BENNINGTON, (Ver.) Dec. 7. BY the poll from Onion River,we are informed, that the follow ing melancholy accident lately hap pened at Milton, on the river Moile ; seven young men atteinp ii.g lo'crols the river in a canoe, were by some accident overl'et, and four of them, viz. two by the nalne of Soper, one Owen and one Irifli, were unfortu nately drowned. We hear from Rutland that the Council of Censors, having complet ed the business of their appoint ment, adjourned on Friday lad with out day. They have ordered their proceedings, with the constitution as proposed to be amended, to be publiflied in the Vermont Gazette and Journal, as speedily as may be, for tne perusal of the public. Samuel Hitchcock, Lot Hall, Le muel Chipman, and Paul Brigham, Efq'i s. are chofeii ele<siors for Preli de lit and Vice-Prefident. BOSTON, Dec. 8 On Wednesday evening last, by virtue of a warrant iflued by Jul tices Greenltfaf and Barrett, on the complaint of the Attorney-General, the Sheriff of this county arretted Mr. Harper, one of the company of Comedians who for fomeftime past ha*e entertained the inhabitants of this town, as guilty of a breach of the law against Theatrical enter tainments—and held him to bail to appear the next day before the Jus tices, and recognize for his appear ance at the next Supreme Judicial Court. At the end of the second a«ft of the " School for Scandal" which was then performing, Mr. Harper came forward on the stage, and read a card from the Iheriff, informing Mr. Harper, that unless the performances of the evening were flopped, he should apprehend forthwith all the persons of the company. Much agitation ensued, and the resentment of the citizens at what they conceived to Vie a vio lent and untimely nieafure, t!Hoo vered itlelf in several spirited pro ceedings, and a loud call for the performances to go on : Bnt, at the particular requelt of the perform ers, the audience dispensed with the entertainment of the evening, and peaceably retired ; firft refilling to accept the admiflißii money, Mr. H. offered to return. The next clay, Mr. Harper appear ed before the juflices to recognize. The coutt, for the gratification of the citizens, was held in Faneuil- Hall—when the Attorney-General read a special order from the Su preme Executive, direi'ting him to make tlie complaint on which the warrant was iilued, and then read the complaint. On Mr. H. being put to plead, Mr. Otis, one of his counsel, objeded to the legality of the warrant as contrary to the 14th article of the Declaration ofßights, which requires, that no warrant lhall be illued, except upon com plaints made upon oath : anet- the complaint upon which the present warrant was illued not being made upon oath, the warrant con fee 11 e 111- ly was illegal. Mr. Tudor, the o ther counsel for Mr. Harper, fup poited Mr. Otis's opinion—which was combated by the Attorney-Ge neral with imich candor and fair nefs. Ihe opinion of their honors being desired, one of them (Mr. Barret) acceded to the validity of the defendant's counsel. —In confe quei.ee of which Mr. Harper was liberated, much to the fatisfaiftion of a numerous and resectable au uience. A CARD Mi. I IiPF.R, imprefled with (be livclieft emotions of gratitude, pre. jents to the citizens of Boston, and Ih V v"t- V ' ' hctril, »^ofunfeigned [ n ' a,iy favors : And while be laments the neeeffity be is Under, thus early to leave this hos pitable capital, he fltall ever bear in remembrance the obligations he is under for their liberality, bene volence and candor. - Aln > It'J I.M-.MI.N !. {_)- ? ' ''t ' 1 >>1 ~ri l', ■/ «* /« L.U., «, ;i , ,r ■ ' AR, ' F <U-!-4R TO Irr u.\ uh.a'e. Insurance Company. THE OFFICE of the Insurance Company of North-America commenced business on Saturday last, and will continue open every day Sundays -xcepted,at No. 119, south Front-Street where orders, foreign and domeftie,will be duly attended to. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Phi i.ad el phi a, November 20, 1792. THE Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are hereby informed, that according to the statute of in.orporation, a general elc&ion for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank ef the Unifd States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Mouday the seventh day of January ntxt, at ten o'cock in the forenoon. And puifuantothe eleventh feftion o\ the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank ate hereby'notified to tffemble in general meeting at the lame place, on Tuefdav the eighth day ot uext, at five o'clock in the evening. Between December iJt, 1792. William Shipley In the high Court ofChance Complainan', ry of the State of New- Jfohn Meng and o- Jerfcy. thers Defendants. Prejenf, Ilis Excellency the Chancellor. THE Complainant having filed his bill of Complaint against the Defendants in the month of September, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, and in the laid Bill of Complaint did among other things set forth that the said Com plainant bring ki?ed in his Demesne as of fee of and 10 a certain T rati of Land, said to contain nine hundred and thirty acres, situate, lying and being in the township of Hardwick in the coun ty ol Snllex in the State of New-Jersey, did on the fir ft of March seventeen hundi ed and eighty five, bargain fell and convey the fame in set; sim ple unto John Meng and John Henderfon'of che citv of Philadelphia, William Goodwin and John Town, for the consideration of One Thou sand Six Hundred Pounds in Gold or Silver— Thar 011 the fifth day of the fame month of March the said feoffees above named did execute unto the said William Shipley a Deed of Mort gage in fee simple of the said Tract of Land to secure the payment of the said fxxteen hundred pounds, with the lawful intercft which might thereon accrue—That in the year seventeen hun dred and eighty-fix the said John Meng and William Goodwii did become Bankrupts with in the intent and meaning of the a£ts of the Le gislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and such proceedings were had against them that in the fame they were duly declared Bankrupts; and that they the said John Meng and William Goodwin did in some short time afterwards convey and transfer all their eftatc both real and personal, and particularly all their right and title to the premises above mentioned to John Field, Curtis Clay, James C. Fiflier, Isaac Wharton, John Kaighn and Arthur Collins all of the city of Philadelphia, fubjeil to the Mortgage so as a fore fa id given to the said Com plainant.—That the said John Field, Curtis Clay, James C. Fifhcr, Isaac Wharton, John Kaighn and Arthur Collins soon after bargained, fold and conveyed all their Right and Title of and in the said Tract of Land unto Benjamin Town of the city of Philadelphia, and John Town, fubjeft to the Mortgage aforefaid—That on the eighteenth day of O&ober seventeen hun dred and eighty-five, the said John Town and Benjamin Town did execute another Mortgage to the said William Shipley for securing the pay ment oftwelve hundred pounds in certain in stallments—That in the month cf January seven teen hundred and eighty-fix, John Town did bargain and fell in fee Pimple all his Right and Title t6 the (aid premises, to the said Benjamin Town, fubjeft to the Mortgages aforefaid—That in the month ol February seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, the said Benjamin Town did con vey all his Right and Title to the said premises, to John Field and Curtis Clay of the city of Phi delphia, upon certain Trusts unknown to theal Complainant—That said Benjamin Town the loon after became Bankrupt, and in pursuance of the bankrupt laws of the State of Pennlvlva nia, did convey all his estate real and personal to a certain Rob#rt Raffton—That JtJttn Ileti derfon did alio in the month of September seven teen hundred and eighty-seven beeomc a Bank rupt, and uuderthe bankrupt laws of the State of Pcnnfylvania, did ailign and convey all his cftate real and personal to David Lenox, George Hughes, Matthew Clarkfon, Peter Baynton and Richard Bache—And the Complainant doih. in and by his said Bill, pray that thofc having Right to the said Ellate may be decreed to pay him what is due on the said Mortgages, or that the equity of Redemption be forclofed by the Derreeof this Court. And now upon opening this matter this dav by Kir hard Stockton, Esquire, being ofihe- com. {halT'r <° <he Court f pr" d defendants do rtfide in the State «• iVnnfylva.na, without the j.irifdiaion of this Lo.irt ; and it appear,n g further to this Court that wilts o. lubpoena have been taken out ac corr.,„R to th e courfc of lhii that |he fa|d w.usof fuopcena have been duly feved upon the sam lever a I Defendants upwards of o,e >rar rom this dav ; and that none of the said Defencms li„vc ca.il.d his or their appearance to be rntered m ,l, !s G.u-t to the suit of .he said l: rt ' h " ef ° n °" lcreri b V hf s ' -> h.iii i"* that the said Uc rn.Wsco c r htlr ?poc .„ anc , [Q be , mci( . d loth'-' 1!' r V£ ' Com " !ai ""'t according "lb, , lilt sos tliii Court ln tw „ n ,„ mhs ~J; th'-s d., v , or tiu, ,he P..i b' l ! 1-,. ■ u confribj to I iie (! ■ h T° ( thrl.fginjtur.-inlucb.ar, " -Tl.eC„,„p!. S t cZl^ L l AM PATERS ON. " ' W ' r ■?<>»• cp 'i-r The price of thi< Gazette is Three /j,v fo£]': m ~- one U,J " hc «<*<' <>*< */%'. ■Vo,tk Fifth-Street, By Older of I lie President and Dirc6)ors, JOHN KEAN, Calhicr. ADVERTISEMENT 236 J Seen mill he publifked, thi SYSTEM or Ufe<3 by Mi\Lloy b, in taking down the Debates of Congress. A system so easy, that any man, of ordinary capacity, may clearly comprehend it in half an hour, and soon pra&ife it, in its fulleft extent, without any further inftru6lion, than what will be conveyed in a few pages,— the whole ART being comprised in eighteen simple characters, without any of those perplexing, arbitrary marks, with which the learners of other fyftcms are obliged to burden their me mory, and embarrsfs their pra&ice. Price, to Subscribers, One Dollar—to Non- Subscribers, a Dollar and ha/J. Subscriptions received by Messrs. Rice, Book fellers, Market-flreet, and by JOHN CAREY, No. 26, Pear-Strrcr. Half a Dollar to be fiaid at the time of fubjeribing. A GREAT BARGAIN. FOR Sale, a beautiful situation on the Po towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria and in a line of dire&ion towards the Federal City and GeorgeTown,in full view of each place, commanding a profpeft of the river and adjacent country of Maryland and Virginia, for many miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lying di reftlyon the river, will be fold, with the im provements, which are, a two-story framed d welling-houfe, neatly finished, a kitchen, office, brick smoke-house and dairy, two-ftorv framed barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice houle, a yard and garden, neatly railed and highly improved, with a number of other ne- CeflTary improvements ; the whole of the land enclofcd with posts and rails, tenor fifteen acres laid down, with different kinds of grass. Its continuity to those three towns must render it an objedt worthy the attention of any person who wishes to invest money in a property that must enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in crfafe of the Federal City, Alexandria and George-Town. This property lies nearly in a central situation to each place. The Potowmack at this spot has a fine deep (bore and harbour, capable of receiving velTels of any burden. It may not be improper to obfervc, that men of judgment think a profitable and convenient Ferry might be erected here to the Citv of Wafiiington and ▼ Ire Maryland shores leading to Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 215 acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant, which will suit wel! to supply the above in wood and timber. The title may be seen to the above property, which is indisputable, and terms known by application to the fubferiber, living on the premises. December 12 th y 1792 200 Dollars Reward. LOST, at Providence, or between Providence and ISofton, a very small TRUNK, covered with seal-skin of a reddish colour, with white foots. It contained a quantity of South and North-Carolina State Notes, and a few of the State of Rhode-lfland ; with other papers,which can only be fcn iceable to the proprietor. The State notes are cheeked at the offices from whcnce they issued. Any person producing the Trunk (with its contents) to JOHN MARSTON, of Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Piovidence, Messrs. PATERSON and BRASHER, New- York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in Philadel phia, (hall receive the above reward, or for any part of the property, One Hundred Dollars. Boston, Nov. 28 BO WEN's EXHIBITIONS OF W ax- VV ork &Paintings, ARE open every day and evening (Sundays excepted) at the House lately occupied by Mrs. Pint, No. 9, North Eighth-street First Room—Contains upwards of 100 elegant Paintings, and about 30 Wax Figures, in full stature—among which are Likenefles of a number of the principal characters in America; Baron Trenck in chains, an Indian Chief, and fevera) beautiful young Ladies of different States, ttc.&c. Sicokd Room—-Contains eighteen large Wax Figures, which form a Sociable Club, or the Oyster Supper ; and the School for Scandal, consisting of twelve female Figures, making their observations on a young Lady, who had eloped with a Footman. Admittance One Quarter of a Dollar each Room. GEOGRAPHY. Mathew Carey Rcfpcftfully fuhmiis loihc Citizens of the United Sratrs, the following proposals FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION An AMERICAN EDITION of Guthrie's Geography I M P R O V t"l) Of zul id, thtji are the terms : 1. 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