1 H m j wwgßi i.m>— ig.'tty wow j TO BE SOLD, On Thursday the l/l March, next, At the Merchants' Coffee lioufe, in the evening, at 7 o'clock, TH« FOLLOW IN G PRCPXRTY, viz. A LOT in Aich-ftreet between Sixth and Seventh-streets, containine in breadth on which there is two fram* tenements which rent for 601. per annum—free of all incumbrances. » One Lot in Trotters Lane in the Townlhip of Mryemenfirg, between Front and Second flreet, about half a mile from the city, contain ing one acre of land, on which is ere&ed a one ftery Brick tenement and a stable, the said lot and appurtenances rents for icl.per annum. One Lst, containing acres of Land ad joining Cirfon's estate in the townlhip of Moy enaealing, on which is a two story Brick tene ment, two rooms on a floor,a good Brick kitch en, a good Orchard of the heft grtfttd fruit Newtown Pippins, a very large (trawberry pi'tch and the Land all in good order and well adapted for a garden, now in tenure of Rebecca Gofner, and rents fur 6el. per annum. The above three lots poffcflioh can be giveft In April »#xt. A beautiful COUNTRY RETREAT, Si uated ir. Turner's Lane, known by th® name of Gravel Run, dn which is a handsome Brick Building two stories high, two rooms on a floe, a Piazza the whole front of the House, and cellars under the whole, an exctllent well of water, a good Tennants House j alfoagood Barn, a garden, good orchard, Ac the whole in compleat repair, and containing from 14 to 15 acres of land—fnbjefl to a lease to Richard Wells, efq for 5 years to come from the last for which period the rent has been paid A Ground Rent on a lot on the 1 aft fide of Third Street, a below Shippcn Street, on which is a handsome three story brick house—the Ground] Rent is £.31 per annum, out of which £.5. 5. is to he deriudted leaving a ground rent for sale of of £.17. 15 per annum -alf« a gy>nnd rent on the weft fiHe o: George street, adjoining the at«ve lot on which there is no bwildings—the ground rent >s £-7- Toper annum out of which £.J. 5. to be deduflcd, leaving a r«nt for sale of£ t.j. per aiiEum—the house joining faidlot in George jftreet is fuhje<2 to pay the ground rent. The terms and conditions lhall be made known at the time of sale and for further particulars en quire of Footman If Co. Auctioneers. feh. tj dtMir.i Sales of valuable Property. WILL BE SOLD, /t the Merchants' Coffee house, in Second-street, on SATURDAY, the 16th inftant,at 7 o'clock in the Evening, ALL that valuable property, situate in Front ftrect, between Walnut street and the Drawbridge No 114, late tht property of Daniel Tyfon, de ceased ; confuting of a large thrcn-story Brick Houfe,two-story brick Kitchen, with Cellars under the whole—Also a two Jtory brick Store on Dock- Mreet.Not 13 ; the lot is nineteen feet front on Front-street,and extends 145 feet to Dock street, on which the above store is erected; the whole now in the tenure of Cladcus F Rofett; the yard is pa. Ved wi'h ;with a pump of good water by the Vitchen door. Poffeftion to be given the 6th of June next. The above property is clear of all incumbrance. Any perfonwilMng to view the pre miics.may fee it by applying to Mr. C.F. Rofett. Conditions will bemade known at the time offale. SHANNON &PO \LK, AuA'rs. Fcbmary I a. NOTICE. ALL persons having any demands against the Committee appointed to dittribute the Do nations received for alleviating the liiftreffes of those who are fuffering in consequence of the tete Calamity, are requested to bring in their accounts previous to the aoth instant. By Order of the Committee, PETER BARKER, Clerk. id mo. n, 1799. , 1 "TOR SALE, ~ ( In the healthy ami pleasant "village of BORDENTON. A HANDSOME, well fimfhed, and con- - venient two story Frame House, and late ly occupied by colonel John Vanemburgh,—the House is 36 feet in front on the majn street. *Bd r 30 feet deep—four rooms on a flooi, with a J kitchen i 3 by 15 feet, two good rooms over the fame and one with a fire place—a very excellent cetlar under the whole house ; the lot two fifths ' «f an acre, enclofcd with a high board fence ; the garden in hig'h cultivation, and contains a v-riety of best grafted fruit.—Good stable, car riage lioufe, fmeke house and a pump of good water in the yard, the whole in complete repair. The healthiness and pltafintnefs of the village of Bordenton and the neighborhood arc too well known to require any commendation. For terms apply to James H. Imlay, esj. now in Philadelphia, or to the fubferiber now •n the premises. MART VANEMBURGH, executrix. Bordenton. f«b ij dfiw "NOTIUI. THE Creditors of PonCeus De lere Ste'.le, of Trenton, who have, or shall, hy '' the lirft of March next, sign the discharge of the said Stelle, will pleal'e to present their ac. j, counts to either of the fubferibers, made up to the firft of AugUst 1797, as there will be a di vidend made on the firft of April next. The dil'charge will be in the poffeflion of W. Mott, No. Dock-flreet, until the firft of March next. r JAMES W. CLEMENT, \ A£ing WILLIAM MOTT, j assignees. A jan. ic. 3iwi m tc — ' di Land, Town Lots, SsV. cl LAND in the Townlhip of Cambria and lots in the Town of Beula, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, for sale at a moderate price and upon a reasonable credit ; any quan tity may be obtained from 100 acres to —and good mechanics and laborers may hare °' land or lots for their work. » TheTituation is healthy and the foil good ; A th* present fcttlers are sober, indnftrious and fe well informed. A seminary of learning, pub- £ lie library and other ufeful inftitulions have been among the firft objeifls of their attention. Roads have been cut, and new ones are contemplated indifferent dire&ions—The dtfiance from Phi- P ladelphia is about 11s miles ; from Pittsburgh S< 6j miles and from Fort Franklin 85 miles. The best rout is through Harrifburgh, Lewiftown, qt Huntingdon, &c. •* p< For further particulars, enquire of di MORGAN RHEES, C No. 177 South Second.street, 'y Philadelphia, or of Messrs. JONES £s* MOORE,. Surveyors, Bru!a. feb 13, saw 6vr Tlir COMWSSIOXKP.S, APPOINT ED hy the Corporation to rpen Books of Subscription for a Loan to intro duce WHOLESOME WATER from the River Schuylkill by means of Steam Engines (already contratfe.l for ) to the Center Square and from thence to be diflributed through the City> give , d NOTICE, ao THAT a book will be opened at the City Hall on to-morrow, the 13th instant, and will be con nt tinued frem day to day, until the Loan is com pleated, where the commtlfioners will attend iip from 10 o'clock ia the morning until one, to re el- ceive fubferiptions. n- By order of the Board, ne Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y. ot »d raoi 11. N. B. Ten dollars to be paid on eath ftiare at the time of Subscribing. y* 30 dollars at the -expintioil V . , f two months >rr.m the time 30 ditto, ditto, 4 months f _ 111 30 ditto, ditto, 6 mftntht) subscribing ru CHINA GOODS. ca Now delivering from the Jhip Nc-JV-Jer/ev, from Canton, :il FOR SALE, At the Stores of the Subscribers, CONSISTING OF BOHEA ") Hyfon (kia I ST Young hyson V T M AS. in l^ 0 ". » nd \ • f Imperial lj White nankeens . Luteftringa, colored and black Senlhaws do. do. HandkercHefs do. do. 4-4 Sewing silks do. do. d Black hair ribbon Black fattins Cassia in small bales "d China ware in dining and tea setts is ! On Hand, of 50 trunks and cases dimities, muflni, ginghams, , n muflincts and pullicat handkerchiefs, in small pack rc a g e<| . for the \Veft-ladia market. ,j 15 trunks of printed calicoes, a Sorted for the 0 Weft-India market. • r 1 bale of woolen cloths, low priced. 9t Sail can«as by the bale or piece, No. 1 to 8. "Cupper in (heets 14 by 48 and 48 by 60 inches n Raised copper bottoms in tubs. I. A small invoice ot queens ware aflbrud. Englilh wrought nails in calks. Sheathing paper. N«w-Orleans indigo Paints of different colors, dry in caikf. Old Madeira wine fit for use. NICKLIN tsf GRIFFITH. fob* XI m w.fr tf.' t, Just Imparted, k Iron cannon, douMc fortified, Woohwich proof, with their carriages complete— 3, 4, 6 and 9 - pounders. e Carronades, Woolwiah proof, wfth carriages, &c. complete— 1», 18 and i4pounders. h Cannon powder in kegs of 15lbs each ;r Round, double-headed, and canni(l«r (hot' - Patent (hearhing copper, bright, affortcd 18,20, n 11, 14, 16 and 18 or per square foot, Aeats 48 'i by 14 inches, suitable for vsffels from 10,0 tc * 1000 tons * Copper nails, bolts add spikes y Boarding Pikes, h Common cutlalTes 1 Gunners (lores of all kinds Tin-plates No I —l-3 orofsjwxes * Patent (hot in caflcs of scwf. each '• London porter and Vown ftsut, in calks tf 7 doz. bottled. Earthen ware in e.atct, affortcd Ftr Sale by : SIMON WALKER, Pine near sth street. s Prober ig. eo.tf. THE PARTNLRSHIP OF 'John & James Poultney> BEING dissolved tty mutual consent, all persons 1 lndcfer-ad to them are requsflel to make im- i madiate payment to either of the fubferibers ; and . those having demands to present their accounts for settlement. r JOHN POULT NET, JAMES POULTNET, Ift mo .10 w&frtf John Miller, junr. HAS RIMOVSD FROM NO. 8, CHtJNU*, To the Five Story BuiUing, i n Dock, near Tbird-flreet, WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, 3co Bales of Beagal Goods; CONSISTING Of C OSS AS Baftas Mamoodies Humhums Taffaties Striped Dereas Calicoes Handkerchiefs, Esft, &c. yf/fo, a large ajfortment of ( Madras Handkerchiefs, ' of various descriptions. [ January i iawtf i All Persons { Indebted to the Estate of HENRY HILL, dcceafed , are requeued to make payment to the fubferiber r and those having any demands on the fame to pro- 1 duce their accounts for fsitlement. I GIDEON H. WELLS, t no. 139, Market street f Philadelphia, dec. 4, 1798 eotf | NOTICE. J THE co partnership of JOHN GREEN WCo t is this day dissolved by mutual consent. d All persons indebted to the said Firm are requeued f to make immediate payment, and those having any c demands te present them for settlement to any one J of the Subicribers—each being duly authorized to 0 .adjust the fame. JOHN GREEN. EDMUND DARCH. SAMUEL DARCH. N - B —They have the remainder of their (lock of Goods—confiding of Ironmongery,' Hardw*. e, &c. j At No. 16, North Second Street , which they are f feHing on very low terms to close the business. B j" n - 18 tawiw January ,799. a IN purluance of a resolve of the c President and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, •» The Stockholders are hereby notified and re quired to pay ten dollars on each of their ref pc&ive (bares ot stock, on or before the firft day of March next, to the Trrafurer of the Company at their office near the Bank ofPenn lylvatria. Extraft from the minutes, GEORGE WOttRALL, Sec'ry . WILLIAM GOVETT, Treasurer. » m- »J- frfa 4 w. r BALL. 1 ■ r Mr. & Mrs. Byrne, Y First Dancers cf the Nbtv Tns.itHE, 1 -0 ESP2CTFULLY inform the Ladies and e iVGentlemen of Philadelphia, that their firfl Ball will be on Thursday next, 14th Feb. at I CEllers' Hotel—Ladies tickets may-be obtained . of Mrs, Byrne, or of their fehohrs. Mr. and Mr». Byrne having opened their i Atadfmy at Frur Dollars per Month, or Ten Dollars per Quarter, mean to teach fath imable Dame now in itfein the politest circles of Europe—ajd relying on their attention to. their pupil*, hope for the generous patronage of a difrcrning oublic. ( Pleale to encuire of Mr. St Mrs. Byrne, the comer of Dock and Second Arrets, or dnring »he hourt of Tuition, at Oellers't Hotel, on e Tuesdays and Saturdays, from ten fill twelve in the morning for Young Ladies, and in -he even ings of the fame days from fix till nine for Gen - tlemen—To commence on Saturday the 26th January. February it. dtf TIE ATTEST ATES. THE SUBSCRIBER, ' Offers for sale the following described property, —vs. — .e.v high-str r, A LOT of greund on the south fidte thereof, between 7th and Bth (Ireets, containing in front »3 feet 8 inchesNHid extending in depth southward 306 feet. ' The improvements on this lot ar.* a fubOantial Briok Dwelling House, three (lories high, with garrets and an extensive range of back buildings alfty of three (lories—the whole comprising two genteel parlourf>—a spacious drawing ffiom— back parlour—kitchen—wafh-honfe, &c. and a great number of hed-chambert. It has the privilege of paflage into Market-flreet, through a 3 feet wide alley communicating with theyard. Another lot on the ftme ficuation and next ad joining, weflward to the one above described, eon , tainirgin front, on Market ftre.et, to feet 8 ioch es by 306 feet in depth, on which areere&ed a two i'ory frame dwellkg house aid kitchen well calcu t lated to accommodate a f»»U family. ( The back ground of both these lots is rendered healthy aud f lealant by (ravel walks and graft plats and a numbrr of fruit u«t fotefl tress growing thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a pafTage into Eighth «reet through a 15 feet wide allty ex tending to the fame front the back ends. One other Lot of gro'und adjoining to andeaft ward of the fubferiber's Dwelling House, contain ing in front 33 fe»t and extending southward to the depth of 306 £-et—on which are erefled a fubflan tia Brick Dwelling House, Ift (eet front, with garrets and very tonvtnicnt b ck buildings of the fame height and materials- Alio a Carriage House and Stables built of v/ 004- OS CHZ SWT STfittr. A Lot of Groind on the north fide, and be tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, containing in front len fecr, and r iteming in depth northward X? 8 feet. his tot isalfo accommodated with a partage into Eights Street, through the above de scribed alley. In the town of Dover,, * KENT COCTI/rr, DKI.AIVAHE STATE. Eight Lots of fitound adjoining each other, on the we 4 fide of King street, containing in front on the fame 50? feet, and extending in depth west ward about 401 feet, on which arc creeled a two dory srick Duelling House, and another Crick Building adjoining, ruitable fer a Store or Office together with Icveral frame tenements—a (Ircam of water runs through the fouch part of the lot where a tan-yar4 might be improved to advantage. Payment of a part of the purchase money will he required—the remainder may be at in terest for a number of 7»ar* by giving the pre mises in fecuvity, kc. HICHARD RUNDLE. ** drw »awtf AT an adjourned Oourt of Common Pleas help at Pittlburgh, for the county of Alleghany j State of Pennfylvar.ia.the adday of JanuaryVon' j before the honorable John M'Bowell and John I Gibfon Efquim Judges of said Court. On the petition of David Jones, a prisoner in the jul of said county, praying to be discharged ac cording to the provision of the a& of assembly made for the relief cf infolvcnt debtors, the court orders, that the said prisoner be brought before them at Pittsburgh, on the firft Monday of Maich next, that his petition and his creditors may be then heard, and that his creditors have due notice thereof by puhlidiing in the United Sutes Gazette that they mry (hew cause, if any they have, whv he (houldnot be discharged. By the Court, JAMES BRYSON, Proth'y. T.awiw Valuable Property for Sale. FOR SALE, THAT w&U known Estate, ceiled SHRFWSBURR FARM, formerly the rcfidence of General John Cidwaladar, fitmt« on Saffafras River, in Kent county, Marykind—containing a boot, 9 » acre, of prime LAND, upwards of ?0 o of which are ,n woods. The Building, are aU ex cellent, and consist of a haadfome Dwelling House two large Barns with Cow houfe#, Stables for fifty herfes, a 'peeious treading floor under cover, a era- 1 nar y>.VT° » houfc'j two ranges oftwo fto ry building, for Negroes (one of them new and of : brick), Corn heufes a Smoak house, As. & c tj,, whole Eftateboing nearly surrounded by water it ' ' fa r ncin «'» d h " » good C a'od j : Herring fifhery. It is conveniently situated for I 1 both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets wUi ' Sir Sis'! Urge Peach "4 i ' large Apple Orchards -r, rh e premises'; alfo.T vark? ! ai eXCe "i m , of i(rcr e"t kinds, -li ho foil is ' Ih a- r ;^. loam —The whole will be fold toge ther or divided mtofmaller fartmf for which the bull f? n he ' tocfe Farm, cosfiiW of Hor cfes, Cattle, Sueep *c. wiH also be difpo'fedof For further on the P"mife»,or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia. December,, C t3ALn M ' CALL ' m. tf. - X t S°ld> or Let Aon ground rent, forever NUMBER /rf very handfomn Building Lo'ta, j street ' Race-'ftrects Arch and 1 ALSO. , Lo ' s Of four acres each ;on a high, dry and elegant fixation, witkin three mUcs fr.m t& ? inquire at No. siß Arch-ftrect. J a n. 10. aawjw WAS FOUND, On FRID AY, the %tb inst. Below South-Street, in Front-Street, A SILVER WATCH, With a STEEL CHAIN. 1 Ihe Owner on proving his property and nav- 1 feb- 1 wfAni 10a SAI.E, A Small Plantation, o.?*bout 116 acres, whereof 34:ioic»are under Clover of one and two years, including .in orchard of ten acres ; acres of excellent bottom j and upland watered*ueadow, and about IS acres 1 of wood land. The remainder is now under the plough, to acres of which are in the best order to I icctive graft feed next spring. It is situated in the masor of Mo-eland, Moni gotnery county, and diflant 14 miles from Phila r delphia. 1 The improvements are a (tone ICitchen and pump *, a (lone Spring-Bouf' and s U'afli-Houle : a (lone Ternam's House; a large > (lone Barn and many oth«r ufeful out building, aud ' a good Garden fenced round with boards. For further particulars apply to r P. THOMPSON, Conveyancer, ' No. 43, Mulberry-ftrnt. i B. BONSALL, or j J. UAUMOY, on the Premifcs. ftb 4 Jtwtf For Sale by the Subscriber, No. 14s, Market-flreet, Very low for Cash, or a ihort Credit, The remaining Jlock of the late House TO Dl> 5J* MOTT, Cloths, Kerseymeres, a few prmted Cottons, Printed handkerchiefs and (bawls Printed dimities Hosiery, thi eads, twist and sewing silks A! small amount of hardware, WILLIAM MOTT, Agent far tbe assignees of Todd t? Mott, to Whom, all perfous indebted to that concern, arc requeued to make immediate payment. W. MOTTi Having coratnenccd business in the Commiflion line, his store is now open for the reception of Dry Goods of all descriptions. Philadelphia, February 4, 1799. 5 Alexander J. Miller, No. *4. South Front-Streft. HAS JUST RECEIVED, By tbe Atlantic, capt. Read, arrived at Nf.w-York, from Madras, rBE FOLLOWING WHITE GOODS, Which will be ready for Sale on Monday next, —viz.— Gaunjees Alliahald Ba tas Tandah CofTiei Fme Long Clotha Mooriea and Short Cloths, feb I j "Public notice IS hereby given, that application will be made to the Direilon of the Bank of Pennsyl vania for the renewal of a Ces tificate for a (hare in the said Bank, No- lata, dated July 14th 1797, (landing in t!*e nimc of JOSEPH REED, the fame having been accidentally loft or de flroyed, Philad. Jan. ij. d6w ALL PERSONS Indebted to thaEftatt of Mr. Joun FtNNo,late of Philadelphia, deceufad.arc defiredto mak« pay ment, aud thole having any demands, to present them for fcttleramt, to SAMUEL BLCDGET, Adm'r. or JOHN WARD FBNNO, Agent to the administration. Nov. Jo ' JAMAICA RUM, A 'Cargo now landing at SouthJlreei tuharf, FOR sale by PETER SLIGHT, ' Apply at Stores on the Wharf, who also osstas ran. sale, id aud 4th proof Madeira and Port WINES, &c. Sic. y**- »• dtf ■ Five Dollars Reward. ( STOLEN ycAerJay morning, between i o and i II o'clock, from No. 68, >iouth Fourth Street, A Single cafe Silver Watch, the maker's nameMarknoble— number not known. ' The Utters W. H. are feratched on the rim of the cafe—a rteel chain and key, gilt seal with a cypher ! W. H. engraved on it. Whoever will give me 1 information so that the thief may be brought to 1 juftkeJhall rcccivjt the above reward. ' W. HAYDON. I jan I Stray Horlc. WAS taken up, treffpatlißjc on the subscriber, 1 m the townlhip of PalTyunk, in the county i of PhilaUelphia, a grey Horfe,about fourteen hands i high, thirteen or fourteen years old, blind of his I right eye, and shod before. Whoever ha= loti , horn, by proving property and payingcharges,may , him again on applyiug to the fuhferiher. i JOHN SINK, On the Banks of Schuylkill. j«n. 19, , NOTICE, « PURSUANT to a Refrtlve of the Board of ' -I Trufleea of Walhington Academy, in Sonv erfet county, Maryland, authorising William Polk, efqr, majors Samuil Wilson, and William Jonxs, Members of said Board, to ' procure a principal tearhcr for said Academy.— NOTICE is heresy given, that a gendeman quali- ' dto teach the Greek and Latin Langw-ige*, Geo- [ graphy anil the Mathcmatic s,*and such other branches of Literature as it is customary to teach in such Schools, will meet with liberal encourage- 5 ment and itisprefumed will be well acccmmod«- a f ,n u *mg charge of this Academy. The build- ' i»g is spacious and will accomodate at lead Cxiv I Students. ' i Proposal, may be addrefTed to John Dennis, So. c in L K T' ° r Wi " iara WlHder - "countant f m the Navy department, Walnut ltreet, Philadel- 1 P mr \-° r 'a ,? f ,he three gentlemen above ' -mentioned, near Princess Anne, Maryland c dc< - 17 ' c WANTED, s To Article for two or thr<*e < F?r r n, a r° U ? g Manto a P bufiaels—- f Forjart.cular, enquire at no , 68> fouJh Founh t pC J r ° n - who hj ' some knowledge of paint- " mg or drawing would be preferred. 1 W. HAYDQN, „ WHO HAS a A Cellar to Let. 1 jan ii . a 1 — 1 — — — t, This Day is Puhlifhed, I AND lOAtAft 11Y J. pro, I tg,CHBS NU T -a' It txx AN ADDRESS on! Pe ° pie °f Maryland, ON the origin, progrd. and n-. f.wt of wf&na HE RE AS, BY an Art of Conors P ;(Te<|, n th s fixl Jay of Jsly in the year of our Lord o n c th, Unu*feven hundred and ninety eight, (h„ P„"!! s dent <.f the United States is luthwifed to kor,'" e on behalf of the Uivited States t rom 0 Bank ot the United States, or frcm any o tl body or bodies politic or corporate, or frT . my person or persons, and upon such tesT . and condition! as he shall judtre most tageoiu for the United States, a s um ~ Exceeding five millions of dollars, so howev/ 1 iV.' A# JS ntu£ £ i ? r engagementbe made w h2 e shall preclude the United State, from reimbnw J mg any f«,yi or funis borrowed at any time aft. th* expiration of fifteen years from the date ™ such loan. And whereat, it is declared by th f«d Aft, that so much as may be necelTary 0 j the surplus ot the duties on Imports and Tor nage tejwindAfef fcrmaneßCacpropriatii.ns her, tofnrecharged upon them by law, *" d appropriated for paying thenterdi .*! alto for paying and d<(charging the princi fwn arfomi ot all the monies which ma »E borrowed, according to the term or terms w'JnVu mar be fixed, purluant to the aiithdiity at'on! said—And whereat by the said Ac}, the faith o'* the United States is pledged to eftablilh fuffieiin permanent Revenues for making up ary deficien* I cy that may hereafter appear in the provifioM belore mentioned for paying the interest and principal sums, or either of them, of any mo, nies whtch may be borrowed pursuant to the said Aft. And whereas the President of the Unit ed States did by as Aft or CommWion under his hand dated the ninth day of January in rb« year ' one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine,»«, thorife and empowor, the Secretary of the Trea« fury, to borrow on behalf of the United States any sum not exceeding in the whole, five m iJ, lions of dollars and to make such comma or contracts as should be necelTary, and for the in. tereft of the United States, m purluance cf the Aft of Congref* above recited. fiamt therefore, fbe underfilled, Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the Aft ot' C»ngr«fs, and the asthority from the Prefidsnt of the United States, above mentioned, doth hereby on behalf of the United States at Ame rica, contrast asd engage in manner following to viit. 6 ' • ift A book Fr.r receives fubferiptions to 4 I ran oJ tfcllato-fm-■'t' nr vi c th;* United States (hall be opened in the city of Philadelphia, at the Bank of the United States on TWfday the twenty eighth day of February enfuinv, which tjnnk shall continue open for th' purpofr of receiving fubfrriptions, until the the said five millions of dollars (ha!! be fufaj'cribed. If more than five millions of dollars shall be fwbfcribed on the firft datof opening: the said loin, the surplus shall be d»- dnrted in proportion to the films fiibfcribed br individuals, exceeding four thousand dollarj. ad- For evei>*-; jndred dqllai s which may be fiibfcribed there shall b( Forthwith depofiteda»J paid the sum of twelve dollars and tity-wits, and like payments of twel it doH-.~ and fifty cents, {ball be made within ft" llr ft tendfvs cf the months of April, >*•}'> June, July, AnguA September and o^ ,r>er mfuing. The Seer*, tary of the how»ver reserve* the rltlit' of reducing the number of installments by lp«. cial ayr<o«ents, with the individual* who may become lubfcribcr*. id. On the failure of payment of any inftatf. mew of the sums fobltribed according to the tenor of the second article, the next preceediug in bailment of twelve dollars and fifty cants, which (hall have been paid, for every hur.drcd dollars fuhferibed shall be forfeited to the Unit- States. 4th, Tht tuRM fuMcr(lull and may be paid to the credit of the United States, at the Bank of the Unked States, er at the offices of discount and tiepofit of 'he said rtank at Boston, New-York, Baltimere, or Charlefioo, oratei ther of die Banks of Salem, in Maflacbbfettj, Newport and Providence in Rhode-lfland,Hart ford in Connecticut, Albany in New-York, or Alexandria in Virginia, for which payments,;be receipts of the CaOiicrs of the Offices of Dis count and Deposit and of the Banks aforefiid (hall be received at the Bank of the United State* as equivalent to money ; but no payment of i subsequent installment shall be received at any other place than that where the firfl inftailment wa» paid, except at the Bank of the United States ; in safe any deposits (hall be made at Oie offices of Discount or Deposit, or at either of the Bsnks aforefiid, which (hall not be applied t# the payment of the firft ioftallment of fubferip tiont to the Loan aforefiid, the said deposit* (hall be forthwith refunded by directions Iron* the Treasury. sth. For the sums or number of (hares of one hundred dollars, which may be fubfenbed, cer tificates (hall be given by the Calhierofthe Bank of the United States, which (hall be aflignabl* by indorffment, and delivery of the parties in ' whose favour the said certificates maybe HTued» j until the complsti r. ot ihe paynwnt* required by the tenor of the second article preceeding. 6th. The sums fnbfcribed and paid in purfii anre of the tenor of the second aitiele preceeiV ing, (hall after the fiid payments have been complented, constitute a funded capital (lock divilible into (hares of one hundred dollars each, which capital (lock (hall bear interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum foom the tuixs fixed for the payment of the refpeftiv* inft»H« ments payable quarter yearly at the Trealiiry ef the United States, or at the Loan Offices where the fame may {land credited, untilthe last day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. 7th. After the last day of December in the said year one thousand oight hundred and eig't, after reasonable notice to the cr«ditors, which (hall be given by an advertisement in some public news paper, printed at the feat of the government of the United State*, tbo said capital (lock (hall be re deemable at the pleafurc of th'c United tkates by the reimhurfement of the whole fun or futnt borrowed, and which may constitute the said capi' tal flock either at the treasury of the United Statr* or at the loan offices where the fame maj Hana credited. Bth. The credits for the said capital (lock (h™ and may I'C feparataly certified in sums either lor one hundred, four hundrod, one thousand, four thousand or ten thousand dollars, and the credit* so certified (hall be transferable by the creditori, or their attsraies, « the Treasury and Loan UfiKe* t«fpectivaly, u»-porfir»i>ce of the rule' which have been, or which may be gflablilbcd relativelo the transfer of the funded (lock of the Urnted States. 9th A fufficicntfum of the fsirplusof thcdutits on Imports and Tonnage beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them, by law, together with the faith of the United States are hereby pledged for the fulfillment of this con trail, in pursuance of, and according to the terms and conditions of tbf aft of Congrcfs hsrein be fore recited. Given under my hand and the fcal of the / T , Treasury of the United States at Phi '' ladejp> ia, this twelfth day «f January sne thousand Ctvtn hundred and nine ty nine. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary aft be Treasury*
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