\ NUMUFK H93-1 |C7* Tie price of this (Jatette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. Alt others pay #*e Dollar additional, for enclosing and ck rcctine ; and unless-some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance. , k „* No Subscription will be received for a shorter term thin siit months. December 1 1799- ALMANAC! from September 17—to September 14. ■taa vittti Wednesday Thtirfday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tueftiay SUN- Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuefitay Marshal's Sale. UNITED STATES, ? , Pennsylvania District. BY virtue of a writ of venditions exponas to me direfied, issued out of the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Pennfylvjnia Dif tricft, will be expc.fed to public file, at the Mer chant's Coffre Houfc in the city ot Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th day of O&ober nrxt. at tt o'clock, at coon—all the right, eftatr>and int reft of William Cannon and Joihna Cannon, el, in and to part® of *l7 acres of land, fitnate on Chartres creek, in Waftiington coun:y. on which is er#£tcd a merchant mill, fiw mill and other im provemtnts Also,—a Lot of one acre arid three fourths, in Connonfburgh, on which ii eroded • three story stone dwelling houf'J, Sec Seited and taken in execution and to be fold as the property ef William Cannon and Jolhua sin«oa the younger, by JOHN HALL, Marshal. Ma'ibal's Office, 1 September io. 1800. y 3HWtS. Mary Beck, RESPECTFULLY informs Iter Friends and the Public, that she intends opening her Select on the firll *f October, in Fifth n#ar Walnut Street, opposite the State House Yard, where (be will as nfuai, teach the brar.eSe* «f po lite and »feful literature, including Geography, Aftrcnomy, Writing, Arithmetic and every ac complifhmeiit necessary to form a complete liberal i-»n. Voting Ladie# may be accommodated with Boar I, £c. in the Houfc, which is very airy and healthy G. Bfck's Drawing and Painting School viH commence at the fame time. faptembcr 10 WEST COUNTRY PATENT Canvas, »Jo 1 to FOR SALE BY Ebenezer Large, ALQ 200 boxes fliort pipes fpitable for the Spanilh Market 9 mo. 13th. 1800 fmwfcfa 7W ' Charles Marfliall AND SON, No. 46, Chesnut Street, HAVE RECEIVED, Per brig Liberty, capt Htoderf.'n, from Amller dam, and other arrivals, A quantity of the following article*, which they fell for ca(h, or the usual credit— Antimon crud Ol Anifi Arfeoic alb Juniper Sac faturni huccini Vitriol alb Rho J ii Borax Camphor Opium Coetijinelfe Annetts Gum Benzoin McrcDulc -—Arabic Prcccip rub Myrrh Corros sub ' Kino AT..B© ON HAND, Sal G tuber ("Manna fhk Rad gentian SjJ | Com Flo Sulphur 1< jj Liquorice ball Sweet oil f c ] Cort Peru slav Sem anifi I 2 I Rub * Rlieubarb J"" L And a quantity of Shop furniture, surgeons inftrurr.ents, patent medicines, &c.—Medicine cheftt, and orders from the country, put up oa moderate terms. fcptem' er 13 / w f» 3 W Houses to Let: ONE large conven eat thtee-ftory Brick Dwelling-House, with four rooms on a floe, and two Kitchens j there is a pump of water, and a rain water cistern in the yard situate on the east fide of Fourth- Street, one door above Race-Street, lately occupied by Solomon Morochc. ALSO, A convenieut Three Story BRICK HOUSE, Next door, but one, north of the above, No. 57.— It has a Pump and Giftrrn in the yard, &c. For terms apply at No. «i 6 Areh-Street. August 4. Sep. 16 Gazette of the Uiiitcd States, £$ Daily DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA— TO WIT . BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 2id day of fl. in the 2 fth year of the lndep«B deuce of the Uui'cd States ot America, William YouNts. (B«okfelicr,).of the said Diftri», hath depoftred in rhis the title of a Book, the ri;?ht whcreol he claims as proprietor ; in the words following, to wit. in confabp rv 1# <: . I*4 c«n grel's .! the United States iotiuiled " An * s Act for the en ouragemect of learning, [sKAt.,l by securing the copies o' Maps, Charts and Bosk* to the .Authors and Propri etors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned " D.CALDWELL. Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. leptember 18 zaw4W- H. M i » 8 ?. 9 5 10 3 - 10 si 11 47 o 13 -KISE3 SET* 6 * Si 8 ROBINETT & KI3SELMAN, 200 lbs. Mace, 1 .. 400 los. Nutmeg*, J 11 ru P enor W* Ut Y- Jamaica Spirits, 4' h proof, Do. Sugar ot the firfl quality, Holland Gin in pipes, Port-au-Prinqe Molasses—and 30 Tierces Rice. R. ijf K. bave also on band, for sale, Hyson, -I Young Hyson, Sc i. TEAS, Souchong J Cogniac Brandy, (it 8c 4th proof, Sherry Wine in quarter ciifks, very nico, jo,ooo Spanish Srgars, And a Variety of other GROCERIES. August 26 eo tf t J SI 6 a 5 i 6 - 6 6 5 J4 - 6 7 5 Ji 6 S s 51 6 10 S .1° jnd Co. No. 3g, North Front Street, HAVE h' O R SALE, Ironmongery, Sadlery, Cutlery, Brafj and ) Japan'd Wares, J 6d 8d tod i id and jod flat point nails, Oerman Steel, Hats afTorted in cafrs, Pifiols, g'ins and flints, &c.&c. September ix. dim HIGH-STREET.' The House, LATELY occupied by the Chevalier D'Yrujo, SpunTlh AmbafTudor, will be let out to an ipproved person or £itruly, on easy conditions. It is large, commodious and elegant, with ceach-houfe and (tables conformable. Enquire at No. too. Spruce flrcet. SAMUEL MAGAW, Arcb Street, A r ». 94. July 23. eodtt'. tu th& fa im -pHAT Handfoine an hcaiihy COUNTRY SKAT, called Laur l L> DGE, the late residence of Thomas Rutter, £fq. fiiuate n f'otts Grove, M mgomcry Count)', rhirty-i'x niiies from Philadelphia, combing about ic6 acres, twenty of which are ptime woodland, fifteen excellent watered meadow, the reGdue divided in arable Its On the piemil'et are a large handfomeßrickHoufeand =dj -ini. g build ings, contains two parlours, a urge dining ro'in, and a Hall, iwelve feet wide, by forty long, a large ki.cheu, wafhhotife withapurt.p of excellent waterin it, fix liandfome chamber, twi> ftorn-rooms, garret charufer» plaiflered a id a graia room over the adj ining bu ding, a double tyring hnafe, with a l"m< ke ouie 6ver the fame, withiafiftv yards of the kitchen—The faring, in the driest leafon never k mwn to low er in the leali, and from which the meadow is watered ; a garden containing about one acre, flocked with the mofl delicious fruits, such as pearTirs, plumbs, cherries, pens, ralberries. &c. several alpjragus beds in great pcrfedlion. Also, a young besrint: appletree orchard, containing several hurdied trees, thefrui: I'eleiled froi.. dif frent parts of the Uni e4 States, a large conveni ent barn with a/threfhmg ft or, with commodi ous stabling tor horfei* and corns, carriage and houl'es, grain room, &c. Also, fund-y put build ings, Con lifting of a large frame and corticrib, &c- Also, a tenant's house, gar den and (table,and a pump of excellent water belonging to the fame. fit nation of Petts Grove is remarkably hcatthy/regu.arly supplied wiih Butcher's meat ;nd poultry in abundance, to he purchafcd at a low rate, and the Schuylkill affrds a plentiful fajipty of excellent fill Two grift mills in the rear of the town. Perhaps few country towns in Peisnfylvania, are more rapidly improving, or havt more loeal advantages than Potts Grove. The ievcral places < f public worship", the filuhrity ot the air, genteel society, and cheipnefs ol livmg, are among the few advan tages it poffdfcs. Any pcrfon widliiig to view the prcmifrs, will plcal'e to apply to Mr. Wm. POTTS, in and for terms to the fubfcri« ber, in Philadelphia. JqHN clement stocker, Sept. 19 2nwtf. A PERSON, WHO is about taking his departure from hence to the Weft Indies, wh*re he in tends to reside, will undertake to tranfail busi ness on the moll reasonable terms for Mer chants who may be inclined tointruO him with their romroatids. He would likewise wish to be concerned with a perlon of refptdlability here, who maybe de urt>us offuch a connexion. *,* Apply at No. 116, North Front St. Aug- eodtwf aficwtf PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1800. " Essays on Political Society. ' Just Received, Jan for sale nr ELISHA FISHER To be Sold « By C. P. Wayne, No. 64, South Froht-flreet. For Sale, by Public auction—in the ; t CITY 01' WASHINGTON. i he following property belonging totheTruf tees of the Aj*g * - lyi, provHed for the payment of certain creditors of Edward Fox and James Greenleaf. L n Monday the h'b Octnbrr in.'it. T) ART of tbe pnogßf f f#i(i fund, In tl«e C'.ty i of Wa&ington, that new is rendered clear i)I every incumbrance, will he exposed at Public AuSion at TaaKiclifl Tavern, aniongfl which are the following valuable fituatioi,, vit. ii Lots in | square No. 975, 2 lots in square 974, 15 lots ia jquarc Ne. a lots in square south of fquan 1019, 19 lots in square 1010,1 lot ir. IqUare lose : lot in square io»i, 7 lots in square »o»3, 4 lot in square 1044, 3 lot« in Itjuare 1045, 3 lo « in (quare 1046, 9 lots in square 1047, it lots in square ) wirh sundry others, advantageously situated in various parts of the city. Also the 2 story frane house now occnpied by Mr. Deblois, beautifully Otuited (with an extensive view offev eral miles down the Poton-.ac) on the south east corner of square 973, fronting 41 feet on II street east, and 4a feetonfoutb G ureet: a commodious Kitchtn with a:i oven, kc. adjoining the south front. A large frame liable, carriage h use and hay loft {O feet by 25, and a pump ef excellent water near the back door of the kitcnen, the lot I extending 91 feetoll ?t ftreet,and 139 feet 1 inch in G ftre«t, comprizing lots Nos. 1, », 3, and part of n, in the regillercd division of the square. 1 he falcswiil commence at the said tavern at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The termsone fourth cafli. one fourth in fix months, whea a dee miicfroot the Turn pike r'-ad, and owning*® town ; containing about 3 »crcß, wi'h allowance of 6 acres per 'OO ; two thirds of the land is good wooiiland, tome excellent ijiea'do .v rw\;! n» ' n.uch imre can be made of the firft q;i:.lity the forge is turned by the main branch of Bnn 'ywinc Cfeek, a forcible Stream, the f6rge has tbfee fires and two hammers all in g*od repair. The dam (icing fo-jrid an.i well hacked, and apparantly able ro rcfifl < y frefh (n >r fupernitural) Likewtf? there i« as»c.t h "-r iirdy llrcam ansl current of water, that tit* nto the said dam, that might be Vcrycon* v.c icnt (or a Grid Mill, or other kind of water might be with facility er<*£tcd; there is a good tw - 'lory stone dwelling-house for the ac commodation of thepropri* torof the work.®, with an excellent faring and good houfc over it; con tiguous to the door also convenient ft one stahlii g with an entry through the mid-le fuflicient t« accommodate three teams, befidet h *okney hnrlVs; contiguous to the forge stand* a good stone office auid a num er ol convenient houfrvi for the woik man is created amply aJequa'e or thi* said worw-i If not then fold it will ! e rented for a term o years Term* and conditions made known b WILLI AM EVANS, in Willistown, or JOHN MARSHA! L, in Thorn bury Towufhip. N. B. The Sale to c«mm'ence at i o'clock ob (aid day. Aut*. 5 Referred Trafts, FOR SALE. ON Wednesday.the ill day of O&ober next, books will be open in the OiSct of the Sub scriber, residing in Fraflklin, for the sale of the KefervedTraAs laid out by virtue of an aft ot Allcmhly passed the Itth <',;y of April, 1799. — One filth pare of the purchase money to be p lid at the time *1 sole, one filth part within twelve months from the day of sale, onr fifth part wiihin two years from laid day, and the remaining two fifth part) at or before the expiration o three years after such sale Nu contrail to be confirm ed for fifteen days after the said hooks (hall be o pened, at.d the highefl price offered within that time will be-accepted. All payments made'will be forfeited unlrfs the purcVafer within three ye rs front the day of sale makes an actual settlement on the trail (urchafed, by clearing, fencing, and liultivating at lealt jwo acres t r every fifty con tained in the survey, and eriil thereon a mef fv.age for the habitation of man, and reside there on !er the space of five years next following the firll v fett!en»er>t of the fame. No patents to issue, unless fatixfa&ory proof fball be ;nade of such aflual Icttlcment, rnidetKe, and improvument. GEORGE FOWSLER, Cemm Jji tier. Fra-k!in, July aS, ißco. aoguft 8, d/jw. WAYNE COUNTY TAXES? r pHH owners of unimproved lands in Wayne * county, a.ie hereby notified, that Taxes are Ijecome j-ayable thereon lor the years 1 ->99 and ißod. Those who have not already paid their taxes, re here!iy required to diicharge the fame to J rtiN BRINK, Esquire, Trcafiirer »f said County »t Millwrd, withia three , months from this date ,otherwise proccedirgs to sale, according to the ail of Afiembly in such cafe-provided, will e had by the Commissioners lor the said county. Asa Stent an, ~i John Carson, > Commissioners Johannes Van Etten, J Attest, E. Kellogg, Clk. July 9,1800 Trujlecs. Maxklin d 90t City Commissioner's Office, Philadelphia, Aug. 26th, 1800. TN purfuarce of an Ordinance of the Select and J ornraon Councils, passed the sid-day of May, * 797» . , PROPOSALS; ('•• writing) Will be received hy the P;t? "owmiflidners, until the thirtieth day cf Sh* '.'wi' ,. S, louth Fifth (ireet, and divide hi; hours of in ilruch'on in the following manner. Attendance on Ladies and Gentlemen, at their own heu!'e«, will be given as usual, from o o clotk in the m#rning till 2 in the afternoon. His afternoon and evening school will begin (every other day] from 4to 6, and from 6 till 9. J ratflations from eirher language into the Other, performed with accuracy, eltgancea secre cy and dispatch.; t N B —Nicholas G. Dufiif, refpeSfully in vites tl;e l adies and Gentlemen, ambitious to learn the French, to agree with some of their frieedi'or acquaintances, dfcfirous of receiving lcf fons in that uniVersal and improved language, to meet at the fame hour and place for mutual in ftruaion—they may l-e afTurrd it will be to their a 'vantage to do so, if they peruse with attention the following . To Ike Lovers of the French Language. ADDRESS. ■N an age when fucccfsful efforts have been made towards the improvement of tit art of Thinh /.vtf, ■ -i' whn tinalyjis has h? n discovered the univ ' a? l, go ' -icthod to ifnpreve all lciences, ann receive iriuru&ion in t'em, it may be a matter oi allonifnmcnt that it has not been yet generally '..braced, and rendered the familiar method of It "ing. The extraordinary rife and ptogrefsof ■ y. within a very few years, are entirely -a an yCs; but there is an art on which it fhouU have fir ft darted its beneficial rays, 1 allu Je to the i caching of Languages In fadl, Na ture, thi« excellent »nalyft, w;n fcefore our eyes guiding children in learning the language of their mother, and no «hild ever failed in acquiring it, profiting furpriiingly by her unerring lesson* Fully convinced by rea'on and experience, thit the feme method (he pursues (hould be lollrwed as neatly as poll.ble, I adopted, in the ecu rid of my inflru&.ons, fiich books eltibiithed cn principles that baft deviate! from fier fimpledi&atei. I soon perccivad that the method acquired from tbefeaids wis bet a very iaegular and imperfect Analysis —I, therfore, refolvtd though with a very small confidence in ny fl<-iider abilities, but animated with zeal lor the improvement of those who may v ifh to learn French from roe, to undertake the laborious andar'uous talkofwritinga work,groun ded or. Analytical principle, which com prehend what is wifhedfer by thofeapplyiiig them ielves to the (turfy of the living languages, and am happy to fay,'l have now nearly concluded it. ft conlifts oj three parts The first, i;aehofen Vocabulary of words most j fmquentiy used in fperch, containining a ,soo—the most natural acceptation of each is determined by a phrase prefixed to it. The fecond,contains the French verbs, both re gular and irm-ular, from a newfystem in which' the principal ii.lHculties attending »orjligation ar« first explained, and observations given ok the use of each sense, il'.u trated by proper examples, so as to enable the learner to exprels kimielf with precision. The third, is s complete list of those words Jer vant Je lici> ou de complement defens esitre lei aufret parelcr du difcotirs : that is to fay—forming the link or complex tion of fcnfe-beiiveen the other parts of fpeecb, whose principal ute is to csubtids in Ipeech that connexi on between words, which a'ready exists in the mind between idebs. I haw also fully determined the sense and acception of th. fe important Words (which are divided into appropriate clafTes to Hi them the eafior in the memory) by annexing to each examples in French a. d English J .s Ido not intend to pubjifh the above,for feme time, and in order, NevertbtUfs, that my pupils may reap the fame advantage without it, I hasten to inform those who m iy he induced to put them selves under n-.- eare, h :lf t!''.vl/it remains to be done, iu order to acquite the neceflary knowledge of it. The rules given by Grammarians tp attain this obj-fl are a most useless to us, and stil! mere so to th* foreigners, struggling in vain to learn the true pronunciation of a Isuguag: with the he!t> of dictionaries and Grammar alone. Though I conceive my fcholarg may attain in the above manner, the accurate pronunciation of the French language, yet striit attention is pai.i to their reading in approved au thors b.-fore we begin the foregoing exercises. 1 will purfuc nearly the fam< method in impart mg.to them the tonttnts ol the two other divifi jns of my work. 1 cannot conc'ude this address with out thanking my Fellow-Citizens for the liberal encouragement I hav» experienced from them, thefsfix year past, in my profeffional career,pre fumir.g that I may be permitted to fay, that I have not been altogether undeserving of it. September 1. Dat taw 4W To Gentlemen Farmers. • THE SVIIsriUUZH I DECLINING farming, wiii offer at public iVle on his PI jntation, oppofitc Newbold'* Maid on tbe Delaware, within tw > miles of Rordentown, state of Nev-Jkrey, on Saturday. ' tjtb September next at i o'cloekj his ftof Horses, Cattle {(noftly fat) an about eighty Sleep, f .urteen of which are Rams. The prin cipal part of both Ewes and Ram* are an excel ! lent breed Hi* plantation he will hold for file rented. Terms of fa!e made known at the time. THOMAS St. JOHN. August 30. , [Volume XVIII.