of the States, Philadelphia D Number 1473. J For Sale or Charter, • - THE SHIP WARREN, Benjamin Church, Master. * ?vA -5> "OF about iBo toM barthcn. En* quire of feffe y Robert Wain- May 16 $ For Freight or Charter, To any part of Europe, The Swctft/h Ship Alexander Magnus, Capt. Carl si. Ehsman, ABOUT 350 tons bnithen, in this port ; and also the Danish Ship FREDERICK TULIUS KAUS, of 450 tons, now lying in Hampton Roads. Apply to JOHN VAUGHAN. May 26. tuthf6t For Hamburgh, THK SH,P ERI A L , JohnTarris, matter. A GREAT part of her caigo is engaged, and Are will fail in ten days. For freight or pal laze apply to capt. Tarris, at Williogs & Francis wharf, or to GURNET & SMITH. May 15 § For London, fjll| WILLIAM PENN, James Josi/tH, Majler. WILL fail with all convenient fpced. For freight or puffage apply to fefje & Robert Wain. The owners of Goods in the ship William Tenn, are requested tcr fend thcif permits on board as feon as poilibla. May 19 § For Sale, The cargo tf the brig Enterprise, Captain Langdon from Bourdeaux, now landing at Morton's wharf, CONSITING OP 524 hhds. of Claret 1 « j at; cases of ditto -g 3 100 cases of Sweet Oil r" /5 "2 no pipes London proof \ BRANDY . S | 10 pipes of Holland proof } J" ' Apply to Wharton £3° Lewis, No. 115, South Front St. Said Brig, WILL take a FREIGHT for the Weft-Indies or Europe, fails fift» burthen about fifteen hun- barrels, is in complete or der, and will be roady to receive a cargo in a few days Apply as above. May 24 2 Loft—A Gold Bracelet, Marked S. H. with a double Chain. Any person who may have found it, and will return it at No. 47, Penn-ftreet, will be handsomely rewarded. Mav 17. d'f The Subscriber, Determined to retire from business, invites all who have any note, bill, bond or acceptance of his, now due, to call for payment ; and those who wish td anticipate may receive the money It a reafooabte discount. JAMES SWAN. May **. daw. Dorchester, near Bolton, 16th May 1797, PennfylvaniaPopulation Company. NOTICE is hereby given to the Share Hold ers, that a further afielTment of nine dol lars is levied on each (hare, payable as follows, Tit. Six Dollars immediately, and Three Dollars on the ift of July next. Which they are requested to pay to the Treasu rer of the Company, at the Company's Office, No. 53, North Fourth-street, agreeably to the times above mentioned ; and they are further informed, that on their neglecflisg to pay the fame as above direAed, the several forfeitures will be exaAed. By order of the Board, SOL. MAKACHE, Treifarer. May ay- . d 3Qt To Let, 4nd pojfcfton given in two weekt, A good 3 story Brick Houl'e, With back buildings—No. 43. Spruce-ftrcet. -Vpplv at No. 109 Spruce-street. May 26 JOHN CRAIG HAS jufl imported from Rotterdam, via St. Tho mas, and for sale on rcafcmablc terms by thepackage, Platillas Royal Haerlem and Germaa linens Rouen* Post and Pro Patria Paper Wafers Quills Oziers for Hoops, in Bundles Coffee Bags He has also for Sale, Best. Red Clover Seed Old Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use Tenerifle Wine of firft and second Quality - Coffee in Bags and Hogiheads Jamaica Spirits Conne&itut Turpentine Soap Window Glass Two Trunks of best Patent, Silk and Cotton Hosiery April 18. 4 JW Received by the ladoftan, From Madras, a SMALL invoice consisting of the following £\ Coast Goods, viz. Blue Cloths Long Cloths, 14 ptmjumt Do. do. fi-ie Madrafs Handkerchttfs, and Book Mcftiits WILLING V FRANCIS. March* 7. 3»w. PHILADELPHIA: MONDAY EVENING, MAT 29, ryo;. To be Sold at Public Vendue, At the Merchants' Coffee hotife, in Philadelphia, on the 15th day of June, at 8 o'clock in the evening, i: not before disposed of at private fate, 40,931 1-2 acres of land, on the waters of Wheeling and Fishing creeks, in Wash ington county, Pennsylvania. The foil is remark ably fertile ; andhefides a large body of meadow, there are considerable improvements on the pre mifes. 1 hefe lands were patented in 1787. On payment of part of the purchase money, a reafon ablt credit will be given for the residue. Enquire of the printer. May 15. §tS The C ommiflloners FOR carrying into effeift the TWENTY-FIRST Article of the Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation, between His Catholic Majesty and the United States of America, hereby give i»- f»rmation to all Persons therein concerned, —That, in order to terminate a*l differences, on account of the leiles fullained the . itizens of the United States, in consequence of tlaeir Vessels and Car goes having b»en taken by the Subjeds of His Cath olic Majeify, during the 'ate War between Spain and France, that they are ready to receive (at their Offiee, between the hours of ten and one o'clock, daily).all complaints and applications, authorized by the f trt Article, during £i«urtEN Months Ircm the day of the date hereof, and that they have power to examine all such persons as some before them, on oath or affirmation, couching the com plaints in queltion, and also to receive in evidence, all written tettimony, authenticated in such man ner as they fliall think proper to require or admit. By Order of the CommiJJtoners, PETER LOHRA, • Secretary. Commijftontrs Office, AO. 109, Mulberry- Jlreet, Philadelphia, May Ijtb, 1797. *o— received, And for sale by Ilaac Harvey, jun. No. South Water-ftrect, A parcel of prime Rice; also, Trmiriad and Cayenne Cotton Coffee in Barrels and Bags Spanilh Hides and Beef. 4th mo. 25, 1797. d4W Philadelphia and Lancaster Turn pike Company. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Phila delphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company, will be held at the Company's Offiee, on Monday, 10 o'clock, the iathjune next. WILLIAM GOVETT. Scc'ry. May I*. fr 4W. NOW LANDINQ, From on board of the ship GEORGE BAR CLAY, Capt. Charles M'Alester, from Calcutta, the following GOODS, viy. CofTas Punjum Cloths Hummums Gurrahs Guzeenahs India Calicoes Emerties Cotton Checks Mamoodits Mulmuls Sahans Red and Blue Eernigou hkfs Tickeriei Patna «!o. Jollas Santipoß do. Carridarrics Plain, striped arnl-fiowsr cd fine mullins Maragunges Ginghams Baftas, various (orts TaSfeties Sattln Romals Bandanno red hks. ALSO, 300 Casks Sugar 40 Boxes do. r65 Bugs do. 70,000 lb. weight heavy black Pepper 40,000 lb. weight Ginger 10 Tons Hemp in Bales 9 Pipes East-India Spirits For sale by PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. May 4. <i'f For Sale, ON board the ship Mollv, John Frofl, master from Liverpool, laying at Walnut-street wharf 6000 bushels of fine ftoved Salt, And OUIiEN'S WrtRE, well alforied, By PHILIP NICKLIN y Co. WHO HAVE IN STO*i, ALSO FOR SALE, too Boxes WhiteHavanni Sugars Imperial and ? T E A s Hyson ) 17 tubs Quicksilver 2chdls Bandanno Handkerchiefs A few chests Mancheftcr Goods well afTorted in corduroys, thicksets, ginghams, mufiiucts, dimities, &c. » Trunks black sewing silk, 180 Crates queens ware, well assorted, Ip Tons iheet lead, Nails assorted, flat and sharp points, London particular and 7 Madeira Wine in India market 5 P'P CS an J kbds. 30 pipes, 10 hhds- TenerifTe Wine, 10 pipes choice Port ditto, 31 casks yellow paint, 7 boxes li bundles writing slates, I box ink-stands note presses, Sail canvas assorted No. I a 8. May 4. dtf Rofs 8c Simfon, . Have for Sale, A pr*we St. Domingo Cotton, Superior Old Lilbon Wine in Pipes Excellent India Market Teneriffe Wine, In Madeira Casks A few Quarter Chelts best issxr" 1 ! teas Muscovado Sugars ii. Hogiheads, and Coffee in Tierces March 7. II tf Er{kine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT CAMPBELL k Co. No 40 South Second ftrect, f Price 31 Cents] t A View of the Canfes and Confequen ees of the prefcntWar with France. By the Honorable Thomas Erskine. i M*yi s § By John Fenno, N o> 119 Cbefnut Street. Millinery Koom, No. 136 Market-flrect. MISS CIISTSTAL TAKES an early opportunity of acquainting her Frier.dj that she has received by the William Phnn, a variety of NSW MIL LINERY, &c. wliieh (he hopes to be able to fttew them in a few days. May 18 $3Pt ' f Now Landing, At Pratt's tuharf, FROM on board the fiiip Thomas Chalkley, Capt. Rafer, from Bourdeaux, CLARET in casks Ditto in cases White Wine Vinegar Red Skins in boxes For Sale by Rundle f Leech. May i 5 § - Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, Jun. Sk Co. No. 8 Chef,nut-Street, Have for FIFTY TRUNKS aeatiy aflbricd, very low on fliort credit. March 6. § Advertisement. PURSUANT ta an Order from the Orphans' Court, ivill be fold at PUBLIC SALE, at Cranberry, on Pff(driefthty t the I Atb day of tfunenext, all that valuable REAL ESTA TE y late belonging to the Rev. Gilbert T. Snorudest, due fed, lyu>% in and near Cranberry, in the coufity of MiddlffX, toifynfiip of South Brunhviciy Hate of Neiu upon Hie lower flage road leading from PhUadHphia to Neiv 1 ori. ' A very elegant 'frame bctife in a beaut ful and healthy situation, pair, ted white, tuith Venetian window JbuMers> thirty feet front and thirty tight feet de?p y two rooms with a handsome hall or entry on the firfl Jtuor y three rooms on the second floor and two well-fnifhedgarrets. In the rear, of the bouse is an excellent two-flory building conftflingJif a dining-room fur work people, spacious pantries and a large [kitchen with every eotivenienee y and over are three chambers for servants. To the right is an additional building confiflir.g of a chamber below and a library above—-under the whole are very fne cellars paved with brick. The bouse is en tirely new and finifbed with tafie. Evfry room is hung W'tb bells that lead both to "the kitchen and the fervunts * apartments : there is a pump in the yard; and a flone and brick pavement round the whole bouse, which is enclos ed with a handsome railings with three gates in front. The farm confiJls of one hundred and fxty feveu acres, with a proportion of Woodland and meadow, under excel lent fence ; a garden wrth pale fence ; a large barn, fa bles, carriage-house, co :i -houfi[s, &c. all new., and built in the befl manner : will a young orchard of 200 grafted trees. Nearfa adjoininy f.i.d farm is a lot of IVoodland of the befl quality, cmtpining 37 acres. Also a tra£t of land within seven miles, of Q*anbcrfy y containing one hun dred and fifty acres, ibre*-fyurths memdow and the red ex cellent timber. This will be fold in lots or together, us will befl suit the purebafert Tbe payments, one third cafh —one third in one year—— and the remaining third, one year following, with intereS on the two lajl payments, and approved feeurity. For further-particulars iwymre of Nathaniel Hunt, or Dr. Ralph Lott, Cranberry ;of Tfiac Snow den, J at Princeton ; or of Isaac Snow den, fun. Second freet, Philadelphia. May 25 §6mwftS Richard Bay ley & Co. Late John Whitesides & Co. No. 136 Market-Jlreet % HAVE received per the ships William Penn and Star from London, a large and iafhionakle as sortment of the following articles : viz. Chintzes, and printed Cottona, of the newest patterns Furniture Dimities and Chixtzes Ginghams, plain and figured, Muslins, printed and embroider'd Do. tambour'd, plain, check and ftrip'd Do tamboured, of a very superior qual ty Fine took, Jaconet and Decca Handkerchiefs Dimities and muflinets D3malk table-linen, in fotts and in the piece Diaper ditto in Cloths and in ditto Holland and Ruflia Sheetings Loop'd Hollands aid Irifli Linens Long Lawns and Cambrics Sattins and Silks, plain and figured Ribbons and Gloves Crapes and Gauzes Straw, Chip, and Paper Hats and Bonnets, new shapes Fancy trimmings, &c. With a variety of articles in the Lin6n-Drapery and Haberdafltery rtne. May 22 §*ot Poft-Office, 23d May, 1797. THE Mai! for Baltimore will be closed at this of fice every morning (Sundays excepted) at half part 7 o'clock. The Mail f r Boston will clofed everyday (Sundaysexcepted)a r 12 o'clock doom ; and The Mail for F.cderica, Milford, Ciowrs, Dagfbo rougH, Delaware, Ho ntown, Accomack Court-House and Northampton Court-Home, Virginia, will be closed every Monday morning at half past 7 o'clock. May 23. *i«t fnjl Imported, IN the (hip Woodrop Sims, Capt. Hodgfon, from Canton, and for sale by the Subscrib er, at Mrs. Kinfey'a, corner of Second and Pine-street, Hyson Hyson Skin (Teas all frelh and of Young Hyson and C excellent quality. Gunpowder J Also, A few Nankeens. C.HAIGHT. April 17 dtf Just Arrived, ' In the fehooner Dove, Captain Paul, from St Thomas, and tor sale by the fubferiber- Muscovado Sugar in hhds- tierces and barrels.. St. Croix Rum in hhds. And Laguira hides. ALSO ON HAND, Imperial, Hyson, and Sherry and Malaga Hyson Skin Tea». Wir.es. Yellow Nankeens. Holland Gin in pipes. Canton Cloth. Do. Cheese. Luteliringt. Do. Glass ware. Siik Hankerchiefs. China Ware. Sewing Silk. Window Blinds. Cotton iu bales. Rheubarb. Peruvian Bark. Quicksilver, fee. JOSEPH SIMS. May »»d. di4t. XJ)E Csa3Ct"«. PHILA DEL PH/yJ, , MOXDAV F.PENING, MAY :<>, ~ ... , , -—_ An Ordinance ' Providing fir the appoiittment of City CommiJJtoners, mid p> escrib ing their Duties.. . > See. 1. T) Ett Ordained and js itocled the; J 5 Citizens of Philadelphia, ia i : Sdeft 1 and Caramon Gotntens affembkd, j 1 That at the firil meeting of the Set«£t and' i Common Councils in die month of June in • 1 the present )tear, and at their lirlt meeting i in the month of December in the fame and ; every succeeding yef.r, there shall be appoint* ; 1 ed, by concurrent jxraqtiftps of the faiY! j Councils, not less than three, nor more than i five djfereet perfoils, citizens of, and rcfid- ■ ent in, the city P&ilatMphia, b'y the ! ijame of The City Conu|iifiD)iys, vvhoflia'.l, ; during the period of thtir dppointrocntsi ] exercne and perform the ftveral audgmtie* ; and duties hereinafter and prifcribed, i or which fliall hereafter be given and prefcri- I bed by any ordinance or resolution of the < Citizens of Philadelphia in Scleft and Com- j mon Councils aflcrtibled, or which, by any 1 ordinance or resolution of the MayoT, Al- \ dermen and Citizens of Philadelphia iii i Common Council afiembled, remaining in c force at the time of the palling of this or- ; dinance, and not repealed or annulled by i the fame, are given or prescribed to the Ci- i ty Commiffioiiers heretofore chosen and ap- 1 pointed, under an ordinance of the faii j Mayor,- Aldermen and Citizens; pafled on | the third day of June in the year of our < Lord one thousand seven hundred and nine- < ty-one, and the Conrmiffioners fp appointed j at the firft meeting ot' the Select and Com- ( mon Councils, in the month of June in the 1 present year, (hall be and remain in office i • until the lalt day of December following, in- \ i clufive ; and the Commissioners so appointed ] at the firft meeting .of the laid Councils in i the month of December in the present or a- ; ny succeeding year, lhall be and remain in i office from the firft day of January flext succeeding the time of their appointment, ( inclusive, for and during the full term of one year, unless they or any of them ihall be previously removed by a refbltttion of the ; said Seleft and Common Councils ; Provid- , ed always, That in cafe the office of any of the said Commissioners ihall become vacant -by death, resignation or otherwise, such va cancy may be l'upplied in the manner above mentioned, at any time after it ihall so hap pen. Sec. 2. And be it further ordained and e nafted, That each of the Commissioners so appointed, before he enters upon the duties of his office, lhall take and fubferibe an oath or affirmation before the Mayor, according to law, that he will faithfully execute the office of a City Commiffionef of the City of Philadelphia, and the said Commissioners or a majority of them so qualified an afore faid, which number fliall at all times form a quorum for the transaction of any business, lhall meet at the Court-House in H:gh-ftreet <»r such other place as may be appointed by a resolution of the Seleft and Common Councils, on the Tuesday of every week, which meeting may be continued from time to time by adjournment : and the said Com missioners lhall have and employ a suitable person as a Clerk to attend in their office, keep their accounts, and perform all such business as is usually performed by a Clerk, and the fame at pleaiure to difmil's, and em ploy another. Sec. 3. And be it further ordained and enatted, That the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, lhall have the several au thorities and perform the duties hereinafter mentioned : that is to fay, They lhall, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, demise and let the public wharves and landing-plac es, the filh and scale-houses, and the cellar under the City-Hill, and the bouse on Schuylkill, with the lots contiguous thereto (except so much thereof as fliall be occupied by any buildings ere&ed for the use of the Colleftor of the Tolls, or be necessary for the Toll-gates at the ferry on the said river, together with the wharves and landing-plac es properly appurtenant to the fame) the leases for which fliall not be made to conti nue longer than one year refpe&ively, with out the consent of the Selett and Common Councils, fignified by concurrent resolutions, and lhall contain proper covenants for the quarterly payment of the rents thereby re served, and the other usual and necessary covenants, with at lealt two fufficient sureties for the due performance of the fame, to be approved of a3 hereafter direct ed with refpett to the other terms of the said leases. But every person to whom the lots on Schuylkill may be demised, lhall be bound to render at all times, when thereto required, every assistance in his power, tow ards securing the bridge at the said ferry, up on sudden emergencies, against any injuries from ice, >fwells, frelhets or otherwise, and also for the swinging and replacing the said bridge, when rendered necessary for the pas sing of boats, or by the accumulation of tralh Or rubbish against the lame. And the said Commissioners fliall, at least four months previous to the firft day of January next, and every succeeding year refpc&ively, cause ad vertisements to be publiflied in "two of the daily news-papers of the city, and continued therein thrice a week for one month, invit ing proposals to be made and sent to them at their office, in writing, lhting the rents _ winch tire spphcants arc wtffcng to pay fbr all or any psrt ot tjie saul property, andthi said' Corran'ffionera (Lull by all propof-J: which they I!.all !u receive before the Mify or, and, with lire confejit and approbation, - clftfTrrauc upon aud accent those propefal; which fell be mod advantageous to the city. Apd the laid Cojnmjlliohers, from year to / -year, shall let the fired and ipaveabie ftail - of the markets for the h:>hell an<> bejl rent-, payable (patterly, which can reasonably be obtained for the fame, r-gulating the ieafts ■S ' thereof in such .manner that Ite- fame Wsli □ expire on the hti day of Decenberiiickdnv. 1, in the present and every* future yen* refpeS d' iveljr.'wivch recto fbett be coiieifted'by the n « Clekks 9!' the markets-heretofore, and the ff said Commigiooers (hall quarterly; d ; accounts of the said Clerks, a (certain lnl» -t : balance: due ft'jrn them Vefpeftirely, <-?r.d k ! port the fame- to :ho Tferjiirer. 'And tlv n laid CcmmiiSottcr! Hallcpntraft wJtli proper I- workmeii who will undertake to repair the e bridge over j&fei£ylk ill at- High-ffrect, to h> I, Jilaee it a? soon as ppfiibL- after it or any part of it may be cßnied«w«y er damaged, :s and to purch'afe timber, pfatak, and other I, materialj m-eeffayy for the fame, end for i- building and rep&iring'ihebtiflt or boats ni* e ceflary t» be kept tliere, and for keeping tHe 1- rspes and whiu tfes in proper repair, ami-tff? y said Commillicners foil fee that such cp;i ----; 1 rafts are punctually •complied with, ami >i! report, to the SefcA and Common Councils n L amy final delinquency therein. They {hill - i also contrast with proper persons, fromtimtr Y to time, to repair and keep' in repair, the - fctry ; hoafes, ii(h and fcala-houfes, market -- houses, wharves, docks, ami the fences ami d iticlcfares of all the real eftatc belonging to n the city, and' fee that such contracts are r complied with, and they (hall take tfie gen eral care and fuperintendance ps the said pro d perly, so as to prevent mufances and el -- croachments thereupon, and (hall attend to e the execution of the several afts of the le e 1 giflature of this slate, and the ordinances of, 1*: j the: Corporation, now in force, or which d hereafter fuall be passed for preventing or a removing projeftioas, obftru&ions, or nuis ances in the streets, lanes, alleys or footways n of the city. t Sec. 4. And be it further ordained and •1 enafted, That the said Commissioners, or a e majority of them, shall examine every ac e count which (hall be exhibited to them, for e any monies demanded as due, in pursuance 1- of any contraS which (hall be made by them, >f and if they allow the fame, give a certificate it fpecifying the amount due, and the purpol »- es for which, the debt was contracted, which certificate, together with the account and >- vouchers refpefting the fame, (hall be pre sented to the-Mayor for his investigation ; and if the Mayor approve of said account, 0 as legally due, he (hall draw an order on the - s Treasurer for the sum mentioned in such cer, h tificate, but if he (hall not approve thereof, g he (hall transmit the said account and vou ie chcrs, with such obferrations thereon as he y may think proper, to the Stleft and Com rs mon Cotmcils for their examination ar.d fin e- al decifiou. Provided always, That every a order so drawn (hall fpecify the objeft for s, which the debt (hall have been coutraded, et and (hall be charged by the Treasurer to the iy particular account for which the monks >n therem due (hall have accrued, and whenev i, er the amount of any appropriation, or the le sums received thereupon (hall be exhausted, a- no ether or future order (hall be drawn upon le such account, but notice of the fame hav e, i.ng bees so exhausted, (hall be given by the :h Mayor to the Commissioners, and they (hall It, immediately thereupon notify the fame to the n- Scleft and Common Councils, and, at the fame time, {late the different contrads id which (hall then have been made upon the a credit of such appropriation, with the iita u- ation of the refpeftive objects for which the er fame is afligr.cd. And in order that the in Mayor may be possessed of the neccffary in fe formation, lie shall have authority, at any c- time, to infpeft the books of the Treafur ar er, or demand from him the state of the ac -3n count of each, or any particular appropri to ation, and the amount of the balance re- • ed mnining in hi 3 hands thereupon. And in he cafe it ill all at any time be found or appre or hendtd by the said Commissioners, that any ;r, fpecific appropriation will be inadequate to ic- the objeft or objefts for which it is assigned, he they (hall immediately report the fame to ti- the Selcft and Common Councils, ar.d slate h- what further addition or provision will bo on necessary. is, Sec. 5. And be it further ordained and he cnafted, That the said Commissioners (hall re- determine upon and cause such additional ry wells to be dug, and pumps therein to be nt fixed, and lamps to be set up, in such con he venient places as to them (ball appear neceffis • ft. ry within the streets, lanes aud alleys of he the city. And they (hall also, with the ap he probation of the Seleft and Common Cau'n be c>ls, limit, direst and appoint the depth of to all vaults, wells and links, hereafter to b<; a-, dug within the city, for privies or neceffwy p. houses, which regulation being so made, and es approved in Seleft and Common Councils, id (hall Le advertil'ed in two or more newfpap id ers of the city, and then deposited in the if- Office, of the Clerk of the Mayor's Court, of for the infpeftion of any inhabitant of the lie city. And if any person or persons hs whatever, Diall dig or csufe to be dug, any id vault, well, or fnik for a neccffary houle cr d- houses ps any greater depth than (liall be li hie mited and appointed by the said Commiffiofi :d ers in manner aforefaid, or nearer to the lice rt- of his lot than two feet, every such perfoh at or persons so offending, ihall forfeit and pay ts the sum el One Hundred Dollars, aud for [VCLV XI
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