%\ je (Bajctte. PHILADELPHIA, HURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER ig. 5 R I C E S- OF STOCKS. Philadelphia, August 14. er Cent. ij/B to 8d ,rred 6 per Cent. ee per Cent. -iNK United States, North America, Pcnnfylvania, "jranae comp. N. A. Glares 17J Pennfylvania, jhares, 17 \ per C«nt Stock—funded—» to »4 per cent. adv. • Scrip with the fix Inftaisnents I do. do the Jth and 6th Instalments tde par. Eaft-lndia Company of N. A. par. Land Warrant*, 30 tolls. per 100 acr«». COURSE OF EXCHANGE On London, 51 at 30 days 50- at 60 a 90 days Amsterdam, 35 37 a-100 per florin Hamburgh 30 23 a-100 pcrjvlarlt Banco. APPROACHING election. To the Eleftors of Pen/ifylvania. THE perlonal objections made against Mr. Rofs, are— ift. That he encouraged the spirit of hos tility to the excise law. which terminated in the infurreclion of < 794. 2d. That he is in principle a deist, and fcas contemptuously reviled the chriflian re- ligion. And 3d. That he has been a landed spe culator. The republican committee, after having attempted to repel the'charge of jaCobinism from their candidate, fay. " On this (core let the lioneft members of the federal party examine the condud of the oppolingicandi date, antecedently to the disturbances of 1794, in the western country." As more fcnadalous insinuations could not have been made, it is worthy only of the subtle meaimefs of a Dallas, or the baser cowardice of a Core ; it is an attempt to give a (tab to Mr. Rofs's charader, from which 110 purity could (hield him, and which scarcely any in nocence could cure ; it intimates that he was a traitor, without designating the condud ** V'i-> which is alledged to have made him so, and without thereby enabling his partizans to di (prove the accusation ; and while a bound* less field of calumny is opened for the ma lice ef his enemies to range in, suspicion is instilled into the bosoms of his warmest friends. The afTertion that Mr. Rofs was un friendly to the excise, may poflibly be tr"f- This tax certainly operated -with peculiar hardship upon the irtrffern country, and as evem some degree bialfed by the - local interefls ot the diftrid in which he re sides, so the federal candidate may, from this cause, have been opposed to the original formation of the Jaw. It is impossible too, that when men maintain the independence of their charaders, they should, in all re fpeds agree, even though the principles up on which they generally ad are precifelv -limilar, and although no citizen of Pennsyl vania has adhered with more., firmnefs and reditude to the general system adopted by our government than Mr. Rof:, yet he may, | without any deviation from his consistency, have thought this measure i 111 palitic and im proper. But it is fa id that Mr. Rois en couraged the spirit of mfurredion, and de clared, " that he would willingly undertake the defence of any man who fliould kill an excise officer." The eleftion committee, in their insolent, impotent and malicious address to the mayor of this city, fay, " that the recital of con versation unqualified and unexplained by the concomitant circunjftances, can only tend to eradicate and deftioy the few remaining traces ot confidence and hilarity in private ■"Jjfe." If ever there was a cafe to which this observation applies, it is that now be fore us; for when this conversation is quali fied and explained by the concomitant cir cumflances, it becomes perfe&ly innocent and harnilefs. Mr. Brackcnbridge, who certainly is not friendly either to Mr. Rols or '" s P°l'tics, has fmce publicly ft;ited, that t ie words which really "were used, fell merely in jcrt ; that upon the application of some roan who had been guilty of an unlawful op pohtioh to the excise, to know whethsr Mr. ojs trould undertake his defence, the latter replied, " why if jou bad Hilled an excise j ' I would see that you vjere legally a "Xcdfor itand that the fellow was so much mortiied at his reception, that he im mediately retreated. But even it the federal candidate had ac tua 5 °e' cn the counsel for the murderer of an excise officer, upon what principle would [" ''" Ks inculpate him ? If it be criminal to be of counsel for assassins, is it less so to be the defender of traitors? And Mr. Dallas »as undertaken the defence of all those who avc cen tried for treason iince the revolu tion. II Mr. Rofs had been guiltv of an illegal ppo ition to the exrife, is it probable that general Wafliingion would have appointed him at f 0 critical a junfture, to the office of aliaymg. the f erment he hatl ajriffcd tQ 1 t . Is it possible to suppose, that he who was lo well acquainted with the situation of "la-rs throughout the Union, could have ignorant of the charafters of these whom "was a )out to entrufl at so important a 7™ f ° in, P° rtant » ? Is it y t iat Mr. Hamilton would have omitted f ( . r ,"' Cnt "l n Cr '">inality on the part of a wherein°i United S . tates , in the report dufl e | IC P o,ntedl y reprobates the ton had A I" 1 ? influeinial characters, who feHit tbemfelves by a virulent and ! it be'her ° P S°v tio " t0 tl,e tax ? Alld j i*vedl>y a single rational man, that NL'MMK IX. any ground exists for the accusation since the late president publicly recommended in a ipecch to cpngrefs, the whole behavior of the federal candidate during the rebellion ? But with what propriety dots this atro cious calumny come from' those who still make the unpopularity ot the excile, one of their principal engines for calling odium up on our government ? If the manner in which this tax is collected, be hostile to liberty and the rights of the people surely Mr. Roi'sV opposition to it was highly commendable. How great mult be the impudent hypocrisy of the men, who themselves promoted and carried on the infurre&ion ; whom Mr. Rofs then treated with the contempt and detella tion due to their crimes; who well know that he was one of their moll vigorous and fuccefsful opponents; and who now dare to charge him with the infamy of being an ac complice in their own guilt ? It is fnid that he was elefted a frnator by the repulalicart interest in the legislature, and that it was not until after his ele&ion, that he became a. member of the federal party. The afTertion is peremptory declared to be falfe. Mr. Rofs has always been a firm friend to the fyllem adopted by our adinintftrution; when hewaschofen senator, the democratic influence in the legislature, was but trifling-. Perceiving that there was no profpeel of success, if they fixed on a candidate «f their own fa&ion, the weftcrn members resolved to lupport a federalift who came from their own country, and the contell at the time of the election was purely local; their ob je£t was not to carry a man of their own party, but from their own diftrift ; and had Mr. Rofs then been a jacobin, hp certainly would not have hien elefted. jf The feconi charge alledged against him, is, that he is a deifl, and has conteniptuowlly ridiculed the christian religion, 'l'his accu sation has been Completely dilproved by liie certificates lately pnbliHied from his n'c la bours and iitimate friends. Those certifi cates contain all the evidence which the i'ulP jeel admits of. If he had been in tWc impious practice of reviling the Chriilian faith, it inufk have been known to those with whom lie wasmoft in timately conneded, and as the persons who have given their teflimor.ies on this occasion, have risen to the eminent flatious they now hold in their church, at leafir by the appear ance of superior ptety and virtue,lt is iiflt to be fuppnfed that they would have difiob'ed ; themselves ofthegarb of fandity, which they had before worn, by fupportwig the clidion of a profligate fcoffer at religion. The ac cul'ation has never beca lupported by any o ther proof, than the annonymous aflertions of the Aurora calumniators. More than a month has e.lapted since the fad was denied in the Philadelpia Gazette, and the authors called on to produce their proofs. This, they have been unable to do, and surely no ra tional mail' will longer give credit to this, abominable and ridiculous fallhood. From nu men, however, would a charge of this kind have come with a worse grace than from the partisans of Mr. "M'Kean, for in tliu Convention which framed the State Coil ft. he seconded a motion for making tlif denial wt the being of a God, the only religious diujuali fication to office, and for firiktng out a fclaufe whereby a dilbelief in a future (late of re wards and punilhments would have created the fame incapacity. *Min. Con. p. 115 So that even in his opinion, tht prtwndtd deism of Mr. Rois would be no<iuil reason for opposing his eledion. From what however, does this zeal for christianity arise, whp have hi therto uniformly opposed and vilified it, who liave printed and zealously circulated the works of Paine. Godwin, and all tlie deifti cal philosophers of the aj;r; vho 'fiave ap plaud jd all the blafpht*m<fus decrees of the trench Convention, and fandioned all the hellilh abominations of the Ftejich revolu tion ; and who haves Co latefy supported the eledion of a m-in, to tbe Presidential Chair, who is notoriously ho Fide to the very exig ence of any religious faith among the peo ple ? The las} charge against- Mr. Rofs, is, that he has been engaged in landed fpetuUtiou ; I have had na opportunity of thoroughly ascertaining the truth or falfhood of this accusation, but admitting that he his enter ed into fpcculativc contra As is it even al -1 edged that he has not fu!!y Complied with them all? The spirit of speculation is inju rious only when it produces the effeftswhich it has done in the cafp of one of the mem bers of the jacobin committee ; when it de flroys private credit, prostrates national cha ra&er, and saps the foundations of morality and virtue, by forming engagements which it is totally unable to comply with. While the private pursuits of men are inconsistent neither with law nor honesty, the public have no right to examine or censure them ; and the molt rancourous foe to Mr. Rofs's ele&ion, is challenged to produce a single in fiance of unfairnefs in any one of his tranf- adions. COMMUNICATION. Among other arguments ufeil by the Aurora in favour of Mr. M'Kean'selection, is his love "for the Qaakers. As a proof of hit friendlliip for them, take the following fa ft : During the exigence of the test law, Mr. Norris Jones, a Quaker of great relpefta bility, was summoned to serve as a juror. By that law all who had not taken the oath of xllegiance were incapacitated from serving on juries, from voting, and from enjoying mod of the other privileges of titiienlhip. In obedience to the fumnions, however, this gentleman attended the court, and stated his disfranchifement. Mr. M'Kean ordered him to take the oath, which he declared hit con science compelled him to refufe. The Chief Justice again commanded him to take the ! oath, which was again refufed ; whereupon j this unhappy oljjeft of jptliujl tyranny was lentenced to in a jail for several months. It will be observed that the inca pacity' occafio;ied by the ted aft was the penalty prescribed for a refufal to take the oath ot a!!e?;iaßcc", power was vested in the judges to compel any citizen to take it, ana as the inability to fcrve as a juror tieated by law, Mr. Jones's incapacity to be come one, could not have been coiidruedln to a contempt of court. Mr. M'Kean's con dufl, therefore, was as illegal as it was cruel and tyrannical. ' l Menenius a writer in the Lancaster Jour/in!, tvbile discussing the merits oj the livo candidates for the office of Governor,, as a proof of APKean's ill nature and abuse together with bis total disregard for tbe Rights of Conscience, relates the following anecdote : " At Sunbury, at a court of Nisi Priut, some two years ago, one Mr Bond, who is one of the heads of the seventh day bap. tills in that country, was one of the jjrors. Having served on the jurv, faithfully, until tbe Saturday of the court, he applied ref pe fully to the court to be discharged ; ftatirg that rt was against the rules of their society, aud againd his conscience to serve on that day. The chief justice Yefufed his request. Ha Ihe refufed him without abuse it had been more pardonable : but his manner was difguiling, abusive and un generous. His words were nearly these, *' They pretend ts have fcruplesof con science ? I know them all A set of hypocrites.—We are obliged to hold courts on Saturday, and he (hall stay and do his duty too." Yet by our constitution, every man has a right to worlhip GW after the didates of his own' heart." I At a meeting of the Committees from the different Banks, held y»flerday ,a t t 12 o'clock, till; report from the Board of Health, and the different Physicians of the City appeared so favourable, that the Committees have not thought it neceflary to continue their meetings. Committee from the Banks—Prefect Abijah Dawas ) Jeremiah Parker $ Bank Umtt:d John Clement Stocker") Benjamin W. Morris I Bank Pennsylvania. Kearney Wharton J Thomas Fitzfimons 1 George Latimer i-Bank N. America. Thomas Murgatroyd J THOS. FITZIMONS, Chairman. REPORT Of the Sextons of ibe different grounds, of the number of Funerals at tbeir grounds. FOR THE 24 HOURS, ENDING Names of the liurial Grounds. THIS DAY AT IZ O'CLOCK. Chi lit Cliurth,/ St. Peters, St. Pauls, ift Pre fbyte rian, 2d du. 3d do. S;ots Presbyterian, Associate Church, St. Mary's, Trinity, rritiids Free Quakers, Swedes, . lici 111,111 Lutheran, *• . Gemian Prclbyterian, Moravian, Bap; id, Met hod iff, UniverfrtliU, Jews, African Episcopal, do, Methodi ft, Ken ling ton, Public Ground,* The above list comprehends all the burials from the City and Liberties qf every disease By order of the Board of Health. WILLIAM ALLEN, ADMITTED. Catherine Brindlry, Front below Efquirc Peliroic. Charles Hagerty* Front bet. Catherine Sc Queen ft. Edward Garrett, Ball's alley & S!iippen ft. William Shank Plumb between 4th Sc jth ft. Hannah Shank, do do") John Shank, do do j. Children not (ick Williarr. Shank, do do J Either Dicker, between sth 6th below Ship pen ft. Betfry Dicker, do do, Child not Tick. Soloman Flamer, sth bktween Plumb a»d MILO. German flreet. Hannah Smith, Chrifton'ttear 2d street. John Nietfh, from South 3d street. Elizabeth Lee Plumb between and 4th ft. Mathiw Lee, do do ? /-u'u r 1 XT t j j • f Children not lick. Naucy Lee. do do i -Jame Duling, Paflunk road and Love Lane DIED, • Milliam Bnker, ill 5 days previous to Ad. Jane Brice ill 2 do do. Mary Caldwell ill 6 weeks Walter Dug;*, ill 6 days previous to Ad. Mary Johnl'onill 4 do do. Remaining in the Hospital 77, of, whom 34 are convalescents. ' , Interred in the Public ground tke lafl 24 houjs. City and suburbs, City Hospital Total Health GJJiccr. CITY HOSPITAL. 4 5 *9 PETER HELM, Steward. j SALEM, September 13. i Since «ur lad, Capt. Ebenezer Shillsber, i arrived here from Malaga. We are indebt- I ed to him for a careful summary of tl e late I operations of t be armies in Europe and Sy- I ria, abftrafted from the Leyden papers—the fame in fubdance to the details by the late arrivals from England. I Capt. James Stewart arrived on Wednef .day from Cadiz, which he'left on the 29th of July.—He has also obliged us with the following summary of the news at Cadiz, viz.—That the important defeat of Macdon ald ha 9 rendered the Auftrnns and Ruilians matters of Italy, except Genoa where the remains of the Frerieh army were (hut up, and mud very soon surrender—That the Al lies were equally fuccefsful on the Rhine That in France peoples mind's were in great fer.nentition, and that open rebellion had broke out in different parts of the country especially in La Vendee—That they aecule the government of all their m : sfortunes, which they seemed to think irreparable by a total change of system, which u might be surmised was not far diftant—lt was fur ther reported there, that three of the Di reftory had run away—That the French had loft 130,000 men since the combina tion of the Auftrians and Ruffians— v l hat they were driven entirely out of Switzerland —and that the Ruffian advanced guards had a&ually entered the borders of France. Gibr alter, July 20. Two frigates arrived this morning from Mahon, which left the Briiifh fleet there os the 10th, watering and nearly ready for sea, They knew of the French fleet's beirg at Carthagena bound down, and were getting ready to pnrfue them. They were expefted at Gibraltar in the course of 24 hours if the wind continued. July 2j, Cape Spaite! baring E. b. S. 20 leagues distant, Captain Shillaber spoke a Butilh frigate which informed him that the French and Spanish fleets had left Cadiz, and that they bore from him the 24th. at 2 P, M. he brought to a Danifli brig, from Li&on bound lor Safta, which was boarded by the above fleet at 9 o'clock that morn ir.g and by a French pirate at 11 o'clock, and informed that they were (landing to the westward, and he judged them to bear from him, at that time, N. N. W. 7 leagues diftant } wind at N. ; lat. 34, 50, long. 9, 30. 'Later—By Capt. Stiwart. On the 9th of July came into Cadiz. the French and Spanifli fleets, consisting of 43 fail of the line, besides frigates, brigs, schoo ners, cutters, luggers, &c. On their arrival they began to refit and prepare for sea with the utmofl diligijnct, aiid on the 20* th they failed again. On going out, the St. Anna of 11 a guns, a Spanifli Rear Admiral, gftt on shore cff Rotter, where she laid two days, and was got off again, but u»fit to proceed to sea. On the aoth I came out, and pafled through o o o o ©' o O G o o o o o o o o o o 0 o 1 © o o 0 O 1 o o o 0 o 1 o o © o © o © © o o o © o 9 11 THE ENGLISH FLEET at about 9 leagues WS. W. of Cadiz. It confided of about 32 fail of the line, among which were 13 3-deckers, besides a great number of frigates and small vcfli-ls of war, all (landing to. the northward. It was uot particularly understood whi ther the French and Spaliilh were bound : some fuppofqd they were bound for Brest, with intention to embark troops for Ireland, others, that they wert enly gone off to the weft ward with intention of drawing the Eng lifli fleet out of the Mediteranean, and then to.pals np. Not withltanding all the accounts of the French fleet's go ng to i onion, Genoa, See. it was* said al Cadiz, that it had not been further up than some bay on the coast of Valencia. The English, 111 the mean time, in seeking them, had gone beyond there, the French rnd back again, to j»in the Spaniards at Carthagtua. NEW-YORK, September 18. 8 Deaths haye be* n reported at the Health-Office in this city for the 24 hours, ending yesterday at 12 o'clock. Capt. Clapp, of the brig Sally, in 13 dsfys from Martinique, lays that when he left there it was currently reported and believed, that the United States brig Pickering, of 14 guns, commanded by Lieut. Hilyer, had captured a French privateer of 16 guns, and carried her into St. Christophers. That he has alio re-captured the schooner Cynthia belonging to this port. Capt. Clapp in his paflage saw an Ameri can brig, supposed to be the Pickering) in chafe of a trench privateer, and gaining fail upon+hcr. [Thefollowing Communication was left at the Albany Cojfee-htsufe yeflerday, for infer - tio nin the Mercantile Advertiser. ] Port de Paix, St. DomingO, Sep. 99. " On the morning of the 19th ult. Touffjint set out for Jean Rabel with 30 or 40 horfemen,to review his army, which i 3 composed chiefly of cultivators. He was seen to go to that place by some of the bri gands, who intercepted his return, and laid in ambush to stop his retreat to Port de Paix : but they found their mistake.. as the general at head of his small company cut his way through them, with the loss of his furgion and trumpeter, who were killied, and fcvetal wounded. Nothing happened until the 24th, when he was reinforced by his nephew, gener. l Moyes, with his bri gade, from Port au-Prince, on their march to assist Maureqas, who commanded on the expeditien. On the 28th the fortrefs of Jean Rabel furrendereri, and he put every one to the sword except the commandant who took to flight some fay to the Mole, and others to the Mcuntain : but I hope OF THE FLEETS, BY CAPT.SHILLABEK. he will meet Lis deserts. The Mofe «ai not taken on the, 3,lft. —They have pluiv iered there all the white inhabitants ol their goods and c.ath, and have put all the Americans in close confinement, after ta king their veflels and cargoes from them. The in that, port were, Brig Delaware, juftph White, of Balti more, which wad lifted out as a privateer to crui'fe again (I Touffaint. Schr. Clara, Edwardsj. of do- and .fchr. had left Port de-Paix the day beferc. Schooner Two Brothers, Baker, of Bal timore, to fail in 10 days. Shuoner Patty, Green. «rf Salem : fchr, Mary, Chipmaii, Boiton ; sloop Sally, and Olive-Branch, King, Charlefton'. Sailed far Cape Francois on the 13th Augult ; sloop Favourite, Kirby, Baltimore, failed for jean Rabel by order of the General in Chief; schooner Daphne, Bifliop, of St. Thomas, to fail in 8 days. Vejfels left at Port-de Paix on the tft Sept. The brig Lord Nelson, belongiog to St* Andrew's, ( N S.) T. Bell master a'.d bound to Jamaica be'ouging to Messrs. Franks privateer schooner Charlotte, on or about the 14th August, and released by order of ToufT.iiut, who directed that we should be convoyed by the Charlotte beyor.d the reach of Rjgaud's privateers. Cap'ain Peter Matthews and captain J men Clipham botli taken in November last, a:id impiifoufd till thr 22d. of Augull, were released at thf fame The Printer? in the United States as far south as Charleston are nequ- (led to mention in their papers the d ath of Mr. JOSEPH LA BEGA, merchant, of Port« de- Paix, which happened at Fortadgi the 27th July. His partner, Mr. Mc. Comick, lives at Charlelton, S. C. Mr. Brcg's Bu1j« ness is in the hands of citizen ISrafackc, No'.ary- Puplic. DIED, at K«rt Fayette, on the id in stant, Lieut. David Tiiomps-ok, of the 2d United States Regiment of Infantry, aftci' a painful'and tedious illneis, which he bore with unexampled fortitude. The vast afleni blage of citizens that attended his funeral, evinced the-general eflerm in which he wai i.eld. The Brethren of Lodge No. 45, be llowed upon his it-mains the liondfs «f War. ©ajette fiParim&ift. Port of ' Philadelphia, ~ Arrived at the Pott, Brig Sally, Gwitin, Laguira, left it 29th of August. Brig- Mercury, Yeardsley, from Portf niouth, has arrived at New-Castle. Brig Little George, of Bofkrn to Martinique, taken by the French, rs-taken by the Ganges sloop of war, has arrived at New-Cuftle. Boston, Stitemier i r 11 i Arrived, (hip Diana, Barker, from Lon don, via. Portfmotith, 45 days. Sailed in co. with jo American veflels, including fchr. Eliza, for Boflon. Left at Portf luouih 7 Southern vejlels, waiting convoy. July 8, the Newport, of Boston, paSTed the Do v.-in-s.— 1 he Diana ialuted on entering the harbour. Passengers Capt. Sk'iff and Lady, Mrs. Roi'e and Daughter, and Mr. Davis.' Sept. 12. Arriv.'d, {hip Mary, Gamaliel Bradford from the Mediterranean. Sailed in co. with the Indnftry, ar.d others, lately ar rived.—-The Mary saluted the town ; Aug. 14, Ift. 32, long 32, spoke fchr. William, • from Boston, for Cape de Vcrds. ' Arrived at Hospital liland, since our last fchr. Friendship, Blaekington, 20 days from St. Thomas. Capt. Clark, {ate matter of the fiiip Barba ra, of this port, whofaveffel has been lately condemned at Cadiz, has returned home, via Salem, where he arrived in the brig Sukey, Capt. GJark has handed us the following detuned, viz. (hip Barbara, Clark,- Boston ; ftiip Rufu-s, Holland, N.York ; Mary Ann, Robertfon, Baltimore ; Commerce, Gard ner. do ; Francis jnd Mary, Peterfon, do ; brig Robertfon, Wakefield, Norfolk Left at Cadiz—{ch. ——, Wait, of Boflon, for Barcelona ; brig Hind, Ropes, of Salem ; Sa|lv, Endicott, do ; fell. Catharine, Hen derlon do; fliip Ceres, Cutts, for Portsmouth; flnp Washington, Packwook, for N. York; Liberty, Pollard, do ; Union, Norris, dp ; °rig—, I.oring, for Malaga ; brig Sally, Bell, Charleftnn ; Angle, Young, for Phi ladelphia; Superior, Cunninghanm, ditto; Canton, Coffin, for Chasleflon ; fch. Eliza, Myrrs, not determined.—Sailed in co. with 5 vefiels for the southward, including' [hip Hope, Hafly, a Caitel, with American pri loners, for Philadelphia. 3n Tuesday the ift of O&ober next, at the Robin Hood tarern, on the Falls road, at u o'clock A. M, will be fold by public audtion, About eighty-acres of Land t LAYING 4 miles from Philadelphia, aft fide ot -the Falls road, which bounds it on he well, and contiguous to lands of Mr. Clement Biddle, Mrs. F.lfnibrey, Mr. Thomas Kciland, Mr. Montmollin, Mr. Thomas Clifford, Mr. \VillViii arid others. A road of two perches, trading- from the Falls road, at the top of the Robin Hood hill, runs call through this and ;:ives an easy access to the whole, which the purchasers. The number of beautiful fcitcs neigh^ouihood, will no doubt attract the at tention of '.lie public. The whole now lays open, ami a plot of it may bp seen at .the Ro bin Hood tavern after the aorh int. The terms will ic made known at the time of sale." ' CONNELLY & Co. Auil'rs. Septemper 14. '■ £ '■ v ? '* v*' ■ "v !■ •* V v* v| 'ft r*
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