Head of Chejlcty Qveen /tint's C unty, (Maryland) February 17, 1797* fHIS Day, the Partnership «f ANDREW M'CASK £Y and Company having dissolved by mutual con- 1 sent, those who have any demands againftfaid Firm, are si defir«d to call onfaid M'Cafkey for.fejttlcment, wHojeap-, -painted to fettle said coneern. Feb. as—wf&mjt Washington Canal Lottery, v N«.»l. f WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorifsd the underwritten, to raise twenty-fix thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollar#, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City ef Washington, frosi th Po tomac to tTieEaftern Branch Harbour. i The following is the SCHEME of No. I. Viz -.1 Prize of 10,000 dollars, 10,000 1 ditto 10,000 jo.qoo 1 6 ditto 1,000 _ 6,000 10 ditto 400 4,00s 10 ditto 100 1/300 $5 ditto .50 1 \ 5750 ditto xi 69,008 | To be rsifed for th* Canal, 16,153 58so Prizes, 175,000 T1650 Blar.ks, not two to a prize. T7500 Tickets, atTen Dollars, - 175,000 i? The Comn.itHoners have taken the Securities re I quired by the aforefaid aft for the pun£lual payment oi the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will c.rpmence, without delay, as f. , Asthislnllitution is piovided with fufficient to accommodate the principalar.d his family, and from seven y | to eighty a Jibrary, an excellent philosophical and ma thcmatical apparafiu, globes, maps, &c; has refpeaablc. finds, and is situated in a plentiful and agreeable part of the ! country ; nothing Teems wanting to make it rank among the . moll ufeful seminaries in this part of the Union, but a luitablc charafter to piefide in it. . j Proposals may be addressed to the fubfenber, in Pi incefs- Anne, in the neighborhood of the Academy, or to P''c' or Martin L Haymie, No. 83, north Tbird-ftreet, detphia, oriothe P.inter h«eof. January 10. .Feb. 7. tu&f3w Davis's Law Book-store. No. 313, HIGH-STREET. CEORGE DAVIS aanounces to his proieffional friends, and the Gentlemen of the Law, generally, through Ac Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is now arrang ed, and ready for Sale, from a Angle volume to an entire li brary, without any advance upon his former exceeding lov* prices, which forfeveial ytart pa& have in so dillinguiiheil a manner recommended them to notice. Printed Catalogues combining the m«ft e>ten(vve collec tion cf the latest Englilh and Iriih Editions ever imported into this country, are.pablilhed, and wiil be delivered g*awi? J on application. to G. D. in writing fyom any Ihallbe pun£lually attended t«» A number of TRUNKS for Sale* ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient J.OFT, near Market Street Wharf. ov.B. tu&f3K? ' 1 1 By Authority. Schuylkill Bridge Lottery,. Sold by WILLIAM BLACKBURN, No. €4, South Second flreet. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, For railing Sixty Thousand Dollars, agreeably to an Aft o( the Legislature of Pennfylvasiia, patfed duijng the la(i . fcflion, for building a Stone Bridge ovei the River Schuylkill, at the Borough of Reading, i? tlje County ot "Berks. Dollars. 1 Prize of 20 000 Dollars - 20,000 1 do. of t©,oc® do. - 10,000 3 do. of 5,000 do. p *5,000 4 do. of 2,000 do. - - 8,000 so dc-*i of 1,000 do. ... ao*>oo 39 do. of 500 do. r . i9>SOC 80 do. of 200 do. . - . »§,occ 200 do. of 100 do. v - . . ao,ooo 300 do. of 50 do. - - ' i^j«oo j of 500 do. to be paid the podeft > for f the firft drawn no.) 5 1 5 do< of 3, poo do. to be paid poflTeffors ? of the five laii drawn aios { 2 9,400 do. o 15 do, i - 141,000 j0,054 Prizes 300,000 i Blank® r— f 30,000 Tickets at Ten DcHan 300,000 All Prizesiball be paid fifteen days after the drawing is finifhed, upon the demand of a poffeflor of a fortunate picket, fubjett to a deduftion of twenty per cent. The j Drawing will commence as foon-as the Tickets are difppfrd .of, or perhaps sooner. of which,public notice will be gi^i. Y Philip Miller, Peter Kerjhner, William IVitman, Joseph Hiejler y J styes Diemer, Tho* \s T)undas % t James May, John Otto, John Keim, Laniel Graejf> 1 Sebajlian Miller 9 CommIS3IONERJS. s Reading, May the,9th, 1796. * Tickets in the Canal Lottery, No. 1, to be had at the above office, where the earli«ft information of the dra>v- ing of the Washington No. 2, and Patterfon Lottery's, r are received, and checkbooks for examination and. regif teringare kept. t dan's Race-street, John Hay, NortJi Third-street and 8 Henry Sw.yer's,.German Town. January l(> aawtf Lflncajler, Harrijburgh, Carlijle, Ship penjburg and Sunbury STAGE S. ' The public are requeued to take notice, that the part nership which has for some time fubfifled betweaii Mathi aj Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is now diflol ved . but, not as M. Slough insinuates to the public without just cause ; as will more fully appear by a latter on the fubjeft from M. Slough t® \V. Geer,. dated the 29th December last a recital of which i> sot now deemed necefTary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more cir cumstantially informed of the merits of this bujinefs, by applying to W. Geer may have the perusal of M.«3loujjh's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whe ther t»oot W. Geer is not perfeilly juftifiable in attach ing himfelfto any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyance' from .Philadelphia to Shippenfburg, or any otlftr place. Now from the liberal and generous support the public were plealVd to confer on the firfl effort in this business, V! illiam Geer, in conjun" the name $f C H a T H A M, MOST deHghtfylly situated on the north bank of Rap- ] /tj pahanock river, opposite the town of FrederickAurg, in the ttate of Virginia, confilling of eleven or fifteen hun' ( dred acres, as may bell fait the purchaser. There is on ~ o f this estate, a large and well built brick house, containng ; and nine commodious rooms, exclusive of a spacious hall or en try, el feet fauare, two pair of flairs, fu it able and conven- , ient passages, and excellent dry cellars. It is placed on a 301 Jis fine healthy eminence, commanding beautiful views m every dire&ion over the towns of Frederickfburgh and k and and an extensive cultivated country.—The with pounds adjoining the house are neatly laid out in pleaf i such ure En( j kitchen gardens inferfperfed with a variety of is fcarcetrees, a choice colle&ion of flower, and flowering '^ e (hrubs and enriched by various forts of tha follow ing s P"' fruits, viz apples, pears, walnuts, clfcfnuts, cherries,peach es, plumbs, neAarir.es, apricots, grapes, si£4, rafbernes, . " rc t0 eoofeberries, ftrawbefries, and currants; the whele admi :,VC"ly r.ihly varied by turfed flop.es which have been formed by ■ftnMe great labour and expense. JJordering upan these im [)f . ; K . pr.ovemeats,arcfeveral lots, iu a highltate of cultivation, ng the and Well set with red clover and orchard grass, from litable which three heavy crops of hay are taken every year. Ad jacent thereto are two large and' flourilhing orchards; one incefs- dwell cinjfen peach trees, th« other of apple and pear >>aor tress, fclededfrom the bell nurseries in the ftai.e. Pro- Phi la- pcrly detached from the mansion house Jre extensive roomy offices of every denomination, viz a Kir.oheu and 'IE. Larder,feoufe-kecper's room and L»undry, with a cellar 3w underneath for a variety of purposes, a ftorc-1 onfe and (moke house all of biick, a dairy and spring liouffc of ftonc. Stables for.thirty herfes, and -coaeh houses for -four car riages: Alfoalarge and well planned farm vli h barn and granary, a cow lioufe, with {eparate ,l"tail» for riends, thirty-six /.rown cattle} apartments for fattening veals. - t,!C muttons and kmbs ; eatenfiveJheds for flieep, and other 'tfang- arraignments for stock (if every defcriptioH, with a large ut( j and convenient receptable for provender, from whieh they fhed'a c » n be furniihed without being exposed to t-he me! mency C ' of the weather. An overseer's house, blacksmith's {hop, collec- and quarters fufficient to accommodate in tfee J>.eft man. pon?£( ner more than fifty labourer^. 1 gialis 'Che arable lands are fs adVautageouEy divided as t? af ° opportunity of making a large qiwnfity of Indian iftaace corn annually, without bringing the iljpld into, similar cul ture oftner thanonce in four years; consequently the lands may be improved by keeping up thfiiriclofures during the intermediate years, or may be beneficially fallowed for wheat and other grain at the option ofthe proprietor. On the prc.nifes there is also a merchant mill with one ■ pair of bi;£t French blirr ftqnes, and one pair of Cologne; furniihed with modern machinery, and now lejifed {of the unexpired term of four years, at I jol' per annum, and all , grain for the ufe•of the farm, hopperfr<;e, which is near- | >. €4. ly 100 . more. Fhe mill and miller's house are huilt of j free stone, wjthin a very ftjwll distance of navigation, near j to which are two or more valuable iifheries, and a well accustomed ferry over the Rappahannock to the town of * Frederickfljnrg. l'he land contains inexhauftiblequarries Rivei free stone near to the river, is plentifully supplied with | |nt 0 ( remarkable fine water and pyffeffes a due proportion .of j lollari. nieadow, which by having the command of water may . 20,000 "e considerably increased. The roads are good, and the j 10,000 neighbourhood genteel andfociable. fn fadt, exclufivc of j5,000 an improveakleand wellre cir- .eft, by 50,000 Tickets, »t Eight DolUr,, 400,000 iOUJfh 9 _ c " vh f- ' n 3 v °ur those, who may take a quantity of attach- l.ckets.the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the last drawn or the ticket, and the 3o,ooothe last but on» : And approved notes, securing payment in either monsy er prizes m ten days alter drawing, wUI be received for public any number not less than 30 tickets. , Th,s lottery winafTyrti an elsgantfpecimen of th.pw , Weed vate buildings to be ereiled in the City of WalHntton— d tn° n ' I , W0 beaunful designs are already (el«aed for the entire o 4on oq two o. the public fquaree; from these prawings I 'w= h ', 1 1^ p r °polcd toerect-.wo centreand fourcorner buildisgs, d -Tit th.m P Ule afur thl " lo »«y is fold, and to convey I ' Whe ", to the fortanate Adventures, in to the manner deitribed in the scheme for the Hotel LgUerv.. White n 0f r fivC '> r ccnt " will »"de to defray l-Hidav wUI ? , ry "P cnf " °[ P the surplus C n r a , pan of the fund intendied for the National Carldle Umverfity to be erected within the city of WafhWton. ' . lnereal fecuritiesgiven for the payment of the Pr^p. tas S'Sl"" "J**- »AS.iSi umber. iSSfeST ffene»r d s «" T t SAMUEL BLODGET. JFZ Fam«Weft the &l " k of C" l *-''- sos of Tohn Baltimore ; of Peter Oilman, Boston : ER. CoLr's Ferry nS ' m ° nd = aPd ° f Richard - : — —L " eo louse of . i 1 e Subicriber and Sa- JWfORIB the Public, that he and ha. on ftward; * ,j t ° r ''l®' a vcr Y general affortm^nt miburg baddies, Bridles, Harness and Trunks arrives As ufu.l, also, flrf BUCKKT« ' as from all which he will difpof- r,t 0 , m -.rf excr.lent quality routine ChefLutflreet, pfflphU.; ' Crm ' " No ' 88 mwf WU-UAM JOKES. Red Clover Seed. Fre(h red Clever o«ed *t' the belt quality, i n ba®t 0 f j bulhels each Madeira wine in pipes, fit for immediate use Tenerifie wine in [.ipes, liogfheadt and quarter caflts Ditto do. of firft quality, for the use of private families Coffee in ho'gflieids Jamaica spirits Connedlicut soap in (mill boxes Window glass and Spanish legars, and Two trunks of best patent, plain and ribbed Glk and cotton hosiery, for sale by JOHN CRAIG. February i. wff&mtf A New WorL ~ ' PROPOSALS For printing and publilhing, by fubferiptioo, The History of Pennfylvama,^- IN North-America, from the original infti ution and fettle, meat of that proviace, uader the firft proprietor and gov. ern«r, William Penn, in t6Bi, 'till after the year i 742 • with an INTRODUCTION refpefting the Life of W. PENN, prior to the grant of that Province, and the religious Society of the people called Quakers; with the FIRbT RISE of the NEIGHBORING QOI.ONIES, ra©re particularly WEST-NEW-JERSEY, and the Settlement of the DUTCH and SWEDES on DELAWARE. To which is added, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SAID PROVINCE. And of the general Hate, in which it fleurifhed, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. The whole including a variety of things, ufeful and interesting to be known, re fpc&iOfij r hit country in early time, &c. With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, Bv ROBERT PROUD. " Pulchrum rjibenefacere ctiam benedicere haud ab furdum eft, vtl pace vet beUoclarum fieri licet.*' :al. Catalin. " Sefcnm plerique arbitrcntur res bellieas majorcs ejjc quam ur baruu, minucndacfl iuccopinio." Cic. Off. (1 ntcred according to law ) u WILLIAM PENN, the great kg tfitor of the Quakers, • (in Pennfylvmia) ha i the success of a conqueror, in etfablifh ingand defend'h» » * colony, among tribes, without ever drawing the sword ; the goodness of the most benevo lent rulers, in treating his fubje&s as his own children ; and the tenaernels ol an uriiverlal .lther, who opened nis arms to all mankind without diftin&ion of fe6i or part/. In his Republic it was. not his tetkigiduj, creed, but pcrfona] mcfrit, that entitled every member of foci&~£~Tdr itfe pidlc&ieii ~au*& • emolument,of tbcMate*" MJay on by Arthur 0* Leary. CONDITIONS. 1. This work will be printed in two oftavo volumes, neat' ly bound and lettered, b -th infiieep and calf, for the choice of the fubferibers; on paper familar tQthat of the conditions, ' es fuili/lied iji the Subfripticn papers. i 11. The head ot William Penn, handsomely engraved, ! will be prefixed to the firft, and a map or (ketch of PennfyL vania, and the parts adjacent, to the second volume i The price to fubferibers will be four doNars and art half in fhecp.and five dolors in calf; —one dollar to be paid , at the time of fub&ribing, two dollais on the delivery of the firft volume, and the remainder on the delivery of the second. j IV. When qne thousand copies ate fubfenbed for, the , work will be put to preijp with all convenient ex [ pedition. Subfcripuons will fee .received by Zachar'*h Poulfon, jun. Printer, No. 80, Chefiiut-ftreet, and at the Philadelphia Li | brary in Fifth-ftreet; by Isaac Collins. Printer, and i James, Merchant, New-York; by John P. Pleafants and George W. field, Merchants. Baltimore} and by other perlonsboth in town and CQUfltjry* January .8. tu&f > PROPOSALS, For carrying the Mails of the United States, On thi following Pofi Roads, will be rectived until tl-'cjirjl day- of March ntVU fncliifiue > y"Viooß on Frulay. Re turning, leave Beaufort cyery Friday by 3, p. m. and arrive at Cdofahatchy on Saturday by 8, A. m. Proposals for cjtcrying the mail on this route will be re ceived by the poft-mafler at Beaufort. *Note it The Post-master General may alter the times' for the arrival and departure of the mail 9 at any time da < ring the continuance of the Contra As, he previously stipu lating an adequate compensation for any extra expence that may be ocoafioned thereby. Note 2. For every hourS delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time* prescribed by conr trail, the coiitr,ac3;or shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail an additional forfeiture of five dollars ihail be incurred. Note" 3*. Should any per ion'making proposals deiirc an alteration of the times of arrival and dep-»(.ure a'cxovc /po cified, hk* rraift (late the alteration desired and the price he will carry tfee mail for with and witkout such alte» ration. Note 4. The contra&s are t© be in operation on the firft day of April next and to continue until the 30th of September ill the year 1800. JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Pojl Majler General. General Ppft Office, "> Philadelphia, Jan. 13,1797.3 11 vi. 16. / aaw6w. Caution. "\TryEREAS Col. GEORGE JACKSON VV of Harrifon county, (late of Virginia, has nflign cd and transferred, to Mr. John Jackson, (through Mr. Edward Jackson, who as a public servant wa« tutrufted to execute my buflnef») about three hundred thoufandacrei of my Land without my knowledge, power or assent therefore notify all persons net to ptirchafe aky of tPe Lands under such Yague from any of the Jack sons or their afliirnees, as they nut ultimat»ly rcver t« me. Rd. SMYTH. „ Philadelphia, February 1 This Day is PublHhed, j BY Mess- Dobfon, Carey, Campbell, Rice, and the other Bookfellej s. price One Dollar and twenty-five cents, elegant lv printed ou'woye paper, and hot-prelM, by Johj» rhomp ' son, A COMPARATIVE VIEWOF • The CONSTITUTIONS of the fcveral Slates, With each other, and with that' of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, the prominent features of eaehCcn ' ftitution, and classing together their most important p: o = viSons, under the fever.il heads of administration ; ' Notss and Obfer'vations. By William Smith, of South- Carolina, L L. D. and member of the Congrcfs of t..e United States. Dedicated to tha People of the United n States. N. B. A. few Copies printed on an inferior paper, at of a dollar. February 6 I PRINTED BY JOHN F£nno; —No. 119 — CHEBN VT-ST&EST.