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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
A N D,
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DCLVII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
MONDAY, APRIL 9th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
A TEN Thousand Dollar PRIZE.
Scheme of a Lottery For the use of the GERMAN TRINITY CHURCH, In Sixth Street, Philadelphia. N. B. This Lottery is expected to commence drawing immediately after the conclusion of the St. Augustine church, & Lehigh navigation Lotteries; and from the great demand for the tickets in different parts of the Union, there is reason to believe that the price will be raised, considerably before that period.
   1 Prize of 10,000 dolls. 10,000    1 3,000 3,000  1 2,000 2,000  1 1,000 1,000  4 500 2,000  10 300 3,000  20 200 4,000  35 100 3,500  90 50 4,500  100 20 2,000  6000 7 42,000   1 1st drawn No. on the 10th day 500  1 15 500  1 20 500  1 25 500  1 30 500  1 35 500  1 40 1,000  1 45 1,000  1 50 1,000  1 55 1,000   1 First drawn No. on the last day, when there shall be only 600 tickets in the wheel. 6000  
6274 Prizes. Dollars....90,000
11726 Blanks.
Considerably less than two blanks to a prize.
The prizes to be paid 30 days after the close of the drawing—Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
ADAM PREMIR, ANTHONY HOOCKEY, CHARLES BOWMAN, Com'rs.
Tickets for sale by the subscribers, at 6 Dollars.
Half tickets 3 25 Quarter tickets 1 75
Prizes in other Lotteries received in payment.
GEORGE TAYLOR, jun. No. 23, South Second street.
MATTHEW MCCONNELL, No. 82 Chestnut street.
Letters addressed to either of whom post paid and including the cash, will be duly attended to.
March 12—twelvM.
BY AUTHORITY.
Scheme of a Lottery, To build a Catholic Cathedral Church in the City of Baltimore.
   1 prize of 20,000    1 ditto 10,000  2 do 5000 10,000  5 do 1000 5,000  10 do 500 5,000  15 do 200 3,000  200 do 100 20,000  200 do 50 10,000  200 do 25 5,000  250 do 20 5,000  4000 do 15 60,000   1 first drawn ticket after 2000, having a blank to its number,  500  1 do after 4000 500  1 do after 6000 500  1 do after 8000 500  1 do after 10,000 500  1 do after 12,000 500  1 do after 15,000 500  1 do after 18,000 500  1 do after 20,000 2,000   1 last drawn ticket, which may have a blank to its number,  4,000  
7,154 Prizes, 210,000
3,856 Blanks—Not two to a prize.
21,000 Tickets, at 10 dollars each, 210,000
The laudable purpose of this lottery—the many very valuable prizes offered, and there not being two blanks to a prize, are considerations which give the managers reason to hope for a rapid sale of the tickets. The drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number of tickets shall be sold to authorise it; and thirty days after the completion of the drawing, the prizes will be paid to the fortunate adventurers; subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. Such prizes as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the church.
For the satisfaction of those at a distance, it may be necessary to mention, that the managers have given bond to the mayor and city council in the sum of 120,000 dollars, for the due payment of the prizes which may be drawn.
Tickets to be had of the managers, or of such persons as may be appointed by them.
Managers.  Right rev. Bishop Carroll,  Rev. Francis Beeston,  Messrs. David Williamson,  Robert Walsh,  Charles Ohequiere,  Patrick Bennett,  Arnold Livers,  Luke Tiernan,  Frances I. Mitchell.  July 13, 1803.
The managers have lodged a number of tickets in the above lottery in the hands of Wm. Brent and James D. Barry for sale.
TRIAL OF JOHN PICKERING.
HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
FRIDAY, March 2.
The United States, vs. John Pickering.
Ordered, That the secretary give notice to the House of Representatives, that the Senate in their capacity of a court of impeachment, are ready to proceed upon the impeachment of John Pickering, in the Senate chamber, which chamber is prepared with accommodations for the reception of the House of Representatives; and that the Secretary communicate a copy of the regulations agreed on to that House.
Whereupon the Managers on the part of the House of Representatives attended; and the said John Pickering was three times called to answer the articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the House of Representatives; but came not.
A petition of Jacob S. Pickering, son of John Pickering, and a letter from Robert G. Harper, enclosed to the Vice-President, were submitted by him to the court and read as follows:
Petition of Jacob S. Pickering.
At a court of Impeachments holden before the Honorable the Senate of the United States of America, sitting in their capacity of a court of impeachment, at the city of Washington, on the second day of March, 1804.
The House of Representatives of the United States, against John Pickering, judge of the District Court for the District of New-Hampshire.
Jacob S. Pickering of Portsmouth, in the district of New-Hampshire, and son of the said John Pickering, against whom articles of impeachment have been exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States, conceives it his duty most respectfully to state to this high and honorable court, the real situation of the said John Pickering, the facts and circumstances relative to said articles wherein he stands charged of supposed high crimes and misdemeanors, and to request that this court would grant him such term of time as they shall think fit and reasonable to substantiate this statement.
Your petitioner will be able to shew that, at the time when the crimes whereof with the said John stands charged, are supposed to have been committed, the said John was, and for more than two years before, and ever since has been, and now is insane, his mind wholly deranged, and altogether incapable of transacting any kind of business which requires the exercise of judgment, or the faculties of reason; and therefore, that the said John Pickering is incapable of corruption of judgment, no subject of impeachment, or amenable to any tribunal for his actions.
That this derangement has been constant and permanent, every day of his life completely demonstrating his insanity; every attempt for his relief which has been prescribed by the faculty, who have been consulted on his case, has proved unavailing and his disorder has baffled all medical aid.
Your petitioner is well aware that the most conclusive evidence of the foregoing fact would result from an actual view of the respondent, which, unfortunately by reason of his great infirmities cannot now be, but at the hazard of his life—he is wholly unable at this inclement season to support the fatigue of so long a journey: yet if the respondent's life be spared, and his health in any degree restored, it will be the endeavour of your petitioner, that the said John shall make his personal appearance before this honorable court at any future day they shall think proper to assign.
Your petitioner will be able to shew, any pretence to the contrary, notwithstanding, that decision made in the cause stated in the first article of impeachment, although not the result of reflection, or grounded on any deductions of reason were nevertheless correct, perfectly consonant to the principles of justice, and conformable to the laws of the land; and the refusal of the said judge to grant the appeal claimed by the said John S. Sherburn in behalf of the United States was not against law, or to the injury of the public revenue, as the third article of impeachment supposes; there being no law to warrant such appeal in such a case.
While with deep humility your petitioner admires and greatly laments the indecorous and improper expressions used by the said judge on the seat of justice, as mentioned in the last article of
impeachment, he will clearly evince the injustice of that part thereof, which respects his moral character, and shews abundantly, that from his youth upwards, through a long, laborious and useful life, and until he was visited by the most awful dispensation of Providence, and the most deplorable of all human calamities; the loss of reason, he was unexceptionable in his morals, remarkable for the purity of his language, and the correctness of his habits, and the deviations in these particulars now complained of, are irresistible evidence of the deranged state of his mind.
When this high and honorable court shall take into their consideration the situation of this respondent, oppressed with infirmity, incapable of making arrangements for his defence, the inclemency of the season, his great distance from the place of trial and the shortness of notice—When your honors reflect on the high and atrocious crime with which he stands charged; in the decision of which is involved, not his life, (indeed his remains of life would be but a slender sacrifice) but that, which to an honest mind is more dear than life itself—his good name—When you advert to the consequences attached to a conviction—the indelible stigma which will befall a numerous family whose only patrimony was the unfulfilled reputation of their parent, which they have ever cherished, and of which they fondly, perhaps too fondly hoped, no time, or circumstance, or adverse fortune could deprive them—When your honors shall think on these things, your petitioner has strong confidence that the wisdom and justice of this court will permit a respondent, whose integrity till now has been unsusppected—who has sustained offices high and honorable, through a long life, and the general tenor of whose character and conduct has hitherto furnished him with a coat of armor against the assaults of his enemies, but who is now incapable of defending himself or to be defended by his friends.
Audi alteram partem , is a maxim held in reverence wherever liberty yet remains—The Senate of America will be the last tribunal on earth, that will care to respect it—they will never condemn unheard—they will never refuse time for a full and an impartial trial.
That time, that impartial trial your petitioner prays for—the charity of the law presumes the innocence of the respondent—and your petitioner respectfully intreats, that in the mean time, and more especially as the evidence on which the impeachment is founded, was taken ex parte , no unfavorable impressions may be made on the minds of this honorable court, by any report or extrajudicial representations which may have been made on the subject before them.
(Signed)
JACOB S. PICKERING.
Letter of Robert G. Harper.
SIR,
Mr. Jacob S. Pickering, the son of judge Pickering of New-Hampshire, has forwarded to me through one of his friends here, the inclosed petition, with a request that I will lay it before the court of impeachment, and will appear on his part if permitted, and support the prayer of it. I am also furnished with several depositions shewing that judge Pickering, from bodily infirmity and total derangement of mind, is wholly incapable of appearing before the court at this time, of making a defence, or of giving authority to any person to appear for him.
The process of subpoena heretofore issued by the court not being compulsory, and judge Pickering's narrow circumstances not enabling his son to defray the expenses of the witnesses whose testimony it is important for him to produce, it was judged unnecessary to serve the subpoena—The object of the petition is to obtain a postponement of the trial, and either compulsory process, or an order to take depositions, which may be received in evidence. Be pleased, Sir, to lay the petition before the court, and to inform me whether I shall be received to appear on the part of the petitioner, Mr. Jacob S. Pickering, in its support.—In that case, I will attend in the capacity of agent or counsel for the petitioner, and submit to the court the reasons and proofs with which I am furnished in support of his application.
With the highest respect
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obt very humble serv't,
(Signed) ROBERT G. HARPER.
The Vice President of the U. States.
The President enquired if Mr. Harper was in court, and invited him to a seat within the bar, which having taken, he made the following address—
Mr. President,
Before I proceed to address this court in the case now before it, I think it proper to repeat explicitly what is stated in the letter just now read, that I do not appear as the counsel, agent, or attorney of judge Pickering, or by virtue of any authority derived from him—he being in a state of absolute and long continued insanity, can neither appear himself nor authorise another to appear for him. I present myself to this honorable court, at the request of Jacob S. Pickering, son of judge Pickering, on whose part I have preferred a petition, stating his father's insanity, and praying that time may be allowed for collecting and producing complete proof of this melancholy fact. This application for postponement I am prepared to support by depositions now in my possession; and it is also my intention, if permitted, to make a further application on the part of judge Pickering, for compulsory process to compel the attendance of such witnesses as it may be necessary to produce in proof of the fact of insanity, or for an order to take their depositions in writing on interrogatories, and notice to the prosecutors.
It rests with this honorable court whether it will receive such an application, and hear counsel so appearing in its support.
After a short pause, Mr. Harper again rose, and enquired whether his appearance in support of the petition would be construed as the appearance of John Pickering by counsel?
The President answered, he presumed that it would not be so construed.
Mr. Nicholson, in behalf of the managers, objected to the hearing of Mr. Harper, in any other capacity than as counsel of the accused; and remarked that as Mr. Harper disclaimed appearing in that capacity, he could not, in his opinion, be heard.
Several additional remarks, to the same point, were made by Messrs. G. W. Campbell, Rodney, Early, and J. Randolph.
Mr. Harper enquired whether it would be regular in him to reply to these remarks?
The President said it would not; and immediately after put the question to the Senate, whether Mr. Harper should be heard in support of the prayer of the petition of Jacob S. Pickering.
Whereupon the Senate retired to a private chamber; from which they returned about three o'clock, when the President advised the managers that the Senate would take further time to consider the question before them, and would make them acquainted with their decision.
During the ensuing day and Monday, the Senate were engaged in private debate on granting the prayer of the petition; about four o'clock of the last day their doors were opened, and the sense of the Senate taken on the following question:
On the question, "Will the court hear evidence and counsel respecting the insanity of John Pickering upon the suggestion contained in the petition of Jacob S. Pickering, and the letter of R. G. Harper?"
It was determined in the affirmative—Yeas 18—Nays 12.
Those who voted in the affirmative are
 Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Dayton, Ellery, Franklin, Hillhouse, Logan, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Israel Smith, J. Smith, (Ohio) J. Smith, (N. Y.) Tracy, Wells, and White. 
Those who voted in the negative, are
 Messrs. Armstrong, Breckenridge, Cocke, Jackson, Nicholas, Potter, S. Smith, Stone, Sumter, Venable, Worthington, and Wright. 
Resolved, That on motion made and seconded the court shall retire to the adjoining committee room, if one third of the Senators present shall require it.
The court adjourned to 12 o'clock, the next day.
TUESDAY, March 6, 1804.
The court was opened, and the managers of the impeachment, on the part of the House of Representatives, against John Pickering, attended.
Mr. Harper also attended.
The President informed Mr. Harper, that the court will hear evidence and counsel, respecting the insanity of John Pickering, upon the suggestion contained in the petition of Jacob S. Pickering, and the letter of R. G. Harper.
Mr. Nicholson, in behalf of the managers, said he was instructed to ask for the reading of the proceedings of the court on the last day of its sitting.
The clerk having read the record, by which it appeared that John Pickering had been called three times without appearing.
Mr. Nicholson enquired at what point of time it was intended that Mr. Harper should be heard, and whether this was to be a step preliminary to the trial.
The President said he could not undertake to give an explanation of the proceedings of the Senate, adding that their meaning must be gathered from the proceedings themselves.
Mr. Nicholson then said that he begged leave to state that the managers were ready to proceed with the trial of the articles preferred by the House of Representatives.
The President said that, under the decision of the Senate, it had been determined in the first instance to hear Mr. Harper in support of the petition of Jacob S. Pickering.
Mr. Nicholson said he was instructed by the managers again to state that they were ready to support the articles of impeachment. They, however, not being at present under the consideration of the Senate, they did not consider themselves under any obligation to discuss a preliminary question raised by a third person unauthorised by the person charged. He was, therefore, instructed to state to the Senate, that the managers would, under these circumstances, retire, and take the opinion of the House of Representatives respecting their further procedure.
The managers thereupon retired.
Mr. Wright moved that the Senate should withdraw to their private chamber.
Motion lost—Ayes 5.
Mr. Jackson submitted to the Senate whether it would not be proper to delay all further proceedings until they should hear from the managers of the House of Representatives.
Apparently with this view Mr. Adams moved an adjournment.
Lost—Ayes 10.
Another motion was made that the Senate retire to their private chamber.
Lost—Ayes 8.
Mr. Wright offered a motion that the counsel in support of the petition of J. S. Pickering be not heard until the return of the managers, or until their intention be signified.
Lost—Ayes 7.
Mr. Harper, being then called on by the President to proceed within the rule, rose and addressed the court as follows:
Under the permission of this honorable court, and as the friend of the family of judge Pickering, as the friend, likewise, of this honorable court, if I may be allowed to claim so high a distinction, I beg leave to state the nature of those facts and proofs, on which the friends of judge Pickering have thought it to found the application they have made to this court. As I despair being able to convey their sentiments in language more impressive, or more in unison with their wishes, than that which they have themselves used, I beg leave to begin with reading the petition of J. S. Pickering. It is in the following words:
[Here Mr. Harper read the foregoing petition.]
These allegations, resumed Mr. Harper, are, I apprehend, sufficient to insure the object sought for, provided they shall be substantiated by sufficient testimony, and such, as in questions of this kind, would be received in a common court of justice. This point this honorable court will decide, after I shall have adduced the testimony I have to offer.
Mr. Harper then read the following depositions:
Deposition of SAMUEL TENNEY.
I, Samuel Tenney, of the county of Rockingham and state of New-Hampshire, one of the representatives of said state in the congress of the U. States, testify and say,
That on the 1st day of October last, I called on John Pickering, Esq. district judge of the district of New-Hampshire, at lodgings provided for him by his friends in Greenland, (his family residing in Portsmouth) for the purpose of ascertaining the real state of his mind by a personal interview—and found him with some laborers in a field at a small distance from the House between the hours of four and five in the afternoon—that when I addressed him he appeared not to know me, asking me if I did not live in Dover—but on my answering that I lived in Exeter, he recollected me, observing that I was a represent-

five in congress—That on my informing him that I had done myself the pleasure to call and see him, he invited and accompanied me into the house, where he conversed with me on several unimportant topics long enough to satisfy me that he was perfectly sober —During which time he called a servant and ordered spirits, water, &c. to be placed on the table by which we were sitting—that the servant took a bottle of rum out of a closet belonging to the room, which closet was secured only by a button—that the said judge turned out and diluted about a table spoonful, part of which he drank, apparently out of attention to me, and set down his tum- bler . That his conversation was at first rational and pertinent, but on my mentioning the conflagration in Portsmouth last winter, by which nearly all the property he possessed was destroyed, he instantly became wild, extravagant and incoherent, asserting various things concerning the value of the estate he had lost and of what he still possessed, which I have abundant reason to believe were not true; and exhibiting demonstrative evidence of a mind quoad hoc , altogether deranged; and this so far as my knowledge extends, is the decided opinion of all who are acquainted with his present state.
I further testify that the said John Pickering has successively filled most of the important offices in the state, the duties of which, so far as a constitution, extremely disposing him to nervous and hypochondriacal complaints would permit, he ever discharged, with honor to himself and to the public approbation, so long as heaven saw fit to continue to him the exercise of the talents with which it had endowed him—That through this long and useful period of his life, he supported a character so singularly pure, amiable and estimable, that the late irregularities in his conduct, which his friends confess and deplore might alone be charitably deemed sufficient to demonstrate his insanity.
I testify, finally, that from the emaciated and debilitated appearance of the said John Pickering, I have full reason to believe him altogether incapable at this season of the year, of supporting the fatigues of a journey to this city, to attend his trial.
S. TENNEY.
Deposition of A. R. CUTTER.
I, Ammi R. Cutter of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham and state of New-Hampshire physician, depose and say that I have been frequently called on as a physician to visit John Pickering, esq. judge of the district court of this district, before his appointment to that office, and since, that he has been during all that time very subject to nervous and hypochondriacal complaints, which in his own mind often rendered him incapable of transacting business—that from my first visiting him he has never been free from such complaints until his mental derangement took place. That for several years past judge Pickering has been subject to great pain and debility of body from a rupture which at times has confined him to his chamber, and always has such an effect as to prevent his walking as heretofore; that I have been particularly acquainted with judge Pickering for many years, and have never known him to be in the habit of intemperance, intoxication or of using profane language, excepting in some instances only since his derangement of mind took place, that on the contrary his morals have always been remarkably correct and exemplary both while at the bar and on the bench as chief justice of this state and a district judge.
And I further depose that such is the situation of judge Pickering that he cannot, in my opinion, proceed on a journey to the city of Washington, at this time, without imminent hazard of his life.
AMMI R. CUTTER.
Portsmouth, Feb. 11, 1804.
Deposition of J. BRACKETT.
I, Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth in the district of New-Hampshire, physician depose and say, that about 6 years past I began the study of physick under Dr. Joshua Brackett late of said Portsmouth, deceased, family physician and long and intimate acquaintance of John Pickering, esq. district judge of this state, that then, and there I became acquainted with the judge, that he was then very hypochondriacal and subject to nervous complaints, but as far as my knowledge extended, very exemplary and correct in his morals until about three years, when he discovered symptoms of mental insanity and consequent intemperance and profanity in some instances. That I have since visited the judge as a physician for the last two years and have found him laboring under mental insanity during said time and think his mental insanity at this time to be in about the same degree as when I first visited him—I further depose that from the history of judge Pickering's character from his youth given by his cotemporaries and particularly by the late doctor Brackett it appears that he was very subject to hypochondriacal complaints, but very exemplary and correct in his morals.
J. BRACKETT.
Portsmouth, Feb. 14, 1804.
Mr. Harper then read the following deposition of WILLIAM CUTTER. I, William Cutter of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham and state of New-Hampshire, physician depose, that I have often and lately been in company with John Pickering, esq. district judge of this state, and that he cannot, from his bodily infirmities, proceed on a journey to the city of Washington at this time without, in my opinion, greatly endangering his life.
W. CUTTER.
Portsmouth, Feb. 11, 1804.
The President observed that as the order of the Senate was confined to the single allegation of insanity this deposition could not be received.
Mr. Harper remarked, that, under an act of Congress of 1801, provision was made that in case a judge of any district court of the United States should be unable to perform the duties of his office, the circuit court, for such district might appoint one of its members to perform the duties of such judge.—This case was provided for under the term "inability," without stating the kind of inability. He would, therefore, read the record of the circuit court on this point.
Mr. Harper, accordingly read the record, with the subjoined deposition of WILLIAM PLUMER, as follows:
To the honorable the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the first circuit now sitting at Portsmouth within and for the district of N. Hampshire this 25th day of April Anno Domini, 1801.
Humbly lieth the subscriber, that the district judge of the district court for said district, through indisposition and mental derangement, is at this time incapable of performing the duties of his office—Whereupon, he suggests to this honorable court the necessity of directing one of the circuit judges of said court to perform the duties of the said district judge within and for said district, during the period the inability of said district judge shall continue.
JAMES SHEAFF.
Copy examined by JOHN STEELE, clk.
District of New-Hampshire, ss.
At a circuit court of the United States for the first circuit, begun and held at Portsmouth, in said district of New-Hampshire, on the 23d day of April, 1801.
Present, The Hon. John Lowell, Esq. Chief Judge.
The hon. Benjamin Bourne, esq. and the hon. Jeremiah Smith, esq. circuit judges.
It having been represented to this court, that the district judge of this district is unable to perform the duties of his office, and satisfactory evidence of the inability of said district judge being shown to the circuit court, it is thereupon directed by the court, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by the 25th section of the act of Congress, intituled an act to provide for the more convenient organization of the courts of the United States, that Jeremiah Smith, esq. one of the judges of this court perform the duties of the said district judge during the period the inability of the said district judge shall continue.
A true copy of the Record,
Attest, John Steele, clerk.
I, WILLIAM PLUMER, of lawful age, do testify that I was present at said court when the foregoing application was made.—That testimony was given to prove the insanity of the said Pickering; that during the week in which that court was in session, I saw the said Pickering several times in company with said judges at their lodgings and at other places; and that I heard each of them, to wit, Lowell, Bourne and Smith, say, that from their own view, as well as from testimony, they were fully satisfied that judge Pickering was in a state of insanity, and on that ground they had made the order aforesaid.
W. PLUMER.
Washington, March 5, 1804.
(To be continued.)
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(By Authority.)
AN ACT.
Supplementary to the act, intituled An act providing for a Naval peace establishment and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised to attach to the navy yard at Washington, and to the frigates and other vessels laid up in ordinary in the Eastern Branch, a captain of the navy, who shall have the general care and superintendence of the same; and shall perform the duties of agent to the Navy department, and shall be entitled to receive for his services, the pay and emoluments of a captain commanding a squad on separate service. And the President of the United States is hereby further authorised to attach permanently to the said Navy Yard and vessels, one other commissioned officer of the navy, who shall receive for his services, the pay and emoluments of a captain commanding a twenty gun ship, one surgeon and one surgeon mate of the navy, who shall be severally allowed for their services, the same pay and emoluments as are allowed to a surgeon, and to a surgeon's mate in the army of the United States; one sailing master, one head carpenter, one plumber, one head blockmaker, one head cooper, two boatwains, two gunners, one sail maker, one store keeper, one purser, one clerk of the yard; and also, such seamen and marines, as in the opinion of the President shall be deemed necessary: Provided, That the number of seamen or marines, shall not at any time be greater than what is at present authorised by the act to which this is a supplement.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That that part of the act to which this is a supplement, which attaches to each frigate laid up in ordinary, one sailing master, one boatwain, one gunner, one carpenter and one cook, one sergeant or corporal of marines, and to the large frigate twelve, and to the small frigates ten seamen, and which declares that the sailing master shall have the care of the ship, and shall execute such duties of a purser as may be necessary, shall be, and hereby is repealed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 27, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To erect a light house at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and also a light house at or near the pitch of Cape Look Out in the state of North Carolina; and a beacon at the north point of Sandy Hook.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under the direction of the President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide by contract, to be approved by the President, for building a light house at the mouth of the river Mississippi, in such site as the President of the United States may deem most proper for the convenience and accommodation thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as land sufficient shall be obtained at a reasonable price for the purpose and jurisdiction of the land so to be obtained shall have been ceded to the United States by the state of North Carolina, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide by contract, for building a light house on or near the pitch of Cape Look Out, in the said state, which contract shall be approved by the President of the United States, and it shall be the duty of the said Secretary to furnish the said light houses on Cape Look Out and the mouth of the Mississippi, with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same. And the President is hereby authorised to make such appointments.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty five thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses which shall accrue in consequence of the two first sections of this act, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the fee of the soil shall have vested in the United States to cause a beacon to be erected on the north point of Sandy Hook, and the sum of two thousand dollars out of any unappropriated monies, is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT Supplementary to the act, intituled "An act concerning the City of Washington."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the several compensations and allowances established by the act, intituled "An act concerning the city of Washington," shall be compensated from the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and two, being the time when the services, so compensated and allowed, commenced under the authority of the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor of the said city shall receive as a compensation for his services an allowance of three dollars per day.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendant of the city of Washington be, and he hereby is authorised to pay the said compensations and allowances, from the said first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and two, in conformity with the provision of the said recited act, until congress shall otherwise direct, and also to pay and discharge all expenses of an incidental nature, which have been or may be incurred in the discharge of the functions of his office and the office of surveyor which shall be approved by the President of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendant be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to settle and pay the claim of Peter Charles L'Enfant for his services whilst employed by the late Board of Commissioners in the manner and on the terms heretofore proposed by the said commissioners.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several expenses authorised by this act, shall be paid and discharged out of any funds of the city of Washington, in possession of the superintendant, which are no otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 27, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Supplementary to the act, intituled An act relative to the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancies in the offices of President and Vice President.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever the amendment proposed during the present session of congress, to the constitution of the United States, respecting the manner of voting for the President and Vice President and Vice President of the United States, shall have been ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, the Secretary of state shall forthwith cause a notification thereof to be made to the executive of every state, and shall also cause the same to be published in at least one of the newspapers printed in each state, in which the laws of the United States are annually published:—The executive authority of each state shall cause a transcript of the said notification to be delivered to the electors appointed for that purpose; who shall sit thereafter meet in such state for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States: and whenever the said electors shall have received the said transcript of notification, or whenever they shall meet more than five days subsequent to the publication of the ratification of the above mentioned amendment, in one of the newspapers of the state, by the Secretary of state, they shall vote for President and Vice President of the United States, respectively, in the manner directed by the above mentioned amendment, and having made and signed three certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes given for President, and the other, of the votes given for Vice President: they shall seal up the said certificates, certifying on each, that lists of all the votes of such state given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, is contained therein, and shall cause the said certificates to be transmitted and disposed of, and in every other respect act in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement. And every other provision of the act to which this is a supplement, and which is not virtually repealed by this act, shall extend and apply to every election of a President and Vice President of the United States, made in conformity to the above mentioned amendment to the constitution of the United States.
And whereas, the above mentioned amendment may be ratified by the la-
tures of three fourths of the states, and thereupon become immediately valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the constitution, on a day so near the day fixed by law for the meeting of the electors in the several states, that the electors shall not in every state be apprized of the said ratification, and may vote in a manner no longer conformable with the constitution, as amended; whereby several state might be deprived of their vote in the election of a President and Vice President: for remedy whereof.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the electors who shall be appointed in each state for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States, shall at every such election, unless they shall have received a transcript of the notification of the ratification of the above mentioned amendment to the constitution, or unless they shall meet more than five days subsequent to the publication of the said ratification by the Secretary of State, in one of the newspapers of the state, vote for President and Vice President of the United States, in the following manner, that is to say: they shall vote for two persons as President and Vice President, in conformity with the first section of the second article of the Constitution. And in other respects act in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement; and they shall likewise vote for one person as President, and for one person as Vice President, in conformity with the above mentioned amendment of the constitution; and in other respects act in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act. But those certificates only, of votes given for President and Vice President of the United States, shall be opened by the President of the Senate, for the purpose of being counted, which shall contain the list or lists of votes given in conformity with the constitution, as in force on the day fixed by law for the meeting of the electors, by whom the said votes shall have been given.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever, by the provisions of the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the electors for any state, to vote in conformity, both with the constitution, and of the proposed amendment thereto, the executive authority of such state shall cause six lists of the names of the electors of the state to be made and certified, and to be delivered to the said electors on or before the day fixed by law for them to meet and vote for President and Vice President; and the said electors shall enclose one of the said lists in each of the certificates by them made and sealed, in conformity to the provisions of this act, and of the act to which this is a supplement.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Foreign Intelligence.
New-York, April 2.
This morning our boat returned from the Hook at 1 o'clock, bringing accounts of the short arrivals there, of the ships Liverpool packet, Waite, in 28 days from Liverpool; which place she left the 3d of March; and the Obionian, Hobson, in 32 days from London. By the Liverpool packet, the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser has received London papers to the 29th February. On a hasty perusal of our papers, we do not find any thing very important.
London, Feb. 23.
It appears by letters from the continent, that the affair of the Equestrian order, whose rights are deemed inconsistent with the interests of the states who have obtained indemnities by the secularization of the ecclesiastical estates, causes considerable agitation in the Diet of Ratisbon. The Emperor patronises the rights of the Equestrian order.—The king of Prussia argues that the interests of the new proprietors succeeding to the ecclesiastical sovereigns, will require a new system. We do not pretend to understand this question, which is an important one in Germany, but it does not seem to be of an importance likely to extend the effects of a dispute beyond the precincts of the Diet.
The latest accounts from Holland state, that the expedition against this country will not take place till April. Other accounts say that every thing is ready.
It is reported that government have received intelligence, that Sir Sidney Smith, had fallen in with a number of Dutch and French gun boats, had taken fifteen and destroyed thirty.
London, Feb. 28.
The latest accounts from Holland state, that the expedition against this country will not take place till April. Other accounts say that every thing is ready.

CLOVER SEED. A quantity to Fresh Clover Seed for CHARLES WAYMAN. George Town, April 4—2w
Twenty Dollars Reward. Ran away from the subscriber residing near Bladensburg, a Negro named HARRY , about thirty years of age, five feet six inches high, dark complexion, thick black hair, high forehead, a scar on his breast and one on his left leg, occasioned by a cut of a scythe. It is expected that he is harbored in or near the city of Washington or Baltimore; he was raised in St. Mary's county Maryland; had on a blue kersey short coat, white kersey pantalettes much worn, blue waistcoat, wool hat and some other clothes not known; Whoever takes up said negro and secures him in jail or brings him home, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges paid by HIRAM BELT. Captains of vessels and others are forewarned from taking away or harboring said negro. April 4—3t
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION The office of the Washington Association and United States Insurance company is removed to the corner of square No. 226 fronting on the President's square and Pennsylvania Avenue. THOMAS HERTY, Sec'y P. T. Jan. 18—tf.
TO RENT, And immediate Possession given, A Two-story Frame House, in the City of Washington, situated on N. F. Street, square 224—containing 4 rooms beside two garret rooms, piazza and pantry, kitchen, floor room, &c. with a good garden—lately occupied by Mrs. Lee, adjoining to Mr. Kaupie's store—Also that convenient two-story frame on same square, late in possession of Dr. Tabb, opposite to which Robert Peacock, Esq. lately resided—consisting of 6 rooms, and two garret rooms, piazza and balcony to south front, cellar with dry well, kitchen, carriage house, stable, an excellent garden, with every convenience fit for the reception of a genteel family. For particulars enquire at Mr. Rhode's tavern, Mr. Kaupie's store, or to the subscriber REDMUND PURCEL. January 23, 1804—tf
Twenty Dollars reward. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, residing near Fort Tobacco, Maryland, the 25th inst. a Negro man named ADAM , aged 23 year, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height. He has a large mouth rather thick lips, and a scar near the mouth, speaks loud and hoarse, stoops, and walks awkwardly. He had on a blue kersey jacket and overalls, an old hat, and pair of yarn gloves—The above reward will be paid to any person for securing him in jail, if taken out of this county, or ten dollars if taken within it. ALEXANDER SCOTT. March 21—tf
Ten Dollars Reward. Ran away from the subscriber on the 12th inst. an apprentice lad (a mulatto) named RALEIGH LEISTER , about 19 years of age, six feet high, slender made, dark eyes and long vilage, has a fierce countenance when questioned, has a small mark on the right ear supposed from a cut in his infancy, his hair is cut short, he took away two blue short jackets, a swansdown waistcoat, a new fur hat and case, a pair of broad toed shoes 6 1-2 yards blue narrow striped Virginia cloth and a saddle in a white flannel case. Markers of vessels and others are forewarned from harboring him at their peril. Whoever takes up said lad and returns him to the subscriber, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges defrayed. N. B. His mother lives near Peary's tavern, Westmoreland county Virginia. his black father lives with the Rev. Mr. Davis, Alexandria. WILLIAM FORSTON, Plasterer. Washington March 21—7t
HAT MANUFACTURY. The subscriber informs his customers and the public generally that he has discontinued business in the city of Washington, and has opened shop on Bridge street near the Union Tavern—he solicits the continuance of former customers, and hopes that all others who may chuse to call and purchase his manufacture will be amply suited, if neatness and goodnets be requisites. JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17—tf
Wanted to hire A Mulatto or Negro boy, from twelve to eighteen years of age, for which good wages will be given, either by the month or year. Enquire of the printer hereof. April 4—3t.
Bank of Columbia. THE Board of Directors having this day declared a dividend for the half year ending the 30th inst. at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum. The same will be paid to the Stockholders or their representatives on or after Tuesday the 30th inst. WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier. March 19—ap6w.
PATENT MACHINE For boring Holes in Rocks under water or in any situation and blasting them. The subscriber having purchased the patent right from Jean Baptiste Aveille, the original inventor, for the counties of Frederick, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Berkeley, Augusta, Rockingham, Hampshire, Hardy and Botetourt in the state of Virginia, will dispose of it to any person or company for any particular object. The model may be seen at any time, and terms made known by A. LINDO, Prod. Co. Vir. Washington Jan. 18—W
(BY AUTHORITY.) Scheme of a Lottery. To build an Academy in the city of Richmond.   1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number,  20,000    1 do.  10,000    1 do.  5,000    5 do. of 1,000 make  5,000    6 do. — 500 —  3,000    10 do. — 200 —  2,000    120 do. — 100 —  12,000    100 do. — 50 —  5,000    250 do. — 30 —  7,500    420 do. — 25 —  10,500    1,500 do. — 20 —  30,000    3,000 do. — 15 —  45,000   1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250 1 do. after 2,000 do. 250 1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250 1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250 1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500 1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000 $335 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks, not two to a prize. 15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. This lottery has been authorised by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars, in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorise it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next. Richmond, March 2—tf
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, in the suit of the United States against Samuel Jackson, William Shannon, Philip Fitzhugh, Joshua B. Bond and Frederick Shaffer, defendants, in chancery; will be sold at the premises to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday the 4th May next; all that piece or parcel of land situate in the second addition of George Town made by Thomas Beall of George, being part of a tract of land called the Rock of Dunbar ton and bounded as is described and set forth in the said decree and containing four acres and one eighth part of an acre of land with all and singular the buildings, improvements and appurtenances thereon or thereunto belonging or appertaining. The improvements are on a high, dry, and handsome situation, and consist of a large two story brick house with a passage through the center, four rooms on a floor and good cellars. The front rooms are about 17 by 18 feet—the back rooms are semicircular and are about 22 by 17 feet—the passage 9 feet wide and 38 feet long—two brick offices two stories high 17 feet 6 inches square and are connected with the house by covered ways. The said premises are the same property possessed by the said Samuel Jackson and by him expensively improved—The sale will commence at 12 o'clock. The terms ready money or money to be paid immediately on the courts ratifying the same, the time of which ratification will be noticed in the same papers in which the sale is advertised, within one month after the report of the said sale shall be made to the court, which report will not be made until the fourth Monday in July, when the court commence their next sitting for the county of Washington. DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee. March 23—tdot
In the case of NICHOLAS FEBRUARY, An Insolvent debtor, Six months from and after the first day of March, is limited, and appointed for the creditors to bring in, and exhibit their claims to the trustee, and that notice be given in the Washington Federalist, and National Intelligencer once a month, three times in each paper before the expiration of said term—It is further ordered, that the trustee sell the property of the insolvent, at public sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of 6 months, giving six months previous notice thereof, by public advertisement, in the same papers once a week for 6 weeks prior to the day of sale. By order, Wm. Cranch, Esq., URIAS FORREST, Clk. March 7—tam3t
To be Sold, At public sale, at Mr. John Barney's Columbian Inn, on the 10th day of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. ALL the right, title, interest, and estate of Nicholas February (an insolvent debtor) in, and to sixteen and three quarter acres of land, with a dwelling house thereon, in the vicinity of George Town, also some household and kitchen furniture.—Terms of sale, the purchaser to give bond with approved security, payable in six months after the day of sale, any person wishing to view the property before the sale, may apply to the subscriber. In the above case, the creditors are requested to exhibit their claims within the time limited, to the subscriber. CHARLES BRATTY, Trustee. George Town March 7
THOMAS CARPENTER TAYLOR HAS just received an handsome supply of fall goods, which he is determined to sell and make upon the most reasonable terms, and in the best and most fashionable manner, and greatest expedition. Pennsylvania Avenue, near the President's Square and Capitol Hill, seventh house from the Capitol. Oct. 24 tf
A GREAT BARGAIN. THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS will be taken and payment made easy, to the purchaser, for the following valuable property free from any incumbrance whatever. A SET of saw mills working two faws—a grist mill with two run of stones and bolting machine, also a cotton and rice machine complete all worked by water, also one saw mill about 200 yards from the former and on the same dam, now about finishing that will work from two to fourteen saws under the same roof—this mill is insured for three years after her being completed—they now going in good repair and the whole in a progressive way of improvement, with about Ten thousand acres of land all adjoining and immediately contiguous to the mills, on which are several valuable farms. The timber for mill site are inexhaustible and unexceptionable good—they are situated on the waters of Drowning Creek ninety seven miles from George Town South Carolina, to which place the lumber is carried being rafted at the mills without the trouble of hauling, a valuable convenience. The stream is equal if not superior to any in the states of North or South Carolina—the grist mills command a custom at times of 30 or 40 miles around them. The situation at the mills is high, pleasant and very healthy, on which is a good two story house with piazza, a good kitchen, stables, carriage and harness houses and other necessary out buildings with a new store house completely finished, it being an excellent stand for a country store. Application to be made to the Subscriber at Millville near Lumberton in North Carolina, or for any information respecting the premises, to Samuel D. Purvance at the city of Washington. WM. NORMENT. Millville N. C. Dec. 12.
N. B. Any part of the above property will be sold as may best suit a purchaser. Dec. 23—tf
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington in the suit of Thomas Law against James Pierce, jun. James Ray, Samuel Treat, and James Pierce, sen. defendants, in Chancery, will be sold at the premises to the highest bidder at public auction on Saturday the 5th day of May next, the lot of ground mentioned in the complainant's bill, situate in the city of Washington, and known and distinguished in the general plan of the said city by lot numbered one, in square numbered seven hundred and forty-four, it being the south half part of said square and containing sixty-three thousand four hundred and forty square feet of ground, with the Sugar House, and all the other buildings and improvements thereon or thereunto belonging. The sugar house is large and extensive and is said to be extremely well calculated for sugar refining—the other buildings consist of several wooden houses sufficient with some repairs for those conducting the business to live in. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock A. M. The terms ready money or money to be paid immediately on the courts ratifying the same, the time of which ratification will be noticed in the same papers in which the sale is advertised, within one month after the report of the said sale shall be made to the court, which report will not be made until the fourth Monday in July, when the court commence their next sitting for the county of Washington. DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee March 23—tdot
War Department Feb. 8, 1804.
Notice is hereby given, THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until the eighteenth day of May next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1804, until the 30th day of September, 1805, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz. First. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Chicago, Fort Wayne, the post on the Miami of the Lakes, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Ohio; and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude. Second. At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Indiana territory, south of the 41st degree of north latitude, (Vincennes excepted.) Third. At the garrison near Vincennes, on the river Wabash. Fourth. At Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio, Kaskaskia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Indiana territory, south of the 41st degree of north latitude, (Vincennes excepted.) Fifth. At St. Louis, New Madrid, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in Louisiana, north of the settlements on the river Arkansas. Sixth. At Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, Fort Adams, Fort Stoddart on the Mobile, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Mississippi territory, and on the road between Natchez and the Tennessee river, (the post on said river excepted.) Seventh. At New Orleans, and any place or places on the Mississippi river, below Fort Adams, and at Opelousas, Natchitoches, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in Louisiana, not before mentioned, or provided for. Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January, 1805, until the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after mentioned, viz.
Right. At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation. Ninth. At Charleston, Rocky Mountain, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of South and North Carolina. Tenth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia. Eleventh. At Fort M c Henry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Twelfth. At Fort Mifflin, Pittsburg, Carlisle, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Thirteenth. At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara excepted. Fourteenth. At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, & at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Fifteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston harbor) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, (the district of Maine excepted.) Sixteenth. At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine. A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour one gill of rum, whisky or brandy, and a the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and one half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration should be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price for the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara and Chicago for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the western waters for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the Commandants of fortified places or posts to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea board or Indian frontiers, nor exceeding three months. H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. 6th May 18.
SCHEME Of the Extra class of the EASTON DELAWARE BRIDGE LOTTERY, Authorised by the states of Pennsylvania & N. Jersey.   3 prizes of  10,000 dolls.    2  5,000    4  2,500    5  1,000    10  500    25  200    50  100   And many other good Prizes. All! All! a going for 2 3-4 Dollars. until the 10th of April when the tickets will be advanced to 3 Dollars. EDWARD MOTT, Manager. Who will, on receiving the necessary information of the payment of 20 per cent to his credit in any of the United States branch banks of discount & deposit, with an engagement to pay the residue by four equal instalments in 3, 6, 9 & 12 months from the 1st March next, send the numbers and deposit any quantity of tickets (not less than 50) in the hands of the treasurer, subject to the purchaser's demand on the punctual payment of the residue of the money; which not being observed, the tickets may be resold, & the money paid in advance forfeited; or he will, on the purchase money of any number of tickets (not less than 10) being deposited in any of the branch banks above mentioned, immediately forward them to the direction of the purchaser. For any number of tickets less than ten, the cash to be enclosed to the manager; who will, on its receipt, forward them as directed, and on the conclusion of the drawing send the purchasers an account of their success; and such arrangement shall be made that the holders of fortunate tickets, after they have been properly checked, may receive their prizes at the bank they made their payments at. The numerous advantages of this arrangement must be obvious to every person. The payments are made easy, and the purchasers will not be liable to any advance of price, which from the unexamined state of the tickets, may with confidence be expected to be considerable before the drawing commences. March 19—tam8w
Extract from a Law Passed at Chillicothe, February 18, 1804. State of Ohio. Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio That all lands the property of individuals within this state shall be chargeable for the state expenses to be levied and collected in such manner and proportion as herein after directed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said lands be rated and assessed in the manner following, that is to say, first, second and third rates, and the rule to be observed in classing of land shall be as follows, when a greater part of a tract shall be superior in quality to second rate land it shall be denominated first. When a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to first rate and superior to third rate it shall be denominated second rate, and when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to second rate it shall be denominated third rate taking into view the situation and surface of the earth as well as the quality of the soil. First rate land shall be taxed at seventy cents, second rate at fifty cents, and third rate at twenty-five cents—and it is hereby made the duty of every resident proprietor owning lands chargeable aforesaid on the fifteenth day of April annually, when thereto required by the listers of the respective townships, to give an accurate list of such land in writing, and such resident proprietor or proprietors, shall list all and every tract of land he, she or they claim within this state, specifying the quality, quantity, range, township, section and county, if known, and whether held either by patent, deed, entry or other evidence of claim. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all persons not residing within this state and holding lands within the same, except lands lying between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers, called the Virginia Military lands shall have the same entered for taxation either by themselves or their agents in the form aforesaid with the clerks of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county within which the same shall be situate on or before the first Monday of June next, and it shall be the duty of each clerk of the Court of Common Pleas to make out two alphabetical lists of all lands to entered with him, one whereof he shall retain in his own possession, together with the original entry, the other shall be by him delivered with a general alphabetical list of all returns to him made by the several township listers within the county, to the commissioners of the county by the second Monday in June annually. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each collector by the third Tuesday of December annually to pay into the treasury of this state the full amount of all taxes contained in his duplicate and not transmitted to the auditor in their schedules, of which payment or such part thereof as may be made, the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the collector shall deliver to the auditor, upon the delivery whereof he shall give his receipt for the same to the collector, which shall be a voucher of the payment so made; and if any collector shall not have paid, or shall have not delivered the treasurer's receipt as aforesaid, the auditor is hereby required within fifteen days to make out an account of the sum due from each delinquent collector, and transmit said account to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the proper county, whose duty it shall be to issue a summons to the coroner, commanding him to notify the collector and his securities to appear at the succeeding term of the court, and show cause, if any, why judgment should not be rendered against him at the suit of the auditor; and the court of common pleas are hereby required to enter judgment against such collector and his securities on the return of the said summons, the same having been served by leaving a copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such collector and his securities, for the amount of the account by the auditor transmitted and ten per centum damages on such sum, unless such collector or his securities shall produce the auditor's receipt of the payment of the account aforesaid; then in such case the court shall dismiss the suit upon the collector or his securities paying reasonable costs; and in case judgment shall be rendered the clerk shall issue execution thereon in due form of law, directed to the coroner, returnable in thirty days; and the coroner, when he shall have collected the amount of execution or such part thereof as may be, he shall, within twenty days, pay the sum so collected into the treasury of this state, of which payment the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the coroner shall deliver to the auditor and take his receipt, and the payment so made shall be by the auditor carried to the credit of such delinquent collector; and the coroner shall be allowed lawful fees, and twelve cents for each mile's travel to the treasury from the seat of justice in his county, to be levied and collected by him from such delinquent collector or his securities. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the collector for the Virginia military district shall, from and after the first Monday of August, annually collect and receive all taxes of non residents charged with taxes upon his duplicate, and in case payment be not made by the first Monday of December, said collector shall charge all delinquents with a penalty of twenty-five per cent. on the taxes of all delinquents, and it shall be his duty within ten days thereafter to make out and deliver to the auditor a schedule from his duplicate of all the taxes that shall not have been paid by the time aforesaid, and the auditor on receiving the schedule shall charge the collector with the said penalty on the amount of all the taxes contained in his schedule. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That the collector of each county shall, at least fifteen days before the first Monday of December yearly, keep open an office for the receiving of taxes at the seat of justice in the several counties, either by himself or his deputy, who shall, without fail, attend each and every day from the hours of six in the morning until eight in the evening. THO: GIBSON, Auditor for the State of Ohio. April 2—3w