f ;tnn a.i< •""- 1 * Notice is hereby given, v . r PH AT IVparite pjopofals will be receivedlt -1 the office of the Secretary of the Depart ment of War, until the expiration of the »jth of July next enfiing, for the supply of a ra tions, which may be required tor the ufe-t the United States, from the frrft clay of J&ober, 1700, to the thirtieth Jay of September, 1800, b. th days iruluiive, at the places and within the two diftniis herein aft#r firfl mentioned ; and alia tint proposals will be received at (Ve Paid office unt.l the expiration ot the 25th daW>f Julv next «nfuing, lor the supply 9/. al " ratioK; "hirli may be required su alorsla.d, from t\e firft day of January w the yew 1800, to the thirty. Br ft d«v of December in the lame yvrar. both days ioclufive, at the place and with in the fevrTal dates herein after mentioned, viz. firjl—propotjU to supply all rations, that may be required, at Ofvego ; at Niagara ; at Prefqu'ifle ; at Michdimackinic ; at tort Franklin ; at I.e Bcetif ; at Cincinnati ; it Picque town, i d Loramies stores ; at tort Wayne; at fort Defiance ; at any place below Fort Defiance, o» the Miami river to Lake Erie , at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the river Wibalfc ; as Maltac ; at any- place or places on the ealt fide of the river Miffiffippt, above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon the Illinoit river. , Second Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, a: ?ry place or places, on the east fide of the Mif.fclippi river, helow the mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boun dary of the (late of Iv-stucUy and w.thm the Ibid iUt; ; at Knoxvillt ; at all other polls and places within the Hate tf Tennessee ; at South Weft Point ; at 'Fellico Block-houle, at at. Stephens on the river Tcwbigby and any place or places within the Cherokee boundaries j be low the southern boundary of the liate of 1 en rteflee and within the bouadary of the United State*. „ , „ . ,i , Third —Propofats to fopply all ration* that may be required, at Point-Petre; atColeraine ; at Sivannah, apd at any other place or place* where trouy* am or may be stationed, uiarcheu or recruited within the state of Georgia ; at all forts « r flat ion* on the OcotmeeanJ Alatamal*, and at all other plaee* in the Creek Nation, within the limit* of the United States, wlwre troops are or raiv he stationed. Fwrth— Propo'aU to supply all rations tfiat may bt required at Fort Johnfon,at Fort PineJt» ney, at CharUflon, or at any other place or places wliere tr'.ips are or may be stationed, marched ur raeruUetl in tht ftatc of Sduth Ci- rolina. fifth —Proposals to supply all rations that mav be required at the Fort at Wilmington, Capfv Ffar ; at Beac. n Island, Ocracock ; at charlotte; at Favetteville. at Salilbury, or at any other place or places where troops are or may he Hatched, inarched or recruited in the ftatt of North Carolina. Sixih- -Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Norfolk, at Portf.Tiouth, at ' Kcn.pfville, at Chartotleville, at Winchester, at StauntoO, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Lees- Ourg, at Frederick (burg, at Cartsrfville, or at any other place or places where troops are or miv be Stationed, marcied or recruited, in the stare of Virginia. . StvMth —Propcfals to fupplv all rations that may he required at Fort'M'Hewry, at Baltimore, at Annapolis,'at Frederick town, at Lepnard town, at llagers town, at Bladentburg, at George town, it Harper's ferry, at Eailown, at the tit ad of Elk. and at any other place or places, where troops are or may be ftation«d, marched or recruited within the limits cf the fU'.ci r MjrvUnd. i'islbtb —Proposals to supply all rations that mav be required Fort Mifflin, at Philadel phia, at Darby, at Lancatter, at Wilktfbjrre, at Heading, at Brittol, at Yorktown, at Carliile, at Lewiftiwn ( Mifflin county) at Bedford, at Clreenfb'srg, at Washington, at Eaftown, at Wilmington, at ChniUana, at Dover, or at any other place or places where troops are or may t,e Rationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the dates or Pennsylvania and Dela wa> e, except the posts within the (fate of Penn fy vania, enumerated in thefirfl proposals afote faid. , Ninth —Prop' faU to~ supply all rations that may he required at Hackenlac, at Elizabeth tow'p, at New-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at WoodSury, at Trenton, and at any other place or Places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched « recruited within the limits of the i!at: of Jerfev. Tn.tl Vropofah to,fupply all rations that may he required at 'Newark, at Wed-Point, at Flufn •m», at Hat;lcm,"at Well-Chester, at Poughkeep fie° 'jtKenJerho k. at Stillwater, at Newburg, at Albany, at tomjoharis, at Cherry Valley, andaf any o-her place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, matched or recruited within the limits ot the ftatc if New York, except the pons within the laid state enumerated in the firft pro p»fals aforefaid. Klevcnih—Propofals to supply all rations that may be required at Hartford, at Hehron, at New * LonJon, at Bro' klynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield atGuiKord, at New-Haven, at Fairfield, at Dan bury, at Middietown, and at any other place or pUces where troops arc or m*y be ftationed,march ed or recruited within the limits of the State of Coace&Kutt. twelfth —Proposals to supply' all rations that may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's Point, at Newport, at Providencs, and at any place or places where troops are or may beftatio* ed, marched or recruited within the limits the of slate of Rhodc-lfland. thirteenth—Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Portlandin the Diftri&of Maine, Oloucdler, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Bos tun, at Springfield, at Oxbridge, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be flation eJ, marched or recruited within the limits of the (late of Massachusetts. Fwrtecntb—Propotals to supply all rations that may be required at Porifmouth, at Exetir, at Windsor, at Benuington, at Rutland, or at any Fort, piste or places, where troops are or may be Rationed, march. dor recruited within the States of i iicw-Harnpfhir ami Vermont. ! ; he Ration to be fupplicd. is to consist of the following articles viz Kighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither Can beobtained, of one quart »f rice, or one an J a half pound of fiftcdor Koulted indian meal, o«ie pound and a quarter of frefh beef. or one pound of salted beef, cr three quarters of a pound of salted Pork, and when frefh »t-,:at i» issued, f it, at the rate of two quarts for ,;vrcv hundred rations, soap at the rate of four V undv, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half for rvery hundred rations. It is'•xpe.tled the propolals will ilfo extend to ti-e supply of rum, whtfeey, or other ardent spi n s at'fhe rate of hall a pijl per ration, and Vine , v at the rate of two quarts tor every hundred rations. The prcjofals w:Jj fp'cify the price of .he (nrrral component parts of the ration, as well ;i, th'"e ot lubiliiutei or alternatives ior parts th'T'of. , ... . The rarion* be'furniflaed in such quantities a.« that there l!«all at Ml times during the term of tke prop, I'd contrails, be fuflkieot lor the con. fnniotinn ot tXe troops a: Michi'imackinac, Detroit ■ N , • ir.t ai.d Qf««go, for fix months in advinces, nu'far each of theotker p»fts 011 the weflern wa ,a - lor at Jeift three months in aJvattc*, of good and 'fchokfawc j.n>»i:ijn-, if ths hmefaal ere q-atcd. ill t«> • m-rfoittcJ to aJUuJcrery of the command -uts ; t Sortificd places, or po.«s to call for at f.-a.o:: «h«n the fame can be trani jiorttd, or at any tunc ul ca!e cfurgency,iuch Sup plies of li'ne j.rovuioiii in advai.ee, as ia the litere tion of the commandant f.iall be deemed proper. It is to be uadcrUood that the contrails is to be at the expence and rifle of issuing the foppues to the troops, and that all lofles, luftained, by the depredation* of an enemy, or by rieans ot 'he ( troops *( the United States, (hall be paid for at the price Of the article captured or destroyed, on th« depofi'.iuns of two or more persons of ciVntable charters, and the certificate of a conrtniffioniid I officer, aftertaining the circumftauces of the loss. and the amount of theartidef, for which comptn fation (hall be claimed The privilege is to be undertldod to be referred to the United Mates of requiring, that none of tne supplies which may be furnifted under any of t& ' proposed contraflsfhall be.lTued, until the Juppues which have or may be furnifhed under contracts now in force have been consumed, and that a sup ply in advance may be always required at any of the fixe<{p«fls on the Sea-board or Indian frontiers not exceeding three months. JAMES M'HENRT, Secretary of War# mcrch 19 EAStfRY DEPARTMEN T. March 'lib, I 799- PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEKEBY GIV2N, Pursuant to the a& of Congrrfs paiTed on the ift day of June, one tho#.'ljn.d, liven hun dred and ninety fix, entitled 4< an regulat ing the grants of land ippropriated for mili tary services, and for th« lociety of United Brethren for propagating the gospel the Heathen and the art supplementary to ttie said recited a& pa fled on the fecood day of March, one thoHfand seven hundred andnine tyninf -to ivit: THAT the trail of Land herein after de ferred, namely, " beginning at the North Weft corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges thence due Weft to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri ver J thence up the Main Branch of the laid ri ver to the plate where the Indian boundary line crosses the fame -.—thence along the said boun dary hoe to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf ■kingum river at the crofling pUce above Fort Lawrence ; thence down the said river, to the 'point where a line run due weft ftoni the place of beginning, will interfe Secretary of tbe Treasury, iawtf Notice. LOSDOX, January 1, I ] j'/ i 500 Guineas Reward. T 'OSTtfcis evening, beiw«i> five sr I)[tto Stephenfon and Go- J* 4 Ditto Ropers and Co. 1 '< Ditto Prefcot and Co. .17 Ditto Har.--.ui-t a,id Co J Ditto Smith, Payne and Co 2; I? | Initio Dot ten and Co. jC-45 <* 0 ' Ditto Lc Fevre & Co. M» f» J? i Ditto Ditto - : %£> * 0 A bill drawn 011 Firming & WAe.fl->w 1 >y Fleming, & payable to Onnord,dated "0v.5, 1 wo months after date, va!ue,£ao. in Fell, No 32 O d Change, by Hall, and uyable to Smith, dated Nov. 30, at two months ifter date, for/;tit igj-'One ditto on SayVell k sons, Wood ftrert, by Ball v and payable to iraddock, dated Dec. 19, at t vo months, tor r,o,— One ditto on Eden, Wood-ftrect, by Williami, payable to order, dated Nov. 1. at •hree months far £3O u—One ditto on Neale , k Co.St.Paul's Church Yard, by Adams, and jayable to Kencoright, dated Dec. 7th, at two nonths, —One ditto on Stewart, Ked . >ofsSquare, by Young, and payable to Mar hall, dated Nov. 11, at two monthj, ror £33. u. <)d. One ditto on Royd's, Buklerfbury, by Lord, and payable to Jacklon, dated Dec. 3. it two month., for £lß.—One ditto qn Miller indCo. Graceohurch itreet, by Redway, and jryable to Hartley, dated Dec.6, at two months or £SO. —One ditto on Spitta £c co. I.awrence ?ountney Lane, byLange, and payable to Hoyle lated Nov. 6, at two months, for £l6l. Whoever may have found the above, and will >ring them to Meflrs. Atkinfon & Robfon, No. % Welt End of Royal Exchange, shall immediate y receive Five Hundred Guidtus Reward with out any further Trouble. N. B. No greater Reward will be offered, as >ayment ot the whole is flopped, and the loss nade known throughout this Country and Con iuent. lOCO April 19 7he Subscriber offers for Sale, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY. AN Extcllent three story Brick House, situ ate the corner of 7th and R&ce-ftreeu; — the house is about 15 feet front and well finifh ed in every refpesfl ; the Lot is 76 feet frpnt on Race-ftrect and 88 feet deep,the situation remar kably airy, having a public Cquareopen in Front of it. Two three ftor> Brick Hemfes, Brick Stores, and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which tbefe buildings are, is fifty four feet frost on Water-street, and continues that width abcut 95 feet, then widens tothefouth 13 feet 6 inch es, so that the froni on the water is sixty fcven feet fix inches, this lot adjoins Jnhn Steinmetz esq. on tjie south, and has the advantage of a public alley on the north, and is a very rieflra ble fituatioif for the business of a Flour Factor, or Merchant A large elegant twn story Stone House, situ ate on the Point no Point road, being the firlt house to th» North ward of the five nflle ttome ; this house ii about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep finiHied In a neat manner; there is a goodgar den and choice colle&ion of the bett fruit trees, Ice-House and atlier conveniences with about nine acres of ground—or if more agreeable to the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and meadow may be added to i f . A plantation in Bibirry Township, .Philadel phia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles from this city ; bounded by the Northampton Road and Poqueffing Creek, thU farm contains about 140 acres of land, a propprtionof which is woodland and meadow , a brick dwelling houfe, frame barn, and other out-ho\*fe«,' a/id there is fall to be a good stone quarry on part of it, although it has not yet beea opened, a fur* 1 ther description is deemed unnecefiiry at no ; person will purclufe without viewing the pre- mifes, A small plantation in Horfham Towtifbip, Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which is an excfllent 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 M.fuitahle for any kind of public bufmefs, 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 sale, several trails of land in different counties of this state gj" The House inßace-flreet firft mentioned and «ne of the Houses in Water-street, are now TO BE LET, And immediate prfleffion given. Eor terms apply at the South-east corner of Arch and Sixth-flreeta, to feb 7 Valuable Property for Sale, lit ChefßHt, near Sixth street, direflly oppofir Congress Hall, A LOT of ground, ahout 11 feet front in .Chef nut ftrcet and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge, fubje& to a grouni rent of per annum. The advantageous lituatios of this property re quites no comments, for it mufl be known, there ?.refew in this city to equal it, an unscceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, no. ipS.Chefnut street, next doorua the pre mifes. mareh 5 Valuable Lands for Sale. 4 ON Tuelday the. 20th of August n«xt, I {hall expose to public sale, at the town of New- Maiket, in Dorchefier county, all that valuable traft or parc«l of land commonly called the Chop tank Indian Lands, si tinted on the south fide and binding on the Choptank river several miles, sup posed to contain about fix thousand acres, to be divided into lots to contain from 100 to 500 acres each: The terms of sale as follow, viz. Purchasers to give bond immediately after the sale with ap proved feciirity, conditioned for the paymeat of the purchase money, with interest from the day of sale, in four equal annual inftalmentd, agreeably to an aft, entitled, " Ah aft appointing rommii -1 Goners to contract, for and purchase the lands com monly called the Choptank Indian Lands in Dor chefier county, and for appropriating the fame to the use of this state, and to repeal the a& of aflem bly therein mentioned;" passed at November fef fiou, 1798. U'm TVTARGURY, Agent for the Hate oi Maryland. d}a\ 'I'IIOMAS Clayton, linker, HA.~ removed to >i". I *6, I"®® frroot ft re* I, wlicre Ivj intends carrying on his buuircU formerly, and his ob hand - complete aflortircut „( his own maoufafiurcH ladies, gentlemen and childrt ns' Canada Mujk-rat Skins, With a complete assortment of FURS, aiwajs for sale. He ha» received per the Ute amvaU from London, a complete assortment cf Fafiianoble Eaglifi Which lie dow offer? for falfi at vuy reiuc<4 jr... »9 FOR SAI-E, 50,000 Acres ot LAND, LYING in theiountyof Kliilci, itjtt ginia, hounded 011 the eali b> the i >«r Ctinch, on the fotith l>y th? river Gieft, and to the well by Sandy ri»«r. This trail (fitnate fix miles from the Courthnufe of the above «ounty> ijlrom the tewn ot Abinpton, is well fettled, and has like wife the advantage of a wag gon road) is divided into trails of 10, s 1500 acres ea«h, and uill lie fold, altogether, or in lots, as it may suit the purchasers, by one of the owners who will refill? thertS uuring the months of May, June and July next, in order to put them who may fe-ecome purchasers in pof fefllon. The plots duly authenticated and certified by the surveyors, are in the hands of the fubferi bers. Every fatisfadf ion will be. given with rel pe days, and all above to« dollars at (-o and no days, for approved indoried note*, with the discount. The sale to he continued twtil the whole is disposed of. aawim JOHN M'GULLOH. N.B. The fnbfcriber will fell or Ist the above yard, wharf and dwelling houte, which he now occupies, march 4 ALL persons indebted to jt)HN RILEY, of of West-Chester, in Chester county, are requested toroake immediate payment, and thofc having any demands arj requested to bjiujf in their accounts to either oi" the subscribers. JOSEPH BALL. tb&f tf tu.th fatjf kiM'j-VCI!. 11 a r s. prices- Petersburg, Feb. if. Mahogany. NOTICE. EBENEZER LARGE, JOHN PRIES, S-Affignee*. JOSEPH CLARK, ) Philadelphia, «prtlji3 Notice. THE subscribers being apppint ed by the court o£ common pleas o£ the city anl Qounty, guardiafts to th*- person and cft;ue ot Jo nathan Breri,now confined in a state of lunacy in the Ifennfylvania Hospital—AH person» holding his effects or indebted to him will pay or return the fame immediately ; and thole ha»ir.g dsovvnds will prtCcnt ihcm duly authenticatad, to Mary Beere, Thomas Hurly, no. 16, Carter's alley. Philadelphia, upril 4 Patent Ploughs, TO be fold for eafh by Joseph Salter at Atfion Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harker. Woodbury—and Jeffe Evans, Lumber ten, Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kind, as they require lefsteam, breait the ground bstter. are kept in srder at less expcnce and are fold at a cheaper rate —the plan is much fimplified and confills of but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and beam of wood ; they may befixed with wrought lays-and coulters to be put on with screws and taken off atpleafure Patent tights for rending with inftruflions for making them may be had by applying to John | Newbold, or the fubferiber No. 414 North Front-ilr&et. Who has for Sale; Or to Lease for a term of Tears, A number of valuable trails of Land, we}! situated for Mills, Iron tVorksor Farms, moll ly improved, lying chiffly in the county of Hun tingdon (late of Pennsylvania. Those who may incline to view them will please to apply to John Canan eSq.near Huntingdon. Claries NeitihokL July 17 Valuable Property for Sale. FOR SALE, THAT well known Estate, called SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence. Ot General John Cadvvaladar, Sfnita on SalT-alra* River,in Kent county, Maryland—coaraiiving a bomt 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of 500 of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex cellent, andconfift of a haudfome Dwelling House, two li'ge Barns with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty horfes,a fpeeimis treading floor undercover,a gra nary, two Jverfeer's houl'es, two ranges of two rte ry buildingsfor Negroes (one of-them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoak honfe, &e. &c—The whole Eflate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires butUttle fancing, aRd 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 two large Apple Orchards on the premises ;alfo, a varie ty of excellent fruits of different kinds. The foilis muftly a rich loon . —The whole will he fold toge ther or divide Amtcfmallsr farms (for which the buil dings are conveniently situated) as may fuittbe pur hafer. The Stock on said Farm, coßlVlkg of Hor cfes, Cattle, Sheep &c. will also be disposed of.— For further particulars apply to G jorge Hastings on the premifes,or tothe fubferiber, in Philadelphia. " ARCMIB.M.D M-CALL, Jun. m. tf. December 12. jtvHN jithr. t., tfc fixe Storj Bu ldixgt ui Do:k t near Third-jtrztt\ WH'tfRE he has for SALE, }go Bales of Bengal Goods .; '. , \ BaKus ,• Micruip4' e « ■ Hiimfiuiiw ; 'faffatitfs ' , Striped' Ekfcm vraluvjc's Handkerchief?* IS/ r cSV Alfa a large afforlment of • Madras Handkerchiefs. of various defcriptioni. l&wdmr Samuel Miles, jun'r. Of the city of Philedsiphia, merchant, hay. ing afligned over all his cfft3W ALL PERSONS, INDEBTED to thr filiate of Abraham D ICKS, late Sheriff of the Comity of Delaware, are rcquefled t> make immediate niy ment, and all those who have demand? again# said Eftatc to aniheiitirate and present them tor settlement. Also, all thofc whc> have depoliied writings witk laid clecerfed to applv for lliem to WII.LI AM PENNOCK. Ad»'r. Springfield, Delaware county, ) »ft mo. Bth, 1,799. 5 Jan. 8 A Store and Loft, NEAR Market-street Wharf.—Enquire of the Subscriber, GEO. DAVIS. 319 High-flrret. -ivi'tf feb It At a Court of Common Pleas held at Pittlbnrgk for the county of Allegheny, the ftrft Mon day of y arch, in the year of our Lord out thousand seven hundred and ninety nine— Before Wie Hon. Alexander Addifon, Wq- President, John M'Douell, John George Thompfori and George Wallace, Efqrs. AfTociate- Judges of the lame court. _ ON the petition of Alexander Sunuall, a pri soner in the jai! of said county, praying to be discharged according to the provisions of the aBrgh> on the firft Monday of June next, that his petition ar.d his creditors may be then heard —and direct that notice of his application be publifted in the Gazette of the United States, and in the Pittiburgh Gaictte, snd continue three wccks in each, the lalt of which (haH -be at lt»* weeks before the time of hearing. 41Wtf April 19 At a Court ot Common Pleas, bekf i burg, for the county of "3 second Monday in March, in the ; Lord one tboul'and seven hupdrfdOW ; nine, prefeat Alexander ' fhlest, and his AfTociates, Judge* «!» '* . Court. _ _v«ai. ON the petition of LUCAS S. , | iniulvent ddHor, to the Cp'urtofCfW'™^j Pleas, for the county aforekid, prawj benefit cf the laws made for the r f!r t# t. j persons, and fubjoinirxp a lift of j and effedls on oach, the Court sppnfft's® cond Monday iu June next, for heardWt titioner and his creditors, atid direfl > ,h, ij thereof be given in Fenno'« daily MJJ. city of Philadelphia, hi one of the fe*£**| papers, and in the Fayettt gazette, |j fcrtvd therein, in three iucceffive papefJtH'™ ffl three week? previous to the day of h