'• CINCINNATI. t . dk At a meeting of the PennlyNania State Stv ciety of the Cincinnati, held at the State Honfe, in Philadelphia', ou the 21ft of December, 1799, BRIGADIER GEN. MACPHERSON IN THE CHAIR, The following Resolutions were mttved by * Major Jackson, :uid uHarumoufly adopted : Resolved, That, in veneration of the ex alted virtues, patriotifsi* and public lervices of our late moll excellent, beloved, and ever to be lamented PreGdent General, George Wafliington,—and as a tribute of the deepest sorrow, and most affectionate attachment to his endeared and illuflrious memory, the Members of this Society will wear mourn ing, conne&ed with tht Badge of the Society, during fixjnonths. x Resolved, That a strip of black Ribband paflirig along the centre of the Ribband of the Order, be added on this occasion. The following resolution* a ere movedbygen. Macpherfon and unanimously adopted. Resolved, That Major Jackson be re que ft ed to prepare and pronounce all Eulogium on the chara&er o'f General WaAiington, em bracing a summary review of his Civil and Military services ; and that the fame be de livered before this Society on Saturday the a2d day of February next, at one o'clock, P. M. at such place as the Standing Com mitter to whom the arrangements of the day *re referred, (hall determine. Resolved, That the Prefidentofthe United States and his family—the Vice PreGdentof the United States, the Speaker of the House of Reprefentativea, the Members of both Hoiifes of Congress, the Heads of Depart ments, tlie Judiciary, and such other officers of the General and State Governments as may then be in Philadelphia, be refpc&fully invited to honor the Society with their pre tence on the oocafion. December 21. STAMPS. Tot STAMP OFFICE is REMOVED N«. 39, North 6th Street. January 18. NOTICE. THE Members of the Society of the Sons tf St. Gargt, eftablilhed at Philadelphia, for the advice and alliftanee of Englilhmen in diftrefi, are requeued to attend a quarterly meeting of the said society, at the City Tavern, on Thurf lay the 13d day of January, at 6x o'clock in the evening. GEORGE DAVIS, Secretary. *»* The annual eleSian of officeri, and fever:l new members to be ballotted for. January lg. CITY OF WASHINGTON. THE POSSESSORS OF OBLIGATIONS ®r CERTIFICATES Cgn ed by the ftibfcriier, lor undivided Shares or Lots on hii purchase within the eity of Wafting ton. who have not yet applied for and received their Deeds, are hereby notified, that (heir several Titles.wi l be duly completed to the order of those who in conformity with the termi of the said Cer tificates do make the Payments in foil therefor, either to Thomas M'Euw is? Co- or to the cub fcribcr at Philadelphia, on or at any time before die 31ft day of May next. December TO BE SOLD FOR CASH, Oil exchanged, Far property in the City, or ivitbin thirty miles of it, A PLANTATION or trail of Land in Mifflin County and State of Pennsylva nia, within fix mile* of the river Juniata, con taining about 3CO acres. There are about fifty acres cleared, part of which is a rich bottom, watered by a ronftant dream that is ftreng enough to work an oil or a grift mill. Any person inclining to deal for it, may obtain fur ther information by applying at the offic • of this gazette. N. H. If fold, credit wiH be given for part of the money. OiSnber 17, 1799. IN CUSTODY 7* Middlesex Gaol, the following Negro men, to v>ii: ADAM HILL, fays he beloi gs to William Mc Motrea, of Philadelphia, n years old. Henry Hall, about 6 feet high, fappofed to be a bout »6 years eld, and some gentleman's coach man or waiter, and from his dialedt, judged to be from Maryland or Virginia.—lfaae Harmone, 5 feet, 6 or 7 inches high, very black, about 40 years old, fays be lived at the Head of Elk, date of De laware. The owners of the above Negroes are reqoefted to pay charge* and take them away, before the lift of January ensuing, or they shall on that day be fold to defray expenles and gaol fees at the city of New-Brunfwick, and State of New-Jersey. December 3T—9 J. len Dollars Regard. DESERTED from the Company of Captain MATTHEW HENkY, 10th Reg. U. S. Infantry, an enlisted soldier named MOS£S JVUNN, born in Pennfylvama, by trade a ftoe maker, thirty years of age, five feet eight and an half inches high, black eyes, black hair, fair complexion, has loft two of his fore teeth which is very perceptible when be talks. It is known that he now lurks in this city. Whoever {hall take up said deserter and lodge him in jail, or /hall defiver him to the Subscri ber at his quarters in Filbert between Ninth and Tenth ftreef, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges. BENJAMIN GIBBS, Jun. Caflain j otb Regiment Infantry. lan. 7. sawjwfcdtf *3« <>««J Samuel Blodget. dtf. PETER KEENON. dlOt. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, Price 624 cents. AND TO BK HAl> Of WILLIAM JO sES, No. 30 N. Fourth, near Market flr<"rt, A Work upon a plan which never hefcrt ap~ peared in the United States, being a s P k C i ss of Diredtory, but different from the ufua/ fort, EXTITULEb 7&?newTRADE Directory FOR PHILADELPHIA, Anno 1800: OR, a Complete Lift of all the occupation# and tradcj (s para tELY and alphabetically arranged) praftifed m the City and Li^trtit* with the nam-# and reGdences oft ofe who follow earh of them rtf' pcctively, also in alphabetical or ier : which is ad* ded an Alphabetical Lift of all the Street#, Lan«« and Ailcy# in the city and liberties. If a Merchant or Ship Owner wifhe for any reason to be acquainter' with a'l the- T>bascenijls, Grocers, InfpcGkrs. Guagtrs, Measurers bip-ivrigbtt, Ship carpentersj 'tip Joiners, Aftift makers, Buat buil ders , Block makers Sail-makers, Riggers, Caulkers t Stevedores, Mariners y or any Iradefman, he needs on ly lfok to the /mfr* for the Trade, and he witlbe referred to the pages which contain <*// th« names and refidence# of those wh» follow it. If a House-Kmper w intsquickly to find a Bo j her, a Cake Baker, Seamjlrefs White Wajber, IVajber, China Mender. £cbool-majier or Afifireft, G/amier, Pa* per Hanger, Painter, Cedar Cooper, Lockfmtib, Blaei fmitb, B icilayer, Plaijierer or Joiner. Hd can also tarn to the Index and be referred to the Trade in I question. In like manner can the Ladies find out | the refidence® and names of all the Mantui maters, \ Bonnet makers, Stay makers, Dyers and Nurses % [ cr a Strancer the moli convenient Boarding Hoitfe, Hair Vrtfftr, Hatter, Taylor, Trunk maker, \Stc.mm Nor is tHe utility of the work confined to tfcefe a lone ; for any Traiefman may trace at ence the names and residences of the Mafiers and Journey men in his <rtvn line. In fiiort it is mort or less Uftful to almojl ev ery Class of Citizens- -And the bditor trusts that ftK h an Expensive and laborious Undertaking will meet with suitable Encouragement. Jan. S. TO THE Holders of Military Land Warrants. ZACHARIAH BIGGS AND / JOHN MATHEWS OFFER their services to the holder* of military land warrant.*, to make the location on the 17th of February next, agreeably to the adver tifemer.t of the Becr«rafy of the Treefury of the United States, relative thereto. They will re* ceive a let* quantity of warrants than for fo»r thou sand acres, and arrange them With others, so as to complete that number (which maleei a location or quarter township) and have them reglilered.— 1 hey each fiirveyed a diitriA of the military traA, and have since explored the interior parts of the toWnihipi and fe&ioHt, and will be able to design ate with pretifiou, the preference in the choice of the several locations or quarter townfliips through out the whole body of the military laads —One tenth part of the lam< will be demanded for making the location, &c. to be takes by lot in such man ner that their proportion of a fefHon or quarter townihip will lie together. For further particu lars enqnire of the fubfcrlber, at No. 9, fourh fifth flreet, two doors above the Secretary of State's office, where fatisfafiory gesieral information rela tive to the army laws may be obtained. JOHN MATHEWS. .1 7*B**ry j f. Vmittd Staits, } |p DlfiriS, J Notice is hereby given, 'J'HAT a Special Billri& Court of the United States will be holden at the City Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, in and for th« Pennsylvania diliriiS, on Friday the 31ft day of Jamnry instant, at ten o'clock AM. for the trial of an information filed by William Rawle, Esq. attorney of the Uuited States in and for the said district, against I Calk, and 3 lloglheads Spirits, distilled at a distillery within the city of Philadel phia, and removed from the fame without being firft branded or marked according to law—where fore the fame have been fcited aa forfeited* By order of conrt, D. CALDWELL, Clerk Dift. Court. January 18, 1800. United States, ) Pennsylvania Distriet. 5 BY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, te me dire&ed, iflued out of the circuit court j of the United States, in and for the Pennfylva- | nia Diftridt, of the middle circuit, will be fold by public vendue at the city tavern, in Second street, in the eity of Philadelphia on Monday the 17th day of March next, at 6 o'clock in the evening, all that certain tract or parcel «f land, situate, lying and being on the river or creek sailed Lackawaxeri, in the county of Wayne, containing 8000 acres and upwards ; on which are erected a messuage, stables and lawmill, with the appurtenances.—The names of the original warrantees of the said tract or parcel of land were as follows. Moriecai Roberts, Stopbel Medera, Tiathariah Ferrh, George Till, Thomas Wiggins, George Morten, George Streettn, Friend Stt-eeton, John Olipbant, Seised and taken in execution at the property of Robert Letii< Hooper, deceased. JOHN HALL, Marshal. N. B. A reasonable credit will be given. Mar(hal'» Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 4. j * Th*Je tnvo traits da not contain the fufl quantity of the orignal warrants } part of them having been etmvtyed away. UNSEATED LANDS. THE OWNERS OF Unseated Lands m Wefimorcliea county, Pennsylvania, are hereby notified, that on lefs the Taxes due on laid lands for 179S are paid into the hands of 'John Brandon, Esq. treasurer of said county, on or before the 10th of April next, they will be advertised for sale, as the law direAs, JAMES MKJREW, ") HENRY ALLSHOUSE, I Qmm'ru JEREMIAH MURRY, j January 19. RESPECTFULLY informs his Cchohrs and the public in eencrtl, that he will re-commence Teaching on TUESDAY the »4th infant, at the Aflembly Room, South Fonr'.ii Street. Days of tuition, Twefdays and Thurldajs. MP Me, Ft»e Dollars per Month, Ten do. per Quarter, iV* Entrance. CT For further Particulars apply 10 '• jo, north Eighth street. December ar. henry ben bridge BEGS leave to inform hit frien<lt and the public, that he has commenced thebuhncfs of" i BROKER, at hit Office No. « 3 Dock ftrtet,' near the Bank of the United States, where he buys and iells on Commission all kinds of Public Securities, Stocks, Notea, &c &c. and offers hit services in any business in his line. diw3aw.6w At No. 141, AND again commenced the Btifinefs of Ne gocutions, is the various kinds of Public Hock. Bills oj £xcbange, EsV. Gff • Engages to do every thing in his power to give fatisfac tion to those who may think proper to employ him. He means to confine his tranfaftians to the Agency and CommiffioA line, in all such bu siness as is common to the profeffion. lUDJfcf Also Landing at tbtir Vfbarj From 00 board the {hip Edward from Liibon. Liibon Wine, in pipes and qr. casks. June Js S John Till, Geo-ge fVarton, Benjamin JJantoek, Edward Welsted, James Thompson, "Joseph Whitehead, Patrick Connolly, Thomas Gri ffy > I * William Halbert.j eotiyM D A N C I N S. ~. . Mr.FXANCIS Mtn nrW ttuTit, COMMUNICATION. IN nioft countries it will bt- found that the great mass of the people are inco—p-ccnt to judge of public aff.tiis of an extent"] ve aid complex natu'e, liable to'b>- deceived by misrepresentations, and when In deceived, incompetent to feleft proper officers tor the i management of such concerns. This is no imputation oit their understand- J ing; for their attention is occupied with other objeft». An excellent sailor may know nothing of the mechanism of a watch—nor a watchmaker of the working of a ship. Ihe choice of a mtjority is therefore no test of | the qualifications of a candidate. Those who opposed our present Govern or's eleftion would have rejoiced if his con duit in office had disappointed their fears and contradified their opinions «f him. He has spoken language of a very opposite na ture. To the Aflembly, (he legitimate re presentatives of the people, be has adflreffed the language of moderation ; to.the populace whoelefted him he has spoken the language of passion, rage, and resentment. Uufortn nately his conduft has corresponded only with the last, and the firft has been found but empty profeffion. Scarcely seated on the throne, the firft ad of his reign was a Proclamation, continuing appointments for three months, and requir ing that officers holding commiffioni during pleafurc, should apply to him for new com missions. All men wondered at this as a new thing, and men of fenl'e were aftonilhed *t the extravagance us the step. . It was copied from pioclamations of the kings of England, where, from the revolution till the . reign of the present king, the commissions j' of the judges expired at the death of the | king. Thus the firft ail of this servant of j the people was a wretched imitation of the king 0/ Great Britain. Where was the necessity for this procla mation and on what ground can it be jufti fied ? Twice before had the governor been politically dead, yet the well meaning and modefl, though misled Mifflin never thought of futh an ufelcfs and arbitrary aft. Twice hat the PreGdent of the United States been politically dead, yet neither did General > Walhington nor his worthy fucceSor think of fucb an useless and arbitrary aft. There is no precedent for it in Pennsylvania, in the government of the United States, nor of any of the States, nor in any republic ; and it is a wretched «opy of the aft of a British king. Our new governor who never thought there was any man so wife as himfelf, saw that th« government of Pennsylvania had not reached its proper tone 5 the throne had not flione With due Tplendor, and he alone could sur round it with a bhie of glory. This proclamation muftbe founded on the piefumption that every commiffios not otherwise limited by law expires with the time for which the governor, who gives it, was eleftea. Did ever such an idea enter into the head of any man but Mr. M'Kean ? What are its conferences ? Plainly this, that all afts under such commiffioni, iiTued in the firft three years of governor Mifflin, done during the last fix, are abfoluvely void. All afts of prothonotaries, clerks of the ses sions and clerks of orphan's courts, and all afts ®f registers of will and of recorders of deeds, are absolutely void, or governor M'Kean is absolutely wrong. If such ails be void, how comes it that he as chief justice did not, as he was bounden by oath, declare them to be fa ! How came he to receive ai evidence any certificate of any prothonotary, clerk, regifler, or recorder? And why does he not now, as.governor, call the attention of the legislature to this State of the Com monwealth, and desire that they-falve the error by a law confirming the afts of such officers ?„-If he did not know it before, lie knows ii now. I am told, that he expressly dates, that this is the ground of the proclamation, that it was a discovery of his own, and that go ( vernor Mifflin's fpmily were aflonifhed when he mentioned it ; and" that he juftifies it by ."aying that when the head dies^aU-itamiem ..... j hers die with it. The king..rflfefaTn Rfiaigf' THE UNDERSIGNED, The king of Britain IV-flKe fjmntain of-£J! HIS Swediih Majesty's Consul General, and au- honor andof He is the head of thoriied to tranfaS the Consular Business, chu»lk«tnfmte, of all legislative, executive^ jor his Majftey the King ofDenmaak 111 the United and-judicial power. Plea* are held before '*"7"' : eCd ' n ' at Philadelphia, the king h«fclf. La w, are petitions grant Hcreby gives public Notice, ed by bllß —. But have we a king of Penn- That in obedience to recent inflruflions revived fy . lTa " U ' or Is . th e governor ofTennfylva from his government, it is the duty of all Matters >lia lhe tountain « *'l honor and "river ? of Swedifl. and Danish vessels, befors their failing Is he head ° f the judiciary htad protiiono or°'L a vice°CoH B ful he^ id j'""' 1° "" U P° P him tS / y ' h " d ' kc - D '° commissions Certificatesfor their IT" ° f 10 a " of re of the (late of the Neutral Commerce an"'SiTcc- " e » e wlth him !No : the maxims of yerrj Decr«i of the Belligerent Poweri, render ° Ur 5 0Vernme nt are different. The people 'nd.fpepfably nee.CUrj, and, that any M.ftcr of ,!the fountain of all honor and power. The vi^'n-L°"f' ng .i t0 rc l p . caivi aati , on9 . or na- governor is but the fervaat of the people, omitting to tL such will'perfonally Jhe the .? XeCutive aut hority of fund responsible for the eonfeqnences. people , it is not his own power, but the RICHARD SODERSTROM Twl Pfop l e WI " C hhe cxerciles -1 he afts done or appointments made by any one organ of executive authority, as they de derive not their authority from the organ but from the people, cease not with the change of the organ but with the change of the conliitution under which they »re done. Whetner done by one governor or another, or by the fpeakerof tin- senate, afting as go vernor, they are (permanent conftitutiooal ' ] nd when once done, need not be re peated while the constitution remains the lame, however many changes may happen in Jan 14. MATTHEW M'COMNELL Having opened an Office in Cbetnut street, . (A few doors above Fourth) -The purohafe and sale of Houfet and Lots in and ntor the City will be attended to, and also of Lands, when that bufioefs again revives. November 19. daw( D 5 dtf) TO BE SOLD BY JISSS £5" SOBERT tTALN. Old Fort Wine, in pipes, hhds. and qr. calks, ROSS AND SIMSON, HAVk FOR till, 3000 piece* lft and 2d quality Rufiu Duck, 100 pieces Ravens Duck (fupeiior) Bcfton Beef in Barreli, A few hjlei Bengal j HUM HUMS. 1100 buOiels St. Martini Salt. apriJ 11 f A YOUNG MAN ACQUAINTED with the Weft-India trade, wifces to be employed as a Supercarro. He wiM engage on moderate terms. Satisfactory recom mendMion will he produced. A line directed to A. B. left at the Printing Of fice wiU be attended to. December U. Southern Mails. V.) THE Maiis fcr all the Offices on the main linr, between tbi« Office and Petersburg, ■Virginia, will be closed here every day, (Sun days excepted) at half past 7 o'clock, A. M. And the Mails for tho Port Towns on the ma;n line, through North-Carolina, South- Carolina and Georgia at far as Savannah, will be doted with th« Southern Mailt ev ery Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The water Mads between this and Charleston are discontinued. Post Office, Philadelphia, > December 30, 1799, j December 30. dtf. BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, Lttemitr 3:, 1799. HP HE Stockh»lde«s of the&ank A of Ptrnfyhmmia, are hereby notified that their Annual Meeting will be held at the Bank on Friday the 3sft day of January neat, at tea o'clock. And the Stockholders of the said Bank, are also notified, that an election of ni'.eteen Dire&ors to serve for one year, will be held at the Bank on Monday the 3d day of Eebruary next, at md o'clock in the forenoon. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. Extract from tbt seventh section tf tie Aft of Information, " Artitle »nd. Net more than fourteen ef the Dir«3ors cle&ed by theStockhold«r»,and a&ually is office, txcluGve of the Preiident, (hall be cligi ble for the «e*t fuccee<iing year; but the Direfior who (ball be PrtSdcnt at the time of an eleflion may always be re-eleded." take notice, T H f J 1 h " e a PP ,iedto the JuHge. ofthe Court A of Common Pleai of the county of Northum berland, for the %ene6tofthe Infol*ent afl, and they have appointed the fourth Monday of January mftant to hear me and my creditor, at the Court' Houfc in Suabury, where they may attend if they JAMES TOWAR. To all my Credittrs. Sunbury, January 4,1800—1«. %tit dsajette. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21. JuftuTi et tenacem propoGti virum, Mon civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus inflanti> tyranni, Mcnte quatit folida. the constitutional agent who does them. The authority is derived from the constitu tion and laws, not from the governor. The governor is the electing or appointing officer, and the appointment, whoever nukes it, is good till legally annulled, or the officer cease to aft under it. And if it ffiould hap pen that both the governor and lpeafcer of the senate should die and there (hould be no agent to execute the powers of governor, the powers of all officers appointed by the governor would still remain : and it seems as absurd to fay that they would cease, as to fay, that the powers of a Prcfident of the United Sutes would cease, if all the electors who appointed him should die within the time of his appointment. If there be officers who hold commiffiont during pleasure, the governor may faperfrde them by issuing commissions to others. But if their appointments expire" with the go vernor's, it may be doubtful whether a proclamation of the fuceeeding governor will continue them ; for a proclamation it net a commiffian. But as it is clear that their appointments do not so expire, it it not worth wiiile to dii'cuft this question, and I therefore leave it as another hint of the faultincfs of this proclamation. What purpose could this proclamation serve ? It could compel all those officers in the several counties to come and humble themselves in the presence of the governor, to confefs their offence if ihey did not pro mote his eledion, to receive rebuke for this offence, and warning to offend so ne more. It could give the governor oecafion to dif. play his new power, hit haughty temper, and bis severe manners ; to inflame the zeal out, to confirm the wavering, to overawe the timid, and convert the obstinate; and thut to secure a llrong phalanx for the next eledtion. To those officers who have obeyed the summons, I appeal if it has not bees used for this purpose. To his own reflec tion but to this I appeal in vain. He it inflated with fuceefs, and surrounded by a set of flatteters, whole iatereft it is to de ceive him. These (hut up every avenue of just information. These plain republicans court him with incessant prostration. The word you never escapes thtm—no fellow ci tizen to governorM'Kean—citieen Matlock, citizen Coie and co. always addrefi him Tour Excellency. This is in the true spirit of Democracy : abjeft out of power, inso lent in it. Their liberty is to make every thing bend te their will. Their Equality it a confufiou of worth and tflen'efs. Philadelphia, i+tb January 1800. MR. ThVUO, TALKING the other day with a friend of mine of the ufcful officer* displaced by Governor M'Kean, the worthy old man said with a fisrh that be had long feared thi» from Mr. M'Kcan's violent and arbitrary temper, and that in last O&oberhfc had felt himfelf constrained in a private man ner to convey his sentiments to tke Govern or ele&. There is, said he, no longer any occasion for fccrecy lince the Governor hat taken part and decided in a way which every good man will rrgret s—the» to hit deflc—Here, said he, is a copy of the letter which I sent him, which I request you will uiake public as a testimony of at least one eai prctsion of disapprobation of a conduft which I think no lefa cruel and injull than injurious to the cause et republicanism and freedom of eleftion. As I concur entirely in the sentiments of my friend, I hope you will give bit letter a place in your paper and oblige A Pbiladclpbian. Philadelphia County, 30tb Oct. 1799. lo the Honorable Ihomas M'Kcan, Esq' Chief Justicc-of Pennsylvania, Honorable Sir, IT has often been observed that it it dif ficult for princes and governors to get at truth which is heceflar? to enable them to pursue the interests of their eeuntry. They are generally beset 'with flattering anddefign ing men, whole interieft and purpose it is ta mislead them. Private communication? from unknown hands are therefore ufeful to them# Will yjiti liflen then sot a few moments to the honest and diTinterefted sentiments of a* old man whose only view is that your ad minidration of thegoyernmsnt oC .this state may_ be. Jb-Mndtltlra' aT t6 redound to the ii&l»d, to your own hontfr and the of the people. You also are a man of a good old age and have had much experience in public affairs, and ifthe times were mtye quiet and less dif- by paflions parties we might hope that your administration would be di ■xefled to conciliate parties, quiet pafCons and promote the public interests. But lam grieved and oppressed with apprehension least the irritation of your own mind from the keen and dangerous injuries and refestments inseparable from popular eleftions and more than that, the felfiih views and vindittive counsels of others ftiould mislead you from the path of moderation. Your opponents have represented you as a violent man who fought the office only far ambition : (hew the worid that they were wrong and that you fought the office to gratify no other deEre but of the public good. Thus you will reprove slander and make even your en emies (wh® you 'know are many) to be at peace with you. Every man who has power to do much has much temptation to do wrong. The ap pointment and removal of county officers is a great power and trust given to a Governor. Falfr friends may attach you with fohcita tioju to use this power according ta their views. Beware of evil councils : listen to your own coo! and moderate judgment avoid creating new enemies, and refpeft the rights of freedom of opinion and eleftion. To support this freedom you maintained i» j
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