Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1795-1796, June 14, 1796, Image 4

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    Kotu Publtteag by the Printer,
No. T49, Chefnut-Street, and No. 3, IvXtHi* Conrt,
delivering to SubferibrM, and to be had at the diflereiit
liock-Storss in this. City, 1
Th* Firfl Number of Th
Berriman & Co's Nc
CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDITION OF
The HOLY BIBLE.
, Containing the Old and Naw c
Testaments and rKc Apocrypha, with marginal note, and re- da
-•rentes. An Index ;or an account of the raoft remarkable nu
paflazes in the old and new Tettament, pointing to the place* Sti
wherein they happened, and to the places ef fcriptaie w ere
in thev are recorded. —A Table of Time.—Tables of icrip
. lure meafurea, weighu and coins : with an appendix,contain
ing the method of calculating it* MlAsuaas of su*r*ce, ,
hitherto uiMtingin Treatijis on this fiiyS. A Table ot Oftcci
and Conditions of men. j n
CONBITrOKt. ,
}. The sue of this Kdition will be « LARGE FOLIO,
printed f»n a beautiful new type, and good paper, made par
ticularlyfor it, It will be published in Numbers, notto «- ne
ceed 30, one of which will be delivered weekly to fubfenb- to
era, at a carter of a dollar. Those fubferiber. who prefer fa
receiving the-work complete, wilH»e attended to by figmfying ot
the lame on any of the fubfeription papers in rhe Bookstores
in this city. ... ■ hi
2. There willbe an advance in the price, on lubhnbing c l
after the firft of Aoguft next. th
3. Jnihecourfeof the Work willbe given an elegant
Jrontifpicce—From an Engraving of the celebrated ariilt, OJ
Gbicnion. in
Bti RIMAN & Co. gratefully acknowledge the very libeial
encouragement they have met with; and havereafon to believe
that the execution of their edition will answer every expec
tation, and (peak it! own pratjc.
May 26 gaweow.
PHILADELPHIA & LANCASTER
Turnpike Company.
May 9a, 1796'
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
TH AT agreeably to a bye law of the Stockholders, sub
scriptions will be openedatthe Company's office in "Phi
ladelphia, on the 20th day of June next, for filty additional
snares of capital stock in the Philadelphia and LancaUer Turn
pike Road Company. The sum to be dew.anded for each
lharc will be Three Hundred Dollars, and a sum equal to le
gal interest upon the (cveral instalments called for from the o
rrginal Stockholders, to be calculated from the times the
said instalments became feverslly due, One Hundred Dollars
thereof to be paid at the lime of Subscribing, and the re
mainder in Three Equal Payments, at go, 60, and 90 days.
No Person to be permitted to fubfesibe more chau one (hare
on the hrft day.
By order of the Board,
Wm. GQVETT, Secretary.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Philadelpaia artd
Lancaster Turnpike Road Company, are requested
to meet at the Company's Oflke, on Monday morning nine
o'clock, the 20th June next.
By order of the Board, P
fsjuniß. Wm. GOVETT, Secretary.
FOR SALE, ~ -
An elegant 3 story Brick Mefluage
And LOT of GROUND ;
(Late the property of George Oannacker, deceased)
WITH piazza and kitchen, cow-house, and stabling J
for34horfes, a good pump in the yard, &c. Situ- 7
ate on the Wefi£de of Front, near CaUdw-Hilt street—at p
present occupied by Mr. John Kincaid. a
N. B. The Lot is 22 i-a feet front on the Weft fide of
Eront Street, in depth an the North fide, 157 feet, and on
the South fide, .>56. GEORGE KEMBLfc 7 ' rc
JAMES TRIMBLE J
May 31 tawim
FOR SALE. «
A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; abont four-bun- £
dred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette c
of the United States, "No. 119 § ''
FOR SALE,
A very Valuable Estate,
CALLED TWITTENHAM, situate in the
towrifhip of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware,
7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and fialf a mile from the
new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land,
• 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime wood- -
land, and thSreft arable of the firft quality. There are _
on the premises a good two story brick hotife, with 4 rooms j
on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with apump-well j
of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, (tables, j
and other convenient buildings ; a smoke-house and ftane j
Ipring-houfe ; two good apple orchards, and one of peach
«s. The fields are allin clover, except those immediately
under tillage, and are sb laid, out as to have the advantage
of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly con
venient for grazing. - 1
The situation is plsafant and healthy, and from the high {
Cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the '
Vicinity to the city, it is very Suitable for a gentlemaa's ;
country feat.
The foregoifl£ is part of the estate of Jacob Harman,
4tceafcd, and offered for sale by
Mordecaj Lewis, ■;
Oift.-jfr eo.] Surviving Executor.
Land for sale.
ANY gentleman desirous of purchasing Land, in the |
vicinity of the city of Waihington, may now be |
accommodated with a (ituation combining advantages as te t
health, foil, and profpedt, not equalled perhaps in Ame- t
rica. t
The fubferiber has for sale from 100 tp 380 acres of land. a
It lies within I 1-4 mile of the city of. Waihington, 2 1-2
from the Prefideut's Square, (from which it, bears about
N. by E.) and 3 1-4 miks from the Capitol. It bears u
■early W. from the westernmost fprinj* of the head waters c
of the Tiber, distant therefrom about 1-8 of a mile. The j
situation is remarkably healthy, and every part of the
land is well watered—has great abundanoe of the dteiceft f
fruit about 80 acres are in wood, and there arc about 50
Sdres of meadow-ground, great part thereof caa be wat- c
eted,and the whole laid down inTimothy-grafs at a (mall
«cpenfe. There are fevcralbretutifHleminences-on it: one
of the heights commanding a malt beautiful oud extensive
profpe'ft,—To the Contb, you have afull view of the city
of Waihington, the town of Alexandria, and the river
Potowma:, as far :s the ejecan reach. To the nortb, a
full view of the Sng'ar-Loaf Mountain, distant about 35
Iftiles, with the furround'ng country.— T»theWeft, a ve
ry extensive view of the lands in Virginia : the whole '
forming a grand rural AmpWheatre. Any person inclin- j
e«rto jiurchafe, will find on viewihg the situation, that the '
Landscape is far superior to the sketch given of it in this '
advert4fcment. For J.rice, &c. apply to fubferiber, !
living Se prcnulcT, or to George Waiter, Esq. now '
in Philadelphia. JOHN THO : BOU«HER. •
DiftritSt of Columbia, May 6, 1796.
May, xx. *aawjw
Mustard and Chocolate
COXTINOE to be tr.anufailiirrd in the best ban
ner, and for file, as ufua!—Alfo shelled or pearl
Barley, Coffee, Pepper, Stc. Philadelphia Porter, Beer,
Ale, Cyder, Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale
in bottUa, Jcc. &c. —at No. 98, South lAont-ftreet,
oppoiite the Custom-house, by
■JOHN HAIVORTH.
Philadelphia, May 7, 1796. 2aw4w
Treufury Department;
Rtvenuc-Ojjice, March (j
PROPOSALS will bi received at the office n
A. ComKsm'r Op&c Rtvtmu, (No. at cl , °|j;„ ; n Nail
Third and Chefnut-l)reets, Philadelphia) for bull c Hoo
North-Car.lina,
I. A Lieht-Houfe upon Cape-Hatteras. Anc
11 A Beacon House upon Shell Caft.e .i3and, B2r
Defaiptions of each, and all other particulars, may be A c
seen on application at the offices of any of the Su F Car.
.da its of I.ight-Houfes, or of the Supervisors of tie Re Her
e nue, or of the Collectors of the Customs n an? of Kll(
* States; as also at this office. 2aw3 e
JOHN PAUL JONES. j
XNFORMATION is hereby given, that the late John
Paul Tones was a proprietor of five (bares (am™ 1 "- r-r
ing to about 5867 icres) in a tract of land purchaM by
, the Ohio Company, in the territory oT the b rated St
: Of America, north-weft of the river Ohio ; and U«.>.
heirs, or legal representative, on appUauon to th-; lirec
tors of laid company, at Marietta in the territory afore
■r said, will receive a deed of the said five jhares, or rights
:s The application maybe mide perfonrfl- or by an
but proper doeuuients must be produod to prove the
>g claimant or claimants the legal heirs or repreuntative ot j
the said Jones 1 „r.„ —
nt na.Asit is not known in what lOuntry the perlon
or persons interested reside, it will be sn aS ofbenevolertce
in every Printer in America and Eurtpe, who fball uilert
a this advertisement in his paper. TJ
" 1„ behalf of the diredors of the Ohio Company, X
c " RUfUS PUTNAM. anc
Marietta, May 20,1796. [Juie4] 3»wgw an C
- - ca F
Importeil, LI
In the (hip Birmingham Packet, from Calcutta, and D f
for sale by the Package, by fro
£ Samuel & Miers Fisher,
at Tandah Coffeas, Batna, and other Baftas,
n- Bahar Hankerchiefs, Perfnn Taffatks, ed
:h Humhums, Flawrr'd and fpotred Ca
e- Emerties, Bandanoes
»- With a variety of other goods from thit place, and a gen
tc cral assortment of European SPRING GOODS, —
rt Aifo,
e ~ Long and short Pipes, in boxes of 5 groc« each, 0r
An aflbrtment sf Stone Jugs and
re Queen's Ware, in Crates, ailorced, * r
Glaft Was, in Crates and Calks,
Sheathin/Paper, by the Bale,
, d mC* WINES S
" Sherry ) Ca
Spermaceti Candles, and
DC A general ajfortment of Irijh Linens, P i;
•Received per ship Glasgow, from Dublin, by tie package. —
May 12. s:weo3w
■ e N 0 . 136. A
Dijlrift of Pennsylvania, tcwit.
1) *OE it remembered\ that on the Jixieentb day of Afpy, in the
jg X 3 twentieth year of the independence of tbe United States of
u- America, Samuel Harrifor. Smith, ef tbe said Diflriebath dc ■
at posited in this office tbe title of a book, ibe right -whereof be claims,
as proprietor, in tbe -words fallowing : to loit :
of M Hifiory of the Infurreftion in tbe four IVrfter counties
on " °f Pennjylvania, in the year MDCCXCIV y w-b a re
u dial of the c/rcumjiances fpeciallj conne&ed therewith, and
"an biftoricalrevieio of tbe previous situation of tb. country, ~
"" By IVilliam Findley, Member of-tbe House of Rbrefenta
—' M tives of tbe United States." y
in conformity to tbe a£l of the Congrcfttf tbe United Stats, entit- "
jj. led "An AS for tbe encouragement of learning, by fecrihg tbe
KG copies of Maps, Charts and Boohs, to tbe Authors and Proprie- ui
tors of Jucb copies, during tbe times tbereiu mentioned"
SAMUEL CALDWELL,
Clerk of the Diflriß of Pennsylvania. H
June IO law 4 uo J
«, GEORGE HUNTER,
he CHEMIST, th
"1, No. 114 So»th Second Street, at
T TAS for these two years past introduced a lew fpccics
,re n of PERUVIAN BARK, called TELLOW w
n .® BARK, which after repeated trials by the principal
c Physicians of this city, is now preferred in dl cases of at
cs ' importance that require it, to the best R#d and Pale g'
Bark. It is 2 powerful Astringent Bitter, fit well on te
,j the stomach, is certain in its effects, and reqiires only
half the usual quantity for a dose.
in _ Many of the citizens of Philadelphia ar> now ac- v 1
. quainted with its virtues, the knowledge of which
gh ought to be extended over the Union. H« Ivs a large
he fupplyof th« Yellow Bark, and a general afPrtment of
»'s Drugs, Colours, Glass, Dye Stufs, Sjfc. -
1.1 KE WISE,
Salt Petre, Jalap, and Canphor,
By the Quantity. R
May 19. *iaw7t
Urbanna Mill Seats ,
he QITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of
be O the riv«r Sufquehanna, about ine mile abave tide wa
to ter, and commanding the water jf that, important river, -
ie- the channel c'ondu&ing the trade of which comes so near
die Mill Seats as to make it convtnient to speak the boats;
id. and Mills may be so fituaced as tr receive theni along their
-» walls, and by water lifts take intheircargoes.
'Ut There is a power fufficjent for many and arty kind of
ufeful Water and so much may be juflly said in
=rs commendation of this §cite ai would be inconvenient to
he irifert in a newspaper publication. •'
he Those who may desire to be c.ncerned, will probably _
eft find ttemfelves well pleased on viewing the situation. I
50 Leases for any term of yeirs may be obtained o# appli
it- cation to the fubferiber, livmg on the premifet. I
aU CLEMENT HOLLrDAT. c
April 19. lawjn
ve — d
Z General Pojl off.ee, Philadelphia,
, a March 16, 1796. a
35 "VTTHEREAS fiindry Letttis, transmitted in tbe Mailt
?e of the United States, ie and from Norfolk, in the 0
ol e state of Virginia, were openei, and Bank Notes of feve- *
; n . ral denonunati»ns fraudulently taken from them at York,
the in the state aforefaid, in the months of O&ober, Novem- t
his her and December last -. and whereas a part of said notes a
icx, some cash have been recovered and are now in pofieffi
ow on of thePoft Matter General. In order therefore that j
fueh Bank Notes as shall be identified_may be restored to
the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cub a
, be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to 1
_ them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN toall persons who 1
havefuffeted by fuchfraudulent praSices, withm the pe- i
riod, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their
an- clailus without delay, supported by; fnch reasonable proofs I
;arl as n "T heneceffary to fubftantiate'themi Such notes as 1
■er be id<:ntl fi willbe received by application to tlje
(He' Geceral Post °® cc ' 00 0T before the firft day of July 1
>et next; and lhe refi( hie of such calh and notes will then be I
' divided among the claimants in proportion to their refpec- 1
tive lofles, to be afcert lined bythe necessary proofs, which !
on or before that day shall be produced tothe General Poll
Office. (aawtju j) JOS. HABERSHAM.
1 ,
SHOT,
O f cL f wK exscuted at The
fiiortell notice, ]\J
SiTStfT-Si &.« *- ■"»
a brad to I »d nails,
Anchors, from 17 Cwt-to lOOlb. Imm
Bar Iron, _. . min !
A Quantity of James River Tobacco, fa (hi
Carolina Porlc* t'
Herrines in barrels, Johr
Kilo-dried corn mail in Hhds. and Bbls. N
Rye flour &c. to be fold by ,c, c ' lives
Levi Hollingfworth & Son.
Avzyfl i_ — — v
Will be landed,
r-pO-MORHOW MORNING, * South street TT
1 wharf, the Cargo of Brig P«ggy, cap* Kilby, \\
| fromJUatto Bay, Jamaica,
ioo Hhds. Sugar,
I torn
; 76 Hhds. Coffee,
300 Bags Ginger.
For Sale by PETER BLIGHT.
F „ eoiw
May y>
' For Sale,
A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill,
TN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbou<r.
1 The Grift Mill isfixty by fort) feet, two water wheels,
and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fan
and boulting-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mill has two saw. and
' capable ofcuttingfiveto 6 100 thoufandfectof Beards per
vcar. A valuable piece «f Cedar Swamp, within a nnle
and a half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile
1 of a Landing The Lumber, &c. may be taken by water
from the mill tail. the
ALSO FOR SALE, 'I
Several Valuable Tracts of Lund, deb
'' In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be receiv- not,
ed in the notes of Messrs Morris and Nicholfon, or in *
For further information apply to the Printer. "' lc
h May , 7 . s^-
To be sold at public sale,
On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavern, in Phi
ladelphia,
FOUR Lots of Ground in the tow* of Lamberton,
county of Burlington, and State of New-Jersey, ad
ioinine the river Delaware, late the Estate of William (
Richards, deccafed, with all tha buildings and improve
ments, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert
Cadwalader and others; a clear indisputable tale will be
triven. The terms will be made known at the time and
placeof sale. April zB. m&th "
Now landing, i
At the lower fide of Market Jireet <wharf, the Car-
go of the Schooner Dispatch, from Demarara,
}e Canftfting if
f Cayenne and Demarara Cotton,
~ Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa, Rocou, and
'' Cloves—also, 6co fides Soal Leather.
it For Sale by
ISAAC HARVEY, Juiu
id 6 mo-io. II iw] No. 5 south Water-street.
'- Notice to Claimants
For British spoliations.
b t THE COMMITTEE
C- Appointed by the Merchants of this City, <who are Jus- J
ferers by Briti/h captures,
Recommend, ..
THAT every claimant who has not already exhibited
well authenticated proofs of his property, furnifh, j
- without delay, proof that the property claimed is bona
fide American, of its ceft or value at the place of expor-
tatien, 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.
t| When the claim is for veffel,to fpecify the torinage, age,
V where built, and the actual voft or value.
i\ Tbefe documents ought t# b-e proved by oath, or affirm-
atton, of the party claiming, mode and certified by a ma- _
l e giftrate or notary public, and corroborated by such other
, n teftimeny, as the nature of the cave will admit.
|v Such of them as are handed to the- Committee, will be
forwarded to the Cotr mifiioners appoJnted on the part of
c _ the United States, to adjust the Clsv-ms of American
, Citizens. ,
r THOB. FITZSIMONS, Chairman *
- c of tha Committee.
3 Philadelphia, til June, 1796. diw
The Political Cenior ; fc
MONTHLY* REVIEW n
OF POLITICAL OCCURRENCES, *
- For MAT, |
By PETER PORCUPINE, \
■ U this day p«blifli2d at BENJAMIN DAVIES's
Book Store, No. 68, High Streets ~ r , T
May V _ eoiw oi
ar' _ For Sale, «
s A Few Calks of First Quality
* INDIGO. ?
of Enquire at No. 71, South Water street.
m May 2 thtr &f tf
to - - ir
Samuel Richardet, je
7 T> ESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlerter. C
,j;. Av Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY h;
. TAVERN and MERCHANTS COKFEE HOUSE in the d:
city of Philadelphia; . ci
The Sufefcription Room .will be furnilhed with all the tl
_ daily papers publithed in Philadelphia, New-York, Sot
ton, Baltimore, together with thore of the principal com
wercial OM of wiU be regularly filed J
and none permitted to be taken away on any 'accoutit. o
lils Tea, Coffee, Soupes, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety C
the> of French Liquors; together with tJne usual refrelhments,
re- will at all times be procured at the'oar.
rlt, 1 Gentlemen may depend on accommodated with
m- the choice)}; of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the moil
>tes approved Majt Liquors fromLond on and other breweries.
Di- The Larder will be supplied wijJ»th« prime and earliest t
hat produflions of tho Season.
to Large and small Parties, or (I ngle Gentlemen, may be 1
*2i accommodated with Breakfafts, Dinnefs, or Sappers, at
to hours mod convenient to themXdlvei—a told Collation is
»ho regularly kept for conveniency, lth« BiUof Fare to be had
pe- at the bar. .
leir The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnilhed, and '
>ofs the utmost attention paid to clea niinefs, and every other 1
sas rcquiute.
th«s- £r S \muel Ricsakoet will be happy to receive, and
u'y execute the comma ß ds of hW Fiiends, and th« PuWic at
Ibe jarge; and w.th gratitude for their favours, he pledges
Dec " thit nothing on hi, part fliall be wanting to >*re-
fervethat patronage with which Has been Co difje.-m'th-
Pou uiglyiionored. »
[. Philadelphia, April 19.
I, '
\
JOSEPH COOKE
GOLDSMITH ef JEWELLER, '
The corner of Market and Third-ftreeU, PhiladelpV
MOST refpe&fully informs his friends and the nub' 4 *
that he has received, per the last arrivals, a com*
plete and general assortment of almoin
Every Article in his Line;
Immediately from the manufadlures of London jj; r
mingham, add Sheffield, all of which are of the nevlfl
falhion, and will be fold, wholesale and retail, on the 0 w
eft terms, and the Notes of iVIr. Robert Morris, and Mr"
JohnNicholfon received in payment at their current value!
N. B. The upper part of thaHoufe in which now "
lives to be let, furnilhed or unfurnifhed. " law
Wafhmgton Ganal Lottery
NO. I.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authority
the under writ teii, to raise twenty-it thonfind
two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpdfe of cutting
a Canal through the City of Walhington, from th« Po
totnac to the Eaftem Branch Haruour.
The following is the SCHEME of No. I.
Viz .1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 20,000
I <littO 10,006 16,050
7 hft drawn ■> .
Tickets, each J 3J£OO
6 ditto 1,000 6*ooo 1
10 ditto 400 4,000
io ditto ico 11000
55 ditto 5° 3,?j0
5750 ditto 12 6 9 ,0q8
To be raised for the Canal, 26,150
5850 Prizes, I7JPQO
11650 Blanks, not two to a prize.
17500 Ticket., at Ten Dollar*, - 175,060
igj" The Commissioner* have taken the Securities rti
quired by the aforefaid aft for tke pun&ual payment of
the prize*.
The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without
delay, as Coon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely
notice will be given.
Such prizes a» are not demanded in Gx months after th«
drawing is finifhed,ihall be considered as relinquished for
the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly.
(Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG,
' DANIEL CARROLL, o/D.
LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
Wm. M. BtTNCANSOiVi
THOMAS tAW,
JAMES BARRY.
City of Walhington, Teb. 11. §
City cf Waihingtoa.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. 11,
MR THE IMPItWtMENT OF THE
FEDERAL CITY.
A mtgnifieant ) 20,000 dollars, &
dwelling-house, j raft 30,000, art J i°,oc
I ditto 15,000 & cafli 25,060 46,606
tx ditto 15,000 & calh 15,000 30,000
1 ditto 10,000 & cash 16,006 20,000
1 ditto 5,000 & calh 5,000 io,oco
1 ditto 5,,000 & calk 5,000 10,000
x cash prize of 10, boo
a do. 5,000 each, are, • 10,000
10 do. 1,000 - - 16,000
10 do. 500 - - 10,006
00 do. 100 • » 10,000
too do. 50 10,oco
4co do. 25 - • 10,000
1,000 do. ao - - 20,000
15,000 do. 10 - - 150,000
i6>739 Prizes.
33,261 Blanks.
' 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 40,0000
I f
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity «f
" Tickets, the prize of 40*000 dollars will be the la st draw®
r ticket, and the 30,060 the last but one :
' And approved notes, feduring payment in either moflty
or prizes, in ten days alter drawifJg, will be received for
'' any number not less than 30 tickets.
This Lottery will afford an elegant fpecimcn of the pri
vate buildings to be ere&ed in the City of Waftiington-—
Tvfro beautiful designs are already feledled for the ehtire
r fronts on two of thi public squires: from these
e it is proposed to eredi two centre and four corner building*
as soon as poflible after this lottery is fold, and to convef
them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, ii-
Q the manner deftribed in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery ,
A nett deda&ion of five per cent, will be made to defray
the necessary expeflfes of printing, kc. and the furplu
will be made a part of tie fund intantled for the Natioiii
- University, to be erecled within the tity of -W aldington.
The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets ar
fold off.-—The reOney'prizcs will bepayablein thirty day
afWr it is fintfh?d ; and ah f prife'ei for which fortunat
f numbers aie not jJroduced wltJim twelve fnotoths after th
drawing it closed, are to be confidefed as given toward
1 the fund for the University ; it being determined to fettl..
v -he whole business in a year from the ending of the draw-
atid to take up the bonds given as fecuritV.
v \Tie real fectarihe* given for tile payment of the Prize
:fre by the Prescient and two Dire&ors of the Bail
of C^l um bia, and are valued at more thart half the I
mount ft * the lottery. •
The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment c
the late alTifted in the management of tr
Hotel Lotter v are requested to undertake this arduous tai.-:
a' fec&id time on bchatf of the public ; a fufficient nun
her of these having kindly accepted,it is hoped that
friends to a Nat^ : onal University and the other federal ol
jeasmay continuf to favor the design.
By accounts revived fr.m the Cerent parts ort)
ti Cofrtinev.t as weU from Europe, where thi ti*ej
y have been font for fai'e, the public are aUurtd that tl
1C drawing will fpeedHy coramen«, and that the care ao
caution unavoidably nec«.'ff al 7 t0 l " } irt ' (~
.§, Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columlj.a ;
■d James Weft & Co. Baltimore ; v">f Petcr Oilman. SofJo
of John Hopkins, Richmond ; snd of Richard W
ty Cooper's Ferry.
INSURANCE OFFICE.
11l JACOB SHOEMAKER,
=s. HAVING been encouraged by fen rat of his friend
to Undertake the Business of an Inscw
to which he ferve'd an Apprenticelhipv h» thli X)i
be opened an Office at his Dwelling*
29, btarib IVaur-Streti ;
Where he will be glad to execute Orders i>? thirLitt
* and hopes l>v kis Attention and Pun«sluality. togi*
Bd full Satisfa&ion to all tTiofe who may be pleased)
~r favour him witi. their Business.
lCf May 26. djothjn.
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PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO
Jh- —-No. 119 —
CHfeSNUT-STREET.
[Pries Eight Dollars per Aaoem.j
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