Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1799-12-18 00:00:00

The price of this Gazette is Eight Dollars per annum to Subscribers residing in the city of Philadelphia. All others pay one Dollar additional, for enclosing and directing; and unless some person in this city will become answerable for the subscription, it must be paid Six Months in Advance.
JOHN MILLER, Junr. No. 80 Dock, near Third street, HAS FOR SALE, Coffees, Mammodies, Taffaties, Striped Doreas, Tangibs, Patna and Santipour Handkerchiefs. The foregoing will be sold very low in order to close sales.
ALSO, A FEW PACKAGES OF German Goods, Suitable to the West India Market; Received by the Fair American from Hamburg. October 25.
FOR FREIGHT or CHARTER, For Europe or the West Indies, THE SHIP PACIFIC, PERKINS SALTER, Master, She is a staunch good Ship, well fitted, burthen about 500 barrels, and ready to receive a cargo on board. For terms apply to WHARTON and LEWIS, No. 115 South Front street, who have for sale, A parcel of Havanna Molasses, Old Madeira Wine, Ground Ginger, Burlington Pork, &c. &c. November 21.
FOR LIVERPOOL, THE DANISH SHIP LITTLE MARTHA, OLEA C. MARC, master, Burthen 300 tons, THE principal part of her cargo being now ready to go on board, she will sail with all possible dispatch. For Freight apply to NICKLIN & GRIFFITH. Nov. 27, 1799.
ROSS AND SIMSON, HAVE FOR SALE, 3000 pieces 1st and 2d quality Russia Duck, 200 pieces Ravens Duck (superior) Boston Beef in Barrels. A few bales Bengal { COSSAS HUMHUMS. 1200 bushels St. Martins Salt. April 11.
Bank of North America. THE STOCKHOLDERS ARE hereby notified that an Election for Twelve Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at the Bank, on Monday the 13th January next, at 10 o'clock. RICHARD WELLS, Cashier. Dec. 2, 1799.
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 past favors they have received, and inform them that in addition to the regular Line, they are provided with Carriages, Sover and careful drivers, to go through between the City and Borough in two days. Those who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage Office, sign of United States Eagle, Market street, Philadelphia. Slough, Downing, Dunawood & Co. Nov. 30.
CAUTION. ALL persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing or receiving in payment, two Drafts of Thomas Truxton on William Patterson, in my favor, dated 17th September last, endorsed by the Commissioners of the Federal building in the city of Washington and myself, one payable at nine months after date, for 617 dollars 71 cents, the other payable at six months after date, for 1751 dollars 83 cents, the same having been forwarded from the Post Office in this city on the 6th inst, enclosed in a letter from the Commissioners aforesaid, (the proprietors of said drafts) to David Harris, Baltimore, who has not yet received them. Mr. Patterson being apprised of the misfortune of these drafts, will not pay them to any person or persons without hearing further from the Commissioners. THOMAS MUNROE. Washington, 2d December. 1799.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY on Saturday evening the 13th July instant, from Colebrook 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 downy 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 Nankien; (some money). It is expected he has fled his country 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. Colebrook Furnace, July 16, 1799: (O18)
PRATT & KINTZING, No. 95, north Water street, HAVE RECEIVED By the ships Wilmington, Connecticut, Fair American, and other late arrivals, from Hamburg and Bremen, A great variety of GERMAN GOODS, Among which are Platillas, Britannias, Esopalles, Creas a la Morlaix, Round Creas, Downas, Rouans, Patterbornes, Bielefeld Linen, Waarendorps, Table Linen, Ticklenburgs, Oznabrigs, Heffen Rolls, Brown ditto, Polish ditto, Coffee Bags, Liffados, Carradoles, Checks and Stripes, Arabias, Bradantees, Cassarillos, Coutils, Cholets. Also, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Siamois, Bedticks, Oil Cloths, Slippers, Window Glass, Tumblers, Yellow Ochre, Quills, Slates and Pencils, Pearl Barley, Claret in cases, Coffee Mills, Nails and Ironmongery, Demijohns, Lentilles, Glue, Hogs Bristles, Looking Glasses, Toys, Anchors, A few tons Hemp &c. &c.
to hhd. Muscovado Sugar, Roll Brimstone, a few pipes old Port Wine, a parcel of Seal and upper Leather, men's coarse Shoes in trunks, a few low priced silver Watches, &c. &c. All which they offer for sale at the lowest prices and most extensive credit. Nov. 7 th&fa 4w
UNSEATED LANDS. THE owners of Unseated Lands in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are hereby notified, that unless the Taxes due on said Lands for the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, and 1798 are paid into the hands of JOHN WILKINS, Esquire, County Treasurer, on or before the 20th day of February next, they will be advertised for sale as the law directs. Ebenezer Denny, William Dunning, James Robinson, Commissioners. Pittsburgh, November 5, 1799. 3m.
THE Creditors of Baly, Hill, & Evans, Insolvent Debtors, in the county of Sussex, are to meet the Assignee at the Court-House in said county, on the 24th of Dec. next, at 10 o'clock A.M. in order to make a dividend of said Insolvent's estate, that may come to hand by that day. CH. CASE, assignee. June 25.
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 Milam County and State of Pennsylvania, within six miles of the river Juniata, containing about 320 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. dtf.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the bye-laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 7th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected. November 15. epte.
ONE Thousand Five Hundred DOLLARS. WAS delivered to the POSTMASTER here, in the Post-Office, on the evening of Tuesday the 27th ult. in a LETTER directed to Mr. John Mills, Merchant, BALTIMORE, containing two ALEXANDRIA BANK NOTES, No. 4320, in favour of William Taylor, and dated 30th April, 1798, for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and No. 4522, in favour of John P. Pleasants, and dated the 10th of December, 1798, for FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, which letter has been SUPPRESSED in a POST-OFFICE, and the BANK NOTES taken out—as the PUBLIC MAIL was not STOPPED, MOLESTED, or ROBBED. Bankers and merchants are particularly requested to watch the circulation of said notes, and stop them; and any person giving such information as will lead us to our money, shall have FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward. WILSON & SWANN. Frederickburg, (Virg.) Sept. 10. All Printers in the United States, are requested to publish the above, and we will pay them. November 27. wt&stf.
THREE CENTS REWARD. RAN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 28th inst. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Howchel, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any person apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N.B. She had 2 years and some months to serve DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6. zmwtf.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF THOMAS AND JOHN KETLAND Being Dissolved, By the death of Mr. JOHN KETLAND, ALL persons who have demands against said Firm are requested to bring in their accounts for payment, and those indebted to the same are solicited to make payment to THOMAS KETLAND. October 21. Just Imported, 135 Hogheads, } Prime SUGAR. 191 barrels, } 50 do. Green Coffee, 25 Boxes brown } Havanna SUGAR. 25 do. white, } 12 hds. James River Tobacco, 30 Packages well assorted German Linens, Russia Cordage, assorted, 400 Pipes Barcelona Brandy, 4th proof, Hazelnuts in sacks, Brown Stout Porter, draught and bottled, 40 Casks Shot, No. 1 to 8, Lead in Pigs, 8 hds. ground Lead, assorted, 4 Casks Glauber Salts, Cream Tartar, &c. Black quart wine bottles in crates, 1 gross each, Queens ware in Crates, Cannon, 4, 6, and 9 pounds calibre, with shot, round, grape and canister, Swivels, Cartridges in bales, 1st quality, ditto in Reels, Claret in cases, superior quality, Port Wine, ditto, Horseshoes, Nails, Hangers, &c. Fowling pieces and pistols in cases, Ship Musquets and Blunderbusses, in do. Bath stove Grates, for chambers, &c. &c. FOR SALE BY THOMAS KETLAND, Walnut Street wharf: Nov. 1 dtf.
THE REV. ROBERT ANDREWS Has opened a SCHOOL, No. 110, Walnut Street, IN WHICH YOUNG GENTLEMEN will be instructed by him in the different branches of Classical and Polite Literature, viz. the English, Latin and Greek Languages, History, Antiquities, Geography, the Use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. Unquestionable testimonials can be given of Mr. A.'s experience and qualifications as a Teacher. November 7. w&stf. Now Ready for Sale, At GEORGE DAVIS'S Law Book Store, No. 319, High Street, A very valuable and extensive Assortment of Law Books, IMPORTED this fall and immediately before the late sickness, comprehending almost every Book in use, of the latest London and Irish editions. They will be disposed of from a single volume, to an entire Library at the same prices as have heretofore given such general satisfaction. By sundry vessels daily expected from London and Dublin, his stock will as usual be kept up, so that gentlemen will seldom be disappointed when applying at his store. N.B. This day is published, Davis's Law Catalogue for 1799, of books for sale, which may be had gratis, on application as above. November 8. tuhs&fam.
By JOSEPH & JAMES CRUKSHANK, No. 87 High Street Philadelphia, A FEW COPIES OF THE HARLEIAN MISCELLANY, BEING a Selection of Tracts which principally regard the English History, and of which many are referred to by Hume. The scarcity and high price of the Harleian Miscellany, induced the editor to offer the present abridgement to the public, which is composed of a narration of those highly interesting events which have occurred in the History of England, and which are chiefly arranged in chronological order. The volume contains in quantity one fourth of the original work, and the price of it is one guinea, being only one twelfth of what the original book now sells for. November 21. 31aw2m.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. November 15, 1799. NOTICE. THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the bye-laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 7th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected. November 15. epte.
ONE Thousand Five Hundred DOLLARS. WAS delivered to the POSTMASTER here, in the Post-Office, on the evening of Tuesday the 27th ult. in a LETTER directed to Mr. John Mills, Merchant, BALTIMORE, containing two ALEXANDRIA BANK NOTES, No. 4320, in favour of William Taylor, and dated 30th April, 1798, for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and No. 4522, in favour of John P. Pleasants, and dated the 10th of December, 1798, for FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, which letter has been SUPPRESSED in a POST-OFFICE, and the BANK NOTES taken out—as the PUBLIC MAIL was not STOPPED, MOLESTED, or ROBBED. Bankers and merchants are particularly requested to watch the circulation of said notes, and stop them; and any person giving such information as will lead us to our money, shall have FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward. WILSON & SWANN. Frederickburg, (Virg.) Sept. 10. All Printers in the United States, are requested to publish the above, and we will pay them. November 27. wt&stf.
THREE CENTS REWARD. RAN away from the Subscriber on the evening of the 28th inst. a bound Servant GIRL, named Elizabeth Howchel, had on and took with her three different changes of garment and money, proud, bold and impudent, a noted liar; any person apprehending her shall be entitled to the above reward—no costs or charges will be paid. N.B. She had 2 years and some months to serve DANIEL FITZPATRICK. Goshen Township, Chester County, July 29. august 6. zmwtf.
THE REV. ROBERT ANDREWS Has opened a SCHOOL, No. 110, Walnut Street, IN WHICH YOUNG GENTLEMEN will be instructed by him in the different branches of Classical and Polite Literature, viz. the English, Latin and Greek Languages, History, Antiquities, Geography, the Use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. Unquestionable testimonials can be given of Mr. A.'s experience and qualifications as a Teacher. November 7. w&stf. Now Ready for Sale, At GEORGE DAVIS'S Law Book Store, No. 319, High Street, A very valuable and extensive Assortment of Law Books, IMPORTED this fall and immediately before the late sickness, comprehending almost every Book in use, of the latest London and Irish editions. They will be disposed of from a single volume, to an entire Library at the same prices as have heretofore given such general satisfaction. By sundry vessels daily expected from London and Dublin, his stock will as usual be kept up, so that gentlemen will seldom be disappointed when applying at his store. N.B. This day is published, Davis's Law Catalogue for 1799, of books for sale, which may be had gratis, on application as above. November 8. tuhs&fam.
By JOSEPH & JAMES CRUKSHANK, No. 87 High Street Philadelphia, A FEW COPIES OF THE HARLEIAN MISCELLANY, BEING a Selection of Tracts which principally regard the English History, and of which many are referred to by Hume. The scarcity and high price of the Harleian Miscellany, induced the editor to offer the present abridgement to the public, which is composed of a narration of those highly interesting events which have occurred in the History of England, and which are chiefly arranged in chronological order. The volume contains in quantity one fourth of the original work, and the price of it is one guinea, being only one twelfth of what the original book now sells for. November 21. 31aw2m.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. November 15, 1799. NOTICE. THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the Statute of Incorporation, a General Election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the bye-laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are also notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 7th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected. November 15. epte.
ONE Thousand Five Hundred DOLLARS. WAS delivered to the POSTMASTER here, in the Post-Office, on the evening of Tuesday the 27th ult. in a LETTER directed to Mr. John Mills, Merchant, BALTIMORE, containing two ALEXANDRIA BANK NOTES, No. 4320, in favour of William Taylor, and dated 30th April, 1798, for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and No. 4522, in favour of John P. Pleasants, and dated the 10th of December, 1798, for FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, which letter has been SUPPRESSED in a POST-OFFICE, and the BANK NOTES taken out—as the PUBLIC MAIL was not STOPPED, MOLESTED, or ROBBED. Bankers and merchants are particularly requested to watch the circulation of said notes, and stop them; and any person giving such information as will lead us to our money, shall have FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward. WILSON & SWANN. Frederickburg, (Virg.) Sept. 10. All Printers in the United States, are requested to publish the above, and we will pay them. November 27. wt&stf.
TERMS Of Richard Folwell, in Philadelphia, FOR SUBSCRIBING TO THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT Of the American War, in 1774, to the present time, INCLUDING The Reports of Heads of Departments, of Committees, and other Official and Private Papers of that Body, now first permitted to be made public. THE work will be printed on a fine paper, and a new neat type, in large octavo. Each volume will contain above 500 pages, neatly bound and lettered. Uniformity in size, paper, and binding, will be observed throughout the work; so that, while the subscribers become possessed of a valuable record, an ornament may be added to their libraries. The price to subscribers will be 2 dollars. 75 cts. per volume, in boards; and 3 dollars. whole bound, but, as the publisher does not intend to print more than the number subscribed for, a considerable rise on the price may be expected to non-subscribers. Each volume will contain about one third less of letter-press than the original edition; but, as the publisher is not yet enabled to determine the extent of the Private Papers, which he may be allowed to make public, he cannot ascertain the number of volumes which will comprise the work. Payments to be made on delivery of each volume. Subscribers will have at their option, either to subscribe for the whole of the Journals, up to the present time, or to those only of the Old Congress; prior to the organization of the Federal Government.
IN all countries, the proceedings in the commencement of their governments, are lost in darkness and obscurity, owing to a carelessness, in the succeeding generation, to preserve the public records, and the attention of the nation, in those rude ages, being called off from their domestic concerns, to engage in wars and conquest. Of what infinite value would the laws of Alfred be, had they been transmitted to our days? Time, that destroys every thing, enhances the value of well authenticated public records, and renders them almost incalculable. It is hoped, that American will, therefore, cheerfully contribute their assistance in transmitting to posterity the labours of their ancestors—founders of the Columbian nation. The work will certainly be advanced with expedition and promptitude. The following will show the support it has already acquired: "Philadelphia, June 15, 1798. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. The MEMORIAL of the Subscribers, Citizens, &c. of Philadelphia, Respectfully represents, "That having, in our respective avocations, frequent occasions to recur to the Journals of Congress, we experience inconvenience by the scarcity of them! That we understand that Richard Folwell, printer, of Philadelphia, has had it in contemplation to print that public record; and that he has obtained partial countenance from many individuals; but that he has delayed prosecuting the work, in expectation of encouragement from government, that may adequately indemnify him. We, therefore, respectfully solicit, as the publication is necessary to be disseminated among public bodies, that Congress will, in their wisdom render him such additional encouragement, to that which he has obtained from private individuals, as to enable him to proceed with the work, so that your Memorialists may be enabled to purchase copies of that record for themselves. Thomas M'Kean, John D. Cox, Charles Heatly, Samson Levy, T. Ross, Wm. Moore Smith, John Reid jun. William Tilghman, John F. Miller, Joseph B. McKean, John Beckly, W. Sergeant, John Thompson, Jared Ingersoll, Jasper Moylan, William Rawle, J. Thomas, William Lewis, James Gibson, M. Keppel, Moses Levy, Robert Porter, George Davis, John Hallowell, James Oldden, Walter Franklin, James Milnor, John C. Wells, John L. Leih, Alexander I. Dallas, Joseph Reed, Thomas Willing, Samuel M. Fox, John Nixon, Robert Waln, Robert H. Dunkin, John Ewing, Jun. Edward Pennington, Hilary Baker, William Nichols, William Young, Robert Campbell, Septimus, Claypoole, James Cruikshank, Mathew Carey, Henry K. Helmhuth, Peter Du Haven, John Dullup, Edward Shoemaker, John R. Smith, William Hall, David C. Claypoole, Thomas Armstrong, Samuel H. Smith, John Penno.
"True copy from the original Memorial, presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, on Monday, the 18th of June 1798. WILLIAM LAMBERT, for JONATHAN W. CONDY, CLERK." "RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be authorized and directed, to subscribe, on such terms as they may deem eligible, for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives, for four hundred Copies of the Journals of Congress, which are proposed to be published by Richard Folwell and such number of copies of deficient volumes of the sets now in print, as may be necessary to complete the same. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JAMES ROSS, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, March 2d, 1799. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. may 20. tawtf.
AT a Court of Common Pleas held at Union Town, for the county of Fayette, the fourth Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, before the Judges of the same court, on the petition of John Wilson, praying that the act of Assembly, providing that the portion of a debtor shall not be liable to imprisonment for debt after delivering up his estate for the use of his creditors, may be extended to him. The Court appoint the first day of next term, to hear the petitioner and his creditors, and order that he give his creditors public notice hereof, in Fennel's Philadelphia paper, and in Yundt and Brown's Baltimore paper, for one week, ending at least four weeks before the day of hearing; and that he also give to John Gilfillie and Jacob Everhart personal notice in writing, to be served on them, at least fifteen days previous to the hearing. At September term, this order was continued to the first day of December term, By the Court, EPHRAIM DOUGLASS, Prothonotary.
TO THE HOLDERS OF MILITARY LAND WARRANTS. THE Subscriber having lately returned from viewing the land, surveyed and appropriated to satisfy the land warrants, issued by the Secretary at war, to the officers and soldiers of the late continental army; and having made arrangements with Mr. James Johnson, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who he left on the land, and who with the assistance of an intelligent inhabitant of that county, will spend five months in exploring the different sections. He will take regular notes, descriptive of the soil, situation, and natural advantages attached to each section in the whole survey—which notes will be placed in the hands of the subscriber previous to the period for locating, thereby enabling him to make the most advantageous locations the priority will admit. He offers his service to the holders of land warrants of the above description, throughout the United States, to receive their warrants, class them, (as no less quantity than 4000 acres will be registered at the office of the treasury) have them registered agreeable to law, and attend to make the location at the time appointed in February next. For transacting the business, one tenth part of the land specified in the warrants will be required, and no other charge, except the postage of letters. All warrants forwarded and letters addressed to the subscriber, at No. 3, Penn-street, Philadelphia, will receive immediate attention. JAMES E. SMITH. September 2. mwtf.
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. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high, has a blemish in his eyes, wore white in them from common, by trade a Forge man; had on and took with him a drab coloured broad cloth coat, almost new, a sailors jacket and panteleons printed fancy cord, a swansdown striped under shirt; a rumus hat; one fine and one coarse shirt; one mullin handkerchief, sprigged, two ditto striped border, a blue Persian under jacket and two pair cotton stockings. Whoever takes up said negro and lodges him in any jail in this or any of the neighbouring states shall have the above reward or reasonable expenses if brought home. JOHN BRIEN. Spring Forge, October 23, 1799. N.B. As said negro formerly lived in Chester county, it is probable he may return there. November 5.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JACOB THOMAS, of Washington in the State of Kentucky, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment—All persons having demands against said estate are desired to furnish their accounts legally attested to JACOB REESE, Administrator. Philadelphia, October 31, 1799.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Wilson, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement. SARAH WILSON, Administratrix. JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator. No. 293, south Front street, Southwark. WHO HAS TO LET, A BRICK STABLE, Sufficiently large to contain nine Horses. ALSO, For Sale or to Let, A New FRAME CARRIAGE HOUSE. Nov. 1, 1799. dtf.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Wilson, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement. SARAH WILSON, Administratrix. JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator. No. 293, south Front street, Southwark. WHO HAS TO LET, A BRICK STABLE, Sufficiently large to contain nine Horses. ALSO, For Sale or to Let, A New FRAME CARRIAGE HOUSE. Nov. 1, 1799. dtf.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Wilson, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement. SARAH WILSON, Administratrix. JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator. No. 293, south Front street, Southwark. WHO HAS TO LET, A BRICK STABLE, Sufficiently large to contain nine Horses. ALSO, For Sale or to Let, A New FRAME CARRIAGE HOUSE. Nov. 1, 1799. dtf.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Wilson, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement. SARAH WILSON, Administratrix. JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator. No. 293, south Front street, Southwark. WHO HAS TO LET, A BRICK STABLE, Sufficiently large to contain nine Horses. ALSO, For Sale or to Let, A New FRAME CARRIAGE HOUSE. Nov. 1, 1799. dtf.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Wilson, late of Southwark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and those who have any demands against the said estate are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement. SARAH WILSON, Administratrix. JOEL W. WILSON, Administrator. No. 293, south Front street, Southwark. WHO HAS TO LET, A BRICK STABLE, Sufficiently large to contain nine Horses. ALSO, For Sale or to Let, A New FRAME CARRIAGE HOUSE. Nov. 1, 1799. dtf.

Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA.
Downing Street, October 7, 1799.
A dispatch of which the following is a copy, was received late this evening from field marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of York, by the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Head quarters, Zuypher-Zuyts, Oct. 4, 1799.
Sir,
The inclemency of the weather which prevailed at the time of writing my last dispatch, and which, as I therein explained, alone prevented me from putting the army in motion, having in some measure subsided, and the necessary previous arrangements having been made, the attack was commenced on the whole of the enemy's line on the morning of the second; and I have now the happiness to inform you, that after a severe and obstinate action, which lasted from six in the morning until the same hour at night, the distinguished valour of his Majesty's and the Russian troops prevailed throughout; and the enemy, being entirely defeated, retired in the night from the positions which he occupied on the Lange Dyke, the Koek Dyke at Berger, and upon the extensive range of sand hills between the latter place and Egmont-op-Zee. The points where this well fought battle was principally contested, were from the sea shore in front of Egmont, extending along the sandy desert hills to the heights above Bergen, and it was sustained by the British columns under the command of those highly distinguished officers General Sir Ralph Abercromby and Lieutenant General Dundas, whose exertions, as well as the gallantry of the brave troops they led, cannot have been surpassed by any former instance of British valor.
On the night of this memorable day, he army lay upon their arms; and yesterday moved forward and occupied the positions of the Lange Dyke, Alkmaar, Bergen, Egmont-op-Hoof, and Egmont-op-Zee.
The enemy's force, according to the best information I have been able to obtain, consisted of between twenty five and thirty thousand men, of whom a very small proportion only were Dutch. Gen. Daendels, who commanded the latter, is wounded. The French troops, who have been continually reinforcing themselves, and whose loss has been very great, were commanded by Generals Brune, Vandamme, and Boulet.
From the continuance of the action, and the obstinacy with which it was contested, the victory has not been gained without serious loss. At present I am not in possession of particular returns, but I have a satisfaction to say that no officer of rank has fallen. The British army has to regret Major General Moore's being wounded in two places; and the Russian army, Major General Enns's being also wounded; but I am happy to say that their wounds are not a nature to lead me to apprehend that I shall long be deprived of the assistance of their abilities and gallantry. It is impossible for me at this moment to do justice to the merits of the other general officers of the allied army who distinguished themselves, as I must defer, until to-morrow, saying my tribute of praise to them and to the troops generally, as well as giving the details of the battle of the 2d instant. My attention is seriously engaged in making the arrangements which are necessary for occupying a forward position in front of Berckel and Wyck op Zee, to which line the enemy has retreated. I entertain no doubt that the extent of country which will now be under the protection of the allied army, and freed from French tyranny, will afford an opportunity to its loyal inhabitants of declaring themselves. The town of Alkmaar, which is the seat of the States of North Holland, has opened its gates to our troops, and a considerable number of the Dutch troops have come over to the Prince of Orange's standard.
In order that you may be in possession of such information as want of time will not at present allow me to detail, I charge my aide-de-camp, Captain Fitzgerald, with this dispatch. He is entirely in my confidence, and I request leave to recommend him to his Majesty as an officer of superior merit and intelligence.
I am, Sir, yours, (Signed) FREDERICK.
HOUSE OF PEERS.
October 8.
The royal assent was given by commission to the bill "to enable his majesty to raise an additional number of recruits from the militia regiments, under certain restrictions."
LONDON, October 6.
A letter from on board the Bonadicia of 38 guns, dated off Breil, on Monday last, the 2d instant, relates that Capt. Keats had just ran into Breil water, to nearly within gunshot of the batteries, by which means he was enabled to count forty-seven sail of the line, and fifteen frigates, with sails bent, and to all appearance in every respect ready for sea. Other vessels were in a state of preparation, and one ship seemed ready except her foremast, which had been taken out, but which could be replaced and rigged in a few hours.
The appearance of the combined fleet by no means accords with the recent accounts of mutiny and extensive desertion; though to these causes alone can we rationally attribute their long continuance in port, when the necessity of our resisting left our trade
and territory open to their depredations and destructive enterprise. We congratulate the country upon their inactivity, whatever was the cause; and have now only to wish that they will give our fleet the meeting.
October 10.
It is reported with great confidence in the political circles, that a negotiation was actually on foot at Berlin for the establishment of the Stadholder, and that the king of Prussia interested himself with great zeal to bring it about. The French were not greatly indisposed to the measure, and required only that a guarantee should be given them that they should not be disturbed in Belgium. On this footing the cession of Holland on the one side, and of their conquests in Italy on the other, would have been the basis of a general peace.
This, however, was not acceptable to the courts of London and St. Petersburg. They would not accept by compromise what they had resolved to accomplish by force, and in the confidence of success in their intended descent, they compelled the king of Prussia to relinquish his mediation, and to adhere to his neutrality. The fact is not improbable, when we consider the success that has attended the operations of the allies through the whole of the campaign, and the belief that was generally entertained, that the Dutch people would be almost unanimous in declaring for the Stadholder as soon as a landing should be effected. In the case of negotiation, we would have been without protection of the Dutch fleet, which by some fresh rupture and unforeseen contingencies, might afterwards have come to be at the disposal of the French Republic.
It seems to be the determination of ministers to persist in the plan of attack upon Holland, and therefore more troops must be immediately sent to keep up the ranks of our army, and improve the advantages we have gained.
In the engagement of Alkmaar, the British artillery being left at one time the action exposed to a great part of the enemy, were taken prisoners; but two troops of English cavalry attacked the assailants with such spirit, that they put every one of them to the sword, and regained the artillery with very trifling loss.
The inhabitants of Alkmaar (says a letter from Holland) actually refused permission to the retreating and defeated army to pass through their town, and shut their gates against them, which were gladly opened to the Duke of York on the 21 October.
It is stated that the British and Russian forces made 4000 prisoners.
The accounts in the London papers of the disturbances in Ireland, and copied from the papers of that country, greatly exaggerate the ills under which it labours. Respecting the positive statement that two regiments of Irish militia in Cork had planned the seizure of the arsenal, and the destruction of all persons hostile to their views, we are assured, by a gentleman just arrived from that city, that it was a gross fabrication. We hope and doubt not that the same will, in a principal degree, be found to be the case with respect to other places. We have with concern repeatedly stated the general spirit of disaffection; but the Loyalists are too numerous, and the government too strong for any serious disturbances, or attempt, unaided by the French.
PARIS, October 3.
The court of Spain has just given orders for a great number of troops, and particularly cavalry, to be sent off towards Estramadura, as it is supposed that the English and Portuguese are meditating an attack in that quarter.
October 4.
Yesterday morning 450 troops of the line discovered a column of Chouans at the distance of two leagues from Sege, and immediately attacked them, and after a brisk fire of musketry repelled them.
October 12.
There circulates, or rather, there does not circulate, a pamphlet, called "The Last Cry of Freemen." It is an appeal to the inhabitants of all countries, to form a coalition to destroy the French government.
The King of Denmark has just published an edict to destroy the liberty of the press, of which the following is the substance:
All anonymous writings are prohibited. Attempts to raise seditions shall be punished with death. Those who attack the constitution, or those who write against established governments, or who circulate scandalous rumours against the Royal family, shall be banished. The authors of offensive publications in favor of foreign powers, shall be confined in the house of correction. Every one is permitted to express with decency and moderation, the sentiments relative to the amelioration of the laws.
The German gazettes say, that the Russians have obtained some advantages in Switzerland, and that they must have made some progress there, but the deficiency of materials prevent them from giving a correct detail of their proceedings.
October 16.
The sudden death of Baudin has thrown the two councils into consternation. His name has traversed the revolution without reproach, without spot, and without blemish. His opinion gave the utmost weight to the determination of the Council of Ancients. His exterior was amiable, and engaging. He possessed an austere probity and a noble frankness. He was sober, studious, industrious, obliging and disinterested. He was a good husband, a good father, a good son, a good friend, and a good citizen. A stranger to all factions—he opposed all factions with firmness and success. All his views, all his labours were for the public welfare. He infused a religious piety into the constitution of the third year.
He carried with him to the grave, the esteem of his colleagues, and left them in exchange his conduct for a model.
General Lecourbe is on his way to Paris, for the purpose, it is said, of being invested with the command of the army of the Rhine—but in that event, what is to become of Moreau? For undoubtedly Moreau will not persist in his intention of resigning, after the victories which have so completely avenged him for the reproaches of inaction which were made against him.
All the officers and soldiers of the French army in Egypt, have been sick. Buonaparte only has resisted the unhealthiness of the climate, and the fatigue of his military labours, to which he is early accustomed himself.
When the army departed for Syria, it was ill in a very bad condition. None of the divisions had been yet visited by the plague, except the garrisons of Alexandria and Damietta, of which a great many brave fellows have been mowed down. It is said that the plague raged in the Bakery of the former of these cities with such violence, that in two days all the bakers died, which circumstance deprived the garrison of fresh bread for some time.
We are assured that the directory has embargoed all the Hamburg vessels in our ports. That notwithstanding the fatal term we still perceive a great many drafts at Bordeaux—That the Chouans increase rapidly at the Calvados—That Massena has written to government, "Give bread to our soldiers, and we are sure to conquer—that while there are sacks in our stores, there is no grain; and when there is grain, there are no sacks."—That the ex-deputy Borthier, is going to Guadeloupe, instead of St. Ledger—That the English papers announce the landing of emigrants on the coast of Brest—That the army of Italy has advanced as far as Navarre—That the Chouans have been defeated by a Republican detachment, in the environs of Cholet—That the two chiefs, Renou and Mourier, are among the slain.
A letter written by the inhabitants of Ceres, to the Deputy of the High Pyrenees.
The troubles of Ceres, of which we cannot now point out the cause, affect this department with all the evils of Pandora's box. The enemies of all order, in conjunction with the petty magistrates, have taken advantage of these troubles to distress the people. At Ceres, every honest man and every Republican, are arrested and imprisoned. The plantations are laid waste, and private stores are plundered. The brigands, some on foot and some on horseback, rob us of our grain, our wine, our plate, our fowls, our poultry, and our geese. Our kitchen utensils, and even the bolts of our doors. The farmers, indiscriminately are sent to prison, from whence they are conducted to the market places, where they receive every species of insult. The commissaries of Diffons, Montagnan, Barnigagnan, Mont, Sadibian and St. Auvillers, have all been plaged in the name of the law, liberty and equality. The robbers promise to reimburse us, at a future period. The audacity of the villains is such, that they frequently steal back some of the mutton which they have stolen, because it was too lean, and ordered them to be exchanged for some in better condition. The municipality, perpetually garumandizing, are every day flushed with four-coupons repasts. These thieves have offers to take care of their stolen horses—butcher, to kill their mutton—bakers, cooks, and scullions in their kitchens.
The central administration tolerate every thing, and hear no complaints—it is emulators imitate these robbers, and most infamously put every thing under requisition. They make use of an edifying mode to furnish the military with soldiers—they command two vagabond and abandoned priests to go into the prison where unfortunate men are confined for petty offences—here interrogate them, and threaten punishment if they do not tell what they pretend to know supernaturally—they thus extort confessions, whether true or false, in consequence of which, these unhappy men are forced into the requisitions. Such are the outlines of the picture now exhibited at Ceres—Judge of our situation!
BRUXELLS, October 4.
Letters from the frontiers of Westphalia announce, that since the war of seven years, no one remembers to have seen such formidable preparations for war. The communications are making enormous purchases of provisions of all kinds. The principal magazines are established at Minden, Ham, and Rees. Troops are continually arriving not only from the banks of the Weser, but from the interior of Prussia. The Prussian army of observation will be composed of four divisions, each of ten thousand. All the regiments forming this army will be put on the full war establishment. It is still pretended that the Prussian troops will immediately occupy the flats of his Prussian majesty, situated on the left bank of the Rhine, which the French troops will evacuate.
BRUSSELS October 15.
The territory which lies between the Rhine, Mosele and Meuse is almost entirely reduced by military force. The strong places are put in a state of siege. The commandants are taking the most rigorous measures to provision them and put them in a good state of defence.
It is impossible to dissemble, that this state of things makes a lively impression on the minds of the inhabitants, and causes them to fear an invasion by the enemy—however, all the uneasiness which they felt for Mayence and even for the fortresses of Ehren-
breit, is totally destroyed. The Prussian, in that quarter have made a powerful diversion, which has obliged the enemy to retire beyond the Meuse, and supplies are continually pouring into those two places, as the communications with both banks of the Rhine is perfectly free.
The Archduke Charles cannot, therefore, in pursuance of his plan, transfer the Theatre of War to the lower Rhine. The works on the fortifications of Fuliers, are in great forwardness, and they have likewise began on those at Mestrich. A body of troops is sent from the Army of the Rhine to connect it with that of the North, in conjunction with the auxiliary battalions which are coming from the interior of the Republic, for that purpose other levies of troops are leaving the Rhine to reinforce the army of Holland. A battalion arrived here the day before yesterday and two others followed yesterday—they came from Alia to-morrow morning they set off for Holland—Meanwhile we see daily multitudes of conscripts pursuing the same direction; there is, however, considerable desertion among them, which it is difficult to prevent 10 Large parties of them embark at Antwerp and Preda to be conducted to their destination. If we may credit intelligence contained in several private letters, the English have entered the Meuse with a great number of ships of war—Effected a descent near Hellevoetsluys, where they are making preparations for a vigorous attack of that important place. It is added that General Daendels had been arrested by order of the Batavian Directory, and that the army of the enemy are making preparations for a general attack.
CANAL OFFICE,
November 28, 1799.
Notice is hereby given,
TO the Stockholders of the Delaware and Schuylkill, and Susquehanna and Schuylkill Canal companies; that the annual election will be held at the Companies Office, on Monday the 6th of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of electing One President, Two Managers and One Treasurer to each Company, for the ensuing year.
GEORGE WORRALL, Secretary.
November 30
LANDING
At Wilcocks wharf from the schr. Lively, capt. Godfrey, from H. Lixau,
325 Barrels } fine pickled Salmon 80 half Barrels 20 Barrels do. Shad 11 do. do. Mackerel
FOR SALE BY
NICKLIN & GRIFFITH.
N. B. There are some Goods on Freight on board the above Schooner, the names of the consignees of which are not mentioned, they are requested to make immediate entry of the same, otherwise they will be sent to the custom house as the vessel must be discharged without loss of time.
Dec. 16. dtf
WILLIAM COBBETT,
HAVING in order to avoid the disgrace of living under the Government of a Rascal removed from Philadelphia to the City of New-York, requests any one in Pennsylvania, who may have a demand against him, to deliver an account thereof to Mr. JOHN MORGAN, No. 3, South Front Street, Philadelphia, or to forward it by post to New-York.
To be Sold, at Auction,
AT PORCUPINE'S HOUSE,
On Thursday next at 9 o'clock,
A QUANTITY OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
CONSISTING OF
Chairs, Mahogany Tables, Bureaus, Stoves and Stove-pipe, an excellent Roasting Jack, &c. &c.
ALSO, A COMPLETE
PRINTING PRESS,
With a variety of Books, &c. &c. &c. The sale will begin at 10 o'clock precisely, and will continue till all is sold off.
December 14. fa mnu&w.
FOR SALE,
Or to be exchanged for a good Vessel,
AN 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, situate in the flourishing village of Frankford. The house, which may be entered the 1st 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 low as a vessel-offer that may be suitable.
Further particulars will be made known by application to
MOORE WHARTON.
Dec. 17. dtc
BY Virtue of an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, appointing us auditors in a Domestic attachment on the property of William Marshall, will be sold at public sale on Seventh day the 21st of next Month at the Pothouse of Edward Fell in Springfield Township,
A large quantity of Earthenware,
CONSISTING OF
Pots, Pan, Plates, Jugs, Mugs, Bowles, &c. also a quantity of unburnt ware, Potters' implements, sundry articles of household furniture and a Ten Plate Stove.
The sale to begin at 12 o'clock, when attendance will be given and conditions made known by
JOSEPH RHOADS,
W. PENNOCH, } Auditors.
DAVID PRATT, }
11th Month 19th 1799.
All persons having any demands against said Marshall, are desired to authenticate and produce them, on or before the 21st of next Month, that they may be liquidated and all those who are indebted, to make immediate payment to said Auditors.
November 20. 12w27D
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of WILLIAM McDONALD, late of the city of Philadelphia, Taylor, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment and all persons having any demands against the said estate are desired to render their accounts, duly attested, to the undersigned,
ANN MACDONALD,
Administratrix.
December 16. 12w
FOR SALE,
By SIMON WALKER,
No. 78 Walnut Street,
ENGLISH PORTER and Brown Stout, in cases of 6 dozen each, Tin Plate, Sheet, bar and pig Lead, Cannon with carriages complete, 4, 6, 9 and 18 pounders, Shot, round, double headed and canister, Iron Crow Bars, Cutlasses, boarding Pikes, Muskets and Pistols, Knives, Brimstone, Cream of Tartar, Pepper, Wine and Claret Bottles, Six Invoices of Earthen Ware, each about thirty crates, assorted White and red Lead, yellow and black Paint, and Spanish Brown, Russian Britles, Hardware and Sadlery, assorted in cases, An Invoice of German Pistols and Britannias. December 3. 20w
MADEIRA WINE.
THE Subscriber, has just received a quantity of HILL'S First Quality
London Particular Wine,
In Pipes, Hds. and Quarter Casks.
GIDEON HILL WELLS,
Philadelphia, Nov. 12. 3w2w2m
Mrs. GROOMBRIDGE
RESPECTFULLY informs her numerous friends, acquaintance and the public, that she has agreed to the request of many persons, concluded to reside in town during each winter, and has taken a large convenient house in Walnut Street, No. 106, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, where she proposes removing her residence the 1st of November.
English and French grammatically taught Writing, Geography, the Use of the Globes Arithmetic, History, Dancing, with all kinds of useful and ornamental Work; Drawing in various branches, History, Landscape, Flowers, &c. Due attention to Vocal as well as Instrumental Music, with requisite Masters of reputed ability.
Columbia House
Boarding and Day School, October 19, 1799.
The Friends and Guardians of the Ladies under Mrs. Groombridge's care are particularly assured, that an eligible situation in the country will be engaged for each ensuing Summer, though no epidemic may affect the city. 2w2w2m
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE time being fixed on, when the MILITARY LAND (commonly called Knox's) WARRANTS, granted to the United States' army, are to be registered and located, the subscribers have explored that tract of land on which those warrants are to be laid; with a view, and for the purpose of offering their services as Locators.
We take the liberty of suggesting, "that we are at least as well acquainted with the situation, quality of the soil, &c. of the different townships in the aforesaid tract, as any other person!" This will, perhaps, appear more clearly, by observing, that WILLIAM C. SCRECK assisted in running the Indian boundary line; at which time he considerably travelled that tract; he also assisted in surveying and laying it off into townships, and at other times ranged over it, to gain information. But to obtain more complete and accurate knowledge, we have lately spent between two and three months, with several assistants, in particularly examining the different townships and quarter townships; by which means we have acquired an accurate knowledge of the whole district. We now offer our services to the public, as Locators, with assurances that we will locate every persons warrants intrusted to us to the best advantage, agreeably to their rights of location, which is to be determined according to law. For our services we demand the one equal tenth part either in lands or warrants, when we locate a full tract, of four thousand acres or more. For one person or farm; the land to be taken in a square, at a corner of the tract; which corner is to be equitably determined before the time of location. The one equal tenth part, in cash or warrants, when we cannot locate any amount less than four thousand acres. We will be in Philadelphia on December next, until after the time of location, to transact this business. Any person wishing to satisfy himself further will please to call on us, by letter, (postage paid) or otherwise; when due attention will be paid, and such vouchers may be seen as we have to offer, which we hope will be satisfactory.
MARTIN BAUM,
WILLIAM C. SCHENCK.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9, 1799. 20w.
Several Lots of Land
To be sold, at the Coffee House, on Tuesday, the 24th December inst. at 6 o'clock, in the evening.
PART of that Tract, known by the name of Maltbie's Estate. They are laid out upon roads to communicate with Fourth Street continued and Turner's lane, and contain from 4 to 6 acres. The situations are equal to any around the city for beauty of prospect, convenience of distance, or advantages of future improvements in value.
A plan may be seen at the Coffee House, and the conditions will be made known at the time of sale.
JOHN CONNELLY, Auctioneer.
December 14.

The Gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18.
THE influence, which Mr. Dallas has possessed during the administration of General Mifflin, was no sooner perceived than regretted by the virtuous part of the citizens of Pennsylvania.
During the disturbances of 1792 in the western counties of his State, the legislature passed a law appropriating considerably more than one hundred thousand dollars to aid the federal executive in the suppression of the insurrection.
Moreover Mr. Dallas was appointed deputy paymaster under General Neville for the Pennsylvania line of the militia army raised to suppress the same rebellion.
It is notorious that he in conjunction with Mr. Gallatin and a few other persons offered to buy from the State of Georgia, sixty millions of acres of its western territory.
MARRIED—On Monday Evening, by the Rev. Mr. Tennent, Alexander Graydon, Esq. of Harrisburg, to Miss Pettit, daughter of Charles Pettit, Esq. of this city.
IN this day of (alleged) general declension from the laws and precepts of religion and morality, it must be grateful to every virtuous feeling of the heart, to find there are yet amongst the Christians of America, men of genius and talents, who nobly endeavor to stem the tide of corruption; to offer antidotes against the subtle poison of "Sovereign reason and philosophy," and to show a degenerate world the loveliness of virtue.
Always an admirer of the essays of the Lay Preacher, some sentiments conveyed through the medium of his elegant pen in the Gazette of the United States of the 14th inst. made a forcible impression; and he will for a native Philadelphia, who in the freedom of literary interchange, ventures with modest colors, to delineate familiar autumnal feelings; not in competition with those executed by the hand of a master, but to show how differently the mind is wrought upon by the same objects.
But such is the wisdom of Divine Providence, that all seasons are favorable to virtue; and in no situation (if we duly contemplate the Divine attributes) that we shall not find it our duty and interest, humbly to imitate them.
But such is the wisdom of Divine Providence, that all seasons are favorable to virtue; and in no situation (if we duly contemplate the Divine attributes) that we shall not find it our duty and interest, humbly to imitate them.
Philadelphia, December 18.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, December 16.
Mr. Hartley, from Pennsylvania, and Mr. Eggleston, from Virginia, appeared yesterday, were qualified, and took their seats.
Mr. Eggleston presented a petition of Robert and Walter Colhoun, of the town of Petersburg, (Virg.) Merchants, praying for the relinquishment of monies due on bonds given by them for the payment of duties on goods, which were damaged on board the ship Juno, in coming up James River.
Mr. O is moved, That the committee of the whole to whom were referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt, be discharged; and that the bill be committed to the select committee to whom were referred a similar subject.
Mr. O. said, he made this motion, in consequence of some recent information which he had received on the subject from the Judge of the District Court of Pennsylvania. The bill from the Senate was merely a copy of the old law, in which there were several imperfections.
Mr. D. Foster moved that the report made at the last session on the petition of John Vaughan, and undecided upon, be again referred to the committee of the whole house.
The motion was agreed to, and the report made the order for to-morrow.
The house went into committee of the whole on the bill for extending the privilege of franking to W. H. Harrison, Esq. a Delegate from the territory of the United States, N. W. of the river Ohio, and making provision for his compensation.
the bill having been read and agreed to without amendment, received its third reading and passed.
Mr. S. Smith from the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, reported a bill providing for salvage, in case of recapture, which was read a first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole house on Thursday.
Mr. S. Smith presented a petition of H. Stouper and Andrew Wallace, of the city of Baltimore, merchants, stating that they had by lawful purchase, in the island of Tortola, become the owners of a certain ship or vessel called the Columbus, which had been captured from the French by the American brig Genius, Denbo Cable, commander, belonging to Cadwallader Colden of New-York, then on board the said brig. That by virtue of a commission produced from the American government by the persons aforesaid, in the British court of Vice Admiralty, the ship Columbus was adjudged to be the property of the captors, and thereupon sold by said Colden to the petitioners.
The house went into committee of the whole on the bill supplementary to the act intitled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of lives within the U. States;" and the bill having been read, was agreed to without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
About nine o'clock last evening, a dreadful fire broke out, in Rickett's Circus, corner of Sixth and Chestnut Street, which soon communicated to the adjacent buildings.
The wind blowing from the N. West, saved the New Theatre and the other opposite buildings.
TIRENTON, December 16.
General Bell, who was some time since so loudly accused (by Jacobins) of the murder of Mr. Albertson, it seems has been indicted, by an honest grand-jury of his country, for manslaughter only, on which he has been tried and acquitted, very much to the mortification of his accusers.
PRICES OF STOCKS.
Table with 2 columns: Stock Name, Price. Includes Six per Cent., Three per Cent., 8 per Cent. Stock, BANK, North America, Insurance comp. N. A., Pennsylvania, Bank-India Company of N. A., Land Warrants.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Table with 2 columns: Location, Price. Includes London, Amsterdam, Hamburg.
NEW THEATRE.
In consequence of the death of our amiable and much-loved General Washington, there will be no performance here this week.
December 18.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE State of Pennsylvania.
THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified, that an Election will be held at the Company's Office, on Monday the 13th January next, at eleven o'clock, for Thirteen Directors for the ensuing year.
JAMES S. COX, President. December 16.
FOR SALE, THE CARGO
Of the ship Rebecca, John M'Keever, master, from Batavia.
Consisting of—
350,000 wt. of COFFEE & 20,000 wt. of SUGAR.
Apply to JOSEPH SIMS, No. 155, South Water Street.
Nov. 27.
Public Notice.
IS Hereby Given, that I have applied by petition to the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, for the benefit of the act of Assembly made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, passed the fourth day of April, 1798, and the said Court have appointed the first Monday of January next at the Court House in the borough of Carlisle for a hearing of me and my creditors, at which time and place they may attend if they think proper.
ANDREW CULBERTSON. December 6.
FURNISHED ROOMS,
TO BE LET, without the use of the kitchen, cellar, &c. in two adjoining houses, only four years old; fit for the accommodation of a few gentlemen—convenient to Congress Hall, in a healthy part of the city, never having been infested with the fever—Apply at the Office of the United States Gazette.
Nov. 26.
TO BE LET,
A strong, hearty Young Negro Man, About 24 years of age, Is of a good disposition and is accustomed to all kinds of House Work, and is an excellent Waiter. For further particulars enquire at No. 229, Market Street. December 13.
From the 'Times,' Alexandria, December 16.
It is our mournful duty first to announce to our Country and to the World, the death of General George Washington.
This mournful event occurred on Saturday evening, about 11 o'clock. On the preceding night he was attacked with a violent inflammatory affection of the throat, which, in less than twenty four hours, put a period to his life.
The disorder with which this ever-to-be lamented man expired, was the Cynanche, or Quinsy.
General Marshall arose and I did the painful intelligence before the House of Representatives, this morning, when an immediate adjournment took place: the Senate also adjourned.
So mournful, so distressing an event, arriving so suddenly and unexpectedly, fills all hearts with inexpressible grief.
[By Mail.] Sunday Night.
Alas! our WASHINGTON, our brave, our virtuous and our wise Commander in Chief, is no more!! He was carried off by the quinsy last evening, about 11 o'clock. He rose yesterday morning, as usual, but finding himself indisposed, returned to his bed again, and sent for medical aid; but alas! though three able Physicians, to wit, Craik, Dick and Brown, from Portobacco, arrived at Mount Vernon between the hours of one and three in the evening, they could not save him. As a mark of respect to him, all business will be suspended here to-morrow; and it will stand recorded forever hereafter, as a day of mourning.
I am, Sir, in haste, A CUSTOMER.
Mr. J. W. FENNO. Alexandria, 15th Dec.
A Quantity of Dry Goods
ARE WANTED.
FOR which real Estate in the Northern Liberties of this city, (a good Stand for Business) will be given in payment; the title is clear and good, and is now for a short time let, but possession will be given in about six months.
Enquire at the Office of this Gazette. December 17.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE POSSESSORS
OF OBLIGATIONS or CERTIFICATES signed by the Publisher, or undivided Shares or Lots on his purchase within the city of Washington, who have not yet applied for and received their Deeds, are hereby notified, that their several Titles will be duly completed to the order of those who in conformity with the terms of the said Certificates, do make the Payments in full thereof, either to Thomas M'Lean & Co. or to the Subscriber at Philadelphia, on or at any time before the 31st day of May next.
Samuel Blodgett. December 17.
Insurance Company of North America.
THE STOCKHOLDERS ARE hereby informed that a Stated Meeting of the Company will be held at their Office on the 14th day of January next (being the second Tuesday in the month) for the election of twenty-five Directors for the ensuing year.
EBEN HAZARD, Secretary. December 12.
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge.
THE STOCKHOLDERS
ARE hereby notified, that an Election for a President, twelve Directors and a Treasurer, will be held at their Office, No. 23 North Fifth Street, on Monday the 6th day of January next, at 10 o'clock.
JOHN DORSEY, Secretary pro tem. December 4 1799.
TO LET, A DWELLING HOUSE,
Range of Stores, and a Counting House, On Millin's wharf, Water Street, between Race and Vine Streets.
Enquire of Patrick Hartshorne, no. 119 north Front Street. December 3.
A GENTLEMAN'S APARTMENT
To be Let, ready furnished, To accommodate one or two Gentlemen and their Servants with or without board; consisting of a dining room, two bed rooms, dressing room and a room in a private family.
Enquire at No. 225 South Second Street. December 16.
A POINTER
WAS carried away on Sunday the 10th inst. from No. 163 Vine Street—He is about 9 months old, spotted nose, lion coloured ears, with a spot of the same color in his forehead, long tail having never been cut—He is called Gift. A reward of two dollars, with reasonable expenses, will be paid to any person who will return him to No. 163, Vine Street; and ten dollars more, if taken, for such information respecting the thief as may produce legal punishment. Nov. 30.
FOR SALE,
A strong, hearty Young Negro Man, About 24 years of age, Is of a good disposition and is accustomed to all kinds of House Work, and is an excellent Waiter. For further particulars enquire at No. 229, Market Street. December 13.
Nov. 26.
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 Wissahickon road, about half a mile from the city. Enquire at No. 30 North Sixth Street. November 15.
Dec. 4.
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 Wissahickon road, about half a mile from the city. Enquire at No. 30 North Sixth Street. November 15.
A YOUNG MAN
ACQUAINTED with the West India trade, wishes to be employed as a supercargo. He will engage on moderate terms. Satisfactory recommendation will be produced. A line directed to A. B. left at the Printing Office will be immediately attended to. December 12.
JOSEPH D. DRINKER
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public that he has taken into partnership DANIEL BARTOW. Their Mercantile Concern will, in consequence, be conducted under the firm of
DRINKER and BARTOW,
Who have just imported, per the West Point, arrived at New York, the Amiable Creole, and other late arrivals at this port from Hamburg.
A VARIETY OF GERMAN GOODS,
Consisting of the following Articles, viz.
Ticklenburgs, Creas, a la Morlaix, Dowlass, 3-4, 7-8, 4-4 & 9-8ths wide Flanders Sheetings, Silesia ditto, Rouan ditto, Brown and white Platillas, Britanias, Weisgarige Linens, 7-8 & 4-4 Silesia Sheetings, assorted, Diaper and Damask Table Cloths, Clouting Diapers, Diaper Z. villich, Oil Cloths, Glass Tumblers, Quarts, Pints and Half Pints, ALSO, Per the Eliza from London, Russia Sheetings, Ravens Duck, Men, Women and Children's Wealth yarn Hose.
All which they offer for sale at the Store No. 6. North Front Street, either by the package or smaller quantity, at the most reasonable rates, for cash or notes at short date. November 20.
The Subscribers
Have for sale at their Store No. 5, Chestnut Street, the following articles, viz.
Russia Hemp and Duck, First quality, Boston do. no. 1 and 2, A small invoice of well assorted cordage, First and fourth proof Brandy, in pipes, Madeira Wine in pipes and half pipes, Claret in cases, New England Rum in hds., Winter strained, Spermaceti Oil and Candles, and a few quarter casks of Hyson Tea, of a superior quality, lately imported.
JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co. November 16.
MATTHEW M'CONNELL
Having opened an Office in Chestnut Street (A few doors above Fourth) At No. 141,
AND again commenced the Business of Negotiations, in the various kinds of Public Stock, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. Engaged to do every thing in his power to give satisfaction to those who may think proper to employ him. He means to confine his transactions to the Agency and Commission line, in all such business as is common to the profession. The purchase and sale of Houses and Lots in and near the City will be attended to, and also of Lands, when that business again revives. November 10.
THE SUBSCRIBER
Having explored the Land laid off for satisfying the Warrants due to the Officers and Soldiers who served in the war between the United States and Great Britain, PROPOSES to locate Warrants to the best advantage, on being allowed a reasonable compensation. He will attend at Philadelphia at the time of locating; and as not less than 400 acres can be registered or located, will receive an number of warrants less than that amount, on classing them with others so as to make up the quantity required. He further proposes also to attend on the land immediately after locating, and show a section in which he may be employed. Letters or warrants addressed to Alexander Addison, Esq. Pittsburgh, until the 18th day of January next, or to the subscriber at Washington, Pennsylvania, any time previous to the 17th day of February next, and from that day until the 18th day of February next, at the Post Office, Philadelphia, will be tended to. December 4.
WM. M'CLUNEY.
WILLIAM SHEAFF
HAS FOR SALE, At No. 168 High Street, wholesale & retail FIRST QUALITY
Madeira of the vintages of '92 to '97 } WINES, Old Sherry, Port and Lisbon First and fourth proof old Coniac Brandy, Jamaica Spirits. ALSO, A few Tons of Upland and Meadow Hay. December 2.
TWO TRUNKS
PRINTED COTTONS,
Suited to the West India Market, and entitled to drawback—For sale by GEORGE WILLIAMS, No. 103, High Street.
ALSO, Nine hundred pair of American made SHOES, together with sundry other articles. Dec. 4.
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 Wissahickon road, about half a mile from the city. Enquire at No. 30 North Sixth Street. November 15.
Dec. 4.
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 Wissahickon road, about half a mile from the city. Enquire at No. 30 North Sixth Street. November 15.

Just Published, A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM Of Practical Surveying and dividing of land; briefly comprized under the following heads, viz.
TWENTY-THREE Geometrical Definitions, eleven Geometrical Propositions, exhibiting to view the properties and dependencies of triangles; followed by problems and examples preparatory to Trigonometry, heights and distances. Then fifteen problems and examples necessarily previous to calculating a Survey; succeeded by seven surveys, the area of the four first is found geometrically, and of the whole number by difference of latitude and departure, showing how to take an inaccessible boundary, find the bearing and distance of the closing line without running it, also the distances to an inaccessible corner from the two adjacent corners, followed by examples of offsets on to winding streams of water, showing how to ascertain the area without the trouble of measuring the windings with chains and instruments—a crooked water-course straightened, and a quantity of land on each side found by these offsets.
Ten examples of dividing land, with many subdivisions, leading into the most critical circumstances that can occur in practice; an example of Intersections, and an example showing how the bearings of a field may be truly taken where the needle is attracted, also the attraction may vary in quantity and denomination at every station; examples showing the method of measuring by the chain only. All the rules are clear and explicit. This work contains the tables of difference of latitude and departure and of logarithms.
Orders sent to Joseph and James Crickbark, Booksellers, No. 87, High-Street, Philadelphia, Bonfall and Niles, 173, Market Street, Baltimore, or the Subscriber in Wilmington (Del.) will be duly attended to.
Those who have the care of subscription papers for this work, are requested to send their respective numbers as soon as possible, to whom the quota's will be sent agreeably to the proposals.
ZACHARIAH JESS. Wilmington, 9th 11 mo—16. 3aw2w.
JUST RECEIVED, From the BOSTON Manufactory, A QUANTITY OF WINDOW GLASS, Of different sizes, FOR SALE By ISAAC HARVEY, JUN.
N. B. Any five or six feet that may be wanted cut larger than 18 by 12 can be had from said manufactory, on being ordered; and attention given to forward on any orders that may be left for that purpose—April 9, at No. 9, South Water-Street, as above. July 8. dif
Valuable Property for Sale, in Chester, near Sixth Street, directly opposite Congress Hall.
A LOT of ground, about 31 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 comment. As it must be known, there are few in this city to equal, an unexceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES CIRVAN, no. 198, Chestnut Street, next door to the premises. March 5. tuth fact
WHEREAS, An attachment was lately issued out of the inferior court of common pleas of the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, directed to the sheriff of the said county, against the rights, credits, monies and effects, goods and chattels, lands and tenements of John Cleves Symmes at the suit of William Wells, in a plea of assumpsit on the cause to his damage three thousand dollars;
And whereas, the said sheriff did, at the term of June last past, return to the said court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Doman and Samuel Mecker to the said defendant, to the amount of near two thousand dollars, and also by sixty land warrants;
Now therefore, unless the said John Cleves Symmes shall appear, give special bail, and receive a declaration at the suit of the plaintiff, judgment will be entered against him, and his property herein attached, will be sold agreeably to the statute in such case made and provided.
Aaron Ogden, Clerk, &c. Elizabeth-Town, July 8, 1799 (11) rawiam
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—viz. one on the river Delaware, suitable either for a gentleman's seat, or for a person who might wish to engage in the lumber business having a good landing. One commanding a good view of the river from the highest ground between the Pennypack and Poquion creek; and another on the Bristol Road. Enquire of Mr. Gilpin near the 11 mile stone on the said road.
FOUR LOTS, Of about 10 acres each with good situations for building; one of which is suitable for a tan-yard, and has a small stone house and a young bearing orchard on it, on the Newtown road near Snider's mill about 10 miles from Philadelphia, and one other lot of about 30 acres on the Pennypack—Enquire of Jonathan Clift who lives on the premises or of Mr. Gilpin. Possession will be given in the spring, but building materials may be collected sooner. November 8. 2awtf.
Taxes of Lycoming County.
JOHN KIDD, Treasurer, By Direction of the Commissioners of Lycoming county, attends at Philadelphia to receive the Taxes affixed upon unseated Lands in that County, from the holders thereof, in this City. Those who have filed with the Commissioners, statements of their Lands, are requested to call upon him, to know the amount of Taxes thereon, and pay them; otherwise, before his leaving the City, they will be put into the hands of the Sheriff for collection, agreeably to the act for raising county rates and levies. Those who have not filed statements of their lands with the Commissioners, and are desirous of having it done, to prevent sales without previous personal Notice, may file with the above Treasurer, their lists, stating the quantities returned, number and dates of the warrants and names of the warrantees, under which they hold their lands. He will attend at Mr. Joseph Hardy's No. 98, Market Street for this purpose until the 18th instant. November 9.
Drawing School. MR. BECK having been solicited by many of his friends to engage in a Drawing School takes the liberty of informing them and the public that he intends opening one at his house in Fifth Street, opposite the State House yard, on Monday the 4th of November, on the following terms:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.   Ladies from three till five, per quarter, Dols. 9  Gentlemen, from half past 5 till half past 7, 9  Private Lessons, at home for one hour, 1  From home, two hours, 3 
PERSPECTIVE, The essential ground work of all kinds of drawing, taught by a much more simple and short method than hitherto practised.
WANTED, A person to do house work; also a boy to attend the family and take care of a horse. November 27. 3awtf
NOTICE.
To the Creditors of Joseph Alexander, LATE of Lewistown, in the county of Mifflin, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who was a partner of the firm of Johnson & Alexander . I have applied to the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Mifflin aforesaid, for the benefit of the laws of the said commonwealth, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, and they have appointed the second Tuesday of September next, for a hearing of me and my creditors at Lewistown, in said county, of which, please to take notice. JOSEPH ALEXANDER. August 23. 5
Fifty Barrels Pippin Apples, In good order for shipping, AND A few Barrels Dried Peaches FOR SALE, At the corner of Dock and Pear Street. December 4. d6t
The following Certificates OF THE STOCK OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES In the names of Nicolaus Van Staphorst and Nicholas Hubbard of Amsterdam, to wit, No. 29,160 for 1 share, 29,160 for 2 shares, 29,162 for 3 shares, 29,163 for 1 share, 29,215 for 4 shares, and 29,116 for 5 shares; and the following certificates of the debt of the United States, on the books of the Treasury, to wit, No. 12,823, dated February 24, 1799, for 4000 dollars three per cent, in name of Nicolaus Van Staphorst of Amsterdam; No. 12,241 same date, for 4000 dollars three per cent, in name of Jacob Van Staphorst of Amsterdam; No. 16,348 dated 19th February 1799, for 783 dollars 33 cents of six per cent; and No. 12,838 same date, for 633 dollars 23 cents of three per cent, in the name of Nicholas Hubbard of Amsterdam; and No. 12,817 dated 19th February 1799, for 3000 dollars three per cent, in the name of Jan Hendrick Kingsbergen, knight of the Russian military order of St. George, were sent by the British packet Sheffield , Captain Jones, which vessel was captured, and the said certificates lost, therefore application is made for the reissue of the same, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. October 12, 1799. d3m
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to the Estate of JOHN WHARTON, late of the City of Philadelphia, Merchant, deceased, are requested to pay the same, and those having demands against his Estate, to produce their accounts legally attested to KEARNY WHARTON, Acting Executor, No. 111, Spruce Street. November 11. dif.
Horses to Winter.
HORSES will be taken to winter at Proprietor's Hill , at the 22 miles stone on the Bristol Road, where they will have good Timothy and Clover Hay, well littered and cleaned, and a field to run in when the weather is good. Enquire of Mr. William Bell Merchant, or on the premises. N. B. Will not be answerable for accidents or escape, but will take every precaution to prevent either. November 12. 3awtf
40 Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY, on the night of the 16th inst. from the Subscriber, living in the township of East and West Bradford, in the county of Chester, and state of Pennsylvania, two apprentice lads, one named EMMOR THOMAS, 18 years of age, by trade a taylor, fair complexion, light hair; had on and took with him, a light coloured coatee, lined with white flannel, a dark broadcloth waistcoat, lined with linden, a striped cashmere coat and trousers, three shirts of home made linen, two pair of stockings, two pair of shoes, and two hats. The other named AARON PATTERSON, turned of 18 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, dark complexion, long black hair which he usually wears tied, black eyes, has lost one or two of his fore teeth, long flat feet which bear the marks of being badly lashed, by trade a hatter; had on and took with him a dark coloured cloth coat, one dimity and one corduroy waistcoat, two shirts, one of them white clouded, the other white, two pair of shoes, and a rum hat. Whoever takes up and secures the above said apprentice lads, in any goal in the United States, so that their masters may get them again, shall be entitled to the above reward, or Twenty Dollars for either of them. DAVID LEWIS, ABIAH TAYLOR, junior. nov. 22. 3awtf
CATTLE.
About Sixty-Six Head for disposal. Enquire of MATTHIAS BORDLEY, at the Island in Wye River, Eastern Shore, Maryland; or in case of writing, direct to him at Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. Wye, Sept. 2, 1799. 5
WANTED A COOK.
A WHITE WOMAN to serve in the capacity of cook in a small family—None need apply who does not perfectly understand her business, and cannot produce an unexceptionable character. Apply to the printer. October 28. dif
TO BE SOLD, BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
NINE undivided tenth parts of a tract of LAND, in the State of Georgia; either together or in such parts as may suit the purchaser. The whole tract is bounded as follows, viz. beginning on the Mississippi river, where the latitude of thirty-two degrees, forty-nine minutes, forty seconds north of the Equator intersects the same river; thence running along the same parallel of latitude a due east course to the Tom Bigby river; thence up the middle of the said Tom Bigby river to the place where the latitude thirty-two degrees, fifty-nine minutes, twenty seconds north of the equator intersects the same; thence a due west course on the same parallel of latitude to the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the said Mississippi river to the place of beginning; together with all the privileges, immunities and appurtenances thereof, including all stands within the said bounds, and containing at least One Million acres, probably more. The premises if not before disposed of by private sale, will be sold by Public Vendue, on Thursday the twenty fifth day of November next, at eleven o'clock, A. M., at Concert-Hall, kept by Mr. James Vail in Boston. For further particulars and terms, apply to either of the subscribers.
CHARLES CUSHING, GEORGE LANE, BOSTON, Oct. 2, 1799. M. M. HAWES.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
March 11th, 1799.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. Pursuant to the act of Congress, passed on the 1st 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 supplementary to the said 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 Tulipcrass branch of the Muddybrook 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 plans and surveys of the said townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the office 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 twelfth 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 five thousand acres.
The priority of allocation of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner aforesaid, prior to the said day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediately after the said day, be determined by lot, in the mode prescribed by the act first recited.
The holders of registered warrants, shall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, in 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 elected by them respectively, and such of the said holders as shall not designate their locations on the said day, shall be postponed in locating their 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.
All warrants or claims for lands on account of military services, which shall not be registered and located before the first day of January, 1802, are by the supplementary act of Congress, herein before recited, passed on the second day of March, 1799, declared to be forever barred.
Given under my hand at Philadelphia, this day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Sec. of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
May 29th, 1799.
THE proprietors of certificate 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 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 first instalments, or one moiety of the sums expressed in the subscription certificates:—The same 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, Secretary of the Treasury.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Trenton, September 2, 1799.
ALL officers of the first regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and of the first, second, third and fourth regiments of Infantry in the service of the United States, who are, from whatever cause, absent from their commands, are required with all possible expedition to report themselves by letter to Major General Alexander Hamilton. The officers thus called upon, will be held amenable for any avoidable delay in reporting themselves, and those who do not report in four months from the date of this notification, will be presumed to have resigned their commissions. JAMES MCHENRY.
The Printers in the several states, who published the proposals for the supply of rations during the year 1800, are requested to insert the above once a week in their papers, till the 1st of January next. rawtf.
SCHUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE.
For the information of the Stockholders in the company, incorporated for the erection of a Permanent Bridge over the river Schuylkill, and others who are desirous that this useful undertaking should succeed, it is thought expedient and proper, by the President and Directors of that company to state the present situation of its affairs.
THE company was incorporated on the 27th day of April, 1798; and by a clause in the law authorizing this incorporation, the legislature may resume the rights, &c. granted to the company, if they do not "proceed to carry on the work" in two years, and complete the bridge in five years, after they had been incorporated.
As soon as practicable, the company proceeded to the choice of the officers required by law; and the President and Directors have been constant in their endeavours to encrease the number of subscribers to the stock. The number of shares subscribed when the company was organized, was 216. With all the exactions made since, it is now only 563; though of the 15,000 contemplated by law, 12,000 (at ten dollars each) are allotted for the active capital of the company.
As the public opinion, coinciding with that of the President and Directors, appeared to be fixed on the site for the well end of Market Street, it was deemed a primary object to obtain from the corporation of the city, their right to the ferry at that place. Negotiations were accordingly commenced for the purpose. These ended in a contract with the city corporation, to the following effect—
1. 5000 dollars to be paid to the city corporation when the subscriptions to the bridge stock amount to the value of 15,000 dollars—a like sum in four months thereafter with interest—5000 dollars further in eight months—and the like sum in twelve months, with interest.
2. The city corporation take, as payment for 20,000 dollars, (to make the whole consideration monies 40,000 dollars) two thousand shares in the bridge stock, on terms detailed in the contract.
3. The 11,000 shares being subscribed, and the first instalment of the purchase monies paid, the right to the ferry and its enumerated appurtenances, with certain parts of the site and the brick tavern, to be conveyed to the bridge company, on their mortgaging the premises, in the contract mentioned, for 15,000 dollars, the residue of the pecuniary payments, with interest.
4. If the erection is not completed in the period fixed, or which may be fixed by the legislature, the property and rights are to re-vert in the corporation of the city, on terms prescribed in the contract; which contains other subordinate arrangements, too lengthy to be herein particularly detailed.
The sum agreed to be given was unavoidably delayed. We found the councils of the city inflexibly determined, not to take less. We deemed it eligible to make some sacrifices (if any we have made) to avoid competitions injurious and embarrassing. Both in the commencement and progress of our intended enterprise.
Warned by experience of the fatal consequences of beginning works, requiring extensive pecuniary support, without a certainty of its being within our power, we agreed to that part of the contract requiring 11,000 shares to be actually subscribed, before it takes effect. We do not desire to conceal our indisposition to embark in this undertaking, until the number of shares subscribed shall, at least, equal that required by this contract. Nor shall we engage in the business until the instalments directed by law shall be in the treasurer's hands, to an amount sufficient to encourage us to begin the work, with solid prospects of complying with our engagements to those with whom we may contract.
We have received a number of plans in consequence of our advertisement for the purpose, but have made no selection. We shall prefer that which unites economy with stability, and accommodation to all circumstances attached to the place of erection. The site must be fixed before the plan is adopted. It must be perceived that a deficiency of subscriptions to our stock prevents our obtaining the site provisionally, contemplated for, which however expensive it may appear, is certainly the most eligible and productive.
We have not called for the second instalment, from those who have already subscribed, because we do not think ourselves warranted, from present appearances, to commence the work. The monies already paid (one dollar on each share subscribed, deducting our necessary expenditures, which will appear in our accounts) lie useless to us in the bank. They must remain inactive, till by further subscriptions, we are enabled to proceed in the execution of our trust; as we have no authority to employ them for any other purpose, than those directed by the act of incorporation. Our minutes and accounts will be laid before the stockholders, at the next meeting for the annual election of officers. They are always open for the inspection of the members of the company.
All the books and forms required for the progress of the business are prepared, and we are otherwise completely ready to proceed, if the most essential requisite were in our possession. It will be seen that there is a deficiency of 1363 shares to give validity to our contract with the city corporation, and to justify us in commencing the work.
We have a strong persuasion, founded on accurate information of the product of bridges in other states, and calculations of profit here, that investments in our stock will be equal, in point of emolument, with those made in any other permanent funds in this city. The company may divide, in biennial dividends, 15 per cent, annually during twenty-five years; and at the bridge be made free, they are to receive its value on a fair estimate. The Charles River Bridge near Boston (1560 feet long and 42 wide) cost 50,000 dollars, and yields from 20 to 24 per cent. clear of all expenses. The bridge at Cambridge (7000 feet long and 42 wide) cost 80,000 dollars, and yields from 12 to 14 per cent. Some deductions have been made, to remedy defects in the timber originally used, but these expenses will no longer be necessary. Immense boxes of ice afford the bridges without injury. Neither of them are better situated to command toll, than that we contemplate over the Schuylkill, which is only 400 feet wide.
Whether we shall proceed or not, depends on the disposition of our fellow citizens to encourage the undertaking. We cannot help following the
flattering expectation, that, from motives of public spirit and private emolument, we shall yet be supported in our ardent wishes to complete an erection, eminently promotive of the interests, as well as the credit of our city.
The stock being in itself inviting, and the object of great public utility, as well to ourselves as our posterity, we more confidently solicit subscriptions.
By order, RICHARD PETERS, President.
Philadelphia, Dec. 6. (11) rawtf.
The Swift-Sure, A NEW LINE OF STAGES, NOW RUNNING BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA & NEW-YORK, By the short and pleasant road of Buffalo, Newtown, Scotch Plains, Springs, field and Newark.
THE excellence of this road, the populousness of the country through which it passes, with sundry other advantages, which render it so far preferable to the Old Road through Bristol, Brunswic, &c. long ago suggested the propriety of its becoming the Grand Through-Fare from Philadelphia to New York. During the present year, a minute survey of it has been taken, and its superiority over the Old Road, both in winter and summer, has been clearly ascertained.—There are good bridges over all the other waters but the Delaware, and here the crossing is performed with great safety and in less than half the time required at the Trenton Ferry. The road is several miles shorter than the old road, but this is amongst the least of its advantages, because daily experience proves to us, that dispatch as well as comfort in travelling principally depend on the goodness of the road and the levelness of the country, and, in these respects, the New Road is, beyond all comparison, the best. It presents none of those rocky hills, which render the Old Road so fatiguing between the Delaware and Newark. The soil, too, for the greater part, is such as to produce but little mud in winter, and very little dust in summer, which circumstance, added to the beauty of the country, and a considerable proportion of shade, must always render travelling in the latter season peculiarly agreeable.
The Swift Sure starts from PHILADELPHIA, at 6 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) from the GREEN TREE, opposite the Lutheran Church, North Fourth Street. It goes through Frankford to Buffalo, where it stops to Breakfast; from Buffalo it goes through Newtown to Pennytown to dinner; from Pennytown through Hopewell, Millville, Bound-brook, Quibbletown and Plainfield to Scotch Plains to lodge. The next morning it stops at Springfield to breakfast, from whence it goes through Newark and arrives at New-York at noon.
From NEW-YORK it starts at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (from Paulus Hook) and arrives at Philadelphia the next evening. For seats at New-York, application may be made to Edward Bardiu, Old Coffee house, to A. Mathew, corner of Nassau and John Streets, to B. Many, no. 48, Courtland, corner of Greenwichtown Street, and to Michael Little, at his hotel, no. 42, Broad Street.
Fare for passengers, Five Dollars. Way passengers 6 Cents per Mile.
Each passenger is allowed to take on board of baggage carriage free; but all other baggage, taken on by a passenger, will be charged at 4 cents per pound weight.
With respect to packages sent on without passengers, the proprietors presume they have adopted a regulation, which, though unknown to other lines of stages, they think must meet with general approbation. They pledge themselves to make good every package on the following conditions. The person who delivers the package at the office shall fee it entered in the ledger, for which entry he shall pay 6 cents; he will then state the value of the package, and pay (exclusive of the carriage) one per cent. on the value, as insurance, and for which he will receive a receipt. Thus, for instance, if he estimates his package at one dollar, he will pay one cent. and if at one hundred dollars, he will pay one dollar insurance, and in like proportion for packages of any other value.
Very few persons it is presumed, will dislike this regulation; it will, however, be optional with every one to avail himself of this security or not. But the proprietors think it right to state very explicitly, that they will be responsible for the safe delivery of no package, which is not regularly entered, and for which an insurance receipt cannot be produced.
In the distribution of the route, the greatest care has been taken to fix on such places and taverns as always afford a good accommodation and entertainment for the passengers at the most reasonable rates. The stages are well equipped furnished with fleet and steady horses, and committed to the care of intelligent and obliging drivers. The proprietors themselves live at the different towns, and villages where the stages will stop, so that the conduct of the persons they employ is continually an object of their attention.—They take care also to see that the passengers are well provided for and politely treated at the taverns, and that no sort of chicanery or inuendo is practised upon them; in short, they have spared neither pains nor expense to render the SWIFT-SURE the very best line of stages in America.
The line has now run nearly a month, during which time a great number of gentlemen have gone through, both from Philadelphia and New-York. Every passenger has found the road to surpass very far all that has been said of its excellence; and the Proprietors of the Swift Sure are extremely happy to hear the behaviour of their drivers, and the treatment at Taverns spoken of with the highest satisfaction.
JOHN MCALLA, Philadelphia THOS. PAUL, Buffalo JOSEPH THORNTON, NICHOLAS WYNKOOP, } Newtown JACOB KESLER, JOHN MOREHEAD, Pennytown T. KILLMAN, near Millville ELIAS COMBES, Bound Brook R. SANSBURY, Scotch Plains ISAAC RAWLE, } Springfield ROBERT PEARSON, } June 22. editf.
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