the & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
Number 1364.] SATURDAY EVENING, JANVARY ix, 1797. ' [VOLUME XI.
THOMAS DOBSON,
At the Stone Hoafe, No. 41, South Secondflreel,
Philadelphia, 1
HAS FOR SALE,
A large and rery general assortment of
-5 TA TI O NA R T.
Drawing and Writing Best and second Swan Quills
Papers. Black and red Ink Powaor
Antiquarian # Ditto Liquid Ink \
Double Elaphant Penknives
Atla.% Delk knives
Elephaut Superfine red and black Seal-
Imperial ing wax,
"Super Royal Belt vermilion and coloured
' Royal wafers
.Medium, Large and small office wa-
Demy lers
Thick Post folio Red tape broad, middling &
Thin ditto narrow
Extra thin ditto Elastic gum, in bettles or
Thi«*k Post Letter , pieces
Ditto plain Pounce
Ditto gilt ivory pounce boxes
Ditto lined Cocoa and bone ditto
Thin Post Ivory paper-knives
©itto gilt Black sand
Mourning -Sand boxes, japanned
Ditto plaia, or lined Lignumvitx and common
Bank Post Gunter's scales
Sniall Pofl " Brals dividers
Best EnglUh and American Leaden preflers
Foolicap, various qualities Black lead pencils
Superfine Pot sliding ditto
Second ditto Japanned card racks
Blossom and grey Blotting Writing parchment
Paßer " Ditto vellum
Wrapping paper Morocco writing desks
Letter silas and laces Spanifta tambour ditto
Paper cases, various sizes An elegant variety of cboay
Bonnet paft«?boards ink-fta»difhes
— middjing and small
-Merchants* Account Books, pewter ink ft^ndifhes
vis, Large, middling and small
ledgers, single or double, counting-house
ruled-for 1. s. d. or dolls. An elegant assortment of
£ & cents, ot Imperial or Su- cfrryftal and wood
per Royal, with or with- philosophical ink-pofrs
out cross linos Ink-glalfo , varions fizea
Journals, Day Books, In- Leather & paper ink-pisces
voice Books, Account cur- for the pocket
rent Books, Sales' Books, Small gilt visiting
' Letter Books, and K ccord Blank meflage-cards, large
Books, of Imperial, Su- and small, gilt and p'ain
per-royal, Royal, Medi-Boxes of marking-types for
um, Demy or Foolfeap, linen.
cross ruled or plain, —
Receipt Beoks Bills of lading, large 3c small
Bank Books Bills of exchange
Memorandum B«oks Elegunt copperplate ditto
Bill of 1 ading Books Cuttom-houffe entries
Bill Books, payable and re- Manifefts
ceivable Seamen's articles
Bank-Check Books, of viri- Blank bonds
ous lizes and for diiferent .udgmeiat bonds
jndgment bills
Cyphering and Copy Books Mortgages
Common, place Books Arbitration bonds
— Apprentice's indemuitfs
Best Dutch No. 1,2, Powers ol attorney
3, 4 and 5 Bank checks, &cl &c. &c.
December 17. S 6
Public Notice,
IS GIVEN, that 1 have applied to the J
judges of the Supreme Court of this state, to supply the
defeA in my Title to a lot of ground, situate on the* Weft
fide ©f Fourth-street, containing in breadth 20 leet, and
in length 5 6 feeti bounded Northward Weft ward, by
ground of the fubferiber, Southward by ground of Edward
$hippen, and East ward by Fourth-street, occasioned by
the loss of a deed from Timothy Harrington, John Lewis
and James Wal|ton, by their attorney Robert Mollyneux.
—All persons concerned, are required to appear before
two of the jjiftices of the said court, at the house of
Thomas IVS>Kean, esq. the Chief Jaftice of the state, on
the jtoth at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to make their
. answer to the bill of the fubferiber, filed i in the office of
Edward Burd, esq. Prothonotary of the said court.
WILLIAM SHIPPEN, jun.
Philadelphia, January 6th, 1797. dt3oth
Wants a place, as Wet Nurse,
A woman with a good breast of milk, who can be
well recommended, Ist" further particulars enquire of
t hc Poster. Jan. 17.
FaRSALET"
About 1,600 acres of Land,
WELL situated, laying on and between Marfn
and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennfylvanin, in
four separate Patents. For terms ot sale apply to
1 Wm. Blackburn,
No. 64, Seuth S'cond-ftreet
Oflober 3f. mwftf •
■<£■ NOTICE.
THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in (he
North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised
in the several publii papers, will commence this even
ing, atthe City Taverw to be continued from day
to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not sooner
fold.'
January 4 §
Waftiington Lottery.
TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be or
-exchanged for prizes, at the Olnce, No. 147, Chefnut
£rcet, where a correct Numerical Book is kept for public
infpe&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or ex
changed for prizes di awn m the Waftiington Lottery, of
which the 54th and 55th days returns are received.
The Business of a Broker carried on as ulual.
January 12. ttstf
SALT PEt RE.
A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for '
sale at No. 25, South Third-street.
November 5. t
Boarding and Lodging
May l|e had at Na. 62, Per.n-ftrect, in a creditablc
family (
January 9
Particular Teneriffe Wine.
50 Quarter-caflcs Particular Teneriffe WINE,
Of a superior quality,
For Sale by
A. Mar pig iff Israel W. Morris,
No- 60, Dock-street. 3
January 11 t ts6
Cheap French China.
, THE iWbfcribers finding it impofiible to supply their
ft®re with any more China from France, the prices
being too immoderate in the manufadleries, give no
cise that they will fell at prime cost the remaining
fteck on hand, consisting of
Deflert Setts,
Tea-Table Setts
. Separate Cups and Saucers
<3roupes and Figurej
Alabafteir Vzfts '
Looking' Qlailis, in gilt frames,
Besides India Japan'd Toilet Defxe, Chairs, Tables
nad Quadrille Boxes. PASQUIER & Co.
No. 91, South Seeond-itreet.
jfch. tt
waxu'D; *
A MECHANIC, to eretSl Spinning and. Weaving
Machines by water, fueh as are used at my manufac
tory—Apply to JAMES DAVENPORT,
No. 401, North Front-street.
N. B. None need apply but a complete mechanic,
jnd a man of liability.
Glebe Mill, December 29, 1796. f
A CARD.
If Monsieur G. i/. S/jhl i,
Who left Bordeaux the 2®th June last, and arrived
at Boftoa about the middle of Aagoft, in the schooner
Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requeued to call en
Jiifeph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chefnut-flroet, who
will give him some iaforraation of importance.
Decfwtber 34, 1796. ' J
For Sale,
Two Convenient BRICK HOUSES,
Three ltories r6 feet front, and 40 feet deep
eaeh, and adjoining ; situated on the east fide of Front,
between Race and Vine-streets ; Nos. 161 and I'tfjV
They will he fold on very reafenabl# terms, either
feparitely or together. Apply to
JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO.
January 13 dzw
LOS T,
On the Road between this city and Baltimore,
A black leather POCKET-BOOK,
Containing sundry papers valuable only to the.owner,
also between three and fAur hundred dollars. Whoever
has found the fame, and will leave it at the office of
the editor No. 119 Chefnut ftrect, with the contents,
particularly the papers, ihall be handsomely rewarded,
and no qucltions asked.
January 17.
FOR sale,
The fa/!-failing schooner ORION;
Seventy tons burthen ; fifteen months
—../CTffry. —t, old ; her frame in of the best ©f white
oaL : Ike ,• a faithiuj. built veflel, handiomely finifhed off
and well lound in every particular ; is .ready to receive a
cargo on board, and can be put to sea without any ex
pence on her hull, fails or rigging : fhc fiowsiii hu-uJruti
barrels ; has a handsome caflin and a half
deck which will itow from feventy-iive to eigh y barrels;
has beeft newly epfHlkod, graved riM painted. For »ei m«
Wr to , BSNJAMIN RHODES,
At No. 170, cornoc of larkc: ar,d Fifth-ftreetj,
Or to the Captain on board said schooner at Mtffrs.
Willis and Yardfley's wharf, adjoining Chcfnut-ftreet
wharf; where there is for sale
Excellent pickled Salmon in barrels,
the best of American Mess Beef, and some very excellent
Boston manufa&ured Chocolate.
26
£g&sk F°r Sligo and Killibegs,
The American Ship Nanct,
t _ Cuthbert Riggs, master.
w Will fail with all convenient speed. For
freight or paflage apply to
William Bell ;
Who has for sale,
4 Trunks Printed Cottsns, well aflorted
3 Bales, Irish Flannels, and 2 boxes Linens
25 Pipes Brandy
Madeira Wine ; Indigo. Ruflia Matts,
Also,
A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK,
OATMEAL, &c.
November 11, 1796, mwftf
FOR SALE,
7 HE SHIP MART,
®AMU£L PARKER, Master,
Two hundred tons burthen. Applyto'
,r v JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co.
the MAR 1 is not fold in a few days, ihe will tak
freight for Hamburg. Apply as above.
o<3ober 31. j
For Sale, or Charter,
#g£L The Ship DIANJI,
WWztWA Samuei - Pile, Master,'
Burthen ioj 47-95 tens register, built in
wl%&£St*%P Philadelphia in the year 1792, of live oak
and red cedar, and was iheathed 13 months ago, Ihe
has just had a compleat out-fit, and may be sent to fta
at a very trifling expence.
For terms apply to
Philip Nicklin £5° Co.
IVho have for fate on beard said vejfel,
27 casks of fine yellow paint.
9 boxes and 12 bundles of writing slates.
1 box ink stands and note prefles.
14 hales of fail canvass.
And on hand,
Imperial
Hyson, and, >■ TEAS.
Souch®ng J
40,000 pieces Nankeens of the ftrft qaalky. ,
19 tnbs Quicksilver.
s cherts Bandanno handkerchiefs. ,
A few chests Manchester goodswell alTorted in Cor- ,
duroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Muiinets, Dimities, &c.
3 boxes black sewing silk. I
IKO crates Queens ware well aflorted. £
10 tons sheet lead.
Nails aflorted, flat 3nd (harp points.
London Particular,
London Market, i Madeira Wme ir.pipes
New-York Market, ) 3 " d hoSftcads
-40 pipes and 10 hogsheads Teneriifc wine,
8 tierces Snake Root.
230 logs Mahogany.
Nov 7. wth&ftf
bajll.
New Cotillions,. Scotch Heels, and Contre Dances*
Meflrs. Fraosis snd T>v r.e beg leave to inform their
. scholars) friends, public in general, that their
firft fiatl for this f.-aftn will be on Tuesday, th ;4,at
• o'Eller»'» p*" ?jnb iy-f.r.n.j at which a variety of new
Contr? Dinoes, and the raoft cilebritc"
Scotch Reels, will be introduced.
Mefirl fWM* and Byrne propose to give graisitoss
attendance at tjeir r Uool room, for the io .'traction of
these Ladtes and Gc-otieroen in their new !aiic«. «< n »;
mean to honer tlie ia!l room with ibeiY prefcnce,—at- j
teadanctf for th:s jjiifpmc after their f'ci.swi heur», on '
Tueidayj, and Tkorfdays. , .M.
Tickets to be #f Meflrs."Fr r-ces and.Uyrne No.
70,' North. Eight street, or at ;ul. La
dies arc retjuefted to apply to their femije f; iends, .
feholars of Mtffii, F. & B. or, aa above, at-tr.eirrefi
dence.
N. B. The new dances wilfcliot infringe upon the j
ufaal routHfe of the evening.
The day«of teaching for their young pupils are Thurf
days and Saturdays, from three o'alock in the afternoon
till fix— and on Tueldays Sc Thnrfdays, frbm fii till nine,
for tho£s of a more advanced age.
*4* Private tuition as tifual.
January n, 179.7- aawt2*.
ON TUESDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED,
Porcupine's j
POLITIGAL CENSOR,
Fo*i December, 1796.
CONTAINING
Remarks on the Debates in Congress, particularly
on the timidity difc&vered by the House ©f Represen
tatives in their language towards the infolsnt French
Atso,
A Letter tQ-ths infamous 7*qm Paine,
In answer to bis brutal attack on the ckaradier and
Gonduft cf General Wafiiifl^ton.
January to.
Frejh Harden, Grass and Flower-Seeds,
Rsots, isfc. £sV.
Thfc day landing frqm the ihip Eagle, captain Fofdici 1 ,
from London,
And FOR SALE by
GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE,
Corner of Walnut a»d
A met capital and txttnfive Assortment of i
GAROiiN, GRASS and tfLOWER-i>EEI>S,
ROOTS, See. Sic.
Among which are,
Fine kind* Asparagus Three kinds Creffc«
lour Bcrecok Twelve Onion
Twenty-five Beans Thirteen Radifli
Six Beets Fifteen Tnrnip
Eleven Brocol. Fifteuft Peas
Twemy-fuc Cabbage jsix Savoy
Cam r, Four Parfnir .
Three Cauliflower! Twenty-three Melon
Five Celery Twenty-one Lettuce
Ten Cucumber
- Common and lemon Thyme /
Curled lsal and if rigged Parsley
V Pot M*ry e old Pot Marjorum
he Mangel Wurtzel j
Leek Kail Shallow
Rape Seed Rye Grass l §aint Foin Lucerne
Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c.
With a curious collection of the most efteeined
FLOWER-SEEDS aud RQO I'S,
Being the moll extensive ever imported into this city.
The above are from a capital Seedfraan in London, and
are warranted fre til and good.
Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above.
Dec. 17 g$
In order to eomp/y ivljk conlrafit, 1 will fill, for
appneved Lands, on 3 equal annual payments,
A Square of LOTS,
At the upper end of Fredericlklburg, beginning op
polite to the lower corner of- DoiJtor Wellford's, on
Caroline-flreet, and ruining up« to the cross street
leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to
Sophia-street. This fqnare I have laid off into 24 lots,
27 and an half feet front, and 122 back, 12 ®n Caro
line-ftrect, and, 12 011 Sophia-street. Nine of those
oja Caroline-street I have l«afed on an annual ground
rent of 3 and 10 pounds, to the araonnt of 74 pounds,
and the vacant lots a purchaser could enhance the value
of by building frnall honfea, which will as readily
procure tenants as pots or goards will Martins in the
spring, and yiel-3 a greater profit in proportion to
their coil than large bniidittgs., Those who incfine
to purchase ir.fy know the terms by applying to
HENRY FITZKUGH.
Beli-Air, Doc. 8, 1796. 7thJ.d4W^
THE SUBSCRIBER
WISHES to afeertain, whether a certain EDWARD
NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick-Layer, J
who quitted Ireland in 1783, or 178 a, and same into
this Country, ('tis fuppefed to Phihdalphia) about
four finse, be Sving or dead. As this intelli
gence is of the highest importance, it will be thankful
ly received, by GEO. DAVIS,
• No. 313, High-street
December jl. w &sim
Bank of Pennfylvani-a,
January 4, 1797. '
At a meeting of the Directors th ; s day, a dividend of
lixteen dollars on each ikjre was declared for the Lilt
6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders af
ter the 14th inft.
JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier.
J"- 3- dtf.
The Elephant, J
Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thoufaud i
Dollari.
He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. ]
h ■ eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of t
water ; he has drank some days forty bottles of porter, c
drawing the#orkj with Lis trunk.
He is parfeftly inoffenfive; travels loose, at the *
rate of five miles an hour, and is the grcateil curiosity
ever brought to this Continent.
He is to be feeri 'till the 15th of January- in
Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at I
a quarter of a dollar, that every one i»ay fee him— a
after which time the former price of half a dollar will
be resumed.
He will leavn Philadelphia as soon as the weather
will permit.
December 31 d r
Elegant Brussels & Turkey Carpeting, J
For sale by George Dobfon, Ne. 25, South Third-ftrcct. r
Decemb«r 15. dtf
. M*s. G RAT JA N
Rcfp?&fr.i!£- Informs her frieiids, arid the public in
i" geneVal, that on Ttiefday the irthdayof January,
ihe propoies opening, at No. 39, North SL>;?h
ftr&et,
A Linen and Mufiin Warehouse.
Book Mu'flins, from 6/3 toti/ii per yard
J.-.conct ditto, from 8/5! to fJH per'tard
1 Stripe J ditto, from 7/10 to lofto per .yard
j Fiije GolTaes
j Tamfeonr'd Book Mufiin?, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard
! India MuJiii, from 11/3 to ij/ p£r yard
j Sheeting Muflit
jsconet iwuflin Handkerchiefs, frem 4/3 to 6/per hdkf.
Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/5 to 10/6 ptr fcdkf.
. Mufiin eolor'd and !iorder'd Handkerchiefs ,
I Dacca Handkerchiefs
Tamb»ur'd Cravats from icfß to lift I
1 Pocket Handkerchiefs
1 Cambric, from 11/3 to ifyj per yard
Table Cloths j
HuckabuckTowelling
Women's Cottoa H®fe, from Cfe to 13/ per pair
Dimity fr»m 5/10 to tyii
Men's Silk Hose
1 atuhourM raaflin Handkerchiefs from lifil to \}ft
trifh linens for Gentler* en's Shirts, from 5/5 to ;.y~7
And a variety of other articles.
N, B. Orders received for ail kinds of ready n;adc
Linen, Gcntlemes s Shirts, r r Sic J or plain, Cravats,
Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &e.
Houfhold Linen, &e. & c#
A plain ihirt, made ..nd mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars.
A full ruffled «itK>, 4 dollars.
A plain (hirt, mode ard oiark'd, 5 dollars.
A full ruffled uitto 6 dollars
( A plain ihirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollars.
A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars.
A plain shirt, made aadmark'd, i dollars.
A full ruffled ditto 7 1-2.
' A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 4-2 dollars.
A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars.
Lined, included.,/
JannaTT 13. §
A Quantity of Brandy,
FIRS J' & 2d proof,
Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes
Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds
Old Hock, in crfssof 40 dozen each
Glafe Tumblers, in pints and half-pints
Window Glass, in boxes, cf different lizes
Hazlenuts, in f'atks
Whiting
Copperas ( . ~ ,
White Lead f ,n hhds
4c Spaniih Brown J
For Sale by PETER BLIGHT.
January 4 J
For sale,
By George Defchamps, No. 91,
NORTH SIXTH-STREET,
'Nova-Scotia Prime Salinon, in barrels
and halt barrels
Ditte Herring and Mackare).
Smoaked Herring ia barrels and kegs
Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or (ingle one
Dry Cedfifh, frfim one to fifty kentals
Fine and ooarfe Salt
Noto-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone
and ground, for manure and ftucco-wark
Daseoiber 1 !.
Wm, Holdernesse, No. 76,
H IGU-STREET,
Has received by the late arrivals,,
A WtH Seiicied A S SOR TMEKT of
Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, and
Haberdaftiery Goods,'
Which he will fell, wholesale and retail, on the very
lowest terms ;
Amongji which are
Some elegant and 7-8 Chintzes and Cottons, new
patterns 1
Ditto Furniture ditto
Ditto Dimity
Tamboured, Book, and Jaconet Muflin#
Ditto in Gold and Silver
Ditto Neckcloths, very fine
Mantuas of the firft .quality
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
, Hmbrellaij of the firft quality, offdrted
Lrtfh Liiions, very fins, and Table Linens
MarfoiHes and Cotton Counterpanes
Rofc Blankets afforted—&c. Stc.
0 (Sober' 26. d
Clocks and Watches.
LESLIE AND PRICE,
No. 79, Markkt-str-eet, Philadelphia,
HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from
London, j large aflbrtment »f WARRANTED
WA'i CHE S, esnfifting of horizontal, capp'd and
jewel'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of superior
workmanship and elegance ; also eapp'd and jewel'd
and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd &jewell'd, capp'd,
seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches;
eight day & chamber Clocks.; elegant French Clocks
with marble frames ; eight day and thirty homr, brass
I works, &c.
Deeembet 22, 1796. d2m
WM. HAY DON,
Drawing-Master, from London,
Where he has Audied several years under one of
the most eminent mailers in that science, attends'
young Ladies aad Gentlemen at their refpeifHvehomes.
His terms are 6 dollars per month for attendance three
times per week. Likewise all kinds of ornamental
Painti»g, Flawers, Fruit, &c. taught on the above
terns. A line dire&ed ta W. H. left with the Editor
of this Sazette, will be immediately attended,to.
Januaryi'3. eo2W
James M'Alpin, Taylor,
No. 3, South Fourth Jlreet,
RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his
Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement,
and begs leave to iolicit a continuance of their favors.
He has <*1 hand an extensive assortment of the
Most Fajhionable GOODS,
And of the best quality, suitable for the season.
At this ihop Gentlemen can be furniftied withthe baft
materials, and have them made up in the ntateft and molt
Fashionable manner, and on the shortest notke. He will
thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt aad
psn&ual to them.
November 19. ws