- i V- ' v v ;
k
r!cei ia loe collection aiKnii,au m we
Dtwnrr Priwed In & eonntv of district,
Iftajtherebe priori tLeiosed time of
fxl,m4j and ttull be oi4 bj 4be tarUX
of b'u.depatj t nd tor all finds sml real es-;
Ute sold in pursuance ct the aa'boritjr jiore
ssid thecttneincetbrthetnArhl or th eir
den J tie, executed io due form of U;b!l
pie a valid t'l-deigBiAiUll pertoai eUim'a) j
under delinquent, collectors or their suretiet
.rM: Ani &11 manWth&t inr rtnuin of
(bepreceedi of smth tile after atiafjin? 4
the laid arnqt f diitreii ,nd paying the J
texsooable casta mX"xbnri or iie inm,
Ic rctoraed K the propneior, ot i&e ioi or
. f esl'crtate sold s aforesaid. . t n
" Sec. $9. '.M Ult father wcfci That
txih ' and ' erery " conef-tor cr.tu ideput y
nbo ahall exertiae or he ffulltj of any extor
tion or orfpreMion. under color -or ibit act,
.or shall demand other orcjeater sirms than
ball be liable to pay a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollarsio te recovered by
and for the u:e cf the party 'Injured, -with
com of suit, itrany court hating competent
inrijdcUon; and each, and etery collector
tnd bt def utita shall if v required gire re
ceipu for all apma bjlhrm colkcted and re
tailed in pursuance of this act. "' .
Sec. 30 v A;tdb it farther' enacted. That
there shall be allowed and paid for the ser
rices performed, under thii act;f .To each
principal airtort two dollara fbr errery day
etaplojed In. bearing appealsand making
ont lists ifpeeabiy to the rrmkns ot tbia
act, and four dollars for erefy'bundred tax
ablt persons contained in the.-tsx list de
iWartd by .him to the collector to tach'as.
aistanl assessor, one dolls- and fifty cents
for erery dsy aetmll ro ployed in collecting;
ttitaand taAnrealcvUttcs,nhe number of
dsys necessary foi that purpose beinj: certi
ceu oy ine princp ncur niuipiw
by the Comptroller of the treasury, k three
4lalIarafof erery hundred' taxable persons
contained m tle tax V as completed and
delircred by hia to the principtl assessor i
andlbe arsessors tespectirely bail be allow
ed thcif-aecessary-' and reaaonoble cbsrgea
fcr boCtsxnd sutionary used in the execu
tion cf their duties.
Sec 3 1.; Jtnd i if further muVett, That
the allovancea mad aa aforesaid o the aa
eisort, sbsll be pid at the tressury to the
'priacipsl asreasora respeciitely I tor which
purpose, one hundred and &tly thousand dol
J irs, to be paid out wf any monies in rbe trea
ury not otherwise appropriaied, are hereby
spproprltted
bee. 33. ,1 mj U it further enacted Tlut
ia casct whera no person can be found in a
ry Collection diithcti or assessment district,
t a tirrtt rin.ftr x eollrctor. Drinctna) as
cvsor, or assistant sesor, respectively,
the Presideut of the United States is hereby
authorised to appoint one of the deputy pot
mar.ers in such districts tu serve s collec
tors or assessors, as the ese may be t and
itlbaU b the duty ot such deputy posimas
ter to perform accordingly the dunes ct such
cficer.
Sec 33. JJ It it furtKsf enacted, That
wSeneVer a direct tax shall be assessed, or
inurcal dutea laid, separate accounu of
each aball be kept at the treasury of the U
niicd Slates, of all monies rrCvitcd from the
direct tax. and from mteml duties, show.
In; upon what articles or subject of taia
tion those duties accrued ; also, the amount
f monies paid tocollecto'ra;aaasors, asais
tanl assessors, or oiher ufGcera emplo)d in
tbecoUecivn thereof i disunguishmthe a
jnount of inontes received f.otn ach state,
and from wbattax or, species of duties re -ceivedt
od distinfTulshiof; also the amount
of monies paid to ihc offLera in each state ;
whieh atcoums it shall be the duty of the
Secretar? o he Treasury, aouially. n the.
ibontbof Ikcember, tojay before Uoogres.
HtNRYCLAY,
Speaker of tat House f Krpreseatatrves
E'CtHKY,
Vice-Prtjiiect ol t'.e United Stitri, and
I'res dent of the benate
July 22, lolS. rcw, s
" J.vMS MADISON.
FOKEIGJSXEIirS.
BY WAV OK NEW YOKK.
; x.osdon jusa 16.
We yestt rdjy suted that we feared
Bonspaxtc would be but too successful
in his attempts 10 procure -n armistice.
Sorry are we to s-y that our opinion
has proved correct- The armistice it
concluded. Paris papers to the I lib in
atani bare been received, bringing the
details of Uvis fatal agreement. There
is no doubt -but that 'this arrangement
trill speedily lead to a continental peace
on the basis of the vri pvtxdctit i and
as little thai the peace will be one to
which England cannot accede with the
least regard to her honour, her interest,
or even her safety. The Continental
Power, and" especially Austria .'appear
to abandon the great xause ; : whether
from a terxcortotn an inglorious and
illumed desire df repose, ia, perhaps,
' doubtful, but is cujU y iuul to their own
security Never has Austria bad so
encouraging an .opportunity to come
forward mnfuUy in the'Jield,ahd never
has she so hraenubly shiui.k from the
dunes of her highcbar4c:cf.Theterms
of the armiuice, as they afford cause of
exclutbn tj ail the f; ictids and sup
porters of the Corsicm Monster, so
ihey leave .us overuhelrned with the
deepest regret. .
Vie say tc i egret the artnistice, not
tt bad in a tnilitary point .of iew, but
with relation to its ponicil consequences-
We cannot but askr.vt hai, in this
new state of things, is tohccemepl the
Island cf Guadeloupe ? Are ire 6 4ui -
- render it without tho possibility of re-
cefving any equivalent 2 For v hat have
tc paid a million of money f Was it
to enable Sweden lo re-occupy Pome.
rar.u I At a less expense, we -might
with eate and certainty have put -cur
Sotereign in possession of llanover :
ana the minuter of the Pnnce Regent
ro,Sl uiely havo thought it not .be
neath tnriricare to render tuch a ser
vice tothoUnulj of their Sovereign.
- - . w a
three vctVft notUtihtVWe pMIc
im Adrtuuhefoe.;. cfegKlSy5s:WJ!- JtP' S;rmkr
;Mr Whilbfead; Wbovha givctt ror
(6Hbt 29Ur inst. Stated jesttrdajx that
:ht EbouldTc it fot Ihrscnt on
count of the intelligence hahad been'
concluded, wliich he ptesurhedhad not
taken fckce. with Jul JLord Cathcarr andJ
Gcn-Stewirt. who verc officiaHy; resi-J
dentwith the lilies onibehall ox tnis
. country t.naing occn ccmsuiicu.,
most probable tbat-Mr. -Vbitbread is
right in bla prefumption - But there arej
lomeyho- absurdly suppose, tnar 4any
tnciscnKcrshould amve fcom-the con
iunent, he rndsl be jdisnlHicd, 4nr .go-i
veenment having no imcnuon pj assisi--
mg 'ji any .yongrew io wo uciu.iui-iuv.
negoctation of peace As tJieArrnis
ricexc bcUere has been concluded with
the knowledge of Lord Cathcart, on'd as
the object of the Allies !nd of AulfU
4s certainly that a Cotigress, should be
held ior a general,- not a'.partiat conti
.cental "peace, 'our rgoyernment "Null
scarcely refuse to send a British minis
ter to represent the country at tfie Con
gress. It is probable tbatXoniCaift
cart will proceed lo Prague
stADKiD, 3une IB
vVc hear from Burgos tlrat'oo 4he
'12th all the ministers of' Joseph left
that place; ttut on the ljUhlhe castle
. was blown up ; the explosionMas heard
I 13 leagues ; and the city was covered
with the ruins, but fortunately pone of
the inhabitants were "Killed,' the injury
'falling upon the authors. There.-were
3 French companies -in iheFrt,7wbo
all pctishrdbut 11 men. Many horses
,wcre killed. "We. hear Utat the ene-.
,my have evacuated Valencia and 3lur
iviedrcs Which places have been occu pi
led by our troops; and that the -allied.)
troops iroro Aucani nave ta&cn arra-
gonaunu Coll deBalagper.
xx sb oar, June 25.
On the Ii6ih Lord Wellingtda paaed
the Ebi o at the bridge of Arenas. On
the 17th bis head-quarters were at
Quincouses, and on the 18th at'Berbe
rana, 5 leagues front Vittoria ; on the
same day his vanguard before ihat
place encountered the rearguard of the
enemy, composed oi 6u00. 4lie eno
' my lelt the field covered with dead, and
200 piisoners fell into our power. An
other column of Wellington's army, on
the same day, attacked a body of the
enemy (who dispersed for the moun.
taios) and took the tnilitary chest with
six millions of realls The French
force which is commanded by Joseph
Bonaparte io person, is calculated at
50,000 infantry and 7000 cavalry, and
i there are 13,000 commanded by Clau-
zel in Nuvjrre. Our force since the u- j
man ol Mma, Longa, Mardi&tbel and
others, is more than 1-00,000 in the
north of Spain. It is said Suchethas
arrived at Saragossa. retreating.
1 he head-quarters of Lord Welling- j
ton were on the 'loth of June, 156 j
leagues from Lubon, and about 30 from ;
uuyonnc tu r ranee, it takes six aays
ior intelligenccirom himio reach Us
bon "
The latest oftkial letter from Lord
Wellington is dated at Villadicgo, June
13. it slates thai lus army passed be
Carrion on the" 7th the enemy retiring
to the left of the Fisuerga ;) that the
tiritrsh followed on the 8th, 91 h and 10th
of the month, and on the last da' cross
ed that river; that from the rapidity of
movements of tho preceding -days, -on
the 1 l.h but Jjttlc progress was made ;
that on the L2th a movement was
made by the right of the army towards
Burgos, to reconnoitre the enemy
jtheie: the enemy commanded by Gen.
Keille took a position on the heights
situate at the left of Hormoza; that he
was iramedutcly dislotlged. The ene
my next took, a position on the left of
Kivers'Arlouron Usbel, but withdrew
most of his ttoops the night following",
passing byiJurgoa, which they aban
doned and destroyed as far as possible,
and as the little would permit, the works
oftbe cattle that had been constructed
and improved with' so much expense ; J
and the enemy continued hiv retreat'
for the Ebro in the road of Brevie?ka
and Miranda. They were followed by
the allied army. v
the mm.
Copy of a letter from Major' General flax
. risen, to the Secretary of War,
Seneca Town, .iug:-4, 1813.
Sir, -In my letter otne 1st inst.
I did my keif the honor to inform you
that one. of ov scouting parties haTl
just returned ftom tbe Lake shore.
land had discovered': the day before
the enemy in force near the mouth of
the Sandusky bay.'v. Thef rgarty ; had
not pasted ; Lower SancJuslcy two
hours before the 'advance, consisting
of Indians, appeared before the .lTo'rt
and in half an hour after a large de
tachment of British troops, andn the
coune of the night thjy commenced1
onlyp
Thcfire of fhe enemy trsi continue
nKin'tervala. durirT aecond in-t
StanL untir about IwU : after ::fiveP.
i:&ca nodrbg tbat6?
maiittje4im
abdavmf : acbv'ered;,myj positiori
here aWapprehendiriff .ail tattackan-
a ttempt waa made: to scarry ; the place
by storm Their' troops we fo(rnr
e d in two 'CoItt.mnslteuyjebloHc
headecllhe principal one composed of
the"" licKt-and battalion" companicf of
the ftlst f cgtmeot, x nis sat oui
ceir e6nductedhisfmen-to -the'brinltfpf
the ditch, undfr the most ,gaHing- and
destructive re from the garrison, and
leaping into itwas followed by a top.
sideratlepart of fi1s1 owtr abd the
light company y at;nhUoe3tra'c
masked porrtiole was suddenly open
ed, and a six pounder with an half load
ofpowdtrand doublf efiarge of lead-"
en. slugs at the diita
poured destruction 'Upda them and
killed or wounded fnearlyjevery -man .
who had entered the ditch. ' lo vain
didithe ? British officers rexert them-,
selves to learl on "the balance' of the
column r ittetjred io clisorder'unMer
a 6hower of shot from the Portend
sought safety, in the adjoining woods.
,The other xoiurpn headed by.the gre
nadiers had also retired, Rafter havjng
sufTered from the muskets of our men
to an adjacent ravine In the course
of the night," the enemy, with the aid
of their Indians, drew off the greater,
parr ot the wounded and dead, and
embarking them in boats descended
the river with the utmost precipitation.
In theourse of the 2d inst, having
heard the cannonading I made seve
ral attempts to ascertain the force and"
situation of "the enemy j our scouts
were unable to get near the Fort,from
the Indians which surrounded it.
Finding however, that the enemy had
only light artillery, and being well
convinced that it could make little
impression upon the works, and that
any attempt to storm it would be re
sisted with effectj 1 waitedfbr the ar.
rival of 250 mounted volunteers which
on the evening before had left Uppr
Sandusky. But soon as 'I was in
formed that the enemyTyere retrear
ing, I set out with the 'dragoons to
endeavour to overtake them, leaving
Generals M'Arthur and Cass to fol
low with all the Infantry (about 700)
that could be spared from the protec
tion of the stores andsick at this place.
I found it impossible to cbme up with
them. 'Upon my arrival at oacdus-.
ky, I ws Informed by the prisoners
that the enemj's forces consisted of
490 regular troops, and 500 of X)tx
ons Indians, commanded by general
Prbctorin person, and that Tecumseh
with about 2000 warriors, was s me
where in the swamps, between this
and Fort Meigs, expecting my advan
cing, oT th2t of a convoy of provisions.
As there was no prospect of doing a
ny thing in front, and being apprehen
sive that Tecurmcb might destroy
the stores' and small detachments v in
my rear. I sent orders to generalCass
who comlnanded the reserve, to'fall
back to thisplace, and to general
'M'Arihur with the front lineto follow
and support htm. I remained at S-m-ilusky
iintil the parties that were sent
out id every direction returned not
an enemy was to be seen.
I am sorry that I -cannot transmit
you Major Croghans official repot t.
He was to ha.ve sent it to me this mor
ning but I have just heard thatiie was
so much exhausxed by thirty six hours
of continued exerxion as to be unable
to make it. It will not be amongst
the least of general Proctor's mortifi
cations to find that he has oeen baffled
by a youth who has lust passed his
twenty first year. He is, however, a
hero worthy 6F his gallant unple .(gen
neral Geo. K, Clark.
Capu Hunter, of the 17th regiment
the second in command, conducted
himself with greatpropriety ; 'and ne
ver vene a set of finer young fellows
than the Subalterns, via. Li cuts. John,
son and Baylor of the i 7th, Anthony
of ihe4th, Meeka of the 7th, and
Ensign's jShipp & Duncan of the 17th.
The following account of-the un-
worthy arnface and conduct of the e
nemy will excite your indignatiou--Major
Chambers .was sent by Gen
Proctor, acccimpaniepl by Col. Eliibt,
to demand the surrender of the fort;
i ney were mec by :.ns:gn Shipp.--The.M
ajor ob'scryed, that Gen, Proc
tor had a number of cannon, a 'large
body of Regular TroQps, and soa
ny Indians, ifham it was impossible
to control V, and if the ort was taken
as it must bey-the : whole if theigarri.;
son would be massacred. Mr. hipp
answered, that ir was the determina.'
tion : Toy GodVs'ake surrendeV, and
prevent the dreadful ; slaughter r that
must ioiiow resistances :; r JiJipp iurn
ed rdmjhinl
wras immediately taken hol3 oban
Indian Iwho iatttfrnptedJtci iftt mY
sword from' him f Elliott pretended
fo exert himself tcr release .hi mand
expressed great anxiety to get him
safe in the"fbrt.':; " :V: ''
I havp the hobortb enclose you a
copy of ;the first rnote received from
M aj oV. Crpghab ' A j( t1 was n written be-1
fore day and tt hafs siheebeen ascer
tained, that, of the enemy -'there rt
rri a'm ed one i-ieu ten ant Colonel, one
Liedtenantjand twenty five privates
the' numbeVijf prisoners, dneiseriieanti
and . twenty 'fiVe privates ; "14 of them
nadir wounded: cy care has been
taken othp iatterYapd the officers bu-1
riea witnrne npnors aue to tncir rans
ancj't heir bravery f 1 1 the clear! tha t
wefendt in -the ditch, were taken -off
in the'Dight by the Indians,, It is, im
possible, rfrotn the circumstances of
the attack, that they should have lost
less than one hundred Some of the
prisoners think that it amounted to
two hundred, ; Aypung gentlemap
a private in the'Peiersburg volunteers
ofthe name bf Brown, assisted byTfive
6r six of that company and of the .
Pittsburg Slues, who were accident
ally in the fort, managed the sixpbyn
der which produced such destruction
in the ranks of the enemy
1 hare til faonbr to be, &c ,
yiLUAM H. HARRISO
N. B. Of our few wouuded 'Jen
there Js but one that will not be well
iu less than six days.
From t7M Harruon to the becrcibry oflT'dr. '
' Head-Quarters. Seneca Town,
' 5lh Aug. '5 o'clock, A. m.
I have the honor to enclose you
Maj. Cr ogham's report of the attack
upon' his fort, which has this moment
came to hand,r Fortunately the mail
has hot closed
With great respeet, I have 'iJie honor to
be, Sir, your bumble servant, -
Wm. HENRY-tf ARRISON.
DbAr Sin, -
I have the 'honor to inform you
hat the combined force of the ene
my, amounting to at least 5QQ regu-.
lars and seven or eight hundred -Indians
under the immediate Command of
Gen, Proctor, made it appearance
before this place, early ' on Sunday e
vening last, and so soon as the Gene
ral had made such disposition ot his
troops as 'would cut off my retreat
should I be: disposed to make onefhe
sent Col. Elliott, accompanied by
Maj. Chambers, with a flag, tp de
mand the surrender of the fort, as he
was anxious to spare the effusion of
blood, which he should probably not
have m his'pojyer to doshould he ,be
tcduced to the necessity, of taking
the place by storm, My answer to
the summons was, that I was deter
mined to defend the place to the last
extremity, and that no'ibrce, however
large, should -induce meto surrender
it. So soon as the flat; had returned,
a brisk fire was opened upon us from
the gun boats in the river and fro'i a
5 1 2 inch riowitzear on shore, which
was kept up with little intermission
throughout the night.
At an early hour the next morning,
three sixes (which had been placed
during the night within ?50 yards of
the 'pickettsj began to play upon us
but with little eflfecu About 4 o'clock
P. M. discovering that the fire from
all his guns was concentrated against
the, north western angle of the fort
and brcome confident that his object
was to make breach,. and attempt to
storm the works at that point, I there
fore ordered out asv many men as
could be employed for the purpose of
strengthening that part, which was so
effectually secured Jy means of hags
of flour, sand, Sec that the picketting
suffered little Or no injury ; notwith
standing which the enemy, about 500,
having formed in ejese column ad
vanced to assault our works at the ex
pected point, at the same time making
two feints on the front of Capt. Hun
ter's lines The column which ad
vanced acainst the north western an
gle, consising of about S50 men, was
so completely enveloped in smoke, as
not to be discovered Until it had ap.
proached within 18 or 0 paces of the
linear bat ihfi iden being all 'atjthctr
posts and ready: to deceive it, com
medcect So heavy and galling a' tlreias
to thrtfw -the column a little into con
fusion t belnir iOuicklv rallied it; ad
vanced to the butet: works and began
to .leap into the ditch. Just at that
moment a nre.of grape was openecl.
which consisted of iVi""y
howitzer).?? but without effect- w
whole loss durioc the air, ..A
I killed and .seveu Won .f.
WOUfided jsuM ririsAr ' J.. . .
v 7rr-", msi except
one hundredapd fiftv : r,n, t :
Cclpnel, a Lulenant and fifty rant
anu me we,re tound m and -abut ' tZ
the remainderwho
es cape were taken of during the ctcht
oy ineancuan Seventy stand of
arms, ana several bra re r.c . . ,
have been cojieaed near the wu
Aoout tnree m tne morning the en,
my sailed down the river, leaving be",
hind them a hoatyxontaning clothing
and considerable military stores,-
' Too much praise cannot he bestow,
ed on the officers, -non-commissioned
oncers and, privates under my com.
mapd for theirgaU mtry and good coal
duct during the seige',
vv' Vours withTesnect.
, G.CKOfiHAW,
' ' ; - Mai l7th a,S.J,f. tw.?.
Commanding U. W Army.
Copy of a letter Ifotn-imm.dore Chaunvn
tlx , iecretmy of the Nary.
U. S ship .Gen..pikie, at anchor off
' : ' ' Hiara, August 4, i8l5.
SiAfter leaving Sack-.f s Har.
bor-1 stretched ?-ver for the enemv
shore and from thence stood up the
Lke-j the winds beipg light I did not
arrive ojf this port .uqtil the evening
of the 27th uh. On the 24th I fdi
in With the L:idv of the L ke on her
iftturn to Sackett Harbor, with pri
soners' from Fdrt George. I trans,
ferredthe prisoners to the Rsvenand
ordered-her to Sackets Harbor-.
The Lady of the Lake I dispatched
't F'Jrt George 'for guide for the.
head of the "Lake. G,n. Boytlhav
ing informed me that the enemy had
a considerable depo-sic of provisions
add stores at Burling B.y, Twas de
termined to auemp: their desfu tion.
On the 25th "I wa3 joined by the Pert,
and on the 27th by the Lady of the
Lake, with guides and Caot. Crane's
company of artillery,- and Col. Scotr
Who had very handsomely volunteer-
ed"for the service. After conversing
with Col. Scott, upon the subject, it
was thought advisable to takejoa?
boar'il 250 infantry, which by the ex
traordinary exertions of that excellent
officer were embarked before six
o'efock the next morning, an3 the
fleet, immediately proceeded for the
head 6f the Laks, but owing to Ight
winds and calms we did not acrive to
an anchorage before the evening cf
JltheQth. We sent two parties on
shore and surprized and took some ol
the inhabitants, froaj whom we learn
ed that the enemy kl received con
v iderable reinforce eifnts within a day
or two, and that his Yorce in regulars
was from 6 to -800 mm. W e howe
ver landed the troops 3nd n1ne!,
and some sailors the neit morning
and reconoitertd the enemy P'v
tian found him posted upon a perm
sula of very high ground and strong,
ly intrenched, and his camp defended
by about eight pieces of cannon. Ift
his situation it was, thought not adv.i
sableto attack him with a force scarce-
ly half his numbers, and without ar-
tillery : we were also dchciem -
boats, not having a sutft; w"
tb cross theBy with all tne u-,-
at the same time. . The men wc;,
iruh ;:rW rocrae oi tne:ai
ternoon, and jn the evening weweigj
ed and stood for York, arnvea
anchored in that harbour at aouu "
?. Mbn the 31st, run the schooner
into the' upper harbour, T -4
.- -Jlij:e,nrWlheCOi'
. m.' 'jririKa inn mi !ii vil.i j v
r 1 .without. OPPV''
mana oi ;uoj. otuu . . f
tion,found'seVeralhundre
flour and provisions, 'nnc Jn e
. l c..L r,f cannon, c.
le ven boats, and a 8r.tity o -shells,
and .other 'cs
were either destroy or hrou
wi7vOb the 1st inst jus;
vinV received on board all w
vesTelsccnildtalce.Irect-
racks' and the m rud
the men, and proceeded f Bt.
where! I arrived fcr
.!-4 Kon men w.
ruzrrii h ouu w v jar v
days
1, head of the JUe ' ?
Ctp we arrived inciy.
prisonersk;3VC
were paroled, the others
landed at fort George
r;ibavethelipnortobe,,sir,
fuilyour obedient -cHAVC- i
w. . . .