A NEW MUSICAL REPOSITORY IS NOW OPENED At Chalk's Circulating Library, No. 75 North Third Street, WHIIR E may be had, all the Fajbitriable Music the forg« &c. lately fold at the Repofuory in South S/cond Street. To which, in a few days, will be added, some PIANO FOK. TES of a very superior tone and quality. Flutes, Fifes, Violins, best Romaa Violin String?, and every other article in the muncal line, which will be fold in prime order, and oa the moil reasonable terms suhfcription« receive ! for the Muftcal Journal lor the Piano Fore, a.;d the Flute or Violin, tha fir ft fix numbers of which are already pub lifted, and may he purchased together or frparately by non fubferibers. March 6, 1800. QUESTIONS 7'o M:rchants t Store keepers, and Trades- men in general, &c. ift, PRAY Gentlemen, is a perfedl standard of discount, or interest, calcula'ed on every dol lar (without exception ) from 1 to apoo, from one day to sixty-sour days inclusive, of any value, whether uied as a standard, or as a check upon tfce enquirers* own calculations id Is it of any importance to know the best methods of computing the exchange!*, be tween this country and the principal mari time trading place in Ruflii, Sweden, Den mark, Norway, Pl-uflia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Italy* in several of the Windward and Leeward Weft India Islands, and many po.ts in the East Indies? 3d Is a table of all the coins and monies of account in the places aforefaid, of any use? 4tb Arr the coin* and monies of account in the aforefaid placer, when reduced to dollars and cents, of any service ? sth Is a table of compound interest of any uti lity ? 6th Is the table by which the banks determine the value of gold, desirable ? 7th Is the amount of Interest, accurately cal culated for each month from one to twelve months, and on every dollar (without ex ception) from 1 to aoco, of any value? Bth Is a of all the post towns in the United States, and rates of pnftage therewith, ©f any use ? 9th "Will not all these together make a book, as generally ufeful an] convenient as ever en tered a counting house or store ? loth Will not the whole, when comprised in a quarro volume of from 200 to *ls pages, be worth two dollars ? And laflly, Is the person, who at the expence of FOLJR THOUSAND DOLLARS un dertakes to perform upwards of one hundred andfixty th»ufand caleulatisns if Interejl % and of giving all the pre ed ng information to the public in the mojl complete manner, de fer ving of your Encouiagement and Sup port ? If the answer is in the affinntive, you are individually and rcfpeA fully invited to sub scribe in one of the specimen books, exhibited at the City Tavern, Hardy's Hotel, Francis's Hotel, the Indian Queen, Dun wo&dy's Tavern, the Franklin Head, and at the George. It is proper ro state, that the work will ant be executed uulefsfifteen hundredJubfcribers are ©Dtained ? for four thuufand dollars is too much to hazard. NOTHING IS TO BR PAID IN AD VANCE, neither will it be expedled of fob fcnbers to take the work when publiihed, if it is not delivered rigorously conformable to my agreements wish the public, exprefTed in the conditions affixed to the specimen books, each of which consists of fix detached pages of the work. I am, with refpedl, Gentlemen, Your humble servant. JOHN RO W LETT, Ac com tant, Bank of North America. POSTSCRIPT. The wotk is dedicated, by permiflicn, to the President and Dire&ors of the Bank of North America, and has already received the patron age of JOHN AD A MS, President of the Uni ted Sure-; of THOMAS JEFFfcUSON, Vice- President of the United States, an 3 President ®f the Senate; of a large number of Senators and Members of the Hotife of Representative* of the United States; and of the Presidents and Directors of th«? different Banks unamraoufly. The Specimen Book in the Bank of North Amer itra, is filling very fa ft -with fubferiptions, forae for 2 copies, lome for y copies, and some for 5 copies, and I take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging all favours. J* J Gentlemen having business at either of the Banks may ftfbfciibe thera a» well as at the Taverns, &c. already mentioned. Coby-rightfeeured according to aft of Centrefs, March 10. di&eftf NOTICE. i-pHE Parterfhip of JOHN HAINES & WIL 1 LIAM JONES, trading under the firm »[ HAINES V JONES, was by mutual agreement difiblved 011 the 14th of January last. All perfont inttrefte'l, especially those indebted to them, will pl«afe to call as Mrly as pollible on IViUiam Jma, who is duly aulhcrifed to adjust their concerns. JOHN HAINES. WILLI A.M JONES, The business will in futilre be conduced by William Jones, at the formtr (land No. 131 Mar ket street. ad door abovi 4th, where he ha« on hand and means to keep a regular supply of the belt and mod lafbionable fa'ddlcs and bridles. Pla. ted saddlery and silver mounted whips. Hamuli of all kinds and Atc buckets, together with a gen eral assortment of every other article usually at tacked to that line of bufisefr. March 11 UviTID STATFS, 1 _ Ptnitfylvani* DiJlriSi J NOTICE is hereby given, that in pursuance of a writ of Fi Fa. lately to me directed, by thehon. Richard Peters, Efij judge of the diftridl court of the United States in and for the PctSn fyivania iJillrii!, will be exposed to jub ic Tale at No. 117 in Suff.iras ftrect, on Saturday the 15th day of March inftarn, at II o'clock at noon, 2 pipes of Madeira Wine, called London particular. Tfee fame being a part of ten pipes, levied on, on the Jthday of June last, by WILLIAM NICHOLS, late Marshal. Saffafrasftreet, No. 117,7 11 th MarJ;, ißco. / JACOB SPERRY, & Co No. 195 MarJii t Street, Offer for Olc at reasonable prices, for approved paper, < r in barter for Coffee, G O 0 D S, Entitled to Drawback : 20 Cases CVasala- I cafe Ladies 7 Shoes Morlaix. 5 cases fine Elberfel. 4 do. Do vlafTes Linens 4 do. Rouans 4 do. Siamoifes 4 do Platillas Roy- 3 do. Silefiahankfs. ales. 10 do- Caflerillos or white rolls of 1 a & half yards. 8 do Checks and stripes. 3 do. Fine Elber feld Checks 4 do. ContiU and Liftadoes 1 do. Check shirts. 16 do. Oil cloths. 10 do. Tapes of all numbers, plain, twil led, blue and white, aoo Travelling cases of different sizes. 4 cafes,cut flint De canters, pint & quart 3 cases gill tumblers 1 cafe wine gaffes 171 boxes of Window Glass, 8 by 10 2 cases Sealing Wax With an extensive aflortment of Looking Glass Plates of the following (izes, 16-12, 17-1 17-131 20-12, 2213, 24- 14, 25-15, and 28-16* and a variety of other goods ufiially imported from Hamburg. March 11. d6t—taw^w. Orations and Eulogiums. This Day Published, BY J. OR MR O D, Ko. 46, Chefnut ' reet, (price 31 cents) ORATION ON THE SUBLIME VIRfUIiS 01' GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. At thf stirr, The Rev..Dr. Rogers's Prayer, delivered on the 22d February 1800, befcre the Penn sylvania Society of the Cincinnati : To which are fu^joined, the Hymns sung on that mournful occasion, by the choir under the direction of the Rev. fylr. Law.—Price io cents. Major Jackson's Dr. Smith's Oration Morris's, do. General Lee's do. Judge Bayard's do. IN THK PRESS, And TV ill be published next week, Mr. Ghaurdon's (>r.:ll on 25 Mr. Vintages do. 25 R-rv. John B. Linn's Poem on the death 'of Gen. Willhiiigton,' after the manlier of Offian. Hourly expsdlcd, Dr. Linn and the Masons Oration', New-Yoi'V. d6t. M.ncli 8 Removal »f Medicines, THOMAS CLAYTON RE6P-. C 1 FULLY informs his friends and tha public in general, that he has remov'd the whole Stock in trade of the late firm of J. j. MAL COM & co. dmggiftYto sign of Fothergills Golden Head, No. 97 South Fecor.d Street, diredly oppo fitt to the City Tavern, wKerc the bulinefs in all its branches will be condu&ed as heretofore in cnn junilion with WILLI AM LEHMAN, under the firm of WILLIAM LEHMAN & Co. March 6. AS Vi r. Thomas Clayton, in his adver tisement above, has indire&ly aflerted that I have declined business', I feel it my duty to inform my friends and the public, that I continue the Drug and Apothecary Bufi.refs, as usual, at the old stand, sign of Fothergill's golden head, No. 26, foutli Second street, a little below oppoGte Black Horse Alley, where may be had, confhntly, every article in the line. JOHN J. MALCOM. MEDICINE CHESTS, For (hipping, with plain ; put up at an ho Afnrrh - March ~ r BY THE SUBSCRIBER, A 'QUANTITY OF Excellent RICE, In ivhole and half Tierces, GREEN COFFEE, j4nd a boxes of Mould Cancl.s. SHOEMAKER, J un . No. SS, So. From Street. lil w. March 8. WATER-OFFICE. Centre Square, Fcbeuaty 5, 1800. IN compliance with tjie inftrue'tions of the Committee for watering the city, and with my own inclinations, every possible admit tance and information lias been given to those citizens who have vilited the Works during' their progress. The Engines are now arrived, and are immediately to be put up, and it is hoped that it will 'be thought rt'a fonnble and just, both to the Public, and to the Coiltrador for the Engines,'that the! workmen should not he interrupted. As a" : very few months will fully gratify the cu-i riofity of the citizens, by (hewing them the' Engines in full operation, a temporaiy ex clusion of aU viGtorsfrom the Engine houlec cannot appear improper. 3taw3w B. H. LATROBE, Engineer. dtf. : February i 3. THE FOLLOWING a do. Damalk table linen afiorted with napkins 3 do. Moreas 4 do. Flanders B»ars to possess many of the qualifications of a moral painter, does not fometinws turn his attention from fia'itious to legitimate hillory. As an elfayift his " ftroug and deep iucifion pen," f;iithfu! to the cause of virtue, would forcibly describe the manners, and the levities of the As a npvelift, he fometimej enfeebles the and fonn tin e startles the timid. He is too prone to condut'or her police, her mduftry and wealth, (hould have always been so iviiferablv rent with diffentions and party feuds ? Does not ber wht»l- hiftcry present one continued fecrce of turonlence and di Icon tent with the ruling" power? lierpeaceable and humane Foiincler came over with a difpoiition to grant .«;id he did gr»r.t privileges ;.:pon the rr,< u -liberal continue ; other conteflions and ftll.l other in fuccelhsu) were urged and granted to as, iictie fatisfa&ioA ; 'till at length the aged Patriarch, injured in his private fortunes, his frame and faculties worn down with vex ation and di{appointment, expired a martyr to his riling colony. The guardians of his minor children, whole bitter inheritance he made it—those children when they came to govern, "so clear in their great office," were they not a continual Butt for the fhafts ot envy and opposition ? ic<:lc Has the tamper 4)f the State been better ed by revolution ?—indeed so little varying and so little likely to be latisfied, that I am often reminded of one of the fables of the sage E\op. It is familiar to every body, but to make out my story, let me here insert " The Commonwealth of Frogs, a discon tented Variable race, weary of liberty, and fond of change, petitioned Jupiter to grant them a king. The good Matured Deity, in to indulge this their request, with as little mifchief as possible, threw them down a log. At firft they regarded their new monarch W'tli £,reat reverence, and kept from him at a mofl refpe&ful distance : but perceiving his tame and peaceable disposition, they by degrees ventured to approach him with more familiarity, 'till at length they conceived for him the utmofl contempt. In this disposi tion they renewed their request to Jupiter, and intreated him tobeftow upon them nne ther king. The thundefcr in his wrath lent them a who no sooner poflefTion of his new dominions, than he began to de vour his fubjedii in a niuft capricious and tyrannical maniier. They were now far more difiatisfiad than before ; when apply ing to Jupiter a third time, they were dis missed with this reproof, that the evil they complained of they had imprudently brought upon thrmfelves ; and that they had no other rsmedv now but to submit to it with patience/' Pennsylvania, to be fare, enjoys a peculiar favor—the aflual choice and nomination of a chief Ruler, and every nine yeats her peo ple are fullered to exercil'e theie rights, yet .ft range to tell, they.once made choice of a log—and a narrolefs quiet log' he would have tfduitied, but for a vile foreign agitator that leapt into the pind. Still not content, al ways croaking, and like the frogs in the fable grown too familiar with king log, they cast tfeir eyes upon one with some different qual ifications you tnay suppose : and, oh blind infatuation ! the fagacitus frogt of Penn fylvjnia chose a very Crane to govern them. Mod certainly ye are not now fatisfied— perverle generation !—But I fav be quiet, be patient—-no reviliirgj, be dutiful. What ever his honor may lay of rotation ; " let political distrust and party feud be subdued for the honor of the State"—,l am for lef fering the voracious Crane to feed until gorged—Those who are left may enjoy some repose. ' -ESOP. [We copy the following from the Aurora ] Froni a late Halifax Paper. As the democratical newspapers through out the United States of America, generally contain lifts of what Democrats (in the de cent language ofliberiy and equality) (lyle British spoliations, and as I owe some left handed compliments, to those enlightened citizens, I thought I could not bettsr dis charge that part of my debt than by com municating to them, through the channel of your newspaper foine oblervmions on the cafe of the (hip Polly and cargo, lately condemned in the Court of Vice Admiralty here. As I know th&fe virtuous lovbrs of libeity, delight in rriifchief, it will be very pleafinjr to them to add this cafe to their catalogue, as it will furnifl), what in the re publican dialeft, Will be called an th r glar ing inltance of Britilh piracy. Befidts, it will be peculiarly grateful to rhem, as it will furnifh a llrong proof that Jacoblu mo rality gains ground fall in t! e U. States, and will afford a favorable prcfpeS, that the erroneous opinions our foelilh ancestors entertained of the sacred obligations of an oath, give way fall, to the admirable phi iofopliy of modern republicans; it will also help to keep up the spirits of the fraternity, during the pref.-nt dera: ged state of affairs; for it will be considered a great point gain ed, when they can Heitroy the credit which is due to public papers j f,,r thofc grniry, love eftablilhtd governments, as the Devil in old times was said to love holy water The ship Polly was laden with cocoa, indi go, cotton, ci.ffee, and sugar, ai d bv her papers, both veffd and ca'go appeared to be wholly owned by MelTrt. Mmhi and Folt;?, merchants at Cliarleflon, S. Caro lina. The papers Hated her voyage when captured, to be from Charleftou to Cadiz. She was brought into this port by his ma jelly's Ihipi of war, the Hinde and Terma gant. Her papers, and the proofs cf her neutrality were prepared apparently with great care, and seemed full aod complete. She had ift, a bill of health from the port of Charleston. jd, a bill of lading, signed by "Joseph Taggart the mailer, and by MaiiU and Foltz as the (hippcrs of the car I? go, at Charleston, for thsir account and ri(k, coniigned to John White Esq. at Ca diz, no freight to be paid, bting the own ers property. 3d, a manifeil and clearance, for the whole cargo, under the seals and signature, of the officers of the customs for the port of Ctiarlttton by which it appear ed that the whole of this caago was (hipped in Augult latl at Charlelton, and was clear ed out for Cadiz. 4th, an affidavit made by Mr. Foltz in the ilrongeft terms, who swears that the whole of this cargo adually belong d to him and Mr. Mann, his part ner. merchants and citizens of the United States, and that no other person whatfoe v?r had any interest therein, direftly or in direftly. This affidavit is made before a Notary Public at Charlellon, of the name of John Mitchell, who certifies the fame under 'his seal, with the usual formality, and also certifies the refpett;ibility and citi zenlhip of Mann and Foltz; and for there (hould be any doubt of the authenti city of this paper, certificates from the Bri tilh and Spaniih cotiful, are annexed to es tablish the official situation of Mr. Mitchell, (which leadsme to express a Itrong with that his Majefiy's consuls, will be in future a little more cautious, how they affix the arms of Great Britain, to such trumpery.) \ sth a Role of Equip ge 6th Letters Patent, under the Great ' Seal of the Uni ted States, signed by the Prcfident, and countersigned by the Secretary of State, recommending this vcflel to the protedlion of all the nations on earth, file being wholly owned by the fubjefts of the United States of America, to which is annexed an affidavit made by Taggart the master who swears, that no subject of the belligerent powers j has any intertft in this vessel, direflly, or indircAly. 7th. a letter of inflruftions to the mailers, signed Mann and Foltz, who order him to deliver this cargo to While at Cadiz, who had orders to remit the pro ceeds to London, and they dire£l him, either to return with freight, or a cargo of fait, to Charlellon. Laltly, an invoice and letter from Maim and Foltz, to White, ad vising him of their having {hipped this caigo to his address, and requetl him to remit the proceeds for their account, to Mr. John Shoulbred, of London. This veflel failed from Cadiz last Decem ber. as an American velfcl commanded by one Howlanel ; Noili, who was on board, pafled 86 a paflenger, and brought in her to Charleston, a cargo of wine, brandy. vine gar, fruit, and dry goods ; on hij arrival there, he discharged Howlaod, and appoint ed I aggart, who had been the mate to be mailer, and appointed his brother male Without difchargi-g this cargo at Charles. ton, which was rcgillered in the Custom House at Cadiz, (appears by the papen found 6n board) as the properly ef Spani ards, to be delivered at La Guira ; they procured Ameiican papers, to (hew that the cargo, being the property of American cit Zens was (hpped for Laguira at Charles ton, on b'nrd the American ship Peily, both veflel and cargo the property of Ame rican citizens, dwelling at Charleston. Ur.der coyer, of these papers they arrived at Laguira, where Noili difpoftd of the cargo agiesobly to its original dciliaation, and loaded the pi efent cargo,jprincipally'for the account 6f the house of Beine, at Cadizi At Laguira, he and Taggart formed a fit of papers, to Ihew that Taggart had pur chased this cargo, with the proceeds of the outward cargo, owned by Mann and Foltz, and that he had shipped it for their accounc and rifle to be delivured to them at Charles ton. With these papers the veflel failed for Laguira, adtnally bound to Cadiz, but to touch at Char! lion, for the exprefspur pofe of procuring American papeix, as ful ly appealed by the papers found conccaledV- Noili (laid at Laguira, and he mentions, in one of his letters, his fear that if the Eng lifli found him on board, it might condemn the whole. The veflelarrived fafe at Charles ton—the mailer, having with his falfe pa per. deceived the officers of z British fri gate, by whom he was examined during this pillage. At Charleftwn he shipped a new crew, and having procured American papers of all kinds, without landing the car go, he failed for Charleston The maiter, and his brother the mate, whose name is Samuel Tagger t, were ex amined on atb ; they call themselves citizens of Rhode-Island aid confirmed the account given of this veflel an I cargo by her papers and declared that no papers of any kind xvhatevcr had b en deltroyed or concealed, in any (hape. The crew having been ship ped at Charle ft't'ii, after this fliip was ready tor sea, could give no account about her.— The C »;k, unfortunately for the concerned, had not been converted from ilk- Chrifli n to the Jajobin t tlitjion, and fooiifn enough to bei't-ve that I c was bound to tell the truth, when examined ou