Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1800-03-24 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States, AND Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
NUMBER 2338.]
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1800.
[Volume XVII.]
The price of this Gazette is Eight DOLLARS per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia.
No Subscription will be received for a shorter term than six months.
December 1 1799.
GRASS SEEDS.
Red Clover. White clover. Timothy. Saint Foin. Trefol. Barcett. Lucerne. Vernal Grass. Orchard do. Rye do. Rape and Hemp.
ALSO, SHEET COPPER, IRONMONGERY, and PATENT PLOUGHS, which are said to be more durable than any heretofore invented...
FOR SALE BY THOMAS HOWARD, No. 40 South Second Street, Philadelphia. February 13.
PRATT & KINTZING, No. 95, North Water-Street, HAVE ON HAND THE FOLLOWING GOODS.
ENTITLED to drawback, which they offer for sale at moderate prices for cash, or the usual credit; or on a credit of 12 or 18 months upon Mortgages on Real Property...
TO BE SOLD.
THREE or four lots of about 30 or 40 acres each, more or less as may suit a purchaser. On each of which there is a good situation for a house...
FOUR LOTS.
Of about 10 acres each with good situations for building; one of which is suitable for a saw-mill, and has a small stone house and a young bearing orchard on it...
Taxes of Lycoming County.
JOHN KIDD, Treasurer, BY Direction of the Commissioners of Lycoming county, attends at Philadelphia to receive the Taxes assessed upon unseated Lands in that County...
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from Spring Forge, in York County, a negro man, named ISAAC, otherwise CUDJO, about 21 years old, the property of Robert Coleman Esq.
Spring Forge, October 23, 1799.
N. B. As said negro formerly lived in Chester county, it is probable he may return there. November 5
LAW BOOK STORE,
319 High Street.
GEORGE DAVIS has just received from Dublin, via New York, a very large Parcel of Law Books, all of the latest editions...
The subscribers to that important work, Wheaton's System of Pleading , are informed that it is now arrived, and will be delivered on application.
Blank Declarations settled and approved by the most distinguished Law characters, to be had of G. D. March 11.
To Merchants.
MERCHANTS Accounts elegantly opened, Books neatly and correctly posted, with various other kinds of writing, by a person thoroughly acquainted with accounts.
Gentlemen extensively concerned, may find it to their interest to put business in this line into his hands, as the fullest confidence may be reposed in him and ample satisfaction given.
Address a line to B. A. and leave it with the printer hereof. Philadelphia, March 19.
LANCASTER STAGES.
THE Proprietors of the Philadelphia and Lancaster line of Stages DISPATCH, return their grateful thanks to their friends and the public in general, for the patronage they have received...
Slough, Downing, Danwoody & Co. Nov. 30. 21-5
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE POSSESSORS OF OBLIGATIONS or CERTIFICATES signed by the subscriber, for undivided Shares or Lots on his purchase within the city of Washington...
Samuel Hodget. December 17
BOONETON IRON WORKS.
TO BE SOLD, OR LEASED FOR ONE YEAR—THAT Valuable Estate, KNOWN by the name of the Booneton Iron Works, situate in the county of Morris...
For terms enquire of David B. Ogden at New-York, Mr. Peter Mackie in New-York, Mr. David Ford in Morris Town, or Messrs. Jacob and Richard Farfash on the premises. January 21
The Subscriber
TAKES this method of once more informing the Public, that the partnership of Moses Chapline and Robert McClure, which was entered into for the purpose of retailing Goods in the town of West Liberty and Commonwealth of Virginia...
MOSES CHAPLINE. February 21.
FOR SALE, SEVERAL VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS,
Near the corner of Arch and Ninth streets. ALSO, To be Sold or Let, A number of excellent Pasture Lots, On the Witbank road, about half a mile from the city.
Enquire at No. 28 North Fifth street. November 15.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED
FROM the Marine Barracks on the night of the 14th inst.—JOHN OSBORN, born in the town of Bedford, West-Chester county and state of New-York, aged 22 years, 9 months, 5 feet 8 and a quarter inches high, grey eyes (long quced) light hair, ruddy complexion, pock marked, by trade a Shoemaker.
TO BE LET, THE LOT,
AT the north-east corner of Arch and Ninth streets, now occupied by Mr. Benjamin Boffy, as a Board Yard. Enquire at No. 213, Arch street. March 17.
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR DISPOSAL, The Time Of two Dutch indentured Servants,
(a man and his wife) Who have two years and eight months to serve. For further particulars enquire of JOHN REDINGER, No. 110 Race street. February 28
AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SUWOROW.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE, AT THIS OFFICE, A SKETCH OF THE Life and Character OF PRINCE ALEXANDER SUWOROW RYIL-NIKSKI, Field-Marshal General in the service of His Imperial Majesty, the Empress of all the Russias.
The History of his Campaigns.
Translated from the German of Frederick Anking. To which is added, A concise and comprehensive History of His Italian Campaign. By William Cobbett. With an elegant Print-Portrait of that renowned Warrior. [Price 2-1-2 Dollars.]
Portrait of Marshal Suworow.
Gentlemen desirous of possessing a capital likeness, executed in the first style, of this illustrious Christian Chieftain, may be furnished with particular proof impressions, at this office, price one Dollar. February 12.
TO THE PATRONAGE OF A liberal and enlightened Community IS SUBMITTED THE PROSPECTUS OF A New Daily Paper, TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE OF THE OBSERVER, AND Daily Repository of useful Information.
IT will doubtless be deemed a hazardous undertaking to present to the public eye proposals for a new Gazette, when so many are already in possession of the public patronage.
News-papers so much more generally diffused throughout America, than perhaps any other portion of the globe, may become either engines of mischief or the implements of usefulness...
It is proper to state, that the work will not be executed unless fifteen hundred subscribers are obtained; for four thousand dollars is too much to hazard.
NOTHING IS TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE,
neither will it be expected of subscribers to take the work when published, if it is not delivered rigorously conformable to my agreements with the public, expressed in the conditions annexed to the specimen books, each of which consists of six detached pages of the work.
I am, with respect, Gentlemen, Your humble servant, JOHN ROWLETT, Accomt. post. Bank of North America. POSTSCRIPT. The work is dedicated, by permission, to the President and Directors of the Bank of North America, and has already received the patronage of JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States; of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate; of a large number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States; and of the Presidents and Directors of the different Banks, unanimously. The Specimen Book in the Bank of North America, is filling very fast with subscriptions, some for 2 copies, some for 3 copies, and some for 5 copies, and I take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging all favours.
Gentlemen having business at either of the Banks may subscribe there as well as at the Taverns, &c. already mentioned. Copy-right secured according to act of Congress, March 10.
NOTICE.
THOMAS HAWTHORN, Of the City of Philadelphia, MERCHANT, HAVING
ON the 9th day of Aug. 1799, assigned all his Estate, real, personal and mixed, to JOHN M. NESBITT and JONATHAN MEREDITH, All persons indebted to the said Thomas Hawthorn or to the late house of Hawthorn and Kerr, are desired to pay their respective balances to JONATHAN MEREDITH Acting Assignee. February 21.
QUESTIONS
To Merchants, Store keepers, and Tradesmen in general, &c. 1st. PRAY Gentlemen, is a perfect standard of discount, or interest, calculated on every dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2000, from one day to sixty-four days inclusive, of any value, whether used as a standard, or as a check upon the enquirers' own calculations and is it of any importance to know the best methods of computing the exchanges, between this country and the principal maritime trading place in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Prussia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Italy, in several of the Windward and Leeward West India Islands, and many ports in the East Indies?
2d Is a table of all the coins and monies of account in the places aforesaid, of any use?
3d Are the coins and monies of account in the aforesaid places, when reduced to dollars and cents, of any service?
4th Is a table of compound interest of any utility?
5th Is the table by which the banks determine the value of gold, desirable?
6th Is the amount of interest, accurately calculated for each month from one to twelve months, and on every dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2000, of any value?
7th Is a table of all the post towns in the United States, and rates of postage therewith, of any use?
8th Will not all these together make a book, as generally useful and convenient as ever entered a counting house or store?
9th Will not the whole, when comprised in a quarto volume of from 200 to 225 pages, be worth two dollars?
10th And lastly, Is the person, who at the expence of FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS undertakes to perform upwards of one hundred and sixty thousand calculations of interest, and of giving all the preceding information to the public in the most complete manner, deserving of your Encouragement and Support?
If the answer is in the affirmative, you are individually and respectfully invited to subscribe in one of the specimen books, exhibited at the City Tavern, Hardy's Hotel, Francis's Hotel, the Indian Queen, Dunwoody's Tavern, the Franklin Head, and at the George.
It is proper to state, that the work will not be executed unless fifteen hundred subscribers are obtained; for four thousand dollars is too much to hazard.
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
FOR SALE.
FOR the accommodation of the Farmers of Springfield, and all other persons who are inclined to purchase, the subscriber is disposed TO SELL, A MOST VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Springfield township, Burlington county, and State of New Jersey...
NEW LINE OF STAGES To New York,
By the shortest and most pleasant road—passing through Frankford, Buffington, Newtown, Pennington, Millstone, Boundbrook, Union Camp, Scotch Plains, Springfield and Newark.
THE SWIFTSURE
starts from the Green Tree, No. 50 North Fourth Street, at 8 o'clock every morning, and arrives at New York early the next evening.
From New York it starts at 9 o'clock every day (Sundays excepted) and arrives at Philadelphia, early the next evening.
Fare for passengers 5 dollars, way passengers 6 cents per mile. Each passenger allowed 14lb of baggage to pay the same as a passenger.
All baggage to be at the risk of the owner, unless insured and receipted for by the clerks of the different offices. Rate of insurance one per cent.
*6* Apply to JOHN M'CALLA, No. 50 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, and to WILLIAM VANDERVOORT, No. 43 Courtland Street, N. E. corner of Greenwich Street, New York. January 3.
This Day Published,
By J. OMROD, No. 41, Chestnut Street, (Price 25 Cents)
Death of General Washington. A POEM.
In imitation of the manner of Ossian. By Rev. JOHN B. LINN, A.M. Minister of the First Presbyterian Congregation of Philadelphia.
Mr. Chaudron's Oration will be published on Monday morning. March 15.
GLASS MANUFACTORY.
THE PROPRIETORS Of the Pittsburgh Glass Works,
HAVING procured a sufficient number of the most approved European Glass Manufacturers, and having on hand a large stock of the best Materials, on which their workmen are now employed, have the pleasure of assuring the public, that window glass of a superior quality and of any size, from 7 by 9, to 18 by 24 inches, carefully packed in boxes containing 100 feet ea. h, may be had at the shortest notice.
Glass of larger sizes for other purposes, may also be had, such as for pictures, coach glasses, clock faces, &c. Bottles of all kinds and of any quantity may also be had, together with pocket flasks, pickling jars, apothecary's shop furniture, or other hollow ware—the whole at least 25 per cent. lower than articles of the same quality brought from any of the sea ports of the United States.
A liberal allowance will be made on sale of large quantities. Orders from merchants and others will be punctually attended to on application to JAMES O'HARA or ISAAC CRAIG, or at the Store of Messrs. PRATHER and SMILIE, in Market-Street, Pittsburgh. March 4.
To be Bartered, FOR EUROPEAN, OR EAST INDIA DRY GOODS,
A handsome Three Story BRICK HOUSE & KITCHEN,
Of modern construction and well built WITH the best materials, situated in a very pleasant and healthy part of the town at a moderate distance from the centre of the city. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States. March 16.
Valuable Property for Sale,
In Chestnut, near Sixth Street, directly opposite CONGRESS HALL. A LOT of ground, about 21 feet front in Chestnut Street and 73 feet in depth, whereon is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge subject to a ground rent of 20s. per annum. The advantageous situation of this property requires no comments, for it must be known, there are few in this city to equal it, an unexceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, No. 198, Chestnut St. next door to the premises, March 5.
DESERTED,
FROM the United States Frigate Philadelphia, DAVID DEVINE, by trade a Shoemaker, born in Ireland, 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion and hair—also, WATSON LUDLOW, by trade a Shoemaker, born in New-Jersey, 33 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, dark hair and complexion. Whoever will take up said Deserters and deliver them on board the said frigate, shall receive ten dollars reward for each, and reasonable

Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, December 25.
Capt. Sir H. Popham has been obliged to return to London, not being able to land on the German coast, on account of the unfavourable weather. He will, we understand, again set off by the circuitous route of the Mediterranean. He has been preceded by two messengers, one of whom is gone by the way of Leghorn to Vienna and Petersburg, and the other to Constantinople.
Sunday forenoon the Russian Ambassador arrived at Portsmouth, where all the Russian officers remaining there were introduced to him by Gen. Halkett.
His Excellency's errand to Portsmouth, is to enquire particularly into the nature of the disorder that continues to carry off so many of the troops belonging to his nation. The hospital ships now appropriated for their accommodation are, the Britania, Pegase, and Portland. We lament to add, that the disorder is but little or nothing abated. It is stated, that in consequence of orders from his Royal Highness the commander in chief, all the volunteer corps in England are to hold themselves in readiness for actual service.
December 28.
The General of the different armies of the Republic have published proclamations to their troops. The following character is given in the Messager des Relations Extérieures .
"The commanders in Chief Moreau, Massena and Brune, have addressed proclamations to their armies, on the Revolution of the 9th of November, and on the New Constitution. Moreau sees in this event, a victory obtained over two factions equally powerful, and the triumph of liberty and genius substituted to the empire of unskillfulness and ignorance. Massena sees in it the Constitution of military state, rewards decreed to devotion and to courage, an honourable retreat for the brave men who are maimed in the field of honour; assistance for their families; the return of happiness and good order; the dawn of prosperity to the armies, and the regeneration of the Republic. Brune sees nothing in it but the expulsion of the Emigrants, and the security of the national demesnes. All three of them loudly applaud the New Constitution. Brune praises Buonaparte, who has in a few days erected a vigorous Government. Moreau pays a splendid homage to the talents of the three Consuls. All of them promises peace, and a period to the miseries of the army."
Perhaps it will surprise some of our readers that Sieyes has declared his determination not to accept of any public employment. He retires to private life, and as a reward for his services, the Council of Five Hundred, at the instigation of the two Legislative Commissions, and the Consuls, Buonaparte and Ducos, have bestowed upon him the national domain of Grolne, in the department of the Seine and Oise.
BELFAST, December 31.
It was reported in London, that Mr. Pitt having informed the King that the Cardinal of York, the last relic of an illustrious family which once reigned in England, was reduced to a state of distress which bordered on wretchedness. His Majesty that very moment determined to grant him an annual pension of 4000l. and that orders were instantly forwarded to Lord Minto, at Vienna, to pay him immediately the first half year's allowance. The Cardinal who is 75 years of age, had, in France, two abbeys, which brought him about 20,000 livres per annum. He had besides, pensions from the Kings of Spain, Naples, and Sardinia.
PARIS, December 17.
CONSTITUTION-CONSULATE. Decree of the 24th Frimaire, 8th year, 15th December.
The Consuls of the Republic, in execution of the 4th article of the law of the 23rd Frimaire, which regulates the manner in which the constitution shall be presented to the French people, decree as follows:
Art. 1. Immediately after the reception of the constitution, and of the law of the 23rd Frimaire the administrations, central and municipal, the communal agents and agents of the tribunals and the judges of the peace, shall open two registers on blank paper, one of acceptance, the other of non-acceptance of the constitution.
2. The municipal administrations shall send to each of the agents of communes, of the tribunals, judges of the peace and notaries of their arrondissement, two registers of the above head, on similar paper also.
3. At the expiration of the delays stated in the 3d article of the same law of the 23rd Frimaire, the central and municipal administrations, the communal agents, the tribunals and the judges of the peace shall close and shut the two registers of acceptance and non acceptance.
4. The same delays having expired, the judges of the peace shall sign the two registers of acceptance and non acceptance of each of the notaries of their arrondissement.
5. The registers being closed and shut by the central and communal administrations and by the municipal agents, shall be immediately sent to the minister of the interior.
6. The registers closed and shut by the tribunals and judges of peace, shall be immediately sent to the minister of justice.
7. The registers addressed, in conformity with the two preceding articles, to the minister of the interior and of justice, shall be sent to the directors of the post of every commune and arrondissement, free of expense, and upon passing a receipt for them.
8. The expenses defrayed and advanced by the central and communal administrations for the establishment of their registers, and of those of the communal agents, tribunals, judges of the peace, and notaries, shall be paid by the administration of registry.
9. The ministers of interior, of justice and finance, are charged, each in his proper place, with the execution of the present decree, which shall be printed in the Bulletin of laws.
A letter from Stuttgart says, the ambition of Austria appears to encroach from day to day. It is not only the Milanese and Mantua, but she wishes to add to her hereditary states, but she desires also to keep Venice, Piedmont, and the greatest part of the ecclesiastical states. It is in this view that she keeps the conclave in her own states, that she may prefer to the new Pope the conditions upon which she would recognize and support him.
An armament destined for a secret expedition is ready to sail from Brest. It consists of the Argonaute man of war, the Semillante and Conarde frigates, and the corvette la Tachique.
December 19.
The constitution has been received at Rouen, and enregistered accordingly.
December 21.
The two chief negotiators at the treaty of Campo Formio, Count Cobenzel and the Marquis de Gallo, have been recalled from Peterburgh, and are approaching the theatre of great political events.
Cardinal Maury, is said to have been elected Pope by the influence of the Emperor of Russia, upon the Cardinal's promise to unite the Greek and Roman Churches. The election took place on the 13th of December.
RATISBON, December 2.
There passed yesterday here, a courier from Peterburgh, who went to the Russian head quarters. He brings the news that the grand Duke Alexander Paulowitz, the eldest son of the emperor Paul, has formally resigned his right of succession to the throne and that in consequence prince Constantine Paulowitz has been named successor to his Imperial Majesty.
RENNES, December 2.
The malcontents in the department of the Cotes de Nord, have bought and paid for a great quantity of grain, which they have conducted into the forest of Lorges, where they have established their general magazine. Their commandant maintains the most severe discipline. On their retreat from St. Brieux, he ordered one of his people to be shot, accused of having plundered a citizen of ten crowns.
BERLIN, December 3.
Their majesties have come from Potsdam to Berlin. The king has already had an interview with citizen Duroc, the chief of brigade and Aid de Camp of General Buonaparte, on the part of whom, and of his brother Consuls, he is come to announce their accession to the chief direction of affairs, as well as the other changes produced by the revolution of the 9th November. The change of system with respect to peace and war, is one of the most considerable, and there is little doubt that he has been sent to promote by the mediation of our court, the work of pacification which the consular Sieyes may have begun upon while at Berlin, and on which he was at least in a situation to have considerable conferences with our cabinet. To morrow citizen Duroc will have a second audience of the king. In the mean time he passes his time with officers who are known to be in the confidence of his majesty, particularly field marshal Mollendorf, generals Kanneheim and Templehoff. After having dined with them, he had conferences with them, particularly with the last, whose avocations are analogous to his own, as Duroc is in the artillery. His arrival has in general excited much curiosity, both on account of the political object of his mission and his personal character.
NANTES, Dec. 7.
ORDER OF SUBDIVISION.
"All the troops of the subdivision are apprized, that the general in chief of the army of England, informed of the conduct held by the Chouans during the suspension of hostilities which had been agreed to between him and the principal chiefs, is indignant at the horrors and exactions which they have committed. He has in consequence, given orders the most precise to regard as an act of hostility the requisitions of provisions and cattle, the seizure of horses, and the march into cantonments which they did not occupy before the suspension."
"Brave soldiers, who, notwithstanding your exact obedience and your subordination have permitted the expression of your indignation at the recital of these horrors committed by the rebels, your arms are now at liberty: and without yet attacking them directly, we shall repel and punish the crimes which they venture to perpetrate."
"Let us prepare to obtain by force the peace which the general in chief tried to accomplish by clemency and persuasion."
GRIGNY.
PARIS, December 28.
MINISTRY OF GENERAL POLICE.
The Consuls of the Republic, in virtue of the law of the 24th of this month, regarding individuals nominally condemned to banishment, without previous trial, by a Legislative act, having heard the report of the Minister of Police, decree.
Art. 1. It shall be permitted to the individuals hereafter named, to re-enter the territories of the Republic.
Art. 2. They shall return and remain under the superintendence of the Minister of Police, in the communes marked out for them as follows:
Dufond Ladebat has permission to return to Paris; Barthélémy to Paris; Bouilly d'Anglais to Annonay; Couchery to Belhac; Delehaye to Rouen; Delarue to La Chrite sur Loire; Doumerre to Paris; Dumolard to Grenoble; Duplanier to Paris; Duprat to Paris; Gau to Auxerre; Le Marchand Goumbeur to Rouen; Jourdan (Andre Joseph) to Orleans; Merlau to Beauvais; Madier to Auxerre; Noailles to Toulouse; J. J. Aime to Dijon; Berne to Puy; Andre (of Le Lozer) to Toulouse; Margau to Belhac; Cochon to Paris; Paradis to Anvers; Maratier to Paris; Loumont to Nevers; Prairie Montaut to Paris; Laumer Quiney to Paris; Saladin to Valenciennes; Simeon to Paris; Viennot Vaublanc to Melen; Villaret Joyeuse, to Paris; Barbe Marbois to Paris; Dumas to Sens; Barrere to Paris; Vadier to Charres; Poissard to Macon.
Art. 3. The communal administrations shall inform the minister of police of the arrival of each individual in their respective districts.
Art. 4. Every individual comprehended in one of the laws of Germinal, year 3d, and of the 19th Fructidor, year 5, and not named in this list, who shall re-enter the French territory, without being authorised by an express permission from government, shall be considered and prosecuted as an emigrant.
Art. 5. The minister of general police is charged with the execution of the present decree, which shall be printed.
December 29.
The conservative senate is already in the exercise of its functions at the Luxembourg. Its sittings are secret. Sieyes is chosen president.
The Polish general Knioziewick has sent general Kociusko the sword of John Sobieski, which had been deposited by that prince in the church of our lady at Loreto, after he had conquered the Turks, and which fell into the hands of the Poles at the time the place was conquered. All the Poles, at the time this weapon was presented to Kociusko offered up prayers that in his hands it might again become the terror of the enemies of their country.
December 30.
PASWAN OGLOU.
A letter from Semlin, dated the 4th inst. says, that Paswan Ogloy was in full march against Belgrade, and that the Pacha of that place was preparing to receive his attack with great vigour. The magazines are provided with provisions and ammunition. The Pacha, however, is armed with respect to the janizaries, who seem to be devoted to the interest and views of Paswan Ogloy.
Sieyes has accepted the domain of Grolne, and has thanked the legislative body for that national recompence. It was doubtless announced as a matter of ridiculous pleasantry by some writers a few days ago, that he had refused the gift of the nation.
December 31.
ACTS OF THE CONSULATE.
Decree of the 12th of December.
"The consuls of the republic decree as follows:
"The individuals named in the decree of the 4th Frimaire, shall no longer be under the superintendence of the minister of police."
"By the first consul,
"BUONAPARTE."
The consuls of the republic to the Conservative Senate.
Paris, Dec. 28.
Senators,
"The consuls of the republic hasten to inform you that the government has been installed. They will employ under every circumstance, all their resources and means to destroy the spirit of faction, to create public spirit, and to consolidate that constitution which is the object and wishes of the French people. The Conservative Senate will be animated with the same desire, and by its junction with the consuls, will defeat the plans of those who may be opposed to the public happiness, would any such exist in the first institutions of the state."
Bonaparte, first Consul of the Republic, to General Angereau, commander in chief of the French army in Batavia.
"I have appointed you, citizen General, to the important situation of commander in chief of the French army in Batavia."
"Display in all the acts originated from your command, that you are above those miserable disputes of public assemblies which have, for these ten years past convulsed France."
"The glory of the Republic is the fruit of the blood shed by our comrades, and we do not belong to any other society than that of the whole nation."
"Should circumstances compel me to carry on the war myself, be assured that I will not suffer you to remain in Holland, and that I shall never forget the glorious action of Castiglione."
"I salute you,
"BUONAPARTE."
COUNCIL OF STATE.
Sitting of December 26.
The second Consul, President.
The minister of justice having proposed to the councils to demand a law for the purpose of revoking those which excluded the cidevant nobles, and the relations of the emigrants from the exercise of public rights and public functions, it was resolved, by the councils of State, that it was useless to demand such a law, because the constitution, by determining, (article four and five) the only case in which political rights may be revoked or suspended; it was therefore impossible to suppose other exclusions.
The college of conservators, by naming for the tribunal, the legislative body, and
its own institution, men who have been excluded from those functions by previous laws, had supposed them to be abrogated.
Sitting of December 27.
The Council of State has adopted a project of consular decree, drawn up by the legislative section, which abrogates all administrative decrees, by which the opening of the places consecrated to religious worship was interdicted on other days than the decadi.
The council also adopted another decree, drawn up by the same section, stating that all the public functionaries, the ministers of religion, preceptors and other persons, who were by the laws previous to the constitution, bound to take an oath, should substitute for it the following declaration: "I promise to be faithful to the Constitution."
A third project of decree was adopted, which states in substance, that the communes, which on the first day of the 3d year were in possession of edifices intended for religious worship, should continue to use them freely under the constituted authorities, and according to the terms of the laws of 11th prairial prairial of the 3d year, and that of 7th Vendemaire of the 4th year, provided that the said edifices have not been since alienated, and provided the purchasers of them have not been liable to prosecution or inconvenience.
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge.
STONE.
PROPOSALS in writing will be received until the 15th day of April next, at the office of the Treasurer of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge Company No. 11 Church alley, for a supply of ten thousand perch of the best quality Free Stone, one half of which must be of large dimensions, viz. 7 to 13 feet long, 2 3/4 to 3 feet wide in the bed, 9 to 13 inches deep—the remainder to be of the size which is generally called large foundation stone, to be delivered at the West end of High Street, in such quantities and at such times as shall be required. Price and time of payment to be expressed.
JOHN DORSEY, Secretary pro tem.
A quantity of TERRASS for mortar will be wanted.
March 17. mwfm
The Year 1800 is arrived!
UNION TAVERN,
In George-Town, upon the Potomac, is
FOR SALE,
Upon the premises, on the first Monday in May next.
THIS Tavern was built by the subscription of a number of gentlemen as a necessary and useful improvement to the town—It cost 16000 dollars in the year 1796 when materials and workmanship were much cheaper than at this time. The terms of subscription were that it should be sold to the highest bidder on the day above mentioned.
It is a handsome, substantial brick building, of three stories, fronting sixty feet on the main public street in the town, and running back sixty three feet upon a wide and convenient street—The house is admirably calculated for a tavern. It contains upon the first floor four large rooms, one of them 30 by 30 feet and another 23 by 30, besides a large bar and dressing room, upon the second floor is an elegant assembly room, 60 by 30 feet, and three convenient lodging rooms. Upon the third floor are ten excellent lodging rooms—the gable admits of a division of ten more. There is also a good kitchen and commodious cellars sufficient for such a house. Passages and cross passages intersect the house in such a manner as to make each room private.
There are stables sufficient for the accommodation of fifty horses, with convenient sheds for carriages—attached to the building are three lots of 60 feet by 120 each, which front on three streets, and in the back yard and not so yards from the kitchen is a copious and never failing spring of most excellent running water.
The nature of improvements and their convenience to the city of Washington must render this property a most desirable acquisition to any person who may wish to carry on a tavern upon an extensive scale. The immediate removal of the government of the United States must receive to it full and complete custom.
The terms of sale are, one third in cash—one third in 120 days, and the other third in 240 days, to be secured by approved notes negotiable at the Bank of Columbia or at either of the Banks in Baltimore, possession to be given on the day of sale and a perfect title made clear, of all encumbrances, on the last payment being made.
THOMAS BEALL, of Geo. } Trustees. DANIEL REINTZEL. }
February 21. [March 8] sawt May.
TO BE LET,
And possession given on the 1st of April,
COUNTRY HOUSE,
IN an airy and very agreeable situation near the Ridge road, within two miles of the city, consisting of a handsome parlour, two large bed chambers, a large ceiled garret, a commodious kitchen, pantry, oven and milk house; and a pump of excellent water at the kitchen door; also a Garden well stocked with fruit and a few acres of grass ground with convenient stabling, chair house, &c. Its vicinity to the city makes it an eligible retreat for the family of any person whose avocations require daily attention. For further particulars enquire of the subletisher No. 205, Arch Street, the second door below Sixth Street, north side.
ROBERT T. EVANS.
March 19. 3rd.
Will be exposed to Public Sale,
On Monday the 31st instant, at six o'clock in the
Evening,
At the Merchant's Coffee House,
LOTS
No. 21, 22, 23, 24;
Part of the Springettsbury Estate,
The two former contain a great body of Excellent Building Stone easily Quarried. The plot of the whole Estate may be seen at the Bank of North America, where persons desirous of purchasing other parts may be informed of the conditions.
March 23. dtgth.
NOW LANDING,
(FOR SALE)
From the ship George Barclay, at Latimer's wharf.
Java Coffee,
Java Sugar.
From the Schooner Fanny, at Latimer's wharf,
100 hhds. clayed Sugar.
From the brig Betsey, lying at South Street wharf,
40,000 feet Bay Mahogany,
17 tons Logwood,
6 tons Fustic.
ALSO,
White Havana Sugar, Brown Sugar, Old-Red Port Wine, Sherry Wine, Claret in cases, Capers in barrels, Madras and Fulcut H. and kerchiefs.
Apply to PHILIPS, CRAMOND & Co. March 21. d6c
Just Arrived,
AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
THE CARGO
OF THE SHIP PHILADELPHIA,
Theodore Bliss, Commander, from Bengal.
CONSISTING OF
An assortment of Piece Goods, Sugars of the first quality, And 20 gr. chests of superior quality Hyson Teas.
Willing & Francis, and
Thomas & John Clifford.
March 17. d.
FOR ST. THOMAS'S,
THE SHIP
Thomas Chalkley,
Thomas Kenny, Master.
Sails fast and expected to depart in six or eight days, 3 or 400 barrels will be received on freight, if speedy application be made.
For which or passage apply to
MOORE, WHARTON,
No. 111 South Water street.
March 22. dtf
NOTICE.
THE Creditors of the late house of Irwin & Bryson, of Lexington, Kentucky, are hereby informed, that a dividend of such monies of that firm, as have been received by the subscribers, will be made on the twentieth day of April next among those creditors who shall have before that time furnished their accounts properly attested to
WILSON HUNT.
Acting assignee.
March 15. dt20
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE SUBSCRIBERS OFFER FOR SALE,
Two very valuable Farms,
SITUATED
IN the township of Springfield, and county of Burlington, containing about two hundred acres each. The Woodland and Meadow, of which there is a sufficient quantity, is not inferior to any in the State.
To attract the notice of persons residing within the county of Burlington, desirous of purchasing good land, 'tis only necessary to mention that these farms are parts of that excellent tract of 1200 acres lately owned by Samuel Bullus.
The terms of sale will be made convenient to the purchaser and may be known by applying to the subscribers. Those who may wish to view the land, will please to call on William or Isaac Shinn, the present occupants.
SAMUEL HOUGH,
JOSEPH MILWAINE,
Attorneys in fact for John Bullus and Ruth Bullus.
Burlington, New Jersey,
March 12, 1800. d1m
For Sale,
The Cargo of the ship Molly , captain Swain,
from

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24.
Julium et tenacem propositi virum, Non civium ardo prava jubentium, Non vulrus instantis tyranni, Mente quait solida.
COMMUNICATION.
BUONAPARTE.
Of all the instances of consummate impertinence, his letter to the King of Great Britain, &c. is the greatest; and it is not only impertinent, but also a complete display of duplicity. A vagabond exalted by plunder, rapine, and the most extravagant enormities, to the head of a band of French Robbers; a cut-throat who but a few days before, knocked down the constitution he had sworn to defend; presumes to write to the Majesty of England with proposals of peace!
Tyranny, Robbery and Murder.
Time-serving newspapers, whose honorable office it is to deliver in dirty records of private venom against an illustrious nation, reiterate with great avidity, the story of a certain captain of this port, who tells us how he was brought to by the British cutter Sparrow, how he was ordered on board said Sparrow, and how he was detained 5 or 6 hours; how he was called "a damn'd Yankee rascal, for giving H. M.'s cutter such a chase," how the British captain abused him, and how the failing master robbed the vessel.
To charge a failing-master of a British man of war, with fealing time-glasses, lanterns, tin-pots, sailors' cloaths and meat in sack, is evidently not only the height of scandal and malice, but absurdity. For why should a failing-master feal these articles above all others? Besides, if he stole the articles, he must have carried them aboard his own ship; and if he carried them aboard his own ship, the captain must have been made a partaker of this impertinence.
What would be thought of the propagation of such a story as this, of one of our officers, in the British newspapers? Can any man produce instances of such detraction? If this American captain was really robbed by the British officer, he must be able to prove it; and he must know, that by proving it, he possesses full power to execute not only justice, but vengeance against the robber.
The childish complaint, of the application of terms of reproach to him, by a man increased at being needlessly vexed by a long and fruitless chase, merits the highest contempt. I repeat here, what I have before asserted, that it has been in a great measure owing to the mercenary tales of unprincipled, lying sailors, that our government has been tricked into almost all the errors and follies it has been committed.
As it is possible that this may be the only medium through which the information may reach him, I have now the honor to acquaint His Excellency Robert Liston, Esquire, that these reports, affecting so deeply, (wherever believed) the honor of the British navy, and the character of the British nation, are asserted by a Captain Kennedy, of the Schooner Nancy, of Philadelphia; published in several base newspapers in Philadelphia, and, in the course of two or three weeks, will appear in an hundred others, throughout the Continent: to the end that a scrutiny may take place.
The endless Priestley has published another Pamphlet: this is ludicrously entitled "The Doctrine of Phlogiston established, and that of the Composition of Water refuted." The new Doctrine of Airs, though it be of French origination, is a mountain which the infidelity of this vain and voluminous old Sophist, will never remove.
hath passed away; and this veritable old man will deign to assist his trained intellect in vain, to rescue it from the oblivious grasp of neglect. The Deities in sportive moods, seem to have permitted the occasional assumption of the human functions, to noxious propensities, bound in the ordinary course of nature to a far different destiny.
It is at all times unpleasant to find under the necessity of contradicting the statement of a gentleman who distinguished himself by an uniform candor and urbanity of deportment. How much more so, him, who to gentleness of demeanour, adds a rigid adherence to Truth!
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, March 21.
Mr. Speaker laid before the house, a letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a report on the petition of John Armstrong, which was read and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Gregg presented a petition of Christopher Geerling, and Frederick Lascelles, which was read and referred to a select committee.
Mr. Thomson presented a petition of John Carlee, which was referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Marshall from the select committee appointed to consider the expediency of accepting the cession of a jurisdiction of territory lying west of Pennsylvania, called the Connecticut Reserve, made report, that the jurisdiction ought to be accepted on the terms and conditions expressed in the bill which accompanied the report.
The bill was read and committed for Monday week.
Mr. Parker, from the naval committee, brought in a bill fixing the rank and pay of the commanding officer of the marine corps, which was committed for Monday.
Mr. Griswold moved the following resolution, which was agreed to by the house. Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, enquire into the necessity of repairing the Light-House at New London, in the State of Connecticut, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
The unfavourable report of the committee of claims on the petition of James Somervell and Henry T. Compton, Guardians of the orphan children of Major Treman, who was killed by the Indians, was taken into consideration, and agreed to—ayes 48.
Mr. D. Foller, from the committee of claims, made a report, on the petition of Gilbert Dench, who prayed for damages sustained by him in consequence of the depreciation of certificates he received during the revolutionary war in discharge of contracts made with the quarter master general.
The report was committed for Monday next.
The house went into committee of the whole on the bill supplementary to the act to preserve trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers; Mr. Parker in the chair—and after amending the bill, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading on Monday next.
Mr. Davis moved the following resolution, which was ordered to lie on the table, viz.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency or inexpediency of extending the provisions contained in the act passed the 12th April,
1798, granting compensation to the orphans of deceased officers, to the widow and orphans of Col. Harding and Major Trueman. Mr. Otis called up his resolution for taking preparatory measures relative to the removal of the seat of government to the city of Washington—after some debate, the resolution was adopted, and sent to the committee of ways and means. Adjourned till Monday.
The following observations of the Belfast news letter of January 3, on the new French constitution, are in perfect coincidence with what we gave on the first publication of it.
The new French constitution gives an influence vast and kingly to the chief magistrate—transfers all responsibility from him to his own creatures, and confers upon him, at the same time, the more than kingly prerogative of being the proposer of all possible laws, in a government of which he and two inferior officials are from the executive; a constitution which elevates the great functionaries and powers of the State into a separate order, never more to become one again with their fellow citizens; nobles for life, and judges and revisers of the acts of the 300 legislators, whom they themselves had previously elected.
BOSTON, March 17.
The following letter from the American Consul at St. Jago de Cuba, is important, as it defines a commercial point in the maritime orders of Spain, not heretofore distinctly understood. This letter was accompanied with a protest, stating that the tech. Polly, Atkins, of Boston, failed from Port de Paix in December last, for Boston, was taken by a British frigate, re-taken by a Spanish falucca, and sent into Cuba, where she was condemned.
St. Jago de Cuba, Jan. 22, 1800.
BEN. LINCOLN, Esq.
On the arrival of the therein mentioned Schooner Polly of Boston at this port, I claimed her as American property, subject to a salvage. But was told by the Court of Admiralty here, that by an order of the King of Spain, all neutral vessels re-taken, should be considered as good prizes.
I am your most obedient, Humble Servant, JOSIAH BLAKELEY, Consul of the United States.
Gazette Marine List.
Port of Philadelphia.
Table with 3 columns: Ship, Days, Port. Includes entries for Mary Webb, La Guira; Brig Florida, Teneriffe; Schrs. Caroline, Gear, Baltimore; Ruby, Mafy, Nantucket; Jenny, Lasset, Savannah; Sloop Betsey, Mafy, Nantucket; Sally, Denys, New-York.
CLEARED.
Table with 3 columns: Ship, Days, Port. Includes entries for Ship Spy, Well, Madeira; Schrs. Three Sisters, Darling, Martinique; Capt. Webb, of the ship Mary, informs that he failed from La Guira the 2d inst. in company with the Schrs. Holman for Salem; saw her safe through the Mera passage.
At New-Castle yesterday the ship Eclipse, Jones for Calcutta. Sailed from New-Castle yesterday the brig Nancy. Bunk for London; at Chester yesterday ship Spy, Wood for Madeira.
Capt. Loughead of the Mail Packet, Yeatman, arrived on Saturday, informs that he failed from Charleston, (S. C.) the 16th, in company with the Sloop Nancy Fullerton of Philadelphia, bound to New-York.
Schooner Betsey Holland, from hence, was the only Philadelphia vessel at Charleston, when the Yeatman left that port.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
March 12, 1800.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Department of War, until the expiration of the 25th of July next ensuing, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1800, to the 30th day of September, 1801.
First. Proposals to supply all rations, that may be required, at Oswego; at Niagara; at Pittsburg; at Presqu'ile; at Michilimackinac; at Fort Tuckin; at Bœuf; at Cincinnati; at Picque Town, and Loramies Roes; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake Erie; at Fort Knox; and Oquatonon on the river Wabash; at Massac; at any place or places on the river Mississippi, above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon the Illinois river.
Second. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at any place or places, on the east side of the Mississippi river, below the mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boundary of the state of Kentucky and within the said state; at Knoxville; at all posts and places within the state of Tennessee; at South West Point; at Tellico Block House; at St. Stevens, or other fort or post on the river Tombigby, and any place or places within the Cherokee boundaries; below the southern boundary of the state of Tennessee and within the boundary of the United States.
Third. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Point Petre; at Cokeraine, at Savannah, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia; at all forts or stations on the Oconee and Alabamaha, and at all other places in the Creek nation, within the limits of the United States, where troops are or may be stationed.
Fourth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Johnston, at Fort Pinckney, at Charleston, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in the state of South-Carolina.
Fifth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at the Fort at Wilmington, Cape Fear; at Beaco Island, Ocracoke; at Charlotte; at Fayetteville; at Salisbury, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in the state of North-Carolina.
Sixth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at Kempville, at Charlottesville, at Winchester, at Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leesburg, at Fredericksburg, at Carterville, at Harper's Ferry, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, in the state of Virginia.
Seventh. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort M'Henry, at Baltimore, at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonardtown, at Hagerstown, at Bladensburg, at George-town, at Easttown, at the Head of Elk, and at any other place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Maryland.
Eighth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadelphia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilkesbarre, at Reading, at Bristol, at York town, at Carlisle, at Lewis town (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at Greencastle, at Washington, at Easttown, at Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Pennsylvania and Delaware, except the posts within the state of Pennsylvania, enumerated in the first proposals aforesaid.
Ninth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Hackensack, at Elizabeth town, at New-Brunswick, at Burlington, at Woodbury, at Trenton, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of New-Jersey.
Tenth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at New York, at West Point, at Poughkeepsie, at Kinderhook, at Stillwater, at Newburg, at Albany, at Coneskarie, at Cherry Valley, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of New-York, except the posts within the said state enumerated in the first proposals aforesaid.
Eleventh. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at New London, at Brooklyn, at Windham, at Litchfield, at Guilford, at New-Haven, at Fairfield, at Danbury, at Middletown, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Connecticut.
Twelfth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Branton's Point, at Newport, at Providence, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Rhode-Island.
Thirteenth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Portland in the District of Maine. Gloucester, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Boston, at Uxbridge, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Massachusetts.
Fourteenth. Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Portsmouth, at Exeter, at Windsor, at Bennington, at Rutland, or at any other place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of New Hampshire and Vermont. The rations to be supplied, is to consist of the following articles viz. eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and a half pound of sifted or bolted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of fresh beef, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork, and when fresh meat is issued; salt, at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations; soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half for every hundred rations. It is expected the proposals will also extend to the supply of rum, whisky, or other ardent spirits at the rate of half a gill per ration, and vinegar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations. The proposals will specify the price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as those of substitutes or alternatives for parts thereof.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contracts be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara and Oswego, for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or posts, to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expence and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and at all losses, sustained, by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the price of the article captured or destroyed, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable character and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles, for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be referred to the United States of requiring, that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts shall be issued, until the supplies which have or may be furnished under contracts now in force have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board or Indian frontiers, not exceeding three months.
JAMES M. HENRY, Secretary of War. March 24, 1800.
NEW THEATRE.
Monday evening, March 24, Will be presented a Comedy (not acted these three years) called
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq.
To which will be added, A much admired Musical Farce, called THE RIVAL SOLDIERS; Or, Sprigs of Laurel. [Written by Mr. O'KEEFE.]
Box, one Dollar, Pit, three quarters of a dollar, and Gallery half a dollar. The doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter past 5, and the curtain rise at a quarter past six. VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
MISS BROADHURST
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public, that she intends having a CONCERT at the City Tavern on Thursday evening the 3d April—Particulars of which will be mentioned in a future advertisement.
Tickets to be had as above, and at Chalk's Circulating Library, No. 75 North Third Street. March 24.
No. III. OF THE
RUSH-LIGHT
Will be published next Wednesday morning.
As a most tyrannical attempt has been made to suppress the sale and put a stop to the circulation of this work in Philadelphia; and as it is apprehended that those, in the city, who "hate the light, because their deeds are evil," will succeed in intimidating the booksellers so far as to prevent them from selling; this is to give notice, that any Philadelphia, who will wish to see the truth, shall be supplied with the RUSH LIGHT regularly by post, and that I will pay the postage.
The money must be paid in advance; but this may be very easily managed. Five gentlemen, for instance, may join together, and send on a five dollar note, upon the receipt of which credit will be given to each of them for four Numbers which will be regularly sent on, the moment they are published.
This puts one in mind of the means formerly made use of to steal books from free libraries into private ones. What strange things come about in this world! March 24.
JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co.
At their Store No. 5 Chesnut Street, have FOR SALE,
The following Articles, viz.
First quality Russia Hemp, Russia Duck, Brandy in pipes, first and fourth proof, Madeira Wine in pipes and half pipes, Claret in cases, Winter and Summer pressed, Spermaceti Oil, Spermaceti Candles, and Hyson Tea, latest importation. March 24. mwfrn
THE ANTI-JACOBIN
REVIEW AND MAGAZINE;
or, Monthly Political and Literary
CENSOR.
A few copies of the above work are received and for sale at Dickins's Bookstore, opposite Christ Church. March 24. d3t
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN RHOADS, late of this city, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment;—and those having accounts against the same, to bring them in, duly attested, for payment to RACHEL RHOADS, Admin'tr. No. 19 North Third Street. March 24.
Forty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Sassafras Neck, Cecil County, State of Maryland, on Friday the 14th inst. a negro man named PETEE, about twenty-five years of age, tolerable black, and left handed. He has been used to sailing by water in the Chesapeake Bay about twelve months, and is smart and active. He has been formerly used to farming and taking care of horses. His clothing he took with him is unknown. It is expected he has shaped his course for Philadelphia or Chester Town, and the above reward will be paid for securing him in any jail in the United States, and reasonable charges paid if brought home, by JOHN PERGUSON.
N. B. All masters of vessels and all other persons are forewarned of harboring the said negro. Sassafras Neck, March 18. 986w

JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes, FOR SALE By ISAAC HARVEY, JUN. N. B. Any size or sizes that may be wanted cut larger than 18 by 12 can be had from said manufactory, on being ordered; and attention given to forward any orders that may be left for that purpose. Apply at No. 9, South Water-Street, as above. July 8
WAR DEPARTMENT, March 6, 1800.
PROPOSALS Will be received at this Office until the seventh day of April next for cutting out clothing for the Army of the United States.—The proposals must specify the price required for cutting out each of the several articles, to wit, Horseman's cloaks, regimental coats, vests and overalls. PROPOSALS will also be received until the seventh day of April next for the delivery of five thousand hats and twenty thousand shirts. The hats to be made of good wool to be well manufactured, full cocked, bound with narrow black binding, the fan or bind part eight inches broad, sides and corners six inches broad.—The shirts to be of linen equal in quality with the pattern article, and to be as well made as he said pattern. One half of the hats and shirts to be delivered on or before the first day of June next, and the remainder on or before the first day of July next. Patterns of the several articles may be seen at the Military Stores kept by John Harris, on the wharf between Arch and Race Streets. Security will be required. JAMES MC. HENRY, Secretary of War. March 7.
WATER-OFFICE.
Centre Square, February 5, 1800. IN compliance with the instructions of the Committee for watering the city, and with my own inclinations, every possible admittance and information has been given to those citizens who have visited the Works during their progress. The Engines are now arrived, and are immediately to be put up, and it is hoped that it will be thought reasonable and just, both to the Public, and to the Contractor for the Engines, that the workmen should not be interrupted. As a very few months will fully gratify the curiosity of the citizens, by showing them the Engines in full operation, a temporary exclusion of all visitors from the Engine houses cannot appear improper. B. H. LATROBE, Engineer. February 13.
WILL BE EXPOSED TO SALE, (At Public Vendue) On SECOND DAY, the 24th of this Instant, ON THE PREMISES, SEVERAL LOTS OF LAND, Pleasantly situated on the main road leading from Philadelphia to New York, in Lower Merion township, in the county of Philadelphia, between the 10 and 11 mile stones, containing from one to five acres each; one other Lot, containing about thirty acres, lying on the road leading from said road to Buxton; there are on said lot a good stone dwelling house, a good apple orchard, about six acres of well timbered land, the remainder cleared and in a good state of cultivation. For further particulars, enquire of the owner, on the premises. JONATHAN PAUL. 3d month, 13th.
THE UNDERSIGNED, His Excellency Swederus his Consul General, and authorized to transact the Consular Business, for his Majesty the King of Denmark in the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, Hereby gives public Notice, That in obedience to recent instructions received from his government, it is the duty of all Masters of Swedish and Danish vessels, before their sailing from any port in the United States, to call upon him or the Vice Consul in order to be granted such Certificates for their Cargoes, which the exigency of the state of the Neutral Commerce and the several Decrees of the Belligerent Powers, render indispensably necessary, and that any Master of vessels belonging to the respective nations, or navigating under the protection of their flags, in omitting to take such certificates, will personally stand responsible for the consequences. RICHARD SODERSTROM. Philadelphia, 18th December, 1799.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE About 25 acres of Land, Laying on the east side of the Falls Road.—On the East it is bounded by property belonging to Mr. Trench Francis, Esq.—on the South, by a road of two perches, and on the north by a lane, which separates it from Mr. McCall. It is proposed to divide this land into 3 equal parts in order to let the purchasers. Also, 51 acres, situated on the west side of Germantown road, adjoining Master's estate, being part of the property of the late Samuel Mifflin. For terms apply to Samuel Mifflin, corner of Market and 11th Streets. January 24.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on Saturday evening the 13th July instant, from Cobbrook Furnace, Lancaster county, a Negro Man named Cato , he is about 40 years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, tolerable black, with a down ill look, squints, he is a cunning artful fellow, a great liar, and very fond of strong liquor, has been brought up to the farming business, is very handy at any kind of laboring work; he took with him a number of clothing, amongst which were, one suit plain Nankin; (some money). It is expected he has shaped his course for Philadelphia or New York. The above reward will be paid for securing him in any goal in the United States, with reasonable charges if brought home. SAMUEL JACOBS. Cobbrook Furnace, July 16, 1799.
NICKLIN AND GRIFFITH
HAVE FOR SALE small chests of Gingham, } on board 4 ditto of colored Mullinet, } the ship 4 bales of St. Bernardo Serges, } Nelfer, in 4 ditto of Camblets, } the river 10 ditto of colored and white } from Cassimeres, } Liverpool 14 trunks of printed Calicoes. The above are in small assorted packages calculated either for the West India or home trade. 30 tons Lead, in pigs. 8 tons of dry White Lead in hds. 12 casks of fine dry Yellow Paint, 6 ditto of Mineral Black, 1 ditto of ditto White, 10 ditto of Colcober, 3 ditto of Purple Brown, 10 casks English China Ware in sets, 36 casks of Nails assorted, 300 barrels pickled Salmon, 80 half ditto ditto, 80 barrels Herring, 20 ditto Shad, 10 ditto Mackerel, 7 casks of Porter in bottles, 20 puncheons Rum, 100 pipes of Brandy, 4th proof, 15 pipes old Madeira Wine, 27 quarter casks Young Hyson Tea, 13 boxes of Imperial ditto, English Gunpowder, HF Forged Copper Nails and Bolts, Sail Canvas, Empty Wine Bottles, Cork in sheets, Green Coffee in hds. February 13.
UNSEATED LANDS.
THE OWNERS Of Unseated Lands in Wekmoreland county, Pennsylvania, are hereby notified, that unless the Taxes due on said lands for 1798, are paid into the hands of John Brannon, Esq. treasurer of said county, on or before the 20th of April next, they will be advertised for sale, as the law directs. JAMES MC. GREW, HENRY ALLSHOUSE, Comm'rs. JEREMIAH MURRY, January 18.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March 12th, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the act of Congress passed on the 31st day of June, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety six, entitled "an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen;" and the act supplemental to the said recited act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine—to wit:
THAT the tract of Land herein after described, namely, "beginning at the North West corner of the seven ranges of townships, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said ranges; thence due West to the Main Branch of the Scioto river; thence up the Main Branch of the said river to the place where the Indian boundary line crosses the same; thence along the said boundary line to the Tuscarora branch of the Muskingum river at the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due west from the place of beginning, will intersect the said river; thence along the line so run to the place of beginning;" has been divided into townships of five miles square, and fractional parts of townships; and that plats and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor General, for the inspection of all persons concerned.
The holders of such warrants as have been or shall be granted for military services performed during the late war, are required to present the same to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twentieth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered; No registry will however be made of any less quantity than a quarter township, or four thousand acres.
The priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the 20th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode described by the act first recited.
The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, at the order of which the priority of location shall be determined by lot as aforesaid, personally, or by their agents, designate in writing at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particular quarter townships selected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed in locating such warrants to all other holders of registered warrants.
The holders of warrants for military services sufficient to cover one or more quarter townships or tracts of four thousand acres each; shall, at any time after Monday the 17th day of February, 1800 and prior to the first day of January, 1802, be allowed to register the said warrants in manner aforesaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor on any tract or tracts of land not before located.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
May 29th, 1799. The proprietors of certificates issued for subscriptions to the Loan bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time after payment shall have been made due of the 5th installment, which will become due during the first ten days of the month of July ensuing, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option be obtained at the Treasury or Loan Offices, respectively, for the amount of the four first installments, or one moiety of the sums expressed in the subscription certificates:—No certificates of Funded Stock will however be issued for less than one hundred dollars. Such subscription certificates as may be presented at the Treasury or Loan Offices in consequence of the foregoing arrangement, will be endorsed and distinctly marked so as to denote, that a moiety of the stock has been issued. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Sec. of the Treasury.
MUSICAL REPOSITORY
IS NOW OPENED At CHALK'S Circulating Library, No. 75 North Third Street, WHERE may be had, all the Fashionable Music composing the songs &c. lately sold at the Repository in South Second Street. To which, in a few days, will be added, some PIANO FORTE ES of a very superior tone and quality, Flutes, Bites, Violins, best Reman Violin Strings, and every other article in the musical line, which will be sold in prime order, and on the most reasonable terms. Subscriptions received for the Musical Journal for the Piano Forte, and the Flute or Violin, the first six numbers of which are already published, and may be purchased together or separately by non-subscribers. March 6, 1800.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS Matthew Irwin did on the 3th day of July 1797 make an assignment of his estate and effects, to us the subscribers, for the benefit of such of his creditors, as should on or before the 20th of September, 1797, execute to him a full and final discharge—Now-tho' of his creditors who are entitled to a dividend under said assignment, are requested to furnish their accounts to Samuel Meeker, with interest calculated up to the 8th day of July, 1797, as a dividend will absolutely be struck on the first day of April next, and those who neglect to comply with this notice will thereafter be excluded from the benefit of the same. Philip Nicklin Samuel Meeker Nath'l Lewis, by his Ads. } Assignees. Pearson Hunt John M. Taylor Philadelphia, March 14.
CAUTION.
THE Public are cautioned against receiving the Subscribers Note in favor of, and indorsed by Thomas W. Francis, dated yesterday, at 60 days after date for eight hundred dollars. The note is in the hand writing of the Subscriber, and at the bottom a memorandum by the indorser, to the credit of the drawer, Thomas W. Francis. This note together with a contract between Charles Williamson, and Charles Hale for lands in township, No. 4, in the 5th range of Strubler county, State of New Jersey, and sundry other papers contained in a Pocket Book, were taken from the Subscribers desk last evening. As the above can be of no use to the person who has carried them off, should they be returned, no questions shall be asked. SAMUEL MIFFLIN. February 6.
NOTICE.
A CERTIFICATE of one Share of the Bank of the United States, No. 29119, in the name of Lewis Peter Quintryn, and a Certificate of two Shares of the said Bank, No. 29119, in the name of George James Chalmont, Earl of Chalmont, were forwarded from New York by the Chesterfield British Packet for Falmouth, which was captured by the French, and the Certificates left or destroyed, and for which application is made at said Bank for the renewal thereof, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. February 21.
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH,
OR EXCHANGED, For property in the City, or within thirty miles of it, A PLANTATION or tract of Land in Mifflin County and State of Pennsylvania, within six miles of the river Juniata, containing about 300 acres. There are about fifty acres cleared, part of which is a rich bottom, watered by a constant stream that is strong enough to work an oil or a grist mill. Any person inclining to deal for it, may obtain further information by applying at the office of this gazette. N. B. If sold, credit will be given for part of the money. October 17, 1799.
FOR SALE
Or to be exchanged for a good Vessel, A N elegant new two story FRAME HOUSE, twenty seven feet front by thirty four in depth, with a commodious piazza and kitchen, together with a coach house and stable, situated in the flourishing village of Frankford. The house, which may be entered the first of June next, will be finished in the neatest style with many conveniences, and will be well adapted to a large genteel family who may wish to reside in the country during the summer season. In exchange, it will be valued lower, if a vessel offer that may be suitable. Further particulars will be made known by application to MOORE WHARTON. February 24.
United States,
Pennsylvania District. } II. BY ADJOURNMENT.
BY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, to me directed, issued out of the circuit court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, of the middle circuit, will be sold by public vendue at the city tavern, in Second Street, in the city of Philadelphia on Saturday the 5th day of April next, at 7 o'clock in the evening, all that certain tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on the river or creek called Lackawaxen, in the county of Wayne, containing 8000 acres and upwards; on which are erected a messuage, stables and sawmill, with the appurtenances.—The names of the original warrantees of the said tract or parcel of land were as follows.
Mordecai Roberts, John Till, Stephen Medera, George Warton, Zachariah Ferris, Benjamin Hancock, George Till, Edward Welsted, Thomas Wiggins, James Thompson, George Morton, Joseph Whitehead, George Streeton, Patrick Connolly, Friend Steeton, Thomas Griffy, John Oliphant, William Halbert.
Seized and taken in execution as the property of Robert Lettis Hooper, deceased. JOHN HALL, Marshal.
N. B. A reasonable credit will be given. Marshal's Office, Philadelphia, March 17.
Territory of the United States;
North West of the river Ohio. For the information of non residents, proprietors of lands situate and lying within said territory. By a law passed in the general assembly of said Territory, on the 19th of December, A. D. 1799, entitled "An Act levying a Territorial Tax on Land," all lands lying within said territory, the property of individuals, non-residents, as well as residents, are subjected to taxation to defray territorial expenses.
EXTRACTS FROM SAID LAW.
Published by Authority.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid within this territory, the following taxes, for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion for a greater or smaller quantity: the land shall be divided into three classes, according to the quality, that is to say, first, second and third rate—the first rate shall be taxed at eighty-five cents, second rate at sixty cents and the 3d rate at twenty-five cents per hundred acres, which said taxes shall be paid annually in the manner described by this act; and the following rule shall be observed in rating any tract of land, to wit—when a greater part of a tract shall be superior in point of quality to second rate land, it shall be denominated first rate; when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to first rate and superior to third rate in point of quality, it shall be denominated second rate; and when the greater part of a tract of land shall be inferior to second rate, it shall be denominated third rate land—taking into view the surface of the earth as well as the quality of the soil. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to subject to taxation, any lands lying within the limits of the contract made by John Cleves Symmes and his associates, with the board of treasury, and without the boundaries of their patent, until the same shall have been granted by the United States: And provided also, That the unimproved lands in the Vincennes and Illinois country, shall not be listed at higher than second rate.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the territory shall have a perpetual lien on every tract of land add every part thereof, for the amount of all taxes, and 10 per centum interest thereon, from the first day of September; and no alienation of lands belonging to any person, or neglect in entering or listing the same, shall effect the claim or lien of this territory, until the taxes and interest thereof due from such person, are paid.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the territorial auditor and the clerk of the peace of each county respectively, shall keep a book for the purpose of entering lands of non residents in manner and form hereinafter directed. All non residents shall enter their lands with the auditor, or with the clerk of the peace of the country in which the land lies, on or before the first day of July, when shall administer an oath to the person delivering such list, or by any other means procure satisfactory information for the purpose of ascertaining the quality of such land, placing it in its proper class, under the name of the county in which it lies; and every non resident shall enter his or her land, agreeably to the rules and regulation of this act, as in case of residents. All taxes on lands, listed by the commissioner, and returned to the clerk as aforesaid, shall be paid, with interest thereon, to the sheriff or collector, as the case may be. And the taxes on all lands, listed by the auditor (or by the clerks of the peace and certified to the auditor) with the interest that may be due thereon, shall be paid to the territorial treasurer or to the sheriff or collector of the proper county, but the treasurer shall not receive from the non resident, any taxes, unless such non resident pay the same before the first day of August, annually, nor until such non resident shall produce to him, a certificate from the auditor or the clerk of the peace respectively, of the quality of the land, for which he or she is about to pay the tax, with the amount due thereon, which certificate shall be, by the treasurer, filed in his office. The auditor of the territory and the clerk of the peace of the several counties respectively, shall keep books of transfers; and every non resident, who has entered his or her lands, in manner aforesaid, may, on the transferring the same or any part thereof to any other person or persons, have the alteration made with the auditor or clerk of the peace respectively, and charged to the person or persons to whom transferred, and such person shall be chargeable with the tax of such land or lands hereafter; and each person having the alteration made, shall pay to the auditor or clerk of the peace respectively, twenty-five cents, to his own use. And it shall be the further duty of the auditor, in the month of August, yearly and every year, to transmit to the clerks of the peace of the several counties respectively, a certified extract of all lands entered in his office, or alterations therein made in the preceding year, noting thereon the tracts of land on which the taxes have been paid into the territorial treasury. Provid d always, That it shall be the duty of the several clerks of the peace, upon receiving from the auditor, a list of the non residents' lands entered in his office, to make diligent search and enquiry of the non residents' lands lying in each of their respective counties; and after comparing the said auditor's list with the list of non residents' lands entered in his office, shall proceed to list all the residue of the lands belonging to non residents not before listed, noting the quantity and quality of the several tracts of land, so by him discovered and not before entered, and such as he cannot with certainty ascertain the quality of, he shall enter as
second rate; and shall make out and transmit one copy to the territorial auditor, and a second copy of such list the clerk shall deliver to the sheriff or collector of the proper county, to govern him in collecting the taxes due thereon, as in other cases of non residents' lands.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the sheriff or collector shall be authorised to sell so much of each tract of land charged with taxes, as will discharge the amount thereof, with costs: Provided goods and chattels cannot be found thereon to the amount. And the sheriff or collector in that case, shall advertise the time and place of sale one month, at the door of the courthouse, and also, at four other public places in his county; and if the person claiming the land does not pay the amount on or before the expiration of the time, the sheriff or collector shall proceed to sell; after such sale, the sheriff or collector shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of the quantity of land sold, describing therein the tract that was charged with the tax, and the end or side from which the quantity sold was taken, which shall always be laid off as nearly in a square as the situation will admit of: And the surveyor of the county, on the receipt of such certificate, shall by himself or deputy proceed to survey the quantity sold as aforesaid, agreeably to the said certificate, and charge the purchaser with the expense of the same. The surveyor or his deputy as the case may be, shall give notice to the former owner, if in the county, or his agent, if any he has therein, of the day on which the survey is to be made: And upon the plat and certificate of survey being presented to the sheriff or collector, it shall be his duty to convey the same to the purchaser by deed, in due form of law executed, which conveyance shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title and interest of the proprietor; and in consideration of law shall also vest the possession of the land in the purchaser: Provided always, that nothing therein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to bar the right or equity of redemption, which any infant, person non compos mentis, or in captivity, may have the land so sold, provided the taxes and charges thereon, with interest, and an equitable compensation for improvements thereon made, be rendered within one year after such disability be removed.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That when any tract of land, or part thereof, is not sold upon being exposed, and the tax on the same not paid, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or collector to advertise and expose the same to sale in like manner, as to time and place as aforesaid, at every court of quarter sessions, until the land be sold or the tax be paid thereon; and no sheriff or collector, or their deputies, shall directly or indirectly purchase any land that shall be exposed to sale for the payment of taxes.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That when any non resident fails to pay to the treasurer the tax and interest due on any tract of land, on or before the said month of August annually, the auditor shall, at the same time when he transmits to the several clerks of the counties the amount of lands entered in his office, certify to the several sheriffs or collectors, as the case may be, such failure of payment, stating particularly the amount of the taxes due thereon; and also at the same time advertise the same in one of the Gazettes of this territory, for four weeks successively; whereupon the sheriff or collector shall, forthwith after receiving such list, proceed to advertise on the court house door of his proper county, the said tracts of lands on which the tax is due, stating the amount thereof, and that he shall proceed to make sale of the same to satisfy said taxes, unless the same shall be paid on or before the first Monday in November, or so much thereof as will pay the taxes and expenses attending the sale; and the said sheriff or collector shall advertise the same in four different public places within the county, and if the amount of taxes is not paid, on or before the time mentioned, the sheriff or collector shall proceed to sell each tract, or so much thereof as will amount to the taxes and interest, with legal costs: and when any tract, or part thereof be sold, the sheriff or collector shall proceed in the same manner to have the same conveyed to the purchaser as is directed in case of residents; and it shall not be lawful for the sheriff or collector, or their deputies, directly or indirectly, to purchase any land sold under this section.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the territorial auditor to publish such extracts from this law, as relates to the lands of non residents, in one newspaper within this territory; and also, in one newspaper at the seat of the general government, and at the city of Richmond in Virginia; and the town of Boston in Massachusetts; and the city of Hartford in Connecticut, for the term of six weeks, to commence on the first week in February next, and the expenses thereof shall be defrayed out of the territorial treasury.
True extracts from said law, RICE BULCOCK, Auditor of Public Accounts. N. W. T.
The Auditor of said Territory has opened his office at Cincinnati, north-western territory, where he is at all times ready to receive and enter the lands of non residents in his office, subject to the payment of taxes under the above law.
R. BULLOCK, Auditor of Public Accounts. N. W. T. Cincinnati, Feb. 1, 1800.
Printers are requested to give the foregoing extracts a place in their respective papers for the benefit of those concerned.
March 21. 1806.