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<Jon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely
notice will be given.
Such prize. as are not demanded in fix months after th«
drawing is finifhed, (hall be considered as relinquished for
the btnefit «f the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed.) NOTLEY YOUNG,
DANIEL CARROLL, qfY).
hCWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
W». M.DUNCANSON,
THOMAS LAW,
JAMES BARRY.
City .of Wa(hinj(ton t Feb. is 4
Peter Borger,
No. 129 Mulberry-Street,
HAS imported by Tfyal, captain Robert Knox,
and the Good Friends, captain Smith, from Hamburg
7000 Empty French bottles,
200 do demijohns,
946 do. filled with bejni and lentiU,
too Hand Engines,
too Ps. Plat iHas,
200 White Rolls—
—also —
Several boxes with decanters and tumblers, half pint, pint
.and quarts—one invoice of Nuremberg toys—containing
fnuff-boxes, looking-glasses, &c. .
100,000 Quills o£ different qualitiei, v. t
150 Boxes Windov7 Glass, 7-9 9-11 n-l«.
ON HAND —
10 Qr. Casks Sherry Wine,
4 do. Brandy,
400 Cases belt Holland Gin,
200 Soxes Red Wine, containing 12 bottles each,
One bale of. Flannels aiTorted, and
go Ps. Cl«th,
Freth, Prunes in boxes and bawels.
February 7. tu & fr
SAMUEL RICHARDET
RESPECTFULLY (informs the Gentlemen
Merchantsjvhat he has this day opened the CITY
TAVERN and MERCHANTS OOFFEE HOUSE in the
of Philadelphia.
The Subscription Room will be furnifhed with all the
daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos
ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com
mercial citi«s of Europe—Tkey will be regularly filed
and none permitted to be taken away on any account.
Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a vaifety
, -of French Liquors; together with the usual refrefhmenCß,
tfill -at all times bo procured at the bar.
Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with
the thoiceft of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most
approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries.
The Larder will be fuppilied with the prime and aarlieft
productions of the Season.
Large and small Parties, or (ingle Gentlemen, may be
accommodated with Brcakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at
hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is
,-tegularly kept for conveniency, the Billof pare to be h?.d
it the bar.
The Lodging Rooms wHI be completely and
the utnioft attention paid to tleanlipefs, and every other
requisite.
Samdii Richer det will be happy to receive, and
execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at
large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges
himfelf that nothing on his part shall be wanting to pre
serve that patronage with which he hasbeen fodiftinguifh
ingly norored.
Philadelphia, April 19. mwf
A Black Boy.
TO BE SOLD, thetime of a smart, aiSivc Black Boy,
who has about'fixtetn years to serve. Bnquireat No.
11l Chefnut flreet. February 13 §
Robert Smith & Co.
N». 58 South Front fireet,
HAVE rox SALE, ,
A Quantity of Long Nankeens,
ALSO,
.An aflortment of India Goods,
AMONG WHICH ARE,
Bandanos
Pullicates
Black and colored Persians
Gurrahs
Punjam* •
Brftaes, I
Coflaes
Humhums, Jkc. together with
A general aflortment of European Goods
Suitable for th« ensuing fealon.
February 10 mw&fjw
This day is publi/hed,
ByW iliam Cobbet, in three large odtavo volumes,
A Defence of the Constitutions of Govern
ment of the United States of America,
,Againl the attack of-M. Target, in his letter to Dr.
i rice, dated the twenty second day of March, IT}s,
By JOHN ADAMS, LL. D.
Preftdent of the United Stales.
Erabellilhed with a firikmg Likentfs of the author,
elegantly engraved by Smitber—from an original portrait
Ky Ctplej. February 13 —§3*
Particular TenerifFe Wine.
50 Quarter-C:dks t-articutar TenerifFe WINE,*
Of a superior Quality,
For Cxle by A,. MARPLE il? IS. IV. MORRIS,
No. 60 Dock-ftrcet.
'February t wi&nuat
Wants a Place,
As WA-ITER ill a gentlemari'jj Houle, a yoivng man
who has lived for a conf.derable time m fomeof the
firft houfeSin the city, and whose charader u lure,
would engage with a fm K le gentlemaa to attend on him.
Dircdhons left at the New York and Baltimore stag
office, No. 10, south 4th, near Market flreet, for R. • r
will he attended to. February r 4 d
PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of Trufleei of t
Was,HUSTON Academy, in Somenet Couuty, and r
Stale of Maryland, ;
NOTICE IS HEREBY QIVEN, .
That the office of Principal Teacher in the fa.d school ,is f
"a GENTLEMAN qualified to teach the higher Greek and ]
J\ Latin ClaOics, C-eography, and the Mathematics, with ;
such other blanches of literature as are ufua.ly.taugntlll such ,
schools, would meet with eneouragweflt, and, it is j
believed, would obtain a very ehgib c settlement. ioi the (
«rcfent, the Trustees would We willing to contract with a per. (
Ton capable of takingcharge ol a Grammar's,hoo>. ,
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. . - . Ȥ,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<stion with MefTrs. Reily, Weed
and Witmer, is determined to prolecute and carry it on,
with every care, attention and dispatch that a zeal to o
biige the public can possibly exert.
•S The above company, who are amply provided [with
carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the
passage fafe and commodious, inform those who wish to
_ patronize pnd encouragc the, undertaking, that they can
take their fe2ts at, George Weed's, the sign of the White
Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday
and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrifburg, Carlisle
and Shippenfhurg. The fare as hitherto eftablilhed.
For the further accommodation ot the pubTrc, a Stajge
r will ft art every Wednesday from the house of Samuel
Elder, in Harrifourg, arrive at Sunbury in Northumber
land county, every Thursday, and return from thecci: and
arrive at Harrifonrg every Saturday, so that passengers
deftmed for Xyancafter qr Philadelphia, may proceed cm
r, Mondays.
i£ ' -WILLIAM GEER.
Lancafter,-Jan. 2-7, .1797.
N. B. This Line ef Stages darts from ti c house of
William Ferree, in Lancaster, on every Tuesday and Sa
turday 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 Shippenfhurg, and returns from
thence on every Thursday : performing! the fame routine
daily ai in its tour from Philadelphia. mwf
For S-^e
By private zonii aB, a very valuable EJlats, inoxi'n by
m >" 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 well<conditioncd farm, tjie value and |
8,000 emolument infeparalily connected witn a mill, ferries,
scseoo fifheries and .quarries eligibly #tuated ; the profits arising
19,500 from an ke-houfe inferior to none in the state, and agat'-
i(5,0c0 den of four acres to abundantly stocked with vegetables
jo,ooo 0 f a li ioru as to ;be fully equal to the demand in market,
1 j,«oo thtre nlight be detailed many other advantages, appjr
joo ; taining to the ferxility of these lands, which the fubferiber
conceives itunneceffary to mention, being tally convinced
that when examined, it .will be found 10 be a complete,
1 000 P' ej '' aßt healthy residence, paffefling beauties and
coavcnieaccs faSkvH t»-anra'6t the-aitemro»i or Tmy "per
-00 coo ' on deiirous of becoming a purchaser.
' i'he motive v/hich induces the fubferiber to offer for
sale an estate so Angularly beautiful and adva/itageous, is
foo,coo a delire to become an inhabitant gf Alexandria, where he
ving ij can V, .th more ease attend Ui his intercfts in the peigh
rtunaie bourhood of that city
. The ihe purchaser may he accortimodated-with a few slaves
ifppfrd in families, cither for plantation or doineftic use. A part
: giirf.i. of tlie purchafc money will be required and the balance
i;man, made ealy, the debt beipg properly fequred.
undas, WILLIAM FITZHUGH.
jraeff ■ c * lat ' aam » (V'rg) Pec 19, 1796 Juth —zawlm
City of Wafliingtpn.
at the O of the Lottery, No. 11, for the .impro.yeir.cnt
drajv 'he FederaLCity.
tterv's, inagriifitent ) 10,000 dollars, & \
1 regif' dwelling-house, J cash 30,000, are ) 5-O.ooe
.1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,00® 40,000
Sheri- I* ditto 15,000 & calh 15,090 30,000
et and I ditto 10,000 & cafb 10,000 10,000
J ditto 5,000. & cash 5,090 10,000
1 ditto 5,000 & calh 5,000 10,000
Ship* * 5,000 each, are • 10,00 a
■Xo do. Ijoo9 - «. 10,000
io do. 500 - . 10,000
00 dq. 10© - - 10, one
e part- 100 '' o ' J° - - 10,000
Mathi- 4°° do. 15 . 10,000
' fliffol- I ' OOG do- »® - 10,000
public lJ»oo® do. *0 .
a letter — —
ted the *6,739 Prijiet.
deemed Blanks.
>re 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 >
<j. From Charleston, S. C. by Jackfonboro' and Coofa
hatchy, to Savannah, ; twice a week. Receive the Mail
at Charleflon every Tuelday and* riday by 6, P. M. and
deliver it at Savannah the next Friday and Monday, by 8
A. M. Returning* receive the Mail at Savannah cx y
Saturday, by 6, P. M. and Wednefdiy byJS, A. M. and
deliver it at Charleftap the next Tuesday and Friday
by noon.
Kropofals fur this route 'will be received by the pojl-majler at
Savannah.
£. Ftom Coqfahatchy to Beaufort once a week—
Receive thp mail at.Cpofahatchy every Thursday by 6,
p. m. and deliver it at Beaufort !>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;
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