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NATIONAL IN WASHINGTON AD.
VOL. II
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PR.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1801.
FOR JULIUS S. PERRANN.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
A work has lately appeared entitled, A Sketch of the Life and Literary Works of Augustus Von Kotzebue , written by himself.
Kotzebue, who is still alive, and is in the zenith of his reputation, is a remnant in the rank of dramatic writers. The facility with which he writes, the energy with which he depicts character, and the general correctness of his sentiments, have made him the successful favorite of Germany, England, and America. His performances are very unequal, but all of them burn with the fire of genius.
The life of this man, penned by himself, exhibits the strongest evidence of candor and veracity.
As a true delineation, therefore, of the heart, it will be prized by all those who prefer simplicity to refinement. The whole succession of events which he describes, exhibits the liveliest picture of enthusiasm we have ever contemplated; and we are persuaded no one can view it without admiration and delight. The following extract will amuse the reader; but it is only the penultimate of the whole performance unadulterated, that can give him an adequate idea of the author.
Of his youthful feelings he speaks thus:
"Come forth then, ye enchanting images of youth, though the pictures ye exhibit scarcely seem to bear any resemblance to my present self! Come forth! Delude my fancy, ye beloved shadows! ascend, ye sweet hours of infancy, as a thin vapour from the ocean of the past, and float once more before my eyes! I stand upon the brink of the stream of time, and eagerly watch the current as it bears my flower along upon its surface. Even now I behold it glittering upon the back of a wave, for the last time ere it be plunged into the depth below, and lost forever to my sight."
"Let me catch this last glitter! See there that boy who hangs with fixed eyes upon his mother's lips, while on a winter's evening he reads in some good book to him and his sister! See him again making a table of his stool, and a seat of the footstool, as he eagerly falls upon a beloved romance, with his bill and hobby-horse he neglected in a corner! Ah, that boy is a child no longer!"
Of his first poetical attempt he observes:
"Well do I remember my first attempt at writing poetry. I was scarcely six years old, and used to keep my manuscript behind the looking-glass, with the red. The poem was to be a description of rural scenery, and the images for it were ransacked from all the poets with which I was then acquainted. I well remember the two following lines, since they particularly delighted me because they skipped to prettyly:—"
Es singet die steigende Lerche, Es hupfen die Schätzgen am Berge.
The lark, ascending, sings, The sheep skip upon the mountains.
"I was not at all aware, however, that they were dactyls; and indeed they were the only lines of that measure in the whole poem. For many days together did I buzz my brains to make all the other stanzas with equal agility, but in vain. The remainder of the poem was composed of heavy spondees, which I could not alter; neither could I comprehend how it was possible to make verses either creep on a foot's pace, or gallop at pleasure."
"Soon after I ventured on a first essay at dramatic writing. The fable of the Milk-maid and the two Huntsmen had accidentally fallen into my hands: the favorite little opera on that story was not then in existence, or at least was unknown to me. On this subject I wrote a comedy, which filled a whole octavo page. I was indeed sensible, that to bear any resemblance to a real comedy, it ought to have been immeasurably longer; but where was I to learn the art of spinning my thread to a proper length?"
He is next in love at seven years old.
"My passion for poetry soon produced its usual effect of rendering my infant heart extremely susceptible of tender impressions. My affections were now ardently fixed upon a very amiable young woman, even then grown up, and who afterwards became my aunt. On my seventh birthday, the 30th of May, 1768, I wrote a very passionate letter addressed to this lady, upon the blank leaf of a drawing-book. I made her many tender reproaches for her cruelty in preferring the uncle to the ne-
phew, vowed an unalterable fidelity to her, and concluded with requesting permission, as the greatest of all favours, to kiss her little delicate white hand."
"This circumstance I own to be in itself extremely insignificant. I only mention it on account of the consequences. My mother discovering the letter, and finding the expressions and turn of sentiment far above my years, was extremely delighted, nor could her maternal vanity forbear reading it in my presence to some visitors who were at the house. They very naturally, though to my utter confusion, laughed at it most heartily, and this gave the first really, and deeply, tormenting sensation that I ever remember to have experienced. Nor were these feelings transitory. A lasting impression was made upon my soul; and every time the letter was read again—for my mother's vanity stopped not at a single reading, this torment was renewed with ever-increasing bitterness. I used to retire to an out-house, where we kept wood, and there shed the most poignant tears of shame and disappointed ambition, till at length I secretly got the detested drawing-book out of a little greasy corner cupboard in which it was kept, and threw it into the fire. From this period I lost for a long time all confidence in my mother, with regard to concerns of the heart; and I mention the circumstance as a warning to parents and others engaged in education, to be extremely cautious how they conduct themselves in this respect towards children of acute feelings. Nothing can be more hazardous than to expose them, even though only in sport, to the mortification of being put to the blush."
(To be Continued)
COURT MARTIAL.
IN THE CASE OF CAPTAIN LITTLE.
[CONCLUDED]
The Executive Government is at length deceived and induced to consider it a national concern. A Court Martial, consisting of respectable officers, is convened at great trouble and expence, and upon trial it appears, that the defendant has conducted towards his prisoners the most perfect humanity and kindness, and with not less integrity towards the Government and his own crew; that no cruelty or unnecessary severity has been exercised, much less sanctioned; that the Capt. of the prize, the most proper organ and judge of the pretensions of his own crew, has lavished encomiums upon his polite and humane deportment, and what is most remarkable, that after a capture of a large and valuable ship of war, and among two crews, consisting of several hundred men, upon the most severe and extraordinary scrutiny ever instituted, all that is pretended to be missing are a few paltry watches and trinkets, which were probably plundered from our own citizens or others, and not one of which ever came into capt. Little's hands, or was submitted to his inspection. On the contrary, he relinquished to the French captain a sum more than equivalent to them all.
If upon charges originating in such sources, and supported by such evidence, a naval commander is thus exposed to vexation, expence and dishonour, great patriotism and fortitude will be requisite to induce men of honor and independent principles to encounter these dangers, more formidable than they can meet in battle, and which do not exist in the service of other nations; they are not sure of victory, when their enemy is vanquished, but are liable to be held captive by their own prisoners in their own country.
It is, Mr. President and gentlemen, with you under these circumstances, to secure to capt. Little the only consolation which he is capable of receiving. By the forms of proceeding in courts of common law, the honest innocent man, even after an acquittal, is sometimes confounded with an equally fortunate, though less deserving character. The conciliatory and icy verdict of not guilty is common to both, and is all that either can obtain. A court of honor is competent to do more than this; to approve as well as to acquit: and I persuade myself that this court will delight in this occasion of doing justice to a brave and meritorious brother officer. Acquainted with the embarrassments and vexations incident to naval command; with the passions of the human heart, which appear in all their unpleasant varieties in the crew of a large ship, you can decide whether capt. Little has betrayed a want of humanity and discretion. Realizing the multiplicity of avocations, the incessant care and exertion, unavoidable by a commander in a long cruise, after a bloody conflict with a dismantled prize in tow, you can judge, whether he has been culpably deficient in vigilance, or ought to be responsible for the conduct of others: feeling
as men of honor and spirit, you can appreciate his sensations at these dishonest attempts to cover him with ignominy, and sacrifice him to the rancor of men, who, with the same pleasure would see your epaulets torn from your shoulders, and this ship brought a wreck under the stern of that which flaunts her colors in our view.
In making this defence I have carefully avoided every expression of censure and reproach against the administration, by whose order the court is instituted. No wonder with the unwearied pains which have been taken, that the executive officers should be deceived, and I willingly impute their orders on this occasion to a sincere desire to rescue the honor of our navy from reproach. Their promptitude however, in pursuing this investigation affords a laudable example for the French republic, in the coffers of some of whose naval commanders, upon examination, would be found, not merely a few contemptible baubles, but an accumulation of all the American spoil, which avarice, directed by fury, has been able to extort from the opulent merchant, the sailor, the fisherman; from the proud ships, which depend with the wealth of India, and the shallow craft that scudded from their pursuers with the gleanings of poor industry. Should this example route the rulers of that country to imitation and to justice, then indeed will an important benefit be derived to our nation.
*The Berceau.
SENTENCE
Of the Court Martial pronounced in the trial of captain George Little.
The court having heard all the evidence and the prisoner's defence, and maturely and seriously considered the whole, are unanimously of opinion, that the charges are malicious and ill-founded.
The court do therefore unanimously and honorably acquit the said captain George Little of the several articles contained in the charge against him; and he is hereby fully and honorably acquitted accordingly. September 7. 1801.
(Signed) S. Nicholson, President, Silas Talbot, Stephen Decatur, Alexander Murray, Edward Preble, John Mullenowny, Thomas Robinson, Hugh G. Campbell, Cyrus Talbot.
George Blake, acting as Judge Advocate on the occasion.
THE LETTER.
Navy Department, Sept. 25, 1801.
The act of Congress for the better government of the navy of the United States, declares that no person of the navy shall pillage prisoners on board a prize, on pain of such punishment as a court martial shall adjudge. In the foregoing case, among several unimportant informal allegations, there is a charge of pillage exhibited against capt. Little, and it was for the trial of this charge, principally that the court martial was constituted. Not only the honor of the nation, but the honor of this officer, was deeply implicated, and therefore called for such a solemn investigation. In this trial it was the government that was the party prosecuting. The prisoners were only as the informing witnesses in a criminal prosecution. These prisoners, in legal contemplation, are not, neither were they, in the contemplation of government, considered as parties. They could not have been, in any degree, benefited by a sentence against captain Little; because, a court martial is not competent to decree a restoration of any property alleged to have been pillaged: it is only competent in such a trial, to pass a sentence of acquittal or punishment.
The evidence adduced in this trial clearly proves, that the prisoners on board the prizes have been pillaged. It is apparent, that watches, rings, and buckles, constituting a part of the dress of the prisoners, have been pillaged from them by some persons belonging to the Bolton frigate; that these articles, at the time of taking them, were not deemed, even by the persons who took them lawful prize; that they were not reported to the officers of the admiralty court as prize, to be adjudicated and condemned; that they have not at any time since been produced; and that no kind of satisfactory information has yet been given respecting them. But from the face of the proceedings of the court martial, it does appear, that the orders issued by captain Little were perfectly correct and legal; that he was not in any degree, a party in this mean and disgraceful pillage, and that the charge against him has no evidence, either positive or presumptive, to support it. I therefore,
do approve of the sentence pronounced by the court martial.
R. SMITH,
Secretary of the Navy.
The foregoing are true copies from originals on file in the navy department. CH. W. GOLDSBOROUGH.
[The following compilation of the sentiments of the leading supporters of the late administration on Appointments and Removals have been made for the Boston Chronicle . Though we do not coincide with the writer in ascribing to impure motives the enactment of the law investing the President with the power of removing all officers, excepting judges, yet the speeches quoted, unequivocally shew that the friends of the late Administration have no just reason to complain of their partial exclusion from office, as from their own declarations, avowed and gloried in, they were the first to set the example of a total exclusion from office of all men who differed from them in political principles.]
"It has been said (says Mr. N. Smith, of N. H.) the Executive had determined in future not to appoint any gentleman to office whose political opinions did not coincide with his own. That the executive had formed the resolution attributed to him he was ready to admit, because he thought it was high time such a determination was made. He admitted that the executive had lately and probably would for the future, appoint to office only such as were of similar political sentiments with himself. Vide: Debate on Foreign Ins. Bill, Jan. 18th, 1798. "
"He (Mr. Sitgreaves) had no objection to declare it to be his opinion that wherever the administrators of government had deviated from a rule of this kind, (viz. to exclude from public offices all those who were of a different opinion from the executive) they had done so to their sorrow and to their loss, and the experience of government in this respect had produced a sad and awful lesson, which doubtless would have its effect in future. The Constitution and Laws of the Country have made certain offices necessary, and left it to the executive to fill them as it pleases;—would gentlemen say, that the executive ought to appoint persons to offices who possessed an opinion contrary to its own? If the executive acted upon just principles, it would endeavor to give singleness of design to its operations, and it could only do this by admitting persons into the government who thought with it. This would be a right, prudent and honorable conduct, and where it has been deviated from, government has received an awful lesson for its future conduct."
Vide: (as before.)
"He (Mr. Allen) believed there were persons within that House who thought the government ought to be overlet, and that it could not and ought not to be supported, and who believed that the most effectual way of destroying it, was to destroy the confidence of the people in the individuals, who administered it."
"Mr. Griswold said gentlemen charge the executive with being possessed of an influence which they fear will prove the destruction of the government. He considered such opinions only as mere chimeras of the brain, supported upon no rational ground. He said gentlemen went still further and said that this power had already been actually abused, as the executive, in his appointments to office, had respect to the political opinions of those whom he chose. He confessed that he had thought, from some appointments which had been made, that the President had not adopted the determination which some gentlemen were of opinion he had, though he acknowledged it was a determination which every real friend of the government must wish to see adopted. Could it be believed that the President would not have some respect to the opinions of the men he employed?—What! employ men whose very opinions and principles lead to discord. If the determination of attending to the opinions of men appointed to office had not been adopted, it ought to be adopted:"
"They appeared to him (Mr. Griswold) upon this point as saying, 'We know our principles are such that we have no chance of appointments; we will not therefore suffer the President to appoint any body else. The gentleman from Georgia has expressed great surprise at hearing this defended as a principle of the executive. But he asked whether the principle was not supported by the best authority in the country? Is it not the principle upon which the people, the sovereign people themselves act? Do they ever chuse representatives of poli-
who lay to reprobate, verbally adopt, him either contemptions, or respectful selves. The President justified in following an example, people, whose will has created ought therefore to direct him. If ever deviated from this principle the consequences have convinced him of his And he hoped that profiting by his experience, a similar conduct would be in future."
"In the first place (Mr. Sewall) would refer to what the gentleman from Virginia had said. He called upon the people the U. S. to confederate with him against the executive; he had endeavored to raise an interested passion, not in the people at large; but is those who may have been disappointed in their application for offices to the President, and to all those who have partialities elsewhere, to consider the executive in a degraded point of light, for having joined a certain party, and for having determined to chuse no person to office but persons of a certain opinion, thereby degrading the executive of the U. S. by representing him as the head of a party. Nor was the gentleman contented by drawing around him all the discontented or community, but he also made an attempt upon that part of the people who were generally in favor of the measure of the executive. In this manner was the executive to see, not only the discontent part of the people, but his friends array against him. He trusted he should not be considered as wanting in respect to the people if he considered them as an improper tribunal to be appealed to on this occasion: if abuse existed he had pointed out the constitutional way of rectifying it. He was further of opinion that any attempt to misinform the people on this subject was a sort of treason against the peaceful enjoyment by the people of their liberty. It was therefore necessary that the people should be well assured of the truth of such a charge; for if it had the effect he had mentioned, and was not founded in fact, he should consider the man who made it as a traitor to the people."
FOR SALE.
A TRACT of land containing 2,000 acres lying immediately on the river Potomac, in the county of Northumberland, Virginia, is the residence of PRESLEY THORN, ESQ. Seventeen hundred acres of which are of the most valuable kind of low grounds on the river; between three and four hundred acres heavily timbered, the remainder is wavy high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious two story brick mansion house and two offices, a large brick stable, a valuable horse cow house, and many other out-houses, all in good repair. The orchards and garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Alexandria, Baltimore or Norfolk—there are two good mill seats for grist, or saw-mills on this estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, exclusive of the heavy timber, which if sawed up into framing will command a price in the City of Washington, nearly equal to the value of the land. The terms will be made easy to the purchaser or purchasers, and the tract will be divided into two or more plantations if necessary.—Apply to
RICHARD PETERS, junr. No. 85, Walnut Street Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 11.
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PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, will be sold to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 26th of November, at the late dwelling of James Robinson, deceased, about one mile from the Eastern Branch Ferry.
THE personal property of the said James Robinson, deceased—Consisting of Household Furniture, kitchen and farming utensils, wearing apparel and other articles.
Terms of sale, where the property bought by any one purchaser does not amount to ten dollars—ready money. For all purchases that sum, a credit of six months; the purchaser giving Bond, with good security for the payment of the money with interest, in six months from the day of sale. Hour of sale A. M.
LEWIN TALEUR
Washington County, Nov. 11, 1801.

...e against our enemies, to per- characterize them, that they tend in no small degree, the prevalence harmony, which might otherwise be ... Our time does not admit of de- tained arguments on this subject: nor are such details at this time necessary, as they have already occupied several of our co- lumns. It may be sufficient to say, that no good whatever can flow from them, while extensive evil may— not only may, but ac- tually does. Convinced of this truth, the State of Virginia, the largest State in the Union, the one which more than any other large State, rejoices in the late republican triumphs, and the native State of the pre- sent President, has not presented to him a solitary address. The example is a bright one. We offer it to the imitation of the Union.
...The National INTELLIGENCER shall be printed three times a week on super Royal Paper. 2d. The annual subscription shall be five Dollars, paid constantly in advance by all subscribers not residing in the City of Washington, and six Dollars paid by those who reside in the City who do not pay in advance; in which case the payment shall be half yearly. It be- ing understood that subscribers, residing at a distance from the City of Washington, are in- variably to pay for a year in advance, and in every such case the transmission of the paper will cease as soon as the period shall expire for which payment shall have been made. No paper will be forwarded in any instance until the money is actually paid. 3d. All letters to be post paid.
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...In your opinion, that the public approba- tion is the best reward which the Magis- trates of the people's choice can possibly receive. The interest of our fellow citizens shall be the great object of all our deliberations, and we hope that the result thereof will be full evidence of the purity and patrio- tism of our motives. To render the ad- ministration of a free government prospe- rous and happy, it is an essential requisite, that the direction of public opinion be such, as to create a general affection and high respect for the administration there- of. To maintain republican principles perfectly uncontaminated, jealousy is ne- cessary; but, it ought to be generous. It should, when put in motion, be directed against measures and not men. Viewing, with reverence, the high trust reposed in us, and conferred on us, by our respective con- stituents—in enacting laws, our sacred re- ligion, and a due attention to the rules of morality, shall claim the first—a just re- gard to economy, the second place, in all our deliberations. We shall be careful in "not taking from the mouth of labor, the bread it has earned." We shall be the watchful protectors of all religious institutions, making no discrimination in the mode of shelter which each shall ap- pear to demand. Fully sensible of the happy effects arising from diffusion of knowledge thro' the great mass of our fellow citizens, the various seminaries of education shall, in their different grades, receive from us that attentive regard which they so justly merit. In our ap- pointment of officers, integrity and abili- ties shall be the two great criterions, on which our votes shall be founded. We shall pay particular respect to the nomina- tions of the county conventions, where specific reasons are not made use of a- gainst them. A deviation therefrom, made with uncommon heat, at no very distant period, must serve us as a beacon, to avoid the rocks on which we shall certainly run, was party spirit, instead of principles, to direct our conduct, on a point so impor- tant to the peace and welfare of our con- stituents, and the support and dignity of our government. In the general manage- ment of all the business which comes be- fore us, be assured, Sir, that a spirit of candor, temperance and prudence, shall direct both our language and decisions. We shall be very unit depositaries of the people's rights, if we remained blind to the evils which have occasionally arisen, from intemperate passions, influenced by party spirit, and exercised for party pur- poses and pursuits. As you are pleased to think, that this State has been hitherto superior to such influences—rest assured, Sir, that our conduct shall not afford room for raising in your mind, even a breath of suspicion, that we have pursued mea- sures from motives which would be so de- rogatory to our honor, and disgraceful to our situation.
...We most sincerely congratulate you, on the prosperous state of our finances. No tax shall be raised which a just regard for the public welfare does not demand; and to all taxes, raised for that purpose, the general virtue and patriotism of our con- stituents, forbid us ever to imagine, they will not cheerfully submit. Be pleased, Sir, to accept of our warm- est thanks, for the energetic manner in which you demonstrate the necessity of at- tending to the state of our militia—a sub- ject, so extremely important, shall meet with that particular attention from us, which you, in the spirit of true patriotism so zealously recommended. We are convin- ced, Sir, "that a well disciplined militia is our best reliance in peace." That no part of our valuable bill of rights is to be held more sacred, by ourselves and fellow ci- tizens, than the following—"as standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up." And we most sincerely and fervently re- turn our unfeigned thanks to the Ruler of the Universe, that we have this occa- sion to enlarge on this weighty subject, at present, than we have had for some time past. Your communications, from the State of Maryland, with such others as you may from time to time think proper to lay before us, shall be fully attended to. Warmly attached to the constitution of the federal government, which we view as "the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad," permit us, Sir, in the sincerity of our hearts, to congratulate you with an almost unbounded fervor, on the spirit of true republicanism having so far regained its well merited ascend- ency.—Permit us farther to congratulate your Excellency, on the election of a President of the United States, who is a not destitute of the sentiments of "an in- dependent American;" and whom you do not suspect will be influenced, in his ad- ministration, by a predilection for foreign principles, or for the government of any foreign nation. For, sure we are, did not your opinion coincide with ours, on this happy occasion, the same paternal care which so much alarmed your fears, when the evil was only in prospect, must have induced you to have warned us of our dan- ger with redoubled animation, when that evil had actually taken place. In the rapid increase of the citizens of this State, announced by the late census, we find a commanding voice for passing such laws, as will give stable security to their religion—their rights—and their property. This added to the salubrious
...The distinctive feature of American govern- ments is the representative principle. It is by the operation of this principle, that the nation at any time expresses its opinion of public men and public measures, and will their continuance or suspension. It is by the operation of this principle that they have expressed such opinion and by its expression have silently and tranquilly produced a reform, which in other states would have been denominated a revolution, whose at- chievement could only have been imperfectly ef- fected by the sword. Cherish, then, fellow-cit- izens, a sacred regard for this holy principle.— Let every heart habitually feel its value. Let every mind frequently reflect on the inefficacy of that it produces. And when the wreck of other governments, falsely styled republican, are before our eyes, evidences of the perishable nature of political systems, and it is inferred that ours must go to decay, recollect that our system is the only one that has, or existed, whose basis is a true representation of the people. To uphold this great principle, to recommend it ever tended to render its application more general, and to make it more the object of po- pular attention, has been the leading motive, which has decided the character of the National Intelligencer. Those men have been supported with reason, with truth, and with moderation, who have often, and it is believed sincerely, pro- fessed their attachment to this principle, and whose whole political career has demonstrated a horror of arbitrary power, and a regard to the public welfare. And while such men and mea- sures have received support, their opponents have been treated with invariable respect and candor. For, it is the belief of the Editor that neither exclusive virtue or talent are to be found on one side, and it is his hope, fortified by nu- merous recent illustrations, that the great mass of each party only require a temperate and ra- tional disclosure of its error to abandon them— knowing the accumulating triumphs of republica- nism, he hails with joy the dawn of national unity, and does not despair of reaching the time, when the nation will be united in po- pular opinion. We cannot, it is true, expect to omit from the occasional intrigues of ambi- tion; but the great body of the people may enlightened as to pursue their true interests, by the turbulence of ambition.
...Under the influence of this sentiment, we regret the necessity of noticing a coin- cidental address from the republican ci- tizens of Burlington to the Governor elect. We allude not to this address particularly; our condemnation extends to all compli- mentary addresses from private citizens to men in power. Adulation of our friends,
...VERMONT LEGISLATURE. ANSWER TO THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. To his Excellency ISAAC TICHENOR, Esq. Governor of the state of Vermont. Sir, We are happy in the opportunity, af- forded on the present occasion, of joining
...In the rapid increase of the citizens of this State, announced by the late census, we find a commanding voice for passing such laws, as will give stable security to their religion—their rights—and their property. This added to the salubrious
...Dissolution of Partnership. THE Partnership of Washington & Dowson, did by mutual consent dissolve on the 10th day of October last. All those indebted to the said concern are requested to make immediate payment to Baily Washington, living on the Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue who is au- thorized to settle the business of the concern. BAILY WASHINGTON. JOSEPH DOWSON. Nov. 11. 183938 For Sale or Rent, A VALUABLE Lot in Washington City, on a square No. 686, on Delaware Avenue, near the Capitol, opposite general Washington's build- ings. This lot contains 3982 sq. ft. area, with a commodious three story brick house thereon, completely finished in a handsome style. Sale of said property will be preferred for part cash, and the balance well secured. For terms apply to Messrs. Kirtland and Percival, in Philadelphia, or to the subscriber in Washington City, in New- Jersey Avenue. BENJAMIN BURCH. Nov. 11. epf POST-OFFICE. Washington, November 7, 1801. THE Winter Establishment will commence at this Office tomorrow and continue until 18th May next, agreeably to which the Northern Mail is to arrive every day (Tuesday excepted) at four o'clock P. M. and close every day (Satur- day excepted) at five o'clock P. M. The Southern Mail is to arrive every day (Sunday excepted) at seven o'clock P. M. and close every day (Saturday excepted) at five o'clock P. M. No alteration will take place in other mails from this office. THOMAS MUNROE, P. M.

Foreign Intelligence.
The ship Alexander, capt. Geary, arrived at Norfolk, in 41 days from London.
LONDON, Sept. 7.
Paris Papers to the 31st. arrived yesterday. The most important fact, which they announce, is the ratification by the Pope of the Treaty, concluded after a long negotiation, by Cardinal Gonsalvi, his Minister at Paris; but, as no hint is given of its contents, we are left in uncertainty whether it regulates any temporal interest, or relates solely to the affairs of the Gallican Church. Supposing it, however, to be confined entirely to spiritual topics, it is a material event in the history of the French Revolution. By this treaty, the authority of Bishops in France receives a stronger confirmation than it could have had from any new course of military achievements. Its virtual sovereignty has now passed through the ancient ceremonial of an acknowledgment by the See of Rome, and the Pope appears to have been restored, that he might confer upon it that sanction.
Dispatches from Egypt have been brought to town, this morning by two officers, who sailed from Aboukir on the 9th of July. It has not transpired that they relate any new event of importance.
Sir Balthazar Warren is on his return to England, on account of ill health. Rear Admiral Pels is gone out to succeed him as second in command; and eventually Lord Keith. Lord Nelson's destination has been changed, and his Lordship is to remain at home, to guard our coasts.
We hear from Rotterdam that general Angereau is about to repair to Helvoetsluys, for the purpose of having a conference with Admiral De Winter, commander in chief of the Batavian fleet.
Letters from our fleet off Brest, of the 30th ult. say our force was composed of 27 sail of the line, 12 of which were two deckers. The enemy's fleet, consisting of 25 ships of the line, were in the outer road at single anchor, and in apparent readiness for sea.
LONDON, Sept. 8.
The Treaty between Spain and Portugal has excited considerable attention. It was concluded so far back as the 6th of June, and ratified on the 16th; yet the most material of its conditions, that which stipulates for the exclusion of British shipping, from the ports of Portugal, remains unfulfilled, and the intercourse between Great Britain and Portugal is neither interrupted nor carried on by connivance. The packets sail as regularly and as openly as before. The appointment of a British minister to the court of Lisbon, has even been announced in the London Gazette.
It is scarcely possible to be satisfied with any opinion, that immediately presents itself on this variance between the avowed agreement and the open practice. Has the King of Spain succeeded beyond his wishes, and done too much for an imperious ally against an humble friend? Is he alarmed by the probability that Portugal, if this condition should be enforced, may be treated as an enemy by Great Britain, and her South American Colonies occupied by an army, which would speedily endanger his own? Or does he leave it to his Ally to negotiate again upon the subject of this prohibition; to take the odium of enforcing it, if it be adhered to, or the profit of mitigating it, if it be relinquished? We are wholly at a loss to which of these motives to assign its conduct; but, as it is visible that the Treaty is not carried into effect, we may hope, that, whether it be a secret article, or a subsequent treaty, or some newly adopted policy, that prevents its execution, the same cause will continue to Great Britain the benefit of a direct intercourse with Portugal.
Rear Admiral Sir J. Saumarez, who left Gibraltar on the 9th ult. with seven sail of the line, two frigates and a loop, had the pleasure to find laying too for him off that harbour, the 10th ult. commodore Tyrer, with four sail of the line of the Baltic fleet, last from Cork. Sir James's force, to block up the combined squadron of Cadiz Bay, is as follows:
Table with 2 columns: Guns, Bellona. Lists ships like Caesar (flag-ship), Pompee, St. Antonio, Spencer, Venerable, Superb, Warrior with their respective gun counts.
LONDON, Sept. 14.
A letter is said to have been received in town from Munster, dated the evening of the 4th inst. which states, that notwithstanding the strong remonstrances of Prussia and France, the election of a prince bishop had taken place that day, and that all the votes were united in favor of the archduke Anthony, the emperor's brother. The letter observes that count Westphalen, the imperial commissioner, had arrived at Munster previously to the election, charged with communicating to the chapter the emperor's acknowledgments, & announcing that the archduke had already taken the first ecclesiastical orders, and was preparing to receive the others which were necessary to qualify him for his new dignity.
Should this statement be true, the election will in all probability involve the em-
peror in a serious dispute with the cabinets of Berlin and the Tuileries.
A very gallant action has been fought off Rochefort by the Amelia frigate capt. Herbert, with a squadron of three French frigates and a Schooner, which she compelled to return to port.
We learn by letters of a recent date, received on Sunday at Plymouth from the Czar, off Cadiz, that Sir James Saumarez has declared that port in a state of blockade.
Tuesday a privy council was held at Dublin castle, before his excellency, when a proclamation was directed to be issued, requiring the inhabitants of the maritime counties of Ireland, upon notice given by the general commanding each district, to drive their cattle and flock into the interior of the country.
September 17.
A Plenipotentiary has been appointed by the court of Lisbon, to negotiate a treaty of peace between France and Portugal with Lucien Buonaparte. In the mean time the republican troops continue to enter Spain by the way of Bayonne; and their army which is again approaching the frontiers of Portugal, is stated at no less than 35,000 men. The principal part of the Spanish forces employed in the campaign of Portugal have been disbanded, and the general staff suppressed.
A letter received from Hamburg by one of the last mails, mentions as follows:
"The last news from Paris gives considerable uneasiness to our city. It will be recollected, that the deputation of our Senate to Buonaparte, consisting of Syndicus Doorman, Dr. Myer, &c. for the removing of the misunderstanding between us and France, has been there for these last six months, without having an audience. The consul has had it intimated to our embassy, that all their attempts will be fruitless, that he never should forget Hamburg's partiality for England, nor their behavior in the affair of Napper Tandy, and that they must hold themselves ready to depart. However we shall do every thing that is possible to attain our object."
September 18.
This morning arrived the Hamburg mail, due last Wednesday.
Several accounts received at Constantinople, between the first and 15th of last month, confirm the intelligence previously announced, that Menou had refused the capitulation offered to him by the convention of Cairo. The Turkish forces were expected to arrive in the vicinity of Alexandria before the beginning of last month; but we learn with regret, that a misunderstanding, which may have been productive of disagreeable consequences, had taken place between the Grand Vizier and the Captain Pacha, with respect to the right of precedence.
The emperor Alexander has refused to acknowledge the king of Etruria, and dispatched an ambassador to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
A difference of opinion on the subject of negotiation has certainly taken place between the two leading members of the cabinet.
September 19.
The rumor in circulation, both yesterday evening and this morning, that the negotiation was actually broken off, is like the many idle conjectures with which the public have been deluded for many weeks. We can positively state, that previously to the assembling of the council, a conference took place between lord Hawkesbury and M. Otto.
This morning we received by express, Paris papers to the 17th inst. They are destitute of all interesting intelligence. The Tiers Consolidés left off on the 15th at 48 3-4.
By the flag of truce which brought the Paris Journal, dispatches from the French minister for foreign affairs were transmitted to Mr. Otto.
We understand that three regiments of infantry are to be sent with all possible despatch to Gibraltar. They are destined to replace three regiments belonging to that garrison, which are to be conveyed to Egypt in the transports that take out the former.
The following article relative to Alexandria is from the Clef du Cabinet. "At the moment when we read in certain journals articles relative to Egypt, extracted from German gazettes, we have under our eyes letters from Alexandria, dated Aug. 10, which do not conform with the reports circulated in London and Ratishon. The joy at Constantinople appears to have been of short duration. It is entirely false that Alexandria is ill provided either with men or arms. All the accounts that arrive indirectly confirm the news which have been published."
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NORFOLK Nov. 5. Two English frigates are cruising off Hampton Road, waiting for the French frigate Semillante.
Our London papers up to the Nine,teenth September, received yesterday by different arrivals, contain no very interesting matter. The few articles given in the preceding columns, are such (on a hasty perusal) as we think worthy of our immediate attention. Flags of truce still continue to go and come between Dover and Calais, without the least thing transpiring in the London or Paris papers as to the contents of the dispatches they carry. The flocks, at both places, have, for some past, been very steady, which induces a belief, that the propositions for peace, are, at least, favorably received by those in power. There is no truth in the report of Pitt's taking the reins of the British government-or, of the surrender of Alexandria, which seems to hold out boldly. From a late proclamation in Ireland, we find the government much in fear of a descent by the Sans Culottes in that country.
By the French papers we find the invasion of England is much talked of. De-Winter's fleet is nearly ready for sea. General Lahes, Bonaparte's relation, is arrived at Dunkirk, to concert measures with Admiral Neilly. Admiral Trouville, remains at Boulogne; and the French Admiral Truguet has taken the command of the Spanish fleet at Cadiz.
NACHREZ, October 22.
Extract of a letter from the City of New Orleans to one of the Editors, dated the 15th instant.
"There is a variety of news here, but I am too weak (having been sick with the Fever) to attempt giving it to you farther, than this country and province is absolutely ceded to the French by the Spaniards, by the treaty ratified the 11th of March last. And that BOWLES and the Indians are very troublesome at the Appalachi, have killed several Spanish soldiers and settlers."
Nashville October 14, 1801.
Extract of a letter dated 26th September, 1801, in the Chickasaw nation, from to a correspondent of this place.
"I find the minds of the Indians much agitated indeed. Capt. Butler's measuring and marking the path leading from Nashville to the mouth of Bear creek, without the knowledge or consent of any of the nation, together with the movement of col. Butler's regiment to Merom district, in so circuitous a route, as by the way of Wilkinsonville, from South West Point, excite their alarms, and they cannot comprehend the reason involved in such a measure. They appear to be quite tenacious of their rights, and view these proceedings, at any rate as infringements of the treaty between them and the United States."
I doubt government has been premature in their movements, and that their deligns in the pending treaty, will prove abortive. The minds of the Indians ought certainly to have been prepared, and the agents notified of the intention of government.
The commissioners have defended the river for the Chickasaw Bluffs, and we may calculate, on hearing, shortly, the result of the conference. I give it however as my opinion, that they will neither fell land, or permit the cutting of the road or roads."
SALEM, November 3.
FROM ST. DOMINGO.
By Capt. Burgess, who arrived here on Saturday from Cape-Francis, we have received a pamphlet containing the first laws of the colony of St. Domingo made under the new constitution. The laws are proposed by the Governor (Toussaint Louverture) and enacted by the assembly. The first law divides the island into departments, military districts and parishes. The departments are six, one of which bears the name of Louverture, the capital of which is Gonaïves. Another law restores the Roman Catholic religion, and, consequently, the observation of the Sabbath as a day of rest and religious worship: the decade days are therefore no longer regarded. Other laws organize their courts, regulate the police, the finances, establish a militia which includes all from 14 to 55 years of age, prohibit forever the return of such emigrants as shall be definitively borne on the list of emigrants in France, and confiscate their estates, designate provisionally Port Republican for the ordinary residence of the Governor and the sessions of the assembly, &c. &c.
Mr. Lear, Consul of the United States, informed Capt. B. that the amount of revenue at Cape Francois in less than three months amounted to 300,000 dollars. The import and export duties are very burdensome, amounting to nearly one third the whole cargo; and Toussaint, in answer to remonstrances on this head, observes, that he finds no necessity for lessening the duties, as they do not prevent a full supply of every article they want. Mr. Lear, however, expected that he should be able to obtain a diminution of the duties on exports.
Mr. Lear speaks favorably of the state of things in St. Domingo. He observes, that industry is encouraged, that commerce is assuming a more regular course, that the
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THE following criminals who made their escape from the prison of Washington County, in the City of Washington, on Sunday night the 11th inst. have not yet been apprehended.
FRANCIS HIGDON, a slender man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, fair complexion, black hair, and 26 or 27 years of age. It is supposed he has endeavored to get among his relations in Charles St. Mary's County.
JAMES SCULLY, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, stout made, fair complexion, an Irishman by birth, had on a blue suit of clothes quite new, and of a coarse quality. He is about 40 years of age, talks thick, has short, bushy hair, and is very much marked with the small-pox.
HARRY, a negro man, of light complexion, 23 or 24 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, well made; had on when he went away, a new white cotton shirt, and new coarse, blue, cloth jacket and trowers.
It is supposed this fellow is gone to Port Tobacco, where, I am informed, his master resides, whose name is Lanty Maddox. Ten dollars will be paid for the delivery of either of the above men, or thirty dollars for the whole of them. DANIEL C. BRENT, Marshal of the district of Columbia. Washington, Nov. 11.
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October 19.
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SANTEE CANAL.
THE COMPANY incorporated for the purpose of making an inland navigation from Santee to Cooper's river, after eight years labor, during which they have been obliged to encounter various obstacles and embarrassments, and to incur an expense far exceeding their original calculations, have the pleasure to inform the public that the Canal is finished.
This great public work, unequalled by anything of this kind in the United States, more valuable to the public than it is likely in a short time to become to the proprietors, will, it is confidently believed, remove obstacles that, in times past have embarrassed the agriculture of our interior country, by facilitating and expediting the passage of its productions to market, and very considerably diminishing the expense and risk. The Company are aware that it may be desirable to the public that the canal had been calculated for the transmission of larger boats, but when it is recollected, that at the original planning of the canal, the company were flaking large interests upon calculations as to supplies of water, and the amount of expenses, which calculations might possibly prove erroneous; they trust they will be justified for proceeding on a scale that would least endanger disappointment to themselves and the public. If the expense has greatly exceeded their calculations, they have some consolation in now having fully and satisfactorily ascertained that there is no ground to apprehend a deficiency of water in the dryest season. The canal is capable of transmitting boats considerably larger than the present locks will admit; and it is hoped that a few years of successful operation may enable the company to meet the wishes of the public more fully in this respect. For the present, boats of any size, not exceeding 56 feet in length, and 9 feet in breadth, from outside to outside, and not drawing more than 2 feet 10 inches of water, will be admitted into and pass through the canal.
The Rates of Toll fixed for the present, and until otherwise announced to the public, are as follows:
Table with 2 columns: Toll, Dols. Lists tolls for single lock, double lock, boat not exceeding 6 feet in breadth, boat exceeding 6 feet, and boat having paid the toll of 20 dollars.
be passed through from Cooper to Santee, for.
The Company would have been abundantly gratified had it been in their power to fix the rate at a lower than the above. The most reasonable calculations however, after the payment of the current expenses, promise them but very moderate returns for their advances. Even throwing out of estimate the length of time their capital has been a dead fund; while they must trust to time to retrieve their own disappointments, in respect to emolument, they will in the interim be alleviated by the certain prospect that the planters and farmers in the interior country will be furnished with new encroachments to their industry, and their fellow-citizens of Charleston with a more cheap and plentiful market, by the operations of the Santee Canal.
Published by resolve of the Board of Directors. ROBERT SMITH, Preside. Attest. J. M. DAVIS, Secry.
At a meeting of the Directors, July 2, 1801.
Resolved, That the Superintendant be directed to pass through, free of expense, all proper boats that may offer, until the 30th day of September next, after which day, the toll, as at present established, shall be paid before any boat be suffered to pass.
Resolved, That a committee of directors will attend on the 1st day of October next, in order to settle, and apportion to each share the debt due by the company, when certificates of stock will be issued for such shares as are settled, agreeable to the resolution of the stockholders of the 16th of February; and by virtue of the power vested in the directors at said meeting, the shares that are not so settled will be declared forfeited.
Resolved, That the Secretary do, without delay, furnish each stockholder with a copy of the above resolution.
Santee Canal Company.
RESOLVED, That the following rules be published for the information of the stockholders, viz.
Rule 10. That every proprietor shall pay five pounds sterling on each share, on the third Monday in January, and the like sum on the third Monday in July, and on the third Monday in January and July, in every succeeding year until the Canal shall be completed; but if the president, and a majority of the directors, shall judge it necessary to raise a larger sum, they shall be at liberty to call for the same, to be paid on notice of six months; provided, that the sum so to be called for on each share, shall not exceed five pounds; and provided also, that the requisition shall be made on the third Monday in January and July.
Rule 11. That if any proprietor, shall fail to make any payments, to which, by the rules of the company, he or she may be liable, when it shall become due, or within three days thereafter; every such proprietor shall forfeit to the company all the preceding payments, and also his or her interest in the said company.
Resolved, That payments be made to Thomas Jones, at the Bank of South Carolina.
Resolved, That on the third Monday in January next, an additional sum of five pounds on each share, be required from the stockholders over and above the sums then to be paid, agreeable to the 10th rule, and that the same be not tified to the stockholders.
By order, ADAM GILCHRIST, Preside. JOHN M. DAVIS, Secry. Nov. 11, 1801.
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR,
Has just received a handsome assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, Swansdown, &c.
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.
GENTLEMEN who favor him with their orders, may rest assured of strict attention, and the best & most fashionable workmanship and materials, and on reasonable terms.
Military and Naval Uniforms, and Ladies' Habits made with elegance.
City of Washington, between the President's House and the Seven Buildings, Pennsylvania Avenue. October 21, 1801. iawtf
Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber near Piscataway, Prince George County, Maryland, on the 24th of this month, a Negro Woman named NELL, thirty-eight years old, dark complexion, of middle size, has two or three lumps on her breast rather below the collar bone, occasioned by a burn when young, bald on the top of her head, but always wears a cap or handkerchief to conceal her baldness, has a very simple smile when talked to; took with her a variety of clothes--runaway once before and was gone some years, was taken near the Red House, 60 miles above Alexandria, and lived in that neighborhood some years and passed as a free Woman by the name of LINDY. The above reward will be paid to any person securing her in any gaol to that I get her again. NICHOLAS YOUNG. iawgt
October 4.
A Contract offered.
THE Directors of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company will receive proposals until the first day of December next, for erecting a Bridge over the Eastern Branch of Potomac River, at the City of Washington. The width of the River where the Bridge is contemplated to be fixed, is fifteen hundred and forty three feet, and the average depth of water at common low tide is four feet, except the channel, which is from 12 to 24 feet deep--the width of the channel is 450 feet. It is wished by the Directors that climates may be furnished for a Bridge to be built on Piles or of Boats, as it is not yet determined by them, which of those two kinds to adopt--it is also desired, that plans of the Bridge may accompany the estimates, that the Directors may be the better enabled to judge of the advantages & disadvantages of the two plans which have been suggested. A draw of thirty feet is intended to be made over the channel.
The proposals must be sealed, and directed to the Subscriber, in the City of Washington.
On good security being given for the performance of the contract--liberal advances will be made
By order of the Directors, WILLIAM BRENT, Secry. Washington, Oct. 19. smawf

CAROLINE.
BY THOMAS CAMPBELL.
Gem of the crimson colour'd Even, Companion of retiring Day, Why at the closing gates of Heaven, Beloved Star, dost thou delay?
BOSTON, Nov. 2.
TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE.
Frid'y last, being the birth day of the Honorable JOHN ADAMS, was celebrated at Quincy, with every demonstration of veneration and love for that distinguished Statesman.
To the Hon. JOHN ADAMS.
Your neighbors and friends, assembled to celebrate the anniversary of your natal day, beg leave to approach you with sincere congratulations upon the pleasing occa- sion.
We have seen you, Sir, the early after- noon of the rights of your countrymen, while we were yet a part of the British empire; and one of the foremost in the dangers which attended the contest that ended in our separation from Great Britain.
The tale is which suggested the most suitable measure, with regard to foreign re- lations, turn our revolution many war, were equally conspicuous in their successful ex- ecution. And diplomatic eminence attend- ed the exertions of enlightened patrio- tism.
In the negotiations which secured our Independence, Territory, Navigation and Fisheries, were displayed amid difficulties and risk-inferrible to common minds, an intelligence, an integrity and a magnani- mity, which place Adams and Jay among the few, who in different ages, from principle alone, have been willing to devote them- selves for their country.
The adoption of the present National Government, called to office our first citi- zens. Your impartial and decisive conduct for eight years as Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate, greatly assisted the organization of the sys- tem, and gave efficacy to its operations.
Soon after your illustrious predecessor had expressed his determination to retire from the head of the Government, the political clouds began to thicken anew.
within. Much was required to re-use spirit, and to guide opinion—to repel aggression, and to regulate resentment. With one hand you ably directed all the manly ener- gies of our country, and magnanimously wielded in the other the olive branch of peace.
The administration of the American Government for twelve years, has com- manded the admiration of the virtuous and the wise of every nation. Future States- men will learn, from the example of Wash- ington and Adams, that to forego contem- porary applause and apparent temporary advantages, for the establishment of benefi- cial principles, is the true way to solid fame.
We trust you will pardon us, Sir, for this short recapitulation. The sentiments we have expressed were awakened by the occa- sion. They come from the heart, and speak its feelings.
While we can view with so much satis- faction the past affairs of our country; con- sidering the fluctuation of human events, and the various passions which distract man- kind, we cannot look to the future but with anxious apprehensions. You, Sir, will join us in the prayer, that the people of the United States, to latest time, may so conduct, as to meet the favor of Him, in whose hands are the destinies of nations, as well as of individuals.
To that Being we offer our fervent sup- plications for your personal and domestic happiness—that the period may be far distant, which shall close your useful and hon- orable life—and when the hour of separa- tion from mortal scenes shall at length ar- rive, that your transition to a brighter world may be easy and serene.
October 30th, 1801.
To which Mr. Adams was pleased to reply.
My Neighbours and Friends.
HAVING every reason to believe, with full assurance, the sincerity of your decla- ration, that this obliging compliment comes from the heart; it is impossible for me to receive it, without correspondent senti- ments of gratitude and friendship.
Minds, well informed, in the state of the nation and its public affairs, under every form of Government, and in every stage of society, civilized or savage, can seldom look to the future without anxious appre- hensions. Anxiety for the public, under Governments like ours, is a duty, and the cultivation of it a virtue, the want of which in sufficient degrees, in the most im- portant and disinterested citizens, constitutes the greatest danger. Be assured, Gent- lemen, that I largely participate in your lo- citude: For who can navigate a tempestu- ous ocean without a share of it.
Most cordially do I unite in your sup- plication, that the people of the United States, to latest time, may so conduct, as to meet the favour of Him, in whose hands are the destinies of nations, as well as indi- viduals.
May your personal and domestic happi- ness, as well as your public Rights and Liberties, be ever precious in his sight.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, Oct. 30, 1801.
The scene was affecting. It was not the servile adulation of sycophants at the shrine of power; but the spontaneous offering of grateful minds to merit in re- tirement.
The company returned to their room, and after dinner, the following toasts were given.
TOASTS.
1st. THE DAY: Which gave the world a Statesman.
2d. JOHN ADAMS: His nature is too noble for this world; He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove, for his power to thunder; What his breath forges, that he will utter."
3d. The memory of WASHINGTON: While time endures, his name shall ever bloom, And wreaths unfading flourish round his tomb."
4th. The Washington and Adams Ad- ministrations.
"How blessings brighten, as they take their flight?"
5th. Our Country:
"Which tho' now darkened by a transient cloud, Is doom'd we trust, to be the radiant throne Of little liberty, and steadfast faith."
6th. The Constituted Authorities of the United States:
"Still may they prove the bulwark of our laws, And ever keep at heart their country's good!"
7th. The American Navy:
"It much imports us, 'tis our all, To keep our trade entire; intire the force, And honour of our fleets; o'er that to watch, Even with a hard severe, and jealous eye."
8th. The Military Establishments of the United States:
"Ever may they guard their country's rights, Ever defend them with undaunted hearts."
9th. Unanimity and energy to the friends of good government.
"The more the bold, the bustling, and the bad, Pretend to usurp the reigns of power, the more
Behoves it vir tue, with indignant zeal, To check their combination."
10th. The Judiciary of the U. States: "The justice, that delights To dare the keenest eye of open day."
11th. The Clergy: "Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause."
12th. The moral, religious, and literary Institutions of our country: "Weigh well the powers of simple piety! Make it the key-stone in thy temple of vir- tue,"
And it will keep that graceful fabric firm, Tho' all the forms of fortune burst upon it."
13th. Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures: "We see our plains Unbounded waving with the gifts of har- vest;
Our looms with commerce throng'd, our busy ports With cheerful toil."
VOLUNTEERS.
After the Chairman had retired, Judge CRANCH:—May the evening of his life be calm and serene, as the morning and noon have been active and useful.
Gov. STRONG:—May Massachusetts continue to support the man, who supports good principles; and may his administra- tion be as free from censure as it is from faults.
The Legislature of Massachusetts:— May it merit the esteem and admiration, of the virtuous and wise, by the purity of its principles, and the wisdom of its laws.
The memory of Gov. SUMNER:—Em- balm'd by the recollection of his virtues; may it excite an emulation of them in all his successors.
May Americans ever bear in mind, that in politics, as in architecture, symmetry is indispensible, and in every structure, to equalize, is to demolish.
JERN JAY:—May his name be ever as dear to his country, as his labours in her cause have been disinterested and faithful.
The Senate of the United States: may it be a bulwark against all encroachments upon the Constitution.
The Rulers of our land: May they have wisdom to discern our interests, and christ- ian principles to inspire us with confi- dence.
City of Washington,
Commissioners Office,
2d October, 1801.
By virtue of an act of Assembly of the State of Maryland, entitled "A further supple- ment to the act concerning the Territory of Columbia and City of Washington," the Commissioners will expose to public sale for ready money, at Wil- iam Rhodes's Tavern, in the said City, on the EIGHTH day of DECEMBER next, the following Lots in the said City, to wit: Nos 3 4 and 5 in square no 99, nos 1 2 4 7 8 9 14 15 and 16 in sq no 196, no 10 in sq no 347, no 1 18 19 in sq no 63, no 4 in sq no 217, nos 8 15 16 17 18 & 19 in sq no 37, no 8 in sq no 40, no 2 in sq no 63, no 4 in sq no 59, no 1 in sq no 62, no 2 in sq no 71, nos 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 19 20 21 22 23 29 & 30 in sq no 76, nos 9 & 10 in sq no 77, no 3 in sq no 83, nos 16 17 & 18 in sq no 85, nos 1 & 8 in sq no 6, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 & 20 in sq no 20, no 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 25 & 26 in sq no 33, nos 15 16 17 20 24 25 26 & 27 in sq no 105, nos 9 10 & 12 in sq no 118, no 20 in sq no 141, nos 14 15 & 16 in sq no 166, no 1 in sq no north of sq no 580, no 1 in sq north of sq no 583, nos 1 & 2 in sq no 107, nos 1 & 12 in sq no 23, no 12 in sq no 288, no 2 in sq no 317, no 7 in sq no 345, no 6 in sq no 409, no 13 in sq no 535, no 3 in sq no 579, nos 4 & 14 in sq no 580, nos 2 & 18 in sq no 583, nos 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 & 19 in sq no 586, nos 9 10 12 13 14 17 & 18 in sq no 587, nos 13 & 14 in sq no 643, nos 4 and 5 in sq no 734, no 3 in sq south of sq no 825, no 10 in sq no 799, no 2 in sq 821, no 13 in sq 846, no 2 in sq 847, nos 12 & 13 in sq 874, nos 15 and 19 in sq 102, no 1 in sq south of sq no 104, nos 6 7 & 8 in sq 120, nos 24 25 26 & 27 in sq 126, no 1 2 7 8 9 19 142, one half of no 18 in sq 143, nos 3 and 4 in sq 70, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 & 28 in sq 172, nos 1 2 5 6 10 11 12 13 16 17 and 21 in sq 285, nos 8 9 10 and 14 in sq 256, nos 2 3 17 18 in sq no 290, nos 2 5 6 13 14 in sq no 321, nos 1 3 5 and 9 in sq 322, nos 1 2 5 6 10 12 15 and 16 in sq no 348, nos 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 24 25 and 26 in sq 457, no 2 in sq 2, nos 1 and 3 in sq no 7, nos 6 7 8 10 11 12 and 13 in sq 75, nos 4 5 and 6 in sq 119, nos 1 9 11 12 and 13 in sq 222, no 7 in sq 432, no 2 and 3 in sq 795, no 6 in sq 432, no 5 in sq 461, no 2 in sq 1064, nos 1 2 3 4 6 and 7 in sq south of sq no 744, no 1 in sq 461, no 8 in sq 644, no 16 in sq 799, no 17 in sq 728, no 1 in sq 291, no 2 in sq 47, nos 15 and 16 in sq 198, nos 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 and 14 in sq 317, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 in sq 343, nos 2 3 4 5 and 6 in sq 344, nos 1 2 3 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq 374, nos 1 4 5 8 9 and 12 in sq 403, nos 3 4 5 6 7 in sq 40, no 2 3 6 7 10 and 11 in sq 427, nos 2 3 4 5 and 6 in sq 428, nos 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 and 21 in sq 534, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 in sq no 535, no 20 in sq 585, no 15 in sq 587, no 2 in sq 643, no 2 in sq south of sq no 825, nos 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and 26 in sq 826, no 2 in sq 997, no 3 in sq south of sq no 1019, nos 2 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 26 23 24 in sq 1020, no 2 in sq 1021, no 1 in sq 102 2 nos 1 2 3 11 12 13 and 14 in sq 1023, nos 5 and 6 in sq 1024, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 11 in sq 1045, nos 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and 13 in sq 1046, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 and 28 in sq 1047, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 24 in sq 1048, nos 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 in sq 164, no 14 in sq 799, no 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 847, nos 1 2 3 4 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 & 34 in sq 877, nos 25 26 27 28 31 and 32 in sq 1048, nos 1 and 3 in sq 1065, nos 1 5 6 in sq north east of 1065, no 1 in sq 1066, nos 2 3 7 8 9 10 12 and 13 in sq 158, nos 1 4 5 6 and 7 in sq 161, nos 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 and 18 in sq 247, nos 1 2 4 10 11 in sq 450, nos 5 6 7 8
9 & 10 in sq no 493, nos 4 5 & 6 in sq no 494, nos 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 28 in sq 517, nos 2 4 6 & 8 in sq 518, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 529, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 & 7 in sq 537, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 & 28 in sq 538, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 & 21 in sq 567, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 & 33 in sq 568, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 & 24 in sq 569, nos 2 4 & 6 in sq 570, no 2 in sq 572, nos 2 & 3 in sq 577, nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 in sq 581, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 584, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 & 26 in sq 640, nos 2 3 4 5 15 16 17 18 20 21 & 22 in sq 642, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 & 21 in sq east of sq no 632, nos 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 & 27 in sq south of sq no 643, nos 3 4 & 6 in sq 643, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 & 28 in sq 645, nos 1 2 3 4 in sq 1000, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 24 25 26 34 35 & 36 in sq 1043, nos 2 3 4 14 15 16 17 18 in sq 1066, nos 10 11 12 13 & 14 in sq 1067, nos 1 2 3 4 11 12 & 13 in sq 1078, nos 1 & 2 in sq south of 1091, nos 1 2 9 10 11 & 12 in sq 1092, nos 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 1105, nos 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 & 13 in sq 1116, no 9 in sq 1117, nos 5 6 7 & 8 in sq 1123, nos 5 6 7 & 8 in sq 1130, no 3 in sq 1148, and no 4 in sq 1149.
The sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and continue from day to day (Sundays excepted) till the whole shall be sold, or until the further order of the Com- missioners. The highest bidder shall be preferred; but if he fails to pay the money offered, on the day of sale, the next high- est bidder shall be considered as the pur- chaser; provided he pays the money offered by him previous to opening the sale on the ensuing day; if he also fails, the sale shall be void, the lots bid for again, exposed without further notice, and both bidders excluded from purchasing during the sale.
WILLIAM THORNTON, ALEXANDER WHITE, TRISTRAM DALTON.
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Sept 16, 1801
CONVEYANCERS OFFICE,
AND
OFFICE FOR SALE OF CITY LOTS,
On the Pennsylvania Avenue fronting the Presi- dent's Square, near Rhodes's tavern, City of Washington.
THOMAS HERTY has connected with the business of drawing Conveyances of Land, Wills, Mortgages, Leases, Bonds, Assignments powers of Attorney, petitions, and every other piece of deed or contract in the profession; that of buying, selling and leasing lots and houses in the City, negotiating loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and know- ledge of the laws relative thereto—the know- ledge which he has acquired by residence of the situation of City Lot, and how their titles have been acquired, or are liable to be affected; toge- ther with his impartial and strict regard to the interest of those who may be pleased to employ him, will, he hopes, secure to him a continuance of public patronage.
Titles to real property investigated, and opin- ions given thereon when required.
For a great variety of Lots, in desir- able situations in the City.
N. B. At the above office may be had, his Abridgement of the Laws of Maryland, price 6 dollars. Also his Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 3 dollars. As the Laws of Maryland are in full force on this side the Potom- ack, it behoves letters to avail themselves of that information which affects their lives, liberties and property. He who is without a knowledge of his "rule of conduct" is like a stranger in his native land.
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A NEGRO MAN
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A SOBER well disposed man about 26 years of age, clean, and has been many years employed as a coach driver, stable boy, and oc- casionally waiting at table, and working in the garden—His master wishes to hire him out in or about the city of Washington, he having a wise living near the District. He has never been accused or suspected of dishonesty—For fur- ther information apply to the printer.
October 23. appc
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