IREJSUR Y DEPAR TMENT Revenue April 1795. PROPOSALS wili be received at the OfJice of the Com" mtjfiontr of the Revenue for building a , BEACON HOUSE ©n Shell Castle Iflancf, in Pamptico Sound, near Oczacssk Inlet 'm North Carolina, of the following materials, di mensions and d»fcription. < THIL form is to be aa o&agon.—the foundation h\ to be of stone, to nine feet and one half below the furface of the earth,xna to be commenced of the diame ter of it, feet. It is to be laid fslidly to the height of two feet. From thence to the height of fix inches above the earth or to the bottom of the. wooden work, the founda tion wall is to be feet high,'and four feet and one half thick. i \ The O&agonal Pyramid is to be well framed, and of flout heart Pine timber., It is to be twenty two feet in di;umeter at the base thereof, where it will reft on the top of the flonc foundation, to which it is to be well se cured by fixtecn flout iron ilraps built therein, and other- wiie The height of the wooden building from the top of the flone work (fix inches above the furface ©f the earth) is to be fifty four feet and one half to the top of the wood en work, under the floor of the lantern, where the diame ter is to be twelve feet. The foundation is to be capt with sawed ilone at leail eight inches wide, and sloped at top tcfturn off the water. The frame of the Pyramid is to be covered with boards of one inch and one half in thickness, over which is to be laid a good and complete covering of lhingles, and it is to be Well painted with three coats. The Bacon House is to have two windows in the Eafl and thf:*v windows in the well. The fafnes arc to be hung with bingc-s, and each sash is to have eight panes of glass of 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 plank, extending one foot beyond the fides of the Pyramid, thereby forming in eave which is to be finish ed by a cornicc, the whole having a descent from the cen tre fulheient to throw off the water, and to b covered with copper. A complete and fufficient iron lantern in the Octagonal form is to reil thereon. The eight corner pieces or ftanchior.s of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the Pyramid, of to the tier ol joifta, or both. "l'hrfe ftanehions are to be stout in the lower eight feet, and fuißciently strong above. The Lantern is to be fit feet high, from the floor to (he hottomof the dome or roof, and to have a doirfe or roof of three feet in height. The whole fpaoe between tjj polls to be occupied by the falhet, which are te be moulded on the inside and (truck' solid: the falhes r.rc to be furnifhed with large par.ee of glaft; a part of the falh on the fauth weft, fide it to be hang with hin ges for a door to go out on the platform : the iron rafter* of the Lantern are <0 be framed into an iroil hoop, over which ft to be a copper funnel j—through which the smoke may past into a large copper ventilator in the form of a • lan'shead, capable of containing thirty gallons, this head to be turned by a large vane, so that the hole for venting the smoke may be always to leeward, Eight dormant ventilators arc to be fixed in the roof; a large curved air-pipe is to be passed through the floor. '1 here are to be five pairs of stairs to ascend to the Lan tern t!.e entrance to which is to be by a trap doer covered vitn cop ; er. The building is to be furnifhed with two complete elec trical conductors or rods with points. The floors are to be laid With plank. The entrance into the light h'oufe is to be well fecurcd by a strong door hung upon hinges with a llrflng lock and latch complete. Alio A FRAME DWELLING HOUSE of one story, tO be twenty eight feet in frifnt and fifteen feet deep with a cel lar tfntlcr it, if it Ihoul J be found practicable to make one. cellar walk are to be fourteen inches thick, and fe- v n feet high. The story of the House to be seven feet and one half in the clear, theroof to hare a rectangular pitch. —.the floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through 'i heHoufe is to he composed oif two rooms of about thirteen feet and one half by fourteen feet and one half on the lower floor.—the Hack of chimnies is to t e between tha rvo fitting rooms and it is to have two plain fire places, one of them large for a Kitchen, tff which is to be joined an oven. there is to be an outer door in front between the fvo rooms and ill the rear, in the Kitchen : there are to be two windows in each of the rooms. Jvich falh 13 to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten iaches. Each window is to hive afftrong plain fritter with fuUnir.gs aid hinges ; the doors are to be hung and.'fur nilhcd completely : the cie ling and inner fides of the Itoufe are to he pUi lcred with two coats. All the wood work outside is to be well painted, and the whole is to be finifli cd an a plain and decent manner. An Oil. vault is to be built ten by twelve feet in the clwir, arched over and covered with e;uth orfand, over which '2 ftied is to be built. It is to be fumifned with three ilronf cedar citterns with covers, i'ach capable of contain ing two hundred gallons : the entrance to the vault is to be fecared by aftrong doer. The builder i* to procure and pay for all materials, la bh, Work Tianlhip, provisions, and other objedls of cofl, ckar"e, or ezpenie fur a lum, to bo proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and eve ry part thereof, in agood and workman-like manner Convenient payments or advances, on security, will be inaae. .ipiil 27 ADVERI IS EME NT. rp H E appointed to negociate a sale of the JL Wetter a Lands belonging to th» state of Con edlicut, Jy ing weft of Pennsylvania, think proper to notify the pub lic of their names, and the nature and extent of their powers, by following ads of the General Aueuibly, vii. .'it a General AJfembly of the /late of Connettieut, hoi Jen at Hartford, in /aid Jiate, on the fecund thursday of May, A. V: 1795- . THIS Assembly do appoint John Tregsdwell, James fcadfwortll, Marvin Wait, William Edmsnd, Thomas Grol'venor, Aaron Ayftin, Elijah Hubbard, and Syhrefter Gilbert, Elquircs, a Committee to negociate a f.ile of the Western Lands belonging to this ftatc, lying weft of the Weft line of Pcnrfylvariia, as claimed by laid Hate, ac cording to a Refoive for that purpose passed at the pre sent feiTion of A General Assembly. A true cop* of record, examined by GEOR.GE WYJLLYS, Sec'ry. At a General AJftmhly of tbc Jlat: of CmneSiiM, hoUen at Hartford, id faiJ «■' thefxond Thurfiay of May, A. D. 179J- ' • ■ ■ , Resolved bf this Affcmbty, that a Committee be ap pointed to receive any proposals that may be made by any person 6r periods, whether inhabitants of the United States, or otheM,' for the purchase of th« lands belonging to this state lying weft of the weft line of Pennsylvania, as claimed by fed ftateand the said Committee are hereby fully authdfilcd and empowered, in the name and behalf of this ftStc, f6 negociatre with any such person or ptrfons, Off the firbjeft of any fuih proposals; and also to form and complete! any eon trad or contrads for the fala of the said lands; artd iG rttake and execute, under their hands and seals, to the purchuTff' or pur chafers, a deed or deeds duly authenticated, quitting, in behalf of this state, all rio-ht, title and intcreft juridical and territorial in and to tile said lands, to him or chera', anil to his or their heirs forever. fhat before the exe-eutyig of Atfl A*eA or ds-di; the lurchafcr or purchafcrs Ih'all give their personal note or iond payabk to the treasurer of this state, for the pnr chafe money, carrying an int#rcft of fix per centum per annum payable annually, to comments from the date thereof or from such future period, not exceeding two years, from the date, as circumftancos in the opinion of the Committee may require, and a-s may be agreed on ' between the said purchaser or purchasers; with good and fufiicient sureties, inhabitants of this state, or with a fufli cient deposit ©fßaak or other Stock-©f the United States, of of the particular states; which note pr bond ftiall be taken payable at a period not moi;e remote than five years from the date, or if by annual instalments, so that the last instalment be payable wjthin ten years from the date, either in specie, or jn Six pef 1 Cent. Three per Cent, or Deferred Stock of the United States at the difcrefcioa of the. Committee v *1 ;■ That if the Committee shall. find that it will be most beneficial to the state, or its ciiizens, to fojm several con trails for the file of said land*, they (hall not coufum niate any of the said contra&s, apart by themselves, while the others lye in a train of negocialion only; but all of the contrails which, talcen together, shall comprise the whole quantity of the said land, shall be consummated together, and the purchasers lhall hold their refpe&ive parts or proportinos as tenants in common of the whole tracl or territory, and not in feveralty. '1 hat the laid Committee, in whatever manner they shall find it befl to fell the said landb, whether by an en tire contract or by several shall : n no cafe, be at liberry to fell the whole quantity, for a principal sura lefsj than One Million of dollars, in specie, or if day of payment be given, for a sum of less value than one million of dollars, in specie, with interelt at fix pa* cent per an num from the date of such sale. A true copy of Record, examined, by GEORGE WYLLYS, Sec'ry. AND the Committee give further notice that they will meet at David Bull's Inn, in the City of Hartford, in said State of Conne&icut, on the firfl Wednesday of Auguil next, at nine of the clock A. M. and in the mean time will severally receive any proposals or communica tions which buy be proper and ufeful, relating to the fub jedi to he laid before the Committee at their said meeting. Per order of the Committee, JOHN TREADWELL, Chairman. Hartford, June 6, 1795. , b i Tie fcvcral printers in this State are dejired t and in tin neighboring Status, if they judge it u'ill be to f>itbl'rjb the foregoing rrfolves and notice in their refpeßi'vc fiapars. CANAL LOTTERY. SCHEME of a Lottery authorized by an a& entit led « an aft to enable the President and Managers of the Schuylkill and Sufquehanria Navigation, and the President and Managers of the Delaware and Schuyl kill Canal Navigation, toraifebyway of Lottery, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, for the pur pol'e of completing the works in their acfli of incorpo ration mentioned." 1 Prize of jo,ooo dollar! it 5 ao,oco to b» paid to the poiTcfTori of the tickets of the five last drawn numbers, 100,000 i 15,000 15,000 a 10,000 ar« 30,000 6 2,500 I 2,000 to be paid la the pofleilbr of tbe ticket erf the firft drawn number, 1,000 10 2,0 C O 20*C00 1,000 500 lOC roo i6,j00 16,687 Prizes, 33,313 Blinks, 50,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, All Prises fha!l be paid ten days after the drawing is finifted, upon the demand of the polTeflor of a for tunate Tickct, fubjedi to the deduction of fifteen per cent. Such prizes as are not demanded in iz months after th* drawing it finiflied, of which public notice will be given, (hall be considered a» relinquilhed for the use of the Canal, and applied accordingly. At a meetirg of tk; Prefdent and Managers of the Schuylkill and Sufqucbar.na Canal navigation—and the President and Managers of the Delaware aud Schuylkill CaucJ, Wednesday, May 13, 1795. Rcfolved, That David Rittenhoufe, Joseph Ball, John Stein metz, Stapdifh Forde, and Francis Weft, be a Commit tee to arrange and dired the mode of disposing of the Tickets ; which Committee lhall deposit the Money in Bank, to be c rried to the credit of an account to be opened for the Lottery. Extra Country Scat. The foregoing it part of the Efiate of Jacub Harm an t deccafcd> and offered for fule by J"kc 4, 15. This Day is Puhlifhed, Pricc one dollar, by Thomas Dobfon, at the Stmt Hauft No. 41, South Second-Street, The Political Register, Or, Proceedings in the session of Congress commencing November 3, 1794, and ending March 3d, 1795, With an Appendix, containing a Scleftion of papers laid before Congress during that period. Br Jamzs Thomson Cahsnds%. Volume I. At T. Dobfon's may also be had, by the fame author, Price half a dollar, The Political Pregrefs of Britain. Part I—3d Edition. June I FOR SAL E, M ORDECAI LEWIS Surviving Executor. eotf To-Morrow Morning will be. Landed, At Stamper's wharf, from on board the fchoo ncr Eliza, T. Arnold, matter, direst from Malaga. 300 Qr. Cafiks old Mountain Wiae,, of superior quality. 500 Qr. Barrels Bloom Raifini. 100 Boxes Lemons, 208 Boxes muscatel Raisins. 19a Jars ditto ditto. 48 Sacks foft-fhell'd Almonds. a Kegs Figs, &c. May A Lot, containing about feventecs acres, on the Wifiahickoti road, 4 miles -from the city,an Attorney for the Plff. j jiff -J X Fresh T E A S, Of Superior Quality, viz. Imperial, or Gunpowder Hyson Gomee, lit quality Hyson, 2(3. do. 00. Young liyion, Hylon' Skin, arid Souchong. A few Boxes of each, far sale at No. 19, Third Street, South. eodtf a vols. One dol- Dec. 10 §it§*«jN FOUR valuable Lou of Land, communicating with each other, and well calculated for capitaj Dwelling- Houses, with ail necefiary appendages of Stabling and Coach Houses. Two of them front on Third Street, op posite to Mr. Cramond's New Building ; the other two on Spruce iircct between Second and Third. There are two good brick buildings on the premifa». For further particulars apply to £. BONSALL & Co. or to the Subscriber at 118 Spruce street. HENRT PHILIPS. J»'y 13 JAMES YARD Has for sale, at his (lore on Walnut-'trcct wharf, St. Croix Rum and Sugar of quality. St. Domingo Indigo. Laguira and St. Domingo Hides. 100 Pockets of fine Cotton. June *3. James IVl'Alpin, 7 ,3 r L 0 R, N°. 3 South Fourth Street, RETURNS his grateful acknowledgement: U his Friendt and tie Public for their liberal encouragement, and begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors. jit his Shop gentlemen mry be furnijhed ivitb the beji materials, and have them made up and fnifhed in the mojt fafhionable manner« He ivill thankfully receive any orders ami pay a pren.pt and punctual attention to them. Oci. T f LATELY PUBLISHED, And te it bad at DA VlES't Boti-Store, No, 68 Rigb~/}retti Del Pino's Spanijh Grammar, To which is added, an Engliih Grammar, for ths ufa of Spaniards. At the fame iilare may be had, a few copies of Boyer's French £-/ Engli/h Difilionarj, Londyi Edition. |unt 72 I awfiw FRESH Fkuits See. For Sale by - PETER KUHN. TO BE SOLD, AD VE R TISE ME NT. SAMUFL S. SMITH. TO BE SOLD, d A —miuif eodtf MAY 16, 1795 lawtS. lawstf ts§t* 3taw4w m&ftf