To iht Merchants of iht United Stales. At the fplcial ;eque(l of the fecreu vy of (late, the committee appointed by the merchants of Philadelphia, have undertaken to obtain copies of the pro ceedings of the courts in the Britilh ](lands, in the Weft-Lidies: Bermuda, the Bahamas, and iB their colonies, in North' America, upon the cases of A meritaii veflcts, and property tried in the courts in any of the {aid lflands, or colonics. The Committee therefoie give this public notice, that all persons concerned who have not already obtained authen tic copies of the proceedings, in their particular cases, may Rirnifh the Secre tary if State with the names of the veffrk, and mailers, the places wheic the trial was had the time when, and such other circumstances as the nature of the cafe may icijuire. It is deemed important that those particulars be furnifhed as soon as pofii blc. Nov. 8, 1794. Cj* The publishers of newspapers throughout the United States are re quelled to insert the above. For the information of the Merchants. The committee having been notified by the Secretary ctf htate, that the Agent of claims and appeals appointed by the Prefi den: of the United States is to embark immediately jfof London, and that he is au thorized to bind the United States under the direction of Mr. Jay, for .the costs and da roagw, attending tbe prolecutiun of the claims of American citizens, that the necef- 1 fary counsel will be engaged on the part of the United Stents; and that if the parties will obtain copies of the proceedings of the Courts 011 th-ir refjxeiive cases, the ex pence of the records w4.1 be reimbursed by the United Statvs, They 4i*e of opinion that measures ought to be immediately a ken for obtain ing authenticated copies of such records and proceedings in all cases where they have not already been procured; and will under take to obtain them for all such of their fellow-citizens asfhall within 20 days from this date fyrnifh the names of the veflelt and masters ; the ports or places where tryed or condemned with such other infor mation as the circumstances of the cafe mav require. They recdmmcnd to those who have al ready obtained the copies of the proceed ings ctf thcCou. isto have them examined by some person of legal knowledge—that if they ihcuh.be found defective in any ref pe# the deficiency may be applied, at the fame time that the records are ap, lied for In behalf of the Committee. THOMAS FJTZSIMONS. November 6, 1694. ARRIVED, 7 hit day a few pipes of the JirJl quality French Brandy, Fourth Proof, Eftecmed equal to any that has been in this city for a number of years, ALSO, Forty Hog/beads of Ju'fi quality of Sf. Croix Sugar, And a few Tons of Good Black Pepper, FOR SALE BT Levinus Clark/on, No. »i 6, south Water street. Ofl. 8 d PORT WINE. A choice parcel of Full Bodied Old Red Port Wine, This day arrived, by the Snow T nifty, Captain Cook, from Oporto, - For Sale by j , PETER BLIGHT.\ Also by the fame Snow, 5000 Bufheh St. Übes Salt. o£t. 29. To-Morrow, will be landed at wharf from on board of the Jhif) Ea%le y David IVilliamfon, tnajlery from Oporto. RED & WHITE PORT WINE, In Pipes, and quarter Casks, Firtt Sals by Philips, Cramond Co. Who have also arrived for sale, about 4000 Bnfhels Coarse SALT, and 28 Firkins of BUTTER. Oct. 29. Lately Imported !o the Brig H« dor, Captain Baker, from B >u-deaux, acd for Sale by Joseph Anthony & Son, Choice' Old Claret, in Hogsheads and Cases Excellent White Wine, in Quarter Calk* and Boxes Florence Oi , in Calks ardCafes. They have also on band, Choice Lisbon & Port Wine, Soft She I'd Almonds and Box-Raisins, N. E. Ri>rn, B jfton fleet* of superior qoality Tow linen, and Tanners oil, Englilh > i Ruflia Canvas, Boston Duck* fir-e Co ton Card Wire, 8 bv io, & 7 by 9 Window Class, and Spermaceti Candles. October 29. d2w, PROPOSALS- :<•" • • •--- ■*■ Vi VHER.fi yIS by an all of the Legijlature cf tie State of Pennsylvania incorporat ing the Insurance Company o r North A mcrica, the Prejident and Direflors are authorised to extend their assurance to Goods, Wares and Merchandi •v, or o ther perfonalproperty in Dwelling Honf es, iVarchouJcs or Stores, or to Buildings aga-nji the r\fk arising from fire, and having ascertained that it is a general dejirc that Property of this description Jhould be ajjiired from so Jatal a ri/t, tbe Prejident and Direflors of the Insu rance Company of North America are induced to offer the following TABLE Of Rates and Terms. Tables of Rates of Annual Premiums ti be paid for AJjitrance a«atnjl Fire. No.I Upon common insurances, or hazard s of the fir(l class, within th_- ci:y of Phila delphia and Northern and Southern Liber ties. B'ick or Stone houses. or Stot rs. Furniture or Merchandize not hereafter fpe cified as extra hazardous, contained in Brick or Stone Houses For Aims not -xceeding 8000 dollars at and after the rate of 30 cents for every hundred Dollars. For sums not exceeding 16000 Dollars a and after the rate of 45 cents for every hun d'ed dollars. For sums not exceeding 55000 dollars at and after the rate of 60 cents tor every hun dred dollars. N. B. As the neighborhood ef framed buildings, orother circumdances, may ren der a risk ineligible which is within the let ter of these p.ropofals, the company relierve a right to reject such an assurance at pleasure; No. ll.—Upon hazards of the fecondclafs- Houses or Stores of which the walls are not wholly of Brick or Stone. Furniture, or meichandize, ex tra hazardous Goods, a* Pitch, Tar, Tur pentine, Wax, Hemp, Oil, Tallow, Spirit ous L : quors contained in houses or ftoi.es of whir.h the walls are not wholly brick or stone. These last recited extra hazardous articles in any building whatfocver. Ships whilst building ; the premises and property therein contained of Carpenter Joiners, Cooper*, Tavernkeepers or Inhol ders, Stable keepers, Bakers, Ship Chandles and Boat Builders, Malt Driers, Brewrrs, Tallow Chandlers, Bakery, Apothe caries, ChemiiU, Difti'lcrs, Punters, Oil and Colourmen, China, Glass and Earthen ware Sellers. Mills and MachinerV : Porcelain, G'afs and Pottery Wares in Trade. For fum< not exceeding 8000 dollars at an I after the rate of 75 cents for every hundred dollars. For sums not exceeding 16000 dollars at and after the rate of 150 c nts for every hun dred dollars. CONDITIONS. ift A written application mnl) be left at the Company's Office stating the sum desired to be infurcd, by whom, and a defcripiion of the kmd ot property, whether Buildings or Goods ; what kind of goods, how much upon each building, or ihe goods in <*ach, where there are out houics or stores. When Household Goods are intended to be insured the application should fpecify as follows, On Household Furniture and Linen On Wearing Apparel On China and Glass On Printed Books On Liquors 2nd. The Premium must He paid when the order is given and accepted, the lnfut* ance to commence the instant it is paid, and continue in force lo long a? the payment (hall be annually made at the office before 5 o'clock P. M. 011 the day when each revolution ot the term i» complete; or if th,t day (hall happen on a Jnnday or 4th July, or any other Holi day kept at the Office, then on the day pre ceding. iff. 3d. If any other insurance be exiftingon the fame property notice 1 hereof must be i>ivcn with the order.otherwise the Policywill be void. 4th. Goods held in Tr u {lor»n Commif lion, must be declared to be to held, other ■wife the Policy will not cover such Properly sth. This Company will not be accounta ble for any loss or damage caused by any Fo reign InValion, or by any Miliiarv'or UCurp ed Force, or by reason of any civil Commo tion. 6th. Bills o' Exchange, Bonds, Securities, Title Deeds, Ready Money, and Bank and other Promiflory Notes are not included un der any inlurince. Paintings,Medals,Jewell Cems, Antique Curiolities and Mirrors, a bove iol, each, may be Insured bylfpecial A greement. 7th. No Insurance will be made for a left term than One Year. dtf. Bth. Persons choosing to Insure for Seven years (hall be allowed One year's Premium by wav of discount; also one-third of a year s Premium upon a trifnnal Insurance. 9th. When any loss by Fiie is fullainrd on property insured at thi< Office, the fufferer (hall in thirty day, furnifh the belt docu ments he is able of the value of the Goods damaged 01 destroyed ; this ascertained, the loss within the Turn insured (ball be paid wiihout deduaion in thirty days after proof :hcreof. N. B. It is expe&ed a little experience may authorize the Company to extend assur ance from Fire to other Cities ; at orefcni they confine this branch of their business to Philadelphia and its Vicinity, in Pennfylva ma. Bv Order, EBENEZER HAZARD, Sec'ry s » mwtf PHILADELPHIA:~P r ,nte D by JOHN FENNO, No. 119. Chm*ut Streht.-Pmce S.x Dollam Pe* Annwm . ' Seventy C&fhs Between Walnut and Chefnut Street Wharves. Nov. 6 CLARET, White Wine, Of a very Superior Quality, JUST ARRIVED, In Hogftieids atid and for lale at a very r«afo. ibl'e Rate bv David & Giii'don Muolford Of NEW YORK. Any Orders lent them, Will be duly at tended to: New-York, OQ; 30 MADEIRA, SHERRY, I N £ S, PORT. , * LISBON, f °J' he TENERIFtE & First Quality. MALAGA Old Jamaica Spirits, Antigua and Weft 11 dia Rum. Coii'ac, French, and Peach Brandies Claret and Port Wine of a Superior £)na litvj in Cases. Wine and Cyder Vinegar in Pipes and Hhds. Best Wine Bitters by the gallon or bottle. Corks in Bales. Havannah Sugsr in Boxes. Hamburgh Demij hns. Porter and riaiet Bottles. MALT LIQUORS"I Prepared for In casks and bottles > exportation or CYDER, in do. do. J immediate use. And for Sale by Benjamin W, Morris. Pliilad. No*. 6. John Burge, CONFECfIO VER, No. 7, North Fourth Street. RETURNS hi* finer* thanks to his Friends and the public, lor the very liber al encouragement be lias received in the line of his p'ofeiSon, since his cpmn.e ice. 'me.ll of in 1 his city. He refpeftfully folicitsa continuance of 'their favours, and affutns thetn that no thing (hall he wanting on his part to ren der fatisfa'ftion. He has now on hand, and for Sale a GENKR At AJfortment of Confectionary, Among which are the following ARTICLES: Pine Apples preserved, whole and flic ed, Pears, Quince, See. preserved, Ra I '- bertv and Blackberry jam, Rafberry Blackberry, and Current Jellies, Peach Marm lade, and a gre«t variety of other article. Also Soft Shell'd Almonds, By the Bag or Smaller Quantity. Nov. 4 2aw4w Dollars AT THE Card & Nail FaElory, No. 59, north Front street, Webster, Adgate & White, Have conjlantly for fah, Cotton, Wool, Tow, and Machine Cards, Of all Kinds, Cut Nails of all fires, Floor Brads, Sprigs and Tacks, Fullers Shears, Gun Flints and Woo] Hats, A quantity of kiln dried Indian Meal in barrels A new Edition of Adgate's Philadelphia Harmony,'containing both the'.firfr apd fe. cond parts, being the m»ft aproved fyf o( Rules, anil the belt coleftion of Tunes now in u(e, Also for Sale, A COMPLETE SET OF Machinery for making Cards On an Improved Construction. Oft. 2 w&stf At a meeting of the citi zens appointed to piocuie (uofcriptions for the relief of tlir families of persons vho have marched against the Western Insur gents. ..JOHN BAR,CLAY, Efb. wai appointed Trearurer to tW fund, afitl to whom the monies colleftetl Will be paid. . The following ptrfon's were ajjpdinted tc diftribvte to the_ neceftitou* families ol -f beirrefpfSiye \VARDS,, viz. 'or New.Mark'et Ward Daniel Smith, Dock \frard le*i Hollingfwortl' Ward James Co*, Sontß \yard Nalb'o' Lower Delaware Andrew Bayard rheinut Ward, John S(,i]|e, M iddle Wat d North Ward lame* Ash, Hjgh street Ward MaTilon ifutchin' f on Upper Delaware Wm. Montgomery South IVfulberry Andrew Guyer, North MuK>erry Godfrey Haga. Publiflied by order of the Meeting, I ROBERT RALSTON, Sec'y ' • ffafenc** & . Qw"** "'• y.l > ■ ' Vs'.t ' 42 . -• FOR SALE BY Philips, Cramond & Co. Oft. 29 d _ i Money to be Lent, On Mortg'aiie ot' REAL ESTATES, Within the City and Liberties of Philadel phia Apply to Nicholas Diehl, jun. Attorney at Law. No. 19, fualli Fourth jlrctf. Aur. 4 mwAftf Jult Arrived, And will be landed to-morrow morning at Hamilton's Vvharf, the CARGO of thf Schooner Indultrv, Captain Hylande' from Havahna, diot hhds. MolafTes, Of superior full quality. 106 Boxes and Barrels White & brown Sugar AN D A Parcel of Ox-Hides ; f6r sale by Peter Blight. ALSO, A PARCEL OF COFFEE, Just arrived in the Hibernia, Captain Irwin, from Jamaica. Sept. zj, Wm. M'DOUGALL presents his com pliments to the Public —Thanks them for' the great encouragement he hat experi enced these twenty odd years. He will open his School for this Season on Monday the 13th Ocftober, at 10 o'clock ili the mormrig, in dhat large and elegant Saloon in Harmony street, leading from Third to- Fourth street, turning the corner of No. 70, South Third street. cthf&tu^w His Employers may be assured, the ftri<st order and decorum that has always been observed in his School, shall still be pur sued—and that their children will be taught in the moll approved and modern- (tile Note—An Evening School for young Gentlemen. Oft. 10 Fortv dollars reward. RAN AWAY from theSubfcribet on Si tuiday night the nth inft. A Mulatto lad, named Bill, generally called Bill Madden , about >7 or 18 years of age, 5 feel j<Jr 8 in dies high, of a Aim make, has lti ait black ' hair, which he iftmetimes wes tied, but generally loose ; lie has been accuftoir.ed.Ju wait altogether 111 a house, and having been much indulged, has become too idle to wo. k for a support. He ti» k with him a b'O'.vn ftiftian double bresfted long cost,- one drab cothcoat, with red cuffs and cape, the pocket flaps and Ikirts tiiinmed with red 1 edge,a fuflain wirificoat a pair df buck/kin •bi eeches, a paii of rt<j flriped and feyrral o hei- cloaihs, alTo t pair of -boots, liaiiVorn. It is-probable he has a forged pals, a- d will endeavour to pals ai a tree man. From every circumstance, 1 am led to brlieve he went ofF with a white woman, and tfet they ha;' taken (he r pal 'fage in a velftl bound to Philadelphia. The above' reward Will bepaid to anV peso.i delivering me the said servant, and leafonabhcha'tge-. f.vr brnging hint In me. Daniel Carroll. ,• „ . _ , -Duddingtoti. Ciiyof Waflijngtcii, Oil. 10 6ft. 7 *3ta'x#2w James M'Alpin, Taylor, No, 3, South Street, Returns his grateful acknowledgement"! to his friends and rhe Public for their lite ral i" nccuiagement, and begs leave re( pe&fully to iolic.it a Conticuanre of their Favours. At his Shop Gentlemen can be furniihed with the best materials, and have them made up and finifheil in the neatefl and most fafhionable manner. He will thankfully receive any orders & jiay a prompt and punctual atteht on to them. Oft. 25 Asfheton Humphreys, Attorney at Law, Notary Public & Conveyancer, AT his Office No. 6j, Walnut ftrcet C°rn« r ir DOCK Street, continue to tanlart bfcfinefi, in the above branches as hertetoforc, ?nd draws at a mbderate charge, D-eds, Mortgage;!, Powers Qt Attorney, Bills ol',Sate, and Bottomree Charter Parties, Memorials, Petition., afid other luCrAirfentsln \V?itirf>. a i so continues to hujr ard i e n Re hi Estates upon Ciimmiliioh ; and has at present a few valuable Farms. Sec. for sale. ifrael VVheicii, October si, 1794 CONSISTING OF Dancing School. Mctcu ii a Wine. W'\l k« 1 t A ) board the Ship Catha' i„t,Vt j ' S.int't wharf, unH ||^ I R * ng HAS I " INDOW GLASS of {li'Teir »r ■ | ' Water Strce/' Ut^ Burlington Best Burlington Pork, FOR saLe by Levi Hollinglworth & Son. d ' John Miller, jun. No. 8, Cubsnvt near Fkont Street, Hash Imported in the late VeffcJs A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WOOLLENS, TD imjuiM. ALSO, (by the package,) HATTS uoell ajforttd, Boys' coloftrei t and Mens' black Mancbefter Cotton Goods SUppers and Sandals Plmvirs and Feathers Slack and White Lace Pans. IRISH LINENS, Brown and White, by the Box, laid in oa the BEST TERMS. Ticklenburgs, BV THS SAL I OK PIKI o<ft. ij Mifir eodtf And immediate poffejjion given, A Lafrge three'S&Wy Dwelling House, and Lot, In Lodge Alley, next to the Bank of Pennfylvanla, THE Hoiife torifills of ten Lodinng ronms, one forty ftet W«(r, the other about thirty four, each containing two fire places two (iarlour., a large kitchen, witbexten five cellars under, and garrets ove- fhf whole. A pump and rain water cifterri in th« yard With the abbv'ff ntay be bad a Lot of Ground, Adjoining,- about ninety-fix leet in frost, and forty-two deep. For further particulars, plcafe tfi En quire on tlte Preniifeji Otft 33 To the Public. A SUBSCRIPTION Is opened for Printing the Theological Writings o F Emanuel Swederiboul-g, At Francis Bailey's Book {lore, Ae. 116, Market Jlretl, Philadelphia, WHEN a fumeient fubfoiption lakes place, a meeting wijf be 4((*£rtilfcd to cor lider the nioft eligible mode for conducting the pt intingof Inch of the Woiks as /hall be thought to be of the grcateft utility »n the fir ft instance. Tb( following Treatifts may be nevi bad at Mr. Bailey s : The Doctrine of Life, or the Spiritual sense of the Ten Commandments. The Uhlveifal TJitoiogj o! ii<e tiew Ctlurth ( Which teas 1 :reto!d by tli* Lord in Daoielj cHap. 7* it- S> '3> and in the Apocaiyple, chap. 2!» r. i* 2, <s:c. A fiunmary Vifcw of the Doc- 2awtf trine; of the New Jerofilem GbUrrt. £3T As various opinions have been tn ter re<pe6*lng the fe fuvahtibk wrility and yet rt» per f«>n by ratutttai nt has been able to refute them, i,ut wiftrad t>-c»r <>f, inv'id ous cainnuiits and gi oundlefs 'f— ports have betu induft'iioufly propagated to diTcv^ciit the fr6r?cAif»btearj<i enlightened Author,.a* Veil a* his WgrfttV we doubt not the candid and fmctre tiiqimers after Truths of the hightft in.portajict.', *illfe rioufly examine those \v« rlcs for th.mf:kc: % in \vhich if is t-» be hbpe , thet Iteirtgin fHr piitfuit audio vt of itre Truth far l>e fake rf its native excellence and ufc. tliey wWI rgafd themasibey justly delerve, anrf*ja the end receive both profit and delight, ▼ Oft. 14 eTuiaw cod4w» <Ji4t "i ' *.• A QUANTITY OF 'To be Sold . *•< J
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