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 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