Gazette of the United Staets PHILADELPHIA, MONnAY HVKNING, SEPTEMBER 2() To Readers and Correspondents. The Editor of the Aurora pledger himfelf to the Pu lie, that 11 he willjtanii nr fall with Calla titi,»' " To-morrow we fhali commence a refutation of the Genevan Arithmetic. As Duahe is willing to fall, he may rely on being gratified. The prolii communicatirw of " (■oltoiui" is on a momentous topic, and deserves- serious conside ration. It fliall receive it. Bur, We would fug ged to the author the propriety of payinghi; pott age on his packets. The Edi-or is always prompt to insert well written pieces in behalf of the Go vernment and interests oi his country, but it i» irlt fome to.crowd his paper with fpeculanons, to the exclusion of the few advertisements he receives atnd then pay 80 or 100 cent# for a Political EfTay, for which perhaps,ihsugh auxiliary to found prin ciples, he it not even tbanieJ, either by the Go vernment or the People. Want of room compels us to crmit -se veral articles intended for this day's Ga zette. The ship Maria, Capt Henry, arrived at New-York en Saturday last, from London, bringing Lon- don Papers to the 22d August. We yefterftay received London papers Chronicle] to the 19th of August, brought by this ves sel. The following interesting article is extraftcd from a paper of the 13th ••—further extradls will be found in the opposite page. London, August 13. The following appears under the Paris head of the gth instant : " The conferences opened at Pa ris With the Envois of the United States have been suspended, and are not likely to be renewed with efFett. It appears that their powers are too limited to conclude a fimllar trea ty with France as Mr. Jay negoct ated with England. France prefers having no treaty with America to the alternative of fanftioning the ad vantages which it has given to its enemies." Capt. Mann, arrived at the Fort from Jacquemel, informs that Sept. 5, at 10 A. M. Tiberon bearing WNW. 10 leagues distant, he was.boarded by the British frigate Miliager,"Capt. Perkins, and politely treated. Capt. P. informed capt. Mann,-that on the 22d or 23d Aug. in Mona paflage, the British fri gate La Seine, captain Miller, engaged the French frigate La Vengeance, and 1 after a severe action of fix hours captured her. The Vengeance was just arrived from Curracoa bound to France, and is the fame vessel which was defeated by Com modore Truxtcn. The Atlantic, captain Waters, of this port was examined by the St. Al bans, British man of war, off the Hook, and finding that she had no enemy's property on board, dismissed her, after having supplied the Atlantic with pro visions. For the 24 hours preceding 1 Friday mor ning at fun-rife there were 27 deaths in Baltimore and its vicinity. The ihip Triumph, from Philadelphia, bound to New-Orleans, wasfpt Ice on the ift of September, the Riding Rocks then bear- ing N. A gentleman who left Boflon on Wednes day |j(t, informs that a number of vcffel* had put in their and at Salem, difmaftea— one of which was a large ship thai had loft all her masts. Several of these veffcls had recently failed from those ports. The Executive of Maflacbufettrhas iflued precepts for another trial for the choice of Members of Congress, for the Fourth Wes tern and Third Middle D>ftridls, oil the 20th of October next. The.£4 prisoners taken into New-London by the Trumbull, have been marched t> Hartford, under an escort of militia. Copy of a letter from ti merchant in S'. Thomas, to a mercantile bouse in Baiti mrre dated August 18, 1800. Gkntlemen, I have jufl time to inform you, t,hat ge neral Rigaud, with two of his brothers and nephews, arrived here yesterday morning, in a Daniflv fchootier I'roin Jeremie, from yhich place he was obliged to fly with the remnant of |iis followers, as TouifisMit is row in poflefiion of all the Illnnd of St. Domingo. Seme of them put to sea in small fifhing boats, while otht rs who could not procure conveyances, were obliged to remain at the merCy of the conquering ar my, In (hort, every one who was eftab lilhed there (at Jeremie) or in fail on any jnrt of thr Island that had been in pofftffion of Rigaitd, no matter to what nation they beleng, were compelled to depart. Mfi Duncan M'lntofli, ofjyoiir p.ice's on hearing tlje account from 1 irr.- fclf, immediately fee off in a fchoontr .tor Aux-Cayes, in order to f.ve as much pro perty as he could that belonged t" his frends, :nd it is very pnffible he may efleil the de sired objed, as he is a person of fline influ ence at that place. Mr. M'lntofli means (as he informs hie) to eftablilh himfelf there, wherein faft he will be very much wanted ; •as there is not a fmgle person fufTcred to re main who was there at the time of its eva cuation ; and he can do it with the greatest convenience, as a Mr. J. liiby, (a merchant of this lib rid) is to t ran fa A for hint bete, and ail Conlignments you meant to fentllim, I make' no doubt he will inform you to di rsift them to Mr, I- P. S. General Rigaud, with his attendants, -is ordered off the island in 24 hours by the commandant. For the Gazette of the United States. Mr. Wayne, In matteis which relate to the police, the health, and trade of the City, we have our points of information ; but in a matter of the utmofl importance, and in which every well-wiflier to his country feel 4 himfelf deep ly interfiled at the present moment, we are freatly at a loss to know what is doinp I mean the fcufinefs of the approaching- General Electi n. It is true *e have appointed a cr mmittee " to correspond with our Federal Friends, and to pursue such nKafures as may be found advisable to promote the Federal interelt, previous to,the ensuing election ; and I hnpe they are attending to the trust committed to tnem. But while the ptelTe* tfe teeinlirp with addrelTet from an opposite party t containing the mod fatf.-hnodt, our tommit tet appear entirely paflive ! Out of tbe PsorLt of Philadelpb a. For the Gazette of the UsiTed Sr.ilES. Mr. Wayne. A Gentleman of great refpe&ability who resided in New York during the American Revolution, and who was well acquainted with Tench Cox while with the British army inthat place,declares that T Coxe was one of the BuarJoJ'Ref'/ifces, that was eft«bli(h ed for the trijl of the unfortunate Ameri cans who fell into the hands of the British General.—Let every American think of this. TRUTH. Note, up soes Huddy for White. N. B. The faft can be proved. NEW-YORK, Sept. 27. Important! Last evening came up the Pilot boat Perseverance, on board of which was a pilot who brought into the quarantine ground an English ichooner in a very short passage from Martinique. The Captain of this schooner inform ed this pilot of the taking of Curracoa by the French. This was effected by troops which embarked on board of 150 fail of {loops and schooners at Guadaloupe. On their approachiug the port of Curracoa, a chain was ran across the harbour, which prevented their entering, but they soon after effected a landing on some other part of the iiland, advanced to the city, and after a bloody conflict, the French got poiTeflion of the place. The Captain further states, that the United States brig Pickering was in the harbor at the time, and joined with other Americans in defending the place against the French, who, when they conquered, maflacred every American in the place, including the consul, officers and crew of the Pickering. The Pilot further adds, that he was informed, that the reason of this arma ment being fitted out against Curracoa, was, because the Governor of Curracoa would not receive bills on the Governor of Gaudaloupe for the expences incur- j red in repairing the Vengeance. The Pilot could not recollect the names of the above schooner and captain, but fays it was told to him as no ways doubtful—and that the Captain was anxious to come up to town himfelf to relate the news; as he esteemed it of the utmost importance to America. Gazette Marine Lift. t POUT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED, Days Schr. Weymouth, Kilby, Jamaica Schr. Mary, Loveland, Halifax Schr. Virginia, Ashler, North-Carolina 9 Wheat, to captain. Sloop Polly & Sally, Doughty, Rich mond 12 Coal * Schr* Friendfliip, Hodge, St. Mary's 14 Ship Timber Betsey, Dowdy, North-Carolina 8 Naval Stores. Sloop Sally, Dow, North-Carolina 5 Wheat, Silly, Forbes, North-Carolina 6 Naval Stores, . CLEARED, Brig Sufatina, ( p ort Republican Arrived rig below, name, Sic. un known. Brig Gayo r n, Griffin, from Havanna, has arrived at New Callle. A difmalled flaop said to be from Boston, (name unknown) is below. An inward bound brig, (name unknown) is below. Brig Hiram, Scherer, thirty days from Jamaica, has arrived below. Ship Orono, Middleton, from Liverpool is bclbw in a dillreffrd coud tion ; was dif malled the gth inll. Brig TryVienia, Arnold, from Amster dam ; Uniied States brig F.agln, Campbell, from a cruize ; brig , under Danish colours, a copper bottomed brig, name un known, and two other brigs are below. A schooner and (loop from the Havanna, name unknown, are below Ship Richmond, Glenn, failed from Am sterdam in company with tke Tryphenia. The wreck of a copper bottomed (hip has been seen off our Capej. The App'>llo and th« China, of this were left at Batavia, the 19th of April. Brig Rof , Gore, from hence, arrived at Port Royal the 16th. Scbr. Sifters, Tharton, of Philadelphia, left at St. Jago, the Bth Oftober, to fail in a few days. An officer of the United States frigate New York, R. V. Morris, Esq. command der, ha 3 arrived in town for the purpose of recruiting men for that (hip. She will fail (hortly on a eruife. The following vessels failed from Liverpool ab«ut the ift of August : Ship Augutta, Havanna, for New York ; Mohawk. Wotherby, Philadelphia) Apol lo, Thurfton, Baltimore; Montezuma, of Baltim-re. bound to the Cape of Good Hope ; a large number of other (hips, and brig 3 in ctf. bound to different parts of the Uniied States, nappes unki own. Left there, besides a great number of other*, the following (hips : Sally W. Lew. is. to nil in a few days , Cornelia, B. Prirce John Adams, J. Wood; John and Phoebe, E. Dyer, to foil 20th August ; Madison, f>. Hartley, few days ; Packet. J. Trott ; and Hibernia. D. M'Donald, all for Bolton ; brig Fidelity, E. Simpfon, few days, for Portsmouth. Spoke in latitude 48. 20, longitude 17, 15. fliip Mary Ann, Hntchins, forty-fix days out, bound to London, all well. A small vessel of about twenty tons, has been towed into Portland, (M.)—(hi was taken up at sea, without any person on board ; her main mas carried away. Houf hold furniture, with other arti les, were found on board. By the papers found in her it appears the Captains name was Nor they. A I.IST OfVeffls which fai!ed from St Bartholo mews on the 7th iolt. under convoy of the (loop of war Ba'timore, capt. Cowper. Ship -, fir Portsmouth, N. H. cap tain Tredwell, Black Rirei,for Cadiz, capt. Mathers——'. for New-Vork, captain and vtftTel name unknown. Brigs Commerce for Charleston, captain unknown. Sally for New-York, captain Lathuby , tor Boston, captain Mottley. Schr'sTwo Bro thers for Philadelphia, capt. Haze. On board of the above vefTels are a uum ber of captains, paflengers. lately exchan ged from Guadaloupe, viz. Aron Oakford of Philadelphia, Jasper Foulk of do. Hen ry H. Kennedy, of do. late master of the fchonner Nancy, Captain Bell of do. of brig Rambler, Captain Meakeng of do. (exchan ged from Cayenne) Captain Hailett of Norfolk, Captain Hooper of Baltimore, Captain Jones of do. with Mr. Smith fu- Captain Bowen of Norfolk. Extract from the log-book of the Atlantic, captain Walters, arrived yesterday. On the 15th and i6th, experienced a very hea vy gale of wind from N. E. to N. N. W. 'Bth, boarded the schooner Neptune, Janies Jones, mailer, from Wilmington, Del. For St. Kitts, out three days, all well—lame day was board ed by the St. Albans, captain Hardy, a ZSritifh 64. The st. Albans had cut away her main mast, and had received some injury in her hull in the above mentioned gale. 20th, in lat. 37» 25, and long. 74,00, spoke [he (loop St. George Robert Forrefter m.nlter, 32 clays from Tobago for New-York. 2fit, Cape Henlopen bearing N. W. by W. 10 leaguesdiftant, spoke rhe fhlp Patty, Jon3S Warren, roaster, 52 days from Ja maica for New-York. Captain Warren in formed, that he had loft almost all the fails he had bent in the lote gale, and feared he had alio loft a very conliderable part of i)is cargo, which was sugar and coffee, as his ship leaked ver\* much during the gale, and was much lighter than before its commencement. Captain War ren was very fho 1 1 of provilions and water, sup— plied hina with some bread, and gallons ot water. ' ■ ' Captain Hardy, of the St. Albans, took the liberty of opening some of our letters, kut in every other relpett conduced 'in a polite man ner ; ami W. Waters fbould think himfelf very remiss, if he did not, in a public manner, ac knowledge the verv generous, and timely re lief, afforded the Atlantic by that gentleman. V Cept. Breath, of (he Hercules, got uplift • eveiHMg, and informs us, that on the i£ih April ' he left at Batavia, ihe ftip Neutrality, of Bof | ton ; Apollo, of do. and Chitra, of Philadelphia. On the 18'h, saw a ship going in, supposed to !be the Mercury of Boston. On the :6th May, j there were, in the (trails, 4 American ships, 2 belonging to Bofion, md 2 to B*ltimore. The Camilla, Weft, of Philadelphia, had an engagement with a French letter of. marque from the tfle of France, in the {traits ofSunda, ant) beat her off. . The Eliza was to fail in company with the fenglifh East fleet, from St. Helena, 011 ibe2i;l of June. » On Sunday last capt. Breath spoke the ship Elkelege Judith, Ahbot,3l days from So. Croix for Boston—had on board ihe crew of the brir William, of Norwich, which vessel was wreck ed 011 the 9th irft.. She also spoke a Philadel phia pilot, who saw off the capes of Delaware, the wreck ofa eopper bottomed ship. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wa/hington, September ijl, 1800. Public Notice is hereby Given, In pursuance of an a3 of Congress, pajfed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An ad to ejlabli/h a Central Stamp-OJJice,'' I. THAT a General Stamp Office is now cftablifhed at the feat of government, in ttie city of Wafhingtori, from whence there will iflue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenuf," under whose management the colledtiop of the (lamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly coumer-ftamp ed, with the following rates of duty which ar.' demandable by law : For every ikiu or piece of vellum or parchment,or sheet or piece of paper, iipoo which shall be written or printed any or either of the inftra ments ®r writings following, tp wit, A Dolts. C M. NY certificate of naturalizati m j Any licence to pradlice, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or re gistry of any cOunsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or pro&or, in any court of the United State< to Provided, that a certificate in a:.y one of the courts tof he Uiiited States, tor any one of the said offices, (hall 1.1 far as relates to the payment of the duty aforefaid, be a futficient admit", lion in all the courts of the United Stated, for each and every of the said offices. 1 Any grant or letters patent,under the seal or authority as the United | States (except for lands granted tor military tervicas) , 4 Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for mili tary services) 4 Any charter party, bottomry or re fpondentia bond I A»y receipt or discharge for or on ac count of any legacy left by my will or other tetlimentary inftru menj, or for any lhare or part of a purfonal eflate, divided by force of any ttatute of diftri ■ utions other than to the wife, children or grand children of the perfn diseased, the amount whereof shall be above the value rf /ifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars 45 VVhen the amount thereof (hall ex ceed the value of one hundred dol | lars, snd shall not exceed fiv« hun dred dolla-s 50 And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of j Any policy of insurance or inftru ir.ent in nature thereof, when the sum fur which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred riol | lars 25 1 When the sum insured shall «xceel five hundred dollars I Any exemp'ification ps what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it ni'y be the duty of the clerk ef fnrh court tofurnifh for the use of the United States, or some parti cular state ' 50 Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, proniiflory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bsnd or other obligation or contrail, made to or with the United States, or any slate, or for their use refpedlively ; any bonds required in any cafe bv the laws of the United States, or of any state, up n legal process, or in anv judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trull or duty) If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars 10 If above one hundred and not ex ceeding five hundred dollars 2$ If above ftvs hundred and not ex ceeding one thousand dollars 50 And if above one theufand dollars 75 Provided, that if ar.y bonds or notes (hall be payable at or within, sixty days, such bonds or notes (hall be fubjeft to t nly two-fi'th parts of the duty aforefaid, viz. If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars 4 If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundied dollars ive fifty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars 53 On all notes above one hundred dol lars andnotexcceding five hundred dollars r Ori jll notes above five hundred dol lars % Any protest or other notarial aft 15 Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain of fell warrants for land granted by the United Statas as bounty for military services performed in the late war a< Any inventory or catalogue of any fur niture, gteds or effe&s, made in any cafe required by law (except in cases of goods and chattels ditlrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in vir tue of any legal proceft by any officer 50 Any certificates of a lhate in anv insu rance company, of a (hare in the bank of the Unit.d States, or ot any state or other bar.k ; If above twenty dollars and not exceed ing one hundred dollars l 0 If above one hundred dollars If under twenty d®llars, at the ra'e of ten cents lor one hundred dollars. II That the power of the fupervifrrs of the Revenue to m;irk or (lamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after fix months from the a ate hereof, to wit, on the lafl day of February 1801. 111 That, if any persons shall, after the lift day of Kbrnary ißor, have in their cuflody or poff.ffion, any vellum, parchment or pa per, marked or (lamped by the fupercifors of the Revenue, upon which sny matter or thing, charged with duty, (hall not have been written or printed, they may at any _ time within the space of sixty days after m the said last day of February 1801, bring or lend such vellum, parchment and paper, unto lume office of infpeclion, and in leu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vel!um, parchment and paper, duly (lamped in pursuance ot the adl herein before recited. And in cafe any person shall neglsft or re fufe, within the time aforefaid, to bring or CMufe to be brought unto fonie officer cf in ipedion, any such vellum, parchment or pa per* it is hereby declared, that the fame will thereafter be of no other efTed or use, than if it had never been marked or (lamped, and that all matters and things, which may af ter that time be written &r printed upon any vellul, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforefaid, will be of no other effeft, than if they had been written or printed on p-iper, parchment or vellum, not marked or (lamped. And for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vel lum, parchment and paper llamped er mark ed, it is hereby peclared, that when any per son (hall deposit any vellum, pa-chment or paper at the office c,f a supervisor, accompa nied with a lift, fprcifyine; the number and denomination ot the (lamps or marks, which air desired to be thereto affixed, the fame w l! be transmitted to the General Stpam- Offic, and there properly markeJ or (lamped, and forthwith fcnt back to the fame super visor, who will thereupon colleft che duties and deliver the p'aper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the pfcrfon from whom the fame was received. Given under my Hand, and the Se«l (L. S.) of the Trcafury, at Washing ton, the day and year above tioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Trcafury. feptember 29. FEDERAL MEETING. Agreeable to public notice a number of the inhabitants met on Thurlday the 25th inft. at the house of James Hirt— Whereupon, Resohecl, Th it this meeting be postponed until Monday the 6th of O&ob r next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 'at which time the Federal Citizens of tht G )UHty of Phi ladelphia are ifquefted to attend at the house of James Hart at the three mile Rhii on the Germantown road, for the purpose of nomi nating suitable persons for the different of- x sices of government to be el-fled at the next General Eledtion. PubliOied by order of the meeting, \ JOSHUA COMELY, Chairman. ' JOSE 1 H GEORGE, Secretary. September 29. Stop Thief! THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. £ RAN- from the Snbfcriber, on Sunday lBth inft, late in the evening, ar> indentecL Mulatto Boy, aged 17 years, tugged by the ram/ •f Joseph Brown, faying himftlf to be from Lan. caller or that neighborhood ; he is fliff [ess has a round face, ftort hair. larg- mouth, fmiltog coun tenance, dull fpc«ch, big fen-:? and feet, and h£ has no beard He may dr.'fs him'elf with a geij teelcoat of light col ur, w ire button?, aad bl ck cape, Hi- wears a good round black Hat. He hasftoltn from the fubferiber u[ war J s of sco dollars in cftfh apd valu- of other objetfi Wti e ver will apprehend and fecur him with a, iyich value about him will rec ivc the above r vtard, and 10 dollars if the young Villain can only be brought to condign punishment 6 FFLIX P \SCALIS, Ho. 70 Sonth Street. S«pt. *9. «3'P 30 •0 ■ 'pea % IV. d3m.