Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1796-05-21 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States
NUMBER 1155.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING MAY 21, 1796.
[VOLUME IX.]
173
FOR HAMBURGH, The Danish Brigantine Den Nye Pröve, PETER HANSEN, Master; A fine stout vessel. Will be ready to take in her cargo on the first of May. For freight or passage apply to Ross & Simson. April 25. df.
For SALE, or CHARTER, THE SNOW BOSTON, BURTHEN about 2000 Bbls. of flour—she may be sent to sea at a small expence, her fails and rigging being in very good order—apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29. $
For LONDON, The fine new copper-bottomed Ship Mount Vernon, BURTHEN about 412 tons, will be ready to receive her cargo on Monday next, and will sail on or before the 10th of May next, great part of her cargo engaged. For freight or passage apply to the subscribers, No. 21, Penn-street, Willings and Francis. April 27. $
For Kingston, in Jamaica, The ship Dominick Terry, Will sail in twelve days; For Freight or Passage, apply to the Captain on board at Cuthbert's wharf, or to Jesse & Robert Waln. May 12. $125
For LONDON, THE SHIP ATLANTIC, SILAS SWAIN, Commander, Will sail on or about the 1st of May. For freight or passage apply to the Captain on board at Walnut-street wharf, or to PHILIP NICKLIN & CO. April 13. $
FOR SALE, The Copper-bottomed Ship LADY LOUISA, WITH all her materials, as she came from sea. Like-wise to be disposed of A number of CANNON and SMALL ARMS, on board said vessel. For terms apply to Parker & Wharton, May 2. $
For BRISTOL, THE NEW SHIP PHILADELPHIA, THEODORE BLISS, Master, WILL take Goods on Freight, and be ready to receive them in a few days. For freight or passage apply to Thomas & John Clifford. Who have for Sale, besides their usual assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, &c. Crates of Glass and Earthen Ware; Crates of Vials; boxes of long and short Pipes; Bristol crown Glass afforded, from 18 by 12 inches, to 9 inches by 7; Copper Sheets and Bottoms; Boxes of Tin Plates; London and Bristol Pewter in Casks afforded; Bristol Grindstones; Garnet & Co.'s patent Sheaves for Blocks. Also, a bale of BROADCLOTHS and CASSIMERE; and a few Pipes of OLD MADEIRA WINE. April 11. 2aw.
Just Arrived, And for sale in the Sloop TWO BROTHERS, Samuel Merchant, master, a quantity of Tar, Pitch, and Indigo; Also for Sale, The said Sloop, Burthen about 400 Barrels. She is a good strong vessel, and has been chiefly employed as a Coaster. If not sold in a few days, will take up freight, and proceed direct for Newbury Port. Apply to ISAAC HARVEY, jun. No. 5, S. Water Street May 5. $1m
John Miller, jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut-street, Have imported in the late vessels from Europe, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF SPRING GOODS, Amongst which are Striped and clouded NANCHEENS, Dimities and Mullinets, HATS, Neatly assorted in packages, IRISH LINENS, ditto, All which they will sell on the most reasonable terms, for Cash or the usual credit. May 11. $
TO BE SOLD, 1st. A three-story brick House, No. 30, N. Second street. The lot is about 21 feet front, and 288 feet deep, to Bread-street, or Moravian Alley. It has long been one of the best stands for business. 2d. A frame Dwelling-House, No. 260, South Front-street, with a Bake-House, the lot is about 17 feet front, by 130 feet in depth. 3d. A handsome Lot of 25 feet by 200 feet deep, extending from Third-street to George-street; it is the 3d Lot below South-street: on George-street there is a two-story brick tenement, a frame ditto adjoining, with a good bake oven. Likewise a LARGE MEADOW FARM, situate on the River Delaware, at a convenient distance from Philadelphia Market—the Meadow is of the best quality, and in good bank. There are commodious buildings, with a good proportion of arable and woodland, and Cedar Swamp. For terms apply to JOHN LITTLE, No. 40 North Sixth-street. March 28th, 1796. df.
Edward Stow, Jun. HAS for sale, at his Store, No. 41, South Water street, New England Rum, in Hogheads, tierces & barrels, MADEIRA, SHERRY, and } WINES, PORT Meis, Prime and Cargo Beef, Spermaceti and Wax Mould Candles, Tallow Mould and Dip ditto, 400 Boxes hard, White Soap, in excellent order for shipping. May 12. $2w
For Sale, A Three story BRICK HOUSE and Lot, in Chestnut street, between Front and Second streets, in which Messrs. James Calbraith & Co. have for many years (and now do) carried on business. Possession will be given in one month, or sooner. For terms apply to WILLIAM BELL, or HECTOR CALBRAITH. April 21. $
Landing, From on board the Brig Abigail , from Liverpool, EARTHEN WARE, in Crates; and A quantity of COAL; FOR SALE, BY Thomas & John Ketland. April 20. $
Landing, At Russell's wharf, the CARGO of the Ship Lady Louisa , James Cooper, master, from China, and the Cape of Good Hope, CONSISTING OF SUGAR, in Casks and Bags; WINES, in Butts and half Butts of superior quality; A small quantity of BRANDY; And a few Red HANDKERCHIEFS. FOR SALE BY Parker & Wharton, No. 109, South Water-street. April 26. $
FOR SALE By MORDECAI LEWIS, The remains of the Cargo by the Pigeon, from Canton, viz. WIDE and narrow Nankens 70 Quarter Casks Souchong Tea 20 Tubs Quickilver, and A quantity of Tea-Table and Dining China. May 7. 31awxm
John Miller, jun. & Co. No. 8 Chestnut Street, Have received by the Ship BIRMINGHAM PACKET, From Calcutta, 160 Bales of Bengal Goods, 10,000 Pieces Nankens. Of a Superb Quality. 350 Bags of SUGAR, Which they will sell on advantageous terms. May 10. $
GEORGE DOBSON, BEGS leave to inform the Store-Keepers in Town and Country, that he has removed from Market-Street to No. 25, South Third-street, where he is opening a Large and Elegant Assortment of the undermentioned articles—viz. Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymere, Yorkshire second Do. Do. Elastic do. do. Mix'd and Blue Coatings Flannels, &c. Manchester Printed Calicoes, London Chintz, ditto, Blue and ditto Furnitures, India ditto. Long Cloths, Coffees, Baftas, Batillas & Conjevrems, 4-4 9-8 5-4 & 6-4 Superfine India Book Mullins, 4-4 and 9-8 India Book Handkerchiefs, 4-4 and 9-8 Scotch ditto, 4-4 & 6-4 plain do. Mullins, 4-4 & 6-4 British Jacconet, 6-4 British Checks and Stripes, 4-4 India do. do. do. 4-4 ditto Chilloes, Madras Handkerchiefs, &c. A large assortment of figured and plain Mullinets, Quiltings, Dimities, and Striped Nankens, Fancy Waistcoats, Ginghams of the first Quality, subject to Drawback, India Nankens, Men's White and coloured Silk Stockings. May 9. $1awcof
For Sale, A Few Casks of First Quality INDIGO. Enquire at No. 71, South Water street. May 2. tht & f tf
FOR SALE, A very Valuable Estate, CALLED SWITTENHAM, situate in the township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, 7 1-2 miles from Philadelphia, and half a mile from the new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, 45 of which are good watered meadow, 90 of prime woodland, and the rest arable of the first quality. There are on the premises a good two story brick house, with 4 rooms on a floor, and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well of excellent water in front; a large frame barn, stables, and other convenient buildings; a smoke-house and stone spring-house; two good apple orchards, and one of peach-trees. The fields are all in clover, except those immediately under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly convenient for grazing. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the vicinity to the city, it is very suitable for a gentleman's country seat. The foregoing is part of the estate of Jacob Harman, deceased, and offered for sale by Mordecai Lewis, Surviving Executor. Oct. 9. co.
FOR SALE, A FOUNT of BREVIER, half worn; about four hundred weight. Enquire at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 239 Chestnut-street. December 1. $
Just Arrived, In the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, master from Liverpool, 5000 Bushels SALT; 100 Crates QUEENS WARE; and An Assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY; FOR SALE On board, at Pine-street wharf. Apply to James Campbell, or George Latimer. April 29. $
Samuel Richardet, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen Merchants, that he has this day opened the CITY TAVERN and MERCHANTS COFFEE HOUSE in the city of Philadelphia. The Subscription Room will be furnished with all the daily papers published in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, together with those of the principal commercial cities of Europe—They will be regularly filed and none permitted to be taken away on any account. Tea, Coffee, Soups, Jellies, Ice Creams, and a variety of French Liquors; together with the usual refreshments, will at all times be procured at the bar. Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated with the choicest of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and the most approved Malt Liquors from London and other breweries. The Larder will be supplied with the prime and earliest productions of the Season. Large and small Parties, or single Gentlemen, may be accommodated with Breakfasts, Dinners, or Suppers, at hours most convenient to themselves—a cold Collation is regularly kept for convenience, the Bill of Fare to be had at the bar. The Lodging Rooms will be completely furnished, and the utmost attention paid to cleanliness, and every other requisite. Mr. SAMUEL RICHARDET will be happy to receive, and execute the commands of his friends, and the Public at large; and with gratitude for their favours, he pledges himself that nothing on his part shall be wanting to preserve that patronage with which he has been so distinguishedly honored. Philadelphia, April 19. $
WANTED, ON Loan, for two or three years—2000 Dollars for which a mortgage on Land will be given as security The land is clear of every incumbrance. Enquire of the Printer. Jan. 9. d.
George Bringhurst, COACH & HARNESS MAKER, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has removed from Arch-street, to No. 23 in north Fifth-street, adjoining the Episcopal Burial Ground, where he continues the business of Coach making in all its Branches. He makes all kinds of crane neck and perch Carriages, such as Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, and Coachesses; also, Chairs, Kitcheners, Gigs, Sulkeys; and all kinds of Harness, with plated or brass mounting. He hath a good supply of the best materials, and a flock of the best feathered wood. Orders from any part of the United States will be duly attended to with the greatest punctuality and dispatch. His long experience in business, his care in the execution of his work, and an unremitted attention to the desires of his employers, he flatters himself will prove sufficient recommendations. He has several second-hand Carriages for sale, viz. a complete Coach, with a coachman's seat and Venetian blinds all round; a Phaeton; a Chair; and a Sulkey with a falling top. All kinds of Carriages sold on Commission, and Carriages taken in to hand by the month or year. Apprentices wanted to the Business. Philadelphia, November 21. t, t, & 3m 22wdo
CHINA GOODS. THE Ship ATLANTIC , Silas Swaine, Commander, from Canton, will commence the discharge of her cargo to-morrow morning at Walnut-street wharf, Consisting of Yellow and white Nankens of excellent quality Peacham Taffeties, black and coloured Lustings, do. do. Sattins black of various qualities Sewing silks in assorted colours Vermillion in boxes Casks in chests Quickilver in jars BOHEA, SOUCHONG, HYSON SKIN, YOUNG HYSON, BEST HYSON, IMPERIAL, CHINA WARE, ornamental, with Table and Tea Sets generally afforded. WHITE SUGARS, and a quantity of First quality Bengal SALT PETRE. For Sale by Philip Nicklin & Co. April 8. t, th & s
Fresh Teas. FOR SALE, A Few Casks of First Quality INDIGO. Enquire at No. 71, South Water street. May 2. tht & f tf
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED, on the night of Thursday last, the 7th inst. BOSTON MURRAY, a black indented servant lad, 18 or 19 years of age, and about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; one of his eyes is defective in the corner towards his nose. His apparel consisted of a buff-colored round jacket, with a Manchester vest under it; a pair of fustian trousers, and under them a light mixed cloth pair of breeches. Whoever apprehends the said servant, and returns him, or confines him in any jail in Pennsylvania or Jersey, so that I recover him shall receive the above reward, together with reasonable charges. MOORE WHARTON, No. 109, Spruce-street. df
30 Pipes Cogniac Brandy, Corks, in bales, and Holland Gin, in pipes, For Sale by Benjamin W. Morris. December 31. co dtf
Advertisement. WE the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by law to take subscriptions for the Gap, Newport, and Wilmington Turnpike Road, do hereby give notice, that we will attend for that purpose at the house of Samuel Cochran, on the 6th day of June next: JOSHUA PUSEY, JACOB LINDLEY, JOHN McDOWELL, JAMES BOYD. Chester County, 25th April, 1796. [May 7. co tm]
Washington Canal Lottery, No. 1.
WHEREAS the State of Maryland has authorized the underwritten, to raise twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty dollars, for the purpose of cutting a Canal through the City of Washington, from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch Harbour.  The following is the SCHEME of No. 1.    Viz 1 Prize of 10,000 dollars, $10,000   1 ditto 10,000 10,000   7 last drawn } 5,000 35,000   6 ditto 1,000 6,000   10 ditto 400 4,000   20 ditto 100 2,000   55 ditto 50 2,750   3750 ditto 12 69,000   To be raised for the Canal, 26,250   5850 Prizes, $75,000   11650 Blanks, not two to a prize. 
17500 Tickets, at Ten Dollars. = 175,000 The Commissioners have taken the Securities required by the aforesaid act for the punctual payment of the prizes. The drawing of this Lottery will commence, without delay, as soon as the Tickets are sold, of which timely notice will be given. Such prizes as are not demanded in six months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Canal, and appropriated accordingly. (Signed) NOTLEY YOUNG, DANIEL CARROLL, of D. LEWIS DEBOIS, GEORGE WALKER, WM. M. DUNCANSON, THOMAS LAW, JAMES BARRY. City of Washington, Feb. 11. $
Knox, Henderson & Co.
No. 46, North Front street, HAVE imported in the ships Liberty , Concord and Adriana , from London, a fresh supply of Goods suited to the season—consisting of A beautiful assortment of Cottons, Calicoes, and Chintzes, Mullins, Mullinets, Cordered and India Dimities, Ginghams, Cotton Counterpanes, Plain, striped, clouded, Like-wise, Swilled, and silk Nankens, Thread, cotton, silk & cotton and silk Hosiery, Diaper and Damask Table Cloths, Lawns, Cambricks and Cambric Mullins, Linen, cotton and silk Hifs, Sewing Silks, &c. &c. &c. A few bales well assorted colors, London best superfine Cloths, best superfine and second Cashmeres—Also, sundry packages of Calicoes and Chintzes, and other goods goods for exportation. Per the Glasgow, Capt. Williams, from Dublin, a few boxes 7-8 and yard wide Irish Linens. May 4. $2w & f2
This Day is published, At the author's Book-Store, corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, Volume I. of a A Description of Spanish St. Domingo, Translated from the French of M. L. E. MORAND DE ST. MERY, member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, By WILLIAM COBBET. With a new, correct, and elegant MAP of the whole Island. Price Two Dollars. The Subscribers to this Work, are requested to take up the first volume, as soon as convenient. The second volume (which completes the Work) will be ready for delivery in the course of the present month. The complete work in the French language may like-wise be had at the same place. May 9. 6taw
Imported,
In the ship Birmingham Packet , from Calcutta, and for sale by the Package, by Samuel & Miers Fisher, Tandah Coffees, Batas, and other Batas, Bahar Hankerchiefs, Persian Taffeties, Humhums, Flower'd and spotted Pantries, Bandanoes. With a variety of other goods from that place, and a general assortment of European SPRING GOODS, as usual. Also, Long and short Pipes, in boxes of 5 gross each, An assortment of Stone Jugs and Pitchers, Queen's Ware, in Crates, assorted, Glass Ware, in Crates and Casks, Sheathing Paper, by the Bale, Teneriffe Malaga, & } WINES Sherry Spermaceti Candles, and A general assortment of Irish Linens, Received per ship Glasgow, from Dublin, by the package. May 12. $1wco3w
Wanted,
For the accommodation of a private Family, A SMALL HOUSE, situated in some airy street, within the limits of the city. Any person having such a one to let, and can give possession before the middle of June next ensuing, will hear of a careful tenant by applying to the Printer of this paper. May 14. cof
TO BE SOLD,
A NEAT three story Brick House, almost new situate on the south side of Filbert, midway between Ninth and Tenth Streets. For terms apply at No. 71, North Water Street. May 14. df.
New Hat and Hosier Store,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL, By WILLIAM M'DOUGALL, No. 134 Market-street, 3d door from the corner of Fourth, South side. MENS Black American and English Hats, of various qualities and prices Ditto Drabs and Greenun-ders Ladies' ditto, black And a large assortment of fancy ditto Colored Beavers With a great variety of elegant and fashionable trimmings, &c. Youth's black and drab co. N. B. The Hats finished in the newest fashion. May 7. df m

Five Hundred Bales of Excellent Bourbon COFFEE, For Sale by Joseph Anthony & Co. May 21 $2w
This Day is Published, And for sale by THOMAS DOBSON, At the STONE HOUSE, No. 41, S. Second Street DISCOURSES relating to the evidences of REVEALED RELIGION, delivered in the Church of the Universalists at Philadelphia, in 1796, and published at the request of many of the hearers. By JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, L. L. D. F. R. S. Price—two dollars neatly bound, or one dollar and 75 Cents unbound. May 21. tuth&2w.
Notice is hereby Given, THAT in pursuance of an act of the General Assem- bly of Pennsylvania, entitled "an Act to enable the Governor of this Commonwealth, to incorporate a Com- pany for making an artificial Road from an intersection of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike road near the Gap Tavern, in Lancaster County, to Newport and Wilmington in the State of Delaware," the commis- sioners in said act appointed will procure five books and attend at the respective places directed therein to receive subscriptions for Stock in the company, viz. One book will be opened in the city of Philadelphia. One in the Borough of Lancaster, one at Strasburgh, in the county of Lancaster, one in the Borough of Wilmington, and one at the house of Samuel Cochran in the county of Ches- ter. The Subscribers, agreeably to their appointment in and by said act, will attend at the City Tavern in Philadelphia, with one of said Books, on Monday, the 6th day of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, until 4 in the after- noon, and for the two days following, if necessary, for the purpose aforesaid; on the first of the said days, any person of the age of 21 years shall be at liberty to subscribe in his own or any other name or names by whom he shall be authorized for one share, the second day for one or two shares, and on the third day for one, two, or three shares, and in any succeeding day, (if the said books shall continue longer open) for any number of shares in the said Stock. Every person previously to subscribing in said books must pay to the attending commissioners twenty five dol- lars for every share to be subscribed. GEORGE LATIMER, ROBERT WALN, NATHL. LEWIS, ABIAH DAWES. Philadelphia, May 7 3awjJun. 7.
Landing, At the Subscribers' wharf, from on board the ship Au- rora, capt. Suter, 130 Hogsheads Prime Jamaica Sugars, For sale by Willings and Francis, May 17 $
SHOT, Of all sizes, from 32 lb to Grape, Cambooles, Pots, and other castings executed at the shortest notice. Nail rods, from rod to spike, Hoop Iron, of all sizes, for casks or cutting into nails, from a braid to 12d nails, Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb. Bar iron, A Quantity of James River Tobacco, Carolina Pork, Herring in Barrels, Kiln-dried corn meal in Hhds. and Bbls. Rye flour &c. to be sold by Levi Hollingsworth & Son. August 4 2aw
LAND for sale. ANY gentleman desirous of purchasing Land, in the vicinity of the city of Washington, may now be accommodated with a situation combining advantages as to health, toil, and prospect, not equalled perhaps in Amer- ica. The subscriber has for sale from 100 to 380 acres of land. It lies within 1 1/4 mile of the city of Washington, 1 1/2 from the President's Square, (from which it bears about N. by E.) and 3 1/4 miles from the Capitol. It bears nearly W. from the westernmost spring of the head waters of the Tiber, distant therefrom about 1-8 of a mile. The situation is remarkably healthy, and every part of the land is well watered—has great abundance of the choicest fruit: about 80 acres are in wood, and there are about 50 acres of meadow-ground, great part thereof can be wa- tered, and the whole laid down in Timothy-grass at a small expense. There are several beautiful eminemences on it: one of the heights commanding a most beautiful and extensive prospect—To the south, you have a full view of the city of Washington, the town of Alexandria, and the river Potomac, as far as the eye can reach. To the north, a full view of the Sugar-Loaf Mountain, distant about 35 miles, with the surrounding country. To the West, a very extensive view of the lands in Virginia: the whole forming a grand rural Amphitheatre. Any person inclined to purchase, will find on viewing the situation, that the Landscape is far superior to the sketch given of it in this advertisement. For price, &c. apply to the subscriber, living on the premises, or to George Walker, Esq. now in Philadelphia. JOHN THO: BOUCHER. District of Columbia, May 6, 1796. May 12. 2aw5w
A Printing-Office for Sale. CONSISTING OF A good assortment of Types, the greater part of which are but little worn, a good mahogany Press, with the dif- ferent Printing Materials, in complete order for executing any kind of work. The situation is very eligible, either for a newspaper or book-work, being in a pleasant, well populated city, within 30 miles of Philadelphia. There is also a very considerable advantage arising from the numerous applications for blanks and the general influx of advertisements, &c. &c. and a handsome profit derived from the great quantity of Rags which may be collected throughout the year. A complete set of cuts for Dilworth's Spelling-Book. Likewise will be sold with the office, a large book- binders' Press, (used for pressing books in sheets) together with a number of bookbinders' tools, almost new. Any person inclining to purchase the above, may have the refusal of a handsome collection of books, bound and in sheets—They will be sold very low. For the price, and further particulars, enquire at No. 24, north Third-street, where a specimen of the types may be seen. April 26. $2.2aw.
Mustard and Chocolate CONTINUE to be manufactured in the best man- ner, and for sale, as usual—Also stelled or pearl Barley, Coffee, Pepper, &c. Philadelphia Porter, Beer, Ale, Cyder, English Porter, Taunton and Bath Ale in bottles, &c. &c.—at No. 98, South Front-street, opposite the Custom-house, by JOHN HAWORTH. Philadelphia, May 7, 1796. 2aw4w
CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FRIDAY, May 19.
Mr. Harrison presented a petition from the mer- chants and traders of Petersburg, engaged in the coasting trade, praying to be relieved from incon- veniences which they suffer from the act licencing vessels. Referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. Livingston obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session. The bill for providing passports for ships and ves- sels of the United States, which originated in the Senate, was about to be read a third time, when Mr. S. Smith said, he believed there was a clause in the bill originating revenue (as it direct sums to be paid for passports) which was an encroachment upon the powers of that house, who alone had the right to originate revenue laws. He believed the Senate had done it without intention, and he did not wish to enter into any contest with them on the subject, but to postpone the consideration of the bill. Other gentlemen thought it would be better to reject the bill, and originate a new one; which course, after some observations was adopted. The bill was accordingly read a third time and unani- mously rejected.
Mr. W. Smith said, that as they had rejected the bill providing passports as improper to have orig- inated in the Senate, he would move "That the committee of commerce and manufactures be in- structed to bring in a bill for providing passports for ships and vessels of the United States." Agreed to. The bill for providing relief for persons impris- oned for debt, was read a third time and passed.
The bill making further provision for defraying the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations, and to continue in force an act providing means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, was read a third time, and after a few ob- servations on the time it should remain in force, in the course of which it was observed by Mr. Giles, that he hoped the time was not so far distant when they should have less to do with foreign nations than they had at present, its continuance was confined to one year, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress. The blank for the sum of money appropriated, was filled up, according to the estimate from the proper department, with 324,530 dollars 6 cents. The bill was then passed.
The bill directing certain experiments to be made to ascertain an uniform principle to regulate weights and measures, was read a third time and passed.
The amendments by the Senate on a bill in ad- dition to an act supplementary to an act for provid- ing more effectually for the collection of duties on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, were twice read, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole to-morrow.
Mr. W. Smith, from the committee of ways and means, to whom were referred the bill from the Senate regulating the compensation of clerks, reported the bill with one amendment, which was agreed to.
Mr. Madison moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the bill en- abling the President to cause to be examined, and where necessary surveyed, the post roads from Wil- mington in Delaware, to Savannah in Georgia, and to report the expense that would attend the transmiss- ion of the Mail therein. The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole accordingly, Mr. Bourne in the chair, when after two amendments, viz. adding the city of Washington to the other towns mentioned, and inserting Portland instead of Wilkesbarre, and filling up the blank appropriating a sum of money for the purpose, with 5,000 dollars, the committee rose, and reported the bill, the house took up the amendments, agreed to them, and the bill was ordered for a third reading to-morrow.
A message was received from the Senate, with their amendments to the bill for laying duties on carriages for the conveyance of persons, which were twice read and referred to a select committee.
Mr. S. Smith moved that the house resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the bill supplementary to the act entitled an act to alter and amend the act laying certain duties on snuff and refined sugar.
Mr. Swanwick presented a second petition from Richard Gernon & Co. expressive of the injury they should receive by the alteration which was proposed to be made in the drawback to be allowed on snuff exported, and praying amongst other things, that the intended act might not have force until April 1, 1797, in order that they might fulfil their present engagements with foreign countries.
The house accordingly resolved itself into a com- mittee of the whole on that subject, Mr. Swift in the chair, when a considerable debate took place. It was urged by those who supported the bill that it was drawn up in conformity to the wishes of se- veral principal manufacturers, and that it was cal- culated, by a reduction of the drawback allowed on exportation, and other regulations, to remedy the evils which had hitherto been experienced. On the other hand it was asserted, that the tax was at first a trifling, grievous and impolitic one, had hi- therto been a sucking fund, instead of a revenue to the United States, and that the sooner it could be done away altogether the better. In order to take the sense of the committee on the subject Mr. Ve- nable moved to strike out the first clause of the bill, and after some debate the question was put and car- ried 40 to 32. A motion was then made for the committee to rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again, which was done accordingly. The chair- man having made his report, the Speaker asked leave for the committee to sit again, which was ne- gated, 41 to 32.
Mr. Gallatin then rose to propose a resolution for the appointment of a committee to bring in a bill to repeal the act imposing a duty on snuff alto- gether; but Mr. Venable observing, that he had a resolution for the purpose, Mr. Gallatin gave way, and one to the following effect was presented, read, and ordered to lie upon the table:
"Resolved, that so much of an act, entitled "an act to alter and amend the act, entitled an act lay- ing certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar, as related to imposing a duty on snuff, ought to be re- pealed."
A message was received from the President, in- forming the house, that he had approved and fi- gued an act regulating intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. Adjourned.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. PENNO, IN your paper of last evening I observe a re- mark stating that the French have seized American property in the West Indies to the amount of two millions of dollars, and enquiring whether this be French fraternity—Surely it could never be imag- ined that this could be charged to the French go- vernment. When it is known that the French have little or no controul over the Islands at pre- sent—these Islands are known to be in a state of insurrection, negroes and mulattoes command there —they frequently displace and sometimes put to death the commanders sent from France. They lately imprisoned at the Cape Gen. Laveaux the French commander in chief. The British them- selves call these Islanders not French but Brigands. It is well known that if the British forces were all withdrawn, it would be long before France could restore order and government in these Islands. Many of our vessels are taken by rowboats manned with negroes out of bye ports of Hispaniola.— Why then should these things be charged to France? Have not our vessels been respected in Eu- rope by the French ships? have not their govern- ment ordered this to be done, and do not our ves- sels now freely carry flour and even money over from Havre to London in the very sight of a gov- ernment who thus sees her enemies supplied as it were from her own bosom? pray when did Britain allow our ships to carry money or provisions from London to Havre—have they not on the contrary repeatedly issued orders tending to cut off all inter- course between the French and Dutch dominions and ours, and are they not daily by captures check- ing effectually this intercourse.
I mean not to exculpate aggressions of our neu- tral rights committed by any people—but I like the ladder should be placed on the right horse.— France during the whole war hath been in a revolu- tionary state. The regular course of law and order were scarce to be expected from her, if they have been infringed by her, doubtless in a moment of tranquility where it is just, reparation will be made, but in the violation of our neutral rights the regu- lar and orderly government of Britain will be found to have far outstripped her disorganizing and an- archical neighbour.
But while we complain of France so violently let us see if we have nothing to throw in the other scale. The exports of the United States for the last treasury year state the following items of exports made by us.
  Cotton in pockets and bags 20,921 packages   Coffee in pounds weight 21,596,379lb.   Cocoa ditto. 525,432lb.   Brown and other sugars do. 21,377,747lb.   Loaf lump and white sugars do. 739,520lb.   Indigo do. 666,926lb. 
These articles may be fairly stated as worth about twelve millions of dollars or one fourth of the whole exports of America from Oct. 1794, to Oct. 1795. It is evident that this is the product enemy of the French West Indies, and would have been proba- bly doubled in amount if the British had suffered that produce to pass in safety to our ports.
Philadelphia enjoyed an immense proportion of this, for the Islands at eleven millions exported, that is nearly a quarter of the whole American ex- ports, I congratulate her sincerely on so much activ- ity and industry as is displayed in this circumstance —she is surely in dread of no rivalry while she exports more than the whole states of New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey to the northward of her and more than all the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virgini- a, North Carolina and Georgia to the southward.
As customers for what we have to sell the French and their allies are preeminent in spite of all oppo- sition to our intercourse. America exported to France and its dominions 12,653,635 dollars. To the Batavian republic and its dominions, 2,884,417 15,531,052
Or nearly a third of the whole of our exports Bri- tain took off but 9,218,540, and a great part of this was probably cleared out for their ports, for orders only as is known to be practiced usually in such cases or to protect it from seizure if bound to any harbours than their own.
What cause then have we to find fault with French fraternity that hath supplied us on one hand with so large a proportion of our materials for exports, and hath proved so good a customer— on the other for the disposal of them—Instead of quarrelling shall we not find it more our interest to cultivate the best understanding with so good a customer. Will not Philadelphia be among the foremost to do this if she understands her own in- terest?
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The government of the North western territory cannot fail to sit uneasy on every man who has a just idea of the rights of the citizens of America, it is high on the old colonial order, and in several in- stances surpasses those systems imposed on the Amer- ican colonists, while under the tyranny and dom- ination of Great Britain, from which the soul of America revolted.
First. The governors are rendered independent of the people.
Secondly. The citizens are barred from exercis- ing the unalienable right of choosing their repre- sentatives, or law makers.
Thirdly. The gentlemen who are authorized to hand out laws to the people, are placemen sent a- mong them by the general government. I would not wish to be understood, to have the most distant idea, that any of these placemen ever received private instructions from the general government, to do a single act or thing that would be oppressive to the citizens, so far from it, that I verily believe that had these gentlemen studied or wished to act a-
greeable to the general sentiment and desire of the Union, their future reflections would be more plea- sing to themselves, and the citizens; and citizens would be happier than they now are, or ever will be under the present administration or government, the Precedent is dangerous and can't fail to be a- harming to every man who has the soul of an Amer- ican, and who wishes the stability of the present government of the United States of America.
Fourthly. The trifling number of those place- men who are to select and deal out those precious scraps of spliced and mutilated laws, is very excep- tionable, on the principles of the ordinance, more than four cannot serve on this important business, and I have never heard of more than three acting at the same time, two of which form a majority, and consequently it may happen, that the well being or misery of the citizens of a vast and extensive territory may depend on the judgment, or will and pleasure, if not the chicane of two mere place- men.
Fifthly. It has been, and now is the practice of the government of Great Britain, and the avow- ed principles of the United States of America, to keep the legislative, judicial and executive powers separate; but by the ordinance government, these three are blended together, and a political monster as Hydra with three heads shaking, with three tongues, with one he says, I will give you laws, with another, I will sit judge of these laws, and with the third, I will execute those laws; these three several heads and tongues are the component parts of this political beast, the very thought of which in seventy five, would have drove the Amer- icans into a fury.
Sixthly. When it is considered that our govern- ors are rendered independent of the people, that our laws are handed to us by a trifling number of placemen, that our legislative, judicial and execu- tive powers are blended together, and that those very men who furnish us with laws sit judges of them one objection will naturally arise to the ordinance government; by reason it does not allow us a court of chancery.
But notwithstanding the foregoing is a true pic- ture of the ordinance government, as far as it goes, yet as it was held out to the adventurers by the Congress of the United States, and as every person who has become an inhabitant of the territory, has impliedly assented to it, it is undoubt- edly so far that it is our duty to submit to it, and support it, till the day comes, which is now dawning, when we can confidently and on the principles of the com- pact between the United States and the adventurers, throw it from our shoulders as a man would a bur- then, the huge pressure of which threatened to change his existence, in seventeen hundred and se- venty five, charters were sacred things, they are so yet; we cannot withdraw our obligations from their injunctions without meriting the disgraceful epi- thet of rebels on the one hand, and on the other, Congress can no more alter our charter, altho' a temporary one, than Great Britain could alter or take away the charters of colonists. Cincinnati, May 1.
PROCLAMATION Of the Executive Directory of the French Republic. FRENCHMEN.
Your Legislators have just created a new species of money, founded at once upon justice and the necessity of providing for the immense wants of the State; they have conciliated the interest of the Republic with the interest of individuals, or rather it is in this private interest even that they have found new and abundant resources for the Govern- ment: and such will be always the calculations of a true and only policy. In short, after so terrible a war, after so many violent shocks, the nation is, all at once, lifted by the creation of territorial Man- dates, to the same state of fortune and of means, which she possessed in the first period of the Rev- olution. To render these means fruitful—to recover the same degree of opulence and splendor, we must only have the same latitude of confidence in the Representatives of the Nation—the same obedience to the Laws, the same fraternal union between citi- zens.
Your fate, oh Frenchmen! is then entirely in your hands; let the law relative to territorial man- dates be faithfully observed, and France will come out from the Revolution happy and triumphant; if the law be despised, a profound abyss will be im- mediately dug under our feet.
The territorial mandates have a precious advan- tage which the assignats had not—it was the want of it that occasioned their depreciation. This adv- antage is the faculty attached to the mandat of be- ing realized in a moment, without hindrance, obla- cle, or sale by the immediate and incontestible trans- fer of the national domain, upon which the Bearer of Mandates may have fixed his choice in the whole extent of the Republic. It is a territorial Bank, with funds well ascertained, whose notes may be exchanged in open market, and whose guarantee is fortified by the authority of the law which gives them the forced currency of money. It was neces- sary thus to prevent the criminal efforts of stock- jobbing and disaffection, which incessantly endeav- ouring to convert the most wholesome remedies into poison, would not have failed to have depreciated and monopolized the new money before the mass of citizens could have been informed of its real value.
When, by his sordid avarice, the stock jobber depreciates by one sol a note of 100 francs, it is not solely the one sol of which he has robbed the public credit, it is a loss to the national treasure of so many sols as there are 100 francs in the Treasury; it is an immense sum which he has annihilated in the public banks, and in the hands of all the bearers of bills; he has ruined his fellow citizens, he has assassinated his country, and it is not there- fore by the smallness of his robbery in itself that we must measure his crime; it is by the enormity of misery which it produces: never was it more evi- dently true, that the safety of a whole nation may reside, and, in fact does reside, in the inviolable pro- bity of all the members that compose it.
Yes, morals, obedience to laws, each day ought, Frenchmen, to convince you, are the sole safeguards of free countries. The slightest attack made upon them shakes the State to its foundation. All our evils arise from our dissensions, from the spirit of

capacity, the negligence of labor, from refusal to pay the contributions, from the depreciation of the national money.
These evils can be cured but by a contrary regime, by the re-establishment of the esteem of citizens, by their eagerness to acquit themselves to the public Treasury, by the restoration of industry, by the rigorous support of the integral value, and without the least alteration, of the money established by the legislature.
The Executive Directory will know how to display on this important occasion, the whole extent of the power deposited in their hands; they will make the national will expressed by the Representatives of the People be respected.
It is to you, good citizens, friends of wisdom and liberty: immense majority of Frenchmen! it is to you that it belongs to second the efforts of the government; form a sacred league to defend the Constitutional Edifice, which rests now upon the success of Mandats. Repel those who flatter you to draw you into a frightful abyss. You can only save yourselves by austere truths. What have those operated for your good, who have labored hitherto to render you immoral; who have only irritated you alternately, and cherished your passions; who have sharpened hatred among you, and formed parties? What else have they done but favoured your external enemies, who long ago would have demanded peace of you if they had not been enabled to set you against each other, and make you tear out your entrails with your own hands?
It is against these external enemies, that we must wake the vengeance of the State. Cover with indignation and contempt their eternal advocates, those cowardly writers who connect themselves with traitors; who have nothing to present but frightful portraits: who avail themselves of an object only to make the citizens miserable, and to divide, to desame them. It is time that each of us should be proud of being Frenchmen! What are the crimes of some miserable men to the National glory, men whom nature has cast upon the territory of Free-men? View the revolution with the same eyes that posterity will view it; with the same eyes which the foreigners whom you combat, view it. Resume that proud energy that produced victory; recollect your triumphs, and let them be the pledge of new triumphs.
Frenchmen, be assured of this great truth—it is, that the safety of all and each of you is in the rigid execution of the law relative to Mandats. Already have the happy effects of their creation been felt by the bearers of assignats, which increase in value rapidly, although it has been pretended that it would complete their depreciation.
Let no infringement be made upon this law, and soon beneficent dew will vivify the happy soil that nature has adjudged to us. France will arise from that deplorable languor, a devouring stock-jobbing will cease to exercise their ravages, activity in arts and commerce will succeed, the roads and canals will no longer be in ruins, the public functionaries of the State will be indemnified for their painful labors, the long sufferings of the creditors and pensioners of the State will be at an end. The melancholy lot of our impetuous brethren in arms will be ameliorated, and the national felicity which a diabolical spirit had thought to be able to separate from public probity and the social virtues, will arise and assume new life in those immortal and fruitful sources of all prosperity.
(Signed) LETOURNEUR, President.
Mrs. Whitlock's Night.
New Theatre.
On MONDAY EVENING, May 23, Will be presented, (never performed here) a new comedy, called
First Love:
Or, THE FRENCH EMIGRANT.
Written by R. Cumberland, Esq. au hor of the W. Indian, Natural Son, &c. and performed at Covent Garden Theatre, London, with the greatest applause.
 Frederick Mowbray, Mr. Moreton.  David Mowbray, Mr. Bates.  Sir Miles Mowbray, Mr. Whitlock.  Billy Bluffer, Mr. Francis.  Mr. Wrangle, Mr. Green.  Robin, Mr. Blissitt.  Servant to Lady Ruby, Mr. Warrell, jun.  Servant to Mr. Wrangle, Mr. Darley, jun.  Lord Sensitive, Mr. Marshall.  Sabina Rofny, Mrs. Marshall.  Mrs. Wrangle, Mrs. Shaw.  Mrs. Kate, Mrs. Rowson.  Waiting Woman, Miss Oldfield.  Lady Ruby, Mrs. Whitlock. 
To which will be added, a favorite comedy in 2 acts, never performed here called
The Maid of the Oaks; Or, A Fête Champêtre.
Mr. MORRIS's Night will be on Wednesday next. BOX, One Dollar—PIT, Three-Quarters of a Dollar— and GALLERY, Half a Dollar.
Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the Front of the Theatre.
No money or tickets to be returned; nor any person, on any account whatsoever, admitted behind the scenes.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their servants to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and order them as soon as the company is seated, to withdraw as they cannot, on any account, be permitted to remain.
VIVAT RESPUBLICA.
This Day published, Price 31 1-2 Cents,
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ON THE BRITISH TREATY.
Sold by William Young, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, and by the Booksellers generally.
Subscribers are requested to send to this Office for their Books.
May 19.
By an Artist resident at Mr. Oellers's Hotel,
MINIATURE LIKENESSES
ARE taken and executed in that elegant and delicate style, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Picture an interesting jewel.
He will warrant a strong and indispensible resemblance; and he takes the liberty to lay before the public of this place his most earnest intention to deserve their patronage by his best endeavors to please.
N. B. Specimens are to be seen.
May 12.
Philadelphia,
SATURDAY EVENING, May 21, 1796.
EDWARD THORNTON Esq. was presented to the President of the United States on Tuesday last by the British Ambassador, as his Britannick Majesty's Secretary of Legation to the United States.
Mr. FENNO, IN the Gazette of the United States of yesterday, is published a private letter intended for my particular friend. It is unknown to me how you come by it; or for what purpose you have inserted it in your paper. Both your possession and publication was unauthorized by me.
JAS. HOLLAND.
21st May, 1796.
Please to give the above a place in this day's and Monday's papers.
[The letter above mentioned was a printed letter and was inclosed in a cover addressed to the Editor, on which was written "For publication."]
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
 ARRIVED. days.  Mary, Cushing, Port-au-Prince 25  Sloop Independence, Roberts, do. 23  Ship Columbia, St. Ubes 45     CLEARED. days.  Ship George Barclay, M c Allister, Calcutta  Eagle, Foidick, London  Pennsylvania, York, Bordeaux  Sloop Hannah, Dunton, Fort-Dauphin, 
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
NEW-YORK, May 20.
State of New-York, to wit.
On this eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six—before me, T. Wortman, one of the public notaries of the state aforesaid, by lawful authority commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Joseph Robeson, late a mariner belonging to the ship or vessel called the Afrea , under the command of Captain William Dodge, who being duly sworn, did depose and say, That he is a native of the city of New York, and that he sailed on board the said ship in the beginning of the month of February last, bound to Bengal in the British East Indies; that on the early part of such intended voyage, meeting with considerable stress of weather, they were obliged to put in at Port Royal, in the Island of Martinique, at which last place, they arrived in the close of Feb. or the beginning of March now last; that on the day subsequent to such arrival he, the deponent, together with 6 other mariners then belonging to the Afrea , were taken into the custody of an officer & press-gang of the Majestic , a seventy four gun ship, in the commission and service of the king of Great Britain; that he, the deponent, together with his fellow seamen, were all of them possessed of regular protection, which they produced or offered to produce upon that occasion, but that these protections were entirely disregarded; and the reply on the part of the press-gang, declaring "their absolute and settled determination to procure seamen at all events;" that immediately afterwards they were placed, on board the Majestic ; that their treatment was harsh, rigid and severe; that for the space of forty eight hours, they were unfurnished with any article of subsistence or food; that during their stay at Martinique an American seaman whose name this deponent does not now recollect, having endeavored to effect an escape; was retaken and continued in irons during the space of three whole days, and then severely whipped; that they remained on board the Majestic at the harbor of Port Royal about 4 weeks, and then proceeded upon a cruise between the Leeward Islands; that after cruising some little time, and touching at several of those islands, on or about the 18th day of April, they put in at Dominique, and on the 20th of that month, this deponent fortunately effected an escape; and this deponent upon his oath aforesaid, doth further declare, That during his continuance in the Majestic , there were upwards of 70 citizens and natives of America, most of them possessed of protections on board of that vessel; and that the treatment they received was exceedingly cruel and tyrannical, and much more rigid than was afforded to those seamen who were subjects of Great Britain, and further the deponent saith not.
JOSEPH ROBESON.
Sworn this 18th day of May, 1796, before me, T. WORTMAN, Not. Public.
Names of American citizens on board the Majestic , taken from the Afrea .
 James Warren Fox, of Philadelphia.  James Burnes, of Salem.  James Nobles, of Hudson.  Robert Robins, of New-London.  Francis Costigan, of New-York.  Henry Ellsworth, do.  Names of Americans taken from other vessels.  Samuel Love, of Salem.  Samuel Hulsey, of New-York.  Mr. Robeson observes, that he was unable to obtain a general knowledge of the names of the Americans confined on board the Majestic ; their respective surnames were seldom used or mentioned; but they were generally called by their names of baptism.
Arrival at New York.
Sehr. Lucy, Bradbury, N. Providence 10 The Concorde frigate was seen going into Hampton Roads last Friday morning, together with a number of American vessels.
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.) May 7.
Arrived brig Betsey , Capt. Trefethen, from Georgia, with live oak for the frigate: but we understand orders have been received from government to stop the building of the frigate in this harbor until further directions.
PORT OF BALTIMORE.
May 16.
ENTERED.
 Ship Fidelity , Weems, Jeremie  Euphrasia, Bourne, Port au Prince  Lowe, Frelee, Charleston  Brig Ark , Jenay, Gonaives  Schr. Voluptas , Hall, Kingston  Bee, Foiter, Norfolk  Sherb urne, Meader, Sherburne  Slop Nancy , Dashiell, Gonaives  John Barbine , Norfolk  Lark, Craig, Bohemia  Active, Adair, do.  Mercury, Ferguson do.  Swift, Tatem Black Bridge  Nightingale, Taylor Cuttituck 
May 17.
 Ship Swift Packet , Malcolm, Jeremie  Brig Abo , Higgins, Isle of May  Fanny and Jane, Isaacs, Barbice  Schr. Sally , Petman, Antigua  Sloop Mary , Wilson, Fort Dauphin  Amelia, Gale, French Town   Capt. Allen from Kingston Jamaica, has handed us the following list of vessels that were lying on the 14th of April in Kingston, sent in by British ships of war for trial.
 Ship Indolent , Wivel, Baltimore.  Schr. Active , Compton, do.  Adeline, Stanley, do.  Fortitude, Rose, do.  Eagle, Fowles, do.  Swallow, Stubbs, Boston.  Brig Sally , do.  Charlotte, New-York.  Dolly, Paulden, do. 
A list of other American vessels lying there at the same time:
 Ship Eliza , Biffom, Norfolk.  Schr. Lucy , Ober, do.  Ship Willink , Stewart, Baltimore.  Schr. Betty Lloyd , Allison, do.  Ship Fortitude , Dyer, Portland.  Sloop Merchant , Fitzgerald, do.  Brig Polly , Clements, do.  Schr. Rain Deer , Paine, do.  Brig General Wayne , Allen, Boston.  Schr. Hannah , Gardner, do.  Chatham, Smith, North-Carolina.  Little Gabriel , Gunther, do.  Rebecca, Stone, Kennebec.  John, Dillingham, New-York. 
British ships of War lying at Port Royal.
 Leviathan , line of battle ship.  Africa , do.  Swiftsure , do.  Reasonable , do.  Syren frigate, do.  Lark sloop of war.  Drake, do. 
A prize ship taken from the French, now fitting out to carry 20 guns, called the Jamaica .
And as many as five sail of warm-sided privateers, manned with French aristocrats.
One of the long looked-for Cork fleet had arriv'd
WINCHESTER, (Virg.) May 13.
To the Hon. the Speaker and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
The Memorial of the citizens of Augusta County, Virginia, respectfully represents.
That having understood that difficulties have been opposed to carrying into effect the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between the United States and Great-Britain; and having taken into consideration the merits of the treaty, as well as the probable and in calculable events which might ensue, materially affecting the interest and happiness of our country on that event, humbly petition your honorable body, to make the necessary appropriations for carrying the said treaty into immediate execution—and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.
The above application is made in pursuance of the unanimous voice of the people of Augusta county, assembled at their general muster; who also deputed the subscribers, commissioners to execute the same for and on their behalf.
 Alexander St. Clair, Robert Porterfield,  D. Stephenson, Alex. Robertson,  A. Anderson, Jacob Kinney,  A. Humphreys, R. Grattan,  Robert Doak, J. Bell, jun.  Augustine Argenbright, Peter Heiskell,  William Wilson, William Moffett,  Robert Douthat.  Staunton, May 7, 1796.
Staunton, May 7, 1796.
SIR, Having understood from letters to some of your friends, which were intended for the public, that you were desirous of knowing the sentiments of your constituents on the subject of the British treaty; the question was fairly submitted to the citizens of this county, assembled at their general muster, when it appeared to be their unanimous opinion, that it ought to go into immediate operation. In pursuance of this opinion, the enclosed petition was framed, and which we request you will present to Congress.
You will observe that the petition is so framed as to be clear of any constitutional question, and as to the divisions of power vested in the different branches of the government; it will not be different, however to inform you, that the freeholders of this county, on the day of their last election of members to the General Assembly, after having previously seen and examined the President's reasons for not laying the papers relative to the treaty before Congress, were unanimous in approving his conduct. We take the liberty of observing to you that no small anxiety exists in the minds of our best informed citizens, for the consequences which may flow from a rejection of the treaty at this day; such as the loss of credit and confidence abroad, a charge of the breach of good faith, and an interruption of our present state of tranquility and happiness at home, consequences from their magnitude and import not
to be compared to the objections urged against that instrument.
We are Sir, with respect and esteem, Your very humble servants, Signed as above. The hon. Andrew Moore.
BOSTON, May 13.
In a late Chronicle , the Public are told, that Capt. Benson , of the Brig Polly , of this place, was Murdered by the Prize master, who conducted that vessel to Bermuda ; and an insinuation is subjoined, that those concerned in the vessel, have had the intelligence of this homicide, above three weeks, without communicating it to the Public. The owner of the Brig Polly , is as ready to communicate and reprehend violences suffered by Americans from the English or other nations, as any American can possibly be; and if he had received any positive information, it should have been published; but all his intelligence on the subject has been founded on suppositions and conjectures; and even this kind of intelligence had not been received 10 days, when the Chronicle , made the charge of partiality against the owners of the unfortunate Brig .
The Public may be assured, that as soon as the facts relative to this subject can be obtained, they shall be handed to them, without amelioration; and till then a suspension of judgment is reasonably to be expected.
List of American vessels in the port of Lisbon, March 4.
Ship John , Coates, repairing; Ontario , Spalding, bound to Barbary ; Neptune , Jeffries, to St. Petersburg; Lucy , Griffith, to Baltimore; Diana  Curtis , to Cowes ; Neptune , Miller, East-Indies ; Alexander , Orr, Norfolk ; Mercury , Bray, Mablehead .
The following is a list of American vessels lately arrived whose destinations are uncertain.
Hope , Gross, arrived from Rotterdam the 26th Feb. Ceres , White, from London, ditto— Jerusha , Giles, from Barbary , ditto— Lavinia , Shernock, from London, ditto— Anna , Laiskey, from Bilboa , the 27th February.
Ship Mary , of Baltimore, Captain Connor , to sail in a few days for Baltimore.
March 13—As Capt. Linnell passed Madeira , he went on shore in his boat, and saw the masters of the following American vessels then in Funchal , viz Ship Benjamin of Salem , Capt. Gardner , failed the same day for the Isle of France .
Ship Providence , of New-York , Capt. Joshua Babcock , 32 days from Charleston , S. Carolina, and would sail in a few days for the above port.
Ship Canges , of New-York , Capt. Phipps , 29 days from Bordeaux , bound to Hamburg , lying off and on in distress.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect a treaty made between the United States and certain Indian tribes north-west of the river Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the treaty made between the United States and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots , Delawares , Shawanoe , Ottawas , Chippewas , Potawatomes , Miamis , El-river , Weea , Kickapoo , Piankashaw and Kaskaskias , on the third day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, the monies arising under the revenue laws of the United States, which have been heretofore passed, not already appropriated to any other purpose or so much thereof, as may be necessary, be, and are hereby pledged and appropriated for the payment of the annuity stipulated in the said treaty, to be paid to the said Indian tribes;—that is to say: to the Wyandots , one thousand dollars;—to the Delawares , one thousand dollars;—to the Shawanoe , one thousand dollars;—to the Ottawas , one thousand dollars;—to the Chippewas, one thousand dollars;—to the Potawatomes, one thousand dollars;—to the Miamis, one thousand dollars;—to the El-river, Weea, Kickapoo, Piankashaw and Kaskaskias tribes, each five-hundred dollars:—And to continue so pledged and appropriated, so long as the said treaty shall be in force: And that a further sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, out of the monies aforesaid, be also appropriated to defray the cost of transportation, and other contingent charges which may arise from the payment of the said annuity, according to the stipulations contained in the said treaty.
JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved—May the sixth 1796.

Mails of the United States.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the MAILS of the United States on the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post Office, until the fifteenth day of July next.
1. From Portsmouth New Hampshire by Hampton Falls, Newbury Port, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem and Lynn to Boston, three times a week.
May 1, to November 1. Receive the Mail at Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 A M, and arrive at Boston the same days by 6 P M. Returning. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A M, and deliver it at Portsmouth the same days by 6 P M.
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From Boston by Worcester, Brookfield, Springfield, Suffield, Hartford, Wethersfield, Middletown, Wallingford, New Haven, Milford, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford and Kingsbridge to New York, three times a week.
May 1, to November 1. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 A M, arrive at Worcester the same evenings, leave Worcester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 A M, arrive at Springfield by 10 A M, at Hartford by 3 P M, and at New York by 6 P M. Returning. Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A M, deliver it at New Haven by noon, at Stamford in the evening, and at New York on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by noon.
November 1, to May 1. Receive the Mail at Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 P M, arrive at Springfield in the evening, and at Hartford on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by noon; arrive at New Haven the next days by 8 A M, and arrive at New York every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 11 A M. Returning. Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A M, arrive at New Haven the next days in the evening, leave New Haven every Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 3 A M, arrive at Hartford by 3 P M, at Springfield by 6 P M, at Brookfield on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 A M, and at Boston on Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 1 A M.
3. From Alexandria by Colchester, Dumfries, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Hanover court house, Richmond and Osborne's, to Petersburg, three times a week.
April 1, to November 1. Receive the Mail at Alexandria, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4 A M, arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 P M, leave Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 A M, arrive at Richmond by 7 P M, leave Richmond every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 4 A M, and arrive at Petersburg by 10 A M. Returning. Leave Petersburg every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 1 P M, arrive at Richmond by 6 P M, leave Richmond the same days by 4 A M, and arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 P M, leave Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 A M, and arrive at Alexandria by 6 P M.
November 1, to April 1. Leave Alexandria every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10 A M, arrive at Fredericksburg every Wednesday, Friday and Monday by noon, leave Fredericksburg in one hour, arrive at Richmond Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 6 P M, leave Richmond Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 5 A M, and arrive at Petersburg by 10 A M. Returning. Leave Petersburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1 P M, arrive at Richmond by 6 P M, leave Richmond every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 A M, and arrive at Alexandria on Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 1 P M.
4. From Richmond by New Kent court house, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Hampton to Norfolk, three times a week.
April 1, to November 1. Leave Richmond every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 A M, arrive at Hampton by 9 P M, leave Hampton on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 5 A M, and arrive at Norfolk by 11 A M. Returning. Leave Norfolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 1 P M, arrive at Hampton by 6 P M, leave Hampton every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 3 A M, and arrive at Richmond by 7 P M.
November 1, to April 1. Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 5 A M, arrive at Williamsburg by 6 P M, leave Williamsburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 5 A M, arrive at Hampton by 11 A M, and at Norfolk by 6 P M. Returning. Leave Norfolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 A M, arrive at Hampton by 5 P M, leave Hampton every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 5 A M, arrive at Williamsburg by 6 P M, leave Williamsburg Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday by 5 A M, and arrive at Richmond by 6 P M.
5. From Petersburg by Cabbins Point, Smithfield and Suffolk to Portsmouth, three times a week.
April 1, to November 1. Receive the Mail at Petersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 11 A M, arrive at Suffolk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by noon, and at Portsmouth by 7 P M. Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 10 P M, arrive at Suffolk every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 10 A M, and at Petersburg every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by noon.
November 1, to April 1. Leave Petersburg every Friday, Monday and Wednesday by 11 A M, arrive at Suffolk on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday by noon, and at Portsmouth by 5 P M. Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 10 A M, and arrive at Petersburg on Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 10 A M.
6. From Petersburg by Harris's, Goshen's, Warrenton, Lewisburg, Raleigh, Averysborough, Fayetteville, Lumberton, Chersaw court house, Camden, Columbia and Edgefield court house to Augusta, twice a week.
Leave Petersburg every Tuesday and Friday by noon, arrive at Harris's by 7 P M, at Goshen's on Wednesday and Saturday by 8 A M, at Warrenton by 8 P M, at Lewisburg on Thursday and Saturday by 8 A M, at Raleigh by 3 P M, at Fayetteville every Friday and Monday by 1 P M, at Lumberton by 9 P M, leave Lumberton every Saturday and Tuesday by 4 A M, arrive at Chersaw court house by 4 P M, arrive at Camden on Sunday and Wednesday by 2 P M, at Columbia on Monday and Thursday 4 A M, arrive at Edgefield court house on Tuesday and Friday at 6 1/2 A M, and at Augusta by noon. Returning. Leave Augusta every Tuesday and Friday by 8 P M, arrive at Edgefield court house on Wednesday and Saturday by 10 A M, at Columbia on Thursday and Sunday by 10 A M, at Camden by 7 P M, leave Camden every Friday and Monday by 4 A M, arrive at Chersaw court house by 5 P M, at Lumberton every Saturday and Tuesday by 3 P M, and Wednesday by 7 A M, at Raleigh on Monday and Thursday by 6 A M, at Lewisburg by 2 P M, at Warrenton on Tuesday and Friday by 5 A M, at Goshen's by 2 P M, at Petersburg on Wednesday and Saturday by 11 A M.
7. From Camden by Stateburg to Charleston twice a week.
Leave Camden every Sunday and Wednesday at half past 2 P M, arrive at Charleston the next Tuesday and Friday by noon. Returning. Leave Charleston every Tuesday and Friday by 9 P M, and arrive at Camden the next Thursday and Sunday by 7 P M.
8. From Augusta by Waynesborough to Savannah, once a week.
Leave Augusta every Saturday at 1 P M, and arrive at Savannah the next Sunday by 6 P M. Returning. Leave Savannah every Tuesday at 10 A M, and arrive at Augusta the next Thursday by 6 P M.
Note 1. If either of the routes No. 6, 7 or 8, are altered by any subsequent continuance of the Contracts, the Contractor is to observe such alterations in carrying the Mails, and his pay is to be increased or diminished in proportion to the distance increased or diminished by such alteration.
Note 2. The Contracts are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue for four years until the 30th September, 1800, inclusive.
Note 3. The Post Master General may alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the Contracts, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
Note 4. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified.
Note 5. For every quarter of an hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the Contractor shall forfeit one dollar, and if the delay continues until the departure of any succeeding Mail, whereby the Mails delivered for such succeeding Mail, lose a trip, the Contractor shall forfeit ten dollars, to be deducted from his pay.
JOSEPH HABERSHAM, Post Master General.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, Philadelphia, May 2, 1796.
Pennsylvania, ss. By THOMAS MIFFLIN, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the General Assembly did, on the fourth day of April last, resolve, "That the Governor be requested to issue a proclamation, reciting the act entitled "an act to prevent intrusions on lands, within the counties of Northampton, Northumberland and Luzerne," and enjoining obedience to the same; and that he be forthwith requested to cause the same to be published in the newspapers of the States of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts: and whereas the act, in the said resolution referred to is expressed in the following words:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if any person shall, after the passing of this act, take possession of, enter, intrude or settle on any lands within the limits of the counties of Northampton, Northumberland, or Luzerne, by virtue or under colour of any conveyance of half share right, or any other pretended title not derived from the authority of this commonwealth, or of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania before the Revolution, such person, upon being duly convicted thereof, upon indictment in any court of oyer and terminer, or court of general quarter sessions, to be held in the proper county, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, one half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer, and shall also be subject to such imprisonment, not exceeding twelve months, as the court before whom such conviction is had may in their discretion direct.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person who shall combine, or conspire for the purpose of conveying, possessing or settling on any lands within the limits aforesaid, under any half share right or pretended title as aforesaid, or for the purpose of laying out townships by persons not appointed or acknowledged by the laws of this commonwealth, and every person that shall be accessory thereto, before or after the fact, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, one half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer; and shall also be subject to such imprisonment at hard labour, not exceeding eighteen months, as the court in their discretion may direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the court wherein any such conviction shall have been had, shall issue their writ to the sheriff of the county wherein the said offence has been committed, or the said conviction had, or if the said court shall be of opinion that the sheriff or coroner are not impartial, then to any other person or persons they may think proper, commanding him or them, together with the power of the county, if he or they should judge their assistance necessary, to proceed to the lands in question, and therefrom to expel and eject all and every the person and persons therein intruded as aforesaid; and if the said sheriff, or other person or persons appointed as aforesaid, should make return to the said writ that he or they have been unable to execute the same, by reason of the forcible resistance of the parties or any other persons, or from a just apprehension of such resistance as would render the execution thereof by himself or themselves, and the power of the county, impracticable, the prothonotary of the court to which such writ is so returned shall forthwith transmit a copy of the said writ and return, under the seal of the said court, to the governor, and if upon the said return, or if upon a certificate signed by the president, or one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the proper county, or by one of the judges of the supreme court, that the process of the court has been resisted, or that there is reason to believe that the civil authority will be incompetent to the execution of this law, the governor shall deem it expedient to order out a portion of the militia of this state to assist the civil authority in carrying into effect this act, or any part thereof: The detachments so called out shall receive the same pay and rations, and be subject to the same rules and regulations, as are provided in other cases.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if a judge of the court of quarter sessions for the proper counties, or a judge of the supreme court shall apprehend that the sheriff and coroner are not impartial, it shall and may be lawful for the said judge to direct the venire for the grand inquest, and for the traverse jury, to any person or persons he or they may think proper.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall resist any officer, or other person duly authorized in the execution of this act, or any part thereof, every person or persons so offending, and every person that shall be accessory thereto, before or after the fact, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a sum not more than five thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment at hard labour for any period not less than three nor more than seven years.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in order to disseminate a knowledge of the provisions contained in this act, it shall be the duty of the prothonotaries of the several courts of common pleas of the counties of Northampton, Northumberland and Luzerne, and they are hereby respectively enjoined and required to read or cause to be read, in open court, the said act, and every part thereof, at least once in each of the three terms next after receiving the same; and also it shall and may be lawful for the governor of this commonwealth to issue his proclamation, enjoining and requiring all persons having intruded as aforesaid, to withdraw peaceably from the lands wherein such intrusions have been made; and further enjoining and requiring the several officers of government, and the good citizens of this state, to prevent, or prosecute by all legal means, such intrusions and intruders, and to afford their most prompt and effectual aid in their several and respective capacities, to carry into full execution the laws of this commonwealth relative thereto; provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to the claims of persons claiming lands under and by virtue of an act entitled "an act for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut claimants, the lands claimed by them within the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven: And provided further, that this act, or any thing therein expressed, shall not be considered as intended to affect any claims under the said law, nor as a Legislative construction or opinion respecting said act, or an act entitled, "an act to repeal an act entitled, "an act for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut claimants, the lands by them claimed within the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the first day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, or the validity or effect of either of the said laws."
NOW, THEREFORE, In compliance with the said recited request of the General Assembly, and in pursuance of the authority to me by law given, as aforesaid, I HAVE issued this PROCLAMATION; HEREBY, in all
things, enjoining obedience to the provisions in the said act of the General Assembly contained; and more especially requiring all persons, having intruded upon any lands, in the manner in the said act specified and prohibited, to withdraw peaceably therefrom, as well as warning and forbidding all persons whomsoever from hereafter making any intrusion upon such lands, under the penalties in the said recited act of the General Assembly declared and imposed. And the several officers of the government, and all the good citizens of this state, are further enjoined and required to prevent or prosecute by all legal means such intrusions and intruders, and to afford the most prompt, and effectual aid, in their several and respective capacities, to carry into full execution the laws of this Commonwealth relative thereto.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Great Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the Commonwealth the twentieth.
THOMAS MIFFLIN. By the Governor, A. J. DALLAS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. May 18 2aw3w
City of Washington.
SCHEME of the LOTTERY, No. II, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CITY.
Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes prizes like 20,000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars, etc.
16,739 Prizes. 33,261 Blanks.
50,000 Tickets, at Eight Dollars, 400,000
N. B. To favour those who may take a quantity of Tickets, the price of 40,000 dollars will be the LAST drawn ticket, and the 30,000 the LAST but ONE.
And approved notes, securing payment in either money or prizes, in ten days after drawing, will be received for any number not less than 30 tickets.
This Lottery will afford an elegant specimen of the private buildings to be erected in the City of Washington. Two beautiful designs are already selected for the entire fronts on two of the public squares; from these drawings it is proposed to erect two centre and four corner buildings, as soon as possible after this lottery is sold, and to convey them, when complete, to the fortunate adventurers, in the manner described in the scheme for the Hotel Lottery. A net deduction of five per cent. will be made to defray the necessary expenses of printing, &c. and the surplus will be made a part of the fund intended for the National University, to be erected within the city of Washington.
The Drawing will commence as soon as the tickets are sold off:—The money prizes will be payable in thirty days after it is finished; and any prizes for which fortunate numbers are not produced within twelve months after the drawing is closed, are to be considered as given towards the fund for the University; it being determined to settle the whole business in a year from the ending of the drawing, and to take up the bonds given as security.
The real securities given for the payment of the Prizes, are held by the President and two Directors of the Bank of Columbia, and are valued at more than half the amount of the lottery.
The twenty four gentlemen who by appointment of the late Commissioners assisted in the management of the Hotel Lottery are requested to undertake this arduous task a second time on behalf of the public; a sufficient number of these having kindly accepted, it is hoped that the friends to a National University and the other federal objects may continue to favor the design.
By accounts received from the different parts of the Continent as well as from Europe, where the tickets have been sent for sale, the public are assured that the drawing will speedily commence, and that the care and caution unavoidably necessary to insure a safe disposal of the tickets, has rendered the more suspension indispensable.
SAMUEL BLODGET. Tickets may be had at the Bank of Columbia; of James West & Co. Baltimore; of Peter Gilman, Boston; of John Hopkins, Richmond; and of Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry.
Urbanna Mill Seats.
SITUATE in Cecil county, Maryland, on the banks of the river Susquehanna, about one mile above tide water, and commanding the water of that important river, the channel conducting the trade of which comes to near the Mill Seats as to make it convenient to speak the boats; and Mills may be so situated as to receive them along their walls, and by water lift take in their cargoes.
There is a power sufficient for many and any kind of useful Water Works, and so much may be justly said in commendation of this Site as would be inconvenient to insert in a newspaper publication.
Those who may desire to be concerned, will probably find themselves well pleased on viewing the situation.
Leases for any term of years may be obtained on application to the subscriber, living on the premises.
CLEMENT HOLLYDAY. April 19. 1aw3m
Treasury Department; Revenue Office, March 10th, 1796.
PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, (No. 43, at the corner of Third and Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia) for building in North-Carolina.
I. A Light-House upon Cape-Hatteras. II. A Beacon House upon Shell Castle island.
Descriptions of each, and all other particulars, may be seen on application at the offices of any of the Superintendents of Light-Houses, or of the Supervisors of the Revenue, or at the Collectors of the Customs in any of the States; as also at this office. 2aw3m
LAW BOOK STORE, NO. 313, HIGH-STREET, A VERY GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LAW BOOKS JUST OPENED.
GEORGE DAVIS'S EXTENSIVE collection of the latest Irish Editions being now arranged, he begs to offer them for Sale, past, so particularly distinguished them; and to assure those Gentlemen who may favor him with attention, that some, or an entire Library, shall be executed with the like promptitude, and acknowledged with thanks.
Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and will be delivered on application. N. B. A number of Trunks to be disposed of. 26th April. m&16w
War-Office of the United States, May 4th, 1796.
THE following Rules, explanatory of those published the 15th February, 1789, are to be observed by all persons entitled to Lands, in pursuance of resolves of Congress.
Every certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, either before a notary public or other magistrate, must, in addition to what is usual, set forth that the person making the acknowledgment is known to the notary or other magistrate; for which purpose words of the following import must be inserted in the certificate. "And I do moreover certify that the said A B making this acknowledgment has been for personally known to me."
If the notary or other magistrate has reason to believe that he is the person he represents himself to be, he will also certify it.
And if the proof be made by a witness or witnesses, he or they must swear to some general state of their knowledge of him, which matter must be set forth in the certificate; and the notary public, or other magistrate, before whom the acknowledgment is made, must also set forth that the witness or witnesses has or have been for upwards of personally known to him.
If a justice of the peace is employed, the clerk of the court of the corporation or county must certify that such person is a justice of the peace of the county or corporation as the case may be, and that full faith is due to his acts as such.
JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War. May 12.
General Post Office, Philadelphia, March 16, 1796.
WHEREAS sundry Letters, transmitted in the Mails of the United States, to and from Norfolk, in the state of Virginia, were opened, and Bank Notes of several denominations fraudulently taken from them at York, in the state aforesaid, in the months of October, November and December last: and whereas a part of said notes and some cash have been recovered and are now in possession of the Post Master General. In order therefore that such Bank Notes as shall be identified may be restored to the owners thereof, and that the remaining notes and cash be equitably distributed among those who are entitled to them. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who have suffered by such fraudulent practices, within the period, and on the route aforesaid, to exhibit their claims without delay, supported by such reasonable proofs as may be necessary to substantiate them. Such notes as shall be identified will be received by application to the General Post Office, on or before the first day of July next; and the residue of such cash and notes will then be divided among the claimants in proportion to their respective losses, to be ascertained by the necessary proofs, which on or before that day shall be produced to the General Post Office. (sawt3w y) JOS. HABERSHAM.
To be sold at public sale, On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavern, in Philadelphia.
FOUR Lots of Ground in the town of Lamberton, county of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, adjoining the river Delaware, late the Estate of William Richards, deceased, with all the buildings and improvements, bounded by ground of John Mitchell, Lambert Cadwalader and others; a clear incontestable title will be given. The terms will be made known at the time and place of sale. April 28. m&ch.
WANTED, Several Apprentices to the Printing-Business.
Apply at the Office of the Gazette of the United States, No. 119, Chestnut Street.
For Sale, A Valuable Grist and Saw Mill.
IN New Jersey, near the Forks of Little Egg-Harbour, The Grist Mills sixty by forty feet, two water wheels, and calculated for four run of Stones, with screen, fans and building-cloths, &c. The Saw-Mill is two saws and capable of cutting five to 600 thousand feet of Boards per year. A valuable piece of Cedar Swamp, within a mile and a half of the Mill, and within three quarters of a mile of a Landing. The Lumber, &c. may be taken by water from the mill tail.
ALSO FOR SALE, Several Valuable Tracts of Land.
In Pennsylvania, for all of which payment will be received in the notes of Messrs. Morris and Nicholson, or in Cash. For further information apply to the Printer. May 17. 2aw
WHEREAS my wife Eleanor Fitzgerald, has contracted debts on my credit, without my knowledge, and contrary to my orders, and has, in other respects, greatly misconducted herself, the public are hereby warned not to trust her, as I am resolved not to pay any debts of her contracting. Philadelphia, May 16, 1796. JOHN FITZGERALD. May 17. 1aw3w
SNOWDEN & M'CORKLE, RESPECTFULLY inform the Public, that they have opened their PRINTING-OFFICE, at No. 47 North Fourth, near Race Street; where they execute all kind of PRINTING, with accuracy and dispatch. An Apprentice wanted. May 3. 3aw3w
NOTICE, AGREEDLY to charter, is hereby given to the Members of the Corporation for the relief of poor and distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the poor and distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers, that there will be a Meeting of said Corporation in the second Presbyterian Church, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 23rd day of May next, at 4 o'clock, P.M. for the dispatch of all such business as may then be brought before the board. ASHBEL GREEN, Secretary of the Corporation. April 22. d
No. 130. District of Pennsylvania, to wit:
BE it remembered, that on the 4th day of April, in the twentieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Davies of the said district hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The Political Censor, or monthly Review of the most interesting political occurrences relative to the United States of America—by Peter Porcupine." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intitled "an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." SAMUEL CALDWELL, Clerk Dist. Court Pennsylvania. April 27. 1aw3w
PRINTED BY JOHN FENNO, NO. 119—CHESTNUT-STREET. Price Eight Dollars per Annum.