Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1797-10-12 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN FENNO, No. 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1589]
PHILADELPHIA: THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1797.
[VOLUME XII.]
SALES BY AUCTION.
Stated Sales
For DRY GOODS. Forenoon—Edward Fox, No. 56, South Front-street. Afternoon—Footman & Co. No. 65, South Front-street. Forenoon—John Connelly. Old City Auction, No. 73 South Front-street. Afternoon—William Shannon, No. 183 High-street. Afternoon—Peter Benfon, No. 74 South Third-street. Forenoon—Edward Fox. Afternoon—John Connelly. Forenoon—William Shannon. Afternoon—John Connelly. Afternoon—Peter Benfon.
For Freight or Charter,
THE GOOD BRIG
S U K E Y,
Isaac Vredenburg, Master; NOW lying at Clifford's wharf, and in complete order to receive a cargo. For terms please to apply the Captain on board, or
John Skyrin,
No. 81, Arch-street.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
2000 wt. of double refined Saltpetre 600 wt. of F F Gun Powder 300 barrels of Herring 50 bushels of Timothy Seed 150 casks of Clare; first quality And a quantity of Sherry Wine. dtf
HAVANNA SUGARS.
FOR SALE, 1400 boxes and casks prime white Havanna SUGARS, On board the ship Hamburg Packet, Silas Swain, Master, now lying at Marcus Hook. For terms, apply to Capt. SWAIN, on board, to Capt. SAMUEL SMITH, in Front, near Walnut Street, or to
Philip Nicklin, Esq. & Co.
Who offer the said Ship
Hamburg Packet
For SALE or CHARTER. She is 323 tons register, coppered to the beams, falls remarkably fast, and can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Sept. 21. daw
Antigua Rum,
JUST arrived at Wilmington, Delaware State, and now landing from on board the Brig Active, William Williams, Master, One hundred hhds. 3d & 4th proof, And for Sale by
John Hollingsworth & Co.
Wilmington, Sept. 21. dtf
N.B. The above Brig, and the brig GAYOSO, are also for Sale or Charter, and now ready to receive a cargo on board, at Wilmington. Apply as above.
For Savannah,
The fast sailing ship,
SWIFT PACKET,
PATRICK GRIBBIN, Master, Now lying opposite the mouth of Frankford Creek, has handsome accommodations for passengers, and will sail on or about the 1st of October. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, or to the subscribers at Frankford, 5 or 6 miles from Philadelphia.
Nalbro & J. Frazier.
Frankford, Sept. 18. dtf
For HAMBURGH,
THE Copper Bottomed Ship FAVORITE, JOHN THOMPSON, Master, now at Bright's wharf, and will be ready to take in on Monday next, part of her cargo being engaged and ready to go on board. The ship is so well known, that it is needless to describe her. She is now in complete order. For Freight or Passage, please to apply at Mr. Jeremiah Warden's Compting House, No. 12, North Third Street, or to the Master on board. August 30.
For SALE,
On board the said Ship, Swedish Iron, assorted Hollow and Window Glass, Demyjohns, Wrapping Paper for Sugar Refiners, Rugs of 1 & 2 Quality. Please to apply as above. wfs&m4w
FOR SALE,
BRETAGNES in cases German Checkins do. Cambricks Platlillas Oznaburgs Gold and silver Watches Window Glass 10 by 8 Glass Tumblers in cases Linseed Oil in cases, &c. &c. George Pennock, 103, High-Street. July 5. 3aw
An elegant House in Arch Street.
TO be let and entered on immediately a large and elegant house at the Corner of Arch and Ninth Street. There are two drawing rooms and one dining room—the largest is 31 feet by 26—and two are so connected by folding doors as to make but one. Also, five bed rooms, besides 5 in the garret, well finished for servants. There are stables and a coach house, with every convenience for a family. Enquire at No. 20, in North Seventh Street, or at No. 128, Arch Street. Aug. 15. 2aw3w.
Chocolate and Mustard
Manufactured as usual, Ginger and Pepper ground Shelled or Pearl Barley Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale and Cyder London Porter Taunton and Burton Ale Red Port and other Wines, either bottled, or by the pipe, quarter-cask or gallon—suitable for exportation or home consumption— For Sale by John Haworth, No. 98 South Front Street.
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
(If not before disposed of at private sale) ON Friday, the first of December next, at six o'clock in the evening, at the Merchants' Coffee House, in Philadelphia, Forty Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Nine Hundred acres of LAND, now or late in the County of Washington, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in the waters of Fresh and Wheeling Creeks and Ten Mile Run. These Lands are fertile and well timbered, and were patented early in 1755, except 3700, as or thereabouts, which were patented in 1798. One fourth of the purchase money to be paid at the time of sale, for the residue a credit of one, two and three months, will be given, on interest and good security. October 6. 3awts
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
(If not before disposed of at private sale) ON Friday, the first day of December, at six o'clock in the evening, at the Merchants' Coffee House, in Philadelphia, Twenty Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty acres of LAND, in the State of New-York, between the northern bounds of Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna, now, or late, in the townships of Hamden and Warren, and county of Montgomery. One fourth of the purchase money is to be paid at the time of sale; for the residue a credit of one, two, and three months will be given, on interest and good security. October 6. 3awts
The Norfolk Mail STAGE.
THIS Stage starts from the GEORGE Tavern, at the corner of Second and Arch Streets, in Philadelphia, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock, in the morning; arrives at Dover the first day, at Snowhill the second day, at Northampton Court House the third day, and on the morning of the fourth day the passengers find a safe and comfortable packet to convey them to Norfolk. A packet leaves Norfolk for Northampton ferry, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the Stage starts from this ferry for Philadelphia, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at Snow Hill the first night, at Dover the 2d night, and arrives in Philadelphia in the evening of the third day. The distance on this route, between Philadelphia and Norfolk, is 20 miles less than on any stage route between those places. Too much cannot be said in favor of the road, which is most excellent indeed. The proprietors willingly engage to return the whole fare to any passenger, who, after having performed this route, will say that he ever travelled in a stage for the same distance, so good a road in America. August 11. dnm. cof.
WINDOW GLASS,
Of Superior Quality, and cheaper than any other in the City— OF VARIOUS SIZES, From 8 by 6 to 19 by 14, By the single Box or Quantity, may be had at the store of the Subscribers, corner of Arch and Front-street. James C. & Samuel W. Fisher. Philadelphia, June 9. 1797. 5vwmwtf
Red Port Wine.
Just arrived, by the brig Iris, capt. Rhodes, from Oporto, Red Port Wine in pipes, hhds. and quarter casks 60 cwt. Cork, for sale by Philips, Cramond, & Co. July 21. $
Will be Landed,
From on board the ship Active, Capt. BLAIR, from Farnborough, 20 bales white Russia clean Hemp 2 cases Clover Seed For Sale by Thomas Herman Leuffer, North Fifth Street, No. 34. June 26. $
Young Hyson Tea.
40 chests of a superior quality—Also, 100 do. of Hyson, Imported in the Woodrop Sims, and for sale by the subscriber, corner of Second and Pine Street. C. Haight. June 21. cent
Cedar Shingles.
THE subscriber has a quantity of 3 feet Cedar Shingles of a superior quality, for sale at 13 dollars per thousand. William Hallowell, No. 193 North Third Street. July 27. coat
William Hallowell,
No. 193 North Third Street. July 27. coat
Imported in the ship Pigeon,
And for sale by John Morton, No. 116, South Front Street, Hyson Hyson Skin Young Hyson Imperial TEAS April 20. eof
Imported in the latest arrivals from
Amsterdam and Hamburg, and for sale by B. & J. BOHLEN, A large assortment of fine French Cambricks, Platlillas, Russia and Dutch faldethcloth Brittanias Writings, post, and printing paper Rouanes ing paper Brown Holland Dutch calf skins Checks and Stripes Prime madder Ticklenburgs Shell'd Barley Oznaburgs Looking glasses White sheetings Hollow glass ware Diaper Slates Brown rolls Coffee mills Umbrellas Brats kettles Hair ribbons Scratches and straw knives Black and white laces Toys assorted in boxes Red Holland Gin in pipes London particular Madeira Wine July 34. m&thtf
Excellent Bourdeaux Brandy
Ditto ditto Claret in cases Just received, and for Sale by Rundle & Leech. Aug. 21. 2awtf
MRS. GRATTAN
INFORMS her friends and the public in general, that her house, No. 192, Market-street, will continue open during the sickness. Board and Lodging in a separate room, TEN DOLLARS, in a double room, EIGHT DOLLARS. For the convenience of those gentlemen who have not their families in town, Mrs. GRATTAN will receive gentlemen to dine at HALF A DOLLAR a day. August 29.—6t
Choice St. Croix Sugar and Rum
Coffee Madeira and Teneriffe Wine For Sale by James Yard, No. 1, South Fourth-street. Oct. 6. dtw
CUSTOM-HOUSE,
Philadelphia, Sept. 23d, 1797. THE Merchants who at this time prefer having their vessels and Merchandise entered and cleared at Chester or Marcus Hook—are hereby notified, That in compliance with their desires, and upon a full conviction that the measure will be mutually beneficial to them and to the United States. The collector of the customs has made arrangements to establish at those places branches of the custom-house at those places, where every accommodation in his power will be given to the merchants. dtw
TO BE SOLD,
And immediate possession given, A convenient well finished Brick Tenement, with a cook house and other out houses, situated in a pleasant part of the borough of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware—The lot of ground has forty feet front on West-Street, and extends through the square to Patten-Street, on which is erected a stable and carriage house. ALLEN McLANE. Wilmington, Aug. 30.
Lately Published,
In one vol. 8 vo. (price one dollar in boards) fold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, A Collection of Papers on the subject of Billious Fevers, prevalent in the United States for a few years past. Compiled by NOAH WEBSTER, Jun. Containing letters from Doctors Seaman, Smith, Buel, Taylor, Ramsay, Moulton, Reynolds, Mitchell, on contagion, &c. &c. Sept. 15. ct
City Commissioners Office,
August 29, 1797. IN pursuance of an Ordinance of the Select and Common Councils, passed the 22d day of May last. Proposal, in writing will be received by the City Commissioners for one month from the 1st of September next, for letting to rent on lease for one year to commence the first day of January next, the following public property of the City— The wharf and landing on Vine Street, Alto on Sassafras, Mulberry, High Streets, Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Draw Bridge, with the Scale and Fish House, Spruce, Pine and Cedar Streets. The cellar under the City-Hall. The Tavern at the middle ferry on Schuylkill, with the lots contiguous thereto, (except so much thereof as shall be occupied by any buildings erected for the use of the Collector of the Tolls, or be necessary for the toll-gate.) Aug. 3. 3awtm.
LOST,
On the Paskayunk Road, between the Blue Ball and the city, a Fowling Piece, with a brass barrel and silver fitting; on the place of the butt are the letters "Janica, Q. 99"—and on the barrel near the lock "London" and the Tower stamp. Whoever will return the said piece to John Bonner, at the sign of the Blue Ball on the Paskayunk Road, or the office of this Gazette, shall receive a reward of Four French Crowns, Sept. 12. $t
DUTY ON CARRIAGES.
Notice is hereby Given, THAT agreeably to an act of Congress of the United States of America, passed at Philadelphia, the 28th day of May, 1796; laying duties on Carriages, for the conveyance of persons, which shall be kept by or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let out to hire, or for the conveyance of passengers, the several duties and rates following, to wit: For and upon every Coach, 15 dol. upon every Chariot, 12 dol. upon every Post Chariot, 12 dol. upon every Post Chaise, 12 dol. upon every Buggy, with or without top, 9 dol. upon every Coach, 9 dol. upon other Carriages, having panel work above, with blinds, glasses or curtains, 9 dol. upon four wheeled Carriages, having framed posts and tops with steel springs, 6 dol. upon four wheeled Carriages, with wooden or iron springs or jacks, 3 dol. upon Carriages with tops, 3 dol. upon Chairs with tops, 3 dol. upon Chairs with tops, 3 dol. upon other two wheel top carriages, 3 dol. upon two wheel carriages, with steel or iron springs, 3 dol. For and upon all other two wheel carriages, 2 dol. upon every four wheeled carriage, having framed posts and tops, and rolling upon wooden spars, 2 dol. The Collectors of the Revenue for the first Survey of the District of Pennsylvania, will attend daily, until the 30th day of September next, for the purpose of receiving the duties on Carriages, at Germantown; at the house of Daniel St. Clair, Esq. in the County of Montgomery; and at the house of James Chapman, Esq. in the County of Bucks; of which all persons possessed of such Carriages are desired to take notice.
Notice is also given,
TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled spirituous liquors, that licences will be granted to them; one licence for carrying on the business of retailing of Wines, in a less quantity, or in less quantities than thirty gallons—and one licence for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities than 20 gallons, at the same time and at the same places, by the officers legally authorised to grant such licences. WILLIAM NICHOLS, Inspector of the Revenue of the first Survey of the District of Pennsylvania. Office of Inspection at Germantown, 12th Sept. 1797. dtm
IMPORTED
In the ship America, James Ewing, master, from Hamburg, Brown Hollands White Platlillas Ticklenburgs Coarse Linens Tapes Looking Glasses Glass Tumblers } in cases. FOR SALE BY George Pennock. August 14. 3aw
To be Let, at a moderate Rent,
THE principal part of a HOUSE, within a short distance of the Coffee-house, which has been occupied for the last four months, consisting of a good dining room and parlour, two bed rooms and a dressing room, two closets, kitchen, wood vault and cellar, all in excellent order, fit for the immediate reception of a small family. None need apply but those who are respectable and regular. Enquire at the office of this Gazette. October 9. dtf
MR. LAILSON,
WITH an intention to render service, and undeviating choice of persons, who during his absence Mr. Jaymond has thought proper to engage, thinks it would be wrong in him not to inform those that are engaged, that it is without his approbation, and that he will not in any way answerable for Mr. Jaymond's engagements. PHILIPPE LAILSON. Alexandria, Sept. 15, 1797. 6t
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS KEPT, FOR THE PRESENT, AT THE CITY HALL. Sept. 8.
The Philadelphia, Aston, and Tuckerton MAIL STAGE.
THE Proprietors beg leave to inform the public, that they have established a Stage between Philadelphia, Aston, Belfry, Hampton, Speedwell, and Marlin Furnace, in New Jersey, in a swift and easy carriage, with good horses, a comfortable carriage, and a careful driver, for the convenience of the mail, passengers, and goods. The Stage will start every Thursday, at 10 o'clock, A. M. from Dr. Daniel Cooper's Ferry, and lodge that night at Red Bank. On Friday morning, at 6 o'clock, P. M. arrive at Cobbs Ferry, in Delaware, distant from the city 54 miles, from the Atlantic 6, and from the Bay 10 miles. (7 miles) where are good accommodations for travellers, and where are commodious and safe passage boats provided to convey passengers to Capt. William Marshall's wharf, on Tuckerton's Island, adjoining the Atlantic, where are good accommodations, and a convenient place to bathe. The Stage then proceeds to Tuckerton, where it will be highly gratified, there being at almost every stage of the year food and drink in abundance. The Stage on its return, starts from the aforesaid Dr. Cooper's in Tuckerton, every Tuesday, at 6 o'clock, A. M. breakfasts at John Bodine's, at Wading River Bridge, lodge that night at Longacoming, and at 1 o'clock, P. M. on Wednesday, arrive at the aforesaid Cooper's Ferry. It is presumed that no route of an equal distance will be left expenses, or furnish the traveller with a greater variety of amusement, as he will not only have a pleasant fall to the Atlantic from Tuckerton, but have the curiosity of seeing on the road thither a number of capital furnaces and forges, and one fitting mill, in complete order, and at work; gentlemen, too, who are swimmers, or fashions, of any of the aforesaid iron works, are solicited to encourage and support this Stage (by which they can be so well accommodated) the continuance of which must depend on their aid. The rates of passengers and baggage are as follows: For a passenger from the aforesaid Daniel Cooper's Ferry to Tuckerton, including 14 lb. of baggage, Two Dollars; for every passenger per mile, Four Cents—150 lb. of baggage equal to a passenger. Police of letters, newspapers, &c. will be agreeably to law. N. B. The mail crosses from the Old Ferry. THOMAS WARDLE & Co. Tuckerton, Sept. 28. Oct. 5.—2awtf
TO BE SOLD,
And immediate possession given, THAT elegant seat, called BLOOMSBURY, the residence of the late John Cox, Esq. with about 50 acres of Land, situate on the Delaware, extending from the mouth of Allapinick Creek, to Trenton Ferry. The mansion house is a handsome well constructed brick building, 50 by 40 feet, containing four rooms on each floor, with excellent cellars, and a two story brick kitchen. Among the out buildings are a stone coach house and stables, sufficient to contain six carriages and ten horses, and a stone cow house, upwards of 100 feet in length. There is also a stone farm house with corn crib, waggons house, &c. &c. The whole of the premises proposed to be sold with this seat, from their situation and improvements, are such as to be worthy the attention of any gentleman wishing to retire from the city. There are also about 25 acres adjoining the above, which will be divided so as to accommodate the purchaser. Also, 100 acres adjoining the town lots on the east side of the street leading from Trenton to Lambertown, which will be sold together or in lots, as may best suit the purchaser, and 230 acres of woodland, two miles from the above land, which will also be divided if required. The terms of payment will be made easy, and an inalienable title given. For further particulars enquire of Mrs. Cox, No. 744, South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, John Stevens, Esq. Hoboken, Mathias Barton, Esq. of Lancaster, or the subscriber at Trenton. MASELL EWING. Trenton, Sept. 25, 1797. dtf
At the Federal Blast Furnace,
In Carbon—for Slitting, Planting, and Rolling MILLS.
SEYMOUR's Patent Rollers.
THEIR superiority consists in being free from holes and honey-combed places, which are commonly found in rollers cast in sand, or clay moulds. These patent rollers are cast in iron moulds, previously heated, and will be found to be more dense, solid and durable than any rollers heretofore used. Another important advantage they have over others, is, that the necks require no turning, but are immediately fit for use, and from their accuracy, run with less friction, and require less water to make them perform their work. They may be had by application to the Patentee in Plymouth, of Gen. Nathaniel Goodwyn or of Messrs. Thatcher and Hayward. Boston, Aug. 31. Sept. 19.—$6t.
This Day is Published,
BY MESS. Dobson, Carey, Campbell, Ric, and the other Booksellers, Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents, Elegantly printed on Wove paper, and Half bound. By John Thompson, A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF The Constitutions
Of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important provisions, under the several heads of administration; with Notes and Observations. By WILLIAM SMITH, Of South Carolina, L.L.D. and member of the Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at 3/4ths of a dollar. February 6. mwf
THOMAS HERMAN LEUFFER,
North Fifth Street, corner of North alley, No. 34, HAS FOR SALE,
EXCELLENT red Bourdeaux Wine in cases and bottles, six years old White Graves Wine in cases Ticklenburgs Russia Sail Cloth Ravens Duck Bay Linen HOLLANS Diaper and Table Cloth Emery bags Common German Cloth coloured Ribbons Fine German Laces About twelve tons Russia clean Hemp Clover Seed Italian Sops, in small boxes, for family use Window Glass Aug. 29.—2aw
THIS DAY WAS PUBLISHED,
And for Sale by THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, South Second Street,
EVENINGS AT HOME;
OR, THE JUVENILE BUDGET OPENED. Consisting of a variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the instruction and amusement of YOUNG PERSONS—Six Volumes handsomely printed and bound up in two volumes, price Two Dollars. The variety and excellence of these pieces are such, that the book needs only to be known to be universally esteemed one of the most valuable publications that can be put into the hands of young persons. "Delightful tale to read the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast." August 24. mwf
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By THOMAS DOBSON, at the Stone House, No. 41, South Second Street,
Letters and Conversations,
Between several Young Ladies on improving and interesting subjects. Translated from the Dutch of Madame de Camben with alterations and additions, Printed on fine paper, and neatly bound, Price one dollar. AMIDST the tide of modern Romances, painting tales of extraordinary distress, or of desperate or artful villainy, which "harrow up the soul," and which it would be for the honor of young ladies to be ignorant of, this little book comes forward to solicit notice, where, in a variety of incidents, not exceeding the bounds of real life, the proper, because elegant and natural dignity and importance of the Female character is exhibited in an interesting point of view, and presents examples of real and attainable excellence. The publisher was so much pleased with the perusal, that he was persuaded he should do a pleasing service to the community by sending it into circulation. August 24.—mwf
To Masters and Pilots bringing up Vessels from Foreign Ports to this City.
WHEREAS sundry infringements have lately been made on the laws of this State for the preventing pestilential or infectious diseases, either from ignorance or intention thereto, it is that expedient at this time to publish the following extracts from the laws of 2d April, 1794, 7th and 8th sections. Sect. 7. And be it further enacted, that every master or captain of any ship or vessel coming from a port (vessels actually employed in the coasting trade excepted) and bound to any port or place within the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, shall cause his ship or vessel to be brought to anchor, or otherwise layed in the stream of the river Delaware, opposite to the Health-Office on State-Island aforesaid, and there to remain until he shall have duly obtained a certificate or bill of health from the Resident Physician. And if, previously to obtaining such certificate or bill of health, any master or captain shall suffer his ship or vessel to approach nearer than the said Health-Office to the city of Philadelphia, or shall land, cause or suffer to be landed, or brought on shore, at any place or port within this Commonwealth, or at any other port or place, with the intent of being conveyed into this Commonwealth, any person or persons, or any goods, wares or merchandise, or, if after obtaining such bill of health or certificate, he shall neglect or refuse to deliver the same to the Health-Officer, such master or captain shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, the sum of five hundred DOLLARS. And the captain or master of every ship or vessel shall send a safe and commodious boat to bring the physician on board, and shall in like manner convey him back to the Health-Office, after he has concluded his official examination; And while he is making such examination, or in case any subsequent examination by the Health Officer or Consulting Physician, agreeably to the directions of this act, the master or captain shall expose or cause to be exposed to the search of the Resident Physician, or of the Health Officer and Consulting Physician (as the case may be) each and every part of the ship or vessel, and shall present to his view each and every person or persons on board thereof, and shall also true and satisfactory answers make to all such questions as the Resident Physician, &c. at the time of examination shall ask relative to the health of any port or place from which the ship or vessel failed, or has been touched at since the number of persons on board when the ship or vessel entered on her voyage—the number of persons that have since been landed or taken on board, and when and where respectively—what persons on board if they have been during the voyage, on arrival, at the time of examination, be infected with any pestilential or contagious disease—and what is the present state and condition of the persons on board with respect to their health or diseases. And if any master or captain shall refuse to expose as aforesaid, or to the search of any of the officers aforesaid, or if he shall conceal any sick person, or in any other manner deceive the proper officers aforesaid in his answers, such captain or master, for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred DOLLARS. Sect. 8. And if any person or persons whatsoever (the Resident Physician, &c. excepted) shall go on board any vessel, before the master thereof has received a certificate of health in the manner directed, every person so offending, shall pay the sum of one hundred DOLLARS. It being absolutely necessary that the foregoing sections should be punctiliously complied with, the subscribers, in compliance with their duty, must exact a rigorous observance of the same, or else be under the necessity of putting the laws in force. Wm. ALLEN, Health Officer of the Port of Philadelphia. July 14. 43w
HEALTH-OFFICE.
June 6th, 1794. Extract of an act for securing the city and port of Philadelphia from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases.

A meeting of the Select and Common Councils, is requested on Friday next, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, at the State-House, in the City of Philadelphia, in order to receive the returns of the Election, pursuant to the 11th section of the act of Assembly, of March 11th, 1789.
WILLIAM H. TODD, Clerk of the Select Council. EDWARD J. COLE, Clerk of the Common Council. The names of the members elect are as follows to wit:
Select Council. Common Council. Godfrey Miga Francis Gurney Henry Pratt James Read Lawrence Herbert Michael Kepple Matthias Sadler James S. Cox James Todd Joseph Hopkinson Henry Drinker, Jr. Thomas Greaves Gideon H. Wells Kearny Wharton Cajus W. Morris Conrad Gschwend Thomas P. Cope George Fox George Pennock Daniel Smith Thomas Alibone Joseph Masgoff Thomas Parker John Rugan
OCT. 11. The Printers of the City are requested to publish the above in their several Gazettes.
TENERIFFE WINE. LANDING at Walnut-Street wharf, TENERIFFE WINE, of excellent quality, in pipes and half pipes, for sale by JAMES YARD. Oct. 10. east
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN STARKER, late of Tinicum Township, Bucks County, are requested to pay off their respective debts; and those having any demands against said estate, are desired to bring in their accounts, to
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, } Exec- MALLET PREVALT, } tors. Sept. 28. Sawaw
At a Meeting of the Board of Property, June 6, 1797. Present John Hall, Sec'y. Francis Johnston, R. G. of land office Dan. Brodhead, S. G. of Nicholas Bettinger, } Vetus Samuel Cunningham }
In this case the proof of service of notice being insufficient, it is ordered that notice be given in one of the Philadelphia and York newspapers weekly, for at least eight weeks, to the heirs or assignees of Samuel Cunningham, deceased, to attend the board on the first Monday in November next, in case they cause a patent to be issued to Nicholas Bettinger for the land in question. (A true Copy.) JOHN HALL, Secretary of the Land Office. Aug. 15. lawsw.
PEALE'S MUSEUM. THIS valuable repository of the works of Nature, so well calculated to delight the mind and enlarge the understanding, is opened daily, as usual. It stands in an airy and healthy situation, and free from the epidemic that at present afflicts the city; it may, therefore, be frequented with the greatest safety.
As an Amusement, the study of Nature is the most rational and pleasing: as a Science, the most sublime and instructive. It elevates the mind and expands the heart. They "Whose Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse."
Many interesting additions have lately been made to this Museum: and the feathered tribe, containing a variety of the most rare and beautiful subjects, is now very advantageously arranged. Waxen Figures, of Men large as life (some of them cast from nature) are here dressed in their proper habits, and placed in attitudes characteristic of their respective nations. Here may be seen the North-American Savage, and the Savage of South-America—a laboring Chinese, and the Chinese Gentleman—the footy African, and the Kamtschatdale—with some Natives of the South Sea Islands. The immense variety and interesting diversity which this Museum offers to the view, may be seen but cannot be described with full effect. Price only 1-4th of a dollar. Sept. 28. law
The Health-Office IS removed to the City-Hall, and is kept open night and day, where persons having business may apply. WM. ALLEN, Health-Officer. Sept. 4. dit
NOTICE. THE Offices of the Department of War are for the present removed near to the Falls of the Schuylkill, on the Ridge Road. September 4. dit
Public Notice is hereby given, THAT the Commissioners for the District of Southwark have removed their hall to the house formerly occupied by Saml. Goff, in Christian at the corner of Fifth Street. Oct. 2.
An UMBRELLA WAS taken (supposed to have been stolen) on Sunday evening last, from the house occupied by Mr. Blunt, No. 9, Strawberry-Street.—It is a green silk Umbrella, of the middle size, with a red Morocco top and hooked ivory head.—Conceiving it to have been taken by some pilfering knave, who, actuated by pecuniary motives, may endeavor to vend the same, any person or persons to whom the said Umbrella may be offered, are desired to stop it; and it is hoped, will apprehend and convict the thief to justice. The peculiarity of the Umbrella will, evidently, subject the possessor to detection; therefore, whoever apprehends the same and delivers it at Mr. Blunt's, from whence it was taken, or at Mr. Pennock's office, shall be handsomely rewarded. Oct. 3. law
THE SUBSCRIBERS, ASSIGNEES of JAMES GREENLEAF, HEREBY give notice, that they have disposed of the property assigned to them for the securing the payment of the notes, acceptances, and endorsements given by Edward Fox, for the use of the said James Greenleaf; and the holders of such notes, acceptances, and endorsements, are hereby notified that the subscribers will settle with them for the amount of their respective claims, both PRINCIPAL and INTEREST, at any time before the 20th day of October next; after which day, the holders not applying, will be excluded, agreeably to the terms of assignment.
Applications to be made at South-east corner of Dock and Second Streets (the Dock-street side), between the hours of eleven and one o'clock every day, Sundays excepted. Henry Pratt, Thos. W. Francis, John Miller, Jun. John Atkyns, Jacob Baker. Philadelphia, August 18, 1797. d
As laying Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper. A FEW copies of the above act may be had at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No 279, Chestnut-Street. July 19.
The Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12. For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
To PARACELSUS. Dear Sir, You have very candidly acknowledged in Mr. Pennock's paper of the 9th inst. that "you cannot boast of much medical reading, but it has so chanced that the works of the old writer Diemerbroeck, have composed a part, and I well remember the general tenor of his evidence to be pointedly against bleeding, not being in possession of his works, I am incapable of giving his own words." I hope Sir, you will pardon the attempt to brighten your memory, by extracting a few lines, to prove that Diemerbroeck was not "pointedly against blood-letting," in malignant fevers; on the contrary, he even bled, when symptoms of putrescency were actually present.
Diemerbroeck having described the weather of the year 1635, and the situation of the army, in which the malignant fever made its appearance, proceeds (with an accurate account of the symptoms) to the method of cure, which for the sake of periphrasy, my dear Paracelsus, you shall have in his own words. "In curatione hujus febris primarium et maximum subsidium adhibebatur sanguinis missione, ter quaterve, imo in nonnullis sexies septiesve repetita: vile etiam Gallos quibus a suis medicis quatuor dierum spatio sanguis duodecis e brachii satis magna quantitate tracti fuerit cum summo fructu: maximum enim levamen a venesectione sentiebant agri, quod brevi tempore adeo notum evasit omnibus, ut plurimi aegri, etiam sine medicorum consilio, sibi ipsi aliquoties venam secare curarent, atque ita multi a morbo liberarentur." Obs. Diemerbr. xxiv. Fol. 14.
"Venesectionem instituebamus, &c. si vires permittentem, posttridie repetebamus, extrahentes quaque vice a semi libra usque ad libram sanguinis." Fol. 25.
Hist. xxv. fol. 25.—Humannus Thomas, pitor, predicta febre maligna correptus fuit 5 Septembris, &c. pullus erat, creber, nec parum inaequalis; sitis utique maxima, cum lingua magna ariditate, &c. 6 Sep. tempore matutino e vena mediana dextrae brachii sanguinis libram venesectione extraximus, cum summo levamine. "Sanguis erat valde corruptus." 8th Sep. febre in eodem statu permanente, sanguinis unc. 5. sinistro brachio extraximus, qui corruptus erat ut prior. 11 Sep. rursus sanguinis uncias septem a dextro brachio, etc.—a qua venesectione febris multum minuebatur."
Several other cases might be quoted from this excellent author, to prove the beneficial effects of blood-letting in the cure of fevers, but Sir, I forbear trespassing on your patience, trusting, that you will be a mind open to conviction, and therefore, ere this, must be satisfied that your memory led you into an error. I am Sir, yours, &c. A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, October 5th, 1797. Mr. B. WYNKOOP. (Concluded from yesterday's Gazette.)
But without having recourse to conclusions drawn from the nature and phenomena of the disease, from former observations, and the uniform experience of ages, several circumstances occurred, previous to and at the time that the disease first made its appearance in Philadelphia, which convince me that it derived its origin from foreign contagion, and not from the effluvia of damaged coffee.
A malignant and contagious fever had been introduced into Grenada, and from thence communicated to several other West India islands, as has already been related, previous to its appearance in Philadelphia. Between these and Philadelphia there had been frequent intercourse.
At the very time that the Amelia was discharging her cargo, the fans-culottes privater from Nantes arrived with a prize ship called the Flora of Glasgow. The privater had touched at Martinique, according to the report of Dr. Keaton, Surgeon of the Citizen Genet, and took in several fresh hands. Upon her arrival at Philadelphia, her prize, on the 28th of July, came along side of the Amelia, and the crew, which upon landing received their prize-money, dispersed themselves into different lodging houses, among their countrymen who had taken refuge in Philadelphia. Two took lodgings at Richard Denny's nearly opposite the wharf. The first case that occurred was in Denny's house. From this single spark, which made its appearance on the 2d or 3d of August, a blaze was kindled, which in the course of three months destroyed 4048 lives within the city and suburbs; besides a number in the country who received the infection in the city; particulars of which have been detailed by Mr. M. Carey in a pamphlet.
This lodging house lay in a direction unfavorable for any effluvia to be conveyed to it by the wind which prevailed at that time, as may be seen in my review of Dr. Ruth's opinion published in 1794.
That the disease was imported into New Haven in 1794; into New York in 1795; and into this city the present year, I have already shown in my first and second letters to you. I shall now close the subject of our discussion with observing, that those physicians who ascribe the origin of that fever, which has occasioned such deplorable mortality in several of our commercial cities, as well as in the West Indies, since the year 1793, to the exhalation of putrid vegetable substances, betray the most unpardonable remissness in their researches into the nature and history of diseases, or wilfully shut their eyes against evidence that
would necessarily enforce conviction in every mind not actuated by some malignant motive. Notwithstanding our difference in sentiment, I remain, with sincere wishes for your health and welfare,
Your most obedient servant, WM. CURRIE. For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr. BENJAMIN WYNKOOP. October 10th, 1797.
SIR, IN the last letter I addressed to you, I omitted mentioning the account given by Dr. Schott, of the origin of a contagious yellow fever at Senegal in the year 1778.
"On the 4th of August (says Dr. Schott) in the year 1778, a contagious fever, distinguished by yellowness of the surface of the body and black vomiting, made its appearance in a hospital at Senegal in Africa, at a time when the rains were heavy and the island was overflowed with water, the contagion of which was brought from Goree, a garrison belonging to the French, by some black messengers. The contagion of this fever was so active, and the disease so mortal, that of 92 white people who were on the island, only 33 were alive when the French invaded it in January 1779, and 8 of these were hardly able to walk. Two of them were afterwards drowned in crossing the bar of Senegal—and three died on their passage to France." In this fever the eyes were red and shining at the beginning—but became yellow in the course of the disease when it proved mortal &c.
If the facts and arguments which have been offered in the course of our correspondence, are not sufficient to convince every impartial enquirer that the malignant fever, which has occasioned such deplorable mortality in different places since the year 1793, did not originate from the effluvia of vegetable putrefaction; but from febrile contagion, generated originally in the confined and impure air of ships; and imported from the West-Indies, additional arguments, in proof of this, may be drawn from the disease having always made its first appearance in the seaport towns, and in families that reside or transact business near to the wharves frequented by seamen; from its having been confined, for some time, to the neighborhood where it first appeared; from its having been afterwards propagated by contagion, and no other way, as evident from all those escaping who secluded themselves from all intercourse with the deceased; as was remarkably the case with 200 prisoners confined in the jail in 1793, the pensioners in the almshouse, and the patients in the hospital: and from its not ceasing to spread, after heavy rains, while the atmosphere continues warm, which is invariably the case with bilious fevers occasioned by putrid vegetable effluvia.
Physicians, as well as philosophers, are too apt to ascribe any extraordinary effect to a coincidence or accidental occurrence of circumstances totally independent and unconnected with each other, instead of tracing it to its genuine and necessary source. Thus in 1793, because a quantity of damaged coffee happened to lay in a dock near the neighborhood where the disease first appeared, it was ascribed to that circumstance, though from the nature of the disease, it could not possibly have had any more connection with it, than a quantity of millionaires that lay in the same neighborhood. To favor this opinion, the season was called a tropical one, though dry and in every other respect one of the most healthy that we had had for several years. In 1795, when the season was cool and wet, some of the very learned physicians of New-York ascribed it to the mud of the docks, and, in the face of glaring facts, denied that it was contagious, though it was proved by unquestionable facts that it was introduced from Port-au-Prince by the brig Zephyr.
And the present season, because the streets and wharves were remarkably clean at the time the disease appeared in this city, and the atmosphere has been frequently refreshed with heavy rains, which cleared the air of all impurities and rendered it temperate and wholesome, and no other coincidence could be discovered, it is ascribed to the bilge water of a single merchant-ship.
To conclude, if our climate has become so unwholesome and impure as to convert the effluvia of a few putrid vegetables into a pestilential and contagious nature, we ought to desert our devoted cities, and seek an asylum in a climate where we might be secure from such a deplorable calamity; for in this we never could be safe, so long as a vegetable is suffered to rot in our streets, or a vessel with bilge water is permitted to enter our ports. But as there are no facts but imaginary ones in support of a doctrine so injurious to the reputation of our climate, and consequently to the interest of our commerce, I hope you will no longer persist in your endeavors to give currency, to so palpable as well as injurious an error.
I am, with all due respect, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM CURRIE.
* See letter from the New-York board of health, published in Mr. Brown's paper of the 24th of Sept. 1795.
The following Anecdote is translated from the French Paper, called Europe Politique:
"An emigrant came to get his name erased from the fatal list. After paying the brokers he had but a small sum remaining. He resigns himself to the misfortune, and purchases in the neighbourhood of his former estate a cottage and a garden, which he cultivates; he has the pleasure, at least, of breathing his native air, and of walking under those bowers which had been the theatre of the sports of his infant years. The possessor of his estate was not at home. One day he received a letter from him, and invited him to do him the honor of dining with him. The first emotion which he felt, was that of indignation; curiosity succeeded. The emigrant communicated his embarrass-
ment to one of his neighbours, who encourages him, from the account he gives of the possessor, to meet him on the day appointed. He resolves to do it, and upon his arrival is received with politeness; he manifests his astonishment, wishes to enter into an explanation, and receives for answer, 'Sir, I never speak of business before dinner—it is upon the table; there is your place.' The emigrant lifted his service and found three keys under it. 'It is your place Sir,' said he to the possessor; 'the keys are a proof of it.' 'No these keys are for you; after dinner I shall explain the enigma.'
"The time of dinner appeared to be tedious to the emigrant; at last they passed into an apartment joining the dining room, when the possessor lays to the emigrant, one of these keys is that of your secretaire.—You will find in it all that you left; your money, jewels and papers. Nothing has been touched. Another is that of your chest, where your plate and linen are equally entire. The third is that of your cellar; there has been nothing taken out of it but the wine which we have just been drinking; they all belong to you as well as the estate of which I have taken possession, and here is the act of retrocession." "But, Sir, I must be as delicate as you, and reimburse you what you have paid for it." "No, I have enjoyed for three years the revenue of your property, and if we were to calculate exactly, the balance would be found to be on my side." We leave the reader to make his own reflections upon this circumstance. The fact happened in Normandy.
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum. HE IS A GENIUS.
Almost every parent will say of his son, "He is a genius." Why?—Because, from a very natural and innocent prejudice, he believes he is an extraordinary boy. If genius met with sufficient encouragement, and your son happened to be one of those rare birds, it might be well to assist him in his flights. It is not, never lead him into a fatal error. I seldom spend an evening at my neighbour Meanwell's, but he employs one half his time in praising the uncommon talents of darling Sammy. He is called upon to speak a number of declamations, he has learned at school: his oratory has just as much merit as his parrot's. His writing and ciphering books are shown, as prodigies of improvement; they prove that he has had an attentive master, and is a very carelesse scholar. The fond father believes him to be a natural poet: true he is fond of reading ballads, has been taught to repeat a number of hymns by heart, and like most children, is fond of the tinkling of rhyme. He has proceeded so far as to compose a few couplets, that would be a sufficient antidote to the poetic mania. His little tricks are related as the marks of sagacity, or flights of genius. I am tired of hearing them. He is neither more nor less than other boys, and his father is like many other men. 'Tis a pity a lad should be made a fool because he happens to be thought a genius. How often is a lad sent to college, because he is unfortunately mistaken for an uncommon youth?—A father, who has not spare dollars enough to bring up his son at college, would do well never to force him from the beaten tract of "honest industry;" it has peace and plenty on the right hand and on the left. A good common education and the habit of industry are worth more to a young man, than the dear bought and ill merited A. M. — Many may flutter on the artificial wings of genius; but few can soar above their fellow creatures. A real genius is a very rare thing; not to be seen in every family, except by the eye of dote or ignorance. If a boy, from the production of his leisure hours, that his mates devote to play, can produce a masterly specimen of mechanical genius, encourage his exertions, and let him follow the bent of his mind. If he discover an early propensity to study, will be industrious in the field, and forfeit the past times of youth, for the entertainment of his books, becomes master of his Pile, and a proficient in philosophy and history, let him drink his fill at the Pierian spring—he will be a scholar. But if he is distinguished for nothing but his flights of fancy, love of poetry, novels, and plays; tie him to the tail of the plough, rather than send him to college. Fancy without judgment is a fine ship without a rudder; it had better lie at anchor in a safe harbour, than be let adrift on the ocean. A genius, without application and economy, is a mere ignis fatuus; while it promises to guide the bewildered object to the temple of fame, it leads to the vale of oblivion.
BOSTON, October 6. Translated for the CHRONICLE, From a French Paper.
INTERESTING NEWS from CADIZ. Addressed to Citoyen Lanusset Bourdeaux, July 21, 1797.
"The enemy has not incommoded us, since our last of the 7th. Yesterday in the morning, a vessel, 3 blunderers, and 3 obusiers (5 vessels in all)—approached with an intention to batter the place, but the valour of our armed vessels was such as not to suffer their approach, and the enemy retired without doing any mischief."
"You cannot think, my friend, how much we have laboured here this week and the last. The forces of the light squadron, such as chaloups, coullers, and lanchons have been increased to four times their former number. The merchants have given four millions of reaux, for the urgent expenses of the present moment, and gratuities to the marines. The crew of the chaloupe which chased a bombardier have received 50 thousand dollars for their bravery—and that which chased a chaloupe of the enemy and took it, have received six thousand dollars. The contempt they hold the English in, has given so much valour to our marines, that they labor like lions. Yesterday it was wished to change, or renew the seamen of the whole light squa-
dron, but they all chose to remain 3 days longer, nor finding themselves fatigued."
"The city has also armed some tarsans, for hot balls; all is under the direction of admiral Mazaredo."
"The English squadron is very discontented—it is in a state of insurrection. The seamen are not willing to come in their chaloups to attack this place—because of the multitudes which they have already lopt—besides, there is not much prospect of pillage."
"Commerce is absolutely in flagration the greater part of the inhabitants have quit the city—Every thing is overturned."
[The blundering manner in which the above is arranged leaves us rather in the dark, whether the date July 21, is for Cadiz or Bourdeaux, if the former, it is the latest news from the beleaguered city; and directly contradicts the recently received intelligence, that Admiral Jervis had left it, July 17, and was pursued by Ad. Maffera. If this Chronicle article is correct the Spanish Admiral is rather more generous than just. 50,000 dollars for chasing a vessel, and only 6,000 for capturing one! It certainly arose from favoritism; and, if true, ought to create discontent and murmurs. The concluding paragraph exhibits Cadiz as truly distressed though the English are held in contempt.]
[Mercury.] We are informed of an arrival at the eastward from Gibraltar, which failed August 1; and that the English fleet still remained before Cadiz, at that date.
PORTSMOUTH, (N.H.) Oct. 3. A Mrs. Jenkins, of Lee, lately apprehended in this town for passing counterfeit ten dollar Salem bank bills, was on trial before the superior court last week, at Exeter, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of three hundred dollars and costs of court, which amounted to one hundred more; she is committed to gaol and is to stand committed until sentence is performed.
DIED —On Thursday last, Doctor HALL JACKSON, in the 86th year of his age, after a short and painful illness, occasioned by a fall from his carriage the preceding week; and on Friday his remains were committed to his kindred earth, presided by the Grand Lodge, of Masons, and St. John's Lodge in ample form, over which he had presided a long time as Grand Master; with the Fire Society, of which he was a member, followed by a large train of relatives and friends whose countenance bespoke the loss of a dear friend and valuable acquaintance. He was celebrated both in Europe and America for his skill in Surgery, as well as in the Medical art. In the obitetic and inoculative branches of the profession he was unrivalled. His genius was brilliant; his knowledge profound; his practice extensive; his success uncommon, and his diligence and benevolence unbounded. The blessing of many ready to perish fell on him. His merit alone will be his best panegyric, and will erect the most durable monument to his memory.
On the death of HALL JACKSON, Esq. a distinguished Physician and Grand Master of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons, in New-Hampshire, a gentleman who not only shone eminent in his profession, but also for his philanthropy and private virtues.
Ye sons of science, and of freedom mourn, Relentless death from you a gem has torn! In faded weeds, ye poor, your locks deplore: The great Physician, and your friend's no more! Enlist his urn, each orphan with your sighs, Who's aid and bounty, hush'd your infant cries. Ye from whose eyes, his hand has wiped the tear Of keenest sorrow; drop one o'er his bier. Genius, and merit, quit your sacred dome, With flowers and willows, deck your favorite stomp. His every action, merits nobler praise, Than sculptur'd honors or poetic lays. As deeds shall shine on Fame's refulgent page For emulation each rising age. Within his bosom, virtue fix'd her throne, In him each grace, with brilliant lustre shone. The tender parent, and the husband kind, The friend and patriot were in him combin'd. Prepar'd for Heav'n, his soul has wing'd its way To scenes of glory and eternal day. There unconceiv'd bliss, the thoughts employ, There springs the fountain of eternal joy. Those trains of Seraphs are forever heard, There deathless virtue, meets a great reward.
From Marseilles. THE CARGO
Of the Swedish barque Guthlaff Adolphus, from Marseilles, consisting of the following articles, is discharging at Mr. Latimer's wharf, and for sale by the subscribers. BRANDY, well flavored, of 2, 3 & 4th proof Claret, in hogsheads. Ditto, in cases. Frontignac Wine, in cases of 30 bottles. Olive Oil, of a superior quality, in baskets of 6 and 12 bottles. Capers Olives Almonds Dry Verdigrease Writing Paper Umbrellas (Silk) of 28, 30 and 32 inches Petticoats Long and short white Kid Gloves for Women Silk Stockings Handkerchiefs, in imitation of Madras Artificial Flowers and Garlands Oilrich Feathers Ribbons Perfumery Scented Hair-Powder and Pomatum Manna in foris Cream Tartar.
BENJAMIN MORGAN & ROBERT ANDREWS. September 27. east
Just published, And to be sold at the Bookstores of H. & P. Rice, No 50, Market-Street; J. Ormerod, No. 41, Chestnut-Street, and W. Young, corner of Chestnut and Second-Street.
An accurate System of Surveying; IS WHICH IS CONTAINED,
1. Decimal fractions, in a plain, concise, and easy manner. 2. The extraction of the square root. 3. Plain trigonometry, rectangular and oblique. 4. An exact method to cast up the contents of lands. 5. Field surveying.
The whole being performed without the use of scale and compasses, on a table of logarithms. In which is given some account of the variation of the needle, and the causes of its attraction.
By SAMUEL MOORE. August 8. lawsw
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OF every kind, necessary for the sick also, Sago, Barley, and Oatmeal, for diet drink, will be delivered gratis, during the present contagion, to those who are unable to pay for it, at HUNTER'S Laboratory, No. 114, South Second Street.

Imported in the ship MANCHESTER, BENJAMIN SHEWELL, Master, from Bordeaux, and for sale by the subscriber, No. 11 Walnut Street. Bordeaux Brandy } Entitled to 1000 market casks in cases } Drawback. Medocwine, in } do. Sauterne, do. } do. Thomas Murgatroyd. WHO HAS FOR SALE. Sherry Wine in pipes and quarter casks Rota } do. Pimento in bags 4000 bushels Liverpool salt. Aug. 24. tut&scf.
To be sold at Public Vendue, To the highest bidder, at the house of Mr. William Evans, the sign of the Indian Queen, in the city of Baltimore, on the 25th day of October next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. About seven thousand acres of land, the property of William Bell, of Philadelphia, lying between Reister's town and Westminster, commonly called Little Winchester, (the turn- pike road runs through a considerable part of these lands) the tract begins about 17 miles from Baltimore, within a few hundred yards of Fort Reister's town, and extends to the dis- tance of about twenty-three miles from Balti- more, and lies on the main falls of Patapsco river, from three to four miles thereon. Will be sold in tracts of one hundred and fifty to three hundred acres. There is a large propor- tion of meadow and wood land on each tract, some of them highly improved, with excellent buildings and fine grist.
ALSO A tract of seven hundred acres of land, called Clover Farms, within five miles of Bladensburg, esteemed very good for Grass. Richard Pombony, of Bladensburg, will show this land to any person inclined to purchase. ALSO, A tract of land of about three hun- dred and thirty acres, within about two miles and a half of the President's house in the Fed- eral City. It is nearly all wood land, and a fine high prospect, from which may be seen the city of Washington, Bladensburg, Alexandria and a part of George-town, and many miles down the Potomac river. Mr. Richard Pombony, of Bladensburg, will also show this land. A liberal credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchase money. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. May 8. wjw
Just Received, From Batavia (via Providence) A few Boxes of Spices, consisting of Nutmegs, Cloves and mace For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penn-street. May 30. dnf
Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street. GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for some time past in prepara- tions for removing into his present house, has been under the necessity of postponing until this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States, that his spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for sale, on terms that he trusts will entitle him to the like pre- ference he has experienced for several years past. Catalogues, combining the most varied collec- tion ever imported into this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. saw gw
City Commissioners' Office, June 27, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the select and common councils, passed the 22d day of May last, appointing the city commissioners, and prescribing their duties, section 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five districts, each to be under the superintendence of one of the city commissioners, who is to be individually responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and are as follows. District No. 1. From the south side of Ced- ar-street, to the north side of Spruce-street, on the superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north side of Spruce-street, to the north side of Walnut-street, under the super- intendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north side of Walnut to the south side of High-street, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the north side of High-street, to the north side of Mulberry-street, under the super- intendence of William Moulder. 5. From the north side of Mulberry-street to the north side of Vine-street, under the super- intendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleansing of High-street to be in common. A stated meeting of the city commissioners is held at the Old Court House, in High- street, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. com
Stands for Draymen, &c. In pursuance of an Ordinance from the Select and Common Councils, bearing date the 22d day of April, 1797, providing for the appointment of City Commissioners, &c. Sect. the 15th. The following places are fixed upon by the said City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-street, on both sides. Sassafras, High, Chestnut and Walnut-streets, eastward of Front-street, on the north side only. Mulberry-street, south side from Front to Third-street. Front-street, east side from Vine-street to Elizah's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse al- ley to Hamilton's stores, east side. Water-street, west side from the north end of Stomper's or Moore's stores to Pine-street. Penn-street from Pine to Cedar-street, west side. Drawbridge, north side, east of Front-street; Spruce, Pine and South streets, east of Front street, south side. Dock-street, between Walnut-street and the flag stone crossings, east side, opposite George Orkley's. Second-street, between Sassafras and Vine streets, west side. Fifth-street, east side from Chestnut to Mul- berry-streets. Sassafras-street, from Third to Fourth-street, east side. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of any pump. STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north side from Fourth to Fifth streets. Fifth-street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, west. Branch-street, north side, between Third and Fourth streets. July 14. mw&fjm
A Literary Treat. Just published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price 1 dollar. A new edition of that popular and entertaining work, entitled THE FORESTERS, an American Tale; being a sequel to the history of John Bull, the Cho- ther, in a series of letters to a friend, with the ad- dition of two letters, alluding to recent political transactions in America. The following extract from the Clavis Allusion, shows the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England His Mother, the Church of England His Wife, the Parliament His Sister Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland Lewis, the Kingdom of France His Mistress, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Representation Lord Strutt, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic The Foresters, the United States of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire John Codline, Massachusetts Humphrey Plowshare, Connecticut Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peter Bull Frog, New-York Julius Cæsar, New-Jersey William Broadbrim, Pennsylvania Callimar, Delaware Walter Pipewood, Virginia His Grandson, George Washington Peter Pith, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina George Trufty, Georgia Ethan Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife, Kentucky Black Castle, Negro Slaves Rats, Speculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins This popular and entertaining satirical histo- ry of America is attributed to the Rev. Dr. BEL- KNAP. It has great share of originality and a- bounds with genuine humour. It is continued down to the present time, and characterises those late political transactions which have caused so much uneasiness in America. Sold by H. and P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 16, South Second Street, and No. 50, Market Street. June 26. $
LAW BOOKS, Latest London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 16, South Second, and No. 50, Market street, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London and Dublin, their spring importation, consisting of a variety of the latest and most approved Law Books, which, added to those alrea- dy on hand, forms the most extensive collection ev- er offered for sale in this country. They therefore beg leave to notice, that from the nature of their connections in Dublin, they are enabled to sell Irish editions (as they have hitherto done) at the very lowest prices. The following are among the latest publications. Vely, junr's Reports in Chancery, 2 vols. Peake's Cases at Nisi Prius; Ridgeway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwicke; Ployer's Proctors Practice in the Ecclesiastical Courts; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity; Tidd's Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions, 2 parts complete; Ward's Law of Nations; Cruise on Utes; modern Reports, 12 vols. London edition. H. and P. Rice expect to receive by the first ar- rival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of Durnford and East's Reports, the 2d part of Gil- bert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of new publications. June 26.
The History of Pennsylvania, By ROBERT PROUD. IS now in the press, and will be published, with all convenient expedition, by ZECHA- RIAH POULSON, jun. No. 80, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, where subscriptions will continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, according to the printed prospectus, until the work is ready for the subscribers. July 18. saw gw
The Partnership, UNDER the firm of FREEMAN & Company, is dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having any demands against the said Freeman are de- sired to render the same to T. B. FREEMAN and those indebted to the House are desired to make pay- ment to him—By whom business will in future be carried on, at his store, No. 39, South Front-street. August 7. saw gw
Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-street. August 2. w&fjt
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg and Sunbury STAGES. THE public are requested to take notice, that the partnership which has for some time sub- sisted between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now dissolved; but, not as M. Slough intimates to the public without just cause; as will more fully appear, by a letter on the sub- ject from M. Slough to W. Geer, dated the 29th December last, a recital of which is not now deem- ed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer, may have the perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfectly justifiable in attaching him- self to any other person in the prosecution of the stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippens- burg, or any other place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the first effort in this business, William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, at- tention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the pub- lic can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage safe and commodious, inform those who wish to patronize and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their seats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Carlisle and Shippensburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, arrive at Sun- bury in Northumberland county, every Thursday, and return from thence and arrive at Harrisburg every Saturday, so that passengers destined for Lancaster or Philadelphia, may proceed on Mon- days.
WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1797. N. B. This Line of Stages starts from the house of William Ferriss, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, pro- ceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrisburg every Wednes- day morning, on the same evening arrives at Pa- trick Cochran's in Shippensburg, and returns from thence on every Thursday; performing the same routine daily as in its tour from Philadel- phia. mw
Advertisement. On the 20th of November next in Alexandria (being court day), will be exposed for Sale one or more covering Jacks, and several young one of different ages and sizes; all descended from Royal Gift (an imported Jack from Spain, upwards of 15 hands high) out of imported Jennies from Malta, full 14 hands high. The terms of sale (or if not sold, of letting them for one or more seasons to cover) will then be made known: the payments may be made given to the purchaser, bond and security being given for the amount, with interest. At the same time and place, sundry Horses and Mares will be offered for sale. The latter having been to the Jacks, are probably with foal. JAMES ANDERSON, Manager. Mount Vernon, 20th September, 1797. saw gw
Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania. THE Office will be kept until further notice at the School House in Germantown. The Company will retain the room in Chestnut, above Seventh street, where a person will attend to re- ceive and give answers to applications, every day from 10 until 1 o'clock. Scott 13. saw gw
Thomas Armat and Son, OF PHILADELPHIA. INFORM their customers and the public, they have removed a part of their merchandise to Wilmington: Also, they have their store open in the city. At either place their friends can be sup- plied, and their orders carefully attended to. By the Cumberland, from Hull, they have re- ceived a handsome assortment of articles, suitable to the approaching season; and expect to add to it by other fall ships. Should the sickness prevail in the central part of the city, that branch of their business will be re- vived to Germantown. The communication by post is open and re- gular as usual. Sept. 18. dnf
TO BE SOLD VERY CHEAP! A Light WAGON almost new, with a frame- and a pair of harness (English collars) has never been used—price 60 Dollars. A Horse 16 hands high, seven years old, and a new chair, with a falling top and harness—320. Enquire No. 331, Market-street August 24. dnf
For sale or to be let on ground- rent, Avaluable Lot of Ground; SITUATE on the north-east corner of Wal- nut and Fifth streets, fronting the State- House square. This lot is fifty-one feet front on Walnut street, and one hundred and thirteen feet and an half on Fifth street; there are at present two small two story brick houses, and a number of small tenements thereon. Also, for Sale, Two three story Brick Houses With convenient stores, wharf, &c. situate on Water-street, between Mulberry and Sassafras streets, containing in front on Water street fi- fty-four feet, and continuing that breadth east- ward ninety-five feet, then widening to the south thirteen feet six inches. These houses have the convenience of a public alley adjoining on the north side, and are a very desirable situa- tion for a merchant, flour factor, or other who may have occasion for storage of goods. This property will be sold on very reasonable terms for cash. For further information apply to the printer. July 31. m&wf
TO BE SOLD, And possession given immediately, A LARGE two story brick House, handsomely situated in Princeton. There are four rooms and a large entry on each floor, and five rooms in the garret, a range of back buildings 51 feet in length, and a piazza of 17 feet. There is a pump in the yard, an excellent kitchen garden, at the farther end of which are a carriage house and two stables, one of which is new, 44 feet long, with falls in the two stables for 27 horses. The health- iness and pleasantness of its situation, and the number of genteel and agreeable families in and near the town, render it a desirable retreat for a gentleman from the city. The commodiousness of the house, its central position, and the largeness of the tables, make it every way suitable for a tavern, for which it has always been considered as a capital stand. Enquire on the premises, of ISAAC SNOWDEN. Princeton, Aug. 25. saw gw
City of Washington. SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. II, For the Improvement of the Federal City. A magnificent dwelling-house 20,000 dollars, & cash 30,000, are 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 25,000 & cash 15,000 40,000 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 5 do. 5,000 each, are 25,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 20 do. 500 10,000 100 do. 100 10,000 200 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 10,000 1,000 do. 10 10,000 15,000 do. 10 150,000 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the price of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST 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 tick- ets. 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 pos- sible 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 next deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of print- ing, &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 real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Direc- tors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Colum- bia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Walls, Cooper's Ferry. mw
This Day Published, And to be sold by WILLIAM YOUNG, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, Price 3-Bills of a Dollar. Observations on certain Documents Contained in No. V. and VI. of "The History of the United States for the year 1796," In which the charge of speculation against ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Late SECRETARY of the TREASURY, is FULLY REFUTED. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. This publication presents a concise statement of the bale means practiced by the Jacobins of the United States toasperse the character of those persons who are considered as hostile to their illor- ganizing schemes. It also contains the cor- respondence between Mr. Hamilton and Messrs. Monroe, Muhlenburgh and Venable, on the sub- ject of the documents aforesaid, and a series of letters from James Reynolds and his wife to Mr. Ha- milton, proving beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the connection between him and Reynolds, was the result of a daring conspiracy on the part of the latter and his associates to extort money. A discount of one third from the retail price will be made in favor of wholesale purchasers, for cash. Orders to be addressed to Mr. Young. August 25. saw gw
No. 118. District of Pennsylvania, to wit: (L. S.) BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty sixth day of July, in the twenty- second year of the independence of the United States of America, JOHN PENNO, of the said dis- trict, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:— "Observations on certain documents contained in No. V. and VI. of "The History of the United States for the year 1796," in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted— "Written by himself." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encourage- ment of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprie- tors of such copies, during the time therein men- tioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. July 27. saw gw
The Inhabitants of the District of Southwark, ARE informed that a Coachman is provided, to be kept at the Constables' office, the north east corner of Front and Almond streets, where the friends of those sick persons who desire to be re- moved to the City Hospital, are requested to make application—Also, a Hearse will be kept in readi- ness for the removal of the dead. JONATHAN PENROSE. N. B.—The Poor, who wish to remove to the Tents on Schuylkill, may be furnished with orders by applying as above. Aug. 29. saw gw
William Blackburn, LOTTERY and BROKER'S OFFICE No. 64 South Second-street. TICKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. II, which commenced drawing the 20th May, FOR SALE. The price of tickets will rise in propor- tion as the drawing advances, particularly on ac- count of the five first drawn tickets, prizes of four thousand dollars each, on the last day of drawing. Check Books kept for examination and register- ing, in the Canal, No. 2, City of Washington, No. 2, and Paterson Lotteries. Also, tickets for sale in the Schuylkill bridge and Perkiomen Bridge Lotteries, which will begin drawing in the course of the summer. The business of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, Bills, Notes, Lands, &c. &c. transacted with the utmost attention. June 2. saw gw
Erskine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, By ROBERT CAMPBELL & Co. No 40 South Second street, [Price 31 Cents] A View of the Causes and Conse- quences of the present War with France. By the Honorable THOMAS ERSKINE. May 15. saw gw
STATE TRIALS. Sold by W. Young, Bookseller, No. 52, South Se- cond-street. The Pennsylvania State Trials, Containing the impeachment, trial, and acquit- al of Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty, and John Nicholson, Comptroller Gen- eral—In one large 8vo. vol. Price, in boards, 3 dollars. W. Young has for sale, a general assortment of Books, also, Stationary, retail and by the pack- age, well assorted, and entitled to the drawback if exported. July 7. saw gw
For Sale, That well known place, called VANDORFF'S FERRY, ON Neshannoy creek, 18 miles from Phila- delphia, on the New York post road, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two story Stone house occu- pied as a tavern, and a good one story Stone kitchen, a large frame stable with a good threshing floor, and some out buildings—also a well of good water, and an excellent Ice House. On this place is a most elegant situation for a gentle- man's seat, commanding a view of the Neshannoy to its junction with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Subscriber. MORDECAI LEWIS. May 24. saw gw
COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE with much pleas- ure and respect, returns her sincere ac- knowledgement for the liberal encouragement she has received during four years residence in Philadelphia; and assures her friends and the public, so far from intending to decline her school, she has made a superior arrangement for the more convenient accommodation of her scholars. Every branch of useful and polite education is particularly attended to by Mrs. Groombridge and masters excelling in their respective professions. Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. June 5th, 1797. saw gw
The situation is perfectly healthy; and made more agreeable by an extensive garden and lot of ground adjoining the house. Just Published, And to be had of Messrs. Dobson, Campbell, Rice, Cary, and the other principal Booksellers in the city, price one dollar, twenty-five cents, in boards. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, M. D. June 20. saw gw
Refs & Simpson, HAVE FOR SALE Excellent Coffee in } Hoaglands, Tierces, and } Barrels. A small parcel of nice cocoas in bags few bunches Jamaica Spirits, fourth proof Superior Teneriffe wine, old and in Madeira pipes An invoice of jewellery and hosiery to be sold by the package A few hampers of best En. life cheese. July 27. dnf
The Subscriber has for Sale, A large assortment of India Mullins, coarse and fine India Calicoes Sooty Romalls Blue Cloths and Checks Bandanna Handkerchiefs Blue red and Gilli Handkerchiefs An invoice of Irish Linens and Sheetings, well assorted A box of Diapers Silk Umbrellas Two boxes of fine Spices, containing Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves Black Pepper of first quality East India Ginger Java Sugar A quantity of Madeira Wine Ditto of Gin Roll Brimstone August 12. saw gw
Mordecai Lewis. Higgins' Specific FOR THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF THE YELLOW FEVER. EVER since this disease made such ravages in this city and New-York, the author has turned his attention to its causes and cure—The result of his enquiries has convinced him that the reason why so few persons recover from its attacks, are from its not being well understood, and the consequent wrong method taken to cure it. He is persuaded that the excessive bleedings and mercurial treatment of the Faculty is highly injurious, and that the only rational mode of treatment is by the use of proper acids. Convinced of this he offers his Specific as a certain remedy, if used according to the directions. The inventor has, in bottles, at one dollar each, of the inventor Geo. Higgins, Cherry street, two doors above Ninth street, (late manager of Jackson and Co's Medicine Warehouse, London); by T. Le- Blanc, No. 216; W. Griffith, No. 177, T. Pearce, No. 21, South Third street; T. Stiff, No. 56, New street, near Vine street, and J. Gale, No. 36, Race street. Aug. 25. saw gw
COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, and CONSUMPTIONS. Just received, by Wm. Griffiths, No. 177, South Second-street, a fresh supply of Genuine Balsam of Honey, A Medicine invented by the late Sir John Hill (who as knowledge as a Botanist procured him the appellation of the Linnaeus of Britain) and is considered in England as a certain cure for the above complaints; it is also of singular efficacy in the Hooping Cough. It may also be had retail of W. A. Storer, No. 61, South Second-street, and T. Stiff, 55, New street, in bottles at 75 cents each. Wm. Griffiths having observed the happy ef- fect of the medicine, (several cases of cures hav- ing come within his own knowledge) and the great demand for it has induced him to order a large supply, a part of which he has just received. August 3. saw gw
30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indentured ser- vants, Gifford Daily, a mulatto boy, about 17 years of age, a slim light built active fellow, can read and write, five feet seven or eight inches high, has a heavy countenance; had on a fustian coatee and trowers, a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c. Allan Melons, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick-set clumsy built fellow, particularly about the breech; had on a sailor's blue jacket lined with fustian, dark striped vest, fustian trowers, high crowned hat, coarse shoes, &c.; each of them had several shirts and several other clothes with them. Thirty Dollars will be paid for the runaways, or 15 dol- lars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street. The black fellow is about a year from Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, State of Dela- ware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. saw gw
To be SOLD or RENTED, A LARGE 3 Story Brick House, on the South side of Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, lately occupied as the Sur- veyor General's Office. The Building is 36 feet front and 35 feet deep, the lot 110 feet deep, with the privilege of a nine foot wide Alley extending the whole length of the lot, to a thirty feet wide Court for Carriages to turn in. The House is not plastered, and may be turned either into one, or two dwelling Houses. It is suitable for a large Manufacturer, or would make a good Tavern. Immediate possession will be given. Apply to No. 117, Chestnut-Street. Aug. 21. cedat
Musical Instrument Manufacturer, No. 167, Arch Street. HARPER, harpsichord, grand, portable grand, fid-board, pier table and figured piano forte maker from London, returns thanks to his friends and the public, for their liberal encouragement, and hopes that by his activity and attention to every branch of his business, to merit a continuance of their favors. Piano fortes made on the newest and most approved plans, with pedals, patent, swell, and French harp stop, which he believes himself will be found on trial by unprejudiced judges, to be equal if not superior to any imported, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any instrument purchased of him, if not approved of within twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical instruments made, tuned, and repaired with the greatest accuracy, dispatch, and on the most reasonable terms, for ready money only. Second hand Piano Fortes taken in exchange. May 22. saw gw
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the fee- and day of this ind. July, a Mulatto Man, named Will Bowzer, about forty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather chunky made; had on when he went away, a drab colored cloth coat, striped purple trowers and jacket. It is probable he will change his clothes, as he took a number with him. The said fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Charles Blake of this place; and it is expected he has made towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State.—Any person apprehending the said fel- low, and securing him so that I can get him again, shall receive the above reward if taken out of the county, and Twenty Dollars if in the county, and all reasonable charges if bro't home. JESSE REED, Queen Ann's County, Maryland. July 3. saw gw