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u A(i fur the ftlhj ofthe fetfleYsitt-tJ- ie South Jide of ureei Kiver.ytitfttAia number or people

have" settled themselves onihe vacant land south of Green n-y- er

under, a belies that they wereno'Ionger liable to be taken by mil-

itary warrants, & that the le.ifla-tui- e

would graut them settlementstherefor, on pacing a modeiateprice for the same, and it is there-lor- e

thought proper to pass an aftfor that purpose ; thereibre,

I Be it enafted by the GeneralAjjeiibly, that every howfe keeperor other free person above the ageot tw enty-on- e years w ho ihall ha efic'tually settled himself or heiffclfon any land within that boufmaryset apart for the said ofh'ceisandsoldiers, on the louth side of Gieetijiyer, or auy other vacant 'landwithin this ilatc, which (hall nothave beeh-pe- i Tonally taken by a

-- military wan ant oil or before'theflflt day of January next, and ihallactually reside thei con at thar timeihall be entitled to hold any quantity of such land not exceeding t oliundied acies including such set-

tlement; provided they shall hot incliide any fait lick or any body ofoie : that he or she (hall on or besore the first day of Augull nexr,make an entry thcreot in the ofhee'of the Purveyor of the countywhere the land lies, and pay forthe same according to the direct-ions and pioviiious of this acl..And for the purpose of afceitain-ingwh- o

ihall be entitled to landtinder this act ;

i 5 2 Be it jurther enalied, thatthree persons Ihall be appointed

"commillionei s, who, or aflj- two ofthem, Ihall have power and autho-rity to hear and determine the

'Tight of settlers under this aft, at acourt to be by them held at thecoui tlioufe in counties of Logsn, and'Gieen, on thefitfl day of June and

. Jnlj' and then continue by adjourn-ment for the term 6f fifteen daysat each place is the business fliould

.lequire it ; any person claiming acrrlemcnt right under this act,

shall befote the said fifteenthday of July lay in the same beforethe co'nimillioiiersaud have their orhis witnefles ready to support hisor her claim, and is the said courtihall be of opinion that the laidclaimant under this acl is entitledto the same, they shall cause it to belocated, fpccially describing tljeboundaries, and cej tify the same10 the surveyor of the countywhere the lands lie, who iliallmake an entry of the same in aTpell bound book kept for thatpurpose, and shall thereupou fileaway the certificate as his oucherwhich shall accompany the f'urveyof the land, to the rcgiflers office,to be by hiin safely kept.

$ 3 Aud be it further e:at7ed,'ths.tthe said court shall have power tocompel the attendance of vhiiefles,to adminiftejjtthe-,necelJar-y oaths,and to exjniine them touching anything inliterial to the matter incjueltitjnjc

mhel?crifls of Lopan and Greenhlfatiend the said court bv him- -

(pifnrripniitv & nerform to them alltheneceiiary duties or ins omce j.&he fhal be entitled to "receive theusual sees for any fei vices he mayperform, to be paid by the partyrequiring the same, and in the usu-

al way, exclufiveof fixfliillngs perday which he shall be entitled toxecieve for his attendance on saidcourt, to be paid out of the publictreasury on a certificate of his at-

tendance, signed by the said court,and audited, is there fliould be asinuch money in the treasury arisingfrom sees paid on certificates, aminot otherwise.

$ d Andb' it'furthcraiaticd, thatthe said court shall have power du-

ring the term aforesaid, to hearand determine all disputes betweensettlers who claim under this act,and their decision lhail be final andwithout appeal.

Andbe it further enaCled, that-'in- .

case of a. contest re'fpedting the

Vigfit'of settlers under thisa'ft tilsperson who made the first im- -'

provement iliall beprefered, and noiperfon shall obtain a certificate formoie than one improvement.

6 And be it jurther eiaied,tin fur eying the said settlementtracts it iliall not exceed in its lcfag-e- ft

part, twice the width ot i:s nar-rowe- fl

part, unless it iliall be ret-rained on the oppohte tides by thelines of a prior light.

7 And be itJurther enabled, thatthe , lands located by virtue ofthis acl, shall be surveyed withinsix months from the said firit dayAugufl, and a platt and certificatethereof lodged in the regiflersjof-fice- ,

within six months frbmjthedate of such survey upon whichthe register shall ilfue a grant forthe usual sees ; provided that theowner of every such lurvfey, iliallpay the sum ot thirty dollars for

bundled acres, and the samerale For every greater or lelferquantity contained in his said fur- -

xey-- f the iTtotley aforesaid shall"bepaid to the trealmer and Ins leceiptfor the same fpecilyirlg therein f rwhat it it was paid fliallbeby theparty lodged with the legillerter w hich the errant shall iflue andnot before, ,

$ 8 And be it further emitted, &iis the ftirvey claimed by virtue ofthis act be not lodged with the er,

and the motiey due dn suchlurvey bd not paid oil or befoi e shefirfl day of November in the ear.I 796, then the said fuivey ihall lejveit to tnc itate.

9 And be it juikei e tiatredj thaithe Governor Iliall appoint, thesaid comiiulfioiifcrs who shall be"

allowed the sum of twelve fhilliiigsper day fdr eveiy day they (haiVlit to dfi business, and in travelingto and fiom the place of holdingtheir court j and for the urpuleof payirig them and their clerk tobe appointed by them who shallrecicve twelve iliilli figs per dav,there iliall be paid d6wn the sumof three millings iipon any cer-

tificate of a settlement allowed, andshould there be any money remain-ing 1:1 the handk of the clei k asterretaining Jt the rate of twele fhil-lins;- s

pei day for his own services'and paving eachciininConertwelvefhillings'for his services ; he ffial!pay the same in the public tiealii-r- y

, and take the tl eafurei 's receipttherefor, and iliall lodge the fajiewith the auditor. ' J

10 And be 11further cna'fied, thaithe said commiliioners at the ei.dof the teim afoiefaid iliall signtheir proceedings and cause a copsof them to be lodged with the re.gifter. The afoiefaid comniiifioners ihall have pow er to aw ard collion the decision ofacontelt as tothem iliall seem 1 iglit."5$ 1 1 . And be it jurther enailedtfiat iioperToii ihall settle on anjvacant .or unappropriated lanclwithin this state in suture Svittjan exped.aton of being grantedthe preference of settlement.

12 AnJbi ttf either matte d, thatall acls and paits of acts as cosieswithin the purview of this aclihall be and tlie same is hereby re-

pealed.This acl shall commence-andTi-

in force from and aJter thepaflagethereof.

- BOSTON, Januarv 5.On Sunday last arrived in this harbor, the

fchocmerlnduftry, Capt, Atldm, In 51 daysfrom St. Maloes in France. He sailed fromthence about the 13th of November, butbrought no news papers. His oral intelli-gence is melancholy ; but ne vertheleis it isour duty to detail it. He declares, thataf--'

fignats have so much depreciated in value,- as to exchange now at the rate of 3700 fora guinea. This depreciation greatly diftreiT-e- d

and irritated the common people : whoaster thev had earned and receiv ed allignats,sound it difficult, owing to their unaffable va-

lue, to pass them to any one, even for articlesof fubfiftencfc. They continually exclaim-ed against tlto New ConRitution, whichthey conceiveif the cause of their recentimportunes ; they even remarked comparftively 011 their iituation when they iiatlrestoration of monarchy. They are afc

ftha same time very anxious for a peace, '

'even with England. About a v. eek be- -,sore faiUng, news was received, of freflicommotions at Paris. There were other .diftui.bancis" than thdfc early" in.. Oftober, '

vhidj he also heard f : the particulars had i

not been reiv-d- . This pcopls hadlectcd (heir representatives 5 and notwith-ftandin- g

the pivalctft diflatlffactiou, Mole,ruption had taken place, -

. , KIILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.. A letter fiom London of the 5th of No-

vember, received b? the packet, containsthe following infoimAition f--- ' '

That M. MonnEion w?5 empowered totreat for peace, even to the relinquiflimentof Austrian Flanders : the negotiation withtbe liritilh government was commenced,and proceeded with spirit for several days,when, in.confequer.ee of the party who fintout Mr. Moneion being tlirown into tlie mi-nority, probably on the queftiort relative toannexing the Low Countries to the FrenchRepublic, new inftruftions yere ftnt tohim, in which he was ordered to insist onannexing Belgium to the Hepublic, as anin'Jifpenfible Itipulation. In consequenceof this) the negotiitions were immediatelybroken off, and M. Moneron returned tdFrance.

1 lie war was growing unpdpularj on ac-

count of t'ie scarcity, wmcli occasionedgreat fuffei ings among the poorer class of ci-

tizens.line same letter ftatcs; thai by twd arri-

vals from Hamburg, and by accdunts just de-

ceived from Paris) the loss of the French intile late battles on the Jlhinej ys laid toamdunto 3 1, f) JO men killed,' '"" 'zz ; ;

Lexington, February 26.The following article extracted from the

Gazette Francoife of November 3, givesa fuccinft but clear account of the latestbpeiations on the Lower llhine :

irahij Ocl.7.The centre ad r'liht 7m of the'v anv

of thsSambre and Meuf have now recrciW 1led the Rhine. Thj Auftrlansj far fiom hiV NJ

letting (he j4epubhcans in ti'eir march, apJpeaiVd very fohcitdus not to crirer any cf

tffiiatclv convinced tliat the Fiench did notintend to return. Joui don's head quartersare elhibliflied Iieie- - The whole lest wih,jof the army, which according to-- all appear-ance w'i'.I remain ct t ie ealt fSe of theRhine, is under the command of the braVe1

Kleber, Who has tAei au advantag'eots poftion a little belo IVIulheiin ' his rightwing is covered by the Rhine, the front bytin liver Wippcr, and the list by the chainof nsouhtaim running between fie.Duc'iy ofBergh and the county of Mark. TTierefoiekfeems'Mbe tha nltention'of the French

rteovernment not onlv to keep poneffion ofLiic luilicis ui iuut:iiiuii, uui Ulio UI incterritojy noith of the Wij-p- extending36 miles f.om north to foutuand 23 miTcs'f.oin c"?(t lo welt, which is4 bv far the belt

H part cf tie last cofirjujit.lietoietue tieiuliesac&ateit the Country

between the Lahn and Seig tjjay ,took theprecautiqn to tranlpbrt on tmf luT? of tlieriver, all the' provisions and other articlesthat couH have ei&LJed the erieJnV frf mainJtail their ground during &e winter leafonon the Lowor Rhine. The country wherefae Austrians are florf poftedf lflbks'like adefart :' they are obliged- to tranfpo.t theneceirary provisions Irom diftdnt parts ofGermany, and cannot riik to eltabliuV maga-zines, beCaUfe theV have no place of anyfirsnjth tc Dielter' them igahiff 3! fuddeiiiiivafion of the French, who are- in pofiefitfotof a)l tie paffes

AU the- vellsls and ftrry boats belonging'to the-- ctttl fldt of tlie Rhine' have be;n csr-ri;- d

o.f by tha Republicans who leliiain al--

To mailers of all the fortified iftanis fonir-eil- y

occupied by the Aoftrianl. Thisindicates that the enemy Will

have no peace iijthcir winter quarters.

TFrom the Aurora.!The accounts of the defeat of the "FrencfTjli

. near Manheim, which were announced irflaLondon paper of November 11, are eithera link of that barefaced lie vhfeh so fud-den- ly

tranlported Clairfayt from the itenlemountains of Be'igh, to the fertile plains ofAldenhoven, on the river Roer ; or the pre-tended glorious viclory of the Austrianswill prove a mere repetition cf events tnat' took place about the beginning of Octoberlail.

The London Evening Mail says, ' a mef--Jfengerarrivcd from Mentz, with dispatches"from Gen. ' aali-ravt- , daSd 'tue'ailFnit.containing the news of his having gained'the molt glorious victory obtained duringthe war, by driving the French armies whichwere before Mayence, to the lest bankof theRhine, with the loss of all their aitillerv &Vintttrnfri. On she l.imc davattacked the French before Manheim withfequal success." Aster the Austrians bad vio.lated the neutral territory &,by this meanstuined the lest wing of the army of Sambreand Meufe. Jourdon, as a CJUful comman-der, resolved immediately to retreat behindthe river Lahn, and raised about the 8th ofOctober the Blockade of CafTel, which liesopposite Mayence, on the right side of theRhine. On tlie I jth the Republicans, whohad crofTed the Rhine where aheady 35 milesfrom the Citadel of Mayence, and that for-tre- ss

remained only blockaded on the westside as before the opening of the campaign.It being notorious that all the French troopsstationed on the right bank of the river, op-

psfite Mayence, had withdrawc by the 1 3thOftober, how could Clairfayt on the 31ft,28th, oreven on the 14th October, defeat theFrench before Mayence, and drive them tothe lest bankof the Rhine! Did Clairfavt milt--

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alee the large palKiadoes ofCafiil for arcptillican army, inb'attle an-ay- , and aster a va.' fiant attack against the'obflinate wooden es

pletend to have cMven tfierench to-- 'the otler?ide of theUlhine 'though they hadcrqfled tfie riyefat leafl afortnight before. ''The pretended viftory of Wurmfer willtuin out to be the mere iciult of a ikirmiftbetween the out nofts of the garnfon ofManheim, and the Aullrians : for the armyunder Pichegru had not moved from thelest bank of the Rhine, except about 10,000foor,and 2000 hqrfc, which took pofleflionof Manheim J though the German accountsspeak of engagements with Phichegru's ar-my, as is it Was so easy to pack up an ar-my of 123,000 men) within the narrow hVmits cf a Ibitrefs which at thehigheft ratelcannot harbor more than 15,000 men, be- -isides the inhabitants uhich amount to31,000.v4

So many absurdities have been publifiied' on the critical iituation cf the French garrif

son at Manheim tliat it will not be amissto drdp a words, which will enable ourreaders to form an idea of the .naturalflrengtll and importance of that place.

Manheim lies 45 miles south of Maycn'ceand 50 miles fijoth welt of Frantfdrt, on aponu of laud zl the confluence" oT the riv-ers Necker andRhine,nd comntands thenavigauon of both rivers. It is .justly

'of the molt besutlui cities ofEhi-op- the llreets are brbad and ftright,tne houles exceedingly atat, aSa all of oneheight and built aiur tne lmevplan. ' Itwos fonaerly tie lehdence oi the elector Pa-latine, and lor tins realon ana !ts Vicinityto tne Frenui frontiers, no pains nor collshave becnfpired to render it a hnKvnrV t-

Oennany: Its tortmcationsj ahrays keptj" i" vcit cumiueraoiy encreaied sincethe beginmim ott.epicftnt war, and (ur-pa- fs

in poit ol Itrengti the extenlivevoiUsot May.ntejWfcjch require a'Conhd?-rfallcar-

to ut.fsnd them. Its aitificialftrengta K cunhtfetab'ly increafeti by its ad-vent, geeusfitageigh I Leitig almofl funoun-t- u

oy Keeker, and in.acceiliblej except on the south ealt side,v.eie ti.e point of the land opens into afpacioas pU.in commanded by the trofiTngiire 6f fhu Uattcries of the place and offer-ing not 0 imgle eminence to savor the

an enemy. The coirmunic.tionof Man ,eim with the wcftfide of the Rmnc1? iecur--a by means of abridge of boat?,

on one side by the batteries of ticio tiels, jid on the otlcr by cannon of tneR'niU tert, which is a ilrciig citadel buileou an iilaua of t'ie Rni'ne,' and coinnandcdtie tity f Manheim as well as t.e avenuetoj it. 'As loi as-- tie republicans are inBPllbiUnof Manheim, the Aufinans cannot,

antnie jntow.ntjr quarters,' and will pro-bSb- ly

flrain every nerve to reti&e thar ua- -'porfauit post j but is the repu'-i:ca-5 4iTlatheif usual bravery in tie- - Kv'f-nc-

'e oT Manbeiinithiro isjiB 'doubt but thevvill main-tain itinipitB-draHthVnlbTt- ift tcnmywho iatiutf cafo whl have no other choicelest but to make peace or gi e vp ti'e re-

mainder of Germany at tue op;n.ng of t.d'next canJbain.

Mr. Philip Kamman'wIio lives aboutmiles above tie Iron works, on Slate creek,;gave us the iollo-wit- uifoimation Fl'-- t'on Tuesday last, two Shawarfcte Indians,(one witi long beard) oanie to ..is plufitatidii-- m

his abfeuce, and cut tre deaths. inT-- n;

negro woman wiro waa out at wo.k, killed,ote hog and fUbbcd anoaier, .nd tjreaten- -

ed his life,' saying "We know tie c dlon'of a b . ; it was he tiat canied t--e news?'from Point PJeaTarit to Dbnnclls foit, at'Green Brier, & got 36 of us krtled, u we'llhave his scalp before tne Stunmei is out"

From Jamaica.RJmOuI.. ,

We heatd feveiil times yefter--,

day, but we could not trace it toany authentic louice,) that theFiench had repofleiled themlelveSot lfle de Uieu, 111 the Jbay of iiif-ca-y,

on which ihe i.inigiaiit armyhai continued hnce the defeat atQuibei on and vt hich has been therendezvous ot all the fubfequencreinforcements from Lngland. Ihe .

repoit adds, that Monlieur, .thoCtuntD'artois, being then on theiuand, and unable to gain the slap-ping, sell a pi ifoner to the French.The expedition is said to have beeneffected in slat bottomed boats fromthe (Main, from which the ifiand isabont 14 miles diflance.

VVe thus mentioned the report,being fenfiblc we fhohld be attack-ed as partial, is we neglected tobut it is our duty to say, we know-n-

re'afon for ci editing it.' -'--.'

ANECDOTE.A Scottilh parlon, in his prayer said, Laira J

" "" &." M.W4 CU.J Jllldlll&UL, ax.uJgrant caey may Hang tagether. A coun-try fellow ftandmg by repbed," Yes, es,with all my heart, and the lconer the better ;and I am sure it is the prayer of all good I

urnuans. "cut i. cion't mean as thatfellow means,s (said tlie parlonj but pray theymay hang together in accord and concord."

" No matter what cord, lepliedthe otherio ft is. oat a ih-oo-g ci.d,"

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