- - '' • '•*A&* .i •■nr'wwy-.' /■X)h J)QA', JatiMfJ a, 1799 500 Guineas Reward. LOS i' i' 'c evening, between five and fix o' lock in ;he nrigbbouibood of Grace chutcbj}reetj a BLACK CASE, containing the following Bank Notes and Drafts, with sundry Kills of Exchange, not due : jC'Oco No.igiq,dated i Dec. 179$ 100 8641 a 6 Nov. Ditto 1000 284, »2 Dtc Ditto Jo~o I7U< 17 Ditto sooo t/i4i ay Ditto Ditto A Draft on MefT. Hankey and Co. £53 13s. Diuo Dorien and Co. 367 7 Ditjo Carnet and Co. 30 16 Ditto Stephenfon and C<*. 52 4 Ditto R .ger« »nd Co. 33 16 Ditio Piefcot and Co. 37 18 Ditto liarcourt and Co. 17 16 Ditto Smith, Payne and Co. 10 15 Ditto Dorien and Co. >£4s 71 6d Ditto LeFevre&Co. iij 11 6 Ditto Ditto - - 820 o o A bill drawn on Fleming & Wake.Bow Lane, by Fleming, & payable to Ormord,dated Nov.j, two months after date, value £2O. —One ditto on Fell, No 31 O'd Change, by Hall, and payable to Smith, dated Nov. 30, at two months after date, for£i.ji ijj—One ditto on Saywell & sons, »Vood street, by Ball, and payable to Braddotk, dated Dec. 19, at t vo months, for £jO. One ditto on E<)en, Wood ftrect, by payable to order, dated Nov. 1. at ehree months for £3O 2s —One riitto on Neale & Co. St. Paul'# Church Yard, by Adams, and payable to dated Dea. 7th, at two months, for^"i4 —Ore ditto on Stewart, Red CrofsSquare, by Young, and payable to Mar shall, dattd Nov. 22, it two months, for £33. is. gd.- One ditto oft Royd's, Baklerfbury, by Lord, and payable to Jackson, daied Dec. 3 at two months, 'or —One ditio on Miller and Co. Gracethurch street, by Redway, and pryable to Hartley, dated Dec.6, at two months f° r £to- One ditto on spitta & co. Lawrence Pmintney Lane, by Lange, and payable to Hwyle dated Nov. 6, at two months, for £l6l. Whoevrrmay hare found the above, and will bring them to Miiflh Atkinfon & Robfon, No. * VVeft End of Royal Exchange, shall immediate ly receive Five Hundred Guineas Reward with out .riy furt»t*r Trouble. N. B. No greater Reward will be offered, as payment of the whole is flopped, and the loss m de known throughout thts Country and Con april 19 NOTICE. r J , HE creditors of TODD & MO'fT arc requeu ed to leave their account* calculating interest to the nd of November, 1798, the date of Todd ?.ad Motts's alligi ment. with W. Mott, no. 145, Market ftrett, on or before the fird of July nexc, as a dividend will be immediately made after that time; those who negrleA to fend in their accounts will be excluded from that dividend* Jobn Waddington, ~J yt>bn Rbofcs, I Affigntes. y#6n Allen J FOR SALE, 50,000 Acres of LAND, IYING in t-he county of KufTel, state of Vir ginia, bounded on the east by the riv«r Clinch, on the fonth by the river Guest, and t'p the weft by Sandy river. Thisfr-a<s\ (situate fix miles from the Courlhoufe of the above county, 15 fro/a the town of Abin too, >« *eH fettled, and has likewise the advantage of a Mrag pon road) is divided into tradls of 10, 5 aiyJ 1500 acres eath, and will be fold, altogether, or in lots, a* it may fait the puAhafers, by one of the owners who Will reside theie during the months of May, June and July next, in order to put them who may become purchasers in pof ftfiion. iThe ploti duly aufkenticated and certified by the surveyors, are in the hands of the fubferi ber*. Every firiifaAion will be given wi'thrlf pe<a to therrglvt, to which the patents give full jbcl ample testimony. Great aceotamfldltiofis <yitl he made rcfpedling payment, and every neccilary information maybe had, by applying to F. & A. TUBE#. aaw^in Peterfturj;, Feb. I i. FOR SALE, dt the two mile [lone, on the Wejahickon, or Ridge Road, A Place containing about eighty acres, in parts' or the whole togethsr, at may fait the pur chaser- There is on the preniifes a house 47 l-» sett. ii" :nt, hy 43 I-% deep, a scullery, ir.ilk house, pump, i:e houfu, and Patm house, a large barn, 60 feet by 32, with ftallsfor 15 horses and cows, a carriage house, and a pump of good water in the barn yard, and a second milt house supplied by a spring. The grounds are well manured, and laid out in good (lile, with an abundance of orna mental, and fruit trees, the fituaiion hcal'.hy and high, commanding a view ol the city and Dela ware. There is also a small dillance from the man (ion 'house a farm houit in good repair, with kitchen, stable, &c. and a pump of good wi- ter: Forsterms apply to SAMUEL MEREDITH. No. iji.thefniK Street. March il». ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to the EOate of Abraham Dicks, Ei<ijat<t Sheriff of the Coanty of Delaware, are requested t" make immediate pay ment, ond all those who have demands against said EUate to mthentirate and present them for fcttlement. Alio, all those who have d«;pofited writiniis with fai'l deceffed to apply for them to WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r. Springfield, Delaware county, ) ift mo. Bth, r 799. 5 j«i. 8 THE COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTED by the Corporation to open Books of Subscription for a Loan to intro duce WHOLES®ME WATER from the Ritfer Schuylkill by rheans of Steam Engines (already contra&ed for ) 10 the Center Square and from Ikence to be diltriboted through the City, give NOTICE, THAT a book will be opened at the City HaH 11 morrow, the i,jth instant, and will be con tinual from-day to clay, untHthe Loan is com pleated, •* hc-rr the c •mmiffiorei * will attf.nd from 10 o'clock in the morning until one, tore ttive fuWcriptions. . Bv order of the ft ard. Jacob Shoemaker, sec*y. id mo. i - {g B. T< n dollars to be paid on each (hare al the tiin« of Subfcrilvinnr. •SO dollars a .he expiration of> Ff#m ( , ie two montiis L Qt io ditto, ditto, 4 months C fcbfcribinc «i-:tto, ditto, 6 months J fc Pl.'i!ad: lpbia, M/fch 1799- .? K OP OS A L By THOU AS DOB S0 K At theStune Houfc, No, 41, South Second flrffet, fur furnifliing Uy fubfcriptinn E N. C%T C L 0 P E D I A"; OR A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND miscellaneous I.ITERArORE ; On a plan entirely NEir : By which the different Sciences and Arts are di- gefted into the Form of diftiniSt TREA'i'ISES or SYSTEMS, I~TIE History, Theory, and Pra&lce, of each, 1 according to the Latest Pifcoveries and improvements : and full Explanations given oi Various Detached parts if Knowledge, whether Relating to Natural ami Artificial Olijeils, or to Matters Ecclefiail : al, Civil, Military, Com mercial, &c. Including Elucidations cf the most important Topics relative to Religion, Murals, Manners, and the Oeconomy of.Life : together with a description of allth<- Countries, C>ties, principal Mountains, Sea?, Rivers, (Sc. throughout the World; a General History, Ancient and Modern, of.the dilTcient Empires, Kingdom ,and States; andan account of the Lives of the must Eminent Person» m every Na tion, from the earliest ages down-to the present times. Compiled from the Writingsof the belt Authors, in several Languages ; the most ap proved Dictionaries, as well of General Science as of Partimlar Branches; the Tranfaflirms, Journals, and Memoirs, of learned Societies, both at home and abro.'d ; the MS. Ledlures of eminent Profeflors on different Sciences ; and a variety of original Materials, furniihed by an extenlive Correspondence. The Ptihlilhtr having been Solicited to fur nifh lets of th-is valoible and important work hy one volomn at a time, which by dividing the payments, might make the acquisition of the work mere convenient to purchasers, proposes to dispose of the few remaining copies on the following: CONDITIONS. The Work being already completed in Eigh teen large Quarto Volumes in boards, Elegant ly printed on Superfine paper, illuflrated with five hundred aud forty tuo Copper plates : I. A volume in boards will be delivered to each Subscriber in the firfl week of every month till the whole be delivered, which will take a peri. od of eighteen months. 11. Every Subscriber on receiving the firft Vo- lume, to pay Twenty Dollars. On receiving the Second The Third, The Fourth, The Fifth, 2a warn The Sixth, 8 Dollars and Five dollars for each as the succeeding vo lumes, till the whole i* delivered, whieh will amount ip the whole to One Hundred and Thir ty-five Dollars, being the prefest price for com plete sets. Any fubferiber wbo may chufe to have the whole in a (horter time than j8 months, may haAe any number of volumes that may be agree able at the fame time at the above prices. To prevent any misunderstanding it is proper to express that no volume will be delivered to any per.fpn without the money, and as the sets on ha(s jre but few in number, it will he requi site that such as choose to become foblcribers should apply a 9 early as poflible to prevent dif apporntmerits. taw tijy Complete Sets may be bad as above, or bound in various (Banners. march 6 INDEBTED to the cftateof Mokdbcai Lewis, late of this city, merchant, deceafcd, are de sired to ipske immediate payment, and thofc who have demands against it to produce them for pay. mem to Thomas Morris Samuel Coates, > executors. 1 JoM Morris, j at the Counting Heuli- of march s.; 7he Subscriber offers for Sale, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. AM Excellent three story Brick House, situ ate the corner of ?th and Race-streets; the house is (tbout 15 feet front and well finilh ed in every refpedt ; the Lot is 76 feet front ori Race-flreet and 88 feet deep,the lituation remar kably airy, having a public fquareopen in Front of it. Two three story Brick Houses, Brick Stores, and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which rtiefe buildings are, is fifty four feet front on Water-street, and continues that width about 95 feet, then widens to the south 13 feet 6 inch es, fothatthe front on the water is sixty seven feet fix inches, this lot adjoins John SteinmeU esq. on the south, and haß the advantage of a public alley 0* the north, and is a very desira ble fituatiow for the bufineft of a Flour Factor, or Merchant A large elegant two story Stone House, situ ate on the Point no Point road, being the firfi house to the Northward of the five mile stone; this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep finittied in a ne»t manner; there is a good gar 'den and choice colle-&ion of the best fruit trees, Ice-House 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 added toi'. | A plantation in Bibirry Township, Philade lphia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles froi|i thi» city ; bounded, by the Northampton ißoad and Poquefiin; Creek, this farm contains jabotlt 140 acres of land, a proportion of \yj}ich iis woodland and meadow , a, brick dwelling houfe, frame barn, and other out-houfes, and there is said to be a good stone quarry on part of •t, although it has not yet bees opened, a fur ; ither description is deemed unneceflary as no iperibn will purchafa without viewing the pre ! mifes, lawtf A fimall plantation in Horfham Township, Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi ladelphia, adjoining to Grime Park, on which is an excellent tusw Stone House and Kitchen, with i 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 bulinef', 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 Alfoforfale. several tra<fb of land in different counties of this slate §5" The House inßace-ftreet firft mentioned and ene cf the Houses in Water-street, are now And immediate p flefiion given. For terms -pp!y at the Soulh-eaft corner ef Arch and .lixth-fireeis, to feb j CWMI'REHKNMNG ALL PERSONS, JOSEPH S. LEWIS, no. %s, Deck-ftraet. jawim TO BE LET, JOSEPH BALL. th&f tf Collectok's Office. Philadelphia, April G^'jgQ. For sale at public auchon, AT rim CJuftom Houle, on Kuflday the 7th May, 1799, foilowing 1 Merchandize, which remain in the Custom Houfj Stor s more than vine months unclaimed by the owners or consignees thereof. RS No. 26 ona trunk containing linen, muslin and dimity 1 one cafe containing plufti I one box containing tapes FIW C&Co. four chests of Ckin*»« curiosities, twe large paintings VTrs.Bouhon,one box indigo I'vl one box containing (hots and cotton Joftm„aGilpin one box garden feeds i<*r 9*l W two barrels walnufcs one barrel peminto one box sugar laß eight cases guns P&C PD I o::ii cases containipg a forte piano oii«e box artificial flowers. April 8 A Summer Retreat. For Sale, Sixteen Acres of Land, About half a mile from the city of Philadelphia, r | "HERS are on the prrniifes a one ilory brick i liouie 38 feet front, a liable and corn crib, a well of excellent water, and a few fruit trees, the situation is perhaps superior to any within the fame ditlance of the city, and commands one of the moll beautiful and pitfurefque profpedls oftht city, Kensington, the Delaware and Jerseys, Enquire of march 4 ALL Persons having any De mands against the estate of the late Robert Hardif, mariner, deceased, are hereby requelled to present them for fettkment, and allthcfe indebted to laid estate, to mako payment to either of the fubferibers ij Dollars is Dollars 10 Dollars 10 Dollars J*"- »4* Thomas Clayton, Haflter, HA? removed to No. 126, south Front street, where h« intends carrying 011 his business as formerly, and bns oe hand a complete afforttrcnt of his own manufactured ladies, guitl«men and childrens* CanadaEtaverts Mujk-rat Skins, With a complete atfortmenc of FURS, always for sale.—He has received per the late arrival* from London, a complete assortment of Fajhionable English Hats, Which he now offer# for i'aie at vciy reduced w ? 'i6w jr.,.. 29 Library Company of Philadelphia. The Annual Ele&ion FOR Dirc£t«rc aud a reafurer of the Library Company of Philadelphia, will be held at the Library, in Fi th Greet, «n Monday the sixth of May next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the Trcafurer will attend to receive the annual payments. As there are fevtrsl (hares on which fine are due, the owners of them, or their representative?, are hereby notified, that they will be forfeited, agreeably to the laws of the Company, unlel, the arrears are,paid off on the said sixth day ot May, or within ten days after. By order of the Directors, BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, Secretary, april 11. 3 taw te r pHE fubferiber, intending to leave off, the X. Mahogany and Lumber Bufinsfs, offers for sale at his yard, the corner ef Qijeen and Water flreets, Southwark, all his flock on hand, lonfifting of a great variety of St. Domingo and Bay Mahogany Boards, Plank and Scantling, All well fealoqed and fit for immediate use. Also a few thousand feet faafoned half-inch and inch White Fine Boards, and a small quantity of two feet cedar fliingles. All that (hail remain unfold, will be disposed of at public fale,at 10 o'clock on Thursday the 28 th instant The terms of payment will be cash for purchases under 100 dollars, from 100 to 500 dol lars at 60 days, and all above 50® dollars at (10 and 120 days, for approved indorsed notes, with the difoouiit. The sale to be continued until the whole is disposed of. N.B. The subscriber will fell or Ist the above yard, wharf and dwelling house, which he now occupies, march 4 Valuable Property for Sale. THAT well known Estate, called SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence of ®»neral John CadwaTadar, fituats on Saflifras River,inKent county, Maryland—containing a bout 1900 acres of prime L AND upwards 0(500 of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex cellent, and coriflfl of a hnndfome Dwelling House, two la'ge Barns with Cow houses, Stables for fifty horfos,a fpeeious treading floor undv cover,a gra nary, )verfeer's houses, two ranges of two fte ry buildingsfor Negroes (one of them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoak house, &6. &c —The whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires butiitdefancing,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 (hort fail from Baltimore There is a large }'r<tch. and twd large Apple Orchards cn the prem'sfes; ajfo, a varie ty of excellent fruits of different kind*. The fnili; mostly a rich loon-.—The whole will be fold toge therordividediintefmallei inrms(for which the buil dings are convtnienrly fitua ed) as may suit the pur hafer. The Stock on said Farm, coniirifng of Hor ■ cfes, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of For furtherpar:itiwl:>rsapp!y to CJt orgeHastings 011 the premifes,or to the l'ul fcriber, in Philadelphia. ARCHIBALD M'CVUX, Jon. m. tf. Pecomi er 12 one box music books one box sewing needles one box c«rsaining cotton shim prckfet handkerchief* & (hoes, thr*.' boxes containing fix hundred ani fixry one numbers of Winterbo fham's general Uwfcnption ot Ameri ca one fyox soap four hhds.. beans one bag coffee EDWARB BONSALL & Co. ocdtf PETER BAYNTON, Walnttt-ftreet. / _ JOHN CRAIG, f No. 12, Dock J\rect. J Removal. HATS. price*. Mahogany. JOHN M'CULLOH, est aBM»y FOR SALE, One Hundrel Dollars Reward. f| AN awayJ'rom :hc fuMer/ber t!i s'lay, at noon, iX two mulatto house Servant viz Nel.buc commonly called Edward anoi u irs toiipvßstfuft, known as the fubfcriWer'a c oachm?n and waiting man for feviral years \ n tln- city and in New-York—he is a tall (If ait ma J J mulatto with a large busby head of hair, about yi years of age. has a low forehead, with (mall eyes, a fulleii dark look a«d is much inclined to be abrupt and info lent, one of his legs fomerhing in aflter than the other from a fra&urc in his y«uth ; he generally wears a brown cloth coatee With red cuffs ai d cape and red edging, or fuQian with red cuffs and cape ; had on when he went away an oIJ lorcft cUth furtout, mix'd brown and yellow, anil has a box coat of light colored drab, with red and white livery lace, but asl do not know what other clothes he had on, may change hisdrefs. Nelly, calling herfelf Wife toths before named Ned, (he is much above the middle fiarure, strait. made with falling fboulcers, has a remarkable fe rocious countenance and is very pafTibnate, quar rell'omc, andnoify, (he is rather a fuir mulatto— has loft one or two of her front teeth, which (he supplies with wan, a®d has a large fear between her shoulders occaTinned by a bUiler ; the is :ibout forty five years of age, has a very ma(culice air in ker walk, (be tarried away with her fevcraJgowns of different colored cotton ; the above reward will be given for apprehending and iecurlng them in any jail in the United Stat36 and giving notice to rhe fubferiber ; or fifty dollars for fccuri&g either of them.- All persons are cautioned again!) har boring, entertaining, 01 concealing the above ser vants ©r either of them ; and all matters of vefleli and others are warned againll carrying them from the United Stntes, dt7M A Senator of tlve United States from the State of South Carolina, corner of 4th and Union-ftrect Philadelphia,, apr.t 5 A FINE healthy situation on the Delaware 13 miles north of Philadelphia, with a wo flory fram; house nearly new snd a klteh on adjoining a piana in front of the house, 3 rooms on each floor, a good cool cellar, a pump of good water, garden am-1 orchard.— The land and water stage* for New York and Turlington pass the premifrt every day. 10 acres of land will be allotted to the buildings, and more may be had if wanted. For further particulars enquire at No. 11 Dock-street, or 161 South Second-ftrest. April 6, A Capital Store To I<KT, Enquire of JOSEPH S. LEWIS, No. aj, Dock (Ireet ;. Mvtv April 5 3»wtf EAL ESTATES. THE SUBSCRIBER, Offers for (ale the following described property, A LOT of ground on the south fide thereof, between 7th and Bth streets, containing in front 13 feet 8 inchei and extending in depth fuuthward 306 tuot. The improvements on this lot are a substantial Brick Dwelling House, three {lories high, with garrets and an extensive range of back buildings also of three llories—the whole tomprifing two genteel parlours—h spacious drawing room—-hack parlour—kitchen—waih hotife, &c. and a great number of feed-chambers. It has the privilege of palTage into Market-street, through a 3 feet wide alley communicating withtheyard. Another lot on the fame situation and neat ad joiuing, westward to the one above described, con taining in front, on Market street, *0 feet 8 inch es by 306 feet in depth, on which areeroStcd a two story fram4 dwelling house aad kitchen well calcu lated to accommodate a small family. iaw6m The back ground of both these lots is rendered healthy and ulealant by gravel walks and grass plats and a number of fruit and foreil trei-s growing thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a passage into Eighth '\reet through a r 5 feet wide alley ex tending to the fame from the back ends. One other" Lot of ground adjoining to andeaft wardof the fubferiber"* Dwelling House, contain ing in front 33 feot and extending southward to the Jepth of 306 feet—on which arc oredlcd a fubflnn tia Brick Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with garrets and very convenient back buildings ol the fame height and materials- Also a Carriage House and Stables built of wood. OJf CKBSNUr ST RE sr. A Lot of Ground on the north fide, and be tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, containing in flout 102 leet, and extending in depth northward 178 feet. This I.ot is also accommodated with a passage into Eighth Street, through the above d«- scribed alley. In the town of Dover, kb yr covNfr, Dxlaivare sTa<te. Eight Lots of Ground adjoining each other, on the weft fide of King ilreec, containing ui front on the fame 50? fe«t, and extending in depth west ward about 401 feet, on which arc ereited a two story Brick Dwelling House, and another Brick Building adjoining, suitable fer a Store or Office together with fcveral frame tenements—a stream of water funs through the fourh part of the lot, where a tan-yard might be improved to advantage. Payment of a part of the purchase money will he required—the remainder may be at in tertft for a number of years by giving the pre mises in fecu/ity, &c. jan 11 r T"" I HE Creditors of JOHN SHAVER, of Hope- A well townniip.in t'le county of Huntingdon, are hereby requested to produce the! i accounts ind demands against him, duly attested, to the subscri bers, at the court hoafe in the town of Huntingdon, on Saturday the aoth day of April next—And all persons indebted to the laid John Shavsr, are re quired to make immediate pr.yment to either of thi subscribers Oivsn under eur hands 23d Feb ruary, 1799, JOHN CADWAI,LADER,"> Aflig:iccs of GEORGE BUCKANON, J John Shave. march 15 _ iaw4w On WiHiugs aud Francis's Wharf, 200 Gin Cases, ALso, a few bales of Bengal Goods. G. WILLING. 3taw Fab. ag, The Creditors of William Steedman ot Northumberland county in the (Vate of Pennfylva nia, are defiied to take notice, that he has applied to the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforefaid, or the benefit of the insolvent law*, and the said Court have appointed the fourth Monday of Apjil ncx:, at a Court of Common Pleas then to be held at Sunbury the said county, for a hcanrg between the said William Sceedman and his Creditors; at which time and place thes may arend WILLIAM STEEDMAN, Northumberland, Maich 30. 1709 ' 1E.83r. A Capital Printing Press. April 13 JACOB READ. OR SA —VIZ. w nisH'Sr#REr, RICHARD RUNDLE. diw Nivt-f Notice. FOR SALE, THE SWBStCR.I BER, lE, Ba quire at this office, TREASURY DEPARTMENT. June 27, I?9li NO riCE IS HEREBY GIVKN, That by „j r . tut: of ?n aft, paff<-d during the present lef fion el Congrel's, so mucli of the aft entituled " An Ail making further provision forthefup. " port cf public credit, and for the redemption " of the public debt"—passed the third day 0 f March, oae thousand seven hundred and ninety five, a» bars from settlement or allowance Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In fei'e/ls, is suspended until the twelfth day 01 June, >vWch willbein the year one thoufend seven hundred and ninety nfe£. That on rfie liquidation and fettlementof the said Certificates, and Indents o£ Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stockequal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior to th* firfl day of January one thousand l'even hundred arvd ninety one. That the principal fumsof the fjid Loan Office and final l'ett'lcment Certificates, with the interest thereon, since thefirft day ol January, one thou, land seven hundred ana ninety one, willbedif. charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by tht paymant of interest and reimburfVment of princi pal, equal to the sums which would have been payable thereon, if the said Certificates h3d been iubfewbed, pnrfuant to the Ails making provision for the debts of the United States, co&traftcd dur ing the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market value of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by such fubferiptions asaforeftid, which market value will be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury. OLIVER WOLCOTT, June a 8 Weavers. SE\ ERAL WEAVERS may find em ployment by applying to Il'aacT. Hop per, No. 39, Pine-ftrcet. 3mo. 15 th, 1799. eodiw Valuable Property for Sale, la CtiefMat, rear Sixth street, ctircftly oppofit C'ofiGKESs Hall, A LOT of ground, about ai feet front in jChef mit street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Sasatie] Berge, iubjetl to a ground rent of acs. per annum. The advantageous (ituatioa of this property re quire? no comments, for it n»u(t be known, there ?re few in this city to equal it, an unwcceptionalk title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, no. I9S, Chefmit street, next door to« the pre* mifes, march 5 JJWfcf TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March T lib, i 705. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the afl of Congrcfs pafFcd on the Ift day of June, one thovfiind, seven hun dred and ninety fix, entitled " an a<sl regulat ing the grants of land appropriated for mili tary fcrvices, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen ; and the a<2 supplementary to the said recited aft pafFed on the fecoad day of March, one thonfand seven hundred 2nd nine ty nine to wit: THAT the trafl of Land herein after de ferred, namely, " beginning at the North Weft corner of the seven , ranges of Jownftiipi, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges ; thence due Wed: to the Main Branch Of the Scioto ri vw j thence up the Main Branch of the said ri ver to the place where the Indian boundary line croffrs the fame ; —thence along the said boun dary line to the Tnfcaroras branch of the Mufr kinguni river at the crofting place abtve Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due weft from the place of beginning, will interfedl the fais rivtr j thence along the line so run to the plane of be ginning has been divided into townftiip? of fcve miles square, and (rationalparts of town ships ; and that plats and fnrveys of the said townships and fraiftional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Rrgifler of the Treai'ury and Surveyor General, for the infpet tion of all pcrfona concerned. The holders of such warrants as have bees or stall be granted for military fervicesperform ed during the late war, are required to prtfent the lame to the Register qf the Trealury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of beinp registered ; No registry will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres. The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner afore faid, prior to the lith day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate ly after th? said day, be determined by lot, in the mode drefcribed by the asl firft recited. IThe holdeis of registered warrants, (hall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year . 1800, in the order ef which the priority of locati on (hall be determined by lotas aforcfaid, person ally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of theTreafury, theparticu j lar quarter townlhips elefled by them rcfpeifively, and such of the said halders as (hall not defignati* their locations on the said day, ihall be poflponrd in locating such warrants to all other hinders of registered warrants V. The holders of wan-rants for military services ! fufficient to cover one or more quarter town(hips or traSs of four thousand acres each; (hall, at any time after Mo-'.iJay the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the firftday oi January, 1802, be aK low»d to regiller the said warrants ia manner a iforefaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor en any trail or traits of land not bsfore loeated, All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which fhallnotbe registered an 4 loeaud brfore the firft day of January, 1802, are lijr the lupplenientary afl ot Congress herein before recitid, puffed on the second day of March, 1799* declared to be forever barred. Given under njy hand at Philadelphia, the day and year above mentioned. To be Let, A genteel, convenient three ft'ory BRICK HOUSE, In Spruce Street, (no. 64) THIS houfehas been newly papered and and wa* not occupied during last fever. Feb. 12. d.ft as. eo t f . To be Let, A Store and Loft, NEAR Market-llreet Wharf. —Enquire of the Subscriber, feb 11 PRINTED By y. W, fEtyNQ. eo.tt Secretary of the ¥reafury, fawtf 1 tu .th f*tf OLIVER WOLCOTT. Sec. nf the Treasury, CEO. DAVIS, jig Hrgh-ftrret. 2a«tf
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