TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wafhinglan, September \JI, 1800. Public Notice is hereby Given, In pursuance 0/ an ad of Congress, pajpd on the 23-/ day of sfp-ril, one thoufund eight hundred, entitled "An aS to ejlablilh d General Stamp- OJ/ice,'' THAT a Genfcral Stamp-Office is noiv eftablKhed at the feat of government, in tne city of Wafhingtan, from whence there will iflue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under vthofe manogement the colleftion of the Himp duties i6'placed) any quantities of paper, pa«ohrmMit and vellum, marked or (tamped, arid duly counter-Itamp fd, with the following rates of duty which are demandable by law : For every (k\r or piece of vellum or parchment, or (heet or piece of paper, upon which (ha'l be written or printed any or cither of the iuftru ments or w-ritings following, to wit, AD.SU, C M. NY certificate of naturalization s Any licence to prai£lice K nr certificate oi the admiflion, »nro aentorre giftry of any. counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, orpro&or, in any court of the United States t-o Provided, that a certificate in any one of the courts tof he United States, for arfy bneof the said officei, (hall so far 33 rentes to the payment of the duty aforefaid, he a fufficient admis sion in all the' coons of the United Stated, for each and every of the said officei. Any grant or letters patent,under ilje seal or authority of the United States (except for lands granted for military fervic«s) 4 Any exemplification or certified copy of any such gram or letters patent (except for lands granted for mili tary services) » Any charter party, bottomry or ro fpoudentia bond I \hvy receipt or discharge for or on ac count of any legacy left by any •will or other tcilimentary inftru tcent, or for any lliare or part of a personal eflate, divided by force of any statute of diftriVntiops other than to rhe wife, children or «r-and xhildren of the person dileafed, the >an\onnt whe reo; shall be abo®e the Vaine f fifty dollars, and (hall not e*ceed the value ol one hundred dollars »5 When the amount thereof ftiall ex ceed the value of one hundred dol lars, and (hall not exceed five hun dred dollats jo }And tor every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of 1 Asy polity of inftirance or instru ment in nature thereof, when the sum fiit which infurante is made (hail not exceed five hundred dol lars »5 "WKeu the sum inliired (hall exewd fi The laid daty being charge able upon each and every bill of ex change, without'refpedl to the num ber contained in each set* Ar<7 note or bill of lading or writing / or ueceipt in nature thereof, for godbs or merchandize to be ex ported ; If from one diftriil to another dil tiifl of theUniled States,not being in the fame state 4 ' If from the United States to any so- v reign pert or place 10 0 The said duty being cbargohle 1 upon nrh and every bill of lading without rifpeA to the number con tained to each iet. ( Any notes iffuecd by the banks now f eiUHilhed or'that may be hereafter f eftablifbed within the United t States, <»ther than the notes of r foch of the said banks as (hall a- c to an annual coropofition of « one per centum on the annual di- e videitds made by fnch hanks, c* I their ftockh' Ideis refpeihvely, ac cording totke following scale I On all notes not exceeding'fifty 30,000 lbs. bejl heavy Black Pepper, FOR SALE BY SAMUEL RHOADS, No. i, Penn Street. December r. <5 . Ihorpas Orr, dm. c. a* * South Fhont Strest, HAS received by the latest arrivals from Lon. don, a well chosen aflortment as the fol lowing articles: CALICOES and Chintzes, ( a great variety) Furniture do. do. Corded Dimities for garments jind furnilure Duranti, Joans and Calimancois li mbazttts and Bombazeens Printed Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs *nd Lawn bordered d*. Jaconet and Book Muslin handkerchiefs Shawls, Cotton and Chintz, a great variety Do. Camel's Hair Hosiery, Worsted and Cotton of all sizes Do China White and Black Silk Table Cloth*, from j 4. to 10 by 16-4 with and without Napkins Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cambricks Jaconet and Lapett Muslins, coloured and plain While and Black Lace, Lace Veils, Cloak, and Handkerchiefs Black Mode, Vetlongs and Satins White and printed Marseilles for vests Swanfdown, ftripedand plaid. Cotton Checks (five) 1 8, 4-a, ii-8, and 6-4 iilack and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs ludia Bandanna do ot super.or quality White, Red and Yellow Fiaunels Guernsey Worsted Frocks A f«w dozen keft elastic Suspenders. Jti« Rccrirrd, a well »fTortrd Invoice el India Muslins, CONSISTING OF Berhkoom Gurrahs Patni Raftas Mahabad Emernes Do. Gurrahs •Company Guzzipora Janna Mamoodits. CulTas. By the Bale or Piece O£tol>er 18. diw .^awtf. FOR YOUNG LADIES. IST. GOUIN DUFIEF, prcfcffor of the Frwich lunguag*, will open on Tuslday, the 9th of De cember, at Mrs. Beck's Academy, in Fifth llieet, oppofitc the Srat-' House gard n, a morning (chool or young ladies,from eleven till one o'clock (every otier day.) Parents or guardians are defircd to make early application, that the fchojars may have the mutual advantags of l-eginning ato»ce. N. G. Dufief, has the honor to inform th em that he ii the auther of a course of praitical lec tures and conferences on the noli eflfential parts of the French language, by means of which, the lear ner is f«ou initiated in the most approved pradice of this polite and fafliienable language. An analysis of fiis p an of tu : tion, and of his work having beAn givcin at length in the public papers, they are referred to the Gazette of the United States and the Aurora for .September lift. For terms and other partienhrs apply at No j, fourh Fifth street, or at Mrs. Beck's on the days and flours of tuition jtfortfoid, December a. eodSt.J No. 52, Be ha* Also French School, NOTICE. Bank of the United States, NoVKMBfR 17, 1800. THE Stockholders of the Bank of :he United States arc informed, that accerrfing |to the Qatu'e of incorporation, a General Ele&ion for twency five DireiSors, will be held at the Bank ot the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the sth of January next, at ten o'clock in ihe forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh ft &ion of the bye laws, the stockholders of the said Bark are alio no tifietito affcmMe in general meeting, at the fame place, on Tuesday the 6th of January next, at fix o'clock in the evening. G SIMPSON, Cashier. Second Fundamental Article. Mot more than three foartht ot the Dlre&or* In office, eicluDre of the Prafident (hall he eligible for the next rafuiog year, but the Diila .delphia ; and bj the principal bookfcllers through out the United States. *.* A ProfpeJlus of the werk may be fe«i at the place of fubfeription. feptember 13 § A. Dickins, Opposite Chh i st-Chuuch HAS JUST PUBLISHED, A neat and correct Edition OF The Exercises, ADAPTED TO Murray's Englijh Grammar, Designed for the benefit of private Learners as well for the use of Schools, with Key, BY LINDLEY MURRAY. [Price one Dollar.3 December 5, NEW- BOOKS, RECEIVED BY A. DICKINS, oppoGte Christ Church. Millars Gardner'* Di&iwiary, new edition, folio oo VPeh"s Travels, » vols 7 c '° Rochcfaucault's Trivcll, 4 vols 12 oo Anti-Jacobin Examiner, x vols. 6 5° Biioasparu's Intercepted Letters 1 3 7S Crutwell's Gazetrer, 3 vols, and atlas 18 co New Biographical Dictionary, I' vols 37 JO D'l vernois's Survey of tjie Luffis of the French Nation • 5° Parson's Britilh Chflics, ,l 6 vols 4® or: New System of Natural History, 3 vols 11 so Payne's Epitome of History, » vols 600 Chederfield'i Works, 4 vols 11 00 I» 00 ,oMlmith's works, 7 vol» * ilpole's royal and 11 oh if authors ron's new geography, 4 vela. 11 00 P e rke, 00 Ijifurance, new ijon. ed. «f 1800 S 00 Dr. Currie'« c.'.ic. of Burm's workv 4 vols n 00 Ftnno's edition of Gifford's works, Iv. Is iIS PAMPHLETS. Duigenan'j reply to Grattan, I JS Report of the fccret committee of the houfs of commons on '.h" 1 risK rebellion X Rose's examination of th« increase of ths revenue,commerce. See, of O. 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