Gazette of the United States., June 29, 1796, Image 2

For sale by Auction.
ATthehoufeof C. E. Whitlock, N0,66 North Eighth
ft'eer, on Thursday» June 3"? th, all the
VOVSY. HOLD GOODS and KITCHi-N FURNITURE;
of—A large Mahogany I camp do. f<r
% vcral common do. Feathrr-bcdi, of the firft quality, Urge
I Hair Mattra I*,1*, Blanket!, Counterpanes, White Dimity Fur
'-»• turp, Mahogany circular B-ireaus, Chest of Drawers, D'n-
X Card, and Brcakiaft Tabl-s, Mahogany Chairs and Sofa
•*' vtS hsir -Hoitom*, S:dc-board, Firr-glaffes, China, Sec See.
v v Tne Sale to commence a s 9 o'clock in the morning.
All the furniture was new Ia ft summer, and is in excellent
«rdrr.
After the sale of the Fumitire, the HOUSE will be put
up; if not fold before bv privatecoritrafch
J OHM CONNELLY, Auctioneer.
N B. Any part of the purchase-money, for the said house,
rrmain iuon inter.eft for fix. twelve, or twenty-four
asmay best suit the convenience of the purchaser.
June 17
P-y an Artist refidect at Mr. Oellers's HoteV
MINIATURE LIKENESSKS
ARE taken and executed ia that elegant and deficate
(tile, which is so neceflarj to render a Miniature Pic
ture an interefling jewel.
He will warrant a strong and indisputable refem
t l mccc and he takes the liberty to lay before the public
of this place his most earnest intention to deserve their pa
tronage by hw. best endeavors to please.
N. B. Specimens are to befcen.
May 12.. §
A special meeting of
the American Philo/ophical Society
WILL be held at their Hall N£X f FRIDAY EVENING
®t 7 o'clock.
As the occasion of this meeting is mournfully intereft
jng, all the members now in the city are requested to at
tend. Bv order of the Vice Prcfidents,
ROBERT PATTERSON, Sec'y.
June 1% tF
TO BE Sold,
THE time of a Black Man who hasten year* to f rve, he
is an excellent cook and good house farvant under (lauds
thecare of of Horses perfcftly and fold for no fault, his pre
sent owner having no employment for him. Enquire at the
Office of the Gazette of thc United States,
Jun* 24. dtf.
Mr! FRANCIS,
(Of the New Theatre)
' I \\KES this npnnrtyinity.ftf iwtwwl-s nis
. - J—fvi—ws antnw tfie puolic. Mr. Francis intends,
on his return from Maryland, to open a public aca
demy for dancing, upon a plan ent:reiy new. He
flatters hiinfelf tint )m attention to his pupils hi
therto renders any promises of conducing his future
jehemes on the raMt liberal and flridtft terms, of pro
priety, totally iinnecefTiry.
N. B. Private tuition as usual.
TO LET,
Readv furniflied, for three or four months, certain,
AOENTEEL three story brick house, No. 70,
North Eighth-ftreel. For terms enquire of
Mr. Francis as aboye.
June 28- dtf.
New Theatre.
Last week this season of the company's per
forming.
pn WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 29, •
Will be prcfeuKd, a Tragedy, called
The Ca RMELITE.
Montgommeri, By a Young Gentleman. (Being his firft ap
pearance on any Stage. 1
®'- Valoii, M r . Whitlock.
Lord Hildcbrand, Mr. Moreton. v
Lord De Couici, Mr. Green. -
Gvrf'ird, Mr. Beete.
Fitzallen, Mr. Warrell, jun.
Raymond, Mr Warrell.
Mrs. Wbitlock..
End of the Tragedy,
A Concerto on the French Horn,
By Monsieur ROSIER, being his fiift performance in
1 his country.
To which will be added, the Comedy of
Ihe Mock Doctor ;
Or, THE DUMB LADY CUR'D.
f Trail flite*} from Molicre's Mcjdecin malgre lui.]
S" lafper, Mr. Beeie.
Leander, Mr. Darley, jun,
r ' rc K nr y. Mr. Bares.'
Esquire Robert, Mr. Warrell, jun,
Mr. BiHTctt.
Harr V. Mr. Mi chell. ' ,
Davv ' Mr Morgan,
hellebore, Mr. War. ell.
Do '«»< Mrs. Rowfon. 1
Charlotte, Mrs. Harvey. <
On Friday will he performed The DESER TED DAUGH
TER.
Mr. WELLS, Box-Book-Keeper'. Night will be on Sa
lurday. {
BOX. One Dollar-PIT, Tbree-Foarths of a Dollar— I
andGALLERY, half a Dollar.
No money or ticket, to be returned j nor any person, on '
?nv acc °""t whatioever, ad milted behind the scenes. i
Ten Dollars Reward. '
Ran away, 1
TUNF. ltd, from Brian M'Laughlin, living at' Henry f
. J Clymi-r's pjace at Schuylkill point, a Young Woman,' j
■who pisses by the name of Polly Morrison, low set f
darkihi complexion, Or,a 11 grey eyes, about seventeen or o
"ghteen years of age, had on a dark-colored lhort rovra, n
and linfey petticoit. She Aole and carried away a trunk ?
and a confirWable s um 0 f money , ancl a Rrial other 1
articles. Left behind her a cloak of coating lined with u
green baize, which l.fuppofcd to be stolen. The owner "
■by proving; property may have it. Whoever lodges her in c
any goal, so that fhs may be brought to proiecution, flia.ll i,
receive 1 en Dollars Reward. •
June BRIAN M'LAUGHLIN. j 1
Diflricl of Pennsylvania to wit. Jl
pE n remembered, that on the twenty-fourth day of lune, ,|
"L a ,Wrn " c,h J™ ol Independence of the United !
, .tcs ot Ameiiea, J»,Sn Ormrod, of the laid Diftna hath
\ CD ? ," d L p h,! officc ,he lirie ° f a book, the right whereof O
T " Pr 7" t ' or ; thc wfa,ds following: to wit • b,
A lhort a„d candid Enquiry, into the proof, of Ch.ift's T.
- divinity; m which Dofio.-Fr.cftiev'. opinion «,ncern„,g 1
.. ~l' " v confide,ed In , letter to a friend
vhitVr r'lf 8 " Wharton D D. and Member of thc rt
i hilofophical Socierv of Philadelphia <
" WlI ofoever denie.h the Son the ( a 'me hath not the fath
•rr. l etthat thewforeabtde in vm which ve have heard 01
•• rom the beginning :if that which ye have heard from the g<
* beginning jhall remain jn you. ye also IhSlI coi.tiime in th
;; "> l )wfather. St. John, iftEpift. c. u. v. 23! f a
,n c to the aft of th £ Congref. of the United State, w 1
miuulrd Ar act tor the ciicouragemeni of learning, bv fe b\
Cling me c pits o» Man.-, Chart. ,„ d B.mks, ,0 the author, is
and r- Dne.dt, „| , uctl cQjne*, during the time, therein
mmaUca. SAMUEL CALDWELL
Clftkof the Dianft of Peunfylva.-'ia. e "
Ja..c-29 \ jaaww th
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! NEW-YORK, June 22.
It ® > i The ancients have often bee 1 abused by the mo
£. derns for their illiberally to vards foreigners or
fe- strangers. That the Romans conlijeretl a (Itan
gf' ger as an enemy, the. word hojlis fignifying both,
J1 " 1 has been attributed to their early barbarism.
,f 4 ' The' Chinese jealousy of Foreigners also has been
cc. 1 censured as illiberal.
But recent occuirences In the United States
"' te»ch lis that the maxims of these nations are fonnd
mt td in found national policy. Indeed all thehiliorjr
of the world warrants the conclusion.
k It is a lamentable truth that no Ifriendfhip ever
ur ' existed between two nations, except wliat was de
manded by the clear interefl of each. The moment
that interell ceases, there is an end of amitv and
- treaties. And it makes r.o diffeVftttc whether the
nations have the fame or different forms of govern
g ment. Two republics or tw./ monarchies are no
better fri-nds than a republic and the word of def
c_ potifms. The Turks and the Fieneh are now as
Eood friends as the French and the Swilsor the A
<]• tnericans. Tlie fame with the Frenclt and Spa
-10 niards.
Whether this (late of things ij ihe effect of ac
cident or aitifit ial policy, or whether it results ne
cessarily from the nature of man, is not now the
~ question. We fee and we feel th: truth of these
remarks.
That Great-Btitain bearing the trident of Ncp-
G tune, with undisputed fupetiority, (hould assume
t _ imperious airs on the ocean, and make the trade
.. of neutrals bend to her will, was an event to be
expedlcd—The confequenceH>f her maritime pow
er. But that I'rance, our good ally (hould attack
our trade in the fame manner, is an event that dag
gers the advocates of her geneiofity and friendfhip.
c They could nor conceive that so civil and friendly
s a nation, could descend to pl,«ce herfelf on a level
. with those f a robbers the Britifli ; and plunder the
e Americans, their friends, their republican friends
and allies, because they had been plundered by those
- monarchial tyrants, theif foes the Britifli.
But Jb-tW-faa in, 'jut! iu iii!ik?'aTt l quiet )
mocrats come forward with apologtes. An arret
s x/f-tiours AVI. that tyrant, a king, a monster, is
, prodti rd to judify French seizures of neutral bot
toms. What! an order of Louis XVI. yet in force!
J in force among French republicans!
Two years ago when Great Britain pretended the
; old colonial regulations of the French monarchy
were in force, and under that pretence seized vcflels
going to the islands, in breach of those rules, what
an uproar did the French make ! What indignati
on did their trumpeters, thc cluhbifts express ! —
, What ! laws of Louis, that tyrant, in force! No
f not one of them. The Republic has levelled them
all as low as the tyrant liimfelf. This was the
cry !
Now, the tone is changed. An order of Lou 6
16 is found to be a very convenient apology for plun
deiing friends and allies—and 10, that order is pro
■ duced from the mufly records of the tyrants What
a blessed thing it is to have such a verfatiity of tre
nius !.
But, fay these apologists, may rot the French
treat the English as the Englifli treat the French ?
Yes, certainly. But one Conclusion fallows Inevi
tably, which is, that the French care not one fig
for us. The whole business dands thus. Say thc
I rench to the Anjeticatis ; Be paitialto us—give
us a preference ih trade, and we will be paitialto .
you, and give you a preference. If you do not,
it you treat other nations «s well as you do us, we
will treat you jud as they do. This is the truth—
and this is the - w „t, of their friendfhip.
Well, but fay . ~jd patiiots, is not this all
rair . By all means, it is. No obje&ion can be j
made to this procedure. All that is intended by |
ttiis llatement, is, to convince Americans, that in
teicft is the balls of every national connexion—that
if the Freneh have courted our frienddiip and favor
edour trade, at anytime, more than other nations,
it has been solely from regard to their intered—not
ours—That of course our republican allies have
no more generality than other nations—and finally,
that a.l preference and partiality, on our part, for
this, or that nation, is the word fpeeies of policy. 1
Ihe lead partiality in our public measures, is the
certain method to excitejealoufy on thc part of some '
other nation, and lay the train for a fydem of
retaliation. I
In this way we (hall be always embroiled. The
lources of controversy and war in Europe are inex- '
haudible. No durable peace can he expefled be
t ween nations that have ambitious rulers, and claims
to neighboring territoiy, with eternal hatred. Wars
mud be frequent, and our business is to deer clear 1
of their quarrels. Not only our public measures, 1
but our private and social entertainments (hould be 1
ire? from marks of partiality. The rejoicings of a (
junto of Americans, so, the fucccfs of this or that I
party, are madly impolitic, and by exciting ill will f
on the part of the unfuccefsful nation* ted to com
mil the peace of this country. Besides, by eveiv d
such exhibition of joy, the people concerned 111 it (
undertake to decide, in their minds, on the merit a
o 'he controversy in Europe. This the Ameri- (
cans have no right to do-it is arrogance-it is sol- n
y. is lmpoffible for people, in this country, to t
know whether this or that form of government is f
belt for a particular European nation. We have d
nothing to do with the merits of their quanels : it
is the mod ridiculous thing in crcation to pretend n
that we have ; for it involves us in perpetual contra- f,
diflions. \\ e are praifirfg to day a fydVm of gov- v
ernme.it that perhapsis deilroyed to-morrow, ashas
een the cafe two or three times with regaid to I
rranee. b , .
' We had better let them all alone. Theirqaar- I
t s cannot (hake us if we are united—their fydems f;
of government and change of forms, can«,t
L-oodfo W % arc fa,thfu< to °urfeWes. We have arr
.good lorm of goverHment for curfelvcs. T.iat is S
fay tele'rall ' a ' l °L OUr con "' n - can only J,
welfare Si WC - *'!• Crel y l!ie freedom, the r.
' happiness of all nations; but the mode
by w „ch other nations a,e ,0 feeure these ble,Ws c.
IS not our concern. ' S B , c.
Should we be compelled to take any part ; n the
han7| l 'r SO I T " "0 point dearer
that we had better rid ourfclves of all our com- m
" merc.'a! treaties at a blow, and never f( rm another.
The next Hep would be to adopt the Roman maxim
9 _ That eviry foreigner, in time of war, is hojl'u, a
)X foe, and mrke it a (tanding law, that the moment
a war breaks out between two nations or more, to
, order all the fubje&s of those powers to quit our
country.
n - — — ■ ■ ...j
Philadelphia,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 29, 1796.
y Died, on Sunday lail, and on Monday follow
ing; was buried, pursuant to his direction, tinder his
r Observatory, liAriD Rittenhovse, 11. d. and
'* President of the American Philosophical Society.
In the death of this great man, science and the
worlb hare fultained a loss. »
e
Capt. Lewis, aid de camp to major gensral
? Wayne, who was sent by the President of the Ig
nited States to lord D>rchefter, governor of Cana
-8 da, to form the ncccfTiiy arrangements, previously
to the surrender of the pods, is returned to this ci.
ty—and, we are afTured, is perfectly well pleased
with his reception by the British executive, and has
completed the business on which he went, to his
entire fatisfadUon.
e
e For the benefit of thecitizens, this is to give no
tice, that there are three or four old Horses furn
" ed uporj the town : being worn down, raw-boned,
c weak, and fore backed, their humane owners have
e sent them forth to beg and Real, vherever they can
r find any green thing. In the mean time, the flies
■ will torment them, and extend the furface of their
c wounds. The Citizens will be entertained with
• their vitits perpetually ; every open door and gate
■ will be entered by them, to the great comfort of
fenrants, fafety of children, advantage of parlour
' floors, and the aecommodation of all pass
; ing into or from their houses. This entertainment
' will be repeated daily, for two or three months,
gratis.—For more particular information and ac-
o£-in?c_H-oufe-keepers, ex
-1 OFFICERS OF POLICE.
1 Since the result of the election in the city an 6
Aate of New-York has been known, the original
ejfuyi of the Argus, in the anti-federal cause have
in a/great measure ceased, and the Siurora is be
come its providor in that line. Indeed at the pre
sent time this is almofl the only source from which
the few rivulets of antifederalifra that remain are
ftipplied.
The members of the Treaty Majority are receiv
ed, on their return to their Conflituents, with ad
drefles, feafts, and congratulations. It may be
so with those of the Minority ; but, if it be, it is
done privately.
A Third Edition of Mt. Ames's Speech has been
published in Boston.
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
BOSTON, Juue 24.
FROM CADIZ, MAY 6.
Capt. Ilolbrook, from Cadiz informs us, That
Admiral Richery s squadron was still lying there,
.altho' ready for sea, and actually in the lower road.
len fail of Spamfh men of war were also lying in
the roads, completely fitted for sea : One of these
(hips mounted i7O guns, and rated at 144. Their
destination was unknown. The Britilh Admiral
Mann was cruifmg in the Bay, with a fleet Wrong
er than Richery's, by 6 ships of the line. All the
prizes were not fold.
Capt. Hooper saw a letter from the American
Consul at Malaga, which informed of the capture
of 9 Danifii \eflels off that'placc, by the Algerines
in consequence of which the Danes, lying in Ca
diz, nearly ready for sea, were stripped to wait a
convoy. The letter mentioned 6 Algerine cruizers
to be off that place j and that 3 months longer were ,
allowed by the Dey for the receipt of the ratifica- (
tun of the American treaty; af.er which period,
if he received no answer upon the fubjedt, captures 1
would again be made.
The ratification of the Spanish and American i
treaty was leceived at C: diz, by the brig Jack,from
New-York, fix days before captain Hooper failed ,
—and will now be completely in cffe£t.
1
BOSTON MARINE DIARY. ,
1 uefday, June 21. Arrived fchr. Betsey, Phi- I
lips, Aux Cayes. This veff.-l was captured by the 1
British sloop of war, Thorn ; but the Capt. &c. !
retook her from the prize mailer. Left at Aux- (
Cayes, Capts. Brown, Smith and Goodhue of New- ;
bury-port. Sailed in company with capt. Brown, I
for Cape Ann. Spoke no vessels. f
Wednesday, June 22. Arrived schooner Prefi- e
dent, Holbrook, Cadiz, 45 days. Left there ship
General Washington of Philadelphia ; ship Polly (
and Harriet of Boston ; brig Jack of N. Yoik ; — i
Capt. Grofe of Boston ; capt. Palmer of Ports- 1
mouth. Sailed in company with fchr. Raven, Ma- h
tin of Marblehead. June 13, lat. 32, long. 61, t
fpokeafch'r from Newbury-port, for the Weft In
dies, 5 days out. e
Same day, brig Aurora, Clapham, Savanna-la.
mar, Jamaica, days. Left there to fail soon c
for Bolton, ship Lotrifa ot Kenncbeck. Spoke 110 I
vessel. A
Thursday, June 23. Arrived fch'r Lncy; a
Holmes, St. Pierre, Martinique, 21 days. Left, ti
in addition to moll of our lalt lift, the Stork from
Lofton. Spoke a French 20 gun fiiip soon after h
failine.
. 0
oame day, arrived fch'r Han iot, Godfrey, Fal- o
moinh, Jamaica. Left flojp Peggy, Charleston,
S. C. and two New Yorkers, names unknown.—
June 20, 40 leagues from Boston spoke brig Cy* t<
iu3, Blake, 2 days from Boston for Hamburgh, w
Gravefenri, Eng. April 24. Sailed the Ameri- E
ca, Swain, for Boston. a|
Arrived at Cowes—Outram, Wells, Boston
At Dover, Eliza, Swain, Bengal. 31
l'almouth (Erg.) April 30, arrived Barque Po- tl
mona, Crust, Alexandria, 24 days.
r. LONDON, April 30.
m Eztradl of a letter from on board the LoweftofFe,
a dated Mahon Harbor, 28th of March,
it "On the 19th of February we left Leghorn,in
0 company with the fleet, and went off Toulon to of
jr fer the French battle. We flood in so near, th t
the enemy's shot from the forts paded overall our
(hips. Norwithftanding this daring insult the re
publicans kept close to their anchorage. For four
or five days we remained with the fleet, when rre
parted in company with the Lively, to look into
Toulon. On the 7th of March being close in
with the French )%nd, at 11 o'clock, a. m. came
on heavy fqnalls of wind, attended with mhon
thunder, lightning, bail and rain. At a quarter
part 12 the lightning ft ruck 3 men on the ms<t
e head, who fell down, an' l , one of them was killed j
th« other two were much binned, and othcrwife
hurt, the (hock being so great as to affe£t all upon
J dcck, many of whom were knocked down by it.
At half pad 1 2 another slash of lightning struck
'* many on the different decks, rendering them mo.
Y tionlefs, and (hivering the main top mall to fplin
• ters. A few minutes after, anothci slash set the
(hip on fire in several places abot-tt the mailt and rig
-3 gi"g, hut it was fpeedilv extinguilhed by the tor*
8 tents of hail and rain. It nevertheless bioke fe.
veral hoops of the main mad, and shivered it to
splinters ; splitting the fore top malt, and carry
ing away the fore topsail yard, at the fsme tirwe
knocking many men down into the top, one of
' whom was killed on the spot, and differently afFeft
e ing the bodies of those on deck. The lightning
1 entering between decks, made an explosion foas to
s affect all who were there, rendering the limhs and
r fides of some totally benumbed, and flving in dif
-1 ferent dire<£tions into every port below, saving in its
J tourfe, mod providentially the magazines. The
main malt being in such a (late, was tut away, to
r prevent its falling in any dangerous direction, or
carrying away the other malls yet (landing. We
' bore up for Minorca, and on the nth anchored in
' Mahon harbor. On our arrival here it was found
il«t the fbreTopmaft too had received so miich da
mage in the Itorm that it was neceflary to 'rtrtiove
it. We have been lying here, with only oftr.mifeen
mail (landing, fourteen days ; the jury maimnalt is
I now up, and the foie molt in, so that I exptCjt we
(hall fail for Ajaccia in Corsica, by Saturday n*xt,
where we (hall remain at lealt fix weeks for a new
main mod, for every thing attached to the old mall
was loft."
NEW-YORK, jfcfune 28.
Received by the ships Columbia and
George, in 9 days from Chai'lelton.
1 CHARLESTON, June Ir.
Arrived—Schooner Savannah, packet, Rogers,
Savannah ; (loop William, Vefey, Bermuda.
1 June 12.
Ship Polly, Higgins, Hamburgh ; schooner
Friendship, Bythcwood, Falmouth, Jamaica.
Captain Higgins, on the 28th April, spoke
the (hip Mary, Captain Hu(fey, of Portland, from
this port, bound to Falmouth, 39 days, out, in
lat. 41, 50.
May 2id—Ship Thomas, Captain Holland,
bound to Cork, from Philadelphia, 40 days out,
in lat. 44, 50.
Curiosity.—On the 23d of May, in lat. 43,30,
' on S» captain Higgins saw 8 islands of ice,
each one mile in length.
The brig Betsey, Connolly, and (loop Walhing
ton, Clark, arrived at Port-RoyaJ, (Jamaica)
from this port, on the Bth ult.
1 he (hip Jane, M'Pheifon, arrived in the Elbe
on the 15th April.
Rice (old at Hamburgh the 28th of April-at
2'7 current marks per "hundred lb.
June 16. 1
Again has this city been visited with the dread
ful calamity of fire. On Monday lafl, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, a room in Lodge Alley was dis
covered to be on fire, which in a few minutes
communicated to the neighbouring buildings. The
citizens soon afiembltd ; but their exertions c ould
not (lop the devouring flames till three o'clock on
Tuesday morning, ror until a very confjderabie
part of the city was destroyed. At this moment,
owing to the confufion occasioned by the disaster,
it is not in our power to give an exadt account of
the loss, or of the number of building destroyed ;
but those acquainted with the city will conceive
the damage done, on being told that every lioufe in
Queen-ftrcetjfrom the Bay to the corner of Church
(lreet ; all Union-ftieet continued ; two-thuds of
Union-street; Church (Ireet, from Broad-ftieet to
St. Philip's chureh, with only" two exceptions ;
Chalmers and Eeresford's alleys ; Kinloch's court ;
snd the north fide of Broid (Ireet, from the S'tate
houfe to Mr, J3cks's, four doors below Church
(treet ; and five houses on the Bay, from the com
er of Queen-street, were burnt to the ground:
The public buildings destroyed are" the French
Church and rhe Upper or Beef Market. St. Phil
ip s Church was on fire several times, and ultimate
ly mult have been destroyed if a spirited negro ma*
had not ascended to the top of the eupola, next to
the vane, and tore off the (hinglcs.
The private buildings destroyed, and the prop
erty they contained, are of lmmenfe amount.
Five hundred chimneys, it is said, have been
counted, from which the buildings are burnt ; and
150,000!. Iterling is supposed to be a sum far
(hort of the value of these buildings. The goods
and furniture destroyed are probably nearly equal
to this sum.
Early in the fire a white man, whoffrname we
have pot Icatnt, was killed by a pipe of wine falling
on him ; and three or four negtoes were lulled at
other periods.
Mr. Chatles Banks had his leg very much hurt
Mr. Laurence Campbell, Mr. Henry Lanchef
tcrj and Mr. Joseph Verree, wgre considerably hurb
while exerting themfdves to blow up a house in
Broad-street. We are happy to add, their wounds
are not thought dangerous.
These are all the accidents we have yet heard of,
™d we have ho reason to believe that theje are o
thrrs which will be attended with any fatal efieas.
1 he distressed (ituation to which upwards of two