Unites Philadelphia Dally Advertiser, t SATURDAY FEBRUART 4, 1797. [Volume XI. . 'Number I37"*J ' : ——— ; ; 11 • On SATURDAY EVENING, February 4, J > between the hours of 6 and BSo'clock, Will pof,lively be Sold at Public Vendue, at the Mer chant't Coffee-Houft, pi A N O T E, ' p Drawn by William Burgifs & Co. of South Third- « near Mjrket-ftreet, Linen Drapers, in favour of Robert Burffifs. jtm. or rtrd*r, for 600 dolUrs. The said Note became due the 30th December last, " and was protested for non payment. An approved Ntte at 60 days will be taken in pay- stem. 01 February 2. * p 50 Dollars Reward. [| LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the fukferiber was going to his house at the Fall' of Schuylkill, from the house of hit father-in-law, Mr. Francis Stewart, ir Si'gar alley, between Sixth and Se venth-streets. afove Market-street, A black POCKET-BOOK, 5 Containing 1190 Dollars, in Bank-Notes j I'l-om t to XOO Dollars each, 1 One of which v* as o r the Branch-Bank of New-York, X and several papers, <uch as recei' ts arid orders. — The road the fubferiber fook, was the Falls road, eroding at ( th Upper Ferry . J Whoever finds the above Pocket-Book, and returns it ( to the fubferiber at the Falls, or to bis father-in-law, 1 mr Stewart, living in Sugar Alley, shall be entitled to r the above reward, paid by JAMES HAFFY. Feb. V Insurance Company of the State of j Penpfylvania. „ J L ■- OTICE Is lith-'ifrj giVcif, mil dt* diretftor' fiave de jL\ clared a dividend, of thirty dollars per lhare, on he business of the last fix months : which will be paid to he stockholders or their legal reprefeiitativ«s, after the I oth in flan t. SAM. W. FISHFR, Szc'Y . Philadelphia, Feb. xd, 1797. dtioth. FOR SALE, 7 HE SHIP MART, ] SAMUEL PARKER, Master, ] " Two hundred tons burthen. Apply to , JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co. If the MARY is not fold in a few days, Ihe will tak freight for Hamburg. Apply as above. Oilober 31. d For Sale-, or Charter, The Ship DIANA, , Samuil Pile, Mailer,' Burthen aoj 47*95 ten' register, built in £023 Philadelphia, in the'year 1792, of live oak 1 and"red cedar, and was (heathed 13 months ago, file has jult had a compleat out-fit, and may be fe*t to sea at a very trifling expence. For terms apply to Philip Nicklin $3* Co. (Tho have for fate on boar J said veflet, «7 calks of fine yellow paint. 9 boxes and 12 bundles ,of writing slates. r box ink stands and note presses. 14 bales of faileanvafs. And on hand, Imperial ") Hyson, and, £ TEAS. Sou? bong J 40,00 pieces Nankeens.of the ftrfl quality. 19 tubs Quicksilver. t chests Bandanna handkerchiefs. A few ch-fts Manchevker goodsweil assorted in Cor duroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk. f\ ■ i!to crates Queens ware well assorted. * * 10 tons lheet lead. Nails assorted, flat and (harp points. London Particular, Madeira Wine in pipes London .Market, > anc j hogftieads, New-York Market, J 40 pipes and 10 hoglheads Teneriife wine. 8 tierces Suake Root. 330 logs Mahogany. Nov- -1 tthfrfif " A CAR D. If Monjieur G H• Sohls, WhoTcfTDofcTeaux TJie TOtbJonc last, and arrived at Boftqn ibotit the middle ofAajruft, in. the fchonner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is roquefted to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No» 5, Chefnut-ftreet, who will give him forne information of importance- December 14, 1796. $ Washington Canal Lottery, NO. I. WHEREAS the , State of Mvylartd has authorifsii the underwritten, to raise. twenty-fix thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for (he purpose of catting 3 Canal through the City of Washington, fru.u th Po *omac to the Eatlern Branch Haruour. 'i'he following is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz •.1 Prize of 10,000 dollars, 10,000 I ditto 10, coo 10,000 7la ft drawn > 000 3J>OOO Tickets, each J 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 ao ditto 100 ifioo SS ditto jo z,7.<0 5750 ditto 12 69,00^ To be raised for th« Canal, 16,15® 5850 Priz«s, *75,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 1 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 <9- The Commiflioners have taken the Securities re quired by the aforefaid aft for the pnn&ual payment o< the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, withou; delay, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after th* drawing is finished, ihall be considered as relinqnilhed for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed J NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, Wm. M.DUNCANSON, , THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. Ctt of Wabirglen, Feb. 11. $ In order to comply <witb coutraSs, I will fell, for approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments, j A Square of LOTS, At the upper end of Fredericklburg, beginning op posite to the lower comer of Do&or Welliord's, on Caroline-Href!, and running up 10 the crol's lireet 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 front, and 111 back, 11 on Caro- lme-ftreet, and u 011 Sophia-street. Nine of those a ou Caroline-street I have lealed on an annual ground rent of 8 and 10 pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds, and the vacant lgts a purchafet could enhance the value of by btrjding small honfes, which will as readiiy procure.tenants as pots or goards. will Martins in the s and yiel-o a greater profit ill proportion to their tfoft than large buildings. Thoff who incline to purchase may knew the terms by applying to p HENRY FITZHUGH. u Beli-Air, Dec. 8, 1796- 7thJ.d 4 w , Red Qover Seed. c . Frelh red Clover Seed of rtic belt quality, in bags of 5 bulhels cach r Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use Teneriffe wine in pipes, hogsheads and quarter calks Ditto do. of fir ft quality, for the use of private families e Coffee in hoglheads « t ' Jamaica spirits c Connedticut soap in small bodies i Window glass and Spanilh fegars, and Two trunks of best pitent, plain atid ribbed silk and , cotton hofierv, for file by i JOHN CRAIG. I February r* wff&mtf 1 l'rejh Oar den, Grass and t lower-heeds, . Roots, ii?c. iifc. This day landing from the (hip Eagle, captain Fofdick, front London, And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Ktcond-ftreets, /) mojl capital and xxlenfive Affortnunt of GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &o. Sec. Among which are, Five kinds Asparagus Three kinds CreCTes Four Bcrecole Twelve Onion Twenty-five Beans Thirteen Radifli Six Beetsj Fifteen Turnip Eleven Brocoli: Fifteen Peas Twenty-fix Cabbage! Six Savoy Six Carret: Four Parfniu Three Cauliflower Twenty-three , Melon Five Celery Twenty-one Lettuce Ten Cucumber / Common and lemon Thyme Curled leaf and sprigged Par (ley Pet Maryeold, Put Marjorum Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel Leek Kail - Shallots Rape Seed Rye Grass Saiju Foin Lucerne Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. \\ ith a curious collection of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Being the most extensive ever imported into this city. The above are from a capital beedfman in London, and are warranted frefh and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Pec. I*l 5 ~ Women's Cloaks. GEORGE DOBSON, No. 15, South Third-street, Has just reeeived, per Eagle, Capt. Fofdick, via Lou don, an ;iffortment of Scarlet Drab / Cloaks trimmed with lur and Purple and C ermine. Pu»rl J December I ?. 5 X? NOTICE Sales of LANDS of the Uuittd States, iuthe 1 North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised in the several public papers,, will commence this even i ing, at th; » 'ity Tavern -to be continued from day to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not foouer fold. January 4 i . Treasury Department, September 23, 1796. NOTICE is hereby given, that' proposals will bp re ceived at the office of the Secretary of the Tioafury d until the expiration of the firft day of March next en ,r suing, for the lupply of all rations which may he required n for the use of the United States, from the firft day of 0 June, 1797, so the thirty-firft day of May, 1798, both days inclulive, at the places and within the diftridts h.re after mentioned, viz. At Ofwcgo; at Niagara; at - Paefque lsi ; at Sandulky Lake, and on Sanduflcy River; at Detroit; at Michilimackinac; at Forl-Frank lin; at Pittsburgh ; at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hamilton at Fort St. Clair; at Fort-Jefferfen ;at Grenville; at ;6 , Picque Town and Loramies Store; at Fort Adams; at j Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ; at any place btluw Fort ' Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort ; Steuben ;at Fprt MalTac ;at aay plac; from Fort Maffac to the south boundary of the United State* on the river Mifiifippi; at Fort Knox; at Ouiatanon. If iuj»plies lhall be required for any polls or places not mentioned in this notice, all such supplies Ihall be f\ir nilhed at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the posts before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the Contractor. The rations to be supplied are to confilt of the fol lowing articles, viz. Qnc pound two ounces of bread or flour. One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacoh. .Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiikey. One quart and half a pint of fait."} Two quarts of Vinegar, ( , Two pounds of Soap, er hundred ratiani One pound of Candles, J The rations are to be furnifhed in such quantities, as that there fUallat all times during the said term, be fufliaient ' for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, De troit, Niagara, and Ofwego, for the term of fix month* in advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term o[ 1 at least three months in advance, in good aad wholesome provisions.is thefame fmll b-: required. It is to be un° ' derlloijd, that the Contractor isto beat the exfence and r rifle o! iffuirgthe supplies to the troops ateach post, a DI J that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy or by means of the troops of the United States, ifc»U be for at the pricc of the articles captured or destroyed on the depositions of two or more persons of creditable <Jia- and the certificate of a commifiioncd oflicrr af certabiing the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of th: ai tides for which compenfatiou fball be claimed OLIVER WOLCOTr, - i«r»tary of the Treasury. • i PROPOSALS, For carrying the Mails of the United { Status, On the following Pofi Roads, will be reuived until tkefirjl day of March next inclusive ? X. "From Ch irleftun, Su C. by Jackfonboro' and Coofa hatchy* twice a week. Receive the vTail at Cha; ldfton every Tuelday ttnd Fi iday by 6\ P. M. and deliver it at Savannah tJKe next Friday and Monday, by 8 A. M. Returning, receive the Mail at Savannah ev- y » Saturday, by 6, P.M. and Wednefdiy by 6, A. M. and deliver it at Chai'leKon the next Tuesday and Friday 0 by noon. P a Proposals for this rout« tutll be received by the pofl-r/i after at Savannah. 2. From Coofahatchy to Beaufort once a week- Receive the mail at Copfafratchy every Thursday by 6, — p. m. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Re turning, leave Beaufort every Friday by 3, p. m. and arrive at Coofahatchy on Saturday by 8, a. m. Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be r«- ceived by the post-waller at Beaufort. / Note 1. The Pofl-mafter General may alter the times L for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time du* th< ring the continuance of the contra&s, he previously ftipu- J by lating an adequate compensation for any e*tua expence di; that may be ocoafioned thereby. & Note 2. For every hours delay (unavoidable accidents in excepted) in arriving after the tinier prderibed by con- ni tra&, the cowtrailor (hall forfeit one dollar, and if the L; delay continue until the departure of any depending mail va an additional forfeiture oi five dollars shall be incurred. M Notf 3. Should any perlon making proposals desire an d< alteration of the times of arrival and departure above fpe- 4 eified, hfc mud Hate the alteration desired a*d the price R he will carry the mail for with and without such alte- tu ration. Si Note 4. The ccntra&s are to be in operation on the tr firft day of April next and to continue until the 30th of September in the year — JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Pejl Majler General. Gentril Post Office, > Philadelphia, Jan. 13/1797.3 , j; v, »a* 16. d6w. M«. G RAT TAN Refpe&fuly informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the letkday of January, ihe projoles opening, at No. 39, North Sixth ftrect, A Linen an'd Muslin Warehouse. Book Muilns, from 673 to 32/11 per yard Jaconet dilto, from 8/8 to 9/8 per yard v S./nped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard Fine Cofl*s c ? Book Muslins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard India Muslin, from 11/3 to Isf per yard Sheeting Muslin Jaconet rmflin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdkf. Book mufln Handkerchief from 5/3 to lofO per hdkl. Muslin cobr'd and border'd Handkerchiefs Dacca Handkerchiefs Tambeur'dCravats from to Ilfll Pocket Haadkerchiefs Cambric, lrom 11/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Clotbs "Huckaback Towelling Women's Cotton Hose, from to [ Dimity from 5/10 to tfii Men's Srik Hose TambourM muslin Handkerchiefs from wfil to I.J/1 Irilh linens for G<>*lerr en's Shirts, from 5/5 W7 And a variety 01 other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linci!, Gentlemen's Shirts, rutfled or plain, Cravats, Pocktt Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Houfhold Lin An, & c . &c. A plaia shirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 6 dollars A plain shirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain lhirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 712. ' A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 1-2 dollars* 1 A very feme ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13. } r Cheap French China. THE fsbferibers finding it impoffiblc to supply their (lore with any more China from France, the prices being too immoderate in the rnauufafleries, giv* no tice that they will fell at prime cofi the remaining lieck nn hand, conlilhng of DefTert Setts, . Tea-Table Setts 1 Separate Cups and Saucers f Grou"|j)e« and Figures , Alabalter Vases Looking GlafTes, in gilt frames, t Besides India Japan'd Toilet Dclks, Chairs, Tables i nad Quadrille Boxe». I'ASQUIEH ic Co. No. 91, South becond-ttreet. ; December 5Hi- t{ \ The Elephant, t Now exhibited, \va« bought for Ten 1 houfand c Dollars. c He is 3 years old, 6 feet high,'growing to 18 feet, r He eats ijo weight a-day, and drinks a barrel us water j he has drank lome days forty bottles of porter, ' drawing the corks with Ins trenk. . He is perfe<sly inoffenfive; travels loose, at the ' rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ' -ever brought to this Continent. He it to be seen 'till tjie ijtb of January, in Markel-ftreet between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— j after which time the farmer price of half a dollar will be resumed. H« will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31 - d Brokers Ctfice, and t COMMISSION STORE. ' No. 63 South Third ftr«et,oppofite the national new Bank' - QAMUEL M FROUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, n O have entered into co-partnerftiip, under th« firm of f FRAUNCES 5c VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, e Conveyancers and Corumidion merchants. They buy and ! fell on commission every species of ltock, notes of hand, I bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c. Money procured on depo&ts, &c. &c. : all kinds of r writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefs»nd a dispatch; accounts adjuftcd, «and books fettled, in the II most correfl maaoer. Coflftant attendance will be given. - They solicit a fiiare of the public favor ; they are deter mined to endeavour to deserve it. it N. B. Th« utmost secrecy observed. SAMUKL M. FRA'UNCES, JOHN VAN REED. rhilad. aujuK 17, 1796. m&wtf • ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the Estate of Gtsacr Rots, late of Cap* May, dece.fed, are requested to aiake imiueiiiatr pay ment to the Subscriber, and thoffwho have any demands against laid Kfute, will please call on Mm for fettluncut. JAMES TOUMG, AJn'r, Swaafon, below SoutKStreet. J-tiuarv so , JCWt All Persons having Demands Against the Estate of the late Thomas Franklin, dereafed, aie'delirrd to bring in their accounts for settlement; and those indebted to make immediate payment, to ISRAEL PLEASANTS, ) P WALTER FRANKLIN, or $ * SAMUEL K. FRANKLIN, > January 14th, J796. eoiw FOR SALE JIT WILLIAM PRIESTMAN'S No. 15 south Fifth-ltreet, Between Market and Cliefnut Street!, A Quantity of Plain Gold Watches ; Gold eaarael'd & ornamented with pearls j Silver and metal ditto, by the firft makers in London and Paris ; a i iine-P>ec« by Arnold ; plain gold by .Mudge S" Dutton; fevcral diamond aad diamond Isf pearl locket', rings, ear-rings. See; about 60 lb. of Scotch thread; double-barrel'd gun 9, in cafe, by Mauton ; quantity of plated table, tea, and night plated eandlelcicks, branches, Sec. 46 volumes of Law-B«oks, iA one lot, meftly reports, f«li», scarce and valuable books ; books of Prints } —amoni>ft vGhich arc Martyn on Shells, Statue da Roili, C alraet's I)iil : onnaire de Bible, Johnson's Poets, 75 vol». Balkerville's Addiioc, 4 vols. Biographia Britannica, Opere de IVlachiavcllr, I Ruins of Balbec, Blair's Chronology, Plinii Huonca Na turalis, Montfaucon's Antiquities, State Trials; Evclyn'i Silva, Poftlewayte's Dictionary, Rittrattii duouiini illuf j tri Tofcani, Oaevres de Bayle, Caracci. j Jrmary 31 § Hibernian Society. Such of th» Members ot this society as are entitled t« I Diplomas, are requested to apply for them to Mr. Hugh Holmes, Vice Crejident; Mr. David M'Cormict, Treasurer / Mr. Robert H. Drinker, Lounjillor j Air. Jojeph Brown ; I M>". Edward Fox ; Or to MATHEW CAREY, Sec. Phihd. Jan. 41, 1797. tawAt FOR BALii, About 1,600 acres of Land, I WELL situated, laying on and between Marsh I and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in I four l'eparate Patents. For terms oi sale apply to I Wm. Blackburn, N®. 64, South Sfcond-ftrcet I January if,. mw/ftf Washington Lottery, TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purcliafed or 1 exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chefnut- I Creet, where a correit Numerical Book is kept for public 1 infpe£ti6n. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale er ex. j changed for prizes diawß in the Washington Lottsry, of I which the 54th and 55th days returns are received. 0" The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. January n.- ttstf Davis's Law Book Store, No. 3x3, HIGH-SIREtT, ' j GEORGE DAVIS announces to hit profeflionai friends* I and the Gentlemen of ihc Law, generally, through the I Union, that his laie importation of BOOKS is now arrange j ed, and icady for Sale, from a (ingle volume to an cmire h -1 brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding low I prices, which for fcveral years part have in so diftinguiihed a I manner recommended them to notice. j Piinted Catalogues combining the m#ft exteafive collec. | tion cf the latest Englith and liilh Lditions ever in:y wud I into this country, arc pnbi&ihed, and will be delivered giatia I oa application. I Orders addrefTed to G. D. in writing from any distanCe v l (hall be punctually attended to. I A number of TRUNKS for Sale. I K ALSO, TO BE LET, - J A convenient LOFT, near Ma.ket Street Wharf, ov - 8 tuftfjip » FOR SALE, At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99, North Second Street. I Imperial J r Hyson Skin. I Hyson, C Frtlh Teas. < Souchong, Young Hyson, J CBohea I Dec. 9. jtaw.^m. For Sale, 56 J By the Subfcribers—ln PENN-STREF.T, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, t I Imported by the Eagle. WILUNGS & FRANCIS. Nov. 30 d Le Breton, jf SURGEON-DENTIST, r Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the ' King and Royal Family of France, member of the te College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, Keeps a complete aflortment of every thing neceflary to be used forthe n Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth. it Patent Miaoral Teeth, and Human & ivory Teeth ; - Dentrifice in powder ; Opiate i excellent Elixir for II sweetening the mouth and preserving the teeth he also furuifties Brushes and foft Sponges. :r H« lives in Chefout-ftreet, No. 135, abav* I Fourth-street. November 16. tts Twenty Guineas Reward. I RANAWAY from the fubferiber «n the 13d O&obor, . I a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES ; ai year» - ) > old; about 5 feet 8 inches high ; had on a mixed green coat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buttons; '*• I a flriped vest j a pair of dark spotted pantaloons, and whole boots much w«rn. It is probable he may clsange I his name and dress. He has been accustomed te driving (I a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will be J paid for fccuring him so that the fubferiber may get ham "■ I again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid by n. j Robins Chamberlaine. r j Eafton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 ' Imaawtf PRINTERS Who have infeited Advsrtifements at the request of the I Editor of tbis Paper, ire desired to forward their accounts J as nary 30 $$l ' J
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