PHILADELPHIA SXPENCE AND PROMT OF RAISING SILK-WORMS ONE hundred trees of two or three year's growth, will feed an amazing number of silk-worms, rate them at £.0 7 6 The land they are put in a mere tri fle : They can be planted in hedge rows, and improve the ground in which they grow. Any vegetable or grass will thrive well under them : indeed by keeping the ground loose about their roots jhey will thrive the best. Say that the room they take up is worth another dollar. 076 The worms thrive best in mere flieds almost. A tight room is not the thing. A hut, any kind of rough and flight shel ter is best. An unfinilhed garret ; the corner of a barn enclosed for the pur pose, will serve : But suppose it were lieceflary to run up a small building for the pui'pofe, you may raise many thou sands in one that every farmer may build for liitnfelf and it wont.cost him more than 300 3 IS o Ten dollars is then the capital required to set up this bufijnefs. *• - JSlow let us fee what it will take to carry it on. Suppose our farmer has a wife and two chil dren. Well, about the ioth of June he thinks ot hatching his eggs (they will cost him nothing) and by rhe middle of August the work is done.— In that time his wife children and himfelf, not employed all the day long about the silk-worms, may raise at lead 160,000 of them. Then the only thing is to reelofFthis silk. To be sure if will require time, patience and indus try to reel off 1,900,00 c yards of silk which these 160,000 worms have made ; but no money is re quired to doit. The wife and children doit at their leisure, and when it is done they have 541b. of raw silk to dispose of at 3 dollars per lb. this is £■ 5° 12 6 All by the labour of his own and family's hands, and that only during part of the year. His trees remain, his (hed Hands, and his land is itill his, and not impoverilhed. And why wont our farmers plant these mul berry trees and busy themselves in the culture of this silk ? It is for want of thought ; but their will be soon opened to their interest. £.50. for a fuiall family to make in one year from a capital of [. 3 1 only with iuduftry and atten tion, is certainly worth thinking about:—Where is rhe farmer that can do better with his land, time, or money? - General Advertiser. A -writer in the Columbian Cent'tnel, of Mr. HAZ ARD's intended publication oj American State Paters, fays, HAVING observed in the Gazette of the United States, an advertisement, inviting subscriptions for a collection of AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, 1 am not only well pleased my felf, but am happy in believing that every friend to Science and to America, who is acquainted with the design, enjoys pleasure. The un dertaking indeed is laborious, but the advantage to the public will be iminenfe. The voluminous collections of Purch as andßusH worth, in the last century, have done eminent service to the cause of Science, and formed materials of which every I'ucceeding Hiltorianhas taken advantage. The work of Mr. Hazard, has beenlongin con templation, and pursued with a patient atten tion and perseverance which does him much ho. nor. He has already been so happy as to receive the countenance and encouragement of the belt judges and nioft diftinguilhed characters on this continent—and it is hoped that gentlemen of erudition, will do all that lies in their power to forward the publication of so interesting a work. Gallaudet andEwing, No. 54, South Second Street, HAVE imported -n the Lady Waltcrjlorf, from London, Man chejler and Adriana from Liverpool, and the Birmingham Packet from B.iflol, a GENERAL ASSORTMENT of SEASONABLE GOODS, which they will fell on reasonable terms. ({3" On hand for fa]'., J few hogfheeds of OLD JAMES'S RIVER TOBACCO. Philadelphia, April 9, 1791. 100 epim FOR SALE, In the City of Niw-Brunfuiick, A Commodious TWO STORY HOUSE, almost n w,p ifani ly fjti ;d on the banks oi the Raritan, to gether Wish a large Lot in he rear, and a very good Wharf im mediately in front of the House. Said House is thirty-four feet square has tour rooms on each floor, with entriesbetween the fame, and a good Hone cellar under the whole. Any v-'fin inrlinina to purrhafe may have possession the firft day ■■ \ M 'V nrx'. and l"iow the price and terms ot payment which ■will be r.HV b. aoo'vins to Lewis For m an, in said city, or the iubfcTiher *n Borden Town. J. VAN F.MBURGH. N. B. If not lold, to be rented from ill day of May next. All peifons concerned will be pleased to take notice that the following advertisement has been vaned from that publiftied in our paper of the 2gd of March.] Treasury Department. March 22, 179 1 • NOTICE is hereby given, that Propoials will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the firft Monday 111 September next inclusive, for the supply of'all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the firil day of January to the thirty-ftrft day of December, 1792, both days in clusive, at the places, and within the diltn&s herein after menti- oned, viz. At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the state of Penn sylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt. At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lntofh, on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'lntofh. At any place or places, betwixt Fort M* Intofh and the mouth of ihe River Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufkingum At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and up the said River to the Tufcarowas, and at the Tuf carowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and the mouih of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami, up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown,. and thence over to the Miami Village, on the river of the fame name which empties into Lake Erie. At any place or places froip the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth of the Wabafh, thence up the said Wabafh to Post St. Vincennes, at PoftSt. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabaih, to the Miami village, before described. At any place or places, from the mouth of the Wabafh river to the mouth of the rivfer Ohio. At any place or places, on the east fide of the river Miflifippi, from the mouth of the Ohio river,to the mouth of thelllinois riv^r. At any place or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami Village. At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandufky, and at Sandufky, and from Sandulky to the mouth of Cayoga river. At place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango. At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Prefq'lfle, at Prefq'lfle, and be twixt Prefq'lfle and the mouth of Cayoga river At the nlou:h of Cavoga river, and at any place or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek. At any place or places, on the east fide of the Miflifippi, between rhe mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively. At any place or places, from the said river Margot, to the river Yazous inclusively. At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenefee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively. Should any rations be required at any places, or within other diftri£ls, not fpecified in these proposals, the price of the fame to be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are to confiit of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or of a pound of perk., Half a jill of rum, brancy or whisky, One quart of fait, ) Two quarts of vinegar, ( rr 1 , rr ° > per. 100 rations. iwo pounds or loap, C r One pound of candles, ) ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the firft Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, ft'om the ;firft day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the state of MalFachu fetts, and the Post of Weft-Point, in the state of New-York, The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the fame'articles as are above mentioned. ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the Ift Monday in September next inclusive, for the (apply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the Ift day of January to the 3iftday of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diftri&s herein after mentioned. At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck. At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith. At the post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Capt, Joseph Savage. At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph. At any place or places from the Rock Landing on the Oconee, up to the mouth of the main south branch of the said river, from the said mouth up to the source of the said main south branch, and from thence to the Currahee mountain. At any other place or places within the state ol Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops of the United States. And for rations deliverable on the march to such future posts. The rations are to be furnilhed in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be fufficient for the con sumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions. The rations to befupplied are to consist of the fame articles, as are abovementioned. It is to be understood in each cafe, that all losses sustained by the depredations oftfre enemy, orbymcans of the troops of the United States, shall be paid format the prices of the articles captured or des troyed, on the depositions of two or more creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the cir cumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which cornpenfation is claimed. The contrasts for the above supplies will be made either for one year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons disposed to couti ast will therefore confine their otters to one year, or they may make their proportions so as to admit an election of the term of two years. The piopofals maybe made for the whole of the above polls to gether, or separately for Soringfield, for Weft-Point, for Yorktown,, and the seventeen places following it, and for the polls in Georgia; and they mull fpecify the lowcft price per ration, for prompt p'jyl iy3~ The Printers who have publijhed the alove advertisement, are requejled to reprint it with the alterations. Matthew M'Connell, In Chesnut-Street, No. 66, BUYS and SELLS all kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNION; has frequently occasion to NEGOCI ATE INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE—and will receive Orders for.n-.king SUBSCRIPTIONS to tile BANK of the UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, March 30, 1791 832 (g6 tfj IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG,and BOHE \ TEAS, REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, and SPICFS 'f. Of the fir ft quality—by retail, ' * C> No. 17, Third Street, between Chefnut and Market Streets fey A few New-York LOTTERY TICKETS come to hand, for sale. To be disposed of, BY PRIVATE SALE, A COLLECTION OF and Valuable Scarce 800 In the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Fsench, and It.uiaj Lan gu aces— being part of a private Library ; Among which are the following : FOLIO. Euripides, Homer, Deiiu "hencs, Xcnophoti, p] ato Lucian, Plutarch, Paufanias, Pro-.oius, Eufehius, Niccpho! rus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Taciius, Scneca, Pliny, &<;, Quarto. Pindar, Aristotle, Terence, Ovid, Csfar, Suetonius Juvenal, Manilius, See. ' Offdvo & infra. Septuagint, Aristophanes, Longinus, Thco phraftus, Epicletus, Hefind, Orpheus, M. Antoninus, Phalaris liberates, Polyaenus, Lucretius, Catullus, Tibullus, Propertiui' Paterculus, Florus, Lucan, Statius, Gellius, Aufonius, Vida Bui chanan, Boethius, Poetffi minores Latini, Callipaedia, Stiada I Valla, &c. ' ' G=r A Catalogue is left at the Book-Store of Mejfrs Rice and Co Market-Street, zvherejurther particulars may be learned. NOTIFICATION Colonel Thomas Procter, Lieutenant of the City and Liber ties of Philadelphia, being necessarily absent from the city, his Excellency the Go ve r nor hath thought proper to authorise mr to discharge the Duties of that Office until his return:— NOTICE is therefore giver., to ihe MILITIA of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties of f,id City, the Town (hips of Moyamenfing and PaffWnk, that they arc to meet and excrcife under their refpettive Officers on the iol lowifig Days, viz. First Battalion on the 2d Day of May next, Second Battalion on the 3d of do. Third Battalion on the 4th of do. Fourth Battalion on the sth of do. Fifth Battalion on the6'-h of do. Sixth Battalion on the 9th of do. Seventh Battalion on the 10th of do. ELEAZER OSWALD, Lirntenant, pro tern, of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia. , Philadelphia, April. 6, 1791. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COLLECTION OK MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, Partly original, and partly already publijhed, Written by Mathew Carey. CONDITIONS. I. HHHE Work shall contain 200 pages ; be printed on the JL finest writing paper ; and be elegantly bound, edge rolled and lettered. 11. Price to fubferibers two thirds of a dollar, to be paid on the delivery of the book. 111. The work shall be put to the press as soon as 250 copies are fubferibed for. IV. The fubferibers names (hall be prefixed, gdT SUBSCRIPTIONS are received by Carey, Stewart, and Co. a*nd all the other Bookfeliers in Philadelphia; also, by the different gentlemen throughout'the United States, who supply fub feribers with the AmericanMufeum. Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 1791. TO BE SOLD, The seat of the late governor LIVINC S T 0 N, situate about a mile from Elizabeth-Town, on the public road to Morris Town. The farm contains between 90 and 100 acres of land, 15 or 20 acres of which are wood land ; there is also apper taining to the said farm about 19 acres of fait meadow. Particular attention having been paid to the cultivation of fruit ; there is on the farm a very large colle&ion of various kinds of the choicest fruit trees, &c. in full bearing; the house is large, convenient, well built and in veiy good repair. Enquire of the Printer, for further particulars. New-York, Jan. 1791 Manuel Noah, BROKER, N0.91, Race-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, BUYS and SELLS Continental & State Certificates, Pennsylvania and Jersey Paper Money, And all kinds of SECURITIES of the United States, or of any particular State. GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, ICj 1 " THE principles on which this publica tion is founded, have been appreciated by the public, in that genera! circulation which the Gazette has obtained : To hold up the people * own government, in a favorable point of light —and to impress just ideas of its administration, by exhibiting facts, comprise the outlines of the plan of this paper—and so long as the principles of the Constitution are held sacred, and the rights and liberties of the people are preserved inviolate, by " the powers that be," it is the office ofpatriotilm, by every exertion, to endear the general go vernment to the people. Through theaimtance of several diftinguiftied literary characters, w ® labors would give celebrity to works of afuperio denomination, this Gazette has been continue two years,and the present number (208) formst END of the SECOND VOLUME. K S, 80 3m
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