%zm GT- THE UNITED STATES. Published by Authority. FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. ' t AT THE FIRST SESSIOK, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, 111 the State of Pennsylvania, on Mon day, the fifteenth day of May, ; one thousand leven hundred and ninety-seven. AN ACT * Laying duties on damped vellum,parchment, and paper. Be it entitled by the Senate and House of Re prrfentat'rves of the United States of America, * in Congress ajfembled, That from and after the thirty-firft day of December next, there * fliall be levied, collefted and paid through out the United States, the several stamp du ties following to wit: For every skin or piece of vellum, or parchment, or (heet or piece of piper upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit: any certifi cate of naturalization, five dollars ; any li cence to praftice or certificate of the admis sion, enrolment or registry of any counsel lor, solicitor, attorney, advocate or proftor in any court of the United States, the sum of ten dollars ; any grant or letters patent under the seal or authority of the United States, except for lands granted for military femces, four dollars ; any exemplification or certified copv of any fuqh grant or letters patent, two dollars, any charter party, bot tomry, or xefpondentia bond, one dollar ; any receipt or other discharge for or on ac count of any legacy left by any will or other testamentary instrument, or for any share or part of a personal estate divided by force of any ftr.tute of distributions, the amount , < whereof fliall be above the value of fifty : ► _ dollars, and (hall not exceed the of one 1 hundred dollars, twenty-five cents ; where the amount therebf Jhall exceed the value of 1 F one hundred dollars and shall not exceed five i hundred dollars, fifty cents ; and for every < « further sum of five hundred dollars, the ad- i ditionai sum of one dollar ; any policy of | insurance or instrument in nature thereof, f whereby any (hips, vessels or goods going s from one diftrift to another in the United f States, or from the United States to any so- ] reign port or place, shall be insured to wit, 1 if going from one diftrift to another in the f United States, twenty-five cents ; if going i from the United States to any foreign port c or place, when the sum for which insurance t is made fhallnot exceed five hundred dollars, j » twenty-five cents ; and when the sum infu- ) red shall exceed five hundred dollars, one dol- 1 lar ; any exemplification of what nature so- \ ever, that shall pass the seal of any court, r other than such as it may be the duty of the C clerk of such court to furnifh for the use of the United States; or some particular state, e fifty cents ; any bonds; bills, single or pet nal, foreign or inland bill of exchange, pro- a mil Tory note, or other note for the security c of money, according to the following scale, t viz. on all bonds, bills single or penal, so- e reign or inland bills of exchange, promissory a note or other note above twenty dollars, and o not exceeding one hundred dollars, ten t cents ; above one hundred dollars and not g , exceeding five hundred dollars, twenty-five t cents ; above five and not exceed- ' c ing one thousand dollars, fifty cents ; h l above one thousand dollars, feventy-five d cents : Provided, that if any bonds or , C notes shall be payable at or within 60 days, ft - such bonds or notes shall be fubjeft to only b two fifth parts of the duty aforefaid ; and i u provided, that notes issued by any of the h Banks now established, or which hereafter w may be established within the United States, p shall be fubjeft to a duty according to the si following scale, viz : On all notes not ex- w ceeding fifty dollars, e» the pte of three fifhs 01 of a cent for every dollar ; above fifty dol lars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, tl fifty cents; above one hundred dollars, & not 01 [ exceeding five hundred dollars, one dollar ; so above five hundred dollars, two dollars ; a- fu ny protest or other notarial aft, twenty-five fa cents ; any letter of attorney, except for ct invalid pensions, or to obtain or fell warrants di for lands granted by the United States' as cc bounty for military services performed in the late war, twenty-five cents ; any certificate th 4 or debenture for drawback of customs or du- cc ties for less than five hundred dollars, one ai: dollar ; any certificate or debenture n; for five hundred dollars, and not ex- of ceeding two thousand dollars, two dollars ; ti< * and on every certificate ordebenture formore tr than two thousand dollars, three dollars ; m any note or bill of lading sox 4 any goods or ti( merchandize to be exported, if from one 1 diftrift to another diftrift of the United it States, not beinginihefame state, ten cents; T if to be exported to any foreign port or m; place, twenty-five cents ; any inventory or as catalogue of any furniture, goods or effefts, di made in any cafe required by law (except in ft; cases of goods and chattels distrained for wl rent or taxes, and goods taken in virtue of m: any legal procefsby any officer) fifty cents ; pa *■ any certificate of a share in the Bank of the all United States, or of any state, or other m: bank, above twenty dollars, yid not exceed- te< ing one hundred dollars, ten cents ; above an one hundred dollars, twenty-five cents ; and m< for any certificate for every such share un- he der twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents W , for one hundred dollars ; and the fame for be f any less sum of the amount of the fliares ex- ve prefled in such certificate ; provided, that of nothing in this aft contained, shall extend ne to charge with a duty, any legacy left by a- T< I ny will or other teftementary instrument or no . any share or part of a personal estate, to be fai } .divided by force of any attribu tions vviiicn fha!l be left/ to, or divided a mongst, the "Wife, children, or grand chil dren of the. person deceased ihteftate, or ma king luch will or teftameniary instrument, or any recognizance, bill, bond, or other ob ligation or contract, which shall be made to or with the United States, or any Hate, or for their use refpeftively. • 2 * " c further enacted, That in lefpeft to any fta:rp, on any of the notes ). of the banks, now established, or which hereafter maybe eftabl,filed within the Uni ted S.tates, it shall be lawful for the Secre tary of the 1 reafury, to agre£ to an annual cpmpofition for the amount of such stamp duty, with any of the said baiiks, for one ia, per centum on the amount of the annual dividend made by such banks, to their stock holders refgedVivelj'. Seel. 3. ■ ridbe itfurthir enacted, That all deeds and writings whatsoever, for the payment of any sum of money, upon the nt, contingency of the loss of any (hip, or goods, laden or to.be laden on board of any le- (hip, or of damage thereto, -shall be conftru ~a, ed and adjudged to be policies of insurance, .er within this aft chargeable with the several ■re rates of duty herein before mentioned, h- Seft. 4. y'nd be it further enaSed, That u- when any vessel, or any goods or merchan or dize, laden or to be on board of any or veflel, shall be insured, a policy duly ftamp en cd shall be ifTued, or made out, within the its {pace of three days at furiheft ; knd the si- insurer or insurers neglecting to make out li- such policy or policies, within the time if" afoiefaid, (hall forfeit the sum of twenty ■1- dollar?, for every such negleft or offence ; or and all promissory notes, or other security m made for afTurance or insurances of (hips, nt goods or merchandizes at sea, or going to ; d sea, in lieu of a policy, are hereby declared ry void. >n Seft. 5. And be it further enafied, That rs every deed, instrument, note, memorandum, t- letters or other writing between the captain ; or master, or owner of any (hip or vessel, c- and any merchant, trader or other person, er in refpeft to the hire or freight of such 3r I ftiip or vefTel, for conveyance of any money, as , goods, wares, merchandize or effefts, laden it | or.to be laden on board of such fhiporvef y i ihall be deeded and adjudged to be a le . charter party. i •e Seft. 6. And be it further enaSed, That )f every receipt for every sum of money, paid ,e i° whole or in part, of any legacy or share y of personal estate, distributed as aforefaid, 1- in the cases in which a duty is hereby char )f ged, shall express therein the true sum which f, shall have been so paid ; in default of which, g as well the person or persons by whom the d fame (hall have been paid, as the person or )- persons by whom the fame shall have been t, received, (hall severally forfeit and pay the ie sum of twenty dollars : And every receipt g in full, fliall be deemed, for the purpose of t charging .the duties hereby laid, to be for e the entire sum of "such legacy or share of ;, personal estate, unless it shall be made to ap i- pear that all such part thereof, as may not I- be exprefTed in such receipt in full, was, pre -- vious thereto, paid, and upon a receipt or receipts, duly marked or stamped, accor e ding to the directions of this aft. if Seft. 7. ,'!ndbe it further enaUed, That , every counsellor, solicitor, attorney, proc :- tor, or advocate, who hath been, or fliall be 1- admitted, enrolled or registered, in any court y of the United States, before he shall at any I ■, time after the said thirty-firft day of De - eember next, prosecute, carry on, or defend y any aftion, suit or proceeding in any Court d the United States, shall take out a cer n titicate of such admifiion, enrolment or re t giftry from the Clerk or Prothonotary of e the Court granting such admifiion ; which - , certificate 1 hall be written on a piece of vel ; lum, parchment, or paper stamped accor e ding to the directions of this aft, and such r | Clerk or Prothonotary fliall make entry of , such admiflion, enrolment or registry, in a ' book to be by him kept for that purpose, to ; 1 i which any person may at reasonable times 1 c have access without fee ,or reward : For 1 r which certificate and entry there shall be i , paid to such Clerk or Prothonotary, by the 1 : supervisor of the revenue for the diftrift 1 - wherein such Court fliall be held, the sum 5 of twenty-five cents. Seft. 8. And be it further rnaßed, That , the receiving a certificate as aforefaid in any f t ,one of the Courts of the United States, f I for any one of the said offices, shall be a f • Sufficient admiflion in all the Courts of the c ' fame, for that or any other of the said offi- "J ces, so far as relates to the payment of the t ' duties iinpofed by this aft ; any thing herein i ; contained tp the contrary notwithstanding. j Seft. 9. And be it further fnacled, That 1 • the several duties aforefaid, (hall be levied, ■ collefted, received, and accounted for, by and under the immediate direftion and ma- t : nagement of the supervisors and infpeftors i of the revenue, apd other officers of infpec- f tion, fubjeft to the luperintendance, con- a trol and direftion of the Treasury depart- I ment, according to the refpeftive authori- 1 ties and duties of the offices thereof. t Seft. 10. /Ind be it further enacted, That e it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the c Treasury, to cAfe to be provided so many e marks and stamps, differing from each other, t as fliall correspond with the several rates of t duty aforefaid ; that is to fay, one mark or a stamp for each diftinft rate of duty ; with which marks and stamps refpeftively fhallbe t marked or stamped all vellum, parchment or t paper, upon which fhallbe written, orprinted, t all or anyofthe several instruments, writings, c matters and things herein before enumera- f ted and charged, according to the nature t and description of each of the said inftru- 0 ments, writings, ' matters and things as are a herein before fpecified and described : f Which said several "marks and stamps shall t be notified by a public notification, or ad- si vertifement, to be iflued by the Secretary a of the Treasury, and inserted in at least one c newspaper printed in each State, and in the Territory North-Weft of the Ohio, and for e not not less than three months before the ti said thirty-firft day, of December next, to 0 the end that all persons may hive due notice 1- thereof; and which fatd marks and (tamps, I- or any of them, shall or may be altered or - renewed from tffne to time, as the said Se r cretary of the Treasury fliall think fit, so as 1- like public notification thereof, be made, a for a tevm not less than three months, before r such new stamps or marks shall begin to be used. t Seft-. 11. And be it further enacted, That s the supervisors of the revenue are hereby 1 empowered and required, forthwith .upon - derrland to them or any of them, made by . any perlon or persons, to stamp or mark any 1 quantities or. parcels, of vellum, parchment j or paper (he Or they paying to the super • visors of the revenue refpeftively,the refpec -1 tive duties hereby direfted to be paid-for the - lame) to stamp and mark the fame accord ingly, without any other ftc pr reward; £1 which stamp or mark iSaTT be a Sufficient : discharge for the several and refpeftive du : ties hereby granted upon the said vellum, r parchment or paper, which shall be so stamp ■ ed or marked. Seft. 12. And be it further enacted, That , if any supervisor of the revenue shall fix any 1 such mark or stamp to any vellum, parch ment, or paper, upon such request or demand as aforefaid, before tlie several and refpeftive . duties thereupon charged by this aft, fliall be duly answered and paid, or secured to be . paid, he shall for every such offence, forfeit • his office, together with the sum of five hundred dollars. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That if any person or perfons,-fhall write or print, i°r cause to be written or printed upon any unstamped vellum, parchment or paper, (with intent fraudulently to evade the duties imposed by this aft) any of the matters or things for which tne said vellum, parch ment or paper is hereby charged to pay any duty, or shall write or print, or cause to be written or printedany matter or thing, upon any vellum, parchment or paper, that shall be marked or-ftamped for any lower duty than the duty by this aft payable, such per sons so offending, shall for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars ; and in cafe any clerk, officer, or perlon, who in refpeft of any public office oremployment, is or shall be authorized or iuftrufted to make write or print any deeds, instruments or i writings, by charged to pay a du ty, as aforefaid, fliall be guilty of any fraud or praftice to defraud or deprive the United States of any duty by this aft payable, by making writing or printing any such deed, instrument, or writing, or causing the fame to be made, written, or printed upon vel lum, parchment, or paper, not marked or stamped according to this aft (or upon vel lum, parchment or paper marked or stamp ed with any mark or stamp which he shall know to be counterfeited) or by writing or printing any such deed, instrument or other writing upon vellum, parchment or paper, that fliall be marked or stamped for a lower duty as aforefaid, every such clerk, officer, or person so guilty, and being thereof law fully convifted, shall instead of the penalty aforefaid, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars ; and if an officer of the U nited States, shall, in addition thereto, for feit his office and be disabled to hold or en joy the fame for the future; and if any deed, instrument, or writing-whatsoever, by this aft charged with the payment of a duty, as aforefaid, shall contrary to the true intent and meaning thereof, be written or print ed, by any person or persons whomsoever, upon Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, not marked or stamped, according to this aft, or upon Vellum, parchment or paper, mark ed or stamped, for a lower duty than ought to be paid upon the fame, then, and in eve ry such cafe, there shall be paid to the Uni ted States, for their use, over and above the duty herein before charged thereupon, for (lamping every such deed, instrument or writing, the sum of ten dollars ; and no such deed, instrument or writing fliall be pleaded or given in evidence in any court, or admitted in any court to be available in law or equity, untill it shall be stamped as aforefaid. And the Supervisors refpeftively are hereby enjoined and required, upon pay ment or tender of the said duty and sum of ten dollars unto any of them, to mark or (lamp the said vellum, parchment or paper, with the mark or ftamp'that shall be proper for such deed, instrument or writing, re fpeftively ; and if any person or persons what soever, ftiall counterfeit or forge any ft Slip, or mark, to resemble any stamp orinark which "Jhall be provided or made in pursuance of this aft, or shall counterfeit or resemble the impression of the fame upon any vellum, parchment or paper, thereby to defraud the United States of any of the duties hereby granted, or utter, vend or fell any vel lum, parchment or paper, with such coun terfeit mark or impression thereupon, know ing such mark or impression to be counter feit ; or fliall privately or fraudulently use j any stamp fir mark, direfted or allowed to be used by this aft, in relation to the duties j hereby laid, with intent to defraud the Uni-. ted States of any of the said duties,- then every such person so offending, being thereof conviftejl in due form of law, shall be judg ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fubjeft 1 to be fined in any sum not exceeding one 1 thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned for\ ' any term not exceeding seven years. Seft. 14. And be it further enafied, That 1 from and after the thirty-firft diy ()f Decem ber, no bank now eftablifhefl, or which shall 1 be hereafter established, which fliall not have compounded for the duty hereby required, . shall issue any bank hill or promissory note, unless upon paper duly stamped, and where on the refpeftive duties fliall have been paid; j and if the officer of any such batik or any person or persons employed therein, shall thereafter issue any bill or note, not duly stamped as aforefaid, he or they shall forfeit = and pay a fine equal to the value of the bill or note so issued. Seft. 15. And be it further enaSed, That every person who shall be employed for the j marking or Hamming of vellum, parchment t or paper, as aforefaid, before hi 3 fifting in : , the Marking or ftaspi% of the said vellum, , parchment or pp.per, fhail take the following r oath or affirmation : "I[itifcrt here the name of the person] do i, folenanly swear [or affirm tfs the cafe may , bej that I will, according to the b.eft of iny • knowledge and Ml, faithfully, honestly and carefully execute the trust reposed in me, and will truly mark or [lamp all vellnm, parchment or paper which I shall be requ'r ed or direfted to mark or stamp, and will render a trye find ffccatlnt Ihereof to the proper-officer or officers, and will faith fully account for all monies which ftiall re ceive therefor. Seftion 16. And be it further enacted, That the said supervisors ol the revenue, of ficers and other perions to be employed by them, shall from time to time, for the bet tei execution of their several duties and trusts, observe and execute fucli directions as they refpeftively shall, from time to time, receive from the department of Treasury; which department shall take care that the several-parts of the United States ffiall from time to time, be fufficiently furnifhed with vellum, parchment and paper, stamped or marked as aforefaid so that the citizens thereof may have it in their election to buy the fame of the officers or persons to be em ployed in and about the execution of this ac L , at the usual or moil common rates a bove the said duty, or to bring their own vellum, parchment or paper, to be marked or stamped as aforefaid. Seftion 1 7 , And he it further enaSed, 1 hat as often as any alteration or renewal lh,ill be made of, or in the marks or ftanjps before in use, or any of them, it shall be lawful for all persons who shall, at that time, have in their cilftody or possession, any vellum, parchment, or paper, marked with any mark or stamp, which (hall be so altered or renewed, ajid upon which any of the matters or things hereby charged, (hall not have been written, or printed, at any time within the space of sixty days, after the in tention of renewing or altering shall be no ticed as aforefaid, to. bring or fend such vellumi parchment or paper, unto some of lice of infpeftion; and the officer of inspec tion, to whom they fliall be brought or sent, is hereby required to deliver, or cause to be delivered, unto the several persons who shall so bring and deliver any quantity of vellum, parchment or paper, the like quantity of vellum, parchment or paper, and as good in quality, stamped with such new stamp or mark, without demanding or taking,direftly or indireftly, for the fame, any money or other consideration whatsoever. And in cafe any person shall neglaft or refufe, within the time aforefaid, to bring, or cause to be brought and delivered unto some officer of infpeftion, any such vellum, parchment or paper, the fame is hereby declared to be of no other effeft, or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped; and all matters and things which shall, after that time, be written or printed thereon, shall be ofnoo ther effeft, than if they had been written or printed on vellum, parchment or paper not marked or stamped: And all persons who shall write or print any of the masters or things hereby charged, on such vellum, parchment or paper, after the said time, shall forfeit and fuffer as herein before is en afted for persons writing or printing on vel lum parchment or paper not marked or stamped. Section 18. And be it further enaded, That all and every the officer and officers who shall be concerned in the levying, col lefting and receiving the duties arising by this aft, shall keep a separate and diftinft , account thereof, and shall j ay or remit the fame, as speedily as may be,after it shall be j received, according to the orders of the ! Department.of the Treasury. Seftion 19. And be it further enaScd, ! That it shall be lawful for the President of tne United States, to cause such ?md sums of money to be expended and paid, from time to time, for salaries, compenfa- i tions, and other in ridcntal charges as shall be necessary in and for the receiving, collec- 1 ting, levying or managing of the faid'duties, so as that the whole amount tljereof, shall not exceed five per centum of the gross total product of the said duties. Seftion 20. And be it further enaßed, That all fines, penalties and orfeitures, which fliall be incurred by virtue of this aft, shall be sued for and recovered in the name of the United States,or of the supervisor of the revenue, within whose didrift, any such fine penalty or forfeiture shall have been in cuned, by bill or information, in any cir cuit or diftrift court of the United States, or in any court of either of the said States; one half thereof to the use of the person who, if an officer of infpeftion, shall firft i'ifcoverj; if other than an officer of infpeftion /hall firft inform of the cause whereby any such fine, penalty or forfeiture shall have been incurred (except in the cases in which a different disposition thereof may have been herein before made) and the other half to the use of the United States. se£!i'on 21. And be it further enaSed, That this aft fliall continue and be, in force for, and during the term of five years, and from thence to the end of the next Session of Cdngrefs and no longer. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice President of the United States, and President. of the Senate. , ■Approved, July, 6, 1797 : JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States. Deposited among tlie Rolls in the Office of the Department of State. .TIMOTHY PICKERING/ Secretary as State. Wants Employment, IN fore, a Man vho can.he well recommend ed, WT:■ t"' 3 and understands ac costs. As ply lit t.'o. JO, N'orih Fifth Street, and cherry-alley Asy reputaVe pisce will luit. Ju'y 10. %l)e <3asrttr. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, >/jf la £s* The regular Carrier of this Gazelle for the Southern di/lfitf be* ing ftcky those fubferibers who may be pxiitted this day are requeUcd to ftna to the Office fir their papers. P-P" —ed thK life, the i'ttinff. iri the 81 ft year of meffwf r \^ ENfcVK " FLE ' fonncr! >' a " the worrf \\'""n 7 ' Hc wa «* ''l every sense nf paren- V" efl " la " " tcijtr and affoflionate parent, da d, alcove all, lived and died a HiriQhn. On Friday n.Vht,a;»ew ba-ri,together witKtwo M Ben' T< vsJtiahleWfes, beJongin? to Acrt atGerfl —. ' 'VsR of 'rl e 7 Serjte ' Sa «irc!ay morning, the Order was d ,jr 011 the motion for expcll whi V m "' on ? liie thc sLw ; fid,™. W "? p " y P o(! F«->ned to take into con sideration tlie meffiige of th s Houfc of Reprefenta ; t.vtl) and Mr. Martin and Mr. Codec were sworn !>y a mag'firate who attended for the purpose, and 1 fin ' hf harid writ ' r 'S o£ Mr- Blount,. i ch they fubrtantiated. The bufinef, had not j, been far proceeded with, when Mr. Blount t-ak ; his feat and informed thelloufe Meffcs. D'aßa »nd ngeifoil, hu council, were rtajy to plead in his defence. I hey were allowed .o take tht:r feats u ! the bar of the Houfc, and Mr. Dallas commenced . the do., nee m a very all - and ingcjiiout addrcft which occupied more than three hours Mr ingerfolf followed hirn in a fcetch of nearly two ho,:rs. '1 hele gentlemen had reecurfe to eve ry precedent which could b produced flora liifto ry, an., to every argument which ability an'dittrc ( ruity could suggest. They particularly relied 'oh | the ground that thefmifluMrf of an offender should nt: the uial, and that to extul Mr, Blount from his feat at this time, would he to do what could only be done, provided hc was f«md guilty of the impeachment preferred, which,how ever, they den es! the .right of the Houfc of Rep resentatives to prefer. The defence being «oHhed; Mr. Rofs rose and in a, very luminous fpctih examined ail the areu m.nts which had by the counft , J'l.d (hewed Jhcir want of fpUditv. He juftitfeS the expnlfion of Mr- Blount from his Scat, on the evi dence which they had of his uflwoithincfs to fill It; and appealed very forcibly on the feelings of the' House as to the nature of the crime of which he flood charged, and as to what might have ken the conference had his plans been carried into effect. This speech seemed to have great effect on the Houfi;, and after some other members had offered a few words on ihe oce;flon,Mr. Bioodwcrth mo ved to podpone the business till Monday. The yeas and nays were tjken upon the question, and it was negatived 19 to 7 The question was then put on the ex pulsion, and carried by yeas and nays, 26 to r. ihe negative vote was Mr. Tazewell's. After this decision had taken place, Mr. Blount's bail delivered him up, and he was takee irto the cullody of the messenger of the Senate. , GAZETTE MARINE LIST. ARRIVED. 13 AT S» Ship Glasgow, Barry, , Cadiz 68 Cornelia, Gilbert, Lifcon 74 Brig Nymph, Ruffe], Newry 41 Little Sally, Taylor, Alexandria 14 Jemima & Fanny, Conklin, N.York 10 Charleston Pac. Strong,Charlefton 6 Susannah, Hunt, Bourdeaux 54 Sch'r Tryal, Hand, Alexandria 7 Jupiter, Burbankj N. Yprfe 4 Mary, Eve, St. Thdmas 15 Frederickfburgh Packet, Pearce, Port-au-Prince 12 Expedition, Williams, St. Thomas 10 Telegraph, Corry, Havanna Captain Corry left at Havanna the Ham burgh Packet, Swaine, and the- Columbus, Vanneck, of this port. Arethufa, Keith, had arrived there from Jamaica. The Fanny, Wellman, of Salem, is ar rived at Lifoon. Captain Hunt, from Bordeaux, spoke, June 28, a large brig from Bordeaux with out ahead, out 67 days for this port. The schooner Expedition, Williams, left at St. Thomas, the 28th ult. the brig Ann, Rof fetery of this port, t» fail in 4 days. Polly, Hannah, do. on Friday morning last was 1 oarded and examined by the privateer crui sing off the C?pes, and politely diftniffed. The Sganiih privateer, ,fifing- of the Capes, is called the Julia, Baptifta Mahgn ; /he captured tfie Asia within a few miles of Cape May, after (he had the pilot on board. The second mate, two paffengcis (with the baggage) and afeaman, were put into the pilot boat, and arrived in town yes terday about one o'clock. The above privateer captured on Friday afternoon, in Irght of Cape May, the ship Asia, Yard, from Bengal to this port, and feat her for Cape Francois. The Asia, was out five months, Left at Bengal the fiiip Ganges, Green of this-port. • New-York, July 9. ARRIVED, DAY'S. Ship Atlantic, Cowper, Briftcl 84 Albcrmarle, Lang, Gibraltar 48 Prig Phebe, '/ aylor, Martinique ii! Schr Americanus, Bell, Wilmington 4 Ship Alfeermarle, Lang arrived from Gibral tar in 4S eays, failed in company with a brig and schooner for Boston, and the (hip William, 1 apt. Campbell, of Portlmouth N.H. bound lroni the isle of Zante to Bi fiol, (England.) Capt. L. on the 21ft of June, lat. 41, 56, fp ke brig Sal y, of \Villis, Jos Lyney, mailer, 56 days out from Liverpool, bound to Boston, nearly out of all kinds of provisions ; gave him xbbl. of b&f, 1 do.bread, some peife and rice, and one gallon of brandy, then parted compa nv. LANDING, AT SojitK-'lrect Wharf, from on board schoon er Expedition, captain Harding Williams, from St.Thomas, a Cargo cf Coffee, Sugar, and Rum.. For Sale by F. Coppinger, No. 221, South Front-Jlreet. July 10. §ict A Wet Nurse Wanted. A Healthy Won:an wi'h a good breast of X 3 milk, may hear of a place by applying at the Printing Office <?f this paper. July 10. *it •i-
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