Gazette of the United States. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY tVHSIDO, DKCKMBfen 13. Prices of Public Stock* t>kU*ABII.rUJA, IJ. , p** amm i '/'Jbt Eight per cent, (lock— 113 bix per cent, lleck "> „„ .■. . • Navy ditto Deferred 6 per cent 90 « 91 Three percent. <7» sib 3 I t per chit, y 4 cent J none at market BANK U.Sutes, 140 p. cent ad.> Pcnnfylvania, 135 ditto ( N. America 151 ditto f Insurance C». Vtnns'a H7 <*l3B ditto J Virth America 70a 7'J Turnpike - »,5<5 a 160 dolls. Schuylkill Bridge - par Water Ltian, 87} dolls. Land Warrants 1$ a 30 do>ls. 100 acres CLurtb Lottery Tickets, 9 dollars EXCHANGE. On London at 60 days 70 a 7»s Rates of Foreign Coins and Cur rencies in the United States—j>er oct of Congres for payment of Du ties. Englifli pound tleillng 4 44 Iritn do do 4 10 ( Du'ch rin or Gui Ncr o 40 f Mambutgh Mark banco o 33 1*3.) "Go*tscrsD tr M. M'COVNELL, Cbesnut street, No. 143. Extraft of a letter to a merchant in. this city dated, " London, Q&ober H. " Vi"c are happy to .inform jrpu, that the | eaptors of your bri£ Ann, have confen.ted 1 to reJea-fe her, and the Goods we claimed an your behalf have been returned, and the other go\id3 we like wife lhall claim, when we reiiive the necelTary powers trom Am sterdam. The question of freight and expert-' ces is referred for future deciSon." 'i'he Ann\ belongs to this port, and was captured the beginning of Oftobcr last, on her p* following account ot j the l.ombardy fnpflar. It ferveb (laid nr) in the country from j W4itch it derivesjits name, the four following j purposes : , 1. It moderates the heat of the Summer j Sun in Meado s w», and thus protects and en creafe* tne of hay and pasture. %. The ho(ly'\, of the ties, when full grown, after its.barke ij taken offil and it is thoroughly d; 'Jed, makes gond rails. 3. Its branches, when cut and dried, afford excellent' fire wood, particularly for cooking io Sumimer. 4. 'l'he leave s 5t (mail twigs of the Tree, when plucked , cut in the fall of the year, and dried, a wholesome fodder for cattle and {hetp during the winter. . It is our farmers, where their natiVe sorest trees have become icarce and dear, will attend to these faft'-, fcnd, here after, rtiHiVate the Lombardy Tree for nther purposes than merely for domeflic fii.'dc, Instance of delicate Benevolence. two voung ladies, of a diliinguiGied fa mily in till- »e(V of England, were lately so far reduted in life as to be compelled to take in needle-work and to labour for their fubtittence. I hey had n jfhing left of their family ertates and fortunes,butfame wretch ed furniture, and an old pi ft lire of little va lue. The rircumftance reaching the ear of a Wealthy clergyman in the neighbourhood, •who had received some favours from the family, inftamly repaired to the unfortu nate females, and fearful of wounding their delicacy, said to them, with a ftrnling and affable air, " I am informed, ladies, that , you have in your apartments here a mod va luable piaure, I fee it, it is by the hand of a jjveat matter / and if it be not teo great a favour I would intreat yeu to part ■with it, for which I will fettle an annuity 501. a year upon you, and it lhall com mence from this moment!— The ladies were at once astonished, and confounded; they knew not how to arrfwer. He reliev ed' them, t>y pstting down a 501. note on the table, at the fame time assuring them, that if they sent the piAure according to his direction, they Ihould find he would keep his promifc." Towards the close of the lad year the dif | ference of religious opinion canfed a schism ill the Synagogues of Am(l«idam. A Jew of ©onfideiable talents is the Leader us the new and inore enlightened ScQy whith would abolilh all the' abi'urd usages with •which the lUbb'ms have loaded the law of Mofts*. The heads of the .Synagogue* ap plied to the Bauvian Magistrates for assis tance. hoping by -their interpofitioii to bring back the Sep*«»ti(U into the old Xocietj. But, no attention was paiJ to their applica tion, .. Uecaufe it militated againll the principles of toleration ; and a complete ft:hif>m entiicd- More than a hundred fa milies joined the reformers, and have now a separate S'jnagogut. ( There lately issued from the press of the University of Peter Jbiugti, i' Life of P Eta it toe Great, in upwardi of 30 volumes, be Gullikoflfr Potatoes ray!, a I,nndon Paper sweetened bv the etfcfts of fro ft, if walhed, Hired, prelTcd, boiled,' and in the boiling purified fir It with powdered charcoal, and afterwards by the ordinary methods of puritying fyrnp, and refining l'ugar, will it is laid, afford a fufKciently profitable return of fine and wholfome Sugar - r while the refufe maybe used either in feeding cattle ot as manure. Frosted Potatoes are at present luffeied to ! go to walie, It Ims been commonly fuppofed,that the claws, jind the teeth of wolves weie alone to be dreaded, but a Paris paper has ilie*n that thfy eccafionally employ a very dit ferent weapon. In the woods of Gsly-fur- Cruse, the lon of the Hanger, was forced by the approach of a furious wolt to iun up a tree ; in ascending lie dropped his gun which falling perpendiaularlyj, was run again ft by the wolf, and went off by'acci dent The cofitents were lodged in the 1 body of the young man, who expired iniitie diately. 4eo Ih this age of oeconomy of labour* when corks arc drawn, and cucumber* cut by complex machinery, It may be fatisfaiWy ty our readers tp know, that there it in Pa ris a n«w invention tor mending pens, whioh fays, the Inventor, has cod him the labour of his fife, and i» calculated to rescue thote who use pens te from the milery, the de pendance, and the lot* ot time which they have hitherto laboured uuder ! ' Ddh. Cn Agriculture.—ln one of the last Moni tours a caution is given to cultivators, by reciting the cafe of a proprietor of 2,00 pro ductive acres of ground near Paris, who or dered all the stones, which were abundantly strewed upon its furface, to be removed, from an idea thai they prevented the growth of the corn. The confrquence wis., that isflead of a rich hjrveft, WU ground Ccarcely produced anv thing. On cdnlultinjj the neighbouring farmers, he was advised to re place the l\on«s as they were before ; and having complied with this advice his labour was repaid by an abundant Warveit. Ihe ' inference drawn from this (latement is, that ' the stones, when scattered over the foil,pre i vent its becoming clotted and hard. 1 hey j flic Iter also the young blade t'loni the wind I and the blalljthey retain thehuunii'y which ! wo-Id otherti (febe evaporated, and they are j proftounted, oil the whole, to be highly ta voura ble to the. pr.ogrefs of vegetation. - » .... * EX I R.VCTS Fcem London papers, received by the Roe buck, in 4: day*from London. POtn iCO-MEDIf'.AL LECTURES S Asr.org the M.Jest! Leftures announce for the rnfuini; waiter, an oppolitioil w..{ 11 otac.nirle.it L dlures on dilor ders incident to Statesmen.'' This Course V.ill divided into two parts 1. Of the f)itc Jk\ of Statesmen in Peace 2. Of til- D.fcf.s of :t.t--IWn in n-ur ' I"he former will occupv b ' a fiur.ll part o the Cou.fe, ■» the difoidos incident t( peace fcem toi have dilippeared totally t»on this Country, aud a t , in.ieed, hut litili known in .my part i hi: -« ; r.snl >t tf.o were to i. t.irtt, th. var n'tnpafin--ly iDitd tno require iittlft a:d fro'.n medicine. The 1" cond pkit.it :h-' 1). links ,>t States men ill JPftfy will engine the Usurer's prin rin.il Vi--t.-i.ti u-,. ana this p.i't, he obi. ives irr.ich, s .tit into tii'c cuv'i.>ns ; —l. 1 t.< ft.'hi, generv--iy 'tr.fhn/ ami oh feu re ndicated -by pl.tlu i .. lu . i.-!s ot the chrlt ,vitli font de XKf of dcl'rnin..— X. lhe/ua Tress, or Cnfis, v.'vi' the t..llne!s and d. ■inlll ab.ue, hut delnlit\ vd l-iwnef, of (pint ake place. 3. The te> a:in ili, ft, or cm bo .. ? whicM i" iftdie.it .1 oy mereafing-weal. less, and hanging of the head. These three form the fubjeft of G: teral Lectures, and will again be fubdividet nto various specific Ledlures. Ihe mol ■onfiderabie, as appears to us, aie the follow »g — The Wickbam Message, which made it: ippcaranc* about three or tour years ago I'he patient was attacked with giddineU li,flits oi imagination, and riling* about til! ■heft, which, however, pioceeded from wind lUhough the patient always mfifted that tin welling was fuhftontial. In a fe.» days his preternatural dillention fell, with great rapidity, and left the patient 111 a veiv weak tot*. The Malmsbury Mumps was a disorder ol he lame nature, but much more violent, he bead bring fnft sifledled, and the tlilten .nd wholly uuiccuuntable, Di. Harris, who vas called in very frequently, wrote away foutly for the patient, but to little purpose. Tlw Loyalty Loan, which appeared loon fter. partook'cf the nature of a very weak ning dilchaigr,and reduced Come to a very leplorable stats. The Lisle Asthma ; this was a short w, Colle&or of the Cultoms, to.publilh on tlie t 14th ail Edict, by which he Knglilh were accul'ed of having drowned one man and-,; wounded another- It eiijoincd the President of the CohoiigiW', 'lie Society of Trnrlers.to communicate its.cjnieou to Mr. Hall, Chief of the Englilh VaC\ory, and to demand from him that the guilty ihou'id be given up to jullice. 44 The Co -imit'ee'e chofetv made vain re monstrances, viva voce. 'Captain Dilkes, of hia majefly'* (hip the Madras, having arrit ed from Macao, prevailed on the traders of the failory to carry a letter to the Viceroy. This (tep, unexampled at Canton, was con : trary to all ordinary cirftoms. The letter was favourably received.—Captain Otlkes complained of the robbiiy which had been committed, demanded an impartial exa mination, and prayed his Excellency to conlider the affair as a national bufiueh, and having no connection whatever with ■he F.aft India Company. The Viceroy did not content to this lalt demand ; buthe lent a confidential Mandarin to confer with. Captain Dilkes and Hall* —1 h r parties conceilied on both fides were pre lent at the interview. The Viceroy at l ift decided, in conformity with the Chiscle cnftoni.lhat live affa.r Ihonld be firft carried before an inferior Tribunal, "in order to be finally brought before a Superior Court. ■' Capt. Dilkes, with the guilty pevfon, a wittlels, and Mr. Statintoii, in quality of in- Interpreter, went into the town, where the people treated thejn with much indig nity After haviir. wailed for several hours for the Criminal judge of tlie province, ; they were brought into court. Capt.Dilkes in tilled oti the mate's being examined. The Judge Tel'ufed, faying, that Englilh sailors could not be believed 7 he added, that if i the wounded perlcvn survived forty days, the . laws «f China onlyardered baniftiment, and that the would pass over this fentcnce in consideration that the guilty j perfoH was a foreigner. j « Capt.Dilkes p»:rfift'ifig is demanding the examination of the Jailors, unfortunately raised his voice higher than what u, per- j mined by the regulation of the court , im— 1 mediatelythe judge made a lignal to hisoff.- cers,who(rized capt.Dilkes by the (houldcrs, 5c pu died him violently out of the court, Mr. J Staunton followed him. The two lailors were retained near a quarter ot an hour, and were que'tioned upon different points, but their flight was fo-grcat that they re-; membsred neither the questions nor their anlwers. 4 Capt.Dilhes wrote a second letter to the Viceroy complaining of his conduct, but this time he cOuld not prevail on the traders of the Faftory to t«ke charge of it-; and it is perhaps, happy for the Englith that the Chinese have declined apy further inquiry, as neither the guilty person nor the wlr nefs could have deposed upon oath, that the men of the Chinese boats had been at tacked in the a£fs of robbery. The Chinese (tillpretend that I of these men was drown ed : but as they have not found the body, they have 110 preof of this. They fuffered the, Mate to leave Canton without molesta tion. The young man who was wounded, was sent to ut on the 13th,to be taken care of: and we have reason to hope that he mill !-.*» rur^fl. . . u 0:v the 27th the Viceroy fer.t word, that in confederation nf the Frier.dilnp lub fifting between the Englilii and the Chinese, he had dilpeiifed with the Execution o£ the Law:" V By Yejlerday's Ea/iern Mail. BOSTON, Dec. 6, General Court Martial. On Tuesday and Wednifday last, a gene, ral Court Marti .1 was h<-ld at Watertpwn, for the trial of It. col. Chambe rlaine, and jiai. Burnip, of the stlt regiment of the 3d dmfion of the militia of tins Common wealth. on sharges exhibited a'gainft them by M»j. Gen- Hull, and Brigadier General ' Calburn, for disobedience of orders, and unmilitary and unofficer like conduct, ait ' the Divisionary review at Concord, in Au gull last i as mentioned in the Centinel. at ■ that time. The Court was thus organizedj Major Gen. Ellictt, President. Members. Brigadier General John Whiting Brigadier General John Winflow Lieutenant Colonel Benj. Hiydsn Major Amos Hovey Majo- Silas Hoi mail Major Daniel Wild Brig Gen. Gideon FolW Lt. Col. Jonas Larie Lt. Col. James Burnhtm Major James Kobinfon Mayor William BolTon Major Oliver Crufby. Capt. the Hon. lim. Bigelonv Judge Advo cate. Major Clap) Marshall. The charges b«-ing readjby the Judge Ad i voi ate, to Col. Chamberlain, he pleaded Not Guilty. A great number of wimefles were examinul, and the Court expended Tuesday i'n a.tendil.g to them. On Weinefday morning, the Judge Ad vocate digelled the evidence ; and analyied the defence;' which was in purport, that the o;der of the Major General for the re view wss illegal; and that coming to the parade as a -volunteer, he (the Colonel) was not liable to answer any tribunal for his condu£tas fatli —Thtfe pofvtioßs the Judge . Advocate amply refuted.—After which the Court was cleared. I he trial of Major Burnip commenced immediately after. l"o the charges read a gaintl him. the Major, with much -candor - an i iu(*en"on 1 nei*>. pleaded guilty ; and re- / qrelled leai-e to adduce evidence of his ir -1 repicacliable military character, for a le- , ' ries of years piiur (hereto, in mitigation of i _ the penalty A number of evidences, (of . whom Major General Hull was one) tclHfi rd co the z-al and ardor of the Major in equipping a»d difeiplwing ihe corps to which he hatl been attached, -lid «f the alac r ity wi.h which he returned to his duty, after being convinced of the impropriety of his o.mdudt, by the Major General. After the Judge advocate had observed on the charg s, and the mitigatory evidence the ; Court was again cleared. Ihe relult of rhefe trials cannot be known until after the veto of His Excellency the Commander in Chief has been pronounced, j Both trials were condu&ed with great j ability and candor, and the Court granted j the Kefpondenti every indulgence in its . power. , I This was '.he firlt General Court Martial j, which has been called since the revolution j and was highly refpedtnblefor the profeflion- i al knowledge, the rank, and general intelli gence of iti met"bcts. ; A fubaltem's guard did duty during the fittings of the court, and every proceeding was ma ked with as much regularity and precision as it would have been in regular ervice. NORFOLK, December 6. Having been favoured by general Davie with a fileol French papers to the 13th of O.ftober, we (hall make tranilations of fuch 1 parts of them as have not already appeared in the Herald—They contain very little, or nothing, evin cpnjettural, on the lubjett of Pi.ACE; but frtm what we have been ena bled to learn from verbal information, there is great pi obability that a general peace will I War Department, take place, for we underlUnd. that the Fi.it November 13, 1800. Consul (Buonaparte) lias, waved the preli- rppjoSC Gsntlemen who have applied for mi mitiary with Great Britain, of induing on a 1. j; tsir y appointment in the fervica of the naval Ariniaice : That England is to lend a Unite l States are informed that their applica- Deputy to the General Convention of Lu- tions with al the recommendatory letters aceonn newville, and the common report is, that panying were consumed by fiie in the \V ar Ot- Hollar.d and Italy are to be acknowledged fire, on Saturday evening lafl. Thole who 1 as Republics, which, it is funpofed, England continue to delire to be oenfiriered as candidates- I will accede 10-With refpeft to the ma- -lliee the propriety of renew.ng their applw terials which the Treaty between this Cstlo " s * SAMWEL DEXTER, country and France, nothing has tranipneu Secretary of War. 1 of which we have ally knawledge, except the Printers in the different States ar« that one feature is that, the American Hag req'efUd to give this a place in their GazetM ! is tc pals in all diredtion umnolelled by that JuJl Received by A. Dickens ; Opposite Christ Church, Desultory Relied ions, ON THE Political Aspect of PUBLIC AFFAIRS In the United States of America. Part 11. '• And I looked, and behtkl a piJe We : *«<} « his Hame that fit on him was Death, and " Hell followsd with him " (Price 35 Cents.) j ALSO 1 CARMEN SECULARE - Fur the year 1800. By Henry James Paj;e P L. Superbly printed in +:ji— (Price 75 Cents-} December 10. f ; i 1 For the fourth time here. New-Theatre: ON -MONDAY EVENiNG, December 15, Will be prefeiu#J, a celebrated new Cemedy, ill 5 a rd, mist E. Weftray ; Lady Handy, mrs Shaw; Susan ,\{h field, mils Weftray J Dame Aihfield, mrs Francis. Country Lasses—mils Amtld, miss Solootobs, mrs Do&or, mrs Stuart, &c &c In act 11, A Country Dance, By tl«characters. To which will be added (not afted this feafo*,) a Comic Opera, called, No Song no Supper; £T The third representation of the above Co medy, was on Wedncfdajr, honored by a crouded and briiliaHtaudier.es with incrtafed approbation* 1 he public are refpe&fully informed t\iat on ac count of several new pieces in prepar/ :ion, it will after this evening be laid aside for io?.ie tine. Cod Fife. A few quintals ! eft Cod Fish and ' i pipe« and quarter caflts) ) i FOR SA/..E BY BENJAMIN W. MORRIS & Co. December i». eod^t Wanted to charter, FOR. EUROPE, A Vessel, iSSinr Q f ,jp or 180 tons burthen. Apply to ' James, Clibbcrn, Ss' 'Englijh. iz mo. 9th. $ The Cargo OF THs SHIP , JOH ST& IT LKE LY, Capt. Stockley, from Baiavia, CONSISTING OF Coffee sugar & pepper* Of the bejl quality, FOR SALE BY William IValn. December 9 Lorain & Son, No. NORTH TUTRD-Stkeft, HAVE JUST RECEIVED ! A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Chintzes &. Calicoes, Trifh lineni, sewing fllk and best rich scars Scotch threads, with a variety of other ftilombfc Dry Good? , . And a large fiipply of Carpets and Carpeting, Of the latest and most f.fhiojiable figures. ALSO, To be sold or bartered, For Dry Good*, a handsome 'hrcc-ftory BRICK-HOUSE, With piazza anft kitchen adjoining.. Dtuat»ln Vin# uear Ffttirlh Greet, built in modern flile, with excellent materials, and well calculated to accommodate a large family decomher to 20 Dollars Reward. RAN away from the frigate Conltellation, captain Murray, at Marcus Hook, a mu latto mm, named William Williams, but better known by the name of JOHNSTON. — He vtjs ftfer to the marines on board said ship, ahe Ut u years of avte, 5 feet, 7 or 1$ iHCues high, a little pock marked, full faced and tree, countenance, {lout made, his hair tied in a short queue —Had on when he went away, am olive co jacket, and pantaloo&s, the colour of" which is not recollc<£U-d. Having been ac cuftoined to the sea. it ii probable he has enter e S and failed, on boar J some msrehant fliip. — Ten Dal ar» will be given, f r ctrtatn informa tion, *-hat veflel he has tailed 011 board of ? or the above reward and reasonable expences, for [ iecu'rtng him, in any part of the United States, ' and giving immediate information tne'eof, to Richard' Cursan, Esquire, of Baltimore, James Siton, Bfqr. of New-York, or the fubffrilitrs in Philadepbia, Thomas b* Peter Mpcltc, No. 119, fuuth Front street. December 8. 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