c? Proposals, Per publt/hing by Suhfcriptitn, an elegant ENGR-AV * * ING, of a PiSlure entitled i National Gratitude. Dedicated so the Citizens of America. r T~ , HE United States of America, reprefemed by fifteen wo {men, appear in the temple of Minerva, for the purpose of decorating with wreaths the Bull of ashincton, already crowned by immortality and Ivberty•; the liable fup portingthe Arms of America, holds forth the Legend there of, exprefliveof the unanimity of fentiinent which animates them. The Statue of Minerva is seen under a portis, deco rated with military trophies. emblems of jtfie Vi&ories ob taiaed against the enemies of' Liberty- in she fore-ground ap pears History, who, attentive to this interesting scene, records U in her arnals. in order to be transmitted to posterity. The original pi&ure was iscecuted on a large scale, by Jo •im Pirovani, an Italian artist, on occafioß of the enter tainment given at Ricketts's Amphiiheatre in Philadelphia, on Fehruar 2*, 1*96, for the celebration of the birth-day Of the President. 1 he Copperplate (»4 inches by 19) will be engraved with the greatest care'by a Parisian artist, lately a»ived in this ci tY» and will be ornamented in the border, with the arms of he United States of America, and of each particular state, 1 The pnee of Subscription is THREE DOLLARS, to be paid on delivery t>f the Print. Subscriptions are received atltfr. Decombaz's, Print-feller, No. , North Third-street. Mr. Oellers's, at the City Hdtel, Chefnut-llreei, and at Samuel Richardet's City Tavern. Should this Publication meet with public aporobation, the fame art ids prOpose publishing fucceflively, perfpe&ive views ®f the inside of Congress Hall, thc'Reprtfentatives therein iffembled, and likewtfc of the Senate. - v May 9 Notice is hereby Given, THAT in pursuance of an aft of the General A trem bly of Pennfjrlvania, entitled "° an Adt to enable the * Governor of this Common wealth, to incorporate a Com " piny for making an artificial Road from an interferon " of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road near " the Gap Tavefa, in Lancaster county, tn Newport and "Wilmington in the State of Delawarethe commis sioners in said »<S appointed will procure five books and attend at the refpe&ive places direfied therein to receive fubferptions for Stncjt in (he company, viz. One book will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the Borough of Lancaster, one at Straflwrgh, in the county of Lancaster; one in the Borough of Wilmington, and one at tho house of Samuel Cochran in the county of Ches ter. The Subscribers, agreeably to their appointment in and by faidaA, will attend at the City Tavern in Philadelphia, with on«of said Boeks, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at io o'clock in the forenoon, until 4 in the after noon, and for the tvro days following, if necessary, for the purpose -aforefaid ; on the firft of the said days, any perfom of the age of »i years Ihallbe atliberty to fubferibe in his own or any other name or names by whom he (hall be authorised for oneJh<ire,x>n the second day tor me or two Jharei, and on the third day f»rme,t-wo, or three fiat is, and in any succeeding day', (if the said books lhall continue longer open) for any nwrfber »f shares in the laid Stock. • Every person previously to fubferibing in said books roust pay to-the attending commiflioners twenty five dol lars for every fhireto be fubftribed. GEORGE ZATJME-R, ROBERT IVALA NATHL. LEWIS, ASIJAH DAWES. 3awtjun. 7. ■ir& F O R 6 A L is, At BENJAMIN DAVIES' BOOKSTORE, *io.6S, hioh-street, A valuable colleiftion of the newest Publications, Just received from London, via New-York-; Among which ar« the following: THF. American Pilot, in two parti—part the ift con taining charts and plans of the eoafts of Newfound land, Uabradore, and thsgulph and river of St.Lawrence. Part the 3d containing charts of tile British channel, and the coast of Ireland to Cape Clear; of the Atlantic Ocean, ami the coaftsof Europe, Africa, and thd Western lflands; of the whole coast of the United States and Eall Florida" ; the gulph of Florida, and Ilfeud of Havannah, drawn from a<9ual furveyi and the latcft discoveries. A Defcriprton of the Country 40 miles round Manches ter, it* geography, productions, river and canal naviga tions ; its towns and villages, their history, population, Bommeree, And manufactures, by Dr. Aikin; printed on Vellum .paper, and illustrated with 73 copperplates finely «ngraved. Hunter's Voyages to New South Wales and the Sou l-hern Ocean, illustrated with 17 maps, chirts, views and Other embellilhments, neatly bound in calf. Civil aid Commercial History of the British Weft-In dies, by B. Edwards, Esq. with maps, views, &c. The cenne&ion that fabfifts between Agriculture and Chemillry—by the Earl of Dundonnald. The Courfeof Hannibal over the Alps, aTcertalned by J. Whitaker. The Life of General Diimonrier, in 3 vols, written by himfeif. Chelmer's Estimate of the comparative strength of Great .Britain. History of the Moravian missions among the Indians of North-America, with the manners and cufWms of the oations. Corporal Brown's History of the Campaigns in 1.793, 4 and 5. The Studies of Nature, byßernardin de St. Pierre. The Political Testament of Mixifftilian Robespierre, with an aecourrt of the l'ecfet negotiations carried on un der his direction. Wifeman's Commercial Letters in the five principal languages of Europe. A Pocket Vocabulary of fix principal languages. Anftruther's RepOTts in Chancery. The Works of Peter Pindar, with a head of the affthtr. The Sporting Magazine. Tbe British Critick, or new Critical Review of the lat cft publications. The Works of Edmund Burke, Esq. Defence of the American Constitution, by J.Adams, vice-Prelidentef the U.S. April 48. law Genteel Boarding & Lodging t<f be had at No. 45, in Vine-Street, the 2d door weft »f Second-Street, on the North fide. April 2g. 5 ~ JUST rUzLISHSD, {Price.is Cents] By Samuel H- Smith, N°. i iB, Chefnut-ftrtei, LETTERS OF H E L V I D I US: In reply to PacHtca«, on the Prefideßt's Proclamation of Neutrality. Jtfiribed to Mr. Madison. Lately PuUJhed, facifcßsI—Political1 —Political Truth—Paterfon's Charge. In a feiv Days <will btpu^tijhed, [Price 15 cents] J A R.EPJEIV of the &UE3TIO-N —In whom has the Confutation veßcd the Treaty power ? By a Senator of the United States April 18 FUR SALE. A FOUNT of BREVIER., half worn ; about four hun dred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119 Cftefnut-ftreet, $ December I. New Hat and Hostery Store, Whulfsale and Retail, BY WJLLIAM M'DOUGALL, No. 134 Marhet-fi rest, 3d door from the corner of Fourth 9 South fide. MENS'Black American and lored ditto Engtifc Hats, of various Children's fancy dirt© qualities and prices All kind* of silk, (ilk and Ditto Drabs and Greenun- cotton, cotton, & thread ders \io(c « Ladic's ditto, black Knit colored Pantaloons Aud. a large alTortment of Ditto Drawers fancy ditto Ditto Breeches Patterns Colored Bearers Silk Gloves With a great variety of ele- Knotted, colored ditto* cot gant and fafhionable trim- ton minga, &c. A quantity of mending cot- Yonth's black and drab co- sO«, fc§ted colors, N. B. The Hats finilhed in the ncwek fafhion. May j. NOTICE, AGREEABLY to charter, is hereby given to the Members of the Corporation for the rejiaf of poor and diftrefled Pielbyterian Ministers, and of the poor and diftrefled Widows and Children of Presbyterian Mi nisters, that there will be a Meeting of said Corporation in the feeond Prelbyterian Church, in the city of Phila pelphia, on the 13d day of May next) it 4 o'clock, r. m. for the dispatch of all filch business as may then be brought before the board. April 21. d African Free School. THE place of Teacher to the AFRICAN FREE SCH6OL, in the city of New York, being vacant by the refigua tion of the late Matter, the Trustees give this public inti mation to all persons desirous of that situation, that they will receive applications for chat appointment 'till the firil of next June. - ' It isexpe&ed that the applicant be well qualified to teach reading, penmanship, arithmetic, and the principles of geo graphy and Eng'rifh grammar, and that he produce latisfa&o ry tellimoniaU of his good moral chai?fter. The Salary of the Matter will be dollars per annum, payable quarterly.—Further particulars may be learnt on ap plication to THOMAS EDDY, SAMUEL L. MITCHELL, I r , mmirtp . SAMUEL BROWN, f Cemmittec. ELlfflJ H. SMITH, J May 6, (M»y 7*§7) Berriman & Co's Edition. *e«t CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDITION OF The HOLY BIBLE. OM Monday, the i6fh-"ln'ft. will be publilhed, delivered to Subscribers, and to be had of the different Booksell ers, in this city, and throughout the United States, (where still continue to be received) the first kum- BER'CF IIERRIMAN & CO'S CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDI TION of the HOLY BIBLE : containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, with marginal notes and re erences. An Index ; or an account of the most remarkable passages in the old and new Testament, pointing to the places wherein they happened, and to the places of fcriptuie where in they are recorded.—A Table of Time.—Tables of fcrrp ture measures, weights and coin 6 : with an appendix, contain ing the method of calculating its measures of surface, hitherto wanting in Treatises vn this JubjetL A Table of Ojjiccs and Conditions of men. i. Thefizeof this Edition will be a LARGE FOLIO, printed ®n a beautiful new type, and good paper, made par ticularly for it, It will-be published in Numbers, notto ex ceed 30, one of which will be delivered weekly to fubferib ers, at a quarter of a dollar. Those fubferibers who prefer receiving the work complete, will be attended to by fignifyiirg the fame on any of the fubferiptiofl papers in rhe Booktiores in this city. / a. There will be an advance in the price, on fubftribing after the firft of August next. 3. In the coorfeof the Work will be given an elegant Frontispiece—From art' Engraving of the celebrated artist, Gricniow. Berriman & Co. gratefallyacknowledge the very liberal encouragement they have met with; and have reason to believe that the execution of their edition will anfwerevery expec tation, and fpeakits ownpraifu May y. 3aweowtf George Dobson, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to N°* 25, south Third-flreet, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned article*—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Ker fey meres, Yorkshire second Do. £>•. [ do. do. j Mix'd and Biue Coatings Flannells, &c. Manchester Printed Callicoes, • London Chintz ditto, ! Blue and ditto Furnitures, | India ditto. Long Cloths, GolTaes, Baftas, BattillasA: Conjevrems | 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Muflias, I 4-4 and g-8 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and g-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Mufiins c gk 4-4 & Jaconeu, > 6:4 Britilh Checks and Stripes, . 4-4 India do. do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c. A large assortment ot figur'd and plain Mu&aets, Quillings, Dimities, and Strtped Nankeens, Fancy Waificoatings, Ginghams ot the firft QuaHty, fubjett to Drawback, India Nankeens, Men's White and coloured Silk (lockings. May g foweot Just Arrived, In the Ship Hannibal, C. Cloufer, mailer, from Lflbon, A Cargo of SALT, For sale by E. Dutilh & Wachfmuth, No. l64,"Sfcjth Second Street. May 9 At Benjamin Dairies'* Book-Jitore, No 68 High Street, The Political Censor; Or,M ONTHLY REVIEW, For APRIL, Of the most intereftiag Political Occurrences. By PETER PORCUPINE. May 5 A Few Calks of First Quality INDIGO. Enquire at No. yt, South Water fireet. May a tht & f tif SNOWDEN & M'C'URKLE, RESPECTFULLY inform the Public, that they have opened their PRINTING-OFFICE, at No. 47 North Fourth, Dear Raccftreet; where they execuM, all kinds of Printing, -with accuracy and di (patch. >£jt An Apprcntie! it anted May 3 iaw4w. ASHBEL GREEN, Secretary of she Corporation' CONDITIONS. y J- THIS DAY IS PUBLISHES, 'or Sale, City of Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent > 10,000 dollars, & ) dwelUng-houfe, j cash 30*000, are ) I ditto 15,000 & caflt 15,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 1 ditto 10,000 & calh 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & o*(h 5,000 1 ditto 5,,000 & ca(h 5,000 1 cash prize of ado. 5,000 each, are» 10 do, 1,000 00 do. 5 C ® 100 do. 100 •joo do. 50 4CO do. ij 1,000 do. ao *5,0i50 do. «o dim v 16,739 Prizes- Blanks. 50,000 at Eight Dollar*, N. B. To favour those -who may tafce a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the ta st drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last but one : And approved notes, securing payment in either mon«y or prizes, in ten days alter drawing, will be received for. any numbea not less than 30 tickets.^ This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of ;hepri vate buildings to be ereSed in the City of Walh.ngton— Two beautiful designs are already fcl-Sed for the entire fronts on two of the public squares ; from these prawmgs it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventur«rs, in the manner described in the Scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett defln&ien of fivoper certt. will be made to defray the neceflafy expenses of printing, &c. and the lurp us will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be within the city of Washington. The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are fold off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is fini(had ; and any prizes for which fortunate number 6 aie not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are.to be considered as given towards the foni for the University ; it being determined to fettle the "whole bufinefs'in a year from the ending of the draw ing, and to take up the bonds given as security. The real fecuritics.given for the payment of the Prizes, afe held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, ,and are valued at more than half the a -1 -mount ol -he lottery. ] The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of ! the late Commissioners aflifted in the management of the i Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk a second time on behalf of the public ; a fufficicnt num ber of thefc having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal ob jects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the diflerent parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tisiets have been feflt for sale, the public are assured chat the drawing will speedily commenae, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe dlfpofal of the tickets, has rendered the lnor suspension mdifpenlable. SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James Weft & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter ©ilman, Boston ; of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wnils, Cooper's Ferry. Nankeens, TO be fold cheap, a Urge Quantity of NANKEENS fubjeft to the ben»iit of the Drawback, at the Store of the subscriber, No. 43 North Front street. Joseph Sanfom. 'Mafjr 5 NOTICE. THE Prcfident and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, having determined to fapply the city of Philadelphia with water, early in the year 1797> 1 Proposals will be receive in writing until the firft day of June next, from any person or persons disposed to contract for the caftipg and delivery of Iron Pipes necessary for the above purpose. By the Board, ' ' ' ' WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Sec'ry. March 31. Fot sale by the subscribers, IN P ENN-STR EET, 13© quarter Chests frefli Hylon Tea; 100 ditto do. frelh Soachong Tea; 308 Boxes China, containing (mail tea setts of 44 pieces; 400 pieces Bandanoes. Willings £sf Francis. ■ '*■ -a—-v F 0 R S A L E, A very Valuable Estate, CALLED TIVITTEN'HAM, situate in the townftiip of Upper Derby, andcountyof Delaware, 7 t-a miles from Pniiad. Iphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of whjch are go®d watered meadow, 90 of prime wood land, and the reft arable of the firfl quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick hoitfe, with 4 rooi€» on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front ; a large frame barn, ftablcs, and other convenient buildings ; a fmoke-houfc and ftene fpring-honfe ; two good apple orchards, and one of peach es. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately •nder tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly con venient for grazing. The situation is pUafant and healthy, and from the high cultivation «f the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very fvitablc for a gentleman's country feat. The foregoing is part of the estate ef jaeob Harraaa, deceased, and offered for sale by Oft. 9. eo.] DiftriS of Pemifylvania, to <wh : BE it Temembered, that on the 4th day of April, ii the twentieth year of the Independence of the Unite( States of America, Benjamin Davies of the said diftrii hath deposited in this Office, tha Title as tx Book, th< tight whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words soL low ing, to wit: " The Political Censor, or monthly Review of the m«fl " intcrefting political occurrences relative to the United " States ef America—by Peter Porcupine j" In conformity to the Asft <rf the Congress of Ae Unit ed States, intituled •' an Aift for the uncourageraenf of learning, by fceuring the copies of maps, charts and books to *he authors and proprietors of such ecpies during the times therein mentioned." 3*waw 53»»WJ April 3 7. 50,000 40,000 30,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 xo,ooo 10,000 10,00© 10,000 10,000 re,ooo 20,000 f 50,000 40,0000 Mordecai Lewis, Surviving Executor, N°. J3O. SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk Diit. C«urt Pennsylvania. W.W4W, OFall sizes, from 32 lb to Grape, Cambooles, Pots, and ether callings ewcuted at the shortest notice, Nail rods, from lod to spike, Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for calks or cutting inte nailj, from a brad to 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Cwt.to ioolb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Hertingsin barrels, Kiln-dncd com meal in Hlids. and Bbls. (Lye flour &c. to be Told by Levi Hollingjworth fff Son. Augijl 4 To be fold at public sale, fan the 18th day <*t J line next, at the City Tavern, in Phi iadelphia, FOUR Lots of Ground in the town of Lambprtoa, county «f Burlington, and State of New-Jcrfty, ad joining the river Delaware, late the Estate of William Richards, deceased, with all ths buildings and improve ments, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert Cadwalader and others ; a clear indisputable title will be given. The terms will be made known at the time and place »1 sale. April »8. m&th. General Pq/i Office, Philadelphia, March 16, 1796. WHEREAS sundry Lette.s, transmitted in the Mails of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the date of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of seve ral denominations fraudulently taken from them at York, in the state aforefaid, in the months of October, Novem ber and December last : and whereas a part of laid notes and some caffihrve been recovered and are now in poflefli on of the Poll Mailer Gene-a!. In order therefore that fueh Bank Notes as fhsll be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining ndtesandca!h be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN toall perfonswho havefuffeied by such fraudulent practices, within the pe riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may beneceffary te substantiate them. Such notes as tkalJt be identified wilt be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the firfl day ef July nett; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their refpec* tive losses, to be afcertjined by the neoefiary [>ruo(»,\vl\ick on or before that day lhall be produced tothe General Post Office. (aawtjuly) JOS. HABERSHAM. LAW BOOK STORE, NO. 313, HIGH-STRHET, A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LAWBOOKS JUST OPENED. GEORGE DAVIS's EXTENSIVE colk&ion -of the latest Irilh Edition* be ing now arranged, he beg 9 to offer them for Sale, on the fame moderate terms, as have for several years pad, so particularly diftinguilhed thera; and t« assure those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that their orders froiri any dittancc, whether for a. tingle vo lume, of an entire Library, lit ell be executed with tire like promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks. Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and will lje delivered on application. N. B. A number ps Trunks to be disposed of. 26th April. mict6w A Printing-Office for Sale. A good aflbrtmwt of Typce, the greater part of which are but little worn, a good mahogany Prets, with the dif ferent Printing Material*, in complete order for executing any kind of work. The Ctuation is very eligible, either for a aewfpapw or book-work, being in.a pleasant, well populated city, within 30 miles of Philadelphia. There is also a very confidcrable advantage arifmg from the numarous applications for blatily and the general influx of advertisements, &c. &c. and a handfcme profit derived from the great quantity of Rags which may be colle&ed throughout the year. A complete set of cuts for Dilworth's SpeMing-Book. Likewise will be fold with the office, a large, book binders' Press, (afed for prrelßng books in flieets) toge ther with a number of bookbinders' tools, almost rtcw. eo3W Any person inclining to purchaf# the above, may have the re filial of a handsome collection of books, bound and in flieets—They will b« fold very low. Fer the price, and further partitnlars, enquire at No. 24, north Third-street, where a specimen of the types may be fcen. April 2.6. §».2aw. COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for Young Ladies* MRS. GR.OOMBRIDGE havingremoved from Lodge Alley, to the corner of Eleventh and Spruce-street?, for the advantage of a large, convenient House, in ii dry, healthy situation; hepes for the continuance of the encou ragement she has hitherto so highly experienced; and for which (he returnsher fmcere acknowledgment. ,?taw. Mrs. Gkookbridci is by Masters of the ■firft ability; and the ufeful, as will as ornamental branches of education are particularly attended to. February 8 SPECIMEN OF ELEGANT PRINTING. John Thotnpfon & Abr. Small, RESPECTFULLY inform such persons as admire, and would wilh to encourage any improvement in tbofe arts, which are an ornament to a (late; that after much expenceand great attention, they have printed for public infpe&ion, the firft number of their nichly finished Hot-PrefTed Bible, Which they believe to be the most beautiful produ&ion of its nature, hitherto l'een. Similar works in Europe have for forae years been li berally patronized—they have had an honorable place in the libraries of men of taste—the present produ&ion is an attempt t« (how, that in America,-works can be executed inevery refpe<St equal t» the efforts of trans-atlantic genius. From the warm approbation that has been bestowed on it by feme of the firft cfcara<sters, the proprietors are war ranted in faying, they have been fuccefeful. It claims patronage as being wholly American—the pa per, by far the best ever used here, in printing, is made within a few miles of this city—the types, which are tru ly beautiful, are also American—and the whole apparatus tor hot pressing, has been procured.from different parts of the Union: It is also the cheapest HOT-PJUtSSED BIBLE ever printed i» any country. The firft number may be infpeiled at No. 34, Carter's alley ; of at No. 98, Union street. It is proposed to deliver the whole in Forty Numbers, at One Half Dollar each—one ef which will be completed every two-weeks. April *ia&jW. PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119— CHESNHT-STREET. fPjice. Eight DoJlirs per Aojuun.] SHOT, CONSISTING Op $gw.»3m
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