Las prologue, TO CROSS PARTNERS. Written by Georgf. Co l ema n. junior, Efq, Stwk. n by Mr. Palmer THJS is a Lad)'s piece—and after that We nerd not sue lot iiivor —vnbuin Jut John Bull, a fine, good-iiatui'd, honed blade is ; °N<vmilk-fop hc-and yet John loves the Ladies. What, il half take" fro™ the f>f" ch our Pla V' Tj)o not, good John, gogrowlingly away ! If Munt, in gallantry you yield to no men; you damn Mo'^Jeer, zoooit, roan, don t dornv* <hc woman jrhis tp plain John : and as for Maftet Jack, T i a green bo*, hia coat half off his back, T 7hat Play, or whose, he little tares, so he ports but his figure a* the Comedy. foo volatile to givtf he takes the tone j facky has no opinion of his own ! As Critics frown,or smile, look pleaPd or gruff, Jacky is with 'em—thinks their word enough, And cries, damn'd good ! damn'd fine ! damn'd bad! damn'd fluff! < "While others, more refin'd, who deign to deck Our lower »anpe, with towels round their neck ; Stout, hign-born, Bfiprfli youth, who lounge away Three evening hours of a fuitry diy In ten ftrfp T o- tr «jt«^ a ;ft.. coa ts at a play : Vacant they fit ; nor praffe, nor damn the scene ; Fashion is mod amazingly serene ! Or else Loid Bob, to Lady Betty (Who It gentle breafl forfweet Lordßobby burns) And breathes cold nothings ot his ardent love, Which, like his muscles, nought he vows can move; While o'er his forehead, to Cncreafe her pangs, In artificial ease, a love-lock hangs! Thcfe sweet, foft swains, our drama ne'er perplex ; Nor dread wc ought from theJlill fofterfex. Woman, whose every vein with feeling flows, In whose mild breatleach kindly paflion glows : Woman, whose heart for ruder man will bleedi Mufl feel for Woman, in an hour of need. Whom fear we then ?—all here fucccfs mufl wish us; And Hon eft Gods, above, be ye propitious! By your loud fiats we mufl fink or rife— Greit !uiliing and two-iVtlHn? Dcilici! aOl - weil—none here will sure rcfufe Aid t' a female—and a Virgin Muse ! To the Public. THE SubfcrtWu having been apoointed a committee of the Hoard of :he Truftecs of the University of Nortb-c V o>ina, for the pur pose of receiving proposals fr<wv{ uctl g( . nt | rmcn as may intend to undertake of youth in that institution, take the >p po rtuniry of making known to the public theiv^j^ such gentlemen should fignify their i"S na .;, " to the fubferibers. \ The objects to which it is contemplate. the Board to turn the attention of the stud .n: on the firft establishment, are—The lludy <K, Languages* particularly the Englifti—Hifliory, ancient and modern—the Bclle-letlres—Logic and Moral Philosophy—the knowledge of the Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—Agricul ture and Botany, with the principles of Archi tecture. Gentlemen conversant in these branches of Cclci.ct. oi.t! lihtUt uTc, and who can be well re commended, will receive very handsome encou ragement -bv the Board. The excrcifes of the institution will commence as early as poflible after the completion of the buildings of the Uni versity, which are to be contra&cd for immedi ately. SAMUEL ASHE, A. MOORE, JOHN HAYF, D 2,<5 rpam Soon will be pubu/hed y •the SYSTEM OF zJ/L ott-^anch Ufraby Mr.ti.OYi), in takingaown (heDebates ol Congvefs. A system so tjafy, that any man, of ordinary capacity, may clearlv comprehend it in half an hour, and Jfoon pra&ife it, in its fulleft extent, without any further inftruftion, than what will hi-conveyed in a few pages,-— the whole ART being comprised in eighteen Jimple chaia&ers, without any of those perplexing, arbitrary marks, with which the learners of Other fyftfms obliged to burden their me mory, and embarrsls their pra&>cc. Price, to Subfcriben, One Dollar— to Non jkib (bribers. a Dollar and half. Subftription# rcccivtd by'MeOYs. Rice,Book fcl'.ers, Market-ftrcet, and by JOHN CAREY, No. 56, Pear-Street. Half a Dollar to be paid, at the time ofjubferibivg. ADVfcRTISEMKNT. C J This Gazette is puklijlirdin North Fifth-Street, - 34, felwen H,gi and Mulberry Streets—where the Ldttor now resides. A LARGE CELLAR TO LET, -ifitly capacious to ftorcjcveral hundred ban els, Enquire a< above. DAVID STONE, SAM. M'CORKLES ADVERTISEMENT. Felwttn December \Jf, 1792. Wiftp* iAijWcv In the hifeh Court ofChance *" r y n * '^ c alc jatin o- Jerfry. ihers Defendants. j Present, His Excellency the Ch«mccllor, rp<HE Complainant having filed his hill o! 1 Complaint against ihe Defendants :n the month oF September, seventeen hundred and ninv ty-onc, and in the said Bill of Complaint did among other things fct forth that the laid Com plainant being lv .zed in his Dcmcfne as ot lee of and in a cei uin Ti ast ot Land. said to contain nine hundred and thirty acres, situate, lying and bcintr in the township of Hardwick m the coun ty ofSuilVx in the Mate of New-Jersey, did on the fir It of March seventeen hundred and eighty five, bargain fell and convey the fame in tee fitu ple unto John Meng and John Henderfon of ihe citv ot Philadelphia, William Goodwin and John Town, for the consideration of One Thou sand Six Hundred Pounds in Gold or Silver- That on the fifth day of the fame month of March the laid feoffees above named dtd execute unto the said William Shipley a Deed of Mort gage in fee Ample of the fa'.d 1 raft of Land to fecnre the payment of ihe fa d sixteen hundred pounds, with the lawful inlsrelt which might theieon accrue—That in the year seventeen nun dred and eighty-fix the la i John Meng and William Goodwimdid become Bankrupts with in the intent and meaning of the acts ot the Le- of the Commonwe Ith of Pennfylva.ua, and such proceedings were'.iad againlk them that in the fame month they were duly declared Bankrupts; and that they the laid John Meng and William Goodwin did in some short time afterwards convey and tiansfer all their eltate both real and pcrfonal, and particularly all their right and title to the premites above mentioned «o JohnJield, Curtis Clay, James C. Ftfher, >j< \Vl»d. <17. i John Kaighu and Arthur Collins a of the Uty uc P fubjw* to the Mortgage so as atoiefa'd Ujd Com plainant.- the fain John TteiA, Curtis C'ay, James C. F fher, Uaac W!j«*-"»n, loin and Arthur Collins *00 u >: *r bargains, fold and conveyed all their Right and \ le of and in the said Tract of Land unto B■. bju.- 1 Town of the city of Philadelphia, and John Town, fubjeft to the Mortgage aforefaid—That on the eighteenth day of October seventeen hun dred and eighty-five, the said John Town aod Benjamin Town did excculc another Mortgage to the said William Shipley for securing the pay ment of twelve hundred pounds in certain in bailments—That id the month January seven teen hundred and eighty-fix, John Town did bargain and fell in feefiinple all his Right and Title to the said premises, to the said Benjamin Town, fubjeft to the Mortgagee 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 ihe said premises, to John Field and Curtis Clay of the cil et Phi delphia, upon certain Trusts unknown to theal Complainant—That fa id Benjamin Town the soon after became Bankrupt, and in pursuance of the bankrupt laws of the Slate ot Pefitilvlva nia, did convey all his eflate and perlonal to a cer'ai* Robert R?'i >n—That John Hp»i. ucricn did alio in the month of S rernrTiuiTaTeQ aibir ve n DeootneJ 1 rupt, and under the bankrupt laws of t!V of' Penofytvania, did wid convey all eltate rea-i and pcrfonal to David Ltnox, George Hughes, Matthew Clarkfon, Peter Baynton arid Richard Bache—And the Complainant doth in and by his said Bill, pray that those having Right to the said Eifate may be decreed to pay him what is due on the said Mortgages, or chat the equity of Redemption be forcloied 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 that the said defendants do rcfide in the Sure of Pennsylvania, without the jurifdi£lion of this Court; and it appearing further to this Court that writs of fubpocna have been taken out ac cording to the course of this Court, that the fa id writs of fubpeena have been duly served upon *ie said several Defendants upwards of one from this day ; arid that none of the said hjve caused his or their appearance Sitered in this Court to the suit of the said ™|>nt : ' s therefore ordered by his xc \ the Chancellor, that the-laid' P -611 , an^ st \aufe their appearance to be entered to t e uit °\u c above Complainant according to the rules oK, s Court jn [wo months t[on ! ' i th.s d.y, °r [Vhe Plaintiffs bill be taken pro confcffoagrccablV lhe<llr;aionsof (he th<: Lfgifla'ure in cafe madc and ldcd —The Complainant i • „ „ , , t . r i ving notice and making publication of this ru ■ . ~ , , r . , . n «in and by the laid act of the Legitlature is pro\\_j WILLIAM PATKivrvxT ru // n , * >ON, Chancellor. December \JI, 1792 BOWEN's OF W ax- Work &Pain% g S> ARE open every day and evening (S\. ,„ v excepted) at the House lately occi\; 'i by Mrs. Pine, No. 9, North Eighth-itreetX First Room—Contains upwards of io\ elegant Paintings, and about 30Wax Figures in full stature—among which' are Like°ie(Tes of a number of the principal characters in America; Baron Trenck in chains, an Indian Chief, and several beautiful young Ladies of different States, dc. be. Second Room—Contains eighteen large Wax Figures, which form a Sociable Club or tie Oyster Supper ; and the School far Scandal, coniiftiug nt twelve female Figure? making their observations 011 a young JUadv who had eloped with a Footman. Admittance Ont Quarter oj a Dollar each Room. TO lit iULD JiV THE UHIOK, A TABLE lor receiving and paying Cold K , r according to Law—Blank MarnMb— And Blanks for the various Powers of Attorney Hicclijry 111 triinfafting Bufmrfs at the Trrafurv or the Bank ol thy United States. 244 A GREAT BARGAIN?. TT 0R Sale, a beautiful htuanon on the Po- I JL towmack, adjoining the town of AJcxandin and inalineof direfclion towards the Federal City and Georgetown,in full view of each ulafce. commanding i» profp- ct o( the river and adjacent country of Maryland and Virginia, for many miles; about 45 of $Q acres of Land, lyin* gi reftly on the nver, will be fold, with the im provements, which arc, a two-story framed d welling.houfr. neatly fmifticd,a kitchen, ojfiicc.! buck lmoke-noufe and dairy, two-story framed: barn, a well of excellent water, and an tcc houle, a yard and garden, neatly rai'ed and highly improved, with a number of other ne celfary improvements ; the whole of the land enclofcd with posts and rails, ten or fifteen acrts laid down, with different kinds of grass. Its | contiguity to those three towns myft render it an objrfr worthy the attention of any perfm who wishes to invelt money in a prope»t\ that mufti enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in crease of the Federal City, Alexandria and George-Town. This property lies nearly in ;• central fituntion to each place. The Potowmaek at this spot has a fine deep'fhore and harbour, capable of receiving of any burden. It may riot be improper to observe, that men of judgment think a profitable and conveniens Ferry might be cretled here to the City olj Washington and the Maryland lb >res leading to Baltimore aod Philadelphia.— Also to fell, 215 a.cres ol W§od-Land, about ihrce miles distant, which will suit well to fupptv the above in wood and ti'mber. The'title may be seen to the »bove which isindifpuiable. and terms known by application to the fubferiber, living on the premises. BALDWIN DADE. December fzthy 1792. cpirn 200 Dollars Reward. lOST, at Providence, or bet ween P ovidenee and Boston, a very imall TRUNK, covered Willi fca!-fkin ot a reddi(h colour, with white foots. It contained a quantity of South and J\ T wlina State Notcr, snd s few .-f th of I" ; with other papers,which - an<;'i n " to the proprietor. The oiate notes are elw Vl ,c offices from whence they iflued. Any peri l; r-njr 'he ' v >unk (with its to JOHN iv"..* r l£sTGN\ > Boston, WILLIAM i'ALL, of i 1•• ». MelTrs PATERSON ana BR'SHER, York, or Mr. SAMUEL EM£RY, Philadel phia, shall receive the above reward, or i r part of the property, One Hundred Dollars. Bolton, Nov. 28 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, Phi lad el phi a, November 20, 1792. THE Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are hereby informed, that according to thp (fatute of in jorporanon, a grnrral election for twenty-five DirefcV>rs will be held at the Bank ef the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Mouday the seventh day of January next, at ten o'co # ck in the forenoon. And purfuan to the eleventh fe&ion of the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the laid Bank at e j hereby notified to aflemble in general meeting at the uvne -■•lace, on Tuesday eighth day ojj v m ; t c LWhg. By ori if the Prcfidcm and D re6)or.«, JOHN KKAN, Calhier. To the Public. THE subscribe*- begs leave to acquaint the pub lic in genera!, and his customers in particu lar, thafc he lias entered into partnership with Mr. HENRY KA.MMERER, and that the Prim ing buiinefs in ihe Engli(h and German language? is now carried on under the firm of STEINER and KAMMERER, No. 83, in Racc-ftreet, be tween Second and Third-streets. The German Newfpipcr will he published bv them, as usual, on Tut fd ays, and all kind of Prim ing work done with care and expedition. Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1 792 NEW TEAS. IMPERIAL,HYSON &SOUCHONG, Of rhe very fiift quality, and latcft importatioi from Canton, via New-York, by retail,at No. 10, ntrd, L.eWvcn Cnr'nur«rno~JvrßTket £>treets7 N. B. A few Boxes of the above HYSON for file. John Gould, HAIR-DRESSER, INFORMS his friends and the public in gene ral, that he continues to carry on his buiinefs as usual, at No 1, South Third-Street, near Market-Street, and thanks his former customers for the favors he has received. Said Gould has for (ale, an Infallible cure for Weak or Sore Eyes, which on trial, has ana will he found to answer the purpose He has it in I vials from one quarter of a dollar to a dollar.— Any person trying the above, if not found to answer the character given, the money will be returned Stock Brokers Office, No. 45, Great Dock-street, New-York, rHE Subscriber intending to confine himfelf Entirely to the PURCHASE and SALE of STOCKS on COMMISSION, Begs leave to ofter t»s ierv\e S to his friends and others, in the line 2t >v> » <*'. Those \vway uieaTe tola* 'or him wk the ir business, m< y depend upor nving with the utmost fidelity an< ifpa'ch. \ Orders from rV ?rr ot ihi I'nui.A \ to. For Sale, -it No. 3 VVort'i-FiiY /\ N ALPiI A ISL i i C Ai\l IS I' of the D>. <f Xi. pava!i!c oil r.oods, ~-c s JJ?r. • dtzc* liripoitpo into tin, Unitt ,)t( ; j exhiljUtr. th* Rate, ~n •!,„(«. ii»m-'-.icl'ui Si' r-» ' .Vcffclsof Ibe United S'-i.-s, it) Nov or VfiWi; 'Rctiuiinj; ihf Duties I which the icfyeS.vc Aiiides a<c litbic. eptf. MELCHIOR STEIVER Made!phis,Sorton.nranv othr Mates will be .utend- VARD BLF.ECK K.R B (^M PRINTED AND SO], k f -y M ATI-JEW C , i: v % * i, Ao. 11 8, Muid-Urt.'!, ] Wtslfhh «. A MERlCAk'MtJSl.:U.M,r.^^ n>lr ; iVk , ■L Jl mcnt m J.muary i ft [, , eleven vols. Puce, m.iK h, , ud ZLu' levMHcen dollars and thu This work, winch is now r,.„: r(i fn , proved pi»n, containing me .c - . ' for and against I lie ptoccrdi-.'»' ui „ovi will be found to coulam at , " 1 a»rivtrllur»l,;.,Hl miliellitt ~ ' as any ever puhlifhcd in fl B ., ( *>ncwork ate so many i< i ii.i, j ,■ , iVle hiftoiy of Ih's col rn His Kxccilcjx \ the 1' h;:s declared of it, thst * , ,i , , ' plin has never been or.'diriat • I'!'1 ' ! ' ont'more deserving ol "publ The r.ii.fciiption is two do ||. . h<l|( aim. Gentlemen in the ro> ... , ',i; ! - be fnpplied with this worjf, a , " X , commiflion tolriends in :hr i : i , i,.i,V- r K ;V 5 and receive it- Any ol the ij k „u„". j.'' maybe had in oMer to coraplt i 2. Smith's Letters to J iar ied ■.'.on" ;n£ and the management o! CKi • "We recommend theft lelti r n'-, n f those to whom they are partm iai; /&».ii -■ Monthly Review, vol p - t.,.!_-»* S oa ccftTT,' -■ ' 3. Duncan's FJefrtcnts.bf Lofcu - i 4s|>j 4. les Ol Fielding---jo.cfnt 5. Beauties of Blair—so ctrus, .v 6. Ladies' Pocket Library, rrm ■ >,- Mj(j More'sEfTays, Gregory's Legacy. La- J\i. n „.. ~ ton's Ad vice, fs ol Lanii.r•' Ajvi /■ Swift's Letter * • a newly married :*s.Ciia pone on com mand of Temper. Mo Cj • the Ladies, Pi ice Sf6. 7. Smith's H.IWi v of New-York. Pii«£a<fof lar and a quarter. j 8. Elements of * ! L. L. D. fiiof.-fi ii! t st: M TV;lr ' ~T~~ three-fourths of a . . Critical Revit wen > ' • f , have seen nothing . al „ i more pcrfpicuous, Mr more ?<°ne»allv yfcf\\,' V. R. It is introduced into the I : unlay <n Phi- f iidtiphia. 9 icautics c r Pociry. Price !our-f.hJ: S 0 f a j clouai , 10. BU'i* Srrmons. Frier rwo dollar?, u. eke; eanfc on the importin gof Re-3 ligious Opinions—Pi ice i. ii.4i!ihs ol a do',l„r. 12. Examination of the Observations o'l(.rd; Sheffield on Arnencan Conimcrcc—Pride, or. very fine paper, B.hsol a dollar 13. The Conftiturions of thefeveral United with the Federal Conftituiion, &c. Price live eighths of a dollar. 14. M'Fingal. Pricethree-righfhs rf a dollar. 15. American Jcft Book. Price three-fifth 0/ 16. G .Ha doMarden of the Soul. Price half 1 dollar. 17 The Doway Tranfl.it ion of the Volgatc ii ble, \n quarto— Price, elegaml) hound and 1 r cd, 50/9—plain, f«x dr* 1 iB. D'.viut qTTS icr 00il . i£. Thin- cii out. y ' 20. Ch- iftian Ecooorry. Price a fifti.( a 21. History of Charhctf Grandifon, ividged—*■ Price a sixth of a dollar. 22. Poems by Col. Hum phrevs—Pi e a thiri of a dollar. 23. Select Poems, chiefly American-Price a sixth of a dollar. Said Carey hasforfale. 3 large afTofrr'ent 6 f Books, European ?s well as Amercan Mjiiioira, which he will difpole of on the met* revfcnable terms. Countrv gentlem< i», vho fa*, r hpiwith commands, mav depend upon he : .:)/»fupjlied in ' the moil fatisfae'.orv manner. A 1 brral; Ifwance to such as purchafc quantities lor public li uius or to fell agnn, PLA N S OP T H ? City of Washington,- Sold by the Booksellers, DOOSON, (.IREY, Cautions A I.L per ons are hereHv cpu: ioned Iro < r :- IjL nig of Thomas Mackt'c & Co. or > . perton, four Notts of Hand, giver ' i -c James Gardner, of N'ort « -, to Samuel JackJiin. of Philadelphia, all ' ; the 19th July, 1785, amounting in the ' £. 2,600 13 3 North-Carolina curr/. > ; * grcatcit part ot which laid Notes hovf b"i. A. to laid rhomes Mackie Si Co. in proof ot vvhicrr she fuMcriUrr* iAvr t-h» dcxwifii -M*— Mauduit. Jack/on, and other documents *hich will fully and clearly illuftrafe the maitci. I It is therefore exposed thar thi* notice, wi» . the one adverufed in this paper in May orrtl June, 1791, will he a fufHcicnt caution 10 the public. THOMAS WRIGHT, ) ROBERT SCOTT, > Executors. MAR. R. WILLKINGSO Wilmington, (N. C.) Aug. 1, 179*. \ THE EDITOR-TO HIS SI 1 THE Arrearage: 0] Subfcriptn•• > ■ hr.vr ; cr- jcr a hns tun" A fur th e > have othuei'h- amounted to Mt'JH - ■ K • . rta:H> [or f,tj nptiuu; fifciouj. Thr. J Jitor has r.v olrn rcfiu'cc „r«r* £ , .. toircur ;r - t 'ofccvl ■.■ thf ?<•:>> ' "'■■ H. is , , ..-ft, utcl '■ a -'V . r i ,-w rMr'tifo •* f>.v "i M'.- ' " •' •• ; .■- ,1 ~.. -i, ~r Hr<>wheUn »» /;'* .. 'si- ?< ' • • • >kts.the tnttnurttm °j u . .j -h e r is orJO. i extcrwvcty ct 0.1 tk~:f 'the. p!i ■ o ' \ ' *ri«»f thistiumis j - w*Ki—(,he half t$ be p«td W'MJW?, r;
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