the means of fells, and mafic He turns the nv,ft ufcful labours into amuse ment, and repairs the highways, the bridges a.i 1 the: canals. He found the peasants Haves, and has endowed them with proper. ' iie Grand Seignior inherited every suc cession. Buonaparte has consecrated the right of inheritance in every family } he be llows on every child an equal (hare, and fud- T' J"" w a (hock, he has amelio rated the condition of the women, by giving them an equal portion of the defending pro perty, with a right to dispose of it at will, lie married his soldiers to the women of the country, prohibites all premature marriages, lays rellraints on polygamy, and, in a word is founding in Africa a new civil code By his ceconomy and forefight, h 4 is revi ving the manufa iwres of the country He has prohibited theruiWis and absurd luxury of the Ruffian troops, and of Cachemenian lhawls. He has called upon the neutral pro vinces, and procured from them by way ef exchange, the iron, the copper, and the wood of which he had occasion. He is not likely to be in any want of powder. He has ap pointed Schools of inftruftion for the people and milii ary colleges where theyoung French the Cophtis, and the Arabs inftrud each other in the Arabic, the French, in Geo metry, ihe Mathematics, and other fcieiices. He has in one word, created a Nation, and by managing 'he powerful resources of en thusiasm he has iccalled to th ■ Arabs the glory of their ancestors. He has (hewn the*; in the French army, the miraculous instrument of the decrees of Providence, as wifaed to revive the empire of the ancient Arabs ; to deliver them from a barbarous yoke ; to purify the law* of their Prophet, which had been altered by ignorant or im pious men ; and to open in Africa a new age of grandeur, of science, and of glory. HAGUE, November 6. Within these few days pad the guards have been every where doubled, aid similar precautions have been taken in the other ci. ties, ni consequence of intelligence that the infurre&ion in Flandefs threatened to fpreaa still further, the Directory issued an order for the rigid execution of the laws against Emigrants and French banished criminals, and for arrcfting all the Brabanters who (hall hare taken part in the infurreftion, and that they (hall be immediately given up to the French Government. BRUSSELS, Not. 17. The General Beguinot has just published I the following official report:— " The columns which were charged with I the blockade nf Diell, collefted themselves I on the night between the 15th and i6ch, I in order to attack that place ; but the Bri- I gands, though considerable in number, did I not dare to make any refillance. They I fled acrof; the marches, in which more than I 500 of thtm perished. They abandoned I all their arms and ammunition, with a great I number of horses- We took from them, I and killed dur'ng the blockade, and in the I different researches whith were made in the I town and its environ*, mare than 250 men. I The remainder arc now wandering .in the I , woods. The troops are now in pnrfuit of I * them. Our enemies are now Rationed at all I points,to difcovcrand preserve the fcattcred j remains. Unhappy are those who (hall give | them (helteror succour. ' (Signed) " Beouin«t.'' NEW-TORK,i January 31. A Bf.ll of immense size, together with a [ large Clock cf a superior structure, has | come out per the Cheeseman, from London, I for St. Paul's Church. The weight of the I Bell we understand to be 33 C. The Church I! steeple is in readiness to receive them, and I, the citizenr may shortly expect to be gratified I i with a display of their elegance and useful- I ( uess. , J : Richard Bayley fcf Co. RESPECTFULLY inform the public that the 1 1 Retail Bufmefs carried on by tham at their I j Store No. 136, Market ftrcet, will in future be | \ i) c»rried on by Mr. Wm. Bonnar, whom they beg I f leave to recommend to the favor of their friends I and the public. All Persons indebted to the h above firm and those to whom thqy are indebted, I ~ will please to apply to John WhitesideS Sc Co. I * for the Settlement of their refpeflive accounts, who I c are duly empowered for that purpose. I a Richard Bayley Js* Co. I r JVILLIAM~JJONNAR, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the | a public, that the above Store will he opened | by him on Monday the 4th sf February next, I t with an affortm"' t of I u DRY GOODS, Suitable to the feafsn, w lich he flatters himfelf I a will meet the approbation of those wh» honor him I f with their favor. | p jen 19- §_ | „ ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to the Eftaie cf Abraham j , Dicks, Sheriff of the County of I u Delaware, are requeded tn make immediate nay- I ment, and all those who have demands againO I r said Estate to anihentirate and present them for I a fetilement. Alfn, all those who have d»pofited I"I writings with laid lereafed to apply for them to I n WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r. t Springfield, Delaware county, ) I j ift mo. Bth, 1799. 5 ian. 8 lawtf, | ll I It Abnkr JBriggs, d Of the City of Philadelphia, Q STOREKEEPER, ir HAVIJ'G affij»netl over all hi- efft dfs, real, per- I p fonal ard min-d, to the fubferibers, for the | M hultfet of all hi- creditor.'— | trorrcE is hkubbk girF.y, I TO all person- who are indebted to the said 1 F.Hr.te, th..t t:.ey arc requefled to make immediate I a: J ayrr.'-r.t ot their refpiflive accounts. t"> either of I tbe afllpnees; in failure whereof, legal mealures I r j will be taken for the recovery of Inch debts, as are I t | Hot discharged without lurthu* delay. • GEORGE PENNOCK, I rt WILLIAM FRENCH. c ' January 2 wcd.&fr.6w Ife Xlje(Basette. r " PHILADELPHIA, ie SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2. C -3' prices of stocks. b Philadelphia, Janvart si. '- s '* Per Cent. IS J& t0 g 1. Three Fer Cent. g/g |e Deferred 6 Per Cent. 14f s B \NIC United States, 13 percent. Pennfylvania, 24 to 21 " —— North America, 46 ditto - lnfuran«e comp. N. A. Ihares 13 to 13 1-8 dolls, i- Pennsylvania, (hares, jo ditto, Divid. on [ c COURSE OF EXCHANGE ■y Hamburgh 33 1-3 cents per Mark Banco. — London, at 30 days x-s ——— — at 60 days 54 at 90 days 52 1-2 )f Amflerdam,6o days, pr. guild. 36 to 37 l-s cents d y COMMUNICATION'S. e l When the menfter fnclion has risen its snake-clad head-so high, as-even to threaten ' the vital principle cf ths Union, when • wretches wholly devoted to the enemies of our country, have so far deluded the igno rant in two of our states as tp hurry through c their legtflktufes, resolutions fraught with | B every evil the moll malignant hatred could 18 suggest ; is it not time for every friend to! * his country to rouse himfelf, and contribute j as much as in his power to the support of i » the government of his choice ; —too long ' • has it been the custom with many honest and : we!! meaning men, to content themselves ! c with wilhing well to the federal cause ; in other times this was not of so much confe- j que nee,—the designs of its enemies were not so well known, and though we lamented s their folly we pitied their ignorance but r now the Iceae is changed : their motives * are completely developed, but if there exists ; a doubt in the mind of any one, that their i intentions are not mod thoroughly wicked, r let him read the address to the people of Vir ' ginia, lately brought forward in that legilla -1 ture > by a noted demagogue (a fellow notori -1 ous while in the army for his cowardice, and iince for his turbulent and seditious efforts : '' to ftopthe wheels of Government.") This complication of villainy though couched in terms the moll artful that jacobin caution could invent is easily seen through ; in spite I of their " diplomatic skill" their real wi(hes are plain. The reader must shudder at the thought, but it is a fad, that John Taylor i really tells the people to prepare to rife at once and resist—what, think you ? The GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ! He has indeed clothed this infernal exhorta tion in the artful garb of refilling usurpa tion ; but his meaning is so obvious that it would be insulting the reader to suppose him capable of doubting it for a moment. After this I need fay 110 njore. If half the world were to .combine in.waiting against this John Taylor, they could not so effectu ally blafl him in the opinion of every good man, as by reading this address :-_but I muA once more entreat each friend to his country to drain, every nerve for its salva tion, to ftra'ngle the viper of (edition in its' infancy, for if it is allowed time to ripen into maturity, our religion, our govern ment, and our lives, must fall a crifice to it. PUBLIUS. P'iltdelpbia, January 31, 1799. To Mr. TAYLOR, of Caroline, Virginia. Sir, I HAVE read your motion in the aflem bly on the Sedition and Alien bills, your appeal to the people, and your two other favorite schemes of arming the militia of the commonwealth, and arraying the (late judges ' against the federal courts in the cafe of im- • prifonment under the above mentioned bills. ! The only effefts which the reading of these resolutions have on the mind of an honest ' American, are, detestation for such unpro voked and unprincipled attempts r ind contempt fortheprefumption of an infignificant individ- . ual even to dream of ere fling the standard of rebellion against a powerful and virtuous < government. The long train of direful 1 events, of wretchedness and cruelty, which t would attend the success of your abominable e designs, immediately excite our indignation and abhorrence for the man who for a mo r ment could harbor the base intention, however ■ 1; ridiculous the attempt. The folly of the d measure compleats our mean opinion of the r author. The federal government, j;rown strong by n the dignity and virtue of its administration, by the purity of its views, the candour and (1 uprightness ps its conduft at home and 11 abroad, can apprehend no serious convulsion b trom the faint and unimportant murmerings t of a few discontented. faftious Jacobins. — t: The constitution has defined treason, and li jiven the federal executive ample power to a defend itfelf and the union from its attacks, si It exercised this power againll the infur- el redtion in th.- westward on the excise law, fe and fufficiently manifefted its strength. ft This was called a serious rebellion, and made p more so from the general sentiment which tt then pervaded the whole continent, and in- tl ieed strongly affefted the opinions and man ners of a great part of Europe.—l mean a n sentiment of licentious liberty and imaginary o democracy, which conceived all laws, how- ir -ver wholesome and necefiary, asoppreffions tl on the people—and also that a town meet ing, or any fclf-created aflembly of the peo- te pie, could protest against the afts of lawful tl authority, conflicting themselves a court 01 of appeal for the final decision of the mea- tv fures of government, approving or rejedling cc as they may fee meet. tl In the moment when this infatuation sic raged the highest, the President summoned m tl)f militia of the states to suppress the infur- fii re&ion ; and so imprelfive was this aft, (a charafteriftic of a determined spirit to pre- ne serve the peace, constitution and happiness m of the ncti n, that thousands returned to obedience ; f >me, who had been deluded by the bale luggeftions of influential charatters, began to reflect, and were convinced of their error ; others, who from worse motives re belled, were terrified with the prompt and energetic measures of the President—whilst, he was by the consciousness of performing his duty, the approbation of the constitution, and the determined adherence of every good man. (I Asa fellow-citizen, Sir, I advise you to pause for a moment, before you provoke the strength of the federal government—consider whether the oppolition to the sedition and alien bills is more popular than the oppoli tion to the excise law—whether your strength It. is much superior to the strength of the wef nn tern insurgents—whether the federal execu tive has less power and firmnefs now than formerly ; and on what generally you ground your hopes of success : these are prudent considerations for an insurgent to make, be , fore he openly declares himfelf—before he un furls the standard of rebellion, and dares to defy the anthority of a powerful and virtu ous government. There fliould, fir, be a system in lawless as well as in lawful un dertakings, and you will certainly commit s yourfelf by rejefting this prudent advice. That you are opposed to the sedition " and alien bills, because you think them un ' j constitutional, I can never believe. If you "j" j have been taught to read, and have got the i constitution ot the United States before you, I ten minutes reading would destroy any iuch I belief. But this I verik think, that these | bills greatly incommode both yourfelf and .! your partisans, by sealing your lips when 1 I you are inclined to rail against the fede |; ral government, and impose oa some of your ignorant countrymen, whonij by your artifice and seeming sincerity, you would inveigle into your monstrous schemes. ~ i These bills are inconvenient to you, as they reftrain your freedom of declamation out of doors (not protected by the privilege of the house) when you would rouse the common wealth to arms to assault the constitution s the existence of a PreMent ; and under r the difguile of maintaining the freedom ' of the people and the conftiution in its original purity, aim at dominion for yourfelf and a few of your partizans, vafTalage to your fellow citizens, deftrudtion to the laws and an unrestrained exercise of ambition, power and the paflions. Minds grown familiar with vice can contemplate the horrid, bloody scenes which continually succeed each other in a civil war without an emotion of either pity or fear ; pity for the ruin of domestic happinefs or of a flourifhing country, where tranquility is followed by uproar and confu fion, plenty by famine, riches by poverty, peace by war, and a whole train of innume | rable miseries. Fear, from the just ven ■ geance of Heaven, for the infamous abuse of such blessings as America enjoys under the wiieft of Presidents and best of governments • —fear, from the indignation of a whole 1 people made wretched by your artifice and treason—sear, from a justly incensed ge vernment, abused by men whom it endea ' vours to make happy, and who are (heltered by its wing. Such men as you, fir, can meditate with a smiling countenance on the torrent of blood , which would deluge this happy land—at the , (laughter of your countrymen—the downfall of government—ruin of trade, sooner than not succeed in your favorite fchetne of ele vating yourselves above the laws of your country, the restraints of justice, morality ' and religion. This is a species of depravity exclusively attached to Jacobins—the delicious contem plation of a happy country made wretched by their means, is a dainty precisely adapted to their palates—it is a difli served up to : decorate the table of the highest Jacobin in the nation. ; If these observations disturb your mind, I shall be much gratified. 1 with to disturb to agitate it—that I may divert it from its 1 infamous purpose ; for although your de signs may give some trouble to government, they will only drawpunifhment on yourfelf. A FEDERALIST. MR. FENNO, * PLEASE to give the following Copy of the late Doctor Samuel Cooper's Will, a place in your paper. It will shew that the Doctor not only lived but died a ben efactor to his fellow creatures. I, SAMUEL COOPER, late of Mary land, but now of Philadelphia, Phvfician, do make my last will and testament, in man- 2 ner and form following : I will, that my debts be discharged, and my funeral expences paid by my executors. Having always abhorred slavery in every shape, I have freed all my Negroes by execut ing, as I apprehend, proper manumHEons ; but, if any thing is informally done, or any thing is wanting to complete their emancipa tion, I request my executors to do it, and to 9 liberate the girls at eighteen, and the, boys at twenty one years of age, if any of them survive me, and to charge the expenceto my estate ; and I allow my executors, if they fee occasion, to pay any charge that may be found neceflary by them, to procure suitable 9 places for the young children, and to secure to them the opportunity of obtaining a lit tle school lenrning. Item.—l will, that my executors colled my outstanding debts, in particular, a lega cy of one hundred and fifty pounds with its 1 interest, which was left me by my Grandfa ther, Thomas Winchester, deceased. 2 will, that my executors hereaf ter named, fliall fell at any time they may j< think best, at public or private sale, for calh or on credit, at their own discretion, my two plantations or trafts of land in Talbot 2( county, in the state of Maryland, with all their improvements, and make good aud fuf ficient titles for the said lands and improve ments, to the purchaser or purchasers in fee n finiple j and all the monies arising therefrom A (afterpayment of my debts and providing, if need be, for my young Negroes, as above aS mentioned) I give with ail the securities they i j rrny take for the said lands, to the Cats Txi nuroits of the Pennsylvania Hospital. ( But as it may happen, that I may fell those | lands myfelf, which I have some .thoughts of | o: ng, it is my wiil in that cafe, thati the j said contributors (hall have and possess all the j monies and l'ecurities 1 take for boyli or either I ot those places, in the fame manner as if my I executors were to fell them, under the pre- I ceeding direftions. Having served my apprentice/hip in the Pennsylvania Hospital, I know it to-be a moil I valuable and ufeful institution, not only as the bell asylum in America for Lunatics and the sick poor, but also the bed school of in ftrudtion for a Medical Pupil. With these sentiments, I esteem it a duty I owe to the community, to devote my earthly substance to encourage and promote it in preference to any temporal consideration ; I do, therefore give to the contributors to the said Hospital, and to their fuccefiors forever, as well my said two plantations, as all the monies that may arise from tha i'ale thereof, by me, or by my executors, and all my other estate both real and personal whatsoever, to and for the following uses. Item.—l requefl them to buy a neat £ub ftantial Coachee, or light waggon that will conveniently hold a driver and fix persons with itsfurnituns complete, to procure which I allow them to pay a sum not to exceed fix hundred dollars. Item—l requefl them to buy two good found and able bodied horses, neither of which to be more than eight years old, in the opinion of good judges to purchase which I allow them to expend a sum not ex ceeding five hundred dollars. Item.—l allow them to retain of my estate any sum they may think fufßcient to pay a coachman two year's wages. Itemy—l recommend that the carriage or horses may never be lent from the house, nor luffered to be out all night, unless the car riage is sent to be mended, or the horses to pasture ; that it be used only for the patients and their needful attendants, or to bring to, or take from the hospital, the managers, trea jurer or physicians, when employed in the service of the house ; and it is further my desire, that the horses may never be drove on any pretence more than sixteen miles in one day. And as to the residue (my debts, fu neral expences, and provificiii for my young Negroes, which are to be paid and made be fore the Hospital Contributors receive any part of my estate) my will is, that it may be added to, and become a part of the capi tal stock, for the general use of the house, and I trust it will be enough to purchase and support at all times, a carriage for the use of the patients, if the managers shall approve thereof. Lastly,J nominate and appoint my friends Samuel Coates, Thomas Morris, Mordecai Lewis, and Ellifton Perot, the executors of this my last will and testament, hereby re voking and making null and void, every other will by me heretofore made. In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and subscribed my name this fifteenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. (L.S.) SAMUEL COOPER. Signed, sealed, > &c. &c. 5 DONATIONS Received by the Committee appointed by the Board of Health, to diflribute the Dona tions for alleviating the diftrefles of those who are fuffering in consequence of the late calamity : viz. 12th Month 24th, 1798. 15 10 dollars 55 cents from the Board of Health, being donations received by them. 3000 dollars from Robert Wharton, Mayor ot this city, being the donation received by him from Savannah, in Georgia. 4 b^nels of Pork and Beef, 50 barrels of loose pack'd Rye, Buckwheat and Indian Meal, 5 final 1 pieces of Bacon, 200 bushels of I otatoes, 4 bushels of Turnips, a few Cheeses, 2 bundles of Clothes, 13 spotted rLl gs, 3 diaper coverlids, 2 pair of rose blankets, 2 pieces of white bays, 59 yards striped lindfey, 53* mixed coating, 13 yards 6-4 mixed coating, 23 yards 6-4 striped do. 20 pair boys' yarn hose, io pair mens' do. 3 yards broad cloth, and 4 pair of mens' shoes, from the Committee appointed at the time of the late general licknefs, for the relief of the sick and in firm poor, being the residue of donations received by them. 29th.—Near 40 barrels of flour, Bread, pork, and fi(h, 3 tierces of rice, 2 tierces of ba con, 1 barrel of cheese, 1 keg of butter, i of tamarinds, afmall quantity of tea and ginger, 100 bufliels of potatoes, and a large chest of old clothes from the Com mittee who luperintended the encampment on the banks of Schuylkill, being the resi due of their donations. 90 cords of wood from the commissioners ap pointed by the Governor in the year 1797 for carrying into efFeft a law for alleviat ing the diftrefles of the citizens of Phila delphia and suburbs. Ist Month 12th, 1799. 97 barrels of wheat, rye, Indian and buck wheat meal, ioobufliels of potatoes, and 99 P a,r of (hoes alTortcd, from the Com mittee appointed to superintend the en campment at Matter's place, being the re mainder of donations received by tbem. 1800 dollars from the Board of Health, be ing donations received by them. 23 dollars io cents from Francis Guerney, being a donation received by hftn. 1 9 th—16 dollars 50 cents from the inhabit ants of Salem and Mannington, bv the hands of John Wiftar. 26th. 10 dollars 80 cents from the traverse jury ot the late Mayor's Court, being part ol their fees, received from Robert Whar ton, Mayor. 250 lbs. rye meal from of this city, About 20 bushels qf potatoes from A. H. of this city. - , aßf£—479 dollars 30 cents from the inha bitants of Charleiton, state of Maflachu !l- setts, forwarded by Dr. Moore, to Ebe- X. nezer Hazard, and from him received. iii Note. The above donations, together with of a large quantity of wood and provisions he purchased by. the- Committee, are nearly all he diftrihuted, and but a lmall balance of cash er last in the hands of the treasurer. )y By order of the committee, e- EDWARD GARRIGUES, Chairman. Attest, ie P. BARKER, Clexli. ift ill mo. 30, 1799. as ]. Amount 1 of FLOUR, shippedfor exportation, f e at the port of Philadelphia, in the year le I 79 8 : ;e Shipped in January 4894 barrels :o February 7402 -e March 29887 1, April 11019 y May 9116 it Tune 12667 ir July 7648 :e August 7157 >r September 1775 O&ober 1544 I- November 31 10 H December 4256 is h In all 100475 barrels. x i JAMES READ, Infpe&or. d Philadelphia, 12th Jan. 1799. if a e MARRIED]—on Wednesday, Jin. 2d, - by the Rev. Dr. Rodgers, Mr. Peter P. Walter, of this city, to the amiable Miss e Maryßeii.ey, daughter of Martin Reiley, 1 Pfq. oi Bedford, Pennsylvania. On Thursday evening by the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Alexander J. r Miller, merchant, to Miss Stocker, of - this city. 3 > On Thursday the 24th of January, s by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Jones, Mr. William ' Maghee, of this city, to the amiable Miss - Frances Holme, daughter of Mr. John Holme,of Penny pack, Philadelphia county. ! NOTICE. Is given to all those indebted to the firms of > Jackson Evens, John B. Evens, & Co. \ Evens fc? Bullock, JVhitton, Evens & Co. and , John B. Evens. [ THAT the Subscriber is fully authorized toadj p just and fettle the affairs of those concerns ; and . SUITS will be indiscriminately commenced on all accounts that remain unpaid on rbe aoth day of March next. John B. Evens, - No, 119, South Third-street. * cl> a eod6w BOARDING. TWO orderly Gentlemen may be accom -1 modated with genteel boarding and lodging in a private family (plenfantly situated) near to Market and Third-streets, by applying for C. at the office of this paper. feb - f 3 t IVeekly Magazine. ' |-HE Patrons of the Weiklv Magazime, 1 lately published by Mr. James Wattets and the public, a. e refpe<ftfullv informed, that it is intended to re-commence the publication of it ln a short time. The present proprietor hav ing obtained the afTent cf Mrs. Watters (the late Editor's mother) and purchased from her all the numbers on hand, informs the former fubfcr.bers to that work, that those numbers ptiblifhtd by Mr. Watters which remain to be delivered, (halllhortly be sent to them with the Index and Appendix to thefecond volume, which if also nearly ready for delivery to those who take the work in volumes. The present proprietor afiTures the public that the work (hall be conduced on the fame prirtci pies, and upon the fame terms that it was by the former editor ; and that as no exertion (hall be (pared to render it worthy of the public regard, he cunfidtntly hopes the fame liberality which heretofore countenanced, will still continue to support It. Subfcriptiom, upon the Original terms ivill it received by the principal Book-fillers. February 2. ~ advertisement. 1 ODD & iVIOTT, Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, havine assigned over their effefls, r.al, personal, and mixed, to the fubferibers for the benefit of all their Creditors— Notice is hereby Given, r T" , ° all perfoijs who are indebted to the said A. estate, that they are required to make im mediate payment of tbeir refpeflivc accounts to either of the aflignees, or to William Mott, No._ 6», Dock-Urea, their agent duly authorised s in failure whereof, legal raeafures will be taken lor the recovery of such debts as are not difcharred without delay. 6 John Wadding ton 1 John Rhodes I Aflignees* John Mien. \ S tu.th&fatFi samueTpaTker. I BRASS and BELL FOUNDER, No. 137, Mu lb errr-Srxeb r. CONTINUES to carry on the Brafs-foundery Business as tifual, where his former cuflomers and th* public may be fuppiied with castings for machines to any pattern, rudder braces, bolts, &c. for ihips. It may be proper to add, that, as it has been re ported he had declined the business, S. P. takes this means of informing the public that he is making arrangements to carry it on still more extensively, hoping thereby to comply promptly with such or ders as he may have to execute. Sells, of any size, cast for churches and other institutions ; printers rules, &c. i an - *3 eo 3 t Printing Work, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, At the Office as the Gazettf of the Wfc it ed States, o<a -
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