» Just Published, BY THOMAS POBSON, At the Stone House, No. 41, Couth Second street, neatly printed in one volume qti2rto, price fix dollars t)Se fine pspcr, or five dollars the com mon: The Four Gospels, TRANSLATEDfrom the GREEK, with PRE LIMINARY DISSERTATIONS, and notes CRITICAL and EXPLANATORY, By GEORGE CAMPBELL, D. D. F. R. S. . & c - Principal of Marifchal College, Aberdeen. *#* Th« charadter of the Author for aeutenefs and erudition has been eftabhfhed by his essay on miracles in answer to David Hume," the greatest xmftrrpiece of the kind ever published, and by his " Philosophy of Rhetorie," and to the merit of the present work, the result of nearly forty years fludv and applieation, and the substance of his course of ledtures in his official capacity, the reviewers have given ample teftirriony, but their ac count,however honorable to the work, is too long, for a place in this advertisement, the work howev er is now presented in an American edition at not more than half the ptice of the London copy. July 20. 4w2w UNITED STATES/""" Tfr Pennsylvania D;?ritl<ST, J "• IN THE NAME A NO BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES, By WILLIAM VIC HOLS, Marshal of the Pennsylvania Diftrift, — A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, at the firft session of the fourth Congrcfs, to wit, on ihe twelfth day of Maylaftpaft, passed an aft, to repeal so much of an aft, intituled " an aft to ejtabhfh th« Judicial Courts of the United States", as dlrefts that the alternate feflions of the Circuit Court for the Diftrift of Pennsylvania, shall be hcrtden at Yorktown ; and for other purpol'es, in »he follow ing words, to wit. - Fourth Congress of the United States : At tie firft feflion, begun and held at the city of Phila delphia, in the State of Pennfjrlvama. on Monday, the seventh of December, one thousand seven hundred and nine y-five. An Aft to repeal so mucb of an aft, intituled " an aft to establish the judicial courts'of the United States", asdi fefts that alternate fdffions of the find circuit court for the diftrift of Pennsylvania shall be holden at York town ; and for other purpdfes. Sect. I. BE Itenafted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America, in Coa grefs assembled, That so much of the fifth feftion of the aft, intitu'ed "an aft. to establish the judicial courts of the United States", as directs that alternate feitons of the circuit court for the diftrift of Pcjinfyl,vania shall be hold en at Yorktown, be, and the fame is hereby repealed j and that all the feflions of the said circuit court shall, from and after the pSffing of this aft, be holdes at the city of Philadelphia, ciceptmg only, when at any fetTron of the said curt, the judges thereof lhall direct the next l'eflion to be holden at Yorktown , which they are hereby autho rized awl empowered to do, whenever it shall appear to them to be necessary. Sect. 11. And be it further enacted, That all such pro eefs of the said eourt, a» may have issued before the pass ing of this aft, and all recognizances returnable, and all suits and other proceedings that were continued to the said circuit courr for the diftrift of Pennsylvania, on the eleventh of October next, in Yorktown, fliall now be re turned, and held continued, to the fame court, on the fafoe day, at Philadelphia- Aii(£ to the end tha? suitors, witnesses, and all-others concerned, may have notice of the alteration hereby made, the Marflial of the said dif trift is hereby required temake the fame known, by pro clamation, An or bsforctlie firft day of August next. Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of P eprefentattves. Sambel Livee.mo*e, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Approved, May the twelfth, 1796, George Washington, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls, in ths Office of the Depart ment of State, Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. I DO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN, that all such process of the said court as has, or ipay be iflued, and all recognizances returnable at Torktmnn aforefeid, on the ele venth day of Oilcbrr next, will be returned to (he Circuit ftf the United States, at the City Hall, in the city of Phila delphia, onTuefday, the elttenth day of October next, at t/rem.o'clock in the forenoon, And that all foitsaud other proceedings that werec&ntinued to the said court at York- Sown, will be held and continued at the said Circuit Court, at Philadelphia, 011 the fame Rlt vealb day of Octo ber next, of which all persons concerned are dtfired to take notice, and give tbeir attendance thereat. GIVEN under my hand, at my office, in the Diftrift of Pennsylvania, the twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun dred and ninety-fix, and of our Independtnce the twentj'-firft. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marjbal. Julyga 7 §aw FOR SALE, A very Valuable Estate, CALLED rWIVTENHAM, situate in the township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7,-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the , new Western road s containing 2.30 Seres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood land, and the reft £ruble o! the firft quality. There are on the preroifes a good two flory brick house, with 4 rooms on a fior, arid cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, ftabLs, and Other convenient buildings ; a smoke-house and stone fprlng-lioufe ; tv. e good apple orchards, and one of peach es. The fields are allin clover, except tho'fe immediately urtder tillage, and arc so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly con venient for grazing. The situation is pleafont and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country feat. The foregoing U part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceifcd. and offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, _ Oft. 9. eo.J Surviving Executor. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD?" RAN aw..y from, the fubferiber living near" Church Hill, Qu-en nns County m the State of Maryland' about the fin. of January last, a black negro m;n, named Sam, about thirty years of age, 5 fret 8 or 9 inches high, has a crooked finger on one hand, and one and foot fmallerthan the other, fomeu hat roundfhouldered, his cloath.ug 1 nknown. Any person who wili secure or bring said ftllow home, lo that I may get him again {hall have the above reward with reasonable charges. WILLIAM JACOBS. June 4. *iawim. « Mr. FRANCI S, (Of the New Thratrg) TAKES this opportunity df returning thanks to his fchokrs and to the public. Mr. Francis intends, on his return from Maryland, to open a public aca demy for dancing, upon a plan entirely new. He flatters himfelf that his. attention to his pupils hi therto renders any promises of conducting his future ; f(hemrs oh the most liberal and ftrifteft terms, of pro priety, totally iinnereflary. ! N. B. Private tuition as usual. June j law Plans of the city of Philadelphia, s Including theNoRTHERN Liberties and diftrift of; ! Southwark; > 1 Published, and fold bv BENJAMIN DAVIE'S, f No. 68, High street, g (Price one dollar.) s THIS plan is »6 iriches square, and has been en graved by one of the firft artists in the city, from a late e and accurate survey. Purchasers are entitled to a pam phlet with each plan, giving " fpme account of the y city, its population, trade, government, icc. - July 19 tu &f tf t • For Sale, A LARGE ELESANT AXD WELL FINISHED Three-story Brick House, (The late residence of General Walter Stewart) ATTITHaLOT ef GROUND thereinto belonging, VV the weft fide of Third-street, n;ar Union-street containing in front 32 feet, and in depth too feet, to an alley leading into Union-ftrc-t. The house is 34 feet front and .>o feet deep ; the several rooms contained in it are it large, commodious, and completely finifled; the two firft n stories are each 13 feet high; there ire io mahogany il doors in the house ; a geometrical flaircae, With itiahoga 1i ny rails and a gsod fty-ligiit. Thekitclen is in the cell e ar, which is spacious and convenient, and finifhed With an if oven, stew-holes and pantries, a ferw«-<' ha!' fljrgp ' r wine-cellar adi" ; -' - area in which _b.e ■>: ,'r ; ' 1 Communicating v h the i. ; t- hrick house, on t* Ticrth 1 e itig 30 feet fror hy 20 -ret oi d is at present oc part divided in. 0 ipay dt a ftriall'.Apem'e be • . j. r i- dwelling: Ih' ' ' aKI tile front r and back have Venetian window-shutters. Aljoiningthe •- i!,(l houfc . "P or - the lot belonging to the firft, are erected bathing-rooms, &c. There are likewise very eoQd coach - house and stables finifhed equal (or nearly so) with any in the city, on a lot containing on Union direct 30 feet, and e in depth on the .vest fide of said alley 51 feet. There are f good cellars the whole of the Inildingi, and a wine e room over part of the liable, with a liay-loft over the re - mainder. For further particulars enquire of 1 EDWARD RONSaLL & Co. 1 At their Oflice No. $4 Dotk-ftreet. be ween Walnut & I'etr f streets. e Sih month 24th, 1796. 1 — George Dojson, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Kepers in To&n and Country, that he has removed frtm Market-Street to N°* 25, south Thirc-ftreet, ' where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the e undermentioned articles—viz. c Superfine London Cloths and Kerfeymerts, Yofklhire second Do. Do. e Elastic do. do. i, MixM anj Blue Coatings f Flannells, See. ; Manchester Printed Callicoes, ». London Chintz ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, ColTaes, Baftoa, Battillass Conievrcms, 4-4 9-8 5-4 k 6-4 Superfine India Bojk Maflins 4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchief* 4-4 and g-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Mulling, 4-4 &6-4Britifb Jaconets, 6-4 Britilh Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madraj HandkercWefs, &c. A large alfortmcnt of figur'd and plain Mqflineti, Quilrings, Dimities, and Striped Nanieens, 1 Fancy WaiftcOatings, ] Ginghams of the firft Quality, fubjeftto Drawback, India Nankeens, £ Men's White and coloured Silk ftoiHiings. ■W 9 t — ; C, r . Samuel Richardet, t 13 ESPECTFULI-V inform- th, — - Merchants, that i. > TAVERN and MERCH/: city of Philadelphia: t The Subfcriptio.n Roi •' , daily papers publilhed i - ton, Baltimore, toge'! s mereial citin of E x : and none permitted Tea, Coffee, Sonj.-., CrMM*. iuiu a-variety of French Liquors; together with the u'ual refrefhments,' will at all times be procured at firebar. Gentlemen may depend on being acommodated with ' the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquois, and the most , approved Malt Liquors fromLondonandother breweries. The Larder will befupplied with the prime and earliest i » productions of tho Season. Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be , . accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinner, or Suppers at , ho,,r 1 5 mo!t convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is 1 . regularly kt.pt for conveniency, the Billof Fare to be had ' > at the bar. 1 « t The Lodging Rooms will he con'pletey furnifhed, ?.ed ) the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requiute. gT Samuel Richardet will behapp; to receive, and . execute the commands of his Friends, an! the Public at ' ! a . rg J ; , f aI ) d with g rit ' tu de for their favo lrs , he pledges . himfelf that nothing on his part shall be vanting to pre . fcrvc that patronage wi»h which he has beer; so dillinguifh ingly honored. a ! Philadelphia, April ig.. C 3 s For Sale, A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill, IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Ema-Harbour The Grift MiHis f.Uy by fort, feet, two w« "wheels', and calculaM for four rup of Stones, with lcreen, fans . and boultrng-cloths, Ac. The Saw-Mill has tv. ofaws,and capable ofcuttmgfiveto 6 100 thousand fectof Boards per > Y< T', A valuable piece ef Cedar Swamp, within a mile of a^dinl^Th""J qUartcrs of a mile 1 rrUU taih ' may be taken by water ALSO FOR SALE, Several Valuable Tracts of Land In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be Jr.- : edin the notes of Messrs Morris' a'nd NicllfX or 7n" r.Ti/ U j ' l>Cr apply to the Primer. aaw t s Philip Nicklin & Co. HAVE FOR SJLE,\ Souchong Hyson Skin / Young Hyson > FRESH TEAS , e Hyson and \ Yello-v Nankeens 1 China vVare, illbrted in Boxes and Che.ls Quicksilver Bandanno Handkerchiefs of excellent quality in chifts - ' London Market MADEIRA WINE London particular fin pipes, hogfaeads, & New-York Market ) quarter calks >17 Teneriffe Wine in pipes and hogfteads Sugar Candy bythe Box Sail Canvas No. x a 8 Lead in Onsets 3 Cades of Cutleryaiiorted A few cherts of Manchester Gbods, assorted thick sets, cords, striped Nahkec'ns, &c. e 3 Small packages of black i'ewing-littts 8 Tierces Virginia Snake-root. e Nails aflbrted in cases July 18 mw<slf JOHN PAUL JONES. INFORMATION is hereby -given, that the late John Paul Jones was a proprietor of five shares (amount ing to about 5*867 teres) in a tra& of land purchased.by the Ohio Company, in the territory of the United States■> of America, north-weft of the river Ohio ; and that his heirs, or legal roprefentative, on application to the direc tors of faid'company,at Marietta in the territory afore n said, will receive a deed of the faitl five ihares, or rights it of land. e The application may be made perf&nally or by an'sigent, \ ft but proper documents mull be produced ta prove the y claimant or claimants the legal heirs or representative of - the said Jones. n.b. As it is not known in what country the person n or persons interested reside, it will be an a& of beixevoleriee ; . :very Printer in America and Europe, who lhall insert ' ivcrtifement in his paper. 1 behalf of the directors of the Ohio Company, RUFUS PUTNAM. [Juneof-] j a^VTV¥ Law Book-Store, No. 313, High Sm t. O I'ORGE DAVIS begs to inform his profeffional j vJ friends, that per the Ceresjuft arrived from Lon don, lie has received the following scarce and valuable , books. State Trials, 11 vpl. in 6 and 11 vol. Ruff -1 lread's Statutes at large, 16 vol. Wpods' Institutes, Coke's Entries, Raftell's do. Browne's do. Heafnes pleader, Coke's ad, 3d, and 4th Institutes, ® vol. Roll's Abridgment, Brooke's do. Buiftrode's Reports, Hoil's do. a vol. in 1, Floyers Proilor's practice, .Clarke's Admiralty, Rutherford's Institutes, Deinolagy, or the ' Eloquence and Logic of the Bar. These with his very lprge colleiftion from Dublin now on hand, will enable hirn to supply an entire library or a single book, as gentlemen may liave (Jfcalion on their immediate ap plication. [ July 14. 3W2W > ~ * ' 1 —— — City cf Washington. : SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A majnifippm dwelling-house, 3 ca fii 30.000, are J -s°> ooo 1 ditto 15,000 & cast 25,000 40,000 I ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto xo,ooo & cash 10,000 ac,ooo I ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5;>ooo & cash 5,000 10,000 I cash prize of 10,000 a do. 5,000 each, are, • ro,eoo 10 do. IjQOO - - 10,000 so do. 500 - - xo,ooo 00 do. ioa - - 10,000 200 do. 5X> 10,000 400 do. i; - 16,000 l,eoo do; 20 - ao.ooo 15,000 do. 10 - I^o,ooo 16>?39 prizes. 3£,z6i. Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,0000 N. B. | To favour those who may take a quantity of. Tickets, the prizopf 40,000 dollars will be the last drawn and the 30,000 the last but one : ' approved notes, securing payment in either money o/' p. res, in ten days alter drawing, will be received for V .her not lets than 30 tickets. •S ? Lottery will afford an elegant specimen as the pfi •uldings to be ereited in the City of Washington— ' Twa beautiful designs are already felc&ed for the entire :on two of the public squares; from these prawings proposed to erect; two centreand four corner buildings, _ as soon as poffitrle after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the fchernc for the Hotel Lottery. A nett deduction of five per cent, will be made to defray the necefTary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fuhd intended for the National University, to be eredled within the city of Walhington. 1 he Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are fold off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finilhad ; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers aie not produced within twelve months after the drawing is ck>fed, are to be considered as given towards the fun#! for the University ; it being-determined to fettle the whole business in a year from the er-ding of the draw ing, and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes are held by the President arid two Dirt-dors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a 1 mount ot the lottery. The twenty spur gentlemen who by appointment of the late Cominifiioners aflifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk a second time oh behalf of the public ; a fufficient nun, ber of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other fedsral ob jecls may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the d.fterent parts of the • Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets . have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the > drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe difpofol of th« tickets, has rendered the ihor- fufpetifiori indiincnfainV ' i , , . SAMUEL BLODGET r 1 - ad at the Blnk of ColWvia ;of James A\ eft & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter GiiprffiTsofton ; of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and oL-lGchard Wells Cooper's Ferry. / 1 ■ — 1 fqr^ALE % A TT Va l i!!I r VIER - hilf ; »bout four hun s \ rr • E "1 u " t: at thc ofti « "f the Gazette of the Uuitea States No. 119 Chefout-ftrea. § UNITED STATES, ' ' • Pennsylvania DtsrxTcr, ) Notice is hereby given, THAT purfuhnt to a Writ to me <Ji> e ,?K:d, from the ho -3 norahle Richard Peters, Elquire, Tud«;t; of the Dii (lrfc£t Court ot the United States in and for the Pennfyiva ■ ,iia Diftridt, Will be ezpofed to Sale, 1 at the Ciiftom-Houfe, on Monday, Ufc jj'th flay of i„. iruft, 3 Bags of COFFEE 'I Bbl SUGAR l Half do. do. » Do. do. tamarinds & 3 Kegs do. 3 Sugar and 3 Do. Coffee The fame having fern libelled prosecuted, and . condemned as forfeited, in thafaid court- WILLIAM NICHOLS, MarAkl. Marshal s Office, 30th July, 179(1. k- ■ Lottery and Brokers Office, A 7V 64 South Secondflreet, ~rTCKISff6 in the Canal L'ottury No. H, are -now rea . 1 dy for sale, Check book kept for the elimination of Tickets, and Prizes paid, without dedu<3ion. The Subscriber solicits the application of the Public or any ol his friends who "wilh to purch fe Or fell Ba"nic Stock Certificates, Bills of Exchange, or Notes, Hdufes, Lands' Lotts or Merchandize of any kind, »r to obtfin Money on deposit of property. 1 WILLIAM BLACKBURN, "" Late Agtnt for the Canal Lottery Company. c " £/" share? an Tickets in the latt Newport Lisiig c " Wharf, Hetil and Public Softool Lottery examined; a to complete lift of all the prizes having been received at rHis office. J" nc 6. w&s 4 ■ No. >34. Diftrift of Pennfilvanis, to wit. n ]|D Eit Remembered t hat on the aad day cf Mijr, in the • c D twentieth year of the Independence of the United f>tafe» rt of America, FrakCis SimElus, of the laid hath 1 dej*>fi*d in this office, the title of a book, (he ri.tti he claims a« proprietor in the words following Co wit *' ME DISAPPOINTMENT, or THE FORCE Or CREDUII- TV, a nr.il rpii'iL li.ua. «r.U» My AMkw Itmon, - Esq. 2d edition revised and corre&ed with large .idditiins by the author." " Enchanting gold ! that doll conspire to blind, " Mnns' erring judgment and mifguide*ihcmiMd, " In search of thee, the wretched worldling goes, il " Nor dangers tears, tho'Bonds of night Opffflfe." 1- In conformity to the aft of the Crt«j>refs of tfit Utfftft e States, entitled'- An aft for .the encouragement of learning, by fecuringthecppies ef maps,aharts and books to the authors I and proprietors of filch copies dkring the times therein mca s tioned. SamcEl CaIOWeOE, 01k Dill. ten. s The above Optra will l>e publijhed in the course of two or th'/te s ue*s. July 22 f4t I ' University of Pennsylvania, 7 # July 16, 1796. c Summer Vacation will take place on Monday next, s •* tKe J Bth inflf. and continue for Four weeks.—Tkediffet )m ent Schools withths several Tutors will accordingly aflemblcon Monday, the 15th day©T Au^uft. By the Faculty, Wm, Rogers, Sec'y. For sale by the fubferibers, IN PENN-STREET, 130 quarter Chelb frelh Hyson Tea; ieo ditto do. frefh Souchong Tei; 330 Boxes China, containing ftflall tea setTs tit 41 pieces; Wiliings & Francis January 30 -- To be fold, A PLANTATION, in the town of Wootftury, cotfii ty of Gloucester, a'ncf.lbate of New-Jtrl'ey, contain ing about one hundred and fifty acres 5 a (uitable propOri ticin of which is woodland and improved, meadow. A * great part of the arable land is in a high state of -uitiva tion, and very natural to the pr'ddmSion of Red Clover. On said plantation there is a genteel tW-ftory briclt h6t<fe, with four rooms on a floor, and a good dry cellar under the whole; together with a barn, corn-cribs and carmge hsufe The garden is large, and contains a good collec tion ot the kinds of grafted and inoculated fruit trees; the o#chardeonfi/tso'f ah on t tnVee h'uiidreS grafted apple trees. Any person iacfeed to purchaTi saW preinil'es, irfay be informed ef the terms by applying to Aiidreto Hunter. f. J u, y *9 f H ' ' T On Monday next, ajthinft. (July,) r \*r*n SolitH street wharf, thV cargocs oF Superb, Weft Indian and IfabeHa, froM JaWalca and Hivartili 1 , coa ulling of - Moiafles in Hogtbeads, s Goffcee in hogsheads, Sc ba^s, 1, FCR SALE BY f PETER BLIGHT, Who has alio for sale, ' A quantity of Jamaica GINGER, • Pimento & 7 Cocoa, } ln Ba S s > e And » 5 o boxesHambro' WINDOW GLASS, ,by o.will ® be fold cheap. c July 20 diot& tuth 8c s jot « — 5 No. .138. ° Di/lrilt of Pennsylvania :to wit. 1) En remembered, that on the twenty-fourth £iyof lutlf, 9 '"ef twer,t,Bth yMr Of the Independence ot the United k j I''"' J 0 * 1 " Orrnrod, of tiie said Diiirifl hrth' deposited in this office the title of a book, the right wKetetof ~ a '°" as Proprietor, i n the wortls following? to wit : A Ihort and candid Enquiry into the proofs of Christ's ' 1 "• yto'h Doftoi Prieftiev's opinion concerning | C ' „ ' 5 ° cca ' lc>n ® ll y tonfidered. In a letter to a friend. k y ,AR LES Wharton, D. D. and Member of the 1. fnilofophteSl Society of Philadelphia. e VHofoever deaitth the Son the fame bath not the Fjt'i -- Let that therefore abide in ypu ye havi* he?.fti '■ trom the beginniag ; if that which ye have *■'& c " beginning ihall remaw-fnyou, ye alf<- m ;$ " the ton and in ijjrft'thtr. Si- 101-*> c. ii. v. 23, 2<|." d in to the aft of,«*lf Congress of-the United Stat' , intitules '* An a£t Cncourageineni of lean: ng, b - [ lining the copies Charts an^ and proprietors of Tuch cooies, d ' * u mentioned.' 'SAM! 1 ' Cletk'of the D —- PRINTED BY JO IK? —No. 11 f. [Priec Efefet Dollar? T ■
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