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Bulletin of the Official Journal L' Moniteur, Paris, Jan. 2.
Government this evening received very important dispatches from the army of the Rhine. The time at which they arrived, and their length render it impossible for us to send off the number of this day to the departments; but these dispatches are of so interesting a nature that we think it our duty to give a short notice of them to such of our subscribers as do not reside at Paris, that they may participate in the happy intelligence as early as possible. It is as follows:
"The general of division Desolles, Chief of the Staff of the army of the Rhine, in a letter addressed to the Minister at War dated Dec. 25, head-quarters at Steyer, announces that general Lecourbe has made four or five hundred prisoners, and that general Richepanse had entered Steyer, where the enemy abandoned 17 pieces of cannon, and nearly four thousand prisoners, &c."
"We have everywhere round immense magazines; the loss of the enemy in ammunition and baggage is prodigious. At Lintz we found 10,000 bbls. of wheat and 25,000 sacks of oats. We are marching against Elzach, and every thing announces that the Austrians are going to rally themselves on the Traisen, and perhaps under the walls of Vienna."
"In a second letter of the 26th ult. dated also from Steyer, general Desolles informs the minister at War, that the Archduke Charles had proposed to general Moreau an armistice, announcing to him that the Emperor was to send (envoyer) a courier to Count Cobentzel with orders to sign a peace."
"The character of the Archduke Charles and his well known good faith were sure pledges of the Emperor's desire to terminate the war. He was besides forced to this measure by the deplorable state of his army, which having lost in 20 days 70 leagues of ground, 25,000 prisoners, 12 or 15,000 killed or wounded, 140 pieces of cannon, and immense magazines, was no longer able to keep our army from conquering all Austria, and dictating laws to the Emperor himself, even in his capital."
"The commander in chief, in accepting the armistice, thought that to stop amidst the most brilliant victories, was conforming to that character of moderation by which the Chief Consul has made himself known to all Europe."
"The armistice was signed at Steyer, Dec. 25; it contains 17 articles, the provisions of which are of such a nature, that they will enable us, even if it should be broken, to recommence the war with great advantages and particularly with great security."
"The enemy, as a guarantee of the armistice, give up to the French army the forts of Kufstein, Scharnitz and other permanent points of fortification in the Tyrol, the defiles of Fientlermunz and Nauders, and other fortified points in the country of the Tyrol; and in the last place the fortress of Wurtzburg in Franconia, and Braunau in the circle of Bavaria."
From the Journals des Defenseurs.
"General Moreau, on the 25th Dec. concluded an armistice and suspension of arms for 30 days, demanded by the Archduke Charles, commander of the Austrian army. The French army, by virtue of this armistice, occupies a line of demarcation, which extends from Bormio in the Valteline to Pachlam on the Danube, 17 leagues from Vienna. The line passes by Bormio, Glurns, Botzen, Brixen, Lienz, Soital, Hundlmarckt, Leoben, Elsenhartz, Mark, Gaming, to Erlach and Pachlam."
"The forts of the Tyrol, the fortress of Kufstein, Scharnitz, Braunau, the citadel
of Wurtzburg, &c. are to be evacuated by the Austrian troops between the 26th Dec. and 8th Jan."
"The line of demarcation for the Gallo-Batavian army extends from Neuremberg to Erlach, passing by Neuremberg, Laner, Stadt-am-hof and Ratisbon. Postscript—(from the Journal des Debats, of the 12th Nivose, (2d Jan.)"
"A courier arrived last night, brings the account of an armistice concluded between the French and Austrian troops. The armistice is for thirty days, fifteen days previous notice must be given before the resumption of hostilities; thus it is an armistice of forty-five days. The Archduke Charles has sent this news, by an extraordinary courier to Laneville."
"The Chief Consul has announced all these successes to the legislative bodies with the utmost éclat, and the latter have willingly voted, that the four principal armies have deserved well of their country. Peace on the continent is considered certain; indeed the Chief Consul states that Count Cobentzel had officially announced on the 31st of December, that he was empowered to treat for a separate peace; and next day the conferences were to open. The points of detail will not be difficult to adjust, after the basis of the treaty is agreed upon, and considering the discussion that must already have taken place. As we conjectured, the terms of peace will not be more severe than they were formerly offered. The Chief Consul states the principle on which he acts, in the following words:"
"The left bank of the Rhine shall be the boundary of the French Republic: She makes no pretension to the right bank. The interest of Europe does not permit the EMPEROR to pass the Adige. The independence of the Helvetic and Batavian Republics shall be insured and guaranteed. Our victories add nothing to the pretensions of the French people; Austria ought not to expect from her defeats what she would not have obtained from her victories."
"Such are the invariable intentions of the government. The welfare of France shall be to restore calm to Germany and Italy; her glory to deliver the Continent from the avaricious and destructive genius of England."
"It is deserving of remark, that while the Batavian and Helvetic Republics are mentioned as to be recognised, not a word is said of the Cisalpine Republic. Has Buonaparte conceived any new plan for the settlement of that country, and of Italy at large? It is stated generally, that tranquillity will be restored to Italy. Have Prussia and Russia prevailed upon him to renounce the project of making republicans of the Italians? The circumstance may give rise to many conjectures; at present we are at a loss what opinion to form; but we are disposed to believe, that the vague allusion to Italy is calculated to avoid giving any ground of offence to those powers which the Chief Consul finds it prudent to conciliate, and that nothing final is yet decided, respecting these five countries, the scene of incessant war, and the prey of alternate conquerors."
"In the official message there are to be found several severe insinuations against the influence of this country on the Continent. The Tribune and Legislative body likewise re-echo those reproaches. It seems evident therefore, from the temper of the French government, that ministers, who have opposed negotiation in every shape, who lately rejected absolutely the offer of a separate negotiation, must now submit to the ignominy of making that proposal, to which so lately they refused to listen. That the emperor will conclude a separate treaty, in a very short time, cannot now be doubted."
"The French funds have risen very much. They were on the 3d, 46 and three-fourths."
FRANCE.
The General of Division, Chief of the Staff to the Minister of War.
Head-Quarters at Steyer, Dec. 26, 9th year of the Republic.
CITIZEN MINISTER,
The Archduke Charles has proposed an Armistice to the General-in-Chief, anouncing
cing, at the same time, that the Emperor has sent a courier to M. de Cobentzel, with orders to sign the peace.
The General in Chief considering that the line of the Traun and the Enns was forced, that we were 100 leagues in advance of the other armies, and already on the rear of the Austrian army in Italy; and that by consequence General Bellegarde had the two grand debouches of Salzburg and Innsbruck, through which he might make a detachment, which joining the troops left in the Tyrol, might come upon our rear, and interrupt our communication with France, has judged it proper to consent to a suspension of arms which procuring us great advantages, might at the same time enable us to wait the movements of the army of Italy, from which we have as yet received no intelligence.
The character of the Archduke Charles, his well known honor are guarantees of the desire the Emperor had to terminate the war, to which he was besides compelled by the deplorable state of his army, which having lost in twenty days seventy leagues of ground, 25,000 prisoners, 12 or 15,000 killed and wounded, 140 pieces of cannon and immense magazines, was no longer able, nor could be in three months, to prevent our army from conquering the whole of Austria, and dictating the law in the capital. But to do this without danger it would be necessary that the army of Italy should be already master of the head of the defiles of Carinthia.
The general in chief besides conceived, that to stop in the midst of the most brilliant victories was conformable to the character of moderation by which the First Consul had distinguished himself in the eyes of all Europe.
I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of the Convention for an armistice. The Emperor will immediately treat for peace, whatever may be the determination of his Allies; and our line, which is supported by the Danube and the mountains, putting us in possession of Kufstein, Scharnitz, Braunau, &c. enables us to recommence the war with the greatest advantages, and above all, with the utmost security.
Health and respect, (Signed)
DESOLLES.
ARMY OF ITALY.
Brune, Counsellor of State, General in Chief, to the Minister at War.
Head quarters, Verona, 13 Nivose, Jan. 3.
We passed the Adige on the 11th (Jan. 1.)—A false attack, made a mile from Verona, deceived the enemy. The talents and activity of General Marmont, commander of the artillery, rendered this important operation easy to us.
General Delmas crossed with some cannon the small chain of mountains which separates the Val Polisella, from the Val Pantena. He had some difficulties to surmount on the road. This movement obliged the enemy to evacuate Verona.—Peschiera is surrounded—Mantua is Blockaded—I am going to besiege Porto Legagno.
General Rochambeau has advanced from the Odron by Riva, Torbole and Mori on the Adige, which has obliged the Austrian General to abandon the celebrated position of the Corona.
General Schmidt has occupied the celebrated height of Rivoli. I send General Boudet to Roveredo to facilitate the march of General Rochambeau.
I hasten, on alighting from horseback, to dispatch to you this first Courier.
BRUNE.
(A true copy) ALEX. BERTHIER, Minister at War.
VIENNA, Dec. 31.
The following proclamation was published on the 28th, in the Court Gazette.
"As in the proclamation on the 24th inst. it was announced that negotiations were entered into for peace, at the same time that our faithful subjects and citizens were called upon to be ready to make every exertion in defence of their property and effects; it is now hereby notified, that
between the Austrian and French troops, an armistice of 30 days, with 15 days notice, making in the whole 45 days, has been concluded. Notwithstanding the certain hope we entertain of an approaching conclusion of peace, yet it behoves every prudent government, till peace is actually concluded, to remit, in no manner the preparations for defence and security on which the whole welfare of the whole monarchy depends, as well as the property and tranquillity of individuals. With respect to this defence, it is therefore ordered that such as are to serve in person, shall appear before the proper officers, and receive their directions under the orders of the General of Artillery, the Prince of Wertenberg. Such as cannot serve in person, but are in possession of arms shall deliver up the same to the arsenal, to be employed in the defence of the city, whence they may receive them again at the peace."
"People of the Austrian monarchy! You have ever lived under the happiest and mildest government: to this all Europe attests. Austrians, your fidelity to your religion, your prince, and your country; your morality, your courage, and bravery in all the wars you have waged, has been ever your inheritance and an example to others, however the fortune of war may be changeable to every state and every people. This mutability is in the nature of human events; but the virtues of a people, their courage, fidelity and loyalty to their monarch, the state and religion, (the greatest good and comfort of man) nothing can so alter or depress, that they shall not be exerted, and calmly repair every loss. Persevere, therefore, and peace shall restore every thing."
(Signed) Count LEHRBACH.
"Minister of State, and Plenipotentiary Court Commissary."
The Emperor has sent orders to Count Cobentzel at Laneville, to sign the peace. On the 25th of Dec. General Brune defeated the army commanded by General Hohenzollern and Busly, with the loss of 12,000 men, 8000 of whom were taken prisoners, and 24 pieces of cannon.
LONDON, Jan. 10.
We yesterday received the Paris Journals to the 4th inclusive. The Moniteur of the 12th and 13th, the number being consolidated, contains official copies of General Desolles's dispatches, announcing the successes of the army of the Rhine, and of the convention by which it was followed. General Desolles states as inducements for the conclusion of the armistice, the possibility of General Bellegarde detaching from the army in Italy, a body of troops to join those in the Tyrol, and falling on the rear, intercepting the communications with France. They had not heard of the commencement of hostilities in Italy, and it seems to be inferred that Brune was rather tardy.
The conditions of the Armistice, however, are so favorable to the enemy, they require no other motive than the advantages they offer. The French having obtained entire possession of the Tyrol having united their armies of Germany and Italy by a complete line of posts, and being in possession of every strong place behind them, would be enabled to renew the war with almost a certainty of success. Respecting the permanent fortresses which the French have got into their hands, provision has been made that they shall be restored in their present state, if hostilities are not renewed but if peace does not follow, it seems they will be left in the power of the enemy to destroy them if they think proper. The debouches of Feintlementz, Nauders, and other fortifications of this deflection are left at the disposal of the French.
It appears by a dispatch from General Brune, dated 27th of December, that the campaign had at last been seriously opened in Italy:—He had not waited to turn the line of the Mincio but attacked it in front.
On the 27th the French made a vigorous attack upon the Austrian positions.

on the Mincio, and with success. The passage, after a desperate engagement, was carried at Monzabano, and Molino. These places are between the Lake di Garda and Mantua, lying nearer to the former. On the 27th at one in the morning, the headquarters were at Valagio, on the left bank. The army is stated in the official communication to the Legislative body, to blockade Mantua. The account given by Brune of the business, is very short, and not very explicit. It is evident that much loss must have been sustained on both sides. A great number of superior officers are stated to have been wounded on the side of French. They certainly gained their object; and had the war continued, the army of the Rhine would have experienced the benefit of the diversion. From Brune's dispatch it appears that he intended to renew the battle next day. He could not by that time have received an account of the armistice. Indeed he is not bound by it. He (as well as Ancreau in Franconia) is left at liberty to negotiate a separate one; and if his advantages are as decisive as he states, he will not fail to exact considerable sacrifices from the Austrians in Italy.
LONDON, Jan. 7.
The winter campaign has concluded in less than a month from its opening in Germany; and Buonaparte is on the eve of fulfilling his promise of forcing the emperor to sign a separate peace. By the Paris Journals, which we yesterday received to the 3d instant, we find, that, Moreau, following up his successes with the greatest energy giving his enemy no time to breathe, striking them with the utmost alarm at the rapidity and destruction of his movements; without fighting another general battle, has forced the emperor to submit to the conditions imposed by the Chief Consul, and an armistice was granted on Christmas day.
No general battle was fought after that of Hohenlinden, on the 3d ult. On the 14th, a warm action, in which two or three French divisions were engaged, took place on the Salza, the result of which was the capture of Salzburg which the French entered on the 15th. The enemy marched forward from the Salza, in three columns, of three divisions each; the right column, commanded by Lecourbe, proceeded along the north points of the two lakes, called the Alter-Sea and the Traun-Sea, to reach the mountains which stretch by Steyer, towards the Danube. This column does not seem to have been engaged in any important affair, but before the 25th it made four or five hundred prisoners. The left column, under general Grenier, crossed the Salza at Burghausen, drove in the garrison of Braunau, taking 200 prisoners and marched for Wels, making some few prisoners more, but without any reconnoitre of moment. To the centre column, under general Moreau, the important part of the service now fell.
The Austrians, driven from the Salza, retired, and on the 16th fixed their headquarters at Straubingen. On this day Richepanse, who contributed so greatly to the gaining of the battle of Hohenlinden, and whose division now formed the advanced guard of the centre column, came up with the rear guard of the Imperial army near Newmark, and defeated it, making about four or five hundred prisoners. The Austrians now retired behind the Traun, fixing their headquarters at Schwanstadt, on the 17th. On this day the Archduke Charles arrived, and assumed the command of the army, endeavoring to take a strong position behind the river Traun, and to adopt defensive measures; but he was too late to stop the progress of the enemy, having under him none but routed, disorganized, and dispirited troops, without time to receive the large reinforcements on their way from Bohemia and Hungary; a knowledge that such reinforcements were on their march probably spurred the French to be sudden in their motions, and Austria, as usual, was too late.
The Archduke Charles had not time to finish his defensive positions, when two of Grenier's divisions, under Legrand and Grandjean, and Moreau's three divisions, under Decaen, Richepanse, and Grouchy, approached his army. The advanced guard, under Richepanse, again attacked the Imperial rear guard on the 18th, in a strong position near Vockbruck, and defeated them, after a severe action, which left 1000 prisoners in the hands of the French (of whom 600 were cavalry) together with Gen. Lopez their commander.
The Austrians retiring again, on the 19th endeavoured to make a stand on the heights of Lambach, and for this purpose the Archduke Charles changed the troops composing
the rear guard for some that had not been engaged since the opening of the campaign; but on the 19th they were driven into the defiles of Lambach by Richepanse whose infantry defeated them with great carnage. The Austrian Commander of the rear guard, General Mezarcy, like his predecessor Lopez, was made prisoner, together with his two chief officers, and 7 or 800 men.
The French now advanced; and on the 20th fixed their headquarters at Wels. Gen. Richepanse marched for Steyer, supported by Grouchy on his right, while general Decaen pursued the enemy to Lint, making 400 prisoners. The Austrians retired, partly across the Danube at Lint, and partly behind the Enns. After their departure from Salzburg, it appears they were in a state of route and confusion, abandoning every thing to the enemy, their waggons obstructed the roads, and the French obtaining possession of 7 or 8 hundred of them.
The positions on the river Traun being taken, the three French columns proceeded forward, the right under Lecourbe, for the mountains south of Steyer; and the left, under Grenier, along the South banks of the Danube, on the high road from Linz to Vienna. We have no account of any action after this period, but some such engagements as those of the 18th and 19th, no doubt, took place between the 20th and 25th, as the official bulletin in The Moniteur , speaking from Desselles's letter says, Richepanse entered Steyer, where the Austrians left behind 17 pieces of cannon and 4900 prisoners.
The Emperor Francis seems to have made it a rule not to yield till the French were within less than an hundred miles from that city, the same distance as Leoben, where Buonaparte, in 1797, extorted what Moreau has now obtained. On the morning of the 25th, the French intended proceeding onward to the next river, Enns, and nothing could have hindered them from reaching Vienna; the Austrians were retiring behind the Traun, the last river of note on the way to Vienna, under the walls of which they must speedily have been taken on their position, had not an armistice been concluded on the evening of the 24th. That event renders it unnecessary to notice circumstantially the situation of the other armies. The French General Gouaud intended to ascend the Danube from Ratisbon to Lint, with 20,000 men; Angereau, defeated on the 18th, was withdrawing his headquarters from Hertzogen Aurach to Lomersfelden; Macdonald's army continued advancing slowly into the Tyrol; and Brune, in Italy, remained on the defensive, the period for his activity not having arrived.
The Emperor was censured for giving up the Tyrol as the price of the former armistice; what will be said of his conduct on the present occasion? He has yielded the great bulwark of his Empire, the rampart at present covering his army in Italy. By giving up Kufstein, Schwanstadt, Nanders, and Finsmuntz, which are to be surrendered by tomorrow, the 8th, he puts the whole of the Tyrol in the enemy's hands, leaving them in a situation to approach Vienna with ease, at their leisure, should hostilities be renewed; and placing Bellegarde with his forces in such peril, that Italy must be instantly evacuated, notwithstanding "the strong line of the Mincio." Thus far we speak on official authority; but if what The Journal des Defenseurs states be true, and it is a sort of a half official paper, the condition of the Emperor is still more unfortunate; he has alienated the French triangular territory, whose base will rest upon Chivavenna and Wurzburg, and whose point will be at Leoben and Pochlarn, on the Danube, within fifty miles of Vienna. During the negotiations, they will have time to settle and possess themselves of this position, and how easily they will be able to approach the Austrian capital, in case of necessity, may be guessed, by recollecting that Moreau has conquered in three weeks fighting almost every day, an extent of 125 miles, from Anzing Steyer. But the French have now a better security for peace than either the prayers or promises of the Emperor, the appointment of negotiators, without powers to treat, or the mock dismissal of obstinate, incapable Ministers.
The appointment of the Archduke Charles to the command of the army appears to have been preceded by a resolution of making peace; a preliminary which His Highness considered as indispensable, according to the official article in The Moniteur .
On the 18th, the day after the Archduke Charles took the command of the army, Count Merseburg arrived from the
camp, at the Austrian headquarters at Schwanstadt, with propositions to Moreau. Overtures had previously been made. In the French papers it is stated, that citizens Lacroix and Bethut, couriers of General Moreau, lately passed through Nancy, carrying, to the French army, the last answer of the First Consul to the propositions of the emperor. The activity of the couriers, therefore, was of as much importance as the letter from Carlsruhe yesterday represented. The Vienna letters by the Hamburg mail must have been accurate in stating, that, after the passage of the Inn on the 9th, by the French, his Imperial Majesty dispatched serious overtures of peace to Paris. This armistice, which is for 30 days, with 15 days notice of rupture, must have been dictated by the Chief Consul himself, as we see the negotiation was carried on by couriers between Vienna and Paris.
The preliminaries of peace between France and Austria have probably been signed at Luneville, before this time. The Moniteur says, the Emperor sent orders to Cobenzel, not to negotiate, but to sign the peace. In his circumstances no negotiation can take place: he is reduced to submission, and must accept of the terms offered. It is scarcely necessary to observe, that he will sign a separate peace; he can sign no other. A Congress to adjust the interests, the plunder, of the German Empire, will speedily be opened at Luneville. Italy also must be disposed of. Through that way the Chief Consul, no doubt, casts an eager eye at Egypt. And here the question of peace with England presents itself!
CONVENTION
Entered into between his Majesty the EMPEROR and KING, and the FRENCH REPUBLIC.
His Majesty the Emperor and King, wishing to treat immediately for Peace with the French Republic, whatever may be the determination of his allies the generals in chief of the French army, and of the Imperial army in Germany, wishing to put a stop, as much as is in their power, to the calamities inseparable from war, have agreed to treat for an armistice and suspension of arms, and to this effect have respectively invested with special powers, the General of Brigade Victor Faineau Lahorie, and his royal highness the archduke Charles, major count de Grime, and colonel Wairiotier de Vetal, who have agreed as follows:
1. The line of demarcation between the portion of the Gallo-Batavian army under the command of general Angereau, in the circles of Westphalia, the Upper Rhine, and Franconia, to Bayardorf, shall be determined particularly between that general and the commander of the Imperial and royal army opposed to him.
From Bayardorf it passes to Herland, Nuremberg, Neumark, Parsberg, Laver, Stodhamhof, and Ratisbon, where it passes the Danube, along the right bank of which it continues to the Erlaph, which it proceeds along to its source; passes to Marekningen, Hogeback, Goulingen, Hamamox, Mendelng, Leopoldstein, Heillemach, Vorderenberg, and Leoben; follows the left bank of the Muhr, to the point where the river intersects the road between Salzburg to Cogenfort, continues along the road to Venonne, by Ipens and Brixen to Botzen; whence it passes to Maham, Glun, and Santa Maria, and arrives by Bormio in the Valteline, where it connects with the army of Italy.
2. The map of Germany by Couchard, shall serve as a rule in the discussions which may arise relative to the line of demarcation above described.
3. With respect to the rivers which shall separate the two armies, the cutting down or preserving the bridges over them shall be regulated by particular arrangements, according as it shall be judged useful or necessary for the armies or districts. The generals in chief of the respective armies shall agree together with respect to these objects, or refer the decision concerning them to the generals commanding the troops at these points. The navigation of the rivers shall remain free as well for the armies as for the country.
4. The French army shall not only occupy exclusively the points of the line of demarcation above determined, but also to place a continued interval between the two armies, the line of the advanced posts of the Imperial and royal army, in its whole extent, with the exception of the Danube, shall be distant at least a German mile from that of the French army.
5. Excepting the guards of safety, or guards of the police, to be sent into the Tyrol from both armies, in equal numbers (but these, the smallest possible, and to be ascertained by a separate convention) there
shall remain no other troops of his Imperial majesty within the territory defined by the line of demarcation. Such Imperial troops as are now in the country of the Grisons, the Tyrol, and Carintia, shall immediately retire by Clagenfurt to Pruck, in order to rejoin the Imperial army of Germany, without being, in any part, detached to Italy.
They shall begin their retreat from the posts they now occupy, as soon as they shall receive notice of the present convention; and their march shall be at the rate of a German post in half a day. The general in chief of the French army on the Rhine is authorised to satisfy himself of the execution of this article, by delegates who shall attend the march of the Imperial troops to Prunk.
The Imperial troops who may have to retire from the Upper Palatine, Suabia, or Franconia, shall take the shorter route to the line of demarcation.
The execution of this article shall on no pretext be retarded beyond the time necessary to reach the distances fixed.
6 The forts of Kuestein, Schoernitz, and the other points of permanent fortification in the Tyrol, shall be put into the provisional possession of the French Army, to be restored, as they are at present, upon the conclusion and ratification of peace, if that shall follow this armistice without a renewal of hostilities.
The posts commanding the passes of Fientermuntz, Naudert, and other fortifications of the Tyrol, shall be put at the disposal of the French army.
7 The magazines of the Imperial army in the country are left at its disposal.
8 The fortresses of Wurzburg, in Franconia, and Braunau, in the circle of Bavaria, are also to be delivered up to the French army to be afterwards restored on the same conditions as the forts of Kuestein and Schoernitz.
9 The troops of the Empire and of his Imperial and Royal Majesty now occupying those places, shall evacuate them as follows: Wurzburg, Jan. 6, 1801; Braunau, Jan. 4; the forts of the Tyrol, Jan. 6.
10 All the garrisons shall march out with the honours of war; and shall, with their arms and baggage, take the shortest route to rejoin the Imperial army. They are to take from those places no artillery, ammunition, stores, nor provisions of any sort, except what is necessary for their subsistence till they reach the line of demarcation. Delegates shall be, on both sides, nominated, to ascertain the state of the above places at the time of their evacuation. But the evacuations shall not be delayed by any discussions that may arise between those delegates.
11 The extraordinary levies in the Tyrol shall be immediately disbanded, and the persons enrolled shall return to their respective habitations. This dismissal shall, on no pretence be delayed.
12 The general in chief on the Rhine desires to give his highness, the Archduke Charles, an unequivocal proof of the sincerely pacific nature of the motives which have led him to demand the evacuation of the Tyrol; and he, therefore, declares, that, except in fortresses of Kuestein, Schoernitz, Fentermuntz, he will keep in the Tyrolese Territory none but the guards of safety, or guards of the Police, whose presence is stipulated in article 5, and is necessary to maintain the requisite communications.
14 The above portion of the Territory of the Empire, and of the possessions of his Imperial Majesty in the Tyrol, is placed under the protection of the French army, in order to maintain the due respect for property, and for the present forms of its government. The inhabitants shall not be disturbed on account of any services they may have rendered to the Imperial army, for the sake of their political opinions, nor for having taken an active part in the war.
15 In consequence of the above dispositions being mutually taken, there shall be an armistice and a suspension of arms for not less than thirty days between the Gallo-Batavian army in Germany, and the army of the Rhine, on the one part—and on the other, the army of his Imperial majesty, and of his allies in the German Empire. After the armistice shall have expired, hostilities shall not be renewed without fifteen days previous notice, reckoned from the hour of the notification of the rupture; and the armistice may be prolonged indefinitely till such notification shall be given.
16 No body nor detachment from either army on the Rhine, or that of his Imperial majesty in Germany, shall be sent to either the French or Imperial army in Italy, while there is not an armistice between the French and Imperial armies in that country.

try. Any violation of this article shall be regarded as a rupture of the present armistice.
17 The general in chief of the army of the Rhine shall, with the utmost possible expedition, make known the present Convention to the commanders in chief of the Gallo-Batavian army, the army of the Gaisons, and the army of Italy; and shall in the most earnest manner request them, in particular the commanders of the army of Italy, to conclude a similar suspension of arms.
Free passage shall be at the same time allowed to such officers and couriers as his royal highness the Arch-duke may think fit to send, during the armistice, to the places which are to be evacuated in the Tyrol, or any other part within the time of demarcation.
Executed and exchanged at Steyer, Dec. 25, 1800.
Signed, &c. &c. General of Division and head officer of the general staff. [Signed] DESOLLES.
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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 112 wt by retail under 36.     20dy Nails 12 1-2 d. per lb 13 1-2 d per lb   12dy do 13 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.   20dy 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 M'INTIRE. Washington, Feb. 6, 1801. tf.
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 or it Feb. 2, 1801. tAp
LOTS FOR SALE, In the City of Washington.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard. WILLIAM PROUT. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. tf
N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kilo of Bricks, and some Cord Wood. W P
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.
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 Roha 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. Bomber 18
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, March 9, 1801.
Citizens of the United States!
An opportunity once more recurs for reconciliation and harmony. The voice of a majority of the people has declared itself in favour, not only of particular men, but of particular measures. The contest, which has just passed, was a contest of principle. A decision has been made; and power been entrusted to those who have been considered as attached to certain principles, and so measures calculated to give them effect.
Of these principles and measures a candid avowal has been made. Their leading features are:
 1. Economy in pecuniary concerns.  2. Exemption from foreign entanglements.  3. Obedience to the laws.  4. Freedom of enquiry. 
No sincere republican can be found who will not acknowledge these to be the vital principles of a free government. Without their existence we should experience oppressive taxation, intellectual debasement, uncontrolled power, and perpetual hostility with foreign nations.
Under their auspices we may rationally expect moderate taxes, mental elevation, power properly restrained, and uninterrupted peace. Should these be secured every man will be at liberty undisturbed to prosecute those schemes which either promote his own, or the public good.
That the principles professed by the President of the United States, will be carried into practice, is the firm belief of that portion of the nation that has raised him to power.
It is possible that an opinion, at least differently modified, is entertained by his late political opponents. Attached to a system of measures, in some respects unquestionably at variance with the avowed principles of the president, they fear a result unfriendly to their wishes. From this description of citizens instantaneous approbation cannot rationally be expected. All that can at present be expected is an abstention from opposition and a neutral attitude. This will enable them coolly and deliberately to review opinions, to dispel past prejudices, and to estimate relative weight of character.
Should this dispassionate temper pervade that class of our citizens, who have hitherto, generally gone by the name of federalists, we may expect, (if the measures of the new administration correspond with its professions, of which no doubt is entertained by us) an accession of strength, honorable to the administration, and still more honorable to those who have hitherto been inimical.
It is the lot of man too invariably to fall into error which by an association with particular classes of men, becomes deeply rooted in his breast; and generally remains in full vigour until dislodged by some great crisis in human affairs. At such a crisis, the mind is roused into the exercise of all its energies, and in one moment of magnanimous feeling destroys those fetters, which in less favourable circumstances, might require years to break. We will hope, nay we believe, that this period has now arrived; a period in which man, thinking for himself, and acting up to his thoughts, will steadily promote the public good.
If however the measures of the new administration shall conflict with those measures which any citizens may view as most conducive to the national interest, let their tendency be discussed with candour and truth. Whatever consequences are apprehended, let them be stated with explicitness. Freedom of enquiry is the soul of republican institutions; and gloomy will be that period in which shall be suppressed its salutary influence. But there is a manner in which free discussion should be conducted, which at the same time that it imparts efficacy to the ideas expressed, is the pledge of harmony even with our opponents. Men may differ on many, perhaps on all points without manifesting the petulance of passion or the rancour of calumny. Let this manner then, be the harbinger of peace to contending classes of citizens. While it leaves uninflamed the worst passions of the heart, it will awaken and engage those powers of the mind on whose active exercise the public welfare essentially depends.
The triumphs of republicanism in the election of Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr have been celebrated by large assemblies of citizens in New-York, Baltimore, Montgomery county, Penns. Wilmington, Del. Norfolk.
Indeed the greater number of the papers we receive contain either notices of the preparations for celebrating, or accounts of the celebration, of this interesting event. Every where it is commemorated as the triumph of principle, which is justly considered as paramount to the most unequivocal personal attachment and respect.
In Philadelphia, the 4th of March has been celebrated with apparently unprecedented animation. A procession was formed, which is stated, for splendor and extent, to have surpassed any thing of the kind, excepting the procession of 1787.
After moving through the City, it entered the German reformed church, when the band of music played Jefferson's march, which was followed by a solemn invocation to the Deity.
The Declaration of Independence was then read by Robert Porter. Music intervened, when John Beckley pronounced an Oration.
During the day several rounds were discharged by the artillery, the bells were rung, and the shipping were dressed with their flags and streamers.
No excess or accident disturbed the joy of the day. Even the federal prints, with commendable candour, state the arrangements made to this effect, to have been executed with complete success.
APPOINTMENTS
By the late President of the United States, under the Act concerning the District of Columbia.
Thomas Johnson, Esquire, to be Chief Judge of the District of Columbia.
William Cranch, and James Marshall, Esquires, to be Assistant Judges.
James M. Lingan, Esq. to be Marshal.
William Hammond Dorsey, Esq. to be Judge of the Orphans Court in the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia.
John Peters, to be Register of Wills for same county.
John Herbert, Esq. to be Judge of the Orphans Court for the County of Alexandria.
Cleon Moore, Esq. of Alexandria, to be Register of Wills for that county.
Thomas Sim Lee, Thomas Peter, Tristram Dalton, William Marbury, Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Addison, Uriah Forrest, John Laird, Daniel Carroll, Richard Forrest, John Mason, Cornelius Cunningham, James Barry, Marshall Waring, Thomas Beall, John Threlkeld, William Thornton, Lewis Deblois, Daniel Reintzel, William Hammond Dorsey, Robert Brent, Joseph Sprig Belt, and Abraham Boyd, Esqrs. to be Justices of the Peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia.
William Fitzhugh, John Potts, Robert Townsend Hooe, Jonah Thompson, Richard Conway, William Harper, Charles Alexander, Jonathan Swift, George Gilpin, Abraham Faw, Francis Peyton, Charles Alexander, jun. George Taylor, John Herbert, Dennis Ramsay, Cuthbert Powell, Simon Summers, Jacob Haughtman and Cleon Moore, Esqrs. to be Justices of the Peace for the county of Alexandria.
Samuel Hanson, of Samuel, to be Notary Public for Washington.
And Henry Moore, to be Notary Public for Alexandria.
JOSEPH EGGLESTON, of Virginia has addressed his constituents, declining a re-election as a member of the House of Representatives of U. S.
William Tilghman has been appointed Chief Judge of the circuit, in the room of Jared Ingersol, who declined.
This nomination was made by Mr. Adams.
DIED, JAMES MADISON, father of James Madison, Secretary of State. In consequence of this event, Mr. Madison is not expected here for some days.
On the 25th inst. in the House of Representatives of MASSACHUSETTS, the Speaker, Messrs. Knox, Hall, of B. Tillinghast, Putnam, Ward, of W. & Morton, with such as the Senate may join, were appointed a Committee to prepare and report a respectful address to the President of the United States who is about retiring to private life. The address to express the grateful and high sense the Legislature entertain of the numerous and eminent services he has rendered his country, and particularly in his present elevated station. To assure him of their undiminished confidence in his character, and of an affectionate welcome into the bosom of his country.
The President, Messrs. Bridges, Jones, Dwight, Treadwell & Richborn, are added on the part of the Senate.
At a joint meeting of the legislature of New-Jersey, Aaron Ogden, was appointed a Senator in the Congress of the United States for this State, in the room of James Schureman resigned.
SAMUEL WHITE has been appointed Senator in Congress, for Delaware, in the room of Henry Latimer, resigned.
Citizen PICHON has been some days gone on his way to America, charged with a million to the United States.
Lon. pap.
In addition to the important details in our preceding columns, our limits only admit a brief notice of the following articles.
The Russian, Swedish and Danish ships at Portsmouth and Dover, were embargoed on the 15th January. There were then in Portsmouth, 16 Swedish and 4 Danish vessels. This order extends to all the vessels of the above powers in the ports of Great Britain and Ireland.
In a London paper of the 16th January, we find a lengthy trial of conspirators against Buonaparte in October last, which lasted three days, when Dominique Demerville, Joseph Ceracchi, Joseph Arena, and J. B. Zophino Lebrun were condemned to death.
No important discovery concerning the infernal machine had been made.
The measures of safety adopted by the French government against intestine confusion and dark conspiracy are now made public. Upwards of 100 persons are to be sent beyond seas, and to be kept under the inspection of the constituted authorities; 40 of them set out from Paris on the 10th Jan. for Orleans: Guienna is probably their destination.
It is stated, on the authority of letters from Hamburg, that the armed confederacy between the powers of the North, Russia, Denmark and Sweden, was actually signed.
England is preparing against any attempts of invasion. Gun boats for the protection of the coast are in forwardness.
The Brest fleet has made several attempts to get out. Seven sail of the line, and four frigates, with 4000 troops, which left Brest, were driven into Vilaine-bay by Sir Edward Pellew.
Price of Flour in London, January 19. Fine Flour, 120, 126s—Seconds, 90, 116s—Middlings, 120, 130s.
ROBERT ELLIS.
AT the House lately occupied as the Little Hotel—has for sale at low rates, the following articles, viz
 Madeira, 1st quality,  Dry Sherry,  Port,  Tenneriffe,  Malaga,  1st, 4th, and 5th proof Cogniac Brandy,  4th do. Jamaica Spirits,  Holland Gin,  Aniseed and Cinnamon Cordials,  Country Rum and Whiskey.  And a general Assortment of Groceries. Also a large supply of Ladies Morocco Shoe, and first quality Butter. Washington, March 2, 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. tmro.
Public Sale of LOTS, IN WASHINGTON CITY.
WILL be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, on Friday the 1st day of May next, at William Lanniciff's Hotel Two Hundred Lots, situated Eastward of the Capitol and near to the Eastern Branch Ferry; he terms will be one half Cash and the other half at 60 days on Notes negotiable at the Bank of Columbia satisfactorily endorsed. An indisputable title will be given by, GEORGE WALKER. Washington, March 2, 1801. tMay1

AN ACT, CONCERNING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That the laws of the state of Virginia, as they now exist, shall be and continue in force, in that part of the District of Columbia which was ceded by the said state, to the United States, and by them accepted for the permanent seat of government: and that the laws of the state of Maryland, as they now exist, shall be and continue in force in that part of the said district, which was ceded by that state to the United States, and by them accepted as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said District of Columbia shall be formed into two counties, one county shall contain all that part of said District which lies on the east side of the river Potowmac, together with the islands therein, and shall be called the county of Washington; the other county shall contain all that part of said district which lies on the west side of said river, and shall be called the county of Alexandria; and the said river, in its whole course through said District shall be taken and deemed, to all intents and purposes, to be within both of said counties.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a court in said District which shall be called the circuit court of the District of Columbia; and the said court and the judges thereof, shall have all the powers by law vested in the circuit courts (and the judges of the circuit courts) of the United States. Said court shall consist of one chief judge, and two assistant judges resident within said District, to hold their respective offices during good behavior, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum: and each of the said judges shall, before he enter on his office, take the oath or affirmation provided by law to be taken by the judges of the circuit courts of the United States; and said court shall have powers to appoint a clerk of the court in each of said counties, who shall take the oath, and give a bond with sureties, in the manner directed for clerks of the district courts, in the act to establish the judiciary of the United States.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said court shall, annually, hold four sessions in each of said counties, to commence as follows, to wit: For the county of Washington, at the city of Washington, on the fourth Mondays of March, June, September, and December: for the county of Alexandria, at Alexandria, on the second Mondays of January, April, July, and the first Monday of October.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said court shall have cognizance of all crimes and offences committed within said District, and of all cases in law and equity between parties, both or either of which shall be resident, or be found, within said District; and also of all actions, or suits, of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, in which the United States shall be plaintiffs or complainants; and of all seizures on land or water, and all penalties and forfeitures made, arising, or accruing, under the laws of the United States.
Sec. 6. Provided, and be it further enacted, That all local actions shall be commenced in their proper counties, and that no action or suit shall be brought before said court by any original process against any person who shall not be an inhabitant of, or found within said District at the time of serving the writ.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a marshal for the said District, who shall have the custody of the jails of said counties, and be accountable for the safe keeping of all prisoners legally committed therein; and he shall be appointed for the same term, shall take the same oath, give a bond with sureties in the same manner, shall have generally within said District the same powers, and perform the same duties, as is by law directed and provided in the case of marshals of the United States.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That any final judgment, order or decree, in said circuit court, wherein the matter in dispute exclusive of costs, shall exceed the value of one hundred dollars, may be re-examined, and reversed or affirmed, in the supreme court of the United States, by writ of error or appeal, which shall be prosecuted in the same manner, under the same regulations, and the same proceedings shall be had therein, as is, or shall be, provided, in the case of writs of error on judgments, or appeals upon orders or decrees, rendered in the circuit courts of the United States.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an attorney of the United States for said District, who shall
take the oath, and perform all the duties required of the district attorneys of the United States; and the said attorney, marshal, and clerks, shall be entitled to receive for their respective services, the same fees, perquisites, and emoluments which are by law allowed respectively to the attorney, marshal, and clerk, of the United States, for the district of Maryland.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the chief Judge to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and the two assistant judges of sixteen hundred dollars each, to be paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, in and for each of the said counties, such number of discreet persons to be justices of the peace, as the President of the United States shall from time to time think expedient, to continue in office five years: and such justices, having taken an oath for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of the office, shall, in all matters civil and criminal, and in whatever relates to the conservation of the peace, have all the powers vested in, and shall perform all the duties required of justices of the peace as individual magistrates, by the laws herein before continued in force in those parts of said district for which they shall have been respectively appointed; and they shall have cognizance in personal demands to the value of twenty dollars, exclusive of costs, which sum they shall not exceed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; and they shall be entitled to receive for their services, the fees allowed for like services, by the laws herein before adopted, and continued in the eastern part of said district.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed in and for each of the said counties, a register of wills, and a judge, to be called the judge of the orphans' court, who shall each take an oath for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of his office; and shall have all the powers, perform all the duties, and receive the like fees, as are exercised, performed, and received, by the registers of wills, and judges of the orphans' court within the state of Maryland; and appeals from the said courts shall be to the circuit court of said district, who shall therein have all the powers of the chancellor of the said state.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where judgments or decrees have been obtained, or hereafter shall be obtained, on suits now depending in any of the courts of the commonwealth of Virginia, or of the state of Maryland, where the defendant resides, or has property within the district of Columbia, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff in such case, upon filing an exemplification of the record and proceedings in such suits, with the clerk of the court of the county where the defendant resides, or his property may be found, to sue out writs of execution thereon, returnable to the said court, which shall be proceeded on in the same manner as if the judgment or decree had originally been obtained in said court.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, processes, pleadings, and other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, depending or existing in the courts of husting for the towns of Alexandria and George-town, shall be and hereby are continued over to the circuit courts, to be holden by virtue of this act, within the district of Columbia, in manner following, that is to say: all such as shall then be depending and undetermined before the court of husting for the town of Alexandria, to the next circuit court hereby directed to be holden in the town of Alexandria; and all such as shall then be depending and undetermined before the court of husting for George-town, to the next circuit court hereby directed to be holden in the city of Washington: Provided nevertheless, That where the personal demand in such cases, exclusive of costs, does not exceed the value of twenty dollars, the justices of the peace within their respective counties, shall have cognizance thereof.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all writs and processes whatsoever, which shall hereafter issue from the courts hereby established within the district, shall be tested in the name of the chief judge of the district of Columbia.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall in any wise alter, impeach, or impair the rights granted by or derived from the acts of incorporation of Alexandria and George-town, or of any other body corporate or politic within said district, except so far as relates to the judicial powers of the corporations of George-town and Alexandria.
AN ACT, Supplementary to the act, entitled "An act concerning the district of Columbia"
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That the circuit courts for the district of Columbia, shall be and they are hereby invested with the same power respecting constables, inspectors, and the inspection of tobacco and flour, surveyors, mills, highways and ferries, for the county of Alexandria, as have heretofore been vested in the county courts of the commonwealth of Virginia; and for the county of Washington, the same power and authority as have been heretofore exercised by the county and levy courts of the state of Maryland; with power to appoint to all other offices necessary for the said district, under the laws of the respective states of Maryland and Virginia: And all officers for whom no special provision is made by this act, or the act to which this is a supplement, shall receive the same fees and emoluments as they have respectively received under the jurisdiction of the respective states.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all indictments shall run in the name of the United States, and conclude, against the peace and government thereof; and all fines, penalties and forfeitures, accruing under the laws of the states of Maryland and Virginia, and which by adoption have become the laws of this district, shall be recovered with costs, by indictment or information in the name of the United States, or by action of debt, in the name of the United States and of the informer; one half of which fine shall accrue to the district, and the other half to the informer; and the said fines shall be collected by or paid to the marshal; and one half thereof shall be by him paid over to the board of Commissioners herein after established, and the other half to the informer; and the marshal shall have the same power regarding their collection, and be subject to the same rules and regulations as to the payment thereof, as the sheriffs of the respective states of Maryland and Virginia are subject to in relation to the same.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all felonies committed within the county of Alexandria shall be punished in the same manner as such crimes were punishable by the laws of Virginia, as they existed prior to the year 1796; and the circuit court of Alexandria, shall possess and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction civil and criminal, as is now possessed and exercised by the district courts of Virginia.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the magistrates to be appointed for the said district, shall be and they are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners within their respective counties, and shall possess and exercise the same powers, perform the same duties, receive the same fees and emoluments, as the levy courts or commissioners of county for the state of Maryland possess, perform and receive; and the clerks and collectors to be by them appointed, shall be subject to the same laws, perform the same duties, possess the same powers, and receive the same fees and emoluments as the clerks and collectors of the county tax of the state of Maryland are entitled to receive.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the clerks of the circuit court, shall within their respective districts be bound to perform the same duties, respecting the recording of deeds and all other services, and shall receive the same fees and emoluments for the same (except in those cases provided for in the ninth section of the act to which this is a supplement) as are now performed and received by the clerks of the counties of the respective states of Maryland and Virginia.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the constitution or laws of the United States provide that criminals and fugitives from justice, or persons held to labour in any state, escaping into another state, shall be delivered up, the chief justice of the said district shall be, and he is hereby empowered and required to cause to be apprehended and delivered up such criminal, fugitive from justice, or persons fleeing from service, as the case may be, who shall be found within the district, in the same manner and under the same regulations as the executive authority of the several states are required to do the same; and all executive and judicial officers are hereby required to obey all lawful precepts or other process issued for that purpose, and to be aiding and assisting in such delivery.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the sheriffs and collectors of public dues for the counties of Montgomery and Prince George's in the state of
Maryland, and for the sheriffs of Fairfax county in the commonwealth of Virginia, and they shall respectfully have full power and authority to enter into those parts of the now district of Columbia, which were heretofore within the limits of their respective bailiwicks, for the purpose of collecting by distress or otherwise, as they were heretofore authorised to do, all officers fees, state taxes and county taxes, levies, fines and other public dues which were due on the first Monday of December one thousand eight hundred and one, and still remain uncollected from persons residing or having property subject to the payment of such officers fees, state taxes and county taxes, and levies within the said district; and all disputes or controversies that do or may arise between such sheriff or collector, and the person or persons from whom he or they may claim such public dues, shall be cognizable before and tried by the respective state courts to whom the trial of such controversies heretofore belonged, and not before the court of the district of Columbia.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the sheriffs of the said counties of Montgomery and Prince George's in the state of Maryland, and for the sheriff of Fairfax county in the commonwealth of Virginia, and they shall respectively have full power and authority to enter into those parts of the now district of Columbia which were heretofore within the limits of their respective bailiwicks, for the purpose of arresting and conducting to the respective gaols under their keeping and care as they heretofore might have done, had the law to which this is a supplement, never passed; each and every person within the limits of the district of Columbia, upon whom such sheriff hath heretofore served a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum , capias ad respondendum , attachment or other process issuing from any state court which commands and requires such sheriff to have the body of the person before the court from which such writ or process hath issued.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That where by this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, appointments are authorised to be made by the circuit courts of the district, it shall be lawful for the chief judge, with one of the associate justices of the said court, to make such appointments.
The Subscriber
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he intends to practice the LAW in the Courts of Alexandria and Washington Counties in the District of Columbia; and in the Supreme Court of the United States.—The Public may rely on his attention to any business confided to his care. At his Office, conveyances of every kind prepared with accuracy, secrecy and dispatch. Business transacted in any of the Public Offices for Persons resident at a distance on no extra terms. Letters post paid will be attended to—
By the Publics Obedient Servant, ROBERT W. PEACOCK.
City of Washington, New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol. March 2, 1801.
A few Gentlemen may be accommodated with Boarding and Lodging by the week, month, or year. R. W. P.
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
WHEREAS an act of the general assembly of the state of Maryland, passed at the session of 1799, entitled "an act to incorporate a company for cutting and making a canal between the waters of Delaware river and Chesapeake bay," authorised commissioners on the part of the state of Maryland, to open books for receiving subscriptions for the same; (provided that the state of Delaware should pass a similar act, agreeing to the same, and the state of Pennsylvania should repeal that law which prevents the removal of obstructions in Susquehanna river) and information being received that those respective laws are passed, Notice is hereby given, that books for receiving such subscriptions, in shares of two hundred dollars each, are left with David Harris, Esq. at the Office of Discount and Dispatch; Mr. Richard Caton, Baltimore, and with Samuel H. Smith's Washington.
WM. MATTHEWS, } Two of the commissioners SAMUEL DAVIS, } on the part of the State March 4th. of Maryland.
LOTS.
IN different eligible situations in the City for Sale or Lease on ground rent—Likewise,
100 Casks inspected Rhode Island LIME.
A number of Quarter and half Casks of MADEIRA WINE , of a superior quality, by JOHN S. KENEY
at his building opposite Rhodes Tavern President's Square. Washington, March 2, 1801. copy.