City of Washington, j s c trE m e Of THfc . LOTTERY, No. II FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. l A magnificent > 20,000 DolUis, and dwelling house, \ c.Ch 35,000 ate £6,000 t ditto i j,660 Jk e»(h 000 40.000 ) ditto 4c cafli 15,000 30,000 ! ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 h calh 5,000 10 000 1 ditt® 5,000 & cj(h 5,000 >0,000 j pine ol «0,000, 2 ditto 5,00 a each, are io,o> o jo ditto «,000 :0,000 ditto 500 10,000 ioo d'uc" »°° 10,000 2 00 ditto 50 10,000 4 00 ditto 25 «0,000 1,000 d 111<> «° 20.00 c 15 ,000 ditto t' 150,000 *6,739 p "' cs 33,261 Blanks 50,000 Ticke*. at 8 dollar! 490,000 Thu Lottery will aftord an elegant fi>eci men of the private buildings |o beercA d in the City <>f W»(Viington—Two besuutul de fignj are already feie fled for thp eniire fronit . on two of the pubi c fquates ; fiom these J drawings, it is proposed to'errfl two centre and lour corn'* building!, aa soon « poflihle alter this Louery is told, and to'convey them wl.en complete, to the.lortunatfc adventurers, in tho manner defenbed in the fclieme for the Hotel lottery. A nett deJu®o» of five per cent. Will he made to defray the necef. fa>y exprnccs of ptiniinf, &c. and the '■ or pins will be made a part ot thi fund intended for the National Univeifity, to be eretted within'he City ol Walbington. I $9" The drawing will comnae«ce as soon as the Tickets are fold off. The money prtr.es will be payable in thirty days after it is finifhed, and any priies for which fortunate numbers are not pioduccd within twelve months after the dtawing.is closed are to be conftdered as given towards the lund ft,, the Uilivtrfuy, it being determined to fettle the whole bufinefi in a yeai from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bond' given esfecunty. The real feeurities given for the payment of the Prizes, are he'd by the President and two Direflors of the Bank of Columbii,and are ralued at'more than half the amount of theLott-ty. The twenty four g;ntlem;n who by ap pointment of the late Conamifitoners aflifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake thii arduous talk a fe •ond tirae on behalf of the public ; a fuffici - ent number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National Uni "• V erCty and the other federal obje&s may con tinue to favor the design. The fynopfts of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the prel's, and will be speedily puhlifhed, together with its constitution. _j: — A compleatJ , LAN of the whole of this Important Viffitution, compiled from a fe leflion of the best materials, ancient and mo dem, will be submitted to the public when ever the fame may have gons through such revisions as -.iay be nccelfary to establish th« perfeift confidence and general approbation, . so essential to itsprefent rife and future exis tence for the general good of America. By accounts from the different parts of the Continent as well at from Eu rope, where the tickets have beep sent for falc, the public are aflured that the drawing ■will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably to insure a fife disposal of thf tickets, has rendered the fcort fufpenfton indispensable. February 14, 1795- Samuel Blodget. * * Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; of James Weft & Co. Baltimore; o< Gideon Denilon, Savannah; of Pe< r Gilman, Bofeon: of Jolin Hopkins, Rcli mond : and »f Richard \Velk, Cooper's Fer- Vy. Aug 33 * " FOR SALE, A Lot of Ground, ON the wist fide of Third, at tKc|corncr of New or Story ftuct, in the City ot Pmla delphia ; it being 34 feet 8 inches in liont »n Third street, and 86 leet deep on Siory, itreet. On said lot ale two framed d wiling house-, two ftortes high ; the corner house almost new, with a good cellar. For terms and other particulars, apply at the Office of Edward Bonfall Ic Co. or at &o. 60, north Second ilreet. J-n. 26 '»&f3 w Wants Employment, AN person, who writes a good hand, and understands accounts, and (who a|- so can be w'U rccomrocnded fci his hontfty and industry. Any tradesman or mechanic who may wifli for such a p«.rfon to keep his books,?nd make out his bills, may r. ceive information by ap plying to James Hnidie, comer ot Lombard a«d Fifth ftfeet. Jart. 23 gawtf TO BE SOLD, By ThomasDobfon, No. 41, fo«th Second Ilreet, John Ormrod, No. 41, Chefnut street, and the Editor hereof, REPORT THE Secretary of the Treasury Read in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 19, 1795. SoHtaining a PLAN for the further Support ot Public Credit. FRESH Bohea Tea, u GIN in Pipes, Now Landing from on board the ftiip Peggy, John Elliott master, de from Amsterdam. Ri dlfo Imported by the late Arrrvals, vil Kuflia tlcinp, Hrll quality la Ditto Kail Duek atl Ditto Havens Dock ni Brown Russia SheetinE gl Ticklcnburgs Oznaburgs er Brown Flanders Sheeting* :n Heflians and Brm*n Rolls Of Cotton Stripes and Checks cc Flanders Bedricki R Holland Sail Duck ot Seine Twine p: Dutch Great Coattj qi Gin in cases gi Madder at Window Glass, Bby is Jei'uits Bark ti .Opium. cc Affafcetida a \ German Steel Mill and Crofs-ctit Saws <ji Hoes and Cut tng Knives at Sythes and Skates le Coffee Mills , d; Black Lead Crucibles ' b] Anchors from 3 c« :. to tj cwt T j Ani a General AJforttnent of r 5-4 & 6-4 Boulting Cloth, fc FOR SALE BY e _ Pragers & Co. Not. 1 d " fr — k no,ooo weight of p- Green Coffee, 2 In 87 hhds. 40 barrels, and ?®o bags, entit led to the drawback, stored on McflTrs c Witling & Francis's wharf. ijl id & 4th Pr9of Bourdeaux Brandy, p' 30 pipes of London particular Teneriff , fc London particular Madeira WINES, ' in hfcds. pipes, and quarter casks, n Malaga Do. in quarter casks, ti Anriguaand otlier RUMin hlids. St. Croix SUGAR of the firft quality* r( St. MarJcs MOLASSES, | Hyion TEA, f f Jamaica SPIRITS, K Holland GIN, in {j LOAF SU(i AR, hi hhds. b J PEPPER, &c. 0 SALE BY / Levinus Clarkfon, e No. 216, jouth Water St'tet. , D c. 4 Monday March id, 1795. , f Inland Navigation. » / 1 This Day is publilhed, and to be fold by 5 Zacharlah Tou 1 fort jmr. -7 No. Bc, ChefHUt street, And at the Philadelphia Library, c j AN ' . HISTORICAL ACCOUNT P , or thi " Rife, progrel's, and present f t state a ' OF THE r J Canal Navigation in Penn- 1 Jylvania. j e With an Appendix, containing Abftra&s of N the Arts of the Legislature 11 nee the year J 1790, and their Grants of Moneyfor im proving Roads and Navigable Waters thronghout the state ——to which is tu- j hexed, " An Explanatory Map" PuMifhed by Direction ot the President and { Managers of the Schuylkill Sufcjuc " hanna, and the Delav. are and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. ~~ 44 Here smooth Canals, across th' extend. 1 ert plain 1 Stretch their lo ig arms to join the distant 1 main. 1 The Ton* of toil, with ™any a weary stroke 1 ' r Scoop the hard hofom ol the solid rock ; 1 Refiltlels through the ft ffoppofmgclay, 1 patience, work their gradual : '' way ; Compel the Genius of th'unwilling flood C Through the brosvn horrors oi the aged wold; Cross the lone waste the silver ui'n pour,^. And cheer the barren heath,or fallen moor « The traveller, with pleafmg wonder fees The white fail gleaming through the dulky |_ trees; And views the alter'd landscape with iur pri^e (}, And doubts the magic fcenei round cc him rile. p. Now like a flock «f swans, above his head, 'd Fheir woven wings the fly ing spread Now meeting ft reams,in art'ul mazcs,g!jde While each, unmingled, pours a separate — tide; Now, through the hidden vein's o( earth uj they flow at And visit sulphurous miues and caves be lew. The dutf ile streams obey the guiding hand, And social Plenty erownsthe happy land! aawtf A FEW COPIES Of the cel&biated Peiformance under tht Signature of M A N L I U S, M.»v be had of \ . John Ormrod, No. 41, Chef nut Jlreet. JRICE—2S CENTS. PHILADELPHIA t —Printed by JOHN FENNO, No. Cremut Street*—Price Six Dollars J?er Akxum. * - A VENDRE, Une Terre Superbe fituedans l'Etat de la Nouvclle T ( York. J j LA EELI.E Habitation connuc par h nom 1 de SCOTIA, iitue fur le bor Jdu nord <*c la 5 Riviere dc Mohawk et vis a vis la fiori£Tnite vilie dc Schfcne6i-dy qui eft a Textremitc dc J la communication par ean entre la Caneda et * autre* parties occidental avec la yille d Alba nic dont clie eft eloignee de feize,miles An- gloi? ou cinq lieues un tiers de france. Cette terre eft bornee par la dite Riviere ( — enviro* deux tiers de lieue—les grands Che inins des parties de l'oueft et du nord fe joig nent en cet endroit avec plufieurs autres et conduifent a l'endroit par ou Ton travcrfe la Riviere vis a vis la dite ville—ette habitati on contient plus de mille acres, une grande partie de 1a quelle eft en plaine de la premier, qualite et propres pour des prairies- ou du arain dont elle produit une grand abon- T1 dance. On pourroit la deviser en plufieurs habita tions donnant a chacune des situations tres commodes a placer des maifons- —elle contient a present deux maifons grandes et bien com- E\ modes avec des Granges £curies, Magazns, des pour les Voitures et plufiers autres batimens qui font tres convenables le tout fitue fur une elevation au bord de la dite Riviere d'ou Ton a une vue bien agreea ble fur la dite ville, des prairies dan* fes en- ] ▼irons et dc la Riviere aulli bien que d'un p a Reservoir d'environ trente acres, qui eft t#en ev fourni de poiffon et de gibier. II y a aufli fur la dite terre une Moulin a eau fur un courant qui ne manque Jamais, J avec une roaifon pour le meunir ;on y pour rqit ajouter d'autres moulins, &c.—fur cettc terre ell aufli un bon Verger des meilleurs fruits de ce pais d'environ mille arbres> entes, f c i les Jardins abondent de toutcs fortes de fruit at pro£re pour cc climat—Dependent aufli de cette terre plufieurs tenements avec des lots vy« de terre dont les baux font d'une courte dure. C< II n'y a point de dans ces parties que at ioit plus feconde pour toutes fortes de grain d'hiver doflt il en a ete feme l'automnc vo pafle prefque deux cents bftifleaux ce que sera m compris dans la Vente auffi bien que deux G< I lies dans la Riviere vi 6 a vis ala mai- 2, ion. 11 c On penfe que la rue de ces terres on don nera une plus haute idee qu*aucun descrip tion qu'on pourroit en donner. Pour les conditions de Ventes il faut fe. tu rendre chez le foufligne demeturant fur les f n lieux ou a meflieurs OliveryWendcl et Harri- au son G. Otis, a Bofton—meflieurs Cornelius R Ray et De Wit Clinton, a New-York—mef- ih fieurs James Gordon et Henry Glen, mem- th bres du Congres, a present a Ptiiladelphie, m ou a monsieur Stephen Bayard dans la ville pa dc Schenedlady, qui feront conrioitre le prix m et conditions de la Vente. JOHN SANDERS. ™ ' au Valuable Property c 'For Sale, pi IN THt 1 ct STATE of. NZWjrQRK- .2 (V fITHAT valuable and well known F.flate, called SCOTLA, situate on the north bank of the Mehawk river, dire&ly opposite the po- (• pulous and flourilbing town of ScheueSady, j at the foot of the from the Western Country, and Upper Qanada ; sixteen miles from the city of Albany, ex- ni tending about two miles on the bank of the ct river above and below the said town; this p river is the only <vater communication in the a. United States with the great western Lakes. 1, The roads from the western and northern ri parts of the state of New York, together It with a number of othec public roads here meet, and lead to the noted ferry kept oppo- V Cte the said town. ■'* ; It contains upwards of acres, E a great proportion of which is intervale or lowland, calculated both for grass or grain, producing great burthens annually ;it may a be laid into a number of valuable farms, as ' fording convenient and handsome building grounds; ioreis now on the premises two b very large and commodious dwelling houses, with large Dutch barns, barracks, shovels, J: . (tables ca rt and waggon house, carriage house store house, fuinmer house, and other out- p t hotrfes, on a commanding eminence near the bark of the river, affording; a beautiful and e extensive profpeit of the river for ieveral u miles, the lowland, the town, and a fine lake q of water, covering about th'rty acres, well 1 stored with all kinds of river fifh, fowl, &c. j. There : s a good grift mill on a never failing , stream of water, a good frame house, &c. d for the miller, also convenience above the mill 0 for erecting more water works ; there i» a e > bearing orchard with nearly one thousand ap- a pie trees, set out, grafted of the-bell fruit,the n gardens are stocked with a'.l the various fruits [ r the climate will admit; aHo several tenements with portions of land on short leases. c y The land in paint of fertility of foil, is ex- c ceededby none in the state; there is now in r .. the grou d near two hundred bushels winter r grain, which will be included in the above r d sale. 1 Also two small islands in the river, opposite the mansion house. A view of the premises, it is presumed, ' e wfil fully equal any description tfyat can be ' e given thereof. For terms of sale apply to the Subscriber, ( h residing on the premises, Messrs. Oliver Wen dell or Harrifon G. Otis, Esquires, ia the , town of Boston, Cornelius Ray, or De Witt ; Clinton, Esquires, at the city of Naw York: | t James Gordon or Henry Glen, Esquires, two i i! of the member* of Congress, at the city of Philadelphia; Stephen N. Bayard, in the town of Schenedady, by whom the price & terms of sale will be commmnicated. JOHN SANDERS. 1 ScotU, Jan. 28, 1795. N. B. The remaining stock unfold, and , all the farming utensil*, the purchaser or pur- i , ohafers may be accommodated with. Philad. Feb. 7. aawjm I FOR SALE, Q At the STORES of 5 JefTe & Robert Wain, J' PORT WINE in pipes, hhds. and quar ter calks LISBON do.in pipes and quanercafks Soucliongand Congo TEAS, in quarter cherts im A quantity of Lilbonand CadizSALT Soft (helled ALMONDS in bales VeivetCOßKS, iy do. ; Kudia MATTS. " June 9 d j Robert Campbell, No. 54, south Second flreet, second door below the corner of Chef nut Jlreet, HAS FOR SALE, cd The most General and Extensive AflTort- day ment of the 800 K s and Ever offered for sale in this City, among!! the which are a number of the latest Euro pean Publications F Also a Complete AJfortment of English h American Wririn-g Paper, Dutch Quills, Playing Casds, and ne f, ei cry Article in tlie Stationary Line. - TUI R. C. has lately printed the following BOOKS, ten I. Religious cases of Con- ™ science, anfw led in tn Evangelical niaiujc;, . ' at th« cafuiftica! in Little St> Helens, * oy S. Pike and S. Ha)- waid, ro which is now acideH, xhc Spiritual Pc Compnn'inn,or the Jf*rofcffing Chfiftiar, tried on at the Bar o! God—Pi ice One D War. rim 2. Mcdnanans ?n«! Conte*T»pl'.t»dm, in 2 can volumev, ccn'aimng Voi. i, M duat ous a mong the Tombs ; R efledions on a Flo wcr Gard« n ; and a Descant upon Crfaeion. V«i. o t Contomplations on the Night ; Contempla- A , , tion« op »he ftairy H*eavens ; and a Wimn °. C Piece. Bv James Hcrvev. A. M. late hc- ' ,m tor of Wrfton Foveli, Norihaiuptoufhiic— Price 8o Cents. "V 3. Beauties of ; or defcriptive.oic turefque, and inftfu&tve from the woiks of this defe»v<dly adinired. author ; viz. Meditations among the Tombs, Sat' Rrfltftioys on a Flower Gard n, Descant on the iheCreanon, Comem latiousoa the N'ght, the Heavens ; and a Winter Piece ; the I most important intcrefting pi&ufefqjuc Mc pafTages, of Xheron & 4fpafio ; letters & fer- Fi*i mons. Miscellaneous tracts, religmns ednca- for; tion of daughters ; and rcmai k.5 on Lord ingUicke's letiers- To which arc added M<-_ j moirs of the Author's life and character,with au Elegiac Poem on his death—Puce etgh y rec Ccnts * da-y 4. Rife and Progress of Religion in the anc S.'ill, illuftratcd in a courfc of lerious and practical addreflVs, suited to perfonsof « v< ry cha?a(sler and circumftaince ; wn*h a devou, - mediwtionand prayer added to each chap- - -<t. To aIL. ■ >i •- L irr f" » sermon o*l thf one ihmg needlul. By Philip Doddridge, D. D l®r:ce 60 Cents. ] 5. Sermonsby Hugh BJ»i»,D. D. F. R. 5. K j £dinhurgh, one of the mincers of theH gh eve Church, and ProfeiTor of Rheiotic and Belles jy j Letters in the Univerfny o; Edinburgh. Vol. ol) 4 — Pi ice One Dollar. 6. A Sermon on the Freedom and Happi ness of the United States of America,or« ach ed in Carhfle, on the 5h of Odo'?er 1 Sc tcn pubt;fbed at the rcqui ft of the PlnJacielphia and Lancaster troops of Light Horff. By Ro- , 1 bifrt DavicJfon, D.D. Pastor of the Piefbyte- .a rian church in Carlifl , and one of the Pro't I- in lors in Dickenfoii's College—Price 20 Cents. 7. The Philotophy of Natural HiOoi y, by William Smellie, Member of the Kov*l and t Antiquarian Society of Edinbuigh—Price 2 Dollars. o*c 8. The WeHminfter AfTembly's Shorter eac Catechism, explained by wav of qm ftion and Re answer, by Fisher and trfkinr — Price 80 ev< Cents. liv 9. Menforia, mr the Young Ladies Friend, at bv Mrs. Rowfoci of the New Theitre, Phila- ing delphia, aurhor of the Inquifitf>r, Ftlle dt at Chambre, Victoria, Charlotte, fta. y Cents. M 10. A Simple Story. By Mrs. Inch bald— wl Price One Dollar. 11. The Fool Qujality, or of Henry, Earl of Moreland, in thiee vol nmrs, by Mr. Brooke, Price 2 Dollars 40 Ccnts - . . t\v 12. Sermons on important fnbjefls, by no late rev. pious Samuel Davis, A.M. son e lime President of the College in Ntw Jrrfev in 2 volsi To wh ; ch are nrrw added, thrtr , occasional sermons, not included in the form er editions ; memoirs and chara&er o' the ev author, and two krmons on account of his death, by the rev. Drs. Gibbons, and Finley, Priee 4 Dollars. 13. The Life of Baron Frederick Trenck, conuining h s adventure 4 , hi* cruel and ex- 1 cefTive fufferings during jrn years imprison- > n ment in the fortrefs of M gdeburg, by com mand of the'ate Kng of Prussia ; also anec- an dotes,hiHorical, political, and personal ni Puce One Dollar. m 14. The Conductor Gcneralis, Or the Of- if ficej, duty, and ant horitv ol lu ft ices of the C o Peace; high fheriffs, under Iheriffs, coroners, ar | constables, jury men, and overiteis C( j »»f the poor ; as also the office of of as size, and of th* Peace, &r. to which are ad ' d«d. the cxcife and r»ijkta Jaws of the tTni"- ed?Siates, and the called the ten Pound of ihe state ol Pcnnfylvania, and New York; Prtce 2 Dollars. p 1 15. »The History of a Reprobate; by Mr. 1 Biooke—Pnc 20 Cents. cc f 16. A Trearifc o« *tbe Fever of Jamaica, eA with some observations on the int< rmitting America, and an appendix, contain- 11 ng some hints on the means of prelf r vng e: the health of Sold ; ers in Ijo' c*iares ;by Ro- a( ben Jackson, M. D. Price One Dollar. Ci |i Country s?torekeepers can be fuppli- a ' ed with Books and Stationary as above, f, by the quantity on rery low terrr.s. tl Jan. 27 2aw6w COFFE E, ssr !»««>"»• Just arrived in the Rebecca, Captain Hughes, from Jamaica. FUR SALE BY Peter Blight. Who has alio now landing out of the Mer cury, from Oporto, Choice Red Port Wine, IN P J P f. S. Dec. 7i d CARRIAGE OF THE PUBLIC MAILS. _ • PROPOSALS will he receiv ed at the Gcneral-Poft-Office until the 31ft day of March next, inclusively, for carrying the malls of the United States between Phi ladelphia and the city of New York—Phila delphia and Baltimore—Baltimore and Alex andria—and Philadelphia and Pittlborgh— the times of arrival to be as"Iollow— 1. Pbitadelp ia and N vj-Tt-k. Receive the mail at Philadelphia every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thudd*y f Fridey and Saturday at one o'clock in the af ternoon—and deliver it at New-York (in twenty hours after, viz) every Tuefday,Wed nefday, 1 hurfday, Fr:day, Saturday and Monday at nine o'clock in the morning. Re turning, receive the mail at New-York e very Tuesday, Wednesday, 1 "hurfday, Fri day, Saturday and Monday, atone in the af ternoon, and deliver it at Philadelphia (in nine teen hours, viz.) every Wednefday,l hurf» day, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tues day, at eight o'clack in the morning. 2. Philadelphia and Bultimoj e. Persons offering proposals re desired to ? rte on what terms they will qirry this.mail three times a week, and on what terms they will carry it fix times a week. I bree times a week. Receive the mail at Philadelphia, every Monday, Wednsfday, and Friday, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and deliver it at Bal timore, (in twenty-eight hours) every Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday, at three o'clock in the afternoon. P„etvrniJ:o, receive tile Mail at Baltimore every Tnefdav, Thursday and Sunday, at ten o'clock in the evening and deliver it at Philadelphia, every Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday, at nine o'clock in the morning, (35 hours.) Six timts a iveek. Receive the ir.ai! at Philadelphia every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 7'hurfday, F.idoy, and Saturday at eleve» o'clockia the forenoon, and deliver it at Baltimore (in twenty eight hours) every Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday, Friday, S turday, artd Mon day afternoons by three e'clock—Returning receive the mail at Baltimore every Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday evenings by ten o'clock, and de liver it at Philadelphia (in 34 hours) every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tues day and Wednesday mornings, by eight »'- .. l i" r ' f 7- 3. Baltimore and Alexandria. Receive the mail at Baltimore, from the firjl of April to the JirJl of November, every Monday, WednefiJay and Friday, ear ly rn the morning (or by half pall ten o'clock od each preceding evening) and deliver it at Alexandria the fame daysat fix o'clock in the even eg. Returning, receive the mail at Alexandria the fame evenings by half pafl ten o'clock, or early the next morning, and deliver it at Baltimore, every Tuefday,'Thurf day and Saturday, by h..lf past four o'clock in the afternoon. From the ifl of November to the J ? of April, receive the mail at Baltimore as before, *nd delimit at Georgetown every Monday, and Friday, by live* o'clock in the evening, and at Alexandria, • each fueceeding morning at eight o'clock. Returning, receive the mail at Alexandria I every Moh day, Wednesday and Friday, at five o'clock in the afternoon, and deliver it , at Georgetown at seven o'clock in the even ing, and at Baltimore on each succeeding day at half past four in the afternoon. ji Note. Persons proposing to carry the Mails on this route, are requested to state o* what ttrms they will carry it every day (Sun days excepted) the hours for receiving and I delivering the n-.ailbeing the fame. 4. Philadelphia and Pitt/huryh. Receive the Mail at Philadelphia every Sa | turday at S&lf past eleven o'clock iatkefure r noon, and deliver it at Pittsburgh every Fri c day at no n. Returning, receive the mail v at Pittfbyrgh every Friday at five o'clock in the afternoon, and deliver it at Philadelphia every Friday at noon. , Note t. The contrails for carrying thefc Mails will be made to commence on the 15 th . day of April next (exc pt the mail No. 4, the carriage of which (hail commence on Sa t rday the ißthdayof April) and continue 1- in force until the iftday of April 1799. 1- Note 2. Should tfie hours of receiving and delivering these Mails be fonnd inconve nient to the public, the Poll-Master-General, may at any time change them; provided that if fnch changes would prove injurious to the ' contractors, they shall not be made without >' an adequate compensation previously ftipulat 's ed. • Note 3. For *very quarter of an hour's delay, not exceeding twelve quarters, and for every hour's delay thereafter, fubfequert t» the times prcfcribed for delivering the three firft mails at the Poft-Oflices in New York, | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria, tlit / contradlors (hall forfeit one dollar ; and for > every hour's delay in delivering the fourth ' mail at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, respec tively, they shall forfeit one dollar. And no excuses to save a forfeiture for delays wi 1 be 0 _ admitted, unless reafona le proof be produc ed to the Poft-Mafier-General, that the de lays were occafioned*hy impaffibiiity of riv- II ers ' Note 4. The contrafiors fSall be respon sible for the fidelity of the persons, to whom they entrust the mails. General Post OfEce, Philadelphia. Jan. 29th, 1795. l.rv-ow
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