Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-01-23 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 1365.]
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1797.
[VOLUME XI.]
NOTICE.
THE Sales of LANDS of the United States, in the North-Western Territory, heretofore advertised in the several public papers, will commence this evening, at the City Tavern...
Boarding and Lodging
May be had at No. 62, Penn-street, in a creditable family. January 9
Wants a place, as Wet Nurse,
A woman with a good breast of milk, who can be well recommended, for further particulars enquire of the Printer. Jan. 17.
Public Notice,
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I have applied to the judges of the Supreme Court of this state, to supply the defect in my Title to a lot of ground, situate on the West side of Fourth-street, containing in breadth 20 feet, and in length 56 feet...
FOR SALE,
About 1,600 acres of Land, WELL situated, laying on and between Marsh and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in four separate Patents. For terms of sale apply to Wm. Blackburn, No. 64, South Second-street. October 31.
Washington Lottery.
TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chestnut-street, where a correct Numerical Book is kept for public inspection. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or exchanged for prizes drawn in the Washington Lottery, of which the 14th and 15th days returns are received. The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. January 12.
SALT PETRE.
A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 25, South Third-street. November 5.
Particular Tenerife Wine.
50 Quarter-casks Particular Tenerife WINE, Of a superior quality, For Sale by A. Marple & Israel W. Morris, No. 60, Dock-street. January 12.
For Sale,
Two Convenient BRICK HOUSES, Three stories high, 16 feet front, and 40 feet deep each, and adjoining; situated on the east side of Front, between Race and Vine-streets; Nos. 161 and 163. They will be sold on very reasonable terms, either separately or together. Apply to JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO. January 13.
LOST,
On the Road between this city and Baltimore, A black leather POCKET-BOOK, Containing sundry papers valuable only to the owner, also between three and four hundred dollars. Whoever has found the same, and will leave it at the office of the editor No. 119 Chestnut-street, with the contents, particularly the papers, shall be handsomely rewarded, and no questions asked. January 17.
A CARD.
If Monsieur G. H. SÖULE, Who left Bordeaux the 20th June last, and arrived at Boston about the middle of August, in the Schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requested to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No. 5, Chestnut-street, who will give him some information of importance. December 24, 1796.
WANTED,
A MECHANIC, to erect Spinning and Weaving Machines by water, such as are used at my manufactory—Apply to JAMES DAVENPORT, No. 401, North Front-street. N. B. None need apply but a complete mechanic, and a man of stability. Globe Mills, December 29, 1796.
Cheap French China.
THE subscribers finding it impossible to supply their store with any more China from France, the prices being too inordinate in the manufactures, give notice that they will sell at prime cost the remaining stock on hand, consisting of Dessert Sets, Tea-Table Sets, Separate Cups and Saucers, Groupes and Figures, Alabaster Vases, Looking Glasses, in gilt frames, Besides India Japan'd Toilet Desks, Chairs, Tables and Quadrille Boxes. PASQUIER & Co. No. 91, South Second-street. December 6th.
FOR SALE,
At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99, North Second Street. Imperial } Fresh Teas. { Hyson Skin. Hyson, } { Souchong, Young Hyson, } { Bohea. Dec. 9. 37w3m.
For Sale,
By the Subscribers—In PENN-STREET, 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, Imported by the Eagle. WILLINGS & FRANCIS. Nov. 30 w&f
FOR SALE,
THE SHIP MARY, SAMUEL PARKER, MASTER, Two hundred tons burthen. Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co. If the MARY is not sold in a few days, she will sail for Hamburg. Apply as above. October 31.
For Sligo and Killibegs,
The American Ship NANCY, Cuthbert Riggs, master, Will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to William Bell;
Who has for sale,
4 Trunks Printed Cottons, well assorted 3 Bales Irish Flannels, and 2 boxes Linens 25 Pipes Brandy Madeira Wine; Indigo. Russia Mats. Also, A few barrels Prime IRISH BEEF, PORK, OATMEAL, &c. November 11, 1796. mwtf
FOR SALE,
The fast-sailing Schooner ORION; Seventy tons burthen; fifteen months old; her frame is of the best of white oak; she is a faithful built vessel, handsomely finished off and well found in every particular; is ready to receive a cargo on board, and can be put to sea without any expense on her hull, fails or rigging; she stows six hundred barrels; has a handsome cabin and steerage, and a half deck which will stow from twenty-five to eighty barrels; has been newly caulked, grained and painted. For terms apply to BENJAMIN RHODES, At No. 170, corner of Market and Fifth-streets, Or to the Captain on board said Schooner at Mifflin's wharf; where there is for sale Excellent pickled Salmon in barrels, the best of American Mef Beef, and some very excellent Bolton manufactured Chocolate. December 26.
For Sale, or Charter,
The Ship DIANA, SAMUEL PILE, MASTER, Burthen 205 47-95 tons register, built in Philadelphia in the year 1792, of live oak and red cedar, and was sheathed 13 months ago, she has just had a complete out-fit, and may be lent to sea at a very trifling expence. For terms apply to Philip Nicklin & Co. Who have for sale on board said vessel, 27 casks of fine yellow paint. 9 boxes and 12 bundles of writing flutes. 1 box ink stands and note pencils. 14 bales of sail canvas. And on hand, IMPERIAL } TEAS. Hyson, and, } Souchong 40,000 pieces Nankeens of the first quality. 19 tubs Quicksilver. 2 chests Bandannu handkerchiefs. A few chests Manchester goods well assorted in Corduroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Muffinets, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk. 180 crates Queens ware well assorted. 10 tons sheet lead. Nails assorted, flat and sharp points. London Particular, } Madeira Wine in pipes London Market, } and hogheads. New-York Market, } 40 pipes and 20 hogheads Tenerife wine. 8 tiers Snake Root. 230 logs Mahogany. Nov. 7.
Women's Cloaks.
GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25, South Third-street, Has just received, per Eagle, Capt. Foidick, via London, an assortment of Scarlet } Cloaks trimmed with fur and Drab } ermine. Purple and Pearl } December 15.
PROPOSALS,
For carrying the Mails of the UNITED STATES,
On the following Post Roads, will be received until the first day of March next inclusive: 1. From Charleston, S. C. by Jacksonboro' and Coosahatchy, to Savannah, twice a week. Receive the Mail at Charleston every Tuesday and Friday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Savannah the next Friday and Monday, by 8 A. M. Returning, receive the Mail at Savannah every Saturday, by 6, P. M. and Wednesday by 6, A. M. and deliver it at Charleston the next Tuesday and Friday by noon. Proposals for this route will be received by the post-master at Savannah. 2. From Coosahatchy to Beaufort once a week—Receive the mail at Coosahatchy every Thursday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Returning, leave Beaufort every Friday by 3, P. M. and arrive at Coosahatchy on Saturday by 8, A. M. Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be received by the post-master at Beaufort. Note 1. The Post-master General may alter the times for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. Note 2. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continue until the departure of any succeeding mail an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. Note 3. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state the alteration desired and the price he will carry the mail for with and without such alteration. Note 4. The contracts are to be in operation on the first day of April next and to continue until the 30th of September in the year 1800. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post Master General. General Post Office, Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1796. Jan. 16. d6w.
ON TUESDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED,
PORCUPINE'S POLITICAL CENSOR,
FOR DECEMBER, 1796. CONTAINING Remarks on the Debates in Congress, particularly on the timidity discovered by the House of Representatives in their language towards the insolent French. ALSO, A LETTER to the infamous TOM PAINE, In answer to his brutal attack on the character and conduct of General Washington. January 20.
BALL.
New Cotillions, Scotch Reels, and Contre Dances. Messrs. Francis and Byrne beg leave to inform their scholars, friends, and the public in general, that their first Ball for this season will be on Tuesday, the 24, at O'Ellers's assembly-room; at which a variety of new Cotillions, Contre Dances, and the most celebrated Scotch Reels, will be introduced. Messrs. Francis and Byrne propose to give gratuitous attendance at their school room, for the instruction of those Ladies and Gentlemen in their new dances, who mean to honor the ball room with their presence,—attendance for this purpose after their school hours, on Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Tickets to be had of Messrs. Francis and Byrne No. 70, North Eight Street, or at O'Ellers's Hotel. Ladies are requested to apply to their female friends, scholars of Messrs. F. & B. or as above, at their residence. N. B. The new dances will not infringe upon the usual routine of the evening. The days of teaching for their young pupils are Thursdays and Saturdays, from three o'clock in the afternoon till six—and on Tuesdays & Thursdays, from six till nine, for those of a more advanced age. * Private tuition as usual. January 11, 1797. 2awt24.
Fresh Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds,
Roots, &c. &c. This day landing from the ship Eagle, captain Foidick, from London, And FOR SALE by GOLDTHWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Second-streets, A most capital and extensive Assortment of GARDEN, GRASS and FLOWER-SEEDS, ROOTS, &c. &c. Among which are, Five kinds Asparagus Three kinds Cresses Four Bercocle Twelve Onion Twenty-five Beans Thirteen Radish Six Beets Fifteen Turnip Eleven Broccoli Fifteen Peas Twenty-six Cabbage Six Savoy Six Carrot Four Parsnip Three Cauliflower Twenty-three Melon Five Celery Twenty-one Lettuce Ten Cucumber Common and lemon Thyme Curled leaf and sprigged Parsley Pot Marjoram Pot Marjoram Balm Thyme Mangel Wurtzel Leek Kail Shallots Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucerne Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. With a curious collection of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Being the most extensive ever imported into this city. The above are from a capital Seedsmen in London, and are warranted fresh and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above. Dec. 17. ff
In order to comply with contracts, I will sell, for approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments,
A Square of LOTS,
At the upper end of Frederickburg, beginning opposite to the lower corner of Doctor Welford's, on Caroline-street, and running up to the cross street leading to Fitzhugh's ferry, and from thence back to Sophia-street. This square I have laid off into 24 lots, 27 and an half feet front, and 122 back, 12 on Caroline-street, and 12 on Sophia-street. Nine of those on Caroline-street I have leased on an annual ground rent of 8 and 10 pounds, to the amount of 74 pounds, and the vacant lots a purchaser could enhance the value of by building small houses, which will as readily procure tenants as pots or gardens with Martins in the spring, and yield a greater profit in proportion to their cost than large buildings. Those who incline to purchase may know the terms by applying to HENRY FITZHUGH. Belfi-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. 7thJ.daw
THE SUBSCRIBER
WISHES to ascertain, whether a certain EDWARD NEVILL, by trade a Stone-Cutter, or Brick-Layer, who quitted Ireland in 1783, or 1784, and came into this Country, (tis supposed to Philadelphia) about four years since, be living or dead. As this intelligence is of the highest importance, it will be thankfully received, by GEO. DAVIS, No. 313, High-street December 31. w&f im
Bank of Pennsylvania,
January 4, 1797. At a meeting of the Directors this day, a dividend of sixteen dollars on each share was declared for the last 6 months, which will be paid to the Stockholders after the 14th inst. JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier. Jan. 3. df.
The Elephant,
Now exhibited, was bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. He eats 150 weight a-day, and drinks a barrel of water; he has drunk some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trunk. He is perfectly inoffensive; travels loose, at the rate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity ever brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the 15th of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourth-streets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may see him—after which time the former price of half a dollar will be resumed. He will leave Philadelphia as soon as the weather will permit. December 31. d
Elegant Brussels & Turkey Carpeting,
For sale by George Dobson, No. 25, South Third-street. December 15, df.
MRS. GRAT TAN
Respectfully informs her friends, and the public in general, that on Tuesday the 10th day of January, she proposes opening, at No. 39, North Sixth-street,
A Linen and Muslin Warehouse,
Book Muslins, from 6/3 to 12/11 per yard Jaconet ditto, from 8/3 to 9/8 per yard Striped ditto, from 7/10 to 10/10 per yard Pine Coffee Tambour'd Book Muslins, from 13/9 to 21/ per yard India Muslin, from 11/3 to 15/ per yard Sheeting Muslin Jaconet muslin Handkerchiefs, from 4/3 to 6/ per hdkf. Book muslin Handkerchiefs from 5/3 to 10/6 per hdkf. Muslin color'd and border'd Handkerchiefs Decea Handkerchiefs Tambour'd Cravats from 10/8 to 11/11 Pocket Handkerchiefs Cambric, from 11/3 to 16/3 per yard Table Cloths Huckabuck Towelling Women's Cotton Hose, from 6/6 to 13/ per pair Dimity from 5/10 to 6/11 Men's Silk Hose Tambour'd muslin Handkerchiefs from 11/11 to 13/3 Irish linens for Gentlemen's Shirts, from 5/5 to 9/7 And a variety of other articles. N. B. Orders received for all kinds of ready made Linen, Gentlemen's Shirts, ruffled or plain, Cravats, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Household Linen, &c. &c. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 3 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto, 4 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 5 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 6 dollars. A plain shirt, made and marked, 5 1-2 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 dollars. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 dollars. A full ruffled ditto 7 1-2. A plain shirt, made and mark'd, 6 1-2 dollars. A very fine ruffled ditto 8 dollars. Linen included. January 13. 5
A Quantity of Brandy,
FIRST & 2d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tumblers, in pints and half-pints Window Glass, in boxes, of different sizes Hazelnuts, in sacks Whiting } in hds Copperas } White Lead } & Spanish Brown } For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4. 5
For Sale,
By George Deschamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. Smoked Herring in barrels and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry Codfish, from one to fifty kentials Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone and ground, for manure and stucco-work December 1. 5f
WM. HOLDERNESSE, No. 76,
HIGH-STREET, Has received by the late arrivals, A Well Selected Assortment of Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, and Haberdashery Goods, Which he will sell, wholesale and retail, on the very lowest terms; Amongst which are Some elegant 4-4 and 7-8 Chintzes and Cottons, new patterns Ditto Furniture ditto Ditto Dining Tamboured, Book, and Jaconet Muslins Ditto in Gold and Silver Ditto Neckcloths, very fine Mantuas of the first quality Silk and Cotton Hosiery Umbrellas of the first quality, assorted Irish Linens, very fine, and Table Linens Marceilles and Cotton Counterpanes Rose Blankets assorted—&c. &c. October 26. d
Clocks and Watches.
LESLIE AND PRICE,
No. 79, MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, a large assortment of WARRANTED WAYCHES, consisting of horizontal, capp'd and jewell'd Gold Watches, with seconds, of superior workmanship and elegance; also capp'd and jewell'd and plain Gold Watches; capp'd & jewell'd, capp'd, seconds, silver of the mouth, and plain Silver Watches; eight day & chamber Clocks; elegant French Clocks, with marble frames; eight day and thirty hour, brass works, &c. December 22, 1796. dam
WM. HAYDON,
Drawing-Master, from London, Where he has studied several years under one of the most eminent masters in that science, attends young Ladies and Gentlemen at their respective homes. His terms are 6 dollars per month for attendance three times per week. Likewise all kinds of ornamental Painting, Flowers, Fruit, &c. taught on the above terms. A line directed to W. H. left with the Editor of this Gazette, will be immediately attended to. January 13. co2w
James M'Alpin, Taylor,
No. 3, South Fourth-street, RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. He has on hand an extensive assortment of the Most Fashionable GOODS, And of the best quality, suitable for the season. At this shop Gentlemen can be furnished with the best materials, and have them made up in the newest and most fashionable manner, and on the shortest notice. He will thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and punctual attention to them. November 10. w5

New Theatre.
The Entertainments of the New Theatre will be postponed till Monday, the 30th Inst. on account of the preparations necessary for the Historical Play of COLUMBUS.
College-Hall.
READINGS and RECITATIONS,
Moral, Critical, and Entertaining.
MR. FENNELL
Respectfully informs the Public, that
THIS EVENING, Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 o'clock
Will be delivered,
(FIRST PART)
The Death of Julius Cæsar. Anthony's Funeral Oration, (recited) The effects of Anthony's Oration considered. The Death of Cicero. The Death of Brutus and Cassius.
(SECOND PART)
Edwin and Angelina Goldsmith Elegy in a Country Church Yard, Gray (THIRD PART.) The Deserted Village, (1st part) Goldsmith
TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, January 24,
Will be delivered,
(FIRST PART)
Beauty and other pleasures of Taste. On the Means of Improvement in Taste, including selections from Dr. Blair.
(SECOND PART)
The Choice of Hercules, or The Triumph of Virtue, Louath (THIRD PART) Ode to Truth, Mason Satan's Address to the Sun, Milton Ode to Madness, Penrose
Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulton, jun. at the Library; at Mr. McElwee's looking-glass-store, No. 70, S. Fourth-street; and at Mr. Carey's, Bookseller, Market-street—Half a dollar each.
Admission tickets for Children (a quarter of a dollar each) to be had at either of the above places.
NOTICE.
Persons having Goods on board the Ship Perseverance , James Williamson, master, bound from Hamburg to this Port, and lately put into New-York, where the Vessel is discharging, will please apply to THOMAS and JOHN KETLAND. Philadelphia, Jan. 21, 1797. tf
Lost or Mislaid,
At the Bank of the United States, Joseph Higbee's Note, dated 29th December last, for twelve hundred dollars, payable at 60 days to Nathaniel Lewis & Son. Whoever may find the same will please return it to said Bank, or to the subscribers, who will allow a reward.
Payment being barred, it cannot be of use to any other person. NATHANIEL LEWIS & SON. January 5. J. 21. 31
FOR SALE,
A very Valuable Estate,
CALLED TWITTENHAM , situate in the township of Upper Merion, and county of Delaware; 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road, containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime woodland, and the rest arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick house, with 8 rooms on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, stables and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and frame, spring-house; two good apple orchards, and one of peaches. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing.
The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country seat.
The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale by
Mordecai Lewis,
Oct. 31. 1797. Surviving Executor.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, January 4, concluded.
The report of the committee of Ways and Means on the subject of the balances due from individual States to the United States being under consideration.
Mr. Sitgreaves said, from the nature of the objections which had been made, he should have been as well satisfied if the present subject had not at all been stirred; but having been moved, it ought not to be abandoned. And this flowed from the nature of the objection offered; because, if they had a right, they had the moral or physical power of enforcing that right. There could be no doubt, if the money was due, it ought to be paid, and every consideration of expediency pointed out this as the proper time. He knew he had heard the gentlemen from New-York, over, and over, and over again, deny that the debt was due; but, supposing this to be the case, why not make the application? If, when that application was made, any state did not choose to pay the money, they would of course state their objections. But he was well satisfied they ought not to stop at making the demand. They had been told, though not in direct terms, in such as were well understood, that we might demand if we pleased; but, under the present impressions of New-York, they would not pay the debt said to be due from them. They had been told by other gentlemen that they had not the means to coerce the payment. If this were the case, it was proper they should lay hands upon the only thing in their power, which was their share of the public debt of the union.
By this, Mr. S. said, it would be seen, that he meant to revive the question of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Nicholas). He was very indifferent about the fate of the former motion, because he
knew there was no rule of order that could prevent an amendment being introduced in the committee of the whole for discussion. He said, if they could get at this money, without violating any principle of right, they ought to lay hands on at least a debt of 1,200,000 dollars, for which they were receiving interest; more especially as this was a part of the balance found against them in the settlement of the accounts.
Mr. S. said he could draw no analogy between the present business and the British treaty, and wondered any gentleman should think of introducing that subject. It might be perfectly true, he said, that it would be improper for one nation to lay hands on the property of another; but, was there any law to prevent him from laying hold of his antagonist; and if, said he, the property of the state of New-York is in my hand, and she owed me money, where was the propriety of paying with my right hand, when there was an uncertainty of receiving with the other? He thought there could be no objection on this ground; but there was an objection on account of the negotiability of government paper. He owned he had scruples on that subject. The gentlemen from Virginia having doubtless considered the subject, could perhaps remove them. In order therefore to bring the motion before the committee, he moved to add the following amendment.
"Resolved, that any transfer of the debt of the United States in the books of the treasury, held by any of the debtor states, by the settlement of accounts between the several states and the United States, or by any person holding evidences of the said debt, shall be withheld, until the balances of the said states shall be discharged."
Mr. Nicholas said he did not understand what scruple the gentleman from Pennsylvania could have about the transferable property of these debts. He was satisfied with respect to New-York, and it was impossible any other corporate body or person could be affected by the motion. The transfer, he said, was a sale of the property, therefore, a denial of transfer would completely prevent any person from being involved in this measure besides the state in question.
Mr. Gilbert asked the gentleman last up, if there was no difficulty of a constitutional kind in the way of this measure? If he understood the constitution, they could not pass an ex post facto law. Had they not already said this paper should be transferable? If so, had they a right to say it should not be transferable? Was this the regard which the Legislature intended to shew to its own faith? He trusted it was not.
Mr. Potter objected to the present motion. He said the state of New-York was a debtor or not. She would either shew herself not to be a debtor, or pay. But to pass this resolution would be to consider them as swindlers. If it was a debt, he was confident they would pay it.
Mr. P. said he could not account for the manner in which the gentlemen from New-York had managed this business. In one place they say they have no authority to act, and yet in the next moment they proceed to oppose the resolution to call upon their State for the debt, as if they supposed that unless they opposed the business, their state would be so simple and honest as to pay, without objection. But, for his part, until he knew whether that state would pay this debt, or not, he should believe they would pay it honorably.
Mr. Williams defended the conduct of the delegates from the state of New-York.
Mr. Gallatin wished the mover to modify the resolution, so that it should not affect any state to a greater amount than the debt they owed. For instance, the balance against Pennsylvania was about 80,000 dollars, but she had upwards of 400,000 in the funds, and he should wish that the provision should not reach to a higher sum than the 80,000. He said he had, however, no sort of view to Pennsylvania, because he believed she would make no objection to fulfil her engagements.
An amendment to this effect was introduced, when the question was put and negatived, 45 to 30.
The original resolution being under consideration.
Mr. Henderson said, he should not have rose, but for an observation of the gentleman from New-York (Mr. Gilbert). That gentleman had said, "That he did not believe there was a member of that committee who really believed the balance found against the state of New-York, to be just." Mr. H. said, if he were of this opinion he should vote against the resolution; but believing, as he did, that the balances were just, being settled by men of abilities and integrity, who had no interest to do other than right, and as no objection had ever been made by any of the states against the balances, he should think himself unfaithful to his constituents if he did not vote for it. He begged, therefore, the gentleman would except him from the number who did not believe the debt just.
Mr. Gilbert allowed the gentleman might be an exception.
Mr. Thatcher believed the debts just, and desired to be another exception.
Mr. Potter said one gentleman from New-York talked of the great exertions of that state in the war, another came forward and said he did not believe there was a member in the house who believed in his heart the debt was just. Every state in the Union, he said, might come forward and boast of what what they had done; but it would serve little purpose; for his part, he believed New-York had done the least, and been benefited more than any two states. He wished also to be excepted from the gentleman's account. He thought the debt just.
Mr. Burgess read some observations, which stated the hardships experienced by North-Carolina during the war; and as to the debt which she was said to owe, the could not pay it. Mr. B's voice was so low, that it was impossible to take a sketch of his ideas.
Mr. S. Smith said he was one of those who could have wished the present subject had not been bro't before the house; but being before it, he was ready to give his vote for the measure, as it was incumbent upon them to endeavor to get the balance paid. The gentlemen from New-York and North-
Carolina had complained of the injustice of the debt. The state which she represented, he said, was a debtor state, and they were willing and able to pay. The gentlemen from New-York, it appeared, were anxious to have the whole business opened again. One of those gentlemen gave as a reason for this, that stores in the account were charged more in one state than in another. He saw no injury in this, as flour might be purchased in Virginia at 7 dollars a barrel, when in Pennsylvania it might be 11. This single objection shewed what cavilling would be the consequence of an opening anew of the accounts.
Mr. S. said it appeared to him that the state of North-Carolina had less reason to complain, than any other state in the Union. He did not mean to say that they exerted themselves less, and he believed the exertions of New-York were not exceeded, according to her means, by any other state.
An observation, he said, had been made on the subject of assumptions, by a gentleman from North Carolina. He meant not to have ripped up this business afresh; but since it had been mentioned, he would say their debt had been occasioned by too high an assumption; if that had not been the case, they would have had to receive a very considerable sum. How, he asked, did New-York get possession of her treasure? By the blood and treasure of the whole, in her vacant territory. This was the way in which she became rich, and it was extraordinary that a state which had gained so much by the revolution, should be averse from discharging her just debt. How they were to get at this debt, he knew not, but they must pay. It was doubted it would not be paid; but he trusted that a state famed for her order and good government, would not refuse to pay a debt to justify due.
When the mode of settlement was agreed to, Mr. S. said, none knew who would be debtors and who creditors. All acquiesced in it. Why, then, talk about going anew into the business, which might take them a year to settle the principles upon which it should be opened?
He trusted these balances would be paid, as the representatives of creditor states would be very unwilling to lay a direct tax upon their constituents until they were discharged.
Mr. Blount observed, that he had said so much on a former occasion upon this subject, and knowing that whatever he might say would have no effect upon the decision, he meant to have satisfied himself with shewing by the yeas and nays, that he had not been consenting to the measure. But when he heard the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Smith) say "that North-Carolina had less reason than any other state to complain," it would have been criminal in him to have been silent. He had made the assertion without a single fact: it could not be true. He believed the United States would not believe it. Were not Georgia and South-Carolina, Mr. B. asked, defended by North-Carolina? Could it have been believed that Georgia was a creditor state, when charged on the ratio of two representatives when entitled to less than one. Had not South-Carolina militia from North Carolina in almost every month of the war? Such an assertion was one, that, on reflection, the gentleman would be ashamed of having made.
Mr. S. Smith defended his assertion, which he grounded on her debt having been very considerably over assumed.
Mr. Blount said, if they had no other grounds of complaint, they should have complained of this. If North-Carolina had had no debt assumed, he said, she would have been a creditor for more than two millions. She would have sunk the debt, instead of having a debt of more than 430,000 at home, and under a charge of owing to the United States more than 500,000 dollars.
Mr. Livingston said it was extraordinary, that gentlemen should be continually insisting upon the impropriety of going into an enquiry whether the claims in question were just or unjust, yet they themselves went into comparisons betwixt the services of different states. He would not make any comparison on the subject; but he would do what he thought necessary, viz. testify to the world his objections to the present proceedings. He had already taken up so much time of the committee, which however had been mostly employed in fruitless attempts to get the business postponed, that he should be unwilling then to trespass long upon their patience.
This business, he said, originated under the old confederation. The states agreed upon an order for the settlement of their debts, but in the new constitution they entered into a new governmental compact for the settlement of these debts, so that it was found to be necessary to take up the subject. They therefore found two laws passed. Here, he said, was the great evil which New-York had to complain of. Here, every state who wished to set aside the settlement, should point. The United States, who was a party concerned, passed a law appointing commissioners and prescribing rules to govern the two parties, without any delegation from the states. All the states, he said, would always have an interest in throwing a burden upon one state, and the injustice complained of would appear, if it was shown that this was done. It was not only their interest, he said, to do this, but rules had actually been prescribed which were unjust to some of the states. This law, he said, was passed. New-York had no representative in the business who had the power to bind her to this new settlement. The accounts of that state were kept clear and regular, with vouchers to every charge; but in this law, it was allowed to the commissioners to receive accounts unsupported by vouchers, if they should see proper. He asked if this were just to those who had been scrupulously correct? If it were just, he thanked God he had never learnt or practiced upon such principles of justice. Another rule established was, how the debt should be divided amongst the different states. The states had prescribed rules, under the old confederation; but these were changed by this law. It was now settled that the rule of apportionment should be made upon a scale of population. How this affected New-York had been shown by one of his colleagues (Mr. Williams). From forty or fifty thousand inhabitants, which was about their number at the conclusion of the war, from emigration, they had then one hundred and
thirty or one hundred and forty thousand. He asked, therefore, whether this rule was just? If it was not, how could gentlemen be charged with advocating unfounded positions, and even have a week's delay refused to gain information on the subject. It was his opinion that arguments had weight, but perhaps, his opinion might not have much weight with the committee.
But, setting aside this principle of apportioning the debt, taking it for granted, that New-York consented to the whole, still, he said, there were principles even in common law, under an award, which this business had been likened to, that would enable them to attain relief under their complaints. It was impossible, time had not been allowed them to do it, to bring forward vouchers, otherwise they should have proved that such overcharges had been made by other states, as would have convinced that House of the propriety of setting aside this settlement; but not having these vouchers, he would say no more on this head.
The rules of settlement being changed without their consent, being, in their opinion, unjust, if it was in vain that he appealed to the justice and equity of the house he would appeal to the expediency of the present measure. The debt, he said, might be just. He would not be understood as saying, that the state of New-York considered the debt as unjust, but he thought she did. Thinking it unjust, the probability was, she would refuse to pay it, and produce her vouchers to the world, to shew that she ought not to pay it. In what situation would the United States then be?
The state of New-York was not to be looked upon as an individual, it was a sovereign independent state of the Union, persuaded of the injustice of the present claim, she would refuse to pay it. Already, said he, you would have taken one step, you have said you would be paid. They had been told, he said, by the gentleman from South-Carolina (Mr. W. Smith) of the advantages which would arise to the Union by the payment of this debt, by the state of New-York. He told them of the Navy, the Forts, &c. it would build. Indeed he put him in mind of the exploits of Don Quixote; for though he had not built himself wind-mills, he had erected himself many beautiful castles in the air, which, he fancied, would have their proper effect upon the house.
He hoped the reasons he adduced, if they had not the effect to reject the proposition, would at least shew that the state of New-York had ground to be dissatisfied with the proceeding.
Mr. Baldwin went over many of the arguments of the last speaker, and endeavoured to prove them unfounded. He also justified the state of Georgia's being a creditor state, which he said was owing to its debt having been assumed at 300,000, instead of 700,000 dollars.
Mr. Potter also noticed the arguments which had fallen from the gentleman from New-York, insisting upon their untenableness of the objections, and of the justice of the claim.
The question was put and carried by a considerable majority, there being 33 members in favor of it.
The committee then rose, and on motion being made for the house to take up the business.
Mr. Christie hoped the house would adjourn, or had no doubt the gentlemen from New-York meant to give them a few more long speeches on the occasion, and he did not with them, to lay to hear them. Adjoined.
DOCUMENTS
Which accompanied the message of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, January 19, 1797.
Letter to Mr. Pinckney, Member Plenipotentiary of the United States to the French Republic. [Continued from Saturday's Gazette.]
With these dispositions, the empress of Russia in February 1780, made public the principles on which she would maintain the commerce of her subjects. It is necessary here to recite only two of them. 1st. That all the effects belonging to subjects of the nations at war should be free on board neutral vessels; contraband goods excepted. 2d. That the articles of contraband, should be regulated by the 10th and 11th articles of her treaty of commerce with Great-Britain, extending the regulations of those articles to all the belligerent powers.
To enforce the observance of these principles, she gave orders for equipping a considerable part of her marine.
In July of the same year, Denmark acceded to the principles of the armed neutrality, and entered into a convention with Russia, for maintaining them, assuming for her rule in determining what articles should be deemed contraband, her treaty of commerce with Great-Britain, concluded the 11th of July, 1670. In the third article of this treaty, the description of contraband goods is in general terms: "Any provisions of war, as soldiers, arms, machines, cannon, ships, or other things of necessary use in war." But by a convention concluded at London on the 4th of July 1780, between Great-Britain and Denmark, "to explain the treaty of commerce of 1670 between the two powers," the articles deemed contraband are particularly enumerated, and among them we see "timber for ship-building, tar, resin, copper in sheets, sails, hemp and cordage, and generally whatever serves directly for the equipment of a vessel, unwrought iron and fir-planks excepted." It is remarkable that these are the very articles admitted as contraband in the 18th article of our treaty of commerce with Great-Britain, and for which admission Mr. Adet declares, "All the commercial relations between France and the United States are entirely broken."
But it is further to be noticed that this convention between Russia and Denmark, concluded in the midst of the American war, for maintaining the principles of the armed neutrality, and to which other European powers acceded, is explicitly declared, in the 9th article*, to have been concluded and agreed on for the time that war should last; though it was to serve as a basis to future engagements, which circumstances might render necessary.
* Hist. armed neutrality, page 77.
† Marten's Treaties, volume 2, page 103.

cessary, on account of new naval wars in Europe. And with the latter view, the king of Sweden manifested the utmost solicitude lest the war should be closed without the intervention of the neutral powers. He therefore was urgent that the empress, with all the parties to the maritime convention "should propose to the belligerent powers the establishing of a congress, in which the different concerns both of the powers at war, and of the neutral states, should be examined and terminated." And these concerns he afterwards mentions to be "the pacification, and the settling of a maritime code of laws;" objects truly important, and meriting all the solicitude manifested on the occasion by the king.
But these steps of the king of Sweden serve as additional proofs that the principles of the armed neutrality were not considered by the parties to the maritime convention, as sanctioned by the existing law of nations. For permanently to establish those assumed principles, by introducing them into a maritime code, was obviously the influential motive with the king for desiring a congress, at which such a code might be settled with the assent of all the nations of Europe. But this project did not succeed: no congress was formed: the belligerent powers made peace at different periods, and with that war ended the maritime convention. This no nation has more reason to regret than our own, as well because the principles in question respect some very valuable portions of our exports, as because our disposition and our policy preserving us in peace such an extended liberty of commerce would prove highly advantageous to us as carriers for the powers at war.
We have seen then, that the law of nations, the marine laws of France, her own treaties as well as those of other nations, and even the system of the armed neutrality, incontestably establish these principles. That enemies' goods on board neutral vessels, are rightful subjects of capture and condemnation; and that timber and other articles, for the equipment and armament of ships, are contraband of war: and, therefore, that the admission of these principles, in the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, not being a grant to her of any right (for in what sense could we be said to give what she before possessed?) furnishes no just ground of offence to France. In what sense too can the United States be said to have "refused to other nations a right" which they and we voluntarily and mutually agreed to renounce? Or how are we chargeable with "partiality in favour of England," because we do not take arms to compel her also to renounce it?
But Mr. Adet, still resting on the idea that not to compel Great Britain to renounce, is to grant her a right, seems to imagine that we shall attempt to obviate his complaints, by saying "That France having the right, by her treaty of 1778, to enjoy all the advantages in commerce and navigation which the United States have granted to England, is not injured by the stipulations of the treaty of 1794 (with Great Britain) relative to contraband of war; as they become common to her." But we shall say no such thing. The 2d article to which he refers has no relation to this subject. Had we granted any particular favor to Great Britain, or to any other nation, in respect to commerce and navigation, we readily admit that by this article France would be immediately entitled to the same. But in regard to contraband of war, we have granted nothing, and therefore, under that article, France can claim nothing.
Under the influence of present and temporary interests, the very nature of the stipulations between France and the United States on the subject of free commerce and the limitation of contraband, seems to be forgotten. They took for the basis of their treaty "the most perfect equality and reciprocal prosperity"—would they then conspire to their own hurt? Would they voluntarily and mutually stipulate for injuries? Or for advantages? Certainly the latter; and both considered the agreement reciprocally advantageous which secured to each, in its turn, the freedom of commerce provided by the rules, that free ships should make free goods,—and that timber and naval stores should be excluded from the list of contraband.
Connected with this subject is what concerns the article of provisions. Mr. Adet says, that "after having assured to the English the carriage of naval stores, the federal government wished to assure them that of meals; in a word, it desired to have commerce only with England. Thus it stipulates by the 18th article, that the American vessels laden with grain, may be seized under the frivolous pretext, that it is extremely difficult to define the cases wherein provisions, and other articles, which are generally excepted, could be classed in the list of contraband of war."
There are so many extraordinary assertions in Mr. Adet's notes, those in the above paragraph excite no surprise. The federal government is constituted of citizens who have a common interest with their fellow citizens of the United States. That common interest has a peculiar relation to commerce, on the freedom and extension of which the public revenue and the general prosperity of our country chiefly depend. Will it then be believed that the government wished this commerce to be restrained, particularly the commerce in meals which compose the most valuable part of our exports? Especially will it be believed that the government desired that our citizens might have commerce only with England? Let the general sense of our fellow-citizens answer these charges. Let the great mass of our commercial brethren answer they who enterprize traverses every sea and explores every region of the globe, to extend their gainful trade; citizens whose commercial adventures to France and her colonies have risen annually to many millions; adventures by which many have hazarded their credit and their fortunes. Yet among all our citizens none have been more solicitous to form a commercial treaty with Britain; none more decided in approving that which has been made.
For the reasoning of our own government on this subject I beg leave to refer you to my letter of September 12th, 1795, written by the President's direction to Mr. Monroe.
reaction to Mr. Monroe. Therein it was attempted to show the necessity and our right of forming that treaty with Great Britain, and I hope it will appear to you that the conclusion is there fairly drawn, that even the 18th article, as it respects provisions would operate favourably to France.
Before the treaty with Great Britain, her cruisers captured neutral vessels bound to France with provisions. She asserted, that in certain cases, provisions were contraband of war; consequently, that she might lawfully capture and confiscate such provisions. We opposed the principle and the practice. Britain insisted on her right. In this dilemma, it was agreed by the treaty that whenever provisions, becoming contraband by the law of nations, should be captured, they should be paid for with a reasonable mercantile profit. This stipulation, without admitting the principle, by securing the American merchants from loss in case of capture, would certainly tend to promote rather than to discourage adventures in provisions to France.
But as this treaty has been the subject of serious complaint on the part of France, it is important to enquire with what foundation the complaint is made.
I might pass over the unworthy insinuations of the minister, that the treaty was entered into by us in order to assure advantages to the English, and to furnish our own government with a reply to the claims of France, and preemptory motives for refusals to accede to them; that the true object of the negotiation was incessantly disguised under specious pretences, and covered with the veil of dissimulation. These insinuations have been indirectly addressed to the people of the United States. They will gain no belief. It may, however, be useful for you to be truly informed on this subject.
The President's message to the Senate on the 16th of April 1794, does not declare (as Mr. Adet asserts) "that Mr. Jay was sent to London only to obtain a redress of wrongs." The President says that Mr. Jay's mission would announce to the world "A solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints," and that "going immediately from the United States, such an envoy would carry with him a full knowledge of the existing temper and sensibility of our country; and thus be taught to vindicate our rights with firmness, and to cultivate peace with sincerity." And shall the pursuit of either of these objects be denied to us? What were our complaints? The most urgent regarded the spoliation on our commerce, and the inexecution of the article of the treaty of peace respecting the posts. With the latter was connected the Indian war, with which we had been harassed for so many years; and with the former, the injury or ruin of our merchants and the consequent extensive damage to agriculture. These being the most prominent objects of the mission, were of course most observable, and most talked of; and without them the mission probably would not at that time have been contemplated. But had we no other "complaints?" Did not the impression of our seamen, like the spoliations on our commerce, excite an universal complaint? Had we never manifested our uneasiness at Great Britain's avoiding a commercial treaty? Was it not even a subject of complaint and reproach? Was not the inducing her to enter into such a treaty the object of divers measures agitated in congress? Had not a commercial treaty with Great Britain been earnestly sought for from the conclusion of the war to the time of Mr. Jay's mission? How also could Mr. Jay, after adjusting the primary objects of his mission, better prove the sincerity of our pacific disposition and more effectually "cultivate peace," than by forming arrangements calculated to extend and protect our trade, to promote good neighborhood and a friendly and mutually beneficial intercourse; by prescribing a previous demand of justice and satisfaction to halting reprisals, which naturally lead to war; and by agreeing on other regulations to prevent disputes, or to adjust them when they should arise? All these objects then, and whatever else would be the means of "cultivating peace" were clearly comprehended in the President's message.
[To be continued.]
WILMINGTON, January 18. DELAWARE STATE LEGISLATURE. IN SENATE.
[Extract from the Journal.] Thursday, Jan. 12, 1797.
Resolved, That a respectful address be presented from the Senate and House of Representatives, to the President of the United States, upon his intended retirement from office, and that the following form thereof be adopted:
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
Sir, The Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, cannot view with insensibility, your contemplated retirement from the first office of your country, to the retreat of private life.
Upon such an occasion, to be silent, and to withhold the most cordial expression of our affection, respect and veneration for your character, would be as ungrateful to you, as it would be dishonorable to ourselves.
It is in attempting therefore to do justice to our feelings, and to discharge a patriotic duty, that we present this address as a tribute of gratitude and homage to your virtues.
More than twenty years have elapsed since you left the Civil Councils of America, to undertake and sustain the more difficult and perilous duties of the chief military command. The seven years conflict that ensued, must have been to you a gloomy series of seven years sufferings, except as it was relieved by temporary victories, and the pleasing hope that the exertions of your country, and the aids of heaven would crown your labors with success.
At the close of the important contest, we view you in the command of a disciplined, affectionate, and admiring army; and from the example of other conquerors, we might have trembled for the fate of our country in the apprehensions that its Protector would become its tyrant. But happily for the U. States and honorable for yourself and the
character of human nature, the feelings of the conqueror were lost in those of the patriot, and the insatiable thirst of ambition were repressed by the triumph of virtue.
The glorious spectacle was presented to the world, of a popular, powerful, and successful general achieving the emancipation of his country, and then resigning his command to an unarmed republic—voluntarily retiring from the honors and emoluments of office, and receiving in return the tribute, not of power, but of gratitude.
We view you a second time, in obedience to the unanimous voice of America, relinquishing the enjoyment of your beloved retirement, and accepting the chief magistracy of your country, in order to add character, credit and energy to its government.
That character, credit, and energy, you have assisted in forming and securing to our government; and we hope they will be preferred, as well to perpetuate the memory of your virtues, as the happiness of your fellow-citizens.
We address you, sir, in the name and on the behalf of the citizens we represent. We know that they dote with us in viewing your abilities with respect—your virtues with veneration—and your services with gratitude; and in soliciting from heaven for you, every blessing which can insure your happiness here and hereafter.
On motion, the above address was unanimously adopted, and sent to the House of Representatives for their concurrence.
PHILADELPHIA,
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1797.
A short essay on the improvement of worn out lands.
One way of encouraging agriculture is to point out the way to improve worn out lands; which may be done by feeding all such lands with clover as are left out. I have been in the practice of cultivating clover more than forty years. I planted 14 acres of Indian corn on a worn out piece of land, which produced about five bushels to the acre; it was then sown with oats and clover. The oats were but a common crop for such land; the clover on the following year was good beyond expectation, and which yielded a clear profit of 10l. the acre in feed, besides the feed in the spring. This year I received as large a crop from the adjoining land cultivated nearly in the same manner.
From these experiments, I conclude, that every acre of land left out unsown with clover must lose from 1. 10s. to 10l. from what it would produce if it was sown with clover. There are two sorts of red clover—one sort I call the native American, the other the English red clover. The native red clover will grow double the length of the other, but it is later in the bloom by about a month, and the seeds of both are so much alike, as not to be distinguished from each other. Some may say how then shall we be sure to get the right sort to make a trial—all the answer I shall give to this is, there is now at Mr. Howards in Market-street, N o . 95, a small quantity to be disposed of. I have 140 acres of worn out land lately sown with clover; only 5 acres of the native sort, but expect to sow about 70 acres more of it in the spring.
JOHN LAMBERT. Salem county, New-Jersey.
COMMUNICATION.
The theme of gratitude, which the French government and our Jacobins have with so much delicacy reiterated in our ears, might have been passed over with the contempt which a generous spirit forever feels when favors are converted into bonds and fetters, had not the worthy part of the community conceived that what was so very often urged was really founded in truth. It is time the delusion should be removed—it is time that the freemen of America should know the extent of French kindness; because the draft upon our gratitude is upon the independence of the country, and rises and is modified precisely as it suits the necessities of our would-be masters. When through their minister they demand that we should repeal laws, reverse judicial decrees, and annul treaties, and to induce us to do this, tell us a canting story of the gratitude we owe them, and the obligations they have conferred to disinterestedly—in justice to ourselves and our posterity, and impelled by the sense of our real independence, we must and will examine into this claim upon our gratitude—we must look into the account, to see whether what is so insistently demanded of our virtue, is not a pretext played upon our ignorance, or a courtly trick offered to our fears. The late communication from GEORGE WASHINGTON will let the people see!
By this day's Mail.
RICHMOND, January 13. FIRE!
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in this city in the house occupied by Daniel Timmings, Tallow-chandler, on the east side of the bridge opposite Samuel Ege's stone house; it immediately communicated to the adjoining two story house, both of which were consumed—but by the great exertions of citizens in cutting away the house of David Loggan, shoe-maker, on the west, with the assistance of the engine, the fire was got under without further injury. Too much credit cannot be given to every description of our citizens, who instantly repaired from different parts of the city to the scene, and rendered every service in their power.
BOSTON, January 14.
We are informed, and from an authority which we rely on, that Mr. Jefferson has written to Mr. Madison on the subject of the late election; and given it as his opinion, that Mr. Adams was the only person who ought to have been elected President; and further, that he is the only person under whom he would accept the Vice-Presidency. If our information is accurate, the acceptance of Mr. J. will be unquestionable.—The event, we hope will
"Unite the roles, red and white, together, That on one kind and friendly stalk, They both may flourish."
Ninety-four 24 pound cannon, were a few days since proved at the Hope Furnace, near Providence, by
Capt. Peirce of the Federal army. They all bore the proof; and are intended for the frigates now building. A Whitestown paper, of Dec. 21, says, "For thirty-eight days past, we have not seen twenty-four hours pass without experiencing a snow storm. The snow is now 30 inches deep on a level. The sleighs move briskly."
The predictions last fall, of a hard winter, have already been fully verified. Until within these two or three days, cold, the most extreme, has been experienced.—The thermometer at Farenheit has been several days from 6 to 11 below 0; and a similar degree of cold has been felt in all the states we have heard from. The lakes and rivers are frozen up; and our markets are daily visited with sleighs from Canada. Our harbour is completely blockaded, and business suffers much.
January, 16.
Tuesday last, No. 11,000 drew the Prize of 20,000 dollars; in the fourth class of Harvard College Lottery.
Wednesday the above Lottery finished drawing, when No. 9847 being the last drawn No. is entitled to 5,000 dollars.
NEW-YORK, January 21.
The particulars of the loss of the ship Barrington, Capt. Stewart, together with the fate of the passengers and crew, being not a little interesting, must be acceptable to the public; We now lay them before the public, as related by Captain Stewart himself.
Captain Stewart, of the ship Barrington, on his passage from Leith to this port, was, on the 23d of September last, wrecked on the Isle of Sable—the vessel, with chief part of the cargo, lost; the Captain and crew, with eleven passengers, were left on this desolate Island—their destiny could not be foretold—it proved to be truly distressing! Being placed on this uninhabited spot, they soon erected a tent and a small hut, the latter of which was occupied by two young ladies, two married women, and three children, who were passengers. During their stay here which was about eleven weeks, they economically subsisted on provisions saved from the wreck.
They had rigged the long boat—and on the 12th of October, the mate and four seamen set sail for Halifax, where they arrived after a very disagreeable passage of five days. The Governor of that place, on hearing the circumstances, immediately dispatched a small Schooner, with provisions, &c. for their relief—and in eight or nine days arrived in sight of the unfortunate sufferers, but the wind blew such a hurricane, that it was four days before they could send their boat on shore—the wind having abated, they got several articles, besides their bedding, on board the Schooner. Distress, alas, was now added to distress! For while the Schooner's boat, with three of her men were on shore, she parted her cable and went off with only two men on board—she however providentially got back to Halifax. Her arrival and ill success were hardly announced, before Governor Wentworth ordered a second vessel for the same truly humane purpose. After a few days sail she reached the Isle—it was a week after before they could get on shore, they at last effected a landing, and after surmounting the greatest difficulties, got all on board; soon after which, they were necessitated to cut the cable and run from that dangerous situation.
After a stormy and disagreeable passage of 14 days, they arrived at Halifax, where all hands and hearts were open to receive them, and afford them every relief. The Governor's kindness and attention on this occasion has reflected on him true honor. And we are also happy in observing, that the hospitality and good offices of Mr. Laurence Hartshorne, merchant, of that place, was not less conspicuous—he took the two young ladies into his own house, and paid them every possible attention; which was not confined to them—their solicitude for the comfort of them all, will not be forgotten.
Captain Stewart, his crew, and passengers, after remaining at Halifax about three weeks, took their passage in the ship New-York, Capt. Clark, for this port, where they arrived in good health on the 12th instant.
For the MINERVA.
Messrs. Printers, By inserting the following in your Minerva, you will oblige a constant reader.
Yesterday the 18th inst. at 12 o'clock, a respectable number of gentlemen attended agreeable to invitation, in the City Hospital, several operations of Dr. Elisha Perkins, by means of his invented Metallic Points. The fame were performed with surprising and satisfactory success on different patients laboring under various diseases.
Pantheon, AND RICKETTS'S AMPHITHEATRE.
MR. RICKETTS takes the liberty of announcing to his friends and the public, that to-morrow evening there will be a variety of performances, at the Pantheon BY DESIRE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, the particulars of which will be expressed in the bills and advertisements of the day.
January 23 The Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Population Company
Are requested to meet at the Company's Office, No. 53, North Fourth-street, on Wednesday, the 1st of February next, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proceedings of the Company, and of making further assessments on the shares, in order to defray the expenses of the Company agreeable to the 20th, Article of the Constitution.
By order of the Board. SOLOMON MARACHE, Secretary. January, 23d, 1797. dt Feb. 1.
A Pocket-Book.
LEFT, yesterday morning, at, or LOST coming from the lower ferry inn to Philadelphia, a Red Morocco Pocket-Book, containing one ten dollar bank note, sundry papers, letters, instruments, and two promissory notes, drawn by C. Jackson & Co. dated 18 November, 1796, at 120 days, for 505 dollars each, and endorsed by the person in whose favor they are drawn. Any one who will deliver the book with the papers, letters and notes, to the printer hereof, shall have the money for their trouble, without any questions asked.
N. B. The papers can be of no use to any one but the owner, the means of negotiating them being stopped.
January 23 Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company,
January 6, 1797. At a meeting of the President and Managers, a dividend of five dollars per share, was declared for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their representatives any time after the 21st of this month.
TENCH FRANCIS, Treasurer. Jan. 6. 12W&W

Le Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, Keeps a complete assortment of every thing necessary to be used for the
Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth. Patent Mineral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth; Dentifrice in powder; Opiate; excellent Elixir for sweetening the mouth and preserving the teeth—he also furnishes Brushes and soft Sponges. ** He lives in Chestnut-street, No. 135, above Fourth street. November 26. tfs
Horses taken in, For the Winter Season, And fed on clover hay at the Subscriber's place, 12 miles on the Bristol Road, where good stabling is provided, and great care will be taken of them. William Bell. Nov. 23. mwfzmthtf.
Twenty Guineas Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 23d October, a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES; 21 years old; about 5 feet 8 inches high; had on a mixed green coat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buttons; a striped vest; a pair of dark spotted pantaloon, and whole boots much worn. It is probable he may change his name and dress. He has been accustomed to driving a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will be paid for securing him so that the subscriber may get him again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid by Robins Chamberlain. Easton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 smzawtf
DANCING SCHOOL. WILLIAM M'DOUGALL will open his school on Monday the 31st inst. at ten o'clock in the morning, at his Elegant New Ball Rooms, In Fourth, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets. Hours of tuition for young ladies, from 10 to 1 o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays mornings; and for young gentlemen from 6 to 9 o'clock on the evenings of the same days. In addition to a number of new cotillions, he means to introduce a variety of Scotch Reels. Note. The first practising ball to be on Tuesday evening, the first of November, and to be continued every Tuesday, during the season. For terms, &c, enquire at his house, No. 134, Market-street. Oct. 17. tfs
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 313, HIGH-STREET. GEORGE DAVIS announces to his professional friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through the Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is now arranged, and ready for Sale, from a single volume to an entire library, without any advance upon his former exceeding low prices, which for several years past have in no distinguished a manner recommended them to notice. Printed Catalogues containing the most extensive collection of the latest English and Irish Editions ever imported into this country, are published, and will be delivered gratis on application. Orders addressed to G. D. in writing from any distance shall be punctiliously attended to. A number of RUNGS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient LOT, near Market Street Wharf, ov. 8. tuf&gw
City of Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY.    A magnificent } 20,000 dollars, & } 50,000   dwelling-houses, } cash 30,000, are }   1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000   1 ditto 13,000 & cash 15,000 30,000   1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 cash prize of 10,000   2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000   10 do. 1,000 10,000   20 do. 500 10,000   50 do. 100 5,000   200 do. 50 10,000   400 do. 25 10,000   1,000 do. 10 10,000   15,000 do. 10 150,000   16,739 Prizes.   32,261 Blanks.   50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but one. And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington—Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c., and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington. The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are off old—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University; it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the closing of the drawing, and to take up the bonds given as security. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the ends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent, as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fair disposal of the tickets, has rendered the most suspension indispensable. SAMUEL BLODGETT.
Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James Watt & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells Cooper's Ferry.
A Manufactory FOR SALE. A Valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, situate in a convenient part of the city; the works almost new, on an entirely original construction, and built of the best materials, and may be let to work immediately. Persons who wish to purchase, are requested to apply at No. 273. South Second Street. September 18. t f f f
CAUTION. WHEREAS very large and heavy debts are justly due and owing from Messrs. Blair M'Clenaghan and Patrick Moore, of the city of Philadelphia, merchants, trading under the firm of Blair M'Clenaghan and P. Moore, and from Blair M'Clenaghan in his separate capacity; to which, by the laws of the land, all the joint as well as separate property of the said Gentlemen, is, and ought to be, liable. And whereas it is clearly and satisfactorily ascertained, that Mr. Blair M'Clenaghan, of the said firm, has conveyed away to Mr. John H. Huston, his son-in-law, to his daughters, Miss M'Clenaghan, and to his son, George M'Clenaghan, several large and valuable real estates, as well as considerable personal property, in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the county of Lancaster, in the county of New-Castle on Delaware, and elsewhere, with a view, as it is apprehended, to defeat the Creditors in the recovery of their just debts.—This is, therefore, to forewarn all persons whomsoever, against the purchase from the said grantees, or either of them, of any portion of the said real or personal property, as the most vigorous measures will without delay be taken to render the same liable to the just demands of the Creditors. By order of the Creditors. Thomas Fitzsimons, Philip Nicklin, Isaac Wharton, William M'Murtrie, Samuel W. Fisher, Committee. Philadelphia, December 17th, 1796. 20th. 9
TO THE PUBLIC. THE caution introduced into the public prints, warning all persons against purchasing from the grantees of Blair M'Clenaghan, any portion of the large, real and personal estates he conveyed away to his son-in-law and to his children was the result of a deliberation had upon the subject by a general and numerous meeting of the creditors as well of Blair M'Clenaghan and P. Moore as of Blair M'Clenaghan individually. It was no more than an execution of that trust confided in the subscribers by those creditors: a step which it would have been a breach of duty and honor in them to have omitted. The very statement of the fact therefore must dispel the imputation that it was either "precipitate or vindictive." It originated in a desire to secure the property of the debtor as a fund for the payment of his just debts. It was sanctioned by the advice of council as a measure necessary to the safety of the creditors. If the advertisement has been injurious to Mr. M'Clenaghan he owes that injury to his own unjustifiable conduct, not to the subscribers who have merely published the truth in terms as mild as the fact would admit, and who mean to investigate in a high court of justice the validity of those purchases of which Mr. M'Clenaghan so confidently speaks. The subscribers therefore are bound by a sense of duty to the creditors in general to repeat their caution against purchasing of those grantees or either of them, and to extend the terms of it to a purchase from any other persons (if such there be) to whom Mr. M'Clenaghan may have made similar conveyances. (Signed) T. FITZSIMONS, P. NICKLIN, ISAAC WHARTON, WILLIAM M'MURTRIE, SAMUEL W. FISHER. Phila. Dec. 21, 1796. Those printers who have been requested to publish the first Caution, are desired to publish this also
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, A new method of keeping Bill Books, Adapted for the ease and convenience of merchants in general; but particularly for those who are extensively concerned in trade: exhibiting at one view, all the bills which a merchant may have to receive or pay, in the course of the whole year, for each month separately. And thereby preventing the trouble and inconvenience attendant on the mode now in use, of selecting the bills due in each month from the promiscuous entries of several months. To which is prefixed, An able shewing the number of days from any day any month, to the same day in any other month. Philadelphia, printed for and sold by R. CAMPBELL & Co. January 2. tawtf
Washington Canal Lottery, No. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorized the underwritten, to raise twenty-six thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour. The following is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000 1 ditto 10,000 10,000 7 last drawn } 5,000 35,000 Tickets, each } 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 20 ditto 100 2,000 55 ditto 50 2,750 5750 ditto 12 69,000 To be raised for the Canal, 26,250 5850 Prizes, 175,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. Cit of Washington, Feb. 11. $
FOR SALE By private contract, a very valuable Estate, known by the name of CHATHAM, MOST delightfully situated on the north bank of Rappahannock river, opposite the town of Fredericksburg, in the state of Virginia, consisting of eleven or fifteen hundred acres, as may best suit the purchaser. There is on this estate, a large and well built brick house, containing nine commodious rooms, exclusive of a spacious hall or entry, 22 feet square, two pair of stairs, suitable and convenient passages, and excellent dry cellars. It is placed on a fine healthy eminence, commanding beautiful views in every direction over the towns of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, and an extensive cultivated country—The grounds adjoining the house are neatly laid out in pleasure and kitchen gardens interspersed with a variety of scarce trees, a choice collection of flowers and flowering shrubs, and enriched by various sorts of the following fruits, viz apples, pears, walnuts, chestnuts, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, grapes, figs, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, and currants; the whole admirably varied by turfed slopes which have been formed by great labour and expense. Bordering upon these improvements, are several lots, in a high state of cultivation, and well set with red clover and orchard grass, from which three heavy crops of hay are taken every year. Adjacent thereto are two large and flourishing orchards; one of well choosen peach trees, the other of apple and pear trees, selected from the best nurseries in the state. Properly detached from the mansion house are extensive roomy out-houses of every denomination, viz a Kitchen and Larder, house-keeper's room and Laundry, with a cellar underneath for a variety of purposes, a flour-mill and smoke house all of brick, a dairy and spring house of stone. Stables for thirty horses, and coach houses for four carriages. Also a large and well planned farm yard, with barn and granary, a sow house, with separate stalls for thirty-six grown cattle; apartments for fattening veals, mutton and lambs; extensive sheds for sheep, and other arrangements for flock of every description, with a large and convenient receptacle for provender, from which they can be furnished without being exposed to the inclemency of the weather. An overseer's house, blacksmith's shop, and quarters sufficient to accommodate in the best manner more than thirty labourers. The arable lands are so advantageously divided as to afford an opportunity of making a large quantity of Indian corn annually, without bringing the field into similar culture other than once in four years; consequently the lands may be improved by keeping up the inclosures during the intermediate years, or may be beneficially farmed for wheat and other grain at the option of the proprietor. On the premises there is also a merchant mill with one pair of best French burr stones, and one pair of Cologne; furnished with modern machinery, and now leased for the unexpired term of four years, at 150l per annum, and all grain for the use of the farm, hopper-free, which is nearly 100l. more. The mill and miller's house are built of free stone, within a very small distance of navigation, near to which are two or more valuable fisheries, and a well accustomed ferry over the Rappahannock to the town of Fredericksburg. The land contains inexhaustible quarries of free stone near to the river, is plentifully supplied with remarkable fine water and possesses a due proportion of meadow, which by having the command of water may be considerably increased. The roads are good, and the neighbourhood genteel and sociable. In fact, exclusive of an improvable and well conditioned farm, the value and amenity inseparably connected with a mill, fisheries, fisheries and quarries eligibly situated; the profits arising from an ice-house inferior to none in the state, and a garden of four acres so abundantly stocked with vegetables of all sorts as to be fully equal to the demand in market, there might be detailed many other advantages, appertaining to the fertility of these lands, which the subscriber conceives it unnecessary to mention, being fully convinced that when examined, it will be found to be a complete, pleasant and healthy residence, possessing beauties and conveniences sufficient to attract the attention of any person desirous of becoming a purchaser. The motive which induces the subscriber to offer for sale an estate so singularly beautiful and advantageous, is a desire to become an inhabitant of Alexandria, where he can with more ease attend to his interests in the neighbourhood of that city. The purchaser may be accommodated with a few flaws in families, either for plantation or domestic use. A part of the purchase money will be required and the balance made cash, the debt being properly secured. Chatham, (Vug.) Dec. 19, 1796. rith—sawzm.
TO BE SOLD, A PLANTATION, in the town of Woodbury, county of Gloucester, and state of New-Jersey, containing about one hundred and fifty acres; a suitable proportion of which is woodland and improved meadow. A great part of the arable land is in a high state of cultivation, and very natural to the production of Red Clover. On said plantation there is a genteel two-story brick house, with four rooms on a floor, and a good dry cellar under the whole; together with a barn, corn-crib and carriage-house. The garden is large, and contains a good collection of the best kinds of grafted and inoculated fruit trees; the orchard consists of about three hundred grafted apple-trees. Any person inclined to purchase said premises, may be informed of the terms by applying to ANDREW HUNTER. July 29. F
SWANN'S Riding School, Horse Academy & Infirmary, Adjoining the Public Square, Market Street. T. SWANN RETURNS his sincere thanks to those gentlemen by whom he has been employed, during his residence in this city, and flatters himself that the success of his efforts, in the numerous, obstinate and dangerous diseases in Horses, in which he has been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will secure their future favors and recommendation. He now begs leave to inform them and the public at large that his spacious and commodious premises, erected for the purposes above described are open for the reception of pupils of either sex, who wish to be instructed in the Art of Riding, and the right method of governing their horses, so as to ride them with ease, elegance, and safety—their horses will be carefully and expeditiously broke, for every purpose, and made obedient to the will of the riders; the natural powers which are shut up in them, will be unfolded by art, calling forth uniformity of motion, and giving to that noble animal all those beauties of action which providence has so bountifully bestowed on them. Also, at his hospital, every disorder to which the horse is liable will be treated according to the rules of art, confirmed by long and repeated experience. The utility of the above institution has never been questioned, that it has long been wanted in this city, every gentleman's stud will manifest, and T. SWANN as the first establisher of the veterinary art, is solicitous and relies upon the support of that public (which he is ever anxious in serving) to enable him to bring it to perfection. The idea of a subscription for that purpose has been hinted by several gentlemen, who wish to promote the institution—the amount of each subscription to be returned by services in any of the departments, he proposes, agreeable to the rate of charges stated in his hand bill. Such subscription is now open, and the signatures of many respectable gentlemen already obtained. He therefore informs his friends and such Ladies and gentlemen to whom he has not the honor of being known, that he shall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and soliciting their support and protection. N. B. Horses are properly prepared for those Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to be instructed. Nov. 5. tfs&f.
Treasury Department, September 28, 1796. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until the expiration of the first day of March next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of June, 1797, to the thirty-first day of May, 1798, both days inclusive, at the places and within the districts hereinafter mentioned, viz. At Oswego; at Niagara; at Presque Isle; at Sandusky Lake, and on Sandusky River; at Detroit; at Michilimackinac; at Fort-Franklin; at Pittsburgh; at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hamilton; at Fort St. Clair; at Fort-Jefferson; at Greenville; at Picque Town and Loramie Store; at Fort Adams; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort Steubens; at Fort Miamis; at any place from Fort Miamis to the south boundary of the United States on the river Mississippi; at Fort Knox; at Ouatanon. If supplies shall be required for any posts or places not mentioned in this notice, all such supplies shall be furnished at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the posts before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the Contractor. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound two ounces of bread or flour. One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon. Half a gill of rum, brandy or whisky. One quart and half a pint of salt. Two quarts of Vinegar. Two pounds of Soap. } per hundred rations One pound of Candles. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, as that there shall at all times during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara, and Oswego, for the term of six months in advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term of at least three months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is to be understood, that the Contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops at each post, and that all losses sustained by the depreciation of the money, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the price of the articles captured or destroyed, on the depositions of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
By Authority. Schuylkill Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second Street.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY, For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed during the last session, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks.    1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 20,000   1 do. of 10,000 do. 10,000   3 do. of 5,000 do. 15,000   4 do. of 2,000 do. 8,000   50 do. of 1,000 do. 50,000   39 do. of 500 do. 19,500   80 do. of 200 do. 16,000   200 do. of 100 do. 20,000   300 do. of 50 do. 15,000   1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the possessor for of the first drawn no. 500   5 do. of 3,000 do. to be paid possessors of the five last drawn nos. 15,000   9,400 do. 15 do. 141,000   10,055 Prizes 500,000   10,946 Blanks   30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000   All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finished, upon the demand of a possessor of a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner, of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Kershner, William Witmer, Joseph Hissler, James Diemer, Thomas Dundas, James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graeff, Sebastian Miller, COMMISSIONERS. Reading, May the 9th, 1796. Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above office, where the earliest information of the drawing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterson Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and registering are kept. October 7. 2awtf
Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 South Third Street, opposite the national new Banks. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commission merchants. They buy and sell on commission every species of stock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c. Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds of writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatness and dispatch; accounts adjusted, and books settled, in the most correct manner. Constant attendance will be given. They solicit a share of the public favor; they are determined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost secrecy observed. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, JOHN VAN REED. Philad. August 27, 1796. m&wtf
Lottery and Broker's Office, No. 64, South Second Street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, for sale—a Check Book for examination—and prizes paid in the late lottery. Check Books kept for examination and registering, for the City of Washington, No. 2, and Patterson Lottery's, both of which are now drawing—information where tickets are to be had, and prizes exchanged for undrawn tickets. A complete list of all the prizes in the late New-Port Long-Wharf, Hotel and Public School Lottery, for examination. The subscriber solicits the application of the public and his friends, who wish to purchase or sell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property. Also Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery early for sale at Ten Dollars each, which will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. Philadelphia, August 18, 1796. mth
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO —No. 119— CHESTNUT-STREET. [Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]