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    'John MII.I . \
No. 80, Dock, near T-tiird Street.
Httsjjir "
C«ffae«,
Saltan,
Mamoodici,
Taffaties,
Colicoes,
P»tna
Roma! and > Ilandkcrchiefs.
Mulwil J
Ihe foregoing goods are now to be fold at
REDUCED PRICES,
N. B. Many of these Goods may be printed to
fcdvantaga in this oountry
moy 16
For Sale, t
BY WILIAM MOTT,
No. 145, Market-street,
Very low for Cash, or a (hort Credit,
A large aflortment of prin'td cotton hand'tV
Do. bandannas, Romails and lhawls,
1 Trunks printed cottons,
Bell Ertgl fh lutcftrings, modes,
7'4 fuperfine cloths.
Several packages aflbrted hand'fo ynopened,
18 cjfks pewter afTorttd,
I calk bar tin,
1 trunk ferrets 4d & 6d,
1 trunk furniture fringes,
Black and wliite laces and edgings,
may I t
FOR SALE
BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
20 pipes of Old Madeira Wine,
2 Cannon— 9 pounders
*5 coils rigging, from 1 1-4 to 5 inch,
35 hhds. of bell James River Tobacco.
Willing y Francis,
Mav ».i
DONATION LANDS.
? . Notice is hereby "given,
THAT Claims for Donation Lands granted
by the State of Pernfylvania to the Offi
cers and Soldiers of the Line belonging t6 the
laid State in the late war, will be received at'
Jtire Office of Comptroller General of said State
Tltitil the jfl September next inclusive, and that
the fubferibers, authorised by law will (it as a
Board at the said Office oit every Monday from
ten o'clock in the forenoon until one in the af
ternoon, to hear, and determine all unfatified
Claims already filed, as well as thole which
may be-filed on ®r before the said firft day of
September next.
" John Donnaldsoh, Comt'r.
Bryan, Regt'r.
, PuTtR Bayntoh. Treas'r.
of Aceounts of >
Pennfylvaflia, May ij, *99. )
('6) (m.w.fa ff)
FOR 5 A L E
By SIMON WALKER,
Pine, near liftb-strett,
WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders,
61-2 feet long, iO cwt. each, and 7 fe«
long, 25 cwt. each, with carriages, &c. complfeted
ditto —6 pounders, 5 1-2 feet long, xj cwt. each,
and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c.
complete;
Cariouades on Aiding carriages, 12, 18 & 14
pnanders, weighing 6 r- 2, 8 and 13 cwt. each ;
Poarding Pikes and Cutlasses ;
Enslifh Ciiennn Powder;
Copper Skeathing Nails Spikes and Bolts;
6,9, 11, 18 and 241b. round Shot;
6, 9, 18 and X4lb; douMe-headed do.
9, 18 and 141b. C'annifter Shot.
Alio—a quantity of bell Englilh, Porter, Claret
ir.d Port Wine Bottlss,
Taunten Ale in cafln of J dezen eaoh,
march 8,
Capper Warehouse,
Late ALKXANDES. B ISLAND, & Co.
No. 401, Market-Street,
ROBERT KID,
HAVING purchased the Stock ot tbeabovefirm,
Solicits the patronage of the publicand their
friends ; where they may depend on being (erved on
the very best terms with the following goods .*
—"ir'a.—
A general affortmeut of Copper Bottoms
and Sheets, for Copper Smith* and other purposes,
Pig and Lead,
Block Tin and Crowley Steel,
Tin in Boxes, and Biafs Kettlesin Nests,
Wi h a large and general afTortmem ot Ironmongery,
ftb. 16 diw w@ftf
Notice is hereby Given,
•-pHAT application will be 'made for the iflue
* of certificates for twenry two shares of the
Stock of the Bank of thcU nited Statss, in lieu
of the undermentioned certificates for a liki
number nf (hare* of the flock of the f'jid Infti
jtitisn, ill favour of James Eckley Colley, of
Liverpool, loft b,y the capture of the Diana,
Richard Kirkbride, master, on a voyage from
Philadelphia to Liverpool, Great-Britain, viz.
Two certificates, No. 47,00® and 17001 far
five (hares each. Three certificates. No. 270C2
and 27004, for four (bares each.
G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Bank of the United States, )
May 2}, J799. \
Samuel Miles, jun'r.
Of the city of Philedelphia, merchant, hav
ing afiigned over all his eflfe<!ls, real, perfoßifl
and mixed, to the fubferibers, for the benefit
of such of his creditors as may fubferibe to the
said aflignmtnt on or before the firft of Auguli
next. -
Notice is hereby given,
To all persons indebted to the said estate, tha
they are requested to it, *ke immediate payment
to either of the or to the said Samuel
Miles, who is authc>' /fed to Beceive the fame ;
in failure whereof 'egal steps will be taken for
the recovery of such debts, as are not dischar
ged accordingly.
GEORGE" ASTON,. 7
CORNELIS COMEGYS, I Affiances
JOHN ALLEN, J
feb.l4
ON petition of George Hill to the Judges of
tlie Court of Common Pleas for the coun
ty nf Philadelphia, ini'tl.e benefit of the ail of
theO'n'r'l AiTcmbly or Fem.fy!vania pa/Ted
»' 4-! 'iy f April 1798, entitled an net pro
viding that the perion of a debtor (hall not be
fialiie to itnprifbnmt nt lor dibt after delivering
up his eflaie for the benefit of liis creditors, un.
less he bath been guilty »f fraud or embezzle
ment —said Ccmrt have appointed tVie 14th infi:
at ten o'clock in the forenoon to hear him and
his creditors, at thi* flatehotife or whercfoevcr
the said Court lhall then be holden
June 6.
'TiikASURY DEPARTMENT.
. .■CVMTA-.',;
PUBI.IC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
PurfuJiit to the a£> of Ctmgrcfs paiTcd on tht
ill day of jiiee, one tlioH'jnd, seven hmi
dndand ninety fix, entitled "in afl regubt
ing the grants of land appropriated for mili
tary services, and for the society ofr United
Brethren tcr propagating th« gospel jmong
the Heathen and the ail supplementary to
the said recited ail pafFed on the second day of
March, one thoHfand fcven hundred andnine
ty nine to <wft:
I.
THAT the tra<sl of Liad herein after de
-1 fcribt'd, namely, " beginning at the Norrfi Well
corner of the seven ranges of townftiipi, and
running thence fifty miles due south, along the
western boundary of the said ranges thence
due Well to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri
ver ; thence tip the Main Branch of the laid ri
ver to the place where the Indian boundary line
crofT-s the fame ; —thence a'ong the said boun
dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf
kingum river at thecrofling pine ab. ve Fort
Lawrence; thence down the said river, to ths
point where a line run due well from the place
of beginning, will interfeft the said river ;
thence along the line so run to the place of be
ginning has been divided into to\rnfhipj of
five miles square, and fra&ionalparts of town,
ships ; and that plats and fijrveys of th* laid
townships and fradlional parts of townlhips are
deposited in the offices of the Register of the
Treal'ury and Surveyor General, for the inspec
tion of jfl persons tonrernsd.
3awtf
zawij.
The holders of fcch warrants as have been
or shall be granted sos military fervicesperform
ed during the late war, are required to present
the fame to the Regiller of the Treafiiry, at
fomc time prior to the twelfth day of "February
in the year, one ihnufand eight hundred, for
the purpose of being registered ; No registry
will however be made of any Itfs quantity tJian
a quarter township, or foßr thousand acres.
Penn-Street.
tu th A fat tf
The priority of location of the warrants which
may be presented and registered in manner afore
faid, prior to th* ltth day of February in the
year onethoufand eight hundred, will immediate
ly after the said day, be determined by lot, in the
mode differibed by the aol firft recited.
The holdets of registered warrant*, (hall on
Monday the 17th day of February, in the year
1800, in the order of which the priority of locati
on Jhall be determined by lotas aforefaid, pefon.
ally, or by their agents, defig«atein writiogat the
•Ifice of the Regiller of the l'reafury, the particu
lar cjuarter townfbips eleiled by them refpeitively,
and furh of the fckl holders at shall not defignatr
bJieir locations on the said day, Ihall be postponed
i« locating such warrants to all other hcJders of
registered warrants.
V.
The holder* of warrants for military services
fufficient to cover one or more quarter townships
or trails of four thousand acre* each ; shall, at any
time afrer Monday the 17th day of February, 1800
and prior to the firft day ol January, 1801, be al
lowed to regifler the said warrants in manner a
forefaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor
on any trail or trails of land not before loeared.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of
military services, which shall not be registered and
locattd before the firft day of January, 1801, are by
the supplementary a& of Cougrefs herein before
recited, patTcd on the second day of March, 1799,
declared to be forever barred.
Given under my hand * Philadelphia, the
day and year shove mentioned.
IS OFFERED FOR SALE,
(if speedily applied for )
A VALUABLE parcel of Land in Ann Arun
del comity, not far from the city of An
napolis and about 30 miles from the city of Wafli
injton. On one of these tra<fls is a mod elegant
two story brick Dwelling House, 4 rooms on a
floor .beautifully situated in an excellent and healthy
neighborhood—Thi> b6dy of Land will be fold
in lots or in a body. There are several ten
ements on said which rent for fomethiug
considerable per ann. A further description ; s
dgemftd unncceflary. Apply to the printer.
aaw tf
June 1
of the English breed ;
HAS a brass collar round her neck with the
name of Thomas Sterling on it ; bodj quite
white, except a small spot 011 her left fide ; sach
cheek of a dove colour ; aafwers to the name of
Dove. Whoever has taken her up* and will de
liver her at the Indian Queen, (hall be rewarded.
may 10
FOR SALE.,
the two mile Jlone, on the Wejfahiclon, or
Ridge Road,
A Place containing about eighty acres, in parte'
or the whole together, as may fait the pur
chaser. There i> on the premises a house 47 i-»
feet frotw, by 43 i-» deep, a scullery, milk house,
pump, ice house, and form house, a large barn,
60 feet by 32, with ftallsfor a 5 horses and cows,
a carriage house, and a pump of good water in
the barn yard, and a second milk house Tupplied
by a spring. The grounds are well manured, and
laid out in good stile, with an abundance of orna
mental, and fruit trees, the situation healthy and
high, commanding a view of the city asd Dela
ware. There is also a small diftancefrom the man
ficin (house a farm house in goad repair, with
kitchen, liable, &c. and a pump of good wa.
ters Fersterms apply to
taw3m
Marsh 12
FROM the Marine Barracks, corner of Fil
bert and Thirteenth-streets, in the City of
Philadelphia, the 48th day of this instant Two
Marines, by trade Tailors, one John Crawford
(the feeond time of his desertion) five feet seven
inches high, fair co«iplexioH, hiir cut close,
dark eyes, (lira built.—The othtr, Hilary Biftiop
five feet fix inches high, ruddy complexion,
landy hair, a remarkable ringworm on the left
of his lip - (Went off in uniform.)
N. B. They took with them one brown
cloih Coat, one blue cloth Coat, and many
other articles not kn«« n at present-
33wtf
may 39
ALL PERSONS,
TNDxBfED to the Estate nf Abraham
1 D icks, Sheriff of the Coanty of
Delaware, arc requeficd t >make immtdia-te pay
ment, and all thole who have demands agaJnit
•laid Estate to amheritiraie and present them for
settlement. Also, all thofc who have deposited
writings with laid r'ece?ftd to apply for them to
WILLIAM PENNCCK. Adm'r
opnngfieid, Delaware county, f
•ft mo. Bth, 1799. \
jili. 3
thJr.t»4tb!Bt
March nth, 1799
OLIVER WOLCOrr.
Sec. of the Treasury.
Lost, last evening,
A GREY.HOUND,
SAMUEL MEREDITH.
No. 171,Chefnuc Street.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED,
IV. BURROWS,
Major Commandant of Marine Corps
BOARDING.
0- Three or four gentle men may
be accor-u nodatcil with Board and at
M'Cr t a's, no. 29, north
may 30 Ifi la.mo. tf
GENERAL ORDERS.
T'HE followingdifpc'tion of the two regiments
of ArtilJeriils and Engintcrs has been adopt
ed, Of the firll regiment, one battalion commsd
ed by major Rivardi, to the Weflcrn ar
my ; another 'jattelioiti commanded by major Free
man, is to garrison the polls in Georgia and South
Carolina ; anoth-r batta ion co nnianded by major
Ford, is to garnfon the polls in North Carolina,
Virginia and Maryland, and the remaining battal
lion tommarded by mjjor Touffard, is rcierved for
the f._i of the field.
Ol the frcond regiment, onebattalie r command
ed by major Brooks, is to garrison the pifts in De
laware, PennfyWama, Ncw-J'rfey, and NeW-
YorU ; Another battalion command by major
Jackson, is to garrison the poits in Connefticut,
.I!iode4llan ), and New-Hainplhire,
and the remaining battalion (ane not having yet
been raifrd) commanded 6y major Hoops, is re
vived forthe service of the field. "
The definitive arrangements of officers to the re
fpeflive cempanies of the battalios et the fir it re
giment, annexed to the Welters army is referred
to Colonel BurLeck.
The following is elUblilhed with refpeit to the
other battalions.
• Of that commanded by major Freeman one com
pany is to be officered by Michael Kaltcrfein, capt.
George Izard, and Jonathan Robcfon, lieutenants ;
another by Abimael Y. Nicoll captain, William
Morris and Howell Cobb lieutenants ; another by
John M'Clellarid captain, Robert Rowan and Staats
Rutledge lieutenants; another by Frederick Frye
captain. Horatio Dayton and Samnel Fowleslieu-
tenants.
Of that commanded by major Ford, one compa
ny is to be officered by Richard S. Blackburn capt,
John Saunders and James Triplett lieutenants;
another by fames Bruff captain, Henry Muhlen-
and James P. Heath lieutenants; another by
Ebenezer Malley captain, Ebenezer Beebe lieuten
ant ; another hyStaats Morris captain, Philip Lan
dai and Samuel T. Dyfon lieutenants.
Of that commanded by major Touffard, one
cmnpany is to V>e officered by George Ingerfoll capt
Peter A. Darnfy lieutenant; another by William
Littlefield captain, George Rofs lieutenant; ano
ther by Joseph Elliett captain, James House and
William Yates lieutenants ; another by Nehemiah
Freemas captain, Philip Rodrique and Warham
Shepherd lieutenants.
The arrangement with refpett to the second re
giment is as follows.
Of the battalion commanded by major Brocks
one company is to be officered by James Read, capt
Theodore Memminger and Robert W. Ofborne
lif utenars; another by Callender bvine captain,
George W. Carmichael and t harles Wollflonpraft
lieutenants ; another by James Still captain, Philip
Stewart and Patrick C.Harris lieutenants; another
by Walter 1,. Cochran captain, William L. Coo
per and Robert Heaton, jun. lieutenants.
Of that commanded by m »jor Jackson one com
pany is to be officered by Decius Wadfworth capt.
Nathaniel Leonard and Francis Cibfon lieutenants;
another by John Henry captain, John W. Living
lion ai d T.Knight lieutenants ; anothi rby Lemuel
Gates captati, George W. Duncan and George
Waterhoufe lieutenants ; another by Amos Stod
dard captain, William Steele and Leonard Villiams
lieutenants.
Of that,commanded by major Touffard,one com
pany is to be officered by William M'Rhca captain
Jamus White abd John Fergus, jun. lieutenants ;
another by Samuel Eddins captain, Alexander D.
Pope and John Leybourn lieutenants ; another by
Frincis H. Huger, captain, William Deveaux and
James B. Many lieut»»:ant»; another by John Blfhop
captain, John Hancock and Davif Evans, jura, liea
tenantr.
It is expelled that the officersnctat prefentwith
th.ir companies, and not on the recruiting fervicc,
oron some other service, by the fpeeial command
of major general Hamilton, will immediately join
them ; and the companies not alierdy at the above
mentioned deftindtioiis, are to be held in readiuefs
to proceed to thein, tor which further orders will
shortly be giveoi.
A true Extr&et,
iaw6w.
ina yxj
7he Subscriber offers for Sale,
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY.
AN Excellent three llory Brick House, fltu
ate the corner of 7th and Race-streets;
the house is about 15 feet front and well finifh
ed in every rtfpeA ; the Lot is 76 feet front on
Race-flreet and Sg feet deep,the situation remar
kably airy, having a public fqnare open in Front
of it.
Two three story Brick Honfes, Brick Stores,
and good Wharf, situate in Water-street, be
tweon Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which
these buiyings are, is fifty four feet frost on
Water-street, and continues that width about
9 j feet, then widens to the south 13 feet 6 inch
es, fothatthe front on the waiter is sixty seven
feet fix inches, thia lot adjoins Joha Steinmetz
esq. 011 the south, and has the advantage of a
public alley on the north, and is a very defira«
ble fituatiou for the bufineft of a Flour Faclor,
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 stone ;
this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep
finilhed In a neat manner; there is a good gar
den and choice colls<9ion of the befl 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 to it.
A plantation in Bibirry Townlhip, Philadel
phia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles
from this city ; houftdad by the Northampton
Road and Poquefiing Creek, this farm contains
about 140 acres of land, a proportit>nof which
is woodland and meadow , a brick clwelling
houft, Frame barn, and other out-houfes, and
there is said to be a good llone quarry on part of
it, although it has not yet bee» opened, a fur
ther dcfcription is deemed tinneceflary as no
person will pojcbaCt without viswing the pre
mites,
A fmill plantation in Horfham Towafhip,
Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi
ladelphia, adjoining to Grame Park, on which
is an excellent Turw Stone House and Kitchen,
with a large Stoue 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 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 tliis farm Aifo forfale, several trails
of land in different counties of this (late.
£5" The House in Hai e-ftreet firft mentioned
and arte of the Hcufcs in Water-street, are now
And immediate p< ITefiion given. For term?
apply at the South-east coiner of Arch and
Sixth-flreets, to
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feb j
Ne~<v-I\>rk, May 16, 1799.
PHILIP CHURCH,
Aid-de-Camp.
TO BE LET,
JOSEPH BALL.
th&f tf
Loji or Mijluul,
A CERTIFICATE of one (hare of the
Bank of the United Stares, No. 49,?3' * n
the name of Julia Wadfworth Knox, and for
which, application is made at the Bank, of the
Unittd Stares for the renewal < t laid certifi
cate ; and all persons concer- ed are 'rlired to
take notice. CLEMEN I BIDDLE.
triiiy 13 4.TP
Notice.
A CERTIFICATE of one share of Bank of U
nit? J States, flock Handing in the narrve of
Ducas Dt Vallon, having be«a toft or mifhiJ,
applicatioa is matte at the laid Bank for renewal of
the fame ; all persons concertud are defirtd to
Abraham Van Beuren.
march io.
Lost or Mislaid,
A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of
the United States hearing date ift January
1793, in thr risme of Joseph 1 horijintrgh, No.
for the renewal of'which application hath
bem made at said Bank, and all ptrlons concerned
are defircd to take notice thereof.
ROBERT DEJsTSON, Junr.
Philadelphia, june I i. d,?tn
Valuable Lands for Sale.
ON Tuesday the loth of August nnt, I {hall
expoTe to public file, at the town of Ncw-
Maiket, in Dorchefler county, all that valuable
traiS or parcal of land commonly called the Chop
tank Indian Lands, fltuated on ths south fide and
binding on the C hoptank river several miles, sup
posed to contain about fix thousand acres, to fee
divided into lots to contain from 100 to JOO acres
each: The terms of sale as follow, vii. Purohafcrs
to give bond immediately after the sale with ap
'proved security, conditioned for the payment of
the purchase money, with is terefl from the day of
sale, in four equal annual instalments, agreeably
to an ail, entitled, " Ah aft appointing rommif
fioners to contrail for and purchase th»- lands com
monly called the Choptank Indian Lands in Dor
chefler county, SHd for appropriating the lame to
the use of this (late, and to repeal the ail of aflem
bly therein mentioned;" parted at November fef-
Wm MARBURY, Agent
for the Rate of Maryland.
djtn
>ril 19-
NOTICE.
THE partnerlhip of Joshua B. Bond, and
John Brooks, trading under the firm of
Bond Brooks, is this day diflolve Jby mutual
content, all persons indebted to tliem, are re
qusfted to wake immediate payment to Jcfbua
B. Bond, and those having demands to present
thefr accounts to him for ftttlement,
Joshua B. Bond.
John Brooks.
April r
The creditors of the subscriber,
ARE requelled to take notice tkat he has appli
ed to the court of common pleas, for the
county of Berks, to extend to him the benefit of an
ail of the legislature of this state, passed the 4th
ol April, 1798, for the bene it of insolvent debtors,
and the f»id court have appointed the xft Monday
in August ceit, to hear him and his creditors at
the court house in the borough of Reading;, in the
county of Berks. JOHN MOR.KOW.
;,Mty 18 t
B-cadii
NOTICE.
WHERe.AS the Legislature «f the State of
Pennlylvania, 011 the ißth day of Mirch,
1799, did enaiS, that " John Rogers, Alexander
M'Whorter, Samuel Stanhope Smith, Aihbel
Green, Willir.m M. 'Pennant, Patrick Allifon,
Nathaniel Irwin, Jof ph Clark, Andrew Hunter,
Jared Ingerfoll, Robert Rrdfion, Jonathanß. Smith
Andrew Bayard, Elias Boudinot, John Nelson,
Ebenezer Hazard, David Jackfen, and Robert
Smith, merchant, and their fucceflors duly rledled
and appointed," Ihould be" a coporation and bo
dy politic, in .law and in fail, to have continuance
forever, by the name, style, and title of Tiuflees
of the General AfTembly of the Prelbyterian
Church in the United States of America ; and by
the nan-e, style and title aforefatd, be persons able
and capable in law, as well to take, receive and
hold, all, and all manner of lands and tenements,
rents, annuities, franchifes, aud other heredita
ments, which at any time or times heretofore have
been granted, bargained, fold, enfeoffed, relealcd,
pevifed, or otherwise conveyed, to the minillers,
and elders of the Gtneral AlTcmoly of the Presby
terian Church of the United States, or any other
person or persons, to their li/e or in trull for them,™
&c —And whereas the general AfTembly of the
Prcfhyterian Church, at their feflion in May lail,
did determine that the meinbers of the corpora
tion constituted as a.heve, ffiould " convene for
the fir ft time in the Second Presbyterian Church
in the City of Philadelphia,on Wednesday the 26th
day of June 1799, as 11 o'clock, A. M. and
that at leall two weeks previous notice thereof
should be given in one daily newspaper in
each of the cities of Philadelphia and New-York,"
and did appoint "the Hated clerk ol the AfTem
bly to give notice accordingly In order
therefore, to carry into effeit the design of the
aforefaid a<£t of incorporation, and agreeably to
the direflionof the General Aflembly of the Prcf
byterianCbulrch, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to the Members of the Corporation, whose names
areabo»e recited, that they are expe&ed to meet
at the place and time already fpecified ; that is, in
the Second Presbyterian Church in the city of Phi
ladelphia, on Wednesday, the a6th day of June,
1799, at Ii o'clock A. M.
ASH BEL GREEN.
Stated Clerk of the General Aflembly
«f the Frefbyterian Church
Philadelphia, 6th, 179;. .V>wta6
TO BE LET,
A COMMODIOUS THREE iTORY
BRICK HOUSE,
SITUATE in Walnut near Fifth ftrert, is
well calculated for a genteel boarding-house.
Enquire at bo. 108, Walnut-street.
June 7
Patent Ploughs,
TO be fold for eafh by Joseph Salter at Atfion
Richard Wells, Copper's Ferry—Jonathan
Harker, Woodbury—and Jefl'e Evans, Lumber
ton, Those who haveufed them give them the
preference to any other kitvd, as they require
l«fs team, breiK the ground better are kept in
urder at less enpence and are fold at a cheaper
rate—the plan is much fimplified and cftnfiflsof
but one pieceof cast lron 3 with the handles and
beam of wood; they may befixed with wrought
lays and coulters to be put on with lcrews and
taken off at pleasure
Patent rights for vending wkh inftra&ions for
making them may be hit! by applying to John
Newbeld, or the subscriber No. an North
Front-street.
Who has for Sale;
Or to Lease for a term of Tearj,
A number ot valuable trafts of Land, wall
situated for Milk, Iron tVorksor Farms, most
ly improved, lying chiefly in the county of Hun
tingdon flare o>f Pennsylvania. Those who may
incline to view them will please to apply to
John Canan efq.near Huntingdon.
Qbtrlet Ntmhold.
July k 7
LOST,
JZither in the City, or on the road to i
SOMF. pa?rr< of no value hut to the owi:
Th:y were eiiclofed in a newfyaper—lfdeiv
at this office, the person leafing them {hall !>v
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To DiJlilJers & Owners of Stillr
WHKREAS by an a6t o! C' ligi'efs, parted tt
Bth da* ®f May, 179», intitled, " An a
concerning the Duties on Spirits diflilled with;
the United States," it is required of all pcrfontha
i»e or keeping a Still or Stills, to make entry ther
of, between th« laji day of Miy and thrJirjl day .
July in each year, under the penalty o! tu-o In
JreJ and fifty ili.li.iri :
NO net is therefore hereby given to all difti
]cr» or owners «f Stills, withiti the city and toui
ty of Philadelphia, to make entry of them at tf
Office of InfpeiSion, at No. 49, noith Third ftrec
in the city of Philadelphia, within the above met
tinned periods.
James Ash, CollcElor,
Of the Revenue of the firft of Division <
the First Survey of the UiftriS of Fenn
fylvania.
Philadelphia, June r, 1799- aawtjyr
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To Dijiitlers & Owners of Stills.
WHEREAS by an a<sl ef Congress, pal Ted the
Bth day of May 1791, intitlcd " An a<4
concerning the duties on spirits diflilied within the
United States," it is required of all persons having
or keeping a dill or stills to make entry thereof,
between the lajl day of May and the jirfl day of
July, in oicli year, under the penalty of two hundred
andfifty dollart.
NO TICE is therefore hereby given to all diilil
lers or owners of stills, within the county of
Montgonery, to make entry ef them at the Oißce
of Infpe&ion, at the houl'e of the (uKTcriber, in
Norriton townfbip in rhe county aforefaid.
Daniel St. Clair, Collector
3d Dili, ift Sur> Pehnfylvanhu
aav/tjyt
Valuable Property for Sale, ,
I* ChefuMt, near Sixth street, dircdly oppofit j
CsNCßiss HALL,
A LOT of ground, ahout n feet front in Chef
nut street and 73 feet in depth, whereon i»a
good frame house, now in the tenure of TSatr.uel
Benge, fubjeil ta a ground rent of a*-s. per annum.
1 he advantageous fituatioa of this property re
quites no comment!, for it mail be known, there
:'refew in this city to equal it, an unscceptionable
title will be made to the. pt'rchafer. Apply to
JAMES GIRVAN,
no. 198, Chsfrut street, next door to the pre
iuife«.
mareh 5 tuAh fatf
rHE President ana Directors of the Company
incorporated for the. p&rpofc of erecting a
Permanent Bridge over the River Schuy Hull, at or
near the City of Philadelphia, having cob?ra&e<i
witli the *Sess& and Common Councils of the said
City for a site or such Bridge at the weft «nd of
High street, hereby give NOTICE—>Th?.t a pre
mium of Two Honored Dollars will be paid by the
said Dire&ors for the mod approved plan of a
Bridge for the said Gte, the calculation of which
(hall be confiftenc with the following general lim
tations.
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The mater.al to be of wood, iron or (tone, er
of these articles combined.
The conflruvSlion tj be suitable to the chara&er
of the river which is as follow * —fubjefl to exref- f
five frefbes, occafionaHy flopping above or below
the said High-street, in the firft instance breaking
loose and bringing down targe masse* of ice, tim
ber, &c. in the latter inftancc causing a back wa
ter swell which has equalled to 19 teet above low
water level, and at that height covering a tradt
of ground near 5 mil«s in longtb, by a very con*
fiderable width—Therefore,
As few piers as can be confident with fafcty,
or without a pier if equally fafe and permanent.
The opening between the abutments to be not
more than 400 feet, nor less than 3CO feet.
Tht plans to be accompanied with elevations—
explanatory descriptions and eftiniates—the efti- i
mates to fpecify the quantity of materials of each
kind, the foparate and collective cost thereof when
wrought and laid or fixed, the quantity of filling
in or dry archc9 with the backiug fwperftru3ure
and causeways complete.
Offerings confident with the foregoing will bs
received at any time previous to the firft day of A'i
gu# next. —
A ftf&io? of the river Schuylkill with the adja
cent grounds on each fide at the weft eud ot High
ftreet will be fliewn to thofo persons who may be
desirous of exhibiting plans a:d eftinsates.
JOHN DORSEY ; fec'ry, pr# t°m,
Philadelphia, May 15,1 jyy.
The printers of news- papers throvghout the U
nitsd States are requeued to infertthe above a f«w
times, tuthft iftA
City Bridge Subfcrifition.
THE I'refident and Directors of the Compa
ny for ereiling a permanent Bridge over
the river Schuylkill, at or near the city of Pfci
adelphia, having, at the time of tlfeir firll pub
lication, received fubferiptions to near half the
amount of the capital or joint flock thereof;
suspended further felicitations until a site on
which to eredl laid bridge fhmiM be procured. —
That obje<3 h'ei g how effe>sled, by a pUrchaft
of the neceflary property at the weft eßd of
High street, oh both fidei of the river Schuyl
kill.
. Public Notice ts Gfvvetn t
'That the back for Subscriptions to the capitll or
oint flock of the fsid company wi!l be opened it
their office No. 23, nor:h Firth Street, on Mon
day the loth of June next, and continue oyfn
from ten to one o'clock every day (Sunday'*
excepted) until the whole shall bfc I'ubfi.ribed for»
on the terms fpecilied in the ai3 of incorpora
tion.—
The time is extended in order to afford op
portunity to the friend* of this important uV
dertakmg, on the weft fide of Schuylkill, or
at a distance, to participate in an obje<sl of (treat
public good—Stiblcripttons and depnfits m«v
nevertheless be previously made at the Treaiur
er's office, No. 13 Church alley, Mijeci toapro
portionate reduction on the amount of ft:b'.crip
tiotis over and above the limited number ot
ftisres, if any there (hall be, it the end of the
13th diy of June enfaing.
In the 10th ledtion of the liw of ineorporati
on it is enafled, that the nett profits on tolls
may equal, butlhallnct exceed 15 per cent an
nually ; and that the excess shaM compose a fund
for thr redemption of the said bridge.
A port f lio is opened at the said office, to re
ceive all communications, prints or drawings, on
the lubjefls of bridges, ancient or modern, bail
ding in water,cements, mortar centres, caffo»" s
coffer-dams, or any information which n" v
tend to mature the knowledge of the dire£lc>»
previous to the intended ereilinn: I hey areli -
icited, care will be taken of them, and return*
ed if desired. *
JQHN DORSEY, Secry pro tern.
Philadelphia, May 17,t-h 1799 's*
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