General Poll-Office. Phi L ADEI.PHI A. Sept. 10,1792. PROPOSALS will be received at this Office until the fifteenth day ot November next, in clusively, for carrying the Mails oS the Lniteoj States on the following Post Roads, from the lull day of January next, until the firft day of June, 1794- lu Massachusetts and N e w-Hamps h i re. t. From WiftaJJet t<* Portland in the diitnaof Maine : The mail to leave Wileaflet every Tuesday by fix o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Port land the next day by one in the atiernoon : —Re- turning, to leave Portland everv Thursday by fix in the morning, and arrive at Wilcafici the next day by one in the afternoon. 2. From Portland lo Perijmoutk : The mail to ler.vc Portland every Monday and I hurfday by fix o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Ports, moutb every Tuesday and Fndav by ten in the forenoon Returning, to leave? Portlmouth evr iy Tuesday and Friday at one in the afternoon; and arrive at Portland 011 Wedncfday and Satur day bv fix in the evening. 3. From Portsmouth to Boston : From November firft to May firft, the to leave Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday, at two o'clock in the afternnoon, and arrive at lvrftan on Wednefdav and Saturday by fix in she evening : — Returning,, to.leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, by fix in the morning, and arrive at Portlmou; h on Tuesday and Friday by ten in th<- forenoon : — And from May, firft to November fit ft, the mail to Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day, by four in the morumg, and arrive at Boston the fame days by fix in the evening : — Reiuining, to leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by four in the morning, and airive at Portsmouth the fame days by fix in the evening. Jn Massachusetts, Connecticut arid Niw-York 4. From Hojlon,by W-orccJltr, Sprivgjield, Hartford, Middletown, and NcW'Havev, to New-York : From Noyemkver fiift to May fit ft, the mail to leave Bos ton every Monday and Thursday, at one o'clock \ in the afternoon ; and arrive at New-York every' Saturday and Wednesday (the sixth day from its departure) by ten in the forenoon : Reluming, to 1 Iffive New-York every Monday and Thursday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Bol ton every Saturday and by ten in the forenoon : And from May firft to November firO, the mail to leave Boston every Monday, Wednef- 1 day and Friday, by three o'clock in the morning,; and arrive at New-York every Thursday, Satur day and Tuesday (the fourth day from its de parture) by eleven in the forenoon : Returning, to leave New-York every Monday, Wedncfdayand Friday, by one o'clock in the afternoon, and ar rive at Boston every Thursday, Saturday and, Tuesday, by fix in the evening. In New-York, New-Jersey and Pennsyl- VAN I A 5. Between New-York, (by Newark and Eliza beihtown) and Philadelphia, every day in the week, Sunday excepicd : The mails to leave New-York at noon, and Philadelphia at one o'clock in the afternoon; and arrive at Philadelphia and New- York refpcttivcW, the next day after their de parture, by ten in the forenoon ; excepting the mails ot Saturday, which are to an ive at the fame hour on Monday. In Pennsylvania and Maryland. 6. From Philadelphia to Baltimore: The mail to leave Philadelphia every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at noon, and arrive at Baltimore each fucrce'ding day by noon : Returning, to leave Baltimore every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, b,y four o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Phi ladelphia each fuccecding day by eleven in the forenoon. 7. From Baltimore to Alexandria: The mail to leave Baltimore every Tuesday, Thursday and Sa turday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Alexandria each succeeding day by eight in the morning . Returning, to leave Alexandria ejjery Monday, Wednesday and Friday by four o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Baltimore on Tues day, Thursday and Saturday by ten in the fore noon. In Virginia 8. From Alexandria to Richmond, Peter/burg, Suf folk and Porljmouth : The mail to leave Alexan dria every Monday, Wedncfday and Friday, at nine o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Rich mond every Tuesday, Thurfd?.y and Saturday, by fix in the evening ; at Petersburg, tveiy Wed ne/day, Friday and Monday at ten in the forenoon; st Suffolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday } fix ' n 'be afternoon ; and at Portsmouth every Friday. Monday and Wednesday. by ten in the forenoon : Returning, to leave Portsmouth the f.mc Friday, Monday and Wednesday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Suffolk the fame days by seven in the evening ; and at Peters burg the next Monday, Wednesday and Friday by e.cvrn in the forenoon; leave Petetfburg the fame days at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Rich mond the lame days by fix in the evening : leave Richmond on Tuesday - , Thursday and Saturday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Alexrndria the next Wednesday, Fuday and Monday, by three in the afternoon. g. From Rickmor.d, by Williamfbwg, York-Tow), ai.d Hampton, to Nofolk. The mail to leave Rich mond every Monday, W.dnefdav and F.iday, bv tour o'clock ill the morning, and arrive al Norfolk nn each fucceedmg day, bv five in the afternoon • heturning, to leave Norfolk every Wednesday, Friday and Monday, by fix in the morning, and arrive at Richmond each succeeding day, by fix in the evenincr. ° J Virginia a rid North-Carolina. e \ 0 -* rom P' te " iur g > by HtHfax, TtxrltrouihtnA SmUhJicld, toFaycltevtile. The mail 10 leave Peters burg every Friday, at one o'clock in the afternoon and arrive at Fayetteville the next Monday, by • ighc in the evening: Returning, to leave Fayette ville every Tuesday, by four in the morning and arrive at PeteifWg the next Friday, by eleven in t nc forenoon. In NoatnatiSouTH CawlisaWGeo.cia ~IV F ' om , Fayetlfville, by Cheraw Couru House, Camden, Columbia and Cambridge to Angiifh, The mail to leave Fayetteville every Tuesday, by Tour in the morning, reach Can,den the next day by five in the afternoon, and arrive at Augusta the next Saturday by noon : Return ■ng to leave Augusta every Thorfday, at five in the morning, arrive at Camden the next Sunday by five in the morning, and at Fayctteville the next: M ondav, by fight in the evening. 1 From Augujld tc Savannah. Th<* mail to leave Augusta ever y Saturday, at one o'clock in the] d'ternoon, andamvrat Savannah the next Mon-i day morning by ten : Returning, to leave Savan nah evtry Monday, at two o'clock in the after noon, and arrive at the next YVcdnefday, i>y five <n the afternoon. 13 From Caiv.den to Starefburg. The mail to Wave Camden every Thursday bv four in the morning, and arrive at Statefburg by eight : Re turning, to leave Stateiburg every Saturday, at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Camden bv fix. fn Massachusetts, Rhode-Island avd CttN NF.CTICI'T. x 14. From Bo flan to Providence. The mail to! leave Boston every Monday and Thurfdav, by fix in the morning, and arrive the fame days 2t Pro vidence, bv five in the afternoon : Returning, to leave Providence every Wednesday and S;iturda\ , bv fix in rhe morning, and arrive the fame days at Boston, by five in the aliernoon. $3" Persons offering proposals for this contrast, are cic fired aff<*> to (late the terms on which they will carry the mail between Boston and Provi dence, three times a werk, and every day in the week (Sanday excepted )in ea r e a stage waggon mould run so often between those two places. 15. From Providence, by Norwich, to Hartford. The mail to leave Providence every Tuesday and Friday, bv Hx o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Norwich the fame days, and at Hartford on WcdneCday and Saturday, by five irt the afternoon : Returning, to leave Hartford every Monday and Thursday, at seven in the morning, arrive at Nor wich rhe fame days, and at Providence on Tues day and Friday, by five in the afternoon. (£3" Per.sons offering proposals for this contTafl, arc aifo dtfired to flaic the terms on which they will carry the mail between Providence and Hart foid three times a week, if a stage waggon fbould run so often between those two places. 16 From New-London to Newport, thence by Brifiol and Warren to Providence, thertce by Green wich to Newport, and from Newport to New-London. The m*il to leave New-London every Tuesday, at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Newport the next r*ay by fix in the evening ; leave Newport every Friday at eight in the morning, and ai live at PVovidence the fame day by fix in the evening ; leave Providence on Saturday at eight in the morn ing, and palling through Greenwich, arrive at Newport the fame day bv fix in the evening ; leave Newport the next Monday at eight in the morn ing, and arrive at New-London the next day by ten in the forenoon. 17. From New-Haven to New-London : The mail to leave New-Haven every Monday, at eight in the morning, and arrive at New-London every Tuesday by ten in the forenoon : — Returning, to leave New-London every Tuesday at two o'clock mi the afternoon, and arrive at New-Haven every Wt dnefdav afternoon by fix. 18. From Middletown to New-London. The mail to leave Middletown, from November fir ft to May fir ft, every Thursday morning, and from May to November, every Friday \jnorning, by eight o'clock ; and arrive at New-London by fix in the evening of the day of its departure : Returning, to leave New-London each next day by eight in the morning, and arrive at Middletown by fix in the evening. In New-York, ig. Between the city of New-York (by Ringf br/dge, Poughkeepfie, and the city of Hudson) and Albany. The carriers, with the mails, to leavt New-York and Albany every Monday and Thurs day, by four in the morning, meet, and return to each place on Wednesday and Saturday, by fix in the evening. In Pennsylvania, 20. From Philadelphia, bv Lancafler York-tozcn, Carlifie, Shtppenfburg, Chamber/burg, Bedford and Green/burg to Pittfburg. The mail to leave Phila delphia every Saturday at noon, and arrive at Pittf burg the next Friday by noon ; remain there not lels than four, nor more than fix hours, and return to Philadelphia the following Friday by noon. In the State of Dei. aware. 21. From Wilmington, by New-Caflle, Qantwell's Bridge, and Duck Creek, to Dover. The mail to leave Wilmington every Monday afternoon, by five o'clock (or as soon as the mail from Philadel phia is received) and arrive at Dover by five in the evening of Tuesday : Returning, to leave Dover every Wednesday morning by five o'clock, and arrive at Wilmington by seven in the eVenino- of the fame day. In De l a ware and Masyl a-np. 22. From Christiana Bridge, Ky Mfddtetown, Warwick and George-town Cross-Roads, to Ches ter-town, and thence to Eafton. The mail to leave Christiana Bridge every Monday afternoon, by fix o'clock (or as soon as the mail from Phila delphia is received) and arrive at Eafton by fix in the evening of Tuesday : Returning, ro leave E«f<- ton every Wednesday morning, bv five o'clock, and arrive at Christiana Bridge in the evening o! the fame day, by eight o'clock. G-S Persons offering proposals for carrying this mail, are desired to state the terms on whieh they will carry it Irom May firfl to November fitft, bv leaving Philadelphia every Monday at half pall nine, A. M. and reaching Eafton the next dav by four, p M.—and returning, leave Eafton cveiv \\ ednefday by four, A. M. and arrive at Philadel'. pliia the next day by noon : And perform the lame tour, during the other half of the year, be tween half part nine o'clock of every Monday, and noon Of the next Satu.day. And also their terms lor carrying an additional mail between Philadel phia and Cheftertown, leaving Philadelphia every Wednesday aim Friday at half part nine, A. M and returning the fourth dav after by noon. 23. From Baltimore to Anmtfo/ii. The mail to every Monday a „d Friday, at ,JL and arrive at Annapolis the ame days by fivem the aUernoon ; Returning, to T £ n "'P ol,s evcr y Tuesday ,„d Saturday bv rim, d k and arri " at Baltimore the fame days by five in the alternoon. V. RCIVJ a avd Nor th-C.uol 1 v , Suffolk Cn ' icr :::'° 11 : The mail lu | ea f f Suffolk every• Wedneldav at four o'clock inlhe mmivng and arrive at Wilmington the ni xt S,! l-ave'w-ifm' evrn,n « : '*1: turning, to tno eveiy Monday bv four ,n t he b" (t!\'in'the evening.' 1 ' nest Th.i,^ 156- In North-Caroi.ina, 95. From Halifax by Blountfville, Williamjlozvn, and Daileys, 10 Plymouth, once in two weeks: —The mail to leave Halifax every other Monday by five o'clock in the morning, and anive at Plymouth the nex: day by fix in the evening ; Returning, to leave Plymouth the next Thursday by five in the morning, and arrive at Halifax on Friday by five in the evening. 26. F»om Wilmington to Fayettevill: : The mail to leave Wilmington every Sunday, at four in the morning, and arrive the next day at Fayetteville bv five in the afternoon": Returning, leave Fay ("tteville everv Tuesday, by four in the morning, nnd arrive at Wilmington the next day by five in the afternoon. In Virginia. Proposals will be received at the Prrft«Ort>ctj in Richmond, until the 10th day of Novembei next inclusively, for carrying the mail of the United States from Richmond to Staunton, —from the 15th day of the fame month, until the firit day of June 1 794. The maii to leave Richmond everv ?ion day by fix in the morning, and anive at Staunton the next Wednesday by fix in the evening : Re turning, leave Staunton every Thursday at ten in tlre forenoon, and arrive at Richmond the next Saturday by seven in the evening. The pcrfons offering proposals for carry ing this mail, are dcfired to 11 ate the terms on which they will carry it, and leave Richmond eve ry Wednesday at noon, and arrive at Staunton the next Saturday by three in the afternoon : Return ing, Staunton everv Monday at leVen in rhe morning, and arrive at Richmond the next WVd nefda-y by ten in the forenoon. Note 1. If during the continuance of the con trails here proposed, any other times of arrival and departure of the mails should become neces sary, to prefcrve a proper connection with other mails, the coritra£tor« are to conform to sHiy ar rangement which for that purpose (hall be made by the Poft-Malter General, such arrangement not feflening the number of hours above allowed for carry ing the mails refpeftively, without their con fen r. 2. A convenient time rot hfs than tei miftvicf,! nor exceeding halt an hour,ior opening and doling a mail is to be allowed at each Poll-Office, at which the time of its arrival and departure is not herein fpecified. 3 For every half hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times pre scribed in any contra ft, the contra&or to forfeit one dollar ; and for the non-performance of a trip, double the sum which the value of one crip fhali bear to the value of the whole number of trips to be performed. 4. The mail may be carried on any of the port roads herein described, either in stage or on horses : but when the state of the rov.ds pre vents travelling in waggons with the necelfarv ex pedition, the mails are to be carried on borfes— Every mail-stage mufl have in it a box in which the mail is invariably to be carried, under lock and key. 5. News-papers, as well as letter*, are to be sent in the mails : and if anv coiura&or would wish to be authorized to carry newspapers, other rhan those conveyed in the mail (agreeably to rhe 22d frftion of the poft-officc law) he must, in his •oropofals, state the refpeftive sums for which he will carrv the mails with and without the emolu ments which may anfe from such separate carriage of news-papers. NEW POST ROADS, In New-York, Massachusetts & Vermont An cxienfion o' the Post roads having be n de sired, from (onnojor/iarricfolVhitcs-toiun, and theric<- to Kanandaiqua, in the {late of New-York ; from Stockbridge to Bennington, iu the ftatesof MalTachu fettsand Vermont; and from Rutland to Windjor, and Rutland to Fairhaven, in Vermont : Propofais for carrying mails on those routs, (at the expense of thr contra&ors) will be received at the Genrral Poft-Office, until the fifteenth day of November next mclufively. — Persons offering such proposals, must state the days and hours when they will i<*- ceive and deliver the mails at each place here mentioned, and the length of time (which cannot exceed eight years) for which they will contract. The contradlors, refpe&ivelv, will have the ex clusive privilege of carrying letters and packets on these roads, for hire ; and be authorized to re ceive, to their own u(e, all the poftagfs which (hall arise on letters, packets and newfpapersby them carried, at the rales established by law : but must carry, free of postage, such letters and packets as by law are, or shall br declared free. For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in delivering a mail, after the time a greed on, the contractor to forfeit one dollar; and for the non-pCrformancc of a trip, one dollar for every ten miles diflance, as far as the failure extends. The pcrfons whom the contra&ors lT*a] 1 desig nate for Postmasters, on these routes,—previous to their acting as such, must be approved bvthe Post- Mrltcr General, and take the oaths required by law. They are to agree tor their com ponfations with the contractors, to whom alone they are to account for all the portages thev shall receive. The fame oaths must be taken by the contra&ors and their riders who carry the maHs TIMOTHY PICKERINQ, The SUBSCRIBERS to the Universal Tontine .Arc informed, that a general meeting is to he held 3t the State-Honfe in this city, on Saturday the 3d day of November next, at to o'clorfc, A. M. agreeably 'o the fixt-h article of their association. By nrdcr of the Agent* EBENEZER HAZARD, Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1792. (eptN's) Universal Hymn Book. To be Sold bv THOMAS DOBSON, and other Bookfellcrs in Philadelphia, AColleftion of PSALMS. HYMNS, and SPI RITUAL SONGS ; from diffcen: Authors, and pjjblifheri by Order of the Con ve'ntion holding the Doftrinc of the Salvation of all Men, met in Philadelphia. Mat 1701. Price of a book, bound. 3-3ths of a Dollar, with good allowance to ihofc who take quantities. Au SUft 4. (eptf.) Post-Master-General To the Public. TpxlE fiihftriber returns his mn iv r. A coMplimentt to his f r i c .v- or the mm, favors he he, nceU,!'*a'll"'' Ipave to inform them that he ha, L *! s " few fine toned P° n n< * a ■P'ortf. Pianos, which he will warrant fuDe~init«- and which he will difpofc of o» . great number of Forte v, ' imported from London and Dubli- ' atel -' fuhfcnber to caution the piiblic waV,fr tl? fill snfimiatiom flfpfcrfopis con,mtr„ j * rf " theni—who, for a very trifTl d " Ct " n P e,l 'at ; m , the refute of the European tortus?I**1 ** ! ; reported at a mere trifie, ~i (i price as a good inftrnment, to the ° rea if" pomtnicnt o( the ignorant pnrcta& nerally pays as ranch f or r evr- F tW N B Mur ina ; CO(l ofa P> od i Urome"t!" r by ;:c tuned and repaired in the hfP * in frfuments the inoft reafoifaMe terms,«» Un v f KARLES TAWES. 14 J 6 "' Wahmt, near Third-Street. John Gould, H AIR-DRESSER TNFORMS his friends and the public in'wrre- X ral, that lie continues to carry on his bulinefj as usual at No South Third-Street, rent Market-Street, and thanks his former customer, ior t'ie favors he has received. Said Ooti.D has for sale, an infallible cure f ( ,r \\ eak or Sore Eyes, which on trial, has and will he found to airfwer the pnrpofe He ha- it j.. vi. ils (mm one quarter of a dollar to a dollar - Any perron trV.np the abpve, if not found t» anf'vef tlie characrer gi, eii, the money willbe ~ ' freafury Department, Aut. I ST 20th, 1752. NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will bp received at the „f ,|, t Srcmaiv of the Trcafury, ur.til the ljih riay ol Oftybn nnt tncltllive, lor the supply ol ail rations wtllch mav te r- quired lor ihe use ol the Dinted iisjtes, from the firft day ofjanuaivto the thiity.fii II dav of D-comber 1793, both days inciufive, at SprinjfiHd, in the Stale ol Mairachiilctts. and the Poll of Wefl- Pnitit, in the State of New-Yoik. 7 nc rations to be fupplitd, are to con&ft of the following article, vi?. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or J "f a pound of pork, Half a jill of rum, brandy of whiflcy, One qu<ri t of fjlt, Two quarts of vinegar, Two pounds ol sap, ( P cr 'OP rations. ( One pound of csridles. ) The prypofaN mav be made for both of the above-mentioned Posts, 01 feparatcLy, for SDtinr. ■field and Weft-point. TERRITORY of COLUMBIA. Tju LY 6, 1792. HE Subscriber offers for Sale, a Mill-Scat on Kock Creek, deemed by tbofe who havpex mined it, equal to any in theUnued States. T'.< Mill-House may be pieced within one quarter of n mile of the river Potowmac, half a mile from the market houfc in Georgetown, and one mile from the President's fquaie, in the city of Wafh io^ton —on t ide wafer, navigable for vcflelf of se veral hundred hufhels burthen.—The ftrram is Sufficient ,the year round,to turn four pair of ftoner, and the tell may be made from 2510 30 feet. It is urmeccfiary to dwell on the advantages offuch a fit nation. The pnrfchafrr rftav be accommodated lyith a few hiindreri acres of land adjoining the Mill-Seat, it that Ibould he anobjeft. " ,(ep3m 14Jul) PLANS OP THE City of Washington, So|il by the Booksellers, DOIiSUM, CAREY, YOUNG, & CRI'MHAfiK. George-Town. A Number of LOTS in every situ. lion which ' JL may be in City of Washington, will be offered lor (ale by the Commiflioners. o® Monday the Blb day of October next. One fourth part of the money to be paid down, the refidueJ" three equal annual payments, with yearly intcrcft on the whole principal unpaid. JOHN M'G A NTT, Clerk to the Commifliooers. [cptf] June 2, 1792, Strayed or Stolen, FROM the fubf.;riber, onihenigtoof the lSih instant, from the inclofure of Jobn l * RK ' of Trenton Township, Hunterdon county, • c Jerfev, a Chefnut Sorrel MARE, about nine year old, fourteen and an half hands high, ba acs • white feet and eyes, a bunch on her let an fid«,l»craf»n»d by a hurt, small long nrtk, lh . mane, ftiortifh tail, Ihod all round . • /j ---will take I,p said Mare, and retorn her e'tnw John Clark, of Trenton, Rr a»m-• New-York, or the fubfenber in field county, State of Onnefticut, M™, EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD for the M>rc>" Thief, or TOUR DOLLARS for (Mr M«* ' (AMES TROWBRIDCt- Trenton, (N.J,) Sep'- 18. '79 2 ' . ftrr The JOURNAL of the THIRDS £SS '°? sEXjU *) tktVNITED STATES, had of the Editor hereof. KT The price of t*i' Cnzctttis tnnuy-Om ha/] to be f"'d at the fmc cffiipM- B. STODDERT.
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