v War-Office of the United States, t May 4th. -yX '-pHE so! irtw'njj Rules* explanatory of thofc publifln-d . v • the 15th FebfUdrv, 1789, are to be observed by all ) X persons entitled to Lands, in purfu-nceof refclvea oi Congrefa Every certiiieate of the acknowledgment of a deed .or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other magistrate, roil, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the ptrfon making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or other magistrate ; for whieh purpose words of the following import must be inserted in the certificate. 14 And I do moreover certify that the faic A B making this acknowledgment has been for petfonally known to me.*' If the ■otary or other magistrate has rcafon to believe that -he is the person he rcprefenu himfelf to be, he wil aifo certify it. Andif the proof be made by a witnefsorWitne{Tes,h« or they must swear to some general ftateof their knowledge oi hurt, which matter must be set forth in tke certificate ; and the notary public, or other naagirtmc, before wh«m tj! acknowledgment is made, mnfl aifo set forth that the wit nefsor witnefleshas or have be«n for upwards of personally known t® him. If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the court of the corporation or county must certify that such person is a justice of the peace of' the cpnnty or corpora tion as the cafe may be, and that full faith is due to his afisasfuch. JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. May 13. 1 avysm Twenty Dollars Reward, FOR delivering to his Maffer, a Black Servant Boy, named Jack Robin/on, about 13 years Of age, a smart mtftve ' and liily lad. Had en when he went away, a P>ort dark olive coloured cotton velvet jacket w:tb Jleeves, a pair new fuftian overall], of the J'ame eolour, and an old round black hat, no Jboes Hii time was purchased of Thomas Fisher, SuJJex County Delaware State, where his mother lives. It is not unlikely but be may be gone that way. The above reward will be given if he is apprehended'ten miles out of the City, but if he is taken within less dijlance, ten dollars, besides all reasonable charges will be paid by the Jublcriber, No. 135, Market Street. WILLIAM HUSTTER. June 18. § Rofs & Simfon, HAVE FOR SALS, French Checks Stripes Printed Cottons Mullinets Table Cloths -and Napkins Nankeens of an excellent quality per the package, fit far the Well India market, and entitled to the Drawback Grey Ginger in ba£s Superior old Sherry in quarter calks A few pipes and quarter cafics-Lilbon Wines June 11 Venereal Complaints. • No. 133 South Second Street. , DOCT. TITOS. E. HARRISON, a pupil of the fani out J'Jf' Root, of London, juflly celebrated for his lucccfsful method of curing the "Venereal Disease, begs leave to inform his fellow-citizens, that he cures that com plaint iri all its ftaget, and has a medicine -which will el feflually prevent any person from being infected. Thofewho apply to him will, if occafionihould require, fcave the advantage of Dr. I. E.Harrifon's advice, gratis. 1 Jure : 1 • . F v To be Sold, ■ At No. 1 *S, North Second-Street, and by several of \ the Apitbtcarits in this City. h TRANSFERS of the right to remove pains and inflamma a tior.s from the human bedy, alfecuted to Mr. ELISHA PERKINS, by patent, with inftrutnema and di reft ions ne cefTary for the pra&ifl*. This mode of treatment is particu- p larly uieful in relieving pains in the head, face, teeth, bread, t i fide, ftorrach, back, rheumatisms, Kcent gouts, 2cc. Sec. c Notwithftaading the utility \if tins praaice, it is not pre- e lamed but there are cases in trtinh thia and every other n remedy may fometimesfail. tl J"°« >8, lawtf. i, FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away from the fubferiber living near • Church ( Hill, Qu»en Anns County in the State of Maryland' aboot the firlt of January lad, a black negro man, named a Sam, about thirty years of age, 5 feet Bor 9 inches high, tl has a crooked finger on one hand, and one I«g and foot t; smaller tkan the other, somewhat round-shouldered, his cloathing unknown. Any person who will secure or *" bring said fellow home, so that 1 may get him again lhall have the above reward with reasonable charges. WILLIAM JACOBS. J J une 4. •lawim. Z AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF ( Books and Stationary, £ Wholesale and Retail, now opened and for Sale by th WILLIAM TOUNG, Bockfeller, N». Corner of Second and Chefnut-flretts. at AMONG which are English, .Latin, and Grebk w Classics and Dictionarus, Divin-itt, Law, His tory, rRAVEts, Votag*s,Miscei.i.ani£s, and the moll ul clltemed Novels. cc WRITING AND PRINTING PAPERS, From the bed marrufa&urers in Europe, and from his ma nufaiSorj on Brandywine, viz. I Imperial, plain and xove flat Small folio poll, plain Super-royal do. do. Ditto gih « Roy.-l do. do. BlofTem paper assorted Medium do. do. Transparent folio poll _ Demy do. do. Superfine and common foolfc. Glazed and kot-preflid folio Marbled papers. and 4to extra largr poll coarse Papers. Thick poll in folio ditojdo. Londonbrown, afforttd Ditto in 4to. ditto do. Hatters'paper Polio wove pod, lined Stainers' paper fti Quarto ditto do. Common brown i> f a Ditto gilt do. Patent Iheathing in Common size Colio poll Bonnet boards b< Ditto quarto, plain Binders' Boards. ar Folio and quarto poll, gih, 01 AlJ'o, a variety of other Stationery Article J, vnc. f L Wedgwood and glass pbiloTophical ink Hands, well affirt- ■ ' ted ; pewter ink chests of various Grcs ; round pewter ink Hands ; paper, brass, and polished leather ink ftinds for the ! pocket. Shining sand and find boxes, pounce and pounce boxes, ink and ink powder. Counting hoafe and pockct pen- ri knives of the best quality, ass {kin tablet and memorandum cl books. Red and colored wafe-s, common size, office ditto. Quills, from half a d»lljr, to three dollars per hundred. " Slack lead pencils, mathematical iqAruments, &c. &c. ' G All forts and fwes of hut Rooks, ready-'madt or made n ' to order. Bank chrcks, blank bills of eKchange and notes of d hana, executed in copperplate, bi la of Udirg, mamfefls, ti lcamen s art ties «ua joiiruals, 4c, &c. N 0 •I wne ,8 B.w 3 w C FO:i SALE, An elegant 3 story Brick Meliuage " And LOT of GROUND ; (Late the .property of George Danr.ac':er, W T X/"ITH piazza aud kitchen, cG *v-houXe« V V for 34 horses, a Ruaiy* in the yard, F » te - JAMES TRIMBLE j n § May 31 aaw2m lly To be fold at private tale, or let tor one " year, A HANDSOME, new, three story brick house, or xj- on the south-side of Filbert-llreet, the firft above 0 ( Ninth-street: It is neatly finilhed, ha 6 a good yard, nd and'the privilege of a thimr feet alley in the rear of j; the lot. Immediate polfeflion and an indisputable, ti it- tie will be given.—For terras apply to No.'iri, Cnef nut street. June z.. eol^3 he "* fj 0 . 136. Di/irifl of Penttfylvania, to wrt. rir T) Eit remembered, that on the jixteentb day of May, in the 1J tiventietb year of the independence tf tie United States cf America, Samuel Harrifon Smith t of the said Difirifl, batb de pofttedin this office the title of a hooky tbe right-whereof be claims, _ as proprietor, in the tvirds feUrwing : to ivit : " Hipory of the Infar reft ion in fbe four Weflern count it: " of Pennfyivania, if the year MOCCXCIV, with a re u citalof the c'rrcumflances specialty connected therewith, and q "an biflorical review of the previous situation of the country, « By William Findley, Member of the House of Reprefcnta " fives of the XJnited States ■ in conformity to the aft of ihe Congress of the United States, entit l~ led 44 An Aft for the encouragement of learning, by securing the iJ copies of Maps, Charts and Boohs, to the Authors and Proprie 'j tors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." r SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the Difliift of Pennfyivania. ' n June TO . ln-wfw m GEORGE HUNTER, CHE M I S T, ■ No. 114 So?th Second Street, HAS for theft two years pall introduced a new fpccies of PERUVIAN BARK, called YELLOW BARK, which after repeated trials by the 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 Bittcx, fits well on s the stomach, is certain in its efledls, and requires only c half the ufaal quantity for A dose. i Many of the citizens of PhiLdelphia are now ac- a qnainted with its virtues, the knowledge of which < ought to be extended over the Union. He has a large i 1 fupplyof the Yellow Bark, and a general afiortment of Drugs, Colours, Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c. LIKEWISE, I Salt Petre, Jalap, and Camphor, < By the Quantity. " May 19. *iawyt Now Publishing by the PftrtKr, No. 149, Chefnut-Street, and No. 3, Laetitia Court, delivering to Suhfcribers, and to be had at the different Book-Stores in this City, The F'trjl Number of * Berriman & Co's CHEAP AND ELEGANT EDITION OF The HOLY BIBLE. , Containing the Old and Naw . Tdftamenti and the Apocrypha, with marginal notes and re , ■■ ... Us nit muit leuumaßlT parages in the old and new Testament, 'pointing to the placea wherein they happened, and to the places of scripture where in they are recorded.—A Table of Time.—-Tables of scrip. ture mealures, weightsand coins ; with an appendix,contain- 1 ing the method of calculating its measures of surfaci, kilhtrto wanting in Treat}fts on this fuijeS. A Table of Ofices and Conditions of' men. ' - CONDITIONS. 1. The size of this Edition will be a LARGE FOLIO, printed en a beautiful new type, and good paper, made psr- r 1 ticularlyfor it, It will be published in Numbers, notto e«- ceed 30, -one of which will be delivered weekly to fubferib- y ers, at a quarter of a dollar. Thole fubferibers who prefer £ receiving the work complete, will be attended to by fignifying t the fame on any-of the fubfeription papers in rhe Bookstores t ; in this city. a. There will be an advance in the price, on' fubferjbing after the firlt of August next. 3 In thecourfeof the Work will be given an elegant V 1 Frontifpiecc—From an Engraving of the celebrated artifl, Gricnion. a Berriman & Co. gratefallyacknowledge the very liberal S eneouragement they have met with; and have reason to believe t( tbat the exeeution of their edition will answer every expec tation, and /peak its own praif . f« May a 6 gaweow. tl FOR SALE. c A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn ; about four hun dred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. Ix 9 Chefnat-flject. § Urbanna Mill Seats , SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on'the banks 0 ' the river Snfquehanna, about one mile above tide wa ter, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducing the trade of which comes so near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats; and Mills may be so situated as to receive them along their r 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 juflly said in commendation of this Scite as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication. Those who may desire to be cencerned, will probably find .tt endives'well pleased on viewing the situation. Leases for any term of years may be obtained on appli cation to the fubferiber, living on the premiss T CLEMENT HOLLYDAT. { - A P nl '9- iaw;m th General Po/l Office, Philadelphia, W > March 16, 1796. HEREAS sundry Letters, transmitted in the Mails .„ of thellnited States, te and from Norfolk, in the' ltate of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of feve-, - ral denominations fraudulently taken from them at York in the state aforefaid, in the months of Oilober, Novem-- ber and December lafl: and whereas a part of said notes In and lomecafli have been recovered and are now in pofTeffi r" K 1 w ,iMafter Gene '' aL ln ord < equttably dillnbuted among those who are entitled to ha e vTfuffe,ed T: l°,?™ GIVEN f ! by f«chfraudulent praiftices, within the pe r od, and on the route aforementioned, to exhibit their claims without delay, lupported by such reasonable proofs fLu? ," !Ct sT y fubiUnti »f them. Such notes as oS pXoffl e w id ty W"" 0 " to the General Poll Office, on or before the firll day of lulv L I , C Of fuchcaftla nd notes will then be dmded among the claimants in proportion to their refpec !f«. 10 L bc attained by the necessary proofs which Office" 'J"' d 7 f'f 1 be P rodu «dtothe General Poll Office. (tawtjuly) JOS. HABERSHAM. | SHOT;, C I ,-\F 11 files, from ,-52 lb to Grape, {J Cvaboai' , Pots, add other callings fxacuted; at the I) Ihorteft notice, ,rr Mail rods, from 10J to spike, - ® Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for calks or cutting into nails, from lt a brad to nd mils, Anchors, from 17 Cwt.to loolb. -jf Bar Iron, >n A Quafitity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork. Herrings in barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hhds.and Bbls. - Rye flour &c. to be fold by e Levi Hollingjkvortb Es 5 Son. Aujvd 4 g^r,> ?, FOR 2 1 T> I A Valuable Farm, jf r"*tONtaining 450 seres tsf Land, in the town of Cler i- mont, county of Columbia, Hate of New York— f- formerly the property of col. Ten Broeck—about fix miles east from the North River—fufficiently accommodated with wood, meadow and plow-land, and well watered—- a genteel dwelling-house, alargeßarn, and a thriving Or chard, &c. &c. Very fcitable for a gentleman or an act ive farmer, f" Price 10,000 Dollars. f Apply to gen Henry Livingilon, at Ancram; er at *- Clermont to William VVilfon. t, May is f4- is F 0 R S A L E, 'd A few hundred weight of Salt Petre in bags it Bell Sherry Wine 1H in quarter calks >' Champaigne in cases of 50 bottles A quantity of White Lead, Bar Leati, and Shot in calks About 80 boxes tin plates, A few boxes of Castile ,£ Soap entitled to drawback '• \n invoice of Walking Canes and Perfumery Ditto Bandann* handkerchiefs, and Some Elegant Italian Statuary. Samuel Brtck, jun. Kofs's Wharf. June 18. eo6 s For Sale, ' A Valuable Grift and Saw Mill, 1 TN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour, f 1 The Grift Mill is sixty by fort} feet, two water wheels, e and calculated for four run of Storus, with screen, fans 1 and boulting-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mill has two q f capable ofcuttingfive to 6 100 thousand feet of Beards per t year. A valuable piece ef Cedar Swamp, within a mite - and a half of the Mill, and within three quartiys of a mile J 1 of a Landing The Lumber, Sc. may be taken by water r r from the mill tail. f ( ALSO FOR SAIE, J Several Valuable Tra&s of Land, t In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be receiv ed in the note» of Messrs Morris and Nicholfon, or in Cash. For further information apply to the Printer. May 17. . saw Now landing, ' At the lower fide of Market fireet t In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Li- j verpool, " 5000 Bulheli SALT.; tf 100 Crates QUEENS WARE ; ami A , An Aflortment of SHIP-CHANDLERY;- FORS A L E P On board, at Pine-street wharf. Apply to James Campbell, or fc George Latimer. . al April 89. g " GEORGE ? TTAS removed to No. 149 Chdhut ftreot, between 4 ,|. u U eftL ftrC€t *» where he is prepared to continue a , the bulinefs of Bookbinding, m Extensively in all its various branches"! ACCOUN f BOOKS, of all kinds, Roleb ar.d Bovnd to any patters, in the best and mod approved methods H - JU " eJ4 - §.e."I I Just Imported, fr In the Ship Gtnges, from Calcutta aud Madras, and >C for sale by r SAMUEL MIERS FISHER, h : Twenty-two packages of Goods : di • COXTAIKIMO. ca GURRAHS th Tickerys Punjem Cloths Hurrial Humhums [a Baftaes, of RoiTerah Cofleas Q, Bahar Handkerchiefs Guzzinahs ™ T affaties Pullicat Silk Handkerchiefs 1 Patna Chintz coarle and fine Peniafcoej, Vt. xff ( . 6 Bis: 6. Slc«sw ; , I INSURANCE OFFICE. he JACOB SHOEMAKER, HAVING been encouraged by several of his friends to Undertake the Bufinefiof an Insurance Broke*' m to which he served an Apprentirefhip, has this Day opened an Office at his Dwelling, Nn. 29, North Water-Street; Where he will be glad to execute Orders in that Line and hopes by his Attention and Pumfhtllity, to i>; vc full Satisfaction to all those who may be pleased to favour him with their Business. May 16. djothjn. JOSEPH COOKE, _ GOLDSMITH 53" JKWELLER,. The corner of Market and Third-flreets, PSifadeljShia- MOST refpedtfully informshis friends and the public' that he has received, -pi-r the last arrivals, a com r- pldte and general afTortment ofulraoi* Every Article in.his Line; .j Immediately from the manufactures of London, Bir _ mingham, and Sheffield, all of which are of the newest r _ fafhion, aitd will be fold, wholesale and retail, on the .ow eft terms, and the Notes of Mr. Robert Morris, and Mr. JohnNicholfon received in payment at their current value N. B. The upper part of theHoufe in which he now lt lives to be let, fttrnifhed or uiifurnifhed. j aw 4 Waflnngton Canal Lottery no. r. WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authcrrifed the underwritten, to raifc twenty-fix thousand two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cuttiae a Canal through the City of Washington, from the l»o toraac to theEaftern Branch Haruour. [ e The follow iog-is ihe SCHEME of No. I. Viz -I Prize of 10,000 dollars, 30,000 I ditto 10,000 10,000 7 last drawn } Tickets, cach f 5,000 33.°®a 6 ftto 1,000 6,000 IO Jitto 400 4,060 iO ditto XOO 2,035 55 ditto 50 a>7s o 5750 ditto 12 69,008 To bt raife'd for the Caaal, 26,250 T7JPOO 11650 Blanks, not two to a priz®. 5 ' 175°° 'Tickets, at Ten Dollars, - 175,000 .?y The Commissioners have taken the Securities re -4 quired by the aforcfaid act for the punctual payment #f r the prizes. ' 1 he drawing of this Lottery will commence, wMftut e delay, as soon as the Tickets are fold, of which timely r notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in fix months after th« drawing „ finished, (hall be consider d as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. ■ (00t) i 00 do - 100 - - 10,000 2 ,3 50 - - 1 o, 000 I 400 do. 25 , . I#>ooo _ j 1,000 do. ao , - 20,000 . I s»°°o do. 10 . -» 150,003 > ~ # it i< 5»739 Prizes. , 3&161 Blanks. 50,000 Tickets, at Eight "Dollars, 40,0000 • N. B. To favour those who may take a quanthv of I ickets, the prize of 40,000 dollars will be the L« st drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last bnt out : And approved notes, securing payment in either mon y or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received fjt any number not less than 30 tickets. This Lottery will afford an elegant' specimen of the pri vate buildings to be ere fled in the City of Wafcinjrton—. Two beautiful designs are already felled for the entire ' ! r ? ntt on ' w ° of the public squares; from these prawirgs it is propo,e,d to erect two centre and four corncr buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is fold, and to conVe* them, when complete, to the forti/rcate adventurers, ire the m«nner dcfcribed in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett deduction of five per cent, will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the furpiu* will be made a part of the fund intended for the Natbuaf Unrvertky, to be erei3ed within the city of Walhington. r u t Dr^'nS W '" COTnme " c " as soon as the tickets art fold oft.--The money prizes will be payable in thirty da-r» after it 13 fimfhsd ; and any pnzes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after thent of the Prizes, are held by the Prcfident and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the a mount of the lottery. ,V" r" cnty ' OUr E cnt ' emcn who by appointment of the late Comnuflioners assisted in the managemen; of the Hotei Lottery a«: requested to undertake this arduous talk a feeondumeonbehalf of the public; a fufficient num. f"°! hefc^v in g kmdly accepted.it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal ob jects may continue to favor the design. By accounts received fr.m the different parts of the W r fr ° m where the ticket, have beed ftnt for sale, the public are afTured that the drawing will speedily commense, and that the care and ZTI ""17 nccsfrar r t0 iifare a fafe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the lhor- suspension indispensable. s , , SAMUEL BLODGET. T,, wft aV?" 7 ., da£ the Bank of Columbia ;of of v ® a '" P«r Oilman, Boflon ; Hopkins, Richmond - and of Richard Wells, Cooper 9 ferry. PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, —No. 119 — CHES NUT-STREET. [Pruc Eight Dollars per Annum.]