> 1 I|e (Sajette. ruiIAOtMHU, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5. By an Americau captain from Cap: Fran jais, we are told, that Lord Balcarras has forbidden the entry at and departure from Touffaint's Dominions, under and Spanish colours, as a degradation of the Britifli Flag. This is believed to be the ground of the report propagated at the Southward, by the member of Con^refs. It is added, on the fame authority, that Touffaint loses ground daily. Previous to the late aaion, the British and Ruffian f>rce amounted toabout 35,000 men ; that of the enemy was not more than 20 oco ; but a great part of our force was not engaged. All the letters from thence agree in dating, th?t a second attack wa« expelled to take place in two or three days. The Duke of York had a very narrow efeape in the late engagement in Holland as his royal highness was encouraging and leading on his brave troops, a cannon bull parted between him and one of the guards, but happily he received no injury from it. Major-General Christie Barton, is ap pointed Lt-Governor of Upper-Canada, un der Governor-G' neral the Duke ol Kent. G»v. Barton, re fides at Montreal. ,■ - •*— • On Tuesday the 16th ult. the United States {loop of war was launched at Norwich, Connecticut. Govrrnor Truiv- JJ[ll, after whom (he was Horned, was pie lent. FIRST DAY, OS SUNDA" SCHOOLS. THE Board of the Society for the institution andfupport of the First Day, or Sunday Schools, beg leave to inform their fellow citizens, that they are opened, at the usual plStces, for the reception of Scholars, at such hours as will not inter fere with those (dedicated to Divine Worship. The utility of this Inftitutiori hasbefcn much greater than could have been exp<f&ed, and with additional funds, might-be much more extended. The children ef the indigerft and-labovi ous poor, are superintended by reputable and afliduous teachers, are furnifhed with books, pens, ink and paper : and are th#s refcu?d froip savage ignorance, acquire habits of or der and industry, and hereby qualified to be good fervauts, good apprentices, and we hope, they , will become, good in.afttrs an'd good cititens., They eamefilv solicit all influential Char - afters, in the C*!ity and Liberties, particu larly their friend* in Southward, (as the School in that diftrift is at present small) to aflift in this benevolent undertaking, by urging such children as may be fuitahle ob jefts of the Institution, to avail themselves of so favorable an opportunity of acquiring ufeful inftruftion. A School* for Girls, is might by Jqhv Ely, Til!mi ahove M'ulkerry-ftreet,: fcack ®t the Pre{byterian Church ; one for Boys, by Silas Diksmoor, in be tween Third and Fourth-streets •" ancT ano ther for Boys, by Thaddeus Brown, in Front, nearly opposite to 9hippen-(lieet, in Southwsrk. The Schools are open from 7 to half past g o'clock, in the forenoon, and frbir. T 'till j.o'clock in the afternoon: By order of the Boprd, Thomas Mendknhall, Chairman. v . John Orm.roo, Secretary. nth Month (Nov.) 29th, 1799. address Or the Guardians of the Poor. TO THE PUBLIC.' fELLOW CITIZENS, THE exh*ufted (late of our Treasury, the enormous arreardges of poor' tax, and the accumulated diftrefTes occasioned by the ' repeated calamities with which our city has been afflicted, all cunfpire to render an im mediate and efficient remedy indispensably necc ffary for the support of the unfortunate objeftj consigned to our care. Tlie remedy we trust will be the result of a candid appeal M your reason, jullice and maniiy—we ask not a boon !—we iolieit . ly the prompt payment of a tax of inevit i. Ie necefiity—tquitable in its operation, ' lgvoleut. in its objeft, and upon the due ileftion of which, tbe cecor.omy and wel f e of the infti'tutioo, to efTentially depend. deficiency in the colltftion of tbe pour - has superinduced the pra&ice of obtain loans at Bank, supplies on credit and pi delaying the purchase of wood and othei i articles until the prices are greatly en ced, thereby unequally encrtaling thi ilic burthens : Whereas a due colleftioi „. .he taxes will enable us promptly to mee all our existing engagements and purchaf future supplies in due season with cajh, t< ;he great'faring and reputation of the infti- At No. 155, Market-lkreet, tution. Superior London Particular, Madeira, "> WINES The unexampled number of hapleCs or- q\a Sherry, Port & Lifton, ] pfeans, which the hand of peftil©DCe has Bcft flavored ©id Coniac Brandy, thrown upon your bounty—the m- Jamaica Spirits and Holland Gin,— By th« pipe firm and diseased who look for support asid protedion from the inclemency of the ap- » f T Jv rfl ll e nt Hav preaching season, earncftly demand the ex- A * eW lons ot excellent nay. ■Ued charity! which you have so ofieo and Nov. 30. iliw oiw so conspicuously displayed. ~ " I ~ By order of the General Board of T ol ' l V Gentlemen « >th the,r fer ' . r u d vanti, may b« accommodated with Loigingj Guardians ot the Foor. • in(J gjeakfaft, and t „ 0 ro omt, at No. Wm. JONES, President. 83 north Fifth Struct. Nov. 21. SALIIfA, November 26. Recapture oftht Hermionk frigate. Captain Williams, just arrived from Lagui ra, inform* us of the recapture of the Her miotic, fo'merly Britifli frigate, and taken by her mutinous crew about rwo years firice, and fold to the Spaniards in Laguira. She was cut out of Port Cabello, in a mod gallant manner, by four boats from the Trent British frigate, with only 120 men. The Hermione was laying at a wharf, se cured only by a fall, in a passage about a pidol (hot wide, leading into the harbour, and under the guns of a mod formiJable cadle ; flie was complete for fca, and was (uppofed to have on board 500,000 dollars property. Her crew confiding of 600 men, but were so refraftory, from a relu&ance to go on board a fliip where such horrid murders had been perpetrated, that 110 more tha« 180 were doing duty at the time; 120 were in irons on board, and the remain der were confined on (bore ; (he was at the fame time deficient in officers. Under these circumdanccs, with h*r head lying out wards, and a leading wind, the detperate attempt was made by the British boats : they boarded her, cut her fad, killed the captain and many of her crew, and got fafe out, although (he was under a cadle mount ed with 300 brass cannon, and had to pass several inferior forts. The astonished Spaniards declared it to be the ail of devils, and not of men. The Spanish captain was a brave audamableman, and deeply regretted by his countrymen. The Spaniardsbadexpem'ed 200,0c0 dollars upon the Hermione : (he had 50 guns moun ted, and was Ihortly to h<ve failed to ren dezvous at Cuba. NEW YORK. December 4. The Supreme Court yesterday delivered their fent»:nce in ihe cafe of David Frothisg ham, previously convifted on a charge of afperfmg the charadter of General Hamil ton, by publishing that he had been at the " bottom of an attempt at fupprtffing by pecuniary means th« Aurora." He was fined in the sum of one hundred dollars—ordered to be imprisoned for four months, and to give feeuriiy for his good behaviour for two years; hi 1 felf in one thousand dollars, and two furttics each in five hundred. One fiirety we- arc informed is Dennis M'Gaha gen—the other we have not learned. ARRIVED, Brig Rambler, Doudtircd, Larc?haie 33 Schr. Polly, Defear, Petersburg 4 Sea Flbwer, Ralph, Bermuda 20 Sloop Sillers, Rudyard,' Baltimore,' . Captain Block, an the 30th, of Chingo teck, fell in with a bu»tr"co6taining five people, escaped from the wreck of the fch. Lisbon, the people were all-nfearly perilhed when brought on board, afid were not able to (land. . . Arrived—The schooner Nancy, capUio Black, from Norfolk, 4 days paflage j eon figned to Mr. John Munroe. -In - lac. 38, oft Chincotea'gue, iell in with a boat belong ing to the fchaoser Ivilion, captain Cox, 1 from Peterfourgh, in Virginia, bound to i Philadelphia, which had been call away on the above (hoals ; took .on board the cap tain and four men, in a famiditng situation, haviug nothing to eatordTing. The brig Rarr.bkr, captain Dunbrew, in 33 days, bound to Philadelphia, put in here in distress. Spoke three days off Egg Harbour, a French privateisr (locp, pri/.e to -the Norfolk brig—November- 21, fp ke the schooner Nancy, captain Brown, bound to Philadelphia, fr»m St. Kitts, 22 days out, lat. 57, 23, 1 ng 73, 30. The (hip Oceou was to fail train Go uaives for this port the 14th ult. 100 CHESTS OF BOHEA TEA, Of the Camilla's cargo, Will be Sold at Au&ion, at No; n6, South Front Street, on a liberal credit, 011 Monday morning next, at 10 o'clock. CONNELLY isS Co. /lu9ioheers December 5. d3t. CAVALRY. IHF Second Volunteer Troop of Cavalry of the United Statei, are ordtred to meet at the Mcnige« in Chcfnut Street, on Saturday next, at % o'clock, P. M. in complete uniform, December 5. DESERTED, ON the ittinft from the Marrme Carracks, HUGH DtJFFIELD, a private in the Mari'.e Corps, a native of Ireland, aged 3j, live feet five inches high, dark hair, light complex ion. He lu» resided for l'ometime pait in this city, where his family now are. Whoever apprehends laid Deserter and do livers him at the Marine Barracks, er lodges him in goal, will be paid a reward of ten dol lar§, and reafooable charges. JAMES MCKNIGHT, Cipt. commanding Marine Barnckt December s• diw. LAWRENCE SECKEL, HAS FOR SALE, Dr. ANDREWS Of the Proposes to receive xiffW Private Puj'ifs W be itrstrcied in the rudiments of THE LATIN LANGUAGE. HE confines hiiufelf t® beginners because he would hot incur the danger bf having many ClafT's, or being obliged to build on an.intufiicienr foundation- And as he will require their attendance bit two hours in the day (from eleven o'clock in the- fore noon, to one); there will be no need of removing them from the schools to which thsy havt hither to gone, or may be intended to be Icßt, for their improvement, in writing, ciphering, »nd other ufelul branches »f literature,. not ufnally taught in a Latin school. December 5, 1799 Drawing School. Mr. BECK having beeß solicited by many of his friends to engage in a Drawing School, takes the lilxrty of informing them and the pub lic that he intends opening one at his house in Fifth Ureet, oppoflte the State house yard, on Monday the 4th of November, on th« following terms Mondayt, WtintfJayi and fridayt, Ladies from three till quarter, Ocnrlemeß, lrom half p*& 4 * P 7» Private Leflons, at honuufor one hour, Froai homs, two ho«rs, ' PERSPECTIVE, The eflential ground work of all kinds of draw ing, taught by a much.more ffmple andlhort me thod than hitherto pri&iied. WAIVED, A prrfon to do house work; alio a boy to it tend the family and tak« care of'a liorfe. November 17 JUST PUBLISHED, AVD FOk SALE By H. tf P. RICE, No. 16 s. Second street, (Price I Dollar) GALATEA, A fASfORAL ROMANCE. Embelliihod with Fite Engravings. A few Cv>j>Se» of Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre, May be had as above, p'ke iaj cents. December 3. BY SIMON WALKER, No. 78 Walnut Street, ENGLISH PORTER and Brown Stoat, In caflcs of 6 dozen each, •" Tiii Plates, Sheet, bar and pig Lead, Caution with, carriages complete, 4, 6, 9 and II pounders, Shot, rouuJ, double beaded'aiid caniiifter, Iroii Crow Bars, Cutlafles, boarding Fiket, Mulcts and Piftoli, Rough Brimflqne, ; ; : Craam;of Tartar, Porter,.Wioe. ajjd G'ire' Bottles, Six Invoices of Earthin Wire, each abo4t thirty crates, aflbrted White an 3 red >Le*d, yellow and black Paint, and ' Spanilh BroWn,- •Ruffiaft Briflje«, , Hardware and efforted in calks, Ad Invoice oT o*rma£ PEniliitj abd Britannia". • Decemhe* Jt ■" - eo6w THE SUBSCai: Having explored I and]" id_ off Jo r fatiifyi ng ■ thi Wart-artli due Id tbr Officers and Soldiers who served in the ivetr between lire United States i anil Grent Britain i PROPOSES to locale Warrants to the best advantage, on being allowed a raafonable compenlMion. Ho will »ttetii at Philadelphia at the time oi locating; and as not kfs than 4000 acres can b« regillcred or located, will receive any number of warrants less than that amount, and class ;h«m-with other* so as to make up the quan tity required. The fubfuriber propose*, also to attend on the (»nd immediately after locating, and ihew any feilioti in.which be may be employed. Letter* or warrants addressed to Alexander Add-ifon, Esq. Pittsburgh; Until the 111 ilay of' Jauuary nex , ox to the lubfcnber at Wafhmgton, Pci,nfyl»iinia, my tame previous to the 17th Dec. ami fwin.that <}ay until the nth day of February next, at the Poll Ollite, Phil.delphia, will be at tended to. '• - Wm. M'CLUNEY. eotj December 4 1" ■* I A LOT OF LAND, Containing between itwelve and thirteen acres. Situate an the College read, Leading from Schuylkill to the Market houfc in Oermatitowß, Adjoining lands of John Dorsey V James Mcjes. IT is nearly at high as any part of thehi|iy town ship of Roxborough, and has the advantage of a good road—the foil is good, part ot which has been well manured lr.ft fuafon, and an excellent piece of watered mejd«w which may be put under water at plea'fuie; a good profpeit—There has been created lafrfuinnier an excellent flone barn; a well is nearly oimplcated and a cellar dug for a tenant's houie —About 70 perches (lour quarried on the pricmifts preparatory lor further imprsve ment. The whole umWr taw cedar post and rail fence. The purchafet- con be accommodated wi'h i \rong light waggon calculate* for two horles to haul msjiure, &c. with excellent harness entirely A r o. 103, Higb street. 11 ir.o . 14th, 1.799 diw A DWELLING HOUSE, Range of Stores, and a Counting House, On Mifflin's wharf, Water ftrect, bftwsen Race aod Vine streets. 0- Enquire of PattiCoo Hartfliorne, no. 119 north Front (Ireet. ' December 3. BOARD and LODGINGS. MRS. HAND RESPECTFULLY informs her friends Mid the public in general, that (he has just removed to the •nanfion honfe, in Franklin Court, .formerly oc cupied by Dr. Franklin, and latterly' by th- Poi> tuguele Minister, the Chevalier De Friere. A family may be accommotiawd with 4 fttit tSirooms, and Angle gentlemen with feparjteapaxtm?nt»,<jc Board only. ~tfa« »lfo a good Coacb.Hp.qfc and Stable* f°* four borfu, X 9 let, ' J noT.JO. ' j " ] *V"" Pols. 9 9 I 3 3tawtf FOR SALE, (£R FGR SALE, *0 LKf, *»*!» ACADEMY tor DANCING. Mr. fXXXCIS at TBI NIW TKCATKI, BEGS leave to inform bis fcholan 40d the jMik ".lie.-in gentril, that hi» Academy wiU open for the season, ad THURSDAY the 12th, at Mr. O'£LLERB rex sis, Fi»e Dollars per Month, Ten do. per Quarter, No Entrance. £5" For further Particulars apply to Ms; F 70, north Eighth ftrcct. . December t,. GITT DANCING ASSEMBLT. THE Subscribers arc informed that th« firlt Aff.mbly will be held at Mr. G'Elle»'s Hotel, on Thurfiky the 12th instant. Dtccmber 4. TWO TRUNKS , . PRINTED COTTONS, Suited to the Well-India Market, and entitled to drawback—For iale by GEORGE WILLIAMS, No. 103, High Street. ALSO, Nine handled pair of American flrong made SHOES, together wi:hfundry other articles. Dec. 4 diw. For Sale, At tbe Merchant's Coffee House, on Mon day, 9«-6 tnst. at half pest 12 o'clock, 0 R 0 N 0, JEM AS foe cimt from sea, and now laying at the wharf of John Rofs, Elq. burtheß 4 ,i tons regifler, about 3 yean old, complete ly fitted, and ready to proceed to sea, mount ing twelve, fix and nine pound cannon, small arras, boarding netting, &c. as per inventory left with tho Auaioneer. Terms, approved indorsed notes at a, 4, and 6 month*. R. S. FOOTMAN, Auftioneer' December 3 » For FREIGHT or CHARTER, For Europe or the Weft Indies, , - THE SHIP -jTL PACIFIC, " t PERKINS SALTER, Matter, i She is a staunch good Ship, well Jitted, burthen about 3000 barrels, and ready to rceeive a cargo on board. ft3r For terms apply to WHARTON and LEWIS, No Xl 5 South Front street, . WHO HAVE FOR SALE, A .parcel of Hayanna Molaflics, Old Madeira Wine, Ground Ginger, Builington Pork, See. Btc. November 21. F,r LIVERPOOL,, THE DANISH SHIP «|. LITTLE MARTHA, gjffllcycL On.l C. Ma«k, master, ,, Burthen 300 ton», THE principal part of her cargo lining now ready to ga on boanj, (he will fail with all possible dispatch. For Freight apply to NICKLIfI is GRIFFITH. Kav.lT, '799 ' 5 MARSHAL'S SALE. United States, } Pennsylvania DijtriS, J la puri'uance of a writ to me directed, from the hon rable Richard Peter*, Efuuire, Judge of the Court of the United States, in and for the Petmfylvatiia Diftridl, will be ex posed t-> public sale at the Merchant* Codec Home, 'n the City of Philadelphia! on Sa tuiday :he 7th of December next, at 11 o'clock, it noon ; £~jjTiw armed French veflcl, LA MAGICIENNE, With all and ftnguiar her apparel, guns and appurtenances, as the fame n<rw are, having been lately fcizrd and .taken on the high seas, and within the juril'di<&i«n of the laid Court, libelled against, prnlecuted and condemned, at the futt cjif Moses Brown', Elq. commander of the public armed veflel called the Merrimack, in behalf of himfelf and the other officers, a«d crew thereof. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marftial's Office it Philadelphia, ) 19th day of De«embcr, 1799. j N. B. An inventory may be seen at the of. Dqc. ». Genteel furnifhed Apartments, To-Let, in ChcfautJlrect, Suitable for MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Enquire at the Office ol this Gazett«. Nov. 30. 3t —-Dec. 2&4 Lodging and Breakfast, FOR one or two Gngle Gentlemen, in a genteel private family, with the u£e of a neat front Parlour, and Board for Servants may be had at No. 18 north Fifth"ttrtst. November »6. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. U AK AW AY •»* Saturday evefthig thetjftlil I\. Jijly mftattt, frwm Colebrook Fumtce, j ta»»fter county, * N«grt> Maa nanvetf Cote, j |M **ktm4oy**r* of »ge, £*efeet. m W&ctl*igni tolerable liiack, with adown 1 lit Mkt) fipfrou, be it afiuanteg WtM fellow,' ajjrt* JUr,4nd «ery fottd of fir®tog li<wor, hu beet) brought upi tie famine bu&neli, i*. very tattfy' V *Bf Mnd of laboringwork f *£ taufwsth hint a «nnj>«r of clotkwg. wbitfc" werc< ant fifit phritt j^ffwne'' ii «c#6SeaMl»*feepei kis ccKtrfe te-Phfedttyfeb or tti* igfeftb <• **#>■"> ~ . * The, tirnvtremrd witt bepatiLfef f»* ■ qjr»(t Jiim w iUtT-i0 **, ' wHJtrelrfoirtble charge* iFljfwiJfet hiSae. ■-'■ U:1 / JACOpX ! MATTHEW M'CONNELL Hulling opened an Office in Cbesnnt street, [A few doors-afcoy* Fourth) .. g- . At. No. 141, i ND again commenced the Business of Ne .X. gociatiom, in the various kinds of Pxbli Stock: Bills oj Exchange, &c. &c._ Engagei to do every thing in his power to give fotisfac tioß to those who may think proper to emploj him. He mean# to confine his tc the jigency and Commission line, in alt such bu> tinefs a; is common to the profeflvon. The purehafe and file of Hou/es end Lots in and near the City will be attended to, and also of lands, when that business again revives. November 19. daw{Ds iw) Holland Linens, German Linfeys, fil depreuve, Ginghams, Ladies Kid Gloves, by the dozen or quantity. gf r pply at No. I South Fourth Street, near the Indian Queen. November ij. t dtlltb. WILLIAM SHEAFF HAS FOB SALE, At No. 168 High Street, wholesale Is" retail, fIRST quiiiTT Madeira of the vintages #f '9l to '97 J \yinES, Old Sherry, Port and Lilbon J FiWtand :«urth proof old Comae Brandy, Jamaica Spirits. ALSO, A few Tons of Upland and Mcadov) Hay* December a FOR SALE, On beard the brigantine Fivt Sifters. Enquire of JOSEPH D©NALDSON. November 27. FOR SALE, THE CARGO Of the {hip Rebecca, John M'Keever, rnafter, from BATAVIA, —Consisting cf- — 350,000 wt. of COFFEE & > first Utief 20,000 wt. of SUGAR, 5 Apply to JOSEPH SIMS, Na. 155, south Water ftrect. Nov. 27. AND FOR SALE, By WILL XA M YOUNG, S. W. coruer of Second and Ch«fnut ftrects, No I, Of Reeriationt in Agriculture. Natural His tory, Arti, and Miscellaneous Literature, By James AndcrloD, L. L. D.F. R. S. & F. S. A. Price half a Balltr, Subfcriptioat for thit work will be r*ceived by William Nov. 30. dtf POST OFFICE, November 30, x 79.9* THE Post Office will be Removed this day at Sun set, to No. 27 South third Street. dtf. Bank. of North America. THE STOCKHOLDERS A RE hereby notified that an Election for A Twelve Directors for the enfoiag year, will be held at the Bank, on Monday the 13th January next, at jo o'clcck. RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. Det. 2, 1799. dtE LANCASTER STAGES. THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lan cafler line of Stages DISPATCH, teturn their grateful theuks to their friends and the public m general, for the pall favors they have received,and inform them that in addition to the regular Line, thsy ars provided with Carriages, sober and careful drivers, to go through between the City and Borough is two da; s. Tbofe who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated t.t the Stage Office, sign of United States EagU, Market street, Philadelphia. Slough. Downing, Dunwoody W Ce. Nev. 30. If 2t —? Fifty Barrels Pippin Applet, In good order for (hipping, ADD A few Barrels Dried Peaches FOR SALE, At the corner of Dock and Pear Street. December 4 d6t dtf. SAMUEL REYNOLDS, TA TL 0 R, RESPECTFULLY acquaint those gentlemen who please to favor him with their cuftcm, and his friends generally, that he has removed to his Shop, No. 40, South Third Street, where ho will be glad to ierve them. N'.B All orders attended with tke usual punc tuality- Dee. 3. diw. ' FLOUR, p% Will be sold at Auction on Saturday next, ON WALN»T STREET WHARF, In Loo to suit tb* Purchafert. *f Conditions will be made known at the time of file. RICHARD S. FOOTMAN, »4&MI jmtr v l • 'naiiabufc *&£ ft - mPW' d6m FOR SALS, LOGWOOD JUST RECEIVED, REMOVAL. SY AUCTION, j ~'x\ Außionecr. iber 4. - 1 \ , '■ '• * & H ,ot dxot 4t •J. ' . • V'"\
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