i IhiLJDELIhU.
?
Late AJiSShnt to Pttit't si.'. iejuu.
"J) A "ER made of afttflu*. It is curious, b«t
Jl i.as "not vet beciVipp/ id to lif ,: the kzi.ig
>v . . ■uut • 1 o the h :
kccoiac, jolt, changes from jell ;w:f> white,
to flight tmge oi MiiC and wai:t>tenacity.—*
Presented by Mr. ft c<i. titer.
i he Srubhic of a finale gram of Rye, whLh
on a let io rise ci Ph.iadclphia, in
J792, and produced 76 lia,; .aflj tdoz grains.
Prsfenrcd by Mr. John Barker.
A Chinder ol' a animal; like
those fount! at a fait lick on the Qftio;
was lately found 4 feet below the furfa c of the
earth, v. here a rivulet set nib to have formerly
run, near Warwick ifl Cecil county Maryland.
Pit fenced by' Mr. James Heath.
A bird oi the Ka.l kind, perhaps not notic
ed by any Naturall yas being a bird oi Ameri
ca. If at ail noticed it has the charad.eriitical
marks of those bird*, but is at leaii three times
4 large as the common Hail.
A Salmon and a Pi <.e csfcight in the
river, Western territory The firil is 3 * r ect 3
and a half inches long, and the latter 3 ie*;t 2
inches. Presented b\ Major John Sta^g-
An extraordinary piece of turnsd v/ork made
in China, being 9 ivory bails within each other
and each ball curiously ornamented differently \
the whole cut out of the solid, wi#h a chai fl
made also of ivory. Presented by Mr. Coper
hait.
A EufTaloe Cow, measuring 4 feet 4 inches
high At the hump, and 9 feet 4 inches from its
nostril* to the root ol her tail.
The large tailed'Jcjep % from the Cape of popd
Hope : this animal when it arrived, had no fijjn
«f wo*l excepting a very little on its ribs. Af
ter some months, wool grew over it as far as is
usual on common flieep, which was fine and
fliort. Present.-d by Captair I'ingy.
Afpecimen of tuindoiv gb>f* made at Boston.
It is far superior in whiteness, evenness of fur
face, rnd is freer of blisters than the best Euro
pean glass that we know of in America. Pre
/ fented by Mr. Ebenczer Hazard.
A number of preserved bird: from Great Bri-
among them the Pheasant, Magpye, Ruflf,
&c.
A spear taken from a negro in the a&ion at
Morn Pile in St. Domingo. Prefcn ted by Mr.
Mayer.
A curious (hell of a very large nut confuting of
1 lobes, holding 13 pints ; laid to be the Mai
divian Cicoanut: which was hooked up in 50 fa
thoms of water near Vera Cruz, in the Gulph ,
of Mexico. Presented by Mr. John Lawfon. |
A final 1 double turtle in lpirits,found at Duck .
creek, state of Delaware. Prefenced by Mr.
Plankinho n.
The Armidilla, or hog in armour, from
south America. Presented by Mr. Middleton
of Maryland.
Skull, us the royal tiger, mule and female,
nd of a mid Boar. Presented by Capt. Bell.
A Sraladlite, a large and beautiful specimen.
Presented by Mr. Sharpc Oelany.
Sundry specimens of cristals and petrefaftions
imong the latter are 2 Cornu amonis, or snake
stones, on meaf-iring across the coll 14 inchcs,
the orfier 9 inches. Presented by Mr. Leech.
A Cklnrfc Jig for keeping water cool. Pre
sented by Mr. Boidley.
Three haudfnme Davis, from the Bahama Is
lands (alive) Prtfented by Mrs. Beeflry.
The Mud Inguana, or fyrcn Lizard of Geor
gia Presented by Mr. Frm.tau of Sour!: Caroli-
A fine fpeciuien Coril. Presented by Mr.
iouty
Sheathing paper, of the inner bark of pine
mixed with hair, iJid a paper fit for book bind
ing box making,&c made of pinefawdust; from
the i>aper mill? <4 Mr. John Biddis, Northamp
ton county Pennfylvani* in 1793. Prtfeuted
by Mr. Jipple
A Eulltt of the Birch burl, ornamented with
Porcupine qulU\ Qffi. Made by a Canadian
Indian, and a handsome shoot of crystal. Pre
fcuted by the rev. Mr. N 'got of Baltimore.
An aflignat, paper money of France. Pre
ferred by Mr. Cutbufh.
The King Pi*g<"i, far superior to tjie con?-
mpn ones; a macaronie do. and a i:u.ill collec
tion of birds eggs, amongst them the Albatroft
egg, from the F lulkland iftands, South fcas. Pre
sented by Mr. Ab. De Peyster, of New York.
A petrefa&ion of a finall silt, like the ancho
vy inclcf din a piece of rock, found on the toj
of a mountain n«ar Naples, Italy; allies 1
mount Vesuvius, a piece of black coril, and ;
fniall collection of beautiful ihells fir am Naples
by, Mr. Mulfi.
A number of Coi/is a d ATclalf. Prefcnted b'
several friend-. of tile Mufcunj.
BANK qJ the UNITED STATKS.P
July i ft, 179.3.
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mutcvr.t.vi-
FfT*.««, bempES?
dtfrtl tnomiir,' '
i - i<n»i\ l»"ii>' »■ r '-
Dou rrr.. wits '»f M. Dou i te. afti
inh«bti«t.pi du qt; rtHr ds Valliercs, 1 otl hr h>af
ui ihi* of »he C.ipr on the 2C«h
Junr tact. She !S igooTflW of his fate—She rc
qiicfts that those w h > snay h?vc it imheir jjnw- r
to give her lnfjM ;r»jiion refpcs her buf
banH, ■woutci tend to '.he house of M'p Hud
son, Hi^h-Qt.:r>. Bthitnore, wrier- she rrii't< s,'
or i MaH. <n' Q-v a\tf,, vn the fam. ft re —
A rr-tx.bHcatio/i eJ al/uvc by the feyeral printeri
is rtguejitd.
To the Public.
'T'liE Editor of tl>e Ot/xTTt or the ' kitea
*■ States, proposes publilhint tic 1 ,ev.
under thai Titje, every Evening, Sun day's
Tore iOsc it iaterefting as a-D.ii'v Pu'ji
carion, it flwll contain fm eig>: and domestic,
commercial and political Intelligence El
fayr. imd Observations, local ar.il general :—
Maritijne information Current i>f,
Vtercha itiize and tlw Public Fu-"l r - Alio a
fumniary of the. procecdirgs of Co/igrcfs, and
of tlit L.-gifluture of this State i—wijJl a
!krrcn #fCungrefiional Debates, &c.
/tovE*TiziNG favors wiii be g .itci'uily re
ceived.
TERMS.
To be printed on paper of the d.my size ;
but a larger size ftiaU be Aioil'tuted in Decem
ber next.
The pr'cc Six Dollars per Annum, to be
paid bjH'Tpaiiy.
When a number of Subscribers is
obtained, the Publication (hall commence.
In the interim, the Gazette will be publifli
ed twice a week as u r ual — Sub'ci ipr os are
refpeftfully solicited by the Public's humble
servant,
JOHN FENNO.
6ST Subs ribtions are r.-ceittd a! the C itx Tavern,
South Second Sheet —h\ Mr. Dcbfov. at the Stone
House— by other p/yjons nhp are rn pojjefio ofJub
frip/hm pabrrs. and b\ the Ldito* at his house y J
Xo. 34, j\'orih Fifth-Street.
Philadelphia, Jiitv, I "93,
THE t bI i vH
MOST ratneftly reqnejls tt>cft oj his dijlant Sub.
[crib**} who ate in arrears for Hie Gazette to wake
payment as soon a\ possible.— TJi'ofe perfoijs who have
receivedfibfcription money on his account are de-fired
to remit the fame. The arrearage* for thf Gazette
have accumulated to a serious amount—Serious t as
they are tie onlxrefource to ver\ Jeiious
engagements incurred in the prafeevtiov of this ex
peri five publication. Philadelpbi,_Jnn<* 26.
ADVERT! S E MEN T.
NfiWvJrascY, ) virtue of a Wiit to me
Sufjex Courtfy. IT. ) dire£tcd, ifFurri out of
Ihe M>gh Court ot Chanccry of New-J 'fey, at
the luit of W'Hiam Shipley agamft John M'ng
ai>d o'he r s ; I (hailexpofe to faleat Public Ven
due, on rh fix'li doy of -February next, b t ween
the hours of Twelve and Five »n the Aiterooon
of the fame day, on the Premises, the f Mowing
defcnbr<t Tra& ol Land, wirh itsapnurtenan' e.t,
(nuate in the TownPniyof Oxford and
of SulT. x, beginning at a Chefnur Oak. Tre<, cor
ner ot Daniel Cox's land, and Handing in the
line of a-foi mcr fui vey made to Thomas Steven
son, being marked with the 'letter B. and thence
extending along Coxc's line (firft) I .uth fifty de
grees weft fifty-five chainsand feven'y-five links,
to a B'ack-Oak Tree corner of Joseph ShiDpen.'s
land (second) south nine degrees and fift-en mi
nutes, weft ninetv chains and fixty-five links to
a foiked White Oak Tree, maiked with the let
ters R and B anoihif of the laid Shippen's cor
ne>s (third) thence nonh eighty degrees, east one
hundred and fortv-five chains, to a pr.il on tbe
foJtherly fid ol Paqtiaoftv- w iver, bring also a
corner ot John Reading's land (fouuh) thence
north thtrtvvnine degrees w ft, one hum red
and thirty-two chams to the place of beginning,
containing nine hundred and thirty acres with
'he usual a lowiince for roads and high wa\s—
The 'ame Picmifesaie within nulesof ihe
R ver D l.'Ware, snd there is ther«<in a conveni
ent Grift Mill with (wo pa>r «>f Scones—a Saw
Mill «n good repair, with a fufificicot ftrcarn of
wairr for their use—a Dweil ng House, Store
House, and fevral fma'l hu'ld rips.
MARK THO MP>OIC, Sheriff.
Daled a id day 4)f 1793
Stock Brokers Office,
So. 16, Wdll-ftrcet, New-Yok k.
SuMcrjber intending 10 confine himftlf
JL entirely to the Pt'RC HA St 3c SAI K of
STOCKS on COMMlSSlON,btgslcave 1001.
fer his iervices to his friends and others, in the
lineofa Stock Broker. Those who may please
to favor him with • hrir buiinefVj may depend
upon having it tranfa&ed with the utmost fide
lity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boflon, or any
othei part of the United St ate*, will be ft ri fitly
attended tQ.
feM' LFO>?ARD BLFFCKFR.
GENERAL PO S T-O FFI CE,
Philadelphia, May 27, 1 793.
500 Dollars Reward.
WrfEREAS a certain THOMAS SLOiS
GANTT, has lately made hi* escape
from Baltimore County Gaol, to which he was
committed under a charge of having robbed the
Eaftept Mail, on the 48th day of January fact :
Notice ts nereby g'vert* that a reward of five
hundred dollars will he paid at this Office, to
any pci son or peifons who shall apprehend the
fa<d Chimas Sfof > Gantt, and deliver him into the
cultodv <>» the k eoer of the said GaoL or into
tht: ciiitniy of either of the M?" (ha s within the
United S- »'f*s, so ihit the said Thomas S/ofi Gantt
wi»v efte£f.uai' v secured. »nd lonh coming to
aufwer the dbovs- mohf'ion-d '-ha'ge.
riviOTHY PICKERING,
PoJl-M<tJtcr General.
The following is a deferiouon of the above
iia*ined Thomas Sloss Gantt: Hi- is about
UK fee' llt.iir od «ato! 1 mad<*, has co
•biired nan, tied behind, fair complexion and
h*s a dc*ra look when spoken to.
*'i<
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Phi LAD EL PHI A, July ift, 1793
vTOTtCF. it hcrcbv given to the members of
itx- oi North Amcri-
I a, that tfw D"etfors have decided a dividend
(to thi* da\) of l»x per cent 00 ih«-amount of the
fiift mifalmeni, and of one per fnt per month,
\1 j the Tumi paid towards the second and 'jnrd
inllaiinriMs, ralrttlating horn tUe fuft d*y of
the month following 'hat in whirh tfoefe pay
ments were made. The D'vdet.d will he paid
t»i t<»e Stockholders or iheir Repicfcn'*?'v e*, at
the Cr) nr, P* ,, v'* Office, (No. 11.9, f"uih F'Oiu-
Street) at any time after 7'h infl.
EBLNKZER h'AZARP, Sec'rv.
As the mewbtri of this (e nrpanx are much
difperf'd tkrov*kout the United s tJtes, the Fruiters
ir. the ftveralfiatei axje reqtejied to give the above a
place in their neu'Jpapc} s.
RULES
To he observed in Irani 6fii'* Bnhnefs with the
Insurance Company
OF NOR TH-A MLR ft A
ift. A LL orders for Infurirtice must begven
Ix. in wming, finned by the applicant ;
and ?s ai«nutc a dMcription of the vilP:l is ex
pe&cd, as ihe pcrfon ordering the irifuiance can
give, iefpe6fing her age, built, how found and
titled, and whether double or fmgle decked.
ad. All policies will be ready lor delivery in
twcniy-four hours after the order Jot insurance
i v a cepted at ihe officc, and the policy mull be
1 dk< i» np in ten days.
3d. No'ttj wrhan approved endorfcr, for all
premiums., mull he given in ten days, payable
as follows :
For American and Weft-India rifques, in
three onths after the date of ihe policy.
For tnropean nfqu's, in fix monrhs.
F r lud a and £hma nfquis, in 12 months.
Pot nfqncs \>\ the year, 111 eight months.
For rrfqucs for fix months, in fonr months.
And 'or nfqttes for any letter time, in three
inon hs.
4th. Lofles will be paid in ten days after proof
and adjuffment ; but if the noie given for the
premium (ball not have become due with'n that
tim*, the amount of it shall, never theiefs, be de
duced from the loss to be paid.
The Insurance Company of North-America
hereby give notice to all whom it m,»y concern,
thai, agreeably to the above rules, they art ready
10 receive all orders for insurance, which tnay
be addrcllVd to ihem, accompanied with direc
tions to some refpoofir>le house »n Philadelphia
for ihe payment of the premiums within the
time limited.
In caf the rifques offered fhaj! be approved,
the insurance (hall b immediately ess £Ud ;
other wile notice (hall be given, eithei by anlwer
ro the person applying, or to his agent, in Phila
delphia, as may be ordered.
By order of the D' r eftors,
EBENEZEK HAZARD, SecVy.
July 3. 4 w
Albany Glafs-Houfe.
The Proprietors of the nufactory, under
M'CLAJLLEN, M'GREGOR and Co.
BEG leave 10 iriform the oublu:, thai ifyey have
now brought their WI NDOW-GLASS to
luch pei feftion, swill be found, on companfon,
to be equal, in quality, to the betl Loudon
Crown Giafs.
fixed their piierj at a lower rate than
imported G ass, they arc induced to believe, that
importaiionsof this article will be dtfeontinued,
in proportion as their wotks ate ex ended.—
They proppfe 10 enlarge the fcalc of this buli
nef.<, and as the furc,e!s of it will depend on t-ht
patriotic support of the publit* they beg lr«jve 10
solicit their friendly patronage in the pursuit of
a hianch which \*ill interest e<.eiy iover of
A«mekican Manufactures.
All order* tor Wi njjow Glass, of any fire,
will be rcceiv-ed at the Stme of Rhodes and
MacGrecoji, No. £34, Queen.ftrte., New.
York, and at the C 1 ass \Va r choufr, No. 48,
Ma'ke'-ftreei, A'oany, which w»U be pun&uajly
attended to.
(£3** WANTED, fix smart a&ive LADS, not
exceed ing 1.6 vea/s oi age, to be indented as
Apprentices, and regularly in the
various branches of GLU-M«king.
Also, three Window-Glals Maker , to whom
great encouragement will bi given,
Mar 1, i 793
UNIVERSITY »_/"PENNSYLVANIA
July 12, 1793
THE vacation for the Plnlofophical CIjIL-i
commeocfj on Monday the ;sih instant,
and 's to continue fix weeks ; and tor the tif
ferent Ichools, belonging to the Inft- ution. on
Monday the 29th intlau', to cotithiixcjmr weeks.
The C.orplhtiicemtnt lor confeiTi nj> Degrees
on the Students o< the Spnipr who have
b en 9 j read y examined be fate the f<.cnk* and
and approved of bv thtm, will be Jield
011 the gd of September next.
As the Philosophical Profrlforj will beg*n
their courses of Jcthjfes about the jft of Sep
tember, to the ClaflT's under iltfir cart', enjd as it
is ulual for Students Irom <i 4,1 nr parts, *ho
wish to finifti their education 111 the Univtrfiry,
to errttr one or other of ihcfe ( lasses, accQfr.ing
to their proficiency in Literature, it is rtconi
rnended to such Students to make their applica
tions for ad million at that rime.
The Ledures of the Provost !or the ben.fit of
the S Ductus, will as usual, on the
fi:fto! NQvrmber, when the Lectures of the
Medical proleffars commence.
by order of the F,jrultv,
P L
OF THE
City of Washington,
Sp!d by the Booseellesis,
DOHSnx ( A UFA'. U)U\'G. & CRUKSHANK.
tickets
In lilt FEDERAL t ITy LOTTERY,
May be bad at SAMUEL COOPER'* ferry,
fptyw
Wm. ROGERS; S-c'ry.
N S
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE F.oitor propojts to cantin»e the
publication oj the Gazltte or thi Vnit|p
•, Jor a>jlant ctrc* at tot, sf'er the JiyJl of
December next, on the fohtwr-g lent', i *z.
It Jhull be pubhjtied on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, on paper oj the Medium'ji
f s i ar & er than the bffat.
The price, Three Dollar* per annum, rxelufive
of pottage
Su&fcrtptioMS to Me received by the rcffeßive fcJL
tApJle/s fhroyg'-avt the Union. o> fycU ot'tr /e.ijups
ui ma) fee proper iocolleß them.
The papers to be jor warded bs ftq/l truice a veek %
A 0 backets to contain less than si x papers- nvd to
fuhjeriprions to he received ft* a lejs term tki- ft*
months.-—Varments to h fix WQj.ihi m
advance.— Tice>it\ per cmt. dedußivr from the prue
' f the Gazette, «•/•'/ be a! i owed to thyjs uno cut*
iefl and forward the fubfeription move'. frer ex.
penje % in Jul! oj uncharges Jor then trouble in the
bujineju
ihe public at ion will contain as ufujl, a vafietv oj
original effays—foreign and doni jhc intelligence
and a fum-iary of f>e procced'vgs of the Legjflatute
oj the Union, &c. &c. Attention xnilt be paid
to dijpatching the pipers with punfluaftty, and bub.
jcrit>erj may depend on receiving than aj regularly t
as the poJ!> arrive.
June 8.
City of Washington.
January 71b, 1793.
A NUMBER of Loij. in thit. City will be of
fered for sale at au&'on, by the Commif
fi<»«tct», on the 1 7th rljy of September next.
One fourth pari of the purchase money is co he
paid down, the refidueat three equal annual pay
ments with yearly intcrefton the whole princi
pal unpaid.
JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to tfo Cem'rs.
Extra# of an AS of the General Afftmhly ps
Maryland, concerning the Territoiy ot Co-
and the City of Wafhingion.
•• B'- ir en a fledl, That any foreigner may by
deed or will, hereafter to le made, take and hold tanas
within that part of the jaid Territory whtrhhes with
in this State, it> the fame mavver as if he was a citu
zen of this State ; and the fane lands ma\ be con
veyed by him, and transmitted to and be inheritedly
his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens
of thu State : Provided, That no foreigner Jhah',
in virtue hereof be entitled to any further or other
privilege of a citizen."
fan. 19. tf
MR SALE, BY
M A T H E YV CAREY,
At his Store, No. 118. Maiket.fire.ft,
Philadelphia,
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, from its
commencement >n January, 1767, to its
termination in D cember, 1792, in twelve yo
lumcs, price, neatly bound and lettered* uinc
teen dollars and one fifth.
The opinion of tht President of the United
States, refpe&ing this w«>rk, is a® lollows :
" I believe rhe American Mufeurn h*s met
with rxterfive. \ may with umverfat a.p
pr«b»ti?A-from conrptuiit judges'; for I am of
opinion, that t he work is not only eminently
calculated to disseminate political, a&ricukuial,
philosophical,and otb r valuable information ;
but that it been ttU/orw/y conduced wjth tafc %
attention, qn4propriety, li to these important
obje£fs be fupuadded the more immediate de
ficit of rescuing public documents from obli
vion— I will venture to pronounce, as my sen
timent, that a .more usetul iitiaar^
PLAN HAS N£V|LR J} EE N UNDERTAKER 1
am erica, or one More pe&e.ryi aig of yup r
Lie ENCOURAGEMENT.*'
J u " e 5-
"" > —" • ■ I--' '■
Hercule De Sercey,
From Leogane, Jfland of St. Domingo,
MAKES arid fells Ml so ts of Mugs, Jacks,
Porringers, Cups, Stew-Pans, Lamps, See.
in Tin, plain or j*panned—He alSo mends old
tin work, fa he works cheap, he hopes for the
public encouragement.
No. 23. Race-street, near proni-ftreet.
June 9.2.
HERCULE DE SERCEY,
DE Leogane, I fie Ac St. Dominque, travailje
en fer Blanc, dcioote forte de manieres a
com ma ode et a bon marchr.
A Philadelphie, cc 27 Juin, '793-
No. 23, Race-street, pres Fioot-ftreet.
Gold, Coins qf France and
Spain t arjd Dominions oj
Spain.
Grains. Cents.
1 3
» 7
3 >1
4 .4
5 18
6 B2
» * 5
8 29
9 33
10 36
»t 40
«* 44
"3 47
1 4 5'
'5 55
16 58
17 ba
18 66
19 69
to 73
st 76
«2 80
*3 84
24 87
*** TABLES for receiving and pflyirrf Gold
Cuvs. calculated £y the Officers oj the Rank of ike
United States, agreeable to the new
which the Grain 1 ables above are extraElec^ —max be
had at Benjamin Johnson's. Ki&hjiretfi vczf
fourih-Jlreet.
Gold ( fins of Great Bri
tain and Portugal.
Grains. Cents.
1 3
2 7
3 11
:t
6 23
7 »«
8 ag
9 39
>° 37
n 40
12 44
»3 4?
14 .51
16 59
n 63
18 £7
>9 70
20 74
21 78
22 8l
2 3 8.5
24 89