The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-09-13 00:00:00, page 1

An ACT to av^nd the ad intituled, "An
aft providing for the fate of the lands of
the United States in the territory nortk
^cfl of the Ohio, and above the mouth of
Kentucky river."
_ T) E it enabled by the Senate and House of
'''B Peprefentatives of the United States of
America in Gongrefs afembled, That for the dif
polal of the lands of the United States, directed
to be fold by the a&, intituled, “ An ad pro
viding for the fate of the lands of the United
States, in the territory north-weft of the Ohio,
and above the mouth of Kentucky river," there
shall be four land-offices established in the said
territory : One at Cincinnati, for lands below
the Little Miami which have not heretofore
been granted ; one at Chilicothe, for lands east
of the Sciota, fouth of the lands appropriated
for fatisfying military bounties to the late army
of the United States, and weft of the fifteenth
range of townships; one at Marietta, for the
lands east of the fifteenth range of townships,
fouth of the before-mentioned military lands,
and fouth of a line drawn due weft from the
north-weft corner of the firft townihip of the fc
cond range, to the said military lands ; and one
;t Steubenville, for the lands north of the last
mentioned line, and east or north of the said
military lands : Each of the said offices (ball be
under the direction of an officer, to be called
" The Register of the Land-Office," who shall
be appointed by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and shall give bond to the United
States, with approved security,. in the sum of
ten thousand dollars, for the faithful difeharge
of the duties of his office ; and shall reside at
the place where the land-office is directed to be .
kept.
Sec. 2. And be further enabled, That it shall
be the duty of the Surveyor-General, and he is.
hereby expressly enjoined, to prepare and trans
mit to the Registers of the several land-offices,.
before the days herein appointed for commenc
ing sales, general plats of the lands hereby di
rc&ed co be fold at the said offices refpedively,
and also to forward copies of each of the said
plats to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 3. And be itfur&r enabled, That the
Surveyor-General shall cause the townihips weft
of the Mufkingum, which by the above-menti
oned aft are directed to be fold in quarter town-
Ships to be sub-divided into half fed!ions of three
hundred and twenty acres each, as nearly as
may be by running parallel lines through the
fame from east to weft, and from fouth to north,
at the distance of one mil&from each other, and
marking corners, at the distance of each half
mile on the lines running from east to weft, and
at the distance of each mile on those running
from fouth to north, and making the marks,
- notes, and descriptions, prescribed to surveyors
by the above-mentioned aft : And the interior
lines of townships interfered by the Mufkin
gum, and of all the townships lying east of that
river, which have not been heretofore actually
sub-divided into fe&ions, shall also be run and
marked in the manner prescribed by the said aft,
for running and marking the interior lines of
townships directed to be fold in fedions ®f fix
hundred and forty acres each .• And in all cases
where the exterior lines of the townships, thus
to be sub-divided into Tedions or half Tedions,
full exceed or shall not extend fix miles, the
excess or deficiency ihall be specially noted,
and added to or deduced from the weftern and
northern ranges of Tedions or half fedions in
such township, according as the error may be
in running the lines from east to weft, or from
fouth to north ; the Tedions and half fedions
bounded on the northern and weftern lines of
such townfnips shall be fold as containing only
the quantity exprefled in the returns and plats
refpt&ivdy, and ail others as containing the
complete legal quantity : And the President of
the United States shall fix the compensation of
the deputy-surveyors, chain-carriers, and axe
men : Provided, the whole expense of surveying
and marking the lines shall not exceed three
dollars, for every mile that shall be adually run,
farveyed and marked.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That the
lands thus sub-divided (excluding the fe&ions
reserved by the above-mentioned ad) shall be
offered for sale in Tedions and half fedions, sub
divided as before diredled at the following places
and times, that is to fay ; those below the Little
Miami shall be offered at public vendue, in the
town of Cincinnati, on the firft Monday of A
pril one thousand eight hundred and one, under
the direction of the Register of the land-office
there tflablifhed,and of either the Governor or
Secretary of the north-western territory: The
lands east of Sciota, fouth of the military lands,
and weft of the fifteenth range of townfhips,fhall
be offered in like manner for sale-at Chilicothe,
on the firfl Monday of May, one thousand eight
hundred and one, under the direction ofthe Re
gister of the land-office there established, and of
either the Governor or Secretary of the said ter
ritory : The lands east of the sixteenth range cf
•townships, fouth of the military lands and well
of the Mufkingum, including all the townflrips
Interfered by that river, shall be offered for ^le
i'm like manner at Marietta, on the last Monday
cf May, one thousand eight hundred and one,
under the direction of the Governor or Secre
t or Surveyor-General cf the said territory.
The sales shall remain open at each place for
a three weeks and no longer. The fupennten
dants shall observe the rules #"° r ^ ul ,{™ ° f
the above-mentioned ad, in <^ffi n g and felhng
fractional with entire f^„ ,d in keepng
and tranfinitting accounts ,e All land,
remaining unfold, at the closing of either of the
public & may be disposed of at Private sale
btnepers of these refpedive land-offices,
in the manner herein after prescribed ; and the
R< 'lifter of ' he ^d-effice at Steubenville, after
PublQhed by Authority.
Sixth Cougrefs of the United States,
At the firft session, begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the state of Pennfylvama,
on Monday the 2d of December, 1799.
Laws of the Union.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. r
Tilt Wniten States
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
the United States,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1800.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.
CHAFFER LV.
1. At the time of purchafc every purchaser
shall, exclusively of the fees hereafter-mention
ed, pay fix dollars for every fe&ion, and three
dollars for every half Tedion, he may have pur
chased, for surveying expenses, and deposit one
twentieth part of the amount of the pUrchafe
money, to be forfeited, if within forty days one
fourth part of the purchase money, including
the said twentieth part, is not paid.
2. One-fourth part of the purchase money
shall be paid within forty days after the day of
sale as aforefaid : another fourth part shall be
paid within two years; another fourth part
within three years ; and another fourth part
within four years after the day of file.
3. Interest, at the rate of fix per cent, a year,
from the day of sale, shall be charged upon each
of the three last payments, payable as they re
fpedively become due..
4. A difeount, at the rate of eight per cent,
a year, shall be allowed on any of the three lad
payments, which fhail be paid before the fame
shall become due, reckoning this_difcount al
ways upon the sum, which would have been
demandable by the United States, on the day
appointed for such payment.
5. If the firfl payment of one fourth part of
the purchase money shall not he made within
forty days after the sale, the deposit, payment
and fees, paid and made by the purchaser, shall
be forfeited, and the lands shall and may, from
and after the day, when the payment of one
fourth part of the purchase money should have
been made, be disposed of at private sale, on the
fame terms and conditions, and in the fame
manner as the other lands directed by this aft
to be disposed of at private sale : Provided, That
the lands which shall have been fold at public
file, and which shall, on account of such failure
of payment, revert to the United States, shall
not be fold at private sale, for a price less than
the price that shall have been offered for the
fame at public sale.
6. If any traft shall not be completely paid
for within one year after the date of the last
payment, the trad shall be advertised for sale
by the Register of the land-office within whose
diftrid it may lie, in at least five of the most
public places in the said diftrift, for at least
thirty days before the time of sale : And he ihall
fell tile fame at public vendue, during the fitting
of the court of quarter feflions of the county
in which the land-office is kept, for a price not
less than the whole arrears due thereon,with the
expenses of sale ; the surplus, if any, ihall be
returned to the original purchaser, or to his le
gal representative ; but if the sum due, with in
terest, be not bidden and paid, then the land
shall revert to the United States. All monies
paid therefor shall be forfeited, and the Register
of the land-office may proceed to dispose of the
fame to any purchaser, as in case of other lands
at private sale.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled, That all and
every the payments, to be made by virtue ofthe
preceding fedion, shall be made either to the
Treasurer of the United States, or to such per
son or officer as ihall be appointed by the Pre
fideut of the United States, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, Receiver of public monies
for lands of the United States, at each of the
places refpe&ively where the public and private
sales of the said lands are to be made ; and the
said Receiver of public monies ihall, before he
enters upon the duties of his office, give bond,
with approved security, in the sum of ten thou
sand dollars, for the faithful difeharge of his
trust ; and it shall be the duty of the said Trea
surer and Receiver of public monies to give
receipts for the monies by them received, to the
persons refpedively paying the fame; to traiif
mit with'n thirty days in case of public sale,
and quarterly in case of private sale, an account
of all the public monies by them received, fpe
cifying the amount received from each perlon
and distinguishing the sums received for furvey
irg expenses, and those received for purchase
money, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and
to the Registers of the land-office, as the case
may be. The said Receivers of public monies
(ball, within three months after receiving the
fame, transmit the monies by them received to
the Treasurer of the United States ; and the Re
ceivers of public monies for the faid,fales, and
also the Receivers of public monies for the sales
which have taken place at Pittfburg under the
ad, intituled, ' • An aft providing for ths sale
of the lands of the United States in the territo
ry north-weft of the Ohio, and above the mouth
of Kentucky river," shall receive one per cent,
on the money received, as a compensation for
clerk hire, receiving, fafe-keeping, and transmit
ting it to the Treasury of the United States.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled. That it shall
be the duty of the Registers of the land-offices
refpedively, to receive and enter on books kept
for that purpose only, and on which no blank
leaves or Space shall be left between the diffe
rent entries, the applications of any person or
persons who may apply for the purchase of ally
fedion or half fedion, and who shall pay him
the fee hereafter-mentioned, and produce a re
ceipt from tho Treasurer of the United States,
or from the Receiver of public monies appoint
ed for that purpose, for three dollars for each
half Tedion such-person or persons may apply
the firft day of July next, may proceed to fell at
private sale, the lands lituate within the difrid
assigned to his direction as herein before dc
fcribed, disposing of the fame in feflions, and
cLffing fractional with entire Tedions, accord
ing to the provisions and regulations of the
above-mentioned aft and of this aft . •And the
Register of the land-office at Marietta, after the
said firft day of July next may proceed to fell
at private sale, any of the lands within the dif
trid aligned to his direction as aforetaid, which
are east of the river Mufkingum, excluding the
townships interfered by that rivet, disposing of
the fame in fedions, and classing fractional with
entire Tedions as aforefaid.
Sec. 5. And be if further enabled, That no lands
shall be fold by virtue of thisad, at either pub
lic or private sale, for less than two dollars per
acre, and payment may be made for the fame by
all purchasers, either in specie, or in evidences
of the public dept of the United States, at the
rates prescribed by the adj intituled, “ An a&
to authorize the receipt of evidences of the pub
lic debt in payment for the lands of the United
States ;" and shall be made in the following
manner, and under the following conditions, to
wit :
Sec. 8. And be it further enaded, That the Re
gisters of the land-offices refpeaively, Ihall also
note on the hook of surveys, or original plat
transmitted to them, every trad which may be
fold, by inserting the letter A on the day when
the fame is applied for, and the letter P on the
day when a receipt for one fourth part of the
purchase money is produced to them, and by
crossing the said letter A on the day when the
land shall revert te the United States, on failure
ofthe payment of one fourth part of the pur
chase money within three months after the date
of application. And the said book of surveys
or original plat shall he open at all times, in pre
sence of the Register, for the infpe&ion of an,
individual, applying for the fame and paying the
proper fee.
Sec. 9. And be it further enabled. That it shall
be the duty of the Registers of the land-offices
to transmit quarterly to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and co the Surveyor-General, an ac
count of the several trads applied for, of the
several trads for which the payment of one
fourth part of the purchase money has been
made, of the several tracts which have reverted
to the United States on failure of the said pay
ment ; and also an account of all the payments
of monies by them entered, according to the
receipts produced to them, fpecifying the sums
of money, the names of the persons paying the
fame, the names of the officers who have receiv
ed the fame, and the trails for which the fame
have been paid.
Sec. 10. And be it farther enabled, That the
Registers aforefaid Ihall be precluded from en
tering on their books any application for lands
in their own name, ajid in the name of any
other person in trnft for them ; and if any Re
gister shall wish to purchase any trad of land,
he may do it by application in writing to the
Surveyor-General, who Ihall enter the fame on
books kept for that purpose by him, who Ihall
proceed in refpea to such .applications, and to
any payments made for the fame, in the fame
manner which the Registers by this aft are rii
reded to follow, in refpe& to applications made
to them for lands by other persons. The Re
gisters Ihall, ncverthelefs, note on the book of
surveys, or original plat, the applications and
payments thus by them made, and their right
to the pre-emption of any trad shall bear date
from the day, when their application for the
fame shall have been entered by the Surveyor-
General in his own book. And if any person
applying for any trad shall, notwithftandiug he
shall have received information from the Regis
ter, that the fame has already been applied for
by the said Register, or by any other person, in
gift to make the application, it shall be the duty
of the Register to enter the fame, noting in the
margin that the fame tiaft is already purchased ;
hut upon application of the party made in writ
ing, and which he shall file, he may and shall at
any future time enter under its proper date,
that the party withdraws his former application,
and applies iu lieu thereof for any other tra&:
Provided always, That the party shall never be
allowed thus to withdraw his for mer application,
and co apply in lieu thereof for another traft,
except when the trad described in his former
application shall have been applied for previous
to the date of that his former application.
Sec. It. And be it farther enabled, That the
Secretary of the Treafuff shall and may pre-
for, and for at least one-twentieth part of the
purchase money, feting cartfolly in each entry
the dat&of the application, the date of the re
ceipt to him produced, the amount of monies
fpecified in the said receipt, and the number of
the fe&ion or half fc& on, township and range
applied for. If two or more persons shall apply
at the fame time for the said trad, the Register
shall immediately determine by lot, in presence
of the parties, which of them flhall have prefer
ence. He shall file the receipt for monies
produced by the party, and give him a copy of
his entry, and if required, a copy of the descrip
tion of the trad, and a copy of the plat of the
fame, or either of them ; and it shall be his duty
to inform the party applying for any one trad,
whether the fame has airady been entered, pur
chased, or paid for, and at his request to give
him a copy of the entry or entries concerning
the fame. He shall, three months after the
date of each application, if the party shall not
have within that time produced to him a receipt
of the payment of one fourth part of the pur
chase money, including the twentieth part a
bove-mentioned, enter under its proper date,
in the said book of entries, that the payment
ha, not been made, and that the land has re
verted to the United States, and he shall make
a note of the fame in the margin of the book
opposite to the original entry. And if the party
shall, either at the time of making the original
entry, or at any time within three months there
after, produce a receipt to him, for the fourth
part of the purchase money, including the twen
tieth part aforefaid, he shall file the receipt,
make an entry of the fame, under its proper
date, in the said book of entries, make a
note of the fame in the margin of the book,
opposite to the original entry, and give to the
party a certificate, describing the land fold, the
sum paid on account, the balance remaining
due, the time and times when such balance
shall become due, and that if it shall be duly dis
charged, the purchaser or his assignee or other
legal representative, shall be entitled to a patent
for the said lands ; he shall also upon any fuhfe
quent payment being made, and a receipt from
the receiver being produced to him, file the ori
ginal receipt, give a receipt for the fame to the
party, and enter the fame to the credit of the
party, in a book kept for that purpose, in which
he shall open an account in the name of each
purchaser, for each fedion or half fedion that
may be fold either at public or private sale, and
in which he shall charge the party for the
whole purchase money, and give him credit for
all his payments ; making the proper charges
and allowances for interest or difeount, as the
case may be, according to the provisions of the
fourth lesion of this ad ; and upon the pay
ment being completed and the account finally
fettled, he shall give a certificate of the fame
to the party ; and on producing to the Secre
tary of che Treasury, the fame final certificate,
the President of the United States is hereby
authorized to grant a patent for the lands to
the said purchaser, his heirs or assigns; and all
patents shall be countersigned by the Secretary
of State, and recorded in his office.
No. 48. Koi X.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TWELFTH YEAR.
©rack of tye ^ap.
* ,
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampshire.
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum
When fICE, disguised in Proteus Jbape,
Insults and dupes a generous nation,
'Tie Virtue's taft t' unmaft the ape.
And burl him from bis lofty flation,
HOW long my countrymen, will
you fuffer yourselves to be deceived and
abused by a man unworthy of your
confidence ? Why do you persist in the
exaltation of him who hath so frequent
ly and so fhamefully debased himfelf?
Who was it that being governor of Vir
ginia, difgracefully abdicated in the
hour of danger, and on the approach
of Tarlton with a few raggamuffins,
fled with such awkward precipitation
as by a fall from his horse to dislocate
his shoulder ? Who was it that holding
an important office in the federal gov
ernment, and honored with the friend
fhip and confidence of the great Waffi
ington, unseasonably deserted that post,
abused the friendship and betrayed the
confidence reposed in him ? Who was
it that in a letter to a babling foreigner,
Slandered and belittled the best & great
est patriot of America, and traduced
and vilified that very government
which on the holy Evangelists he had
sworn to support ? In Short, who is it
that at this moment holds the second
office in the U. S. and forgetting or a
bandoning the interest of his own coun
try, secretly and p-eacheroufly heads a
fadion, the object of which is to fubjed
America to a foreign yoke ? Why
Should Kite be raised to grandeur, and
hypocrisy be honored with the fuffrages
of Freemen ? I^t it not be said that an
enlightened and magnanimous people
aggrandize liim who hath in these and
innumerable other inflances branded
himfelf with the accumulated infamy
of dissimulation, perfidy, and cowar,
dice ! Withdraw your countenance,
my countrymen, from this degraded
objed, the bloom of Vice will then with
er, and the arts of hypocrisy be over
thrown. [Virginia FederaJift.")
Who ww/d net bluJbfo+eft a V@ to fa.
Sec. 16, And be it further enabled, That each
person who before the paffigg of this a& shall
have ereded,or begun to ered, a grist-mill or
saw-mill upon any of the lands herein dircded
to be fold, shall be entitled to the pre-emption
of the Tedion including such mill, at the rate of
two dollars per acre: Provided, The person or
his heirs, claiming such right of pre-emption,
shall produce to the Register of the land-office
fatisfadory evidence that he or they are entitled
thereto, and shall be fubjed to and comply with
(fe regulations and provisions by this ad pre
scribed for other purchasers.
See. 17. And be it further enabled, That so
much ofthe " ad providing for the sale of the
lands of the United States in the territory north
west of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of
Kentucky river," as comes within the purview
of this ad, be and the fame is h^eby repealed.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
See. 15. And be it farther enabled, That the
lands of the United States reserved for future
disposition, may be let upon leases by the Sur
veyor-General, in fc&ions or half Tedions, for
terms not exceeding seven years, on condition
of making such improvements as he shall deem
reasonable.
Speahereftbe House of Reprefentative^
Th: JEFFERSON,
Fra-Preft dent of the United States, and
Prudent of the Senate.
Approved—May loth A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United Stales.
scribe foch further regulations, in the manner of
keeping books and accounts, by the several offi
cers in this aft mentioned, as to him ma, ap
pear necessary and proper, in order fully to car
ry into effed the provisions of this ad.
Sec. 12. And be it further enabled, That the
Registers of the land-offices, refpedively, shall
be entitled to receive from the Treasury of the
United States, one-half per cent, on all the mo
nies exprefTed in the receipts by them filed and
entered, and of which they shall have rranfmit
ted an account to the Secretary of the Treasury,
as direded by this ad; and they shall further
be entitled to receive, for their own life, front
the refpedrive parties, the following fees for ser
vices rendered, that is to fay ; for every original
application for land, and a copy of the fame,
for a feflion three dollars, for a half fedion
two dollars; for every certificate flaring that
the firft fourth part of the purchase money is
paid, twenty-five cents ; for every subsequent
receipt for monies paid, twenty-five cents; for
the final settlement of account and giving the fi
nal certificate of the fame, one dollar; for ever,
copy, either of an application or of the descrip
tion of any fedion or half fedtion, or of the plat
of the fame, or of any entry made on their books,
or of any certificate heretofore given by them,
twenty-five cents for each ; and for any general
infpe&on of the book of surveys, or general
plat, made in their presence, twenty-five cents.
Sec. 13. And be it further enabled, That the
fuperintendants of the public sales, to be made
by virtue of this adl, and the Superintendents of
the sales which have taken place by virtue of
the ad, intituled, " An ad providing for the
sale of the lands of the United States in the ter
ritory north-weft of the river Ohio, and above
the mouth of Kentucky river," shall receive five
dollarsa day for every day whilst engaged in
that business ; and the accounting officers of the
Treasury are hereby authorized to allow a rea
sonable compensation for books, stationery, and
clerk hire, in fettling the accounts of the said
fuperintendants.
Sec. 14. And be it further ena&d, That the
fee to be paid for each patent for half a fe&ion
shall be four dollars, and for every Tedion five
dollars, to be accounted for by the receiver of
the fame.
Ladies bl ick Morocco Shoes &
SLIPPERS, - iiz Cents.
English, ditto, ditto, 12§ do.
Green, Blue, red & yellow, do. 116 do.
Plain & figured K'4 do. (of)
which he ha^ a great variety, > ISO do,
and very nice, )
Black & Fancy fluff Shoes and
SLIPPERS, - - S|%
Those with York heals 12 Cents dearer.
Calf Skin and other Leather, ditto#
Childrens Shoes of every size &
aLnoft of every description.
Gentlemens handsome dress SHOES.
Common, ditto.
Boys, ditto.
Mens fine & common BOOTS.
ditto, ditto, Half Boots#
BOOT LEGS.
Red Morocco SKINS.
The above SHOES^re all of the best
materials and workmanship, and as they
are manufactured under the direaion and
careful inipeaion of the Vender, he flat
ters himfelf tbit be can warrant them
with confifence.
N. 3. The prices of the Mens and Chil
drens Shoes are equally reduced^
He likewise informs them that he re
ceives a Fre(h Allotment twice a month.
G^The public are refpedtfully
informed, that 00 Vender of Shoes -qn il
ly as good as the above, can be afforded
at the above reduced prices— but a (pi
rit of monopoly and exclusive privilege
having set the example, the fubferiber is
under the necessity of conforming.
ABNER NEWHALL._
ALlTPerfons having
demands on the EP'te of Mrs.
HANNAH WOODMAN,
late of Rye, decea fed, are requeued to
exhibit their demands, and thole that are
indeb'd to said estate, to make immedi
ate payment to
Thomas Jennefs Rand, Executor,
^e^te^er §, ^
GONE adrift or Stolen, from
Brig Abigail, at Parker's wharf, on
the 19th tilt, a 12 foot BOAT, white ,
bottom, red iofide gunwail, ftreck worked
timbers crooked to the mould— whoev
er will bring said BOAT or give infor
mation where (he is, 1° ^ at ' r may be
recovered, fliall be well paid by
EUPHALET LADD-
The said Francis Jimeswas born at or
near Kidwelly, in the county of Caer
marthen, and if living, is about the age of
thirty-four year% & about the year 1779,
was a foremaft man on board the Milford,
a merchant (hip belonging to the port of
Bristol, and failed for Jimaica in Septem
ber, 1780, afterwards he returned to Kris
tel, and in November, 1781, was pressed
in Kingroad, Bristol, and sent on board
the king's frigate called the Diomede, in
which he failed from Plymouth on a
cruise, and on board of which he after
wards became a qtiarter gunner, and de
serted the said (hip at Charleston Bar, in
North-America, in September 178%.
Should any person in the U. States of
Amer ca, be enabled to give information
of the above named Francis James, whe
ther livi 1g or dead, they are requested to
communicate the fame to David A. 0,
(l-n, No. 6, Stone-street, New York.
Abner newhall, in
forms his Frien Is, Customers, and
the public in general, that he has lately
received a large addition to his former
A(T>rtmebt of
WHEREAS by a decree of
the Hi^h C>urt of Chancery,
made in a cause, James again# Newman,
it is among other things referred to Wm.
Graves, Esq. one of the millers of the
said court," to take an account of the
Legacies bequeathed by the will of the
testator, Wm. Piullipi la eof Newgate
ftreer, London, deceased, & also to inquire
and state to the court, whether Francis
James, the brother of the complainant's,
named as one of the Legatees in rhe laid
will, is dead, and whether he died in th?
life rime of the testator ^ Therefore all
perlons who can give any information
whether the said Francis James be living
or dead, and if living, where he now re
sides or last reiided, and when and what
place, and when and where he was last
beard of, and if dead, when and where he
died, are hereby requeued to give such
information to the said Wm, Graves
Eiq. at his office in Southampton Build
'°S% Chancery Lane, London, on or be
fore the firft day of March next, other
wise he will be excluded the benefit of the
said decree.
SHOES
which he now offers at the following
low and reduced prices.— vix.—
Newhall's flioeftore
Diniel-ftreet, Portsmouth.
WASHINGTON'S Legacy.