Canal Lottery, No. 11. Scheme of a Lottery, authorized by an aftentitled "Ana& to enable the President aryl Managers of the £ Schuylkill and Sufquehannah navigation, to rjife, by ■way of Lottery; thcfnni of Four Hundred Thoufapd, Dollars, for the purpose of completing the works, in their acts of incorporation mentioned." _ ' Dollars I Prize os-twenty thouCaad dollars, io,oos> I of ten thousand dollars, xo,ooo .j of four thousand dollars each, to Nc be paid to the poffeflors of the five Q ■ numbers ffrft out ef the wheel on the bit day's drawing, at which time there shall not be 'less than 500 numbers undrawu, 20,000 ' 10 jf two thousand dollar* each, (■ 10,000 10 of one thousand dollars each, so,ooo 43 of five hundieddollars each, 11,500 w 100 of two hundred dollars each, 40,000 100 of one hundred diillaweacli, 10,000 m 4.10 of fifty dollars each, 11, coo *9,500 of five dollars each, I47>s°° m 30,000 Tickets at ten dollars each. 300,000 Six dollars for each ticket will only be demanded at the time offsle. All prizes shall be paid ten days after the drawing is finifhed, upon the demand of the poflefior of a fortunate g ticket, fubjedl to a deduction of fifteen par cent. |y Suck prizes as are not demanded within j 2 months fc after the Drawing is finifhed, of which public notice will be given, lhall be conlidercd as relinquished tor the use of the Canal and applied accordingly. At a meeting of the Prelide-.t and Managers of the e; Schuylkill and Sufquehanna Canal Navigation—and It the Prelident and Managers of the Delaware .and * Schuylkill Canal, * Resolved, That Joseph Ball, John Stemmed, Stan- ~ dish Forde, Francis Weft, James M'Crea, John Mil ler, jnnr. and William Montgomery be a committee to arrange and direst the mode of drlpofing of the tickets j which committee (hall depolit the money in -2 Bank, to be carried to the credit of an account to be o pened for the Lottery; At a meeting ofthe Canal Board, held January 16, '97, Resolved, That the committee for conducing the Lottery be directed to commence the,drawing on the a firft day of March next. i Extract from the minutes, Wm. M. Smith, Secretary. Joseph Sail, 1 John Stiinmelz, I Siandi/h Forde, Francis Wtfi, j> Managers. Jarret M'Crea, j Johu Miller, jun. \ William Montgomery, J 'Jan. 19. th&f.tf ~ FOR SALE, At Whitefides' Tea Ware-House, No. 99, North Second Street. Imperial r Hyson Skin. Hyson, V Fresh Teas- < Souchong, Young Hyson, j C Bohea Dec. 9. 3«» w 3m. Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris, Keeps a complete aflortmenl of every thing neeefTary 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 month and prbferving the teeth —he alio furnifhes Brushes and foft Sponges. He lives in Chefnut-ftreet, No. 135, above •Fourth-street. November t6. tts The Elephant, Now exhibited, w« bought for Ten Thousand Dollars. He is 3 years old, 6 feet high, growing to 18 feet. He eats 150 weight a-day, and dririks a barrel of water ; he has drank some days forty bottles of porter, drawing the corks with his trenk. > He is perfectly ieoffenfive; travels at the Tate of five miles an hour, and is the greatest curiosity -ever brought to this Continent. He is to be seen 'till the ijth of January, in Market-street between Third and Fourih-itreets, at a quarter of a dollar, that every one may fee him— after which time the former price of half a dollar will be reftimed. He will leave Philadelphia as fbon as the weather -will permit. - December 31 d A CARD. If Monjicur G. H. SShls, Who left Bordeaux the 20th June last,. and arrived It Boston ibout the middle of Asguft, in the schooner Jane, is in Philadelphia, he is requefled to call on Joseph Anthony & Co. No. -5, Chefnut-ftreet. who •will give him foms information cf importance- December 24, 1796- A 50 Dollars Reward. LOST, last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, «s the lubfo'ihcr was going to his holife at the Falls of Schuylkill, from the house of his father-in-law, Mr. jVancis Stewart, in Sugar-alley, betwgen Sixth and Se- above Market-street, A black POCKET-BOOK, Containing 1190 Dollars, in Bank-Notes From 5 to 100 Dollars each, One of which was of the Branch-Bank of New-York, and several papers, futh as receipts and orders.— The road the fubferibet fook, was the Falls road, crofEng at the Upper Ferry. Whoever finds the above Pocket-Book, and returns it to the fubferiber at the Falls, or to bis father-in-law, mr Stewart, living 1* Sugar Alley, shall be entitled to the above reward, paid by JAMES HAFFY Feb. 3. §- Clocks and Watches. LESLIE AND PRICE, No. 79, Market-strisit, Philadelphia, HAVE IMPORTED, by the late arrivals from London, a Urge afTortment «f WARRANTED WAfCHES, confining of horizontal, capp'd and jewel'd Gold Watches, with feronds, of superior workmanship and elegance ; :0b capp'd and jewel'd and plain Gold Watches ; capp'd & jewell'd, capp'd, seconds, day of the mtftith, and plain Silver Watches ; .eight dav & chamber Clocks.; elegant French Clocks with m. iule frames ; eight day and thirty honr, brass works, 4cc. ' f>e.c£tßb<t n, 1796. d»m For Sale, By the Siibfcribers —In PENN-STREET, a j 65 Pipes Excellent Madeira Wine, ok Imported by the Eagle. cu ' WILLJNGS & FRANCIS. J Nov. 30 w "j'. Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. < ag Na. 63 South Third tlr«et,oppofitethe national new Bank; pAMUEL M FR AUNCES and JOHN VAN REED. 0 have entered into co-partnership, under the firm ot _ FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commission merchants. They buy and fell on commission eve»y species of llock, notes of hand, bills of exchange, houses and lands, &c. jn MoNir procured on depolit«, icc. &c. all kinds c g t writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefsand iifpatch; accounts adjufled, and books fettled, in the w most correct mnnner. Conllant attendance will be given. t0 They solicit a lhare of the public favor ; tjiey are deter mined to endeavour to defcrve it. fe N. B. Th« utmoll secrecy observed. U SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, ol JOHN VAN REED- ; B >Philad. Autriift a 7, no 6. m&wtf tr Will be publifhtd, on IVtdntfday next, ol BY MelT- Dobfon, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other ol Bookfeilers, price One Dollar and iwenty-five cents, flesa«l ly printed on wove paper, and hot-pielied, by John Thomp- Si son, 1« A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF u The CONSTITUTIONS of the several States, ti With each other, and with that of the United States; exhibiting in Tables, the prom-incut features of eaeh Con stitution, and classing together their most important pro visions, under the several heads of admmiftration ; with Notes and Observations. £y William Smith, of South- Carolina, LL. D and member of the Congrel's of the UnitcdStates. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. B. A few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at V4ths of a dollar. , February 6 mwf FOR SALE, About 1,600 acres of Land, \ WELL situated, laying on and between Marsh a and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in f four separate Patents. For terms ot sale apply t6 1 1 Wm. Blackburn, ; - No. 64, Sfruth January 16. rmvrtt j By Authority. Schuylkill Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURNNo. 64, , South Secondflreet. I SCHEME of a LOTTERY, For railing Sixty Thousand Dollars, agiecably to an Aft ol the of Pennfylvaaia, p.iffed during the lait feiliofl. for building a Stone Bridge over the River 1 1 Sciuylkili, at the Borough of Reading, IB the County of Berks. Dollars. 1 Priie of ao.ooo Dollars - »0,000 ' l do. of io,ooo do. - - 10,000 ; 3 do. of 5,00p do. • • 15,000 4 &6. of ijooe do. . - 8,000 io do. of 1,000 do. ... »0,000 39 do. of do. - - 1 9>5 00 So do. of 200 do. . . - 16,000 »oo do. of 100 do. - - ao,ooo e £00 do. of s° " " >5i OQO e 1 do. of SSO do. to be paid the poOeC. ) Q for f the firft drawn no. J 0 5 do. of 8.800 do. to be paid pofleßbrs > lr L 3„ y Of the five last drawn oos 9,400 do. o 15 do* 3 - 14 1,00 c • • ' 10,054 Prize* joo,o«o x 191946 Blanks 30, cOO Tickets at Ten Dollars 304,000 All Prises■fh*ll be paid fifteen days after the drawing is e fuiilhed, upon the demand of a polfeflor of a fortunate licket, fubjrft to a deduction of tWei.ty per ceut. The Drawing will commence as foorwas the Tickets are disposed of, or perhaps sooner. of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Kerfhntr, William IVttman, Jufepb Hiejier, James Diemcr, Thomas Dundas, fmnet May, John Otto, John Keim, Daniel CraeJ\ jf Sebajlian Miller, Cgmmissiohe&s. r, Reading, May the 9th, 1798 Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. t, to be had at the V» above offise, where the earlUft inlormation of the draw •y ing of the Walhington No. a, and Pattcrfou Lottery's, are received, ai\d check books for examination and rtgif i n tering are kept. at Tickets in the above Lottery to ba had at Mr, Sheri _ dan's Race-street, John Hay, North Third-ltr-eet and •11 Henry Sweyer's, Germaa Town. ' January 26 ?awtf er Lottery and Broker' 6 Office, No. 64., South Second strkst. TICKETS m the Canal Lottery, No. a, for -Tale—a Check for domination—and prizes paid in , the late lottery. " L Check Books kept for examination and registering, for er the City of Walhington, No. 2, and Pattefon Lotteries, jn both of which are now drawing—information where 110 tickets ire 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 Schotjl "Lottery, for examination. The lubfcriber solicits the application of the pubKc and his friends, who/wife to purchase or fell Bank Stock, :k, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Lands, of &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property. Ir. Also Tickets in thq Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for ie- sale at Ten Dolkrs each, whieh will be drawn early in the Spring. Wm. Blackburn. gS Philadelphia, January a 6, 1797 ---— ■■ ■ _ - . ■ Houses and Lots for sale, IJ Y tke Sufcfcriber, in the town of Weft-Cheiler, Chef. Xj ter county, 25 miles from Philadelphia, on the great state-road, leading Westward- Viz. No. r. A two-story Stone House, the corner of High and Gay streets, 40 feet io ' front by 34 feat deep, including a very convenient llore houfe : the House contains ten well-iiiiUiicd rooms, a kit ' chen and entry : the Lot is 144 feet front on Gay-ftrect, —equal to any fland in We2-Chefler. No.j. A tvy'o-tlo ' ry stone hsufeadjoining, C 7 feet front, cdntaining eleven w il-fiv.iihed rooms, both being ceiled in the garrets, house and lot fame depth as the other, a kitchen, &c.—ocllars under both houses, with good stables on the lots. JFhefe Houses are almost new, done by good workmen, in .j mallerly manner. No. 3. a Lot 41 feet front. No. 4, ,m 34 feet. -No- 5, 44 feet. No. 6, 119 feet, all of them D ten rods deep. On two of the above are ereited three log a nd trarae houses, two ftanies high, cellars under the !0i" whole, and a small liable to each* I'd The above Lots are situated near the Court-Houfe. The 'd, wl ole will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE, 011 the »ift and ■s ; 23d days of February next, at two o'clock, when the con :ks ditions will be madfc known PolTellion may be had the ass firft of April next. The Title is indisputable. JOHN KINNARD. January aS Twenty Guineas Reward. RAN AW AY from the lubfcriber onthe 43d Gclobar ' j a Dark MULATTO BOY, named MOSE&; a. year. ; old; about 5 feet 8 inches high ; had on a m»ud green coat, with a green velvet cape and <rval yellow button, , a rtri r ed veil* a pair of dark spotted pantaloons and whole boots much worn. It i. probable he may change his name and dress. He has been accustomed te I — a carriage, and waiting. The above reward will be ] paid for lecuring him so that the fuhfcnUr may get h m Lain, and if brought home all reasonable charge, paid ty j> Robins Cbamberlattie. pa Eafton, Maryland, Nov. 10. 14 1 iraaawtf No- 170- Dhlria if Pennfylvaitia, to wit. ° f BE it remembered, that on the 14th day of January in the tv/enty-fii Ity ar of independence of the United States of America, John Thompson of the said diftnct, hath dcpofited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following „ to wit n • • ft. " A Comparative View ef the Conuitutions 01 the several States with each other, ane! with that of the United Statts, exhibiting in tables the prominent Matures TS of each Constitution, and classing together their moil important provisions under the several heads of adnun'f- tv tration : with notes and observations. By William omith a of South-Carolina, u. n. and member of the Coigrefs t0 of the United States." 1 In conformity to the adt of the Coagrefs of the United States, intituled " An Aift for the encouragement of learning by securing the cooica of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during tha timis therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of theDiftrid e{ Pcnnfylvania Feb. J. » w 3_ DANCING TAB GUT BT MRS. B r R N, Of the New Theatre, To Ladies only.' THINKING it a great advantage for them to have a Fern,tie Tutor ill that art, pledges herfelf to their par ents and friends to take allpoflible care in their inftmciion. In addition to the Dances taught in Philadelphia, means to teach the Minuet, Minuet Je la Cour, Allcmand, Gs- ( vot, Quadrilles, Strathspeys, and all Scotch Dances ; and above ail to' pay particnlar attention to that very naceflury v ittPoHtcAJJr.fs. For particulars enquire ps Mrs. Byrn, n j No- 7onorthEigHth-ftreet. Februiy6 ajwftf Samuel Richardet RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEEHOUSE in the city of Philadelphia; The Subscription Room will be furmfhed with all the > daily papers publiftiedin Philadelphia, New-York, Bos ton, Baltimore, togother with thole of the principal com mercial cities of Europe—They will We regularly h'led j f and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, IceCreams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refrelhmentSj t will «t all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with 3 the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most 3 approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. 3 The Larder will beTupplied with the priqae and oarlieft 5 productions of the Season. 3 Large and small Farties, or iingleGentlemen, may be 3 accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at 3 hours most convenient to themselves—-a cold Collation is 3 regularly kept for conyemcncy, the Sill of Fare te be had 3 at ths bar. 3 The Lodging Rooms will be completely furniihjd, and the utmolt attention pa'uitn rteinlinefs, and every other t> requisite. ; - SiMtrEj. Richar&kt will behappyto receive, and 3 execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at ~ krge; and with tgratitude for their favours, he pledges himlelf that nothing oil his part lhall be wanting »o pre , fcrvc that patronage with which he has been so difcitiguilh -0 ingly honored. ij Philadelphia, April 19. mwf 1C Frejb Garden, Grass and Flower-Seeds, f. Roots, hfc. &c. 1, This day binding from the Ihip Eagle, captain Fofdick, from London, ; And FOR SALE by GOLD THWAIT & MOORE, Corner of Walnut and Second-streets, le A moll capital and sxtenjive AJfortment of <■ GARDEN, GRASS aad FLOWER-SEEDS, '*• ROOTS, See. &c. Among which are, Fi*e kinds Afparagtisj Tfirei kicda Crefles *. Four Berecole Twelve Onion 1 Twenty-five Beans| Thirteen Radish Six ' Beets Fifteen Turnip Eleven Brocoli Fi'fteiß Peas Twenty-si* Cabbage Six Savoy Si* Carrot Four Parfnin Three Cauliflower Twenty-three Melon Five Celery Twenty-one Lettuce -a Teg Cucumber in Common and lemon Thyme Curled leaf and sprigged Parsley Or Pot Marygold Pot Marjorum :s, Balsa Thyme Mangel Wurtzel re Leek Kail Shallo-a vn Rape Seed Rye Grass Saint Foin Lucern* ■v- Red and white Clover Timothy, &c. &c. or With a curious -colleiSion of the most esteemed FLOWER-SEEDS and ROOTS, Being the most extensive ever imported into this city. '■ ■ The above are from a capital Seedsman in London, and are warranted frefh and good. Printed catalogues may be had by applying as above- Dec. 17 5 in Washington Lottery. TIGKETS, warranted undrawn, may bffpurchafed or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147, Chefnut (>reet, where a corr*& Numerical Book is kept for public infpedlion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for fait or ex changed for prizes di awe in the Walhington Lottery, of which the ,54th and sjth days returns ar* received. :at :0* The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. ir y January 12. ttstf :et Insurance Company of the State of at, Pennfyivjmia. to- OTICE is hereby given, that the directors have 4e 'en i\ clared a dividend of thirty dollars per lhare, on "fe he bufmefs of the last fix months : which will be paid to ars he Ilockholders or their legal after the e fc loth instant. a I SAM. W. FISHFR, Sic'v 4, Philadelphia, Feb. >d, 1797. dtioth. S , Bank of Pennfylvanra, • hc . , . January 4, 1797. in( j At a meeting of the Diredlors th's day, a dividend of !, n _ sixteen dollars on each (hare was declared for the last the ® mont hs, which will be paid to the Stockholders af ter the 14th inft. JONATHAN SMITH, Calhier. J*n. 3. dtf. iT> NOTICE. r HE Sales "f LANDS of tfie United Statts, in the iS. r orth-VVtftei-n foiirory, heretofore advertiled in the several public papers, will commence this even ing, aHhe City Tavern to be continued from day to day, 'till the tenth of February next, if not foorier fold. ' iSH fanuary 4 9 _ Pennsylvania Population Company. NOTICE is hereby giver., to such Share-holders as hava ijot paid their aiTuffments on theirihares—te pay the fame immediately to the Secretary of the Compa ny, at the Company's Office, No. 53 north tfouith-ftreet, Philadelphia. 1 hey are further informed, that in default of paying the fame within .thirty days from the 4th of Fe- x bruary, raftanr, the several forfeitures will be ftricSlly ex ailed, in conformity to the 11 ft article of association. By order of the Board, SOL. Secretary Feb, 2. 4— ii° Washington Canal Lottery, NO. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorifa4 the underwritten, to raise, twenty-fix thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of .Washington, frOAi th I*»] tomacto theEaftern Branch Haruour. The following-is the SCHEME of No.!. Via -I Prize of ao,ooo dollars, 10,000 1 I ditto 10,000 10,000 TlSlS 1 } ' 6 ditto 1,000 <j,ooo IO ditto 400 4,000 t 20 ditto 100 »,000 55 dittp 50 2,750 5750 ditto 12 69,008 To be raised for tha Caeal, 26,150 5850 Prizes, *75,000 11650 Blanks, not twof.o a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 The Commiflioners have taken the Securities re quired by the aforefaid aifl for the pnnitual payment of the prizes. The drawing as 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 th« drawing is fniifhed, shall be conflderrd as relinquilhed for the benefit ef the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed J NGTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, o/D. LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M.DUNCANSON,' THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. I City of WathiDglon, Feb. 11. § A PARCEL OF V£RY FINE St. Croix Sugars and Rum, JAMAICA SPIRITS, and LAGUIji-A HIDES, for Sale by FA. 7.—JAMES YARD. 70 BE SOLD, ~ ThtTimeof a smart, afiive, young Negro Wench, BETWEEN 13 and 14 years of age, andjuft had the fmaU [ For terms, apply at Mr, WILLIAM BAXfERs, ia . iouth Front-stre e t, N0.'312, below Almond-street. " " 1 A Quantity of Brandy, i FIRST & »d proof, Gin, of 4th proof, in pipes Jamaica Spirits, 4th proof, in Hhds Old Hock, in cases of 40 dozen each Glass Tumblers, in pints and half-joints Window Glass, in boxes, of different lize« , Hazlentite, in sacks Whiting Jc Spauifti Brown J For Sale by PETER BLIGHT. January 4 This Day is Published, By BIOREN 59* MADAN, at their Printing Office, No. 77, Doek-ftreet, and fold by the principal Bookfeilers iu this City. , The American Annual Register ; 1 Or historical Memoirs of the United States, for the h Year 1796. p No. 167. v lS Difirifl of Ptnnfylvania t to icit : Y Be it remeiribered, that on the 19th day of January " in the Twenty-firft year of the Independence of the n United States of America, Bioren & Madan of the £iid C difki& have depofifed in this Office the tide of a Book the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors in the words following to wit: " The American Annual Register, or Historical " Memoirs of the United States, for the year 1796. In conformity to the aif} of the Congress of the United States entituled " All z6i for the encourage ment of learning by securing the cepies of Map% Chart# and Books, to the authors and proprietors of f»ch copies during the time therein mentioned." Samuel Caldwell, ic j Clerk Pennsylvania Diltrift. January 2s, v iaw4 PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of Academy, in Somerset County, and State of Maryland, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, )r That the ofljjice of Principal Teacher in the laid school Jif t- vacant. i c A GENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and x _ Xl Latin'Cladics, C-eography, and the Mathematics, with 0 f such other branches of literature as are usually taught in fueh Cchools, would meet with liberal cneouragement, and, it is believed, would obtain a very eligible settlement. For the pre teat, the Trustees would We willing to contract with a p<*r» Ton capable of taking charge of a Grammar School. , ~Z. Asthis Institution is provided with buildings fufiicient to )i accommodate the principal and his from feveniy ~ , t® eighty boysj; ajibrary, auexcellent philoiophical ana ma thematical apparatus, globes, maps, See; has refpe&able f* fund.s, and is situated iu a plentiful and agreeable part of the country ; nothing ieems wanting to make it rank among the to mofl ufeful femin&ries in fhis part of the Uriion, butafuuable , ae chara&er to pitfide in it. Proposals may be addrefled to the fubferiber, in Princcfs- Anne, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to Do&or Martin L Haynie, No. 83, north Third-street, Pnila w delphia, or to the Pi inter hereof. EZEKIEL HAYNIE. January 20. Feb. 7. tu&fSw Of . ~'m "i ■ ■ " ■ ■■ ■ if 1 PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO —No. 119 — CH E SHUT-STREET. [Pricc Eight Dollars ]?«r Annum,]
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