RAN AW AT, About the ift of O&ober last, from the plantation ot Mr. Thomas F. Brooke, (in Prince rfeorge's county) to A whom he was hired, a NEGRO MAN, named C omr 33 yean of ape; about 5 feet Bor 9 inches high; well q U j rc made; of a yellowilh complexion; a little pockmarkcd: 1 v has, when spoken to, rather a down look, and fabmiflive tone of voice: the cloches he had before he abfeonded were of plain, fach as labouring Ncsroes usually wear, but these he may probably exchange for others : he will doubtless endeavour to for a freeman, having, as I j—mr have been informed, aflumedthe name of Bntler : I have reason to believe that he went to Baltimore, from whcnce hc is said to have gone to some part of the Sufquehannah, o clc probably with a view of getting to Pennsylvania. A ftrcc reward of Thirty Dollars will be given to the pcrfon who Foil may take him and so secure him in some jail that I may £ get him again, if taken in this slate, and Fifty dollars if taken out of the ft ate, and if brought home or fccured in the jail of Prince George 1 # county all reasonable charges CT will be paidT>y ALEXR. COVINGTON. exh Maryland, Prince Gecrge*s County, "> at - Md November, 1796. j nth*t&f4 w ]JgJ SWANN'S; J jßiding School, &orfe Academy & Infirmary, Adjoining the Public Square, Market Street. T. SWANN RETURNS his fjneere thanks to tbofe gentlemen by whom he has been employed, during his residence in this City, and j flattershimfclf that the fucccfs of his efforts, in the numerous, obstinate and dangerous diseases in Horles, in which he has 01 been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will fc- Cre cure their future favors and recommendation. Bra He now begs leave to inform them and the public at large of * that his spacious and commodious premises, erected for the ran purposes above de-scribed are open for the reception of pupils Wa of either fcx, who wish to beinftru&ed in the Art of Riding, Eea and the right method of governing their horses, so as to ride Kn; them with ease, elegance, and fafety—their horses will be bra v carefully and expeditioufly broke, for every purpose, and j wade obedient to the will of the-riders ; the natural powers . which are shut up in them, will be unfolded by art, calling forth uniformity of motion, and giving to that Tioble animal all tbofe beauties of action which providence has so bounti- J v fully bestowed on them. Alfo,at his hospital, every disorder to which the horse is J liable will be treated according to the rules of art, confirmed by leng and repeated experience. The utility of the above institution has never been qneftion- tt/- cd, that it has long been wanted in this city, every gentleman's ' stud willmanifeft, and T, Swann as the fir ft eftablifher of the veterenary art, felicits and relies upon the support of that public (which he wever anxious in fating) to enable him to ■ * Dringit to perfection. The idea of a fubfeription for (hat purpose has beeu hinted gentleman, who wish. to c promote the institution—the amount of each fubfeription to air t>e returned by services in any of the departments he profefTcs, or agreeable to the rate of charges Hated in his hand bill. Such Nc fabfeription is now open, and the figna:ures of manyrefpefl able gentlemen already obtained. He therefore his friends and furh Ladies and gentlemen to whom he has not the honor of being known, that he (hall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and folieking their support and prote&ion. Q N B. Horses »re properly prepared for those Ladies and gentlemen who wish to be inftru6ted» PR Nev. 5. Vn '' j 1 Lottery and Broker's Office 1 , tal No. 64, Smth Second street. WI TCKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. 1, for sale—a dif Check Book for examination—and prizes paid in m< the late lottery. 1 Cheek Book» kept for examination and re;i(tering, for mi tlie City of Washington, No. 2, and Pattefon Lotteries, both of which are now drawing—information where tickets are to be had, and prizes exchanged for undrawn tickets. A complete lift of all the prizes in the late New- Port Long-Wharf, Hotel and Public School Lottery, for examination. The fubferiber solicits the application of the public g| *nd his friends, who wish to purchase or fell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property. ■ Also Tickcts in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for {ale at Ten Dollars each, which will be drawn early in gg the Spring. Wnt. Blackburn. Philadelphia, Avgvfl *8, 1 mt^ " Treasury of the United States. * 7 OTICE is hereby given to all persons who are oi* X\ may be Creditors of the United States, for any sums • f tti Fsnded Debt, or Stock, baring a profent interej! of fix ter ecntvm per annum. I i ft, That pursuant to an A A qf Congref* patted on the »Bth day of April, I796,intitledan aft in addition to a* act, intituled " An aft making further provision for the support of public credit, and lor the redemption of the public debt," the said debt or stock will be reimburfedand paid in manner following, to wit. " Firll, by dividends « to be made on the last days of March, June and Septcm- - " her for the present year, and from the year one thousand «« seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thou «' sand eighthundred & eighteen inclufive,at. the rate of •« one and one half per centum upon the original capital. «« Secondly, by dividends to be made on the lad day of " December for the present year, and from the year one " thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year x " one thousand eighthundred and fcventcen inclusive, at ti " the rate of three and one half per centum upon the ori " ginal capital; and by a dividend to be ma con the last 0 " da/of December, in the year one thousand eight hun- a: « dred and eighteen, of such sum, as will be then ade " quate, according to the for the final redemp- v " tion of th -faiddlock." 'I ad. All diftin&ion between payments on account of f, Jhltrrfi and Principal being thus abolished by the eftablilhj ;i ment of the permanent rule of reimbursement abova de- 8 cribed, it has become neceflary to vary accordingly the t powers of attorney for receiving dividends; tic) public t tredrtors will therefore observe that the following form j seftablifhedfor all powers of attorney which may be t granted after the due promulgation of this notice, viz. , KNOIV ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that \ i 1 "/ do mahc, conjiitutcand appoint i my true and laivful At- : to r niy,for mc, and in my name, to receive the .SviJenJi which are, l er tball be payable according to la-w, on the (her* describing the i stock) flan :s, or Edmund M. Blunt, Newburyport. 1V :h November lawsm , 1 A 1- ——— — city z Brokers Office, a&d J « COMMISSION STORE. ,rt No. 63 South Third street, eppofite the national new Bank. | n fe; SAMUEL M FRAUNCtS and JOHN VAN REED, an d have entered into co-partnership, under rhe firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the bufmefs of Broker-', 0 f Conveyancers and CommiiTion merchants. I hey buy aiu* wil fell on commission every lpecies of stock, notes of hand, ( hills of exchange, hoftfe« and lands, Se.c. the Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds c r ;t writings in the conveyancing line, done with n«atnefs and -a iifpatch; accounts adjusted, and books fettled, in the p rc in mod correct manner. Conilant attendance will be given, ] They solicit a share of the public favor j they ire deter- acc or mined to endeavour to deserve it. hoi cs, N. B. The utmoll observed. Reg ■ re SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, at • vn JOHN VAN REED. w- Philad. August 17, 179 m&wtf the 01 City ot" Washington. •t c SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11, ' FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 0 s THE h; * FEDERAL CITY. f« r A magnificent \ 20,000 dollars, & ) ir ? m HSwelHng-houfe, j ca" 1 30,000, are 5 ' I ditto 15,000 & caOi 15,000 40,000 x ditto 15,000 & calh 15,000 30,000 I ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 10,000 I ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 a 1 I ditto 5,000 & cash 5,0w0 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 r Tickets,the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the drawn so • at ticket, and the jo.ooothe last but one : Ji ori- And approved notes, securing payment in either money d: last or priies, in ten days after drawing, will be received sol as iun- any number not less than 30 tickets. P ide- This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the pri- R iwp- vate buildings to be ere&«d in the City of Washington— lii Two beautiful design* are already fqjeited for the fntife at t of fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawing* P it ispropofed to erect two centre and four c#rncr buildings, I de- as soon as possible alter this lottery is fold, arid to convey L the them, when complete, to the fortunate adversnrsrs, in S ijplic the manner deferibed in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. t< orm A nett dedu&ion of five per cent, will be made to defray S ' be the necessary expenses of printing, the Airplus n - will be made a part of the fund intended for the National n that University, to be trecled within the city of Waftiington. 11 The Drawing will commence as soon as tht tickets are p old off.—The money prizes will be payable ia thirty days b At- after it is finished; and any prize» for which fortunate '1 are, numbers ate not produced within twelve months after the i. gthe drawing is closed, are to be confid«rcdas given towards rvthc thefun«t for the University ; it being determined to fettle Tan s, the whole business in a year from the eViing of the draw- : torn- ing, and to take up the bonds given as security. er of The real fecuritrts given for the payment ot the Prizes, ittnr- are held by the Pfefident and two Dire&ors of the Bank do alt of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a s and mount ot the lattery. tvful- The twenty four gentlemen -who by appointment of the late Commiffloners affiled in the management of the 1 althi Hotel Lottery are reque.-ced to undertake this arduous task i a second time on brfialf ef the public ; a fufficient num 1 her of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a NationalUniverfity and the other federal ob jeils may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts of the ■ to be Continent as Well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the affix- drawing will speedily commeme, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe disposal of :wen- the tickets, has rendered the fhor: suspension indispensable. aions SAMUEL BLODGET. ,§, Tickets may be had at the Be.nk of Colombia ; of James Weft & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter Gilman, Boston : tes. of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wells' if Cooper's Ferry. eo Delaware and Schuylkill Canal. Tho Stockholders are hereby rotified, .that the an trjal £Ua,on for Officers for the enluing ye?r,j wul hi held at the Company's office, near the Barm: o. the United States, on the firft Monday in January nex , it lo o'c'o?*, A. M. t By the Board of Managers. , IV.M. MOORJi SMITH, rv> PhiS'leloWln Dec. !, foebtlD — 1 " fc A Short Delay s< In the Drawing of the Canal Lottery, In Washington city, has been unavoidably occasioned by the uAfortYecn intervention of Mr. Blodget 9 Lotte y ibut as the major pan of the tickets are now d.fpofed of, this is ;o inform the public that the drawing-os the Ca- , nal Lottery will certainly commence without bd on th^ firft Monday in January *797, and those holding tickets, | nje h rebv requested to fend a flatement of those fold, and », those on hand. '' NOfLY YOUNG, D ANIEL C ARROI.I., of Duddington, GEORGE WALKiR, THOMAS LAW, TAMES BARRY, 3'^ W. M. DUNCANSON. rh» Printers who gave our advcrtifcmcr.ts a place in their newspapers, are reverted to give this notice adnnt fion, as the rcmainingtickets aie expected to be [aobi above par, and we wiih adventurers to be timely informed / . ' Nov. «». fini ticl DANCING SCHOOL. d„ WILLIAM M'DOUGALL will open his school on Man- ot » ' day the 31ft inft. at ten o'clock in the morning, at his ■ Elegant heiv Ball Rooms, J'i In Fourth, between Chefnut and Walnut Streets. J" F Hours of tuition for young ladies, from 10 to 1 o'clock , on Mondays. Wcdnefday, and Friday mornings; and for * young gentlemen from 6 to 9 o'clock on the evenings o . the ftmedays.' In addition to a number of new cotillions he means to ">g introduce a variety of Scotch R.cels Mot-. The firft praftifiwg ball to be on Tuesday e- ten veiling, the firft of November, and to be continued < Tuesday, during the feal'oll. For terms, &c, enquire at his lioufe, No.l34,Market ftreet. TT QSt. 17. nhf j cen j Samuel Richardet RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this- day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the ' city of Philadelphia. i The iubfeription Room will be furmlhed With all the 5 daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Bof t«i, Baltimore, together with those of the principal coir.- :• I nfercial citi«s of Europe—They will be regularly filed ', and none permitted to be taken away on any account. >f Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, !ce Creams, and a variety a 3. =, of French Liquors; together with the usual refreflimcnts, 4° 4 will at all times be procured at the bar. — 1, Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with o;,. the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the raoft J approved Malt Liqnor't from London and other breweries, mp d The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest erf .e productions of the Season. '' 1. Large and fm4ll Farties, or single Gentlemen, may be to r- accommodated with Brcakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at in hours most convenient to thcmfelves—a cold Collation is nt regularly kept for couveniency, the Billof Fare to be had at the- bar. COl The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnifced, and mi the utmofl attention paid to cleanliliefs, and every other fen requite. " J " ~~ ~ ets 0" SiMUEt Richardet will be happy to receive, and [ execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at ' large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himlelf that nothing on his part shall be wanting to pre serve that patronage with which he has been so diftinguifh ingly ;'ionprcd. Philadelphia, April 19. mwf i Twenty Guineas Reward. RANAWAY from the fubferiber on the 13d O&ober, Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES ; 11 years Id; about 5 feet 8 inches high ; had on a mixed green oat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buttons; striped vest ; a pair of dark spotted pantaloons, and •hole boots much worn. It is probsfble he may change is name and dress. He has been accustomed to driving carriage, and waiting. The above reward will !»e aid farjecuring him so that the fubferiber may get him di gain, and if brought home all reasonable chargjs paid '>y ly Robins Cbamberlaine. ■ "j Eaflon, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 §imiawtf Treaiury Department, 1,1 September 28, 1796. f ( \ TOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be re- L't eeived at the office of the Secretary of the Treafiiry mtil the expiration of the firft day of March next rn uing, for the supply of all rations which may he required or the use of the United States, from the firft day of une, 1797, to the thirty-firll day of May, 1798, both (ays inclusive, at the places and within the diftri&s lwre iftcr mentioned, vi*. jAt Ofwego; at Niagara ; at t , Prefque lfte; at Sandulky I.ake, and on Shmduiky a iivcr ; at Detroit; at. Michilimackinac; at Fort-Frank- t( in ; at Pittsburgh ; at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hami'.'on ; it Fort St. Clair; at Fort-J«fferfon ;at Grenville: at Pkque I'own and Loramics Store; atFortAdamr; «t Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort Steuben ; at FortMaffae ; at any place from Fort Mafiac to the south boundary of the United States on the river MifTitippi; at Fort Knox ; at Ouiatanon. If fufiplies (hail be required lor any polls or places not mentioned in thisnoticc, ail such supplies fliall be fur iuflied at prices proportioned to thole to be paid at the polls before recitod, or as may be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the Contractor. Tlie rations to be i'upplicd are to conftft cf the fol lowing articles, viz. One pound two ounces of bread or flour. One pound two ounc»s of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon. ( Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiikey. , One quart and half a pint of fait.") Two quarts ef Vinegar, ( , . , ,n- ' , r c > per hundred rations • Two pounds of Soap, f r One pound of Candles. J The rations are to be furnilkod in such quantities, as that there-fiaall at all times during the laid term, be fufficfent *«ii | for the confumptionof the troops *t Michilimackinac, Dc um , troit, Niagara, and Ofwego, for the terra of fix months in the 1 advance, and at each of the other posts, for the term of 1 ob- j at lealt three months in advance, in good and wholefnme j provisions, if the fame stall be required. It is to be un the 1 derftood, that the Centrador is to be at the exvem.e and :kets i ritk of ilTuirgthe fupplias to the troops at each poll, and th« I thac all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or ; and j by means of the troops of the United States, Cnall be paid il of I for at the price of the articles captured or destroyed, on ablft. j the dvpofitioßs of two or more persons of crcditable cha- I rafisrs, and the ccrtificatc of r. commi(Honed officcr, af -1 ; of 1 certaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount (lon ; of the abides for which compsnfation fliall be claimed Wis* OLIVER WOLCOTT, S«er»tary of the Treasury. By Authority. Schuylkill Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. £ 4 , South Second-jlreet. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, for raising Sixty Thousand DoMars, j oa n ci the Leg'fhture of Pcnifylvaaia, parted during the la > fcflion, for building a Stone Bridge over ihe Ri v ,.,' Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the Co. ln t v of ® cr^s * Dnliar 1 Prize of 20.000 Dollars - 2 r ' rS 1 do. of 10,000 do. - - . 1 c 1 ,0 -.000 3 do. of 5,000 do. - . V .J* 4. do. Of 2*300 do. . . so do. of 1,030 do. - . - 16 oto do. of' 500 do. - . , Q 80 do. of 200 do. - - _ lb,oca 200 do. of ioo do. - 2C,000 3°o Ao. of s ° d °- - - 15,033 1 do. of 500 do to be paid the poll I-) for »f the firlt drawn no. J sct>5 ct> 5 do. of 3,000 ,do. to lie pa'd portertors! of the five lad drawn nos 5 'S'" 00 | 9,400 do. of 15 do. : - 141,000 16,054 Prijn 300,000 •j0,046 Blanks 30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,00 i All Prizes (ball be paid fifteen days atier the drawing 13 finifhed, upon tly: demand of a poffeflor of a fortunate ticket, fubjeft to a deduction of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as foonas the Tickets are difp.lcd of, or perhaps sooner. of which public notice will be given, Philip Miller, Peter Kerjlncr, William JVitman, Jofepb Hiejler, Diemer, Thoma: Dundas, jfamtr May, Jvhn Otto, John Keim, Daniel Grnrjf, Sebajlian Miller, Commissioners. Heading, May the gth, 1796. , Tickets iu the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be hid at the above ofTae, where the earlitft information of the draw , ing of the Walhington No. s, and Patterfon Lottery's, are received, and check books for examination and regjf teriiig are kept, t Odober 7. lawtf Paterion Lottery. . g TTOR railing fix tftoufind fix KuhdrsT3?nl - luCty-TevJ'S 1 dollars and fifty cenw, by a deduction of fifteen jvr cent from tlVc prizes, and not two blanks to a pme. v:i I Prize of joco dollars is dollars 50 3 1 X 1000 loon t ' JOO sco . 5 103 loco 10 10 O 2 TO c 99 50 A9S" 100 S*v is 5 00a . 100 b 10 10, ops 1 5 Last drawn numbers of i-oo© dollars cach, , 1331 Prizes. 44,4j» 3 4018 Blanks. a 6350 Tickets at Seven Dollars each, 44>1J® I By order of the Directors of the Soeiety for eftablifn . ing Ufeful Matti|fti&ures, the of the pat \ erfon Lottery hive requested the Managers to offer the T foregoing Saheme to the pubHe, and have dire&ed them c to refund the money to th«fc persons who have purchased t in the former Lottery, or exchange the tickets for tickets 5 n this Lottery. i The lottery has actually commenced drawing, and will continue until finifhed. A lift of the Blanks and Prifts d may he seen at thr office ol William Blackburn, No. 64 r Couth Second street, who will giveinformatipri where tick* =a .f**. ,rr a uf 1 ' —g 4 " d Dated this 17th day of June, 1796. lt J. N< GUMMING, 7 s JACOfi R. HARDENBERG, > Managed JONATHAN RHEAy ) " STATE OF THE WHEEL. 1 Prize of 5000 ... SCOW I 1000 ... Iboo I 500 - y 5 aoo - 1 8 -o i r > 2Q 100 » - looaj? " 90 ... 4J co ICS IS - " * . J The five last drawn tickets, iooc ecch, s oe ® Bfcing all ti»€ valuable prizes, besides a full propor- L tion of the 10 dollars. , e As the Lottery is considerably than one third m drawn, the value of the undrawn tickets is great jy ly increased, and it is worth the notice cf those who hold tickets in -the old scheme, that they can ex change their tickets for those in the above, if they cp ly soon, and at a moderate advance cordering the now real value of an undrawn ticket. The tickets being nearly all fold, the drawing in future will be oftener, and the Lottery soon finifhed. e " November 12. mvt ' i l \V afhington Cans 1 Lottery, Of N°. I. th TTTHEREAS the State of Maryland has suthoriM e " W the underwritten, to laife twenty-lix thou and, at two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpole of tutting _ 3.f,C0«5 Tickets,cach J J ' sac 6 ditto I.oco 6,000 'er IO ditto 400 4'°°° 10 ditto 100 a,ooo tot ss ditto jo ».75° Jr " J7jo ditto 12 69,008 the To he raised for tke Canal, 16,150 5850 Prizes, _ cl " 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, atTcn Dollars, - 17S> CB0 The Commiflioners have taken the Securities re _ paired by the aforefaid tit lor the pundual payment ol : the prizes. . . . The drawing of this Lottery will commence,'.vithoii f,ns delay, as soon as thf Tickets are fold, of whuh One 1 notice will be given. . Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after tt ~at drawing is finifhed, shall be confidercd as rolinouiflicu for , fnt the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. Vc ' (Signed J MOTLEY YOUNG, em DANIEL CARROLL,ofT>. 1 °f LEWIS DEBLOIS, ,me GEORGE WALKER. , un " Wm. m.duncanson. an ' l THOMAS LAW, r an JAMES BARRY. paid City of Feb. 11. ' on cha- — ~~ , as- pw iNTED BY JOHN FE N Nt), —No. 119— CHFSNUT-tTHEET. y. [Prico Fight Dollar* per j