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DEPARTMENT,
2\th May, 1802.
notice is hereb y given,
THA I' feparatc proposals will be re
ceived at the office of the Secretary
for the Department of war until the ex
piration of the 31st day of July next en
suing, so: the supply of all rations, which
may "be required for the use of the United
Stares, from the 1A day ol Oflober, 1802,
mull the 30th day of Septembef, 1803,
both days inclusive, at the following
places, viz.
First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at
' fylichilimacinac, and at Fort Wayne,
r ' Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vin
jv cenner.
■ 'Third. At Fort Maffac, near the
Bripjarfa of the Ohio, and Kalkalkias,
iburth. At South Weft Point, Telli-
and on the road Irom
*'Na(hvillc, to the line between the Chicka
|f jftftvs i»nd Chodaws, and any place or
Ljplace® where troops arc or may be ftation
red, marched or recruited within the State
r of Tonne (Tec.
*’Fifth. At the Chickasaw bluff, Natch
eY, Mobile, and on the
f road to the boundary line
I between tllfie Chodaws and Chickafavvs,
■ and at any place in the Chickasaw or
P Chodaw 5 country, between Bear Creek
and Matcher.
SEPARATE proposals 'will also be recelv
ed at aforefaid, for the supply (f all
ratios: which may be required for the
use of the United States , from the tji
f dry of 'January 1803, until the 3 1 st
day of December, in the fame year,
both days Induf-ve, within thefevcral
fates herein after.mentioned, viz.
Sixth. At Fort Wilkinson, at Cock
fyur island, and at any place or places
where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited, within the Stale of
Georgia.
Sevan!'.. At Charlefcon, at P.ocky
Mountain, on the head waters of the
Santee, and at any place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the Hates of South and
North-Carolina.
I ■Jighih. At Norfolk, and at any place
where troops are or may be fta
nt ribned> marched or recruited within the
■ state of Virginia.
Ninth. At Fort Me Henry and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the Hate of Maryland.
Tenth. At Fort Mifflin, and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited within
the States of Penufylvama, New-Jcrfey
and Delaware.
Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at Weft. Point,
k and at any place or places wheie tioops
pore «r may be stationed, marched or re
j' cruited w ithin the (late of New-York,
excepting Niagara.
I Twelith. Ai Fort Trumbull, at Fort
LWcloot, and at any place or places where
■ tianips aie or may be stationed, marched
■or recruited within the states cl Connec
■ Rent,' Rhodc-libr.d and Vermont.
■ 'thirteenth. At Fort Independence,
harbour) and at any place or pla
■yees where troops arc or rvy ftationed,*
marched or recruited within the flat* of
Maflachofetts, the diliriil of Maine ex
cepted.
Fourteenth. At Portfmou;h, at Port
land, and at any place or places where
troops are or may be flattened, marched
or recruited within the State of Ncw-
Hampfhirc, and diliriil of Maine.
A ration to confid of eighteen ounces
of bread or flour, or when neither can be
obtained, of one quart of rice, or one
and an half pound of lifted or boltcn In.
dian meal, one pound and a quarter of
beef, or three quarters of a pound ol poik,
one gill of mm, whiskey or brandy, and
at the rate of two quarts of fair, four
quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap,
and one pound and an half of candles to
every hundred rations. The price of the
fcvcral component parts of the ration, as
well as fuhflitutes and alternatives, mufl
be fpccificd.
The rations are to be furnifhed in such
quantities, as that there shall at all times,
during the term of the proposed contrails,
be fufneient for the cofifumption of the
troops at Michillmacinac, Detroit and
Niagara for fix months in advance ; arid
at each of the other polls on the wetlern
waters, for at least three months in ad
vance, of good and wholcfcmeprovifions,
if the fame fliall L)e .required. It is also
to be permitted to ail and every of the
commandants of fortified places, or ppfls,
to call for; at seasons when the fame can
be transported, or at any time in the case
of urgency, such supplies of like provisi
ons in advance as in the diferetion of the
commandant shall be deemed proper. It
is to be underflcod that the ccntrailcr is
to be at the cxpence and rilk of ifluing
the supplies to the Troops and that all
losses sustained by the depredations ct an
enemy, or by the means of the troops of
the United States, shall be paid for by
the United States, at the price of the ar
ticle captured or destroyed, on the depo
sitions of two or mote creditable charac
ters, and the certificate of a commiflioned
ofliccr, afcert-tinlng the circumstances of
the loss, acd the amount of the articles
for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be underflcod to be
reserved to the United States of requiring
that none of the supplies which may be
furnifhed under any of the proposed con
trails, fliall be ifl'ued until the supplies.
which have been or may be furnifhed un
der contrails now in force, have been
consumed, and that a supply in advance
may be always required at any of the fix
ed posts on the seaboard or Indian Fron
tiers, not exceeding three months.
HENRY DEARBORN,
Secretary of War.
WANT E D,
A SMART, ailive LAD, from four
teen to flxteen years of age, as an
Apprentice to the Printing BuJlnefs.
An tndullrious youth, of a good dif’pcfi
tion, will find an eligible and advanta
geous situation in the above line, by ap.
[•lying at this Office.
Blank Bonds and Apprentices
Indentures for laic at this Office.
TO BE ISOLD,
SEVEN hundred acre* of land, fmiatt
oppoCte the city if Augusta, bn Sa
varnish River, in thejftatc ofTionth Ca
rolina, a great proportion of which is
Prime low Ground, land First quality
High Land, well timbered.—For fur
thcr particulars, apply to Col. Robert
Watkih* at Augufla, who is authoriled
to dispose cf>hc farm .
April 28.
N. B. If the abov< is not very short
ly fold, it wilt be bated, for a term
aot exceeding seven y{ars.
Forty Dollars Kezvard.
RUN-AWAY from the fubfenberor
the 20th March last, two NEGRO
FELLOWS and two NEGRO WENCH
ES, viz- Monday, a mulatto fellow,
about 38 years of age, is about 6 cet
high, Itiaight made, and has something
the appearance-of an Indian, he is a
country born, fenfiblc fellow, and may
attempt to pais for a free man.
Rachel, his w ife, a black wench a
bout 30 years of age, f feet 8 or 9 inches
high, likely and well made.— Nelly,
a well made, likely black wench, about
29 years of age, $ feet 6 or 7 inches high
—The above deferibed negroes formerly
belonged to the efface of Doflor Lyman
Hall, dcccafld, and lincc to Jcfeph Watts
deceased, of whom I purchaftd them.
Alfa a negro man named Stephen,
about 25 years of age, 5 feet 7 ur 8 inches
high, a black, Aim, straight made fel
low, and formerly belonged to‘Jar. Lycn.
It is probable that they will keep tege
gether, and I expeft will make for the
Salts below Savannah, as they ate well
acquainted there.
The above Reward and all reafqnable
expences will be paid to any person that
will lodge them in any jail in this date,
so that I may get them again, or Ten
Dollars for any one of them.
NOAH KELCEY.
Augufla, April 20. ’
Ten Dollars Reward.
LOST, in the streets of Au
gufla, on the 2*d inff- a Silver STOP
WATCH-Made by ßobert ‘Teller, Lon
don,, No. 26419. —Whoever leaves said
Watch at Mr, Smith's Priming-OfiLe,
(hall receive the above Reward,
FOR HALE,
At ASHTON’. TAVERN,
On TUE i D.l l' the 1 y.h day of July
next, ( the Sale to commence at 11 o'
clock in the forenoon,)
Twenty-two very fine young
MULES, bom twelve and a had to fif
teen hands high, well made and in good
1 condition. Like wife at the fame time
will be 'Sold, Twenty-two very likely
Spanilh and Virginia HORSES, large
and well formed, fit for any work, ci
cher for Carriage or Saddle.—For fur.
iher particulars, picnic to apply to
JOSEPH AbH lON.
Avgvjir , June'ic).
Blank Deeds of Conveyance
(for fide arthis Office.
WHEREAS a ComtnilTum of
ruptcy, under the hand and f ca '*
ot the hont rable William Stephens, fro
judge of the dill rift court of the United
States, for the diflrift of G-orgia, hath
been iflucd and awarded agaiuft FeteH
Robinson and William S. Smith,
under tut Firm of Robinson & Smith!
df the laid difttift, and they being t t [
dared Bankrupts—They are heriby le
gated to Surrender themfclves to ths
Uommiflioncrs thexcin named, or a mar
jority of them, on the 24th day of July
ncxr, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, and
on the. z6;h day of the fame month at
ten o'clock, and also on the 28th day of
the fame month, at ten o’clock, in
Greene lb jrough, Greene county, then
and there to make a full difclofurc and
difeovery of all their efiate and efftfls.
And the creditors of the said Petcc
Robin fun and William S. Smith, ate re
quired to take notice, that they come at
the times and place abovementiontd,pre
pared to prove their refpeftsve claim*,
and to do luch other afts and things as by
the aft of Ccrgrefs, in such case made
and provided, arc required.
And all performs indebted to the said
Bankrupts, or who have any of their tl
.lefts, arc to take notice, that they do
not pay cr deliver the fame, but to such
petfon or petfons as the said Comminh.
oners may appoint,
PETER EARLY,
ALLAN STEWART, J™*'
JONAS FA L 1 CHE, y eneni
Greenejborough, t \,
June 16, 1802. - V\
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DIRECT TAX. ■
To the Inhabitants of the firft ColUßim
DiJlriS, being within the county of Rich
mond and ) late of Georgia ,
YOU ace hereby notified, that the
tax which has been afleffed upon
dwelling houses, lands and Haves, with*
in this diHiift, by virtue of an aft of
Congress, pass d the 14th July, 1798,
entitled, “ An aft to lay andcolltfta
direst tax,” has become doc and paya
ble ; and that I will attend for the city
of Aucufra, at Mr, Canie’s, on Satur
day the 26 h inflant j in capt. Lacy's di
(lrift, at Mr. John Rhode,’*, on Mon
day the sth July ; in capt. Hatcher's di
ftrift, at Mr. Elijah Andeifon's, on Sa
turday the 10th, and in capt. Mil
ner's diftrift, on Saturday the 17th July
next, to collcft the fame, of which alt
petfons concerned, are to take notice.
In conformity to the 6th feftion of the
fail aft, a full and correft copy of the
tax lid remains in the office of John Ma
thews, Esq Supervisor of the Revenue
for the Difirift of Georgia, open to ail
persons inclined to infpeft the fame.
GEORGE WATKINS/
ColUaor ijl Dipitl. *
Augujla , June 1, 1802*
FO R SALE,.
A GANG of Prime NEGROES'
confiding of Men, Men Boy*/
Women, and Women Girls.- '
BELCHER DICKINSON, «•
' S-avannahy June 18,