PRICE CURRENT. PHILADELPHIA DfiCEMBER 27. —Dollars 100 Centseacli. ANCHORS pr.lb. 7c 8c Pitch, pr. bbl. id jsc id Alium, pr.c. 3J73C Pork, jiuriingion, * \od Ditto, Roch pr. lb. nc Lowir coit.uy c)d 3; Alhcs, aot, pej ton, f)od xood Carolji:u 8 ~Pearl, fca.sAlbany pr. bush. 7' Arrack pr, gall. pepper, pr.lb. Braroy. common, ldnc Pimento —-—Cogniac id 2Cc id uzc *> •,• . n . , , Br»eiletto,pr. ton. 4C<i n'tV 05 ' H •'^ r * * 1 6 ', Bricks, pr. M. \d\j ®! ° pr ' J" 3i Bread, [hip, pr. cwt. id 88c id " P r ' ox , 1 Ditto, pilot 3 d6 7 c £'« P';"''- ><t67 e2 i.W. Ditto, small water 36c 40c °P'-k • ' :j'j L 'd&jc Beer, American, in 1 , f J""."'™ P r ' S all - 9<* bocpr.doz. bot. incl. Jld * 0C ? | 87. pr.bbl. 4d6 7 c 2 73C77C « r Oak pr.M feet, gd ,od <* j ® aH " doc ' «' I Merch. pine .6d n d LCountry, N. E. 59 c Sap, do. B<tf scc Cfd Salt oetre, pr. cwt. 13d 33 c 14./ O i N.Eng. n</ SalTafras pr. ton 6d 8J J.) d Shot 140J The are Ike Shallop prices ; £ German pr.lb. 9c jot th( yardftices a4d id 331; uj JEnglifh, blillered cwtioi/ P r - M. 1 } American pr. ton : 1.3</33C • #Hmftancrolls pr.cwt. 3</ tn (Crowley's pr. fag iod6yc j* (Irish pr, bbl. Snake root pr. lb. ao£42c w < flofton 7d fid Soap, Brown 6c « (Countiy 6d yd White 8c -Butter - ,pr. lb. 16c Callile iu — in kegs 10c 12c Starch 7 i £ fSp?r. pr.lb. 43c Snuff pr. doz. bot. 4J $d 6cr ►4 I Wax 53c 46c Spermaceti, refined, 48c g Myrtle Wax 13c Sailcloth, Engliih, ~| „ | Mould,tallow 11c No 1, per yard, J 2 O (.Dipped toe Boston, No. I. 30c Cheefc, Englilh, pr. lb. age j\! 0- u. ——— Country Bcioc . Ruflia (heetihg, pr.p. 12d Chocolate 15c r Lump, pr.lb. ißr Cinnamoij 2d 4c c 2d 67c q/ I Loaf, tingle refined 25c ClMes id 33c < j Ditto, double do. 33c iCoal pr. bushel 20c 22c j Havannah, white 16c 17c .Cocoa pr. cwt. iod&ic ni 33c £ Ditto, brown, 121 Coffee 'pr.lb. 15c 16c LMufco.nr.cwt. i2^i4^33( Copperas pr. cwt. id6-jc Spirits Turpentine p. g. 33c 37c Cordage yd6ycSd (Alium pr. bufh.j24C2;£ Cotton pr.lb. 22c 30c 3 i f C>«r»nti 13 c < V.adiz 23C24r Duck, RufEa.pr. piece 111/331: w (Lisbon 24c 26c -—Ravens 8J 93c 9467 c Ship build. W. O.T , , Feathers pr.lb. 40c 44c frames p. ton, j 12 "'3*33 a * toc Do. LO. isd 33c i6d67c Flax feed pr. befh. 9 0c 93 f Do. red cedar, p. f. 33 c 40c FJour,Superfine, pr.bbl. £</ Shingles,lh.p. M.zdidfy Common, 4^74 c Do. long drelfed izdisdgji ——Bur middlings,beft 41/ 13c Scantling, heart, 2^331 -Meal, Indian id 6yc Sap %i $d 6jc - pr.cw. id ids3c TPipe pi. 1000 30^ Fustic pr. ton, 20d w | hoglhcad 10d 331 iiin, Holland, pr.cafe, \d > J R. O. do. iqd 50 Do. Pr gall. Bct < j Lcogan i6u , Glue, pr. cwt. lod °id 33c Barrel i ol Gioeer, white race 7^7<'33 1: LHeading 261/6, Ditto, common yd 20c r Otter, belt pr. pie. Ditto, ground pr. lb. ge Minks 2Cc 4c, Ginseng, 2CC 24c Fox, grey 40c Bot Gunpowder, can-) . , _ rrd ld2Cl non, -p.. q, c. J3" « Mart.ua ¥ ,< Ditto, fine glazed id £ F:lher f 3 oc 6ji J" Wheat pr. bulb 93c97c « B cars " 2 R y= ® oc Racoons 27c 6or 5 ° al ? 2& Mulk-rats ntsc, Indian corn 47c Braver, pr. lb. 67c id 33, I Barley 60c 63c l_l)eei, j 0 j, alr 20c I Best (helled pr. lb. 3c _ (Buckwheat per bush. 40 c T " ,N ' 2 4 R al - P- bbl. ic Hemp,fo.pr. ton, nod 146. 67c -Carolina,32 gall id 33 cid6 7 < American, pr. lb. 4 c 5 c T « r P«"ie pr. bbl. i„' 67c 2 fl Herrings, pr.bbl. 2</6 7 c f J ames "• r beft 3 d 6o< 73, Hides, raw pr.lb. gc nc "o inferior 21/67 C 31. Hops ■ « 27c ° ~ °'" 4^®7! Hogshead hoops, pr. M i s </ - Rappahannock id s oc 3 < Indigo,Frenchlb. idsoc P °<o.Maryland 33c 8t Carolina 40c id g P ark , r Irons, fad pr. ton, 133 d 33c < , 21/401 " f Callings pr. cwt, 3 </ 47 c « taftern-lhorc 2d ?d 23, Bar pr. ton, 8 2 rf Larollna .»«w 2</ 7c 3 , ®•< Pig 24<Z 26d 67c >„ . 0 d ,°- 2 IShi-et > 173 d 33c f Hyson pr. lb. 93c ■;/28, I. Nail rods g6</ J ", n llc ' n ' 53 f 67^ Jank, pr. Cwt. t d s d w .y»o«cnong, R oc 93 , Lard, hogs pr 1 . lb. 9c 10c K °f® o ' 13 c s°' —iZ Pr ' C ' TaL°, refined Lead, white io</io</67c Tm P r -box, J3</ 33c 67, —^ —red 6diOc6d6;c Veidigreafe pr.lb. 47c ,53 Leather, foal pr. lb. 14c 17c 20c Vermillion id 33c id'6y Lignum vitip pr. ton, 60c 6d Varnilh, 33c 37 Logwood 24d f Madeira, pr. p. 1061/200. Mace pr.lb. yd33c 67c Lisbon 961/100, Mackarel, bed pr.bbl. 91/ Teneriffr. gjfeal yrKr, second quality 61i 67c Fayal Tpf 44c 49 Madder, best pr. lb. 16c 20c J Port pr. p. io6d67c 120, Marble.wrought, pr.f. K/33C21/ j Do. in bottles,pr. doz. 4 Mali spars 33c 67c | Claret 6< Molafles pr. gall. 41c 45c Sherry pr. gall. 90c idvc Mufiard- per. lb. Byc Malaga 77c 8c pr. foot, 10c "Neils, lo,dittd and 20d io< lb. g, f Linseed, pr. gall. soc5 oc °. :,ve 87c ~ I Bcft Wt'iiw' 2dyC E ' l!s °J Exchan ß e > London, - i fbfks.pr.box { iai /' }i ßi 0 I -baskets „ bottles ,rf 6 ° „ ays ( P" / 45°^7< Spermaceti pr. gall. 48c 3 V ' W3V I Train 24c 2 *-c Amsterdam, 60 days, Lw Iwle 2 :czßc pr. guilder, 3 q c Porter pr. cade, 5J 33c 90 days 38^ — -Lo»do.-,,pr.doz. id6oc Government bills, drawn at 10 for!-i..imtncaii ) irfitirffioc da ys per 11 guilders, 4:/44 c pr.doz. bot.mcl. go <iays ' 4 A TO BE SOLD BY THE EDITOR, TABLE for ieceiving and paving Gold at ihe Bank of the r™„ r"" o Ut "' ,hc Valu < of Gold 1,1 »»d Cent, !r„m One to a Thousand Pennyweights— acceding to the Att ol Congress, afccrtamin s the Standaid and Value of Gold. 0) IH,Rr > SESSION »f the SL\'4Tt »! I*lM7 iL'i TATZS, „ ey h hoi hLj. PER VJt'ANTITY Wax, Bees pr. lb. 25c 27c Whalc-bone,long pr.lb. 13^306 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Bank of the United States. Decemser 22, 17*91. RESOLVED, That ;he Difcounis ill future' be made upon Turfday and Fndiy, and that the Notes or Bills ottered lor Diicoilnt, be prefentedai die Bank, on Monday aiul Thursday. ( 4 tJ JOHN KEAN, Cajhicr. Bank of the United States. December 3, 1791. TOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of the United States 1 H wili be opened on Monday the s'h intLnt. Transferspf the fublcnpuons to the lkock of said Bank may then be made. 44 c 4 'iC. On Moudiff the 12th instant, deposits will be received, and on Tueiday tn.- 20th iultaut, discounts may be made. By order 01 the Pieiident and Dircttots, JOHN KEAN, Cajhicr. All Bills or Notes »>fß»red'for Dilcount shall be delivered into the Dink on Mondays or Wednesdays, the Dilcount fha 11 be fet tled on Tuesdays and Thurldays, and shall be made known the next fucccedir.g days. At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS'of the BANK of the UNITED STATES, December 5, 1791. RESOLVED, r | f the payment of the portion of the Capital Stock of the X Bank of the United Stales, consisting of Specie which will L« due on the several Shares on the firft Monday of January next, may be made at the refpeftive Banksof MaJJhchvfctts and Ntw-Yo?k. Provided, That any Stockholder claiming the benefit of such payment, shall, on or before the firft Monday in January next, xhibic to the Calhier of the Bank of the United States, a Ceitifi cate finned by the Cashier of the Bank into which such payment (hall have been made —any thing in the regulations heretofore eftablilhed to the contrary notwithflanding By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, CaJliier. Bank of the United States. Philadelphia, November 22, 1791. rFIE Stockhoi.nEksof the Bank of the United States are hereby informed, that according to the statute of incor poration, a general election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, n Monday the fccond day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And, pursuant to the eleventh fe£lion of the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are hereby notified to alterable in general meeting, at the fame place, on Tuesday the third day ol January next, a; five o'clock in the evening. By Older of the President and Directors, JOHN K E A N, Cajkier. Secondfundamental Article oj Statute of Incorporation. {< Not more than three-fourths of the Dire&ors in office, exclu (ive of the Pxrfident, Ihall be eligible for the next succeeding year. But the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-ele£Ud." t e P'o MPERIAL HYSON,SOUCHONG, and BOHEA TEAS, 11EFINED SUGARS,COFFEE, &SPICES,&c.&c Ot the firii quality—bv retail, No 19, Third-Street,between Chefnut and Market Streets. A few TICKETS in 3d and lalt Class of the NEW-JERSEY LOTTERY Public Securities, Bought and Sold, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chefnut-Stieet, next door to the Bank, No. 97. American Lead Manufactory. STEPHEN A U S T I N, & Co. HAVE just now opened their Lead-Warehouse, two doors fouthof Walnui-ft reel Wharf, adjoining their New Fa£toiy_ where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general aflort mentoiSHOT of all lizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mir.csjn Virginia. As they have employed a nuipberoi experienced Eoglilh workmen, they warrant it to be • qual ill quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a jedueed price from the enft of imported. They also continue to manufafturc all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and execntcd on the Inorteft notice. N. B. Wanted, induflrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good w ages, and other encourage ments will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception. For further particulars enquire of Mcfl'rs. Moses Austin & Co at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791. tf TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. 26, Piar-Street, A COLLECTION OF Scarce and Valuable books, Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock, p. m. dn.ong them are the following : Folio. TTOMER, Xenophnn, Plato, Plutar°ch, Kufebius, Sozc -1 Tbt:odo " :t . Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Pate,- cuius, Plinv, Concoi dautia I.at. Concordantia Gt. Thtfauius Ci ceroots. Bib ia Jurm and Tremtllii. Bible de Martin. Wells's Macs Scapulf —Phavonni— Martinii—Huffmani Lexica, Vollii Etvmol logicon, Antiquit. Ecclcf. Britannic®, &c. PhiT"' C y™P* dia > Bentley's Horace, Terence and Phedrus, Ovid, Juvenal, Manilius, Ciceronis op. om. Cifar, Su etonius, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Voffii Ais Giam. Cluvc ru Geographia, Juftiaian Code, &c. a inJ Z-c Anacreon - Aristophanes. Longimis, Theophraltus Hefiod, Poet® mmores Gr. liberates, Phalaris, va- Tints edition* of Horace, V ngil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus Pl au SaHuVr"'. v, al,Cli ," d ,l an ' Val " Flaccus > Aufonius, Buchanan, Hull, Curtius, Flows, Juihu, Val. Maximum, A. Gell.us, Hilt ClTffi ;>Cr ' ptorcs • E "S li l h and Fre "cl> Tranjluliov, of some of the Clank,, a great varuty of Greek and Latin Giammars, &c &c m "w" "*■ Ei",s„c tJftobcro,. JOHNCARE-i. frit 280 TO BE SOLD, Orf the Waters of Tv t Rt v ek. a fcrancn ot jAMr.Rtvta the County or Atnhtiil, at;d State o.'Vi.-gm,a, ' About 7,000 acres of rich Land Well adapted to produce every kind r,f grj j„ a[>(l r , ' can w1 fh to cultivate, diltant fio.n navigation twenty m.; cs [ For terms apply to JAMES ROSE, reading on the Land. Ant her It County, Vug* ma, Dec. <3, 1 ~tn . I^.) George MEADE Has for SALE, at his Siaitson Wa lnut-Stuet V/h ar r A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old bills of exchange Made!.* WIN'E, which he wiil dilpofc ol by the ," u - fin- d<„ quaiicr ca(k. ° " r London market Madeira WIISTE, 5 and 6 years old Old Sherry WINE of the firll quality, l,y the h'oglh'cad „ r quarter calk. Three and 4 vears old Lisbon WINE, of a fnperinr <~j,ijtv to what is generally imported, by the p.pe, quarter c.ik, or h,„ er quantity. o 1 Choice old Coniac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or lar-*-r quantity. ° A few quarter chests of firftqualiiv Hyson TEA. He hasjuft received by ihe P.gou, iinxley, inafter.Vrom Lot.do, a few quarter casks ot old Madeira WINE— And ' ' By I he brig Mercuiy, Capt. Stevens, from Dublin, a few hnv,. of Irish LINENS, lnw priced and well afToricd ; a few bah < „( red and white FLANNELS, and some GLUE. A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of tic firttqualirv , rH Burlington PORK of prime quality. He has also to difpofc of, a quantity of dreifcd Wi-i, r> t, STAVES. He means to krep a confiant supply of Firfl Quality Madeira and Liflmn WJNfcS, and whoever is pleased to t„v»r lnm wuh meir cuitom, may be affined oi being well served. He will, tiirough the Winter and Spring, buy undrrff d HAND SPIKES. He is purchasing FLAX-SEED and BEES- WAX' i will give the higlrcft price for them. N. 3. A few hampers of excellent London POUTER and Taunton ALE, jult rc.civod, and to be dii'pofccl of. Philadelphia, November 16, 1791 ■ John Pintard, SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER PURCHASES and SELLS ' PUBLIC DEBT of every defcription.onCewTO.^o,, at the following ia!es: ' ON' the specie amount of all i'ales at auaion, one ebl'h Dt. cent. 0 " On ditto at private sale or Durchafe, on,-halt ner cent On remittances, " ditto. Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent, on the amount of the interelf. For making transfers at ditto t feventy-five cents per transfer. H ;> " ch |x- ' r °" s as m »y mc »'nc to favor the fuhf. rihrr wiih their or<Jct, may rclv on their being executed with puntlualny fidelity and d'fiiauh. His long experience and extenfivc dcalmn 111 the public (locks, together with a well cllahlilhed corrcfpon. dence throughout the Unued States, enable, him to conduct his opeiations with peculiar benefit to his employers. OMoberi ci, ijqj 1 he Fit ft and Second Volumes of ihe HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, (To which is prefixed an accurate Map of the Stkf } Bv the Rev. J Eft em y Bet. k. is a p. Are ready for Delivery to Subfoihers—who may receive their Books on application to HAZARD & ADDOMS, at the Cornerof Chefr.ut and Thiid Streets. fcT The above two volumes contain the political history of the State, from.its firft fettlemenr to the adoption of the present Con lhi«non of the United States the third, containing a geographi cal description of theSiate, ft.etchetofitsnaiui.il hiitorv, &c. is in the piefs. A few copies of the fuft two volumes lor falc—pi ice nof. November i), 1791. In the Press, and fpccdily will be. pubhlhed, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS; Confilling of State Papers, and other authentic Documents, tending to elucidate the History of America, and particularly of the. United States. By EBENEZER HAZARD, A.M. he P r, ce to Subfcnbers will be a Dollar for each Number, containing 160 large quarto pages; or Four Dollars and a Quarter tor each Volume in Boards; to be paid as follows, viz. tne fitft and fccond Numbers, or Volumes, to be paid for on delivery of the fiift ; and each subsequent one (except the Jail) at the tune of delivery. Subfcj 1 otions wili be recefved, in this city, by Thomas Do3son, and Hazard &c Addoms, (who will exhibit specimens of the work), and mother places by the principal Bookfrllers Philadelphia, November 5, 1791. Thirty Dollars Reward. T? UN AW AY, some time in August 1789, a yellow NEGRO MAN, named Abraham, late the property 01 Naih&nitl Wick!ljf y deceased—about torty-five years of age, about five feet eight or nine inches high, preitv well set, with a large woolly head and large beard, walks with his knees bent, often complains of pains in his feet and ancles—by trade a bricklayer, stone ma Ton and plafleier. He is a very handy fellow as a house-waiter, and is son* Oi Inch bufmefs. He is a great dissembler, and no doubt pretends he is a freeman. He has been eloped so long that no description of his preleut clothing can be given. It is supposed that he went to the Northern States, as he often mentioned having friends there:-** Twenty Dollars reward will be given to any person that will fe curefaid Negro inanyjail, so that the fubieriber may get hun again; and reasonable charges will he paid —or Thirtv Dollars will be given if he is brought to Prince William County, Virginia, to Mr. John Kinchelok, by CHARLES WICKLIFF, Administrator. (1a W9W} Oflober 12, 17Qi advertisement, (£T BY late arrivals from France, the Editor has received from No. 10 to 31, both inclusive, of a Publication which, comes out tune * week in Pans, entitled, " Cor r esbondance Nationale." — From No. 1 to No. 10, have been /kipped, but arc not yet come to hand, ■any person who may incline to lubfcribe for tins work, which appears t» be ingenious, impartial and patriotic., may be furnifhed with the rtumbas as the? arrive by applying to the Editor of this Gazette. (p? Blank Powers to receive and for the transjtr oj'tht principal of public debt, agreeable to the Rules ejiablifhcd in the. 'l 'rea fury Department : Also Blanks for abflraEts the Editor. The price of this Paper is 3 Dollars per ttnn One half to b: paid at Suhfcrtb'mg. (ep6w.) JOHN PJNTARD, New-Y otk, King-Street.
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