CAUTION. WHEREAS Mary I'awling, widow of Walter Mottly. afterwards wife to John SilEbds, at pre fentthe fuhfcriber's wife, did on ihe 17th Nov. in the evening my being absent, with the affiltance of her lon, take all the furniture from the room wh. re we lived, and has put them in fame place where I carnot find them, except cn« bed bureau and a few small trifles not worth 10 flnllings has been delivered me since This is therefore to forbid any person whatever in the country or in the town not to employ her nor harbor or afli her, nor to give her any credit whatever : and all persons I do forbid from keeping the remainder of my furniture from me, as I am detsrmmed to prosecute those who may harbor hsr or my good, that fhc or others might have given to keep. My reason not for advertising sooner is, I had the mi* fortune of breaking my leg the 13ih December. This it the thitd husband (he has got oft in a firai- THOMAS BERRIPO. dec. 14, I'9B. Alexander J. Miller, No- &4> South I'sont-Streft. HAS JUST RECEIVED, By the Atlantic, capt. Rkad, arrived at New-York, from Madras, THF fOLLOrrING WHITE GOODS, Which will be ready for on Monday next, —viz.— Gaur.jees Alliabald Baftas Tandah CofTies Fine Long Cloths Mooriej and Short Cloths. Feb t L_ Insurance Company of the State of Penn sylvania. February i, 1799- Dire&ors have thi&day declared a dividend iL of seventy-sour dollars on 'each ihare 01 the Stock of this company for the last fix month* which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal re prefentativci after the lothinltant. TAMES S. COX, President. fehj dlot NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby requested not to trust my way Sarah Fifs, from this date, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contraiVmcf. WILLIAM FISS. jan 31. 3 t POST-OFFICE, Philadelphia, Jar.. 28, 1799. LETTERS for the Br.tifh Packet, for Falmouth, (England) will be received at this office, until Tu'fday the jth February, at 11 o'clock, noon. N. B. The inland postage to New-York, must be paid at this office. ! ANY Persons wanting j paflagc to France, can obtain it in the Swed.lh 1 Barque Neptune, Daniel Jadsrbom, master, lying at New-York, by applying to Mr. I.etombe, or to Richard Soderstrom, Consul General of Sweden, in this city. i jan. 24 § ' BOARDING. TWO orderly Gentlemen may be accom modated with genteel boarding and lodging in a private family (pleasantly situated) near to Market and Third-flree's, by applying for Q;_ C. at the office of this paper. Feb. 2. '' Richard Bayley Iff Co. RESPECTFULLY inform the public that the Retail Bufmtfs carriso on by them at their St'i:e. No. J36, Ma'rket-flreet, will in future be cjrfied on by Mr; Wm. Bonn**, whom they beg leave to recommend to the favor of their friends antl the public. All Persons indebted to the 1 above firm and those to whom they are indebted, will plrafe to apply to John WyiTtsit>r.s & Co. or the settlement of their refpe&ive accounts, who are duly empowered for that purpose. Richard Bayley & Co. WILLIAM~BONNAR, RESPK'JI FULLY informs his friends and the public, that the above Store will he opened by him on Monday the 4thof February next, with an assortment of DRY GOODS, Suitable to the season, which he flatters hirjifelf will meet the approbation of thole who honor him •with their favor. JFTI 29. * § To be Sold, or Let ON GROUND RENT, FOREVER, A NUMBER of very handsome Building Lots, on theSeuth fide of Arch-ftreet,.near Ninth greet, and on Ninth-fireet, be'.ween Arch and Race-streets. ALSO. A few Lots of four each ; on 1 high, dry, and elegant fituatiou, within three miles from the city—Enquire at No. 118 Arch-flreet. ian. 30. * law;.w THE PARTNERSHIP OF John y James Poultney, BETNG diflolved by mutual consent, all persons Indebted to them are requsfle 1 to make mi ni idiate payment to either of the fubferibers; and t hole having demands to present their accounts for settlement. JOHN POULTNEY, JAMES POULT NET, I ft mo ,?0 w&lrtf >-pHE Book for Subscriptions to the Company I for ere&ing a permanent Bridge ovsr the ri ver Schuilkiil, at, or near the City of Philadel phia, continues open atth*. house ot the Treafursr ul said Company, No. 13, ehurc'* Alley, fanuary 8, 179?- god6w John Miller, junr. HAS HtMOVIO FROM HO. 8, CHtSNDT, To the Five Stor/ SuiUing, in Dock, near Thinl-ftreet. WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, 300 of Bengal Goods; consisting of COSSAS Ba.'tas x Mar.ioodics Mumhutna Taffaties Striped Doreas CiHrces Handkerchiefs, Irft. Csfir. Alfa a large assortment of Madras Handkerchiefs, of varione dtferiptions. January 1 lawtf Weekly ' Magazine. I "'HE Patrons of the Weekly Magazine, . lately outyifhed by Mr. James Hatters and the public, are refpetftfully informed, that it is intended to re-commence the publication of it in a short time. The present proprietor hav ing obtained the aflent of Mrs. Watters, (the late Editor's mother) and purchased from her all the numbers on hand, informs the former fubferibers to that work, that those numbers published by Mr. Watters which remain to be delivered, (hall (hortly be sent to them with the Index and Appendix to thefecond volume, which is also nearly ready for delivery to those who take the work in volumes. The present proprietor a flu res the public that the work (hall be condufled on the fame princi ples, and upon the fame terms that it was by the former editor ; and that as no exertion (hall be spared to render it worthy of the public regard, he confidently hopes the fame liberality which heretofore countenanced, will still continue to support it. Subscriptions, upon the original terms will be received by the principal Book fellers. February 2. N O T f C E. Is given to all those indebted to the firms of Jackson c£? Evens, John B. Evens, ts* Co. Evens is? Bullock, Whitton, Evens fc? Co. and John B. Evens. THAT ths Subscriber is fully authorized toad, just and fettle the affairs of'thofe concerns ; and that suits will be indiscriminately commenced on all accounts that remaiu unpaid on rbe icth day of March next. John B. Evens, No, 119, South Third-street feb 1 e°a6w Two Dollars Reward. ELOPED on the nth instant, an indented Black Lad, named James Matthews, be tween 16 and 17 years old, and has y e . ir ® serve, his-time was lately purchaftd 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, adrab color waistcoat blue coating trowfers, yarn stockings, a good pair of shoes tied with leather firings, and a round black hat It is fufpeiled that be is either harbored by his mother Katharine Sands, a black womnn who lives in an alley between 6th and 7th,Cher ry and Rate-ftreeti, or is loiteriug about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. The abo\)% reward will be given for bringing him before the Mayor of this City, or for se curing him in aa> jail. Housekeepers, Masters of VefTels and others ire forbid harboring or employing him. LD WAKD DUNANT. No. 35, Unios-ftreet. j.in 31 Valuable Property for Sale. FOR SALE, 1 THAT well known Estate, called SHREWSBURR FARM, formerly the residence of (Jcneral John Cadwaladar, situ it a on Saffafras River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing a bout 1900 acres of prime LAND, upward* of 500 of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex cellent, and eonfift ef a handsome Dwelling House, two la r ge Barns with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty horses, a r peeious treadimg floor under cover, a gra nary, two Jverfeer's houfe»,two ranges of two fta i ry buildings for Negroes (one of them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoak house, &c. &c —The whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires butlittle fencing, aNd has a good Shad and Herring filhery. It is conveniently situated for both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets,with two landings on a najigable river but a fliort fail i from Baltimore. There is a targe Peach, and two large Appl; Orchards an the premises; alfo„a varie ty of ex;elient fruits of different-kinds. The foil is mostly a rich whale will be fold toge therordividediintofmallerfarms(forwhicb the buil dings are conveniently situated) as may fuittbe pur hafer. The Stock on said Farm, coßliftiag of Hor cfes, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of.— For further particulars apply to Georce Hastings on the premifes,or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia. ARCHIBALD M'CALL, Jun. December ih. m.,tf. City Commilfioners Office. January Zth, 1799- THE following arrangement was made by the Board, for the more tgeilual cleanflng of the City; each Commiflioner to superintend a diftriil, No. 1. Nicholas Hicks, from the North fide of Vine-ftrset, to the South fide of Mulberry ftreet. ». Hugh Roberts, from the South fide of Mufberry-ftreet to the South fide of Chefnut ftreet. . 3. Joseph Claypoole, from the South fide of Chefnut-ftreet to the North fide of Spruce street. 4. Isaac Jones, from the North fide of Spruce street to the South fide of Cedar-street. Note.—When any of the public Pumps are out of order to the Southward of High-ftreet— application may be made to Thomas Dlxey in ith near Cedar-street, or Godfrey Gebler in 4th between Walnut and Chefnut-ftreets. And i for the Northern part of the city to Dixcy and Dehaven, in Bth street, between Saffifras and Vine-flreets. 0" Meetings of the Commiflioners are as usual, every Tuesday evening, at 5 o'clock, a the Old Court-Houfe. Jan. 19. "ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to the Ellate of Abraham D ick s, Sheriff of the County of | i Delaware, arc rcquefled t • make immediate pay ment, a»d all those who have demands against said Estate to authenticate and present them for settlement. Also, all those who have drpofited writings with laid deceased to apply for them to WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r. Springfield, Delaware county, } ' ift mo. Bth, 1799. ) jan. 8 lawtf, Abner Briggs, Of the City of Philadelphia, STOREKEEPER, HAVING afligned over all his effedls, real, per sonal and mixed, to the fubferibers, for the benefit of all his creditors— yoriCE IS HERMIT GIVEN, TO all persons who are indebted to the said Eftate,-fhat tbey &re reqtiefled to make immediate payment of their refpeflive accounts, to either of the aflignees; in failure whereof, legal measures will be taken for the recovery of such debts, as are not discharged without further delay. GEORGE PENNOCK, WILLIAM FRENCH. January i wcd.&fr.6w d^asette, PHILA DELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4. Tbe £llowing is an extract from tbe answer off the Grand Jury of tbe district oj Orangeburgb, state of South Carolina, to a charge lately delivered to tbe Grand Ju nes of Beaufort and Orangeburgb, by Judge Grim he. " WE \#fell know the advantages result ing from a government so solemnly organiz ed and so constitutionally administered as the one under which we live ; and we should be ashamed to be ignorant of the neceflity there is of fupportiiig that government by all the means in our power. Weare equally aware of the torrent of mifchiefs, which would eventually overflow our community, were we to give the least nouriftiment to the prin ciple, that the moment any of our fellow ci tizens -are chosen to be our rulers, that" we are to attribute to them improper or sinister views. Such a doctrine is only fiiited to the designing. the turbulent, the seditious ; and to all those who by clogging the operations of government wifli to inatch from us that portion of political happiness which so emi nently distinguished these United States, ffe are strangers to suspicions and jealousies of this kind, and ever desire to continue so, as long as tbe administration is placed in tie bands of men, seletted for their patriotism, their talents, their virtue, and their integri ty- Under these circumstances therefore, it is with a pride furpafled only by the sense of duty, which the particular situation of our country has given us, that we now embrace this opportunity of exprefling in this public manner to our countrymen, our firm and unlhaken attachment to the constitution and constituted authorities of the United States, and our unalterable determination to hand it down from ourselves, a choice and wel come inheritance to the riling generation, unimpaired by foreign influence and unfut lied by Gallic violence. But with a determi nation and sentiments like these, we could not confidently omit coinciding with the Pre (ident ot the United States in the propriety and policy of his general political conduft, since he has been called to the chair of ma gistracy ; and particularly in admiring the prudent, circumfpedt, judicious, and at the fame time manly and dignified part he has ta ken in the course of our tranfaftions with the French republic. A republic whose arti fices, duplicity and intrigues have been so detected and disclosed to us by recent events and its injuries so severely felt by our citizens that we can scarcely doubt of a right and ufeful direction being at length given to the opinions of the community at large. After the unexampled moderation and patient for bearance of retaliating injuries, added to the equanimity of behaviour, as exemplified by the American government, we could scarce ly believe a nation so ra(h and so insolent as to proceed further in this system of predato .ry warfare and cruelty. But notwithstand ing this pacific policy, proceeding from a love of peace and the happiness of our com munity, must exalt fullering America in the eyes of an admiring world, particularly when accompanied with a firhmefs and fortitude of character ; Yet, when the wickedness, am bition and folly of the French nation will carry herfo farasto spurn with'pointed insult and disdain the olive branch, which we kind ly offered them through the medium of three of our mod diftinguillied citizens ; when in addition to their utter difrcgard to the solemn treaty, into which they had entered with us, they have picqued themselves upon pouring with a lavish hand, the moftdaring Anathe mas against our government; when they have added insult to insult, and heaped injury up on injury and then boastingly reminded us of her party IN our COUNTRY, and of tbe FATE which awaits us if we refuse to pay tbe tribute of disgrace : It is then time, high time, for every citizen to gird on his sword and prepare for the event, and evince to the French republic, that as terrible, all glorious and- immortal as ihe may appear in the arrettes of her*proud directory, ahd in her felf-created consequence, that we value not hergafconading threats, that we calculate and rely upon that fame spirit which animat ed our bosom in the last glorious revolution ary conflict, a spirit which a people are sel dom strangers to in a country where a pure religion is the balis of morals and the foun dation of good government. Trailing to our own exertions and rely ing firmly on that providence, with whose dispensations we have been hitherto favored, we hope for.a fuccefsful result. As to a perpetual alliance with any foreign nation, we raoft cordially deprecate and abhor it, as we have already experienced in some mea sure the woeful effects of a connexion of this kind. But if France is resolved to continue her hostile aggressions on our commerce, to plunder the property, and ill-treat the per sons of our fellow-citizens, and thus force a war upon us against our consent; we trust that our government will immediately avail themselves of such temporary arrangements with Great-Britain or any other power, as may serve to annoy what we conceive the inveterate enemy of this, as well as of every regular government. We shall not be a larmed at any measure which may be neces sary to insure the exigence and lafety of America. We are persuaded we cannst err, when we religiously adhere to the solemn vow made by our firmeft patriots on the al tar of our independence, sealed with the blood of some of our belt citizens, to consider Grent-Britain as we do the reft of mankind. Enemies in war—in peace FRJends. But it is not a common mode of warfare in which we are now engaged with France ; it is not <£y a war pro JCocis, but a confiidt between vhe and virtue, fraud and intex r .'tr, violence and tranquillity,impiety and religion. THEIR ARMS WE DREAD NOT— Their principles alone prefcnt the most tor- t midable front to us—l iiole unw principles, < which, by drffuling illumination us they haye < lately termed it amoiig the the ( innocfent and the ignorant, h:tvs deprived ' them of that portion of happiness and com- 1 fort, which can alone proceed from a firm 1 belief in the doctrines of chriftianity—prin- 1 ciples which have called into exigence a fpe- 1 cies of falfe philgfophy, which tirft insults ; and then levels inftitution, which can ; boast of its age and utility. A philosophy 1 which has ruined and enslaved every nation, ; who have been weak enough to*embrace it, '] and which if not checked by an unusual ex- | ertion of that sense of morality, for which 1 the freemen of America have been diftin~iiiJh ed, would shortly set us afloat on the tern- j peftuous ocean of revolutions, civil tiiffen tions, niaflacres.and bloodshed, without chart or compass, and at length wreck our political liberties, our religious eftablifliments, our municipal inflitutions, the fortunes of indi viduals, the charms of civilization, the har mony of society, and the peace of families on the rude and inhofpital shore of democratic violence. When consequences so hideous as these prel'ent themselves to our view, we are prepared to co-operate, heart and hand with the firmeft patriots of our country, in 1 repelling with a manly and becoming forti tude, principles so directly definitive of the ' happiness of any nation, and so obnoxious and detestable in the eyes of that God, to whose sacred precej. we were early taught to bow down." EXTRACT J From tbe Answer of the Grand Jury of ( Beaufort District. " We cannot help mentioning with heart felt gratitude and felicitations, that the mag- ( nanimous Washington with so many of , the aged fathers of our liberty and independ- ■ ence, with a noble and heroic animation, which bids defiance'to time, with a love of - country which nothing but death can con- ' quer, arc rushing forward to the standard-os our country, ready to consecrate the remnant t of their lives, in support of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens. We fee ' too, with a pleasure which no language can j express, the fame spirit quick as the electric flame pervade the bosom of the youth of eve ry part of the United States, countenancing ana urging them forward, to the frontiers of ' their native foil, with an undiftinguifhable ardor, panting after laurels in the field of . battle. We behold with sincere approbation and ' pleasure the rising navy of the United States, ' unquestionably, the inoft seasonable and ade- ! quate measure of national security and de fence. ' We fee) a peculiar pleasure in profefling ' the harmony of our sentiments with that of ' your honor's in the measure of our late con gress, in fecurrng the rights of citizenship 1 by the alien bill, and the dignity and charac ter of our government and its members by the sedition act. In fine, we feel ready by our example, to diffjfe the laudable spirit and determination of repelling the abomina ble principles of French politics, and the hor rible doftrine of atheism. By proflrating ourselves this day before the altars of our re ligion, and our liberties, and in the all feing eye of Heaven make a solemn vow to defend with out-lives and our interests, our religion and our country. It is with pleasure that we observe and feel our emancipation from the treaty of al liance with France, it is an event we trust, that will ever afford to our minds sentiments of esteem for the majority in the Congress, and the most unaffefted joy at the recollecti on of that happy event." Being informed that some Jacobin Mem ber of the House of Representatives has ta ken the letter of Coolbach from the silas of the House, it is thought proper to re pub lish it in the fame manner as it appeared in this paper a few days ago. Sunday Evening September th 16 1798 Smithfield Dear Sir Moses Chambers Efqrs Agreable to his —Protnife —to you—Called at my house in his Way home but onlucky for me I was Not at home until this Evening, and to my grate Surprise. he Informed me that my friends was In Confution in Eafton; with RefpeA to my Conduft with the Democra tic Party I Saw by your Letters to my Friend Shrawder that there was a Diffatis faxion in Eailon with my friends by Kee ping too much Company with the jackabins but thought It was Intirely Removd since I had the Pleasure of Seeing Mr. A Pat terfon Elqur but at the Late house I am informed by my friend Chambers that all is Left for me to Due is to openly to Declare my Sentaments to the meeting at traxlers which Puts me to Considerable troble but I am willing to Dae any thing to Satisfy my friends a Report ha« been Spread that I have been Reprefcnted in your Borough by Mr. Horn as being in a Secret understand ing with Each other Now I will Appeal to him if we Ever Ingaged to Each other on any^Score with Refpedt to altxions Mr Sit greaves was talked of It is true between us and then we was as wide a apart in Compar rifonas from here to the anlantick oflieu allth spafd at my house but nothing in Eafton ware I was Sepefled how Can you ! Sefpedl a man that has been Ever fathful to . my trult and a Sinceer Lover of our Consti tution and most Solomly Declare that I am ■ under No obligation to the other Party what Ever I have been told that the other . Party had Carryd me as one of the Repre sentatives at there meeting the Sincerity of that meeting I Doubting will make Itsap pcarance in the Sequel Mr Rofs called 011 , me on his way home and I usd him as well as tnyCabin would admit of which I thuugln . was my Duty—but if he was a Committ. to wait on flie he Sertainly Did Nut Exe cute his mifion or that I took him of 8> obrubtly that he only advanced as far as Congi'fs I Vetry frankly told him that I was for Chapman and the fccond would be f'me federal I think this is tan tamount to what Pafed and futher they Ne ver afkd me for my Inteft but to Come to the matter in hand Can any man Sopofe for a moment that a man that lias been so much attached to out .federal goverment would Change Sidei at this Day when I am afeard all the Jacabins will have to Come over Er long I Changling all the wourld that Ever herd me use Longgage that Denoted any thing Like a Democrat as they, are caled Bearer Mr Heaton is try Neighbour a good federal man Please to Inform him what you have Done at your meeting I shall be of the Paper I am Sir Youa JNOCOOLBAUGH John Amdt Efqu From Porcupine's Gazette. Sedition Poles. The following account of the destruction of Sedition Poles is curious and interfiling.— It is or.lv to be lamented that there are so tew Phiilip Strubiiigs in the couatry. TIEADING, January 26. Sedition Poles. MR. Jt'NGM ANN, YOU have undoubtedly heard that an as sociation was fwnied last court, and signed by (ixteen persons, who voluntarily offered to go under my command and deft ray-the se dition poles at that time standing within the county of Berks. The day on which they were to ademble was Tuefilay- the 15 th day ot January infant—Four of the gentlemen were unavoidably excused from attending—. None of the reft appeared except Robert A. Farmar, MetTrs. Michael Ege and JHfcn Palmer. Why the remaining nine did not come I am at a loss. to conjefture, nei theirdo I know to what motive I am to at tribute theii non compliance. With the above named gentlemen I set off on the day appointed from Hamburgh, to the house of Ilaac Wetzftein's about fifteen miles off, where a pole had been erected, being ac companied by Mr. Joseph Old, who had not signed the association paper at all, and Necho Allen, my axeman. When arrived within one hundred yards of Wetzftein'* house, I ordered my men to halt and examine their pistols, having been previously infor med that an armed force were collecting to oppose us. I then ordered my men to hang their swords to their wrists, and piftoli in hand, rode on 19 full gallop to the house and immediately surrounded the pole ; en quired for the landlord—his wife and two men in the house replied, he was a fwall dis tance from the hpufe cutting saw-logs—l left three men to guard the axeman and pole and went with Mr: Old to the place, where, when I was near, called Weuftein by name, he answered, and on being told for what purpose I was come and if he wish ed ie defend his pole, now was the time to do it, replied ; " You are welcome to cut it down, I had no hand in it, and desired the people not to ereft it on my land." He then went with us to the house where my men had remained in the fituaiion I left them. I then ordered my axeman to begin, and at soon as the seventeenth rtroke of the axe was applied to this emblem of sedition, down it fell. It broke in two parts by the fall and we cut it in another. We then went to a neighbouring tavern, and took -some re frefhment, and proceeded against a pole at the house of John Weaver, about sixteen miles from thence. We put up that night at the house of Mr. Jeremiah Read, about three miles from Weaver'*, (we ceuld very ejfily have cut down the pole that night, but we scorned it, preferring day light). At ten o'clock at pight, a gentleman came on purpose to inform us, that an armed force was collecting, and that Weaver was fending out every horse in his (table for the purpose of assembling ihem. But to return, nexi morning at day light, we saddled our horses and proceeded to the pole—as soon as we came within a quarter of a mile of it, a shot was fired at us, the ball flew over our heads —I dispatched two men in the woods in the direftion from whence the shot came, but they could not find any body, as theperfon had concealed himfelf. A tew yards farther another gun was fi red, bat as the wbiltling of the bullet was not heard we concluded it to be the alarm gun. We went on to the house, where there were about forty men armed with ri fles, we having our pistols in our hand. I asked for John Weaver—Answer : He ii not at home. I then asked what the inten tion of this pole was, and infilled on not being trifled with, (as they attempted to jelt with me.) 1 ordered my axemen td the pole }-—he was loofeningthe iron from it (it being surrounded with iron and driven full of spikes; in order to prevent cutting it) when I saw with my own eyes a'out twenty rifles levelled at him—two men were on their knees behind the barn, about 100 yards from the house aiming at him, and behindaftone fence, and outof the win dows of the second (tery of the house, rifles were also pointed at him —finally when : they found they could not intimidate us, a few of them came to me and said: " Ma jor Strubing, you surely will'not cut down 1 that pole. Look at the flag ornamented 1 with fourteen (tars and the motto LIBER > TY underneath." I looked at it and found • it to be so, and requellcd them to colleft 1 their people around me—when they came 5 r put the following questions to them : Did you ,ere& this pole in support or in defence - of Government? Answer in support of it. f Will you be obedient to that government J - Tel. Will you submit to the new dire# tax, 1 and fuffer your afTeflors to measure your 1 houses? Answer unanimoujly, Tcs. Well then t your pole may ltand, and you give three - cheers for government— which they diet. As
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