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Philadelphia Academy.
gF Mr. Francis Gali/et,
AN experienced aid approved Inftrnflor, has
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Gentleman as may ckocfc to place tbemfVlves un
der hi» care
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Samuel Magsiw "I Directors of
J.inies AbeieroinHir J the Academy.
Oftober 11. 3UW(I.
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Opposite Cn . isi-Chuhch
HAS JUST PUBLISHED,
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The Exercises,
ADAPTED TO
Murray's Englijh Grammar,
D.-litjiied lor the benclit of private Learners
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D ceml rr 5,
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FOt PUBLISHING nr SUJISCKIrrtON,
The Works
OF THE
Hon. James Wilson, Efq- L. L. .D
Late one of the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court oj tie United States and
Projessor at Law in the College and
Academy of Philadelphia.
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Bi'd Wilson, Esq,
coNnirtcus.
ttirft works ftitil he in |w«
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u*» will juftify Ac op*uc« of palliation.
Subscriptions will be received by
ASBUItY DICKINS,
The publilher, nppoflte Christ Church, Philn
delphra ; and h) the priucipal bookfcllers through
out the United States.
A frofpeClus of the wsrk may be seen at
the place of fuhferipciom
f'ptcmlerl3 $
PATENT
American Balloon,
OR
Vertical Aerial Coacbee.
This stw, curim, and elegant
MACHINE,
Which has been exhibited to, and accommoda
ted Thou&nd* of Perfoos in New-York,
m no v up at the
CIHCUS, IN FIFiH STREET,
In this city.
Properties of th : s wonderful Conflruc-
L tion are as beneficial is they are various
aft"»rding the m fl delicate plea'ure, and at the
fame lime operating as a reliorative to health,
and for which pyrp.,fc the frequent use of it is
recommenced Uy the faculty, to the ikk, the
weak ar.d those recovering
The inoFon of the Haiioon is from four to
ab»ut twenty miles per hour. The rat -of tra
veling, however,, will be regulated by the
will of the parte' gers ; eight of wh«m can be
comfortably accommodated ; but the Balloon
will set off with i wo only.
Sweet the air, behold below,
Th- -ity, c-U'itry far a'-otmd.
And then quick or flow,
You thii i y ii move on magic gtotind.
Conttan: 4t:enJ<n< e will Ke gi»en, for a lew
•lays O! when the exhibiti. n will close.
Every rei'peiiliul attention w.U be ftiewn by
PHINEAS PAHKEIt.
Admittance to view, c.ieeighth of a dollar;
and for cxerciftng the machine {in the whole)
one fourth of a do'nr
Any ptrfon 'tcfirous o? pufchafing tha»exten
fivc privifecS thereof for this city "r Stale, will
be informed of the ttrms by applying as ahove.
P. P
novrmber 10
To Printers.
Tlie loU'wliig' MATERIALS will be fold
reafouible if applied for iminediatcly.
I Prels,
3 Founts Long-Primer (partly worn)
2, dit;o Small-Pica ou Pica body,
> ditto Pics,
i ditto Ettglifli,
i i!itto Brevier,
i ditto Bu;geois(
Several puir of Chafes, t-vsrh! ccnpofing
tic(.s, fraiiK-s afid gall.-yS, funic bra la rules,
"Junta turns, &c. See. See: all of tl.e above
willbr fold rery reasonahU lor Galli,
September b.
By C. P. Wayne, Nc. 65, South Front-street.
Wanted to charter
FOR EUROPE,
A Vessel,
0 p [jo or 280 tons burthen
Apply :o
James, Gibborn, £s* Englijh.
1% mn. 91b. f-. .
For Sale,
Alexander Ruflel.maflsr,
, uur hen 76 torn or thereabouts, between two
■_ and three years 01-l, and isfaid to f*il well—a cre
, lilt «f 4or 6 mor.ths will be allowed.
Enquire of
MOORE WHARTON,
No. sS, Dock Urcet.
s December 13 dflt «*■
T tO
For Liverpool, £
To return an early Spring ship to Pbila
delpbta, It;
THB s!Ilp
Mm Rose,
> ef Y
SII.AS JONES, matter, J
Burthen iSo tons. Is iutmdcd to fee speedily dif ■
patched For freight or pafTane apply !o
JOHN ENGLISH, 0
No. J47, Waterflrect, or ~
JAMES, CLIBBORN & ENGLISH, T
, Philadelphia
N*w-Yo*k, Dec. id. 1800. §
'_l• d ■ <
For Sale,
f3ci THE SCHOONER I
OtL ELIZA ,
*' Grorge Parker, matter ;
%t£~ ~~'S? Burthen 110 tons, 4 tnonths
old, fails faft. ana is pierced fori4 guns. Ap- J
ply to the mailer on board at Downing'! g (
wharf, or C
SAMUEL RHOAt)S, H
No. I, Pcnn Street.
November 21. dtf '
j For Hamburgh, ij
The Hamburgh sbip L
' .§^| r rhree friends, [■
Jehu °ctcr matter, Si
A fuMlautial ftroiig gooM iT.I, and wcllfo*nd P
" tofiilprcvi u* t» of Dectm- c f
ber two thirds ot her cargo btit.g ready tu go en
beard—-For the remainder, or partner, apply to
JACOB SPERKY V Co. Sl
Who have received per said vejfel v
and are 1, otv Landing, v
PI.ATILL AS ROY ALES
Britannias ,
Quadruple ScL'fiat
Checks. No a, and Li&adaes
Crr«s a la Morlaix
Arabia*
Strives
Selefia Handkerchiefs
Bazzi's
Qil Clothe 11
Gun Flints
Aljo on Hand,
Checks and Uriues Boccadillos, Britannias, Caf- £
f ri'.Jos, Brown Rolls Bftonillas, Crcas ala Mor- tt
laix, BielcSeld fine SKirting, Linnent, i
Siam Tapes GUIs Ware*, Coffee Mills. Scythes, i
Demyjohns Quills. G
n»)vemhcrai di ot-*-tu3cfr 3W E
30,000 lbs. bej*. heavy *'
Black Pepper, ;
FOR-SALE BY
SAMUEL RHOADS,
No. 1, Penn Street.
December x. $
\'— ■
? Imported, ]
" In the f.il-jj Atlantic, caputiu Waters, from v
® Calcutta and Madras, [-
tukftf
And for sale by the subscriber,
A great variety of articles mostly suitable
J'or exportation,
AIMOKO WHICH AUK t
}> LUG CLOTHS *
) Nuckan«es '
Soot Uomalt
Salempoores
Ventapolams
MaJraa Long Cloths
Ditto Handk«rchief».
ALSO
2000 bags prime Sugar,
Hyson and Souchong Tea,
JOHN MILL.EK, Junr. ,
No. 80, Dock street.
oi>obTio mwf tf
Landing
At Wain's wharf,
The Cargo of the brigEnterprize,
CONSISTING OF
Surinam MolafTes,
Jf an ex»cllcKt quality, in hogflieadi, tierces and
barrels,
And about 40 quarter casks
LISBON WINE,
Foit Sale fir
Wharton Lewis,
No. 11 Jjfouth Front fttcet.
oitefler 9 tu th fa tf
v
Gideon H. Wells
Has Just Received,
By the late arrivals-*'* large and general afiort- I 1
ment of » V- / 1
Hardware, Cutlery & Sadlery, \
Which he offers for f»lt,.f.r cadi or the
usual credit.
Market-street, No; 135. 30*4**
Madeira Wine,
In pipes hhdi. and quarter Cades,
For sale by the Subscriber, .
GIDEON HILL WELLS,
No, 135 Market Street. 1
November n. eodtf t
Saw Maniifadlory.
FRANCIS MASON,
No. 10, foutli Fifth ftre«t,
Manufactures mill, crof« cut and pitt
saws, equal in quality, appearance and shape
to any ever imported; which he fells wholefalc
at the following prices—6 feet mill faw?i 1-a dol
lar each ; cross-cut do 53 cents ;er foot; pitt do.
60 cents per faot.
Wood-Cutters cast fleel saws, and every othfr
kind, made to any particular direilion. .
novamher 18 dim {
John Whitesides,
INFORMS his frier;da and the public in gensral
that he has taken th«
BREWERY,
(late Wil'.Lnj liawfon's) No. jo. north Sixth flreet
—where tliey may I« l'upplied with Porter, Ale,
Tabicindottier Beers.
N B. A quantity of excellent old Porter on
hand fit for immediate ufc.
novevifcer if dim
CHINA (GOODS.
Lsnding from Ibe ibijt America, Waifc
Sims, Commander, ftom Canton,
> a*» ron SAt.e tr
NICKLIN, GRIFFITH far Co.
Bohea,
Congo,
So»ichor*£, ift St jnd quality,
Caper foncliong,
r&tr
?;ng!o,
Young hyson,
Hyfi.'ti, ift & ad quality.
Imperial,
Yeilrvw k white oankcent
LuUftrings, black & color'd ( In Boxes
Siu!haw« do. £ afloHcd,
Sitti«s do. J
Luteltrings, tau. blue & dari green") .
Sinlhaw# d" l L "
Pcrfian MffVtat, dark green J oxc, '
They bavt alsu in itmi! for sale, received bv
the late arrivals frcrm Europe, ifo.
1 lufmallpick-
Striped and checked ginghami i age> affined,
White figured & color'd Muf- | calculated for
liuetts the Weft-In-
W r hi te corded dimitiea | dia market &
Color'd silk, striped N»nkcen» | entitled to
J drawback,
4 Trubkl printed Ca'.icies,
do. do.
•, Bales seine twihe (Entitled to
> Cases Enplilh China ware (drawback)
. tnpliLi,
in lea I'r:11s
> Calks mineral b'ark,
I do. white,
o Ho. colcother,
3 Calks purple hrown, *l*
15 do. nails aflorted,
9 do. London porter in bottles
englirti failcanva«, No. I, 1 & 3,
Uuffia duck,
17 Boxes white Havanna fugir,
13 Pipes old Madeira win*,
Gunpiwier,
Empty wine bottles,
10 G;n;s, 6 pGunder«,
1,1 do. 9 do.
18 do 9 do. with carriages, he.
aßo>ccc!bj. Ceribon coffee, 10")
(Entitled ti
jo,ooolbs. Mack pepper (drawback.
10 Jv*gs ebony J
May a;. ro&w tl
Horses to Winter,
HOU SES will lie taken to winter at Profped
Hill, at the i» mile stone, on the Brift .1 road
where they will have 1 ooJ T'mothy and Clover
Hay, be wel I taken care of, and have a field to run
in when the weather is good ; enquire ol William
Bell, Philadelphia; or, ol Joseph Hunting, on the 1
preniiics. I
Th'.y engage to return them irt good order in |
the spring or charge nortii.ig for k< eping them, and
will rot be anfw rablc for .-ccidern or clcap?,but
will take every precaution to prevent either.
oisl<i!n r 7 1 mwf tf
A Genteel Tire* Story
BRICK HOUSE,
in Spruce utar Third Sree:,
TO LE I'.
Enquire of
MOORE WHARTON.
Pecemb«r 8. eo '.aw
That large and commodious
HOUSE,
At tke cornet of Arch and Ninth flreets.
To be Let,
THE lioufe, Oa.llf, coach-bouse sn.i lots, late'y
occupied by Majar Buttef, fit<jate above
For ter.au apply to ]. B. Wallace, No. aS, north
Fifth street.
.r
FUR sal*.,
OLD Long Primer,
Small Pica on Pica Body,
Englifo, Chafes, Compelling Sticks, and agrea
varitty of artiales necefiary to carry on the Prill
ing Business. They wilFoc fold cheap tor cash
Apply to the Printer.
> iruvm* xvjtfL'
Bank of North America.
"XTO riCE IS HEiiiißY to tb«
' '" ,o c -bo ders of the Bank of NorthXfier*
that on the second Monday, the nth J...
U-' January tifxt, an Ele<9i,>n of tv/eiVe Difec
rrrs t r the enf>jing year, -Aill be helj at tin
r4rk at 10 Of the clork in the forenoon.
H DRINKER, jtsnr. Cafhirr.
December 9. .. sawiw&dtijj..
Infuranct Company of North
America.
£? THE STOCKHOLDERS ire hereby
informed, that a flatcd Meeting of the Com«
pany will be held at tlieir Officei on the ijttt
day of January next, (being the fetond Thurf- '
day in the Month) i\ r the Election of twenty
five D:resnrs f, t the enihir.g year,.
CHARLES PETTIT, President.
Daeemb'.r 10 - f&tti^thj
The Cargo
OF the SHit
< JOHN BUUELY,
Capt. Stock!ty, from Baiavia,
consisting Of
Coffee sugar & pepper
Of the lefl quality,
f6R sale BY
William Wain.
December 9. 6t
FOR SALE,
Br Joseph SIMS,
No- 15J,fouth Water Oreot,
White &brown Havanna Sugara
Holland Oin
Old Coniac Brandy
London particular Madeira Wine
Pale reV. and yellow Icfuit's B?rk
A large alUttmcirt of CORDAGE, &c.
dectmht-r 13 rnwStfa tf
For Sale
J3Y JOSEPH ANTHONYS Ca.
Hyfpn }
Souchong ;sd£ TEAS. % :
Bohea
Muirovado fugor in hhdj.
Liibon wine }ji quarter cafcj
Ma 'eira wine in pipe*
China, aflWrtrd, an I a few bgJcs white and 7
yellow nankeens
A few boxes choc;>la'e .-.ml dipt cjndlc»
Spermaccii oil and c..n.!!es
Dei ember ji.
Thomas Orr,
No.
SoWTH FIfOXT Stiiebt,
HAS received by the latefl arrivals from Lon*
don, a well chosen alTortment of the fol
lowing articles:
CALICOES and Chintzes, (a great vjriety)
Furniture do. do.
Corded Dimities for garments and furniture
Uurants, Joans and Calimanccss
and B nihazeens
Printed Liren and Cotton Handkerchiefs and
Lawn bordered dn.
Jaconet aud 3o,>k Muslin handkerchiefs
Shawls, Cottcn and Cbiutz, a great variety
Do. C'mf ; l'» Hair
Holiery, Worded aud Cotton of all sizes
Do. China White and Black Silk.
Table Cloths, from j 4. to loby 16-4 with and
without Napkins
Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cambrkks
Jaconet and Lapett Mufliiu, coloured and p!ain
White and Black Lace, Lace Veils, Cloaks and
Handkerchiefs
Black Mode, Peelonys and Satins
White and printed Marle'lles for vad«
Swanfdown. ftripedand plaid.
Cotton Checks (five) 7 8, 4-4, 11-8, and 6-4
Black and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs
India Bandanna do rt superior quality
White, Red and Yellow F.ai;nels
Outrnfey Worded Frocks
A ftw dozen belt ebftic Suspenders.
He has Alio
Just Received, a well affortrd Invoice of
India Muslins,
CONSISTING OF
Berbhooift Gurrahs Ptna Baftas
Alahabad Emerties Di»- Gutrahs
Company Guzzapora Jaaoa Msmoodics.
Cuflas. By the Bale cr PiecCt
j O<£tober 18. diw3awtf.
N O T I C E.
>
Bank of the United States,
NoVtMBFR 17, 180 C»
THE Stockholders oi the Bank of the United
States are inlsrme.'i, that accerding to the
ftatnte of incorporation) a General ElcAlcn for
twenty five Directors, will b« held at the Bank of
the Unite! States, in the city of Philadelphia, on
Monday the jthof January next, at tcu 0 c)cck ill
the forenoon.
And pursuant to the eleventh fefiion of the bye
laws, the stockholders of the said Bank are alio no
tified to aflemble in genrral meeting, at the fame
place, on Tuesday the 6 h of January ncit, at fit
o'clock in the evening,
G. SIMPSON, Caftier.
Second Fundamental Article*
Not ttiore than three fourth, ot the Difc«So: t in
office, exclufivc ot' the i-rufHelrt ftia'l be e:igiiile
for the next tnfuinj year, but tl v Dii'-'it r«o
fliall be President ac the tinw of an fck&urn may
always be re eleileJ. tJ'ijy
PRINTING,
Neatly exeruted at the GJJict of ;!:e
Gazette of the United States.
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