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The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
No. CXL.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, JULY 17th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
ENGLISH QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
[CONCLUDED.]
XXIX. And it is hereby further ordered, That immediately after the pilot, and such of the passengers and crew of ships and vessels so arriving without clean bills of health as may be permitted or directed to perform quarantine in any of the modes herein-before mentioned, shall have quitted the ship or vessel in which they shall have arrived, the hatches of such ship or vessel shall be opened, and the probationary airing of the cargo shall commence, which probationary airing shall be in the following manner, viz.
Such a number of bales of the enumerated goods, wares and merchandizes of the first class herein-after stated, as can be ranged upon deck, shall be taken from the hold and, the seams at one or both ends being ripped open, the contents shall be handled as much as possible by the sailors, in the presence of one of the guardians, and under this process of handling and turning such bales shall remain exposed to the air for six days, and on the subsequent day shall be put into a condition to be, and shall accordingly be delivered to the lighter appointed to transport them to the floating lazaret or to the lazaret at Chetney hill; and as soon as the deck is cleared of the first parcel of goods, a second parcel shall be hoisted up and treated in like manner for the space of three days, and on the subsequent day shall in like manner be put into such condition, and shall be so delivered; but in case of any suspicious circumstances arising, the probationary airing shall be extended to eight, six and four days, making, with the three intermediate days, twenty one days in the whole; or even to a greater length of time, if circumstances shall require.
XXX. And it is hereby further ordered, That of the goods, wares and merchandizes which shall arrive in ships or vessels without clean bills of health, the articles herein-after enumerated in class the first shall be carried to the floating lazaret in Standgate creek, or to the lazaret at Chetney hill, there to be unpacked, opened, and aired for the space of forty days, viz.
CLASS THE FIRST,
Consisting of those articles which are considered as most liable to infection, viz.
Apparel of all kinds, artificial flowers, bast, or any articles made thereof, beads, bracelets, or necklaces in strings, beds, bedticks, books, brooms of all sorts, brushes of all sorts, burdets, cambelts, canvas, carmenia wool, carpets, cordage not tarred, cotton wool, cotton yarn, cotton thread.
All articles wholly made of or mixed with cotton, silk, wool, thread or yarn.
Down, feathers, flax, furiers' waste, goats hair, gold or silver on thread, cotton, hair, wool, or silk, or any other substance herein-before enumerated, grogram, hats, caps, or bonnets, of straw, chip, cane, or any other material, hemp, hoofs, horn and horn tips, hair of all sorts, leather, linen, liquor of any kind in bottles or flasks, lute-strings, catlings or harp-strings, maps, matresses, mats and matting, mohair yarn, nets, new or old, paper, packthread, parchment, pelts, platting of bast, chip, cane straw, or horse-hair, quills, rags, sails and sail cloth; silk, viz. crapes and tiffanies, huffs and knobs, raw silk, thrown and organzine silk, waste silk, wrought silk.
Skins, hides and furs, and parts or pieces of skins, hides, and furs, whether undressed, or in part or wholly tanned, tawed, or dressed.
Sponges, straw, or any article made or mixed with straw, stockings of all sorts, thread, tow, vellum, whisks, wool, whether raw or any wile, wrought, yarn of all sorts.
And all other goods whatsoever if they shall have arrived in or with packages consisting wholly or in part of any of the articles above enumerated in this class, unless
such goods shall be removed from such packages as herein-after mentioned.
XXXI. And it is hereby further ordered, That the expurgation of the goods, wares, and merchandizes enumerated in class the first as before mentioned, after they have been removed to the floating lazaret at Standgate creek, or to the lazaret at Chetney hill, shall proceed in the following manner, that is to say,
All bales of cotton shall be opened from one end to the other, and so much taken out as to leave room for handling, daily, the interior of the
The following, viz.
Raw wool, goat's wool, carmenia wool, and hair, shall be taken out of the bags or bales, and shall be ranged in low heaps not above four feet high, and successively handled and runnaged.
All bales of raw silk, silk fracee, (or refuse,) and silk thrown, shall be opened on one side from end to end, the cords loosened, and way made by removing a number of skeins, for the porters to handle the interior of the bales; and at the expiration of twenty days, that side of the bale which has been opened being resewed, the other side shall be ripped open, and the contents handled and aired in the like manner till the thirty-fifth day, when the bales shall be put in order for the delivery.
All packages of cotton, of yarn, of thread, of silk stuffs, of cotton stuffs or burdets, of cambelts, and of linen, shall be opened, and the piece-goods piled in rows, lattice fashion, or in pyramids, turned every four days, and completely spread out and suspended on cords for several days.
Cases of paper, books, parchment, cases of sponges, and silk and thread stockings, shall be entirely unpacked, and the smaller parcels separated from each other, and so disposed as to admit of thorough airing.
Feathers, straw hats, artificial flowers, coral beads in strings, shall be spread out in the same manner.
Carpets, furs, hides and skins, shall be unbaled, and each piece shall be spread and suspended on cords, sometimes in the open air, and frequently turned.
All goods packed in or with straw, cotton, or any other article enumerated in the said first class, or considered as susceptible, shall be entirely taken out or separated from the same, and carefully aired.
All goods enumerated in the said first class, concerning the expurgation of which no particular directions have been herein-before given, shall be unpacked, opened, aired, and handled in like manner, so far as may be, as is herein-before directed with regard to goods of a similar description.
XXXII. And it is hereby further ordered, That of the goods, wares and merchandizes which shall be imported in any ship or vessel arriving as above-mentioned, and not furnished with clean bills of health, the articles herein-after enumerated in class the second shall in like manner be carried to the floating lazaret in Standgate creek, or to the lazaret at Chetney hill, there to be unpacked, opened, or treated according to the nature thereof, and aired for the space of thirty days, viz.
CLASS THE SECOND,
Consisting of those articles which are considered as liable to infection, but in a less degree:
Senna, jalap, gum arabic, tragacanth, myrrh, opium, scamony, antimony, cantharides, allum, juniper berries, pomegranates, flowers and seeds, sal nitre, sal ammoniac, madder, fumack, galls, tobacco, coffee, wood in raspings, cork.
XXXIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the expurgation of the goods, wares and merchandizes enumerated in the said second class shall be performed by exposing them to the air as much as possible, and by moving them from time to time so as to admit of free ventilation.
XXXIV. And it is hereby further ordered, That after the delivery of all the goods, wares, and merchandizes enumerated in the two classes before mentioned into the floating lazaret at Standgate creek, or into the lazaret at Chetney hill, the ship or vessel with the rest of the cargo shall then commence and perform a quarantine of thirty days, during which the packages of the
goods, wares, or merchandizes not enumerated in either of the classes before mentioned, remaining on board such ship or vessel, shall be frequently swept and shifted, and moved from time to time as much as possible according to the nature thereof, so as to admit of free ventilation; and at the expiration of the said thirty days, if all persons on board continue free from every appearance of infection, the ship or vessel, and such part of the crew, passengers and cargo, as shall have remained on board, shall be finally fumigated and discharged.
Provided always, That if all the persons on board remain in health, dried fruits having been shifted from baskets or other packages, made of articles enumerated in the said first class, or considered as susceptible, when such dried fruits shall have been imported in such packages, may be delivered in twenty days; dried fruits in packages of wood in ten days; barrels of oil, the bungs being first tarred, and the barrels brushed and then thoroughly washed in sea water, in ten days; grain, pulse, and other seed in bulk, on the eleventh day, after having been passed through an iron grating, in order to detect any susceptible matter that may be mixed therewith; grain, pulse, and other seeds in sacks, or in casks or baskets of rush mat, being shifted into fresh sacks or packages, in like manner on the eleventh day, being likewise passed through an iron grating. But in all cases where any goods, wares, or merchandizes, shall have been shifted from such susceptible packages as aforesaid into fresh packages, the said susceptible packages shall be sent to the lazaret to perform quarantine, according to the nature thereof, or shall be destroyed at the option of the importer.
XXXV. And it is hereby further ordered, That the quarantine of goods, wares and merchandizes, (as well such as are directed to be left in as such as are to be removed from the ship or vessel,) in cases where the cargo shall consist partly of articles enumerated in the said first and second classes, and partly of the non-enumerated articles, shall commence and be computed from the day on which the whole of the articles enumerated in the said two classes shall have been removed from the ship or vessel importing the same, to be opened and aired in the manner before directed, except as herein-before particularly excepted.
XXXVI. And it is hereby further ordered, That the quarantine of thirty days to be performed by all ships and vessels arriving without bills of health, but with cargoes wholly considered as not susceptible of infection, and not enumerated in either of the two classes before stated, shall commence, and be computed from the day on which the Quarantine Guardians shall be put on board.
XXXVII. And it is hereby further ordered, That all ships and vessels, and all persons, goods, wares and merchandizes, on board thereof, arriving with suspected bills of health, (commonly called Touched Patents , or bills,) shall respectively perform quarantine, and be treated in the same manner as above directed concerning ships and vessels arriving without clean bills of health, and persons, goods, wares and merchandizes arriving in such ships and vessels; except only, that such ships, persons, goods, wares and merchandizes, so arriving with suspected bills of health, shall respectively be subjected to ten days less quarantine.
XXXVIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That with respect to all ships and vessels whatsoever, having on board cotton, wool, thread, or yarn, or any other of the articles enumerated in the first class before stated, and being the growth, produce, or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the freights of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, and importing the same into any port or place of this kingdom, or of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, from any port or place in Holland, or from any port or place whatever, at which there is not a regular establishment for the performance of quarantine, such ships and vessels, and the crews and passengers, as well as the goods, wares and merchandizes, on board the same, shall repair to some one of the
places herein-before appointed for the performance of quarantine, as the case may be, and shall be liable to, and there perform quarantine according to the following regulations, viz.
The master or other person having charge of every such ship or vessel, is hereby required to bring with him a declaration made by the owner, proprietor, shipper or consignee of such ship or vessel, or of the goods, wares and merchandizes on board the same respectively, upon oath before some magistrate of the port or place from whence such master, or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall have brought the said goods, wares and merchandizes, and attested by such magistrate, and also by the British consul or vice-consul, or in case there shall be no British consul or vice-consul there, then by two known British merchants, certifying, whether the said goods, wares and merchandizes are, or are not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the freights of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean; and if they are of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of the countries last mentioned, then certifying, whether the said ship or vessel is or is not the same, in which the goods, wares and merchandizes so imported, were brought from Turkey, or from any of the countries last mentioned; and in case the ship or vessel is the same, the master or other person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, is hereby required to bring with him the bill or bills of health granted at the port where any of the goods were originally taken on board, or copies thereof, attested by a notary public: And if the ship or vessel having on board such goods, wares, and merchandizes, shall be other than that in which they were imported into any port or place in Holland, or any port or place whatever, at which there is not a regular establishment for the performance of quarantine, the master or other person, having the charge of such ship or vessel, is hereby required to bring with him a declaration, made and attested in like manner as the declaration before-mentioned, certifying, whether the said goods, wares and merchandizes were imported into the ports of the countries last mentioned, in a ship or vessel with or without a clean bill of health: And such master or other person having the charge of any such ship or vessel, if the same shall be bound to the port of London, or the river of Thames or Medway, shall forthwith produce such declaration or declarations (as the case may be) to the superintendant of quarantine at Standgate creek; or if the same shall be bound to any of the out-ports or islands aforesaid, to the proper officer of the customs employed in the service of quarantine at such out-port or place; and if it shall appear that none of the goods, wares or merchandizes on board such ship or vessel, are of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the freights of Gibraltar, or the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, such ship or vessel importing the same shall not be obliged to perform quarantine, but shall, on production of such declaration to the proper officer of the customs, be admitted to an entry in the usual and legal manner; but if it shall appear, that such goods, wares or merchandizes, or any part thereof, are of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of the countries last mentioned, then the superintendant of quarantine at Standgate creek, or the proper officer of the customs employed in the service of quarantine at the out-port or place at which such ship or vessel shall arrive, as the case may be, shall take care that every such ship and vessel, as well as the crew, passengers and cargo on board the same, shall perform quarantine according to the nature of the case, at such appointed for the performance of quarantine, for the same time, and in the same manner, as ships and vessels, their crews, passengers and cargoes, coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, either with or without clean bills of health, are herein-before respectively required to perform quarantine.
XXXIX. And it is hereby further or-

dered, That all ships and vessels arriving in the ports of this kingdom, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, having come from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, which, with their crews, passengers and cargoes, shall have previously performed quarantine in the lazaret of Malta, Ancona, Venice, Messina, Leghorn, Genoa, or Marseilles, shall, upon their arrival, be put under quarantine in some of the ports or places herein-before appointed for the performance of quarantine, until the master or other person having the charge of such ship or vessel shall have produced to the superintendent, or proper officer of the customs employed in the service of quarantine, the proper documents to prove that such ship or vessel, and the crew, passengers, and cargo on board the same, have duly performed quarantine in one of the lazarets last mentioned; and upon so producing such documents the said ship or vessel, and all goods, wares and merchandizes on board thereof, not herein-before enumerated in the first class before stated, shall be admitted to an entry; but all goods, wares and merchandizes on board any such ship or vessel, which are enumerated in the first class before stated, shall in such case perform a further quarantine of fifteen days at some one of the ports or places herein before appointed for that purpose, in such manner as has been heretofore practised.
XI. And it is hereby further ordered, That all ships and vessels which shall receive any persons, or any goods, wares, or merchandizes, or other articles whatever, from any board any ship or vessel liable to or under quarantine, shall, together with the cargo and persons on board thereof, perform the like quarantine as the ship or vessel from which such persons, goods, wares, merchandizes, or articles shall have been received. XII. And it is hereby further ordered, That notwithstanding any thing herein contained, it shall be lawful for his majesty's privy council from time to time, as they shall see occasion, to make such orders as they shall see fit, and as they have usually done, for shortening the time of quarantine to be performed by particular ships or vessels, or particular persons, goods, wares, merchandizes or effects, or for wholly releasing particular ships or vessels, or particular persons, goods, wares, merchandizes or effects from quarantine, absolutely or conditionally, and generally to mitigate the first performance of quarantine in particular cases, as special circumstances shall appear in their judgment to require.
XIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the commanders of any of his majesty's ships of war, who shall meet any ship or vessel liable to perform quarantine coming to any of the ports of Great-Britain, or of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, shall take due care to prevent the landing of any goods, wares, merchandizes, or persons from on board the same, until they shall be put under the direction of the superintendent of quarantine at Standgate creek, or of the officers of his majesty's customs employed in the quarantine service at any of the ports or places herein-before mentioned.
XIV. And it is hereby further ordered, That the commissioners and other officers of his majesty's customs do use their utmost diligence and care that all the regulations for the performance of quarantine before directed be duly observed.
And it is hereby further ordered, That the commanders of his majesty's ships of war, as likewise the commanders of his majesty's forts and garrisons lying near the sea coasts, and all justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, chief magistrates, constables, headboroughs, tything-men, and all other officers and ministers of justice, shall be aiding and assisting to the said officers of his majesty's customs, and to all others that shall be concerned in stopping such ships as aforesaid, and in bringing them to the places appointed for the performance of quarantine, as well as in enforcing due performance thereof.
XV. And it is hereby further ordered, That this order, and the regulations therein contained, shall take effect and be in force from the first day of October next ensuing the date hereof, until which time the orders and regulations now subsisting touching quarantine shall continue in force, but which subsisting orders and regulations, and the authority of the same, shall, from and after the said first day of October, wholly cease and determine.
XVI. And the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral of Great-Britain, the lord warden of the Cinque ports, the master-general and the rest of the principal officers of the ordnance, his majesty's Secretary at War, and the governors or commanders in chief for the time being
of the said isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.
STEPH. COTTRELL.
Foreign Intelligence.
PARIS, May 22.
ARMY OF OBSERVATION.
Leopold Berthier, general of brigade, chief of the staff, to the Minister of War.
Head Quarters at Florence, May 7. CITIZEN MINISTER,
In conformity with the treaty of peace concluded with the court of Naples, the general in chief having made his dispositions, a detachment of 600 of the 23d and 4th light infantry, commanded by the chief of Brigade Mariotti, set out from Bastia, the 30th of April in 32 boats, escorted by a cruiser carrying 2 guns; for the isle of Elba, to take possession of it in concert with the troops which were to set out from Leghorn. It arrived at Marciana at two at night of the next day. Thinking he might be able to surprise the tower which defends the beach, the chief of Brigade, Mariotti, rallied his whole flotilla, and made the signal for landing. At the moment when he approached the land, he was obliged to veer, in order to land under the protection of the rocks; and to prevent the English and armed inhabitants who defended that quarter, from taking a defensive position.
The landing being effected, the troops took a position, at break of day, upon the heights of Marciana; and, in consequence, the commandant of the Tower, by orders which he received from the governor of Longone, surrendered it to the French. After having taken possession of it, and placing the flotilla in safety; the chief of brigade, Mariotti, in further obedience of his instructions marched forward for Longone. At the first desire, he was assailed by a discharge from an English cruiser, which lay close along the coast; while on their side the armed peasants endeavored to stop its march; but the firmness and courage of the troops overcame all difficulties, and the detachment arrived at Campo. The next day, the first of May, the column having commenced its march for Porto Longone, the chief of brigade commanding, being informed that the heights of Porto Ferrajo were occupied by a considerable number of peasants, English and Neapolitan deserters, he watched it with two companies of carabineers. We have to regret one carabineer killed, and several wounded. The governor of Longone is entitled to praise for his conduct to the French, and his good faith in the execution of the treaty.
On his side the general of division Tharreau, embarked at Piombino on the 1st of May, with a battalion of the 60th, arrived on the same day, and at this moment Porto Ferrajo, where there are about 1400 men, is invested on all sides. He has landed some mortars, &c. in order to force the city to surrender, in case it should persist not to acknowledge the treaty which ensures the possession of it to the French army.
I send annexed, citizen minister, a copy of the summons sent by general Tharreau to the governor of Porto Ferrajo, as also the answer of the latter. Though he seems inclined to defend it, I hope to announce by the next courier the surrender of the place, and the entire occupation of the island. Our hopes are besides founded upon the small quantity of provisions in the city, which is blockaded by sea, as also upon the party which we have in it.
(Signed) LEOPOLD BERTHIER.
COPENHAGEN, May 16.
Lord St. Helen's, who goes as ambassador from the court of London to St. Petersburg, arrived yesterday in our road, on board the frigate Iatona. The frigate came to an anchor, and his lordship landed, and had a conference with the secretary of state count Bernstoff. It is said he will proceed on his voyage to St. Petersburg this day.
STOCKHOLM, May 8.
The following is the Russian Imperial declaration to Sir Hyde Parker, the Admiral of the British fleet in the Baltic:
"By the decease of his Majesty, the Emperor, Paul I. of glorious memory, the sceptre of the Russian Empire has descended by rights of birth into the hands of his Imperial Majesty, Alexander I. One of the first events under the government of this Monarch has been, that he accepted the offer which the British cou-
had made to his illustrious Predecessor, to terminate the disputes which threatened the speedy breaking out of a war in the North of Europe, by an amicable Convention. Faithful to the engagements which he had entered into with the courts of Stockholm, Berlin and Copenhagen, his Imperial Majesty, has signified to them his resolution, not to act but in conjunction with his allies in whatever may concern the interests of the neutral powers. His Imperial Majesty could not have expected that the British court would have undertaken a hostile attack upon Denmark, at the very time when its Envoy at Berlin was authorized anew to enter into conference with the Russian Minister, reading there.
"The measures taken by his Imperial Majesty were only in consequence of his wish for peace, and the welfare of mankind, and to avoid a destructive misunderstanding between the contending powers. The hostilities commenced against Denmark, and the arrival of a hostile fleet, would have frustrated the wish of his Imperial Majesty to maintain peace, had not this attack upon his allies been before his proposals, were known to the Court of London; but as the British fleet had failed for the Sound before his majesty attended the throne, he will wait the measures of the British Court, when it shall be informed of that event.
"The undersigned general of cavalry, and minister of state for foreign affairs, requires therefore, in the name of his illustrious sovereign, that the admiral chief of the fleet of his Britannic majesty shall desist from all further hostilities against the flags of the three United Powers, till his excellency shall have received further directions from his sovereign; otherwise the Admiral must be personally responsible for the consequences that may ensue from the prosecution of the war.
"Though prepared to repel force with force, his Imperial majesty persists in his pacific sentiments; but the justice and moderation of the Cabinet of London must enable him to reconcile the demands of humanity with the duties which he owes to the honour of his crown and the interest of his allies.
(Signed)
"VON DER PAHLEN."
MADRID, April 30.
The Duke de Sanro, captain general, has refused to take the command against Portugal, under the Prince of Peace. There is a disagreement between the Spanish officers and the French generals with respect to the plan of operations. According to the present military constitution of Portugal, three different armies will be necessary, should the opening of the campaign not be prevented by negotiation.
HAMBURGH, May 18.
The navigation of the Elbe is now entirely free and unobstructed for ships of all nations. They are suffered to come and go without being in the least detained, so that ships have already sailed for England, Lisbon, and Philadelphia.
LONDON.
GERMAN SECULARIZATION.
May 20.—The Prince of Wales packet arrived yesterday from Grunhaven, with a messenger and dispatches from lord Minto but without mails. The nature of these dispatches has not transpired, but they are supposed to relate to the indemnities and secularizations.
Remote from the scene, we, in this country, have perhaps been too apt to consider this subject with indifference. We have been led to think it a matter of little moment in what manner and by which of the great powers the German empire was to be parcelled out and dismembered. Our readers will probably pardon us for calling their attention more particularly to this subject, which is likely to give rise, and that too immediately, to the most important events.
The deliberations of the congress at Rastadt had sufficiently prepared every man to expect, that whenever the war on the continent terminated, it would terminate with an express condition between the belligerent powers; that those princes who had been deprived of their territories on the left bank of the Rhine, should be indemnified upon the right. To such a condition was Prussia not supposed to be averse, because she had herself a claim to indemnity. But the treaty of Luneville produced a considerable alteration in her disposition, and she began to look upon the object of secularization with evident jealousy and distrust. The cause of that alteration was easily seen. The peace of Campo Formio confined the indemnities to German princes: the peace of Luneville
introduced a new and unexpected claimant, a claimant who was to be fully indemnified in Germany for the loss of all his dominions in Italy; dominions of no less extent than the whole duchy of Tuscany. At present we will not speak of the morality of pillaging the German princes, for the purpose of indemnifying an Italian one. So sweeping an agreement, which could not be carried into complete execution without the seizure of a whole circle, very naturally alarmed the whole empire. It alarmed such of the German princes as were to be indemnified, because they saw that the power of indemnifying them would of course be diminished by allotting so large a portion of the German empire to the grand duke of Tuscany. It alarmed Prussia, because it tended to increase the weight and influence of the house of Austria, by establishing a prince of that house in the heart of the empire. It alarmed the elector of Bavaria, because it afforded him reason to believe that he should not be adequately indemnified, and because too it tended to render him less able to resist the designs of Austria. The diet of Ratisbon, however, including of course the Prussian deputy, ratified the peace of Luneville. But it was endeavoured to prevent the emperor from taking into his own hands the arrangement and adjustment of these indemnities. Bavaria and other Powers labored with considerable activity and address to procure a modus vivendi , which should refer the settlement of this important business to the three great Powers, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Upon this subject a colonel's first discovered itself between the French and Prussian Governments. France easily saw that Prussia would narrow the indemnities and secularization as much as possible, and that she would object to the complete indemnification of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, both Austria and France had so much at heart; the one for the purpose of increasing her power in Germany, the other for the purpose of augmenting her influence in Italy.
What the precise sentiments of Russia are upon the subject, is not accurately known—they have perhaps experienced a decisive change since the demise of Paul. At present it is obvious that Alexander acts in connection with Prussia, for he has expressed his wish that the German Princes should be amply indemnified, and has added that he will assist Prussia with all his power in carrying such a design into effect. Prussia and Russia with the German Princes to be fully indemnified first. Such an event, they know would render it impossible to indemnify completely the Grand Duke. Austria and France desire fully to indemnify the Grand Duke first, and to give suitable indemnities to the German Princes afterwards.
Perhaps Prussia, aided by Russia, Bavaria, and other powers, would have succeeded in procuring the nomination of herself and Russia, in conjunction with Austria; but the cabinet of Vienna is supposed to have made a strong representation to the chief confidant upon the subject. The interference of the latter is believed to have produced the effect of inducing the Diet to draw up the conclusum which refers the whole business to Austria. Long, however, before that conclusum was drawn up, the arrangement of the indemnities had been settled between the Austrian and French governments. The nature of them has not transpired, but it is believed that Franconia is to be allotted to the grand duke.
Perhaps it was not to be expected that a subject of such a complicated and delicate nature would be amicably arranged, unless, indeed, all the four great continental powers had acted in concert. If Austria and France, who now are cordially and closely united, persist in indemnifying fully the grand duke first, and do not completely indemnify the German princes, Russia and Prussia will oppose them; and it is not, we believe, considered as very improbable in Germany, it certainly is not at Paris, that the subject of indemnities and secularizations may give rise to a new continental war, in which Austria and France will be on one side, and Russia and Prussia on the other.
COPENHAGEN, April 24.
Workmen are employed to put the batteries on the coast in the best state of defence, and the Prince Royal has written to the magistrates the following letter:
"As it is indispensable that the works which defend the road should be repaired and carried to perfection, it cannot be done without sand carriages, and I cannot doubt that the worthy inhabitants of Copenhagen will lend their assistance, when I assure them that nothing is more necessary for the defence of the city.
"I know that the intrepid citizens of the capitol, who are entirely devoted to

the King, my father, are desirous of seizing every occasion to testify their zeal, to co-operate in all that may be necessary to the good of the state. I invite, in consequence, all the inhabitants of the city who have horses and carts, to make them bring, during the period of six weeks or two months, from 40 to 60 loads of earth per day, to the places where the erection of batteries is necessary. The drivers shall be paid for their trouble. Workmen at trades must transport earth in boats and on rafts, and if they want assistance they must apply to the Office of the marine.
(Signed)
FREDERICK, Prince Royal."
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
An unpublished M. S. of that extraordinary character is at present in the possession of Citizen Denauvois, at Paris. It is entitled, The New Dedalus , and its object is to prove, that men may fly with great ease, and that it would be found both a useful and convenient attainment. In comparison with this, the petty discoveries of modern days are nothing. The following extracts may be deemed amusing: "Let us now speak of our wings; when they are well fixed on, it will be necessary to oil them in some degree, in order to render them impenetrable to wet. They should reach the length of our arms, and we should be clothed as lightly as possible. It will then be necessary only to try a little, in order to accustom ourselves, balancing ourselves with great caution; at first, skimming along the ground like young starlings, till, become more courageous by habit and experience, we launch into the air with the impetuosity of an eagle, and view with contempt our wretched fellow-creatures whom we have left crawling on earth."—Rousseau views the consequences of his discovery like a Frenchman—"I can fancy," says he, "that I see our amiable youth pursuing, by means of this science, their little amours, which they may have all the success of Leander without the danger of meeting his fate; while the Hero of his affections, if she have courage as well as love, may flap her wings and save him half the journey."—In the conclusion of his work, however, the Author very candidly states some of the objections to which it is liable on the grounds of practicability.
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. Dumfries, Prince William county, Virginia, May 19, 1801. 6w
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 stabling sufficient for 60 horses—They hope to merit public patronage. City of Washington, Nov. 24, 1800. tf
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. 3y
The Schooner 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 BROTHMAN and BOYS. Washington July 15, 1802.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1801.
At an election in Massachusetts to supply the vacancy in the federal house of Representatives occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Lincoln, the votes of 23 towns out of 28 stand thus; for Mr. Whiting, the republican candidate, 851; Mr. Upham 523; Mr. Hasting 523, and 15 scatterings.
In the same state at an election to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Thatcher, the votes of 9 towns out of 27 stand thus; for Richard Cutts, the republican candidate, 233; for John Lord 105; for Benjamin Green; and 13.
From these statements the Boston Palladium infers that, in the first district there will be no election; and that in the last the republican candidate will be elected.
At Boston, an entertainment was given by governor Strong in honor of the 4th of July, to a large number of respectable public and private characters.
The Ladies of Lancaster (Pennr) presented to the volunteer Republican Blues an elegant standard, exhibiting the American Eagle grasping a thunderbolt, from which issued streams of lightning darting on the symbols of slavery. The offering was accompanied by a patriotic address.
One of the most common and plausible arguments in favor of the former legislative and executive administration of our government, is founded upon the increase of the population, agriculture, commerce, navigation, &c. of the United States. There is a fallacy in this popular mode of reasoning. The natural growth of such a youthful country as this, is not the produce of government, any more than the progress of a youthful human body, in stature, size and strength is the effect of the youth's particular mode of dress or education. In both cases the operation of natural causes produces the increase. The true question is whether the United States would not have increased more in numbers, strength, resources, political freedom, and general prosperity and happiness, under a more economical and republican administration.
Chillicothe, July 2.
With pleasure we contradict a report some time since circulated here, and which was published in this paper, that the port of Orleans had been blockaded by the British; we a few days past, saw and conversed with several travellers immediately from that place who assured us, that the report was premature, though it had been for some time apprehended. Flour was selling at 7 dollars per barrel and whisky half a dollar per gallon; the latter a dull sale, from the quantity at market.
NOTICE.
THE following Slaves have been committed to the prison of Washington county, as runaways. WILL, who says he is the property of Jesse Robinet, has on light cot on clothes, appears to be about 26 years of age, well made, of light complexion, and is about five feet five or six inches high.
DEBBY WILLIAMS, alias PARKER, who says she belongs to Mrs. Pinckney, Old Town, Baltimore, about 22 years of age, of light complexion, and five feet 3 or 4 inches high; had on when committed an old dark calico gown.
The owners of the above slaves are requested to take them away, or they will be sold according to law, to pay their prison fees.
DANIEL CARROLL BRENT, Marshal of the District of Columbia. July 17. w.t.f.
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.
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 PROUF. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. tf
N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kiln of Bricks, and some Cord wood. W. P.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Post-Office at Washington City, July 1st, 1801.
 A. GENERAL Ira Allen, John Alexander, Robert Allen, Benjamin Alline.  B. Doctor Lewis Beebe, Jud Bishop, Esq. (2) John Bogan, (2) Peirce Butler, Esq. John Brackenridge, Jonathan Bird, Patrick Brannick, (care of Wm. Brant,) Benjamin Bourn, Thomas Burnes, Zachariah Boll, (son of Samuel,) capt. Bird, Blount & Cook, Nancy Ballenger, Samuel Blackdon, Jesse Brown, William Berry, Jacob Benson, (care of S. Boots,) Robert Brown, capt. William R. Boote, (care of Gen. Wilkinson) M. S. Bumbury, Esq. William Brown, Daniel C. Brent, Esq. lieut. col. commandant Henry Burbeck.  C. Lieut. James Campbell, Jno. Callender, Esq. Richard Carroll, William Compton, Charles Crawford, (2) Thomas Cochran, Esq. for John Duky, William Crane, Esq. Henry Clifton, John Connolly, John J. Cornwell, William Cooper, Daniel Caley, (clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States,) William Cleland, (2) Mrs. B. Courme, (2) Doctor Carnwell.  D. William Duncan, Henry Darby, (2) Mr. Douleary, governor Davie, care of the Secretary of State, Mr. Dente, John Darnall, (2) George Dente, Esq. Mrs. Douleary and company, David Dobbins, Allen Davis, Jane Douglass, Joseph H. Davis, Esq. (2) John Doyne, (care of Mr. G. Andrews.)  E. Henry Elliot, (2) Moses Estey, Esq. Dr. Arnold Elzey, (2) Thomas Eaton, Samuel Edmiston, (care of Every Senkell.)  F. James Farrell, Matthew Fleming.  G. Aresbill Grayson, John Gough, Jacob Godby, Alfred Wm. Grayson, William Giffen, William Glenn, Edward Gilpen, John V. Glen, Robert Goldsborough, (2) Thomas Gordon, Nathan Goodhall, lieutenant T. N. Gautier, William Given.  H. Thomas Hicks, col. Samuel Hodgdon, Esq. John Hopkins, Esq. Enoch Humphrey, John Harris, William Howard, Andrew Holle, Job Haige, John Hughes, Esq. (care of Joseph Nourse, Esq.) Daniel Henshaw.  J. Jeremiah Johnson, William Johnson, John Johnson, John Jellard, Levi Job, Samuel Jackson, William Jones.  K. John Kane, Michael Krommenacky, Thomas Kidder.  L. James Law, James Lyon, (2) Matthew Lyon, (care of James,) Theodore Lee, Thomas Law and Samuel Elliot, Esquires, Hon. R. R. Livingston, cadet Simon Levy, Thomas Lawson, Mrs. Langley, (2) Mr. Little, master on board the Congress.  M. Major Thomas Martin, (4) Thomas Mc Gill, Esq. (3) Peter Mercier, Thomas Macan, captain Daniel Mc Neill, Thomas Maché, Joseph Morgan, William Mc Munn, Lawrence Mc Carty, lieut. John Mc Rea, Mr. Maratta, Truman Mosely, Esq. Joseph I. Maxwell, Samuel Mackell, Lawyer Mc Hume, William Mc Coy, 
 Thomas B. Morris, Lewis Morris, John Molowney, Esq. lieut. Edward Meade, Samuel Mickle.  N. General Lewis Nicholas, Wm. Nolms, Thomas Napier.  P. Stephen Proctor, frigate John Adams, Cary Pratt, Thomas Pye, (care of Patrick Farrell,) Doctor James Pendleton, Pierce Purcell, John F. Powele.  R. Joseph Roberts, (2) William Richardson, Esq. lieut. John Ruh, lieut. John Roche, Daniel Richardson.  S. Captain Benjamin Strother, (2) Stephen Sayre, Esq. Mr. Serey, (2) Doctor Samuel Shaw, Gordon Stewart, Macha Schoolfeld, Henry Summers, Jeremiah Sattywhite, Richard Smyth, John Hartman, Thomas Serjeant, lieut. Horatio Stark, Jonathan Shorne, Winthrop Sargent, Esq. S. Swift, Esq. John Shaw, Esq. John G. Scott, Esq. Samuel Smith, jun. Esq. at the Treasury office, David Slate, (2.)  T. Major Presly Thornton, (4) lieut. col. Lewis Toufard, (4) Thomas Truxton, Esq. (2) Henry W. Todd, major George Thompson, Mr. J. Tice, Stephen Thorne, John Barkley Trumble, George Naylor Thomas, Doctor William Turner.  W. Thomas White, lieutenant John Wilson, (2) Samuel Craven Ward, (2) Thomas H. Williams, William Wilton, Levi Warner, Collin Wills, Amos Wheeler, Lund Washington, Edward Wyer, David Whittlesey, Esq. Patrick White, Sylvester Woodward, Mrs. Wilde at Mr. Andrews, Tobias Watkins, Conrad Wortman, at Mr. S. H. Smiths.  Y. George Youngs, Esq. w. & fr. St. w. 
FOR SALE,
A good and convenient Lot and House, BEAUTIFULLY situated on the South-East corner of Square No 973, in the vicinity of the Navy-Yard, commanding an extensive view of some miles down the Potomack. The house is two story high, fronting 42 feet on 11th street east, and 42 feet on South G street, adjoining the south front is a commodious kitchen, with oven and other conveniences. A large frame stable, carriage-house, with a hay loft 50 feet by 25, and a pump of fine water near the back of the kitchen. The lot will extend ninety one feet on 11th Street East, and 139 on South G street. The purchaser may have a preference of the south half of the Square. Also, a number of LOTS, eligibly situated in various parts of the City. The titles to the whole are indisputably free of every encumbrance, the terms moderate and convenient, which may be known by application to the subscriber, occupying the premises first mentioned, possession of which may be given within 30 days after purchase.
THOMAS TINGEY,
Who will also sell one whole and four half pipes, London particular Madeira wine, of excellent quality. Washington, 10, April 1801. eF.f
TO BE RENTED,
THE store lately in the tenure of Doctor Galslassy 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. ept
At the Sale of Non Residents LAND FOR TAXES,
Agreeably to an Act of the Kentucky Assembly, we purchased, at Frankfort in November last, for a Company, the following described Tracts.
   In whose name listed. quantity Acres, For whom entered, &c. County and water Course. Quantity purchased     Philips and Young, 100000 Philips & Young, Scott & Franklin Eagle crk. the whole   James Steele, 30000 Wm. Pollard, Hardin, Green river, do.   Samuel Sackett 3000 A. Barbou, Bourbon Licking, do.   Richard Johnson, 2000 R. Johnson, Jefferson, Floyd's Fork, do.   Samuel Pearl, 500 S. Pearl, Mason, Farrows creek, do.   Andrew Byrn, 500 Mason, do.   Alexander Stewart, 500 Campbell, do.   Dubartis Shepherd, 3900 D. Shepherd, Clarke, Kentucky river, 2900 acr.   John Archer, 2000 J. Archer, Harrison, Williams river, the whole   John Donnell, 1400 Donnell & Barr, Licking, do.   same, 2000 Dozier & Barr, Clarke, 1099 acr.   same, 2644 3-4 J Donnell, Mason, 2600 acr.   same, 1231 Dozier and Barr, Mason, 650 acr.   Lawrence Slaughter, 3750 L Slaughter, Mason, 3500 acr.   Adam Banks. 100 A. Banks, Mason, 40 acr.   Richard Johnson, 200 R. Johnson, Mason, 150 acr.   Elizabeth James, 1000 W. Robison & Co. Mason, 150 acr.   R. Ridgely, & S. Nathans, 3000 Ridgely & Ship, Franklin, 2900 acr.   J. P. Harrison. 663 J. P. Harrison. Shelby, 39 acr.  
As we are desirous that the original owners of these lands should know who has become the purchasers, and are willing to give them up to the proper claimants on receiving an adequate compensation; we have thought proper to give notice, that applications from any person interested, made before the 1st of September next, will be attended to; after that time we will not consider ourselves bound to give the former a proprietor preference, but will proceed to do the best we can with our purchases. Letters addressed to either of the subscribers in Lexington, postage paid, will be answered.
C. BANK, } Agents for THOMAS BODLEY, } the Company.

Translated from the Paris Mercury for the National Intelligencer.
A work of the greatest importance engages at present the interest of the public and the discussions of the council of state. It is, A plan of Public Education, presented by C. Chaptal. Every one will be pleased at recognising in this beneficial object, the alliance of those superior minds, which, during the last ten years, have been engaged in the formation of a plan of national education. Chaptal points them out, successively to the praises of their compatriots, and to that of posterity; for they have prepared this complete system of education which he now presents to us, and which should preserve, this deposit of human knowledge, for the honor of the rising generation, and consolation of that which is expiring. At the head of these benefactors of their country, is the minister of exterior relations, whose plan of national education was left by the constituent assembly to the meditations of its successors. "It is," says Chaptal, "the finest monument which genius has raised to public instruction. But this plan, formed under a monarchy at the time when the clergy were organized by the constitution, cannot be adapted in all its extent, to our actual situation. The great changes which have taken place in our political organization, render still greater changes necessary in our system of public instruction. And these are the creations (announced by the modesty of Chaptal as simple changes) which compose the greatest part of that edifice which is about to rise." We will not follow the author in the developments of this new plan, which through the whole bears the impression of a profound judgment and a reforming spirit—it will be time enough to do this, when ready to receive the seal of legislative authority, it shall be submitted to public discussion.
According to the plan of Chaptal, there will be three degrees of public instruction; the first will be formed by Municipal Schools , the teachers of which shall be chosen by the municipal council, together with an equal number of fathers of families; a disposition at the same time moral and political, since the functions of these teachers will emanate from paternal authority, and which a wise government should consecrate, by associating it with the first act of public power, over those whom society will receive into its bosom.
The instruction in these schools will be limited to the knowledge which has become absolutely necessary to a French citizen; it will be confined to a knowledge of reading and writing, to the elements of arithmetic, and to some precise ideas of the constitution. Children will enter at 7, and leave it at 11 years of age.
The second degree of public instruction is that of Communal Schools . The places for their establishment will be determined by the councils of the departments. It is proposed that each department shall not have less than one communal school, and that those which exist under the title of central schools, shall retain the places assigned them. These schools will offer a course of studies for four years; the first will be employed in the study of the French language and the elements of the Latin; the second in the study of the same languages and the elements of natural history and geography; in the third these labours will be augmented by the principles of mathematics and physics; the fourth will be wholly devoted to ancient and modern literature, and to a continuation of the first studies—every day during the whole of this course, some attention will be paid to drawing. Thus the communal schools will teach all that is necessary for entering, with some probability of success, on the study of the sciences, which will form the pupil for a liberal profession, or for a distinguished rank in society. The government will educate in each school in the circle of the prefecture, eight pupils at its own expence. The minister of the interior will nominate the professors of belles lettres, of natural history, and of drawing; the others will be chosen by a departmental jury.
The Special Schools form the third degree of public instruction; they will be consecrated to medicine, to legislation, to the mechanic and chemic arts, to natural history, to agriculture and rural economy, to drawing, and music.
The special schools for medicine will remain established at Paris, Montpellier, and Strasbourg—those of legislation, in the cities where the tribunals of appeal are now established—those of agriculture and rural economy, will be placed in the environs of Paris, under the inspection of government, who alone can furnish all the ne-
cessary encouragements and means of execution. Those of the art veterinaire, at Lyons and Versailles—those of the chemic and mechanic arts, at Paris, Brussels, Lyons and Toulouse.
The special schools for drawing, natural history, music and belles lettres, should remain at Paris. This school exists already in the college of France, the most antient monument we at present possess of public instruction. The plan of C. Chaptal confers on it a new degree of utility, by assigning to it the honorable function of forming professors of belles lettres, of physics and chemistry, for the communal schools.
To crown the whole, above this plan of national education, rises the national institute of arts and sciences. C. Chaptal proposes to improve this excellent establishment, some parts of which are superior to any thing of the kind that learned Europe can offer. In order to give to the whole more dignity and splendor, the new plan permits the institute henceforth to make such rules as appear proper, as well for elections to vacant places, as for its own internal regulations. It assigns to each class a perpetual secretary, taken from its own body, who is to enjoy a salary of 6000 francs. It augments the third class, by a section, called the section of eloquence, and it assigns separately to each class a public sitting every year.
Such are the outlines of the plan presented by C. Chaptal, the guaranty to the French nation, of inappreciable benefit. Regular, progressive, and worthy of a people, who, beside the splendor of its military triumphs, may still find in the sciences and fine arts, less contested titles to preeminence and glory. We cannot but flatter ourselves that government will adopt the system developed in this plan, and that the legislative body will make it the most durable and salutary monument of the session which is about to open. However this may be, it will prove in its author the combination of qualities the most essential in a statesman—a correct philosophy, an enlightened patriotism, a reforming spirit, and that cautious policy which draws from theories only that which is demonstrated to be useful and possible, by analysis, observation and experience.
The following toasts have been selected for the National Intelligencer from a great number of those given on the 4th of July.
The people—The only legitimate source of all power and authority:—May they know, feel, and assert their rights, and make usurpers fear, respect, and obey.
The United States—May they ever be an asylum for virtue, talents and merit, the seat of the arts and sciences; and the land of patriotism, independence and happiness.
The Constitution and Laws of the United States—May they be administered with fidelity, justice and impartiality; be adhered to, defended, and obeyed with promptitude; and be altered or amended when the public good requires it.
Rational Liberty and good Government—May the partizans of opposite opinions, learn that their object is the same.
The Nations of Europe—May we be just to all, and partial to none.
Religious and political tolerance—Universal charity for difference of opinion.
Our Fathers who fought at Bunker's Hill and Saratoga. May a double portion of their spirit rest on their children.
May principles and not men be the test of American faith.
The hard earnings of the poor—may they never be applied to the support of an idle pageantry, or voluptuous court.
Public Economy—May we save our resources that our resources may save us.
The people—may no power exist but what is derived from them, and exercised for their benefit.
Honest men of all descriptions; Equally entitled to esteem and respect whatever may be the political opinions which distinguish them from one another.
May Americans recollect that Government can only retrench vice, but cannot enforce virtue.
The federal and state governments, like the Solar System, may they move harmoniously in their proper spheres.
The freedom of Speech and of the Press—May we be candid enough to acknowledge truth, and bold enough to tell it.
A revision of the Law of Naturalization, that the virtuous emigrant may not be a slave in a free country.
Union—May all men, laying aside party spirit, arrange themselves under the
constitution and laws, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
The American Youth—May education inculcate, and habit confirm, the love of liberty, and the practice of virtue and industry.
The President's inaugural speech—the manual of republicans—the epitome of found principles.
The Day—As it has made us free, may it render us united and happy.
The Constitution—the bulwark of national safety, of state sovereignty, and personal security.
Our Foreign Ministers—May we be protected by their vigilance, without being embroiled by their intrigues.
The American Fair—May their smiles always be among the rewards of merit, and their frowns among the punishments of vice.
The memories of Washington and Franklin—May the records of their deeds excite the emulation, as they have the admiration, of mankind.
The Friends of Liberty throughout the world—Justice to the oppressor, and to the oppressed.
The Militia of the United States—the nation's best defence—ever ready "at the call of the law, to fly to the standard of the law, and meet invasion of the public order as their own personal concern."
The Liberty of Speech and of the Press—May they be forever cherished as the most invaluable blessings of freemen, and as the only means by which we can preserve, perpetuate and improve what we enjoy.
The United States of America—May the time never come when it shall be said they once were free.
Our Political Enemies—May we forgive, but never forget them; may they be well treated, but never trusted.
Republicanism—Its basis the earth—its summit the skies—its votaries all the inhabitants of the globe—May it increase, flourish and extend, till all nations be free, and, united as a band of brothers, shall "learn war no more."
The Sovereignty of the People, before whom Constitutions bow, and Kings shall tremble.
The Freedom of the Press—May those who maintain it, feel the support of the people.
Principles and not men—When men desert principles, may the people desert them.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, JULY 6, 1801.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Navy until the 31st inst. inclusively, for the supply of all Rations which may be required for the Marine Corps, from the 1st day of October next, to the 30th day of September 1802, at the City of Washington, at Baltimore, at Norfolk, or any other place or places, where marines may be recruited, marched or stationed, within the states of Maryland or Virginia:—The Ration to consist of eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or where neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice or one and an half pound of sifted or bolted Indian meal, one and a quarter pound of fresh beef, one pound 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; one half gill of rum, whiskey or other ardent spirits; soap at the rate of four pounds candles at the rate of one and an half pound, 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 substitutes and alternatives must be specified.
H. DEARBORN, Acting Secretary of Navy. expt A
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 wishing to apply for bills of scantling of any size or dimensions, may obtain it at the shortest notice by applying as above. tf
VARDEN & CARPENTER, TAYLORS,
Gratefully acknowledge the favors of the public, whilst carrying on business opposite Mr. Stille's Tavern, and inform, that they have removed to the next house east of Mr. Tunnicliff's Hotel, where gentlemen and ladies will be served in a style 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. wtf
NAVY DEPARTMENT, JUNE 7th, 1801.
Regulations for ascertaining and fixing the Pensions, 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 said payment is to be made and that his disability is as follows:
Signed BENJ. STODDERT.
The foregoing regulations are still in force. By order, AR. THOMAS, P. Clk.
Navy Department, June 17, 1801. 312424
THE SUBSCRIBERS
HAVE just received from Baltimore and Philadelphia, a handsome assortment of Spring and Fall goods, which they are now opening adjoining Dr. Thornton's upon F street, & which they offer for sale upon the most reasonable terms either for cash or country produce, viz.
 Printed and plain mar. Tambouring silk,  feilles, Ladies gloves, long and short,  Dimities of various kinds, Stuff and Morocco shoes,  Counterpanes, Balasore handkerchiefs,  Striped mouselon, A handsome assortment of muslins, India chints,  Bandanna and plaited handkerchiefs, White sheeting,  Brown camlet, Brown Holland,  Rattinets, tanmys and durants, Irish linens,  Moreans and Jones, Humhams and gingham,  Cloths and calimerees, Plaitillas, creas &c.  Swansdown, Janes, &c. &c.  Lace and edging, Mullinets, fans, &c.  Men's Ladies' and boy's thread and cotton hose, Shirt buttons, button moles,  Buttons assorted, Elastic suspenders,  afutas, Persians, Sen shaws and fattins, Stationery of various kinds,  Black mode, Ribbons well assorted, Hyson tea,  Shoe binding first quality, thread of every kind, Muscovado and loaf sugar,  Curtain cord, Coffee, old spirits, gin & pepper,  Dutch lace, Silk and twift, Osnabrigs, dowlas, Carpetting, &c.  French chintz, 
The best James River chewing tobacco, with a variety of other useful articles too tedious to mention.
ROBERT CAMP, & Co.
Who offer their services to the public in the Auction and Commission business. City of Washington, July 10, 1801. 1243w
For Sale and to Rent,
TWO elegant two story Brick DWELLING HOUSES, situate on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, a little to the west of the President's Square. Each house contains two parlours and passage on first floor; on second, two rooms with fire-places, and well finished garrets, cellars and kitchens. In the front of the buildings extending to the avenue, is a neat yard planted with trees, palisaded, &c. The situation, in point of health and contiguity to the public buildings, is equal to any in the city, and is well adapted for private families, or to accommodate genteel Boarders. The title is indisputable. The terms will be moderate for part cash or slaves. For particulars inquire of OWEN ROBERTS, on the premises, or of
THOMAS HERTY, Conveyancer City of Washington, May 25, 1801. xy