j c .in PROPOSALS, t'«" nefo BY THE Jnfurance Company North America. For Insurance againll Firi, on DwtUine- v House*. Wa-re-Houfe*, aftd other Buildings (and pj ti; on Good# in such Buildings) distant from Philadelphia, in the United States. j,.y ■ ■■ ( I Common on haz»r4« of the firft class, will he undertaken at a prexniura of aiiout " 1 hall per cent, per annum. For extra hazardous ei rtfqurs a larger preminm will be required, wheh (^ r will raiy recording to circun {lances, fodem ex- (,en teedinjj oneper cent, per annum ; but in some in- Ranees, whete the property insured w not onlf in I Ufclf extra hazardous, but rendered still more so the by the vicinity of extra hazardous building* and to. occupitions, thepremimw demanded will frc raised according to circumftar.ee*. oiil Houses and Wrire-Houfes, the wall* and tocrti- tbe tions of which are wholly of or ferick, well bfc*. conttru&ed, so as to br guarded as well as may be tgainft fires from within, and tree t'rorn extra ha zardous buildings and ccecwpations in their neigh- Qjj\ borhood, will be deemed hazardous of the £rft daft, and may be infuiccl to their full value. j Good" and Merchandize, not o an extra «, hazardous kind, in calks bales, <>r packages, ie pofitcd in i'u'ch to an amount not ex ceeding 4000 dollars ; but if more than thisfam is required to bf inftire«l in one tenement, an addi- \ tiowal premium will be required, in proportion to circiiMiOance?. j a j t 11. wlun ices will also be mad« on buiLlingsand gooefs extra kizarilcus, at premiums prn\>ortioned to tlu»rifq\w. But it is t*nt e fy to arrange these on J .cr particular heac.n or claiTes, so as to deferibe each wirh the neccflary accuracy. Each c^f r must then-fore bt decided upon acco,r<;\irg,to eircum- tvnding it ; and thefV crcumflarccs wili, L ( in genera), appear frftiil the defcrptiwii accomrn- application Buildings partly eonftructed of or stone, No r.re preferable to those wholly wopder. And in bothca/es, the ftife o( how they are or cupied, h<*v they are fituatvd, the neighborine buildings, and how occupied, are cenfiderations to be taken into view. And with rcfyevl t® goods, their tendency, whether from their nature, or the man net in which tixty expofed, cith 1 to nomnencc cr to irtreafc an accidental fire, a fed their liability in such ftatc to receive damage by fyj wet, or by sudden audhaOy removal, or to l*e fto- len in time of cOPnfufion and hurry, are all civ- cumftanees of weight ; and the ptemiutns mufl be proportioned accordingly. Ipj t 111.-The following conditiont are to be under- flood by the parrj& . \ ed T(f. The Insurance is not binding till tbe ftipu ' l rcmiuw be paid ; but it lhall be dee mad el- fccliral Trcm the tim* of such payment and accep ♦ •.nee thereof, whether the policy be immediately °r ligncd or not. , . e 2d. Insurance* may be renewed at the expira- ott tiod of the term of the policy, without furtnerex- in than the payment of th* premium of the re newed term, the circumftuiicTscon'«?ming the fame as they were wndcrftood by the Insurers at the time rhc former insurance was maoc ; but the payni'flt oi the premium is efTentiat tf» luch retl'ewal : ind if the pArry irfured luffers any time to elapfc after the expiration of the former iuiurance, before he pays h premium for tberencv/al, he i's.nor insured 1 during such t-infe ; r.or c,m the insurance be renew- 4 ed ©n :he former policy but by computing the ci nim-Jiccment of the renewal fr»m ,thc exjuration Or wtif the former insurance. The iubjeil ol Infur- 0 dhce may jieVerthelefs be open to treaty for a new infur.Tr.ce. 3d. If any other insurance be made on the fame mi property ; it mufl be macle known at the f/'me oi imilicatiori, ptherwil'e th= policy made on such ap- 101 p-'catioo will he viid. ' dS 4th Gouas fieM in trust, or on confifiiment, to r3«y be i::fui- il ns fiich in a po icy; but «}.»•) a:c ..o! t»lic ror.fidered si infjk'ualhei wife. >" vth. 'i'liife cun.p«-ny wiif not be liable or accoun- "f tabic for Buy fyfs or damage ocpafioijtci by any !or- an elgn invsfi.it., or Hy piy miiie«ry or usurped force- or l»y peafjn of any civil commotion ; or occasion, n 1 ed by gunpowder, afj.nfortis or other thing of th- t» like kind kept in the building, or amongit the pro- v ' ptrty insured. ' * fith. Bills of Exchange, Bonds other Seeu- tr ritl«, Title IVds, Money, Bank snd Other pro- en niiflci y Notes," are not included in any insurance ; bf nor are paintings, -nedals jewels, gems, antique "< ouriofiticj, of mirrors exceeding the value of twin- w ty-Dve dollarseavh, to be considered as insured une te itfs particularly mentioned and by fpccial agree mait. 7th. No will be made for a Itiorter 10 term than one year, nor lor a longer term than fe- " v „ n years. Persons choosing so mfßre for seven ysjrs lhall b fallowed -one year's premium by way ol of discount : Or.e third of a years premium lhall b; he abated in like manner tfn an infuraaee for three years. . J Bth. X,olfes fuilained l?y fire on property in.ured, ia iliall he paid in thirty flays after due prouf and li- <•< nuidation thereof, without deduction. _ h; A defciiption of the property to be infurod will P be 1 xjviled with each application, to be made by a matter carpenter and finned by him, as well as n hv thu owner ol the building 01 applicant for in- ci J'urai.ce, and attelled before a Notary or principal t; Magistrate, who will certify his knowleige of the c parties and their credibility. j P With refpedl to Houses and other Buildings. :<- ,11. Ihe site and position ; deferibing the.* ftrcei or road on or near whrch the building jtj iu ls j its contiguity so water, ami other cir- ; '' riimftances relative to the extinguilhment of fire | in ci re ol accident j" ami particularly whether . anv and what fire companies are eftablilhsd, and t engines provided, in the place or neighbourhood. I 2 d. The materials of which it is b iilt, whe- [ thcr of brick, flone or wood, ahd what part of ; t each, as well as to the outside -walls as inlide or petition walls, and their refpeflive height and t fhic'icne s ; the fiyle of the roof and of what t materials; howrectired by battlements or par- j !v wall* ; what kind of accef&to the top of the 1 , Koufe at'd to the chimnies ; whether any and ] wi:;; eleftrie rods i the number and Tcmd of , »ire vi! ccs ; and the kind ps deposit for alhes. ( 1 he dimer.fions of the building and how divided, and the ftvle In which it is finiflied so is to enable indifferent persons to jndge in what manner it is to be repaired or rebuilt 111 Cafe of i: jury ; the ?ge and condition of the building, and how occupitd, whether merely as a (lwd ling house, or for any other, and for what pur- I n.ife j also an ellimate of the value of the house , ' or huildmg independtnr of the ground. j 4th. The fitoation with refpea to other build- | logs or back buildings, whether adjoining or not, crmprehendii>g at least oqe hundred sett rath way : what kind of buildings are within that dillance, how built, of what materials, and l ow occupied or improved, whether as dwrel- I bcs for private families or otherwise : whe ther any and whit trade or manufactory is car •kd o-.i, ar.d particularly whether there be any , Xtra ha/.ardous articles used, or usually depo w:ed in the house, »r withiß the didance afore iaid, and of what kind. ■ Uefpeiflir.g goedt in Houles, arehoufes, &c. x. .V t cneial dcfcription of the building in which Uiy art kept wiH bt expedled, fwnibr in ali rel'>e£U,as totl.edargerfrom tire, with that required for Insurance on the buildings them 2, \ description of she kinds jnd na.ure of the "coods, whether in calks or other oucued ; and whether displayed in whole y. etc. or in U»e usual form for rctaihrj. And li' ' itd go-.) e.iry ■<( iieoi 4v'.l kind, a ?"* ;r '1 fj I e .ima'e of the vihie of each kind proposed io lie intureri ; *>'il m the lait ui'iiute nefi of defcripf'.OH i- not expelled. ;. ArtUlfs,>f the following k' nds »"■ deem- i ■ cd'ex,. d hiiirdous, though in vanous.de-ree., in whatever hwiHing'hty may be placed, vu. ' pitch, tar, turpentine, rolin, wax, tallow, .ml, r<l , C3 1 inflammablsfpirits, sulphur, hemp,fiax, cotton, dry g»ods of an inflammable kind opened— carr , , Okils, ftiina ware or porcelain, efpeciady tin- foall packed; Looking glaflet.jeweleryj and alio own ther articles mors than cominonly inflamma:ilc, ing < I, orore than commonly liable to injury by i'ld- v.wi: den removal Of by m»ifturcs, or particularly p or j obnoxious t© theft on an alarm of fire, r, Eetters poii paid, dire£l«d to tbe Secreta. yof 0 the Board of will be duly attended d to. tVn order for i«d by the d moans of paying the premium, wilt be imme diately executed on tbe premium being paid. I! i- the application noriiain an enqukjr only,' it will t be.infwered. e Br order of the Board, i- EBENRZEK HAZARD, Sec'rj. >" Office of the Insurance Company o/North ) America ; Pbilad. Feb. I, 1798. } Feb. 14- lamt^ = - Bauk of Penn/ylvatiia, t- September }&, 179^- 31 -f TTIIEUEAS he Houle at ptefeiu occupied \y by the Bank of Pennfylvtnia was enter to ed on the night of thefirft inflan:, l'ome vil lains, who robbed tJ?e inftltution of sundry For ['] Bank Notes, amdngft which were the lollovv ing po'ft notes of the Bai.k of Ne'i' i'qtlc, viz. H , No 1 obi, dated ijd t f August, 179!!. liolli A issued in favor of Scabring & T Van XVj'ek, lor a» of t No lc®3, dated nth of August, 1798, will B .' 1 iffited in favor of Montgom- nexi ery aad Newbold for 1250 carr e, No 1006, »7th do. do. do. »000 I'"' 1 in ioo; , do. do. do. do. 2000 wh ' r- Toc.3, dc. do. do. do. aooa de f" ig locio, do. do. do. do. aooo to ioiCi a?th do. do. do. 2060 I Is. iccif, do. do. do. do. 2000 fpir nr ir»i, 30th do. do. do. JSOO ihei 1 lo' .j, do. do. do. do. 1000 reta Aim fui.dry post notes of the Bank of Penn- ua 'y fylvania, da'ted 13d J-uly 1797, issued in favor an °" of George Hughes," for one tfiouland dollars quo each, an 1 fu .diy pod notes of faicl Bank, fam ted Jj*b of/lily, 1797, ifii/ed in favor of Geo. Hughes, for five 'hundred dollars each ind in r ~ dorfed by him. * The public are hereby caution ed against receiving the said notes, and a re ward ef TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS is p. hereby offered for th- discovery and ronviition j l y of the villains who perpetrated or are concern ed in (he said robbery, in addition to the reward a- offered by the Governor of the Commonwealth to 1 x- in bis Proclamation off this day. e- By order of the Board, i>ri ne JONATHAN SMITH, calhier. , e ——— r' »at «t Mills, Portage, &c. n TO LEASED POJI A TERM OF YEARS. lie "P e j ryo be leafed, for a term not Itfs than three, X , v . i nor more than seven years, a V ALU ABLE be he ifROPERTY at the Seneca-Falls, in the county of Bej nn Onondlgo, Ind flato of New-York, on the Banks ir- of the Seneca-river, two miles wcJ (*f the Cayuga- i n g : w ferry, and eleven miles ealt of Geneva. This sftabliftiinent coafitts of an excellent grift ne mill, saw n.i'.l. dwelling house, hark, and a port of age or carryir.y place, with between' thirty ani arr ,p. forty acre, of Land, under good improvement, and as nruch moteiti the vicinity, as maybe retired A J nf, for future improvement. )U t The grift x.ii: hna handsome, ecw and well fin e. ifhed building, of JO by 30 sett, 3 {lories high , n - and with a run of excellent Butr flones 3r . and another ol l*fopn»' stones, of the bed quality M: cc . —ar.d the most approved !>o*ilts, &c- calculated to '4 )n , .niak all the different qualities of flour for expor tkl tatiort or rorhohieronlumptibii : It is acceflible by arr ro . water from every part of the Cayuga lake and Se neca-river, a« •well as from the Seneca-lake—and 2 1 cu _ from irs fitijation, commands a v«ryextenfive and 8 ] ro . encreafing enftom : The flream on which it Hands, -e • being the outlet of ihe Senec3-I dte, the mill cau firi . ue never bt in want cf Water ; and a« it has been kept th< en . working during the fevcrell feafor. of thelaltwin- be Jne ter, it is not liable to bs impeded by froft : ce . The saw mill is also new, situated on the fame [j e ftrcam, n«w lurniihed with an ample stock of •ter log', "f which a supply may at all times be pro ; f e . cured by lan 4or water, of the best quality : ven The dwelling house is well calculated for the use i- 3 y of the miller, is new, and Tufficiently laige : The hall barn is about 40 feet square, and entirely new : for The portage is j-4thsof a mils in length, along / the Seneca-falls—over which were passed in the J r-d lad yelr, nearly two hundred boats with their ne 1 li' contents ; this objeA is already produftive of a ho handsome income, which mull be incrcafing and "a will permanent : ■ f e( iby Among the many advantages of thisfituation, ofl I as mud be numbered the fertility ol the fun oundiug in- country—being the b»ft improved part of the coun- ipal ty of Onondaga—th® concentration of inter the cosrfe by land and water, the Geneffee ftateroad I palling through it, as well as all water carriage to 1 ■>s. ' Geneva, and the counties of Ontario and Steuben ; Ei 'the ! which renders it a moll eligible Hand for a Store or in l |; n „ ; Tavern—.The river and lakes abound in fifh and Ei c ;* fowl, and the country with deer and other game C lre j Besides the mills already erefled at this place, it al ■ ! Is calculated for any additional water works that is j 1 may be fmind necessary—Fulling mill, batk mill pi ,"J tannery, forges, &c. may be ereited at a faiall ex 'l ! pence—lron ore may be brought in boats I rom the ed Me " Cayuga lake ; and it is thought to abound in the tr ' neighborhood. vs e The (lock on hand w : ll be fold to ths lc£Tce, and b( ln d the cattl-, utensils, smith's forge, &c. may Defold 1 i'hat or ) et jhe premises. Fi P ar " 1 If a purchase ihould offer for the whole or an er the ' undivided part of ftie premises it will be fold. fr and | For terms of sale or lease, apply to mr. Wil- fr dos belmosMtnderse, at theSentca falls, or to the is :s. fubferibvr, at ScheneflaJy. how STEPHEN N. BAYARD. is d so june 15 lawim q fcof. Federal Mills, ling, A DJOINING Georgetown, and the City of a el- i\ Wafhingtop, will be offered at Public Sale, ptir- ; on the loth day el September next, at the Union oufe Tavein, if not previoufiy fold at Private sale. i Thole millsin point of situation for bafinefs and '' nild- na'ural advantages are generally admitted to be t 1 g or equal to any in America. The Merchant Mill is p s et t a large bnrk house, eighty feet by fifty, aim ofl li ithin new, in which are ere&cd four pair of Burr mill- « am ] stones with elevators, hopperboys and bolting r Iwel- cloths, tompletely finiflied and constructed in such b w j, e . a manner that the whole of the mills may manu. h . car _ failure flour at fhc fame rime. The country mill 1 which i» creeled niar the other, is entirely new, t , ' a flrong (tone building, containing one pair of , ° stones, and built in such a manner that the fecornl r 1 ore * pair may be put up with little cxpedce. This mill j is conveniently finilhed, and calculated to carry on j , Sc. «xtenfively, country wori, of which it gets a con- ] n ftant supply. There is belopging to the said mills iar in acrts of land, the whole of which will be 1 that ( o |d w ith the mills. hem- One third of the purchase money will be 1 equir- ' cd in sixty days from the day of sale, and I _>r the ' "e of balance a liberal credit will be given. Furthsr ' ago*, particulars will be mad.: known on the day ef sale. 1 rhoii , JOSEPH E. ROWLES, And 1 Surviving partner of JOSEPH E. ROWLES Is 1 Co. Georgetown, ju'jr 13. 33~-3av,'U «-« . 'i DUTY on CARRIAGES. Ai ;o Notice is hereby given, Sfr ' 1 . j '"{"'MAT agreeably to an ait of Congreisiof the , | L United Ststi*s of America, patted at l'liila- Stall dejphia ti)s iJJth Jay of May, 17961 laying du- to In 7' ties oil carriage* for the conveyance oi perfnns, and land; the former ail* for that piwpofe—-1 hat : tweti '' thrre (hail he levied, coilledcd and paid, upon ad . carriages for the conveyauce of persons, which ! Apri n " fcall be krpt by or for any person, for his or her | fi ve ' own use, or to Ist dutto hire, or for the convey- j c anl C| ing «f paifengers, the several duties and rates f»l- j-j e p d" towing, viz. dolls, ly For and u;>on every conch ! 5 jp t j upon every chariot 11 y er) of npon every post chario- 11 pj an ed upon every pell chaift 11 • he nron> veryplnton, with or without top 9 v • .fnic ie- upon every coacnee y , If upoo other carriages, having.pawnel tie .•,]! work u'rvovc, with blirads, glasses, >9 0 ' , or curtains J u-pon four-wheel carriages, iiarvinfcS ot ™ f frame polls and tops, with heels' 6 P' 0 ' lprings J upon four-\vh' m carriages, with 1 . Flrt wooden or ufirings 011 jacks J sons upon curricles with tops wer upon chalks wi'thflops 3 pric upon chair> with tops 3 (eve uponfulkies with tep- 3 don upon other two wheel top carriages 3 j B g lspon two »he;el carriages in t t or iron springs i orv r y For and upon all other two wheel carriages 2 c( | ; J v " upon every soar wheeled carriage,") 12 • having trained pads at»d tops, > 2 1 , 1 and reding upon wooden spars J ' . The Collector ol the revenue ot the firft divifimi 21 of the firft survey of the diflrift of Pennfylvacia, will attend daily until the 30th day of September next, for the purpose of receiving the duties on ' carriages, at Germantown, on the Main llreet, a Jit tie a"bove the sign of the King of Prufiia, of * which all persons polTeffed of fach carriages are x ltt desired to taklgfiotice. n Notice is also given, !jjj To fill retail dealers in wines and foreign diflilled l, spirituous liquors, that licenies will be granted to jhemone licence for carrying on the business of retailing'of win:s in a left-quantity, or in less in- uantities, than 30 gallons—and one lieence for ~, ror arrying on the business of retailing spirituous Ii- ' ars quors in less quantities than twenty gallons, at the 0 da- fame time and at the fame place, by eo. JAMES ASH, or < j a Colleilor of tUc i£l division of the ift ' • ou . Survey of thedifcriiSl of Pcuiu'ylvacia. 'he rc . Office of lufpedlion at Germantbwn, "» «l»e aid August, 1798. S I* 16 £T Every denomination of Stamps to be had . lor l ° i n at said office. der ard €r The Stamp Press is removed the ihh to the Office of in Germantown, on the anc Mai* • rect, a little aiove the liga of the King ol l'rufTia,—where attendance will be given for the °* awroiiimodaiion of those who wifli any inflroaivnts stamped, on Tucfdays, Thufidays and SaturdEys > re^ ugrt?ta U CoT xs. General Poft-Officc, PROPOSALS fpr carrying .the mails »f the at»< dnited States on the following routes will om jLE be received at this office until tlu jotli day of a« yof September next iiicluiire. tit inlcs 1, From P. by Canaonftmrg, Walh- rej J S a " ington, Weft-Liberty, Wheeling and Wills- ftx town to Zaiies at the momh of Licking-creek, (us on t.Ve Mufkirfgnm, e/limatcd 140 miles. Ui Leave Pittfljurg every Friday at %P. M. and in aD arrive it Zincs the next Monday by Bp. m. be" . al ', fteturnins —Leave Zaoes Tuefday at 5 qu lreu a. nj. and arrive at Pittlburg the next Friday by ha U n 10 j. m. t>i j , a. From Zancs, at (he mouth of Licking op o ® es Creek on the Mnikinguin, by Chilicnthe and ex Maffcy's to Mlyfvi'lle in Kentucky ; eftimited m (j to . 140 miles. lh; p or . Leave Zanes every Ttiefday at sa. m . and th eby arrive at MiylVdte the next Friday by lo A. M. th 1 Se- Returning —Leave every Friday by i'al •and IP. M. and arrive at next Monday by l'ai and BP. M. la' uids, The carriage as the mails to commence on the to cau firft day of November next and continue until Iji kept the firft day of O&ober jBOO. Payments will be win- be made quarterly. The usual penalties for delays and failures will in ame [j e ftipulatcd in the contrail. Jh pro-J°f e e h Habcrjham, £ Poji-Majier General. eU fe Philadelphia. Tuly 13, 17.98. m&th6w The Wants Employment, long A YOUNG MAN, who has served a regu , t [, e IX. lar apprenticeship to the mercantile bufi their nefsinthis city, wiihes to engage in a Coiiuting ol a house or offica, writes a good hand and tinder ; and stands accounts, can be well recommended ar.d security Jtiven if required. Enquire at the ' tion, office of this Gazette. idiug June it 3awtf n ° t "": Bafkenridge—for lale road TT ronfifts of 920 acres, altr.oft all of which is je to JL a fine rich Meadow, (the reddcnce of the late ben; Ecrl o£ Starling). It may be conveniently dixided tl ire or into five (arms, four of which are bounded on the j, 1 and East by the river Paf»ick. ame Th -re are on it a number of buildings, forming g ce, it afquare of nearly three aeres—The dwelling house j] 1 that is a very convenient one afidja fnvlkxpence would " mill put it in complete repair. Ilex- The orchard coniiUs of 1500 fiiH-bearingengraf- si mthe edAppleTrees—and there is on othar parts of laid n the traA near 300oth«r Apple Tress—as also a great u variety of other fruits,particularly Cherries of the c :, and best and mod delicious kinds. efold 1 Also, a great number of beautiful Exotics and *- ForiflTreae, that add to the beauty and eonveni jr an ence of l!>c place. Us fituatiou is about 18 miles from the towns of Newark and Elizabeth: 10 do. ' Wil- fr«m Morris-Town, and 12 from Springfield—lt t :o the is wooded and watered. To lave trouble, the price is five pound pr. acre ID. incalh, on delivery of the deeds. Plcafe to en -2m quire of T. McEUEN & Co. No. 78, Ch#fnut treet. " cbsnary'i. eodtf :^ al ° e f Patent Ploughs, Union' 'T'O be fold for caffi by Joseph Salter at Atfion t . 1 Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan _ :fs and Ilarker, Woodbury—and Jeffe Evans, Lumber- t to be ton, Thofc who have used them give them the j vlill is preferenee to any other kind, as tliey require , ilmoft 'ess team, break the ground better, are kept in t •mill- mrder at less sxpence and are fold at a cheaper c olting rate —the plan is much Amplified ami consists of nfuch but one pipce of cast iron, with the handles md manu. beam f( wood ; they may befixed with wrought y mill lays in<l cotiltert to be put 01 with screws and r.ew, taken off at pleasure air of Patent rights for vending with inftrailiona for ; fccoiiil making them may be had liy applying to John ( lis null Ncwbold, or the fubferiber No. 212 North 1 rr y°n Front-llreet. 1 Anil!; Wh ° haS f° r S " !fi Or to Lease far a term of tears, A number of valuable trails of Land, weH equir- situated for Mills, Iron iVorks or Farms, most- Ejr the ly improved, lying chiefly in the county of H*r.- urthsr tingdon ftat« of Pennsylvania. Those who may »ffale. incline ta view them will please to apply to John Qanaa cfo. near. Huntingdon, of Claries Ntvibold. t Co. July \y- aawtf i IVr'U fl I an act , . far th: ,reMtf the Refugees fr»m the Bntifh MtvmJs cfl.an*!a and Not'.i-Scolia. . _ 1> E W tnafted by the Senate and House . ec * I# JLJ of Representatives of the United ■ States ef America, in Congress ajembled, That ■ to fatisfy the claims of certain persons c.aiming 1 lands Aider the rcfoliltions of Congrsf", of the t twenty-third qf April, one thousand fevenhun -1 drc:l and eighty-three, and the tmrieenth of *' April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- b" r Uvf, as refugees from the Britiffi provinces of fp 1 Canada r.nd "Nova-Scotia, the Secretary lor die cic ' Department of War, be, and is hereby autho- to '* rised and directed to give notice in ore or mor,? Wj of the public papers of each of the States or - 1 Vermsnt, Maffiichufetfs, New-York, New -1 Hampshire and Pennsylvania, to all persons hav- U 1 int* cHfiois tmder the said resolutions, to tranl- lot ' mit to the War-office, within two years alter ou 9 the paiftotfjf this acl, a jult and true account Q ef their claims tp the bounty of Compels. . Stc.'i. And it further en*S(d, 1 hat no ha other pei sons (halt b. ? entitled to the benefit ot the «» 5 p'rovifions of this -\SI, .than thole of the follow- w First, thole heads of families, and single per- th sons, not members of ar.y luch families, who 3 were residents in one of the provinces afore/aid, 3 prior to the fourth day of July, one thousand. 3 I'eveß hundred and Seventy-fix, and who a'pan -3 doned their settlements, in coiileque eeofhav -3 iHg given aid to tlve t United Colonies 01* States, pr j in tiie revolutionary War ttrejt-Briuift, or with intention to give fiich a*J, and enntiuu- fit % ed in the United.States, or.-in their trvicc, dur- an ing the laid wlr, and did not return to re fide in V\ 2 !the dominions of the king of Great-Britain, P< prior to the twenty-fifth of November, Pi • tliaiifiiid seven hundred ar.d eighty-three. Se- lo ' condly, the widows and Reirs of all such per i fon# as were aflual refidentf»as asm efaid, who a abandoned thrir fettlei»ents, as aforelaid, ind } f died within the United States, or in their ler- ef rc vice during the said war : and thirdly, all per- so l'on". who were members of families at the time Co of their coming into the United States, and who vs during the war, entered into tkeir service. C Sec. 3. And ie it further enafieJ, That the ca to f proof of the several cirenmftances neceflary to w entitle the applicants to the benefits of this a<fl, may be taken before a judge of the fuprrtne ur D dillritSl court of the United State?, or a judge [ ie of the supreme *r luperior court, or the firft jui- - tice or firft judge of the court c* common or county cfltirtdi 'any State. ■ft ' See. AkA He H further enafted, Tha» at a. !he expiratian of fittewi months from and after the palling of this adl, and from time te. time thereafter, it fhill be the duty of the Secretary id - for the Department of War, to lay fu:k evi- , dence of claims as he may haite received, bc.«ie ■(J the Secretary and Comptroller of tne I reafury, he and with them, pr-cced to examine the tefti- Q [ mony, a«d give their judgment what quantity of land'ought to be allowed to the "individual , cs claimants, in proportion to the degree ot their •s fervices, facrifices and in 1 Conlequence of their attachment to the caule of J the United-'States ; allowing to those of the firft f claf> a not exceeding one thoulandacrcs j 1 he a„d t(> the lail class, a quantity not exceeding J 'ill one hundred, making luch intermediate Claflfes I of as the resolutions aUnrefaid, and diftributivejuf- 1 tit*, may, in their judgment require, anrl hufct (li- report thereof, to Congress. And in cafe any ils- such claimant fnall have sustained fu,ch loflis and ik, lufferiiigs, or performed such services lor the ■ United'Stites, tliat he cannot juftfy be clalTed nd in any one genera) clifs, a separate report be made of his circumstances, together with the t5 quantity of Itidjl that outjht to be allowed him, ( by havioi; reference to the foregoing ratio : Pro- , ■aided, tl.at in considering what compeafitidn , ng opght to be made iiy virtue of this ail, all grants , nd except military grants, which may have been red made by tlie United Slates, or individual _ (hall Tie eonllrlered at the jujt value thereof at nd the time the ftttie were made, refpeiflively. ei- M. ther in whole or in part, as the cafe m;ry be, 1 by fatisfaiflion to thofe'wl'l9 mav have received the by fame: Provided also, that no claim und«r this law, shall be assignable tißtil after report made the to Congress, as aforefaid, and until the said itil lands be granted to the persons entitled to the vill benefit of this afl. See. 5. Beit further enabled, Th«t all claims vill in virtue of laid resolutions of Congress, which (hall not be exhibited as aforefaid, wuhin the time by this a<Sl limited, (hall forever thereafter be barred. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives TH : JEFFERSON, Vice-Prejident of the United States, u Q. and Prejident of the Senate. in* Approved, 7, 1798. [t ° JOHN ADAMS, lr ( j Prefidenl ps the United States. tl t . Depofittd among the Roils in the office of the Department cf State, f * Timothy ing, Secretary of State. C 5" Purfiuvt to the above Aft, Vo ided tice is hereby given to all perfcns hav t!ic ing claims lihder tlicrefolutions of Con iing gvels, of the 23d of April, 1783, and the 131 it of April, 1785, to tranfmitto the War-Offi<;e within two years after the pafilng of the laid A£i, viz. the 7th Tcat day of April, 1798, a just and true ac [the count of their cairns to the bounty of and Congress. In the proof of Claims, a ftri'ft atten -3<lo-' tion mull: be paid to the rccjuilkions of —it the ad and 3d Sections of the Aft. acre * JAMES M'IIENRY, en- Secretary of IVar. July 19 jjiivv6w reet. AURORA OFFICE, Oaoler 10, 1798. Reports having been circulated 'fj 0n that THE AURORA was not to be re-published. j than —Tile public -re hereby refpeiflfully inlormed j iber- th.it the want of hands alone has prevented its re- ] i the publication several days ago; but that such ar [uire rangementß arc now making as will afTere the ap 't in ptarance of the paper in the course of the prtfent, aper or the firft week of the next month, lis of § 8t ught Mails for South-Carolina Ss 3 Georgia, a«d "D AOKETS are now provided far carrying the A Public ms,i!sby water between Philadelphia is for ' alK ' Charleston. J'hey will leave t*.iladelpbia John 011 Friday's. Thepoft by land will be cantinu [orth twice a week ur.til an experiment ii made in rtgard to the expedition and regularity of the packets. If any person chuTes to have their letters f«nt by l.ind only, thry will please to weH w ''te the word Ijsnd upon letters : olher yjoft. wife they will be lint bv that conveyance which Iter- «";M Sdl start after yie Utters arc left in the „,y poft-t-flice. y to "Jofepb Habcrjham, Pcjl-Majlei Ceiru rl. Phil&fltltii!*. Jivvut} j?, 1758. 6 vLf A ANOTHER SIRONG PROOF Of the great aad unparalleled efficay of Dr. CHURQH's COUGH DROPS, Ir the Curs of Coßgbs, Colds, Asthmas & Consumptions, New-rari, July 10, 1798, To Ua. Church, . Sir, For upwards of Twelve rears, I hive la . 1 bored under a feverc Cough, shortness of breath f fpiuing of matter from ray lungs and often of : clotted tilood, till at length luas so reduced a 3 . to be un.*ble to walk acrof3 my roem, and ow t. ing t<> tne yi' Itnce of my cough and Uie ffiort [' ntls ofbrsati could get no relt day or night.-, - Hearing; of your excellent medicine, t the Cough. . Drops f I procured a' bottle ; I took a dole as soon as i got it, from which I found iniUntane r (his relief , and by continuing it for three days," t I bid's God lam reftpred to perfeft health. As I Believe "you to have been the inflnimeijt jfl.thc » hinds or j&fsTng 1 rtiulV : e intreat you to pyblifc this fer the benefit of any . who may be in my situation, as lam confident it is one of the belt medicines in the world tor •- thoie complaints. o I am, Sir, yoip grateful servant' I, NICHOLAS ST AGO, d Little Robinson-street. CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, Are prepared and fold by the.lnventor and proprietor, Dr CHURCH, at his Difpgnfary, 1, Walhington-flreet, New-York, and at bis of/ 1- sice, No 1, South Tbird-Ureet, Philadelphia. ■- and fold by appointment at Mr Weednun's jig II Wiiliam-ltreet, and StilwefJ S; Det'oreft, i6t 1, Pearl-nreet, New-York. Maticius, Albany, e Price, Baltimore, Thomas, AlexanJ. ia, Wil-' !- I'oh, Wilmington, &c. &c, > O }} S E R r E, 0 As a counterfeit preparation of this niedicine' d hjs been industriously circulated through some - ef the principal cities in the United States, per - lons are to purclufe them of such per. 1 e ions only ai have Dr Church's anpomtment for o vending the fame. Powers, Joughkeepfie— Chappel, Head of Elk-t— Bond and Co. New e caflle—Heinitlh, Lancaller—B!auvelt> Brunf -0 wick (If. J.) Gordon, Trtntoft, &c. I, *Patients letter's (Port paid) addrclTird to ir Dr Church, New.York, duly attended to. august 20 aaw^w " This Day Published, 2t fa's at the Office of the Editor, No. 119 Chcfnut-flrect, f Price I-%th of a Dollar,) A N ORATION, ,j_ Pronounced July 4,1798, re At ihereqiiea of the Inhabitants of the Town of y HUSTON, ?n commemoration of the anni jjl verlary of American Independence. ty By JostJH garner. ial " The ip roads upon our public liberty, call •ir for reparation—The wrongs we have^iftaiqed, ; B c<«ll for—Justice. '1 hat Reparation and that ot Ju ft ice, may yet be obtained, by Union, Spirit, and Firmne:s But to divide and conquer was s . the maxim of the WeVil in the garden of Eden, n g and to disunite and enslave hath been the princi fcj pie of all nis votaries Iran that period to th« ,f. present." [(J fib setvttffans on tf>e Boston Port-Bill, &c.p. 78 ny Of the late J. Quincy, jun. nd anc'ift 11 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ill Juki 57, 1798. he M9 T,CE IS HERgBY GIVEN, That by vir -1\ tu« of an ail, passed dt)ring the prafent fef ' fion «f Congress, so much of the adt cntituled " " An Aft making further provision fortliefup " P ° rt cf P llhlic crC(i " : . a "d for the redemption " of the public debt"—patted the third of ;eil Ma;ch, one thousand seven hundred and Binety tS ' five, is bars from fcttleuieut or alltsvrar-tc, at Certificates, commonly called I.oan Office and el " final fetMenient Certificates, and Indents of In > 1 fcrefls, is suspended until the twelfth day o ;he ]une, which will be in the year one thousand seven his hundred and ninety nip 3. Ide That on the liquidation and settlement of the aid fald Certificates, and Indents of Interest, tt the the Treasury, the Creditors wiil be entitled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stcckequal' inns to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrearr 1 fch ages of interest due on their said Certificate!, prior the to the fiffi. day of Janu-ry one thoufund fcven •t er hundred and ninety one. That the principal sums of the Old I.oan Office and final fe'ttlenijent Certificates, with the interest s thereon, lincc the firft day ot January, one thou fund seven hundred and ninety one, willbedif charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the paymant of interaft and reimburfiiiHent of priti#- pal, equal to the fur« 9 which would hove lieon payable thereon,-if the said Certificates had been lubferibed, pursuant to the Aits making provilion, ' for the debts of the United States, contracted dur -1 e ing the late war, and by the payment of other funis, equal to the market value of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by fucU '■ fublciiptions asaforefaid, which market value will be determined by the Comptrofir-r of theTreafury. ,V OLIVER WOLCOTT, Sierttury tf the Trebji/ry. i" nt - " V--T 3n ; TO BE SOLD, "Id rpHjj t j me c f an indented Dutch Servant HOY, ttO JL who has ten years to fcrve. Jle has had the small pox and measles, is active, hearty and and fit for house v/t rk in town or country. lior Jth further information, enquire of the printer, ac- "gmt 4 ' of HEALTH OFFICE. PhilaQtCfbia, jft May. 1798. Extract of an aft to alter and amend the HcaltK of Laws of this Commonwealth, pafled 41k 179& Se6t S- A " ur£ '- er e nafled by the au £jL thority afofefaid. That every houle» keey#-r within the city of Philadelphia, thjs town w {hips of the Northern Liberties and and diltrift of bouthwark, within a mils of the li mits of the city, taking ill boarders arriving by sea. j. or by land, from any foreign port or place, and ha red v ' n g iul v boardsr in hisor her family, who (hall be ' , taken fn,k of any difealc \vh itfoever, between the nca ; 1 firfi. day of May and the fiift. day of November in, med any year, wi:hiu twenty dayj nest after such hoar -8 re " der {hall coaie to lodge in hi< or her house, shall 1 ar- -vnthin 24 hours next after the knowledge of such : 8 P" iicknefs. refort at th? Health.Office of the lenl ' name of such sick perfoe, the trr.ie of his or her ar rival at the house and of his or her being taken sick. _ and of the name and pl:cc of abode of such house - keeper; whereupon the I'hyficiar. of the Kcitth > ' Office thall forthwith visit the patient, and repore !? l '| e to the office his opinion of the nature of such dif pliia Ci l" S) that rncafures may be taken to prevent the pbta spreading of the infefiion ; and if any honfekeeper "nil- fiiail neglciil to give information in the mannerand le in within the time aforcfaid, and shall be thereof con ihe viiSed, in any court of criminal jurisdiction within their this ConiiuouwealjJv upon indiJime; tby ycrdiit !fc to or confefiion, he or flie fliall lortcit and pay a finei her- to the ufc ot the said hospital, not iffs than twenty 'hich dollars, ttijtr more than one hundred dollars, to be 1 the iu'ipofnd at the uifcretion of the court,according to thecircumftances of greater or less aggravation at tending each particular cafe. By erde/oithe of Heilth, WM.AI.LEN, Health Officer, § W,-.'3m of the Port of PhtUdclphia. I
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