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YQUN'G, Bookstller, Institutes of Natural Law. TUB THIRD EDITION Bring the substance of a course of lectures, read in St. John's college, Cambridge. By T. RUTHERFORTH, D JV F. R.S. THE tft vol. explains the rights of mankind, considered as individuals : I. Law in general. 11. Rightsobliga tions. 111. Of property. IV. Limitations of property,. V. Of our common right to things. VI. Of derivative acquisitions by the aft of man. .VII. Os-derivative acqui {uiiWst by the aft of the law. \ 111. Of prelcription. IX. Of the obligations aris ing from property. X. Of the right which a roast has in his own perfbn. XI. Of pa rental authority. XII. Of promiles. XIII. Of contract. XIV. Of oaths. X\'. Mar riage. XVI. Of the right of defence.— XVII. Of reparation of damages done. XVIII. Of puniCunjnt. XIX. Of war. XX. Of flavj 1 y. The id vol. explains the rights end ob ligations of mankind, considered as members of civil societies. I. of societies in general. 11. of civil society its nature and origin. 111. of civil power. IV. of different forms of civil government. V. of the changes produced. VI. of civil laws. VII. of interpretation. VIIL of civil fubjeAion, and civil liberty. IX. of the law of nations. X. of the changes that are made in States and in their civil constitutions. The merits of this work, so justly extolled by experienced judges, and appreciated by Sie lovers of science, renders it unnecefiary for the editor to publilh the numerous and hon ourable tefUmony, that might be produced In its favour. .It is with much pleasure he informs his cuflomers and the public, that the American edition (not inferior to the British in paper and print) is now offered for file, in two Bvo. vols, at 4 dollars and 50 cent} in aud five dollars when neatly boutkl. The imported copies of the fame iize, are fold at 7 and 8 dollars. W. Young, has for fall-,as ufjal, Stamps, Stationary, Custom bouse Blanks of every denomination, Writing and Printing Papers, Blank & Printed Books, wholesale and retail. N. B.—Orders transmitted through t)ie Pod-office or otherwise, are immediately executed. Philadelphia. 1 itb Sejt. To tbe Frce.r.en, Electors for the city aru' bia. Gentlemen, Acknowledging with thanks, ai? former favors, I request a continn ance of yosr friendfliip, by your Votes and Jntereft, at the ensuing Election for sTir Coroner's whicTi will add an addi tional obligation and shall be held in grate ful remembrance your friend and humble fcrvant, JOHN LEACOCK, Coroner. By JAMES KINSEY, Esq. Chief Justice of the fupreise court of New-Jersey. Notice is hereby given, 'J'H AT upon application to me by Jofrph P. Min nick, and John W. EiAooifield for thesifelve», t) John W. Bloomfield in right of Ann hit wife, William Bullus, John Moore, in the right of his wife Mary, John Bulluj and Ruth Buila', who claim an undivided Gxth part of all that trad of land situate, lying and being iu Springfield, Bur lington county, containing eleven hundred and iigh:y.«ight acres and a half of an acre or there abouts, formerly devized by Mary Luillaro to Francis Bullas, who by his lad will and teftnment devised the fame trad to William Sowfer, and John Turner in trull for Samuel Bsllus his son iu fee, which laid Samuel Bullus by his deed '-earing date on or about the sth day of March conveyed the fame to his children Francis Builus, and the fame Ann Bloamfielil,formerly Annßul lu<, William Bullus, Mary Bullus now Mary Moore, John Bullus and Ruth Bullus, I have nom >nated and appointed Job Lippencott, Esq. of Springfield aforefaid, Abraham itockton and Chas. Elli<, both of the city of Burlington, tommiflion ers, to divide the said trad into fix equal fliarea or parts, and unless proper objedions are stated to me on the i[ft day of Nov. next, at my office in the city of Burlington at ten o'clok in the morning of that «!ay, the said Job Lippencott, Abraham Stock ton and Charles Ellis, will then be appointed the Commiffioner-. to make petition of the said trad of land, pursuant to an ad, ctuitled, " an ad for the more ei(y petition of lands held by Co-part ners, joint tenants, and tenants in common " paT* ftd the eleventh day of November in the year of •ur Lord 1789 —Given under my hand the 30th day ot Augult A. D. 1799. f ' fep.a. S* ■fe, 3taw. 2awjt. JAMES KINSEY. d6w. : -a . 'ir--■ For LIVERPOOL. letter-of-marque fcip, Jpfa t(he l6ndon, Samuel Roper, commander, Burtlicii . eotf NOTICE. Bank of North America, Stpr. 9, 1799. I* HOSE Persons who have Note* or iiilts - to piy at this Bank, are informed That regular Notices will be put under feiled covers, direAftl f> tha lefpe&ive payers and lodged in the Puit-Oflict, every Muaday until the return of the citizens. RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. diat John J. Parry, WATCH-MAKER, INFORMS his friends an I the public, he has removed for the fcalbii from his (hop in Se cond-dreet to the r.sxt house to the poll-office in Trenton, opposite the Maiket, where all orders iri his line will be executed with particular ; are and attention. An excellent afTnrtment of Silver Ware and Jewelery, and Gold and Silver Watches, for Sale as above. Trenton, Sept. 4, 1799 CATTLE. AboUt Sixtj-Six Head for disposal. t!f Enquire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Island in Wye River, Eastern Shore, Ma ryland,* or in cale of wri'ing, .direst to him U Eafton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wy«, Sept. j, 1799. § Old French Brandy in large and small cases 100 .boxes 7 by 9 & 3 by 10 .Window Glaft ao cheit pint it half-pint Tumblers, aiTorted 146 whole h 6 hall-tiercs Rice, FOR SALE BY Gurney Csf Smith. nvy x, 1799 - SEABORN, T A r L 0 R, •REiPF.CTFULLY' informs hit friends and cn(- tqincrs in gencr.il, that he has remoreJ from >ii» bonfe Hoj}6i.M«lb«rry Kreet, for the prsfent fei- CMgpNßne above Riter'a tjftrn, Oirn-.anuwa, the fiyn of Gen M'Pherfon, where he inteai* to carry on buf.n f> as usual, frptentbet *. ' FOR SALE, AT DUCK-CREEK, p t6,000 bushels Indian Corn, .3000 buihels good Wheat, 50 barrels Pork, AND 40,000 Hhd. Staves. Deliverable it any port ill the Delaware below Glocefter point. JOHN CUMMINS * Co. Duck cre-U> 19th Aug. d lw . TO BE LET. Until the 15th of November next, Afafe. Retreatfrom Philadelphia, In apleifant fuuitioa, about three miles from • town. ' Applkation left at the Printer's addrefledt 1 A. ». will be attended to. auguflit t f. Lost or Mislaid, A CERTIFICATE of one share of the Bank of the United States bearing d&te ift January 17c..;, in tiir name of Joseph Thornbiirgh, No j 138, for the renewal of which application hath been made at said Bai.k, and all persons concerned are defircd to take notice thereof. ROBERT DENISO«V,Junr. Fhil#d.fs per pound. The Proprietors are not refpnnfihle fVr 6ag- Cigc- LEVI PEASE, , Agent for the Public Ltne,from Philadelphia to Baltimore. WARD, BKOADHHRST, JONES & Co Proprietor! of the Mail Line, from Philadelphia to New-York. General Pofl-Office, } . May I. j 5 djm NOTICE. To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, LATFofLewiftown, in the sounty of Mif flin, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who wft% a part.ier of the firm of John/an lit Silexar.dcr, I have applied to the Judges of the court of Common pleu, in and for the county of Mifßin x.'orcfud, for the benefit of the laws of the said commonwealth, made for tbe relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed the lec» nd Tuesday of Srptember next, for a hearing of me and my creditors at Lewiftown, in laid county, of which, plealeto take notice. dtf. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. ni' u iifiy 5 THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING been appointed adminiJVrator to the eUate of the rev. JOHN WAljfe (de. (eafcd)late of New Jerfcy— NOTICE is hereby given to all prrfons'ndebud to the said cftate, to tr.ake immediate payment to the fubferiber, a:id those who hav,: any demands J against the fan e, to render their accounts without j delay, properly attefttd Edward Thompson, July 13 UNSEATED LANDS. THE owners of Unfeatcd lands in FAYETTE COUNTY (P«nn.) arc hereby notified, u nlcfj the texes due en said lards for th? years 796, >797 and 1798, are paid into the hands of General fcphraim Douglafs, County Trvafurcr, on pr before Thursday the 19th day of September next, they willbt advettifed forfsle as the law di- 7 * I jAMESpELLER S. -A". <3 I often regret that ad of folly in a former C ong re fs, by which the flag of the United! States was altered from the original thirteen ftrlpes—-that speaking (I fain would ad£ that sacred) record of a ftrug'gle which gained for us Independence. If the charatter of the national flag is to be marked with inffafcility, by adding to it .1 stripe on the acceflion of eveiy new state, its rclpedlability will be impaired. Nations abroad will Leatalofs to recognize the fickle badge, and the ilripes, already too ma py, will in ti;become so multiplied e$ ;:ot to be diflingtiilhtrd at the short diitance of a pistol fliot. These narrowed and multiplied lines of red and white would atTumc the blank appearance of a uniform pisk-cohr-d' field. Such frequent cha!lg"es too, would prevent our merchants and mariners from having any fettled ideas concerning their national colors. We might.expert .to fee flying* irf in our ports, as the flag of the Union, al niofl every kind of device that ignorance, in attention or caprice cm invent. Already, indeed, luch motley appearances'are not un frcquent. I have walked, on a gala day, along the wharves of this city, and have seen displayed from the shipping, an infinite variety of deviefs—intended, no doubt, as American colors ; but the intention was all. There were to be seen flags, jacks and peir dants, fotne bearing eagles of all attii#des and colors—none of which, by the bye, had any bufiiiefs. their ; others with stripes of varied and numbeTs ; other?, again with, and some without the new couftella tion—which now twinkled in the field, and now in the quarter, as it happened to suit the correct iancy of its owner. Sometimes, the celestial azure of the quarter (proper re sidence of the luminaries) would be perverted into 3 white, a Ted or a yellow field, be fpanpled with star?, variously grouped, and like the (tripes, differing both in number and color. 1 here you might have seen blue Oars, fiery red stars, black stars, and stars of every color, except the true one Risum teneatis ! But, Mr. Editor, don't mistake me. Accuracy in matters of tafte,even re gulated taste, is not to be looked for in the merchant nor sea-captain. The taste of the former is great, to be sure, keenly great—in the science of tare and tret,', and'the calcu lation of dollars, cents and half cents. Rut as to the son of Neptune, the feamn of his upper works are so well caulked, his gratings so well lashed, that not a rny of taste can poflibly leak in. No, Mr. Editor, the re gulation of our flag mud not be left tofuch gentry: It must proceed from another, a ; more competent quarter. Let Congress tor ' reft the error, (for the bantling is their own) | by declaring against all innovations, both in the national colors and arms,* whether pail or in future. Let them again gladden the American eye, by restoring forever, the ori ginal, the appropriate, the venerable but long insulted Thirteen Stripes, under whose auf pitioOs banners America took her Ration • among the nations of the earth, But, supposing, Mr. Editor, we should continue the ridiculous pra&ice of adding a stripe on the acceflion of every ,new State, let us fee how it would operate. The de pendency called the North Western Terri tory is in itfelf, nearly as large as all the At lantic States taken together. The other dependency, named the Mifliflippi Territory (now under the government of a Bashaw of one tail), is also of conliderable, though in ferior, extent. ProvifLn is made for carv ing out those territories, into States,;/ com ponent parts of the federal compatt. Now, tell me—how would you like to fee crowded, by piece-meal, into the An erican flag 20 or 30 flriijei more ? If the principle of thusN-e ---prefenting every State be established in ,pne cafe, will it not be called for in extension to every other ? Thus, then, that which is the flag in the year 1799, may not be the flag in 1800 ; nor may the flag in 1801 be the fame with that of 18001—Fit fubje dl for foreign ridicule ! I will close the present communication with hinting at the burthenfome expence.s which such idle changes must impose upon all ship owners, by the frequency of thus renewing their colours. It forms, however, but a minor consideration. I may pofiibly trouble you to-morrow with a few more ftriftures. In the mean time, if my in ode fly woufd l'uffer nie to offer advice, I should fav, Be AS YOU WERE. From my Chamberi, in Yellow- Fever Rovr, £ Philadelphia, Sep. 5. J *lt is fomeiuhat mortifying toJee the blunders every where committed in delineating the fym leij of our national unien find sovereignty—even our c