such arts ; wlio sometimes rife to the heights of guilt, and sometimes defter!d to the vile and low grounds of cheat and imposture. Mrs. Johnson, (fay» a London paper v Ms? U " ' ) lately distinguished berfelf in the chara&er of Agatha at Covent Garden, hat received overtures from several of the mott refpe&able Provincial Theatres. And we rejoice that her'talents, which by due cultivation and pr aft ice will afTuredly set all competition at defiance, are about to be called into aftian. Like Mrs. Siddons, the charafter of IJabella firft eftabliftied her as a great supporter of Melpomene, and M«e our celebrated aftrefs, Mrs. Johnson, polTeffes a form and countenance, grace and feeling that marks her out to shine conspicu ous in the histrionic art. ALEXANDRIA, November 16. The protection afforded to the commerci of America by the armed vessels of thi Union. has been sensibly felt by the towi of Alexandria—Several .new v dels are »ov fitting out at this pprt. The fchoone Mooit Vrrnon, pierced for 14 guns (bui! by Mr. Jphn Hughes for me firs. Robert am James Hamilton) was launched'a few day ago with peculiar magnificence She i elegantly moulded, and may truly be fait to be as handsome aveuel as ever graced th of the Potomac. A pilot boat (built on a new cpnllrudtion, under the di reftion of messrs. George and Charle' Cough) has rflfo been launched, and bid fair, ftoffi her appearance, to do honour t< the (hip builders of this tovvti. Exclufivi of :hefe vefTels here are frveral new one now in port, resdy for sea, several on thi flockj, and fume tripled fr;>rr. below. 1 BALTIMORE. November 18. We hear the frigate Chefapeak, now bail diog at Portfinonth, (Virg.) will be launch ed the 20th The brig Jemima and Fanr.y, belonging to arrived faf'e in the Wefer, about :he 20th of September. On her pa.Tage pit sage through th# EngJifli Channel, (lie was captured and carried into 3ologne, in France where Ihe underwent a very stria exaraina tion ; but was ftytibrod to proceed on her voyage on the fourth day after. 'No instance 'has occured, for a long time part, of any Tfffel being in this manner released, after' Saving once been taken into a French port. [Disgusting remark on the above by a True American.] Our national measures begin to have their good effeft in Europe. A rtronger argu ment cannot be wi.Tvd for holding out the arrows with the olive Stanch, than the speedy release of the Jemima and Fanny. We begin to be refpetted by those who re fpe<ft not even the Deity b unit: If. [This nauseous emanation of iTrue Atnt ricanifmjlrorg'y borders on blasfhemy : if - ibe miferaWc True American had told-u«, f what is, perhaps, the faft, that this ?hip belongs to a Sam Smith, the rayftery of the business would be at once at an end ; for, if I recoiled right* the veiy lall vefTels that were released by the French, Were the property of him or his houfe.J Arrived, Captain Chyton, of the brig - » —r* : 7 • •. Felicity, has politely favoured with the following hiinded to tlinft by the captain of the Chesapeake : Remarks on board the Chesapeake, Andrew Tombsj master, mounting 20 guns, on'a passage from Nevi-l'ork, tv New Orleans. On th- 2d October, in lat. 23,49, Hi. vanna bearing $. aiftam 37 nnlc-s, at ro o'clock, a. m. the man at the mast-head defcribcd a fail coming out from the land and bearing down upon \is. At meridian, .. we found the gained upon us faft ahef ' tlie.ll prepared far action. At 3 p. m. I consulted with my officers and cabin pafTrn gers, who all agreed that it would not be prudent to hazard and ,a£tion in the night, (fliould the vefTel then in chace of us prove to be an enemy) and theuefore conchided "to flioften fail and fee who . (he was, before dart. At half past 4 (lie fired upon and lioifted tng'lifli colors, which we returned : vriffe a stern chafer and hoi (led our enfigh, on which she immediately r hoifted the bloody fkig*»t her fore top-mast-head. At a quarter . plt'j, she came up under, our stern 1 then fciitod them and enquired who they were and where from, kut could "not understand • the aafwer ; they then hailed me in Eug lifll and ordered me to lay my topsails to the niafl or to abide by the consequences. I replyrd that J was an American and would '' proteifl the trade. 'Hie word American was scarcely uttered before they gave three cheer* *nd poured a broadside and volley of small arms into us, which we returned, and a des perate engagement ensued, which lasted three quarters of an hour, when her quarter deck blew up. and she went down stern foremoft. l immediately hove my ship to and lioifted my boat out, but unfortunately could not lave <yne man. . She was a schooner, mountings 2 or 14 guns, .and manned, as near as I could judge with about 80 men—we had two woundec one of whom died tha next morning ; tht other is in a fair way of recovery- My ship received material injury in hei mafis, spars and ringing ; the enemy hav ing fired all kinds of combustibles and mate rials into us, fucli as iron spikes, (22 inche 1< nj) slugs, See. Extract from the log book of the ship Polly and Nancy, Colin Jackson, commander, Who left St. Thomas on the 17th of Oftobe'r last, bound to Norfolk ; her cargo eonfiftrng of sugar and rum, coniignqd to John Grandberry, of Norfolk. On the 25th of Ottober, it came on to blow vci-y i'everely, I<;ft fight of tie fleet j and madetl»c best of om via jr. On the 26th the gale (LIl increajing, the ship laboring very hard, she began to make a ronfiderable quantity of water, which the watch kept clear for 24 hours. On the 27th, all hands mil employed at the pumps, the water flill nicreafing in the hold, fa V a brig to wind ward—made signals of distress, but na afli flance was receivsd from the brig ; the water still gaining on us, and. the wind hauling to the northward blowing very strongly, we borp away to the fotithward, in.the hope of meeting with some of the fleet. On the 29th the water got above the ballast, the pump well was (hortly stove in and broke to pieces, and both pumps were choked. Being .in this the 30th and hogsheads of sugar and puncjbeons of rum floating through the hold, and the water in creasing k> an amazing heighth so as to reach the beams, all hands engaged thenifelVes fore ajid aft in getting down tlie yard in order to tonn a raft, tor the prefelvation of their lives.—At nine o'clock A. JVT. cut away the main and rn izen nsafts ; and the ihip fejtling | down faft in the water the' hands particu | larly engaged themfclves in making tjje raff, ! t ' ie water was by this time nearly over the | lower deck. Oftoher 31, cut away both | anchors from the bows ; at 3 P. M. fra j ployed in cutting away the toremaft, but ! were obliged to delill, by the water's earn ing in upon deck ; the raft was launched asd all hands got upon it, except the ciptain the vefTel went down in five minutes from the launching of the raft, the captain jump ing over the stern and fwimraing to the raft. In this deplorable situation, and having no thing but two gallons of rum and fix gallons of water and a small quantity of bread on the rah, we committed ourselves to the mer cy of God ; the sea continually washing over us, and (harks and dolphins playing round us ; thunder and lighting with heavy rains whilst on the raft ; several perfoas light headed—After being fix days in this condition, we were picked up on the sth in* ftant, by the fchcoaer Experiment, captain Isaac Field, of Baltimore, who treated us with the greatrft kindness, and of which we thai! ever entertain a sense of the highest gratitude. During the time of our being on the raft each man was allowepced to one gill of water per day. Arrived this-day the ftiip Hampton, cap tain George Lee, 47 days from Bremen. Left at Bremen the following VeJ/lh } I Ship Alray, of Baltimore, S. Snavr. to ' fail ml 5 day,. - t », Al>So ' r Snow Light Horse, of do. JameS Gib- ' B 2 Br'ig Jemima' akd Fanny, of ditto, Wil- *¥, Children*-Weia-jam liams.juft arrived.' f Ho,< ? * ' , Ship safly r of Beverly* Patterloti, to All whieh they offer for Tale at their Store, fail in 15 days. :No. 6: North Front either.hy the.papk- Ship Anna, Prentifs, ps Boston, to fail artKe roost reasonable in IO days ' «i", for caih or notes it Ihort date. Ship John, of Charleston, Parrel!, just ' Novembcr 101 ~"•■" ~ i<aw6w arriv4<l . , , _ J?lre Ship' Ranger, WifcalTet, Clarke, to fail ' ' in 10 days. By JOSEPH & JAMES CRUKSHANK, I Snip Merrier, Nantucket, Brown, do.' • 'No. 8> High St'reft Pbiio&rpbia, . for Cape de Verd. j A FEW COPIES i Brig Ranger, Boston, Woollera, to fail ■' «* th* >Vi s d ay s. , HARLEIaN MISCELLANY,. v> f" g and ) Hell <7» Charleston, i of Tr»a« '' in 20 dav». c - . I) regard the Engliih fjitiory, and o£-whith- Wilmington, Qryjfdal, to many aft referred tohy Hume. Theftiniity and fail in io'dnys for Liverpool, high P r '« of the Hadrian Miscellany, irrdaeed SnowPanthe, Befton, Plumme , iad the editortooffer the prcfent abr.agwie&tj* the , rn ' „i • t i» c 1 /> • , ; public-, which is eortipofed of a narration trf thole arrived in the Weff r : Spoke the ship Har- fctereftinir events which have occwrcd in mony, from CUarle.ton, out 70 days. the Hiflory of Englaud, and which aic chiefly Sr- Ottobcr 1, in the North Sea, spoke the -ranged in order. armed (hip America, captain, , from ! Tht w l um ' 'cohtSLns in quantity one fi*th of Hull bound to Philadelphia, out faur days, 1 ,he *"4 *5 P ri " ° f «I s or ": i_. „„ - ■, 1 r r 1 . I nea, benie on-ly cnt tweluh of what th« onwrtnai kept company until the sth of fa d;.«BCrftfh, boolj now fellb for. wnen parted off the Orkney Islands. November*.. Several other veffcls, beiides those men^' tion'ed, arrived to-day, but they were all from the Eastern State.. Last evening arrived at the Fountain Inn, in this city, on iifs way to New Orleans, general Wiikinfon, commander in chief of the Western army. ©ajette ©arine fltft. wtvjvvvv Po/7 of Philadelphia. ARRIVED, days Ship Swift Packet, Gribben, S-. Thomas 19 Arrived, ship Perseverance, Wilh'amfon, from Batavia. Sailed from thence the 2d July in company with the /hip Cleopatra, (already arrived) and fchr. Commerce of Boston. On the 4th Augoft, in lat 26, 26, E. long. 52, 48, E. Ipoke the barque Eliza, Townfend, of and for S.iletn, from Batavia. On the 2tft September put into the iflandof St. .Helena, where the Perse verance was taken of by .'he Belvi dere and Earl of Wickham, English feaft- Indiamen, on fufpiciun of being Dutch property, but ob application ti» the Gov ernor, was immediately liberated. New Tnrl, Novmber 26. The brig Wed Point was bound to Phi ladclph a, but put irt here for wafer and pro* vifi.ns, having been on allowance for several weeks. November 6, fell in with she U. S, frigate, Commodore Barry, from whom she had received fohie brtad and beef. *• ARRIVED, days Brig Wtft Point, Ellifon, Hamhurg 81 Schooner Federal, Van Antwerp, from Havanna to this port foundered four days after (he left there, in a violent gale of wind, j Slbop Eliza, Bancker, from this, bound to Nevis, has returned with the loss of her anchors and cables. Schooner Eglantine, Payne, has arrived at Curracoa from Tri nidad. Sloop Linnet, from Alexandria to ] Barbacloes, carried away her rnaft running from a privateer. smo^^iiKEß," Has removed his daunting house :e No. 78 Walnut Street, near Fcurtb Street, •, . ... - .. i . H • " ' and has yo? sialic, English porter, in ca&s of fix dozen each,' Englifli Brown Stout, ditto ditto Tin Plates, . 200 Crates Earthen ware, Patent Shot, No. x, 2,.4, s% B, 88, Lead, bar, Ilif-ct and pig, White and red Lead,yettowa.nd black Paint, Spani':h brown, &c. ground in Oil, Rgffia Bridles, Englifli Gunpowder in kegs, FF, F & C,. Mufkejs, Pifiols, Cutlaflts Sc boarding Pikes, Gannon with carriages complete, 4, 6, 9 & 12 powndstrs, Round, double headed and cannifter Shot, Iron Craw Bars, Refined Salt Petre, Rough Brimstone, * 20 bales new Orleans Cotton; Porter, wine and claret Bottles, Hardware (aflbrted) in caiks, Sadlery (affortcd) in casks, November 21. JOSEPH D. DRINKER BEGS leave to inform his frie»ds and the public tha» he has taken, into partnerlhip Daniel bartovv. Their Mercantile Concern! will, in confe quence, be conduced under the firm of Drinker and Bartow, who have just imported, per the Weft Point, arrived at New York, the Amia ble Creole, and ether late th'n port from Hamburg, A VARIETY OF GERMAN GOODS, Eonji/ting of the ftllazving Articles, -viz. Ticklrnburghs, Creas, a la Morlsix, * Dowlafs, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 Ec 9-Bths wide o_ tlanders Sheetings, Silefja ditto, 8 Rouan ditto, B |" Bcqwh and white Platillas, 2 Britaniiis, Weifgarnige Linens, f 2 7-8 & 4.4 Silesia Sheetings, assorted. ?• Diaper and DamalkTaole Cloths, R- Clouting Diapers, 0 Diaper £willi«h, Oil Cloths, | Glass Tumblers, Quarts, Pints and §~ Half Pints, i MACPHERSON's BLUES. Legionary Qrdert. firft and fecund troops of horse. the frcasd company of rifle men (commanded byCapt. the artillery, grenadiers .and infantry in the city, are ordered to parade at the Manege in Chefnut street, on TUESDAY ths i6th inft. at half pi.si two o'clock, PM. completely equipped. By order of Brigadier ©eneral Macpherfon JOHN-M'CAULEY, Adjutant. JJovejnher *l. N. B. Should the day prove wet and unfavori ble, the parade will be postponed until further 'orders. - , F»,r FRKIGHI' or CHARTER, For Europe or the Weft Indies, THE SHIP rrfLj-* 7F A CIFI C, 1 PERKmS SALTER, Master, I ' She is « staunch good Ship, * IkVwa!' iy.7/ fitted, burthen about 3000 barrels, and ready to.receive a cargo on board. t r 3r Fbr terms apply to WHARTON and LEWIS, No. II 3 South Front ftr«et, trno have fox saw, A.parcel of Ha»anna Molasses, Old Madeira Wine, Ground Ginger, Builington Pork, he. &c. November 2 r. MEDFORD and WILLIS Have received tkis day, by the A (Sire and Ame rica, from London, Fancy striped Ginghams St > entiled to Madras Handkerchiefs, 3 Draubsttk, Blanket:, in bales, White and red Lead, in caflc», and Sail Clotb. ON BAHC, London Pewter, Scarlet Cardinals, Hosiery, Buttons, auid Petersburg Hemp. 83* Enquire of JOHN DORSEY. Noy»Biljer I?, 1799, eo^it FRENCH ARMED VESSELS* Captured by the armed vessels of the United Statks. t„ g-d c ' .9 v <u Names of the gc> Captains' - § *>, Commission. By whom taken, vessels. 2 names. e> ' <j - ■ c> C, . Le Croyable Sch'r Martin i 4 54 Privateer Capt. Decatur Sans Pared do. Tonin 16 87 do. Capts.Barry&Decatur Jaloux do. Renne : 4 70 do. do. do. } Mitchell 6 18 - - - - - Capt. Murray de la Patrie 5 Scb ' r * 6 60 Privateer Capt. Barry 5r e ° <j°- r 4 36 do. Capt. Barron iartuffe do. Ph.lepon 8 60 do. Capt. Barry Marfouin do. Hermand t, 7 o do. C apt. Decatur H 6 32 Letter of Marque Capt. Murray . *Ff - = - - Pr -" ; &%£ L Iniugcntc Frigate Bureau 40 407 National Ihip d o# Magiciennc Sch'r Legeaux 14 63 National schooner Capt. Brown Bon Pere do. I Boudir Buonaparte do. | _ Letter of Marque Capt. BrowV YESSELS, Re-CAPTURED BY THE ARME3 VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES. Fssseh' names. | What country | Cargo. | By r.-bcm taken. 111 - * ' _ A large ship Englifti Coal & Goods Captain Nichullbn. Schooner Neutrality American .... " d o> Carteret Packet Englifti .... do*. - Brig- Harmony American Dry Goods Captain Brown Sloop Vermont do Captain Barry. Schooner Maria " Englifti .... Do. Cicero do. Dry Goods do. ShipNanoy American do. Lieutenant Campbell. Brig? Mehitable do. do. do Ship Cygnet do. do. Captain Decatur. Bng Volunteer do. do. Captain Murray. Ship Eliza do. do. Captain Tingey. Ship Brothers Englifti do. Captain Truxton. do. Francis American do. Captain Fletcher. Bn g Fair American do. do. Captain Murray. Ship Amelia Incia-"!, " ' man—Cargo said / „ ... , .-j to be valutd at | 2 ' ao ' Captain Talbot. 35»,ooo dollar* J A letter-of-marquel o o' °o oj English i Sugar—. - ■ Lieutenant Hillyer. A BUmber ° f " ptUreS and re - ca P tures » made, are not included in the < jtaw6w At a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Board of Guardians of the Poor for the .Q,ty end Liberties of Philadelphia,on the * s tb day of the 9 tb Month. r 799 , t 0 m reluf to indigent and necessitous inhabitants of the said City and Liber. ■ tit*,' held at th» Court House the tSth day of the t \tb month., , 799 -_ . r JOHN JAMES, intfceChair, -*•« ' S ' ' Thomas Harrisom, Secretary. ' ' Resolved, That as the duties of this Corrtmitcw _ quence of the reflation of' health and return of the citizens toThe^hoL^VheC<"m" ■ Jfap deem ,t proper to (late for the information of tbe.r fellow-citizens and'the W I ot Guardians, the number of poor families relieved, toother with the cost of that reli<£ Fron/the,accounts examined and paffird. and for whirh ' j •W.-Morris, Treafurett©" the Committee, it 7p ? Tars rtif redrawn on Luk, Peter Keyfcr, .. -s.' Sn'muel M'fariau, I Sub-committee for the Nor- I families with .Basil Wqod, and [ tliern Liberties, relieved r 12 5 bread, tea, sugar, rice, iMath. Yunddzen, J &c. to the amount of Sub-committee for the John Barker, | Dirifion of the City, beijg JWeph Justus, )>trom Vine to Arch-street, Lambert W'iitrrore | and from Delaware to' k John Teas, J Schuylkill, relieved John James, - 5 Sub-committee' for the id Arthur HoweU, | DiviGon of the City, being Wm. Holderncfs, J>from Arch to Chefnut-ftteet Thomas Stokes, & | and from Delaware tc Ray King, J Schuylkill, relieved. "1 Sub-committee for the 3d John Evans, | DiviGon of the City, being Philip Edwards, Cbefnut to Spruce 'c Thos. Harrifon, j street, and from Delawan J to Schuylkill, relieved Sub-committee for the 4tl Division of the City, being •from Spruce to South street, and from Drlawari o Schuylkill, relieved ■3 taw m Dr. S. P..Griffiths,' Thomas Atinore, Fdrguf. M'Jlvaine. VVm. Preston, It Wm. Stsvenfon, James Engle, Resolved, That the foregoing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and tW ■ Z£Z * * d '" ** Z THOMAS HARRISON, Secretary. JR. TA YLO R, BEGS leave to inform the Ladies of Philadel phia, and the public in general, that he ftil! continues teaching the Piano Forte, Singipg, Guitar, See. at usual. Application to be made to hfm, No. 96, north Sixth street, between Arch & Race ltreeti. Nov. »o. dtf BOARD AND. LODGINGS. MRS. 'HAND Respbctfuxxy informs her friends and the public in general, that she has just removed to the naofion house, in Franklin Court, formerly oc cupied by Dr. Franklin, and latterly by the Por tuguese Minifltr, ihe Chevalier De Friere. A family may V' accommo<lat»d with a suit of rooms, and single gentlemen with separate apartments, or Beard only. Has also a good Coach House and Subles for four bcrfes, to Jet sva "' r BQV.M, Sub-committee for South wark, relieved MUSIC. 1- »aw3t w&ftf \OfficialJ\ > t f ' % V V '' •212 familUs. Same. J»io6 famines. Ssme. >Bi families. Same. >.. • .-J" ('t- ■155 famifics. Same- 220 families. Same. Total, qqq reliev £ed with dollars, - 3303 2j JOHN JAMES, Chairman. TO PRINTERS.- - - fQX SALE, LONG Printer, Small Pica on Pica body, Eng. lifli, Ten and Sixteen Line Pica, Quotations Leads, Type Metal Ornaments, Chafes, Cronpofina Sticks, See. With a.Varwty of other Article, neccf lary in a Printing OiEcc. £*" Apply at this Office.' November 15. For FREIGHT or CHARTER, To any put of the West Indies; or the ; . Continent," FAST S AILING SLOO? K'y : 4iriJoV» Sixrj Tons Burthen, well found, and will sail in all this. week. g? Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY and Co Chefnut ftrert. wharf, or to tiie Captain on board, 3ay's wharf. Nov«mberi4. / / C >" • IT" » j -v. - " • P-... f \. "J;#. v;/ . • o. c. 9°i 55 6 /5 8a 461 6z 2 93 27 34 3.'44 W 7 sV if' ' ■ *-\a eodiw Cod ITT v# l
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