Territory of the United States, North IVeJI of the river Ohio. tor the information cf ron refidcr.t% proprietor* of Unds situate and lying within said territory. a lavj passed in the general assembly of Sfiicl territory, cri the 19 tb of December, A• D. 1799* entitled "An A6l levying a Territorial Tax on Land/* all lands lying within said t err itfry, the property of individuals, non-resideits, as vjell as residents* are Subjected t? to dc defvay lerritoriahcxpfnces. EXTRACTS FROM SAID LAW. Publiflied by Authority. Sec. 8. Stnd he it further enaSed, That there fliall be paid within thil territory, the following taxes, for e»ery hundred acrei of land, and so in proportion for a greater or {mailer quantity : the land (ha!l be divided into three clalTes, according to thequ lity, that w to fay, firft. second and third rate— the firft rate (hall be taxed at eighty-five crntj, second rate at (ixty ctntu and the 3d rale at twenty-five cents, per hundred acres, which fa:d taxes (hall be paid annually in the manner described by th' 3 aft ; and the fallowing rule (ha'.l be o'oferved in rating any traft of land, to wit—when a greater j>art of a traft (hall be superior ia point of quality m iecond rate land, it (hall be deno minated firft rate ; wherf a greater part ef « traft (hall b" inferior to firft rate and su perior to third rate in point of quality, it (hall be denominated second rate ; and when the greater part of a traft of land (hall be inferior to second rate, it (hall be dcnomi I ■■ iij pffw .irrwygßwp/r i''SßCTTyTi."'' -^hflT"'"' 'jIZTTTyT.'I T-^.T-fWy~~'m'■ S> lated tlvrd rate land—taking if to view the presented to the Iheriff or colleftor, it flinll furfacr of t'.ie earth its well as the quality of - be his duty to cor.vey the f me to the pur the foil. Provided always, That nothing j chafer I y deed, in due form of law execu herein contained shall b. construed to f'jb- ! ted, which conveyance fliall vest in the pur jeft to taxati n, a y lands lying within the chaf.r.;ues, with the >~oard (hall also vtft the pofLfii'-n of the land in the oftreafury. and without the boundaries of purchaser : Provided al-wayt, that nothing their pa;e-t, u itil the fame shall have been therein contained (hall txtecd, or ke con grailed by the United State! : /nd provi ftrned tp extend, to bar the tight or equity did also, That the unimproved lands in of re'emption, which any infant, person the Vincer.nes and Illinois country, (hall nan compot mentis, or in captivity, naay Hot be lifted at higher than second rate. have the land so si Id, provided the taxes Sec. TO. . nd be it further enaSed, 1 hat and charges :hereon, with interest, and an the territory shall have a perpetual lieu on equitable compensation fer improvements every trail of land add every pars thereof, therein made, be rendered within one year for the amount of all taxes, and 10 per cen- after luch disability be removed, luni interest thereon, from ihe firft day of Sec. 14. /.rid be it farther enaßed, That Septembci ; aod 110 alienation of lands be- wh-n any trafft of land, or part thereof, is longing to any person, or neplert in enter- not fold upon bfing cxpofed, and tha tax ng or lifti g the fame, shall cff«& the claim on the fame not paid, it fliall be the duty of jr lieu of this territory, uniil the taxrS and the iheriff or collcftor to adveri ife and ex ntrreft thereof due from such person, are pc.fe the fame to sale in like mannar, as to jaid. time and place as aforefaid, at every court Sec. 11. ■ind be it further enaued, That of quarter sessions, until the land be told or he territorial auditor and the clerk of the the tax be paid thereon j and no flieriffor >eace of each county refpeflively, shall keep colle£lor, or their deputies, shall dircttly or book or the purpose of entering lands of indireflly purchase any land that shall be on refidint; in manner and form hereinaf- I exposed to sale for the payment of taxes, er dir fled. All non residents (hall enter I Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, Tha their land* with the auditor, or with the clerk of the peace of the country in which tile land lies, on or before the firft day of July, who (hall administer an oath to the I peifnn delivering such lift, or by any otber means procure fatisfaftory information for, the purpol'e of afcertaicing the quality ot : such land, placing it in its proper class, on- 1 dcr the name of the county in which it lid ; and every non r'fideut (hall enter his or her land, agreeably to the rules and regulation of this sS, as in cafe of refidcnts All tax es on lands, lifted by the comrniffinner, and j returned to the clerk asafo efaid. (hall be | paid, with interest thereon, to the (heriff or cper county, but the treafu- j rer (hall not receive from the non refluent, any taxes, unless such non resident pay the j fame before the firft day of August, annu ally, nor until such non resident shall pro- ; duee to him, a certificate from the anditor j or the clerk of the peace refpeftively, of the i quality of the land, for which he or ft) • is about to pay the tax, with the amount due i thereon, which certificate (hall be, by the treasurer, filed in his office. The auditor of the territory andthe clerk of the peace of th» several counties rpfpedively, (hall keep books ot transfers ; and every n n resident, who has entered his or her lands, in manner aforefaid, may, on the transferrins the fame or any part thereof to any other per son or persons, have the alteration made with the auditor or clerk of the peace res- j pefli ely, and charged to the person or per sons to whom transferred, and such person (hall be chargable with the tax of such land or lands hereafter; and each person having the alterat on made, (hall pay to the auditor or clerk of the peace refpeiti»ely, twenty five cents, to his own use. And it (hall be the further duty of the auditor, in the month of August, yearly-and every year, to tranf roit to the clerks of the peace of the several counties rtfpeflively, a certified extraft of all lands entered in liia office, v r alterations therein mane in the preceding year, noting thereon the trad* of land on which the tax es have been paid into the territorial treasu ry. Provtd d tlviayt, That it (hall be the duty of the fevrrgl clerks cf the peace, upoa receiving from (he auditor, a lift of the non residents' lands entered in hia office, to make diligent search and enquiry of the non red dents' lands lying in each of their refpefiive counties ; and after comparing the said au ditorial lift with the lift of non residents' lands eutered in bis -office, (ball proceed to lift all the residue of the lands-belonging to non-refidcat* not before lifted, noting the quantity and quality of the several trads of | land, so by Vim difcoVertd And hot btf re entered, andfuch as lie cannot with cert«inty ascertain the quality of, he /hill enter aa fecondrate jam 3 (hall make otit and trans mit one copy to tile territorial auditor, and a Second copy of such lift the clerk (hall de liver to the (heriff or colleftor of the pro per county, to govern him in c Hefting the taxes due thereoa, as in other eafej of non residents' lands. Sec. 13 Jlnrl be it further enaßed, That the (hcwif or colltftor (hall be authorised to fell fo'much of each tra& of land charg d with taxes, as will discharge the amount thereof, with cutis: Provided goods and chattels cannot be found there'll to the a mount. And the (heriff or coile&or m that cafe, (hall advertise the time and place of sale one month, at the door of the court house, S«d also, at four othtr public places ?n hip county ; and if the prrlon claiming the land does nt pay the amount on or be fore the expiration of the time, the fhciiffor colle&or fh3ll proceed to ft 1i ; ?>\?r such sale, the fheriffor' colle&or (hall deliver to j the purchaser a certificate of the quan tity of land fold, defcribirg therein the tra& that was charged with the tax, and the end or fide from which the quantity fold was taken, which shall always be laid off »s nearly in a square as the si uation will admit of : And the surveyor of the county, on the receipt of such certificate, /hal! by him i feif or deputy proceed tofurvey the quantity j fold as aforefaid, agreeably to the said c r tificatt, and charge the purchaser with the cxpe"e« of the fame. The furvc-yor or his j deputy ?.s the cafe may be, shall give notice | to the former owner, if in the county, or | his agent, if any he has therein, of tht day j on which the survey is to be made : And i upon the plat and certificate of furvcy b.inj whe i any non f lards on which the tax is due, stating the amnui.t thereof, and that he (hall proceed to make sale of the fame to fatlsfy said taxes, unlcfs the fame (hall be paid on or before the firft Monday in No vember, or so much thereof as w II pay the taxes andexpences attending the sale ; and the said fher iff or colle;!«r (hall advertise the fame in four different public places within the county, and if the amount of tdxes is not paid, on or before the time mentioned, the (heriff or colleftor (hall proceed to fell each trail, or so much thereef at will a mount to the taxes and interest, with legal j costs : and when any tra&, or part thereof | be fold, the (heriff or colle&or (hall proceed ! in the fame manner to have the fame con veyed to the ptrrchafcr as is dire&ed in cafe of residents ; and it (hall not be lawful for the (heriff or colle&or, or their deputies, di rc&ly or Indireflly, to pUrchase any land fold under this fediion. Sec. 17. sltid be it further enaSed, That it lhall bi- the duty of the territorial auditor to publilh such extrafts from this law, as relates to the land* of non-fefidents, in one newspaper within this territory ; and also, in one newspaper at the feat of the general government, and at the tity of Richmond in Virginia ; and the town of Bsfton in MalTtchufetts ; and the city of Hartford in Connecticut, for the term of lix weeks, to commence on the firft week in February next, and the expences thereof (halt be de frayer out of the territorial treasury. True extrafls from said law, RICE BULCOCK, Auditor of Public Accauntt. N. IV. T. JCT" The Auditor of said Territory has opened his office at Cincinnati, north-wes tern territory, where he is at all times ready to receive and enter the laads of oon-refi dentcrs in his office, lubjeft to the payment of taxes under the above law. R. BULLOCK. Auditor of Public yiccounls, N. W. T. Cincinnati, Feb. I, 1800. Printers are requeued to give the foregoing ex tracts a place in th«ir refpeAcve papers for the be nefit of those concerned. March 2-1. JACOB SPERRY, & Co. No, 195 Market Street, Offer for sale at realonable prices, for approved paper, < r in barter f» r Ccffee, ti< e rotLewino G 0 O D S, Enlidid to Drawback 1 so Cafut Crras a hi- 1 cale Ladies' Shoes Morlaix. 5 cases fine Efbtrfel - 4 do. Do.vlaffes Liner.s 4 do. Kouans 4 do. Siamoifes 4 do Platillas Roy- 3 do. Silefiahankfs. * ales. a do. Damask table 10 do Caflerilloj or linen aflorted with white rolls of ia Sc napkins half yard-. 1 do. Moreas 8 do Checks and 4 do Flanders B-d stripes. Ticks, 6 4> 9*4 anc^ 3 do. Fine Elber- 10-4 feld Check* 4 do. Cotton Berl 4 do.'Contilk and Ticks Lilladocs I do. Thread ftock -1 do. Check (hirts. iugs, Gloves & pan -16 do. Oilcloths. taloons 10 do. Tapes of all 1 do. Kid Gloves numbers,plain, twil 1 do. R;bbon» led, blue and white 3 do. Garnets and 200 Travelling cases of Pearls different sizes. 1 calks assorted Iron 4 cases cut flint De- mongery canters,4>int 8c quart 2 do Scythes, 10 3 rales gill tumblers hinds. 1 cafe wine giaiTes 4 do. Coffee mills r7 r boxes of Window 3 Cables of 115 fa- Glal's, 8 by 10 thorns each, 9 & 10 a cases Sealing Wax inch* • With an extentive aßortment of Looking Glass Plates of the following sizes, 16-IJ, 17-1-i, 17-13, tB-U, 20-t2, 22 13, 24- 14. 26-15, aru j 3S-j6> sid a variety ototller goods usually imported from Hamburg. March 11. d6t— taw4w. The Ccr£ : of t£e ship Molly, captain Swain, from Batedt, CONSISTING OF SUGAR in «ho!« and half cansifteri. Ceribon Coffee, Black Pepper, Sapan Dye WcoJ, £l--ony, a*d Ti.ir:)- two bales of Cottot YiT5 AhSO, THE SAID SHI* j MSk MOLLY, BURTHEN four thousand three hundred barrel® of Flour, *nc»Mt< 13 lime ponoclifs, wit}* flutaad small arms comp'eat and is newly coppered to the bends with patent copper. Apply so NICKLIN V GRIFFITH. tu.ih3tft tf. March Ij 1 , TO BE LET, And possession givrn tm lbs l?t of April % COUNTRY HOUSE, IM an airy and rcry agreeable Graafian near the Ridge road, within two mile* of the city, con sisting of a handsome parleur, two large bed cham ber*, a larg< ceiled garret, a commodious kitchen, p Htry, ©Veto" and milk house ; and a pump of ex cellent wa»er at the kitebvn d©or; also a Garden well Hocked with fruit and a few acres of giafs eround with convenient stabling, chair house, &c. vicinity to the city makes *it an eligible retreat for the family of any perfo*' whose avocations re q»ire atter finn. For furthrr particular* en quire of rhe fubferi'«r No. aoj, Arch street, the second door below fix*h street, north fide. RQiJERT T. EVANS. March* 19 adveutisement THE SUBSCRIBERS OfFBR FOR SALE, Two very valuable farms, IN the township of Springfield, and county of Burlington, containing abu.ut two hun dred acres.each. The Woodland and Meadow, of which there is a Efficient quantity, is not inferior to any in the State. To. attra mention that these farms aft parts o( that ex cellent tra& of i*oo acres lately owned by Samuel Bullus. The term* of (ale will be mads ronVenient to the purchaser and may be known by apply ing to the fiWcribers. Those who may wifii to view thr UncJ, will.plesfe to call on William or ITrael Shlnn, the present occupants. JOSEPH McILWn tht phi kcthi-opic city of Philadelphia) to he h id commission, that the part of their property which Remained unfold on the »oth of D'"" 1 " bcr Lit, vkra* attached, in the hinds ot Mr- John Morgan, at the suit of cne Rujb, treasu rer of the Mint, and inventor el the famoiu mejvuriar ptirgihg powders- And he farther informs tile owners of the said property, 10 at* tai hed by the said treasurer of the Mint, that, uolcfs they, cr their representative», come for ward and replevy the laid property, on or be lore the return of the lame is made to the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, the said property will fee liable to be fold for the benefit ot the said Rujhy in part pivment of the famous 5000 dollars, lately awarded to the said trealurvr and powder inventor, by 1 1 hiladelphian j u, T' 'And, that the parties concerned may nut be at a 'ofs to know what thty ought to claim j a lilt of their names and alfu of the several articles attached at aforefaid, is hereunto lubjoincd ; to wit: . 1. William Smith, EsAmerican /\*n bajjadcr at the Court of Portugal, is informed that eight copies of his work on the American Constitutions, are in jeopardy, as above men tioned ; and also a large bundle of his detec tion of Jt fferfofi, and his defence of the charac ter and eonduS of John Adamsl When Mr. Smith was taking so much pains in making this defence, he little imagined that its circulation was to be put a Hop to by an attachment on the part of a mail appointed to a fat office by Mr. Adams! a. Aperfon whom I have forgotten >« requeu ed to replevy a d( zen or two of copperplate heads ©f John Adams /—These are very valu able. They will, in a few years time, be re garded as precious as the hairs of Julius Carfar. I much with, therefore, fhAt the treasurer of the Mint may not yet have an opportunity of exposing them for sale among the profane vul gar. 3. Samufl Harrison Smith is told to replevy, or to let it alone, just which he pica Fes, 38 magazines, feiit for him and received by me, from Meflrs. P'ritchard and Davidfon of Richmond, Virginia.—Tbofe if fold for tkeir real worth, would fetch about a penny a score. 4. Robfrt FifcLD is told to replevy 35 car ricatures of Talleyrand & Co. coloured. 5. Some one whom I have forgotten wi'l please to claim 13 Sermons to the Jews. 6. Mr. Campbell (the author) will claim 8 Soldier's Companion. 7.* Poor Mrs. Pepper will please to claim 16 copies of her hufband'i poem 3. 8. MnUftick willclaimn Ageof Credulity. 9. Mr. Ormrod will claim » vols, of Bache's snfernal Gazette. 10. Someone whom I have forgotten will claim a volume of Oswald's paper. Ij. Someone whom 1 have forgotten will claim 11 ci pies of appeal to matter of fafl and Common Sense. la. Mr. Henfrey will please to claim 1300- , pies of a plan for working mines. I t? The anthor will claim ao copies of the House of Wifdoin in a buflle ; or the spitting in Congress, a Poci}R. 14. The author will ciaim 11 efTays on the Yellow Fever in Baltimore. 1?. Monsieur La Grange will claim 3 VOI9. d'un Journal Dunnt un fejour en France. 16. Any body that pleases mjy elaim a bun' die of the add relief the V rginia Minority about Alien and Seditij n. Sills 17. Robert Goodloe Harper may cbim, if he like®, two or three books sent to him, ihro* ice, from a gentleman in London. 18. Thomas B. Jan (on of New-York will claim a bundle ©f Poemt. 19 Mrs. Cbarleton will pteafe to claim 10 co» pies of thoughts on the 2 witnefles. 10. Mr. James Humphreys will claim a bun dle ©f the Coal Black Maid, Secret Tribunal, and Burke's letter to the Duke of Bedford. , 41. The author will claim copies of G»r ney's improved—6 do. bound. 22. The pu-blifher will claim 4 politicians, a a tragi-comi-republico-farce. 2 u The author, Mr. Trumbull,'"will claim a bundle of his visit Philadelphia Prison j bur, if the Treasurer of the Mint ft uld happen to /ell them, Mr. T. may easily supply the loss by reading the much truer and more entertaining .jfifu of Patrick Lyon. March 19. Just Arrived, AND FOR SALB BY THE* SUBSCRIBERS, THE CARGO OF THE SHIP PHILADELPHIA, Theodore Bliss, Commander, from Bengal consisting of An atfortment of Piece Goods. Sugars of the firft quality, And 400 qr. chests of superior quality Hyson Teas. Willi figs if Prancis, and Thomas & John Clifford, March i-j UnitbdStatks, ? P+nnyvarJa District.) BY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas to j me 1397 and 1398, on the north fiae of Walnut street between Filth and Six'-> streets, from Schuylkill being each of them 66 feet in front and 235 feet in depth. Also, all that mefluage and tra& of Land, partly in Lower Dublin townftiip, Philadel phia county, and partly in Mo tgomery county, containing to 1-2 acres, be the fame more or lels. Seized and taken in execution as the property ol John Donaldfon,E?q. JOHN HALL, Marshal. Marlhal's Office, March 17,1800. cotS. "NOTICE. T-HE Creditors rf the late house of tr- WITH eitcnfivc three (lory back buildings j litvare in Front below Pine flreet. The house contains two large room' on each floor, and ii 31 feet 8 inches in fien' and jz feet 6 inches dtfp. Tbe piazza is 19 feet 6 inches in length, and 11 feet 6 ir.ch.-s in width, in which is carried up an elegant flair cafe. The bacV tmMings are jo feet in length, and vt, feet 8 inches in width, and contain on the fir'.* flcor. a paHour, kitchen, pantry and ftaii cafe The second and third floors are divided into convenient chambers and dreifing rooms. The lot of ground is 198 feet deep, with the privilege of a court leading into Lombard Street. No. 2. A Three Story Brick House, Adjoining the abpve, of the dimensions and plan as the house Wo. 1, except that the back build ings are only 45 f' st in depth. The lot is 131 feet 6 inches deep, and has the privilege of a court into Lombard street The above )eafe to apply at No. 188, South Front ftreet,'for the keys. A Lot of Ground, 19 feet II inch" front, aud 37 feet in depth, upon a court leading intoLcmbard street. The jurchafer of the house No. 2, will be enti tled to this lot. Plan* ,o''the above hcufes and lots are to be fecn at the CofFee House. The conditions as follow, viz Oue fourth in 60 days, one fourth i» 6 months, one fourth i/i 11 month?, and the remainder in IJ months, with approved security and interest on the three last payments. VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE, At the Coffee House, on Saturday, March 22, 7 o'clock in the evening, Seven adjoining i-OTSi numbered in the general plan of public city iots, from 2082 to 2088, fitn ate on the south fide of Arch Greet, at the dis tance of 75 fe«t westward from Delaware, 13th street, containing in breadth on Arch street, one and feveiity-fivs feet, and in depth front ing upon a 28 feet street, Earth and (outh, one hva« dredand 37 feet to a a© feet wide alley. ALSO, Seven other Lots; Difliuguiihitd in the city plan 1033 to lOtt, situate on the north fide of Filbert street, at the distance of 75 feet from the weft fide of Delaware, Thirteenth street ; containing in breadth east an- on a 28 feet lireet, cnc; hundred and fifty one feet to a ao feet alley. The foregoing fourteen lots arc bounded north ward by Arch street, westward by a feetftreet, southward by Filbert street, and eastward by other public city lots, except that the ao feet alley rans through them a* mentioned/parallel with Arch ahd friibejt ftrcets. i'o be fold, and an indispu table title given, the fame being late the property of John Nicholfon. JOHN CONNELLY, Auctioneer* February 15. ckS. On MONDAY the 34th instant at 9 o'clock til the morning, at the dwelling house of George M»ade, Efq on the north fide of Market ilreet between Eleventh and Twelfth (Ueets, being the house occupied as the Post Office during the last sickness, and immediately opposite to Mr. John Dualap's, WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH, A very extensive and general aflortment of ELEGANT FURNITURE, Being of the firft quality and in the highest ppe fervation, confiftii«g of aim oft every article in tha Hou'e keeping line ; luch as Mahogany Side Bwardv Chairs, Dining, l'«mbroke, Card and other tables; Secretaries' Bureaus, Looking Glasses, Beds, Bedltecs, plate and Plated ware, China Glass, Marble Ornaments, Marble Butts, See &c. ALSO'— a complete set of mahogany chairs, set tees, curtains, &c. covered with blue damulkfuf ficient or a large dining ropm. The goods may be viewed on the Friday and Saturday preceding the day ot sale, from 9 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon s and should the day prove unfavorable, the sale will be postponed until the next (air day. EDWARD POLE, Co. March to. FOR SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING on the Potonac Riv&r, county b£ N«r. thurai/erlat d, for.te of Virginia; containing about 14CO aeres—its situation h equal to any o' her in the Northern Neck, temarksible for every kind ol wildfowl, oyflers, fi(h and crab, and none bet* tor for health. It i< about the fame diftancc from Baltimore, Alexandria and Norfolk, and not mora than one day? 2ail from cither. Thire arf three improved plartarions with dwelling houses, the one known by the name ol Fxeter JLodge, former ly the refiderce of col.. John Gordon, is an ekgant two story brick house, with four rooms floor, and a paflage lixreen feet wide. The other two are commodious and convenient* iy fitted, with good and suitable out houfts, at of which John Murphy, Esq. (now of Weftmort land county) lived fcveral years;on this farm there is a good grift mill, with water fulficient to turn any number of Gones ; alfe convenient flore hou ses and granaries on a public road, well fituatcd for a country ftere* On each of those places there are fine apple aod peach orchards. The greater proportion of the land is of the firft quality, and near the half ©fthe whole heavily timbered. iThe terms may be knownby applying to Wm. P. Tebto Baltimore, Fouftiee O. Tebbs, esq. of Richmond county, Virginia, or to Thoaiit Murgatroyd and Sons, Philadelphia. Feb. 14 Ailing assignee. duo Au&tmtn. atf