'.jtarfutoef* and alacrity lent their aid. The inaf. in th
>f the American vefTels in port, and their fail- I've i
. jV-re alio extremely active in their endeavors to (hip'
. tWr feltaw-citizens property fmm py u
] i preventing the Spreading of the flames. is an
Mvrh to the credit of several benevolent citizens and
a fubfenption was immediately set on foot for the cord
re' tof the poorer class offufferers, which, highly Dos
( - u the honor of the opulent and charitable inhabit- the {
a,'its of Charleilon, amounted in the evening of that Sum
ijav to a very considerable sum, the fubfeription ij few
dill handing about, and not a doubt can be enter- of t
lained but a sum fufficient will be raised to enable 0
those who have nearly loft their all, And who are now belo
<ed to their friends for a (helter, to be comfort- with
ably fiiuaWd before the ensuing winter." his
ATTENTION! Thi
«r f l/jifi it may concern, to all good Citizen) plat
in Philadelphia. Ed ti
, ; 't Banks are already established in "ffic
i L this City, and many more are in thro
o promote Gambling! no less [„ ]
n ; tv ~ jrty peopkof different descriptions -p ea
:ach of these houses every "evening Fro
wii.ii a quantum fuffisit of cash in their Am
pockets to"make a facrifice to the goddess of for- c
tune, adequate to their hopes for her favors.
A few nights ago, a young gentleman took the £ .
desperate method of poisoning himlelf, in order to
ee t rid of a mooeylefs existence ; happily tor him .
however his fltuation was known in ttme, and he
obtained a fuccefsful relief, he relates having loft
j roo Dollars in the course of two fucceflive nights,
sou afTures that he knows several others who have
hUa driven nearly to the fame point, through a
fimilarmifchance.
The kind of game praftifed in these houses, is by (
no means entertaining, therefore nothing but the in
bait of gain can fcduce one into an almolt certain w0
loss which is often irreparable, and always severely we;
feit;- . L. ca . r
That game is established upon a principle that w i|
brings by parcels into th* hands of these bank- tat
holders, all the money that is brought thuher after J wa
having citculated a while round the table, so that j ter
when°a man happens to have the chance to win 2 j t h<
or 300 dollars, one may be sure that thousands have I vh
been loft. A M' 1 '
From this preamble you are invited to reflect up- j
on the consequences of this new fort of fpeculjtion. j be
It. would be very well if these houses were fre- c al
nuented onlv by men who are so rich, that not ral
knowing what to do with their money, they should wr
play with it like children with their dolls. O hap- wc
py place where there is no needy persons to relieve ! j in,
nor any occasion to perform an aft of benevolence ! ! ta
But 1 am afraid that what lam t»ld is but too | f lp
Haughty iron hearted ostentation, has kicked j th
bafhfull sweet girl charity. ua
A Man of Feeling. tii
lore papet of the 19th inft. contains ex
s from Paris papers to the 2d April. if
ie Stvafburgh head it is ilated that M. ct
t off in great haste for Paris to cany to lo
the Dire&ory the articlt' as peace received by an j p<
extraordinary Courier from M. BartletlJX. Thatlet- hi
tew from Lan¥iii fay th«OTthe auxtTVyy Troop. K
were ordered to tall back to Verddn and that the di
generals of both armies had agreed that their ad- o!
vanced polls fhtmld be at the diltance of 90 miles a
from etch other. Under the Paris heao of April 2, w
it is ttated that in the Gazette of Stutgard theie is nr
a very extraordinary article dated March 19, at 10
o'clock A. M. which is as follows -• 3
44 By a Courier arrived this inft. from the head- j g
quarters of the Auftrians at Manheim, we have the a
following intelligence, dated the 18th . by the ae J p
counts of all the commanding officers at the ad van- J o
ced polls, we are informed that the enemy, upon I p
the arrival of an express from Paris, have caufydl to h
X be published in all the army, the news of a GLNiv f
RAL PEACE. The fame ha? been published in
Lanoau. All the French troops have cortfequent- (
ly evacuated the advanced pods occupied by them.' a
Neit lei the Grace fromAmfterdam which place t
she left the 3d of April—nor ihe vessel in 36 days 1
from Lifboa bring any confirmation of the above 1 (
accounts. I 1
To Correfpondenis. 1 '
The writer, whose performance is dated " Llart i
ford May 16," is informed that the Editor is not
the author of one sentence which appeared in this
Gazette on the fubje& to which he refers |
that the Editor has not volunteered in publishing
arty of the articles alludtd to by " a Cullomer —— J
consequently his opinion on the general question, is
ottobeinferedfromthem. The Customer is inform-
J that asth« persons at whose inltanceitu publica
tienshe animadverts upon were made, are known, j
*nd his fttictures. arc ot a personal complexion, it is j
arcetfary to their appearance in this paper that the
arthqr ftvuild also be known to the editor.
The piece fignsd " A Jerfeyman" is bet
ter calculated for a paper of that slate—where this
Gazette has only a partial circulation.
f# : —:
From the Cambridge Intelligencer.
' A world in purchase for a friend it gain. — j
So fays Young, and so fays Gen. O'Haia. Ine
General was at Lyons during the massacres at that .
place, and was compelled to witness those horrihle
executions, when the executioners were ftauding up J
i to the anclesjn human gore ! ! ! ! One of the com
tniftioners proposed that the General (hould be ad
* ded to the number of headless tiunks; but his re
quest was not attended to. Some time after, Ge
neral O Hara happened to be in company with the j
r commissary ; when he asked him the reafou of his
making the proposal to put him to death. "My
dear friend, said the Frenchman, it was not from
any difrefpeft that I made the proposal it was
merely the thought of the monsent, and it is not
worth talking of now."
Ear] Stanhope gives an infinitive Irffon to pi
ternal pride, in the manner in which he has atted
towards an amiable and defctving daughter. A
yonng man, the fun of a fubft.mtial Apothecary, at
in Kent, gained the afleftu»ns 01 a young
lafly. She was educated to the love and pradtice
of truth : ihe made the Noble Lord her confidant
in the affair ps her heirt. "My Lnjd, I cannot. 1 bed ;
live h'ppy wiiiiout Mr. Taylo-,"—was her Lady
(hip's frask communication j " Can you live hap- by M
py with him ?"—was the Noble Earl's reply ;" h» It
is an industrious, honell, and intelligent young man, tempi
and I approve your choice." The match was ac- ccuto
cordingly nude ; and conceiving that a licence from prove
Doctor's Commons has not the publicity which lens,
the fpiritua! i*ite requites, the banns were called last len t<
Sunday, and the young couple will be united in a wholl
few day 3, according to the old and iegulpr terms es.
of the Church. iiearl
On the firft Kill'ant, a private soldier, at Bohn, T1
belonging to the French diagoons, was prefentad unfot
with a rich sabre, sent from Paris, as a rewaid for or ra
his gallantry in escaping from five German dragoons, othei
near Krentznach, after killing three of them — Tl
This cetemony was performed in the public market- 'in ni
plate, by General Ernouf ; and lie roan was affur- hram
ed he should have been .promoted to the rank of an irnpo
officer, if he had not been excluded by the law, feffei
through his incapacity to read or write. expe
In life's last scene, what tragedies arise, ® ia P s
Fears of the brave, and follies of the wife !
From Marlborough's eyes, the tears of dotage flow, ai *
And Swift expires—a Driveller and a Show !
Such is the lamentation to be made over the new
publication of poor Edmund Burke. A man, who, cf)(jr
in the early efforts of his life, was to be compared, t j )e j
and ptobably with 110 disadvantage upon the com- 3nc j
parifon, with Cicero! and now, if possible, below ln , u
Mr. Reeves! man
■—.1 ,m Tht
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, May 21.
On Sunday before lalt an enthusiastic preacher' oo s
in a neighbouring town predifled the millennium ra
would comttienee that day week. Numbers of liis rlvH
weaker parifhoners were frighted half to death, and diffs
came out of the church wringing their hands and w,ar
wiping their eyes, uttering the most howling lamen- hull
tation. The news reached this city, thai the world 1
was coming to an end last Saturday, to the great <em
terror of old tyomen. The day however came— P' e
j the fun rose as usual—and fill went on wiell, tille- el 7
v-ning came to the unspeakable joy of the poor
frightened dupes of a fanatic preacher. 6 0v
It would be well if all the fanatic preachers could P Ol
. be sent to Botany Bay. "They are forever making
• calculations about the end of the world and the du
l ration of hell fire, and making half their hearer# , '
I wretched th<;ir whole lives. Multitudes of men and
- women enjoy fcarag a moment's peace of mind ; be
-1 ing perpetually haunted with the terrific ttprefen-
1 I tations they hear from the pulpit. They literally "
> I sigh and groan way their lives. So obvious is this ,ir
1 that certain zealous fefts of religion wear a perjset- (
ual gloom in their countenances, and may be dif
tinguiflied by their long, pale vifa j; es.
Real religion, real p'ety forbids all this- Chrifl
s expressly forbids these forrowful faces. Religion,
- if genuine, will produce" perpetual serenity and
cheerfulnefs. A man that loves God and his fel- j:
o low men, will be cheerful and happy, in a conflant P'
n performance of social duties. He will not go whi-
t- ning and crying about ftrcets or into the pulp.ts to ,
„ tcare peopleotrt of tWcfcffc.witb ® foon4«} pr<- ' ■
e diaior.s. We have nothing to do with the end
I- los the world—the world will ftiH go on as usual—
:s and if it should not, those people will fare the be
i, who havemade themselves.and thtir fellow creatures,
is I mall happy in the discharge »f real duties.
o Weak minds are too liable te alarm, without any
aids fiom rtien pretending to be teachers of reli
1- gion. Children are often almolt frightened to death
ie with ten thousand foolifh tales of horror from thrir
e- parents and nurses. The whole lift"of dreams and ,
n-1 omens and nonefenfical whims of weak or difleiti-
)n | pered imaginations is inflilled into a <-hilc'., be ;.re
to he can read, to alarm him and render his lite unhap-
E* I py*
In People do not reflect how their opinions degrade f .
It- God AlmigHty, the author of nature and father of |
" all blessings, when they (uppofe him defcendmsf to £
ce the tafic of terrifying people by the ticking of little j(
,s infects in the walls, called by filly folks death-watch- h
ive ex, or busy at night in filling their heads with dif- f .
mal forebodings, when they are asleep—To suppose
I the kind parent of the uraverfe capable of such tri
rt fling work, is to place him in the rank of a com
lot mon juggler. . , , r , b
his Were this folk*Or rather blasphemy to be found , (
- I only among ignorant people, there would be le s }
ne cause for surprize. But when influential men f
_I scrutinize into futurity and cakulate upon events to _
,is which almighty power alone is competent, tl.qr (
' . meddle with that which belongs only to God.
ica- Great events ate foretold in feriptnre j but wh<v j
„ n ther the predictions are literal or allegorical ; aod
> the time when and the manner how they are to be
2k! accompli (bed, no man can Ly with any more cer- .
tainty than the horle be rides on.
It would be happy for the world, , the teachers
u ! of morality ami religion would quit all conjure,
and calculations and eilimates about th.qg. which
they do not and cannot understand ; and which
serve only to frighten their hearers, or make them
merely gape and stare. The hufmefs of m.mfters
of religion is to make their hearers wiier and bettc.
rhe by teaching practical truth and duty. Conjeftutes
Lt have nothing to do with morality and religion.
" ™ A writer on the police of London has given the
om- following estimate of crimes commuted in that «ap
. ad- ital annually. v
3r J Small thefts, 7'O.CC
Ct Thefts on the rivers and quays, 500,000
the In dock yards on the Thames, 300,000
■ his Burglaries, high way toUtfTH*
My Coining, •
Vom Forging bills, fwindnng, Sec. 70,000
Among the small thefts are 5 0,000 pewter
, not I pots. ,
In the naval action between Sir J. B. Warrer
Xd and the French squadron, the force was as follows .
A Efwlift feet, 1 58 guns and 1008 meH.
, r at Frcnch do. 196 guns, and 1990 men.
Major f*l<4 P< F ' c^h ' 3 8 and 9 82
dant I The identical pes with which Congrffs fubfcn-
tflc sft of GurrfVifrctisn ia 1788, lately rnfiti
preftMUed to the HiSorical Society in Boston, J vision
by Mrs. Blodgtt of Viruinia. ♦ | hibiti
it is a fail much to be regretted, thjlt all ;he at- j bargi:
(enipu to t.tablilli the maniifaduje of woollen ami
cotton cliths, on a large f; ale, in these flares, hsve |
proved unfucrcfsful. The mannfacture of wool- j
lens, at Hartford, has- in-a great meafu-e sal- ;
'sn to the ground. Tint of cotton at I'aterfon, is Ship
wholly and the machinery taken to piec
es. Thii is the fate also of that at Pompton and
nearly that on York. Ifiand' Brig
The high ptiee of labor, in oonfequence of an
unforefeen war, be considered as the principal,
or rather immediate oaufe of tbefe failures. But
other causes mnft betaken into the account.
The proprietors have employed emigrants, who
in most inftaDces direel many of the moil eflential
brauchus..-iMaiiy of these men have proved to be
importers; Wholly ignorant of the btifi efsthey pro
feffed. Others have been idle projeflors, without Scjir
experience or fyKem, and without integrity. Per
haps it is wirhinttie limits of truth to aflert, that
when a few of the northern states a million of dol- Sloo
lars have been wafted by these projects.
But it may reasonably be quellioned, whether
mnnufafturesof the kitid mentioned, can fncceed in
this country for many yeers to come : Bdtween g c hc
countries very populous, where no wild lattds invitf
theinhabitanlsto remove from manufadluring towns
and those wheie millions of acres, unoccupied and
purchased at a low price, present the indultrious
man with an independent ellate, for a little labor.— C
The competition between countries where a labf>r- Api
ing man can be hiied at ajfiiil'.ing or eighteen pence phij
(lerling a day, and oik where the fame labtir costs O'l
three four and even five (hillings (lerling, cannot Lift
long be sustained by the latter. The freight, in- 1
furance and even high duties on the importation of gati
rival manufa&ures, will not counterbalance such a C
differente in the value of labor,- tmlefs the article is brij
manufadlured with little labor, and is extremely to
bulky. (
The immense capitals that have been.funk in at- of 1
tempts to eflpblifh manufafltares wHI make our peo- 18
pie more cautious in 'future; "There is a time in ev- Eh
ery coutjjry when manufactures will spring cut of
necessity and favorable circnmftanceS. In general, and
j?overnorental aid is n®t necessary to produce or sup- wh
I port such eltablilhments.
wh
From the Diary. the
A few days since, a circtimft-ance occurred 111 rol
I this city, which no person can teflift on without | a( j
sensation of horrors and deteltation : and while we ,he
blush for the depravity of one of oui species, cannot to
but regret that he who could commit such a das- so. ;
tardly and savage a<aion, should pounpunidied. Hi
A ce't-ain man, one of the name of Davenport, f ev
had loaHed hjs cart to a degree farbeyond the pow ( ,f
er of his hi>t*fe to draw, exerted Jr 1 1 s utmoll we
1 ilrength to move the enormous load to 110 cffeil.—
This so axafperated the human brute, that, aftei (-,,,
\ having goaded and beat the unfortunate animal til!
I his patience was exhausted, he killed him on the
spot, by cutting his throat ! _
'■ Aft irtllance of this kind happened some time
1 tince in 801 l on, when the seleCt meiv, witha fpir.t
° ..fjulijice and true benevolence which does credit tt.
j J|e towttv brought the offender to a'public trial,
1 and pat it out o* his power to repeat the crime, by
incapaciraing him from dr;ving a cart thereafter.—
Wi. yan offence of this kind, for an offence it cer-
CS| taiiil . is a,- i.ft every law of humanity or justice,'
not be punished in this (late as well as «n- B.
!■' pthe'r, is not eafi'.y accounted for. ~
BOSTON, May 19. In
By Capt. Smith, from Martinique, the 18th of _
April, we learp, that the jjermiflion for landing
P American provtfwn had been revoked ; owing to ]
rC the amazing quantity that had arrived in the fleet -
P " from Cork, co -lilting of a number of vessels.
From Tobago, April 7. [By Capt Gray.J Ai
'Cf lived Gov. Linzee, in his majefly's (hip Fanny, with
2jo troops, to reinforce the garrisons of the Island.
j° By the best information which could be obtained, o
it appeared that 140 fail of the fleet frfim England
■ r had arrived at Barfcadoes, among which were three a
'i' fail of the line. They brought out 21,000 truops, f
. which were landed. An embargo existed 111 all the d
" British windward islands.
m ' Capt. Knowlesfrom Demerara, was brought too
by the British (hip Veteran, of 64 guns,"Capt. Kel
ly_wht> detained him a few hours, treated him po
e iitely, in consequence of the treaty, and was per-
K " mitted to proceed. The Veteran had taken brig
' '° Aurora, Chapman ; freight paid ; cargo condemn- .
,e7 ed. {
" d ' Paffetigers with Capt. K. John Elliot, Esq. and
ar j Mr 6. Cambridge.
3l>(1 SALEM, May 17.
Capt. Buvfinton arrived here on Thursday last,
:er ' in 48 days from Lisbon. Five days after he left the
rock of Lilbon, he fell in with an English fleet, and
' trS was Uarded by the officer* of a (loop of war be
r **» louring to it, by whom he was treated »ery civilly.
", C , tiiey informed him, that the fleet confided of 7 fail
of the lisle, 3 frigates, and 50 transports, bound to
ICm the Weft Indies, Two days afterwards Capt. B
le ' S fell in with a French fleet, by which he was also
Ucr brought too andj boarded. He gave them every
U,eS information in his power refpefting the Enghfh
fleet s for which, from theircomluft, hreonjedtur
, f d they were ciuifing. He fnppofrtl thejr force to
tl,e be luperiot to that of the Englitb, tho' tbey .dated
"P" it at about the fame ; and he supposed, if it was
their wish, that they must have met with them in
aboQt three or four days after.
From a f]orrefpundent.
«« Agreeably to the fpirrt of the ti>es, the town
of Dan vers hJe this d/y eleded Col GIDEON
FOSTER, to represent ihem in the Legislature of
Wt " this Commonwealth th year enfuing-a man,.not
only of rcfpetlable abilities, but a firm and decided
, rrrr Federal!—a who will not fcp»'«e a 1 1;
. bis Esses brethren to advocate aiiti.eoeral measures.
BALTIMORE, May 19-
a Extrafl of a lettet from a gentleman in St. P.erres.
952 Martinique, to his friend in this town.
sfcri- " Since the arrival of the Itifh fleet, government
refufps to fufFer pc tobnd ar.y fait pro- ' /
visions* buttei a fit) candles, jre included in the pro
hibit i(»i : Thcie is ftifpicion emer'.ained of an em
bargo taking place heie dai'v. '
I'OKT OF PULL tltEiA'HlA.
» /
AkKtrßD. days.
Ship John, Turner, Liverpool 50
Clothier, Murphy, Lisbon 40
Columbia, Greer.leaf, St. Übea 45
Brig Gracy, Harker, St. JagQ de Cuba 24
.Betsey, Seeley, Si. John's, (N. B) 41
Friends, Calvert, Biftol 56
Lnviuia, Chamook, L'(b n 36
Grace, Wills, , Amite cUm 42
Neutrality, riiarr.pfoo, Port-nu-Prince 22
Ann, Swte ier, Charlc-on 6
Pomona, King", Cadiz 54
Bon Efperante, Reber, Lisbon 60
Scjir. Flying Fill, Nadal*. from a Cruize—
Charming Betfty, Lark, L'Anfeveay 21
Polly, Halfey, |Poj-t-au-Prince 15
Sloop Planter, Hefs, New-Providence 23
Mary, Cufhing* Port-an Prince 25
Independence, Roberts, do. 23
CLEARED,
Schooner. Betsey Holland, Stockley, Sr. Chris
tophers
Adventure, Bernard, Camhden
Betsey, Robtnfon,. Cnrrituck
Mary Ann, Swail, Nortoik
Captain Murphy failed from Lisbon the 10th of
April, and left there the brig. Lavinii, of Philadel
phia, and the United Sta'esbrig Sophia, Captain
O'Brien, just airived from London.—No news at
Lifljon.
The Dutch Fleet of 12 fail of the line and I fri
gate was at the Texel when the Grace failed.
On the 74th of April, Capt. Murphy spoke the
brig Clio of Baltimore, 15 days from Norfolk bound
to Madeira ; lat. 33, 44, long. 36.
Capt. Dawkins from Port-aU-Prince on the 2d.
of May ofF the Mole passed through a fleet of about
18 fait with' troops convoyed by 4 men of war from
England.
.The French and Spanifli fleets were at Cadiz,
1 and the English fleet of 9 fail cruizing off the bay
when Capt. King failed.
The Ship John, Capt. Turner, from Liverpool
which place he left the ill of April, informs, that
the (hip Molly, and the brig Catharine, Scarbo
-1 rough, weteto fail in a few days after Him for Phi- ,
ladelpiiicl.* April 20, lat. 43, 46 long. 31, spoke
the (hip Washington, of Boston, from Charleston
1 to London, all well. May 12, Nantucket (hoals
b ai ing N. by W. 13 leagues, was boarded by the
Hulfar frigate, who pressed 3 pfliis men—having
' several American ship's crews'on br-ard—from one
of therti he received t ie fallowing note —May itth
were taken by the Hoffar frigate, lat. 40, long 73,
30, the (hip Congress, Reed ■, the Mioerva.Clark
r fort, both from Amftcrdam, and the Elizabeth,
Vbod, from Waterford, all bound far New-York,
e allien were ordered for Halifax.
x S T O C K S.
' - - - > - •«* ?
' Ihr« per Cent. -- - - 10/6 J
/icferred Six per Cent. - - - I ~/6 to 7
per Cent. -
r- 4J per Cent. - - - i-t/5
1- SANK United States, - - - - 27 pr. cent.
Pennsylvania, - - - 39
—-— North America," - - - - 48
f Insurance Comp. North-America, 52 J
°* Pennfytvania, 15 per ct.
'g
to Exchange, at 60 days, ... 160
et
Stop Thief!
1 " T) AN away from the Subscriber, a black apprentice boy,
th ]Y about 18 years of age,"firiaoth facte, and remarkably
d. well built. He took with him several suits of cloath«—
d, one of livery, blue, turned with yellow—a pair of dove
n( ) coloured plush breeches—a brown fchonfloper faced with
black plush. Broke open the day he went away a trunk
* c and flole therefrom nine pieces of gold—the property of .
P s ' Mr. Gilbert, and picked the pocket of Gcn.Crabbol 15
he dollars. Any person wh« will secure said thief (hall be
well rewarded by W.COOPER.
00 May 43. [dtf] 127 Arch Street
el- "
jo- For Sale,
, r A beautiful dappled grey, blooded.
rig H O R S E,
nn- Near sixteen hand* high, five years old this grass. Will _
go in a carriage ; enquire at No. 133 South Second ftrect.
, May 23 >J 3
in a -
The Partnership of
aft, George Kennard & Co.
the Duck Creek, being this day diffnlved by mutuat
ind O consent, those having claims against said parjnerlhip
(, e arc Tequefled to call on the (übferiber, and fitch aS are in
„ debted, will plcafe make payment to
l'y- GEORGE KENNARD.
fail May 17, 1796. ■ <*3§li»)
to • —
,® For falc or charter,
alio
rhd Betsey,
hir John Da«tkins, Master,
eto T) URTHtiI aboot 800 barrels, now laying at the fill)" •
a led 1J fcribet's wharf, and ready to receive a cargo imm<di
w'■ q atelv. For term* apply to the captain on board, or
WllS y , 3 JOSEPH SIMS.
'■ WHO HAS ro* SALE,
And now landing from said sloop,
Pnrt-au-frince Molaffcs and Coffee, also,
Pale, Quilled, Yellow, and Red Bark,
Malaga Wine, * .
Imperial and Hyson Teas ef the First Quality, kc.
0N f May 23 4
re or —
£ 1 o-Morrow will be landed,
n all A T wharf, from on board of the Brig Lavinii,
J\_ Captain Chatnock, from Lilbon,
Best Lilbon Wine,
For f ait by PHILIPS, C.RAMOND Hf CO.
>rrcs. WHO HAVE AX.SO for sals,
' 40 Hhds. Good Jamaica Sugar.
ment May 23