Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]) 1789-1793, December 26, 1792, Page 240, Image 4

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PRICE CURRENT.
f«R OOANTITY.—DoIIars 100 Cents each.
PHILADELPHIA, December 26.
Dlh. Cls. Dlh. Ch.
ANCHORS pr.lb. 1 10
Alium, Knglilh, pr.cwt. 4 33 ,
Ditto, Rorh pr. lb. 1
Aflies, pot, per ton, 120
. Pearl, *37 *4° £
Arrack pr. gall. 1 33
Brandy, common, 75
Coniac 93
Braziletto,pr. ton. 3 2 34
Bricks, pr. M. 4 7
Bread, fliip, pr. cwt. 1 "7 2
Ditto, pilot 3 7
Ditto, small water, per keg 3" 4°
Beer, American, in bottles, ]
pr.doz. bottles included, 1 j
Ditto pr. barrel, 4 " i
Boards Cedar pr. M feet, 20
New England 12
Oak ' *4
Merchantable pine 20 24
Sap, do. 12 '3 ,
■ Mahogany, per foot 10 .
Ulie above are the shallop prices*
for the yard price, add 1 dol
lar 33 cents per 1000.
Brimstone in rolls, pr.cwt. 2 >
Beef, Boston, per barrel 7
Country ditto 6 7
-f Frelh, per cwt. 333 4 7
Butter pr. l'b.
in kegs 9 lC
Candles, Sperm, pr. lb. 43
Wax 6*3 5 b
• I—Myrtle Wax *3
Mould, tallow 11 1
Dipped 10
Cheese, Englilh, pr. lb.
Country ® 10
Chocolate
Cinnamon 2 4°
Cloves , 1 32
Cocoa pr. cwt. *9
Coffee pr. lb. 1 7
Coal pr, bulhel
Copperas pr. cwt. * '
Cordage, American, p«* cwt. 707
Cotton pr. lb. 2 7 3'
12
Currants
Duck,Ruflia, pr. piece 11 33
Ravens 8 93 9 "7
Dutch fail duck, 20
Feathers pr. lb. 4&
Flax ditto 11
Flaxfeec; pr. bufti. 1 10
Flour, Superfine pr. barrt! 5 53
Common, 5 2 ®
Bur middlings, best 4 53
Meal, Indian 3
ditto Rye, 3 *3
Ship-(tuff pr. cwt. 80 t 5o -
Fuftie pr. ton, 20
Gin, Holland, pr. cafe, 4 66
Do. pr. gall. 8s 90
Glue, pr. cwt. 21 33
Ginger, white race, per lb. 7
Ditto, common 7
Ditto, ground pr. lb. 10
Ginseng, 20 2 4
Gunpowder, cannon, pr. q.cafk, 3 73 4
Ditto, fine glazed 4
Grain, Wheat pr. bufli 1 3
Rye 60
Oats 35
. Indian corn 53
Barley 1 1 3
Bed {helled pr. lb. 7
Buckwheat, per bufti. 4 C
Hemp, imported, pr. ton, 120 146 67
American, pr. lb. 4
Herrings, pr.bbl. 3
Hides, raw pr. lb. 9
Hops 2 7
Hogfti*ad hoops, pr. M. 15
Indigo, French per lb. 1 20 1 ,53
■ Carolina 1 1 2c
Irons, fad pr. ton, 133 33
Iron, Catlings pr. cwt, 3 4
Bar pr.ton, 91
Pig 24 26 67
■ Sheet 173 33
-—Nail rods 110 111
Junk, pr. cwt. 4 5
Lard, hogs pr. lb. 9 10
Lead, in pigs pr. cwt. 533 567
in bars 7
• -white 10 10 67
red 6 40 6 671
Leather, foal, pr. lb. 17 20
Lignum vitas pr. ton, 60 6
Logwood 30
Mace pr. lb. ' q
Mackarel, bell pr. bbl, 8
f cond quality 6 4
Xladder, heft pr. lb. 16 20.
Marble, wrought, pr. foot, 1 33 2 67
Mafl spars ditto 33
Molaffrs pr.gall. 53 57
Muflard per. lb. 87
——flour, in bottles, pr.doz. 1 2c
Nails, Bd. io<f. i2cf. and 20d. pr.lb. ic
Nutmegs pr. lb. 7 8
Oil, Linseed, pr. gall. 63
—Olive - 87
Stock Brokers Office,
N0.45, Great Dock-Ilreet, New-York,
THE Subscriber intending to confine himfell
entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE of
STOCKS on COMMISSION, Begsleave to offer
his services to his friends and others, in the lint
ofa Stock Broker. Those who may please to fa
*or him with their bufvnefs, may depend upon
having it tranfafled with the utmost fidelity and
dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia,Bofton, or any othe
part of the United States will be ftriftly attend
ed to.
LEONARD BLEECKF.R.
(t.f.)
Asa» th
nils. Cts. DUs. Cts.
Oil, Ditto pr cafe 2 5°
Sweet, best, in fla(ks,pr.b6x 10 5°
Ditto balkcts, 12 bottles 5
Spermaceti pr. gall.
Train 2 4
—Whaic 22 2 4
Porter pr. cask, & 33
London, pr.doz. 1
American ditto bot.incl. 1 4 1
Pitch, pr. bbl 1 73 2..
Pork, Burlington, per barrel, 50 °7
Lower county 10
Carolina 9
Peas, Albany pr. bushel
Pepper, pr. lb. 3
Pimento *9
Raisins, best, pr. keg
Ditto 2
Ditto pr. box 2 3
Rice pr. cwt. 3
Rosin pr. barrel 2 70
Rum, Jamaica, pr. gallon 1 ?
Antigua *
Windward
Barbadoes
Country, N. E.
Salt petre,pr. cwt. <4 33
SaU~afras pr. ton 6 8
Shot ditto 14° M l
Steel, German pr.lb. 9
Englifh,bliftered, pr. cwt. 10
American pr. ton Jl 3 33
Crowley's pr. faggot 10
Snake root pr. lb. 20 42
Soap, Brown per lb. 6
White 8
Cartile 11
Starch 7
Snuff pr. doz. bot. 4 5 6°
Spermaceti, re fined, pr. lb. 1
Sailcloth, Englini,No.i,pr. yard.,
Boston, No. I. ditto 3°
No. 11. *9
Sugar Lump, |>r. lb 2 4
Loaf, single refined 2 5
Ditto, double do. 3^
—■ —Havannah, white >7
Ditto, brown, 11
Muscovado, pr. cwt, 13 *5
Spirits Turpentine pr. gallon 37
Salt, Allum pr. bushel 44
Liverpool 47
Cadiz 33
Lisbon 37
Shipbuild. W. O. frames p.ton, 3,5
Ditto Live Oak, 18 67
Ditto red cedar, per foot 33 4°
Shingles, 18 inch, per M. 3 33 3 67
Ditto 2 feet, £ 33 6
Ditto 3 feet, dressed, 13 15
Staves, Pipe pr. 1000 32 •
While Oak hogshead, 20 33
Red Oak do. 19 50
Leogan 21 33
Barrel 16
Heading 25 33
Skins, Otter, best pr. piece 4 67
Minks 20 40
Fox, grey 40 8c
Ditto t *0
Martins 24 1
Fifhcrs 33 67
Bears 3
Racoons 27 60
Musk-rats 11 20
Beaver, pr. lb. 67 1 33
Deei, irvhair 20 30
Tar,N. Jersey, 24 gal.p. bbl. 1
Carolina, 32 gall. 1 33 1 67
Turpentine pr. bbl. 1 67 2
Tobacco, J. River, best loolb. 3Go 373
inferior 3 33
old 4 67
Rappahannock 3 33
Coloured Maryland, 5 S3 ®
Dark, 2 40
Long-leaf 2 40
Eaftern-fliore 2 2 93
Carolina,new 3 7 3
-old, g 33
Tea, Hyson pr. lb. 93 1 28
Hyson skin, 60
Souchong, 50 93
Congo, 43 50
Bohea, 33 56
Tallow, refined, per lb. 9
Tin pr. box, 1333 i 3 67
Vetdigreafe pr. lb. 47 53
Vermillion, do. 1 33 1 &7
Varnish, per gallon 33 37
Wax, Bees pr.lb. 25 27
Whale-bone, long pr.lb. 13 30
Wine, Madeira, pr. pipe, 176 226
Lisbon 120 126
Teneriffe, pr. gallon 63
Fayal $2
Port pr. pipe "3 33
Ditto in bottles, pr.doz. 4
Claret 4 6 |
Sherry pr.gall. 90 1 20
Malaga 77 80
COURSE OF F.XCUAKCE.
On London, at 30 days, per £ .100 fterl. 433 33
■ at 60days 67
at 90 aays 23
Amsterdam, 60 days, pr. guilder, 09
90 days, 38
To the Public.
' I 'HE fubferibe begs leave to acquaint the pub
-1- lie in genetal, and his customers in particu
lar, that he has entered into partneilhip witb
Mr. HEN KAMMERER, and that the Print
ing business in the Englilh and- German languages
is now c, rrird on unde-the firm of STEINER
and KAMMERER, N'». 85, in Race-street, be
twen Sccond and Third-ftreeu.
The German Newspaper will he publifted bv
hem, as ufual,on TuefJays, 2T >d all kind of Print
ng work done with carp ami expedition.
MEI.CHIOR STEINER,
Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1795,
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bank of the united states.
Phi lad el phi a, November 20, 1 79 2 -
THE Stockholders of the Bank ot the United
States afe hereby informed, that according
to the statute of incorporation, a general elcftion
for twenty-five Direft'TS will be held at the Bank
cf the United States, in the city of Philadelphia,
on Monday the seventh day of January next, at
ten o'cock in the forenoon.
, And purfuan to the eleventh feftion of the
Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are
herebv'notified to assemble in general meeting
,it the lame place, on Tuesday the eighth day of
»_nuary uext, at five o'clock in the evening.
By order of the President and Dire£fors t
JOHNKEAN, Cashier.
advertisement.
Between December \JI, 1792.
William Shipley In the high Court olChance
Complainant, ry of the State of Ncw-
John Meng and o- Jersey.
thers Defendants. Prefert,
His Excellency the Chancellor.
THE Complainant having filed his bill of
Complaint againfl the Defendants *n the
month of September, seventeen hundred and
ninety-one, and in the said Bill of Complaint did
among other things set forth that the said Com
plainant being seized in his Demrfne as of fee
of and in a certain Tract of Land, said to contain
nine hundred and thirty acres, situate, lying and
being in the township of Hardwick in the coun
ty of Sussex in the State of New-Jerfcy, did on
thefirft of March seventeen hundred and eighty
five, bargain fell and convey the fame in fee lim
ple unto John Meng and John Henderfon of the
citv of Philadelphia, William Goodwin and
John Town, for the consideration of One Thou
, sand Six Hundred Pounds in Gold or Silver —
' That 011 the fifth day of the fame month of
' March the said feoffees above named did execute
1 unto the said William Shipley a Deed of Movt
-1 gage in fee simple of the said Tra£l of Land to
: lecure the payment of the said sixteen hundred
I pounds, with the lawful interest which might
> thereon accrue—That in the year seventeen hun
-5 dred and eighty-fix the said John Meng and
■ William Goodwii did become Bankrupts with
in the intent and meaning of the a&s of the Le
gislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and such proceedings were had against them that
in the fame month they' were duly declared
Bankrupts ; and that they the said John Meng
and William Goodwin did in some fliort time
afterwards convev and transfer all their estate
both real and personal, and particularly all their
right and title to the premises above mentioned
to John Field, Curtis Clay, James C. Fifhcr,
Isaac Wharton, John Kaighn and Arthur Collins
all of the city of Philadelphia, fubjeft to the
Mortgage so as aforefaid given to the said Com
plainant.—That the said John Field, Curtis
Clay, James C. Fisher, Isaac Wharton, John
Kaighn and Arthur Collins soon after bargained,
fold and conveyed all their Right and Title of
and in the said Tract of Land unto Benjamin
' Town of the city of Philadelphia, and John
Town, fubje£l to the Mortgage aforefaid—That
on the eighteenth day of Odtober seventeen hun
dred and eighty-five, the said John Town and
Benjamin Town did execute another Mortgage
to the said William Shipley for securing the pay
ment of twelve hundred pounds in certain in
stallments—That in the month cf January seven
teen hundred and eighty-fix, John Town did
bargain and fell in fee imple all his Right and
? Title to the laid premises, to the said Benjamin
1 Town, fubjeft to the Mortgages aforefaid—That
in the month of February seventeen hundred and
; eighty.eight, the said Benjamin Town did con
vey all his Right and Title to the said premifei,
3 to John Field and Curtis Clay of the city of Phi
-3 delphia, upon certain Trusts unknown to theal
j Complainant—That said Benjamin Town the
J soon after became Bankrupt, and in pursuance .
of the bankrupt laws of the State of Pennfylva-
D nia. did convey all his estate real and personal
b to a certain Robert Ralfton—That John Hen
g derfon did alfoin the month of September seven
teen hundred and eighty-faven become a Bank
g rupt, and under the bankrupt laws of the State
of Pennsylvania, did aflign and convey all his
estate real and personal to David Lenox, George
Hughes, Matthew Clarkfon, Peter Baynton and
Richard Bache—And the Complainant doth in
and by his laid Bill, pray that those having
1 Right to the said Estate may be decreed to pey
him what is due on the said Mortgages, or that
the equity of Redemption be forclofed by the
Decree of this Court.
And now upon opening this matter this day
by Richard Stockton, Esquire, being of the com
plainants counsel—it appearing to the Court
1 that the f.iid defendants do refirie in the State
of Pennsylvania, without the jurifdifiion of this
Court; and it appearing further to this Court
j that writs of fubpeena have been taken out ac
-1 cording to the course of this Court, that the said
writs ot fubpeena have been duly fcTved upon
the said several Defendants upwards of one
year from this day ; and that none of the said
Defendants have caused his or thrir appearance
3 to be entered in this Court to the suit of the said
Complainant : It is therefore ordered by his
Excellency the Chan ellor, that rhe said De
fendants do cause their appearance to be entered
to the suit of the above Complainant according
to the rules of this Court in two months from
this day, or that the Plaintiffs bill be taken pro
confeffo agreeably to the dire&ions of the a6t of
the Legislature in such cafe made and provided.
—The Complainant giving notice and making
publication of this rule as in and by the said a&
ol the Legislature is provided.
WILLIAM PATERSON, Chancellor.
December ijl t 1792. ep 310
240
ADVERTISEMENT.
Gazette is publifhedin North Fifth-Street,
No. 34, between High and Mulberry Streets—inhere
the Editor note refrdes.
A LARGE CELLAR TO LET,
Sufficiently capacious to [lore liveral hundred ban els.
The price of fins Gazette u <>. r t< i'o iars
per annum—One helj to be pdid ai the time oj sub
scribing.
Er. quire ju ihor
S«*atill bi fuiUjkei,
mi sys re M»t
Used by Mr.L lo y d, in taking down the Debitrs
otCongrefs. A system so easy, that any man,
of ordinary capacity, mny clearly rompichend
ir in half an hour, and f«»on ora&ife ii v in us
fulleft extent, without any further irlUuttion,
than what will be conveyed in a few page*,—-
the whole ART being Comprised in tighrtiti
Jimple cha.ia.Rcrs, without anv of ihofe perplexing
arbitrary maiks, with which the learners of
other systems are obliged to burden their me
mory, and embarrass their prafhee.
Price, to Suhfcribers. One Doilar— to Non-
Subscribers, a Dollar and half.
Subscriptions received by MrflYs. Rice, Book
fcllers, Market-street, and by
JOl'| N CAREY, No. 26, Pear-Street,
Half a Dollar to be paid at the time of Jutfcribivr.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR Sale, a beautiful (ituation on the P»_
towtnack, adjoining the town of Alexandria
and inalineof Oireftion towards the Fttferifl
City and George Town,in full view of each place
commanding a profpift of the river and adjacent
country of Maryland and Virginia, fdr man*
miles ; about 45 or s o acres of Land, lying di
reflly on the river, will be fold, with the im.
provemcnts, which are, a two-story fran)<4
d welling-houfe, neatly finilhed, a kitchen, office,
brick smoke-house and dairy, two-ftorv framed
bam, a well of excellent water, and' an ice
houie, a yard and garden, neatly railed and
highly improved, with a number of oihw ne»
ceiTary improvements ; the whole of the lin«
enclosed with pofls and rails, tenor fiftefp acre*
laid down, with different kinds of grafts- Irs
contiguity totliofe three towns mull ren ;■ rs: an
object worthy the attention of any perm wlu
wishes to invert money in a property 1 «i rau4
enhance in »alue, in proportion to the 1 •cl in.
create ot the Federal City, Alexant . ni
George-Town. This property ties hea#f in I
central fiiuation to each place. The PotSwfnack
at this spot has a fine deep fhorc and Irtrbour,
capable of receiving vessels of anv burden. It
may not be improper to observe, that nra of
judgment think a profitable and convenient
Ferry might be ereficd here to the Citv
Wafbington and the Maryland (hores leading t6
Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—AKo to f«ll, 815
acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant,
which Will suit well to supply the above in
wood and timber. The title may be feeli to the
above property, which isindifpulable.and terms
known by application to the fubferiber, livnip
on the premises.
December 12th, i 79?,
200 Dollars Reward.
LOST, at Providencc, or between Providence
and Boston, a very small TRUNK, cotered
with seal-skin of a reddish colour, with
spots. It contained a quantity of South and
North-Carolina State Notes, and a nf ti,
State of R.hode-lflan«! ; with other papers,which
can only be ferriceable to the proprietor. The
State notes are cheeked at the offices from whence
they issued.. Any person producing the Trunk
(with its contents) to JOHN MARSTON, of
Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Providence,
Messrs. PATERSON snd BRASHER, New-
York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in Philadel
phia, shall receive the above reward, or for any
part of the pr«pertv* One Hundred Dollars.
Boston, Nov. 28. eptf.
BOWEN's EXHIBITIONS OF
W ax- Work &Paintings,
ARE open every day and evening (Sondayi
excepted) at the House lately occupied
by Mrs. Pine, No. 9, North Eighth-street
First Room—Contains upwards tf 100
elegant Paintings, and about 33 Wax Figure',
in full stature—among which are Lifceneffej
of a number of the principal characters in
America; Baron Trenck in chains, an Indian
Chief, and several beautiful young Ladies
different States, tftc. &c.
__ wI.tXL.
Second Room—Contains eighteen targs
tfVax Figures, which form a Sociable Ciui*
:>r the Oyster Supper j and the School far
Scandal, consisting of twelve female
making their observations on a young La<ty>
who had eloped with a Footman.
Admittance One Quarter of a Dollar each
Room.
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL,HYSON&SOUCHONG,
Of the very fwft quality, and laicft importat'Oft
from Canton, via New-York, by retail,at
No. 19,
Third, between Chefnut and Market Streets.
N. B. Afeio tioxci of the above HYSON for file.
[ohn Gould,
HAIR-DRESSER,
JNFORMS his fViends and the public in gene
ral, that he continues to carry onhis bulinefs
as usual, at No. 1, South Third-Street, ae,ar
Market-Street,and thanks his formercuitoroers
for the favors he has received.
Said Gould ha"> for sale, an infaJlibJe cure for
Weak or Sore Eyes, which 911 trial, has
be found to answer the purpose.—He hac it M
vials from one quarter of a dollar to a dollar
Any person trying the above, if not found t«
j answer the character given, the money will e
1 returned. L"J
PLANS
I O F TH E
City of Wafliington,
Sold bv the Booksellers,
DOBSO.V, CAREY, U)UNG, & CJil/KSH4^>
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BALDWIN DADE.
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