of the tßUttrtl Jltf&ttS, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. ' '' • ■•' '' V ' '" ' -' ' .V' *•& ' /' ' '■ ' £ *• •' * ' -V Y ' Number 1387.] ? FRIDAT EVENING, FEBRUARr 17, i 79 7. {Vclvme XI. For Freight or Charter, QHE is a good vessel, fails fact, carries ~ O about 50a barrels, and will take in Freight to proceed Coaflwifc, or for the Weft Indies. For terms apply to Siawaed, mailer, on board, at Arch-flreet wharf, or to ISAAC HARVEY, Jun, No. 5 South Water.ftrect. febimiy 14 ro* SALI, ON BOAR* SAID VESSEL, A few coils Cordage, CANDLES, and SHOES. For Hamburgh, The si. e fatt-failing ship Jnhn Thompson, Majler, j"UST coppered, "snd in complete order, and it uow loading. A conhderablc part of her cargo is engaged, has good accom modations for paflengers, and intended to fail in the cdurfe of this month.—Far freight or passage, apply to the Mailer on board, at Bright's wharf, or to JEREMIAH WARDER, No. ix nerth Third street. February i$ mw&fiw For Amsterdam, 1 4F~lfir The faft-faiiing cedar and live oak ship Amiable, Igffi' D. C. Tillinjhafi, Mnjier, JUST graved and in compleat order, and is now ta king in, and intended to fail in all this month, a great pf.rt of her cargo being ready to go on board, has good accommodations for paflengers For freight or pafljge _-falter, on b >»rd, at bright's wharf, cr to JEREMIAH WARDER, No. 12 South Third ftreef. February is mw&ffaw CUSTOM-HOUSE, February i 3> i^7~ Sales at Auction AT the Custom House, on Monday next, the xotk in stant, at it o'clock, for payment of duties, having remained in the (lores beyond the time limited by law, the following goods : viz. I H A tub of Brass Kettles T H I Seven boxes different fpecimcns of Minerals One box Playing Cards P S One ditto Paper TC I & 2k Two boxes Pamphlets W B Three casks Wine A box Mill Saws I M Six poekets Cctton I C M One box Pamphlets I§T I a 3 Three boxes Books W r M 1 & 2 Tfo boxes ditto T D 20$ One bale Girth Webb One box Pamphlets T W One cafe Woman's Silk Shoes One chefl containing Cloth M § R No. 4 One trunk Worsted TaflTels One bundle supple jack Canes One box Candles One ditto Sonj> ' Two llnall boxes Linens The Goods may be viewed at any time in the morning of the day of sale. (Signed) SHARP DEL ANT, Fetqyary 14 stw Co lienor. The Elephant, Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. He eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water ; he has drank some days forty bottles of poster, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is perfectly inoffenfive; travels loose, at the rate of five raiies an honr, and is the greatert curiosity ever brought to this Comment. He is to be fren 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the farmer price of half a dollar will be resumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31 d Tor sale, sr * ; Philip Nicklin & Co. I'ssr - } 17 Tubs Quicksilver 2 Chests B:indanno HandkercHefs A few chests Manchcfter Goods, wfll afiorted in Cor duroys, Thicksets, Ginghams, Mufltnets, Dimities, &c. 3 Trunks black Sewing Silk 180 Crate* Qneen's Waie, well affortrd 10 Tons Sheet Lead Nails assorted flat and sharp points London Partinlar > Madeira wine in pipes and hogs- t India Market J heads , 40 Fipe= and 10 Hogsheads Tenerifife Wine 10 Hogsheads choice Port Wine 7 Tierces Snake-Root 26 Casks yellow Paint 9 Box js and 12 Bundles writing Slates r 1 Box Ink Stands and Note Prelies 14 Bales Sail Canvass alTorted, No. I to 8 i' February 11. mw&fjtf i: - ■ —; 1 A Quantity of brandy, f FIRST Jk. ad proof, Gin, of 4th preof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tumblers, in pints and half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different sizes Hazlenuts, in sacks Whiting wEKUi £ «w ic Spanish Brown J For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4 j RICE. J 180 Tierces Rice for Sale by Samuel Breck, Jun. v No. 89 South Third Street a likewise, • si 15 or so Pockets COTTON, and e A Quantity 1 H. SHERRY WINE, v 40 C,fes SWEET OIL, &e. Ac. v JVbma.y 11 t&th6t For Sfile, At the Office of the Editor of the Gazette of the United States, A few coriFS OF 'f 5 " An account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the year 179?-" on ivir. Pickering's Letter. This Day Publiftied, < AND FOR SALE BT THE EDITOR, Price three eights of a Dollar. THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pinck ney, Minister Plcnipotenaary of the United States, to the French Republic. February 9. 6t - Red Clover Seed. Fresh red Claver Seed of the best quality, in bags of 5 bushels each Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use Teneriffe wine in pipes, hogfteads and quarter casks Ditto do. of firfl quality, for the use of private ig. families m - Ceffee in hogsheads rfe Jamaica spirits lcr Conne<slicut soap in small boxes Window glass and Spanish fegars, and Two tr inks of best patent, plain and ribbed silk and cotton hosiery, for sale bv JOHN CRAIG. February 1. wff&mtf Le Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, I Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentifl to the ta- King and Royal Family of France, member or the ;at College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, od Keeps a complete aflortment of every thing necefiary ] ig*. to be used forthe rf, Prefervaticm of rhe Mouth and Teeth. Patent Mineral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth ; j Dentrifice iH powder ; Opiate ; excellent Elixir for '• sweetening the mouth and preserving" the tc.:h—he \ alio furnifhes Brushes and foft Sponges. 1 *»* He lives in Chefnut-flreet, No. 135, abeve t Fourth-street. ' i November 16. tts t in " L~AN~D~I~N~G, he A T Walnut-street wharf, from on board the ship Peg- j nc ■ A gy. captain Elliott, from Bourdca-jx, 1 VIN DE GRAVE, or White Claret, in Hhds and Or. t Casks t RED CLARET, in Hhtls v Ditto in cases of 24 and 30 bottles each fc Green and Souchong TEAS, in quarter chefcs t For fate by t Rundle Ss 5 Leech, r Nn. 9 Walnut.street. c Febrtrairy 6 mwftf v 1 - # -j : il Davis's Law Book-store § No. jp 3 , HIGH-STREET. t( GEORGE DAVIS announces to his Droiefiionsl friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through the C Uuion, that his late importation of BUQKS is now ed, and ready for Sale, from a single volwme to an entire li- P brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding ion prices, which tor (everal years part have id To diliinguiThed a manner «ecommended rhemto notice- Printed Catalogues combining the mwft extenfivc colJec- tl don cf the latest Englith and Irilti Editions ever importer* ti into this country, are p«bii{hedj and will be delivered r< 00 application. Orders addrefied to G. D. in writing from any diftancc rhail be pun&ually attended to. v A number of 1 RUNKS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient.LOFT, near Market Street Wharf; ° d or.S. tu&fgw b Washington Lottery. . a >f TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chcfnut- " is rrcet, where a corre<& Numerical Book is kept for puMk p e infpexftion. Also Caaai Lottery Tickets for sale or ex- is y changed for prizes d» aws in the Washington Lottery, ol fc which the 60th and 61ft days returns received. ti n Bufincfs of a Broker carried on as usual. bi t t J-nuary 12. ttstf n ~ To the Benevolent. t PHE Snbfcriber having rented that well known tav- i h< r j- ern house, on Silver Springs, Cum 1 erland county, te on the great road leading from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, 01 which he had completely furnifhed for the accommodation ! of travellers, but wfcich unfortunately, by accident caught I ire about » o'clock ia the morning, the 3d of Noveiii- I ai her Jan, and in the space ef < ne hour was totally, confum- 1 tb ea with all thejurniture, wearing apparel, flores of li (juor.. Sec. to a very large amount, attended with the..-.- n , lancholy loss of a daughter about twelve year? of age ! only furviveda few hours after the fire ; his wi-'e al- ! _ disabled ; and others of his family much hurt ;heis g ' now reduced to an Unhappy and deiHuite fitua ion—he 1 therefore begs leavt to felicit some relief from a gen.rous " public, she following gentlemen are pleased to undertake the trouble to receive lubfcriptions for his benefit: viz. Samuel Richardet, Merchants' Coffee-Houfe ; James . 1 nompfon, Indian Queen ; Geergc Irwin, Cross Keys, in t Fourth-street, and John Dunwoody, Spread Eagle, High- to DAVID BRIGGS. j Philadelphia, February 14 tth&ft.M3 '°f The other Printers are rcq>:»(led to publish the above. ! tr <£- NOTICE. j nj Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the h North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised \ J in the frveral public papers, will commence this even- ! *" ing, attheCity Tavern to be continued from day P to day, 'till the tenth of MARCH next, if not sooner rj fold. lanuary 4 . A PARCEL OF VERY FIVE M St. Croix Sugars and Rum, pj JAMAICA SPIRITS, and M LAGUIRA HIDES, For Sale by Feb. y.—§iw JAMES TARD. Clocks and Watches. £ LESLIE AND PRICE, No. 79, Market- street, Philadelphia, so HAVE IMPOR TED, by the late arrivals from ta London, 1 large afTortment of WARRANTED - IVA 1 CHES, eonfifting of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of superior work ma n ship and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd & jewell'd, capp'd, ieconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watt lies ; eight day & chamber Clocks.; elegant French Clocks 6 with marble frajnes ; eight day and thirty hour, brai's te works, kc. Decembet 22, 1796. dam Frejh Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds, e Roots, hjt. &C. This day landing from the (hip Eagle, captain Fofdick, from London, 1 And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Stcond-ftreets, A most Capital and sxtpifivc /ijfortment of GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &c. &c. Among which a r«, Fire kinds .A/paragus! Three kinds Cresses ° four Berecole Twelve Onion Twenty-ive Beans! Thirteen Radidi Six Beet? fifteen Turnip Elevea Brocoli Fifteen Peas >f | Twenty-fix Cabbage Six Savoy i s Carrot Four Parsnip Three Cauliflower Twenty-three Melon Fi ve Celery Twenty-one Lettuce e Ten Cucumber Common and lemon Thyme Cirlsd leaf and sprigged Parsley Pot Karygold Pot Marjorum Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel „ Let Kail Shallots , Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucernc Red and wlite Clover - Timothy, &c. icc. With a curiius collection of the most esteemed FLOWIR-SfiEDS and ROOTS, Being the most atenfive ever imported into this city. The above are fran a capital Seedlman iu Londsn, and are warranted frefh and good. Printed cataloguesmay be had by applying as above, e Dec. 17 5 Porcupine's Gazette. y PropofaU by WILLIAM COBBETT, opposite Christ Church, Philadelphia, for publilhing a news-paper, to be entitled _ ; Porcupine's Gazette, Ess Daily Advertiser. t Meihinks 1 hear the reader exclaim ; " What! have e we hot Gazettes enough already Yes, and far t»o many: but thofc thnt we have< are, in general, con e duflti in such a m.waer that their great number, in -Uead if rendering mine unneceflary, it the only cause that cdls fur its eftablilbmen:. The gazettes 111 this couatry haw done.it more re.ll io ;- jury tiian all its open enemies ever did or can do. They mi lie ad the people at home and misrepresent them a r. broad, It was these vehicles of sedition and difcoi'd that encouraged the counties in the Weft to rebel ; it was tiey that gave rife to the depredations of Britain, by exciting the people to such adts of. violence againll that nation, as left no room to deubt that we were d - termis J on war ; and it was they, when an accom modation had been happily efkfled, that stirred Hp an oppoHtion to it such as has seldom been wim tiled, and whictrwas overcome by mere chance. These gazettes - it was, that, by misrepresenting the dispositions of the peoplt, encouraged the* French to proteed from one degree of infsleuce to another, 'till at last their Minis ter- braves the President in his chair, and a bullying £ commander comes and ufls us that his only business is to seize our velTcls, in violation of a treaty, in virtue . ot which alone lie claims a right to enter our ports: and it .0 the e gazette* that now have the impudence to e -1 tena what their lalfehood and malice have produced. 1 lhall be told that the people are to blame; that they are not obliged to read these abominable publica tions. Bst they do read them; and thousands who read them, read nothing else. To lupprefsthem is lm poifiUle ; th;y will vomit forth their poison j it is a prU vilege of the;r natures, that no law can abridge ; and thersiare theonly mode left is, to counten<sl its effects. 1 his mull be done, too, in their own way. Books, or periodical publications in the form of books, may be of foms service, but are by no means a match for their flying fplios. A fallebood that remains uncontra dicted for a month, begins to be looked upon as a truth, . and when the cleteiSion at laA makes its appearance, it is often as ufeiefi as that of the do£lor who finds his patient expired. The only method of opposition, then, ■ is to ra;«i them their own ground ;to set foot to I foot; dispute every inch and every hair's breadth; fight them at their own weapons, and return them two blows for one - " A gazette of this Jsmn is what I have long wilhed to fee, but I have wiihed and sxpsisied it in vain. Indig- I nation at the fupinenefs of others has at last got the better of ail diffidence in my own capacity, and has dc , ' termined me to encounter the taflc People have heard , one fide long enough ; they (hall now hear the other. 1 | CONDITIONS. I. Porcupine'n Gsrcitc ft«U be of the usual size, ' and the fubfeription Eight Dollars a year, to be paid at ■ | the expiration ef ea.-h half year. 1. AdvertisementS will be.iiiferted at half the usual ' price, which will always be required in ready money. > ; 3. The Cenfur, containing those pieces from the gazette that may appear worth preserving in a more ' portable form, with such amplifications and amend ments as time may rife to, lhall be publilhed ' month y, and each fublcriber (hallbe entitled to a co£y, delivered with his paper at the end oT the month, 4. If a fufficient number of fubferibers be obtained the firft number of the Gazette (hall appear on, or be fore the sth of March. i N. B. A fubfeription book is bow open at my Jhop, ! oppolite Christ-church, whither gentlemen in the coun try, who wish to fubferibe, are requeftedto fend their I names. Subicriptions are taken at Botlon by Mr. James White, bookseller ; at Salem, by Mr. Debeny, post-master ; j at; New-Haven by Mr. Beers, bookseller ; at Newbu ry.port. by Mr. £. Blunt, bookfelleV; at Ne .v-York, by Mr. ■ S. Campbell, bookseller ; at Baltimore, by Mr. G. Hill, bookseller; at Chester-town, Maryland, by Mr James Arthur, post-master; at Eafton, do. by y.rj Greenburv Neal; at Freder ck-town, do. by 1 Mefiirs. Isaac and John Mentz ; 2t Richmond, Virg. by Melfrs. Pritcbard and David Ton ; at Norfolk, by MelTrs. Rainbow and Hannah ; and at Charlelton, by Mr. Young, bookseller. Jan. 18. mwfto'. A convenient stable Sitbated in Laurel Court—l Stalls therein to be rent ed, with the privilege of uiing the Hay-Loft. Eight years of the time of service of zNEGRO MAN for sale. He is accaftomed to house work, and capable of taking care of Horses. Enquire of the Primer. February 11 ft thtf Bank of Pennsylvania, January 4, 1797. At a meeting of the Diredtorsth'6 day, a dividend of sixteen dollars on each lhare was declared for the last 6 months, which will be paid to'the Stockholders af ter the inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Cafiiier. J*n- ?• dtf. u Mas. GR A T-TA N Refpe£l fully informs her friends, anil the public in genera,, that en Tuesday the icthd.iy <>f January, (he p"«pofcs opening, at No. 39, North Sixth ftreet, ' A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Book Mullins, from 6yj to i ifii per yard Jaconet ciitto, from 8/8 to 9/8 per yard Srnped ditto, from 7fio tu isfiO per yard '» Fine Coflaes Fambour'd Book Muslins, from 13/9,10. 11/ per yard India Muslin, from 11/3 to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin 11 Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, frem 4/3 to 6/* per hdkf. li Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/3 to jef6 per hdkf. p Mu£in color*d and borderM Handkerchicis s Dacca Handkerchiefs y Tambeur'd Cravats from iq/8 to 11/11 p Pocket Handkerchiefs n Cambric, from ijA to Iper yard e Table Clotks Huekabuck Towelling Women's Cotton Hose, from to 13/"per pair Dimity from 5/10 to 6/ii Men's Silk Hose Tambour'd ruuflin Handkerchiefs from ii/ii to isfi Iriih linens for Gentleir en's Shirts, from to 5j j 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, Stc. &c. Houfhold Linen, &c &c. i A plain shirt, made and markM, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and raark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled itto 6 dollars' A plain shirt, made and marked, £ 1-2 dollars. A >ul ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 71 2. ' A plain ihirt made and mark'd, 6 1-4-dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto ITiltfllars. Linen included. f e January 13. ' § 3.—«■ . ■ ■ . - 'Penn-fyivania Population Company. ■ "VTOTtCE is hereby givon, to such Share-hoMcrs at e IN as hav* not paid their affeflmeuts on tKeirlhar-s—to pay the fame immediately to the Secretary of th Compa ny, at the Company's Office, N0.53 north Four ih-fireeft, f Philadelphia. J'hcy are further informed, that in default . of paying the fame within thirty day- from the 4-h < f Fe -1 bniary, inftanr, the forfeitures will bii flriiSlly ex t a&ed, in conformity tothc lift article of affectation. By order of the Board, [ SOL. MARACHE, Secretary* . Feh 1. <s^o ; Mahogany and Logwoods \ A Cargo for Sale on board of the fliip Sally, captain j Gelflon, just arrived from Honduras. Apply to . PHILIPS, CRAMOND &? Co. February q 1 c > DANCING TAUGHT BY ; * MRS. B T R N, Of the Nevr Theatre, To Ladies only, | 'HINKING it a great advantage for them to have a 1- female Tutor in tHat art, p'edges herlelf to their per t cuts and sri -r.ds to fake allpofflMe care in their inftru<sUon. In addition to the Dances taught in Philadelphia, means 3 t;o teach the Minuet, Minuet de la Cour, Allemand, Ga - vot, Quadrilles, Strathspeys and all Scotch Dances ; and - above all to pay particnJar attention to that very necefTary \ part Polite Address. For particulars enquire of Mis Bvrn, No- 70 north Eighrh street. Februry 6 mwftf PURSUANT to a Refolue of the Board of Trustees of r Washington Academy, in So trier set County, and State oi ilarvland, * NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, I Jhat the office of Principal Teacher in the said school 'is vacant. s A GENTLEM AN qualified to teach the higher Gieek-and > Ii Latin daffies, C eography, and the Mathematics, with 3 such other branches of literature as are ufuallytaught in such ; schools, would meet with liberal enrouragement, and, it is j believed, would obtain a very eligible settlement. For the present, the Truflees would be willing to contrad with a per- son capable of taking charge of a Gramma r S hool. Aathis Institution ip piovided wi h buildings fufficient to accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy " to eighty Wys[; a library, an excellent philo ophicil and ma " ! thematica! apparatus, globes, maps, Sec; has refpe&able funds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the ■ country ; nothing feenis wanting to make it rank among the • mofl ufeful seminaries in this part of the Union, but a suitable , • charafler to preside in it. I • Proposals may be addrefTed to the fubferiber, in Princess- Anne, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to D j ; Martin L Haynie, No 8.3, north Third-street, Phila f delphia, or to the Printer hereof. ; j EZEKIEL HAYNIE. January 20. " Feb. 7. tu&fßw 1 This Day is Publilhed, J BY Mcff- Dobfon. Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Booklellers. price One Djllar and twentv-five cents, elegant ly printed on woye paper, and houpreffed, by John Thornp i son, 1 A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF • Tbr CONSTITUTIONS of ik■ fvrral State, With each other, and with that of the States: ' exhiVting in Tables, the prominent features of eaehCon [ ftitution, and classing together their most impertant pro visions, under the several heads of administration ; with Notes and Observations. By William Smith, of South ' Carolina, LL. D and member of the Congress of the > United States. Dedicated to the People of the United " States. 1 N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at ■ 3-4thsof a dollar. February 6 mwf | For Sale, r By George Defchamps, No. 91, ; NORTH SIXTH-STREET, . Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. • Smoaked Herring in barrels and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or (ingle one Dry Codfiih, from one to fifty kentals Fine and coarse Salt - Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone { and ground, for manure and fttieeo-work December i t tth&f JU.yr AKRIVi\ I), By the Danilh Ihip Friendfnip, captain Matzen, from Oporto, f . Red Port Wine, In Pipes, Hofflheadsani Quarter-Ca(k», 150 Boxes of Lemons, For Sxle by Philips, Cramond & Co. February 9 J I .
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