I PROPOSALS, i BY THE Injur ance Company of North America. For Insurance against Fiki, on Dwelling- Houses, Ware-Houses, and other Buildings (am? on Goods contained in such Building*) diflant from PhiUdelphia, in the United States. I* Common l'»rurancr«, on hazards of the firft class, wili be undertaken at a premium of about hall per cent, per annum. For extra hazardous rifqaes a larger pretrium will be required, "which will vaiy according to circu"*iftance», feidoai ex ceeding one per cent, per annum ; bat in some i-n ---ftances, where the property insured U not only in itfe'f extra hazardous, but rendered still more Co by the tic in ity of r*tra hazardous buildings and occupations, rhep»emium demanded will be raised according to cirewmftanres. Houses and 'Ware-Houses, the wall* and parti tions of which are wholly of stone or brick, well Conftru to an amount not ex ceeding 4000 dollars ; but if more than this sum is required to be insured in one- tenement, an addi> tioaal premium will be required, in proportion -to circumstances. ' 11. 'rfuranee= will also be made on building? and gonr*ieular heads or ciafTes, so as to defaibe wch with the necelfary accuracy. Each cafe must therefore he decided upon according to thecircum ltaiices a-tending it ; and these circumstances wili, in general, appear from the description accotnpa uyTg tie application, Buddings partly eonftrufled of brick or stone, are preferable to those wholly wooden. And in i both cases, the fiile of buiWing, how they are oc- i cupled, how they are situated, the neighboring buildings, and how'occupied, are eosfiderations to , be taken ir.to view. And with refpeft togoods, their tendency, whether from their nat*re, or | from the manner in which they are exposed, either to commence or to Increase an accidental fire, aisd I their liability jn such state to receive damage by i wet, or by sudden and hasty removal, or to be ito-1 len in time of confufion and hurry, are all cir propcrtioned accordingTyT~~" l!l. The following conjitiont are to be under stood 1 y the parties . ifr. The Infu. ance isnct binding till the ftipu- Ijti.-d jrem nrn I avai.l; but it fliall be deemed ef fectual irom the tune of such payment and accep tance. thereof, whether the policy be immediately figncd or not. fd. Insurances may be renewed at the expira t'on cl the term of the policy, without furtherex p-rfes than the payment of the premium of the re new ed term, the circumftancescontinuing the fame as they were under flood by the Infiirers at the time t'l;former insurance was made ; but the payment <»f the premium is elTentiul to such renewal ; ano if the party insured fullers anytime to elapse after the expiratiop of theformeririfurar.ee, before he pays a premium for the renewal, he is not insured durirg such H:i'e ; «or nthednfuranee be renew ed en the fcrmer policy but hy computing the commencement of the renewal from the expiration of the former,infurance. The fubjefl of inlbr ance-Jnay ne", :rvh-lefs be open to treaty for a new infuraoce. 3.1. f any other LTiirance be made on the fame property ; it must he made known at the time of «ppli(»t .. nthcrwife tiie policy made on such ap plication will be void. •yh G" >''» h»ld in trust, or on consignment, T»ny b$ insured *s fiych in a separate policy; but tht\ aren't fa : .>e corfulered ts infutedotherwafe. 5 ill,, This company will not be liable or accoun table' -rtny lolsor damage occnDom d by any lor f i'lvafion, cr by :» y military or usurped force or by peafon of any ci\ commotion ; or occaiion, eel by gunpowder, aquafortis or other thing of tii- Jd;e kind kept in the building, or amongll the pro perty insured. f th. Hills of Exchange, Bqnds and other Secu rities, Title Deeds, Money, Bank and other pro mifiary Notes, are not included in any insurance ; tier i:-e paintings, medals, jewels, gems, antique curiosities, or mirrois exceeding the value of twen ty-five dollarsench, tobeconfidered as insured une I#rs particularly mentioned and by special agree ment. Jih. No insurance will be made forafhorter term than ore year, nor for a longer term than fe v-i years. Ft rfons choosing to infire for seven years (ball be aliowed one year's premium by way of dileount: One third ot a years premium fliall be abated in like manner on an insurance for tfcree years. , Bth. Lofles fuflained by fire su property injured, fliall be paid in thirty days after due prouf and li quidation thereof, without deduction. A description of the property to be infurod will he expifltn wi.h «aeh application, to be made by a maimer carpenter and ftgned by him, as well as by tbr owner of the building 01 applicant for in fviraV'Ce, and attested belorc a Notary or principal IvLijdllrare, who will certify his knowledge of the parties and their credibility. ' With refpe»!l to Houses and other Buildings. ' Jit. The site and poCtioß; describing the ] fln-et or toaci on or near which the building , Itjiuls ; its contiguity to water, and other cir- | cumil nces relative to the extingui(h;*.ent of fire in tale of accident ; and particularly whether , any and what fire companies are eftablifl\ed, and I engines provided, in the place or neighbourhood, j 2d." i'he materials of which it is built, whe ther of brii k, stone or wood, and what part of each, js well as to the outside walls as itifide or partition walls, and their refpe "ive height and thieki .'ls; the style of the roof and of what materials; how secured by battlements or par ty walli 1 what kind of aceffs to the top of the J house to the ehimnies ; whether any and what eic<£lric rods ; tliq number and kind of j fire places ; and the kind of deposit for ashes. 3'l. Ihe dimenfiensof the building and how dl> i'leil, and the style in which it is finilhed so as to enable indifferent persons to judge in-what manner it is to be repaired or rebuilt in cafe of injury ; the age and condition of the building, and how occupied, whether merely as a dwel lin;; houfo, or for any other, and for what pnr pofr , also an estimate of the value of thehoul'e . ef budding independent of ttlie ground. 4 .h. The lituatioi: with refpefl to other build ings or back buildings, vhether adjoining or not, comprehending at least one hundred feet • each way : what kind of bitildingt are within that distance, how built, of what materials, and ho\r occupied or improved, whether as dwel- ( lifigs for private families or otherwise : whe ther any and what trade or manufaftory is car- ] ried on, and particularly whether there be any s extra hazardous articles used, or tif'iially depo sited in the ho-ife, or within the diltance afore- ' f*id, and,of what kind. Refpct)irg£c>9«'.< in Houses, Warehouses, *c. I. A reneial deftription of the building in w'uich they arc kept will be expected, similar in " all rrfpe£ls,as to the danger from lire, with that required tor Insurance 011 the buildings them i'clves. a. A description of the Lilids and nature of • the goods, whether in calks or other packages, or oj>em d ; and whether displayed in whole :i yircts or in th« ufaal form for retailing. And ' >«*"»' f * 1 ' " \ ~ m !if 'h* goods arc mnterta'iy in kind,- a general J efimate age or cJTrying place, with between thirty and a ~. forty acre® of land, under good irr.provement, and as much more in the vicinity, a 9 may be required ,e ' for future improvement. in The grift mill is a handsome, new and well fin c " ifhed building, of 50 by 3° 3 high an# t'urniftied with a run of excellent Burr stones to and another of Efopus* (lones, ot the belt quality —and the croft approved V)o*lt», &c. calculattd to or male* all the different qualities of flour for expor er taticn or for home consumption : ItU*ccclTible by ? d water from every part of the Cayuga lake aui fe neca-»river, as well as from the Seneca-lake—and P- from its fifuiti«n. veryeytenfiVe ati.l •r ---neTer Wt in wact of water ; at.d m it has been Kept ~~ workingdi-ring the fertreft season of the lait win ter, it is not liable to'icimpeded by frufl : The saw milt it also new, fitaateiJ on tjie fame dream, now furnifhed with an amplt flttfk of P" logs, of which a supply may it all times be pro 'y cured by land or water, of the be 4 quality r The dwelling house is well calculated for the nfe a * of the miller, is new, and f'ifSciently laige : The K- barn is about 40 feet fouart, and entirely new : e * The portage is j-4thsof a mile in length, along ie the Seneca-falls—over which wer« palled in the te lad year, nearly two hundred boars with their it contents j this objeA is airea-ly productive of a 1(1 handsome income, which Biull be incrcaCng and - r perrtianent: Among the many advantages of thisCtuatioa, d mud be numbered the fertility of thefurrcanding country—being the b«ft improved part of the coun ie ty ef Onondaga—tht concentration of inter n cotirfe by lani and water, the Geneffee ftateroad paffmg through it, as well as all water carriage to " Geneva, ar.d the counties of Ontario and'Steuben ; which renders it a mod eligible Hand for a Stor« or e ' Tavern—The river and lalvs aiiound in fifh and >f fowl, and the country with deer and o'her game. '■ Sefides the millt already eredled at tliis place, it is calculated for any additional water works that t, maybe found ncccffary—Fulling mill, bark mill t tannery, farces, &c. may be ereiled at a small ex pence—lron e re may be brought in boats Irom the - Cayu»a lake ; and it is'thwght to abound in tkf ' neighborhood. - The flock on hand w : ]|bt fold to the lessee, and . the cattle, utensils, smith's forge, &c. may be fold - or let the premises. If apurchafe should offer for the whole or an 1 undivided part of the premises it will be fold. I F*r term* of (ale or lease, apply to mr. Wil- ' - l'elmusMyndersi, at the Seneca falls, or to the ; fubferiber, at Schenedady. = STEFHEN N. BAYARD. : Federal Mills, A DJOININ-G Georgetown, and the City of | Xi- Washington, will be offered at Public Sale, , on theioth day of September next, at the Union , J Tavern, if not previously fold at Private sale. I I'hofe millsin'point of situation for b-iCnefs and c . na'ural advantages are generally admitted to be e*ua! to any ir America. The Merchant Mill is a large brirk house, eighty feet by fifty, almofl ' new, in which are erected foor pair of Burr mill flones with eievators, hopperboys and b*lting ' , cloths, completely finifhed and coiiflrudcd m such E | a manner that the whole of the mills may manu. 11 t failure flour at the fame time. The country mill f which is created near the other, is entirely r.ew, I a ilrong stone building, eontaining one pair of ? stones, and built in such a manner that the fecoad " pair may be put up with little cxpeace. Thismill P is conveniently finifhed, and calculated to carry 011 extensively, country work, of which u gets a con- e llant supply. There is belonging to the said mills 1 acres of land, the whole of which will be * fold with the mills. b One third of the purchase money will be require ed ill sixty days from the day of sale, and for the balance a liberal credit will be given. Further ? particulars will be mad- known of ths day of file. JOSEPH E. ROWLF.S, !' Surviving partner of ls JOSEPH E. ROWLES & Co. . Georgetown, july t.q. n— r .wts " LANDING, q At South Street wharf, the cargo of the (hip Coß neiflicut, from Batavia— About 300 tons of Java Coffee, r of the growth of 1794 and 1795 60 tons oi Java Sugar, i Incannifters—for sale ky t( PETER SLIGHT, f WHO ALSO ®FF ER S FO* SAI.E, !( 150 hhds. choice [amaica Sugars Jamaica rum in lihds r Brandy lft and 4th proof ia pipes, hhds. b and quarter calks Madeira in pipes Old Batavia Arrack \ iu'v 1 § si JtOR SALE, n A I FARM on the road leading to State Island, !• within four and an haltmilea of PhiladelpWia, p containing 4 j acres in the highett state of cultivation —9satres of which ijmoadow, the remainder up land. 1 here areon the premises, a new frame House and Baro, w'th an eXcellen?kilch«fn garden, contain ing a grdat cumber of frit Treea.—lmmediate posses- si fion will be given, j, For terma apply to Thomas IV. Francis y ir julvifc- No. 98 South Third itrect/ Ji To be Let, All airy three Story Brick House, I " ON the south fide of Filbert Street, bet we. n a Eighth ind Ninth street. formerly occu-iad as the Surveyor General's Office-—Encoire at No iTJ, Chcfmst Street. COjt f i r M DUTY on CARRIAGES i Nolice is hereby given, THAT agrceaMy to an a# ot C 1 *» upon i I carriage* for the «anv*yauce »>f revfoas, which I jbau.be kept by or for ary person, for his or her " own use, or to let out to hire, or for the convey jl ing of passengers, the several duties and rates Ul iowi*"J viz. dol's. y For ancl upon every ceach 15 upon every chariot apon every post chariot f d upon every ; oft ehaife tz e aponcveryphrston.withor withont top 9 upon every coachce 9 'f upon other carriages, having pannel "S II work above, with blinds glaffvs, > 9 or currains j upon four-wheel carriages hiving S frame polls and tops, with fieel C 6 J upon four-wh»e! top carriages, with "> wooden or iron firings on jacks 3 •* upon curricles with tops 3 upon chaile* with, tops 3 upon chair* with tops 3 '• upon sulkies with top® 3 upon other two wheel top carriages 3 ?, ipon two wheel carriages with Heel") £ or iron fprii)gs 5 *' •f Tor and upon all other two wheel carriages 2 ft upon every soar wheeled qirriagQi") having framed poils and tops, C 2 and reding upon wouden spar« j i The Collector of the revenue of the firft diviHon of the fir ft survey of the dillri E it e:ia3ed ky the Senate and Ihnft ie Src ' •' D 9/ Reprefeniatii'ts of the United 1- ' States 9/° America, in Congress ajp > lied, T hat 1- to larisfy thecU'rfls of certain pet-lons claiming d ' lands mider the of Congress ol the 1C twenty-third of April, one tboiifaud kven hun ' dred ai!rl eighty-three, end the thirtetn'.h of 1 April, on* thousand fiven hundred and eighty :r v five, as refuses from tfit 3ritilh provinces of | C,.;acU. and Nova-Scotia, the Secretary for the | Departrnent of War, be, an 1 is he,rtby autho s" i rized ami diretit!ed to the"oenefit oi the 6 provisions of this aol, than those ef the fallow ing descriptions, or their widows and treirs, viz. Firit, those heads of families, ami finale per- fons, not members ot ar.y such families, woo 3 vs :re rtfidents in one of the provinces alorcAid, 3 prior to the fourth day of July, one ihouland 3 ieven hundred and seventy-six, and who aban -3 doned their settlements, in comfequcnce of hav.- 3 ing given aid t-> the United Colonies or States, , in the revolutionary War Great-Britain, or with intention to give fpch aid, and continu -1 ed in the United or in their service, dur ing the said war, and did not return to reside in 2 the dominions of the king of Great-Britain, i prior to the twenty-fifth of November, one " thnnfarid seven hundred and eighty-three. Se- 1 ' condly, the widows and heirs of a,)l such pcr fons as were ailual residents, as aforelaid, who 1 a abandoned their settlements, as aforefaid, and 1 ,f !du d within the United States, or in their fer- ; . vice during the said war : and thirdly, all per- j fens who were members of families at the tjme of theirccmingintotheUnited States, 2nd who . during the war, entered into their service. Sec. 3. And he it further enabled, That the j ° prn»f of the fevtral circumllances necefiary to ( j-. entitle the applicants to the benefit of this ail, r may be taken before a judge of the supreme or j diftridl court cf the United States, or a judge ( e of the supreme »r fiipcrior court, or the firlt juP ( tice or firft judge of the court ot ccjnmon pleas ( or county court of any State. i t Sec. 4. And be it further enaflrd, That at> | (lie exvira; : .on of fifteen months from and after < the palling of this a Purfuivit to the above Aft, No- w ticc is hereby given to all persons hav- ing claims under the resolutions of Xon- ri grefs, of the 23d of April, 1783, and ™ the 13th of April, 1785, to tranfmitto O the V/ar-Office within two years after t0 the palling of the said Aft, viz. the 7th h day of April, 1798, a just and true ac- count of their claims to the bounty of vi Congress. th In the proof of Claims, a ftrifk atten- co tion must be paid to the requilitions of ! Jo the 2d and 3d Sections of the Aft, JAMES M'rfENRY, tei Secretary of TVar. _WL r 9 S aw6w aurora office; - October ip, 1798. - < Reports having been circulated that THE AURORA wis nbt to be rc-piibiidied. Un —1 he puuhc .-re hereby refpeflft.l'y informed cal that the want of hands a'.one has prevented its re- zel publication several days ago ; but that such ar- «' rangements are now making as will alTure the an- sll S tf »= paper in the course of the prefe.it, h,r or the firft week ps the next morth. CA77TTO~N. A WHEREAS a certain perfonfwindled I from me on the firft inft. by givi r ~ A Uic H.lteuihereof aforged check on the Bank a " of North America, a note of that dare, drawn 5 .n mv favour by Mr. John Travis; and pay - r ' ble in fix months, for three thcufand tour pr.' hundred and fifty seven dollars and forty-fix cents. ALL persons are desired not to re ,vr eeive a„y transfer of it. a, it will not be paid by est. tr the drawer or endorfcr unit fa Wl recovered by law. P° NICHOLS/ . , Race Street. august 6. ■ . This Day Publijhed, • J And for sale at the Office of the Editor, No. . 1:9 Chefnntftreet, (Price i-Ztb of a Dollar.) * AN ORATION, Pronounced July 4,1)98, ° At therequed of/he.lnhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, in commem ration of the anni- verfary of American Independence. By JoSiah S>u7Ncr. as " The inroads upon our public liberty, call )e for reparation—The wrongs we havefuftained, v call frx—Justice. That Reparation and that re Jufti"''. may yet be obtained, by Union, Spirit, and Firmness. But to divide and conquer was ' v _ the maxim of the Devil fn the garden of Eden, and to disunite and enslave hath been the princi j-_ pie of all bis votaries from that period to the en- P ,erent '". |)t Observations on the Boston Port-Bill, (Sfc.p. 78 by the late J. putney, jun. <= TREASURY DEPARTMENT, J ON * »7. 1798. r- "\T OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by vir, ;r> In cue of an asft, paffedduring the prarent fef- Ron ef Conn-refs, so much of the a Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and J- final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In r- ferefls, is suspended unfil the twelfth day o in June, which will be in the year one thousand seven 1, hundred and ninety nini. le That 011 the liquidation and settlement of the e- fid Certificates, and Indents of Interest, ot the r- i'reafury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive o Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stockeqnal 'be firft day of January one thousand Seven ie bundled and ninety one. f 0 Th« the principal fiimsof the Did Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, with the interelk thereon, since the firfl.day of January, one thou ' sand seven hundred and ninety one, will be dis charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the ' payment of interefl and reimburfiraent of princi* pal, equal to the sums which would have been £ payab'a thereon, if the said Certificates- had been fubferibed, pursuant to the A&s making provision 18 for th ' debts of the United Statas, cor,traced dur ing thj, )ate war, and by the payment of other it l films, equal to the market value of the remaining r Stock, which would have been created by such c fublci ipticns asaforefaid, which market value will y be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury. - OLIVER WO.LCOTT, r Secretary of tic Trtafury, > j™ e -3 ' lawtf y ' General Poft-«>ffice, 11 PROPOSALS for carrying the mails ef the r IT United States on the following routes will a be received at this office until the 20th day of ,f September next inc'ufive. | 1. From Pittfburg P. by Cannonfburg, Wash ; ington, Weft-Liberty, Wheeling and Wills g town to ZjQv.cs at the mouth of Licking-creek, s on tie Mulkiiigurc, estimated j^omiles. h Leave Pittfburg every Friday at 2p. m. and e arrive at Zanes the next Monday by BP. M. y Returning—Leave Zanas every Tuesday at f d a.m. and arrive at Pittfburg the next Friilav by e 10 A. M J 2. From Zanes. at the mouth of Licking II Creek on the Mnlkingum, by Chilicothe and e MafTey's to Mayfville in Kentucky ; estimated , 140 miles. Leave Zanes every Tfrefday at 5 a. m. and 11 arrive at Mayiville the next Friday by to A. M, s Returning—Leave Mayfville every Friday by t 2 P.M. and arrive at Zanesthe next MoHdavbir , Bf. M. 7 ' t The carriage of the mails tocommer.ce on the . firft day of November next and continue until \ the firft day of OiSlyber 1800. Payments will ; be made quarterly. s The ufur.l penalties for delays and failures will : be stipulated in contrail. ] Joseph Habcrjham, . PoJT-Mrfler General. r .'nladelphia, July *3, 1798. m&'hf>w HEALTH OFFICE! r Philadelphia, if May, 1798. Extract of an acS to alter and amend the Health *of this Commonwealth, passed 4th <>pril 1798. * SeA. 8- A b . e lC fur:! "- er er.acSted by the au . . therity aforef'aid. That every house. Keeper w.thin the city ef Philadelphia, the town- IhiM of the Northern Liberties and Moyamtnfing, and di!lri4 of Southwark, within a mile of the li mits of the city, taltit g in boarders arriving bv sea or by land, from any foreign port or place,'and ha ving any hoarder inhir.or her family, whofhall be taken sick o: any difeale whatsoever, bea-.r3en the iirft day of May and the firft day of November in T Y ' VV ' rhin twcnt r da )' $ after such boar rier fliall cqnue to lodge in his or her house, fliall • within 24 hours next after the knowledes of such ' sickness. make report at the Hcalth-OfEce of the name of such sick period, the time of his or her ar rival at the house and of his or her being taken sick, and «f the name and p'acc of abode of such houfe kcep r; whereupon the Phyficiait of the Health- Oflice shall forthwith visit the patient, and report to the office his opinion of the nature of such riif eafe, that measures may be, taken to prevent the spreading of tho-mfefi-on ; and if any houfekecper ftad neglcift to give information in the mannerand . within the time afofefaid, and fballhe thereof ron vifled, in any court of criminal jurisdiction witliin this Commonwealth upr>r iucUdtme-rt by verdift or confeffion, he or she ikall forfeit and pay a fine co the use of the said hospital.not less than twenty doll.fts, nor more than one hundred dollars, tolw impofed-at the diferetion of the court, according to tne circumflances of greater or less aggravation at tending each particular cafe. By order of the Board of Health, WiU.Af.LEM, Health Officer, Taw;m of the Port of Philadelphia The Public are hereby informed, J "rfAl I did not n-ean to autliorife Col. WU -1 iam Nichols to declare, that I would not pa un'efs recovered by law, my note alluded to in hit caution of tlae 6th of Augull, published in the Ga zette of the United States.of laA evening. I sin cerely lament his lois, and t*ld him I vvould do all 1 could do confidently with my credit to serVe him, hut went no further. JOHN TRAVIS. august 7 j Maitli for South-Carciinais? Georgia, T-* V,'m K rS a ' f L n ° W P rovic,c ' l f °' carrying tliei ami ( ,' | c ® ll ' ,b y wlt ' r titt« , ttn Philadelphia " and Charlt fton i hey will leave Philadelphia on Friday s. The port by land will he enmim.- rrpud\o a