TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wajhingten, September ift, 1800. Public Notice is hereby Given, In pwfuanct of hn a3 of Congress, pajjid on the 23J day of April, one tboufand eight hundred, entitled »Ah aS to efiatli/i a General Stamp-Office," I. THAT a General Stamp-Office is now eftablkhed at the feat of government, in trie city of Wafhingtoh, from whence there Will Ifliie, from agd after the date hereof, (tipori the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the colle&ion of the (lamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, paeohmewt and vellum, marked or (lamped, and duly counter-damp ed, with the following rates of duty which ere demandable by law : For every lkin or piece of vellum or parchment,or lheet or piece of paper, upon which (hail be written or printed any or either of the instru ments er writings following, to wit, ADM. C. M. NY certificate of naturalization 5 Any licence ta practice, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or re gistry of any counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or protftor, in any court of the United States i« Provided, that a certificate in any one of the courts tof he United States, for any one of the said offices, (bill so far 33 relates to the payment of the duty aforefaid,,be a fufficient admis sion m all the courts of the UnitaJ. States, for each and every .of the said offices. Any grant or letters patent,under the seal or authority of the United States (except for lands granted for military services) 4 Any exemplification or certified copy of any such graht or letters patent ( except for lands granted for mili tary Cervices) l Any charter-party, bottomry or re fpoiidentia bosd I Asy receipt or discharge for or on ac count of any legacy left by any will PC other teftimentaiy inilru ment, or for any (hare or part of a personal cflate. divided by force of any statute of diftributrons ether than to die wife, children or grand children of the person diseased, the amount whereof (hall be above the valne of fifty dollars, and (hall not exceed the value ef one hundred dnliars When the amount thereof shall ex ceed the value of one hundred dol lars, ?nd (hall not exceed five hun dred dollars jo And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional for* of 1 A*y policy of infarance or inftru metlt in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made (halt not exceed five hundred dol lars When the sum infiired (hall exceed five hundred dollars I Any exemplification of what nature soever, that (hall pass the seal of any ctaurt, other than fucfe as it may be the duty of the clerk ef such court to furnilb for the use of the United Stitoe, or some parti cular state _ 50 Any bond, bill single er penal, inland bill of exchange, promiflory note or other note (other lhan any recognizance, bill, bend or other obligation or central), made to or with the United States, or aaiy Hate, or for their use refpeively, ac cording to the following scale : On all notes not exceeding fifty dol- ' lars, for each dollar 6 jOn all notes above fifty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars 50 On all notes above one hundred dol lars andnotexeseding five hundred dollars I Qn all notes above five hundred dol lars ThtU. C. As* Any protsft or atJitt natariil all pcifons concerned arc requeued to take notice. JOHN WARDER. Philadelphia, 10 mo. 18, 1800 tuthfajm Loft, IN the fcip Kenfmgt.n,captain Kerr, in the year 1794, having been captured by the French on her voyage from hence ta Amsterdam, the follow ing certificates ef stock of the Bank of the United States, standing is the name of Benjamin Chap man- Nos. 432 V 436 4 Stares each; rjß 3 do. IS 15, 1216, 1217, 1 do. Application is made at said Bank by the fubferi ber for a renewal of the fame, of which all perfsns concerned are desired to take notice. JOHN MILLER, Junr. ofl. 17• d3m. The Porcupine. I TAKE this method ofinforming the People of the United States, that on the firftdayof No vember next, I pr opofe to resume the publication of Porcupine's Gazette, under the title of THE PORCUHNE ; and to notify (in cafe any gentle man in America should want it) that the price of each Number will be sixpence sterling, and that the calh mull be received by me before the paper can be fupplied.—Aa to the mode of tonveyance, so frequent are the opportunities from London to Now-York, that files may be forwarded to the lat. ter place once a fortnight upon an average—from New-York they cau be fpcedily conveyed to ev ery part of the Union. When files can be, with out delay, sent to otUee places diredt, it may be done ; when «hey cannot, they will all be sent to New-Yerk, unlcfs otherwise ordered. Which have been sometime in she Prsfs, wil be completed in February next, when th» oOpiet fubferibed for in America will be forwarded to the Subfcribcrs. Any of my literary friends in America, who may be disposed to renew their correspondence with me; will please to dire& to me at my print ing office, No. 3, Southampton street, Strand, or at my Bookseller's (hop, No, iB, Pall Mall. WILLIAM COBBETT. L»r.ioß, September 4, jßm. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. Certificates Loft. LOST, Porcupine's fVarks, Wanted to charter FOR EUROPE, of 150 or 280 tons burthen. Apply to Clibborn, Js* Engl'iJ}). ti m O . 9th. $ For Liverpool, To return an early Spring ship to Phila delphia, sjjjL R O"s E, of Philadelphia SILAS JONES, master, Burthen #BO tons. Is intruded to he speedily dis patched. For freight or passage apply to JOHN ENGLISH, No. 147, Water flreet, or JAMES, CLIBBORN t? ENGLISH, Philadelphia New-York, Dec, id. 1800. § For Sale, THE SCHOONER Wfik. ELIZAS KATY, WfttA&fa George Parker, maimer ; ■fcssllat Burthen 11 o torn, 4 months old, fails faft.snd is pierced fori4 guns. Ap ply to the master on board at Downing's wharf, or SAMUEL RHOADS, No. 1, Penn Street. November 21. dtf For Hamburgh, JjTj The Hamburgh ship Three Friends, John Peter Janfen, master, Afubftantial strong good ▼eflcl, and well found ii intended te fail previous to the 35th of Decem ber. two thirds of her cargo being ready to go en board—For the remainder, or paflage, apply to JACOB SPERRY isf Co. Wh« have received perfaid vejjel and are aoiv Landing, PLATILLAS ROY ALES Britannia, Quadruple Selefiat Checks, No 3, and Liftadoet Crcjs a la Moflaix I Arabia* Stripes Selefia Handkerchief) Bazzils ' Oil Cloohs Cun Flints Also on Handy Checks and ftripos. Boccadillos, Britannias, Caf fcrilloj, Brown Rolls, Eftopillas, Creas a la Mor< laix, Bielefield fire Shirting, Lionens, Dowlafs, Siamoife,Tapes.GlaftWares, Coffee Mills, Scythes, Demyjohns, Quills. November a 1 diot—tu&fr sw 30,000 lbs. bejl heavy Black Pepper, FOR SALE BY SAMUEL RHOADS, No. 1, Perm Street. December 1. J Thomas Orr, /No* 5 2 > South Front Strebt, HAS received by the latest arrivals from Loo dot)! a well chosen aflortment of the fol lowing articles : CALICOES and Chintzes, (a great witty) Furniture do. do. Corded Dimities for garments and furnilurc Durants, Joans and Calimancocs Bombazetts and Bomhazeens Printed Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs and Lawn bordered ds. Jaconet and Book Muslin handkerchiefs Shawls, Cotron and Chintz, a great variety Do. Camel'* Hair Hosiery, Worsted and Cotton of all files Do. China White and Black Silk Table Cloths, from 5 4, to ioby 16-4 with and without Napkins Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cimbricks Jaconet and Lapett Muslins, coloured and plain White and Black Lace, Lac* Veils, Cloaks and Handkerchiefs Black Mode, Peelongsand Satiss White and printed Marleilles forvefts Swanldown, ftripedand plaid. Cotton Checks (five) 7-8, 4-4, n-8, and 6-4 Black and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs India Bandanna do. of superior quality White, Red and Yellow Flannels Guernsey Worsted Frocks A f«w dozen bed elastic Sufpend^rs. Hfe hn* Also Just Received, a well alTorted Invoice of India Muslins, CONSISTING OF Berbhoom Gurrahs Patn« Baftas Alahabad Emerges Do. Gurrahs Company Guzzapora Janna Mamooditt. Coffas. By the Bale or Piece O(Sober 18. diw 3awtf. French School, FOR YOUNG LADIES. N. OOUIN DUFIEF, profeffor of the Fronch language, will open on Tuesday, the 9th of De cember, at Mrs. Beck's Academy, in Fifth Greet oppoCte the State House garden, a morning fcheol or young ladies,from eleven till one e'dock (every other day.) Parent!) or guardians arc dtfired to make early application, that the fckolars may have the mutual advantage of beginning at once. N.O. Dufief, has the honor to inform th em that he is the auther of aocourfe of pradical ] cc . tures and conferences on the mod essential parts of the French language, by means of which, the lear ner is fson initiated in the mod approved prafticc of this polite and faihionable language. An aoalyfig 0 f hit flan of tuition, and of his work having been givin at length In the public papers, they afe referred to the Gazette of the United States and the Aurora for September last. For terms and other particulars apply at No 5, south Fifth street, or at Mrs. Beck's on the days and hours of tuition afartfaid. pecsmber t. 1 #0i6t. 1 5 NOTICE. Bank of the United States, T November 17, 1800. HE Stockholders of Ae Bank of the United States are informed, that according |to the statute of incorporation, a General Eleftion for twenty five Diredlors, will be held at the Bank ot the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the jth of January next, at ten o'clock in •be forenoon. 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