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