Just pirhliiliecJ, •A'r.i to'bj'lold at 'the iicokftorcs of H. W P.J Ricej Ko. 41, Ciie'fnut-fl'rtet, and VV. Young,, \ i-omer of Chefnut and Sccnjid-ftreets, -i\n accurate Syftem'of Surveying; '1 IN WHICH IS CONTAINFD, , t. Decimal fraiilions, in a plain) concise, iind'ealy rniinner. 1-. The extraction of the fgtiaVe roof. , r 3. Plain trigonometry, reilan'gular and oh- ( iique. 4. An exaS method to cafl up tJre coiitelats sf lands. 5. Field furvcying. The whole being performed witholit the We of scale and compafTes, on a table of logarithms, fn which is given some accc unt of the variatiou of the needle, and the caules ot its attrition. By SAMUEL MOORE.- T." lawiw (Georgetown Bridge Company. Extrafl of an ail passed by the Legislature of the state of Marj'and on the 19th December, 1791, entitled, " An »£l for eredling a bridge ovtr'Potowmac river. '• And be it enaSed, that the said direiflors or any two ®f them shall and ttiay require any sum or sams of money in equal proportion from each ami evefy proprietor, as may Irom time to time be nectfiary for carrying on the buihling of said bridge ; and after giving three months public notice, it shall and maybe lawful for the direit-. tors to l'ue for and r«CQver in the nam# of the company such unpaid requisition, with all costs and charges incidental thereto, and kgal ii)tereft thereon l'rom the time the fame should have Keen paid : And the negledl or refufal to pay apv I fucli requisition after public notice shall have J been given at lead for three mouths in all the new fpaper3 heiein before enumerated, shall have r the effefl t« forfeit all preceding paymen's made ■ on the share or shares so negledled or refufed to I ht; paid to the life and benefit of the company." d mation of luchof the stockholders as have not 1 complied with the requisitions heretofore made « —they are as follow .On the ift November, j 1795, 20 dollars, on the 10th May, 1796, 40 S dollars ; an the aoth July, the ift September, 1796, 40 dollars, and on the ift November, 1796, 60 dollars. Caution i» now given that after theexpiration of the time limited for the' continuance of this advertise ment (three months) the law will be carried into rigid and complete efFedl against all delin- \ quents. By order of theDireiflors, IV Ai. TER SMITH, Tr,afur,r. | May I, 1797. I»w3 re , Just Receive.d, i Frotti Batavia (via Providence) A few Boxes of Spices, feniillinj of Nutmegs, Clones and mace For lale by HILLINGS Es" FRANCIS, Venn, street. may 30 d«f , Davis's Law Book Store, No'. 319, High-Strut. ■GEORGE DAVIS,' IJEING busied for some time past in prrpara f tioos for removing into his present house, has been under the neceflity of poflponinguntil this day informing the gentlemen of the Bar generally thro' the United States,'that hit spring importation of law hooks is now arranged and ready for lale, on terms that he trulls will entitle him to the like pr»- freence he has experienced for leveral years pad. ' Catalogues, combining the mofl varied collee tibn ever imported i/ito this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. taw 6w City Commijfioners" Office, June 21, 1797. , IN purfuince of an ordinance from the feleift and common councils, palled the aid day «f May last, appointing the city commiflioners, and preferring their duties, feflion 9th, NOTIC£ IS HEREBY GIVEN, That tire city is-divided into five diftrifts, each to be under the fuperintendance of one of the city commissioners, whoistobe individually felponfible for the of the fame, and are as follow. "Driftriil No. 1. From the Youth fide of Ce« dar-ftr«et, to the north fide of SprQce-ftreet, un der the fuperiatendence of Nathan Boys. 2. From the north flde of Sprnce-fireet, to the north fide of Walnut-flreet, under the super intendence of Hugh Roberts. 3. From the north lide of Walnut to the south fide of High-street, uader the superintendence of! Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the north fidpof High-street, to the north fide of Mulberry street, under the super intendence ef William Moulder. 5. From the north fide of Mulberry-street t* the north fide of Vine-street, under the super intendence of Nicholas Hicks- The cleaningof High-street to be in common. t? A stated meeting of the city eommiflion «rs is held at the Old Court House, in High ftreet, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July 14. eoim Stands for Draymen, SsV. In ptirfuanct of an Ordinance from tbrStlrft and Common Counc il,bearing date the lid daj of April, 179 J, providing for the appointment of City Cominifflonirs, iSc. Sect. tbs.lsth. ■ r * following places upon by the JL said City Commifiioners for Stands for Draymen and theh - Horses. In Vine-street, ealtward of Front-ftrect, on ■both fides. SafTafras, High,Chefnnt and Walnut-fttreeu, eastward of Front-street, on the no.-th fide only. Mulberry-street, south fide from Front to Third-street. Front-llreet, east fide from to Elfrith's alley. Front-llreer, from opposite to Black Horse al ley to Hamilton's llores, east fide. Water-street, weft fide from the north end of Stamper's or Moorr's stores to Pme-ftreet. Penn-ftreet from Pine to Cedar-street, weft fide. Drawbridge, north fide, east of Front-street. Spruce, Pine and South ftreeti, east of Frost street, south l'de. Dock-ttreet,' between Walnut-street and the flag (lone crofting*, east fide, opposite George Orklev's. Second-ftreef, between SafTafras and Vine {treats, weft fide. Fifth-ftreet, east fide from Chefnut to Mul berry streets. Saflafras-ftreet> from Third to Fourth-street, east fide. No dray, or horse to stand within ten sett of FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, nortii fide from Fourth to Fifth between CheSiut and YVAlnut streets, weft. L , Branch-street, north fide, between 1 hird and Fourth streets. July 14* Riw&iiyn A Literary Trent. J lift published, handsomely printed on writing paper, price I dollar, A new edition of that popular ?nd entertaining work, entitled 'T'HE FORESTERS, an American Tale ; being ' i a sequel to the history of John Bull the Clo thier—la afcriesof letters to a friend, with the ad- 3c ilition of tw 0 letters, alluding to recent political tiranfa&iont in America. The foliowing eitrail from the Clavis Allsgorica, fhews'the principal chara&ers that arc introduced: John Bull, the Kingdom of England Hli Mother, tht Church of England Hi* Wife, the Parltament HisSiiler Peg, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland | Lewis, the Kingdom of France Hi* Mistress, the Old Conflitutiop His lew Wife, the National Representation Lord Strut, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic '3 The Ferefters, the United'Statu of Ameriia - Robart Lumber, New-Hampfhirc •' John Codline, Maffachuletts 3; Humphrey I'lowlhare,. Conne&icut Roger Carrier, Rhode U\and 5C Peter Bull Frog, New-York Julius Casfar, New-Jersey William Broadbrim, Pehnfylvania tii Caffimar, Delaware th Walter Pipewood, Virginia bi Hit Grandson, George Washington Peter Pitch, Ntyrth Carolina m Charles Indigo, South Carolina b< George Trufly, Georgia el , Ethan Greepwood, Vermont, , Hunter Longluiife, Kentucky il Black Cattle, Negro Slavas V Rats, Speculators le Mother Curey'i Chickens, Jacobins 1c 0- This,popular and entertaining satirical hilld- t\ ry of America is attributed to the Key. Dr Bet- f} knap. It has a great fhnre of originality and a- « boHuds with genuine humour. It is continued tt down to the present time, and ch»r»<JUrife« those L late political tranfaAions which have caused fd b muck uneasiness in America. il Sold by H. and P. RICE, Bookseller, No. l 6( t ) South Second Street, and No. 50, Marks'ft.ieet. b June 16. 5 LAW BOOKS, I Latefl London and Dublin Editions H. fcf P. RICE, Booksellers, , No. ii, South Second, and No. 50, Market street, b HAVE just received by the hte arrivals from C London and Dublin, their fpti«g import*- a tion, confiftingof a variety of the latefl and m«ft approved Law Books, whicV added tothofe alrea dy on hand, forms the mod extenlite colleAion ev er offered for fait in this country. They theiefore beg leave to notice. th«t from the nature of their Dublin, they are enabled to felllrifh tuitions (at they have hitherto done) at the very f lowest prices. The following are among the latefl 1 publications* Vefey, jun'rt Reports in Chancery, 2 1 Peake's Cases at Nitt Print ; Ridgeway's Reports 1 in the time of Lord Hardwicke ; Floyer't Probers ] Pra&iee ia the Ecclefiaflrca' Courts ; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity ; Tidd's Praiftice of 1 the Court of King's Bench in Personal A (ft ions, 2 parts complete ; Ward's Law of Nations ; Cruile on Uie» ; modern Reports, 12 vols. Lo«don edi tion. H. and P.Rici expedt to receive by the firft ar rival from the 6th vol. complete of DuruforA and Eafl's Reports, the ad part of Gil • hert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of new publications. June 16. The History of Pennsylvania, BY ROBERT PROUD, IS now in the press, and wiH be published, with all convenient exfxdltion, by ZtCHA riah Poulion, jun. No. 80, Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia, where fubferiptions will continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, according to the printed profkufali, until the work is ready for the fubfcriberi. July 18. aawtf Printed Calicoes. F JOHNMILLER, Jun. & Co. Ni. 8 Cbefnut-Street, ' Have for gale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly affcrtei, very low on ' short credit. March 6. § , Richard and James Potter HAVE.removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-ftrcet. ) ziuguft ». w&f6t 1 Lane after, Harrijburgh Carlijle, Shippenfburg and Sunbury STAGES. - nrVHE public are re<juefled to take notice, tha* I the partnership which has for some time sub . fiftfd between Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and - William Geer, is now difTolved : bat, not as M. . Slough inflnaatesto the public without just cause ; as will more fully appear by a Utter on the fub jedt from M, Slough to W. Geer, dated the 19th - December last. a rscital of which is not now deem ed necessary. Any gentleman who wishes to be j more infuriped of the merits of , this business by applying to W. Geer ntay have L »he perusal of M. Slough's letter, and then can be ' at full liberty to "determine whether or not W. Geer is not, perfectly juflifiahle in attaching him e felf to any other person in the prosecution of the "" Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippenf urg, or any other place. n Now from the liberal and grnerous support the public were pleased to confer on the firft effort in B> this business, Vt illiam Geer, in conjunction with f. Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined :o to profecilte and carry it on, with every care, at tention and difpateh that a zeal to oblige the pub to lie can possibly exert. The above company, who are amply provided J. with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the pafTage #afe and rommodious, inform 0 f those wno wi(h to patroniic and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their feats at, George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaftcr, Harrifburg, Carlisle and Shippenfburg. The fare as hitherto established. For the further accommodation ot the public, ,e a Stage will start every Wednesday from the house * 4 of Samuel Elder, in Harrifburg, arrive at Sun bury in Northumberland county, every Tburfday, le and return from thcoce and arrive at Harrifburg every Saturday, so that pafTengers destined for il" Lancafteror Philadelphia, may proceed o« Mon t, daJ "' WILLIAM GEER. Lancaster, Jan. 37, 1797- N. B. This Line of Stages starts 'from th« house of William Ferroc, in Lancafttr, on every Tuesday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, pro :h ceeding to the westward; and from the house of Mr. Samuel Eltler in Harrifburg every Wodnef lt day morning, on the fame evening arrives at Pa trick Cochran's in Shippenfburg, and returns d from thence on every Thursday : performing the fame routini daily at in its tour from Philadel phia. . tr.Wf City of Walliington. J Fi SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. 11, For tbe Improvement of the Ftderal City. A magnificent iwrelling-houfe 40,000 dollars, 3c ca(h 30,000, are 5,0,00u 1 ditto 15,000 & cask »j,ooo 40,00 a 1 ditto 15,000 & calh 15,000 30,000 1 ditto us,ooo & ca!h 10,000 »0,000 i ditto { 000 & cash 5,000 10,000 L 1 ditto 5,000 & ca(h 5,000 10,000 I calh prize of 10,000 3 do. 5,000 oacb,are « 10,000 - 10 do. 1,000 - - 10,00 c io do. v 500 - - io,opo 111 00 do. 100 - • 10,000 »oo do. 50 • - 10,000 400 do. 45 - >O,OOO 1)000 do. 10 - 30,000 j n i 5,00« do. 10 - tjo,oon ' 1 15,739 Prizes. p, 33,361 Bhoks. r dr 50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000 Bi ■ . ut N. B. To favour those who may take a quan tity of TiAets.the prize of 4®,000 dollars will be the l^3t drawn ticket, and the 36,000 the last but ONI : And appj-ovednotes, feeuring payment in either mon«y or prizes, in ten days alter drawing, will be received for any number not left than 30 tick ets. / This Lottery will afford an elagant specimen ef tbe private buildings to be crtSed in the City of Walhington—Two beautiful defines arc already (defied for the entire fronts on two of thepubli* squares; from these drawing«it ispropofed toereft _ two centre and 'our earner buildings.as soon aspof fibje after this lottery is fold, and to convey then*, when complete, to the fortunate adventursrs. in S< the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A nett deduflion of five per cent, will be made to defray the necessary expenses of print- g ing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of y the fund int«nded for the National University, to be eredled within ths city of Waihington. £I The real fecuritiesgiven for the payraset of the. j, Brizea. are held by tbe President and two DireA ors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at g more than half the amount ol the littery. t . SAMUEL BLODOET. a , „§, Tieketi may be had at the Bank of Colum bia ; of James Weft & Co. Baltimore; of Feter Oilman, Boftoo : of John Hspkios, Richmond ; and of Kickord 'W»IH, Cooper's Ferry. 1 rnwf f tc From fte Otjlgo Herald. CAUTION. , WHEREAS a eombination of men in this m county hivo un '.ertaken to enrich th«m- j tl selves, by fabricating titles to sundry valuable trail s h of land, the property of gentlemen living in New ■ o York, Philadelphia, London anu Paris, for which v trailp of lsnd large sums of money have been paid f' to those fraudulent men, by innocent purchasers • '' It is therefore just. that public information should 4 be given, to the end, that the injured may seek re- 1 dress while the men have property, and are to be found. Those who have be«n discovered areTru- j man Jofeph Witcomb, (aid now to re- ( fide in the county of Saratoga ; Thomas Kelly and £ several othert who-go under fi&itious names. 11 is ( supposed that the lauds offered fcr sale on those fa- c bricated titles, are at lead worth fifty thousand c dollars. Such as we hav«a<Slual knowledge of are t as follows : Lots No. II and n, Qtfege pstent, f thousand acres each,the a<9ual property of William Dellwyn, now of London ; lots No. 58 and 64. ' c fatije pstent, thousand acres each, the property of i Mr. Chaumonr, now of Paris, and ames Avenll and others, ot this State. There is some grouads c to suppose that the lands of Richard Wells and Charles Wharton, of Philadelphia, are under their j management.—The Printers will do well to give this a place in their papers, a« well to caution tKe ( public against purchasing those lands, as also to de- ( prive those men in future from imposing on indivi- : duafs, which their education and address have en- 1 j abled them to do heretofore. Witcomb has been | a shopkeeper of some note in this country. I The following affidavits will fct in a clear point , of view the wickedness of those men, which whtn 1 the public have perofed, will induce them to ei- | cufe the interference of Wm. COOPKR. Otfego, July 38th, 1797. 1 Thomas Kelly, of the County of Qtfcgo.hav- 1 , ing been led into an error, f.y John Witcomb and Truman Harrifon, of the fame County, to sign a deed to them, for lot No. 58, Otfego patent, whiao - was the property of William T Franklin now M". Chamont's and others ; and further the f*id Jntcjfi and Truman did persuade me to do this against my inclination, which wsj made out on the icth dsy of November, 1793, or set back two years so as to bring it to that time ; and further the nam* ef Pardon Starks to that deed was a fi&itious nani«, > there being no such perlon there. To this I make voluntary o«th. THOMAS KELLY. 19th July, 1797. On the 19th July, 179 7, came personally before me, Thomas Kelly, the subscriber to the abovs as * fidavit, and made solemn oath that it contains noth - ing but th'. truth. i KLIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace. I; On the lßth July, 1797. came before me Jacob ", Kibby, a person by me well known and worthy of - good credit, who on his solemn oath did £ay, that h two of the parties Abovementioned did mike ap -- plication to him this deponent, some lime in the e winter of 1796, to makt them a deed for twothou 'f sand acres of land in the Oteeo patent, and pro e mifed this deponent a share of the profits, on the e sale of said lands, for his so doing ; and th-t they '• made.applicationfeveral times for the fame purpo e, 1- whish fsrvicos this deponent as often refufed, e claring to them th»t he had no right to tapcis, and I* could do no such thing ; which daring attempt on this deponent's integrity he had related among his e friends several times, previous to making this alli n davit. JACOB KIBBEY. it Sworn before mc, d ELIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace, t- Aug. 3. iaw4W. I'hirty Dollars Reward. d TJLOPED from therfervicc of tke subscriber, o XL on the 19th instant, a negro man by the n nameofDlCK, about.twenty-five years of age, le and five feet nine or ten incbt* high ; by trade it a carpenter, and is a very lively brisk work e, man. His countenance is very good—When iy spoken to, he converses with eafc and confi ?> dtnee, and is pretty sagacious. I purcha/ed 10 the said fellow of Mr.Dubney Minor, in whose name he has been advertised in the Richmond c ' newspapers. During his last runaway trip (last k fummtr) he was employed a considerable length 3 " of time, by some person near Dumfries, from which eircumllance, I conjedlure, he has taken ° anither nothern route I forewarm.all persons from giving hiro employment, of any kind whatever, and maftersof veflels and others, from carrying him out of this state. The above re ward will be given if he is taken within forty it miles of this city; and an additional sum, in proportion to the diftanc# he may be brought. I. or the trouble and expence the apprehender ma{ ,f beat, in bringing him to this place. J-. AUG; DAVIS. 1. N. B. His apparel was of the usual negro kind, H but he ha<l more cloaths than is cuftomaiy for le them to poflefi. I- AD. RiGhtnend, June 11, *797- Will be Landed, From onboard the ship AAiytf, Capt.Br.Aiß,from Hamlwgh, 20 bales white'Aufiia clean Hemp L 2 calks Clover Seed c For Sale bj Thomas Herman Lcuffer, t North Fifth street, No. 34. j Tunc a William Blackburn, LOTTERY and BROKER'S OFFICE ' Ho. 64 south Second-street. ' TI CKF-T* in the Canal Lottery, No. sI, which " commenced drawing the 29th May, FOR ' SALE. Vhc price of tickets will rife in propor- « tion as the drawing advaiiccs, particularly on ac- " count of the five firft drawn tickets, prizes of «■ four thousand dollars each, on the lad day ct < drawing. 1 Check Books kept for examination and regiftcr ing, in the Canal, No.t, of Walhington, Ns. „ i, and Paterfon Lotteries. Also, tickets forfalcinthe. Schuylkillbridge and , Perkiomen Bridge lotteries, will begin ( drawing is the course of the fammcc. The business of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, Bills, Motes, Lands, £cc- &c. tranf»&«d with the utraoft attention* Jutfe 1 tn&f • a Erfkine's View of the War. [ JUST PUBLISHED, i By ROBERT CAMPBELL & Co. No. 40 South Second street, fPrice j 1 Cents]' A Viaw of the Caufet and Confequen ' ces cf the present War with France. By tbe Hoaorable Thomas Erskini. May 15 , $ ( ~ST AT E TRIALS. \ Sold by W. Yoon«, BookfelUr, No. 5«, South S«» t coild-ftreet, t The Pennsylvania State Trials, 1 CONtaming the impeachment, trial, and acquit- f al of Francis Hopkinfen, Judge of the Court of ( Admiralty, and John Nicholfon, Comptroller Gen- t eral—ln one large 8 vo. vol. Price, in boards, % ( dollars. t W. Yowno has for sale, a general affortraentof Book*. Also, Stationary, retail and by the pack- ege, well aflorted,and entitled to the drawback if axpo-rfced. Jaly 7— * * "T " ' < I M-iE SUBSCRIBER' having beco appointed by j the Envoy Extraordinary £nd Miniftei Pleui potenturyof Uis Britannic Majesty, General -4gent ioraflfiding Britiih creditors, and (uch particular a gents a» they i»«*y fpajally authorize, in profecutiug ; „ th«ir claims before the ceramiffioncrs for carrying im- j ; 10 the sixth article ot the Treaty of Amity C<w- j merce and Navigation between kis Britannic and . 1 I the UnitU States as America, hereby gives natice that J he has opened his office ar his houfc tbe fooih east ' ; corner .of Chefnut and filth (beets* Philadelphia, j j where he is ready to receive all elaims or iotiiufitious for claims with the vouchers aud documents thereof, for the purpose of bringing few ward the fame Agree ably so the rules and orders which the boaid nay think proper to prefcritfe. And ai it will be for the interest of all coaaernad, : that the federal claims be so stated, and- fupport -1 ed, as to prevent the delay which would arise from the nectflity of obtaining further information, or ad ditional materials Jrom periods residing at a distance, the general agent thiaks it his duty to add, (for the dire&ion chiefly of those, who, not having employ ed particular agents, may leave the profecucion of their claims to his charge and management) that all such claims ougnt io particular to set forth— tft. The proper defcripaon aed fitoation of the : creditor or claimant, end original debtor, refped ively. ed. The date andoature of the original contrail or debt. 3d. When, in whet manner, and to what extent, the creditor or claimant was prevented or impeded, by the £roviion, operation or detett of law, the clecifions and pradtice of courts, or leftraint of exe cution, from recovering payment oi the defet in question. 4th Thelofsand damage incurred or sustained, j in confequcnce of such impediments, whether the fame may have arisen from the infolveney, change of btuatioo, ordeaihof the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of tame, or oihercsufet impairing the value and feeurity of tbe debt, which would nor have so operated if such impediments had no; <xifted. And sth The particular grounds and reafona on which the claimant maintains, in tbe terms of the treaty, that " by the ordinary course of judkhl pro ings, the creditor cannot qow obtain and a&ually have and receive full and adequate compenfaiion" tor the lofTee and damages so fußaiued. Tbe general ageni tbinks it his duty further to fag geft that the several claims to be accompanied and supported by the af&davits of tho clairaantfi duly sworn and regularly attested, both as to theexirteuce of the debts claimed, and such other cirGumft*.nces as may be within their own knowledge relpe&ively. And wherever the claimants in dating tbe nature of their evidence (which mufl in every inftznee be the bed of which the cafe U capable) have occafcon to refer to thetellimony of witatflei, it will be proper to apprise tbe general agent of the names and places of residence of foch witncHesand the fa£bto be eda blifhed by their teftiirfony/ Wm. Moore Smith. Philadelnhis, June ftih, 17q7- . , For Sale, ' That tuill known place, called andeghht's 1 FMII, ON Nefharoiny creek, 18 tjiiles from Pbih ladelphia, on the Kew York pofl road, containing 74 acres-and 94 perches. Upon the premises are a large two ft»ry fiqne house occu \ pied asatvern, and a good one fiory stone kit chen, a large fr«me stable with a gocd threlhing ' floor, and l'orae oul boildings—alio a well of I good wa ( ter, and »n excellent ice House. On , this f)lac£ is a moil elegant situation fora gentle t man's feat, commanding a view of the Nelham - iry to its junAion wiih th? Delaware, *nd thence v across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the Snbfcriber, mordecax lewis. Mav 24. atawtf. COLUMBIA HOUSE e Boarding School for young Ladies. > tv tRS. GROOMBRIDGiC with much pleas e i\X ureand refped, returns her finopre ac " knowledgement for the libera! encouragemest II ihe has received during four years,refidcuee in ' Philadelphia ; and aiTurts her friends aiwl the ? public, so far from intending tJ decline her e school, she has made a superior arrangement tor the more convenient accommodation of Iter fcliolars. —Every branch of ufeful an(l pclitV educatian is particularly attended to by Mrs. 11 Grooinbridge and miliars excelling in their 11 refpedlive profeflions. 8 Corner of Spruce and ElevenA Streets. June sth, 1797- Jinojaf n The situation is perfeflly healtky : andmade more agreeable by an extenfivo garden and lot y of gr'iund adi»ining the hou'.e. , Jujl Published, y And to be had of Messrs. Dpbfonj Campbell,Rice, Cary, and the other pricipal Bookfcllers in tie city,price one dollar, twinty-Sve rents,in Kc»r<!s, '• ' N-ew Views of the Origin of the Tribes and lotions of America. By BENJAMIN SMITH BAB.TQN, m. ». June jo.y No. 183. JdflriS of Pennfyl'uatna, to luit : l. s. ~R E . IT REMEMBERED, that on the -ij fifteenth djy of June, in t|ie twenty ' firfl year of the Independence of the United Statts of America, JaMhs WoodhocjSe, of the said diftridl, hath dtpofited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims ai autiior, in the words following, ft> wit : " The Young Chemist's Pocket Companion, " being a Description of a Portable Laboratory, " containing a Philofophieal apparatus, and a " great number of Chemical Agents, by which " any pcrfon may perform an er.dlefs variety of " amufirig and itiflniiling Ex] #iiments,defign " cd for the use of ladies and gentlemen, and " intended to promote the cultivation of the 4< Science of Cheniiftry in the United States of " America. By Jami-s Wocdhouse, M. D. " Profeflbr of Chcmiftry, in the. University of " Pemifylvania. President of the Chemical So •* ciety of Philadelphia, &c. " At present every thing that is not denomi " nated Cheniiflry, is but almall part of a fyf " tern of natural knowledge. PrUftly on Air " In conformity to the a& of the Congress of the Unitedfoates, of learning, by fecuringthe copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and pro prietors 6f such copies, during the times there in mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the Diftrufl of Pennsylvania: July 18. —wstf No. 188. Dyir'iS of Pennsylvania, to quit : . s ) T>E IT REMEMBKRED, that on the D twenty sixth day of July, in the twen ty second year of the'indeuendence of the United States o£ America, Johh Fenno, of the said dif tri<9,hath depofitedin this office ihe title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, ib the words following, »o wit : ".Obfervations on certain documents contained " in No. V and VI. of " The Hiflory of the Uni t" ed States for the year 1796," in which th« charge " of speculation, against Alexander Hamilton.tate " Secretary of the Tresiury, is /jjlly refutec— " Written by himfelf" In conformity to '.he*a<ft yf Congress of the Ucited State*, < *St for the encour agement of joining, fecmring the eopies of maps, charts and >, to the authors tuJ pt opri etarsof such copies, during the tinier men tioned." SAMUEL CAUD^ELL, CltHt tie ViJlritt Fcr-nfylva*:*. July 27. , i f 4sy Public Notice ii> hereby given, r "I"'HAT at Juneterm, 1797, a petition was X presented to the Court of Common Pleas, held at York Towjn, in the State of Pennfylva riia, at the tnftance of James Short, praying the Court to supply a loft deed made by a cer laiu Andrew Hickenlubtr, to Hugh Morrifon, Jtmet Morrifon. and John Sample, executors to Morrifon, deceased, for fix hundred ■ acres of Land, fiti'ate in Menallea townlhip, in the county of York :—All per font who have any objections to nake to the ek jefl of the said petition are desired to attend at the Court H»ufe, in the tovrn of York, on the jth day o> September next, otherwise the loft deed will be supplied. JOHN IDIE, Clerk. July IS. o*lßs 30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on fjjturdsy lift, two indented Ser vants, Gifford Dally, a mulatto boy, about 17 years of age, a dim lifht built aiSive fellow, cau read and write,five feet seven or eight inches high, has a heavy countenance; hkd on a fuftixn coatee and trowfers, a high crownA hat, fine /hoes &«. Allan Helloes, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet feveu or eijjht incbes high.athick set clu.iify built follow, particularly about the breechf ha'fon a faikirVblue jacket lined withfwnnikin, dark striped vest, fuftian trowfers.. high crowned ■ bat coarse (hoe«, See.; each of th"Si bad feveraj ftiirt*. and several other cloathes with them. Thir ty Dollars will be paid for the runaways, «/■ ij dol lars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street. The black fellow is about a year from Lewis To-.vn, in the Couuty of Suffer, state of Dela ware, and hat taken the boy witfc him. July 31. Bitu*f3w CAU TIO N. ~ WILEREAS Richard Lake has been at tempting to l'ell a certain meuuageor ten ement and lot of ground, situated on thefouth fide of VLne-fttreet, in the city,of Philadelphia containing in breadth, on Vine-flieet. fix teen feet, and 111 depth, southward, seventy five feet, bsunded on the norrit fide by Vine-ftiett, on theea# by ground late os-Samuel Rhddes and, Sarah hi> wife, on Ihe south by ground late of John Pembeiton,and on the weft by another lotr then about to be granted to Joseph Hulings— . This is therefore to caution all perf«ns against purchasing the above described property, the fame having been mortgaged by the laid Rich ard Lake to William Spade. SARAH SPADE. July. 14 ' eoiw Muftcal lnjlTument hp. 167, Arch-Street. HARPER, hnrpfichcrd,grand, portable grand, fid:-board, pier table and square f ia»o fot-e maker from London, returns thanluto his friends 1 and the public, for their liberal encouragement, ■ and hopes that by his assiduity and attention to e*- ■ ery branch of his fcufiiu'fs, to merit a continuance ? of their fnvors. Piano farfces made on the new eft i and rnoft approved plans, with pedals, patent, swell, and French harp stop, whrch he fiatteis himfelf will *oe fomid on trial by tinprejudietd judges, to be equal if not fuperiorto any imports ed, and twenty per cent cheaper. Any inftru ~ m*nt purchased of him, if cot approved of in twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of Musical inflrumenta •_ uned, and repaired with the grcareil accuracy, dispatch, and on the most terms, lvf r t ready money only. Second hi.nd Piano Fcrte> taketi in exchange, May i-c. &ana. r I'orly Dollars Reward. r "O AN away from the fubl'criber oil the fccj r IV onddiyof this inll. July, a Mulatto Mao, e named Will Bewzer, about forty years of age, • five feet seven or eight inches high, rather r chunky made ; had on whea ht went away, a drab colored cloth coat, striped purple trowfers and jacket. It is probable he will ch»nge his clpathee, as he took a number with him. The e faii'l fellow formerly belonged to Mr- Charles 1 Blaße of this place ; and it is expefUd he has made towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State —Any person apprehending the laid fel low, ajsd l'ecnring him so that I can get him a*- ' gain, Ahall receive the above lewarii if taken " Avt of the county, and Twenty Dollars if in '■ the coun'y, and all reafonabie charges if bro's - house. JESSE REED, Quees Ann's County, Maryland J«!y 3- , .. . >vjt
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