VJ <oasettc- > P H it A D EL r H I A , I LSI THI'IV-OAY *'VEMING, JULT 11 PRICES OF STOCKS PHILADELPHIA, Jul-T y Eight r er ccst P ar Six per Cent: * J/6 to ?d *4/4 ' Three per Cent. to 9? J >5 advance. North America, 44 tn *s < *° _ . Pcnrfylvania, 13 10 *4 "° Infuranie cotnp N. A- {hares 40 Pennfylvar.ia, shares, 17 to la East-India Company of N. A. 5 per cent, advance Land Wirrant?, 30 dolls, rer too acr«. COURSE OF EXCHANGE jo at 6c 1 90 days Amfterdatn, . 35 i 37-100 per florin fAmongft the many evils thatarife frotr the predominance of uewfpapers over everj other species W publication in America, it is f'-ncts, the inmottance cf which demaods i nfs aw,iy i:i cc>feqqence and after a very ihort 'jjeriM,* virtually'ctaf; to<xilL Fortunately, however, the grounds ol in fiances sometimes occur, in whichivre are rn led by thele very means to confound bm <ls and put villainy to the Mulb. I wasJsd to this remark, by observing in a file of old riewfpapeis, printed by Citizen Faucis Bail< y, nutierous anecdotes andbi tuoui Repnhjicart r i he Honorable i ho'oni of theft I am about to rescue from oblivion meet, as every trait of civifm, which can -1 rfd Kiftru totVpr rhani'fter of this mild, bit morns, som-.u, upright and dignified man, whom we, are about publicly to applaud or r.or.deinn, by the solemn voice of the whole commonwealth, may be laid to belong to the public.] 1o His Excellency tbe Fresilenf and tbe Ho norable the members of the Supreme Ex exutive Council: Tbe petition of tbe subscribers Ht'MBLY SHEWETH, Cuprc.ne court of this state in the cafe of attachment hath been awarded, and without any'tr.d by jury he hath been condemned to fine and impril'onnient by the court : that your petitioners cannot but cotlfidsr it as opcormitxitional and iHegil to deny to a ci tizen of Pennsylvania the privilege "f a tri.,l 'by jury in any criminal profeciit'on, 'and ■fehjeft h-m to the arbitrary difcrrtion of the . ried to a prison .ind dedroyed : that your petitioners conceive that no man is'fafe if the j-odjta at their will and pk-afurt may proceed to ptinHhjmnt upon their own judgment as to law and fact : that it' such proceedings are allowed, your petition trtfemdus proceedings of the star chAiliber of England fro being revived in this country, tbey proceeded by an arbitrary difcrrtion, and frequently punifiied ir.en with ft verity on frivolous pretences to gratify the malice of , arcltb'ifltop Laud, or some other member of the court: th.it your petitioners apprehend that the ninth fetlion of the bill of rights of Pennlylvania was intended to lecure to us tiie invaluable right of trial by jury lit rrim inal cases, and to prevent such arbitrary proceeding aShive been ins itnted in the cafe mercy and pardons is lodged with your ex cellency and your honors, that vou will he , graciously pieai'ed to grant a pardon to the laid Elcazer Oi'wald. And your petitioners . will ntw, Samuel Wetberill,jr. Ba'desqui, <?UJ> Bri m, - Israel Israel, 'fann. D. Srrgeant, George Hofner, Dr. Jas. llutcbinsan ) rtancit Bailey, Manuel Eyre*, Ilvgb Ferguson, fun. Smith, J,e Barbier Duplcssis, I'. !i * S. Dttpcfretau, William Barton, F.dvard Pole, ■Cbarhs ErJmann, John Barber, Wtn. Sbippen, iun. William Linnird, Robet t Smith (sdst'.J Edward For., William Ru~b, juri. And a number of others. .K>jS ■ -X* E LECTION. • ' v County of Bucks, by law* qualified to vote for Members of AlTemWy, and who are de sirous that JAMES ROSS. Esq. of Plttf- Vjrgh, should succeed our present Supreme Magilhate, as Gov-mor {or tlie Common wealth of Petinfylvania, are requetted to ■tneet at the house of CimrL-s Stuart, in XJoyiifown, on Saturday tie 17th of Aug. next, for the purpose of consulting what further mrafures may be ntccffary for pro woting the eleftion of Mr. Rofs. Chairman of the Ends County Csr rtfpbndipg GcmmilUc. * r It is fakl that itKCil|hsild,_eanHr,lcJer 01 the Snnculottilh forces in the kingdom of Sfe pies, is no other than the identical pcrfoii who danced cm the ilack ro;e pit the Circus, a few years tigo. TTie prti- nt peri loos con dition of this nimble wi»ht, it is conjeftured,. will amply call forth a-8 his agility. This day's Mails leave us still in the dark, with regard to' the dctlination of the lad fleet of France. The loyal need entertain no apprehenlion, however, let the wind blow them whithersoever it Fid.—Have the Span iards joined them, all is yet very well— have they palled up the Mediterranean, still good—for, most aITu redly they will never more behold the Pillars of Hercules. Have they flown on the wings of the wind, to In dus and the Ganges, still, all they can per form is at best but folly—they may infli£l a wound, but can operate no respite to the gasping empire of Sunfculottifm from the ir retrievable ruin, which even now perhaps is upon it. The belt advice to these mad-cap marau ders, which the most (anguine frkiidlhip could dictate, might he convened in the words of Horace, O ! navis ! quid cgis ? Fortitdr occvpa portum ! The I (land of Sicily, we think, lpay, with tured to be the defli nation of the Sanf culottifli fleet, which lately failed from Brrft. The difctynfited King-fcadi&en able to with draw thither very considerable treasures from the general wreck oi the slate—the Island abounds with everj necessary ot 1 if''—and its haibour; are excellent and very fafe : ad ded- tii t|iefe citcumftances, its defencclefs (late, its vicinity to the kingdom of Naples, /.vhere the French have so confiderabk a flake at hazard, concur in printing out the Island of Sicily as a very probable bbjeftof the en i torprize in hand. Captain Smith, who, carried eulj the; Haf fan Bashaw from this port, to the Dcy of Algiers, has ju(l returned to this «ytv. Ciipt. S. left Gibraltar the 2jth May. On tlie 23d, in his way from t» that port, met fix fail of Britilh nien-oF-wav, go ing to feinforce Earl St, Vmceijt's. On the 25' th.a report >yas in circulation at Gibraltar that fix.of the French ftiips of the line had been difmaftcd. « -- Extract of letter from Gibraltar, May 15. " Since the Britilh fleet left this, two large American fbips from the Weft have been carried into Algefirar. by t'te French cruizers, who, with the Spanilh gun-boats, seem to have blockaded this port. ""The Disorder still continues in the Em pire of Morocco." MR, FEXNO, I HAVE with concern obser ved several numbers in your paper, violent ly, and.in my opinion improperly, censuring Uit Managers of the Alms-House and Houicf of Employment ; the attack must come from a source where jealonfy, Tivallhip, or foroe other, equally predominant passion of the iniod, carried unfortunately to an intem perate -yrreifft yy p ; 6thcr\viC» I am confident he woyld not have taken to much p*ins unnectiTai ily to alarm the public by declaring the tax to be insupportable and what ought not to be submitted to. This, however, will Ijjive but little weight, as "ioft of the citizens have taken pains to make .hemfelves in Come degree acquainted with that institution ; they look upon it as of the | ftrft importance, whilst they believe it to be the moll ufeful and benevolent in the United States. With refpeft to the objeftions made by the author of the attack (who is afhanK ed to give hi', name to the public) they may be aulivered in a few words. The Error of £45 dilcovered in the ma nufacturing account puWilheei is admitted, although of little importance in the pending dispute, by a writer, under the iig nature of \V. In asTimplc a manner as poffiljle tO'afcer t.iin the aflual expenditures of the Alms- House, for one year (?s (lated by W.) it is evident the average cost of each individual imounts only to one dollar per wee k the year through, uotwithftanding the Managers of laid house are obliged to pay at th.j rate of three dollars per week to the Pcnnfylvauia Hospital for the maintenance of Maniacs, Sec. ient to ihe latter, as they will not receive then?on more favorable terms, which I have no daubt will be admitted by this anonymous writer, if he lias any knowledge of the ma nagement of the Hofpi&t, (of which there is but little doubt ;) -so that if the paupers. »re maintained at one third of the sum charg i d by another pablic institution, 1 Ihould be I ilad to kn<fw how such infinnations «ndac cufations. as are thrown out by this spurious writer, can apply to the mifroanagement of the- Alms-Hbnfe ; for although the sum ex pended by the one House may lie four times as great as that of the other, yet the num ber relieved are twelve times greater. It raull be confefle-i by every discerning person, thSt, instead of our city being infeft etl by beggar?, as was the cafe a few years ago, they are now comfortably maintained in this house, and it is an uncommon fight to f;e a beggar in the street*—at the fame time .it- is admitted there are some cases where the benefits of the inftitut'.on have been ex tended to persons not entitled to them, but such cases are few, and the censure more properly applies to the out door overt'eers, however, ; t is itnpcffible at all times to .pre vent decepti(!n. As to the produdt of the manufa&ures, and the evident dedenGon of labour about which so much h. s been said, I will a Ik, how it can be expe&ed a number of persons, brought to the Alrfis-Houfe in consequence of the infirmities of old age, sickness, lanre nefs or infinity, can be supposed to produce much by their labours, and I will venture to fay there are not twenty men in the house at one time who are capable of work except occalionally to pick oakum, and that the de- create in the production of lab..r is.ln ; measure owing to the alterations which have j taken place in, die I'yftem ; for as the number ( of hearty iu!c psrforH, able to do work, for- j luerlv admitted, were much more con lid rabl: I than at pre lent and for lever;; 1 years part, of i courle the manufactures were find ogght to J have'becn. more extenijve. The Alms Houle ( may now more properly be c:fll-*ci an Infirm}- J ry, than a House of .Employment. I will only add that as every allowance oup;ht to lie made by a generous public, and 110 doubt will(tl;- pains apd assiduity of the w:i«ler alluded to. to the contrary notwith standing) in coiifequence of the many draw backs and disadvantages,under "which the In stitution has labored, by the drtndtul yeflow fever, which with great violence for two fuccellive feafons,and consequently encrcafed the number of di ft re fli-d and unhappy obj-fts .nearly in a two told proportion, the 1 conclu flon is evident that the expends to the pub lic have unavoidably augnie)) ted,and alt hough the ta::;s for the last two.y?«<i's are .g tester than they were; erer before, I'believe the be nevoleru .citizen:: ,of, Philadelphia wflrrnt the burthen,, but rc-joiceat the happy success and noble purposes to which their money bias been applied in relieving ma ny of our and unha jpy fellow creatures. CHARITAS. REPORT Of the S.f.xtons of the different Church f.'s of she number of F-unera'.s at their grounds the 24 hours preceeding 12 o'clock, July it, 1799. Chrifl Cburcli, • St. Peters, St. Pauls, ift Prefbytcr'an (Church, 2d do. do. jd do. do. Scots Pre (bytern;:, v " Associate Church, St. Mary's.Clsurcbj' Trinity Church, .Friends, Frees Quakers, Swedes Church, German Lutheran, ~ ■ Gertsan Reformed Prefbyttriari, Moravians, Methodifta, Baptists, Univerfalifts, • Public burying Ground, 1 infant land t black child.] By order of the Board of Health, Wm. ALLEN, Health Officer. Pennsylvania Hospital, •jth month i, 1799. The fitting Managers are for'this month, Samuel Clark, No. 38, noth Fifth-llreet John Dorsky. No. 22, north Third-llreet The attendingPhyficians are forthis month Dr. Shippen, No. 10, Prune-street. Dr. Barton, No. 44, north Fifth-flteet. Applications for adroitfion of patients mi! ft be in the flrtl instance to oneofthofe Physi cians, and then to either of the Managers ; the Managers and Phyficjans always attend at the Hospital, on 4th and 7th day in eve ry week, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Aciii«U**e -of frw*¥nre<4"+nTi»», tmpptiriiij to ftrspgers or others in the streets, and brought in at the time, are immediately ad mitted a» poor, at the gate. And poor persons attending on the afore faid days will receive medicine and ad- vice gratis. Puhlilhed by requcft of the fitting Mana gers and Phyfuians. SAMUEL COATES. <Ba3ette Soarint Hist. Bojleti, Jbfy 4. . Th«. Black J«ke pri»atcer of New Vork, twa captured and carried iato Tottola, • a French (hip attdßn~£ faiued at is,oogl ffer * „ ' j-Hog. » Th« Nancy, Jackson, from St Thomaa, ur Providence, was lately fallen in with, rater logged, ail the crew but the captain .ad pcrifhed ;he was dehroi s. The vefiel vas cleared of water, the captain recovered lis fenfei, arid the properly will be princi pally saved. Kinrjlon, (Jam.) May 25. A French privateer fcl«r. of 10 four poun ders and 94 men, we learn, arrived at Rio de la Hacl.e, with . n American brig of S guns, bound from Curracoa to Carthagcna, dollars.— An American fchorner of equal force had an engagement with her, an-.' beat her off, in which adiou five of her men were kitted. Philadelphia and Lane after Turnpike Campany, ' July Bth 1799. At a Meeting of the President and anagers oi the Philadelphia and Lancaster i urnpike Road Company a dividend of Eight Dollars per (liar? is declared for the last fix months, which will be applied agreeable to a Rclolution of the Stockholders the ;2th June 1797. E-xtiaft trom the minutes Wm. COVET; Secretary. mwfiw T0 the Inhabitant 3of the City of Philadelphia, the DiflriSsof SoutliwaiTi £3* the Northern Liberties. Notice is Hereby Given, > THA l the following places arc appointed for the reception of LuST CHILDREN, where they will be taksn care of until applied for —to wit— I—At the houfeof Frederick Kehlheffer, sign of the fleece and Dove, No. 140, North Second, near Callowhill-P.reet. 2.—At the hofue of Michael Kitts, sign of the Indian King, No 80, Market llrcet. 3.— -At Martin Rizer's, sign of theMarquitLa Fayette, No. ill, South Second-street, opposite the New-jMarket. £3" The f'rinter« of the different papers in the city are requested to publish tht. above a few tLrr.ee in their papers, and they willoblige afriunO to hu manity. juac 15 POSTSCRIPT. - : l A Letter j.-am the Consul- of the U- nited States, at Gibraltar,of which the followhig is a Copy, ivas re ceived this morning at the Office of the Secretary of State. SIR, " THE bearer of my last being > still detained, I have now to inform yon ■ that on the 4thit!ft, arrived his Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Childers, in fix days.from the Channel Fleet, with act vice* of the French fleet, consisting of. 115 fail of the line, having flipt out of j Brest in a fog, unperceived. JSaid {loop I met an Englilh frigate, from whom she j : j learned that she had been chafed by the : ; out scouts of an enemy's fleet of 19 fail i [of the line, fiippofed to be the above j | one, joined by 4 Spanish ihips from i i Ferrol : they were seen in the latitude of ' Oporto. This the Earl St. Vincent com- j munic'ated to me, that I might apprize the commanders of Anient,.a vtfiels j bound to the westward, of their danger. ; Admiral Lord with the British | fleet of 14 fail of the line, was at anchor off Cadiz : on receipt of the above intel ligence they got under way, and went for Cape Vincent. A French ad miral and several officers arrived at Ca diz lome days ago,'to take the com mand of some of the Spanish {hips; from which it is conjeftured a junction of thole fleets was in agitation. When the Childers left the Channel fleet it was proceeding for the Coast of Ireland. On the evening of the sth in ft. the French fleet pafled the Gut, going to the eastward, v.-ith a frefh southerly wind, and very hazy : . 24 fail were counted, of which 19 of the line. Next morning Earl St. Vincent sent to inform me that the Americans bound to the westward should be ready to proceed the moment the wind came about, as the French fleet went past us yesterday. Open boats, &c. are sent to endeavor to get out of the Gut with dispatches to apprize Lord Keith of the French fleet having pafled this, and to follow them. I have the honor to be, w C 0 1 child. 0 1 child. o i child. I 'child. I adult. I child. o 0 1 adult. i ' do. , o ' ° o 0 1 in fa % o 1 sth May, On the loth inft. Lord Keith, with his fleet, arrived here from off Cadiz, when Earl St. Vincent embarked, and they failed next day with 16 fail of the line, of which fix three deckers, for the east. It seems that Spain has given up to France 15 fail of the line at Cadiz ; and by the report of several boats, xp fail of the lin<* from thence, with some frigates, pafled this port to the east two nights ago. Several cutters in quest of the Brest fleet, and dispatches, &c. have arrived from England. Admiral Gardi ner is expected off Cadiz with r 5 fail of the line, which no doubt up the Mediterranean when they find the French and Spaniards are gone there. Received by the :\>p Adriana, captain Carl tuiii from London, A I.iHGf ASSO TMtNT OP TIAIR S EATINGS, Suitable for chair and foplis covers, crnfiftinjr cf ftripk.'d and plain, and of the following widths, -viz 17, 18, 19, 10, If, il, 13, 24, 16, 18, 30 and *i inches. FOn iA'lB ar ' ' v" x GEORGE PENNOCS, eotf ju!y 8 Original American Novels. FOR SALE Jt Dickins , s Paper, Stationary and Book Jlure, No 41 Market-Street, Philadelphia. Wieland; or the Transformation, Qrmond; or the Secret Witness, Arthur Merveyn ; or Memoirs of the year 1793 Price cue J>-t!a sic/; J-'y 5 i qNIArF I h*ve ptgtioe »o the , t Jtfthrti o£the Cos|»i of Common V*)ea» of ; of 4w. infelyi! nt- iavs f thr 41k. §soiiaiy,%: fcsV «* Mr**? [ creditor* »t -.die; -cowt .« vrhwab time *nd pkiae they miyattewiif fSefUjinlc I proper," • ,; ' 1 •>. '•' •",•••' "' ". '• '■> ~ JACOB WESfSBR. iiwsw;: v\y Jalyii, 1799. canal office, june,2%tb 1799- A MEETING of tl.e Stockholders of the beta 1 e ate and Sihuyllili CHr>Hi N nvigation will be held on Tfcurfcjay thefirjl of A.uguil next, at 6 o'clock in the Evening t: tl.q Cannl UlEce. |y orcer of the Weii.icut, GEO! GR IVVRRAL,Scfrj to Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Coaipauy. 2p aawti .xU Gibraltar, -jth May, I 799, Sir, Your most obedient and Most humble servant, JOHN GAVINO, THF. Conimitlod'ibjFiMiMirrracrj Ccurty appointed for Th<*- fyrjvfe urn' <»•/._?'*• xh\ elesHon of'] \iMES ROS', J Fffr.of Pittfan-yHf p gfltofftor of the flare ftonfy iitfh, -Vs.' fu,& ether freemen ef fed.rUf- 4 promotethe cl«Aion cf Ms. Ross, iy rrqaeftecfto mtct atirhe hogfc- lately by John day the a?th inflant. v Montgomery count- Ju.it Received, cjidfor Sale by PAUL BECK, Jt.' No, it, South Watkr Sthkit, Patent Sheathing Copper, From 16 cz. to 24 oz per foot* inches, inches- ' Coppet in fhtcts 48 by *4 from 610 3©lb. pc.Cicet do. do. 51 «6 6 37 b. do. . do. , do. fio , '3O 8 6oib. 4ii. do. dt<. <jt .36 70 Bclb, "'do.* do. do. 60 3.) ico jialb. cU*. do. . dr. 7« 16 >4 iglb. <)<». do. do. ,ji' 18 15 14'h. do, - do. do. gO to vo 2alb' <f6. s Bnltorti Pipes, of various fi«r, Tlat Bottom*, from 10 10 *6 m«hcs diaftetpr, t 1-8 inthtoi l.i incHn, Fo'psd tfjilt, -from nrxttchta'j mcHct, :* bpijies." stein £ inthlfo j . Cluich Hinni ftnm i-a i.icb 10 1 jJiiich Copjwi BoJu horn {-S toc.it w t t .Biacl)| . . , A.L:>O, ' v !' '.• ! ioq ttcrt«* frefti rjcc, \ / ' 60 pipcj.braudj U\ arid .4 th prbef, Imperial, hyson, hyfonftiij, foßtfeseg.jnd.Miri teas, % 20 itogfTicads alhiTT, *5 do copperas, Mad- er in hcgflie<*.« *, K-.rrels ar,; l^gs, 30 • k% o! &figcr, lo.cbc wt ol pep l cr, Nutm .g>, nn, J , 30 fori* fhett ft & No. 1 to 9, Porf wine in - iy.< 6 50 : a J iM qJ[ c■ ~ • 0:: For Cape Francois, j ' C LARISS A, FO % paifage on!y, »fp»/ to rtve on boat J, at the otillhoufc wharf, or to }«'y >i Martha Furnoct, July S, 1799. TTTHERIiAS my *»ite Reheccah. has 1 <>f,M ,V V lrom my lied and'hoard, without any jaCc provocation—t|ii* is to forewarn any perfdn 'rodi trotting her or my account >i; ,is after (Ms elate [am determined not M pay anylcbtsotl.tx confra&uig, ' ' jorf>i fiMvysns. July 11. AN attachment was lately iflued out of the in ferior court of common pleas of the ceunty of EiTex, in the (tat* of New Jerfc y. dire&ed to the fheriff of the (aid county, against the rights, credits, monies arid effe&s, good? and chat tie*, lands nod tenements of J§bn CUues Symmrs at the suit of William IVtils in u plea of trefpais on the cafe to his damage three thousand dollars; — And whereat, the said fheriff did, at the term of June last p*tt, return to the said r.ourc fjbat he had attached the defendant hy a certain bond given by Matthias D-nman and Samuel Meeker to tlx? said defendant, to th,e amount of near two thousand dollars', and alfoby fixry lard warrants ; Afew therefore, Mnlcfs rhe said john Cl?vcs Syinmys (hati at ytfar.jrire fpecfai bail, and receive a declaration at the .suit. of the j»lar.riff, judgment wfll be entered against him, and hi roptfrty herein attached, will be font agreeably to the llatute-in such cafe made a-d prcv ; o< d Aaron Ogden, Clerk, £sV. Eliialeth-town,Ju*y 8, 1799 (11) r.twii.m HAVE FOR SALE, Ninety Packages Ticklenburghs, Hempen 1" en End Jznaburgs, from tjtt to 1/9 ftr ell. 75 bales brown htlTan*. brown rnll» and wide Po li'.h rolls, fui-able for coffee and cottoji bags 10 chefh patterror c 3 or white rolls 14 pipes choice port wine \ few cases claret 1 1 bnx fine plstilhs t chci'i me;.'s fiirpe r s l do. SitieficM linen iz trunk- 'o corf shoes I do. blown Holland 3'' c t d#s upper a ail foal 1 do.bed ticks, aflT'.rttd leather 50 pieo Madia* hhltfs 40 kegs yellow ochre 1 boxr« Russia drilling 5,1 clo. pear' bai ley r d". car.i'-ricks a'iti ' 7 libt. lentil,'es hwlis 3 cafltt g!ue I <io tapes ' 3 do. briftles 1 lifix bunting for olon j caHs enff-'e mil's TOBAC C O, k No 148, High street 6 mn. *6 eodst THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, b* Hvins, Ir.folvcnt Debt rs, in tl.c county of -u/ltx, ares meet the Ailignee at the Court-Hottfc infaid county, on the aj[ih of Dec. i,cx\ at 10 o'clock a. jure 25 , ... . ~,T~ T ~ Ifo. 14 ChtfnutjfctHi &* s&'* JjjfO&d Paper, <» Affe.'rWftlufw #««f Sj.tet.of Br J J MBS #£fem& ■ '■ " . '''..- UO tl " L July 5 vTcty 3 ;,i i ) ) i\ 7 W James Yard. WHEREAS, v i- '• 'n ■ * •■■■4. t <«v
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