1&Y SDap's' From the CENT IN EL BOSTON, Aug. 14. The dilapidation'! of die French Dire&o ry, and their agents, in Franee, have the cause of much fuffering to their " pa triot armiis." A gentleman recently from Italy, assures un, that Falfiff's ragged re giment could not have exceeded in tattered looks, the twelve hundred French who took possession of Leghorn. Besides being, ge nerally, literally fan/culottes, and (hoc and stocking-less, they were so wore down with fatigue when they entered the city, that they threw themselves to reft, f*n the pave ments in the streets:—Yet such was the pai.jc which preceded their approach, that two (houfand of the fineft Tufean troops grounded their arms to an enemy unable to take them up ! ! The fermentation attempted by the Trench Direflory, on account of the aflaflin auon of their tw - agents at Rajladt has rot produced that ft which was hoped : calling for More Monty while they demanded Vengeance, the veil was fecn thr ugh, and indignation was flattened, by the jiquiry ip s « former expenditures of un accounted milions. The following is tine of the ftimulant3 "used by the Dirertory, to give a tone to the ftotnaui of the coufcripts : < It is unfortunate that ourga'lant youth, who thought themselves d.-ftined to a career of greater glory, (hould now have to engage with aflaffins o ly ; but it was not one of the lead glorious labours of Hercules, that he' was employed in his youthfnl years, in the extermination of monsters. Before our new He culefes can fill up the nuafure of our glory, they will have the task of delive rinj the earth of the ferocious banditti who pollute it !" Thub bellows the RedaSeur. A London paper of June 5, has the fol lowing paragraph :—" The U-ited of America, in their oppoli ion to the infamous demands of France, has exhibited an energy of chara&er, which, while it ha# aftonilhed lia6 also ftimnlated the almost diftieartened nations of Europe to a manly and fuccefsful cppofition to the of French ty ranny." A scurrilous literary warfare is kept up by Touiffaiht ar.d Rigaud, the Chief and Second in Command of the French forces in St. Domingo. They denounce each other as guilty of the greatcft hypocrisy and treachery.—Pofltbly, they both speak truth. We last evening received a Martinieo Gazette of July 17th —which contains no thing new. The capture of the 10-gun privateer, by the Ganges, is mentioned in it. A SUERT or TWO. MT. R V 3 SELL, I wifli to enquire of those wiseacres who are continually harping on the " im pending negotiation with Franee"—where it in carrying on ? Who are the Com miflioners on the part of France,; and in what date it now remains ? From the Cqmuerciai. Gazette. It must afford pleasure to the humane mind,-to obfarve, that the desperate reso lution of the contending «Vmies, to give no quarter, has in uo instance been put in ex ecution. Weexpcft Suwarrow'b orders to the rav agers of Italy will be to the light about, and that they will be obliged to march the quick step to France. We cannot wish them a worse fate, than to lhai e at home the mis eries, which they were commifiioned to bear to the peaceful clirre of Italy ; but which aie now loweri g over France, and ranft soon fall in heavy retribution on this devoted country. It must afford an exalted fpe&aele to fee E'gland, di m and exalted above the storm of revolution, which ha 9 shaken the world, magnanimous and persevering in the de liverance of its nations from the greatest curfs that ever marred their happiness. What ever may have been the clamors agaitift her present minister, whpn we con templnte-him, triumphant over a powerful, obstinate and envious party at home, uniting the various inter efts, and wielding at plea sure the nations of Europe, we have the strongest evidence of superior abilities which are rarely to be found in the hillory of man.— As you were is the word of this commander of inoiiarchsand armies to the wayward kingdoms and republics of Chris. teudohi ; and we amicipate the time as near at hand, when his orders will be obeyed. GEORGETOWN, August, ,3. Remark a ilk Fact. Sometime 111 tlie Spring of 1787 or 88, a uK ot this iown, who couid not swim, accompanied by one or more of his companions w?nt into t-c river to bathe ; he MiTfli tmmcly stepped from a bank of land, beyond his depth, and was drowned. At tempts were immediately made in various • Jays to obtain the body, by diving after it, 'earcjiiiig with boat books, poles &c. and bv feme ; but all of them proved in tftnl. f.imrfhrexertions were made next day -.vithoMt facCels. mrntioned", that he had read ct the s». ' rs of drowned pcrfons being dif • CO; -rid by mfans of Quicksilver placed in a <jui)l r-ti'd atl k lied to a loaf 6f warm bread 1 !lis a?peai'«<l so chimerical a project, that the bythnders ridiculed the idea. He ob served that the experiment might eafdy br made and couid do no injury. A quill was prepared, filled with S uickfilver and infer ted in a loaf of warm bread. .Coma persons then got into a beat and placed the biead on the wirier so as to ue c iiried by the current in a direction towards the body; when it had floated 10 or t5 yards, it became stationary, and in-a /hort time the body alcendcd and floated on the top of the water, to the great allonifhmsnt of a multitude of fpsftators. The body had lain under water about 16 or 18 hours. Tlfe experiment pbove recorded deserves a trial on fiiuilar occahons, and might even be the means of lvftoring life by difcevering drowned bodies soon af:er they have difap- peaved. May not this fin?;ular phenomenon be ac counted for in this fimpje manner? The bread is carried down by the current till it comes \yithin the fpiiere of attraftion bc tweru the body and quckfilver, it is then brought by the fame attraftion over the bo dy ; and the fpecific gravity of the body being but little greater than that of the wa ter, by the attraftlon of the Ouickfil ver, a substance of very great fpecific gravity and proportionate nttraftions, t'ue body rises to the furface of the water. Camden August 4. Meflieurs Freneau St Paine. LEST any misrepresentation of a recent transaction, which has taken place in this neighbourhood, should be offered to the pub lic, I beg the favour of you to publiHi the following, asearly as possible. " Col. Cuntey received information, that on Tliurfday night last, an attempt would be made by a band of ruffians, colle&ed at the Simpfons, (brothers to David Simplon, who lately died in the goal of this place, hav ing been ronvidled of negro-stealing) to rob our old neighbour, William Bonds—they were then to take some of the mod valuable horses belonging to the two Messrs. Chef nuts ; finally to kill Daniel Carter, the pro secutor of David, and to escape over the mountains to where the other brothers are gone. A party was collefled, and .laid in ambush near the house of Mr. Bonds: about half part ten o'clock two men arrived, knock ed, and asked for quarters : on the door be ing opened, one of them presented a piflol at the old gentlernan, and demanded 5001. The party immediately appeared at the door, and ordered them to surrender. One, whose name is Tyler, (but who was not long since committed to the common goal of this place for palling counterfeit money, tinder the name of Hammond) sprang to the door and attempted to escape: he was immediately seized and ordered again to surrender, havirg a piflol in his hand ; being extremely strong and adtiv*, he struggled very much, and ap peared to be on the point of killing the gen tleman, who had hold of him, and getting lsofe, when a (hot was fired at him, which entered hjs back near the Ihoulder :he in stantly got free and ran ; several guns were immediately discharged from different quar ters ; he fell, after having proceeded about, one hundred and fifty yards. " Our unfortunate friend, John Brown, was soon discovered lying dead, killed by a Ihot in the neck ; hut whether by an acu dental shot from one of our own party, 6r from the difchargeofa piece, from one of the villains on them, we have not been able to QUIDNUNC. ascertain. " James and Samuel simpfon were taken without refifhnce the next night; and yes terday were committed to goal. Hammond (or Tyler) died yeflerday morning, after mak ing many confeffion, and finally revoking them. A more daring and hardy villain I never knew. It appears lie tame fully de termined to murder the old gentleman after having robbed him, to prevent a discovery. " Mr. D. Carter, one of their intended viaims, has no less than ten children, the oldelt under thirteen years of age." BALTIMORE, August is. A second attempt was made the night be foie last to set on fire the frame house occu piad by Mr. J. Aborn, as a (hoe-store, by placing fire and a quantity of cembuflibles under the fill of the back door, and was hot discovered until the rtore was opened in the morning, when the fire was still smoking. Had the flames unfortunately broke out be fore day,the re is no calculating the extent of their ravages ; that, whole raw, from Gay (treet to the vendue store, must inevitably have fallen a facrifice, as the witS was very strong. ALEXANDRIA, Auguftie. It was Ita.sd ia the " TIMES" of Tues day, that the brig A£ive, capt. Cartwright, ard the fchr.' Betsey, Capt. Emmons, both of this port, had in the harbour of Kiagften, Jamaica, '« by our good friends and alliu the Britijl 1" Thefc condemnations, agreeable to lie paragraph, took plact previous to June 21. It is, h>w ever, a V»£l known fa£t, that both thele vefTels had arrived fafe at that island, had f Id their cargoes and proceeded home, ha ving left it on tie 6th of July. I am au thorised to contradiA the ltatement which appeared in that paper by the owner* of these veflels and the Ihippera. The Editors of the ' 1 Times / and difltiß of Columbia Advertiferwill, no do bt, gratify the pub lic as to the source from which they obtain ed their information, and their realonj for publishing such a Jhlfehoad. RUM away from the Subfcribcr on the evening of the 28c!* inft. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Howc'feel, had on ind took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted lyar ; any per son apprehending her (hall he entitled to the above reward-—no co2s or charges will be paid. N B, She had 2 years and Tome stonths to serve dantel fitzPatrick. Golhen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6 3awt f CHARLESTON, Gentlemen, John Kkushavt. Three Lents Reward. %lje <&asettc. PHIL AD EL PH IA , MONDAY VVENINO, AUGUST 19 PRICES GF STOCKS. Puiuaeelphia, ACtsusf 19. 9ix per Cent. Isf6 Deferred 6 per Cent. 14/4 Three per Cent. <)/» , D \NIC Onitcd States, North America, 45 to 47 la. Pcnnfylvariia, 14 ? Infuran»e conip N. A. (hares 17J \ g Pcnnfylvania, (hares, t" 18 J 8 per Cent Stock —funded— par to I percent adv. Do. Scrip with the fix Inftalaieiits | ). . Do. the sth and 6th Ififtalnenlj sj e owpar Eaft-lndia Company of N. A. par. Land Warrants, 30 dolI». per 100 acrn. [O F, F I C I A L,] Extract tf a letter from an American, resi- dent at Surinam, dated July ti, 1799, received in Philadelphia, August 1 "]th. " I think it ought to be publicly known, that this market is glutted to such a degree with almost every article of life, that cargoes are felling at great loss ; fay from 30 to 50 per cent: and produce is very high ; coffee at to 10 (livers ; cos.on 17 to 18 ; and scarcely any to be found even atthofe prices. So that to the merchant, it is undoubtedly better that his property (hould be taken, than that it (hould come into this port;" Extraftof a letter from Commodore Trux- tonj to a mercba tin Ntw-York. «' U. S •fop Cancellation, Augu/l tjth l<j 99 . " I fend up by express, Mr. Carr, my c!«rk, and mull request you will give your aid in purchasing for my private account all the articles per lift annexed, and that they be sent on board the Confttllation in the (horteft time poflible. " You no doubt know th*t I have resign ed my commission in the navy, and the cause of my having done so. The Secre tary, has, however, returned it to me, with a request that I will proceed after the French 44 gun frigate seen by the Norfolk, in the event of capt. Barron's not arriving before the ship is ready for sea j and this I have consented to do—for no personal injury which I feel will ever make me lefa zealous in punilhing the infiilts and wrongs done to my cauntiy whenever an opportunity of this fort prefects itfelf. I had landed all my baggage, See. and not e*peftitig to go out in the fliip provided no new (lores—The few I have ordered will be fufficient for the fliort cruise contemplated ; indeed I may meet Baron between this and Sandy Hook, if he (hould not arrive before—at all events I quit the fl»ip on my return (for it is impossible I can serve under t"h« ptcfetit arrangement of rank) —but vvhat a glorious event it would be, if in the mean time I (hould meet another of the Monsieur frigates, and how gratifying at this moment would it be to my mind. " Yours (Incmly, flee." Govcrnoi Davie, of North-Carolina, hai been appointed by the President of the Uni ted States, an Envoy Extraordinary to the French Republic, vice Patrick Henry, Elq. deceased. Mr. Davie and Mr. EUfvrorth, it is ex pelled, will fail for France in all the month of September, the stipulated " alTurances" having been received. Abraham B. Elllery, Esq. of Newport, Rhode-Island, is appointedAffiftant Adju tant General of the army of the United States. A few days since, passed tnroiighthis City, on his way to Princeton, for the purpose of entering his foil at the College of that place, General Wiu.iam Washington, of S. Carolina. / The Insurgent Frigate lay .at anchor along fide the United State*, in Hampton Road, the 7th Augnft. Capt Smith arrived at Newburyport frotn Surrinam, inform?, the day after he'failed, law a (hip to leeward having a Hoop in tow, which he supposed to be the Portsmouth, with a privateer sloop which had failed from Surinam. The brig " Celumbia of Portfinonth," taken up as a deierted fliip, and carried into Bermuda, has been libelled there, and the fal-' vors allowed 60 per cent for protecting and conducing her into port. Brigs Franklin, Morris, ef Wilmington (Del.) and Nancy, Aoenburgh, from Vera Cruz, are captured by the French ichr. Buo naparte, of 11 guns, maimed with 4 French men and 88 Spaniards, and sent into Campea cliy ; cargoes valued at 240,000 dollars. JuJi arrived from Bremeti, AN» FOR SALE, Br THE SUBSCRIBERS, Platillas Royal ese, Brittanias Rouans, Bielfield Linens, in small packages fit for exportation, and entitled to Foreign draw back, Also, on Hand, Old Brandy, 4th proof, Barcelona do Russia Horfc-hair, curled and uncurled, Do. Deck Nail-rods, American Steel, and a small quantity of Gtia tiraala Indigo. Isaac Hazltbvrst is* Son. <Sitr auguH 15 Td the Board of Health. GIiSTIBMEN, 13' is 1101, to be wdhdered that stragglers from the vcSels lying at quarantine (hould tlcape to the city or the J;rfey (bore, when doftor ilulb, and some qthrr, phviicians of Philadelphia, have , had \he elJYontery to publiftvthat the quarantine. Law is an ul'ekf* burden on commerce, and ought to be re pealed. -One ef thele medical gentry has gone lia far as to aflert, that the people as London, Awfteitlam, and ot'her trad ing cities of Europe, do aot owe their pre (ftvatjon from tne plague to their quaran tine laws, but to their fnpertor tleanlintfs. The writer v. ho is capable of publishing so daring a falfhood as this, in order to c(lab : lifh a favorite opinion, would not boggle at a ny thiflg ; it is not want of charity to sup pose that such a man would depopul; te half the city of Philadelphia, by the yellow fe ver, if he could but eftablilh the dbflrine of its domestic origination. . This he knows is imppfliljle, while the quarantine law is ftrift ly executed, and thelefare he is. perpetually endeavoring to sap its authority, as we'i as that of the Board of Health. B.ut, be afljr ed Gentlemen, it is the general belief of all your f-:llo\v-citizens, whof? heads liave Hot been turned by a moon-struck phyCetan, tlut the peftik'nee, called tire ydlow fever, is an imported disorder. \ To you therefore they look, under Provi dence, for pre fervation from its defeating contagion : the law has ctoaihed you with ample power ; 'and they are ready to sup port you, at all riiques, in tfie faithful etif charge of your duty. If lam able' to judge, from their conversation, they would think it a light matter, if nothing elfc will do, £0 hang a pilot, a captain, a sailor, Or a physi cian, on the Wind-mill I(Lnd, in terrorum, rather than fuffer the quarantine to be vio lated with impunity :—and I an) really ap prehensive that nothing Ihort of a levere example will be Efficient to guard the law or enr lives against the united attacks of medical and commercial fpecufators. It is reported, and (ome people are alarm ed by the rumour, that a few cases of the fe ver have appeared, within a day or two, at a Sailor-house 111 Alinond-ftreet. You will dotibtlefs think proper to enquire into the re port, and, if you dilcover it to be well found ed, order the patients to be infhntly removed to the Hospital, and the house tobe compleat ly cleansed. A spark may be easily quench ed. Should they recover under the humane and Jkilful treatment of the Institution, which is very probable ; and they are prr fons who have violated the quarantine law, by coming clandestinely to the city, let them be puniftied with the utmost rigor of the law, as well as the keeper of the house who receiv ed them. Should a debauched Governor, or a stupid bench of J ufticej attempt to relcue them from your hands, publilh the cafe to your fellow citizens—and if they will not support you, which lean hardly fiippofe,"the cafe is without a remedy ; and all you have to do is to gire them up in toto, to tlie buf fetti»gs of Satin, or to the lancet of Doftor Sangrado. Delaware County. At a very numerous and rcfpeßa ble meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Delaware, held at the B/ack-Hotfe Tav ern, in the township of Mid dletown, the 17 th day of Au g«A 1 799» It was unanimously resolved, That we will support JAMES ROSS, of Pitt/burgh, with our votes and intcreft at the ensuing election, as Governor of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That in order to obtain this defireable objcfl, a Committee, coiitifti' g of four or more pei futis, be appointed in each Township to assist in promoting his eleftroii. Resolved, That the Committee of Corres pondence of this County he requested to pre pare and forward a Circular Letter to each Membej- of the. Towntfiip Committees, earnestly desiring them to use their utmost exertions by all fair and honorable means to promote the election of James Ross of Pitts burgh' to the office of Govemdr of this Com mohwealth. Mr. John Wall, Mr. Jeffe Sliarplefs. 2nd Michael Ktppcle, Esq. the Committee ap pointed by a meeting held at Dunwdody's in Philadelphia on the 13th rnftant, for tile purpose of representing to this meeting their determination to support Joseph Ball a? Se nator, and todeiire our co-operation there in were introduced to the Chairman, and having declared the purpose of their million, It was unanimously resolved, That we will support, at the enluing elec tion, by our iirtereft and votes, JOSEPH BALL as a Senator of this Rate, to supply the vacancy occalicntd by the nfignation of Benjamin R. Morgan, Esq. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Se cretary, and publilhed in the Philadelphia Newlj;apers. HUGH.LLOYD, Chairman. Benjamin H. Smith, Secretary. DIED, — At Pavia, Lazarus Spallanzani of Reego, a celberated natural historian. At Gottingen, George Ch. Lichtenberg, Esq. Profefliur of Philosophy in that Uni vcrfity. At Paris, Ch. Borda, aged 64, an eminent mathematician, and one of the authors of the new French system of weights and mea- fures. In England, Mr. John Furnifs, tldeft foo 0 Capt R Furnifs, ol Portsmouth, N. H. le feil gallantly on board, the •W'.iJre'.L'X 3rit.fh (hip of war, Capt, witb wound., moil honorably refeiv«l jn f defperatcaftmu witbithe fcsurge of the un: verse, 4fld furvivqd but a ffw.dayß. '}•: a btm commander/ and niiny, c f {,» bi Isi campaiU'jna,,aUi3p('rjfli«4 i*auuiLy c«-h| nidi ofh&nor *nd Wrtjie agaiftft >jce aid infamy. . • r,Y ./i i t, on the 6th inft, on board the wd States Frigate; at Hampton Road, Mr. Cook, Matters Mute. His remains *ere interred tn the afternoon of the 7th, with customary honors. ©ajrtte fipatiiu ?ÜB. A r rw-Jork, August \J. ' By arrivals yefterdav. Ye ft er day Arrived here the f],ip William and Henry, capt. Perkins, from the Bay of Honduras, which lie left on .the- 4 th July— mahpgany. and log-wood to Mr. Attnftron*. Whtnupt. P. left the bay, apprehensi ons were entertained of an attack from the SpUniai us, and were in preparation tc/receiffc them, having, lately ere&ea fortifications cf connderahle magnitude on St. George's key.' July in lit. r9, long. 80, fpeke a Da n.Hi brig trem Hsmburgh, bound to the Havanna, „ A u S uft 7) <pote t'te ftip 4 Ja»O,- from York, bound to Y:rg\tuz f 74* "'•••■ v - Some day, brig capt. l. o! mn, kh the bay of Hpiuiurss ?zd July—Came cargo. Left at Ifondtiras, the finp Grand Turk and brig Tbomrs, both for this port ; b™>- Dispatch, fur Boston ; fchr Hafti'r, s' fordo, fchr. Eliza, for Newburvport ;h= lllip Niagara for Londrrn, and several others. Of! the Martyrs Reef, spoke the frigate Meleiger, capt. Ogle, oi) a cruise who treat ed us politely. Off the Florida!, Aug. 10, parted fron: the Pon.ona, of N. Hauipftnre, fron; Jamaica. On the outward bound paflage, was boar ded by the frigate rjte Hanibal, partly difmalted, and was treated with great civility. By the Indu/try we learn, that the alarm iefpe<fting an attack from the Spaniards, had lubfided.— 1 hey had lately received a rein forcement of Britifli troops, 'vhkh, with tke additional fortifications, rendered th-rn more secure in cafe of an attack. Ten 'Dollars Reward. STRAYED or conveyed on Thursday night last from off the ptemifij, about -riles from. Philadelphia, on the Ridge road, a handlbme dark hay HORSE in good condition, ..boat r 4 Jiandi high, with black legs, Mack ir.aos and bufry black tail, cat 11 raigfct at the end; ha* several long Icratche* on his back, occaffoned by playing in the field*. Whoever can give information of him so that the owner Piay have lam again, (hall rccsir# the above reward by vpp'ying at N». 46, south Fifth Jlreet. Philadelphia, August 19 g A CITIZEN. NOW Iyitig at Chefnut flrjet Wharf burthen 6a ton«: if applied for cn or befon* Tu. f lay ncit • if /lot-soli then, (bs will tike in Freight for Ne'w- YnHt.and proceed immediately, Fur ternif, ap. apply to saf-TE V DUG/,??. W!:0 have for fa> fir bo*r%*hi£<r »nd brown Ha. vanna Su e aV«, T-r> Hr>gfbrjd« ClayH Ho. , 200 Bufiirb S'. Mar-im fair. Carer in cafrj, Bordeaux Brandy, ill and 4th proof, fwcet oil in jboltlcj and n<iks, au ß" ft : 9* dsw ■ Thirty Dollars Reward. DESERTED, from the encJmpmem near Bristol ' on Sunday ni s ht the 3d iolt. an cnlifted sol dier named ADAM FRAZER. born 10 Pennfviva. ria, p'eXlon, dark eyes, dark hair, hasi llnnnjn his fhoul. ders, hi» head partly baldits much addi&ed to liquor, and when intoxicated is turbulent and ttouWefome. Had on when he went a way his in iliiarv cloathing. He has heretctore deferred hom Fort Pitt, has the marks of a villain written o his countenance. Also Dt'lerted on Thutfdav the Bth ir.ft from a recruiting party stationed at I.'ewtown, two mcneu lifted at Norriftowit, the ill inft the one named JOHN WILSON, bom in Ireland, aged sa years, by trade a butcher, fair complexion, brown eyes, b'ownhairj feet 7 'inches high) had on when he wer.t awav. a nankeen veil ana ovci halls, a bottle green eoa',lihfd with red. The other JOHN -T iA L, born ip Notthamptoi County, bv trade a (h< emiker; aged 24 years, 5 feet to inches highs fair complexion, b.'uc eves. long, brown hair, much freckled in thef2Cc; hnd on a p»ir of thiekfrtt overalls and yeliow vest Whoever (hal take up fsid Defeners and return them to Head Quarters at Eriftol, Blocks cou/tty, State of PennfyU vania, or Ihall fercre them 111 any Jail (hall receive the above and for either cf them the reward of ten dollars. BLNJAMi:; GI3BS, Jvk. rEO No. 58, Dock fircff: For Sale or Jg|||k SALLT^BE^HB^ Bhrtben, ift o Bafre)*A _ * WILL BE LAMDED, (lN T TWO OR THRKK. DAYS) At Beck's wharf, near Market Street THECARGO Of the Schooner SALLT. from Man', tego-Bay, Jomica t agisting of ' Sugar, Molasses, Lirrjes, (s'c. for sale nr ISAAC HARVEY, jun. au g ust '4 diw . „ Captain, JOtfctJ-S. rejjfmenfc, Briftcl, a«fc*ft je. ✓ *Jfy ; i iyr \ I. ■ >, 1 V /
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