Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1798-11-05 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
By JOHN WARD FENNO, No. 119 Chestnut Street.
NUMBER 1914.]
PHILADELPHIA: MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1798.
[VOLUME XIV.]
For SALE or CHARTER,
THE SHIP MOLLY, Burthen 4200 barrels of Flour, Philadelphia built, well found and fitted, and may be ready to receive a cargo in a few days...
THE SHIP DIANA,
Burthen 2,100 barrels of Flour, Philadelphia built of live oak and cedar, is pierced for fourteen guns, and mounts ten new four pounders, with small arms in proportion.
THE BRIG AMAZON,
Burthen 1,300 barrels of Flour, New-England built, has lately been completely fitted, and may be ready for sea in a few days.
Who have for Sale
NICKLIN & GRIFFITH, on board sundry vessels at Marcus Hook, 12,000 bushels of Liverpool fine salt, 1,100 bushels of coals...
For Sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER, intending to decline the DRUG BUSINESS, offers for Sale, the whole Stock of Drugs and Medicines, Instruments, &c. The Shop is elegant, commodious, and sufficiently known for the extensive business done in the wholesale and retail line...
Who has for Sale,
TWO Sloops, Well calculated for the river trade.
The PEGGY, about 30 tons burthen,
Mulberry and Red Cedar frame, and remarkably stout, of an easy draught of water, rigging in good order.
The SALLY, about 30 tons, fails well, and in complete order for the lumber business.
All persons indebted to the late firm of Goldsmith & Moore, or the subscribers, are earnestly requested to make speedy payment to JAMES MOORE, JUN.
Ship Brokers.
This Establishment, commenced by the late Mr. Samuel Smith, will be continued by Row & SIMMONS, WHO respectfully acquaint the Merchants, Traders, and Masters of vessels, that no pains or exertions shall be wanting to give general satisfaction.
For Sale, or Charter,
THE DANISH BRIG LOUISA, NOW lying at Burlington, a very fast sailer. For terms apply to JACOB SHOEMAKER.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
Her cargo, of about 2,000 bushels of St. Martin's Salt.
GEORGE DAVIS,
TAKES this opportunity of informing his friends generally, that so soon as the present sickness will admit it, he proposes to offer for sale, the most extensive collection of LAW BOOKS, he ever imported, or that was ever imported into the United States.
Bank of the United States.
Philadelphia, September 21, 1798. The public is hereby informed, that an Office of Deposit and Discount will be opened on Monday next, at the house lately occupied by Samuel Ridgely, near the Market House in Germantown.
Henry Kuhl, Assistant Cashier.
September 22
Forty Dollars Reward.
LOST, on the road from Mount Holly to Philadelphia, on Monday 29th October, 1798, the following NOTES, payable to the subscriber: Elizabeth Norman, of June 29, 1796, at 6 months, for 333 33.
JOHN CLARK.
UNITED STATES } ft. Pennsylvania District. IN pursuance of a writ to me directed from the honorable Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the district court of the United States, in and for the district of Pennsylvania, will be exposed to public sale, on Walnut Street wharf, on Thursday the 8th of November next, at 12 o'clock at noon.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
JOHN A. SHAFFER, of Philadelphia, who has for a few years past been in the Southern States, has had the effrontery to draw several Bills of Exchange on Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of State, and myself, and by that means has defrauded a number of persons of their money, deceiving them by an exhibition of letters and papers with the names affixed of divers public characters and reputable merchants highly complimentary of said Shaffer.
SAMUEL MEREDITH,
Treasurer of the United States. Trenton, New Jersey, October 24, 1798.
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT:
BE IT REMEMBERED,
THAT on the twelfth day of August, in the twenty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Smith Barton, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author in the words following to wit:
TO BE LET,
An airy three Story Brick House, ON the South side of Elbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth Street, formerly occupied as the Surveyor General's Office.
NOTICE,
THAT the first Monday of December next is appointed for my hearing before a Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, in the State of Pennsylvania, on an application for the benefit of the acts of this State providing for the relief of insolvent debtors, having at September term last presented my petition, with a schedule annexed, of all my estate real, personal and mixt, rights and credits, to be assigned for the use of my creditors.
ALEXANDER SUMRALL.
Nov. 2.
To be sold or Rented,
THE fisherliver's house, No. 78, Walnut Street, with a cellar and two stables. Possession of the house will be given early in November.
GEORGE MEAD.
Canal Lottery, No. II.
Considerably more than Half Drawn. Drawn twice a week, every Monday & Tuesday. TICKETS For Sale, Seven Dollars each, at WILLIAM BLACKBURN'S Lottery and Brokers office, No. 64 South Second Street.
STATE OF THE WHEEL.
Table with 2 columns: Prize, Amount. One prize of 10,000 dollars, Five 4,000, Two 2,000, Nine 1,000, Nineteen 500, Forty-four 200.
HAPPY DISCOVERY.
The Yellow Fever,
As well as any other dangerous partial fever, fever and ague, and other intermitting and complicated disorders, by the use of the
POUDRE UNIQVE,
WELL known and patented in England, France, Poland, and all the capital cities in Europe, where the most astonishing cures have been effected on persons judged incurable by all physicians.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal.
Public Notice is Hereby Given,
PURSUANT to the act of Congress, passed on the 22nd day of June 1798, entitled, "An act respecting Loan Office and final settlement certificates, Indents of interest, and the unfunded or registered debt credited in the books of the Treasury."
By order of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, Edward Jones, sec'ry.
Pennsylvania Hospital,
NO person with an infectious disease, can be admitted into this house; it is therefore earnestly recommended to the citizens, not to send or bring any such patient to the house, who is ill with the prevailing fever.
Francis Higgins, Stew'd.
Wanted to purchase.
APPROVED bills on Amsterdam, for which cash will be given at the rate of thirty seven cents per Guilder. Apply to the Cashier of the Bank of the United States.
September 22d, 1798.
This Day is Published,
AN ADDRESS
To the People of Maryland,
ON the origin, progress and present state of French aggression, with a sketch of the infamous attempts to degrade the Government of the United States, and some reflections on the late proceedings in Congress.
FLOUR FOR SALE
By the Subscribers. Deliverable at any of the ports on the Delaware, who have also on hand at their stores, a quantity of Bar Iron, Pork and Corn.
Levi Hollingsworth & Son.
FOR SALE,
SALISBURY.
A LAKE and well improved farm, containing upwards of twenty-five hundred acres of level fertile land, remarkably well adapted to grass, and every kind of grain.
SAMUEL LOVE.
Virginia, Fairfax county September 23, 1798.
ADVERTISEMENT.
WHEREAS JAMES CUMMING & Co. late of the city of Philadelphia, merchants, have assigned over all their effects, real, personal and mixed, to the subscribers, for the benefit of all their creditors, who shall subscribe the said assignment within six months from the date hereof.
John Travis, John Waddington, James Taylor, Cornelius Comery, Assignees.
August 18.
For Sale, at the Stores of the Subscribers,
on Walnut Street Wharf, 195 cases of nails assorted, 20 bales of sail canvas, from No. 1 to 8, 55 cases yellow ochre, 15 tiers bottled porter, 6 to 12 doz. each, London particular, Madeira Wines, India market.
Nicklin & Griffith. Tenth & 11th.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED from my Detachment at Bordentown this day, a Marine, by name George Redman, a Native of Ireland, about 25 years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, dark complexion, black hair tied, black eyes well made and quarrelsome, when in liquor is fond of fighting.
Henry A. Williams, Lt. Marines.
FOR SALE,
The Cargo of the Schr. Sincerity, Benjamin Monteith Master, from Laguira, consisting of 945 Pessangs of Cocoa, 4000 lb. of Flora Indigo, 210 Bales of Cotton, 4 Packages of Goat Skins.
By Willings & Francis, No. 11th Street. July 2.
Madras and Ventrapalem HANDKERCHIEFS,
Searfaukers and Carradarries, of the newest and most approved patterns, entitled to the drawback, just received, and for sale by Alex. T. Miller & Co. No. 64, South Front Street. May 12.
SAMUEL PARKER,
BRASS AND BELL FOUNDER.
No. 137, Mulberry Street, CONTINUES as usual, where his former customers and the public may be supplied with castings for machines to any pattern, rudder braces, bolts, &c. for ships.
It may be proper to add, that, as it has been reported he had declined the business, S. P. takes this means of informing the public that he is making arrangements to carry it on still more extensively, hoping thereby to comply promptly with such orders as he may have to execute.
Public Notice is hereby Given,
THAT Proposals under sealed covers, will be received on the behalf of the United States until the twentieth day of October next, by Jonathan Jackson, Esq. at Boston, Massachusetts, Trench Francis, Esq. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and John Swann, Esq. at Baltimore, Maryland, for supplying the following articles of clothing, for the army of the United States, viz.
FOR INFANTRY.
8,448 Hats, 504 Sergeant Coats, 504 ditto vests, 1,008 pairs do. woollen overalls, 1,008 ditto do. linen ditto, 2,016 ditto shirts, 264 Musicians coats, 7,680 Privates coats, 7,680 ditto vests, 15,360 ditto woollen overalls, 15,360 ditto linen ditto, 31,776 ditto shirts, 33,792 pairs of Socks, 33,792 pairs of Shoes, 8,448 flocks of black leather, 8,448 flock clasp, 8,448 blankets.
FOR CAVALRY.
6 Musicians coats, 26 Sergeant coats, 26 ditto vests, 104 ditto shirts, 348 Privates coats, 348 ditto vests, 1,416 ditto shirts, 760 pair of Leather breeches, 760 pair of Stockings, 760 pair of boots, 380 flocks of black leather, 380 flock clasp, 380 blankets.
11. Every article shall be made of materials, equally good, and in form, or fashion, conformably to patterns for the same, sealed with the seal of the War-Office, and which will be deposited with the several gentlemen, empowered to receive the proposals, as above mentioned.
12. Sworn Inspectors shall be appointed on the part of the United States, to examine and determine upon the several articles aforesaid, when the same shall be ready for delivery, with full power to reject any article, which shall not equal, in goodness of materials, or to be made conformably to, the fashion of the standard pattern for the same, and no allowance shall be made, for any article which shall be rejected by them, for the causes aforesaid.
13. The proposals must specify the number of articles, and their kinds, which the party is willing to furnish, together with, the lowest prices for immediate payment in money, and also the prices, on the longest term, or terms of credit.
14. One third of each, and every of the several kinds of the above articles, to be delivered on the fifteenth day of December, one third on the fifteenth day of January, and the remaining third on the first day of March next; and the public will not be considered as bound to receive any of the aforesaid articles of clothing, which shall not be ready for inspection, and delivery, at the periods agreed upon.
15. The clothing aforesaid will be received in the several States, at the places, and in the proportions following, viz. One third part of the whole at Springfield, Massachusetts, one other third at Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania, one third at Baltimore, state of New Jersey, and one third at Baltimore, Maryland.
16. No contract will be made, for a less number of each of the aforesaid articles of clothing, than is requisite for a company, viz.
FOR THE CAVALRY.
4 Sergeant Coats, 4 ditto vests, 16 ditto shirts, 1 Musicians Coat, 58 Private coats, 59 ditto vests, 236 ditto shirts, 63 flocks, 63 flock clasp, 126 pair of leather breeches, 126 pair of Stockings, 126 pair of boots, 63 blankets.
FOR THE INFANTRY.
70 Hats, 504 Sergeant coats, 504 ditto vests, 1,008 pairs do. woollen overalls, 1,008 ditto linen ditto, 2,016 ditto shirts, 264 Musicians coats, 7,680 Private coats, 7,680 ditto vests, 15,360 ditto woollen overalls, 15,360 ditto linen ditto, 31,776 ditto shirts, 33,792 pairs of Socks, 33,792 pairs of Shoes, 8,448 flocks of black leather, 8,448 flock clasp, 8,448 blankets.
JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. War Department, 21st Sept. 1798.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
DESERTED last night, a second time, from the Marine Camp, David Luper, a flier, who had been away, a plain blue jacket and vest, light blue overalls, a round hat, which had been bound with yellow, and which he had ripped off in his first desertion, and a pair of new shoes, he is a Carpenter by trade, has grey eyes, sandy hair, a full complexion and a notch in his upper lip. His back is still sore from a flogging he got a few days ago. He may be discovered by his likeness, as he plays extremely well. W. W. BURROWS Major Com. of the Marine Corps. October 17.

Just imported in ships William Penn, A. miable and Fran, from London. A quantity of Cannon, sizes 4, 6 & 9 lb. with balls...
THOMAS & JNO. KETLAND, PHILAD. October 25. JAMES & RICHARD SMITH, HAVE this day returned from the country to their STORE, No. 54, South Front Street...
DRY GOODS, most of which have now arrived and are landing, from the different vessels, from Hamburg, London, Liverpool and Hull. Their Customers by applying will find almost every article generally imported...
The Subscribers HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN INVOICE OF Choice Cheeshire & Double Gloucester CHEESE. [Per the CHESAPEAKE from Liverpool.] 100 Boxes of Window Glass...
JAMAICA RUM, A Cargo now landing at South Street wharf, FOR SALE BY PETER BLIGHT, Apply at Stores on the Wharf, WHO ALSO OFFERS FOR SALE, BRANDY, RUM and Port Wines, &c. &c. Nov. 1.
Just Arrived, In the Brig Eliza, from the Mediterranean, and now landing at Walnut Street wharf, Fourth proof Brandy in Pipes. Brimstone. An assortment of valuable DRUGS...
ISRAEL PLEASANTS & Co. No. 72, South Second Street, Have returned from the country; and have for SALE, as usual, a large assortment of DRY GOODS. Imported in the last vessels from Europe...
FRUITS, WINES, &c. MALAGA WINE, in butts SHERRY ditto, in quarter casks BRANDY, in butts and pipes SUN-RAISINS, in kegs MUSCATTEL do. in boxes...
Last Notice to the Creditors and Debtors of John Shields. THE first are requested to render their Accounts against him, made up to the 23rd day of August, 1797...
FOR SALE, A FARM on the road leading to State Island, near the mouth of the Schuylkill River, containing 43 acres in the high state of cultivation...
Just Imported, from London, double bitted, Woolwich proof, with their carriages complete—3, 4, 6 and 9 pounders. Cartridges, Woolwich proof, with carriages, &c. Cannon powder in kegs of 25 lbs. each...
FOR SALE, AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW Copies of an interesting Work, in French, entitled a History of The Administration of the French Finances, DURING THE YEAR 1796.
Revolution of the 4th September—And of the results of that Revolution. PRICE 1 POLLAR EACH. These two political tracts, are from the pen of the celebrated d'Ivernois...
PRINTING WORK, Of Every Kind, EXECUTED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE, At the OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES, Oct. 13.
The Subscriber's Office Being REMOVED from the COUNTRY, is now OPEN at the USUAL PLACE, No. 56, NORTH FOURTH STREET. SAMUEL CALDWELL, Nov. 1.
ALL PERSONS having any legal demands against the estate of William Perkins, deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia, Tavern-keeper, are requested to furnish their accounts properly authenticated...
TO BE LET, A COMMODIOUS three story brick house, with extensive back buildings situated No. 153, South Second Street. For terms apply to JAMES LYLE, South Seventh, near Chestnut Street. Oct. 29.
TO BE LET, THE house, No. 78, North Second Street, with or without a store and stable. The house is large and convenient; enquire of John Lisle, No. 40, North Sixth Street. Oct. 31.
TO BE LET, And immediate possession given, A LARGE convenient, well finished house, No. 215, High Street, lately occupied by Doctor Wistar, with cossel house and stables. Enquire of WILLIAM SHEAFF, No. 268, High Street. Nov. 2.
GLEANINGS FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS, CONTINUED. MADRAS, Sept. 24. Captain Pakenham, having proceeded with the Resistance and Intrepid, Bombay cruizers, to Coupang, the principal Dutch settlement on great Timor...
LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, July 13. CHRISTIE v. SECRETAN. This was an action upon a policy of Insurance. Mr. Esdaile for the Plaintiff stated, that his Client having it in contemplation to send a cargo from Virginia to Bremen...
TO BE LET, A COMMODIOUS three story brick house, situated at the north west corner of Third and Walnut Streets. For terms apply to Dr. THOMAS PARKE, No. 20, South Fourth Street. Oct. 29.
TO BE LET, THE house, No. 78, North Second Street, with or without a store and stable. The house is large and convenient; enquire of John Lisle, No. 40, North Sixth Street. Oct. 31.
TO BE LET, And immediate possession given, A LARGE convenient, well finished house, No. 215, High Street, lately occupied by Doctor Wistar, with cossel house and stables. Enquire of WILLIAM SHEAFF, No. 268, High Street. Nov. 2.
A French Classical & Mathematical SCHOOL. WILL be opened on Monday the 22nd. instant at that large commodious room formerly occupied by Mr. Lee in Norris's Alley, No. 15, nearly opposite the City Tavern...
AVIS AUX FRANCOIS: Messrs Chandler et Smith ont l'honneur de prévenir M.M. les François, qu'ils se proposent d'établir une Académie en Norris Alley, No. 15; presque vis-à-vis la Courbe; dans laquelle on enseignera la langue Latine, Anglaise et Française...
TO BE LET, THE house, No. 78, North Second Street, with or without a store and stable. The house is large and convenient; enquire of John Lisle, No. 40, North Sixth Street. Oct. 31.
TO BE LET, And immediate possession given, A LARGE convenient, well finished house, No. 215, High Street, lately occupied by Doctor Wistar, with cossel house and stables. Enquire of WILLIAM SHEAFF, No. 268, High Street. Nov. 2.
Domestic Articles. NEWBURYPORT, Oct. 26. As a testimony of respect to our esteemed and Beloved President, a number of the citizens of Newburyport, convened at Mr. Davenport's tavern, on Friday the 19th instant...
AUGUSTA, October 18. To the CITIZENS of GEORGIA. AT a time when the ruin of our country is attempted by every art which depravity can suggest or villainy execute, it must afford peculiar satisfaction to the friends of order and good government to observe the unanimity which happily prevails among our citizens.
POST OFFICE, Philadelphia, 29th October, 1798. LETTERS for the British Packet (for Falmouth) will be received at this office until Tuesday the 6th November, at 6 o'clock, P. M. N. B.—The inland postage to New-York must be paid at this office.
Eight Dollars Reward. A ROBBERY was committed on the 17th instant, at the house of the subscriber in the township of Solebury by two negro men. They carried off a quantity of cash, a pocket book, containing some valuable papers; wearing apparel, &c. One of the negroes is a middle aged man, known by the name of John White...
Female Education. JAMES A. NEAL'S School, FOR THE TUITION OF YOUNG LADIES, Will re-commence on Monday, the 12th of November, at his School Room, No. 28, Carter's Alley. The Evening School Will be opened, as usual, at the same time and place. November 3.
LAMP GLASS. A quantity of Lamp Glass was left during the Fever, at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, supposed through mistake. The owner is requested to call and take it away. Nov. 3.
TO BE RENTED, (And immediate possession given,) A LARGE three story BRICK HOUSE, situated in Walnut Street. The rooms are commodious, airy and private. It is in a situation which its central position, it is thought to be an eligible situation for a Public Office. For terms enquire of BENJ. W. MORRIS, Also a commodious Ware House, in Taylor's Alley. October 20.
Notice is hereby given, THAT application will be made to the treasury of the United States for the renewal of the following certificates of six per cent. funded debts, standing in the name of Jane Gabrielle Rigaud, of Geneva, which were lost on board the Swallow Packet, Capt. Kidd, from Falmouth to New-York. No. 3072 1 Cert. for 2000 dolls. 2964 1 do. 5000 10,577 1 do. 3000 Willings & Francis. Philadelphia, August 10.
AN APPRENTICE TO THE PRINTING BUSINESS Will be taken at this Office, if immediate application be made. Nov. 1.
John Haines & Wm. Jones, BEG leave to inform their friends and the public, that they have commenced a Co-partnership in the SADDLING BUSINESS, which will in future be carried on under the firm of HAINES & JONES, in Market Street, No. 132, one door above the corner of Fourth, where they presume (at least to hope) that their attention to, and knowledge of business, their determination to leave on the best terms, and their known attachment as Native Americans to the Government and Constitution of their Country, will entitle them to the encouragement a generous public. Although they cannot boast of having acquired their experience in any part of Europe, yet they take the liberty of pledging themselves, that their manufacture shall be inferior to none in this city. June 28.

By this Day's Mail.
BOSTON, October 29.
From France.
On Saturday, the brig Cyrus, capt. Edward Tyler, reached this port from Nantes...
Extract of a letter from the Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, to the principal Commissaries...
Mr. W. has also handed us the following particulars:— the public being already acquainted...
A few days after the sailing of Mr. Gerry, a large number of New-York papers reached Paris...
[We hope the above will convince the few yet doubting Americans of the necessity of national defence.
Never perhaps since the existence of the United States, as a nation, have they been exposed to more imminent danger...
by the success her late mild conduct has had for us, we are prone forever. The fate of our elections will be the criterion...
PROVIDENCE, October 27.
The honorable board of commissioners which had been sitting for some time past in this town...
It is said that their unanimous results, a boundary which will assign a large portion of the disputed lands...
Entire harmony is said to have subsisted during this lengthy and laborious trial...
For the credit of human nature, it is hoped that it may prove an useful lesson to the Europeans...
BALTIMORE, November 2.
Captain Claus Sibber, commander of the ship Carolus, bound from Hamburg to Baltimore...
The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5.
The United States frigate, commodore Barry, arrived at New-Castle on Friday last...
To the Managers of the House of Employ.
GENTLEMEN, THE late distressing calamity which has visited our native city...
It is expected of you to perform this important duty with great fidelity and care...
If a child fail of obtaining a good trade by the neglect of its master...
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia. CAME UP.
Ship Roebuck, Shewell, Bristol; Chesapeake, Webb, Liverpool; Caesar, Howland, Lisbon...
Ship Pigeon, Green, India; Arethusa, M'Keown, Cork; Arrived. Days...
The Maria Matilda failed from Havanna in company with the schr. Peggy...
The ship Fair American, Brewer, from Philadelphia to the Havanna...
Captain Cushing left at Curacoa the 22d ult. Ship Diana, Hamilton, of New-York...
Boston, October 27.
Arrived, ship Financier, Clark, Arch-Angel 44 days. Sailed in co with capt's Wheatland...
Same day brig Cyrus, capt. Tyler, 41 days from Nantes.
The Cyrus arrived here on Saturday, was originally bound from St. Michaels to Liverpool...
October 28.
This day arrived sloop Maria, capt. Comery, 41 days from Senegal (Africa).
Same day arrived, schr. Commerce, Hathaway, from Gambia (Africa).
This day arrived the ship Victory, from New-York.
Capt. Allen, in the brig Lilly, from Baltimore left Hampton Roads in co with the Constitution...
DONATIONS.
Received at Tents near Schuylkill, for the relief of the poor, 9 cwt. of buck wheat meal...
November 2.
180 dollars, collected by virtue of two charity sermons preached by the Rev. Thomas Davis...
November 3.
A small bundle new clothes, from Mr. Jacob Lukens, Germantown.
November 3.
15 cwt. rye meal, 2 barrels do. 5 1-2 bushels buckwheat meal, and 3 small bundles clothing...
November 3.
Received at the Encampment at Malters' Place for the use of the Poor.
November 3.
A small bundle new clothes, from Mr. Jacob Lukens, Germantown.
November 3.
15 cwt. rye meal, 2 barrels do. 5 1-2 bushels buckwheat meal, and 3 small bundles clothing...
November 3.
Received at the Encampment at Malters' Place for the use of the Poor.
November 3.
A small bundle new clothes, from Mr. Jacob Lukens, Germantown.
November 3.
15 cwt. rye meal, 2 barrels do. 5 1-2 bushels buckwheat meal, and 3 small bundles clothing...
November 3.
Received at the Encampment at Malters' Place for the use of the Poor.
November 3.
A small bundle new clothes, from Mr. Jacob Lukens, Germantown.
5 bushels rye meal and 2 bushels indian meal, from Mr. Gilbert Kodman.
November 3.
2 bushels rye meal, from Mr. John Allen.
November 3.
2 bushels indian meal, from Mr. Abraham Vandegrift.
November 3.
4 bushels indian meal, from Mr. Turner.
November 3.
N. B. The four last-mentioned donations, were delivered by Mr. Asa Tomlinson of Benfalen township.
November 3.
John Tuckeep, Jonas Robinson, Isaac W. Morris, Committee.
November 3.
N. B. All persons to whom the Committee of the Encampment at Malters' Place are indebted...
November 3.
ISAAC W. MORRIS, at his Brewery in Dock street.
DONATIONS.
Received by the committee appointed to relieve the sick and infirm poor in the city.
November 3.
From Thomas Wister and John Wain, 19 cord of Wood.
November 3.
From Henry Toland, 60 dollars.
November 3.
10th mo. 18th 1798.
November 3.
Received since the 26th ultimo.
November 3.
From W. M. B. of Fredericktown, Maryland, 20 dollars.
November 3.
From I. D. of do. 10 dollars.
November 3.
From Hannah Speakman, of this city, 15 dollars.
November 3.
From C. P. of this city, 1 barrel pickled pork.
November 3.
From Geo. Chapman, of do. 20 bushels of potatoes.
November 3.
From Cox, of Trenton, a quantity of wood.
November 3.
From Andrew Ohl, collected from a number of the inhabitants of Lower Saxton township...
November 3.
From Wm. Webb, near Lancaster, 20 dollars.
November 3.
By order of the committee, EDW. GARRIGUES, President.
November 3.
Attest, P. BARKER, Clerk.
November 3.
11th mo. 5th, 1798.
BILL OF MORTALITY.
Collected from the returns, and from the City Hospital report, published daily since the 7th of August, 1798, in this paper.
November 3.
From the 1st to the 31st August, inclusive. In the City Burial Grounds.
November 3.
In City Hof. burying ground. From city hospital, city and suburbs.
November 3.
Total in August. From the 1st to the 31st August, inclusive. In the City Burial Grounds.
November 3.
In City Hof. burial ground. From City Hospital, City and Suburbs.
November 3.
Total in August. From the 1st to the 30th Sept. inclusive. In the City Burial Grounds.
November 3.
In City Hof. burial ground. From City Hospital, City and Suburbs.
November 3.
Total in September. From the 1st to the 31st Oct. incl. In the City Burial Grounds.
November 3.
In City Hof. burial ground. From City Hospital, City and Suburbs.
November 3.
Total in October. From the 1st to the 30th Nov. incl. In the City Burial Grounds.
November 3.
In City Hof. burial ground. From City Hospital, City and Suburbs.
November 3.
Total in November. Whole number of death.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Forty Dollars Reward FOR APPREHENDING A GENTLEMEN NEGRO.
BY NAME GEORGE or GEORGE PARKER, the property of the subscriber, who has thought proper on the night of the 21st inst. toelope from his master...
November 3.
N. B. The anti-pestilential preservative, was used with great success at London, 3 articles, Bristol, and other Cities...
November 3.
CHARLETON YEATMAN, South-East Corner of Lombard and Second streets, New Market.
November 3.
A young woman from England, would wish to engage with a lady in the capacity of lady's-maid...
November 3.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
The Offices of Government are to be removed from Trenton to the City on Thursday next.
INSURANCE OFFICE
of the State of Pennsylvania is removed to the fourth-east corner of Second and Walnut streets.
November 5.
The Insurance Office of SHOEMAKER & BERRETT, is again opened at no. 29 north Water street...
November 5, 1798.
A FURNISHED ROOM, CONVENIENT for a small family, situated near this Office, wanted immediately.
November 5, 1798.
IMPORTED, AND TO BE SOLD BY CHARLES WHARTON, [At his House, No. 116, South Second Street.] Old Lisbon Wine.
November 5, 1798.
AVIS AUX FRANCAIS. Le Parlementaire BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CAPT. JONES.
November 5, 1798.
AVIS AUX FRANCAIS. Le Parlementaire LA VICTOIRE, CAPT. JONES.
November 5, 1798.
Wanted to Charter, FOR BALTIMORE, A SMALL VESSEL, FROM four to five hundred barrels.
November 5, 1798.
Whose COUNTING HOUSE has opened, as usual, this day.
November 5, 1798.
JOHN DOBBIN, BOOT & SHOEMAKER. RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public in general that he carries on his business at No. 99 South Second-street...
November 5, 1798.
REMOVAL. THE SUBSCRIBERS have removed their Office from the corner of Eleventh street, to their former Counting House, No. 21. Penn Street.
November 3, 1798.
DR. YEATMAN'S Anti-pestilential Preservative and anti-bilious Pills.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November 3, 1798.
THE PILLS Are prepared according to true medical principles, and may be safely taken by the most delicate.
November

PROPOSALS,
BY THE Insurance Company of North America.
For INSURANCE against FIRE, on Dwelling-Houses, Ware-Houses, and other Buildings...
I. Common Insurance, on hazards of the first class, will be undertaken at a premium of about half per cent. per annum.
II. Insurance will also be made on buildings and goods extra-hazardous, at premiums proportioned to the risk.
III. The following conditions are to be understood by the parties.
1st. The Insurance is not binding till the stipulated premium be paid; but it shall be deemed effected from the time of such payment...
2d. Insurance may be renewed at the expiration of the term of the policy, without further expense...
3d. If any other insurance be made on the same property, it must be made known at the time of application...
4th. Goods held in trust, or on consignment, may be insured as such in a separate policy...
5th. This company will not be liable or accountable for any loss or damage occasioned by any foreign invasion...
6th. Bills of Exchange, Bonds and other Securities, Title Deeds, Money, Bank and other promissory Notes...
7th. No insurance will be made for a shorter term than one year...
8th. Losses sustained by fire on property insured, shall be paid in thirty days after due proof...
9th. A description of the property to be insured will be expected with each application...
10th. The site and position, describing the street or road on or near which the building stands...
11th. The materials of which it is built, whether of brick, stone or wood...
12th. The dimensions of the building and how divided, and the style in which it is finished...
13th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
14th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
15th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
16th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
17th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
18th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
19th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
20th. The situation with respect to other buildings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not...
the 200 is vary materially in kind, a general estimate of the value of each kind proposed to be insured...
2. Articles of the following kinds are deemed extra-hazardous, though in various degrees...
Letters post paid, directed to the Secretary of the Board of Directors...
By order of the Board, EBENEZER HAZARD, Sec'y. Office of the Insurance Company of North America...
Bank of Pennsylvania,
September 3d, 1798. WHEREAS the House at present occupied by the Bank of Pennsylvania was entered...
on the night of the first instant, by some villains, who robbed the institution of sundry Bank Notes...
No 1002, dated 23d of August, 1798, Dollars issued in favor of Seaborn & Van Wyck...
No 1003, dated 25th of August, 1798, Dollars issued in favor of Montgomery and Newbold...
No 1006, 27th do. do. do. 2000
1007, do. do. do. do. 2000
1008, do. do. do. do. 2000
1009, do. do. do. do. 2000
1010, 28th do. do. do. 2000
1011, do. do. do. do. 2000
1012, 30th do. do. do. 1500
1013, do. do. do. do. 1000
Also sundry post notes of the Bank of Pennsylvania, dated 23d July 1797...
By order of the Board, JONATHAN SMITH, Cashier.
Mills, Portage, &c. TO BE LEASED FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
To be leased, for a term not less than three, nor more than seven years, a VALUABLE PROPERTY...
This establishment consists of an excellent grist mill, saw mill, dwelling house, barn, and a portage or carrying place...
The grist mill is a handsome, new and well finished building, of 50 by 30 feet...
The saw mill is also new, situated on the same stream, now furnished with an ample stock of logs...
The dwelling house is well calculated for the use of the miller, is new, and sufficiently large...
The portage is 5-8ths of a mile in length, along the Seneca falls-over which were passed in the last year...
The stock on hand will be sold to the lessee, and the cattle, utensils, smith's forge, &c. may be sold or let the premises.
If a purchase should offer for the whole or an undivided part of the premises it will be sold.
Terms of sale or lease, apply to Mr. WILHELMUS MYNERS, at the Seneca falls, or to the subscriber, at Schenectady.
STEPHEN N. BAYARD. june 25
Mails for South-Carolina & Georgia,
Public mails by water between Philadelphia and Charleston. They will leave Philadelphia on Friday.
The post by land will be continued twice a week until an experiment is made in regard to the expedition and regularity of the packets.
If any person chuses to have their letters sent by land only, they will please to write the word Land upon the letters.
Joseph Habersham, Post-Master General. Philadelphia, August 13, 1798.
WILLIAM M'LAW, SADLER & HARNESS MAKER,
Has Removed to the Corner of Chestnut and Twelfth-Street, on the Commons, where he will receive and execute the orders of his friends and wholesale customers...
A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
1. A general description of the building in which they are kept will be expected, similar in all respects, as to the danger from fire, with that required for Insurance on the buildings themselves.
2. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
3. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
4. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
5. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
6. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
7. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
8. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
9. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
10. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
11. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
12. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
13. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
14. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
15. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
16. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
17. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
18. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
19. A description of the kinds and nature of the goods, whether in casks or other packages, or opened; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing.
General Goods, CONSISTING OF RANDANIA HANDELCHEFS, Chest Coffers, Mahogany Chests, Cookery, Elihu Thomson, Wrought Mullins, Long Drawers.
Coarse Sugars in bags, fit for the European markets ALSO, Carolina Indigo, Coffee in hogsheads.
A few pipes of very old and very choice Madeira WINE. For Sale, on reasonable terms, by John Craig, No. 12, Dock-street. July 14.
Ten Dollars Reward.
DESERTE from the Guard House in New-Castle, this morning, a negro man named BOWMAN, private in the Pennsylvania Key-Stone Battery, United States. He is about 36 years of age, five feet ten inches high, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, born in England, and by trade a Bricklayer.
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...
That there shall be levied, collected and paid, upon all 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 conveying of passengers, the several duties and rates following, viz:
Table with 2 columns: Carriage Type, Duty. Columns include: For and upon every coach (15), upon every chaise (12), upon every post chaise (12), upon every phaeton, with or without top (9), upon every gig (9), upon four-wheel carriages, having frame wheels and tops, with lacing springs (6), upon four-wheel carriages, with wooden or iron springs on jacks (3), upon chairs with tops (3), upon chairs with tops (3), upon gig chairs with tops (3), upon other two-wheeled carriages (3), upon two-wheeled carriages with steel or iron springs (3), For and upon all other two-wheeled carriages (3), upon every four-wheeled carriage, having framed wheels and tops, and resting upon wooden springs (3).
The Collector of the revenue of the first division of 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, on the Main Street, a little above the sign of the King of Prussia, at 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 licenses will be granted to them; one license for carrying on the business of retailing of wines in a less quantity, or in less quantities, than 30 gallons; and one license for carrying on the business of retailing spirituous liquors in less quantities than twenty gallons, at the same time and at the same place, by JAMES ASH, Collector of the 1st division of the 1st Survey of the district of Pennsylvania.
Office of Inspection at Germantown, 22d August, 1798. Every denomination of Stamps to be had at said office.
The Stamp Press is removed
to the Office of Inspection at Germantown, on the Main Street, a little above the sign of the King of Prussia, where attendance will be given for the accommodation of those who with any instruments stamped, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, augusta 22.
Wants Employment,
A YOUNG MAN, who has served a regular apprenticeship to the mercantile business in this city, wishes to engage in a Counting-house or office, writes a good hand and understands accounts, can be well recommended and security given if required. Enquire at the office of this Gazette. june 21.
Bakenridge-for sale
IT consists of 920 acres, almost all of which is a fine rich Meadow. (the residence of the late Earl of Sterling). It may be conveniently divided into five farms, four of which are bounded on the East by the river Patapsco.
There are on it a number of buildings, forming a square of nearly three acres. The dwelling house is a very convenient one, and a small expense would put it in complete repair.
The orchard consists of 1500 fine bearing engrafted Apple Trees-and there is on other parts of said tract near 300 other Apple Trees-as also a great variety of other fruits, particularly Cherries in the best and most delicious kinds.
Also, a great number of beautiful Exotic and Forest Trees, that add to the beauty and convenience of the place. Its situation is about 18 miles from the towns of Newark and Elizabeth: 10 from Morris-Town, and 12 from Springfield-It is wooded and watered.
To have trouble, the price is five pound pr. acre in cash, on delivery of the deed. Please to enquire of T. MCLEUEN & Co. No. 78, Chestnut-street. february 2.
Patent Ploughs,
To be sold for cash by Joseph Salter at Atkinson Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry-Jonathan Harker, Woodbury-and Jeff Evans, Lumberton. Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kind, as they require less team, break the ground better, are kept in order at less expense, and are sold at a cheaper rate-the plan is much simplified and consists of but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood; they may be fixed with wrought iron and coulters to be put on with screws and taken off at pleasure.
Patent rights for vending with instructions for making, may be had by applying to John Newbold, or the subscriber No. 212 North Front-street.
Who has for Sale,
Or to Lease for a term of Years, A number of valuable tracts of Land, well situated for Mills, Iron Works or Farms, mostly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Huntingdon, state of Pennsylvania. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan esq. near Huntingdon. Charles Newbold. july 17.
PROCLAMATION.
BY VIRTUE of a precept from JOHN D. COXE, Esquire, president of the court of Oyer and terminer and general goal delivery for the trial of all capital and other offences in the county of Bucks; and HENRY WYNKOOP and FRANCIS FERRAY, judges of the same court-A court of oyer and terminer, and general goal delivery, will be held at Newtown, in the said county of Bucks, on Monday the 3rd day of November next.
FOR SALE, BY
JOHN MILLER, JUN. NO. 8, CHESTNUT STREET, 100 hogheads RUM, Of high proof and fine flavour. July 19.
AN ACT
For the relief of the Refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova-Scotia. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That to satisfy the claims of certain persons claiming damages for the loss of their property, which was taken from them by the British forces, or their allies, during the late war...
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no other persons shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this act, than those of the following descriptions, to wit: widows and heirs, viz: First, of those of families, and single persons, who were residents in one of the provinces aforesaid, prior to the 19th day of July, 1775, and who abandoned their settlements, in consequence of having been compelled to take up arms against the United States, or in the revolutionary war against Great Britain, or in consequence of having been compelled to take up arms against the United States, or in consequence of having been compelled to take up arms against the United States...
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proof of the several circumstances necessary to entitle applicants to the benefits of this act, may be taken before a judge of the supreme or inferior court of the United States, or a judge of the supreme or inferior court, or the first justice of the supreme or inferior court of common pleas or county court of any state.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of fifteen months from and after the passing of this act, and from time to time thereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary for the Department of War, to lay such evidence of claims as he may have received, before the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, and with them, proceed to examine the testimony, and give their judgment what quantity of land ought to be allowed to the individual claimants, in proportion to the degree of their respective services, sacrifices and sufferings, in consequence of their attachment to the cause of the United States; allowing to those of the first class a quantity not exceeding one thousand acres; and to the second class, a quantity not exceeding one hundred, making such intermediate classes as the circumstances aforesaid, and distributive justice, may, in their judgment require, and make report thereof, to Congress. And in case any such claimant shall have sustained such losses and sufferings, or performed such services for the United States that he cannot justly be classed in any one general class, a separate report shall be made of his circumstances, together with the quantity of land that ought to be allowed him, having reference to the foregoing ratio: Provided, that in considering what compensation ought to be made by virtue of this act, all grants except military grants, which may have been made by the United States, or individual States, shall be considered at the just value thereof, at the time the same were made, respectively, either in whole or in part, as the case may be, a satisfaction to those who may have received the same: Provided also, that no claim under this act, shall be assignable until after report made to Congress, as aforesaid, and until the said lands be granted to the persons entitled to the benefit of this act.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all claims in virtue of said resolutions of Congress, which shall not be exhibited as aforesaid, within the time by this act limited, shall forever thereafter be barred.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TH: JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, April 7, 1798. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the office of the Department of State. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.
Pursuant to the above Act, Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims under the resolutions of Congress, of the 23d of April, 1783, and the 13th of April, 1785, to transmit to the War-Office within two years after the passing of the said Act, viz: the 7th day of April, 1798, a just and true account of their claims to the bounty of Congress.
In the proof of Claims, a strict attention must be paid to the requisitions of the 2d and 3d Sections of the Act. JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. july 19.
ANOTHER STRONG PROOF
Of the great and unparalleled efficacy of Dr. CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, in the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma & Consumption. New-York, July 10, 1798. To Dr. CHURCH.
Sir, For upwards of Twelve Years, I have labored under a severe Cough, shortness of breath, spitting of matter from my lungs and often of clotted blood, till at length I was reduced as to be unable to walk across my room, and owing to the violence of my cough and the shortness of breath could get no rest day or night. Hearing of your excellent medicine, the Cough Drops, I procured a bottle; I took a dose as soon as I got it, from which I found instantaneous relief, and by continuing it for three days, I bled God I am restored to perfect health. As I believe you to have been the instrument in the hands of Providence, of saving my life, I must intreat you to publish this for the benefit of any who may be in my situation, as I am confident it is one of the best medicines in the world for those complaints. I am, Sir, your grateful servant NICHOLAS STAGG, Little Robinson-street.
CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS,
Are prepared and sold by the Inventor and sole proprietor, Dr. CHURCH, at his Dispensary, Washington-street, New-York; and at his office, No. 1, South Third-street, Philadelphia, and sold by appointment at Mr. Weedman's 118 William-street, and Stillwell & DeForest, 162 Pearl-street, New-York. Mancius, Albany, Price, Baltimore, Thomas, Alexandria, Wilson, Wilmington, &c. &c.
O B S E R V E,
As a counterfeited preparation of this medicine has been industriously circulated through some of the principal cities in the United States, persons are requested to purchase them of such persons only as have Dr. Church's appointment for vending the same. Powers, Poughkeepsie-Chappel, Head of Elk-Bond and Co. New-castle-Hemphill, Lancaster-Blauvelt, Brunswick (N. J.) Gordon, Trenton, &c. &c. * Patients letters (Post-paid) addressed to Dr. Church, New-York, duly attended to. august 20.
This Day Published,
And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. 319 Chestnut-street, (Price 1-25 of a Dollar,) AN ORATION, Pronounced July 4, 1798, At the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. By JOSIAH QUINCY.
The inroads upon our public liberty, call for reparation-The wrongs we have sustained, call for-Justice. That Reparation and that Justice, may yet be obtained, by Union, Spirit, and Perseverance. But to divide and conquer was the maxim of the Devil in the garden of Eden, and to divide and enslave hath been the principle of all his votaries from that period to the present. Observations on the Boston Port-Bill, &c. p. 78 by the late F. Quincy, jun. august 11.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
JUNE 27, 1798. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of an act, passed during the present session of Congress, so much of the act entitled "An Act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt"-passed the third day of March, 1795, as relates to the redemption of the public debt, is hereby extended to the 1st day of January, 1799.
That on the liquidation and settlement of the said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stock equal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrears of interest due on their said Certificates, prior to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety one.
That the principal sums of the said Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, with the interest thereon, since the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one, will be discharged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the payment of interest and reimbursement of principal, equal to the sums which would have been payable thereon, if the said Certificates had been subscribed, pursuant to the Act making provision for the debts of the United States, contracted during the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market value of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by such subscriptions as aforesaid, which market value will be determined by the Comptroller of the Treasury. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. june 28.
TO BE SOLD,
THE time of an indentured Dutch Servant BOY, who has ten years to serve. He has had the small pox and measles, is active, hearty and strong, and fit for house-work in town or country. For further information, enquire of the printer. august 4.
HEALTH OFFICE.
Philadelphia, 1st May, 1798. Laws of this Commonwealth, passed 4th April 1798. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every housekeeper within the city of Philadelphia, the townships of the Northern Liberties and Moyamensing, and district of Southwark, within a mile of the line of the city, taking in boarders arriving by sea or by land, from any foreign port or place, and having any boarder in his or her family, who shall be taken sick of any disease whatsoever, between the first day of May and the first day of November in any year, within twenty days next after such boarder shall come to lodge in his or her house, shall, within 24 hours next after the knowledge of such sickness, make report at the Health-Office of the name of such sick person, the time of his or her arrival at the house and of his or her being taken sick, and of the name and place of abode of such housekeeper; whereupon the Physician of the Health-Office shall forthwith visit the patient, and report to the office his opinion of the nature of such disease, that measures may be taken to prevent the spreading of the infection; and if any housekeeper shall neglect to give information in the manner and within the time aforesaid, and shall be thereof convicted, in any court of criminal jurisdiction within this Commonwealth, upon indictment by verdict or confession, he or she shall forfeit and pay a fine to the use of the said hospital, not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, to be imposed at the discretion of the court, according to the circumstances of greater or less aggravation attending each particular case.
By order of the Board of Health, WM. ALLISON, Health Officer, of the Port of Philadelphia. august 20.