Lots on Ground Rent. QEVERAL advantageous Lots tor Building, on W Germantown street, between the 5 and 6 mile stone, to let on ground rent —Enquire it No. IJO North Second-street. Jan. 30. tuw&f *** Sale of Madeira W'ine at- the late dwelling bouse of Henry ffitl, Esq. is postponed until Saturday next, at 11 o'clock. Jan. 28 dtSat. IPOST-OFFICE, Philadelphia, Jan. 28,1799. LETTERS for the Britift Packet, for Falmouth, (England) will be received at this office, until Tuesday the sth February, at II o'clock,noon. N. B. The inland postage to New-York, must be paid at this office. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Two uufurnifhed rooms, and the use of a kitchen for a small family; a front parlour on the fir ft floor will be preferred. Apply to No. 18, Branch Street. Jan. 29. ANY Persons wanting paffagc to France, can obtain it in the Swcdifh Barque Neptune, Daniel Jadcrtom, master, lying at New-York, by applying to Mr. Letombe, or to Richard Soderstrom, Consul General of Sweden, in this city. Jan. 14 — ro . MORRO w, WILL BE LAUDED, From on board of the Brig Susanna, Captain Hunt, Jrom Cadiz, SHERRY WINE, In Quarter Calks. For sale, by PHILIPS CRAMOND & Co. Jan. 18 50 Hhds. Santa Cruz Sugar, IN Stores of John Nixon, esq. & Co. a quan tity of Irifn Sa l Canvals and a Box of Maee, For fate by STEPHEN KINGSTON; »• 46 Walnutllreet. Jan. 19. H eo<^^t All Persons Indebted to the Estate of HENRY HILL, deceased are requested to make payment to the fubferiber ; and those having any demands on the fame to pro* iluce their accounts for ftttlement. GIDEON H. WELLS, no. 139, Market street Philadelphia, dec. 4, 1798 eotf ~ TO~~BE LET, A COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, in Walnut near Fifth Street, and adjoining the fubferiber BENJAMIN W. MORRIS. January 26. eod.qt To be Sold, or Let ON GROUND RENT, FOREVfiR, A NUMBER of very handfom* Building on the South fide of Arch-street, near lirect, and on Nlnth-ftreet, between Race-llreets. ALSO, A few Lots of four acres each ; on a high, dry, and elegan: situation, within three miles frem the city—Enquire at Noi 118 Arch-street. Jan. 3a. tawjw THE PARTNERSHIP OF John Iff James Poultney, BEING dissolved by mutual consent, all persons - Indebted to them are requeflei to make im mediate payment to either of the fubferibers; and I hose having demands to present their accounts for settlement. •JOHN POULTNEY, JAMES POULTNEY, I ft mo 30 _ w&frtf THE Book for Subscriptions to the Company for ere&ing a permanent Bridge ovur the ri ver Sehuilliill, at, or near the City of Philadel phia, continues open atthehoufe ot the Treafurar ot said Company, No. 13, Church Alley. January 8, 1799. «od6w Two Dollars Reward. ELOI'EI) ■on the lith inllant, an indented Black Lad, named James Matthews, be tween 16 and 17 years old, and has years to ftrve, his time was lately purchased of Micajah Churchman, of Coecil County. Maryland : He is about 5 feet 3 inches high, of grum coun tenance, has a remarkably flat large nose, wide mouth and thick lips; had on a blue coating jacket with a scarlet collar, a drab color waistcoat blue coating trowfere, yarn stockings, a good pair of (lines tied with leather firings, and a round black hat. It is fufpefled that he is either harbored by / his mother Katharine Sands, a black woman wtio lives in an alley between 6th and|7th,Cher ry and Race-ftreett, or is loitetering about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. The above reward will be given for bringing him before the Mayor of this City, or for fc curWig him in any jail. Housekeepers, Mailers of Veflels and others are forbid harboring or employing him. EDWARD DUNANT. No. 35, Union-street. jan 3* fd3t ADVERTISEMENT. Todd & Mott, Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, having afligned over tjwir effeifts, real, personal, and mixed, to the fubferibers for the benefit of all their Creditors— Notice is hereby Given, r l~o all persons who are indebted to the said -L estate, that they are required to make im mediate payment of tbeir refpeiiivc accounts to either of the aflignees, or to William Mott>, No. 61, Dock-ftrect, their agent duly authorized; is failure whereot, legal nteafurea will be taken for the recovery of such dabts as are not discharged without delay. John Waddlngton ~l John Rhodes > Aflignees. John Allen. J m.th&fatFi TO THE PUBLIC. AS divers reports have been circulated prejudi cial to my chara&er, particularly relative to my medical abilities, I beg leave to inform those who dispute my eapacity in the art of medicine, | that I am willing at any time in the jrcfence of re- | {♦jrflahle persons to produce my credentials, from good authority in support of my medical capacity; certifying when and where I passed a regular ex amination be.'ore a board of the king's physicians «nd surgeon-—signed by his Britannic majesty's governor, at the Cattle of Saint Lewis, in Quebec. J. KIKLAID. jan IJ. * «3t %i>e ©ajette. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, lEBRUARY I. ® ■■■ To the Representatives of the United States in Congress, the folloiving thoughts are respectfully submitted by the subscriber. Gentlemen, FROM my knowledge of the North- WelWn Territory, I had fixed my senti ments, and finding them contrary to the nieafures of congress, I intended not to trou ble you on this fubjeft, supposing that events would make evident the mistakes of part mea sures ; by conversing lately with some mem bers of Congress, I have been induced to convey my mind through the medium of Mr. Fenno's Paper. lam interested on the subject in no other point of view than any other-citizen, for I have not one foot of land in the territory, and it is probable I lhall remain so ; but it gives me pain to fee the United States materially futfer either by negleft, or mistaken pohcy. Must it not affett every good citizen who knows that multitudes of people are, and have moved into the British dominions in Upper Canada, and also into the Spanilli territory weft of Mifllffipi ? Yet this is the cafe, and if Con gress remain unactive a little longer, none can calculate on the consequences. It is granted that the firft emigrants to Ca nada consisted of persons difaffetted to our revolution ; but this is not the present cafe ; for when 1 left the army at Detroit in '96, I returned through part of Upper Canada, and I observed good farms, good houses, and multitudes of people from the United States, there living in plenty, who were not To ries. This induced me to enquire the rea son, and I found it to be the good policy of England, who gave a trust of land to every emigrant, consequently their lasd was well cultivated, while on our fide there was noth ing but a howling wilderness. The wisdom of the Spanish court has in a few years drained us of good citizens beyond any thing commonly conceived in the Uni ted States. I have good authority to assert that we have already loft near 30,000 inha bitants ; which loss is chiefly to be ascribed to the mistaken policy of the United States. The Spaniards give every head of a family 400 acres oi land, besides a suitable propor tion to other parts of the family—they pay no taxes to church or state, and only four and half per cent, on all imports and exports ; and every inhabitant has a right to import l or export. They take an oath of allegiance ; rand that is not the worst, they are the most inveterate enemies of the United States, | considering themselves as driven by bad mcafures to a foreign land, to seek what they could not obtain in their native land. Gentlemen are mistaken if they fuppole any charm in the words United States. Man will pursue his own happiness ; trd if the United States load the good people with heavy and odious taxes, they will fee the inhabitants perfer liberty in a foreign land to slavery in their native country. The principal reason of the inhabitants leaving the United States, is the sales of the lands North-Weft of OTW ; to which the uncertainty of the titles of Ken- ! tucky lands, has contributed a fliare, for ma- ( riy have purchased there, and loft their all ; consequently, were obliged to go where they could obtain lands withdut money. It is surprising that & body of men poffefling com- 1 mon prudence could ever pass a law of the complexion of the present land law ; for it! has not one good feature. Indeed if it had' been deligned to prevent fettling the country, it is extremely well calculated for that pur pafe ; and it has had in a great measure the effeft. 1 here is a matarial defeft in the quantity proposed for sale ; for the least tratf, except in a fradion, must consist of 640 a cres. Could congress fuppole a poor man could pay 1280 dollars in two payments ? If not, he must become the vassal of the rich, or go to the Spaniards. The latter he pre fers, and every wife and honest man must iuf tify his choice. What is still warfe, it is only in some pla ces, where trades of so small a .quantity c*n be obtained. The law seems calculated for land jobbing in a Angular manner in the military lands. I remember well, these lands were held out as an encouragement un der difficulties, in the last war : and I often told the poor soldiers, %y should be rewar ded with lands to live on at the end of the war;—but if any worthy veteran has re tained his warrant, must he not stand aston ished when he reads the law, which makes no provision for him to obtain his land. What can he do ? He must fell to those worthless harpies, who have monopolized the warrants, who had influence enough in con gress to make a law, contrary to all that wasexpedted. To what disadvantage must officers be exposed, by such unfuitahle pub lic arrangements ? It is well known their quantity is generally small ; some 200 and others 300 acres, and no way to lay it, without joining in bodies not easily accom plilhed. Pennsylvania found no difficulty in fram ing a law on the broad bails of justice, by which they discharged their stipulations. This law,, gentlemen, must be revised and suited to dil'charge the benevolent designs of the old Congress, or the honor of the United States will fufFer. l am no t personally in terested in the fubjea, for I have not a war rani for one acre, nor do lexpe&any ; but I am of opinion that, I as well as all the chaplains of last war, ought to have been treated with the fame liberality as surgeons, however it is otherwise ; yet we have this consolation tnat we hope to have a portion in heaven, notwithstanding Congress have given us none on earth. From these obfcrvatlons, I hope Congress wil. amend this law, and give longer time to pay for a quarter of a fedion ; but with the whole money-going on interest, and if the money and interest is not paid at the fixed time, che laud llwuld revert to the United States. A plan of this nature might pre vent some going" to the Sp.inilh dominions. There is. auotfiergreat miftuke in "the land law, and that is the mode of i'ale. The man ner of felling at vendue answers no purpose only for a few speculators, for not one in a thousand can attend, that would purchaie in a year. I would therefore recommend a : plan fbmething like the following, (viz.) Congress should make a law for apDoint ing three agents to fell the lands of the U nited States in N. W. territory. One to . remain at Cincinnati,,an Other at Hochockin, . and the third in the most convenient place in : the feveh ranges. The agent at Cincinna . ti should have his diftrift from our weft line to Siota. This diftridt will include Judge Symms' grant, to which I would call your at tention a moment, to consider the necessity of felling the reserved feitions, for two rea son —One as they impede the lettlemcnt; but a material reason is, they are liable to be much injured by neighbors, who cut off the bed timber for building, and in some places this is a damage that cannot be repaired, for good building timber is fcarfer in that country, than what is commonly imagined. There is another •circumstance which ob ftruits the prosperity of this grant, and that is the dispute that exists about the extent of this purchase ; fdr notwithstanding the pa tent made to the judge and company extends only a little into the <vth range, yet I am informed he has fold beyond the ioth range. 1 have been at a town at Mad River. lain perl'uadei that judge Symmes believes lie has not forfeited his contract. Something ought to be done also on thefubjed of the lands between the Little Miami and Siota, called the Virginia reservation, to induce the holders of Virginia warrants toclofe their surveys so that the remainder might be fold by order of congress. This plan is proposed to create no ex penl'e, for the applicant should pay the agent 2 dollars for signing a certificate delcribing the townlhip, and the number of the lot,' and price given or engaged to be given. Also, as the lot might be at a distance from the agent's refidencc, I would prcpofe that the applicant ftiould maintain him while on the bufinels, and pay him one dollar a day for his service. Congress should furnifh the agent with printed certificates, to be filled 1 up by the agent, but never fuffer hirn to | receive any money, or it may mils the road jto our tre ifory. Let the applicant transmit the money to ibine place of lafety, and take a receipt, which being prtfrnted at the war office, or other secretary, as the cafe may be, and a patent issue. The diftria for the agent at Hockhockin lliould extend to the 7 ranges, and then the y ranges would com pose the third diftri£t. These observations are only deligned as rough sketches, which Cong'efs in their wisdom may modify at pleasure ; and I am lure they are equal to the talk. There is another objedl of great impor tance to which I wish to call the attention of Congress, and that is, not to let the session close without forming some plan to work their Salt springs. Salt is a very heavy article in all the weft em country. Thebeft allum fait is common-' ly lix dollars a bufliel, and that made at the springs about three dollars, more or lei's ac cording to demand. I People are obliged to use more fait fortheir eattle in that country, than in our old set tlements, and where this cannot be obtained the cattle are in danger of dying. In pac ing through the North Western Territory, i I found the people impelled by the negledt of Congress, to work the fait springs without authority from CongTefs. This was one reason why I made application for liberty to work one on the terms which Congress in their wisdom might think proper. The an swer was only an evasion, for the reason why I could not have my request granted, was, thßt Congress had made no dispositions oa the fubjedt, which was no real reason; for I might have been permitted to begin my works on condition of complying with the conditions which afterwards should be agreed on. The last subject, which at present I shall mention, is a settlement on the Illinois river above and below it as far as may be thought proper. It is well known that there has been an old settlement at Kafkafkias. This has extended far towards Wood creek. It is never good to allow people to go before law, because few orderly and good people will fettle in such circumstances. A treaty should be held, a purchase should be and by these mean?, we niay hope to stay our citizens from crofting the Miffiffipi. On these fubje<fts I have communicated my mind so freely, that you may be sure I am not fifiling for an office. If the hints may be of any use, they will answer the wishes of your humble servant, DAVID JONES, late Chaplain L. U. S. January 24, 1799. Patent Ploughs, TO be fold for cash by Joseph Salter at Atfion Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker, Woodbury—and JefTe Evans, Lumber ton, Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kind, as they require less team, break the ground bitter, are kept in arder at less txpence and are fold at a cheaper rate—the pUn is much Amplified and confifU of but one piece of call iron, with the handles and beam ef wood ; they may be fixed with wrought lays and coulters to be put on with screw» and taken off at pleasure Patent rights for vending wUh inflru<sMons for making them may be had by applying to John Newbold, or the fubferiber No. aia North Front-street. Who has for Sale; Or to Leaje for a term of Teari, A number of valuable tra<tt» of Land, well situated for Mills, Iron tVorks or Farms, most. ly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Hun tingdon state of Pennfylvanij. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan esq. near Huntingdon. Claries Ncwhold. J u! y aawtf CONTINUATION OF IL&tz jforeign Articles Received by His Britannic Majesty's Packet, which arrived at New- York on/Mpnday afternoon. wL~ LONDON, November 26. Yesterday a mail arrived from Hamburgh. The foreign Journals are full of reports re ipe£ting Buonaparte, and though fbmewhat contradictory, most of them concur in Hat ing that his situation in Egypt is highly cri tical. l'he Arabs and Mamelukes inceirant ly harrafs his army, and he finds it extreme ly difficult to procure supplies. Some of the accounts state, that a very large army is gathering round him, and tiiat it will soon be impossible for him to have the smallest hopes of extricating himfelf, or receiving re inforcements or supplies of any kind. It' the furkifh force keeps hanging constantly on his outposts, continually him with alarms, they must in the end exhaust the spirit &. break down the energy of the French troops ; but if gathering confidence from their numbers, they hazard a general adtion this may be the very means of extricating Buonaparte from his present difficulties, in consequence of the superiority of European tatties. At present, if the reports said to be found ed on dilpatches intercepted by the Turkish government be well founded, Buonaparte's principal force is encamped on the heights above Cairo ; all communication between Cairo, and Alexandra, and Rofetta, is near ly cut off, and is loon expected to be com pletely closed, and the army fuffers greatly by every kind of privation and fatigue.— Succours are earnestly demanded, and the Commander of Alexandria despairs of his being able to maintain himfelf during the winter without aid from France. It appears that supplies have already been forwarded from France. They ought not to have been allowed to reach Egypt, had a pro per look-out been kept. The Gazetteof Sa turday states, that Captain Hood had suc ceeded in cutting out of the road of Dami etta eight of these velTels.—This is well, but how came they to get there ? By an article in the mail it likewise ap pears that a fleet of 25 vefTels, conveyed by three frigates, was seen in the latitude of Cy pnfs, fleering for Alexandria. Perhaps, however, the veflels cut out of Damietta may have composed part of their convoy. At all events, we have fufficient proof that the enemy are endeavoring to reinforce and tofuccourthe Egyptianexpedition, and from the superiority we have gained in these seas, we are entitled to expeft that Buonaparte shall now receive no aid from without to enable him to accomplish his enterprize. The state of the Continent remains still the fame : great military preparations are going on upon both fides, while some think the war will not be renewed. At Raftadt nothing new has occurred. The mail on this head was anticipated by the French papers. Sir Edward Pelew has captured nine Vel fels belonging to a convoy of French coasters. The Melpomene has also carried into Ply mouth, a fine brig privateer of 18 guns. A private letter from Hamburgh, dated the 10th instant, states a dangerous insurrec tion to have taken place in South Prussia ; to which point several strong columns of troops from Pomerania and other parts were proceeding by forced marches. This revolt is said to implicate some of the firft families in the kingdom, and, amongst others, Prince Radzivil, who lately married a Prussian Princess, and who is stated to have been ar retted at Berlin. We know not upon what authority these statements are founded. General Mack has been appointed captain general and commander in chief of the Nea politan Army. The Ruffian troops on the 27th October arrived at Troppau, and were to reach Egra on the 7th instant. They are cither to join the Austrian army in the Empire or proceed by Saitvbourg to Italy. The following is the latest advices received in Paris of the progress of the French army in Egypt.—The copies of these letters came with the papers received on Friday, and are considered as tolerably authentic : Extract of an authentic letter from Cairo, dated the z6tb Fructidor, (itbyear (Sept. la, x 798,J from tin aid-de-camp of tbe French army, to bis brother. " This letter will be delivered to you by citizen Julien, commifTary at war, who re turns to France for the recovery of his health : he has been so kind as to inform me of his intended departure, and jjo offer me his services for Paris. I avail myfelf of the opportunity to acquaint you with my situa tion, and that of our victorious army. Eve ry thing takes the most advantageous turn ; we have completely got rid of the Mame lucks ; Ibraham Bey is in the defarts of Syria, and Moufad Bey in Upper Egypt, where he has been defeated by generaf De faix—Preparations are making to celebrate, in the most solemn manner, the anniveri'ary of the foundation of the Republic. This feftival is to be celebrated in the very place where the general in chief resides ; he in tends that day to give a dinner of too co vers, to which all the generals, all the com manders of corps, and a great number of lurks of diftinaion are to be invited. The feftival ,s to be given very early i„ the morn '3'f ? ng t , he cvenin g, several horse and foot races will be given, and at night a it? ntft 1 u j haS aftuali y cached its utmost height, and the greatest p art of breadtrofV 3 InUnda r ted ' and the bieadth of Egypt measure eight leagues ; for where the inundation ends the defart be gms. lam to set out this moment to join fo n the T?1 '^° Ut 60 leagUCS flom hcnce > P the Nile. The commander in chief has charged mc with a ccmmiffion for that ge neral." . (N. B. This letter, which arrived at r-ris on the 27th of Brumaire, (Nov. 17.) was accompanied by another as follows :) " Lazaretto., at Leghorn, .istb Bru maire, Nov. 3, 7tb year. "Citizen Jullen, commissary at war with the armies of the east, coming from Alex andria, to citizen * * * " The moment I reached the European shore, after a passage of 21 days from Ale: » andria to Leghorn, I made it my business to trani'mit to you a letter your son en trusted me with, but as I left Egypt a month after the date of this letter, I am to inform you, as a great number of couriers dispatch ed for government have been taken by the English. while I have had the good fortune to el'cape, I think it incumbent on me to fend you a brief detail of the most interesting fa as which have come to my knowledge. You are perfectly acquainted with the cir cumstances of our arrival and operations in Egypt, until the unfortunate aftion of A boukir; others who were present at this event, will give you a better account of it than I can do. I shall therefore confine mvfelf to ins rm ypn.that a great number of our seamen survived the lass of our fliip* —Of the disembarked feam<*n, a nautical legion have been formed, which does duty on land. Our transports, two fail of the line, and feveri or eight frigates, are lying fafe in the port of Alexandria, which is blocked up by the English, who however, do us do other harm than that they render the communication between our armies and France more difficult. We have conflantly proved victorious in all the battles; we have loft bnt few men, though we should not d» juflice to the Mamelukes, if we did not fay that their intrepid valor, renders them fuperiour to all the enemies we have had to combat ie Europe, but the affaffmation* coinitted by the Bedoum Arabs have often renewed the horrors of L.a Vendee, and we hive to regret the loss of several of our coun> trymen, murdered singly in the most cruel manaer. At present we enjoy in peace the tranquil poffclfion of Egypt and on our de parture a speedy expedition into Syria was intended, of the success »f which there can be no doubt. " On the a2d of September the tri-colour ed standard was planted on the Column of Pompey, on the Pyramids, on the ramparts of the ancient famous city of Thebes, and on the (hores of the Red Sea. All the inhabi tants wear the French cockade. The young Mamelukes, who remained in Egypt, of the age of 16 and 24, have been incorporated with out battalions. The commands in the different provinces are distributed among our generals, who have appointed Divans, or administrative bodies, composed of the na tives of the country, Religion has been in violably refpeaed, and our soldiers often join in the Egyptian feftivals, instituted in honor of Mahomet, or de(lined to celebrate the rife of the waters of the Nile.. The lame refpea has been paid to national preju dices, and to the customs relative to women, for women and religion are two things which inspire the inhabitants of this country with true heroism. The moment the repre sentatives of each province are affenibled at the general's in chief, the new Government it seems will be soon organized. « You are not ignorant of the existence of a National Institute, composed gtatly of the most distinguished men of lettm sent on the expedition. " Our arnay which has fevere'.y fuffered from the exceflive heat and forced marches, begins now to enjoy the fineft season of the year, both autumn and winter being very mild in this climate, where the summer alone is truly insupportable. I (hall make no ge neral remaiks on the prodigious fertility of the Delta, on the abundance of grain, rice oranges, and olives, and on all the resources which may be drawn from Egj.pt, on rous ing the inhabitants from that slate of indo lence and inaaivity, in which they vegetat ed under the yoke of Mamelucks ; and flill less shall entertain you with projeas relative to the navigation of the Red Sea, which are afloat, and which our flay at Suez seems to announce, " The last interesting events, of which I think we bring the fir ft news, are the full success of our endeavors to re-establish the canal which conduas the water from the Nile to Alexandria, and the difmiflal of all the transports belonging to the convoys of Toulon, Marseilles, Corsica, Genoa, and Civita Vecchra. The Swedish, Danifli, Oreek, Imperial, Ottoman, Ragufan, Nea politan, and Tuscan .vessels have received leave to fail, but the Frenoh, Spanish and Ligunan {hips are detained until the move ments of the enemy, or the season affords them some chance of returning fafe home. Upwards of 20 Neapolitan vessels, which formed a part of the convoy of Civita Veq chu, set fail at broad day light, trusting that the English would let them pass unmolested. But the enemy burnt every vessel, and sent the crews back on board two Greek vessels, which are now performing quarantine. f I saw myfeJf the burning of the Neopo litan ships, and the following evening I made my escape in a small tartan 1 of Leg horn, which is arrived fafe at her port of destination. ' I have only to add a few particulars refpeaing our passage : —Obliged to put into Terra-Nova, a small port in Sicily, to take in frefh water and provision, every article, even water was refufed us ; on this ground, that our captain, coming from A lexandria, had a French passport, and was fufpeited of having Frenchmen on board. Two days after we were rtiore fortunate in the port of Maazona, where we obtained water and bread at the usual excessive prices, in consequence of bur captain Raving affur ed the inhabitants tb*at he had no French men on bsard. The hatred and contempt which the Neopolitan Agents in Sicily, af feft to entertain against our nation and go vernment exceed all belief. (Signed) " JULIEN."
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