V.
Philadelphia, -tb Sept. 1799.
Mr. Fenno,
loclofed I fend you a letter from tbe
com"mittee of correspondence for Washing
ton* county, covering a certificate from a
number ot the most rcfpe&able gentlemen
in that county, proving Mr. JAMES
ROSS of Pittsburgh's attachment to the
Christian Religion, in contradiction to a
sal fe and fcandaloug report propogated and
indultrioufly circulated, by the friends to
Mr. M Ktan's eleftion, " that Mr. Rnfs is
an Atheist, a Delft," See. I have known
Mr. Rofs from his youth, and his father
and friends of York connty, where he was
born, and a more religious and virtuous -a
mily is not to fe produced. In my long
acquaintance with him, I have rev. r h«ard
an irreligious or indelicate expression from
him, and bsiipve him to be a wife and
virtuous citizen a good Christian, and well
qualified to fill the important office of Go-
LEVI HOI.LINGS WORTH.
WatbirgtM, August 28, 1799.
Sja,
THE. committee in this county for pro-
Rioting tlx* flection of Mr. Rofs, have learnt
where MivKefi is-lefs knov. n than here cur
rency is given by the enemies to his eleilion,
(the f«me f onfeientious men who Fupported
the election of Mr. Tefferfon.) to a report,
that Mr. Rofs is a Deist.
'I o prevejit the efFecFl of this /epoTt, one
of the committee in this town, where Mr.
JJofs lived more thau ten years, and until
abort f.ve years ago, applied to such elders
and other persons, noted for their piety and
repaid for religion, as have known Mr.Rofs
during the whole of this time, and as easily
could bt applird to, and they chearfully ii;,li
ed t'w'cnclofed certificate. It whs regretted
that t u ; nbfer.ce cf the Rev. John M'Mjllan,
(who is the minister nfarcft to this plaw, is
jntimat.ly and has be«ii about twentv vears
well acquainted with Mr. Rofs, and is zeal
ous for his eloflion,) and of the other Pref-
Byteria."" nit-iifters in this neighbourhood,
who are now fitting in Prcibyiery, more than
sixty miles from this town, prevented the
r'otaining of t'-'eir contradiction to this faife
and malicious report. But it was not tho't
prudent for the fake of this, to fufier the
import to gain force, by th« delay «f another
week's post : t specially as ibbfe who have
fignedj are dillinguifhtd characters, for good
fenle, Horvftyand piety, and refucclahle for
their flat ions in society. Mr. Allifon is
jucige of this county, Mr. Swcarenger, Mr.
Mitchell and Mr. Ritchie are justices of the
peace, ansi the hfl-has been a member of af
femfcly. Mr. Cott 11 and Mr. Brice, are
•on ity and the last has been
a rsrv ber of afTembly. Mr. Cunningham
is a fubftsntial merchant and MY. Mercer a
fuhftaiitisl farmer. 1 htf; gentlemen being
ail in town at the time, were
to. and you u!ay be a(Tured, that the certifi
cate of .my one of them, is.fufficient to out
wriph the report. Many more n '.ires could
have been obtained, but to leek numbers was
thought to be. Riving too much refpeft to the
flnnder, and a feleftion of a few unqueltion
able characters was tbought b<
The presence of the Rev. John Smith, cf !
Capnonfbuigli, a .learned and refpe&able Se- ]
eeder minister, who, about three years ago, I
removed to this country from Octorara, in
Lanc'jftei county, enabled us to procure his
certificate also, and upon this we are content
to reft the character erf Mr. Rofs and of our-
frlvcs.
We could -v\'ith as much ease have obtain
ed as positive a denial of all the other mali
cious reports lately propagated against Mr.
Rcf» and we do pledge ourfclves that they
are f illl . But we thought it not of conk
<f»c!xe to-do so, as thev are, we trull, ge
♦rcfvlljr known to he falfe; and as ftich re-
F» rts.from unpriiUiplrd and dinning rwe'fi
ave lil'milly expected on i'uch occaflons. But
'twere are so few means of ascertaining the
credit due to a report of infidelity and a re
i'pcc > . for religion is of fuiih importance in
public Nations, that we thought it a duty to
our fellow citizens to disprove the aspersion
of deism.
Lead, therefore, this afperlion should mis
lead good people, unacquainted with Mr.
Rnfs, the committee here request that you
vi'l publish, if you think proper, thefc do
cuments in the newspapers or in hand bills,
as" yon think best, and in such manner as
ycu think noft fit. '.['be rriginaf of these
certificates is in the hands of the committee
of Franklin county.
A. ADDISON,
Cbcirruau of the committee of Washington co,
Washington, (P-) dug- 26th 1799.
TOALI WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
WE ths subscriberS, regular members of
sundry Prefcytcrian congregations in the
county of Wafhingto'n, have heard with
fnrprife and regret, that r.morg the many
slanderous reports propagated again ft the
refpe&able fchara&er of James Rofs, Esq.
of I'ittfturgh, who has been proposed to be.
ahofeu governor of Pennsylvania, one is
that he is a D.ijl.
We trust that we have a fineere regard
Jo truth and religion, and we feel ourselves
bound by the duties we owe to both, so far
as our testimony can go to remove from our
fellow citizens, this ibftru&ion to the frte
«xcrcife of our votes in favour of Mr. Rofs.
®<>d forbid that we should aflilt in pla< ing in
fucU an important a ttation, a man defedtive
jn refpedt fur religion. And we but obey
the didlaies of our own consciences in ma
king the following declaration of what we
know of Mr. Rois, from our own obferva
♦ion and indubitable information.
Mr. Rofs was bom of refpeftablc and
piou* parents, of the Prclbyterian churc'i in
a
York county in this ftate,a»d received f om
them a relijjous education. He is well in
ftrufted in the feripturei and the do&rwcs
; of chriflianity as held by our church ; and'
iwe are perfijaded believes and rtfpedls
them. He lived long in this town, and long
er in this county, and we have had good
opportunities of knowing him. Where he
haj lived, there has not been any ftatcd
minister, and only occasional supplies for
public worship. But he has contributed to
the support of public worllvp where he liv
ed, and attended it regularly and there is
nothing known to t's to juftify the imputa
tion that he is an infidel or deist, and we
think this imputation sals- and malicious.
In witness whereof we have hereto set our
hands.
A Sweatenger j £lder , of Wa /hin g to„
Robert Stockton > n b
J -feph Wherry J Congregate
J ohn Cotton 1 Elders of Bnffalpe Congre-
Jatres Brice J gation.
Jatne6 Mitchell, Elder of Peter* Coßgrega.
John Mercer ? Eldera of Charters
James Allifon J Congregation.
Craig Riehie
Alexander Cunningham*
Since I lived in Wafliington county, < I
have had opportunity of conversing and
being wei' acquainted with James Rofs.Efq.
of Mttfburgh, and of knowing his chara&er
from lewou3 and refptiiable persons well
aeqnainted with his opinions and ccnverfa
t on, and I am well persuaded that he is sin
cerely refpc&ful of the Chriftiaiv Protestant
ReKgion, anj do verily brieve that the re
port of h's being an infidel or deifl is alto
gether'without foundation.
JOHN SMITH,
Mimfltr of Ajfociated Congregation Charlie t.
At a meeting of a number of the ciizens
of Philadelphia, convened by public no
ticf, at the Union fchooi-houfe, in Gcr
ibantown, on Saturday the ai ft of Sept.
1799, for the purpose of nominating suit
able peifons to fill the* fewral offices
, which wifl bcconrx vacant Tar the ea&inj
.fileftion.—
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH,
vis appointed Chairman:
Whereupon it was uinnimoully resolved,
That the wisdom, integrity, real patriotism,
uniforti principles, and affable deraeapor'of
J A MEIS "ROSS, of eminently
quality Jiim tor the dignified fhuian of Chief
-'lldgi Irate of this commonwealth, and jult
ly entitle him 10 the fiifThitres of' his fellow--
Citizens J and that the prrfone computing'
this will give tlwir votes, and cx
evcife thrir influence, to promote his election
to that office. '
Rctolved imanintocfly, That this meeting
approves of the nomination of'JoHK Jones,
of Low;r Dublin, by their fellow, citizen; of
this rounty ; ami vfill Airport him and Jo
seph Ball, at the cnfuiiig eleAion, as 6'r-.
natars, for the rii!lric\ conipofed of the city
and county of Philadelphia and of ihc coun
ty of Delaware. <
Rrfplvrd unanimcufly, That Michael
K<fj>eie, Samuel iV. Tuber, JVilliam llall,
Gc irge Fox, (iodfrej Haga, and Robert
/raze'', deserving and pou-fling the con(i
deiue of this mectingv be recommended to
th<? choice of our fellow«citiaej)i as Mfm
bers of the. House of Reprelentatives,
Ref<>lv.?d unanimoafly, that the gentle
inen 'whole names are mentioned in the sol?
]awinj>- tickets, are well qualified to serve
our i'ellow-cicizens in the coiporatien Dt'
Philadelphia.
Seleft Cotincil.
Samuel Miekle Fax, Samuel Coates, John
Miller, junir.r, and Abijah lia&es.
Common Ccuixal.
Kearnej Wharton, John Ri.gan, Ihdrnas
Ciflhberl, Joseph M-tffojiin, Laurence Her
bert, Daniel Smith, Henry Dr-inAff, jtin
Michael Keppele, Thomas P. Cape, Joseph
Nopkhuon, Thomas Parker, -George Phmi
/ted, Gideon Hill Wells, jtfaleom M*Don
nalfl, Caspar W. Morris, Jonathan Jooes,
Pascbal Hoiliagstvofth, Edward Penning•'
ton, Timothy I'uison, and James Milntr.
Resolved, That "J. Wall, M. Kepp-.-le,
and Joshua Humphreys be a committee to
ieforni'our fellow-citizens of the county of
Delaware, that this meeting approves ©f the
nomination of John Jon:s, of Lower Dub*
lin, and earnellly rcque'is'their ooncurrence
and luppoit in favour of the said John
Jones and Joseph Bail, at the en I'uing
election.
Ordered, that thfl minutes of the procecd
ings-of this meeting lie iigned by the Chair
man and Secretary, and publilhc.t in the
Philadelphia newspapers.
Levi Hollingsvjertb, chairman.
Z. Pcu'.ion, ju'.i. facretary.
M'KEAN.
To the Editor of the Tori Herald.
Silt
Please to i-iferl the following letter,
and oblige y®ur'», &c. J. C.
To tie Honourable THOMAS M'KEAN, j
Doit or of Laws, Chief Jvfiiee of
the State ef Pennjjlvania, CsV. &c. &c.
Sir,
4 scarcely thought it poflible among the
vicissitudes of human affa rs, that I should
have to address you through the channel of
a Ncwfpaper ; but it frems the period has
arrived, wh n it has become neceflary for
me, in order to contradict the vile (lander
that has been | ropogated, and the odium
I attempted to be thrown upon me, by thole,
t who I presume, aflbyyour authority; I
j mean certain Ad.lreffert of the Public in this
place, that have, through the medium of
your friend Solomon Myer's prefa, among
other things stated, " Another charge is,
" that M'Kean Ihould have said, that York
" county was a Tory county } bui tl<e tf»lh
' is, Mr. M'Kean never either expressed
"or entertained ftach an opinion. It is t e
" fabrication of party rain, and. circulated
"with a view, to prejudice the people of
" York county against our Republican can
" didi e."
Whether the above charge if true, and
the affertiou of your friends untruei 1 leave
you and the public to determine, when I
folerotjy declire, that yon, at the lioufe
John Wctfon, Esq. in Mifflin county, in
the presence of the honorable Edward Ship
pen and Ed-ward Skipper, Burd Efqs. did
a)Tcrt, without any previous provocation,
" that the people of York supported the
4 British Corporal, and were a pack of
" dewm'd Tories j ' and I replied they were
(1 a-» good Hhigt a* your //on&r, &.c,
'At another time, at Hartley's Tavern,
n>-ai Bedford, in tho prefenee of a Mr.
" Shklh, yoj said'" th? members of As
" fembly frsm York cou"ty, were damn'tM
" fatAty a»«l that you coul-l not get them to
what vou wan'eJ I" to which I replied
that was the reason the county sent such
men. for was it known that you had any in
fluence over them, they never would b;- elefl•
ed. At anutjier time, I heard you fay
' York waia Tory coun'y," and I then
replied it was not, nor would I fnffer such
fiander. I have also heard you fay. that
every word of the letter written by Mr.
JeJferfoi, to Mazzi, was hue; and that
General Wajhlngton, had done great deal
" ofgood during the Revolution, but a great
" de-1 of mifchief since that period."
'* Those who wiih for further information
refpedUug your affcrtioris, and Conduft, at
the lipaes and places above mentioned, have
an opportunity offatisfying tkemfelves, by i
applying to the yentlemen wbofe names
with reluftance, I have been thus pub icly ,
obliged to mention j and as to the ether
affertiens, if ncceffary, I am willii g to make ]
»ath of lain sorry that you and those whom
I have above alluded to, have mad" il ne
cessary for me, thus publicly, to date t! e
fails ; and the confluences that may arise
thertfrom, you and them will know to
j whose account tfcey ought to be placed.
Wi.U a hope ihat you u ay not be ele&ed
Gevern r, and a wi/h that y.u may re
raiin in :h« ftajioti you now hold, I am,
Sir, your moll obedient,
JOHN CLARK.
York, Sept. 13, 1799
MIt.LY ANDRE V Co.
HA Visitor removed cut of town, and they
have f.l file at their healthy (lore. No.
88, Ma'ket-ftreet corner of fotoh Thirtl ftrerl,
A general tvlTottment of DRY GOODS,
also,
JuJl received frem Flrginin,
19 hogflicads of bell Virginia, TOBACCO
1 thev will difjjol'e of on reafanable terms.
1 Sept. 13. • 3teod
140 bum-Is Grten COt l'El'.,
ro». sat.i,
By SIMON & HYMAN GRATZ,
No. 132, lilarkel Street.
WHO HAVK Ai-SO CK HAWD,
150 qr. chc'fls Hyson Skin T£A,"J of latest
3,Q (jr. clwfts Hylon dittc, I inter
-10 cht-fts Bohea ditto, J tat;tn.
Sept. 18. " dim.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
That he fubferiher living it George Town,
croii roads in that county and llare of Mary
land, hath obtained letters of admiiiillration en
ihe prrfonal eftafe of William Din«moore,
late ol Kent Cjunty, merchant, d^cealeil.
All perl',ini tuvi-.y anycliims ogainfl the
la'td decesfcd, are reqwefled to exhibit them pro
peily authenticated, either to the fubferiber or
to William liarroll, Efq her atterney, living
in Chefttr Town MarjrU-id.
.\ll pert'ons indebted to th* deceased, either
on B vid, Bill, note or iccaunt, are rarneftly re
quested to discharge the fame without delay,
fuits will !>e cMnnieneed against them.
JSABI'LUA DINSMQORE, Admmillatrix
ol Vv i'lijm Jeceafed
George To-hj,i Croji-Roads Kent County,
Aiigult 31, 1799. dzm.
On Tucfi'ay the til of OAobtr next, jt the
Ki»'->in Hood tavern, on the Falls road, at 11
o'clock A- iW, will be fuld by publicauftiofl,
About eighty acres of Land,
LAYING 4 miles from Philadelphia, on the
eafl lide of the raid, which bound* it on
the weft, and contiguous to lands of Mr.Clement
Biddle, Mrs. Hlftnhrey, Mr. Thomas Ketland,
Mr. Montniollin, Mr. Thomas Clifford,' Mr.
Willon a"d others. A road of two perch&s,
trading from the fr'alU road, at the top of the
Robin Hood l i t, runs ealt through this land,
and gives an easy access to the whole, which
will be divided i; to lots of 7 to 10 icres, to fait
the purrhafcrs. The number of beautiful fcitt*
r>n this land, its healthy situation and pleafint
neighbourhood, will no doubt attrait the at
tention of the public. The whole now lays
open, an 1 a plot of it may be seen at <he Ro
bin Hood tavwn after the 20th in ft. '1 h« t«rrns
will fee made known ;t the time of sale.
LY & Co. Auff\ 9 rs<
dts
Septemper 14
Philadelphia, Stpt?a4th, 1799,
SALES
of the following Lots,
advertised. the »cth inft. pollponed in cosfe-
quence of unfjvcßrahle weather, until
FRIDAY, t)ie 17th inlUnt)
A l one o'clock, AM.
At v/hicb time will bt Sold,
On the Premise*,
ONE TRACT, containing aScut jo acres
lying in Springfield township,, Montgo
mery county, fronting on a public road leading
fieni diltance therefrom soar miles,
and one niile and an half fn jn Flour Town.
The country ie remarkably healthy, and fitiy
tion for a farm or country, feat beautiful, (St
good, and lime stone plenty.
Also upwards of titty acres, choke young chef
nut timber land, divided in convenient lots, situ
ate in Upper Dublin townfliip, nearly opposite
to the above To be fold as part of the eitne
of the late Caleb Emlen, deceased, by
JAMES VAUX,
CHAULES PLEASANTS,
Attorney: in faS to M. Stolen f»U Mxtcnirix.
dt»;S.
foreign -Jniclligetuc.
FRANCE. .
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
* JVhY ii-
Thi3 being tbe anniversary of 36 Mefll
dor, July 14., the President made a speech
fnitable to the pecafidn. ...
Talot rose. The malcontents indulge
themselves in "propagating unfavourable re
ports.- They publim that the two Councils
ate to be replaced by aNatroDil
on. You ought to declare yuUrfelyes on
this occasion. ' No s the Conftittlu.jn of
the third year,(hall not be viol <te t. V/e
have rescued it from various faftion'j, qnd
will preserve it entire QLive the Cullitu
tion of the third vear refouud.-d from every
(Corner.] This pathetic transport will in-,
spire with confidence all good citizens, wko
are tired with Revolutions. No ; no ty
rant no triumvir (ball trample down the Jaw,
or us, or our fellow citizens. No, no 1
Liberty for ajl 1 The rights of the People
for all t Conscripts fly to*the frontiers}
your young brothers .attend you, and the
enemy challenges you { frenchmen be con
fident—Your Conftitijtion (hall be main
tained. Live the Republic, and the Con
dilution of tbe 3d year! This exclamation
was tepeated by the whole Council, which
ordered the printing of the Speech { and the
aaulic played the pwriotic air ofCa Ira.
L. Buonaparte. Uurf3oubt:dly on the
18th of June you deilroyed the enemies of
| liberty, aVid promised to the French peo
ple to maintain the Constitution of the 3d
'year. This oath must be kept, and foreign
influence guarded against. There is a small
number of men who would wish us to pass
the ConstitutionaL line ; .the friends .'of
Kings also dire£i it. You must then de
clare yourfelyss. The French people do
jiot wilh for more convulGons, nor changes,
nor lea Holds.—They desire no more of the
regime cf terror of 1793. They want only
n constitutional regime. But yeu know the
coafequences of a political contest are not
always thole w.iich were fought f»r. The:
9th Thermidorled to the 13th Vendemiaire,
and 18th Fru&iilor, to the I2d Floreal.
Why this ? Because party m:n placed
ttmfelves behind Republicans for the pur
pose of appropriating t* themselves the
fruits of these days. • They had flattered
tyrants, and flattered the multitude to make
them forget their former infamy. Hid
your at titnde been inflecifive, perhaps the
confequerices of the 30th Prairial would
have been as deplorable at they are now fa
tisfa&ory. The revolutionary torrent, if
not arrested iti its course, would have burst
its bar.ks, and would have carried away
theufands of fallen fcattered car
cases. The Constitution must not always
[land on such a column, like a viflira or the
altar. (The Boook of the Constitution is
opened on a column of marble placed in
the middle of the Hall) The constitutional
equilibrium must be maintained, and its
powers must remain independent. Un
doubtedly the Diredory must no-, influence
th£ Legislative body, : nd ab certainly, nei
ther (hould the Legislative Body influence
the Direft-ory. The mrncalled tothehehn of
the ilaite are,clonhed with your confidence,
and will continue to drfcrvc it. Suriounded
by the constitutional strength of the Lrgif
lative opinjon, tbey will inarch in eoncert
with you, and will rescue the Constitution
from the dangers in it is placed bf
men already persecuted by public opinion,
and soon to be pursued by justice. I de
mand that you (hall rerew the oath, to
maintain in its integrity tbe conflitution of
the third year. Live the Republic 1 Live
the Constitution of the third
to be printed to the number of twelve co
pies. . I
Blin—lt is not enough to swear to main
tain the Constitution of the third ve r.
We must farther adhere to the oath made to
the F:ench people, to punilh the traitors
who have endangered the fafety of the
Republic. I demand that the General
Committee be resumed.
Marqnct fsconded this m< tion ; but
feveri.l members observed that the Rep Tter
of the Committee was not prefcat ; and the
Council resumed the discussion of the pro
jeift relative to the forced loan of one liun
xirea millions.
Lscude presented a-plan to authorize the
Central Administrations to raiie themfcives
an eight of the contributions, by way of
advance on the loan, and to emp oy the pro
duce thereof to the cloathing and equipment
of new battalions—lt was ordered to be
printed.
Stevenntte wilhed that twenty one mil
lion* for Delegations to the Departments
should be suspended, and applied to the
fame ulc.
Jourdan (de la Haufe Vicnne), suppor
ted the motion of Lacuee. It pr deter
mines do thing, fsid he, on tiie diftrikutioa
of the loau, and it calculated to expedite
the raifmg of the battalions. There rxilts
a grand confpira y of Royalills, which I
promise to unmask at an early day. Their
companies are organized at i'aris. Ttwy
have their correspondences with the depart,
ments of the Weft, with Conde, with Sh
warrow, with Prince Charles. T-h'ty ex
pert, with impatience, the moment when the
armies of the enemy (hall be at our fron
tiers, to em'iarrafs the operations ot the
interior, and aflaffinate Republicans. An
immediate levy i» then neciflary. I de
mand that the proposition of .Lacuee be
adopted, and that a Committee be charged
to present a plan for detersiiv.inj; on what
clali of the persons liable to contribute the
allowance of twenty two millions of the
forced loan (hall fall.
Deillremn coincided in opinion with
Jourdan, and combated with energy the
/ aWZXST. .* Jf J6KT3
motion of Stevcnotte as tend'ng to rijia
public credit by attacking tranla&ions of
the most facrcd nature. The propofhion
of Sievenotte was rejefted by ihe Order
of the Day. Tliofe of Lacuee and Jourdan
ware referred tu a Committer, to pr«f«Qt
to morrow- a plan on the lubje£t.
LONDON,'JuIy 24.
The new clubs at Paris proceed merrily
in the work of regenerating the public opin.
ion. One Citizen makes a speech, another
fin js a long, and the whole company chear
up om: another's spirits by r haunting the
MarililoilV flymti in I'tiU chorus Such
meetings. ra;.y produce riots., but they are
not very likely to fabricate plots.
she E:;-l)iw.'1»5ry Merlin is arcufed of a
crime not peculiar to Republics only. They
call hi;» t!K fabricator of conspiracies and
plots. But this will npp-ar-a venial offence
in the eyes of % tho«e who n?ive no other
m.-ajis of perpetuating tlv..;ir power than by
creating alarms, and nuking the people l» c .
fie, ye jbat the country intvft Jhnd or tall with
the faction.
The French papers mention that Genera!
Macdonald isgoing to Paris on a:count of
his health. It is {{range that the present
campaign lhould have been so fertile .in difor.
tiers among command-is in chief, and more
ft range that the air fcf such a city as Paris
should be confulered as salutary !
Tin- principle* at lead of the Jacobins,
seem to be adopted by the new Club at Paris
Ofte member has proposed to cut off 50,0:0
lie ids in order to save the Country. There
mufl be more leading men in France than
any where else
The new Club at Paris will b« of some
service, by furnifhing us with a new epithet
to throw on every on? who doubts the ir.
fallibillity and omnipotence of men in p o iv»
er. The word 'jicibin is aim oft worn out
and become so very unintelligible, that
whe-i even the miniftcrial writers fall cot
they throw it at one another.
The King of Sardinia has declared war a.
g'.inft France, if thole who -have tafceahis
runineiital dominions in truth do him ju.
ilice, he will be a a ufeful aequifition to the
Confederacy. His interests in Piedmont,
however, liavr not yet been brought very
much into notice. If he ijexs fair play he
may again b: worth afubfidy.
That Buouaparte and his atmy were in
fait transported, has been long believed,and
its being now aiTerted in the Councils of
France is probably one of the confluences
of a freedom of f»eech which the last Direit,
ory would not have permitted. Whatever
may b- thought of that proceeding at a
crime, it *rs the only war in which the ab.
llnce of such a man as Buonaparte, and the
awiy which had been uniformly victorious
under him, can'be accounted for.
Some months ago a Pslifli Gentleman,
who p'aved a great deal, was at Rome;af.
tcr having won the young men's money he
played for their pictures, and thus in less
than a month hi collefted about pic*
tures, among which are leveral Raphaels,
•and other precious pieces.
A Letter from Milan mentions'the I'itith
fitr ciicnmftance ofthr ctittrny down four
trees uenr Milan, in the hollow of one of
which the body of a French soldier was found
in a H-tte of, putrefaction. H'- had a confidt
vable funi in bis pockets, and is fnpuofed
to have been wounded and t > have got in 0
this tree to avoid falling into the hands of
the Aiiftnaiis, where he expired.
The Conte d.-'C;ib,irras, father 6f the cele
brated Madame Tallinn, after having travel
led through France and Holland uppn bis
private affairs, is returned to the place of
i'i; h'rth :« the !■,<.!;• hbourhiod of Bavonne ;
and his demanded of the Coort of Spain ptr
ruiffion to return to that countrji in order
to live p.acs abljr in one of the provinces. He
has received for answer, that if he wiflies to
enter Spain, he must establish himfelf at
B.idag.->s, on the frontiers of Portugal.
St. Jean d'Ach: on the coast of Syria,
so much the objeft of our att-ntion at pre
f--nt, is fortified with a wall of very mode
rite ftretigth, haying only one gate, and is a
pretty large town, but many of the houses
are Crop ty—the population is ellimated by a
I ite traveller, Mr, Brown, at between fifteen
and twenty thoufaud There remins part
of a double folfe, which extended round the
town, but is daily dilapidated for iwodern
ere&ions. It has no castle nor other relique
of atitiqtiity.
Oxford, this year, has 7 regents, 3 doctors
in divinity, 3 in civil law, 3 in medicine, and
II 2 maAers of arts.
In th: small village of Blickrod, near
Sheffield, there are eight men whose united
ages amount to 74; years; except one, tliey
are (till capable of working at some employ*
tnent.
The Abbe D* Lille, so celebrated in the
literary world as tlie be ft trench poet now
living, arrived in England by the last packet
from Hairttujrgh. It is underlined that he
is come to London to -publilh several poems.
FROM THE BtE
Published at Edmburgb by Dr. Anderson
NAVAL AFFAIRS;
Accident frequently gives birth to discove
ries of the highest importance ; as it often
happens that men, in very oblcsre stations
in life, are poflefled of some afeful branches
of knowledge, which the keenest refeaiclies
of phifol'opl.y have not beer, able to discover.
An in fiance of this kind occurred some time
ago, that ought to be univerfjlly known a
mong all the people of a small nation sur
rounded ami inteifettion by seas as ouvs is.
A vefiel having fprunk- a-leak in the At
lantic ocean, which admitted .more water
than could bt voided by tbe pumps, the nia»
ft?R aud irelt, to the number of were ob
liged to betake thcmfelves in hafb to ,the*t
boat, a small Norway fkifl, and abandon
tbemfe'lves to the mercy of the wavesin that
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