t
Lands of the United States.
Treasury Department,
viugujl 8, 1796.
Public Notice is hereby given,
IN pursuance of an ail of Congress parted on the 18 th
day of May, 1796, entitled " an ail providing " fdr
the sale of the Lands of the United States, in the territory
north-wcfl of the river Ohio, and above " the mouth of
Kentucky river," that the Quarter Towrffhips of land
dolcribed in the annexed schedule, lying iu the seven rang
es of townships -which Were surveyed in pursuance of an
ordinance of Congress, pafied on (he twentieth day of
May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eip-lity-'
five, will be exposed for sale at PUBLIC VENDCS, at
vhe Merchant?' Coffee-Houfe in Philadelphia, on the 4th
day of January next, and thenceforward from day today,
Uticil the tenth day of Ftbruary ensuing unless the faicJ
quarter townships (hall be foonar fold, in the manner and
on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned ; viz.
rit. The said quarter townships flfall be fold to Jie
tfiigheft bidder, but nolale can be made for left than two
dollars per acre of the quantity of land contained in such
quarter towulhip.
id. The highefl bidder as before mentioned, must de
posit a s the time of sale, one twentieth part of the pur
chase money, in the hands of the Treafurerof the United
which will be forfaited if a moiety of the Cum bid,
including the said twentieth part, fliall notb* paid within,
thirty days from the time of sale.
3d. Upon payment of a moiety of the pwchafe-ms
nay »i the iaanaer beforMncntioned, the purchaler will
be entitled to one year's credit for the remaining moiety ;
and tha.ll receive a certificate describing the quarter town
fbip purchased, and declaring the sum paid 011 account,
the balance remaining due, the time when such balance
becomes payable,- and that the whole Land therein men
tioned will be forfeited, if the said balance is not then
paid ; but if the said balance shall be duly discharged, by
paying the fame to the Treasurer of the United States,
the purchaser or his affigftee or other legal representative,
shall be entitled to a patent for the said land, on his pro
ducing to the Secretary of State a receipt for such balance,
endorsed upon the certificate. But if any purchaser shall
make payment of the whole of the purchase-money at the
time'when the payment of th« firfl moiety is directed to
be made, he will be entitled to a dedc&ion of ten per
centum on the part for which a credit is authorized to be
given ; and his patent shall be immediately ilfued,
GIVEN under my "hand ai. Philadelphia, the day
and year abovemention£a.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary qf the Treasury.
SCHEDULE
Of Quirter-Townfhips to be fold at Philadelphia, in pur
suance of the 6th fe&ion of an ail of Congress passed on
the 18th day of May, 1796.
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a. .& Kg
&• ' S ' «g % I
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5S X c —
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-2 6 <South Eali 51 io
fJorth East 5 120
South Weft' 5120
North Weft J l2O
20,480
2 5 Sooth East 5120
No>-th East 5 1-20
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
7 South East 5120
North East J 120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
.20,480
9 South East 3 120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
II South East J 120
North E»f" 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
1 4. Setfth East 5 120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
6 South East 5 126
North Edft 5 120
SouthWest 5120
North Weft 5120 ' "Ni
20,480
8 South East 5120
North East 51 20 i
South Weft 5120 /
North Weft! 5120 (
20,480
jo South Eaftj 5120
North East j 120
Sonth Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
! 20,480
12 South East 5120
North East 5120
South Welt 5120
Nortb Welt 5 120
I 20,480
- 3 South East 4602
North East 4654
South Weft 5120
Nocth Weft 5 120
19,496
c South East 5120
Nprth E*ll 5 1 20
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5 120
20,480
1 South East 5120
North East 5120 ,
South Weft 5120
North Weft 51.3 A
— 20,480
9 South East 5120
North East! 5120
South Weft 5120
;North Wefti
I " !~ 2^480
♦ ————— ■ ——
•2 i
8. l'£
•«J i 'jT o c
W . <= « S
£ A «- r 0
« a = »
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js | V i 1»-
u - < I v
3 C C
2 3. -|~
<y 1 H
' eg o
j ii East 5 120
North. East 5 l 20
South Weft 5120
[North Weft 5120
. 20,480 1
13 South Ea 1 !: 5120
INoith Eslisi2o
South Welt 5 1 20
North Weft 5 i 20
20,480
6 4 South ErR 4630
, North East 4620
South Wfcft 5 t 20
Norih Weft y 120
; 19,490
6 Sout>h East 4730
North East 4715
{South Weft 5129
North Weft 51 20
1 19,685
8 South East 51 20,
North Eall 5 120
South Weft 5 120
North Weft 5120
1 -— 26,480
10 Soulh Erst 5 120
North East 5 120 »
Soulh Weft 5120
North Weft 51 20
80,480
12 South East 512 c
North East j 120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5 120
10,480
14 Sourh Eafi 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5 1 20
North Weft 5 120
20,480
7 3 South East 5 120
Noith East 5120
South Weft j 120
North Weft 5 2 C J*
20,480
5 South East J 120
North EaP J 120
South Weft 5 120
North Weit 5120
20,480
7 South East 5120
North East 5 120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5 120
20,480
9 South East 5 1 20
North East 5 120
South We!: 5J20
North Weft s 120
20*480
11 South East 5 120
Noith East 5120
South Weft 5 120
North Weft 5120
20,480
13 South East 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
15 South East j 120
North East 512©'
South Weft 5120
Nor'.h Weft 5120 I
i i 20,480
NOTE.
THE quantities of Lands in the several town&ips be
fore mentioned,arc emcluSve of the Sefl ons referred by
the United States. The aggr< gate quantities in the seve
ral townlhips, have been afccrtau.ed by a&ual survey ; but
the quantities in the quarter townlhips, have been no
otherwise ascertained than by calculation.
PROPOSALS,
(By William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church, Phila
delphia, fcir publilhitig by fubfcriptioii,
The History of Jacobinism ;
—Its CRIMES, CRUELTIES and PERFIDIES,
KOOMPRISING an Inquiry into the manner of diflemi-
V.J nating, under the appearance of Philosophy and
Virtus, principles which are equally subversive Of Or
per, Virtue, Religion, Liberty and Happiness.
By WILLIAM PLAYFAJR,
Author of the Commercial and Political Atlas, &c.
With ail Appendix,
BY PETER PORCUPINE,
Shewing the dofeconncaion which has ever subsisted
between the Jacobins at Paris and the Democrats in the
United States of America.
CONDITIONS.
I. This new, entertaining and inftruSive wort, which
is at once a history of Jacobinism and a complete history
of the French revolution down to the end of 1795, will
consist of two volumes, cftavo, each containing about
300 pages. It lb all be well printed, on a new type and
fine paper.
11. The price of each volume, bound in boards, will be
One Dollar and a Quarter, paid for on delivery • and to
non subscribers, a Dollar and a Half.
111. As soon as a fufficient ntimber of copies fhaU be
subscribed for, the work will be put to the preft, and fin
i&ed as enpeditioufly as a ttrifl attention tp neatncfs and
accuracy will admit of.
*.* Subscriptions tak-n by the publilher, and Ae prin
cipal Booksellers of Philadelphia; Meffrs.Spotfwood and
Nancredc of Boston ; Mr. Rivington of New-York • Mr
Rice of Baltimore; Messrs. Pritchard and Davwifon of
R.chmond, Virginia; an<T Mr. Young of Charleston,
bouth Carolina. Aug. iz
Salt Petre.
A few tons of excellent
EAST-INDIA SA LT-PETRE,
roa SALE BT
Samuel Breck, jun.
Aug. 9- eo6 , Rofs's Wharf.
Philadelphia, Wc*-Chcikr, Strajburgh,
LancaHer, Tor/e and Frederick tpivn
5 I A G E S.
THE proprietors of the above Stagt-s, return their bed
thanks to their friends and the public in general, for
the encouragement received in this line of bufinefs.aud beg
leave to inform the public, that they arc-determined to run
their flakes through from Philadelphia to l,anc2!.cr ir.
one day,"commencing on Tuesday, the r4th July mftant,
in the following manner, —vis. A Stage will set out on
that da-rat 4 o'clock in the morning, from the houle ol
Georo-e' Weed, Market direct, Philadelphia, and' run by
the way of Weftcaefter and Struiburgh. arrive inLar.caf
ter the fame eycafng, on Friday morning run to Wfignt s
ferry and exchange paffcn?e> with the York and rredei
ick-town flage, return and arrivcin-Philadelphia cm Sat
urday, an 4 <>" Monday morm g-following, at 4 o'clock,
said flage willfet.-u frofn the in J George Weed's, Phila
delphia, and arrive at J.ancaller the fame evening, on
Tuesday morning at 4 o'clack will set out from the Ir >u.e
of Mrs. Edwards, Lancaster, and arrive in Philadelphia
the fame evening, aid will commence again on Thursday
morning following, and continue every week Ihe price
for each paiTengt-r from to Lancaster is three
dollars and a half, to York, four dollars and three quar
ters. to Frederick town eight dollars, the like funis for
150 weight baggage, with the iifual allowance of 14 lb
gratis to each palTeiiger, and 5 pence a jr.ile for all way
passengers. 3° §4 W ,
John Reilly,
George Weed.
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT application will be the renewal of
the following certificates, illueu by Joseph Nourfe,
Reghler of the Treasury, ill the namfc of Roger Grif
wold, Esq. of Norwich, Connediicut —
1 certificate, fix per cent domestic flock, No. 13,907 1
—dated the 17th December, 1795, bearing intcreft from
the firft day of January, 1791, for 1,597 65-100 dol-
I ditto, three per ccnt. domestic stock, No. i0,68z
—dated December if>, 1795, bearing interest froarithe 1
firft day of January, 1791, for 994 30-100 dollars. 1
j dhto, deferred stock, No. 9,166 —dated the 17th ;
.December, 1795, bearing interejl from the firft-Janu- 1
ary, 1801, for 798 83-100 dollars.
Said certificates are fuppol'ed to have been loft or
flo en in this city some time in December or January 1
lafl.
JOSfcPH THOMAS,
No. 59, North Front-street.
Philadelphia, July a.i, 1-796. d6w.
Wafhmgton Canal Lottery,
no. I.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorised
the underwritten, to raise twenty-fix thousand,
two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting
a Canal through the City of Walhington, from th Po j
tomac to theEaftern Branch Haruour.
The following is the SCHEME of No. I.
Vl2 -1 Prize of 20,000 doilaVs, 20,000
t ditto 1 0,,000 10,000
7 last drawn") _ , _
Tickets, each j J '°°° 35,°°0
6 ditto I,coo 6,000
10 ditto 400 4,000
20 d'tto 100 1,000
JJ ditto 50 2,750
5750 ditto ■ ll 69,008
Tobe raised for the Canaj, 26,250
5850 Prizes, 175,000
11650 Blanks, not two to a prize.
17500 Tickets, at Ten DotlifT, ~ 175,000
' The Comniiffioners have taken the Securities rs
quired by the aforcfaid ad 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, shall be considered as relinquished for
the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly,
(Signed j NOTLEY YOUNG,
DANIEL CARROLL, of D
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
Wm M. DUNC ANSON,
THOMAS LAW,
JAMES BARRY.
City of Walhington, Feb. 11. §
DUTY ON CARRIAGES.
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT agreeably to an aft of Congress of the United
States of America, passed at Philadelphia, the 28th day j
of Mav, 1796 ; laying duties on Carriages, for the convey
ance of perlons, and repealing the former a&s for'that pur
pose,—-That thece shall be levied* colle&ed and paid, upon
all carriages for the conveyance "of persons, which (hali be
keptbv or for any person, for his or her own use, or to let
out to hire, or for the conveying of pafTcngers, the feyeral du
ties and rates following, to wit.
For and upon every Coach, 15 dols.
Chariot, 12 dols.
upon every Post Chariot, 12 dels*
upon every Post Chaifc, 12 dols.
.upon every Phaeton, with or withoui top, gdols
upon every Coachce, 9 dols.
upon other Carriages, having panne 1 work, above,
with b'inos, glares or curtains, 9 dols.
upon four wheel car»iages, having framed polls and
topi with steel springs, 6 Hols.
upon four wheel top Carriages, with wooden or iron
springs or jasks, 3 dols.
upen curricles witn tops, 3 dols.
upon chaises with tops, 3 dols,
upon chairs with tops. 3 dols.
upoii iulkies with tops, 3 dols.
upon other two wheel top carriages, 3 dols.
upon two wheel carriages, with Heel or iron springs,
3 dols
For and upon all other two wheel carriages, 2 £ols.
upon every lour wheel carriage, having framed posts
and tops, and rcftiug upon wooden spars, 2 dols.
The ColU&ors of the Revenue of the firft iurvey of the
Diftri&of Pennfy vania, will attend daily, until the 30th day
of September next, for the purpose of receding the duties on
Carriages, at No. 117, in Race or SafTafras street, in the City
of Philadelphia, at the house of DanielS. Clair, Kfq in the
County of Montgomery ; and at the house of Xbraliam Du
bois, Esq. in the County of Bucks; of which al! peVfonVpof •
. feffed of such Carriages are defued to lake notice.
Notice is alfq given,
TO all retail dealers in Wines, and foreign distilled spiri
tuous liquors, that licences will be granted to them ; orte li
► cence for carrying on the bufincfs of retailing of Wines, in a
-jets quantity, or 111 l«fs quantities than 30 gallons—and one
licence for carrying on the business of retailiog Spirituous 117
quors in lefsqualities than ao gallons, at the fame lime and
at the fame places, by the officers legally authorized to graut
fuck licences.
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
Infpeftor of the Revenue of the firft survey
of the dillri£t of Pcnofylvan ia
Orficeof Infpe£lion,at > » m
Philadelphia, 21ft J u l y| X7g6# J
Uit} cf Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II
FOR THE r.IfROy'IMFKT OF the '
FEDERAL CI FY.
A magnificent ) 10,000 dolli;;,,
dwelling,ho #, > caih 30,000, ire ) 00
I dltl 15,00 c & CJ.lt i)|OOf)
I ditto 1.5,00.) & cash 1.5,000 30,050
I ditto ic,ooo & cash 10,000 10,000
1 ditto 5,000 & cjih 5,000 10,000
I ditto 5,000 & call; 5,000 10,000
I cafli prize of 10,000
1 do. 5,000 e»ch, are, • 10,000
10 do. 1,000 - . 10,000
20 do. 500 - . 1 c,ooo
00 do. 100 - . 10, )oo
aoo d». 50 10,00 a
400 do. a 5 - 10,000
1,000 do. to - . 20,000 '
15,000 do. 10 » - 150,000 1
16,739 Prizes.
33,161 Blanks.
jo, 000 Tickets, it Eigjn Dol!ar», 400,000
•f N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of
Tickets, the prjzc of 40,000 dollars will be the last draw*
ticket, and the 30,000 the last but one :
And approved notes, securing payment in either mom»
or prizes, in ten days alter drawing, will be received fofc
any numoernot less than 30 tickets. v ■; *
This l.ottery will afford an elegantfpecimen of the pri
vate buildings to be created in the City of Wafturjrtou
Two beautiful designs are already felr.dted for the ebtire
fronts on two of the public fq.uares; from tjiefe prawingt
j it ispropofed to erect two centre and four corner buiii'lngi,
j as soon as possible after this lottery is fold, and'tu convey
them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in
! the manner described in the fchemc for the Hotel Lottery.
A nett deduction of five per cent, will be made to defray
the neccffary expenses of printing, &c. and the furplo*
will be made a part of the fund intended for the National
! University, to bij eredled within the city of Washington.
1 The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are
• fold off.- -The money prizes will be payable in thirty dayt
' after it is finilhad ; and any prizes for which fortunate
j numbers aie not produced within twelve months after thf
drawing iselofed, are to be an .en toward* «
1 the fund for the University ; it being determined to fettle
j the whole business in a year from the elding of the draw
ing, and to take up the bonds given a 9 security.
The real securities given for die payment of the Prizes,
are held by the Prefidcnt and two Diredlors of the Bank
of Columbia, add are valued at more than half the a
mount of the lottery.
The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of
the late Commiflioners a flitted in the management of tht
Hotel Lottery are requeftedto undertake this arduous taflt
a fjcond time on behalf of the public ; a fufficient nuny
ber of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the
friends to a National University and the other federal ob.
jedts may continue to favor the design.
By accounts received from the different parts of the
Continent as well as from Europe, where the ticket*
have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the
drawing will speedily coramenae, and that the care and
caution unavoidably neceitary to insure a fafe dilpofal of
tht tickets, has rendered the ftior- fufpetifion indilpenfable.
SAMUEL BLODGET. '
Tickets may be had at the Bank of CoMihiliia ; of
James Weft & Co. Baltimore; of Peixr Oilman, Boston;
of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wslls,
Cooper's Ferry. eo
"fifty dollars reward.
RAN away. f»oin the living near Churclt
Hill, ' nn? County in the StLUc' vfMaryland*
" abouT the lu'tt ol Jiiiui'-y l'aft, u Vladc negro man,named
Sam, about thirty years of age, 5 fset B'or 9 itches high,
. has a crooked finger 011 one hand, and one leg and foot
fmallerthan the other, foraewhat round-shouldered, fcis
cloathing unknown. Any person who will fccure «r
bring fatd fellow home, so that 1 may get him again shall
have the above reward with reasonable charges.
WILLIAM JACOBS.
June 4. _ *iawim.
Diftrid: of Pennsylvania : to wit :
BE it remembered, that on the jth day of August, ift
the twentieth year of the independence of the Unit-
ed States of America, William Cobbett, of the said
diftridt, hath depofitcd in thi9 office the title of * book*
the ric:ht whereof he claims as proprietor, in the word®
following; to wit.
" The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine ; with a
" full and fair account of ali his authoring tranfa&ions %
w being a sure and infallible guide for all enterprifin£
" young men who wiih to make a fortune by writing
" pamphlets, by Peter Porcupine himfelf.
« Now, you lying varlets, you (hall fee how a plai»
u tale will put you down." . Shakes pear*.
in conformity to thea& of the Congress of the United
States, entitled " an afl for the encouragement of learn
ing, by securing.the copies of maps, charts and books to
the authors and proprietors, chiring the times thereia
mentioned. Samuel. C a ldyv;ii,l. v ;
* ' . 'j'S Clerk of the' 1 5
Q fM4W
AUg. 8 _ 1 -
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At No. 3, Court,' delivering to Subfcnber^
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