ft it of tijt tlllifets and hiladelphia Daily Advertiser.
7/ "° '573 !
SALES BV AUCTION.
Stated Sales •
For n r r g 0,0 ds.
f Fonenonn —Edward Fox, No. 56,
/' »// ■' south Front-flreet,
"°' Aft;, moo 6-—Footman & Co. N®. 65
(_ South Frontftreet.
f Forenr>oii-*John Old City
iT., a ) -Auilion, No. 73 fout'h Pront-ftreet.
- y Afternoon—William Shannon, No.
C_ ißj High-street.
jrednefday J A
Tburfday $ Fox.
- ■> I Afternoon—John Connelly.
1? ;j ( Forenoon—Willyi® Shannon.
Saturday Afternoon—Peter Benfon.
HAVANNA SUGARS. "
; FOR SAL?.,
1 +OO boxes and cgjKS prime white Havan
na SUGARS, .
On board the (hip Hamburgh Packet, Silas
Sv>ain, Mailer, now lying at Marcus Hook.
For terms, apply to Capt. Swain, on board, to
Capt. Samui l Smith, in Front, near Wal
nut street, or to
Philip Nicllin, & Co.
r Who offer the said Ship
Hamburgh Packet
for SALE or CHARTER.
She 13 313 ions regiller, coppered to the bends,
fails remarkably fail, and nan be ready to re
ceive a cargo in a few days.
Sept 21. _ daw
Antigua Rum,
JUST arrived at Wilmington, Delaware
Ftate, and now lauding from on board the
Brig A.live, VTilliatn Williams, Matter,
One hundred hhds. 3d & 4th proof,
And for Sale bv
Jehu Hollingf-Jiorth (if Co.
Wilmington, Sept. ai. dtf
•«£>: N. B. The above Brig,
l§k '£r *>V» and the brig GAYOSO, are
i>. fry alio for Sale or Charter, and
w>.*!> . now ready to receive a cargo
on hoard, at Wilmington. Apply as above.
For Savannah,
j-—i The fall failing (hip,
SWIFT PACKET,
Patrick Grib'bin, Mafler,
Now lying opposite the mouth
of l rankford Creek, his handsome accommoda
tions tor palTengers, and will fail on or about
the ift ei' October.
For freight or pafftge apply to the mafler on
board, or of the fublcribers at Ffankford, 5 t-a
miles from Philadelphia.
Nalbro £9° J. Frazier.
FranVforri, Sept. 18. dtiftO.
For HAMBURGH,
r S 'HE Copper Bottomed Ship
vJteSvl- 1 FA VORITE, John
]KW!5w < H»v Thompson, Mister, now at
.-v/tV "J'V-jr- Bnght's wharf, and will be rei
■s <!y to take in on Monday next,
part of her cargobeiog engaged
and reidy to go on board. Tht (hip i» so well
known, that it is needless to describe her. She
is now in compleat order. For Freight or Paf
fjge, please ta apply at Mr Jeremiah Warder's
Compting House, No. 12, North Third street,
or to the MaAer on bord.
August 30.
For SALE,
On board the said Ship, Swedilh Iron, afTorte I
Hollow and Window Glass, Demvjohns, Wrap
piup Paper fir Sugar Refiners. Rugs of 1 & 2
Quality. Please to apply as above.
* ; wf&m4w
White Havanna Sugar.
1401 boxes") of very fuperiorquality now difcharg*
hhd*. ) ing from the lhij> Hamburgh Packet,
at Walnut Street wharf—and forfale by
Philip Nick/in Iff Co.
N. B.
THE SHIP
Hamburg Packet,
® ILAS Swain, Mafler,
For Sale, or Charter.
Aug. 24. eotf
T 0~ B £ S O I> D,
And pojfejfion given immediately,
A LARGE two story brick Houfe,handfomely
situated in Princeton. There are four rooms
and a large entry on each floor, and five rooms in
the garret, a range of lia*k buildings 51 feet in
length, and a piazza of 57 feet. J here is a pump
in the yard, an excelleut kitchen garden, at the
farther end of which are a carriage house and two
(tables, one of which is new, 44 feet long, with
flails in the two stables for 27 horses. The hcal
thinefs and pleasantness ot its fttuation, and tht
number of genteel and agreeable families in and
near the town, reader it a desirable retreeat for a
gentleman from the city. The comrnodioufnefs of
the house, its cential position, and the largeness of
-the (tables, mate it| every way fuitableforatavern, for
" which it has always been confidcrd as a capital
Hand. Inquire on tne prcmifes, of
ISAAC SNOWDEN.
Princeton, Ang. 15. 29 —diwaawtf
* N <>;T I C E.
IF Thedy O'Hara, whofome years fincekept
School at tht Nine Bridges, Queen's County, Eaf
tcrn Shore, Maryland, be living, he is hereby re
minded to call on, or write to, the R«v. Ambrose
Marshal, near Warwick, Cecil County, Eastern
Shore, Maryland, from whom he will reeeive in
terefring in formal jo n.
Augujl 4. mw&f4w
Imported inthefhipMANCHESTER,
Benjamin Shewell, Master,
From Bouriieaux, and for sale by the fubferiber,
No. ji Walnut St-eet.
Bonrdeaux Bra-ndy "J l
Irish market claret in cases ( Entitled to
Medoc wine, 'in do. J Drawback.
Sauterne, do. do. J
Thomas Murgatrsyd.
WHO HAS FOR SALE. 1
Sherry Wine in pipes and quarter caffcs
Rota do. do. '
Pimento in bags
4000 bushels Liverpool fait.
Aug. 24.
PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, i 797
WANTED
Bills on Amfterdatn, at a fight cot exceeding six
ty day?, and with approved Indorfcrs, to'the amount
jf two hundred thousand guilders—for which cafli
will he paid at the rate of thirty eight cent- a gail
* <ler—Applications to be made to George Simpfon,
F.fcj. Caihier ef the Hank of the United States.
Sept. 14. dtf
Young Hyson Tea.
40 chcfts of a superior quality—Alio,
100 do. of Hyson,
Imported in the IVoodrop Sims, and for sale by
the fubferibers, corner of Second and Pine
street.
C. liaight.
June 21. eotf
Imported in the Jhip Pigou,
And for sale by John Morton, No. li 6, South
Front-street.
Hyson
fryfon Skin (™, t
Young Hyson
Imperial J
1 April 20. eotf
. The Norfolk Mail STAGE.
THIS Stage starts from the GEORGE Tavern,
at the corner of Second and Arch Streets, in
Philadelphia, rvery TuefJuy, Tburfday, and Satar
day, at 3 o'clock, in the irorning ; arrives at l>o
vcr the firft day, at Snowhill the second day, at
Northampton Court House the third day, and 011
the morning of the fourth day tie palfengers find
a fafe and comfortable packet to cunvay them to
Norfolk.
A packet leaves Norfolk for Nwthampton fetry,
every Tuofd y, Thurf lay and Jaturday, and the
Stage starts from this ferity fop Philadelphia, every
Mon.'ay, Wcdnefday and Friday ;Jputsup at Snow
Hdl the firft night, at Dover the zd night, and ar
rives in Philadelphia in the evening of the third
day.
Thediftance on this route, between Philadelphia
and Norfolk, it So miles less than on ai,y ftagc route
between 'those placet
Too much cannot be said in favor of the road,
which is most excellent inde*d. The proprietors
wdlingly engage to return the wh»le fare to any
paiTengtr, who, after having performed this route,
will fay that he ever travelled in a it age for the fame
distance, so good a road in America.
August 11. dim. eotf.
This Day Published,
And to be fold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of
Second and Chefnut streets,
.Price $-%tbs of a Dollar,
Observations on certain Documents
Contained in No. V and VI of
" The History of the United States for
the year 1796,"
In which the ch '.ro* or sfkculation againlt
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
Late SccatTAftv of the TucAsua, is FULLY
REFUTED.
WRIT.tEN Br UfMSßir.
This publication presents a concil'e statement
of the bj.e means pra&ifed by the Jacobins of the
United Sratfs io asperse the ehara<ft«r» of tbofs
perfors who are corfiaered as hostile to their difor
garizing schemes. Jt also contains the cor
nfpondencc between' Mr. Hamilton and Messrs.
MonrOe, Muhlenburgh and Venahle, on the fub
je<3 of the documents aforefaid, and a series of let
ters from James Reynolds and his wife to Mr Ha
milton, proving beyond the poßibility of a doubt,
that the connexion betwetn him and Reynolds,
was the rcfult 01 a daring confpiraay on the part
of the latter and his affbeiates to extort money.
A difcour.t of one third from the retail price
will be made in favor ot wholesale purchasers, for
cash. Orders to be addressed to Mr Young.
Avrujt aj.
No. 188.
DiJlrilT of Pennsylvania, to <wit :
(l. s. i^ P 11 RK .MJiMBEREI'), that on the
' -1' twenty sixth day of July, in the twen
ty second of the independence of the United
States of America, JOHht Fenno, of the said dif
tricl.liath deposited in thisoffice the title of a hook,
the wh«reof he clai&s as proprietor, in the
words following, to wit ■—
" OHfervations 011 certaia documents contained.
" in No. V. and VI. of 41 The Hiflory of the T.'nit
" ed States for the year 1796" in wliith thn charge
" of speculation, againll Alexander Hamijtoo, late
" Secretary of the Treafnry, is fully refutid—
" Written by hiinfelf "
In conformity to-h# aS os-tic Conjrefs »f tlie
Ucited States, enrituled, " A» sit for the encour
agement of learning, by fecunng the copies of
maps, charts and books to the authors ant? propri
etors of such copies, during th« times therein men
tioned."
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
1 Clerk of the Diflrift *f Petinfylvania.
July 37. W4W
MRS. G RAT lAN
INFORMS her friends,and the public in general,
t iat htrr house, No. 192, Market-ftrcct, will con
tinue open during the fieknefs.
Board and Lodging in a separate room, tun
dollars, in a double room, eioiit dollars.
For the convenience of those gentlemen who
have not thGir amilies in town, Mrs. ©rattan
will receive gentlemen to dine at halt a dollar
a day. 19- —6t
Imported in the latefl arrivals from
Anifterdam and Hamburg, and forfale by
B. Sff J. BOHLEN,
A large assortment of fine French Camhricj,
Platillas RnfliaiiidDutch sailcloth
B- ittannias Writing, post, and pi int-
Kouanes ing paper
Brown Holland Durch calf ikins
ChecVs and (Iripes Psime madder
Ticklenburga Shell'd Barley
Oznaburgs Looking glasses
White (heetitigs Hollow glafe ware
Diaper Slates
Brown rolls Coffee mills
Umbrellas Brass kettles
Hair ribbons Scythes and draw knives
Black and whitelaces Tovs alTorted in boxes
Beil Holland Gin in pipes
London particular Madeira Wine
Jnly »4- m&thtf
Cedar Shingles. (
THE fuhferiber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar
Shingles rf a superior quality, for sale at 13
dollars p<;r-thoufand. x
William Halhivell, 1
Nq. 193 North 7 hini-Jireet.
July »7- eout
By John Fenno, N°- 119 Chefnut Street
Lately Published,
(n one vol. 8 vo. (price one dollar in boards) fold
t by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and
1 i Chefnut streets,
" I Collection of Papers on the fubjedt of
Billious Fevers, prevalent in the United
States for a few years past.
Compiled by NOAH tVF.BSTER, j U n.
Containing letters from Doctors Scan an, Ssnith,
Bucl, Taylor, Ramsay, Monfon, Reynolds, Mitch
ell,on contagion, &c. &c.
r *"">■ l < tt ■
City ComniiJJioners Office,
August 29, 1797.
IN pur f.iance of an Ordinance of the Seleci and
Common Councils, palled the 2id day of May lad.
Proposals in writing will be received hy the City
Commiflioners for one month from the Ift of Sep
tember next, for letting to rent on leases for o«ie
year to commence the firfl day of January next, the
following public property of the city—
The wha'f and landing on Vine Street,
Also on Saflafra*,
Mulberry,
And High Streets,
Chefnut and Walnut Streets, Uraw "ridge, with
the Scale and Fiili Houses, Spruce, Pine and Cedar
Streets.
The cellar under the City-Hall.
The I'avern at the middle ferry on Schuylkill, !
with the lots contiguous thereto, (except so ranch
thereof as (hall be occupied by jtny buildings ercA
ed for the use of the Collector of the Tolls, or fct
fcrcellkry for the toll-gates.)
Ang 3 3tav»rm.
L O S T,
OV the PafTyunk Road, between the Blue Ball
and the city, a Fowling Piec*, with a hrals
bai rcl and fitver li^ht; on th* plateoor. r thebuirare
the letters "Jamaica, 99" —artd'onfjje barrel
near the lock " London" and the Tower (lamp.
Whoever will return the aid piece to John BLunard,
•tthefign of t/ie Blue Ball on the Paffyunk Road,
orthrofliceo! this Gazette, fltall receive a reward
of Four French Crowns,
F-ept. 11.
DUTY ON CARRIAGEST"
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT agreeably to an a (St of Congress of the
United States of America, parted at Phila
delphia, the zßth day of May, 1796 ; laying du
ties on Carriages, for the conveyance of persons,
which (hall be kept by or for any person, for his
or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the
conveyance of paflengers, the several duties and
rates following, to wit :
For an 4 upon every Coach, 15 dols.
upon every Chariot, l» dols,
upon every Post Chariot, n dols.
upon every Post Chaise, ia dols.
upon every Phaeton, with or without top,
9 dols.
upon every Coachee, 9 dols.
upon other Carriages, having pannel work
above, with blinds, glalles or curtains,
9 dols.
upon f»ur wheeled Carriages, having fra
med polls and topi with (leel fpriogs, 6
dots.
upon four wheeled Carriages, with wood
en rr iron fprinjs or jacks, 3 dols.
ttpon Curricles with tops, 3 dols.
upon Chaises with tops, 3 dots,
upon Chairs with tops, 3 dols.
upon other two wheel top carriages, 3 dols.
upon two wheel carriages, with ft eel or
iron fpriAgs, 3 dols.
Ftr and upon all other two wheel carriages, a dols.
upon every four wheeled carriage, having
framed polls and tops, and rcfting up
on wooden spars, a dols.
The Collectors of the Revenue for the firft Sur
vey of the Diftriit of Pennsylvania, will'attend
daily, until the 30th day of September n*xt, (or
the putpofe of receiving tl.e duties on Carriages, at
Germantowu ; at the house of Daniel St. Clair, Esq.
in the County of Montgomery; and at the house
of James Chaptaan, Esq. in the County of Bucks;
of which all persons poifeffed of such Carriages are
desired to take notice.
Notice is also given,
TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign dis
tilled spirituous liqaer*, that lic<nces will be grant
ed to them ; one licence for carrying on the busi
ness of retailing of Wines, in a kfs quantity, or
in left quantities than thirty gallons—»and one li
cence for carrying on the bullncfs of retailing Spi
rituous liquors in tafs quantltifetf rhaa 20 gallons, at
the fame time and at the fame places, by the offic
ers legally «uchorifed to gram such licences.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, •
Infpetfor of the Revenue of the firft Air
vcy of xlte Diftritfl of Pennfylvaniat
Office oi foipe&ion. at
German tow, iath Sept. X7P7- S
IMPORTED
la the {hip America, James Ewing, niafter, from 1
Hamburgh, <
Brown Holland# j
'White Ptftillas ']
Ticklenbsrgs
Coarse Linens ,
Tapes ;
Looking' Grades "> r
Olaft Tumbler, j in rase! -
FOR SALE BY
George Penmck.
August 14, jaw (
An elegant House in Arch Street. '
TO be let and entered on immediately a large
and elep-ant house at thf Corner of Arch and
Ninth Street. There are two drawing rooms
and one dining room—the largest is 31 feet by
two are so conne<sled by folding doors
as to make but one. Alio, five bed rooms, be
sides 5 in the garret, well finilhed for fcrvants.
There are (tables and a coach house, with evry
convenience for a family. Enquire .it No. 19,
in North Seventh street, or at No. aiß, Arch
Street. '
Aug. ic. aawaw.
PETER BORGtR,
INFORMS his friend?and the public in general -
that he has removed from No. 149, corner of
Arch and Fourth, to No. ICJ North Front, be
tween Arch and Race ftreeti, ;
July a".
Window Glass, x
Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in
theCitv — (
OF VARIOUS SIZES,
From 8 by 6 to J9 by 14,
By the finglc Box or Quantity, may be had at the
S'ore of the Subferibers, corner of Arch and Front- \
street.
James C. & Samuel W. Fi/Jjcr. '
Philadelphia, J ueg, 1797.
To be Sold at Vendue,
M /"\NFri<Jav the 19th' instant, prcctfely at three
o'clock in rfic afternoon, at sign of tlie
king of Prufiia, near the market heufe in Ger
sf mantown, a fwofiipry stone dwelling houfe,barn
id ani ' stable and lot of 1 acres 2q 16 perches of
ground, part ol which is an orchard of excellent
fruit trees, situate nearthe middle of German-
town, on the north fa ft fide of the main street
|j_ or road, containing in front on the f-f.d street
or road 149 feet nine inches ; bounded by ground
, of Dr. Betton slid other* and opposite to the
mefluage and lot of Melchior Ming, The above
l_°t > s good c!over meadow, and has a never
failing ftreain of water rtznniug through it.
1( j Also three other lots of ground, each contain
s. W S about two acrefs, situate on the fuuth eatt
y fide of Kittephoufe's .Mill road,commonly called
p. Peter Smith's Lane, in Germantown townftip,
ic at the dill a nee of 170 yards from the south welt
ie fide of the Germintown main street, bounded
by lands of Conrad Carpenter, James Oglebv,
Jacob Keout, and Melchior Ming. Tht above
lsts are high and pleasantly situated, command
ing a plealing prqfpedt of Germantown atidthe
Schuylkill and Wifiahiccon hills, and are well
» adapted for gentlemen's country feats. The
r hid lots are now in clover, and there are on the
fame upwards of 100 grafted fruit trees.
A good and indifpvtable title, clear of all in
cumbranjes, will be given to the purchaser
" twenty days alter the sale, upon th£ payment
of one half of the purch'afe money, and fe uriirg
the other half by mortgage upon the purchased
premises.
PolTcffion of the fir ft described lot and premi
se» may be hnd on the 17th April next, and im-
II mediate ppfieffion may be had of the three last
is mpntior.ed lots.
« Any person, wishing to view the above j;re
•l miles, may fee the fame by applying to Benj.
• Lehman, in Germantown near the Market
'. house. ED iVARD FOX, Auflioneer.
Germantown, aid Sept. 1797. dtS
Sundry Lots
IN the following Squares in the City of Walhing
ton will he exposed to Public Sale, by the sub-
Icribcrs, Monday in October next,
at the Little Motel, in thefaid City, to com
mence at 10 o'clock :
: Squatc No. 31, 41. 43, 44. 47. 4?. 49. j°> SS,
■ 66, 67,68,69, 70, 7j.74.7i. 76, 77. 7*. 79.101.
■ lot, 105,118,119,110,141, 61,56, 84,104, 87,
. 88, 89, i«4, 114, 115, no, 61, 166, 80,103,
s square «aft of square 87jfquarefouth cf square 104,
'■ square north of square 81, square east of square 88,
1 square north of square 128.
These I.ots are advantageously situated in the
neighborhood of the President's Square, and deem
ed equal in value to any in the city, and will be
peremptorily fold ; clear and valid titles will tw
made to the purchaser, oh receipt of the purchase
1 money. Terms of sale, arc, good notes, negotia
ble at the Bank of Columbia, one fourth part in
one month, one other fourth in three months, one
other fourth in five months, and the remaining ojre
■ fourth in feren months.
WILLIAM DEAKINS, jtm.
URIAH FORKEST.
' Sept. »l. dts
At the Federal Blast Furnace,
In Cari'ct—for Slitting, Platting, and Rolling
SEYMOUR'S Rollers.
THEIR Juptriority conji/ls in being freefrom
boles and honey-combed places. ixihich are com
monly found, in rollers cajl in sand, or clay
moulds. Theft patent rollers Ore cajl in iron
moulds, preuiotjly heated, and •will be found to
be more deiyfe, J'olid and durable than any rollers
heretofore used. Another important advantage
they have ever others, is, that the necks require
no turning, but are iiMintdaitely Jit for use, and
from their accuracy, run iuith less friflion, and
require less water to make them perform their
<work. 'I hey may Be had by application to the
Patentee in Plymouth, of Oen. Nathaniel Gosd
•wiri, or of Mejfrs. Thatcher a id Huy wurJ.
Bojlon, Aug. jl.
____ Sept. 19. ■'§bt.
Mr. L Ai L SON,T
WITH an intention to render service, and unde
ceive those Pei formers, who durieg his ahfeoce Mr.
Jaymond has thought proper to engage, thinks it i
would be wrong in him not to inform thole that
are engaged, that it» withou his approbation, and
that he will not be in any Way answerable for 1
Jaymond's engagements.
PHILIPPE LAILSON.
Alexandria, Syt. 15, 1797 6t. !
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
ASSIGNEES OF JAMES GREEN LEAF,
HEKE3Y give notice, that they havedifpofed
of the property afiigned to tbemior the ldcui ing j
the payment of the note-', acceptances, and er.-
doifements given by Edward Fox, for thp use
of thefaid James <sreen(taf; and the holders of
such notes, acceptances, and endorsements, are
hereby notifyed that the fuhferibers will fettle
with them for the amount of their refpe<Sive I
claims, both principal and interest, at !
any time before the aeth day of October next;
after which dav, the holders not applying, will
be excluded, agreeably to the terms of assign
ment.
Applications to be made at south-east corner
of Dock and Second flreets (the Dock-street
fide), between the hours of eleven and one o'
clock evtiy day, Sunday- excepted.
Hent-y Pratt,
Tho. IV. Francis,
John Miller, Jun.
John AJhley,
Jacob Baker.
Philadelphia, August 18, 1797. d
Just published,
And to be fold at the Bcokftores of H. y P,
Rice, No. .50, Market-street i J. Ormrod, ,
No. 41, Chefnut-flreet, and \V. Young, s
corner of Chefnut and Second-streets,
An accurate Syftern of Surveying; 1
IN WHICH IS CONTAINED,
1. Decimal fractions, in a plain, concise.,. (
and ealy manner.
2. The extra,flion of the square root.
3. Plain trigonometry, redlangular and ob- ,
lique. i
4. An exait method to call up the contents ,
of lands.
5. Field surveying. j
The whole being performed without the use i
of scale and compafles, on a ta'ile of logarithms. ;
In which is given some acccunt of the variation i
of the needle, and the causes of its attradlitjn.
By SAMWEL MC)G n R£.
Augufli. aawiw
Thomas Herman L,buffer,
e North Fifth ftHfet, coiner of North alley, No. 34,
e rtis FOR SALE,
Ip XCELLENT red BdurdeaUx Wine in cafe r
-J , boxes,' fix years old
i White Graven Wine in Ci-.fLs
t Tirklcnbufgs
- Russia Sail Cloths
r Ravens Duch
t Bag Linen ,
i Heflians
» Diaper and Table Cloth
; Empty bags
r Common German Cloth
A n affortmont of black coloured Ribbons
. Fine German Laces
. About twelve tops Russia clean Hemp
j Clover Seed
Italian Soap, in small boxs<£ for family uf<s
( Window Glass ; . —2tw
THIS DAY WAs, PUBLISHED, *
And for (ale by 7HOM/JS DOBSON, at
Stone House, No. 41, south Second street,
EVENINGS at HOME;
■ OR, tHE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED.
' Confiding of a of MifceSlaneous Pieces for
theinftru&ion and amusement of YOUNG PER
SONS—-Six Volumes >iandfomcly printed and bound
up ia two volumes, price Two Dollars.
The variety and excellence of theft pieces are
such, that the book need* only to be known to be
uuiverfally esteemed one of the most valuable pub
lications th t can be put into the hands of young
persons.
44 Delightful task to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to ftioot.
To pour tk< frefh inftrudion o'er the mind,
To breathe th' enlivening fpirit,and to fix
The generous purpose in the glowing breast."
Thomson.
August 24. mwf4w
THIS D -\Y IS PUBLISHED,
By THOMAS &OBSON, at the Stone Houfc,
No. 41, south Second street,
Letters and Conversations,
Between several Young Ladies, on improving and in
terelhng fubje&s.
Translated from the Dutch of Madame de Camion
with alterations and improvements,
Printed on ji.lt paper, and neatly bound,
Price me dollar.
AMIDST the tide of modern Romances, painting
tales of extraordinary distress, or of desperate or
artful villainy, which " harrow up the foul," a rut
which it would be for the honor of young ladies to
be ignorant of, this little book comes forward to so
licit notice, where, in a variety of incidents, not ex
ceeding the bounds of real life, the proper, beoauf*
elegant and natural dignity and importance of tha Female
character is exhibited in an interefling point of view,
and prefects examples of real and attainable excel
lencc.
The publiflier was fomuch pleafedwlth the per*
sal, that he was persuaded he fliould do a pleafinj
service to the community by fending it in o circu-
.Auguft 14 —mw4w
To Masters and Pilots fringing up Vejfele
from Foreign Ports to this City.
TTTHereasfundry infringements have lately been
V V made on the laws of this state for the pre*
venting pestilential or infe&ious diseases, either
from ignorance or inattention thereto, it ia tho't
expedient at this time to publish the following ex»
tracts from the laws of lad April, 1794, 7th
Bth fedions.
HEALTH-OFFICE.
June 6th, 1794.
ExlraS of an aSfor securing the eity and port
of Philadelphia from the introduflion of pefti.
lential and contagious diseases.
Sect. 7. And be it further enadted, that every
maftcf or captain of any ship or vessel coming from
sea (velTels actually employed n the coasting trade
excepted) and bound to ;my port or place within
the jurildiflion of Pennfylvania.fha'l cause hisfhip
or vessel to be brought to anchor,or othcrwife flay
ed in the llrcam of the fiver Delaware, oppsfite to
the Health-Office on State-Island aforefaid, and
there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a
certificate or bill of heal h from the Resident Piiy
(ician. And it, previeufly to obtaining such certi
ficate or bill of health, any master or captain (hall
Puffer bis Slip or vessel to approach nearer than the
said Health-Office to the city of Philadelphia, cr
; (h.ill land, cause cr£uffer to be landed, or brought
1 011 (llore, at any place or port within this Corn
nopriwealth, or at any other port or place, with the
inteat of being conveyed into this Commonwealth,
any pcrfon or persons, or any goods, wares or mer
chandize, or, if as iir receiving such bill of health
o. certificate, he shall ncgkfi or refufe to deliver
the ,I'anw to the Health-Qlfieer, iuch master o'r c»p
---' tain shall forfeit ma p j, for each and every fuck
the furu of five hundred dollars.
And the captain or mailer of every fh;p or vef
, fel shall fend a fife and commodious boat to bring,
the physician on board, and shall in like manner
; convey him back to the Hsalth-Office, after he hu
concluded hi- official examination ; And vhile he
il malting lech examination, or in rase ar.y fubfe
<[uent examination by the Heakh Officer or Con
jfulting Physician, ajreeatly to the directions of
t hi:- aiS, the mailer or captain fliall expose or caule
to heexpofed to thefearch of the Resident Physi
cian; or of the Health Officef and Confultrng Physi
cian (as the cafe may be) each and every part of the
ihis or vessel, ar.d shall prcfent to his view each
and every person or persons on board thereof, and
and shall also true and fatisfadlory answers make
to all luch questions as the Resident Physician, &c.
it the time of examination shall ask relative to the
ihealthof any port or place fr«»m which the ship or
■ vessel failed, or has since touched at—tJie number
of persons on board when the ship or vessel entered
on her voyage—the number of persons that hive
ftnee been landed or taken on board, and Wlicu
and whererefpeflively—what persons on board—
s they have been during the voyage, or shall, at.
the time of examination, be infedted with any pes
tilential or contagious disease—and what is the pro
fent state and condition of the persons on board
with refpedt to their health or diseases. And it
any matter or captain shall refufe to expose as afore
aid, to the search of any of the officers aforefaid,
n if he shall conceal any feci person, or in any other man
ner deceive the proper officers aforefaid in his
uch captain or master, for every such offence, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred »oa-
LARS.
Sect. 8. And if any person or persons v.hatfa
ever (the Resident Physician, ice. excepted) shall
go on board any vessel, before the mailer thereof
has received a certificate of health in the manner
direSed, every person so offending, shall pay the
Um Of OMB NSND&ED DOLLARS
IT beisg abfolwely necessary that the foregoing
fe6lion3 should be punctually complied wits, the
fubferiber, in compliance with his duty, must ex
a& a rigorous observance of tha fame, or else ba
under the neceffify of putting the laws in force.
W'm. ALI.rN, Health Officer of the
Port of Philadelphia.
J«ly 14. «ijw
[Foli'me XII.