. ... -jar (Vxi .-C-2V rct*c • uarxmoL.* . om-.mvcra , AN ELEGAN r ASSORTMENT OF Madras Handkerchiefs* »<fn SAtfc at Mcrdecot Lcivis. jan.l6. " d * w 40 Boxes of Fresh Citron lull ariited via New-York, and for Sale by JOHN CRAIG, Who has alto for Sale, Old Madeira Wine of the fifrft quality, India Mullins, coarse and fine, &c. , A quantity of the b«ft Englilh large leaf Clover Seed. S TO BE SOLD, A two ilory Stone Houlc, LATELY bu«t, with two acres of land, on the Bristol road, about a tnile above Frank fort. The Situation is high and healthy, and the water excel**.—For ter*s apply » Mi / John McClelland, or fttir. SUthUrd Whitehead, No. 61, Vine-ftwet. Jan. it ■ ***.-. PUBXICi NOtiCE IS hereby given, that application will be ® jde to the Direiflors of the Bank of PennSyl vania for the renewal of a Celtificate for a share in the said Bank, No. üßi, dated July *4th i 797> Handing in tVe hame of JOSEPH REED, the fame having been accidentally Uft or de stroyed, • Philad. Jan. 15. FILTERING STONEs. Of an excellent ijualiy for Ships or Families FOR SALE BY Thomas Joshtia Fishg-t No. S> Dock street. ift mo. 15. ALL PERSONS Indebted to th« f.ftate of Mr. John FSNvo.late of Philadelphia, deceal«d, are dsfired to make pay ment, and these having any demands, to present :h»m for SettlKwent, to SAMb'EL BLODGtT, Adm'r. or jtfUW WARD FENNO, Agent to the administration. NOv. < fa"? Jamalca rum, A Cargo nutu landing at South Jlreet toharf, TOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT, Apply at Stores on the Wharf, WHO ALIO OFTERS »«* «*!.», SS ANDY, id and 4th proof Madeira and Port WINES, &c. 3cc. Hat. I. M Five Dollars Reward. STOLEN yeftcrday morning, between 10 and 12 o'clock, from No. 68, South Fourth Street, A Single cafe Silver Watch, thi maker's nameMarknoble —number not known. The letters W. H. are feratehed on the rim of the cafe—a steel chain and key, gilt seal with » cypher W. H. engraved on it. Whoever will give me information so that the thief may be brought to iudice lhall receive theabove reward. W. HAYDON. iaa II , Stray Horse. WAS taken up, treffpaffing on the fubferiber, in 'he townfcip 41 Paffyutik, in the county of Philadelphia, a grey Horfe,about fourteen hinds high, thirteen or fourteen year* old, blind of his ritfht eye, and Ihod before. Whoever has 101 l - him, by proving property and paying charges,may him again on applying to the fubferiber. JOHN SINK, Oa the Banks ot fehuylkilL jan. 19, f WHEREAS TSAAC PAINTER having rJlade an assignment 1 of all his property to me the fubferiber for the btrefit •! his creditors, this is to requed all per sons indebted to the said Isaac Painter, to prevent further trouble, to make immediate payment to me the fubferiber ; and all those having any de mands againll him to render io their accounts to JACOB CLARK, AJftgnee. jon. aft dtf NOTICE, PURSUANT to a ReSolve of the Board of Truflees of Walhington Academy, in Som etfet county, Maryland, authorising William Polk, eSqr. majors Samuel Wilsok, and William Jonas, Members of,faid Board, to I procure a principal tearher for said Academy.— NOTICE is hereby given, that a gentleman quati (iad t*> teach the Greek and Latin L angysges. Geo graphy and the Mathematics, and such other branches of Literature as it is customary to teach in such Schools, will meet with Übcral encourage ment and it is pjefomed will he well accommodat ed in taking charge of this Academy. The build ing is spacious and will accomodate at lead sixty Students. Prop Mali may he addressed to John Dennis, Jfc. til Arch-street, or William Winder, accountant in the Navy department, Walnut street, Philadel phi.i, or to either of the three gentlemen above 1 mentioned, near Princcfs Anne, Maryland. d« if $ NOTICE. Cf'HE CO partnerfliip of JOHN GREEN V Co i is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the said Firm are requeued to make immediate payment, and those haVing any demands to present them for settlement to any one of the Sublcribers—each being du)y authorized to -adjufl the fame.' JOHN GREEN. EDMUND DARCH. SAMUEL DARCH. N. B.—They have the remainder of their (lock •t Goods—confiding of Ironmongery, Hardware, &c. At No. 16, North Second Street, which they are felling oh very low terms to close the butinefs. Jan. 18 tawjw NOTICE. ALL perions indebted to James Emlen, late of Middletow», in the county of Delaware, tieccafcd, are requcded to make payment to either of the futferibers, whom they (hall find it mod convenient to call on : and all persons having de. mands, will be pleased in like manner, to furnilh thefiii, that they may be paid. All rents, which fell due on or beforo the fourth -fiiy o£ the icthn-.onth la(l>fe payable to the fub tci'ibers aiid those vvliich accrued after that day wil be payable to the guardians of his children, who will d»ly notify the tennants where to pay the fame. MIERS FISHER,, of Philadelphia, >- Exec- ABM- PEN-NEEt,, ot Afnlilltwwn, 3 »/orj. d«c 5.8 iaw6 , .v WHEREAS, BV in A a of Cgngrefs pj/Tedun ihe sixteenth day o£ Jttiy in the year of our Lord one thou fand'i'even hundred and ninety thaPrefi dent. f the United States is authorised to borrow on behalf of the United States from the Bank of the United States, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from any person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as be (hall judge most advan tageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding five miiliorfs of dollars, so however, that no contrail or engagement be made which (hall preclude the United States from reimburs ing any sam or sums borrowed at any time after j the expiration of fifteen years from the date of such loan, /tnd whereas, it is declared by the said Atfl, that so much as may be ntceflary of the surplus of the duties on Imports and 1 on . nage beyond the permanent appropriations here fotorecharged upon them by law, (hall ed and appropriated for paying the isteren., and also for paying and difchargjng the principal n sum or sums of all tht monies which may be t . borrowed, according to the term or terms which d may be fixed, purliiant to the authoiity atore faid—And whereas by the said Adl, the faith of the United States is pledged to eflablifh Sufficient ' permanent Revenues for making up any deficien cy that may hereafter appear iii the provifiuna before-mentioned for paytng the interest and principal sums, or either of thern, of any mo ie nies which may be borrowed pursuant to the laid |. Adl. And whereas the Prefideut of the Unit e ed States did b> an A<H or Commission under his j, hand dated the ninth day of January in tha year I one thoufaud seven hundred and ninety nine, au thorise and empower, the Secre*ary of the 1 rea* fury, to boirow 011 behalf of the United States, any sum not exceeding in the whole, five mil lions of dollars and to make luch or contracts as (honld be necefiary, and for the in terest of the United States, in purluance of the AA of Congress above recited. Xo<w therefore, the undersigned, Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the Adl ot Congress, and the authority from the Prefidvnt - of the United States, above mentioned, doth hereby on behalf of the United States of Ame rica, contrail asd engage in manner following, to wit. t ift. A book for-Teceiving fubferijitions to a Loan of five millions of dollars for the use of the United States (hall be opened in the city of Philadelphia, at the Bank of the United Statet on Thursday the twenty eighth day of February ensuing, which book (ball continue open for the purpose of receiving fubferiptions, until the whole of the said five millions of dollars (hall be fubl'cribed. It more than five millions of dollars (hall be fubferibed oil the fir ft day of opening the said loan, the surplus (hall be de du<£led in proportion to the sums by individuals, exceeding four thousand dollars. id. For every hundred dollars whiihmaybe 1 fubferibed there (hall be forthwith deposited and 1 paid the sum of twelve d dlars anA fifty cents, t and fike payments of twel ,e dollars and fifty cents, (hall be made within the firft ten days of the months of April, May, June, July, August September Qilober cniuing. The Secre tary of nie Treasury hwweverrel'erves the rij hr of reducing the number of installments by Spe cial agreements, "with the individuals who may become fubferibers jd. On the failure of payment of anyinftall ment of the sums fubferibed according to the ' tencr of the Second article, the sext preceeding installment of twelve dollars and cents, ' which dull have been paid, for every hundred ; dollars fubferibed (hall be forfeitedsto the Unit- States. ' 4th, The sums fubScrihed (hall and may be J paid to the credit of the United States, at the ! Barik of the United States, or at the oflicet of a diScount and deposit of he Said riank at Bolton, ' New-York, Baltimore, or Charlelton, or at ei r ther of the Banks of Salem, in Maflachlifct.ts, f Newport and Providence in ford in Connecticut, Albany in New-York, 6i* Alexandria in Virginia, for which payments,the " receipt; of the Calhiers of the Offices of Dis count and Deposit and oS the Banks aforeSaid (hall be received at the Bank of the United States , as equivalent to money ; but no payment of a Subsequent installment shall be received at any other place than that where the firft installment - was paid, except at the Bank of the United States ; in cafe any depolits (hall be made at the offices oS DiScount or Deposit, or at cither of the Banks aforeSaid, which (ball notbe applied to 1 the payment of the firft installment of fubferip tions to the Loan aforeSaid, the Said depolits J (hall be Sorthwith refunded by directions Srom f the Treasury. sth. For the sums or number of (haresofone hundred dollars, which may be fubferibed, cer tificates (hall be given by the Galhier of the Bank of the United States, which (hall be assignable by indorsement, and delivery of the parties in whose Savour the Said certificates may be iflued, until the completion of the payments required by the tenor of thcfecond article preceeding. 6th. The sums Subscribed and paid in purfu- t ance oS the tenor oS the Second article preceed ing, Shall after the Slid payments have been compleated, ronllinire a Sunded capital stock divisible into (hares of one hundred dollars each, ' which capital flock (hall bear interest at the ratt of eight per centum per annum from the times fixed for the payment of the refpedtive install ments payable quarter yearly at the TreaSury »f the United States, or at the Loan Offices where 'r e / ime may ? ind cre(ll,ed > until the last day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. 7th. After the lad day of December in the said year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and after realonable notice to the creditors, which (hall be given by an advertisement in feme public news- ' paper, printed at the feat of the government of the ' United States, the said capital dock lhall be re- ' deemable at thepleafurc of the United States by I the re-.mburfement of the whole Sum or sum. = . r l°"l ed ' an<J which *»y conditute the said capi- 1 tal stock either at the treasury of the United States or at the loan offices where the fame may fland credited. ' Bth. The credits Sor the said capital stock lhall ' . and may he feparatoly certified in sums either for one hundred, four hundred, one thousand, four 1 thousand .or ten thousand dollars, and the credit. ; lo certified (hall be transferable by the creditors or { : their attornies, at the Treafijry and Loan Offices refpeclively, in pursuance of the rules which have been, or which may be eOablifhed refative to the transfer of the funded dock of the United States 9th. A fuflicicntlum of the surplus of the duties on Imports and Tonnage beyond the permanent ' : appropriations heretofore charged upon them by ' , law, together with the faith of the United States 1 ■ are hereby pledged fer the fulfillment of this con tr , purSuance of, and according to the terms and conditions of the ad of Congress herein be fore recited. Given under my hand and the fcal of the (L. S.) Treasury of the United States at Phi ladelphia, this twalfth day of January ene thousand seven hundred and nine ty nine. I OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the treasury. J ! i an - it- « t IMPo u T K D In the last arrivals from Bremen, Hamburg and Amsterdam, AND FOR SALE, AT RXASONABLt PRICES AND ON A LIBERAL C R £1)1 r, BY PRATT & KINTZINCy N0.95, North Water street. '215 bales & boxes I'ickknburghs, hempen linens and oanabrigs from 1/5 to ■>J per ell 70 do. bleached and brown heflians . I 40 do. brown rolls suitable for cof fee bagi 20 do. strong do. do. for cotton do. 30 chests platillas a do. sealing-wax 3 do. dowlas 3 packages oil-cloth 30 do. creas ala Morlaix 4 do. fail-twine 1 I* do. I do. watches | IJ do. Biclefirtd finen 14 pipes Port wine c 90 do. patterbwnes 91 cases claret J 45 do Brttta»ia» 130 do fine long corked I do. iiolland canvass claret {■ I de. Ruflra do. 1 630 buftrls fine fait 3 do. Ruflia llioetings 40 caflc;ofroll brimstone 1 do. ravens duck 100 calks »f naval [lores. » do. Rulfij drillent 50 logs prime mahogany ? I do. brawn holland 4 hhds. coffee mills a do. Silelia rouans t> bundUs German steel ' I dt.Wahreudrop linen 10 chests of slates and X do. Caraudoles pencils I do. Fleiuilh linens A package of (kates 1 I do. cambricks add A do. woolen caps. See. " lawns 4 chests of Nurenberg 1 do diaper toys • do. tlriprs 40 kigs of yellow ochre 1 18 do. checks 3 hiids. Glue * do. fiamoil S barrels of Ltntilles r t do. Arabia flripc f chells of prime red I do. bunting for coUm> crufl Holland cheefn ; I parka. Madras hand- 30 kegs of pearl barley kerchiefs 60 boxes of capers x do. Turkey yarn 400 .fides of upper and 6 bales empty hags foal leather I chest hair ribband 300 boxes window glass 3 boxes tapes,aflorted 800 Demijohns ' 1 do. bobbin, alTorted 50 boxes ghft tumblers I box threads & tapes alTorted I do. fine blue lifiados 1 hhds. pumice (lone $ chests men'sfiippcrs I box of mill saws 3 do. bcr} ticks I calk of cutlery 1 calls hog's hriftlel A quantity of Hone jugs 6 chests writing paper and pickling pots 4 do. quills A few Ihtps aiuhors, ftc. noveinbcr 11 u&ftf English wrought Nails. Imported in the flips Mailt and Dianay frqm liver r <I£L. 400 Calks of Nails, C CONSISTING of 6d, Bd, iod, ud, and; > aoil, flat points suitable for the southern maiket—6d, B<J, iod, I id, and iod, finedrawn (harps—alio 1, 3, 4, and 6 clouts —sprigs— links —lnupper nails-—(heathiog naiU, &c. FOR IA LI OY, Robert Denifon, jtmr. THE SUBSCRIBER CAT SLY or THt HOUSE Of LANE, GODFREY 6? Co. INFORMS his friends in particular and the public iti general, that lie contihues in tht fatne line of bullnel's as si rinerly at the (tort lately occupied by Mefirs. Morgan and Price, on Stamper's wl.iif, below ihti Drawbridge, where he hat for fair a general aflnrtment of l 'ir, rod, (heet and hoop iron, country and Englilh Heel, open ami ten plate (love?, a few pair of double I fortified 4 anH. 61b. iron eannon, cannon ball j and grape ttiot, forge himmars and anvils, a quantity of call iroa ha I lift for veflels, chim ney hacks and jams on a new and improved plan. Hollow ware aflorted. Orders for any kind of casting will bt received at the store i and uxeeuted at the air furnace at the fhortell notice. A small House to let, Above Fifth street—Enquire of the Subfirriber. Wm. LANE. j 3 "- 3- eoditt Charles Campbell, W AT C H-M A K ER. HAS removed to the Shop formerly occupied by Mr. John IVood, No. jj, corner of Front and Chel'nut-ftreetj ; where he will thank fully receive and execute orders with neatness and difpaKh HS HAS COVST SNTL Y ON HAND, A Neat and Large Aflortment of Clocks & Watches. WANTED, A JQURNErMAN ; ALSO, one or two Apprentices of refpeiU ble parent*. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch GlafTes Wbolefaic and Retail. nOT *4 3awtf To be Sold, OR EXCHANGED, For property uS'ttie Citv, or within Thirty milts of it, A Valuable Plantation, IN Tufcorora Valley, Mifflin county, containing ab»ut three hundred acres, the vrhole capable of cultivation. At present there is about 50 acres cleared, 10 of which 11 a rich bottom of Meadow Ground, enriched by a never failing dream, that has fall and water enough for all the purposes of a Country Mill. For further information apply at No. 68, Market flreet. November ao taw S NOTICE. 'T'HE cr<ors of George Johnfton, late ef X Queen Ann's county, in the state of Mary land, deceased, are hereby rcquefted to appear at Church Hill, :n the county and state afore ' 011 Thurfdav the lift day of January next, with their claims against the said deceCftd, properly authenticated, at which time a propor tionable division of the assets in the hands of the fubferiber will be made among the creditors ac. cording to law; and those who do not appear on the said day, will be forever precluded frorn their claims on the said eltate. REBECCA JOHNSTON, Executrix. Church Hill, Dec. This Day is Published, and roa sale by j. fen no, i 19,ch«snut.si rut AN ADDRESS To the People of Maryland, ON the origin, progress and prpfctit slate of French aggression. with a Iketch of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United states, and some reflections on the late proceedings in Congress; written the lad of Aprii in the pre lent year, by«jMemberof'the Hoafe of Reprffen tativ®s, ' x: J June 11 BREAD ' pO be delivered to the focr of the City anJ i Libcrti sa" Frienris Mating Houfc in Mar ket, the corner -i'S.-c n-l,ftreet, on Fii ay the t'i •jf February, at 10 V-iocfc, agneaUle ;o the w ili of Petty and Carter. The guardians of the ttonr •• ve rtqitelWd to yiv their Agrn ali e r„ 4 I«fuive of the Ge neral Bo.ird oC the i4th mart. Jonathan Robes-m, P'lridcnt of the General Board of Guardiant Philadelphia, JanuEry 18, 1799 dtFi Ricliard Bayley Co. FULLY inforui the public that flip Retail Bufinef, carried o„ by th,. m at ;htir Store. No 136, Market-ftrcet, «il) in fmure be carried on by Mr. Wm. Bonkar, they bee leave to rccomm.nd to the favor of thcr iriend, and the public. All P£rsons indebted to the^ above firm and thole to whoi* they are indebted, wdl pliafe to apply to Johw W ui T fSi3E» ?t Co for the lettlement of,heir refpe.live account., who are duly empowered for that purpofc. Richard Bayley & Co. WILLIAM BONNAR P Esp E c r'ULLY informs his Iriend.'and the IX. public, that the above Store will he op.ned by him on Monday the 4 ,h «f February mat, with an alTortmert of DRY GOODS, Suitable to ih: season, w:iich he flutters himfclf wiU meet the approbation of those wh» honor him with their favor. | jm 10. I WANTED, j To Article for two or three | years a young Man to a profitable trulinrft For particulars enquire at no. 6J, south Fourth street A person who has some knowledge of paint ing or drawing would be preferred. W. HAYDON, WHO HAS A Cellar to Let. jan 11 { Pocket Books, .for the year 1799. THIS DAT WAS FUR LXSHCD, Br WILLIAM T. BIRCH, No, 17, South Second-Arret. THE AMR JiICAN LADIES POCKET-BOOK ; FOR THE rSAJI 1799.. Etnbel'ifhed with rainiamre likenefles of the Prciident of the United States and General Walh ingron ; containing an Almanack, ruled pages for ni-morandums, and for an account at monies re ceived, paid or lent, for every day in the y*ar n«»v cduntry dances, mifcellaix aus pieces in prose and verse, now longs, a marketing table, and other vie fill taMes. ALSO, THE GENTLEMAN', AHKU/tT. POCKET REMEMBRANCE R, for Tht: r£\n 1799. Embell'.lhed with the fame miniaLure likeneffies, containing an almanack, ruled pages for memoran dums and a calh account, a lift of the nrnnhcti of Congrcf., the departments of State, War, Navy, Treasury and Judiciary, with an account of what i« material in each; the Federal courts of law. Mint cftablifhmcnt, heads of all the moll impor. tant aits of lad fiQion of Conprefs, a lift of the (lamp duties, of duties payable on goods imported and on domeflic articles, a lift of the Britilh naxy several ufeful tables, and other intcrefting matter. I h; above books are neatly bound in red leather with tucks and pockets. Fold also by G. Hvll, Baltimore ; Somerville, New York ( Bailey and Walltr, Charleston; and by the principal booksellers in Boston. WHERE ALSO MAT BE HAD, [price it I-l rents.] Heads of tl«e moll important ads of the laftfef fion of Congress, priated in a pocket lize, and neatly don. up in marble paper- W. Y. Birch has for sale, a good aiTortmentof merchants'account books, paper and other llation ary goods, playing-cards, hair and leather trunks, dec 19 W4W 1 '■ .j»' ■ Abnf.k Briggs, Of the City of Philadelphia, STOREKEEPER, HAVING afligned over all his effefls, real, per sonal and miicd, to the fubferibers, for the benefit of all his creditors— Notice is nERF.nr c/rsv, TO all peifons who are indebted to thfe said Estate, that are requested to make immediate payment of their refpeiftive accounts, to either of the aflignees; in failure whereof, legal measures will be taken for the recovery of inch debts, as are not discharged without further delay. GEORGE PENNOCKi WILLIAM FRENCH. January ■» wed.&fr.6w LANDING, From m board the Brig Experiment, WniLAN, fr«mSurrinant and the fch. Friendship Wallace, from the Hat)anna, At Mifflin's Wharf, 81 Bales best Surrinam Cotton j 40 Hoglheads") COFFEE. 91 Barrels j 54 Hhds! Surrinam MolafTes 46 do. Havanna ditto 130 Boxes white and brown Havanna Sugar 64 M. best Spaniih Segars, HAVE. ON HAND, Qncen's Ware, in Crates, alTorted, Irilh Linnens and C hecks, in Boxes, And an nlTertment of German Goods. For Sale by | . SMITH & RIDOWAY, No. 47, North Water-street. Jan. »9 eod3t A handsome compensation will be given to a person of unexceptionable moral cha radler, and who has received a liberal education, for inftru<fting a feleA number of yoiu.g persons in Geography, Ari'iimetie, Writing, and Reading —His attention only will be required part of the day, unless his wilhes Would be to engage in a more general plan Enquire at the office of this Gazette. January »6. eod3t ALL Persons having any De mands against the estate of the late Robert Hardie, mariner, deceased, arc hereby rtquefled to present them for settlement, and all those indebted to said estate, to make payment to either of the fubferibers PETER BAYNTON, fi''alrut-/lreet, ( JOHN CRAIG, ( No. 12, DochJlrcet. J i an ' 3awtf MAYOR'S OFFICE REMOVED to 157 South Second-street. (5 aw jU.'t Pubhjbcd BV THOMAS DdBSON At the htonc-houfe, no. 4i.fi.utK i*c.. iIU p r „ t I lIIL ADfe-I.Pi/ { a ' EXCrcLOPjEDU: 0R > A DICTIONARY ° F A UTS and SCIENCES, MISCELLANEOUS literature V* a tlan mtirdf „g !r . THE PIFFEREVT AND ARTS ta i J&yii'iT*"» Ki-ATISES or SYSTEMS THF H # £.* EH E NDI «<3 "cording to the lateTdif"veri« menta: and full ? . and in Prove- Detic&tf ?*rts of Knowledge whcri\cr natural and artificial Pr t^tcfSfi! ,ca '' C| vil, military, commercial . J..„d 7K.'„"S =» well ot Kc fcral fcln eg . , he t riTZ ." " ot P«"cuJar branch learned focittiss • "th* Ms T-l'' and n ' fraoi ™. of felfors on different 'T ° cniinen 'P»>- quarto ZIV:. "^ n »*<= toty-two c™pp*rS s W ' th hundred and tc£ UorZuT" Which remam »e of \H f!' 1 " r ° r the «8 volumes in hoard, iXj dollar*hand/ b °J""? ;flcc P leather lc , j /r 1 ! 1 bound in Calf »C 7 dollar, <n Raffia or Morocco. 7"- £ 0 if 5 o jfcr H "subscrjp'T/m* a b «- I It i, expend thi, fupplem.m will „f three *o B «v., or. futh paper and type.,". bT cycloprd,,, a t s„ Dollar, per volume, S« d Dcll a r,o« wh,ch , u be paid on fubfcribir£ »a»6 it h there an American, joung or old, not in terestcd ,rt the History 0 f the first Rise and Progress of bis native Country, and JVom so celebrated afien as tbat of Doctor Robertfon ? Just Publiflied, AND TO BE SOLD BT JAMES HUMPHREYS, No. J9,fouth Third street, oppoGtc the Bank o the United State,, (Price one dollar neatly bound and lettered, in boards,fixjbilhnts ) Dr. Robertfon's History of (BRITISH) AMERICA, Containing The history of Virginia to the year l6Br, not the history ol New-England to the yeir l6tl, be ing what tKe Doctor had completed pre vious to hi, death. It ha, lately been given to the public with a pre face by his son at Edin burgh, has already pair ed through three or four edition,, and hz,beentranfla- tcd and pub lilhed in French at Parts. Mr. Robeftfan in his preface obfervei, " During the course of tedioU, illness, wliich he early forefavr would haye a fatal termination, Dr. Rsbertfon at different time, deflroyed many of hia paper,: But after hi, death, I found that part o the History o£(Britiftj) America which he had wrote many year, before, and which is now offer ed to the public. It is written with his owo hand a, all hi, works were ; it i, a, carefully corre&ed as any part of his manuscript, which I have c«r seen ; and he had thought it worthy of being pre served, as it efcapcd the flame, to which so many other papers had been committed. I read k with the utmost attention; but, before I came to any refutation about the publication, I put the MSS. into the hand, of some of those friends whom mr father used to consult on such o«cafio:is,as it-would have been rSftiAefs and prcfumption in me f» bnv* trusted to my own partial deeffiin. It w« ed by f>me other person, also, ip whftfe tafle and judgment I havs the greatest confidence : by all of them I wai encouraged to offer it to the publ.c, a, curiomand intending in itfelf.and not inferior to apy of my father's other work,." The Editor of the Paris SJilion apofrophiz.es the above ".uork in the following manntr. " Every thing enfurts fuccef, to thi, volume the talent, and reputation of the author, and the irapreffion Hill recent in the mindslol all whehave read the excellent work of which thi, i, the com pletion—all conspire to give it an extensive spread. The hiflory of America ivai the mafter-piecc tf one of the two ablest, or rather one of the two only aiodern historians. He ha, created thi, part of history, diflinguilhed this chao, of the New World, diilingulfhcd with the hand of ? master the part of geniui, fortune, courage and crime, and conquer ed a, it were, America, for literary, commercial, and political Europe. u To ensure this last volume circulation, it » neceflary only to name its author, and to r«mafk» it pofTeffes all that acutenef, of observation, that perspicuity of exposition, the aft of referring ef ieds to causes, and of mingling with the account of events, the wholefbniell and moll approved priciple, of morals and politics, for which thi» writer was so eminently confpicuous—ln {hort> that it exhibits the talents ef Robirtson-" jan. 19. . f Jt SAMUEL PARKER, BRASS and BELL FOUNDER, No. 137, MULBERSr-SfREEt. CONTINUES to carry on the Brafs-foundery Business a, usual, where hi, former customer, and the public may be supplied with casting, for machine, to any pattern, rudder brace,, bolts, dec. for ihips. It may be proper to add, that, a, it ha, bee* re ported he had declined the business, S. P. take, thi, mean, of informing the public that he is making arrangements to carry it on still more extensively, hoping thereby to comply promptly with such or der<a, he may have to execute. Btlls, of any size, cast for churcht, and other ins:itutionsj printer, rule,, &c. Jan. ly eojt
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