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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. XLV.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FROM WILMINGTON MIRROR.
ON AMBITION.
Ambition, or a desire of attaining uncontrollable power, is the most unhappy passion of the human mind. It admits of no gratification from indulgence, but is as insatiable as death itself. Otway describes it accurately, when he says,
"Ambition is a lust that's never quenched, Grows more inflamed, and maddens by enjoyment."
Regardless of the happiness he destroys or the misery he creates, the mad votary of ambition prostrates truth, reason, and justice before the object of his adoration. Real and attainable happiness is sacrificed to that which is imaginary. Striding from one degree of elevation to another, still grasping at some object suspended above his reach, he is impelled forward without noticing the height to which he is arrived, till some false step, some sudden whirlwind, or some treacherous hand, precipitates him from the dizzy eminence, into irretrievable disgrace and contempt.
Though ambition be not always fatal to the life, it uniformly is so to the peace of those on whom it operates. Of this truth, history, observation, and experience, must have informed every one, who attends to their intelligence.
Cæsar , the crafty aspiring Cæsar, who basely sought to enslave the country which had given him birth and freedom, and converted the arms with which he had been entrusted to defend her from foreign aggression, into weapons of domestic usurpation, was arrested in his rapid career to absolute control, by the trusty dagger of an incensed freeman.
Alexander , with his invincible phalanx, conquered the whole of the then discovered world, and traversed the Lybian deserts in search of foes to vanquish. His victories ceased with his foes. He was yet unsated with conquest; and like a petulant child, when crossed in its humor, sat him down and wept that he had no more worlds to conquer. Disappointed in his favorite pursuit, he abandoned himself to luxury and intemperance, became the terror and destroyer of his best friends, and sunk into a narrow grave despised and hated.
Charles V. of Spain, after having spent near 30 years in the gratification of his immeasurable ambition—wearied with the incessant toils, and sickened with the deceptions pleasures it produced, resigned the crown and sceptre at the age of 56, to his son Philip ; and sought for happiness, where only it can be found, in the bosom of retirement and practice of piety.
Charles I. of England, scorning to be bound by law or precedent, strove to render himself perfectly absolute, and made the good of his subjects, if any, but a secondary motive. His ambitious career was terminated on the scaffold, in pursuance of a sentence awarded by those very people whose rights he had sought to infringe, and whose power he had affected to despise.
Cromwell , whose zeal in opposing the tyranny of Charles, had been requited by his grateful citizens with power and honor, basely took advantage of that favorable disposition, to raise himself to supreme control. Attended by two or three hundred mercenaries, he with indignity expelled the representatives of the people from the place of their deliberation, and actually exercised that arbitrary power, which he had just lent his monarch to the scaffold for aspiring to. His enjoyment of his surreptitious greatness, was, however, of short duration. An officer of his, who still cherished the love of liberty, wrote a pamphlet, entitled "Killing no Murder," in which the self-created Protector was a striking and disgusting character. Cromwell read it, and was never known to smile after. Conscious of the treachery and enormity of his conduct, dreading the resentment of an injured and insulted people, he was incessantly trembling with fear, and mistrusting his most intimate friends and faithful servants. His mind was in continual perturbation, and his body soon caught the mind's infection.
tion. A slow fever, succeeded by a tertian ague, put a period to his life, while yet in the vigor of manhood.
Immeasurable instances of the same kind might be cited, to establish the fact that ambition, when not subservient to reason, or directed to the general welfare, renders its possessor unhappy while he lives, and frequently hurries him to a premature death. But with the following instance, I shall conclude the present essay; beseeching my readers to repress that loaring which would mount to glory or power at the expense of their own virtue and repose, and the happiness of their fellow creatures.
Cardinal Wolsey , the favorite and prime minister of Henry VIII. of England, had long served, and but too faithfully, the king his master. Under the royal auspices he had amassed an immense fortune, and eclipsed the king himself in the magnificence of his palaces, furniture, and equipages. He was the real sovereign of England, and was making every exertion to get himself elected to the Papal chair, that he might wield the destinies of Europe. Unfortunately for him, he dared to cross the king in a favorite point, and found himself in an instant hurled from the height of power and affluence, to the lowest penury and disgrace. The charm was now broke, and those who had before courted, flattered, and caressed, with a very few exceptions, now deserted, and betrayed him. He was impeached of high treason, and was on his way to stand his trial, or rather to receive his sentence, when he was seized with a disease, which terminated his life.
Shakespeare , in his Henry VIII. has supposed the fallen Wolsey to be the speaker of the following pertinent and impressive lines—
"Farewel, a long farewel, to all my greatness! This is the state of Man; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And nips his root.—I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my reach. My high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me!"
CIMON.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SEDITION ACT.
Speech of Mr. Harper concluded.
So much, Mr. Chairman, for the expressions exercised under this law, and for the objections to its expediency.
As to the question of constitutionality, it has been waved by gentlemen very properly in my opinion; and I certainly shall not enter into it. The constitutionality of the law has been, on many former occasions, triumphantly established by arguments to which not even the semblance of an answer has been given. Indeed, Sir, I have never so lowly appreciated the understandings of those who have clamored about the unconstitutionality of this act, as to suppose that they themselves believed in their objections. I have ever considered those objections merely as instruments for working on the public mind, as party expedients for exciting discontent against those in power, and paving the way for their dismissal. I have ever considered the constitutionality of the sedition act as a mere stalking horse, behind which to fight the administration. I believe that it has always been so considered by those who have used it; by those who have most gladly grasped, and most industriously wielded, a weapon whereby they hoped to demolish the power of their political adversaries, and open the way for their own. Hence, Sir, and hence alone, the odious epithets which have been heaped upon it, and the tales fabricated about oppressions exercised in the course of its execution. Hence the charge that Congress had no
power to make a provision, which rests on the same principle whereon are founded nearly one third of the laws in our code, and which cannot be distinguished, and has never been attempted to be distinguished, from the first section of the same act, the section against seditious meetings, about the constitutionality of which a doubt has never been raised.
We are told, Sir, that the people have condemned this act; that the people, as one gentleman has eloquently expressed it, "have declared their disapprobation in a voice of thunder." Sir, gentlemen deceive themselves. They have indeed thro' this reason a good one, and have proved that they thought so by the industry whereat they have used it. But they greatly over-rate its effects, which they measure by the erring standard of their own zeal. Let it be remembered, that this act was passed in the spring of 1798, and in the summer and autumn of that year, and the spring of the next, when the clamor against this law was fresh and high, the American nation was called upon to express by a general election, its sense of the conduct of its representatives. Let it be remembered, that the persons who were instrumental in passing this law, never received higher or more general proofs of the approbation and confidence of their country, than in this election. A change, gentlemen say, has since happened. If this change be anything more than apparent, or at most a temporary fluctuation in popular sentiment, it is owing to far other causes than the sedition act; causes which need not now be discussed. Suffice it to say, that this act has received the highest and most repeated proofs of approbation on the part of the American nation; and that, industriously as the clamor against it has been excited and kept up, that clamor has not been extended beyond certain parts of the country.
We are called on, Sir, for the reasons why this act should now be continued. I will give my reasons most freely. Whether they be the same with those which actuate the conduct of other gentlemen, I know not; but in my mind they deserve all consideration. I wish to revive this law, Sir, as a shield for the liberty of the press and the freedom of opinion; as a protection to myself and those with whom I have the happiness and the honor to think on public affairs, should we at any future time be found by the imbecility or the mistakes of any future administration in this country, to commence an opposition against it; not a factious, profligate, and unprincipled opposition, founded on falsehood and misrepresentation, and catching at the passions and the prejudices of the moment; but a manly, dignified, candid and patriotic opposition, addressed to the good sense and virtue of the nation, and relying on the basis of argument and truth. Should that time ever arrive, as it may arrive, though I earnestly pray that it may not, I wish to have this law which allows the truth to be given in evidence on indictments for libels; I wish to have this law as a shield. When indicted myself for calmly and candidly exposing the errors of government and the incapacity of those who govern, I wish to be enabled, by this law, to go before a jury of my country, and say that what I have written is true. I wish to interpose this law between the freedom of discussion and the overbearing sway of that tyrannical spirit, by which a certain political party in this country is actuated; that spirit which arrogating to itself to speak in the name of the people, like fanaticism arrogating to itself to speak in the name of God, knows neither moderation, mercy nor justice; regards neither feelings, principle nor right, and sweeps down, with relentless fury, all that dares to detect its follies, oppose its progress, or resist its domination. It is my knowledge of this spirit, Sir, of its frantic excesses, its unfeeling tyranny, and its intolerable revenge, that makes me anxious to raise this one mound between its fury and public liberty; to put into the hands of free discussion, one shield against its darts. This shield, I have little doubt, will, at length and perhaps very soon, be torn away, for the spirit of which I speak, goaded by
conscious inferiority, stimulated to madness, by the envy of superior talents, reputation and virtue, knows to brook no check upon its rise, no censure upon its excesses: but I will not sanction my own death by my own voice. I will not yield one barrier to freedom and the right to opinion, while I can defend it. I regard this law as such a barrier, feeble perhaps, indeed, and ineffectual to check the progress of that tyrannical spirit which even now can scarce restrain its rage; but though feeble, yet dear to freedom, and never to be abandoned by freedom's friends. And in order to keep up this barrier to the last, I shall now, while I may, vote for the continuance of that law, which mitigates the rigor of the common law in this respect, and protects the liberty of the press and of opinion, by enacting that the truth may be given in evidence on indictments for libels against the government.
LAW OF KENTUCKY.
An Act for settling and improving the vacant lands of this commonwealth.
Approved December 20, 1800.
Whereas it is represented to this assembly, that there is still in this state large quantities of vacant land which by being occupied by the citizens thereof, whose interest it may be to hold it, or by any citizens of the United States or foreigners, who being thereby encouraged to reside thereon, will greatly add to the population, wealth and consequence of this state.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general Assembly of this commonwealth, That it shall be lawful for any free person of the description aforesaid, above the age of eighteen years, to improve, occupy and hold of the vacant lands aforesaid, four hundred acres: provided that he or she actually settles and resides thereon; provided that no person who now holds any land obtained by certificate under any act of the assembly of this state, for encouraging and granting relief to settlers south of Green river, shall be authorised to appropriate, under this act, more than two hundred acres, in addition to the quantity he may have acquired under the laws aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That where any person shall hereafter settle himself on any vacant land aforesaid, he shall, within three months after such settlement, apply to the court of the county in which such settlement is made, and upon proving to them that he has actually made such settlement, be entitled to a certificate for the quantity of land to which he may be entitled to, under this act, including such settlement in which said certificate shall be contained, a special location, describing as accurately as may be the land contemplated to be included in said certificate, a duplicate of which said certificate shall be made out by the clerk and delivered to the claimant; who shall pay to the said clerk one shilling therefor.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that the person obtaining such certificate, shall within twelve months after the date thereof, upon producing the same to the register of the land office, and paying to the treasurer at the rate of twenty dollars per hundred acres, shall be entitled to a warrant for the same, in which warrant shall be contained the location as specified in the certificate, for which warrant the proprietor shall pay to the register twenty-five cents.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the said warrant shall be located within six months after the date thereof, with the surveyor of the county in which the lands may lie in the words of the certificate, and shall cause the same to be surveyed within twelve months thereafter, for which a patent shall issue upon paying the usual fees, as in other cases.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that no location or survey which shall be made in virtue of this act, shall in its length exceed its breadth more than one-third, unless interrupted by prior claims only.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all contests by settlers under this act, those who first did actually and bona fide

settle and reside on said lands, shall have the preference. And all persons who may have actually settled themselves as aforesaid, prior to the passage of this act, shall be entitled to the provisions thereof, and shall on or before the first day of August next obtain their certificates from the county courts aforesaid.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person obtaining a certificate under this act, shall before he obtains a patent therefor, actually and bona fide settle and reside thereon two years, during which time no assignment or transfer shall be lawful.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any person who now has or shall hereafter settle on any vacant lands, as aforesaid, and shall not obtain from the county court his certificate; or when obtained shall not obtain from the register his warrant therefor within twelve months as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any other person immediately to procure a certificate for the said land, and having paid the amount of the money due, to obtain a warrant therefor, survey the same and carry it into grant.
Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize any person or persons to locate any salt lick or spring, or any mine of mineral or ore, with one thousand acres of land, around the same, including the said lick or spring in the centre of a square to be bounded by lines running to the cardinal points.
SAVANNAH, January 2.
At a numerous meeting of republican Citizens, Major BROWN was elected to the chair, and col. TATNALL, major HARDEN, W. BULLOCH, Esq. and Messrs. GLASS and SHAFFER, appointed a committee to wait on the governor with the following address, and to receive his answer.
WILLIAM BROWN, Chairman.
To his Excellency JAMES JACKSON, Governor of the state of Georgia.
SIR,
WHILE the republicans of Savannah assemble to address the first magistrate of Georgia, with that dignity and moderation, which have distinguished them, they cannot but felicitate themselves on an occasion so favorable to the indulgence of their feelings.
Living in a land of liberty—possessing all the advantages which political regulation can communicate to a people—and deeming the franchise of unreserved expression of opinions among the most eminent of those advantages. Conceiving also that the fact of our standing in all the relations of freemen, imposes the most solemn duty on us of boldly publishing our sentiments to the world, with regard to the conduct and practices of those to whom we have delegated our power;—we have convened, sir, to announce to you the sensations, which your administration—your principles, and the attacks of your enemies have excited, and the impressions they have stamped on our minds.
First, sir, we hold in high veneration those principles, which from the dawn of our revolutionary contest, down to the present moment, have invariably marked your public life.
Amidst the turbulence of the times—the perversion of national character—the usurpations of authority, and the conflicts of factions, we rejoice, sir, to say, that we have not discovered in your measures the smallest apostasy, from the great cause of republicanism, or the smallest dereliction of the natural and equal liberty of mankind. Both have been the beacons by which you have steered the vessel of the republic (and like an able pilot) avoided the numerous shoals and quicksands, the Scylla, and Charybdis in your course.
We have in the next place to declare our disapprobation of the billingsgate attacks against you, which have recently appeared in our papers: but indulge ourselves with an expectation that as they must unquestionably have emanated from a source unfriendly to republicanism—from men ripe for a monarchy—you will consider their calumnies, as your best panegyric—their animosity as the best indication of our regard.
Lastly, permit us to assure you, sir, that we likewise hold in high estimation the general features of your administration, and that it is our conviction you have discharged the duties of your trust in a faithful upright manner—in a manner conducive to the interests and happiness of this state;—and in a manner becoming the first magistrate of a free people.
Receive, sir, our warmest wishes for your health and safety.
WILLIAM BROWN, Chairman.
To which the Governor returned the following answer.
To the Republicans of Savannah.
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
THE very candid and affectionate manner, in which you have expressed your approbation of my principles; and the general features of my administration of the state government, cannot be otherwise than highly gratifying to me, as a public servant, and as an individual citizen.
Had I not received this honorable testimony of support, however shielded as I am, by a conscious rectitude of conduct in administration, and believing as I do, in the propriety of the measures which have in general been adopted by the state for the security of republican principles—for the checking monarchial influence—for the breaking down monopoly and speculation—and for calling to account public peculators and defaulters—the lowest of billingsgate abuse, with which some of the papers of this state have teemed, flowing from the channels of disappointment and malice, would have received from me the only treatment which it has hitherto met—silence, and most profound contempt—convinced as you justly observe, that calumny from such impure sources will ever be considered by the good and enlightened of society, as the best panegyric on the object of their gross abuse.
It is not however on myself alone, that this gross abuse has been showered—for the supreme branch of state government—the legislature has been coupled together and libelled with the Executive—the representatives of the people, chosen to express and signify their will, have been indecently charged as the creatures of the Governor—thus striving to impress on our sister states, and foreign countries an idea, that the government of Georgia, is a mockery of rule; and republicanism a political delusion. On this ground, I confess my utmost satisfaction in receiving your salutary and counteracting address—which must and will prove to the discerning world, that as well in the commercial capital, as in all other parts of the state, government is respected; and that the republic is not only purely attached to the principles of 1776, but perhaps more united as a political society, than any other in the union—in fact, to the virtuous perseverance of her citizens, in the choice of Representatives; and to the steady and rigid execution of the trust reposed in the legislature for five successive years in defence of the rights of future generations, and in opposition to the monopoly of empires, by a few individuals within her limits; and which blasted monarchial and aristocratical expectations, may well be imputed all that the malice and disappointed ambition of a debased and trifling faction could invent or suggest to the injury of the state and her government.
Requesting your acceptance of my humble though sincere thanks and affectionate regard, and my best wishes for your public happiness and domestic felicity.
I beg leave to subscribe myself, your servant and fellow-citizen,
JAMES JACKSON.
Cedar Hill, Dec. 31, 1800.
NEW-YORK, January 21.
The Editors of the Medical Repository to the Public.
The friends of science, and especially the physicians in the United States, are invited to attend to the progress of an American work, entitled, "The Medical Repository, and Review of American publications on Medicine, Surgery, and the auxiliary branches of Philosophy;" conducted by Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. Professor of Chemistry in the College of New-York, &c. and Edward Miller, M. D.
The first department of this work is devoted to original essays, chiefly written in America, on various subjects of practical medicine and surgery—on medical philosophy—on chemistry, and its application to the materia medica, to physiology, to public economy and to the arts—on agriculture, natural history, and useful projects and inventions in America—including particularly an account of a large share of our natural productions, a great body of facts and documents relative to our endemic diseases, especially the yellow fever, and an interesting chemical discussion, as carried on in this country, concerning the points in variance between the Phlogistians and their opponents. The second department is assigned to a review of the more respectable publications made in America on the above-mentioned subject; exhibiting the substance of the works, extracts from their contents, and opinions on their objects and value. And the third department contains a large mass of medical and
philosophical intelligence, collected from Europe as well as America; especially new modes of treating diseases; new remedies introduced into practice; and new hints, facts, doctrines, discoveries, inventions, &c. extracted from periodical and other publications; together with all the information the editors can obtain by an extensive correspondence, foreign and domestic: The whole forming a full and regular exhibition of the state and progress of medical and philosophical knowledge in Europe and America.
The number of communications from all parts of the United States seem to confer on the Medical Repository the stamp of a national work. Many of these communications exhibit an extent of learning, and talents for observation and inquiry, which would do honor to the oldest and most enlightened countries. Nor have these communications been received only from physicians. Among the clergy and lawyers, as well as other classes of citizens, are found contributors of great merit, whose papers not only reflect credit on the authors, but indicate the zeal of their professions, and of the community in general, for the promotion of liberal science. In a young society, whose literary and scientific resources are yet only beginning to be explored, these examples must produce the best effects; and it is with patriotic pride as well as grateful sensibility that the editors review such a mass of correspondence, which while it greatly enriches the work, affords to themselves a flattering proof of the favor of their country.
The Medical Repository is received on the other side of the Atlantic, with distinguished respect and approbation. Large portions of its contents are translated into foreign languages, and the productions of many of our countrymen are thereby diffused over all Europe. This advantage, in addition to its general circulation in the United States, will render it one of the best vehicles for publishing the essays of such physicians and other friends of science in this country, as are willing occasionally to lend the aid of their researches in promoting the public welfare; and the prospect of a more enlarged intercourse with Europe, which present appearances hold out, must greatly enhance the value of this medium, for disseminating American discoveries and improvements throughout the learned world.
This work is published in quarterly numbers; four numbers annually forming an octavo volume of between 4 and 600 pages. Three complete volumes, and two quarterly numbers of the fourth volume, are already before the public. The copies of the two first volumes having become scarce some time ago, a second edition of them was undertaken and is now finished; so that complete sets of the volumes may hereafter be readily obtained. And the editors are determined to spare no exertions in the support and improvement of their plan, and in their endeavours to deserve that extraordinary degree of public patronage, which they have uniformly experienced.
Messrs. T. and J. Swords, in New York, the printers and publishers of the work, will be careful speedily to transmit a number of sets to booksellers in all the principal towns of the United States, in order to facilitate its general circulation.
N. B. It is respectfully suggested to the editors of newspapers in the United States, that they will materially aid the progress of science, by inserting this notice once or oftener in their respective Gazettes.
CINCINNATI, January 14.
January 10, 1801.
GENTLEMEN, I request the favor that you will publish in your paper the enclosed copy of a letter from Sir John Sinclair, of Ullster, a member of the Parliament of Great Britain, to me. The copies of the work therein mentioned, are received; and any gentlemen wishing to see them, may have his curiosity gratified by calling at my house.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
AR. ST. CLAIR.
Messrs. Carpenter & Findlay.
SIR,
You will have heard, from various quarters, how deeply the loss of your illustrious countryman, General Washington, was felt in this country. I have particular reason to lament it from the correspondence which I had the honor of holding with him, as well as from the respect which it was impossible not to entertain for so great a character. I have thence been led to cause fac simile copies of his letters to me to be engraved, and to resolve dedicating
the profits that might be derived therefrom, to the erection of some suitable monument to his memory. I beg leave herewith to send copies of the different forms in which the work is published, together with several cards and papers explaining the nature and objects of the publication. I am persuaded that it is unnecessary for me to recommend this work to your peculiar attention, or to request that you will have the goodness to endeavor to ascertain how many copies it would be proper to transmit to your part of America. The letters are such as would do credit to any man, and will be a singular curiosity some years hence. The object of the publication, I trust, will meet with the approbation of every American gentleman, and I cannot conceive a more valuable property in any family, than to have fac simile copies of so many letters, in the hand writing of that illustrious character, to whom America owes so many important obligations.
With my best wishes for the prosperity of the United States, and the continuance of a good correspondence, and a sincere friendship, between the two nations. I have the honor to be, with very great respect,
Sir,
Your humble and
Obedient servant,
JOHN SINCLAIR.
London, No. 29. Parliament street,
29th May, 1800.
His excellency Arthur St.
Clair, governor of the N.
Western Territory.
To the Editor of the Commercial Advertiser.
SIR,
The last summer a new Barometer was announced as deserving the attention of the public, viz. The Spider. This little animal is certainly endowed with an extreme sensibility of approaching changes in the atmosphere. I have now by me a spider with whom I have been acquainted five months. I am daily delighted in observing his actions. Warmth, cold, moisture, or dryness, he has distinct modes of indicating: to be able to translate these modes requires time and observation. I had relying on his fidelity, ventured to foretel to a few friends that we should have a winter milder than common. This prediction has set some of them to search after other animals gifted with barometrical sensibility, and they have found that the hens in the neighborhood of this city began laying eggs much sooner this season than usual. This simple fact is worth recording. It may occasion further observations, which is the object of this letter.
I am, sir, your most obt. servant, PHILO NATURA.
BOSTON, Jan. 21.
N A V Y.
Since the establishment of the navy; the following captures have been made of French armed vessels:
   Guns. Men.    L'Insurgente, 40 409  Le Berceau, 26 300  Deux Anges, 20 54  Sans Pareil, 16 37  Le Croyable, 14 54  La Jealous, 14 70  Magicienne, 14 63  Brillant Jennesse, 12 62  Italic conquest, 12 —  L'Active, 12 60  Marsaix, 11 —  L'Amour de la Patrie, 6 60  Tartouff, 8 60  Le Vanqueur, 8 85  Les Amis, 6 16  La Mutine, 6 60  Favorite, 6 41  Sandwick, 6 —  Syren, 4 36  La Voltigeuse, 10 61  Fey, 4 —  L'Esther, 3 —  La Fougreuse, 2 70  Le Frisson, Buonaparte, La Diligente, Louise Rabateuse, L'Ouze, Vendemaize, Ocean, Vegus, Le Gourge, Le Pelicaine, L'Esperance, Atalanta, Hereux, La Jason, Peggy, Heureuse, Rencontre, Gen. Malena, La Piege, La Unite, La Victoire, La Jeanne, La Fortune, Cygne, La Decade, Manuel, Renomme, L'Aigle, Flambeau, Conchon, Flying Fish, Hope, Gambeaux, Felix, Dove, Fortune, La Police, Vengeance, La Cullie, La Derade, L'espoire, Piege, Dolphin, Phenix, La Fortune, and Ariel, besides boats, and several vessels without any name.    The force and crews of the prizes mentioned above we have not been able to ascertain. The captures are 74 in number: and the vessels recaptured by our cruisers exceed 30.

WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1801.
ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT
As no subject of greater importance then the Presidential election has for a long time engaged the public attention...
The preliminary measures that preceded the counting the votes have all been detailed, excepting one; which is that on Tuesday...
It is believed to be in opposition to all precedent under the constitution. Nor could it be supported by arguments of inconvenience...
It may not be useless to observe that the measure was adopted without the advice or concurrence of the house of Representatives...
In counting the votes in Senate, no occurrence took place that required any decision of the body.
The result of the votes was declared as follows.
RETURN OF VOTES
For President and Vice-President of the United States.
Table with 5 columns: State, Jefferson, Burr, Adams, Pinckney. Rows list states and their respective vote counts.
The President of the Senate then declared that as Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, had a majority of all the votes, and also an equal number of votes, it devolved on the house of Representatives to make choice of one of them as President.
The votes having been entered on the journals of the house of Representatives, the House returned to its own chamber, and with closed doors proceeded to the ballot, as follows:
Whereupon the votes of the first ballot being counted the following was the result:
Table for 1st Ballot: Jefferson (8 States), Burr (6), Divided (2 viz. Maryland and Vermont). No election.
Table for second ballot: Jefferson, Burr. Rows list states and vote counts.
* Mr. Sumter sick. † Mr. Jones dead. The individual votes on the succeeding ballots occasionally fluctuated, without changing the general result.
The house proceeded immediately to the second ballot, the result of which was the same, as well as that of the succeeding ballots...
The reader will observe that this postponement of the ballot was a virtual adjournment of the house, and that it was pursued in preference to adjournment to avoid violating the rule previously adopted not to adjourn until a President should be elected.
About 5 P. M. the 9th ballot was entered upon, and the same result with the former produced.
After going through a number of other ballots terminating in the same issue, it was agreed to take each ballot at the interval of an hour. In this manner the ballots were repeated until about 9 o'clock A. M. on Thursday...
The same invariable result followed each ballot, including the 27th, when at 9 A. M. it was agreed to postpone the next ballot till 12 o'clock at noon; when the members separated.
At 12 o'clock, the 28th ballot was taken, the result of which corresponded with the preceding ballots. After which further balloting was postponed till Friday at 11 o'clock.
On Thursday morning, the Speaker stated that persons were in waiting to deliver messages from the President and the Senate, and he wished a decision of the house, whether they could be received. On the suggestion of a member, it was agreed, without formally putting the question, to receive the messages.
On Wednesday Mr. Nicholson, who had been for several days, very ill, appeared on the floor, and had a place assigned him in an anti-chamber adjacent to the room in which the house assembled...
At 12 o'clock on Friday (this day) the 29th ballot was taken, which produced the same result.
At 1 o'clock, the 30th ballot was taken, the result the same.
It was then determined that the next ballot should be taken to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
ADDLETON & FOME'S, GROCERY & DRY GOOD STORE.
JUST arrived, and now open for Sale, on New Jersey Avenue, near the Sugar House a Complete assortment of Dry Goods suitable for the present season...
Ladies and Gentlemen's Great Coats, Ladies and Gentlemen's Hats, Ladies Callomanco & Durant Petticoats, Silk, cotton, and worsted Stockings, French Red Gloves best quality, Fashionable Ribbons, Tamboored and plain Muslin, 6 4 Lapet Muslin, Dimity's, Muslin Hankerchiefs, Blankets, Flannels, Red Ticken, Sewing Silks, Threads, Tapes, And all kinds of Haberdashery, Sailors Jackets and Trowfers, Check Cotton, & White Shirts. With a complete assortment of Shoes and all kinds of Groceries. Washington, Feb. 13. 1801.
The Senate of U. S. have passed the bill that originated in the House of Representatives for erecting a Mausoleum to George Washington, with amendments that entirely alter the provisions of the bill.
SAMUEL MILLER, of New-York, has issued proposals for publishing by subscription, "A brief Retrospect of the principal revolutions and improvements in Learning, Politics, and Religion, during the eighteenth century; especially in the United States of America"...
As Mr. Miller is well known among the friends of literature for a laudable devotion of his mind to subjects on whose elucidation much of human happiness depends, those who view with admiration on the successive revolutions of the 18th century, whereby the progress of truth has been conducted by rapid and decisive steps...
We hold a subscription paper, to which any gentleman disposed may affix his name.
The Editor of the National Intelligencer has received a "View of a periodical work, entitled the American Review, and Literary Journal"...
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there can be no doubt. Though science and literature disclaim all the narrow views of sect or country, yet it cannot be denied that the more our countrymen avail themselves of the resources of their own minds in their researches into truth, uncorrupted by the prejudices of the old world, the more likely they will be to promote the general welfare of the nation...
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From the Aurora. I observed in your paper a few days ago that the president Adams had issued his proclamation to call the Senate together on the fourth of March. I am at a loss to know by what authority he can convene a Body whose power only commences when his expires. Over the Senate which continues during the Presidency, I acknowledge he has a constitutional controul, but it appears to me (and to many others) that he might as well convene the senate of half a dozen years hence, as the senate of the 4th of March. Perhaps some person better instructed than I am, will be good enough to explain a measure, which is very unintelligible to me. A CITIZEN.
CHEAP LUMBER FOR SALE.
By the Subscriber, on reasonable terms, either by large or small quantities, at his Lumber Yards, the north end of Lamberton, and at the old Sturgeon Pond, above Richards's wharf, A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED LUMBER, viz. One and 1-4 inch, 1-8, and 1 do. Yellow pine heart boards—1 inch panel, 1-4 do. for floors, 1 do. common, white pine do—2 do. 7-8 and 2-8 do planks, 1 do. 1-8, and 2-8 do. boards, black walnut—2 do. plank, 3 do. 1-2 do. panel boards, bedstead sets, poplar the whole of the above are well seasoned and fit for use—Clear heart pine, and sap pine white oak, and bilthead, hemlock and white pine scantling, assorted—belt kind three feet cedar shingles, dressed and undressed, do. two feet white pine do.; do. 18 inch cypress do—cedar rails—Alto, white pine fawed rails—shingling and paistering bats, belt kind; white oak waggon timber—sap pine planks, sap pine one inch boards, 3-4 cedar, belt kind, 3-4 white pine, 3-4 sap pine, seasoned weather boards—A quantity of handsome chestnut pullings, sawed 1 by 3 inches and from 4 to 16 feet long, for garden fence, &c. A quantity of chestnut oak posts, dressed and undressed; a quantity of cherry boards, a quantity of large white oak joice, a quantity of chestnut posts—5000 feet of neat beach scantling for tool blocks—5000 feet of sickamore scantling for bedsteads; 2 inch white oak plank; 1 inch white oak boards, 3-4 do. do. do.—25,000 feet superior cherry boards and plank, 3,000 do. very clear 2 inch white pine plank, 3,000 do. handsome beaten wood bedstead sets, seasoned, 100,000 prime North Carolina shingles, a quantity of ash plank, 150 tons plaiter Paris, warranted, 3,000 bushels best Virginia pit coal, 200 bushel clean house sand
The subscriber intends, establishing a Lumber Yard at the Federal City of Washington, which he will keep regularly supplied as above—Any quantities may be agreed for by contract, deliverable, as the purchaser may wish, provided that the place of delivery may be comestable by water with a navigable vessel—Any quantity that may be ordered for shipping abroad, shall be supplied with punctuality and dispatch, agreeable to order.
Gentlemen who are or may be building—as well as carpenters who may be under or may enter into contracts to build and furnish the materials, will find it well worth their attention to apply as above—Applications may be made by letter (post paid) or otherwise, to the subscriber, or left with Wm. and Anthony M. Buckley, or Benj. W. Morris and Co. merchants, Philadelphia.
Also for Sale or to Let, A large commodious Dwelling House, without buildings complete, and from three to seven acres of land—Two small do. with lots thereon. Also, a small Store near the river—All laying in the village of Lamberton.
NATHAN COMBS. N. B. A Screw Jack to let, that raises from 10 to 40 tons by hand—a constant supply of plaster and Smith's Virginia coal. Lamberton, New Jersey, (on Del.) January 13, 1801.
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
GRATEFULLY acknowledges the numerous favours conferred on him, and informs his friends and the public that he has entered into partnership with CHARLES VARDEN, likewise from Philadelphia, on Capitol Hill, opposite Mr. CERROL's buildings, where, as well as in Pennsylvania Avenue, between the President's House and George Town, from their long and extensive experience in Military, Naval and Fancy dresses, and in Ladies Habits &c. and from their having procured the best of workmen and materials, the utmost taste and punctuality might be expected. Two apprentices wanted. Washington, Dec. 22.

From the Report of the the Secretary of State to Congress.
ABSTRACT of the communications from the agents employed under the act for the relief and protection of American seamen.
DAVID LENOX, Esq. THE AGENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
THIRD QUARTER, 1799.
ABSTRACT of applications made by David Lenox, for the discharge of seamen, representing themselves to be citizens of the United States of America, and detained on board his Britannic Majesty's fleets, from the first day of August, to the first day of November, 1799.
 Cases unanswered per last abstract, - - - 38  Applications since, - - - 192  Renewed applications, - - - 21-231  Discharged, - - - 35  Ordered to be discharged, and are supposed to be so, - - - 48-83  Detained for want of evidence of citizenship, - - - 37  Entered and have received the bounty, - - - 22  Detained as British subjects, - - - 4  Taken in arms, - - - 2  Not on board ships represented, - - - 8  Not answering description in certificates, - - - 2  Run, - - - 6  Detained for trial, or examination in a court of justice - - - 1  Dead (Thomas Snell, junr:) - - - 1  Cases unanswered - - - 85-251 
D. LENOX, Agent of the United States of America, residing in Great Britain for the relief and protection of American Seamen. London, 1st November, 1799.
FOURTH QUARTER, 1799.
Abstract of applications made by David Lenox for the discharge of seamen, representing themselves to be citizens of the United States of America, and detained on board his Britannic majesty's fleets, from the first day of November, 1799, to the first day of January, 1800.
 Cases unanswered per last abstract, - - - 85  Applications since, - - - 106  Renewed applications, - - - 27-218  Discharged, - - - 37  Ordered to be discharged and supposed to be so - - - 31-68  Detained for want of evidence of citizenship - - - 41  Entered and have received the bounty, - - - 8  Detained as British subjects, - - - 19  Taken on board French privateers - - - 2  Not on board ships represented, - - - 8  Run, - - - 9  Detained on suspicion of being concerned in the mutiny on board the Hermione - - - 1  Declines leaving the British service, (John Shaw, of Boston) - - - 1  Cases unanswered, - - - 61-218 
D. LENOX Agent of the United States of America, residing in Great Britain, for the relief and protection of American seamen.
FIRST QUARTER, 1800.
Abstract of applications made by David Lenox, for the discharge of seamen, representing themselves to be citizens of the United States of America, and detained on board his Britannic majesty's fleets, from the first day of January, to the first day of April 1800.
 Cases unanswered per last abstract, - - - 61  Applications since, - - - 109  Applications renewed, - - - 3-173  Discharged, - - - 22  Ordered to be discharged, and supposed to be so, - - - 33-55  Detained, having no document to prove their citizenship, - - - 29  Entered, and have received the bounty, - - - 12  Detained as British subjects, - - - 6  Not on board ships represented, - - - 2  Not answering description in certificate, - - - 1  Taken on board French and Dutch armed ships - - - 19  Run, - - - 6  No wish to leave the British service, after he had requested my interference, (James Smith,) - - - 42-173 
quested my interference, (James Smith,) - - - 42-173 D. LENOX, Agent of the United States of America, residing in Great Britain, for the relief and protection of American seamen. London, 1st April 1800.
SECOND QUARTER, 1800.
Abstract of applications made by David Lenox, for the discharge of seamen representing themselves to be citizens of the United States of America, and detained on board his Britannic majesty's fleets, from the first day of April to the first day of July, 1800.
 Cases unanswered per last abstract, - - - 42  Applications since, - - - 125  Applications renewed, - - - 9-176  Discharged, - - - 39  Ordered to be discharged, and supposed to be so, - - - 31-70  Detained, having no documents to prove their citizenship, - - - 42  Entered and have received the bounty, - - - 6  Detained as British subjects, - - - 5  Not on board ships represented, - - - 4  Run, (made their escape,) - - - 3  On board the La Lutine frigate when she foundered, - - - 1  Cases unanswered, - - - 45-176 
D. LENOX. Agent of the United States of America, residing in Great Britain, for the relief and protection of American seamen. London, 1st July, 1800.
HENRY CRAIG, Esq. AGENT AT MARTINIQUE.
No communications have been received from him since the last report to Congress.
WILLIAM SAVAGE, Esq; Agent at Jamaica.
The following extracts from his letters exhibit the general nature of the impressions, which during the last year, took place on that station.
30th Jan. 1800. "The impressing of American seamen is rigidly pursued, to the great distress of the American trade."
20th February. "The American trade, for some months past has been greatly distressed in consequence of their seamen being so generally impressed. In many instances, the masters have been necessitated to take people of any nation, and pay the most extravagant wages in advance, or suffer their property to remain here."
21st August. "I beg leave to recommend, that the nearest of kin to impressed seamen frame affidavits of their being natives of America, and that the same be sworn to before the governor or chief justice of the state, accompanied with a certificate from you, or the British consul general, stating that the person administering the oath was authorized so to do. Documents of this nature, I have good reason to think will induce lord Seymour, now admiral on this station, to liberate the parties, as he assures me of his disposition to do the strictest justice."
1st November. "The conduct of the navy here, so far as respects the impressing and detaining of American seamen, is widely different on the score of humanity, from what was pursued during the administration of admiral Parker."
Mr. Savage has since the last report to congress, transmitted lists of impressed seamen, calling themselves Americans, to the number of 167.
Robert Greenhow.
Merchant in Williamsburg, Virginia.
BEING desirous to withdraw in a great measure from the further pursuit of business, offers for sale the whole of his well known General and valuable Assortment of Merchandise amounting probable at their prime cost to Eight or ten thousand pounds sterling, of which an idea may be formed by referring to a printed list deposited in this office—Not wishing to divide the Stock applications by letters post paid will be by him received as to the purchase of the whole of it Feb. 2, 1801. tAp
I WILL Sell, or Rent for 2 years, a convenient two story Brick House near the LITTLE HOTEL. Possession may be had on the 10th day of March.
JONATHAN PANCOAST. Washington, Jan. 20. 1800. eodti
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. tf Washington Feb. 4, 1801.
Kid, Eliot & Co.
HAVE received by late arrivals, a general assortment of Hard ware and Ironmongery, which they offer for Sale at their Store opposite the Great Hotel.
They have also on hand Madeira, } Wines. Sherry & } Lisbon. Cognac Brandy. Jamaica Spirits, Holland Gin, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Tea, Coffee, &c. &c. Washington, Dec 18. tf.
Kid, Eliot & Co.
At the Brick Store opposite BLONDET'S HOTEL.
HAVE received by the Brig Union, Capt. Leonard, from Liverpool, a large supply of Crockery Ware. Some of which is well assorted in small casks for the country.
Also, by the same Vessel. White Lead, ground in oil. Spanish Brown do. Red Lead, Patent yellow, &c. &c. They expect by the Roba and Betsey arrived at Norfolk, an additional Invoice of crockery and a large assortment of Glass ware. All which will be sold at the Philadelphia prices. December 28.
John Minchen.
BOOT MAKER FROM PHILADELPHIA.
RESPECTFULLY acquaints his FRIENDS, CUSTOMERS, and the PUBLIC, that he has removed his BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY from near the Eastern Branch, to New Jersey Avenue, on the hill, near the Capitol, where he makes Gentlemen's Boots, Footees, dress and undress Shoes on the shortest notice, in the neatest manner, and of the best materials. December 3d. 3t.w.
TO JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS.
WANTED, a number of Journeymen Shoemakers, to whom constant employment and good wages will be given.
For Sale.
A Small tract of land containing 150 acres more or less. It is on the road to Frederic about five miles from George Town, and is a high and healthy situation. Terms are one third to be paid on possession being given, the remainder in two yearly payments. Enquire of the printer, or at the Commissioners Office, City of Washington.
If not sold within a month it will be rented on easy terms. January, 28th, 1801.
For SALE,
A HOUSE and LOT in the City of Washington, called the COTTAGE, beautifully situated on the slope of the Hill appropriated for the National University and near the Commissioners wharf, at present in the occupation of Mr. KNAPP of the Auditor's office.—For terms apply to Dr. Wm. Thornton, one of the Commissioners of the City, to Mr. Philip Fitzhugh, or PRESLY THORNTON. Washington City, Feb. 11, 1801. tf
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.
NAILS.
ALL kinds of Hammered and Cut Nails, and Brads, Sold at my store in this place, between the President's house and the Six buildings, at the following prices for Cash only.
 Hammered Nails and Brads.  By cwt. or 1.2 cwt by retail and per lb.  2ody Nails 12 1-2 d. per lb 13 1-2 d per lb.  12dy do 13 3-4 13 3-4  10 do 13 3-4 14 1-2  8 do 15 15 1-2  Deck and Spike Nails, 11 1-2  Cut Nails and Brads.  2ody Nails 9 1-2 10 1-2  10 do 10 11  8 do 11 12  6 do 12 13  4 do 13 1-2 14  3 do 14 1-2 15 
SAMUEL MINTIRE. Washington, Feb. 6, 1801. tf.
JUST IMPORTED, IN the ship Missouri, via Philadelphia, and now opening for Sale at the Subscriber's Store on New Jersey Avenue Capital Hill, Square 690. A General Assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, Brass Wares and Building Materials. Among which are the following Articles. Iron pots, frying pans, chafing dishes, Brass iron and Japan Candlesticks, patent metal tea kettles and sauce pans; japanned tea trays, waiters and Bread baskets, fad irons, wind up Jacks, Sweeping, scrubbing, hearth and shoe brushes; Mathematical instruments, mahogany knife cases, filled with ivory handled knives and forks. Cruet stands, ladies dressing cases; mill, pit and cross cut Saws. 56, 28 and 14lb. Iron weights. Also scale beams to weigh from 5 to 10 cwt. at an end. HENRY INGLE. November 24th, 1800.
THE SUBSCRIBER, Will Sell or Exchange
FOR approved lands near the Blue Ridge, a valuable tract of land in Northumberland County, two miles from the Court House and near the bank of the Potomac, containing 1163 acres. This tract is divided into two plantations, on the one there is a brick dwelling house 50 by 33 feet conveniently divided, and two brick offices, 24 by 16 feet. A Framed house 20 by 16 feet designed for an Overseer, and other out houses. The conveniences of this place are equalled by few, and the prospect excelled by none in the state—The house is situated on a high hill and commands an extensive view of the Potomac, and the Chesapeake Bay. There is a Creek abounding with the finest Fish and Oysters, which terminates the flat land of this tract, that is navigable for bay craft, and affords an excellent landing place within half a mile of the house. On this part of the tract there is an excellent orchard of Apple and Peach orchard, and a variety of other fruit trees. It has a great sufficiency of Oak and Hickory timber, for the use of the plantation, besides a large quantity of pine. On the other plantation there is a framed dwelling house 32 by 16 feet, and a few out houses, such as tenants generally have about them. This part of the tract is as well situated for farming as any lands in Virginia. It is well watered, has a sufficiency of timber for its support, and flourishing young peach and apple orchards. As it is presumed that no person will make such a purchase without viewing the premises, all that is necessary to add is that Mr. Spencer Ball living thereon will show the whole, and is fully authorized to make sale thereof. JAMES V. BALL. N. B Any person purchasing may be supplied with stock of all kinds necessary and sufficient for the plantation. January 28, 1801. tf.
BY virtue of a decree of the High Court of Chancery, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder on the 10th day of March next, on the premises, Lot No. 1. in square No. 744 in the City of Washington, with the Sugar House and materials, and the other buildings on the said Lot erected. Such part of the purchase money as shall be sufficient to pay and satisfy the debt, interest and costs due by mortgage from James Piercy to Thomas Law (the amount whereof will be made known on or before the day of Sale) is to be paid down the day of sale, or brought into the Court of Chancery on the twenty-fifth day of June next, at the option of the purchaser; and for the residue of the purchase money, with interest, the purchaser is to give bond payable on the 20th day of June 1802 and upon the ratification of such sale by the chancellor (which ratification if made at all will be upon the twenty-fifth of June next) and upon payment of the whole of the purchase money (and not before) a title will be made to the purchaser clear of all claim of the said Law and Piercy or either of them. JAMES D. BARRY, Trustee January 26, 1801. tmio.
FOR SALE. THE Subscriber will sell at private sale, two Three story Brick Houses, adjoining each other, 28 feet front each, by forty feet deep, on Capitol Hill, Lot No. 6. Sq. 686—A fine commodious lot 61 feet front, by 196 feet deep, running back to an alley 30 feet wide, and may be occupied as one or two tenements, they are finished in a plain, but substantial manner, and built on the best materials—a credit of three, six, and nine months, on giving approved notes, negotiable at the bank of Columbia, or Baltimore—apply to Daniel Carroll, or in Baltimore to HENRY H. CARROLL. Washington, Jan. 5, 1801.
CONVEYANCER'S OFFICE. THOMAS HERTY has opened an office a few yards from the CAPITOL, on the New Jersey Avenue, where he will attend daily till 3 o'clock during the sitting of Congress, and in the afternoon, at his office opposite the LITTLE HOTEL—Conveyances of land, wills, mortgages, leases, assignments, copartnership deeds and dissolutions, marriage settlements and separations, letters of licence and composition, bills of sale of vessels, slaves, and other chattels, bonds of conveyance, and other bonds, powers of attorney, awards, manumissions, partitions, exchanges, petitions, annuities, post obits, seamen's wills and powers, and all other instruments in the above line; are drawn according to the legal import of the same respectively, with the utmost punctuality, accuracy, secrecy, and dispatch, and on moderate terms. Titles investigated, and opinions given where necessary. N. B. Hertys Abridgment of the laws of Maryland, approved and sanctioned by the Attorney General and Legislature of Maryland, may be had at the above office, price Six Dollars neatly bound and lettered; also Hertys Digest of the Laws of the United States, price Three Dollars, neatly bound and lettered. December, 1800. tntt