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.