Gazette of the United States. pnji.Aon:.?HiA, WF.BNESO'AY KVK NIN G, JUt.Y l 6 For the Gazbtis of j/ie Uni/kd StaTus■ To , Esq. N.it a hundredaiiles Maiket Brtct, FI;;U ---* dclphia. Dear Sir, YOU are neither old nor ugly. You arc fenfible,-well informed, atTihle, accom plifhtd. It has therefore been a matter of iurprife to grangers, and surely it mull be a fubjett of mortification to yiurfelf, that so few perl/ms seek a clofc-. intimacy with you, and that you are avoided.by many as if you were infected with the peltilence or the yellow fever. How often has a l.dy been heard to ex claim, on perceiving that you began to move towards the spot where {lie had placed her chair Lord ! what Jha'l I do ! there comes that odious creature - ! How rften mud you have remarked, on entering Mr. '« drawing-room, where the company were waiting for dinner, that your approach to a group of gentlemen has hid -the effeilt of lcatteiing them to every fide? Whan you have accosted a particular per.- fop, and endeavored to extort h:s attention, have you not fYequentlyleen him draw back, and hack, ai d b. ck, from you, till he has found liis legs fcorcKed'by the fire? When, in the ardour of your eloquence, you hivrt.puffyt'd a poor man to a window, or pinned him up in > corner, how wretched have y u ften him in hiscpnlinement! how '* i iVi eager to escape ! IjoVy Ijappy. when by chance Tf leafed ! Now, my geod Sir, allow me' to point nut Ttie frequent affronts which i>ni/l thui a:3iCt your pride, and at the fame time to offer you a remedy. You ascribe the whole perhaps to your loquacity, which to be sure is tmfiderable : but no, S-r, the true source of your mortifi cations is your inattention to me, yes, to mf< I albne can £ive a gentleman that fi nal polish, without which no good qualities can find acceptance.—A frequent and fami liar intercourse with me would render you a favorite in fr.cieties w here you are an obje£l of avei lion.—The men would form a circle to lifted to your inflrufiion. The fair one ■who now repel* your carefies, would then fly into your arms. In a word,the irrtpr ve metit I fli nild make on yau, after a fliort acquaintance, wm>ld allonifli y<>u, pleale you, make you happy. I invite you to make the experiment. Pfciimit r, e to add—that the intimate converse 'from which you are to derive all this advantage is accompanied with no a l:iruling danger or inconvenience. I itn not a coquette ; I am not jealous ; I am riot exigcartte ; I am not extravagantly ex pensive. On the other hand, you will find 111& as quiet, harmless, as any hu man exigence you nver met with* I atn your huuihle servant, to command, ANNETTE TOOTHBRUSH. CUUIOVS STICCIJJtN OK TpE FORMAL , STYLE OF ANCIENT COURTSHIP. [The following original Epistle of the mofl uncouth qiHMjtneiV was written, in this country, tnoic than a century ago. The author was thu Rev. Elias Reach, a Dif ietiter Miniiter, in tlie county of New castle. It abounds with as many wild flowers of Rhetoric, as the noted Compi -1 ition " Scotch Prc/byterian Eloquence difphyod and; »e are wrll aflured will interest the Antiquarian, and divert the From my Studdy at Cbristeena Creek tbis igtb Day of Angt. 1686. Mrs. Mary. Hf-Jm Dearest Ladie. My btldnL-fs in ruftiir.g these rudff and unpmliffwd lifirs, into your Here ick and molt Excellent Presence ; dotli cause me to fufpcCt, your Am 2rmei!t, and may juflly cause you t" ' T :my uNinahneriiiu:fs ;or tiiat i :-er niy A'ii'dcm is narrow in Biedth II i >y Education lliort in length, or at least ycu may irn.igfn my Comprehenl'ion to be ' like unto a half Mion, not of ability ,to in cimpafs thnt mod F.xcelftnt Jrwell and Or nanii'tU of Humanity, call'd Mnddefty ; if vou I .tye not forgot niy ingenteelc Carriage W v.irdi you when I saw vou lad and firft. B.ft Lady let roe crave the mantle nf your Virtue, th.' which noble and generoufe fa v.'iur will hide my n ked arid deformed fault, altho'" it fcems to lie a renewed buldnefs, to ivquire such an incomparable favour, from your tender heart, from whom'l have de fcrved so littl' Kinqmfs. Mrs, Mary: Solomon fays Childhood and Youth are Vanity ; and -if so, you cannot exfpe& that in my Youth, which the gray hairs of our a,;«, (or at If alt of our wooden Wnrld) can not alF.ird ; it is a common a true, love is Itronger than death, fflPit is as true a provjrb where Love cannot go, it will c eep. you know Dear Lady that the higher the Sun rifeth by degrees from the EnII the more influence hath the power and lie.it of its beams upon the Earth, so ever finer I saw the fun risc of your comly and gracious prtfertcr, the fun beams of yaur Countenance and your difr.reet and virtuous behaviour hath by degrees wroat such a virtiroufe heat ani such amorous Ef fefls in mv difconfolaie he:irt : that, that •wit ch 1 cannot at prcfent, difclofein words, in your gracious presence ; I amiorft{altho far distant from you) to discover in Ink and Pap.-r ; uiiftnig in god that this may be a Kty : to open the door of your virtuous and tser heart ajj-.inlt die lime I do apear in perfoii"; Dear let me most lub roiffifely crave this favour, of you amongst. the ret! of your generdflitics, that you would not in the lead Imagin th.it I hare any Bye ends, wr re'fervea in writing th.i fe few lines toyuu ; but that I ineafl viiv tuoufly truly and Uncerely, upon the word of * Chnit.an ; and the fiiaiu scope and intent sf this Letter, is only and alone to discover unto you, those amorous impressions of a virtuous Love wh cli 'hath taken root or is a! 1 ready ingrafted in n-.y l\eart ; who have lifted myfeif under the banner of your Love ; provided I can by any mean? gain the ho nour to induce yon to acknoh'dg and ac count, me your jnoft o.b|iey.ii?g Servant: who have alr.-ady devoted you to be.the the Mr 11 refs of my'mod amorotfs and virtitotrfe Affeftions-i Ljfiuft needs fay this is not a common practice of .mine to write Letterf j of this nature ; But Love hath made that proper which is not common ; Mrs Mary If I had forfcen when I saw you, what I have fir.ee experienced, I would have fore, fliow.n a mr're ample .and courteouft beha viour than 1 then did ; through my Stupi dity and dulln.fs. the reafpn then I could not tell:. But the f-ficdls I now know, and (lull be carefull and induftr'ous to improve, not to your difadvantajje and 1 am persuaded, to my exceeding comfort and contentment ; as for my person yon -Have in a measure seen it, and as for my piM&ice yen do in: a measure know it qs for my parts the f (Feels of my conver sion will (hew it j I know it is folly to ■speak in my own puife, .feeing I have learnd this leafon long ago, wife is that man that speaks fewSvortfs in his °wn praiie ; again : as for a portion ; I \?ould have you have as favorable a conftruftion concerning me, as I have concerning you : which is this. Pure righteousness S? zeal exceeds a portion with a wife ; (so aifo iijja husband) •as for rpy parents \ am üblitged by the law of God j to honour theni, and.this I fay in short (firrt) they are of 110 mean family; (secondly) they sire of no mean learning and (thirdly) they r,re of no riean account and note in the. World nltbo they are not of the world ;) but the truth and certainty of | this I leave to be proved by feverall of no mean note in this province and the ne^t; and thus Dear Millrefs •, have I open'd unto ' yea Any inteleftualls, and the inward fruits of a vitttu life and cordiall intent and can- did resolution ; not be deflitnte of hope that the i'fifflr Orpams of my dearest affections and 'faithful love will be willingly receiv- Ed into the mill pond, of your tinder vir gin heart ; your balling up the floodgate of Virtuoufe lovfc and affefUons ; which will consequently turn the wbeeles of yuur graci ous will anitundc'ftanding to receive the gulden grain's or effects cf niy fl'edfafl love and unerring .afle&ion, which will he my loy.all refpedtive and oblieging lervice so long as lists fliall lad i and such a thrice happy conjunction mav induce nicny tti brinu bags of golden graines of rejniring to our mill and river of joy and contentment and we ourlclves will sing the Epithalmy ; tlvs is the earnifl (yet langoifhing) desire of his foul who hath sent his heart with this letter: and remains yopjcordiall friend ear nil! suitor faithfull lover and mod oblieged fcrvant, ELTAS REACH Pastor and Minilter irr New Castle county. RURAL ECONOMY. From tbe Soutb-Carolina State Gazette. Mr. Timothy, As every ufeful discovery tending to the benefit of a community, and highly advan tageous thereto, and ought to re ceive the greatest publicity—l wish through the medium ef your gazt tte tn call the at tention <>f the lrhabitantsi of South.C2ro!i na to the culture of Ocra, for the purpose of making a substitute for C ff.e. Some months firce I received information that Ocra properly prepared wls nearly equal te the coffee we import frortv the Weft-In dies—Cdriufity led me to make .a trial. I took a pound of Ocra feed, had it parched in the usual way of coflie, with the addition of an egg (broke shell and all) and then ground, afterwards taking the fame proper lion cf the powder, as 1 would of ground coffee, and make it*in every refpt ft as-futh. On tailing it, I was much pleased to find die flavor fully equal if not superior to the bed Weft-India coffee I ever drank ; the smell of the Ocra after being ground cannot be diftingu (hrd from it, and the appearance exadtly the fame. I made use of it in my family for several weekj, and find it a mod agreeable breakfaft. 'Tis generally admitted, we have not a more salutary vegetable than Ocra that we can cultivate, and the soup made from the pods when young, every Cai'olhiean can wit ness the virtues of, which, in my opinion, must obviate every ebjettion that might be made to the feed on the score of wholefomc nefs. My reason for these observations is, that individuals may have an opportunity to try the experiment, ar.d judge for tliem ftrlves. If brought into general use, the laving in the purchase of Weft-India coffee woylt} be of great confequrrtce to the state, and perhaps in a very/short time from the ama zing quantity that might be produced on the low lands of the Corgaree, Santee, Bcc. Sec. might be made an article for exporta tion. •' A /• tend to Agricv'ture. A fafhionable Horse and Gig FOR SALE. The Horse younp, and the Gig a» good at. Jlcw. Appl) to the Editor. N.H. NEW WATCHES will be taken in payment at a fair wholesale price, fune x». Laws of the United States. By 3£tttftorttp* Sixth Congress of the United States At the First Session, begin and'held at trit City-os Philadelphia, in the Stifle "of Pcnnfylvania, on Mon day, the fecorid of Decejr.ber, oiie thousand Wen hundred and ninety nine. AN ACT, Supplementary to the Act, entitled " An act to establish the Treasury Depart- tnent. Si£li»n i. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of R'ep"esentativcs of the United States of 'America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treafufy, to digest, prepare and lay before Congress at the commencement of every Teflion, a report on the ful)jei\ of finance, containing eflimates of the public revenue and public and plans for hn uroving or increasing. the revenues from time to time, for the pur pole, of giving in formation to Congress, an adopting nvsdcs of railing the money requisite to meet the public expenditures, THEODORE SEDGWICK; Speaker of the House of Representatives, ■ 'THOMAS JEFFERSON,, ! Vice-President of uhf United States, and President-sis the Senate. Approved, May to, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. AN ACT Tj authorize the issuing cc tain Patents, j , Section t. - BE it enacted by the Senate and House ' of Representatives of the United States | of America-, in Congress assembled. That it fliall be lawful, and the proper officer is , hereby authorized to iflue patents on sur veys which have been, or may be made within the territory reserved by the state of Virgin a, north weft of the rirer Ohio, an! beirg part of her ccffion to Congress, oa warrants for military Lrvices iflued in pur fuauce of any resolution of the Legiflatare of that ftat« previous to the palling of this aft.-in favour of persons who had served in the Virginia line on the continental eflablifh mtut. Provided, that the whole quantity of land for which patents shall iflue by vir tue of this aft, shall not exceed sixty thou sand acres ; and that the furveya' afirefaid shall be completed aud deposited in the of fice of the Secretary of War, on or "before the firft day of December one thousand eight hundred and three. And Provided also, That this a& shall not give any force or validity to the entries, locations or fur-, veys heretofore made in pursuance of these warrants so far as such entries, locations or : nttffere in any manner with those of persons claiming the fame lands under en tries, locations or surveys heretofore made in pursuance of warrants granted by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers in the lin« of that state on continental ef tablifhmeiu. Sec, Z. yfnd be it further cnaCled, That in every cafe ot interfering claims under mili tary warrant* to layds withi-i the teiritory so reserved by the state of Virginia when either party to such claims shall loose, or be evicted from the land, every such party (hall have a right, ai d hereby is authorized to ; withdraw his, her or their warrant refpedive lv to the amount of such loss, or evilioo, and fi> enter, survey and patent the fame, on 4ny vacant laud within the bounds afore faid, and in the fame manner at other war rants may be entered, surveyed and pa tented. THEODORE SEDGWICK, ' Speaker oftbe House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved, M*y 151 A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.' AN ACT, To enlarge tie fiowcs of the Surveyors of tbe Reveuue. Settion 1. BE it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States of America, in Congress assembled., That whenever it fliall appear to the Surveyor ol the Revenue, appointed or to he appointed in any alfeffment diftrift within the United States under the adl intituled" An aft to ptovitfe«for the valuation of lands and dwel ling Ho uses, and "the enumeration of slaves, within the United States," that any tra£l of lind or dwelling house, situated within his said district, and diredled by the said art to be included in the.lilts thereby required to be rendered and kept, h;ith been omitted ill the fijid lifts, then and in every such cafe, it shall be the duty ; of such surveyor, and he hereby is authorized and required, ,to inform him ft If of the value of such trail of hndor dwelling house, by entry view, or other lawful ways and means, and to make a lift and valuation thereof, in the form, and man ner preferibed in and by the said aft, and to enter and record the said lift ind valuation with and among the lifts, aTid valuations by hi in to 'lie Vpt and recorded pursuant to the said aft ; anl to charge the amount of the iaiU valuation to the peilbn or persons to wljoiu the fame ouglit to be charged pur fnanttothe laid aft, and to the aft intitu led" An adt to lay and colledt a diredt tax within the United States," and that where any aIT.-ffor, no I.ft having been rendered, (hall have ellimated any tract of unseated land, to contain a greater number of acres than the said tradt (hall by patent or survey ,cf the fame adtually appear to contain ,it flialj appear ta the surveyor of the affeflmerit diflridt in which.the fetid 'and fliall he fitdite by theprodudtion of the said patent or fur-j vey thereof, that there has been a coiltate in eftiniatirig the fa id number of acres, it (lull be lawful for such surveyor to credit the Proprietor or Proprietors, therefore wit! the number of acres so overcharged : Pro that the said credit (hall not operate ta lelTen the sum diredted to be collected by virtue of the preferit law to lay and collec\ a diredt tax.; And provided also, that no credit lhall be valid until the fame fliall have been approved by the Infpedtor of the lur vey or the supervisor of the diftridt, if com prehending but one survey of. Infpedtion, and if any error has happened by charging any perlbn with being the proprietor of any trad ur parcel of unseated land who was not the owner thereof, on the firlt day of October one thoufar.d seven hundred and ninety eight, or by aflefling to any person any tradt or parcel of unseated land, more than once as proprietor thereof, it fliall be law- j ful in i.H, or any of these cafe;, for the lur- I veyoroftne diftridt in which the said error , (hall have happened, to correct the fame, by giving tiie person so charged such credit in j his account refpedting the said land a? may be just and equitable. Sec. 2 1. And be it further enacted, That for the services aforefaid the surveyors of the revenue (hall refpedtively "be entitled to and receive, from the United States, the following compenfafions ; thai; is to fay ; For eveiy tradt of land or dwelling houfc, j valued and recorded as aforefaid, without entry and view feventy-fiv'e' cents ; tor ' every tradt of land or dwelling house so va : lued and recor4ed with entry and view, two I dollars ; for every mile of necessary travel j in going to make such entry and view, and returning five cent's ; and that the accounts for tite said compensations fliall be prefeoted . to the fupervifors'of the diftrifts refpedtive : lv, and if allowed by them, (hall be paid by them and credited to their accounts refpec : tively in the fcttlement thereof with the Treasury Department. Sec. And be it further enacted, That whenever ai.y person fhill have bfcen char g d. pursuant to the above mentioned adts or either of them, or to thi? ad\, with the amount of the valuation of any trait of land or dwelliiig-heufe, and such person, or his or her legal representatives or alliens fliall afterwards, in due course of law, have' been ejedted from such land or dwelling houfe, or have had a decTion against him, ! her or them upon the title thereof, and in every such cafe, it shall bi the duty of the surveyor of the revenue within whose assessment diftridt the said land or dwelling houfe fliall be situated, and he is hereby au thorized and required, on the application of such person, or of his or her legal represen tatives or afligns, as the cafe may be, and on the payment or tender by tliern or any of them, ef the sum of one dollar for every such tradt of land or dwelling-house, which sum the said surveyor is hereby authorized to demand and receive in such cafe, to can cel the valuation on such land or dwelling houfe so far as refpedts the persons so ap plying; and to difcharg* him or her there from. ■ ° THEODOHE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved, May 13, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President oj tbe United' States. FOR LONDON, Mlfci Roebuck, Berna d Rafcr, Mailer ; H«9 3 con uder able part of her Cargo engaged, and will fail vith all expedition. For freight or passage, apply to the Cap tion, or to , i, THOMAS iff JOHN CLIFFORD. July t2. '~ f 'd 3* For Charter, Smkj ABIGAIL, A good stout vessel, burthen about »,000 barrels. Apply to MOORE WHARTON. July 14 (ilw Twenty Dollars REWARD. DESERTED from the Nlaiine Bartackson the Bch irflant, the following Marines, viz JOHN *TEEI-, l orn neat Brandy Wine 111 Chester county, by erofeffion a Tailor. He ii lj years of age, five feet eight' inches high, grey eyes, light browu hair,thin visage and fallow com ;lcxioti —haj on a round hit brown fi!k. coat, nankeen breeches, and other decent cloathing Fredirick Fry, born in Germany, but came to America vefy young, about thirty fix ye.'r"e of sge, fceticvcn Inrheshigh, Black Curly hair and very brown complexion had to uniform on —He was la'fly a Sol .itr in General Wsynet Army at F rt Detroit she above reward vill be paid» or lea ol ars f.>r either, and all ejtpences, on delivering them at the Marine Birrack»> Philadelphia, or to ?ny Officer in the Service of the United St3iM ' ROBERT RANKIN, Adjutant Marine Corps. Philad July if; lisc. <* IW BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. NEW YORK, July- ,5. Captain Waterman, fiom L,;fi?on, in forms us, that on the fuft of Jutii, olf the Rock of Giliraltar, lie f, t w a fleet of Oiips < f war, which he fuppoled to he' £ll^-he I counted 34 fail. '[The probability is, that j thefc iVps have on th? 12,000 troops | that were about failing ! the date of our lad accounts, (aid to oe dtf tired tor :hc for.tli of France, under the command of Sir Ralph A'aercrainby.] j Dr. N. Jones, ion of Dr. Gardner Jones, i who fosne t:ms (yice tvqit from this port a surgeon of the Britirtv I'acketj calne jia'fftfn • gtr hv.the ship Brothers. • Captain Brown, froiii Cape-Franco's, in* forms, that there was every profpedl ef j TouflVint's fpeedily'fubduing Rigaud. BALTIMORE, July ,4. , The particulars of the riot which took plar.e at Fell's Point, on Friday night la!l, are said to be nearly as foLlow.—tin the fir ft part of the evening, fonie sailors belonging to the Infurgenre frigate, entered a house in the street termed " Oakum Bay." where ft veral musicians resided who ufuajly enter tained sailors, by allowing them to dance : one of the company behaving unruly, was ordered out, and in his paflVge towards the door, broke a pane cf giafsl A few mo ments after, this sailor returned with (6ver.il of bis Ihipinstes, and alio a 11 umotr of citi zens, who, feeing the mob coFteft,' and fearing that the peace might be broken, fol lowed with a of afliiting the | civil authority, in preserving order. When the mob arrived at the lioufe, and before any hostile operations were commenced-on it, foine person difchaiged a loaded miifquet from the window, and 15 buck fliot entered the face and neck of a sailor, named John Johnson, of the Infurgente; a part of the mob then difperled, leaving the dying man on.the ground ; and two or three citizens, whole humanity excited them, at the risque of their lives, to. remove Johnson. had scarcely lifted i 1 im, before another gun was discharged, which wounded \lr, Enoch Browii,. midftipman, and'a Mr, Dr.jer, each very severely in their left hands ; an attempt was then made. to force rlje doors of the bouse, when three ether nuifk-ts were successively discharged, which wounded two other persons. The house was then entered and about ten lften seized and earned with the body of Johnson, to the watch-honfe. On the following mtfrning, fevfrral fiilors, with the defenders of the house, underwent an examination before Job Smiih, E! qui re, and a number of them were committed for tiial. >' i ' '.r WEST-INDIES. Kingston, (Jam.) .June 7. By the L'Ainitie we learn that their had been an engagement between the forces of Touflaint and Rig-aud, in whfch the latter was defeated ; that Petit Gauve and Mi-, ragHane thereby fell into the hands of Toufj faint, who had secured two of Rtgaud'sarf de camps. and that their chief had wirfv - difficulty escaped. The American brig Mary, from Port an Prince to this pert, taken by the Spanish privateer De I'"anco, of two guns and 50 men, add carried to Carthagen'a where /he was detained for three months, and then li berated. arrived on Monday. . t Tuesday arrived at Port Royal, the French privateer schooner General Toiif faint. of ten gur.s and forty men, taken off St. Domingo, by .his, M a jf"y's ship Alarm. MONTEGO, BAY June. 7. BxtraS of a letter from Port Anlonta, dated> May 31, " The fleet numbering 100 fail, left thia -- harbour to-day ; but owingto very a ftror.g leeward current, many of the North-fide (hips are. I am informed as low down at Rio Nora } and I have no doubt but the fleet will be in fight here for these eight days. < TO BE SOLD, On WEDNESDAY 'he day of July, at, 7 o'clock, P. M at the Merchants' Coffec-Houfe in Second ftrect, A Lot of Ground,; C CONTAINING 3 acres, 4 perches and < tot is, j fituiitej at the upper end of Germantown, cppolite to Mount Airy, about 8 miles from the city. , On which is ereiled a good convenient new stone dwelling-house, kitcheil, piazza, &c. also » good stone barn. It is an eligible situ ition for a family who wifli to retire from the city daring the summer ni .ntlis. JOHN CONNELLY, AuQ'r. July 14. dt» WAYNE COUNTY TAXES. THE owners of unimproved lands in Wayne county, a«e hereby notified, that Taxes ari become payable thereon for :he years I-99 and i?O3. Those who lave n"t already paid their taxes re hereby rt quired to discharge the fame to JO -IN BRINK, Esquire, Trcafurer of said C.'.unt rat Milford, within three months irom this da e oihtrv. ife procecdirgs to sale, accorjii % to the tS of Aflctnbly in such cafe provided, will be hid ay the ComniiGioncrs fcr the f .id county* . i'u Ster.'- ::, ~t ohn Cars n, > Commissioners ibannes Van Etten, J Attest, E. Kellogg, Clk. July 9, «800 FDR SAI.E, _ A FRAME BUILDING, ABOUT 8 feet, long and 18 wi<3e—lt has been so con United that it con be taken do.vn ,r.d put up ifulioiit injury. Any defirous •o parchaif by applying to the Piintcr will ri »3,vi; ivrther information. June 17'