City cf Washington. SCHEME of the LOTTERY, \o.II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent J 26,000 dollars, &.7 . dwelling-house, ) ca(h 30,000, are J , 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 1 ditto 10,000 & calh 10,000 20,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 I /ditto £,000 & ca(h 5,000 10,000 1 tafli prize of fO,OOO 2 do. 5,000 each, are> - 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - - I0r«00 < 10 do. 500 » - io>ooo 00 do. 100 fc - 10,000 »oo da. 50 - « *0,000 4co do. 25 • l*;ooo ijooo do. 2* - 20,000 IS,OOO do. 10 - - 'JO,OOO 16,739 Prizes. 3:4,261 Blanks. 5®,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,0000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the la»t drawn ticket, and-the 30,000 the last but one : And approved notes, securing payment in either money •r prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any numbea not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegantfp<cimen of the pri vate buiklings to be eredted in the City of Washington— Two beautiKil designs are already feleifted for the entire fronts on two of the public dflPres; from' these prawings • it ispropofed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as pofllble after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett deduSion of five per cent.-will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, See. and the surplus ■will be made a part 6f the fund intended for the National Univerflty, to be eredted within the city of Washington. The Drawing wHI commence as soon as the tickets are fold off.™ The money prizes "will be pay able in thirty days aftet it is finiOud ; end any prizes for Which fortunate numbers ate not produced within twelve months after the drawing is elofed, ait to be considered as given towards the fund for the tlniverfity; it being determined to fettle the whole bafinefs in a year from the ending of the draw ing, and to take up the bonds-given as fecority. The real securities given foe the payment of thrPrizes, are held by the President and two Dire&ors of the Bank of Columbia, (and are -valued at more than half the a mount of the lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment-os the late Commissioners aflifted hi the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk a second time on behalf, of the public ; a fufficient num ber of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National Univerflty and the other federal ob jects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received from the different parts Of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been fcntTor hie,' the public are affored that the drawing will speedily commence, and' that the care and cantion unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe disposal' of the tickets, has rendered the fnor? suspension indiipenfable. SAMUEL BLODGET. „§, Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; fef ■James Weft & Co. Baltimore ; of Peter Gilman, Boston ; of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and ef Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry. GEORGE HUNTER, CHE MIST, No. 114 South Second Street, HAS for these two years past introduced a new species of PERUVIAN BARK, called YELLOW BARK, which after repeated trials by the principal Physicians of this city, is now preferred in all cases of importance that require it, to the best R*d and Pale Bark. It is a powerful Astringent Bitter, fits well on the stomach, is certain in its effects, and requires only half - the usual quantity for a <fofe. Many of the citizens of Philadelphia are now ac quainted with its virtues, the knowledge of which oaght to bt extended over the Union. He has a large fopply of the Yellow Bark, and a general assortment of Drugs, Colours, Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c. LIKEWISE, Salt Petre, Jalap, and Camphor, By the Quantity. , May *9. *iaw7t LAW BOOK STORE" " rfO. 313, HIGH-STREET, A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LMV BOOKS JUST OPENED. GEORGE DAVIS's EXTENSIVE collection of the latest Irish Editiens be ing now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale, on the fame moderate Lenns, as have for ftver* 1 years pail, so particularly distinguished them; and to allure those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that their orders from any diitance, whether for a frngle -vo lume, »r an. entire Library, {hall be executed with the like promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks. for the present year are prepared, and Will be delivered on application. N. B. A number of Trunks to be difpofedof. 2§th April. m&t6w Stop Thief! RAN away from the Subscriber.a black apprentice boy, about 18 ytars of age, fmoothface, and remarkably well built. He took with him several suits of cloaths one of livery, blue, turned with yellow—a pair of dove coloured pl*(h breeches—a brownfchonfloper faced with black ptuih. Broke open the day he went away a trunk and stole therefrbm nine pieces of gold—the property of Mr. Gilbert, and picked the pocket of 'Gen. Cra'ob of *5 dollars. Any person who will secure said thief lhall he well rewarded by W. COOPER. May 23. _____ [dt£] 127 Arch Street. TO B E SOL b, ift. A Three-ftery brick House, No. 80, N. Second street. The lot is about 21 feet front, and 288 feet deep, to Brcad-ftreet, or Moravian Alley. It has one of the beflftlands for buGnefi. 2d. A No; 260, South Front ftreet, with a Bake-House; the Lot is about 17 feet front, by 130 feet in depth. / 3d A handfeme Lot of 25 feet by »oo feet deep, ex- Thhd f&eei to George-street ; it is the 3d Lot-below South-street: on Gcorge-ftreet there is a. two story-brick tenement, a frame diuo adjoining, withagood bake oven. t Likewise a LARGE MEADOW FARM, situate on the River Delaware, at a convenient diflmnce from Phila ddphia Market—the Meadow is of the best quality, and in good-bank. There are commodious buildings, with a good-Proportion of arable and woodland, and Cedar Swamp. For terms apply to JOHN LITLE, No. 40 North Sixth-ftrect. March fTiV 1796 4tf • " FOR SALE. A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn ; about four hun dred weight. Enquire at the ORce of the Gazette' of the United states, No. 119 Chefuut-flreet, J F O R S A L E. At BENJAMIN DAVIES' BOOKSTORE, NO. 68, HIGH-STREET, A valuable collection of the newest Publications, ' JuA received from London, via New-York ; Among which am the following : THE American Pilot, in two parts —part the ift con taining charts and plans of the coasts of Newfound land, Labradore, and tht gtilph and river of St. Lawrence. Part the 2d containing charts of t .e Britilh channel, and the coall of Ireland to Cape Cle V ; of the Atlantic Ocean, and the coast» of Europe, Afrifia,ar.d the Western Iflanks; of the whole coast of the United States and East Florida; rhe gulph of Florida,"and IHauJ ef Havannah, drawn from adual fnrveys and the latest difccvenes. A Defcriprto* of the Country 40 miles round Manches ter, its gefigraphy, pi odu&ions, river and canal naviga tions ; its towns and villages, their hiSory, population, * -acunmerce, and manufacture*, by Dr. Aikin; printed 011 vellum paper, and illuftratcd with 73 copperplates finely etjgraved. O ' ■ ' Hunter's Voytwjy to New South Wales and the Sou thern Oceail, illuftratrd with 17 maps, charts, views and other embellishments, neatly fecund in calf. Civil and Commercial History Of th■- Britifli Weft-In dies, by B. Edwards, Esq. with maps, views v &c. The cenne&ion that between Agriculture and Ghemiftry—by the Earl of Dundonnald. The Coorfe of Hannibal over the Alps, ascertained Sy J. Whitaker. , ♦ The Life of - General Bumonrier, in 3 vols, written by himfelf. Chelmer's Estimate of the comparative strength of Great Britain. History of the Moravian millions among the Indians of North-America, with the manners and customs of the nations. Corporal Brown's History of the Campaigns in 1793, 4 and 5. The Studies-<of Nature, by Bernardin de St. Pierre. The Political Testament of Maximilian Rnbefpierre, with an aecount «i the secret negotiations carried on un der his direction. Wifeman's • Commercial 'Letters ■ in the five principal languages of Europe. A Pocket Vocabulary of fix. principal languages. Anftrutlur's'Reports in Chancery. The Works of Peter Pindar, with a head of the author. The Sporting Magazine. Tbe Britilh Critick,or new-Critical Review 6f the lat est publications. The Works of Edmund Borke, Esq. Defence of the American Constitution, by J. Adams, vtcc-Prefidcnt of the U.S. April 18. • Urbanna Mill Seats, SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of ' the rivfcr Sufquehanria, about one mile above tide wa ter, arid commanding'the water of that important river, the channel conducing the trade of which comes so near the Mill Seats as to make it cenvenieat to speak the boats; and Mills may be sb situated as to receive them along their walls, and by water lifts take in their cargoes. There is a power fufficient for many and any kind of ufeful Water Works, and so much may be justly said in commendation of this Scite as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication. Those who may desire to be concerned, wilfprobably find tbemfelves well pleased on viewing the situation. Leases for any term of years may be obtained on appli cation to the fubferiber, living on the premises. CLEMENT HOLLY DAY. April Ip. iaw3m Treasury Dtpartment; Revenue-Office, Match 10tk> 1796. PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the CnmmiJJitnrr t>f the Revenue, (No. 43, at the comer of Third and Chefnut-ftreets, Philadelphia.) for building in North-Carolina, I. A Light'Houfe upon'Cape-Hatteras. 11. A Beacon House "upon Shell Caitle itknd. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be fee* on application at the offices of any of the Superinten daits of Light-Houses, or of the Supervisors of theßeve : nue, or of the Collectors of the Customs n any of the States ;as also at this office. • law 3 m WA N T E D, Several Apprentices to the PrinVing- Business Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chefnut-ftreet. JOS EP H'VOOKE, ' . GOLDSMITH 53 s JEWELLER, The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia; MOST refpeftfully informs his friends and the public, that he has received, per the last afrivals, a com plete and general assortment 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 -OW eft terms, and the Notej of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. JohnNicholfon received in payment at their current value. Marsh 5. iawtf War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796. THE following Rules, explanatory of those published the 15 th Febraarv, 1789, arctobeobferved by all persons entitled to> Lands, in purfusnce df resolves of Congress. Every certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other magistrate, mult, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the person making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or other magistrate ; for which purpose words of the following import must be inserted in the certificate. " And I do moreover certify that the said A B making this acknowledgment has been for personally known to me." If the notary or other magistrate has reafbn to believe that he is ths person he represents himfelf to be, he wil also certify it. Andifthe proof be made by a witne&jrwitnelTeSjhe or they must swear to some general ftateof their knowledge of him, which matter must be set forth in the certificate ; and the notary public, or other magistrate, before whom the acknowledgment is made, must also set forth that the wit ness or witnesses has or have been for upwards of perlonally known to him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the conrt of the corporation or county must certify that such person is a justice of the peace of the county or corpora tion as the cafe may be, and that full faith is due to his a6ts ar such. JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. May ii. This Day published, ' - t Price 31 1-a Cents, Mr. AMES's SPEECH ■ ON BRITISH TREATY. Sold by William Young, corner of Second and . Chefnut ftrects, and by tbe Bookfellert generally. May 19. | For Sale, A beautiful dappled grey, blooded HORSE,, Near fixteeto hands high, five years old this rrrafs. Will s go m a carnage ; enquire ar No. >33 So«th Swoud street. V ** 43 Si WHEREAS my wife Eleanor Fitz gerald, has contwtfted debls on my credit, with out my knowledge, and ccm-rary to my orders, and has, in other refpeAs, greatly mif.-ondurted herfelf, the pub lie are hcteby warned not to trad her, as 1 am refoivcc. not to pay any debts of her contracting. Philadelphia, May 16, nTZGERA[D . May i 7 eoiw_ SNOWDEN & M'CORKLE, RESPECTFULLY inform the Public, that they have opened their PRINTING-OFFICE, at No. 47 North Fourth, near Race street; where they execute all kind of Phinting, with accuracy and dispatch. 0- An Apprentice * anted. May 3 § 31awJ For Me by the fubferibers, IN PENN-STREET, -1 jo quarter Chests frefh' Hyson Tea ; ioo ditto do. frefn Souchong Tea;; 300 Boxes China, containing small tea setts of 4* pieces; 400 pieces Bandinoes. ■Willing & Francis. January 30. 3 tawr - ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Robert Stevenson, dccoafed, or to the late part nerihip of Robert & Cornelius Stevenson, are requetted to make imciediate payment, and those having any de mands againii the fame, will bring th<?m in for settlement. CORNELIUS STEVKNSON, Administrator, and Surviving Partner, No, 114 Spruce Strtet. May it __ 3*w3* This Day-is Publtjbed, And for faUby THOMAS DQBSON, At the Stone House, No. 41, $. Second Street DISCOURSES relating t« the evidences of REVEALED RELIGION, delivered in the Church of the UmyeifalilU at Philadelphia, in 1796, and publilhed at the request of many of tire hearers. By JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, L. L. &. F R. S. Price two dollars neatly bound, or one dollar and 75 Cents unbound. May 21. ttfth*B2<r. General Poji Office., Philadelphia, March 16, 1796. ■VYTHEREAS'fundry Letteis, tranftrritted in the Mails VV of the United States, t« and from Norfolk, in the state of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of seve ral denominations fraudulently taken from thera-at York, in the state aforefaid, in the months ef Odtober, Novem ber and December last : and whereas a part of said notes and some calb have been rec©V«red and are now in poffeffi ■on of the-Poft Matter Gene-al. In Order therefore that fiich Bank Notes as Biall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that- the regaining notes and calh be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN toall persons who havefuffeied by fochfraudulent pra&ices, within the pe riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their claims withoHt delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such Botes as fliall be identified will be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the firft day of July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their respec tive lofles, to be ascertained by the necessary. proofs, which on or before that day fliall be produced toths General Post Office. - (aawtjuly) JOS. HABERSHAM. lo be seld at public sale, On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavern, in Phi ladelphia, FOUR Lots of Ground in the town of Latnberton, county of Burlington, and State of New-Jersey, ad joining the river Delaware, late the Estate of William Richards, deceased, -with all ths buildings and improve ments, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert Cadwaladcr and ethers ; a clear indisputable title will be given. The terms will be made khown at the time and place'of sale. April 28. m&th. L O S T, ~ IN the city, on the Point Read, the 13th instant, a small 6OLD FRENCH WAT6H, made at Paris, with a geld chain and two gold fcals, one having the initials H. St. G. and a Lion crest—the other a Lion crest only. Who ever finding the fame will bring them to No. 111 south Front street, ihall receive a generous reward If offered for sale to any of the Watch-makers f« town, they are re quested to step the fame. April 13. § For Sale, A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill, IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour. The Grift Mill is faty by fort} feet, two water wheels, and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fans and bouiting-cleths, &c. The Saw-Mill has two faws,and capable ofcuttingfiveto 6 160 thousand feet of Boards per yeir. A valuable jtlece of Cedar Swamp, within a mile and a "half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile of a Eanditig The Lumber, 3ec. may be taken by water from the mill tail. ALSO FOR SALE, Several Valuable Tradis of Land, In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be receiv ed in the notes of Messrs. Morris and Nichalfon, or in Caflj. For further information apply to the Printer. May 17- saw N°. 130. Diftri9 of Pennsylvania, to -wit ; BE it remembered, that on the 4th day of April, in the twentieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Davies of the said diftridt hath deposited in this Office, ths Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words fol low ing, to wit; The Political Censor, or monthly Review of the most " interesting political occurrences relative to the United " States of America'—by Peter Porcupine';" In conformity to the AA of the Congress of the Unit ed States, intituled " an Ad for the encouragement'of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." , SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk Dift. Court Pennsylvania. April 27. iaw4w. Five Hundred Bales of Excellent Bourbon Coffee, For Salt by Jofepb Anthony Isf Co. Landing, AT theSubfrrihers' wharf, from on board thefliip Au rora, capt. Suter, 150 Hogflieads Prime Jamaica Sugars, For sale by Willing! and Francis, May 17 0 % Notice is hereby Given, THAT in pursuance of an ad of the General Assem bly of Pennsylvania, entitled « an Ad to enable tie " Governor of this Commonwealth, to incorporate a Com " pany for making an artificial Road from an interfeSion " of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road near " the Gap Tavern, in Lancaster county, to Newport and i" Wilmington in the State of Delaware the commif ifiaiicis in said ad appointed will procure five books and attend at the refpedire places dire&ed therein to receive lubferptions for Stock in the company, viz. One book will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the Borough of Lancaster, one at Strafburgh, in the county of Lancaft-r, ene in the Borough of Wilmington and one at th 9 house of Samuel Cochran in the county of Chef ,ter. The SubfiribeM, agreeably to their appointment in and ,by said* a; will attend at the City Tavern in Philadelphia jwith one of said Bosks, or. Monday, the 6th day of June* juext, at 10 o'clock io the forenoon, until 4 in the after- InOon, and for the two days following, if neceiTary, f or [thepTirpofe atorefaid ; on the firft of the said days,' any ipcrfoitof the age of y*»rs (hall be at liberty to fubferibe in his own or any other »ameor n:ar«liy whom he (hall be auth«rifed for nr.;JbanfiTV the fecondday lor uiewtivojiara and on the third day for one, two, or tlree fiuhet, and in aay succeeding day, (if the said books (hall continue longer open) for any nnnrber cf (hares in the said Stock. Every person previously to fubfcriblng in said boob must to the attending commissioners twenty five dol lars for every (hare to be fubferibod. GEORGE LATIMER, ROBERT WALK NATHL. L EIVIS, ABIJAH DAWES. Philadelphia, May 7 3awtjun. 7, NOTICE, * AGREEABLY to charter, is hereby given to the Members of the Corporation for the relit? of poor and distressed Prefljyterian Vinirters, and of the poor and distressed Widows and Children of Prefbyteriao Mi nisters, that there will be a Meeting of said Corporation in the second Prcfbyterian Ckurch, in the city of Phila pelphia, on the 43d day of May next, at 4 o'clock, p. m. for the dispatch of all such business at may then be brought before the board. ASHBEL GREEN, April 11. d Secretary of the Corporation- SHOT, OFill (izes, from 32 lb to Grape, Cambooles, Pots, a*d other callings e*«uted at the Ihorteft notice, Nail rods, from iod to'fpike, Hoop Iron, of allfizes. for calks or cuttingieto naif; from. a brad t?o 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to loolb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, * Carolina Pork. Herrings in barrels, Kiln-dried com meal ia Hhds.and Bbls. Rye flour &e. to be fold by ' Levi Hollingjworth & Son. 4 t»w Land for sale. ANY gentleman desirous of purchafirig' Land, in the vicinity of the city of Waihingtcn, may bow be accommodated with a situation combining advantages as t» health, foil, and profpedt, not equalled perhaps in Ame rica. The subscriber has for from 100 to 3 80acres of land. It lie* withiu 1 1-4 mile of the city of Walhington, 1 i-i from the Prcfideiit's Square, (from which it bears about N. by E.) and 3 1-4 miles from the Capitol. It bears ■early W. from the westernmost spring of the head waters of the Tiber, distant therefrom about 1-8 of a mile. The situation is remarkably healthy, and every part of the land is well watered—has great abundance of the cb»ice!t fruit : about 80 acres are in wood, and there arc about Jo acres of meadow-ground, great part thereof can be wat ered,and the wholelaid down inTimothy-grafs at a small expense There arefeveralbuautif®(eminenceson it:one of the heights commanding a moll beautiful oud extensive profpefi—To the south, you have a full view of the city ef Wafliington, the town of Alexandria, and the river Potowmat, as far rs the eye can reach. To the north, a" full view of the Sugar-Loaf Mountain, distant about 3$ miles, with the surrounding country. —To the Weft, a ve ry extensive view of the lands in Virginia: the whole forming a grand rural Amphitheatre. Any person inclin ed to purchase, will find on viewing the situation, that the Landscape is far superior to the (ketch given of it is this advertisement. For price, &c. apply to the fubferiber, living on the premises, or to George Walker, Eft}, now in Philadelphia. JOHN THO : B0U8HE&. Diftridt of Columbia, May 6, 1796. May t». *iawsw A Printing-Office for Sale. coNsisriNa of A good assortment of Types, the greater part of which are but little worn, a good mah< gany Press, with the dif ferent Printing Material, in complete order for executing any kind of work. The situation is .very eligible, either for a newspaper or Wok-work, being in a pleasant, well populated city, within 30 miles of Philadelphia. There is also a very considerable advantage arifihg from the numarous applications for blanks and the general influx: of advertisements, &c. &c. and a handsome profit derived from the great quantity of Rags which may be collected throughout the year. A complete set of cuts for Dilworth's Spelling-Book. Likewise will be fold with the office, a large book binders' Press, (used for prreffing books in fhcets) toge ther with a number of bookbinders' tools, almost new. Any person inclining to purchase the above, may have the refuial of a handsome collection of books, bound and in (beets—They will be fold very low. Fer the price, and further particulars, enquire at No. 44, north Third-street, where a specimen of the type* may be seen. April 26. §B.2aw. Mustard and Chocolate CONTINUE to be manufactured in the heft man ner, and for sale, as ufual —Also (helled or pearl Barley, Coffee, Pepper, &c. Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale, Cyder, Englilh Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale in bottles, &c. 4cc.—at No. 98, South Fioat-itreet, oppolite the Custom-house, by JOHN HAWORTH. Philadelphia, May 7, 1796. aaw4W NOTICE. THE President and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal, having determined to fspply 'he city of Philadelphia with water, early i» th« year 1797, Propofala will be receive .- in writing until the firft day 0 June next, from any person or persons disposed to contrail for the casting and delivery of Itoh Pipes necessary lot t e above pnrpofe. By the Board, WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Sec ry. March 31. PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119 — CHEStiUT-Sf REET. [Fricc Eight Be liars set Aaepm.j
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