Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
August 12, 1813
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
The text was read from the page scans by machine (OCR), so it has mistakes and its columns may run together. See the pages · About this title · At the Library of Congress
Page 1
VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum PAID IN ADVANCE. No subscription will be taken for less than twelve months. All letters to the Editors must be post paid. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL R00T& SJI 0E S T ORE. THE SUBSCRIBER, NEARLY opposite the Indian Queen Tav ern, Pennsylvania avenue, has just re ceived, in addition to his former stock, a su perb assortment of Ladies’ Gold ana Silver SLIPPERS and SANDALS; Ladies’Kid and Morocco Russian and Grecian SANDALS; La dies’ Pain and Pointed SLIPPERS; Ladies’ BOOTS and Walking SHOES—WOO pairs, va rious qualities, from 75 cents to 1 doll and if cents per pair; 400 pairs Misses’ and Chil dren’s Leather and Morocco SHOES Gentle men’s Fair-topped, Cossack Laced BOOTS, best quality; do. Madison SHOES 100 pair Gentlemen’s elegant Morocco SHOES and TUMI'S; 2GO pair do. do Leather do. &c. On Hand, A very large and general assortment of PA TER HANGINGS, which lie will at all times engage to have put. up for customers in the best manner, and at the shortest notice. Per sons buy mg to sell again, in either of the above lines, will have a liberal discount made. A. COYLE. June 14—if. DISSOLUTION of partner- SHIP. r-gn he co-partnership heretofore exiting un- X dec the firm of M’KENNEY OS BORNE, is dissolved by the mutual consent of the parties. It is earnestly desired, that all persons indebted to the said concern make im mediate payment to Thomas L. M’Kcnney. THOS. L. M’KENNEY, SAM. G. OSBORNE. THOS. L. M'KENEEY, Respectfully informs the public, and espe cially that portion of it who have heretofore Been served by the late firm, that he will shortly remove to the premises in the occupa xion ol Col John Cox, the 2d doer below the Union Bank; and having purchased part of his stock of goods, and retained all that of the late concern, the junction of the two stocks Will constitute a first rate assortment—which, horn his intention to sell at small profits, he hopes to make subservient to the interest of customers. Georgetown, June 12—ts. ^miUtary. This day is Published and for Sale, by J. MILIGAN Ci). Georgetown, f I). C.J and at the Bookstore and Lottery-office, Bridge street, The Military Laws and Rules and Re gulations for the Armies of the United States. Issued from the Adjutant and Inspector.generai’s office, Washington city, May Ist, 1813. (Price 87 1-2 cents, in boards.) r-p K?S volume consists of the Acts of Con guess respecting the Army in force on this day. The Rules and Regulations for the Army, viz. Rules and Regulations respecting rank of re giments Rules Regulations respec'ing rank of officers Rules with regard to promotions Compliments to be paid by the troops Salutes Duties of Adjutants General Ist. Distribution of orders 2d. Details of service 3d. Instruction of the troops Duties of Inspectors General Ist. Mustering and inspecting the troops of the line and militia detachments 2d. Superintending the police of the camp and of the march 3xl. Inspecting parades 4th. selecting places for encampment and posting guards sdi. Making half yearly confidential re ports to the War Department Quartermastci Generals’ Department Ordnance Department [st. Of laboratories 2d. Inspection of powder* 3d. Distribution of ordnance 4th. Preservation and safe keeping of ord mmce, stores, &c. stb. Returns of do. Duties of Topographical Engineers and their assistants Hospital and Medical Department Changes in the uniform of the Army of the United States Miscellaneous rules Rules with regard to recruiting Rules with regard to militia drafts, &c. ALSO, FOR SALE, Duane’S Military Library, 2 vols. §8 Hand Book for Riflemen 1 25 for Infantry 1 25 Military Mentor, 2 vols. 2 50 June 9. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That application will be made for the renew al of certificates, No. 98 and 99, 1000 dollars each Louisiana 6 per cent, stock standing in the name of Francis Baring Co. of London, merchants, and Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, merchants, on the books of the Treasury and stated to be lost. JAMES DAVIDSON. July 28—ec6w NARRATIVE Respecting the conduct of the British from their first landing on Spesutia Island, till their progress to Havre de-grace, with every mate rial circumstance relative thereto, upon the correct testimony of respectable characters, who passed through all the trying scenes. To gether with the names of sufferers, and the amount of property supposed to be lost by each individual. Including also their visit to the Elk and Sassafras, with authentic documents collected in these phees. By a Citizen oj llavre~de-gra.ee. Price Twenty-Five Cents. Just received and for sale by J. Milligan and Co. Booksellers, Georgetown Columbia. 'OOO3 8 3 Daily National Intelligencer. THIS D Y PUBLISHED By JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller Georgetown, The Ist R 2d Volumes of the WORKS CORNELIUS* TACITUS WITH AN ESSAY ON HiS LIFE AND GENIUS, NOTUS, SUPPLEMENTS, &c. By Arthur Murphy, Esq. First American, from the London Edition, with the author’s last corrections In Six Volumes—PAce to subscribers §2 50 per volume. (Ur Subscriptions received by Joseph Mil ligan, Georgetown, Wm. Cooper, R. C. Weightman and Daniel Rapine, Washington. bV'..tiary 18— Just received AT DU PORT’S SNUFF STORE, Bridge street, near the Union Tavern, George town, (from New-York) A fresh supply of different kinds of CHEWING TOBACCO, MADISON’S FIFE ROLL TWIST, Also, Lori’lard’s Maccauba, A Lancaster Rappee, Virginia do* )-SNJFF. Prevost Maccauba, Hardam’s No. 9. J A few dozen half and quarter boxes of REAL SPANISH SEGARS. June 1 —ts FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD Ran away from Salubria, near Hagerstown, Washington county, Md. on the 14th inst. a Negro Slave, who calls himself BILL GUY, the property of the subscriber. Bill is about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, rather of a lighter com plexion than the generality of blacks, extreme ly aukward and ungraceful in his address and particularly his walk, and has a wild and sus picious stare when accosted. He is between 18 and 21 years of age‘and was raired by Mr. Benjamin Harrison of West river, at which place he has a mother and other relations. The above reward will be given to any person who shall secure him in any goal in the United States, if taken out of Washington county. O H. W. STULL. Washington county, July 15, 28—7 t CHARLES W- GOLDSBOROUGH HAS F JR SALE, At his store, next door to Messrs W. C. Smith’s Water street, Georgetown, Sugais, Teas, Brandies, Coffee, Pepper, Ai. spice, Olives, "Wines, Whiskey, Best Hibbert’s brown stout, corn, &c- On terms as reasonable as the present state of the Market will permit. July 30-3 t LAND FOR SALE. THE subscriber has for sale a small tract of Land containing two hundred acres, or thereabout, lying in Montgomery County, Ma ryland, on the great road leading from the mouth of Monocacy to the city of Washing ton, two miles below Mr. William Darnes, se ven miles from Montgomery Court House, and twenty one or two miles from George Town. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as those inclined to purchase will first view the premises, and by applying to Mr. Henry Jones, living thereon, will shew the land and make known the terras, or to the subscriber in Georgetown, D. C. June 23—rS. BENJ. W. JONES. SMITH’S ORATION. Just Published, an Oration pronounced by Samuel H Smith, Esq. in the City of Washing ton, on Monday sth July, 1813; by request of a general meeting of the citizens, and published at the desire of the Committee of Arrangement, PRICE 25 Cents. For Sale by J. MILLIGAN, and Co. Georgetown, Aug. 4. SMITH’S ORATION. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED FOR SALE, BY JI. C. WEIGIITMAN, AN ORATION, Pronounced by SAMUEL H. SMITH, Esq. in the city of Washington, on Monday, the fifth of July, 1813, by request of a general meeting of the citizens, and published at the desire of the Committee of Arrangement. Price 25 cts. August 2— ^KETCHE S OF intellectual education, AND HINTS OJ\ DOMESTIC ECONOMY, Addressed to Mothers; ■with art APPENDIX, Containing an Essay on the Instruction of the Poor. Two volumes in one. By Mrs Grant. Price Eighty-seven and a Half Cents. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milli can, Bnokseller, Georgetown April 6— RICHARD PARRoFt Co. Have just received and offer for sale 32 tons of assorted Pennsylvania IRON 697 bushels OATS 62 barrels family FLOUR Georgetown, July 24 3w TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS CONTAINING A Description of the Picturesque Scenery on some of the Rivers and Lakes—with a; Account of the Productions, Commerce and Inhabitants of those Provinces. By George Heriot, Esq. Deputy Post-Master-General, of British North America Price one dollar in boards. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milli gan, bookseller, Georgetown, (Col.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1813 o .LD AT IHk PtIE DRUG AND ME DI INE STORE OF 1) Ji VID OTT CO. APPROVED GENUINE FAMILY MEDICINES, Which are celebrated for the cure of most dis eases to which the human body is liable, PREPARED Only by the sole Proprietor, T. W. DY OTT, M D. grandson of the late celebrated Dr. Robertson, of Edinburg Sold wholesale and retail, in Philadelphia only, at his Family Medicine arehouse, N. E. corner ol Race andN. 2d streets. Dr ROBERTSON’S CELEBRATED STOM ACHIC ELIXIR OF HEAL ill, (~Price I and 50 centsf One of the most efficacious Medicines ever offered to the public, for the speedy relief and cure of obstinate coughs, colds, consnmntim s the whooping cough, asthmss, pains and wind in the stomach, removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the stomach, dysenteries, cholera morbus, severe gripiags, the summer bowel complaint in children, &c- Dr. ROBERTSON’S VEGETABLE NERVOU CORDI L; Or, Nature’s Grand Restorative, (Price §l. and 50 cents) confidently recommended as the most es ficacious medicine for the speedy relief and cure, of all nervous complaints, attended with inward weakness, depression of the spirits, head-ache, tremor, faintness, hysteric fits, de bdi'y, seminal weakness, gleets, and various complaints resulting from secret impropi ieb of youth and dissipated habits, residence re warm climates, the immoderate use of tea, the unskilful or excessive use of mercury, so often destructive to the human frame, diseases pecu liar to females at a certain period of life, Fluor Albus, barrenness/&c. Dr. ROBERTSON’S CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS; f Price two Dollars J A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheu matism, lumbago, stone and gravel, swelling and weakness of the joints, sprains, bruises, and all kinds of green wounds—the cramp, pains in the bead, face and body, stiffness in the neck, chilblains, frozen limbs, &c. Dr. ROBERTSON’S PATENT SPOxMACHIC BITTERS, (Price one Dollar J Which are celebrated for strengthening weak stomachs, increasing the appetite, and a certain preventative and cure for the fever and ague, &c. Dr. ROBERTSON’S INFALLIBLE WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES; A medicine highly necesjary to be kept in all families—price 50 cents- Though numberless medicines are extolled for expelling and killing worms, none are equal in efficacy t* Dr. Robertson’s Worm-Destroy ing Lozenges—they are mild in their opera tion, and may be given to the youngest infant with safety. Dr DYOTT’s ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, For the prevention and cute of bilious and malignant fevers. Price 25 cents—large boxes 50 cents. These pills, if timely administered, will re move the causes which commonly produce the yellow fever, bilious fevers, ague and fever, cholic, pains, Mvtileacii;", indigestions-, costive ness, hypochondriac and hysteric complaints, stranguary, gravel, rheumatism and gout. Dr DYOTT’s PATENT ITCH OINTMENT, For pleasantness, safety, expedition, ease and certainty, is infinitely superior to any other medicine for the cure of that most disagreea ble and tormenting disorder, the Itch. Price 59 cents per box. Dr. DYOTT’s INFALLIBLE TOOTH-ACHE DROPS. CPrice 50 Cents.J CIRCASSIAN EYE-WATER, Celebrated for curing most disorders of the eyes. Price 50 cents. Dr. TISSOTT’s CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS. fPmce S2J THE VEGETABLE BALM OF LIFE. f Price THE BALM OF IBERIA Extracted from an Iberian plant, for curing defects of the skin, and improving the com plexion, &c. Price ^2. THE RESTORATIVE DENTRIFICE, For cleaning, whitening and preserving the teeth and gums. Price 50 cents per box Since the above invaluable medicines were first discovered, upwards of seven hundred thousand persons have experienced their happy and salutary effects, many of whom from the lowest stage of their disorders. iLj” Take notice, that each and all the above genuine Medicines are signed on the outside coyers with the signature of the sole proprie tor. T. W. DYOTT, M. D, iff Persons desirous of consulting Dr. Dy o t t, may, by applying as above, -obtain his ad vice gratis. A iresh supply of the above Medicines just received, and for sale, by DAVID OTT CO. Washington—and Dr. NINIAN MAGRUDER, Georgetown. Where pamphlets containing certificates of cures, &c. may be had gratis. February 11. 100 DOLLARS REWARD. Eloped from Fairfield, in the county of Fre derick and commonwealth of Virginia, on or about the 7th day of March last, a negro slave named ANTHONY, the property of the late William B. Page deceased. Anthony is about 5 feet 9 inches in height, of a substantial form, a light yellow complection, and rather of an effeminate voice. He is about 28 years of age, was brought up a house servant and has been accustomed to that course of employment all his life. He is a slave of great capacity and considerable ing nuity—he reads—he plays the fiddle—and possesses a great mechanical turn —he can do rough carpenters’ work and make combs The above reward will be given if Anthony should be apprehended at the dis tance of 100 miles from Fairfield, -nd brought to the subscribers living in Alexandria. But if apprehended at the distance of less than 100 miles, Fifty Dollars will be given if he is se cured in gaol, and notice given to the sub scribers. THOMAS SW4NN, EDMOND I LEE, Admrs.of Wm. B. Page, dec’d. STATE LOTTERY OFFICE. No. 96, Market Street, Baltimore. ROBINSON, respectfully informs distant ad venturers and the public generally, that th. following Lotteries are now drawing in Balti more, in which he has for sale a considerable supply of Tickets, which he will dispose of for good acceptances on Notes on most of the Southern, Western, or Eastern Banks. Lotte ry adventurers, purchasing Tickets of Robin son, may, if they *vish it, have his Lottery Ga zette, containing a list of all the blanks and prizes as.drawn, forwarded to them gr lis. It. is printed expressly for their use—P >stmasters who receive orders for Tickets an i forward them to Robinson, may have the Gaz s pE van- l itters to Mr. H S WOODFALL; with a prebminary es^ay, notes, sac-similes, &c. Tufo vol. 8 vo—price 5§ Also—Volume sth, BURKE’S WORKS. 8 w —price §2 75 CHRI T 1 N ORALS, By Hannah More—i2mo. p-^cc §1 July 24 REEVES’ COLORS^ JOSEPH MILLIGAN Hat just- recriv d a fe~v boxes of Reeve’s WATER COLOURS, Crayons, Lead.. Sal- c and Camel’s Hair Pencils Port Crayons and Drawing Papes Geon e’ow Jan 14 VAL CABLE BU U KS. Just received and now selling at the Book- Store and Lot ery Office, four doors west of the Union Bank of Georgetown American Speaker §1 I ucker’s Blackstone, 5 vol 3 25 Domestic Encyclopxd a, 5 vols 15 Fox’s History of James, the 2d 3 Hut »m’s Arithmetic i History of New-England, by Jcd diah Morse, D. D. Sc Rev. Eljah Parish A. M. i 25 Lady’s Library Mason’s Remains y American Tourist’s Companion 50 A World without Souls 62 1-3 Duncan’s Logic j Burns on abortion yy The Federal Reckoner 50 Theodosius and Constantia 1 Fenelon on the Education of Daugh- ters J Bertholel’s Chemical Affinities 1 Brown’s Remains 75 Domestic Medicine j 50 Butler’s Life of Fenelon j Akenside’s Pleasures of Imagination 62 1 3 Paul and Virginia j Roeth ford’s Family Denman’s M dwifery 3 Dodridge’s Expositor, 6 vols 16 50 Do Do. abridged 2 do. 4 50 Burns’Popular Directions 1 25 Ramsay’s Life of Wash ngton 2 50 Bayard’s Abstract of the' Laws of the United States 2 50 Bingham’s Historical Grammar 75 Molino’s History of Chiii, 2 vols 5 Parkinson’s Medical Admonitions 2 Edwards on the Will 2 25 Thiebauit’s Frederic the Great, 2 vols 4 Lempnere’s Biographical Dictionary 2 vols g Graydon’s Forms, 2 vols 6 Montesquieu’s Spirit of Laws, 2 vols 4 50 Bible News j Thompson’s Seasons (pocket edition) 1 Duncan’s Cicero 3 Mason on Self-Knowledge 62 12 Lavoisier’s Chemistry 3 59 May 28. Just received and for sale by J Milli gan IF Co. Booksellers, Georgetown, A TREATISE CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, And of the wonderful things theren as Ik ard and seen hy the hm. and learned Emanuel Swedenborg, of the Senatorial Order of Nobles in the kingdom of Sweden. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear and he that hath eues to see, let him see Price two dollars and fifty cents. Georgetown, Jul, 7 —sr- NOTICE. THE subscriber has sold his stock of goods to Richard Anderson, Co who will conti nue business at the same place. All persons who have any claims against him, wifi present them immediately for payment, and those in debted to him will please to call and pay their accounts, as they will be drawn off ready for settlement; and such bills as are not called for, will be presented in a few days, when it is expected no indulgence will be asked, as none can be given, it being indispensibly ne cessary that his business should be settled up mmodiately Tobacco will be taken at the market price in payment of debts. His count ing House and books will be kept at Richard vnderson Co. who will attend to the settle ment of accounts in his absence. ROMULUS RIGGS. George-own, Juno 10 EURS. FOIL SALE, A SMALL quantity of ssiuri BEAVER, of the first quality. Applv to m P BRYAN, Pennsylvania avenue, near the War Office. Aug. 2—dlw NO 191
Page 2
BK AUTHORITY. AN ACT For the assessment and collection of direct taxes and internal duties. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, 1 hat tor the purpose oi assessing and collecting direct taxes and inter nal duties, there shall be, and are hereby de signated and established the following collec tion districts, to wit: The state of New Hampshire shall contain five collect! n districts, as follow The first district shall consist of the county of Rocking ham the second of the county of Stafford; the third of the county of Hillsborough the fourth of the county of Cheshire; and the fifth w The first shall consist of the counties of Bergen and. Essex the second of the .counties of Sussex and Mor ris the third of the counties of S >merset and Hunterdon the fourth of the counties of Mid dlesex and Monmouth the fifth of the counties of Burlington and Gloucester, and the sixth of the counties of Salem, Cumberland and Cape May. I The state of Pen isylvania shall contain twenty-three collection districts, as follow: The first shall consist of the city of Philadel phia the second of the county of Philadei phia the third of the counties of Chester and Delaware; the fourth of the county of Mont gomery the fifth of the county of Bucks the sixth of the county of Lancaster the sc f the counties ot York and Adams the tipn'huf the counties of Northampton ami Wi m. the ninth of the county of Berks the tenth of the coun’y of D uiphin; the ele venth of the counties of Cumberland and Franklin the twelfth, of the county of North umberland the thirteenth ot the counties of Mifflin and Huntingdon the fourteenth of the counties or Bedford, Sommerset and Cambria the fifteenth of the counties of Fayette and Greene the sixteenth of the county of Wash ington the seventeenth of the counties of Allegheny and Armstrong the eighteenth of the counties of Westmoreland and Indiana: the nineteenth of the counties of Centre, Clearfield, Potter, Jefferson, imd M’Kean the twentieth of the county of Luzerne; having the same limits as it had before the countiesyif Susquehar.nah and Bradford were laid oil the twenty-first of the counties of Lycoming and Tioga p the same the limits as it was before the county of Bradford was laid off'; the twen ty-second ol the counties of Mercer, Butler and Beaver and the twenty-third of the coun ties of Crawford, Venango, Erie and Warren. The state of Delaware shall contain three collection districts, us follow: The first shall consist of the county of New Castle the second of the county of Kent; and the third of the county of Sussex. The state of Maryland shall contain nine col lection districts, as follow The first shall con sist of the counties of Somerset, Worcester and Dorchester; the second of the counties of Tal bot, Queen Anne and Caroline the third of the counties pt Kent,Cecil andH rtfords the fourth of the city and county of Baltimore the fit th of the counties of Anne Arundel and Prmup George; the sixth of the counties of CUvert* St. Mary’s and Charles; the seventh of thy counties of Montgomery and Frederick; the eighth of the county of Washington and the ninth of the county of Allegheny. The state of Virginia shah contain twenty-six colb ction distrites, as follow: The first shall consist of the counties of Lee '*9ll, Wash ington, Wythe and Grayson; the second of the counties ofMontgomery, Tazewell, Gdes, Mon roe and Botetourt; the third of the conn ies of Greenbriar, Kanhawa, Cabell and Mason; the fourth of the counties of Harrison, Wood and Randolph; the fifth of the counties of Monon galia, Ohio and Brooke the sixth of the coun ties of Bath, Pendleton, Hardy and Hampshire; the seventh of the counties of Rockbridge and Augusta; the eighth of the counties of Rock ingham and Shenandoah the ninth of thecoun ties of Frederick, Berkley and Jefferson the tenth of the counties of Bedford, Patrick, Hen ry and Franklin the eleventh of the counties of Campbell, Charlotte, Pittsylvania and Hali fax the twelfth of the counties of Mecklin burg, Lunenburg, Brunswick and Nottaway the thirteenth of the counties of Prince Ed ward, Buckingham, Cumber and and Amelia the fourteenth of the counties of Powhatan, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George the fifteenth of the counties of Greensville, Sussex, Southampton and Surry the sixteenth of the cou’ ties of the Isle of Wight, Nansemord, Norfolk and Princess Anne the seventeenth of the counties of Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, James City and New Kent; the eighteenth of the counties of Charles City, Henrico, Gooch land and Hanover the nineteenth of the coun ties of Amherst, Nelson, Alberniarle and Flu vannah the twentieth of the counties therford, Bedford and Lincoln; and the sixth of the counties M Maury, Giles, Hickman, Hum phreys, Stewart, Dixon, Montgomery, and Robertson. The state of Georgia shall contain six col lection districts, as follow The first shall con sist ol the counties of Chatham, Br^n, Liber ty, MTntosb, Gij nn, Camden, W ayne, Efling ham, Bullock, and Tatnall; the second ot the counties ot Scriven, Burke, Richmond, JcffLr son, Washington and Montgomery the third ui Hie counties of Columbia, Warren, Hancock, and Greene; the fourth ol the counties of Lin coln, Wilkes, Elbert and Fr.mklln the fifth of the counties ot Oglethorpe, Jackson, Ciark and M .rgim nd .the sixth of the counties of Laurens, Pulaski, Wilkinson, Teifair, Twiggs, Baldwin, Jones, Putnam and Jasper formerly called Randolph. And the state of Louisiana shall contain four collection districts, as follow The fu st shall consist of the counties of Concordia, Ouacbitta, Nachitoches and Rapides the second of the counties ot Lefouici.tr, Opelousas and Atluka pas the third of the counties of Orleans, Ger man Coast, Acadia, Ibetvdie and Pointe Cou pee; an i the fourth of the Parishes of Felicia; a East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena and Saint Tammany. The several counties and districts heretofore enumerated, snail be held in reference to this act to be such and with the same boundaries as they had at the time of taking the third census or enumeration of the people of the United States and where any new county or district shall have been, or hereafter may be formed within any state, out of any one or more of the counties or districts composing any one of die said collection districts, such new coun ty or district shall be considered as part of such collection district; and if such new coun ty shall have been or hereafter shal be formed out of comities lying in different collection districts, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine to which of such collection districts it shall belong. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That one collector and one principal assessor shall be appointed for each of the said collection dis tricts, who shall be a respectable freeholder aad reside within the same and if the appoint ment of the said collectors or any of them, shall not be made during the present session of Congress, the President of toe United States shall be, and is hereby empowered, to make such appointment during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of them next session. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the principal assessors shall divide his dis trict into a convenient number of assessment districts, within each of which he snail appoint one respectable freeholder, to be assistant as sessor: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and hereby is authorised, to reduce the number of assessment districts in any collection district in any stale, if the num ber shall appear to him to be too great; and each assessor so appointed, and accepting the appointment, shall, before he enters on the du ties of his appointment, take axd subscribe, be fore some competent magistrate, or some col lector to be appointed by th s act, (who is hereby empowered to administer the same), the following oath or affirmat’on, to wit: I A. B. do swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will do to the best of my knowledge, skill, and judgment, diligently and faithfully execute the office and duties of assessor for (naming the assessment district) without favor or partiality, and that I will do equal right and justice, in every' case in which 1 shall act as assessor:” And a certificate of such oath or affirmation shall be delivered to the collector of the district for which such assessor shall be appointed; and every assessor, acting in the said office, without having taken the said oath or affirmat on, shall forfeit and pay one hun dred dollars, one moity to the use of the Unit ed States and the ether to him who shall first sue for the same, to be recovered with costs of suit, in any court having competent jurisdic tion. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the S'tJretary of the Tre: sury small establish regu lations suitable and necessary for carrying this act into effect; which regulations shall be binding on each assessor in Cue performance of the duties enjoined by or under this act; and also frame ins’ructions for the said assessors, pursuant to which instructions, and whenever a direct tax shall be laid by the authority of the United States, the said principal assessors shall, respectively, on such day as may be fixed by law laying such a tax, direct and cause the several assistant assessors in the dis trict, to inquire after and concerning all lands, lots of ground with their improvements, dwell ing houses and slaves, made liable to taxation, under any direct tax so laid by the authority of the United States, by reference as well to any lists of assessment or collection, taken under the laws of the respective states, as to any other recoids or documents, and by all other lawful ways and means, and to value and enu merate the said objects of taxation in the man ner prescribed by this act, and in conformity with the regulations and instructions above mentioned. Sec. 5. And be if further enacted, That when ever a direct tax shall be laid by the authority of the United States, the same shall be assess ed and laid on the value of all lands, lots of ground with their improvements, dwelling houses and slaves, Which several articles sub ject to taxation, shall be enumerated and valu ed by the respective assessors, at the rate each of them is worth in money Provided horvever, That all property of whatever kind, coming within any of the foregoing descriptions,,and b lunging to the United States or any slate, or permanently or specially exempted from taxation by the laws of the state wherein the name may be situated, shall be exempted from the aforesaid enumeration and valuation, and from thediiectiHX aforesaid. Sec. G And be it further ena. ted. T a* tilt respective assistant assessors shall, imm dute ly after being required as aforesaid by the prin cipal assessors, proceed through every part of their respective districts, and sh.di require all persons owning, possessing, or having the care or management of any lands, 1 ts ot ground, dwelling houses or slaves, hh.g and being within the collection district where they mtq reside, and liable to a di ect tax as afore said, to deliver written lists of the sum winch lists shall be made in such manner as may be directed by the piincipai assessor, and as fur as pr: cticable, conformably to those which may be required for the same purpose, under the au thority of the respective'.rates. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any person as aforesaid, snail not be prepared to exhibit a written iis: when required, and shall consent to disclose tiie particulars of any and all the lands, lots of ground with their provements, dwelling houses and slaves, taxable as aforesaid, then, at d in such, case, it s ail be the duty of the'officer to such list, which being distinctly read and coiudmed to, shall be received as the iist of such person. See. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any such person shall deliver or disclose tq any as sessor appointed in pursuance of this act, and requi ing a list or lists as aforesaid, any false or fraudulent list, with intent to defeat or evade the valuation or enumeration hereby intended to be made, such person s«'offending, and be ing thereoi convicted before any court having competent jurisdiction, shall be ri wd in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than one him red dollars, at the discretion of the court, and shall pay all costs and charges of prosecution and the valuation and enume ration required by this ad., shall, in all such cases, be made as aforesaid, upo lists according to the form above dtsci ibed, to be nu de out by the assessors respectively, which lists the said assessors are hereby authorised and required to make, according to the best information they ,can obtain, and for the purpose of making which they are hereby authorised to enter into, and upon all and singular the premises respectively; and from the valuation and enumeration so made, there shall be no appeal. Sec. ^.And be it further enacted, That in case any person shall be absent from his place of residence, at the time an assessor shad call to receive the list of such person, it siiail be the duty of such assessor to leave at the house or place of residence of such person, a written note or memorandum, requiring him to pre sent to such assessor, the list er lists required by this act, within ten days from die date of such note or memorandum. Sec. 10. .Ind be it further enacted, That if azy person, on being notified or required as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to give such list or lists as aforesaid, w iihm the time requir ed by this ac, it shall be the duty oi the asses sor f>r the assessment district, within which such person shall reside, and he is hereby au thorised and required to enter into, and upon the lands, dwelling houses and premises, if it be necessity, of such person so refusing or neg lecting, and to make, according to the bestwfbr mation which he can obtain, and on his own view and information, such lists of the lands, lots of ground with their improvements, dwel ling houses and slaves, owned, possessed or un der the care or management of such person, as are required by this act which lists, so made, and subscribed by such assessor, shall be taken and reputed as good and sufficient lists of the persons and property for which such person is to be taxed, for the purposes of this act and th^ person so failing or neglecting, unless in case of sickness or absence from home, shall moreover forfeit and pay the sum of one hun dred dollars, to be recved for the use of the United States, with costs of suit, in any court having competent jurisdiction. Sec 11. And be it further enacted, That whenever there shall be in any assessment dis trict, any property, lands, lots of ground, dwel ling houses or slaves, not owned or possessed by, or under the care or management of, any person or persons within such district, and lia ble to be taxed as alores.dd, and no list of which shall be transmitted to the principal as sor in the manner provided by this act, it shall be the duty of the assessor for such district, and he is hereby authorised and required, to enter into and open the real estate, if it be ne cessary, and take such view threof, and of the slaves of such absent persons, of which lists are required, and to make lists of the same ac cording to the form prescribed by this act, which lists, being subscribed by the said asses sor, shall be taken and reputed as good and sufficient lists of such property under and for the purposes of this act. Sec. 12. And be it fur ther enacted, That the owners, possessors or persons having the care and management of lands, lots of ground, dwel ling houses and slaves, not lying or being with in the assessment district in which they reside, shall be permitted to make out aad deliver the list thereof, required by thia act, (provided the assessment district in which the said ob jects of taxation lie or be, is therein distinctly stated) at the time and in the manner prescrib ed, to the assessor of the assessment district wherein such persons reside. And it shall be the duty of the assistant assessors in all such cases, to transmit such lists at the time and in the manner prescribed for the transmission of the lists of the objects of taxation, lying and being within their respective assessment dis tricts, to the principal assessor of their collec tion district, whose duty it shall be to trans mit them to the princial assessor of the collec tion district wherein the said objects of taxa tion shell he, or be, immediately after the receipt thereof, and the said lists shall be valid, and sufficient for the purposes of this act; and on the delivery of ev. ry such list, the person making and delivering the same, shall pay to the assistant assessor one dollar, one-half whereof heshall retain to his own use, and the other half thereof, he shall pay over to the prin cipal assessor of the district for the use of such principal assessor. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, Tiiat the lists aforesaid shall be taken with reference to the day fixed for that purpose by the act or acts of Congress; laying the tax or taxes; and the assistant assessors respectively, after col lecting the said lists, shall proceed to arrange the same, and to make two general lists the first of which shall exhibit, in alphabetical or der, the names of all persons liable to pay a tax, under the authority of the United States, residing within the assessment district, toge ther with the value and assessment of the ob jects liable to taxation within such district, for which each such person is liable to pay a di rect tax, and whenever so required bv the prin cipal assessor, the'amount of direct tax, pay able by eacii person on such objects, under the state laws imposing direct taxes and the se cond list shall exhibit in alphabetical order, the names of all persons residing out of the collection district, owners of property within the district, together with the value and assess ment thereof, or amount of direct tax due thereon as aforesaid. The forms of the said general lists, shall be devised and prescrib ed by the principal assessor, ami lists taken ae. cording to such form shall be made out by the assi taut assessor, and delivered to the pri: cip al assessor within sixty days after the day fixed oy t.-eact us Congress requiting lists from indi viduals. Ard if any assistant assessors shall fail to pe: furin any duty assigned by this act, within th time prescribed by his precept, war rant or other legal instructions, not being pre vented therefrom by sickness or other unavoid able accident, every such assessor shall be dis clvarged fr&m office, and shall moreover for feit and pay two hundred dollars, to be recov ered for the use ot the United Slates in any court having competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit. See. 14 And be it further enacted, That im mediately after the valuations and enumerations shall have been completed as aforesaid, the prih cipal assessor in each collection district, siiail by advertisement in some public newspaper, if any such there be in such district, a.id to be publicly posted up in at least four of the most public places in each assessment district, ad vertise ail persons concerned of tiie place where the said lists, valuations and enumera tions may be seen and examined; and that dur ing twenty-five days after the publication of the notification as aforesaid, appeals will be receiv ed and determined by him relative to any erro neous or excessive valuations or enumerations by tiie assessor. And it shall be the duty of me principal assessor in each collection district, during twenty-live days alter 'die date of pub lic notification to be made as aforesaid, to sub mit the proceedings of the assessors, and the lists by them received or taken as aforesaid, to the inspection of any and all persons who shall apply lor that purpose and the said principal assessors are hereby authorized to receive, hear and determine, in a summary way, accord ing to law anti right, upon any and all appeals which may be exhibited against the proceed ings of the sai.i assessors Provided, always, That the question to be determined by the prin cipal assessor, on an appeal respecting the va luation of properly, shaii be, whether the va luation complained of be or be not in a just re lation or proportion to other valuations in the same assessment district. And all appeals to the principal assessors as aforesaid, shall be made in wilting, and shall specify the particu lar cause, matter or thing respecting which a decision is requested, and ahall moreover state the ground or principle of inequality or error complained of; and the principal assessor shall have power to re-examine and equalize the va luations as shall appear just and equitable but no valuation shall be increased without a previous notice of at least five days to the par ty interested to appear and object to the same, if he judge proper; which notice shall be given by a note in writing, to be left al the dwelling-house of the party by such assessor as the principal assessor shall designate for that purpose. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted,'l'heA. when ever Jie quotas or portions of direct lax pay able by die states respectively si all be. Is H and apportioned by Lw on tiie counties or state dis tricts, and such county or counties, state dis trict or dis ricts, shall contain more than one assessment district, then, and in that case, the principal assessors shaii have power, on exami nation of the lists rendered, by the assistant as- sessors according to the provisions of this act, to revise, adjust and equalize the valuations of lands, lots of ground with their improvements, dwelling-houses and slaves, between such as sessment districts, by deducting from or add ing to either such a rate per centum as shall appear just and equitable. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That im mediately as er hearing appeals, arid adjusting and equalizing the valuations according to the provisions of the preceding section, the princi pal assessors respectively shall make out lists containing the sums pat able according to the assessments aforesaid d recording to the pro visions of this act, upon every object of taxa tion within their respective districts, so as to raise upon the county or counties, state district or districts, contained within the collection dis tricts established b) this act, for which they are respectively appointed, the quota of the di rect tax laid by the United States, which shall have been imposed on sticn county or counties, state district or districts, by die law laying such direct t. x which lists shall contain the name of each person residing within the collection district liable to pay the direct tax, or of tl.e person residing within the said district and having the care or superimendar.ee of property lying within the said district, which is liable to the payment of said tax, where such person or persons are known, together with the sum pay able by each such persen or persons aforesaid, on account of the said direct tax as aforesaid. And where there is any property within any col lection district, liable to the payment of the di rect tax, not owned or occupied by or under the superintendance of any person resident therein, there shall be a separate list of such property specifying the sums payable, and the names of the respective proprietors, where known. A Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That each of the collectors to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, within sixty days from he day on which the principal assessors shall have received the lists from the assistant assessors, be furnished by the principal assessors with one or more of the lists prepared in conformity with the pre ceding sections by the principal assessor, sign ed and certified by such assessor. And each collector on receiving a list as aforesaid, shall subscribe three receipts, one of which shall be given on a full and correct copy of such list, which list and receipt shall remain with the principal assessor and be open to the inspec tion of any person who may apply to inspect the same aad the other two receipts shall be given on aggregate statements of the lists aforesaid, exhibiting the gross sinounl of taxes to be col lected in each county or state dis?rict contained in the collection district one of which aggre gate statements and receipts shall be transmit- led to the Secretary and the other to the Comp troller of ih Treasury. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That each collector, before receiving any list as aforesaid for collection, shall give bond, with one or more good and sufficient sureties, to lie approved by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in at least double the amount of the taxes assessed in the collection district for which he may be appoint ed which bond shall be payable to the United States, with condition for the true and faithful discharge of the dudes of his office according to law, and particularly for the due collection and payment ot all monies assessed upon such district, and said bond shall be transmitted to and deposited in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the taxes so assessed shall be and remain a lien upon all lands and other real estate, and all slaves of the individuals who may be assessed for the same, during two years after the time it shall become due and payable; and the said lien shall extend to each and every part of all tracts or lots of land or dwelling-houses, not iv thst di g the same may have L'#m divided or a i n i d n part Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That each collector shall be. authorized to appoint, by an instrument ot writing under his hand and seal} as many deputies as be may think proper, as signing to eacii such deputy, by that instru ment oi writing, such portion of his collection district as he may think proper; and also to re voke the powers of any deputy, giving public notice thereof in that portion of the district as signed to such deputy. And eacn such-depu ty shall have the like authority in every respect to eoliect the tax so assessed within the tion of the district assigned to him, wji is by this act vested in tiie collector n.::'. t each collector shall in every rcsnect b;. stole both to me United Suus and to i duals, as the case may be, for ail moni 3 coi keted, and for every act done as deputy col lector by any of 1 is deputies whilst aCu.'g as such Provided, That nothing herein coniaini ed sh;Hl prevent any collector from coikciiag himself tiie wnoie or any part of the tax so as sessed and p lyable in hm district. Sec. 21 And be it further enacted, That each of the said collectors, or his deputies, shall within ten days aiitr receiving his collec tion list, advertise in one newspaper printed in his collection district, if any there be, and by notifications Io be posted up in at least four public puces in his collection district, that the said tax has become due and payable, ami stale The times and places at which be or they will attend to receive the same, which shall be with in twenty da} s after such notification ana with respect to persons who shall not attend, ac cording to such notifications, it shall be ihe du ty of each collector, in person or by deputy, to apply once at their respective dwellings within such district, and here afore said. Provided, that tiie o wner or superinteu daut of me property aforesaid, after the same shall have been as at•.repaid advertised for sale, and before it shall .have been aciuc^
Page 3
This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.
Page 4
JUST RECEtVFD And for sale. at the book store of f 'H C WEIGHT MAN, Pennsylvania Avenue. AN ORATION Delivered on the thirty seventh anniversary of American Independence, at the request of the society of Friends of the Revolution, in the capitol in Richmond, Virginia, by George Hay, Esq. with an appendix containing the proof and the particulars of the ENORM I lES OF THE BRITISH AT HAMP i ON, and which are connected with, by being referred to, in the Oration. Price 37 12. Jul, 28— PROSPECTUS Of a New Periodical Work, to be published semi ,>n ualiy at Raleigh, by J. Gales, hNTH LBD The Caroiusu Law Repository. To be edited by a Law Character. The primary design of this work, is to con vey to every part of the state eany intelligence of the c ses adjudged in the Supreme Court, and abstracts of the Public Laws passed at each session of the Legislature. One number wilt therefore be published on the first of March, and another on the first of September in each year, just before the commencement of the circuits; so that the Profession, and the citizens in genera!, may be apprized of the progres ;Ve change and exposition of the law soon fter they respectively occur, and at a ume when such information is most desi rable But the plan will also comprehend a variety oi subjects connected with Legal and gene, al Political Science, which, it is hoped, will render the work instructive and entertain ine not merely to the practising Lawyer and Ue Student, tut also to the Legislator and in t idgeut Citizen, who desires to contemplate, in their origin, spirit and effect, those princi nQ Legal Pobty and Civil Freedom which iorm the basis of our own admirable mstitu f ons ll Mr Burnett, a few chea; Mam gany Framed Locking Glasses and Toilette Glasses, and a ccirect i keness of Commodore Occam .eat ly n amed. Also an ussm,ment*of E egant Tortoise Sheil Combs of the latest fashions. ,v n. Ma» 2b. Si OP THE I'HIEF fifti DOLLARS REWARD, 3 i ObEN from the commons, near the Pr side' t's Square, a BAY HORSE, 14 hands high a ■ushed tad, h tie swag d racked, well pn portioned, 8 years old, lus two hinder legs vh?e as high up as his pasture joints, a sma sta. on his forehead the size of an eigh i H dollar—shod alt round (shoes much worn) •when rode starts frequently his eyes full aou Tierce; excessively fcarfui of the whip, and in tolerable good order. A reasonable reward will be given to any person who will deliver Hie said Horse to Mr M’Leod’s, at the Wash ..r i, Pennsylvania av nue and the above reward w 11 be given tor apprehending and securing in jail the thief: July B—dtf. rNOW DRAWING.] BALTIMORE HOSPITAL LOTTERY, SECOND CLASS, SCHEME 1 prize of 30,000 is $30,000 2 20,000 40,000 6 10,000 60,000 3 5,000 15,000 10 1,000 10,l»00 10 100 tickets each 11,500 20 500 10,000 30 200 6,000 50 100 5,000 100 50 5,00 750 20 15,000 1,500 15 22,500 10,000 12 Ixo,ooo 12,482 prizes. 22,518 blanks—not near 2to a prize. 35,000 tickets^ at 10 dollars, is $350,000 Five Hundred Tickets to be drawn each day of drawing. Stationary prizes as follow First drawn number entitled to $5,000 First 7,500 blanks do. 12 each Next 1,000 do. do. 15 each Next 500 do. do. 20 each First drawn number on the 21st day, 10,000 do. 23d 10,000 do. 25tb 10,000 do. 27th 10,000 do. 29. h 10,000 do. 31st 10,000 do. 33d day (the tic- kets reserved for prizes excepted) entitled to 100 tickets, viz from No. 9,001 to 9,100 First drawn number on 34th day, W 0 tickets, viz. from No. 10,001 to 10,100 (prize tickets excepted) Do. 35th 11,001 to 11,100 do. Do. 36th 12,001 to 12,100 do. Do. 37th 13,001 to 13,100 do. Do. 38th 14,001 to 14,100 do. Do. 39th 15,001 to 45,100 do. Do. 40 h 16,001 to 16,100 do. Do. 4lst 17-001 to 17,100 do. Do. 42d 18,001 to 18,100 do; Do. 45th 20,000 Do. 48th 5,000 Do. 55th 30,000 All Cash Prizes subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. TICKETS FOR SALE BY Joseph Milligan, Georgetown, and by W. Cooper, Washington. Correct Check Books' are kept for the exa mma on of all t ickets, gratis.—Prize Tickets will be received in payment' (Jj* Orders fr om distant adventurers, with th cast enclosed (post paidJ will be promptly exe cuied Mar ch 20— FEMALE ACADEMY. diss CHARLOTTE ANN TAYLOR has re moved her situation to G. Street, little to the westward of Dr. Elzy’s dwelling house. The high and healthy scite, and the commod.- cus situation she occupies, may induce pa rents and guardians to avail themselves of the opportunity of sending their chil dren and wai ds, either during the session o Congress, or for a longer period, to com mence or progress in their Academical pur sti rs, and where, as boarders or day scholars they will be received as above. As Miss Tay lor superintends each b ranch, and as she tea ches the languages herself, it may possibly offer a further inducement, and siie assures that every attention shall be given not only to the cultivation of the m nd, but to the manners and morals of her pupils. A FOR PE PIANO is wanted to be hired by the month or quarter and a discreet house keeper of unexceptionable character and re commendation, will met with due encourage ment. Apply as above. TERMS OF ADMISSION; For English, Orthography, Reading, Writ ing, Arithmetic, Geography, with the use oi ;he Terrestrial Globe, Plain Sewing, Marking Muslin work—ten dollars per quarter,— French and Italian Languages, or either of them, Reading, Speaking, Grammar Trans jating, an extra charge of two and an half dol lars per quarter for each language.—Music, Dancing, Painting in Crayons, and Drawing in India Ink, will be separate charges, and upon as low terms as the best masters in each who can be procured will permit.—Boarding, with the above, English, French, and Italian, but not Music, Dancing or Painting, fifty dollars per quarter.—Half Bbarders, (that is dining only, with the above} English, French, or Italian, (but not the Music, Dancing, or Painting) 30 dollars per quarter; if neither French nor Ita lian, twenty-seven and an half. (CT One quarter payable in advance; N. B. Each pupil to furnish their own slate, books, and stationery; each Boarder a bed and furniture, two spoons, a knife and fork, and their own washing. If two sisters or friends should unite, one bed aud furniture will suf fice. Each half boarder, one spoon, knife and fork. Washington, June 15. JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, B Y JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller, George-Town, (Cal.) Vivian and Emilie de Coulanges, 2 vols. S 2 00 Depon’s Voyages, 3 vols. 6 Of Wanderer of Switzerland, a Poem, 75 Maternal Physician, 1 00 Gass’s Journal, with 6 engravings, 100 Johnson’s Lives, 4 50 Human Manners, 62 1 2 Osander’s Poems, 62 1-2 Zion’s Pilgrim, 62 1-2 Croxall’s Fames, 87 1-2 Little’s Poems, 75 cts. 1 00 Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, 87 1-2 Hudibras, 1 00 Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, 3 00 David’s Psaims, 37 1-2 atechism of N ature, 37 1-2 Mius’re a collection of celebrated English, Scotch and Irish Songs, set to Music, 1 50 Diamond Songster, 3 vols. boards 100, bound, 1 50 Pope’s Essay on Man, 25 lamback’s Meditations, 2 vols. 400 to 4 50 bow’s Encyclopedia, 7 vol«. quarto, 60 00 A large and elegant assortment of QUARTO, SCHOOL AND POCKET Bibles, Testaments and Prayer-Books POCKET-BOOKS, Desk and Pen Knives and Dividers. Jan. 7 SATAN’s DEVICES EXPOSED IN FOUR SERMONS, By the Rev. Thos. Knowles, B. A. Curate of Humberstone, in the county of Lin coln, (Price 37 1-2 Cents) J ust received and for sale, by JOSi-T- AILLIGAN, Bookseller, Georgetown. March 17 J NOTICE. THE holders of notes issued by the President Directors and Company of the Bank of the U. S whether payable at Philadelphia or at any of the Branches of that Institution, are herey re juested to present the same for repayment it the office of the Trustees in Philadelphia, n or before the first of September next, or a I ividend of the Trust Fund will be made without reference to them. By order of the Trustees, G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Late Bank of the United States, Feb. 16, 1813. Feb 20—wtS LETTERS Written by the Late Right Honorable PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield, TO HIS SON. In Two Volumes.—Price 1 75 cts. hoards. THE LIFE OF GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Br JOHN KIHGSfON. His fame bounded by no country, will be confined to no age. Price 87 1-2 cts. boards. Just received and for sale by JOSEPH MIL LIGAN, Bookseller, High-street, and at the Book Store and Lottery Office, Bridge-street, Georgetown. March 6— LOTTERY TICKETS. J. Milligan, Cf Co. have tickets for sale in the following Lotteries BALTIMORE HOSPITAL LOTTERY- HIGH PRIZES. 1 of 30,000 2 of 20,000 6of 10,000 sos 5,000 10 of 1,000, Wc. de. &c. Present pride of Tickets sll. TRINITY CHURCH LOTTERY. HIGH PRIZES 1 of 30,000 2 of 20,000 1 of 10,000, &c. &c. Present price of Tickets, SB. June 17 DAVID OTT A CO. Have lately received on consignment, and now offer for sale, at reduced prices, to close sales— -4 cases sparkling champaigne,") 10 do long cork claret, of superior 5 do short do do f quality. 5 do Vin de Grave, J 20 boxes Muscatel raisins Fresh soft shelled almonds in frails, small containing lOlbs. each 4 hampers fresh sailad oil, Which may be had wholesale or retail. They have in store a large assortment of Silver, common and green spectacles, concave and convex, Botanical glasses, double and single, Pocket spy glasses and compasses. Thermometers, Switch and coach whips, Sword, plain and fancy canes, Penknives, razors and scissors, of very superb quality, Gentlemen’s portable writing desks, contain ing dressing case and shaving apparatus complete, Gentlemen’s portable dressing cases, Razor strops, shaving boxes and brushes, Improved cloth-brushes, of British and Arne rican manufacture, Hair and tooth brushes, Silver pencil cases and pencils, Pocket, dressing *nd fine-tooth combs, Lorillord’s best Maccabau, Plain, Rappee and Natchitoches Snuff, Best Long Twist Chewing Tobacco, Best Havanna Segars, Patent and family medicines, of every descrip tion, Wholesale and retail, by DAVID OTT CO. Druggists. Washington, Penn. Avenue.—July 5— RUSSIA. Just received by J MILLIGAN CO. Book sellers, Georgetown, (price 75 cents) THE RESOURCES OF RUSSIA In the event of a War with France—with a short description of the Cossacks. Second edition, corrected and improved—with an Appendix, containing a Sketch of the Campaign in Russia. J. M. Co. have also received the following NEW PUBLICATIONS t Horace in London price 75 cents Rejected Addresses 62 1-2 The Emerald Isle (a Poem) 87 1-2 The Loyalists (a Novel, 2 vols.) 175 Christian Morals (a new work, by Miss Hannah More) 1 July 29. JUST PUBLISHED, ALLEN’S MAP OF CANADA, ACCOMPANIED BT X PAMPHLET, Describing that Country. For sale by Joseph Mili igan, Bookseller, Georgetown, (Columbia,) Price Three Dollars. This Map is allowed to be one of the best de lineations of the British Possessions in this >untry, which has been yet offered to the üblic. They may also be had by application at the Book store and Lottery Office. Bridge street. June 9. INTERESiING PUBLICATION Just >eceived and for sale by J. MILLIGAN 8c Co. Georgetown, (in 1 vol. 8 vo. price §1 50.) THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GRIEVANCES AND COURTS OF JUSTICE Of the House of Delegates of Maryland, On the subject ol the iecent mobs a. awrs in the Cuy of Baltimore, together with the Depositions taken before the committee. This report is published by Mr. George haw, Bookseller, of Annapolis, Maryland, to whom booksellers at a distance will be pleased .o direct their orders. August 2— LOOKING GLASSES. J. MILLIGAN 8c Co.offer for sale, at the Book store and Lottery office. Bridge street, Georgetown. A very elegant assortment of Looking Glasses. ALSO, Portraits of Captains D catur aud Jones, and of Alexander Contee Hanson, Esq. J M. Co. expect to receive in a few days correct portrait of the lamented captain Law rence. July 29— TO LET, Agenteel two story brick dwelling HOUSE, with a large lot attached to it, situate about half way between the War Office and the mouth of the Tiber. Also, a WARE HOUSE, at the mouth of the Tiber, with a lime house or frame building attached to it, and a commodious large lumber and wood yard well enclosed. The whole to be let to gether or separately if applied for soon. Pos session may be had immediately. For terms, apply to JOHN P. VAN NESS. Jan® 9—dtf. SEAT OF WAR. Just received by J. MILLIGAN CO Book sellers, Georgetown, and at the Book-store Lottery-office, Bridge street, A Correct Map of the Seat of War, Published by J. Conrad. (Price 1 doll, and 50 cents, colored.) Do. in portable case, $2 50 Ai so, Bradley’s Map of the United States $8 Melish’s Map ®f the Seat of War in Florida Plans of Washington city 75 Heriot’s Travels in Canada Steel’s List, of the British Navy for April 75 Kendall’s Travels in the Northern parts of the United States, 3 vois. 7 50 June 12 SUPERFINE YELLOW B»ARK. Sold by JOSEPH MILLIGAN Co. Book sellers, and Dr. N. MAGRUDER, George town, DR. SANDFORD’S Improved Powder and Essential Salt of the Bark, Accompanied with the Proprietor’s Essay or. the different kinds of Peruvian Bark now in use. The above articles are put up in parcels of different sizes, to accommodate the usual wants of physicians, retail druggists, and pri vate families. Extract from the Medical Philosophical Register, No 4, Vol 2. In our present number may be found a very interesting communication on the medi cal virtues of the Peruvian and other bark. It is with great satisfaction we state, that the author of that paper. Dr. Sandford, after more than 25 years’ observation on the effects of bark as a medicine, and no less than 10 years’ attention to the different methods of preparing it, lias at length formed an establishment at Greenwich (Con with the view of furnishing the profession with the several species of ge nuine Peruvian bark in the states of an essen tiai salt, p iwder, &c. On a circumstance of so much importance, we cannot but congratu late the community at large, upon whose con fidence and support, Dr Sandford is justly en titled to the strongest claims.” Extract from the same work, No. 1, Vol. 3. In those cases in wh ch the bark was pre scribed, we have had the most satisfactory evi dence of the superior quality of that winch i selected and prepared by Dr Sandford, and which we earnestly recommend to the attention of physicians.” Georgetown, June 7 W. COOPER HAS JUST RECEIVED A PIANO FORTE, From the Manufactory of Mr. Jas. Stewart of Baltimore. GCP J- S. respectfully informs the public that he will wakrant all instruments made at his manufactory. Just, received, A PAIR OF TRUMPET BUGLES. NE IV MUSIC. Aria et la Convalescence—Von Esch. Le Berger et son Troupeau Steibelt. The celebrated Shawl Dance, and Broad Sword Hornpipe, as performed by the Misses Abercrombie. The Favorite Pas de Deux—do. The much admired Wreath Dance—do. Haydn’s La Chasse. The Sigh and she knew not why. The four following songs from Scott’s very popular poem, Roke by A weary lot is thine Sweet Maid. The Wand’ring Harper. Brignal Banks. Allen a Dale. Pennsylvania Avenue, July 7. notice" CASH and the best price given for clean country wool. PARROTT WESTERMAN. They either card or spin country and Merino Wool; none however will be received unless first well cleaned. R. and W. July 19—3 w. CANADA. J. Milligan and Co. have just received A Map o UPPER CAN DA, Describing all the nw -settlements, townships &c w th the countries adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron Compiled at the request of his excellency Ma jor-General John G. Simcoe, first Lieut. Gov. By David William Smith, Esq. Surveyor General: With additions and corrections from Holland’s three sheet Map, (published by Prior and Damn.;., NewYoik.) Price on rollers, varnished, 4 dols. in a travelling case with a Gazet teer of Upper Canada 5 in sheets 2 ALSO, A'Map of the Straights of Niagara from J.nkQ Erie to I ake O -t,. drawn by I. H. Eddy, New York—price fifty cents. A Gazetteer oj Upper Canada, to which is added an Appendix describing the principal towns, fortifications a-id rivers in LOWER CANADA, (Price one dollar) The Map of Niagara Straights. June 22 THE ILIAD OF HOMER, Translated from the Greek. By Alexander Pope, sq In two volumes. Price one dollar seventy five cents. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milh gan, bookseller, Georgetown, (Col May 24 ~~WAATED TO PURCHASE, A YOUNG WOMAN OR G HL about 16, who lias been brought up as a house servant, and accustom! d to the care of children Enquire al this office. August 10— J. MILLIGAN, Co. Have for sale the BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. Being a complete epitome of the improve ments and inventions practised by Joseph Lancaster—To which is added a Report of the Trustees of the Lancaster Soho) at Georgetown, District of Columbia—lllus trated by six engravings J M and Co have on hand a complete collection of SCHOOL BOOKS, Slates, Slate Pencils, Quills, Cyphering Copy Books, &c. June 21 DUANE’S MILITARY LIBRARY PRICE 8 00 Hand Book It inanUy 125 for Riflemen 1 2 Poems by Samuel Rodgers 75 Just received and for Sale by Joseph Milligan, Bookseller. Gc dispose o r the whole corner of a Square on which Mr R C. v< .ghtman now lives, fronting en three streets md nearly adjoining Davis’s Hotel, on l enn Ivania Avenue. To save trouble to those posed to purchase, the Price is Six Thou and Dollars, one third in cash, one third at ne nnd one third at twelve months. Enquire at this Office for further particulars. June 30. NOTICE. THIS is to give notice that the subscriber of the City of Washington hath obtained from he Orphans Court of Washington County in •be District of Columbia, letters of adminis. ration on the personal estate of WILLIAM ANFORD, late of said city deceased. Ail persons having claims against the said de -eased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers' thereof to the subscriber nn or before the 4th day of February next, hey may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 30th day of July, in the year 1813. JOSEPH CASSIN, Admin. August 2 —lw4w WANTED A lad to learn the Hatting business, from 15 to 16 years of age. N<rne need apply but those of respectable connections.. WILLIAM M. HAMER, July 28