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New Philadelphia.
i,rc)>r:etoi s of the ground in the
.1 I of this city, known by the
ftitlK at Sprtoptfhuiy Manor ; (bounded on the
w t ft!jy tKe river Schuylkill* on ti'fc ca!i by Fourth
firest jrmnfichßylk.U, on the north by Francis's
tide, and ou'the fbuth by Callowhill flr«et) have
* lri" a tv' \v city as a finnnlcr retreat*
*rh« p'r.r. i t two f«sHons may he seen at the
Cofite Jioufe. The main Ureet, too feet wide,
runs rearly ea!t a.ul weft along the top of the
tidge, ftrikins? Schuylkill a iittle above the upper,
ferry, where nature has placed everlasting abbut
jnents,aiid ftotie in ahundence to form a perma
nent bridge of'ot»e arch, that sannot be approach
ed by ice vr Hoods.
A ftrr«tof 66 fe>t wide, ialaid cut on each fide
of, tor 1 parallel tothe Main street. Thefeare cross
ed by'five new rtrects at right angles, and hy the
ft'raets from Schuylkill.
The Dotation ibiiigh.aiTy and healthy,andcom
fa»nd> an cxt.T,f.v?pr «>£. The. water is good.
Th. canal runs obliqui ly through it.
It i» i'jft a fnflkient tirftance front the Delaware
for a pleasant walk, to give an appetite to dinner
tft.tr the bufmeiV ot the day is over. * '
7 o'be fold ut Public Vendue,
OnSaitfvday the 13'h inft. at 3 o'clock in the af
ternooti, e*n the premtfes,
One hundred- and eleven of the highest and
best situated Lots in the New Totvn,
F.ath containing 30 feel from and about 200 deep.
The whole is fruited on the weft (ide of Fourth
Street from Schuyklll, on the high g.ound opposite
Bulh Hili gudem, agreeably to a plan at the Gottee
Huufe, »rd at the old' city AuQion Store.
'i'o accommodate purchafeis. one lot will be put,
up at a lime, and the buyer will have the right lo take
ism .iy adjoining, as he may think proper, at the
fame rate; The terms are, one thud cafli, approved
notes jt three months for the remainder, when deeds
clear of all incumbrances, will be given
Connelly & Cc. Auet'rs.
April 3. ■ i.
Sales at Auction.
On Saturday the 10th April, at a o'clock P. M. i
on tha ptemil'es.
Sundry Building and Garden Lots,
Some of chera contiguous to, aritj others at
a (rial! Pittance fr;.m the city, containing fr m
ib&ut one quartet- of <m acre to about four a
crcs each, fhc small lots front on Vine and
Callowhill Streets, near Schuylkill—the large
lots front on the south fide of Francis Street, on
tke call fide of Schuylkill river, on the wefl fide
of Schuylkill, second street, and on intermedi
ate flree'ts—the whole containing about HO a
cv«s, being part °f the known by the name
of SpriugeltftMiry. .
The (ituation of many of the lots is on high
ground, commanding views of the Schuylkill,
and supposed to be l'o much detached from the
built parts of the city, as to be out of danger in
cafe of an unhappy return of the fever.
Maps (hewing ihedivifion of the ground, may
tie IVtn at the Coffee house. at Owen's tavern in
Chefnut flreet, at ilybert'i tavern in the Nothern
Liberties and at the Middle and Upper Ferries on
Schuylkill. .....
The abundance of floni, for fcutlding, on part
6f the ground, will prove vtry advantage#us to
rurthaferv, »< it is proposed to fell at the fame
t>na« those largn q-uarrie* on the eaftfide of the
SfchtfflkiU, near and above the bridge.
The terms will he ca!h for the lots sf 49 1-1
an.l JO feet frcnt, and for thole of a larger file
one half enfh immediately, and the other half to be
paid 11) fix months from the day of file.
COMELY & Co. Auctior.ters.
April 4
For C,harkJton> (S. C.J
-~± THE MAIL PACKET
h&k, TEAT MAN,
Capt. LouoniAD, —with goad ac
commodntion lor pjffengers, will
f.ofitively fail at 8 o'clock on Friday
morning the I ith toft. For freight or paffagi ap
ply to tha captrin on board at Smith t wh.irf, the
firft above Race ftrcct.
March 5.
FOR LONDON.
fc. The 3ritifti armed ship
flttiL D OuGL As >
J AMES Walker » captain.
NOW ready to receive a Cargo—for frcigh
W paffcge apply Jo
Thomas & J°^ n Ketland,
April i
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Douglas from "London,
jt frimt ajjbrtmrnt of
Morrocco and Kid Skins,
of various colours.
A bandfome fnpply of
MILITARY ARTICLES,
jSr.d » few cares of the m"(l fafhionable
Straw Hats and Bonnets.
Fi.r Ole at No. 87» Chefnut-ftrtet.
MICHAEL ROBERTS.
larch
Just Received,
jffoirf Hamburg by the Jasqn, VissEß.and
via Biltrmore and for file by the subscribers
platillas,
Creas a la Morlaix,
T>ow las
Check" ind stripes,
Liftadoes
Bretagnes,
TicklenburgS,
riareelona Brandy it) Pipe*.
Port Wifte in quarter calkr.
On Hand,
Cl&cet in Hogfheid*.
Boiirdeaux Brandy,
Rufiia Brifiles.
Ertck W Lewis Bollman.
No. I of, Spruce.ftrect.
I
iril I
. NOTICE.
THE partnerfhlp of Jofliua B. Bond, and
John Brooks, trading under the firm of
Bond iff Brooks, h this day dissolved by mutual
all perfor.s indebted to them, are re
rju»fted to make Immediate payment to Jofliua
H. Bond, and those having demands to prefer.t
thstr acsounts to him for fctllement, ~
April I
WANTED
r-j ->o go ts <h« Weft-Indies, in tlie capacity of a
J CU'U, :i Gentleman, an American or Eng
lifiiniai* by Mrth ('he former of whom would be
preferred )H« he a good accountant, well
rocommcriHud. and capable oi wiitlsg ani'peakmg
the French' language —Such a p«r!on, or applica
tion to the printer, may learn lurther particulars.
Philadelphia, april J, 1799- 5
Collector's Office.
Philadelphia, April 6, I 799-
For file at public auchon,
AT the Custom House, on Tnshfay the 71U
which remain i;i the Cullom Ho«f* Storesmore
than sine months unclaimed by the- owners or
eor.figncothcr <»i.
RS No. 16 on* trunk containing linen, niufim
FIW
tkCo.
P
PD
one box fewin£ needlei
four thsUs of Cliinu -j; cariosities, tw«
paintings
Mrs.Boulton.one box indigo
1 ivX one box containing fhoas and cotton
JofliuaGilpiin one box garden feed*
"* one box c*ntaimftg cotton fto<feir»gs
fliirts, packet handkercU-.T.* &• ft-oes
three boxes containing fix hundn-d
in 1 iixty oi.e numbers of Vinterbo
thani's general deicviption «! Amti i
ca
iOv
tSat.
P&C
PD
April 8
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Sobferiber, onTuefdaj
ptexioned fellow, about thirty years of age
formerly the property of doctor "William Mat
thews, he has been very much given to running
away, and his been so often described in the
public ptpers within this twelve months thai
any furiher description of him seems needles*
Jacob, about 6 feet high, and about 31 year:
of age, of a common Ncgroe completion,
down look, his little linger of his left hand
stands straight, occafionedby the cut of aliekle,
Patt, the wife of said Jacob, about 17 years ol
lomple&ien. with thick lips for an American ol
ind spins on either small or great wheel, and is
i>ery handy in any common hoiifc work. —Two
:hildren of the said Jacob's and Patt's, the one
1 male child about four years old, the other a
em ale child about two years old. The above
lefcnbed Negroes took with them, besides their
>wn wearing appavel, three coats, two of which
*ere linfey cloth of a light grey color, b th
lew j one of the two was a great deal too large
or either of the said fellows ; the other coat of
irown cloth, half worn; three under jackets,
>ne a velvet, another drah, the other a light
olored linfey cloth do, one new pair of Call
kin ftoes, lined with linneii ami bound with
eaiher, one pair of boots rermrkaMy large ill
he legs, fevcral pairs of stockings and a silver
watch, all lloleti : tlv ir own wearing apparel
is follows —William had on a light-hoife regi
nental coat worked with fiKer twist, (which
he firfl t.f February lall, a round tailor ja< ket
blue,) thickset breeches, patched with cordu
•oy in the stride, with other neceflary clctlung.
facob, two linfey cloth coatees, lead colored,
)»e new the other half worn, blue linfey cloth
acker, half worn, two pairs of linfey cloth
ngs. Patt has every cUv cloalhing, and her
>ther ch>athing not so well known ;|it is uncer
ain which courte they niriy take, as W illiarn is
uch an experienced coaster.
Any person or persons apprehending said ne
;rdW or (bonding them, so that their matter
nay get them again, (hall be entitled to the a
iovc reward, or in proportion for either Gf
hem, thai is to fay, 40 dollars for each of the
faildren, and if brought home, all reasonable
hargtspaidby
dtfri
diw
Joshua B. Bond.-
John Brocks«
and dimity
2 one cafe containing plufli
I one box containing tapes
one box music books
one bux soap
four hhds. bean«
one bag coffee
two barrels walnut
one barrel peminta..
one Jjox f»par
ias eight <wWguns
I or* calc-8 containing; a forte piano
one box artificial flowers.
BEtfSON GEARS.
X. B.—All matters of vefTeis and others, are
Forbid harboring thtm at their peril. B. G.
April 8, 1799
Landing at Pine-Jlreet wharf,
From on board the schooner Hirnah, captain
Barlon, from Charlellon,
ICO tierces
76 halt ditt6
55 bales cotton, 34 of which are entitled
to drawback,
FOR SALE BY,
Robert C. Latimer.
iril 8
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Jun* 17, 1798.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by vir
tue of an »&, paired during the prafent fef-
Con ef Congress, so much of the a& entituled
" An Ait making further provision forthefup
" port of public credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt"—passed the third day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from settlement or allowance,
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final settlement Certificates, and Indents of ln
ferefts, is suspended until the twelfth day' oj
June, which will be in the year one thousand seven
hundred and jjinety nitu.
That on the liquidation and settlement of the
laid Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the
Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive
Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stocf equal
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior
to the firll day of January one thousand seven
hundred and ninety one.
That the principal sums of the said Loan Office
and final settlement Certificates, with the interest
thereon, since thefirft day of January, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety one, willbedif
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the
paym«nt of interest and reimburfmient of princi
pal, equal to the sums which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Certificates had been
fubferibed, pursuant to the Aits making provision
forthe debts of the United Status, comrailed dur
ing the late war, and by the payment of other
sums, equal to the market value of the remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
fnbfcriptions asaforefaid, which market value will
j be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
, OLIVER WOJLCOTT,
June 18
All Persons
Indebted to the F.ftate of HENRY HILL, deccafed
are requeued to make payment to the fubferiher
and thole having any demands on the fame to pro
duce their accounts for fgttlement.
GIDEON H. WELLS,
Agent to the Ex; ,
no. IMarket ftr?tt
Philadelphia dec. 4, 1.798 eerf
Foy I\.i >l9 ston,
THE "£HI"
jd£»y~ <r 0 JVN SEiV D.
With gooxl aecomm<xJjtu>n»
for p*lTenjrfs-—u ill fail on
the 13th infl. For pafiaee oely app'y to
SA.IVf y HLKHrf A DS,
No. 1,
Aprtl 9
JUST LANDING, '
froi-i on board tilt ftip -
. John B. ffoDCsax, commander,
from Canton,—andFarfile by
JOSEPH SIMS,
No. ISf- Ssut ' l W«ter-flre«t,
Bohea Tea*, in whole, half, afld'tjr. cherts,
Hjfon, Hjfon Oomee, YcmigHyfon a«<! Hyf«n
km Teas, in quarter, chests, , .
Soochong and Pscho Soucioosr in quart-r. cheitt
and liox- s,
An afortmcn* of,
Silk», : Boglrpom; Hair Ribbon, Um'.reiUs, and
Faus.
-A. conijil-tejaPorttiieitt of China Ware,
tUautarb, Cmtia, NanVctn?, &c. See.
April 9
All persons indebted to the estate
of UtnOiay, fen.' ate of this city, jrr»-
Vrer, tletMfrd, jrf 4«fir«l t<? make immediate
payment; »t(d thnlVwho have demands agaiutt
it to'produce them tot payment to
■ Ann Rsnsbavi, V.
Richard Rensbaiv, i-executor!,
j* Charles Rensbait>, )
[ no. 9O) Uiiion-ftreet.
dt?M
Tliis day is published,
By B. DAVIES, at No. 68, HigK-flreet,
Aad ready to be cjelivetei to Subferibt'it and o'hers,
The Philadelphia Magazine & Review,
THE petty officers, seamen, and ordinary
seamen, in the United States feryice, late
of the schooner Retaliation, are derreti to re
pair immediately oil board the United States
brig Norfolk, in the port of Philadelphia.
Thole who have defertcd are prunifed par
don, ind theball-jnce due thein, if they com
ply with above order.
WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE.
E. Fox and J. Greenleaf,
INTFRESTED in the made to the lub-
Icribcrs, arc reqnclfced to meet at Ogdcn'i uvern,
in Chefnut-ilrcet, on Wrdnefday the 10111 of April,
al g o'clock iu the evening.
| RIGE
Secretary of the Treasury;
iawtt
aprit 9
The 111. Number of
OK,
Monthly Repository of Information
and Amusement,
For March 1799.
April I
TAKE NOTICE.
April x
T-HB CREDITORS OF
march 28.
Fnglifh wrought Nails.
Imported in the flips Molly and Diana, from
LI V BR POOL.
400 Casks of Nails,
CONSISTING of 6d, Bd, iod» I»d» and
»od, flit points "fiiit able for the foutheru
m»rVet>— Atii Ba*idd,<ud, andiod', finedrawn
■Harp*—also ,*» J.At * B<l 6 clouts-iprigs—
lucks—l«tij>per uaifif—flicathing nails, b'c.
FOR MU BY,
, Robert Denifon, ju-nr.
I»7 Mr.rktff-ftreM
Valuable Property for Sale.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence
t>l Genera! Johp Cadwaladar, fituite on SalTifras
River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing a
boot 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of 500
of which are in wooJs. The Buildings areali ex
cellent, and coufift of a handsome Dwelling House,
two ta'ge Barns with Cow houfei, Stables fw fifty
horses, a fpeekiUi.treadi«g.floor under cover,a gra
nary,two /)verfeer's houlei, two ranges oi tw.i fte
ry huildingsfor Nugrocs (one of them new and of
brick), Corn houses a Smoak house, 8:9. &c —The
whole Eftat? being nearlt surrounded by water, it
requires Kutlitfle fancing.aid has a good Shad and
Heiring'filhery. It is conv«»i*ptly situated for
both the Philadelphia anjl Baltimore marketi.with
two landings on a navigable river but a toon fail
from Baltimore. There is a large I'cach, and two
large Apple Orchards on "the prennfes; also, a varie
ty of excellent Iruits of different kinds. Ihe foil 13
mostly a rich loon-. —The whole will he fold togc
ther or divided int«l'maller iarmj{ lor which the buil
dings areconvtoicntly fitua;«d) " may suit thepur
hafor. The Stock on said Farm, confiding of Hor
cles, Cattle, Sheep kc. will also be difpsfed of.—
For furtherparlitul«rsapply to OioaoEHASTiNO3
on the premifes,or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia.
ARCHIBALD M'C'ALL, Jun.
December
FOR SALE,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
On Willings aud Francis's Vi hirf,
zoo Gia Cases,
Also, a few bales of Bengal Goo4s.
G. WILLING,
Fab. 18.
Notice.
THE fubferibers being appoint
ed by the court of common pleas o! the city, and
county, guardians to the person and estate ot Jo
nathan Be ere, now confined in a state of lunacy
in the PtniifyWania liofpital—All persons holding
liis effedts or indebted to him will pay or return
the fame; immediately ; and thole having demands
will present threm duly authenticated, to
Mary Ueere,
Thomas Hurly,
Philadelphia, april 4
A Summer Ret real.
For Salr,
Sixteen Acres of Land,
/bout hnlf a mile from tbeciiy of Philadelphia,
| '"HERE are on she ptrßiifes a oae'ilory brick
_L house 38 fee: Iront, a liable and corn crib,
a well of excellent water,and a few fruit trees, the
situation is perhaps iupr.rior to any within the
fame ditlar.ee of the city, and commands one of
the moll beautiful and piSurefapje J!rof|>e<SU of the
city, Kenfitigton, the Delaware anil Jerfcys,
Enquire of EDWARi) IiONSjiLL iCo
march 4 oc4tf
( dilelote die name of b« cue. • . o .
. { would bear aU the confluences bimi-if.
QJW'hii.-h entered the offi« firft I
- I A. They appeared to rulh In ttgelbir, tfc*
I one did not appear to me to advance farther
i thanth- other, I cannot lay which, if either,
; entered firft.
\ M'G. Did I, Mr. H. in any way offend
A Most certainly your manner did effend
MR. Fksno, , ..
THE Cr.i»i ain :>r.a p.v.lcngera roc. .
0 f ,u Slip Thomas »*f M, WO. W» A. <*«&# »
Vl2ilSli*eislrt%^S*3S«' "A.'lt.!! , asthey we«t out the,
£ i '£s? •"*
* d *" J > (camc wi,h "
"*j M'C.vhk tlic obfa.cJ, that fe bad
,V?V * a 'conci...'ve aofwrr. <o this left his sword at Mr. Marrow's t0 Wit
fafd iternpt at imposition, «a the part.f cleaned, that he h,d that «*»«* calledfor it
Meffra lonei WiliiaU Brown. Bail?, and and received ,t, that he was return,ng home,
V? n J met his friend at the corner, and they vreot
wiU be cbferved, that Dr. Hall, eon- into Mr. Feuno's together, .but that he
vcrfed with m» separated from Mr. Milnor (M'G.) behaved there u, a peaceable man,
and Mr Hopfcins—and that his informa- uer. lo prove that he had received hu
tion was given to us, after he had Wilted the sword at Mr. Morrow's he produced Mr.
(V,jp Any difference therefore, in his re- Thoma* j-.alor as a witnefs
no tto the Health Office, or subsequent Thomas Lalor Sworn ■■ . ■
denial of his information to us, he may re- A Mr. Huflon left a sword at Morrow 8
conciie as he th nks proper, with the an- to be cleaned, and then to be del.vered when
nexed attentions, which have been made called for to Mr. M Gurk—Mr. M Gurk
with a view to give complete fatisfaflion, to called for it, and I delivered it to him.
the citizens of i hiladelphia, on a fubjeft in day was it you delivered the
which thev a»e deeply interested—not as a fwoid to Mr. M'Gurk ?
necessary refutation, either of Dr. Halt's de- * A. / don't know. W
nial—or of the afTertions of Captain Jones, V
andvhis paflengers who appear to distinguish A. It was in the afternoon.
very nicely between a declaration on oath the sword a scabbard with it :
and on honor, —An honest man believe! them A. It had a scabbard with it.
to be of equal obligation. Mr. Poiter on the part of the Common.
Of the assertions which have been made wealth then made some observations to the
by these men, and of their refpeaability, a Jury on the frequency of those attacks o»
correct opinion may be formed, by confide- gentlemen in their hot** with views bed
rine that, ia all of them, which related to known, he (aid, to those who make fiich
myfelf, they have been pointedly contrad ft- attacks, buthethought that fuehoutrages on
•d on the oaths or affirmations of several ho- the peace of society had now become so com
-.eft men. Ar.d yet fueh are the mca! s, mon, it was high time a Hop ffiould be put
which fniiiifter to defamation, that the molt to them, and that their authors fkould not
contemptible may find circulation of their escape with impunity.
■ahjmny, though' composed of the gvoffeft He made a number of observations on the
"alfhood.'and that falffioed evidently fubver" teitimony, and dated in a clear manner that
ive of the precaution taken to guawl the the evidet.ee of Mr. Lalor did not go in the
jublic health. leait tu exculpate the defendant, that Mr.
WILLI AM J ACKSON. Lalor delivered him a sword he did not
The fubferibcr declares that after Dodl»r doubt—but the sword wa« delivered to M'
-lall had visited the (hip Thomas Wtlfun o i Gurk on the day when he entered Mr. Fen
he morning of the 23d of March, he alked no's office was not proved by the witness,
he Doctor what ailed the captain, and was on the "contraty, the witness swore that he
nfwered that he had the Yellow Fever. deliverrd the f.vorJ in the afternoon and with
W. JACKSON. a fcabbard —and it was proved by Mr. H»
>worn and fubferibed ~l that the aff.ult was committed in the even
before me, April 6, J- '"g, and that M'Gurk had no scabbard with
the sword—he obierve i that from the evi-
ROBERT IVH/iRTON, Mayor. dence before them, he did not doubt but
the jury would be of opinion with him,
that M Gark wai equally guilty with his
"nend.
THTL'a D&i? *J A •
Q3*
iaw3t
H, Pratt,
T. 'K. Frartcity
I. Millar,
J. Jsklej,
I. Baker.
11l the course of conversation between
Mr. Hopkins, Dr. Hall, and myfelf, 011 the
i'ubject of the Ihip Thomas Wilion, alter
the Doctor had vilkedand ordered her down
the liver, the dodtor'i opinion refpe&ing ber
Ivtuation wr.s asked, he replied that the cap
tain had bad a bad fever at Petit Guave,
that he had ft rclapfe at Jamaica, had caught
cold on the puffage and rehpied —that
it was highly improper he ftiouiJ come up
before ihe was viiited ; he stated that soon
after he had come on fliore he nvt one of the
members of the Assembly, that he mentioned
to him that he had just ueen visiting a ship,
the captain of which had the Yellow Fever,
that the member of Assembly was off from
him like a (hot—from the whole of Dr,
Hall's conversation 1 had no doubt that his
opinion was, that the fever the captain had
was a iclapfe of the yellow fever.
ISAAC MILNON.
Affirmed and fuhfcrlV-~j
ed before me, April V
6th, 1799. J
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
m. tf.
3taw.
no,. 16, Cart«r'» alley;
.
%\}t
TUESDAY S.yEWNO. AP:UI 9
In addition to the foregoing statement tc>
which I affirm and subscribe, I do aifo affirm
that Dr. Hall told me exprelsly he had no
doubt that the captain had the yellow fever.
ROBERT HOPKINS.
Affirmed and fuhfcr';b-~|
ed'before me, April V
6th, 1709. j
RORERT WHARTON, Mayor.
MAYOR'S COURT.
April Scjfions.
Commonwealth,T
vi. > A (Fault on—llilliarb.
John M'Gurk. J
Mr. Hilliard sworn.
Aout of February or beginning
»f March, I was in Mr- Fenno's office, be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening, wri
ting at the desk, when I was alarmed by the
furious entrance of two persons, ooe armed
with a club, the other, M'Gurk, armed with
a drawn sword—the oße with a club, bran
dilheditover my head, and alked me if my
name was Fenno; I allured him it wai not;
he continued to (hake his club over my head,
and theo»a(ked me where that damned rascal
and poltroon was —M'Gurk said, Fenno
(hould or would (I an not certain which)
fuffer, if he did not desist from his abusive
publications againfthis { M'Gurk's)country;
he did not me tin eaten,but frequently threat
ened Mr- Fenno.
Quest. Had M'Gurk a scabbard with
him ?
A. No Sir, his fvrord Vvas drawn, and be
had no fcabbar! iv'ith him.
Was the door open, and did they
knock previous to their entrance?
A. The front door wr,3 open, the office
door was (hut, they did not kuock, but
rilfhed iu, in a furious manner, and before
I had time to speak, one of them brandished
hi? ekib.
Before the mayor next morning, M'Gurk,
I conceive fuppofirig I could not know him,
■a(lied me, "f I bad ever seen him before :
I told him I'bad—he tken said, sooner than
The Recorder addressed the jufy and
delivered a clear, handiome & corred charge
—he observed that it seems to have been the
intent of the person «ntering Mr. Fenno's
office in the manner tlicy did, to have com
mitted an aft perhaps of a very different na
ture from that with which the defendant is
charged—that had Mr. Fenno happened to.
have been in h;s office or that evening, he
did not lcaowr what event might have taken
pUce—His Hot.or then re-capitulated the
tettiinony, after which he gave it as his opi
nion that M'Guvk was in the eye of the law
equally guilty with his companion, and in
deed that he was the most alarming charader
of the t wo, having a draw sword in hit hand
and that if thejury saw the testimony in
this point of view, they would fay that M'-
Gurk is guilty of the afTault with which he
is charged --Verdid GUILTY.
, LIST
0/ Officers of a RegiMimr.
Is tbe Service ot the Upited States,
To be Raised in Pennsylvania.
Thurnas L. Moore, It. col. com. Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
i William Henderfon, major, Greencaftlej'rfo.
X George Stepbeiifon, major, Pittfburg r do.
COMPAMBS. , >'
J*fcph M'lvin*ey, . captain, Shippenibufg, So,
John Sharp, iieut. dp. d<».
George HaineU, ensign, tlx do.
l*®ts Bl*ine, -captain Carlisle, (Jo* 1
Siml.JS. Magaw, FranKlin coun. do. *j
Archibald Davis, en&gn Lsncafttr do. do. :
Andrew John Won, captain Yorkiown* do.
Nelson Wade, lieu;. Non i lown do- (
John A- Doaglats, ticai.Yoi k'owri do.
Matthew Henry, captain. d 0.,,
&enry G. Slough, lieut. Lancaster do.
Herman Winner,, tnfign do.;
Bciy. Gihba, jun. captain Philadelphia do. ;
Cromwell Peirce* lievt. < CheAsl- cotiltfy do.
Hugh H. Pott*, enfiga PhUaddpbia do.|
Wm. ft Atlee, captain Notriftown dd» ;
Henry Weftcott, Kart- ■ •"> /
John ,S. Porter* ensign
Hugh Brady, captainNcrthumberland d®
iames P. Nelfoii, licut.
ghn Smith, ensign do. do,
Wm. ,Graham captain Bedford, dn
kobert Lawrence, lieut. Huntingdon do
Robert Chambers, i-nflgii do. do.
David Duncan, captain Carlisle do.
Thjmas Swearinger litnt. do.
Wm. Morrow, enlign Pi;tft>urg do.
Jame Alhmun, captain do.
Benjamin Wallace* lieut. near Harrilburg <Jo.
i lioiTias Lee, cntigii Erie do.
The above named Officers are ordered to
aflVmble in tlw .city of Philadelphia, OB
Wedttefday the 24th inft.
THOMAS L. MOORE,
Lieut. Col. Com.
April 1799.
Letters for the Troops under
the comvavd of Gexexjl M*cphf.msoKi if
IcJ't at the War-Office, wit'l he forwarded-
April 5, 1799.
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