of m samtetl States.;. Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. NUMBFH 2338.] The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and di recting i and unlessxsome person in this city •vill become Unswerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance. * # * No Subscription will be received for a sbortet term than six months. December i 1799. GRASS 5 Red Clover. "] White do. Timothy. S&iut Foin. Trefoil. barueCt. Lutern. trd Grass; Orchard do. R ye do- Rape and Hem p. ALSO, SHEET] COPPER, IRONMONGERY, and PATENT PLOUGHS, wKich arc said to be more durable than any heretofore invented, and found on experience to dimintfh the labour Loth of man aud bead— FOR SALE BY THOMAS HOWARD, No, 40 South Second Street, Phi lade 'f hi a. February 13. tu&f.Bw. PRATT &f KINTZING, No. 95, North Water-street, HAVE ON HAND THE FOLLOWING GOODS, ENTITLED to drawback, which they offar for sale at moderate prices for ca(h, or the usual xreJit ;or oft a credit oF I* or 18 month* upon Mortgages on Real Property, in or near the City ©f Philadelphia, or other fatisfa&ory security. 50 boxes and bale* Tidk -1 en bu 60 do. en linens. 50 do. brigs. do. Hemp- do. Ozaa- 50 do. PatterWrnes. 15 do. Bielficld Linens. II do- Creas and Creaa a la Morlaix. Brown Rolls. Do.Heflians. Polifli Roth. Bed Ticks. Siamoie. Arabias. Empty Bags. Oil Cloths Shoes and Slippers. Soal and upper Leather. Qnillsand Saaling Wax. A package Gold and Sil- ver Watches. A few chills Toys. Slates and Pent ils. 70 hhcU Havanna Mi laftes February TJ TO BE SOLD, '"TPHRRE or four lots oi about 30 or 40 acres X each, mere or less as may suit a On each of which there is a good fitaation for a house—viz. one on the river Delaware, suitable either for .1 gentleman's feat, or for a pcifon who might wifti to engage in the lumber business liv ing a landing. One c tamanding a good view of the river !rom th» highest ground between the Pennypack and Pogueflin creek.? ; and another on the Brittol Road. Enquire *.f Mr. Gilpin near the 11 mile (lone on the said road. ALSO FOUR LOTS, Of about 10 acres each with good fituationsYor building ; one of which is suitable for a tan.yard, and has a small stone house and a young bearing orchard on it, on the Newtewp road'neir Snider'* mill abouc 10 miles from Philadelphia, and one other lot of about >0 acres on tUe Penwypack.— Enquire of Jonathan Clift who lives ou the pr&mi fes or of Mr. Gilpin. PoflclEori will be given jn the spring, but build ing miti rials may be coHe&ed loener. November 8 Taxes of Lycoming County. JOHN KIDD, Treafnrer, BY Direflion of the Gommiffiontrs of Lyco ming county, attends at Philadelphia to re ceive the Taxes affeftsd up«n unseated Land's in that County, from the holders thereof, in this City. Those who have filed whh the Com missioners, statements of theic- Lands, are re queued to call upon him, to know the amount of Taxes thereon, and pay them ; <nherwife, be fore his leaving the City, they will be put into the hands of the Sheriff for colleclion, agreea bly to the adt for raising county rates «nd levies Thofn who have not filed statements of theii lands with the Com million ers, and aredefirous of having it done, to prevent fates without pre t iou* personal Notice, may file with the above Treafurfrr, their lifts, stating the quantities re turned, wumber and dates of the warrants and names of the warrantees, under which they h-»Jd their lands. He will attend at Mr. Joseph Hardy's No. 98, Market street for this purpose the 18th inftam. November 9. Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY from Spring Forge, in York County, a negro man, named ISAAC, other wife CUD JO, about 21 years *ld, the property •f Robert Coleman; Esq. He is aheut 5 feet 8 inches high, ha* a blemish in his eyes, more white in them than common, by trade a Fergeman ; had «n and took with him a drab coloured broad cloth coat, almost new, a sailors jacket and pantaloons printed fancy cord, a lwanfdown striped under acket; a rorum hat; one fine and one coarse (hirt' one muilin handkerchief, sprigged, two ditto striped border, a blue Persian under jacket and two peir cotton (lockings. Whoever takes up said negro and lodges him in any jail in this or any of the ncigabouring states (hall have the above re ward or reasonable expencesif brought home. JOHN BRIEN. Spring Forge, G&eber»3, 17,^. N. B. As said negro fernlarly lived in Chester county, it u probable he may return there. November 5 GEORGE DAVIS has just received from Dub lin, via New York, a very large Parcel of L<aw fiouks, all of the latest editions, which ren ders his aflortment he believes the molt-extenfive and valuable on the continent. They will be opened this day, and ready for faleat any time af terwards. The subscribers to that important work, JVmt •worth's SyJlem of Pleading, are informed that it is now arrived, and will be delivered ®n application. IEEDS. , Blank Declarations fettied and approved by the most dihinguilhed Law chara&ers, to be had ©f G. D. S KS DS. MERCHANTS Accounts elegantly opened, Books neatly and con eitly posted, with various other kinds of writing, by a person thoroughly acquainted with accounts. Gentlemen extenfWel)* concerned, may find it to their interest to put business in this line iivto his hands, as the may be reposed in him and ample fatisfa&ion given. Addrefg a line to B- A. and leare it with the printer hereof. THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lan caster line of Stages DISPATCH, returji their grateful thanks to their frirnd»«nd the public in g«neral, for the part fnvors they have received, and inforrft them that in addition to the regular Line, ttyay are piovided with Carriages,fober and careful drivers, to go through between the City and Borough in two da) s. Those who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage Office, sign of United States lugU, Market street, Philadelphia. 13 pipes old Port Wine. 2J boxes Tumblers as- sorted. 200 boxes Hamburgh Window Glass 8 by 10, &c. 1 chert alTorted Looking Glasses. j Several large elegant do. 1500 Demijohns. I 50 kegs Pearl Barley. A few tons Roll Brim* stone. 20 kegs Yellow Ochre. A few bblo. Rosin. 40 tons Ruflia Hemp. 80 hhds.Hogs Bri&ies. 2 lihds. Dutch Glue 20 calks Nails assorted from 3d. to aod. 16 casks Ironmongery 8 casks Hoes. German Steel. THE POSSXSSOXS OF OBLIGATIONS »r CERTIFICATES sign ed by the fisbfcriber, for undivided Shares or Lots on his purchase within the city of Walhing. ton, who have not yet applied for and received their Deeds, are hereby notified, that their several Titles wMJje duly completed to th« order of thole who in conlwmity with tf.e terras of the said Cer tificates, do make the Payments in full therefor, either to Thomai M'Eucn (3* Co. or to the «üb fcriber at Philadelphia, on or at any Jifne before the 31ft day of May next. 6 hhds. rnU* Blocking Twine, Tapes, Stone Fickiing L'oti, &c &c. fatu&f KNOWN by the name of the Booneton Iron Workt, fitnato in the county of Morrjjia the flan* of New-Jcrfcy, con filling of a Forge with four fires, a Roiling and Slitting Mill, a Grift mil) with two Run of Hones, and Saw mill, all in good order and n.w in use, together with an eicelient, large, nd convenient lioufe, with out honf-s of every kind; among which are an Ice house, and stone milk house, with a remarkable fine fprir.g in it, a large Garden, and an excdlwit tolleaion of Fruit, a large Orchard, and ijco acres of wood, pa*ure and arable land, and a great number of ftoreh and workmen's honfes Immediate poflcfliuh will be given of lioufr* and (lores fulficiotit for providing flock the present winter, and poffeflion of the whole in the lpring. For term-inquire of Bavid B Ogder a! New ark, mr Peter Mackie in New-York, nir. JJavid Ford it, Morris I own, or meilr». Jaeob audKich lard Parfch on tkeprclfiile». Januarv n "'ARKS this method of once more informing X the Public, tha: the partnerfbip of Moles Chapline and Robert M'Clure, which was enter ad into for the purpose of retailing Goods in the town of Weft Liberty and Commonwealth of Vir ginia, on the tenth day of August, 1790, expired on the tenth day of August 1793, agreeable to the ternjftipulated in their article of copartnership; MOSES CHAPLINE. aawtf. February 41, FOR SALE, SEVERAL VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS, Near the corner of Arch and Ninth ftrecti, 7*o be Sold or Let, A number of excellent Pasture Lots, On the Wiflfahickon road, ab»ut half a mile from the city. %• Enquire at No. 18 North Fifth flreet. November 15. d6tiawtf DESERTED FROM the Marine Barracks 011 the night of the 14th inft—JOHN OSBOR.H, born in the town of Bedford, Weft Chefler county and Hate of New York, aged years, 9 months, 5 feet 8 and a quarter inches high, grey ey«s (long quod) light hair, ruddy complexion, pock marked, by trade a Shoemaker, hnlilled by Lieutenant Rcy nolds in Stephen's Town, near Alba«y the 45th of June last. Had on and took with him a Siort round blue cloth coat with a red cape, a blue cloth coatee, a few white waistcoats, a long grey mixed clo'h colt ann breeches, a pair of boots, a checolate coloured great coat trimmed with black hair plulh, s furr hat half worn, and two silver watches, one a middle size, the other small. He may impose himfelf on some family or gentleman as a waiier, as he has a 6lsd in that capacity Whoever apprehends said Deserter, and secures him in jail, fends him to Headquarters, or delivers him to any of the Marine officers, or an t officer of the army of the United State* shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges. January 16. PHILADELPHIA, MONDA* 1 EVENING, MARCH a 4, 1800. LAW BOOK STORE, 3 19 High Str.et. March u t To Merchants. Philadelphia, March 19, LANCASTER STAGES. Slougb, Downing, Danwoody If Co. II «-# Nov. 30. CITY OF WASHINGTON. Samuel HHodget. December vj BOONETON IRON WORKS, TO BE SOLD, OR LEASED FOR olir. YKAR THAT Valuable Estate, The Subscriber ALSO, Thirty Dollars Reward. J. S. LEWIS, Adjutant Marine Corps. ! AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SUWOROW. JVST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALS, AT THIS OFFICE, A SKETCH QF THE fUfe anD Cfjaratter PRINCE ALEXANDER SUWORQW HTM- NIKSKI, Field-Ma.ihal General in the fcrrviceof Hi* Imperi al MajeAy, the Emperor of all the Ruffias, WITH The History of his Campaigns 3taw4W l ranslated from the German of Frederick To which is add«d, A concise and comprehensive History of His Italian Campaign. By William Cobbett. With an elegant Prinl-Port>ait of that re- Hownnd Warrior. [Price i i-z Doltai.J Portrait of Matsbal Suivorozv, 3tawtf Gcatlemeu desirous of pofieifing a capital iike nefs, executed in the fir ft fty&of this iiluftrious Chritian Chieftain, may he /urnifted with parti cular proof impyfSons, at'thin offi;e, price one Dollar. Fehruart II- TO TBI PATRONAGE OF A liberal and enlightened Community IS SUBMITTED THE PROSPECTUS or A New Daily Paper, TO BE PUBLISHED U.VftR THE TITLE Or THE OBSERVER, Daily Repository of ufeful Information. TT will doubtless be deemed a hazardous un- A dertaking to present to the public eye propo sals for a new Gazetre, when so many are al ready in pofTeflion ofthfpwbjic patiopage. News-papers so much more generally diffuf ed throughout America than perhaps any other portfo« of the globe,"may become either en gines of mifebief or the implements of ufefulnefs —they diflemjnate goad, or scatter poison, among thou'audi; and-although it may beprff fnmptuous in tfye £ditorof that now proposed to expeft that its utility will be great, yet he may be admitted to declare, tint it shall r.ot willingly be mfrte the of doing evil His endeavors will be applied to render Jke Qjfiryer in fame degree tainment of knowledge as well a 3 - to the com munication of news—to enlighten the under standing—to improve the morals—to beget, or to confirm, a reverence for thefacred principles of Christianity. For . his purpose it is intended— To fumifh the mutt recent foreign and domsftic intelligence ; To give ufeful Pricea Current at home and ab-oad, and othercomtnercial information ; To felcdt from literary productions fwch por tions as may gratify taste and induce improve ment ; To unfold and enforce fcund and just views of government: To aid the great intereftsof piety and morality To present occasionally Improvements in the arts and sciences—in agri culture and domestic economy ; Proceedings of the General and State Leg'fla tures; Reportsof the Heads of Department?, and of intereflingcafes adjudged i» thcfeveral cojiis of the United States-, &c. Reviews of foreign and domeOic litcr.it": c ; Anecdotes and characters of diflinguifiud per fonajjes; StatiOical tables ; Meteorological ebfervationi ; Appointments ; Marriages, Births, Deaths. With these proposals the fubferiber diffident ly submits himfeif to the public. He is well aware of the importance and magnitude oi the undeitaking Solicitous f©r the fate of his na tive land, and viewing with anxious fears and h. pes the success <>K a govirument creitfd by the joint exertions of wiftom and virtue, and conduced with found pokey and genuine pa triotism, he lee!s hitnfelf Gncerely interested in promoting such res and principles as he believes eflential to public happiness and nation al prosperity. law6w conditions. I. The Observer (hall be printed with a neat type, and ou paper of equal size and quality with the present Philadelphia daily papers. 11. It fbnll be publiihed every evening, and regularly sent to the howfe* of the city fubfcril)- crs—To others it will be forwarded acc rding to th ir rtfpedive inliru&ions. 111. Jhe price wiH be J'ight Dollars per an num to those who rdfide in the city —and JS.ine Dollars to all others. The additional dollar is to defray the expence of enclosing and diredl isg their papers IV One half of the price to be paid at the time of fubferibing. and the other half at the ex piration of twelve m*n-h9 Torn the publication of the firft number. The succeeding payments to be half yearly. V. Advertifemevs that do cot exceed in length the breadth of the column will be 67 cents for the firll, and 33 cents for every addi tional insertion- Those of greater length will be charged in the fame proportion. ZACHARIAH POULbON, jun frwwf March 8, 1800, TO BE LET, THE LOT, AT the no/th-eaft corner of Arch and Ninth ftreet#, now occupied by Mr. Benjamin Btiiby, as a Board Yard. Enquire at No. aiß, Arch street. March 17, Antbtng, containing two hundred and ten acres, of which twentv-feven are excellent swamp wood land, up wards of ninety acre* arr as good meadow as any in the county, and the refidtte is fine uplarid; thene are three puKjic rods that run through the land. The fubferiber will attend at the hrufe of Mr. J' hn Tonkins in Springfield, until the firft day of April n?xt, in order to (hew the land and receive proposals fithir for lots or the whole, as may luit purchasers. (a mm and his wife) Who have two years and eight months to serve. 3taw.tf. NOTICE. THOMAS HAWTHORN, Of the City bf Philadelphia, Merchant, HAVING ON the 9th Jay of Aug. 1799, affigwd all his Efface, real, personal and mixed, to JOHN M. NESBirr and JONATHAN MEREDITH, —All perfoni indebted to the said rhoma? Haw thorn or to th<i late honfe of Hawthorn and Kerr, are desired to pay their rcfpe<Si»e balances to JONATHAN MEREDITH Acting Assignee. February it QUESTIONS To Merchants, Store and Trades men in general, &c. PRAY Gentlemen, is a perfedi standard of discount, or interest, calculated on every dol lar (without exception j.from i to aooo, frmn cne day to sixty-sour days inclyfive, of aoy value, whether used as a standard, or as a check upon the enquirers' own calculations ad Is it of any importance to know the belt methods of computing the exchanges, be tween this country and the principal mari time trading place in Ruflia, Sweden, Den mark, Norway, Prufiia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, IrsJy, in fcveral of the Windward and Leeward Weft India Iflauds, and many ports in the East Indies? 3d Is a table of all the coins and monies of account in the places aforefaid, of any use? 4th Are the coins and monies of account in the aforefai'J places, when reduced to dollars and cents, of any service ? sth Is a tabbe of compound interest of any uti< lity \ 6th Is the table by which the banks determine the value of gold, definable ? 7th Is thu amount of Jniereft, accurately cal culated for each month from one to twelve months, and on every dollar (without ex ception) from 1 to aoo®, of any value ? Bth Is a table of all the post towns in tl)e United "States, and rates of poflage therewith, of any use? 9th Will not all these together make a book, as generally ufeful an-J convenient.4s ever en tered a counting house or store ? loth Will Dot the whole, when comprised in a quarto volume of from aoo to 225 pages, be worth two dollars? And lastly, Is the person, who at the expence of FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS un dertakes to perform upwards of one hundred andftxty thouftind calculations of Interejl > and of giving all the preceding information to the public in the mofl complete manner, de riving of your Encouragement and Sup poft ? If the answer is in the affirmative, you are individually and refpedlfully invited to sub scribe in one of the specimen books, exhibited it the City Tavern, Hardy.'* tfotel, Francis's Hotel, the Indian Queen, Dunwoedy's Tavern, the Franklin Head, and at the George. It is proper to (late, that the work will not be executed unleis fifteen hundredfubferibers are ootained ? for four thousand dollars is too much to hazard. NOTHING IS TO BE PAID IN AD VANCE, neither will it be expe&ed of fub fchbers to take the work when publiihed, if it is not delivered rigorously conformable to my agreements with ihe public, eXprefled in the conation's afiixcrf to the ipecimen books, each of which ccnfilts of fix detached pagca of the work. I am, w i»h refpeiSl, Gentlemen, Your humble servant, JOHN ROW LETT, Accom'javti Bank of North America. POSTSCRIPT. The \i dedicated, by permiilion, to the President and Directors of the Bank of North America, and has already received the patron age of JOHN ADAMS, President of the Uni ted States; of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice- Prefideut of the United Slates, and President as the Senate; of a large number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States; and of the President* and Diretslor9 of the different BabV* unanimouily. The Specimen Book in the Bank of North A/ner ici, is filling veryfajl with Jhbfcriptions, ibme for 2 copies, some for 3. copies, and I'ome for 5 copies, and I take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging allfavours. Gentlemen having bufinefa at either of the Banks may iut.fciibe then* as well as at the Taverns, &c. already mentioned. Copy-right feeured according to aS of Corzgrcfj, March 10. di&eTtf FOR SALE, For the accommodation of the Farmers of Spring field, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the fubferiber is difpoled TO SELL A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield townftiip, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey, being a part of that capital property well known by the aarne of BuUus's Estate, JOHN MOORE, March 17, FOR DISPOSAL, The Time Of Itjo Dutch indented Servants, For further particulars enquire of JOHN REDINGER, No« HO Race street. Otf February 28 NEW LINE OF STAGES 1o New York, By the (hortefl and most pleasant road—pafling through Frankford, Bu ft let on, Newtown, Pennington, Miilftone, Bowudbrook, Union Camp, Scotch Plains, Springfield and Ncw aik. sta v/6vr THE SWIFTSURE fbrts from the Green Tree, No- so North Fourth Street, at 8 o'filock every morning, and arrives at New York early the next evening. From New York it starts at 9 o'clock svery day (Sundays sxcepted) and arrives at Phila delphia, early the next evening. Fare for p:,(lingers j dollars, yay piflengers 6 cents per mile. Each paffonger allowed 141b of bajgsge. One hundred and fitry weight of b a ßg J f> e 10 P a v the fame as a paflenger. All baggage to be at the 'rift of the owner, tinlcfs inlurrd and receipt t.i for hy the clerks of the different offices. Rate of insurance one per cent. •$* Apply to JOHN M'CALLA, No. & North Fwurth Street, Philadelphia, and to WILLIAM VANDERVOOKT, No. 4 g Courtbnd Street, N. £. corner of Greenwich S'reet, New York. January 3, This Day Published, By J. Okmkod, No. 4t, Cnefnut Street, Death of General Wajhington. A POEM. In imitation of thi manner of Offian. By Rev. Johx B. Linn, A. M. Minister of the First Prefcyterian Conereeation of Philadelphia. gj" Mr. Chaudron's Oratfon will be publiihed on Monday morning. M»rch 15. GLASS MANUFACTORY. THE PROPRIETORS Of the Pittsburgh Glass Works, HAVING procured a fufficient number of the moil approved European Glass Manu fu&urers, and having on hand a large stock of the best Materials, on which their workmen are now employed, have the pleasure of alluring the public, that window glass of a superior qua jity and of any size, from 7 by 9, to 18 by 24 inches, caretuMy packed in boxes containing too feet ea h, may be had at The shortest notice. Glass of larger sizes for other purposes, may also be had, such as for pidlures, coach glafle*, clock faces, &c. Bottles of all kinds and of any quantity may also be had, together with pocket flafks, picklingjars, apothecary's (hop furniture, or other hollow ware—the whole at lead 15 per cent, lower than articles of the fame quality brought from any of the sea ports of the United States. A liberal allowance will be made oa falc of large quantities. Orders from merchants and others wsil be pundlually attended to on ap plication to JAMES O'HARA or IS \AC CRAIG, or at the Store of MeiTrs. PRATHER and SMILIE, in Maiket-dtreet, P.ttlburgh, March 4, turhtf. .. lo be Bartered, FOR teup.OPKAN, OK I AST INDIA DRT GOODS, A handforae Three Story BJRICK HOUSE Ss? KITCHEN, Of modern cqnstruction er.d well built WITH the best materials, situated is a very ple.if in and healthy part of the town at a moderate diihuce from tie centre of the city. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of theUni- Hired State*. March 16, Valuable Property for Sale, hi Chefnut, near Sixth ftrcct, direiUy opposite C&ngriss Hall. A LOT ofground,about ax feet front in Chef nut street and 73 ftet in depth, whercoo is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge fubje<S to a ground rent of ics. per annum. The, advantageous situation of this property re quires no comments, for it mufl be known, there are few in this city to equal it, ar, unecceptionabj* title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to No. 198, Chefout fl. next door to the prcmifos, tu.th fa-tf march 5 DESERTED, FROM the Uhited States Frigate Philadel phia, DAVID DEVINE, by trade a Shoe maker, born in Ireland, years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion and hair—aiib, WATSON LUDLOW, by trade a Shoe maker, born in New-Jerfoy,- 33 years of age, 5 feet ic inches high, dark hair and complexion* Whoever will take up said Deferrers and deli ver them on board the said frigate* (hall receive ten dollar* reward for each, and reasonable charges. March ia, 'lhree Lents lie-ward. faojt. RUN away from the Subfcriher on the eveniDg ot" the 28th inft. a bound Servant; GIRL, named Elizabeth Howckcl, had on and took with herjthree different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted lyar ; any p*r fofi apprehending her entitled to the above, reward—no cofis or charges will be paid. N: 13, She had a years and feme months to serve. DARTEL FITZPATXICK. G often Townfhip.Choftmr Scunty, J sly 19. augvift 6 fVoi.uka XVII eodtf (Price 2s Centi) THE m&w tf. JAMES GIRVAN, 3tawtf. 3»wtf
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