United STATFS, ") £
Penrfylvania D\ftrid, J
NO I iCE is hereby given, I hat a frrcial diftriil
Court of the United States will be holden
it the l ity Hall ir. the City of Philadelphia in and
for the P. nnfy'.var.ia dillria, on Friday the Bth
day of March next, at 10 o'clock iu the forenoon
of the fame day, for the trial of an information
filed by William R»wle,efsj A ttorney of the Unit
ed State" in and for the said diftriil, against the
X P R £ S.S,
With her tackle, apparel,and appurtenances and
the Carjro 0:1 board of her, consisting of
103 Hhds. "1
1 Tierce, > SUGAR.
c j
45 Hhds. ")
108 Bfcls. j- COFFEE.
16 half bbls. j
17 tons Logwood.
The said Brigantine Express, being a veltil own
ed by persons resident within the United States,
rfnd employed in traffic with a person resident with
in the juriMiftion of the French Republic, contra
ry to the form of the aft of the Congress of the
United States in such cafe made and provided, and
seized therefor, Ac:
By order of the Court-,
DAVID CALDWELL,
Clerk of the Diflrid Court.
Philadelphphia, 1
lt);h Feb. 1799. J tttAsSf tZthmar.
FOR BOSTON,
jSN-fc. Tbe Schooner
FA IR AME RICAN,
John Cuoate, Matter,
H Lying at the firft wharf below
Chefnut street, will fail in a few days—-For freight
or passage, apply to the captain on hoard, or to
Joseph Anthony iS Co.
feb SO d4t
For Charlcfton,
THE SHIP 1
38§lli?' J° HN BULKLEY,
WlLl, f»H in ahont ten days, for freight or pas
sage apply to JESSE & ROBERT WAI N,
feb 18 d 1 ot
Notice.
' ~ 4
TO BE SOLD,
Or exchanged for property in or near Phi
ladelpbia,
A FARM of one hundred and forty two aere* of
a \ land On the road from New-Port to Lancafler,
$3 near London GroveiMeeting HoufeXhefter county,
the Farm House was formerly used as a Store and
Tavern, for further information apply to CHARLES
WHARTON, at his house No. 136, South Second
ftreet.
Feb. 18 IT tawow
lOffE LET,
Until OElober next,
The Elegant Bali-Room,
In Fourth, between Chefnut and Wainut-ftreets.
Entfuire of Wm. M'Dcugall, No. 134 Market
ftreet.
Jt_
Java coffee,
ABO* 1 !' xa,ooolb. of Java Coifee in bags, en
titl. d to the drawback,
FOR SALE,
At No. 119, Market street,
Where also may he bad as usual,
Ironmongery, Cutlery, hard
ware, Paints, GlaTs, &c, &c. of
RICHARD WISTAR.
frb, tj. .lawtf
To be Let,
A Store and Loft,
NEAR Market-street Wharf.—Enquire of
the Subscriber,
GEO. DAVIS,
319 High-ftrret.
feb it tawtf
To be Let,
A genteel, convenient three story
BRICK HOUSE,
In I-pruce Street, (no. 64)
THIS house h;.s been newly papered and paiated,
and was not Occupied during last fever.
■feb. ia. d;t as. to tf.
ALL Persons having any De
mand aga nft the estate of the late Robert Hardie,
mariner, rteceaied, are hereby requefled to present
them for fcttlement, and all those indebted to said
*ftate, to make payment to either of the fubferibers
PETER BAYNTON,
Walnut-flrtet. ( „
JOHN CRAfG, r Executant
No. 12) Doch-Jircct. 3
jan. 14' jawtf
A Farmer Wanted.
WANTED a rrarried Man capable of man
agirg a Farm, (of 60 acres withia 10 miles
of the ci'y) having some knowledge of gardening,
and whsfe wife would undertake the charge of a
Dairy, See.—Such persons, on producing fufficient
recommendations of their honesty, mduftry and so
briety, will meet with liberal encouragement ; for
particulars apply to the printer.
Feb. 6. jaw tf
Pasture Lot.
r ~|"'© be rented lor one or more years, a Failure
.1 Lot in Fourth street, continued, about half a
tnile above the city—lt is in a good Hate of culti
vation, well fenced, contains three acres, and
has the b«ncfif of a rim of water palling through
it—apply to the printer.
Feb. 6 saw tf
• - - - '» r
WANTED,
To Article for two or three
years a young Man to a profitable bufinefs —
For particulars enquire at no. 68, south Fourth
street
A person who has some knowledge of paint
ing or drawing would be preferred.
W. HAYDON,
WHO HAS
A Cellar to Let.
}an 11 $
This Day is PubH/hed,
»VS!«»!«Ll»1J.'tl'»0, Iiq,CHIS«»T-|i HIT
AN ADDRESS
To the People of Maryland,
ON the origin, progress and p-eftst Date ot
f ro'ich aggreftiou, with a (ketch of the infamous
attempts to degrade the Government of the United
States, and some reflections on the late proceedings
jn Congress; written the last of April to the pre
ent year, by a Member of the House of Reprefen
iatiYM. $ }U*e u
City t)anciw Ajfcmbly. j
THE fubferibers .ire informed {liac the Ball i
in ccrapttipent to Lieutenant Gen kral
Washington, will be given at Ricketts's Circus,
on Friday m xt, lid inft.
Feb. IS dtfn \
N. B. The fubferibers will be pleased t> ap- j
ply to Mr. O'fcllers, who will deliver their cards,
and strangers will be furnilhed with cards on ap
plication to any Manager, agresably to the jules of
the fiafon-
"Fall.
Mr. & Mrs. Byrne,
First Dancers of the New Theatre,
RESPECTFULLY inform the Ladies and
Gentlemen of Philadelphia* that their firft
Bah, will be on Thursday next, 14th Fib. at
CEllers' Hotel—Ladies tickets maybe obtained
of Mrs. Byrne, or of their feholirj.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrne haviag opened their
Academy at Feur Dollars per Month, or Ten
Dollars per Quarter, mean to teach every sash
i>nable Danre now in use in the politest circles 1
of Europe—and relying on their attention to
their pupils, hope for the generous patronage I
of a discerning public.
Pleale to enquire of Mr. 4 Mrs. Byrne, the
' corner of Dock and Second streets, or dnring '
the hours of Tuition, at Oeilers's Hotel, on
Tuesdays and Saturdays, from ten til! twelve in
the morning for Young Ladies, and in the even
ings of the fame days from fix till nine for Gen
tlemen—To commence on Saturday the 26th
January.
February 11. dtf
FOR Sr. CROIX.
tiGt
JOHN GARDINER, matter, lying at Albert
fon's wharf, will fail in ten or twelve days. For
freight or paflage apply to'the captain on board,
or to
Jafin Nixon (s* Co.
feb 2i diet
January 2yd, 1799.
IN puriuance of a rcfolvc of the
President and Managers of the Delaware aA3
Schuylkill Canal Company,
The Stockholders are hereby notified and re
quired to pay ten dollars on each of their rrf
peflive (haris of stock, on or before the firft
day of March next, to the Treafurerof the
Company at their office near the Bank ofPenn
lylvania.
Extraft from the minutes,
GEORGE WORRALL, Sec'ry.
WILLIAM GOVETT, Treasurer.
. jan. 25. frfa4W.
To be Sold at Public Sale,
On the ajth of this month, at the house of Willi
am Anderfon, in the borough «f Chester, De
laware county,
A Lot of Ground fitnated on Chester
Creek, 180 feet on f»id creek, and 100 feet deep,
there is on said lota good stone dwelling house and
kitchen, two good stone store houses, two good
wharves, and an excellent place for a lumber
yard. It is at present occupied by Margaret
Moulder.
Alfa, about 36 aeres of good Land in
the townlhip of Kidley, and county aforcfaid.
There is on said premises two small renaments, a
good young apple and peach orchard, and an ex
cellent good ftont quarry on Crum Creek, at pre- 1
sent occupied by Charles Ramfsy
The terms will be made known on the day of
sale. JOHN WALL.
February 9. 3tawtisth F.
Notice.
' I'HOSE who have demands against the Bftate
A of Mr. George Ximii, deceased, in his
private or individual capacity, are requifted to
present their accounts to the fubferiber for adjuft
nunt and liquidation ; and those who are indebted
to the said estate are requested to make payment
to the Rev. Joseph Turner,no 3S»,fouth Second
street, or to
THOMAS RYERSON,
no. 177, Market street,
Attorney in fai!l for Mrs. Ann Keppele.
N. B.—To be let, a good House,
with convenient #tores, he. in a most eligible fttu
ation for business in the Dry Good line, or other
wise. In this hcufe there were no inhabitants du
ring the prevalence of the late malignant fever
and the whole has been well repaired very lately.
For terms apply as above. Also to be disposed of
on very moderate terms, part of the library of the
late Mr. Keppele, consisting of frem three to four
hundred volumes of valuable Books written by the
most refpe&able authors on their refpefiive (üb
jedi—Thefe are to be seen at the hoafe of the laid
Mr. Turner, and to whom application for them
must be made.
Feb. 14 jaw4w.
At a Court of Common Pleas held at
Union To<wn the nth day of Decern
(L. s■) * er ' t/x I""" °f our Lorl * I ? 9 8 '
before the hon. Alexander Addison,
esq, President, and bis associates,
Judges of the same Court,
ON the petition of Jeremiah Cook, an insolvent
debtor, confined in the jail of Fayette county,
praying the benefit of the laws for the relief of insol
vent debtors, the Court appoint the firft day of next
Court to hear the petitioner and his creditors, and or
der that he give notice thereof for one week in Fen
no's daily paper coding three weeks before the day of
hearing, and also for three fuceeffivc weeki in the Fay
ette Gazette, the last of which to be two weeks pre
vious to the hearing. By the Court,
EPHRAIM DOUGLASS, prothonatary.
Feb. 16.
0" All persons iudebtedto the Estate
of Joseph Anthony, fen. deceased, are re
quelled t« make immediate payment: —And all
those who have any demands against said estate,
aredefired to produce them legally a'ttefted to
the fubferibers for settlement.
JOSIAH HF.WES, ")
JOHN MORTON,
JOSEPH ANTHONY, >
December 26. dtf
NOTICE,
PURSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of
Trullees of Waihington Academy, in Som
erset county, Maryland, authoring William
Polk, efqr. majors Samuel Wilson, and
William Jo-nes, Membeisof said Board, to
procure a principal teacher for said Academy.
NOTICE is here >y given, that a gentleman quali
fied to teach the Greek and Latin Languages, Geo
graphy and the Mathematics, and such other
branches of Literature as it is customary to teach
in such Schools, will tneet with liberal encourage
ment and it isprefumed will be well accommoda-t.
e«l in taking charge of this Academy. The build
ing is spacious and will accomodate at lcaft futy
Students.
may be addrefled to John Dennis, No.
161 Arch-street, or William Winder, accovintant
in the Navy department, Walnut street, Philadel
phia, or t? either of the three gentlemen above
near Princess Anne, Maryland,
dec 17 r
lUniteo States,! _
Pennsylvania DiflnQ. J
BY virtue of a" alias writ of venditioni rx"pna>
to me diiciSsd hy the honorable Richard Ps
ters, cf>]uire, Judge nf the RirtriA Court of rh<
( United State- in and for the Pennsylvania Diftrifl,
j will be exposed to public sale at the Merchants'
Coffee-houfc in the City of Philadelphia, on Mon
day the 4th, day of March next at 7 o'clock in the
evening,—Ml that certain two-flory brick Mcf
fuage, with the lot or piece of ground thereunto
belonging, situate on the south fide of Chefnut
ftreet, between Sixth and Seventh-llrxets from the
river Dataware, the lot; containing in breadth on
Chtfnirt-llrtst one hundred and one feet, an 4 in
depth two hundred and thirty-five feet to George
flrwt, with tea house, gardin, &c Two three
ftory brick IVlefluagta nearly finifhed, and tht lots
thereunto belonging, situate on the east fide of
Sxtb-ftreet, he-ween Walnut and Spruce ftre«ts;
each lot containing in breadth on Sixth-street tw«n
ty-tv.o feet, and in depth one hundred and feventy
feven feet; the whole clear of all incumbrances—
And also aground rent of thirteen pounds eight
(hillings and nine pence, clear of taxes, ifluingout
of athrce-ltory hr ck house an J lot situate oh the
east fide of Sxth ftrect atoiefaid from the river
Delaware, adjoining the last above men'.ioned
houfe'-
Seized and taken in execution as the property of
John Swanwick, «f«[Uire,deceafed,and will be fold
by
WILLIAM NICHOLS,
Marjbal.
Marflials Office, 7
Philadelphia, Feb. 11. J dt4tMar
" T~A~KE NO 7 ICE,
THAT I am to be fold on such terms, that
rke purchaser need not advance any cash,
ualefs he pleases, till it is earned by my services,
provided no accident happens me; or, if you
please, I am te be farmed out for two years,
and not lei*. lam a bright bay, full 15} hands
high, qf noble descent, roy name is .TRIM M.ER
—I was got by Hall's imported horse Eclipse,
my dam, purchased by Doiilor Mall, was got by
the imported horse Slim ; my grand dam was
got by Old Figure 1 my great grand dam by
Talkers Othello out of Selima, &e. &c. as will
more fully appear by WiJliim Lyle's attested
certificate who raised me. My chandler as a
racer is weli*ftabli%ed ; I woo the colt's purse
at Bladeufbnrg of twenty guineas ; I won a
fifty guinea purse at Baltimore, a fifty guinea
purse at An.epulis and a fifty guinea purse at
Hagerihwn. I never loft a race but the last I
run at Alexandria, which was owning to my
being fcrdly shod, as I loft all my plates before
I got h. lam in fine plight, found io every
refpea; my offspring are in great repute, fomc
of whrh are bow iatraining for the turf —pro-
cure ne good (lands and entertainment and I
am abe ts earn one thuufand dollars per arv
num.
Any person inclining to buy or rent may
know the terms by applying to John Carnan
(Lovelill) Ctecil county and slate of Mary
: land, eight miles south of Elkton.
feh.tt. d6w
Attention, Cavalry.
Centfcmen of the city and liberties of Phila
delphia, desirous to become members of the
Voiuntetr Troop of Cavalry, commanded by
Capt Hubert Wharton, are informed that there
are several vacancies in the Troop ; and that
a committee consisting of Henry Mierken, Jno.
H. Taylor, James Hamilton, Owen Foulk and
James Simmons, will attend at Wm Ogden's
tavern, Chefnut-ftreet, every mond*y evening,
6 o'clock for the purpose of receiving applica
tions.
JAMES SIMMONS, S»c'ry.
feh. 6.
Philadelphia Rifle Company
Arerequefted to paradt at the State house, oa
Friday next, aid instant, at 9 o'clock, a.m. in
: complete uniform.
'John Coyle, Captain.
Feb. 10
TO BE LET,
And immediate possession given,
THE Stores and Wharf letely occupied by Ro
bert 1 homai, between Chcfnut and Walnuuftreet,
for terms apply to
WILLIAM SHEAFF,
No. 168, High-drccC.
Feb. 10 d6t
THE COMMISSIONERS,
APPOINTED by the Corporation to open
Books of Subscription for a Low to intro
duce WHOLESOME WATEK from the River
Schuylkill by means of Steam Engines (already
contrailed for) to the Center Square and from
thence to be distributed through the Citv.
NOTICE,
THAT a book will be opened at the City Hall
to-morrow, the 13th instant, and will be con
tinued from day to day, until the Loan iscom
pleated, where the commissioners will attend
from 10 o'clock ia the morning until one, to re
ceive fubferiptions.
By order of the Board,
Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y.
id mo, it.
N. B. Ten dollars to be paid On each (hare at
the time of Subfcribine,
30 dollars at the expiration of "J „
two months /rrem the time
30 ditto, ditto, 4 months ( r , -°" .
30 ditto, ditto, 6 months) bing
~ NOTICE?
THE eo partnership of JOHN GREEN to" Co
is this day difTolved by muttual consent.
All persons indebted to the f lid Firm are reqnefled
to make immediate payment, and those having any
demands to present them for settlement to any one
of the Sublcribers— each being duly authorized to
adjull the fame.
JOHN GREEN.
EDMUND DARCH.
SAMUEL DARCH.
N. B —They have the remainder of their (lock
of Goods—confiding of
Ironmongery, Hardware, &c.
At No. 16, North Second Street, which they are
felling on very low terms to dose the business.
j an - I '' taw3w
Pennfylvcinia Population Company.
NOTICE is hereby givento the Shareholders, that
an alTePTmeat of Ki r mi dollirs is levied on each (hare,
payable, one hit*, itameuiaiely, ar.d the remainder in
60 days from the 14th inllant; which they are request
ed to pay to the Treasurer of the, Co! -iy at the
Company's Office, No. 53 North tW;r.-.Vet, agree
ably to the times above mentioned.
The proprietors will please to reccilefl the nccefli
ty of being poa&ual, otherwise the fer>eii« eo: ■ .r
shares wit) be incurred agrrably to the . ...
By order of the board,
SOL. MARACHE, : .-v.,
fe k" 3,1. nn
All Persons
Indebted to the Eflate ofHENRY H[[,l„ dsceafed
are requefled to make payment to the fubfer iber
and those having any demands on the fame to pro
duce their accounts for fattlement.
GIDEON H. WELLS,
p ,., n °- *39 i Market flreet
Philadelphia, dee, 4, 1798 eot f
Laws of the United States.
Fifth Congress of the United States
At the Third Seflion, begun and held
at the City of Philadelphia, in the
State of Pennsylvania, on Mon
day, the third of December,
one thousand '.even hundred
and ninety eight.
AN ACT
To amend an Act, entitled " An Act giving
effect to the Laws of the United States
xi'itbin the District of Tennessee."
BE it tnacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tie United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
any person who shall commit an offence a
gainst the laws of the United States, on the
east fide of Cumberland mountain, within the
diflrift of Tenneflee, shall not be held to
anfweT at the court at NadiriHe, or any o
ther place, on the weft fide of said mountain ;
and that any person who (hall commit an
offence againlt the laws of the United States
on the weft fide of said mountain, within
the said diftritt, (hall net be held to answer
at the court at Knoxville, or any other place,
upon the east fiae of said moo 11 tain, but that
all persons who (hall commit offences against
the laws of the Unitpd States (within the
said diflridl) (hall be held to answer in the
court on that fide of the said mountain,
where such offence shall have been committed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thut
any suits which Qui I be brought by the
United States, in'the diftrift court of Ten
neflee, against any person residing on the east
fide of said mountain, shall not be returned
to the court at Nashville, on the weft fide
of said mountain ; and that any suits which
lhall be brought bv the United States, »-
gainst any person residing upon the weft fide
of said mountain, (hall not be returned to
the court at Knoxville, on the east fide of
said mountain. But that all suits which
shall be brought by the United States, a
gainst any person or persons, residing on the
refpe&ive fidei of the said. mountain, lhall
be returned to the covlrt, on that fide of the
said mountain, where the defendamt or de
fendants (hall reficle, or be found at the time
of bringing such suit or fuitt.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the western foot of Cumberland mountain
lhall be the boundary, dividing £he jurifdift
ion of the eastern, from the weflern fide of
said inopntain.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
all suits which may be brought as aforefaid,
(hall be proceeded upon to final judgment in
the court wherein such suit or suits shall
have been originally returned, and it shall
be the duty of the clerk for the diftritt of
Tenneflee, to keep two separate dockets, for
the pnrpofcs aforefaid, one for the court at
Nashville, and one for the court at Knox
ville.—Provided, that nothing in this Aft
ffell be so construed, as to prevent writs of
execution issued from either of the said
courts, being executed on the person or pro
perty of the defendant or defendants, in anv
part of the diftrift of I'ennellee, in the fame
manner as if this aft had never been passed.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives 4
TH : JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, February 19th, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
AN ACT
For the Relief of Jonathan Has kill.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That the
accounting officers of the Treasury be, and
they are hereby direfteel, to credit and al
low to Jonathan Hafkill, the sum of tyvo
hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty
five cents, placed in his hands for the use of
a detachment of troops, under his command,
and by him loft, in the month of September,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THO: JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, February 19, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
AN ACT
Appropriating a certain sum of money to de
fray the expense of holding a treaty or
treaties with the Indians.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States
jof America, in Congress assembled, That a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dol
lars be appropriated to defray the expense df
luch treaty or treaties as the Prefidentof tht
United States lhall deem expedient to hold
with the Indians: Provided, nothing in this
aft contained shall be construed to admit an
obligation on the part of the United States
to extinguish, for the benefit of any state or
individual citizen, Indian claims to any lands
lying within the limits of the United States ;
and that the compensation to be allowed to
any of the commissioners appointed, or who
may be appointed for negotiating such trea
ty or treaties, (hall not exceed, exclusive of
travelling expenses* the rate of eight dollars.
per Jay, during the t'rae of adual service of
such commissioner.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the ium aforefaid (hall be paid out of Hny
monies in the Treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker oj the House of Representatives
TH: JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, February 19, 1700.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
AN ACT
For the relief of Gazzam, Taylor and Jones,
and of Samuel Watt, of the citj of Phil
ladelphia.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That the
colleftor of the port of Philadelphia be au
thorised to pay to Gazzam, Taylor and
Jones, and to Samuel Watt, of the city of
Philadelphia, merchants, the amount of the
drawback of duties on so much of the car
go of the schooner Eagle, belonging to
them, as was (hipped in the year one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety-fix, on board
the said vtflel, for St. Thomas's, and relad
en in the river Delaware on board the hrig
Fame, for St. Croix. Provided it (hall ap
pear to the fatisfaftion of the said collettoV,
that every requisite of the law has been com
plied with by the said Gazzam, Taylor and
Jones, and of Samuel Watt, to entitle them
to the said drawback of duties, in cafe the
said goods had not been re (hipped, as afore
faid.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
,TH: JEFFERSON,
V ice-President erf the United
and President of the Senate.
Approved February T9, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
President as the United States.
AN ACT
To authorise the reimbursement of monies
expended in rendering aid to sick and des
titute American seanien, in foreign coun
tries.
BE it enacted by the Senate and Houie
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of state be, and hereby is au
thorised, under the%lire£tion of the President
of the United States, to reimburse such rea
sonable advance* of money, as have been
made, or, during the present year, maybe
made, by the consuls of the United States,
in affording relief to sick and deftituSe Ame
rican seamen, in foreign countries, or in
aiding them to return to their homes, be
yond the sum allowed by law for that pur
pose.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TH : JEFFERSON,
Vice-President oj the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved February 19, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Depofvted among the Rolls in the Office of
the Department of State.
Timothy Pickering,
Secretary of State.
DONATIONS
Received by the Committee appointed to dis
tribute the Donations received to alleviate
the diftrefTes of those who are Suffering in
consequence of the late calamity, viz.
Twenty one dollars five cents from David
Bithop, contributed by the Presbyterian
Congregation of Amwell township, New-
Jersey, received from Timothy Paxfon.
Twenty Dollars from Richard Tunis, of this
city.
Two hundred dollars- from Robert Wharton,
Mayor, received by him from Walker &
Kennedy, on account of James Morton,
i reafuirr to the Presbytery of Hanover
in Virginia.
Bv order of the Committee,
EDWARD GARRIGUES,
CHAIRMAN-
Attest, P. BARKER, Clerk.
2d mo, 20. 1799.
A N AC T, '
Limiting the time within which claims against
the United States, for credits on the books of
the Treasury, may beprefervted for allowance
BL it mailed by the Senate and lioufe of Rf
prefentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress ajfembled. That all credits on
the books of the Preai'ury of the Unired Staaes.
for tranfa<sVions during the late war, which,
according to the course of the Treasury have
hitbfertobeea discharged by issuing certificates
of registered debt, (hall be forever barred and
precluded from Settlement or allowance, unlefo
claimed by the proper creditors, or their legal
rcprefenutives, on or before the firft day ot
March, in the. year . ite thousand seven buadrei}
and ninety-nine. And the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby required to cause this A& to
be publilhed in ®ne or mere of the public paper*
of each state.
(Signed) JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the Honfe of Representative.%
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
President of the Senate. Pro. Tern.
Approved July 0, jiat.
rOHN ADAMS,
President of the United StateK
December 13. w t ift IVar.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having any demands against the
Eftute of the late Jamu Wiison, isl'q. are
desired to present their accounts, properly authen
ticated, to either of the I'ubfcribers. The creditor*
whose debts are secured by mortgage, are particu
larly requested to present their accounts, as soon a»
convenient, in order to enable the fubferibers to
make a statement of the situation of the property.
A meeting of the creditors is requested on Mon
day the Ilth of March, at 7 o'clock in the even
ing, at the City Tavern.
Bird Wilson 1
William Nichols I
John Adlum J
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