Samuel Richardet I) ESPECTFULLY ;informs the Gentlemen * Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS GOTESEHOUSE iu the city of Philadelphia; The Subfcriptiop Room will be furnilhed with all the daily papers publilhed in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos ton, Baltimore, together with thole of the principal com mercial citi«« of Europe—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be t&ken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual wiU at all times procured at the bar. Gentlemen "may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and ether breweries. T*he Larder will befupplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, ov finale Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation *.s regularly kept for convenieffcy, th« Billof Fare to be had at the .bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnifhpd, and the utmost attention paid to cteanlinefs, and every other requisite. £3* Samuel Richardet will behappy to receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himfelt that nothing on his part fhallbe wanting to pre serve that patronage with which he has been so diftinguifti ingly Honored. , Philadelphia, April 19. mwf Twenty Guineas Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 23d October, a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSES ; at years old; about 5 feet 8 inches high; had on a mi-xsd 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 accustomed to driving a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will be paid for fccuring him so that the subscriber may get him again, and if brought home all reasonable charges paid by Robins Chamberlaine. Eafton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 ;.lmaawtf Horses taken in, For the Winter Season, And fed on clover hay at the Subscribers placs, 12 miles on the Briflol Road, where good stabling is pro vided, and great care will be taken of them William Bell. Nov. 13. mwfzwmthtf. Davis's Law Book Store, No. 313, HIGH-STREET. GEORGE DAVIS announces to his profeffional friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through the Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is now arrang ed, and ready for Sale, from a single volume to an entire li brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding low prices, which for several years past have in so diftinguiihed a manner recommended them to notice. Printed Catalogues combining the most extensive collec ' tion cf the latest EngWh and Irilh Editions ever imported into this country, are pablifhed, and will be delivered gratis on application. Orders addrcfted to G. D. in writing'from any distance fhallbe pun&ually attended to. A number of TRUNKS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient LOFT, near Market.Street Wharf. ov.B. tll&fjW City of Walhington. SCHEME of the LOTERY, No. 11, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 0 t THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent ) so,ooo dollars, & 1 dwelling-house, 5 "ft 30,000, are J ' ' 00 ® I ditto 15,000 & eafli 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,060 & cash 15,000 30,000 j ditto 10,000 & cash 10,000 io,ooo 1 ditto 5,000 & caih 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & caih 5,000 10,000 1 caih prize of 10,000 t do. 5,000 each, are - 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - - 10,000 ao do. 500 - - 10,000 oa do. 100 • • 10,009 100 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 15 - 10,000 1,000 do. to - 20,000 15,000 do. 10 • >5«,980 16,739 Prizes. 3j,a6i Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets,the prize of 40,000 (follars will be the la st drawn ticket, andtjie 30,000 the last but one : And approved notes, securing payment in either money •r prizes, in ten days alter 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 credted in the City of Walhington— Two beautiful designs are already Icleited for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawings it ispropofed toereel two centre and four comer buildings, as soon as poliible after this lottery is fold, and to eonvey theAi, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the mannerdefcribed in the tcheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett dedu6tion of five per cent, will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &Cw"aud the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National Univerlity, to be erected within the city of Walhington. The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are old off.— i'he money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is ftnilhed ; and any prizei for which fortunate numbers ate not produced within twelve months after the drawing is.closed, are to be considered as given towards the fnni for the Univerlity ; it being determined to fettle the whole business in a year from the ending of the draw ing, and to take np the bonds given as security. The red fecuritiesgiven for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a mount ot the lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commiflioners afiifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk 1 - second time on behalf ef the public ; a fufficient num j;r of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the iends to a National Univerlity and the other federal ob- ' jests ipay continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the didertnt p»rt« of the Continent as well as from Europe,'where the tickets 1 have been sent for sale, the public are allured that the 1 drawing will speedily commence, and that i> care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe dilpofal .of th» tickets, has rendered the inor indifoenlable. SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; of. James Well & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter Gilman, Bolton : of John Hopkins, Rkhniond ; and of Richard Wells Ceoper's Ferry. «e | FOR SALE, i About i,600 acres of Land, WELL situated, laying on and between Marfti and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in four i'eparate Patents. For terms of sale apply to Wm. Blackburn, No. 64, Smith Second-ftrset January 26. mwW WM. HAY DON, Drawing-Master, from London, Where he has studied several years under one of the most eminent mailers in that fcietice, attends young Ladies and Gentlemen at their refpeflivehomes. His terms are 6 dollars per month fur attendance three times per week. Xikewife all kinds of ornamental Painting, Flowers, Fruit, &c. taught on the above terms. A line dire&ed to W. H. lei's with the Editor i of this Gazette, will be immediately attended to. eoivr i A Manufactory FOR SALE. A valuable SOAP and CANDLE Manufactory, fitruate in a convenient part of the city ; the works almott new, i on an entirely original conilruftton, and built of the best materials, ami may be set to work immediately. Persons ; who wish to purchase, are requeued to apply at No *73, Sourh Second Street. September 13. t t f tf Canal Lottery, No. 11. Scheme of a Lottery, authorized by an aflentitled " An aft to enable the President and Managers of the Schuylkill and Sufquehannah navigation, to raise, by , way of Lottery, the film of Fcur Hundred Thouiand 1 Dollars, for the purpose of pompleting the works, in their a 300,000 Six dollars for each ticket will only be demanded at the time of sale. All prizes (hall be paid ten days after the drawing is finilhed, upon the demand of the poiTefior of a fortunate ticket, fubjeifl to a deduction of fifteen per «ent. Such prizes as are not demanded within 12 months after the Drawing is finifhed, of which public notice will be given, lhall be conlidercd as relinquilhed tor the use of the Canal and applied accordingly. At a meeting of the President and Managers of the Schuylkill and Sufquehanna Canal Navigation—and the President aad Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, Resolved, That Joliiph Ball, John Stelnmctz, Stan difh Forde, Francis Weft, James M'Crea, John Mil ler, junr. and William Montgomery be a committee to arrange and direifl the mode of dilpofing of the tickets ; which committee lhall deposit tile money in Bank, to be carried to tlje credit of an *ccount to be o pened far the Lottery. At a meeting of the Canal Board, held January 16, '97, Refolvedj That the committee for coudu&ing the Lottery be diredted te commence the jdrawjng on the firit day of March next. J£xtra<3 from the rtuHutes, Wm. M. Smith, Secretary, Jofepb Ball, John Steinmelz, Siandifi Forde, Francis Wejl, Managers. James M'Crea, Jehu Miller, jun. j William Montgomery, J Jan- *®. thScf.tf THIS day is published, A new method of keeping Bill Books, Adapted for the ease and convenience c»f merchants i« general; but particularly tor tliofe who are ex tensively concerned in trade: exhibiting at one view, al! the bills which a merchant may have to receive or pay, in the eouife of the whole year, for each month feparatively. And thereby pre venting the trouble and inconvenience attendant on the mode now in use, of fele&ing the bills due in each month from the promiscuous entries of several months. To which is prefixed, able fliewing the number of days froos any day any n-.onth, to the fame day in any other month. Philadelphia, printed for and fold by R. CAMP BELL & Co. January 2 tawtf Walhington Canal Lottery, N®. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorifeoi the underwritten, to raise twenty-fix thousand. two hundred, and fifty dollar*, for the purpose h separate stalls for ( thirty-fix grown cattle; apartments for fattening veals, muttons and lambs extensive sheds for sheep, and other arrangements for stock of every description, with a large and convenient receptabie for provender, from which they can'be furnifhed without being exposed to the inclemency of the weather. An overseer's house, blacksmith's fliop, and quarters fufficient to accommodate in the best man ner more than fifty labourers. The arable lands are f® advaptageoufly divided as to af ford an opportunity of making a large quantity of Indian (Corn annually, without bringing the field into similar cuU tare oftrier than once in four years; consequently the lands may be improved by keeping up the inclofures during the intermediate years, or may be beneficially fallowed for wheat and other grain at the option of the proprietor. On the premjfes there is also a merchant mill with one pair of best French burr f tones, and one pair of Cologne; furnifhed with modern machinery, and now leafed for the unexpired term oi four years, at 1501 per annum, and all grain for the use of the farm, hopper free, which is near ly 1 001. more. The mill and miller's house are built of free stone, within a very small distance of navigation, near to which are two or more valuable lifheries, and a well accustomed ferry over the Rappahannock to the town of Frederickfburg. The land contains inexhaustible quarries of free stone near to the river, is plentifully supplied with remarkable fine water and poUeffes a due proportion of meadow, which the command of water may be conliderably increafcd. The roads are good, and the neighbourhood genteel andfociable. Infant, exclullvc of an improveable and well condit ; oned farm, the value and emolument inseparably conae&cd witn a mill, ferries, fiiheries and queries eligibly situated ; the profits ari£ng from an ice-house inferior to none in the ftatc, and a gar den of four acres so abundantly stocked with vegetables j ofjail forts as to fully equal to the demand in market, th-re might be detailed many other advantages, apper taining to the fertility of these lands, which the fubferiber conceives it nnneceffary to mention, being fully convinced thr.t when examined, it will be found to be a complete, pleasant and healthy refiddnce, possessing beauties and conveniences fufficient to attra&the attention of any per son defireusof becoming apurchafer. 1 The motive/which induces the fubferiber to offer for sale an eftatefo Angularly beautiful and advantageous, is a riefire to become an inhabitant of Alexandria, where he can with more ease attend to his infcerefts in the neigh bourhood of that city The pnrchafer may be aeeommodatedwith a few slaves in families, either for plantation or domestic use. A part of the purchafc money will be required and the balance made easy, the debt being properly secured. WILLIAM FITZHUGH. Chatham, (Virg.) Dec. 19, 1796. nth— aawam* " TO BE SOLD, A PLANTATION, in the town of Woodbury, coun ty of Glducefter, and state of New-Jetfey, contain ing about one hundred and fifty acres ; a suitable propor tion of which is woodland and improved meadow. A gceat part of the arable land is in a high ftatc of cultiva tion, and very natural to the production of Red Clover. On said plantation there is a genteel two-story brick houife, with four rooms on a floor, and a good dry cellar under | the whole ; together with a barn, corn-cribs and carriage heufe, The garden is large, and contains a good colle.c tion of the bell kinds of grafted and inoeulated fruit trees ; the orchar City, and flattershimfelf that the success of his effoitj, in the numerous, obstinate and dangerous diseases in Horses, in which he has been consulted, together with his moderate charges, will fe ure their future favors and rccemmendation. He now begs leave to inform them and the public at large that his spacious and commodious pr^mifes, ereibed for the purposes above drferibed are open for the reccfjon of pupils of either sex, who wish 10 be mftruited in the Art us: Ridirta* and the right method of governing their horles, so as to ride them with eale, eiegance, and (afety—their horses will be carefully and expeditioully broke, for eveiy purpose, and made obedient tot he will bi the riders ; the natural powers wliich are shut up in them, will be unfolded by art, calling forth uniformity of motion, and giving to that noble animal all those beauties of a&ion which providence has so bounti fully bellowed on them. Also, at his hospital, every diforJer to which the horse is liable will be treated according to the rules of art, confirmed by long and repeated experience. The utility of the above inftkution has never been qneftion ed, that it has long been wanted in this city, every gentleman's stud will manifefl, and T. Swasn as the ftilk eflablifher of the veterenary art, folieits a*d relies upon the fuppoitof thai public (which he icever anxious in serving) to enable him to btiogit to perfection. The idea of a fubfeription for that purpose has beeu hinted by several gentleman, who wish to promote the institution—the amount of each fub-fcription to be returned by services in any of the departments he profefTes agrceable to the rate of charges slated in his hand bill. Such fubJcription is now open, and the signatures of many relpeft able gentlemen already obtained. He therefore informs bis friends and furh Ladies and gentlemen to whom he has not the honor of being known, that he shall in a few days take the liberty of waiting upon them and foljcking their support and protc&ioD. N 8,. Horses are properly prepared for those Ladies acid $entlemenwho wish to be loftrulted. Nov. ${ ttbjScf. Nov. i< Lottery and Broker's' Office, No. 64, South Second street. rKCKETS 10 the Canal Lottery, No. a, for sale—l Check Book tor examination—and prizes paid in the late lottery. Cheek Books kept for examination and r giftering, for the City of Washington, No. a, and Pattefon Lotteries, both of which are now drawing—information wh ne 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 :md Public School Lottery, for examination. 4 The fub&ciber solicits the application of the public and his friends, who wish to purchase or fell Bank Stock, Certificates, Bill* of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, •See. or to obtain money on deposit of property. *#* Also 1 ickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for sale at Ten D«ll*rs each, which will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. Philadelphia, January i 6, 1796. ' mth Treasury Department, September 28, 1796. NOTICE ishcreby given, that proposals will be r«r ceived at- the office of the Secretary of the Frsofurf until the expiration of the firfl day of March neit en. suing, for thefupply of all rations which may he rcq-uired for the use of the United States, from the firfl day of June, 1797, to the, thirty-firll day of May, 1798, both days inclusive, at the places and within the diftri&s hire after mentioned, via;. At Ofwego; at Niagara; at Pjefque 1 Ae; at Sandufky Lake, and 011 Sandufky tyiver; at Detroit; at Michilimuckinac; at Fort-Frank lin; at Pittlburgh ; at Cincinnati; at Fort-Hamilton j at Fort St. Clair; at Fort-Jefterfon ;at Grenville; at Picque Town and Loramies Store; at Fort Adams; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake Eric; at Fort Steuben ; at Fort MafTac ; at auy plaee from Fort MafTac to the south boundary oi\the United States on the river Miffifippi ; -at Fort Knox ; at Ouiatanon. If supplies (hall be required for any poils or places Hot mentioned in this notice, all such supplies (hall be fur nished at prices proportioned to those to be paid at the posts before recited, or tnay be hereafter agreed on between the United States and the Contra&or. The rations to be supplied arc to conflfl of the fol lowing articles, vi 2. One pound two ounces of bread «r flour. One pound two auntao of beef, or fourteen ounces of pork or bacon. Half a gill of rum, brandy or whiskey. One quart and half a pint of £alt.~\ Two quarts hf Vinegar, ( , Two poinds of Soap, ( P er hun <*"d ration. One pound of Candles, j The rations are to b« furnifhod ijilnch quantities, as that there shall at all times during the said term, be fullicieat for the coufumption of the troops at MichiHmackinac, De troit, Niagara, and Ofwego, for the term of fix month', in advance, and at each of the other ports, for the terin of at least three months in advance, in good an d wliolefomc provifiens.if thefame shall be required. 11 is to be unj derftond, that the is to be at the exyence and rifle o! iffuirgthe supplies to the troops at each poll, and that all loflcs fuflaincd by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the price of the articles captured or deftroysd, on the depositions of two or more persons of creditable chit. ra<9ers, and the ccrtifieate of a commiffioncd officer, as certaining the eircumftances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which aompenfaeion shall be claimed OLiyER WOLCOTT, Seoretary of the Treasury. By Authority. Schuylkill' Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 6f, South Second-Jtrcet. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, For rtifing Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Aft of the Leg flaturc of Pennfylvaaia, parted doting the la.t feflion, tor building a Stone Bridge over the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, in the Coufcty of Berkt - ' Dollars. 1 Ptiite of 20,000 Dollars . . 20,0c® 1 do. of te,ooo do. - - j0,003 3 do. of 5,000 do. * , . j 5 ,000 4 do. of a,OOO do. . . 8,000 *0 do. of 1,000 do. . . so,oo» 39 do. of 500 do. - . 19,50 a 80 do. of 206 do. . . . 16,009 »oo do. of- i»o do. . »0,008 3®° do - of S° do - - 15,000 1 do. of 500 do. to be paid the posses- > for j f the firik drawn no. J 4 do. of 3,000 do. to be paid polTelfors ; of the five last drawn nos $ 'J> c0 ® 9,400 do. o 1$ do, : • 14^,000 •0,054 Priies 300,000 >9,94(5 Planks — 30.500 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000 All Prizes shall be paid fifteen days after the drawing i» finifhed, upon the demand of a pofleflor of a fortunate picket, fubjeft to a deduflion of twenty per cent. Thf Drawing will commence as foonas the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps looner. of which public notice will be given, Philifi Miller, Pcltr Kerjhncr, William Witman, Jvfeph Hicjlcr, Jsmes Dtemer, Thomas Dundas, Jamet May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel Graejf, Seiajlian Miller, Commissioners. Reading, May the 9th, a 796. Titkets in the Canal Lottery, No. 2, to be had at the above ofliee, where the earliest information of the draw ing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterfon Lottery's, are received, and cheek books for examination and regif teringare kept. Tickets in the above Lottery to be had at Mr, Sheri dan's Rjice-flreet, John Hay, North Third-ftrect and Henry Sweyer's, German Town. Januray 26 aawtf James M'Alpin, Taylor, A r o. J, South FourthJlrcet, RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to ;'M» Friinds and the Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. ' He has on hand an extensive affortntent of the Mofl Fajhionable GOODS, And of the bed quality, suitable for the season. At this shop Gentlemen can be furniihed withthe' fcgft materiifs, ajid have th »i made up in the neatefl and most Fashionable manner, and on the shortest notice. He will thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and pnnvflual to 'them. November I©. Ws g "" " 1 to* PRINTED BY JOHN —No. 119^ — CHESNUT-STXEKT. [Pricc Eight Dollars p«r Anniitt),]