Five Hundred Bales of J Excellent Bourbon Coffee. For Sale by fofeph Anthony & Co. Api May 1 J $ 2W Knox, Henderfon & Co. -y No. 46, North Front street, wit HAVE imported in the ship* Liberty, Concord Mid A- fid< _ driana, from l.ondpn, afrcfli supply of Goodsfuit ed to the feafon—confiftiug of t ha A beauihil affortnient of twilled, *nd silk Nankeens, Cottons, Thread, cotton, silk & cot- Calicoes', and 'on and silk Hosiery, wh Chintzes, Diaper and Damaflc Table Muslins, Cloths, at ii Muflinets, Lawns, Corded and tndla Dimities, Cambricks and . Ginghams, Cambric Muslins, , Cotton Counterpanes, Linen, cotton and lilk hkh, Plain, striped, Sewing Silks, &c. occ. «c. Like wife, _ (j;, A few bales well assorted colors, Lonaoubeft super ne Cloths, best fuperfire and fecoud C*llimeres—Alfo, sun dry packages of C.llicoes and Chintzes, and other goods goods fit for exportation. _ Per the Glasgow, Capt. Williams, from Dublin, a few bflies 7-8 and yard wide Irilh Linens. May 4 }»«»' City cf Washington. \ SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No.II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ® FEDERAL CITY. A magnificent ) »0,000 dollars, & ? r 0,000 dwelling-house, j ca(h 30.000, are S ' 1 ditto 15,000 & cafli 25,000 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & cash 15,000 30,000 I ditto 10,000 & cifh 10,000 10,000 j ditto s>ooo & calh 5,000 10,000 I ditto .1,000 & ca(h 5,000 10,000 1 cash prize of 10,000 % do. 5,000 each, are, - 10,000 10 do. 1,000 - • 10,000 ao do. 500 » • 10,000 qo do. 100 - k 10,000 »oo do. jo 10,000 400 do. »J - - i«.ooo 1,000 do. to - 10,000 15,000 do. 10 • ■ 150,000 q U , «r" th 16,739 Prizes. 319.161 Blanks. de _____ ——— no 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,0000 N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of th 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 »r prizes, in ten days atter drawing, will be received for any numbea not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the pri vate buildings to be ere&ed in the City of Washington— Two beautiful designs are already fel'&ed for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these prawmgs — it is proposed to erect two centre and four c orner buildings, as soon as poflible after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in p the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A Rett dedadion of five per cent, will be made to defray " the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National 111 University, to be ereded within the city of Washington. ar The Drawing will commencd as soon as the tickets are w fold off.—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is ; and any prizes for which fortunate u numbers aie not produced within twelve months after the cc drawing is ctofcd, are to be considered as given towards in the fund for the Uniwrfity ; it bc-ng.determined to fettle the v. hole business in a year from the ending of the draw ing, and to take up the bonds given as security. The real fecuritics given for the payment of the Prizes, c< 3re held by the President and two Diredors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a- _ mount ot the lottery. The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commiflioners aflifttd in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous talk 4 a second time on behalf of the public ; a fuflicient num ber of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal ob- •. jeds may continue to favor the design. J By accounts received from the diflerent parts of the c Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a fafe disposal of j the tickets, has rendered the fnor' fufpeufion indispensable. SAMUEL BLODGET. ' ,§, Tiekets may be had at the Bank of Columbia ; of , James Weft &Co. Baltimore; of Peter Oilman, Boflon ; of John Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard W ells, Cooper's Ferty. General Poji Office, Philadelphia, March 16, 1796. I WHEREAS sundry Lettets, transmitted in the Mail* of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the (late of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of seve ral denominations fraudulently taken from thena at York, in the state aforefaid, in the months of O&ober, Novem ber and December last i and whereas a part of said notes and some cash have been recovered and are now in poffefli on of thePoftMafter General. In order therefore that such Bank Notes as shall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cash be equitably distributed among thoft who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN toall persons who havefuffeied by f»ch fraudulent practices, within the pe riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such notes as fliall be identified will be received by application to the General Pofl Office, on or before the firft day ef July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their refpec tivr losses, t<( be afcertlined by the necessary proofs, which on or before that day shall be produced tothe General Post Office. (tawtju y) JOS. HABERSHAM. This Day is Publijhed, And for fsk by THOMAS DOP.SON, At the Stonk House, No, 41, S. Second Street DISCOURSES relating to the evidences of REVEALED RELIGION, delivered in the Church of the UniveifalifU at Philadelphia, in 1796, and published at the rc<]Mcft of many o£ the bearer*. By JOSEPH PRIESTLEY,L. L. D. FR. S. Price two dollars neally bound, or one dollar and 75 Cents unbound. May 3 1. t«th&s2w. Mrs. Tuliy WHO formerly Eved.itNo. »ia Ncrth 3d street, de lirrs »W- who may have letters for her, to fend them to her jt No. 89 New Street, or tp the Poft-Office. May jl *«°3 Notice to Claimants ForBRITISH SPOLIATIONS. the committee 1 Appointed ky the Merchants of this City, who are fuf- 3 ferers by Britijh captures, Recommend, .-,„j 4 TjjAT every Claimant who has not already exhib well authenticated proofs of his property, furnilb, j without delay, proof that the property Ateied uibm _ fide American, of it. cost or value at the pbee of expor tation, and at the place to which it was destined, (where that can be done) and the freight payable or customary, at the time of exportation, for like goods and voyages. -j. When the claim is for vessel, to fpecify the tonnage, age, where built, and the adual cost or value. and These documents ought to be proved by oath.or attirm- ation, of the party claiming, made and certified by a m»- c giftrate or notary public, and corroborated by such other testimony, as the nature of the cafe wiWaJmit, an d Such ef them as are handed to the Conjujtftee. w, l' Q f . forwarded to the Coir miflioners appointed 09 1 Ae part ot the United States, to adjust the CJairfis, p! American Citizens. XHOS. FITZSIMONS, Chairman of tho Committee. In 1 Philadelphia, ift June, 179 6 - d4W Washington Canal Lottery, j N0 • I. — WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authOrised the underwritten to raise twenty-fix thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting „ a Canal through the City of Washington, from the I'o- J[ tooiac to the Eastern Branch Harbour. _ ei The following is the SCHEME of No. I. q o Viz 'I Prize of *0,000 dollars, 10,000 I ditto 10,000 10,000 pQ , T'aft drawn > 3® ,000 ma Tickets, each J th; 6 ditto l,oo« 6.000 (h( to ditto 40<J 4,000 of 10 ditto 100 a,OOO 55 ditto 50 , 2,75 % thi STSO ditto IX 69,008 kn To be raised for the Canal, 26,150 5850 Prizes, 17.5*000 al j 11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - I7J>°°° h n The Commiflioners have taken the Securities re- quired by the aforefaid a<sl for the pundual payment oi ac the prizes. „e The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets ate fold, of which timely notice will be given. . co Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months alter the drawing is finiftied, shall be considered as relinquished for |7 ' the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. , (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, o/D LEWIS DEBLOIS, GEORGE WALKER, - Wm. M.DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. / City ef WalhingtoH, Feb. 11. § Urbanna Mill Seats, J? SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Sufquehanca, about one mile above tide wa- j t ter, and commanding the water of that important river, fr , the channel conduding the trade of which comes so near N j the Mill Seats as to make it convenieatto speak the boats; Bt and Mills may be so situated as to receive them al»ng their of . walls, and by water lifts take ill their cargoes. f„ , There is a power fufficient for many and any kind of' j a — ufeful Water Works, and so much may bejuflly said in f r j commendation of this Scite as would be inconvenient to al , insert in a newspaper publication. '' e( Those who may defrne to be V«nccrncd, -#[li probably a: find tbemfelves well pleased on viewing the situation. 0 Leases for any term of years may be obtained on appli- p cation to the fubferiber, living on-the premises. „ l CLEMENT HOLLY DAT. p ■ April 19. raw 3 m si f LAW BOOK STORE, " C NO. 313, HIGH-STREFT, fl k A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF L/ttV BOOKS a JUST OPENED. X GEORGE DAVIS's » T?XTENSIVE colle&ion of the latest Irifli Editions be- J Pi iiig now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale, IC on the fame moderate erms, as have for several years t8 past, so particularly distinguished them; and to assure ie th®fe Gentlemen who may favoi / him with attention, that their orders from any distance, whether for a single yo lume, or an entire Library, Ihall be executed with the like e * promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks. Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and will be delivered on application. I '* N. B. A number of Trunks to be disposed of. j 16th April. m&t6w " SHOT, ! O Fall sizes, from 3a lb to Orape, 1 Cambooles, Pots, and other castings executed at the , lls shortest notice, Nail rods, from iod to spike, ( _ e " Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for caflts or cutting iiito nails, from k> a brad to 12d nails, n " Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to ioolb. Bar Iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, •" Carolina Pork. J? Herrings in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hhds. and Bbls. *° Rye flour &c. to be fold by >e ° Levi Hollingfworth Iff Son. eir 4 * aw t NOTIC E. he '"P'HE Preftdent and Managers of the Delaware and ily X Schuylkill Canal, having determined to f*pply the be city of Philadelphia with water, early in the year 1797, ec- Proposals will be receive 1 in writing until the firft day of ich June next, from any person or persons disposed to contract oft forthe calling and delivery of Iron Pipes necessary for the above purpose. By the Board, / — WILLIAM MOORE SMITH, Scc'ry. March 31. aawtj. 1o be sold at public sale, On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavern, in Phi ladelphia, 'ITOUR Lots of Ground in the town of Lamberton, ,in r county of Burlington, and State of New-Jersey, ad the joining the river Delaware, late the ECtate of Wilbam Richards, deceased, with all tha huildingi and improve o ments, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert ' Cadwalader and others ; a clear indisputable title will be liar given. The terms will be made known at the time and place ef lale. April 18. m&th. — For Sale, A Few Calks of Firit Quality f£ t INDIGO. :e. Entjuire at No. 71, South Water street. 13 May 1 th: & f tf^ For sale by the subscribers, IN PENN-STKEET, ; 130 quarter Chests frelh Hyfnn Tea ; £j 100 ditto do. frefh Souchong Tea; 300 Boxes China, containing small tea setts of 42 pieces > und< 400 pieces Bandanoes. Si Willing y Francis. y January 30. 3t3W ' For Sale, n A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill, £ IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour. j The Grift Mill i* sixty by fort> feet, two water wheels, L and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fans and boulting-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mil! has two faws,and 4 capable ofcuttingfive to 6 100 thousand feet of Boards per 4 year. A valuable piece of Cedar Swamp, within a mile 4 and a half, of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile 4 of a Landing The Lumber, ice. may be taken by water ( from the mill tail. ALSO FOR SALS, 4 Several Valuable Tracts of Land, In Penafylvania, for all of which payment will be receiv- j e«i in the notes of Messrs Morris and Nicholfon, or in ( Cafii. For further information apply to the Printer. " May 17. • aaw War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796. THE following Rules, explanatory of those publilhed U the 15th February, 1789, are to be observed by all persons entitled to Lands, in purfuanceof resolves of Tf Congress. _ Clt , Every certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other dai magistrate, must, in addition to what is ufuil, set forth tor that the person making the acknowledgment is known to me the notary or other magistrate ; tor which purpose words an< of the following import mull be infertcd in the certificate. " Aad I do moreover certify that the faio A B making of this acknowledgment has been for personally wi known to me." If the notary or other magistrate has reason to believe the that he is the person he represents himfelf to be, he wil ap also certify :t. Andif the proof be made by a witnefsor witneffes,lv or pr< theymuft swear to some general ftateof their knowledge of him, which matter must be set forth in the certificate ; and ac< che notary public, or other magistrate. before whom the ho acknowledgment is made, must also set forth that the wit rej ness or witnesses has or have been for upwards of at perlonally known to him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the th court of the corporation or county must certify that such re 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 hi® ex ads as such. JAMES M'HENRY, 1« Secretary of W*r. Ma y in Land for sale. ANY gentleman desirous of purchasing Land, in the vicinity of the city of Walhington, may how be accommodated with a situation combining advantages as to health, foil, and profpeA, not equalled perhaps in Ame rica. The subscriber has for sale from 100 to 380 acres of land. It lies within I 1-4 mile of the city of Walhington, a I-» 1 from the President's Square, (from which it bears about N. byE.) and 3 1-4 miles from the Capitol. It bears nearly 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 ei land is well watered—has g-reat abundance of the 1 fryif • nm oirn wood, ana fflere areaoontin 1 acres of meadow-ground, great part thereof can be wat ered,and the whole laid down in Timothy-grass at a small ' expense There are several beautifu I eminences on it: one of the heights commanding a moll beautiful oud extensive • profpeA—To the soUth, you have a full view of the city of Walhington, the town of Alexandria, and the river Potowmac, as far ;s the eye can reach. To the north, » full view of the Sugar-Loaf Mountain, distant about 35 miles, with the furroundi ig country.—To the Weft, a ve ry extensive view of the lands in Virginia : the whole f forming a grand rural Amphitheatre. Any person inclin- I od to purchase, will find on viewing the situation, that the Landscape is far superior to the Iketch given of it in this advertisement. For price, &c. apply to the subscriber, living on the premises, or to George Walker, Esq. now in Philadelphia. JOHN THO : BOUCHER. !' . Diftrid of Columbia, May 6, 1796. ' May 12. 'lawjw I! JOSEPH COOKE, e GOLDSMITH & JEWELLER, t The corner of Market and Third-streets, Philadelphia; d Ti TOST refpeiftfully informs his friends and the public, iVL that he has received, per the last arrivals, a com plete and general assortment of almost Every Article in his Line; Immediately from the manufactures of London, Bir mingham, and Sheffield* all of whicH are of the newest faftiion, and will be fold, wholesale and retail, on the .ow le gft terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Movris, and Mr. John Nicholfon received in payment at their current value. Majch 5. ,lawtf Multard and Chocolate CONTINUE to be manufaflured in the best man ner, and for sale, as usual—Also shelled or pearl Barley, Coffee, Pepper, &c. Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale, Cyder, Englith Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale in bottles, See. &c. —at No. 98, South Front-street, oppolite the Custom-house, by JOHN HAWORTH. Philadelphia, May 7, 1796. »aw4w _ FOR SALE, An elegant 3 story Brick Messuage " d AndLOTof GROUND ; e (Late the property of George Dannacker, deceased) VTriTH piazza and kitchen, cow-house, and stabling ° VV for 34 horses, a g«od pump in the yard, &c. Situ a, ate on the Weft fide of Front, near Callow-Hill street—at present occupied by Mr. John Kincaid. N. B. The Lot is l-» feet front on the Weft fide of j Front Street, in depth on the North fide, 157 feet, and on the South fide, ij6. GEOUGE KEMBLE > _ , JAMES TRIMBLE j May jt lawxm hi - 1 FOR SALE, ' on \ FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn ; about four hun- Jl\. dred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette am of the United States, No. 119 Chefnut-ftreet § ,ve - Will be landed, lbe T°- MORR OW MORNING, at South street and A wharf, the Cargo of Brig Peggy, capt. K'rlby, from Anatto Bay, Jamaica, i — 100 Hhds. Sugar, 76 Hhds. Coffee, 300 Bags Ginger. For Sale by PETER BLIGHT, May jo fozw George Dobson, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to N°* 25, south Third-flreet, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Atfortmeat of the undermentioned articles—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Kerieymeref, Yorkshire second Do. Dd. Elastic do. do. 1 Mix'd and Biue Coatings FlannelU, See. Mancheiter Printed Callicoes, London Chintz ditto,. Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto, Long Cloths, CofTaes, Baftas, Barillas & Conjevrems, 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Muslins, 4-4 and 9-9 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and 9-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do Muslins, 4-4 & 6-4 British Jaconets, 6-4 Britiih Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madras Handkerchiefs, Sec, A large affoitment of figur'd and plain Mu{linet4 t Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankeens, Fancy VVaillcoatings, Ginghams of the firft Quality, fubjeft to Drawback, India Nankeens, Men's White and coloured Silk stockings. May 9 Vweotf Samuel Richardet, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen M erchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEEHOUSE in the city of Philadelphia. The Subscription Room will be furnifhed with all the daily papers pubWhed in Philadelphia, New-York, Bos. ton, Baltimore, together with those of the principal com mercial cities of Europe—They will be regularly filed and noue permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variery of French Liquors; together with the usual refreflvments, will at all times bi procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend Qn being accotnmodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and she most approved Malt Liquors from London and other brewe'riej. The Larder will befupplied with the prime and earliod productinnj of tho Season. Large aid small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may he accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Col lacion is regularly kept for conveniency, the Bill of Fare to be had at tho bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnilhed, and the utmost attention paid to eleanlincfs, and every other requilite. gjT Samuel Richardet will behappyto receive, and execute the commands of his Friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himfelf that nothing on his part ihall be wanting to pre serve that patronage with which he has been So diftinguifli ingly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. § Imported, In the ihip Birmingham Packet, from Calcutta, and for file by the Package, by % Samuel & Miers Hftier, Tandah Coffeas, Batna, and other Baftas, Bahar Hankerchiefs, Perfiatl Taflatics, , Humhums, Flewcr'd and fpottei j Emerties, Bandanoes. . With a variety of other goods from that place, and a gen. . eral affoitment of European SPRING GOODS, as ufiiaL t "" Ad/o, , T rvntrrinrl jHr.tr PlTtfs. in hoT*** ps f trrnri An aflortment oT StßfcFjt grams FlttVicrs, 1 Queen's Ware, in Crates, affnrted, Glass Ware, in Crates and Casks, ,\4 e Sheathing Paper, by the Bale, i wines i n j Spermaceti Candles, and A general assortment of Irijh Linens, e Received per Ihip fcilafgow, from Dublin, by the packages May il. §tweo3w e —' FOR SALE r ; By MORDECAI LEWIS, The remains of the Cargo by thePigou, from Canton, viz. — WIDE and narrow Nankeens 70 Quarter Chests Souchong Tea 10 Tubs Qmckfilver, and A quantity of c, Tea-Table and Dining China. 11- May 7. 3tawim FOR SALE, ■ft A very Valuable Estate, 7~ /CALLED rWITTKNHAM, situate in the r " township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7 \'l miles from Phiiad lphia, and half a niile from tils — new Western road: containing 130 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood land, and the reft arable of the firll quality. There are n- on the premifesagood two story brick house, with 4 room* irl on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-we J sr, of excellent water in front; a large frame bain, ftabks, Lie and o'ther convenient buildings; a smoke-house and (tone: et, spring-house ; two good apple orchards, and one of peach es. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out a* to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly can — venient for grazing. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the nigti y e cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and tha 3 vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman » ~j \ country feat. ■ n . The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, tu _ deceased, and offered for sale bv _at Mordecai Lewis, OA. 9. eo.J Surviving Executor. : of . [ on 8 . Treasury Department; Revenue-Office, March 10th, 179^* — TJROPOSALS w ill be received at the office of tile I Cotmmijfioner of tbc Revenue, (No. 431 at the corner « un- Third and Chefnut-ftreets, Philadelphia) for building in ette North-Carelina, I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hattera». 11. A Beacon House upon SheU Cattle island. Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may te [, ee feeH on application at the offices of any of the Superint ep " dants of Llght-Houfes, or of the Supervisors of the nue, or of the Colle&ors of the Cuftems n any « the States ; as also at this office. »aw3 m _ PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119— r. CHESNVT-STRHET. w [Price Eight B*llar* per Anoim-j
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