Df tj)t United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. A'vnim 1549-1 The price of ibis Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. AU others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and di recting ; and unless%sonte person in this city witi become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance. %* No Subscription will be received for •a shorter te r m then six months. Decern Vr 1 J799 Philadelphia Academy. SAMUEL MAGAW, D. D. Reitor of St Paul's church, ami tormfiiy Vice tr'vo-f: ol t!.j Uu.vcrj v ol Peiißtylvjnia, JAMES ABERCR OMBIE, A.M. One of the Afliftam Miniftcr* o' Ch ift chuicti »v. I'eier's, IMtND to open, On Tuesday the tstb of next month, f April J 2ln CONSISTING or AN Erß'nfh School, in which will he tauih: Rratlin~, Writing, Envlifli (tij.r.Ki'.i'*, E!.x.utio:i, and N'a- Hifi.'ry, 2d. A Math.mutual School, iw wl.icfc will be taught Writing, -Arithmetic, Mer cahtile-Accounts, Geography ancj the life of the Globes, Geometry and Trigonometry, with their application to Mensuration, Sur veying, Naviiwion, Kautic'af Alironomy, kc Also, the Principles of Mechanics,* Algebra and Flirxians. 3!. ACI iffical School, in which will he taught the Liilin and Greek Languages, in Conjiin&ion with Chronology, Civil Hip tory, Khetoric, and the Inllitutes of Motal Science. A well grounded conviction of the ex e dinicy of the foregoing plan, has been owr principal inducement tw undertake it. When tt is Cortfidcred that this populous and flou rtlhing Metropolis contains only one Prbiic Ipllitutioti on an extrnTive plan, and that many of our youth are obliged to resort to other States, to neeeiv* even a Grammar- Schoo) Education, tke Seminary now pro fjrfed, wilt, we trtft, bf'ttgsrded as eminent ly ufrful. Aftsated by these considerations, many gentlemen, friends :o Science, and to Liter ary Eftafcli foments, have urged, with great warmth, the present undertaking, and ex cited the most fianering expectations of its success. Thi>s *rK"pumcfd by the countenance and yromifed aid of liberal men, no l(ft than } v « firm tint well-regulated Acit lfave a moTl Important ififlui-nte ■UpoU TnifTinrrs, habits, and principles ; h will be our eaniflt endeavor To to con- AtlA this Seminary of Learning, as to ftib* fetve the great Irvtcrefls of Relifjiou and Morality, to promote Decorum of Behaviotrr« CmreOtiefs ft' Tiflc, Liberality of Senti, mr.nt, and every otrier irttribute of an Inge nuous mind, wliidh, in connexion with good principles, and found literature, con stitute the cliflinguiflied ornaments of the andtbe scholar. The building, for this Academy, though nflfurdinp; excellent accommodation, ■will be pelinquiftied for a me>re central situ ation, if Cuch a change {liould be found ne- ctffary A master of diftingoiflied abilities will be procured to conriucl the Mathematical De partment. Pertons defiroiis to beemployed is TUTORS in this Seminary,' :ire requeued to apply, without delay, to either of the fubfirribtrs, to whom alio Parents wiflv.ng to fend their childwn, -will plrsfi to make application. SAMUEL MAGAW, No. 94 Arcb Snet. JAMES ABERCROMBIF, No, 101 Pine Street. Philad. March 28. Forty Dollars Reward. RANf AW A V from the Subscriber, living in Saffufras N«ck, Cecal i'ounty, State ol Ma inland, r.n Friday the 14th iuft. a nc»rn man nam ed PET I tt, about twesty-five yens - sage, toler able black, and Iclt banded. He hasbeen used to failing l»y water in the Chtfapcake Bay about twelve lnortUl, and is {mart and aftive—He has been formerly nfcd to farming and taking care r>l hcrfes. His cloitl ing he toot with him is un known. It is tspciicd he has lhaped his course ir I hibdelphiaer ChdierTow*. and the atore reward will be paid for securing him in any gea! in the IJr.ite4 State* an re»io».abk chaiges pai<; if brought fcom.:, by JOHN FEUGUSON. N. B All mafterrof vrffrli and all i.tber perfuhs are forwained of harboring the said negro. Saffafras Neck, march 18. sawftw Twenty Dollars Reward. RaN-AWAY from Spring Forge, in York Ctv.in;y,a negromac, named ISAAC, other wise CUDjO. about 41 of Robert Ccletrinj tfq. He is aheut ,5 feet 8 incites high, ha- a blcmiflt io h» eyes, more write in them than eommott, hy trade a Fctge man had on and ttck with him a drth coloured broad clot*-. coat,'mlmofk new, a l'ailor* jacket and pantaloons tainted fancy cord, a lwaofdawn striped under -Ticket*; a roruru hat; one fine and one -eoarfe shirs one mufim haiidltercr.ief, twq ditto flriped border, a blue Persian uodcr jacket •trd two ptir cotto» (lockings. Whoever takes up faii negro and lodges him in any jail in thii or any of the neigabonritkg flatcs (hall have the above re ward or reasonable expences if brought home. JOHN BRLEN. Spring Fbrge, Oa«ber 13,1799. N. B. As said negro formerly lived in Chefler -ouoty, it ia probable be may utsrn Act*. November s PHILADELPHIA,' SATURDAY EVKNING, APRlLji^j&j**- FOR LIVERPOOL. THE snip AMIABLE, D- C. Ma:t,.r. PHILADELPHIA built, of live oak and ce dar, will be ready to receive her carjjo at Weft's wharf in a few days, a«d to fail ab >ut ihe sis teenth of April. For freight or pa Cage .appfy to the captain on board, «r to JEREMIAH WARDER, WHO HAS FOR SALS, The following articles entitled to Drawback Cotton Hose, fine Holland Shirting: Linen, TlMe Lifwn, Ti. kli»«g¥, Rags for Paper ma kers, Kullia S il Cloth, Ravens Duck, lrifls Linens in trunks, London White Lead, t*?y and ground in oil, Redan Barr Lead, London Tin in hoxss, Loudon refined Salr Pctre, N'ew- Castle GNOdOortea, Roman Tea Catwi'»crs, tlegant Girandoles, ten four ponnd Woolwich pi oof cannon, double ratified with apparatus co* nlea r , and a qvaniiry of three and iiine pi-end Ihot. march jj Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. STONE PROPOSALS in writing wit! be received until the 1-5 ih d«y of April next, at the office o f fti« Treasurer of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge Company No. I ? Church alley, for a supply of teK thowfatid perch of tke kft quality Free one half of which mud be of large dimsnfioi;*, viz 7to Ii feet long, to 3 feet wide iu the bed, 9 to 18 inches deep—the remainder to be of the Czi. which is generally called large foundation (lone, to be delivered at the ".Veil end of ttiph (IrcPt, in such quantities and at such times a3 (hall be required. Price and time of payment to be exprrffed JOHN DORSET, Secretary pro tern A quantity of TILK.R.ASS for mortar wfll be wanted. March 17 NOTICE. ALL p«rfons indebted to the estate of JOHN If HO JDS, late oi thi» city, deceased, ara requested to make immediate payment ;~and thoje having accounts agiinft the fame, to bring them in, duly atteftcd, for payment to RACHEL RHOADS Administratrix March 26. LANCASTER STAGES. THE PreprietorE of the Philadelphia and 1 an. caftcr line of Stagjs tilSPATCH.retuiji their grateful thanks to their friends and the public in general, for the part favors they have receivsd.and inform them that in addition to ihc regular Line, aid p-ovided with Carriage.,fober and careful drivers, to go between the City and Bo»»agh in two da) ». Those who prefer r'nUmwJc of travelling can 'ir accommodated at the Stage Office, fignrtf United States Market fireet, Philadelphia. Slough. Dovinhg, Dunwocdy if Co. Nmi. go. »t—§ CITY OF WASHINGTON. THE POSSESSORS OF OBLIGATIONS «r CERTIFIC ATES f'gn ed by the fiiWcriher, lor undivided Shire- or Lots on hik purchase within the city of Wafting ton. Who have rot yet applied lor and received rhcir Deed?, are hereby Lotted, that their fcreral Titles wi'l be <2uly completed'to the order of those who in conformity with die terms of the said Cer tificates, do majee the Payment# in lull therefor, either to TJjvrttas Co or to the fcriber at Philadelphia, on or ; r,t any time bejfare the 31ft day of .vlay next. December j7 BOONE'TON IRON WORKS, TO BE SOLD, OR LEASF.n FOR ON-K YKAU—THAT Valuable Estate, KNOWN by the name of the Booreton Iron Work*, fitnuta in tie county of Morris in tbe (tat« of New-Jrrfey, cons.sung of a Forge with four fires, a Ro»lin# and Slitting Mill, a Grill iniil with two Run of ftene*, and Saw mill, allingood order and n«w ia use, together with an excellent, larjje, .nd convenient lioufe, witfc out K(fwfcs of every kind ; among which are an Ice hctrfe, and stone milk house, with a remarkable fine fpring-ro it, a large Garden, and an excellent tolltdioii of Fruit, a large Onward, and 2500 acres of wood, pa ♦ urc and arahk land, and a j»re;t tHimbfr of (torts and workmen's hok»(. a Immediate poiu-Qion will be j'iven of houses and Rores fn'ficiotit for pioviJinp flock the prefect winter, and poffeflion t-f the whole in the fpriag. For terms «nquirr of David B Qgden at New ark, *nr Peter Mackie in lfew-,York,.*nr." ijavid Ford in Morris I'own, or mcflrs. Jacob audHich ard Faei'ch on tile premises. January H Thfty Dollars licriu<:ra. DESKHTKD ITROM the Marine Barracks 011 the nijfht >( the V 14th inft —JOHN OSBORN, born in the towuot P.-Uord, Weft Che'ter county and state of New-York, ag"J a» years, 9 months, j feel 8 and a qwter inches high, grey eyts (Jongqued) ligkt ruddy complexion, pock marked, by trade a shoemaker. Knlitled by Lieutenant Rev nolds in Stephan'a Town, near Albany the »sth of June faft Had on and took with him a fbort round blue cloth coat with a red cape, a blue cloth coatee, a few white waifteoa's, a long grev mixed cto'h coat ano breeches, a psir oi hoots, a checolate coloured great coat triniti-rd with; Hick hair plalh, t Xurr hat half worn, and two silver watches, one a .middle fixe, the other fimll. He may iaipofe hiniltli on Come family or gentleman as a waiter, «s he has acixt in that capacity Whoever apprehend# said Defcrter, *ndf«cureshim in jail, lends him to Headquarters, or delivers him to any of the Marine officers, or an 7 officer of the army of the United States fhail receive the tbovt reward aadall rcafcr.able charge*. Adjutant Marine .Corps. January 16. Submitted ttpubhc co Jidtß-ition, at additional evidences of tbt tfficacy of Dr. HAMILTON'S MEDICINES, IS THE CUBE OF Moll Difordtis to which the human body is JOHN HOOVER, Rop»-maker, South Second l)»ect. between M*ry and Lfa. iftur. ftreeu, Pniladel phia, voluntarily maketb oath, as follow*: namely, <liat hit wife, Mat y Hoover, v*a» so feveiely aflVt£fc v d wiih vio'eot ihematiTms, v<?ry danjjkroufly fuyated, the corrfeqticnce of a cold after lying in, as to be con fined to her bed t<* several Weeks, arrrt was it length reduced to the nactancholy tfpprtbcn&on ot reni-tning a cripple for life; i;reinoll refpe&able medical advice was followed, and every probable re medy attempted. "When feeing federal cases of cures performed by Hamilton's Jtffcncs and Eytralfc of Mullard, were piocuud from Mr. fiircli, No. ■"], South Scrond ltrce?. The firft application en abled hor to w«ik :hc rocm, and the ulcof e.ic boitlc rcftorcd hci »u he: usual lute ol health and ilrcngth, 3taw:w. HOOVER.. Sworn and fubfciioed lo the 25th *!ay of March, 1800, before tbeocix- FergukM», fcfq.one of ;he Justices ot 1 be Peace to 1 Pmiadelph.a county. DWfD-GILBERT, No, South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, voluntarily msketh oath, as.foilows ; namely, that about eight month* ago, he caught afcvcre which icftfttd every remedy be could think of, and p>oduce<l the alarming cf lc£cs j he could procure no reft for incellant Cough ing, nor breath-.- without great pain and difficulty, and was finally so exnaufled, as to be i'carccly able to walkabout, which left his friends little hopes of his recovery, though the prffcripf}one of a refpeflable phyiician'weie corrftamly attended to. lot bis fiiuati on hearing of ih- efficacy of Hamilton's Elixir, a bot« tie was procured from Mr. Birch, No- 17, South Se cond ftrecc ; the firft dole of wbiclweffordcd the molt furprifng relief, and gave*him more eafc than he had enjoyed during tbc whqile of the above period, and before »W content* of one bottle w«ie taken, he was perfe£lly cured, his strength and appetite recovered, and not a fy*npu)in of his former diftrefling com plaints lemaimd. I he above paiiiculirethe said David Gilbert wifh esi to bo made public, as a tcflimony of hisgratuude, and for the benefit of mankind. mwfim DAVID GILBERT. Sworn and fubferibed before me the day of TO PARENTS Who may have Children afflictsd with the This discovery is of firft magnitude, as it af fords immediate relief, checks fUc prOgr«f», and in a fhorttiine entirely removes the mpft cruel difoider 10 which children are liable—The Elixir is so perfc&iy agreeable, and the dose so fraall, thu no difficulty arises in taking it. WORMS. A daughter of Mr. Ewiog Wifty, No. 109, Cedar ftrert, Philadelphia, wa* dreadfully &fft;tted with worms, infomin-h mat Iter life was with great ieafon defpsircd of; her complexion faded and grew pale jnd fallow ; her eyes Itmken; her appetite was loft, and fnccced-d -by a painful and cQdftam fickneisat the ftnmach ; which general waiting«nd debility was •cccmpanieo with every appearance of a dangerous fever. From this deplotable fitu?tion (he was reliev ed, and refiored toaitaieof peife& health and strength in a fey days, by the use of Hamilton's Worm Def troying'Lorengcs, which expelled a great uumbei of large pointed worms, from fix to nine or tweive inch es m length ; one of which being a m<-ft extraoiduia ry thickness, (iuppofed • rdmh-ilf airi mch 10 an i.-rch in diameter) was opened and fou«d to contain a quan tity of young ones The above isrommunicatcd hy Mr. Wiley, dS'tv ing i's peruja''roay be ufelul to by extending,* the knowledge of a njcdicioe which merits univerial at'eniion : But this tettimony is on|y a corroborstipn of the evidence of mork than virry thousand .persons of eH a£cs, who bave, wihintwepty months p-it > been curt# by ibis «r.rdic«nc, with the uyjipfi: ca'e and fafe y, of various comt»lai"*<i. arifinjj from wo rns and from o£>ftrir6li<»ns dr toalncfs to the Jlo m«£ha»d bowels. Samuel Blodget. Is iccommended at an invaluable tfirdicinc, for the fpcecVy relief atvel permane) it cure of the various cpmi>iai<>'s which result I mm (h&paicd picaiurrs, ju venile indiT reiionS, rc(H<;nrem r to the constitution; the immoderate ufc of tea, fre quent intoxication, or any deilru&ive intemper ance; the unik'lftil or excessive use of nir-r 1 ary ; ihe di leaks peculiar to aceruin pc-iod of lite; bad lyings in, Ac. And is piovcd by lonfi a«d : exteiifivc axperience to be ahfoluicly uupaiateMed -ir. <he care of nervnus rfif orders,cofilumptiorta. lowoofa of-fauitt, lAftof <«ppr lite, imparity rt f the mopd, hysterical iff ftiogk. io wa«d cramps in the stomach and back, iudgeftion, melancho'y, gout in -{he flomach, pains huhe limb , rtlaxatio'is. involuntaryemrfTious, fcminal weakiwjilek, obi li »«*»<• fleets,' flo«r olbu* (or whites). impoteney, barfennefa, &c This medicine is perfv&ly diffcrcnf in its qualifies and operatian from thpfe hot and iin:atiug,d|Ugs fn frequently propnfed for similar purposes, and which only recommend thomfrWcß bf the dangerois rapidi ty of their cffe&s. <uid which, a&ing. as a tempo-wy but violent flimn'm on the neivous ivftem, infallibly produce greater evils than those they ate intended to 1 an-ve. The prtnrioal ouciation of this r/uirdy is in .the flomjeh, restoring the digeflive powers, and fending from that organ new health »nd vigour into every part of the fyfton. Itemizes and purjfies tlje with out rtfflamlr'glt; brace, without (hmulatiity. too vi olently the nervous If ftp en f ft-engthens the fecrctory veffrlc and the grrenlhabit; brings back the muscu lar fibres to their naiuial and healthy tone; and rel tores that nutrition whifik immoderate evacuations, have deftroycd r ,and whose !q?s nad thrown the whole frame into langor and debility. f The.Restorative i» ablolutc'y above all rccemmru mrndation, in removing rbpfe weakneiTes and in; 1- mities-with. which many females arcaftl £Ud, the 1.00- fitjuences ofi-lifficLlt and painful labours, or of inju dicious treatment therein. Tbfe most obstinate fetninal gleets ; aud the most diiirefling rales of flour albu&io females falls patticu larly under the orovinee of this reftorativcj speedily yield tO-itt benig-i operation, and are radically cured, hv correcting-and purifying the acrimonious humors, t'lloriiig a proper degree of tension to the scUscd fibres, and fsrengthcuittg the weakened, organ*. In rafet-of extieroity where the long prevalence and obilinacy Ol difcafe has- brought on a general im pGvcnfhment of the fvAem, exceflive debility of the whole frame, and a waflingof thoflefti, which no nou* rifhmeot ov cordial could repair, a perfevejepce in the cfe of this medicine has performed the mOTaftonifb* | ing cures* J. S. LEWIS, FACTS liabl. RHEUMATISM. DANGEROUS COID. March, i8o«. JOHN JENNINGS, Alderman. Hooping Cougu, Dr. Hanil'en's Grand Restorative The grand refloraiive is prepared in pill* as well as in a fluid form, which assists cofiderably ih produ cmga gradual and Jailing effect Their virtues remain unimpaired lot years in a©y climate. Dr. Habn*& trlfe and genuine GERMAN CORN PLATSTER, Aed infallible remtt'jr for corns, speedily remov ing th.*ra root and branch, without firing pain. The genuine Persian Lution, So celebrated among the faAiienabk throughout Europe, is an invaluable coitneiic, perfe&ly inno cent and fafe, fret from torrofive and fepglbut mircrati (the basis of othrr fo'ions) and of unpa ralleled efficacy ißprcvcuti- * and removing utawc ous hlemifhcs of the face aad (kin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, pits a'ur fro*H pox, inflammatory rtdncfa, fturfs.tetter sxing worms, fun Sums, prickly heat, ptcma'urc wrinkles, &c. The JPcrfiau Lotion operates mildly, without impeding ijir-t natural, infVnfiMe perspiration, which is cfTefl tial to health, yet it* ess As a:c speedy and pernta ncnt, rendering the fit in delicately loft and fn;--«o:h, improving the complexion ?wd rellorintf the bloom of youth; uever failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful) and an handfomc one more so. The D&mash Lip Safve I? recommended (particularly to the ladies) as ap. elegant and plcafant preparation for chopped and fore lipi and every blemiih and inconvenience oc cafione \ by colds, fever*, &c. speedily reftor.ng a beautiful rosy colour and delicate foftnefj to the lips. The Restorative Powder fpr the Teetb and (Sums• This most excellent preparation co!h r orts and strengthen« the gums, t refer ves the enamel from decay, and clcanfcs and the teeth, abforfe injr all that acrimmoni«u»4^ c foulnefs .which luff, red to accumulate Fever fails to injure and finally ruin them. Sovereign Ointment for the Itch. Warranted an infallible and immediate cure at once using; being the most speedy, effe&ual and f leafait remedy ever offered to the public, and far the fau»fa<slion of the tiuorous, the proprietor maketh oath, that thia ointment does not eontain a single particle of mercury or any other pernic-'ous ingredient in its composition, anJ may be uied with the moil perfetf fafety by pregnant women, and on infants newly bori:. Price 3*4ths of a dol lar each box. Patent Indian Vegetable Specific, For the cure ol Venereal complaints of every dc fcription: An extenfivc trial ef neai four years, has proved the Vegetable Specific to be effectual in expelling the venereal virus, however deeply -rooted in the co»ftitu:ion, and has reilored health to many who have been brought to the brink of the grave by the improper admiaiftration ol mer cury. Within this period upwards of eight thousand patients have experienced its talutary effe&s. With the medicine is given, a delcriptioo of the fymp turns which obtajux m every ifage of the disease with copious dire&icjosf'jr their treatment, so as t® acpojnpliih curem the (horteft time, and with the lcaii inconvcßiiince fofljble. Infallible aguC and fever drops. A lor-gr on the virtues this medicine iiimneteflary, as rhe money will be returned if the patient is not relieved, it n*ver having failed in thouland cases, nut ooc in a } iitfdred has had.nceafion to ukcjaqre, tt«an a bottle aad cum bers noc half a bp:tle. Dr. ffzbn's crlebu :-:d' Anti-Bilious PiVs» Which Inve been uniformly fuccefslul in the cure cf bri:«)U9 and malignant fevers, and in all disor ders of the hwad, llpmach and bowels. viand's Lot.ian—Curcb's Cough I)r&p 4 indcrso,n's f ill's % (Jfc, gf" Take noftce. the -Wtfc vaJwable melicines, arc l/)Ui in Philadelphia by Yrnag Birch, {htiot.er, No. *7, foiuh fecund Areet, by no one elfc in city. :*iscwifc ,obf.jve thaC l h e of Lee and Co. (the genera! agents t»C the Uiiited.Scate>) it pasted 011 the oufftde of each without which fhey cart sot be genuine. by the doz.n or groce will receive a liberal allowance by ap« lyifcg to Lee and Co. Bal timore March ?8, NOTICE. A CERTIFICATE of on# Share the Bank l\ of the United Sta'cSvNo *9l 10, in the name oi i ewi-i l»eter <)uirtyn, and a Certificate ot two Shares«f the faifl Bat.k, No 49119, In the name of James ChelmonUely. Earl of Cholmon dely, were lor waited from Njew York by the C'hefterfield British Pack«t for Fal-nouth, wJ-ad< was captured by the French, and the Certificates IoA or deftrcyed. and for which application is made at r.*r.k for the rcrvwai jhersof,pf which ail pfcrfons concerned arc dcfired to take notiee. CLEMEN! BIDDLE. February il This liay Published, By J. Orxrod, No. 41, Chcfiiut Street, (Price tj Cents) TBI Death of General Wttfhington. A POEM. In imitation of th« manner of Oflian. By Kcv. J. H« B. 1 inn, A.M. 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Each volume will cMuxn about one third l|fs of letter-prefvilnn the Original etiiticn ; hur, as tnc piiblifber is riot yet en & bled to letermtD* the extant of the Private Joarriafe, which he tn3"y"be to make public, he cfpnoi afochaid th<» number of volujnes whi:h wiHccxnjt rife the work. £jF Payments to be r,u*de on dtiroery of e&cb 'volume. , Subscribers will htfve it at their option, eithff to fubicriue for the whole of the Journals, up to the preient time, or to these only of the 013 Conj*ref»' pr*>r to ttei crgawzatitfn of the Federal Govern ment. IN all countries, tha proceeding* io com mencement of their governments, art lot I in datk r.cfi and obfeojity, owing to a carelef»aefs, in the (ucceeding generation, to pref-rve" the public re cords,and the attrition'of the nation,in theferuic ages, off from thefr domestic concerns, to engage in wars and conquest. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been tranfmittsd to o*r days ? Time, that destroys every thing, enhances the value of well authenti cated public records, and renders them almost in eftirnable. It i* hoped, that Americans will, there fore, che&rfuliy contribute their afTittancein trarif mitting to posterity the labours of their anceilOrt —founders of the Columbian natioa. * # * The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following w ill (how thefupport it has already acquired: " Philadelphia-, June 15, 179 •• To the Honorable the Senate and Houfis of Rep* refentatives of th# Unkeu States. (( The MEMORIAL of the Subl'crib«r»,Citixeas, &c. of Philadelphia, ' 4 Refpe3fulljJle<weth, " That having, in our reipe&ive avocations, frequent occafiows to recur to the Journals of Con-, grels, we experience inconvenience by the fcaroi ty ef them : That we understand that Richard Foiwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation to print that public record; afld that he hath obtained partial countenance from ma -11 y individuals,; but that he has delayed prefect*- ting the work, in expe<slation of encouragement frsm government, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, rdpe&tirily iolicit, as the publication is n«ceffary to be difleminated among public bodies, that Congrcfs will, in their wifdem render him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable fcim to proceed v/fth the vrork,fo that your MemariaUlts may be erablcd to purchaTe co .pies of that record for themfclves. >'i hotnas M Ivean, John I). Coxe,Charle*Heatly, Sanifom Levy,T. Rofs, Wm. Moore Smith, John Rea<j jun. William Tilghmap,John F. Mifflin, Jo fephß. M'Kean.John Beckly,W. Sergeant, John Thompfbn, Jared Ingerfoll, Jasper Moylan,William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Levis, James Gibfon, M. Kcppele, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, George Davis, John Hallow ell, James Oldden, Walter Franltl'in, Milnor, John C- We-lls John L. I,eib, Alexander I. Dallas, Joseph Rtcfl,Thomas Willing, Samuel M Fox, John Nixor,Robert W f altt KohjertH.Dunkin,John Ewingjtn F.dwardPen ningtpn, Hi!*rj Baker, William Nichols, William fcow"g. R °kcrt Campbell Septimus, Claypoole Jknres6t»i feank ' Mathew Carey, Henry K Hel mut)*, Peter 13* Haven, John Duuiap, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Ctaypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. Smith. ra&t^w " True copy from flje original Memorial, pre* fented to the House of Repr.-fentatires of the Uaitcd States, on Monday, the i Bth ef Jur« '79* > ' JV.'ILLUM LAMBERT, for " JONATHAN W CONDY, C*irk." ° RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Rep reftntatives of the United States of America in -Gongrefs afTcmbled.That the Secretary of tLeSenate and rhe Clsrk of the House of Reprefertatives, be authoriic<i and direded, to fubferibe, on such term ut they may daem eligible,tor the use of the Senate and House of ReprvJ'entatives, for four hundred Copies of the Journals ps Congrcfs, which a,e pro polcd to be published by Richard FolweU and such i.unber of copies of deficient voltupesof the sets row in prinr,as may be necessary to complete the fame. d3m, JONATHAN DAYTON. Speaker aftb ' Httufe tjf Repre/entalives. JAMES ROSS, PrtsiJvnt t/ tie Senate fro tempore. Approved, Mxrch 2d, ijiij. mat so, A SUMMER RETREAT. 10 B£ RENTED, A NEAT AND CANV&fI tIKT ON the Fr?nkford Road, two miles from the City, with « £«od Stable and Garden. Pof icffu>R be tad immediately. For terms enquire of the I'riuTr. THE LOT, At tbt nortb-east corner of Arch and Ninth streets, Nov. occupied by Mr. Brojaoin Busby, as ijßoard Yard. |C7* F.nqu re at H». ai« Arch street. Manb if. 3tawtj". jiwtf XVII t.5fiMS »KC LVDIHQ rskr.it. JOHN ADAMS, ■President »f tlx United ■ St sites* I»wtf HOUSE, diot, TO BE LB.T,
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