The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-08-07 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. CXX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FOR RENT,
The House I now occupy, on Square No. 142, near the President's house, for six months from the first of August next. Possession will be given at that time.
NICHOLAS KING.
July 20, 1801.
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Conrad & M c Munn
HAVE opened houses of entertainment in the range of buildings formerly occupied by Mr. Law, about two hundred paces from the Capitol, in New Jersey Avenue, leading from thence to the Eastern Branch. They are spacious and convenient, one of which is designed for stage passengers and travellers, the other for the accommodation of boarders. There is stable sufficient for 60 horses—They hope to merit public patronage.
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VARDEN & CARPENTER, TAYLORS,
Gratefully acknowledge the favors of the public, whilst carrying on business opposite Mr. Sille's Tavern, and inform, that they have removed to the next house east of Mr. Throckmorton's Hotel, where gentlemen and ladies will be served in a stile of fashion and elegance which it has ever been, and ever will be, their study to execute, and they presume, equal to the most populous cities in the Union.
Regimental and Ladies Habits made in the neatest manner.
May 15, 1801.
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NEW BOOKS.
JUST received by the sloop Highland, capt. Hand, from Philadelphia, and now opening at the store of Rapine, Conrad and Co. corner of South B Street and New Jersey Avenue; a very handsome assortment of books, amongst which are,
 De Valcourt, by Mrs. Bennett, author of Welch Heiress, Beggar Girl, &c. &c.  Nocturnal Visit, 2 vols. by Maria Regina Roche.  author of the Children of the Abbey, &c.  The Girl of the Mountains, 2 vols. by Mrs. Farnon, author of "Women as they are."  Rash Vows; or the effects of enthusiasm, by Madame de Genlis.  The Farmer's Joy, a rural poem, by Robert Broomfield.  The life of Catharine the Second, Empress of Russia, 3 vols.  Dawin's physiognomy; or the philosophy of agriculture and gardening. 
Also a general assortment of law books, and miscellaneous history, Rationary, writing and wrapping paper, &c. &c. all which they will dispose of on the most reasonable terms.
N. B. Bookbinding in all its branches, with neatness and dispatch.
Washington, May 15,
A GREAT BARGAIN.
I WILL sell or lease for ten years, a valuable Farm, in the county of Culpepper, and state of Virginia, on Flat Run, containing 750 acres the land is extremely fertile, and yields abundantly in the production of corn, wheat, and tobacco; there are about 100 acres of meadow land, 50 or 60 of which are cleared, and 15 acres well set in Timothy, about 350 acres of the tract are cleared and well inclosed. This land is distant from Fredericksburg about 28 miles, and 55 miles from Alexandria and the City of Washington. There are several valuable merchant mills; in the vicinity, one within the distance of a mile, where the Fredericksburg prices are given for all kinds of grain.
I will also sell the Reversion of 250 acres of land adjoining the above, on which are erected a number of valuable buildings, among them a large dwelling house of 60 feet by 40, with four rooms on a floor, with fireplaces, and every necessary out-houses—A valuable peach and apple orchard.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as any persons desirous of purchasing or leasing, will doubtless wish to view the premises. For terms apply to Robert Brooke Voss, Esq. who lives adjoining the premises, or to the subscriber.
I will also Sell or Rent,
Two three-story brick houses in Alexandria, completely finished, on King and Columbia-street, with sundry valuable property near the same, possession whereof may be had immediately. The situation for the flour and grocery business is equal to any in Alexandria.
For terms apply to Henry Thomas Moore, Alexandria, or to the subscriber.
NICHOLAS VOSS.
City of Washington, July 13, 1801.
N. B. I wish to hire by the month, or until the 1st day of November, ten or twelve labourers, for whom liberal wages will be given,—Apply to N. Voss, on F Street, or W. F. Voss, at the Navy-Yard. sawtf
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
No. II.
The reader will observe that it is not the intention of these remarks, and those which it is proposed to add, to recommend any radical alteration in the Federal Constitution. On the contrary, their direct tendency is to demonstrate the necessity of a more precise definition of the powers distributed among the departments of the government, and a return, by these means, to its true and legitimate meaning. This step, so far from justifying the alarm too often excited by the dread of innovation, is calculated, by a fair and clear exposition of that Instrument, to make it still more the object of national confidence and respect.
I proceed to shew that a greater evil cannot exist than that of a Constitution, which confers, upon the government created by it, powers not properly circumscribed and defined.
In countries, in which there are no written constitutions, it is universally understood that powers conferred by the people, or usurped by the government, will be used in such a way, and to such an extent, as the circumstances of the times, and the views of the ruling power, warrant or recommend. The subject knows the power by which he is controlled to be absolute and unlimited; and he realises that in such a case obedience is necessary. The direct reverse of this is the case in a republic, where all power emanates from the people, and where the people have a right to expect that all power conferred will be used exclusively for their benefit.
In such a state of things, in which some powers are imparted to governments, and some denied, and where the powers given are distributed, to ensure their salutary application and to prevent their abuse, among distinct departments of the same government—the people as well as the government possess co-relative duties arising from the possession of certain established rights, which impose upon each obligations of equal force. Thus, it is as much the duty of the citizen to exercise a freedom of will in the choice of a public agent, or in the expression of an opinion on public measures, as it is the duty of the government to pass and to execute laws directed by the constitution, or required by the state of society.
The harmony of the whole system depends upon the citizen, the government generally, and each department of the government, occupying that particular and distinct sphere allotted to each by a well constructed constitution. If it be not wisely constructed; if it omit to draw the line between the rights of the citizen and the powers of the government; or if it omit to appropriate to each department of the government its peculiar duties; the inevitable effect will be an inharmonious action of one part of the system on the other, a mutual invasion of rights, a collision of powers, hostility, and perhaps destruction. The greatest injury, which can be produced by a vague system, is probably the opportunity which it gives (an opportunity which the mournful precepts of history tell us will not long be neglected) to governments, step by step, to usurp powers never intended to be conferred. However guarded the first step may be, it soon becomes a precedent for a second, and so on, until the liberties of a people, once free, are either lost in despotism, or require in their assertion the convulsions of a revolution.
The next grade of evils takes its source in the conflicts between different departments of the same government. However superior the federal constitution may be to all others in existence, as to the guarded distribution of powers among the several departments created by it, we have notwithstanding seen the same powers contended for by the executive and the legislative councils; and the people, on such points, as much divided as the government itself.
Is any thing more calculated to shake the respect for the government, or to nourish and excite into action discords thus produced?
In such cases, can the wisdom of man
devise a remedy, short of a more precise definition of power, than that which at present exists?
It is sincerely believed that no other remedy can be found.
Fortunately, however, it is one which may be resorted to in this country, without any danger to our present institutions, and without producing any unusual animation in the public mind. The force of public opinion and rational enquiry, addressed to those who are at once the organs of the government and the representatives of the national will, if openly and persevering applied, may be expected, without the least agitation, to accommodate the provisions of the government to the wishes of the people.
In this respect our system is undoubtedly the best in the world—For while other systems too invariably exhibit the people and the government in hostile attitudes, ours identifies their interests by rendering one the instrument and the servant of the other.
Under this system we may sanguinely hope that the will of the people needs only an enlightened and persevering expression to be regarded and obeyed by those who govern—and that the United States will furnish in the annals of nations an instance of happy exemption from those dreadful convulsions which have generally proceeded from accumulated abuses.
SOLON.
*** ERRATUM in No. I. 11th line from end read "inoperative" instead of "in operation."
ON SLAVERY.
FROM ROUSSEAU'S SOCIAL COMPACT.
AS no man hath any natural authority over the rest of his species, and as power doth not confer right, the basis of all lawful authority is laid in mutual convention.
If an individual, says Grotius, can alienate his liberty, and become the slave of a master, why may not a whole people collectively alienate theirs, and become subject to a king? This proposition, however, contains some equivocal terms, which require explanation; but I shall confine myself to that of alienate . Whatever is alienated must be disposed of, either by gift or sale. Now a man who becomes the slave of another, doth not give himself away; but sells himself, at least for his subsistence. But why should a whole people sell themselves? So far is a king from furnishing his subjects subsistence, that they maintain him; and, as our friend Rabelais says, a king doth not live on a little. Can subjects be supposed to give away their liberty, on condition that the receiver shall take their property along with it? After this, I really cannot see any thing they have left.
It may be said, a monarch maintains among his subjects the public tranquility. Be it so; I would be glad to know of what they are gainers, if the wars in which his ambition engages them, if his insatiable avarice, or the oppressions of his ministers, are more destructive than civil dissensions? Of what are they gainers, if even this tranquility be one cause of their misery? A prisoner may live tranquil enough in his dungeon; but will this be sufficient to make him contented there? When the Greeks were shut up in the cave of the Cyclops, they lived there unmolested, in expectation of their turn to be devoured.
To say that a man can give himself away, is to talk unintelligibly and absurdly; such an act must necessarily be illegal and void, were it for no other reason than that it argues insanity of mind in the agent. To say the same thing of a whole people therefore, is to suppose a whole nation can be at once out of their senses; but were it so, such madness could not confer right.
Were it possible also for a man to alienate himself, he could not in the same manner dispose of his children, who, as human beings, are born free; their freedom is their own, and nobody hath a right to dispose of it but themselves. Before they arrive at years of discretion, indeed, their father may, for their security, and in their name, stipulate the conditions of their preservation; but he cannot unconditionally and irrevocably dispose of their persons; such a gift being contrary to the intention of nature, and exceeding the bounds of
paternal authority. It is requisite, therefore, in order to render an arbitrary government lawful, that every new generation should be at liberty to admit or reject its authority, in which case it would be no longer an arbitrary government.
To renounce one's natural liberty, is to renounce one's very being as a man; it is to renounce not only the rights, but even the duties of humanity. And what possible indemnification can be made the man who thus gives up his all? Such a renunciation is incompatible with our very nature; for to deprive us of the liberty of the will, is to take away all morality from our actions. In a word, a convention, which stipulates on the one part absolute authority, and on the other implicit obedience, is in itself futile and contradictory. Is it not evident, that we can lie under no reciprocal obligation whatever to a person of whom we have a right to demand every thing? and doth not this circumstance, against which he has no equivalent, necessarily infer such act of convention to be void? For what claim can my slave have upon me, when he himself, and all that belongs to him are mine? His claims are of course my own; and to say those can be set up against me, is to talk absurdly.
Again, Grotius and others have deduced the origin of this pretended right from the superiority obtained in war. The conqueror, say they, having a right to put the vanquished to death, the latter may equitably purchase his life at the expence of his liberty; such an agreement being the more lawful, as it conduces to the mutual advantage of both parties.
It is clear and certain, however, that this pretended right of the victor over the lives of the vanquished is not, in any shape, the natural result of a state of war. This is plain, were it for no other reason than that the reciprocal relations of mankind, while living together in their primitive independence, were not sufficiently durable to constitute a state either of peace or war; so that men cannot be naturally enemies. It is the relation subsisting between things, and not between men, that gives rise to war; which arising thus, not from personal, but real, relations, cannot subsist between man and man, either in a state of nature, in which there is no settled property, or in a state of society, in which every thing is secured by the laws.
(To be continued.)
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this rendezvous the following soldiers belonging to the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers; ISAAC DAVIS, about nineteen years old, five feet seven inches high, dark blue eyes, black hair, ruddy complexion, a farmer, born in this county and state.
JAMES NELSON, twenty two years of age, five feet six inches high, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, by occupation a farmer; he is also a native of this state and county.
JAMES HENNING, twenty one years old, five feet nine and three quarter inches high, blue eyes, light hair, sallow complexion, by occupation a house carpenter, born in Berkeley county this state. They all deserted in their uniform. Any person apprehending the above deserters, shall receive thirty dollars upon delivering them to me, or any officer commanding in the service of the United States, or ten dollars for either of them.
RICHARD S. BLACKBURN, Captain 1st Regt. artillerists and engineers, commanding.
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Nail Manufactory,
ALL kinds of Cut Nails for Sale by Wholesale and Retail at the Factory on F Street, and at the Hardware Store of the Subscriber, where persons building and all others wishing to purchase may be supplied with any quantity at the most reasonable rates.
JOHN JACK.
Washington Feb. 4, 1801.
TO BE RENTED,
THE store lately in the tenure of Doctor Galt Laffy and Co. Its situation for business is preferable to any other in the City, being on the Pennsylvania Avenue, between the President's House and the Capitol, and within a few yards of the spot on which is to be immediately erected the market house.
JOSIAS W. KING.
At the Capitol.
May 29, 1801.
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Latest Foreign Intelligence.
[From London Papers to June 16, inclusive, received by the Harlequin, TURNER, from Liverpool]
[From the Paris MONITEUR, (an official paper) of June 9.]
State of the Republic in its Foreign Relations.
The French armies have entirely evacuated the enemy's territory. All our troops have returned to the left bank of the Rhine. The Imperial army, lately on the Radnitz, has on its part returned to Bohemia; Suabia, Franconia; and in general the countries situated between Bohemia, the hereditary states, and the Rhine, have been restored to the princes of the empire to whom they belong. A regiment of cavalry and a demi-brigade of infantry still occupy the Brisgau until the agents of the duke of Modena, to whom that country is to be given, shall arrive to take possession of it. As the duke of Modena has as yet no troops of his own, it has been agreed upon, that an Austrian regiment, to be acknowledged by both powers, shall serve as auxiliary troops to the duke of Modena, without giving permission to the other corps of the Austrian army to leave the hereditary states, and to enter into Germany.
The fortifications of Dusseldorf, Ehrenbreitstein, Cassel and Kehl, have been demolished, conformably to an article of the treaty of Luneville. These fortresses are to remain in the same state in which they were when evacuated by the French.
Several commanders had evacuated the right bank of the Rhine without drawing up a statement of the condition in which they left the fortifications of these places. The depot of war having required such statements, the commanders at Dusseldorf and several other points, have been obliged to pass over to the right bank, to draw up statements of the condition of the fortresses, and to cause them to be signed by the Syndics of the different cities. This business was accomplished in twenty-four hours.
In Italy all the right bank of the Adige is occupied by the French army. Difference had arisen as to the points of Tarbole, Mori and Riva, but they have been removed in concert by the two powers. Such of those points as formerly belonged to the republic of Venice will form a part of the Cisalpine Republic, and those which belonged to the Tyrol will continue to form a part of the bishoprick of Trent.
Some differences took place between the Pope and the Cisalpine Republic, respecting the boundaries on the side of Romagna. It has been decided that the treaty of Tolentino shall be the rule of decision upon this occasion. Consequently the countries which the Cisalpine government had occupied, and which did not form part of the ancient territory of Romagna, are to be evacuated, the Pope having ceded by the treaty of Tolentino the delegations only of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. The greatest harmony subsists between the troops occupying the peninsula of Otranto, under the command of general Soult, and the people of that country, as well as the Neapolitan government. Eighty pieces of artillery are by this time mounted on batteries to defend the superb roadstead of Taranto.
In Tuscany, the presidies have been put into the hands of the French army. Our troops have occupied Orbitello, where they found some excellent artillery. The part of the Isle of Elba that belonged to the king of Naples, is occupied by the French. Longone, is sufficiently supplied with provisions. Porto Ferrajo has not shewn a disposition to surrender. The council of state is engaged in discussing the proper means of removing the sequestration in Belgium. This important business will be soon decided.
The treaty of Luneville has been in course of execution, and will be punctually executed by the Republic. That of Florence, which put an end to the war with the king of Naples, has been in course of execution, and will be executed with equal punctuality; and that of Tolentino, which forms the basis of the regulations with the Pope, is also carrying into full execution. Holland has thought proper to make alterations in its Constitution; and in conformity to the principles of the French government not to interfere in the affairs of its allies, unless required by them to do so, the government takes no part in the changes which the Batavians have thought proper to make in their internal organization.
Helvetia must have seen the necessity of a definitive organization; and its provi-
sional Government intended to present to the First Consul different projects for the purpose of having his sentiments with respect to that which appeared to him the most suitable. The First Consul contented himself with offering to Citizens Glare and Stehille, Deputies from Helvetia, this observation, That the best plan of a Constitution for Helvetia would be that which should have for its principal characteristic its being applicable to that country only, and in which the particular circumstances of the territory, the climate, and the manners of Helvetia, which resemble no other European State, should be consulted; but that the French Government would, in no respect, influence their deliberations, or direct their opinions. The Constituted authorities of Helvetia appear to have concurred in sentiment, and they are on the point of making a definitive organization.
The Ligurian Authorities have discussed several outlines of a Constitution, without being able to come to an agreement. It appears, however, that they are at this moment employed upon a project more suitable to their customs than those which had been submitted to them. It is to be hoped that the Authorities of Liguria will come to an understanding without delay, and that people is also on the point of establishing its definitive organization.
The fate of Piedmont is not yet decided in a positive manner; but the anarchy, robberies, and disorders of every kind with which this unfortunate country was infested, could not fail to attract the attention of Government. A Provisional organization, nearly similar to that of the four united departments, when they did not form part of the Republic, has been adopted, and already this brave people experience some consolation and hope.
The people of Lombardy and the Legations, united in one nation, have their liberty and their existence secured by the treaties of Luneville and Tolentino.
Before the termination of this year a strong constitution will combine their different interests, and provide for their different wants. Several projects, discussed by the Consulta have not appeared to be of a nature to conciliate the opinions of these people; but already the number of French troops is diminished by one half; order is re-establishing itself; and the Provisional Government of this Republic is accumulating a considerable fund, for placing in a respectable state of defence the fortresses of Peschiera, Porto Legnago, Roque d'Anfo, and Pizzighitone.
The King of Etruria will shortly be at Florence. Thus all the small states which have undergone new modifications by the treaty of Luneville, are on the point of receiving their definitive organization, and of enjoying, at length, some tranquility and happiness, after so many vicissitudes and calamities.
With respect to the indemnities which are to be given to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to the cidevant Stadtholder, and the Princes who had formerly possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, they are the constant object of the cares and discussions of the Diet of Ratisbon.
The conclusion of the Diet has but very recently reached Vienna, and with a little concession and moderation on the part of the great powers, it will be easy to conciliate every interest.
All the communications which the Government has hitherto received from the Emperor Alexander, are calculated to convey a favourable idea of the spirit of moderation which influences the cabinet of Petersburg.
All the Danish and Swedish colonies have been taken by the English. These conquests were easy. The grandson of Catherine will not abandon his allies in the North. It is not thought that England intends to retain the valuable colony of Santa Cruz.
A Portuguese frigate has arrived at L'Orient, having on board M. d'Aranjo, with full powers from the Queen of Portugal; but the Spanish and French armies had previously entered Portugal. It does not appear that the King of Spain and the French Republic can conclude peace with the kingdom of Portugal, without having in their hands some provinces of the only ally which still continues attached to England upon the continent, in order to give them, by way of compensation, when peace may be made with the latter, for the restoration of the Spanish and Dutch colonies.
The wounds inflicted by war on the continent during the last years of the past century begin to close.
Is the British government sincerely desirous of putting an end to the present war? The present administration say so. We shall probably soon know in what estimation their protestations ought to be held. The ministerial agents repeat frequently
that every thing is in motion on the coast of France, in order to an expedition against England. It is from them that the details of these preparations are learnt at Paris. What objects have the writers in view? Do they wish to exasperate still more two nations which have already been too long engaged in shedding each other's blood?—However this may be, we are bold to state, in the most positive manner, that an honorable and just peace is the first concern of the French government—war is only its second.
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9. In consequence of the movements of the Grand Vizier, the French evacuated Salé, which, and the Turks advanced so rapidly, that on the 22d of April they were within two days march of the British advanced posts. Murad Bey had joined the English. The British had been reinforced with 5000 men from Gibraltar, Malta, &c. Ad. Keith has taken a fleet of 22 French vessels with troops for Egypt, escorted by a corvette.
LONDON, June 15. It is asserted, that a part of Gantheaume's squadron has returned to Toulon. It is difficult to conjecture any way in which the French can expect to reinforce their army in Egypt.
Government are said to be in possession of letters from Gen. Hutchinson, dated May 1st, at which time Alexandria held out; but the Grand Vizier had advanced to Cairo. The French government is reported to have received late information from Egypt of a very unpleasant nature for them.
THE NORTHERN CONFEDERATES.
The king of Prussia has informed the Austrian court, that the occupation of Hanover was a measure of precaution—and suggested that it would probably be soon evacuated.
LONDON, June 13. The Danish secretary of state, Count Bernstorff, has arrived in this city.
June 15. The embargo is not yet taken off of Swedish vessels.
Lord Nelson's health, we are happy to say, is again improving.
OF PORTUGAL.
It appears by a publication in the Monitor, that the French do not contemplate a peace with Portugal, unless they are put in possession of some of her "Provinces."
A squadron consisting of seven sail of the line, is immediately to be dispatched to cruise between Cadiz and Lisbon, for the purpose of preventing the junction of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, which there are strong grounds to think will be attempted, should Portugal accede to the conditions of peace proposed by France and Spain. The ships are to be victualled for three months, and to be commanded by admiral Sir J. Saumarez.
BREST FLEETS.
Last night dispatches from admiral Cornwallis were received at the Admiralty. They are certainly of importance. They state, we understand, that there has been of late an unusual degree of bustle and activity of preparation among the ships of the combined squadrons in Brest waters.
THE INVASION.
LONDON, June 10. A cartel arrived at Portsmouth from Cherbourg, brings an account of great military preparations still making along the coast of France; but though some part of the British dominions is mentioned as the object of attack, it is not generally believed that any attempt of the kind is really meditated, as the troops assembled continue to be drafted off in small detachments, which are sent to join the armies on the frontiers, where it is apprehended, notwithstanding the late treaty of Luneville, that a new war threatens.
LIVERPOOL, June 13. Letters from Jersey of the 2d, state, that the fears of an invasion had nearly subsided; the force of the enemy on the opposite coast, appears to have been much exaggerated, and the islanders have become more confident in the arrangements made for their defence.
OF A NEW WAR.
STRASBURG, June 7. The reports of war again spread through Germany, are totally void of foundation.—Kehl and Cassel are again occupied by the French; but this ought to cause no alarm.
LONDON, June 13. The treaty of Luneville could never be considered in any other light than a partition
treaty between France and Austria. It was a measure of force directed against all Germany; by those who had the power to dictate. It gave offence to Prussia, because it placed France and Austria in the suspicious light of cordial friends. It was odious to Russia, because France surrendered to Austria, indemnities in Germany for what she herself acquired in Italy. This was to strike at the importance and the consideration of Prussia in the Empire. Not only the Duke of Modena, but the Grand Duke of Tuscany, was to be indemnified in the Empire. These stipulations could not be viewed by Prussia, but as a fatal compromise, if not a dangerous conspiracy against her interest. Yet has she been so blind for several years, as not to see that France is incapable of forming any alliance on German ground, but with a view of paralyzing Germany itself. There is, however, another power in Europe, thanks to a late event, which is not yet completely the dupe of democratic intrigue; and whose influence, we will yet hope, may even prevent a renewal of the horrors of war.
A letter from Bremen, dated June 5, observes, that "The Emperor, wishing to preserve the Ecclesiastical Electors, and the King of Prussia to prevent the establishment of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Germany, it has been inferred, and not without reason, that a fresh continental war will soon take place; for it is not to be supposed that Buonaparte will consent to restore Tuscany to its lawful Sovereign, after having disposed of that state in favour of the infant of Parma. It is to be remarked, that the Court of Vienna has replied very coldly to the notification made to it by Spain on this subject. The Austrian regiments, although they have returned to their respective garrisons, still remain on the full war establishment, and the officers are ordered to keep their horses. These are but symptoms, but they prove, at least, that very little confidence is entertained in the existing peace. Nor is this all—We learn at this moment, that the French, discontented with the last conclusion of the Diet of the Empire, which deprives, in some degree, the Emperor of all power of disposing of the indemnities in Germany, have re-passed the Rhine in a small number, and re-taken possession of Ehrenbreitstein and Cassel, with a view, no doubt, of awing the Empire, and forcing it to comply with its pleasure. Should Russia and Prussia come to an understanding on the subject, war is inevitable within six months."
June 15. The late movements of the French troops have occasioned much anxiety in Germany. The First Consul is reported to have declared he will not suffer the interference of any power in the Luneville treaty. The French have occupied Ehrenbreitstein and Dusseldorf, on the right bank of the Rhine.
ABOUT PEACE.
LONDON, June 11. It would seem, from the declarations made in the House of Commons last night, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that there still exists some prospect of the restoration of tranquility between France and this country. The facts on which the hopes of the Right Hon. Gentleman are founded, have not been communicated to the public, nor would it indeed be proper that they should; but to deny that there are some satisfactory grounds for his entertaining these hopes, would be to dispute his acknowledged integrity, and the well known sincerity of his professions. Notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, we find in the Minister's declarations no weak reasons for believing that the intercourse between the two Governments has been resumed. The channels of communication have been all along open and practicable; but that single circumstance cannot with any propriety be considered as a motive capable of inducing Mr. Addington to hope that the conclusion of a Treaty of Peace is not very remote. He must evidently be actuated by other causes.
JUNE 15. A flag of truce arrived on Saturday from France, and brought dispatches for government, which are said to be of a very pacific character.
MISCELLANEOUS.
GENOA, May 30. A Ragusan Captain has deplored, that there has been a revolution at Coghar, (Sardinia,) in favor of the French; and that he met Gantheaume's squadron apparently steering for that place.
LONDON, June 13. By the desire of the king of Prussia, commissioners are appraising the property belonging to the house of Orange in Holland.
Both in Great Britain, and on the continent, the crops of grain of every kind,

promise to be uncommonly large; and as the intercourse between Great Britain and the continent will be free, the plenty and the price will be equalized.
The price of the best Carolina rice is 29s. 9d. per cwt.
June 15.
The reduction of Porto Ferrajo, is reported; and it is said Gantheaume captured two British frigates and several corvettes at that place.
June 16.
Yesterday Sir John Parnel observed in the House of Commons, that he thought the emigrations from Ireland, ought to be discontinued and discouraged; for it was now the greatest evil that Ireland suffered.
The king of Sardinia resides at Naples. On the 17th of May, the French levied a new contribution of one million of livres on the city of Leghorn.
It is reported from Turkey, that a body of French troops have taken possession of Montenegro; that a French squadron from Toulon, had anchored near the Dardanelles; and that the French had invaded and were making considerable progress in Dalmatia, [Dalmatia is on the eastern side of the Gulf of Venice.]
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1801.
OFFICIAL.
Appointments by the President of the United States.
ALEXANDER WOLLCOTT, Collector Middletown Connecticut, in the room of Chauncy Whittelsey.
EPHRAIM KIRBY, Supervisor Connecticut, vice John Chester.
Extract of a letter from WILLIAM SAVAGE, Esq. Agent of the United States, dated Kingston, July 6, 1801.
"A great number of American seamen have lately been liberated from the several ships of war on this station, and a proper respect is now paid to my signature as the accredited agent of the United States here. Could the American masters that continually are arriving here, think it their duty to call on me as they entered, with their crews, my signature on the back of the protection would prevent their people from impressment, as well as the expence and trouble that arises to procure men in the room of those taken from them."
¶ We shall in our next paper, publish a list of the liberated Seamen.
On Tuesday last the Supreme Court of the United States proceeded to business. present Chief Justice Marshall, and Justices Patterson, Washington, Chase and Moore.
Mr. LEAR, our consul general to St. Domingo, we understand, has been well received.
Letters from St. Domingo advise that a convention of deputies of the blacks has been held in that Island, under the auspices of Touissant; and that by this convention a new constitution has been formed, subject to the ratification of the French Republic, which constitutes Touissant governor for life, with the right of nominating his successor.
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois to a gentleman in Philadelphia, dated July 17.
"You will observe by the enclosed copy of a NEW CONSTITUTION, that the island is declared INDEPENDENT, and General Touissant Governor."
A postscript to the letter from which the foregoing is an extract, says, "I have been disappointed in getting a copy of the constitution, the printer not being allowed to put them into circulation; but shall forward it by the next conveyance."
Touissant has been appointed prefect of the island of St. Dominga. He regularly corresponds with Bonaparte, and has two sons at Paris for their education.
Bost. Pallad.
In nine departments of France, the population by a new census has been found to be 2,303,290; in 1790, there were 2,334,458.
In Rome by a late enumeration, there were 37,738 families, 1586 seculars, 1337 monks, 1330 religious; number of males of every age, 80,580, females, 72,424—total, 153,004. In 1797, the population was 160,280 souls; 8 or 9 years since, the number of religious, of every class, was 10,000; at this moment there are but 4253.
In Piedmont, now attached to France, six departments have been formed:
 The department of the Po, Turin, chief place.  do Marengo, Alessandria do.  do Sesia, Vercelli, do.  do Tanaro, Asti, do.  do Stura, Cuneo or Corni, do.  do Dora, Irea, do. 
SALEM, July 30.
By capt. Crowninshield, from Algeziras and Madeira, we are informed, that previous to his sailing from the former place, he saw a letter from Genoa, dated June 17, to an American captain at Algeziras, which mentioned, that five American vessels had been captured by the Tripolitan cruisers, and that two American ships were at Genoa, arming, determined to fight their way down the Straights.
While capt. C. was at Algeziras, two Algerine merchant ships were brought in by the Spanish gun-boats, coming from Gibraltar. The commander of one of them (an American!) informed, that he momentarily expected a declaration of War from the Dey against the United States, as he was much exasperated against them. In consequence of these "equally" appearances, a store ship from the United States, destined for Algiers, stopped at Gibraltar, and intended waiting the appearance of the American squadron in the Mediterranean. The captain also said, that the Dey of Tunis had very modestly made a request of the American Consul, for 70 twenty-four pounders from his government—he did not positively demand them, but would receive them as a particular mark of favor.
Capt. C. saw at Algeziras, a Gibraltar paper containing intelligence from Egypt to June 4, which mentioned, that the English army still continued before Alexandria—that it had stopped all communications from the country, and had cut off all supplies of water by the aqueduct.
Capt. C. also saw at Algeziras the Madrid Gazette, of June 10—15, containing the Articles of a Treaty between the Portuguese, and French and Spaniards, by which hostilities were immediately to cease—the Portuguese were to pay eight millions of dollars to the French, and two millions to the Spaniards—were to cede part of their territory to the latter—to have their fortresses garrisoned by French troops, and were to exclude the English from all their ports. On the 3d of July, a sloop arrived at Madeira, in 3 days from Lisbon, the master of which affirmed the foregoing, and added, that the Court of Portugal had rejected the terms, supposed in consequence of an English fleet appearing off Lisbon, of 14 sail of the line—the commander of which had sent in word that he had come, by order of his government, to afford them protection. Hostilities immediately recommenced, and the English were quitting Lisbon as fast as possible.
From Madeira, July 3.
Arrived the sloop Sally, 3 days from Lisbon—she brings the following intelligence:—That the Portuguese are still at war, and that there were 20,000 Frenchmen within three days march of Lisbon, and that they had taken several forts. The English at Lisbon have applied to government to know what they would do—whether they should leave the place or not—but they had no answer.
PHILADELPHIA, August 4.
The Dagborough, captain Smith, in a short passage from Madeira, arrived here last night. Captain Smith states, that the day on which he sailed from Madeira, a vessel arrived from Algeziras, with information, that, in consequence of a decisive victory obtained by the combined forces of France and Spain, over those of Portugal, the latter had acceded to the terms of pacification offered by the former. The price of peace is stated to be 8,000,000 of dollars—of which France is to receive 5 and Spain 3,000,000. The other conditions of the treaty are not stated. The captain from Algeziras said that he had seen the Spanish account of this information. The Dagborough performed her voyage from hence to Madeira and back again in seventy-five days.
Philadelphia, August 5.
Extract of a letter dated "Lisbon, June 26th, 1801."
"The peace between this country, Spain, and France, was concluded about the 8th or 9th instant, and ratified by the two former immediately:—The conditions have not been made public; however, it is said great sacrifices were made in money and diamonds, besides giving up territory in this Kingdom, Brazils, and India; and regarding Great Britain, the ports to be completely shut to all ships of war and commerce. We have felt very unpleasant sensations ever since this treaty has been concluded,—not knowing precisely our own situation—but having seen the effects of every similar peace concluded by the French, when it suited their interest to overlook the terms, we have judged it a matter of prudence to place our property, as quickly as possible, out of their reach, and we hope, by the end of this month, that all of it will be shipped, and the vessels all ready to sail with the first convoy that offers. Within these few days a new alarm has taken place: It is said to be a very doubtful case whether the First Consul will ratify this peace or not; in fact, 'tis suspected he will not, and his brother, Lucien Bonaparte, who concluded it at Badajoz, with Mr. Pinto, and the Prince of Peace, declared, on the receipt of dispatches, that he much doubted it, and had the Courier arrived before he had signed it, it would have been broken off;—it is likewise said, that he has forbidden the court of Spain to publish it. The Spaniards are not less alarmed than the Portuguese, from the great bodies of troops that the French are pouring into Spain; some people suspect it is to revolutionize Spain, &c. others to make embarkments of troops for Ireland or Italy—he it as it may, it places us again in a very unpleasant situation, and makes every person think very seriously of quitting the country, at least every one that can remove his property;—such as have debts owing them, must remain or give them up."
It was currently reported, the day the Hiram left Lisbon, that the Court of Portugal had made peace with France and Spain, on the tenth of June. An order had been issued to put into sequestration all the horses and mules belonging to Portuguese and British subjects which caused much uneasiness as Lisbon. Two English packets for Lisbon had been taken by the French and one had put back to Lisbon in distress.
Extract from the Journal of Baxter, of the brig Huntress, arrived at New-York from Cadiz.
"Orders had been received from the French government by the Spanish Consul at Cadiz, to take possession of all captured American property; which was complied with."
"The king of Spain has given to the French, 12 sail of the line, ready for sea, to be officered and manned by Frenchmen."
"Six thousand French troops were on their march for Cadiz to protect the place; and the French and Spanish fleets from Brest were daily expected there, where 5 sail of the line from Ferrol, and two frigates from Brest had arrived, the latter having on board officers and seamen for the above fleet. Fourteen more ships of war were daily expected from the Mediterranean."
"Letters from the American Consul at Malaga, and the Consul at Algiers, mention, that eleven sail of American vessels had been captured by the Tripolitan cruisers—and that no American vessels were permitted to sail from the Mediterranean without convoy."
"Olivença, on the frontiers of Portugal is taken by the French, who sent in a flag, requesting the place to be given up, which was agreed to by the Portuguese, but as the French troops were marching in, 3000 Frenchmen were blown up by the springing of a mine which was prepared for the purpose. The remainder of the French, who were exasperated in the highest degree, rushed forward, carried the place, and put every soul to death.—They pursued their march to Charvees, and Alamanda, of which they possessed themselves, and put all the Portuguese in these three places to the sword."
COMMERCIAL INFORMATION.
Spanish Consul's Office. Baltimore, 3d August, 1801.
In consequence of a letter I have received from the intendant of the island of Cuba, notice is hereby given to those whom it may concern, that from the date of this publication, all vessels bound from this to any port (without exception) in the Island of Cuba, must be provided with the proper consular certificates at my office, without which they cannot be admitted to entry, and will besides be exposed to great inconveniences.
As this order has heretofore been only enforced on shipments made to the Havana, the concerned are desired to take notice that henceforward the same regulations will be rigorously observed in every other port of said island.
I. B. BERNABEU, His Catholic majesty's consul for the state of Maryland.
From the Windsor (Vermont) Gazette, To the Editor.
SIR, In Shutesbury, in Massachusetts, there is now living a man by the name of Ephraim Pratt, who was born in East Sudbury, in that state, on the first day of November, in the year 1687. He is grand son of John Pratt, who landed and settled at Plymouth in 1620 with the first emigrants to New-England. At the age of 21 years, Mr. E. Pratt was married to a young lady by the name of Martha Wheelock, by whom he had six sons and two daughters. Four of his sons are now living, the eldest of whom is 90, and the youngest 82 years of age. Mr. Pratt's, descendants are very numerous, but as they have emigrated into various parts of the United States, it is impossible to ascertain their number precisely, yet from a moderate calculation they will exceed 1500 now living.
A few years since, Mr. Pratt received a visit from four young persons, who were the grand children of his grand children; some of whom are since married, and have children, who are of the 6th generation. Mr. Pratt has been a very temperate man through every part of his life—His diet has been chiefly bread and milk, and he has not made a meal of meat for more than forty years past. His drink is cold water, small beer and cider. He was never intoxicated, and for sixty years past he has not drank a glass of wine nor any kind of distilled spirits. He has ever enjoyed an uncommon state of health. He was never exercised with an acute disorder; has never taken a puke, nor physic, was never bled, nor did he ever consult a physician.
He is now almost 114 years of age, and is able to walk out and visit his neighbours. He sleeps well, and enjoys a good appetite. His intellects are strong and vigorous, and his memory is uncommonly tenacious—and with great propriety it may be said of him, as of the good man of old, "that his eyes are not dim, neither is his natural force abated!"
His wife died and left him a widower at the age of 98 years, since which time he has made suit to many young widows and maidens. At the age of 105, he formed the most loving connection with a young lady of 22 years; they were published, and the day of marriage was appointed; but owing to the fickleness and inconstancy of youth, the connection was dissolved; and the old gentleman's love and affections have since been divided among a multitude of the Fair!
The public may rely on the authenticity of the above sketch, as the writer received his information from words and other indubitable sources, as well as from Mr. Pratt who is a man of strict veracity, clear intellects, and the most retentive memory.
A TRAVELLER,
To be sold or Exchanged
For improved lots in the city of Washington,
A VALUABLE FARM,
In Frederick County, Virginia,
CONTAINING three hundred acres; 60 acres at present in thriving CORN—it is situated in a genteel neighbourhood, and contiguous to a Mill and Black-smith. The improvements are a handsome and convenient Dwelling House, Kitchen, Store house, Smoke-house, tables, Corn-house, Hen-house, Overseer's house, and necessary Negro Quarters. The whole of these buildings are new and complete.
Will be sold with it, if required,
Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Farming utensils, &c. &c. Likewise, fifty barrels of CORN on hands.
Any person desirous of possessing this valuable tract of land, by purchase or exchange, will apply to
ROBERT W. PEACOCK,
Attorney at Law, and Conveyancer.
August 7. 1803
The schooners Dolphin & Kitty, now lying at Mr. Young's Wharf will constantly take freights every three weeks from this to Annapolis or Baltimore. For terms apply to BROHAWN and BOYS. Washington July 15, 1802.
FOR SALE,
A young Negro Girl,
About 15 years old—Apply at this office. April 22, 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.

Extract from a systematic enquiry into the most rational means of preserving health and prolonging life.
OF THE USE OF BATHS.
THIS important branch of dietetic regimen is of excellent use and efficacy, both in the cure and prevention of diseases. Though the ancients could less dispense with the use of the bath, on account of the frequency of their athletic exercises, as well as from the want of linen, which was then much less in use than at present, yet in our times it would be of great service, if the use of baths were more general and frequent, and this beneficial practice not confined to particular places or seasons, as a mere matter of fashion. Considered as a species of universal domestic remedy, as one which forms the basis of cleanliness, bathing, in its different forms, may be pronounced one of the most extensive and beneficial restorers of health and vigor. I am not so sanguine, however, in my expectations, as to think that the cure of all maladies and diseases may be effected by the bath, as was lately promised by a noted empiric in this country, who most sagaciously impregnated his vapour baths with the collective produce of the vegetable kingdom. Such a general remedy is just as chimerical as the most famous panaceas, the tincture of gold not excepted.
Bathing, whether in warm or cold water, produces the most salutary effect on the absorbent vessels; which would otherwise conduct the impurities of the skin through the pores, to the no small injury of health. To those in a perfect state of vigor, the frequent use of the bath is less necessary than to the infirm! the healthy possess a greater power to resist impurities, by means of their unimpaired perspiration, the elasticity of their minute vessels, and the due consistency of their circulating fluids. The case is very different with the infirm and the aged. In these, the slowness of circulation, the viscosity or clamminess of the fluids, the constant efforts of nature to propel the impurities towards the skin, combine to render the frequent washing of their bodies an essential requisite to their physical excellence.
Baths, considered as the means of curing diseases and restoring health, if judiciously applied, are likewise of peculiar advantage; and though, in this respect, they do not properly make part of a regular system of dietetics, yet I shall request the indulgence of the reader, while I make a few necessary remarks relative to the proper application of the bath, it being so frequently used as a mere dietetic remedy. Much depends on a clear and accurate knowledge of the properties and effects of the different baths. I shall therefore divide them into two principal classes, the warm and the cold bath.
The warm, that is, the tepid or lukewarm bath, being about the temperature of the blood, between 96 and 98 of Fahrenheit, has usually been considered as apt to weaken and relax the body; but this is certainly an ill-founded notion. It is only when its heat exceeds that of the human body (as in the Hot Bath and King's Bath at Bath, both of which are from 18 to 20 degrees higher than blood heat) that the warm bath can produce a debilitating effect. Indeed baths of the above immoderate heat ought to be used in their natural state, that is, without reducing their temperature by cold water, except in particular cases, and under the immediate advice of a physician. On the contrary, the lukewarm or tepid bath, from 96 downwards to 85, is always safe; and is so far from relaxing the tone of the solids, that it may justly be considered as one of the most powerful and universal restoratives with which we are acquainted. Instead of heating the body, it has a cooling effect; it diminishes the quickness of the pulse, and reduces it in a greater proportion, according as the pulse has been more quick and unnatural, and according to the length of time the bath is continued. Hence tepid baths are of eminent service, where the body has been over-heated, from whatever cause, whether after fatigue from travelling, or severe bodily exercise, or after violent exertion and perturbation of mind; as they allay the tempestuous and irregular movements of the body, and consequently in the strictest sense, invigorate the system. By their softening, moistening, and rumifying power, they greatly contribute to the formation and growth of the body of young persons, and are of singular benefit to those, in whom we perceive a tendency to arrive too early at the consistence of a settled age; so that the warm bath is particularly adapted to prolong the state of youth, and retard for some time the approach of full manhood. This effect the tepid baths produce in a manner exactly alike, in the coldest as well as the hottest climates.
From what has been advanced, it will not be difficult to discover in what particular disorders the tepid bath may be of the greatest service, and the reason why they prove so eminently useful (particularly in a parched and rough state of the skin) in paralytic, spasmodic, bilious, consumptive, hypochondriac, hysterical, and insane cases; as well as an acrimonious and corrupted state of the fluids, such as scorbutic and leprose eruptions, lues, &c. One obvious effect of the habitual use of the bath, particularly the tepid, is, that it softens and renews the external integuments of the body. It considerably increases the pressure on the body from without; hence breathing, particularly on entering the bath, is frequently somewhat difficult, until the muscles have by practice become inured to a greater degree of resistance. Yet this effect, which in most instances is of small importance, requires the greatest precaution in some particular cases; so far as to prevent the use of the bath altogether; for instance, in persons of a full habit, who are in danger of breaking some of the internal blood vessels, by the precipitate use of the bath, whether warm or cold.
These few hints will be sufficient to determine the cases in which the lukewarm bath may be resorted to with safety and advantage, as a dietetic remedy. Its application in the treatment of diseases is foreign to the object of this chapter, and demands the most minute inquiry into the nature of the cases which indicate the use of it, as it is of itself a potent remedy, which, if improperly used, may produce a contrary effect.
Bathing in rivers, as well as in the sea, is effectual for every purpose of cleaning the body; it washes away impurities from the surface, opens the cutaneous vessels for a due perspiration, and increases the activity of the circulation of the blood. For these reasons, it cannot be too much recommended, not only to the infirm and debilitated, under certain restrictions, but likewise to the healthy. The apprehension of bad consequences from the coldness of the water, is in reality ill founded; for besides that it produces a strengthening effect, by its astringent property, the cold venation is not of itself hurtful.
The same precaution, however, is requisite in the use of the cold as that of the tepid bath; for after having overheated the body, especially in the hot days of summer, it may prove instantly fatal, by inducing a state of apoplexy. Hence the plethoric, athlantic, and all those who perceive a great determination of the blood to the head, should be very circumspect in its use. For although the consequence may not prove immediately fatal, yet the too great strain and pressure may easily burst some of the smaller blood vessels in the head or breast, and thereby lay the foundation of an incurable disorder. To such as are of a found and robust constitution, bathing may be rendered an agreeable exercise, by swimming against the stream; for, the fibres and vessels being obliged to resist the power of the undulating waves, the nerves are thereby excited into action.
WESTMINSTER (ENG.) SESSIONS.
BEFORE WILLIAM MAINWARING, ESQ.
ASTROLOGER.
John Rowe was indicted for defrauding Sarah Hall of the sum of 2s. 6d.
It appeared the prisoner had announced his celebrity in resolving all questions appertaining to future events in a hand-bill, addressed to the Ladies only, in which he acquainted them he attended at his evening Planetarium, No. 5, Exeter-Street, Strand, at a Mangle's, the end next Catherine-Street, up two pair of stairs, where he answered all lawful questions, calculated nativities, &c. Sarah Hall, a woman about 50, having heard of his marvellous great fame, determined to visit him, and, through the medium of his influence with the stars, acquire the knowledge of her future destinies. She had never submitted to the chains of matrimony, consequently her inquiries chiefly tended to ascertain whether the Fates had ordained her to a life of celibacy. Having deposited the usual symbol, which was half a crown, the disciple of Zoroaster proceeded to unfold the high behests of Heaven: He faithfully delineated her horoscope, traced the planets through their several houses, and discovered, by mythic lore, who was lord of the ascendant at her birth—having systematically arranged their several aspects, he exclaimed with the inspiration of the Cuman Sybil, that the Fates were propitious to her wishes; that Mars and Venus were in conjunction; Virgo and Gemini, Sextile, and Mercury, lord of the seventh house, the very hour she was born, and consequently that these appearances de-
noted marriage, and a numerous progeny. Her having hitherto lived a single life, he said was attributable to the malign influence of Saturn, but that it would no longer prevail; he therefore desired her to go home, and allure herself of approaching happiness: He informed her the would be first courted by a dark man, with broad shoulders, dark hair, large dark eyes, bushy eye-brows, and thin legs, but he was not the man she was to have. The husband for whom the stars intended her was a fair man, with light hair and blue eyes, and very wealthy: She was to see him for the first time, within a few days. He likewise informed her she might gain a considerable sum of money if she would insure a certain number in the Lottery. The old lady was all ecstasy at the idea of her good fortune. She left the mysterious apartment, returned to her house, and communicated her approaching nuptials to all her acquaintance. She waited with the utmost impatience, but neither dark or fair man made his appearance. She insured the number in the Lottery, as she had been directed, but it never came up; and, in addition to her other disappointments, she lost her money. Happening to inform a friend, who had more wisdom than herself, of the cause of her expectations, he advised her to apply to a Magistrate, which she did, and the pseudo Prophet was apprehended, his magical apparatus and books seized, and himself incarcerated.
The facts having been fully substantiated the prisoner was called upon for his defence.
He said he was a poor man, a carpenter by trade, and, by the exercise of his profession, had hitherto maintained a wife and large family; but that such was the pressure of the times, though he worked as hard as ever he did, he could not support them. That his wife had been just brought to bed and he was unable to provide her with the comforts her situation required—he therefore thought there could be no harm in his gaining a trifle by availing himself of the public credulity.
The prisoner was found guilty. The chairman observed, that however such a cause as this might provoke laughter, it was really an offence which was of the most serious tendency, and might be productive of the worst consequences.
The prisoner promised, if the court would be merciful to him, that he would never again be guilty of a similar offence. He begged to have his magical books returned, as he had only purchased them on credit, and the bookseller had threatened to summon him for their value. This application was not granted. The prisoner was then sentenced to a further confinement of one month.
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 particular inquire of OWEN ROBERTS, on the premises, or of—
THOMAS HERTY, Conveyancer City of Washington, May 25, 1801. xy
CONVEYANCERS OFFICE,
AND OFFICE FOR SALE OF CITY LOTS, On the Pennsylvania Avenue fronting the President's Square, near Rhodes's tavern, City of Washington,
THOMAS HERTY has connected with the business of drawing Conveyances of Land, Wills, Mortgages, Leases, Bonds, Assignments powers of Attorney, petitions, and every other species of deed or contract in the profession; that of buying, selling and leasing lots and houses in the City, negotiating loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and knowledge of the laws relative thereto—the knowledge which he has acquired by residence of the situation of City Lots, and how their titles have been acquired, or are liable to be affected; together with his impartial and strict regard to the interest of those who may be pleased to employ him, will, he hopes, secure to him a continuance of public patronage.
Titles to real property investigated, and opinions given thereon when required.
For sale a great variety of Lots, in desirable situations in the City.
N. B. At the above office may be had, his Abridgement of the Laws of Maryland, price 6 dollars. Also his Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 3 dollars. As the Laws of Maryland are in full force on this side the Potomac, it behoves settlers to avail themselves of that information which affects their lives, liberties and property. He who is without a knowledge of his "rule of conduct" is like a stranger in his native land. May 4.
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 Ornamental Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispiece to 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 has gold leaf for sale by the package or book May 8, 1801. iy
Intending to leave the city in October next, I am desirous of disposing of my Furniture, two Negro Men, one a cook, the other an oiler and coachman, and a pair of very well gaited Riding Horses.
It may be a convenience to any family removing here, and taking the house I now occupy upon rent, to take the Furniture (which is but little worn) by purchase. The house, one of the six buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue, is pleasantly and conveniently situated, and the furniture, which is tolerably well fitted to it, will be reduced in price in proportion to the wear and tare, and change of fashion, shall have made right. BENJAMIN GRAYSON ORR. July 20, 1801. epaw
BROHAWN AND BOYS, Beg leave to inform the citizens of Washington, that they have taken Mr. N. Young's wharf, very conveniently situated to the Capitol and President's Square; where they have opened a LUMBER YARD, and expect to go pretty largely in that line of business; and in about two or three weeks will have a general assortment of the first quality of groceries that can be procured in Baltimore.
Washington June 24, 1801. N. B. Any gentleman willing to apply for bills of scantling of any size or dimensions, may obtain them at the shortest notice by applying as above. ff
Fifty dollars Reward.
TWO daring villains on the night of the 29th inst. between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, entered my house, with arms, and compelled me to give them upwards of 400 dollars—55 dollars in notes, two of 20 dollars, and three of 5, all on the bank of Columbia. The balance in silver dollars. The above when taken away was in an old ozenburg bag. Fifty dollars reward will be given to any person for securing the villains who committed the robbery. It is suspected that a certain O'Riley, a schoolmaster, lately living in this neighbourhood, was one of the persons.
HARRISON PELLY, Montgomery county, Maryland, near Seneca, July 31, 1801. 3t.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, JUNE 7th, 1800.
Regulations for ascertaining and fixing the Pensioners, and payment of pensions on the Navy establishment of the United States.
To obtain a pension the party must produce to the Secretary of the Navy a certificate from the commander of the ship or vessel on board of which he sustained the injury, which incapacitates him; or in the case of a marine, from the commanding officer of the marine corps, or commander of a detachment as the case may require; in the latter case however, if the injury happened on board a vessel of war, the certificate of the surgeon will also be required, if on shore, that of some respectable medical character of the place, that the same was received while he was acting in the line of his duty, specifying the nature and amount of the disability, the capacity or station in which he acted, and the monthly pay to which he was entitled at the time of sustaining the injury. On such certificate being produced, and it being ascertained to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, that the disability still exists and is likely to continue, he will at once direct the applicant to be placed on the books of the Loan Office of the state in which he resides, and the loan officer will make the payments half yearly, viz. On the 1st of January, and 1st of July, to the party in person or his legal attorney during his life or the continuance of his disability. But if the pension is to be paid on a power of attorney, the loan officer must have it ascertained by the certificate of a Justice of the peace of the county where the pensioner resides, that he was living, and that his disability continued, in the month next preceding that in which payment is to be made every year, and must transmit the same to the Accountant of the Navy with the necessary receipts as vouchers for his payments.
Each person to be placed on the pension list, must receive at the Navy Office a certificate in the following form.
A. B. Seaman, &c. having been disabled in the service of the United States, on board of the ship of war while acting in the line of his duty, is entitled to receive dollars per month, from the loan officer of the state of payable half yearly, on the
1st of January and 1st of July in every year during his life or continuance of such disability, to commence from the day of
The same will be paid to him in person or on his legal power of attorney. But no money will be paid on a power of attorney, unless the said A. B. shall send to the loan officer of said state, the certificate of a Justice of peace of the county wherein he resides, that he the said A. B. appeared before the said justice in the month preceding that in which the ill continued, to be made and that his disability is payment is
Signed BENJ. STODDERT.
The foregoing regulations are still in force. By order,
An. THOMAS, P. Clk. Navy Department, June 27, 1801. 3taw3