PROPOSALS
BY Bt.NJAivIIN DAVIES, _
For publt/hing by fubfeription,a periodical work
to be entitled The Philadelphia Magazine
and Review; or, Monthly Rcpofttory of
Information and Amusement.
AFTER the many fruitlefs attempts, which j,
have been made to eftabhfh a publication
of this kind ui Philadelphia, the proposals *ow
submitted, will, perhaps, at firft fight, appear to
be nothing more than soliciting disappointment.
When, however, we observe an eager sea ot
after knowledge spreading through all parts in I
our country, and when we eonfider, that,
these pursuits. Magazines and Reviews are
univsrfally-admitted utility, we are led to be
lieve, that former undertakings in this way have
failed from some other cause than the want of
discernment or liberality in those, to whom the
Editors looked up for support.
From causes, which are too evident to need
enumerating here, America is, and long must be J
beholden in a very considerable degree, to the ,
prefles of Great Britain. The literature of the (
two countries is, indeed, a fort of common ]
stock ; but, for one publication of ours, we re- J
ccive, at least five hundred in return. While '
this is the qafe, it is extreme folly in thepublifh
er of a periodical work, to rejedl, from a fort of
spurious patriotism, all information, however
ul'eful, and all amufemrnt, however delightsome,
merely because it is not of native production.
O'ovious, however, as the juftfee of these re
marks must appear we have very little doubt in (
onr minds, that aivo'oftinate adherence to a con
trary notion has been the principal cause of the (
want of l'uccefs, experienced by those who have
gone before us. _ ,
Reason and interest unite in didlating to us a
different plan. The Miscellaneous part, and
principal part, therefore, of the Philadelphia
Magazine, will confiftof choice feledlions from :
the newelt publications of merit, that shall ap- |
pear in Europe ; but, particularly from the va- I
rious periodical works publilhed in Great-Bri- ;
tain, of which we have taken care io insure the
Very earliest supply. At the fame time, we trust
it is unneceffaryro f y, that we (hall a'mays re
ceive with pleasure any original produflions of
genius, in verfeor prose, of our own country ; v
and we flatter ourselves with the hope of being
often favoured with the agreeable talk of giving
to such produ&ioris merited prailes and cxten
five publicity.
In felcfling and arranging these materials, to
suit the various tastes of our readers, we are sen
sible how difficult a task we have undertaken.
Topleafeall. we donotexpeS : it would be a
vain prefjmption. But we are resolved to give
offence to none, so far as consists with the supe
rior refpedi we owe to the sacred cause of reli
gion, morality., and social order. In these are
involved the glory and welfare of our country,
and they will clways be the Polar-star, that shall
guide our Übors.
The Miscellany will be followed by a month
ly Summary Irf b/evis and politics, foreign as
well as demfftic j under which head will be
comprised a fuccincft account of the Proceedings
of the General and State Legiflatwes, and the
title?, at least, of all the laws they ihall ena&.
The next part of our undertaking, is a Re
view, of the principal works of note publ .lhed
In Great-Britain. For this we must necessarily
have recourfc to the Reviews of that country.
Though it will be imjjoffible for as to farnilh as
complete an analysis as thatfiom which we (hall
take our materials, we (hall not fail to give fueh
an account of every publication reviewed in that
country, as will c >nvey to our readers inforraa
p tion fufficient to enable them to avail themselves
at a very early stage, of every valuable perform
ancs that shall appear. The advantages arilmg
from fui-h information ara evident. For want
ol' ir our profeflional man and illen of taste are
always kept a year or two in the rear of those
of Great-Britain. We do not hear of a work
till a leng time after it is pubiiflied, and many
very valuable ones we never hear of at all. All
the various injuries and privations we fuffer
from this source will, we flatter onrfelves, b»
entirely done away by a steady adherence to our
plan.
To that of foreign, will be added a Review of
Domc/lic Publications ; and here, w'e must con.
fefs, that we feel some diffidence, beeaufe the
execution of the task must depend, in a great
measure. upon the abilities of ourselves. How
ever, vith a firm resolution to be guided by de
cency, candour and truth, and to take genius
and virtue by the hand, whenever, and in what
ever garb, we may find them ; withnowifhto
wound the feelings of anv but the wicked, and
with the most fincete desire <jf feeing our coun
trymen (hine in every department of literature,
we doubt not, that we shall be able to acquit
ourselves to the fatistafkion of all those who
have the good-nature fairly to appreciate our
rao'tivts, and the justice to make allowance for
human imperfeClions,
1 he wo.'k will close with a monthly record
of Marriages, Births, Deaths, Promotions, and
other casual incidents.
As to what c ncerns the politics of this coun
try or of £ur»pc, at this momentous period, we
shall always view with jealousy every measure
of the French Government, and it's evera&jjve
emiflaries ; and if in this refpeft some men eon
fider us as partial or prejudiced, we (hall fubjnit
to their censure. For so full is our conviftion
tiiat the war, which now desolates Europe, and
menaces this country, is a war ef ambition and
plunder, on the part of France, that nothing
can induce us to conceal Our sentiments, or to
withhold the small afliflance that we can con
tribute to oppose them. For this reai'on we in
tend to devote a page or two of every number
to historical fa<£ls, anecdotes, and remarks on
Hie Politics of France, from the age ®f Louis
the Fourteenth to the present more alarming e
poch. For more than a century past has that
reitlefs and ambitious people been like a volcano
in the centre of Europe, disturbing the surround
ing Stafes by its intrigues, and once in every
eight or ten years overwhelming its most fertile
countries with devaluation and carnage.
Indeed it is more than eighteen hundred years
since the great Roman Orator* thought it his
duty to warn his countrymen against that con
duct and those principles, for which the present
race of Gauls are asjultly to be dreaded as their
- savage ancestors ; " Cal/is jidem Hon habendam,
: hominihus levibus, perfdis, et in ipfos Deos im
mortales impiis."
By the proper management of this tapic our
countrymen wi .lbe able to fee the real character of
the nation, which they formerly considered as their
friends, but now more justly execrate as their most
dang -rotu> enemies; and they will be better prepar
ed to appreciate any overtures, that may be made
hereaftir, for the retloration of peace and amity,
In the execution of this part of our design, par
ticularly " we look with confidence tor the lupport
and assistance ot all persons who (hall eonfider our
motives as laudable, and therefore wish to contri
bute to the success of our defign;—of all who
think, with us, that the press has been too long an
engine of dedruilion, and that it ought, at length
to be rendered a mean of prefervatioD, and anin
ftrumentof prott£lion."
* Cic&ro.
" Literature, well or ill condufled, is the great
" engine by which, I am fully persuaded, all ei-
" vil-.fed Stale" must ultimately be supported C I
44 overthrown." Purjuits of Literature.
the CONDITIONS.
This work will he publilhed in Monthly Numbers; c
and if a moderate encouragement is givm the ]
firft number will appear oe. the firft day of Feb |
ruary next, t
Each number will contain at least |Filty pages ef j j
letter press, in oitavo, under a blue cover. It ■
will be printed on a fair and good paper ; and, (
as soon as our lift of Subscribers will warrant ,
the expence, every number will be embellished .
with an elegant engraving. (
The price to the Subscribers will be twenty-five
cents for each number, to be paid on delivery at
some one of the places fpecified below, where
the fubfeription has been received ; and as soon
as there are lufficient to make a handsome vo
lume, they will be bound together, for such sub
scribers as choose it, they paying the additional .
expence.
Subferiptions will be received by Benjamin Davies
at No. 68, High street, where the favours of all Cor-
which the portage has been paid, will
be received, and duly attended to, as well as b)" all the
principal Book-fellers in the city ; by George Hill,
Bookfellerin Baltimore; and by /Archibald Drum
mond, Boos feller in New-York.
dec. 14. r'aiww
AN EXftistC'T Of si L.-iti 1
For the Regulation of
CHIMNE Y-SWEEPE RS.
TnHAT no persons (hall follow the buGnefs of
Chimney-Sweepers, either by thcmfelves
their servants, negroes or others wrthin the city of
Philadelphia, t'ae diftriA of Southwark, or the
townlhip of the Northern Liberties, without hav
ing firft made application to the officer herein after
directed to be appointed, and havi.ig registered or
caused to be regitlered his or their names, and the
1 names of their servants, negroes, or others, as
aforefnid, with a number affixed to each and every
| such name in a book by the aforefaid officer to be
j kepc for the purpose, and without procuring and
j receiving from the said officer a certificate of every
| such regittry, containing the number and name of
every ferfon so entered, under the penalty of ten 1
(hillings for every day he (hall follow by himfelf or
; cause to be followed by his servants, negroes, or* I
others, the (aid business which faia certificates the
fajd officer is hereby enjoined and required to make
out under his hand, and to deliver to the person or
persons who (hall a»ply for the fame ; and for every
such registry and certificate he {hall receive the sum
of ieven (hillings and fix pence and no more.
That every person following the business afore
faid wichin the said city, di(lri<sl, and liberties, (hall
(if he follows the employment himfelf) wear w
(if he employs his servants, negroes or others)
cause to be worn on the front cf their caps in lull
view, without concealment, th» fame numbers
and figures refpedively, as (hall be so aforefaid
entered in the said book, and coht ined in his or
their refpe&ive certificates, and none other, in
Urge figures, not less than two inches in length to
be made ot strong durable tin or copper; and the
persons following the said btifinef9 by themfelvcs,
or their servants, negroes, others, &e. not having
the said numbet fixed on his or thfir caps accord
ing as the law directs ; er when fixed, (hall wil
fully deface or conceal the fame, or (hall negleA
to keep them viiible, (hall for each and every such
offence, forfeit and pay the fufci of ten (hillings for
each andevary day thai he or they (hall follow the
said employment, not wearing, or omitting to
wear the said number as aforefaid.
That if any person or persons undertaking the
occupation aforefaid, (hall not, within 48 hours,
after application to him or them made by any of
the inhabitants of the said city, di(lri&. or North- I
em Liberties, fweip or cause ta be swept, such I
chimney or ehimuies as he »r they (hall be requlr- ;
ed to sweep, every such person or persons so of• ,
fending (hall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty J
{hillings.
That if tl»e chimney ot any person or persons
within the laid city, diftri3, or liberties, ihall
take lire and blaze out of the top, the fame not
having been swept within the space of one calendar
month, next before the time of taking such fire,
every such person or persons (hall forfeit and nay
the sum of 40 (hillings—and if any chimney shall
take fire end blaze out at the top ; the fame hav
> ing been swept within one calendar month from
the time of taking such fire, the person wbo swept
the fante either by himfelf, hit servants, or ne
f grocs, (hall forfeit and pay the sum of 40 (hillings.
s3* A book for |the regifttring of Chimney
weepers is now kept by John Haines, as di
refled by law, at the corner of Cherry Alley
. end Fifth street.
December 28 <341
' A N AC T,
1 Limiting the time within which claims again!)
I the United States, for credit's on the books of
the Treasury, may be presented for allowance
1 T)E it enabled by the Senate and Houje of Re
t JD prefentatives of the United States of Ameri
-1 ca, in Congress ajfembled, That all credits on
the books of the Treasury of the United Staaes,
r for tranfadlions during the late war, which,
according to the course of the Treasury have
1 hitherto been discharged by issuing certificates
1 of registered debt, shall be forever barred and,
precluded from settlement or allowance, unless
- claimed by the proper creditors, or their legal
c representatives, on or before the firft day of
e March, in the year one thousand seven hundred
: and ninety-nine. And the Secretary of the
- Treasury is hereby required to cause this A<ft to
t be published in one or more of the public papers j
a of each state.
i (Signed) JONATHAN DAYTON,
d Speaker of the Henfe of Representative*.
g THEODORE SEDGWICK,
0 President of the Senate. Pro. Tem.
1- Approved July 9, 1798.
JOHN ADAMS,
:r President of the United States.
a December 13. w t ift iVar.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD^
TAESERTED lad night, a second time, from
1J the Marine Camp, David Lvftt, a fifcr.
0 He had when he went away, a plain bluejacket and
vefl,light blue overalls, a round hat,which had been
y hound with yellow, and which he had ripped off
e in his firft.defertion, and a pair of new (hoes, he is
a Carpenter by trade, has grey eyes, far.dy hair
"S fallow complexion and a nitch in his upper lip'
is His back is ftlll fore from a flogging he got a few
1- days ago. He may bo difcovcrcd by his fifeing,
it a 9 he plays extremely well,
r W. W. BURROWS Major Com. of the
1, Oilober 17. Marine Corps.
DRIED PEACHES,
■ r Demijohns
ft Claret "J
r- Porter, ana V bottles.
e Port Wine j
And Corks in Bales—For (ale by
ri benj. w. morris.
ir Dec. 20 eo6t
NOTICE.
n ALL Persons indebted to the estate of Jani
h JT\. Davidson, widow, deceased, are requeued
1- to make payment; and those who have any demands
against the said estate to ren< er their accounts dtilv
atufted.to Wm. DAVIDSON, or">
» JAMES DAVIDSON, S E " c "tors
1- dec 31 3aw3w
Bank of the United States, j
November 14, 1798.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT application will be made it the I rea
fury of. the United States for the renewal
of a Certificate of Si* per Cent Funded Debt,
No. 15,548, for 18,781 dollars, 33 cents, dated
Uegiller's Office, January Bth, 1798, illued in
the names of William Will ink, Jan Willuik,
Nicholas ist "Jacob Van Staphorjl S3* Hubbard f
Trustees for sundry money-lenders in Amster
dam ; which was forwarded the nth of Janua
ry, 179?, under cover to Nicholas Obbes, efq,
and loft by the capture of the ship Columbus,
captain Skinner,fromNew-York forAmfterdam
G. Simp/on, cq/h'r.
nev 14 iaw6w
~~N OTIC E.
THE Stock-holders of the Company encorporat
ed for ereiSing a Permanent Bridge over the
River Schuylkill, are requeded to attend their
annual meeting on the firft Monday in January
next (being the 7th day of that month) at the City
Hall, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur
pose of chooling a President, twelve Diredters and
a Treaftircr of the said Company for the ensuing
year, as by law is dire&ed,
JOHNDORSEY, fec'y,pro tern,
dec 17 3awt7Tr
George Davis's
LAW-BOOK STORE,
No. 319 High Street,
Latest Lojidon Irish Editions.
GEOR.SE DAVIS'n Fall importation is now
arranged of which 3 more capital collec
tion he believes was never offered for I'ale either
:n this City, London or Dublin It combines
almofl every book in,with l'everal valuable books
out of print. Davis's confining himfelf to the
sale of Law-Boekis only, it will appear obvious
to profeffienal Ge-ntlemen, the advantages they
have both in fele&ion and pi ice by purchasing
from hiro.
His Catalogues betag ready, gentlemen will
particularly oblige him by calling for them —
and to those refuting at a diflance, hy fovoring
him with their address (poll-paid) they shaH be
sent.
nov 26 m&tlmn
Just Publijhed
BY THOMAS DOBSON,
At the Stone-house, no, 4i,fouth Sccoad-ftrcct,
Philadelphia,
ENCYCLOPEDIA :
OR, A
DICTIONARY
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES,
AND
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE,
On a plan entirely NSir.
B v WHICH
THE DIFFERENT SCIENQES AND ARTS
Are digdled into the Form of Diftintt
TREATISES OR SYSTEMS
COMPREHENDING
THE Hiflory, Theory, and Praftice, of each,
according to- the lated difroveries and i nprovc
ments: and full explanations given •{ the Variant
Detached Parts of Knowledge, whecher relating to
natural and artificial objedts, or to matters ecclesi
astical, civil, military, commercial, &c. Inclsd
ing elucidation of the mod important topics rela
tive te religion, morals, maimers, and the cecano
my of lite: together with » description of all the
! countries, cities, principal mountains,teas, rivets
&c. throughout the world ; a general hiflory, an
cient and modern, of the different empires, king
doms and dates; and an account of the lives of
the mofl eminent perfaris in ev«ry nation, from
the earliest ages down to the present times. Com
piled from the writings of the bed authors, in t:
veral languages ; the mod approved dictionaries,
as well of general science as ot particular branch
es ; the tranfa&ions, journals, and memoirs, of
learned the MS. lectures of eminent pro
feffors on different ciences ; and a variety of ori
ginal material!, furnifhed by an extetafive corre
fpoadence.
The work is now completed in eighteen large
quarto volumes, illuflrated with five hundred and
forty-two copperplates.
The few copies which remain on hand are of
fered for sale at
135 dollars for the 18 volumes in boards
161 dollars neatly bound in sheep leather
18a dollars handfomtly bound in Calf
207 dollars in Raffia or Morocco.
r. dcTbson,
HAS JUST OPENED A
SUBSCRIPTION,
For Publishing a Supplement to the Work
The objeft of which if to correct such mif-datc
mcnts as have been found in the Work, and to give
an account of the mod important discoveries and
improvements which have been ;nade for the last
tea years.
It is expected this fupplemsnt will consist of
three volumes, on such paper and type as the En
' cyclopedia, at Sis Dollars per volume, in boards.
Six Dollars of which to be peidjem fubferibing,
dec 15 2aw6w
Forty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED,
1 From a Detachment of Men under my com
-1 tnand, at Camp Wejl Scbuyliil/, viz.
October 29.
George keller, 40 y«n of age, 5
feet 6 inches in height, dark hair and
complexion, bora in Holland, no Trade, speaks
• broken Er.glifh aad very taltkative, has a dimple
in his chin.
November 6. John Murphy, 27 years of
' a g e » 5 feet 7 $ inches in height, grey eyes, dark
hair and complexion, born in Ireland, city of
Dublin, by trade a Hozier.
1 Jacob Iden, 34 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches
- high, grey eyes, sandy hair, frefh complexion,
1 born in New-England, state of Connecticut, *
1 repeated deserter, by trade a Blacksmith.
f November 7. William Collins, 3oyeais of
* age, S feet 6 inches high, sandy hair, frefh com
r plexion, grey eyes, born in Iceland, county of
Wexford, by trade a Gardner, has worked for
' some time about Philadelphia, he is very fond
' to hear himfelf Sing.
All the above deserters are very mpch addifl
ed to liquor, and will take other people's pro
perty if in their power, are artificially marked
on thjir backs, had on, when they went away,
ihoir regimental slothing. Whosoever appre
hends said deserters, (hall receive forty dollars
reward, or ten dollars for each, with all reafon
aj>le expences, by applying to me as above,
EDWARD MILLER, captain
2d regiment of Infantry commanding.
nov 10 $
IRISH LINENS,
4-4 and 7-Bth White LinedS-*welK
affo etd ] Enritied
3-4 Brown ditte ditto to the
1 3-4 Irish Checques suitable for the 1 Drawback.
1 Weft-India Market. J
. FOR SALE,
Y On reasonable terras—by the Box or Bale,
g By Gamble & Hblmuth,
No. 148, South second-street.
dec 19 3tawtl
Kicklin & Giiflith,
HA J''A FOR SALE, j
Sail Cloth by the bale or piece,
(No. 1 fc 8)
One bale of feaniiog-rwiue
Copper in sheets, front 24 bv 48 to 48 by 60
inches
Two tubs raised copper flill bottoms
Queens' ware, assorted in crates ,
London porter in bottles, concained in c*fes
Empty port-wine bottles
Yeliow ochre in casks
Cochineal in ferons .
ludigo in do. & casks '
35 cases and trunks of muslins, ginghams, dimi- '
ties, muflinets and pullicat handkerchiefs, in
small assorted packages, calculated for the (
Wed India market
12 trunks printed callicoes ;
4 bales caflimeres, assorted
1 do. coarse woolens
Old Madeira wine I
Sheathing paper
English nails in casks, afTortad,
The Brig
AMAZON,
FOR SALE OR CHARTER.
December 19. m w.Afa.tf
R. TAYLOR,
MUSIC PROFESSOR,
NO. 96, NORTH SIXTH-STXEIT,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public that
he continues to teach Ladies the Piano
Forte as usual.
Nov. 6. tuthsa
To be Sold,
OR EXCHANGED,
For property in the Citv, or within Thirty
miles of it,
A Valuable Plantation,
IN Tufcorora Talley, Mifflin county, containing
abnut three hundred acres, the whole capable
of cultivation. At prelent there is about 50 acres
cleared, 20 of which is a rich bottom of Meadow
Ground, enriched by a never failing dream, that
has fall and water enough for all the purpofei of
a Country Mill. For lurcher information apply at
No. 68, Market flreet.
November 20 tew
Wheat, Ginfang, &c.
4000 bulhels of white Wheat, of excellent
quality
15 Casks of Ginfang
30 Piyes of Madeira Wine, three years old
100 Barrels of Prime Beef
Pork in half bhls. and barrels
For Sale by
JOHN SKYRIN,
No. 96, North Front-dreet.
dec 26 3aw2w
FOR SAO;
Fifty Acres of Good Land\
Lyins in Gloucester County,
State of Neir.Jerfey,
Twenty-four acres of whithaie
Woodland, the reft, Meadow. This
land lies about half a mile from Timber-Creek,
and two miles from the river Delaware, the
eounty road passing through it, and the great
road miles distant. For terms, apply
to, PATRICK DOGHERTY,
Sign of the Rainbow, in Shippen,
between Smond and Third-Jlreets.
dec 4
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
JOHN A. SHAEFFER, of Philadelphia, who lies
for a few years pail been in the southern States,
has had the effrontery to draw several Bills of Ex
change an Timothy Picketing, Esq. Secretary of
State, and myfelf.andby that means has defrauded
a number of persons of their moncj, deceiving
them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the
names affixed of divers public chara&eis and repu
table merchants highly recommendatory of said
Shaeffer; to one of these papers I find my name
fubfcrib«d, but Ido not know the man ; these are
villainous forgsries! To prevent further imposition,
I have to request the printers of Newspapers in the
United States to publilh this for the benefit of their
♦.low-citizens. SAMUEL MEREDITH,
Trcafurer of the United States.
Trenton, New-Jersey, ">
Qflober 24, 17 98. £
NEJV NOVELS, PLATS,
MAGAZINES, &c.
Chalk's Circulating Library.
No. 75, North Tbird-Jlreet.
THE Proprietor, in compliance with hi* jpro
mifes to render this Infttution a complete
source of ratiowl amufemant and inftruftion, by
repeated acquisitions of entertaining and interest
ing publications, has now added to his former
eoiledtion Four Hundred Volumes of miscella
neous •orks, comprising nearly all the latest
publi/l.ed Novels and Dramatic proJußions ;
catalouges of which are ready for delivery to
fubferibers.
N. B. Subscribers, and others, who still re
tain Books taken from the Library previous to
the sickness, are requested to return them imme
diately : the fines will be charged from the 14th
of November.
For fate.
Fine flavored Imperial, Young Ilyfon, Hyson,
Hyson Skin, and Souchong TEAS.
dec. 13. t£mßw
To the Creditors of Nathan
Coi?b, of the city of Philadelphia, Black
smith.
Gentlemen,
TAKE notice, that 11 ave applied to the Court
of Common Pleas, for the city and county of
Philadelphia, for the benefit of the several laws
made for the relief of the mfo'.vent debtors, and
that the court have appointed the 27th of Decem
ber, indant, to hear me and my creditors at the
said court,in the said city, at which time and place
you are desired to attend.
NATHAN Cfißß.
dec. * fr jt
NOTICE.
SAMUEL RICHARDET, informs the Gentle
men Subscribers, that the EXCHANGE
is opened for their reccp.ion ; and the CITY
TAVERN, for Gentlemen and Travellers
Last Spring added an addition of twelve Bed
Chambers to the fide building, which makes it
perfectly convenient.
November 6 thaw
NOTICE.
THE (hare-holders of the Lehigh
Coal Mine, are hereby notified, the eledion
for a President, eight Managers and a Treasurer
for the ensuing year, will be held at the house of
Jefepb Hardy, sign of the Golden Swan, ia Third
flreet, Philadelphia, on the third Monday in Janu
ary next, at four •'clock in the afternoon.
ISAAC WAMPOLE, Sec'ry.
December 29 iaW3w. fa.
Imported
In the last arrivals from
Hamburg and Amsterdam,
AND FOR SALE,
AT REASONABLE PRICES AN b ON A LIBERAL
CRRDI T, BY
PRATT tf KINT7.IXO,
N0.95, North Water ftrcft.
215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs,
hempen linens and oznaltrigs from 1/5 to
if per ell ,
70 do. bleached and brown keffians
40 do. brown rolls suitable for cof
fee bags
20 do. strong do. do. for cotton do.
30 chests platillas » do. fcaling-wax
3 do. dowlas 3 packages oil-cloth
30 de. crcas ala Morlaix 4 do. fail-twine
u do. cflopailles t do. watches
I 5 do. Bielefield linen 14 pip es Port wine
90 do. patterbornes 9a cases claret
45 do Brittanias 130 do. fine long corked
I do. Holland canvass claret
x de. RulTsa do. 1 <3O bufccJs fine lalt
3 do. Rulfia Iheetings 40 caikcofroll brimstone
I do. ravens duck 200 calks of naval (lores.'
% do. Ruflia drillens 50 logs prime mahogany
I do. brown holland 4 hhds. coffee mills
1 do. Silesia rouans (1 bundles German steel
I ds.Wahrendrop linen 10 chefls of Qatn and>
1 do. Caraudoles pencils
I do. Flemish linens A package of (kates
I do. cambricks and A do. woolen caps, &c.
lawns 4 cherts ot Nurcnberg
X do diapei toys
II do. stripes 40 kegs of yellow ochre
18 do. checks 3 hhds. Glue
1 do. fiamois i barrels of Leotilles
1 do. Arabia stripe j chefls of prime red
I do. bui.ting for color- cruit Holland chcefg
1 packs. Madras hand- 30 kegs of pearl barley
kerchiefs 60 boxes of caipers
1 do. Turkey yarn 400 fides of sipper and
6 bales empty bags foal leather
I clieft hair ribband 300 boxes window glass
3 boxes tspes,afforted 800 Demijohn],
a d<». bobbin, aObrted jo boxes glass tumblers
I box threads 4c tapes afTortcd
1 do. fine blue liflailos » hhds. pumice flone
5 chests men's flippers 1 box of mill ifawa
3 do. bed ticks I caflt of cutlnry
2 calls hog's bristles A quantity of Hone jugJ
6 cheds writing paper and pickling pots
4 da. quills A few fcips anchors, &c.
novemker I z _ eu&ftf
Charles Campbell,
WATCH-MAKER.
HAS removed to the Shop formerly occupied
by Mr. John Woody No. SJ, corner of
Frout and Chefnut-ftreeu; where he will thank
fully receive and execute order* with neatneft
and dispatch
Hi HAS CONSTANTLY OH HAND,
A Neat and Large Assortment of
Clocks Ss? Watches.
WANTED,
A JOURNEYMAN;
ALSO, one or two Apprentices of refpe&a
ble parents.
FOR SALE,
A large quantity 0 f Watch Glifles
Wholtfalc and Retail. •
nov 14 jiwlf
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ! O WIT;
BE IT REMEMBERED,
7ls\ THAT on the twelfth day
!\ Jof August, in the twenty-third year o£
* the Independence of the United States of
'America, Benjamin Smith Barton, as the laid dif
tri£t, hath deposited in this office the title of a
book the right whereof he claims as author in the
words following,to wit :
" New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and
J" Nations of America—By benjamin Smith Bar
" ton, M.D.Correspondent Member of the Socie
" ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member as
the American Pliilofophical Society, Fellow of
" the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of>
" Boftu*, Correfpondidg Member of the MaOa
" ohufetts Hidorical Society, and Profrffor of
" Materia Medica, Natural Hifiory and Botany *
•' in the University of Pennfylvaaia."
In coiiformity to tho a<st of the Congress of the
United States, intitled "An for the encourage
ment of learning by securing the copies of maps, ,
charts, and book", to the authors and proprietor,
of fitch copies during the times therein mentioned.'*
SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk, Dill, of Penn*
November 1, 179&.
Insurance Company of North America.'
THE STOCK HOLDERS,
are hereby informed, that a dated meeting
of the Company will be held at their Office
on the Bth of January next, (being the f«-
cond Tuesday in the Month) for the ele»-
tion of twenty-five Direftors for the enfa
ing year.
E. HAZARD, Sec'ry.
Dec. 12 th.
*
An Apprentice Wanted.
A TOUT a,
Of Reputable Connections, & fufHoirnt qualifications, .
is wanted as an Apprentice to the Business of a No
tary Public and Conveyancer.—Enquire of the Piin
ter.
Dec. f.m.tw:
FOR SALE, *
No. 7, South Fourth-Stree *a
iooo pieces Nankeens,
A &ox of Silks
ao Boxes powdered Sugar Candy of I33wtfc
A parcel vary fine Cassia.
C. HAIGHT.
dec j 3»wzw
For Sale,
A well improved Plantation,
Of one hundred and twenty acres,
VF-RY beautifully situated in the county of
Montgomery, about twenty miles from the
city.—The buildings are all new and finiihed so
as to accommodate a genteel family only. For
further information, enquire at the Pennsylvania
Coat-os-Arms, nineteen miles from town, and,,
t three above Morris-town.
December IJ fa.&witf
This Day is Published,
AND 'OX SAL t BY J. rE N NO, I lq,C HIS N UT-»T RMKT
AN ADDRESS
, To the People of Maryland,
r ON the origin, progress and prefeat flat* of
f French aggrellion, with a Iketch of the infamous
i attempts to degrade the Government of the United
. States, and some reflections on the late proceedings
in Congress ; written the last of April in the prej
sent year, by a Member of the Howfe of Represen
tatives. § jun«ji