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CO3TON, July 30.
Fnvn tie MJDITER'RANEAN-. j]
Capt. 'i. Clement came pafleuger in the n
i Sylvania, arrived in the outer harbor; and f|
has mr.de to us the subsequent communicati- f
. on.
The Sylvunia, failed from Alicant, the
Bth of May ; at which time 4 Sjjaiiifh sri- £
gates were reaJy to fail with troops for Ma- g
jorca ; other troops were expeded shortly to j
be lent from Aficant to the iame place ; and T
from the preparation it was supposed an at
taok would be u;ade from that Island upon g
Mahon. I'srfons from Minorca, as late as j.
the 27th April, lay, there were from 12 to
14 /hips of the line and frigates coikftantly in rj
and about the Iliand, that there were nearly
4000 effective -roups at Mahon in high {
foirits. Since the capture of the Island they
had perfe&ty repaired the famous CaftJe of
St. Phillips,' whvilris now bomb proof, /and
contain ' months proyiliotis for thegarrif
-011. Many additional forts and batteries c
have been created by the BritiOi troops for c
the g&ater Ihvhgth of" the Ifl.md, and.it is J c
no'.v ia a Muck bett-r fta'te of defence "
than when they took it frvm the Spatiifii. l .
Salt provd'tons.are remarkably plenty, and Jj
wine andliranu": they are abundantly fuppli- 1
ei with from the gifut luiir.ber of prises
made by the privateers on the coast of Cata
lonia. A Poitu^uele Contoy had arrived .
with fegar and coffee, aud fufnilhccl a large
fu'.iply oi those articles to the inhabitants
Wi-.i,* it teems, ..re very favorably disposed
towj;.'.3 their bid x .'.Rrs, the Englifli.
On the 19. hOf May, a little to the East
ward ot Orau, on the Coast oi narbary, and
thortly after having experienced a very heavy
gale of wind, which continued 24 hours,
we fell in with a S;*ani(h fleet of men of war,
some were entirely dismasted and
Others much damaged. A brig belonging to
the fleet boarded us, and enqwired for the
Ffetich fleet. They laid tl.ey were 5 days
from Cadiz, and were then fleering for Car
thagina, in conlequencc of damages they had |
fu Si: red-in tbt gale.
On the 25th we fell in with an Englifli j
frigate bound into Gibralter, having loft her .
nvainmaft in the gale.
We artfv.ed at and left Gibralter the 16th 1
of May Lq. St.Vincent's had been gone j 5
days, with 16 Jhips oftlie line under his com
mand, in que ft of the French and Spaiiilh
fleet, which passed up the Streigbts May j ;
which fleet confided of 17 French and 3 Spa
nish {hips of the line. By advice received
at Gi ualter from Lord St.Vincent's he was 1
1 only 50 miles distant from them ; having
fnrturiately obtained information from a Da
nish vessel, that had been boarded from the
French fleet before he fell in with h;r—they
vrere laying too off the Island of Ivaca, wait
ing for the Spanifli fleet from Cadiz. j
Ld. St.Vincents had previously been join- >
by three ships of the line from Mahon, j 1
and obtained the information crowded fail to
come up with the French fleet before they
could form their intended junction.
The gale of wind, which proved so difaft
trous t>) the Cadiz fleet, must also ha\e had I
an effect upon the French fleet off Ivica, :
and probably hive not facilitated theEnglifh '
Admiral's design upon them.
Five ships of the line Rod two frigates i
from England, came to Gibralter 18th May, 1
and proceeded immediately to join Ld. St.
Vincents. They will, however, not be able
to come up with him, before' he must have
engaged the French fleet } But I presume,
from the firing we heard the 20th and 21ft,
they might have fallen in with a part of the 1
Spanil'n fleet, {landing over for Carthagena,
were they were to repair the damage, done ,
by thegale.
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NEW-YORK, Aupst *.
Lad week the citizens in the vicinity of
Cccntics flip, were alarmed hy the appear
ance of a disease referabling in its fymptomt
the Fever of 1798. The number of cases
was small, probn ly not exceeding eight at
moil, of which five terminated fatally. We
are happy to remark, that it n w appears
to have subsided entirely. On enquiring in
.
Havanna—others to local causes. Tliougl
*
known, 'tis said by some that if it be nov
extinft, and do not appear again, it will no
be easy to e(lab!iill that it arose fn;m caule
existing on the spot.
We thought it necefiary to make thi
brief flatemeut, after particular ci quiry o
information of our distant leaders, whr
the most exaggerated rumours ; an idea ii
rendered thr more probable, from the
tr*di£\ory and unfounded rrporti which wt
The (loop which \ e mentioned in yeller
lutitfvward of S'aten Island, proves to be
owned th re by the house of MeflVs. Fogar
d?.y morning, and wns discovered to be on
,
[■l. Every exertion was to get it un
der ; but before it was discovered, it had
her a gvnuud, and (he burned to the wa
ter's edgr.—During the tinv (he was on
fire, fcveral (loops palled her, but none of
thera'wou'd render the people any afiillance
to five the property ; except one, which
anchored near as (he could with fafety
\fler Pic v/er.t aground. The cargo con-
filled of lumber, tea, nr.d dry goods } a
very ftnall part of which faved—The
vcflcl and cargo woe valued at about lo,oo©
dollars.
Dr. C rome, in his Statijlic Journal, late
ly published in Germany, gives the fol.ow-
I ing as the probable amount, ftf the loflej in
men anil money of the belligerent power«,
sustained iu the p efent horrible war, from
1792 to die end of 1796:
Guilderj-
Auftra, 300,000,000
Gerrr,. Etnp. f
and Russia, \ '40.0c0.000
England, 80c,c00,000
Holland from 1
, , > 1 c 2,c00,C00
'93 to 95 5 i
Spain, 480,000,000
Portugal, 40,000 oco
Naples, 40,0110,000
The Pope, 10,000,000
Saidinia, *38,(00,000
France, 2,802,500000
Total,, 4,802,500,000 1,730,000
Allowing each Guilder to be equal to 30
cents it will appear, that the above sum is
equal to the aftoMfhing number r>f one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy two milliont
nine hundred and seventy Jive thouf.ud dollars,
together with the deft ruction of one million
seven hundred and thirty thousand innocent fel
-1 loto crea.'u es.
So for the etpence and blood of
four years of the war ! 4
XJ)E (SajECtE.
PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2
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PRICES OF STOCKS.
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Deferred 6 per Cent.
Three per Cent.
B \NK United States,
-i .«i' North America, 4$ to 47
■.l 1 - Pennfyltania, ■ / 14
Inforante comp N.A. ftarei ij
Pcnnfylvania, (hares, J7 to »8
8 per C«nt Stock—funded—par •
Do Scrip with the five Inftalmanti t ) , ,
Do. the jth Instalment only 6 J c ' ow P ar
Eaft-lndia Company of N. A. par.
Land Warrants, 10 doll*, per 100 acr»>.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE
On London, 51 at 30 days
jo at 6c a 90 days
Amflerdam, 35 a per florin
Hamburgh 30 23a -100 per Mark Banco.
MARRIED] —On Thursday evening last
by the Rev. Do&or Smith, Mr. Johx Steel
to Miss Elizabeth Blair, both ot'*hi<
city.
Extract jf a letter from Newport, dated Ju-
ly 29, 1799.
" The ship General Greene, capt. Perry,
arrived hereon Saturday last, from the Ha
vanna ; has fofl 20 men by the yellow fe
ver, and has 38 now lick. Among.the dead
is the Dodlor, Purler, Steward and Carpen
ter."
Willium Duane, who has been hired for
some time past, to condutt Bache's Aurora,
was brought up before Judge Peters, on
Friday morning, and bound, himlelf in 2000
dollars, and two sureties in 1000 each.
His trial is expend to come on before
Judge Paterfan, in Odinber next.
There were two people who appeared as
his fecuritics-—one of them, a iiwn of the
nartie of Barker, who difttinguifhed him
felf in the attempt of Israel to get into the
Senate ; the other proved to be Guy Bryan,
a Governmavt Cor.tractor.
Yesterday, in the Seleft Council of this
City, Francis Gw&ney, Esq. refigued his
feat as Prtfident of that body ; Henry
Pratt, Esq. was el fled to the office.
A letter from Surinam of thi- 9th ult.
announces the arriv.il (at the mouth of the
river) of the U. S. sloop of war Portsmouth,
Capt. M'Neil, on the 7th, where the had
t ken her
Norfolk, and Pickeriilg armed brigs, were
da ly expe&ed there to take any vcflels un
der convoy (for home) that might be ready.
Before the arrival of the Prrtfmouth, Sur
inam wag completely blockaded by the
French privateers. She has, however, clear
ed the coast, though feveraj captures were
made a day or two before her arrival. A
French 20 grin ship is now blockaded by the
Portsmouth.
" Get her for me, for she plcaseth me ivell,"
Was the impatient
demand ei an ardent and eothufiaflic lover
of the eafh
Samson, whose amours the Preacher fs
now about to consider, appears to have been
as much diftinguiftied for warrtith and pre
cipitancy of pailion,as for flrength and vigor
of body. His attachments were hasty and
flrong, and his nfentments. bitter and im
placable. This precipitancy led him into
many serious difficulties, in his intercourse
with the world, and, among others, invol
ved him in the unfortunate love-intrigur,
which gave birth to the words of our text.
far be it from the Preacher to attempt to
looiV-n, muck more, to fever thefc bonds of
Men,
280,000
100,000
150,000
30,000
100 000
30,000
50,000
I ,oco,ooo
IS
affeftion, whLh cottneft, in sweet alliance,
the lfcarts of his hearer;; or ttf rend .even
the del-jfrve veil of happiness, which indul
gent nature has been pleafrd to cr.ft over the
" ills that fiefli is heir to.'' Far be it from
ins to uifcourage those mutually pleaiing
emotions, which promote and sweeten the in-
tercoulfj: between the fexei, enliven ai:d in-
vigorate the noblest fcsntimeit? of the foul,
ar.d ipreada delightful over the afflic-
tive occurrence? of life. Sufpe6\ me not, my
young hearers, of a desire to poison your
minds with that ftoio pride, which afr.dts to
soar " above life's weakness and its,ple<ffures
too," or to bUst, with the chilling breath of
forgetful old-age, thole enjoyments which
arise from the exercise of virtuous love. On
the contrary, my duty and indination both
concur, in urging me to offer my fatherly
hand to lead you, along the road of reafan,
to tht enjoyment of your jkfired happiness i
and at the fame timp, to point out thofc de
vious windtngs'ofpaffion, in which Sa»fon
and many others have bewildered
in tlierr pursuit after conjupsl felicity.
That the paflion of Samfon,for the young
[idy of Timnath, proceeded from thofr be
witching charms of beauty and personal ac
co nipTifhments, which irrefiflibly seize and
fafcirfate the hearts of volatile and inconfi-
derate ycung men, rather than from any
known excellence of her mind Or disposition
is fufiiciently evident from his own narrative
and her fubfeqiient condutt. He n.anifeftly
betrays that palpitation of the heart,
cliftra&ioi* of the mind, and those painfully
pleasing and agitating sensations, which in-
dicate
Whose violent property foredoe* itfclf
Arid leads tbr will to desperate undert»kirgs."
At his return from hit tour to the land
of the Philistines, with more than even the
ordinary impatience of a traveller, he hastens
to acquaint his parents with his discovery
abroad. " I have seen," said he, " a woman,
in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philjfti-
witbftill greater aarneflnefs adds ;
•' ns"d>, therefore get her for me to wife."
His father, difpofcd to make fonie enquiry
upon the fubjeil and to recal, to his memory*
tne laws and usages of his nation, replies'
with a mixture of irony and paternal re
proof; « k Is there nrv*r «. woman among
the daughters of thy brethren, or among all
my people, that thou goeftto take a wife of
the'uncircumcifed Philistines ? " Samson, in.
dignant that his father ffcffuld oppose, to the
progress of his enjoymentj the barriers of
reason, or attempt to retard his anticipated
bliss, by the luggeftions of duty, deigns 110
■diredt or fatisfadory reply to these expeftu
lattons, but more impatiently and perempto
rily demands, in the language of the text !
•« Get her forme for she pleascth mi well."
_ So lit/ di.i: Bijt when Samson had ob
tained her, his felicity, as we might expicl,
.va» " momentary as a found." It did not
latl even the short period "f bohey-moen. Be
fore the elofe of the nuptial feaft, we find her
planning and executing a ftratagtm to be
11*2v him. Do not be too hasty, young man,
to reply ; that fliewas a bafeand trt-acherous
woman : that such is a rare instance, and
I
very little to be feared among women, whose
company, you keep. Fhc aficrtion, that file
was base and treacherous, is without proof.
In the eyes of Samson, fhc was a charming
3'irl, p< tfeffed of all that perfeflion, which he
artlcfsly, though forcibly, expressed, when he
faidj that be had seen a-.vcman ;or which
your own fancy uifcoversin the objeft of
your midnight sighs. Th: fault was chief
ly his, and may be yours. Having merely
fecn her', he determined to marry her, and,
without giving her, a fufficient opportunity
to become acquainted with him and to per.
fuade herfelf, fba't Hie alio bud seen .a man>
and the only man, whom fhc could wear in
her " heart of hearts," be makes known to
her this determination and carries it into exe
cution. The natural cenfwjuence was,
that though, from motives of prudence or
policy or fcrr.ething else, (he had consented
to be his, (lie had not contra&ed that strong
attachment to him which cquld swallow up
all -other confederations, and induce her to
embark herfelf, solely, ia his interest and to
bear up against theitorrny threat* and solici
tations of her countrymen and friends. Over
borne by their pcrfuafions and menaces, she
consents to extort frmtn him, a secret and
betray it to them :—a secret, to be sure of
no very great importance, in itfelf! but, in
its conlequences, tuinous to his felicity and
dreadfully fatal to-herfelf. and fanv.ly. In
all this, we difeover the marks-os timidity^
ra*hcr than of any, extraordinary depravity,
(hpuld difthigutfli the Timnitcfs from
th? women of other countries and of later
tir.ttr,. Nor will J Coiifent-, that her ccm
daiTt he tq any peculiar £ klenefs or
inconstancy ceftfcmcn to all women
" Far, however we do pnifc ©urfslves,
Our fnncretare rr ore giddy and unfirm r
More i'.-Mfjing,.wavering, frener loft and won
Tlun woir.co'i are."
It is.ptoperly to beaftribed to a principle
or a weakness of human nature and we al-
j ways deceive ourfelves-n.nd bring trouble up-
on others, when we hope to reap the fruits
of Itrong attachment or consolidated friend-
ship, without sowing the feed and allowing
the time which are ncceflary for the product
ion of such a harvest. Wild adventures, of
this kind, lead persons into flrong tempta
tions to incofiftanry and .uiifaithfslnek.
Likewise, by dissipating the afleftions and
unhinging the principles oftnorali ty and good
rpanners, they liave'a in oft unhappy influence
op tlie winds of those wlvo engage in them.
After a manoeuvre of this kiiid, we might
naturally enough look for any young man,
where we a£Urally fiud Sarafan,—"—in the
, chambers of a harlot. This lafl piece of sol*
; lv, as it usually does, brought its own pu
i nifhment with it by involving him in frelh
I broil with the PhiliJVisies. His ungoverna-
ble temper, however, incapable of being l'ub
dued by chaflifements of this kind, hurried
him oa to a similar intrigue with Delilah,
another daughter of the Philistines, in which
after being wheedled atid outwitted byafalfe
and deceitful woman, he " died, as> a fool
dieth," in the hud of his enemies and ps his
unlawful amours.
Thus have 1, imperfeftly, sketched the
course and consequences of that love which
arises from caprice and is indulged without
discretion. " Reason, my foil, should chool'e
himfelf a wife :——reafon, which firft ap
proves, then e[teems, and afterwa»ds, draw s
into its train the affedtions and the heart.—
There is an eflential diffei*ence between
that love, ripened upon friendfhip, which
grows out of a rational approbation, of a wo-
man's character; and that fungus, mushroom
paflion, which is ready to spring up at the
fight of a handsome face or a wanton gesture,
and which poisons the foi\l and prevents the
growth of every virtuous affeftion. The
former i*a pleafatic and salutary fruit, which
may be freely and fafely taken, for " it
bringeth no l'orrow therewith the latter
is a luscious, but, at the fame time, noxious
potion, which, if ever produftive gf, lifting
happiness, is Hill to be fulpefted and avoid
ed ; " for beatfty is a witch," which throws
a charm over every iaperfeflion and converts
the grofieft faults into fafcinatingingredients
to inflame the draught of love. Trufl not
your happiness with the woman, whose
grates " ride sparkling in her eye but
with her who has them " placed about tine
thoughts and the counsels of the heart."
See that fl« paJTcfs companion, benevolence,
mildnefsand discretion : that (he be a " kee-
per at home " and ope, who " iooketh well
to the wsysofherboufhold ; '• for in her shall
thy heart \rust safely. " When thou lieft
down, thou (halt not he afraid ; thou
fhalt lie down, and thy sleep lhall be sweet.''
But beware of a strange woman, and" lust
not after her beauty, in thine heart; neither
let her take thee with her eye-lids ; " for
though, atprefent, (he pleafeth thee well,
tbe time may come when she will shave
tby bead and take awa» thy (Irength.
Ike Lay Preacb.r of Pennsylvania*
ELECTION.
AT a meeting of a number of the inhabi
tants of tht Township of Germantown, held
at Riter's TrtVern on Thursday the ift cf
August, it Was
Resolved, That tljie inhabitants of Ger
mantowii, Bristol, and friends
to (the elcftion crf James Ross, Efij. as
Governor of thi« Common wealthy requeu
ed. to awfct ©ti Tii'urftfay the ijrtß i»lh
fr'clock P. 'M. at the sign «fGen. M'Pher
in Genbantown.
THOMAS eiiairnari.
'August i. ,
NOTICE.
WHEREAS Mals'rs FOOTM/IN & CO.
have affigoed all their property both
real anil personal, to the fubfrriberj, in (ruff,
for the benefit of their creiiitois ; Therefore all
persons who are indebted to said firm, or to
Richard Rootman, or Richard S. Footman,
prior to the ajtl March, 1799, are requested
forthwith to make payment 01 they will be im
mediately put in I'uit, and those who have
claims against them are (kflred t» exhibit them
proptrly attelied, to either of the f'ubfcribers.
SAMUEL TRICE, > /!jji%nc?s appoint-
SAMUEL VGRKE, )ej the court.
Pbiiadtlpbia: July 31, 1799. dim
SSSSjHealr.h Oifrce, . f
New-Yofk; 1 \:tf. ij 9y ,t P. ft
77/ i? Cvmmjfionert of -Health, ;lnwir.z
hat much alhrm has bten excitefjn email? ihs
"itizens of New-Tort by ihe Dda-h vffix or
ight p erf on.i in Tel lulu Fever ; and' I o-w-n*
r rom various ! citizens, andparticularly Ji, ',r,
Philadelphia, that cur condition is befii"JcH fry
iur neighbours to be infinitely worse than in re
ality it is) have judged it jdvifeablt to infers
th ir citizens, that no new 'iafe ofTeHow Fi
ver has bc. n reported to them during the laH
forty eight hours, at Which ti e,hey knew of
but two fufpitrious cases in eni/lancex '
They l ave the-pltafure to add, that the iefiM
many of the PhyKcians iii ge era/co turs in
declaring the Hate of health of this City to be
at leaH as good as it ordinarily is at t is feafott
of the year. ■ .*
GABRIEL FURJIIAN, Chairman,
On the 26th ult as Mr. Charles Sttirtin,
of this city tra* bathing ct lie public baths,
he was unfortunately drowned The body
•tuasrf und the next day, and decently interred
in Trinity Church jmrying ground H*
tvas a good and honest man. .
■Had out minister at Paris, when he was,
threatened with imprik nmenr, if he di not
take h*'riifelf out of France, lfft the city the
fame night with 3000 joes in his poc its
there would hive been vagabonds e ough
out fide the gptti to rc b him, and murder
him afterwardi. fie knew where he was
and wa» more wife. He waited, though m?*
ny weeks, till he • obtained a p. fT c r:.
French prefumpden and petu'ence would
not fuffer the deputi 1 of the grande nai ~>n
to wait at Raftadt a Few hours for a paffbur j
they set out in the night without it, and
shortly after fell by the hand* of ruffians,
perhaps of their awn nation and kidney.
( Fed. Gaz.
The diredtory, in of her nutters as Wfll
as their intrigues and negotiation*, have
over reached t.emfelves, Forgetting their
own charafters, they gave out that the
frightful Suwarrow ir,tended to give no
quarter, take no prisoners. They took dare
to convey, this calumny to their armies, in
hopes of renovating t' eir former frenzy and
mad enthusiasm ;-but mark, it had the con
trary effeft. The idea of feeing men said
to be as ferocious as themlelves filled them
with horor. In every onset finte, they hava
in thousands thrown down th ir arms and
begged. Quarter has been given them,
and what now enrages the grande nation
and their minions, is, that they can find no
cut throat like themselves. (it.
Port of Philadelphia.
Auguit 3.
No arrivall at tuc Fort.
Ship Bcl-idin', oL ibU pvrt was at Ali
cant the Bth May. Also the fcip Mohawk,
likewise of this port.
Brig Fame, Wbelen, from hence, has ar
rived at Surinam.
The Britilh Letter of Marque
L O V D O N,
SSSSSE&SSaSSamueI Ropes, commander,
BURTHEN 330 font, coppered,fhi % hcd,
mounting Twenty guns, and will b« ready to
receive a cargo in about 14 day», for terms oply
to NICKLJN ts* GRIFFITH.
WHO FA YE FOR SALE
, BQ' *■# D's '4V jr I • '
40 tons Patent Sheidiiß^GOPPEl^
assorted Mai 'oWWc«
foor.
Coihpofition Nails, Spike» and Bolts of vario
dcfcrip'ions.
30 4th. gumof 4 cwt. each,
40 61t>. do. 6 cwt dr.
it 91b. do. 1 z do.
\6 do, do. with carriapes, 11 cwt. each.
440 crates Queefn Ware, aflorted,
aOO tt»ns Fine St«ved Sait,
45 do.House Coal, and a quantity of Painti
amguft 3 oodtf
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale by the subscribers,
30 Tons LOGWOOD,
EKICK y LEWIS BOLLMAN,
No. 113, South Third Street.
""PO be difpnled of by Priv.te Cor.trafl an E'e
-1 pant COUNTKT KEIRf.AT, confiding ct
a Stone House, Stone Barn, a Spring House, Coach
Houfi:, Stables, See. with every otlur ca ivonieoce
neeeiTary ; excellent Gardens, \vith the ch&ieefl:
kinds of friut trees, with from ten to fifteen acre*
of Land seven acres of whith is thriving young
Woodland.
Furtr.rr jartieulars may be known by enquiring
of the tf rioter.
II ri 'luireil, more Land may be had to fuie ths
purci afci.
august 3.
ATacouit of common pleas held at Unii
towij for the county ol Fayette, the fourth
Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one
tfaottfaua fevea hundred and ninety nine, before
On the petition of JOHN WILSON, praying
that the a& of Aifonibly providing that the per
son of a debtor fhill not be liable to imprison
ment att-r delivering up his estate lor the ul'e ol
his creditor , may be ex. ended to him ; the court
appoint the fir It day of next term to hear the peti
tioner and hi- creditors, and order that be give his
ereditor- unMic notice hereof in Fcnno's Philadel
phia papet and in Yunt ana Brawn's Baltimoro
paper, for ore wetV, ending at least four weeks
be!«re the dsy of hcurisg, and that he alio.give
to John Gillelpic and Jacob Airkart perso
nal notice in writing to be lerved at least fifteen
By the court,
KPHRAIM DOUGLASS, Proth'y
augr.il %
d 1 5
FOR CHARTER,
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