The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-17

4 CAU1ION,-Gurept River Copper Mines, shf n
~ non county, Missouri The public are hereby
cautioned assisss purchasing Of }, Epes Cowan any
interest 10 The above named Mines, for the reason
una! ''.e r,ghsiul owner Of the property, Joseph
Slater still 10 possession Of the same and intends
10 contend IN The courts Of the county the validity
The claim set up BY Cowan. who, by some fraudu
means, has succeeded in procuring from the officers
OF the Treasury decision in his favor 30 far as that
Department could determine. Slater claims the fee
SIMPLE TO the soil, BY virtue bona ida settlement
use and occupation of the land long before Cowan
ever saw It. Upon this settlement q pre-emption
was proven, and Slater was permitted 10 enter the
,and al Government price, which he did, and
ho'as The receipt Of the Receiver Of the Land Office
~ Jackson, Missouri, for the same. The United
o.ates nave parted with the freehold. The question
oi u.ie lies between Cowan and Slater, and the
courts alone can determine them.
Inc Undersigned VIII not notice further than this
10 caution the unwary, the false charges made by the
contemplate J. T. Cowan against him and Slater, in
The MadisoniaD OF the 9th April A. .. Is43 1 re-
fer to the Hon. l.. F. Linn, and Hon James ii Rafe.
members Of Congress from Missouri as to the stand
ing Of myself and Slater where shs1 we ARE are knSwn
ORDNANCE ON THE NORTHERN LAKES.
BusEAv oy ORDINANCE AND HYDRooRApHY,
3Oth June, Is43.
SEALED proposals will be received at this Bureau
- until o'clock, p. m. Of the 3lst July ensuing,
lor furnishing and delivering in the proportions and
at the places herein designated the following num-
Der and description OF for the Naval service
Of the United States, viz:
thirty, e'ght-inci. ralAhan guns of about 60 cwt.
each, and seventy thirty-two FOUNDER guns Of about
Al cwt. each deliverable as folIows
I'D, eight-inch Paixhan guns, and 25 thrty-two
FOUNDER guns-deliverable at Sackett's Harbor, New
York, on or before the LIST day of December next.
III, cight-inch Paixhan guns, and 20, thirty-two
NJ Tl.,Na In V<,rtr
or before the LIST day Of December next.
III, eight-inch Paxhan guns, and IS, thirty-two
FOUNDER guns-deIiverabe at Erie, Pennsylvania, on
or before the LIST December next.
The proposals must state distinctly the rate per
ton, of Twenty-Five hundred and forty pounds, deliver
able as above, to be subject to, and undergo such
proof and inspection as this Bureau may deem pro-
per to authorize and none will be paid for that shall
not pass such inspection as may be entirely satsiac
tory.
Bonds with two approved sureties will be required
in one-third the estimated amount Of the contract
and ten per centum Of the amount of all bills
will be retained collateral security for the faithful
performance thereof, which will be paid only on the
satisfactory completion of the contract and ninety
per centum of all deliveries will be paid on all bills
properly authenticated according TO the provisions
OF the contract, within thirty days after their pre-
scntation to the Navy Agent
The offers must be endorsed offers TO furnish ord
nance on the Northern Lakes" and must state the
agency at which payment will be required.
Drawings of the guns will be furnished the sue
cessful bidder by this Bureau and they must be
and finished to conform to them in every respect.
No hot blast metal to be used
I5To be published three times week in the
Madisonian, lntelligencer, and Globe, Washington
City; Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia; Sun and the
Republican, Baltimore, Maryland; Cincinnati Re-
publican, Ohio; Daily Morning Post, Pittsburg Pa
Aurora & Union, New York; Morning Post and Dali
y Times, Boston.
July l-3taw till 31st July