DA I VK N 1 NV, A D V F- R T T SEP.
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rv o jr of Vol. VJI.I Monday, February 23, ' [Whole No. ]
COLUMBJyfNTJMjr _
t »meetin<r'heM at PealeV Museum the
; n f> v»'*s refolded. That th- Societf
proceed to the ele of Officers for
i. \raH. my, on Monday the id of March.
By order. . '
C. V". PEALE, Chairmas.
R. CLAIBORNE, Secretary. (
T,> rnary 21, t79 c - - ** A j
WANTED.
A Foreman for a Paper Mill.
'Toamm of capacity fcill in the bufi
n vhofe honeftv and fidelity can be well
bed a liberal will be of*-
i i. Inquire of the Printed.
Colunibianum.
Fcl.ru ry 14, 17??•
j T a Meet Wig of the Fellow Artists of
;• r Co'umbianum, at Vr. Groombndge's
1 *■' ife, adjoi ling the Rank r f Pcnnlylva-
K ou in the City o: Philadelphia.
G. It Parlyns in the tbair..
Rcfolvet!. .
t hat the Colurabianum or Nationa.
r, ege, finl! apprise the Artists of Ame
n , and luck Ladies and Gentlemen, as
jK^. - of irnUhyfjjeewn;na of t heir I
0.-wances, either in Painting, Kenlp
, Architeaure, or En-raving, that a
t OLIC EXHIBITION will be opened
be City of Philadelphia, on thrlirlt
of May next, when those who wish to
p h- Exhibitor*, are requcfted to notify )
1' <-.rintentions is fooi> a» poflible, afldref
i io the Chairman of the Cpliirtbiannni 1
i. th ugh the hands, of Mr. Groombridjfe.
Refolvtd, ,
'hat the Rooms intended for the Ex
; . tion (hall he annou. red tc the Public,
2 ->on as the preparatory arrangements
t completed.
Refclved,
'hat eyery pnfTble care (hall be taken
p* uch performances of Artists and Ho
ary Exhibltois m are intended for the
libit'.nn, and that they lhall bo return
-0 th,e different proprietors, at tile tloCe
ot he fame, with every suitable precau
i.i n.
Refolded,
Sfoat the Rules and Regulations for
v.) 'fusing the Exhibition, shall be laid ,j
•rffi c the PuSlic at an early period, with |4
-t'ii rtim"s — i— w - _
!, , Commi fe of Fx ibition and Attda,.
oigned hy Order,
P. J?. PillCF. See. proftm.
H TJiOS. ROBSON, AUVft, See.
20 __
1 hirty dollars reward.
tan aWiy a white
fr nch servant man named Pigrre La fhte t a
i;out 30 year* of age, c small ftaturs, blue
jcy -s, larg w nostrils; bad on blue clothes, like
z UuU>r\ and has a small wound in one of
hi finders. He 1-ft my plantatipn lift ba
t»"day morning, aftjer stealing fcveral /liver
(]•< ons r-nd forks of which he fold to a
ft >-rfmuh in Fredericktown. enticed
3>%>. ay with him a French Negro Girl, nam
tc CitU:s, about 22 years of age belonging .to
She had on a green petticoat, and they
Jj%? h speak bad Engl 1 ft. He fays he is agard-
B •, and had been alea'man on board a French
C' vateer which he left at Baltimore, prcv;-
Ito his coming into my fervi.ee at Fred*
k.town. Any person who will secure them
i* either of the jails of the following place®,
ft 11 thereupon receive 15 dollars for each of
tt e said run-aways,* of *he following per
• s.
John Vaughan, of Philadelphia ; David
, £* -wart and Sons, Baltimore ; Moses Myers,
Kor folk; or the Subfcribcr,
1 P. M. DE LA VINCENDIERRE.
Frcdericktown, Maryland, Feb. 16.
All of veffeis are warned not to
#«Ty them out of the country. <fiw3tawiw
TOIiE~SOLD,
'* Thorn Dobfon, Nt.. 41, south Second
(Ireetj John Ormrod, No. 41, Chchiut
ftrect, and tlie fcditor hereof,
REPORT
OF THE
Secretary of the Treasury
R:ad in the House of Representatives of the
United Sta;. s,
Jcnuary 19, 1795.
Containing a PLAN for the further
Support ot
Public Credit.
George Green,
.forms kis Friends and Cus
tomers in particular,and the
Public in general,that he has
a New ftur horse Stage,
Fcr journeys,and a number of genteel
. •d close Carriages with good horses and
- 'tfal drivers to let on as moderate terms
. any other person in the city. Enquire at
• hi Livery Stables in Pine flieet, No. n«.
Said Green lolicsts a continuance of
t ntfhare of the Public Patronage, which
h has hitherto so amjuly experienced, and (
v nich shall be his study t« merit by |>is
c >fT attrutiou to bufineiy. {
Ja»- ».» aawtf
Fof Hfunbrrrg+r, 0
The fil-failing Jhip
Industry,
Vvilliam Bell, mailer
LYING'a Sim's wharf, J
will ":ril in a few dtys, hav
-1.0 1 h eefourths '" her cirgo on board.
F.'ifreig'.t nr paffije apply to JOHN
B R O V N, al WalnJit ft-eti wharf, or
Thomas Newman,
No. 118, *oath Second-llreer. •
.FeK 7 - d J
For Sale or Charter,
s tV*'
She eomp'-*at repair, and of about
3200 barrels bii'-tien.
Jefle & Robert Wain.
Dec. 29 d
lio,coo weight of
Green Coffee,
In 87 M»->s. 4<:ba'rel', aud 200 e r.frt
leu to th? dSvtkai k, stored on Meflrs.
Will.ng Se Fra»cis*s what f.
IJ? id 4th Prtof
Bourd.aux Brandy,
30 pjptsi>t' Lindon particular Tenei ifFt,
und 1-mijlO'i pificiJar Madeira ."WINES,
in hhds. pipes, «ic! quarter calks,
Malaga Do. in quarter cafits,
Auriguaandother RUM in hlids.
St.Ciotx SI'GAR "f (tie firft qualiiy,
St Ma ki MOLASSES,
Hyson Tf.\. .
(aniaica S/IRITS,
H illand IN, in pipes,
LOAF Sl', AR, i>. hhds.
P£PI'ER, &c K-c.
FOR S ALE 11*
Levinus Clark Ton,
1 N«• 216, foutlr Waiter S eet.
) •" 1
• % PROPOSALS
For printing ly Jubjcrtpt 'toHy a netu pub
licatioriy t<r be entitled
The American Remembran-
J — : CJ-T,V,l. r _
of Memory.
lft. Th"»s pflu. cai%> wfii be p. fnted en gooH
papt , and on type and will con-
tain at 1 .ft 300 duodecimo.
2d. The pr-ce Subfcrtbvfs wll be 7g rtn»s
l -Hi rjn fubf.Mt'crr, we dwtiar.
3d. TheWoik. tt is will r»e
riy for d» jiwn v, by »e mi«-idie ol March
Tbof«- wm > *h»li obtain 12 Sublcnbers,
wi 1 be entitled to ;jnc copv foj their t;ou
ble; to P'inteis rfoi, Booksellers ibe ufua:
tllowanrr will be ej-v n
To the PUBLIC.
THE princifßS de >1 ot tins r übkeation
\r lo rc fcue rjom.obhvton the many impo»~ ;
ant even** -«rd tran' ftiotasj wh:ch, under
diftOe providence, have been chiefly condu
ive 10 thr (et lemcnt «»f this ccunn y f ai.dti fc
tn cfl .. 1 ifnm>nt wl our ptefent happy form
o< govt-rnrtient; as also to transmit te p«ft--
111y tbe names and atch:evem< nts of those
fiate'mfn «nd h< roea, to wh\>m America is ]
10 ft indebted for her liberty anr. indepen- 1
deuce. v
any patriotic Printer think propfi
><* patTOtwte this by occafloual. t
iy the at ove in his paper, and pro- (
curing Subfcribcr t ibe favour be tnank- 1
iuliy d by the Editor f
James Hardte.
N. B. It ts leqoeftcd that fueh persons a< '
.<rr cntruftrd wiih fubfenpuon papers, w»:l
he so obliging a* toretum them by the firft '
of March, in order thai thei 1 names may be f
p-trvn% ol the wqjU. v I
J^ n;rg 4 23 Wtf 1
This da/ is Publi/hed,\ j
(Price s qume' ofa Dulldr) t
Slaves in Algiers : 1
OR A 2
Struggle for Freedom :
A Play,
Interfperfcd with Songs, in thret arts
Infciibcd to the Citizens ot the United r,
States of North America.
By Mrs. Rowfon. i
As performed at tht N'ew Theatres in Phi- c
ladelphia and Baltimore. t
Extraß from tht Preface.
*' Mv chief aim has been, t • offer to the t
public a Dramatic Entertainment, which,
wVle it nnghc excite a fmil#} or call forth '
the tear of 'enfibility, might rontain ro 0
one sent ment, in the least p ej*d'cial, to
the moral or polttica l principles of the go-
vernmer.t u: der which I Mve. a
rraiy, ir ha*been my end avottr, to place f
thQfocial virtues in the faireft point of 0
view, and hold up to menttd contempt h
and ridicule, th< ir opposite vices. If, in a
this attempt, I have been the lead success- 0
Kul, I ftiall reap th* reward to which I as
p re, in the i'oiiles and approbation of a li-
beral public. *
Sr\l by M. Cat«y, No. 128, and Rice Sc k
Co. No. 50, Hiph street; S. Campbell,
No. 54, south Second street, and W rig ley
fr Beriman,No. 149, Chelnut street, •
Jan. 5 aawtf
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A FEW COPIES
Of the celebs ared Pe fonna ce under tV
"•i,»nstu r - «'
MAN L I U Si
M' 7 h •ad ot
"John Ormrod, No. 41, Chef
nut Jlre£t.
HUC*j —25 CENTS.
; FOR saix;
At the STORES of •
Jcffe Sc Robert Wain,
PORT WINE in pipes, hhds. and quar
te-r caflvS
LISBON do.i" pipes and quartercafl<s
Soucliongand Congo TEAS, in quarter
chest t
A quantity of Lifbsnar.d Cadi/.SALT
Soft (helled ALMONDSin bales
Velvet CORKS, in do.
Kuffia MATTS.
Inne'q d
FR E S
Bohea lea,
GIN in Pipes,
Now Landing r rom on board the fliip
Peggy, John Elliott naafter,
from Amfterdarn.
Also Imported by the late Arrivals,
Kuffia Herap, fiiil quality
Ditto Sail Duck
Di ; to Ravens Duck
Brown Ruftia Sheeting
Ticklcnburgs
Oznaburgs
Brown Flanders Sheeting!
Medians and Bf»ovvn Rolls
Cotton Sttipes and Checks
Flanders Bedticks
Holland Sail Duck
Seine Twine
Dutch Great Coats
Gin in cases
Madder
Window Glass, 8 by 1%
Je'uits Bark
Opium,
Aflaicetida
German Steel
* Mill 'and C rofs-cut Saws
Hoes and Cutmg Knive*
Sythes and Skates
" Coffee Milh
A "^^' bLt ,WT _
Aiii a Genual AflorfminTTrj———.
5-4 & 6-4 'Boulting Cloth,
FOR SALF TJY
Pragers (b* Co.
N J
To be Sold,
A .VALUABLE
Trad: of Land,
BEING that pari of th city of Rew
B unfwick tha« lies in the county of Son»-
Tletand state of New Jersey. it.conta>> s
up w.i rds of 600 acres of very valuabft Ijnd
at dis bounded on the fsuth by the pul iic
road thjt leads from New York to P' la
tlr-lp'iia for near two triles, on the eail by
tlie river Raritau for near a mi V, a 1 d lays
in a triangu ar so m. Build ng Lots on se
veral ftieets in this part of the town fell
x omfiv to ten dollars ai d two th ids a
foot font, and the extcnfion of Albany
flreet, which the t]tu'<:tion admits of forat
1 afthaT a mil', will open a new source
lor ve y plea ant &: commodious Situations
for dwelling hou es. A confidera' e fp.ee
aloi g (he river is well calculated for build
ing lto -house* and-wharves, and affords
: a feat for a Grift Mill on the bank of titc
1 five, which maybe funp ied with water
from th Mile-Run by a sub erraneou« pas
(age ?'readv dn«i, where vefleis of bar
rels hurtb«n may conveniently load 1
load. There are now on the premises a
jrood FarmHouse and two la ge barns, a
commodiou new Dwelling House two fto.
ries high, 42 by 32 feet fquaie, intended
a d calculated, foi a ft rr, with very
good cellars under the whole, and a kitchen
$0 by *0 feet Jejuare, a new wharf of 80
uetfr in', end a well built store homfr o
40 by 26 feet qr.are and thiee ftoi ies high,
and a quarry ol build ng flene on the premi
' r es.
New B' unfwirk, one of Ihe most fl.rurilb
ing places in New Jersey, lyiDgat the head
of. the navigation of the river Raritan, L
the magazine for the reception ofthe pro
duce of a very extensive and fertile coun
try, and is wel'fituated for vending every
( kind of imported merchandize for fupplv
, ing the country. The e a sy transportation
, of every kind of produce and manufafturc
, from thtnee to New York by water, it si
. tuation on the post road thrcuah the states,
, and its vicinity to Perth Ai'nboy, one of
the best seaports in the dates, render it an
• obje<sfc worfhy the attention who
have the means and to improve
afituation so well calculated for commerce
orraanufaAure?,
Th premises will be fliewn by Par
ker or James Cole, at New Bntnfwick, and
the terms and conditions of fa'e, made
known by
James Parker,
Of Ptrth jtmley.
J«>. if jawtf
>
Frefii l eas; 1
Of Superior Qi'ality, viz.
Imperial, «rGunpowcter
H)fon Gcmee,
Ift quality Hyson, tl
2d. do. do.
Yotinj» Hyson,
Hyson Skin, attd
Seuq!.*.?. _
A f"w Boxes of each, for ft'e a tl
No. if), street. south.
Dec*. io eoatf
i icklenburgs, Oznaburgs,
and Gla/s Ware,
Landing from on board the Jhip j eggy, 1
from Amfterdarn.
* ALSO,
Coffee of prime Quality
In hogsheads and tierces, v
Muscovado Sugars
In hogsheads,
German Steel, t
ASSORTED WOOLLENS, { v
In fn i!l Bales, &c. for sale by
Handle & Mutgatroyd, b
No. IX, Walnut street wharf.
Who want to pumhafe 300 or 400
Casks Good Flaxfeed.
Nov. 11 3tiwtf ti
CITY DANCING ASSEM- «
BLY. t
THURSDAY next being Thankfgivinf
Day, there will be ro AiTembly thft evening tl
SUNDAY, the 22d, being the Birth Day
of the President of the United States, there f
will be a BALL oi> the evening of the
23d. No tickets will be fold for that nighf;
and the Sttbfcribers are requested to apply to J;
tbe Managers for Tickets f. r Strangers, pre
vious to the night of the Ball, Q
In the press and speedily will
be published, y
BY b
THOMAS DOBSON,
Nc. 41, south Second street,
WOLSTONCRAFT'g c
Historical & Moral View .
OF THE i
~ French Revolution,
} And the effetfl it has produced in Eurojie.
ij,,! m\ li-OJ- -
t»on, for sale at two dollars and a
Feb. $ 2a\v r 3w
A Morjtl for the Gnawers
of the Bone! ,
This Day was published,
AND FOR SALE AT
( . T. Bradford's Book-St»re,
s | No. 8. •
'' % Soi'th Front Street,
c [Piice sy cents']
I Observations on the Emi
' grationofDr. Priestley,
II And on the several AddreiTct ■ elivered to (
a him, on his arrval a New York, with,
y additions, contain ng many curious and
t intti-efting fatfs on the fuhjetfl, not ,
e known here w hen the firft edition was
s published : —Together with a compre
e henfive story of a
FARMER'S BULL.
' Third Edition
At the fame place may be had the following
Late Publications, viz.
I. A Bone to gnaw for the Democrats ;
or Obfervnt.ons o a late pamphlet, entitled
a " The Pol tical Progrtfs of Great Britain."
2. The Toung Quaker, a comedy, by
O'Keefe.
3. Haun ed Tower, by Mr. Cobb.
4. Sicilian Romance, .n opera, by Henry -
; Siddons.
0 5. The Hapless Ofphan ;or Innocent vic
( tim of Revenge ; a novel founded on inci
dents in real life. In a series of letters from *
' Caroline Francis, to Maria B——— by
an American Lady, 2 vols.
A general AlTortirtcnt of Books it) thedif- :
j ferent departments of literature.
T. Bradford has also for sale, the Befl Su
perfine English CARDS, and best coloured
Wsfers, wholefalc or retail; and as ufual,an
y assortment of STATIONARY and Blank '
. Books,which he will fell on the lowest terms
n 7- d
TUITION
J. of the
„ French Tongue,Mathemadcks f
0 and Drawing. s
e J. C. RoufTeau informs the public, that he t
r has opened his EVENING SCHOOL, at his v
house, No. 15, Brant street, between north
" Third ind Fourth streets, and between Race
and New streets. ' ,
' He continues to wait 'on Ladies and Ger
tlcmen, who wish to be taught at their otvi
house», ?tid intends to open a JVIORn 1 n
School for young Ladies as soon as he fti,
have got Tw«lt« kibfcriters.
F«k. c. Md 4 w
i.jbrary C oirpsny of
Philadelphia.
A General Meeting- of the Men*t>efisl of
the Library Company of Philadelphia is r >
;uefted, at their Hall, on the ji«nth day of
Marc' next, at four o'clock in tho aJtcrric©n,
:utalce into consideration tfye propriety of
• ncreafmg th- Annual Payments, and repeal
mg so much of their Bye Laws, as autho il w
he Bire&ors to dispose of the real LiUte ©t
the Company.
By order of the Directors.
Benjamin R. Morgan, Sec'ry.
Feb. 14. eodt^M
1 reafury Department
Revenue, Office, Feb.
. IO ' ' 7 .95-
Notice is hereby given that
Proposals will be received ?t the Office of the
Commissioner of the Revenue, until the erf
piration of the 30th day of April next, for
Ten Thousand Gallons of the belt winter
pre/ Ted Spermaceti OIL, in strong and well
bound calks, not exceeding in capacity forty
•wo gallons, to be ready for <Jeliv ry, on or
before tbe firft dayof Tone next.
k : s required" Slat the Oil be of a qualify
fit for use in the coldest weather, and iu the
Northern Ught-Houfes.
Persons dilpofed to furnifh the men
tion#d quantity, or any part thereof not less
than 5000 ga'lons, will be pleased to tr-jrli
mi writt n proposals to fliis office (at Phila
delphia) bypoft, or to deposit them at the
office of cither of the following fuperinten*
dants of Light-Houses, who will transmit
them hither, viz.
Jofcph Whipple, at Portsmouth, New- Mkt
Hampwire.
Benjamin Lincoln, at Boftoii.
William Ellery, at Newport in Rhode It
land.
Jedediah Huntington, at New London,
Connefii.ut.
Thomas Randall, at New York.
William Allibone, at Philadelphia.
Immediately after the lad day of April, the
proposals which may have been received, u ill
be decided upon, and aotice will be given of
the accepted offer.
Security tv ill be required for the pundual
delivery ot the Oil in quantity and quality as
above described.' „ ,
1 he money will be paid on a delivery after
infpe&ion.
Tench Coxe,
Commiflioner »f the Rsudhw,
p e V., —
aewjw
Inland Navigation.
In the Press and speedily will be publifbed
by
Zachariah Poulfon jun. -
No. 80, Chefaut street,
> A N
historical account
or THfc
Rile, progress, and present
state
or T H ■
: Canal Navigation in Perm
-1 Jyivatiia.
\ wi,h a " Appendix, containing AVftrafts of
the Arts of th® I-egiflature si.ice the tear
179°, » <1 their G ai.ts. f Money lor im
ptoving Ro*D4 and Navigabie Wjiifrj
throughout tin state to which i>, an
nexed,
" An Explanatory Map."
PuWithed by Diiefbon o the Pt'efident and
; Managers of thf SchiiyiluJ! a r rf S\jf,„e
; hanna, and the Delaware and Sthuvlkill
Navigation Companies.
" Here Imooth Canals, across th' extend
ed plain
, Streich their long armt to join the distant
main.
. The sons of toil, with many a weary flroke
-coop the hard hofom of M:e solid 1 rck ;
Refittlef'j through the ft ffnppofirg c!a?'
Withheld) patience, work their gradual
way j
Compel the Genius y* th' HmvWirg flood
Iliiough the brown honors of the aged
wood;
Cross the lone wa*e the silver urn they
pour,
\nd cheer the barren heath,or f u l!en moor
il T'iC traveller, with plealing wonder
fees
The whUe fail gleaming through the dulky
And v.ews the altered land'cape with lur
piize
And doubts the magic fieres that round
him rile
Now like a fl tk offwan,, above his head,
Their woven win :s th- fly „g vessel, fciead
Now meeting ftieam«,in ait'u nia.z s,glide
A e earl, unmiuged, pouts a ;epaiate
tide;
Now, through the hidden veim of eanli
they flow
d rilit fulphuious milies and c, yes be.
low.
!"he ductile streams obey the pnid «p hard
d social Plenty clowns the UAF t \ i. Al ot
J an - '? aawtf