FOR SALE, A "PLANTATION, ABOUT i» miles from this City, situate in Abington Townftip, Montgomery-County; containing 70 acres, a new stone house, two ftorics high, 2 -rcnSms on e ffoor,fire places in each, a stone kitchen and stone lpring house, over an excellent spring of water, a barn, stable, lheds, barracks, &e, A large apple orchard, and a variety of other fruit, about 11 atres ef good meadow well water ed, and wood fufficient for fire, and fencing the place. Poffefiion may be had the id ps April next. Property in this City wiil be taken in exchange. it No. 37, Arch-Street. Philadelphia, September 13,1796. ttftf TO BE SOLD, A LE4SE for seven years,from the 2sth March next, in that capital and beautiful FARjM, called P R O S P E C T-H I L Lt Bituat*d within one quarter of & mile from the Brandywine Mills, and half a mile from the borough ©f Wilmington. THE dwelling house is built of (lone, two stories high, genteely firufhed, and contains four hanctfbtne rooms on a floor, besides an"entry, with capital garrets, and convenient cellars. It is genera fly thought to command the mofta giceable profneft of the Delaware, from the source of that livei to the Capes* This project ia greatly embeliifhed by a full view of a vast body ot meadow, through which the, Christiana and Brandywine creeks are seen winding in beau tiful meanders. Near the house are a Kitchen, a spacious stone flable and hay loft a barn, a carrtagb house, mrfic hoiafe, See. and a well of as pure water as any on the conti nent. The garden contains an acre and quarter of lai*d, a bounding with fruit, and particularly with peach trees, of the very best kind, brought from Maryland, and in full bear jngj There ts, moreover, on the place, a young, apple orchard begining to bear, and leveral old trees that produce abundantly, besides cherry and other ornamental trees, in great numbers. The farm confiib of near sixty acres of land, of good quality, and clear of incumbrances, except taxes, twenty ot which arenow in excellent clover and timothy, and ten more will be ready for (owing next spring. A ne fidence ot nearly 8 years has convinced the fubicriber that the situation is remarkably healthy. The great post toad -from Philadelphia to the Southward runs within seventy yards of the house. Jn a word, the beauties and conveni ence of this fituauon cannot be enumerated in an advertile- Snent, and when examined, will probably command the at tention of any person who isdefirniis of living at one of the inoft elegant country feats on the continent. The purcbafer may enter on the premifcs next spring, or perhaps, this fall, if application be immediately made to D«fto. NICHOLAS WAY, ia Philadelphia, to Do&or WHARTON, on the premises, or, in his absence, to Mr. GEORGE TRUITT, in Wilmington. A quantity of excellent Hay, Grain in the ground, some Stock, &c. may be bad by the purchaser at the time of sale. Nov. 7 eodtf J?imes M'Alpin, Taylor, No^3, South Fourlh-Jireet, RETURNS h ) grateful acknowledgments to his Friends and the Public for their liberal encouragement, *nd begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. He has on hand an extensive afTortment of the Moji Fajhionable GOODS, And of the best quality, suitable for the season. At this (bop CScntlcmen can be furnithed withthe keft materials, and have them made up in the neatest and moll Fashionable manner, and on the shortest notioe. He Will thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and punctual attention,, to them. November 10. ws The Elephant IS RET VP NED FROM BALTIMORE. THE public are refpe6tful!y informed, that this animal 14 to ke seen every day, from 8 o'clock in the morning till fun down, in Market ftreet, No. I ®6, south fide, between Third and Fourth-fbeets. Admittance a quarter of a dollar, that every ci tizen may fee him. (C)* At the reqaeft of many perfong it will be exhibited on evenings from live to eight o'clock, »t half a dollar e'.ch.—The room will be well lighted. November 7. Treasury of the United States. OTICE is hereby given to all persons who arc or i\ may be Creditors of the United States, for any sums of the Fitidcd Debt, or Stock, hiring a present interejl of fix 4tr oeniwnper annum. ift, That pursuant to an Act of Congress palled on ,the 18th day of April, 1796, intitled an a- " ber for the present year, and from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thou " sand eight hundred & eighteen inclusive.at. the rate of " one and one half per centum upon the original capital. «* Secondly, by dividends to be made on the last; day of " December for the present year, and from the year one " thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year " one thoufandeighthundred and seventeen inclusive, at " the rate of three and one half per eentum upon the ori " ginal capital; and by a dividend to be ma e on the last " day of December, in the year one thousand eight hun " dred and eighteen, of such sam, as will be then ade " quate, according to the contrail, for the final redemp " tion bf the said dock." id. All diftinftion between payments on account of 71 terefl and Principal being thus abolished by the Bient of the permanent rule of reimbursement above de cribed, it has become necelTary to vary accsrdihgly the sowers of attorney for receiving dividends; the public reditors will therefore observe that the following farm * eftablilhed for all powers of attorney which may be granted after tke due promulgation ol this notice, viz. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I °f Jo male, eonfiituie and appoint oj my true and lawful At torney,forK!,andin my name, to receive the dividends which an, or fiall le payable aceording to law, on the (here describing the stock) flanding in my name in the books of (here books of the Treasury or the Oonimiflioncr of Loans, where the stock is credited) from (here mfert the com mencement and expiration of time for which the power of attorney is to continue) with power also an attorney or attor niis under bin, for that fuipoje to male andfubjlitute, and to do all lawful aRs rejuifrtefor effetVing tbepremifn, hereby ratifying and tonfirming all that my fetid Attorney or bitfuhjtitutc ,fcalllawful ly. do, by virtue hereof. In IVitnefs hereof, I buve hereunto fst my Hand and Seal tbl day of in the year Sealed and Delivered in presence of, BE IT KNOWN, that on the day of tfore me perjbnally came within named and acbnowledged the above letter vf attorney to be his ail and d*e^ In teflimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hani unJ affix ed Seal the day andyear last afortjaid. Given under my Hand at Philadelphia, this twen tieth day of July 1796, pursuant to directions from the Secretary of the Treasury L SAMUEL MEREDITH, T reafurtr of the United State:, July *3« ut IS"/ tlj The PartticrflAp lelwtin Israel Whelen and Joseph J. Miller, Trading under th« firm of Whelen & Miller, was Piililved, by articles of agreement, 011 the r rtli day of February last ; but the said Jofepk had a right, by the said articles, to use the name ®f the firm for a eertaiu time, which has now expired, and of which this pub lic notice is given. All persons indebted to the said co-partnership will please to make payment to Joseph J. Miller, to en»ble him to adjust and discharge the debts d»e from the company. Israel IVhelen, Jcfeph J. Miller. Philadelphia, December!*, 1796 17* Horses taken in, For the Winter Sea/on, And fed on clover hay at the Subscribers place, II ailes on the Bristol Rohd, where good flabling is pro vided, and great care will be taken of them William Bell. Nov. 43. mwfWrmhtf* Bank of North America. THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified that an ' eleition for twelve Directors for the ensuing year will be held at the Bank on Monday the 9th of January at ten o'clock. RICHARD WELLS, Caihicr. Dec. I. $t9j. Lottery and Brokdr's Office, No. 64, South Second street. TICKETS in the Canal Lot»ery, No. a, for sale—a Check Book for examination—and prizes paid in the late lottery. Check Books kept for examination and registering, for the 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 knd Public for examination. The fubferiber solicits the application of the public and his friends, who wish to purehafe or fejj Bank Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands,* See. or to obtain money on deposit of property. Also Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for sale at Ten Dollars each, which will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. 1 Philadelphia, Augufl 18, 1796. mth Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 South Third street, opposite the national new Bank. SAMUEL M FR. AUNCES and JOHN VAN REED, have entered into co-partnerfliip, under the firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and CommifTion merchants. They buy and fell on commiflion every species of stock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, scc. Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds c f writings in the conveyancing line, done with dispatch; accounts adjusted, and books fettled, in the most correal manner. Constant attendance will be given. They solicit a share of the public favor; they are det«r ---' mined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The Ktmoft secrecy observed. S AMUEL M. FRAUNCES, * JOHN VAN REED. Philed. AUgust 2J, 1796. m&wtf City of Wathington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent \ 10,000 dollars, & \ vdwelHng-hoofe, 3 cafli 30,000, are J s°> ooo I ditto 15,000 & cask 15,00 a 40,000 I ditto 15,000 & cafli 15,000 30,000 I ditto 10,000 & Gash 10,000 10, coo I ditto 5,000 & cafli 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cafli 5,000 10,000 I cafli prize of 10,000 a do. 5,000 each, are « 10,000 10 do. l,eoo - - 10,000 ao do. 500 - - 10,000 00 do. 100 • - 10,000 too do. 50 . 10,000 400 do. 45 - 10,000 1,000 do. 20 - 20,000 15,000 do. to - ,50,000 *6,739 Prizes. 32»i6i Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour thole who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars Will be the last drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last but ox: : And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received foi any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the pri vate buildings to be ere&ed in the City *f Washington— . Two beautiful defigi* are already feleCled for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawinge i it ispropofsd toere Managers. JONATHAN RHEA, ) , STATE OF THE WHEEL. l Prize of 5000 ... 5000 I 1000 - - - xooo I * 500 ... j OO 5 200 . 1000 20 ICO - - 2000 90 50 4500 165 25 - - 4125 The five last drawn tickets, 1000 each, 5000 Being all the valuable priaes, besides a full propor tion of the 10 dollars. As the Lottery is considerably more than one third drawn, the value of the undrawn tickets is great ly increased, and it is worth the notice of those who hold tickets inthsold fcherae, that they can ex change t-heir tickets for thole in the above, if they ap ly soon, and at a moderate advance coniidering 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 fimriied. November I*. mws f By Authority. Schuylkill Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South Second-Jlreet. SCHEME of I LOTTERY, For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agretably to an Aft of the Legislature of Pennfylvaaia, passed during the last fcfTion, for building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks. Dollars, a Prize of 20,000 Dollars - 20,000 1 do. of 10,000 do. - - 10,000 3 do. of 5,000 do. . - 15,000 4 do. of e,ooo do. * - 8,000 #0 do, of x,ooo do. « 20,000 39 do. of 500 do. - . 19,500 » 80 do. of 200 do. ... 16,000 *00 do. of 100 do. - • . 20,000 ( 300 do. of 50 do. - . 15,000 i 1 do* of s©o do. to be paid the poflef- ) for of the firit drawn no.} 5 do< «f 3,0e0 do. te be paid poffeffbrs ) of the five last drawn nos J l 6*°°° , do* o 15 do. : - 141,000 10,054 Prizes 300,000 10,046 Blanks — F ' 30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000 All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the dra wing 15 fini(hed, upon the demand of a poffeflor of a fortunate ticket, fubje£t to a dedu&ion of| twenty per cent. The : Drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets ate disposed ' of, or perhaps sooner. of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Kerjhner, William Witman, \ J°f e pb Hieftcr, James Diemer, Thomas Dundas. ; James May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Crarjf, I Selajlian Miller, Commissioners. Reading, May the 9th, 1796. Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. », to be had at the above o(Jice, where the carlitft iniormation of the draw r ing of the Walhington No. «, and Patterfon Lottery's, I are received, and ohcck books for elamiaation and regif 1 tering are kept. O&ober 7. aawtf Le Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Der> f !!} to the Kiftg and Royal Family, of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Farts, Keeps a complete afTortmint of eveiy thing neceflarv to be used for the Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth. Patent Mineral Teeth, and Human & Ivory Teeth ; Dentrifice in powder; Opiate ; excellent Elixir for sweetening the mouth and preserving the teeth—i:e also furnifhes Bruthes and foft Sponges. *** lives in Chefnut-ltreet, No. 13c, abeve Fourth-street. November 26. tts DANCING SCHOOL. WILLIAM M'DOUGALL will open hisfehool on Mon day the 3 lib inft. at ten o'clock in the morning, at his , Elegant hew Ball Rooms, In Fourth, between Chefnut and Walnut Streets. Hours of tuition for young ladies, from ioto i o'clock on Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday mornings; and''for young gentlemen from 6 to 9 o'clock on die evenings o the fame days. In addition to a number of new cotillioas, he means fro introduce a variety of Scotch Reels. Note. The firfl pra&ifnag ball to be on Tuesday e vening, the firft of November, and to be continued every Tuesday, during the season. For terms, &c, enquire at his house, N0.134, Markct ftreet. Q&- 1 7 • tthf A Manufactory FOR SALE. A Valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufa6lory, situate in a convenient part ot the city ; the works almoifc new, on an entirely original conftru&ion', and built of the materials, and may be set to work immediately. Perfom whowifhto purehafe, are requelied to apply at No 273, South Second Street. September 13. t t f tf Twenty Guineas Reward. RANAWAY from the fubferiber on the 23d O&ober, 3 Dalle IVTt"I. I 10 BOV, named \TOSES ; 21 years old; about 5 feet 8 inches high; had on a mi«ed, green coat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buttons; a striped veil; a pair of dark spotted pantaloons, and whole boots much worn. It is probable he may change his name and dress. He has been accullomed to driving a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will lit paid for fccuring him so that the fubfcriW may get him again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid by Robins Chamkcrlaine. Eafton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 §jmiawtf Samuel Richardet RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentiemen Merchants, that he has this day,opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia. The Subfcriprion Room wjtl be furnifhed with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, N:w-York, Bos ton, Baltimore, together with thole of the principal com mercial citias of Europe—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away tin any account. Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refrefhments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the mod approved Malt Liquors fromJyondon and other breweries. The Larder will befupplied with the prime and sarliell productions of the Scafon. , Large and small Parties, or tingle Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breaifafls, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours rnoft convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for conveniency, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely fnrniihed, and the utmost attention paid to cleanjincfs, and every other requisite. StMUEL Richardet will behappyto receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gfatitude for their favours, he pledge* himfelf that nothing on his part fhallbe wanting to pre serve that patronage with which he has been so diftinguifh ingly iionored. Philadelphia, April 19. mwf Treasury Department, September 28, 1796. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be re ceived at the office of the Secretaryof the Treasury until the expiration of the firft day of March next en suing, for thefupply ps all rations which may he required for the use of the United States, from the firft day of June, 1*97, to the thirty-firll day of May, 1798, both days inclusive, at the places and within the diftri&s here after mentioned, viz. At Ofwego; at Niagara ; at Paefque 1 fie; at Sandulky Lake, and on Sandufey River; at Detroit; at Michilimackinac; at Fort-Frank lin; at Pittsburgh ;at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hamilton; at Fort St. Clair; at Fort-J«fferfon; at Grenville; at Picque Town and Loramies^tore; at Fort Adams; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ; at any place b«low Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Erie; at Fort Steuben ; at FortMaffac ; at plate from Fort Mafiac to the south boundary of the Unitted States on the river MifTifippi; at Fort Knox ; at Ouiatapr.fi, If supplies lhallbc required for any polls or places not mentioned in this notice, all such supplies lhall be fur nifhed at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the polls before recited, or as may be hereafter agreed on between the U.nited States and the Cputra&or. The rations to be fupplicd arc to consist of the fol lowing articles, viz. ■ One pound two ounces of bread or Hour. " One pound two ounces of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon. ' Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiskey, Ontfquart and half a pint of fait."") Two quarts of Vinegar, / , Two pounds of Soap, ('P er hundrcd ration * One pound of Candles, j The rations are to be furnilhed in luch quantities, as that there Iftall at all times during the said term, be fufficient for the.coafump'tion of the troops at Michilimackinac, De troit, Niagara , and Ofwego, for the term of fir month,; in advance, and at each of the other posts, for the 1 term of at least three months in advance, in good aud wholesome provisions, if the fame shall be required. It is to be un derload, that the Contractor isto he at the exfence and risk 01 iffuirgthe fuppliss'to the troops at each pod, and that all losses l'uftained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, fcnll be p'aii for at the price of the irtid.s captured or destroyed, o«. the depositions of two or more persons of creditable civ— radars, and the certificate of a comtr.i&pncd ofiiccr, as certaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount: of the ai tides for which ccmpenfation shall be claimed OLIVER WOLCOT'f, Secretary of the Treafur.y. PRINTED BY JOHN FEN NO, —No. 119 — C 51 F S N U T-S TRiET. [Price Fight Dollars psr Annum.) f