The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. — Washington City [D.C.], 1801-05-06 00:00:00, page 1

CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Commissioners Office, sth March, 1801.
BY virtue of an a£t of AfTeoibly of the ftate of
Maryland, entitled " a further fuppicment
to the* ad concerning the Territory of Columbia
and Cit) of Wafhington" the cuniniiflioners will
cx pole to (ale on I uelday the 12th day of May
next, at Mr Rhode*'® Tavern, iri t.he faid city
th following lots, to wit, Lot No 2 in iquare
No 47, lots no 4 $ I 5 16 20 and 21 in lq no
184, lots no 3 6 15 16 20 in fq no 198,
no 3 4 14 15 in fq no 218, lots no 12345
6 7 8 9 10 ix 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
a* 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 30 in iq no 249, lot,
110 10 in !q no 286, lots no 3 5 6 7 9 10 I 2 13 14
in fq no 317.101 nolo 11 I'q 110319,10ts noi 234
5 6 7 in fq 110 343, lots no 2 3 4 5 6 in lq no 344,
lots Bo 10 ii 12 in fq >10345, lots no 1 2 3 4 15
16 I; 18 19 20 in fq 374, lot* no I 4 5 8912
in q 110 403, lot» no 3 4 5 6 7 in fq no 404, 100
no 2 3 4 6 7 9 in lqno 4C5, lot.s no 2367
10 ii in fq no 427, U.-s no 2 3 4 5 6 in fq no 428,
lot , no I 2 | 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 in
fq n0454, lot 11056 717 18 19 in lq no 455,101*
n>. 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 in
fq no 534, lot* no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 in fq no
535, lot no 20 in lq (10585,101 no 15 in iqno 587,
Of no 2 111 q 110643. lot no 2 in iq fiuth of fq.
no 825, lor no 16 17 18 19 20 -ii 22 23 24
jl 26 in (q no 826, lot no 2in iq o 997, lots
no 3 and 4 in lq fouth of 1019, lots no 678
9 ro 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
S3 34 in fq no la2o, lot no 2 in fq no 1021, lot
no I nlq no ron, 10t.4 no 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 in
fq nc 1023, h>ts no 5 and 6 in iq no 1024, lot-,
no 2 3 4 5678 and 11 in fq no 1045, lots no 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 in iq no 1046,
lots no 123456 21 22 23 24 2, 26 27
a 8 in fq >10 1047, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 24 in lq
no 1048, lots no I 3 4 5 6 7 8 9in lq no 164,
lot 110 9 in fq 110792, lot* no it iz 14 15 16
in fq no 799, lots 110 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in fq . 0 847, lots no t 2
3 4 5 6 7 in fq no 849, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 23
'44 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 in lq on
«77, lots no 16 17 18 19 20 * 2 2 23 24 251
»6 27 28 29 in fq no 878, lots no 25 26 2" 28
31 32 in lq no 1048, lots no 1 and 3 in lq no 1065
lott 110 156 in fq nor h call of fq 110 1065
lot no 1 m fq no 1066, lo's no 1 and 3 in q nr> j
ft, lots no 2 3 7 8 9 10 12 13 m fq no
158, lots no 13456 7 111 fq no 161, lots no
1 j 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ro u 12 13 14 15 16
1718 in fq no 247, i t* no 1 • 3 4 10 II on
fq no 452, lots 110 j 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
In fq no 453, lot no 1 i-j (q fouth o fq no 403
lo*ano 3456 111 fq no 492 lots no 59
jo in fq no 493, lots no 456 ir. (qu.u m> 494 j
Jots no lo 11 12 13 14 15 16 ,17 18 iy .
(qu ire no 517 lots 11 . io 8 1 < . i'l'j ,
lots no 1 2345 67 8 '.) •0n 12 1 3 Mi
15 16 17 18 19 20 hi .q mo • U no ,
*nd 21 in fq 110 5 33, lots no 1 2 3 4 3 1"
Tin fquflie no 537. i.-vs n 1 J 34- 5 6 '
*9 10 11 12 13 1 i 15 16 17 18 1 20 2
22 2 24 25 26 27 2% '.1 (q r >38 , h •
Md 1234 56 7 H lq n.> $6') lots riwj
123 4 56789 10 1 ) 12 U.lt 15 1(3 7
18 19 20 21 in fq no 56. . In: 1.0 i - 3 4
$ 6 7,8 9 10 1112 13 14 1 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
82 33 in !q no 5 68, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6
T 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 ;n fq no 569, lot 9 no 2 4 6
in fq no 570, lot 110 2 in lq no 572, lots no
2 and 3in lq n ) 577, lots no I 2 3 4 5 6
»n fq no 581, lots 110 567 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in fq 110 584, lots
no 5 6 7 8. 9 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21
In fq no 640, lots no 2 3 4 5 15 16 17 86
SO 21 22 in fq no 642. lots no 1 2 34 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
in fq eaft of fq no 642, lots no 20 21 22 23
2 t 25 26 27 in fq fouth of fq no 643, lots
no 2 3 4 6 in fq no 644, lots no I 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 in fq 64 5, lots
no 1 2 and 17 in fq no 1000, lots no 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 24 25 26 34 35 36 in fq no
1043, lots no 2 3 4 14 15 16 17 18 in fq
no 1066. lots no 10 11 13 14 in fq 110 1067,
kits no 1 2 3 4 11 12 13 in fq ho 1078, lots
no 1 rind 2 in fq fouth of fq 110 109 1, lots 11c
! 2910 11 12 in fq no 1092, lots no 1 2
3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20in fqno 1 105, lots no
456 78 9 10 11 12 13 in fq no 1116,
k>t no 9infq no 1 117, lots 110 5678 in fq
110 1123, lots no 5678 in fq no 113 ,
Jot no 3 in fq no 1140 and lot no 4 in fq
no 1149.
The terms of fale are fixty, ninety and
one hundred and twenty days for all fum?
under 1000 dollars, and nine months credit
for all funis amounting to one thouiand
dollars or upwards. It is expe&ed pur
chafes may be made to greater advantage
Ht the enfuing fale than heretofore ; becattfe
at former falcs a competition took plact
among perfons, who held liens or» the pro
perty fold.
Fri'F. 1)01.1.1 I'EH ASff.
Vol. I. W ASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. No. I XXX.
The National Intelligencer,
WASHINGTON "ADVERTISER.
The commiifioners have alfo at their dif
pofal upwards of 4000 lots which have ne
ver been fold.
The public fale to commence at Ten
o'clock, in the forenoon, and to continue
on Tuefdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
in each week, till all are fold. The pur
chafers will be required to give notes, en
dorfcd to the latisfadlion of the commif
lioners. and negotiable at any of the banks
in Baltimore, George Town or Alexandria.
Should any pui chafer fail, at the expiration
of the week in which fuch fale is made to
;iafs his note with an approved endorfer or
v-ndorfers, the fale will be declared void,
and the lot or lots refold without further
notice—ind fuch purchafer fhall b« exclud
ed as a bidder during the fale.
Win. THORNTON,? _ . .
Alkxb. WHITE. $ Commissioners.
fox 7"he National Intelligencer.
H I S TO.R Y
OF ffff.
LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS.
[concluded.]
AN attempt was made to continue the
direcl tax, which expired by its own limi
tation. But the pacific aipedt of foreign
.'.{fairs, and the increafing Hate of the other
taxes, induced a confidcrable majority of
the Houfe of Reprelentatives to rejedl the
oropolition.
j During the feflion a memorial was pre
sented to the Houfe of Reprelentatives
J from theftateof Georgia, protefling againfl
: :ltr eftablHhment by the U. States of the
[.government of the Miffiffippi Territory
j vithin the limits of that ftate. This me
jinorial was referred to a committee who
made report, that as comnvliioners had
j >een appointed by the U. States andGeor
jgia. who had not yet reported, in their
[o> in!< iit would be inexpedient at prefent
' any further order on the memorial.
n the early period of the fefiion a fire
'took place in the temporary buildings ot
• war orKce, which were immediately
icotil tied to the ground.
J A ill' .rt time after another fire confumed
lever I I' the apartments of the treafury.
his unuiua) coincidence of circum
, hft.es ] educed much anxiety and fufpi
ci. vu It was genei<illy expected that the
1 fident the Secretaries would give in
f >nnati'm to Congrefs of the extent of the
j injury done to the papers of the depart..;
, jin nts—But the molt guarded lilence was
kept, until on the motion of Mr. Gregg,
. the two i'ecretaries were directed to com
) mhnicate to Mte H. of Reprefentatives fuch
} information in relation to loft papers as
they pofieflYd.
. In confequertce of this requifition the
, fecretary of war informed the houfe that
al! the books, many of them of great va-
I lue, belonging to the library, and a great
- proportion of the papers had been deflroyed;
f bnt that it was not probable that any great
( injury would be fuftained in the adjuftment
, of unfettled accounts.
c The fecretary of the treafury informed
1 the houfe, in diftintt ftatemcnts, from the
■s different departments of the treafury, that
no material injury had been done to the
papers, that could not, at a fmall expence,
be repaired.
Some time after thefe reports had been
J received, Mr. Harper moved the appoint
-1 ment of a committee to enquire into the
caufes of thofe fires, declaring that his
objeft was to filence the Danders that
were circulating on the fubjeefc. A com
mittee was accordingly appointed, who re
ported a number of depofitions, and the
general rcfult of their enquiries to be, that
it was probable the fire in the war depart
ment was communicated from the fit
place in the adjoining houfe, and that then
is no evidence whatever on which to found
a fufpicion of its originating in negligent
or dehgn. That as to the origin of tl
fire in the treafury department, thev hav>
•btained no evidence which enables then
to form a conjecture fatisfa&ory to them
felves—they therefore fatisfy tliemlejves
with offering the teftimony given in th>
words of the witnefies themfelves.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th, 1801.
Among the legiflative meafures which
. the necefi'ary limits of this fketch prcfcribt'
our noticing in a curfory manner, wer<
) the franking by law all letters addreffed to
> John Adams during his life ; the continu
, ance of the mint at Philadelphia ; the poft
. ponement until the 3d of March of apropo
■ lition to extinguilh the ftate balances due
. to the U. States ; a refolution of the Houfe
s of Reprefent.ttives, defiling the Prelident
, to lay before them an account of depreda
-1 tions committed by Britilh armed vefi'els;
1 an ineffe&ual attempt to make the bank
rupt bill, which is limited to a duration of
, five years, perpetual ; and a bill which
palled the Houfe of Reprefentatives, but
was not agreed to by the Senate, vacating
the board of commiflic ners for fuperintend
ing the city of Wafhington, and placing
the afiairs of that city under the direAion
of the fecretary of the treafury.
On the lafl day of the feflion the two
houl'es had two fittings, the laft of which
was ( ontinued to the lateft hour of their
conftitutional exiftence ; aad fo protraAed 1
was moft of the bulinefs, that on this lafi
day a great part, if not the greater part,
of the bills palled during the feflion, re
ceived their adoption from the legiflature
and the lanAion of the Prelident. This
praAice cf delaying to the laft moment the
molt intcrefting meafures, is here noticed
with a view to hold it up to juft and fevere <
•enfure. By it every advantage of pru
dence, caution and refleAion, is facrificed
to the hafty and often intemperate impulfe
of the moment; and the of
the legiflature become fo involved, that few 1
minds are futficiently clear and patient to
underftand and weigh their expediency. 1
The feflion was at length clofed, after a
vote of thanks given to Theodore Sedg
wick, Speaker, by a majority of four, the
yeas and nays having been called on tin
queltiou. The vote, contrary to all pre
cedent, was rigidly confined to an offer of
general thanks, and the ufual epithets of
impartial, upright, and able, as applied t<
his dilcharge of duties, were guardedly
omitted.
During- the feflion reports were received <
from the heads of the departments :
1. In relation to the sinking fund; by
which it appeared that fince the 1 Ith of
■ December 1799, no new purchafe of debt
• had been made, that 716,894 Dollars of
- 5 per c< nt flock had b*en redeemed ; that
200,000 dollars borrowed 011 loan had been
repa.d ; and that 400,000 dollars borrow
ed in Holland had been repaid.
2. Under the head of appropriations
> required, were one and a half million foi l
1 the army, and about two million IVven hun
- dred thoufand dollars for the navy. The
1 lum afterwards actually appropriated for the
5 navy was 3,042,352 dollars.
3. Receipts arul Expenditures of United
' States from OA. 1, '99 to Sept. 30, 1800—
c . The receipts are from
Dollar*.
t Duties on merchandize and
; tonnage 8,847,095
t Duties on diftilled fpirits, li
t cences for felling wine See.
on carriages, and on refined
' fugar and ftamps 816,148
? Dire A t<x 381,286
* 011 loan 2,575,141
e InhandsoftreafurerOA. 1,'99 2,422 783
f M .1
Thefe funis, with other minor
fums derived from fundry
fources amounted to 15,262,161
The expenditures for fame time were
Civil lift 727,253
Military department 2,654,281
<aval department 3,143,047
Intereft and reimburfement of
debt 4,244,334
Balance in treafury on OA.
1, 1800 3,419,336
Thefe funis, with minor ex
penditures amount to 15,262,161
4. The ftate of the mint. During tin
/ear 1800 was coined
told to the value of 317,760
Silver 224,2? d
Copper 29,27'.'j
571,335
The director of the mint Rates the ex
p nee for the year to have been 20,686
dollars; during which period a gain has
been made on copper coined of 5,050 dol
■ lars. He further ftates that as the entire
• coinage of copper amounts in value to
• 79,390 dollars, a proclamation may now,
in compliance with law, be illued putting
all other copper coin out of circulation.
Exports.
The exports of the U. States
from Oftober 1, 1799
to Oa. I, 1800 amount to 70,971,780
On the 14th of December, M<. Davie,
one ol the American Envoys to France,
arrived at the feat of government, being
the bearer of the Convention with Fiance.
On the 16thinftant, the Piefident laid it
before the Senate.
1. It begins by laying afide for the pre
fent, and i'ubmitting to future negociatiott
and explanation, the obligations impofed
by the treaty of 1778, andbyth;- contular
convention ; decla ng that in the mean
time thofe a<fts ftiau bt of no avail.
2. The period of its continuance is un*
limited.
3. It directs a reciprocal reftitution of
all national armed fhips captured by each
lation.
4. It indire&ly admits the fhips of war
ot each nation, with their prizes, to ob
tain admiffion and afylum in the ports of
the other
5. It declares that the citizens of each
nation fliall recover from the citizens of the
other or its government, all juft demands,
excepting property either confiscated or
captured on the ocean under national autho
rity.
6. It declares that in cafe of a declara
tion of war by one nation, the citizens of
he otlier lhall have twelve months to re- v
move with their effe&s.
7. It eftablifhes between the two
the principle that free bottoms make free
;oods.
8. It declares that veffels of one nation
failing under convoy (hall not be fubjett to
examination by the armed lhips of thf
other.
9. It conliderably diminifhe* the lift of
contraband articles.
From the 16th of December to the 23d
■ of Jauuary this Inftrument chiefly engaged
; the attention of the Senate. Several of
i the artiiles were viewed on all fides as un.
■ fortunate, but were confidered as arifing
from the neccflity of mutual concetlion
t between the two nations. The oppofition
which it received cam * from the federal fide
. the Senate, though the federal members
were divided among themfelves. The ar
; ticks particularly objected to were thofe
which left the treaty unlimited in duration,
\ which direiicd a reciprocal reftitution of
- 11 national armed lhips captured by each
nation, which admitted the fhips of war
of trance with their prizes to admifiion into
our ports, and which abandoned reparation
5 for commercial fpoliation.
After a detailed difcuifion of the feveral
articles, on the 23d of January an additional
article was agreed to, which limited the
? convention to eight years. A queftion
5 was then taken on agreeing to the Con*'
1 vention, fo limited, and 1011, there being
3 16 Yeas and 14 Nays; and it requiring
- :he concum nee of two thiids of the m nn
iicrs to ratify it.
On the 3d ot February the previous to e
of rejeftion was reconfidered, when the
Convention was ratified, fufpending the
2d article, and limiting the inftrument to
right years. On the queftion of ratifica
don but nine members voted in the nega
tive.
It remains to notice a few of the execu
tive a&s, the mention of which has been
eferved for this place, as they have little
annexion with the legiflative meafures of
i.be feflion. ,
At the commencement of the feflion, it
was manifeft that Mr. Adams retained but
part of that confidence which bad placed
Vim in office. Thofe who had pre vton fly
"upported bis meafures on political ground,
ound in his prcfent proceedings nearly as
nuch to condemn as to admire. No fa&
.;ould be more evident, than that a fcifm
had taken place in tha federal party, and
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