if- BivrrAs Cpir>£» India Calicoes i O'irrss fclillj Kdiruils Unib: eilaa J'ar.s Shcat h inp Csppcr ' elegant afortnteni of Madras Hankerchiefs ij Pipes of tlii fineft particular Madeira Wine , For Sale by JOSFPH S. LEW IS No. 25, Dock Street, :taw im ,Marcti »■!.. '' irtE PARryrtßSHip OF , fETER & HENRY MIERCKEN, 18 thi» dtff iiffolved by mutual confeat, all r«r fens indebted to thetiiar# requested to make Iert cnfiiitig, thuir claims Will be for ever excluded,.at a dividend will then be ftriick and paidby S- Wikot, at Ho. >4J Chefnut-ftreet, an any day proceeding And all t)iofe who are still delinqoupt in difeharginjf the debts due' from them'to the eltate ofihe late Will. Cornptftn deceas ed, aiotefaid) 'will b« fleafed to take notice, that lain at law will be commenced against thcm, witli rut rclped to pcrfont, if not difcl.arged before thkt iiay. I facte Cothrall 1 . , . John Haiuorth I t Ad ™ ,mf " Samiirf J '• m.w.&fat. tiyA. marce 23 Letter Bags at Coffee House. |c7» Ship Asu t captain Morgan, for London, le remain 8 clt/j>Si (C 7» Ship Four Friends, captain llatb awcy, far Belfast, to remain 5 days. |C7= Ship SrjD Hamburgh, captain Sigourds, for Hamburgh, to remain 10 days, march 21 For CbarkJion t (S. C.J jSlt JOSEPH US, //. Kennedy, majler y lyirgat Mr.RclV wharf. She will I.v 1 ion Monday next, and any freight offered "hnmidiatcly will be taken on rcafonable t«rms. A few paflenj;. rs can be accommodated. Enquire of JOHN CRAIG, march 20. dtf This Day will be Lunded, At Cvthbe/it's Wharf, Froai on hoard the ship Towrilcnd, capt. I.overing from >T. JCitts, 124 Puncheons Rum, \24 ditto Molaffei, I2CO Dulliels Salt, Fok Saii, Br Jehu bfoHingsivortb, & Co. FOR SALE. Apply as above. ■I f > raareh 20 INDIA SALES. J/fiE.f at AUCTION, By ISAAC MOSES, & SONS. 'i he dsIRGO of the fliip San som. Samuel rtubbart, from Calcutta & Madras entitled to drawback, for 'approved indorsed notes at z and 4 months. cossisritfa or a very valuable and well chofcn assortment of BENGAL . re name of I)ooas dc .Vawom, having- be«n loft- or mislaid, : ia renewal of fame ; all parsons concerned we defirtd to take notice.' * «• Abraham Fan Beurai. march i?. A genteel Bouse to Rent, Situate io Spruce, between 4th & jth Arrets IT is acc'mmortated wi(h cxtenfive back buildings, three floricsin height, two pumps in the yard—one of excellent water and the ether in a Klin Cistern. Apply at No. 109, Spruce- ttrL-ct, march >6 Peter Miercken r Henry Miercken, No. Venn-ftrcct. Sdm Saip 11 ALtO dlf d~m 4ict TreAsukf Department, iiarcb stb, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT by an adt of Cdngrefs palled the 28th clay of February, oi.e thousand seven hundred and ninety nirw, the following al t(-ration- and amendments have been made t«t an aifl seven hundre I and ninety seven, intituled, " An aSI lajing dntiea Hpon flaniped vellum, parchaynt and paper." L The (lamp duties heretofore imposed upon foreign bills of exchange and bills of lading are to cease and determine from and aftor the 31ft day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. 11. The fevcral stamp t'utre; hereafter enumerated will be luvied and throughout the Uni ted States, from and aft*r the 31ft day o'l March, one choufand seven hundred and ninety-nine. For every flcin, or piece of rellum or parchment or sheet or of paper, upon which IhaH he written or printed either of ths inftrumcnt# or writings following, to wit/ Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or 1 order for the payment oi money in •ny foreign country, Any net* »r bill of lading, or writing •r receipt in nature thereof, for goodi or merchandise to be exports ed if from one diftri& to adbthir diftrift of the United Sutct, not being in the fame flafe, If from the United Statej to any foreign port or place. Any poltey of inforanec, or inllrument in the natur* thereof, •thcr x thofe heretofore fperi&ed In the above recited a<3, when the fwn i»> lareii (hall bot exceed five hundred dollai a, " - When the fonvttifurtij (hail exceed fire hundred dnllara, ... And the said Duties are chargeable upon ea«h and every Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lad ing without refpeft to the number contained in each fer. 111 Bonds t-e<|uired ifi any cafe bv the Laws of the United States, or of any nate, upon legal proeefs, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of t'ny trufl or duty are exempt from the payment of Stamp- Dutirt. Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year abovementioncd. Oliver wolcott, Secrctarj of the Treafurj. dim march 7 TKEas" RY March ' lib, 170 a. PUBLIQ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Purfnant to the aiSl of Congrcf*. palled on the ift day of Juwe, one thovlaqd, seven hii.i dred and ninety fix, entitled " an airt regulit ing the grants of land approbated for mili tary fervicrs, and for the focietjr of United Brethren t'oriiropagatinj; the gospel among the Heathen ; ' and the id supplementary to the said recited afl pa&don the second day of March, one fijten hundred and nine ty nine to *!"g Naples has long oeen perfeded, and All warrants or claims for lands on account of ' ll ' n ' n _the archives of tlieDireftorial cabinet military fcrvicts, which (hall not be rrgillfred and at P ar !S > while the Republican EmilTary has locatad before the firfl day of January, 1801, are by for the last twelve months, been labouring to the fupplemehtary aft of Congrcfs btreir. before prepare the minds of the Neapolitans for the recited, pa fled on the second day of March. 1700. declared to be forever barred. intei.di d regeneration ot their country. Ihe Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the S> therefore, has afled wifely in aatici dajr and year above mentioned. pating the mfcditated blow, and in securing OLIVER II'OLCOTT. thofc important paffrS, the poffeilion of Sec. (if the Treasury, j which gives additional fccurity to his king. ** T*J C) H* T f~* V doin. rrtl-6 \ll . . ' •' evident, too, that his Sicilian Ma iHJii following certificates of . roust hare afited in concert with the fharei of the flock of the Bank of the United Emperor of Germany ; and this circumstance States have been loft or d«ftroyed at sea, to wit I affords very strong grounds of belief, that a 13 (hares m the name of Peter Blight, of which ! more vigorous lyftem, one more worthy the John Barber Church, No IC jB. which were i : adopted throughout Europe. It forward*'! hy the Countess of Leicester packet ' IS c s rtaln > t ' ie Emperor was extremely lrcm Falmouth for New-York—and ten Ih.ires anxiou s to conclude a peace ; that he Iparod ol fjid ftotk in the name of Stadnitlki & Son, , 110 P aills to accompiilh his objeft-; and that of Anifterdfm, No 1796. which were forward- lie'even proposed that a Coiwred (hould he ed by the Packet fr..m Falmouth for Newr-York holden, with a vicV to proraotc a general m November 1704 : and for rhe renewal nf „-c r • . gmcrai which application is made at the said Bank,and ! v'''m' 'ly* r' '! C '^ Uail - v cei '«"i 5 that th. all persons ccucerned are deiired to take notice ' , , u r y at one acceded CLEMENT BIDDLE. 'i to 8 demands, that were of any impcr d3m I tance, except the reftoiatiQn of the Ro«^.n THAI the traiH of Land herein after de ferred, namely, " beginning at the North Weft crner of the seven ranges of townfiiips, and running thence fifty miles due south, along tna western boundary of the said ranges ; —thence due Well to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri ver ; thet>ce up the Main Branch of the said ri ver to the place where the Indian boundary line eroflts the lame thence along the said boun dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf kingutu rivfrat the eroding piiceab<.ve Fort Lawrence ; thence tiown the said river, to the point where a line run due weft from the place of beginning, will interfefl the said river ; thence along the line so rim to the place of be-> pinning j" has been divided into townlhips of five miles square, and fractional parts of towh ftips ; and that plats and surveys of the said townships and fraihional parts of townfhipi'are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the infpec lion of all persons concerned. .11. The holders of futh warrants as have been or stall be granted for military fervicesperform ed during the late war, are required to present the fame to the Uegifter of th« Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth d,iy of February in the year, one thoul'and eight hundred,, for the purpose of being regiflered ; No registry will however be made of any Icfs quantity than a quarter townlhip, or four thaufand acres. II!. ' j Tin priority of location of the warrants which may be p'refented and registered in manner afore faid, prior to the 12th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate ly alter the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode dtefcribed by the acl firft recited. I'he holdeis of regiflered warrants, (hall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, io the order of which the priority of locati on (hall be determined by lotas aforefaid, perfor.- ally.or by th«ir 3gents, defignatein writing at the office of the Register of the Treafiiry, the particu lar qnarter townftips elected by them refpeflively, and such of the said holders as (hall not defignatr their locutions on the said day, (hall be postponed in locating such warrants to all other holders of regiflered warrants. march i» Doll*. Cts. IEPARTME - -----" 1 -- 1 Republic to its primitivf. flat"-, Tftipulated CONTUfUATIOX OF . iby the treaty of Cainpo Fo'nnio. Tlv obftl ' nacy' of the French in Uecpi.ry pa® llion of jjntCUlfJvUlC* that country, and in o.p.r.iv; thenitlvct to I',, toff-tfA&UBSrtS. ; th. of a pre : :,::t,, re rather thitn engagements lolenmly contracted, «iJ : plays, in the p'>i*t el' view, the ! protiig'acy of their coududt 3 and the nature ; t;f their detijni. I.Of'DON, December 13 STAT K O F POLITICS, j Thedeclaration of war against the King 'Poufien- id DOMMsric. • Sardinia, and the Icgislatipt aoathgiua THE die is tall—the sword is finfheathed, pronounced against aUS*iSrrlg»*, : vhitli the ind the regicide republic of France once member who uttered it mult have knowp to norc itanUi pittedagain't all the regular be pcrfedlly c6ritornrable with t.ie Itntiments •oyerMment* of Europe. The signal for ' t^ie mufl convince all Europe at itfe predicted tn our second number, i neccffity of combiniri£againft a |* ov " *as beefl "given by the king of Naples, who, ernment that is- bound to no treaty, and re iccompamed by the Atfftrian gcncial Mack, gained by no moral tie, or ftligipvs r.btjga. :i)tftred L tlif teirrtcry of Roman r«- ** on > a that ccnfolts extluuViTy its ,üblic, Oil -the z?l e*d or funering him to drag out a mife language irom the yeari7yr to the prelent rable exigence in poverty and exile. His day. General Mack's -reply was explicit,' dominions will supply means lor the payment manly,'and drcifive. ""'He Itated the dcitruc- their armed banditti ; atid his fubjefts tion of the Papal government, and the oc- W 'J| ' erTe t0 we 'l their lift of contributions cupation of the Roman territory by the ar- an ® t0 their armies. Ihe Pied mies of' -Fiance- to be a direit violation of mon tefe,'tis true, are a hardy race. and love the treaty of Canipo Formio— An uiurpa- Sovereign ; but, urtleis a foreign army tion that had never been recognized by his e iwciedately lent to his alfiftance, his de- Siciliarr-mujefty, jior'by his augult ally, the ftru&ion is inevitable. And the Directory, emperor of Germany. The condition of wc . ear > fccure thei>- prey before the continued amity he exprelsly stated to be neighbouring powers will be apprized of hit the immediate evacuation of the Roman ter- danger. ritory ; and this were complied withj bos- . ? Princes cf Europe arc now at issue til it ia wunht iiotic renewed. But force, he *' lth thc re S ici the sword b,- said, would be oppol'ed to force j and any ' n S drawn, the scabbard inuft tc thrown attempt on the part of thc French to enter awi, y > an d, (liocking as tlic reflection is to the territories of the grand duke of Tufsauy humanity, the war nrull be—Bkllum In would be coul; Jered as a declaration of war. te ""ecinuj» the only alternative in, the Four holiis was the time prescribed to Cham- de^ ru^t'on of tfy French Republic, or tlx: pionnet for communicating his final deter- dHTolution of every government. | misation. - What this was, ii not yet cruih all thrones is tlir avowed obje& of j vnown. tl,e liireftory ; to annihilate their power j fliould be the. fob aim of-their opponeutt. The crisis calls for refclution, vigor, «iid inanimity. Let thofc who naw pirfide over he councils of nation* jtinember, thit this s no common canfe .; that the application of irdinary rimeJies to extrarrJinary evils, vill inevitably create dit'appointnKnt, and >rcduce disappointment, an d produce difaf sr. Every nerve mud be exerted : aU it ources employed ; the enemy's fcheine must ie flnticijMtrd, and the imj*riaus claim* of elf prei'etvation mufl, in this momentous trnggle for c.riftcnce, be fuff.icd occafional y to lilence the diiUUs of an ordinary po icy, and even to rife firfpe.rior to the rigid nandates of political juftjice. The French, we knoir ftom past experi •■nct, Hnd tecent prfparatiofhjivrll not heliratr .o fciie upon r.ny neutral or frit ndly territo. 7> that will fbit their Convenience or facili :atc their operation! against the combined powers. The demahd of Oen. Mack, n [pefting tbe Duchy ot Tyfcanjr, was jvftand well timed, G.-ice ths Direftory w'ene prepar irg to enter that country, and no doubt, once more to to fciae npoft Leghorn. This port must, at *ll event:,befecurcdfrom.ftir [»«ge. Mi.d Ought; to be. occupied, dining the war, by ar, Auftriaa, of EngUlk garri lon. * • * • • 4 s"be Emperor has •% griewous fault inTuflTcnng the f to. foSeft,:tbetß^ J Pelves of'the Valteli ne, by which-thtircom. munvcatiotv witK tbe Gifalpinf RebuWi« U easily Th« Directory have CVice the conquest of Switzerland, sent a winfotce ment of 25,000 m»h, Jnto Italy, which jnufi hive encrcafed their army ii, tbatcouatqt to about 60,000 men. On the Rhine, their pre tent force fcarcelyexcc'ed* 120,000 men ; but is 4a V ly encreafcd by the reouiiitidiM; though not with iuch rapidity as to quiet the alarms of the government, a conf.derable body of troops must, of neceflity, be kept in the interior, to check that dilpofition to rife which has manitcfted itfeif pretty generally , to quell the inium-ftian in Brabant, which notwithstanding a hte defeat, ii still f 0 for midable as to have rendered i,t necessary to declare Bruflels once more in a state o4' liem; . and to guard their vast extent of coast from the attacks of the Engli(h, whinfti will, no ftant fre that the enrolment of the young men for the army and the new taxes, have caused f, vcra] t & nnutuotis movements in various parts of Bern, where the Tree, of Liberty have been cut down, and- the Mofficinal' Officers Gnven away. Ihe Comnuffioacrs in Switzer land suppose the new Helvetic Legators fj tyi.fojmed, that"tiey have prop.,fed the efliibliflimeiYt of a public -library for thei use ! r An article from the Hague of the in (hint fays, there has been feme bloody scenes ! ctween the garrison and the iohab lantsofMttz, who are hi a state of ; u r rcflion. Various accounts are giyen of the i n fur red on in the Netherlands having extend A into Treves and Lorraine ; ae also copij,' r Proclamations diflerainated io thofenar,. u° the Ribtl Chief*. 1 " b T CRAVKSKNDj DEC# 18, At a court martial aflembled and held'on board his rnajefty's (hip, America, on Monday, Dec. tj, 1798. * The court in pursuance of an order from the commiffiuners for executing the office of lord high admiral of Great-Britain and Ire land, See. dated the 13th of the present month December, proceeded to enquire into the conduit of capt. Thomas Thompson, com mander of his majesty's fliip the Leander, and such of the officers and ship's company as were on board of her at the time (he furren ileretl, and was taken poffelfion of by the Gem reux, a French (hip of 74 g uns an ,j M try them refpeaively for the fame accord ingly. And the court iutving heard the cvt&QfeV brought forward, in fupjport of tipt. TtaipsU son's narrative of the capture of (hip, and have very maturely ly cenfidered the whole, is ofopi'f»i«fc_ • That the gallantand fedddrnte of capt. Tbompiba, ' ty's late /hip theLeander, a force as that.of the GinereuJt, 1« gefcrriur of every prftife his cotfpuy can giy«r ; and that jus '«0Bdu&, witk tittt of the officers and seen under his Wlp*»|X reflefts not only the higbeft feJf and them, but to tbeircouotiy at and tie court do ihcirtfore i>i©ft acquit capt. Thoppfonvbir oßkeoaad lttiir4 company ; and he and thejr are >if rtfc* jm* " honorably acquitted accordingly, ■'rf.f'Wi'- ~ ' '.. A French cartel is ! iuft officers Of the jafsn, PLYMOUTH, Arrived the French brig ' from Guadatoupe,v Iqden with iipt, u§k ~ and tobacco, commanded ■"- Enfigne de the 6th vii. Close in yitli t f- frigate, capt. H» Jtmkum - Urt?f*j£r ~ reports, that four