% of the Unttet) f^tat Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. Number 1347.] INFORMATION. IF Ann Burns, who eame to Philadelphia frain Bristol, in the ftip Fouii Friei«»s, captain Wad dell, in Maylaft, will apply to J*(Te and Robert Wain, (he will receive Yery agreeable and mtertft- Jng information. dtf Dec. 31. FOUND, At the Daneing AfferoUy, last ThurfJay evening, * 9 th inft. a GOLD BRACELET.—The owner may have it by applying at this offiee December 31 3 The Elephant, .Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thoiifand Dollars, He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. He cats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of ■water ; he his drink some days forty'bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is perfeilly inoffenfive; travels loole, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Continent. He is to be feert 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the former price of half a dollar will be resumed. ' He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 3.1 WANTED, A MECHANIC, to erect Spinning and Weaving Machines by water, such as are used tory—Apply to JAMES DAVENPORT, y V No. 401, North Frorit-ftreet. N. B. None need apply but a complete mechanic, and a man of liability. Globe Mill, December t<), 1796 THE SUBSCRIBER WISHES to afeertain, whether a certain EDWARD NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick-Layer, who quitted Ireland in 1783, or 1784, and came into this Country, ('tis fuppsfc-d to Philadelphia) about four years since, be living or dead. As this intelli gence i« of thehigheft importance, it will be thankful lr received, by GEO. D.AV , No. 313, Hijih-ftreet w & sim December 31 Elegant Brussels k Tarkey Carpeting, For sale by Qeorge Dobfon, No. 15, South 1 hird-ftrcet. December 15. , FOR SALE, f a ct"S ai^in S feh° oner ORION; 1" Seventy tons burthen J fifteen months ... her frame is of the belt of white oak : ibe is & faithful built veflel, handforaely finifhed oft and well found in every particular ; is ready to receive a cargo on board, and can be put to sea without any cx pence on her hull, fails or rigging : flic ftowg fix hundred barrel* ; has a kandfome cabin and fteeragc, and a half dcck which wiit stow from feventy-five to eigh.y barrels; has been newty caulked, graved and painted. For terms applT t0 BENJAMIN RHODES At No. 170, corner of Mar&et ar»o riith-itreets, Or to the Captain on board said/schooner at Melfrs. Willis and Yardfley's wharf, adjoining Chefnut-ftreet wharf; where there is for sale Excellent pipkled Salmon in barrels, thebeft of American Mess Beef, and some very excellent Boston manufaitured Chocolate. December a 6 For Sligo and Killibegs, wjffiEobj The Atnerichn Ship IS an cr^ JSGaKKyL Cuthbert Riggs. master. Will fail with all convenient speed. For freight or paflage apply to Who has for sale, 4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well aflbrted 3 Bales Irish Flannels, and i boxes Linent 15 Pipes Brandy Madeira Wine; Indigo. Raffia Mitts. few barrel? Prime IRISH BEEF, PORKj OATMEAL, &c. November n, 1796, for Sale, 1 HE SHIP M ART, SAMUEL PARKER, Master, 3Sfe2£3Two hundred tons burthen. Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co. If the MARY is not fold in a few days, Ihe will take freight for Hamburg. Apply as above. Otfober 31. ___ d For Sale, or Charter, The Ship DIANA, oSjGgC. Samuel Pile, Master,' Burthen a OS 47*95 < on » rc S ifter ' , hui,t SSS^SSS?Philadelphia in the year I 79 J > ot Ilve °» k tfTTTur and was fhesthed 13 njonths ago, Ihe it a very triflisg expence. For terms apply »o Philip Ntcklm Ess Co. . irho haw for sale <"> beard/aid vefel, * 7 calks of fine yellow pamt. • boxes and 12 bundles of writing Hates. ' box ink stands and note presses. 14 bales of fail canVaft. And on handy teas. SsjtjLc"<,( .h. M irftr. ig tub* QoickfilTer. . c r durovs, thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, &c, 3 boxes black fewingfilk jgo crates Qneens ware well afibrted. lo tons sheet l?ad. . . Nails assorted, flat andfcarp points. London FarticnUr, } Madeira Wine-in pipes London- Market, C and hoglheads. New-York Market. •> 4 o pipes and iokogflseads-Tenenfe wine. , 8 tierces SjtaVe Ro«t« $30 '"g' Mahogany. 'V»v f. William Bell; Also, mwftf tthfcftf MONDAT EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1797. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company. A Me»tirig of the Stockholders for the Ele&ion of a Prefidwit, Managers, and other officers, will be held at tke Company's office on Monday the 9th Jan. naxt, at 10 o'clock. By the Board. WM. G OVITT, Se«'ry. iawtiftj.dt9.h December 8, 1796' Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 South Third ftreet,oppofite tjie national new Bank. QAMUEL M and JOHN VAN REED, J have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of FROUNCES & VAN REED, in the bufinels of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commiflion merchants. They buy and fell on commiflion every species of flock, notes of hand, bills of exehange, houses and lands, &c. Monet procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds c' writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefsand dispatch ; accounts adjusted, and books fettled, in the most corresft manner. Constant attendance will be given They solicit a lhare of the public favor ; they are deter mined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost secrecy observed. S.4MUEL M. FRAUNCES, JOHN VAN REED. Phflad. AKgult 17, 1796- m&wtf Lottery and Bro No. 641 South Second stkeet. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. a, for file—a Check Book for examination—and prizes paid in the late lottery. Check Books kept for examination and registering, for the City of Waldington, No. I, and Pattefon Lotteries, both of which are now drawing—infermatiou what tickets are to be had, and prizes exchanged for undrawn tickets. A complete lift of all the prizes in the late New- Port Long-Wharf, Motel and Public School Lottery, for examination. The futafcriber solicits the application of the public and his friends, who with to purchase or fell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property Also Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for fale*at Ten Dolkrs each, whiah will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. Phftadolphia, Augufl iB, 1796. mth SALT. P E T R E. A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 15, South Third-fU'eet. November 5. ACA R D If Monjirur G H. Souli, ■ Who left Bordeaux the 20th June last, and arrived at Boston tbout the middle of August, in the schooner Jane, it in Philadelphia, he is requested to call on Joseph Anthony & Co, No. 5, Chefhut-flreet. who will give him forat Uformation of importance. \ December 14, 1796- § Fashionable Waistcoating. GEORGE DOBSON, No. 45, SOUTH THIRD-STREET, Has received per the Diana, from London, Clouded and striped Spanish Svvanfdown Clouded ErminaU and Molelkkis Striped do. and do. Figured Manillas Scarlet figured Erminets Printed FlorineUs Do. Caffinsts and Cafliraerei Superfine printed Quillings. new-eft pa*terf» Also, per different arrivals, A large and general assortment of Dry- Goods, Suitable to the present and approaching season November 5. dtf FOR SALE, About 1,600 acres of Land, WELL Gtuated, laying on and bet'.veen Marth and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in famr separate Patents. For terms ot sale apply to Wm, Blackburn,' No. 64, South S^cond-flreet. Oflober 31 FOR SALE, At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99< North Second Street. Imperial ~) C Hyson Skin, Hyson, >• Fresh Teas. < Souchong, Young Hyson, J C.Bohea Dec, q Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania. THE Stockholders are hereby notified, tha> an eleflion for thirteen Diretflorn to serve for one year, will be held at the Company's Office, on Monday th« 9th January next, at IX o'clock.—And agre*ably to the act of incorporation a fiatement of the affairs of the company, will then be laid before them. SAMUEL W. FISHER, 3ec'y- Philadelphia, December 19, 1796. d t 9th Jan. Imported from London & Liverpool, EARTHEN .WARE, in crates and hogshead*, well aborted Wine Bottles in hampers Window GU'fs of all fi/crs Two cases of stationary One chest of yellow Jeluits Bark Two cases of R«U Arnctta 1 A fmaU consignment of Rose Blankets. Flannels, Baizes, Broad-cloths, Coatings, Plain*, See. Paints of various colors. Basket fait in hoglheads. Also on handy Madeira wins, very qld, in pipes, hoglheads and quarter calks Holland gin in pipes, 'firft quality Anchors of different sizes A few trunks of ladies French Ihoe* aflorted Silk nankeen,&c. Ilikewife an assortment of Dutch goods, can filling of Ofnaberf s, bed-ticks, stripes, checks. Morlaix linen, platillas, ravens duck, Britannias, &c. And for sale by the package only by ' . Thomas Ss 3 Zetland. Vtal#u|-ftreet Wharf. ■ don, an aflortment of Scarlet "J - Drab / Cloaks trimmed with tur and Purple and erftiinc. Pftarl J December 15. § A few days ago, in the lower part of Second-ftreeS. The owner, on calling at No. i»7 in laid street, and proving it to be his or here by a description in writing 1 , may receive it on paying for this advertileraent. Pet ember 29 LESLIE AND PRICE, No. 79, Market-street, Pbimbeifhij, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals frort» London, » Urge afinrvment «f IVAR.RANTED Jf'J'i CHE S, confiftiug of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of ftiperier workmanship and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gild Watches ; capp'd icjewdl'd, capp'd, seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches ; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocki with marble frameß ; eight day and thirty hour, bract works, &c. Decembet 22, 1796 HIGH-STSEMT, Has received by the late arrivalr, A Well Selected Assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, anct Haberdashery Goods, Which he will fell, wholesale and retail, en the very lowest terms ; Amongjl which are Some elegant 4-4 and 7-8 Chintses and Cottons, new patterns * Ditto Fnrniture ditto Ditto Dimity Tamboured, Book, and Jaconet Muflinrs Ditto in Gold and Silver Ditto Neckcloths, very fine Mantuas of the ilrft quality Silk and Cotton Hosiery Umbrella* of the fir ft quality, aflorted lrifti Linens, very fine, and Table Linens Marfeillas afid Cotton Counterpanes Rose Blankets alforted—-Ac. &c. O&obtr a 6. For Sale, By George Difchamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrefe and half barreU Ditto Herring and Mackarel. , Smoaked Harring in barrels and ke§» Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry Codfifh, from one to fifty kentaU Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the ft one and ground, for manure and stucco-work December I. * 'stf A BBUT T2 miles from this City, (ituate in Abingtoa jLX. Township, Montgomery-County ; containing 70 acres, a new stone h6ufe,two stories high, a rooms ,on * floor,fire places in each, a stone kitchen and flo«« jprii g house, over an excellent spring of water, a barn, ttablc, sheds, barracks, &c. A large apple-orchard, and a -variety of other fruit, about 11 acres of good meadow well water ed, and wood fufficieht for fire, and fencing the PofTefiion may be brad the ift of April next. Property in this City will be taken in flschange. Enquire at No. 37* Arch-Street. Fhiiadcl-phte, September 13, 179 6 - EDWARD FOX. dtw Ezekiel Hall, Nft. 4t, North Water-ftceet. Just Arrived, of France, Sale, For Imported by the Eagle. WILLINGS & FRANCK. Bank of Pennsylvania. Women's Cloaks, GEORGE DOBSON, A Gold Watch" was Found Clocks and Watches. Wm, Holdernesse, No. 76, FOR SALE, A PLANTATION, [Volume XI. w&r dim ttftf