fVST PUBLISHED, ' And 16 be fold by ANDREW BROWN, and the principal Book fellert in the City of Philadelphia, piice one dollar and THREIOUAHTERS, '' ,c UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Collated with, and corrc£icd by, the original Rolls in the oHice of the Secretary o( Stale, agreeably to a resolve ol Congress, pafled the ißih February, 1791. With a COPIOUS INDEX. Comprising the Federal Constitution, the Acts of the Three Sessions of the First Congress, and the Treaties. To which is added, an APPENDIX, Containing the Declaration ot 1 ndei'Jindenc r, and fundr*' A _ _ _ _ f /-» _ J - _ . L *- Acts of Congr ess, under the Con fede rat ion This edition of the Laws of the United States is also to be fold by MeflTis. Thomas and Andrews, Boft>n ; John Carter, esq. Providence, Rhode-Island ; Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, Hart ford ; Mr. Robert Hodge, New-York; Mr. lfaac Collins, Tien ton ; Mclfr.s. Goddard and Angell, Baltimore; Augustine Davis, esq. Richmond, and Mr.W. P.young, Charleston, South-Carolina. * # * The Printers of New/papers in the United States are requejled to inferi this advert)fernent. Pintard and Bleecker, PURCHASE and SELL all kinds of Certificates &c Public Securities, On COMMISSION, at public and private sale, on the following terms : ON the specie amount of all sales or purchases at au&ion, one eighth per cent. On ditto of all sales or purchases at private sale, on all sums below 5000 nominal dollars, onc-haj per cent.; and on all sums above 5000 nominal dollars, one-fourth per cent. For receiving intercfl at the Loan-Office, one per cent. For making transfers at ditto, one dollar each transfer. $3" Such persons throughout the United States, as may be pleased to favor the fubferibers with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctuality, fidelity and dispatch, as consi derable experience in the public flocks, together with extcnlive connexions in the city of New-York and different parts of the continent, enable them to rondufl their operations with peculiar advantages. PINTARD & BLEECKEK, New-York, No. 57, King-Street. (97 law 6ip) March 15, 1791 TAKE NOTICE r PHE Manacers of the Newark Bridge Lottery will -L ,begin paying the Prizes drawn in the Fiift Class on Monday the 1 ith of July, bv which time the Tickets in the Second Class will be ready to deliver to applicants agreeable to the scheme.— To accommodate holders of Tickets undrawn in the Firlt Class. the fame numbers in the Second Class will be lodged, if conveni ent, in ihe fame places where the firft were fold, as soon as polfible, and if not, such holders mud apply to the Manager who signed their Tickets. Such persons will please to take notice, that appli cation for renewal in the Second Class mud be made before the 11th of August next. JOHN N. CUMMING,) JESSE BALDWIN, ( Managers JOHN D. ALVEY, ) _ f XT Newark, June 17,1791 New-Haven Wharf Lottery. f T I HE Legiflatyre of the State of Conneflicut, at their fefjfion in X Deceinbei laft,j-anted a Lottery for the purpose of extend ing Union Wharf, in the harbour of New-Haven, to the channel; and appointed the subscribers manage! s, who having given bond for the faithful difchargc of their trust, present the public with the following SCHEME. Prize of 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 3° 45 6i 100 140 539° 5842 Prizes. 11658 Blanks. Y7500 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, is Not two Blanks to a Prize Subject to a deduction o! twelve and a halt per cent The public utility of extending this wharf, is too evident to re quire any comment, to those who are acquainted with the town and harbour of New-Haven ; to those who are not, fuffice it to fay, that its beautiful fnuation is not surpassed, if equalled by any ; be ing in the heart of a country, which may, with propriety, be said to be the garden of America. The harbour lays open to the found but by reaion of the flats, this wharf is necefTarily extended to the channel, where (hips can load and unload ; and when complcat cd, will be the molt extensive and commodious wharf in America, the whole extent being about 3>4ths of a mile; and not only the mercantile interell of New-Haven and the towns adjacent, but the maritime intercft of all the States will be benefited by it. The general wish that prevails in the minds of all clafles of people, for thefuccefsof this enterpri/e, together with the very great advan tage which this fchcme holdsout to adventurers (there being more capital prizes for the number of tickets than any yet publiftied in America) induce the managers to believe the tickets wijl meet with a speedy falc. The drawing will positively commence at the Statc-Houfe, in on the 13th ot September next, or sooner, if the tickets are fold. A lift of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid on demand, by the managers. Those prizes nor called for in nine months after drawing, will be deemed as generously given jor the use of the wharf, and appropriated accordingly. Managers: James Rice, Michael Todd, Jeremiah Atwater, Elijah Austin, Joseph Drake, Joseph Howeli. New-Haven, April 14, 1791 »j-.9 1 ICKETS in the above Lottery may be had at the Compting-houfe of MelTrs. St efhen Austin, and Co. corner of Front and Pine-Streets. Who will pay the prizes which may be drawn by Tickets pur chased or them in (aid Lottery. Tickets in the MafTachufetts Lottery that have drawn prizes, will be received m payment lor the above tickets. W OF THE VO LUM£ I of Ncw-Brunfwick, 10,000 Dollars, is 5000 4000 2 000 are' 1000 5 00 200 100 5° 4° 3° 20 IO 8 A PRINTING APPARATUS compleat, and a NEWS-PAPER ESTABLISHMENT. A NY y>ung Man, of refpeflable charatfer, capable of conduft l\ ing the PRINTING BUSINESS in its different branches, may have an opportunity of engaging as a PARTNER, in a large commercial town, where the present income and profpefts are highly flittering to those of an industrious turn. A small lum will be requelted in hand, and further particulars explained in person, by addrefling a line to Z. lownly, at the Bar of llie Merchants and Exchange Coffee-Houk'. Philad. July 20, 1 791 Philadelphia, 20th July, 1791. THE Commissioners appointed to receive Subscriptions to the Bank of the United States, do hereby, agreeable to law, in form the Stockholders of the said Bank, that an election for twenty five Dire&ors will be held at the City-Hall in Philadelphia, on Friday the 21ft day of O£lober next, at 10 o'clock in the morning. THOMAS WILLING, DAVID RITTENMOUSE, SAMUEL HOWELL. Charleftown (MafT.) Lottery. CLASS XXII'. THE MANAGERS of said Lottery present to the Public the following Of the Twenty-Second Class, Con(ifling of 7000 Tickets, at Three Dol la r s eack, 21 ,000 1 15 20 20 20 40 60 70 80 2008 2335 P , J zes, 4665 Blanks, 7000 Tickets, Amount, 21000 This Class will commcnce drawing on or before the i fl of September. Tickets may be had of the several Managers in Charleftown, and at the usual places in Boston. THOMAS HARRIS, ) MATTHEW BRIDGE, [ Managers. SAMUEL SOLEY, ) Charleston, May 25, 1791. Hazard and Addoms, No. 173, Market-Street, HAVE T1 ckets in the above, and in the MafTachufetts Second SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY, for Sale. MASSACHUSETS SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY CLASS 11. THE MANAGERS of the STATE-LOTTERY afTure the Public, that the second Class of the SEM I-ANNUAL LOT TERY will positively commence drawing on the day appointed, viz. On Thursday the 13th of O&ober next, or Jooner, if the Tickets (hall be disposed of. As the Managers I1•e in their several monthly Lotteries commenced drawing at the hour afligned, so they are determined to be equally as pun&ual in this. (law 1 m) 25,000 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, are 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, fubje£t to a dedu&ion of twelve and an half per cent, for the ufc of the Commonwealth. Prizes. Dollars. Dollars. 1 of 10000 is 10000 2 3000 arc 6000 o 2000 600© 10,000 5000 4000 400© 4000 2500 2400 3000 o 6 10 30 80 90 100 1 20 16l 200 75 g 5 8388 Prizes. 16612 Blanks, 2250 2000 1830 2000 1400 43,12° 25000 Tickets. (£3" TICKETS in the above Class may be had of the several Manager s, rvill pay the prizes on demand; of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth; ol James White, at his Book-store, Franklin's Head, Court-street—and at other places, as ufuql. 87500 JOHN KNEELAND, Boflon, April 14, 1791. Public Notice is he r eby given, to all whom these presents shall come, or in any wife concern, 1 hat JAMES GARDNER, late of Wilmington, North-Carolina, deceafcd, did make four promissory notes payable to SAMUEL JACKSON, of Philadelphia, Merrhant, all bea ring date the 19th July, 1785, one for three hundred and seventy-one pounds, pay able in fix months—one for seven hundred and forty two pounds, in nine months—one tor fevenhundred and forty pounds,in twelve months—and one lor seven hundred and forty-five pounds thir teen {hillings and three-pence, in fifteen months, amounting in the whole to two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight pounds thir teen {Killings and three-pence, and payable in produce at Wil mington : —Which {aid notes have been afligned by the said Sa muel Jackson to THOMAS MACK IE and Co.'and JAMES HOOD, Merchants, Philadelphia, and have fmce, in the life-time of the said Gardner, by him been accounted for and paid in part to the amount of two thousand and forty-feven pounds fifteen {hil lings and fix-pence, to the laid THOMAS MACKIE, and Co. in proof of which the fubferibers have fufiicient vouchers. These are therefore to caution all persons from purchasing said notes as they will not be taken up. THOMAS WRIGHT,) ROBERT SCOTT, C Executors M. R. WILLKINGS,) Wilmington, North-Carolina, fjthAlay, 1791 (f3T Mavk Powers to receive Mclntercft, andfor the transfer fff the principal of public debt, agreeable to the Rules ejlablijhed in the Trea l"ry Defurtmeut.: Afo Blanks for abjlrails of Certificates, to be fold by 112 CHE M E Dollars. 2500 Dolls, is 1000 1 Prize of 100 are s'> 40 3° to 10 8 b 4 SCHEME. NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE 1000 500 200 100 / 5 ° 4° 3° 20 10 a BENJAMIN AUSTIN, DAVID COBB, | SAMUEL COOPER, GEORGE R. MINOT, M 2500 1000 1500 1000 800 600 800 600 560 480 8032 17872 Dedu&ion, 3128 6000 500 c 6000 8000 450° 4000 3600 , 3220 2000 60680 12500® {►Managers I (e p. 3 m Public Securities, Bolght and Sold, on COMMISSION Lv SAMUEL ANDERSON, ' Ch<r!nu:-Strrel, next door to the Bank No q-, MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL, and NEW-HAVEN LOTTERY TICKETS, To be had at the fame place. [83* All persons concerned will be pleased to take notice thatthe following advertifemcnt hat been varied from that publilW , a our paper of the 23d of March.] Treasury Department. N March 22, , 7 q, OTICE is hereby given, that Propobls will be received at tl e office of the Secretary of the Treifurv, until the firft Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all ratiot.s, wh>ch may be required for the use ot the United States, from the kilt day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1792, both Jays in clusive, at the places, and within the diilrifts hcicin after menti oned, viz. At any place orplaces, betw'xt Yorktown in the ftateof Prnn fylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt. At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lntolli on the River Ohio, and at Foit M'lntoth. 1 At any placeor places, betwixt Fort M'lntofh and the mouth of the River Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufkingum. At any placeor places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and up the said River to the Tufcarowas, and at the Tuf carowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and the mouth of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami and from thenceto the Rapids, on the Fallsof the Ohio.and at the said Rapids. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the Miami Village, on the river of the fame name which empties into Lake Erie. At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth ol the Wabafh, thence up the said WabaOi to Post Sr. Vinccnnes, at Post St. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabafti, to the Miami village, before defcribcd. At any place or places, From the mouth of the Wabafh river to the mouth of the river Ohio. At any placeor places, on the east fide of the river Miflifippi, from the mouth of the Ohio river,to the mouth of the Illinoisriver. At any place err places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami Village. At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandtifky, and atSandufky, and from Sandufky to the mouth of Cayoga river. At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango. At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Prefq'lfle, at Prefq'lfle, and be twixt Prefq'lfle and the mouth of Cayoga river, At the mouth of Cayoga river, and at any pla;e or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek. At any placeor places, on the east fide of the Miflifippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively. At any placeor places, from the said river Margot, totheri-er Yazous inclusively. At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenefee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively. Should any rations be required at any places, or within oth®r diftri&s, not fpecified in these proposals, the price of the fame to be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the followingarticlei. viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or J of a pound of pork, Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of fait, ) Two quartsof vinegar,( ~ 1 , r,• > per. 100 rations. Iwo pounds or loap, C r One pound of candles, J ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the firft Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, ftom the fti-ft day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1 792, both davs inclusive. at Springfield, in the state of Maflachu fetts, and the Post of Weft-Point, in the state of New-York, The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the fame articles 85 are above mentioned. ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the Ift Monday in September next inclusive, for the fapply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the Ift day of January to the 31ft day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diftri&s herein after mentioned. At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck. At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith. At the post on the river Oconee, at prefentcommanded by Capt, Joseph Savage. At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph. At any place r places from the Rock Landing on the Oconee, up to the mouth of the main south branch of the said river, from the said mouth up to the fnurce of thefaid main south branch, and from thence to the Currahee mountain. At any other place or places within the slate of Georgia which may hefeafter be occupied as permanent pofls by any troops of the United States. And for rations deliverable on the march to such future ports. The rati< ns are to be furnifhed in such quantities as that ther« shall at all times, during the said term, be fufiicient for the con sumption of the troops at each of the said pofls, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the fame articles, as are abovementioned. It is to be understood in cach cafe, that all lofles furtained by the depredations ofthe enemy, orby means of the troops of the United States, fhalJ be paid for at the prices of thearticlescaptured or des troyed, on the deputations of two or more creditable characters, and the certificate of a commiflioned officer, ascertaining the cir cumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed. The contracts for the above supplies will be made either Torout year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons difpolcd to contrast will therefor e confine their otters to one year, or the\ may m-Ske their propositions so as to admit an cle&ion ol the term of two years. The piopofals may be made for the whole of the above polls to getber, or separately for Springfield, for Weft-Point, for \ orktow r > and the seventeen places following it, and for the ports in Geotg.3, and they rnuft fpecify the lowcft price per ration, for prompt pay ment. _ IC7 3 " The price of this Paper is 3 Dollars Per <f»»
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