Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 3

I To fum up the whole they ire a hardy brave race of men equally qualified for the! domeftic the naval and military line: nor is there an inftance them of cowardice treachery or flinching during all the dangers and fatigues of the prefent and former wars wherein they have bore a confide rable (hare I trufted exclaimed lord Chatham I in parliament to the mountains of the north to carry on the moft extenfive war in which England had ever been This was the declaration I of the ableft moft impartial and difmterefted mini fteroftheage one who had penetration to difcern candour to acknowledge and honefty to reward real merit whofe elevated mind knew no djftinflion of country or people no narrow partialities but in every refpedl' was eminently qualified for the great purpofes of uniting more clofely this wide extended 1 empire by a generous diffufion of reciprocal bene fits and privileges throughout the various branches of which it was compofed I Till the daysof that great man the intrinlic va lue of the Highlanders like the diamond in the mine remained in obfeurity fome obftruflions re mbved theyihone forth at once a traflable ufeful l' ptople who mightone day prove a confiderable ac 1 quifition to the commerce as well as the internal ftrength of Britain Such being the character manners and import ance of the Highlanders in their civilized ftate a minute review of their coitntry andihores properly follows Should thefe be found irreclaimable or in capable of anfwering any valuable purpofi? to the in habitants and the community at large it would be' humane and alfo good policy in government to fl open an afylum in fome other part of the ifland for die overflow of thefe truly valuable people inftead of driving them by hundreds acrofs the Atlantic Ocean On the contrary fliould the three hundred iflands and the extenfive line of coaft upon the mainland theirnumerous bays lakes and rivers be found ca pable of being rendered the bulwark of our ifland on that fide the great nurfery of hardy feamen and foldiers to defend our fettlements abroad the chief repofitory offifti to fupply the wants of the labouring people and to extend the fcale of commerce fliould j'f thefe and other objects prove the certain confe qdence of parliamentary attention it is to be hoped that government will take that bufinefs into confide ation before America (hall again open a door for the dillatisfied from all parts of Britain but more' efpeciailyforthofe hitherto neglefled mountaineers recommendations to thofe whofe habitations lie near his way or when night and wearinefs come upon him takes the chance of general hofpitalitv If he finds only a cottage he can expefl little more thani fhelter for the cottagers have little more for them felves but if his good fortune brings him to the re 1 fidence of a gentleman he will be glad of a ftorm to prolong his Johffon 1 i A ME I A ebruary 1 7 This day his moft Chriftian packet le Courier de commanded by Capt boville will fail from this port fdr port His Britannic packet the Greyhound Capt Dunn will fail this day or to morrow with the mail for almouth We are informed that a number of counterfeit rench guineas is at prefent in circulation they are very badly executed and may be eafily detefled front their lightnefs The Engliflt newspapers have long continued in an error touching thcommander of the Britiih troops in Eaft India bn every occafion refpefling that fer vice they mention lieutenant general Mathew at the head of the army inftead of major gerkral Mea dows who it will be found is the identical perfon dcfcrihed in that line to have undergone all the vi olent reveries of fortune fome weeks paft intimated to us in the public accounts Major general Mea dows afled in this country under generals Howe and Clinton and was wellknown to and highly refpefl ed by all the military Britifh and American dur ing fcveral years of the late conteft A more valiant officer Never fet aftfMrmia'thefaUy Lieutenant general Edward Mathew a native of the Weft Indies of great eftate andof moftaccomplilh ed manners is folely invefted with the military pow er of each leeward ifland as commander in chief there rom ihe New Hampshire Gazette Defcription of the SEAL of that State rTH3 Seal is two inches in diameter andcontains 1 a field encompaffed with laurel intended to ihew that the right of afiiimitig arms or bearing was won in the the laurel is alfo figurative of im ploring the frillies of Heaven as it is laid that light ning never injures it On the field is a ihip on theflocks with American banners and a riling Sun to denote NEW IlAMPSIilRA being trie eaitern moft the Sun may alio be conlidered as an of profperity in bufinefs and the fliip as a ftaple of this ftate and figurative of defence and The 5rft and lull Ships for thefe pur poses during the late glorious ftruggle were built in New liamplhire PH I A I A eb 2 1 raxcis Hughes mariner was yefterday com mitted to goal by bls honor the judge of the admi ralty being charged with piracy in running away with the fchooner ree Mafia: and her cargo the property of Charles Travers The account he gave of this tranfcflion his being examined was in fubftance as follows That he was captain of the fchooner ree Malian in her late voyage from Philadelphia to Hifpaniola That Charles Travers the owner of the velfel and ca go was oh board as fapcrcargo That about the id of November hit being irr fight of Hifpaniola be went on (here in the boat with Travers in order toniake enquiry refpefliug the markets and to get information but having previoufly agreed withTheobald (alias Bufii) the mate to feizc and run away with the veflll he took an opportunity to come off with the boat and leave Travers on fliorc That as foon as he got on board he and Bark took pofleflion of the fchooner and fet fail for Providence That they landed the reft of the crew on one of the Bahama iflands called Long liland after which the vefiH proved fo leaky that they were obliged to put in at another of thole Iliandsi called Xumi where they unladed the cargo in order to come at the Here they fpld twenty calks of their flour the re mainder of their cargo was refliipped Tfieythsn changed their defign of going to Providence fearing probably that the crew they had landed would give information of their being pirates That they failed for Baltimore where they arrived giving out that they were from Philadelphia bound for lorida and had put in in diftrefs having loft their bow fprit At Baltimore they difpofed of their cargo by fend ing the dry goods to the vendue office and felling their flour to a merchant there That finding him felf in danger of being difeovered he received 50 on account and taking feveral gold watches part of the goods found on board he came to Philadelphia He fays he knows not what is become of Theobald Burk Defcription of the Crew Theobald Bufh an Irifhman about 30 years old 5 feet two inches high chefnut coloured hair and eye brows full faced and very much marked with the fmallrpox John Pilot a native of the environs of Bourdeaux about 28 years old 5 feet 3 inches high very mea gre black hair and eye brows and remarkable fmall cyes Marfon Befie a native of Britanny about twenty eight years old 5 feet one inch high full faced and very large eyes Peter Pauget a native of Berne about 3 5 years old 5 feet one inch high very lean and black com plexion Thomas Carwin a native of Pumege in Nor mandy cabin boy a likely youth about xj years old and five feet high CHARLES TRAVERS Kingfton Jamaica November 19 1784 A coiyefpondent allures us that the general aflent bly of Maryland during their late feffions patted an ad for laying a tax on all real and perfonal eftates within that ftate for the purpofe of funding not on ly the debts of the ftate but thofe of Congrefs fo far as the citizens of Maryland are creditors of that ho norable body This patriotic exertion' it is added requires at prefent aproviiion of 140000 per an num but is formed in perfeift fubferviency to fede ral meafures for the fame law enables Congrefs to proceed upon the general plan of funding the debts of the United States by collefling the propofed five per cent impoft in Maryland as foon as twelve of the States concur in this revenue when the tax di redled by the adl is to be leffeiied fo as to provide for the ftate incumbrances only It is in fail the plan 1 generally of thsaffembly of Pennfylvauia Some attempts it feems were made on this occa fion to dilcriminate between original holders of cer tificates aiid purchafers but it was found impoflible to doit to any good purpofs or without much eva fion or perjury and that fuch a violation of public faith as this would fix a ftigma and entail a difere dit which would ettentially injure us at home and abroad Thefe enlightened people therefore pre ferred the embracing of the whole mafs of public debt although the bufinefs was large arid the tax it required was confiderable In the valuation of pro perty direfled by the tax bill the price of a negro man flave is fet at 75 I Our correfpondent adds that this affair has not as far as appears raifed any clamour nor created the leaf! uneafinefs in our filler ftate The Dutch war happens at an exceeding good time for winter is at belt a dull feafon and dull writers are then more particularly diftreffed for mat ter Earthquakes and plagues generally happen iri hot weather and the famines at Grand Cairo arc more likely to come before harveft than after it itu true afire may happen at Conjlantinople all the year round So that all things confidered the Emperor has been uncommonly polite to the poor wits who may now recruit regiments march into the Low Coun tries fiurmijb break banks flood villages andpit fittle children like larks without the leaf! fear of de teflion A correspondent has favored us nvith a cbpy of the following Act of the General AJJembly of the State of Maryland An Afl naturalize Major General the Marquis de la ayette and his heirs male forever? WHEREAS the General Affembly of Maryland anxious to perpetuate a name dear to the ftate and to recognize the Marquis de la ayette for one of its citizens who at the age of nineteen left his native country and rifqued his life in the late revolution who on his joining the American army after being appointed by Congrefs to the rank of Major General difintereftedly refitted the ufual rewards of command and fought only to deferve what he attained' the charafler of patriot and foldicr who when appoint ed to conduft an excurlion into Canada called forth by his prudence and extraordinary dilcrction the ap probation of Congrefs who at the head of an army in Virginia bafiled the niamuvrcs of a diftinguilh ed General and excited the admit ation of the old eft commanders who early attrafled the notice and obtained the fricndlhip of the illuftrious General Wafliington and who laboured and fucccedcd in railing the honour and the name of the United States of America: Therefore Ee it enailed by the General Affembly of Maryland Tint the Marquis de la ayette and his heirs male forever lhall be and they ami each of them are hereby deemed adjudged and taken to be natural born citizens of this ftate and fliall henceforth be entitled to all the immunities rights and privileges of natural bom citizens thereof they and every of them conforming to the conftitution and laws of this ftate in the enjoyment and exercife of fuch immu nities rights and privileges Errata In the twentieth line of the publication in Thurfday paper relative to the Philofophical Society as alfo for the read Library AV AS committed to my cuftody on the Jth of this inftant a cenain JefleWeids on fu'picion of beiny a runaway fervant: he lays he is fiom Liverpool Old Eneland and that he wrought with Mr Jenkins tayior in Philadelphia about two weeks lift fall li'd Weak is about 18 or 20 years of age 5 feet 8 inches high fair complexion had on a crimlbn co loured coat cloth breeches Any perfon claiming the above dcfcrihed period as their fervant fliall have four weeks from this date to remove him otherwife he will be ibid out for his fees THOMAS ALEXANDER Gaoler Cailiile Gaol ebruary 14 1785 Red Clover Seed of the lail year's growth hyfen fouchong and bohea teas Eng jilh glue and Groceries of divers kinds as ufual to be fold bv BENEDICT DORSEY In 1 uirdllrcet between the Harp and Crown and Market direct and neatly oppofite to the Old Work Houfe Philad bia id mo I RTC CURRENT PniiADcLruiA ebruary 2t 1783 By the barrel By the cafe lour fup1C3qr 48s Gin per quantity 30s com ditto37s 6dto4os By the pound Bur middlings 35s togyb Hemp 4dl 2 Pork Bu1ling 5lt05l ios Mould candles is Beef Iriih al IOS Gammons tod toiad Country 31 10s Tar 17s 6d Pitch 22s 64 Turpentine 27s 6d By the hundred Ship fluff 14s bread 22s Sugar Mufeo common 42s 6d Rice 28s By the bulhel Wheat 8s 4d to 8s fid Ind Corn 3s 3d to 3s 6d Rye 45 Oats 2S fid laxfeed Ios Salt coarfe 4S fid fine 3s 9d By the pipe Wine Madeira 40I to tool Teneriffe 24L Lifbon '40! Port 40I ayal 15I By the gallon Spirit Jamaica 4s 61 Barbad 34 t03s fid Antig 310 to 4S Rum Philadelphia 2S fid England 2S 6d Molaflits aid to aid Bills of Exchange on London fiing loaf fugar IS By the ton Bar iron Pig iron lol Ios By the thoufandljl Staves pipe hhd 81 ios do 7I barrel 5k Heading (drift'd) tol les Short (king les 41s Per thousand feet Merchant pine boards and fcamling 15s to 81 Sap ditto 51 15s tofil By the hundred Tobacco bell James river 55s to 60s York 5CS to 55s Rappahannock 40s to 5os colour Maryland 5OS to 55s Weflern Ih'irc Jong lcaf4Oto45s Eaftern fhore 30s to 4Cs Ship building by the ton frames 61 ips Live oak and red cedar ditto 8i to 81 ios 76 to 77 i 75 to 76 7 Extrafl from the London Price Current dated Decern her 3 1784 Aflses American Pot from 28c to 3fs per Pearl from z6s to 36a Rnffta Pot from ns to 301 rieft Pearl from 341 to 381 Cador New England from 14s to shsper lb Cocoa Carraca from 5 lor to 61 per Grenada from 3I to 3I lor Coffee Grenada from 3I izsto4l perC Jamaica from 3I 6s to 3 12a Cotton Surrinamfrom lod to 11 isdperlb Jamaica from is 4dtals Ginger Jamaica White from 48a to 53s per Ginfang from 4s to 4s 6d per lb Indigo rench Blue from qs to qs 6d per lb Carolina from os to 3s )d Iron Pig Englih from 3I ios to 3I so per Ton American from 4I 3s to 61 ios Pitch New England from qstoZsper Stockholm from qs to lor Arehangli'Zs Rice Carolina from 23s to 16s 6dperC Rum Jamaica from is 6d to 3s per Gallon Leeward Iflands from 1st02s 6d Saffafras from less to 21s per Sugar Antigua from 38s to 501 per Barbadoes from tl ios to lliqs Jamaica from 39s to 48s Tar Archangel 14s per Barrel ff New England 14 Tea Bohea ine from is 6d 1 2 to is qd per lb Singlo Common from is Sd to 3s Speck Leaf from 4s to 3s lod Bloom from 3s lod to 6s 6d Congo from 4s 3d to 6s dd Souchong from 4s qd to 8s 6d Pekoe from 3s to 7S9S Hyfon ine from qs to 12s Ordinary from 3s lod to 8s 6d Tobacco Maryland ellow from is lodto is per Ibi Middle Brown from Is to is I' 1 2 Long Leaf from is 3d 1 2 to isqd 1 2 Virginia York River from is 3d 1 2 to is lod James River from is 3d 1 2 to is qd 3 4 Strip Leaf from is" qd to is nd Rappahannock from is 3d 1 4 to isqd 1 4 Carolina from is 3d 1 4 to is 3d 3 4 Turpentine America ns per flax Englih from ql 5s to lol per New England from 61 ios to fl Whale ins from izol to 24olper Ton: Gold in Coin 3I iqs lods 1 2 per Ounce Ditto in Bars 3I I lod 1 2 Pieces of Eight Pillar large 3s id per ounce Ditto fmall 3s id Mexico large 3s id Ditto new Ss Silver in Bars 3s id 1 4 MOTICE is hereby given That a of 'BREAD will be (IJireieA to they P09R ofthUcity at the Court houfc Tu at IO in the forenoon By the Bnard of OVerfcers John Dorsey junr Philadelphia ebruary 21 ALL Pcrfons indebted to the eftate of Jacob Gihlens in the townfhip of Cheltenham in the county of Montgomery deccafed are defired to attend at the houfe of Conrad Bear in the aforefaid townlhip on riday the 25th of this inft ebiuary at 12 at noun and pay their ref peflive debts to the fubferibers and all pcrfons that have any demands againft laid cflate are likewife de fired to bling in their accounts properly proved at the fame time and place to Scriba ScbroppeNfi Starman Have removed their Store into ront flrect between Chefnut and Walnut ftreets do the (lore formerly occupied by Mr Heineken where they are now opening for fale on the moft moderate terms a ycry large aflbrtment of Dry Goods among which are SUPERINE Dutch cordage of the very coarfe broadcloths heft quality Velvets Ravens duck flannels dial Sewing thread i loons ferge and fcveral Dutch laces other coarfe woolens White linen tapes Mai frilles quilting Hylbnfouchcngandgrcen Dutch and dimity cord tea landers bed ickiug Hyfon and pecco ditto in Ruffia drifting canniftcu Ditto lhecting Wax candles Calicoes and chintzes Copper ketl les Bandana and Barcelona Ditto in fhects filk handerchiefs German Heel Cotton and linen ditto Pamts of all colours Sattins grosde tour Rheinilh wine in calks and auze bottles Dutch canvas rom the Glasgow Advertiser A SCOTS POEM on the AIR BALLOON SWEET keep us a' frae ho right rac witchcraft arts or warlocks wight or fouks are now gaun out fight Aboon the yird Up gets the gilpins a flight Like ony bird Sic fairlies was feen before the pauky carls yore) they had gimcracks menya fcore Yet weel wat I I They out the gate to bore Up the Iky But fpite their weel tald wordies fouk had wings upon their gardies Yet Hark about the dreigh Togae to flee like bits burdies that war the price twa gude Ihoon To fee this trick fairly done But whan to the moon glee and funj Wow firs fley the birds aboon As a gun I war fure nae mifehanter My dizzy pow I wadnae venture To fail fae heigh aboon the centre I In fic acar Or flee oh dny mad adventure The Lord kens whar To gae to flee ae feather! climb the air without a lather! Eh! by my a tether To flop my drift Whan at a bigblawh blather Up the lift A tipfy buck wad yoke it fine Whafepowis midnight wine Deni me cry) have a fniner aff flee Till fate might land him foon or fyne 'f In fome muzee fl'fl In rance ane has his balloon there in ilka town Like pyets up down But rnony a ane Has gotten a cracket crown Or broken bane Balloons are rife enough at harne Our lightiorums are the fame noddles toomer far than them They ftrutt the caufey At mony a fecklefs airy fcheme Baith proud faucy Wattock who but fernyear coat frae the plough tram Wha as as ony ram See there I trow He keeps a (hop that jiae Keck at him now! His pow creilh feent is focket rae tap to tae newly flocket baith his toflily docket He llruts Gude guide us I pride he has an unco fleair Nor a nod to ane bare But like balloons flies the air iky fail Ay mony a caftle he has there his ain Poor doited ghaift! he difna think That youth is but a bonny blink Whilk fliely fteals him to the brink blirty eild Whar his balloon fome day maun fink flinch the field Glafgow Augujl 13 1784 TRIENDSHIPS among mankind are ufually broke by four things irfl by ill manners: Je condh by an abufe of the liberty which a friend per mits us to take: thirdly by awcund giventreacheroufly by the tongue and fourthly by i frjl is the drfelt of clownijb minds thefecondis the fault of indlfcrcet the third the vice of the perfidious and the fourth is a general vice which ss the bidden caffe ofmofl ruptures Striped and plain kentipg Irifh and Dutch linen Gauzes Carpcins Baize Cutlery rying pans Steel Par lead A Shot A Pipes Cofhn furniture With a variety of other ar ticks too tedious to meat tion Hackney Coach THE fubfcribvr having furnilScd himftlf with an ele gant andcafy COACH with good Horfcs and a careful Driver will attend on Ladesand Gentlemen cither bv the day or job on asreafonable terras as any other perfon in the city Whoever pleafcs to favor him with their cuflom may depend upon good attendance 1 Apply at the Livery liable back of the city 'avern PP SAMUEL HODGSON Who keeps a Man and Horfe ready to ride exprefs a thclhortcft notice ohn Kean At the Sign of the Spinning wheel the corner of Market and Third lireets CUPER1N fecond and ine lawn handkerchiefs coarfe brcaJclothSj uiil line lawn aprons lea aran (into Coatings Halfthicks Blankets Rugs Coveihds Moreens spinning Calimancocs Camblets Dinants Chintzes Calicoes PrintrJ linrni flv linen rt tf (t'l'll IP An aflartment of Boulting Cloths as ufual.