Gazette of the United States. PHILADELPHIA, ■WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY JO., For the Gazette of 'he United States. Ml. WAYS F, SINCE I landed in Vmerica, I eitfier have, or think 1 have, discovered certain lo cal traits of chara&er among the natives of such states as I have vifitetl, which may not so obviuufly appear toperfons to whom they are snore familiar ; Therefore, a few words, if you please, on the fubjefh In New Jersey the e appears to be a cad of charafter, extending to the figure, the mien, and the dialed of the natives, fuf ficicntiy (hiking to arrelta Granger'* atten tion. With persons long and lank, and features small and pinched v the no"? thin and •aquiline, a small head and potted chin) ad ded to a Ihaggling gait ; they drawl out their words and drag along their persons. as if each were weary of the other. Almost every ftntence they Utter tagged at one, cr each end, with a fele&ion from those figuificaht words, Guess, Sufpeß, ExpeS, Jitelcn. Ta!;e the following D.'alcgue b.tween two natives of N.Jersey v. I Exp ct it it. You are from Woodbury, I Sus pect ? A. I Guess I am. I Guess you are going to Mar ket, then ? A. Why—l Reckon fa. How do you Expect Truck will go to day ? A• Conjiderab'e cheap, I Guess. Will Cheese fell well, you uess ? A. I SusptCT it will, there's not much at market. I Ri-ckon. And tb.us, Mr, Editor, those conjurors never fail to fufpeft and guns, cxpcH and rec kon, to a tittle, concerning even the mod obvious truths. N. R. Tha words itmg ne, fuppof, be lieve, think, conceive (except in one sense) conjeSure nppreh-nd.—with numerous other* of fur.Slar import, form no part of the New- Jersey Dictionary : nor, indeed, can they be found in any Lexicon to the eaflward, saving. perchance, New-York ; but how long they may be countenanced there, it is not for me to div ne—me, a mere observer of things as they exist under my eye. Yet, on the other ha .d, it must be confefled, that their language is enriched with numerous other words of prompt and iometinvs exten sive fignifica> ce ; fucll as illy [forill] lay [lie] sot [l.ite] set [lit] swap [to exchange or barter]. Then, Mr. Editor, there is that all-devouring i'ubftantiw, \erb, or whatever, elfc you may plrafe to call it, and which must be pronounced with "the genuine nasal t»an : . I mean notions ; a word so rich in itlcif and ct luch unlimited import, that I feel mylMf incompetent to det iil all its pow ers. It is devoutly to be wished, that that gie*t language-making luminary, Noah Webster, Junr. ETquire, mr.v gratify the Amrr ran public -with a lean.ed difiertatiori upon theb?auti;s and powers of this in comparable word. Such a work would as. furedly be confjilered as a most valuable ad dition to the learned Lexicon he has now on the flocks, and wl.icl , I guess, will be inti tuled (and justly too) A Dictionary of the America}; Language. A word, now, to Pcnufjrlvanians, fej-ved up a la mode de conversation between two City Ccllcs. ist. Belle. Have you seen Mr. Z. to day ? id Belle. No, my dear—but I f.tw him yesterday. lie is shortly to be married, rst D. Married?—ls it possible .'—and , "to whom, pray ? 2d B. To Mils Y. us B Is it possible !To Miss Y. you Jay—J-arjd who tola you Co ? id B. Oh, my dear, I have it from un qurftionablc authority ; —for ist B. Is it possible ! 2d B. F< r, us I was a saying, I have it from Miss A. who had it from Miss B. who had it from old Mrs. C. and flie had it from Nur'fe D. who, ynu kr.ow, could not poflibly bemilUken. Ist B. Tl.en it mud be true. And is it possible ! Now, reader, let me intreat thee not to irowjririe there was any the nir.ft distant iu ttr.tion in our fair Querist, to doubt the ve r, c;ty of her dear loquacious friend ; or that either intended to injure,—even—by inuen do,—their equally dear acquaintances, Mr. Z. and Miss Y.—No futh thing—' Is it possible!' whether pronounced with a note of admiration, or of interrogation, are mere words of course, harmlers as the fucking babe, and ought to be conflated, deemed and taken, to all intents and purposes, as if the fame had never been conceived, uttered or expreflVd, at all. In the prosecution of my travels you will probably hear again from Cape Look-out, Ju!y 1800. The French prifontrs confined in Por chefter Cattle* near Portsmouth, found means to get some old iion hoops into the prison, which they made into knives, fharp entd on each fide, and tied two pieces of wood at the end, to form a handle ; but fortunately it was discovered on the evening before the night c.n which they were to have murdered the centinel, and on exam n injj the prison there were about forty of thcfc knives found among them. At a numerous and vtfpe£Uble Meeting of the f r'tnils to Government, lit the City of Philadelphia, U.ld pWifuant to public notice oi". Tuefdny the 29th m(t. at Dun woody's tavern, for .the purpose of nomi nating candidates to ftll theTeveral eleftwe Offices which will become vacant at the ensuing ele&ion. Henry Pratt, Esq. was clioft-n Chairman, und Charles W. Hare, Esq. Secretary; The report of the-committee anointed on Saturday the 26th infh was received— After which it was unanimously Reso.ved, that this meeting will support with the moftadlive exertion Col. Francis Gttrney, As Member of the House of Heprefenta tives of the United States. And the following Gentlemen as Mem bers of the State Legifluture : Lrgijluturt. William Hall, George Fox. Samuel W. Fisher, Godfr y Haga, John Blakely, H. K. Helmuth, RefolveJ, That the committee heretofore appointed, be inltrufted to confer with «heir fellow-citizens of the County of Delaware and County of Philadelphia, as to the no mination of Senator. HENRY PRATT, Chairman. CL'Srlejt IV. Hare, > Diflrtiution of thr Briti/b' Naval Foru, tx efofive of tb; armed vtjftlt. Which are chiefly employed in proteAing the cuaftiog trade of Great Britain. Line. Fif. Fri. Sps. Tot. In port and fitting 69 5 7 117 263 Guard /hips 5 5 In Irish and English channels 21 45 66 In the Downs and North Seas 1 323 33 60 W. I. Islands and on pafiage 3 >7 19 39 At Jamaica 7 116 19 43 In America and at N. Found Land 217 6 16 East Indies and on the passage 9 710 17 4$ Coast of Africa it 4 Portugal, Gibraltrr & Mediterranean 17 239 26 34 Hofpitsl ai.d prison (hip* 26 3 >9 Totalin comnvfiion 139 22 207 284 652 Receiving (hips 8 I 8 17 Serviceable and re- pairing for service 314 Inordinary 25 23 38 86 Building 20 2 31 The widow Newhall ) ctUrday left this town for Boston, in order to procure the release of her Son from the merciless fangs and cruel tyranny of a Brittfh (hip of war, the St. Albans—where he has been confined a number 01 years, and where he kas been, we learn, rood'cruelly and repeatedly beaten for endeavouring to make his escape. The brigantine Hannah, H White, of this port, released at Halifax has failed for Malaga from thence. The whole rxpenfe of eetention, fending in, trial, &c. &c. bcc. the owner was indemnified for—out of bit own pocket ! Saltm Rtg. By the (hip CharUilpn, we have received papers to the 16th inft. but they contain nothing of moment. Deficient resources, however, seem after all to press upon the First Consul, Hill hea vier thin superior numbers. Should the Great Buonaparte, in his match of Faro, be beaten b/ the Bank, it flill mud be allowed that, as a Soldier of Fortune, he saw a win ing game to play, " and |>lac'd his all upon adtfpsrate chance." The Devil, who al ways favours young beginners, gave him at fiili a sise ; and Ihould -he throw dcuce-ecf at last, it will but be the lot of many adalh ing predecessor. It is a curious fatt that the infeft called the rose bug, which used formerly to be found on rose bu(hes only, has within a few years multiplied and spread, so as to injure many of our early fruits, particularly cher ries. They appear in myriods, eating cher ries, and young apples and peaches, till a bout the firft of July, when they all disap pear. This faft has been the fubjeft of re mark in many slates, and is worthy the no tice of the Naturalist. A middle aged man, yesterday evening in Howads Woods fuddeuly fell down and ex pired in a few minutes. He complained of a giddiness in his head, but alfigned do caufej was lately from New-Orleans, and by the only person present who had any know ledge of him was called Andrew ; his fir name he did not know. He wa3 drtflcd in common clothes, and appeared like a la bourer. VIATOR. London, May 31. A young man of the name of Ma!oy, early on yelterday morning, accidentally fell from the attic story window of a house in Water Street, and instantly expired—He belonged to capt. Graffin's company, 27th regiment militia, and was last evening buried withmi litary honours. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE Total 195 25 248 32a 798 BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. SALEM, (Ma(T.) July 24. NEW-YORK', July i v BALTIMORE, July 28, Yeflerday two men, who are fufpefted to belong to the party that recently robbed the tuftom hnufc llores in this city, were bro't from Philadelphia, and committed to jail. RALEIGH, (N. C.) July 22. On Friday lalt, eleven cf the principal men belonging to the Catawba nation of In dians arrived in this city, on a visit to the governor. His Excellency furnilhed them with a separate building, and provisions to lubfitt 011 during their (lay*. They left this on Sunday for Newbertr. They are good locking men, and appear to be well disposed. The friendly dispositions of this nation, we trust, will be remembered by the people of North Carolina wherever they may travel. By a gentleman direst from Norfolk, we are told that the Yellow Fever is raging with considerable violence at that place— and thkt as many as thirteen persons had died in one day. The last Norfolk pjpere make no mention of it. WEST INDIES. KINGSTON, (Jam ) June 20. Arrived, fchr. Bilboa, Nerffian, Balti more, is 29 days. Fourteen or fifteen captain 9 and officers taken lately in the pickaroons cruising round the coasts of this island, have been sent home in his Majesty's ship S lebay, to be exchan ged, in preference to exchanging them here ; tbey were persons who were inti mately acquainted with every bay, &c, on our coasts, ar.d who had been brought in here fevcral times ; immediately oi> their be ing exchanged, they ag in infefted our trade, which being hinted to Admiral Par ker, he judiciously gave orders for their tra fportation 'o England. A foreign veflel frim St. Thomas's arri ved yesterday, with the following comedian pafTetigers : —Mr. Spjetiicerta and Lady, Mr. Dimarke, Mr. Larcencoid and Lady, Mr. i'aranatio,' Mr. Silver and Lady, and Capt. Vardett. -1 Three Per Cent for Dollar si. The fubfciiberß will give the above premi um for dollar*, to :he extent of Ooe Hun dred Thoufatid Poinds sterling, payable in Doubloon*, atiheroffiee. The like pre miums will be givei for any dollars delivered to their agents, at Montego Bay, Savanna la Mar, or Port-Aitonio, who are autho rised to draw at fight for the amaunt. G.& M.ATKINSON & Co. About half pad one o'clock on Sunday morning, a most dsring robberT was com mitted at the houfcof Mr. William Brown, in Matthew's lane near the Parish House, by two white men armed with pistols and cutlafTes. On hearing some persons at tempting to open his trunk, Mr. Brown jumped up, and on aikiug, " Who's there," or.e of the villains put a pistol to his breast, demanded hit money, and desired him to remain quiet.—His wife making some noise, was ttruck at with a cutlass, which fortu nately miffed her, and while both ware kept in fear of their lives, the other villain broke open Mr. Brown's trunks and carried away his and Mrs. Brown's linen, a silver watcli, a new coat, with feveial other arti- clea, and near thirty pounds in cafli. The neighbours were alarmed as soon as poflible, and went in search oi them but without fuc fees. St. CHRISTOPHER'S, July 17. INTERESTING DECISION To tie Commar.dc -1 of bis Maje t, 's shift, and to the Owners cf Privateers duly com- missioned. At a cour# of Vice Admjrtlty, in the IQand of Nevis, on the aid of February, 1800, came on the cause of the Salem, an American veff<-l, captured by a French pri vateer, and which remained in the cullody of the enemy for eleven days ; but before (he couli reach Guadaloupe, was seized and C'autured by the Diana privateer and brought into the port of Nevis for adjudication. The Master of the Salem, with Agent for totmer Owners, claimed, offering one third of the value of the vefiels and cargo as salvage to the owners of the Diana.— The Captors claimed the whole : the Salem having been in poflefiion of the enemy eleven days, which made the veflel and cargo the aftual property of the enemy. The advocate for the Captors made use of strong though (hort arguments, declar ing, M that there was no Law of Nations, treaty, or Britifli aft of Parliament rjjifting, that could afford a lhow of solid foundation for any claim being interposed—That from the moment of her capture, (lie had become French property ; and the claimants well knew that had the veflrl rea bed Guadeloupe they must have given up every pretension to the property in question—That fortunately, the Diana had fallen in with this quondam veflel, and retook it from the enei- y." The arguments adduced by the Claimant* Advocate, were founded on the precedents of some Courts of Admiralty in the Islands, where American laws and regulation* re 'ipe&ing re-captures made by their com missioned ships of war were adopted, and ad vanced to be a guide to a British Court of Admiralty, for political reasons. Tlie court gave judgment that the cap tors were entitled to the whole property— An appeal was prayed for touching tw» thirds of the veflel and carfro, which was granted. The proper officer ot the court , was then direfled by the judge t» fell the Salem, her tackle, apparel, ar.d furniture, •ind the goo s, wares, ai d merchandises therein laden, and to piy one third of their value to the captor?, agreeably to the sal vage offered by the American agent, and the remaining two thirds to be secured pen ding the appeal. Meflrs. HODGKMSON and BARRETT, R ; fpe£tf»Hy icquaint the Ladies and Gent'e men of Philadelphia, that the Old Theatre, in Southwark, will be opend For Trjo Nights only, Oa THURSDAY Evening, July 31ft, 1800, with a 'pecies of entertainment, Moral, In itruilive, and Amusing, confiding <«F Reci tation, Music, Song, &C. and properly de nominated the Feast of Reason AND The Flow of Soul. Part 1 ft. Will commence with an OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, after 5 year's absence, by Mr. liodgkinfon, To be followed by Mr. Barrett, who will de liver, the mull felea parts of the celebrated George Alexander Stevens's LECTURE ON HEADS. Being a comic, fatyric, whimsical, humour ous, moral, illullrativeDifiertation a<d Display Cf Heads, Passions, Humours, Whims, Oddities fjf Characters. In three parts. TO expatiate on the propriety of an Enter tainment, where the Follies of Life !re exposed in laughable & striking < oleurs, & the m jial inferences drawn from such display, it is presumed, would be needless. It is well known that the ancients held this mode of iaftru&ive amusement in the highest degree of estimation ; nor has it been left esteemed by the molt po liihed nations among the moderns. To " Catch the living manners as ihey rife," has ever been held not osly allowable but merrito rious ; and the opinion given by one of the molt enlightened of the sons of men, of the original compiler, of the Ledlure now offered to the public, " That his merit, genius, and satirical observations, marked him as a Public Ceeifor ; and that his judicious display of Fol ly and Vice, er.title him not only to public en couragement, but public thanks' As the high ly flattered attempts of the then living author, mull be considered as the highest eulcgium to his manes ; so it is hoped the fame with to please and entertain in the present cafe, will be viewed at least with candour. PART ift. i. Quack Doctor. а. Coat of Arms. 3 Misfortune. 4. Simple Block. 5. Diflertation on Liw t with a Cafe in Point. б. Pretty Fellow. 7. Nobody's Htad. 8. Diflertation on Nothing. 9. Nobody's, Somebody's, er any Body's Coat of Arias, 10. Diflertation on Architeflure, Painting, P. etry, Aftrcnomy and Music. 11. Illuttration of Law, BulUm versus Boatum. part id. f. Riding Hood. а. Lady cf Falhion. 3. FifliwomaH. 4. Contrail y Crying Philofophsrs. б. Laughing do. 7. Cleopatra. 5. Diflertation how Ladies will or may ppflefs the beauties of Venus. 9. French Night Cap. 13. Old Maid, n. Old Batchelor. 11. Browae Head, 13. Flattery. 14. Honcily. part 3d. 1. A London Buck. а. Lady of Ton. 3. American Sailor. 4. ConnoifTcur. 5. Turtle-eating AlJcrman. б. Swindler. 7. Funeral of ditto. 2. Monument of ditto. 9. Th« Treatment of 1 Soldier in the year 4j—Story of the Year 4j xo. Yorick by Shakespeare, and Tristram Shandy, it. MethodLft Preacher, ti. Conclusion. Between the different heads, Mr. Hodgkin foil will sing fumeof Dibdin's New and m:ft Popular SONGS, never yet heard in America, with Rrcitition, &c to be arranged in the fol lowing order. raar t. After tke Head of the Quack Doctor, The celebrated Song o; the .NEW QUACK, Or the man that cures every difordcr, with cupping, drenchihg, couching, clyfler, pu king, bleeding, sweating, blister, diet, bolun, dose or pill. After the difTertation on law with a cafe in point, the Song of TRUE GL Q RT, With an iutroduflbn, and variou» opinions, of what True Glery is. After the illustration of BULLUM versus BOATUM ; —Part ill. will finilh with the Song of the Country Club j OR THE %JTIZZICAL SOCI&7T. Pait »&• After the LaughiNO Philosopher, Mr. llodikinfon will sing the much celebrated Laughing Song. «• NOW'S THE TIME FOK MIRTH AND GLEE i" ar.d con clude Part the 3d with SHELTY'S TRAVELS, AND Voyage to America : Leaves (lie Isle of Co!—arrives in London meets O'Ketfe, and lives by Story.telling— Ba-ilhment—anival in America—viCts the Stats-Hotfe, Muleum, Theatre, dec. Conclusion and Song of BERK'S A NICE NEW BOW WOW, The Staunch Dog—the Sly Dog—the Hearty Do. —the Sulky Dog—the Cheating Dog— the Catching Dog, and many othtr Dogs, in thecharafierof A COMICAL DOG. PAIT 3J: After the Head of the LONDON BUCK, Mr Hodgkinfon will ling tha Frolickfome Fellow. After the Turtle eating Alderman, the much admired Song Qt MOUNSEER NONG TONG PAW, John Bull's Trip to France. The Evening'* Entertiinmeat to (ibittt. with A Monody, SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF General Washington, And concluding Song & Chorus. Meflrs. Barrett £3* Hodgkinson, bag leave to aflure the public, that every ears has Loen taken to feleci an entertainment worthy their patronage, and to make the Theatre com modious and cool,as poffifeie. gj" Places for the Boxes! to be had at Mr. North's, any time from Wednesday io o'clock A, M Tickets to be had at Thomas & Willitm Bradford's Book-Store, No. 8, soUth Front ftreet- -0 Box I Dollar —Pit 75 cents —Gallery 50 cents. Doori) to be cpen at 7 o'clock, and the per formance to begin preeifely at 8. July 29. Marshal's Sale. United States, ? , Pennsylvania District, J BY virtue of a Writ to me direflcd from tlie Honourable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the DiftriA Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania Diftritft, will be fold at Public Au<stion at the Merchant's Coffee Houl'e on Monday the 4th day of August nrxt at 12 o'clock at noon, the Brigantinc or Vessel l£L CALLVD THE jferax WEST-POINT, ' :'.T.y\ViTH her tickle. apparel and fur ;SS"s^Sfln'ture' 'he fame having been late ly libelled in the said court for Mariners wages and condemned for the payment thereof. JOHN HALL, Marshal, Marfhil'i Office, Philadelphia. July 2s, ißqo July 15.' 3tawtfa. FOR SALE, THE CA.RGO 6F 7hs Ship ASIA, captain Morgan, from BA T A VIA ; Confiding sf Seribon and Jacatra Coffee & Sugar, Of an excellent quality. rXn THE SHIP ffl&fiSLj Is also offered For Sale ; KSl'lvfeai She has made but one voyage fine j&.j-'!(he was (heathed with the befl pa tent copper,and (he is in good order. Apply to James C. & Satnl. W. Ffhcr, William Sanfom, AND Joseph S. Lewis. July 24. dlw For Sale, Freight or Charter, J;SL SHIP APOLLO, Knowlks Adams, Mastsh, A good (lauch vessel, B.;. ti.cn one hundred snd thirty eight tens; will be reaiy to receive a cargo in a few days. Apply to the matter ob board, at Hamilton's whaif, or WILLIS YARDLEY, Chefnut Street Wharf, North. N. B Configr.ees of Gods on board said (hip from Madeup, are requested to obtain their par. mits as eatly as poflible, and forward the fame to the officer attending. 7 man. a 8 1T 4' Saulnier & Wilson, WOOLEN DRAPERS, MERCERS, SSV. No. 63, North fide Market-flrcet, HAVE a general assortment of bed London fuperfinc Broad Cloths and Caffimeres, (of the newest fafli ion) silk {tripe and feccnd quality Cloths, falhionabU waiftcoating, silk stripe ind twill'd Nankeens, Jean, Fustian, Gingham, Dimi ty, Thickset, fancy Cord, Velvets, Scarlet, yellow and white Flannels, Finders, Irifli and_ brown Linens, Dowlas, mens' and womens' silk and cottmi Hosiery, coat and veil pearl, llcel, gilt and plated Buttons, different colours silk Velvets, tam boured and Cambric Muslins, Calicoes, Caliman coet, Shiwls, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Gloves, (.hecks, &c &c. N. B. Taylors'beft quality Trimmings—afl which they will fell very low. July 18. dtf Will be Landed, At Pine Street WbarJ, On Thursday next, the CARGO of the Ship Jane, from Kiagfton, Jamaica, consisting or 20 Hhds. well Flavored Spirit. 2 j do. befl: scale Sugar. 827 Bags and Seroons Caraccas Cocoa. 40 Bbls. Limes—For sale hy Wm. G. W ROBERT C. LATIMER. July 29. djt. To be Let, For the season, W immediate possession given A very pl«afant, healthy COUNTRY SEAT, WITH Garden, PaP.nrr. Grounds, Coath- House, Ice-Houfc, &c. &c.—Situa'ed near the Frankford road, and about 3 i-l rr.iUi from the city. For terms apply to the fuhfcrilwr, iri Chefriut, aLtve Eighth Preet. w. macpherson. July 18. dfit •i- A
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