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n d 7 r c r it i? v r <r ° ,If Ditto F ' r cafc , *50
P R I** & ttUKKLril* *-Sw»-et, best, in fl*fks,pr.box 10 50
u vjvaan t 1 ry.—Dollars 100 Ccms each. Ditto baskets, 12 bottles 5
Spermaceti pr. gall. 48 (
PHILADELPHIA, May 29. .Train 24 *7
Whaie 25 33
A Dlls. tij. Dili. its. p„rter pr. cask, 5 33
CTLNCHOttS pr.lb. ? lo j London, pr.dez. *bo
iilum, pr.cyt. 433 J American dmo bot.incl. 1 4 160
Ditio, Roch pr, ii. 11 I Pir ch, pr. bbl. 1 73 2
A(hes, pot, per ton, * 120 jPork, Burlington, per barrel, 14
Pear), 137 , 4° 7| Lower county . »3
Arrack pr. gall. 1 .33 , 1 ,6 j r Cirolina 9
Brandy, common, <>1 Pea %, Albany pr. bushel 73
Coniac *j° ,00 |Pepper, pr. lb. 3^
Braziletto, pr. ton. 3- 34JPimeuto x 9
Bricks, pr. M. 4 ' (Rdifins, best, pr. keg 633
Bread, mip, pr. cwti o Ditto pr.jar 233
Ditto, pilot o {Ditto pr. box « 203
D, tuo, (mall water, per keg 3 6 R, ce pr.cwt. 845
Beer, Am ncan, in Rofln pr . bariel * 78
pr.doz. bottles included, 1 4 Ruin> Jamaica, pr. gallon > "
Ditto pr. barrel, 4 °7 Antieua 1
Boards Cedar pr. M feet, 20 Windward 86
New England 12 >4 Barbadoes 8 7
T l It o I Country, Ni E. 62
Merchantable pine so 4 I
c do. 10 67[Salt petre, pr. cwf. *4 33
Mahogany, perfoot 10 Sall'afras pr. ton 6 8
The above are the (b.iilop price., Shot ditto »4° '4'
for the yard price, add i dol- Steel, German pr.lb. 9
)ar 33 cents per iboo. Engl.(h,bliftered, pr. cwL to
• , f-A American pr. ton * ! 3 33
Brimstone in rolls, pr.cwt. 2 t>7 Crowley's pr. faggot »° t>7
Beef, Boston, pe. barrel is Snake root pr. lb. 20 4 e
— Country ditto 9 S oap, Brown per lb- 6
——Fr< (h, per cwt. 333 4 6 7 White 8
Butter pr. lb. „ Castile 11
,n ke S s n 10 " Starch 7
Candles, Sperm, pr. lb. til Snuff pr. do*, bet. 4 560
ax ~, Spermaceti, refined, pr. lb. 4 8
—• Myrtle Wax M r , c
Mould, tallow 12 Sailcloth,Englifli,No.!.pi'.yard, 30
Dipped# 11 Botton, No. I. ditto 36
Cheese, Engliih, pr. lb. '9 — No ". 35
Country 8 >3 Sugar Lump, pr. lb *i
Chocohte ' ' 8 f Leaf, Tingle refined =4
Cinnamon * 4° 2 6 7 Ditto, double do. 33
ri IWM 1 331 Havannah, white »7 10
Soco,pr.cwt. » — Ditto, brown, M
Coffee pr. It,. >5 '7 -Mufeovado, pr. cwt 13 15
Coal pr. bushel 2 4 33 SpmtsTurpentmeJ>r gallon 7
Copperas pr.cwt. 1 67 Salt Allu.n pr. bulhel 33
Cordage, American, per cwt. 767 8 — Liverpool 3d
Cotton pr. lb. *7 37 —Cadiz *5
Co. rant, 12 Llfbnn
Duck, Ruflia, pr. piecc jShipbuild. W. O. frames p.ton, 1867
——Ravens 11 jDitto Live Oak, 21 33
Dutch fail duck, 20 I Ditto red cedar, per foot 33 4°
Feathers pr. lb- 48 Shingles, 18 inch, per M. 333 367
Flax ditto 11 12 Ditto 2 feet, 6 5° b
Flaxfeed pr. bush. °Pino 3 feet, dressed, >3 15
Flour, Superfine pr. barrel 5 fc? Staves, Pipe p.. 1000 3 2
Common, 533 White Oak hoglhcad, .0 33
Bur middlings, best 447 Red Oak do. >9 .>
Meal, Indian 3 '3 Lcogan 2 ' JJ
ditto Rye, 3 33 Barrel "
Ship-ftuff pr.cwt. . , '4° Heading 2 5 3d
Fustic pr. ton, 20 Skms, Otter, best pr. piece 4b7
. cc 1 -M inks 20 4
Gin, Holland, pr. cafe, 466 4 o 80
Do - Pr.gall. J* 9° I Dltto * rr /
Glu<?, pr.cwt. 2 ° 33 Martins 2 4 1 ,
Ginger, white race, peilb. 7 F,flier.* 33' 67
Ditto, common 71 R ,
Ditto, ground pr. lb. H Racoons «7 60
Ginfeog, 20 4 Mulk-rats '» 20
Gunpowder, cannon, pr. q.calk, 373 i I graver pr lb ®7 '33
Ditto, fine glazed 4 i'n hair ' 20 3°
Grain, Wheat pr. bufl. 1 7 ,s? —Deet.m
Rye oc|Tar,N. Jerfcy, j 4 gal.p. bbl.
Oats 351 Carolina, 32 gall. »
Indian corn 60 Turpentine pr. bbl. 2 3.
Barley 1 1 3| Tobacco, J. River, best 100 ID. 433 I
Best (helled pr. lb. 7 inferior 3 33 |
Buckwheat, per bulh. 4 C I —old 4 7 j
, , nr , iaR fi*»l Rappahannock 3 06 1
Hemp, impo. ted, pr. ton, 12.0 14667 Coloured Maryland, 533 8
American, pr. lb. 4 o\ rwk 2 4°
Herrings, pf-bbl. 3 Long'-leaf 2 4°
Hides, raw pr. lb. 9 Eastern-shore 2 2 '3
JL VI i< Carolina,new 27 3
Hoglhead hoops, pr. M. 15 old? 3 33
Indigo, French per lb. 1 20 1 53 Tea, Hvfon pr. lb. 93 1 2 ®
Carolina 1 1 20 Hvfon lk-n, 53 60
Irons, fad pr. ton, x 33 331 Souchong, 5° 93
Iron, Callings pr. cwt, 3 4 I Congo, 43 <5°
Bar pr.ton, Bohea, 33 3"
Pig . 2 4 Tallow, refined, per lb. 9
Sheet J 73 33rrin pr. box, 13 33 l 3 "7
- -Nail 1 33 Jve«.digreafc lb- 47 &3
Junk, pr.cwt 4 510 Vermilhon, do. <33 tb 7
Lard hogs pr. lb 9 g Varnish, per gallon 33 37
Lead, in pigs pr. cwt. 5 33 s°7|
in bars 7 [Wax, Bees pr. lb. 25 2 7
white 1° 10 6;j Whale-bone, long pr.lb. 13 3°
—red 64° 66 I Wine, Madeira, pr. pipe, 176 226
Leather, foal, pr. lb. 17 2C | Lilbon 120 126
Lignum vitae pr.ton, 0 | Teneriffe, pr. gallon
Logwood 3° I -Fayal 5 2
Mace pr. lb. 9 I Port pr. pipe 113 33
Mackarel, bed or. bbl. 8 | Ditto in bottles,pr.doz. 4
— f cond quality 6 4 j — claret 4 6
' Madder, best pr. lb. t6 2>-J Sherrv pr.gall. 90 120
Marble, wrought, pr. foot, :33 2 67J Malaga 77 80
Mast spars ditto 33
Molasses pr.gall. 44 47
Multard per. lb. J COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
flour, hi bottles, pr.doz. l 2Ci
Nails, Bd. t0,112d. and 2 o d. pi.lb. 1C On London, P" £ ■*<*> «">• 453
Nutmegs pr. lb. ; 8 ,t 90 oays 446
Oil, Linseed, pr. gall. Amftcrdam, 60 days, pr. guilder, 38
— Olive °7| 90 days, 36
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 16, Wall-street, New-York.
THESubfcriber intending to confine himfelf
entirely to the PURCHASE & SAI E of
STOCKS on COMM ISSION, begslcate to of
fer his Cervices to his friends and others, in the
line ofa Stock Broker. Those who may olcafe
to favor him with the ir business, may depend
upon having it tranfȣled witV the utmoit fide
lity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Bofion, or any
other part of the United States, will be ftriftly
attended to.
(t.f.) LEONARD BLEECKER.
Jufl publijhed,
By THOMAS DOBSON,
At the Stone Houjt, No. 41, Soith Secovit-Strret
A S E,
A C
Decided ill the Court of the Unitkb
States, in wliich is difcufled the Question,
WHETHER A STATE IS LIABLE TO BE
SUED BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN OF
ANOTHER STATE ?
Price Half a Dollar.
(£3" War.ird to.cowpleatfiles of this Gazette vurr
bers 79 and 80—Six pencc each mill be paid by the
Editor Jor a jew oj thoje numbers.
416
By THOMAS IOHKoQN, DAVID
STUART,&DANIEL CARROLL,
Esquires,
Commission iki appointed by Government to
prepare the Public Buildings, &c. within the
Ciiy of Wajkingtori, tor the reception of Con
grefj, »nd toi ihcir permanent itrfiiieD<;e after
the ycarißoo—
A LOTTERY
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
Federal City.
50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, arc 350,000 dollars.
LIST OF PRIZES, viz
1 Superb Hotel, with baths, >
r,m houffs, &c.&c.tocoll S
1 Calh
1 ditto
1 ditto
1 ditto
2 ditto
10 ditto
5,000 are
i,ooo
s°°
ICO
5°
25
20
20 ditto
100 ditto
200 ditto
400 ditto
1,000 ditto
15,000 ditto
16,737 Piiees
33, >63 Blanks
50,000
By this scheme at leajl the amount of the tick
ets will return to the fortunate adventurers, and
yet the federal City will g*i° its object thereby,
in a magnificent building di signed both for pub
lic and private convenience.
Although some expence must ncccffarily at
tend the conducting of the lottery, (which ex
pence w ill be taken from the principal prize) ihe
Commiflioners having agreed to present in re
turn a fufficicnt quantity of excellent frce-ftone,
log.ther with the belt adapted lots for the hotel
and for the 'Ut-houfes, the value of the lottery
entire may be fairly rated a: something more than
par: In this important instance it will be found,
on examination, to exceed all the lotteries that
have ever been offered 10 the Public in this or
pe haps in any other country. The keys of the
Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to the
fortunate polLffor of the ticket drawn aagainft
its number.—All the other prizes will be paid,
without deduction, in one month after the d) awing, by
the City Treasurer at Washington, or at such
Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced,
for the conveniency of the fortunate adventurers.
The drawing will commence 011 Monday the
gtfrof Septembet next, at the City of Washing
ton.
Tickets may be had of CoJ. IVm. Dickens, City
Treafurrr of Washington.; Thaler £3 B'rt'ei, of
Charleflon, South-Carolina ; Gideon Denijon, Sa
vannah j MefiVs. James Wefi £3 Co. Balumoie j
Mr. Peter Gilman, Boston"; and at such other
places as will be hereafter published.
N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will
be given for thebeft Plan of an elegant and con
venient HOTEL or INN, with hoi and cold
Baths, Siables, and other out houses, if presented
on or iejore the iofh tj April next; and a pre
ference will be givfn 10 the Anil} for a Con
trast, provided he be duly qualified to
conipleat his plan. The ground on which
the Hotel and out houses are to be cretfed, will
be a corner lot of about 90 by 200 feet, with a
back avenue to the stable?, &c. Se£tions and
estimates of the expenle will be expected
with the elevations. &c. compleat ; and 50,000
dollars mull be regarded by the Architc6t asthe
utmost limit in the expmfe intrnried lor this
purpose. S. BLODCE I,
Agent for the atfaus of the City
March 6, 1793.
District of Pennsylvania, to wit.
x T> EIT REMEMBERED, That on
(Seal. ) l^e thirteenth djy of March, in
/ the fevemcenth year of the Indepen-
v dence of the United States of America,
Thomas Dobson', of the said D'ftritt, hath de
ported in this Office, the Title of a Book, the
Right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the
words following, to wit.
** An F77 quiry how Jar the Punijkmentof Death
<4 if necejfary in PennfylvUnia. With Notes and
t* Jl/ujlrations. By William Bradford, Esq.
44 To which is added, art Account of the Gaol and
** Penitentiary Hovfe oj Philadelphia, and of the
44 interior Management thereof. By Caleb
44 '.ownes, vf Philadelphia. 1J we enquire
44 into the Causes of all human Corruptions, we
14 Jhallfind that they proceed from the Impunity
44 of Crrines r and not from the Moderation oj Pu
-44 vijhmtnts Moqtefq.
In conformity to the A£t of tlie Congress of
the United Slates, intituled, 14 An A£l for the
Encouragement of Learning, bv.fecuring 'he
Copies of Maps, Chans and Books, to the Au
thors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the
Times therein mentioned."
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
Clerk of the Diltrift of Pcnnfylvania.
«r The above work is fold in Charlejlon by
William Price Young ; Richmond, by Archibald
Ctifrie : Baltimore, bv James Rice : New-York,
by Thomas Allen : Bcjlon, by DavidlVeft.
Post-Road
TO THE GENESEE COUNTRY.
THE public are hereby informed, that the
Post-Road from Philadelphia to Reading,
is continued to Sunbury and Northumberland ;
thence up the Weft B r anch of the Sufquchannah
as far as Licoming; thcnce to the Painted Post
(in New-York state, near the foi ks of the Tioga)
thence, to Bath (a town laid out on the Coho&on
Branch of the Tioga) thence to Williamfburg,
at the forks of Genelee River.
Letters for this new route will be sent from
the Philadelphia Poft-Officc every Wedrrcfday
morning, at eight o'clock, with the mail lor
Reading.
A weekly mail will alio be carried from
Bethlehem to WiHkcfbarre, in the county of
Luzerne.
General Pojl-Officc, April 6, 1793.
A January 7 ,h. 1793.
NUMBER of Lois in this City "will oe of
fered for sale ai auction, by the Commif«
fioriers, on the 17th day of September next. —
One fourth part of the purchase money it to be
paid down, the refiduea< three equal annual pay
ments with yearly interefton the whole princi
pal unpaid.
JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Com'rf.
Exiraft of an A6l of the Gt nrral Affcmblv of
Maryl and, concerning the Territory of Co
lumbia, and the City ot Wafbingwin.
4t Be it ena&ed, That any foreigner ma\ by
deed or xvi//, hereafter to be made, take and hold lauds
within that part 0} the JwW Territory which he* with
in this State, in the fame tninner as if he was a citi
zen of this State ; and the fante linds ma> be con
veyed by him % and tranfmitied to and be inherited by
his heirs or relations, as if he and the\ were citizens
of thii State : Provided, That no foreigner fhall y
in virtue hereof be entitled to any further or other
privilege of a citizen
Jan. 19. tf
5 ®,c00
25,000
20,000
I 5, c0 0
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
20,000
150,000
Dollais 350,000
City of Waihington.
Albany Glafs-Houfe.
The Proprietors of the Glafs-Manuiactory, under
the Firm ot.
M'CLALLEN, M'GREGOR and Co.
BEG leave lo inlorm the public, that «hey have
now brought their WINDOW-GLASS to
such pcrfeftion, as will be tound, on companion;
to be equal, in quality, to the bed Loudon
Crown Glass.
Having fixed their piices at a lower rate than
imported, Glass, they arc induced to believe, that
importationsof this articic will be discontinued,
in proportion as their works are extended.—
They propose to enlarge .the scale of lhn busi
ness, and as the success of it will depend on the
patriotic support of the public, they beg leave to
solicit their friendly patronage in the purf'uu of
a branch which will intercft cveiy lover of
American Manufactures.
All orders for Vc'i ndow-Gl ass, of any ftze,
will be received at the Store <of Rhodes and
MacGkfgor, No. 234, Queen-ftteei, New-
York, and at the Glass Warcbo\ife, No. 48,
Maiket-ftreet, Albany, which will be pun&uatly
attended to.
Pr WANTED, fix smart aftivc LADS, not
exceeding 16 vcars of age, to be indruit-d 4%
Apprentices, and regularly inftru&ed in the
various branches of Glata-Making,
Alto, three Wtndow-Glah MAcm, to whom
great encouragement will be given.
May a« »793
PL A N S
OF THE
City of Washington,
Sold by the Booss£i,;,eiis,,
DOBSON, CAREY, YOUNG, & CRUKSH.INK,
JUST PUIS USUI/), ■
By Thomas Dobfon,
Bookfctter, at the Stone-Hsufe, in Second Jti cet,
PHI LutUPKi A,-
V O L O;M E Vill, of
ENCYCLOPEDIA:
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