■city of Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No.II, ? FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE V am FEDERAL CITY. - > wi I A magnificent ) 20,000 Dolltrs, and dwelling house, cast* *re 50,000 T j 1 ditto 15,000 iccafh »SiOoo 40,000 g t 1 ditto 15,000 4 ca(h »5,00e 30,000 cx 1 ditto >e,ooo ic ca(h 10,000 10,000 JH 1 ditto 5,000 &cash 5,000 10, coo 1 ditto 5,000 &c»fii i.ooo 10,000 1 C»s?,°®° * *6,739 P" lc * 33,161' Bian^i 50,000 Tickets at 8 dollan 400,000 This Lottery will afford an tlcjant r P ecimen of the private buildings to txrcrtfted in the Citv of Washington V -Two beautiful defies arc already felt fled for the entire *- \ont« on two of the public squares ; from thefc draw. V mgs, it is prqpofed 10 erect two centre and lour cornet ol buildings, as Toon as poflible after this Lottery is fold, and ■to convey them \*hen complete, 10 the adventuf. ers, in the manner described in the fchemc tor the Hotel Lcfltery. A nett Aeduflion of five per cent, will be made to defiay the necessary expences of prmti'-g, &c. and the futplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the I. National Cniveifity, to be eleGtd within the City of Washington. The drawing will commence as soon as the Tickets arc fold off. *—The money pnrcs will be payable I in thirty days after it is finiftied.and anv prizes for which fortunate numbers are noi produced wiibjn rw>lve months after the drawing is clofeti are 10 be confidei«d as Riven towards ihe-fumi sot the University, it being determin ed to fettle the whole bofinefs in a year from the ending of the drawing and, to take up the bonds jiven as feca- rity. The rei) feenrities given for the payment of the Prize are held byihe President snd two Direftois of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Lottciy. twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commifiionef* aflifted in the management «f the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous taflc a second time on behalf of the public ; a fufficieirt num- P ber of thefc having kindly accepted, it is hdped that the frk|ids to a National University and the other federal ob jecn may continue to favor the design. The fynopfts of one of the Colleges, to form a branch of the National Institution, is already in the press, and will be fpeecHly publilhed, together with its conftifution. A compleat Plan of the whola of this Important lnf\itution, compiled from a fele&ion of the befc materi- I als, ancient and modern, will be submitted to the public | whenever the fame may have gone through fttch revinons | as may h$ nccefTary to eftabljih the perfe 3i- — P American Landfcapcs. PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING IN AQUATINT A Twenty-Four VIEW S, I Q ELECTED from the moll fliiking and mterefting e O ProfpeAs in the United States; each ef which '• - Views, will be accompanied with a descriptive account 1 of its Local, Hiilorical, and other Incidental Peculiarities d By G. I. PARKYNS, „ .[ Author 1f the " Mcnajik Pcmaint anJ Ancitnt Cattle; in Gnat Britain" d conditions. e I. That the work shall he published by Subscription; and f that each Sirbfcriber fliall engage to take the whole tet of Views, and shall pay for each engraving, if blaci or :s brown, 2 Dollars ; and if coloured 5 Dollars. r I. That the dimenlions of each engraving shall be 14 by 17 -j h mche9, executed in aquatinta, and published upon paper 15 of a superior quality. The publication to commence im n mediately; and one engraving to be delivered to the Sub '* fcribers, on the firft Monday of each f-jcceeding month, ® until the proposed series lhall be finally comple^fd. 111. That with the la(l View of the series, (hall be deli vered an engraved title-page ; an elegant charaeleriflic vignette; a map of the route, connected with the prof peifls exhibited in the the course o£ the \\ ork; and an " Alphabetical lift of the Subscribers. Subscriptions are received by Mr. Harrifon, at his Print ' shop, Maiden lane, New-York, by Mr. Carey, Book-f:ll- er, No. 118, Market street, Philadelphia, and by all the a principal Book-fellers in the United States. le February aB. j Sale of valuable Property. \ r l ' To be Sold, by Public Audi on, y On Thursday, the 10th day of December, 1795, rr At the Tontine Coffee-Honfe 1:1 New-York, at 11 o'clock j r . 'j in the forenoon, all the right, title, and interest of the AMERICAN If.ON COMPANY, ns j In the following valuable TRACTS of I.AND, viz. ,d ! j. A LL that trail of land containing about 2500 acres, ! , a fx. situate in the county of Orange, being part of the j ' mountain lots No. 25 and a' 3, in rhe patent of Cheefecock, j formerly laid out by Charles Clinton, Esq. deeeafed, ar.d ' . , t5 purchafedhy the A; nt oi the American Iron Company of j^ e William Smith, Esq. on the Bth Jay of NoveW^ei, 1766. ( 1( j This trad contains some plough land and fwranip; also 0 f Potuckeit Pond and the outlets thereof. 2. All that tra6t of land situate on the well fide of Had fon'sriver, near Buttermilk Falls; containing loooacres. , In this trail there is said to be a valuable mine, some good swam, and timber land. 3. AH those twq trails situate on the north fide of the , ' Mohawk river, being part of the Manor of Colby, pur- ■ n | chafed by the Agent of the American Iron Company in the years 1765 and 1767, of Oliver Delancy, Esq. the one eon _ taining 4940 acres, the other 381 j acrcs. 4. All that tract of land situate on the north fide of the Mohawk riv*, near the German Flats; adjoining part of 1 15 Colby's manor, and bounded on the eaftby Canada creek. ,1 j This trail will be divided, and fold in the following Lots, Acres. Acres. , o Lot t containing 966 Lot 14 containing 1000 ■h- 2 W 15 1000 da, 3 844 16 529 id 4 806 17 412 r«- 5 762 IS 1160 ur- 6 805 19 1000 vv 7 970 20 loco nd 8 1000 21 1000 ng 9 iqoo' 22 390 ito 10 1000 23 750 llc II 1000 24 930 c h> 12 loso ' 45 13 tcco wo Tke trail «n No. 4is chiefly beach, m*p!e, bass and elm. nes Thr purchase money to be paid by the following inilal nents, y\z. one-fourth on the day of sale: one-fourth on the '"d firll Tuesday in April next; one-fourth en the firft TweCday ? 't in Oilober, 1796; and the remainder on the firft Tuesday ho> in April, 1797. when deeds willhe given to the purchaser. or- 1 Plir. ,of the different tra&s of land may be seen by ap the plying- to Mr. Pctrr Goclrt, one of the trustees, ie New '> York; nr to Mr.EJzvar.'i EdiL3r.il, in Pluladelphii. r itli November 4. m&t. nu r^ c Forty Dollars Reward. thi* D AN away from the llibfcriber, living at Morditigton !V Mills, near Frederica, in Kent county, slate of Dela []lcs ware, on the night of the 27th of June last, a Have negro j to _ man named BENN, about 27 yesrs old, 5 feet 10 or 11 .at inches high, of a yellow complexion, and might pass for a a 5 mulatto. The clothes he had on cannot, with exadluefe, t , be described, as he made several breaches of honesty, in ,u r that way, on his letting oat. He is a very great sloven m ,_ in hisdrefs; has naturally a condemned and surly eounte a(j_ nance, altho' he at times affeils a smiling one ; his visage . [, e is thin, with large black whiskers; the whites of his eyes often red : It is not recolle&ed whether he has any par |]j t tiai'.ar flefh-marks, except on his hack, where maybe and k' cn ('k®' hght) tlie fs rs ®f the whip, placed by judicial ,j,l e authority, lor house-breaking, lock-breaking, Itealing, cel j f a Knv. r. 3taw3w. m "i 0 be dijpufed of at private sale, „ " Pursuant to the lad Will and Testament of Casper Grass, i'- \ deeeafed, " FWO two .lorj brick Melfuages and Lots of. Ground, ' X viz. No. 100, north Second,""near Race; and No. • 74, north Fitth, near Vine —both good stands for 10 buiinefs, particularly the tormer. For terms apply to LAWRENCE SECKdiL, or ; r CASPER GRAFF, { Executors. November It, 1795. laW- Phi J, aI>KL PHJ/1, Pjunteb ev JOHN FENNO, N°* *'9 Ciefnvt.Sired—P r ,ce Six Dollars Per Annum. BOOKS, Printed for and Puilifted by MATH LAV CAR aY 5 . N°. 118 MARKET STREET. ( Price Sixteen Dollars.) i New Syiiem of Modern Geography : * Or, a Geographical, Hi/hrutl CommirM Gra,r.m*r ; ami preftnt Jlate of the fncral Natiau »/ lie WorJ, CONTAINING, The figures, motions, and culiar to each country. diflances of the Planets, »c- VII. Obfervauoos on .he cording to the Newtonian fyi- changes that have been any tun, and the lataft obfervu- whe: s oWerved upoh «>e face tions. .f nature Cnce the mod ear -11. A general view of the ly periods ol hiUory. Earth, confideiedss a planet; VIII. History and angm fa( with fweral ufeful definitions of nations; their forms ol go and problems. vernment, resignation, laws, 111. Granddivifi»ns of the revenues, taxes, naval and f| Globe into land and water, military strength. continents and islands. IX. Genius, manners, cm- „ Situation and'extentof em- toms and habits of the people, pires, kingdoms, states, pro- X. Thsir language, learn !t vinces and colonies. ing, arts, faences, manuiac- i( V. 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IJQJ'/ - 'j Charlotte 9 tale of truth—by Mrs.. I of the new Theatre, Philadelphia. Sepnd Ajn«iran edition — n Frice 75 cents, [The rapid the firft edition of this f - enterefting novel, in a few moAs is the best criterion ot e its merit.] s EXTRACT FROM THE CRITICAI tEVIEW,AI»IL I 791, p. 468. \ " It may be a tale of trutj for it is not unnatural, and j e it is a tale of real diftrefs-JFharlorte, by the ajtifiee of a leacher, recommended to I fchooi, from humanity ra her than a of kr integrity, or the regularity, 1 ~ jf her former condus, is rwticed . from hqr governess, and 1 1 accompanies a young oijeer to America—the marriage ; c ceremony, if not forgoten, is postponed, and Charlotte 1 t dies a martyr to the inpnftaacy of her lover and treac.h - cry of his friend. e . . Tue lltuation? arc 4'tlefs and affijcling-*-the defcrlption •» natural and pathetic, jwe fliould feel for Charlotte if such a person ever who for one error, scarcely, perhaps '5 defcrved so feveret p'unifhment. 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JVcfr.—Thofe who' deGre it, may have I'ne above-monti osed Maps, or any other, coloured, canvafl'ed, and s td, and put up in any manner that may be moll conveni -5 ent, by applying at directed above. ~ OJt. i, lygs- iav.-. For Sale, THAT valuable arid well known PL W'TATIOiV for merly owned by John Evans, at present by Samuel E vans; situate in London Britain to vnihip, Cr.efter county, co'itawiing about four hundred and sixty acres—i/s**e arc >»n said Plantation two dwelling Houses, one flone and brirk, forty fest by twenty-ftve, two stories high, with a larpe ami commodious Kitchcn ; the other a good Houlc, jiiuaWe for a tenant,* two large and convenient 9arns ; a liooc House; a good Merchant Mill, with bet - « :£n 12 anJ a3 head and fall, on a never failing ll;eam the Whiu.ci?y creek —There are on said Plantation about 80 acres of excdlci.t Meadow, a large proportion of which is well wateird, *r"i more can conveniently be made; about 180 acres is arable Land, cleared, the rcfidue is Wood Land. The Land, in general, is of the nrd quality in t)iat end of the connfv. Ihs Plantation is 10 miles trom Newport, 11 from the H*ad of Elk, 6 from New-London Cross Roads, and 5 from New- Garden Meeting House, on the nearelfc road from Lancaftt-, • and on the direct one from Peach Bottom Ferry to ?Cewpoit; the situation »f the Mill is suitable for either the Elk or Mrd , disown tradt, which renders it an impor:ant stand. Anv person dcitrous of purchasing will, upon applying to Mr. BENJ AMIN CH AMBERS, within one mile of the place, ' be shewed the and know the terms of sale from the lubferiber hereof, in Lancafler county. ; SAMUEL EVANS November Ig, 1755. aawtf. Andover iron Works j TO BE SOLD, OR LET ON LEASE. £ r I 'HEY are situate in the couuties of SuCex and Morria, 1 in the State of New-Jersey : The ore lie? within a mile of the Furnace, is efteemea of the xirft quality of any I in America, and particularly adapted for making Steel. a The Furnace and Forge, *0 which belong between 11 and _ 12,000 aeres of Land, will be fold together, cr leafed ei ther separately or together: they are diftaot abpttt fevea rj miles from cach other, and are an objcA well wortli tac e attention of Ir«n Masters. The building, &c. are in e\ e ry rafpect commodious. For further particulars apply ta Benjamin Chew, or John Lardner, Philadelphia, oa. 2. 3^^! a \LL persons indebted to the Estate of SAMUI L s J\ FRAUNCES, late of this city, Innkeeper, de c ceased, are de'ired to make payment to the fu'^enher; and all those who have amy demands the laid t- EOate, are requsiled to bring in their accounts proper ly attelied. _ d SAMUEL M. FRAUNCES, AAmg Executor. Pine-street, No. 28. Otftober 281 T7QS» • 1- ALL perfoss indebted to the Mate of Doclor JOHN 18 H GIBBONS, late of Philadelphia, uece.le-., -re reqaelted to make payment; and those who auy •y demands ag«n!t said Estate, aredefii-ed to brmg in their _ accounts duly attetted, for HEYSHAM, " 1S Attorney in lad for Mary O^)boii3,admin:ftratru to the i=u