PROPOS A I. S \ FOR CARRYING ".HE Mails of the United States, O.i the following routes- will be received by the Po ft mailer at Savannah, until the firft dav of Sep!ember nexr. > 1. From Savannah by Sunbury to Newport Bridge, once a week Receive the Mail at Savannah ererv Saturday bv 9 A M, ar rive at Sunburv by 6 P M, arid at Newport Bridge on Sun day by 10 A M Returning. Leave Newport Bridge on Sun day bv 3 P M. and arrive at Sunbury in the evening, and at Savannah on Monday bv6 P M 2. From Newoort bridge by Darien and Brunfwick to St. Marv's. once in two weeks. Receive the Mail at Newport Bridge every other Sunday noon and arrive at St. Mary's the next Wednefdav by 5P M. Returning. Leave St. Mary's the next day, Thursday by 8 A M, and arrive a r Newport Bridgethe next Sunday by 10 A M. Note 1 If either of the routes are altered bylaw, during the con tinuance oj tie Contraas, the Contractor is to observe fuc/i alterations in carrying the marl, and his pa> is to be encreafed or dmihifhed. in proportion to the distance encreafed or dimini/hed by such alteration. Note. 2 Jhe Contrafls are to be in operation on the jirjl day of Gftobcr next, and to continue for four ycirs until the 30th Septem ber. 800, incluf-e. N"te 3. ThePqfl fAafler General may alter the times oj arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the Contracts, he frevioufly flipulating an afrjuatecompenfation for any extra expense that may be occaftaned thmeoy. Note 4. fifteen-minutes /hall be allowed for opening and closing tht marl at all offices where no particular time is fpecifica. . Note 5. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prefer ibed in any contratt, the contractor fball forfeit one dollar And if the delay continue until the depart ure of any depending mail, whtreby the mailt defined for such de fending mail /hall lofeatrtp, the Mntrador fhafl forfeit ten doltors be deducted from his pay. JOSEPH HABERSHAM* Post-Master General. Civeral Post Office, Philadelphia, June 28, a 70- taw6w Fof Sale, ■A LARGE ELEGANT AND WELL EINI3HED Three-story Brick House, (The late residence of General Waller Stewart) "t T7ITH a LOT of GROUND thereunto belonging, ou V V the weft fide of Third-street, near Union-street containing in front 32 feet, and in depth too feet, to an alley leading into Union-street. The house is 32 feetfrofft j and 50 feet deep ; the several rooms contained in it are large,- commodious, and completely finiflicd; the two firft stories are each 13 feet high; there are 20 mahogany doors in the house ; a geometrical staircase, with mahoga ny raiU and a good (ky-light. The kitchen is in the cell ar, wbi&itfTptcioas and convenient, and finifhed with an oven, stew-holes and pantries, a ferranu' hall and large wine-cellar adjoining the kitchen, in front of which is an area in which there is a pump The yard is vaulted. Communicating with the said building is a neat threc-ftory brick houfe,-on the nortb fide of Union-street, contain ing 30 feet fram by »© feet deep; the lower part of which it at present occupied as a compting-houfo, and the upper •part divided into well-fini(hed large chambers. This house tnay at a small expense be converted into a convenient dwelling : The street door is very handsome, and the front and back-4iafve Venetian window-lhutters. Adjoining the last house, npon the lot belonging to the .firft, are erected hathing-reoim, &e. There are likewise very good coach hoHfe and stables finifhed equal (or nearly ib) with any in -the city, on a lot containing on Union street 30 feet, and in depth on the w»ft fide of said alley 51 feet. There are good cellars'tinde. the whole of the buiUings, and a wine room over pa"rt of theft-able, with a hay-loft over the re mainder. For further particulars enquire of EDWARU BONSaLL & Co. At their Office No. 64 Dock-street. l between Walnut & Pear eo streets. 6th montfi 24th, 1796. AN HmtttTi —— — Books and stationary, Wholesale and Retail, now opened and for Sale by WILLIAM rOUNG, Botkfeller, No. 52, Corntr of Second and Chef nut-JlreHs. AMONG which are Fnolish, "Latin, and Greik Classics and Dictionariis, Divinity, Law, His tory, I'RAvaLs, Vovagis, Miscellanies, and the most ofteemed Novels. WRITING AND POINTING PAPERS, from the best manufacturers in Europe, and from his ma tt ufa&or) on Brandywine, viz. Imperial,plain and wove flatSmail folio post, plain Super-royal do. do. Ditto gilt Roynl do. do. Blofibm paper assorted Medium do. do. Transparent folio post Demy do. do. Superfine and common foitfe. Glazed and hot-pressed folioMarbied papers. and 4to extra largr'poft coawk papers. Thick poll in folio dito'do. London brown, afTorted -Ditto in 4to. ditto do. Hatters' paper Folio wove post, lined Stainers' paper "Quarto ditto do. Common brown Ditto gih do. Patent iheathing Common fiee folio post Bonnet boards Ditto quarto, plain Binders' Boards. 'Eolio and quarto post, gilt, Also, a variety of other Stationary Articles, tit. Wedgwood and glafa phi!ofophi=»l Ink (Und., well atrnt ted ; pewter iflk chests of varies flies-; round pewter ink Hands ; paper, brass, and poHlhed leather ink ftarids for the pocket. Shining (and and sand boxes, pounce and pounce boxes, ink and ink powder. Couuung house and pocket pen knives of the best quality, «ti Lin tablet and memorandum books. Red and colored wafers, eommon fee, office ditto. Quills. from half & dollar, to three dollarsper hundred, lilack lead pencils, mathcmatieaHnftrumenta, Ice. he. All forts and fi*erof Blank Rooks, ready mide or made to order. Bank checks, blank bills of exchange and notes of hand, executed in copperplate, bi Is of lading, manifefts teamen's articles and journals, Sic. &c. June 18 aawjw War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796. THE following Rules, explanatory of those pnblilhed the 15th February, 1789, are to be observed by all persons entitled *0 Lands, in pur-fuince of refolvea of Congress. Every certificate of ttre acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or ottter magistrate, mull, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the person making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or Ather magistrate ; for whieh purpose words of the following import mull be infertcd in the certificate. " And I do moreover certify that the feia A B making this acknowledgment has been for jierfonally known to me." If the notary or other magistrate has reason to believe that he is th j pcrl'on he represents himfelf to be, he Wil also certi.y it. Anditthe proof be made by a witr.efsorwitneffcs.h-ior theymuft fweartol'ome general ftateof their knowledge ol him, whiek matte* mult be set forth in the certificate ; and the notary public, or other magistrate, before whom tjt ackuuwl-dgmen". is naade, mui also set forth that the wit Be .sor wituelfeshas or have been for upwards of f.T'Oually known to him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of tht court ol the corporation or county must certify that (uth per lon is a juflico of the peace ol the county or corpora tion as tht- cafe way be, and that full faith is due to hi> ail. a, such. JAME3 M'HENRY, Sccretarj- of Wjr I-.ay i»; tj«jn PROSPECTUS : 1 Of. Cheap aid Elegant Poc.Let Edition of Se!e>S and Entertaining Novels ; Or, NoyEnsT J s Pockr t Libr/wy ; Printed info convenient a Gze that a volume may be carried in cach pocket without the leal inconvenience ; — being an agreeable travelling companion, affording amufc ment in the garden, the field, or the (hady bower, and forming a valuable collection of Novels and Tales, writ ten by the mod approved authors, particularly- Fielding .Sterne j Marmontel Cervantes Smollet Goldsmith* I Ratcliffe RouHeau Richardfoit Brookes Hawkefworth LeSage, &c< To commence with the ift volume of the celebrious no vel intitled The Mysteries of Udolpho, by the author of Th«j Romance of the Forest, &c. embellinied with a beautiful engraved Frontifnicce reprefeuting an interesting fcenein the above, elegantly gilt, at only 75 cents. CONDI T lONS. These f«lc£l Novels shall be printed in handsome oftodeci -10 pocket volumes, on good type and paper, and with a de licate new Rourgeoi* type on purpofefc the work, by which m{*ns the page wlil be uncommonly conipreheflfive; each vo lume containing in quantity a duodecimo, and sometimes an o&jvovolume, printed verbatim from theoriginal copies, In addition to theelegance of the typography, each volume will be embelliftied with a beautiful engraved frontifpiecc, repre senting the mell intereiling scene that occurs in the refpeftive volume. A volume will be publilhed regularly every ,three weeks and delivered to fubferibers neatly zne uniformly bound and , gilt, at only three-fourths of adoilareach, to be paid upon delivery. If a fufticient number of f'ubfciiters are procured, the work will be put to press some time in August, and a vow lume publiftied every thiee weeks in regular succession. The encouragersof this work may rely apen every poflible atten tion being paid to ensure elegance in ihe engravings, neatness and corre£tnels in the priming, and uniformity in the bind ing, the whole being done under the immediate lendancy of the publishers. Subscribers may withdraw and recommence their fubferip tions at pleasure, so as to confine iheir choice to as few of the Novels as they think proper, or extend their colkftion to the whole that are printed, which will comprise ihofc high ly approved novsls whick have been damped with universal approbation. As The MjJlerics of Vd*lph» Humphrey Clinker Romanccof the For eft Amelia, Sicilian Romanes • Gil Bias Caflle of Qtranto Peregrine Pickle Old Manof If unfa Dt+il upon Tvjo Stitle Sidney Caflle Adventures of a Guitpa Defvnnd Launcelot Greanct Family Party The Sijiets Tales the Caflle Don Q'uixotte Ctrill* ;w, The Memoirs of Count Fathom an Heirtjs Almoran and Harriet Evelina ; #r, u yumf lady e Soy man aud Almcna entrance into the world Tale*- of tie Genii American Hunter Moral Tales Theodoftus and ConflaHtia Fool of Quality Cbinefe "Tales Arabian 2+iglis Entertainms. Anna Si, Ivee Arabian Tales, a continuation Tom Jones of the Arabian Nights Vicar of IVtjt field Julia y or the Nsrv Flo if a Jcfpb Andrews Pamela Kod*ric Random Clarijja Harlmve Trifrum Shandy Sir Charles Grandifon Rohinfon Crufoe The publisher has not yet determined upon the arrange ment in- which the above novels fliall appear ; being de* tcrmined to add and intermix other novels of equal cele brity, altho* he is conscious, that by comparing the above lift with all former collections of this nature, the superi ority of the present colle&ion will appear obvious. Britifli editors muk exclude from their plans, all the new aud entertaining novels that have been wrote within these lail fourteen years, mofl o? them being literary pro perty. For further particulars fee the proposals at large which are to be had gratis of Thomas Condie, No. faacTpnia, Where orders and fubferibers will be thankful ly received; £>* A liberal allowance to Booksellers, and others to ting quantities. N. B. An apprentice to the bcokbindiag business want ed. June ij. fth&f. 3t. William Young Birch, STATIONER. No. 17 South Sccond-flreet, between Market and Chef nut flreetj, Has imported by the last fliips from London, an exteo five allortment of the best Stationarv Goods, which he offersfor sale on equitable terms. Amongst eth er articles he has fine wovr vellum drawing paper, viz. Antiquarian Elephant,doubled single Atlaa Imperial, Super Royal, &c. Writing paper of the firft quality, viz. Imperial, super royal, royal, medium, demy, thick, thiu, vellum, and bank post, folio,.quarto, gilt and plain, copy foolfcap, pot, &c. Merchants' account-books, vi*. ledgers, single and dou blejonrnals, waste books, calh books, letter books, bank check books, &c. Books of any size or pattern made to order. W. Y. Birch refpedfully informs merchants, traders and others, that the making of account books is a branch of his business which, having paid particular attention t*, he flatter, himfelf he Ihall execute ia such a manner as to secure tbe approbation of his friends. And in order to do this,/** has been careful to provide himfelf withaftockof paper from the mofl esteemed Englifc paper-makers, for the purpose a fufficient quantity of which he shall endea vor always to keeji on hand, so as to enable him. at all times to meet the demands of his friends. Quills and pen* School biblcs&tcftamcnts Ink and lnk-ilands, pewter, India rubbers e:. lead and pocket Paper cases, red and black Wedgewood and glifs phi- Flat and round rulers lofophical do. Pounce and pounce boxes Pewter ink-chcfts Shinii:g sand Mahoganywriting defies Scaling wax, fuperfine, fine -Black ebouy ditto and common ■Ditto ditto ink-stands with Wafers, red, black and col plated furniture ored, fi*e and common, Cards larga and small gilt large ar.d small P' iln Types and ink for marking Copy-books ready ruPd linen Copperplate copies Red morecco and black tra- Print and colored map files veiling cafcs 1 Sand and sand boxes Black lines for writing Walkden's Alining japan ink Pocket books and red ink-powder , Patent blacking cake for Ivory knives and_foldtrs boots and Ihoes Fine writing parchment Pen and fpor:fmen's knives Blank checks, bills of lading, Too"h powder and bmflies ! and blanks for bills of ex- Razors, {having boxes and i change, bonds, bonds & Windforfoap. judgments, powers of at- Spermaceti candle: of a fu torney, indentures, mort- pcrior quality gage«, 4tc. Sponges, large fiz:. W. Y. Birch has supplied himfelf with a ccrmjlete stock of eT.-ry article in the Stationary line, and as he Ihsll be studious to execute his business in a manner the noft fati»- fadory » his cuflomers, he hopes to meet with eicourage n\ent ana support. Country Store-keepers supplied on the fceft terms for cafli. June 18. tt&sjt For Sale, A Few Calks of First Quality INDIGO. Enquire at No. 71, South Water flreet. Wiy » ihtftf S H O T[ OF il sizes, fro;ii 32 lb to Grape, Cambonies, i'ots, and other mailings exscutedjat the (hostel notice, Nail rods from rod to rpilte, Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for calks or cutting into nails, from a brad to 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Cwt.to ioclb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Herrings in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in irlhds.and Bbls. Rye flour &c. to be fold by Levi Holiingjwortb SiJ* Son. Auwjl 4 FOR S A L F., A few hundred weight of Salt Petre ill bag 6 Best Sherry Wine I H in quarter calks Champaignc in cases of Jo bottles A quantity of White Lead, Bar Lead, and Shot in calks About 80 boxes tin plates, A few .boxes of belt Castile Soap entitled to drawback \ti invoice of Walking Canes and Perfumery Ditto Bandanna handkerchiefs, and Some Elegant Italian Statwarf. Samuel Breck, jun. ttofs's Wharf. June 18. e66 JOHN PAUL JONES. INFORMATION is hereby given, that the late John Paul Jones was a proprietor of five (hares (amount' ing to about 5867 icres)in atra& of land purchased by the Ohio Company, in' the territory of the United States of America, north-weft of the river Ohio; and that his heirs, or legal representative, on application to the direc tors of said company, at Marietta in the territory afore* said, will reccive a deed of the said five shares, or rights of land. The application may be made personally or by an agent, but proper documents must be produced to prove the claimant or claimants the legal heirs or representative of the said Jones n.s. As it is not known in what country the person or persons interested reside, it will be an a& of benevolcncd in every Printer in America and Europe, who ftiall iufert thisadvertifement in his paper. In behalf of the directors of the Ohio Company, RUPUS PUTNAM. Marietta, May 20,1796- [June 4] jawqw Trea/ury Department; Revenue-Office, March loth, 1796. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the CommiJJioner of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chefnut-ftreets, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carelina, I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteraj. 11. A Beacon House upon Shell Castle island. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Superinten daits of Light-Houfcs, or of the Supervisors of the Reve ~ de, or of the Collectors of the Customs n any of the States ; as also at this office. 2awjm Bank of the United States, JUNE 14th, 1796- NOTICE is hereby given, that applications will be re ceived at Bank, until the firft day of July next, m clufive, for the purchal'e of the fix per cent flock bearing interest from the firft day of July next, to be ilTued agree ably to an ait of Congress, passed the thirty-firfl day of May last, entitled, " an a lawjm Washington Canal Lottery, NO. I. the State of Maryland has authorised i v the underwritten, to ralfe twenty-fix thonfand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Wa(hington, from the l'«- tomac to the Eastern Branch Haruour. The following is the SCHEME of No. f. Viz -I Prize of io,ooo dollar*, 20,009 I ditto 10,000 19,000 7 lad drawn 1 Tickets, each j 00 ° W O3 6 ditto l,oo« 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,00 a to ditto 190 1,000 55 ditto 50 »,7jo 5750 ditto Ii 69,008 To be r&ifed for th« Canal, 16,350 5850 Prize*, 175,003 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, atTen Dollars, - 175,00 a gjT The Commiflioners have taken the Securities re quired by the aforefaid aft for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after the drawing is finifhed, lhall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. ( Signed J NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, o/H. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, Wm. M.DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Walhmgton, Feb. 11. . $ The First Floor and Cellar, OF a three.story Brick House to be LET, fituste on Dock-street, between Second and Vt alnut (Irefi— Very luitable for an Office or Wholesale Store. Enquire of J JAMES KEEGAN, Z. Vn fit FYrVnW A June 28 .. eoi t For Sale, A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill, IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Litt!« Egg-Harbonr. The Grift Mill is sixty by forty feet, two water wheels, and calculated for four run of Stones, with fcrcen, fans and bouking-cloths, &c. Th«Savy-Mil|hastwofaw»,an4 capable ofcuttinrfiveto 6 too thousand feet of Boards per year. A valuable piece ef Cedar Swamp, within a mile and a half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile of a Landing The Lumber, Sic. may be taken by water from the mill tiil. ALSO FOR SALE, Several Valuable Trads of Land, In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be receive ed in the cotes of Mefirs. Morris and Nieholfon, or in Calh. For further information apply to the Printer. May 17. law City cf Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No.ir, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. ~ dweTling"}io r ule| J calh 30,000? J 000 I ditto 15,000 & cafo 15,000 40,000 I ditto is,ooo & ca(h 15,000 30,000 I ditto to,ooo & cash 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & ca(h 5,000 10,000 1 ditto i.ooo & caffc 5,000 10,000 I calh prize of 10,003 t do. 5,000 each, ar% - 10,00 a 10 do. 1,000 - ▼ 10,000 %o do. 500 - . 10,000 00 do. roo • . 10,000 »oo da. 50 . ro.ooo 400 do. 25 . . , o>ooo 1,000 do. «o • . *0,000 15,000 do. 10 . 150,000 *6,739 Prizes. 3i,a6i Blanks. SO,OOO Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,0000 _.*• s B ", To , f "° r ur th °ft "ho may tale a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the 1 ast drawo ticket, and the 30,000 the last but one : And approved notes, securing payment iireither moo»y «JnlTmh tcrta '" a ' ter drawin S> will be received for any number not less than .to tickets, ! This Lottery wilU*,rd rtefcganf IpSslmen of tHepfr rate buddings to be er*»ed in the City of Walhinrton— Two beantifu} designs are already Telexed for-the entire front, on two of the public squares; from these prawings it 11 proposed to ereA two centre and four comer buildings as soon as possible after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventorsrs, ia the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery, A nett dedtaciion of five per cent, will be made to defray the neceflary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part »f the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Wafhin«on The Drawing will commence as soon a» the tickets art fold ofF.--The reoner prizes will be payable in thirty davs after it is finilhsd ; ind any prizes for which fortunate numbers ate not pr.duced within twelve months after the drawing isclofcd 're to be considered as given towards Unverfity-j it being determined to fettle ♦he whole business .n a year from the endino- of the draw*. >ng, and t6 take up the bonds given as security ™ C M rC , al 'V U p?fif iTen f^ r th£ payment of the p rize,, are held by the Plefident and two Directors of the Bank ot Columbia, aid are valued at more than half the a mount ot the lottery. The twenty ftur gentlemen who by appointment of the late Comm.lS.ners aflifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery arc requested to undertake this arduous talk a second time o„ behalf of the public ; a fufficient num. ber of these hajngimdly accepted.it is hoped that the friends to a National Umverfity and the other federal ob, jeiSs may continue to favor the design. By accounts received fr.m the difterent parts of the Continent as Veil as from Europe, where the tiokets have been ientfor sale, the public are allured thar the drawing will speedily commen.e, and that the car-c and caution unavoidably neceflary to insure a fafe disposal of the tickets hai rendered the {hor; suspension indilpenfable , Ti . . , SAMUEL BLODGET. r ad at £he Ba " k cf Columbia ;of James Weft a Co. Baltimore ; of Peter Oilman, BoW ot John Hafkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Welfe Cooper'* Petty, * PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO. —No. 119— CHESNUT-STRHET. Prise Eight Dalian per Aimmmrj