of the IHtUIfOH §ytUttS? & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. Kcmber 1362.3 . THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1797. ' [VOLUME XI. L O S T, On the Road between this city and Baltimore, A black leather POCKET-BOOK, Containing sundry papers valuable only to the owner, alio between three and four hundred dollars. VV noever has found the fame, and will leave it at theofEke of the editor No 119 Chefnut street, with the coatents, particularly the papers, Dull be handsomely rewarded, ■and no queftionsafked. January 17. For Sale, Two Convenient BRICK HOUSES, Three stories high, 16 feet front, and 43 feet deep each, and adjoining; (ituated on the east fide of l'ront, lietvveen Race and Vine-streets ; Nos. 161 and 163. 1 hey will be fold on very reasonable terms, either ieparately or together. Apply to JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO. January 13 d»w . A CARD. If Monjieur G. H. SoyriE, Vfho left Bordeaux the joth June last, and arrived at Boftoa tbout the middle of Aaguft, in the schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requested to call on Jofrph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chefnut-flreet. who will give him feme information of importance. December 14, 1796. $ WANTED, A MECHANIC, to eredl Spinning and Weaving Machines by water, such as art used at my manufac tory —Apply to JAMES DAVENPOK r, No. 401, North Front-street. N. B. None need apply but a complete mechanic, and a man of {lability. Globe Milt, r-eeemker 29 1796. § Cheap French China. THE fubferibers finding it impoffibie to iupply their ftere with any more China from France, the prices being too immoderate in the rnanufa&eries, give no tice that they will fell A prime Colt the remaining iteck on hand, consisting of Delfert Setts, Tea-Table Setts Separate Cup 6 and Saucers OrotJpes and Figures ' Alabaster Vases Looking GlafTes, in gilt frames, Befidts India Japan'd Toilet Delks, Chairs, Tables nad Quadrille 80xe... PASQUIEK & Co. No; 91, South Seoond-ftreet. December sth. FOR SALE, The fact-failing schooner ORION; Seventy tons burthen ; fifteen months ■ 1 i cr frame is of the bed ©f white oak : she i-> .1 iaithful built vessel, handsomely finished off and well found in every particular ; is ready to receive a «argo on board, an<J can be put to sea without any ex pence on her hull, fails or rigging : Ihe ftowsfix hundred barrels; lias a handsome cabin and steerage, and a half deck which will flow from feventy-five to eigjuy barrels ; has been newly caulked, graved and painted. For terms apply to BENJAMIN RHODES, At N6 $ o, corner of Market PiJth-ftrects, Or to the on board said schooner at Mcffrs. Willis and Yardfley's wharf, adjoining Chefnut-ftreet Wharl\ where there is for sale Excellent pickled Salmon in barrels, the best of American Mess Beef, and some very excellent Boston manufactured Chocolate. December z6 $ For Sligo and Killibegs, j The American Ship Nancy, Cuthbert Riggs, mailer. VVill fail with all convenient speed. For freight or pafiage apply to William Bell; Who has for sale, 4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well alTorted 3 Balis liifh Flannels, and j boxes Linens sj Pipes Brandy Madeira Wine ; Indigo. Russia Matts, Also, A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK, 1 QATMEAL, &c. November u, 1796, mwftf FOK sale, ''C 7 HE SHIP MART, SAMUEL PARKER, Master, wo 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. O(Sober 31. d For Sale, or Charter, SFliLrj, The Ship DIANA, %rj Samuel Pile, Mailer,' Burthen 205 47,-95 «en» regifler, built in Philadelphia in the year 1794, of live oak and red cetlar, and was Iheathed 13 months ago, (he has jufthad a compleat out-fit, and may be lent to sea fct a very trifling expence. For terms apply to __ Philip Nicklifi iff Co. trhc have for file on bvard said vs/fel, 47 calks of fine yellow paint. 9 boxes and 14 bundles of writing flatej. 1 bo* ink (lands and note prefles. 14 bales of fail eanvafj. And on hand, Imperial } Hyson, and, £ TEAS. Souchong J 40,000 pieces Nankeens of the ftrft quality, 19 tubs Quicksilver. t chests BandanßO handkerchiefs. A few chjfls Manchester goodswell alTorted in Cor duroys; thicksets, Ginghams, Muflintts, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk. j&o crates Queens ware well aflorted. 10 tors sheet lead. Nails aflorted, flat and (harp points. London Particular,- Madeira Wine in pipes Lotion Market, f an( j hogsheads. New-York Market, J 40 pipes and 10 hoglkeads Tenerifie wine. 8 tierces Smkc Root, 450 log- Mahogaitf. Nov 7. For Sale, By J. WARDER, PARKER ■ Co. An Invoice of Cordage, Confiding of different sizes, from 12 inch cables down to rope of 2 inches, Of different lengths: Imported in the ship Swift, from Hull, aad eotitled to drawback. Sept. 27. dtf FOR SALE, About 1,600 acres of Land, WELL situated, laying on and between Mar(h and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in four separate Patents. For terms ot sale apply to Wm. Blackburn, No. 64, SsUth Oflober 31. mwftf NOTICE. THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the Norrh-Weftern Territory, heretofore adyertifed in the several public papers, will commence tkis even ing, at the City Tavern to be continued from day to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not sooner fold. January 4 § Washington Lottery. TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chrfhut ftreet, where a corredt Numerical Book is kept for pubii-: infpe&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale ©r ex changed for prizes diawn in the Washington Lottery, of which the 54th and /sth days returns are received 0T T*.j Business of a Broker carried on as ulual. A SHARE in the NEW THEATRE to be fold on reasonable terms. January 12. ttstf Women's Cloaks. •' GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25, South Third-street, Has just reeeived, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lon don, atn assortment of Scarlet "\ Drab (■ Cloaks trimmed with fur and Purple and ( ermine. Ptarl J December 15. •§ Public Notice, IS HEREBY &IVEN, that I have applied to the judges of the Supreme Court of this slate, to supply the defe& in my Title to a lot/of ground, situate on the Weft fide of Fourth-flreet, containing in breadth 20 feet, and in length 56 feet, bounded Northward and Westward, by ground of the fubferiber, Southward by ground of Edward Shippen, and Eastward by Fourth-ilreet, occafloncd by the loss of a-deed from Timothy Harrington, John Lewis and James Walton, by their attorney Robert Mollyneux. —All perfo»6 concernsd, are required to appear before two of the justices of the said court, at the house of Thomas M'Kean, esq. the Chief JalMce of the, ft ate, on the 30th inft. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to make their answer to the bill of the fubferiber, filed in the office ©f Edward Burd, esq. Prothonotary of the lu'id court. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, jun. Philadelphia, January 6tli, 1797. dt3oth The Elephant, Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Tkoufaod Dollar.. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to li feet. He eats 150 weight 4-day, and drinks a barrel of water ; he has drank some days forty bottles of perter, drawing the corks with hn trunk. He is perfectly irioffenfive; travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hf>ur, and is the grcateft curiosity ever hrought to this Contitent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in Markel-llreet between Thiid and Fourtfy-ftrcets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which tiioe the former piice of half a dollar will be relumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31 d Paterlon Lottery. FOR raifmg fix thousand fix hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, by a dedu<£lion of fifteen per cent from the priz'es, and not two blanks to a priza. viz I Prize of 5000 dollars is dollars 5000 I 1000 1000 t JOO JOO 5 100 ioco 10 100 , 1000 99 SO 49J° »oo 2.5 5 003 iooo la ao.ooo 5 Last drawn numbers of rooo dollars each, jooo 1332 Prizes. 44,450 4018 Blanks. 6350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 44,45° By order of the Directors of the Society for ellablilh mg Ufeful Manufactures, the fupermt-endants of the Patj eribn Lottery havs requested the Managers to offer the foregoing Suheme 'to the public, and have dire&ed them to refund the money to those perlons who have purchased in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets n this Lottery. The lottery has a&ually commenced drawing, and will continue until finilhed. A lift of the Blanks and Prizes may be seen at the office of Blackburn, No. 64 south Second street, who will give information where tick ets may b« procured. Dated this 17th day of Tune, 1796. y. N- GUMMING, ~) JACOB R. HARDENS ERG, Managers. JONATHAN RHEA, ) STATE OF THE WHEEL. 1 Prize of 5000 ... jooo I iooo ... 1000 X 500 ... 500 5 aoo i Iboo 10 ico - - • - 2000 90 50 4500 165 15 ' --- 412,5 The five last driwn tickets, iooo each, jooo Being all the valuable prizes, besides a full propar tion of the 10 dollars. As the Lottery is considerably more than one Wiird drawn, the value of the undrawn tickets is great 'ly increased, and it is worth the notice of those who hold tickets m the old scheme, that they can ex change t>heir tfckcts for thole in the above, if they ap ly fooa, ani at a moderate advance considering the now real value of an undrawn ticket. The tickets be*ng nearly all fold, the drawing in future wilhbe oftener, and the Lottery soon finilhed. November 12. mwt Particular TenerifFe Wine. JO Quirter-caflcs Particular Teneriffe WINE, Of a superior quality, For Sale by A. Mar pie iff Israel W. Morris, No. 60, Dock-street. January la % tts6 Elegant Bruflels & Turkey Carpeting, For sale by George Dobfon, No. 1 j,South Third-street. December ij. . Htf Boarding and Lodging May be had at No. 62, Penn-ftreet, in a creditablc family January 9 SALT P E T R E. A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. aj, South ThirtWhreet. November j. Imported from Loudon iff Liverpool, EARTHEN WARE, in crates and hog(he*ds, well aflorted Wine Bottles in hampers Window Glass of all sizes Two cales of stationary One cheftof yellow Jesuits Bark Two cases of Roll Arnotta A small consignment of Rose Blanketi, Flannels, Baizes, Broad-cloths, Coatings, Plains Paints of various colors. Baiket f|lt in hoglheads. Also on hand, Madeira wine, very old, in pipes, hoglheads and quarter calks Holland gin in pipes, firft quality Anchors of different flzes A few trunks of ladies French shoes alTorted Silk nankeen, &c. Likewise an afloi'tment of Dutch goods, consisting of Ofnaberfs, ticklenbergs, bed-ticks, stripes, checks. Morlaix linen, platillai, ravens duck, Britannias, &c. And fur faje by tie package only by Thomas Iff John Kef land. Walnut-Qreet Wharf. Nov. Vj. eotf Philadelphia and Lancaster 'I'urnpike Company, January 6, 1797. At a meeting of the President and Managers, a di vidend of five dollars per fliare, was declared for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockholders, or tkeir reprefcntative. any time after the aift »[ this month. TENCH FRANCIS, Treasurer. Jan. 6. raw4w. Frejh Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds, Roots, iffc. iffc. This day laadirg from the ship Eagle, captain Fofdick, from London, And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Comer cf Walnut and Second-streets, A mojl capital and txtenfivc AJfortment of GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &c. See. Among which are, Five kind® A fp»r a gusj Three kiad» CretTea Four Berecokj Twelve Onion Twenty-five Beans! Thirteen Radish Six Beets! Fifteen Turnip Kltve* Brocolij Fiftceia Peas Twenty-fix Cabbage) Six Savoy Six Carrot. Four Parsnip Three Cauliuower' Twenty-three Melon Fivcl' Celery' Twenty-one Lettuce len Cucumber; Common and lemon Thyfae Curled leaf and ffrigged Parsley Pot Marygold Pot Marjorum Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtasel Leek Kail Shallots Rape Seei Rye Grafg Saint Foin Lucerne Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. With a curious collccitLon of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS a»d ROOTS, Being the most exteufive ever imported into this city. , The above are from a capital Seedfnwn in Londen, and are warranted fteih and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17* + u § In ordfr to comply with contract, I <will feU y for approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments f A Square of LOTS, ' At the upper end of Fredericklburg, beginning op posite to the'lower corner of Dodlor Wellford's, on Caroline-flreet, and running up to the erofs street leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to Sophia-street. This square I have laid off" into 14 lets, 27 and an half feet froat, and us back, u on Caro line-street, and u 011 Sophia-street. Nine of those oh Carolint-ftrett I have leafed on an annual ground rent ps 8 and 10 pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds, and the vacant lots apuri-hafer could enhance the value of by building small houses, which will as readily pro««re teiants as pots or goards will Martins in the i'priag, and yiel-o a greater profit in propoili.in to their cost tkan large buildings. Those who incline to purchase may know the terms by applying to HENRY FITZHUGH. Bell-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. 7thJ.d4W THE SUBSCRIBER WISHES to afeerlain, whether a certain EDWARD NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick-Layer,, who quitted Ireland ii 1783, Or 1754, and came into this Country, ('tis funpafed to Philadelphia) about four years tince, be living or dead. As this genee'is of thehighefl importance, it will be thankful ly received, by GEO. DAVIS, No. 313, High-street December 31. w&f im Bank of Pennfylvani-a, January 4, 1,797. At a meeting of the Directors th : s day, a dividend of sixteen dollars qn each Ihafs was declared for the last 6 months, which will fee paid to the Stockholders af ter the 14th inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. J*n. 3. dtf. Mrs. G RA T TA N RefpeiSfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the lcthday of January, Ihe proposes opening, at No. 39, North Sixtli ftreet, A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Book Muslins, from 6/3 to la/it per yard Jaconet ditto, from 8/8 to 5/8 per yard Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard Fine GofTaes Tambour'd Book Muslins, from 137*9 to aI /*P er Y ar(^ India Muslin, from 11to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/per hdkf. Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/3 to iq/"6 p«r hdkf. Muslin color'd and border'd Handkerchiefs Dacca Handkerchiefs TambeurM Cravats from iq/TS to u/il Pocket Handkerchiefs Cambric, from 11/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Cloths] Huckabuck T ©welling Women's Cotton Hose, from 6y% to 13/"per paif Dimity from sfio to 6fii Men's Silk Hose Tamboured muslin Handkerchiefs from ii/ii to 17,/ i Irifli linens for Gentleirtn's Shirty from s/S to 2/7 And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linen, Gentlemen's Shfrts, ruffled or plain, Cravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, See. &c. Houlhold Linen, &c. &c. A plain shirt, mack and mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain fliirt, made ard mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled citto 6 dollars. A plain fliirt ? made and marked, 5 1-3 dollars, A full ruffled ditto J dollars. A plain fliirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 1-2. A plain fliirt, made and mark'd, 6 i-a dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13. " $ A Quantity of Brandy, FIRST & id proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaiod Spirits,,4th proof, in Hhds Old' Hock, in citise of 40 dozen each Glass Tumbler», in pints and lwlf-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different sues Ilazlenuts, in sacks Whiting ♦ Copperas ( . ~ , White Lead C ln l hds k Spaniib Brown J For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4 . £ For Sale, By George Defchamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrel? and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarei. Smonked Herring in barrels and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry CcdfJfh, fiom one to fifty kentals Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone and ground, for'manure and fiusco-work December I. / Jtf Wm. Holdernesse, No. 76, HIGH-STREET, Has received by the late arrivals, A Well Selecled Assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, and Haberdalhery Goods, Which he will fell, wholesale and retail, on the very lowest terms ; Among ft <ivblch are Some elegant 4-4 and 7-8 Chintzes and Cottons, new patterns Ditto Furniture ditto Ditto Dimity Tamboured, Book, and Jac«nct Mtaflins Ditto in Gold and Silver % Ditto Neckcloths, very fine Mantuas of the firft quality Silk and Cotton Hosiery Umbrellas: of the firft quality, assorted Irish Linens, very fine, and Table Linens Marfei'lles a*id Cotton Counterpanes Rose Blankets afforted-—&c. &c. Odobfr 26. d Clocks and Watches. LESLIE AND PRICE, No. 79, Market- street, Philadelphia, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, i large assortment »f WARRANTED IV,A •/ CHE S, esnlifting of horizontal, capp'd and ■jewel'd Gold Watches, with fecocds, of fnperior workmanlhip and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd &jew£ll'd, capp'dk seconds, day of the mouth, and plain Silver Watche6 ; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks with marble frames ; eight day and thirty ho«r, brass works, &c. Decembet 21, 1796* d2m _ WM. HAT DON, t)rawing-Mafter, from London, Where he has fludied several years under one of the mot eminent matters in that science, attends young Ladies and Gentlemen at their refpeflive homes. His terms are 6 dollars per month far attendance three times per week. Likewise all kinds of srnamental Painting, Flowers, Fruit, &c. taught 011 the above terms. A line directed to W. H. left with the Editor of ttys Gazette, will be immediately atteniiedjto. J anuaryl3. ' eoaw James M'Alpin, Taylor, No. 3, South Fourlhjlrtct, RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. He hais os> hand an extensive assortment of the Mod Fajhimabte GOODS, And of the belt quality, suitable for the season. At this {hop Gentlemen can be furniftied withthe heft materials, and have them made up in the neatest and most Falhionable manner, and on the shortest notice. He wiH thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and pnnftual to them. November 10. ws
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