vy -mivhiiSi* mii'i nn—fca WILL BE i>OLD, On Thursday. morning next, ai io o'clock, on the lot adjoining the City Tavern, be tween Second and Dock Jlreeti, A Quantity of Lumber, Among which are Dqors and door cases Window frames, shutters and faihJS Girders, scantling and joyft Rafters, collar beams and roofs W iinfeotting, breali work, boards,&c. CONNELLY & Co. Auct'rs India sales, AT NEW-YORK. Cargo of the Ship Atlantic, ON MONDAY, The itft infiant, at 11 o'clock, oppofke the Auction Room, for approved endorsed Notts at fto days, The CARGO of the /hip Atlantic, lately from Madras, entitled to drawback, —AS follows 6-c SaViAhmood cotton,pr. sample of jo bale *oo bap;s of Barrille or Alkale, lo of 10 bag In lots at ij each 5 hhds Salamoniac, per sample, 4 do. Aloes do.' I do. Borax, do. t do. Verdigreafe, do. 6 do. AflVcetida, do. 5 boxes Prtiflian Blue do. N. U.— All (lie above articles may be ex amined previous to the faks, either per sample or on Hoard, by applying to the auifiion-room. ON WEDNESDAY, The ajd inilant, at the store No. 111, Green wich llrcet, for approved endorsed notes at 6o and 90 days, An elegant and valuable assortment of Madras Bengal Piece Goods, CONSISTING OF Madras handkerchiefs of the latest fafhion and the heft patterns, in bales and trunks, Ventapau'en handkerchiefs, of the latest fafhion an l the best patterns, Pondichcrry Cmnbroys, Nagore Ginghums, Bleached Salainpores, Supc fanainaor, Fine long cloths, D»- rheck'd hanßkerchiefs, Do. t ambric do. Do. book muslin do. Do. jaconet do do. Gold and silver muslins, Embroidered do. bo« k do With a variety of othei kinds of do Blue guineas, India calicoes, Mogga Cowrie Cownje, Smah Moorts Mamoodies, Baftas, Gurrahs Bandannoe handk«rchie s With a variety of other articles which will be particularly deftgnsted in catalogues,&c. which will be delivered on th; day previous to the sales, when the goods may be viewed. ISA.JC MOSES er SONS. New-V-vk, nth Tan. f r 7) dtii'h w~aTn~t e d, a QOAitrrrr OF UNREFINED CAMPHOR, ENQUIRE OF THE niNTII. __ an. 19 3t Stray Horse. WAS taken up, treffpaffing on the fubferiber, in the townlhip of PalTyunk, in the county of Philadelphia, a grey Horfe,about fourteen hands high, thirteen or fourteen years old, blind of hit riifht eye, and (hod before. Whoever has 101 l hira, by proving property and paying charges,may him again on applying to the fubferiber. lOHN SINK. Ob the Banks ot Schuylkill. Jan. 19, 5 NOTICE. ALL pcrfons indebted to the estate of JOHN FIMISTER, of this city, deccafed, are request ed to make payment ; and all those having any demands against the fame, are hereby called to produce their accounts for settlement, to EUZ\BEI"H FIMISTER, Admis'x JOHN HUCHKNSON, AdminV Philadelphia, jan. zi d4t Artillery Blues. THE Gentlemen compoGng this corps are re queued to parade at the Center House in Market ftreet above the arsenal, on Thursday next the 24th inft. at a o'clock, roll to be called at 3, in complete uniform ; the members will be punAual in their attendance as business ef importance will be laid before them. The Patriotic citizens of the city and couaty are invited to enroll themselves in this corps in <unport of the laws and contlitotion of their coun try. GEORGE TAYLOR, Captain. tan. 11. *„* THE Members of the Society of St. George, established at Philadelphia, for the advice and cssktance of Englishmen in dis tress, are requested to attend a quarterly n.eeting of the Society, at the City Tavern, on Wednesday the 13 d inst. at 6 o'clock in the evening. GEO. DAVIS, Sec'ry. The annual election of officers and several new members are te be bollotted for. Jan. 16,1799. dtujy. 40 Boxes of Fresh Citron Jalt arrived via New-York, and for Sale by JOHN CRAIG, Who has also for Sale, Old Madeira Wine of the f.rft quality, India Muslins, coarse and fine, &c. A quantit> of the best English largt leaf Clover Seed. Jan. it. TO BE SOLD, A two story Stone House, LATELY built, with two acres of land, on the Briflol roaf' . bout a mile above Frank fort. The fitaalio,. high and healthy, and the water excellent —For 'erras apply to Mr. John McClelland, or Mr.. Richard Whitehead, No. 61, Vine-ftrcct. Five Dollars Reward. STOLEN yefter.lay morning, between 1 o and \% o'clock, from No. 48, South Fourth Street, A Single cafe Silver Watch, the miner's name.Warknoble number not known. I'he letters W . H. are scratched on the rim of the cafe—a fteelchnin and key,(>ilt seal with acypher W. H. engraved on it. Whoever will give mc information so that the thief may be brought to lattice lhall receive (hi. above reward. W. H IYDON. jau It ON' Friday evSniog last about fix o'olocts John omtLDs, Jut). i'econd lon ol Mr. Johu Shields, of this city, was assaulted by tour ruffians in Front ftieet, near the Auction Store of Edward Fox, Esq. He made all the reliftance in the power of a youth of fifteen ; —finding himfelf overpowered by numbers, he endeavored to escape; one of the fellows pursued him, threw him, jumped on his leg and broke it. Any person that can give any information of the name or place of abode of any of the four, will confer a favor by calling at No. 22, Ghefnut street. January 21. 3t Pocket Books, for the year 1799. THIS.BAT WAS rUBLIIMID, Br WILLIAM T. BIRCH, No, 17, South Sscond-ftreet. THE AMERICAN LADIES POCKET-BOOK ; FOR rilE TEAK 1799. EmbellilheJ with miniature likenefles ot the President ol the United States and General Wa(h ington ; containing an Almanack, ruled pages Tor memorandums, and for an account at monies re ceived, paid or lent, for every day in the y»ar new country dances, miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse, now songs, a marketing table, and other ufeful tables. ALSO, TUB GENTLEMAN", ANNVAL POCKET REMEMBRANCER, roit The tea# 1799. Emhelllfliad with the fame miniature likenefles, Containing au almanack, ruled for memoran dums and a caih account, a lift of the members of Congress, the departments of State, War, Navy, Treasury and Judiciary, with an account of what i< material in each; the Federal courts of law, Mi*t eftablifliment. heads of all the mod impor tant a&s of last fcflion of Congrsfs, a lift of the stamp duties, of duties payable on goods imported and on domtllic articles, a lift ot the British naty fcveral ufeful tables, and other interesting matter. I'he above books are neatly bound in red leather with tucks and pockets. Sold also by G. Hill, Baltimore ; Somerville, New York ; Bailey and Waller, Charleston; and by the principal booksellers in Boston. WHERE ALSO MAT BE HAD, [price i» i-l coits.] Headsof the moll importauta&s of the laftfef lion of Congrcfs, printed in a> pocket size, and neatly don- np in marble paper. W. Y. Bt»cu has for fait-, a good alTortment of merchants'account hocks, paper and other llation ary goods, playing cards, hair and leather trunks, dec 19 W4W "fust Published BY THOMAS DOBSON, At theStonc-houle, no. 4i,fouth Second-street, Philadelphia ENcrCLOP JED IA : DIC T IVN AR Y or A RTSaud SCIENCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, On a run entirely Ntf. BY WHICH THE DIFFEREN r SCIENCES AND ARTS . Are digested into the Form of Diftinft TREATISES 01 SYSTEMS COM?KSHtMDINO THE History, Theory, and Practice, of each, aecording to the latest difroverics and i nprove ments: and full explanations given •( the yaricm Detached Parts of Knvwtedvt, whether relating to natural and artificial objeas, or to matters ecclesi astical, civil, military, commercial, &c. Itrclad ing elwcidation of the msft important topics'rela tive to religion, morals, manners, and the acano my of lilc: together with a dcfcription of all the conr.tries, cities, principal mountains, leas, rivers &c. throughout the world ; a general history, an cient and mtJem, of the different empires, king doms and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent perfo>is in every nation, from the oariieft ages down to theprefent times. Com piled from the writings of the best authors, in fe veral languages; the mcrfl approved dictionaries, as well ol general science as ot particular branch es j the tranfa&ions, journals, and memoirs, of learned focicties; the MS. lectures of eminent pro feffort on different cienccs ; and a variety of ori ginal materials, furnifhed by an exteulive corre fpoadence. The work is now completed in eighteen large qri»rto volumes, illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates. I'he few copies which remain on hand are of fered for sale at 135 dollars for the 18 volumes in boards I6i dollars neatly bound in Iheep leather 180 dollars handsomely bound in Calf tej dollars in Raftia or Morocco. r. dlTbson; WAI JV *T OPENED A SUBSCRIPTION, For.Publishing a Supplement to the Work The objeiJk of which is to eorrcft such mif-ftatc ments as have be en found in the Work, andtogive an account of the most important dilcoveries and improvements which have been made for the last ten years. / It is eipeAed this fupplemsnt will conGft of three volumes, on fnch paper and type as the En cyclopedia, at Si* Dollars per volume, in boards Sit Dollars of which to be paid on fubferibing, fee 1J taw6w AN ACT, ~ Limiting the time within which claims igainft the United States, for credits on the books of the Treasury, may be prcfented for allowance BE it enattcd by the Senate and House of He preftntalives tf the Untied State, of Ameri ca, in Cengreft assembled, That all credits on the books ot the Treasury of the United Staaes, for tranfaiftions during the late *ar, which, according to the course of the Treasury have hitherto been discharged by issuing certificates of registered debt, (hall be forevei barred and precluded from settlement or allowance, unless claimed by the proper creditors, or their legal representatives, on or before tKe firft day of March, in the year < ne thousand seven hundred i and ninety-nine. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to cause this Aist to be puhlifhf d iu one or more of the public papers of each state. (Signed) JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the Honfe of Representatives. THEODOKE SEDGWICK, President of the Senate. Pro. Tem. Approved July 9, 1798. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. December 13. w t ift v ar . R. TAYLOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR, *». 96, NORTH SI XTH-STHIE T, RESPECTFULLY informs the Public that he continues to teach Ladies the Piano For' '-a usual. Nov. 4. tutbia Imported In the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT R IASONAILX FRICMANSION A LIBSAAL CXIOIT, BY ■ PRATT b* KINT^ING, N0.95, North vVaterftrcet. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempen linens and oznabrigs from 1/5 to if per ell 70 do. bleached and brown hessians 40 do. brown rolls suitable for cof fee bags 20 do. ltrong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chests platillas a do. sealing-wax 3 do. dowlas 3 packages oil-cloth 30 de. crcas ala Morlaix 4 do. fail-twine 11 do. eftopailles t do. watches j5 do. Bielefield linen 14 pipes Port wine 90 ddk patterborncs 9a cases claret 45 do Brittanias 130 do fine long corked I do. Holland canvass claret I de. Ruflia do. 1600 bulhrls fine fait 3 de. Ruflia (heetings 40 caflcsofroll brimflone I do. ravens duck 100 casks of naval llores. a do. Ruflia drillens 50 logs prime mahogany I do. brown holland 4 hhds. coffee mills a do. Silesia rouans 0 bundles German steel I d».Wahrendrop linen to chests of slates and I do. Caraudoles pencils I do. Flemish linens A package of flcates I do. cambrkks and A do. woolen caps, &c. ] awn s 4 chests o( Nurenberg 1 do diaper toys la do. stripes 40 kegs of yellow ochre 18 do. diecks 3 hhds. Olae a do. fiamois 8 barrel, of Lentillts I do. Arabia stripe f chetts of pi ime red I do. buntiifj for color croft Holland cheefs 1 packa. Madras hand- 30 kegs ot pearl barley kerchiefs 60 boxes of capers t do. Turkey yarn 400 fides of upper and 6 bales empty bags foal leather 1 chest hair ribband 300 boxes window glass 3 boxes tapes, assorted 800 Demijohns 1 d». bobbin, assorted to boxes glals tumblers t box threads & tapes assorted I do. fine blue liftardos a hhds pumice stone 5 chests men's flipptrs I box of mill Qiws 3 do. bed ticks I calk of cutlery a casts hog's bridles A quantit* of flone jugs 6 chests writing paper and pickling pots 4 de. quills A fiiW (hips anchors, Ac. November 11 tuiftf notTce. THE creditors of George J< hnfton, late ®f Queen Ann's county, in the slate of Mary land, deceased, are hereby rcquefted toappeir at Church Hill, in the county and state afore laid, on Thursday the lift day of January next, wth their claims againfk the said deceased, properly authenticated, at uhich time a propor t'onable divifioo of the assets in the hands of the fubferiher will be made among the creditors ac. oiding to law; and those who do not appear on the said day, will be forever precluded'from their claims on the said eAate. REBECCA JOHNSTON, Executrix. Church Hill, Dec. I*. SHERRY WINE, AT AUCTION, ON MONDAY MORNING, lift inlWut, at one o'clock,at Shannon and Paulk's Au&ion Store, will he fold for cash. Forty qr. cartes of Sherry Wine, ■ NTITLKD TO OKAWSACK. SHANNON W POALK, Au«ioneers. Jan. 18. , *t This Day is Publilhed, AND rot SALS a* J. PEN NO, I «O,C HIS XU T-S1 kiaT an address To the People of Maryland, ON the origin, progress and ptpfesit state of French aggreflion, with a (ketch of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United States, ajid fame reflexions on the late proceedings in Congress | written the last of April in the pre sent year, by a Member of the House of Reprrfen tativss. $ iune 11 TO THE Promoters of Literature. THE mahageri of the Beula Seminary, impelled by motives of pure morality, having refslved to <!ifpofc of tke following property by way of LOTTERY, in order to assist them in e red ing a convenient build ing for the accommodation of cue hundred ' students, and the necessary pro'effora in the different departments of science—do offer for sale three hundied and fifty lot* in BEULA, each fifty-eight feet by one hun | dred and twenty-five, at twenty dollars per ticket, each ticket enti led to a lot to be determined by ballot | ten dollars to be paid on receipt of the ticket, and the remaining ten tin the delivery of the deed. The bal lot to take place before impartial men, as soon as the waole number of tickets arc fold. Tk£ managers, anticipating the difficul ty of obtaining caih for the whole, have re folded to receive an equivalent, for fomc of the lota, in feledfc books ; philosophical ap pa atus, or in produce and materials for building, delivered on the spot. It may be obfetved, that the value of prizes in this lottery will be more than dou ble the amount of all the tickets ; for 350 lots, would at their average ellimation, pro duce at lead 15,750 dollars ; whillt, accord ing to the present proposals, the sum ob tained for them will be only 7,00 c dollars. -Ticket* may be had during this winter, of Morgan J. Rhcet. president of the board of managers, no. 177 south Second-street, Philadelphia ; who wil receive proposals and plans for the -.reflion of the building. It is intended to be of hr ck or stone ; its (ituation on the summit of a gradual rising eminence, commandirg nex tensive profpeft of the surrounding eouatry ; an observatory to be on its top. Land and out lots in the vicinity of the Town may be had on moderate terms by ap plying as above. Mechanics and laborers, of good morals will meet with tncou agc ment. Jan. 19. . 3aw2m TO BE LET, ANE AT, convenient two-story frame HOUSE and BAKE-HOUSE,fituated in south F#urth street, below German ftreat—Thehoufe is in com plete order, having two ro>ms on a floor, with a fpacioas garret; the lot is 19 1-1 feet front 011 Fourth (Ireet, and 111 i-i feet deep. Apply to CHRISTIAN BETZ, no 135, Mulberry llrtet.; N B T" A * 'he property btlongs to orphan c-hil dren, it is that good fccurity will !,<. given for the rent. Philadelpkia, deecmbsr 11, 1798 < uwjw tativci. Charles Campbell, IV A T C'H-M A K E R. HAS removed 10 the"?hop fortwrly occupied by Mr. John Wood, No. r5. corner us Frost and Chefiiut-ftreels ; where he will thank fully receive and execute orders with neatnef> and difpax-h H £ HAS CCKITAWriT ON HAND, A Neat and Large Aflortment of Clocks & Watches. WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN; ALSO, one or two Apprentices of refpeila ble parent!. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch Glafles Wbalcfalc and Retail. nor 14 lawtf DISTRICT O F PE7VA STL t r AN lA, TO WIT : BE IT REMEMBERED, THAT on the tenth day I. S.m ol December, in the twenty third ye?r of the Independence of the U ni'ed States »f America, JOHN LAMBERT ot the fai l D»ftri&, hath depolited in this office thi title of a book, the right whereof he claims a# author in the following, to wit : " A fh«rt and practical Efiay oh Farming ; be " 11.g the experience of a farmer of ahout sixty « years of ; ,ge, reir forty ysars of wheh wetc " Ipent in tngianu, EflVx eounty, on land where " tarming is done in the granted perfeflion " an»l near seven years on three' hundt ed and " twenty acres ol wo.n.rut land in P- ttlgrove a. d " Alloway creek, in sa'em county Well J rf.-y— ---" Shewing the means whereby tbefe worn-out " lands may he in-proved, and th-t th.- means are " in the power of almost every farmer." In contrrmity to the aft of the Congress of the United States, intituled "An ail for the enconragementof learning, by securing th' copies ol maps, charts and book-to the suihor9 and proprieties of fueh enpies du ring the terms thvrrin mentioned." D. CALDWi I.L. Clerk of the DifiriS of Pennsylvania. dec. 1 j - iaw4w DISTRICT OF P£NNSYLVANIi\,TO WIT BE IT RRAtEMBEirZD, THAT on the twelfth day \ of Auguft,in the twenty third year ol ks' A the Independence of the United State- ol Amfcrica, Benjamin Smith Barton, ef the said dif trift, hath deposited in this office the title ol a hook the right whereof be claims as author in the words following to wit : "New Vicwsofthe Origin of the Tribesand " Nations of America—-"By Venjamin Smith Bar " ton, M. D.Corrsfpondent Member of the Socie " ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member as " the American Philosophical Society, Fellow of " the American Academy of Arts and Scinnces of '• Boston, Correfpord'dg Member of the Malfa " chufett, Hiftoricai Society, and Proftffbr of " Materia Mvdiea, Natural History and Botany " in the Univer.lty of Pennsylvania " In conformity to the a& of the Congress of the United State*, intitled " Ad »A for the encourage ment of learning by securing the copiea of mffs, charts,and books, to the authors and proprietor, of fu<£ copies during the times thertis mentionod.'i SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk, Dill, of Peno' November 1, 1798. a'll persons, INDEBTED to tht Eftue of Abraham D ic*s, Ei Sheriff of the County ef Delaware, are requeued to make immediate pay ment-, and all those who have demands agaiaM said Estate to amhentirate and present them for settlement. Also, all those who have deposited writings with saul decesfed to apply for them to WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adtn'r. Springfield, Delaware county, ) i| mo. Ith, 1799. , ) jail. 8 lawtf, ■1 t ; City Commissioners Office. January 3th, 1799 . THE following arrangement was made by the Board, for the more effectual cleansing of the City ; each Corsmiflioner to superintend a difti ifl, —vi t« No. t. Nicholas Hicks, from the North fide of Vine-ftr«et, to the South fide of Mulberry ltreet. a. Ifc Roberts, fromthe South fide of Mul berry-street to the South fide of Chtfnut ftreet. 3. Joseph Clay poole, from the South (ids of Chcfaut-ftrcet to the North fide of Spruce street. 4. Isaac Jones, from the North fide of Spruce ltreet to thcSotith fide of Cedar-flreet. AWe.—When any of thp public Pumps are out of order to the Southward of High-ftrcet— application may be made to Thomas Dlxey in sth near Cedar-street, or Godfrey Gehler in 4th between Walnut and Chefnut streets. And for the Northern part of the city to Dixcy and Dehaven, in Bth street, between Saffifras and Vine-streets. 0" Heatings of the Commiflloners are as usual, every Tuesday evening, at 5 o'clock, at the Old Court-Haufe. Jan. to. City Commiflioner's Office, January 15, 1799. Fcr the information of the Citizens, the follow ing extraS of an a 8 of AJfembly, faffed the I'ith day of February, 1769, it now re publi/hed. iefl. 41. A he '' farther- ena&edby the au- L\. thority aforefaid, That if any p„r '«b or f erfons, shall, after the publication hereof, ;.refum« to cast, carry, draw out, or ky any dead norle, or other dead carcase of cattle, sheep, hog or siog.or any excrement or filth from vaults, privies or t.eceflary houses, and shall leave hch tarcafe, :arrion or filth, without burying the fame, a fuffi lepth m the ground, en any part of the commons >! the fjid ci.y, or on or near any (Ireets, lanes, alleys or highways, wirhin the said city, diftrift or towmhip adjoining the faa.e, every perfnn or per .ons so offending and being convided thereof, be of Pn.lade.phja, refpeSively, (hall forfeit and pay for every such office, the lum of thirty {hillings. Agreeably to a rcfolution ol the Select ar d Com mon Councils, dated the lOt h of January 1799, Notice is hereby given, a OL ' • •« n<>w prepared on the jeflf.de of Fifth ftreet,from Schuylkill, betw«n Vine and Saffafras streets. And ore ether Pit or Hon, is rpened on the weft fit.e of fifth street, fiom Schuylkill, hetw e« w alnut and Sproce flrects, where *ll filfth or «x ---crenient from vaults or privies, of the city of Phila delphia, shall be dcpofited. Wherefore, if any perf»n or perfoi.s (hall be found tranfgrefling, thev inu.t expedl to be punished as the l:» direiSls, and that the fame wi.l beftriilly enforced. '9 x-wiw MAYOR'S OFFICE REMOVED to 157 South Sccond-ftreet, 3Ute jforagu Articles LONDON, November 16. The American agents are at this time V r ry busy in buying up ships to be convert*! into ships of force -, several of the Fr en u Dutch, and Spanifh'prizes lately taken h° ' been purchased by them, and are, with' „ mifiion of government, gone into priLT n ii,°, te - r( 'P i "' red ' and out wii all pofilble dispatch. ® The Dukaof Devonshire and Earl M«' ra have:fet a laudable example in Ireland hi' refolvmg, that they will let n« eltates in'f ture to what are termed middle men £ that the real occupiers shall be the onlvU fers of their refpe&ive farms. Lady Nelson has taken a house at Batb for the reception for her gallant Lord, is (hortly expefted to arrive in England. Letters from Hamburgh fay, that Du mourier, with several officers who havefe* ved under him have been induced, bv ad v3nta(jrous offers, to enter into the ferric" of the Ottoman Porte. It is added, that Dumourier and suite are upon the ere of taking their departure for Conttantinopl e .° The remittances to this country from the Continent have of late been so gr at, that there is at this moment more cafti in the Bank, than there has been at any period since the commencement of the war. The price of Salt Petre has lately aJvan ced near 60 per cent. Several articles of drugs are also incieafed lately beyond all precedent. \efterday arrived in town several ofih- Seers who came over in the late cartel fhiri rom France. Thty report that the French government are it, a Hate of the utmost a arm, in confluence of the tumults w h,ch have broken out in the Netherlands, Jcd that troop, are pouring towards the Flemifli frontier from every quarter. r° r t port ' ,hat on P a( % from L.fle to Gravolmes, on the 16th inft a very heavy cannonade wa, heard in the di! reftton of Courtray, in the neighbourhood ot which town, .t is supposed an aflion had people fe ° thC and tbe dublinTno,. , 3 . _. , Private Letter. This day the famous Holt, who surren dered to Lord Powerfeourt, on terms of tranfporat.'pn for life, was brought to the Cattle in apoft-chaife, and cfcortcd by the Powers- court yeoman cavalry. He is a v s . 17 good lookiug tall man, and was drrOed in a military uniform—fcarlet faced with blue, and a blue military great coat. ''The capture of Buonaparte could not create greater exultaiion hore or be more general ly th» CubjeA of conversation. 7rial of Theobald Wolfe Tout, The Trial of T. W. Tone by a Court Martial at the Barrack, of which general Lofut was President, is concluded. Tone being asked, whether he was guil ty or not of the charge of having as a falfe' Traitor enteied into the Seitice of the Ene my, and appeared in Arms against his Sove reign ? replied, That he would give the Court no trouble—That he fully admitted the charge. He then read a kind of Defence, in do ing which he was at three different inflam matory passage flopped by the Court, and fnffered to erase the obnoxious parts out of the Paper. The general tendency of this paper ' wa» that he confeffed having tnterei into the French fervice(and he produced bis comisif fton of Chief de Brigade) ; that he had em barked in the great dehgn of raising three millions of hit own fellow fubjefts from a (late of bondage ; that he had made the fame attempt in which Walhingtoa had foe ceeded, and Kofciulko had failed ; to the Catholics of Ireland he acknowledged his obligations ;he had engaged fiacerely in their fervicc, and had been amply remunera ted ; the connection of lieland with Great Britain hp had ever considered as her bane, and he had a fled under that coavidion to rescue hit country ; success he could not command, and he was prepared to meet hit fate. A» a soldier, however, he wi/hed to die like a soldier ; he wished as an emigrant ta ken in arms, to be treated as the French had treated tbe Count de Sombitieul, and to be (hot; the sooner his fete was to take place, the better ; he wished it might be within an hotir. He was then remanded to prifoK, anil the Court proceeded to discuss the sentence, which was sent to the Lord Lieutenant for his approbation, and has not yet trSnfpired. —— Printing Work, Of Every Kind\ EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, At the Office of tbe Gazette of the United States, Oft. 13. N, \— THI CRtDITOJtS,' Of JOHN M'DONALD, OF PKI «.*»*!• PHI A. ARE hereby notified, that application t« Court of Common Pleas, for the eounty Philadelphia—for th« benefit of the of General Assembly, «f the Commonwealth of P< fylrania, providing that the person of a Dc shall not be liable to imprisonment for debt, delivering up his eSate for the benefit of his c tor*, —p£fl*cd the 4th day of April, ann raini, 1798; and that the Judges of said < hart appointed Wcdnrfday, tfie second < January nezt for a hearing of laid John M'C and his Ciedkors, w! ertyou may attend. JOHN WDONALE
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