FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber, an indented . Servant Girl, Navcy si «oirsc/n, a hout twenty years of age, Ihort, thiik fct pcrfon, With (hurt black hair ; had on when fiie went away, 'j darh-rf-aiicogown, an old black C!k cloak, and a Stack fur Hat. Whoever will fecurefaid girl, ?nd ?ive information thereof to tbe fuh'cribcr. No. 2, Greenteif alley, or to the office of this Gazette, lhall receive the' above reward. All afe forbid harbor.ing.fiid girl, as they will be dealt with as the law directs' r MARY ANDERSON, N. B. Sai l Girl is from Ireland, and has been i* this country but a (hort time ; she was f< tit to the work-house for mifconducfi, where lljt was taken . lick and removed to thu cky-liofjiicil, from which place she made her efi»pe. 33. eo^t i o be fold at Public Vendue, To the highrft bidde'r, at the house of Mr. William Evans, the sign. of the Indian Queen, in the city of Baltimore, on the 25th day of Oiftober next, at U o'clock, A." xVI • About Teveit tiicufan<j acres of land, it* pro'pti ty Philadelphia, lying between - WeftmillftL| . ( commonly called Little' Winrf . h< _ (urn _ p,ke ' o;K J> jruns through a part of thtfc lands) the trai llc J^ 3 about 17 miles fr ™"tr r r .Jt& hundred yards o> W R e .fl V HWnj( dat£nilsto d . f _ tance cf about IpStfihtce n.Hes from Balti more, and pn t jj e majji f 4 || t Patapfico r|fC Vi i)m three to four miles .thereon. Will L *-—in tracfls of one hundred and fifty to three hundred acre. There is a large propor tion cf meadow and wood land 011 each traifl, some of thern highly improved, with excellent buildings itld fine grsfa. ALSO A traft of seven hundred acres of land, called Clover Farms, within fjvt miles of Biadenlhurg, efteemej very gocd for Grass. Richard Ponfonby,of Bladenfourgh, will shew this land to any perlpn inclined to purchase. ALSO, A tra& of land cf about three hun dred and thirty acre», within about two miles and a half o. the houfe in tllfr'Fede ral City. It is nearly all wood land, and a fine high profpeft, fron. which may be fceH the city of Vv afhington, Bladenfburgh, Alexandria and a part of George-town, and many miles down thr Potomac river. Mr. Richard Por.fon by, of Blader.fburg, will also (hew this land. A liberal credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchale money, i'he terms will bf made known on the day sf sale. May 8 w-m Just Received, From Eatavia (via Providence) A few Boxssof Spices, confiding of Nutmegs, Cloves and Mace For (ale by * IVILLWGS& FRANCIS, Pent, fir eet. way 30 dtf Davis's Law Book Store, No. 319, High-Street. GEORGE DAVIS, BEING busied for fom« time pad in prrpara- j tions for removing ihto his pr«fent*houfe, has , been unde theneceffityof podponinguntil this day | informing the g/:nslemen Of the Bar generally thro' j the United States, that fiTs spring importation of law books is now arranged and ready for fate, on terms that he trulls will entitle him to the like pre- Irecuse he has experienced for leveral years part. > Catalogues, combining the jnoft varied collec tion ever imported ifito this country, are printed and will be delivered on application. June 27. - law 6w City Commijjioners'' Office, June 21, 1797. IN pursuance of an ordinance from the leledl and common councils, pafied the lid day of May lad, appointing the ciiy commifiioners, and prefcrihing their duties, fedtion 9th, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the city is divide!} into five diilri&j, each to be under the fuperintendance of one of the city commifiioners, uhois to be individually relponiihle for the cleanlincfs of the fame, and are as follow. Driftridl No. t. From the south fide of Ce dar-ftreet,to the north fide of Spruce-fireet, un deithe fuptriNtendence of Nathan Boys. a. From the norrV fide of Spruce-ftreef, to , the north fide of Walnut-street, under the fuper intendrnce of If gh Roberts. 3. From the north fide of Walnut to the south fide of H Igh-ftrcet, under the superintendence of Joseph Claypoole._ * 4. From the north fide of High-flreet, to the north fide of Mulberry street, under*the super intendence of 'William Moulder. 5. From the north fide of Mulberry-ftrret to the north fide of Vine-street, under the super intendence of Nicholas Hicks. The cleaningof High-ftrcet to be in common. A flattd meeting of the city commifiion ers is held at the Old Court Houfd, in High- Bred, every Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. July '4- ; eotm Stands for Draymen, Iu pur/uance of an Ordinance from tbeSelefi and Common Counch, bearing date tbe nd day of lApril, ;797, providing for tbe appointment of City CommiJJioncrsi S3c. Sell, the 15th. following places are fixed upon by the said City Commifiioners for Stands for Draymen and their Horses. In Vine-street, eastward of Front-flre«t, on both fides. ' Saflafras, High, Chefnut and Walnut-fttreets, eaflward of Front-street, on the no. th fide only. Mulberry-ftrect, south fide from Front to Third-llreet. Front-ftrc«, east fide from Vine-street to ] Elfrith's alley. Front-street, from opposite to Black Horse al ley to Hamilton's stores, east fide. 1 Waler-ftreet, weft fide from the north end of 1 Stomper's or Moorr's stores to Pine-street. 1 Penn-ftreet from Pine to Ce Jar-street, weft 1 fide. 1' Drawhridge, north fide, east of Front-street. : Spruce, Pine and ftreeu, east of Frost ' street, south tule. ' Dock-ltreet, between Walnut-ftr»et and the flag ft one crolfincs, east fide, opposite George a OrkleyV. Second-street, between and Vine fired!., weft fide. Fifth-ftrcet, east fide from Chefnut to Mul- j berry streets. Saffafras-ftreet, from Third to Fourth-flreet, /east fide. No dray or horse to stand within ten feet of anvpump. 1 h STANDS FOR HACKNEY COACHES. Pine-street, north fide from Fourth to Fifth c fircels. m Fiith-ftreet, between Chefnut and Walnut d flreets, well. ti Branch-llreet, north fide, between Third and fr Fourth streets. fa July 14. mwiScfim pi Ed A Library Treat. a- pabVi/hed, handfomsly printed en writing '"> paper, price 1 dollar, ' A new edition of that popular and entertaininj ' ll _ work, entitled nd r FOR3STER3,an American Tale ; beiTij 2. *. a to the hiilory of John Bull. rh^Clo te, thier—lnaferiesof letters to a friend, with taead dition of two letters, alluding to recent politica as in America. Th« following eitrafl: from the Clavis Allagorica fliews the principal characters that are introduced in John Bull, the Kingdom of England ho Hi» Mother, the Cl urch of England en . His Wife, the Parliament ch IlisSider I'< g, the Church of Scotland His Brother Patrick, Ireland I ewi-, the K ; ng3om of France His Miftreft, the Old Constitution His new Wife, the National Rcprefentation r. Lord Strut., the Kingdom of Spain in Nicholas Frog, the Dutch Republic th The Franks, the French Republic *1 The Foresters, the United Stages of America Robert Lumber, New-Hampfiiiri d) John Codline, Malfachufetts r> Humphrey Plowlhaie, ConneAicut n- 1 Roger Carrier, Rhode Island Peter Bull Frog, New-York cs Julius Cxfar, New-Jerf«y ! s , William Broadbrim, Pennsylvania p I Caffimar, Delaware Walter Pipewood, Virginia I i His Graudfon, Georje Wafhingto* Peter Pitch, North Carolina Charles Indigo, South Carolina 0 j George Trudy, Georgia r- I Ethan Greenwood, V ermont t> Hunter Longknife, Kentucky rt Black Cattle, Negro Slaves Rats, 'peculators Mother Carey's Chickens, Jacobins if S5" ' his popular and entertaining satirical hifto j. ry of Anniicais attributed to the Rev. Dr. Bel knap. It hasa great Ihtre of originality and 3- s ' boHnds with genuine humour. It is continued w -'own to the present time, and chara&trifes those I ute political tranfaAions which havt caused so 1 much unealinefs in Am#ric.. - ' Sold ky'H. and P, RICE, Bookfellcr, No. 16, , 8 *outh Sscond Street, and No. 50, Marke' ftaeet. ..! June %b. 5 'e LAW BOOKS, a Latcft London and Dublin Editions. H. & P. RICE, Booksellers, 1 No. Is, South Second, and No. 50, Market street, f T AVE just received by the lite arriva's from II ' London aifd Dublin, their fpriQg importa tion, confiding of a variety of the latest and mod ! approved J aw Books, whicb, added to alrea dy on hand, fornis the mod exteniive colicdtion ev er offered for fa!e in this country. They thei efbre beg leave to norio;, that from the nature of their conne<3icnsin Dublin, they are enabled to fclllrifti editions (a» they have hitherto at the very lowed prices. The following are among tjic lated publications. Vefcy, jun'r» Reports in Chancery, 7 rcli. Peake's Cases M. Nisi Prius ; Ridgeway's Reports in the time of Lord Hardwick® ; Floyer's Procters Pra&ice in the Ecclefladical Courts; Barton's Treatise on a Suit in Equity ; Tidd*s Pradice of the of Kind's Bench in Personal A&ions, z parts complete ; Ward's Law of Nations ; Cruise on Ufcs ; modern Reports, 1* vols. London edi tion. s j H. and P. Rice expe<ft t« receive by the sirdar ! rival from New-York the 6th vol. complete of • | Durnford and Ead's Reports, the ad part of Gil-* f ; bert si.aw of Evidence by Loft, andanumber of 4 new publications* June 16. i he History of Pennsylvania, , By ROBERT PROUD, Ig now in the press, and will be publilhed, with all convenient expedition, by ZtCHA riah Poulsom, jun. No. 80, Chefnut-ftreet, Philadelphia, where fubferiptions will centinue to be received, and at the Philadelphia Library, ( according to the printed proposals, until the p work is ready for the fubferibert. ( J"ly 1 • aawtf Printed Calicoes. JOHNMILLER, Jun. & Co. No, 8 Gbtfnut'Streety 1 Have for Sale FIFTY TRUNKS Beatly afiorted, rery low on Hiort credit. March 6. § Richard and James Potter HAVE removed their Counting House to No. 45, South Fifth-ftreet. August ». w&ftt —— —— ■ ' Lancaster, Harrijburgh Carlijle, Shippenjburg and Sunbury STAGES. • * V T"'HE public are requeued to take notice, that 1 the partnerlhip which has Ur Tome time fub fifled bctwe.n Mathias Slough of Lancallcr, and William Geer, it now difTolved: but, not as M. Slough infmuates to the public without just cause ; as will more fully appear by a letter on she fub jc&%from M. Slough to W. Gecr, dated rhe 29th 1 December lad. a recital of which is not now deem ed neceflary. Any gentleman who wishes to be more circumstantially informed of the merits of • this business, by applying to W. Gccr may have the peruial of M. Slough's letter, and then can be at full liberty to determine whether or not W. Geer is not perfe&ly jaftifiabie in attaching liirn felf to any other person in the prosecution of the Stage conveyance from Philadelphia to Shippenf urg, or any other place. Now from tbe liberal and generous support the public were pleased to confer on the fird effort in this business, William in conjunction with MelTrs. Reiiy, Weed and Wi:mer, is determined to prosecute and carry it on, with every care, at - tention and dispatch that a zeal to oblige the pub lic can poflibly exert. The above company, who are amplf provided with carriages, horses, and every appurtenance to rendar the paflage fafe and commodious, inform those wno wifb to patroniie and encourage the undertaking, that they can take their fiTats at George Weed's, the sign of the White Horse, Market Street, Philadelphia, on every Monday and Friday, to proceed to Lancaster, Harrifburg, Carlisle And Shippcnfburg. The fare as hitherto eflablifhed. For the further accommodation of the public, a Stage will Hart every Wednesday from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrifburg, arrive at Sun buryln Northumberland county, every Thlirlday, and return (rohi thence and arrive at Hairifburg every Saturday, so tkat passengers defticed for Lancafteror Philadelphia, may proceed o« Mon days. -» WILLIAM GEER. Jan. 27, 1797. N. 13 This Line of Stages llwtf from thr 1 house of William Fcrrac, in Lancafte/7 on every ' 1 uc.'day and' Saturday morning aV 6 o'clock, pro- ' seeding to the weft ward; and from the house of ' Mr. Samuel Elder in Harrifburg every Wednes day morning, on the fame evening arrives at Pa.- trick Cochran's in Shipponfbui g, arid- return's ' from thence on every Thursday : performing the t fans* routine daily as in its tour from Phifadel phi*. * u niwf City of Wafhingtort. •s • SCHEME Of the Lottery, No. 11, ig For tke Improvement '[) the Federal City. 0 A mignificent iwelling-hbilfe zc>ooodollars, & 30jooo, are .50,000 ' ' ditto 15,000 S: ca(T» 15,00 a 40,000 1 ditto 15,000 & rash 15,000 30,000 j' 1 ditto 10,000 & calh 10,000 10,000 1 ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,000 « ditto 5,000 & cash 5,000 10,(too 1 1 calh prize of „ to,ooo 1 do. 5,000 each,are « 10, coo lo do. 1,000 - - 10,00 c 10 do. 500 - - 10,000 00 do. 100 - ... 10,000 , 1 id <lo. 50 ■» so,ooo •400 do. 1? - - 10,000 1,000 do, 20 . - 30,000 do. 10 - 150,000 a - Prizes. 3 J,? ft I Blanks. Jo.oop Tickets, at E:ght Dollars, 400,000 N. B. Tofavour thofc whs tr.ay take a quan tity 0! ric?t -ts", the prize of 40,000 dollars will be tktf t« jt drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the last bllt ONE : And approved notes, fecurinj payment in either monsy or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not lefsthan 10 tick ets. This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the privarte buildings to be ertSed in the City of Washington— Two beautiful designs are already (clewed fop the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawing? it ispropofed to erect twocentreand f ourcomer buildings as soon aspof fible after this tottery is (old, and to convey them, ■ when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in 1 the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel c Lottery. A nett deduction of five per cent, will 3 be made to defray the rieceffaly expeufes of prim ing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of » the fund intended for the National University, to be eredled within the city of Washington. 'The real fecuritresgiven /or the payment of the Prizes, are held by tre President and two DireA sr»of the Bunk of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery. S AMU ML BLODOET. •§• Ticket, may he had at the Bank oi Col*m , Ilia ;of James Weft & Co. Baltimore ;of Feter r Oilman, Boston ; of John Hepkinj, Richmond ; - and of Riritard Wills, Cooper's Ferry. ' msef From the Ot/ego Herald. CAUTION. r TTTHKREAS a combination of men in this 1 VV county have undertaken to enrich them r fel ve«, by fabricating titles to fundr/vakiable trails t of land, the property of gentlemen living in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris, for which . trails of land large sums of money have been paid 1 to those fraudulent men, by innocent purLhafers • ' It >s therefore just that public information should s be given, to theend, that.thc injured may feekre- ; f arefs while the men have property, and are to be ' found. Those who have been discovered are Tru man Harrifon, Joseph Witcomb, said now to re - lide in the county of Saratoga ; Thomas Kelly and several othen who go under fictitious names. It is - supposed that the lands offered for faleon those fa f britated titles, are at lead worth fifty thousand ■' dollars. Such as we have adtual knowledge of are 1 as follows : Lots No. ir and Iz, Otfego patent, theufanS acres each, the adtual property of William Pellwyn,'n»w of London ; lots No. 58 and 64. fame patent, thousand acrfcs each, the property of j Mr. C'haumont, uow of Paris, and lames Avenll | and others, of this State. There foine grounds ' , to fuppof. <l<—c the lands of Richard Wells and I Charles W harton, of Philadelplria, are under their t management.—-The Printers will do well to give this a place in their papers, as welt to caution the , public purch.ifmg those lands, as also to de prive those men in future from imposing on indivi dual, which their education and have en abled them to do heretofore. Witcomb has been a shopkeeper of some nore in this country. The following affidavits will fct in a clear point of view the wickcdnefs of those men,which wkan the public have perused, will induee them to ex tufc the interference of ' ' Wm. COOPER. O'fego, July 28th, 17J7- 1 Thomas Kelly, of the County of. Otfego, hav- 1 , ing been led into an error, by John Witcomb and Truman Harrifon, of the fame County, to sign a deed to thetn, for lot No. 58, Oifcgo patent, which 1 - was the property of William T|. Franklin now Mr. Chamont's and others ; and further the said Joseph 1 and Truman did persuade me to do this ngainft my 1 inclination, which was made out 011 the icth day of November, 1793, or set back two years so as ! to bring it to that time ; and further the name bf Pardon Starkstothat deed was a fictitious name., , there being 110 Auh perlon there. To this I inalile | voluntary oath. THOMAS KELLY. , 19th July, 1797. ' , On the 19th July, 1797, came personally before < s me, liiomas Kelly, the fuhfenber to the above as- I fidavit, and made ljilcmn oath that it contains noth ing but the trvih. FI.IHU PHINNEY, jufiice of the'Pelce. On the 18th July, 1797, c#iie before me Jacob Kibby, a person by me wcll'kuown and worthy of ' good credit, who onhis solemn oath did fay, that two of the parties abovementioned did make ap plication to him this deponent, some time in the j winter of 1796, to make tliem a deed for two thou sand acres of land in the patent, and pro- c liiifed this deponent a fharc of the profits, on the 1' sale of said lands, for his so doing ; and that they i* madeapplicationfeveral times for the fame purpoljr, c which fk-rvic#» this deponent as often refufed, de- " claring to them that he had no right to lands, and ? coulddo 110 such thing ; which daring attempt on I thisdaponent's integrity he had related airong his " friends several times, previous to making this affi- ii davit. JACOB KIBBEY. a Sworn before me, 0 ELIHU FHINNEY, Justice of the Peace. Aug. 3. law4W. rhirty Dollars Reward. EI.OPED from the service of the fubferiber, on the 19th inftjnt, a negro man by the J name of DICK", about ears of age, _ and five feet nine or ten inches high; by trade T a carpenter, and is a very lively brisk work- man. Blfcountenance is very, good—When spoken to, he converses with eaie and confi- p dence, and is pretty sagacious. I purchased the said fellow of Mr. Dubney Minor, in whose {■, name he has been advertised in the Richmond r j newlpapers Diirjng his last runaway trip (last f c summer ) he was employed a cdnfiderable length of time, by some person near Dbmfrics, from which circumstance, I conjediure, he has taken J£ ' another hothern route. 1 forewarm all persons trom giving him employment, of any kind 1 whatever, and maftersof vefTels and others, from carrying him out of this state. The above re- m ward will be given if hi is taken within forty 0 j miles us this city ; and an additional sum, in proportion to the distance he may be Brought, . nr the trouble and expence the apprehender may be at, in bringing him to thi6 place. AUG; DAVIS. N.B. His apparel was the ulual negro kind, j jsj but lie had more cloaths tlian is cuftemary for r them to poflefs. A.D. Ricbmend, June ix» 1797- Will be Landed, From on board the (hip Aiflive, Capt.Bum,from Hamburgh, 20 baks white Ruflia 2 tafts Clover Seed For Sale by \ * Sj Thomas Herman Liuffer, on North Fifth {l-reet, No. 54. oo J ane £ °° William Blackburn, 00 LOTTERT and BROKER'S OFFICE 00 No. 64 south Second-flreet. 00 ' I JCKETS jn the Canal Lottery, No. 11, which 00 A commenced drawing the 19 th May, FOR -, c SALE. The price of tickets will rife in prcpor -30 t'on as ths-drawing advances, particularly on ac -30 ceunt of the five firit drawn tickets, prizes of JO four thousand dollars each, on the last Say of 30 drawi »£- Check Boc'is kept for examination and register- | >n i n g> in the Cattol, No. a, City of Washington, No. 2, and Paterfon Lotteries. A Iso, tickets for falc in the Schuylkill bridge and Perkioracn Bridge lotteries, which will begin drawing in the courfeof the fiftnmer. ~ -The bufmefs of a Broker in all kinds of Stock, '0 Bills, Note*, Lands, &c- &c. tranfa&ed with the - utmost actention. n- June a tufrf ,t Erfkine's View of the War. JUST PUBLISHED, " By ROBERT CAMPBELL'& Co. No. 40 South Second street, [Price 31 Cenu] as A View of the Causes and Confequen of cts of the present War with France. 'y By the Honorable Thomas Erskine. a M * y,lJ L_ J STATE TRIALS. in Sold by W. Young, Bookfcller, No. J», South Se el cond-ftreef, 11 The Pennsylvania State Trials, C f the impeachment, trial, and acqviit- V-' »l of FrancisHopkinfen, Judge of th« Court of 0 Admiralty, and John Nicholfon, Comptroller Gen eral—ln one large 8 vo. vol. , Price, in boards, 3 c dollars. W. Yooko hat for sale, a general assortment of 1 Books. Also, Stationary, retail and by the pack age, well ailorted,and entitled to the drawback if axpetted. J ¥ ] y jX' i~*Hh SUBSCRIBER. having been appoimed by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minider Pleni potentiary of his Biitannic Majelty, General Agent lor afTifting Briiifh creditors, and such particular a geids a« they may specially kuAiorizc, in prolecuting ! their claims before the c»mmiflioneri forcarrying in- I toeffeft Ihe sixth article ot.the Treaty of Amity. Com- I s ( merer and Navigation bettom his Britannic kajejiy and j - the United States »f America, hereby gives nonce tkat ! « he has opened his office at his house the south ea!t ' v corner of Chefiiut and fifth ftieecs, Philadelphia, 1 where he is retdy to receive all claims or indruiiions i for claims wiih the vouchers aud documents thereof, lor the purpose of bringing forward the fame agree- J ably so the rules and ocders which the board may . think proper to prescribe. e And ai it will be for the interest of all concerned, _ that several claims be so dated, and support. Ed, as to prevent the delay which would arise from the neceffityof obtaining further information, or ad ditional materials,from perlonsrefiding at a distance, j s the general agent thinks it his duty to add, (for the * direction chiefly.of those, who, not having employ • ed particular agents, may leave the profeeution of c their claims to his charge and that all , such olaims ought in particular 10 set forth— s" 1 ift. The proper defcrimion and fitnation of the , creditor or claimant, end original debtor, refpeft f : ively. I I ad. date andnatureof th« original contractor s debt. 1 I 3d- When, in what manner, and to whatextent, - 1 the creditor or claimant wis prevented or impeded, f by the provision, operation or deleft of law, the . decifionsand practice of courts, or reflraint of exe cution, from recovering payment of the debt in question. 4<h The lofsand damage incurred or fullained, in confequercc of such impediments, whether the 1 fame may have arisen from the infolveney, change of situation, or death of the debtor, the loss of legal remedy from lapse of time, or othercaufes impairing ' the value and security of tire debt, which would not ■ have so operated if such impediments had notexifled. And sth. The particular grounds and reafens on ! which, the claimant maimaiiu, in the terms of the . treaty, that "by the ordinary coutfe of judicial pro- ' | ings, the creditor cannot now obtain and atluiliy have and receive full and adequate compensation" for the lodes and damages so fufiaiued! ' 1 The general agent thinks it his duty further to fug ged that the several claims ought (o be accompanied and fuppor led by the affidavits of the claimants duly sworn and regularly attested, both as to the exiftente of the debts claimed, and such other circumfiances as may be within their own knowledge refpo&ively. And wherever the claimants in dating the nature of j their evidence (which mud in every indance be the 1 bed of which the cafe is capable) have orcafion to refer to the teflimony of witnclles, it will be proper t toagprifothe genetal agent of the names ami plaer« c of rehdence of such witneflesand the fi£lsto be etia- J blifhed by their tedimony. v Writ. Moore Smith. Philadclokiat June Bfh, 1707. d f For Sale, 0 That well known place > called Pandeqrift's firry, ON Nefhaminy creok, 18 miles from Phili- _ ladelphi2, on the New York post ro»d, containing 74 acres and 94 perches. Upon the * premifcsarea largfe two iloty ftene house occu pied as atvern, and a good one story ftonekit- 1 chen, a large frame liable with a good threshing -* floor, and l'ome out buildings—also a well of n good water, and an excellent ice House. On ° this place is a molt elegant situation fora gentle- " man's feat, commanding a vjtw of (he Nefham- c iry to itsjun<£lion wiih the Delaware, and thence ° across to the Jerfty shore. It has the privilege f, of one half the toll received from the bridge. For terms apply tQ the Stiblwriber, MORDECAI LEWIS. C( V =V 24- ,?tawtf. ni COLUMBIA HOUSE Boarding School for young' Ladies. Ul MKS. GROOMBKIDGE with pleaf- d> ureand refped, returns her finccre ac- re knowlec'.gement for the liberal encouragement she has received during four years refjdence in ' Philadelphia ; and allures her friends and the ~ public, so far from intending to decline her school, she has made a fupenor arrangement for -p rhe niffre convenient accommodation of her f scholars.—Every branch of ufeful and polite n3 educatian is particularly attended to by Mrs. f n Groombridge and masters excelling in their f j, rcfpeiliveprofeflions. j r Corner of Spruce and Eleventh Streets. 311 June 5 th, 1797- jljmftf d, The situation is perfectly liealtky ; and made j- a| more agreeable by an extensive garden and lot of ground adjoining the house. Juji Publijbed, - J; And to be had of Mcflrs. Campbell,Rice, Carjr > arki the other pricipal Bookfciicrs. in the city,price one dollar* twmty-f.vb cents,in hoards, New Views of the Origin of the h" Tribes and Nations of America. By I'.ENJAMIN iMITH BARTON, m. d. June w. *6t No. 183. obi Qifi/ iQ us I*tunfyl-vania, I* *'V .• l. s. c n fifteenth day of June, in the twenty firfl year of thelndependence of the United -tates ot America, Jamis Woodhovs;, of tftf said diftridl, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the rigtit whet*of he claims as author, in the Words following, to wit : ' ' le Chemist's Pocket Companion, . v be.ng a Defcrjptir.n of a Portable Labaratory, " '' containing a Philnfophical apparatus, and a '• great number °f Chemical Agents, by which ich « any person may perform an endless variety of 38- " arrufing and inflrudling Experiments, defign >r- <i c( j , ar she ufeiof ladies and gentlemen, and lc - " intended to promote the cultivation of the 01 " Science of Chemistry in the United States of 0 " America. By Jamfs Wogdhouse, M. D. -t Profefior of Chewiftry, in the Urtiverfity of , " " Peinfylvania, President of the Chemical S'o " ciety of Philadelphia, &c. id „ " At , R^ 15 ' ever y thing that is not denomU in n <*ted Chemiflry, is but 2 small part of a iyf " tem of natural knowledge, k, Prie,?!y on Air" he In conformity to the afl of the Congress of the United States, intituled, " An a<sl for the encour agement of Learning, by fecuringthe copies of Hiapf, charts, and books to the authors and pro* pnetorsiof-fuch copies, during the times there in mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk of the Diftridl of Pennsylvania. J"'y d.n-wstf No. 188. DiflriS of Pennsylvania, to wit : (l. s.) R £ ,t REMEMBERED, that on the J twenty sixth day of July, in the twen ty lecond year of the independent of the United States of America, John Eenno, of the said dif e- tri<a,hath deposited in this office the title of abook, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : t, '* Ohfervations on certain documents contained "ed Stateafor theyrar 1796,"in which the charge «' of speculation, againil Alexander Hamilton, lute " Secretary, of the Treasury, is fully refuted— jf " Written by himfelf " In conformity to Ihe a<S if the Congrcfs of th« Ucited Stales entituled, "An ad for the encour agement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and propri etors of Juth copies, during th« times therein mca y I tioned." ;; SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clik of the Diflria of F.emiMvama. e J u, y *7- " ' «<»■ j Public Notice is hereby given, d j Fat June term, 11797, a petition was it J- presented to the Court of Common Pleas, 't held at-Yark Town, in the State of Peonfylva '» nia, at the inflance s>f James Short, praying '* ,h . e Court t0 fi'pply a 10/t deed made by 3 f er- % ,• tain Andrew Hickenluber, to Hugh Morrifon, y James Morrifon, and John Samole, executors to Hans Morrifon, deceased, for fix hundred I, J eres of Land, situate in Menallen t. township, in the county of York .-—AH per. a sons who have any objeaions to make to the ob 'he ?»id petition are desired to attend at f ' 4ti^t oUrt . Hou f c > in 'he town of York', on the e itnaay of September next, otherwise the loft j deed will be supplied. Il „ , JOHN EDIE, Clerlt. 7 u h 1 2- c- - . , 30 Dollars Reward. RAN away on Saturday last, two indented Ser vants, Gifford Dally, a mulatto boy, .ibout 17' , years of age, a Aim light built adive fellow, can e re«d and write,five feet seven or eight inches high, - has a heavy countenance; had on a fuftian coatee' » and trowfers, a high crowned Hat, fine /hoes «cc. Allan Hcllons, a black man, about 14 years of > "ge, five feet seven or eight inches high, a t!i ick set 5 cluaify built fellow, particularly about the breech; had on a fai!or's blue jacktt lined with fwanfein, , (^ar ' s striped vest, fuftian trowfers, high crowned ; ha <> cearfe shoes, &c.; each of them had several Dii/ts and several other cloathes with them. Thir- ty Dollars will be paid for the runaways or 15 dol lars for each, and reafonaMe charges, oa delivering . them at No. 54. North Third-street. , I hv : : black fellow is about a year from Lewi< Town, in the Co»nty of Suffer, state of Dela ware, and has taken the boy withhim. J»'>- 31- mtu&f jit To be SOLD or RENTED, A LARGE 3 ■ Story Brick on the South fide ©t Filbert street, between Eighth and Ninth, lately occupied as'the Sur veyor General's Office. The Building is 36 feet front and 3 5 feet detp, the lot t jo feet deep, with the privilege of a nine feft wide Alley extending the whole length of the lot, to a thirty feet wide Court for Carriages to pun in. The House is not plastered, and may be turned either i*tto one, or two dwelling Houses. It is luitable for a iarge Manufactory, or Avpuld make a good Tavern. Immediate pcfleiTion will be given. Apply to No. in, Chefntft-Street. A "g-"- cod .31. v Mufual Injtrument Manufattory, h'o. I (5 7, Arch-Street. H ARPER,harpfichord, grand, portable grikd, pier table and square piano torte make r from London, returns thanks to his friends and the public, for tlieir liberal encouragement', and hapes that by his afiiriuity and n to ev ery branch of his bufinefsj toirerit a coctinuapci; of their favors. Piano fertes made on the newefl and most approved plans, with pedals, patem, fwcll. and French harp flop, which hefUtteis, himfelf will „e found on trial by judges, to be equal if not superior to any import*, ed, and twenty per cent cheaper. Ai y inilru m&nt purchased of him, if siot approved of in, twelve months, he will exchange. N. B. All kinds of' M*fical inftru.Tierts n uned, and repaired Tf-ith the greatest act ura< •, difpatth, and on the molt realocabje term-, fir ready money only. Second Piano Fortes taken in exchange. Mayac. Forty Dollars Regard. RAN away from the fublcrifcer on the fee #* onddivof this inif. July, a Mulatto Man, named Will Bowzer, about forty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather chunky made j had qa when he went a-.Vay, a drab colored cloth coat, Itriped purple trow fers and jacket. It is probable he will change cloa.thes, as he took a number with him. The fa id felW formerly belonged to Mr. Charles Blake of this place; and it is expelled he has maritf towards Jones's Neck, in the Delaware State.—Any person apprehending the feid frf low, and securing him fa that I can get hin> a gain, ftiail receive the above reward if taken out of the county, arr.d Twenty Dollars if in the county, and all reaforuble charges if'bro't home* JESSE REED, Queen Ann's County, Marykmd. July 3. W3t
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