I ■: , . * Another loan on notes, bearing 5 per eent. inter est isotdeied to be levied on the Hereditary ftatcs, wa ' for the military services of the year 1797. The th< Imoerial LetUrs Patent, issued for that purpose, he conuin the following introduction : ■< Whereas notwithftandmg all our cares and all tat ©ur efforts, we still find ourselves under the mod difagrceable neixffity of oppofiirg very nnraerou. at armies to the avowed designs of the enemy, whose maintenance and other incidental and vatt expences, cannot be Mely defrayed out of the ordinary re venues of the state, See-" The Court cf London has sent three millions no sterling, which have already been drawn from several C u banking houses. <?f It is in agitation at present, to lend Gen. Mack an to the army in Italy Eighteen battalions of troops «d have already-been voluntarily raised by the Honga- lal rians, and sent to the armies. have offered j m 10 raise eighteen battalions' more f*r the fame pur- ' 0 f pose. Within these few days 9000 Groats and 3000 1 th recruits have passed our neighbourhood, mollly in ra waggous, to join Geneials Nauandorff and Lal our. I w; Similar confi erable reinforcements are marching to p l our army in Tyrol. The Vienna corps of volun-! m teers is alfo'organizing with the greatest speed, and of the officers have been for the greater part already en appointed. Our taylors have made the uniforms in for this corps gratis. The a.rehduchefs Christiana in and her conform Duke Albert, of Saxe Tefchen, w: hare given another voluntary contribution of eighty i dt thousand florins towards the expences of the war. I»nc VIENNA, (cap. of Germany) Sept. 28. qi Within these few days, 9000 Croats, and 3000 ly ■recruits have passed here for La Tout's army.— Volunteers are embodying, and contributions are ! m generally making. Hungary furnifhes 40,000 men. ki BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS. 't Monday, O&ober 17. rc Mr. Hobart brought up the report of the Com hi mittec of Supply. tl The resolutions, that 12C,o«o seamen be employ- |„ '«Afortfe&-&» service for the year 1797, at 41. per fc man per month, were read and agreed to. u The House agreed to go into a committee of the q whole house on Wednesday next, to consider fur ther of afupjily to be granted to his majesty, and of ways and means for raifmg the fupplifcs. tl Philadelphia, 1 —_ p THURSDAY "EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1796. Ci T.lsflors in New Hampshire—Governor Gilmm, o Oliver Peabodv, Ebeneztr Tljompfon, Timothy Far. f r ;r, Benjamin Bellow, and Timothy Walker. Yederday be\n(r the day pppointed for the meet- 11 ing as the Legislature connmonweath, a 0 number ot the members of both houses affcmbled c at the State-house at three o'clock, P. M. when = the Senate formed a quorum. Of the House of RepriTentative 56 members attended; hut the re turns of the election frtm several counties not being rec.eirtd. no bufiuefs was tranfaded, and the mem- ° ' bess rejourned till three o'clock in the afternoon. » The house of representatives of this state, yes terday chose George Latimer, Esq. their speaker, " and proceeded to qualify its members. This day 1 is fixed updn for chofing a clerk, sergeant at aims, F and door-keeper. The ftnate also qualified its members, and being ' organized and ready to proceed to business, appoin- ( trd a committee of two members to announce the ( , ft me to the house of representatives, which was accordingly done. _ _ , Both botifes adjourned to this morning at ten o'clock. Yesterday Roeert Hare, Efq; was elected t President of the Senate of this Commonwealth. I CONGRESS of TH* UNITED STATES. ' house of representativfs. * Tutfdai, December 6, 1796. I The speaker informed the hrnife that as there v/ere several returns of new elections come to hand, 1 it ws» receffary that a committee of elections (hould ( (be appointed. On motion, a committee of seven 1 members was accordingly formed. On motion of Mr. Macon, a committee of revt fal of un-fini(i:ed business, ccmfifting of three mem bers, was appointed. _ „ A me-Tage from the Senate, informing the Houle that a quorum of their body were assembled, _ and ready to proceed to business. having been received, a K'folution to the following trffeft was agreed to. " Rsfolved, that a joint committee of the two houses be appointed to wait upon the President of < the United Slates, to inform him that a quorum of the two houses are met, and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make to them.'' A was received from the Senate, inform ing the House, that they concurred in the resolu tion which they had entered into, and had appoint ed a committee accordingly. Mr. W. Smith said, that an afl had'heen passed for promulgating the lawsof the United States.— It was desirable that that a & should include the laws of the present session, so as to complete the whole of the law. fourth Congress, and of the present Presidency. A bill was brought 10 to this tffed the lad. session, which was agreed to jn the Senate, but negatived in this House, as like,y to affect the contrad which had been made for print ing. He had made inquiries on the fubjefl, and believed there was no difficulty in the way of its ac complement, He therefore moved a refulution to the following effect : " Resolved, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to amend the ift for promulgating the lawsof the United States ' , Agreed, and a committee of three mcmbeis ap pointed. On motion of Mr. Bradbury, a resolution was a greed to, clerk of the House to cause every member to IVe served with three newlpa p-re, such as he Ihould chufe. J * an<3 jomT.itttJ to goal. All the parti- 1 tulars we eould are, that one of the accom- Ar plices had turned date's evidence, and conftfled, that thecheft was put into a batteau, and carried near the fort, where it wat broken open, with an ax, rifled of its contents, and then thrown into the ' water. Mr. M'Caufl.ind has as y«t only recovered 300 I dollars of his money ; but from information which yy he received, expects to recover a conliderable sum more. From a correspondent. It is but juftiee to declare, that the gentleman traveller, alluded to in the account given of the L dreadful fire, which happened on Sunday last, by ] whose exertions and advice, the (heij adjoining the — Fountain inn was saved from that devouring ele ment, was Mr. Francis Charlton, of "York- 1' town, Virginia. The mode fuggrfted by that gen tletnen, of covering the (Tied with wet blankets, t had the desired effefi, and hv which the flames were prevented communicating with the adjoining build ings. Perhaps not left than half the town of Bal- yy timore owes its present fafety to the advice and ac tive conduA ef Mr. Charlton. a—, an( Mrs. Grattan refpecflfully informs the fubferibers ta to the Ladies' Concert, That the firft will be 011 Thursday the 12nd of December, and Mrs. Grattan takes the liberty of re queftirg the fubferibers to fend for their tickets any coi ' day alter Thursday the 15th, at No 39, N. Sixth qu • street. Mrs. Grattin begs leave t# inform the Ladies and 1 Gentlemen of the City, that the fubfeription-book is . at her house, No. 39, North Sixth-flreet, for the re<- . eeption of those names who with to honor her with j their Commands. A fubfeription for eight nights ; sixteen dollars, including a Gentleman and Ladies' 1 (Tickets, both transferable. Half fubferiptions eight jjj " dollars, including one ticket. Single ticket two dol- ac 1 lars. be - December 7. jiw in ; EZE KIEL HALL of HAS REMOVED his Compting-Uoom to No. 42, ta ' Water-flreet, where he has for fa!e or ' Boston Rum, Beef & Mackarel. ™ December 8, $ ot • Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike jv Road Company. j A Meeting of the Stockholders for the Election of a President, Managers, and other officers, will be he'd at the Company's office on Monday the 9th Jan. y. next, at 10 o'clock. ' v By the Borrd. s WM. GOVETT, Sec'ry. m e December 8, 1796. lawti j}J.dt9 h j, Delaware and Schuylkill Canal. ° 4 X — B Tho Stockholders are hereby notified, that the ar.- ' a ,r tmal Eleilion for Officers for the er.fuing year, will b 1* be held at the Company's office, near the Bank of the * c United Stares, on the lirll Monday in January next, d at 10 o'clock, A. M. 2 By the Board of Mar * rs. K'M. MOOk- SMITH, Sec'ry. j? 1". Pbilatleiphia, Dec 1, ' s A Genteel House. d FOR SAI.E, anew, convenient, three-firry HOUSE, j. situate in fifth, near £priicer(lrcet. PoJ&ilion may be jc had in two months, when it will be fihifhed in a neat £ . modern ftyie. For terms apply at No. 109, Spruce- •. • street, or 109, So. Water-fin et. c December 8. fx lr TO SE' S O,L D, f ! A Lot of Ground in Spruce-street, r . Twenty-eight feet front, and 140 feet deep, with t r the Buildings thereon eretfted coniifting of two Houses. tl This estate, whieh is opposite Mr. Bingham's Gar- den, is do. of every incumbrance, and pofleffion can be given in two or three months. S 'd For further particulars, and terms, apply to i- WM. CRAMOND. as Dec. 5. ' §1 j " A Manufactory FOR SALE. :n A Valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufaflory, situate S in a convenient part ot the city ; the works almost new, r r- on an entirely original conftiu&ion, and built of the best V g materials, and mav be let to" work immediately. Pcrfons a ■r whowifhto purchase, are requested to apply at No 273, c South Second Street. September 13. t t f ti g. : = For Sale, !, By J. WARDER, PARKER & Co. < An Invoice of Cordage, t Confining of different sizes, from 12 inch cables down ' to rope of 2 inches, of different lengths: Imported in * the (hip Swift, from Hull, and entitled to drawback. \ Sept. 27 __ _ dtf t I Bank of North America. \ ne ! THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified that an > et j election for twelve Directors for the ciifuir.g year will be I 1 held at the Bank on Monday the 9th of January at ten t /' o'clock. 2 ; 3 - RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. 1 Oft SATURDAY EVENING, the 10th Dectniber, at iat 6 o'clock, a s the Merchant's Goffee-Houfe, will be II fold, the following nt iHoufes, Lots, and Meadow Ground : lie f TWO neat w«U finiftedthree story brick bdufes, 16 i-» on Jj feet frout, with convenient kitchens, north fide market lillfi between Seventh and Eighth-llrcets Each house Jias the ' J r ■ privilege of an alley. The lots are 150 feet in depth. ] W Otie two story brick h»if& in Zane Street, commonly ' called Sugar-alley ; the hoiife is 16 1-1 feet front on said J alley, -with a goo» kitchen. The lot is 9c feet in depth. 5 te J Oae vacaut lot adjoining the said houic in Zane-flreet, of,* 16 1-1 feet front and 90 sett deep, at the emi of 90 feet ] er the feid lol{ widens to 33 feet and runs back to the Market street lots 111 feet. e " One two story brick house ahd kitch n in Zane-ftreet, 16 1-1 feet front, The lot 45 feet in l epth. ■ ys, One other lot fituatrd at the diftance 1 at 9a feet from the of east fide of Eighth street, containing ml: ngth east and weft 1 40 feet, and in breadth north aniiiouth »0 feet, fubj«£t to a yearly ground rent of 40S. 0r I? I-2 acres (according to the original deed) of ehoice f nicadow ground, with, a wharf on :hi river Delaware, Paflyunk township, late the estate of the widow Parker, rm Three acres and 6 perches of meadov/ ground, itVjPal ,Lo fyunk tewrfhip. < „ '■ Any, ptrfotr inclinable to treat sot the above property at I 3 private sale is requeued to enquire cf George Cooper, corner of market and Fourth streets, foutb ilUe. by Nov. «9. dtf. ' In the Press, And will bf published on Friday next, by J. Crmeod, No. 41, Chcfnut Street, and HkNky Schweitziii, 85, Race-Street, (printed elegantly on American wove paper, in a very neat and small size for the pocktt,) Price, neatly bound, 3-Bths of a dollar, Columbia's Legacy ; OR, WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO THE PEO PLE OF THE UNITED STATES. * T» whiw* 13 added, His fpcech to Congre.s at their present Scffion. An ofiavo edition of the President's fpeeeh, wdl also be publilbcd immediately, By J. O RM R O D. December 7. at For Sale at this 'jffttf,- Twenty-fix Letters, upon into retting fuhjedls, Rcfpefting the Revolution of Avierica ; Written in Holland in the Year 1780, By bis Excellency JOHN AD -IMS, While he was so e Minifler Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, for negociating a Peace, and a Treaty of Commerce, with Great-Britain.— A few copies of the above pamphlet are yet on hand, and may be had at the office of the Gazette of the United , States, No. 119, Chefnut-ftreet. Dee. 5. 56 WANT E D~ - As Cook, in a private frjjiily, A YOUNG WOMAN who can produce good re -1 commendations of an unexceptionable cbaratSer. En -1 quire of the Printer. November 17. $tf ! FOR SALE, A valuable Plantation, 1 IN Frederick County, Virginia, bounding nearly , miles on the river Shenandoah, between Afhby s Gap and Snicker's Ferry ; 66 miles from Alexandria, and the 1 like distance from the Federal City. It contains 1076 acres, 6co of which are cleared, the reftdue finely lim bered ; the whole Limoftoneor River Bottom ; abounding in fine streams and springs ; above So acres on the bank of the river may be watered at pieafure. Ir is capable of being divided into Lots of 100 acres, with water in each, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing or culture. Its situation for Health or elegant improve ment is not to be surpassed in any inland country, and if deemed too large for one Farm, may be divided into two or three smaller ones, uniting in common advantages.— There is now eredted on the Estate a good Mcrchant- Mili, with two pair of stones (on a large limeltone spring) that rents for 466 dollars per ann. and on another never sailing-spring a good Saw Mill, with a flatter wheel ; there is plenty of pine timbpr in the neighboring moun e tain, and a stream fufficient for another Mill with four pair of stones—these are adjacent to or immediately on the banks of the river, the navigation whereof is about being opened into the Potomak and for more than 100 miles above the mills. The other improvements on the .Estate are a new commodious Barn, the loft o» which is capable of containing 1500 bulhels; the tSrcfhtfig-floor is 4a fedt square, welJ planked : angther (double) Log Sarn, with iheds all around : a Distillery, with tsree 1* large Stills, and a Granary above that will cbntain 500 bufliels, well covered with Ciingles, and a stream of vva ie ter, conduded by troughs, running thro' it; at a small t distance is a large Cow-HouTe and Stab e, with stalls for a a cows, paved with stone in the European manner, with room for above 40 waggon loads of hay : a little further k a strong ftoue-walled Spring-House, completely iitted for a* Dairy. The whole of thefc Miils and Buikiings are at a prftper diftnhce from other, and from he Dwelling, which consists of threp commodious i tam- Buildings, with the neceiTary conveniencies. A well en closed Garden of the fineft foil, with a ilream of water running thro* it 5 two large Apple Orchards; fcvcral jC good parries for tuilding and limestone ; a nuit.her of Out-Houijes for Managers, Blacksmith, Cooper, aad lodg c" ings for Men of Colour ; —add greatly to the convenien cies and value of this Eftite. The Pur chafer, on paying dne haJf the price ag.eed for, may be accommodated with a conliderable en ii ox the remainder, and with the Cattle, Korfes Wagons, Farming Utensils, and Furniture, at a reasonable v;:lua :h tion. For particulars, application may be? mdde to s. the fubferiber on the Eftartf, to Thomas FitzfimoVis in P , Philadelphia, or Matthias Slough, LancaPier. in J. Holker. Srringibnry. igth Prober, 176. la , I O BE t> O L U, A LEASE for ftven years, from the 2 $th March Next, in that capital and beautiful FARxvl % lalird * - PROSPEC T-H I L I>, Situated within one quarter of a mile from.thc Brandywins " e Mills, and hall a mile from the borougn ot \\ i Itningixn. w ' dwelling house is built of (lone, two stones i h, e A genterly 6nilhed, and conuirnfour hands wit rwir.s on " s a floor, besides an entry, with capital garrets, and c-i: ment '3' cellars It is generally thought to command trie tno!l a greeable profpett of the Delaware, frcAn the loutcc ot that i ivsr to the Caprs. This profpeS rag eatly etnb I ilbcd by afullvicwof avail bodv o! meadow, through whi the Chrifliana and Brand* wine creeks are I'een winding i.ibeau* tilul meanders. Near the house are a Kite cu, a spacious llone flable and hayloft a barn, a catriag. hnule, mtU s.n house, &c. and a well of aspuie water as -un on tnr i .„n» j n nent. ihe garden contains an acre and quarter of Und, a boundiug with fruit, and particularly with peach irees, of the very belt kind, brought nom Maryiarid, and in full bear ing There is, moreover, nn the place, a voung. apple orchard begining to bear, and fcveral old trees thai produce V. abundantly, besides chetrv a< d other ornamentaj irees, in an great numbers. I lie farm coi:iifts t near sixty acre >f lirid, be loi good quality, and clrar of incumbrances, exc ixes, :en twenty of which arenow in excellent clover and .tmoiby, and ten more will be ready tor lowing next taring. re sidence ot nearly 8 yearj has convinced the fubferiber that the situation is r«maikablv hcai.lt ' The great poftroad L from Philadelphia to the Southward runs within teventy at yards of the house. In a word, the beauties and cunveni be ence of thi« situation cannot be enumerated man adve. tife ment, and when examined, will piobably CQmir.ana the at | . tention of any peife.n who is desirous of living atone ot the molt elegant crjintry feits on the continent. The pure hafer triay enter on the premil s nent Ipring, or perhaps, tnis fall, ket if application be immediatelv made to Doctor NICHOLAS :he WAY, in Philadelphia, to Dodtoi '.>H J HION, oo ll e premifcs, or, in his absence, to Mr. GEORGE TRUI . T, in ily Wilmington. iid A quantity of excellent Hay, Grain in the ground, some i Stock, &c. may be had by the purchaser at the time.ot sale. et, Nov. 7 eodtf ict Davis's Law Book Store, No. 313, HIGH-STREET. :et, GEORGE DAVIS announces to his proteffior.al friend*, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through th [he Union, that his late importation of BOGIES is now arrang 'cft rf ady for Sale, from a tingle volume to an emire li to brary, without any advance upon' his former exceeding low prices, which forfeveral years pail have i» so diftmguifhed a manner recommendt j them to notice. ,ICC Printed Catalogues combining the most cxtenfivc collcc irC ' tion cf the laieft Englifti and Irish Edirions ever imported f r : into this country, are publilbcd, and will be delivered gtaus >a *" on application. ' Orders add to G. D. in writiog from any dicta ,cc fat fhailbe punctually attended to. >e: *> A number ot > RUNKS io» Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, f. A convenient. LOFT, near Mai ket Street Wbarf.
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