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*4* r #• * ' 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\ - —1 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,