ME DOLLARS REWARD. | AN a'.ray from tbe fubferiber, an inder.ted ( *V Servant Girl, named Nancy 'sw*e»H, a- J: Knit twei ty years of aga, Ihort, thick set person, Wit £ fcort black hair ; had on when (he went away, A n dark calico gewn, an old tihck silk cloak, and a irWcl; fur bat.' Wl'oever willftcufe laid girl, and | I ive ii.'nt-r.iauon thereof to the fnblcriWr, No. 2, i Greenlc f alley, < ;r to the office of this Gazette, *h; receive tbe above reward. _ ' !lt AI! p rions are forbid harboring fagirl, as f tra thev will be dealt wiih 'he law directs ri MARY ANDERSON, % N. B. Said Girl is from Ireland, and Jias been in •bis country H'.t a fliort tin'e ; Ibe wasiiiit to iho v prk-houfe for mifconduA, wkweihe wMtak.cn sick to the city-hsfpital, lrom which place file made her efcapc. Am<4 .)Q- !^2l— be lold at Public Vendue, To the higlieft bidder, at the house of Mr. William li vans, the sign of the Indian Qneen, in ibe city of Baltimore, on the- itjtb day of Oilober next, at 11 o'clock, A. M About seven thousand acres i>f la-id, the property of William Bel!, bf Philadelphia, lying between Keifter's-to 1 * 11 and -VVeHminller, componly called Little Wincheller, (the turn pike s rpad rims through a ronllderable part of time lands) the tract begina about' 17 miles from Baltimore, within a few hundred yards ; of laid Keiiier's-town, and extends to the dif- | ta«c< of about twenty-three miles *"rom B.iTti- 1 more, and the main falls of Patapfico river, from three to four mUes thereon- Will he fold in trails of one hundred and fifty to t'.vc" b'jndred acre. There is a large propof tioh of meadow ar.rt wood la id on each trail, fonie of theni highly improved, with excellent buildings an.t fine gr. fs. ai so A traft of seven hundred acres of ' land, called Clover Farms, within five miles of K Bladenfhurei efleenTed very good for Grass.' b , Richard Ponfonby.of Blader.lburgh, will (hew j this land to any person inclined to purchase. l a ALSO, K A trad of land ai about three hun-! g <!red and thirty acres, within about two miles , and a half ol the President's house in the Tede- ! __ ral City. It is nearly all wood land, and a fine high profpeiJl, fron\ which may be seen the city of Bladenfburgh, Alexandria and a part of and many down the Potomac river. Mr, Richard l'or.fon- by, of Bladen (burg, will also fbew this land. - A liberal cretlit will be given for the greatett j part of the purehaf; money. Ihe terms will t be made known on the day of lale. ] n " |Vnvß d just Received, From Batavia (via Providence) a few Box's of Spices, confiftiog of Nutmegs, Cloves and Mace Forfait by . WILLING* & FRANCIS, , Penn flrcct. May 30 dtf ] Davis's Law Book Store, t Na. 319, High-Street. \ GEUR'GE DAVIS, ; BEING busied for Come time pad in prepara tions for removing into h.s prsfent house, has j i been under thcnecelTityof potlponinguntil thisday ] informing the gentlemen of the Bar geni-rally thro' , the United States, that his spring importation of , law books is now arranged ami ready for lale, on termsthat he trusts will entitle him to the like pre freence he has exprrienced for years pafl. Catalogues, combining the most varied collec tion ever imported i/ito this country, .are printod and will be delivered on application. June a 7. - iaw_6w_ City Commijfioners 1 Office, June 7,2, 1797- IN ptirfnance of an Ordinance from the feleil and cojnmon covincfls, pafled the lid day of Mav laA, appointing the city commifiioneis, and prescribing their duties, feflion 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divided into five diftridls, each to be under the fuperintendancc e>f one of jhe city commissioners, whoistobe individually relpotifible for the cleanliness of the fame, and are as follow. Driftritft No. I. From the south fide of Ce dar-flrret, to the north fide i.f Spruce-llr'eet, un derthe superintendence of Nathan Boys. 2. Prpm the north flde of tpruce-ftreet, to )he north fide of Walnut-flrcet,under the super intendence of Hugh Roberts. V From the north fide tothefouth fide of lligK-flrcet, under the fliperintendence ot Joseph Claypoole. 4. From the mrth fide of Iligh-llreet, to the north fid.- of Mulberry street, under the fuper inttndence r f Willi Jni Moulder. From the north fide of Mulherry-fti eet to the north fide of Vine-ilreet, under the super intendence of Nicholas Hicks- The cleaningcyniigh-ftreet-« 3 be in common. A flat-< 1 meeting of the city co/nmifiion ers is held at 'the Old Co'.rt House, in Higb ftreet, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock July f 4- eo,m Standi for Draymen, itfe. In prrfvanet of an Ordinance from tbcScleS and Common Councils,bearing datltbe 12d day of April, 1797. providing for tbe appointme.it of City Commissioners, &c. Heft, the 15th. rpHE following places are fixed upon by the 1 f a y City Commissioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horfea. In Vine-ilreet, eastward of Front-flreet, on both fides. ?afTafras, High, Chefnnt and Walnut fttreets, eastward of Frout-ftreet, on the no. th fide only. Mulb;rry-ftreet, south fide from Front to Third-llrcet. Front-llreat, east fide from Vine-street to ? Elfrith'i alley. TI . , Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse al ley to Hantilton's flores, east fide. VVater-ftreet, weft fide from the north end of Stamper's or Moore's (lores to Pine-street. I'enn-ftreet from Pine to Cedar-ltreet, weft Drawbridge, north fide, east of Front-ftrect. Spruce, Pine and South fireets, eall of Frost ftrtet, south lidc. Dock-street, between Walnut-ftrect and the Sag Done crossings, east fide, opposite Georj^ Orklev's- . , tr , Second-ftrect, between SafTifras and Vine fireets, weft fide. Fifth-ftreet, call fide from Chefnut to Mul berry fireets. SafTafras-ftreet, from Third to Fou*th-ftreet, east fide. „ , , ■ - c No drav or horse to Hand withy, ten feet of '"IPTNDS FOR HACKNEY COACIIES. Pine-street, north fide lrom Fourth to l ifth Pj, Fifth-ftreet-, between Chefntit and Walnut. Branch street, north fidejbetwsen Fhirdand Fourth iireets. Tnlv I I. A. Literary Treat. J Jujt published, hi-idfomely printed on writing paper, price I dollar, A new edition of that popular and erltertainifig work, entitled " PHI FORESTERS, an American Talc ; being -t L u fequcl to the hiilory of John Bull- the Clo* j thier—ln aferiesoflctter* to a friend, with the ad- 5c < dit-ion of two letters, alluding to recent political tranfa&ions in America. rh« following dv'traif* from th? diva shews the principal characters that are introduced: John Bull, the of I'it-odand His Mother, the Church of England Mis Wife, the Par liament His Sifter Peg, the C hut ch Scotland I lis Brother Patrick, Ireland I.ewi-vthe ICrguom of France His Miiircfs, the Old Com'Htution His n<?wWife 4 the Natioc-t Representation Lord Strut, the Kingdom of Spain Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic The Franks, the French Republic l S The IWeftcrs, the United States of Amenta Robert Lumber, New-Hampshire 16 John Codline, M iflachufetts 33 Humphrey Plowfhure, Com>eAicut HLpger Carrier, Rhode lfland 50 Teter Bull Frog, New-York --? Julius Cajfar, Ncur-Jerfey William Broadbrim, Pennj/lvania tit CSllimar, Delaware the Walter Pipewood, Virginia bil His Grandson, George Wafliingto* Peter Pitch, North Carolina, m< Charles Indigo, South Carolina be George Trofty, Georgia , et\ Ethan Greenwood, Vermont Hunter Longknife Kentucky ch Black Cattle, Negro Slaves W Rats, Speculators fel Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacohins fqi •' This popular ami entertaining fatiricilhifto- tw ry of America is attributed to the Rev. Yhr. Bbl- fjfc knap- It hasagreat (hire of originality and a- > V ; bounds with genuine humour. It is continued th down to the present time, and chara&arifes those L ( late political tranfa&ion* which have cauCed so be much ureafinefs in America. , in J Sold by H. and P. RICE, Bookseller, No. 16, th 1 South Second Street, and No. 50, Markc* ftaeet. be June 16. i) LAW BOOKS, I Latefl London and Dublin Editions. ' H. P. RICE, Booksellers, No. 16, South Second, and No. 50, Market street, f> HAVE just received by the Ute arriva's from G London and Dublin, their spring importa- ai j tion, confiftingof a variety of the latest and mod 1 approved Taw Books, to those alrea dy on hand, forms the mod exteafive colle<slion ev er offered for sale in this country. They theiefore hep leave to that from the nature of their conneilicnsin Dunlin, they are enabled to (elllrifh j editions (as they have hitherto at the very u lowed prices- The following are among the latest c publications. Vefey, jan*rs Reports in Chancery, z t Pcake's Cases at Nisi Prius ; Ridgeway's t in the time of Lord Hardwicka ; Floycr*s Probers I Pra&ice in the Ecciefiaftical Courts ; Barton st Treatiiit on a Suit in Equity ; Tidd's Pra&ice of c the Court of King's Bench in Personal Anions, x f parts complete ; Ward's Law of Nations ; Cruise 1 ou Ufa ; modern Reports, vols. London eili- 1 tion. t f H. and P. Rice cxf>e£ t® receive by the firfl ar- I ! rival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of I £>urnford and Eafl's Reports, the 2d part of Gil- < bert's Law of Evidence by Loft, and a number of 1 new publications. June ifc The History ps Pennsylvania, By KOBERT PROUD, Ig now in the prefe, and will be published, with all convenient expedition, by Zi-Cha - riah Poulson, jon. No. 80, Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia, where fubferiptions will.continue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, j according to tbe printed propcfals, until the r work is ready for the fubferibers. July 18. lawtf Printed Calicoes. f JOHNMILLER, Jun. & Co. 7 No. t Cbefnut-Street, 1" Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS neatly aflbrted, very low on - (hort credit. March 6. _ § „ Richard, and James Potter HAVF. removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-ftreet. h /< Uguft 2. W&f6t Lanca'icr, Harrijburgh Carlijle, e Stuppenjburg and Sunbury STAGES. 0 .. public are requcfled to take notice, that JL the partherlhip which has fer fometinn fub -1 lifted bctwea* Mathias Slough of Lancaster, and William Geer, is nor/ diifolved ; but, not as M. Slough infiiiuatest<vtbe public without just cause ; as will more fully appear bya letter on the fub jeit from M. Stough to W. Gccr, dated the 19th - December last. a recital ps which is not now deem ed necefiary. Auy gentleman who wilhes to be more circumllat\tially infurmed of the merits «if this bufineCs, by applying to W. Geer may have f the perusal »f M. Slough's letter, and then can be 'J at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfed'.y jufti6abie in attaching him le felf to any other person in the prosecution of the r Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippenf urg, or any other place. ln Now from tbe liberal and yrneroV support the public were pleased to confer ot>. the firft effort in | s > this business, William Geer, in conjunisli<jn with y. Messrs. Reily, Weed and Witmer, is determined to to profecW and carry it on, with every carc, at tention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the pub to lie can poflibly curt. The above company, who are amply provided il- with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to render the passage fcfe and commodious, inform of thofa wno wiih to patronize and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their /eats at •ft George Weed's, the Cgn of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harri(bur«;, Rt Carlisle and Shippeufburg. The fare as hitherto eftablifned. 1 For the further aecommsdation ol the public, a Stage will start every Wednesday from ths house of Samuel F.lder, m Harrifturg, arrive at Sun ■bury in Northumberland county every Thursday, ne and return from thc"ee and arrive at Harrifbarg every Saturday, so that passengers cteftjped for ll " Lancaftcr or Philadelphia, nay proceed o« Mon days. :t, WILLIAM GEER. lancaftcr, Jan. 27, 1"97- ot N. B. This Line as Stages Harts from the hmife of William Ferr«c, in Lanca!hr, on every Tiielday and Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, pro 'h ceeding to the weftweird; and from the houf>.- of Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrifburg every Wodnef "t day morning, on the fame evening arrives at Pa trick Cochran's in Shippenfburg, and returns id from thence on every ThurfSay : performing the fame routine daily as in its lour hOKi Philadel phia. City of Waillingtron. | S CHEME Of the Lottery, No. 11, Fdr tht ImprcfJement of toe Federal City• A 3c cash are sn»°o°5 n »°o° 1 ditto x c,ooo & cafs *5> 0()8 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & tafh 15,000 50,000 1 ditto 10,000 «c calh 10,000 jo,<*:o I ditto 5,000 & tafh 5,000 jo, 000 L 1 ditto 5,000 Si cash j.ooo 10,000 1 cs!!i prize of ro,ooo '"j 1 do. 5,000 each,are • jo,ooo 10 do. 1,000 - - 1 10,00 c • 30 do. 500 • *" 1 ft, 000 00 do. 100 - " 10,000 joo do. 50 - - 10,000 400 do, - - j 0,000 I,coo do. jo - 10,000 j n is,occ do. ir - 159,000 1 * . '. 16,7,?9 Prizes. p £ 33,161 Bianka. dr •50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollari, 400,000 Bi N. B. Tofavour those who may take a quan tity ol Tickets,the prize of 40,000 dollars wjll be the l«jt drawn ticket, and the 30,060 the last but oss : And approved notes, femring payment in either monsy or prizes, in ten days alter drawing, will be received for any number not lefschan 30 ticlc ets. 1 This Lottery will afford an elegant fpeciroen of cheprivaite buildiDgs to }>e ez-iiled in the City of Washington—Two beautiful defigas are already fcleSbd fop.the entire frontt on two of the public squares; from these drawings it ispropefed to ereiSl _ twocentreand''oitrcor*erbßildings.as loon aspof fible after this lottery is fold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in S< the manner deferibed in the scheme for the Hcte! Lottery. A nett dedu&ion of five per cent, will be made to defray the necessary expenses of print- < ing, &c. and the surplus will be tnade a part of \ the fund intended for the National University, to A be ereulcd within the city of Wafhihgton. a The realfecuritiesgiven for the payment of the j, Prizes, are held by the Prefidcnt and two Direfl or» of the Bank of Columbia, and are va!»edat 3 more than half the amount of the lottery. e . SAMVKL SLODQFT. a | .§, Tieketsmay be had at the Bank of Colam hi-j ; of Jamet Weft & Co.. Baltimore; of Fetcr Oilman, Bodon ; of Johp Hopkins, Richmond ; and of Richard Wnlls, Cooper't Ferry. mwf P From the Qtfego Herald. f. CAUTION. 'J WHEREAS a combination of men in that ' „ county have undertaken to enrich th«m- : t/ felves,by fabricating titles to sundry valuable trafls h of land, the property of gentlemen living in New , c York, Philadelphia, London and Faris, for which ! * trails of lind large funis of money have been paid j f' to thfcfe fraudulent men, by innocent purchasers • | f It is therefore just that public information should 1 2 be given, to the end, that the injured may seek re- j 1 ! rfrel's while the men have property, and are to be ( found. Those who have been discovered are Tru- j ( man Harrifon, Joseph Witcomb, said now to re- t ftde in the county of Saratoga ; Thomas Kelly and ( fcveral others who go under fiilitious names. 1* h , ■ supposed that the lands offered fcr sale on those fa- j , f bricated titles, are at lead worth fifty thousand 1 , • dollars. Such as we have aftual knowledge of are ! i f OS follows ; Lot! No. II and 11, Otfego patent, I thousand acres each, the a3ual property of William j Dcllwyn, now of London ; lots No. 58 and 64, ; « - fame potent, thousand acr«6 each, the property of 1 Mr. Ch'aumont, now of Paris, and James Avenll and others, ol tUt Staoe. There it foine grounds ' t to suppose that the lands of Richard Wells and I Charles Wharton, of Philadelphia, are under their management. —The Printers will do well to give ' e thita place in their papers, as well to caution the public agaiuft pvirchafing those lands, as also to de ' prive those men in future from imposing 011 indivi- C duafs, which their education and address have en abled them to do heretofore. Witcomb has been a fliopkceper of some note in this country. The following affidavits will set in a clear point of view the wickednefsof those .men, which when the public have perused, will indute &«m to ex cuse the interference of Wm. COOPER. Otfego, July lßth, 17J7- , I Thomas Kelly, of the County of Otfego, hav n ing been led into an error, by John Witcemb and Truman Harrifon, of the fame County, to ftgn a deed to them, for lot No. 58, O'.fego patent, which was the property of William T. Franklin now Mr. Chamont's and others; and further the and Truman did persuade me to do thin againit my inclination, which was made out oxl the icth day of November, 1793, or set back two years so as to bring it to that time ; and further the name of Pardon Starks tathat decdwat a fiilttious nam.', '' there being no f«cb perlon thA"e. 1 o this I make voluntary oath. THOMAS KELLY. 19th July, 1797- On the :9th July, 1797. came personally before me, Thomas Kelly, the fubfenber to the above af lat fjdavit, and made folcran oath that it contains noth b- ing but ih« truth. ml HLIHU PHINNEY, Justice of the Peace, d. On the 18th July, 17V7. ™e before me J. cob e ; Kibby, a person by me well known and worthy of b- good credit, who on hi* solemn oath did fay, that th two of the parties ahovementionrd did make ap a- plication to.'him this deponent, some time in the be winter of 1796, to make*them a deed fcr two thou ff sand acrts of land in the Otego patent, and pro ve mifed this deponent a share of the profits, on the be sale of said lands, for his so doing ; and t'V.t they ff. made application fcveral times for the some purpoe, xi- which fprvicas this deponent as often reiufedjde he clarine to them that he had no right to lands,"at'd if- could So no such thing ; which daring attempt on thisdsponent's integrity he had related among his he ft iendt feveraliimee, previous to making this affi in davit. JACOB KIBBfiY. ith Sworn before me, ed ELIHU PHtNNEY, Jufticeof the Peace, at- Aug. f. iaw4W. lb " Thirty Dollars Reward: [ed T? LOPED from the service of the fubfi riber, to -til on the 19th instant, a negro man by the rm name of DICK, about twenty-five years of age, :hc and five feet nine or ten inches high ; by trade at a carpenter, and is a very lively brisk work fe, man. His countenance is very good —When lay spoken to, he converges with eale and confi- r K> dence, and is pretty sagacious. I purchased rto the fai l fellow of Mr. Dubney Miner, in whose name he lias been advertised in the Richmond !lc > Jiewfpipers. During his last runaway trip (last fumnier) he was employed a considerable length oftime, by some person near Dumfries, from ''' which oircumftance, I (onjedlnre, hehastaken another rtothe'in <oute. I fcrewarm all persons , 1 frorh giving him of any kind whatever, and maftersof vefielsand others, from carrying him out of tiit» state. Ihe above re ward will be given if he is taken within forty , mites of this city; and an additional sum, in proportion to the distance he may be brought, ro . or the trouble and expciice the apprehender may n r beat, iu bringing him to this place. , ef : . AUG; DAVIS. N. B. liis apparel was of the usual negro kind, ms but he bad more cloaths. (han is culiomary for the them to hoflefs. ' . „ tel. A.D. Richmond, June H» 1797- Will be Landed, Flora on board the fliip Afiive, Capt. Blair, from Hamburgh, io ba!f' white Russia clean Her.ip L. 1 casts Clover Seed e , For Sale by Thomas Herman Leujfer, • North Fifth ft-rect, No. 34. tit Tune t6. * . * ' ;vu William HJaekburn, LOTTERr and BROKER'S OFFICE " No. 64 south Second-flreet. " TICKETS in the Canal Lottery-, No. IL, wLich " commenced drawing the 19th May, FOR (i SALE. The price of tickets will rife in pronor- « tion as the drawing advances, particularly ou ac- «< ccunt of the five firft drawn tickets\ prizes of a four thousand dollars each, on the last day ot u drawing. « Check Books kept for examination and register- u ing, in the Caqal, No. 2, City of Waflxingtori, No. u 2, and PaterWp Lotrericia. Also, tickets for sale in the Schuylkill bridge and (| Perk:omen Bridge loltpriea, which will begin (g drawing in the course of the Cummer. The buiinefs of a Broker in all kinds of S#*ck, Bills, Notes, Land?, &c-Sic. tranfa<ftcd with the utmost a:tention. u June 2 tufrf a t Erfkine'a View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, in By ROBERT 'CAMPBELL & Co. No 40 South Second street, [Price 31 Cents] A View of the Causes and, Canfequen ces of tbeprefent War with France. By the Honorable Thomas Erskine. May 15 J (1 "sYjte TRIALS, y g Sold by W. Young, Bookfeiler, Ne. s*, South Se- t> cond-flreef, tl The Pennsylvania State Trials, w CONtaining the impeachment, trial, and acquit- „ al of FraneisHopkinfsn, Judge of the Court of „ Admiralty, and John fiicholfon, Comptroller Gen- (1 tral—ln one large 8 vo. vol. Price, in boards, J| (< dollars. I „ W. Young has for sale, a general afTortment of I Books. Also, Stationary, retail and by the pack- t ege, well aflorted, and entitled to the drawback if axpwted. Jaly 7—* n having been appointed by ti JL the Envoy Extraordinary and Minifler Pleni potentiary of Iris Hiitawniq Majcfty, General Agent t«r affilling Bri:ifh creditors, and such particular a gentsat they may fperially authorize, in profeeutiiig _ their claims before the c.mmiffionert for carrying iu- ! to effect the sixth article of th« Treaty of Amity, Com- r merce n'd Navigation bdwttM Ins Britatnit Vajejly and : the United States if America, hereby gives notice that he hat opened hti office at his house the fotnli tall h corner of Chefaut and fifth ftreett, PhiWelpbia, ri I where he u ready to receive all.claims oricftiuitiotit t i for claims with the vouchers aud documents thereof, , i for the purpose of bringing forward the fame agree- . ably so (be rules and orders whith the boaid may J think proper to prescribe. And at it will be for the intercft of all coaoemed, that the fcveral claims be so dated, and support. J I ed, at to prevent the delay which would arile from 1 the necessity of obtaining further information, or ad- j ditional materials,from periods refining at aditUnce, \ the gei\pral agent thinhs it hit duty to add, (f»r the , direction chiefly of those, \vbo, not having employ- ; 1 \ ed particular agents, may leave the profeeution of their claims to his charge and management) that all .such claims ought in particular to set forth— ! ift. The proper defcripcion and Gtnation of the . : creditor or claimant, and original debtor, refpett i i»«iy- . , „ «d. The date arlipature of the original contractor i <3tbt. , , [ 3d. When, in wKat manner, and to what extent, the creditor or claimant w»s prevented or impeded, by the provision, operation or deleft of law, the 1 decifionsand praikice of tourtt, or restraint of .exe cution, from reoovering payment of the debt io queflioiH . 4lh. The loft and damage incurred or fuftatned, ' inconfequer.&c of such impediments, whether the 1 fame may have arifeo from the infolveney, change of situation, or death of thedebiot, the loft of legal t remedy from lapse of time, or othercaufet impairing J the value and feeurity of the debt, which would nat - have so operated if fuoh impediment! had notexifled. And ,sth. The particular grouads and reasons on which the claimant maintain!, in the terms of the treaty, that " by the ordinary courlc of judicial pro -j ings, the creditor cannot now obtain and afiual'.y a have and receive full and adequate eompenfation" for l the lodes and damages so fuflaiued. . The general agrnt think t U his daty further tofug ' lhat the fevciai claims ought to be accompanied and supported by the affidavits of the claimants duly fworn and regularly attefled, both as totherxtflence y of the debts claimod, md such other circumftsncet 19 at may be within their ov>n knowledge refpefiively. 'f -tnd wherever the claimants in Qating the nature of their evWence (which must in every mftaiic; be the ■e bed of which the cafe is capable) have occafton to refer La the tediruony of witoeifct, it will be propel to apprif.the general agent of the names aud places • e of rcfidence of such witacfTetand the faftsto be ellfl f- bli filed by their testimony. , 1- Win. Moore Smith. Philadelphia, June Bth. 17Q7. ' d ,b For Saie, That tvtll known place, callod " Fiity, rvN NeHuminy creek, 18 miles from Phih ie vJ* ladelphiaj'on the JS'e\» York port road, (oiuaining 74 acres and 94 perche;. Upontlie 5 " premites are a large two flory ftane hrufe occu pied as a tyern, and a good one ltorv flea? kit— I chen, a large frame stable with agood tiirefhing I', floor, and i'ome out bjildings—alfo a well of good witcr, and an excellent ice House. On )n this place-is a moll elrgant fituat:cn lora gentle man's feat, commanding a view of the Nefliam -- ir.y to its jun£»ion with the Delaware, and thence across to the Jersey shore. It has the privilege of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply to the 'Snb^nber, mordecai lewis, ~ y, v 24. atawtf. Ti "COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young Ladies. :<•'» -it tKS. GIiOOMBKI'O.GE with much pleaf tle lVi. urtand refpea, returns lwr sincere ac k" knowledgement for the liberal encouragement en the has received during four years relidrnce in ft- Philadelphia ; and allures h?r friends and the '■' ti public, so far from intending to decline her 'f c school, (he has made a fupcrtor arrangement for the more convenient accoHimodctioit ol her scholars. —Every branch ©f ufeful and polite education is particularly attended to by Iv<rt. ' m Groombridge and mailers excelling in theii en refpeiSliveprofeiTions. 119 Corner of Spruce 3nd Eleventh Streets. nl ' June 1797- Jimlrf im The fituat.nn is healtby ; nr-dmaiie e " more agreeable by an exfenfive garden and lot ty of rrri-und adjoining the houle. n" Jujl Publifhcd, ay And to he had ef Meflrs. DoWor, Cimpbell.Rice, Cary, and the other pricipal Pookfeliers in the city.price cue dollar, twir.ty Sve cents,tn boards, ! d - New Views of the Origin or the or Tribes and Nations of America, Ey BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, m. d. JuitC 50. * 6t No, 183. £>ifir'icl cf Pennfylvtima, to wit : L „ T)E IT REMEMBEUBDj that on tV,t JL) fifteenth day qf June, in the twenty firft year of the Independence of' the United States of America, James Woodhovst, of the fa id dillridl, hath depolite'd in this office the title o+" a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " The Yoii-ifs Chemitt's Pocket Companion, " 'bcin;! aDefcription of a portable Labaratorv, " containing a Philofoptiical apparatus, and a " great number cf (jhemical Agents, by which " any jftrfrijn may perform an endless variety of " amufiiig and inflrudling Experiments,defign " ed for the use of ladies and gentlemea, and " intended to promote the cultivation of the " Science of CKemiflry ih the United States of " America. IJyjAMfs Wogdhousb, M. D. " ProfcfTor of Cheiniftry, in the University of " Pennsylvania, President of the Chemical So-- " ciety of Philadelphia, &c. *' At prefdrtt every thing that is not denorrti " nated Chemifiry, is but a ftnall part of a fyf-< " ttm of natural knowledgi. Priestly on /Sir " In conformity to the ail of the Coogrefs of the United States, intituled* " Anail forthe encour agement of Learning,hy feourlngthe copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and pro prietors df fiich copies, during the times there in mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the piftrifl of Pennfy'.vatiia. July 18. d.^t —wstf No. 188. Diflrift of Pennsylvania, to ivit : (l s) n RRMIiMB£REr) ' that ° n the * * '' J3 twenty fixtlf day <if July, in the twen ty second year of the of the United States ol America, John Fpnno, of the said diT tri&. hath deposited in this office tlie title of a book, the right whereof h< claims as proprietor, in the word* following, to wit : 41 Observations oh certain documents contained " in No. V- and VI. of M The History ps the XTnif:— <c ed States for the year in which the charge " of fprculation, againlt Alexander Hamilton, 11 Secretary of the Treafmry, is fully refuted— " Written by himfelf " In conformity to'he adl of the Congrcfs ©f tba i Ucited States, eutituled, agement of learning, ky fectrrir.g th« eopi«* «f maps, enacts and books to the authors ants propri- ,v ♦ tors of filth copie*, during th« times therein men tioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of tie Diflriß of Pjurtfylvania. July *7. waw Public Notice is hereby given, THAT at Junetwm, 1797* * petition was presented to the Court of Common held at York Town', ii the State of Fennfylva nia, at the instance ofi James Short, praying the Court to fuppiy a loli deed ra.ie'e by a cer tain Andrtw Hickenluber', to Hu -li Morrifon, « James Morrifon, and Joh\ Sam- e, executors to Hans Morrifon, deeeafcfl, Vc > fix hundred acres of Land, fitvate in Menalicn tanuulhip, in the county of York .-—All per. sons who have any objections to viake to the o'o jeA of the f»id petition ire defir.v to attend at the Court House, in the town of York, 00 the 3th day of September next, otherwile the loit I deed will be supplied. JOHN EDIE, C!e.:c. July 18. - eAt q . . ■■■—'—•—-■«.— 30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday (aft, two indented Ser vants, Gifford Daily, a mulatto boy,abcmt 17 years of age, a Dim lifht built »tsuve follow, can ; read and write,five feet seven or eight i iches high, has a heavy countenance; had on a uftian cnatfe 1 and troMrferi, a high crowned hat, fine f.iocs &c. Allan Hellons, a black man, about 14 years of > age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick set : clumsy built fellow, particularly about the Breech; ' had"on a failor'sblue jacktt lined with fwanlkin, ' dark fcriped vest, fuftian ttowfers, high crowned * hat, coarfa shoes, &c.; each of thsm had fevcral 1 fliirtt arid several other cloathes with them. Thir " *y Dollars will be paid for the runaways, or 15 dcl ' lars for each, and rcafonable charges, oa deiivering ~ them at No. 54. North Third-street. , The black fellow is a'oont a year from I.i-wis r Town, in the County of x, state of Dela ware, and has taken the boy with him. July 31. mtu&f.^w J To be SOLD or RENTED, ' A LARGER Stntv Brick Koufe, on the i\ South fide of Filbert street. Between ,f Eighth and Ninth, lately occupied as the Sur e veyor General's Office. o The Building is 36 feet front and 35 feet deep, ■i the lot 110 feet deep, with the privilege of a nine * feet wicje Alley extending the whole length of J " the lot, to a thirty feet wide Court for Carriages to turn in. The House is not flattered, and may be turned either one, or two dwelling Houses. It is fnjuble for a iaree> Manufactory, or would make e good TjvAi-. Irmneiiiate r poiiiUiou will lie g vii. \, 4 App'y to No. HI, Ciclßjt-Stneet. Ang.a'i. ,4 cod^t. I- _ r— -T—§ ■ '' Mujical Injh-mr-fat amfeclory, A'o. 167, sir rji Struct. ( T.TARPF.R,hat-fifichotA,grand,porf.bly gra -d, n fid'-board, pier table and i'qutfc ynno icre maker from London, returns thanks t4 his iriirris " and the public, fcr tlieu liberal c(iccurr.ge:r.«,t, n and he pes that by hitaffidnity and fe cv c" cry hranchof his iufnefs, :on"erit aco-ti n " cf thur favor's. Pmno fcrus made on th> newest ce and ihofl approved plans, with p'dali, patent, swell, and French harp ftcp, which he fl;tt<is himfuf will ue found on trit Ihy unpr jnclice,;! judges, to be eo t ua! if not superior to auy jr. 1 : rt - - ed, and twenty percent cheaper. Any rI ru mint purchaied .1 him, if uot apjrovtdof in twelve mouths, he will exchange. N. B. Ail kinds of X>«ifical tnflrumcnts made. S. uncd, and repauec. with the grcattfi (pcruiaeyj if- difpat-h, and op the moii reafonr.ble term , ivr ,c- ready monty only. Nt Second hand Piano Forte* trkeo in eschange. ; B May »f. &*r.i. '' ~ l er Forty Dollars Reward. o r ~fy AN away from the fubferibet on the fee er J[x_ onddivof this intt. Jtily, a Mulatto Mah, lte named Will iiewz-r, about forty years of age, r f' five feet fevtu or eight inches high, rither :lr chuuky,masle ; had on when he. went auav, a di;ab colored cloth coat, llripcd purple tiowftrs and jacket. It is probable be will change his clo;thes. 5.s he took a, number with him. The , de faii.l -fellow fonn. rly belong'd t--> .' Jr. Charles ' ot Blikeof tl.4s place: and it is t.vpe csl.ee' ht has made towards Jon«s's Neck, in-the V\ la ware State. — Any perfrn apprthenc.i>'g tf»e,fei j , i low, and feenring liiai t" 1 hat 1 can get him pain, fiiail receive the ..bove rewar.' if tSkcn , u put of the county, Sftid "J'wenry Doll j-s if jt us ' the cour.'y, and all reasonable chargei if bp t home, JESSE RE"D, Qviscn Ann's Couiity, Maiyi.md. July 3. wjt
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