of the & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. Number 1367."] 1 his Day is Published, Br 810 REN AND MA DA N, And to be Sold at their Printing-Office, in Dock ftrett ( by M. Carey, No. 118, Market-street ; Thomas Bradford, No. 8, South Front-ilreet, and George Douglafj, No. z, South Third ilreet, (Price, neatly hound, tiv» dollars), AN ENQUIRY Concerning Political Justice, And its Influence on viorals and Happiness, By William Godwin. THE reputation of this work is already well efta blMied ifi Europe—lt is hardly neceflary for an Am»- rican editor to fay mure than barely to mention, that the Enquiry concerning Political Juftiee has ever iiuoe its publ cation been a favorite performance with ti c fr/iv,us or republican government. The stile is pure, nervous, and classical; the ideas are strongly marked by an original vein of thinking ; and, amongst a multitude of other just and linking paflagei, the author's delineation of the peculiar infelicities insepa rable from the condition of a King, may be pointed out as a most masterly specimen of philosophical dtf" tjuifition. The latest London edition of this work fells in this city at four dullars and an half. January 24 This Day is Published, Porcupine'S POLITICAL CENSOR, For December, 1796. CONTAINING Remarks on the Debates in Congref6, particularly on the timidily discovered by the House of Represen tatives in their language towards the insolent French. A Letter ta the infamous Tom Paine, In answer to his brutal attack on the character and conduit of General Wafliington. January 34. Mas. G RAT TAN Refpetflfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the ioth day of January, lhe proposes opening, at No. 39, North Sixth ftreet, A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Book Muslins, from 6/3 to lif 11 per yard Jaconet ditto, from 8/8 to 9/8 ptsc yard Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard Fine Coffees Tambour'd Book Muslins, from 13/9 to 2Jf per yard India Muslin, from 11/3 to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdkf. Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/3 to 10/6 per hdkf. Mufli-i color'd and border'd Handkerchief# Dacca Handkerchiefs Tambour'd Csavats from iq/"8 to lifll Pocket Handkerchiefs Cambric, from 11/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Cloths Huckabuck To welling Women's Cotton Hole, frorft 6/% to 13/* per pair Dimity from $fio to 6/ii Men's Silk Hose Tambour'd muslin Handkerchiefs from 11/ ii to 1 %si Irish linens for Gentlerren's Shirts, from 5/5 to 9/7 And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linen, Gentlemen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Cravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Houfhold Linen, &c. &c. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-1 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars, A full ruffled itto 6 dollars- A plain ftiirt, made and marked* J 1-1 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain ihirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 i-a. A plaia ihirt, made and mark'd, 6 i-i dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13. Particular Teneriffe Wine. 50 Quarter-calks Particular Teneriffe WINE, ( Of a (uperior quality, For Sale by ji. Mar pie iff lfrael W. Morris, No. 60, Dock-street. tts6 January a Clocks and Watches. LESLIE AND PRICE, JVe. 79, Market street, Phuadelphm, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, » large aflortment «lf WARRANTED WAi CH E 6', confining of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with fe'-onds, of superior workmanship and elegance j a!fo capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches j capp'd Scjewell'd, capp'd, /econds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches ; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks with marble frames ; eight day and thirty ho»r, brass works, 4cc. Decembet 22, 1796. For Sale, By George Defchamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prirne Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. Smoaked Herring in barrels and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry Codfifti, from one to fifty keritaU Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone and ground, for manure and ftueco-work December 1 {tf A Quantity of Brandy, FIRST & id proof. Gin, of 4th proof, in jiipej Jamaica Spirits, 4tU proof, in Hhdj Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tomblerf, in pints Mil half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of difierent sizes Hazleniits, in faek» Whiting W°k"™.d £ "»<" tc Spanifti Brown J For Sale by > ~ January 4 d3taw2w ALSO, dim PETER BLIGHT. l * WEDNESDAT EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1797. NOTICE. Persons having Goods en board the Ship Persever ance, James Williamfon, mailer, bound fr»m Ham burg to this Port, and lately pat into New-York, where the Veflel is discharging, will please apply to THOMAS and jOHN KETLAND. Philadelphia, Jan. ai, tf A Pocket-Book. LEFT, yesterday morning, at, or LOST coming from the lower ferry inn to Philadelphia, a Red Mo rocco Pocket-Boqk, one ten dollar bank note, fundrv papers, leiteri, instruments, and two prom sTory drawn by C. Jackson & Co. dated ift Novembrr, 1796, at ixo days, for' <oj dollars each, and indorsed by the person in whose favor they are drawn. Any one who will deliver the book with the papers, letters and notes, to the printer hereof, (hall have the money for their trouble, without ar.y questions' asked. N. B. The papers can be of no use to any one but the owner, the means of negotiating them being flop ped. January i The Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Population Company Are requeued to meet at the Company's Office, No. 53, North Fourth-ftrect, on Wednesday, the ill of February next, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of taking into confederation the proceedings »f the Company, and of making further afTelTments on the shares, m order to defray the expencet of the Company agreeable to the 20th, Article of the Constitution. By arder of the Board. SOLOMON MARACHE, Secretary. January, 13d, 1797. dtFeb.i. Women's Cloaks. GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25, South Third-ftrest, Has just received, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lon don, an aiTortment of Scarlet Drab ( Cloalrt trimmed with lur and Purple and f ermine. Pearl J December 15. § Cheap French China. THE fubferibsrs finding it impossible to supply their store with any more China from France, the prices being too immoderate in the manufa/Uwies, give no tice that tUey will fell at prime colt the remaining Hack on hand, comiiftiog of DelTert Setts, Tea-Table Setts Separate Cups and Saucers Groupes and Figures Alabaster Vales v Looking Glasses, in gilt frames, Besides India Japan'd Toilet Defies, Chairs, Tables nad QBadrilk Boxe,. PASQUIEK ic Co. Ne. 91, South fjecond'ftreet. December <th NOTICE. r "T" I HE Sales of LANDS of the United States, iji the JL North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised in the fcveral public pipers, will commence this 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 Public Notice, IS HEREBY GJVEN, that 1 have applied to the judges of the Supreme Court of this slate, to supply the defeA in my Title to a lot of ground, situate on the Weft, fide of Fourth-flreet, containing in breadth 10 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-flreet, occasioned by the loss of a deed from Timothy Harrington, John Lewis and James Walton, by their attorney Robert Mollyneux —All perfom* concerned, are required to appear before two of the justices of the said court, at the house of Thomas M'Keao, esq. the Chief Jaftice of the slate, on the 30th inft. at 10 o'clock in the foreroon, to make their answer to the bill of the fubferiber, filed in the office of Edward Burd, cfq. Prothonotary of the said court. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, jun Philadelphia, January 6th, 1797. dt3oth Washington Lottery. TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chefnut ftreet, where a corre& Numerical Book is kept for public infpe&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or ex changed for prizes diawa in the Washington Lottery, of which the 54th and 55th days returns are received. The Bufincfs of a Broker carried on as usual, January ia. SALT PETRE. A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 25, South Third-street. November [. Loft or Mislaid, At the Bank of the United States, Joseph Higbee's Note, dated 19th December Ufl, tor twelve hundred dollars, payable at 60 days to Nathaniel Lewis & Son. Whoever may find the fame wilt please return it to said Bank, or to the fubferibers, who will allow a reward. Bayment being barred, it cannot be of use to any other psrfon. NATHANIEL LEWIS & SON. January 5. J. 21, 3t For Sale, Two Convenient BRICK HOUSES, Three stories high, 16 feet front, and 40 feet deep each, and adjoining ; situated on the east fide of Front, between Race and Vine-ftreett j No«. 161 and 163. They will be fold ob very reafonjble terms, either separately or together. Apply to JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO. daw January 13 A C A R D. If Monsieur G. H> Sohim, Who left Bordeaux the aoth June last, and arrived at Bolton :.bout the middle of Aaguft, in the schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requeflcd to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chefnut-ftreet, who will give him some i«focnuujoD of importance. December 34, 1796- § Wm. Holdernesse, No. 76, HIGH-STREET, Has received by the late arrivals, A IVell Selected Assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, and Haberdashery Goods, Which he will fell, wholesale and retail, on the very lowest terms ; Amongjl ivhicb are Some elegant 4-4 and 7-8 Chintzes and Cottons, new patterns Ditto Furniture ditto Ditto Dim-ity Tamboured, Book, and Jaconet Mwflins Ditto in Gold and Silver Dittp Neckcloths, very fine Mantuaa of the firft quality % Silk and Cotton Hosiery Umbrella* of the firft quality, aflorted Irish Linen#, very fine, and Table Linens Marfei'Hes and Cotton Counterpanes Rose Blankets aflbrted—&c. &c. o<stob«r 26. d By the Subfcribers—ln PENN-STREET, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, Nor. 30 FOR SALE, 7 HE SHIP MART, SAMUEL PARKER, Master, • j -~55455£&62Tw0 hundred tons burthen. Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY, k Co. If the MARY is not fold in a few days, she will tak freight for Hamburg. Apply as above. Oilober 31. d For .bligo and Killibegs, The American Ship Nj.wcr, Cnthbert Riggs, matter. fail with all convenient speed. For freight or pailage apply to William Bell; Who has for sale, 4 Trunks printed Cottons, well aflorted 3 Bales Irnh FlanneL, and % boxes Linens »j Pipes Brandy Madeira Wine ; ludigo. RufEa Mutts, A few barrel* Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK, OATMEAL, &c November i», 1796, For Sale, or Charter, Js|rl The Ship DIANA, Samuel Pii.:-, Matter, 1 Burthen io.s 47-95 :«n register, built ill Philadelphia in the year 1792, of live oak and red cedar, and was (heathed 13 months ago, ftie has jufthad a eompleat out-fit, aiyl be sent to sea at a very trifling expence. For terms apply to Philip Nick/in £5° Co. IFbo have for fait on beard said vrjfil, *7 calk» of fine yellow paiwt. 9 boxes and 12 bundles of writing flares 1 box ink stands and note prefleti 14 bales of fail ranvafj.' Imperial Hyson, and, > TEAS. Souch®r.g j 40,000 pieces Nankcerw of the firft quality. 19 tubs Quicksilver. t chests Bandanna handkerchiefs. A few cheits Manchester good»well aflorted in Cor duroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk, IKO crates Queens ware well aflorted. 10 t»ns sheet lead. NaiU afi'tied, flit ind fiaarp points. Londo* Particular, , London Market, [ Madeira Wine in p,p M New-York Market, ) and ho g fcjads - 40 pipes and lofaoglheads Tenerififcwine. 8 tierces Snake Roat. 130 legs Mahogany. Nov 7. For carrying the Mails of the United States, On the following Pojl Roads, will be reciived until thefirjl day of March next inchi/ive I. From Charleftun, S. C. by Jackfonboro* and Coofa hatchy, to Savannah, twice a week. Receive the Mail at every Tueiday aad Friday Ivy 6, P. M. and deliver it at Savannah the next Friday and Monday, by 8 A. M. Returning, receive the Mail ait Savannah evei Saturday, by 6, P.M. and by 6, A. M. and deliver it at Charleston the next Tuesday and Friday by noon. ttstf Proposals for this route ivill be received by the foji-majier at Savannah. 2. FromCoofahatchy to Beaufort once a week— Receive the mail at Coofahatchy every Thursday Vy 6, p. m. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Re turning, leave Beaufort eyery Friday by 3, t. m. and arrive at Coofahatchy on Saturday by 8, a. m. Proposals for carrying, the mail on this route will be re ceived by the post-master at Beaufort. Note I. The Post-master General may alter the times for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time du ring the continuance of the contra&s, he previously iUpji lating an adequate compensation for any extra expence that may be occafiened tjiereby. Note a. For every hours delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by oon tradt, the contra&pr lhall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mad an additional forfeiture of five dollars (hall be incurred. Note 3. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above fpe cjfied, he must slate the alteration desired aad the price he will carry the mail for with and without such alte ration. Note 4. The «antra&s are t« be in operation on the firft day of April next and to continue until the joth of September in the yearjSoo. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Pafi Maftfir Gthfiral. . (Seneral Post Office, > Philadelphia, Jan. 13, >70. J W. I*. Sale, For Imported by the Eagle. WILLI NGS & FRANCIS. w&f Also, And on hand, PROPOSALS, The Managers refpe&fully inform the public, that on account of the extensive preparations for the His» torical Play of COLUMRUS, or A WORLD DIS COVERED, there wil he no performance the New Theatre until Monday the 30th inft, when a^ ove piece will be produced, with new Scenery, Machine* ry, Drefles and Decorations. Janwary 24 Frejh Garden, 'Grass and Flower-Seeds, Roots, &c.' is'c. This day landing from the ship Eagle, captain Fofdici, from London, And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Second-streets, A most capital and sxlenftvt yjjbrtment of GARDEN, GRASS and FEOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, Spc. ?ce. Among which are, AfparagushThrec Jfrerecole| Twelve BeaHsj Thirte** Beets Fifteen Brocolii Fifteen Cabbage 1 Six Carrot Four Cauliflower,' Twentyvthree Celery i Twenty-one CueumberJ • Common and lemon Thyme Curled leaf and sprigged Parsley Pot Marygold Pot Marjerum Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtgel / Leek Kail Shallots Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucer*# Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. £cc. With a curious collection of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Seing the most e*tenfive ever imported into thit city. The above are from a capital Seedsman in Louden, and are warranted frefti and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17 5 kinds Fivs Four Twenty-five Six Ekvea Twenty-fix Six Three Five Ten At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99, Nartb Second Street. C Hyson Skin. > Frelh Teas. < Souchong, J (_ Bohe» Imperial Hyson, Young Hyson, Dcc. 9. In order to comply <with \coutraftt, I wilt fill, f er approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments, A {•> r T r\ Till A Square of LOTS, At the upper end of Frederick (burg, beginning op polite to the lower corner of Do£lor Wellfcrd's, on Caroline-street, and running up to the croft llrert leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to Sophia-street. Thi» square I have laid off into 24 lets, 27 and an half feet front, and 122 back, <2 on Caro line-street, and 12 011 Sophia-street. Nine of those m Caroline-street I have leafed 011 an annual ground rent of 8 and !o pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds, and the lots a purchafet could enhance the value of by building small houses, which will as readily procure tenants as pots or goards will Martins in the lp r ' n gi and yiel-o a greater profit in proportion to their coll than large buildings. Thof? who incline to purchase may know tfce terms by applying to mwftf Beli-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. THE SUBSCRIBER WISHES to afccrtain, whether a certain EDWARD NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick Layer, who quitted Ireland in 1783, or 1784, and came iat* this Country, ('tis fuppoftd to Philadelphia) about tour years since, be Bving or dead. A« this intelli gence is of thebigheft importance, it will be thankful ly received, by GEO. DAVIS, No. 313, High-street w & f itrt December jl Bank of Pennsylvania, ' January 4, 1797. At a meeting of the Dire<ftors th>s day, a dividend of fixtcen dollars on each si; ire was declared for the last 6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders af ter the 14th inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Cafoier. dtf. J' n - 3- tth&ftf Such of th« Members ol this society as are entitled t» Diplomas, are requetted to apply for them to Mr. Hugh Holmes, Vice Prtjident; Mr. David M'Carmick, Treasurer ; Mr. Robert H. Drinker, Counsel/or { Mr. 'Jojcph Brawn { Mr. Edward Fotc ; Or to MATHEW CAREY, Sec. Philad. Jan. SI, 1797. ,taw6t Le Breton, SURGEON-DENT/ST, Pupil »f the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, Keeps a complete aflortment of every thing neceOary Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth; Patent Mirioral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth > Dentrifice in powder ; Opiate ; excellent Elixir for sweetening the mouth and preserving tbs teeth—lie also furnishes BruOiei and foft Sponges. He live* in Chefnut-ftreet, No. 135, above Fourth-flreet. November »6. The Elephant, Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing t« 18 feet. He eats 15P weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water j he has drank some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with Ins truck. He is perfectly inofienfive j travels loose, it the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Con I «ent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, 'St a quarter of .a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the former price of half a dollar.will be refupied. Ha will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31 d d6w. [Volume XI. New-Theatre. kii»d« FOR SALE, HENRY FJTZHUGH, Hibernian Society, to be used for*he Creflef Onion Radish T arnip Pea« Savoy Parsnip Melon 3taw;m d/jw
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