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.