*Tr eAsußy Department, March stb, 1799. For Sale, Pufiic notice is hereby given, , Sixteen Acres of Land, THAT by an act of Corigrefs fbou b,df a mile from the city of Philadelphia, fealTe-f til* aßth day of February, otle thoafand T"M£RE are on the prerotfes a one flory brick feveu Wdrcd and -!mty nine, the following al- X home 38 feec front, a ltablc and corn crib, teration* and amendment* have. been made ce an * wc'l of excellent water,and a few lruit tree#, the aft palled on the sixth day of July one thoafand Ctuation perhaps superior 10 any within the ftven hundred and ninety seven, Intituled, "An fame di.tance of the city, and commands one of Uying duties npon tUmped vellum, pafchmtnc the mill beautiful ani piSurdVieprofpeiSsefthe and oauer" ' I city, Kensington, the Delaware and Jerseys, ' r I. I Enquire of EDWARD BONSALL & Co. march 4. ocitl The (tamp duties fcerstofore impofedupon foreign bills of exchange and tills of lading are to cease and determine from and aftor the 31ft day of March, one theufaod seven huadred and ninety, nine. The feveiral stamp duties hereafter enumerated will be levied and colle&ed throughout the Uni ted States, from and aftt?r the 31ft day ot March, one thousand seven hundred and ainety-nine. For every ikiu, or piece of vcilum or parchment or fhcet or piece of paper, upon which shall be wcitteD or printed eitjjer of the instruments or writings following, to wit ' Any foreign bill of exchange,draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country, ... to Any note or bill of lading, or writing or receipt it* nature thereof, for goods or merchandize to be export ed ; —-if from one diftriA ft) another diftrift of the United States, not being in the feme date, - 4 If from the United States to any foreign port or place, - - JO Any policy of insurance, or inurnment in the nature thareof, other than thofc heretofore -fpecified in the above recited a3, when the sum in i«red ftiall not exceed five hundred dollars, - - - *5 'TlThen the sum infiireJ dial! exceed five hundred dollars, ... I wdthefaid Duties are chargeable upon eauh and every Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lad ing without refptil to the number contained in each ftt. .Bonds required in any cafe by the Laws of the United States, or of iny Hat*, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or ior thefaiihfu! performance of iny trust or duty are exempt from the payment of iframp- Dutiet. Given under my bind at Philadelphia, the ilav and year abovemsntioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. dim march j March < ith, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the aft of Csngrefi pafled on the ill day of June, one thotl'and, seven hun dred and ninety fix, entitled " an a4l>n the fai'i river, to tile point where a line run due well from the place of beginning, will interfe<£l the said river ; thence along the line so run to the plar.e of be ginning has been divided into townlhips of five miles square, and fraflional parts of town ships ; and that pjats and surveys of tht laid townihips and fraiYional parts of townlhips are depof-ted in the offices of the Remitter of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspec tion of all perfous concerned. The holders of futh warrants as have beon or (hall be granted )<»r military fervicesperform ed during the late war, are required to present the fame to the Regifler of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth diy of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpole of being registered ; No registry will however be made of any Itfs quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres. Th« priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner afore faii, prior to the ia»h day of February ip the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate ly after the laid day, be determined by lot, in the 11.ode dreferibeJ by the ail firft recited. The holdeis of rcgiflered warrants, (hall on Mnnday the 17th day of February, in the year )Bco, ill the order of which the priority of locati on (hull be determined by lotas aforefaid, perfon ally.orby thrir agents, defignatein writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particu lar quarter townlhips ele&ed by them refpeilively, and such of the said holders as shall not deflgnatr tfaeir locutions on the said day, fliall be poflponed tn locating such warrants to all other holders of registered warranti. V. The holders of warrants for military fervieej fufticient to cover one or more quarter townships or trails of four thousand acres each ; (hall, at any time after Monday the ijth da,y of February, 1800 and prior to the firft day ol January, lSoi, be al low »d to register the said warrants ip manner a forefaid, and forthwith to make lw acions therefor en any trait or tra&s of (and not before locaced. All warrants or claims for lands on account of military ferviets, which (hall not be registered and located before the firft day of January, 180Z, are by (the supplementary a. ix. dfc as. eo tf. ~J"o be Let, A Store and Lofr, NEAR Maiket-flr«t Wharf. —Enquire of •he Subscriber, feb 11 Dolls. Cts. .PARTMEN S.r. of the Treasury. KMO. DAVIS, 319 High-ftrret. A Summer Retreat. . ~ FOR SALE, At the two mile /lone, on the Wejfahickon, or Ridge Road, A Place containing about eighty acres, in part*' or the whole together, as may fait ihe pur chaser. There Uon the premises a house 47 1-2 feet front, by 43 i-x de*p, a scullery, milk house, pump, ice houf«i, and him house, a large barn, 60 f«et by 3», with Halls for »5 horles and cows, a carriage huufe, and a pump of good water in the barn yard, and a fecund milk houl'e supplied by a fpriag. The grounds are well manured, and laid out in good flile, with an abundance of orna mental, and fruit trees, the situation healthy and high, commanding a view of the city and Dela ware. There is alfaa small dillancefrotn the nian fion house a farm houl'e in good repair, with kitchen, liable, &c. and a pump #1 good wa ter: Fersterms apply to SAMUEL MEREDITH. No. iyi, Chafnut Street. March n Mahogany. THE subscriber, intending to leave off, the Mahogany and Lumber Business, offers for sale at his yard, the corner of Queen and Water llrects, SoHthwark, all hisllock ouband.eonfifting of a great variety of St. Domingo and Bay Mahogany Boards, Plank and Scantling, All well seasoned and fit for immediate use, Also a few thousand feet fiafoned half inch and ck White Pine Uoands, and a" small quantity of wo feet cedar fliingles. All that ftiail remain unfold, will be disposed of at public falc, at 10 o'clock on Thursday the 18th inftußt The Mfms of payment will be cash for p'urchafet nnder 100 dollars, from 100 to 50c dol lars at 60 days, and all above Aflignees of GEORGE BUCKANON, J John Shar*. inarch-1 5 law*«r Iron Works for Sale. The fubferiber wishing to de cline the iron business, will dispose of all hi« pro perty, fituatc in Botetourt county, Virginia, on the navigable water of James Uiver, confiding of a Furnace with all the necelTary patterns complete, a Forg' with three Fires and two hammers, two good Merchant Mills, two Saw Mills, together with all the neceflary buildings for the nfe of the Works, several large Banks of Ore convenient to the Furnace of an excellent quality for bar-iron The whole ol the works have been built within five years, on the most approved plans, by the best workmen in the different branehes from Penufyl vania ; they are in complete repair for casting and manufacturing iron. There are attached to said Works,about sixteen thousand acres of Wood-land, a very coniidert.ble stock of wood cut and ore raised. It is jprefsmed unneeeflary to enlarge, as a purchaser will undoubtedly view before he pur chases. Indilputable titles w>H be given, and the terms made knowa, by applying to the fubferiber at the Works. WILLIAM WILSON. eoim march 15. Cepper Warehouse, Late ALEXANDER BISLAND, & Co, No. ioi, Markbt-Striet, ROBERT KID, HAVING purchased the Stock of ttieabwve firm, Solicits the p3tioo*j>e of the public and their friends ; where they may depend o» being feived on the very belt terms with the following goads : —vz. — A general affortrmut of Copper Bottoms and Sheets, for Copper Smiths and other puipofes Pigand Bar Lead, Block Tin and Crowley Steel, Tin in Boxes, and Bials Kettleiin Nests, Wrh a large and general alfortmeiit of Ironmongery, feb. 16, di w w£ifif JOHN M'CULLOH. eotigVTay tu.th fa'tf 3tawtf FOR S A I. E By SIMON WALKER, Pine, near Fiftb-strceii, WOOLWICH proof-Caution— 9 pounaers. 6 l-a feet »o cwt. «ach, and 7 long, »5 cwt. e-ich, with carriages, &c cprnpletrti ■ditto —6 pounders, 5 J-t fert long, 15 cwt. such', and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages.. &c. complete; CarronadeS Aiding carriage?. li, 18 .& *4 • pouuders, weighing 61-2, Boarding Pikeg and Cutlafles ; | Jtnglifh Cannon Powdrr; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes awd Bolts ; 6,9. ii, 18 and 241b. round Shot; 6,, 9. 18 and 14lb. double-headed do. 9 18 and 241b. CanniP.er Shor. Alto—a quantity ol bell EnglUh, Porter, Claret iod Port Wine Bottles, Taunton Ale in calks ef 7 dozen each maroh 8 ALL I'ERSON:;, INDEBTED ;he JJ)!.ne »f Abuham Dicks, E lit'f Sheriff of rhe Coontv nt Delaware, ar-. rrquefied t • make immediatepay ment, acd all ilk fe who have deii'jud.i jgain'l laid Eftai: to anihentirate anil present lliein for settlement. Also, altthofc who have depotited writings with far! dece»frd to apply for them to W ILI UM PENNOCK. Adm'r. Springfield, Delaware county, £ ift mo. Btl>, 1799 jau. 8 LOST, ON Tuesday morning, iath March, about it o'clock, a fniall Red Leather Pocket Book (bring an Almanack for the present year, pub lifted by W* Y. Birch) near the corner 01 Third and Spruce streets, or in Union ftreot between Third and Fourth streets, containing sundry De laware, Baltimore and Poto.vmac Bank Notes, with various other papers and memorandums. Whoever has f'.iund the fame arid will bring it to the Printer, lhall be haodfomcly rewarded. ALL Persons having any De mands agiinfc the estate of the late Robert Hardit, mariner, deceased, are hereby rcqHefted to present them for fettWmeot, and. all cbofe indebted to laid estate, to make payiffsot to either of the fubftrib6fct< PETER BAYNTON, Wtlnuhfirut. C r > JOHN CRAIG, ( ixuuton Nt. 11, Dtdt-ftrttt. J jap- M' FOR SALE, A smart, aftive Bay Horse, BETWEEN fifteen and sixteen hands high,riling five years, would suit very well for a gentle man in any of the troops of Horse, heis perfe&ly found, the price it lie dollars.—For a view please to apply at No 10, North Eighth street, or at Gif bertfon'» Stable, in 4th between Lombard and We• dar or Snurh-ftreets. march 13 NOTICE : To the Crtditers of WiUimn Deceased. 'T""HE real estate of William Richard* having 1 bean recently fold, the creditor! »f laid estate are rcqueftcd to furnifh their accounts im mediately, ai a dividend will be ftrtjck on the firft day of May next and paid at any time af terward*,, on application to WILLIAM BELL. iKia, »?th Feb. 1709. m.th.tiMay Philadel Samuel Miles, jun'r. Qf the city of Philadelphia, merchant, hi-v ---ing a Signed all hi* tffcils, rt»l, perianal aud nuxtd, to the fubferiber?, for the benefit its luqh of his creditor! at may fuhferibe to the said alignment.on or before the fiift of Auguit next. Notioe is hereby given, To all perfonb indebted to the laid eftafe, tha [ they are requested to make immediate payment to either <»f the aflignees, or to the said Samuel j Miles, who is authorised to raceive the fame ; in failure wtereot legal steps will (je taken for the recovery of Ijjch debts, as are tiot difchir ged accordingly. GEORGE ASTON, T CORNELIS COMEGYS, J- Ajffignect JPHN ALLEN, J firb. 14. ThE COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTED by the Corporation to open Books of Suhfcription for a Loan to intro duce WHOLESOME IVATER from the River Schuylkill by mrans of Steam Engines (already comrafled for) r« the Center Square and from thence to be dillributed through the CitVi give NOTICE, THAT a book will be opened at the €Uy Hal to-morrow, the 13th inltant, and will be con tinued from day to day, until the Loan is com pleated, wh»re the commissioners will attend from 19 o'clock in themorwing until one, tore- Mive fubferiptions. By order of the Board, Jacob Sbtemaker, sec'y. ad mo. 11. N. B- Ten dollars to be paid on oath lhare at the time of Stibfcribing, 30 dollars at the expiration of"" two months 30 ditto, ditto, jo ditto, ditto, 4 months 6 months Valuable Property for Sale. FOR SALE, THAT well known Estate, called SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence ol General John Cadwaladar, fituite on Saffafras River,in Kent county, Maryland—containing a bout 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of 500 of whish are in woo Js. The Buildings are all ex cellent, and conflil of a handsome Dwelling House, two large Barns with Cow houses, Stables for fifty' horses, a fpeeioustreadi«g floor under cover, a gra nary,two Jverfeer's houtes, two ranges of two fte ry buildings for Negroes (one of them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoak hoofe, &§. &c —The whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires butlittle fencing, and has a good Shad and Herring fifhery. It is conveniently situated for both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, with two landings on a navigable river but a short fail from Baltimore. There is a large Peach, and tw® large Apple Orchards on the premises; also, a varie ty of excellent fruits of different kinds. The foil is mostly a rich !o«ru.—The whole will be fold toge ther or dividedintefmaller farms(for which the buil dings are conveniently situated) as may suit tbe pur •haler. ThaStock on said Farm, coufifttag of H»r cfes, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of.— For further particularsapply to GeorgeHastinos on the premifes,or to the fubferiber, in Philadelphia ARCHIBALD M'CALL, Jun. December 1a FOR SALE, by the Subscriber, Qn Willings aud France's Wharf, soo Gin Caies, Also, a fW bales of Bengal Goods. G. WILLING. 3 - .aw. lib. 23, In the , Idit arrivals from Hamburg and Amsterdam,, AND FDR SALE, AT rxasowable micii A.W c.v a HSIKAI. N0.9;. North Water ftrcet. 215 bales & boxes Ticklenburghs, hempen linens and oznsbrigs frum 1/5 to •ijper ell 70 do. bleached and brown heffiarw 40 do. brown rolls luitable for cos- fee bags 20 do. flrong do. dc. for cotton do. 30 chests plitillai » do. ravens duck ioo caflw of naval stores. a do. Ruflia drillcns 50 logs prime mahogany 1 do. brown liolland 4 hhds. coffee mills a do. Silesia rouarw 0 bundle* German steel I d«.Wahrendrop linen 10 thefts at fiates and I do. Car»udolej poncfls X do. flemifh linens A package of fkhtea I do. cambricks and A do. woolem caps, te. lawns 4 chests of Nureriberg I do diaper loys 14 do. flripej 40 kej« of yjltow ochre 18 do. checks 3 Jihds. Glue % . fiamoia 8 barrels of Lcatille* I do. Arabia {tripe f chclls at prime red I do. buctitig for colon crust Holland cheef* 1 packa. Madras hand-jo keg* of pearl barley kerchiefs So. boxea of capers I do. Turkey yarn 400 fid« of upper sad 6 bales empty hags foal leather 1 chest hair ribband 3<3* boxes window glass 3 boxes tapes,alTortcd #OO Oetoyobns * d«. bobbin, assorted so bMMi ghfs tumblers I box threads & tape* 'affxtM I do. fine blue uftado* 1 hbds. MMicc Itoat 5 chests man's flippers 1 box ofaikfawt 3 do. bed tick* 1 cask of cawry a caftt hog's brilllei A quantity of AMM »g» 6 chests writing paper andpicWinf pots 4. J». quills A fawfcip»sachor«,Siof 10, sand ijoo acres each, and will fold, altogether, or in lots, as it may suit t>ie purchafcrs, by one of the owners who w 1 " rcfide thete during the months of Mav r June and July ne*t, in order to put them who may become purchaftrs in pos session. jawtf The p'.nti duly authenticated and certified by the surveyors, are in the bauds of the fubferi bers. Every fatisfaislion wiil be given with r«f to the right, to which the patents give full aid ample testimony. Great accommodations will be mad* refpeflinp payment, and every neceflary information may be had, by applying to_ F. * A. TUBEUF. n»jm PeterlLurg, Feb. 11 The History of PennfylVoLia, By Rv&ERT PROUJX, Will be Published this day, and delivered to fubferibtrs and others, Br ZACHJRI AH POULSON, jun. At his Printkig-Office, No. lob, Chefnuc-ftreet, nearly opposite to the Bank ot North-Ame rica, and at the Philadelphia Library i/i Fifth-ftreet, fiom two o'clock, uo- ! Fr«ra the time of fubferibing WHERE the fubferiber*, in, or near the city are desired to call or fcnd for their copies , and such of them as live at a difUncc from Phila delphia are requeued to direct their friends in the city to receive the fame according to the terms in the proposals fpccified, exceptingtnat Doth volumes being now ready, will be delivered together, in ftcad of only one as mentioned in the pr pofals. All persons holding fubfeription papers, are ear nestly requested immediately to return them, with the fubferiptions, to •rmal ALL PERSONS," INDEBTED to thecftatcof Mohoicai Lewis, late of this city, merchant, deceafedr are de sired to make immediate payment, and those who have demand* against it to jiroduce them for pay ment to Thomas Morris ,~l Samuel Ctaies, V eKfCUtOri. Joseph Mortis, J at the Counting Hgufo of march 23 A House and Lot in Trenton, | 'HE house is of bricU, two (lories high, four .1 rooms 011 a floor, and in good order.—For farther particulars enquire of Ab . Hunt, in Tren ton, or of JOHN E. CRESSON, No. 54, Market-flreet. m. U". march 9 For Sale, TEN or twelve Tans, Clever &f Timothy HAY; Of the firft quality.— at No. 43, Almond-fttcet* Jan. 8. I M !•» O ll T E i> CR&DHi RV PK/iTT fs' KIXT7.I\ T G, FOK. SALK, A Small Plantation, FOR SAiLii, JOHN NIXON-& CO. til sun-set, ZACHARUH POULSON, ju« JOSEPH S. LEWIS, no. is i Dock dreet. jiwiai FOR SALE Just Received, By ftiip Douglass, from London, slnd f r fatty by JOSEPH Ss* JAMES c RUKSHANI; No. 87, High-Street, Philadelphia. AN account of two cafea of the Diahetej Mellitus ; a general view of the nature t>f the Dileafe and its appropriate treatment; and a detail of communications on the fubjeil, Br JOHN ROLLO, m. D. Surgeon General, Royal Artillery. With the refultsof the trials of various Acids and other substance in the treatment of the Lues Venerea ; and feme cbfervationt on the nature of Sugar, &c. By Wat. Cruikfhank, Che milt ts the Ordnance, and a Surgeon «f Ar tillery. Dr. Jobnfton'a Tattle Talk 1 Containing A phorifms on Literature, and Manners; with anecdotes of dilKnguifhed get funs : felt itted and arranged from Mi. Bofwajl's life of Johnson. 0" In this compilation aft contained feeeral au thentic annecdotes of distinguished literary cViar aftcrs; rules for the condu& of life in the most se rious and delicate conjuuAureej and those fining remarks on works of genius and learning which in a peculiar manner diftinguifficd the beloved friend of Mr. Bofwcll. a»«r«h is John Miller, junr. HAS REMOVED FROM NO. 8, CHIINUT,' To the Five S tory Building, in Dock, near Third-street, WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, 300 Bales of Bengal Goods j CONSISTING Ot COSSAS Baftas Mainoodies Humhums Taffaties Striped Oarcu Catiro*» Handkerchief*, tie. (Sft. ■ltfo, a ktrjt ajfortment of Madras' Handkerchiefs, of vafitoa dtfcriptioJii. Just Imported, Iron cannon, double fortifiid, Woolwieh proof, with their carriages complete— 3, 4,6 and 9 pounders. Carronadcs, Woolwich proof, with carriages, See. complete— 11, 18 and i4pounders. Cannon powder in kegs of oylbs. each Round, double-ho*4cd, and caunilUr (hot Patent sheathing copper, bright, affbrtcd 18, jo, »», 24. 16 and 18 or per fqu;ire foot, (beets 48 by 14 fumble for Voltels from 100 to 1000 tons Copper nails, bolts and fpikci Boarding Pikes, Common cutlafTes Gunners (lores of all kinds Tin-plates No I—l-3 crofs.boxei Patent (hot in calks of jewt. each London porter and Vown ft ant, in calks ®f J doz. bottlod. Earthen' ware in c. atet, aiforted tober 11 FOR SALE, By the Svbfcribers i 15 pipes Old Madeira Wine, I pair of 9 peund Cannon 5 packages of Oum Guwctum 4 bain of St. Cotton 100 bores of Wax CtmdWs, of i4lbs each. iwtl / ffWßngt & Franeif•, Penrt-ftreet.jV For sale by, PETER BLIGHT, ■ 4 &. quantity of Jamaica Rum, do Brandy,- StKptoof, j , r—— "■ » Red Port Wine, in pipes, hhdi. and qr. taflw Madeira, ia pipes fit forufc, Hazlenutt infacks Castile Soap Old Arrack—in calks and cafeiaf 3 dattn tack. '9- todftvr THE John ss* Jamer Pouitnei, BEING dHTohrerfbjraltftiul ctnTdit, all pcrfmt Indebted to tUtm are rafnefied to' tnadiat* pjrmcnt-Nxrthefof At tiff* t«h«fc haviag demaadf ttprefcot tkarMrawrtrfor" fcttkment. lft m»- jo Charles Campbell, W A TC H-M A K E R. HAS removed t# the Shop formerly occupied by Mr. Jttm Wee J, Nb. ?j, comer of Front and Chefuut-ftreeu ; where hevill thank fully receive and execute order* with neatnel# and drfpatch HI HA! COU ST ANY I Y ON HAND, A Neat *h4 Large Aflortment of Clocks Watches- W ANTE D, A JOURNEYMAN ; ALSO, one or two'Apprenticea of refpeda bit parents. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Wat-sh Glafies nay 24 fri tf Patent Ploughs, TO be fold for ca(h by Joseph Salter »t Atfioft Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker, Woodbury—and JefTe Evans, Lumber ton, Those who ba ve used them give them the preference to any other kind 1 , as they require lei's team, brent the ground bstter, are kept in order at less eipence and afe fold at acheapff r »te —the plan is much Amplified and eonfifh «f but one piece of cast Iron, with the handles and beam of wood ; they Aihy Uefixed with wroug|f lays and coulters to bo put? on with fere* s a-iil taken off at pleasure Patent tights for vendi/ig \*i«h InftniAinnsip' making them may, be had by.&PPlyiflg to join J Newbold, or the. fubferiher JS'O. ji» Nortfc'' Froot-flrcet. ' * Or to Lease for a term of Hears, A number of valuable trails of Land, w«II faulted for Mills, Iron iVorki'or Farms, most ly improved, lying chiefly in county of Hun» tingdon ltat« of Pennfylvaniai Those who r.uy incline to view them will ptfeaft to apply to John CanaH efq.near Huntingdon. Nt