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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
A N D
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DXLIV.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
MONDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT.
To authorise the adjournment of district courts by marshals, in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in case of the inability of the judge of any district court to attend on the day appointed for holding a special or an adjourned district court, such court may, by virtue of a written order from the judge thereof, directed to the marshal of the district, be adjourned by the marshal to the next stated term of said court, or to such day prior thereto, as in the said order shall be appointed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT.
Further to alter and establish certain post roads 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 following post roads be discontinued:
In North Carolina.
From Woodstock to Hyde court house; from Halifax to Tarborough; and from Tarborough to Louisburg.
In Virginia.
From Lexington, by Amherst Springs to Gabelborough, from Pendleton court house, to Bath court house; and from Alexandria to Piscataway in Maryland.
In Kentucky.
From Hartford, by Vienna, to Muhlenburg court house.
In Ohio.
From Zanesville to Marietta; and from Cincinnati to Detroit.
In Maryland.
From Westminster to Taneytown; from Emmitsburg to Frederick in Pennsylvania; from Elkton to Sassafras; from Bridgetown to Greenborough; and from Brookville to Taneytown.
In Pennsylvania.
From Pittsburgh to Meadville.
In Massachusetts.
From Worcester to Providence, in Rhode Island.
In Vermont.
From Newbury, by Barry, to Montpelier.
In New-York.
From the town of Castler, in Washington county, to Plattsburgh.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following post roads be established, to wit:
In Georgia.
From Athens, to Walkinsville.
In South Carolina.
From Orangeburg, by Barrowell court house, Tredways, and Town creek mills to Gampetown.
From Stateburg to Columbia.
In North Carolina.
From Warrenton, by Ransom's bridge and Enfield, to Tarborough; and to return by Nash court house, Sill's store and Ransom's bridge, to Warrenton; from Halifax to Enfield; from Scotland Neck by Granbury's Cross Roads to Windsor, and from Newbern to the town of Beaufort; from Raleigh by Nutall's store to Merrittville.
In Virginia.
From Fredericksburg, by Falmouth, Elk run church, Fauquier court house and Salem, to Paris; from Clarkburg, by Buchanan settlement, to Randolph court house; from Lancaster court house to Kilmarnock; and from Kanawha court house, by Point Pleasant to Gallipolis, in Ohio; from thence to the Scioto Salt springs, and from Point Edward court house by Lester's store, Wheeler's springs, and Campbell's court house, to New London; from Danville, in Virginia, to Lenox's castle, in North Carolina, and from Wood court house to Marietta.
In Kentucky.
From Springfield, by Green court house, Adair court house, and Cumberland court house, to Jackson court house in Tennessee, and from thence to Blackburn Springs; from John Wood's near the Hazzle-patch, to Lincoln court house; from the town of Washington to Augusta; from Frankfort to Henry court house; that the post road from Montgomery
ry court house to Fleming court house, shall pass by Slate Creek iron works and the Upper Blue Licks; and that the post road from Hart-ford to Logan court house shall pass by Muhlenburg court-house.
In Tennessee.
From Dixon's Springs, by Lebanon and Rutherford court house to Nashville; and that the post road from Nashville to Springfield, shall pass by Mansker's lick.
In Ohio.
From Warren, in the county of Trumbull, by Cleveland to Detroit; from Chillicothe to Alexandria; from Steubenville to New Lisbon; from Chillicothe to Franklinton; from Cincinnati, through Franklin and Dayton, to Stanton, from thence through Wainville to Deerfield to Charleston; from Zanesville to Tuscarora to Graden button; and that the post road from Georgetown to Canfield, shall pass through New Lisbon.
In Pennsylvania.
From Alexandria through Holidaysburg, Beaula and Armagh to Green-burgh; from Pittsburgh through Butler and Mercer to Meadville; from Bedford by Berlin to Somersett; from Chambersburg through Strasburg and Faunetsburg to Huntingdon.
In New-Jersey.
From Ringoes tavern, by Somerset court house, Bound brook, Scotch plains and Springfield, to Newark; and from Rahway, by Scotch plains to New-Providence.
In New-York.
From Kingston through Catskill, Loenen-burgh, and Coxsackie, to the city of Albany; from Lansingburgh, through Schaghticoke, Easton, Argyle, and Hartford, to Whitehall; from Owego to Aurora; from Unadilla to Cooperstown; from the little falls on the Mohawk river, to the academy in Fairfield; and from Kingston, by Delhi, to the post office in Meredith; from Walton to Jericho; from the painted post in the state of New-York to Williamport, in the state of Pennsylvania; the post road from Canan-dagua to Niagara shall pass by Buffalo Creek.
In Connecticut.
From Hartford, through Granby and Granville, to Branford, in Massachusetts; from New-Haven, through Hamden, Cheshire, and Southington, to Farmington; and from Hartford, through Glastenbury and Colchester, to New-London.
In Massachusetts.
From Shrewsbury, through Holden, Rutland, Oakham, Hardwick, Green-wich, Pelham, and Amherst to North Hampton.
In Maine.
From Brunswick, by Litchfield and Hallowell, to Augusta; from Wilscasset to Boothbay; and from Fryburgh, through Conway, the notch of the white mountain, Jefferson, Lancaster, to Guildhall court house in Vermont.
In NEW HAMPSHIRE.
From Haverhill in Massachusetts to pass through Salem to Windham in New-hampshire, from Alsp to Conway; from Salisbury to Plymouth, alternately on each side of Merrimac river; from Littleton to Guildhall court house, alternately on each side of Connecticut river; from Littleton through St. Johnsbury and Danville in Vermont, to St. Alban's on Lake Champlain.
In LOUISIANA.
From Massac, on the Ohio river, to Cape Girardeau, in Louisiana; from thence to New Madrid; from the said Cape Girardeau by St. Geneve to Kaskaskias, in the Indiana territory; and from Cahokia to St. Louis, in Louisiana; from Natchez to Tombigby, and from Natchez to New-Orleans.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all letters, returns, and other papers, on public service, sent by the mail to or from the offices of inspector and pay master of the army, shall be received and conveyed free of postage.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the post master general, that any road established by this or any former act, as a post road, is obstructed by fences, gates, or bars, other than those lawfully used on turn pike roads, to collect their toll, and not kept in good repair with proper bridges and ferries, where the same may be necessary, it shall be the duty of the post master general to report the same to congress, with such information as can be obtained, to enable congress to establish some
other road instead of it in the same main direction.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not be so construed as to affect any existing contract for carrying the mail.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
For the relief of the heirs of John Habersham.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury, in settling the accounts of John Habersham, late collector of the port of Savannah, be authorised to allow a charge of one thousand one hundred and eleven dollars and sixteen cents, being the balance of the additional duty of ten per cent, on goods, wares, and merchandise imported in foreign ships, but which in the commencement of the execution of the law of one thousand seven hundred and ninety, for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, was not duly collected by him, owing to the distance which deprived him of early instructions from the treasury department: and also the further sum of one thousand dollars being the amount of a draft of Edward Price, factor of the United States for establishing trade with the Creek Indians, for supplies advanced to the said factor, which has not heretofore been credited on his account.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To amend the act, intitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels."
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That no ship or vessel shall be entitled to be registered as a ship or vessel of the United States, or if registered, to the benefits thereof, if owned in whole or in part by any person naturalized in the United States, and residing for more than one year in the country from which he originated, or for more than two years in any other foreign country, unless such person be in the capacity of a consul or other public agent of the United States. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the registering anew of any ship or vessel before registered, in case of a bona fide sale thereof to any citizen or citizens resident in the United States: And provided also, That satisfactory proof of the citizenship of the person on whose account a vessel may be purchased, shall be first exhibited to the collector before a new register shall be granted for such vessel.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proviso in the act, intitled "An act in addition to an act, intitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels," passed the twenty-seventh of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall be taken and deemed to extend to the executors or administrators of the owner or owners of vessels in the said proviso described.
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 repeal a part of the act, intitled "An act supplementary to the act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, and for the further protection of American Seamen."
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the ninth section of the act, intitled "An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls and for the further protection of American Seamen," passed the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all powers of attorney for the transfer of
any stock of the United States, or for the receipt of interest thereon, executed in a foreign country, since the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and three, according to the forms in use at the Treasury of the United States prior to the said thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and three, shall be valid to all intents and purposes; any provision in the aforesaid section hereby repealed to the contrary notwithstanding.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 27, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
In addition to the act, entitled "An act for the punishment of certain crimes, against the United States."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any person, not being an owner, who shall, on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy any ship or other vessel unto which he belongeth, being the property of any citizen or citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer death.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall, on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast away, burn or otherwise destroy any ship or vessel of which he is owner, in part or in whole, or in any wise direct or procure the same to be done, with intent or design to prejudice any person or persons that hath underwritten, or shall underwrite any policy or policies of insurance thereon, or if any merchant or merchants that shall load goods thereon, or of any other owner or owners of such ship or vessel, the person or persons offending therein, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons guilty of any crime arising under the revenue laws of the United States, or incurring any fine or forfeiture by breaches of the said laws, may be presented, tried and punished, provided the indictment or information be found at any time within five years after committing the offence or incurring the fine or forfeiture, any law or provision to the contrary notwithstanding.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, 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 powers vested by law in the surveyor general, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States to which the Indian title has been or shall hereafter be extinguished, north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi; and it shall be the duty of the said surveyor general, to cause the said lands to be surveyed into townships six miles square, and divided in the same manner, and under the same regulations, and to do and perform all such other acts in relation to the said lands, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of the United States, situate north west of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river: Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and making the lines shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, surveyed and marked: And provided also, That such tracts of land as are lawfully claimed by individuals within the said boundaries, and the title whereof has been or shall be recognized by the United States, shall be laid out and surveyed at the expense of the party respectively, in conformity with the boundaries of such tracts. And it shall also be the duty of the said surveyor general to cause to be run, surveyed and marked, such of the Indian boundary lines of the said lands as have not yet been surveyed; and with the approbation of the President of the United States, to ascertain, by astronomical observations, the positions of such places north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi, as may be deemed necessary for the correctness of the surveys, and to be the most im-
portant points of the geography of the country.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi, in the Indiana territory, three land offices shall be established in the same, one at Detroit for the lands lying north of the state of Ohio, to which the Indian title has been extinguished; one at Vincennes for the lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which are included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty lately held with the Indian tribes of the Wabash; and one at Kaskaskia, for so much of the lands included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty of the thirteenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and three, with the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians, as is not claimed by any other Indian tribe; and for each of the said offices a register and a receiver of public monies shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided, in relation to the registers and the receivers of public monies in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands within any of the three tracts of land described in the preceding section, by virtue of any legal grant made by the French government, prior to the treaty of Paris, of the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, or of any legal grant made by the British government, subsequent to the said treaty, and prior to the treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, of the third of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, or of any resolution, or act of Congress, subsequent to the said treaty of peace, shall, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five, deliver to the register of the land office, within whose district the land may lie, a notice in writing, stating the nature and extent of his claims, together with a plot of the tract or tracts claimed, and may also, on or before that day, deliver to the said register, for the purpose of being recorded, every grant, order of survey, deed, conveyance, or other written evidence of his claim; and the same shall be recorded by the said register, in books to be kept for that purpose, on receiving from the parties at the rate of twelve and a half cents, for every hundred words contained in such written evidence of their claim; and if such person shall neglect to deliver such notice, in writing, of his claim, or to cause to be recorded such written evidence of the same, all his rights, so far as the same is derived from any resolution or act of Congress, shall become void, and forever be barred.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register, and receiver of public monies, of the three above mentioned land offices, shall, for the lands respectively lying within their districts, be commissioners for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming lands by virtue of the preceding sections. Each of the said commissioners shall, previous to entering on the duties of his appointment, respectively, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before some person qualified to administer the same, "I, do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I will impartially exercise and discharge the duties imposed upon me, as commissioner for examining the claims to land, by an act of Congress, entitled, "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes."
It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet at the places where the said land offices are by this act established, respectively, on or before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and five; and each board shall, in their respective districts, have power to hear in a summary manner all matters respecting such claims; also to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, and examine witnesses, and such other testimony as may be adduced, and to decide thereon according to justice and equity, which decision shall be laid before Congress in the manner herein after directed, and be subject to their decision thereon. The said boards, respectively, shall have power to appoint a clerk, whose duty it shall be to enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, full and correct minutes of their pro-

proceedings and decisions, together with the evidence on which such decisions are made; which books and papers, on the dissolution of the boards, shall be deposited in the respective offices of the registers of the land offices; and the said clerk shall prepare two transcripts of all the decisions made by the said commissioners in favor of the claimants to land, both of which shall be signed by the said commissioners, and one of which shall be transmitted to the surveyor general, and the other to the secretary of the treasury; and the lands, the claims to which shall have been thus affirmed by the commissioners, shall not be otherwise disposed of until the decision of congress thereupon shall have been made. It shall likewise be the duty of the said commissioners to make to the secretary of the treasury a full report of all the claims filed with the register of the proper land office, as above directed, which they may have rejected, together with the substance of the evidence adduced in support thereof, and such remarks thereon as they may think proper. which reports, together with the transcripts of the decisions of the commissioners in favour of claimants, shall be laid by the secretary of the treasury before congress at their next ensuing session. Each of the commissioners and clerks aforesaid, shall be allowed a compensation of five hundred dollars in full for his services as such; and each of the said clerks shall, previous to his entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of a clerk to the board of commissioners for examining the claims to land, as enjoined by an act of congress, intitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes."
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all the lands aforesaid, not excepted by virtue of the preceding section, shall, with the exception of the section "number sixteen," which shall be reserved in each township for the support of schools within the same, with the exception also of an entire township in each of the three above described tracts of country or districts, to be located by the secretary of the treasury, for the use of a seminary of learning, and with the exception also of the salt springs and lands reserved for the use of the same as herein after directed, be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the surveyor general or governor of the Indiana territory, of the register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places respectively, where the land offices are kept, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose. The sales shall remain open at each place for three weeks and no longer: the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size and on the same terms and conditions, as have been or may be by law provided for the lands sold north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river. All lands, other than the reserved sections and those excepted as above mentioned, remaining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the registers of the respective land offices in the same manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river. And patents shall be obtained for all lands granted or sold in the Indiana territory, in the same manner and on the same terms as is or may be provided by law for lands sold in the state of Ohio, and in the Mississippi territory.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That all the navigable rivers, creeks and waters, within the Indiana territory, shall be deemed to be and remain public highways; and the several salt springs in the said territory, together with as many contiguous sections to each, as shall be deemed necessary by the President of the United States, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States: And any grant which may hereafter be made for a tract of land, containing a salt spring which had been discovered previous to the purchase of such tract from the United States, shall be considered as fraudulent and null.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the several provisions made in favor of persons who have contracted for lands with John Cleves Symmes and his associates, by an act intitled "An act to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act intitled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons, who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers in the territory north west of the Ohio, and for other purposes," shall be and the same are hereby continued in force until the first day of June next: Provided , That the register of the land office and receiver of public monies at
Cincinnati shall perform the same duties, exercise the same powers, and enjoy the same emoluments, which, by the last recited act were enjoined on or vested in the commissioners designated by the said act: And provided also , That no certificate for a right of pre-emption shall be granted, except in favor of persons who had, before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, made contracts in writing with John Cleves Symmes or with any of his associates, and who had made to him or them any payment or payments of money for the purchase of such lands; nor unless at least one twentieth part of the purchase money of the land claimed, shall have previously been paid to the receiver of public monies, or shall be paid prior to the first day of January next. And every person who shall obtain a certificate of pre-emption, shall be allowed until the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and six, to complete the payment of his first instalment: Provided also , That where any person or persons shall in virtue of a contract entered into with John Cleves Symmes, have entered and made improvements on any section or half section prior to the first day of April last (having conformed with all the foregoing provisions in this section) which improvements by the running of the lines subsequently thereto shall have fallen within any section or half section other than the one purchased as aforesaid, and other than section number sixteen, such section or half section shall in that case be granted to the person or persons who shall have so entered, improved and cultivated the same, on payment of the purchase money agreeably to the provisions made by law for lands sold at private sale; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to any such person or persons a greater number of acres than he or they had contracted for with John Cleves Symmes, as aforesaid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That every person who may have heretofore obtained from the commissioners, a certificate of a right of pre-emption for lands lying between the two Miami rivers, on account of contracts with or purchase from John Cleves Symmes or his associates, and who has paid his first instalment; and every person who may obtain a similar certificate by virtue of the preceding section, and shall, on or before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and six, pay his first instalment, be permitted to pay the residue of the purchase money in six annual equal payments.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That fractional sections of the public lands of the United States, either north or south of the river Ohio, or south of the state of Tennessee, shall, under the directions of the secretary of the treasury, be either sold singly, or by uniting two or more together, any act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided , That no fractional sections shall be sold in that manner until after they shall have been offered for sale to the highest bidder in the manner herein after directed.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That all the public lands of the United States, the sale of which is authorised by law, may, after they shall have been offered for sale to the highest bidder in quarter sections, as herein after directed, be purchased at the option of the purchaser, either in entire sections, in half sections, or in quarter sections; in which two last cases the sections shall be divided into half sections by lines running due north and south, and the half sections shall be divided into quarter sections by lines running due east and west. And in every instance in which a subdivision of the lands of the United States, as surveyed in conformity with law, shall be necessary to ascertain the boundaries or true contents of the tract purchased, the same shall be done at the expence of the purchaser.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That no interest shall be charged on any instalment which may hereafter become due, in payment of any of the public lands of the United States, wherever situated, and which have been sold in pursuance of the act, intitled "An act to amend the act, intitled "An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory north west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," or which may hereafter be sold by virtue of that, or of any other act of congress: Provided , That such instalments shall be paid on the day on which the same shall become due; but the interest shall be charged and demanded in conformity with the provisions heretofore in force, from the date of the purchase, on each instalment which shall not be paid on the day on which the same shall become due; Provided however , That on the instalments which are or may become due before the first day of October next interest shall not be charged, except from the time they became due until paid; but in failure to pay the said instalments on the said first day of October, interest shall be charged thereon in conformity with the provisions heretofore in force from the date of the purchase.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That the sections which have been heretofore reserved, and are by this act
directed to be sold, also the fractional sections, classed as is by the ninth section of this act directed, and all the other lands of the United States, north of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river, shall be offered for sale in quarter sections, to the highest bidder, under the directions of the register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places respectively where the land offices are kept, that is to say: the lands in the districts of Chillicothe, on the first Monday of May; the lands in the district of Marietta, on the second Monday of May; the lands in the district of Zaneville, on the third Monday of May; the lands in the district of Steubenville, on the second Monday of June; and the lands in the district of Cincinnati, on the first Monday of September. The sales shall remain open at each place no longer than three weeks; the lands which may be thus sold, shall not be sold for less than two dollars per acre, and shall in every other respect be sold on the same terms and conditions, as is provided for the sale of lands sold at private sale. And all the other public lands of the United States, either north of the Ohio, or south of the state of Tennessee, which are directed to be sold at public sale, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, in quarter sections: Provided however , That section number twenty-six, of the third township of the second fractional range, within the grant made by the United States to John C. Symmes, on which is erected a mill dam, is hereby granted to Joseph Vanhorne the proprietor of the said dam; and also that section number twenty-nine of the second township of the fourth entire range be granted to James Sutton, and also that section number twenty-one of the ninth township of the twenty-first range be granted to Christian Van Gundy on their payment of the purchase money, agreeably to the provisions made by law for lands sold at private sale.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That whenever any of the public lands shall have been surveyed in the manner directed by law, they shall be divided by the secretary of the treasury, into convenient surveying districts, and a deputy surveyor shall, with the approbation of the said secretary, be appointed by the surveyor general for each district, who shall take an oath or affirmation truly and faithfully to perform the duties of his office; and whose duty it shall be to run and mark such lines as may be necessary for subdividing the lands surveyed as aforesaid, into sections, half sections, or quarter sections, as the case may be, to ascertain the true contents of such subdivisions; and to record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, the surveys thus made. The surveyor general shall furnish each deputy surveyor with a copy of the plat of the townships, and fractional parts of townships contained in his district, describing the subdivisions thereof, and the marks of the corners. Each deputy surveyor shall be entitled to receive from the purchaser of any tract of land, of which a line or lines shall have been run and marked by him, at the rate of three dollars for every mile thus surveyed and marked, before he shall deliver to him a copy of the plat of such tract stating its contents. The fees payable by virtue of former laws for surveying expenses shall, after the first day of July next, be no longer demandable from, and paid by the purchasers. And no final certificate shall thereafter be given by the register of any land office, to the purchaser of any tract of land, all the lines of which shall not have been run, and the contents ascertained by the surveyor general or his assistants, unless such purchaser shall lodge with the said register a plat of such tract, certified by the district surveyor.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of April next, each of the registers and receivers of public monies of the several land offices established by law, either north of the river Ohio, or south of the state of Tennessee, shall, in addition to the commission heretofore allowed, receive one half per cent. on all the monies paid for public lands sold in their respective offices, and an annual salary of five hundred dollars, the register and receiver of the land office at Marietta excepted, the annual salary of whom shall be two hundred dollars. And from and after the same day the fees payable by virtue of former laws, to the registers of the several land offices, for the entry of lands and for certificates of monies paid, shall no longer be demandable from, nor paid by the purchasers of public lands. And it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to cause, at least once every year, the books of the officers of the land offices to be examined, and the balance of public monies in the hands of the several receivers of public monies of the said offices to be ascertained.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of April next, the fees heretofore payable for patents for lands, shall no longer be paid by the purchasers. And it shall be the duty of every register of a land office, on application of the party, to transmit, by mail, to the register of the treasury, the final certificate granted by such register to the purchaser of any
tract of land sold at his office: and it shall be the duty of the register of the treasury, on receiving any such certificate, to obtain and transmit, by mail, to the register of the proper land office, the patent to which such purchaser is entitled: but, in every such instance, the party shall previously pay to the proper deputy post master, the postage accruing on the transmission of such certificate and patent.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted , That the President of the United States shall have full power to appoint and commission the several registers and receivers of public monies of the land offices established by this act, in the recess of congress; and their commissions shall continue in force until the end of the session of congress next ensuing such appointment.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted , That the several superintendents of the public sales directed by this act, shall receive six dollars each, for each day's attendance on the said sales.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That a sum, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect; which sum shall be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT In relation to the Navy Pension Fund.
BE it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the money accruing or which has already accrued to the United States, from the capture of prizes authorised by law, and which has not already been paid to the secretary of the navy, the secretary of the treasury, and the secretary of war, as commissioners of the navy pension fund; shall be paid to the treasurer of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the United States, to receive all the money so accruing, and to disburse the same pursuant to warrants from the secretary of the navy, countersigned by the accountant of the navy; and a distinct quarterly account of the monies thus received and disbursed, shall be rendered by the said treasurer to the accounting officers of the treasury, in the same manner as is provided for other public monies received by him.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the accountant of the navy to receive and settle all accounts whatever, in relation to the navy pension fund, and report from time to time, all such settlements as shall have been made by him, for the inspection and revision of the accounting officers of the treasury, in the same manner as in other cases of public accounts.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the comptroller of the treasury shall be fully authorised and empowered to direct suits for the recovery of any sums now due, or which may hereafter be due to the United States, for prizes as aforesaid, and to prosecute the same in the name of the United States, in the same manner as in other cases for the recovery of monies due to the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the commissioners of the navy pension fund be, and they are hereby authorised to appoint a secretary, who shall perform all such duties in relation to the fund, as they shall require of him; and shall receive for his service, a salary not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States, and charged to the same fund.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the commissioners of the navy pension fund be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to make such regulations, as may to them appear expedient, for the admission of persons on the roll of navy pensioners, and for the payment of the pensions.
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, intitled "An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States South of the state of Tennessee."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That persons claiming lands in the Mississippi territory, by virtue of any British or Spanish grant, or by virtue of the three first sections of the act to which this is a supplement, or of the articles of agreement and cession with the state of Georgia, may, after the last day of
March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and until the last day of November, then next following, give notice in writing, of their claims, to the Register of the land office, for the lands lying West of Pearl River, and have the same recorded in the manner prescribed by the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement: Provided however , That where lands are claimed by virtue of a complete Spanish or British grant in conformity with the articles of agreement and cession between the United States, and the state of Georgia, it shall not be necessary for the claimant to have any other evidence of his claim recorded, except the original grant or patent, together with the warrant or order of survey and the plot, but all the subsequent conveyances or deeds shall be deposited with the register to be by him laid before the commissioners when they shall take the claim into consideration: and the powers vested by law in the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall, in every respect extend and apply to claims which may be made by virtue of this section, and the same proceedings shall thereupon be had, as are prescribed by the act aforesaid, in relation to claims, which shall have been exhibited on or before the last day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the commissioners aforesaid, appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall have power to adjourn from time to time, and for such time as they may think fit: Provided however , That they shall meet on the 1st day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and shall not afterwards adjourn for a longer time, than three days, nor until they shall have completed the business for which they were appointed: And provided also , That nothing contained in this act, nor in that to which this is a supplement, shall be construed to prevent the said commissioners, nor those appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying East of Pearl River, from acting and deciding, at any time, on any claim which has been exhibited in the manner prescribed by law, although the evidence of the same may not, at that time, have been transcribed on the books of the Register.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That when any Spanish grant, warrant, or order of survey, shall be produced to either of the said boards of commissioners, for lands which were not, at the date of such grant, warrant, or order of survey, or within one year thereafter, inhabited, cultivated, or occupied by, or for the use of the grantee; or whenever either of the said boards shall not be satisfied, that such grant, warrant, or order of survey, did issue at the time when the same bears date, the said commissioners shall not be bound to consider such grant, warrant or order, aforesaid, as conclusive evidence of the title, but may require such other proof of its validity as they may deem proper: And the said boards shall make a full report to the secretary of the treasury, to be by him laid before congress for their final decision, of all claims grounded on such grants, warrants, or orders of survey, as may have been disallowed by the said boards on suspicion of their being antedated, or otherwise fraudulent.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the secretary of the treasury, shall be and he is hereby authorised to employ an agent, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars in full for all his services, for the purpose of appearing before the said commissioners, in behalf of the United States, to investigate the claims for lands, and to oppose all such as he may deem fraudulent and unfounded. And each of the said boards of commissioners shall have the same powers to compel the attendance of witnesses, as are now vested in the courts of the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the board of commissioners appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall be authorised to employ an assistant clerk, and also a translator of the Spanish language to assist them in the dispatch of the business which may be brought before them, and for the purpose of recording Spanish grants, deeds or other evidences of claims on the Registers books; the said translator shall receive for the recording done by him, the fees already provided by law, and may be allowed not exceeding fifty dollars for every month he shall be employed, provided that the whole compensation, other than that arising from fees shall not exceed six hundred dollars: the assistant clerk shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for his services, and each of the commissioners of the said board in addition to the compensation now fixed by law, shall be allowed six dollars for every day he shall attend on the board after the last day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four: Provided , That this additional compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars, for each of the said commissioners.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of A-

1804, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the state of Tennessee, shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu of the annual compensation now fixed by law. And the lands claimed by virtue of Spanish grants, legally and fully executed, and the titles, to which were confirmed by the articles of agreement and cession, between the United States and the state of Georgia, shall be surveyed in the manner prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement, at the expense of the United States: any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the tract of country lying north of the Mississippi territory, and south of the state of Tennessee, and bounded on the east by the state of Georgia, and on the west by Louisiana, shall be, and the same is hereby annexed to, and made a part of the Mississippi territory.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That so much of the eighth section of an act, intitled "An act regulating grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee," as provides, "that no certificate shall be granted for lands lying east of the Tombigbee river, be, and the same hereby is repealed: Provided, That no certificate shall be granted for any lands to which the Indian title has not been extinguished."
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the act aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorized and required to make on or before the first day of December next, a full report to the secretary of the treasury of all claims that have been, or may be laid before them, for lands held by warrant of survey & improvement, in cases where the claimants were minors, and not heads of families at the time such warrants were issued with the circumstances which occasioned the issuing of such warrants, and the validity which has been considered as attached to the same.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That the execution of so much of the twelfth section of the act to which this is a supplement, as respects "such town lots, not exceeding two, in the town of Natchez, and such an out lot adjoining the same, not exceeding thirty acres, as may be the property of the United States, to be located by the Governor of the Mississippi territory, for the use of Jefferson College," be, and the same is hereby suspended until the end of the next session of Congress.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That transcripts of the records of the British province of West Florida, to claims for land therein, and which have been delivered to the government of the United States, may be produced as evidence, and shall be entitled to the same weight in any court of the United States, as if the same had been delivered or shall be delivered, to either of the regisseurs of the land offices in the Mississippi territory, before the last of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, any thing in this act, or in the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of extending the external commerce, and exploring the limits of the United States, in the new acquired territory of Louisiana, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That Major General La Fayette be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to locate and survey the limits allowed him by the fourth section of an act, intitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act in addition to an act intitled an act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, and for other purposes," on any lands the property of the United States, in the territory of Orleans, and on presenting the surveys of the said land to the secretary of the treasury, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to issue letters patent to the said Major General La Fayette for the quantity of lands allowed by the said act.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 27th, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT For the relief of Moses Young. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the trea-
sury, be authorized and directed to liquidate the accounts of Moses Young, for services rendered the United States as agent of claims at Madrid, from the date of his appointment by Mr. Humphreys, then minister of the United States at the court of Spain, until the time he ceased to act as the private secretary of that minister, at and after the rate of two thousand dollars, per annum: Provided, That he produce to the accounting officers of the treasury a certificate from Mr. Humphreys, that he received no pay or emolument from individuals for said services.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT In addition to an act intitled, "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject."
BE it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any alien being a free white person, who was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, at any time between the eighteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, and who has continued to reside within the same, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, without a compliance with the first condition specified in the first section of the act, intitled, "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject."
Sec. And be it further enacted , That when any alien who shall have complied with the first condition, specified in the first section of the said original act, and who shall have, pursued the directions prescribed in the second section of the said act, may die before he is actually naturalized, the widow and the children of such alien, shall be considered as citizens of the United States, and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as such, upon taking the oaths prescribed by law.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
WASHINGTON CITY. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1804.
We understand that the records of West Florida, some time ago delivered by the British government to our Minister in London, have safely arrived at Baltimore, and are daily expected at the department of state.
To the Chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the United States, and all others whom it may concern.
ALFRED MOORE, late an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, having resigned the said office, I have with the advice and consent of the Senate appointed WILLIAM JOHNSON, of South-Carolina to be an associate justice of the said court; and in pursuance of the authority of the law in such case provided, I do hereby continue the last allotment heretofore made of the chief justice & associate justices to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth circuits respectively, and I do allot the associate justice lately appointed as aforesaid to the sixth circuit to continue until another allotment shall be lawfully made.
GIVEN under my hand at Washington, this 29th day of March, (S.L.) 1804, and of the independence of the United States, the 28th. TH: JEFFERSON. By the President. JAMES MADISON, Sec. of state.
LANCASTER, March 24. The following is a Copy of Judge Brackenridge's Letter, read in the House of Representatives yesterday, and which no doubt will much excite the public attention—
"Philadelphia, March 22, 1804. "To the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. "SIR, "I have seen a report of the honorable the House of Representatives, on the complaint of Thomas Passmore against all the judges of the supreme court of this state, myself excepted, for a judgment on an attachment against the said Passmore on an alleged contempt of the administration of justice, and
which report your honorable House has adopted, and proceeded to act upon it. I was not upon the bench when the motion was made for a rule to show cause in this case, why an attachment should not issue, the motion having been made on the last day of September term, 1802, when I had left the city on account of the yellow fever which had begun to prevail, and the motion having been heard before the judges residing in the city or near it, and who met on that day for the purpose of hearing motions only, nor was I on the bench when the arguments on the facts of the case and the law, took place, and the rule for the attachment was made absolute, having returned from a special court at the county of Northumberland by the way of Carlisle, the place of my residence, and but a few days intervening, so that I did not take my place on the bench until some days after the beginning of the term, but I was present on the third and last hearing of the case when some additional evidence was given and observations made; the presumption may have been that I did not take a part; and doubtless I might reasonably have excused myself; but I cannot say that I did not take a part, I gave the case all the consideration I could at the time, and three fourths of the court who had heard all, declaring themselves fully satisfied, I saw no reason to warrant a dissent, but concurred; I cannot therefore distinguish my case in law from that of the other judges, and in honor I would not; I am far from avoiding or courting a proferrence, but am unwilling to incur the imputation of screening myself when in strictness equally liable, but I think it absolutely necessary for the credit of the republican administration that I should not be distinguished; as there can be no stronger evidence than a man's own acknowledgment;—the House will find no difficulty in a resolution to add my name to the list of impeached officers."
"With the highest respect for the honorable House, and you their speaker. "I am Sir, "Your most obedient "Humble servant, (Signed) "H. H. BRACKENRIDGE."
"The committee to whom was referred the letter signed H. H. Brackenridge, addressed to the honorable Simon Snyder, Speaker of the House of Representatives, "REPORT, "That they have had the letter referred to them under consideration, and it appears, from the deposition of Collinson Read, Esquire, that it is from Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this commonwealth—a copy of which deposition is herewith annexed."
"The committee, after mature deliberation, are of opinion, that the name of Mr. Brackenridge cannot, with propriety, be added to the list of impeached officers, inasmuch as his acknowledgment of concurring in the judgment pronounced against Thomas Passmore, is too equivocal and ambiguous upon which to predicate an accusation of a high misdemeanor in office; and moreover, it does not appear, from the testimony of any of the witnesses examined in the case of Passmore against the other judges of the supreme court, that Judge Brackenridge was on the bench at the time the sentence was pronounced. The letter, however, evinces a neglect of his duty, by frequently deserting his seat on the bench, which ought not to pass unnoticed by the legislature; but what is more extraordinary (and the committee feel indignant at the idea) it contains evidence of a premeditated insult to the House, by insinuating, in a manner neither to be mistaken nor palliated, that the House was actuated, in their proceedings against the other judges, by party motives: such unfounded and unwarrantable insinuations (and more especially by a citizen to whom a trust of administering the law is confided) must naturally tend to generate suspicion amongst our constituents, that the laws are the offspring of corruption or caprice, and not framed by the independent and unbiased will of their Representatives; whereby the confidence of the people in their government might be impaired, and the peace and harmony of the citizens destroyed."
"Though the committee are of the opinion, that there is not sufficient evidence to support an impeachment against him, they believe, nevertheless, that he is not a proper person to discharge the important functions of a judge, and that a reasonable cause exists for the constitutional interpolation of this House for his removal from office: they, therefore, submit the following resolution;—
"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draft an address to the Governor to remove Hugh Henry Brackenridge, one of the judges of the supreme court of this commonwealth, from office. "The foregoing resolution was agreed to by the House of Representatives—Yeas 54—Nays 24."
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 land shall be rated and classed 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 land 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-six 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 in 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 one two alphabetical lists of all lands so 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. 4. 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—w3t
Taste & Judge.
PERISHABLE ARTICLES REQUIRE QUICK SALES. A LOAD of high reined OYSTERS is this day received, at the Anchor Tavern, where the friends of G. PIT, will confer on him a singular favor by laying siege to them as soon as possible, and destroying the whole, without any regard to mercy, as such transient beings deserve no quarter. George own, April 2—3t
Ten Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber on the 12th inst. an apprentice lad (a mulatto) named RALPH LEISTER, about 19 years of age, six feet high, slender made, dark eyes and long village, 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 coat, a pair of broad toed shoes 6 1/2—2 yards blue narrow striped Virginia cloth and a fiddle in a white flannel case. Masters of vessels and others are forewarned 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 FOXON, Plasterer. Washington March 21—7t
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 saws—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 Downing Creek ninety seven miles from George Town South Carolina, to which place the lumber is carried being rafted at the mill 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 32 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, habitation, carriage and harness houses and other necessary out buildings with a new three house completely finished, it being an excellent stand for a country store. Application to be made to the Subscriber at Milville near Lumberton in North Carolina, or for any information respecting the premises, to Samuel D. Purvis at the city of Washington. WM. NORMENT, Milville 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 Piercy, jun. James Kay, Samuel Treat, and James Piercy, 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 fourth 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 commences their next sitting for the county of Washington. DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee. March 23—tdof
To be Sold at Auction,
On Tuesday the 31 of A. R. L. A QUANTITY of household Furniture, consisting of Beds and Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables, Sideboards and Looking glasses, 2 Milch Cows, one Hack and one set of Harness, one bay Horse and sundry articles too tedious to mention. Terms of sale; all sums under 30 Dollars are cash or adjusted accounts—all above are six months credit with notes and approved indorsers. The above Goods will be sold at Wm. Lovell's Hotel, who is resigning business in favor of Mr. Wm. Rhodes, Washington City. Sales to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. WM. LOVELL. March 30—2t
THOMAS M'EUEN, THOMAS HALE & WILLIAM DAVIDSON, who heretofore, have transacted business under the firm of Thomas M'Euen & Co. will in future use that of M'EUEN, HALE & DAVIDSON. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1—tw&ug&f

In the case of ROBERT ELLIS an insolvent debtor.
SIX months from the first day of December next, is limited and appointed for the creditors to bring in and exhibit their claims to the trustee. This order to be published in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist once a month during the said six months. By order of Wm. Cranch, clq.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors of Robert Ellis, above named, that the subscriber has been appointed Trustee in the above case, and their claims are required to be produced at the office of the subscriber within the limited period.
ROBERT W. PEACOCK Nov. 25—1806m
General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the 6th day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the Commonwealth the twenty seventh.
AN ACT More effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this Commonwealth—Passed 29th January, 1803.
WHEREAS, numerous inconveniences and losses have occurred to this Commonwealth, from the want of an adequate mode for the subjection of lands to the payment of taxes; And whereas it is a principle in well organized governments, that property should be holden subservient to the purposes thereof:
Be it enacted, That when the taxes upon any tract or survey of land, shall have remained unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or survey of land shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, and subject to location according to the terms prescribed by an act entitled "an Act for reducing into one the several acts concerning the Land Office, ascertaining the terms and manner of granting waste and unappropriated lands, for settling the title and bounds of lands directing the mode of processioning and prescribing the duty of surveyors." So far as the said act applies to waste and unappropriated land, and not to forfeited land; and title thereto shall be acquired by the said location, and by the payment of the taxes due upon such tract or survey of land: Provided nevertheless, that the tract or survey of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owners, at any time within one year after such forfeiture shall have accrued upon the payment of the taxes due thereupon, with interest upon the same from the time they became payable.
And be it further enacted, That at any time within six months after the annual return of the list of insolvent or delinquents for the non-payment of the taxes upon land into his office, the Auditor of this Commonwealth shall cause this act to be published for the three several times in the Gazette of the printer of this commonwealth, and in some newspaper of general circulation, published at the seat of the general government: Provided always that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the location of any lands within the purview of this act, before the expiration of the time limited for the redemption thereof: nor to effect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unfound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased.
All acts and parts of acts, within the purview of this act are hereby repealed. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
(A copy from the Roll) J. PLEASANTS, keeper of Rolls. March 28th—3t.
PROPOSALS.
For carrying the Mails of the United States on the following Post-roads, will be received at the General Post Office in Washington, until the 15th day of July next, inclusive.
1. From Portsmouth by Hampton Falls, Salisbury, Newbury-Port, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem and Lynn to Boston six times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Portsmouth every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Boston the next day by 11 A. M.
Leave Boston every day Sunday excepted at 1 p. m. and arrive at Portsmouth next day by 7 a.m.
November 1. to May 1. Leave Portsmouth every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Boston the next day by 9 a.m. in 19 hours.
Leave Boston every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Portsmouth the next day by 10 a.m. in 20 hours.
2. From Portsmouth, by Dover, Roxheller, Middletown, Ossipee, Moultontown, and Center Harbor to Plymouth, and from Plymouth by New Hampton, Meredith, Gilmanstown, Nottingham, and Durham to Portsmouth once a week.
Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday at 9 p. m. and arrive at Plymouth on
Thursday by 7 p. m. Leave Plymouth every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Portsmouth on Monday by 8 a.m.
3. From Hanover by Oiford to Haverhill once a week. Leave Hanover every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Haverhill by 5 p. m. Leave Haverhill every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Hanover by 6 p. m.
4. From Haverhill Ms. by Chester, Pembroke, Concord, Bolscawen, Salisbury, Plymouth, Romney and Haverhill to Newbury Vt. once a week.
Leave Haverhill every Tuesday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Chester by 5 p. m. arrive at Concord on Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Concord at 4 p. m. arrive at Plymouth on Thursday by 7 p. m. and arrive at Haverhill on Friday by 5 p. m. Leave Haverhill at 5 1-2 p. m. and arrive at Newbury by 7 p. m. Returning. Leave Newbury every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Concord on Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Concord on Monday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Haverhill on Tuesday by 10 a.m.
5. From Burlington by Jerico, Montpelier, Williamstown, Randolph, Royalton and Woodstock to Windsor, once a week. Leave Burlington every Friday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Windsor on Tuesday by 3 p. m. Leave Windsor every Tuesday at 8 p. m. and arrive at Montpelier on Wednesday by 9 p. m. and arrive at Burlington on Friday by 9 a.m.
6. From Montpelier by Barre, Washington, Corinth, Bradford, Newbury, Ryegate, Barnet, Peacham and Danville to St. Johnsbury, once a week. Leave Montpelier every Thursday at noon, and arrive at Newbury on Friday by 7 p. m.
Leave Newbury every Saturday at 8 a.m. and arrive at St. Johnsbury by 5 p. m. Returning.
Leave St. Johnsbury every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Montpelier on Thursday by 11 a.m.
7. From Boston by Dorchester, Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Hanover, Pembroke and Kingston to Plymouth three times a week. Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Plymouth by 7 p. m.
Leave Plymouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Boston by 7 p. m.
8. From Boston by Cambridge, Watertown, Marlboro, Worcester, Brookfield, Springfield, Suffield, Hartford, Berlin, Wethersfield, Middletown, Durham, Wallingford, Northford, New-Haven, Milford, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, Rye, New Rochelle, West Chester and Haerlem to New-York, three times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2 a.m. arrive at Suffield the next mornings by 2 1-3 a.m.
Leave Suffield at 5 a.m. and arrive at New-Haven at 1 3-4 p.m.
Leave New-Haven at 2 p.m. and arrive at New-York on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 a.m. in 57 hours. Returning.
Leave New-York every Monday Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. arrive at New-Haven the next days by 2 1-2 a.m.
Leave New-Haven at 3 a.m. arrive at Suffield by noon.
Leave Suffield at 1 p.m. and arrive at Boston on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by noon, in 50 hours.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. arrive at Worcester by 9 p.m. Leave Worcester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a.m. and arrive at Suffield by 4 p.m.
Leave Suffield at 5 p.m. and arrive at Hartford by 9 p.m.
Leave Hartford every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 a.m. and arrive at New-Haven by noon and at Stamford by 9 p.m.
Leave Stamford every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 3 a.m. and arrive at New-York by noon in 74 hours. Returning.
Leave New-York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Stamford by 9 p.m.
Leave Stamford every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a.m. and arrive at Hartford by 9 p.m.
Leave Hartford every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 a.m. remain one hour at Suffield, and arrive at Worcester by 9 p.m.
Leave Worcester every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 3 a.m. and arrive at Boston by 1 p.m.
9. From Charlotte by Essex c.h. Willsboro, Peru and Plattsburg to Champlainstown, once a week.
Leave Champlainstown every Sunday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Charlotte on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
Leave Charlotte every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Champlainstown on Friday by 8 a.m.
10. From Albany to Schenectady six times a week.
Leave Schenectady every day, Sunday excepted at 5 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 11 a.m.
Leave Albany every day, Sunday excepted at 2 p.m. and arrive at Schenectady by 7 p.m.
11. From Schenectady by Amsterdam, Trips-hill, Palatine, Manheim, Fairfield, Herkimer and Schuyler to Utica three times a week.
Leave Schenectady every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Utica on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 p.m. Returning.
Leave Utica every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Schenectady on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 p.m.
12. From Utica by Whitestown to Rome, twice a week. Leave Utica every Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Rome by 11 a.m. Leave Rome every Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and arrive at Utica by 6 p.m.
13. From Utica by New-Hartford, Westmoreland, Oneida, Sullivan, Canajafaga, Manlius, Onondaga, Marcellus, Aurelius, Cayuga and Geneva to Canandaigua, twice a week. Leave Utica every Tuesday and Saturday at 10 p.m. and arrive at Canandaigua on Friday and Tuesday by 9 a.m. Returning. Leave Canandaigua every Tuesday and Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Utica on Thursday and Sunday by 7 p.m.
14. From New-York by Newark, Elizabethtown, Rahway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Bristol, Holmeburg and Frankfort to Philadelphia, every day. Leave New-York every day at 1 p.m. and arrive in Philadelphia the next morning by 7 o'clock, in 18 hours. Returning. Leave Philadelphia every day at 1 p.m. and arrive at New-York the next morning by 7 o'clock, in 18 hours.
15. From Baltimore by Reisterstown, Manchester, Hanover, Abbotstown, Berlin, Sulpher-Springs and Holly Iron-Work to Carlisle, one a week. Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Sunday by 5 p.m. Leave Carlisle every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Baltimore on Thursday by 7 p.m.
16. From Baltimore by Elk Ridge Landing, Vanville and Bladensburg to Washington City, every day.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Baltimore every day at 7 1-2 a.m. and arrive at Washington by 4 p.m. Returning. Leave Washington every day at 1 o'clock a.m. and arrive at Baltimore by 11 o'clock a.m.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Baltimore every day at 10 a.m. and arrive at Washington by 8 p.m. in 10 hours. Leave Washington every day at 10 p.m. and arrive at Baltimore by 9 a.m. in 11 hours.
17. From Washington by Georgetown, Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Aquia and Falmouth to Fredericksburg, six times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Washington every day, Sunday excepted, at 5 p.m. and arrive at Alexandria by 7 1-2 p.m. & Fredericksburg by the next noon, in 15 hours. Returning. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Monday excepted, at 11 a.m. and arrive in Washington by 11 p.m.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Washington every day, Sunday excepted, at 6 p.m. and arrive at Fredericksburg the next day by 8 p.m. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Tuesday excepted, at 3 a.m. and arrive at Washington same day by 10 p.m.
18. From Fredericksburg by Bowling Green and Hanover c.h. to Richmond, six times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 1 p.m. and arrive at Richmond the next day by 3 a.m. in 14 hours. Returning. Leave Richmond every day, Sunday excepted, at 9 p.m. and arrive at Fredericksburg the next day by 10 a.m. in 13 hours.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Monday excepted, at 3 a.m. and arrive at Richmond the same day by 7 p.m. Returning. Leave Richmond every day, Monday excepted, at 3 a.m. and arrive at Fredericksburg the same day by 8 p.m.
19. From Richmond by Manchester and Osborne to Petersburg every day. Leave Richmond every day at 4 a.m. and arrive at Petersburg by 9 a.m. Leave Petersburg every day at 3 p.m. and arrive at Richmond by 8 p.m.
20. From Richmond, Frazier's, New Kent c.h. Williamsburg, Yorktown, & Hampton to Norfolk, three times a week. Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Hampton by 9 p.m. and at Norfolk on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday by 10 a.m. Returning. Leave Norfolk every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Richmond the next days by 7 p.m. in Summer, and 9 p.m. in Winter.
21. From Petersburg by City Point, Cabin Point, Smithfield, Surry c.h. and Suffolk c.h. to Portsmouth, three times a week. Leave Petersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Portsmouth the next days by 8 a.m. Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Petersburg the next days by 1 p.m.
22. From Charleston by Jacksonboro' Pocotaligo and Coosawhatchie to Savannah, three times a week. Leave Charleston every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Savannah on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Savannah every Tuesday, Thursday, & Sunday by 9 a.m. and arrive at Charleston on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 9 1-2 a.m.
23. From Augusta by Jacksonboro' and Ebenezer to Savannah once a week. Leave Savannah every Saturday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Augusta on Tuesday by 10 a.m. Leave Augusta every Tuesday by 2 p.m. and arrive at Savannah on Friday by 4 p.m.
24. From Augusta by Waynesboro' and Louisville to Savannah. Leave Savannah every Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Louisville on Wednesday by 9 a.m. Leave Louisville at 10 a.m. and arrive at Augusta on Thursday by 10 a.m. Returning. Leave Augusta every Thursday by 2 p.m. and arrive at Louisville on Friday by 10 a.m. Leave Louisville at 11 a.m. and arrive at Savannah on Sunday by 6 p.m.
25. From Savannah by Bryan c.h. Midway Church, Riceboro, McIntosh c.h. Darien, Frederica, Jeckyl Island, and Dungeon Neck to St. Mary's, once a week. Leave Savannah every Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at St. Mary's on Thursday by 10 a.m. Returning. Leave St. Mary's every Thursday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Savannah the next Sunday by 6 p.m.
26. From Jeckyl Island to Brunswick, once a week. Leave Jeckyl Island every Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Brunswick by 10 a.m. Returning. Leave Brunswick every Thursday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Jeckyl Island by 6 p.m.
NOTES.
1. The Postmaster-general may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified.
3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails destined for such depending mail lose a tip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument.
5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract.
6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter.
7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.
9. The Postmaster-general reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each.
10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years.
GIDEON GRANGER, Postmaster-General. General Post-Office, Washington City February 23, 1804. Feb. 27—lawt15Ju.
CLOVER SEED.
BERNARD M'MAHON—SEEDSMAN, No. 129, Ches. ut Street....Philadelphia, has now for sale.
Red Clover English Field
White Dutch Turnip
Clover, English Field
Yellow Clover or Peas
Trefoil, Durham Flour of Mustard.
Timothy
Tares or Vetches
Early peas, beans, and cabbage seeds, with all kinds of garden and flour seeds, suitable for the American gardens, or the West-Indies, Hemp, rape, canary, maw and millet seeds; all new and of very superior quality. He has also for sale garden tools of every kind; the most approved agricultural, botanical and gardening books. Forest and fruit trees, flowering shrubs and green-house plants vine plants and cuttings, hot bed-glass, mats and lights, &c. &c. By the first arrival from London, either in this city or New-York, he expects a large supply of Lucerne, sainfoin, ray grass and burnt feeds. * * * Gardeners to be heard of as above. March 16 saw—3w
S. THOMEE.
BEGS leave to inform his friends that he has removed his store from George town to King-street Alexandria, where orders in his line will be executed with punctuality and dispatch. Orders left at Mr. March's Book-Store will be duly attended to.
GILDING AND ENAMELLING ON GLASS, A few doors above the Washington tavern—Looking glass and picture frames made and regilt.
NEEDLE WORK Framed in the handsomest manner, and names done on glass.
S. THOMEE, as a stranger being determined to establish in the line of his profession, solicits that encouragement alone which he trusts the reasonableness of his charges and his ability to business may entitle him to.
Window cornices handsomely gilt, and every thing in his line done to please the fancy of the owner equal to any imported. N. B. He has some glasses and prints for sale on low terms. fall Jan. 9—cp3m
(BY AUTHORITY.) Scheme of a Lottery.
To build an Academy in the city of Richmond.
Table with 2 columns: Prize, Dollars. It lists various prize amounts and their corresponding dollar values, including the first drawn ticket and subsequent prizes.
5,325 prizes, 150,000
9,675 blanks, not two to a prize.
This lottery has been authorized 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 200,000 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 authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—tf
Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price, (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
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 Beal 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 notified 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 commences their next sitting for the county of Washington.
DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee. March 23—tdof
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 accuracy and goodness be requisites. JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17—tf