■" r ,
Que Hundred Dollars Reward. tod h..
STOLE N, thcu l ,
Fran the Compttng-Hovfe of RALPH MATHER,
i i. 12, Quarry-Jlreet, en Saturday Si-Sunday n'rjht ■ c
hji, the fcllo'wing Not is, e7c/
DOLLARS. urch .
John Nicholfon, to Moorhoufe, <&lie Nov. m
. I. 1797, bearing interest, . - - jooo , !edu . a
David Allifon to James Cramond, due in j;, • ,
March last, .... 4075 ™
J. W. & W. Gibbs to Ralph Msthcr, it 70 (
days, Außuftsoth, - . . 1681 98
Ferdinand Gourdon to Ralph Mather, at four
months, August 17th, ... 364
Benjamin Chamherlsin, at 60 days, Augull 6, 513 53
Affleck to Jos. Bufwell, at 6 months, dated „ . .
May . ... . ISO 64 > checl
Parker and Greaves to Ralph Mather, on de- of
mand* ..... 100 of
A bill by Harford to Harford, not accepted, till, ftir
bog. _
LJkewife, the Titles of some ElUtes, Mortgages, &e.
Whosoever brings the thief or thieves to justice, fliall 1
have the above reward. t '
As the papers in question can be of no use to any other
person, the bills having, been flopped payment, requelt ]
the perpetrators may be searched after with all miagina- ■
ble care
September 6. tw&f6t 1
DifTolution of Partnership. 1
THE Partnerlhip between ROBERT ANDREWS and :
DAVID MF.REDfTH, under the firm of ANDREWS ;
and MPREDITH. being didolved Ail persons who arc ( 35
indebted to, or who have claims against the laid house, are 2
, requcfted to apply for fettleinent to the fuhferiber. 3
1 ' ' ROBERT ANDREWS, 5
No. 86, So. Wharves. :
Sept. 6, 1796. d tf
Treasury of the United States. *6
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons whd *are or
may be Creditors of the United States, for any.fnms ' '
of the Funded Debt, or Stock, bearing a prefenl interef of fx
per centum, per annum. 3 1
i ft. That pursuant to an Act of Congress passed on the '4 1
iSih day of April, 1796, intitled an ait in addition to an
»&, intituled ■' An a,<st making further provision for the '
support of public ersdit, and for the redemption of the ;
public debt," the farddebt or stock will be reimburfedand
paid in manner following, to wit. First, by dividends 31
" to be mide on the laltdays of March, June and Septem«
" ber for the p*efent year, and from the year one thousand
" feveir hundred and ninety-seven, to the year one thou
" sand eight hundred & eighteen ihclufive, at the rate of
'' one and one half per centum upon the original capital.
" Secondly, by dividends to be made on- the last day of
" December for the present year, and from the year one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the year
" one thousand eight hundred and seventeen inclusive, at
" the rate of three ihd one half per centum ujSon the ori
" ginal capital; and by a dividend to be ma e. on the last
" day of December, in the year one thousand eight hun
" dred and eighteen, of such sum, as will be then' ade
" quate, according to the contract, for the final redemp
" tion of thefaid stock."
id. All diltindtion between payments on account of
Inttreß asd Principal being thus abolilhed by the eftablifh
mcnt of the percrianent rule of reimburftment abovs de- 3
fcrlbed, it has become nficelfury to vary accardingly the
powers of attorney for receiving dividends; the public
creditors will "therefore observe that the following form
, is ettablilhed for ail powers of attorney which may" be
granted after the due promulgation ot this notice, viz.
K IV ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
/ ./ U
do make, confitute and appoint 3
rf my true and lawful At
torney, forme, andin my name, to receiite the dividends nh ch ere,
or Jc.ill be payable according to laia, on the (here describing the
itock) my name in tbe books of (here describing the
books of the Treasury or the Commiflioner of Loans,
where the stock is credited) from (here insert the com
mencement and expiration of time for which the power of
attorney is to continue) -with pt-uier also an attorney or attor
nies under him, for that purpofeto matt andfubjlitute, and It do all
la-w/ul alii rejuijitefor effecting tbepremifes, hereby ratifying and
canfrmittg all that t^yfaid Attorney tr hitfubfitute,Jball lawful
ly do, by virtue hereof. I
In IVitneJs hereof, I leve hereunto fct my Hini eni Seal tie
day of «'* thcynr
Sesled and Delivered
in a
BE IT KN'O IVN, that on tic day of 2
efcre me personally came -
within named and acknowledged tbe above letter of attorney to be
bis afi and d.cd. ~
In tefimofly whereof I have hereunto Jet my Hand and affix
ed Seal tbe day and year lafl aforefaid.
Given under my Hand at Philadelphia, this twen
tieth day of July 1796, pursuant to directions
from the Secretary of the Treasury. '
SAMUEL MEREDITH, . ]
Ireofurcr of the United States. 3
'julj 23. w Us i t % J.
WANTED,
dn APPRENTICE to the Printing Buftntfs.
Enouire at this Office. " Aug. 19
Lands of theUNiT££> States
Treasury Department, August 3, 1796.
Public Notice is hereby Given,
purfuahce of an ait of Congress, parted on the 18th
JL of May, 1796, entitled "As ail providing" for
thefale of th; lands of .the United States, in the Territo
ry north weft of the river Ohiid, and above the mouth of
Kentucky river," that the fcitions or lots of land defcri- .
bed in the anneiedi'thedule, lying in the seven ranges of
townlhips, which were Purveyed in pursuance of an ordi
nance- of Congrefs,paOTed on the twentieth day of May,
in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five,
will be exposed for file at Public vendue, in the town ot
rittfburgh in Pennsylvania, 011 the twenty-fourth day of
O&oberse-tt, and thenceforward, from day'to day until
the firft day of Decembej enl'uiiig, anlefs the fajd lots shall
be looner fold, in the manner, and on the terms and con
ditionsherein ufter menlicned, to wit:
' -ft. 1 he said fevTi'ons or fct- (hall be fold undar the di
re&ion ef the Governor or Secretary of the Western Ter
ritory, and such person ?.i the Prclident of the United
States n'.ay specially ;ippoint for that purpofa.
» id. The faitiieoiious or lots (hall be fold to the highest
biac'er,but no lale can be made for less than two dollars
(ier aire of the quantity of land contained in such lot or
legion.
3. The highest bidder as before mentioned, must depo
sit iit the time o'f (ale, one twentieth part of tfcefxirchafe
r 'Tiey. in the lir nds ofVuch psrfon as the President of the
I'-nited States (hall appoint to attend the sales for that pur
pole, which will be forfeited, if a moiety of the sum bid,
including the said twentieth part, (hall not be paid wimin
tlii.-tyd.iys from the time of sale.
4th. Upon payment of a moiety of the purchase money
in the manner before mentioned, the purchaser wi 1 be
entitled to one yelr s credit for the remaining moiety ;
aa* (hall reieive from the' Governor .r Secretary of the
V.'< stern Territory, imo the person' who shall be appointed fc
!-v-he Prefider.t of the United States, to direct the fales,a (J
rtificate describing tha lot orf-dtion purchased, and de
elanng theium paidor. account, the balancereraaining due, p
the time when such Valance becomes payable, and that v
th>t hole laifd therein mentk-ned ,will be forfeited, if the b
f,M baUrer not then paid ; but if the faid}ifel«Bce (hall ]
he duly paying fame to the 1 reafurer of
the United States, the purchaser or his aflignce'or other
i legal representative, thill he entitled to a patent for- the
' faTd lands, on his prod»cing to the Secretary of State a re
' ceipt for such balance endorsed upon the certificate. But J
if any purchaser (hall make payment of the whole of the
purchase money, at the time when the payment of the ! P
firft moiety is directed to be made, he will be entitled to a
deduition of ten per centum on the part for which a ere- '
dit is authorized to be given; and his patent (hall be im- "P
mediately issued. defcri
Given under my hand at Philadelphfa, the day and
, year above mentioned. C 6
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
3 Secretary ef the Treasury
, he:v
4 Schedule of feSions of or fraP.ianal parts day c
of town/hips, to be fold at Piltfburgh, in pursuance until
of the 6th fetltnn of an ail of Congress, pajfed on quart
the 18th day of May, i 1796.
: . —r": high<
IT $ » i' 5 i | i£ i S"r
r ' o I t '"I 8 • I I
Jo 2 ° " 3 " po/it
. . . c[iaf<
ift Range. 6thTowisfhip. 6th Range. State
ift Townlhip. f?ai2 64oeacli iftTownthip. '"f' u
28 5 65 14 640 17 3 io
49 156 95 17310 640 each 18 2jo
, 30 250 75 25336 640'eaeh 21 850.
s 34 240 90 BthTown(hip. 25 166 40
■ e 35 a 64ofeach 3314 64aeach 43 427
re ' 2d Townlhip 17a20 640«ach 24 640 t j le 1
19 140 23 640 17 151 80 beco
20 170 70 25830 640 each 28a3o64oeach t-i on .
21 185 33236 640 each 58 'paid
2 30 iothTownfhip 344361640 each payi
25 488 80 ia2 640 each ad Townlhip. thej
56a27 640 each sai464oeach 1 126 (hall
)r izß 560 I7a2o64oeach 2 440 duci
, 5 < 29 55 1 6° 23a36j64pleach 3 448 endc
ix- 3° i2thiTown(hip. 4 456 malt
31.136 640 each iai4 64c|each 5 464 time
ie .4thTown(hip. 17320 640eaeh 6 472 be a
n 19 64 23336(640 each 7 340 centl
IS , 6 *° , 8ai 4 640 each give,
ie 26 387 60 lftTownflli I 7 a2o6 4o each
id 27 30 , , v 23336 640 each
Is jra32 d4otich * 6-6 to 3dToWhip.
?a 33 616 30 640 1
id 34 44J 20 3 4 4 4 , g
35 50 3 ; If ea , 3 486
° f 36 16 JO 4 494 Of(
i sthTov.n(hlp. + W
of 6 i 39 \] 6 i 6d , 6 JIO the)
ie .. 336 640 each * ,
12 479 30 - I 7314 640 each
17 304 15 L , ; »7a2o64o;each
5 I! JS IT 9^ 12 each 43 640'eaeh
lft 23 450 75 j s sthTownlhip. 0
h. «4 640 , J5 1 518 - M
,s, *4 40 . a
e * ,! < A t X7a2o 5 4 0 each 2 5
P" 3 o Q 23336 640 each 3 534
, 3dTownlhip. 4 54 ° 0
3 — iai4 640 each j, Q *
ad RANGE. t7a2o64ceach -f ,
iftTownfhip. 13*36 640 each 7>i4 64o?ac
28 1 7120 ' s thTown(hip. each
34 I 6| 50 ia,4|64o|each * 3 *j6 —
j }c 3d Townfiiip. 17320(640'each ? wn(h P*
243,26 640 -ach 23*361640 each 1 ,6
L. f 28 499 16 7thTownfhip. % 57' 4°
*? n 29 64c laz 6 4 ofeach 35 ?6
31833640 each 537 640 each 4 SXJ5 X J 60
4thTown(hip. 640 each 593 ,
11 26 40 ißai9 A 4 o'each ' .
he 13 397 50 25 640 7«14 «40«ch
the 13 5i 50 30336 640 each '^*°«4oeach
ns, 15 2 7 50 9thTown(hip. 3 .. 3 rr. 4
m- 16 259 20 rai4l6 4 ole3ch
■of 17 SZ 173201640 each »l 4 6 4^each
- 18 64c 23a 3 6'64oeach r 7"o6 4 o|each ,
all 19 635 nthTownlhip. 1 3 a 36 64oeach
and ao 584 80 iai 4 6 4 o : each "thTown^.p
ft*l- al 636 21 I7a2o64oeach lal4 5 40 | eac °
22336 64c eaeh 23336 64o'each 17220 640 each
sthT«wnftiip, *°f a . C 1
5 636 1314640 each i3thTown(h,p.
6a7 each i7aao64oeach iai4 eac
53325640 each 23 336 640 each 17 s 2c64oeac
'Xt
jthTownihip. ■ I ; T -' W "»"P'
, 16401 ,8 174 40 I 7 a 2 < eac h
JthTownfhip 8 ' »323^640,each
135 3 * 2/ s ° 7th!IANGE.
£ <?°, "6: .« t—«p
---7a 14 640 cach ' 301 4 20 4
1 7 a20 640 each jg 3 ' 36 11321 50
- ' i3 f^ 64 ° 29330640 each 2dT,wnihi P .
9 thtownfh, P . / 4 ? .
6 °40 0 o „ 4 615
8 5" 3 ° 640 each J* 6 64 ° each
11 f 4 ,2d Township. 9 J96
X3ai4 64c sach ioai2 each
—- 19220 640 each 14 30 '
5 23336 64cjeach 17318640 each
3d Range. 5 456 *9 ' 4
ad Townlhip. 6 464 80 2 49
15 640 7 25c 23324 640 each
B . th 16 600 8 618 3gc ,
, for 2055756 9 ai 4 640 each
lt0 : 21322 640 each 17320 64c each 4th Townlhip.
? of 23 609 23336 640 each 11I4 M" l t
cn " r 64oe3ch 4th Townlhip. ''^L 4O ! v
r 'f 3d Townlhip. I 314 640 each
It' 9 188 60 17320 640 each 6,h^ w n e 'h
10 344 640 each t £
ol » 267 6tbTown(hip.
-of 12 152 lal4 6 4 oje3ch %3 a 36 64°Mch
intil 14 202 50 1732064 c tach f-j,«^each*
[hall 15 630 »3 336 64o[?ach s ■ 4 r^ 4 h
:on. I6aiß 640 each BthTown(hip. aL 4C ar
19 217 50 iai4 64oeach I^a 1 3 ' 4C '^. ar
: di- 20 61675 1732064 c each ,p h
rer- 41336 64oeach 23a366 4 0each 1214040
lited 4thTown(hip. tothTownlhip. 1 7 a 20 40 eac
I 170 13-1 A ', 4 cte3ch each
4 544 I7aac 640 iach I2tll^ wn
,!lars 3 320. 23336 6 4 ol£ach 1 ai4j6 4 C|each
3tor 4 • 450 12thTownlhip. *7ai#4cfach
5 12c iai4 64de3ch 23836 64c|"ch
k V a : 6 64c r 7 a2c6 4 oe3ch Uthlownftip.
V*£ 7 >563 23236 6 4 o|each lal # 4 cjeach
Bas 64ct»cli i4thTown(hip. 17 a 20640kac i
,P"' 10 54c 80 iai 4 640)e3ch 2 3a36 6 4 c|e3ch
II 5 1 ? 7° 17220 640 e3ch '6thTownlhip.
I2ai4 640 each 23a36 64oeach 12141640 each
lon „ t 7 «.c 640 each 17320 640 e-ach
1 (,e 23836 64c .eachl ?3a36|64o|eaeh
iety, NOTE.
>f the THEou?.ntities of Lands in the fcveral towolhips be
'lnted fore cientiooed, are exclusive of the Lots reserved by the '
Up ted States and also of those formerly fold —The ag
d de- gregate quantities in th» several townfhirs or fraaional
?due, parts of tow nfhips, have been ascertained* by aflual fur
that vey ; the quantities in particular lots or fedior,#, have
it the Lcen no othetwifeafcertained than by calculation.
Lands of the Uiiited States.
Treasury Department,
Aitguft 8, 1796.
Public Notice is hereby given, J
IN pursuance of an a& of Congress pasTed an the 18 th
das of May. 1796. entitled « an a&,providing "for
the sale of the tends of the United States, in the territory ;
north-well of the river Ohio, and above " the mouth oj
Kentucky river," that the Quarter Towsfhipa of land
I delcribed in the annexed schedule, lying in the seven rang
es of towafhips whieh were surveyed in pursuance of an
ordinance of Congress, pasTed on the twentieth day of
May. in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
five, will be exposed for sale at PUBLIC VEND JE, at
he Merchants'Coffee-Houfe in Philadelphia, on the 4th
1 day of January next, and thenceforward from day to day,
r until the tenth day of Fabruary ensuing unless the said
1 quarter townships (hall be foe.ner fold, in the manner and
„on the terras and conditions hereinafter mentioned : viz
ift. The said (fiarter townships (hall be fold to the
" highest bidder, but bo sale. can be made for Ids than two
dollars per acre of the quantity of land contained in such
quarter township.
- 1 2d. "The highest bidder as before mentioned, mutt de
pofit'a* the time of sale, one twentieth part of the pur
_ chafe money, in the hands of the Treasurer of the United
" States, which will be forfeited if a moiety of the sum bid,
including the said twentieth part, shall not be paid within
thirty days from the time of sale.
3d. Upon payment of a moiety of the purchaie-ma
ney in the manner the purchaler will
be entitled to one year's credit for the remaining moiety ;
and shall receive a certificate describing the quarter rem
(hip purchased, and declaring the sum paid on account,
the balance remaining due, the time when such balance
becomes payable, and that the whole Land therein men
tioned will be forfeited, if the said balance is not then
"paid ; but if the said balance shall be duly dlfcharged, by
paying the fame to the Treasurer of the United States,
the purchaser or his afligneeor other legal reprefeotative,
{hall be entitled to a patent for the said land, on his pro
ducing to the Secretary of State a receipt for such balance,
endorfedupon the certificate. But if any purchaser shall
make payment of th« whole of the purchase-money at the
time when the payment of the firft moisty is directed t„
be made, he will be ' entitled to a deduAion of ten per
centum on the part for which a credit is authorized to he
given ; and his patent Hi all be immediately ifFucd.
GIVEN under ray hand at Philadelphia, tho day
aodycar airovemciuipned.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury.
SCH EDULE
Of Quarter-Townships to be fold at Philadelphia, in pur
suance of the 6th feftiou of an ad of Congress palled on
thelßthdayof May, 1796.
.0 ix
co CO c:
• cu 0 c
cu .ir Y >
U * — _c * >
tx *£ o
I% I h
t £ H s fc I '
U-. " k V- p eg
•-s £ e u
o" 0 ' £ < =.£
ZO2 * v
* O a.S
H
2 Sooth East 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
3 5 South Eafl 5120
- ... NortK EqA ,
South Weft 51-20
North Weft 5120
20,480
7 South East 5120
North East 5120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
— -50,480
9 South Eafl 5129
North East 5 120
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
—: ?0;480
11 South East 5120
North Eafl 5120
South Weft 51.20
North Weft 5120
—— 20,480
4 4 Ssuth Ea(t 5120
North East 5120
, South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
>0,480
South East 5120
North East 5 120 —
South Weft 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
8 South East 5120
North East 5120
South Well 5120
North Weft 5120
20,480
10 South East -5120
North East 5120
Sonth Weft 5120
North Weft 1 5120
: 20,480
12 South East 5120
* North East 5120
South Weft' 5120
Noitb Weft 5 120 |
[20,480
5 3 South East 4602
North East 4654
South Weft 5 120
North Weft 5120
19,49 6
5 South East 5120
Nortlv.Eaft 5 120
South Well 5120
North Weft 5' 20
[20,480
7 South Ea(t 5120
I North 5120
II South Weft 5120
North Weft 5 120 '
is be- V 20,480'
iythe" 6 9 South East 5120
e a S~ iNorth East 5120
(South Weft 5 120
h" ve [North Weft 5120
J j 20,480 1
t - ' S 'Ǥ !
£ o C I .
5 cu s i— .3
sfc -- S *0- —(
<* "= U " 5 -
1 *• i u ji "c ,-j j■
-® 2 < 3 " -
or* c js I
; 55 # ' *t| I '
1 h -I
, . y n South Eart!yi2o: |
f Nart.b Eaftjy 120
South Weft y f 2oj j
North Weft 5 120 I
1 | 20,480
j 13 South East .5 120:
d . _ Noith Eaftyi2o| ' <
g -" &muh Well :ci2p; '
North Weft 5 I 20'
h I i 20,480
'6 4 South EaH 14630
N.orth- Ead 14620
• South 20 ■
, d North.Weft| JI 20
' I 9A9°
6 South East 4730;
s- North E*ft!47is
iSou'h'Weft s"i 20 I
; North Weft 5120}'
v, ! — rsvrn
:e 8 [South East yj2to
,:jNor-th Bart 15 MO.-:.
;n iSoulh Wcltjy 1 20
J y , i.Noiith Weft y 12c
l' t '1— — 20,480
0- 10 South East ,y 120
;e, North Eaft!yi2o ' . ' -
lU S&uth Weft U'l 20
g North' Well yl2O
?r - 20,480
be 12 South East 5120 ,
Nbrth East 5 120
a y South Weft 5120 . f
North Weft .5 120
: 20,480
14 South East 5120 x
Nprth East '5.120
South Wr I! J 1 20
on Nof.'h Weft 5120
20,480
— 73 South Eafl yil-9
Notth East y 12c
South Wed 5 I 20
North Weft y 120
•T 20,480
5 South East 5120 V
Nbrth Eafl 5120
South Weft y 120
North Weft 5120
' 20,480
7' -South East 5120
North East yi2o
South Weft 5120
Nfcrth Weft Jl2O
20,480
9 South Eafl 5120
__ 'North East 5120 _L-
North Weft y 120
{20,480
s ,11 South EaS yi2o
North Eafl y 120
South Weft y i2O
North Weft y 120!
20,480
13 South East yt 20
North East yt 20
South - Wefi yi2o
NorthWest yi2o
20,480
1J South Eafl y 120
North Eafl y 120
South Weft y 120
NorthWest yi2o
I 4 20,480
NOTE.
THE quantities of Lands in the feveraltownfhips he
fore mentioned,are exckfive of the Sedtions reserved by
the United States. The aggregate quantities is the seve
ral town [hips, have been afcertair.ed by adtual survey ; but
the quantities in the quarter tewnfhips, have .been no
otherwise ascertained than by calculation.
Wafhmgtoyi C.nnnU^ott^rVj—
NO. 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 Wathington, from th I'o;
tomacto theEaftem Branch Hari.our.
The following is the SCHEME of No. I.
Viz -1 Prize of 20,000 dollars, 10,000
X ditto 10,000 io,qpo
7 last drawn")
Tickets, each £ 3S>-°o9
6 ditto 1,000 6,000
10 ditto 400 4,0
SO ditto 100 a,OOO
55 ditto JO • 2,750 j
5750 ditto 12 69,008
To be raised for the Canal, 16,250
5850 Prizes, 175,000
11650 Blanks, not two to a prize.'
17500 Tickets, atTen Dollars, - <175,000
The Commiflioners have the Securities cc
quired by the aforefaid aA for the punAual payment ©f
the prizes.
The. drawing ef this Lottery will commence, without
delay* as soon as tt* Tickets are fold, of which timely
notice will be given.
Such prizes are not demanded in months alter th«
drawing is finiihed, ihall be as relinquished for
the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated
(S, S ned j NOTLEY YOUNG,
DANIEL CARROLL, p/D
---LEWIS DEBLOIS,
GEORGE WALKER,
Wsfc M.JJQNCAN*r>V
THOIvLiS LAW,
JAMES BARRY
Cky of Walhingtom, Feb. 11.
PRINTED BY JOHN
—No. xio-
CH E S SWT-STF . >t
[Price Eight Dollars f>er f.nruta.]