TO THE
People of Northampton County.
Fr ends and Fellow Citizens,
AFTfcR having served you nearly 23
yea.rs in the offices as Register for the Pro-
bate of Wills, and Recorder of Deeds, as
»iso a great part of that time as Clerk of the
Orphan's Court ; I am now difmified from
those appointments, by the Governor you
hive htely e'.e&ed, for reasons bed known
to himfelf— If for any partiality nr mifcon
dutt in office, the faft intifl be known to
you, and upon that ground he has afled
perfeQly right and juftifiably : If upon any
other ground, it becomes you to judge whe
ther he afled like the father of a free people
towards me, and whether he is vealy that
great, gn.jd, and just man, that his advocates
held him up to yau to be, previous to the
la(\ eleft ion. . .
I hope you will pardon the iht'-ufion of
this address, w'hen I remind you of the whole
Tenor of my public life, of which the senior
part of you have been wituefles, and a num
ber of you niy companions in toil and dan
ger. Early Iji the conte It between this coun
. try and Great Britain* I took an active and
tl-eided part, with thoffr who fcood up to de
fend the nghu and liberties ol our country.
For a fliort time I entered into the military
ftrvice, and on the 27th day of Anguft 1776,
in that memorable battle on Long-Island,
was by a cannon ball wounded in my left
aim, which wound so disabled me, that I
could not obt;un a livelihood by a I Jiorious
h(e, to which from my infancy I had been
brought up : 1 hus situated, my pr«fpe£ts
in life were gloomy, and the fate of our
country undecided ; at the fame time ho
ping, that under the proterlo-i of Divine
Providense. we Ihould in the end prevail,
and establish the Freedom and Independence
of America, and I should never fufFcrwaijt,
from a generous people ar.d government.
The firft dawn of fair profpe£s for int
seemed to iuftifv that opinion, when in March
'777) the Lejiflature of this (late appoint
ed me to the offices I lately held ; by accept
ing thereof, out of gratitude I suspended
try ju(l claim tofolicita pension cn account
of my disability. You ought to remember,
that in those times which " tried irons"
fouls" very many of those who are how so
avaricious for offices, were either Children,
or did not then deem it prudent to flep for
ward and accept of any appointment, left
their lives and fortunes should be forfeited,
if (according to their toryfied expe&ations)
the British should prevail in the contort ;
arid that during the war, whilst paper mo
ney was in circulation, and all office fees
payable in that depreciated currency, my e
moluments in office amounted to very little
more than the expence of books and paper.
During all those times of " toil and danger,"
I cannot doubt that I pofieflcd your confi
dence in a very flattering degree—You did
not then believe me to be one of the " Trat- I
tors, Refugees, Tories, French Aristocrats, j
British Agents, ®r Apoflate Whigs" ; for
if you did believe so, why did you cleft me
firft into the Council of Censors ; next into
the Convention to consider and ratify the
Federal Conflitution ; again to be one of
your EledWs for a President and Vice Pre
fidcnt of the United States ; and laflly, in
to the Convention when the prefect Confli
tution of our (late was framed ancl adopted.
Thus honoured with your fulled confidence, I
I had opportunities of hearing the opinions j
of your best and ifriCpft patriots en the natun
of government, which enabled me to font
my own conclufinns, on the tendency and
expediency of public measures, adopted and
pursued by our government, without having
recourse to ignorant and designing dema
gogues, who Miftead of informing, only at
tempt to mislead the honest ahd uninformed
part of the citizens—Thus have I been firm
and uniform ill those political opinions, and
in the pursuit ot such measures, which in
confidence I believed wouid bed promote
and frcure the peace, liberty and indepen
dence of that counntry in whose cause I had
bled.
This line of conduit, when the spirit of
revolution, as well in religion as in govern
ment, began to pervade various parts of the
earth, soon made me the objedt of hatred to
those who were holtile to the peac« and prof
perky of their country, and the government
of their own choice. It is known to you,
that of late a great part of the office hun
ters who courted your favours and popu
larity, d:re£led moil of their darts of venom
and malice against my charafler and repu
tation, with the intention of making- me
appear odious to you.
Thus filuated, previous to the lalt elec
tion, the prcfent Governor, and Mr. James
Rofs, were put in nomination for the high
and important office of Chief Magistrate of
the Commonwealth, with both of whom I
had acquired a personal acquaintance, in
those public bodies to which you had Reel
ed men, and learnt to know their refpedtive
worth and abilities—Under these eircura
» fiances I did not hesitate to exercise that
freedom of choice, which ought ever to be
dear to a Freeman, who loves and supports
liberty, and declared myfelf to be in favor of
the election of Mr. Jamts Rofs, as the mod
•worthy candidate of the two.—ln this opi
nion, for want of better information, a large
majority of you differed from me, and pre
ferred the other as the molt worthy, who
eventually was furcefsful in his eledtion.
As soon ?.s this event was known, conscious
of having done no wrong in exercising my
own opinion, I cheerfully submitted to the
choice of the majority—and understanding
->ythat my offices were in jeopardy, I thought
prdper to wait on the Governsr eledt, to
learn my fate, and folic.it a continuance of
my appointments. When I came to the
city, to avoid abroptnefs, I requeued a wor
thy and refpedtable friend to accompany nT
to Mr. M'Kean's house, to flep in firft, to
- ~ ■-%. .4**. ■ -*t>~
announce my being ia waring, and request
permission to lee liiui. My friend cheerfully
complied with my requefl ; but imagine how
I was amazed with the treatment of the man,
who was held up to you as the Palladium of
Liberty, the Patron of Equality, the plain
Republican, easy of access, when he behaved
like a limn void of feeling, or common civi
lity, by denying me admiflion to his presence.
From that time I conlidered mylelf to be
marked out as a vidVim of Jiis power and
party vengeance, and confidently afTert for
no other reason, than that of not voting - for
his honor.—lf any other reason exists, 1
challenge no: silly his excellency the go
vernor, but the worfl of my foes to die
proof of it.
Now my fellow citizsns, make a contrafl
between the conduft of our late Governor
Mifflin, ahd that of ysur late choice.—Was
there not alfa an opposition to the eleftion
of the former ; do you remember an inflance
of his official vengeance againfl his oppo
nents ?—No! lie indulged no such paltry
pifllons, he adled like a kind father to all,
and not like the enraged leader of a party.
Now look to the conduct of Mr. M kean
—His firfl public declaration thac we have
heard was his answer to an address presented
to him on his eleflion, Therein, among
many ungenerous, falfe, and unmanly epi
thets, he calls his opponents " traitors, to•
ries, refugees." &tc. &c. If he I.new of any
that ware really such, was it not his fwom
duty as Chief Juflice to bring them to trial
*nd puiwlhinenl ?—No,, he refefveg his ven
geance against them fofi the Governor, from
whom there u no appeal, and to this vindic
tive, malicious fpi'rit I have had the hokok
of being marked out as one of the firfl vic
tims, for whom there was no salvation in
my pafl Cervices, in my official integrity, in
my age, or numerous family.
1 hus we fee a fylleip introduced, which
in my humble opinion gives a mortal v.-ound
to that liberty which is so dear to us all, I
nielli the freedom of election. For if the
Governor is right, all mononties however
refpeftable for number or character, mulV be
wrong and pumlhable. Will any of you
dare to oppole his will and pleasure, at any
election, during his ad mini ft rati on ? If you
do, remember my fate, which, let me repeat,
neither old wounds, services, age, nor a large
family could avert. Nothing would do—l
had committed an unpardonable crime, be
cause as a lreeman I had given my vote to
him whom I believed the nioft worthy. O
Liberty! what a pan thorn thou art in the
hands of such men.
To bring the matter nearer home s Sop
pofe there are two or rfcore candidate for the
office of flteriff* amongst us, who (land near
ly equal in public esteem, the fuccel's of ei
ther may appear dubiaus before the cle&ion,
what would .you think of bim who gets the
office, if he would like our republican gover
or call the minority "'traitors, refugee*, to
ries, French aristocrats, British agents,* or
apostate wbigs," and' exert all bit official
authority for their deflru&ien ? What
would you think of such a cafe? W»uld you
not look upon him as a molt trtwl tyrant,
and form the mast solemn refo'ution utver
to vote for him again ? ■ } .
An inevitable cnnfequence follows this sys
tem of extermination : every man holding
an office in the fti-e dependant on the will
of the executive (of whom there are » great
many, and who generally are, or ought to
be men of gjod information and charadter)
is at once cut cfF, not only from difperling
bis influence and diffufing his information,
for the benefit and light of. his iillow citi
zens, but even from his own vote. The
event of an eledtion is always uncertain, and
he will hazard his bread f>y any interfereiic-.
Thus to hold a commission in Penrtfylvaniiu
so far from being a mark of honor and con
fidence, is a badge of the mod base and ser
vile (lavfry, depriving the poflefTor of his
mod invaluable rights, and finking him to a
humble vaff.il, afraid to aft, afraid to speak,
afraid to think, left some watchful enemy
catch his wards or his thoughts, and fend
them to the fuccefsl'ul governor in the forms
of affidavits and certificates. That your
present governor has been fond of informa
tion in this way, and on the authority of
such interested and partial teftimonv, has
been taking and giving away your offices of
trust, is known to all of you.
Now my friends, fellow citizens and
countrymen, I bid you an official and af
fedtionate adieu. If during any part of my
official conduct I have unknowingly and
unintentionally given any of you just cause
of offence, I then ask your pardon. If any
man entertains a fulpieion that I have extort
ed unlawful fees from him, I pray hi": to
call on me, and convince me of the fadt, and
I will do him jnftice. Ye widows and or
phans for whom t have done official bufint fs
do me the kindness to remember, that I
never turned any of you off for want of
money, gave less attention to yorir bufinefj,
or lefa fatisfadtion to your enquiries. Re
member that poverty received the fame at
tention from me as opulence. Yourfatil
fadtion always appeared a most valuable cooi
penfation to me. Such services I cannot
for the future render yet. It is molt pro
bable I leave public life forever, but let me
earnestly beg that regard from you all, as a
private citizen, which I am proud to fay, I
always enjoyed as a public officer.
My German brethren,
Let me particularly address myfelf to you
on this occasion, a ferioas and diftrefling one
to me. Unitfd te you by the ties of our
common ancestor—by the remembrance of
their common country-—by the force of a
common language, I fondly look for a pecu-
fympathv from you in my fufferings.
I have not deprived myfelf, I have never
widied to deprive myfelf of my affectionate
prejudice for my German brethren ; I look
for the farre regard from them, and I trust
they never intended or wiftitd, that the man
whb SBt ained^fo" "rriiny fuffrages /r«m tlwm
fliould mak«,W viftirti of y-cur old friend, a,nd
alw;ays.xiej#j«)t ftjrvan.t, ...
JOHN ARNDT, las Regifler,
Recorder, and Clerk of the
Orphan's Court, for North
ampton County.
Eiflon, February 6, 1800.
CONGRESS.
MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wsdxssday, February ig.
Mr. Vanuim presented petition of
Thomas Frothingham, of Charleftown, MafT.
praying compensation, for properly deUroyed
during the Revolutionary War. -
Referred to th; Committee of Claims.
On motion of Mr. Gallatin, the petitions
of a number of the inhabitant! of the four
WeP.ern Counties of Pennsylvania, hereto
fore presented, and the report of the Secreta
ry of War, and Committee of Claims there
on made the fec'ond session of the fifth Con
gress—were referred to the Committee of
Claims.
Mr. D. Fofler,. from-the Committee of
Claims, to \v he in were referred the petition
of Moles Gill, Efi}. who prayed for the pay
ment of 8,400 dollars of loan office certifi
cates, and ime reft thereon, iffucd' by the
flat? of Georgia, whieh had been rejefled at
the Treasury as not constituting a claim a
gainst the United States-—A report from the
Secretary of the Treasury cm the fuojeft, is
submitted to the coofideration of the House,
with which the committee exprefa an opin
ion, it would be proper for the House to
concur and that it wouldjnot be expedient
lor the United state» to* affome the payment
of fiid Certificates.- " . '
The report oi the Committee, and of the
Secretary of the Trpafury wcrt eoßjnvitted to
a Committee of the whole Houl'tf for Men
day next. -5 I Baltimore, Feb. 17.
Ihe third reading of the Bankrupt Bill . . ,
was further postponed till to-m >rro\v—and Arrived fchooiier Scorpion, captain Sa-
Th» House. took into tonfi lerat'ion-the re- rcn^n i Tailed from Port Republican, 24th
port of the Committee of the whole on the J" luar y» 'Boo, in company with 12 fail
Bill further to lufpend the Commercial In- u . nder convoy of the U. S schooner Expe
tercourfe between the U. States and France r ' ment » parted with the fleet arid convoy a
and the dependencies thereof. little below the point of St. Marks, in/ the
The following feftion was reported to be of Leogane ; on the 28th wa? boarded
struck out by the Committee, vis. I by *' ,e United States frigate Ccnflitution,
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That commodore Talbot and detained fix hour.,
the wliole of the island of Hifpaniola, (hall, I L" n,ed d>fpatches for government and
for the pwrpofes of this aft, be conGderedaj difmilied. .
a dependency of the French Republic. Pro- f Sarenfon gives the following lift
vided, that nothing herein contained (hall be . Baltimore \efiels arrived at Port Repub
deemed to repeal or annul in any part, the 11' * n \
order or proclamation of the President of the' '8 Be'' e y» Chatfield, master,
United States, heretofore issued for permit- Schr. Bucklkin, Capt. James,
ting Commercial Infercouri'e with certain Phillips, Reynolds,
ports of that iflartd." j E a gle> Carlow,
This feftion was opposed yesterday by . ' Stanley,
Messrs. Nicholas, Livinigßbn, an d Harper Brig Ma, 7' Ha ". ..
on the ground that we h*cF fro right to do J aQ e, of Philadelphia,
terniine, to wham the jurlldiclion belonged e oSy» °fdo. Macksford.
--that altho it had been ceded by Spain to Sailed in company with tbe Scorpion for Balti-
France, yet the latter had never taken pof- more,
fefiion—and it might polEbly be, by some Brig Charlotte, of Baltimore,
secret article, re-co;ivcyed to Spnin ; and Milford, of do. captain Waters,
therefore France would neveT have potteflion The brig Betsey, Capt. Elackwcll, was
of the whole of- this I(land-s-Mr. Harper boarded off Cape Maize, by the United
alio objected to it. becaulc it went to eftab- States frigate Constitution, Capt. Talbot,
lifh a new principle, to wit, the re.ftriftion The Constitution was cruising for a French
oi intcrcourfe with Spain—and that it might (hip of war expedited from the windward
give offence to tint nation. bound to Havanna.
It was anlwered by MtflYs. Smith and Arrved at Annapolis on Friday evening,
Sewiill, that no polnble ofTene« could be ta- (hip Carlisle, Capt. Bryden, from Liver
ken at the expreflions uled in the fe&ion, poo), which place (he left on the 7th De
iinie thtfy v.ere only intended to operate as cember.
to the -provisions of this aft—That Spain , . From the Car I,Jit's log look.
often prohibited our intercoarfe with the O&obtr 25, on our paffagc to Liverpool,
Colonic!, without a fuppofttkm of giving fell in with a Briti/h man of war, of 74
offence to us, and ws -erf- cou'fe had ail guns with a fleet under her convoy, con
equal right of prohibiting oiir-eitiaens from lifting of 30 fail ;we went U'der the lee
going to tht le Colonies, whenever it was of the man of war and hailed him ; saw the
goo policy to do in although Spain Eiglifh and French coasts the next day,
1- ! c a&tjally kfivcn up the. Govcrnmtrnt about seven o'clock, P. M. and a number of
ot HifpanioU to France, vet influence veflels in fight.
there was very g'eat, and they had equally j about 7 o'clock, P. M. saw
as much command as though no Spani<h 3n English sloop of war of 19 eighteen
O.vernment ex.fted-and tbM it might be ! pounders 5 at 7 A. M. he came up with us
in tle pout, ot Fiance to tAe yoffeJilon ot an< } two guns at us, which we return
the whole of the island at any time, which, ed w ; th our fttrn c h a f t rs, and then we hail
tor political purposes, they probably now j him, asked where bound, answered to
ec int .0 0. j Jamaica ; but he was bound to Newfound-
Upon thequc-ft.pt! for concur,ng with the I | aml . he came 01) board of w ; th
in .11..nj out ti „ cflioji, there boat, looked at our papers, and let us pro
were ayes 4 z, noes 48—and the fedion, V F
consequently, retained. January 28, at 2 A. M. saw a fail about
1. ' , :OI! tK • *ry CObff allow- one quarter of a mile distant ; which kept
- P 7T 0 thr , Umted ™ till (lie got right after,, of us,
States, rehding in any luch port. who s re- .1 1 j l j 1 r J
n ; j e ' j ■ , ' , then tacked about and gave chafe to us, and
I meted troni trade, was then taken, and , b r ~ ' .
j,, , , ' came up with us ; but squalls commencing
3000 dollars agreed to, 50 members r fine- lu. \- m n, ur j . 1 S
in favor of it ' obliged to heave to
M, it , , , _ „ astern, and when she was coming the third
r. Harper moved to amend the Gift .• l a • 1 j ,
part of the f.-Do-w'ing fed,on, by striking T'' T (L and gave her a
out the words in italic, viz. ? £ ot> ' he,, .' he «",e a l.ttle closer, ho.fted
o PrcncQ colors and gave us a shot ; and at
Sec. 2. And be it further ciatied, That ten minutes pafl 4 A. M. commenced a hot
excepting for toreign Ih.ps or vefTels, own- aflion on both fides till half pall 5, A. M.
e ' . Irc i ,? nc crn P'°yed by persons perma- when (he bore away from along fide of us,
nently relidiug in [foreign countries, arid but chafed us till dark, and then altered her
w.thout the limits of the Uni ed States.] cour s e . sh e had upwards of 60 or 70 men,
and commanded and wholly navigated- by onboard, had three guns, and a great num
oreigners, no c carance for a fnrjign ber of small arms; we only had one man
voyage (hall be granted, unlcfi bonds be wounded, tnough the shot flew like hail
given le la 1 not proceed to a French about our ears, and every broadfid- we
P °'i\jr <rtj ttt 1 r ™ S ave er ' we could perceive did great exe-
C r # * r ar r * c * J' r ® rown » cution ;we saw she would not venture again
Champlin, spoke m favour of the motion ; and we made fail.
d J ll ] J*'Tj T arni J m » Left Liverpool the 7th of December in
an op , . ee and Gallatin, agaiuft company with the (hip Fabius, of Norfolk,
It 7 T ,CH 1 C r^i! ei 100 W49 ta Vf as captain Black; when we made Fayal, (one
and Nays, as follows : of the Western Islands) we , fft
1 E d S. ]at 24, 00, long 66, 00, fell in with a
MefT. Bartlett, Brace, J. Brown, Champ- Frencli privateer, who engaged us an hour
lin, Coop, r, Craik. Dana, J. Davenport, i and 25 mihutes, ,v ithin pistol (hot the whole
F. Davenport, Edmond, Evans, A. Fof- j time, and sometimes closer; I supposed
ter, D- Foster, Freeman. Glen, C. Good her to be just come out, as file was quite
rich, E. Goodrich, Gray, Grifwold, Har- clean and had not lef3 than 60 men on
per, Ilendeifon, imlay, Kittera, S. Lee, board; she kept a constant firing on us with
Lyman, Otis, Page, Pinckriey, Powell, fmatl arms u:ider our quarter, fu that we |
Reed, Rutledge, Sewall, Shepherd.Thatch- could osly get our stern chafers to bear on
er '. T' orn ' ls > Wadfweith, Wain, L. her, until file came up with an intention so |
V. illian«, \Vood».—39. . u , . {jut kt toet with too warm a te-
V
N- A r s.
Mcff. Alston, Baer, Bailey, BirJ. Bi!hop ;
R. Brown, Cabel), Chrilt'e, Clay, Clai
borne, Condit, Dayis, Dawfon, Dent,
Dickfon, Egglefton, Elmendorf, Fowler.
Gallatin, Goode, Gregg, Hanna,
Hartley, Heifter, Hill, Holmes, Jones,
Kitchell, H. Lee, Leib, L.von,- Lynn,
Livingfton, Macon, Marfaall, Morris, Muh
lenberg, New, Nicholas, Nott, Randolph,
Smilie, Smith, Spaight, Stanford, Ston«,
Sumpttr, Taliaferro, J. Thomas, Thomp
for>, A, Trigg, J. Trigg, Van Cottlaniit,
R. Williams.—s6.
Mr. Wain then moved to amend the
fc&ion by ltriking out the words within
crotchets and inferring " Europe," in or
der to prevent fraud by our citizens being
made burghers of St. Thomas in the Weft-
Indies, and being thereby enabled to tranf
fer their of property as well as citizen
ship, to carry on a direst intercourse with
the French islands.
Mr. Gallatin opposed this amendment,
and contended it would oot answer the pur
poses intended.
The question was decided by yens and
nays.
Yeas 56 —Nays 46
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time to-morrow—sß mem
bers voting in farour of it.
Mr. Harrlfon from the committee ap
pointed to ei quire whether any, and if any,
what alt- rations are necessary to be made
in the law authoiifing the sale of lands N.
W. of the river Ohio, made a report, re
commending the adoption of a resolution
for leafing all the fait fpiin < 8 and licks, the
property of the United States, in that ter
ritory, which springs are now worked to ad
vantage by sundry adventurers.
The report was committed to a'commit
tee of the whole House and made the or
der of the day for Thursday. djourned.
; v V-
[ ception, a)>d thought proper to filter off
-with the.li ft of about 20 or 30 of his
and her fore gift and rigging ab'.ut their
•eafs ; lam happy to fay that our officers
and men behavid like brave America s
during the whole a£lion, and [ have only
to lament the lose of'one man who died of
his wounds next«day.
NEW THEATRE.
For the second time in America.
To-morrow Evening, February 21,
Will Ve rrcfentci, a May, in four ails, called
THE COUNT OF BURGUNDY
IVrilttu by Augujius Von Kotzbut.
Adapted to. the American Stage by a Citizen
of the United States
Father Peter, Mr. Wignill—Henry, Mr.
Cain —Cheval er Von Hallwyl, Mr. Warren
Count Huge, Mr. Darley—Chevaliti Walter
Von Bloiidy, Mr. Bernard —feruno, Mr. Wood—
Benedick, Mr. Francis —Nicholas, Mr. Bliffe'.t—
iV arrin, Mr. Warreil,jun—Block, Mr, War
rell —' Id Man, Mr Morris.
Elizabeth Von Hallwyl, Mrs. Merry —Ger- -
trudc, Mrs. Francis—Young Woman, Mrs.
Snowden—Little Girl, Miss Solomons —Ma-
tilda, (Couwtefs Dowagi rof Burgundy) Mrs. ■
Morris.
To whit h will be added, a Comic Opera, calleJ
THE SPANISH BARBER;
Or, Fruitless Precaution.
%*The Theatre will be opened on Satur
day, and the perfonvanci-s appropriaK.to the
ceremonies of the d.iy—Thry will commence
with an ELEGIAC ODEj_ aecnnipaiiied hy-
Vocaland Inftrumci'taf Mulic, dedicated to
the memory of the Lite ilhiflrioyi GEN.
IN CHIEF of the Afniies of the United
States'—After which the Tragedy of GUS
TAVAS VASA.
Pox. one Dofar, Pit, three quarters of a.
dollar, and Gallery half a dollar.
& The dnors of the Theatre will open at %
quarter past 5, and the curtain rife at a quarter
pall 6 o'clock precifsly.
VI VAT RES PUB LIC A.
SAMUEL ANDERSON,
STOCK BROKER,
Has removed bts OJjicefrom S. Second street f
to No. 134 Arch street, -near Sixth st.
WHfeßi
\ll orders will be punclually amended tc.
February 20. IJO2W, I
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by the principal Booksellers,
A NEW TRANSLATION OF
THE RUINS OF EMPIRES.
Price Two Dollars.
MR. VOLNEY the author, when residing
in the Utiited States,examined the former
tranfiation And found it extremely erroneous—
his meaning in many places perverted, and the
style inelegant. In order to remove" the falfe
impreflions made by this imperfeifl translation,
he procured a friend, a gsntleman of great
learning, and well verfpd in the French lan
guage, with whose afTiltar.ee the present tranf
latioA was made under the eye of the author.
The paper is of an excellent quality, and the
typographical part correfl and beautiful.
February jq. „
NOW IN run PSBSS,
And will be ready for file in Bolton, New York
and in many other parts of thg country,
S y tbt twenty Jeeond day as February t
A POEM,
Sacred to the memory of
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
By Ki'chakd Alsop.
A MONG the excellent Eulogies on the cha-
L A. ot this illustrious man, we prcfume
it will be highly to the people or the
United States to 'earn, that tfee tails' has been un
dertaken in verse, by a Poet of such diftinE-uifh
ed genius as Mr. A!f >p.
Why i n this day, when erfl iji smiles arrty'd,
Each shear/ill m'en the I'gns ofjoy difplay'd,
Why founds yon pal Ting knell in accents flow,
And firings each hrait in unison of woe,
Why drops yon veteran f'ldiei 'a hoary head,
Kis honest pride, his wonted ardoui fled i
! hefe tnaiks of woe no private loss the cause,
T<o private grief the tea • fiom mil-ions draws ;
)'<-.:t all a guardian friend, and fire deplore—
The great the immgrtal Washington's no
MOIK.
The above Poetical Eulogy wil'lhe for sale,
on Saturday the ud of this month, at the Book
flore of William Young, corner of Chelnutand
Second Streets, Philadelphia.
Feb. jo. f3t
PL A IS TE RING.
THK Strbfcribef'having undertaken the
phiftering of the President's house in the
city of Waftiington, wilhes to engage twenty
good hands, to whom he will give generous
wages. To commence from the id cf March
HUGH DENSLEY.
February 10.
Military Land Warra?its.
THE UNDERSIGNED
OFFERS 1,18 services to the holders of Military
I.and Warrants to make Locations on the
17th irftant; he will receive a less quantity than
4000 acres, and arrange them with others, lb at
to make a Quarter Tawnflup.
Havingfurveyed a diftri& of the military trafl.
and since the completion of th® furvrys, taken great
pains to explore the interier parts of the town
(hips and felons so as to lie able, with preqifion,
to designate the rrroft valaable entries throughout
the whclc lurvcv ;
He flattens, himfelf hisinformation will be fatis
fatfory to Gentlemen wiihing tu employ him—
the tenth acre will be demanded for any his quan
tity than 1000 acres, furmflied by one person
from one. to four thousand acres, the tweji'th—and
for any greater quantity, the fifteenth.
For farther information apply at No. 67 north
Second itreet,
JOHN G. JACKSON.
[ N B He wi!l also atft a« ag nt for ary perfoc
holding land* in the write™ part efVirgi'-U and
iriv- ? m-' security (if required) f.r hi: inugritr
and attention.
Fe'irwary i. dt?
\-rt
'• Vv
' y
>s