North Carolina Gazette

              the north-carolina gazette vol 6 saturday september 24 175^1 ar 7 * 298 united states of americ1.1 north carolina district j whereas wm h hill efq •, attorney of the uni:ed states in and for the diftritt of north-caro lina this 22d day of september in the year of american independence the xvith exhibited his libel before tbe hon john si-greaves judge of the court of the united states in the north-carolina dil.rict againil two puncheons containing two hundred and fifty gallons of rum and the rum contained therein f i.zed by the de puty co!lc&or of the port of eden ton within f<"i*i diftrift for hiving i**een tound within the faid port land ed and not having been duly entered in the proper office and infpe&ed according to law no duties having been paid thereon according to the ftatutes of the congrefs of the unit ad states and rhe faid attorney praying in his faid libel that tne judge aforefaid hould appoint a time and place for holding a couir when and where he fhould condemn the fame and decree thereon accord ing to law this is therefore to no * tice all perfons whom fiie fame may concern that the hon john sit greaves efq ; judge of the diftricl court of the united states for the diftrift of north-carolina has di rected a court to be held at newbern on saturday the eighth day of octo ber next j when the confideration of the libel exhibited as aforefaid will be had and all perfons having claim to the articles libelled or concerned therein are hereby cited and admo nifhed to appear on the 8th day of o&ober aforefaid at the court afore faid and hew caufe if any they have why the prayer of the libellant may not be granted and the articles con demned witnefs abner neale clerk of the faid court at newbern the 2_d day f september 179l atteft abner neale clerk for philadelphia the f aft failing shop rebecca william ryan mafter ; will fail the firft day of octo ber : for freight or paftage ap ply to the mafter on board or at the ltore of john smallwood on the county-wharf — said loop has ex cellent accommodations for paflen gers and is intended for a packet couftently from newbern to phila delphia september 22 the scheme of the lottery granted by the general affembly of north-'caro lina to col henry emanuel lutterloh clafs the firft tickets at if n c currency i prize of - 400 dollars is 400 do 1 do - zoo - - zoo 5 do - - 100 are 500 8 do - jo - 300 10 do - so zoo zo do 10 aoo 30 do - | . a+3 50 do - - 5 _ aj3 400 do - 3 . j 200 xooo do - - _ . - - jooo l m ■ — ■ 1523 prizes equal to dolls 54^0 clafs the fecond tickets at i n o m"y 1 prize of 2000 7olls is xooo do is 5 jo - 100 are 500 13 do 50 50 20 do - - 40 - 800 j 100 do - 15 - 1500 100 do - s - 800 200 d '- 5 10.0 300 do - 4 t200 1830 d >- - - a _ 3666 the laft drown ticket is 148 2573 p izes equal to - i2,464dolls explanation the lottery conlilts of 700 tickets of which are drawn in the firft clafs 1523 prizes in the fecond clafs 1573 do 4096 prizes confequently only 904 blanks makes the above 7000 tickets which calculation and regulation is to the greutcft advantage of every adventurer in the j-ctrery as its blanks are very few j and every drawer of a low prize receives a new ticket by which he gains the advantage to obtain a new chance for a higher prize with his firlt 81 paid for his ticket the whole regulation and the obtained grant for this lottery is to be feen in all the towns of this ftate j where alfo tickets may be had by dif ferent pe ions the lottery will commence drawing at newbern whtere die general afltembly fits in december next the treafurer to the lottery has given fufticient fecurity to his excellency the governor for his faithful performance fire pounds reward ran away from the fubferiber on the j7tho£auguf laft a likely young negro man named james about 21 years of age five feet 7 or s inches high of a yellowifh complex ion by trade a blackfinith ; moil ufed to making axes he ftoops forward in his knees and body as if he had a bur then on his back — his back is marked with the whip he has a fear on one of his elbows occafioned by a burn ; has fmall legs and very large feet — has a bold look fpeaks good englifh and can tell a fmooth tale — born on trent ri ver — he had on and took with him the following clothes viz one blue great coat dyed in the cloth and turn ed whitifh where it is worn middling fine cloth alfo a tight bodied coat with holes at the elbows and under the arms and a rent in one fhouldcr ; alfo a iky blue homefpun do and a jacket of nearly the fame — alfo a homefpun white linen jacket a pair of corduroy and a pair of buckfkin breeches new lift fall but worn in the crotch two pair of tow trowfers two fhirts and a tine new white fhirt 6f linen ttock and flock buckle a pair of old fhoes and a pair of fky coloured lockings — 1 new wool hat with a purple ribbon round it and an old rackoon one whucver will take up faid negro and return him to me or fecure him in any gaol fo that i get h'm again dial h ive the above reward and all rea ibtiable charges paid by aaron lambert n b all mailers of veilels and others ar for warned of harbouring or carrving h;.m off at their peril jone cjunty september 20 the fubferiber has on hand a few hogihh^ads of choice weft india rum which he will difpofe of by the barrel or retail for ready money only william hawley sept 24 ran away from the fubferiber a negro fellow named luke ; he is about twenty-fix years old nearly fix feet high fpare made he had on when he went away a homefpun fhirt and trowfers and coarfe green cloth jacket he is-eountry born and had once been let free but the manumiffion being illegal he was fold anew it is fuppofed he will endeavoar to pafs for a freeman and go towards beaufort a reward of five pounds will be paid to any perfon who will fecure faid fel low io that i get him again or on his being delivered 10 me on trent river near newbern jere parsons september 17 just publi/hed and to be fold at the fubfci iber's ftore — the laws of the united states , collated-with and corrected by the original rolls in the office of the secre tary of state agreeably to a refolve of congrefs with a copious index vol i comprising the federal confutation the afts of the three fefftons of the ft rf con grefs-^to which is added an appendix containing the declaration of indepen dence and fundry ads of congrefs under the confederation and the trea ties john devereux