Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-01-28 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1057.]
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1796.
[VOLUME IX.]
For Wilmington, (N. C.) and Charles- ton, (S. C.)
THE SLOOP TWO BROTHERS, Samuel Marchant, master,
To sail in all this week, and will take in freight for one or both of those places. For freight and passage apply to Captain Marchant on board, at Market-street wharf, or to Isaac Harvey, jun. January 25. diew. No. 5, south Water-street.
Who has now landing from said Sloop, A parcel nice Pickled BEEF, in barrels; COD FISH, in hogheads; NEATS TONGUES, in barrels.
ALSO FOR SALE. Irish Linens, by the Box; And a quantity of Lisbon Wine, in quarter casks.
FOR ST. CROIX, Or any other Windward Island, as Freight may offer.
The BRIGANTINE SCHUMERILL, Francis Knox, Master. She will carry twelve hundred barrels, and is now ready to take in a cargo.
For terms apply to the Captain, or to KEARNY WHARTON. d6t.
January 25.
For Falmouth, and a Market, THE SHIP
ROEBUCK.
Will begin to take in in a few days, and is in- tended to sail with all expedition. For freight or passage, apply to
Thomas & John Clifford, Who have Imported in said Vessel, and have for Sale,
Besides their usual assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, &c. A few crates of Flint Glass Ware, crates of Phials, crates of cream coloured Ware, boxes of Long and short Pipes, cases of mens, womens and childrens Hats assorted, London and Bristol pewter, best English crown Glass of the different sizes from 8 by 12 to 9 by 7 inches, bull's-eye Glass, boxes of Tin Plates, Bar Lead and Shot, and a quantity of Copper in sheets and bottoms.
They have likewise received, An assortment of Garnett & Company's patent systems for Blocks for ships use, and other purposes, which are found from several years experience, to be a very considerable saving of labour, as well as saving in the wear of cordage, and are now generally used for the principal blocks in new vessels.
Also, a few Pipes of Old Madeira WINE. January 14. saw.
FOR SALE or CHARTER, The Ship CATHERINE,
Now lying at Mr. Ruddell's wharf in Southwark; burthen 203 tons: she is now in readiness to receive a cargo, and can be sent to sea at a small ex- pence, as she was supplied last voyage in London with many new sails and rigging.
The terms of sale will be reasonable, and time of pay- ment made easy. Enquire of
John Craig, No. 12, Dock-street. Who has for Sale,
Sherry Wine, Dowlas, Irish Linens, Segars, Belfast Canvass, Spanish Cordage, and Bristol Window Glass—and the HOUSE and STORES he now occupies. Jan. 6. d6t.
For Sale or Charter, The new ship SUCCESS,
Robert Welsh, master; lying at Stam- per's wharf; a strong faithful built vessel, sails extreme- ly well, and is also well found; burthen 159 tons. For terms apply to
Joseph Anthony & Son, Who have received by said vessel,
A few casks Madeira Wine, mould and dipt Candles, and best Boston Chocolate. December 29. d6t.
PHILIP NICKLIN & CO. Have for Sale at their STORES, on Walnut-street
Wharf,
 45 Tons of Pig Lead;  40 Pipes best quality Teneriffe Wine;  30 Pipes of Mad ira Wine, comprising each quality, and contained in pipes, hogheads, and quarter casks;  3 pipes and 3 hogheads old Port;  250 quarter casks Mountain;  50 cwt. of Sugar Candy, in boxes of 80 to 90lb each;  3400 lbs. Jalap in powder, in 3 cases;  1100 lbs. of Campher, in 2 cases;  2 cases of Copppers;  English Sail Cloth, No. 1 & 7;  30 bbls. of Commercial Beef;  and a quantity of Mahogany. 
ALSO, THE SCHOONER
INDUSTRY, BURTHEN seventy tons, is a good
Vessel, and will be sold at a reasonable rate, and on a libe- ral credit. November 27.
Good Hay, for Sale, Enquire at No. 71, Race-street. January 15. saw.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale by THOMAS DOBSON,
At the Stone House, No 41, South Second Street. In one handsome volume, printed with a good type, on fine paper, price one dollar,
An Narrative of the British Embassy to China, In the year 1792, 1793, and 1794, containing the various circumstances of the Embassy, with accounts of the customs and manners of the Chinese, with a def- cription of the country, towns, cities, &c.
By ARNEAS ANDERSON. An Embassy to China is an event which naturally ex- cites general curiosity, from the ignorance which pre- vails respecting the interior parts of that Empire, whose jealous laws forbid, the intrusion of any other people.
The novelty of an authentic description of it must at- tract the attention of an enlightened people. The author has accurately related every circumstance which came under his own observation, with much in- formation drawn from unquestionable sources calcula- ted to gratify reasonable curiosity and enlarge the know- ledge of a country so little known to the other nations of the Globe. Dec. 29. saw.
The author has accurately related every circumstance which came under his own observation, with much in- formation drawn from unquestionable sources calcula- ted to gratify reasonable curiosity and enlarge the know- ledge of a country so little known to the other nations of the Globe. Dec. 29. saw.
For SALE, by the Subscribers, IN PENN-STREET,
 The following articles of the last importation from China.  160 Quarter Chiefs Lyson Tea,  120 Quarter Chiefs Sowchong Tea,  400 Boxes China, containing Tea Sets,  4500 Pieces Nankenees. 
WILLINGS & FRANCIS. September 14. saw.
A Cargo of St. Ubes SALT, Just arrived by the ship Eagle, capt. Williamson,
FOR SALE, BY Philips, Cramond & Co. January 29. saw.
Knives and Forks. A good assortment of table and desert Knives and Forks,
with or without cases, for sale by Rowland Parry,
No. 36, Chestnut-street. LIKEWISE,
Plated and Japanned Ware, Jewellery, fine Cutlery, &c. &c. &c. as usual.
Plated work, Gold Rings and Lockets, and every thing in the Gold and Silver line done at the shortest notice and in the best manner. December 28. saw.
S H O T, Fall sizes, from 32 lb to Grape,
Cannonballs, Pots, and other castings executed at the shortest notice.
Nail rods, from 10 to 12 spike,
Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for cases or cutting into nails, from a broad to 12d nails,
Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb.
Bar Iron,
A Quantity of James River Tobacco,
Carolina Pork,
Herrings in barrels,
Kiln-dried corn meal in Hds. and Bbls. Rye flour &c. to be sold by Levi Hollingsworth & Son. August 4. saw.
Copper Ware-Route, No. 2, North Fourth Street.
GEORGE & HENRY WESCOTT
HAVE just received by the late vessels from London,
from Liverpool and Bristol, and which they are selling at the most reduced prices for cash, or a short credit,
a very large and extensive assortment of Sheet Copper and Bottoms, comprising sheets from 3 to 10 lb. and bottoms from 16 inches to 5 feet—Also a handsome as- sortment of the most approved sheathing Copper with nails, and bolts, Tin in boxes, Block-tin, Spelter in casks, Spelter solder, pig lead, &c. &c. &c. Jan. 2. saw.
Canal Lottery Office, Near the Bank of the United States,
January 16th, 1796.
THE Public are informed, that if none of the high prizes are hit on Monday's drawing, the price of Tickets will be raised to Thirteen Dollars, each, on Tues- day morning; and will be higher every week ensuing, on account of the Five Stationary Prizes, worth one hundred thousand dollars.
By order of the Committee, Wm. Blackburn, Agent.
STATE OF THE WHEEL:
  1 prize of 30,000 - 30,000   3 do. 20,000 - 60,000   2 do. 10,000 - 20,000   3 do. 2,500 - 7,500   4 do. 2,000 - 8,000   11 do. 1,500 - 16,500   23 do. 500 - 11,500   50 do. 100 - 5,000 
With a proportionate number of 12 dollar prizes. Purchasers will be accommodated with a credit propor- tioned to the number of Tickets they take.
Note. A Check-Book kept at the above office for exa- mination, at two cents each number, or twelve cents for registering.
The Commissioners now draw 600 Tickets per day.
George Brughurst, COACH & HARNESS MAKER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public,
that he has removed from Arch-street, to No. 23 in north Fifth-street, adjoining the Episcopal Burial Ground, where he continues the business of
Coach making in all its Branches.
He makes all kinds of crane neck and perch Carriages, such as Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, and Carriages; also Chairs, Kitcheners, Gigs, Sulkeys; and all kinds of Har- ness, with plated or brass mounting. He has a good supply of the best materials, and a stock of the best sea- soned wood.
Orders from any part of the United States will be du- ly attended to with the greatest punctuality and dispatch.
His long experience in business, his care in the execu- tion of his work, and an unremitted attention to the de- sires of his employers, he flatters himself will prove suf- ficient recommendations.
He has several second-hand Carriages for sale, viz. a complete Coach, with a coachman's seat and Venetian blinds all round; a Phaeton; a Chair; and a Sulkey with a falling top.
All kinds of Carriages sold on Commission, and Car- riages taken in to stand by the month or year.
Apprentices wanted to the Business. Philadelphia, November 21. saw.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company, January 13th, 1796.
Notice is hereby given, THAT agreeable to a bye Law of the Stock Hold- ers, Subscriptions will be opened at the Compa- ny's Office in Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 10th day of February next, for one hundred additional shares of Capital Stock in said Company—The sum to be demanded for each share will be three hundred Dol- lars with Interest at 6 per cent. on the different instal- ments, from the time they were severally called for to be paid by the original Stock Holders, one hundred Dollars thereof to be paid at the time of subscribing, and the remainder in three equal payments at 30, 60 and 90 days.
No person to be permitted to subscribe more than one share on the same day. By order of the board, WM. GOVETT, Secretary. Jan. 13. saw.
PUBLISHED, Price Three-fourths of a Dollar,
No. 60,
SOUTH SECOND-STREET,
STEPHENS,
Philadelphia Directory, FOR 1796.
WITH A PLAN OF THE City of Philadelphia. January 18. saw.
JOHN J. PARRY, No. 33, South Second-street,
Has just received a capital Assortment of
Cap'd and Jewel'd Watches, A variety of elegant CHAINS;
And many other articles in the line of Watch-Making, which he will sell low for cash. Work of every kind done as usual. January 23. saw.
Will be landed to-morrow morning, At Philip Care's wharf,
The Cargo of the brig Susanna, J. Frankford, master, from Havana,
CONSISTING OF—
 222 Hogheads, and } First quality Jamaica Sugars.  12 Tierces }  51 Bales of Cotton, }  12 Punchoons Jamaica Rum, }  15 Tons of Logwood and Fustic, }  708 Saled Hides, }  40 Boxes Segars, } 
FOR SALE BY George Sibbald, No. 170 South Front-street. Dec. 3. saw.
JUST COME TO HAND, By the ship Falcon, from London, a very extensive
assortment of
Gentlemen's Dress Waistcoats; Such as Satins, tambour'd Cambric, Hair, Mouselkins,
Cassimers, &c. With a very elegant assortment of
Best London superfine Cloths & Cassimers. AND FOR SALE BY JOHN HARLAND. No. 66 Chestnut-street. January 6. saw.
Nutmegs and Mace. Just come to hand, a small Invoice of Mace and Nutmegs—Like wise on hand,
Spermaceti Candles and
A General Assortment of Groceries, Which will be sold low, for cash at No. 96. Chesnut-street, corner of Third-street. 17 DUNCAN MINNES.
WAGNER, Woolen Draper and Mens' Mercer,
At No. 2, South Second-street,
HAS, in addition to his assortment of superfine Cloths
and Cassimers, Received by the Falcon from Lon- don, a very elegant assortment of Gentlemen's Waistcoat
Patterns, such as Satins, Silk Mouselkin, Cassimer, and Mouselkin, which will be sold at their just prices. January 9. saw.
Just Arrived, Per the Brigs Eliza, Mt. Rod, and Theodore, Captain
Justice,
And for sale by the Subscribers,
Prime Coffee,
In Hogheads, barrels, and bags, and some
C O C O A.
RICH. & J. POTTER.
Who have likewise, A few Pipes of LISBON WINE, for Sale. Jan. 6. saw.
MADERA, SHERRY and } WINES. PORT
For Sale by EDWARD STOW, jun. No. 4, South Water-Street. Dec. 12. saw.
30 Pipes Cogniac Brandy, Corks, in bales, and
Holland Gin, in pipes,
For Sale by Benjamin W. Morris. December 31. saw.
For SALE, by the Subscribers, On reasonable terms of credit,
6 Bales of low-priced Flax and Tow Oznaburghs,
6 Bales of English Sail Canvass of the following num- bers, viz. No. 4, 5, 6.
WILLINGS & FRANCIS, Penn-street. November 21. saw.
Ashton and James Humphreys, CONVEYANCERS,
HAVING connected themselves in business, at their
Office No. 63, South Third Street, next door but one to the corner of Dock Street. Draw at a moderate
charge, deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts, agreements, memorials, petitions, &c. &c. They likewise buy and sell Real Estates upon commis- sion, and procure money upon loan on good security. The business of an Attorney at Law and Notary Pub- lic is also transacted at the said Office by the subscriber. ASSHTON HUMPHREYS. thelaw Jan. 4. saw.
OHIO COMPANY, DEEDS to the proprietors in the agency of Winthrop
Sargent, are deposited with Thomas M'Ilwain, No.
78, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, and ready to be deliver- ed when called for. A second dividend of the Funds has been declared, which proprietors may receive by a draft upon the treasurer of the company. N. B. Eight dollars are due upon each share, for ex- penses of the agency. December 29. saw.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. WHEREAS on Friday night last the stable of J.
Whitesides, on the Old York road, between the five and six mile Stone, was broke open and two Horses
taken out, which after having been used a considerable time, were returned, one of them very much lamed.
Whoever will give information to the subscriber, so that the offender or offenders may be brought to justice, shall receive Fifty Dollars reward. JOHN WHITESIDES, Philad. Jan. 25. d3t. No. 136, Market-street.
No. 8, North Front-street. Printed Calico and Mullin
WAREHOUSE. RICHARD & JAMES POTTER,
Have just received a superb assortment of the following articles, which they offer for sale.
 PRINTED calicoes } Gentlemen's neck handkerchiefs.  4-4 wd. book mullins } New fashionable thawls.  6-4 wd. ditto ditto } Madras & han. kerchiefs.  Book mullin handkerchiefs } Tambour'd mullins.  Pocket ditto } Currachs.  Colored, bordered, mullin } Humdums.  handkerchiefs } Coffees &c &c.  Very new fancy ditto } An elegant and fresh assort- ment of ribbands and  Elegant tambour mullins } fuffles.  Colored work ditto } Cotton flockings.  Laced figured ditto } Worsted ditto.  Brocaded ditto }  Ladies plaids } 
And a variety of other articles, just opened. Many of the above goods are particularly calculated for the West-India market. December 23. saw.
LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 64, South Second-street,
CANAL Tickets for sale, and cash or tickets given for any prizes that may be drawn. Sept. 26. saw.
RECEIVED, By the last arrivals from London,
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
Fashionable plated Ware & Jewellery, For sale on reasonable terms, by WILLINGS & FRANCIS, No. 21 Penn-street. January 16. saw.
James Tiffin, WHOLESALE & RETAIL HATTER,
No. 70, South Second-street, near the City Tavern,
HAS just received by the late arrivals from London
and Bristol, a large and elegant assortment of Ladies
and Gentlemens fashionable HATS—Also, a variety of
Childrens HATS of different colours, which will be sold on the lowest terms for cash.
N. B. Ladies Hats trimmed in the newest fashion from London. Oct. 12. saw.
FOR SALE, A Printing-Office, complete;
CONTAINING 150 Presses, two Founts of Long Pri-
mer, one do. Small Pica, one do. Pica, one do. Eng-
lish, one do. Double Pica, one do. Double English, one
do. Script, one do. French Canon, three Alphabets of
best line Pica, seven Alphabets of seven-line Pica, Flow- ers, Cuts, &c. All the Founts are very large. The a- bove Office will be sold with the benefit of several Ap- prentices, and a well established Newspaper, in a very flourishing town, about 50 miles southward of Baltimore.

Canal Lottery Office,
Near the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, January 28th, 1796.
STATE OF THE WHEEL:
 1 prize of 30,000 = 30,000  3 do. 20,000 = 100,000  2 do. 10,000 = 20,000  3 do. 2,500 = 5,000  4 do. 2,000 = 8,000  11 do. 1,000 = 11,000  20 do. 500 = 10,000  44 do. 100 = 4,400  With a proportionate number of 12 dollar prizes. 
From the above, and the advanced state of the drawing, the Public are informed the Wheel is 60,000 dollars richer than at the commencement; and if none of the high Prizes are drawn on or before Monday, the price of tickets will be Fourteen on Tuesday morning, the second of February next.
By order of the Committee,
Wm. Blackburn, Agent.
Note. A Check-Book kept at the above office for examination, at two cents each number, or twelve cents for a set.
Purchasers will be accommodated with a credit proportion to the number of Tickets they take.
Canal Lottery.
OFFICE, No. 149, Chestnut-street, between Fourth & Fifth-streets.
TICKETS are for sale, WARRANTED UNDRAWN—also, Prize Tickets exchanged, or bought for ready cash. Good approved Notes will be taken for ten Tickets, and upwards; or discounted to any amount.
THOMAS NOBLE.
January 26.
Paterfon Manufactory.
A special Meeting of the Board of Directors for establishing useful Manufactures, held at Paulus-Hook, January 25th, 1796.—“The Board taking into consideration the general affairs of the Society, think it necessary that a meeting of the Stockholders should be called as soon as the Law will permit; it is therefore resolved, that the Stockholders be called to meet on the first Tuesday in March next, at Egerley's Hotel, at Paterfon, by ten of the clock of the forenoon of the same day, then and there to take into serious consideration, affairs of the utmost importance to the said Society; and that every Stockholder be earnestly requested to attend either in person or by proxy.”
A true extract of Minutes,
P. COLT, Superintendant.
New-York, January 26, 1796.
United States, Pennsylvania District, } ss. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a Writ to me directed, from the hon. Richard Peters, Esquire, Judge of the District Court of the United States in and for the Pennsylvania District, will be exposed to public Sale, at No. 117 in Sassafras Street, on Monday, the 8th day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon, 2 PUNCHBONS of COUNTRY RUM, 3 Bags of COFFEE.
The same having been listed against, prosecuted and condemned as forfeited in the said Court.
William Nichols, Marshal.
Marshal's Office, January 27, 1796.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By Thomas Dobson, at the Stone house, No. 41, south second Street,
Domestic Medicine;
Or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regiment and Simple Medicines, with an Appendix, containing a Dispensatory for the use of private Practitioners.
By WILLIAM BUCHAN, M. D.
Revised and adapted to the Climate and Diseases of the United States.
By SAMUEL POWELL GRIFFITS, M. D.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Pennsylvania.
In one very large volume octavo, (Price two dollars and a half.)
The merit of Dr. Buchan's Domestic medicine is too well known to need any encomium; indeed the very extensive sale of the original work speaks its worth abundantly. But however well calculated for the climate of Britain, for which it was originally designed, it is obvious that it was not sufficiently adapted to the climate and diseases of America.
The design of this improved edition was to remedy this deficiency, and to render this valuable and popular work more intelligible and more useful to the citizens of the United States, and the improvements being the result of experience and observation, it is hoped will render this work more truly valuable and useful.
Dec. 17. m&th&w
JUST PUBLISHED,
By MOREAU DEST. MERY,
PRINTER & BOOKSELLER,
Corner of Front and Walnut Streets,
A PAMPHLET:
On the PRISONS of Philadelphia,
BY AN EUROPEAN.
Price 1-4th of a Dollar, in French or in English. January, 25.
This Day Published,
By F. OKMROD, No. 41, Chestnut-street,
In two volumes neatly bound, lettered and ornamented, with an elegant print, representing
Cyrus consulting Daniel;
[PRICE TWO DOLLARS]
The Travels of Cyrus.
In French and English.
To which is annexed,
A Discourse upon the Theology and Mythology of the P A G A N S.
Translated and arranged in the most convenient order, for the immediate and greater improvement of those Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to acquire speedily either the French or English language.
By J. M. De la Grange, L. L. D.
Late Counsellor at Law in the Supreme Court of Cape-Francois, and Translator of J. Meure's Journal in France.
Literal translations of the French and English classics have long been a desideratum. The different idioms of the two languages operate forcibly against the student, who is frequently bewildered in the intricate labyrinth of phraseology. To remedy this inconvenience, an entirely new translation, clothed in an elegant diction, combined with the modern improvements in orthography, is here given, corresponding verbatim with the English copy; so that the reader may, by a single glance, perceive the sense in either language.
The Editor of this publication has spared neither care nor expense to render it worthy the attention both of tutors and scholars; should he be so fortunate as to succeed, he will be highly gratified in having contributed his mite towards the promotion of useful literature.
January 23. law 4w
FOR SALE.
A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-street. December.
An ACT to afford further relief to certain distressed French Emigrants.
WHEREAS the calamities of war, and intestine commotion, have compelled numbers of the French inhabitants of the West-India islands to abandon their estates and dwellings, and to take refuge in the United States, unprovided with the necessary means of subsistence; and the Legislature of this Commonwealth has heretofore granted relief to those who had arrived in Pennsylvania, many of whom yet remain here in a state of undiminished distress.
SECT. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Governor of this Commonwealth, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, to draw one or more warrants on the State-Treasurer, for any sum or sums not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars in the whole, in favor of Godfrey Haga, Edward Pennington, Robert Ralston, Samuel P. Griffiths, Joseph Lownes, Samuel Mecklin, and Joseph Sansom; who are hereby appointed commissioners to receive and distribute the same, in such manner and proportions, either in specie or in necessaries by them provided, to and among such persons, suffering as aforesaid, as to them the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall appear proper objects of this charity.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer shall pay the sum or sums of money to be mentioned in the said warrant or warrants, out of the fund appropriated to the support of Government, and shall charge and be allowed for the same in the settlement of his accounts; and that the said Commissioner shall keep and render to the Governor, to be laid before the Legislature, a just account of the distribution and expenditure of the said monies, and of the number and description of persons relieved thereby.
GEORGE LATIMER, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
ROBERT HARE, Speaker
of the Senate.
APPROVED, January 13th, 1796.
THOMAS MIFFLIN, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, January 27.
Mr. Gregg presented the petition of a number of persons, citizens of Fayette, Mifflin and Northumberland counties, praying an extension of the post road, by the establishment of a cross post thro' these counties—read and referred to the committee on the post-office law.
On motion of Mr. Wm. Lyman, the petition of Thomas Flint, presented to the last Congress, and referred to the Secretary of War, returned to the House and not acted on, was called up, and referred to the committee of claims, with the accompanying papers.
A petition presented last session by Augustina Biddle, was called up by Mr. Christie—read, and referred to the committee of claims.
A petition of several merchants of Newbern, North Carolina, praying the remission of the duties on sundry goods destroyed by water, was read, and referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
A report was read from the committee of claims on sundry petitions, all of which were negatived in the report, which was agreed to by the House. The petitioners were as follows;
Ebenezer Lord and Sarah his wife, Joseph Vinton, James Bonney, William Thompson, John Toran, William Courtney, Ebenezer Stetson, David Grant, John Andrew Meyer, Thomas Cretier, Elizabeth Cutney, Rupert Smith, Timothy K. Margaret Lent, Rev. John Lewellen. A. Rarer, Wm. Ridout, John Higbee, Francis Monteath, Wm. Waddy, Fred. Folz, Henry Dreban, Nathan Davis.
On motion of Mr. Hartley, the petition of Francis Mentges was recommitted to the committee of claims.
On motion of Mr. Dearborn, the report of the committee of claims on the petition of Reuben Colburn, was taken up in committee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair.
The report being read which negatives the prayer of the petition, Mr. Dearborn rose and detailed to the House the origin of Mr. Colburn's claim, and the various steps he had taken to obtain payment; from which Mr. Dearborn supposed that the petitioner had not been remiss in making reasonable application to the public offices. Mr. Thatcher also gave some information in the case of a similar import.
The petition is negatived on account of its being barred by the acts of limitation.—The chairman of the committee of claims stated, that there were no documents in any office to show that the accounts had been seasonably presented to any proper officer for settlement. Some diversity of opinion appeared relative to the fact. It was said, evidence could be obtained from a clerk in the loan office at Boston, who had been a clerk to Mr. Imlay, the Continental Commissioner, as to the presentation of Mr. Colburn's accounts to that commissioner.—It was therefore moved, that the committee should rise, and the business be suspended till this evidence could be procured.
It was objected to the admission of this species of evidence, as being contrary to the practice of Congress, who had never admitted any thing short of some written document in some public office, as evidence of a claim having been lodged in season.
The motion for the committee's rising was agreed to, 41 to 37.—The committee accordingly rose, and asked leave to sit again, which was agreed to.
Mr. Harper presented a memorial of Winthrop Sargent—which was read and referred to the committee of claims.
On motion of Mr. Buck, Charles Whitney had leave to withdraw the written argument which had been delivered by him to the House.
Mr. Christie presented the petition of Jacob Hollingsworth, relative to a lost certificate—Read, and referred to the committee of claims.
The report of the committee of claims, on the petition of Sarah Smart, was taken up.—This report negatives the petition, and was agreed to.
Mr. Venable, of the committee of elections, brought in a report on the memorial of Matthew Lyon against the election of Israel Smith, one of the members returned from the State of Vermont.
This report concludes in the following words: "That Israel Smith is entitled to take his seat in this House."
The petition of James Powell of New-York, was read.
In committee of the whole, on the report of the committee of claims, on the petition of Wm. Morris and others, Mr. Sedgewick in the chair.—This report negatives the petition, and was agreed to by the committee of the whole, and the vote of the committee concurred in by the house.
Mr. Harper laid the following resolution on the table:
Resolved, That copies of all reports made to either House of Congress by the heads of departments up to the present time, be printed for the use of the members, and that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill accordingly.
Mr. Tracy called up his resolution for extending the privilege of franking to the accountant of the war-department, and moved, that it be referred to the committee on the petition of Nathaniel Appleton, which was agreed to.
The report of the committee of claims on the petition of John Turner, which is against the petition, was agreed to.
The report of the committee of elections, on the memorial of Matthew Lyon, was made the order of the day for Wednesday next; interim to be printed. Adjourned.
From late London Papers.
ACCOUNT OF THOMAS TOPHAM.
[From Hutton's History of Derby.]
WE learn from private accounts, well attested, that Thomas Topham, a man who kept a public house at Ilkington, performed surprising feats of strength; as breaking a broomstick of the first magnitude, by striking it against his bare arm; lifting two hogheads of water; heaving his horse over the turnpike gate; carrying the beam of a house, as a soldier his firelock, &c. But however belief might stagger, the soon recovered herself when this second Sampson appeared at Derby as a performer in public at a shilling each. Upon application to Alderman Cooper for leave to exhibit, the magistrate was surprised at the feats he proposed; and as his appearance was like that of other men, he requested him to strip, that he might examine whether he was made like them; but he was found to be extremely muscular. What were hollows under the arms and hams of others were filled up with ligaments in him.
He appeared near five feet ten, turned of thirty, well made, but nothing singular: he walked with a small limp. He had formerly laid a wager, the usual decider of disputes, that three horses could not draw him from a post, which he could clasp with his feet; but the driver, giving them a sudden lash, turned them aside, and the unexpected jerk had broke his thigh.
The performances of this wonderful man, in whom were united the strength of twelve, were, rolling up a pewter dish of seven pounds, as a man rolls up a sheet of paper—holding a pewter quart at arm's length and squeezing the sides together like an egg shell—lifting two hundred weight with his little finger, and moving it gently over his head. The bodies he touched seemed to have lost their powers of gravitation. He also broke a rope, fastened to the floor that would sustain twenty hundred weight—lifted an oak table six feet long with his teeth, though half a hundred weight was hung to the extremity; a piece of leather was fixed to one end for his teeth to hold, two of the feet stood upon his knees, and he raised the end with the weight higher than that in his mouth. He took Mr. Chambers, Vicar of All Saints, who weighed twenty seven stone, and raised him with one hand, his head being laid on one chair, and his feet on another; four people fourteen stone each, sat upon his body, which he heaved at pleasure—he struck a round bar of iron one inch diameter, against his naked arm, and at one stroke bent it like a bow. Weakness and feeling seemed fled together.
Being a master of music, he entertained the company with Mad Tom. I heard him sing a solo to the Organ (then the only one in Derby) at St. Werburgh's Church; but though he might perform with judgment, yet the voice, more terrible than sweet, scarcely seemed human. Though of a pacific temper, and with the appearance of a gentleman, yet he was liable to the insult of the rude. The hollister, at the Virgin's Inn, where he resided, having given him disgust, he took one of the kitchen spits from the mantle piece, and bent it round his neck like a handkerchief; but as he did not choose to tuck the end in the hollister's bosom, the cumbrous ornament excited the laugh of the company till he condescended to untie his cravat. He not abounded with good nature, the men might have been in fear for the safety of their persons, and the women for that of their pewter shelves, as he could instantly roll up both. One blow from him would for ever have silenced those heroes of the fit, Johnson and Mendoza.
The celebrated Klopstock has lately published some reflections on the fate of La Fayette, which concluded thus; "Yet detested as he is by both extreme factions, proscribed by Robespierre at his club of Jacobins, weighed against by Pitt in his . . . . he still enjoys the consolation of knowing that his name is dear and respectable to the small number of real Friends to Liberty, whom the violence of faction has left in the world. The wife and illustrious Bernstorff applauds his virtues. The kindred soul of Kosciusko glows with indignation at his unmerited suffering; the eloquent voice of Fox and Sheridan has been raised to load his persecutors with execration; and the heart of Washington himself, has bled for the hard fate of his fellow soldier in the cause of Liberty."
There is a magistrate in Gloucestershire, who has a goose now in the 25th year of its age, of which his worship is very fond, as he says they used to go to school together.
To the Editor of the Aurora.
Mr. Bucke,
As you have announced your determination to publish an impartial paper, open to the investigation of truth from all sides, I have chosen it as the channel for conveying the following observations to the public; and I request you to give them a place as soon as possible.
Some of those who have opposed the treaty with Great Britain are continually telling us of "the will of the people," of the "general voice of the people against the treaty," and it has lately been asked, whether the firmness of the President, so much extolled of late, has been excited in resisting "the unequivocal voice of his fellow citizens from New-Hampshire to Georgia."
I Mr. Bache, am one of those who think that the voice of the people is the voice of God, when deliberately, and unequivocally pronounced, it must and will be obeyed. But what is this unequivocal declaration of the public will respecting the treaty? How has this "unequivocal voice of the people from New-Hampshire to Georgia" been collected? The truth is, that a very small number of persons, scattered through the different states, have assembled, have assumed the right of speaking in the name of the people, and have attempted to direct that government which the whole people have established. These presumptuous individuals, not content to exercise their right of speaking for themselves, call themselves "the people," and arrogantly speak for the whole community, which has not appointed them, does not know them, repels no confidence in them, and refuses to sanction their acts. And yet they go on to call themselves "the people," and accuse the government of opposing "the unequivocal will of the people" because it has refused to exercise a trust, confided to it by the whole community, according to the will of a few unauthorized individuals. Let us begin with New-Hampshire and examine the powers of these individuals who claim the right of declaring the general will and directing the government. New-Hampshire contains 141,000 citizens of whom according to the usual calculation, 28,000 are able to bear arms. The state consists of five large counties, and 193 towns, two of which are Portsmouth and Rye. Portsmouth contains 4720 inhabitants, and Rye 865, in the whole 5585; of this number, according to the usual calculation, 1100 are men capable of bearing arms. In Portsmouth and Rye there were meetings on the subject of the treaty: 500 I think, are said to have attended at the former, and a out fifty at the latter place. This was barely a majority of the freemen of the two towns, and they contain less than a twenty fifth part of the people of New-Hampshire. All the rest of the state, with her five counties, her hundred and ninety three towns, and her twenty five thousand freemen, remain perfectly quiet, says not one word, and yet these two towns are to speak for the other hundred and ninety one! These 550 individuals are not only to call themselves the people of Portsmouth and Rye, of which they constitute barely a majority, but are to be considered as representing the will of New Hampshire! And yet we are told of the unequivocal voice of the people! Did the 25,000 freemen of New Hampshire depute the 550 citizens of Portsmouth and Rye to speak for them? Have they confirmed and coincided with the facts of these 550? I should like to know the nature and tendency of that republicanism which sets up the will of a small minority, of a mere fraction of the people to govern the whole community! which enables 550 unauthorized individuals, to pronounce the voice, the "unequivocal voice" of 25,000 freemen! Till it is better explained to me, I shall take the liberty of calling it rank aristocracy, and of considering those who contend for it as a set of dangerous and designing aristocrats, whose desire is to rule under the mask of patriotism.
Let us go next to Massachusetts, and see how the voice, the "unequivocal voice" of that great and powerful commonwealth has been expressed. Massachusetts contains 475,000 people, of whom, according to the usual computation, 95,000 are able to bear arms. The state contains 16 counties and 39 towns. Four of these are Boston, Charlestown, Dracut, and Plymouth. Boston contains 18,000 inhabitants, Charlestown 1500, Dracut 1200, and Plymouth 2990, in the whole 23,690; of which, according to the usual computation, 4,500 are capable of bearing arms. In these four towns, which contain less than a twentieth of the freemen in Massachusetts, there were meetings on the subject of the treaty: 1500 are said to have attended at Boston, and 150 at Charlestown. The numbers at Dracut and Plymouth, I have not heard, but supposing them to be in the same proportion with Charlestown, there would be about 200 at Plymouth, and 120 at Dracut. This makes up 1970 persons who have declared against the treaty in Massachusetts. All the rest of the state remains in silence. Four towns speak by their own authority for 389: 1970 persons for a community containing 95,000 freemen. These 1970 persons compose little more than a third of the freemen in those towns where they assemble; and yet they are to speak not only for those towns, but for 92,000 freemen in the rest of the state, for nearly fifty times their number of citizens, who have not appointed them, or expressed the smallest approbation of their act! This is the "unequivocal voice" of Massachusetts.
In the same manner from one to two hundred persons in Newport, have declared the "unequivocal voice" of Rhode Island.
The "unequivocal voice" of Connecticut has been expressed by absolute silence. That great state, containing 237,000 souls, and remarkable for being the best informed, the most independent, and the most republican in the union, has not said one word about the treaty. Some wife-acre, in a letter dated from Philadelphia, on the 10th of October, to his friend in Charleston, attributes this acquiescence of Connecticut to the influence of Colonel Wadsworth and a very few others, "who direct the measures, the likings and dislikings of the state." But if this discerning hector, while he was "remaining some time in the state," and riding, as he said he did, a good deal up and down it, had employed himself in observing the character of the people, he would have found out that Col. Wad-

world's opinions in Connecticut for the opinions of one individual; that there are hundreds of others equally capable of judging; that a very great portion of the people are exceedingly well informed about public matters, and think for themselves, and that individual influence has probably less to do there than any where on earth.
So much for the "unequivocal voice" of Connecticut.
Vermont consists of seven counties, and contains 85,000 inhabitants. Bennington, one of these counties, contains, 12,000, about one seventh of the people in the state. There are nineteen towns in this county, and in each town some persons, I never heard how many, met and appointed certain delegates to assemble at Bennington, and consider of the treaty. They met, and called themselves the "Bennington County Convention." They passed resolutions condemning the treaty, and recommending it to the members from Bennington county to bring the matter before the state legislature which was shortly to meet. The legislature met; but so far was this act from being considered as the act of the people of Bennington county, that the members from that county took no notice of the resolutions, and neither they nor any other person in the legislature said one word about the matter. The rest of the state was equally silent.
This is the "unequivocal voice" of Vermont.
The state of New-York contains 340,000 souls, of which number 32,000 reside in the city of New-York; 2000 of these are slaves, which being deducted leave the number 30,000. Six thousand of these according to the actual computation, are capable of bearing arms. A meeting took place on the subject of the treaty at New-York, and several thousand persons attended; perhaps three thousand. On the first day there was a division, one party for, the other against the treaty. Both sides claimed the majority, confusion ensued, and the meeting after some time had been thrown at those who attempted to speak in favour of the treaty, broke up, without coming to any final resolution. The next day, the favourers of the treaty did not appear, for though they were willing to discuss, they did not choose to fight; and the opposers, having the field clear, proceeded to sentence of condemnation. In this sentence it may perhaps be admitted that three thousand persons concurred; and this is a large allowance. This is hardly a majority of the freemen in New-York; the other half was opposed to the proceedings, and all the rest of the state, the other 62,000 freemen which it contains remained in silence.
This is the "unequivocal voice" of the people of the state of New-York.
In Jersey, which contains about 184,000 people, about seventy or eighty persons met at Trenton, called themselves the people of Trenton, and condemned the treaty. Soon after, nearly or quite an equal number met at the same place and disavowed the proceedings. A few persons afterwards assembled at Bordentown re-echoed the Philadelphia resolutions, and burnt in effigy the Senators of that State, who had voted for the ratification. Some persons met about the same time at Flemington and approved the treaty, the rest of the state was silent.
This is the "unequivocal voice" of the state of Jersey.
Pennsylvania contains 434,000 inhabitants, of whom 42,000 are in Philadelphia. The state, according to the actual calculations has 86,000 men capable of bearing arms, and the city 8,400. In Philadelphia there was a meeting on the subject of the treaty, at which it is probable, from taking the medium of the different accounts, that about 3000 persons attended and voted; I say attended and voted, because it is certain that a very great number of those who attended, did not vote, or mean to vote. They were drawn to the place by curiosity and remained as spectators without the least intention to approve the proceedings. This three thousand, and supposing the number to have been so large, which is by no means certain, it is very far from being a majority of the freemen of Philadelphia, call themselves the people of Philadelphia and condemn the treaty. Four hundred and seventeen citizens, including almost the whole mercantile interest met some time afterwards and disavow the act. York-Town, a very respectable borough has a meeting and approves the conduct of the Senate. All the rest of Pennsylvania, with her numerous, her populous towns, and the 86,000 freemen, remain in silence. Yet the act of these three thousand Philadelphians is the "unequivocal voice" of Pennsylvania.
At Wilmington in Delaware, a meeting took place and condemned the treaty. In another part of that state, at Dover, there was a meeting, much less numerous however, that approved it. The rest of the state was silent. The number assembled at Wilmington may have been about 300, probably less. The freemen in the state amount to about 6000. These 300, a twentieth part, speak, some contradict them, and the rest are silent.
This is the "unequivocal voice" of Delaware.
There was a meeting at Baltimore which is said to have been numerous. Allowing it to have been in proportion with that of Philadelphia, which we state at 3000, it must have fallen short of 1000 persons, for Baltimore contains but 13,000 souls; less than a third of the numbers in Philadelphia. We will say, however, that it was 1500. These 1500 spoke; the rest of Maryland was silent. That state contains 319,000 souls, and, according to the actual computation, 63,000 freemen: 1500 speak, 61,500 are silent.
This is the "unequivocal voice" of Maryland. If we take the states North of the Potomack, from Maryland to Maine, inclusive we shall find them to contain 2,555,000 inhabitants, which is very nearly or quite three fifths of the whole population of the United States, and at least two thirds of the white population. According to the usual computation they must contain about 470,000 men capable of bearing arms, adding together all those who have expressed their disapprobation of the treaty in those states, and allowing 200 for the Bennington Convention, the number amounts to 10,770. This handful of individuals, not amounting to the fortieth part of the freemen in those states, have declared against the treaty, since the
declaration was made the legislatures of New-Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland have been in session. The House of Representatives of New-Hampshire, has unanimously approved the conduct of the President and Senate. The Senate of Pennsylvania has declared its unabated confidence in the President and its approbation of his proceedings. The Legislature of Maryland have declared, in the warmest terms their unqualified confidence in his wisdom, virtue, and patriotism. The other Legislatures have thought it proper to be silent.
And this is the "unequivocal voice" of the people in the States North of the Potomack.
It will be observed that I take numbers as stated by the census. It is certain, however, that they have very much increased since, especially in the large towns. The increase however is in favor of my position because the number of the opposers is fixed; and the greater the number of the citizens becomes, the greater also becomes the disproportion between them and the opposers. Philadelphia, for example, is said to contain 60,000 inhabitants instead of 32,000, the number assigned to it by the census, but the opposers are still but 3000, which is a tenth part of 32,000, but only a twentieth part of 60,000.
As to the States south of the Potomack, there is reason to believe that the dislike to the treaty is far more general. In them, however, it is certainly not universal, it being admitted on all hands that there is considerable diversity of sentiment; nor are the indications of its being "general" by any means unequivocal. North Carolina has hardly spoken at all. There has been, that I have heard of, but one meeting in that state, and that not considerable. In Virginia, they have been more general; as also in South Carolina and Georgia. Less so in Kentucky. In all, however, there have been sufficient indications of dislike in a great part of the people, but will any man say that the general and unequivocal voice of the people, even in those states, has been declared? Combine them with the other ten states, and then it will appear that this "unequivocal voice" of the people from Georgia to New-Hampshire, is in fact the voice of a small part of the people; very small in most of the States, and not general in any.
CIVIS.
REPORT From the DEPARTMENT OF WAR, Relative to the FORTIFICATIONS of the PORTS AND HARBOURS OF THE UNITED STATES. STATE of the FORTIFICATIONS.
PORTLAND in the district of Maine.
THE works consist of a fort, a citadel, a battery for ten pieces of cannon, an artillery store, a guard house, an air furnace for heating shot, and a covered way from the fort to the battery. The works are substantially executed, excepting the covered way: to complete this, the earth on the spot being of a bad quality, with the necessary supports of stones and logs, is estimated at four hundred dollars. Levelling the earth round the works, fencing the land pertaining to them, a pump for the well, painting the wood work, and rendering the whole perfectly complete: the estimate is four hundred and seventy-one dollars. In the whole eight-hundred and seventy-one dollars.
PORTSMOUTH, New-Hampshire.
The works consist of a fort, a citadel, an artillery store, and a reverberatory furnace. These are completed, excepting a little carpenter's work, suspended to let the wood season, and which may cost about fifty dollars. But a small and unexpensive expense must be incurred for a drain to carry the water from the magazine, and may cost one hundred dollars.
GLOUCESTER, (Cape-Ann.)
The works consist of a battery and a citadel. These are completed. But to in lose the fort towards the town, the cost is estimated at one thousand four hundred dollars. This, however, may be postponed till circumstances require it to be done.
SALEM.
The works consist of a fort and a citadel, have been erected. A gate remains to be made, and some repairs to the walls.
MARBLEHEAD.
A battery and a citadel have been erected. Any other works may be suspended until circumstances shall change.
NEWPORT, Rhode-Island.
For the defence of this harbour, there have been erected on Goat Island a fort, a citadel and an air furnace. The excellency and importance of this harbour in the time of war, recommend a farther expenditure to render the defence complete. To finish the fort, erect an artillery store and make a covered way round it, as a regular fortification, the expence is estimated at about six thousand dollars.
There have also been erected a citadel on Tammany-hill, back of the town of Newport, for the protection of its inhabitants; and a battery and guard house at Howland's ferry, at the Northern end of the island, to keep open a communication with the main, in case of an invasion. But to secure effectually this communication a citadel should be erected on Butt's hill, that position commanding Howland's ferry and Bristol ferry. The cost of it is estimated at eighteen hundred dollars.
NEW LONDON.
The works consisting of a fort and citadel on the Groton side of the harbour, and of a fort, a citadel and an air furnace on the New-London side. They remain incomplete. Under present circumstances a small expenditure may be proper merely to preserve what has been done.
NEW-YORK.
Governor's Island has been fortified with a fort made of earth and two batteries under its protection, partly lined with brick masonry, two air-furnaces, a large powder magazine, and a barracks for the garrison; the whole completed.
PHILADELPHIA.
A large pier, as the foundation for a battery on a sand-bar opposite Mud-Island, to make a cross fire, has been completed. A fort on Mud-Island
is about half done, and a citadel has been erected. To complete the fort, and on a plan much more circumscribed than was at first projected, the expence is estimated at fifteen thousand dollars.
WILMINGTON, in Delaware State.
Nothing has been done. The project of erecting a fort there has been abandoned as useless.
BALTIMORE.
A battery and barracks have been constructed, and some guns are mounted.
ANNAPOLIS.
Some progress has been made in the construction of a fort and battery, and a barracks has been erected. But an examination of the works by an engineer, other than the one first employed, produced an unfavorable report of the plan of the works; and under actual circumstances induced a relinquishment of them.
A similar report as to the plan and situation of the work at
ALEXANDRIA,
induced a like relinquishment.
NORFOLK.
Two forts intended to cross their fire, are erected on the opposite sides of the harbour. The one on the Norfolk side, with barracks and a powder magazine, is completed. The other, Fort Nelson, on the Portsmouth side, is very far advanced, and a powder magazine has been erected. The principal work remaining to be done, is the opening of seven embrasures, completing one ditch of three hundred and sixty feet long, cutting another eleven hundred feet long, completing the glacis, and removing the earth from within side of the fort where it is two feet and an half too high. The expense of doing this, and completing the fortification, may be estimated at five thousand dollars.
OCRAVOCK, in North Carolina.
The defence proposed, was to erect a fort on Beacon Island. The foundation was laid in 1794. The situation is so far removed (about ninety miles) from any inhabitants and so exposed to injuries from storms, that nothing but an impending or actual war would seem to authorise the construction of a fort there, and furnishing it with a proper garrison.
WILMINGTON, in North Carolina.
The battery on the whole front of the fort has been completed, and a barracks and powder magazine has been erected.
GEORGE TOWN South Carolina.
A battery was begun, and materials collected, when the work was suspended; the owner of the land previously desiring to ascertain the terms, on which it was to be occupied for the fortification, and for the road of communication with it. The unhealthiness of the situation, and other circumstances, authorise an abandonment of the work, until war, actual or impending, shall require it to be resumed.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina.
The work planned for Sullivan's Island, of which the foundation only was laid in 1794, being on a scale supposed too extensive for the funds destined to this service, was directed to be left as it was. For the same reason, a new work proposed by the engineer on a point on the opposite side of the harbour from Fort Johnson, was not attempted. A battery has been erected in the town by the mechanics.
There remained only Fort Johnson, on which directions were given to make such repairs as would preserve the works already constructed, and render them serviceable. The engineer omitted the work. The officer in command at the fort, has undertaken to make the necessary repairs for the works and barracks; and his intelligence and experience leave no room to doubt but these will be done.
SAVANNAH, in Georgia.
The work consists of a battery, at present destined only for six guns, made of timber filled with earth, inclosed behind with pickets, with a guard house for the garrison, which were in train to be completed early in the last autumn.
ST. MART'S, in Georgia.
The work consists of a battery made of timbers filled with earth and inclosed with pickets. By the personal report of the superintendent it must have been completed.
GENERAL REMARK.
The few Ports of the highest importance to the Commerce of the United States, in situations to demand for their security, fortifications of such kind and extent as cannot suddenly be erected, prudence may require to have fortified in time of peace, and with durable materials.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, War-Office, January 16, 1796.
CHARLESTON, January 11.
Saturday arrived the ship Carolina, Hilton, Philadelphia, 12 days; brig Fair American, Butman, London; schooner Lovely, Malden, Eden, 9 days; schooner Cleopatra, Swaine, Demerara, 26 days; sloop Polly, Smith, Savannah, 7 days; sloop Camden Packet, Flood, St. Mary's, 9 days, and the French corvette Le Brutus Francaise, Capt. Gariflean, from a cruise of 90 days, during which he did not see an English vessel.
Capt. Butman left London the 10th of Oct. but, owing to contrary winds was obliged to put back twice to Ramsgate, which place he left the 20th of Nov. A very heavy gale of wind took place on the 7th of Nov. which he thinks must have proved fatal to many vessels then in the English Channel. As he came out of Ramsgate, met the brig Eagle, Capt. O'Driscoll, belonging to this port, going in, dismayed and otherwise damaged.
The General Pinckney was to sail for this port, shortly after Capt. Butman.
Philadelphia,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1796.
APPOINTMENTS.
The President of the United States, with the concurrence of the Senate, has appointed WILLIAM CUSHING, Chief Justice of the United States; SAMUEL CHASE, of Maryland, Associate Judge, vice BLAIR, resigned; and JAMES M'HENRY, of Maryland, Secretary of War.
MARRIED On Sunday last, by the Rev. DAVID WHITE, Mr. JOHN PIERIE, to Miss EVE WAUCK, both of this city.
A CAUTION.
As several Votes were lost at the last Election for Directors of the Bank of Pennsylvania, by the introduction of printed Tickets with ten names instead of five —A Stockholder recommends, in order to avoid similar errors, that each Stockholder, or Proxy, write his own Ticket before he attends the Election—by this mode he will avoid the influence or perfusion of friends, who wish to support any particular Ticket.
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL,
BALTIMORE, January 25.
Yesterday arrived, the ship Ardent, Capt. John Smith, in 12 days from Jeremie.
Vessels left at Jeremie:
Schooner Little Peggy, Capt. Alman, of Baltimore.
Brig Fox, of New-York.
Brig Nymph, Capt. Webb; schooner Fly, Capt. King; and several other vessels, names unknown—all of Philadelphia.
Brig ——, Captain Bunbury, and schooner May Flower, Capt. Smith, of Norfolk.
At Cayettes—
Brig Nymph, Capt. Sullivan, and two other brigs, names unknown; schooner Fair American, of Philadelphia.
Also arrived, the ship Anthony Mangin, Stafford, from Bremen.
The brig Polly, Phillips, in 10 days from Leon, who saw the ship Sydney on her homeward bound passage.
The brig Chance, capt. Goddard, from Hamburg.
The three masted schooner, captain ——, from Nantz, and several other vessels, particulars of which in our next.
Ship London Packet, captain Smith, was spoke off the Capes, by captain Langdon, 15 weeks from Hamburg.
The whole of the crew of the ship Ardent, as mentioned in our last, is not dead—three have died.
Admiral Murray in the Resolution, 74, was lying in Hampton Roads, and one or two frigates—on Friday last.
Rickett's New Amphitheatre, CHESNUT-STREET.
TO-MORROW EVENING, January 29.
The Friends of the Amphitheatre will be presented with a variety of Feats of Manly Activity and bold Horsemanship, one of which is
Mr. Rickett's Horse, Cornplanter,
Will leap over another Horse fourteen hands high, which is nearly his own size—a thing never before exhibited by any Horse, and which has engaged Mr. Rickett's attention for some time in training him to perform this extraordinary Feat.
The rest of the Equestrian Exercises will be performed by
Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Sully, Mr. F. Ricketts, Mr. Langley, and Mrs. Spinacuta.
THE STAGE PERFORMANCES, by
Mr. Sully, Mr. Langley, Mr. Reno, Mr. Donald, and Master Sully, Mrs. Spinacuta.
The Doors in future to be opened at FIVE and the Entertainment to begin at SIX o'clock.
There are a number of Stoves placed in the Amphitheatre which render it perfectly comfortable.
* Boxes, one dollar—Pit, half a dollar.
Those Gentlemen who intend to take places for the Boxes, are desired to send in time.
NEW THEATRE,
On FRIDAY EVENING, January 29,
Will be presented,
A COMEDY, (performed but once) called,
The Wheel of Fortune!
[Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq. Author of The West-Indian, Jew, &c. and performing at the Theatre, Drury Lane, London, with unbounded applause.]
Sir David Daw, Mr. Francis, Tempest, Mr. Bates, Penruddock, Mr. Whitlock, Woodville, Mr. Green, Sydenham, Mr. Wignell, Henry Woodville, Mr. Moreton, Weazle, Mr. Harawood, Woodville's servant, Mr. Beebe, Officer, Mr. Warrell, Jenkins, Mr. Darley, jun., James, Mr. Warrell, jun., Richard, Mr. Morgan, Harry, Mr. Mitebell, Thomas, Master T. Warrell, Mrs. Woodville, Mrs. Morris, Emily Tempest, Mrs. Marshall, Dame Dunclely, Mrs. Rowson, Maid, Miss Rowson.
The EPILOGUE by Mrs. MARSHALL,
With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations,
To which will be added,
A FARCE, in two acts, called,
The First Floor.
Whimsey, Mr. Francis, Monfort, Mr. Bates, Young Whimsey, Mr. Moreton, Furnish, Mr. Bates, Simon, Mr. Blissett, Tim Tartlet, Mr. Harawood, Frank, Mr. Warrell, jun., Snap, Mr. Darley, jun., Landlord, Mr. Warrell, Post-Boy, Master Warrell, Mrs. Pattypan, Mrs. Rowson, Charlotte, Miss Oldfield, Nancy, Mrs. Harvey.
A new Ballet Pantomime is now in Rehearsal, and will be speedily produced.
The Public are respectfully informed, that the Doors of the Theatre will be open at FIVE, and the Curtain rise precisely at SIX o'clock.
THE STOCKHOLDERS
In the Insurance Company of North America, are desired to meet at their Office, on Wednesday, the 17th February next, at 11 o'clock, A.M.
By order of the Directors,
EBEN HAZARD, Secretary.
January 28, 1796.

The Panorama.
MR. SAVAGE respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Philadelphia that the PANORAMA now opened in High-street, between 10th and 11th Streets. The Subject is a view of the Cities of London and Westminster, comprehending the three bridges, Southwark, Surrey, and St. George's Fields in the Borough, with every other object which appears from the top of the Albion Mills, at the end of Blackfriars Bridge, opposite the city of London, from whence this view was taken. The painting contains nearly 3,000 square feet of canvas, being in a circle gives every object its proper bearing, and exhibits it in its true point of compass, appearing as large and in every respect the same as the reality.
Price of admission half a dollar. Tickets for the Season three dollars.
PANORAMA open every day from ten o'clock in the morning.
A PRINT of the PRESIDENT of the U. S. is now ready, only a few choice impressions left; the composition is a print of Dr. Franklin. A variety of choice prints may be had at the Panorama.
Mr. Walter Robertson
LEGS leave to acquaint the Gentlemen, subscribers to the print Portrait of George Washington, President of the United States of America, engraved by Mr. Field, from an original picture painted by W. Robertson, that the Proofs are ready for delivery to the several subscribers at John James Barrat's, No. 19 north Ninth-street; or at J. Ommel's, bookseller, No. 41, Chestnut-street, where the subscribers are requested to send their address. October 27
City of Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY.
  A magnificent 20,000 dollars, & dwelling-house, 5 cash 30,000, are 50,000   1 ditto 15,000 & cash 25,000 40,000   1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000   1 ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000   1 cash prize of 10,000   2 do. 5,000 each, are 10,000   10 do. 1,000 10,000   20 do. 500 10,000   100 do. 100 10,000   200 do. 50 10,000   400 do. 25 10,000   1,000 do. 20 20,000   5,000 do. 10 50,000 
16,739 Prizes.
33,261 Blanks.
50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000
This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire rows on two of the public squares; from these drawings, it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this Lottery is sold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the City of Washington.
The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets are sold off. The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished, and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University, it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bonds given as security.
The real securities given for the payment of the Prize are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottery. The twenty-four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design. The synopsis of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and will be speedily published, together with its constitution.
A complete PLAN of the whole of this Important Institution, compiled from a selection of the best materials, ancient and modern, will be submitted to the public whenever the same may have gone through such revisions as may be necessary to establish the perfect confidence and general approbation, so essential to its present rise and future existence for the general good of America.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unyieldingly necessary to insure a fair disposal of the tickets, has rendered the most supposition indispensable.
February 24, 1795.
SAMUEL BLODGET.
Aug 30 ** Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; or James West & Co. Baltimore or Gideon Denison, Savannah, of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Connecticut.
For Sale,
THAT valuable and well known PLANTATION formerly owned by John Evans, at present by Samuel Evans, situate in London Britain township, Chester county, containing about four hundred and sixty acres. There are on said Plantation two dwelling Houses, one stone and brick, forty feet by twenty-five, two stories high, with a large and commodious Kitchen; the other a good log House, suitable for a tenant; two large and convenient Barns; a Stone Spring House; a good Merchant Mill, with between 12 and 13 feet head and fall, on a never failing stream the Whitelaw creek. There are on said Plantation about 80 acres of excellent Meadow, a large proportion of which is well watered, and more can conveniently be made; about 180 acres is arable Land, cleared, the residue is Wood Land. The Land, in general, is of the first quality in that part of the country. The Plantation is 10 miles from Newport, 11 from the Head of Elk, 6 from New-London Cross Roads, and 5 from New-Garden Meeting House, on the nearest road from Newport; and on the direct one from Peach Bottom Ferry to Lancaster, the situation of the Mill is suitable for either the Elk or Middle-town trade, which renders it an important stand. Any person desirous of purchasing, will, upon applying to Mr. BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, within one mile of the place, be shewed the same, and know the terms of sale from the subscriber heret, in Lancaster county.
SAMUEL EVANS
November 19.
WANTED,
ON Loan, for two or three years—2000 Dollars, for which a mortgage on Land will be given as security. The land is clear of every incumbrance. Jan. 9.
WANTED,
Several Apprentices to the Printing-Business. Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut-street.
LAW-BOOK STORE,
No. 313 High-street.
GEORGE DAVIS,
IN addition to his general collection of Books, on hand, has received by late arrivals at New-York, Baltimore, and this port, from Dublin, a further large supply—Among which are Bacon's Abridgement, 5 vols. Conyngham's Digest, 6 vols. Loft's edition of Gilbert's Law of Evidence; Tremaine's Pleas of the Crown, 2 vols. and Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium. These, with all other publications that he offers for sale, are of the latest editions; and Gentlemen may depend upon being furnished with every Book wanting to form a most extensive Law Library, at the same moderate prices which for several years past have so universally distinguished them, and which his ready sales enable him to continue.
Orders from any part of the United States punctually and thankfully attended to. January 1. taw6w
For Sale at this Office.
The Constitution of the United States, price 20 cents.
Last report of the late Secretary of the Treasury, containing a Plan for the further support of PUBLIC CREDIT, 75 cents.
Germanicus 20.
Proceedings of the Executive respecting the Insurgents; forming an interesting History of the late Insurrection in the four Western Counties of Pennsylvania.
Interesting summary of the events which have taken place in the Republic of Geneva—written by M. de Nivernois, 12 1-2 cents.
Twenty-six letters; on the most interesting subjects, respecting the American Revolution, containing much information not generally known to the Citizens of the United States, written in the year 1780, 25 cents.
Also a few copies of the Accounts of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, during the year 1794—price one Dollar and 50 cents. December 20th, 1795. d.
American Landscapes.
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING IN AQUATINTA
TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS,
SELECTED from the most striking and interesting Prospects in the United States; each of which Views, will be accompanied with a descriptive account of its Local, Historical, and other Incidental Peculiarities. By G. I. PARKYNS,
Author of the "Manific Retinas and Ancient Gables in Great Britain."
CONDITIONS.
1. That the work shall be published by Subscription; and that each Subscriber shall engage to take the whole set of Views, and shall pay for each engraving, if black or brown, 2 Dollars; and if coloured 3 Dollars.
2. That the dimensions of each engraving shall be 24 by 17 inches, executed in aquatinta, and published upon paper of a superior quality. The publication to commence immediately; and one engraving to be delivered to the Subscribers, on the first Monday of each succeeding month, until the proposed series shall be finally completed.
3. That with the last View of the series, shall be delivered an engraved title-page; an elegant characteristic vignette; a map of the route, connected with the prospects exhibited in the course of the Work; and an Alphabetical list of the Subscribers.
Subscriptions are received by Mr. Harrison, at his Print Shop, Maidenlane, New-York, by Mr. Carey, Book-seller, No. 118, Market Street, Philadelphia, and by all the principal Book-sellers in the United States. February 28. d
Delaware Bridge.
THE President and Managers of the Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Borough of Easton,
Give this Public Notice,
That they will, until the first day of February next, receive proposals of suitable plans or models for the said Bridge; as also for the erection thereof, and the delivery of materials. The length of the Bridge will be at the least 600 feet, and must not be composed of more than three arches.
Any person inclined to engage in the above undertaking, will please to direct their plans and proposals to the Secretary of the Company at Easton.
By order of the President and Managers, JOHN ARNDT, Secretary.
Easton, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12. m w & a
Delaware Bridge.
THE Certificates for Shares of the Stock of the President, Managers, and Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Borough of Easton, being prepared and ready for delivery, the Stockholders of the said Company are hereby notified, agreeably to a resolution of the President and Managers, that they call upon the Treasurer for the same on or before the first day of February next. And at the same time pay the sum of Twenty Dollars, on each share, required by law previous to the delivery of the Certificate.
By order of the President and Managers, JACOB ARNDT, jun. Treasurer.
Easton, December 12. gawtfr.
For the convenience of such Stockholders as are resident in the city of Philadelphia, Certificates are deposited with Mr. John Sitgreaves, No. 48, South Front-street, who will deliver the same, and receive the payment before-mentioned.
FOR SALE, A very valuable ESTATE,
Called TWITTERNHAM.
SITUATE in the township of Upper Darby, and county of Delaware, 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent Land, 45 of which are good watered Meadows, 90 of prime Wood Land, and the rest Arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two-story Brick House, with 4 rooms on a floor, and Cellars under the whole, with a Pump Well of excellent Water in front; a large frame Barn, Stables, and other convenient buildings; a Smoke-House and Stone Spring House; two good Apple-Orchards, and one of Peaches. The Fields are all in Glover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of Water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for Grazing.
The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the Land, the good neighborhood, and the proximity to the city, it is very suitable for a Gentleman's Country Seat.
The foregoing is part of the Estate of Jacob Hanmer, deceased, endorsed for sale by MORDECAI LEWIS, Surviving Executor. Oct. 9, 1795. ead
For Sale,
TO be LET for a term of years, A elegant House with about forty-two acres of Land and Meadow. The situation is very convenient for a Country; it is, or for a person inclined to attend the markets. The re is an excellent Kitchen Garden, Ice-house, and a variety of Fruit—the distance about five miles from the city. For further information apply to the Printer. November 14. zawtfr.
Insurance from Loss by Fire.
THE Insurance Company of North-America, to accommodate the Public, throughout the United States, with respect to insurances from Fire on buildings of every description, hereby publish, that resolutions to this effect have passed their Board; and that hereafter they shall be ready to make such insurances on terms to be fixed by their President and Committee, agreeably to circumstances. Those who are anxious to effect insurances, will find their advantage in sending the most particular statement of their buildings, and the relative circumstances. Persons not having a correspondent in this city, or who prefer doing this business with the Office directly, by means of Letters, post paid must not fail to enclose a builder's description of the dimensions, condition, materials and situation of the building proposed to be insured, especially with respect to its contingency to other buildings, and whether those buildings be of wood, or brick, or stone. It must be particularly stated, whether the building itself, or those in its neighbourhood, be occupied as dwellings, or used as magazines or manufactories, and for what particular purpose; and to obviate all objection, it is expected that this builder's statement, and the representation annexed, shall be severally signed by the parties, and accompanied by a magistrate's certificate, that they are persons of good repute. For the government of the Public, they deem it expedient to notice, that although the premium must be fixed according to the degree of hazard in the estimation of the President and Committee of the week, yet it will probably not vary more than from about half to one per cent. annually, except where a house or store is not only itself built of wood, but situated next other buildings of the same material. On such risks not more than four thousand dollars will be written on one policy. Houses and stores built of brick or stone, and situated in open lots in any of the principal towns or cities where fire engines and fire companies are established, and not containing articles particularly combustible, will be considered risks entitled to assurance at the lowest of these rates. On single hazards, even of the best kind, where from remoteness those advantages cannot be enjoyed, the Company will not assure more than six thousand dollars. No policy will be signed till the premium be paid.
Any person insuring for seven years, will be charged only the amount of six annual premiums; and for three years, a deduction of one-third of a year's premium will be made. By order of the Board, EBEN. HAZARD, Secretary. Office of Insurance Company of N. A. Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1796. zaw.
For Sale, or to be Let on Lease,
And may be entered on the first day of April next, The following valuable Property, At the Port of Little Harbour, in the State of New-Jersey:
No. 1. THAT valuable and noted island, called Tucker's Island, situated on the fourth of, and bounded by Little Egg Harbour inlet and the Atlantic: This Island is about ten miles in length, and contains about 1000 acres; on which is a large convenient house, store-house, and other out buildings, and is a noted good stand for a tavern, it being at the elbow of the harbour, where all the inward and outward bound vessels belonging to, and trading in the port aforesaid, lay to wait for winds, tides, &c. and where sea vessels load and unload; and at which place numbers of people resort for the convenience of bathing, fishing, fowling, &c. There is on the place, meadow sufficient to keep 40 head of cattle, and is situated about 6 miles from the town of Tuckerton—the well known pleasantness, healthiness, and natural advantages of this place need no comment.
No. 2.—The island called Foxborough Island, containing about 100 acres, chiefly meadow; whereon is a new frame house 26 feet square, situate about 2 miles distant from the first described place, and is a tolerable good stand for a tavern.
No. 3.—That valuable and noted Tavern-House and lot, containing 3 acres in the town of Tuckerton; this house is pleasantly situated on a beautiful eminence in the heart of the town aforesaid, and commands a pleasing prospect of the island, bays, rivers, and the Atlantic ocean, as well as the country farms around; the house is large and convenient, with a good cellar under the whole—There are on the premises a well of good water, a large barn and stable to accommodate 40 horses, a hatter's shop, and other out buildings; also an excellent apple orchard, a good garden paled in with cedar paling, about 50 acres of woodland, and the same quantity of meadow.
No. 4.—Is that large, pleasant, valuable Farm, known by the name of Tucker's Farm, which is bounded for 3 miles by navigable water, leading from the first described island to the town aforesaid. A considerable part of said farm lies in the center of the town aforesaid, and may be sold off, or let on ground rent for building-lots, to great advantage—There are on the premises two frame tenements besides the farm house, which is new and convenient, with an excellent barn and other buildings; also a good apple and peach orchard. Said farm contains about 1000 acres, on which are several good landings; about one-half of which is meadow and cleared land, all in good cedar fence.
No. 5.—Is a spacious, elegant well-finished new House, 50 feet front, two stories high, with an Office adjoining the same, and one Store adjoining the house 30 feet by 20, and a back Store 26 feet square, with good cellars under the whole, and a well of good water at the door; also an excellent garden, paled in with the best of red cedar paling, and white cedar paling; also a spacious and beautiful door-yard paled in as above, enclosing several beautiful shady trees. The house, stores, garden and door-palings are handsomely painted. There is also on the premises a good barn, stable, and carriage house; the lot contains about 5 acres, is situate in the center of the town aforesaid, is contiguous to a good landing, saw and grist mills, and several churches of different denominations.
No. 6.—Is a Frame House, 26 feet square, and lot of 5 acres, in good cedar fencing, with some good fruit trees, in the town aforesaid.
No. 7.—Is a Lot containing 4 ares, whereon is a house about 25 feet square, and a good apple orchard in good cedar fence, in the town aforesaid.
No. 8.—Is a good Saw-Mill, 3 miles from the town aforesaid, with which is about 400 acres of woodland, 200 acres of cedar swamp, several ore mines, and a fishery. Any person inclined to purchase all or any part of the aforesaid described premises, will find the terms of payment easy, the prices low, and indisputable titles given; or, if rented, the rents moderate—by applying to the subscriber proprietor of the premises, at Tuckerton, in the State aforesaid. EBEN. TUCKER. TUCKERTON, Jan. 18. zawtfr.
N. B. If the Tavern and premises No. 3 be not previously disposed of, they will be sold at public Auction, on Thursday, the 18th day of February next, at 6 o'clock in the evening, at the Merchants Coffee-House in Second-street, in the city of Philadelphia.
No. 46, North Front Street.
THE co-partnership of KNOX & HENDERSON expires this day by limitation. The business in future will be carried on by David Knox, James Henderson & William Deas, under the firm of Knox, Henderson, & Company.
All those indebted to the former concern, will please close their accounts as soon as possible.
Have just received per the ship Factor from London, the gleaning of their fall importation, consisting of a beautiful assortment of cambrics, cambric mullins, muslinets, corded dimities, printed handkerchiefs, calicoes, chintzes, &c. &c.
Also a few boxes ounce threads, with a small assortment of fancy waistcoating, &c. Jan. 5. d tot—wsm
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be sold by the Editor,
AN ACCOUNT
Of the Receipts and Expenditures Of the UNITED STATES,
For the Year 1794.
Printed by order of the House of Representatives,
CONTAINING—
 Statements of the duties on merchandise & tonnage  Duties on bills and spirits distilled.  Revenue arising on postage of letters.  Monies received into the Treasury in the year 1794.  Payments to the Executive,  Legislature,  Judiciary, Treasury,  Department of War, State, and the Mint,  Government of the Western Territories,  Commissioners of Loans,  Pensions, Annuities, and Grants,  Army of the United States,  Naval Department,  For fortifications of ports and harbours,  For maintaining intercourse with foreign nations, light-houses, beacons, &c. for interest on domestic debt, for domestic loans, for reduction of domestic debt, French and Dutch debts, relief of inhabitants of St. Domingo.  Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. &c. 
STATEMENTS of balances of appropriations of monies arising from foreign loans transferred to the United States of appropriations and expenditures, of receipts and expenditures. Appendix, containing an account of the foreign and domestic debt to the close of the year 1794.
George Hunter,
Chemist,
At his Laboratory, No. 114, south Second Street. INFORMS his former customers and the public, that he has begun the DRUG business again on an extensive plan.
He has for sale a general assortment of FRESH DRUGS, CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS, and PATENT MEDICINES.
Likewise, painters' colours, dry and ground in oil, paint brushes, window and coach glass, dye stuffs, indigo, oil, oil of turpentine, copal oil varnish and japan, warranted good.
Allum, copperas, madder, ground redwood by the hundred or smaller quantity.
As he imports the supplies from the best markets, and makes the compositions and preparations himself, he is enabled to vouch for and warrant every article sold out of his Laboratory, and likewise to dispose of them at the most reasonable rates.
He wishes to sell a large LOT OF GROUND, the north-east corner of High and Eleventh-streets, containing 78 feet front on High-street, and 200 feet on Eleventh-street, opposite Mr. Leiper's new buildings—And another LOT on the north side of High-street, near the above, 28 feet front, and 200 feet deep. Both lots have the privilege of a 30 feet alley in the rear. Dec. 12. s.r.
FOR SALE,
A Commodious Frame House,
TO BE SOLD,
That Hanoverian SEAT near Princeton, the property of the late Rev. Doctor John Witherspoon, known by the name of TUSCULUM.
It consists of a neat well finished stone house, two stories high, with four rooms on each floor, and a cellar under the whole. There are attached to it one hundred and fifty acres of land, more or less, and chiefly enclosed with good and durable stone fences: Of these about eight acres are natural meadow, six acres artificial, sown with red clover, and from twenty to thirty acres woodland. On the premises there is a valuable orchard of young and thrifty apple-trees, a framed barn and stables, two corn houses, a grain loft, and carriage house quite new, a new stone milk-house, and near it a well and a constant spring of water. For terms apply to Thomas V. Johnston, Esq., or the Rev. Samuel S. Smith, in Princeton; or Mr. Marshall, No. 118 Spruce-street, Philadelphia—or to the subscriber at Tusculum. Ann Witherspoon. Tusculum, December 20. tf.
Notice is hereby given that an attachment was issued out of the inferior court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cumberland, in the state of New Jersey, returnable on the twenty-fifth day of February last, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, lands and tenements of George Hutz (not being a resident at that time within the state of New Jersey) at the suit of Jonathan Ballinger, indorsee of Job Butcher, which was levied by the sheriff of the county of Cumberland "on a certain floor or shallot called the Fly of Philadelphia" with its appurtenances, as by the return of the said sheriff will more particularly appear—and notice is also hereby further given, agreeably to the direction of an act of the Legislature of the state of New Jersey in such case made and provided, that unless the said George Hutz shall appear and give special bail to answer the suit so as aforesaid instituted against him by the said Jonathan Ballinger, within such time as is prescribed by law, "that then and in that case judgment shall be entered" against the said George Hutz "by default, and that the said floor or shallot so as aforesaid seized on the said attachment" will be sold for the satisfaction of all "creditors who shall appear to be justly entitled to any demand thereon, and shall apply for that purpose."
Dated at Salem, in the county of Salem, in the said state, the thirty first day of March A. D. 1795. GILES, Clerk.
Lucius Horatio Stockton, Attorney for the Plf. April 1. ezawtfr.
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO,
—No. 119—
CHESTNUT-STREET.
[Price Eight Dollars per Annum.]