Gazette of the United-States., February 13, 1793, Page 296, Image 4

A New Post-Road.
HAVING beendefired to ellibl'.fh a pod
road from Reading, in the state of Pe.m
fylvania, to Williamlburg, at the Greai Forks- ot
«he Genefee river, Notice is hereby given, that
proposals will be received at the General P .it-
Office, for carrying a weekly mail between
Reading and Williamlburg .foiefcid, by the
following route, to wit : the Great Road now
improving between Reading and the sown of
Northumberland J from the latter place to Loyai
Sock creek ; thence to Lycoming creek ; ibmce
in the new road to the Painted Post, on Tioga
river; and thence to Williamfburg.
The proposals will be received until the »stli
-of March next, inclulively;, the carriage ot the
mail to comnicncc within one month aHer
v»ards. '
Ncccffary Poft-Officea are to be eftablilhcd on
the route, and (uch petfom appointed Poll
tnafters as the Contractor (hall name, and the
Post maftei-General approve.
Within three months after theeamage of this
mail is commenced, the Contractor is to state to
the Poftmaftcr-Gencral the days and hours of us
irrival and departnte at and from the prim ipal
Poll-offices, which experience (hall prove to be
tnoft convenient; and thereafter the mail is to
be delivered at the tefpeftive PolUoffices at the
honrs so fixed, unavoidable accidents excepted,
On penalty of one dollar for each hour's delay ;
and for the non-performance of ■ trip, the Con
tractor to forfeit twenty dollars.
The term of the contrail cannot exceed eight
years. During its continuance the Contractor is
to receive the rates of poflageby law eftablithed,
»nd to have the exclusive piivtlege of carrying
letters and packers for hire, such excepted, as
flicll b* sent by 3 special melTenger, or which are
•t (hall be bv law declared free.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, Y. M.G.
General PvJl-OJ/ice, Jtn. 21,1793.
Insurance Company.
AT a gtneral meering (by adjournment) of
the Insurance Company of North-America,
on Wednesday the i6th iriitant,
It was Resolved,
THAT the Instalments which, according to
the Conftiiution, will become due on the (econd
Monday of July and January next, or either of
them, may bt paid by any Stockholder at an
earlier period ; and any Stockholder so paymg
such inftaltnent, or instalments, (hall receive a
proportionate (hare ot the Dividends thereafter
to be made, calculating such Glare from the firft
day of the month succeeding luch paymenti re
fpc&ivelf. Extract from the Minutes,
EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'ry.
Philadelphia, Jan. 23.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Resolved,
THAT the Calhier be juthorifed to receive
from the proprietor of any number of com
pleat ihares, such Ceitificatci, oot in hu own
name, 21 he may be the proprietor of; and after
cancelling the fame, to issue a new Certificate or
Ceitificaies in lieu thereof, in the name of fucti
proprietor.
Resolves, That in all future transfers ot
(S<jmplr»t shares in the capital stock of the Bank,
the Certificates of the Mures transferred be can
celled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be
issued in the name of the transferee or purchaser.
Risolvid, That the Certificates in (mate
issued, be foi One or more (hares, as the pro
prietor tnay.rrqueft ; tnd the new Certificate or
Certificates (hall be of correspondent numbert
with thofc in lieu of which they arc Cued.
ep3 w JOHN KEAN, Cafi.ier.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
February ift, 1793-
WHEREAS foreigners holding Stock, in
the Bank of the United States may pre
fer receiving their Dividends in Europe, to re
ceiving them in America,
RESOLVED, That any proprietor of the
Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States
lefiding in Europe, (hall be entitled to receive
either in London or in Amsterdam, the half
yearly dividends which may be declared there
on—in London at the rate of one pound fterJing
for every four hundred and forty-live cent*, or
in Amsterdam at the rate of one guilder current
money for every forty cents and tour mills—the
dividend declared in January of each year, to
be paid in London or in Amsterdam on the ft
eond Monday ol July following—and the divi
dend declared in July of each year, to be paid in
London or in Amsterdam on the lecood Mon
a.y of January following.
Provided, That every such Proprietor (pre
vious to the declaring of any Dividend, so to be
paid in London or in Amftetdam) (Hall give au
thentic notice to the Prcfident and Directors of
the Bank at which of the said Cities he will re
ceive the said Dividend.
By the Prefidcnt and T)ire&ors.
JOHN KEAN, Cafkier.
Advertisement.
Mr. JOSHUA HARHIN,
Sir,
YOU will pkafe to take notice, that I intend
to file a Bill in the ftigh Court of Chancery,
in the St«Jte of Maryland, to compel yoti to con
vey the following .Trails of LAND, to wit—
Harbin's Lot, ontaining one hundred acres of
land ; Evans's Ounce, containing fifty acres of
land,; Piney Grove, containing fevehty-two and
one half acresof land ; and part of James's Tract,
containing twenty-five acres ; in tke whole, two
hundred and forty-feven and one half acres of
land ; situate, lying and being, in Montgomery
County, in the State of Maryland ; agreeable to
your Bond of Conveyance, entered into by you
to me the twenty-sixth day of November, 1781.
I am, with due refoeft. thy friend,
'JOSEPH EVANS.
Ann Arundel County, State oj Maryland,
February 1/?. 1792. (ep tow)
A large Cellar to Let,
Suficientl> capacious to flore several hundred ban els.
Enquire of the Prln tk r r
FOR. sale,
Sv tit Uijcriicr, *t Wdnnt-Strttt frhtrf,
BILL of EXCHANGE
Madeira Wine,
Fi'for immediate ule, in pipes «t quarter cafUs,
TENERIFFE WIN'E, hi pipes,
SHERRY WINE, in quarter catks,
WEST-INDIA RL'M, e, - and 4 proof,
OI.D BRANDY, OLD SPIRIT,
COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM,
Two Balea 10.4 BLANKETS, and
A Bale of MUSLINS.
A new 13 4 Inch CABLE, i«o fr.homs long!
GEORGE MEADE.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1793. 'P 2m
TO be Sold, OR leased
FO* SIVIN OB TEN VIAil,
THE FOLLOWING
houses.
ONE 00 Walnut-ftieet, near Four«h-ftreet,
an feet front, haa two parlours below, the
f.om one ail by iyi feet, the back parlour ta
18 by u- feet. The front room op ftaira w a6f
bv i7iieet. There are five good chambers m
this house, beGdes the *arret it divided into
three rooroa,. in two of them there arc fire-
places.
The other Heufe is 27 feet upon VUlnut
ftreet, and .52 feet upon 4 tli street; there a.e two
good parlours below, nne of them 25 by 20 1-2
feet, ttie ofher 55 by. 18 t-2 feet, ?nd seven com.
plete beri-chamben; besides tht garret is di
vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have (ire.
places. The kitchens are good ones, and are
under the houses ; the largrt house ha* also a
house-keeper's room. It is intended there (hall
be a communication from both of theie houses
to a nfcighbouring ice-house, Tufiictently large to
supply 3 houses. Within 50 /trds of thele
houses, there will he compltat stables and coach
houses, for both houses ; they will be 'inifced
in the mod cornpleat manner, ind tWt keys
ready to be delivered early in the fummcr.
On paying h«lf the mornjy down (if fold) the
oth r half may be paid by inftalmenti, or the
whole may remain for 5 years, paying interelt
and giving fccurity on the premifefc.
For terms of sale or leal'e, »pp>y to the Sub
£crik»;r,
GEORGS MEADE.
Wfto has jer SALE,
Sundry Ground Rents,
In this city, amountin»totwenty-five poonda
fixtcen (hillings 4nd ftx-pencc, per annum.
Also, a quantity df 3 AOS, that wilt contain two
and a Half and three and a half bulhels.
Philartdphi*, fun. 19, i7?a.
War Department,
JiNVAR* £3> 2793-
INFORMATION -re hereby given to all the
military Invalids of the United States, that
the funis to which they »re entitled for fix
months of their annual pension, from the 4th day
of September 1792, and which will become due
on the rih div ot March 1793, will be paid on
th.' said day by the Commiflioneri of the Loans
within the flatei refpeftively, under the ufu*l
regulations, vie.
Every application for payment must be ac.
comoaniod by the following vouchers:
jft. The certificate givtn by the Hate, fpeeify
ing that the person pofleffing the fame is in fȣf
»n Invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which,
as fucb, he is annually intitled.
id. An-affidavit agreeably to the following
form :
A. B. came before me, one oT the Juflices
ofjthe county of in the state of and
made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom
the original certificate in his pofleflion was giv.
en, of which the following is a copy \'the, cer
tificate given by the state to be recited) That
he served (regiment, corps or vessel) at the
time he was disabled, and that he now resides
in the and county of aod has resided
there for the last years, previous to which
He resided in
In cafe an Invalid fhnnld apply for pavmtM
by am attorney, the said attorney, hefides'he
certificate and oath before recited, must produce
a special letter of attorney agreeable to the "fol
lowing form :
1, A. B. of county of state of
' do hereby constitute and appoint C. B. of
my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of
my pension for fix months, as an Invalid
of the United Stales, Irom the 4th day of Sep
tember 1792, and ending the 4th day of March
Signed and Seated
in the frefence of
Acknowledged befora me,
Applications of executors and administrators
mnft be accompanied with legal evidence of
their refpeftive offices, and also of the tim« the
Invalid died, whole pension they may claim.
By Command of the Prefjdent
ot the United States,
H. KNOX, Secretary at War.
(t3T The Printers in tint refpeSlioe Slates arc re
tyejled to publish the abotfc in their Ntwf papers jor
the space e>J a months.
PLANS
City of Washington,
So'd bv the Booksellers,
OOP.SON, CAREY, WWt,3 CRI'KSHASK.
TO BE SOLD BY THE. EDITOR,
A TABLE for receiving and paving Gold
graduated according to Law—Blank Mnmfefts—
And Blankx for ,fhc various Powers ot Attorney
niceflary in tranfafting Bufmrfj at lha Treafuiy
or Bank of the the United States.
-296
BY the Cortirriifllonef! ippoinlid Ifc prejArs
the Public Buildingi, 4c. wuhm the City
of W»(hin«ion, for the reception of Congreft
and for iheir.permanent residence after the year
•Bo* —
TOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
Federal City.
50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, are 3J",ooo dollars.
Ot TH*
A LOTTERY
LIST OF PRIZES, viz
i Superb Hotel, wiifc baths, )
out houses, &C.&C.IP colt >
1 Cash Prize
1 ditto
1 ditto
1 ditto
£,000 arc
1,000
5 00
100
.5°
*5
20
10
e ditto
10 ditto
20 ditto
ico ditto
200 ditto
400 ditto
1,000 ditte
15,000 ditto
16,737 P'i«»
Blanks
<0,000 - . r
The foledefign of this Lottery being to fact i
tate other improvements together witn the Public
Buildings—it i»'he particular desire of the Com
miff.onera that these may be effefled with as
few deductions from the Prir.es as poluble—how
far their endeavors may be answered, the Schcme
otthe Lottery will demonßrate. The *eys oF
the Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to
the fortunate poffefior ot the ticket drawn a.
ajraroil hs number.
All the other >rizes will be pyd, WttMA
JeduCHe*) in or.e mon.'h aj'.rr att 'I
the City Trt-afurer !>t Washington, or at luch
Bank orSanksas may be hereafter announced.
The «1 rawing will commence on Mo»d»v the
9th of Septembei at the City of W.lhing-
Tickpte may be had of Col. ttUj. Dit uns, Cuv
Treasurer of V.'albington ; of MrfTrc. Janes ijl
£3 Co. Baltimore ; of Mr. Vcttr Gilma*, Bolton ;
and at such other plates as Will be hereafter
publi filed.
N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will
be given for the befl Plan of an elegant and con
venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and cold
Baths, Stables, and other out houses, iJ irej» >te>-
nn or cfore tin 10it 'ji djjril nexli and a In
ference will be givn to the Anifl for a Con.
tract, provided lie be duly qualified to
com pleat his plan. The ground on which
the Hotel and out houses are to be erected, will
be a corner lot of about 90 by SCO feet, with a
bark avenue to the (tables, &c. Sefbons and
etimates of the expense will be expecteu
with the elevations, Ac. ; and 50,000
dollars mult be regarded by the Architeaast.ie
utmofl lirtiit in the expense intended lor this
purpose. 5. BLODC^ET,
Agtnt for thi affairs of the City.
Ja.mtry ij«
City of Washington.
January 7th, i;9g.
A NUMBER of Lois in this City will be of
fered for sale at aufiion, by the Corumif*
Sonera, on the 17th day of September next.—
One fourth part of the purchase money it to be
paid down, the residue at three equal annual pay
ments with yearly interest on the whole princi
pal unpaid.
JOHN M. GAttTT, Clerk It the Cm'rs.
Extrafl of an Afik of the General Assembly of
Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co
lumbia, and the City ot Wafbington.
*• Be it ena&ed, That any foreigner \»y ty
deed, or will, hereafter to be made, U\he a-d held lands
within that part of theJiid Territory which lies with
in this State, iw the fame manner as if kt was a citi
zen of this State ; and the fame lands lr<*v b; cot>
rcycu by him, and transmitted to and be inherited by
his heirs or relations, as if he and tiey were citizens
of this State : Provided, That no foreigner shall,
in virtue hereof, be entitled to any further or other
privilege of a citizen,"
Jan. ig,
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR Sale, a beautiful fttuation on the Po
towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria
and in a line of rtireftion towards the Federal
City and George Town,in full view of each place,
commanding a profpc&of the fiver aod adjacent
country oi Maryland and Virginia, for many
miles; about 4/5 or 50 acre* of Land, lying di
rcftly on the river, will be fold, with the im
provements, which are, a two-story framed "
dwelling-house, neatly fmifhed, a kitchen, office,
brick smoke-house and dairy, two-uorv trained
barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice
houte, a yard and garden, neatly railed and
highly improved, with a number of other nc
ceffary improvements ; trie whole of the Una
enclosed with polls and rails, ten or fifteen acres
laid down, with different kinds of. graft. Its
contiguity tothofe three towns must render it an
objrft worthy the attention of any pcrfon who '
wishes to invest money in a property that must
enhance in valise, in proportion to the rapid in
crease of the Federal City, Alexandria and
George-Town. This property lies nearly in a
central fuuationtoeach place. The Potowmack
at this spot has a fine deep ftvore and harbour,
capable of receiving veffeU of ?riy burden. It
may not be improper to observe, that men of
judgment think a profitable and convenient
Ferry might be erected here to the Citv of
; Washington and the Maryland Ihoris leading to
Baltimore and Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 215
acres of Wood-Land, about ihree miles distant,
which will suit weil to fuooly the above in
wood and timber. The title may be seen 10 the
above property, which is indifpuiable, and terms
known by application to the fab farther, living
on the premises.
Dtccmier ntk, IJ9I,
fun pueifSffto,
By Thomas Dobfofi,
SioiftUer, at the Sionc-Htufc, in Seuni Jtrt-i
Philadelphia, '
ENCYCLOPEDIA:
OR, A DICTIONARY OF ARTS,SCIENCES.
AND
50,000
The Di»mt,r SCIENCES and ARTS
are duelled into the form nl Diflii.a
TREATISES or SYSTEMS : '
COMPIIEHtKOIKO
*5.000
20,006
13,000
10,000
ito,ooo
io,oot>
10', 000
10,000
xb,ooq
10,000
20,0C®
I^o,ooo
THE History, Theory, and Piaflice, of each
according to the Latif! Difcoveiic, , m '
provements : and Full Explanation! given oftbt
Various detached pant of Knowledge, whethrr
relating to Natural and Artificial Objrfl,, or ,j
Matters Eccltfiaftieal, Civil, Military,Commru
ctal, &c. Including Elucidations of the matt „ n .
portant Topics relative to Religion,MtvaU.Mjn
ners, and the Oeconomy of L fe : together with
a Dcfcription of all the Countries, Cities, prin
cipal Mountains. Seas, Rivers, tc. throughout
the World j a General History, Ancient uid
Modern, of the different Empiret, Kingdoms
and States; and an account of the Lives of the
moll Eminent Persons in every Nation, from iht
earliest ages down to the present times. Com
piled from the writings of the heft inthon, i 4
Several Languages ; the most approved Diftions
rics, as well of General Science as of particular
branches; the Tranfaftioos, Journals, and Me
moirs of the learned societies, both at home tvi
abroad—the MS. le&ures of eminent profelfnrs
on different Sciences : and a variety of ongmsl
Materials, furtiilbed by an extensive Correltjoi:-
dence.
Dollars 350,000
The Seventh Volume contain* a defcripiioi
of Mount Etnj, Eudiometer, tape,
rimcntal Philosophy, Syftrm of Farriery, t"»ud»l
fyfUm, Fire, fix<*d Air, Fluxions. Food, Fottificj.
lion, Foflilj, hiftbry of France, Gardening, Gas,
Geneva, Gtography, Geometry, Gilding, GlWfl|
&e. with a variety of articles in natural hiftoty,
biography and vnifccltanie*. lllufttated *iili
Thirty Eight elegant Copperplates.
[. The Work i* printing oa a ftiperfint
and new types, (cafl for the putpofe) nhiett
will be occasionally renewed before they *qii«
tra& a worn appearance*
11. The wort it furnilhed in boards, in volumes
or half.volumea, as fubferibera chufe;the jrticf
ol the whole volumes Hollars each.ot ik
half-volumes two dollars and two-thirds ora
dollar each. Ten dollars to he paid nn
feribing, the volumes or hals-volumes
to be paid fftr when delivered, tbr prictof oui
volume to be paid in advance, ami tbe price ol
each succeeding volume to be paid on d*littr»
ing the volume preceding it. jfo ptri 61 ltd
work will be delivered urtlefs |>iid frtr.
111. In (he eoutfeof the publication »iH M itt
livered about five hundred COppefplfctrS ri«U
jointly rngtaved in Philadelphia: which by
1 arc*reed in numberthofe given Id itty WKe#
f'cientiSc d iSionary. At the elofe ot (he ptiba
lication will be delivered an elegant frttttiU
piece, the dedication, preface, and proper li.
tie pages for the different .
It >s ex pelted the work will b« compriMiil
about eighteen volumes in qnarto.
Thole who wilh to becomepnfcKors ftl
thisvalliable work will plrafr m be rarlyinthtt»
applications, as the fubfeription it nearly clotrtf,
Jan. »3-
Dollars Reward.
RAN away on the 15th inltant, a likely Nfc
gro Man caller. Isaac, about twenty-three
years oid, five feet fix or eight inches high, a
well made fellow, fond of talking, Viei a large
mouth, and (hows his teeth very much v»hcft
talking ; had on when he went away, a brown
linen fhift, a short white kersey over jacket with
a very high collar and plain bieaft, with buttont
■which appear to have bt'tn very gay j a pair of
white kersey breeches, » pair of white knit yara
fkockings, • pais of (hoes witfc in
and a coarse hat j all the above clothes are
mod new. Said Negro was fprmtily the cro
perty of Mr. William Tknhsi, Ute of Rent
County, near George-Town Cross Roads, d<-
ceafcd, and has for fevetal years been eni|ilove4
in that neighbourhood, and principalfy by a Mr.
Maxwell, and lately by MefTrs. John and James
Carmack, as a waggoner, which bufincfs he is
well acquainted w»h, and is what he preferss
and tias been engaged in driving a waggon froi*
(aid Cross-Roads to Duck-Cteek, &c. until
Auguff last. I expea he will make his way for
the neighbourhoods of George-Town, Duck*
Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above to
ward will be paid if delivered to me in thi»
place, or Thirty Dollars if Teemed in any goal,
so that I get hioi again. He is an aitfal fellow,
and when raken, will make his elcape, unlcfl
particularly secured.
F.aston, OWEN KENNARQ,
Talbot County, ?Aary/<tnJ, Ott. 28, 179"* 1,1
BALDWIN DADE
eftm
VOLUME VII, o>
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE,
On a Pfan cntir?l\ •
»T WHICH
CONDITIONS.
200 Dollars Reward.
LOST, at Providence, or between Provident*
and Boston, a very fm'ill TRUNK, cove ''
■with (cal4kin of a reddish colour, with *
spots. It contained » quantity of Souttr »«
Noah-Carolina State Notes, and a few or t c
State of Rhode. I {land ; with other paperJ.wluc*
can only be ferriceable to the prnp>ie'o r - '
State notes are cheeked at the offices tlorn * ,
thev issued. Any pcrfon producing thi■ T™"
(with its contents) to JOHN MARSTON, «
Boston, -VfILLIAM HALL, of Prnvidencei
Messrs. PA TERSON and BRASHER, Nt«"
York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in
phia, (hall receivethe above reward, or lo" 1
part of the prapertv, One Hundred Doll""-
Boftoit, Nov. 28. C P
TICKETS
In the FEDERAL CITY LOffEKh
May be had at SAMUEL COOnJ" F« V