Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-11-09 00:00:00

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FOR SALE, THE SHIP MARY, SAMUEL PARKER, MASTER, Two hundred tons burthen. Apply to JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co.
For New-York, The Schooner Mary, JOSHUA DOUGLAS, master, will sail in a few days, and take freight very low. Apply to Joseph Anthony & Co.
Just arrived, and will this day be landed from on board the brig FAVORITE at Chestnut street wharf. 25 Tons best Russia Clean HEMP, 26 Tons old Sable flat IRON.
FOR SALE BY Joseph Anthony and Co. The above mentioned BRIG will sail in a few days, and take freight on moderate terms for Boston or Salem, for which or passage, apply on board or as above.
For Freight or Charter, The ship COMMERCE, NATHANIEL CURTIS, Master. Almost a new vessel, 244 tons burthen, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms apply on board at Bright's wharf, or to Joseph Anthony & Co.
For Sale on board the above Vessel, A quantity of excellent COAL. Persons having goods on board, are earnestly requested to send their permits.
For Freight or Charter to Europe, or the West-Indies. The new Brigantine FAIR AMERICAN, RICHARD CALLEY, Master. Is in compleat order, and in readiness for receiving a cargo. She is a handy vessel, and has good accommodations for passengers. Apply to Captain Calley, on board said vessel, laying the upper side of the Still House wharf, Southwark, or to Isaac Harvey, jun.
FOR LONDON, The capital ship CERES, To sail soon:—For freight or passage apply to DAVY, ROBERTS & Co. or John Vaughan, Front-street.
For Sale, The Brig MARY, Lying at Messrs. Willings and Francis's wharf, burthen 2000 barrels, built in Philadelphia in 1793 of live oak and red cedar. She is well found, and may be bent to sea at a small expence. For terms apply to Gurney & Smith.
For BRISTOL, THE SHIP PHILADELPHIA, Theodore Bliss, master. A new ship, on her second voyage, with the best accommodations for passengers, and is intended to sail with all expedition. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, or to Thomas & John Clifford.
Who have just imported in said vessel, and have for sale, besides their general assortment of IRONMONGERY, A quantity of fine drawn and common sharp and flat point NAILS; double & single roll'd Sheet Iron; Iron Pots, Kettles, and Iron Weights, of all sizes; London and Bristol Pewter in casks, assorted; boxes of Tin Plates; cases of Men's, Women's and Boys' Hats; crates of earthen and stoneware Glass Ware; crates of Phials; boxes of Window-Glass; boxes of long and short Pipes; Copper in Sheets; Oval Quart Bottles in hampers; also, a few cases of bottled Beer, and two bales of Superfine Broadcloths and Cassimere.
For Liverpool, The Ship DOMINICK TERRY, JACOB DEHART, Master. Has a part of her cargo engaged. For freight or passage apply to the master on board, at the wharf of the subscribers, or, Jesse & Robert Waln.
For Lisbon, The Danish barque BENEVENTURA, SAMUEL STUBB, Master. A good vessel of about two hundred tons burthen. For freight or passage apply to Jesse & Robert Waln.
On TUESDAY EVENING, the 8th inst. Will be Sold, At the Merchant's Coffee-House, The Schooner Lucy, Now lying at Chestnut-street wharf; a fine, stout built vessel, one hundred and sixteen tons burthen; in every respect well found, and may be sent to sea at a small expence—the inventory may be seen at the Compting-House of the subscribers, or at Footman and Co. auctioneers. Joseph Anthony & Co.
For Sale, or Charter, The Ship DIANA, SAMUEL PILE, Master, Burthen 265 47-95 tons register, built in Philadelphia in the year 1792, of live oak and red cedar, and was sheathed 13 months ago, she has just had a compleat out-fit, and may be sent to sea at a very trifling expence. For terms apply to Philip Nicklin & Co.
Who have for sale on board said vessel, 27 cases of fine yellow paint, 9 boxes and 22 bundles of writing slates, 1 box ink stands and more pencils, 14 bales of sail canvas.
And on hand, IMPERIAL HYSON, and } TEAS. 40,000 pieces Nankeens of the first quality. 19 tubs Quick-silver. 2 chests Bandanna handkerchiefs. A few chests Manchester goods well assorted in Corduroys, thicksets, Ginghams, Mullinets, Dimities, &c. 3 boxes black sewing silk. 180 crates Queens ware well assorted. 10 tons sheet lead. Nails assorted, flat and sharp points. London Particular, } Madeira Wine in pipes London Market, } and hogheads. New-York Market, } 40 pipes and to hogheads Teneriffe wine. 8 tiers Snake Root. 230 logs Mahogany. Nov. 7.
For Charter, The Ship JOHN BULKELT, AYRES STOCKLEY, Master. An excellent live-oak and cedar built ship, of about 3000 tons burthen—Apply to Jesse & Robert Waln.
FOR SALE or CHARTER, The Brigantine LIBERTY, JEREMIAH MURPHY, Master. Now lying at Albertson's wharf—she is an excellent vessel, will carry a cargo of about 1300 barrels flour, is completely found, and ready to receive a cargo. For terms, apply at No. 149, South Front-street.
Where may be had by the package only, A small consignment of DRY GOODS, just received—consisting of, Cloak, Superfine Hairline, & } CAMELETS. China Crapes, Corded Poplins, Sattinet Lading, &c. Also a few bales CALCOTTA GOODS, viz. Gugenhs, Baftas, Coffees, Tickneys, Punjum Cloths, Humhums, Gurrabs, Black Taffeties, Barhar, Pulicat, & } HANDKERCHIEFS. Bandanna Choppa Romals, Patna Chinizes, &c. &c. Likewise a few hds prime Molasses. A large quantity of best Rhode-Island Cheesee, 50 boxes Spermaceti candles, and A few barrels Beef. October 27.
For Sale, The Ship CHARLOTTE, A stout vessel, about 150 tons burthen, well found and may be sent to sea at a small expence. Apply to Joseph Anthony and Co.
OLD London Particular Madeira Wine, In pipes, hogheads and quarter-casks, Landing this day at Chestnut-street Wharf, and for sale by Joseph Anthony & Co.
Printed Calicoes. JOHN MILLER, jun. & CO. Have received per the William Penn, in addition to their own assortment, A consignment of twenty trunks of Calicoes, elegant London patterns; also a few cases of handsome Buttons—Which will be sold at a short credit, on very reasonable terms, by the package only. Oct. 14.
10 hogheads St. Croix Rum, 5 Pipes Vinegar, For Sale, by Ezekiel Hall, No. 20, Penn Street. Nov. 7.
FASHIONABLE WAISTCOATING. GEORGE DOBSON, No. 25, SOUTH THIRD-STREET, Has received per the Diana, from London, Clouded and striped Spanish Swansdown Clouded Erminatus and Molekins Striped do. and do. Figured Manillas Scarlet figured Erminatus Printed Florinets Do. Cassimets and Cassimere Superfine printed Quiltings, newest patterns Also, per different arrivals, A large and general assortment of Dry Goods, Suitable to the present and approaching season. November 5.
For Sale, This day Landing from on board the ship Concord, Captain Thompson, from Amsterdam, Gin, in pipes Empty Gin Casks, Hock in cases of 4 doz. Glass Tumblers in chests Sweet Oil in cases Patte Graffe Cheesee in boxes, &c. Also Landing by the Louisa, Capt. Bell, from Lisbon, 60 Quarter-casks Lisbon Wine. On Hand, A quantity of Brandy, Hazle-Nuts in sacks, &c. Peter Blight. October 17.
For Sale, Carolina Rice in whole and half tiers, Cotton of Cayenne and Trinidad, Soot Leather, entitled to drawback, Boston Beef, and Mould and dip candles.—Apply to Isaac Harvey, jun. No. 5, South Water-street. 10th mo. 17.
For Sale, By J. WARDER, PARKER & Co. An Invoice of Cordage, Consisting of different sizes, from 12 inch cables down to rope of 2 inches, of different lengths: Imported in the ship Swift, from Hull, and entitled to drawback. Sept. 27.
For Sale, A Three-story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut street, between Front and Second streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now do) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH. April 27.
TO BE SOLD, A LOT OF GROUND, 104 feet 7 inches front on South Water-street, and bounding on the Delaware about the same width, with a wharf thereon in good repair. On the north side adjoining Lunell's, is a large and well-built dwelling house, and country house, communicating with each other, 47 feet wide, a spacious kitchen, and other well planned accommodations, and below these a rack of floors, 62 feet in front, by 93 feet in length, built a few years ago; on the remainder of the lot on Water-street, there are two ancient brick dwellings, a Cooper's shop, & a frame store, now occupied by Mr. Alexander Tod, and bounds adjoining the stores of the heirs of the late Joseph Wharton. It will be better described by drafts and plans of the ground, and buildings, to be seen at JOHN WILCOCKS's compting house, on the premises, and of whom particulars of sale may be obtained. The whole will be sold together, or detached as may best suit the purchaser. Nov. 5.
Imported in the late arrivals, And to be Sold by JACOB PARKE, No. 49, North side of High-street, Philadelphia. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF IRONMONGERY, Cutlery, Sadlery, &c. AMONGST WHICH ARE SMITHS' Anvils, Vices, and Files; Saw-mill, Cross-cut, Hand, and other Saws; Carpenters' Planes, Chisels, and other Tools; Carving Chisels and Gouges; Locks, Hinges, Bolts and Latches; Nails, Springs, Packs, and Screws; Frying-Pans; Smoothing-Irons; Shovels and Tonges; Coffee Mills; Candlesticks; Snuffers; Warming-Pan; Table Knives and Forks; Riding Whips; Barrow Pan, and other Pocket Knives; Razors; Scissors; Needles; Ivory and Horn Combs; best Kirby Fifth Hooks; best Cabinet Furniture; Wagon Boxes; Sheet Brass; plated and m'd Brass Bins and Stirrups; itto Sable Nails; Girth and Straining Webs;—with most kinds of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, Brass Wares, &c. &c. October 24.
Sales of India Goods. The Cargo of the ship Ganges, capt. Tingey, from Calcutta and Bengal, CONSISTING OF A Large and general assortment of Bengal and Madras COTTON and SILK GOODS. AMONG WHICH ARE A variety fine worked and plain Muslins, Doreas, &c. Also, A Quantity of Excellent Sugar, In boxes and bags—and BLACK PEPPER, For Sale by Willings & Francis, No. 21 Penn Street. June 8.
The Cargo of the Polacre Independent, CAPTAIN CATHCART, from Alicante and Lisbon, landing at the subscribers wharf— 28 Pipes of Brandy 18 Bales of Spanish wool 3 doz. of Anniseed 7000 Buhels of best Lisbon Salt 30 Boxes of Lemons For sale by WILLINGS & FRANCIS. A L S O, Seventy Hogheads of prime JAMAICA SUGARS, received by the ship Dominick Terry, Capt. De Hart, from Kingston. Sept. 13.
A CAPITAL ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS. John Miller, jun. & Co. Exclusive of their own Importation now opening, Have received by the William Penn, Caroline and Diana CONSIGNMENTS, Which comprise a capital assortment to open a Dry Goods Store. Amongst them are— Common, super and superfine Cloths, Baizes and Flannels, Point, rose and duffel Blankets, Plain and puntea Cassimere, Swansdowns, Printed Calicoes, Scotch Threads, Hosiery. They will be sold either in whole, or in part, by the package, on terms which render them an object worthy of attention to purchasers. Oct. 21.
The ELEPHANT is returned from Baltimore.
THE public are respectfully informed, that this animal is to be seen every day, from 8 o'clock in the morning till sun down, in Market-street, No. 106, south side, between Third and Fourth streets. Admittance a quarter of a dollar, that every citizen may see him. At the request of many persons it will be exhibited on evenings from five to eight o'clock, at half a dollar each.—The room will be well lighted. November 7.
Madeira Wine. 30 Pipes of the very best quality, and fit for immediate use, just imported in the Schooner Lucy from Madeira, and for sale by John Craig, No. 12, Dock-street. Who has for Sale, Teneriffe Wine, in pipes, hogheads, and gr. casks. Window Glass. Segars, &c. &c. Two trunks of the best Cotton and Silk Hosiery. October 4.
Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE.
No. 63 South Third street, opposite the national new Bank. SAMUEL M. FRANCES and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnership, under the firm of FRANCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commission merchants. They buy and sell on commission every species of stock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c. Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds of writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatness and despatch; accounts adjusted, and books settled, in the most correct manner. Constant attendance will be given. They solicit a share of the public favor; they are determined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost secrecy observed. SAMUEL M. FRANCES, JOHN VAN REED. Philad. August 27, 1796.
Benjamin and Jacob Johnson,
No. 147, Market-street, Have received by the last arrivals from Liverpool and Hull, A very general assortment of DRY GOODS, Well suited to the approaching season, which they will sell on the lowest terms by the piece or package. October 24.
Washington Canal Lottery, No. 1.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised the underwritten, to raise twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour. The following is the SCHEME of No. 1. Viz 1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000 1 ditto 10,000 10,000 725 drawn } 5,000 35,000 Tickets, each } 6 ditto 1,000 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 20 ditto 100 2,000 55 ditto 50 2,750 5750 ditto 12 69,000 To be raised for the Canal, 26,250 5850 Prizes, 13650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 175,000 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Washington, Feb. 11.
LANDING,
Out of different vessels from England, and for sale by the subscribers on reasonable terms, Superfine and common cloths, and cassimere Ribbed and striped do. do. Blankets, mottled green and silk rings, Superfine blue, Claret, and common coatings, Kerseys, Bear-skins, plains and Halfthicks, Swanskins, Serges and Flannels, British Ingrain Carpeting, Hats assorted in cases of 12 doz. each, Chocolate chinizes, printed Calicoes and Handkerchiefs, Scarlet Cardinals, and Scarlet Small, Yarn, Worsted, and Cotton hosiery, Beavers, Thicksets, Velvets, Corduroys, &c. &c. Buff and drab Genoa Cords of a superior quality. 6d. 8d. 10d. 12d. 20d. nails, and frying pans, An assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery and a variety of India cotton, and silk goods. Thomas & Joshua Fisher. No. 5, Dock-street.
JOHN MILLER, Jun. & Co.
No. 3, CHESNUT STREET, Have Imported in the late vessels from Europe, &c. AND HAVE FOR SALE, A general assortment of GOODS, suitable to the season— Amongst which are, BROAD and narrow CLOTHS, Plain and twill'd COATINGS, Rose striped and point BLANKETS, FLANNELS and BAISES, HATS assorted in cases, IRISH LINENS, INDIA GOODS, generally, A Consigned Invoice of IRONMONGERY, Comprising a capital assortment to open a store—including Thirty Casks of NAILS. This invoice will be sold entire on very advantageous terms. September 20.

THE PANTHEON, And Ricketts's AMPHITHEATRE, For Equestrian and Stage performances, Corner of Chefnut and Sixth-streets  THIS EVENING, Wednesday, November 9, The Public are respectfully informed that Mr. FRANKLIN, From London, And one of the Managers of the Royal Circus, will make his first appearance in America, and exhibit fe- veral pleasing feats in  Horsmanship. TIGHT ROPE DANCING, By Signior Spinacuta, who will dance on the rope in Wooden Shoes, and perform several other wonder- ful feats, peculiar to himself.  Master Franklin, 9 years old, (From Astley's Amphitheatre, London) Will perform several Pleasing Feats On a single Horse, in full speed, for the third time in America.  MR. RICKETTS, Mr. F. RICKETTS, Master TUTCHINS and Mr. SULLY, Clown to the Hor- semanship, will go through a variety of  EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES, The whole to conclude with the Grand Serious Pan- tomime, under the immediate direction of Messrs. Sully and Spinacuta,  THE DEATH OF CAPT. COOK, In the Island of Owhyhee, in the Pacific Ocean. With the Original Music, Dances, Decorations, &c.  The Scenery Painted by Mr. Shnydore. Captain Cook, (of the Resolution) Mr. Sully First Lieutenant, Mr. Ricketts Midshipman, Mr. F. Ricketts Sailors and Marines, Supernumeraries Terebo (King of Owhyhee) Mr. Tompkins Perea, (the favorite lover of Emai) Mr. Durang Priest, Mr. Durang Warriors, Supernumeraries. Koa, (revengeful lover of Emai) Mr. Spinacuta Emai, (the Kings daughter) Mrs. Spinacuta Female Islanders, } Mrs. Tompkins, Mrs. Durang, and Miss Robinon  In act I. the method of courtship and marriage ce- remony in Owhyhee, with a beautiful View of the Island. Manner of a Single Combat, with Battle Axes. In act II. the arrival of Captain Cook in the ship Resolution; his reception by the King and Warriors of Owhyhee; a War Dance by the Natives, their Preparation for War, and manner of Sacrifice, with An exact representation Of the Death of Captain Cook, by the Warriors. In act III. the Funeral Ceremonies made use of at Owhyhee, with a Procession of the Natives to the Monument of Captain Cook, with Military Honors. The whole to conclude with  An awful representation of a Burn- ing Mountain.  Mr. RICKETTS takes this opportunity of inform- ing the Ladies and Gentlemen who attend the Riding- School, that he has, at considerable expense, engaged Mr. Franklin, to give lessons in the art of riding and managing Horses, as he finds it impossible to attend to it himself, in consequence of a variety of business which he is at present engaged in. The Ladies and Gentlemen who secure seats in the day time, are requested to attend punctually at 7, as the performances are so arranged as to conclude by 10 o'clock—the doors will open at 6.  Box, 7s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. 9d. Tickets to be had of Mr. Ford, at the ticket office in Chefnut-street, from ten to three o'clock each day. Silver Tickets, to admit for the season, to be had by applying to Mr. Ricketts at the Pantheon, or at Oel- ler's Hotel. Days of Performance to be Monday, Wednes- day, Thursday and Saturday.  TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be repeated, The Grand Serious Pantomime of The Death of Captain Cook; With a Variety of Other Entertainments.
Philadelphia, November 6, 1796. ALL persons desirous to contract for furnishing of Rations and Quarter-Masters Stores, for the troops in Philadelphia or Fort-Mifflin, on Mud Island, during the year 1797—are requested to send their pro- posals sealed, on or before the first day of December next, to  TENCH FRANCIS, Purveyor. The component parts of the Rations, are 1 pound of Flour or Bread 3 pound of Beef or 3-4 of a pound of Pork 1-2 a gill of Rum, Brandy or Whiskey 1 quart of Salt 2 quarts of Vinegar 2 pounds of Soap 1 pound of Candles Nov. 9 } For 100 Rations f&fD
James Mufgrave, GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, No. 42, South Second-street, HAS just received an assortment of Plated Ware and Jewellery, Plated Tea and Coffee Urns, Coffee Pots, Tea ditto, Castors from 5 to 8 bottles, Sugar and Cream Bacons, Bottle Stands, Baskets, high Candlesticks, Brackets and Chamber ditto, Branches, Scones, a variety of Silver and Plated Shot La'ches, Spurs, &c. &c. war- ranted of the best plate; Ladies and Gentlemen Gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; Necklaces, Neck Chains, Ear Rings, Finger Rings, Lockets, Breast Pins, Stone Knee-Buckles, with many other articles in the above branches. He has likewise received an extensive assortment of Diamonds, tea and coffee Urns, perian, blue, brown, black and gold. All kinds of work in the gold and silver line; minia- ture, fet, and hair work executed as usual. November 9. tu th & f
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, Price 37 1-2 Cents. The Pretensions of Thomas Jeffer- son to the Presidency, EXAMINED, And the Charges against John Adams REFUTED. Addressed to the Citizens of America in general, and, particularly, To the Electors of the President. Sold by YOUNG, MILLS & SON, Corner of Second and Chefnut-streets. November 5. tts
Robert Smith & Co. No. 58, South Front-street, Have received by the late arrivals from London, Liver- pool, and Hull, and by the Ohio arrived at N. York from Glasgow,  A large & general assortment of Goods, Suitable for the Season, consisting of Duffie, Point and Rose Checks, in small packages Blankets Osnaburgs and Brown Hol- lands White, Red, and Yellow Brown and white Russia Flannel Sheetings Bocking and other Baizes Drillings and Diapers Second and coarse Cloths Calicoes and Chintzes Plain and mixed Caffimere Taconet and Book Muslins Plain, twilled, and striped Do. do. Tamboured Coatings Do. do. Handkerchiefs Plains, Kerseys, and Half- Printed linen and checks do. thicks Royal and Madras do. White & spotted Swankins Muslin and Chintz Shawls Lainet and swansdown vest Bed Ticks apes Table Cloths Carpets and Carpeting Laces and Edgings Callimancoes and Durants Fashionable Ribbons Moreens and Taboreens Do. Hats and Bonnets Joans Spinning and Crapes Cotton & Worsted Hosiery Camblets and Wildbores Gloves and Mitts Bombazens & Bombazets White & coloured Threads Ratinees and Shalloon Italian Sewing Silks Plain, Genoa and printed Ivory and Horn Combs Velvets & Thicksets Tapes, Bindings, Pins, &c. 7-8, 4-4, and 11-8 Cotton They have on hand a large assortment of India Muslins and Calicoes, black and coloured Persians, Bandannos and Pullicat Handkerchiefs, &c. and a quantity of Nutmegs and Mace. October 17. mw f m
SALT PETRE. A large quantity of Double-Refined Salt Petre for sale at No. 23, South Third-street. November 5. dtf  Best Boston & Nova-Scotia Mackarel, Excellent Halifax Salmon in bbls. 47 bbls. prime Coffee, Best Boston Beef, Codfish in hds. Spermaceti Candles, Spermaceti, and } O I L. Northern Mould and dipt, tallow candles, of a superior quality. A few boxes excellent brown soap, 6 Bales of Corks. 40 Pipes excellent Lisbon Wine. A few facks of Feathers. A few bales India Muslins. FOR SALE BY JOSEPH ANTHONY, & Co. October 31. d
To be Sold, AT PUBLIC VENDUE. On Thursday the 6th day of April next, at 12 o'clock, at Dougherty's tavern, in the town of Winchester, in Virginia, the following lands, situate in the said state, viz.  No. 1.—430 Acres, Of excellent land on the waters of Back-creek, in Frederick county, on the great road leading to the South Branch, about ten miles from Winchester, 100 acres of which is rich bottom, a fine stream running through it, with several springs, the trees in the bottom are chiefly sugar maple, black walnut, hickory and loc- ust. There is a log dwelling and out-houses, some meadow made, and 40 acres of upland cleared. On this tract there is a good mill-seat, where an under- shot-mill might be erected.  No. 2.—800 Acres. Situate in Hampshire county, on the north branch of the Potomack, and on a branch called Cabbins-run, about eight miles from Fort Cumberland. On this tract is a large quantity of rich bottom, fit for meadow or the culture of hemp, the upland remarkably good, being chiefly timbered with walnut and hickory. The above tract is in two surveys of 400 acres each.  No. 3.—200 Acres. Situate in Franklin county, about ten miles from Winchester. On this tract there is a dwelling house and part of the land is cleared, the remainder is finely timbered.
No. 4.—A Lot of Ground. In the town of Woodstock, Shenandoah county, whereon is erected a two story house, and other im- provements, and a ten acre lot for the convenience of said town lot.  No. 5.—250 Acres. Situate about two miles from Woodstock. Part of this tract is in cultivation, is finely timbered, and a good quantity of meadow may be made.  No. 6.—400 Acres. Situate in Hampshire county, on George Andree's mill run, on a branch of the Cacaphon. This tract is finely timbered, there is good bottom land, which might be easily converted into meadow.  No. 7.—One moiety of 5000 Acres. Lying on the waters of Hughes's river, in Harrison county. This was purchased at one quarter of a dol- lar per acre, cash above 8 years ago.
No. 8.—41,900 Acres. Lying in the counties of Wythe, Washington, and Grayson (the greater part in Wythe,) on the waters of Cripple creek and Fox creek, branches of New Ri- ver, and on the fourth fork of Holstein.  No. 9.—10,000 Acres. Lying in the county of Hardy, on the waters of Great Cacapon and North River. The terms of payment will be one third part of the purchase money to be paid in hand at the time of ex- ecuting the deed or deeds of conveyance, the remaining two thirds to be paid in equal instalments, at 12, 18, and 24 months thereafter securing those payments by mortgaging the premises. Should any person wish to purchase at private sale, application may be made to John Holker, Esq. near Winchester; David Holmes, Esq. of Winchester; or by letters, (post paid,) to the subscriber in Philadel- phia, being the owner of said lands, who will personal- ly attend the sale on the day abovementioned. George Meade. Philadelphia, 2d of November 1796. dtw w&f MdtA.
SHERIDAN'S DICTIONARY, THE SIXTH EDITION, Is this Day Published, BY W. YOUNG, MILLS & SON, Corner of Second and Chefnut streets, In one large 8vo. volume, price 3 dollars. A COMPLETE DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, both with regard to sound and meaning, one main object of which is to establish a plain and per- manent Standard of Pronunciation. To which is prefixed, a Profound Grammar. BY THOMAS SHERIDAN, A. M. October 22. tks
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. PHOCION—No. XVIII. IT remains now to consider the pacific measures, as Hampden calls them, which Mr. Jefferson re- commended to Congress, while Secretary of State, to counteract the perfidious conduct of Great-Bri- tain, measures which he asserts, would have been more advantageous than those which have taken place; this consideration will necessarily involve a consideration of the diplomatic talents and political sagacity of the Secretary, which are asserted, by Hampden, to be not inferior to his republicanism and unalterable attachment to liberty. These themes of panegyric are comprized in the 6th and 7th division of Hampden's Essay. As to the 8th and last, viz. "Mr. Jefferson's possessing a fortune no less independent than his prin- ciples," it is so extraordinary a subject of recom- mendation in the quarter from which it comes, and as applied to this simple republican and zealous ad- mirer of equality, that we are at a loss to account for its slipping into this panegyric; we shall only remark, that, in this respect Mr. Adams must yield to Mr. Jefferson; the former, having a large fami- ly and a small fortune does certainly not boast of the pecuniary advantages of the latter, who has a very small family and an independent fortune. Among the advantages which may result from this superiority of riches, that of being able to attach to a chief magistrate useful and zealous supporters of his administration, will not be the least important. And if a salary of only two hundred and fifty dol- lars, on a former occasion, could procure such sup- port, what may not be expected from the independ- ent fortune of a President, the whole of which might conveniently be applied to the pensioning of Printers and Partisans.
The Executive Directory of France keep in their pay regular Journalists, who publish their pro- ceedings, vindicate them from attacks and endeavor to write down their assailants. These Journals are called the Official Journals of the Directory, and are known to cost the government an immense sum annually. We cannot then doubt, that with so useful a lesson before his eyes, and not scrupulous about the means, if they attain certain ends, a rich President, devoted to every thing which comes from that coun- try, not being yet allowed to apply the public mo- ney to such purposes, will find a valuable aid in his private resources. Having just reason to dread the severe displeasure of the people for most of his mea- sures, it cannot be doubted that Writers will be kept in pay to vindicate his official conduct, and to defame his opponents. With respect to the measures recommended by Mr. Jefferson, to counteract those of Great-Bri- tain; they are so connected with his correspondence with Mr. Hammond respecting the non-execution of the Treaty of Peace, that, in order to have a complete view of the subject, it will be proper to advert a little to that correspondence, for which he has received so much applause from his Panegy- rists.
It is not intended to deny to Mr. Jefferson the merit of having devoted considerable pains to the collection and digesting of the materials which were furnished him from various quarters of the union, and by the other heads of the executive department, nor to withhold from him the requisite tribute of approbation for some skill and ingenuity in com- menting upon them. But even were his epistolary talents and his diplomatic skill and ingenuity much greater than they are admitted to be, by all those who have examined his works with more than a superficial view, and are capable of judging of their real merit, still those talents and that skill offer but slender pretensions for so high and important a stati- on as that of Chief Magistrate, if unsupported by sound and correct principles of government, great purity and firmness of character, rectitude of views, and strong national attachments.
Hundreds of citizens are to be found throughout the United States competent to compose a memo- rial in a neat and flippant stile, when furnished with the necessary documents, and in a much shorter time than it appears Mr. Jefferson employed to compose his famous memorial, which was from the 5th of March to the 29th of May, twelve weeks. I shall not lay much stress upon the personal in- terest he may have taken in the issue of that discus- sion, from his avowed hatred to England, which would naturally stimulate him to every uncommon and extraordinary exertion in such a contest, nor shall I take advantage of the charge which has been publicly brought against him, in a Virginian news- paper, of "being considerably indebted (notwith- standing his fortune) on account of debts originally contracted with British subjects, by his late father- in-law, prior to the revolution," but proceed to re- mark that there was no subject more likely to in- terest the popular passions and to enlist the national pride on the side of Mr. Jefferson, than the subject matter of his correspondence with Mr. Hammond. When the question was, which nation was to blame for the non-execution of the Treaty of Peace, the citizens of this country were of course disposed to receive with favor and even admiration every thing which had a tendency to throw the blame on the other party, and to overlook any inaccuracy of rea- soning or unlogical deductions, in a cause so flattering to their national pride.
Yet it must now be confessed even by his greatest admirers, that amid all the alleged excellencies of that correspondence, many injudicious concessions have been made by Mr. Jefferson, of which the op- posite party have not been remiss in taking a fair advantage. Herein he has grossly forfeited his character for political sagacity and exhibited proofs of a want of that caution and discernment so necessary in trans- actions with foreign nations. I allude among o- thers, principally to the following instances. In his great zeal to vindicate the courts of Virginia from the charge adduced by Mr. Hammond of their having infringed the treaty, in respect to the pay- ment of debts, Mr. Jefferson replies that, "no na- tion can answer for perfect exactitude of proceed- ings in all their inferior courts; it suffices to pro- vide a supreme judicature, where all error and par- tiality will be ultimately corrected. If any instan- ces of unlawful impediment have existed in any of the inferior tribunals, they would, like other unlaw- ful proceedings, have been over-ruled on an appeal to the higher courts. If your citizens would not pro- secute their rights, it was impossible they should recover them or be denied recovery, and till a de- cision of right through all the tribunals, THERE IS NO GROUND FOR COMPLAINT." Here Mr. Jef- ferson laid a great deal more than was necessary or called for by the occasion; it would have been suf- ficient for him to have required authenticated proofs and until they were produced he might have waved any further discussion of that point. But by im- prudently volunteering the doctrine of appeal to the superior tribunals, he put it in the power of the En- glish government soon after to avail themselves of this very doctrine, and of the authority of Mr. Jef- ferson to our great injury.
Accordingly, when our vessels were illegally con- demned in the British Vice Admiralty Courts in the West-Indies, and we complained of it, the Bri- tish government retorted upon us the arguments of Mr. Jefferson. We could not justly complain of the cruel neces- sity of sending our merchants to the court of ap- peals in England, when our secretary of state had so decidedly asserted the justice and propriety of such appeal; for according to his position, we had not even a ground of complaint, till we had profe- cuted our rights through all the British tribunals. And however strange it may appear that all the partisans of Mr. Jefferson should have heaped upon Mr. Jay every kind of opprobrium for the article in the treaty, which required appeals in certain cases, yet it is manifest the article was fully justified and rendered inevitable by Mr. Jefferson's indiscreet con- cessions.
While on this subject of Mr. Jefferson's diplo- matic correspondence, it may not be amiss to no- tice, in this place, another essential faux pas which he committed in his letters to Mr. Genet, in rela- tion to the neutral code. I refer to his decided and unqualified avowal, that "by the law of nations, Great-Britain had an undoubted right to take French property in our vessels."
However true the position, yet if it could have been possibly avoided, he should have been as silent as the grave on so tender a subject. This was the more necessary as, at that very moment, negotiations for a commercial treaty were in contemplation with Great-Britain, in which the subject of the neutral code would necessarily be involved, and it was with Great-Britain particularly that we were desirous of obtaining a change in the existing system. How- extremely injudicious and unwise then was it to de- clare, not only in his letter to Genet but to Mr. Morris, that "we had no claim whatever on Great- Britain for a modification of the system, that he should be at a loss on what principles to demand it, that Great-Britain had in no instance agreed to the modification of letting the property of the goods follow that of the vessels, except in the single one of her treaty with France (which by the bye, threw on his ignorance; for it was agreed to in her treaty with Prussia) and that any relaxation of it depend- ed altogether on the will of other nations, and that we could never expect to obtain it, until they should be ready to concur."
And to make the matter more desperate, these letters were soon after printed and published to the world, and thus the British government were, by our secretary of state, furnished with arguments against us, when Mr. Jay (who has been repro- bated by the friends of Jefferson for his failure in this respect) attempted to obtain a relaxation in the system. However anxious Mr. Jefferson might have been, at that moment, to display his zeal for the government, and his separation from Genet, the subject matter of the correspondence did by no means require the full avowal of the right on the part of Great-Britain; it would have been suffi- cient to have stated, that negotiations with that country were then on foot, in which this matter would be attempted to be settled advantageously for France as well as ourselves; or even if it had been necessary, then the correspondence, as far as it related to that point, ought not to have been published.—Whereas his very lengthy and labored argument to establish the right of Great-Britain, under the law of nations, has not only prevented our obtaining a favorite alteration, but has even thereby laid the foundation for those new measures, which are now directed to his aggrandizement.
PHOCION. Thus the same PARTY, with the same liberality and candor, complained loudly of that part of the 7th article, which allowed compensation by the United States for property taken by French privateers in cer- tain cases, altho' it did no more than what Mr. Jef- ferson himself had expressly promised in a letter to Mr. Hammond.
Erratum —in Phocion, No. XVII, second para- graph, line 12, for discounts read discontents, so as to read thus: "if there is a danger of the public payments not being punctual, I submit whether it would not be better that the discontents which would then arise should be transferred from a court of whose good will we have so much need to the breaches of private individuals."  FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. To the Electors of the President of the United States. Respectable fellow-citizens, WHATEVER may be the result of your ap- proaching deliberations, the interests of this coun- try cannot fail to have been promoted by many of the discussions to which this great occasion will have given rise. The numerous addresses to the people at large, to the state legislatures, and to yourselves, will often bring truth and reason into the public view, or expose to detection the improper measures which passion or unworthiness have induced the parties to adopt. It is plain that those, who have necessarily reply at a very late hour have far the hardest task, though

truth were admitted to be on their side. Nothing, which can be prepared, for example, to manifest all the errors of "Phocion," can possibly reach in time the distant Electors.
The opinions of Mr. Adams in favor of an hereditary President and of an hereditary senate, and his desire to see them introduced among us, are the great objections to him, which prevail copiously with all the friends of the Federal Constitution, who are opposed to his election. Hence we see, that though Mr. Pinckney is understood to be set up by the same persons, no objections whatever have been made to him. This gentleman gives rise to no alarms even among the friends of other candidates, because he is universally admitted to be a friend to representative or elective government. Nay, even the papers, characterized as Anti federal and Jacobin, have not founded any alarm concerning the Republican Pinckney.
The friends and enemies of the Federal Constitution have been accustomed to believe, that GENERAL WASHINGTON is a lover of representative government. It has been a cause of a devout thankfulness to Providence in the minds of serious and anxious men, that this friend to Republics was in the chair, when the combined powers associated to restore Monarchy in France, and particularly in 1793, when the king of Great-Britain issued within the same week (Oct. 31, and Nov. 6, '93) a public proclamation to suppress Republican government in France, and secret orders hostile to the resources and naval organ of our unoffending Republic. Here we might offer exculpatory remarks concerning the dispositions, which a concurrence of circumstances like these might naturally excite in the bosom of Secretary Jefferson, perhaps we might fully establish his merit on the occasion; but it is only necessary to our present argument to observe, that the friends of our Republican Constitution felt great comfort, at a moment so awfully eventful, in the knowledge, that our chief magistrate was an indisputable enemy to every modification of hereditary domination. If the friends of representative government cherished with thankfulness this comfortable truth, what will they now think and feel, if they behold the high presidential authority in the hands of one, who has no faith, no confidence in representative or elective government, who believes, with the jealous enemies of our Constitution abroad, that a Monarchical Constitution is not only better than our Federal Constitution, but that a mixed Monarchy is "the best of all possible governments." Ask yourself, respectable but highly responsible trustees of a deferring nation's peace, before it shall be too late, can the people of America be hoped to confide in such a constituted authority?
The letters of "Phocion" have been principally confined to the rejection of Mr. Jefferson. He says enough, it is true, to cover himself from the charge of neglecting Mr. Adams. Yet he certainly has not taken up and explained any of the passages, in favor of hereditary government, which a wife and zealous advocate would (if he could) have openly seized and refuted. This is a case in which the very hours of the adversary, if we may use the expression, should have been taken hold of with intrepidity. "Phocion," instead of referring almost entirely to Mr. Jefferson's pen, which also he has unconsciously stepped in the acridulated gall of self-deceiving prejudice, should have explained the many passages like the following, which are to be found in Mr. Adams's three volumes.
In treating of the Lacedemonian government, which was hereditary in the kings and senators, in the two hundred and fifty-fifth page of the first volume, Mr. Adams writes the following words— "The Lacedemonian Republic may then, with great propriety, be called Monarchical, and had the three essential parts of the best possible government; it was a mixture of Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy." This passage is unequivocal and goes to the whole length of the principles in question. Mr. Adams does not merely say, that this mixed monarchy is not bad—nor merely, that it is good—not merely that it is better than the existing Constitution of Massachusetts or New-York—not merely that it is better than such a Constitution, as this Federal Constitution, under which a beneficent creator has placed us, a second chosen people,—but Mr. Adams, without any the least qualification or reserve whatsoever, expressly says, that this Lacedemonian mixture of Monarchy—Aristocracy—and Democracy, had "the three essential parts of the best possible government." To frame a declaration of monarchical and aristocratical faith more unequivocal and explicit, all the words of our language, nay, all the ideas of the human mind would be vainly applied.
A FEDERALIST.
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GRAND PATENT AND OTHER PIANO FORTES.
JUST arrived; uncommon attention has been given to the finishing of these instruments, which are in a style entirely new, and superbly elegant. Added to which, purchasers will have an opportunity of selecting from a greater number than was ever offered for sale, by any person in this city—and being a consignor, and the object of the consignor a speedy return of the proceeds, they will be sold on liberal terms, at W. POYNTILL's store, No. 70 Chestnut-Street. November 9.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1796.
STOCKS. Six per Cent. 17 1/2 to 43. Three per Cent. 10 3/4. 4 3/4 per Cent. 14 1/4. 5 1/4 per Cent. 16 3/4. Deferred Six per Cent. 13 3/4. BANK United States, 20. Pennsylvania, 26. North America, 45 to 46. Insurance Comp. North America, 13 1-2. Pennsylvania, par.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE. On London, at 30 days, per £100 sterl. par. at 60 days, par to 162 1-2. at 90 days, 162 1/2 to 164 1-2. Amsterdam, 60 days, per guilder, 40 42.
Return of Chester County Election. Whelen 530 M'Kean 122. Miles 535 M'organ 120. Wykkoop 530 Hanna 121. Arndt 531 Hartzell 115. Eckhart 530 Heister 115. Bull 535 Boyd 116. Coleman 530 Whitehill 119. Carson 534 M'Clay 116. Pofflethwaite 531 Brown 119. Hay 532 Smith 115. Wilson 535 Piper 115. Elliot 534 Irwin 115. Douglass 534 Smilie 120. Woods 535 Edgar 119. Stokely 530 Muhlenberg 117.
A letter from Charleston to a merchant in this city, mentions, that the ship South-Carolina, Captain Garman; brig, Brewster; Ash's Harriott, Switzer; Lovely Lass, Gribbing; and the Eagle, all of and from Philadelphia, were detained there for nine days by head winds, and no prospect of a change.
For the GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. To DELLA CRUSCA. Blest "genius of the god of day" Escaped the swelling surges roar, Receive a grateful tribute lay, That hails thee welcome to our shore. In Britain's isle, subdued by love, Thy magic muse in moving verse Conies the young, while every grove Was taught "Matilda" to rehearse. Resume once more thy "golden quill"— A nobler theme demands thy song. Quickly our hero's virtues tell, To Washington thy strains belong, If aught can more illume his fame, Which soars above the eagle's wings, Or nations more admire his name, It is that Della Crusca sings. Sing the great chief, who to his fields withdraws— Oh, sing whilst worlds shall listen with applause! LAURA. Delaware state, Nov. 6th.
Governor JAY's Speech to the Legislature of New-York, at opening the Session on the first inst.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly. When it is considered how greatly the happiness of every nation depends on the wisdom with which their government is administered, the occasion which has called you together at this early season, cannot but be regarded as unusually important. The period fixed for the election of a President of the United States is approaching; and the measures preparatory to it in this state, are now to be taken. In every possible situation of our national affairs, whether of peace or war, of tranquillity or ferment, of prosperity or misfortune, this object will not cease to demand the utmost care and circumspection.
Hitherto the embarrassments arising from competitions, and from the influences incident to them, have not been experienced: they have been excluded by the uniform and universal confidence reposed in that illustrious patriot, who, being distinguished as the father and ornament of his country, by a series of great and disinterested services, was also eminently qualified by an uncommon assemblage of virtues and talents, for that important and exalted station. But that extraordinary man, having with admirable wisdom and fortitude conducted the nation through various vicissitudes and unpropitious circumstances, to an unexampled degree of prosperity, is now about to retire. Mankind has not been accustomed to see the highest military and civil powers of a nation so received, used, and resigned, as they have been in this glorious instance. Every reflection and sentiment connected with this interesting subject, will naturally arise in your minds. May the same benevolent, wise, and overruling Providence, which has so constantly and remarkably sustained and protected us, preside over the public deliberations and suffrages.
It gives me pleasure to inform you that, at a treaty held in this city under the authority of the United States, a final agreement has been concluded between this state and the Indian tribes who call themselves the Seven Nations of Canada. Although questionable, yet it was judged more consistent with sound policy, to extinguish their claims and consequently their animosities by a satisfactory settlement, than leave the state exposed to the inconveniences which always result from disputes with Indian tribes. Besides considering our strength and their
comparative weakness, every appearance of taking advantage of that weakness, was to be avoided. The claims of the Mohawks to certain other lands, still remain to be adjusted; but there is reason to expect that these may also be amicably settled; and that the period is not far distant, when the Indians on our borders, having convincing proofs of our justice and moderation, will by good offices and a friendly intercourse be led to rely on our benevolence and protection, and to view our prosperity as connected with their own.
I submit to your consideration, whether the payments to be annually made to the different tribes who are entitled to them by contracts with the state, should not be so ordered, as that they may be punctually paid, in a uniform manner, and at a fixed expense.
Difficulties were experienced in executing the benevolent intentions of the Legislature respecting a Lazaretto in the vicinity of this city. Ground conveniently situated could not be purchased; and the placing it on Governor's Island, where it could not have been erected at a proper distance from the garrison, was liable to strong objections. These difficulties have been removed by the liberality of the Corporation of the city. They have gratuitously conveyed Bedlow's Island to the state, for this, and such other public uses as the Legislature may from time to time direct. Certain buildings, erected there by the French Republic, have been purchased, and prepared to serve the purpose of a Lazaretto for the present—but as additions and alterations will be necessary; and as precautions should be taken to prevent that island from being further diminished by encroachments of the water, the appropriation of some money for these objects will be requisite.
The measures prescribed by law to prevent the bringing and spreading of infectious diseases in this state, have been taken, and faithfully executed. It is however to be lamented, that cases of the like fever with that which in the last year proved so fatal to this city, have occurred; and there is at present very little reason to doubt whether that disease may be generated here. The subject of nuisances therefore, having become important to the safety as well as to the comfort of our fellow citizens, well deserves the notice and interposition of the Legislature.
Precarious is the peace and security of that people who are not prepared to defend themselves. Permit me to observe that this state has but one port, and that, important as it is to the whole state, its situation cannot yet be secure. The fortifications that were begun are still unfinished; and it appears to me to merit consideration, whether this port can otherwise be secured than by skillfully fortifying the passage at the Narrows. It cannot be too frequently recollected, that seasons of peace and prosperity are the most favourable for measures and works of this kind.
Considering the funds which the state possesses; the appropriations which have been and will be made for various public uses, the accounts consequent to such appropriations, and the evident utility of so arranging and conducting our fiscal affairs, as that the funds may be advantageously managed, accounts with individuals regularly settled, and the balances due to and from them punctually paid—I think it my duty to suggest whether more adequate provision for these objects should not be made.
Although our taxes have for years past been inconsiderable, and although there is at present no prospect of our being pressed by any necessity to encroach them, yet it is to be presumed from the vicissitudes which attend human affairs, that at some future period more ample contributions may become indispensable; would it not therefore be prudent, at this calm and tranquil season, to adopt and establish such rules and regulations for taxation, as being perfectly consistent with the principles of justice and rational liberty, and gradually acquiring the advantages of experience and usage, may relieve this delicate subject from many of the perplexing questions about principles, mode and manner, which at all times are difficult, and which are particularly embarrassing in times of anxiety and agitation.
The distressed situation in which the French refugees from St. Domingo arrived here, induced the Legislature to provide for them in a very beneficent manner. The sums allotted for their support have been expended, and the accounts audited and settled—many of those unfortunate persons have left the state; but it is represented to me, that a number of old persons and children are still here, and in a situation so destitute and wretched, that I cannot forbear mentioning it to you. They cannot with propriety be considered as the poor of any particular district—their fates peculiar as well as distressing, and they appear to me as having become by the dispensations of Providence the poor of the state.
It often happens that persons not urged by circumstances equally pressing, come into the state, from distant parts, and in many instances become burthensome to it. This subject seems to call for some regulations, especially as the law heretofore passed relative to it has ceased to operate.
I ought not to omit informing you that the honorable Mr. King having been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Great Britain, and accepted that place, his seat in the senate of the United States has become vacant.
In the course of your deliberations on the affairs of the state, and the means of preserving and increasing the public welfare, many interesting subjects will rise into view—such as these among others.—The manner in which the salt springs may be rendered most useful, and the woods in the neighbourhood of them best preserved. The facilities and encouragement that may be proper towards obtaining an accurate map of the whole state—The necessity of rendering the laws respecting roads and bridges more effectual—and of revising and amending those which relate to the militia, and which direct the inspection of certain of our staple commodities. As these and various other objects derive importance from their relations to the general welfare, they will I am persuaded receive a proportionate degree of your attention; and I assure you that it is no less my desire than it is my duty to co-operate with you in guarding and promoting the prosperity and happiness of our fellow citizens.
MR. FENNO, Please to give a place in your impartial paper to the following extract from a poem, annexed to a pamphlet just published, entitled, Tis for Tat, &c. and you will oblige
ONE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS. After describing the disappointment and disasters of an imported patriot with pointed wit, the poet turns with pleasure from the disagreeable theme, to the groves of Mount Vernon, to contemplate the virtues of the American chief in his retirement.
IN Vernon's Groves, whose shade unites The active joys and calm delights, The victor's wreath and civic crown, Content, Love, Friendship, and Renown; Where endless smiles Potomac wears, The halcyon PEACE her nest prepares, The Patriot Chief who there presides, As down the stream of life he glides, She hovers round, and sooths his ears With music of the heavenly spheres. When late she heard the distant cry Of War, and spread her wings to fly, 'Twas he who charm'd her fears to rest, And sooth'd her on his parent breast. Yes, Peace, 'twas he who kindly strove To wed thee to our Eagle's love. Then fill, with all thy bountiful train Of golden blessings, haunt the plain: Bid Beauty loose her musky hair, Bid Pleasure, wreath'd in smiles, be there;— The Muses sport, thy beams among, And jocund plenty laugh along. While safely, in thy Olive shade, At ease her careless limbs are laid.
BLEST Saint I at thy enlivening word The voice of gladness shall be heard; And, all our joyous vales along, How charming Iweet thy Turtles' song: 'Till War, amidst his wild career, Suspend his whirlwind rage to hear, And every weary realm rejoice To echo back thy angel voice.
AND thou, "immortal Freedom's fire" Whom all revere, esteem, admire; With all that Gratitude can give, Forever in our breasts shall live. If, like the Theban chief, condemn'd For standing forth thy country's friend, Reflect 'tis by the breath of these Who rank amongst thy country's foes; Whose dark cabals and factious cry Would raise the civil tempest high, That they, amid th'engulphing'd broil, Secure might fatten on the spoil: Like famish'd Vultures on the shore, With joy survey the labouring oar, The penish'd wretch on land that's cast, And feream, and feed amid the blast.
LIVES there a man who, of thy toil, Enjoys the corn, the wine, the oil; Whose serpent tongue would streak with blame, The virgin whiteness of thy name; May Heav'n's command the tiger far To some bleak, blasted island bear, Whose leafless spray no shade provides For houseless heads and unshed fides. There may he pass the dreary mould, Within all comfortless and cold; In horror fix his haggard eye On the pale Moon and winter sky; And, hated by the Good and Just, In moody madness sink to dust.
THE Flatterers' labours I condemn, I leave the venal song to them; But honestly commend I will, And love the smile of virtue still; I'll say thy name, where'er it goes, Exalted age! no rival knows; And that thy services command The praises of a grateful land. If, worn with toil, with care oppress'd, Thou seek'st for solitude and rest,— The deepening shade, sequester'd cell, The hill, the plain, the musing dell, And rosy blush of flow'rets sweet, Shall bless thy last, thy lov'd retreat. Thy gentle ear at least shall there No rude and thankless scoldings hear: No, nor the rill that rippling flows, Shall murmur at thy calm repose; But still, at ease, may'st thou recline Beneath thy own o'ermantling vine; And, as thy years and fame increase, Be shadow'd with the wing of Peace.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
HARRISBURGH, November 7.
On Thursday night last, the large and commodious tavern at Silver Springs, 6 miles from this town, the property of Oliver Pollock, esq., and occupied by Mr. Briggs, was entirely consumed by fire, together with all the furniture, wearing apparel, liquors, &c. There were near forty persons asleep in this mansion, when the accident was discovered, which had made such progress, as to render even their escape impossible, any other way than from the different windows: by which means, a young man, aged about 18, who slept in the upper story, bruised himself in such a manner, as only to survive a short time; one of Mr. Briggs's daughters of 10 years, was so much burnt before she could be extricated, as only to live about two hours. Many others were very much hurt, but it is hoped not past recovery. The loss is estimated at above 6000l. By the returns which have come to hand, in this country, it appears that Adams's ticket has had a decided majority of votes.
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE LIST.
PHILADELPHIA, November 9.
ARRIVED.
Days. Sehr. Rofs, Morrow, North Carolina 11. Betsy, Barnett, Norfolk 4. Fanny, Baum, North-Carolina 10. Sloop Favorite, Sage, do. 25. The brig Active, Williams from Philadelphia, arrived at St. Kitt's, Oct. 9, and was to sail for this port on the 18th. A sloop from New-York, and one from Boston were seen in the Bay yesterday.
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  1 Prize of 5000 dollars is dollars 5000   1 1000 1000   1 500 500   1 200 200   5 100 500   20 50 1000   99 25 2475   200 10 2000   2000 5 10000   5 Last drawn numbers of 1000 dollars each, 5000 
2332 Prizes. 4018 Blanks. 444450
6350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 444450 By order of the Directors of the Society for establishing Useful Manufactures, the superintendents of the Patterson Lottery have requested the Managers to offer the foregoing Scheme to the public, and have directed them to refund the money to those persons who have purchased in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets in this Lottery.
The lottery has actually commenced drawing, and will continue until finished. A list of the Blanks and Prizes may be seen at the office of William Blackburn, No. 64 South Second Street, who will give information where tickets may be procured.
Dated this 17th day of June, 1796. J. N. GUMMING, } Managers. JACOB R. HARDENBERG, } JONATHAN RHEA, } dtf co
UNITED STATES, PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT
NOTICE is hereby given, that pursuant to a writ to me directed, from the Hon. Richard Peters, Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania district, will be exposed to sale, on Thursday the 10th inst. at 11 A. M.
 1 Boat,  1 Kedge Anchor,  1 New Mainstay,  1 Half worn do.  1 Forestay,  1 Jib,  1 Flying do.  1 Topsail, and  1 Squaresail with a bonnet, together with sundry standing and running rigging, and cables. 
The same having been inspeced again, and condemned for the payment of salvage, &c.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Marshal. Marshal's Office, 8th Nov. 1796.
Just Imported,
In the Schooner Lucy, Capt. Prows, from Madeira, and to be sold by
ELLISTON & JOHN PEROT,
Best London particular Madeira Wine,
Three years old,
In pipes, hogheads, and quarter casks, fit for immediate use. They have also for sale,
A few bags of Juniper Berries.
October 28. w&s44w
THIS DAY PUBLISHED,
By J. ORMROD, No. 41, Chestnut-street, (Price 12 1-2 Cents)
The PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
To the People of the United States,
Announcing his intention of retiring from public life at the expiration of the present constitutional term of presidency.
September 20. d
To be Sold, BY PUBLIC VENDUE,
On Monday, the fourteenth day of November, at the house of the late Widow Kille, on the banks of the Delaware, near Raccoon lower bridge.
 A quantity of Household and Kitchen furniture,  Working oxen,  Horses,  Milk cows,  Fat cattle,  Hogs,  Sheep,  Calves,  Two light riding waggons, with harness,  One Sleigh,  Rye in the ground, and in the bushel,  A quantity of hay,  Indian corn, and all kinds of farming utensils. 
The sale to begin at ten o'clock on said day. Attendance will be given, and the conditions of sale made known by RICHARD TITTERMARY.
N. B. Said farm to be let on a lease for one or more years.
Nov. 7. m&w.
For Sale.
 7 cases coarse hats  Copper bottoms and sheets  Shot, all sizes, patent and common  Sheet and bar lead  English shoes and boots & cases  Tin plates  Gold watches  Taunton ale in cases. 
Apply to Simon Walker, 124, So. Fourth Street. dtf.
By Authority.
Schuylkill Bridge Lottery.
Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second Street.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY,
For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeable to an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed during the last session, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks.
  1 Prize of 20,000 Dollars 20,000   1 do. of 10,000 do. 10,000   3 do. of 5,000 do. 15,000   4 do. of 2,000 do. 8,000   20 do. of 1,000 do. 20,000   39 do. of 500 do. 19,500   80 do. of 200 do. 16,000   200 do. of 100 do. 20,000   300 do. of 50 do. 15,000   1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the possessor for the first drawn no. 500   5 do. of 5,000 do. to be paid possessor of the five last drawn nos. 25,000   31200 do. of 15 do. 46,800   10,054 Prizes 300,000   10,046 Blanks   30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000 
All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finished, upon the demand of a possessor of a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner, of which public notice will be given.
Philip Miller, Peter Kershner, William Witman, Joseph Hiefer, James Diemer, Thomas Dunder, James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graeff, Sebastian Miller, COMMISSIONERS. Reading, May the 9th, 1796.
Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above office, where the earliest information of the drawing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterson Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and registering are kept.
October 7. 2awtf
FOR SALE,
A few hogheads of choice New-England RUM, A number of barrels of BEEF, and PORK, And a few kegs of LARD, of a superior quality. Enquire at No. 71, north Water-street.
November 8, 1796. dtf
For Sale,
By Jehu Hollingsworth, Esq. Co.
25 hds. West-India Rum, 3d and 4th proof, 5 Barrels best Indigo, and A few thousand bushels of Turk's Island salt.
Oct. 17. d.
WM. HODERNESSE, No. 76,
HIGH-STREET,
Has received by the late arrivals,
A Well Selected Assortment of
Silk Mercery, Linen Drapery, and Haberdashery Goods,
Which he will sell, wholesale and retail, on the very lowest terms;
Amongst which are
Some elegant 4-4 and 7-8 Chintzes and Cottons, new patterns
 Ditto Furniture ditto  Ditto Dimity  Tamboured, Book, and Jaconet Muslins  Ditto in Gold and Silver  Ditto Neckcloths, very fine  Mantuas of the first quality  Silk and Cotton Hosiery  Umbrellas of the first quality, assorted  Irish Linens, very fine, and Table Linens  Mouselines and Cotton Counterpanes  Role Blankets assorted - &c. &c. 
October 26. d
To be Sold,
The Time of a smart, active Negro Lad,
Who has Eleven years to serve.
Enquire at No. 58, South Front Street.
October 18. d
To be Let,
A large cellar, in Walnut-street just above Fourth-Street, that is floored with two inch plank, and will hold upwards of 100 pipes of wine.
Also, a Stable and Coach-house, that will hold four horses and two carriages; and several stores in Fourth Street -
Apply to
George Meade.
Who has for sale,
 25 boxes of Castile soap  Red Lisbon Wine  A few pipes of bill of exchange wine  A few barrels of Irish mels beef  And a few barrels of ship bread. 
Nov. 4. d. 15t.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
By Benjamin Davies,
No. 68, High-street.
The American Repository of useful information, for 1797.
CONTAINING,
 A Calendar for the year  A complete Register of the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary Officers of the General Government.  A List of the Military Forces of the United States.  Post-Office Establishment - times of receiving and closing the Mails at Philadelphia.  The post roads and towns, and their distances  Times of holding the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts.  A table of Impost duties, alphabetically arranged.  A list of the custom-house officers and their fees.  Rules for reducing the currencies of the several States into one another, and all of them into the money of the United States.  Useful tables of the value of pounds, shillings and pence, in dollars and cents.  A register of the officers of the civil government of Pennsylvania.  A gardiner's calendar for Pennsylvania.  And a great variety of other articles of useful information. Embellished with twelve elegant vignettes, an engraved title-page and frontispiece, - making together, a handsome, as well as very useful, little pocket companion. 
October 20. 2awtf
Celebrated New Work.
This Day is Published,
By JOHN ORMROD, No. 41, in Chestnut Street, (four volumes in two, neatly bound and lettered, price 2 dollars and 50 cents.)
THE LOOKER-ON,
A PERIODICAL PAPER.
By the Rev. SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH, A. M.
Ora terec medico Patientes radere Mores
Doctus, et ingenio culpam desigere ludo.
AUL. PERS.
My business in this State
Made me a Looker-on here in Vienna;
Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble,
Till it o'er run the new laws for all faults;
But faults so countermanded, that the strong statutes
Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop,
As much in mock as mark.
Measure for Measure.
"It appears from the dedication, that the editor of this publication, is the Rev. William Roberts, A. M. F. R. S. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; and from the last number, that the labor, and consequently the merit of these papers, have rested with the editor, excepting only a few contributions particularly mentioned. The editor's design has been, as he himself represents it, "to substitute the forsaken topics of morality, life, nature, and taste, in the room of shallow politics and news-paper philosophy, and to betray men, under the mask of amusement, into serious and manly thoughts. This design was laudable, and the execution was meritorious. As literary productions, these periodical papers are entitled to distinction; but their highest praise is, that they are thoroughly calculated to promote virtue and good manners."
Analytical Review.
Lately Published by J. Ormrod,
Concorder on the progress of the human mind. 7/6,
Miss Williams' Letters from France, 4/8; Visit for a Week, 5/7 1-2; Brown on the natural equality of men, 4/8; Life of God in the Soul of Man, 3/9;
Aikin's Letters to his Son, 9/4 1-2; Homer's Iliad by Pope, 7/6; Hayley's Triumphs of Temper, with plates, 7/6; M'Ewen on the Types, 5/7 1-2; Select Psalms and Hymns for Youth, 1/4 1-2; Burke's celebrated Letter to the Duke of Bedford, 1/10 1-2;
Wharton's Answer to Priestly, 1/10 1-2; Watson's Answer to Paine, 2/9 1-2; Watson's Answer to Gibbon, 1/10 1-2; Cullen's Practice, 2 vols, 30/; Bayley on the Dook Fever of New-York, 7/6; Webster's Collection on the Yellow Fever, 7/6; Chaptal's Chemistry, 3 vols, in 1, 22/6; President's Address, 1/10;
Poem on do. 5d. 1-2; British, Algerine and Spanish Treaties, ratified, 2/4 1-2; Travels of Cyrus, French and English, 2 vols, 15/; Win erbotham's History of China, 2 vols, 22/6 - &c. &c.
Nov. 3. eo6t.
Irish Linens, &c.
Imported per the ships Glasgow, from Dublin, Liberty, from Cork, and brig Mentor, from Belfast,
4-4 and 7-8 Wide IRISH LINENS,
In whole and half boxes,
Altered from 1/10 to 4s sterling - Also 5-4 wide Sheetings, and low priced yarn and worked Hosiery.
On Hand,
7-8 Wide Lawns.
Diapers and Table-Cloths
A few boxes Tickens and Checks
A few bales Flannels
Cork and Belfast Sail Cloth, Nos. 1 and 6
25 Boxes } Window Glass, { 6 by 8,
10 Ditto } { 7 by 9,
5 Ditto } { 8 by 10.
The above mentioned Goods are all entitled to the drawback, and will be disposed of by the package on reasonable terms.
James, Clibborn & English,
No. 6, N. Front-street. dtf
Just Landing,
At South-street wharf, from on board the ship Sedgley, Captain Hodge, from St. Peterburg,
The following Goods:
 Russia Sall Duck, first quality.  Do. Sheeting do.  Do. Diaper.  Do. Huckaback.  Do. Craft.  Do. Mould Candles, 4, 5 and 6, to the lb. of the English size.  Do. White Candle Tallow.  Do. White Soap in small boxes.  Do. Cordage of fine yarn.  Ravens Duck.  Longfals, 1st and 2nd fort.  Horse Hair uncured.  Russia Bar Iron.  Do. Hoop Iron.  Do. Nail Rods.  10 Tons Oakum and Junk.  St. Peterburg Clean Hemp.