read from thecom- I ; n-' mittee of Southwark, who hadformed thtm- t re selves into a Board, to render service to the i ill sick and diftrefled during the prevailing, fe- I 0 i- ver, informing, that the fever having fubfi- j er ded, they had come to a resolution to dif- I f c- continue their meetings.' I/, 2 1 Resolved, That the thanks of this board 11) i, be conveyed to the committee of So«th- I a is wark, for the constant and effedlual service I d they have rendered to their fellaw-citizens, Ite during the prevailing fever. >f \ Published by order of the board. Ibi ir JOHN MILLER, J un . be i- Chairman. r \fc t Died] —Mr. John Clark, Silk Dyer, bi , of this city.—His death was occasioned by e a sprain of hii ancle in putting on a very I , small boot. I / c of the city, Miss Ann Harker. I I St - I 0 f gomerycounty, Mrs. Catherine Miles, cc wife of Colonel Samuel Miles, formerly be ' Mayor of this city. t,r .John Witt,Printer, aged 23. j v ' c . I tei Died, At Perth Amboy, on Wednef- I ur day, the 4th of Oftobcr, aged 72, James lo ' I Parker, Es«i_ Mayor of that city. His I ' a ! attachment and zeal for the prosperity of the I | city in which he presided ne3r 30 years, and I his incessant endeavours to promote it* in- I t ), terefts, will be long held in grateful lemem-1 w> beraDce by his surviving fellow-citieens.— I fav Poflefs'd of a strong mind and uncommon I assiduity, he attended to the business of a I large and extensive estate, till a few weeks I ', n ' before his death. His talents and perfpicu- I - ity in business for a long series of years, have I :Vo been universally acknowledged, and u ill be I long remembered, and his example'of in-I S ei duftry as woithy the imitation of the rising I generation. Altho' deprived of the leiftire I necefiary for a punftual observance of the I p v i c external dtjties of religion, he was not un- I mindful of its high obligations ; and when- I Sch ever opportunities offered to advance its in-1 terefls or defend its doftrines from the at- I tack , of infidelity, he eagerly displayed the I attachment of a chriftian. He poflefsed in Bri eminent degree the virtues of hospitality, was beneficent and charitable without osten tation, in hit principles, firm and unshaken, Sch in his friendfhip, warm and sincere ; in the -*aa more endearing relations of brother, hufhand and parent, tender and affe&ionate. Re signed to the will of an unerring Providence, ' he expired without a groan amidst his dear- vory eft connexions, his afflifted consort and ; children, in whose fond attentions he expe rienced not so much the merited returns of duty, as the effufions of love, gratitude and veneration. How much he was refpeft- a ed and esteemed whilst living, and how much his death is lamented, his family and Wends, • n, the town in which he so long and •' the .country at large, arf sensibly g and can abondantly tcflify. va . it The pofTeflion of spice islands conquered from the Dutch, has become'lefs an objeft to the British, since the discovery of seve ral islands abounding 111 spices of various kinds, and particularly the nutmeg. Withhi the few last years, several impor- W ea tant discoveries of this kind have beeumade, a f ce and settlers left on the islands, where they wan are employed in making large pla taiions ticn of the'nutmeg tree. p rr t This is stated on the autho.ity of Asiatic beet icn, mth- The brig Grace, in which Mr. Mar shall, the other commissioner, took his mic, paHage, was spoke the 31ft of August, ■n at - 0 reed POST OFFICE. in as Philadelphia, 03. 27, 1797. , c 3» Letters for the Britiffi Packet, the f ? r Falmouth > * rill be received at this Office until Tuesday, the 31ft inft. at inch 1 2 o'clock, noon.—N. B. The inland , in postage to New-York must be paid, the ia,r > THE Letter Bag of the Guilaf A dolphz, for London, tvittvietaien from the Poji-Office Monday norm. 03. 28. GAZETTE M A RIN E LIST PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. 18. *** l»*0. DA'YI Ship liltrtj, Ramcg* Havre 01 r Two Friends, Davidftn Hull '"j „ Clnpatra, Newell London c 8 »ed Brt S John Henderfon, White do. 8 c 96 Schr. Polly, Davis St Domingo IVtnfield Packet, M'Neran, Norfolk 6 John, Wafs Bo fi on - . Sloop Polly Gifford R. [/land 12 Mary, Pry or New-Tori 6! Eagle, Denyhe j om <5 C! EARED 03.6. Ship Experiment, Jenny, Leegane, via N.C. Schr. Svccefs, Cool:, Sum,,am 9'h— Ship Htr.de, Patot, Par! au Prince Brig Concordia, Sauter, Civita Vcche Georgia Packet, Reynolds, C. Francois ~c 1 N Z mph ' Wd6 ' 36 Schr - Minerva, Andaulle, Port au Prince • Flying Fish, Lee, Jeremie ! Sloop Nancy, Hardy, J om tr. 1 -J—Barque /dAana, Lee, Hamburgh '9- 20—Shop Nalhy, Chufer, St. Barthol. or 21— Ship Joanna, Boggs, JVilmington,N.C. Maryann, Stewart, ■ b J7< c Jf ero ' RvJl, Sal "» Schr. Dove, May. Norfolk 61 Ship Phcemx, Grice Amflerdam z- Schr. Daphne, Morse ' N. Orleans I I Cleopatra fell in with a 16 gun French pn vateer, which, after a chacc of several hours 'd flood off for the Jbib Induflry, capt. Rudd, - e8 f rom London for Virginia. Captain Ne- ) r- well apprehends the Induflry is taken. By the brig Diligent, Capt. Wm. Sherman, 2 8 days from Petit Guave, V Left at Petjt Guave, Jloop Robert and IVil- ' I! Ham, Coulthard, Baltimore, to fail the 26th 1- September \fchr. Greyhound Dejhields, Balti- 0 1- niore, to fail the 3 cth ;fhr. Bet fey, Upton e Salem, to fail 6th OSober : brig Sally, Hampton, °J\ Philadelphia, at Acquin, bound round to r" ff?' V Guave. Sept. 25, off the Mole, spoke flhfoner Julia, Nicholas, New-Tori, bound 0 Petit Guave, Same night, was boarded by J brig Pelican, treated politely, and j lei - after aflrid examination, allowed to depart. w e Next day was boarded by a French priva- > jeer and treated politely. oSober 3d, lat. 23, 00, long 73 00, spoke brig Chatham, Stanwood, from New-Tori, cn bound to Jamaica, out 10 days. m ' ' OSober ith, lat. 27, 20, long. 74, 00, spoke schooner John of Norfolk, from Savannah, , bound to Aux Cayes, out 19 days, r VeJfeL up at Liverpool, Augufl 17. Jo ' For Philadelphia,—Diamond, Eaflb urn ;J at P'ggy, Elliot ; Sarah, Serves ; Diana, Phile: ' Prosperity, Craig; Commerce, IVetificoat. Capt. Newell of the Clevpstra wa« bcardtd, son Sept. t, by a boat with 6 men from thefliorc, Mi offthe lizard, who informed that peace was ; 1 Concluded', having read it in the papers the day ycc before. Lat. 44. 34, N. long. 17, W. saw a brig (landing E. S. g. At 1, P. M. saw a brig /landing to the northward, who appeared to fail in 1 very fa ft. 3, P, JVI. the two brigs met, the lit- anc ' ter fiied 3 guns at the former which bore down ' under the lee of the latter, with American co- *7? Irturs—the other under Trent h colours. 1 hey ' n ' lay to a eonfiderable time, when the American colours were hauled down, and the brig changed '" el her course and tirade ali the Tail she rculd to the J"" northward, with the privateer, which gave , * chaie to the Cleopatra, and was tomingjttp fall, 'f. when the night coming on and blowing freih, ° fa W nomore of her. Ship Jnduftrv from Lon- } don t» Norfolk was theninfight, bearing N. W. , L5t.3j.47, N. long. 37, 16, W. fpokefnip j.„ Maria, Patldock, 20 dayj out from Nantucket f avo on a whaiing voyage. La'. 36, li, N. iong. j =m 65, 18. fpokebrtg Mary. Yorke, 36 daji out Cfrt from Gibraltar to Philanlelphii—all well. 150 Lat. -36, 48, iong 31, 30, spoke brig Ran- 3 ger, out 3 dip from Baltimore to Amsterdam, drai all well. ble Ship Woodrrp Sims, Hodgfon of this port, 62CX has arrivtd at Havre, inij days from Halifax, . O Nova Scocia. and Arrived at the Fort. in t}l Schr. Kitty, Green, Cape Francois 13 days t ' K c Maria, Flinn, Havannah 11 wl New Tork OSober 26. LCI ARRIVED. DAYS I Brig Christine & Elizabeth, Sandmalker, - Genoa 3 months. Venus, ——, Bourdeaux 64 nifr^ Schr. Favourite, Weymouth, Richmond 12 that • CHARLESTON, Oft. 12. Nautical Improvement. fever ihe substitution of Hadley's 03ant in the fuppl room of that -very defective and dangerous Robc instrument Davis's Quadrant, has been a principal cause to which the improved con- f!"/ 1 dition of navigation is to be attributed. The pofieflioti of the means of obtaining J acc a correft obfervat.'on of the heavenly bodies Owe, at sea, has led to the discovery of other ob- Keppi je<Ss than that which formed the original point of enquiry. John Still the science, under all its present ad- B '(y vantageous circumstances, is susceptible of ! additional improvements ; and every at- ! tempt, however trivial it may be, to give ' A perspicuity, is entitled to praise. ° I '*■ Among the deflderata which have laid o- * pen to enquiry, that of obtaining a correct Oc9 observation of the fun in foggy or hazy weather, when the real horizon caanot he j., ascertained, has not been the least. The p o n»t want of this has been always the most par- next^ ticnlarly felt when and where it was mod Oi! prrticularly needtd. A mode has now "J been fouu, dfimple indeed in its conflrud icn, clear in its principle, a.id certain in in -Var. efleAs, for this dilFcu 1 "- T - '"ver.tor has ©buyned a patent for'Yhrs i:n provemejit, wlncnj* nothing more than fix in-an artsficraPaoriiwn °n the p! a .; ; ofai Jiaairy s ÜBant, and readerieg the' nc-t. hr moveable. J ° ' cket, _ Injiiftice to'thejnventor, I (hall only this "on whst he o tiers to the public attention, t. ::t WUhf : u |.e'Henurr i n an explanation of th- it, Jest ; lU .;,eftcd men (honld " a :-« take the advantage of prolnhtg by it, to the injury of his p itent. r a I|hf 1 | hf te ; :!ecis Mr- John Seyds, South fA' w f. k ' w!, ° has published a colleflion of V * ta olc S i-or- regnlatiug time, and corrcftinT 8. the latitude, computed from dead reckoi 1 : ' n s s » by hmple altitude, at any time in the _y T forenoon, when tha fun j s not ] efs t ; lail three points from the e«ft ; or any time in L> the afternoon, when the fun is not less than - three points from the weft, See. See. 3« vs. 9 ' ' °r Sc.^YhTmias^^ THE DA NISH BRIG 85 llm p ™« Frederick, ■ f, Francis Geolfi, Mailer. , Ic W wilh a " "i-vcnicnt fpeid, having 15 V f u. fl V, tat cr p.„t Of fer cirgo r«dy to 00 12 o.iWl for PaYn,,% ;)0 | v y to t f le k 6! c a :' c - Mn • "«• « Josspii o; vrs £ _ oa. z*. 0 Fo rSAVA NVA H ~ " ( .0. THK SAILING SHIP \Z mML Mvi;t rcv&e I Patrick Gribbin, MaP.tr. iccis v '-" ' NOw iyiiift « Smith's whr.rf, - , • 'taillmJlrm, 'li haurffomc ir for p.fcn,s«, and v i i f,i- with f" fj.esd. For fru^t,r paftge.aup y r»we ,he 'ii board, or »<,. „ - c, uath Front-ftrect, or of the lubfcrifctrs, •rgh A'. Cj/ y. Frazier. M. dtf • c - Jiift arrived. From Port-au-Pri:ice, and For Sale b; the fubferi ; . L be ". No. 21, Penn.-ft.eet, folk 6 *2 hog-fticadi,"^ £ > of Prime Coffee Hft j 646 ba ? s 3 , »rj „ Wirings' C 3° Francis. 'ld, 1 §_ V,. Injurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania. 7 "' ,„ T i l ' E °^ ce is a g ain opened at the corner of , W alnui; and Second streets, where applications are r tl- rccelve d as ufaal. to ;t _ Oil 28. )' h lo be Sold at PubllTAuaionT ttl- Oil Saturday evening, Nov. 4, ' 97> at 8 o'ciock, at the Merchants' Coffee-houie, T V A t ' CtS ~ t0 I Note drawn by James Greenleaf ,j, e in favour of and endorsed by Edward Fox, dated >th August, 1706, due nth "d Odoberlaft, V , ~0 by j 3 do. drawn by said James Green id leaf in favor of and endorsed by Ed ward Fox dated jth Ausuft, at J 3i 1681 14, and 2681 14,' amount z toget ,' ,cr 8041 41 ke 3do .do. of fame dace, drawn and enderfed asaforefaid, payable in eight months, paymenn, dols. 1693 75 each k : amount together * goßl 4J h, — Q j- ' I draft drswn by Robert Morris on ' JohnNicholfon,dated2?thMay, 1796 ; a ' umont is JOO o x do. drawn as aforefaid.at two ' y e3r ' 5000 I< o drawn by John Ni'dio!- 1, son, onßobert Morris, dated 28th M*y, 1796, at 3 j<ars r OOO is 1 do. drawn as aforefcid, at 4 / J'"" 500 a) « The said drafts are fecurcd by tbares J& ' CC * > il in the North America Land Company . and endorsed by James Greenleaf „ ' r Note dated Boflon, j Sth May, . 179 f, drawn by Thomas Dawes, iun! in favor of Thomas Gieenleaf, paya a blc lft jai.uary, 1798, endorsed by Da- mel Greenleat, Henry Newman and . J dmes Greenleaf ai Xdo dated Bote, 18th Nov. 1005 drawn by Daniel Greenleaf, in favour* ' of Thomas Dawes, jun payab'eift Jan. I *79B.enddrfed by 1 bonus Greenleaf, Henry New'man.and James Gres'rltaf 6500 3 Note?, dated Boston, 17th Nov. 1795, drawn by Benjamin Haikell, in fai-our of Jame? Greenleaf, payable ift January, 1799, endorsed by said James Cr.-erileaf and Nahum Fay, dols. ? coo 1500—1000 g ofto 3 do. dated Softon, r7th Nov. 179? , drawn and endorsed as ble ift fan. i?oo, one payment, dols. 6200, jooo, 4COO IJtoo ■ ® n !. bon , d ', Za s h «i»h Cox to James Greetileiir, and affiled by h,m,'dated the Jill March, 170 c in the sum of ten thonfaud dollats, conditioned for the conveyance ot 25000 acres of Land, near the town of Fredrrca in Glyn county and state of ' Georgia, the said bond full due. ' John Connelly, auctioneer. 0a.38. Philadelphia, 03. 1 j. I'HE fnbfcribers inform their and cufto- ; i mersjn town ar.d country, tha' their (lores are now open in the city, and others are daily opening, and that from trte present appearance «f the prevailing d.forder have reason to hope, their friends may . jnortly .come to tha cky-witfe perfcA faf.ty. By several late arrivals, numbers have received frefii supplies of GOODS. ' Robert Smith & Co. P IV. GalhuJet &Co na-vhtf Co. Sitgreanej & French, * ■ AetJ IS Smith, George Dobfon, If Merger n:,d Smith, Tineas Ryerfon, Alex Bt/JlanJ and Co. T. K. Hardenberg. Jacob iprrry and Co. John Smith and Co- Oiven 0 Jona.yonesy Thomas Orr, Keppele & Zantxinger, William Gj Adam Zantz -tiger, Tbomas Armat & Son l 6hn Fri "' f Miller, jun. and C. Be'jomin Ist J. jfohrjln; 5 OS. 14- | ' Wanted., to Hire, Al-arge and convenient HOUSE, in or near ' the centre of the city—for which a generous rent will be given ; to be ttken for a year, or on / lease lor a longer term. Inquire of tha Printer ° a \f- ' «otf Ihe Medical Ledures ~" In the Unlterfity of Pennsylvania, are nosh poned until the last Monday in November next N . r 4 . taw 4 w. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE II Ktpr, ma TBI PRKSCKT, AT THI CITY HALL.
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