#a f ette of & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
Number 1374.] THURSDAT EVENING, FEBRUART 2, 1797. [VCLVUE XI.
SJLE Br AUCTION.
Schooner ORI O N ~j
WILL be fold to the highell bidder, on Tharfday, £e- j
hmary 2, at 7 o'clock in the evening, at the Mer
chants' Coffee-Houfe, in Second Street, 011 two and four -
months' credit, for approved notes with an indorfer.
The Orion it fix teen months eld, btr frame is of the -j
bet of Whits Oak; fce i» a faithful.built veff:l,
ibmely Smlked, and "well found in 'every particular. If
ready to receive a cargo, and can be feut to lea without
any cxpenfo on her hull fails «r rigging. She (lows fix
hundred barrels, has a handsome cabin and steerage, and
a half deck which will flow feventy-five or eighty barrels. _
She is a fact-failing vessel, and has been rwwly caulked, j
graved, painted, aud put in thorough r -pair in every re-
Her Inventory may be seen by applying to mr. Sa
muelSmitu, Shi-'-broker, No. 86 south Frout-fireet, or
te the captain, on board said schooner, laying oppolite
tteff. Wills & wharf, adjoining Chefnut-flreet
wharf --where file at any time may be thoroughly exam,
iaed by those who wifli to purchal'e.
January 30 §
' FOR SALE, (
7 HE SHIP MARY,
JSAMUEL PARKER, Masts*,
hundred tons bnrthen. Apply to j
JOSEPH ANTHONY, k Co. -\
If the MARY is not fold in a few days, (he will Kik s
freight for Hamburg. Apply as above. 3
Odlober 31. ' <1
For Sligo and Killibeg#,
The American Ship Nanct, ]
*3®' Cuthbert Riggs, matter.
Will fail with all convenient speed. For
freight or paflsjre apply to
William Bell; '
Who has for sale,
4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well assorted
3 Bales Irish Flannels, and 2 box«a Linens
»5 Pipes Brandy
Madeira Wine ; Indigo. RnfTia Mitts,
Also,
A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK,
OATMEAL, &c.
November 11, 1796, mwftf
For Sale, or Charter,
The Ship DIANA,
Samusl, Pile, Master,'
©JmEcSSLßurthen 105 47-95 tons register, built in
3fcSS=2oPhiladelphia in the year 1794, of live oak
and red cedar, and was ftieathed 13 months ago, she
has just had a compleat ont-fit, awl may be feat to fca
at a very trifling expence.
For terms apply to
Philip Nicklin & Co.
JVho have for sale on beard said vrjet,
%•) calks of fiae yellow paint.
9 boxes and 12 bundles of writing flatus.
I box ink stands and note presses.
14 bales of fail oanvafs.
Imperial ~)
Hyson, and, TEAS.
Souchong J
40,0*0 paces Nankeen* of tht frrft qa»lky.
19 tpbs Quicksilver.
t chefU Bandanno handkerchiefs.
A few ch:.fts Manchester goodswell alTorted 111 C«r
duroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinete, Dimities, &c.
3 boxes black sewing silk.'
liSo crates Queens ware well alTor&ed.
10 tons Sheet lead.
Nai'.s afl'orted, flat and (harp points.
London Particular, 1 Madeira Wine in pipe*
London Market, > and l«,glh,ad 3 .
New-York Market, ) ' •
> \ 40 pipes and 10 h'iglheads Tenerifle wine.
8 tierces Snake Root.
33s lags Mahogany.
Nov 1
" A CARD.
If Monjieur G H. SShls,
Who left Bordeaux the 20th June lafl, and arrived
1 at Bofien tbuiit the middle of Aaguft, in the schooner
Jane, is in Phibdelphia, he is requelied to call on
Joseph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chefnut-ftreet, who
will give hiin some information tf importance'
December 24, irqfi- V
6 A L i' PE T R L.
A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for
sale at No. 25, South Third-street.
November 5.
Washington Canal Lottery,
NO. I.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised
the underwritten, to raise twenty-fix thousand
two hundred, and fifty dollar*, for the pur pole of cutting
a Canal through the City of Walhington, fro.i th I'o
to mac to theEaltern'Branch Harbour.*
The following i» the SCHEME of No. I.
Viz -x Prize of ao,oco dollars, 20,000
I ditto 10,000 10,000
7 lad drawn 7 ' , <OQQ
Tickets, each j
6 ditto 1,000 6,000
30 ditto 400 4>ooo
10 ditto 100 2,000
55. ditto SO 2,750
3750 ditto 12 69,008
To be raised for the Canal, . 26,25®
5850 Prizes, 175,000
11650 Blanks, not two to a prize.
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000
£5" The Cemmiffioners have taken the Securities re
quired by the aforefaid a(sl for the pun&ual payment ol
the prizes.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without
delay, as soon as thr Tickets are fold, of which timelj
notice will be given.
Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after th*
drawing is finilhod, (ball be considered as relinquilhed for
the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed j NOTLEY YOONG,
DANIEL CARROLL, o/D
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
Wm. M.DUNCANSON,
THOMAS LAW,
JAMES BARRY.
Cit of Ws&iogton, Feb. It- i
Red Clover Seed.
Fresh red Clover Seed'of the bell quality, in bags of J
5 buihcls cach
Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate life £
Teperifie wine in pipes, hojfheads and quarter calks
Ditto do. of firft qnblity, for the u£c of private
families
Cofleain hogsheads
Jamaica fpiriti
CoaneAicnt fo»p in small boxe»
Window glait and Spaniih ftgari, an-i j
Two tmnks of best patent, plain ana ribbed fiik and
cotton hofierv, for sale bv [.
JOHN CRAIG.
Ffbruarv T" wffSmtf 1
i 1 c
Frejh Garden, Grass and. Flower-Seeds,
Roots, Is'c. &c. t
This day landing from the (hip Eagle, captain Fofdick, /
from London, 8
And FOR SALE by
GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE»
Comer of Walnut and ?ccond-ftreets, j
A msfi capital and xxtenfive AJfortmcnt tf r
GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, 1
ROOTS, &c. &c. t
Among which are,
Five kinds Afpa.-agnsl|Threc kind* Cresses <
Four Berecole'Twelve Onion t
Twenty-five Beans) Thirteen Radish 1
Six Beetsj Fifteea Tarnip •
Eleven Brocolij Fifteen Peas
Twenty-fix Cabbage Six Savoy 1
Six Carrot! Four Parsnip 1
Three Cauliflower! Twenty-tLree Melon 1
Five Celery, Twenty-one Lettuce 1
Ten Cucumber
Common and lemon Thyme
Curled leaf and sprigged Parsley
Pot Marygold Pot Mnrjorum
Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel
Leek Kail Shallots
Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucerne
Red and white Clover Timothy, icc. See.
With a curious colled ion of the mot elteemed
FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS,
Being the moll extensive ever imported into this city.
The above are frMu a capital Seedfenan in London, and
are warranted frc-ih and good. t
Printed catalogues itiay be had by applying as above.
Dec. 17
Women's Cloaks.
GEORGE DOIiSON,
No. #5, South Third-street,
Has just reeeived, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lon
don, an assortment of
Scarlet
Drab (Cloaks trimmed with iur and
Purple and ( crawie.
J
Decembet* 15. 5
" ' x? NOTICE.
THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the
North-Western Teriitory, heretofore adverrifed
in tjie several p«b!ie papers, will commence this even
ing, at the City Tave*i to be continued from day
to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not fooncr
January 4 $
In order to comply with contrath, I toili fell, fur
approved bonds, on 3 equal annua, payments,
A Square of LO„TS,
At the upper end of Fiedericklburg, beginning op-'
polite to the lewer corner of Dodlor Wellfard's, 011
Caroiine-flrerr, and mailing up 10 the cress (lreet
leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to
Sophia-street. This fquarelhave laid oft" into 24 Ut3,
27 and an half feet front, and 122 back, 12 On Caro
line-ttreet, and 12 011 Sophia-street. Nine of those
on CaroHne-ftreet I have leafed on an annual ground
rant-os 8 and 10 pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds,
and the vacant lots a purchafet voald enhanee the value
of by bnilding small houses, which will as readily
procure tenants as pols or goards will Martins in the
spring, and yiel-c a greater profit in proportion to
their colt than large buildings. Thofs who incllnc
to porchafe may know the terms by applying to
HENRY FITZHUGH.
, Beli-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. 7thJ.d 4 w
r Treasury Department,
September 28, 1796.
3 XTOTICE is hereby given, that proposal* will be re-
JL > ccived at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury
_ until tfic expiration of the firft day of March next en
fuitig, for thefupply of all rations which may he required
for the ul'e of the United States, from the firft day of
r June, 1797, to the thirty-firtl day of May, 1798, both
days inclusive, at the placcs and within the diftriils h(.re
after mentioned, viz. At Ofwego; at Niagara ; at
Paefque Ifte; at Sandufky Lake, and 011 candulky
River ; at Detroitat Michiliinackinac; at Fort-Frank
lin, at Piitfburgh ; at Cineinnati; at Fort-Harailton ;
at Fort St. Clair; at Fdrt-Jcfferfon; at Grenville; at
d Picque Town and Loramies Store; at Fort Adams; at
4 Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ;at any pkee below Fort
Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Eric; at Fort
SUuben ; at Fort MalTac ; at any place from Fort MalTae
to the south boundary of the United States on the river
Miflifippi; at Fort Knox ; at Ouiatanon.
If supplies shall be required for any polls or places not
Mentioned in this notice, all such supplies (hall be fur
uiflied at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the
posts before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on
between the United States atnd the Contractor.
The rations to be fupplicd are to confill of the fol
lowing articles, viz.
One pound two ounces of bread or flour.
One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of
pork or bacon.
Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiskey.
One quart and half a pint of falt.~)
Two quarts of Vinegar, / . , ,
Two pounds of Soap, ( P cr hun<3red ratlons
One pound of Candles, j
The rations are to be furniflsed in Inch quantities, as that
Acre lhall at all times during thel"aid term, be fufiioient
for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, De
troit, Niagara, and Ofwego, far the term of fix month# in
' advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term of
! at lead three months in advance, i* good a«tf wholesome
provisions, if the fame (hall be required. It is to be unj
" (ierflo-jd, that the Contra&or isto beat the expence and
r rilk of iffuirgthe fapplits to the troops atewch pod, and
that all losses l'ultained by the depredations of an enemy, or
by means of the troops of the United States, (hall be yaid
for at the price of „ e articles captured or destroyed, on
the depositions of two or naore persons of creditable cha
railers, and the certitioate of a commiflioncd ofiicer, as
certaining the circumllances of the loss, and the amonnt
of the aiticUs foi which compenfaoion shall be claimed
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
toetretary oi the i reafury.
PROPOSALS,
Pgr carrying the Mails of rhe United
Statbs, e
On tit following Pofi Roads, "will it ratived until
tbcfirft day.of March next inclujivt '
1. Frum Chjrleftun, S. C. hy Jackfonb.ro' and Coofa
hatchy, to Susannah, twice a week. Receive tfce Mail
at CharUfton errery Tue4day and Friday by 6, P. M. and
<Seliv.ru.. Sferni... nvxt Friday ana Monday, by 8
> > iV* tie Mail atSavahoak ev _
Samrday, by 6, P. M. and Wetinefday by 6, A. M. and
deliver it at Charlcilea the next Tuesday and Friday
by noon.
Fy.tr/,1, for tbit route will In rcMi'ttd by the p*ji-maj!er a!
Savannah. a(
2. From Coofahatchy to Beaufort onee a week— ft
Receive the mail at Co.fahatchy eyery Thofrfday by 6,
p. m. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Jit
turiJjig, leave Beaufjrt every Friday by 3, r. m. and arrive
at Coofakatchy on Saturday by 8, a. m.
Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be r«-
oeived by the poft-maftcr at Beaufort.
Note I. The Poll-master General may alter the times
for the arrival and departure of the mailt at any time du- el
ring tht continuance of the contract, he previously ftipu- £
lating an adequate cempeafation for any extaa expeace in
that may be octafioned thereby. cl
Note 2. For every hours delay (unavoidable accidents v.
excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by con
traA, the coatra&or (hall forfeit one dollar, aid if the
delay continue until the departure of any depending mail
an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
Note 3. Should any person making proposals desire an
alteratioa of the tiaics of arrival and departure above fpe- <j
cified, he mud flat* the alteration desired and the price f,
he will carry the mail for with and without such alte- „
ration. ' 1
Note 4. The contraifts arc to be in operation on the
fir ft day of April next and to continue until the 30th of
September ia the year 1800.
JOSEPH HABERSHAM,
Z 3 ojt Alafter General.
General Pod Office, }
Philadelphia, Jan. 13,1797. J <
*vi. 16. d6w. ]
Mas. G RATTAN
RefpeAfully informs her friends, and the public in
general, that on Tuesday the icthday of January,
she propolts opening, at No. 39, North Sixth
flreet,
A Linen and Muslin Warehoufc.
Book Muslins, from 6/3 t» ia/11 per yard
Jaconet ditto, from 8/8 to 5/8 per yard
Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/tG per yard
Fine ColTaes
Tambour'd Book Muslins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard
India Muslin, from.ll/3 t0 '5/ per yard
Sheeting Muslin
Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdkf.
Book muslin Handkerchiefs from j/3 to 1 ofb per hdkf.
Muslin color'd-and border'd Handkerchiefs
Dacca Handkerchiefs
Tambaur'4 Cravats from I</8 to n/ll
Pocket Handkerchiefs
Cambric, jom 11/3 to 16/3 per yard
Table Clotks
Huekabuck Towelling
W*.n 1;■ n', oVton r — fn T 1i f T'" T
Dimity Irow*' x l * **d i/fll
Men's Silk Hose
Tambovr'd muslin Handkerchiefs from njii to ij/i
Irilh linens for Gentleir en's Shirts, from 3/5 to g/7
And a variety of other articles.
N. B. Orders received for all kinds <>f ready made
. Linen, Senticmen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Cravats,
Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.
HoufhoM Linen, &c. ixc.
A plain ftirt, made and iriark'd, 3 1-2 dollars.
A full l ufßrd ditto, 4 dollars.
A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars.
A fuil ruffled oitto 6 dollars
A plain ftiirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollars.
A till ruffled ditto 7 dollars.
A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars.
A full ruffled ditto 7 1-2.
A plain Ihirt, made and mark'd, 6 1-1 dollars.
A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars.
Linen included.
January 13. 5
Cheap French China.
THE lVoferibers finding it ianpoffible to fiipply their
* (lore with any more China from France, the prices
being too immoderate in the manufafleries, give n«-
tice that they will fell at prime eolt the regaining
deck on hand, coufifting of
DelTcrt Setts,
Tea-Table Setts
! Separate Cups and Saucers
Groupes and Figures
1 Alabafler Vases
Looking aiaffes, is gilt frames,
Betides India Japin'd Toilet Desks, Chairs, Tables
' nad Quadrille Boxew PASQUIEII & Co.
N®. 91, South Seeond-ftrest.
December sth.
[ The Elephant,
1 Now exhibited, was bought for Ten 1 houfand
1 Dollars.
: He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet.
r Me eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of
water ; he has drank fame days forty bottles of porter,
1 drawing the corks with his trunk.
* He is perfe&ly inoffenfive; travels loose, at the
rate of five nailes an hour, and is the grcateft curiosity
ever broaglit to this Continent.
He is to be seen 'till the 15th 0/ Janiary, in
Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at
a qiarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him—
f after which time the former price of half a dollar wHI
be resumed.
He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather
will permit.'
December
s—■ . *
Brokers Ottice, and
r COMMISSION STORE.
1 No. 63 South Third street, opposite the nalipnal new Bank'
■ QAMUEL M FROUNCES and JOHN VAN REED,
' O have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of
' FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers,
E Conveyancers and Commiflion merchants. They buy and
» fell on commiflion every lpecies of llock, notes of hand,
* bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c.
Money procured #n deposits, &c. &c. r all kinds of
r writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefsand
dispatch -, accounts udjufted, and books fettled, in the
1 most correfl manfter. Conflant attendance will be given.
" They solicit a share of the public favor ; tliey are detsr
- mined to endeavour to deserve it.
1 N. B. The utmost feerecy observed.
S AMUEL M. FRAUNCES,
JOtlN VAN REED.
I'hil;.i. "iuguft 27, 1796. m&wtf
Hibernian Society.
Such of the Member." ol this society as are entitled to
Diplopias, are requefUd to as ply for tliehi to
Mr. fiugh M<,lntel, Vice- trsfidmt;
Mr. David Af't-orrijci, Treefer er /
Mr. Robert H< Lounjeihr ;
Mr\ y»lepb Brown ;
Mr. EiwariT Fox j
Or to MATHEW CAKEY, fin.
PMlirt. Jwi. it, t7ff. - mmi't
FOR SALE,
About i,600 acres of Land,
WELL situated, laying on and between Marfii
and Beech .Creeks, Mifflin county, Penpfylvanu, in
four separate Patent!. For tei rns ot file apply to
i, Wm. Blackburn*
Ne. 64, South Sfcond-lirset
tariuary 16. • mwW
Waftiington Lottery.
TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or
exchanged for prires, at the Office, No. 14), Chrfout-
w>here a correA Numerical Book is kept for public
infpe&ion. Also Canal LottaryTickets for sale or ex
changed for prizes diawn n the Washington Lottery, of
which the 54th a fid 55th days returns afe received
The Business of a Broker carried an as usual.
January 13.
All Persons having Demands
Against the Estate of the late '1 hornas Franklin,
deeeafed, ate deflred to bring in their account* for
settlement; and thote indebted to make immediate
payment, to ISRAEL PLEASANTS, E
WALTER FRANK' !N,or [ J, ' xec,, *
SAMUEL R. FRANKLIN, 3 to '*'
January 14th, 1796. eozw
Wants a Situation,
I As a Housekeeper, an Enylith worewa, completely
I qualified in every relpefl to keep a Gentleman's Houle.
I Euquirc of the Printer.
I January 26 *ct
I , Davis's Law Book Store,
I No. 313, HIGH-STREET,
I GEORGE DAVIS announces to his protefiional friends,
I and the Gentlemen <if the Law, generally, through toe
I Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is now arraog*
I ed, and ready for Sale, from a fingleXiolurftc to °n entire h-
J brary, without any advance upon his former eitce<fdij»g km
1 prices, whitfh fortcvcial years pa it have in so dttttnguilhed Tl
1 manner recommended them'to notice.
I Printed Catalogues combining the tftoft exteafive coiltc-
I tion cf the latest English and Irifb Editions ever mi ported
I into this country, are publiihed, and will be deliveied gia;ia
I on application.
I Orders addressed to G. D. in writing t-rom- any dtUaue*
I (hall be punctually attended to.
I A number of TRUNKS for Sale.
J i ALSO, TO BE LET,
I A convenient LOFT, near Market Street
ov.S. tu&fg»
FOR SALE,
| At WKU«l»<iec' Tea. Ware-H n use t
No. 99, North Second Street.
J Imperial r Hyson Skin.
I Hyfau, C Frefli Teas. < Souchong,
J Young Hyson, J (.Bohea
I Dec. 9. 3lawjm,
' I Le Breton,
S UR GEON-DENTIST,
I Pupil of the celebrctad Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the'
I Kin;» and Royal Family of France, member or the
1 College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris,
I Keeps a complete aflbrtnient of every thing neceflary
to be used forth'e
Preservation of the Mtwth and Teetfi.
I Patent Minoral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth ;
1 Dentrifice in powder ; Opiate ; excellent Elixir for
I sweetening the mouth and preserving the teeth—he
I also furnifhes Bruihes and foft Sponges.
1 * He lives in Cliefnut-ftreet, No. 135, above
J Fourth-flreet.
November »6. tt*
r I , — '——— \
8 Twenty Guineas Regard.
I RANAWAY from the fubferiber on the 13d October,
* I a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES ; 21 years
I old ; about 5 feet 8 inches high; had on a mked green
1 coat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow .buttons;
I a striped vest ; a pair of dark spotted pantaloons, and
I whole boot, much worn. It is probable he may ehange
I his name and dress. He has been aceuftomed to driving
a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will be
paid for fccliring him so that the fubferiber may get him
:s again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid by
1 Robins Ghamherlai/te.
. I Eaflon. Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 (miawtf
FOR SALE AT WILLIAM P MUST MAN'S
d No. 15 fotith Fifth-ftrcet,
, 1 Between Market and Chefnut Streets,
f I A Qjaitity of Plain Gold Watches ; Gold eaamel'd &.
" t\. ornamented with pearls *, Silver and metal ditto, by
r > the iSrft makers in London and Paris ; a Time-Piece
Iby Arnold ; plain gold by Mudge ts" Dutton; feveiwl
ie diamond a»d diamond & pearl Ucket', tings, ear-ri»g„,
y &c; about to lb. of Scotch thread j doublo-barrel'd guns,
in cafe, by Mantan ; quantity of plated table, tea, and
Ji night plated eandleltieks, branches, &c 46 volumes of
it I Law-Bosks, ia one lot, meftly reports, folio, scarce and
- valuable boots ; books of Prints ; —amongft which are
II Martyn on Shells, Statue da Rofli, Calmet's Di<S'onnair«
dc Bible, Johnson's Poets, 75 vols. Baflcerville's Addifon,
;r I 4 vols. Kiograpliia Britannica, ©pere de Machiavclii,
Ruins of Balbec, Blair's Chronology, Plinii Hiftorica Na
turalis, Montfaucon's Antiquities, State Trials; Evelyn's
" 1 Silva, Poftlewayte's DiAionary, Rittrattii duomini illuf-
I tri Tofcani, Ouevres de Bayle, Caracoi.
January 31 S
5! For Sale,
3 f I By the Sublicribers —In PENN-STREET,
65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine,
f Imported by »te Eagle.
WILLINGS & FRANCIS.
D f Nov. 30
" A Lt. PERSONS
n. j TNDEBTBD to the 1(1:ate of Georo.f Ross, late of Cape
r 1 May, deceased, are requested to make immediate pay
-1 meat to the Subscriber, and those who have any demands
I aeainft said EfatiSj will pliafe call on him fer settlement.
J JAMES YOUNG*, Aimr,
I Swaafen, below South Street.
Janutry 30