ADDRESS.
he Public are relpeflfully informed
f, 1 the SuWeriptions for this (»az«ite ait
daily ircreafmg in the City that its c:r
cuhtion i» exteniive, being fetit to fcviry
state in the Union —an<l is probably tx
changed with mrrc Printetr, in the dP.R--
rent States iiian any other Gjiette
thefccircumftznc s enhance its utility as
an advertising Vehicle. .
The generous j>atrntnge wliu:h tllepKl)-
lication r.asalready receive I, demand:, the
Editor's mo!t grateful acknowledgnKntt
—He solicits a cpntinuation o c adverting
favors. From thefc principally arifo the
rtfourcts which enable the publisher o, a
daily paper to extend his plan of general
entertainment and information.
For Sale or Charter,
r—Tbe SHIP
IHH EAGLE,
David ft'l iamfrn, Motor
THE 'Eagie !» t*A feirs. eld*
biiTthen 11,566'bufhel*, awi'in compleati
order. v •] .. ....
rorrtrtfii , o ;■
Ctajnond & Co.
OA. 3* "
Iriih Linens,
A IN" D
Cork fail Cloth,
WELL ASSORTED,
Imported and for Sale by
"Rumford & Abijah Dawes,
At their Store, N°- 7» south
Water Street.
loth
mgton Fork.
Burl:
A QU ANT ITY OT
Bell Burlington Pork,
FOR SALE BY
Levi Hollingfworth & Son,
Oft. jr a
Old Arnerican Company*
THEATRE—CtDAK frtPET.
THIS EVENING,
Off (lip- 31/
WWbePrtfcntcdi
A TRAGEDY, never performed at this
Thaatrf,
Called the
.SHIPWRECK,
'o ft,
Performed in New York with n ore tim
verfal applause than any Trig.dy that
has appeared for many years.
Er.d of the Play, Mr. Solu.nons will sing
the favorite of
Weaving the Anchor Short.
To which will be ad Jet!,
rty particular desire]
Tbe COMEDY of a
Bold Stroke for a JVi/e,
Reduced into an Afterpiece of twl aAs.-
BOX, one Dollar—PlTT, three quar
ers—GALLERY, half a dollar.
Places in the Boxes may be had at the
Box Office, from ten to one every day
(Sundaysexcepted) and on days of per
formance from three to five P. M. where
also tickets may be had, and at Mr. Brad
ford's book-ltore, No. 8, south Front
street, and at Mr. Carr's music store.
The doors will be opened at half after
five,and the curtain drawn up precisely at
half after fix o'clock.
CIRCUS.
Mr. Ricketts presents his
inoft refpe&'ul compliments to the citi
zens of Philadelphia, and all the patr«ns
of the Circus, and begs leave to in orm
them, that at his engagements at Ntw-
York, will require his attendance there
the fccond week in November, he there
fore withes to embrace theprefent favour
able opportunity to those who may .be de
sirous of feeing the performances,by exhi
biting
Evsry Afternoon,
(Sunday excepted) until Wednefdav next
on which day by particnlar desire, lie in
tends having a public performance at la
o'clock, as will be exprefled in the adver
tisements of the day.
The entertainments will be varied every
eihibi'ion, *nd a great variety of Eqtief
trian Exercises, and other entertaining
performance* introduced, that have never
( ten exhibited, and many of which have
never been attempted by any other person
either in Em ope or America.
Davs of performance are therefore now
fixed lor Tim Day, Friday, Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday After.ioor.s, and for
Wednesday next at 12 o'clock, which
hour, if it Ihould then appear to be agree
able to the public, will be made the time
of performing for the remaining three
days of next week, and the lait for the
prefmt feafun.
FROM THE EAGLE.
VIGIL—No- lII*
You think, perhaps, so dtTicate bis drsfs.
Hit daily fare, as delicate Ala! !
He picks clean teeth, and Lufy as he feents
With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet.
Affe&ation, thou fir(l-born of folly;
tliou haft done this mifchief, and of the
remaining adventures of thy slaves, pri
fun -walls, could they speak, might tell. :
Att'c&ation, in the Cober hours of
bought, is much condemned by all!
Indeed it is treated most unfairly. It
is tvounded even in " the house of its
friends." Rut of ail affeftarion, that
of riches I hate. What is it ? but the
mean <!t(ire of acquiring reputation by
' 11>'K ;1 ",1 nuT.r.t r.
Real wealth, obtained wiib confciotis
re&itudt, and used as an aid to ufeful-j
ness, is a hlefling.; but as the only fnb
ilitute for felicity, 'tis but a sorry com
forter. Where then (hall a man hide
his head, who budds his hopes of hap
pinefs, and honor, on being though
rich, without the reality ?
1 am fallible, that Piwdence, by
jme, at lealt, has become a " stale de
ice but these are the distinguished
ew, men of feeling, yes, who have
;dt the gnaws and rubs of empty sto
machs, and who have caused parents
and wives to feel too —the wounds of a
broken heart :—who, rather than be
happy with the many, chufe a different
loid, though it ends in beggary, and
want.
di4t
But nature, our fafcft pilot, teaches
a more convenient leflon ; and who of
all her foils, whose reason is retained
within doors, will fay he covets wtet
chednefs, and pain ? Not one: but un
fortunately reason and fancy feme times
cuff it, with thokes vjftlv unequal.
If happiness is indeed an object worth
attention, certainly it will not dettaft
from the merit of penius to seek it,
though it requires the rigid maxims of
jnudence. It is the diftinguiflied pri
vilege of genius to contain within itlelt
eJery rcfource of fatisfa£lion, independ
ent of time, and accident—to eftabliffi
a kind of empire, whole defence" is proof
against every attack of envy, and de
traction. fSuch a disposition is of more
vjlue than the magician's wand, and to
arrive at such a liate of independence
dotfa not require painful exertions, or
(artificial fubterfuge. But leaving the
1 n' n lefTcr. lS ewmmon
ftife, or falfely calculating on til - ef
:eem of otliers, many, as to the out
ward-man, have a (Turned the appearance
of wealth to hide from the world their
lack at home, tjprdid dignity ! when
all of us in our lucid! moments, unite
to hoot the filly fop, who waits for
refpe£t, for that hd wears a finer piece
of cloth than his richer neighbor, while
he ought to thank the merchant for his
civility, and ihetaylor for his patience.
The man of Jenliment, tlio he has not
cn/h, is content to appear what he is, and
let his homely fare and plain garments
proclaim to the world bis independence,
and manly scorn of feathered eminence.
I know, that some fond parents, yea
difgullingly fond, will fay, " Why,
Mr. ViGit," pethaps adding some har
der names, for the fake of cmphafis—
" then you would have us keep out
girls and hoys always drauzltng on
three months behind every body else in
thefafhion, always depressed, ashamed to
into company, for the want of fomi
thing to wear, that is a little decent and
pretty, and not knowing the fafhiona
hle amr.fements. This Mr. Imperti
nence intends oui houses 111 all be swar
ming with old maidens and auk ward
boys. Nay, good parent ; the Vigil
intends no such thing ; for he honeltly
declares, that lie has seen many ladies
of real charms, who were nought in
debted to the feller of silks, and fine
linen for their excellence, and when he
bowed his head towards them, it was
to their very selves he bowed ; and not
to fringe, and feathers, Teach your
daughters to improve the more perma
nent graces of the mind; make them
companionable for men of sense j for
there are such men ; and, trust me, some
prudent inflru&ions for the manage
ment cf domcftic affairs will do them
no injury ; for bread is better than bro- '
cade : such is th« style of the morali
zes As to your sons, let them know
they have duties to discharge in socie
ty, and in order to be good republicans,
they should know that debts mn(l be
dil'charged, taxes mud be paid, in short
they mull cat and drink : in this way
they will come to honor, and only in
this way avoid the difgulling incivility
of (heriffs, and con liable «.
Foreign Intelligence.
FROM PARIS PAPERS.
Perl dc la Montagnc, Julj 3 1.
Ytftenlay two of our convoys from
Nice arrived fafe at Ma fellies. Ou Ef
cadre, continues to be at anchor m tne
gujp'n of J'l-tn near Caiinies. Troop* are
marching towards that quarter, and a
camp of g or 10,000 men w.d be formed
there, in order to prevent our Efcailre
md this town being in the Jelft lfHulted,
Formidable batteries are alrea ly railed,
ind the English may take care, not to
:ome within our reach. .
Hanffmann the Lhnifh Consul in this
>ort has jnft now beeii arre ii d, and lent
rith the prisoners of war to Valence, by
irderof the Representative* of the Peo
>!e. He was formerly conne<Slrd, or rather
ea<*urd with a" 'be connter-rcvolutionifts
if thii country ; he corr i-fpo d d with the
hecmigrants, and i'onie VeiTeis v.'.rs al
vavs r; his difpolal His -perfidious prac
ices "were at last fully d'if.'overed by th'
ovaltv or simplicity of an old man, whof
uta sons are amongst the emigrants am
"iw at Leghorn.
CoWPER.
Twenty-five fail of the enemy, liippof
ed to be Spaniflu appeared yesterday 01
our coast, and diredle-i their course to
wards the gulph of Juan. It tney corns
near enough, our batteries will give then
a warm reception. All parts of this coal
are exceedingly well fortified.
The frigates la Courageuir, la Brum
and other armed veflels have takei
sea. Definition Kiiknown.
The victualling bufmefs goes on hen
very well, and the a&ivity in this poften
create in a furprifmg prbgreflion fine*
the arrival of Jean Bon St. Andre. Hs
took the Jbvereft refolutionh» is 6ccup'.e|
with nothing hut the organization of th<
navy and in lefsthan ten days every thing
here will be on a lerel.with th* revolution
One of his refohrtions lupprefTes the cuf
torn which allowed so many prerogative
especially convenience* in lodgings, &c. tj
the officers on board the ships, the difpari
ty of whose treatment feeifled to militat<
! agiinft equality. This excellent meafun
j unites the officers and feam?n clofrrtoge
ther and renders besides the manoeuvre!
much eafief.
The town was almost obflrucled by tin
immense number of Corlican refugees ar
rrved here. workmen and publii
ftm<flionaries could hardly find lodgings
Jean Bon St. Andre has even sent them 3<
miles further in the country, ihey wert
to set out in three days. This order hit
already beer, executed. AH are gone.
The garrison is encamped on the r?nfl
parts of the town, and a new camp will be
pitched in the quarter of Si. Anne for the
workmen.
UNITED STATES.
BOSTON, Oiftot*r 21.
Eege.,dre, it -xi~, Taid, " pu-gtd" the
Jacobin Ciub ot .J —I le went there
with an intent to iTi-ct the Prefident —He
actually got him beheaded —He turned all
the Members out of doors —-2nd locked
the door after hiin. This may be called
purging—but it is " purging" withawit
nefs.
It is said, when St. Jnft w*sgoing with*
bis friemb, Roiffptrrrf, and others, tq the
guillatine, he said in the of Shake
fptarr — 1 •
" I told ye all,
"• Whm Jirfi tveput the-dangerous knife
to tatting,
41 , Tivould fall upon our necks'' _
The people of the United States, or their
Reprcfrnutives are the only legal " De
mocratic Society" therein ; and when one
of the National Convention said, that the
Cor.Tention was a Jacobin Clufc, he mean;
to erprefs the ftntiment which all Federal
Republicans recognize.
Si. LUCIA
A per/on in itijefyooner from Gtiadaloupe
fays that vejpls arc continually pajfing bet
ween there and St.Lucia, and that he never
heard of any change ht theJituation of that
Island except a ji'perctded report that
was circulated uear 10 days before he fail
ed.
On the 17th Sept. a vtfTel Owned by a
gentleman belonging to this town, -was
captured by a Bermudian pirate, within 2
miles of the light house, at the Capes of
the Delaware, the Captain plundered,and
the vefTel and cargo carried into Bermuda,
for trial, alias condemnation. For many
years this nest of pirates has existed, to
the difgnce of civilized society, and the
fliame of the power that supports them.
It is time their annihilation took place.
On \l r ednefday lajl, a deputation from
' tlx ships and the French citizen] m Ho Hon
arrived in this tiiuH to pay to captain
Richard Derby, of the /hip Alnomaek, t!je.
complimeK ts oftlxir nation, for bis generous
•services in trail/porting free front all ex
pellee a large number of French prisoners
from Ha if\x. They displayed a Jiandard
upon <whicb the name of the captain appear
ed over the 'Tr** of Liberty. The cadets
then upon t epc>our escorted them to t. H
Derby's Rfq. where ibiy 'jjere politely re
ceived mid tvey spent the evening at Gen.
Fx/i's in company with tie military officers
of tbe toivn. There <was great hilarity
and the greatest good order. The French,
deputies gratijied tbe company ivifb thei r
SALEM, Oft. 21.
ujual national fnvgs, and left tbi kindcjl
opinions in their favoiir upon the minds oj
the inhabitants.
PHILADELPHIA,
OCTOBER 31.
It was mentioned that the New-York
Papers of Tuesday, contained no ac
count of the capture of a British Pack
et—it now app.a s that three packet*
are taken, if theie is lib niil'nomer in
the business—Viz : The Portland, the
Penelope, and the Antelope, and all cap
tured by the French frigate Semillante.
La ft December the Antelope Packet,
captured the Atalanta Privateer, as was
dated in the Gazettes la It Winter—the
following refutation of the Merchant
Seamen's Society in London, was pas
sed on that occ»fiol». It is not rerol
lefted that it has heietofore been repub
lifhetl here.
A Committee of the merchant Sea
mens* society in London, after taking
into consideration the very gallant be
haviour of the officers and crew of his
Majtrfty's packet the Antelope, in an
a&ion the zd of December last, with
the French privateer the Atalanta,
which after a very severe engagement,
was taken and carried into Jamaica :
Resolved, that the officets and crew
who survived the action, and the widows
and children of the officers who 101 l
their lives upon that occasion, be rc
qucfted to accept the following gratui-
tics,
Fifty Guin;as to the widow of Mr.
Edward Curtis, the matter, who was
killed in the action.
Fifty Guineas to Benjamin Mitchell,
mate, wounded during the action.
Fifty Guineas and a whistle, to John
Pafcoe, the boatswain, who took the
command, and fought the (hip.
Fifty Guineas, being- ten guineas each
to the five children of John Au'lin, the
steward, killed during the anion.
Twenty Guineas to the widow of
John Austin.
Forty Guineas, heing ten guineas
each, to the fonr children of Geotge
Sleeman, carpenter, who died of the
wounds reteit-ed during the a£tion.
Thirty Guineas, being ten guineas
each, to three of thefeamen, wounded
in the action.
Twenty Guineas to John Walpole,
the fur^eon.
Six v live Guineas, being five gui
neas each, to thirteen seamen.
In the Sixth Maryland Diftrift, the votes
for Members of Congress, arc
"Kept,
Cecil. .
Harford, v
Major Wright.
aS6
437..
a" .
Ker.t,
Cecil,
Harford,
Majority for Chriflie,
A New York paper of yesterday fays,
" Since our last the Antepope Packet has
arrived in this port a prize to the French
frigate Sui vei'lante."
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, Oft. 30.
BRITISH COMMERCE.
The following is a comparative view of
the two greatcl\ Branches of the Bi'i
tifli, commerce, the East and Weft-
India trade, extra&ed from Mr. Ed
wards' celebrated Hillorv of the Bri
tirh Colonics in the Weft-Indies, vol.
11. chap, iii, p. 131.
EaJl-IniLa Trade.
Capital employed, eighteen millions
fteiling. Value of goods exported an
nually to India and China, both by the
Company and their officers, one million
and a half.
Import by the Company, and
falen under license, five million*.
Duties paid to government, customs,
&c. seven hundred-aud ninfcty thotifand
pounds.
Chartered (hipping of the Company,
eight thousand tons.
JVeJI-India Trade.
Capital employed, seventy millions.
Value of goods exported from Great
Britain and her dependencies, including
the profit of freight on the several
hranches of supply, insurance, &C.
three millions, eight hundred thousand
pounds.
Duties paid to government, one mil
lion eight hundred thousand pounds.
Shipping employed diredi, one hun
dred and fifty thousand tons.
But the greatest difference arifesfrom
the circumflance that the trade to the
Weft-Indies is curried on with our own
colonial poilHEom, which ,] f / -
ments in the Eall never wer
considered. rw "<r>or caul .
The town of IVewburyv,- •
town meeting, have paired fl v 'i f '
hibiting any perlon from iJ?"' P rc
pipe or fegar in the streets, lan a % Sn:
and on the wharvti ofthat town ' ■ 1 .
penalty of two nulling, f w ; '
A queflion to puzzle Demurrtj.
Whence happens ; t that t b e
Sans Culottes, the patrioticre-i -
France, elected the worst m tll r
country, to represent them in the Kat - "
al Convention ? I fay, the worlt men • for
two thirds of them have been
already for treafen aid confpiracv,' the
greattft crimes in society. Such a lar«
proportion of villains were never beforrr
ledted to il-.-giGativebody ' |
on earth. How happens this! is vT-T.""
fault of the electors—of the eletfed— c ' r
of neither ? The fact is a novelty~the
question is difficult— and I take it none but
the wife democratic heads, fucb as eled
themselves to watch over government, are
equal to its lo'.ution. An explicit am-, vcr
is always due to a
FAIR QUESTION.
CARLISLE, Oft. 21.
Extrafi •/ a letter from Bedford, dated
Sunday, Oa. 19^,1794.
" Yesterday about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, the Governor with (he reft.
due of the Army arrived at thii
We remained at Strafburgh all day on
Tuesday lad, near to which the Penn
sylvania troops held their tleA onssgrer
able to the law, lately palled. From
Strafourgh to Littleton the army march
ed in one day, this is a space of near 16
miles and in the course of which it paf
ied over 2 great mountains, in about
fix-dayi.tlx-wn-iy hat pi
miles, ar. ! a great part of the road is
the moll mountainous in America. No
occurience ot any great moment hai
happened ; some few men were indifpo
ltd and one man who had been lieily
died in the camp on Sideling-Hill.—
The exertions of the Gove: nor, and
the officers to prcferve a compadt apd
orderly march were unremitting.
" Pnrfuant to an arrangement for
this pnrpofe, the Pennsylvania troop*
which formed part of the .Legion and
which had arrived the preceding even
ing met the Governor about one mile
from Bedford.
" He immediately took the head of
the whole column and proceeded to tlie
Town. This fpeftacle was superb.—
It was the quota of Pennsylvania, in
cluding cavalry, infantry, artillery, and
riflemen, maicliing in the mod com
plete order, an 1 brought to the spot of
their destination to atvair tbr fa"h.tr
"orders~f the "PrefiJent. Here, had
the Governor the exalted fatisfaftioa
of depositing this great mass of patlio
tic exertion, and of evincing to the
world thrtt Pennsylvania, although taint
td by some licentious men in the extre
mities of her extensive territory, is itill
amongit the forcmoll in pnblic virtue
and in her pun&ual obedience to every
continental requisition. 1
" The encampment is very fpati.ms.
The town is the centre of a>i immtnfe
amphitheatre—lofty hills at afmalldii
tance appear on all iides to furrouiid it.
" The tents spread ont on the clear
ed ground, on the b.ifis of some of thofc
hills, and occupying the commons ad
joining the town, form, particularly at
night when the fires are lighted, a ve
ry beautiful appearance.
" On Saturday morning nine or ten.
men, who had been a&ive in the la e
t were apprefwn
ed by the Marshal of this State, aflilied
by a party of horse. Iwo have bee#
committed for high treason."
WILMINGTON, (Del.) 0a.29-
MEEETING OF CONGRESS.
The next meeting of Congrek, which
it to take place on the 3d of next
month, will be intefefting to a dep«-
The ilk-gal interruption of our com
mence by the British pirates---
The unwarrantable t*m»* of our
frontier polls, by the fame power-
And the cringing fe&itaHuu 0 "' {
>vbird, for aV/iitimon
RIGHTS—wiII, it is |l l,m
ro inconGderable ground fer dilcuffion.
Be fide thefc, our internal concrn
call loudly for the inteipofitton ot tne
S " Our'v/i'l befatia:>:h :nd
convinced of "JyLL- '
THE WILL OE THI PCO*
The cause and foundation 01 tic
dian W*r,' will be investigated-
Our State Armies will bef*rme,.
LY of Rcptihlicans—
And MAN, throughout the •
ent states of the Union, will enjoy P*~~
RIGHTS. ,
These measures, it is to be h^
will be warmly supported by the fn
to America's intercfl—
But let not the rotten mcmbcrt pr
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