m Scheme of a Lottery, Toraift 39,90 a OdUars y on 266,000 Dollars 15 per Cent, front the Prizes— This Lottery confi/ls of 38,000 Tickets, in which there are 14,5.39 frties, and 23,461 being about one and an halj blank* te « brize. THE Directum of the Society for eft abb la nig Uleiu 1 Manufactures, having resolv ed t<» ere& LOTTERIES tor lairing One Hundred Thousand Do l lar s, agreeably to an A.61 of the LcgVfl .iure of ike Sute o) New-JerTey, have appointed the following per Tons to iupcrintend and direst the draw ing of tfie farrle, viz. Nicholas Low, Ruh s King, lltftfoan Le Roy, James Watfou, Richard Hdirtfon, A-bfjah Hammond, and Cornelius R?y, of the my ot New.York — Thomas Willing, J Ball, Matthew M, Connel and Andrew Baya/d.of (he city of Philadelphia-*-His Excellency Richard How ell, fcfq. Klias Boudmot, General Ei-.as Day ton,-. Jam s Parker, John Bayard, DofUr Lewis Doubles Samuel W, Stockton, {olbua M. Wallace, Jofcpb Bloomfteld, and fclitha Boudinot, ot Nfw.lerley, who offer the following Scheme *>f a Lottery, and pledge fhemfcUes to (he public, that they will take e*ery awur .rtce and piccaution m their power to have tUe MbuieS paid by the Managers, from time to time, as received, into the Banks at New-York and Philadelphia, to remain tor the pui pose of paving Prists, which fball be immediately cHfcharged by a', check upon one «( ihr Ranks. SCHEME: t Pri*e t of JO,ooo Dollars it io.ooo I IOjOOO 10,000 9 5,000 10,©00 •3 2,000 10,00 c lfc 1,000 10,000 10 500 I«% 000 ico 100 10,000 3°o- 50 15,000 ICOO 2y 20,0CQ aooo 15 30,000 S°©o 12 36,000 ' 8100 JO 81,000 M' 539 262,000 93,461 Blanks. First drawn number, 2,000 Laftdrawn number, 2,000 38000 Tickets at 7 Dollars each is The drawing will commence, under thi jpfpe&ion of a Committee of the Superin tendanis, as soon as,the Tickets are fold, ot wbs'cb timely notice wiil be given. Trie Superinteudants have appointed John N. (humming, of Newark, Jacob R. Har drnberg, of New-lUunfwick, and Jonathan Rhea, of Trenton, as immediate Managers thereof, who have given ample fecuiity for the trull vcpofed in them. •(mT In order to fecurc the punctual pay ment of the Prires, the Superintendams of the Lottery have dire&ed that the Managers (hall each enter into bonds in <jc,ooodoilars, with tour fu'JkieotfVcuriti' S,to perform their i'ufti uflions, the fubUance of which is I. That whenevereither of the Managers shall receive thelumot Three Hundred Dol lars, he (hall immdi.itely place the fame in one of the Banks of New-Yoik or Philadel phia, to the cieditot the Governor ot the society, and such of the Superintendams as live in the city whertf the monies are placed, to remain thereuntil the Lottery is drawn, for the payment of the Prizes. 11. The Managers to take fufficient fe turity for any Tickets they may trull, other wise to be Tcfponfible for them. 111. To keep regular books of Tickets fold* Monies received and paid int® the Bank, abitrafts of which (hall be feiit, ifoonthly, 10 ihcGovemor of the Society. Pattrfon, January 1, 179^. On application to either ofthe above gen tleinen, information will be given where tickets may be had. tn&r t James M'Alpin, Taylor, Ko, 3, South Fourth Street, ( Returns his grateful acknowledgements to his friends and the Public for their lit e raj Encoutage men t, and begs leave rel pettfuUy tofoljcit a Continuance ot* their Favours. At his Shop Gentlemen can be furuillied with the be(t material*, and have them made up and fir.ilhed in the neatest and most fafliionab'e manner. Hewill thankfully rece've ar.y orders & 1 pay a prompt and punctual attent on to them. Oft 25. 2awtf I TO BE SOLD, A Lot, containing about 17 acres, mi i.he WifTahickon road, 4 miles, irpm the city, and dire<stly opposite to the froufe of Mr.lfaac Wharton. A Lot, containing io acres, in Idington Lane, on said road, near the estate of Jafj er Moylan, Esq. A Lot, containing 10 acres in Turner's Lane, on said road, and duvclly opposite to the estate of Mr. Ternan*. Enquire of Joseph Redman, Woodstock, orner of Turner's Lane. April 6 o A* e * 96. Dijlrifl x>f Pennfyhania io wit. BR IT RF.MEKtBERED, that on the firft day of May, in the nineteenth year of the Independence of the United States of A merica, James Ph. Pugl'xi of the said DiftriA hath deposited in th's Office the Title of a Book the Right whereof he claims as Author in the following words, to wit; " The FEDERAL POLITICIAN, by " James Ph. Puglia, Tcachcr of the Spa " nifli and Italian Language*, and author " of theSpanifh work Defengano " del Hombrty or the Mali Undeceived. &c. ,k Est modus in rebut, sunt ccrti denique Fines, u Qjtos ultra citraque nequit consistere RECTUM. In conformity to the A 6? 4 of Congrcfs of the United States intituled "An A<fl for the w encduragement of Learning, by securing " the copitfs of Maps, Charts and Books to M the Authors and proprietors of Fuch Copies " during the times therein mentioned. SAMUEL CALDWELL Clerk of the Diftrift of Pvnnfylvanitr. May % tuthf tf City of Waihirigton. SCHEME OK THE LOTTERY,; No. 11. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. i A magnificent > 20,000 Do! ars, and r dwtiiing tioutc, J cath 32,000 aie 50,000 1 ditto 15,000 &c cafn 25,000 40,000 1 ditio 15,006 6c. cath 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 U caih 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & caui 5,000 10,000 1 aitto 5,000 & calh 5,0 oo 10,000 1 Caih pure of 10,000 2 ditto 5,00® each, are io,o<o ditto 1,000 10,000 20 dit(6 500 10,OOiS) 100 OHIO 100 10,000 j 200 ditto 50 to,Oco 400 ditto »5 10,000 1,006 ditto 20 20,000 15,000 dmo 15^,^00 16,739 Frtles 33,261 Blanks 50,060 Tickets at 8 dol'.irs 400,000 This Lottery will atford an degant fpeci mcn ot the piivate buiklmgs to be <_re& d in the City of Wfclhingtop—Two uiautiiul de ligns are already felt 6led for che entire Iront* on two of the publ.c ; fsom the!e drawings, it is pro pose d to ereti two centre and lour corner buildings, as soon as pollible alter thib Lottery is fold, and to convey them when complete, to the loftunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme tor the Hotel Lottery. A iiett dedu&ion of five per cent, will be made to defray the neces sary expencts of priming, &c. and the fui p)us will be made a part ol the fund intended for the National Univcrfity, to be erected Within the City of Washington. The drawing will commence as soon as , tht Tickets are fold off. ——The money prizes will he payable in thirty days after it is finilhed, and any prires for which fortunate number* are not produced within twelve months ofter the drawing is closed are to be confideted as given towards the fund for the Uuiverfity, it being determined to fetile the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing and to take up the bo.idi given asfecurity. The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the Prcfidcnt and two of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than fuH the amount ot the Lottery• The twenty four gentlemen who by ap pointment of the late Commiifioners allifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requefledto undertake this arduous talk a se cond time on behalf of the public; a fuffici cnt number of t£efc having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National Uni verfity and the other federal obje6ts may con tinue to favor the design. The synopsis of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and wil be speedily published, together with ts constitution. A complcat Plan of the whole of thi» Important Institution, compiled from a fe ledtion of the bell materials, ancicnt and mo dern, will be fubmkted to the public when ever the fame may have gone through such revisions as may be necessary to eftablilh the perfect confidence and general approbation, so efiential to itsprefent rife and future exis tence for the general good of America. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Eu rope, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are allured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably neceflary to insure a lafe difpofalof the tickets, has rendered the > fliort fufpeufion indlfpenfable. February 24, 1795. SAMUEL BLODGET *** Tickets may be had at she Bank ct Columbia ; of James Weft & Co. Baltimore 01 Gideoh Deniiort, Savannah, of Pe\ar Oilman, Boston; ot JohnH cpkins Rich mona » and of Richard Wells, Cooper'tfery Aon 30 eodtf * B O O K S. 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The foun dation is to be of stone, to be funk, if prac ticable, thirteen feet belew the bottom of the ( wooden work, or twelve feet and an half be low the furface of the earth, and to be com , menced of the diameter of twenty seven feet. 11 is to be laid solidly to the heigLc of two feet. Ftom thence totlie bottom of the wood en wock, ;he foundation wall is to feet high, and fix feet thick. As it is intended that ths above dcfcribed ilone foundation lhail only be carried fix in ches higher than the crown level of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house is to be c redled, and it may be found ijnpoflibk, on accownt of the rock, to fink the fame to the depth of twelve feet and one half below the earth, or thirteen feet below the wooden work, it is necefTary that the proportions for the faidflone foundation be made by the perch to include all coils, charges and expences of materials, workmanship and labor. The octagonal pyramid is to be well fram . Ed, and of stout heart fine timber. It is to be twenty fix feet in diameter at the baf there of where it will reft on the top of the stone foundation, to which it is to be well secured by sixteen flout iron straps built therein and otherwise. The height of ftie wooden build ing from the bottom of the water table and from the furface of the earth, is to be forty feet to the top of the wooden work, under the floor of the lantern ; where the diameter is to be fifteen feet. The foundation is to be capt with sawed stone at least eight inches \ wide, and Hoped at top to turn olf the wa ter. The frame of the pyramid is to be cover ed with boards of one inch and one half in thickness, over which is to be laid a good & complete covering of fti ngles, and well pain ted with three coats. The light house fs to have two windows in the Eail, and two win dows in the Weft. Thefafhesarc to be hung with hinges, and each sash is to have eight panes of glass, eight by ten inches. On the top of the wooden work of the pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of joists, beded therein, planked over with oak plarjc extending one foot beyond the fides of the pyramid, thereby forming an eave, which is to be finifhed by a cornice, tke whole hav ing a descent from the center, fuflicient to throw off the water, and to be covered with topper. A complete and fufficient iron Lantern in the o&agonal form is to reil thereon; the eight corner pieces or ilanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or both These stanchions are to be very strong and stout in the lower ten feet, and three and one-half inchcs by two and one-half inches a bove. The Lantern is to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and ro havc a liuurz or roof of live feet in height. The whole space between the polls to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded 011 the in fide andflruck solid. Each fafti is to have twenty-eight large panes of glass; a part of the sash on the south-west fide is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform. 'The iron rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an' iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel ;— thro' which the fmoak,e may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of aman'shead ; capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to be turned by a large vane, so that the hole for venting the fmoak may be always to leeward. Eight dormant ventila tors are to be fixed in the roof, a large cur ved air pipe is to be paired thro' the floor and a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be 4 pair of flairs to ascend to the lantern, theentranct to which isto be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be fumifhed with two complete ele&rical condu&ors or rods with points. The floors arc to be laid with plank. The entrance into the light house is to be well se cured by a llrong door hung upon hinges with a strong lock and latch complete. Also a frame Dwelling House of one story and the roof, to be twenty fix feet or there about in front,and twenty five feet deep, with a cellar, under it, if it lhail be found practi cable to dig it. The cellar walls to be eigh teen inches thick, and seven feet high. TJie story of the House to be seven feet and one half in thecleai. The root to have a redlangu lar pitch. The floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. TheHoufeis to con tain a Kitchen of thirteen by sixteen feet, a fitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by sixteen feet, two small chambers of eight by nine feet joini- gto the ends of the Kitchen and fitting room, with a pafTage to those two rooms between the bed rooms. The stack of chimneys to be between the Kitchen and fit cing room and is to have two plain fireplaces, one of them large for a kitchcn; to which is to be joined an Oven. There is to be an out er door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. T here are to be two win dows in each of the large rooms, and one in each bed room. Each sash is to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten inches. Each window is to have a strong plain ihutter, with faftenings and hinges. The doors areto be hung and furnifh - ed completely. The ceiling and inner fides of the House are to be plaiftered with two coats. All the wood work infidc and out is to be well painted, and the whole isto be fi nifhed in a plain and decent manner. An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear,arched over, and covered with earth orfand,over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnilhed with nine strong cedar Cillerns with covers, each capable of contain ing two hundred Gallons. The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be funk at a convenient distance and furnifhed with a curb, bucket rope and 1 . »mpl;telj(. The builder is to procur , pay, for all materials, labor, provisions and other objeds of cod -har P eit pence for a fun, to be proposed .„d £ " upon, and to execute the before dl-'i work, and every part thereof ma workman like manner. S d ' ud Convenient payments or advances, on fecu rtty, will be made. -^ nlt 7- tftfg ' Trealary Departm^ Rsrs.vi/z Office, April j 0 I7n ' PROPOSALS : Will be received at the Office of the ; CommiJJioner of the Revenue, for building a light house, Ou-I-u» s Jfla.»d, at Montaak Point 111 the County of Suffolk, and State of New York, of the following Ma terials, Dimensions and Defcriptiun. The form is to be Diagonal. the foun dation is to be of Stone, to be funk thirteen teet below the bottom of the Water tabic or the furface of the Earth, and to be com.' menced of the Diameter of twenty nine sec" Fromfuch commencement to the bottom <jf the Water Table, the foundation wall is to be thirteen feet high, and ni-ne-fr-t thick The Diameter of the bate from the bot tom of the Water Table to dwtoi. th r-of (where the Octagonal pyramid is to com mence) is to be twenty eight .feet, and tbSs wall is there to be foyer. fc.t 'thick. The wail of the Odagonal pyramid is to be ik feet thick at the Bale thereof, on the top of the Water Table. 7 he Height oi the building, from the bot torn of the Water Table and from the fur- \ - face of the Earth, is to be eighty feet to the top of the stone work, under the floor of the Lantern; where the Diameter is to ' , be hxteen feet fin inches, and the wall tnrej. ** *hick. £o ke built of Stout; the \Y ter 1 able is to be capt with l'awed stone, at leafr eight mrtiesTVlie, ana Sloped at top to turn off the water. The autjiie of the wails is to be faced with hewn or hammer dressed stone, having four windows in the East, and three in the Wcit, The Safhea to be hung with hinge i, and each falh to have twelve panes of gUs, eiglfi by ten inches. On the top of the Stone work is to be a framed tier of Joists, bededjtherein, Blanked over with Oak plank, extending three feet beyond the wall, thereby forming an eave, which is to be finiflied with a Cornice, the whoie having a descent fro.-n the Centre, fuflicient to throw off the w. t r, and to be covered with Copper. A coinpiete and ftif fici nt iron la. tern, in the Octagonal form is to reft thereon, the Eight corner p,_ces or Stanchions of which, are ,o be built in the wail to the depth oi ten feet. These Stanch ions are to be nearly 3 inches square in the lower ten feet, and j 1-2, by 1 1-1 inches above. The lantern is to be ten teet and nine inches in diameter. It is also to be tea feet high, from the lfoor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to ha % a dome or . roof of five feet and n ne inches in height. .ffiaee between the polls or up right pieces at the angles is to be occupy by the Sashes, which are to be mpuWed 011 the infidc Solid, Each laih is to have twenty eight panes of glass, f urteen by twelve inches, a part of theYafh on the South well iide is to be hung with-hinges for a convenient door to go outoll the platform. The rafters of the Lantern are to be fram ed into an Iron hoop, over which i:> to be a copper funnel, thro' which the finokc may pal's into a lar>re Copp. r Ventihn r 111 the form of a man's head , capable of. co.itaiii ing 100 This head is to be turned by a large v:.ne ; so that the hole, tor vent ing thefmoke, may be always to Leeward. E ijjiit donn ant Ventilators are to be fined in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be palfcd thro' the floor, and a close Stove is to be provided and fixed in the Lantern. There arc to be seven pair 01 Stairs ta ascend to the Lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door cove ed with copp r. The building is to be furnifhed with two complete electrical Conductors, or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with piank. of at leail on&inch and one half in thickness, The entrance to the Light-Hjufe to.be well secured ) a itruiig door upon fringes, with a strong lock and latch complete. Also a Frame house to be thirty four feet in front and tixteen feet deep, with a cel lar under it. The cellar walls to be eigh* I teen inches thick, and seven feet high. — The firfl llory of the house is to be eight feet, and the second, seven feet fix inches high, the floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The stack of Chimney* with two plain fire places on each floor, one of them large for a kitch.n ; two windows below, and three above in front and rear, each sash to have eighteen pints of glass ten by eight inches. The doors to be hung and fiirnifhtd completely. — The ceilings and fides of the house to be plaiflewl with two coats, all the wood work inside & out to be well painted & the whole to be fmifhed in a plain decent manner. An oil Vault to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear ; arched over and covered with earth or sand over which A shed is to be built—lt is to be furnifhed with nine strong cedar cisterns, wtih co- _ - vers, each capable of containing two hun dred gallons. " / The entrance to the vault is to be fee up ed by a strong door. A well is to be funk at a convenient diftancc, and furnifhed with a curb, bucket and.rope-completely. The builder to find and pay for all the ma terials, labor, workmanfnip, provilio» s > and other objects of cojl, ch irjt or ex pence for a fnm to be agreed upon and t<> execute the before described work and every part thereof ina good and worsnw like manner. Convenient payments or advances (,n security w ill be made. tu&- f
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