treasury department, Wajhington September \Jt, 1800. Public Notice is hereby Given, In pursuance of an aft of Congress, pnffed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An a3 to ejiabli/b a General Ztamp-QJJice'' Tt4 At* a General Stamp Office »8 now ettablithed at the feat of government, in tne city of Wathington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof, (upah the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the colleflion of the damp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamp ed, with the following rates of duty which are demandable by law : For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment,or {heet or piece of paper, upon which (hall be written or printed any or either of the instru ments or writings following, to wit, A Doth. Q M. NY certificate of naturali-ttion 5 Any licence to prafiice, or certificate of the adn.ifiiun, enrollmentor re gistry of any counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or prodlor, in •ny court of the United States to Provided, that a certificate in any one of the courts tof he Uiited States, for any one of the said' ffices, fault so far a> re'ates to the payment of the duty aforefaid, be a fufficient admif. fion in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices. Any grant or letters patent,under th« seal or authority of the United States (except for land) granted v for military Cervices) 4 ' Any exemplification or certified copy r of any such grant or letters patent f ( except for laiuls granted for mili- c tary services) » I Any charter party, bottomry or re fpotidentia bomd I Any receipt or discharge for or on ac count <-f any legacy left by ;ny 1 will or other teftimeittary inftru- t ment, or for any Ihjre or part of t a psrfonal efiate, divided by force , cf any (latute of diftri!. utions other f than to the *'ife, children or jrarid ( children of the pwf >n diseased, the amount whrreof (hall be above the value i-f fifty dollars, and (hall not 1 exceed the value of one hundred d'liars a J When the amount thereof stall ex ceed the value of one hundred dol lars, tnd (hall' not exceed fiv« hun- 1 dred And for evtry further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional film of 1 A*y policy of insurance or inflru nent in nature thereof, when the Turn for which insurance is made fcall not exceed five hundred dol lars »J When the sum ,'insured (hall oxceed fivc-iiunilred dollars I Any exemplification of what nature soever, that shall pass the feat of •ny court, O'her than such 21 it may be the duty of the clerk ef such court to furnilh for the tife of the United States, or some parti cular slate $0 Any bond, bill single or penal, inlind bill of exchange, promifTory none or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, h»tid or other bbliiration or contrail, made to or With the United States, or any Hate, or for their use refpedively ; and any bonds required in any cafe bv the laws of the United States, or of any state, up"n legll process, or in anv judic al proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty) tf above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dellars JO tf above one hundred and not ex ceeding five hundred dollars 2} If above fivs hundred and not ex ceeding one thousand dollars fa And if above one thcufand dollars 75 Provided, that if any bonds or tiotes shall be payable at or within lixtv days, such bonds or notes (hall be fubjeil to < nly two filth parts of the duty aforefaid, via. If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars 4 If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding live hundred dollars 10 IF above live hundred dollars and not exceeding one thou'and dolls. ao tf above one thousand dollars 30 Any Foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign csuntry »o The said dxty being charge able upon each and every bill of ex ehange, without refpe& to the num ber contained in each set. Any note or bill of lading or writing or receipt in nature /thereof, for goods or merchandize to be ex ported ; If from one diftridl to another dif tri<3 of the United States,not being in the fame state * If from the United 3ta*es to any fo reign port or place I® The said duty being chargesbte Upon each and every bill of lading without r»fp-<£l to the number con tained to each set. Any notes iflued bf the. banks row eft»Mi(h'd or that may be hereafter eftahlifoed within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as (hall a gree to an annual composition of one peT centum on the annual di vidends made by such btrtks, te their ftockholdei sVefpeAively, ac cording to the following scale : On all notes not exceeding fifty dot lars, for each dollar 6 On all notes above fifty dollars and not axceeding one hundred dollars Jo On all notes above one hundred dol lars'andnotexceeding five hundred dollars * Oh all notrtibota fi*e hundrtddol- lar» * Arty prowft or other notarial a& IS Any letter of attorney, exc.-pt for invalid pension, or to obtain or fell warrants, for land grannd by the United Statu? as bounty for military fervieei performed ill the late war *} Any inventory nr catalogue of any fur niture, g««ds or effcils, made in any cafe required ky la» («c»t In nW of goodi and chittdt J drained for - rent <t is «r -«ue of »i>y Itgilproccft by any officer . Jo Any c»rtifi<*te» n{ a ftiare in Any Infii ranee cimpiDf, of a ikare iti thtf buk J of the Suie»,or of any ftaia ir other (tank ( If twenty dollars atad not exceed ing oris hundred dollars io If above one hundred dollars If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars. II That the power of the supervisors of the Revenue to mark or ftjmp any vellum, plircliinent or paper chargeable with duty, will cense and determine from and after fix months from tl»e aate hereof, to wit, on the iaft d:iy of February 1801. That, if any persons {hall, after the last day of February iftoi, have in their custody or poffeflion, any vellum, parchment or pa# per, marked or stamped by the supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any 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 the said last day of February 1801; bring or ferd such vellum, parchment and paper, unto Ictn: office of infpeftion, and in lteu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped ih pursuance of the herein before recited.. And in c'nfe any person (hall negleft or re fufe, within the time aforefaid, 'to bring or cause to be brought unto Tome officer of in fpedion, any furh vellum, parchment or pa per, it is hereby declared, that the fame will thereafter be of no other efTe£l or use, than ifct had never been marked or stamped, 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 110 other effeft, than if they had been written , or printed on paper, parchment or vgllum, ! not marked or stamped. IV. And for the convenience of those persons who be inclined to have their own vel lum, parchmetit and paper (lamped or mark ed, it is hereby peclared, that when any per son (hall deposit any vellum, pa-chment or paper at the office of a fu'pervifor, accompa nied with a lift, fp*cifying the number and denomination of the (lamps or marks, which are defirrd to be thereto affixed, the fame will be transmitted to the General Stpam- Offic •, and there properly marked or (lamped, and forthwith sent back to tl>e ftme super visor, who will thereupon colleft the duties and deliver the paper, pajrehment or vellum, to the order of the pcrfon from whom the fame was received. Given under my Hand, and the Seal (L.S.) of the Treasury, at Washing ton, the day and year above men tioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. d;?!n. feptewiber 29. German Redemptioners. NINETEEN remains «fthore,who came in the ship Anna from Hamburgh, and are wilting (o serve for their paflage Apply to Jacob Sperry is? Co. Who have on Hand, Remaining of late importations, and which are of- fered or reasonable terms, and the usual credit, 3 3 cases Eftopillas, Forming 3 eompleat assortment oi Uni, Rajre Mouches, plain an J colourc J ftripci. 33 cases caffcrillo«s 5 cases boccadillos t cases quadruple. CleGaa . I caf« fuperfinc dowlas % cases toutiN and i cafe liflac'os » cases fuperfine Elberfeld check* 3 cases bed parchet I cafe Flandersbed ticV»,B-4 10 cafe* coffee mills, Nos. 00, to No. 6, as serted » cafea Scyrhes 5 cales of double flint cut Decanters quart and pint I cafe pill tumblers, and t cafe of Travelling cases. < 1 cafe of quills, I cafe of cemmon fealingwax and 400 Demijohns. * September 17. On Monday morning The »9th instant will be landed on Hamilton'* Wharf Apply to WILT.IAM PARKER, or MOORE WHARTON. September 17, diw. George Davis, . Nt. 319, High-Street, HAS JUST RECEIVED, Per Adriana from London, A few Trunks and Cases of 4-4, 7-8 & 3-4 Iriih Linens, AND Gentlemen's, Youths, and Boys, Fine BLACK HATS, Which lie will fell on moderate terms, at a n-afonahle credit. fcpteniber 24 \ mwfjw. iMt. c. M. Late FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. State of the Mtgociaticm between France; and America; PARIS, 18 Thcrmider, August 6. The conferences opened at Paris with the envoys of the United States are at present ' suspended ; and there i» little hope of their being fdccefsfully refurtied tor fartie time. It appears that the powfcrs «efted in the en voys are too limitted to enable t'nem to con clude li treaty which (hall give the fault advantages te the Republic aS those grant ed the Lnglilh by the treaty ma e with Mr. Jay. France ehoofes rather to decline trea ting with the United States, than to fane tion the priviledes whicß they have accor ded to her enemy. The in dispute will appear from the following particulars. The United States and England, by the 2.5 th article of their treaty, mutually stipu late a free entrance into their refpe&ive ports, with complete prote&ion to the pri vateers and /hips of war of the two coun tries, and the prizes taken from their ene mies* And they engage never to conclude a treaty extending the fame favour to any nation at war with either of the contradting parties. The treaty of between Franre and the United States having been annulld by the latter, and now rega ded as if it never existed, they conceive that they cannot give the fame privileges to France, without violating their treaty with England. The French Republic does not seem dispo sed to ratify, to her own prejudice, and in favour of the EngUlh, hrr encmie# and ri vals, a proceeding so unexpected on the part of tbe Americans, with whom (he re cently made a common cause against thafe very enemies, directed to the fame ohjeft for which France herfelf is now at war—the attainment of 1 berty and independence. It is unfertunate that the United States so precipitately annulled the treaty of 1778. They themselves, now repent that they were induced to take that step, as it de prives them of the power of giving to France, or any other country the fame ad vantages which they have conferred on the Eaglifh. Their diplomatic agents must have been very (kort sighted, or very parti al to the interest of England,—or their Envoys must give a wrong interpretation to "their inftni&ions and the treaty alluded to ; since it appears that France, renouncing the claims (he may have from the priority of the treaty of 1778, now offers to treat , without demanding any other ativantige than those enjayed by the En,,li(h, and which they have exercifcd during theprefent war—and the Ambadadors to negoci te a peace, if thiy are not vetted with power to accede to those conditions. The negociation was opened, on the part of the French Commissioners, on the fuppodtion that the treaty of 1778 was dill in force. It was, inderd, natural to suppose that, the two nations never having been n a state of war with each other, this treaty could not have be'n annulled w th out the consent of both countries ; and in this, point of view it was that the French Coniroifficuers offered an indemnification to the Americans, by admitting the principle of cotnpenfation for illegal captures. They even proceeded further ; instead of demanding from the Americans, the inde finite guarantee of the French colonies, the article of the treaty which was mod disad vantageous to the former, they agreed to the frbttitution of a fpepial guarantee, such as appears to be contained in the inftrutti ons of the preceding ambassadors, according to the copy of them publilhtd by Cot grefs. But the American Envoys were not authori sed to renew this treaty, even after retrench ing th* article rctpefting the guarantee of the Frtnch islands. France, therefore, conceived her&'f exempted from the obliga tion of compenfat'ng for the raptures the Americans tbemfelves having, by abro gating.the treaty, destroyed the basis on which only thier claim could. have been founded. It thus appears that the negociation tur ned chiefly on three points. 1. The continuance in £orce, or the modi fied renewal of thetreaty of '7B. France wared this point, in confequenee of the afTurance of the American Envoys chat they could not renew it. 3, The principle of compensation for illegal captures. This point France offered to admit-, but on condition only that the treaty of 177? (hould be renewed, with the modifications dated in the inftrudlions given by Walhrngton. 3. The 15th article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, rela tive to the jirote&ion granted to the armed veflels of that nation. Fiance will most probably infill upon enjoying the fame ad vantage as long as it is poffelTed to her in ju'ry by her enemies. There is another principle which Fiance is arrxious to etUblith ; anion the adoption of whitch (he has'ftrongly infilled ; a princi ple which it is dill more the interest and policy of the Americans to carry into exe cution. But thetreaty of 1793 with the Englilh prevents them from acceding to this tyllem, namely, that neutral bottoms (hall . constitute neutral property. France, how ever, hopes to reduce the powers of the North to eflablilh this system; to be excluded from the benefit of which would be highly injurious to the Americans. It appear#, however, that these diplomatic conferences have been condutlnd in the most amicable manner, audio as to leave only an impression of regret that it was impossible to remore the difficulties which bac} occurred. d6t. uwim nUTIKOsA, ■r' The American Amlaffadors; during their I relideiice at Par'l3, have been treated with I every possible mark of respect, and enjoyed all .the diftmitions conferred on the Mimfters of our Allies. As it is at prclent, the prin ciple and system of France to refprft and protedt llif law of nations, and the rights of neutrality, it is to be hoped that the frank and equitible conduct which (lie holds, with regard to neutral Dates, will soon relnove the difference which have occured between her and the United States ; and that even (hould the present uegociation not terminate in a treaty, the American flag (hall, not withftandingr, continue to be refpedted, and tlieir vessels treated as those of a friendly nation in our courts of law. Orders are issued to the privateers to t fpeft all neutral flags, among which the American is undoubtedly the mod numerous, and American vessels ate daily released by the coi>ru; with damages against the owners of privateers. There are now .ibout fitly causes before the Council of Prizes re fpedtihg vessels taken in the European seas, and those of the vessels which really belong to Americans will assuredly be restored. The fate of such, however, as were furn-fh ed with letters of marque, does not appear to be yet determined. It is thought that they cannot be given up without functioning the condutt of the Americans in arming them, unlets the reflitutian (hould relult from a new treaty of amity. The Preceding particulars, though not official, have been communicated by the mod refpeitable authority. August 16. A letter from Augfburgof the nth Au gust fays, that in less than a fortnight there will l>e a Congrefi at Augfcurg. Preliminaries of peace have been signed between the French Republic and the Dey ef Algiers. Letters from Berlin, state, that the nego ciations are ca>ried on with equal vigour at Paris, Vienna and Berlin. The King of Pruflia, in concert with Denmark, Swe den, Spain, and perhaps with Ruilia, la bours to effe£tuate the peace of Europe, or at lead of the continent, and to organize an armed neutrality it the war between France and England is to continue. Couriers ar. rive every day from Paris, Vienna f and Pe ter(bufg. They fay that negociations are to be entered on at Garlefbad, and that Gen eral Boaropnville will go there soon. From tne second half year of the year 8, the rents and petitions of the State, are to be paid in specie, through the medium of the B nk of France. DIJON, Augufl 7. The arn:y ot Reserve is, until further or ders, ca;ii[iofcd . of four divisions ; the one forming the advanced guard >s encamped on the right bank of the Leman, under the com mand ef the Gineral of Division Rey. Ihe second commanded by General Baraguay d'Hillers, is encamped on the left bank of the lake of Geneva. The third under the comm. ,1 nd of Gen. Morlot, is in barracks at Remilly-fur-Tille. And the fourth division commanded by Gen. Grouchy, is to be sta tioned in the environs of Dtj.in, arot.i.ts head quarters will be transferred to that city. Discipline is rigidly pursued, and no fol diefs are allowed to ablent themselves from their quarters. BERNE, August 8. The events of yesterday are iome of the mod important which we have witnelTed iince the Revolution, and those of this day win not be less interesting. hey constitute the era of a revolution, trom which we are enabled to augur the happiest contequences, and which-will give u» a government more capable of guiding us in a difficult crilis, from the conlideiation th« it will be lefsex pofed to become the viftiij) of failion and of the spirit of party, than our diira£l«d and expiring Legislature. Yefterdny a tnelTiige was addressed to the councils by the Executive Commillion, da ting the mifchieft produced by the spirit of fd&ion, by the tyranny of the Legislative and Executive Bodies and by the want of energy, patriotism and salutary laws ! Ihe Message concluded witd proposing a projeft of a decree for changing the Legislative and Executive Authorities, and was signed by the President of the Executive Commission. In coiifequence of thil message, dated the 7th ps August, the Grand Council having declared the urgency of the bufineU, agreed to twelve resolutions, of which the follow ing are the principal : The Legislative Councils are adjourned from the present day, A Legislative Council, competed of 43. members is eftablilhed in their room# The Executive Commiflion in order to form this Council, (hall, in the space of 24 hours from the receipt of the present decree, make choice of 35 from the former Legit lature. After having convoked them, the .Execu tive Commiflion (hall resign its powers into their hands, and the members of it (hall take their places in the Legislative Council. The Council thus conflicted fliall make choice of 8 more members taken from the general cfifs of citizens. The Legislative Council (hall immediately after choose from its own body 7 members, who (hall form a new Executive Council. The rights and powers exercised by the two fedtions of the Legislature (hall be assu med by the Legislative Council. The Executive Council fliall exerc fe the fame rights and powers attributed by the Constitution to the Directory. J The two authorities thus eflabliflied (hall remain in full force wll til a new Couftitirtion (hall be proposed and accepted by the Hel vetic nation. The resolutions were agreed to by the Grand Council, with the Tingle opposition of a MiUer of Zurich ; but they were warmly opposed in the Senate, ana refeired for in veltigation to a committee, wh,o were charg ed with Inaking their report this morning. Thii delay did not, however, fatisfy the Ex ecutive Commiflion, who required the imme diate acceptance or reje&ion of the resolu tions. Twenty-one member? of the Senate then withdrew, and the number prescribed by the Conflitution not being present, those who remained ho longer poflefTed the right of discussion. In the mean time the Execu tive Commirtion, supported by the whole/of the Grand Council, by a confiderabk part of the Senate, and by the voice ofthe nation, was not intimidated by this partial oppo sition, and proceeded to make ch»ice of the 35 Legislators who were to remain, among whom were some of those who had even op posed the resolutions. In the course of the afternoon, the no mination of the eight Members, who were to be chosen from all Helvetia took placed and the following were returned. Citizen Schnidd, National PrefeA of the Canton of of Basle ; Ruttimann, National Prefett of the Canton of Lucerne ; Fufli, Ancient Magi Urate of the Canton of Schwitz ; Wit tenbach, a person of literarv reputation at Berne, and an' ancient Magilirate ; Lang, belonging to the Administrative Chamber ; Sacci formerly Chancellor ; and Berrenfch wand, Prelident of the A'dmiriiflrative Chamber of Fribourg. To-morrow the nomination of the vert i Executive Council will take place* The greatest tranquillity prevailed during tfe whole tranfaftion, and even the cullo mary course of bufinef» was uninterrupted. August 9. All the troops of, the garrison in th* commune are now drawn out, and last night numefousdetachments paraded the ftrcets. The seven Members of the new Execu tive Council who are juftelefted are Citizem* Frifeking, Savarv, and Bolder, Ex-mem bers of the Executive Commiflion ; Zim merman, of the Grand Cunnci! ; Glayre, of the Executive Commiflion; Schnidd Nation al Prefeft of the Canton of Basle ; and Ruttiroan, Prefe A of Lucerne. PARIS. , ACTS OF the GOVERNMENT. (Decree of tbe i stb August.J ' The consuls of the republic, in pursuance of the report of the minister of general po-. lice, and after hearing the reasons affignedt by the consul of (late, decree : " Art. i. The passports or letters of fafer conduit granted by the rainifters and other diplomatic agents of the allied and neutral powers, wh«ther granted to individuals not belonging to their.nation, or to Frenchmen naturalised in the dominions of those pow ers since the 14th July 1789, Ihall not be ad-« mitted into France. " The persons described in the preceding article are prohibited from entering the territory of the republic, under the penalty of being treated as contumacious, or as emigrant!. «' 3, All foreigners a&ually in France, by vir tue of paffjjoru delivered to them by a minister or agent of an allied or neutral power, and who are placed in the cafe dcicribed in the firtt ar : cle of the present decree, are bound to prove from this time to the lft of September, by the certificates of the minister or agent of their nation refiJent in France, that they are of the nation in the name oS which luch passports have been granted. 4. Every foreigner who is placed in the cafe described in the fir(l article, aui who maY not conform to the above mentioned regulation*, (hall be arreted and conducted out of the territory of the republic. «' 5. Ifvory individual, a native of France, and a Anally in France, by virtue of a foreign paflport, (hall be bound, for the purpose of enabling him. to continue his residence, to provide himfelf with* in the space of 3 diy» for Paris, and of two de cades for the deparrments, with the express de« cree of the minister of general police, under the penalty of being arraigned as an emigrant. Anotbcv decree of the samt day. The consuls of the lepublic, in conftqurnte of the report of the minister of general police, and the reafont afligned by theconlulof state deeree ; '• Art. 1. Thu decree of the 14th of last Ven tofe, which applies to the four departments of the Deux Sevres, La Vendee, Maine and Loirs, and the Lswer Loire, the beflefit of the amnsfty granted by that of the ?th Nivofe preceding ; is rendered common to th: departments placed out of the protection of the conflituiion, by the law of the »3d of fad Nivofe. " No inhabitant of those de artments shall be prosecuted fortranfaSions relative to thr troubles which sccurred, either by public prosecution in the name of the nation, or by civilproceedisgs inr the name of individuals who may pretend to have been injured « •• 3. All precefs .of arrest, Irom whatever au thority it may be derived and all process ef ac cufatioo or judgment with retyped to adtions rela tive to troubles antecedent to the present publica tion, thai) be confidercd as void." [Here follow three articles, dating the inutility of palTports forthe proteiilion of persons who sre entitled to the benefit of the amnelly, and autho rising, notwithstanding such perlons, fhonld they think it neceflary for their personal protection, to demand passports and certificates from the minister of general police ] (Signed) MINISTRY OF THE MARINE Eitraft .of it circular letter from the minister of th« marine a»d the colonies, to th» Maritime Prefcih. " Preliminaries of Peace, Citizen Prsfefl, are concluded between the French republic and the King of Algiers, They were signed at Algiers on the lift of July, by citizen Thionville, en« trusted by government with the proper powers. Tne oey has issued orders to the vessels navi gating usder his flag, to refpe& that of the French republic. " The First Gonful dirn&s me, in pursuance of this a<a,to c»ufc the Algerine flag to be refpc&ed by the French navy. You will notify in all tne port- under your ftiperintendance, the (ormal ill ten tiras »f government, nnd tike every method lor their prempt execution " r LONDON, August 32; The Paris journals an abftrait of which we gave in yelterday's paper contain nothing, pcfitive rela ive to the fignipg of the pre liminaries of peace ; yet from, the whole of the different articles, wh ch fifoijv their con tents; it is evident that this great cjueftion is on the eve of beiog decided. It is oe> H BUONAPARTE."
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