Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1798-08-29 00:00:00, page 4

Lands for fa!c bv private Contra&>
Propafals will he rn tivrd, by the lutvcritief,
until the firft day of September. n j xr, for the
purchase of any cis the following very valuable
tradU of land with tlu:r improvements.
In the -Sfntc ©f New-York,
No. i. Two lots of ground situate in the
county of Albany in the town called Lanfing
burgh, and difiinguiflfied or known on a map of
said town by the names i>f No. 71 and 71.
2. Two tradts of land fituat'e in the town of
WeO-Chefter, the one of them near Oliver De
lancy's, John Cox's and John Palmer's land, ad
joining Brouhs River, the othsr of them near
Devilard's fnufl" mill, Delancy's land and ad
joining Brouh'sriver the whole combining about
84 acres.
3. A trafl of land fitiiate in the county of
West-Chester, rn the road from Kmus-Sftdge
toDelzncy's Mills containing about 66-5 acres.
4 A trafi of land situate in Montgomery
ounty, being apart of the trafl rslied Jeffiip's
nrchjfe and knoWn and diftingutlhed in a divi
on of the laid purchase into townfliips by being
art of township No. 4. beginning at the 8 IV.
ounis of fai l ptirch tfe anil at the lo'ttherly cor
ner of laid township containing by cltirnation
about jii J aces.
5. A tra T of land situate in the county of
Montgomery, tifcrei'a'd, being also a part of
Jeffup's purehaie ar.d known and diftingtiifhed
in divifionof the fa id purchase into rownfhips,
by being pirt of township No. ji beginning at
VV.bounds of fail' townfliipat thediftince of
361 chains aid 50 links from the m.iftfouthc'ly
Corner thrreof. 1
(1. A trafl of lav 1 Ornate in U'fler county.
hei..g pa' ; of fl'e trjfl of laid I nown by the
name of th- Grstat ir Hardenbtaghs parent,con
taining about 6000 acres.
7. A tra<st of land fitua'e in the county of
UJ.'ler aforefaid on the, N. E. fide of the river
Delaware, being also a par; of the land t. rmer
y granted to Johannes Hardenburgh ar.d others
commonly known by the name of the Green
patent i: being a part of a great lot No. 1. at
the general pa; titic n of said patent which came
to the (hare of lii ma-. Newhatn one of :he
proprietors, and is know* and diilmguifhed 011
the m?.l-> of the sub.division thereof made by.
Charles Webb, fu* eyor in the year by (
lot No. 60 ; this land runs some di.'i.ir.ee on the
river Delaware contains abont 3 57 acres
8. A trail of Ivndjnthe county of" Uiflir a
fore/aid in tbefuvUi tier of lots in the Harden
fiurgh patent being the lot No. 12, containing
about 17/150 acres excepting there»ut 3xo acres
fn:rctnjore graftl by Robert R. Livnigfton to
Nathan'.;! Sachel.
9. A of land situate in the county of Ul
fin , beginning on the Papekunk river, and ad
to ning tiie 14th monument in the general divi-
COll of the Hardenburgh patent, containing,
about .",300 acres.
10 equal undivided seventh pacts of two
iVwral parcels cf laritU filuate in the townftiips
4 f Chemung in the cot.nty cf Tioga on the S.
U\ fide of Tioga river, the fame being part of
>< trait of jboiti 2c,000 acres, these two seventh;
ci main about 5763 acres,
1 ;. Or.v equal and Undivided seventh part of
the fviii 70.000 acre trail in Tioga county being
jiibont acrts.
1;. One equal ind undivided seventh part of
f 5 2?,c00 :'cre tract in Tioga,county being al
l'o a'juut 5.886 ajCri s.
In the State of Maryland.
33. A t'a& of land .now called Bayley's pur
-1 chaVift Vr'm--e George's county, near to a buy
tr ct'vi- called, A«acoliincove,containing about
l\. tS -:c"i;.s.of prime Uiiid.
\1 1. ri. 1.-xil of land Called Fortune Enlarged.
a-ti\j j -f of z trait called Bead's adventure enl
1., v both lying in Prince Georgn'sconnty on
tli,\ ~':cr.i bunch of the Potoroack, con.aining
ain; t .16 acres.
1 -1 A of land with the houfc and im
provrtaent called Arcn, lying on the eaftcrra
bran.-b 0! the river Potomatk, oppofue to the
city of Waftiingfen it: Prince George's county
(.OiitJiuing about ,75 acres.
16. A trait of land wtih the houses, mifh,
other iiuijdit)gs and improvements lying near
Fort Cumberland in the county or Washington
about 1088 acres.
17. A trail of land situate in the county of
Was. adjoining to Tol-t Cumberland, I
coiit'.li:;n;< 4£C seres or the:rabouts.
. ig. One undivided atpiety of a trait of land
in Alleginy county, called spruce faring, the
•thole of whic"h contains about no acres, also
one undivided moiety #f 33* trails or lots of
ground, each of which contains about 50 acres,
aji J are numbered from 500 to 799 inclnlive,
o : tuaig and excepting three lots which are clif
tinguifl ed by the numbdrs 661, 661 and 684 ali
which '.aid lands ad join.
In the State of Virginia-
A trsi) of Meadow la d with eonliderablt
tmprcvements, lying on Hunter's creek,Dorrell's
crixk, Mucdy creek and the river Fotomack ;
and anjinnini; t'necitycf Alexandria containing
by patent i9j atres.
Edward Fox, au&ioneer.
PbiUztifhhi, Jum sib, 1758. 2aw
advertisement.
Wi'.r.RE VS David and Joitti Graham, late
of the city of Philadelphia, merchants,
iiiive a!Ti t .ned over all their tffeils, real a«d per
sonal, to tiie fubferibers, tor the benefit of their
creditors—
Notice is hereby given,
To all in rfotw who aije indebted to said ellate,
that they are required to make hnoicdiate payment
ei their refpeillve debts to the affigncts at their of
fice No. 6a Dods-ftrctt In failure whereof,legal
m. afures v/illbe taken for the recovery of fnch as
arr nor immediately cifcharged.
SJMON WALKER, ACigncesof
CHAItMiS GILv'HRIST, y David & John
GEOR.GK HUMPH«.£Y3,3 Gsauam.
julv 7. tf b.'k-. ifep.
Samuel Richardet,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that for
their accotamouaticn, a mcfleng«r, with a 1< t
-ter i ag, will leave hlshoufeat half paft'ten o'clock,
for Philadelphia. Any gentleman giving orders
at the poft-otficcfor ii.s letters to be put in Kichar
dit's tag, may receive them in German town by
one o'clock in the afternoon.
Germantown, auguit 16 3 C
FOR SALE.
A THREE Story Briek House, on the north
fide of spruce fiteet near Second-flreet,
idjoining the wail of Mr. Jones's garden and
fpi occupied by Daviii I^t liq 1 his
house is in compltit repair with back buildings,
ponfifting of a Piazza, Kitchen and ahindfome
Dinipg Kootn over the Kitchen.
As any Perf.ui inclined to purchase will view
thj; premiff»)a»J»°re particulai description iscon
fuli red onnecellary. ..
The termsot payment will beotie tl trdcaOi,
on? third in 6 mouths and the remainder in 11
months Withiitterett. For turUicr information,
i.nquirt of JOHN CR 4iC,
A'o. IS DiCk-jhect.
may 16 $
PROPQSALS,
BY TH*
Inference Company of North America.
For Imsukancs ngaihft Fins, 011 Dwelling-
Hov.fes, Vi are-Motifes, and other Dnildings (and
on Goods enntninrd in such Buildingi) diltant irom
Philodelr hia, in the United States.
I. Common lufnrances, on hazards t>', the firjl
class, will he undnrtakrii at a premium of ahout
halt per cent, per annum. For extra hazardous
rifqoes a larger prcr. i*m T/ii! be required, which
will vaty according ts circu\i(lanccs, feidom ex
ceeding one per cent, per annum ; butin fosie in
llances, where file property infurcd is not only in
itf.-lf extra hszardotis, feut rendered Hill more so
by the vicinity of extra hazardous building 1 , am!
occupations, rhe premium demanded will be raised
according tocircu-nftances.
Houses >-. nd Ware- Houfcs, the walls arid pcrti
tions of which arc w holly of stone or brick, well
condruiled, so as to bguarded as well as may he
againO fires from wirhin, and tree from extra ha
zardous buildings and "cccnpations ; n their neigh
borhood, will be deemed hazardous of the iirft
cla-ls, and may he infurcd te thcirfull value.
Also Goods and Merchandize, rot e' an extra
hazardous kind, in calks, hales, or packages, de
pofitcd in fu:h buildings, to an amount not ex
cceding 4000 dollars ; if more than thisfum
is required to be mfured in one tenement, an addi
tional premium will be required, in proportion to
circumlfances.
11. 'rfurances will also be made on builditigsand
goods extra hazardous, at premiums proportioned
to th« risque. But it is "■ 'it e.afy to arrange thefi?
under particular headt.or claffcs,.fo~as to deferibe
each withfhe ueccl&ry accuracy. Each (9ifi muit
therefore he decided upon according tu the circum
itanccsaitfnding it j and- these circunulance's wili,
in general, appear/r'.m the description accompa
nying t^eappticatipn
Biijldirgs partly conflruilcd of ftriclt or flone,
ire preferable to.those wholly wooder. Anj) in
both cases, the (tile of building, U»w they are oc
cupied, how they ate fitustecl, the neighboring
buildings, andhow occupied, are oonfidtratiot.s to
be taken into view. Arid with reflect t»goods,
their t'endsncy, whether from their !r..t«re, or
fror.i the manner in which they are exported, e tber
to corn tienrc or to incr jsfe an accidentil fire, and
I their iiabdity in suCh : (late to receive damage by
wet, orliy sudden and bally rcnwiyaj, or to be Ko- 1
len in time of cwfufipn and hurrv, are all cir
cumftsnces of ;..and the premiums must be
proporiioned nceordinj^y.
111. The following conditions are to be under
stood t y the parties.
rft. The InTurance is n',t binelii.g rill the fliyu
lated premiuru be r.iid ; but it fiiail fie dcem;d ef
feclusi! from the t,ime of ft'th payment and accep
•ance thereof, whether the policy be immediately !
signed or not.
ad. Infurancss haay be renewed at the expira
tion of the term of the policy, witheo: further ex
per.fe* than the payment of the premium of the r -
newed term, the circumflancescontinuing the fame ■
as they were Hnderftood by the'lnfurt rs at:he time |
theisrmer insurance was made ; out the payment ,
of the premium is efn'tial to fueh rcbewal ; ami
if the party insured fullers any titne to elapse after
the expiration of the former
pays a premium for the renewal, he is not iufured
during such time ; nor cati the insurance be renew
ed 011 the former policy Imt by computing the
commencement of the renewal from the expiration
of the former inlurance. The liibjcdl of insur
ance may be op:n to treaty for a new
WnrancC.
3d. If any other i: fursnce be madeon the fame
property ; itntufl be mace- known *t t!tc time of
application, othejwife the policy made on such ap
plication wiil be void.
4th Goods held in trul, or on coufignment,
way he infursd as fcch in a separate policy ; 'but
they are not t» b; conpdered =s infurcd itherwife.
5 th. This company will'not be liable or accoun
table for any loss or damage occafiqned by any 'or
elgn invafton, or by j::v military or ufsrped fofec
or by I'eafon of any civil commotion ; oroccafion,
ed by gunpowdi r. aquafortis or other thing of tli
hke Rind kept in the budding, or amongfl the pro
perty insured.
6th. fiilis of Exchange, Bonds and other Secu
rities, Title De. ds. Mouey, Bmk and other pro
mifiary Notes, are not included in any insurance ;
nor are paintings, medali, jewels, gems, antique
curiafities, or mirrors exceeding; the value of twen
ty-live dollarseach, to be co'lfidtr. das inCured una
lef's particularly mentioned and by Ipecialagiee
mcnt.
;th. No insurance will he made forafcorter
term than one year, nor for a lorger term thin fe
vew years. Perfocs choosing to inftire for seven
ytfirs ihail be allowed one year's premium by way
of difeount: One third ol a years premium (hall
be abated in like manner on an infuriace f->r
three >ear«.
Sth. Lolfes sustained by fire on property infureA,
(hall l»e paid in thirty days after due pro <f and li
quidation thereof, without deduiiioti.
A defeiiption of the property to be infurod will
be exp it-eJ with each application, to be made by
amafttr carpenter and figned 1 by him, as Well as
by the owner of the building 01 applicant f(Sr in- !
furat.ee, and attefled before a Notary or principal •
J/lagiflrate, who will corttly his knowledge of the
parties and their credibility.
With refpeit to Houses and other Buildings
ift. The site and polition ; describing the !
ftrecc or road on or near which the building ;
liands ; its contiguity to water, and other cir- |
cumfta nccs relative to the extmguifhment of fire
in cafe of accident; and particu'aily whether
any and what fire companies are eftabl lhed, afntl
engines provided, in the place or neighbourhood.
id. The materials of which it is built, whe
ther of briek, flone or wood, and what part of
each, as well as to the outside walls as i-ifide or 1
partition w alls, and their refpcilive height and
thickm-.s ; the flyle i>f the roof and of what
materials; bowfitcured by battlenmnts or par
ty walls j what kind of access to the top of the 1
houfe.a'-d to the chimnies ; whether any and '
what eleflric rods ; the number and kind of !
fire places ; and the ktpd of depolit for ashes.
3d. Ihe dimensions of the building and how j
divided, and the flyle in which it Is finifhed so j
as to enable indifferent persons to judge in what
rpanner it is to be r-paired or rebuilt in cafe of
injury; the and condition of the building,
and hew occupied, whether merely as a dwel- 1
ling house, or for any other, and for what pur- |
pose , also an eAiinate ot the value of the house J
or building iridepenth lit of the ground.
4 th. Tt'.e lituatiori with refpedt to other build- j
ings or back buildings, whether adjoining or j
not, comprehending at least one hundred sett
each way : what kind of buildings are within .
that built, of what materials, and
how occupied or improved, whetlier as dwel
lings for priy»te families or otherwise : whe
ther any and what trade or manufactory is car
ried 011, and particularly whether there be any
extra hazardous articles tiled, or ufuiily depo
sited in the house, or within the dtflancc afore
faid, aid of what kind.
Refpeiliuggoods in Houses, Warehoufcs, &c.
1. A encial description of the building if,
which ttiey are kept will be expelled, similar in
all refpedls a' to the danger trom lire, with that
required for Insurance 011 the buildings them
selves
1. A description of the kinds and nature of
the goods, whether in calks or ot-her packages,
or opened ; and whether displayed in whole
pieces tf id the uliul form for refilling. And
if the goods caiy materially in kind, a general
elliuMte of value of e-ach kind proooled to
be infused ; but in the lafJ -particular STiinute- |
ness bf tlefcriptipu is not expected.
3. Articles of the fallowing; kind'arc deetn
>ed cViri Haiarrtous, thoVpl» in varn ins dej;rt<S;
in whatever building ihey «ny be plareti, vi/.
pis h, tar, torj)e*itii«-, tnW, wax, tillow, ml,
inflantßMi>!e<piri!s, fnlphtir, t.rmp,flix, cotton,
dry goodi of a,ti inflammable Vhtd ©petted. —»
GMfs, china wire or porcelain, efpeciallv un
packed; Looking glairis, jcwclei t ; and alio
ther articles more than com•*«)»)? inflarornablc,
or o-ore than commonly liaMe to injury by sud
den removal of by mmflures. or" particularly
obnoxious t» theft on an alarm of fire.
Letters psft paid, dire<fie<l to the Sec; ttai y of
the Board of DireSlors, will be duly attended
to. fin orderlor Insurance accompa::ied by tl'.e
means of paving the premium, will be imme
diately executed on the premium being paid. If
'tke appiica:ioiy contain an enquiry only, it will
be answered.
He order of the Board,
HvVZ VRn, Secry.
Office of fjfc»lnfuraiH - <i Company-»/" Norti ?
America ; Philad. Feb. 1, 1798. , )
Feb. I ain tf
'James C. & Saml. IV. f ijher,
No. 13 An ch-Ntr ce r,
Ha ve Joe Sale
203 Casks belt refined Salt Pet re
Bed London Window Cilafs from 10 by 8 to
t - by rp
Ditto Glals Ware in Caflts affirteil cjnSding
of pint "and h?.!f-pint Tumblers, Wine
o»a(Tfi, &c.
A L J' o,
A few Balesof Rec-1, VVhite 3nd Yellow Flan
nels, Bwzm and Kendall Cottons.
June : 7 .yi'vt^
Patent Ploughs,
'| r O he fold for cash by Joseph Salter at Atfipn
-E- Richard V» ejls, Co.ipei \ Ferry—Jonathan
Hzrker, Woodbury —and Jeffe Evans, Lumber
ton , Those who have nfed them give them the
preference to any other '.ind, as tfcey require
less team, break tile ground better are kept in
order at less e-xpence and art-f id at a cheaper
rate —the plan is much limplified and confiUs of
but one 'icie ot call iron, with theChantlks and
"beam of wood j they .may belixed with wrought
lays 'U ■ cooilers to be put on with f.ve*fc and
taken ctC at pltafure
1' tent lights frtr cendins wiihiitftrsiftions for
making them may be had by apply ing to John
Newboid, or the fubferiber No. a;j !,'oith
Fcont-ilrcet.
Who has for Sale;
Or to Lease for a term of Tears,
A (lumber o. valuable tra&s of Land, well
i ntiiated i»r Mill.*, Iron A'orksor Farms, mod
j 'y improved, lying chif fly in the county ot Hun
j tingrti-n hate of Fennfylvtriia. Those who may
incline to view tliem will please to apply to
: John Catun fcfq. near Huntingdon.
Charles Newlold,
j'dy '■ ? ;awtf
M -ils, Portage, &c.
TO BE LEASED FOR A TERM OF TEARS,
r T Obe leafed, for a term not lefo than three,
1 cor more than fev?n years/ a VALUABLE
PROPERTY at the Sene^a-fa!lin the county of
Ouondajjo, an ' Ilato of New-YV-rk, on the Banks
of the Seneca-river, two mi es well of the Cayuga
ferry, and cleVan miScseafi o? Geneva.
This cotifiSs of an excellent grifl
mill, saw mill, divelHng heufe, liarii, and u port
age or carrying place, with Vetween thirty and
?orty acrer, ol land, under good i a>»d
as r.Hich more in the vicinity, as maybe required
lor i u tu re -iln prove ment.
The grin i»aii w a handsome, Hew and well fin
iflie-d building, «f <o by $b feet, 3 (lories high
and lurniihed with a run of excellent Burr flones
and another Ot Efopus' ftonca, .01 the bell quality
—and, the mod approved boults, &c, calculated to
make al! the different quaiitiefi of flour ior etpor
tation or for home confuniptioi) : It is accefllbie by
wafer from every part of the Cayuga lake ahu Se
neca-river, as well as from the Seneca-lake—and
froanirs situation, commands a veryextefcfive and
encreafmg cullnm : The fir earn on which it 2 and?,
bring the outlet of the Seneca-lake, the mill cau
never be in want of water ; and as it has been kept
working during the fevcreft season of rhe last win
ter, it is not liable to beimpeded br fro f l :
The saw mill is also new, situate 011 ths fame
ftrcam, now furniftied with an ample liock of
logs, of which a fujpply may at ail times be pro
cured by land or water, of the bell quality :
The dwelling house is well calculated for the ufc
of the miller, is new, and fufficientiy lai ge : The
barn i« about 40 feet square, an I entirely new :
The percale is 3-4thsof a mile in length,
the Seneca-fail a—over which werepafid in tht.
la.l year, nearly two hundred boars with their
contcms ; this- objeil is pxodudivu of a
handsome income, which mud be incrcafing anol
permanent :
/imong the many advantages of
myft bp numbered the fertility of the'furrouhding
country —being the bfeft improved p'rr of the coun
ty cf Onondaga—the concex tra::<>u ot inter
course by land and water, the Geneflle llatet oad
p3oing it. as ivcil 4g ;rr:age to
Geneva, and :hc comities o« Ontario and Steu'u n ;
which renders it a moil eligible ftan j for a Stoie or
Tavern—The river and tik s abound in tifli and
fowl, and the couniry witli deer and o f hcr game
Besides the mills already creiled at this place, it
for any additional water works that
maybe found neceff-ry—lulling mill, balk mill
tannery, forges, &c. in ay be at a small cx
penc-j—lron ore may be brought in boats rroca the
Cayuga lake; and it is thuuglu to abound in the ?
neighborhot/d 1
The Hock on hand w'M be fold to th« h fTee, and I
the catd , utensils, smith's forge, &c. may be fold
cr let the pr^mifes.
If at urchafe should offer for the whole or an
undivided part of the preiv.ifes it will be fold.
f«r te/nu of sale or lease,. apply to mr. Wil
h elm us Mvndewse at the Seueca falls, or to the
fubfcribeiv at Schenectady.
STEPHEN N. BAYARD.
i'*ne ty t*wim
Federal Mills,
ADJOINING Georgetown, a:,d the Ci:y of
WaHiinjrton, will be offered at Public Sale,
on the loth day ot er next, at the Union
Tavern, if not previously f >ld at Private sale
1 h de mills in point of situation for bafincfsand
na ural advantages are generally admitted to be
equal to any in America. The Merchant Mill is
a large brick houfe r eighty feet by fifty, ajmoft
new, in which are eredted four pair of Burr mill
ftonss with elevitor-, hopperboys and bolting
cloths, comph tely finiftiei aad conflrudcd in such
a manner that tKfe whole of the niilin may manti
faAure flour at the. fame time. The country mill
which is ere&ea near the other, is entirely new,
a firong (lone building, containing one pair of
ft ones, and built iu such a manner that the second
pair rna£ be put up with little expence. This mill
is conveniently funlhtd, and calculated to carry on
extensively, country work, of which it getg a con
ilant fu.pply. There is to the said mills
if) acrts of land, the whole of which will be
fold wiih the mills.
One third of the purchase money will be requir
ed in sixty days from -he day of sale, and Ia- the
balance a liucial credit will be given. Fuitlwr
particulars will be mad known or the d?y of file.
v JOSEPH E. ROWLES,
Surviving partner of
JOSEPH E. ROWLEs tf Co.
Georgetown/juiy ij..' aj—3awts
AN ACT
For itv relief of ths Refugees front the British
f:ov:t:ces of Cant.ia and Neva-Scotia.
g fc r 13.5/ V tnaSid by tbe'Senate ahd fioufe
a) of I vii of the United
States of .imericfl, in ''JJc nblrd, 1 hat
tu iai* •>ty ihe clfiins of ccrutn prrJi-ns claiming
i lamls mr.irr the refoluti.ons t Ci qj»r*fn, of the
twenty-thirdof April, one thnuiaid seven hun
dred and eighty-three, ;nd the thirteenth of
, April, one thou land seven hundied and citihty
f:vc, as refugees from theHri'.iih provinces of
Canada and the Secretary for the
Depaittnent of War, tie, and is hereby autho
f lized and (iirwftcd to gijri' notice in one or more
| i!t th< public papers of each of the States of
Vermont, Mafl'.cluifctts, New-York, New-
Hampfliiie antj IV'iinfjlvsnia, to all persons hav
ii>K chiifii, under 'he fiitl refoliitiuvs, to tranf
j in it to the War-oflico, within two ye:rs liter
ihe p,?f!i.-.-g of, fhi»«dt, a jifft t>ud true account
of ihtir claims 'i\iUe bounty of Cmryrcl's.
Sec a. find be it further, enaHed, That no
uther persons lhal. he entitled to the benefit of the
piovifionsot this a£f, than th.>le ..f tlit fallow
ing (Jefcriptiwns, or their widows and heirs, viz.
" Firrt, thole he.ids of families, and (ingle per
sons, not members of ar.yfuch families, who
were rtfiden:s in one of the provinces ifoMf.ud,
prior to the fourth day of July, one Umiifand
(even hundred and feventy-lix, and who ahan
i (ioned their lettlemeiits, i.i CQjiieq-ience of hav
ing given aid to the United Colonies or St2tes,
f ni the revolutionary War ajraiatl Great B.itiin,
or with intention to give IVi h aid, and continu
ed in the United States, or in their service, dur
ing the said war, and d ; tl not return to reftrle in
• the diimiiiioti« of the king of Great-Britain,
prior to the twapiv-lif'.h ot November, one
th iiifjiid seven hunJ'ed and etgiifj'-thrie.e. Se
contlly, die widows and heirs of all fiich per-
I'jns us were adual residents, as as irtftid, who
abandoned their Settlements, as aforelaid, and
died within theUniied Stales, or in their lVr
»ice during the said war : aiidthhdly, all per
foqs who were rnemlje.-s of iamjlit 6 at the time
of their coming into the United States, and who
during the war, entered into; their lervice.
Sec. .t. And be it further mailed, That the I
proof (■( the leveral circumftauces necessa r y to
entiilc the applicants to the befisOts of this sfl,
may ht (alien before a judge of the ftipreme or
riiftriiSl coujt cf the United States, or a judpe
of the fu; remeVr fuprr:or\ om t, or the firft jus
ti£c or f.jlt j ulgciol ot common picas
or county con: t of anv State.
Sec. 4. /Ind be it further rnnffrd, That at
the expiration of si teen month* from and after
tie pailing of thi-a a<ft, and from lime to lime
thsreafrer, it !ha!! be the duty of the Secretary
for the Department of War, to lay fuih evi
dence of claims as he may have received, before
the .Secretary and Comptroller of the Trrafury,
and with them, proceed to examine the testi
mony, and give their judgment whit quantity
of land ought to 1m- allowed to the individual
claimants, in proportion to the degree of their
refpeilive services, facrifices ind ftifferinp», in |
confequecce of their attachment ta the cause of
the United States ; allowing to thole of the firll
class a qnahtitynotexcttiijngone thoufandacres ;
and to the lau.tlals, a quantity not exceeding
one hundred, making such intermediate clalTes
as the refolutior.s aforefaid, and di'tributive j'rf
<ict, miv, in theif judgment require, and make
report thereof, to Congreti. And in cafe any
such claimant jhall have fuftairied such l"fi«J and
luiierings, or performed such ferviees for the
United States, that he cannot justly be claltcd
in any one gentral clafa, a separate report fh ill
t>e nude of his circumftatices, together wi'h the
quantity of land that ought to be allowed him,
having reierer.ee to the foregoing ratio : Pro
vided, that in cojifioering wtiat compenfniou
ought to be made by virtue of this a<sl, all grants
except military grants, which may have been
made by the United States, or individual States,
thai! be considered it the jult value thereof, at
the t meihe fame wete made, rcfpeifliveiy, ei
ther in whole or in part, a» the cile may be, a
latisfadlion to those who ma« have received the
lame: Provided a !fr, that no claim under this
law, (hatl be alJigiialile until after report made
to Coagrefs, as afortfaid, and until the said
lands be granted to the person* untitled to the
benefit of this adl.
Sec. j. Beit further emtfied, That ilLcbtims
in virtue of laid rt'olutKius of Congress,, which
(hall not bp exhibited as afortfaid, within the
time by this adt limited, fliall forever ti:er«o.fter
be barred.
JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the iloufe of Reprefentativei
TH : JEKFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States,
and PrefidtHt of the Senate,.
Approved, y, 1798.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prejidsnt of the United States.
Depolited among the Uolls m the office of the
Department of State,
Timothy Pickbrins!,
Secretary of State.
c 3* Pnrfuavt to the above AS, No
tice is hereby given to all perflms hav
ing claims under the resolutions of Con
greis, of the 23d of April, i7B3,»anJ
the 13th of April, 1785, to tranlmitto
the War-Office within two years after
the passing of the said Ait, m?. the 7th
j day of April, 1798, a just and true ac
| count of tljjiir claims to the bounty of
Congress.
In the proof of CLims, a ftrift atten
tion must be paid to the requiiitibns of
the 2d and 3d Sedlions of the A tit
JAMES M'HENRY,
Secretary of IVdr.
jtilv T<) jawAw
LANDING,
At South Street wharf, the* cargo ol rhe fbip Con-»
ncclicut, iroQi Batavia—
About 300 tons of Java Coffee,
of the £iowth of afM 1795
60 tons of Java Sugar,
In canniftcrs—for fa!e by
PETZK BLIGHT,
WHO ALSO OFFSR« rn* IALt,
IJO liMs, choice Jamaica ciug.ira
JtßKrcarum is hhd*
Brandy Ift and 4th in pipes, lihds.
and quarter calki
Maikira ill ptp<23
Old Batavia Au'acV
iuly 1 <s |
This Day is Fubliihed,
AND FOR SALE BY J FKNNO, ! iO,CH!SNU T-S* 1
AN ADDRESS
To the People of Maryland,
ON the origin, progref? and pref h: fticc 01' !
French ajjgrcilioa, with a &ctch ct th? inf.irooui '
attcmpti to degrade the Government 0! the Ualied
Stated,and
in Conjiivis; written the la(l «.f Ajiril in the nrc
feutyvsv, by a Meuibef of tbt iloul: cf ticfreLn
tativei. j jantJl
HAPPY DISCOVERT.
A certain Cure fur that alarming qnd-dreadful X)ifci.br r
The Yellow Fever,
Aswell'as ,in\> otbet domrrrous putrid Jroet, ftrj r c*jl
ague, and ither inveterate and implicateddfcaf.s\ ty
the nfe cf the
POUDRE UNK^UE,
WELL known and patented in England, France,
Poland, and all the capital cities in Europe,'
where the mod aftoniftiing cure* have been effect-.
led on persons judged i*c*rahle by all phyficiant.
In a Treatif? printed in London, on the properties
of thi- powder, by T. Seymour, M. D lateChc-'
mifl to bis'Majefly, there are stated two hundred
cases, where this moll valuable remedy has
infallible, in all kind of fevers, bloody fuie %
invernie / l>euviatifms % sciatica, apoplexy, pat alyjie, yd-.
low jaundice, ringworm, wot vii it children a*d in grown
fitrftMs, 'zuliter, chronical bead and flovtscb aches, btpa
tick and vephreticalor f.one cholic, the lings evil, fcurvm
and the pc/? inveterate and complicated venereal disease. It
is the heft preparative for thfc small pox
andiweafles: ot the greatest utility, for young a*
well at for elder ladies at the critical epoch of their
| life. \ Ik* t fii acy of this powder in laveral of the
• above tlifczies has been diicovered by chance, and
; so it has been in the yellow fever last year, by Mr,
Mahy, who cured fevera! by adminiftcriiij* only
tivo of the laid pwien, and loft not a single pa
tient which he undertook to cure, as proved and
attci>ed by the here annexed certificates, whose ori*
jjinal may be lcen at Andrew liadfegs umbrella fi>op %
No. f3 r, corner of Chef out arid Fourth jlreets, the on
ly place trh r*. these powders are to ha had, with
proper directions for the useoort r them.—Price tw»
dollars.
The ufefulnefs and certainty of thu remedy be
iii<3T so j/reat for so many dangerous disorders, aay
I'crf >n wllhing to he provided with thofc powder v
will pjcafe to apply very soon, as the qu uUUy at
hand is rot very large, and it i>doubclul ii for a
lon£ time, or if evr any.other genuine wu| he im
por-e-J, the secret remaining only in the hands of
thcinventor, in Europe, and never being commu
nicated to, or difcuvered by any orhsr perl'on.
W> Bln the yellow and putrid fevers, pow
der tnuft be taken thtf or at l>afl the third
clay.
We the fubferibers, daring the late (icknefs in
: this city, having taken thr yetloif fever, applied to
Mr. K'lahy for his medical alii fiance, wc do here
by certi'y, that by a certain powder, calcd the
Poadre Uhijue, we ware pe: Lilly recovered from
j i?ie said (atll ficltoefs, and lrom an experience of
I the happy fcfFetfttj of the above moll valuable raedU
<-iM«. cohiider it ouiMu'ry ro m >ke the fame kswwu,
■ for the benefit of cur fellow cit:£eo«»
Margaret Joncf,
Mylus O'Connor,
je.Tc Turner,
Ctiriften Rebecca Do\V,
Catherin Apple,
Ann Grovtr,
William B;H»,
I>avi 1 Williams, carpenter,
William T Donaldfon, mall-maker.
Mr. Wahy's well known Plainer, for all kind of
; wounds ftnd fores, to be had at the above direc
; tion, No. 131» Cacfmut Greet.
| ""r ?• aawtf
DEBER i iiD,
on board the Ship of wat Delaware, ly-
J inj{ in Nantalket Roail, Joseph Tortar, 5 feet
10 inches high, agccl i 3, burn at Concord, Chef
tercnm:ty, fttte of Peiinfylvania, sandy hair and
complexion.
Win. Moon, age! 15, 5 feet 10 inches high,
red hair and red complexion, horn in Philadelphia
—chc only cloiths taken with him is - a suit of ma
rine cloathiug.
Whoever apprehend* the said d.-fertcrs, (hall re
ceive ten dollar* for each, by applying to
W. W. BURROWS,
Major of the Marine Corps.
Wants Employment,
A YOUNG MAN, who has served a regu
lar apprcnticefhip to the mercantile
nefi in f his city, wiflies to engage in a Couuting
ho«fe or oflic#, writes a good liaixl and uuder
ftands accounts, can be well recommended and
lecurity given if required. Enquire at the
oilice of this Gazotte.
June 2i .lawtf
General Poft-v3fEce,
PROPOSALS for canying the mails of the
United States on the following routes will
-be received at this office until the lotk day of
"Septeniber next inciuGve.
1. From Pitifburg P. by Cannonfburg, Wafh
ingtoni Wtft-Lihejty, Wheeling and VVilli
town to Califs at the mouth of Licking-crtefc,
<mi t'«e Mulitifignm, cflimatcd 140 miles.
Leave Piitlburg every I'rjdav at 2 l- M. and
ariive at Zancs the next Monday by 3 r. M.
faturnipg—'Ltave Zjiu-s every TusfiUv at $
A. M. and arrive at Pittfburg the next l J ri lay by
1 O A; M.
2. From Zancs. at the mouth of Licking
Creek on the Mufkingum, by Chilicothe and
Mafi'cy't to Mayfville in Kentucky ; cllimated
140 miles.
• Leave Zines e?ery Tuesday at 5 a. m. and
arrive at M .yfviUt tTie next-Ffidav by to A. M.
Returning—Leave Meyfvi I every Friday by
2 p. m. and arrive at Zanesthe'r.ext Motttlay b/
I'lie carriage of the mails tocnlWnence qii the
firfl dav of November nt*t anrt rontinutf imtil
tbe firft day of o£t >ber ißao. Pay;nenu wiU
be njade quarterly.
The usual penalties for d.-lavs and failures will
be flipulated in the contracfl.
Joseph Habcrjhnm,
Pofl'My/li'r General*
Tuly 1 m&fhAw
I'ISALTtJ OJWCE~
Phi'adt'puia, *fl Afay. 179"*
of an aA to'alter and the Healrh
Laws of this Gouimonweaith, passed 41b April
1798.
SevSl S- A 11 ur;^-cr ena^ tbe au»
x \ tuvirity alorc aid. That every houi<v
Iteeper v/ithin t. k ef PiuLdelpbiaj the town*
(hips of the Norchjfci Liberties and Mfoyiin'• nfir
and diftridl of within a mil? of the li
mits of the city, Uking in boarders arrivi/g by !ca
or by Jpfld, l'rQtnany 1/ /eign po. tor plaet :.»id
vingany hoarder inlu*o.r her lamiiy, whofliall 1 c
takeu ftek n any dil-.-aic what foe ver, between the
nrdilayof May and the firffc day c/f November ia
any year, wirhin twenty Jays next aft»»r fut hboir
der fuall Cone ro loJjft iu hi* or her house, (liali
within 24 hour# next after the knowledge of iuch
lickncf.*. nuke report at ihe Health-Office of th©
name »>1 such lick per lot-, the time of his or her ar
rival at die houie «itui c! his or her being taken sick*
and of the name and p'rcc *ii abode of filch bouse*
k- •*[> t\ whervupon the I'hyiiciaL ol the Health-
OCice ihad forthwith v:li.r tju* patient,
tu tlic oftce his oplniou cf the mature of luch dis
ease. 'hat iitcafures may be taken to prev 111 the
iprcadiug of tl.e inicJ3ion ; and if any ncuiekftpor
lha.t ncgU wl to give information '»•» the manner jhd
within the time aforcfaid, and fhallhe thereof con*
'/ivJ;e«3, in ar.y court of criminal )t.risru6lio:i wits in
:hi> Ce-.cncnwcslfh uper.indiwlme: tby
>r c«»;.ul!ion, he Or flie ll.all forfeit and pay a
».o tlictjfe.ot "he faid'hofpital,not w f» twenty
nor more than cm. rurrdred dollxr«, tob»-
imoofvd at :he difcrelio't of the co.irt, acct fdin*j to
she citcumite.ncu *or on
ten each p;uticular cafe.
iiy v»»vcr cf the Board of I !e-lth,
1