a irk'- - :-... Ji - 1 - —■ —i I "l-V nice if hereby given, X the office of the Secretary of the Depirt c.f July next enfuinj, fcr the supply of a'.l ra tions, which n.ay be required tor the life «f the ; Unite 5 . Stilts, from the [irit day of October, 1 ■ I the said uffi• e uIIJ the expiration of the 25th ( fatioos which may be required as aforifjid, from the firft day of January in the veir 1800, to the thirty.firlt day of December in the fame Vear, both days inclufWc, it the place and witU th the fevsrsl states herein after mentioned, viz. Firf —Proporsls to supply all rations, that nay 6e require), at Ofwego ; at Niagara ; at Prefqu'ifie ; at Michilimackinac ; at Fort Picaue town, and Loramies {lores ; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake Erie, at Fort Knox, and Ouannon on the rivsr Wab-ifli ; at Malise; at any place or places on the east tide of the river Mdfttfippi, above the mouth of the river Ohio, aud upon •vjg ' ea't iidr of the Mifiiflippi river, below the , said liate ; at Knoxville ; a; all other pods and places within lire itaie of I'ennelTee ; at South We.l Pi>int ; at Tel!i:j Block-houi'e, at St. er r.mibigby and any pi ice or places wiihin the Cherokee boundaries ; be •1. -1- (I! 1. .Mil at any other ]<> ice or ;>lac» fthfere trojps ar« or tnay he stationed, marched r,r retr t'tVd within the (late of Georgia ; at all v ithin "he ;ia-.its of the United States, whsre may bereqiijred at Fort Johnfon,at Fort Pinck- Bey, at Charleston, or at any o'her place 01 pl.ee. where troop? are or may be stationed, C'ipe Fear ; at lleac n Tfland, Ocracock ; al , Strjr.ton, at KichmonH, at Alexandria, at Lees b'irg, at Eredertlklb'jrg, at Carterfville, or al any »thrr place or places where troops are 01 ft may Hr. r> quired at Kort M'Henry, at Baltimore at Anjtagoln, at Frederick town, at Leonart town, it Haperi town, at BlaOenfbnrg, a George town, at L-Jarpcr's ferry, at Eiftown, a the Head "t Elk, and at any other place oi places, where troops ate or may be flaiioned marched or recruited within the limits of th< * -VT '< ; **:•» J. -f % itr" I- > w h : <*- •••*" us* *. X. * ■' * Eig'iib PropcfaU to supply ill ration# that nay be required it Fort Mifflin, »t Philadel phia, at Darby, at Lancaftcr, at Wilkefbarre, at Reading, at ftrificl, at Yorktown, at Carlisle, J at Lewili tn (Mifflin county) at Jiedford, at at Washington, at Eaftown, at j Wilmington, at Chnftiina, at Dover, or at any ©t tiler place or places wliere troops are or may Le Itatio-.ied, marched or recrukc! within the limits of the 'tales or Pennsylvania and De!a x/a f. rxr: t the p ifts within the (late of Prnn fy:vania, enumerated in the firtt proposals afore- Kintb —Proposals to fcpply all rations that may be required at Hackenfac, at Elizabeth to co, at New-llrunfwick, at Burlington, at Woodbury,' at Trenton, and at any other place or placej where troops ape or may be Rationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the j r flat; of Jersey. T en it—Propofah to supply all rations that may be lequ.reti a; New-Ybrk, at Weft Poiot. -t Flu!n- | ing, at M rleui. a; We!*-Chefter, at Poughlteep iie. tKenderhonk, at Stillwater, at Newburg, at Af.-r:}', 5t a: Cheiry Valley, andar a:iv chec place or places, where troops are or mny lUiioned, maichedor recruited within the Ji-r.i -ol the state r-t New York, except the po(ls within the fiid "ate enumerated in the firft pro pifalt afo-'efiid- Stvcntb—Pr®pofal« te supply all rations that may be required at Hartford, at Hebrew, at New fcondon, at 3ro Mynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield t Guilford, at Ncw-Haveu, at Fairfield, at Dsn bury, at and at any other place or places where troops are or may he ftaticned,march ed or recruited within the limits of the State of 6onne>9icutt. Twelfth— Proposals to supply ill rations that may be required at Fort U'olcott, at Brinton's Point, at Newpitrt, at Vrovidencu, and at any place or places where troops are or maybe station ed, marched or recruited withiH the limits the of slate of Rhode-lilar.d. Thiritaiib'—Propofals to supply a'l ration-* that maybe required at Portlandin the Diltriftof Maine Gloucsfter, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Bos ton, at Springfield, at Oxbridge, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be ttation cd, marched or recruited within thilimusof the state c.F Massachusetts. Fjitrlrenli— Frppvlals to supply all rations that may be required at Porfmouth, at Exeter, at Wiud-for, at Bennington', at Rutland, or at any fort, place or places, wheretroop". are or may bs> llationsd, marched or recruited within the Statesof Kew-Hampfhirc and Vermont. The Ration to be supplied, is to confiH of the following ar:icle?, viz Fighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when Reithr can te obtained, of one quart ,f rice, «r one anV a half pound of filtedor boulted indian meal, one pound and a quarter of frefh beef, or one pound of salted beef, cr three quarters of a pound of salted Pork, and when frerti meat is i(filed', fit, at the ratftpf two quarts for evrcy hundred rations, soap at the rate of foor pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half for every hundred ration. It is expected the propolals will «lfo extend to the supply ol' rtim, wh;lk-ey, or other ardent i'pi ries at'the rate of half a gill per ration, and Vine •rar at the rate of two quart- !nr every hundred ration". The proposals will fpecify the price of the several component parts of the ration, as well a~ those of substitutes or alternatives lor part? thereof. . - The rations are to be furrilhed in such quantities er that thtrefball at all time--, during the term of 1 it propefed contrails, bs fufikieni for the con ,5 ••• - - - • -- '. v "-»■ f.impticn of thetrbopsat Michilimacliinac, Detroit | Niagara a'.*d ■OXw*>/o', for fix months in advauces, | and at each of the otker pods on the wellern wa ters, fir at least three months in advance, of good I and wholelorne provifnns, if the fame (hall be re quired. It alio to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or posts to call for at seasons when the fame can be trans ported, or at anytime in cafe of urgency, fuchfup pliss of liVe provisions in advance, as in the difare tion of the commandant (hall be deemed proper J It is to be understood that the contractor is to be j i at the cxpeace and risk ot ifTuing the supplies to j ! the troofs, and that all losses, sustained, by the t depredations of an enemy, or by raeans of 'he | troops ®f the United States, lhall be paid for at the « price of the article captured or destroyed, on the j depositions of two or more persons of creditable eharaders, and the certificate of a cofnmifllofcad | i officer, afcertiining the circumftamces of the loss, | and the amount of the article?, for which compsn- ' j fation fliall be claimed. j The privilege is to be understood to be refcrved | to the United Statas of requiring, that none of ths ' supplies which may be furniihed under a/iy of ti proposed contrark ; so that, while the fubferibers become pofieflM of a valuable record, an ornament may he added to their libraries. Vhe price to fubferibers will be » dolls. 75 ct». per volume, in boards, and 3 dolls, whole bound , but, as the publilhcr does nut intend to print man more th«n the nnmber fubferibed for, a confid-ra ble rife on the price may be expected to non-fuby (cribers. Each volume will contain about one third less of lett«r-j»refs than the original edition ; but, as the publisher is not yet enabled to determine the client of the Privare ]p*rnal«, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot ascertain the number of volumes which wiHcomprifc the work. Payments to be made on delivery of each •volume. Subferiber swill have it at their option, either tp fublcribe for the whole of the Journals, up to the present time, or to thof« only of the' Old Congreis prior to the organization of the Federal Govern ment. I IN all countries, the proceedings in the com mencement of their governments, are loft in darfe nefs and obscurity, owing to a careleftnefc, in the ■ succeeding generation, to prefcrve the public re cords, and the attention of the nation, in thoferude ages, being calUd off from their domellic concerns, to ssgage in wars and conquefl. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been tranfmirud to our days ? I'ime, that destroys every thing, enhances the value of well authenti cated public records, and renders them almost in eftimaSle. I»i- hopej), thai AmericacswjilJ, there fore, choarfully contribute their aflirtanocin tranf -1 mitting to posterity the labours of their ancestors —founders of the Columbian nation. V* The work will certainly be ad van cad with expedition aijd promptitude. The following will Ihow the support it has already acquired: '• Philadelphia, June 15, "To the Honorable the Senate and House ot l\ep refer.tativcs of the United States. " The MEMORIAL »f the Subfcriben,Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia, " RefpeflfullyJ/.eivetb, " That having, in our refpe&ive avocations, freqg?nt occafionsto recur to the Journals of Con gress, we experience inconvenience by the scarci ty of them : That we underlland that Richard Foiwell, prioter, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation to print that public record; and that he hath obtained partial countenance from ma ny individuals; but that he has "flelayed prosecu ting the work, in expectation of encouragement from government, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, rcfpeftfnlly iolicit, as'the publication is n iceffary to be disseminated among public bodies, that Congress will, in their wisdom, render him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable him to proceed with the work.so that your Memorialiits may be enabled to purchase co pies of that record for themselves. Thomas M'Kean.John D. Con,CharlesHeatly, Samfom L.evy.T. Ro.'s, Wm. Moore Smith, John Read jun. William Tilghman,John F. Mifflin, Jo feph B. M'Kean.John Bi-ckly, W. Sergeant, John Thompson, Jared lngcrfoll, Jafpcr Moylan,William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Levis, James Gibfon, M.Keppele, Moses Levy, Robert I'orter, George Davis, John Hallowell, James Oldden, Walt«r Frar.klin, James Milnor, John C. Wells John L. Leib, Alexander I Dallas, Joseph Rted, Thomas Willing, Samuel M Fox, John Nixon, Robert Wain Robert H. Dunkin, John Ewing.Jun EdwardPen nington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell Septhnus, Claypoele James Crukfhank, Math«w Carey, Henry K. Hel muth, Vetcr D» Haven, Johß Duulap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Claypoole, Thomas ArmQrong, Samuel H. Smith, John Fenno. " True copy from the original Memorial, pre» fented to the House of Representatives of the United Slates, on Monday, the 18th of June 1798: WILLIAM LAMBERT, for «' JONATHAN W.CONDY, Ciemc." " RESOLVED by the Senate and Houl'e of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Gtmgrefs assembled.That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Reprcfentatives, be authorikd and diriiiSted, to fubferibe, on such terms as they may claem eligible,for the use of the Senate and Hoiile of Representatives, for f<*ir hundred Copies of the Journaisof Ccngrcfs, wbicfy a,e pro pbfed to be publifbedby Richard FolweH and fucli number of copies of deficient volumes of the : set* now in pnnt.as roay be necessary to' complex; the fame. JONATHAN DAYTON. Speaker of the House of Reprefentativej. JAMES ROSS, President rf the Senatepro tempore. Approved, March ad, 171)9. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. uwtf may 30, T E RMS r sius. Samuel Miles, jun'r. Of the city of PhiUddphia.'roe.ihatit, hav ing afligiiecl over all his cfTcils, rtai, perl'onil ind mixed, 10 tlic l'ubfu iher , for the benefit ot l'ach ot hi* creditors as may fuM't ritie to the said alignment op or beforeihe li.il of Auguf next. Notice is hereby given, so all perfor.s indebted to ihe'faid estate, thl they are requelled to rr, 3ke immediate payment to either of the iffiener . or tc the i'aid Samuel Mile?, who is authp' /fed to receive the lame; in failure whereof egal steps will be taken for the recovery of /"uch debts, as aic not dilclnr ged accordingly^ GEORGE A3 TON, 1 CORNELLS COMEGYS, J- AfTignees JOHN ALLEN, j fcb. 14 ■ "I'/IL LIA HI-C 0 £BE 7 1 HAS J®ST'PUIiXHUBD (?aK!*.I DOL, 5® CINTi) - B A VI AD AKI) M M V I A D. Br Willi.*h Giffqkd, Esquire. To which is prefixed, A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHOR By an American Gentleman. [ln introducing this celebrated work to the Geo tlenien and Ladies of America, I have < n.teavored to give it a dress proportioned to its diltinguiihed merit, and to the ta-.eof tl'ofe for whose amuTe ment and delight it is intended. No expence h.v. keen spared in the publication; and I flatter oiyfetf that the work does not yield, cither in paper or print, to any »ne ever puliliflied ui America This edition has an advantage over fame former onoi, as it contains by way of notes, the minos productions of the author ; and, it has an advan tage over every other edition, i.i the Poetical Bpif.U, which is prefixed to it, and which mull be ex tremely gratifying tp every lover of literature in this coantry, as it is a proef that there are Ameri cans who hav. the taste to admiie, the justice to applaxd, and the talents to rival the Geniul'es ol other nation*. £5" Sonic Copies have been sent on to Mr. Sons erviUe, Maid«n Lane, Neiu Tori, also CO Mr. Hill. Baltimore, and CO Mrs Young, CbarUflon. Copies will be font to Bojhn and other places, as Coon as occasions offer.] may 28 Ivtcnty Dollars Reward. DESERTfcD from the barracks at Reading, in the fight of the sth July, 1799, the follow ing foldirrs in th< itth regiment in the service of the United -States. Titmai Qrittoi Booth, 4 private, bora in Cheftcr county, »5 yenrs of j feet 8 inches and 3-4 high, darkcomplexiofc, brown eyes andlong black ha:r which he commonly wears tied dofc to fait he jd,by occupation a farmer ;heit a flout, good looking fcllqw, at)d considerably marked with the final) pox, is much glided to liquor, and very a bufivs when ihcoxicatcd; he was drclTed in lull infantry HDiforrn except his h^t—lt is exptftcd that he will change h!s dr fs as he Hole a plain round hat and a number of citizens' cloaths. Also, J. fenptions to the Loan bearing imereft at eight per centum per annum, are not,fi c( !, thai at any time a.;er payment ihall have been made ot the sth jnflalment, which will beroxne due during the firft ten days of the mo,nil of July enlnmg, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option be obtained at the Treafurv or Loan Offices, relpettivelv, for the amount of the four firtt iniUimmus, or one moiety of thefums si prefied in the fubfciiption certificates : Ne cer tificates of Funded Stock will however be iiTued" forlels than one hundred dollars. Such iubfeription certificates as may be /re «nted at the Trcal'ur.y .or Loan Offices in con eqaence of the foregoirtg irring<; ra ent, will be ndorled and diftinflly marked lo as to deuete. that a fttoety of the flock has been feed. OLIVER WOLCOT-7, Secretary of the Treasury TO BE SOLD, TWO new frame two Story Hou ses pleasantly fituaUd near the Jolly I'olt-Tav ern, npper end of tlic Village <>t Frankford. There are in each Hpui'e, belides a kitchen, two rooms ob the firft floor; three on the second, vitb roomy garrat», all well finrSied ; there are alio to each, a gocd garden ioti fiable and coach ho'd'e. Part goods will be taken in pay ment. Anv persons wiihin£ to become piir chafers are resetted to vi»w the premises, and tor terms appiv to ' JOHN MiCLELLEN". Frankfnrd. July ti eotf rranKrnrcj, jiuv 13 c»u The Swift- Sure, ANEW LINE OF STAGES, Jswrf NOW B.UNNING BF.TWFEN NEW-YORK, By theftiort and pleasant road of Bujlletan, Nezutown, Scotch-Plaint, Spring- Jleld and Newark. excellence of this road, the populous . ness of the country through which it palT «•», with funtlry other advantages, which render it so far preferable lo the Old Road through iJriltolj Brnnfwifk, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Tho rough-Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute survey of it has been taken,and its superiority over the Old Uoad, both in winter and I'ummer, has been clearly ascertained.—There are good bridges over all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the eroding is performed with great fafety and in less than Half the time required at the TremonFerry. The road is several miles Jhorter than the old road, but this is amongfl the least of its advantages, because daily expe ■ ieiice pioves to us. that dispatch as welfaseom fort in travelling principally depend on the goodness of the road and the levelnefs of the coun.ry, and, in these refpefls, the New Roai is, beyond all comparlfon, thebeft. It prefei.tp none of thole rocky hills, which render the Old Road fa fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark. The foil, too, for the greater part, if such as. to produce but little mud in winter, and very litile 'uft in summer, which circum'Uoce, added to the beauty of the lOuntry, and a con liderable proportion of (hade, rruft always ren der travelling in the latter season peculiarly a greeable. 'I he Swift Sure starts from PHILADEL PHIA ,at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TRRE, opposite the Lutheran Church, North Fourth ftrec-t It goes through Frardcford to Buftleton, where it flops u> Breakfaft ; flnm Ruftletown it goe» through Newtown to Pennv-town to dinner ; from Penny town through Hopewell, Millstone, Bound-brook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The »ejtt morning it flops at Springfield to breakfaft, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at Nsw- York at noon. From NEW-YORK it ftarti at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and ii-rlves at Philadelphia the next evening. For teati at: New-York, application may lie made to Ed ward Bardin, Old Coffee honfe, to A. Mathieu, corner of Naflau and John streets, to B. .Many, no. 48, Courtlancit, corner of Greenwich street, and to Michael Little, at hii hotel, no. 41, Broad street. Fare for paflengers, Five Dollars. Way pallengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each paOenger is allowed to take on i 4 lbs. of 1 baggage cirriage free ; but all other baggage, taken Oa by a paflenger, will be charged ai 4 cents per pound weight. With refpe, Bourn! Br.op/i. R. SANS BURT, HcUdil'lainu... ' I?AACKAffI.E, I . , ROBERT PEARSON, t S ? r < n g/ ReJalved VHt on the si.it ' ■ vv ' : 4 The holders of refillered wii-faots, fltall'ijj| Monday the 17th. day of February, ii>, tfccJUiW 1800, in the order -oi which the priority of on (hall-beder'trmmcd by lot as aforefaH; prffljfj ally, or Uy th««r .ijjents, defignatciri writivgat.tte othce of tlic Rcgider ot the Treasury, the fartKKr 1..r quarter townfl»ipseleiled by theni and such of the fetid hsltiers as fhqll not dcfigßitt their locations on the said day, (ball be poffponci in locatingl'uch warrants to, all other htfitieis » regjllcrcd warrant!. t ; •>'' V. , The boMer; of warrants for tertit® faflicKtit to cover one or more quarter townttijijs or trail-; of four thousand acres each; lball,aC**jfc time after Monday the 17th Jay of February, >sß®; and prior to the firft day 01 January, lßftfk be.at* low.-d to regiller the fiid. warrants in marftff forffaid, and forthwith to make l«cationathei*M on any trad of trails of land not beforelaa'tfAj Vl - -i All warrantor claims for land ton acc&ttDt «f military lVrvices, which flulltiotbc regifterni »9f located Utfore the iirfl day of January, ißot, | the fupplememary a