/ • of the Bnttetl States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. * Numle* 1388.] " SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARr 18, 1797. [Volume XI. «• "1 1 ■ ■ ■ 1 1 ~ • , For Freight" or Charter, QHE is a good vessel, fails fad, carri« 1 ' U about 500 barrels, and will take in Freight to proceed Coaftwifc, or for the Weft ladies. For terms apply to jimanufl >iaward, mailer, on at Arch-street wharf, or to ISAAC HARVEY, J*n, N» 5 South Water.street. February 14 ro* SALI, ON ROASt »A-» A few coils Cordage, CANDLES, and SHOES. ~ CUSTOM-HOUSE, February 13, *797. Sales at ~n. AT the Custom House, on Monday next, the' loth in stant, at 12 o'clock, for payment of duties, having remained lp the stores beyond the time limited by law, the following goods ; viz. IH A tub of Brass Kettles THI Seven boxes different specimens of Minerals One box Playing Cards P S One ditto Paper T C I & 2 Two boxes Pamphlets W B Three caflcs Wine A box Mill Saws 1 M Six poekets Cotton 1 C M One box Pamphlets I§TX a 3 Three boxes Books W M I & I Two boxes ditto T D 202 One bale Girth Webb One box Pamphlets T W One cafe Woman's Silk Shoes One chest containing Cloth One bundle Bags M$R No. 4 One trunk Worsted Tassels One bundle supple jack Canes One box Candles One ditto Soap •O Two small boxes Linens The Goods may be viewed at any time in the morning of the day of sale. (Signed) SHARP DELANY, February 14 §tM Collector. A Quantity of Brandy/ FIRST & ad proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glifs Tumbler?, in pints and half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different lizes Hazlenuts, in sacks Whiting wELd £ & Spanish Brown J For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4 $ The Elephant, Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thoufanc! Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6feethigh, growing to 18feet. Hi— »iti weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water ; he has drank lame days forty biiuhasjtif ppx'ejy. drawing the corks with his trunk. ' He is perfeflly inoffenfive j travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the grsateft curiosity «ver brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-flreets, at z quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the former price of half a doll ir will be resumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather ■will permit. December 3X d forsaleVby Philip Nicklin & Co. 15'"""} * * •* » 17 Tubs Quicksilver 2 Chests Bandanno Handkerchiefs A few chefls lUanchefter Goods, well affortei in Cor duroys, Thigkfets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, &C. 3 Trunks black Sewing Silk 180 Crates Queen's Waie, well affortfd IO Tons Sheet Lead Nails slotted flat and iharp points London Partiular "J Madeira wine in pipes and hogs- India Market j heads 40 Pipes afid 10 BogfheadsT*raerifft Wii*; IO Hogsheads chaice Port Wine 7 Tier ces Snake-Root 26 Calks yellow Paint 9 Boxes and 12 Bundles writing Slates I Box Ink Stands and Note PrelTes 14 Bales Sail Canvass allbrted, No. I to 3 ■February T I. __ mw&ftf , -RICE. 180 Tierces Rice for Sale by Samuel Breck, Jun. • No. 89 South Third Street LIKEWISE, or 2® Pocket® COT TON, and A Quantity !.H. SHERRY WINE, tjo Cases SW££ l OIL, See. &c. Fcbruaiy n tth&fCt THE SUBSCRIBER WISHES to al'certain, whether a certain EDWARD NEVILL, by trade a Stu.c-Cutter, or Brick-Layer, who quitted Ireland in or and came into this Country, ('tis fuppefed to Philadelphia) about four years since, be Hving or dead. As this intelli gence isof theiiiirheft importance, it will be thankful ly received, by GEO. DAVIS, No. 313, High-street ' December 31. w& f ■am Bank of Penni'ylvania, January 4, 1797. At a meeting of the Direflors this day, a dividend ol sixteen dollar* on each lhare was declared for the la II 6 montht, which will be paid to [the Stockholders af ter the 14th inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. Jan. 3. dtf. A MANUFACTORY for Sale. A valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, fituau in » convenient part of the city ; the works almott new, on an entirely original conftruflion, and built of the Left materials, and may be set to work immediately. Perfom whowifhto purehale, are requeued to apply at No 473. South Second Street. September 13. i t t tl For Sale, . 1 At the Office of the Editor of the Gazette ef the United States, A FEW COPIES OF " An account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the year mr. Pickering's Letter, This Day Publiflied, C AND FOR SALE BT THE EDITOR, Pricc three eights of a Dollar. THE Letter of the Secretary of State, to Mr. Pinck- f ney, Mlnifter Plenipotentiary of the United States, to F tke French Republic. February 9. Red Clover Seed.' e FreCfi red Clover Seed of the bell quality, in bags of T 5 bufhelj each S Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use T Teneriffe wine is pipes, haglheads and quarter caflcs F Ditto do. of firft quality, for the use of private 1 families Coffee in hoglheads Jamaica spirits ConnedUput soap in small boxes Window glass and Spanilh fegars, and Two tninks of best patent, plain and ribbed silk and cotton hosiery, forfaieby JOHN CRAIG. February i. wff&mtf Le Breton, 1 SURGEON-DENTIST, P Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, !»te Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, Keeps a complete aflortujent of every thiag Beceffary to be used forthe Preferyatkm of the Mouth and Teeth. Patent Minoral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth ; Dentrifice in powder ; Opiate ; excellent Elixir for I'weetening the mouth and preserving the teeth—he also furniihes Brulhes and foft Sponges. *He lives in Chefnut-ftreet, No. 135, above Fourth-ftrect. C November z6. tts *• ~' LAND IN G, f( AT Walnut-street wharf, from oniboard the (hip Peg- t , gy, captain Elliott, from Bnardeaux, VIN DE GRAVE, or White Claret, in Hhds ai)d Or. Cafkb RED CLARET, in Hhds Ditto in cases of 24 and 30 bottles each * Green and Souchong TEAS, in quarter chests For sale by £ Rundie csf Leech, Nn. 9 Walnut-street. N February o mwftf Davis's Law Book-store p No. 313, KIGH-STREET. ® GEORGE DAVIS announces to his pnofeflionil friends, A and the Gentlerhen of the Law, generally, through the Union, that hia late importation of POOKS is now arrang ed, and ready for Sale, from a tingle volume to an entire fir p brary, without soy advance upon his former exceeding lo* pnecs, which forfeveral years nave ui to dUiinguiftied a manner recommended them to notice. F»ir»tc<i Ctri.a4ogiJcs ite cifietfive tion cf the latest Englirh and I rift* Editions ever imported into this country, are publiihed, and will be delivered grans on application. v Ofders addreflcd to G. D. in writing from any distance (hall be punctually aucnded to. A 6umber oi 1 RUNKS for Sale. a ALSO, TO BE LET, t , A convenient near Market Street Wharf. ov.B. Ui^f3«g Washington Lottery. TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or <xchang«d for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chefiiut* j Hreet, where a corre«fl Book is kept for public c iiifpeition. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale ©r ex changed for prizes diawn iu the Waihington Lottery, oi J which the 60th and 6lit days r«tur*s are receiv«d, C 5" Business of a Broker carried on as usual. January 12. . ttstf * To the Benevolent. THE Subscriber having rented that well known tav- -j ern house, on Silver Springs, Cumberland county, | c on the great road leading from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, wl"ich he had completely lurniflied for the accommodation j of travellers, but which unfortunately, by accident caught , fire about 12 o'clock in the morning, the 3d of Novem- „ ber last, and in the fpaxe of Ine hour was totally confum- a ed with all the furniture, wearing apparel, store» of li quor», &c. to a very large amount, attended with the me- 0 lancholy loss of a daughter about twelve years of age, v who only furviveda few hours after the fire ; his wife al so difahled ; and other jof his family much hurt; he is t now rcduci.fi to an unhappy and destitute fitua ion—he a therefore brgs leavt to faKcit lome relief from a generous public. The following gentlemen are pleafeu to undertake p ; the trouble to receive fubferiptions for his benefit: vij. Samuel Riehardet, Merchants' Coffee-Houfe ; James a rhowpfon, Indian Queen ; George Irwin, CrofsKeys, in Fourtk-ftreet, and John Dunwoody, Spread Eagle., High- 1 t street. DAVID BRIGGS. a Philadelphia, Februjry 14 tth&ftMj Tli'e other Primers are requefled to publish the above. t NOTICE. ' r Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the 1. North-Weftem Territory, heretofore advertised j in the several public papers, will commence this even- ing, atthe City Tavern to be continued from day f, to day, 'till the tenth of MARCH next, if not sooner fold, lanuarv 4 4 A PARCEL OF VZRY fltig St. Croix bugars and Rum, J JAMAICA SPIRITS, and j LACUIRA HIDES, For Sale by Feb. 7—}iw JAMES YARD. Clocks and Watches. LESLIE and PRICE, No. 79, Market-street, Phuaihsswia, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from £ London, 1 large afibrtment «f WARRANTED j IVA i CHE S, eenfifting of horizontal, capp'd and > jewel'd Gold Watches, with fecouds, of Superior workmnnfhip and elegance ; also capp'd and jewel'd and plain Cold Watches ; capp'd &jeweU'd, capp'd, fcconds, day of the month, and plain Silver Watches ; eight day & chamber Clocks.; elegant French Clocks with marble frames; eight day and thirty hoar, brafi g work., icc. 1 Dccembet 22, 1796. dam , Frejh Garden, Grass and Flo wer-Seeds-, Roots, &c. &e. This day lauding Irom the {hip Eagle, captain Fofu.ci, from London, FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Sccond-ftreets, A mop capital and txtenfive sfjfortment of J GARDEN, GRASS ami FLOWER-SEEDS, j P - ITS, See. &c. Among which ar«, Five Jcisdl Afparagujj Three kinds Cresses £ Four Berecolej Twelve Oni»n J Twenty-five Beam Thirteen Radilh I Six Beets i-ifteen Turnip I Elevem Broc6liHftee* Peas I Twenty-fit Cabbage' Si* Savoy '1 Six C'4rrnt Four Parsnip I Three Cauliflower Twenty-three Melon C Five Celery Twenty-one Lettuce 1 Tea Cucumber 1 , Common and lemon Thyme 1 Curled leaf and sprigged Parsley 1 , Pot Marygold Pot Marjoruai I Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel Leek Kail Shallots I Rape See J Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucent* Red and white Clover Timothy, See. See. With a curious coiled ion of tile most esteemed FLO WE Et-SKEDS and ROOTS, l Being the moil o*teiilive ever imported into this city. The above are from a capital Seedsman in London, and are warranted frefli and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17 $ For Sale, By the Subscribers —In PENN-BTREET, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, Imported by the Eagle. WILLJNGS Nov. 30 w&f A convenient stable Situateo in Laurel Court—l Stalls therein to be rent ed, with the privilege of using the Hay-Loft. Eight years ot' the time of service of iWEGiIO MAN • for sale. He is accaftomed to huiile work, and capable of taking care of Horses. Enquire of the Piimer. February II f 1 thtf ' WA NTS A .PLACE. AWomui who can be well recommcedcd for honesty, so briety, and good temper. She vviihes to engage as charti bermatd, or fempttrefs for low wages on condition fee may retain a young Child with her. Enquire at Kj. *8 Scuth Front fticct. February 16 d C A.M ILLA, Or A Picture of Youth. By the authoress of Evelina and Cecilia, to be com prised in Ave volumes, at half a dollar each, payable on delivery —-Printed at New-York, by Mr. John Bull. CONDITIONS. I. Handfoo»e, neat type, perfedll) new, i» em ployed. JI. A volume, stitched in blue paper, is intended to be publiftied every 4 weeks, till the five are com pitied; the Evftand feoond are come to hand, and the tMa ts hourly expelled. Sublcnprions are received, and Books may £>e hid of'J. OIiMROD, No. 41, Clielnut-llreet- t Mrs. D'Arblay (late Miss Bytney) the celebrated authoress of this inimitable work, needs no eulogy to add to the laurels ihe has already acquired in the literary world. The strength of imagination and ele gance of style, difplayeu.in Evelina and Cecilia, will iufficiently lecommend to every reader of tails and judgment, the peiufat of Camilla. It may not l?e improper to add, that the Queen of England, after having perused tljis interelling publi cation, presented Mrs. D'Arblay with a thouknd pounds flerling, as a teftimouy of her approbation of tie work. January mwf Samuel Richardet QESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen 2 V Merchants, that he has thi6 day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS OOFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia: The Subscription Room will be furnilhed with all the daily papers publifbed in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos ' ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com mercial cities of Europe—They will be ragularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, loupes. Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of Freuch Liquors; together with the usual refrelhments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will befupplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, ot single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly Jcspt for convepiency, the Bill of Fare to be had at tha bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnifiled, and the utmost attention paid te cleanliness, and every other reqnifite. £s* Samuel Richardet will be happy to-receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude f®r their favours, he pledges himfelf that nothing 011 his part (hall be wanting »o pre serve that patronage with which he has been so diftinguilh ingly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. mwf Bourdeaux Brandy, in Pipes, OLD Claret, in casks Ditto in cases, ot an excellent quality Lisbon Wine in pipes Fourth "'proof Holland Gin Rum in hogfoeadsand tierc.es, Raiiius »» kegs Best Bolton Beef and Pork Halifax Salmon ia baireh Kiiflia Sail Duck JRavefaS Duck A few Feather Beds One 11 *-2- inch Cable > , . . , One, >. do. I 'Mfath.au long each Sperm a c*ii Candles Mould and dipt Tallow ditto A few barrela Tanners Oil, and A small invoice of India Goods, For Sale by JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co A L SO, Just received from Marseilles, a small invoice of Silks, Silk Stockings, an aflortincut of Perlanoery, and a few cases oi the bell Olive Oil. February , . MAS. G'RATTAN RtfpeilfuHy informs her friends, and the public In genera!, that en Tuefqay the lothday of January, she propofts opening, at No. 39, North Sixth ftreet, A Linen and Muslin Warehouse. Book Muslins, from 6/3 to itfit per yard Jaconet ditto, from 8/8 to 9/8 per yard Striped ditto, from ifip to lojste per yard Fine Coifaes Tambour'»i Bock Muslins, fr im 13/9 to IT/per yard l»dia Muslin, from tf/3 to ;5/ p-: yard 1 Sheeting Muslin Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 tp 6/ per hdkf. Book muslin Handkerchiefs ftoin 5/3 to io/"6 p«r bdkf. Muslin color'd nud bofder'd Handkerchiefs Dacca Handkerehiefs Tambour'd Cravats from lofi to ufil Pocket Handlioichiefs Cambric, from ij/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Cloths Huckabuck Towelling Women's Cotton Hole, from to 13/ per pair Dimity from to 6/1 1 Men's Silk Hose Tainbonr'd mnllin Hindkerchie's from 11/ ii to •y» Irish lineni lor Gentlen en's Shirts, from 5/5 to And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready mad* Linsn, Gentlemen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Cravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, <fcc. &c. v Houlhold Linen, &c. &c. | A plain fliirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-1 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain Ihirt, mad? and mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ru(Bed ditto 6 dollars. A plain Ihirt, made and marked, 5 i-» dollars, A full ruffled ditto. 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 j-a. A plain ihirt, made and mark'd, 6 l-» dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. Januarv 13. $ PqnnTylvania Population Company." NOTICE is hereby given, to such Share-holders a» as hav« not paid their afleflTments on thpirlhares— to j pay the fame immediately to the Secretary of the Compi j- ny, at the Company's Office, No. 53 ilorth Fouith-ftreet, Philadelphia, l'hcy are further informed, thSt in defiult of paying the fame within thirty days from the 4*h of Fe» - bruary, inftanr, the several forfeitures will bs ftridly ca ailed, in conformity to the ai ft article of association. By order of the Board, SOL. MARACHE, Secretary * Feb t. 4-,- $3O 1 . '* 1 j Mahogany and Log\vood. . A Cargo for Sale on board of the ship Sally, captain Gelfton, just arrived from Honduras. Apply to ; PHILIPS, CRJMOND & Co. j February 9 § DANCING TAUGHT BY MRS. B r R A 7, Of the Newr Theatre, To Ladic only. i HP'HINKING it a great advantage for them to have JL Female Tutor >1) art, pledge* herfelf totheir vpar e eats and friends to take all poflibie care in their infh , I*. addit ;op to tiieQance* taught in Philadelphia, measi , to teach the Minuet, Minuet de la Cour, Allemand, Ga* vot, Quadrilles, Stratjifpeys, and all Scotch Dances ; and above all to pay particular attention to that very naceffary j part PolUt Address. For particnlars enquire qi Mrs. ByrNj r No* 70 north Eighth-street. Februiy 6 mwftf e PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Truftces of " Washington Academy, in Somcrfet County, and State of Maryland, \ NOVICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the officc of Principal Teacher ii) the (aid school ,'i« f vacant. \ GENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and il L?i;ii» Claflics, Geography, and the Mathematics, witb f . such other branches of literature as are usually taught in such schools, would meet with liberal eneourageme*t> and, it i« believed, would obiajn a very eligible settlement. For the _ prefeut, the Trustees would be willing to contract with a per ion capable of taking charge of a Grammar S hool. As this Inltitution is provided with buildings fufficient to n accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy ( to eighty boys[; a library, an excellent philosophical and ma e theraatical apparatus, glomes, maps, &c; has refpeftable funds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the e country ; nothing seems wanting to make it rank among the most ufeful seminaries in this part of the Union, but a suitable . character to prefidein it. Proposals may be addressed to the fubferiber, in Princefc- Anoc, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to Do&or Martin L Haynie, No 85, north Third-street, delphia, or to the Printer hereof. 5 ' EZEKIEL HAYNIE. so J anuar y V 3' 7- tu&fßw t This Day is Published, L" BY MciT Dobfoii, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Book fellers, price One Dollar and tweniy-five cenu, elegant ly printed on woye paper, and hot-prefled, by John Them p. e son, t A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF ' s The CONSTITUTIONS of the several States, With each other, and with that of the United States i exhibiting in Table«, the prominent features of eaehCon ftitution, and classing together their most impertant pro r vifiens, under the several heads of administration ; with Notes and Observation's. By William Smith, of South- Carolina, L L. D and member of the Congrcfs of tfte lt United States. Dedicated to People of the United s Sttten. N. B. A few Copies printed on inferior paper, at " 3-4thsof a dollar. February 6 mwf For Sale, By George Defchamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia PHme Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. Smoaked Herring in barrels and keg* Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry C»dfi(h, from one to fifty kcritals Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, 111 the fione and ground, for manure and ilucco-<tork December I tth&f JUST ARRIVED, By tt>e Datiifh fliip Friendfi'.ip, captain Matzen, from Oporto, Red Port Wine, In Pipes, Hoglheade aa<l Quarter-Calks, 150 Boxes of Lemons, k (For Sale by :• Philips, Cramond & Co. February 9 5
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