.... .V• sr. J-'J : I *T~' ''—*■"" ftor file bY) PETER BLIGHT, At bis Store —South ft ect i. haif, A quai.t.ry of Jamaica Rum, do liraniy, Bthproof, ttc Pert in pipes, hhds and qr. calks Madeira, in pip's fit lor u 1 e, Catatonia White Wiue iu pipes, Hazlenu's in sacks CaftileSoap Old Arrack—in calks and cafesof 3 dozen each, feb, 19. eod * w IMPOR i E D, By late arrival: from Hambvkgb, $ grf.Jt brows KufliaShectings-j generally German 6 4 wide Dowlafle* / entitled to SrownSileQas L foreign ex- Bregtagnes I port draw- Ticklcnburgs J back. TOR SALS Br GiiC* jE pennock. Feb. 19. d6t . F (5' k BA' 1- Eighteen Acres and tiventy-fix Perches of L A N D, In a fine healthy lituation, with a fma'l stone houle upon it, some meadow and woodland, a run of water, and a good spring ; situated ia t}.e Manor of .Moreland, Montgomery County, on the Southampton and Wright's Town road, 14 miles from Philadelphia, adjoining the lands of W. Deans, Esq. VV. Roberts, and J. Lau raoy. -4pply to J. LAUMOY. Kiflefiion will be given on the lirfl of April. February 19th, 1799 3tawif ' ' FOR -,SALE, By the Subfcriberst 15 pipes Old Madeira Wine, I pair of 9 p«und Cannon 5 packages of Quti Guiaceum I bales of st. Domingo Cotton 100 boxes of Wax Candlas, of 1411-5 each. Willings lif Francis. PennP.reet,") ftbrtarv 19. j w&f tf CHINA GOODS. " Now delivering from the jhip Neil'-Jerfev, from Canton, FOR SALE, At the Stores of the Subscribers, CONSISTING OF Bo t, ea ~i Hyson ikin / Young hyson > T$A S. #*yf<on and 1 Imperial J White nankeens I fitcftrifljif, colored and black Senfhawa 00. do. Handkerchiefs do. do. 4 4 Scwit>£ uk* do. do. B!nck ha'r ribbon Black fattin* CafTra in fmali bale* China ware in dining and tea setts On Hand, 5® trunk* and rafoa dimities.mufln-, ginghams, muflinetsand pullicathandk' rchiefe.in fihall pack ages, for the Weft-India market. a? Trunks of printed cahcee*, aflbrted for the Weft-India market. 1 bale of woolen cloths,low priced. Sjil ean*as by the bale or piece, No. ito 8. Copprr ia (heets 14 by 48 and 48 by <o inches Raised copper bottoms in tubs. A Ctnvil invoice ul qyretu ware alTerted. English wrought nails in calks. Sheathine par"-, Nsvr-Orleans indigo Paint* of different color", dry in calks. O'd Madeira wine fit for use. NIC KLIN Isf 'GRIFFITH. Feb. IX m w.fr.tf. Just Imported, Iron cannon, double fortified, Woolwich proof, ,with their carriages complete— 3, 4, 6 and 9 pounders. Carronades, Woolwich proof, with carriages, &c. complete—n, 18 and 14 pounders. Cannon powder in kegs of aslks- each Round, double-headed, and can-nifttr /hot Parent fheathir>g copper, bright, assorted 18,10, ii, 14, 16 and 18 or per square foot, sheets 48 by 14 inchss, suitable ibr vtfTeU from 100 to I coo toti* Copper nails, bolts and spikes Bo: Pikes, Common rctlaflcs Gunners (lores of all kind* Tin-plates No I—l-31 —1-3 Patent fliot in ca{ks of scwt. each London porter and *»rown flout, in cafkj tf 7 doz. bottled* Earthen ware in c*atls, assorted For Sale by SIMCiN WALKER, Pine near sth ttreet,. October 19. eo.tf. the Partnership of John & James Poultney, 11E1NG diffolvedny mutual consent, all persons 3 Indebted to them are requsflei to make im modiate payment to either of the fubferibers ; and those 'laving demands to present their accounts for set element. JOHN POULTNEY\ JAMES POULTNEY, ift mo 30 w&frtf _ ]ohn Miller, junr. HAS SIMOVIB IROM NO. 8, tHISNOT, 'To the T'rve Story Building, in Dock, ntar Third-flreet, WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, *OO Bales of Bengal Goads; CONSISTING OS COSSAS Bafua Mamoodies Hurrhums TafTaties Striped Dareas Calicoes Handkerchiefs, &c. &e. Also. a targe ajfortment of Madras Handkerchiefs, of various ckfcripticns. January i i awtf ~ TsJotice is hereby Given, That application will be made at the Sink of the United Slates for the renewal 01 Jic following certificates of Bank stock, Handing in the name of Hodgfon Atkinlon of London, which Xff-tt loft liopvon board the Swallow Pac ket, capt. Kl'id, captured by the French, and all persons concerned aredefiredto rake notice. Mo. 2474., iffned In lieu cf No. 1891, 5392, 566" and 16640, for4fi>arcs. No. 30:0. issued in lieu ot 11055, &nd hoc" 1 , f<»' 3 flwres.—7 (hares. THOMAS M-EUEN&T Co. a«r. »8 H'J-rSR LOAN. I I'HE Goni'iiillionerstor rec.ivi>j fnhfcriptions *0 a L.oan for f i*pplying the City 01 t'nilanciphia wth vkhii some waier, give N O,T / C E, That they will v-ail on the citizens for tacir fubferip t ions in the following dibri&s IVlUwm Java wih rtceivc Ircm Vine to South fide of Pine-Artct. Levi Jit.L'i-«sK>*rth will receive from the North fide of Pine roth# South fide of Sprucc-ftreets. JcJd IValn will receive from north (ide of, Spruce to the south fide of Walnut-ftrects. Rdxyard Tilghman will receive from north fide of Walnut to the fou.h fide ol Chcfnut-ftreets. Jofjr I ficept a»d *> will receive from north fide oi Jonathan kohinfon ) J Chefuut to tne south fide of Market-street?. Stephen Girard, and'} will receive from north fide of Jacob SboeiKoicr J Market to the south fid* of Arch-ftrects. Ttomas Hajhins will rec-'iverrom north fide of Arch to the iourh fide of Race-streets, Leotard yatohi will receive from north fide of Race to the lotith lide of Vine-tfreets. Joseph Crurkjhanh,") will attend at the office of Jared „ & Jared Ingeifol ) Ingerfol, oppofne the i'tate HoHfe, with the book, hitherto kept :t the City Hall. By order of the board, JACOB SHOEMAKER, wVj. ad .no 18th S A Farm for Sale. ) WILL be fold, m purfsance of in order o Orphans Court of Delaware cou ity, on Monday the a.?th February mxt, tth: house • of W. Anderion, in the Borough ot Chefler, at orc o'clock, P. M. THE PLANTATION, Late the property of Raper Hofkins, deceased, situate in the laid Boroiij>h, containing about aaoacres, of which between 43 and 50 acres are axcellent upland and marft meadow ; about 40 a«rci of woodland ; the remainder is arable land, of a pood quality —The whole has been nfed for many years as a crazing farm and is un der an almost new cedar fence ; there are on the ! farm a good two story stone dwelling houle and kitchen in good repair; the dwelling house has 1 four rooms on a floor, with a convenient entry ; there is a good kitchen garden, two good apple orchards, one containing about fix acres young and healthy ; a good tenant's house, barn, flables and chair houle. The harks are in good repair, and walled in front with llone- Alfa at th* fame time and place will be fold 15 acres of marlh meadow, in tbe neighbour hood of the farm, under good bank, and in high cultivation. Any person desirous of view ing the premises, will be lhewn thtm by ap plying in Chefler to ELEANOR HOSKINS, Admin'x. January 18, 1799. Who delires all those indehted to the lite R. Hofkins, to make immediate payment, and those who have demauds agaiflt his estate, 10 present them to her for settlement. l^awtdf ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to the Estate of Abraham D ick s, Sheriff of the County of Delaware, are requefled ti mike immediate pay ment, and all those who have demands against sard Estate to anthentirate and present them for settlement. Also, all those who have deposited wntings with fai l dece?fed to apply for them to WILLIAM PENNOCK Adm'r. Springfield, Delaware county, 1 ift mo. Bth, 1799. ) jan. 8 lawtf Ihe Subscriber offers for Sale, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. AN Excellent three story Brick House, fltu jte the corner of 7th and Race-streets j— the house is about 15 feet- front and well finilh «d in every refpeil j the Lot is 76 feet front on j Race-street ami 88 feet deep,the lituitiun remar- | kably airy, having a public square open in Front of it. Two three ftor j Brick Houses, Brick Stores, \ and good Wharf, situate in Wares-street, be tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which these buildings are, is fifty four feet frost on Water-street, and continues that width about 95 feet, then widens to the south 13 feet 6 inch es, so thattbe front on the water U sixty seven feet fix inches, this lot adjoins Job-» Stcinmetz esq. on the south, and has the advantage of a public alley on the north, and is a very desira ble fituatiou for the business of a Ffour Factor, j or Merchant. A large elegant two story Stone House, situ ate on the Point no Point road, being the firft house to the Northward of the five mile flone ; this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep 1 finiftied in a neat manner; there is a good gar den and choice colleflion of the heft fruit trees, Ic«-Houfe and other conveniences with about nine acres of ground—or if more agreeable to ' the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and meadow may be udded to it. A plantation in Bibirry Townfbip, Philadel phia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles from this city ; bounded by the Northampton Road and Poquefling Creek, this farm contains about 140 acres of land, a proportionof which s woodland and meadow , a brJck dwelling houfe, frame barn, and other ou«.houfes, and there is said to be a good stone quaVry on part of it, although it has not yet b4ea opened, a fur ther description is deemed unnecefTary as no person will purchafo without viewing the pre mises, A small plantation in Horfliam Towßfhip, Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi ladelphia, adjoin ; ng to Grame Park, on which is an excellent new Stone House and Kitchen, with a large Stone Shed for the accommodation of traveller's horses ; the house is now occupi ed as a tavern, and is suitable for any kind of public business the land is good in quality, a good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy situation : there is fifty acres of land and mea dow in this farm Also for l'ale, several trails of land in different counties of this state. 0" The HouJjjJn Race-street firft mentioned and one cf the Houfco in Water-street, are now TO BE LET, And immediate poffeflion given. For terms applr at the South-east corner of Arch and Sixthflreets, to JOSEPH BALL. f eh 7 th&f tf Advertisement. THE Creditors of WILLIAM PURNELL, (C. N.) late of Worccfter county, Maryland. I deceafed,are hereby notified to appear at the court K house in dnow Hil.in the (aid county, on the Bth i, day of March next, with their rcfpciflive claim? - ag.iinß the said deceased, properly authenticated, II at which rime, or as soon thereafter as can be, a portiorable division otthe assets in the hands of the } iubferiber will be made between them, agreeably to the <iire<aions 01 the ad of alfenibly, entitled , "An ad to alter and amend the law in certain J cafe." Edward Henry, executor. Feb. 19. dtS.Mar TO THE Promoiers of Lit-eratiir^. THE managers of the BcuL Seini'iary, impelled by -notivesof pure morality, having 1 resolved to < ifpofe of tlnr following property by way «f LOTTERY, in orjrv to aflilt thtm in eredling a convenient build ing for live accommodation of rue hundred Undents, and the necefTary pro elfora in the different departments cf faience—do offer for sale three bundled and fifty lots in BEUL A, eacfa fifty-eight feet by one hun dred and twenty-five, at twenty dollars per ticket, each ticket enti led to a lot to be determined by ballot; ten dollars to be paid on receipt of the ticket, and the remaining ten en the delivery of the deed. The bal lot to take place before impartial men, as soon as the w.iole number of tickets are fold. The manager', anticipating the difficul ty of obtaining c;tlh for the whole, have re folded to receive an equivalent, fur f..rue of the lots, in teLci b6ok» ; pbilofophictjl ,-'.p pniatus, or in produce and materials for building, delivered on the spot. It may be obfetved, that the value of prizel in this lottery will be more than dou ble the amount of all the tickets j for 350 lots, woula at their average eflimation, pro duce at leafl 15,750 dollars ; wlnllt, accord ing to the present proposals, the futn ob tained for them will be only 7,00 c dollars. Ticket? may be had during this winter, of Morgan f. Rieet, president oflhe board of managers, no. 177, south Second-flreet, Philadelphia ; who will receive propofils and plans for the creflion of the building. It is intended to be of brick or stone ; its situation on the summit of a gradual rising eminence, commanding an ex tensive prefped of tke (urrounding country ; an observatory to be on ks top. Land and out lots in the vipinity of the Town may be had on moderate terms hy ap plying as above. Mechanics and laborers, of good morals will meet with cncou age ment. Jan. 19. 3aw2m FOR SALE, A SMALL Farm of Fiftj-fotir acres, w : thin five miles and a half of Philadelphia and one mile from Frankford «n the river road, fourteen acres of wood-land, five acrtr c f good meaiow, ; the refu'ue • hirty five excellent arrable land and * hich wi I n,ak<f the heft ot On the premises are a decent two (lory Brick House and BrickKi f .ch'"n a good garden & orchard with a va riety ol fruit trees and a well of vtry gocil water. l or ter*ivaj>ply to Thom.if Btnjrer, near Bnftol Cuck» County, or William Wain, No. 144, South Second street, Philadelphia,* ALSO, A hot of eight or nine acres y OF very good land in goad ordcrf or clover feed with or without a large frame Baru as good a. new, enquire as above. ftk *4 j -jfawsw Samuel Miles, jun'r. Ol the city of Philadelphia, merchant, hav ing aflijt/ied over all his effc&s, real, pfrliaal anil mixed, to the fubfciibcr-, for thft benefit of such of his creditors as m*y fnhfcrihe to the said alfignmeut on or before the firft of Augull next. Notice is hereby given, To all peifons indebted to the said etlate, that tbey are requelted to make immediate payn-ent 10 either ot the |affii;nces, or to the f»id Samuel Miles, who U awthorifed to receive the fame; in failure whereof legal steps will be taken for the recovery of such debts, as are not dil'chir ged accordingly. GEORGE ASTON, ~i > CORNEt.IS COMEGY3, > Affifr.ee? JOHN ALLEN, j feb. 14. jawtf Patent Ploughs, TO be foltl for ca(h by Joseph salter at Atfion Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Barker, Woodbury—and Jefle Evans, Lumber ton, Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kintf, as they require lefsfeim, breik the ground better, are kept in erder at less txpence and are fold at a cheaper rate—the plan is much Cmpdified and confiftsof but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood ; they may befixed with wrought lays and coulters to be pat on with screws and taken off at pleasure Pitent rights for vending with inftruflions for making them may be hau by applying to John Newbolt}, or the fsbf.rjber No. ix» North Front-ftr»«t. Who has for Sale; Or to Lease fqr a term of tears, A number of valuable trafls of Land, well fitnated for Mills, Iron .Vorksor Farms, most ly improved, lying chitfiy in the county of Hvt>- tingdon slate of Pennsylvania. Those who may 1 incline to view thetn will please to apply to Joha-Canan efq.near Huntingdon. Claries Newiold. ,i ul Y aawtf TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Ju«« 17 ling. Notice is hereby given, Th lt by vir tue of an a<a, palTedduring the profent fef- Con cf Conprcfs, so mach of the »a entitulcd " An A3 making further provision forthefup " port of public credit, and f«r th« redemption '• of the public debt"—pal Ted the third day of March, one thousand Teven hundred and ninety five, as bars from settlement or allowance, Certificates, commonly called Loan Olfice and' final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In ferefts, is suspended until the twelfth day 01 June, which will be in the year one thousand seven hundred andjjinety nine. That nn the liquidation and settlement of the said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stock equal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear ages of interest due on theiiiaid Certificates, prior to th« firfl day of January one thousand leven hundred and ninety one- That the principal fumsof the said Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, with the interest thereon, fincc the firft day ot January, one thou sand seven hundred and ninety one, willbedif ctnrged after liquidation at th« Treasury, by the payment of interest and reimburf«meut of princi pal, equal to the sums which would have been payable-thereon, if the said Certificates had been fubfcßtbed, pursuant to the making provision for the debts, of the United States, coßtra<slcd dur ing the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market v ilue of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by Aic* fubfcnptions asaforrfaid, which market value will be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafurv OLIVER WOLCOTT, ' _ - Secretary of tic Treasury. JUne 1 IBWtf TO [?!•: sns.'ft On Thursday the t'i fifareii; At the Merchants' Coil'rc House, hi tbt evening, jt : n'rA-.v, TNg FOLLOW IN G I'II J,''r .1 1 . , —viz.— A I.OT in Atch-flreef between Six h and Seventh-ftreeis, conria'mio* in brei.lth en , yfrcb-ltreet, 31 feel and deptn 120 fset, on \v hich there is two irame tenemeil's which lent for 601. per annum—-free ft ali incutii>rancrs. Or.si Lnl in Trotters Latje iu ti.e Towr.ibip of Moyemenfinj. between Front and .Serond llrect, about half a mile Iron the city, contain ing one acre of land, on which scrnJled t one ft rv Brick tenement and a liable, the said lot and appurtenances rents (ox 2of. per artmip One Lit, cm.taming si acres of Land ad joining l'. n's eiiaie in the townihipnf M«ty trnenling, on which is a two fW\ Mrjrk tene ment, two rjomsona floor,a guod P r r k kitch en, a gcod Orchard of the btft grafted fruit Newtown Pippins, a very patch and the l.and all in good o-der and well adapted for a garden, now in tenure ol Rrberfa Oofner, and rents f r 6oi. per annum. The ahctve these lots poflcffivn can be given in April neat. A beautiful COUNTRY RETREAT, Si uated ir. Turner's Lane, known by the ram? ot ( Jra. el Run, on which is a handsome Brick Building two (lories high, two rooms on a floor, a Piazza the v hole front of the House, and cellars under the whole, an excellent well of water, a good T.-nnants House ; alio a good Barn, a garden, good orchard, 4c the whole in compltat repair, and containing from 14 to 15 acres of land—fnbjett to a lease to RichaiU Wells, efq fori years to come from the last for which period the rent has been paid A Ground Rent on a lot on the r aft fide of Third Street, a "little below Shippcn Street, on which is a handsome three story brick house—the Ground Rent is £.31 fer annum, out of which £.5. 5. j t to be deduced leaving a ground rent for sale of of £.17. IS per annum —also a grminj rent on the weft fide of George street, adjoining the ak»Ye lot on which there is no buildings—the ground rent is £.7. loser annum out of which £.s. 3. to be dedu&cd, lAvmg a rent for sale of £ ». J. per anaum—the house joining said lot in George |ftr«#t is fuhje& to pay the ground rent. The terms and conditions lhall be made known at the time of sale and for further particuUis en quire of Footman & Co. Auationeers. | feh. 11 dtMar.i LL persons having any demands against the Committee appointed to difirihute the Do nations received tor alleviating the DiftrelTes of theft: who are fuffering in coalequeme »f the late Calamity, are requcfted to bting in their accounts previous to the iOth inll&ut. By Order of the Committee, PETER BARKER, Cleriy 3d mo. 12,1799. ~ FOR S iL£i In the healthy and pleasant village of BORDENTON. A HANDSOME, well finilhed, and con venient two ttory Frame House, and late ly occupied by co:onel/ohn Vwiemburgh,—the House is feet in front on the main street, and 30 feel deep—four rooms on a floot, with a kitchen 18 by ij seer, two good rooms over the fame and one with a fire place —3 very excellent cellar tinder the whole house ; th e lot two fifths of *n acre, enclofcd with a high boird fence ; the garden in high cultivation, and contains a viriety of best grafted fruit.—Good ft»ble, car riage house, smokehouse and a pump of good water in the yard, the whole in compUte repair. The healtliinels and pleafantncfs of the village of Bordcnton and the neighborhood are too well known to require any commendation. For terms apply to James H- Imlaj, esq. now in Philadelphia, or to the fubferiber now •n ibt premises. MART VAN EM BURGH, executrix. Bordenton. feb ij dsw For Sale by the Subscriber, No. 145, M.rket-ftreet, Very low far Cash, or a (hort Credit, The remaining Jlock of the late House cf TODD <S MOTT, Clotbs, Kerseymeres, a few printed Cottons, Printed handkerchiefs and (bawls Printed dimities Hosiery, thicads, twist and sewing silks A' ftnall amount of hardware, WILLIAM MOT-r, jigent for the assignees of Todd iff .Mott, to j Whom, all persons indebted to that concern, are requeued to make immediate payment. IV. dIOTT.; Having commenced business in the CenimifGon line, his store is now open fer the reception of Dry Goods of all descriptions. Philadelphia, February 4,1799. 5 Alexander J. Miller, No. 64, South Front-Street. HAS JUST RECEIVED, ' By the Atlantic, capt. Read, arrived at New-York, from Madras, THE nttOITING WHITE GOODS, Which will be ready for Sale on Monday next, —ei'z— C.aunjees Aliiabald Baftas Tandah Coflie) Fine Long Cloths Moorie* and Short Cloths. feb 1 § ~ ALL PERSONS Indebted to thsEftate of Mr.JouN FiNNo.late of Philadelphia, deceafsd.are make pay ment, and those having any demands, to present th«m for fettls.Tjsnt, to SAMUEL BLODGET, Adm'r. or" JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent to the adminiflration. nov - 30 .s;m JfUiiLKJ NOTICE IS hereby given, that application will be made to the Direflors of the Bank of Pennfvl vania for the renewal of a Ce.tificate for a (hare m the said Bairk, No 1182, dated July 24th 1 797» itanci!ngr m tb* n «mc of JOSEPH REF O -hCyfame having been accident,Uy loft or de! Philad. Jtm. q;. dsw Stray Horse. W AS Uf> ' rrefl V aff >rg on the fubferiber, of Phil'? t . toWn,h, 'P of Pafyu'*. in the county of Plailadelp)»a, a grey fourteen fends ligh, thirteen or iourteen years old, blind of his right eye, and (hod before. Whoever ha- )otl him'a F . r ° P " y ™ d nun again or applyirg to the fnWcrfbtr. JOHN SINK, . Oa thtßatiks ofcSchuylk'U. ff HERE AS, BY a-i \ 1 of Con-rels pafl'erionthe fixteer.th day of Jnly in tbe year of our Lord one thou lintWeven hundred and ninety eight, the Prefi clcnt fthe United States is author il'ed to borrow on behalf of the United States from the Sank of the U)i ted .Starts, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from iuv person or perfonj, and upon such terms and conditions as he (hall judge molt advan tageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding five millions of dollars, so however j that no contrail or engagement be made which (hall preclude the United States from reinsburf ing any Ia n or sums borrowed at any time after ths expiration of fifteen years from the dale of such loan, And whereas, it is declared by the (aid that so much as may be.necefliry of Ihe surplus of the duties on Imports and Ton* nagt beyond the permanent appropriations here* tofarecharged upon them by law, (hill be.pledg edaiid appropriated for paying the interest, anj' alio tor paying and the prfhcipil Ml or sums of all the monies which may be borrowed, according to the term or terms whiefc may be fixed, purluant to the authoiity afore-' laid—And whereas by the said Adl, the faith sf the United Slates is pledged to establish permanent Revenues for making up any delicfei cy that may hereafter appear in the provifiom before-mentioned for piyiwg the interest and principal sums, or either of them, of any mo niea which may be borrowed pursuant to the faij A<sl. -And whereas the President of the Unit ed States did by an A<sl or Commi'fiion under lis hand dated the ninth day of January in tin year one thoufar.d feveo hundred and ninety nine, au thorise- and empower, the Secretary of the Trea* fury, to borrow on behalf of the United States,' any sum not exceeding In the whole, five mil. lions of dollars and to make such contrail or contracts as should be neceifary, and for the in- H tereftof the United States, in pursuance ofShe AiSl of Congrcfs above recited. A'ow therefore, the undersigned, Secretary of the Treal'ury, in purfuanee of the Adl of Congress, and the authority from the PreDdsnt of the United States, above mentioned, doth hereby on behalf of the United States of Ame rica, contrail aai engage in manner following, to wit. ift. A book for receiving fubferiptions to a Loan of five millions of dollars for the irfeof thc Stales fhatl be opened in the city of 1 at the Bank of the United Statej on Thursday the twenty eighth day of February emuing, which book shall continue open for the purpose of receiving Kibfcriphont, until the whole of the said five millions of dollars (hall be fubUribed. If more than five millions of dollars ft,all be fubferibed on the firft day of opening the said tun, the furptus shall be do duited in proportion to the funis fubferibed by individuals, exceeding four thtiufand dollars. ad. For every hundred dollar* which may be fubfci /bed there shall be forthwith depofitol and paid the sum of twelve dollars and fifty «nts, and like payments of twel 7e dollars and fifty cents, (hall be made within the firft ten days of the months of April, May, June, July, Ataguft September and October ensuing. The Secre tary of theTreafury however r>»ferves the nj.bt of reducing the number of inft illments by spe cial agreements, with the individuals who may become fuhferibers. 3d. On the failure of payment of anyinftall ment of the sums fublcribed acitording to the tenor of the lecond article, the n.txt preceeding inftallmetit of twrtrt dolia'rs Efi r e*)r£ which shall have been pai<l, for every hundred dollars fubferibed (hall be forfeited to the TTnit- States. 4th, The sums paid to the credit of the United States, at the Bask of the United States, or at the offices of difconnt and deposit of 'he said Hank at Boston, New-York, Haltimere, or Ckarlefton, or at ei ther of the Banks of Salem, in Mafia ch'ufetti, Newport and Providence in Rhode-Iflard.Hartv ford in Connecticut, Albany in New-Yorlc, or Alexandria in Virginia, for which paymentvhe rece ; pte of the Calhiers of the Offices «f Dtf. count and Deposit and of the Hanks aforclaid shall be reeeived at the Hank ofiiie United States as equivalent to money ; but 110 payment of 1 subsequent ihftallment shall be received at any other place than that where die firft installment was paid, except at the BanJc of the Unitad States ; in safe any depotits shall be made at the offices of Discount or Deposit, or at either of the Banks aforelaid, which (ball not be applied to the payment of the firft ieiflajlment of fubferip tions to the Loan aforefaid, the said deposits (hall be forthwith refunded by directions from the Trtafu.-y ---sth. For the sums or tmiriberof (karesofonc hundred dollars, which maj»be fubferibed, cer tificates (hall be given by the Csfhierof the Bank of the United States, which shall be aflignible by indorsement, and delivery of the parties io whole favour the said certificates may be iflaed, until the completion of die payments required by the tenor of thcfeco»|l article preceeding. 6th. Ihe sums fubferibed and paid in purfii aore of the tenor of the feeond article preceed ing, shall after the fiid payments have been compleated, conftituw a funded capital flock divisible int 0 (hares of or,e hundred dollars ejeb, which capital flock fliall bear interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the tinws hxed for the payment of the refpedlivg inftall nients payable quarter yearly at the Treifury »f the United States, or it the Loan Offices where the fame may fland < fedited, until the last day ot December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. 7th. After the last 'lay of December in tlw faiJ year one thoufaud eigh*" hundred and afiu after reafonahle notice to the creditors, which (hail be given by 3n advertifc-nient in l'orae public news paper, printed at the fiat of the government of the United State', tho f»id capital Hock shall be re deemable at the picture of tbt United Stafes hy the reimbursement of the whole sum or funis borrowed, and whic 1 may conflitate the said capi tal (lock cither at the treasury of the United States or at the loan offices where ths lame may itanii credited. Bth. The credits f<>r the said capital (lock (hall and may be lcparatul r certified in sums either (or one hundred, four h'lndred, one thousand, four thousand or ten thousand dollars, and the credits so certified (hall be *r< Deferable by the creditors, or their attornies, at the Treasury and Leau Offices refpei3ivtfy, ill purfuaace of the iul»* which hive been, or which may bc> ultablilhed the transfer of the funded .lock of the Uii'ted States, pth. A fufficient (um of the (urplus of the duties on Imports and Tonn beyond the permanent appropriations heretol are charged upon them, by law, together with the faith of the United States are hereby pledged for (he fulfillment of this con trail, in pursuance of, and accerding to the terms and conditions of the ail of ffongrefs herein be fore recited. Given under' my hard and the fral of tke / r ~ I'reafury sis tie United States at Phi ladelplsia. this twelfth day of January one thcufamd feveu hundred and nine ty nine OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of tie Treasury jan, la. § I
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