. / #a?ette of m tEHtteU Jlt&t£o 9 & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. WEDNESDAT EVENING, FEBRUART 15, 1797. [VoluMM XI. Number 138 5. J , ; —■ 1 _ . „ «r.m A Pri nn'nil I I\A ft S. Cv R A T ~T A 11 For Freight or Charter, qheis a good vefTel, fails fart, farrie* c i! ■» a bout 500 barrels, and will take in Frtii'ht to proceed C.aftwife, or for the Weft Indies. dr For terms apply to imanu'il Seaward, nwfter, on t0 board, at Arch-street wharf, or t. ISAAC HARVET, Jun, a r N«. i South Water-Greet. February 14 lw T®R SALE, ON BOA R • SAID VESSEL, \v A few coils Cordage, CANDLES, and j* SHOES. For Sligo and Kiliibegs, p wftmjSLt The American Ship Nancy, a( MSgS®! Cuthbert Riggs, matter. hi Will fail with all convenient speed. For rt freight or paffiigo apply to al William Bell; tl Who has for sale, r, 4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well aflbrted 3 Bales Irilh Flannels, and a boxes Lmen» e as Pipes Brandy -«».'• ! ; Madeira Wine ; Indigo. Russia Matts. h Also, f< A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK, ii OATMEAL, «cc. November it, 17961 1 _ , ~~ CUSTOM-HOUSE, February 13. 1797- Sales at AT the Custom Hoofe, on Monday next, the 10th in- I ftaHt, at t» o'clock, for payment of duties, having C remained in the It ores beyoad the time limited by law, the 1 1 ijK * tub »f Brass Kettles TH 1 Stven boxes difFere»t specimens of Minerals f S t One box Playing Cards iv p S One ditto Paper { I & 1 Two boxes Pamphlets 1 A 2 W B Three caflcs Wine ( A box Mill Saws 1 M Six poekets Cetton I C M One box Pamphlets a I§T I a 3 Three boxes Book? t t Xf M I & 1 Two boxes ditto I T D 202 One bale Girth Wabb 0»e box Pamphlets | TW One cafe Womtn's Silk Shoes One clicit containing Cloth J One bundle Bags M §R No. 4 One trunk Worded Tassels One bundle supplejack Canes c One box Candles I One ditto Sqap t O Two small boxes Linens The Goods may be viewed at any time in the morning t of the day •£ sale. (Signed) SHARP DEL AN 2 , February 14 {W Collector. The Elephant, New exhibited, was bought for Ten Thoafand Dollars. T" ; He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet, lie! eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water ; he has drank some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is perfectly inoffenlive; travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in I Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the former price of half a dollar will be resumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather Will permit. December 31 d ... — —. 1 " , —r—T Red Clover Seed. Fresh red Clover Seed of the bell quality, in bags of 5 bifftiels cach Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use Teneriffe wine in pipes, hogsheads and quarter calks c Ditto do. of firit quality, fpr the ute of private J families j Coffee in hogsheads Jamaica spirits Conneflicut soap in small boxes Window gtafe and Two trunks of best patent, plain and ribbed silk and cotton hosiery, for sale by JOHN CRAIG, February j. wff&mtf j , FOR SALE, BT Philip Nicklin & Co. < IMPEXiAi and} TEAS Hyion j If Tubs Quickfilyer 4 Chests Bandanno Handkerchiefs A few thefts Manchester Goods, well assorted ia Cor duroyj, Thickets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, &c. ] 3 Trunks black Sewing Sjlk 180 Crates Queen's Waic, well assorted IO Tohs Sheet Lead Nails assorted flat and sharp point? London Partialar") Madeira wine in pipes and hogs- India Market j heads 40 Pipe* asd JO Hogsheads Tsneriffe 10 Hogffoads choice Port Wine 7 Tierces Snake-Root »6 Casks yellow Paist 9 Boxes and it Bundles writing Slates I Box Ink Stands and Note Presses 14 Bales Sail Canvass assorted, No. I to 8 February 11. raw&ftf A convenient stable Situ at f. pin Laurel Court— 3 Stalls therein to be rent ed, with the privilege of using the Hay-Loft. Eight years ef the time of service ef a NEGRO MAN for sale. He is accustomed to house work, and capable of taking care of H°tfes. Enquire of the Printer. February II ftthtf RICE. ISo Tierces Rice for Sale by Samuel Breck, Jun. No. 89 South Third Street LIKEWISE, 15 or 9.• Pockets COTTON, and A Quamity I. H. SHERRY WINE, 50 Cdfes SWEET OIL, &c. &c. Jcbinaiy (i t^ilh6t Samuel Richardet . Respectfully informs the Gentlemen i Merchants, that he has this day opened the CI 1 Y TAVERN andMEkCHANTS COFFEEHOUSE in the ■ city of Philadelphia. n,v ---1 The Subfcriptioti Room will be furmfhed with all the daily papers publilbed in Philadelphia, N=w-York 80l- I ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com mercial cities of Europe,—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account Tea, Coffee,Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a vari«*y of French Liquors; together with the usual refreihments, will at all times be procured at the bar. . . Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated Wlt " ' the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the moll approvedMalt'Liquors from London aijd other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, or ftngle Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfafts, dinners, or Suppers, at hours most conv nient to themfelves —a cold Collation is t regularly kept for conveniency, the Billof Fare to be had at tha bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furmlhed, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite. ' Samuel Richardet will behappyto receive, ana execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himfelf that nothing on his part shall be wanting to pre fcrvethat patronage with which he has been so diftinguifh ingly honored. Philadelphia, April 19 mwf CAMILLA, Or APifture of Youth. By the authored of Evelina and Cecilia, to be com , prised in five volumesj at half a dollar each, payable on delWery—Printed ,at New-York, by Mr. John le Bull. CONDITIONS. I. Handsome, neat type, perfcdll> new»J_i* em ployed . . . 11. A volume, Hitched in blue paper, is intended to be published every 2 weeks, till the five are com pleted; the"firft and second are come to hand, and the third is hourly expelled. Subscriptions are received, and Books may be had of J. OKMROD, Iso. 41, Chefnut-ftreet- Mrs. D'Arblay (late Miss Btirney) the celebrated authoress of this inimitable work, needs eulogy to add to the laurels she has already acquires in the literary world. The ltrength of imagination and ele gance of style, displayed in Evelina and CeciLi, will fufficiently recommend to every reader of taste and judgment, the peiufal of Camilla. It may not be improper to add, that the Queen of England, after having perused this interfiling publi cation, presented Mrs. D'Arblay v-ith a thouLnd pounds flerling, as a teflimqny ot her approbation oi the work. January 25 mw f ,g For Sale, — By the Siibfcribers —In PENN-STREF.T, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, id . Imported by the Eagle. YViLLUNGS & FRANCIS. Nov. 30 as " For Sale, f ' At the Office of the Editor of the Gazette of the le United States, A FEW COPIF.S or • " An accoiant of the Receipts and in Expenditures of the United States, for the year 179 — ivir. Pickering's Letter. II This Day Published, sr AND FOR S/ILE Br THE EDITOR, Pricc three eights of a Dollar. THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pinck _ ney, Minister Plenipotentiary of" the United States, to the French Republic. February 9. 6t of ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the Estate of the late DaVid Ken neb r Lfquire, cither by note, bill, bond, book account, or s otherwise, are requeued to make immediate payment to te the fubferibers, without deliy, and all pcrfons having any just demands agairift said Estate, are delirtd so exhibit the fame for ( ad])»llment. ANN KENNEDY 7 Adm'x. FRANCIS JOHNSTON j Adm'r. Philadelphia, February w ßw id Wants a Place, AS WAITER in a gentleman's Houle, a young man who has lived for a confi lerable time ia some mi the _ tirft lioufcs in tke city, and whose character is sure ; or would engage with a tingle gentleman t» attend on him. Directions left at the New York and Baltimore ftage office, No. is, f»uth4th, near Market fUeet, for R. H. will be attended to. Fekruary ij *8 jt Notice To the American Sailors returned from Algiers. YOU are requested to call at my house, on Thursday, the 16th instant, at ten o'clock, to receive the mo. ney 1 collefled f»r you. ST. MARY, 331 Market-ftrect. February 14 tt f Peter Borger, j s No. 12 9 Mulberry Street, HAS imported by the brig Tryal, captain Robert Knox, and the Good Friends, captain Smith, from Hamburg, 7000 Empty French bottles, 20® do. demijohns, 24.6 do. filled with beans and lentils, 100 Hand Engines, 100 Ps. Platillas, 2op While Rolls'—»• ALIO— ~ Several boxes with decanters and mmblers, half pint, pint and quarts —o*e invoice of Nuremberg toys —containing it _ fnuffrboxes, looking-glasses, &c. 100,000 Quilb of different qualities, , r 150 Boxes Window Glass, ON HAND °- 10 Q r » Gaflcs Sherry Wine, a do. Brandy, 200 Cases belt Holland Gin, — 200 Boxes Red Wine, eontaining ia bottles each, One bale of' Flannels assorted, and 30 Ps. Cloth, , Freth Prunes in and barrels. February 7. tu & fr A Wet i^urfe. WANTS A PLACE, A YOUNG Woman, with a good bread of milk. She i~T- can be well recommended Enquire at Mr. Mor row's, Gun-Smith, opposite the State-House, C'iiefnut t f;««. February 13. A Principal Book-Keeper IS wanted in one of the Public Offices. Enquiraof the Printer. February to §6t 50 Dollars Reward, LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the fubferiber was going to his houfc at th« Falls of Schuylkill, from tho of his father-in-law, Mr. iFiancis Stewart, in Sugar-alley, between Sixth and Se venth-ftrects, aiove Market-street, A black POCKET-BOOK, . Containing 1190 .Dollars, 'in Bank-Notes From c to 100 Dollars each, One of which was of the Branch-Bunk of New-York, * and it-ver.il papers, such as receipts and orders.— l"he road the fubferiber fook, was the Falls road, crofling at s the Upper Ferry. c Whoever finds the above Pocket-Book, and returns it s to the fubferiber at the Kails, or to his fatker-in-law, I mr Stewart, living in Sugar Alley, shall be entitled to the above reward, paid by a JAMES HAFFY r Feb. 3. §• t A Quantity of Brandy, « FIRST & 2d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock* in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tumblers, in pints and half-pint* Window Glass, in boxes, of different lues Hazlenuts, in faeks Whiting Copperas ( ■, ~ e White Leid f 111 llM ' " & Spanish Brawn j For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4 $ Clocks and WatcHes7 J LESLIE and PRICE, e No. 79, Market-street, Philadelphia, , HAVE IMPORTER by the late arrivals from London, 4 Urge aflortment ff WARRANTED ' WATCHES, confiding of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with leeotds, of i'upcrior j workmanship and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd & jcwell'd, capp'd, seconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches ; eight day chamber Clocks; elegjnt French Clocks II vyith marble frames ; pight day and thirty hour, brats j works, &c. December ai, 1706. d?m f_ 1' ive Dollars Reward. j T OST, afiout ten days since, a small SPANISH DOG, i; ' 1 j white, dappled with yellow—(harp ears, small head, long hair, inclining to curl j occasionally limps on one hind lpg ; aafwers to *he name' of Damon. Whoever will bring him to No 104, corner of Spruce and 3d streets, shall receive the above reward, February 9 tf&t3t JUST ARRIVED, By the Danish fcip Friendship, captain Matzen, from Oporto, Red Port Wine, hi Pipes, Hogflieads an * Quarter-Calks, c 150 Boxes of Lemons, For Sale by 3 Philips, Cramond & Co. ~ February 9 § Frejb Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds, Roots, &c. &c. This day landing from the ship Eagle, captain Fofdick, from Londc&, And FOR SALE by * GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Stcond-flreets, A mnji capital and spten/ive AJjortment of GARDEN, GRASS and FI.OWER-SEEDS * ROOTS, &c. See. 7 Among which are, , . Five kind# .Asparagus Threz kinds Creffo Four Berecole Twelve , Onioi Twenty-five Beans Radift Six _ Beets! Fift#eir" Turnip Kleven Brocoli Pea: Twenty-fix S'ul Savo] Six Carrst Four Parfnii Three Cauliflower. Twenty-three Meloi Five Celery! Twenty-one Lcttuc< in Ten Cucumber Common and lemon Thyme or Curled Ic-af apd sprigged Parflejf, Pot Marygold Pot Marjorum e- Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel Leek Kail Shallots Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Luccrtie Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. With a curious collection of the rnoft esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Y» Being the moll extensive ever imported into this city, °* The above are from a capital Seedsman in London, an are warranted frefti and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. i 1 Dec. 17 § A PARCEL 'OF VERY FINK IX> St. Croix Sugars and Rum, •g', JAMAICA SPIRITS, and LAGUI£A HIDES, For Sale by Feb. j.—fiw JAMES YARD. Twenty Guineas Reward. RANAWAY from/the fubferiber on the 13d Oftoba int a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES ; n yeai ng old ; about 5 feet 8 inches hifch ; had on a mked gree coat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buttons a striped vest.; a pair of dark spotted. pantaloons, an whole boots mHch worn. It is probable he may chang his name and dress.' He has been accustomed te drivin a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will I paid for securing him so that the fubferiber may get lln again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid t Robins Chamberlaine. Eafton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 §imaawtf < — _l NOTICE. THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in tl North-Wtftern Territory, heretofore advertift in the several public papers, will commence this eve ihe ing, at the City Tavern to be continued from d; ar- to day, 'till the tenth of MARCH next, if not fooii ut- fold. 3' January 4 § :l' Mss. G RAT TA N Refpeflfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Toefday the tc.fhday of January, she proposes opening, at No. 39, North Sixths street, A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Muslins, frona 673 to 12/il per yard v Jaconet dittff, from 8/8 per yard Striped ditto, from y/10 to 10/10 yard Fine CofTaes Tambour'd Bo6k Muslins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yird India Muslin, from IJ/3 to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin i Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 td 6/ per hdkf. Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/3 to iq/"6 per hdkf. Muslin color'd ;ind border'd Handkerchjefg Dacca Handkerchiefs Tambour'd Cravats from lc/"8 to lift I Pocket Handkerchiefs Cambric, from 11/3 to i()fs per yard » Table Cloths r 1 Huckabuck Towelling Women's from to 13/ per pair Diraity from 5/ro to 6/11 Men*s Silk Hose Tambour'd muslin Handkerchiefs from iifn to 1 frilh linens for Gentlen-en's Shirts, from to 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, See. See. Houlhold Linen, See Bcc. A plain shirt, made iytyJ mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 doHars. A plain shirt, made ard mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled itto 6 dollafs A plain shirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollar!. A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruflU-d ditto 712. A plain flairt, made and mark'd, 6 1-2 dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8, dollars. Linen included. January 13. £ Pennsylvania Population Company. 1 "VTOTICE is hereby given, to filch Share-holders a 8 X\ a*s hava not paid their assessments on theirfhares—to i pay the fame immediately to the Secretary of the Compa. r ny, at the Office, No. 53 north Kourth-ftreet, 1 Philadelphia, l'hey are further informed, that in default ~ .of paying the fame within thirty days from the 4th of le ; bruary, inllant, the several forfeitures will be flridly cx> i ailed, m conformity to the 2ifl article of association. " 6 By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Secretary Feb 4— 533 Mahogany and Logwood. ' 1 A Cargo for Sale on board of the ship Sally, captain I>. Gelfton, just arrived from Honduras. e Apply to r PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. d February 9 § Bank of Pennsylvania, January 4, 1797. n At a meeting of the Dire&ors th's a dividend of nxteen dollars on each lh"»re was declarer! for tht last 6 months, which will tee paid to the Stockholders at* er the 14th inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. Jan, 3. dtf. DANCING TAUGHT BV MRS. B r R N, Of the New Theatre, To Ladies only. THINKING it a great adyantage for them to have a Female Tutor in that art, pledges herfelf to their pai>,- ' ents and friends to take all pofllblc care in'their In addition to the Dances taught iu PfcfJadelpiKa, mean 3 to teach the Min\iet, Minuet de la Cour, .Mlemand, Ga* vot, Quadrilles, Strathspeys, and all Scotch Dances ; and above all to pay particnlar that very neceflary part Polite Address. For parti«^r' s enquire of Mrs Bvrn, No* 70 north Februry (f nnvftf - PURSUA^I^to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of Academy, in Somerset County, and e« State of Maryland, ui NO riC£ IS HEREBY GIVEN, fh That the office of Principal Teacher in the said school fit ip vacant. as A OENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and 3 y £\. Latin Claflics, Ceogtaphy, and the Mathematics, witfr ip such. other branches o£ literature as are in such schools, would meet with liberal eneouragement, and, it is ce believed, would obtain a very eligible settlement. For th® present, the Trustees would be willing to contract with a per» son capable of taking change of a Grammar S hool. As this Iriftitution is provided with buildings fufficient to accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy to eighty boys[; a library, an excellent philpfophical and ma thematical apparatus, globes, maps, &c; has refpe£lable funds, and islituated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the country ; nothing seems wanting to make it rank among the mod ufeful seminaries in this part of the Union, but a suitable character to preside in it. Proposals may be addrefTed to the fubferiber, in Princefft- Anne, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to Do£U>r n( j Martin L Haynie, No. 83, north Thitd-ftrcet, Phila delphia, or to the Printer hereof. EZEKIEL HAYNIE. January 20. Feb 7 tu&fßw — ~ This Day is Published, BY Dobfor., Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booksellers. price One Dollar and twentyjfive cents, cleganU • ly printed on wove paper, and hot-prdfed, by John Thouvp fon, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF The CONSTITUTIONS of the several States, With eaeh other, and with that of the United States; exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of eaehCon ftitution, and classing together their most impertant pro er vilions, under the several heads of administration ; with lr3 ' Notes and Observations. By William Smjth, of South ,en Carolina, LL. I) and member of the Congrcfs of the 13 . United States. Dedicated to tho People of the United nd States> N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at Pg 3-4ths of a dollar. February 6 mwf be For Sale, by By George Defchamps, No. 91, , NORTH SIXTH-STREET, r Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels — and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. the Smoaked Hsrring in barrels and kegs fed Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or Angle one en- Dry Cedfifh, from one to fifty kentals 3ay Fine and cearfe Salt uer Nova-Scotia and French Plaiter of Paris, in theftone and ground, for maaure and flueco-work December j «hß»f
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