m m m y*st Published, A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM Of Practieal SarKxg'r.g jnd dividing of land; bri.jty camjriztd under tbe following beads, viz. TW£NTY-'I HR.EE Geometrical Definiti ons, C'eveM Geometrical Positions, ex hibit i.%' to view the nroperties and dependen cies of triangle* ; followed by prol>!e«iS and tramples prcpaiatory to Trigonometry, heights ind diAanccs Then ft!teen problems and ex amples necefiarily previens to calculating a Sur vey fiicceeded by feyen survey,, the area of the four firlt is found geometrically, and ot the whole number by difference of latitude and de parture, (hewing how to take an maccedible boundary, find the bearing and diftaoce ef the clofog line without running it, also the dis tance» to an ina.ceffible corner from the two adjacent corners, followed by examples of off fcts on to winding il reams of water, (hewing bow to afcevtain ih« area without the trouble of measuring the windings with chains and in flrnment* —a crooked u«ter c®urfe and a quantity of land on each fade found by offset Ten examples of .dividing land, with miny fwb-s. peranum The, adv. titageous fituatioi of this property re quires no comments, for ir mull beittiown, thberea S) the said fheriff did, at the term of June last paiU return to the said Auditors. DAVID PRATT, 3 li»h Mon'h 19th 1709. All persons having any demands against said Marshal, are desired to authenticate am! produce them, ©n or before the lift of next Month, that they may be liquidated and all those who art indebted, to make immediate payment to (aid Auditors. November 20 The following Certificates Of THE STOCK of t-he BANK of the United States In the names of ificolaap Van Staphorft and Nicholas Hubbard of Aiullcrdatn, to wit, No 19,160 for ? (hares, 29,161 fcr 2 (hares, 29,162 for 2 (hares, 29,163 for I (hare, 29,115 ior 4 (hares, and 29 116 for 5 fliares; and the following certificate* of the debt of the United States, on the books of the Treasury, to wit, No 11,823, dated February 2t, 1799, (or 4000 dol lars three per cents, in name of Nicolaas Van Staphtrft oilAmfterdam, No. 12,824 fame date, ior 4c 00 dollars three per cent*, in name of Jacob Van Staphoril of Amtlerdem, No 16,348 dated 19th February 1799* 7§3 dollars ;3 cents of Cix per cents, and No n.Siii f me duvo, for 633 dshars '3 ccntt, of three per cents, >0 the name oi Ni'«ho!4* Hubbard 01 AmlUro'am, tad No. 12,817 dUted 19th February 1799. for 3300 dollars three per cunts, in the n me o! Hemlricii Kingiber gen, kaight of the Ruffian mih'tJijr order of St. Were frnt I>y the Brit iBl packet fchefter field, Captain which vcflVl was captured, and the said certificate's tyft, therefore application is matfe for the renewal of H\f fame, of which all pcrfons concerned ar# Oeftred to take notice. CLEMENT IaI'ODLK. Oflober 12, 1799. m ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the Eft.te of Johm Whar -1 on, late of the Cit>vf Philadelphia, Mer chant, deceased, are requeued to pay the fame, and thofc having demands sgamfl his Eftate,tc produce their accounts legally UtaHed to KEARNY WHARTON, Acting Executor, No, 111, Spruce street November 11 WANTED, A NEWS CARRIER. tu.th fa tf AN a£live, steady and faithful MAN. wh» can giv« f;;rHfa&ory reference as to charaA«r. will meet erapoy in ths above capacity, on apply ing ?.t the ofiice of this Gazette. Novciv.' cr io Horses to Winter. HORSES will be taken to winter at Profpefi Hill, at the iz fniiee (lone on the Brittol Road, where they will have good Timothy and Clov r Hay, well littered and cleanad and a field to run in wl.en the weather is good. fesquire of Mr. William Bell Merchant, or on the premises. N. B Will nor ha answerable for accidents or tfjgape, but will take every precaution to prevent either. November tl 40 Dollars Reward. R ANA WAY, on the night of the 10th inft from he fubferiber, living in the town (hips ofEaft and Weft-Bradford, in the county of and state of Pennsylvania, two ap prentice lad?, one named EMMOR THOMAS, 18 years of aga, hytrafle a taylor, fair com plexions light hair ; had on and took with him, a fight coloured coattee, lined with white flan nel, a elark broadcloth *aiftcoat, lined with lindcey, a striped cafiiroerc coat and trowfers, three shirts of home made lineo, two pair of {lockings, two pair of fhoet, a d two hats. The other naraed AAfcON PATTERSON, turnfcd of 1 8 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, dark complexion, long Mack hiir which he usually wears tied, black eyes, has loft one or two of his fore teeth, long fiat feet which bear the marks of being badly ftalded, by trade a hatter ; had on and took with him a dark coloured cloth coat, one dimity and one corduroy waistcoat, two shirts* cne of them muslin, two-pair of trowfers, one plain r.ankeen the other corduroy, two pair of blue woollen stockings, two pair of cotton, do. one blue and white clouded, the other white two pair of shoes, and a rorum hat. Whoever takes up and fccwes the above said apprentice lads, in any goal in the United B>ate», so that their matters 1 nay get thtfm again, shall be entitled to the above reward, or Twenty Dollars lor either of them. tawtf. Nov. 21 About Sixty-Six Head jor disposal. 0- Entire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Wye River, Eastern Shore, Ma ryland; nr in cafe of writing* dircdl to him at Eafton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wye, Sept. », 1799. $ WANTED A COOK. A WHITE WOMAN to serve in the capacity of cook iu a (mall family—None need apply who does not perfectly underftaod her bu fin el's, and cannct produce an unexceptionable (Jharacler. Apply to the printer, eclober i 3 dif AI.SO, COIOt CONSISTING OF iawtaiD 3tavvtf DAVID LEWIS, AbIAH TAYLOR, junior. ■l'll CATTLE, FIFTY PIPKS TENERIFFE WINE, Oi .in excellent quality, JUST ABRIVKD AtfD FOR *ALF., /?;• JOHN MILLhU, Jr. # Nov. 11 DONATION LAND S. Notice is berebv gtvcn y Claims for Donation Lands granted 1 by the State of Pennfylvaiil to the Offi cers and Soldiers of the Line belonging to the said State in the fate war, will be received at the Ofiiee of Comptroller Oeneral of said State until the ift September next inchifivt. and that the fubfei-ibers authorised**hy J&w uill laX as a Board at the said Office on erery Monday from ien o'clock in the iorei o-«n until one in the af ternoon, to hear ind determine all ui.Jatifse;l Claims already filed, as weM as those which may be filed on or before the said firft day of September next. Johm Donnaldson, Comt'r Sa,mui l Brr an, Regt r. PETfeR Bayktow, Treas'r. Department of Aceoutitaor ) Pennsylvania, May 15, *99. ) (*6) diw (m.w.fa.tf) TREASURY DEPARTMENT. March 11 th y *799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Purftrant to the atf of Congrcfc pal Ted on the lftday of June, one thovfand, seven hun dred and nlietyfix, entitled 44 an aifl reguJat ing the grants of land appropriated for mili tary services, ard for the focie-ty of United Brethren ior propagating the gospel among the Heathen ; and the adt fypplemeHtary to the said recited a«3 paflfecf onjthe second day of March, ftft'e thonfand ftven hundred and nine ty nine -/c wit: THAT the trail of Land herein aflfcr de fended, namely, u begin wing at she North Weft corner of the seven ranges of to* nfiiips, and running thence fifty ihiles due south, along the western boundary or the said ran ges ; thence due Welt to the Main Branch of the Scioto n ver ; thence up the Main Branch of the said ri ver to the place where the Indian boundary line crofles v>t fame; —thence a!o«g.the laid boun dary line to the Tufcaroran branch of the Muf ki» gum river at thecroflTng place above Fort Lawrence ; thence the laid river, to tlpc point where a line run dn'e weft from the place of beiiiufcing, wilj interl'eft the said river ; ihencfc alone the line to run to the place of be ginning . insbceu divided into townlhip# of five miles fq.uare, and fractional parts of town ftips *, iwd tint uiits- and f'irvegs of the said townfliip? and fractional parts of townships are dcpofitcd hi the offices of the Regißer of the Treafflry and Surveyor General, for the infpec ritni of all persons cct»cerned. The holders of fach v/arrants*? have been or fa all he granted fqr military t'ervices perform ed during the late war, are required to present the fame to the ftejrifter of the Trealhry, at some time prior to tht twelfth d y of February in the year, orte thousand eijjfit hundred, tor rfre purpose of being registered ; No rcgiftry will however be made of any Ufa quantity thaw a quarter townfliip, or four thousand acres. 111. Tht priority of location of the warrants which may be prefcnted and Fejfiftered in manner atore faiti, prior to the nth day of February in the rear oncthoufand eight hundred, will immediate* y after the laid day, be det.-rmined by lot, in the ■ !.ode dtetcribed by the act firli recited. The holders of registered warrants, (hall on Monday the nth day of February, in the year (SOC,I n the order of which the priority ei locati on fha.ll be determined by lotas aforefaid, pefon .!ly, of fey their agents, definite in vw riting at the office of the RcgilUr ol the Treasury, the partiou ar quarter townikips clewed by them refpe.sUvely, and luch of the Caid holders as fhull not defignatr their locations on the laid day, (hall be portponed i» locating such warrants to a'.l other holders of regiftercd warrants The holder* of warrants for military fervicjes fnfßctent to cover one or more quarter townlhips or tracts of four thousand acres each ; (hall, at any time after Monday the I,7th day of February, >BOO and prior to the firlt day 01 January, 1802, be al io vvrd to register the said warrants in manner a lOrefaid, and forthwith to make lecatians therefor on any tracl or tfa&s ol land not before locaced. All warrants or claims for lands on account cf military fcrviecs, which (hall not be regiftersd and keattfd before the firft day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary assury TREASURY DEPARTMENT. May 2ytb 1 1799. i'HE proprietors of certificate* iflucd tor fub feripfions to the Loan bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time alter payment shall have been made of the sth instalment, which will become dae during the lirft ten days of the month cf July enluing, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option he obtained at the Tredfury or Loan Offices, refpe&ively, for the amount of the four firft inftaimemts, or one moiety of thefoms ex prefledin the fubfciiption certificates:—No cer tificates of Funded Stock wiil however be ifludd for less than one hundred dollars. Such 'fublcriptfon certificates as may be pre ented at the Treasury or Lean Offices in con eqhence of the foregoing arrangement, will be ndorCcd and dtftinf l\ t.uly'va '.ja, v. iti.hi £x imlts t>:" the river Juniat.i, < oil taining al.. «t 300 icre«. There -re abo.it fift acte* cleared, part of which is a rich bottom wataied by u constant flream that is ftrorj enough to work an oil or a grill mill. Any jier r o»i Inclining t-o deal for it* may obtain !««•• lofornutioa by applying at the oSic • of ihi* •/t". t c*. N» B. If fok)| credit witt be given for part of the money. ibcr 17, 1799. N 0 T I C /- To the Creditors of Jofoph Alexander, LATE of L«w«ftown, in the €*'unty of Mif flin, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who was a partner of the flrm v\ John/on iS* Alexander, I have applied to the Judges of the court of Common ple-is, in aud for the county of Mifflin afore said, for the benefit of the law * of the said commonwealth, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, ar.d they have appointed the fee* nd Tuesday of September next, for a bearing of me and my creditors at Levriftovrn, in faidcountv. of which, pleafeto take notice. JOSLPH ALEXANDER augnfl 73 f t £ R MS Of Richard Fehvell, in Philadelphia, FOR the publisher does not intend to print man more thaw the number iubCcribed for, a confio.ra bl<; rife on the price m-ay be expelled to Icriberk. F.ich volume will contain about one third left cf letter-pivf than the original edition ; byt, as the piiMifher is not yet cn iMtd to 4etertr.ire the extent of the Private Journal#, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot afocrtain the number of volumes which wiflcomprifc the work. 'J Pa)merits to be made on deivcery oj each volume. Subftribrrs will have it at the-ir option, cither to fubferibe fcr rhp whole cl the Journals, up to the present time, or to t'uofc only oi the Old Corfgrets prior to the organization of the Federal Govern- me»t. IN all countries, th« proceeding's in the com mencement of rheir governments, are lo!l in dnrk nef* an.l o! fcurity, owing to a carelefsn-fs, in the succeeding generation. to pref.rve the pu"bli2 re cords, and the attention of the nation, in thrferuJe ages, being call -doff from their domestic concerns, to «ingage in wars and conquest. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been tranfmittsd to ear daytf that dedroys every thing, enhances the value of well authenti cated public records, and renders them almost in ettimable. Iti- hoped, thai Americar.B will, there fouc, chcarfujly contribute their affilUnce in tranf mirting to poftei ity the labours of their anceilors —founders of the Columbian nation. %* The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. will Ihow the support it has already acquired: '' Philadelphia, June 15, 179?. "To the Hfnorafcle the Senate and House of Rep refentetives of th« United States. " The MEMORIAL ©f the Subfcrib«rs,Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia, to*un. Scotch Plaint, Spring- JieU an J Nctuarl. i'H E excellence (if (his road, the populouf ncl's nf the country through which it pass es, with Igndry other -advantiges, which render it !'o lar ptefVrable to tho Old Road through Uriftol, Brudf*i.k, &c. long ago the propriety of its the Grand Tho rough Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute Purvey of it iiia been taken,r.nd its fuprriority over the Old Road, both in winter and summer, has been clearly ascertained.—Thsre are good bridges liver all the othsr waters hut the Delaware, and here t|j.e croffisg is performed with great fatety and in left than half the time requii»ed at the Trenton Ferry. 'I he road !s fncral milts /barter than the ol! road, but this is aniong.t che IcaCl of its advantages, because daily expe i ieuce ptoven to u#, that difpateh as w*U as com fort ia travelling principally depend on the ?oodt,er» of the read and the level'ntft of the country, and, in thefc rel'peifls, the New Road is, bryond aU companion, the belt. It present* none ol thole rocky hills, which render the Old frt fatiguing between t'he Delaware and Ne\t-Mk. The foil, too, for the greater part, is , luch as to prod use but little mud in winter, and very Utile • uft ii. Cummer, which oinumlhnce, added to the b*»uty ot the country, and a con liderablc proportion of lhade. trull always rea der travelling m the latter season peculiarly a- L'rernble. The SwiliSure starts from PHfLADEL* PHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN 7RgE. oppose the Luihcran Church, North Fourtli street. It goes thcr-ugh FfankS»rd lo Huftleton, where it Hops to Brfakfafl; i<>>ni liuftierown it goet through Newtown to Penny-town to dinner ; from Penny tow n through Hopewell, Millstone, Bound-!>fook, QFniVtletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plain* to U'dge. The next morning It (tops at Springfield to breikfaft, from whence it (foes through Newark and arrives at New- York at noog. From NEW-YORK i: starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Ph.Uuelphia the next evening. For feats at New-York, application may be made to £d« ward Hardin, OW Cofi'et hoiife, to A. Mathieu, corner of Nafiau and John streets, to B. Mtny, 110. 4?, CourtJjudr, corner of Greenwich and to V!ii hael Little, at hi* hotel, no. 4»» Broad lireet. Fare for paflengers, Five Dollars,* Way paflengers 6 Cents per Mile. Each paffenter is allowed to take on i 4 lbs. of b *gg 3 ge carriage free ; but all other baggage, taken On by a piflenger, will be charged it 4 cents per pjund weight. With refpeift to packages sent on without pafTengers, the propriet rs piel'uuie they have adopted a regnlarion, which, though unknown to other lines ot ftaget, tliey think mull meet with general approbation, They pledge them feives to make good every package on the fol lowing conditions. The person who deliver» the package at the office (hail fee it entered in the itage-bo k, for which entry he pay 6 cents ; he will then Hate the value of the pack age,and pay (exclusive of the carriage) ane per cent, on the v lue, as infunnce, tod for which te will raceive a receipt. Thus, for instance, if lie efiimates his package it one dollar, he will pay one cent, and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar infuraßce, and in like pro portion for packages of any other value. Very few persons it is prcfumed, will dislike this regulation t it will however, be optionable with every one to avail himfelf of this security or not. But ihe proprietors think'it right to Hate very explicitly, that they will be rel'pon fible tor the fife delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insur ance receipt cannot be produced. In ihe difiribution of Ihe route ( the greatest care his brcn taken to fix on such places and ta verns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the paflrngersatthe naoft r-al'onable rites The stages are well equipped fumi-'hed with fleet an T. KtLi»ifN, *&■& e SLI4S CQUBMi* BnmJßmt, - 'A ,•»;• K Srim&rmfatc/, PUmi? ft V-:. ■« ~ ] s m^ y - i " 1 y'une 11. PRINTED BY J. H r . FENKO. 1 href Cents Rrward. WOW RUNNING BETWFIN By the thort and pleafanf road of /'• WW Jte 1 !; •, ■> 3»wtf