Lancajler, Uarrijburgh, Cttrlijle, Sbtp ■penjburg and Sun bury STAGE S. , The public are requcfled to tak~ notice r that the.part ncrlhip which' has for some time, f # led betweou Mathi v*• a*> Slough of Lancaster, and Williai.i Geer, is now diflol vcd . hat, not as M. Sjough insinuates to the public withont just cause ; as will more fully-appear by a letter on the fubje(st from M. Slough t® W. Geer, dated the 29th December lall, a recital of which is not now deemed , neceflary. Auy gentleman who wishes to be more cir cumflantially informed of the merits of this business, by applying to W. Geer may have the perusal c>f M. Slough's letur, and then can be at full liberty to determine whe ther or not W. Geer is not perfe&ly juftifiabie in attach ing himfelf to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippenlburg, or ajjy other place. Now from tbe liberal and generousfupport the public were pieafed to confer 0:1 the firft effort in this bulinefs, "William Geer, in conjunction with Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, attention anddifpatch that a zeal to o blige the public can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to ren<icr the passage fafe and commodious, inform thofa who wish to patronize and encourage the undertaking, th?.t they can take their feats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrilburg, Carlisle and Shippenfburg. The fare as hitherto eifcablifted. For thtf/further accommodation of the public, a Stage will {tart every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrifburg, arrive at Sunbury in Northumber land county, every Thursday, and return from the«ce and arrive at Harrifburg every Saturday, so that passengers deftjned for Lancaftcr or Philadelphia, may proceed on Mondays. WILLIAM GEER.- Lancafler, Jan. «7, 1797. N. B This Line of Stages ftartd from the house of William Ferree, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Sa-v turd ay morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrifburg every Wednesday morning, on the fame evening arrives at Patrick Cochran's in Shippenfburg, and returns fr®m thence on every Thursday : performing} the fame routine daily as in its tour from Philadelphia. mwf Brokers Office, and COMMISSION STORE. No. 63 SouthThirdftnset.oppofitethenatiorral new Bank' SAMUEL M FRAUNCES and JOHN VAN have entered into co-partner(hip, under the firm of FRAUNCES & VAN REED, in the business of Brokers, Conveyancers and Commiiiion merchants. # 'l'hey buy and fell on commission every species of Hock, notes of hand, tills of exchange, honfes and lands, &c. Money procured on deposits, &c. &c. all kinds cf writings in the conveyancing line, done with neatnefsand riifj>atch ; accounts adjured, and books fettled, in the mofl correct manner. Constant attendance will 'be given. They solicit a fliare of the public favor ; chey ire deter mined to endeavour to deserve it. N. B. The utmost l'ecrecy observed. SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, JOHN VAN REED. Philad. August 27, 1796. m&wtf Washington Canal Lottery, No. I. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorifac! the underwritten, to raise twenty-fix thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Walhingtou, fro.-. 1 th Po tomac to theEaftern Brafich Haruour. The follQv/ing is the SCHEME of No. I. Via --1 Prize ot 10,000 dollars, 10,000 I ditto 10,000 10,000 7 lad drawn") Tickets,each j S ' OS ° 3J,000 A 6 ditto 1,000 • 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,000 ao ditto 100, 4,000 55 ditto 50 1,750 j7jo ditto 11 60,008 To be raised tor th« Canal, 36,15s 5850 Prizes, 175,000 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 p- The Commilfioners have taken the Securities re quired by the aforefaid a<st for tkc punAual payment ol the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as tfee Tickets are fold, of which timely -ndtice will be given. Such prize* as are not demanded in fix months after tht drawing is finifhed, (hall be confidcred as relinquifhed,f< - sthe benefit »f the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. ' (Signed j NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, o/D ■ > LEWIS DE3LOIS, GEORGE WALKER, W m . M. DUNC ANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Wafhipjp.on, Feb. n. $ FOR SALE, About 1,600 acres of Land; * V\ ELL situated, laying on' and between Marlh and Beech Cracks, Mifflin county, Pennfyivania, in four separate Patents. For terms ot lale apply to Wm, Blackburn, No. 64, South Second-ftrtet January sfc. mwftf J {PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trustees of : Washington Academy, in Somcrfet County, and State of Maryland, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the office of Principal Teacher in the laid school Jis vacant. A GENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and Latin Claflies. Geography, and the Mathematics, with such othef branches of literature as are usually taught in such schools, would meet with liberal eneouragemcnt, and, it is believed, would obtain a very eligible settlement. For the prefeot, the Trufiees would be willing to contract with a per son capable of taking charge of a Grammar S hool. Asthis Institution is provided with building* fufficient to accommodate the principal and his family, and from seventy to eighty boy«[; a lib Vary, auexcellent philofophicil and ma thematical apparatus, globes, maps, &c.; h: * refpe&ablc funds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the countfy ; nothing fcero.; v. anting to make it rank among the xnofl ufeful ferrr naries in this part of the Union, but a suitable chara&er to preside in it. Proposals may be addrefTed to the fubfcri&er, in Princess- Anne, in the neighborhood of thq Academy, or to Doctor •Martin L Haynie, No. 83, north Phila dtlplna, or to ilie Printer horeot. EZEKIEL HAYNIE. January 20. Feb. 7. tu&lßw A Woman Cook, can be well recommended, may hear of a good place by enquiring of the Printer. February 17. TlhS^w. PROPOSALS, ' ' For carrying the Mails of rhe Un/ted States, On the following Pojl Roads, will he rectived until the firjl day of March next inclujive : 1. From Charleston, J§. C. by Jackfonboro' and Coofa hatchy, 10 SaVanran, twice a week. Receive the Mml at Charlafton every Tueiday and Friday by 6, P. M. and deliver it at Savannah the next Friday and Monday, by o A. M. Returning, receive the Mail at Savannah eve y Saturday, by 6, P.M- and Wednesday by 6, A. M. and deliver it at Charleston the next Tuesday aftd Friday by noon. Proposals for ibis route •will be received by the pbfirmajier at Savannah. 2. FromCooTahatchy to Beaufort once a week— Receive the mail at Coofahatchy every Thursday by 6, p. m. and deliver it at Beaufort by noon on Friday. Re turning, leave Beaufort every Friday by 3, p. M.and arrive at Coofahatchy on Saturday by 8, a. m. Proposals for carrying the mail on this route will be re ceived by the poit-mafter at Beaufort. Note 1. The Post-master General may alter the times for the arrival and departure of the mails at any time da ring the continuance of the contra&s, he previouflyflipu lating an adequate compensation for any exua expence chat may be occafioncd thereby. Note 1. For every hours delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed by cqii tra<sl, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if th" delay continue until the departure of any depending mail an additional forfeituis of five dollars (hall be incurred. Note 3j. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above fpe cified, he must (late the alteration desired aad the pri .! *# he will carry the mail for with and witkuut Jfuch alte ration. Note 4. Tiie contra As are te be in operation on the firft day of April next and to continue until the 30th of in the year ißbo. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Pojl MjJler General. General Post Office, > Philadelphia, Jan. 13,1797.3 16. * 2aw6w. _____ TAUGHT BY MRS. B r R N, i Of the New Theatre, To Ladies only. THINKING it a great advantage for thefti to have Ja | Female Tutor in that art, pledges herfelf t© their par- ! ents and friends to take allpbflible care in their inftrudtion.' 1 In addition to the Dances taught in Philadelphia, means ' to teach the Minuet, Minuet de la C'our, Aliemand, Ga- : vot, Quadrilles, Strathspeys, and all Scotch Dances ; and above all to pay particnlar attention to that very necefLry ' part Polite Addjefs. For particulars enquire-of Mrs. Byrn, No* 70 north Eighth-street. Februry6 mwftf By Authority. Scbuyiidll Bridge Lottery. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. 64, South SecondJlrret. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, For raising Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Aft of the Legislature ot Pennfylvaeia, palled during the lalt fellion, tor building a Stone Bridge over the Rivei Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, ib the County of Berks. Dollars, t Prize of 20,000 Dollars - 20,000 1 do. of i©,ooo do, • • 10, coo 3 do. of 5,000 do. - 15,000 4 do. 1 of 2,000 do. . . 8,000 so do. of 1,000 do. ... 20,000 39 do. of 500 do. - . 19*50° 80 do. of 200 do. ... i6,cco £OO do. of 100 do. - 20,000 300 do. of 50 do. - . 15,000 i do, of 500 do. to be paid the poflfef- ) (of t the firft drawn uo. ) 5 dcu of 3,000 do. to be paid possessors ) of the five last drawn uog J l s» c 9,400 do. o 15 do. : - 141,000 10,054 Prizes 500,000 19,946 Blanks 30,000 Tickets at Ten Dollars 300,000 All Prizes fliali be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finifhed, upon the demand of a pofleflor of a fortunate licket, fubjeft to a dedu&ion of twenty per cent. The Drawing will commence as foomas the Tickets are difpoftd of, or perhaps sooner. of which public notice will be given. Philip Miller, Peter Ktrjhner, William IVitman, Jttfeph Hiejier, James Dinner, Thomas Dundus, James May, John Otto, John Ke'tm, Daniel Craej), §ebaj)i*x Miller, Commissioners. Reading, May the 9th, 1796. Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. i, to be had at the above office, where the earl it ft information of the draw ing of the Walhington No. a, and Patteriin Lottery's, are received, and checkbooks for examination and regjf teriifgare kept. Tickets in the above Lottery to bs had at Mr, Sheri dan's Race-ltrset, John Hay, North Tlurd-ftrect apd Henry German Town. January 26 lawti Lottery and Broker's Office, No. 64, South Second street. TCKETS in the Canal Lottery, No. N 2, for fait—a Check Book for examination —and prizes paid in the late lottery. Check Books kept for examination and refiftering,.for | the Ciry of Wafhingtou, No. 2, and Pattcfon Lotteries, both of which are now drawing—information where tickets are 10 be had, and prizes exchanged for undrawn tickets. A complete lift ef 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 and his friends, who wish to purchase or fell Baak Stock, Certificates, Bills of Exchange or Notes, Houses, Landj, &c. or to obtain money on deposit of property. %* Also Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery for sale at Ten I)ollEr6 each, which will be drawn early in the Spring. J'lvk. Blackburn. Philadelphia, January a 6, 1797. . mth Peter Borger, No. 129 Mulberry-Slrtti, \ HAS imported by th« brig Tiyal, captain Robert Knox, and the Good Friends captain Smith, from Hautburg, 7000 Empty French bottles, 200 do demijohns, 246 do. filled with beans and lentils, 100 Hand Engines, 100 Pi. Plaiillas, *_ 2co While Rolls— ALSO Several boxes with decanters and tumblers, half pint, pint and quarts—one invoice toys—containing fnuf£-boxcs, looking-gbffes, &c. 100,000 Quills of different qualities, 150 Boxes Window Glass, 7-9 9-11 11-12. ON HAND 10 Q r * Casks Sherry Wine, 4 do. Brandy, 200 Calcs betk Holland Gin, 200 Boxes Red Wine, containing i( bottles each, One bale of Flannels assorted ,* and 30 P s « Cloth, Frelh Prunes in boxes and barrels. February > tu & fr PGR SALE, BY ' . J Philip Nick!in & Co. rsr; *" 3 } r*s j 7 Tubs Quickfilyi:r a Chests Bandanno Handkerchiefs A few chests Mancliefltf Goods, well assorted in Cor duroys, Thicksets, Ginghams, Muflinets, Dimities, See. 3 Trunks black Sewing :iillc 180 Crates Queen's Wa>e, welt affortfd xo Tons Sheet Leaf! Nails assorted flat and (harp points London Partiular 7 Madeira wine«in pipes and hogs- India Market j heads 40 Fif* and 10 Hoglheads Teneriffe Winp IO Hoglkcads chaice Port Wine 7 Tierces Snake-Root 26 Calks y.liaw Paint 9 Boxes and 12 Bundles writing Slates. I Box Ink Stands and Note Presses x 14 Bales Sr.il Canvass assorted, No. I to 8 February 11. mw&ftf £ N D I N G, , A T Walnut-street wlvirf, from on board the Ihip Peg- X 1 gy, captain Elliott, from Boardeaux, ViN DL GR.'.VE, or White Claret, in Hhds and Qr. Calks R2D CLARET, iu Hlids Ditto in cases of 24 and 30 bottles each Green and Soudiong TEAS, in quarter chests - For sale by / Rundle Leech, Nn. 9 Walnut.street. February 6 mwftf 20 Guineas Reward. RUNAWAY froai the fubferiber on the 23d OSobor, a Dark MIJLATI'O BOY, named n years old; about 5 feet 8 inches high-; had 011 a mked grecti' ccat, with a green velvet cape and oval yellow buujno; a flriped vest ; a pair of dark jpotted pantaloons, and whole boots, ntuch worn. It is probable he Ir.ay change his name and dress. He ha 9 been accuftoincJ to driving a carriage, arid waiting. The- above reward will be paid for securing him so that the fubferihsr may get him again, and if brought jjonic all rcafonable charges paid by Robins Chamberlai/td. Eafton* Maryland, Nov. to. 14 A Jmaa , wtf The Subscriber INFORMS the Public, that he manufactures ana has on iL hand tor fa\f . a very general aflortnient Saddles, Bridles, Harness and Trunks, As usual, also, PIRL BUCKETS of an excellent quality all which he will dispose of on moderate terms at No' 88 Chefnut street, Philadelplija^ JVILLIAJk JONES. Fcbruaiy 17 . fm&w 3 w Will be fold, On Wednesday, the 2id day of February, inflant, At the Merchants'Coffee-Houfe, At 12 o'clock., noori^ A Lot, or Piece of Ground, Containing 11 acres aud 100 perches, situate near the Blue Ball Tavern, on the Paffyunk road, four miles from the city of Philadelphia. This Lot commands a view of the riversDelawarc and Schuylkill, is nearly inclos ed witli a good cedar post and rail fence, and has a never failing spring of frelh water riling in it—One acre of which is good bottom meadow—adjoining lands of Willi am Bingham, El'q. Jacob Sink, and others. The terms of sale, one fifth part in ten days after the day of sale, when immediate poffeflion will be the reiidue in payments agreeable to the purchal'er, on paying legal in tcrelt therefor, and giving security for the fame, if re quired. An mdifputable title will be given, upon mak ing the firft payment as aforefaid. A Draft of said Lot may be Xeen at the Merchants' Coffec-Houfe, and at the office of Alexander l ower, No. 145 Chcfaut-ftreet, where further information may be had. Philadelphia, February 14 §taa Davis's Law Book-store No. 313, HIGH--SI.REET. GEORGE DAVIS announce* to his proteflional friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally,' through the Union, that his lajfcimportation 6f BOOKS is now arrAiig ed, and ready for Sale, from a tingle volume to an entire li brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding low prices, which for leveral paifc have in so dntiuguifned a manner recommended them to notice . Printed Catalogues combining the extei live collec tion cf the latest ana J nib Editions ever imported into this country, are pwblilhcd, and will be aelivered giauii on application. Orders add re fled to G. D. in writing froxn any distance shall be pundiually attended to. A number of 1 RUNKS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient LOs Market Street Whajt. tu&f^w WalLingtou Lottery. TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be pur chafed or exchanged for prizes, at the Qrticc, No. 147, Chdhut ftreet, where z. corretil Numerical Book is kept for publi; infpedlion. Alio Canal JLottery Tickets for sale «r ex changed for prizes diaww in the Washington Lottery, of which the 60th and 6lit days returns are received. «JT The Business of a Broker carried on as usual. January n. ttstf This Day is Pubjifhed, JtY Mess* Dobfon, Carey, Campbell, Kice, and the otTiei Bo.il.fellers, price One Dollar and twenty-live cents, elegant ly printed on woye paper, and hot-preived, b) John Thump fon, A COMPARATIVE -VIEW OF The CONSTITUTIONS of the fcvtralStates, With each other, and with that of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of eaoh Con stitution, and clafftng together their molt important pro-' vifiorts, under the several heads of 'administration ; with Notes and Observations. By William Smith, of South ( aronna, 1. L. D and nuuiber of tlte Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. N. IS. A few Copies printed-on an inferior paper, at 3-4thsuf a dallar. February 6 mwf For Sale, " By George Defchamps, No. 91, NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels and half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. Srttoaked Herring in barrels and keg< Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or single one Dry Cedfilh, from one to fifty kentals Fine and coarse Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, in the stone and ground, for manure and stucco-work December i tthfef To be fold, The time of a Mulatto Girl, WHO has to years to serve, and is now about 17 years old. She is a hearty, llrong gill, and can have the belt of recommendations from her owner, Apply »! N'o. no LV.on-ftreet, next to the comer of 4th " r - 4t - Febtuar* IS ft & t^t Canal Lottery, No. II Scheme of a Lottery, authorized bv ji,\a ' ■ , "Anad to enable the Prefide*t and Mam cn " t,e 4 Schuylkill and Sufq ue ha\ ', navigation . way of Lottery, the film T F our Hundred Th f Dollars, for the purpose of completing the works in their acts of incorporation mentioned." I Prize of twenty thousand dollars I of ten thousand dollars, ' , 3> S of four thousand dollars each t 10,090 be paid to the pofleiTors of the five numbers firft out. of the wheel on the lift day s drawing, at which time there (ball not be Icis than 500 numbers undrawn, 10 ooa 10 of two thousand dollars each, , ' 20 of one thousand dollars cach» 43 "f five hundred dollars each, iiT° 100 of two hundred dollars each, ,' 500 100 of one hundred dollars each, 03 2zo of" fifty dollars each, : t °' oaa 29,500 of fiye dollars each, ' oo ® ' 1 47>509 30,000 Tickets at tea dollars each, ~ 30^009 Six dollars for each ticket will only be the tune of sale. v All prizes shall be paid ten-days after the drawine i« fimihed, upon the demand ol ;hc pofiefTorof a fortunate ticket, subject to a deduaion of fifteen per cent. Such prizes as are not demanded within ,1 month, after the . Drawmg is finilhed of whic/ public notice will be given, (hall be conhdercd a» reliiiouiihed i or the life of the Canal and applied accordingly. At a mesting of the l'refident and Managers of the Schuylkill and Stifquehanna Canal Navigation— and the President «d Managers of the Delaware and bchuylkili Canal, Relolv.dThatJoleph Ball, John Steinmctz, Stan. difti Fordc, Francis Well,. James M'Crea, John Mil ler, junr. and Willi,im Montgomery be a committee to arrange and direA . the mode of dil'pofim- of the tickets ; which committee (hall deposit the money in Bank, to be carried to the credit of an Jcount to be o. ' pened for the Lotrery. At a meeting of thq Canal Board, held January 16, '97 ktfolved, '1 bat the committee for conducting the Lottery be directed to commence {he .drawin.- cn th<- t fjrit day of March next. ExtraiS from the minutes, Wm. M. Smith, Secretary. Jofepb Ball, jobn Sisinmelz, Siandifh Forde, | FrancTs Wejl, Manageri. 'fumes M'Crea, ' Johu Miller, jun. IVilliam "Montgomery, Jan. 28. th&f.tf City of Washington. Scheme of the No* 11, for the improvement of the Federal City. A magnificent ) 20,000 dollars, Sc} . dwcliing-houfe, 5 cafll 305000, are ) s® ; o° Q i ditto 15,000 Sc. cask 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 Sc cafn 15,000 ,30,000 1 ditto 10,000 Sc caih 10,000 20,000 x ditto 5,000 Sc eafti 5,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,c00 Sc cash 5,000 10,000 j 1 ca(h prize of lo,(^ad a do. 5,000 each, are • 10,000 • so do. 1,000 ' - - 10,000 30 do. 500 - - 00 do. 100 - - 10,000 200 do. 50 - • i o,ooa 400 do. 45 - 10,000 5,000 So. 20 - 26,000 15,00© do. xo - ifo,ooo 16,739 Prizes. 33,261 ftlanks. 50,600 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of TickdtSj .he prize of 40,000 dollars Will be the l drawa ticket, and the 30,000 the last but one : Aud approved notes, feouring payment in either morwy or prizes, in ten alter drawing, willie received for any numbcrnot less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an fpccimen of the pr> vate buildings to be ert&ed in the City of Wafhingron — Two .beautiful dcfigns are already felecfied for the entire Iroutvon two of the public squares; from these prawings it ispropofed to ereel two centre aud four comer buildings, as fpon as poflible after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the niannerdefcribed in the scheme for thfc Hotel Lottery. A nett deduction of five per cent, will be made to defray the neceuary expenses of printing, the turpi us Will be made a part of the fund intended for the National Ueiverfifcy, ta be creeled within the city of Waftington. J'hereal securities given for the payment of are held by the President and two Directors <sf the Bank cf Colombia, and are valued at more half the a mount oi the lottery. SAMUEL ELODGET. Tickets may he had at the Bank of Colombia ; of James Weft BlCo. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boflon ; of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Well* Cooper's Ferry. eo Will be Sold, by Public Vendue, On the gth of March next, A PLANTATION, IN Ridley tovvnlhip, Delaware county, state ol Penn sylvania, eleven miles from Philadelphia, anJ onefron} the great road leading*thence to Cheiler ; containing out hundred and twenty-three acres, twenty-three oi whick are woocijand, and eighteen meadow. On the premiie* there are, a dwelling-house, barn, and other oyt-houfes, in good repair ; a good fpringof water close to the houle, und a fine ilream of water runs through the prtmiiea; by which pa*t of(the meadow is watered, &c. ALiO, On the fame day, the stock on the said farm ; confid ing of horfes,-cows, (heep,.hogs, ;&c. A cart, plough, harrow, and other farming utcnfils ; aifo a large coppcr ili 1, with the household and kitchen furniture, among which are beds and bedding, an eight day clock, ana ma ny other articles too tedious to mention. Thefale to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon, where the conditions will be made known, and attendance given on the premife§, by CUR'TIS LIiJVIS. Ridley, February 13 *4 —tthi tM9 Partnerihip dilTolved. TH-IS is to notify the Publie, and all persons concerned, that the Partnerihip of BLACK 55" "WELLS, ers in DryCoods, wasdiiTolvedthe firfl of January lait. ROBERT 2JLACK. Philadelphia, February 14, 1797 1 -3 W PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO " —No. 1'9 — CHESSU T-S TK B E T. Il'rirc Eight Dollars p«r Annum.;
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