„ p„„., TV and cen ity of Delaware, in the enfnl.r.
■: . IT is at all time, tny will, to give the pub- fr"T FCTI ON. DELAWARE CoU ; NT * General Assembly.
lie every information ih my power on luck L A At a Very numerous ana rrjpcua- Refold, 1 hat tie citizens of the com,-
VJJlijvVl'V* important cti c urn fiances as the present, al- fflCCtiflff of the Inhabitants ty of Philadelphia, friends to tV.e ele<£\i on 0 f
—--- ■ - =3=. though at the fame time 1 believed myfeif j numerous and refpeElable r.i County of Delaware, £?*'. Efq " a *^" VWliorof this Com.
PHILADELPHIA, perftSly inadequate to the talk, not having a ™mcrim » jf ?, , , rS, IZJr <T monwealth, be replied to meet on Mon.
charged my mind with those ne- meeting Of the LltlZenS OJ I Ot* a{ (fa tilack-tJO)Je I ay- ,] a y the ad of September, at the Widow
cefTary to be related, in answer to the en- ladelthiaand the liberties there- ' : n the townlkip of Mid- Lcfhcr's, in Germantown, in order to nonii.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST si. quiries therein dated. i ulj t »r in tht ,/ w ,„ A "ate proper persons to fill the fevtral elec-
After captain John Seaman', coming up of , held at Dunwoody SVI the Jl etown> the I 7 tb day Of vf«- officCb tthich wii , become vacant u
l. _ .it to the city with the (hip General Wayne city of Philadelphia OH TueS- null. I7QQ, next general eledion.
From the Virginia Gazette and General Ad- -f rom s tate j, ifl all( j where (he had been per- SjL f h in ft tir the I>UT- { • L, rpMvP A Re f M That the corresponding com .
Ver " S ' r - forming quarantine for 2, days after her ar- V* " J - II W&S r be l,lftruaed t0 cause Proceed.
. , r* , riv J from the Havannab, he frequently de- pofc ofpXWgUpOn aJUltabte per- That we will support JAMES K<- i,»g S of, this meeting to be publifhedin
We quote the following strange paragraphs tQ and ot , that ! f the mi r 'IMPORTANT Pittsburgh, with our votes and interefl at handb; „ B) aod distributed am their \*
from Calender's Examiner of Fn- arrival at Staten ,„/pnVFRNOR of this the K:lfuln ? eleftion ' as Gowrnor ° th,t lowcitizens.
day lad, and which we fhou d not have fce wa / muck more f 0 when flttcame °Jr ce °J ,
not,ceo, had the writer of them so far he g3yc (be following Refolutl- Resolved, That in order to obt.v.n tl r. by the chairmatl) and counUrf '
IV,, e um e ofepipu ice, a., i.ot j.-- that the cargo which ftie brought home still Q ns IZ'Cre UnanimOliJly adopted, definable object, a Committee, con lit g the seCretary ;• and that they be pub.
beraUy to have ♦, feed to "drag" forth remained an B board withoutrem b o val while she JJ of four or more persons, be ap'.M.ntedin each I;^d ; n lhe English and German newfra
the tnnottnt with tfee gudtv~— was performing quarantine ; and that the VIZ. . Townlbip to assist in promoting his efeft.on F a>
" "the treatment which Mr. Duane has foul air (if any was generated in heT hold in Resolved, as the fenfc of this meeting, Resolved, That the Committee olCorrel- ' THOMAS DUNGAN, chairman.
received, first and last, from the ministeri- the course of the voyage) must be still more Xhat it is essential to the honor and the hap- pondence of this County be requeued to pre- CH ARL tftW. H A;t E, fee'ry.
el myrmidoms in Philadelphia, surpasses all putrid from the length of confinement and pj ne f s 0 f Pennsylvania, and highly impor- pare and forward a Circular Letter to each
description, and credibility• In the course increasing heat of the weather. tantto the belt interefw of the United States, Member of_ the Comm ttccs, At
a numerous and refpe<J\able meetinjr
of last-aimer, he mas knocked down upon a Whatcapt. Seaman's real fenthnents Uiut,atthe enfuingcleaion of governor of this eaineftly desiring- them to use their utmon c f t | lt . t' reem en of the townships of Oxford
Sunday, when at a Roman Catholie Chapel, were with regard to the unhealthinefs of the commonwealth, the fuffi ages of our fellow exertions by all fair and honorable means to £>„blih, Bvberry and manor of More!
He was then dragged before that little con- (hip, I cannot pretend to fay—but, for my- <it»*ent flioukl be given to a candidate who, promote the election cf James Ross ot Fitti ■ | )e]d th( , j' n at t | )e J
temptible duodecimo despot Kearniy felf, I felt not the Icaft apprehension from com bining the requ'fites of talents and in- burgh to the office of Governor of this Com- j ()lm Sagar> | n Buflleton, for the purpose of
WnAHTOjf, the present mayor of Philadel- her, having frequently went into her hold tegrity with tempsrance of character and monwealth. £xing on a suitable character to be run i' or
phia. He was bound aver in the enormous and other places, which had nothing in the i n d C ]Kndence of connexion, will ably and Mr. John Wall, Mr. Jeffs Sharpfcfs, and V p rnor at t i le cll fi,i n g eleftioi,
sum of Four Thousand Dollars, to stand leaf! offeniive on board to me, and was'as faithfully execute the tmfts of that high Michael Keppcle, Esq. the Committee ap- Th( _ nsf( . t ; ng i iav ij,g. uUo con f lc | erj
trial for having committed a riot. clean, if not cleaner, than any (hip I hai ftatioh, who conciliating the particular in- -painted by a meeting held at Dunwoody's t j on tfc genuine rerll blie»n principles of
" Upon the trial, not one witness could fee 11 arrive at this port. terefts of the (late with the general inte.efts iu Philadelphia 011 the :3th initant, tor the j ames r> o|s Ej - q> of ; his warm
be adduced whose evidence went to criminate Ido not recoiled to have heard capt. Q f the United States, will cordially cultivate purpose of rcpi-efcnting to this meeting their attac j im e m to our Conflitution, and known
bim even circumstantially ,so that, as bis Seaman declare. « before me, and many the nfce {Tary intercourse with the federal determination to support Joseph Ball as he- jmpartia)ity re fp;aing all foieign Govern.
counsellor Mr. Dallas, observed to the court, others, that he did not believe there was con- Government ; and who, having never avow- nator, and to detire our co-operation there- men , s . ' ,
it was absolutely useless to make any de- tagion on board the (hip." but I well know ed hhnfclf t'he partiwn of politics, in were introduced to the Chairman, and Resolved unanimously, That they will br
fence for Mr. Duane, because from the evi. what he said to the contrary, alarmed the be at perfect liberty to pursue the ex- having declared the purpose of their million, a] [ f a ; r anc l ca „did means in their power, L.
dence, it did not appear that bi was at the neighbourhood where (he lay to luch a de- c l„five advantage of his own country. It was unanimously resolved, port him with votes and in terefts tor
Chapel. gree that they threatened to set fire to her if fi,-solved, *t t"he fanfe of this meeting, That we will support, at the erduing eke- the office of chief magiflrate.
" This is the present state of publift jus- (he was not removed from the wharf. That JAMES ROSS, of Pitt(burg, unites, tion, by our interest and votes, JObhl rl Rc( ; l!vcd- thst in orfier t0 s(ri(l
tice in the city of Philadelphia." A few cases which happened about that ; n an eminent degree, the requisites, express- BALL as a Senator of this (late, to lupply moting this de Qrcable objea, a committee
[To sKew how much at random the author part of the town, of a malignant kind, and e< j preceding rrfolution, to fill thr the vacancy occasioned by the r ignation o Cjon £Qj n g Q f two per.ions from each town!
of the above h:'.s written, it might only terminated fatally, was attributed to her, high office of Governor of the commonwealth Benjamin R. Morgan, Eiq. (hip, be appointed in this dittridl to corref.
be necessary to fay, that the Mayor of although one or two died a fortnight or 1b G f Peniifylvania ; and that thk meeting be- Resolved,. That the proceedings ot this pond w ; th othercomn! ittees already appoint"
Philadelphia bears'the name of Robert before her arrival—Among the number of ing julVitr-d in their opinion by the uniform meeting be signed by the Chairman and J>e- ed f o| . ll]at pu . r p o fe.
Wharton, that he is a man of amiable deaths that happened while (lie lay at the tenor of Ivs private and public conduft, will cretary, and publiftied in the x hiladilphia R e fo!ved, That Messrs. Frederick Caster
manners and fine person ; that there is wharf, was an old woman at Mr. Annelv's g i vt hfm 'ir bed support at the ensuing Newfpaperi. j dhn M'Clellan, l*homas Paul, William
nothing little about him, unless it is his the gun smith in Water-street. Ido not eleftkh. HUGH LLO\ D, Chairman. Lardner, Joffiua Comely, Edward Duffield
littleness of refpeft for public know what kind of curiosity could have led And whereas certain persons, who are de- Benjamin H. Smith, Secretary. )Un _ Ccn j am ; n Walmfly, and Evan Town!
and vagabonds. this poor old woman out of her way so far as firous of tinpofjpg another candidate on the _ fend, be a con'mittee agreeable to the fore-
That Robert Wharton is a tyrant to the to visit the (hp General Wayne, at a eonQ- citiaens of Pemifylvania, far frcm imitating At a refpeElable meeting of H large going resolve.
wicked, to the licentious, and to the derable distance from home. . the hwiable example which had been given number of the inhabitants of THOMAS HOLME, Chairman,
worthless and indolent is a faft—That A parcel of coffee imported from Suri- |by the friends of Mr. Rofs, of carefully ab- J L I Lower Dublin, Aug. la, *99.
he is more vigilant in discharging proper nam by me in the schooner Rain Deer, was staining t"toin allilliberality of opinion, have (.jermantOWn, KOXOOroUg/J, ana
duties towards such charafters, than his landed on len Eyck's wharf, (where the (hip attempted'to aid tlieir purpose by falfe and Brtfol, in the COUnty of Phlla- Thnfe of Delawje rr.nn
predecefior or any other individual ; that General Wayne afterwards lay and unload- indecent insinuations that their, opponents ~, R • V n- who are
he hunts down vice with vigilance and ed) andfold by me to Meirrs. Rutgers, Sea- are inHll enced by unworthy motives, and as detpbia, held at Klter S taVCm, ty, who are del,rou tl«, JAMLS RObS,
activity; are fads which his friends are nian and Ogden. The appearance of a (how* ficlnce, under such censure, might be tor- in (jjCt'TVlCintOWn, OH 7.'lUrJu&y * * t Lpr it Ui i
proud to admit, and himfelf to own. cr of rain, induced them to apply to Mr. tured into a concefßon of its truth: \ rth inH * u < iVnn nf \T, U|.,i./ C
And in as much as (coundrels and vaga- Peter A. Schenk for room in bis (lore to put Resolved, as the fenfc of this meeting, that 1 HoiHe, nlthet.>wnlhi,p «f Middklown, oa
bonds either there or elsewhere, detest such the coffee, until the weather w uld permit the corresponding committee heretofore ap- Col. Thomjs Duncjn was appointed chair- I ~C 1' i" , C 'r ' 4
charafterii—fo will they in being opposed its removal. This very coffee, imported at pointed, be inflriicted to prepare an addrels > man, and .i
by him, call him tyrant, but cnlefs from an immense distance fromthe Havanna, must, to our fellow citiaens throughout the (late, Chablls IV. Hare, Secretary. ' prom-te is c w 10. • .
from such fotnces; who is there who a most unaccountable circumstance have on the fubieft of said eleftion, wherein, if T ' r . « an . e.u n ~..c J- iilrn ' an i _
knows this very excellent man and men- taken the fever irom the General V'ayne, , they (halldeem it necessary «r ufeful to defeat • .J" r£ , Do ,l re'folution- exoreflive of °n *1 K J" ,Olrlmfe
torions magiiiTate, who will brand him and earned and given it to Mr. Sink's ! the projed, of our ant igonills, the,- lhall be thXbieA of t ,
with » name so detestable ? clerk (for the lhip is charged with the death at liLrtj freely to examine and difculs the £ J JV 3 ' 7 "'
In the year* 1797 and 1798, Mr. Wharton Young Man, thro' the nieans of that i merits of tlie onpolite candidate, and the pre- , r , r .'„tanl ih
remained in Vtiladclfchu during the rag- Coffee) who im^,, )y ,ft,, so . jLL. 1 udp kt.^
ing of the fever. He was" mteCted and «*• «vJ dtfd. All these rkliculous reports to afiign improixrr motives to the conduft unauimcul- The Members of the Corrtfpondin|
rtxovered : his fortune enabled him to against the fliip which were (hortly after- of arid th«, unawed by official char- V^°P' C •' , ~, Committee, appointed at a meeting of tire
withdraw and seek (belter elsewhere, but wards publilhed, induced Capt. John Brazi- after, or by -any other consideration, the n d friends of Mr. Rofs, will take notice that •
withafpirit truly laudable he remained, er » one of the owner?, to enquire of Cap- 1 individual 4? w-ho compose this meeting will n °, r ° 0i • 1 V S .\ , v'\ n U they are to meet every Thurfciavevening at 7
and there is not one candid man in the ta in Sea~an what were his motives in de- aid the examination and dilctiff.on, if they orU y W ' lto P ow " s \ o\\oCk at Robert Meldrvm's tavern i„ the
city who will not own that the tranquility claring publicly that the (hip was so unheal- Jhall be resolved on, "by supplying every ne- > Lt v,,t " tl,c P r,%llt g e u Northern Liberties, wheVe the leveral wanl
of the city, and neceflary assistance to the thy? He answered that he had declared so to ceffary information, whether it (hall tend to - rou in g in an '' n P o,unl '-g^,P roc^'-'> - committees ar« refptflfully rcqueftcd to at
diftreffed, proceeded very much from him. some people merely to get rid of their enqyi- expol'e the inability or defefts of the oppo- '" gS the
It was not until after the return of the 'ies, and whpm he did not care to fatisfy. site candidate ; or to illustrate and explain the offices of the State ; with Tel- _
inhabitants I ail fall, that he was by their cannot declare precifeasto the words of the charadlers »f those individuals who style r'"' 4 V .V ' )° THE Graild Jury for the Coun
unanimous voice called on to discharge Seaman on this point, tho" I believe j themselves his fnpporters, and who have ; P'" r u '" n £ *' " r ' ' ca< - 1 -'' » an 1 ll_ tT of Belaware, at July S<flionH7oQ, itr.
* - »—« A ">' ° f Jr Kri ,h "\ ir- »•trSsarssr.'x & * U5- -sl .
, J , , r • LulL T Till f:apt. br.mer, From peach the integrity -of their opponents, ort W a nd haooinefsof the fnitable cbarafter to fuccced the present
It will not be urged that the fupenor v.gi- , L ' VeJ "■'ormation, I cannot —And in adducing this information (Mr * 'pc n nfyUania that the 'person Governor, at »he ensuing Eledion. whole
lance of this much refpecled magistrate, has d&i ot tl.e tacl M'Kean'i services as a judge being much re% ! . A , attachment to the Conftitntion and Govern
xpreferved the city from the yellow e, jy that I H e d on) it may be necessary to re fort to the en)il ,'en t
ShvtsirrferTed mihl iI I'" 'l " I ,!' and the reprefenta- aaiv firm fs [ modcra P t , o n, and temper! to irfure a jult, impartial and dccifive ad.
the city isprelerved, and that r. Wha fc, ■ anoayu jdii.eauons tions of the Bar, to expose his judicial ty 1 min ftration, and having full confidence ia
ton continues to deserve and enjoy the un- «««« to nie, bad i not fufhcient reason to ranny and intolerance, or to th« deliberate p ,■ n • , the .Wrritv inH talrnt. of
diminifced confidence and efteetft of all bel.ej|that Dr E.u! y was the author of declaration, of political wifhe. and opiaion, That at the present period, YaMKS ROSpt.fhu lh d #
vhofc is worth having. the publication Ggned maxv, addressed to which , ;f real i d , wott l d s ub vert the lib- a t
To enumerate the many remarkable inci- me—l am also well convinced that Dr. B. ertv the rehVion and the social order of "on, not only agamn the lives and proper- thwefore unammoufly recommend lnm t9
dents which eftabli(h the worth and value omitted, nothing in his power that the &w our country. ties, but "the religion and governments, ot the fuffrages of our fellow Citizenl of Del
of Mr. Wharton's charaaer, would be fandioned him in, towards purifying and Or, in difcaffmg the pretensions of those heiro PP oncn " ? and when the United States, aware county.
to write the history of his life Let it cleai.fing the (hip, and that he detained her men w ho have thus falfely ftigmatiied their Y f a^greffion » °f that nation, are in dan- Aug. 8.
fuffice to fay, that when he was called to to the last hour he had it in his power. opponents, it may be necessary to recur to " lg ,n . this dt-l * ruft ' vc war * ' 1 r " ~
discharge the duty of mayor, lie was the 'I - lam. Sir, See. Proclamation! which have Drofcriherl fnmp .1 >S P ecllllirrl y important that the .
captain of a troop of cavalry, composed WATKINS. ( ,f them a» TRA [TORS to examine doc Magidrate of Pennsylvania, (liould be cafks of 6d. and Bcl. I l * AILS)
,nJ rpfrvAaKU" ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i i»m . - -. k 'a nerfon. whnfi- mind ie nut (hackled with and ' »-* »«H r inrh RPlirTtS. tniltlsd to
ze n' of Phi lade) ph ia ; and was, nd ba J e the most difgraceful allegations {o[ drawb«k, (or sale by
Sis the attachment of the troop to Of the Delaware V Schuylkill Canal, a g a,nft e . n s" ,re . in '°. th | C CC I U ' TO ' whose and cautious temper, BARKER, if Co.
l.im, that when his office of mayor was W pk,fe to ute n °tica, the whole of the ? al crcumftances which cloud tlie late com m ay fecuiv us from any dangerous or indif- No. 149, H,gh-iW
incomrati'ole with the eomniiflion of cap- V > uon money onther refpeaiv. mg of others of them to America who, irett exercile of power, and whose vigor and 8 m °' l
. I l r J T tt»res has been called for by thePrefidrnt and Ma- like birds of ill omen, have made their ap- V <r . a: • .
tain ; when, therefore, he resigned the „ g „ 6 , the ihree laft«U, arc pay,hi, as follow,: pta rance among « since the revolution, and as £ n '!T „ J M THIS is to give notice, that the
coimrnflion, the troop unanimously agmo 0« for 15 Mian,on tie it/4 Anull, i n fi an t u j . n; .1,
that they would noteleft another captain: On/for ,0 da. ' „, bt & who now dare to quest.on the motives of /{eWeeJ, that in the pinion of this meet- l.v.np ~, WarwKk, Ccc.l County,
So that whenever it might be convenient °S'/% 10 <h '-. ,H ,h ' i S th oa ° l ' r "'*< *" C ilW'ih" 23 '' T•' "'J" ear to tem , 11 g ) t he various qualifications necessary to i./ncn'thcperfonal^a'aV- of JOHN MOR'Tub',
for Mr-Wharton, to be among them, -^tof^l fob)eA t<> " the Independence of Amen- thc execution of this high and important
they might pay him th« honors of their iif CfiVKTT t* r ' eC . ar . e rcc l ue Lr » 1 1 le y c ffice, are united in JAMES ROSS, Esq. persons having claims !he said decejfe',
coinmander.—Does a faft like this bespeak au „ uft l 6 "u \ tcnmtn *"' t0 of P'ttfburgh ; whole virtues .nd talents «» hereby warred t» .xhihit «h« fame, wi,h t Jx
the tyrant ? When, during the yellow ft. ~£ J c . ■ 4t l,"* J he i? as "" o dty may " ale ' fuc ' fokrT \ n placed him at an early period of life, in thc 'V'* ,v oThW
ve, of 1 79 3, the criminals in confinement T WafltS a Situation, US Cook, lanftmnas will stamp convidion on the minds councils of this State and thc United State, ;
resolved and were prepared to force the T N * gentleman', family, a middle aged white of whoever m»y peruse them. it, which arduous stations his wisdom, elo- !j tf *
doors—when the fame criminals would eharaiter^fro fit"a ROBERT WHARTON. Chairman, qnence, aftivity, firm pels and moderation. Given under my hand this, ijth day of
have been joined by men of a like defctip- t i on . Squire at No. u, north Second Itrrer n lr r, , , , ■ • , . have been eminently ufeful to his country, '799 ...
tior. who were in the city—when this Market street. Resolved, that a committee of three be and honorable to himfelt. REBECCA MORION, Adn: fx.
United banditti were ready to spread over au E- lit appointed to attend a meeting to be held at Resolved, That the meir.hers of this meet- a "S- '?• ia»jw
that rich city with desolation and fire— In addition to the Importation by the. Barque l^e count y Philadelphia, and a commit- ing, will therefore, at and before the time of .
when fear and dismay had almost paved Triton, from BREMEN, tee of three to attend a meeting to be held the ensuing' general ele&ien, use all honnra- THIS IS to rive notice that the
the way for their fuccefs—MiV Wharton PRATT KINTZING, in the county ot Delaware for the purpose ble efforts to pronv-'tethe eledion of Mr. Subi'cribcr, litmg in Warwick, Cecil County,
voluntarily opposed this torrent of def- havr received of representing tc the said meetings the de- Rofs, to be Governor of this Commonwealth. Maryland, haih obtained letters of Adminifira.
truftign, and aided by three or four per- By the Brir Pot.ly, Captain Mackens terminauou\>f this meeting to support Jo- Resolved, That.the following persons be tion (D eba nia« Noni) on the perfnnal e«»te of
forts only, he quelled the rioters, by kill- from HAMBURGH, ' feph Ball, Efq as Senator, and to desire a appointed to aft as committees in their res- J OHA ' late of d j m ,
ing the ringleaders. This i, an aft of g 0 chests German LinneilS, *«> „ townfhips ; whose office it shall be w,™«d »
public notoriety in Philadelphia, an aft —ewifi/iinr of— l.evy Hollinglworth, Mr. Henny to correspond with the other similar com exhibit thc fame, with the vou<£cn thereof, to
for which he has received every public mark Platilln, Littados, Pratt, and John Hallowell, Esq. were ap- mittees, and in concurrence with them, to the Subscriber at or before the Brit day d
of approbation, and the best and most ho- Brittanias, Checks to" Stripes, pointed to attend the meeting in the county use all pr«per means for promoting the eleift- next —They may oth-rwife. by law, be txcWod
norable gift of tlie citizens. Creasa la Morlaii, Diaper, of Philadelphia, and ion of Mr. Rofs. Viz. & from all benefit of the said efljie.
Sticli is Robert Wharton, the Mayor of Patterhorees, Mr. John Wall, Mr. Jeffe Sharplefs, and For Germantown Township. Giv.n u«d e r my hand th.» tJ th day of Augc ,
Philadelphia, the man who has been pub- K1 " DowU«t£ Michael Krppele, Esq. wtre appointed to Charles M'Enett," John FTomberger, REBECCA MORTON, Adm'trt.
licly innounced as a little duodecimo ty- ALSO, ' ' attend the meeting m the county of De- Capt, Wm. Lcfher, Henry Sweyer, aug. »y. rawjw
rant. 160 boxes excellent Claret containing 3 do*, each laware. Charles Nice. 1 r-
—'•*"—- ico bMct'ibv tot Resolved, That the proceedings of t\i a Bristol Township. NOTICE.
1 v... vI r ..#» *f* . t 1 fe y 9 f W!NBOW OLASS > , i meeting be pubb'flied in the different Ger- € °* ,11C Robt. Morns, ALL 1 erfom indebted 1® 'be Hfta'e of
com t x <,.-/or* e .... em a chests Tamblrts.anbrted, l-ipint» tr'qtiirts man and English newspapers throughout P l " nr y Young. /vTbomoion, Hanfi, fotmerly ot
A rfciSiJuSrhST •2».S'SJsaa. *O»ERTwhartom,
paper ol the 16 mft. fegned MAN\, 1 lok- they oSfer at reasonable prices, ar.d at the ofual Chairman Refotved, That tins meeting Will support J/.MES B. BONS..L .
ly directed to me, I beg the favour of you credit, or will barter for Weft-India produce. j * #, * ' „ JOSEPH BALL Esq. as Senator to re- °f &ngfeJJing,l*"Mr
to puW.fh the following Answer. augull 1 th&Uw | Attelt, John Ewing, Secretary. present the city and county of Philadelphia rj « ufl 1 1
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