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BY AUTHORITY. Sixth Congress of the United States . At the First Seflion, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the • State of Pennsylvania, on Mon day, the fccond of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.nine. » .I,n ACT in addition to an aft intituled “ An aft regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen See. I. T) E it enafted by the Senate JLJ and House of Representa tives of the United States of America , in Congress ajfembled, That the refpeftive points of interfeftion of the lines aftually run, as the boundaries of the several town, (hips surveyed by virtue of the aft intitu led “ an aft regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services and for the society of the United Brethren for pro pagating the gospel among the Heathen," accordingly as the said lines have been marked and afeertained at the time when ►the fame were run, notwithstanding the fime are not in conformity to the aft a-. forefaid, or (hall not appear to correspond with the plat of the survey which has been returned by the surveyor-general, (hall be considered, and they are hereby declared to be the corners of the said town(hips;— That in regard to every such townlhip as by the plat and survey returned by the lurveyor-general is dated to contain four thousand acres in each quarter thereof, the points on each of the boundary lines of such townlhip, which are at an equal di- 1 stance from those two corners of the fame townfhip r which (land on the fame boun. darv line, (hall be considered and they are hereby declared to be comers of the re fpeftive quartet? of such township; that the other boundary lines of the said quar ter town(hips (hall be straight lines run from each of the lad mentioned comers of quarter town (hips to the comer of quarter town(hips on the opposite boundary line of the fame township; and that in regard to every such townlhip as by the said return is dated to contain in any of the quarters thereof more or less than the quantity of four thousand acres, the corners marked in the boundary lines of such townlhip to designate the quarters thereof, (hall be considered and they are hereby declared to be the corners of the quarter townships thereof, although the fame may be found at unequal didances from the refpeftive corners of such townships: And such townlhips (hall be divided by running lines, through the fame from the corners of the quarter townlhips aftuatly marked, whe ther the interior lines thus extended (hall be parallel to the exterior lines of the said townlhip or not; and that each of the said quarter townships thus bounded, (hall in every proceeding to be had under the a bovementioned or this aft, be considered as containing the exaft quantity expressed in the plat and survey thereof returned by the surveyor-general. Sec. 2- And he it further enafted, That it (hall be lawful for the proprietors or holders of warrants for military ser vices, which have been, or (hall be re gidered at the ereafury in pursuance of the aft intituled “ an aft regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of the United Bre thren, for propagating the gospel among the Heathen," during the time, in the manner, and according to the rights of priority, which may be acquired in pur suance of said aft, to locate the quantities of land mentioned in the warrants by them refpeftively rtgiftered, as aforefaid, on any quarter rowtfthip, or fraftional part of a quarter townlhip, in the general traft mentioned and deferibed in said aft: Pro. '•aided always, That the fraftional quarter townlhips upon the river Sciota, and those upon the river Mu(kingum adjoining the grant made to Ebenezer Zane, or the towns Salem, Gnadenhutten or Shoenbrun, or the Indian boundary line, (hall in every case be accepted and taken in full fatisfac. tion for four thousand acres. . Sec. 3, And he it further enafted, I That whenever locations (hall be made on any quarrer townlhip, which, according 1 to the aftual survey and plat thereof re turned by the surveyor-general, is dated to contain less than the quantity of four thousand acres, except in the case of frac tions provided for in the preceding feftion, it (hall be lawful for the secretary of the treasury to issue, or cause to be issued, certificates, exprefling the number of a cres remaining unfatisfied of any registry of warrants for the quantity of four thous and acres, made in pursuance of the aft before recited, which certificates (hall have the fame validity and effeft, and be liable to be barred in like war rants granted for military services, but no certificate (hall be granted, nor any claim allowed for less than fifty acres, nor for the navigable water contained within the limits of any quarter townlhip or fraftional quarter townlhip. Sec. 4. And be it further enafted, That whenever a location (hall be made on any quarter townlhip, which, according to the aftual survey and plat thereof, return ed by the surveyor-general, is dated to ex ceed the quantity of four thousand acres, no patent (hall be issued in pursuance there of, until the person making such location, (hall deposit at the treasury, warrants for military services or certificates issued by virtue of the preceding feftion, equal to the excess above four thousand acres, con tained in such quarter townlhip, or (hall pay into the treasury of the United dates two dollars per acre, in the certificates of the fix per cent funded debt o( the U nited States, or money, for each acre of the excess above four thousand acres as a forefaid. Sec. 5. And he it further enafted, That after the priority of location (hall have been determined, and after the proprietors or holders of warrants for military services (hall have designated the trafts by them refpeftively elefted; it (hall be the duty of the Secretary of the treasury to desig nate by lot, in the presence of the Secre tary of War, fifty quarter townlhips, of the lands remaining unlocated, which quarter townlhips together with the frac tional parts of townlhips remaining unlo cated, (hall be referyed for fatisfying warrants granted to individuals for their military services, in the manner hereafter provided. Sec. 6. And he it further enafted, That the land in each of the quarter town (hips designated as aforefaid, and in such of the fraftional parts of quarter townlhips, as may then remain unlocated, (hall be di. vided by the secretary of the treasury, up on the refpeftive plots thereof, as returned by the surveyor-general, into as many lots, of one hundred acres each, as (hall be equal, as nearly as may be, to the quantity such quarter townlhip or fraftion is dated to contain; each of which lots (hall be included, where prafticable, be tween parallel lines, one hundred and six ty peren es in length, and one hundred perches in width, and (hall be designated by progreflive numbers upon the plat, or survey of every such quarter townlhip and fraftion refpeftively. Sec. 7. And be it further enafted, That from and after the sixteenth day of March next, it (hall be lawful for the hold er of any warrant granted for military services, to locate at any time before the fir ft day of January, one thousand eight hundred and two, the number of hundred acres expressed in such warrant, on any lot or lots from time to time remaining unlo. cated within the trafts reserved as afore faid, and upon surrendering such warrant to the treasury, the holder thereof (hall be entitled to receive a patent in the manner, and upon the conditions heretofore pre ferred by law ; which patent (hall in eve ry case express the range, townlhip, quar ter townlhip or fraftion, and number of the lot located as aforefaid: But no loca tion (hall be allowed, nor (hall any patent be issued for any lot or lots of one hun dred acres, except, in the name of the per son originally entitled to such warrant, or the heir or heirs of the person so entitled; nor (hall any land, so located and patented, to a person originally entitled to such war rant, be considered as in trust for any pur. chafer, or be fubjeft to any contrast made before the date of such patent, and the ti tle to lands acquired, in consequence of patents issued as aforefaid, (hall and may be alienated in pursuance of the laws, which have been, or (hall be pafied in the territory of the United States, north-weft of the river Ohio, for regulating the transfer of real property, and not other wise. Sec. 8. And he it further enafted, That in all cases after the sixteenth of March next, where more than one appli cation is made for the fame traft, at the fame time, under this aft, or under the aft • ✓ £ to which this is in addition, the freretary of the treasury (hall determine the priority of location by lot. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted > That it (hall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to advertise the trails which may be reserved for location, in lots of one hundred acres, in one newspaper in each of the states, and in the territory a forefaid, for and during the term of three months. Sec. 10. And he it further ena£led t That the adual plat and furvey> returned by the surveyor-general of quarter town ftjips, and fractional parts of quarteY townlhips, contained in the traCl mention ed and described in the aft to which this is a supplement, {hall be considered as final and conclusive, so far as relates to the quantity of land, supposed to be contained in the quarter townlhips, and fractions, so that no claim shall hereafter be set up a gainst the United Stares, by any proprie tor, or holder of warrants for military services, on account of any deficiency in the quantity of land contained in the quar ter townihip or fractional part of a quar ter townlhip, which {hall have been loca ted by such proprietor or holder, nor shall any claim be hereafter set up by the United States, against such proprietor or holder, on account of any excess in the quantity of land contained therein. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-Pre sident of the United States , and President of the Senate. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatwes . Approved March 1, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the Unittd States. LONDON, February 3. The profpeCt of a rupture between Swe den and Denmark and France, increases. Citizen Grouville has left Copenhagen, and Mr. Dreyer is recalled from Paris. Switzerland is to be treated in future as a neutral country. Accounts from Egypt are extremely contradictory. Some assert that the grand vizier had been defeated by gen. Kleber, on the confines of Syria, and fiad loft his camp, part of his baggage, and several thousand prisoners. This news comes from Constantinople, but late Vienna ac counts appear to doubt the intelligence. Mr. Charles Lind arrived in town ye sterday morning from Guernsey, with of ficial information to government of a des perate battle having taken place in Brit tany between the Chouans and the repub lican forces, in which the latter were re pulsed with the loss of cooo men in kil led, wounded and prifontrs. * Such was the report of yesterday in confequcnce of Mr. Lind’s arrival. Other rumours di minish the loss of the republicans to three, and even to two thousand. Such intelli gence was certainly brought to Guernsey from France, but we doubt its truth. It appears however, that the republicans have renewed hostilities; and the account of this viCfory may be circulated with the design of inducing the Britifli govern ment to forward fuccours to the Chouans. It is the brother of D‘Autichamp, who arrived on Friday.—He brought an as surance that the Chouans are in great numbers, and good spirits ; and their force amounts to between sixty and an hundred thousand men ; but he comes to solicit fuccours, and will not represent his cause as desperate. NEW-YORK, April 4. Another instance of American Gallantry. By the schooner Eliza, capt. Fair child, arrived here yesterday from the Havannah, we are informed that the {hip Nancy, capt. Joy, of Boston, had just arrived at that port. The Nancy, on the 15th February, inlat. 22, long. 58, fell in with a French privateer of 14 guns, and full of men. The Nancy mounts 10 fixes, and had 27 men. An engagement was immediately commenced, which con tinued off and on for 24 hours, during which time the privateer made three molt desperate attempts to board the lhip, and was actually foul of her for three hours at one time ; and though every exertion was made to board her, yet such was the aClive bravery of the American tars, that they kept off the enemy with pikes, cut lasses, &c. great numbers of whom fell lifelefs from the lhrouds and bowsprit on deck and into the ocean. While ope part of the Nancy's crew were thus defending themselves, the others were employed in planting {hot into the privateer, and from their Ihattered condition, there is'little doubt of her having gone down, 4s Ihe was not to be seen in the morning. As their separation was in the night, and as the privateer's fails and rigging, as .well as those of the lhip, were almost all cat a«j', it Widen rf , I etcaue more ftrone. 't in* ' *- ff have loft mao 7 . V man killed and four wounded. > a *** This news may be depended on i mate of the Eliza, noted it from ot captain Joy. Ju ‘ When such instance. of bravery very frequently exhibited on board of, merchantmen, as well as fcip* 0 f what have we not to expect , I()In ,■ "• trepidity of American seamen > The, derwriters, no doubt, will be ever real* to answer this query i„ feh a wa, as Z enfnre a ftimnlons to those who have ° honest ardour for their country's r ' and for the profperky of its commerc-H the Itie oi every country. The First Consul has taken care to fe_ cure his power from any hidden eftkt of party, by having 3) -, 0 00 foldier* paid, in and about Paris. PHILADELPHIA, April r. Extratl of a letter from one of the mojl re. /peaable houses in Liverpool , to a gen. tletnan in Baltimore , dated Feb. c “ We have just time by this wnvey' ance to inform you, that wheat has thij day been fold at 945. per 7 olbs. A car»o of flour is arrived from New. York lor which 80 a 84s per bbl. is expefted—Neiy rice is 35 a 365. perewt. and all in great demand.’* 6 Os the 1 2 Indiamen which we yefler. day mentioned as being (horrly expefted to enrich our port, one has already arm. ed, viz. ship Jane, MTherfon, f rom Canton. The continuance of frelh souther. ly winds will doubtless soon waft into our river, those of whose failing we have had information. We rejoice, in common with the community, in the ihcrealing prosperity of our commerce, whose bene, fits, like the vital fluid of the human hoi dy, are difFufed throughout the whole country. Enriched by the enterprize and industry of merchants, whose general cha. rafter is that of probity and intelligence in tranfafting bufinefs—ftrengrhened by the reciprocal labors of the various mecha. nical profeffions—fcience and the arts, blended with found religion, improving these blessings, under a government libe* ral and enlightened—the American peo. pic are surrounded with the means for eve. ry domestic and political happiness. Where they are not enjoyed, it may ge. nerally be attributed toperfonal remissness —but never to the incompetency of the social compaft. Mr. Murray had been at Paris, some. time before the date of the dispatches from our envoys. The fecretarics of the Em. baffy, who went by land from Lilbon, had also arrived there. April 8. Extras of a letter dated NevJ~Torh t A . prtl 4. I have it from undoubted authority, that the port of Havannah will remain open to Americans during the war. You may likewise men cion, if you think proper, that the Sampson bound to Can ton, and which had not arrived, had been out 7 months; that fears are entertained of her having been captured by the French : and that when she failed frotfl this port, (he had on board 125,000 dol lars in specie, besides individual ventures of the officers, &c. Her property was nearly all insured ia our two cities. The United States schooner Expert* ment, Maley, has lately taken five pnx* es—among which are three Baltimore schooners, two of which the name un known—they were trading from St. Jagfl de Cuba, to the ports in pofleffion ot Rt« gaud!—One the schooner Anna, ot Balti more ; also bound to Rigaud, and a br-g under French colours, said tobe Spannh- Last evening arrived the (hip Richmond) Glen, from Batavia. . April 9. The non-arrival of the two last packet due from England, has excited in o i!l merchants and others, considerable a PP r £ henfions for their fafety. Latterly I ■■ winds have been extremely propitious— we know of no French vetfels crutfmg 1 their track, whose force would be com petent to their capture; and yet by oft an event alone, or stress of weather, <*• we account for their*3clay. CHARLESTON, April 14* . On Saturday evening arrived the Mary, capt.'Meffroon, in 55 days iron Liverpool. ’ , The Mary left Liverpool the U 1 . February, and brings advice o tie _ val at Paris, of the American Comma fioners, and of their favourable re P —American produce was S e *j e * ' r ; L < except flour, which is quoted m P j current of Feb. i*j at 9^ 5 ' To- Sea Island Cotton at a * s * t baccoata i-*i. to 4 d. per lb -33 * 37 s *