|
Lewis Michael-IkCo. , <
lie*!? intor*#}'> iff: the different w««M
¦:. Lemda'n and Liverpool, their tutoftment oj
Spring Goods,
Also on hand,
India J*»Vuvf, CtWWks, Bandarino Handk-
chiefs, Germ»rUJJne on any article they think pro-
per to work.
Plain India MUJ. MUSLIN and French
CAMBRIC can be furnished for CAP PAT-
TERNS, &c. &C.
She continues to receive orders for Plain
Sewing, which is dispatched with neatness.
AT-SO,
MOURNING I'VE LA DIMS.
may 30.
eo3t
FREDERICK LIN'DI
may 5.
Just Received,
Per the t'ri' Admiral Berkley, from Gonmves,
About S-50,000 wt. GREEN
COFFEE.
FOR SALE BT
VON KAPFF 5c BRUNE.
• tnaySo. ____________ (l6t____
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By EZRA SARGEANT, No. 39, Wall-street,
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For publishing by subscription,
A NEW CYCLOPEDIA,
OH,
Dictionary of Arts fcf Sciences.
BY G. GREGORY, D. D.
Author of Essays Historical and Moral, the
Economy of Nature, iSfc. tSfc.
To be completed in twelve months from
the time it is put to press. In Twelve Parts.
Price two dollars and seventy-live cents
each.
Best Russia clean Hemp.
Russia Sheetings > tntitled t0 drawback
Sherry Wine }
AND
3000 bushels yellow Corn. ,
For sale by
SCHULTZE, & VOGELER.
May 13. 'I
CLAKKSON'S
Portraituie of Quakerism .
J ust received and for sale by
Samuel Jejferis,
Book-seller and Stationer, 213 Market-street.
(Q" Subscribers arc requested to call for
their copies._______June 1. '______d4t
Sale by Auction. ,
On FRIDAY Next,
June 5th, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on the
premises, No. 11, Fell's street, FeU's-Point,
•will be sold without reserve,
SuNMV Articles oe
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNI-
TURE.
COLE & I. BONSAL, Auct's.
V/ANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A smart active LAD, of decent connexions.
Such an onq about 14 or 15 years of age.
It is necessary he should write a plain hand.
understand something of accounts, possess a
knowledge of the city gene rally—but above
all, he must be steady and attentive to business
—To Such an one evftry reasonable encourage-
ment will be given. Apply to
COLE & I. BONSAL,
174 1-2, Market-street.
June 1. d4t
Sale by Auction.
On WEDNESDAY Next,
The 3d fwie, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, will
lie sqid o .he premises,
The Dwelling House and Garden be-
longing to Mr John H. Hoskyns, and occupi-
ed by" him, situated on the Heistcr's-Town
turnpike road, a short distance from St. Mary's
College; it fronts on the road 66 feet, and runs
back 200 feet, to u 20 feet alley. The Garden
is as ligliiy iniproved as any in the environs of
the city i»f planted with the choicest Shrubs,
Flowers and Fruit Trees ; and Ins the advan-
tage of a singularly, well constructed green
House, which requires no artificial heat during
the severest winters ; and is storked with a
collection of the choicest Plants. Terms made
known at the time of sale.
VAN WYCK & DORSEY, Auct's.
May 2«.
Public Sale.
BY COLE & I. BONSAL,
On WEDNESDAY, 3d June, will be sold at
11 o'clock in tjieforenoon, at S'o. 1, Market-
¦ THE remaining STOCK in TRADE of
the late James Davidson, cabinet-maker, de-
ceased,
Consisting of
One elegant Mahogany Side Board,
One do. do.
Two Desks and Book Cases,
Bureaus, Dining, Breakfast, and Card Ta-
bles, &c.
And a quantity, well seasoned Mahogany
Plank, which will be sold together or in lots,
to suit p'.rrchasers. Also, sundry Coffin Fur-
niture and Cabinet makers' Tools. Terms
made known at the time and place of sale.
' The Executors being very desirous to settle
the estate, hereby request those who are in-
debted, to make speedy payment, as no longer
indulgence can-be given.
TO RENT,
The front House, two doqrs from the bridge,
in Market-street, an excellent stand tor a gro-
cery or thy goods store. Apply to Mrs. David-
son, on the premises.
May 27". dot
Notice.
A real GUEEN TURTLE of 100 ib will be
served upon the table or tire fountain Inn, in
ttio new assembly room, on Monday next,
die lsljuoe, at 2 o'clock precisely.
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"GOOD PHILADELPHIA
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JW .1. . ' d
BQSTQSh, May 2?.
Arrived,.schr. Enterprise, Sears, Charles-
ton, ': id clays. A Portland ship belonging
to Mr. M'Lellan, had just arrived.
Brig Mary, Sprague, Grenada, 23 clays,
via quarantine. Left May 1, ship Minerva,
to Sail in 20 days ; schr. Fame, Goodwin,
for New-London, in 10 ;'.William, Otis,
for Boston, 10 '; John, of Wiscasset; for
do. in 2 ; Hazard, Burton, Thoinaston, IS ;
I Betsey, Little, just arrived, from Boston ;
' Swift, Patterson, just arrivedirom Wilming-
ton. May 3, Dominico bearing E. S. E.
I distant 8 leagues, saw a large fleet standing
j to the southward. Spoire May 18, Cape-
! Cod bearing N< W. by W. distant 40 leagues
1 schr. Jack, Tarr, from Cape-Ann, for Mar-
¦ tinico. May 16, lat. 31, long. 77, brig
i Meicator, Harding, from Jamaica, 22 days
, out.
At quarantine, schr. Eunice, Tubbs, Tri-
nidad, 27 days ; schr. Drummore, Reed,
1 Jamaica, 33 ; brig Lucy, Smith, of Salem,
Havana, 16.
Entered, Victory, Booth, Alexandria ;
Trcvelltr, Snow, Richmond ; Polly, Ward-
well, Penobscot ; Trial, Patterson, Wil-
mington, N. C. ; Montezuma, Lenvis, Bal-
timore ; Columbia, Southworlh, Richmond.
Cleared, ship Merrimack, Adams, Leg-
horn ; Aurora, Rand, Copenhagen and St.
Petersburg. ; brigs Eliza, Finney, Alicant ;
Fox, Whitney, Havana ; schr. Heart of
Oak, Hunt, Nantz ; Orange, Windsor ;
Mount-Vernon, Stevens, Savannah ; Three
Pollies, Elliot, Charleston.
May 29.
Yesterday the committee appointed to
examine the votes for governor and lieuten-
ant-governor reported, that they found for
governor,
The whole No. 81.TO3
Necessary to a choice 40732
Hon. James Sullivan had 4i931
and is chosen.
There were 325 scattered votes.
For lieutenant governor.
Whole No. 79436
Necessary to a. choice 89719
Hon. Levi Lincoln had 41645
And is chosen.
This report was accepted in the two
branches.
A joint committee was appointed to wait
on the hon. Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Lincoln,
to inform them of their election, and to in-
quire when it would be convenient for them
to attend to be qualified. [We understand
the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect
have replied that they will meet the Legis.
latnre this day at 12 o'clock.]
The Rev. Mr, Baldwin is chosen chaplain
of the house.
A bill for the establishment of a state
bank, was reported, read a first time, a time
assigned for its second reading, and ordered
to be printed. This bill directs the Province
House to be sold to the bank if established,
and provides for the establishment of branch-
es, and the admission of existing banks.
Having engaged in a recipro-
cal correspondence with ac-
tive h. attentive gentlemen
in New-York, the editor of
the Federal Gazette has the
pleasure of informing his
patrons, that they will ex-
perience no material depri-
vation from the circum-
stance of no newspaper
mail leaving New-York for
this place on Sunday. As
good earnest of the punctu-
ality of our respected cor-
respondents, we have this
day received a proof-sluet
impression of the New-
York Gazette for Yester-
day ; from which we have
copied the latest
FOREIGN NEWS.
NEW-YORK, June 1.
By the ship Rover, capt. Taylor, the edit-
ors of the New-York Gazette have received
a file of Dublin papers to the 22d of April,
which (with the irregular papers by the
Dartmouth) completes our dates from Lon-
don, down to the 2ist of April.
These papers contain the 67th and 68th
bulletins, dated at Osterode, the 25th and
29th of March. They contain an account
of several skirmishes—We shall give them
hereafter.
We have given below an abstract from Bo-
naparte's message to the senate—it shews
the state of his pulse, which seems to beat
in the most pacific r-'iner. Russian doses
have had a won; in restoring the
reason of his imperial majesty. We hope
for a perfect cure.
A London paper of the i7th April, ob-
serves, " Government this morning received
dispatches from America, which confirm
the account of the rejection of the treaty
with this country, by the president and se-
nate of the United States."
London, April i7.
Letters from Wallachia state, that the
Turkish garrison of Rajova Braila surrender-
ed to the Russian troops, after a siege of 8
days and a terrible bombardment. ; and that
Giurgewohad been taken by the Russian gen.
by assault, at the head of 24,000 men. The
garrison was entirely cut to pieces, for the
Russians had express orders to give no quar-
ters.
BONAPARTE'S MESSAGE.
A message of Bonaparte, dated from Os-
terode, the 24th ult. and laid before the se-
nate on the 4th inst. contains irrefragable
proofs of the immense losses which his ar-
mies have sustained, and of the difficulties
in which he is involved. Before the first
three months of J807 are expired, he finds
himself, under the necessity of calling out
the conscriptions for the year 1808. The
ostensible motives for this tyrannical ar.d
vexatious proceeding are developed in his
message, the address of the avch-chanct!!cr;
and the report of Bct'thier, the minister *\
war,™ 71 e r-iii gatSM are to be sought in the
los-cs of tlie.Fiencii army, the increasing
danger to which it is exposed, ar.d the de-
termination, perhaps, of Bonaparte, to con-
tend fat the sovereignty cf the continent on.
the banks of the Vistula. It is evident that
he is apprehensive of Some unpleasant con-
sequences from the rigorous execution of
this odious measure, lier.ee the extraordi-
nary indulgence with which the youthful
victims of his wild and insatiable ambition
are to be treated at the outset. Instead of
immediate expc sure to toilsome and tedious
inarches, like the sacrifices of the present
year, they are to be subjected"to no greater
hardship than that of learning the necessary
discipline in their own Kelds and habitations.
It is by such deception and sophistry that a
veil is endeavored to be cast oier tile' tyran-
ical character of a proceed)iij'; which we
make no doubt has created universal con-
sternation through France, and struck more
terror into its trembling population, than
any irruption of the CossacKS, of whose fe-
rccity they have heard so much, would pro-
duce.
Among other reasons for having recourse
to the coiucripiion, we find an extraordina-
ry levy of 200,000 men in this country
mentioned, alluding, we suppose, to the per-
sons who are to be called out and disciplined
under the training act. We scarcely expect-
ed, after expressing such perfect contempt
for the volunteer army of this country, Bo-
naparte would become alarmed by our par-
tial levy in masse.
What relates to the re-establishment of
peace is the most important part of this mes.
sage. Bonaparte, who has become wonder-
fully pacific of a sudden, thanks to the valor
of the Russians, and the skill of their com-
mander, offers peace to England and Russia-
upon the conditions which they lately re
iectul. It seems he is even disponed " to
restore tranquility to the eight millions of
people he has conquered, and to replace the
king of Prussia in his capital." We sup-
pose there is some allusion' in this to the
terms lately offered to his Prussian majesty,
.and which he is said to have rejected.
" Though at present (says this message)
we ask for new sacrifices f.'om our people,
in order that, we may obtain a greater extent
of force, it is not that we should abuse this
power for the purpose of prolonging the war.
Our policy is invariable. We offered, peace
to England before the fourth coalition had
shewn itself; the same peace .we offer to
England still. The principal envoy which
England employed in those negociations has
made the most public declarations, and in the
most unequivocal terms,that the peace would
have been both honorable and advantageous
to England ; thus he has made the justice
of our cause appear evident. We are ready
to conclude,a peace with Russia .upon the
same conditions as were signed by herHe-
gociator, but which were rejected in conse-
quence of the arts and intrigues of the Eng-
lish. We are ready to restore the eight
millions of the inhabitants which \\¦¦.
conquered, tluif tranquility, and to restore
to the king of Prussia his capital.
" But though so many traits of moderati-
on, already so often renewed, have not been
. able, to prevail over the deceptions to which
England, inflamed as it is'by its passions,
has had recourse, that power'cannot see the
possibility of peace but in our annihilation ;
nothing, therefore, remains for us but ro bear
the calamities of war, and to throw the
shame and odium of it upon that nation,
which continues to purchase its monopoly
with the blood of the continent. We steall,
in the resources of our own mind, in the
courage, devotion, and the power of our
people, find certain means to render all the
efforts of that coalition, formed of hatred
and injustice, null and void, and to turn
them to the disgrace of their authors—
Frenchmen ! we brave all dangers for the
glory and tranquily of our children."
On the 5th inst. the prince arch-chancellor
repaired to the senate, and after the orators
of the council of State were introduced, the
above-mentioned ordered their report to be
made as follows, by the senator M. Lace-
pede :
" Gentlemen senators—You have pnt his
majesty's message into the hands of your
special committee, dated Osterode, March
20. You have likewise laid before your
committee the project of the senatus consul-
turn, added to his majesty's message, toge-
there with other documents thereunto be-
longing.
" The motives cf bis majesty's message
are explained in the address of his excellency
the arch-chancellor, in the report of the min-
ister of war, and in the address of the coun-
sellors of state, the orators of the govern-
ment. Those drcuments have been inves-
tigated and discussed in various sittings,
with all the attention due to the importance
of your determination.
" That nothing should be left to chance
when the greatest interests of the country
are concerned, the period which will neces-
sarily call the Conscripts of 1808 to join
their standards, will scarcely run to six
months. However., these young soldiers
are not to pass beyond the limits of the em-
pire ; but they are to be gradually introduc-
ed into their new appointment, and to be
made acquainted with the military science
in the safest and most agreeable manner.
Thtiy are to be consigned to the instruction
of the most celebrated warriors, chosen by
the senate out of its own body. Thus they
will maintain the tranquillity of the French
provinces, and defend its coasts and fron-
tiers against all attacks of the enemy. They
will cover France with formidable camps,
and lessen the call for fathers of families,
whose generous dispositions may have led
them to range themselves under the banners
of the national guard. They will replace a
number of old soldiers in the different depart-
ments, who may again long to place them-
selves under the command of their emperor.
They will contribute to the formation of a
military force, which, at present, extend-
ing over almost the whole surface of Europe
promises the most decisive advantages. And
lastly, by connecting the best military means,
they will conquer that peace, which is still
offered to our enemies : which is even this
moment offered by a conqueror, whose aston-
ing victories have not in the least diminish-
ed his moderation. This is his object, and
such will be the effects of the senatus con-
sultutn submitted to your deliberations —
Your committee having observed with plea-
sure, from the papers laid before them, that
the levy of 80.0GO m-.v cofisfejipts will not
vequire any fresh sacrifices, tb
was unanimous. Senators, they !;:¦ i c)
ea ^i»» to transmit to youiheir accepta
the Scnahr; co#i ,;!tvni,' which had been pre-
viously submitted to your cojisicteyalkm.
"They have also to lay before yon a i-l--. tch
of an address to his majesty the emperor and
king, together with a decree for raising the
conscripts, in answer to his majesty's mes-
sage of the 20th of March, iS07, as a spe-
cimen of the bravery, fidelity, and the de-
votion of all the French to his majesty's
person."
In consequence cf this report, the senate,
in that sitting, adopted the project of the se-
natus cor.sukum, together with the address
presented by the committee.
Au order of council has been issued to re-
store all ships and goods belonging to Ham-
burg and other places in the north of Ger-
many in the possession of the enemy, de-
tained prior to the 1st of January last. Those
detained sines are to besold, and the proceeds
lodged in the funds till his majesry's plea-
sure be further declared.
Vienna Court Gazette, March 24.
It was upon the i8th of February, in the
afternoon, while the Turks were celebrating;
the Feast of the Grand 1'ayram, that the
English admiral Duckworth, with the Royal
George, of 110 guns; the Windsor Castle,
of i lb guns; the CanopuS, admiral Louis,
and tliePompee, admiral sir Sidney Smith,
of 84 guns eaco ; the Active, the Standard j
the Repulse and Thunderer, of 74 guns each,,
the Endymion, of oO three frigates and se-
veral tire-ships and bomb-veesels, penetratec!.
through the Dardanelles, under favor of a
strong southerly wind, notwithstanding the;
fire of the forts, and almost without receiv-
ing any damage from it. The rest of their
fleet, remained off the Cape of Tenedos. A&
ter having attacked and destroyed the small
squadron which was at anchor, at the en-
trance of the canal, the fleet cast anchor,
on the evening of the 20th, within cannon-
shot of Constantinople, between the seraglio
and the Seven Towers. Messages were im-
mediately sent off On both sides. The ne-
gociations still continue, although on the
evening of the 27th there was a slight.vn-
gagement with a division of the Turkish
gun-boats, which were repulsed by the Eng-
lish, and either burnt cr driven ashore. ¦
New York, June i.
Arrived, the ship Rover, Taylor, 85 days
from Dublin. Passengers, J. Brown, 'U.
Shaw and lady, E. Mahon, Miss Drew, and
29 in the steerage. Left at Dublin, April
24, ship Washington, Croker, of Ttpntdh,
for St. Ubes, ready for sea •, ship Village,
Dolan, for New-York May 1 ; ship Bed-
ford, Demril, of PortsnjoutrT ; ship Hannah,
Cottle, of Newburyport; brig Fortitude,
Boyd, of VViscasset, ail uncertain ; t.cl r.
Jane, Woodberry, of Newburyport, -ready
for sea. The ship HantoniO) FUmirg, from
New-York for Dublin, arrisVd at Waierlbrd
the 21st of April, with the loss of her main
yard and one man, had been on her beam ends.
Captain Cottle of thesbin Han. ah, .spoke
on the Oth April, in lat. 50 3o, !^ng. 9,
30, brig Tryaly Reynolds, of New Orfsans,
5i days from Charleston, For EverpoFI. A
Dublin paper of the 2lst of April, mentions
thelawsof a brignear Waterforcl light-house,
loaded with-cotton, bound to Liverpool—
supposed to be the brig captain Coule had
spoken.
The ship Madison, Lord, 13 days from
Kennebunkr to Jacob Raker, arid prdered ta
Richmond by -. M.ux & Co. and sailed from
the Hook on Saturday last.
The British brig, William, Reed, .ta day?
from Greenock, and 18 from Halifax, leu
days since, spoke the Mtlampus and Hali-
fax Frigates, from Virginia, for Halifax.
Cleared, ship Win. & Mary, Ciefton,
London, brig William, ——, Guadaloupe ;
Lydia, O'Zull, St. Croix ; Ceres, Baton,
St. Jago; George, Rennet, Savann:th ;
Neptune, Curhnd, Trinidad ; scbr. Zebra,
Baitlet, St. Thomas ; Fame Sturdivant,
Passamoquody ; Majestic, Smith, Winioii ;
Patience, Cruthers, Washington.
PHILADELPHIA, June I.
Arrived, ship Alert, Appletofi, St. Mar-
tins, 15 days ; ship Horace, Barker, Bos-
ton, 10;. ship Hope, Hunt, Matanzas ;
Little William, Cullen, Laguira, 18 ; brigs
Mary Torrens, Marks, Madeira, 35 ; Gy-
ms, Smith, Bermuda, i4 ; Swift, Langh-
lin, Windsor, N. S. 20 ; schrs. Eliza Tice,
Tice, New-York, 4 ; Jane, Sabiston, N.
Carolina, 9 ; Wm. Gray, Daniel, do. & ;
Democrat, Etheridge, do. i ; Liberty,
Lewis, Richmond, 7 ; Milfoid, Bendy,
Point Petre, via Antigua, 18 ; H.innah,
Este, St. Jago de Cuba, 22 ; sloop Presi-
dent, Ireland, do. s.
Cleared, ships Bramin, Singleton, Bata-
via ; Venus, Dimmick, Oporto ; Juno,
Harrly, Liverpool ; brig Gen. Eaton,
Greaves, Jamaica ; Caroline, Cummings,
Isle of France ; schrs. Juliet, Risborough,
Laguira ; Republican, Brown, Havana ;
British' Lord Nelson, Bent, Nova Scotia ;
Sylvia, Lewis, Portsmouth ; sloops Hope,
Hoover, Norfolk ; Hannah, Hill, do. Uni-
ty, Hand, Alexandria.
CHARLESTON, May 20.
Costume of the Inhabitants of Monte Vieth.
The recent capture of Monte Vi«do by the
British troops having excited the public
attention towards that quarter of the world,
the following description of the Montevidr
ean costume, may be considered at this time,
as a subject equally interesting with the
fashons of London or Paris. .
The people of condition, descendants of
the Spanish settlers, partake much of the
gravity of the Spaniards in their dress anrl
deportment, both being plain in their usual
forms, though sometimes costly and osten-
tatious. The gentlemen wear a waistcoat,
over which they throw an exceeding full
cloak, which reaches down to their shoes ;
they occasionally throw a corner of it over
their shoulder, in such a (pannier as even
to cover their faces. They werr white
hats the flaps of which hang lose over their
shoulders, and cannot be made too large for.
them ; these are in general use, among all
ranks, but some of the gentry, instead of
wearing the hat have a hood of the same
str-ff as the cloak, to which it is fastened,
and with this they are used to cover their
head so completely, that it h impossible to
know any person in that garb, unless by
their walk or some other particular mark of
distinction.
The dress of a Spanish lady of Monieviedo
consists outwardly of a plain, white or color-
ed jacked, well fitted, to the waist ; the
skirts oi which fall four or five lingers in
length upon the petticoat; this petticoatia
made of a stuff more or less rich; according
to the circumstances or fancy of the person,
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