v To the Public. 'TME Editor of tiic G.\ 'i JTii of thk Ukitui ST/triSfi'jjropofei publifliiiig'&ie P^eo under that Title, every tvenin;;, Sunday's excepted To rc:*d?r it intereflinjj as a Daily Publi cation, it fliall contain foreign and domestic, commercial and poJitTCaJ Intelligence ' Kf- fays and OWrva*ion , local and general : — Marir:mc information Prices Current of Merchau'J'ze and the Public Funds. Also a fumniary of the proceedings ofCongrefj, and of the Legislature of this State :—vrith a sketch of Congreilionul Debates, fkc. Advertizing favors will be gratefully r?> ceived. T E R M S, To be prmud on paper of the d?my fixe 5 but a larger size (hall be fubitituted in Decern* ber ncact. The price Six Dollars per Annum ; to he paid half Yearly. When a fulScicnt nu Tiber of Subscribers is obtained, the Publication (hall commence. In tlie interim, the Gazette will be ptiblifh ed twice a week as ultial.—Subfci ipt'ons are refpe ft fully solicited by the Public's humble ferrar.t, JOHN FEN NO. Subfcri prions are received at the City Tavern, South Second Sliest—by Mr. Dobfon. at the Stone Ifoufe—hy other per Jons who are in pojeffion of Jub- Jlription paper . and by the Editor at hi J houfe y ■No. 34, North* Fifth-Street. Philadelphia, Ju!y, 1793, THE ED H 0 H MOST ea? hejVy req\tefis those of his diflant Sub. fcribers who are in arrearsJor the Gazette, to make payment as Jiwn as pujjible. — Those per forts rvho have receivedfubfeription money on his account are defircd to remit the fume. The arrearages for the Gazette have accumu'ated to a>ferious amount—»Serious, as they are the only resource to discharge very serious engagements incurred in the profccution of this ex penftvepublication. Philadelphia, June 26. BANK of tie UNITED STATES. July i ft, 1793. NOTICE is hereby given that there will be pa»d at the Bank after the ioih inftaut, to the Stockholders or their Reprefentarives duly authorised, FOURTEEN DOLLARS and FIFI Y CENTS for each Share, being the divi dend jdfclated for the last fix months; By order, JOHN KEAN. Cjfhier. ep3W RULES To he ohlcrved in tranfa&ing Bunnefs with the Insurance Company OF NORTH-AMERIt A lft. \ LL ordcit tor Insurance must beg'ven l \ in writing, signed by the applicant; and as minute a dcfciipuon of the vessel is ex pc£ted, as the per lon ordering the insurance can give, re (petting her age, built, how found and fitted, and whether double or single decked. ad. AH policies will be ready for delivery in twcivy-four hours after the order for insurance is accepted at the office, and the policy must be taken up in ten days. 3d. Notes, with an approved endorfet, for all premiums, must be given in ten days, payable as folU wj : For American and Weft-India rifques, in three months alter the date of the policy. For P rifquos, in fix months. For Irid'a and China rifques, in 12 months. For rifques by the year, in eight months. For rifques for fix months, in fonr months. And tor riliquet for any Idler time, in three months. 4th. Lodes will be paid in ten days after proof and adjuH. noent ; but if the note given for the premium fh.ill not have become due within that time, the amount of tt (hall, neveithelefs, be de ducted from the loss to be paid. The Insurance Company of North-America hereby give notice to all whom it may concern, that, agreeably so the above rules, they arc ready to receive all orders for insurance, which may be addreflVd to them, accompanied wuh direc tions to some refponfiMe house in Philadelphia for ihe payment of the premiums within the time limited. In caf;-. tht' »irc|nfs offered shall be spprovrt), the insurance (hall be immrdiately effrfcYed ; otfeei wife notice, (hall bi given, cither by anlwer 10the person applying, or io his agent, in Phila <3dphia, a* may be oioeitd. B\ ->rdcr ot t'ne Dirrftors, EBENEZER HAZARD, Scc'ry. 4w J ul )' 3 INSURANCE COMPANY. Philadelphia, July ill, 1793. NOTICE is hereby given to ihe membeis ot the Insurance Company of North Ameri ca, that ihe D'» ftors have declared a dividend (to this day) o! fax per cent on the amount of the firft inftalineut, and of one per cent per month, on the funis paid towards five Jecond and thtrd instalments, calculating, from the fit ft day of the month folio wing t hat in which these pay ments wcFe made. The Dividend will be paid t#» the Stockholders or their Rcprcfcixa'ivcs, at the Company'* Office, (No. 119, Couth Ftont- Street) at any time after the 7th inft. EBENEZER HAZARD, Sec'rv. f£3T <4s tfa nenbtr-s of this (citpany are much Sfierfii throughout the (inittd States, the Printers in the fever alflt&Us are rtqueJUi to give the afave a place in their neujpapers. UNIVERSITY (^PENNSYLVANIA i * J u V v l2j 1793 r I l£ for thr Ph*lo(uj»Rieal C'alle* 1 r-»rrmrnccs on Monday the 15th initant, »!>d to continue w cks ; and lor the dif ferent frbooU, belonging 10 ihr 1 n{\>tdt»ofi, on nu'iy ihe 29*h 'njiant,<o tmiwuucjtiur weeks. The Commcncerilc nt for conferring Decrees on the Sludcitt» of thr Senior Class. who have 1> en already examined before the Faculty and TruP.ces, and approved of by them, will be held on Ihe id of September next. As the Fhtlo'oph'cal Profefforf .will begii* the 1 cpiiife#. of J.i&ures about ihe ill of Sep tember. to the Cli<fTrs under their care, and «s it is tibial 'or Students from d'lUnt who wifti to fiuifb their education in the Univeifny, to enter one or other ot these daffies, accord'ng to their proficiency in Literature, it is recom mended to such Students to make their applica tions for admin'ipn th:»t time. The Lecture* of the Provost frorilir ben fit of the McdicaJ S ndenti, will be#in,y*s ufudl. on the fi'ft of Novemhn, when the Lectures of the Medical Pi'ofefTns comipence. By order of tbc Faculty, V r M. ROGERS, Sec'iy. Albany Glafs-Houfe. The Proprietors of the GUTs-Manufactory, under '.he Firm of M'CLALLEN, M'GREGOR and Co. BLG leave to inform the public, thai ihey have now brought their WINDOW-GL ASS to such pci fefl'iin, >s will be found,on companion, 10 he equal, in quality, to the best London Crown Glafc. Having fixed their prices at a lower rate than imported Glass, they are induced to believe, that importations of this article will be discontinued, in proportion as their works are extended.— They propose to enlarge the feale of this bufi nel's, and as the faccels of it will depend on the patriotic support of the public, they beg leave to solicit their friendly patronage in the pursuit of a bianch which will interest e\ery lover of A M E K IC A N MA NCFAC TURKS. All orders for Wl ndow-Gl ass, of any size, will be received at the Store of Rhodes and MacOrfcor, No. 234, Oueen-ftrcet, New- York, and at the Glass Wa r ehonfe, No. 48, Mai ket-llreet, Albany, which will be puufhially attended 10. (£3T WANTED, fix smart a&ive I. ADS, not exceeding 16 years of age, to be indented as Apprentices, and regularly inftrutted in the various blanches of Glass Making. 1 Also, three Wmdow-Glafs Makers, to whom great eucouiagemcnt will be given. May i t 1793. GENERAL POS T-O FV 1 CE, Philadelphia, May 27, 1793. 500 Dollars Reward. WHEREAS a ccrtain THOMAS SLO£S GANTT, has lately made Ips escape from Baltimore County Gaol, to which he was committed under a charge of having robbed the Enliern Mail> on the 281 b day os-January last : Notice is hereby given, that a rrward of five hundred dollars will be paid at this QfTice, 10 any pcrfon or persons who (hall apprehend the said TJwntas S/ofs Gantt, and deliver hirn info ihe custody ot the keeper of the said Gaol, or into thecuttody of either of the Mai Dials within the United Stairs, so that the said Thomas Slofs Gantt may be efftftually fecurcd. and forthcoming 10 answer the above mentioned charge. TIMOTHY PICKERING, Pofl-Majltr General. The following is a description of the above named Thomas Sloss Gantt : He is about fix feet high, strait and well made, has light co loured h2ir, tied behind, fair complexion and has a down look when spoken to. City of Washington. January 7th, 1793. A NUMBER of Lots in this City will be of fered tor sale at auction, by the Commif- Uoners, on the 17th day of September next.-— One fourth part of the puvchafe money is to he paid down, the refiduc at three equal ;nuu»l pay ments w<th yearly iutcreft 011.the whole priwtv* pal unpaid. JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Com'rs. Extract of an Ast t>f the General Aifcmbly of Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co lumbia, and the City of Waftiing-.on. 44 Be it ena&ed, That any foreigner nay by deed or wt!l y hereafter to be made. take and hold lands within that part oj the jaid Territory which lies with in this State, in the fame manner as if he was a citi zen of this State ; and the fame lands may be con veyed by him x and transmitted to and be inherited by his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens of thu State : Provided, That no foreigner Jhall\ in virtue hereof, be entitled to any furtktJ or other privilege of a citizen jaw. 10, FOR SALE, BY MATHEW CAREY, At his Store, No. 118, Markci-ftreet, Philadelphia, * THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, from 'its commencement tn January, 1787, to its termination in D< cembi i\ 1792, in twelve vo lutins, price, neatly bound and lettcred v nine- Veen dollars and one fifth. The opinion ot the President of the United States, this work, is 3$ follows : " I believe the American Mufcum has met with extcnfive, I may fay, with tinivecfal ap probation from competent judges ; for I am of opinion, that thr work is not only eminently calculated 10 dill" minate political, agricultural, philosophical, and othrr valuable information ; but that it h;is been unjormly condu fled with tafle, attention, and propriety. If 'to these important objects be lupciadded the more immediate de sign of rescuing public documents from obli vion— I will venture to pronounce, as nfcy sen timent, that a more useful literary PL AN HAS NHA'F.I('BE!N UNDERTAKEN IN America, or one more t> ese rviljg of pub lic encouragement,'' June 5- 476 TO THE PVR LIC. (p- THI LO.TO* prop eft! to cor.r.rut tit fiMicaiitn oj the <" i'«» Sr*Tti .Jar Jijlant arcu atton, ej'tr t»e Jiijt uj December next, or the fo-lowi tern, viz. Jt Jhali be 'pubb/hed on Widnijdavs and Saturdays, on paper oj the Mcuumfzc— whictt is larger than the ptefent. The price, Three Dollars per annum,fxouhve of pottage Subfcnptians to he received by the refpefhve Pcji- Maflers throvgi-out the Unron, or Juch other peijons as may Jet proper to col left them The papers to be jotwat dtd by pofi tivice a week. A 0 packets to contain lejj than si x papers—and no fubjeriptions to be rcceiv, d for a less term than JLx months.—Paxments to be corjlantly fix monthj in advance. — Twenty per c*nt. deduflicn from the price of the Gazette, will be allowed to thuje who col led and forward the fubfeription mcne), Jrce of ex pense, in JuH of all charges for their trouble in the business. The publication will contain as vfual, a variety oj original ejfays—foreign and domrjltc intelligence, and a sum-nary of the proceedings of the Legijluture oj the Union, &c. &c. Attention will be paid to difpatchmg the papers with and Sub fcrilers wax depend on receiving them as regularly, I as the pofli arrive. June 8. Hercule De Sercey, From Lcoganc, Island of St. Domingo, MAKES and fellt all io:ts of Mugs, Jacks, Porringers, Cups, Stew-Pans, Lamps, &c. in Tin, plain or ppanned —He also niends old tiri work. As he works cheap, he hopes for the public encouragement. No. 23, Race.street, near Front-street. June 22. HERCULE DE SERCET, DE Leogane, Isle de St. Dominque, travaille en ler Blanc, de tonte forte de manieres a commande et a bon warcht-. A Philadelphie, ce 22 Juin, 1793. No. 23, Race-lireet, pees Fiont-ftreet. By THOMAS JOHNSON, DAVID STUART,&DANIEL CARROLL, Esquires, Comm ission'Kßl appointed by Government to prepare the Public Buildings, See. within the City of Wajhington, for the reception of Con gress, and for their perinanent rtfidence after the year 1800— A LOTTERY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Federal City. 50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, arc 350,000 dollars, LIST OF PRIZES, viz. eDisw I Supei b Hotel, with baths, ) out houses, Bcc.&cc. to coil \ 5c, coo 1 Cash Pnze 1 ditto l ditto 1 ditto 2 din© 10 ditto 2o ditto 100 ditto 200 ditto 400 ditto 1 ,coo ditto 15.000 ditto j 6,737 Prizes 33,263 Blanks 50,000 By this fchemo at leajl the amount of the tick ets will return to the fortunate adventurers, and yet the federal City will gain its objett thereby, ina magnificent building dtfigned both for pub lic and private convenience. Although some expence mull nccefTdrily at tend the conducting of the lottery, (which ex pence will be taken from the principal prize) the Coinmiflioncrs having agreed to present in re turn a fu(Hcient quantity of excellent free-ftone, together with the best adapted lots for the hotel and for the out-houfes, the value of the lottery entire mav be fairly rated at fomtthing mere than p*r : !'♦ *l»is important instance ic will be found, on examination, to exceed all the lotteries that have ever been offered to the Public in this or perhaps in any other country. The keys of the Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to the fortunate poffcflor of the ticket drawn aagainft its number. —All the other prizes will be paid, without deduflion,in one month after the drawing, by the City Treasurer at Wafliingtdn, or ar such Bank or BJnks as may be hereafter announced, for the cortverfiency of the fortunate adventufrrs. The drawing will commence on Monday the 6th of September next, at the Ctty ot.Wafhing ton. Tickets mav be had of Col. Wm. Dickens, City Treasurer of Waihtngton ; Thaxer & B<irt!c!, of CharleOon, South-Carolina ; Gideon Denifin, Sa vannah; MefiYs. jfames Weft & Co. Aal;injotc{ Mr. Peter Oilman, Boston ; and at such other places as will be hereafter published. N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLI.ARS, will be given for thebcft Plan of an ePegant and con. ventent HOTEI. or INN, with hoi and cold Balhs, Stables, and other out houfcs, if prefenttd moricjert ikt 101k of April ntx!; and a pre ference will be given 10 the Artilt for a Con. tiaa, provided he he duly qualified to compleit his plsri. The gj. undo« <vhich the Hotel and out houses are to he creQed, will be a corncr lot of about 90 by 200 feet, with a back avenue to the ttables, ic. Sections a-,d eihinates of tile expeufe will be cxpe£h d with the elevations, &c. complcat ; and 50,000 dollars muil be regarded by the Architea as the uttnoft limit in the exprnfe intcuded lor this P ur P ose - S. BLODGET, _ A B ent f "r Ihe atfjnso! the City. March, 61793. * PLA N S OF Tfl! City of Wafliington, Sold bv the Booksellers, DOBSON, CAREY, YOUNG, & LRUI\SHANK. 25,000 20.0c0 15,c00 10,000 5,000 are i,oco 500 100 5° 2 5 20 10 r 10,000 10, coo 10,000 10.000 10,00© 30,000 ?.o,oco 150,00© Dollars 350,000 TRFAsrp Y n: PAnrMTN*r, 26.7^.* NOIICh is v. n. that piuyi»»'ats W;4i be receive*!.*! the othcc ol the ot the Tvcafury, until u.c lounreijit) aav ot 6rp trmbwnrxt mciuli-'cly, for the 'iupply ot all Rations which may be teqntrrd fdr the uffc ol the Uuiied States, irom the fiift. day ol Jdnuaiy »o the thirty-li ft day of December »79' t .'both days iociunte, at Hie places, uiid within ii* difti ifts hereafter mem ioued, vir. 1. At any place or placcs betwixt Yoik-Town * and Carltfle, in the Rare ill Peritf and P.ttfburgh»& ar PntfV)urgh,Yo« k-itowg&Crrliflc^ 2. At anv place or placet fr.>m ta the mouth ol avelCreek, and at the mouth * oi B»g Beaver Creek. 3. At any place or places from the said mouth to tiie upper falls oi the said Big E« si the upper falls. 4. At any place or places from thp f.id upper falls (o Mahoning, and at Mah nitng* 5. At any place or pWcs from tfce said Ma. honing over to ihe Heat'. Navigation of the river Cayahoga, and at the find H<ao Negation. 6. At any place or places from the said Head Navigation 10 the mouth ol the said nvci Cuya hoga, and at the said mouth. 7. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of the 3i«> Beaver Creek, to the mouth of the rivf-r Mufkingnm, and no the laid river to the Tufcarowas, and at the Tufcaiowas, and thence over to the Cavalioga river, and thence down the said river to its mouth. 8 At any place or places betwixt the mouth of the river MtifkingU'n and the mouth t*f the Scioto river, and at the mouth ot (he said river Scioto. q At any place or places betwixt the mouth of Scioto river &c the mouth of the Great Miami, at the month of the Great Miami, and from thence to the rapids or the falls of the Ohio, and at the said rapids. 10. At any place or place* betwixt the mouth of the Great Miami, op the fait} Miami to and at Pique Town. 11. At any place or places Irom FortWafh ingion to Fort Hamilton, and *t Fort Hamilton. At any placc or places from Fori Hamilton to Fort St. Clatr, and at Fort St. Clair. 12. At any place or places from Fort St. Clair to Fort jeffcrfon, and at Fort Jcffcifon. 13. At any place or places from FOll JtfiFerfon to the field of action of the 4th ot November, 1791, and at the said si« Id ot aition. 14. At any ptace or places from the said field of action to the Miami Villages, and at thfe Miami Villages. 15. At any place or places from the said Mi ami Villagts to the falls of the Miami tiver*. which empties into Lake Brit, and at t,bc frtitl falls, and from thence to its mouth, and at ill, mourh. 16. At any place or places from th- m<"»th of the said Miami river of £*>;U.e Erie to Sanduficy Lake, and at Sandufky Lake 17. At any place or pJ*ces Irom the said San dulkv Lake, to the jnouth of the »iver Cayahoga. 18. At any ffface or place* from the mouth of the laid river Cayahoga to Prefque Isle, and at Prefque 111 . 19 At any place or places from Prefque to the stream running into Lake Erie from to wards the Jadaghque Lake, and thence over to and at the laid Jadaghque thence down the Allegheny river to Fort Ftanklin. 20. Ai any place or places from Prefque Isle to Le Bcuf, aud at Le Beuf bi. At any place or Dlaccs from Le Beuf to Fori Franklin, and at Fort Fratikiin, and from thence to Piufburgh. 22. At any place or places from the rapidsof the Ohio 10 the mouth of the Wabafh river, and from the mouth of the said \VaL>aili river to the mouth of the river Ohio. 23. At any place or places on the East firle of the river Mldiflippi, from the mouih of the Ohio river, to the mouth o{ the Illinois river. 24. At any plafce or place* trom the mouth of the ia d Wabafti river up to Fort Knox, and at Fort Knox. 2,5. At any place or place* fiom Fort Knox up the fj»d Wabafh to Ouittanon, anri.ai Ouittanon. 26. At anv place or places from Ouittanon, up the said Wabafh, 10 the head navigation of a branch thereof called Little R«ver f anc j at said bead navigation of Little R'ver. 27. At any pla« e or plac. s'from the fatd head navigation ol little River over to the Miami Vil lage. • - - — ***** , ... 28. At any place or places from the mouth of the river Teneffee tc Occochappoor Bear Creek, on the said river, inoiufively 29. At any place or places from the mouth of the river Cumbeiland to Nafhvjlle, on the said river, and at Naftiviile.. 30. And at any place or p'aces within thirty miles oi fair 4 . Nafhvillc to the Southward, Wcli \vard or Northward thereof. Should any rations be required- at any places, or within other diftntts, not fpecified in thrfc proposals, the price of ihe fame to be hereafter agreed on betwvxt the public and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are 10 confifl. of the following article!, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or of a pound of pork, One quart of fair, Mwo ouert-s of vinegar, f Two pounds of soap, > P cr 100 rat,ons - One pound ot candies, J 1 he rations are to be fui nifheel in such q Jan ti tles as that there (hall at all times, during the said term, be fufßcient tor the consumption of the troops at each pi the said posts, i'p#<he {pace of at least 3 months m advance, in good and whole some provisions, if the fame shall be required. It is to be under flood in each cafe,that all loflei fuflained t»y the depredations of thr enemy, or hy means of the troops of the United States, fhail be paid tor at the pnccs of the articles captund or. deltroycd, on the depositions of two or mot* creditable characters, and the ceitificate of a comtniffioned r»fftcer, ascertaining the circum fl« ncesof :lie loi» t snd the orvount of the articles for which competition is claimed. The contrast for the above supplies will be made either tor cne y< ar, or tor 'tv.o years, a»may appear eligibJe. Ptifons difpoicd to contra# will therefore. their offers to one yearj or they may malci their pVopofuions foas to admit an ele£tinn oi the term of two \ear.«. /"he oflers may compr fe all the places which have keen fpectfica, or a part of them only. L -r i
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