The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-06-10 00:00:00

The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
No. XCV.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
WAR DEPARTMENT, APRIL 20th, 1801.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until the expiration of the 30th day of June next ensuing, for the supply of all RATIONS, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of October 1801, until the thirtieth day of September 1802, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
FIRST. At Pittsburg; at Fort Franklin; at Le Boeuf, at Presquille; at Niagara; at Oswego; at Detroit; at Fort Wayne; at Michilimackinac; at the Falls of St. Mary's; and at the Grand Portage on Lake Superior.
SECOND. At Forts Washington, Vincennes, and Massac; at the Cantonment near the mouth of the Ohio, and at any post or place on the east side of the Mississippi River, between the mouths of the Ohio and Illinois Rivers; and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Kentucky.
THIRD. At Knoxville, Tellico, South West Point, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Tennessee; at Bear Creek on the Tennessee River, and at any place in the Chickasaw or Choctaw country between Bear Creek and Natchez; at the Chickasaw Bluffs; at Natchez; at Fort Adams and its dependencies, and thence to the Mobile River.
Separate PROPOSALS will also be received aforesaid for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States from the 1st day of January 1802, until the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after mentioned, viz.
FOURTH. At Point Peter; at Fort Greene; at Fort Wilkinson; at Fort Pinckney; at Fort Johnstou; at Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor; at Fort Johnson, Cape Fear, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
FIFTH. At Fort Norfolk; at Harper's Ferry; at Fort M'Henry; at the City of Washington, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Virginia and Maryland.
SIXTH. At Wilmington; at Fort Mifflin at the Laboratory near Philadelphia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania, excepting Pittsburg, Fort Franklin, Le Boeuf, and Presquille, in the state of Pennsylvania.
SEVENTH. At Trenton; at Fort Jay; at West Point, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of New Jersey, and New-York, excepting Oswego and Niagara in the state of New-York.
EIGHTH. At Newport; at New-London, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Rhode-Island and Connecticut.
NINTH. At Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, at Salem, at Marblehead, at Portland, at Portsmouth, at Bennington, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and Vermont.
A ration is to consist of eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and a half pound of sifted or bolted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of fresh beef, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork; and when fresh meat is issued, salt at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations; soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half, for every hundred rations. The proposals will extend to the supply of rum, whiskey, or other ardent spirits, at the rate of half a gill per ration and vinegar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations. The price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as of substitutes and alternatives, must be specified.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contracts, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara, and Oswego, for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the Western waters for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or of posts, to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depreciation of 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 article captured or destroyed, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the
certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until the supplies which have been, or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board or Indian frontiers, not exceeding three months.
HENRY DEARBORN, 2awt30J Secretary of War.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
Two elegant brick Houses, 40 by 20 feet SITUATE on King and Columbia streets, Alexandria, as well calculated for the grocery and flour business as any in the city; also two large stores adjoining the above houses, 25 feet front, by 36 feet deep, and I will likewise lease or sell, 7 or 8 valuable lots on King and Patrick streets, subject to a small ground rent. Possession will be given of one of the houses immediately, and the other in 30 days. Any person wishing to purchase, one fourth of the purchase money will be required in hand, one fourth in 3 months, and the balance in 12 months, by paying interest and giving a security on the property.
I will also sell,
Six or eight thousand acres valuable Kentucky land. The terms of payment will be required as above-mentioned. The subscriber intends carrying on the brick-laying and plastering business extensively, and will keep a constant supply of bricks and lime for sale, he will also undertake to furnish all materials to any person disposed to build in the City, on the most reasonable terms for cash. Application to be made to Francis Peyton, Esq. for the property in Alexandria, or to
N. VOSS.
City of Washington, April 8, 1801.
2M
Received by the Lucinda from Bristol, via Philadelphia, three cases Keriand's fowling guns, tin in boxes, brass kettles, frying pans, &c.
Also on hand,
Nails in casks, and a general assortment of ironmongery, cutlery, saddlery, and brass wares, which will be sold by the quantity or otherwise, on reasonable terms at the subscriber's store on Jersey Avenue Capitol Hill.
HENRY INGLE.
May 22, 1801.
NOTICE.
The state of the Subscriber's health compels him to quit his present business His debtors are requested to settle their accounts on or before the 21st instant, to prevent the disagreeable necessity of resorting to law.
JAMES THOMPSON.
June 3, 1801.
3t
In Chancery, May 3, 1801.
JAMES A. MAGRUDER, an insolvent debtor of Prince George County, having heretofore applied by petition in writing to the chancellor, praying the benefit of "An act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors," passed at the last session of the general assembly, and a schedule and list on oath, as by the said act required, being annexed to said petition, and the said James A. Magruder, being a person known to the chancellor, to be at this time, and to have been at the time of passing the said act a citizen of the United States and of this state; and having at the time of his application been imprisoned for debts contracted before the passage of the said act, and having been brought before the chancellor and discharged from imprisonment on taking the oath by the said act required. And the said James A. Magruder, having, since the said discharge, produced to the chancellor the assent in writing of so many of his creditors as have due to the amount of two thirds of the debts due by him at the time of passing the said act, according to the list aforesaid. It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the said James A. Magruder, appear before the chancellor in the chancery office, on the twenty fourth day of July next, to answer such interrogatories as may be proposed to him by his creditors; that the said day be, and it is hereby, appointed the time for his said creditors to appear and recommend a trustee for their benefit: and that the said James A. Magruder, give them notice of the passage of this order by causing a copy of it to be inserted three Tuesdays or Fridays in the Baltimore Telegraph, or three successive weeks in a newspaper of the City of Washington, and by serving a copy of this order on three or more of his creditors who have due to them at least three thousand pounds current money.
Test.
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. ct. ch.
LITERARY.
Imposture by Damberger, &c.
A discovery has lately been made of an extremely complicated literary imposture, of which Germany, France, and England have been made the dupes.
Last year there appeared at Leipzick a Journey to the East-Indies, and in Egypt, performed by a Saxon-artificer, named Joseph Schroeder. This traveller relates, among other wonders, that after having embarked at Pondicherry, on the 28th of April, 1797, and having assisted at a naval engagement near the coast of Africa, between the French and English, he was taken by the latter, and landed on the 16th of June, the same year, at Alexandria, where, the following year, he was witness to the conquest of that country by the French, &c. Notwithstanding a heap of lies, as gross as his rapid passage from Pondicherry to Alexandria, Schroeder found readers, and even encomiasts.
M. Paulus, the celebrated professor of Jena, and author of an excellent supplement to Volney's Travels, did justice to this cheat, in the Literary Gazette of Jena. He exposed the imposture in the clearest manner, and no person defended it.
About the same time appeared another work, entitled Travels in Africa, Asia and America, by Zacharius Taurinias, who was born at Cairo, in 1758, was the son of a Copt, named Stirish, and who went by Constantinople to Riga, and from thence to Nuremberg, where he changed his name and religion. He then went to Wirttemberg, in Saxony, and became a journeyman printer. M. Ebert, a professor in that town, and a man of merit besides, enriched his travels with a preface, which served as a certificate to Zacharius Taurinias. But though there was nothing absolutely impossible in the circumstance, that a native of Cairo should become a printer at Wirttemberg, the work itself presenting nothing but ill-selected and ill-arranged extracts from Dampiere, Legenil, Dapper, which afforded the clearest proof that this author had never travelled, except in his closet.
Scarcely had the second volume of Taurinias appeared, when a proposal was made to M. Martini, a bookseller of Leipzick, to publish an account of a journey made in Africa, by a carpenter's apprentice in Suabia, named Damberger, and who also was residing at Wirttemberg. M. Martini, wishing to take his precautions, went to Wirttemberg, there formed a personal acquaintance with Damberger, and saw the papers and certificates of every kind, which he exhibited; after which he thought he could no longer doubt that this new Anacharsis had, in reality, pushed his travels much farther than any of those who had attempted to penetrate into Africa.
M. Martini made him come to Leipzick, where he had several interviews and conversations with a geographer, employed to make a chart of his journey, and with a man of letters, who was to draw up his journal. Neither had any doubt of the truth of his assertions.
All the journals announced before-hand, the travels of Damberger, as one of the most remarkable productions of the age. The booksellers of Paris and of London, had the sheets sent to them, at a great expense, as they were printed.
An English bookseller, wishing to be before-hand with two of his brethren, who were entering into an agreement with him for the translation of Damberger, distributed these sheets among six translators. The French and English papers were filled with extracts from the travels of Damberger. In France, great pains were taken to justify Le Vaillant, whom Damberger charged with falsehood.
Meantime, M. Paulus, the same who had unmasked Joseph Schroeder, and M. Meiners, a celebrated man of learning in Gottingen, published in the Literary Gazettes of Jena and of Gottingen, some accurate criticisms on these travels which evidently demonstrate, that the pretended Damberger was nothing but an impostor, of equal ignorance and effrontery.
M. Martini, informed of the opinion of those men of letters, who are best capable of judging on such a subject, collected new information, which suggested to him the idea of applying to the publishers of the Travels of Joseph Schroeder, and Taurinias, who, like himself, are booksellers at Leipzick. He compared the manuscript of these two works, with that of his Damberger, and he recognized the same writing in the three manuscripts. He found means to prevail on the person whom he had known by the name of Damberger, to return to Leipzick. The latter being warmly pressed, at last acknowledged, that in reality he was not Damberger, but, in fact, the self same Egyptian called Zachary Taurinias; that Schroeder, who is at present at Hamburg, not knowing how to write, had employed him to draw up the account of his travels; that as to the last work, which he was publishing, he borrowed the name of Damberger, because he had really known at the Cape, a man of that name, and that he had made use of a Journal of Travels in Barbary St. Maroc, which this Damberger had left him, when he quitted him in Holland, whither he had accompanied him; and further, that Damberger, at present, lives in Surinam.
The explanations given verbally to M. Martini, and by writing to Messrs. Bertach and Boettiger, two literati of Weimar, could not deceive any body; but the object now was, who was the manufacturer of the books which have brought this pretended Taurinias into notice? whose letters, filled with errors in orthography and grammar, prove that he is nothing more than the instrument of some compiler, who has invented this truly ingenious method of disposing, to the best advantage, of his merchandise. An obscure literatur of Wirttemberg, whose name is Junge, is strongly suspected, because a part of the travels of Damberger are written in his hand. The circumstances of this intricate imposture cannot fail to be brought to light.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.
Proceedings of the Class of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy for the first three months of the year 9—(beginning Sept. 23, 1800.)
C. Prony has published a detailed plan of that part of the business of the polytechnic school which concerns the doctrine of equilibrium and mechanical motion.
C. Lacroix communicated his ideas on the necessity of making new experiments on the resistance of fluids, and the means of accomplishing this object.
C. Duc Lachapelle, an Associate, sent a very circumstantial memoir on the winter of the year 6, (1799—1800) which proved the destruction of half the crops in the south of France. He refers the chief causes of this calamity to the absence of snow, irregular thaws, and a great quantity of hoar frost.
Notwithstanding the frequent rains, the solstitial declination of the sun has been observed throughout the year. These observations, though few in number, have repeatedly confirmed the singular result, that the obliquity of the ecliptic appears weaker by some seconds in winter than in summer. This phenomenon may depend either on the imperfect knowledge of absolute refraction, or of the variations which it experiences in different states of the atmosphere.
C. Legendre has given a third edition of his Geometry; and C. Lacroix a second of his Elements of Algebra. The quick demand for these works shews both their real merit, and the zeal with which mathematics are studied in France.
The Executive Commission of Piedmont, who have received from C. Vasali the models of the metre and the kilogramme, write to the Institute, that they are about to appoint a committee in order to establish, with the greatest accuracy, the relations between the weights and measures of Piedmont and those now adopted in France. It will also do its utmost to make the people sensible of the advantages of the new metrical system, the adoption of which will add to the bonds of union which should subsist between the two nations.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1801.
We understand that the PRESIDENT of the United States has vacated the LEGATIONS to LISBON and the HAGUE. The reasons, on which this step has been taken, are almost too obvious to require enumeration, and certainly so evident as to need but little amplification. By it, two important effects will be produced; the immediate saving of a considerable annual expenditure, and a supercession of some of those delicate diplomatic ties which united us to European powers. Economy dictates the former no less powerfully than found policy recommends the latter. An annual expense of probably more than 20,000 dollars will be retrenched, without in the least injuring our commercial relations with Portugal and the Batavian Republic; as we have no doubt but that in the room of the diplomatic agents, respectable consuls will be appointed, with powers strictly appropriate to the intercourse of trade. Nor can the least umbrage be taken at this procedure by the belligerent powers; as it equally affects both contending parties, Portugal being allied on one side, and the Batavian Republic on the other.
An official letter to the Secretary of State of the date of 22d of April, has been received from our Consul at Gibraltar, which says nothing of a declaration of war by Algiers.
Authentic information is received from Gibraltar, of as late a date, received there from Mahon, of the French squadron having returned to Toulon, much disabled by bad weather, and the crews very sickly; one 74 is missing, supposed to have put into Palermo.
Extract of a letter from the American Consul at Canton, dated 24th January 1801.
Sir, Before my arrival in this country in 1798, some American and English country ships, because they had no cargo on board, but specie, were detained between two and three weeks in Macao Road, before they could obtain a Chop from the Sloppo, for a pilot to take them up to Whampoa. This circumstance was so generally known among the Americans at that time, that it was supposed every person trading to China in future would guard against a similar detention, by sending out at least part of a cargo in their ships. But by two recent instances, and the only ones that have happened since my residence here, I find there are some who are still unacquainted with the law in that particular. I think it proper therefore, to state to you, for the information of all Americans trading to this country, that the Chinese laws (if strictly confined to the letter) prohibit the entry of any vessel that has no cargo on board. Dollars are not considered as cargo, so that vessels coming with money only are not allowed a pilot to take them up the river, until special permission can first be obtained from the Grand Sloppo at Canton. This generally causes a delay of one or two weeks, and from the various other avocations of the Sloppo, sometimes much longer. During this time the ships are obliged to lie in an open Road, which at the season, when the American ships generally arrive, between the latter part of August and the first of November, is subject to frequent and very heavy gales of wind or Tiffons, that often occasion the loss of cables and anchors, mast, spars, &c. if no further injury.
To provide therefore against being detained at Macao, and suffering the probable loss or damage consequent thereon, it will be necessary to send out some cargo. A small assortment of articles may answer the purpose, for in the report which is made to the Mandarin at Macao, it is not necessary to specify the particular quantity or amount of any, but merely to state a list of them. Large cargoes however would be better, as the ship in that case would be certain of meeting with no detention whatever.
I am very respectfully, Sir, Your obt. and very humble servt. SAMUEL SNOW.
To Timothy Pickering, Esq. Secretary of state of the United States of America.
N. B. The two ships referred to, are the Neptune of New-Haven, last from London, and the Clothier from Baltimore, the first arrived about the 13th December and the other the 12th January last.
It was with some difficulty I obtained a Chop for the Neptune in three weeks after she arrived; owing to a misrepresentation made from the Mandarin at Macao, first stating she had no cargo, and afterwards, from false information reporting that she had. This led the Sloppo to suspect there was some deception in the business, and that the captain had an intention of smuggling, and declined granting a Chop until he was fully satisfied to the contrary.
The Neptune lost one anchor and cable whilst lying there.
I had no difficulty with the Clothier, and obtained her Chop in three days after applying for it, which is the usual time the Sloppo generally takes to return an answer.
During the last session of the legislature of New-York, an act of incorporation was granted to the stockholders of the FARMER'S BANK.
By this act an association of citizens, incorporated under the above name, are authorised to receive subscriptions for 50,000 shares, each share being for 50 dollars; thereby creating a capital of 250,000 dollars.
The Bank is directed to be situated in the village of Troy, and the directors to be chosen from citizens resident in Troy, Lansingburg, and Waterford.
During the last month the books for receiving subscriptions were opened at Troy, and the whole number of shares were immediately subscribed for.
These towns are on the north river, in the vicinity of each other, and from 6 to 16 miles from Albany.
From the title of this institution, we were at first led to believe that its object was to extend pecuniary aid directly to agriculture. But a perusal of the act of incorporation (which is entirely silent as to the end of the Bank) does not enable us to consider it in this light.
It is probable, however, from the silence of the act, and from the situation of the Bank, being on one of the noblest rivers of this country, and in the midst of a country very fertile, and not remote from one still more fertile, that a discretion is designedly vested in the directors to appropriate the capital to such purposes as they shall find most beneficial.
As the leading interests of the United States are agricultural, and as their interests will rather gain than lose ground, when the convulsions of Europe subside, it would seem to be an object of great importance to extend that assistance to the farmer, which will invigorate industry and enterprise without producing extravagance or wanton innovation. There is, perhaps, no occupation of human labour, to which greater profit can be derived than to that of the farmer, from possessing a resource above his present wants, which, allowing him a latitude of discretion, enables him to consult the seasons, to prepare for future events, to avoid loss, by withholding for a time from market produce which experiences a momentary depression; and to direct his labour, in the same season, to a variety of objects, a failure in either of which would not essentially injure him.
It is notorious that such is rarely the present state of our farmers. If by monied institutions they can be raised to this condition, (without exposing them to a degraded state of dependence, from which might ensue greater moral injury, than the physical inconvenience from which they would be relieved) a national advantage would be secured. Whether this effect can be accomplished may, perhaps, admit of doubt. It is, at any rate, worthy of consideration and experiment.
On the 3d inst. came before the House of Representatives of Connecticut the report of a Joint Committee of both Houses, on the subject of the Resolutions of the State of Maryland, proposing a uniform mode throughout the United States for choosing Representatives in Congress, and Electors of President and Vice President, by dividing the several States into election districts, and referring the choice of Electors, as well as of Representatives, to the People. The report contained a number of reasons against districting the State, for the choice of Representatives in Congress, or committing to the people the choice of Electors. The question of acceptance was put, and decided by Yeas and Nays.
Yeas 143. Nays 33. The proposed amendment was consequently disagreed to.
From the census just taken, Kentucky appears to contain 230,000 inhabitants. Should the present ratio of representation continue that state will be entitled to six representatives in Congress.
From the same census, it appears that the inhabitants of Rhode-Island amount to (one county excepted) 68,673, and those of Vermont to 153, 281.
On the 5th inst. the National Brig Scam-mel, J. H. Jones commander, arrived at Baltimore.
Don Joseph Ignatius de Viar, has notified the public of the resignation on the 1st inst. of the office of Consul-General of his Catholic Majesty to the United States.
Extract of a letter from Cadiz to a merchant in Baltimore, dated April 15, 1801.
"The dey of Tripoli, has declared, that after the 22d March, his cruisers shall have liberty to capture all American vessels they shall fall in with."
A letter to a respectable commercial house in Philadelphia, dated Bordeaux, the 28th April, has the following postscript,
"This day's post from Marseilles and Barcelona, brings accounts, that the Dey of Algiers, has DECLARED WAR against the United States."
DIED—At Lancaster on the 4th inst. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG Receiver-General of the Land-Office.
NASHVILLE, April 29. We are informed by a gentleman of respectability from the Natchez, that a mutiny broke out in a boat carrying negroes for that place, in which they killed three white men and made their escape—we could not learn to whom they belonged.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
BOSTON, June 3. Yesterday the schooner Iris, Capt. Griffin, arrived at Quarantine Road, in 52 days from Naples and 35 from Gibraltar. Mr. Thomas Hill, jun. supercargo of the Iris, has obligingly furnished us with the following interesting papers.
ENGLISH ACCOUNT OF EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
"GIBRALTAR, April 17, 1801. Yesterday arrived from Aboukir, in 28 days, his majesty's hired armed brig Louisa, Truscott, from whom we have the following information:
The British army, under Sir Ralph Abercromby, arrived in Aboukir Bay on the 2d of March; but did not attempt to disembark, on account of tempestuous weather, until the 8th, when a landing was effected by 7000 men, under a heavy fire from artillery and small arms. The French made a vigorous opposition, advancing to the beach and actually levelling muskets over the gunwales of the boats; but the British soldiers, leaping on shore, attacked the enemy with the bayonet, made good their debarkation and drove the French about two miles towards Alexandria, and into the castle of Aboukir; taking from them 8 pieces of cannon.
Our loss in killed and wounded this day is computed to amount to 400 or 500 men; and the enemy's about the same. Among the corps which made this first landing were the guards, 28th, 42d, 90th, and 92d regiments. Our troops were reinforced the same evening by 5000 more men who landed afterwards; and having established themselves in this position, they remained until the 13th March; when a general action took place, which terminated in the total route of the French; and 4 pieces of cannon being captured by the English, who lost about 1000 men in this affair: But by accounts from prisoners, the loss of the French was greater.
On the 14th the attack commenced upon the castle of Aboukir; and on the 18th that garrison surrendered to the British forces; all the guns except two, having been dismounted by the fire from our batteries.
When the Louisa left Egypt, the British army was posted within two miles of Alexandria; and the French, supposed to be about 6000 strong, were entrenched on the heights at Pompey's Pillar, laid to command Alexandria. The British were occupied in disembarking their field train of battering cannon, two thirds of which were already on shore; an attack upon the French camp was expected very soon to begin; when it was supposed there could be little doubt of the event being as glorious to Britain as the preceding actions had proved. The French had at first mistaken the 42d regiment in the Highland dress, for Pards, and attacked them with their usual confidence; but were received with a gallantry and spirit, which they
did not expect, and probably had not been accustomed to. The Highlanders received the French cavalry on their bayonets; in their turn made a brisk charge; checked, and completely worsted that part of the French army opposed to them.
It is further reported that Murad Bey and his followers have attacked the French at Cairo, and prevented Menou from joining the forces at Alexandria, where all the rest of the French troops had been concentrated. Certain accounts had arrived that the Grand Vizier with his army had marched towards the Delta about the 20th of February.
One of the lieutenants of his majesty's ship Swiftsure writes as follows to his friends in Gibraltar, dated 17th March.
"Our gallant army is only waiting for the heavy artillery to attack the enemy's height near Alexandria, which must immediately fall on our becoming masters of this height, as it entirely commands the town."
Sir John Warren fell in with and chased the squadron under Admiral Gantheaume, on the 21st of March, but lost sight of them in the night. They were seen on the 4th of April, by his majesty's brig of war the Mutine, off the island of Sardinia, bearing north-east. Two of the line of battle ships had lost their foremast.
Received by the Abigail, arrived at Philadelphia, with London Prints to April 24, and by the Argus arrived at New-York, with Bourdeaux Prints to the 26th of April.
LONDON, April 24. The Paris papers of the 18th shew us what have been the secret articles of the treaty of peace between France and Naples, by informing us of the march of different columns of General Murat, in order to take possession of several important places in the kingdom of Naples, by means of which the Clef du Cabinet flatters itself the French will be able to reach Malta. An insurrection has, it is said, taken place at Rome, and this has furnished Murat with a pretext for sending a part of his troops thither. It is easy to foresee what again will be the fate of the south of Italy, if, as there seems reason to believe, the Emperor Alexander should break the connection which united his predecessor to France.
Six battalions of Infantry, and two of Light cavalry, are under embarkation orders, as a reinforcement to Sir Ralph Abercrombie's army in Egypt.
The French papers of the 10th afford us little matter for extract. The following is the only paragraph which deserves any notice.
"It appears (says the Clef du Cabinet) that peace is very far advanced between France and the Porte, if it be not already concluded."
HAGUE, April 13. Admiral De Winter having received all his instructions, sat off this morning for the Texel, where he will have his flag hoisted on the admiral ship.
The English have appeared in sight of that strait towards the point of the Helder. This is what has determined the directory to prolong for seven days the embargo laid on all merchant vessels now in our ports.
Citizen Buys, our minister plenipotentiary at the court of Petersburg, was presented on the 28th March, to the new emperor of Russia, who confirmed the assurance already given by his father to maintain and to cultivate the friendship which subsists between the Batavian Republic and Russia.
COPENHAGEN, April 11. The English have set all their prisoners at liberty.
Admiral Nelson has caused three of his ships to be burnt, has sunk one, and sent two to England that were less damaged and susceptible of being repaired.
April 14. Almost all the English fleet has disappeared since yesterday. Two shattered line of battle ships have sailed back towards the sound in their way home—another of 50 guns has been burnt between Kerven and Skovohovet.
There remain now before our harbor 1 ship of the line and 3 smaller men of war, the remainder have proceeded up the Baltic, by the narrow channel which divides the islands of Amac and Salthom, except a large man of war which we discovered on the sand-banks which surround the first of these islands. We have reason to believe it is the ship in which the admiral is himself, of 94 guns, which drawing too much water, compelled a Russian vessel from London, in ballast, to light him of all the guns.

According to the information from the English officers to the Prussian captain, their squadron is bound for Revel: it would be in vain for them to proceed to Carlscron. This port, much better fortified by nature than art, fears neither bullets nor bombs. The Swedish squadron is still in port, notwithstanding the impatience of the king, who is angry with all those to whom he attributes the cause of the detention of the sailing of the fleet. M. de Cederstrom is appointed to command it instead of Mr. de Pulangueist, and Count Wachmeister, who presided at the preparations of the naval expedition, has just been arrested, and put in close confinement, by order of the king, whence, if he can, he may justify his treacherous conduct.
STOCKHOLM, April 3.
This morning, our grand fleet, consisting of 50 sail, put to sea with a very favourable wind. There are on board besides the crews, three regiments of infantry. The Russian fleet from Revel, is to join ours in the environs of the Sound; to effect which pilots have been sent.
Every necessary measure is taken here to repulse vigorously the English in case they should intend making an attempt on our country. The land and sea armaments are still continued, with the greatest zeal, and relieve us at present from any apprehension of danger.
Besides the Russian fleet of 13 sail of the line, which has already left Revel, there are two others, the one at Cronstadt, and the other at Swenskund, ready for sea. The last is composed of frigates and galleys.
BERLIN, April 10.
The king has received a letter from the emperor Alexander, in which his Imperial majesty testifies a desire to maintain the northern confederacy against the pretensions of England—at the same time the young emperor insists that the German princes should be fully indemnified, and recommends many in particular to his majesty, assuring him that he will second it with all his power.
KONIGSBURG, April 3.
The gazette of this city published yesterday, announces that the Russian fleets destined to act against England, and probably also against Turkey, have put to sea perfectly equipped. One of the fleets has on board troops for the purpose of landing; its destination is unknown. The other is to join the Danish and Swedish naval forces to protect the coast of Denmark, and to oppose any landing on the part of the English.
We likewise learn from Russia, that extraordinary armaments continue to be fitted out with the greatest activity.
BERNE, April 16.
New regulations seem at last to have a tendency to spare Helvetia the cantonment of an army. A part of that of the Grisons is to be united to that of the Rhine, and the other part will re-enter France. Helvetic Journal.
WURZBURGH, April 14.
The citadel of our city is entirely evacuated by the French, who have immediately been succeeded by the troops of the Prince-bishop.
ROME, April 4.
The French troops are passing by Tronto and Rieti, and continue to march towards Barletto and Manfredonia, to occupy in the Abruzzes and Calabre the positions agreed upon by the treaty of peace with Naples. We have here yet lieutenant general Soult and general Saint Cyr. Citizen Cacaault, minister of the French republic, is expected daily.
VIENNA, April 18.
A report has been received here, by way of Trieste, that the English have taken Corfu, which, however, stands highly in need of confirmation—Many Greek merchants, who were on their way for Leipzig, in order to buy English goods at the fairs have suspended their journey, on being informed of the communication between England and the continent being interrupted.—The expedition fitting out at Ancona, by the French, is said to be destined for Egypt or according to some, to act against Turkey in concert with Pashwan Oglou. It consists of 7000 men.—The instrument of the ratification of peace brought hither by the courier Laforest, distinguished itself from all former, by the highest degree of elegance; it is bound up in gold stuff, richly embroidered with silver and decorated with pearls. The Im-
perial ratification, sent to Paris, was only bound up in red velvet.
The following order has been published here: "As in consequence of the restoration of peace, the travelling of strangers, in the Imperial hereditary states, will become more frequent, and as the increase of inhabitants in the metropolis, as well as in the principal provincial towns, and the high price of provisions arising therefrom, require incessant attention, it is his majesty's pleasure, that orderly and well behaved strangers travelling on business in the Imperial hereditary states on entering, as well as during their stay, shall meet with all possible encouragement and support; but that proper measures will be pursued to prevent suspicious strangers, and persons who have no real business, from entering and remaining in our states. In order to unite these objects, it has pleased his majesty to make the following regulations. No person, whatever may be his station, can enter the Imperial states, without a proper passport; every stranger, in order to obtain such passport, has therefore previously to apply to the Imperial Chancery of state, or to the Imperial Minister, Resident, or Consul abroad, most contiguous to him, to prove his personal circumstances, and the objects of his journey by credible testimonials from the local authorities, from which, however, persons generally, known, and particularly distinguished by their rank, are exempted."
On Maundy Thursday his Imperial Majesty, according to ancient custom, washed the feet of 12 poor old men. The Empress did not perform the same ceremony by the 12 old women, on account of her advancement in pregnancy. The ages of the 12 old men, together, amounted exactly to that of Methusalem, viz. 969 years.
RATISBON, April 1.
In the sitting of the 30th ult. the minister of Treves proposed that his imperial majesty should be requested to make the arrangements necessary to the completion of peace, Cologne and Bohemia expressed the same with Saxony, required that the matter, so highly important, should be discussed by all the members of the Diet. Bavaria and Brandenburg wished the Protocol to remain open.
The following is the substance of the vote of the Hanoverian minister: "His majesty, the king of Great Britain and Ireland, as elector of Brunswick and Lunenburg, has taken into serious consideration the decree of the imperial committee, dated the 3d inst. requiring that the diet should come to a speedy decision on the mode in which the German empire was to exercise its right of co-operating in the ulterior arrangements, that are to take place on the subject of indemnities, in consequence of the 7th article of the treaty of Luneville, upon the basis formerly established at the congress at Rastadt. His majesty must in the first place declare, that this decree was adopted in confidence that the arrangements would be taken, and regulated only by a constitutional assemblage of the States of the empire, in conformity with the wisdom and the sentiments of his imperial majesty. This subject is not only of great importance to the empire, but replete with difficulties as to the mode. But his majesty is persuaded that the chief of the empire can procure the best means, and open the most certain mode, for the arrangements which are to be adopted. His majesty therefore proposes as follows:
"To address on the part of the empire, their thanks to his imperial majesty, on the subject of the decree of the imperial commission which has so perfectly answered the expectation of the states, and to entreat him to take such measures as may be necessary, for the ulterior arrangements which are to take place with respect to indemnities, in conformity with the treaty of Luneville, on the basis established at Rastadt, and before concluding the same, to communicate the whole to the diet, in order that they in return, and with the shortest possible delay, may make his imperial majesty acquainted with their opinion, in the form of a conclusum."
"If, however, his imperial majesty should not think himself authorised to undertake such an object in the name of the diet, the constitutional mode of convening the empire, and the most short and agreeable, would be for the diet to establish, in the place where it assembles, an extraordinary deputation, composed of the following states: Mentz, Saxony, Austria, Bavaria, Maugebourg, Bamberg, Bremen, Wefelavia, and the imperial cities of Ratisbon and Augsburg; and that this committee should be furnished with full powers to enter upon, and treat of this affair, with the imperial minister, and to settle the definitive arrangements which are to be submit-
ted to the ratification of the emperor and the empire."
In the college of princes, of 36 votes, 31 were for referring the affair of the indemnities to his imperial majesty. The Protocol will be opened again when the Brandenburg minister shall have received his instructions.
Just opened and for Sale,
At the corner, in row with the Seven Buildings, a general assortment of Ladies' fancy Kid, Morocco, and stuff shoes, with a few pair Gentlemen's London boots, bootees, and fine shoes. And as the subscriber intends keeping an assortment of the best made work, and neat trusty hands employed, in the boot and shoemaking business, he hopes to meet with the public's generous attention, as he means to have no work made but what is good, and to dispose of the same at the most reasonable rate. He has also an assortment of leather, and boot legs, of a good quality, with sundry other articles for sale, by
EBENEZER ELLASON.
June 10, 1801. 3100 N. B. Two or three good neat hands at the boot and shoe business, may find steady employ by applying as above. E. E.
Marshal's Sale.
By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, to me directed, will be exposed to public sale on SATURDAY the 13th instant, on the premises, for ready cash only,
All the right, title and interest of WALTER QUEEN to a Piece of LAND, called the "Enclosure," about three miles from the city of Washington, on the road leading to Bladensburg, containing 188 acres, more or less; taken to satisfy a debt due to Elizabeth Doyle, for the use of John Darnall.
The sale will begin at 11 o'clock A. M. DANIEL C. BRENT, Marshal. June 1, 1801. epts
PROPOSALS
For carrying the MAILS of the United States on the following routes, will be received at the General Post-Office in Washington City, until the 15th day of July next inclusive.
36 From Springfield by Westfield and Stockbridge, to Kinderhook, once a week—Leave Springfield every Thursday at 6 A M, and arrive at Kinderhook on Friday at 6 P M—Leave Kinderhook every Saturday at 6 A M, arrive at Stockbridge by 4 P M—Leave Stockbridge every Wednesday at 6 A M, and arrive at Springfield by 6 P M.
IN VERMONT.
37 From Brattleboro' by Poultney, Wellsminister, Walpole, N H, Charleston, N H, Weathersfield, Windsor, Hartland, Hartford and Norwich, to Hanover, N H, twice a week—Leave Brattleboro' every Tuesday and Friday at 1 P M, arrive at Windsor on Wednesday and Saturday noon—Leave Windsor at 1 P M, and arrive at Hanover same days by 6 P M. Returning—Leave Hanover every Thursday and Monday at 6 A M, arrive at Windsor by noon, and at Brattleboro' on Friday and Tuesday at 10 A M.
38 From Hanover, N H, by Orford, N H, Haverhill, N H, Newbury, Ryegate and Peacham, to Danville, once a week—Leave Hanover every Monday at 6 A M, arrive at Haverhill by 6 P M—Leave Haverhill on Tuesday by 6 A M, arrive at Danville by 4 P M. Returning—Leave Danville every Wednesday at 6 A M, and arrive at Hanover on Thursday by 4 P M.
39 From Haverhill, N H, by Bradford, Corinth, Washington and Barre, to Montpelier, once a week—Leave Montpelier every Monday 6 A M, and arrive at Haverhill by 6 P M—Leave Haverhill every Tuesday 6 A M, and arrive at Montpelier by 6 P M.
40 From Windsor by Woodstock, Royalton, Randolph, Williamstown, Montpelier and Jericho, to Burlington, once a week—Leave Burlington on Saturday 6 A M, arrive at Montpelier by 6 P M, and at Windsor on Monday by 10 A M—Leave Windsor every Wednesday at 2 P M, arrive at Montpelier on Thursday at 7 P M, and at Burlington on Friday at 7 P M.
42 From Brattleboro' by Marlboro', Wilmington and Woodford, to Bennington, once a week—Leave Bennington every Thursday at 9 P M, and arrive at Brattleboro' on Friday by noon—Leave Brattleboro' every Friday at 2 P M, and arrive at Bennington on Saturday by 4 P M.
43 From Rutland by Clarendon, Tincmouth, Danby, Dorset, Manchester, Arlington, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Lansdown and Troy, to Albany, once a week—Leave Rutland every Monday at 8 A M, and arrive at Bennington on Tuesday by 1 P M—Leave Bennington on Wednesday at 4 A M, and arrive at Albany by 3 P M. Returning—Leave Albany on Thursday by
11 A M, and arrive at Bennington by 7 P M—Leave Bennington on Friday at 6 A M, and arrive at Rutland on Saturday by 3 P M.
44 From Rutland by Pittsford, Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Middlebury, Newhaven, Vergennes, Ferrisburg, Charlotte, Shelburne, Burlington, Colchester, Milton, Georgia, St. Albans and Swanton, to Highgate, once a week—Leave Rutland every Monday at 5 A M, arrive at Charlotte on Tuesday by 10 A M, at Burlington by 1 P M, and at Highgate on Wednesday by 7 P M. Returning—Leave Highgate every Thursday at 8 A M, arrive at Burlington on Friday by 11 A M—Leave Burlington at noon, arrive at Charlotte by 2 P M—Leave Charlotte at 3 P M, and arrive at Rutland on Saturday by 8 P M.
45 From Rutland by Castleton, Fairhaven, Benson, Orwell, Shoreham and Addison, to Vergennes, once a week—Leave Rutland every Monday at 6 A M, arrive at Fairhaven by 10 A M—Leave Fairhaven by noon, and arrive at Vergennes on Tuesday by 2 P M. Returning—Leave Vergennes on Wednesday at 6 A M, arrive at Fairhaven by 6 P M—Leave Fairhaven on Thursday by 6 A M, and arrive at Rutland by noon.
46 From Bennington by Pownal, Williamstown, Ms. and Lanesboro', to Pittsfield, once a week—Leave Bennington every Wednesday at 6 A M, and arrive at Pittsfield by 3 P M—Leave Pittsfield on Thursday at 6 A M, and arrive at Bennington by 3 P M.
IN RHODE-ISLAND.
47 From Providence by Warren and Bristol to Newport, three times a week.
May 1 to November 1—Leave Providence every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 7 A M, and arrive at Newport by 4 P M—Leave Newport every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 8 A M, and arrive at Providence by 4 P M.
November 1 to May 1—Leave Providence Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 8 A M, and arrive at Newport by 4 P M—Leave Newport every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8 A M, and arrive at Providence by 4 P M.
48 From Providence by East Greenwich and Little Rest, to South Kingston, once a week—Leave Providence every Friday at 4 A M, and arrive at South Kingston by noon—Leave South Kingston every Friday at 2 P M, and arrive at Providence on Saturday by 10 A M.
49 From Newport by South Kingston, Charleston, Westerly, Stonington, C. and Groton, C. to New London, C. once a week—Leave New London every Thursday at 1 P M, and arrive at South Kingston on Friday at 1 P M, and arrive at Newport by 3 P M. Returning—Leave Newport every Saturday at 6 A M, and arrive at New London the next Monday by 10 A M.
IN CONNECTICUT.
50 From Hartford by Lebanon and Windham, to Norwich, once a week—Leave Hartford every Tuesday at 6 a m, and arrive at Norwich by 6 p m—Leave Norwich every Monday at 6 a m, and arrive at Hartford by 6 p m.
51 From Hartford by Middletown, East Haddam and Colchester, to New London, once a week—Leave Hartford every Tuesday at 1 p m, and arrive at New London on Wednesday by 7 p m—Leave New London every Thursday at 11 a m, and arrive at Hartford on Friday by 7 p m.
52 From Hartford by Simsbury, New Hartford, Winchester, Norfolk, Ganaan, Sheffield, Hillsdale and Claverack, to Hudson, once a week—Leave Hartford every Wednesday at 8 a m, and arrive at Hudson on Friday 10 a m—Leave Hudson every Friday at 2 p m, and arrive at Hartford the next Monday by 3 p m.
53 From Hartford by Farmington, Harwinton, Litchfield, Washington, New Milford, Danbury, Ridgefield, Salem N Y and Bedford, N Y, to Stamford, C. once a week.
May 1 to November 1—Leave Hartford every Tuesday at 2 p m, arrive at Litchfield on Wednesday at 10 a m, at New Milford by 3 p m, and at Stamford on Thursday by 7 p m. Returning—Leave Stamford every Saturday at 1 p m, arrive at New Milford on Monday by 10 a m, at Litchfield by 3 p m, and at Hartford on Tuesday by 10 a m.
November 1 to May 1—Leave Hartford every Tuesday at 8 a m, arrive at Litchfield by 3 p m, at New Milford on Wednesday by 10 a m, and at Stamford on Thursday by 3 p m. Returning—Leave Stamford every Saturday at 10 a m, arrive at New Milford on Sunday by 2 p m, at Litchfield Monday by 10 a m, and at Hartford on Monday by 5 p m.

REGULATION.
By TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, Commander in chief of the army of St. Domingo.
Constantly occupied in meditating on the causes which may increase the prosperity of this Colony, I have maturely weighed the advantages and the disadvantages of the duties already established; I have attentively heard the observations of men, well informed and friendly to the interests of the Colony, and my extreme desire of acting in conformity with these sentiments, has led me to determine on modifications and alterations equally favourable to commerce and to agriculture.
A government cannot exist without taxes: those of the Colony have always been principally founded upon the customs, as the most equal, the most easy and least expensive in the collection; and agreeably to these ideas I issued my Regulation of 21st Frimaire last, [12th of December, of christian calendar.] Before that period, the duties of export and import were reduced to nothing, from the facility with which dishonest captains deceived the administration, by presenting false invoices. It was necessary to put a stop to this abuse, and to oppose it by efficacious measures. These were the motives which gave rise to the valuation of merchandise and produce by the Commercial Tribunal.
Doubtless it would have been more convenient to fix invariably the current price of merchandise and produce—but time was requisite to the perfection of a general Tariff adapted to the commerce of St. Domingo. Experience has shewn me the necessity of it; and desiring to favor mercantile speculations by giving them the facility of establishing positive calculations, this Tariff has been ordered to be completed.
It is my intention by all legal means to favour commerce, but it is not less so, to secure the receipt of the revenues arising from it. Notwithstanding the precautions taken in my Decree of 21st Frimaire, frauds have still been attempted, and such as have been discovered, having been attempted by foreign merchants, it is necessary to add new precautions to those rendered inadequate by cupidity and dishonesty. The most salutary and the most just are those which present to the government a constant and sure responsibility—French merchants residing in this Colony offer to us a double guaranty, and are an additional security against fraud. By making those consignees of the cargoes arriving in our ports, the government has that security: and this disposition dictated by necessity, is the more reasonable, as it is founded upon experience and the received usage of commercial nations.
I therefore decree as follows: Art. I. From the date of the present decree, the impost established by the law of 12 Nivose, 6th year, the execution of which is informed by my decree of 22 Nivose, 9th year, shall be and hereby is suppressed throughout the Colony.
The stamp duty established by the same law, the execution of which is ordered by the same decree, is continued agreeably to the form and tenor thereof.
Art. II. The impost upon patents, established by the law of 22 Nivose, 6th year, the execution of which was ordered by my decree of 26 Nivose, 9th year, shall be completely carried into effect.
The tax of six per centum upon house rents, together with that upon licenses, shall be and hereby is suppressed.
Art. III. The duties of exportation fixed at twenty per centum, by my decree of 21 Frimaire—of importation reduced to ten per cent, by my decree of 10 Nivose last, shall remain the same for all the produce exported or the merchandise imported in the Colony, under the following modifications:
Art. IV. From and after the publication of the present decree, the objects of the first necessity introduced into the Colony, that is to say, flour, biscuit, salted provisions, timber, cordage, hoes, case knives, and other instruments of husbandry, shall pay only six per cent duty.
Art. V. From the 15 Prairial next, [4th June of the Christian calendar,] the custom-house duty shall be collected agreeably to a fixed and invariable table, and not subjected to decadal valuations as was ordered by articles 3 and 5, of my decree of 21 Frimaire. The general tariff or table approved by me, shall be printed, and serve to regulate the receipt of the duties of the custom.
Art. VI. In cases where one or several cargoes arrive in the Colony, containing articles not valued in the general tariff, the administration, on suspecting the price in
the invoices to be below the real value, is authorised to purchase the same for its use at the invoice price, with an addition of fifteen per cent.
Art. VII. The exportation of specie is severely prohibited. Such money as shall be found in contravention of this decree, shall be confiscated, one quarter for the benefit of the informer, and the other three quarters to that of the Republic, and the person so contravening shall moreover suffer two months imprisonment.
Art. VIII. Every captain arriving in the Colony shall be obliged to consign his cargo to a resident merchant.
Art. IX. No person shall be admitted as consignee who is not, 1st a French citizen; 2d. who has at any time failed in his engagements; 3d. who has not a sufficient fortune to establish his responsibility: with exceptions in favor of foreigners, to whom the government reserves the right of granting the same privilege after having examined in the services they have rendered to the Colony, their punctuality, credit and morality.—Therefore in the commercial towns, lists shall be made out of the merchants having the qualifications requisite to be admitted consignees. These lists, being approved by the Commander in Chief, shall be posted up in their counting houses.
Art. X. Every consignee shall be personally responsible for the fraud committed on board the vessels consigned to him; and in cases of conviction of his being the author or accomplice of the fraud, he shall be struck off the list of consignees.
Art. XI. The port duties are, to wit.— To the master of the port, for pilotage, anchorage, &c. 8 dollars To the Interpreter, 8 dollars To the Custom-House, for each vessel, for lading and unlading together, 8 dollars All other duties which may be exacted, are declared extortionary, and he who may demand them, or cause them to be demanded or received, shall immediately be dismissed from office.
Art. XII. The articles of my decree of 21 Frimaire, in every part not militating with this decree, shall continue to be executed agreeably to the tenor thereof.
One thousand copies of this Regulation shall be printed and addressed to all the civil functionaries, transferred upon the records of the administrative and judiciary bodies, read, published and posted up wherever it may be necessary.
Done at Head quarters, at the Cape, the 18 Floreal, [8th May,] 9th year of the French Republic, one and indivisible.
The Commander in Chief, (Signed) TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE.
SPEECH
OF GOVERNOR TRUMBULL, At the opening of the present session of the Legislature of Connecticut on the 14th ult.
Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. BEING again called, by the free suffrages of my fellow citizens, to take the first seat of government, I have another opportunity of meeting you, on this pleasing anniversary, with expressions of joy and felicitation, on the general prosperity which, under the smiles of an indulgent Providence, our country is still permitted to enjoy, notwithstanding the unhappy tumults and convulsions which almost all other nations at this day are destined to experience.
In this view of our present situation, ought we not to excite each other to cheerful effusions of gratitude and praise to the bounteous author of all good for the distinguishing and numerous blessings with which we are indulged? And while we reflect that this singular state of prosperity has been produced under the auspices of the present constitution and union of the states, blessed with a wise and happy administration, may not this circumstance encourage our hearts in faith and hope, that the blessings which we have hitherto experienced are an earnest of that more enlarged measure of happiness, prosperity, wealth and power, to which, under the smiles of Providence, and similar wise administrations, this country is destined to arrive!
With a sincere wish for the further advancement of this state's interest and prosperity, I beg leave to make some observations, which to me appear important, and which I now submit to your legislative consideration. Perhaps no state in the union is better adapted for agricultural pursuits than this; and no people have greater prospects of wealth and happiness from this source, provided we are careful to seize the precious opportunities which Providence of-
fers for our advancement in various cultivation, under the influence of peace, internal tranquility, moral order, and social happiness. In reviewing the inspection laws of the state, although well designed, they do not appear to me so efficacious in their operation as the interests of our people and the prosperity of our commerce require. The inspection of our salted beef being now performed in each town where it is put up for sale, will not be so uniformly conducted nor so attentively performed as is necessary or desirable. Permit me then to suggest, whether if the inspection was to be made at the several places from whence it is exported it would not be more uniform in practice, more efficacious in its operation, and attended with more beneficial effects, as respects its quality and good order, and consequently be productive of better prices. The quality and size of our beef in foreign markets are of first importance to its ready and profitable sale. No country whatever is better fitted for raising and fattening large and good beeftes than ours, if properly attended to. If some mode could be hit upon to prevent the killing and salting for exportation any beef under three years old, I am persuaded it would have a salutary effect in procuring it more reputation in the market, and higher prices to our farmers. Our neighbor states, I am told, have such a regulation, and are experiencing its benefits.
The size and quality of our pork are also worthy peculiar attention. A more critical inspection at the places of its export of this very valuable article must also be important. Our butter and cheese are articles of growing consequence to our agriculture and commerce; they might be subject to similar regulations of inspection. The goodness of all these articles, which may be deemed our principal staples must be their recommendation in foreign markets, and are therefore justly worthy of legislative consideration, in an agricultural as well as commercial point of light.
Some encouragement for raising sheep was proposed by law at our last session. The importance of wool to our family manufactures is so great that I think it worthy of your consideration, whether that encouragement is such as will prove adequate to the object then sought for. Particular attention to the kind and breed of sheep, together with more careful and full feeding of them, if adopted and pursued by the farmers at large, would, I trust be found valuable expedients. It has been said by good judges of this animal, that the sheep of America, many of them at least, are promising for wool and flesh as any whatever, when they are carefully attended to, well fed, and not kept in too large flocks. The sheep is an animal capable of being turned to so many valuable and profitable uses as to make its careful propagation an object of first attention in an agricultural country, and a northern climate. And while we are making these calculations for present necessity, we may with propriety extend our views to a future period of population, and that perhaps not far distant, when the manufacture of wool may be more extensively pursued, and may prove a great means of employment to our people, as well as a principal source of wealth to our state. Whenever this period does arrive, there is perhaps no state in the union which, from its soil, its spirit of cultivation, its situation, and comparative industry, is better suited than ours for such pursuit. It will therefore be our wisdom to look forward to this valuable and useful object at an early day.
Regulations respecting several companies of the militia, which were particularly referred by the legislature to my direction, have been attended to, and satisfactory returns have been made.
In consequence of letters received from the secretary of state for the United States and from our senators in Congress, informing that the President of the United States had notified a meeting of the senate of the United States, to be held on the 4th of March, "to receive, consider and act upon any communications which might then be made to them by the President, touching the public interests of the U. S. the executive of the state were convened on the 19th of Feb. last, at which time they thought necessary and proper to make an executive appointment, until the next meeting of the legislature, of a senator from this state, to fill the vacancy which would soon be occasioned by the expiration of the term of service in that capacity of the hon. Uriah Tracy, which would take place on the 3d of March then next coming. Accordingly the hon. Uriah Tracy was appointed for the time mentioned. The legislature being now convened, it rests with them to make a permanent appointment of a senator from this state
in the senate of the U. S. for the current term of six years, commencing from the 4th of March last.
A letter has been received from his excellency Governor Ogle, transmitting a copy of resolutions passed by the legislature of Maryland, at their late session, proposing amendments to the constitution of the United States, by "the establishments of an uniform mode for the choice of electors of President and vice-President of the United States, and of representatives in Congress." This letter, with the resolutions accompanying it, will now be communicated for your consideration.
Letters patent, duly executed, under the signature of the president and the seal of the United States, have been received, ceding to this state, for the benefit of persons holding and claiming under the state of Connecticut, the United States right and title to the territory commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut. This instrument will be laid before the legislature for their inspection, and particular directions as to the place of its deposit, and the mode of its preservation, together with such other disposition as the legislature may judge to be necessary or convenient, either for the security of the title or the accommodation of the people settling on the territory.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL. May 14, 1801.
Auction & Commission Store.
THE subscribers embrace the earliest opportunity of informing their friends and the public in general, that they have obtained a commission to act in the capacity of AUCTIONEERS in Prince George's county, including the city of Washington—and offer their services in that capacity, with assurance of attention to the interests of those who may employ them. They have also commenced the Commission business, which they intend to execute in the most extensive manner. A general assortment of DRY GOODS will be opened in a few days, which will be sold remarkably low, wholesale or retail.
ROBERT CAMP & CO. Near the Pennsylvania Avenue, City of Washington, May 12, 1801
For sale or Rent,
THE house and lot at present occupied by Mr. John Dempsey, situated near the Capitol Building, on lot No. 6, in square 759; this lot fronts 55 feet on East Capitol Street, and 75 feet on Second Street. Possession may be had the first day of August next, and for terms apply to the subscriber.
SAMUEL N. SMALLWOOD. Washington, May 29, 1801.
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and E streets, where he continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of Ornaments for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces, Metal Sashes, &c. which may also be had at his store No. 51, Barclay Street, New-York, and at Mr. Wild's store, Market Street, Baltimore.
GEORGE ANDREWS. Who wishes to let a BRICK HOUSE, the west side of the President's house. May 8, 1801.
Port Wine, first quality, just
received and for sale at the store of the subscriber near the President's Square, next Mr. Rhodes's Tavern.
ROBERT ELLIS, Washington City. Also a general assortment of Liquors, Teas, Groceries, Spanish and East India Segars, and a trunk of Ladies' Kid morocco and leather Shoes, &c.
For Sale and to Rent,
TWO elegant two story Brick DWELLING HOUSES, situate on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, a little to the west of the President's Square. Each house contains two parlours and passage on first floor; on second, two rooms with fire-places, and well finished garrets, cellars and kitchens. In the front of the buildings extending to the avenue, is a neat yard planted with trees, palisaded, &c. The situation, in point of health and contiguity to the public buildings, is equal to any in the city, and is well adapted for private families, or to accommodate genteel Boarders. The title is indisputable. The terms will be moderate for part cash or slaves. For particulars inquire of OWEN ROBERTS, on the premises, or of
THOMAS HERTY, Conveyancer. City of Washington, May 25, 1801.
LOTS FOR SALE, In the City of WASHINGTON.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch. Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety-nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard.
WILLIAM PROUT. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kiln of Bricks, and some Cord Wood. W. P.