PROPOSALS
- 3-a^
BY THE
PRESIDENT & DIRECTORS
0 F
THE
INSURANCE COM PANT
NORTH "AMERICA.
WHEttJEAS by an aft of the Legiflhture
of the State of Pehnfyl'udnla ificorporat r
ing the blfurante Company of North A
mtrica, the Prejtdent and Direftori art
authorised to extend their ajjurance to
Goods, Wares and Merchandize, or o
ther perfonalproperty in Dwelling Hous
es, Warehouses or Stores, or to Buildings
agd'njl the risk arising from Fire, and
having afcirtained that it ii a general
defiie that Property of this description
Jhould be ajfured from so Jatal a rift,
the Proficient and Dirtftors of the Insu
rance Company if North America are
induced to offer the following
TABLE
Of Rates and Terms.
Tables of Rates of Jlnnua! Premiums to
be paid for Affitrance agaitijl Firet
No.l Upon commbrt mfurances, or hazards
of (He fiVft clifs, uh'n the city of Phifa
dclphia and Noithern and Southern Liber
tics
B ick or Stone Koufes. or St dies.
Furniture or M rch&ndiate notbereafter fp£-
cified asfx'ra hazardous, contained id Brick
or Stone Houses
Kot lams not > xceeding 8000 dollars at add
after the rite of 30 cent* for every huudred
Dollars. ,
toi Cams »oi ekceedhig rtood at
and after the rate of 43 cents for every hun
d(ed dollars. •
For sums not exceeding 25000 dollars at
and afjcrihe rate of 60 cents tor__ejrery hon
di d dollars.
N, B> As the Neighborhood of framed
t>di|di<igil, drb'net may ren
dera'llk ineligible Whtih is Witbltt tKe let-
Ar of ihefe propofaii, the cortipiny rcftrve a
w|hr to rejtfi such as MTurance at pl^sfuic.
No. ll.—Upon hazards of the
second class-
Houses or Stores of which the walls are
floi wholly of Brick or Stone. t
Furniture* or meifchandize, inc ludng ex
tta hazardous 600ds, as Pitfch, Tar, Tur
pei.tu.e, Wax, Hemp* Oil* Tallow, Spuit
dus L qaors contained in ho'ufes or ilores
of which the watfs are not wholly brick
or stone.
These last recited ejctf.i hazardous articles
ift any building whatsoever.
Ships whilfl building ; the premises and
property, therein contained of Carpenters
Jjiners, (joopers, Tavernkeepers or Inhol
dcrs, Stable keepersj Bjkers, Ship Chandlers
and Boat Builders, Malt tfriersj Brewers,
T«dlbw Ch'an^lers ? Sugar fiakers, Apothe
caries, Chemists, DiftiUers, Printers, O>H
sud Colourmen, China, Glass and Earthen
ware Sellers.
Mills and Machinery : Glass
ana Pottery Wares in Trade.
For sums riot exceeding 8000 dollars at and
a her tin: r ate of cents for eveiy hundred
dollars.
For funis riot extending 16060 dollars at
ind after the "rate oi 150 cents for every bun
dled dollars.
CONDITION&
ill A written application must beJcft at
the Company V Office ftaiing the sum desired
*o be injured, by Whom, and a description
ol the kind ot property, whether Buildings
or Ooßds j vyHat krfld of goods, and how
fnujfc. upon each building, or the goods in each,
wh'ihc there areoWl hadfes or ftorei. When
Household GooMs are rntended to bt infbred
the application Inoulcf as follows,
Dollars
On Houfeh'ohi Furniture and
Linen
On Wekrinjf A^partl
On China and Glafa
On Printed Itooka
On L-.quo 13
2nd. The.Premium must be paid when
the Order is given and accepted, the Infu.-
■nce to cotri&lnGe tfte inltant it is paid, and
continue in force lo long a? the payment shall
be annually tnidV; it Hie office before £ o'chfck
p. M. on the day when each revolution ot the
term is complete*; dr day lhall happen
oh a Sunday or 4th July, or afty other Holi
day kept at the Office, then oti the day pre
ceding.
3d If any other in far ante be exiftingon
the fame property notice thereof mtrft be
given with (he order,other wife the Policy wiH
be void.
4th. Goo'ds hclß in Truftoi ©n Commlf
fion, must be declared to be so held, other
wise the Policy will not cover fnch Property.
sth. This Company will not be accounta
ble fo r any Ms or damage caafed by tfrty Fo
reign Invasion, or by any Military or Ufurp
td Force* or by realon of afry Civil Commo
tion. .v,
61 h. Bills o' Exchange, Bonds, Securities,
Title Deeds, Money, irid B*nk and
"Wlher Protmffory Nores STe not nfcftrtWd tin
ker any infufihee. Paintings,Nfedals,-Jewels
Gems, Antique Curiosities and Mirrors, a
bove iol, e*ch, mfcy be Insured by fpccial A
g'eemcnt.
/rh. No Irifurance toill br made for a less
term than One Year.
Bth. Per Tons c hoofing to In Cure for Seven
years lhall be allowed On® year's Premium
by way of discount ; alio one-third of a
year's Premium upon a (riennal Insurance.
9th. When any loss by Fixe is fuftain-ri on
property insured at this Office, the iufferer
(ball in thirty days furnifh the best docu
ments he is able of the value of the Goods
damaged or deftroytd ; this ascertained, the
loss within the fiuro insured (hall be paid
without deduction in thirty days after proof
thereof.
K. B. It it expected a little experience
may authorize the Company to extend aiTur.
ance from Fire to other Cities ; at prcfent
they confinc this branch of their butinefs to
Philadelphia and its Vicinity, in Pcnnfylvfc
nh. By Order,
EBENEZER HAZARD, Set'ry
Oa. 18
Burlington Pork.
A QUANTITY OF
Best Burlington Pofk>
TO BB SOLD BY
Levi Hollingfwofth & Co.
o<a. 6
Fine Liverpool
To Be Sold
from the Ship Thomas,
The second wharf below Pine-Street, ap
ply at said wharf, to
Jehu Holliftgfworth, & Co.
Aug. >6. * d.
AT THE
Card & Nail Factory,
No. ,59, north Front street,
WebfteTj Adgate & White,
Have conjiantly for sale,
potton, Wool, Tow, and
Machine Cards,
Of all Kinds,
Cut Nails of all sizes,
Floor Brads, Sprigs and Tacks,
Fullgrs Shears, Gun flints Snd Wool
Hats,
A Quantity of kiln dried Indian Meal in
barrels
A new Edition of Adgate's Philadelphia
Harmony, containing both the firft and se
cond fiart«, he tug the nloft apioved fyr.
trro of Rules and the best c6leftion of
Tunes now in use,
Atfo for Shir,
Machinery for making Cords
On ai IrtiproVfcd Conftru&ion.
Oft. 2 w&stf
Scheme of a Lottery,
To raise 39,900 Dollars, on a 66,000 Dollars,
Deducting 15 per Cent, from the Prizes—
This Lottery confijls of 38,000 Ticketi, in
which there <he 1 4,531 Prizes, and 23*461
Blanftjy bcine about one and an half blanks to
a prize.
THE Dire&ors of the Society foreftablifb
ing Ufrlul having resolv
ed to ere& LOTTERIES for raifirig One
Hundred Tholisanb Dol Laß's, agreeably
to ah A& of the Legiflatare of the Statfc of
New-Jersey, hive- appointed the fol&wriitg
pcrfonsto superintend and dire£t the draw
ing of the fame, viz. Nicholas Lov>, Rufus
King, Herman Le Roy, JanleS Watson,
Richard Harrifon, Abijah Harhmorfd, arid
Cornelius Ray, of the city of New-York—
Thomas Willing, JAfephUall, Matthew M -
Cohnel arid Arfdrew Bayard, of the city of
Philadelphia—His Ekccllerifcy Rithard How
ell, Esq. Elias Boudihot, General EliasDay
ton, James Parker, John Bayard, Do&or
Lewis Dunham, Sahiu< I W. Stockton, JoOiua
#1. Wallace/ jbfeph fel<*OrrtHM<&, and ETifHa
Koudirtot, of who offer thi
following Schem£ of a Lottery, and pledge
themfeiyes to the public* tnat they will take
every aflur :ncc and precaution in their power
to Have the Monies paicl by the kfanagers,
from time to time, as received, into the
Bairks at New-Ytifk and Philadelphia, to
remain for the pu'rpofe of p*ymg Prizes,
which fhali fte immediately dlfchargtd by a
elWdt upon one of thfc Banks.
SCHEME:
Pfize of so,oo'o fjoTlars ft 46,000
'1 10,600 io,bbo
a '8,000
5 «,ooa to,doe
10 i,obo <0,000
26 j'o'o in,ooo
roe 166 jbjooo
god $•
tooo J
2000
'3<Job
8100'
20
'5
12
10
14,539 Prizes. e&a,000
23,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000
Laftdtawn nuttiber, 2,600
38,000 Tickets at ) Dollars each is 266,000
The drawing trill comrttehce, uftd'er the
infpe&ion of a Committee of the Superin
tend ants, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of
which timely notice wftl be given.
The Superiritertdants have appointed John
S. Comming, of NeWWrk, pccft k. Har
denberg, of tfew-Bronfwick, and Jonathan
Rhea, of Trenton, al immediate Managers
thereof, who have given ample (ecurity for
the trust reefed in thfciVi.
A3- In >tfder t6 fectfre the ptrtV&ual pfcy
nient of the Priies, the 6f
the Lottery have dire&ed that the Managers
fhaft each enter into bonds in 46,600 dollars,
with four fufficient securities, to peffor*m their
inftttftion*, the fu&ftattce of which ii
I. Thfft whfriever either of the Managers
(toall receive the sum of Three Hundred Dol
lars, he (hall imifidiatel'y place the Yarfie in
one of the Banks of New-York 6r Philadel
phia, to the ciedit of the G6reYnorof ttre
Society, and such of the Superintendents as
Hve in the city whefe the monies are placed,
(0 remain fhctfe until the Lottery is drawn,
for the payment of the Prizes.
11. The Managers to take fufficient se
curity for any Tickets they may trust, other
wise to be refponnble for them.
111. To keep regular bdoVs of Tickets
fold, Monies received and paid ihto the
Bank, abftra&s of Which ftiall be sent,
monthly, to the Governor of the Society
Paterfon, January 1, 1794.
On application to eithev of the at»oVe igen
tlemen, information 'Will be given where
tickets may be had,
February *4.
The Lottery publilhed by the
•'Society for eftablilhing dfeful manufac
tures," will commence drawing the firft
I Tuesday in November next
PHILADELPHIA:—PriSted by JOHN FENNO, No. 119, Chisnut Strset.—Pric* Six Dollars Per Annum.
This day a few pipes of the jirjl quality
French Brandy,
Fourth Proof,
Efteemfed equal to any that has been in this
city for a numbfct 6f year 6}
ALSO,
*eod4t
Salt,
Good Black Pepper,
FOR SALE BT
Levinus Clarkfon,
No. 416, soUth Water street.
0«. 8 d
No. 8, North Fijth Jlreet,
Have just Pablifhed) price 9-l'ths of a
Dollar,
EmbefJifbed <toitb a neat Engraving-.
And to be had of the following Bookfel
fers, vl?. Mtffrs. T. Dobfon,W. Young,
R. Campbell, J. Ortnrod, and H. Kam*
A New and Concise Hisrokr of the
Revolution in France,
From its Commencement to the Execu
tion of the Gironde party, and
the death of the Duke of
ORLEAS 5
I. Neale & H. Kammerer,
Junior.
Price hats a dollar, neatly bound, at the
Bookstores of MefTrs. T. Dobfon, R,
Campbell, and J. Ormrod; alio at H.
Kammerer's, No, 14, north Third
ftrcct,
:*_aex
Select Stories,
For the injlruftion and nmijen:rnt of
" To the honor of Mr. Berqtiin's taste,
it raay belaid, that he has nmted tiuVpte
elegance with intereflir.g yariity, but ri
gidly fepuiatcd both f'Oni the Ibghteft ap
prtJ&ch rtf vvharevtr is vulgar or puerile :
a riierit much more eAiily praised than imi
r&fid. The art of amofing child es,whilft
at the fame time the Infant Genius is rais
ed and the lleait mended, appears from
his works to be 110 contemptible efft>tt of
the friintl. Wlitrevef, therefore, the uti
lity of futh an \indtrtaking is acknowledg
ed, the reputation of Mr. Berquin mud
eyer be held in deserved efteerii.
" Happily fu'ch is the agreeable verfatili
of Br. fteiquin's style and that
it would be dimctiltto pronounce in what
department lie exufck ; wßtth'er i 6 the
lively or the pathetic; the simple language
of narrative, or the animated points of
converfatioh : whether in ihrewd remarks
ilpdn private Irfe, <5t in florid description
of thte beauties of iraturfc.
" Pieces ol evet'y Vflritfufe efccfcHenr'e
that is to be found hi the writings of Mi.
Berqijin, c'ompofe the toHow.ng volume,
wfiich, it is hoped, will be thonght a valu
able fubftitutt he e such may b'e p'reler
r#d) tothd and Wor6 dxtenlfiye
works of the fame authjar.'*
At JSfe. nttftb tfbihdfirM, -may dffb It
i>a4 tbi fatlo^vi.lg
80,000
36,000
$B>bv6
81, bob
The Devil upon two Sticks, jf
The Life of Ghefteifreld, '10f
thefterfielcl's Principles ot' Politeoefs,
&C. 5 /y
New RotfinTon CruTof, 6fb
"rt'e Btatitfes bf Sterne, 4/S
feardti Tienk, (if
♦liftory «*f America, sf ~
Evelina, aNovel, 2 vols, ri/j
THi Inqtrffttor, 5/3
Cottiple * tetter.Writer, 4/8
The Travel of Cyru*, 7/6
Memoirs ot Mnjor Gen. Lee, 8/^
RoraH Economy, Ijb
Letftfs from Yorfek to ETrza, i/4
Fallen Cottfcge, Jov'fti Sbngftfcr, #c. Brc
ALSO,
At fhi abovfc place nray be had Blank
Books of different kinds.
The House, Stables, & Lot
of Ground,
In Second street, between Spruc» and
Jnion street s, in the occupation of bis
Britannic Maiefty's Minift«r.
J ALSO
tn&fif
26 feet front, and 149 feet desp. For
ferifis df sale, apply to
Win. Cfatfidnd.
AkRIVEty
Forty Hog/heads of jirjl quality of
Si. Croix- Sugar,
And a few Toils of
HofF and Derrick,
merer,
Ofl. 16
HATE JOST poßLiiHfO,
And now for Sale,
Touts.
Adapted to the ttfe
of Schools.
From tht French of M. Berquin
Extract from tie Prefttce.
New PuWicatidrts:
SDtelfie'sNaturkl Ptiihiftpy, ijf
History of the Prench KeVblbewh. is/"
Life of Howard,
Ttie lialisn Nari, (>f
The Mirror, 2 v<>ls. 1 \fy
Select Fables of Eiojp-, by R. Docffley,4J%
Vocal Mafe, or Latties Songster, ofo
Marvellous Worki Of Nature, g_/6
Sentimental Lucubrations, y.
Julia, a Novel, 2/6
Cui iofities of Literature, 3/6
Ladies Literary Companion, 2/9
Slilceltanies, mora) and inftrn&ive, iso
Looifa, a poetical Novel, 2/5
Cburtfhip artd MafitTlbbV iys
Sylvan Letters, 1/10
Lift! of Baton Treiik, abridged, j/io
Fables for Ladles-, 1/10
Ofiober 8.
To be Sold)
The Adjoining Lot,
Aug. 14
Just Arrived,
And will be landed to-morrow morning at
Hamilton's wharf, the CARGO of the
Schooner Industry, Captain Hylander,
from Havanrta,
Br y hhds. MolaiTeS*
Of superior full quality.
106 Boxes arid Barrels
White & brown Sugar
AND A
Parcel of Ox-Hides ;
for sale by
Peter Blight.
also,
A PARCEL OF
COFFEE,
Jtift arrived in the Captain
Irwin, from Jamaica.
Sjfet- *3
Dancing School.
Wm. M'DOUGALL preltntS his com
pliments to the Public —Th*nks them filr
the great encouragement he has experi
enced these twenty odd years. He will
open his School for this Season on Monday
■the 13th October, at lo o'clock in the
morning, in that lafge and elegant Saloon
in Hartnony street, leading from Third to
Fourth street, taming the corner of No.
70, SouthThitd lttect.
*dl law
His Employers may be a flu red, the ftridl
order and decorum that has always been
observed in his School, fha.ll still be pur
sued—and that their children will be taught
in the molt approved and modern stile
Note—-An Evening School for young
Gentlemen.
o(ft. ro
Life of Howard*
THIS DAT IS PUBLISHES»
by
J. O R M R O D,
(Price 75 Gents)
At Franklin's Head, No. 41, Chefnut
A VIEW of the
Life, Travels and Philan
thropic Labours,
of the late
JOHN HOWARD, Esq. L. L. D.
F. R. S.
Embellished witha striking likeness df that
By JOHN AIKEN, m. Ik
To whirh is subjoined *11 ODE inferibed to
John Hotvaid, by William Hayley,Elq-I
FkOM realm to rmlnt", withtYofs eh
cejceiit troturi'd)
Wbtre'er manhnd and mifcrjare found<,
O'er burning sands, deep iwveJ, tr t»iUh
offiimu,
Great HOWARD journeying feeSs Ibe
house of ivoe.
Dtrnvrrmany a winding Jhp tbdungionsdhnk,
Whtreanguifh <1 uaUs aloud,and fetters clank:
To caVes bejireiv'd with many a mould'ring
bone,
And cells, whose echoes only learn to groan;
—Cthkuard he fridges—-Difei\fe a'tld "dtath
retire,
And Wurtn'rhtg dentin* hate him, Und ad
mire.
Sepi' I
Asfheton Humphreys,
Attorney tit Law,
Notary Publid & Conveyances
AT his Office in South Second Street,
the lotver corner of Nntris'S Atfcy, and
nearly oppcfite the Cit'y-Tave'rn, cofttinries
to tanfafl bufirffef* in the above branches,
as heretofore, and draws at a moderate
chsigle, tieetls, Bonds, Mortgages,' Powers
of Atrtriiey, Bi : lls bf Rkle, and Bottomree
Clvarfe'r •'Parti-s, MeftiKTnts, Petitions,
antl other Iftftruhiefits in Writing. Heal
fo cogtinues to b\iy-acd—Ggil-R.pal Eftat^c,
upon Commission ; and has at present a
f£w valuable Farms, &c. Tor fa'e.
<!W69bfcr'lV; J 7^4
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 16, Wall-ft reel, New-York.
r k ifcer intending fo"rt>hfvhehim-
X fell cntifcly to (he PUR-CHASE and
SALE of STOCKS on COMMISSION,b« gs
TeaVc to off r hisfervices to his friends and
OtTrc*rsj ?h the line oi i Stotfk Broker, tffitffe
who may pletofe to favor hrm withrtfeir tftifi.
n4f«, may depend upon having it trferifa&ed
with theuiirtoft fidelity and -lifpatch.
"Ortfefs frO'itt fedftdn, or any
other part of the United States, WFll V*
itri&ly aitended to.
LfiONAfeD BLfECKEfi.
THOMAS DOBSON,
Principles atid Übfet*Utitiolhs
2&w2w
APM.IED TO THC
Htanufacture
Pot and Pearl Jijbes.
By DAVID TOWNSEND,
Infpe&or of Pot and Pearl-Ashes for the
Commonwealth of'Maflachufetts.
PuMHhed acc'ordiffp tb A eft of C&Tigreis.
These observations relate ttran tSrfeiifKt
; and ire (fefigned, Jh the-plaJneft
manner, to convey profitable informattMi ]
to tbofc interelted in it, who have not leis
ure or opportunity to search for the princi
ples therein contained, in the writings of
profefiional Chemists.
w&stf
consisting of
Street,
Citizen of the World,
3teiui,<w laturtf.
TO «E SOLD BY
O V
N O T I C E.
All persons wishing to fend Letteri t<
the Army, may, until further notice,
have them fafely conveyed every day,
excepting Sunday, by having them left
at the Office of the Secretary -J State
of the United States, at i 0 o'clock'in
the morning.
O(Sober 16.
Money to be Lent,
On Mortgage of
REAL ESTATES,
Within the City and Liberties of J'hilatleW
phia Apply to
Nicholas Diehl, jun.
Attorney at Law.
A r o. 19, foully Fourth Jh-eet.
A "g- 4 mw&ftf
John Miller, jun.
A r o.S, Chesnut near Front Street,
Hatb Imported in the late VefTels
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
WOOLLENS,
SUITAM.E TO THE SlAtOMi
ALSO,
(by the package-,)
HJTTS 'Jell ajjorted, Boys' coloured, and
Mens' black
Manchejter Cotton Goods
Slippers and Sandals
Flowers and FeMbers
Black and White Lace.
Fans.
IRISH LINENS,
(todtf
Brown and Whitt, by the Box, laid in oa
the BEST TERMS.
Ticklenburgs,
BY TH« BALI OR PIECE
OA. is osdtf
To the Public.
A SUBSCRIPTION
Is opened for Printing -thfc
Theological Writings
o F
Emanuel Swedenbourg,
At Fraudj Bailey's Book Jlore, I\o. 116
Market Jireet, Philadelphia,
WHEN a fufficient fubftriptjon t»lic«
place, a meeting will be advertised to cofv
iifler the m&ft rfigililt? mtitfe for coniiifting
ihepriotiiif;«f (Vrchof the Wdtki « Brtfl
be flwught to bt of (he grcateft fKifttv in
tlie firft instance.
The following Treaties "may be ttoiv hhdett
Mr. Bailey's :
The Dcftrine of Life, ot the Spiritual
sense of the Ten Commandments.
The Uuiverfal Jttology of ll'.e New
Church ; wTrfch wai foretold by the
Lord in Daniel, chap. 7, v. Is, 14,
and in the Apocalyple, ehapv si, v. 1,
2, &c.
A summary View of the heavenly Dot
trines of the New Jerufhlem thurcl).
$3" As various opinions h»ve been en
tertained t heft tavuluable
and .y*tit6 pw-ftrtitty r&Hbtiil afturficnt'fui
heeft able ToWfistetWrh, bafiitftead thfct*.
of, mVidioiii rtlefcinifs *nd <gr#anftl*A*6>
ports have been
to (iifci edit the honourable and enligkttiied
Author, as well at hU Works, we ivub't
hot "At ahd friTtel'fcfnJftitt/i'i Sfser
THitlu of (Be •#«!'»-
rioirfty examine those Warki ifirtlfnjkha,
in which it is to be hopeti, tbet beihg >• the
puiluit and love of the Truth for the f*ke
of its ria'ti«e eSceflence and Mc, ftey *i 0
rrgard thfclnVi ftlfcy juWyijfcfeVv*, ««61n
tie end rtetfvt "bbtli prtfit kbd AMjbf.
OA. n
Eflence for the Tooth-ache,
Prepared aftd fold by Dr. 'LEE 9 Golden
Square, London.
TTrtTpufctfr; are offered one of the most
effic'acions and fa'fe rClec'icines, that ever
appeared, for That rtioft ekt rtidating paih
the
Tooth-Ache;
The numerous instances a( its happy ef
fc &'s in rettevihg the affl fted, have row
biV>iVght ft ifit'o orttVM'lil tflfir'afion ; it
snot ndty the Thefto-Ach*, faiit ii
of theunfroft ferv'irC in curin? the
SeurVy i*i tbe Gums,
In pferfentittg the
that is produced from übffriJrid tWfh, d
occasioning a fwefet breath; it lflcetr»fe
prevents the teeth from decaying, arc! wilt
"befounci a general prefervei of the Teefb
and Gurtir-
SoW Mitf Vf
PeyMeli's ftattonary fltfrt,
■Jib. 2'r, Sefc6h'd 'ftiVe't, lotrth.
oa. , 3»
TO fcE SOLt),
By THOMAS DOBSON,
A N
Alphabetical
DUTIES
Payable aF! GooSj, -end
WeffckSntfiit iWf>oVft<B Ittto tKe Uriited
S»a»*s«f AJterie*, dfter (lit'lU day at
June 1794, diftingififhinfctfte rartj paV«btfc
on those imported in ships or vciTels of tie
United States—and the rartej payablein lo
i<e%n teiprk/r iWch dirffc the addi
tional duties, towbichthe refp«£liv«arti
cles are liable.
Lift
OF TH"E