The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-06-12 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. XCVI.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Appointments by the President.
The vigilant regard, paid by the people to the acts of the chief magistrate, may justly be considered as a favourable indication of the measure and complexion of the support or opposition, which he is likely to receive, accordingly as those acts shall be upright and enlightened, or depraved and weak. It is not to be expected, it ought not to be expected, that a spirit of blind admiration will unreflectingly approve all that he does; and it is hoped that a spirit of premeditated censure will not lift its voice indiscriminately against him.
The feelings of a genuine republican revolt from an indulgence of extravagant applause. A true republican is a man who, conscious of upright intentions, constantly regards in whatever he does the general good. Such a man finds his reward in the discharge of duty; and though he be not insensible to the esteem of good men, he can do without it. To him the contemplation of the good which he does is dearer than the flattery of sycophants. Such a man is neither in the habit of receiving or bestowing praise. He knows its comparative unimportance.
The republican creed contains no tenet of implicit confidence. It estimates the merit or demerit of particular measures by the impartial principles of justice, and so far as the aggregate mass of measures of a public agent are dictated by and in conformity to these great principles, he is entitled, and no farther, to national approbation. It is this vigorous and enlightened approbation alone which a virtuous President of the United States ought to receive. Of all other applause he will be distrustful, and justly view it as arising more from personal and sinister motives than from a disinterested love of justice.
Such is the reward, which the present administration have a right to claim, such is the reward which public opinion has unequivocally bestowed.
Since the adoption of the federal Constitution, a more conciliatory spirit than that, which at present prevails, has not existed. The era of principle has commenced its reign under the auspices of men, who, in their antecedent actions, had left pledges the most decisive of their sacred regard to republican institutions, their love of peace internal as well as external, their distrust of overgrown power, their convictions of the necessity of economy, their aversion to heavy taxes, their respect for individual opinion, however different from their own.
It cannot surprise us, that principles such as these, professed with sincerity and practiced with good faith, should powerfully unite, with the progressive diffusion of truth, to destroy those irrational antipathies and jealousies, that have hitherto so unfortunately lacerated the peace of society.
But while a general spirit of content and approbation pervades a large majority of our citizens, some murmurs are heard at the appointment of particular men to offices previously held by other citizens. Why, it is asked, are officers, who have faithfully discharged their duties, dismissed from places, on the tenure of which depends their personal comfort?
Such enquiries, whether they flow from a desire of information and the wish to form impartial opinions, or whether they emanate from the unexpired embers of party, merit some attention. In either case, without explanation, good men may be indirectly involved in erroneous judgment; and in neither case can the fullest explanation subserve any other than the best purpose.
Who have been removed? Two or three revenue officers, and a few marshals and attorneys.
In the former instances, two citizens, of undisputed integrity and talent, have been restored to the very offices they held, from which they were extruded for the exclusive reason of differing in political opinion from the chief magistrate; and this too at a period when nine-tenths, probably ninety-nine hundredths, of the existing officers of government held the same sentiments with the then administration; and when, of course,
no great danger could be rationally apprehended from the solitary influence of two disconnected public agents.
Can any man of sense condemn these changes? Republican citizens believe (and cool reflection will justify the belief) that it was incumbent on the Executive Magistrate to announce his practical respect for political tolerance, by exercising the power with which the nation had invested him, in removing from two meritorious citizens the unjust obloquy imposed upon them by his predecessor, and by restoring them to the stations they occupied, by the nomination of Washington, previously to the wayward period which has just passed. They deemed it still more important practically to convince the nation, alive to every thing connected with principle, that the President would act with the same decision that he spoke, and that superior to the impulses of personal or party feeling, while he respected the virtues and talents of a federalist, he would not be indifferent to the equal virtues and equal talents of a republican.
Still less reason have federal citizens , to complain of these restorations to office. For such citizens, in the very censure imposed on Mr. Jefferson, justify Mr. Adams in his act of removal for a difference in political opinion. If then it was right in Mr. Adams to remove on this ground, is it wrong in Mr. Jefferson to do the same thing? Are acts, virtuous when performed by Adams, vicious when performed by Jefferson?
Besides, let it be recollected that the two gentlemen restored to office were appointed by Washington before the rage of party feeling. Removed by Adams, they have been restored by Jefferson. Let then the united sanction of Washington and Jefferson be morally weighed with that of Adams; and let any one decide which weighs most.
Let us now consider the grounds on which certain marshals and attorneys have been removed.
Among those constitutional questions, which have animated the feelings, and kindled the patriotism of our citizens, in the great contest that has finally issued in a decisive change of men and measures, stands high in the public estimation the discussion respecting the Sedition Law.
That portion of citizens that have triumphed (and being a majority, they constitute the nation) have declared no less in their actions than in their words, this law to be unconstitutional. It is useless in this place to enter into a discussion of the merits of this question. The nation has decided it. The nation has declared it to be unconstitutional. It is in truth an act, which has done more to fully the reputation of republicanism, than all the mistaken measures of the last infatuated administration. In destroying the amenability of public men to free enquiry, in shielding them from the wholesome and necessary investigations of truth, in surrounding them by bulwarks of power raised by themselves, greater approaches were made to despotism, than the antecedent annals of domestic legislation could furnish a solitary instance of. The instruments of this law—instruments unfortunately inexorable to other feelings than those which gave it existence—were the courts of law.
In the erection of these tribunals, the constitution had wisely declared that the judges should hold their commissions during good behaviour, hoping, in the spirit of confidence, that the chief magistrate would appoint exclusively those men who would administer justice with impartiality and talent, and not suffer themselves to be made the instruments of political intolerance. The liberal confidence of the constitution has been abused; and future events have shown that what was created by the constitution as a barrier against undue power has been converted into its most efficient instrument. Hence our courts, with scarcely an exception, have been prompt to seize every occasion of aggrandizing executive power, of destroying all freedom of opinion, of executing unconstitutional laws, and of inculcating by the wanton and unsolicited diffusion of heterodox
politics, the doctrines of passive obedience and non-resistance.
But though the judges are appointed for life, the marshals and attorneys hold their offices only during the pleasure of the President.
Why was this difference of tenure, in part by the constitution, in part by law, created? Was the difference inadvertent and accidental; or was it the result of mature reflection and deliberate design? We have every reason to conclude, from the caution with which the constitution is framed, that it was the latter and not the former. If the latter, let us assign the probable reasons for the difference.—The example of the administration of English jurisprudence and our own experience enforced the appointment of judges who, from the tenure of their offices, should be independent of all temporary or occasional influence, either derived from the people, or from the executive department of government. Placed above all control, but that of the laws, and only amenable, for their violation, to a particularly constituted tribunal, the judges are removed, as far as civil institutions can remove them, from all influence either popular or governmental.—Left, however, this irresponsibility should lead to oppression, the rights and property of the citizen are protected by trial by jury, who, whatever may be the designs or measures of the judge, are invested with legal authority to guard the citizen.
The jury is formed immediately from the great body of the citizens; and from its very organisation appears most clearly to have been designed to constitute a body, which, from its popular complexion, should transmute into the administration of justice popular feelings and common sense ideas.
From this union of varying ingredients, emanating from the different structure of courts and juries, it was expected that a valuable check would be reciprocally felt, that, while it should not interfere with the punishment of plain, acknowledged and palpable crimes, would protect the citizen from all false, frivolous, or corrupt accusations.
Under most of the state governments, jurors are either chosen by ballot, drawn by lot, or selected by sheriffs elected annually or at short periods by the people . And it is important to remark that many of the state constitutions disqualify a citizen, elected a sheriff, from re-election to that office for several ensuing years. With such scrupulous jealousy have the states guarded this office from degenerating into abuse, from being, by its permanency, either rendered independent of the people, or made liable to corruption.
Thus it appears, that our state laws have invariably aimed at rendering sheriffs the organs of public sentiment , such as it existed at the time of their appointment.
What influence these considerations have had on the mind of the President, it is not for us to say. But we may affirm with absolute sincerity, that, unless all the experience of the past be despised, they ought to have had great influence upon him.
The very act of his election, corresponding with a thorough change of both branches of the legislature, forbade him to doubt of the entire change of public opinion. In direct hostility to this change—hostility exacerbated by fruitless efforts to avert it—he found the whole corps of judges. His eye was cast over the union; and he perceived not a solitary exception.
In such circumstances surely, the bias of preconceived, and perhaps of immutable ideas, possessed by the judges;—ideas which, not confined exclusively to a devotion to certain political tenets, involved in their wide range strong personal regards and antipathies;—in such circumstances the inflexible severity of judicial prejudice, if in any circumstances, required the palliatives of popular sentiment. Yet the same eye that viewed, through the extent of the union, every existing judge wedded to a particular party, contemplated, with painful emotions, every marshal and every attorney involved in the same confederacy. Thus instead of that wholesome check, which, in the administration of justice, was designed by the wisdom of our political institutions, to be created by the reci-
procal action of public opinion and permanent sentiments upon each other, nothing was to be seen but an active, and even an enthusiastic devotion of attorneys, marshals, and juries, to the views of the courts.
With the administration of justice, thus situated, the President was called to the chair of state. To him the federal constitution had committed the appointment of marshals and attorneys, as the state constitutions had committed to the people the appointment of sheriffs—And on the marshals, the laws under the former constitution, devolved the selection of jurors.
Let us compare the federal, with the state, constitution of the jury. Under the general government, the people elect the President, every four years, who appoints the marshal, by whom jurors are designated. In both cases the will of the people, expressed at short intervals, is the grand impulsive power. In the first case that will is modified and applied by the discretion of a sheriff; while in the last it is modified and applied by the discretion of the President and the marshal. In both cases the power of the people is entire. In both cases, therefore, their will ought rightfully to prevail. In both cases, those whom they invest with the discharge of special duties are morally bound to discharge them according to the intentions of those who make the investment. In both cases, then, it follows, that the will of the people is supreme. That will, under circumstances peculiarly solemn, the President was called upon to enforce. He found the community divided; he found the asylum of justice impure—There, where reason and truth, unagitated, and unimpaired even by suspicion, ought to preserve a perpetual reign, he contemplated the dominance of political and personal prejudice, habitually employed in preparing or executing partial vengeance.
Under such circumstances to have hesitated would have been criminal. The constitution had prescribed the path of duty, and national harmony, in the just requisition of principle, dictated a superiority to the trifling suggestions of personal inconvenience.
Besides marshals and attorneys knew the tenure by which they held their appointments. If they relied upon, or expected a duration, greater than that which has been realised, the error was theirs, and not that of the President; and arose from their ignorance of the spirit of an instrument, with which their discharge of duty should have made them correctly acquainted.
The preceding remarks are considered as conclusive justification of the change of marshals.
With respect to attorneys, many of the ideas equally apply. Attorneys are peculiarly the agents of the President. They are his immediate representatives in a court of justice, and are bound by his directions in the institution and progress of prosecutions for violations of law. Their measures depend upon his will, and he can control, as he actually has controlled, them, according to his own judgment, in directing a discontinuance of all the prosecutions under the sedition law, which has been viewed by him to be unconstitutional.—Yet the existing attorneys, when he came into office, held a different opinion, and were acting under a different construction.
Would it then have been wise in the President to have continued men in office, who, according to the sentiments of the executive, had in their official acts, violated the constitution? From such officers, could he expect a cordial and efficient execution of what he deemed duty? To have entertained such expectation, would have been to have held the meanest ideas of professional character; and would have shown a belief that, in accordance with the suggestions of personal interest, attorneys would, with the same facility, be republican today, that they were federal yesterday.
On the score of personal inconvenience, the change of attorneys can make little impression, as they are, for the most, if not entirely, rich or in easy circumstances.
A FRIEND TO IMPARTIAL JUSTICE.

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1801.
By an official statement of the total votes given in New-York for GOVERNOR, it appears that
GEORGE CLINTON has, 24,808 S. VAN RENSSELAER, 20,843
Republican Majority, 3,965
This event, for which the public mind, from corresponding occurrences in New-York, has been fully prepared, may be considered as a demonstration of the complete triumph of republican principles in that state. And while it proves this fact, it justifies the most rational expectation of a continuance of principles, whose duration and progressive improvement cannot fail to be insured by the moderation and talent of men, who, having participated in scenes of revolutionary danger, can appreciate the value of the prize we have gained, and who, from experience, know the unceasing efforts required to maintain it.
On the 7th instant arrived at New-York the ship Brothers, 34 days from London, by which London papers to the 29th of April are received, the most interesting contents of which appear in our columns.
In this vessel Mr. Sitgreaves has come as a passenger. The New-York Gazette observes:
"A gentleman who has conversed with the hon. Mr. Sitgreaves, since his arrival, informs us, that if the late ministers in Great Britain had continued in office three weeks longer, the points of controversy in our Treaty with that country, would have been settled to the satisfaction of both parties—that in consequence of the new order of things there, the negotiations had since remained in statu quo—and that a new conference will have to be opened between the two countries."
"Mr. King, our minister at London, was making preparations to return, hourly expecting his recall."
"Mr. Goreham, and the other American Agent, were to return in the ensuing autumn, not having effected the object of their mission."
Dr. Warton, of New-Jersey, has been elected President of Columbia College in New-York.
DIED—At Lancaster, John Wilkes Kiterra, late a member of the House of Representatives of the United States.
A gentleman in London, writes to his commercial correspondent in New-York, under date of the 27th of April, thus—
"Flour in London is from 64s. to 70s. per barrel." The same letter says, "The Negotiations for Peace, between France and England, are broken off."
From the Baltimore American of Yesterday.
By the Dehance, arrived yesterday the Editor received a file of the "Publiciste," printed in Paris, down to the 16th April, which are in the hands of a friend, who will give translations of such of their contents as have not been heretofore anticipated.
By the same arrival, I also received the "Amsterdam Courant," down to the 30th April, which, obtained at a late hour, are now in the hands of the translator, for examination.
The day previous to the sailing of the Dehance, Paris papers arrived in the city, giving an account of the defeat of the British general Abercrombie, himself and army made prisoners of war at Aboukir in Egypt, by the French republican general Menou, commander in that quarter.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, March 25.
A tragic event which has taken place in this city, gives room for fearful news from Russia to the resentments of which it may expose us. Some Russian officers gave a ball in this city, when a body of the populace surrounded the house, forced the entrance, and committed the greatest excesses. The Russian sailors perceiving from the harbor what passed, ran to the assistance of their officers, and a bloody contest ensued, in which several Russians were killed. We are assured, however, that the Grand Signior has promised the Russian ambassador to punish this outrage on the laws of nations in the most signal manner, praying him at the same time not to advise his court of this unhappy affair until he can announce to it satisfaction.
FRONTIERS OF TURKEY, March 15.
We learn from Constantinople, that the minister of England, unable to communicate with the Divan after a formal order from the Grand Signior, has made preparations for his departure. The same letters state, that a Russian fleet of sixteen ships of war had arrived at the Dardanelles, and that it had at first been refused a passage; but that the Russian ambassador having addressed himself directly to the Sultan, he had immediately obtained an order that the Straights should be at all times open to Russian vessels.
RUSSIA, April 14.
The embargo laid on English vessels still continues, and will not be taken off before the government receives an answer to a dispatch sent to England.
BERN, April 14.
We are assured that the principality of Neufchatel and Vallangin will be re-united to the Helvetic republic. Those who are attached to Austria lose strength daily. It is to the returned hostages, and not to the patriots arriving from their captivity in Austria, that we ought to attribute the movements that have taken place in that country. Fanatic priests have heated their imaginations. Some mobs of 2 or 3000 Catholic peasants were formed at their instigation, and the Protestant communes began already to fear for their safety. But the prudence of the council of the Prefecture has diverted the storm.
MADRID, March 31.
The quarter master general of our army is at Valladolid, and the plan of the campaign concerted with general St. Cyr, arrived here a few days ago—the princes of Peace of Castle Franco will soon depart—but it is certain they will not oppose the arrival of the French army. The rear-admiral Dumanoer, the same who brought Bonaparte from Egypt, is here—from hence he will go to Cadiz. All the Portuguese vessels are sequestrated.
MILAN, April 5.
The army of Italy has entirely evacuated the left bank of the Adige, and is this moment on the Cisalpine territory, with the exception of some troops who have already arrived at Piedmont, and which are returning to France to the number of four divisions.
FLORENCE, April 8.
General Murat is much regarded here as the benefactor of the country; his cares have restored to us the reign of wisdom and morality; his beneficence softens as much as it is possible the evils inseparable from a state of conquest. General Murat has just issued the following proclamation:
Head-quarters at Florence, 11th Germinal, (1st April.)
Murat, gen. in chief, to the French troops destined for the Neapolitan States—
Soldiers! You have advanced to combat the Neapolitans—they have laid down their arms before you—your presence has sufficed to obtain what your valour would have commanded—a king too long blind to his own interest has concluded peace with the French republic, and has driven from his gates the enemy of France, the enemy of Europe, the insatiable and perfidious English.
You will enter peaceably into the territories which you were going to invade, you will occupy the Neapolitan cities, concord, confidence, and friendship open their gates to you—you will shelter them from the influence and effects of the cabinet of St. James's, you will demonstrate by your conduct the moderation, the nobleness and generosity which accords so well with your national character.
Honour the government, become friendly to the mayor and the assistants of the commune of Brel, in which the tree of liberty had been three times cut down, without their having made any effort to discover the authors of this crime. A special commission named by the sub-prefect of the circle of Louvain is to exercise provisionally the functions in this commune.
The last news from the north announces no important innovations since the accession of Alexander I. to the throne of Russia, except that this prince has chosen for his prime minister the famous count Panin, the favorite of the Empress Catharine.
Letters arrived this instant from some mercantile houses in Hamburgh, state, that the Danish troops had quitted that city, and had been replaced by those of Prussia.
Different accounts confirm the defeat of the English fleet under the command of general Abercrombie. The government expect official letters which must give the details.
April 26.
The Conservative Senate has reduced the number of its sittings to twice a month, which will take place on the 14th and 28th of each month.
Generals M'Donald and Vandamme have arrived at Paris.
Advices from the Hague of the 14th of April, state, that the Batavian government has taken off the embargo, which was laid in all its ports, on Danish, Prussian and other vessels.
The Mercury of Suabia states, on the authority of letters from Berlin, that the new emperor renounces all claim to the Island of Malta.
Letters from Holland mention, that 17 Dutch ships of the line, 6 frigates and a number of smaller vessels, are in complete readiness for sea. These vessels are formed into two divisions, that of the Texel, and the Meuse. The English have at the mouth of the Meuse, only 5 ships of war of an inferior force, and 8 or 9 in sight of the Texel. These dispositions of the enemy cannot prevent a junction of the two Dutch divisions, should they receive immediate orders to put to sea. Besides which, we are informed of an event extremely probable that is, that admiral De Winter was to depart the day before yesterday from the Hague for the Texel.
The minister of the interior has addressed a circular letter to all the prefects, informing them, that every year, during the five complementary days, there will be an exhibition of the products of French industry. He has invited their concurrence, and requested them to communicate it to all the manufactories in their departments. He recalled to their minds the happy results of it in the 6th year, and he has promised them a still more favorable issue; "Because," says he, in the cabinet, wisdom prepares in silence whatever will most effectually ensure the prosperity of the nation. It should be particularly known, that in this solemn exhibition, the merit of a discovery is to be proved by its utility—that he should obtain the greatest honors and rewards who renders the most essential services to his fellow citizens—that the man of genius, who forms out of iron an useful instrument, though more simple and less costly, is of more benefit to his country, than he who gives to gold its polish, or to silk its elegance. Those who render arts subservient to the conveniences of society, are, unquestionably, the greatest benefactors of the human race."
It is said Lord Whitworth is coming here in quality of negotiator, and that the First Consul had required that the negotiations be carried on in London, but that the English Government have preferred treating at Paris.
They write from Calais that the correspondence between the two governments is in constant activity; and from this circumstance is nourished a hope of peace which we lay hold of with pleasure, and which we cannot lose without regret.
Paris, 24 Germinal.—An English paper mentions the opening Negotiations between Spain and Portugal. A Journal says, that Peace between France and the Porte is nearly concluded, if not quite finished.
Vienna, 4 April.—An ordinance has appeared, dated March 31, which prohibits every foreigner, without exception, to enter the Hereditary States, without a passport from the State Chancery, or from the Minister or Consul of the Emperor abroad, who will grant no benefit but upon the testimony of official persons, worthy of credit, testifying the good character of the persons, and the object of their voyage.
Bourdeaux, 4 Germinal.—The correspondence between France and Portugal seems especially active. Couriers Extraordinary
to the French; respect the religion, the manners, and prejudices of people among whom you are going to reside—think always that it is worthy of you to be the example of the world, but that you are not charged with being its reformers—Soldiers! It is to you who have for ten years supported with arms in your hands the glory of the French name, it belongs to you yet to sustain it and even to augment it if it is possible after victory. Europe has learned sufficiently to dread you, let her now learn to cherish you. Let it be said "they are as great by their social virtues as by their warlike achievements." The government beholds you; it will distinguish those who during peace have acquired the love and respect of foreigners, as it has distinguished during war those who have shown themselves bravest in battle. You have to expect in your turn from the Neopolitans the sentiments and good offices of friendship, let us efface all ancient remembrances—but woe be to the whole nation if treachery causes to flow a single drop of French blood!
(Signed)
J. MURAT.
HAGUE, April 14.
The government has prolonged, for 8 days, the embargo on all vessels in the ports of the republic. The American vessels which had been declared exempt, are again submitted to it.
April 18.
A letter from Cleves, of the 16th inst. informs, that the Prussian army of demarcation, destined for Hanover, have received orders to suspend their march till further orders from Berlin.
Paris, April 26.
From the frontiers of Russia—April 10. Intelligence from Russia announces the following changes.
All the state prisoners have been set at liberty. The ordinances respecting contraband are abolished. The Tariffs of duties of 1782 are re-established. There have been changes relative to the island of Malta. Every body may dress as they please, provided they dress decently. The importation of merchandise is permitted. The old regiments retake their name. The old guards are replaced. It is permitted to travel in and out of Russia freely. The order of Woldemir, in which no more knights were admitted. The embargo on English vessels will last until an answer from England shall arrive.
RATISBON, April 8.
The declaration of the diet has been suspended till the 13th of this month. Hence it is probably expected that some powerful impulsion will give a correspondent direction to affairs. The two parties into which the members of the diet are divided, were forcibly agitated in the interval of the two sittings: But the imposing countenance of the Prussian party, appears to diminish the confidence which the ecclesiastical party have had in their strength. The cabinet of Berlin appears not to be willing to accede to a proposition made to it to abandon to the decision of the emperor alone, the secularization and indemnities, but on this condition, that his imperial majesty shall act in concert with it. This, it is believed, will terminate the present discussion.
FERRARA, March 30.
The cannon announced to us yesterday, by repeated discharges, the end of our uncertainty respecting the existence of the Cisalpine republic. To-morrow we will plant the tree of liberty; it will be ornamented with marble not yet finished—Masses, hymns, parades, illuminations at the theatres, and in all the streets, alms, all are set on foot by the constituted authorities and private individuals, to celebrate this consoling epocha.
PARIS, April 22.
The citizen Countelle, one of the learned in the expedition to Egypt, has engaged the institute of Cairo in a project, the execution of which will be as difficult as glorious. It consists of transporting to Paris one of the obelisks of Lixor; monuments equally grand for their antiquity, their bulk, and the perfection of their workmanship, there cannot be found a better means of consecrating the memory of so glorious a conquest. These signs of grandeur triumph over the veracity of ages, whilst the labours of the historian cannot resist the ravages of time. The Egyptian obelisks will attest at Paris the victories of the French, as they attest at Rome the people king.
The prefect of the department of the Dyle has suspended from their functions,

pass frequently, and it is believed that the correspondence concerns some propositions relating to Portugal.
Doctor Lacci has not only introduced the Vaccine small-pox into the Cisalpine, but he has the merit of having found in the leaves of the Country, the same virus that is communicated by inoculation.
Florence, 13th Germinal (April 5.) Murat, Commander in Chief, to the Provisional Government of Tuscany.
Citizen Agar is charged to present to you gentlemen, a copy of the Treaty of Peace, concluded at Luneville by the ministers plenipotentiary of the French Republic, and his majesty the emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, stipulating at the same time in his name, and in the name of the Germanic body, I announce to you that the treaty has been ratified.
With respect to the 5th article, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and part of the Elbe which depends on it, is to be held by the infant Duke of Parma: inform the Tuscans by proclamation, that a prince of the House of Spain, the ally of the French Republic, comes among them accompanied by the blessings of peace.
Now, that the fate of this country is decided all animosity must cease, and the past must be forgotten, that all may be blended in the sentiments that you owe to your country and to the government, which causes its happiness.
I expect from your cares gentlemen, this happy result—employ to obtain it all the influence your personal characters, your services and the authority with which you are invested can give you. You will by this conduct, merit the confidence which I have reposed in you, and you will acquire a title to the good will of your new prince.
I have the honour to salute you, (Signed) J. MURAT. Hamburg, April 13.
Advices from Sweden announce the appointments of Count de Fersen, Chancellor: M. de Zibeth, Secretary of State; and M. de Ehrenheim, Ambassador to Paris.
LONDON, April 25. The negotiation, or rather the communication, with France is still continued; though nothing decisive can be expected until the issue of the expedition to Egypt be known, and the real views and projects of the new Russian emperor, Alexander, be ascertained.
Whether the Chief Consul will be disposed to sacrifice the possession of Egypt, we know not—it matters not whether he was at first driven by the then rulers of France, jealous of his talents and views, to attempt a conquest, of the success of which they doubted; or that it was a favorite project of his own; it is clear, that it is a possession to which he attaches much importance, and will not be disposed to give it up, unless the plague, of which, by his intercepted letter, he appears to have much dread, or the British under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, shall remove every difficulty of negotiating on the subject.
It is said that M. Otto has had fresh instructions on the subject of negotiation. Lord St. Helens will immediately leave England as our ambassador to the court of St. Petersburg where, it is believed his profound talents and conciliatory manners will make the wished for impression on the mind of the new emperor. For this judicious appointment, and at this very critical period too, when Buonaparte will use his utmost exertions to gain an ascendancy in the cabinet of Russia, Mr. Addington and his friends are certainly entitled to the highest encomiums. Lord St. Helens' merits as a negotiator are too well known, and too generally approved, to require our commendation.
April 27. A flag of truce failed on Friday for Calais with Mr. Mallet, Mr. Otto's messenger, carrying dispatches to France, which, we believe, put an end to the negotiations for the present. The Cles du Cabinet says, France will no longer be the dupe of the English overtures of peace.
The Prussians have taken quiet possession of Hanover, and have dismissed most of the Hanoverian troops, the greatest part of whom have enlisted into the Prussian service. It appears also certain that the Prussians have shut up the Elms, the Weser and Elbe; a circumstance which may explain the non-arrival of the Hamburg mails, though the wind has been so fair.
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TO BE SOLD.
NINE Lots on square 693, on each of which is one two story brick house, six fronting on New-Jersey Avenue, and three on E Street South.
Also, One lot on square 802, fronting on 3d street, on this lot there is a cellar dug and walled up, and the first floor of Joists laid, designed for a house 23 feet 7 inches front, by 36 feet deep—An indisputable title will be given. Terms of payment one fourth part cash on the day of sale, the remainder in three equal annual payments with interest. For further particulars enquire of MOFFETT & NESMITH. New-Avenue, June 12, 1801. T. W. N. & U. ff
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 18th 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, June 3, 1801. cpts Marshal.
FOR SALE, A young Negro Girl, about 15 years old—Apply at this office. April 22, 1801. tf
Nail Manufactory,
ALL kinds of Cut Nails for Sale by Wholesale, Retail 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.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this rendezvous the following soldiers belonging to the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers; ISAAC DA VI, 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. Dumfries, Prince William county, Virginia, May 19, 1801. } 6w
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, palisadoed, &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. 1y
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. 2y
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. tf N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kilo of Bricks, and some Cord Wood. W. P.
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.
54 From New Haven by Derby, Southbury, Woodbury, Bethlehem, Litchfield, Goshen and Canaan, to Sheffield, Ms. once a week—Leave New Haven every Tuesday noon, arrive at Litchfield on Wednesday 2 p m—Leave Litchfield at 11 a m, and arrive at Sheffield by 7 p m. Returning—Leave Sheffield every Monday at 5 a m, arrive at Litchfield by 3 p m, and at New Haven on Tuesday by 10 a m.
55 From Litchfield by Cornwall and Sharon, to Poughkeepsie, once a week—Leave Litchfield every Wednesday at 2 p m, arrive at Sharon by 6 p m, and at Poughkeepsie on Thursday by 1 p m. Returning—Leave Poughkeepsie on Thursday at 4 p m, arrive at Sharon on Friday by noon, and at Litchfield by 7 p m.
IN NEW YORK. 56. From New Rochelle by White Plains, North Castle, Bedford, Salem, South East, Dover, Kent C. Sharon C. Salisbury C. Sheffield Ms. Great Barrington Ms. Stockbridge Ms. and Lenox Ms. to Pittsfield Ms. once a week. Leave New Rochelle every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Bedford by noon. Leave Bedford at 1 P. M. arrive at Sharon on Tuesday at 4 P. M. leave Sharon at 5 P. M. arrive at Sheffield on Wednesday at 10 A. M. at Stockbridge at 2 P. M. and at Pittsfield by 7 P. M. Returning, Leave Pittsfield every Thursday at 6 A. M. arrive at Stockbridge by 10 A. M. at Sheffield by 2 P. M. at Sharon on Friday at 9 A. M. at Bedford on Saturday noon, and at New Rochelle by 7 P. M.
57. From New York by Jamaica, Queen's C. H. Jericho, Huntington, Dixhills, Winnetacomac, Brookhaven, Suffolk C. H. Southampton and Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor once a week. Leave New York every Thursday at 10 A. M. and arrive at Sag Harbor the next Saturday by 6 P. M. Leave Sag Harbor every Monday at 8 A. M. and arrive at New York the next Wednesday by 3 P. M.
58. From Albany by Duaneburg and Durlack to Cherry valley once a week. Leave Cherry valley every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Albany on Thursday by 10 A. M. Leave Albany every Thursday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Cherry valley on Friday by 6 P. M.
59. From New York by Bergen N. J. Hackinack, N. J. Pyramus N. J. New Antrim N. Y. Chester, Goshen, Wardsbridge, Shawangunk and Newpaltz to Kingston once a week. Leave New York every Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at Goshen the next day by 6 P. M. Leave Goshen on Saturday at 5 A M & arrive at Kingston by 7 P. M. Returning, Leave Kingston on Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Goshen by 7 P. M. Leave Goshen every Tuesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at New York the next Wednesday by 6 P. M.
60. From New York by Kingsbridge, Yonkers, Peekskill, Mount Pleasant, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Redhook, Clermont, Hudson and Kinderhook to Albany three times a week. Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 P. M. arrive at Tarrytown by 8 P. M. Leave Tarrytown every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Poughkeepsie by 7 P. M. Leave Poughkeepsie every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Kinderhook by 7 P. M. Leave Kinderhook every Thursday, Saturday, and Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Albany by 8 A. M. Returning, Leave Albany every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 2 P. M. arrive at Kinderhook by 7 P. M. Leave Kinderhook every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Poughkeepsie by 7 P. M. Leave Poughkeepsie every Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Tarrytown by 7 P. M. Leave Tarrytown every Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday at 4 A. M. and arrive at New York by 11 A. M.
61. From Albany by Schenectady, Fort Hunter, Conajoharry, Herkimer, German Flats, Utica and Whitehaven to Rome twice a week. Leave Albany every Monday, and Thursday at 2 P. M. arrive at Schenectady by 6 P. M. Leave Schenectady every Tuesday, and Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at Conajoharry by 6 P. M. Leave Conajoharry every Wednesday, and Saturday at 6 A. M. arrive at Utica, by 6 P. M. Leave Utica every Thursday, and Sunday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Rome by 11 A. M. Returning, Leave Rome every Sunday, and Saturday at 2 P. M. arrive at Utica by 6 P. M. Leave Utica every Tuesday, and Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at
Conajoharry by 6 P. M. Leave Conajoharry every Wednesday, and Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Schenectady by 6 P. M. Leave Schenectady every Monday, and Thursday at 5 A. M. arrive at Albany by noon.
62. From Utica by Whitehaven, Oneida, Manlius Onondagua, Marcellus, Aurelius, Cayuga bridge, and Geneva to Canandorque once a week. Leave Utica every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Manlius by 7 P. M. Leave Manlius on Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at Cayuga on Saturday by 9 A. M. and at Canandorque by 6 P. M. Returning, Leave Canandorque every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Utica on Wednesday, by 5 P. M.
63. From Canandorque by Hartford to Niagara once a week. Leave Canandorque every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Niagara on Wednesday by 3 P. M. (Continued on last page.)
Leave Niagara every Thursday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Canandorque on Saturday by 6 P. M.
64. From Cayuga to Scipio once a week. Leave Cayuga every Saturday by noon and arrive at Scipio by two P. M. Leave Scipio at 5 P. M. and arrive at Cayuga by 7 P. M.
65. From Manlius to Cazenovia once a week. Leave Manlius every Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at Cazenovia by 8 A. M. Leave Cazenovia by 11 A M arrive at Manlius by 1 P M same day.
66 From Conajoharry by Cherry valley, Cooperstown, Butternuts and Oxford, to Union once a week. Leave Conajoharry every Wednesday at 6 A M arrive at Cooperstown by 3 P M, Leave Cooperstown on Thursday by 6 A M and arrive at Union on Saturday by 10 A M. Returning, Leave Union on Sunday by 6 A M arrive at Cooperstown on Tuesday by 10 A M and at Conajoharry by 6 P M.
67. From Fort Hunter to Johnson twice a week. Leave Fort Hunter every Tuesday and Friday at 3 P M and arrive at Johnson by 4 P M. Leave Johnson every Tuesday and Friday by 6 P M and arrive at Fort Hunter by 7 P M.
68. From Schenectady by Balltown springs, Saratoga springs, and Glenbridge to Sandyhill once a week. Leave Schenectady every Tuesday at 6 A M and arrive at Sandyhill by 7 P M. Leave Sandyhill every Wednesday at 5 A M arrive at Schenectady by 7 P M.
69. From Albany by Troy to Lansingburg 6 times a week. Leave Lansingburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 8 A M and arrive at Albany by 10 A M. Returning, Leave Albany every day, Sunday excepted, at 2 P M and arrive at Lansingburg by 4 P M.
70. From Lansingburg by Yates, Cambridge, Salem, Hebron, Granville, Hampton and Pultney Vt. to Fairhaven Vt. once a week. Leave Lansingburg every Saturday at 6 A M and arrive at Salem by 3 P M. Leave Salem on Sunday by 3 P M and arrive at Fairhaven on Monday by 10 A M. Returning, Leave Fairhaven every Monday at 2 P M and arrive at Salem on Tuesday by 10 A M. Leave Salem on Friday by 6 A M and arrive at Lansingburg by 4 P M.
71. From Lansingburg by Waterford Stillwater, Westfield, Fort Miller, Fort Edward, Sandyhill, Kingsbury, Fort Ann, and Whitehall to Fairhaven once a week. Leave Lansingburg every Saturday at 8 A M arrive at Sandyhill on Sunday by 8 A M and arrive at Fairhaven the next Monday by 10 A M. Returning, Leave Fairhaven on Thursday at 6 A M arrive at Sandyhill by 4 P M and at Lansingburg on Friday by 6 P M.
72. From Vergennes Vt by Charlotte Vt Willsboro, Peru, and Plattsburg to Champlaintown once a week. Leave Vergennes on Wednesday at 6 A M arrive at Champlaintown on Thursday by 7 P M. Leave Champlaintown on Monday by 6 A M and arrive at Vergennes on Tuesday by 6 P M.
73. From Rhinebeck to Kingston twice a week. Leave Kingston every Wednesday and Friday at 8 A M and arrive at Rhinebeck by 10 A M. Leave Rhinebeck same days by 11 A M and arrive at Kingston by 1 P M.
74. From Newburg to Fishkill twice a week. Leave Newburg every Tuesday and Saturday at 3 P M. and arrive at Fishkill by 4 P M. Leave Fishkill in half an hour and arrive at Newburg by 6 P M.
74. (a) From Hudson to Catskill twice a week. Leave Catskill every Tuesday and Friday at 9 a m. and arrive at Hudson by 10 a m. Leave Hudson every Tuesday and Friday at 1 p m, and arrive at Catskill by 2 p m.

LITERARY.
The Institute of Cairo have been publishing some of the results of their labors. Among these are the following:
A Memoir of C. Lancret and Chabol on the means of re-establishing the canal of Alexandria, which will be no less useful a work to agriculture than to commerce.
A table of the longitudes and latitudes of the different points of Upper and Lower Egypt, by C. Nouet, and the observations of the same astronomer to determine the course of the Nile from the Syene to Cairo. This is a new and important work, which has been carried on with the greatest exactness.
A Memoir by G. Lepere on the Makyas of the Isle of Raoudah, a monument constructed by the Caliph Almanon, in the year 211 of the Hegira, to measure the height of the Nile. It consists of a well, which communicates by a subterranean passage with that river, and therefore the water which it contains is always on a level with that of the Nile. In the middle of the well is a marble column divided into cubits, palms, and digests, for a scale of height. For the convenience of the observer, winding stairs are fixed to the side of the well, down to the bottom. And when the French came, that well was nearly filled with the slime of the water so that the communication with the river was only kept up by filtration. G. Lepere has caused it to be thoroughly cleaned out, and thereby the column has been completely exposed, and the divisions on the scale are found to be more accurate than has been imagined. The size of each of the sixteen cubits is 54 of a metre—(about 21 inches English.)
Lastly, a long Memoir upon the agriculture and commerce of Upper Egypt, by G. Girard, concludes in these words:— "What success may not be looked for from all that has been undertaken for the amelioration of Egypt, which, placed in centre of the old world, may unite all its productions, and from the advantages of its situation become the most natural emporium for the commerce of the universe?"
Continental Literature and learned men.
BOTTIGER,
Councillor of the Upper Consistory, and director of the school at Weimar. This celebrated literary character possesses the first rate talent of performing a multiplicity of business in a short time. On one and the same day he executes his scholastic labours, superintends the German Mercury, of which he is now the sole editor, and the Journal of London and Paris, answers his numerous correspondents, &c. and yet in the evening appears at the theatre and in the circle of his friends with a cheerfulness and vivacity of mind which, like his external appearance, seems not depressed by his intense and almost excessive application to study; but exhibits the union of the great talent of facility with the still greater one of profoundness. And if any literary stranger arrives at Weimar with letters of recommendation to him, he still can find time to shew him, before sun-set, all the greater and smaller curiosities of the city.
Bottiger's favourite study is archaeology, or the application of ancient works of art to the illustration of the classics and of the monuments of antiquity. His principal work is "Explanations of Tischbein's Engravings of Hamilton's new Collection of Greek Vases," in which he has exhibited many parts of ancient mythology in a quite new point of view; and on this subject he will shortly publish a large work in Latin, entitled "Pantheon." His numerous contributions to various periodical publications treat, for the most part, on antiquarian subjects, especially on the ancients, relative to which he has likewise written a separate work, not yet published. He has likewise prepared for the press new editions of Terence and Martial, towards which he had been collecting materials for many years.
BERTUCH,
Secretary of Legation to the Duke of Weimar, whose service, he lately has left. His great speculative genius in almost all the branches of human industry, and his literary merit, are well known in Germany. He is the founder of some of the most celebrated and oldest journals in that country, viz. the Allgemeine Literatur Zeitung , the German Mercury , the Journal of Fashions , the Geographical Ephemerides , and others. With an unwearied spirit of speculation, he directs his attention to every quarter of the globe to find out new branches of commerce. He is connected with societies of
discovery in the most remote countries, erects new and farms old salt-works, digs gold in Spain, and pit-coal in Germany. From all this every one justly concludes, that this great merchant's affairs are in a state of the highest prosperity. Several years ago a report was current in Weimar, that M. Bertuch intended to settle in Wurzburg; the Prince-Bishop having promised him some considerable and very advantageous privileges: but these promises were rendered abortive by the unexpected opposition of the Chapter of Wurzburg.
Bertuch acquired his first thousand dollars by his translation of Don Quixotte, then generally read throughout Germany, and likewise the reputation of being perfectly master of the Spanish language, of which, he possessed only a superficial knowledge. He afterwards published a Spanish Magazine, in three volumes, the Fables of Yuarre, &c. but soon discovered that was not the road by which one soon arrives at the Temple of Wealth. He therefore obtained from the Duke Weimar a privilege for a Landes-Industrie-Comptoir , which soon became one of the first establishments of the kind in Germany, and now carries on so extensive a trade in books, and especially in copper-plates, maps and picture-books on subjects of natural history, that Bertuch may be considered worth at least a hundred thousand rix dollars.
Bertuch's wife is of a speculative turn as her husband: she established at Weimar a manufactory of artificial flowers, and instructed the young maidens of that city in the art of making them.
Bertuch is likewise the founder, foul, and chief director of the Chalcographic society, established under the patronage of the prince of Dessau, who advanced the necessary funds, which in the course of four years has produced a considerable number of the most beautiful copper-plates.
ACCOUNT OF THE GALLO AMERICAN FISH BOATS.
Mr. Fulton, who introduced the Panorama at Paris, has lately made some experiments at Havre and Brest with his fish-boat. This boat is constructed nearly in the usual manner, only that the sides swell out more, and that the bottom is flat. The latter has an aperture in the middle for receiving a pump, by means of which the vessel is made to descend to the bottom of the water. At one of the extremities there is another pump, by the help of which it ascends to the surface: and at the stern it is furnished with a rudder, by which it is steered when under the water. Over the boat, which it closes like a box, stands a kind of cone or dome, which serves as a hatchway for entering it.—This cone is constructed in the same manner as those lanterns placed at the top of circular stairs, in order to admit the light, and is furnished with several panes of glass, well cemented, that convey light to the interior of the boat, at the bottom of which is a glass that reflects the objects. By these means, a person in the boat can see that every thing passes above him. Mr. Fulton, in the course of his experiments, remained several hours under the water without the necessity of ascending to the surface. With this boat, he can set fire to objects at a great distance, without being seen. To prove the possibility of producing this effect, fascines done over with pitch were fastened to the end of the Pier; the fish-boat then sunk down, and at the end of half an hour the fascines were observed to be in flames. Mr. Fulton suffers no body to enter this boat but himself. He has invented also a kind of arrows or darts, which he can fix in any vessel that he intends to set on fire.
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS some reports are circulating injurious to the character of the subscriber, he therefore requests a suspension of their opinion until a decision can be obtained in a court of law, to which he has resorted for redress. And in the mean time it is in the power of the subscriber to furnish sufficient evidence of his good character, by certificates in his possession.
THADEY HOGAN.
Washington City, June 8, 1802.
Take Notice —The gentlemen composing the company of militia formerly commanded by captain Lewis Williamson, are requested to return the arms and accoutrements that have been delivered them, belonging to the state of Maryland, to the subscriber at the Navy Yard.
By order of the brigadier general, SAMUEL N. SMALLWOOD. First Lieutenant.
May 29, 1802.
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 Johnston; 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 McHenry; 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, any 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 depredations 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 depositions 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,
Secretary of War.
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TO BE RENTED,
THE store lately in the tenure of Doctor Galsassify 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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Port Wine, first quality, just received and for sale at the store of the subscriber near the President's Square, next Mr. Rhoades'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.
CHEAP LUMBER,
FOR SALE,
By the Subscriber, on reasonable terms, either by large or small quantities, at his Lumber Yards, the north end of Lamberton, and at the old Sturgeon Pond, above Richards's wharf,
A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED LUMBER, viz.
One and 1-4 inch, 1-8, and 1-2. Yellow pine heart boards—1 inch pannel, 1-4 do. for floors, 1 do. common, white pine do—2 do. 7-1-4 and 2 1-2 do planks, 1 do. 1-8, and 2-8 do. boards, black walnut—2 do. plank, 3 do. 1-2 do. pannel boards, bedstead sets, poplar the whole of the above are well seasoned and fit for use.—Clear heart pine, and sap pine white oak, and bilstead, hemlock and white pine scantling, assorted—best kind three feet cedar shingles, dressed and undressed, do. two feet white pine do.; do. 18 inch cypress do.—Sedar rails—Also, white pine sawed rails—shingling and plastering laths, best kind; white oak waggon timber—sap pine planks, sap pine one inch boards, 3-4 cedar, best kind, 3-4 white pine, 3-4 sap pine, seasoned weather boards—A quantity of handsome chestnut pailings, sawed 1 by 3 inches and from 4 to 16 feet long, for garden fence, &c. A quantity of chestnut oak posts, dressed and undressed; a quantity of cherry boards, a quantity of large white oak joice, a quantity of chestnut posts—5000 feet of neat beach scantling for tool blocks—5000 feet of sicken oak scantling for bedsteads; 2 inch white oak plank; 1 inch white oak boards, 3-4 do. do. do.—25,000 feet superior cherry boards and plank, 3,000 do. ry clear 2 inch white pine plank, 3,000 do. handsome beaten wood bedstead sets seasoned, 100,000 prime North Carolina shingles, a quantity of ash plank, 150 tons plaster Paris, warranted, 3,000 bushels best Virginia pit coal, 200 bushel cleaned house sand.
The subscriber intends, establishing a Lumber Yard at the Federal City of Washington, which he will keep regularly supplied as above—Any quantities may be agreed for by contract, deliverable, as the purchaser may wish, provided that the place of delivery may be comestable by water with a navigable vessel—Any quantity that may be ordered for shipping abroad, shall be supplied with punctuality and dispatch, agreeable to order.
Gentlemen who are or may be building—as well as carpenters who may be under or may enter into contracts to build and furnish the materials, will find it well worth their attention to apply as above—Applications may be made by letter (post paid) or otherwise, to the subscriber, or left with Wm. and Anthony M. Buckley, or Benj. W. Morris and Co. merchants, Philadelphia.
Also for Sale or to Let,
A large commodious Dwelling House, without buildings complete, and from three to seven acres of land—Two small do. with lots thereto—Also, a small Store near the river—All laying in the village of Lamberton.
NATHAN COMBS.
N. B. A Screw Jack to let, that raises from 10 to 40 tons by hand—a constant supply of plaster and Smith's Virginia coal. Lamberton, New Jersey, (on Del.) January 13, 1801.
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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 1 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 and. 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.
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