COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for Young Ladies. MRS. GROOMBRIDGE havingreaiovedfrom Lodge Alley, to the corner of Eleventh and Spruce-streets, for the ad voltage of a luge, convenient House, in t dry, healthy situation; hopes for the continence of the encou ragement ihe has hitherto so highly experienced; and for whidi Ike returns her llncere acknowledgment. $3" Mrs. GtooMßiioGi is aflifted by Masters of the firft ability; and the ufeful, as well.as ornamental branches of education are particularly attended to. February 8. §aw.s3fn Treasury Department; Revenue-Office, March l Oth, 1796. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Commijponer of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chefnut-flreets, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carehna, I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteras. 11. A Beacon House upon Shell C a file iflanc!. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Snperinten dalt« of Light-Houses, or of the Supcrvifors of the Reve nye, or of the Collectors of the Cudoms in any of the States ; as also at this office. aaw3m The annual Election FOR DIRECTORS and a TREASURER of the Libra ry Company of Philadelphia, will be held at the Li brary, in Fifth-ftrect, on Monday, the second of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Trea fiirer will to receive the annual payments. As there are several ihares on which fines are 190 of. prime Wood Land i and the reQ Arable of tbe fr/l quality. There ate an tbe premises a good trvoQory Brick House, ivith 4 rooms on • m floor, and Cellars under tbe tvbole, •with t a Pump Well of ex cell en t Water in fronts a large frame Barn, Stables, and otber convenient buildings; a Smoke-House andfone Spring. Hsitfe ; two good Apple-Orchards, and foe of PeacbeTbe Fields are all it, Clover, except tbofe immediately under tillage, and are so iaid out as to bqve tbe advantage of Water in eacb of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for Grazing. Tbe situation is p/eafant and healthy, and from tbe bigb culti vation of tbe Land, the good neighborhood, and tbf vicinity to tbe ci is very fuitablefor a QentUman s Country Seat. Tbe foregoing is part of tbe EJlate of Jacob Hatma\ deccafed offered forfale by A4ORDEGAI LEWIS OA. 9, 1795 eotf Surviving Executor. FO R SA L E,' OjfVERAL Tra&s of Miliary LANDS, situate in the O Cumberland country, on Cumberland fiver and its waters. And also several valuable Trails of Land in the State of Kentucky. For further information apply at the Office, at the eorner of Fourth and Chpfnut-ftreets. April 15. *eodjt. Cheap Lands for Sale. TO BE SOLD, FOUR tra&s of patented LAND, situate in Randolph county, in the State of Virginia, oil the waters of Spring Run, Sugar Creek, Bill's Creek, Monongalia and Witman's Run, tontaining ferentcen hundred acres. This land was fufveyed and patented by virtue oT LandO-ffice Treasury WarAts of the dates of 1781 and 1783. Each traitfs well Watered'and timbered, the land of. good qua lity, and very little but what may be,prepared forgrafsor . tillage. ,T£he whole will be f?ld together, or separate, and "c'afh or merchandise taken in payment. The lurveys and patents may be and terms of fade known, by apply ing at No. 105, .Arch-street. April 16. *eod3t. LOST, Ili the city, on tho Point-Road, the 13th inftast,a small GQLD f&EffCH WAXGH, made at Paris, with a gold chain and two gojd fcals,.one having the initials H. .'St C.. ant La. Lion crefl—] THE Flowers of Modern Hi/lory, IN TWO VOIOMK. Comprehending, ori a new plan, the mod remarkable and interesting Events, as well as the moil eminent and illustrious Characters; • with a View of the Progress of .Society .and Manners, Arts and Sciences, from the Crea tion to the Conclusion of the American War. Br JOHN ADAMS, A. M. March 4. iawlm rKUfUSALS tOl PUBLISHING BY SUBiCRIF'TIOM, S KETCHES or the HISTORY OF THE UNITEp STATES, From the peace.of 178 A, to the termination of the-pre fent Scffion of Congrefc. Br MATHEW CARET. CONDITIONS. I. This work will be comprised in two or three odtavo volumes, each a,hout 400 pages. j 11. The price to subscriber» will be two dollars per vo- I lujne, hsndfomely bound. 111. No meney will be reqifired till the volumes are de livered. IV. Should any of the fubferibers disapprove of the , work when complete, they may dedene receiving it. V. It, is ejcpedtcd to be ready for press ia the spring of-, 1797- j VI. As soon after the above time, as one thousand copies are fubferibed for, the printing shall commence, and shall be fiaifhed asfpeedily as possible. VII. Subscriptions received by the Author, No. 118, Market-street, and by the chief Booksellers through out the United States. TO THE PUBLIC. THE objeS of the prepofed Work, is, to present to public view a connected series of the chief events of a per : od of American history, that .does not yield, inim portance, to any period of equal length, in the peaceful annals of any country in the world. '' Desiring to excite no expectations but such as he shall endeavour to fa isfy, the writer is thus early in announ cing; that the body and confidence of a regular hidory, is not to be looked for in this work: neither his tole..ts nor his avocations allow him to hope for this. His hum bler task shall be to Sketch out tie mod prominent fea tures. It shall be his dudy to collect and arrange the mod interesting materials—to smooth the rugged path— for abler hands, who, by such mean?, will find their la bours, abridged, and their progress accelerated. His chief view will be, to giye the History of the Uni ted States as a confederated Republic. Nevecthelefs, no tice will be taken of the mod remarkable circu&idances in the hidory of the individual States, as far as they can be calLAed. This information shall be clafTed under Sepa rate appendixes. The Author solicits the afiiftance of such Gentlemen as may be poflefTed of documents calculated to promote the execution of his plan. They shall be received with due gratitude—carefully preserved—and fafely returned. February 9. I awl it BURR MILL STONES M»de by OLJVEP. EVANS, at his Faiftory, in the old wind-mill inJElmlley's alley, Sputb §eqond;JLrcct y a little below jjocijlreet, "ITTHERE thofc who apply may be-Aipphcd with done* V V of such quatity as will suit their purposes. Also, stones for gudgeons to run on, and Plaifier of Paris ground fipe for Hpnure, and CSlcined for Sttfcco.Work. He ketpt far SALE, At his dwelling No. aij north Second-street, a little above ViTie.flrett, Boulting Clotisy both imported and Anjerican manufadured for merchant and country work, which he warrants good. ALSO, The Young Millwright's and Miller's GUIDE. Containing a system of mechanics and hydraulics as thej apply to water with the whole pracefs of, and all the late,improvements on the att.of manufacturing flour &c. intended to ,he ufeful to allcoiicerned in»>building or using water-mills, which book is Told by Matthew Carey and Robert Camj>bell,bookfellers. Sept. 15. lawtf. NOTICE. AXL persons having -claims againd JOHN LYONS, . deceased, late of Cliarles County, Maryland, are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and thofi: who arc indebted are requested to make immediate pay ment. ALEXANDER GRiEER, Executor. Aljep's Frefl\,Charles county, -tj'-f • "iaw< Maryland,"March 14,1796. 1800' JOSEPH COOKE, GOLDHVIITH 15- JEWELLER, The corner of Markat and Thjrd-fireets, Philadelphia; MOST refpeiSfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last arrivals, a com pletty4nd general aflprtment of aim oft Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Bir mingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest "fafhion, and will be fold, wholefalc and retail, on the .ov»- eft terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. JohnNicholfon received in payment at their current value. I March j. lawtf City ef Walhingtpn. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11, FOR THE 'MPROVEMiST OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent > 10,000 dollars, <3t ) 50,000 ) caih 30,000, are ) 1 ditto n.ooo & ca!/t ls,ooo 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 i ditto 10,000 & cast to,ooo 20,000 x ditto 5,00b & ca(h j.OOO 10,000 1 dftto 5,000 & cifli 5,000 JO,OOO 1 cl*h prize 'of 10,000 t do. 5,000 each, are, - 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - * 10 ' 000 to do. JOO " " 10,000 100 do. 100 - - 10,000 290 do. 50 10,000 400 do. 25 - * lo '° oo 1,000 do. 20 " 20,000 15,000 do. 10 • - 150,000 i6>739 Prizes. 33,a'6i Blanks. > 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40.0000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantify of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the Last drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last but-one : And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten davs alter drawing, -will be received lo» anynumbea not.!''' e .:han 30tickets. in is Loner ill a«ord an elegant specimen of the private boildfn obe ereftcu >» the Cuv of Walhington —Two l-eauti . deGgfis ate already feU fttd for the enure f.onumi iw. of ihe public Iquaren fro.n thele draw, i tffj, it is proposed 10 erect two centre and tour corner bu:ldi/igi, atfoon as polTible after this Lotlefy n fold, and to convey them when complete, to the fortunate adventar. ers in the manner tlefcribed in the fchcme tot the Hole! Louery. A nctt dcduaion of five per cent, will be made to deftay the necessary expences of printing, &c. and the ftirplus will be made a part of the fund intended foi the National University, to be etefted within the City of Walhington. The drawing will commence as loon as tne l icKtrts arc fold oil. -The money prices will be payable in thirty days after it is fini{hed,and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is doled are to be confideicd as K»ven towards the fund for the Univerfnyi it being determin ed to fettle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing arid to take up the bonds given as lccu rity. . The real securities given for the payment of the Prize are he'd by the Prefidcnt and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the Loitery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commillioners afiifted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are refuelled to undertake this arduous taflc a time on behalf of the public ; a fufficient num ber of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a NationalsUniverfity and the other federal ob jcils may continue to favor the defrgn. By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as Cro.?i Europe, where the tickets have been sent for fsrie, the public are allured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the lharr fufpeafion indispensable. < SAMUEL BLODGET. * # * Tickets may be had at the Bank ot Columbia; of James Weft & Co. Baltimoie or Gideon Dcnifonj Savannah, of Peter Giltnan, Boftori ; of John Hopkiiis Richmond : and of Richard Wells, Cooper's ferffv. Bar-Iron Manufactory. On reasonable terms and convenient payments, a new FOUR FIRE FORGE, ADvantageoully Ctuated on the river Walkill, in the county of Suflex, andftate of New-Jersey, and dis tant one nvle and a half frbm Sharp's Furnace; the Forge lot contains twenty-eight acres ps pn which are four good houses for the workmen, with lots adjoining for gar dens, two large coal-houses, a black-fmlth's and carpen ter's shop, and also 4 commodious (Jwalling-houfe, with a good cellar andgafden.for a Vanager, and a Store adjoin ing of twenty feet square. The buildings are new, and the works in good repair, and now in full business, and fully supplied with ftodc and the necessary workmen; wood land for coaling, fufficient to afford a never failing supply and lying convenient, will be fold With the Forge, or weod supplied on contrail by the cord, as may beftfnit the purchaser. If deCred, a FARM adjoining the Forge, of «joor 200 arable and meadow land, with a good orch ard, and convenient buildings, will be fold to accommo date the forge : And also, a four horse team, coal and o ther waggons, and implements of every kind to cairy on the works. If not bfifote difpoftd of by private contract ( which may be known'by the continuance .of this adver tiCjment") the Forge, Forge-let and buildings thereon, to gether witlf 1500 X.er:ophcn, Plato, Ar'flotle, Demofibenes, &c. As footi as he has fucn Greece enslaved by Philip, the father of Alexan der, he returns into Scythia, where he puts in order an ac hjs narrative, relates in an introduAioa the memorable events which had paiTcd in Greece before he left Scytliia." ■" I, have cholen to write a narrative of Travels ra ther than a history, because in such a narrative ail is.fcc nery and a&ion ; and because circumstantial details nuy be enteied into which are 60: permitted to the hiftqnaj:" LIST of the PLATES which arcanuext* to thii Work. 1. Grcece and the Grecian lilands. 2. Plan of the Pass of Thermopylae 3. PJanof the iiattle of.Salamis. 4. Essay on the Battle of Platxa. 5. Chc.rt of the Palus Moeotis and Pontus Euxinus. 6. The Bcffihorus of Thrace. 7. The HeUefpont. 8. Plan of the Environs of Athens. 9. Attica, Megaris, and Part of the If!and of Eubdea. 10. Plan of the Academy and its Environs. 11. Plan of a Grecian PalaCllra, after VUrflVius. 12. Plan of Athens. 13. Plan and Elevation of the Prop', l®a. v 14. C-lan of the Temple of Theseus, Elevation and View of the P ..unon. 15. Pkocis and Dor-- 1 16. ElTay on the Enimwns of Delphi aadView 6f ParnafTus. fy TMr"- " r hTm'IIIT' tK. Rirotia. 19. Theffaly. 20. Corinthia, Sicyonia, Phlialia, and Achaia. 21. Elis and Triphyfia. 32, Essay 011 the Topography of Olympia. 23. Meffenia. > 24. JLaconia.afxl the IHand of Cythera. 25. Eflay on the Topography of Sparta & its Environs. 26. "Arcadia. 27. Argolis, Epidauria, Trcezenia, Hermiottia, the lfle of ./Egina and Cynnria. 48. View of Plato on .the Promontory of' SuniuM, dis coursing to his C^fciples. 29. Ancient'Greck Theatre. 30. The Cyclad«s. 31. Coins from the Cabinet of thcKlng df France. It'is proofed to give-tin elegantedition of- tbis uttluahlc wtri : Tin greatejl care mill be taken render it zarr