** —— 1 ..mu-imiw* l I" wwi' iwnwnnr- X a Co art of Common iWeas held at Union Ay Town, Tor the connty of Fayette, the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our I one thou- Jand fev«n hundred and ninety-na», before the Tudees of the fame court, 01, the petitionot John , Wilifon, praying that the a& ot AfferuWy, pro- VS Vidint; that the perloa ol a debtor lhall not be v liable to imprifoament for debt after delivering up a bis estate for the ule of hit creditors, may be ex- p tended to him. The Court appoint the firft day [, of nsxt term, to hear the petitioner and his ere- q ditors, and order that he give his creditors public [- notice hereof, in FennoVPhiladelphia pap.r, and Jh Yundt and Brown's Baltimore "paper, for one p week, ending at least four weeks before the day „ of hearing; and that he ..If') g ■ , Samuel Miles, jun r. I Of the city of Philedelphia, merchant, hav- j ing afiigned over all hl« Wrtft., real, perfoaal and mixed, W the fubfci ibers, for the benefit offuch ofhis creditors as may fuhßrioe to the fa id alignment or ot befn.ethe firlk of August next. Notice is hereby given, to all person. indebted to the laid estate, that they are requested to n. »ke immediate payment to either of the or to the kid Samuel Miles, who is autho- /fid to seceive the fame ; in failure whereol' egal Heps will be taken tor the recovery offuch debts, as are not dilchar ged accordingly. GEORGE ASTON, IJ* CORNELJS COMEGYS, JOHN ALLEN, 3i, f feb.l4. i* ,awtf . —" T~ Valuable Property jg Sale, tn ChefßHr, near Sixth ftreu, opposite Congri'. i HALT.,* A LOT of ground, about it feel front in Chef nut (Ireet and 73 f«et in Jepih, whereon is a good Irjnie house, now iivthe_ tenure of S.imucl Benge fllbjaEi to a ground rent of aos. pertuinufn. The, ddvintageaus Gtvation of this property re quires no comments, for itinuft beknown, tlxre > are few in this city to equal it, at. unecceptionable { 'title will be made to the' rurrhafer. Apply to j JAMES GIRVAN, . CO. 198. Chefnut flroet, next dosr to the pre- march j" } ' tu.th fa tf ! whereas] "" \ AN attachmeuc was lately iftued out of the in ferior common pleas ef the county of Essex, in tfc {late of New Jersey, dire&ed to 1 the iheriff of tl«e fa id county, ags'mft the rights, credits, monies ai*d good* an 4 chattels, lanisand tenements ot Jeh 1 GUvti Symcits at the suit of Wiiltam WclU, in a plea of trespass on the cafe to his-damage threethoufand dollars; — And ■H-btrtai, the said fheriff did, at the term of June lafl pall, return to the said court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given hy penman and Samuel Meeker to the laid defendant, to the aaiount of near two thoufaad dollars,and alfoby flxtylandi»4rtant» ; Krw tkirefcre, wnlefs the said John Cleves St ninns thall appear, give special ball, ahd receive a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment vill be entered againfl him, and- his property herein attached, will be fold agreeably to the statute ill fueh cafe made and proved. Aaron Ogden, Clerk y tec. Elizabeth-town,Ja'y 8, 1799 "('0 A beautiful Country Seat FOK SALF., i ' SITUATED on the bank of the Delaware joining lands of Matthias Siplet and Mn John D'jffield, 13 miles from Philadelphia and 1 miles from Bristol. The buildings eonfal ofa new two story Frame House and Kitchen adjoining—i rooms on a floor, a Piazza the whole front of the House, a Pump of excelkrit witer, also agood garden and orchard—lo acres of land will be fold with the bremifes, but more can be had if inquired. There is a gravelly shore at the river, the water faces lor Burlington pass every .lay jnthe sum- Wr season, and the land stages for Ntw-Y.n k within half a mile ; any person inclining to pur ch?fe may know the terms of sale and other par ticulars by enquiring at No. ii, Dock-ftrcet, er No-161, South Seeoud-llreet. junt 1. to^FsoldT or four lots ot about 3° ° r 4° acres each, wore or less as may suit a purchafcr. On each of which there is a good situation for a honfe—viz. one oh the river Delaware, suitable cither for a gentleman's feat, or for a perlon who might Wish to engage in the lumber business hav- landing. One eomnriandinjf u good ■view of the river from the highest ground between the Pennypack and Pogueflin creeks ; and another 011 the Bri!lpl Road. Enquire «f Mr. Gilpin hear the 11 mile ftoncon the said road. J^LrO FOUR LOTS, Of about 10 acres each with good fituationi Tor bniMing", one of which i# suitable for a tan«yard, has a fraall (lone houfc and a young bearing «rchard ou it, on the Newtewo road near Snider . mill about 10 milei from Philadelphia, and one other lot of about 30 acres on the Penaypack Enquire of Jonathan ClKt who lives on the pr«rai fes or of Mr. Gilpin. Poffcffion will he given in the spring, but build ing matt rials may be collected fooncr. November 8 Taxes of Lycoming County. • *- JOHN KIDD, Treafurcr, BY Dire lie fold in lots of three tboufiiJ aire, each, exclusive of the crown and clergy reftrvts. There areJir.teen blocks in each to wnib' { J, nunibtreil from one to fixtccn. The lands are of quality, and lie betwoen the~ river LaTranche and' lake lirie. . Herfons inclined topuixhafe ate to give in their proposals in writing, to this nffici;, in winch they | ar<* to name the lotj they bid ior, and to (late the price th:y are willing to girt: for them. Ihe proposals p.Hiit be given in oil or belore the hr.. d.iy of March jv.xti with'.n one month slti r which the purchiicis will be declared, and on their tak ing the oath.. ot allegiance to his Britannic Ma J.lty, letters patent of grant will b;, deliveitJ t.. them free »/ ex fence. Half the purchase money must be puid when the purchafcrs are declared, and good f-curity for tlie payment of the other half in tftc yejrs, in equal yearly payments Plan* of the toww (hips may be seen at the Surveyor General* of fice i» York, and at the house 01 Mr. Hambly near the townlhipn. JOHN SMALL, C. E. C. -Mber 7; «4»w «ncf] aawtf. ,'* r \ .***' **' UPPER CANADA. i _ _ s •' * Council Office, Sept. 14. Notice is hereby given, »-»FV t tors of Baly, Hill, & t rs, in thcoountyof tfwflcx, ce at ths Coort-HoMfeinla ' Dec. next, at 10 o'clock a lid of ftii i Inlolveiit's t by «h;it day. ;ASE, JS-iig »ce. meet the i>n the 4,5 th 'er to mike i o may come to hv Cli. junc is TO THE PUBLIC. called Kiion's) WARRANT'S, g ranttd to the United States' army, are to be register ed and located,—the subscribers liave ex plored thmraft of land on which thofc-war rant* are to be laid ; with a view, and for the purpol'e c! offering their ftrvices as 10-1 1 We take the liberty of suggesting, u that ■wear* at leafl as well acquainted with the fitltation, qnality of the foil, &c. of the dit ferer.t townfliips in the atorrlaid traef, any Other person:" this will, perhaps, ap pear more clearly, by observing, that \Y il- LIAM C. Sckenk alliikd in running the Indian botr.idary line; at which time hr cor.fiderably traveri'ed that traft : lie alfe ifllftyd in furveyjng and laying it off intc townllujJi, and at other times ranged ovei t, (a gain information. But to obtain a 11 ore complet# and accurate knowledge, \\\ ■nonthi, with several affi'Unts, in particu arly examining the diiterertt townlliips anu quarter towufhips ; by which means v»" have We how offer our ferviccs to the public, as I.noaters, with aflVrances tlv.it we to us to the be ft advantage, agreeably tc their rights of location, which is to be de termined according to law. For our ler eitlier in lands ot warrants, wher we loeatt a full traft, of four thoui'and acres or more, for one person or firm ; the land to be taker in a square, at a corner ot the tratt ; which torncr is tb be eqsitab'ry determined befor the time of location.— ihe one equal fixtl part, in calk or warrants, when we connetf and locate any amount less than four' thcu find jft;'. We will be in Philadelphi; from December next, until offer the time o location, ts trahfaifl tfcls bufiuefs. Any person wishing to latisfy himfelf farther, will please to rail on u», by letter, (poltage paid) or other wife ; wbjn due attention will he paid, and such voticheis may be seen as we have to offer, which we hepe will be fa tisfaclory, MARTIN BAUM, VViI.I.IAM C. SCHENGK. Philadelphia, Oft. 9, 1799* To tbe Holders of MILITARY LAND WARRANTS. ln r ge ?rt .J' Septemer a CATTLE. About Sixty-Six Head Jor disposal. ,£r Ensuiro of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Wye Kiver, Eastern Shore, Ma ryland; or in cafe of writing, direst to him at Eafton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wye, Sept.*, 1799* J WANTED A COOK. A WHITE WOMAN to serve in the capacity of cook in a (mall family—None need apply who does not pcrfc&iv under (land her business, and cannot produce an unexceptionabW character. Apply to the printer. •tteber i-i dtf v :i\ eow. fir Hfis teneriffe wine. Of an c:\crl'.i n'. quality, JUS r ARWIV KV» MVD FOR 51LF., lij JOHN MiLLIiK, Jr. ■f '* Nov. 11. DONATION LANDS. Nat ice is bcrebr given, THAI' Claiu. -i' Dciti'lot. Lands jsiTiiffl b> the State of Pemiiyivauii 1 the Ofri «.crs an J Soldiers o 1 the L?ne > tn~ (aid State in the iatewat, 'A'iibe received at the C 'tli> >.* of Com 5 'roller Ge'iera' of said S-tate until the lit September next incluliv*, anA that the f'jbf'rihers jfurhoriftKl by law will fit as a Board at the said Ofl'j>-i Of: every Monday from ieu o'clock in iite I'ortooou until on-* in the af ternoon, to hear 4od (ictermine all unfattfiei! Cliaiw' already filed, as well as thole whicf may be filed on or before the laid lirlt da / o September next. t |OHN Donnaldson, Ccnif Samuel Br yan, Regt'r. Peter Baymtum. Treas'r. Dtpaftment of A ccoimts of J Pennfylvan>:> M " i (16) diw (m.w.fa.tf) TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March refer.t the fame to the Regifler of the Trcalury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February In the year, one thousand eight h-amlred, tor the purpose of being rejiftered ; No registry a ill however be made of any left quantity than a quarter townlhip, or four thousand acres. n » ■ Ui. Tht priority of location of the warrants which may bt preferred and rendered in manner afore faid, prior to the nth day of February in the rear one thousand eight hundred, will immediate ly after the laid day, be determined by lot, in the •liode drefcribed by the ad firft tecited. The holders of regjftered warrants, (hall on Monday tbe 17th day of February, in the year 1800, i n the order of which the priority ef locati on (hall be determined by lotas atorefaid, pefon illy or by tht* agents, dcfig»ate in writingat tht office of tbe Register of the Treasury, the particu lar quarter townships elefted by them reipeihvely, and fuck of tbe said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, (ball be postponed ia locating such warrant* to ail other holders of regiftercd warrants. The holders of warrants for military services fnfficfent to cover one or more quarter townlhips or trails of four thousand acres each •, (hall, at any tin* after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the firft day ol January, l8c>», be al lowed to register the said waifants in manner a forefaid, and forthwith to make lecations therefor on any traft or traasof land not before located. VI. All warrants or claims for lauds on account of military fcrvioes, which (halluotbe rrgiftersd and located before the firft day of January, »Boz, art by the supplementary aft of Coogrefs herein before recited, paled on (he second day of March, 1799. declared to be forever barred. , Given under my hand at Philadelphia, tni day and year above meationcd. Oliver v/oi.corr. Slc. if tbe Trujsurv- " The MEMORIAL of the Subfcribei's,Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia) '' RefptllfulljJi.euiclh, " That having, in otir refpe&ive avocations, frequent oecafionsto recur to the Journals of Con gress, we experience inconvenience by the fcarc-i ---ty of them : That we underfhnd that Richard Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation 10 print that publifc record; and that he hath obtained partial countenance from ma ny individuals; but thr.t he has delayed profeca ! ting the work, in expe&atk>n of encouragement ; frn,m government, that may adequately indemnify . him. We, therefore, refpeiUnlly Solicit, at the | publication is n«ceffary to' be difTeminated among ■ public todies, that Congress will, in their wifdorn i render him such additional encouragement, to that 1 which he bas obtained from private individuals, '< as to unable him to prcceed with the work,fo that your Memorialitls may be enabled to purchase co- :v. - - . - ■ i_. .tti iiiej »1 that record for themfclves. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, j l hontas M Kean, John D. Coxi, Charles Haatly, May 29>k, 1799. 1 Samfom levy.T. Rofs, Win Moore Smi-th, John HPHE proprietors of certificates .ffi.ed for fob- ' Read jun. William Tilghman.John F. MiKin Jo- I Son, to the Loan bearing interest at I B M'Kean ohn B .ckly, W.SergeantJohn . , ' .. c 1 , Thomufon, Tared limxfoll, JalptrMoylan, William eight per centum per annum, are notified, that , P Gibfon, at any time after payment lhall have been made ; M.KcppcU.Mofcs Levy, Robert Porter, ft o,gc of the sth inftalfiient, which will become due . Davi./lohn HalloweU, James Okldeo, Walur during the firft ten days of the Month of July . Franklm J j amc , Milnor, John C. Well, John L. enfning, Certificates of bunded Stock may at , L( . Uclsndcr j. Dallas, Joseph Rcetf, Thomas their option be obtained atthe Trealury or Loan Wiliing.iSamuelM For, [ohn Nixcx .Robert Wain Offices, refpe&ively, for the amount of the four ; H. Dunkin, John Ewiiig.Jim KiJwardPen firft inftalmenis» or one moiety of thefnms ex- n ; n g t on, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William prefTed in the fubfci iption certificates :—Nocer- y 0B1! g, Robert Campbell Septimus, Claypoole tificatcs of Funded Stock will however be issued j ames Crukftiank, M-.th«w Carey, Henfy K. Kul t'or less than one hundred dollar*. muth, Peter D.- Haven, Joha DUulap, Edward Such i'ubfeription certificates as may be pre- Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David ented at the Treat'ury or Loin Offices in con- c. Glaypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. eqkence of the foregoing arrangement, will be Smith, John F«nno, ndorfed and diftindlly marked so as to denote, " True copy from the original Memorial, pre that a moety of the flock has been ifTued. fented to the House of Representative. of the OLIVER WOLCOTT, United States, on Monday, the 18th ot Jobs Secretary of the Treasury. 1 .? 8^, IL , lAM LAMBERT, for ' " JONATHAN W.CONDV, Clerk." " RESOLVED by the Scnatcand House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Songrefs affertibled.That the Secretary of theSeoate and the Clerk of the House of Keprefentatives, be authoriled and direCled, to fubferfbe, on fu:h terms as'they may dastn eligible', for the ul'e of the Senate and House of Reprefentaiivcs, for four hundred Copies of the Journalsof Congress, winch a.e pro poled to be published by Richard Folwell and such number of copies of dtireiunt volumes of the lets now in priSt,as may be neceiTary to complete the fame. WAR DEPARTMENT. Trenton, September 2, *799- ALL officers of the firft regiment of Artillcrifts a n,l Engineers, and bf the fir It, fecund, third and fourth regiments of Infantry in the fcrvice of the United States, who are, from whatever caule, absent from their commands, are required with all pofliU'i expedition to report themfclves by let tar to Major General Alexander Hamilton. The i allkers thus called upon, will be held amenable for . any avoidable delay in re porting ihenifelves, and j those who do not report in four months from tijc j date of this notification, will be prefumcd to have r&Qgncd their oommillions. JAMES M'HENRY. Jhe Printers U! the fcvcral itatea, who published the proposals for the supply e! ration* i during the year ißoo, are reijHclUd to ir.fert the | above once a week in their papers, ttlhhe ..rll of January next. iawtij. Tit Owners and Cctvii* "-, cj GOODS, ON board the ftip Charlotte, J>i* ter, uow lying at Soil ami BvOwO s Wharf, are r:qucftcd to furtiilh their Pcrr.*- as early as poffiblc. loth mo. nftj f ?99- fiOSS & SIMSON, HAVi TM SAIE, 3000 pieces tft rfi»nt 11 NOTICE. To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, T ATE of Ltiwiftown, in the county of Mii- J—* ilin, and commonwealth ol Pennlylvani*; who was a paK.icr of the firm of John/on Alexander, 1 have applied to the Judges of the court of Common pleas, in and for the county of Mifflin aforeCiiii, for the benefu of the laws of the said commonwealth, made for the relict of insolvent debtors, and they h.i.e appointed the sec.nd Tuesday of September next, for a hearing ot my creditors at in laid county, of which, pleal'eto take notice. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. august' Jj $ j TERMS Of Richard Fotvjell, in Philadelphia, POR SUBSCRIBING TO THI JOURNALS Of CONGRESS, rROM THK CO MM 2NCEMENT Of the American War, m Vj js> to tie present time, INCLUDING The Reports of Heads of Departments, oj Committees, and other Official and Pri vate Papers of that Body, now Jirst per mitted to be made public. TERMS. THE work \tHl be printed on a fine paper, and a Mew neat tipe, in forge odavo. Eaoh volume will contain above JOO pages neatly bound and lettered. - j Uniformity in size, paper, and binding, •will lu obierved throughout the work ; so that, while the fubferibers become poflefled of a valuable record, an ornament may be. added to th«ir libraries. The pries to fubferibers will be 2 dolls. 75 eta. per volume, in boards, and 3 dolls. whole bound , but,as thepublifher does not intend to print man | more thaw the nnxnbef fubferibed for, a eoufiavra -1 ble rife on the prici may be expc&cd to noj iuby ! lcribcrt. Each volume will contain abov ' . third less of fetter-pref- thanine original edition ; but, as the is not yet enabled to detcimine the exicnt of the Privare Jo -.rnals, which he may be allowed to m Ue public, he cannot afoertain the number of volumes which willcomprif? the work. ■r y Payments to be made on delivery oj each volumtf Subltri'x r* will at their option, either to fubXcrihe lor the whole of the Journals, up to thr present time, or to thof« only of she Old Congref* prior to the organization of the Federal Govern ment. IN all countries, th« proceedings in the com? msn'ccment of their government*, are lotl in darlc uH* ami obfeurity, owing to a carelessness, in the fucceedipg generation, to prefcrve tbe public re cords,and the attention of the nation,in thoferuie ages, being caH«d off from their domcftk concerns, to «»gage in wars and Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they tranfmitud to »ur days ? Time, that defiroyi every thing, enhances the value of well authenti cated public records and renders them almofl in estimable. It i> hoped, that Americar.s will, therc loi*, chcarfully contribute their affiftane* in trans mitting to posterity the labours of their ancestors —founders of the Columbian nation. *.* The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptiiud*. The following will fl.-ow thefuppurt it In* already acquired: '• Philadelphia, June 15, 1798. axid its fuprriority over the Old Raid, both fti winter and summer, has been clearly atcertaiocd.—Thsre are good bridgea over all the oth«r waters but the Delaware, and here ite croffi»g ij performed with great f\ fafety and in less than half the time required at the Tren:on Ferry The road is feverai mi'ts Jhortcr than the old road, but this is amengft the le«ft of its advantages, becanfe daily expe ■ icnrepioveato us, that difpateh as well as com fort io travelling principally depend on the ' f t*oodatls of the raid and the levelnefs of the country, Md, iii fheft relpefts, the New Road is, beyond ali companion, tliebeft. Irpreftnu Hone of those rocky hills, which render the Old " ' Road fe fatiguing between the Delaware and Ne w.nk. The foil, 100, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and vary ktile ufi ii.Tuunner, which ciicumftince, added to the beauty of the country, aaW a con siderable proportion of lh»4e. tr.uft always ren der travelling in the latter season peculiarly a greeable. The Swift Sure Harts from PHILADEL PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) sri m the GREEN 7REE. opposite the Lutheran Church, NorthFourthftreet.lt goes through Frai.kford to Bufklelon, where it Itops to Breikfaft ; from Buftletown it gees through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner ; frorn Pciixiy-town through Hopewell, Millstone, Buund-brook, QuibMetown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to ludge. The next morning it (lops at Springfield to breakfaft, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at New- York at noon. From NEW-YORK it (tjrt« it 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Iljok) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For feats at New-York, application may be made to Ed« ward Baidtti, OW Cose« toA. MmliirO, corner of Na(tiu and John streets, to B. -Winjr, no. 48! Courtlandt, corner of Gretnwich ftrect, and to MicJue4 Little, at hi® hotel, uo. 41, Bcoad street. Fare for passengers, Five Dollars• Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile. Eachp»ffeugcr is allowed to take on of baggage carriage free ; but all other baggage, taken on by a pafieoger, wilt be charged at 4 cents per pound weight. With refpeA to packages fcnt on without paflengers, the proprietors piefoinc they have adopted a regulation, which, tlio.igh unknswu to other lines of (Uge;, tliey think muff meet with general approbation, They pledge them fclves to make good every package on the fol lowing conditions. The person who deliver* the package at the office (hall fee it entered in the stage-book, for which sntry he pay 6 ceots ; he will then ftste the value ortbep.ck age.and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent, on the vv.luc, as infurinc'e, and for which he will receive a reeeipt. Thus, lor ialtance, if he estimates his package at one dollar, he will pay one cent. and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar ipfurance, and in like pro portion for packages of any other value. Very few perlons it isprtfumed, will dislike this regulation j it will however, be optioaable with every one to avail himfelf ot this security or not. But the proprietors think it light to (late very explicitly, that they will be reJ'pon fible for the fafe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and-for which an insur ance receipt cannot be produced. In the distribution of the route, the greatclt care has brerv taken to fix 011 such places and ta verns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the paflengers at the molt reasonable rates The Uages are well equippe Kurnifhed with fleet and ileady horses, and com mitted to the care of intelligent foher and a!) i* ging drivers, The proprietors themlrlves ll at thedifferent towns and villages where t e ltages will flop, lo that the conduct t e per sons they employ is continual)) as object o attention. — They take car. also to lee that paiTeugers are well provided tor and p° ■ 3f .'treated at the taverns, and that no fort o c I Tiery or infoleiitc is praAiA-'d upon t e » (hort, they have fparedneith:rpainsnor expei to render the SWIFT-SURE the very belt line of fUges in America. . . The line has now run nearly a moot-h,<«'-?■ ' WMNTEP BY J- if- "f*o •* « n» -* ' a —.« -Sure,' V . : cn $ */ '■ •!* 'i