The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-07-15 00:00:00

The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
No. CX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
ENGLISH QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
[CONTINUED.]
VII. And it is hereby further ordered, That in the case of ships or vessels subject to quarantine in Standgate creek, the superintendant of quarantine or his assistant, with the advice of the medical attendant, shall, according to the answers returned to the questions herein-before set forth, assign a proper station for the ship or vessel, either with the ships or vessels having clean, or with those without clean bills of health, performing quarantine in Standgate creek, as the case shall be, in which station she shall be forthwith placed; and in case the superintendant of quarantine or his assistant, or the medical attendant, shall see any cause of particular suspicion, the said superintendant or his assistant shall, without regard to the bill of health, whether clean or otherwise, order such ship or vessel to a station distant from other ships and vessels, and put her under special guard in order the more effectually to prevent all communication therewith.
VIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That in the case of ships or vessels liable to quarantine arriving at any of the out-ports or islands aforesaid, if any suspicious circumstance shall appear in the answers returned to the said questions by the master or other person having charge of any such ship or vessel, or from any other circumstance, the proper officer of the customs at such out-port or island shall immediately transmit such answers, and give notice of the cause of such suspicion to the lords of his majesty's most honourable privy council, and to the commissioners of his majesty's customs, and shall, without regard to the bill of health, whether clean or otherwise, order such ship or vessel to a station distant from all other ships and vessels in the same port or place, and put her under special guard, in order the more effectually to prevent all communication therewith.
IX. And it is hereby further ordered, That after the last examination herein-before directed shall have been completed, the master or other person having charge of the ship or vessel shall return on board, and shall become subject to quarantine in the manner herein directed.
X. And it is hereby further ordered, That all ships and vessels liable to quarantine as aforesaid, and being furnished with clean bills of health, as well as the crews and passengers on board the same, shall perform a quarantine of fifteen days in the manner heretofore practised, which quarantine shall commence from the time when such part of the cargo, if any, as is enumerated in the two classes herein-after stated, shall have been delivered into the floating lazaret in Standgate creek, or into the lazaret to be erected at Chetney hill, in case the ship or vessel shall perform quarantine in Standgate creek, or into the lighters or other proper vessels appointed for that purpose, in case the ship or vessel shall perform quarantine at any of the places herein-before appointed for the performance thereof, by ships bound to any of the out-ports or islands aforesaid; but in cases where no part of the cargo shall consist of such goods as are last described, then such quarantine of fifteen days shall commence on the day on which the master or other person having charge of such ship or vessel shall have returned on board the same.
XI. And it is hereby further ordered, with respect to all goods, wares and merchandizes coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, in ships or vessels furnished with clean bills of health, that all such goods, wares and merchandizes, other than such as are enumerated in the first and second classes, herein-after stated, shall be aired and treated on board the ship or vessel in which they shall arrive, according to the manner heretofore practised respecting such goods imported in ships and vessels furnished with clean bills of health, and shall continue to be so treated for and during the space of a week; and all such goods, wares and merchandizes as are enumerated in the said first and second classes herein-after stated, so coming in ships or vessels with clean
bills of health, shall be removed from the ship or vessel to the place appointed for that purpose, and shall there be aired and treated in the manner heretofore practised with regard to such goods, wares and merchandizes, and shall continue to be so treated for and during the space of fifteen days.
XII. And it is hereby further ordered, with respect to ships and vessels not having the plague or other infectious disease or disorder which shall have been declared as aforesaid to be of the nature of the plague, actually on board, and which may arrive in any of the ports of this kingdom or the islands aforesaid, coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, not being furnished with clean bills of health, that every such ship or vessel (having repaired to Standgate creek as herein-before directed,) shall perform quarantine, either in the floating lazaret there, or in the land lazaret at Chetney hill, and no where else, in the manner and for the time herein-after mentioned.
XIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That immediately after the master or other person having charge of every such ship or vessel so arriving without a clean bill of health shall have undergone the several examinations herein-before directed, and shall have returned on board his ship or vessel, two quarantine guardians shall be placed on board such ship or vessel by the superintendant of quarantine or his assistant.
XIV. And it is hereby further ordered, That none of the crew or passengers belonging to, or on board of any such ship or vessel, so arriving without a clean bill of health shall be permitted to come on shore, or to quit the said ship or vessel, until such person shall have performed quarantine in the manner herein-after directed; but all such persons may be permitted to have communication with others by letters, under the following regulations and restrictions, viz.
In cases where such persons shall perform quarantine in the lazaret at Chetney hill, an officer appointed by the superintendant of quarantine shall daily go to a proper place, to be appointed by the said superintendant for the receipt of letters from the persons under quarantine; and in cases where such persons shall perform quarantine in the floating lazaret, or in a separate vessel, an officer appointed by the superintendant of quarantine, shall in like manner daily, at a fixed hour, go round the said floating lazaret or vessel, to receive such letters, the usual precaution of dipping such letters in Vinegar, and putting them into the fumigating box being always first observed; and such letters shall remain in the fumigating box till such time as the superintendant shall give directions for taking them out to be forwarded; and no person, except the said superintendant of quarantine, or his assistant, or one of the guardians on board the ship or vessel, shall be permitted to deliver such letters from such fumigating box; and the said persons so hereby authorized to deliver the same shall take care, where several letters or papers are inclosed together, to slit open the covers in the manner practised in the lazarets of the Mediterranean.
And all letters to such persons so under quarantine shall be delivered to the superintendant, or his assistant, and shall be distributed by him or according to his directions, and no communication or conference shall be had by persons not under quarantine, with persons so under quarantine, except by permission, or in the presence of the superintendant, or his assistant, and under such regulations and restrictions as shall be directed by the said superintendant, nor, in cases where such persons shall perform quarantine on board any ship or vessel, unless from the boat of the superintendant, or his assistant, one of whom shall always, and in all cases, be present during such communication and conference, and such communication and conference shall be had at the distance observed by the superintendant or his assistant, in their usual communication with ships and persons under quarantine.
XV. And it is hereby further ordered, for the purpose of preventing all clandestine communication between the lazaret and hospital, or Pest-house, at Chetney hill, and between the floating lazaret and hos-
pital ship, and ships and vessels under quarantine, and between such ships and vessels and the shore, that a night watch shall be regularly kept, and a sufficient number of guard boats and officers shall be appointed; and such boats shall row guard all night, and centinels with loaded muskets; and with small pieces of ordnance, loaded with grape or canister shot, shall be constantly stationed on the most commanding parts of the floating lazaret, and of the lazaret at Chetney hill; and no houses or other buildings shall be erected at or near the beach, other than those belonging to the said lazaret: And the boats belonging to the floating lazaret when not on necessary duty shall be always either on board the same, or fastened thereto by chains with strong padlocks, the keys of which shall be lodged in the custody of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the superintendant; and all the boats belonging to ships or vessels in quarantine shall be taken from them, and no use made of such boats, except for the purpose of carrying goods to the lazaret, or upon occasions of necessity; such necessity to be determined by the superintendant of quarantine; and such boats shall not be delivered up to the masters of the ships or vessels, until the expiration of the quarantine to be respectively performed by them.
XVI. And it is hereby further ordered, That the superintendant of quarantine, or some proper person appointed by him, shall, as often as required, afford assistance and provide necessaries for the persons in the lazaret at Chetney hill, and in the floating lazaret, or the hospital ship, and also for those on board the ships and vessels under quarantine, taking care to allow of no improper communication with the persons employed for that purpose; which persons shall always place their boats to windward, and shall deliver, by means of metal buckets with chains, the articles supplied by them.
XVII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the quarantine guardians, who shall be placed on board ships and vessels, not furnished with clean bills of health, shall be instructed to take especial care that nothing whatever be delivered from on board such ships or vessels when under quarantine, without an order in writing from the superintendant or his assistant; every such order to be entered in a book by one of the said guardians, and the original to be delivered back to the superintendant or his assistant and nothing, however little susceptible it may be thought to be of infection; shall be conveyed from one ship or vessel under quarantine to another, nor any personal intercourse be permitted from any such ship or vessel to another; and one of the quarantine guardians, when thereto required by the superintendant of quarantine or his assistant, shall accompany the lighters and boats which shall be employed in passing to or from the ship or vessel on board of which such guardians are placed, during the passage of such lighters and boats to and from such ship or vessel, in order to prevent any communication in the transit of the cargo from the ship to the floating lazaret, or to the lazaret at Chetney hill; and shall take care, after every removal of goods, that no remnants of cotton, or of any other article enumerated in either of the said two classes herein-after stated, remain in the lighters or the boats, but shall, before leaving off work, collect and deliver such remnants into the lazaret with the last package, which they shall then carry from the said ship or vessel.
XVIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the said guardians shall take care that after the discharge of the cargoes into the lazaret, the holds and between decks of the ships shall be completely swept and the sweepings burnt.
XIX. And it is hereby further ordered, That the said guardians shall diligently search the lockers, chests, and other repositories of the officers, passengers and crews, and every part of the ships and vessels, so that no article so enumerated, in either of the said two classes, nor any matter or thing considered as susceptible of infection, remain undelivered to the lazaret, unless what shall be declared by the said superintendant or medical attendant, to be requisite for
daily use, and shall see that all the said chests, lockers, and other repositories, and all the clothes and bedding in the ship or vessel, be daily opened and aired, in such manner as shall be directed by the superintendant of quarantine, and shall also make the like diligent search in ships and vessels laden with other goods, not enumerated in either of the said classes, so as to be able the better to ascertain that nothing enumerated, or considered as susceptible, has been left on board.
XX. And it is hereby further ordered, That one of the said guardians shall make a daily report to the superintendant of quarantine, or his assistant, and to the medical attendant, of the state of health of every person on board; and whether the regulations of quarantine have been properly complied with; and in case any impediment shall occur in the execution of the duties required of the said guardians, they shall give notice immediately to the master or other person having charge of the ship or vessel in the first instance, and if thereupon such impediment be not instantly removed, they shall then give notice thereof to the superintendant of quarantine, or his assistant, who shall take care to use effectual means for the removal of the same.
XXI. And it is hereby further ordered, That if any person on board shall fall sick, and any medical person shall be on board the ship or vessel, such medical person shall confer with the medical attendant alongside the ship or vessel, the medical attendant keeping to windward, at a distance of not less than ten feet; and in case there shall be no medical person on board, and it shall be necessary for the medical attendant to inspect the sick, the visit shall be made at the ship's boat by the medical attendant in his own boat, keeping to windward, at the like distance of not less than ten feet; and if any patient, after being examined in the manner before-mentioned, shall be found to require such medical or surgical aid as cannot properly be administered, except in the pest house or hospital ship, he shall be removed either to such pest house or hospital ship, as the case may require.
XXII. And it is hereby further ordered, That patients under circumstances which shall induce suspicion that they may be infected with any pestilential disorder, whether such persons shall be in the lazaret at Chetney hill, or in the floating lazaret, or in any of the ships or vessels performing quarantine, shall be sent to the pest-house, or to one of the huts on shore, or to the hospital ship, according to the discretion of the superintendant of quarantine with the advice of the medical attendant; and when it shall appear, that there is no longer any reason to apprehend any danger of infection from such patients, they shall be sent back to the ship or vessel from whence they were removed.
XXIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That in case any pestilential disorder shall actually discover itself on board any ship or vessel, or among any of the persons under quarantine, whether in any ship or vessel, or among any of the persons under quarantine, whether in any ship or vessel performing quarantine, or in the lazaret at Chetney hill, or in the floating lazaret, the person or persons affected with such disorders shall be removed with all possible care and dispatch under the special direction of the superintendant of quarantine and medical attendant to the pest house, or to one of the huts on shore, and a proper attendant shall be assigned to such patient or patients by the superintendant of quarantine, with the advice of the medical attendant, and such patient or patients shall be visited at a due distance by the said medical attendants, and in case near approach shall be required, some person shall be specially appointed by the medical attendant for that purpose.
XXIV. And it is hereby further ordered, That the passengers and crew of any ship or vessel under quarantine, may have the assistance of any medical persons they may desire from the shore, subject to the official visits of the medical attendant, and to such regulations and restrictions as the superintendant of quarantine, with the advice of such medical attendant, shall judge necessary; but all such medical per-

ions as well as others, if they communicate by contact with the sick, shall perform the same quarantine as the sick persons themselves.
XXV. And it is hereby further ordered, That after the quarantine guardians shall have been placed on board any ship or vessel, the pilot may quit such ship or vessel and be removed to an apartment in the lazaret at Chetney hill, or in the hospital ship, provided he comes from a ship or vessel having no suspicious sickness on board; but if otherwise, such pilot shall be sent to the pest-house, or to one of the huts on shore, at the discretion of the superintendent of quarantine with the advice of the medical attendant, and such pilot shall, in both cases continue under quarantine until the probationary airing of the goods, wares and merchandizes, as herein-after directed, shall be finished, and at the expiration of such probationary airing, such pilot, if he continue free from infection, shall be fumigated and discharged from quarantine; provided always, that during the performance of such quarantine, either on board the hospital ship, or at the pest-house, or huts on shore, such pilot shall not have communication with any other person, except under familiar restrictions to those herein directed with regard to other persons under quarantine.
XXVI. And it is hereby further ordered, That until the lazaret at Chetney hill shall be erected, such of the passengers and crew of any ship or vessel arriving as above-mentioned, not furnished with clean bills of health, as may be delirious of performing quarantine in a separate vessel, to be hired at their own expence, shall, in case the superintendent of quarantine, with the advice of the medical attendant, shall see no objection thereto, be permitted to quit the ship or vessel in which they shall have arrived before the hatches are opened, and to go on board any other ship or vessel to perform quarantine, (in which other ship or vessel a quarantine guardian shall be placed at the expence of the person or persons so performing quarantine,) and such persons shall there perform a quarantine of thirty days, and such of the passengers and crew as shall remain on board the ship in which they shall have arrived, shall continue under quarantine until the ship shall be discharged therefrom.
Provided always, That in case any pestilential accident shall occur among the ship's crew or passengers during the probationary airing of the goods, at whatever stage of the quarantine such accident may happen, the quarantine of all the passengers and crew, and of the pilot, (if there shall be a pilot at that time liable to quarantine in respect of his having been on board such ship or vessel,) as well as of the goods, wares and merchandizes, shall re-commence—the sick persons shall be sent to the hospital ship or the pest house, or to the huts on shore as above directed; the external guard shall be immediately doubled, and notice of such accident shall be given with all possible dispatch to the lords of his majesty's privy council, that they may give such orders thereupon as may appear to them to be necessary.
XXVII. And it is hereby further ordered, That all persons who shall have to perform quarantine in the lazaret at Chetney hill shall perform such quarantine for the same time, and under the same regulations, as those who are permitted to perform quarantine in separate vessels as herein-before directed.
XXVIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the baggage, wearing apparel, books, and every other article belonging to any person on board any ship or vessel arriving as above mentioned, and not furnished with a clean bill of health, for which they shall have no immediate occasion, shall be sent to the lazaret at Chetney hill, or to the floating lazaret, for the purpose of being aired in like manner as other goods of the same description; and before any of the passengers or crew shall be discharged from quarantine, they, their clothes, and other effects which have remained with them, shall be fumigated.
(To be concluded in our next.)
One hundred Dollars Reward.
A LETTER, sent by mail from Louisville, in this state, to the honorable Abraham Baldwin at the City of Washington, containing ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, the property of this University, was robbed of its contents some time in February or March last. The Senators Academicus have authorized me to offer a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person who will give information of the person or persons concerned in the above robbery, so that he or they may be prosecuted to conviction in any court of the United States.
JOSIAH MEIGS, President.
University of Georgia, June 23, 1802.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1801.
It is with much pleasure that we are enabled to lay before the public the following statement of the late disposition of our western lands.
The returns of lands sold were not all received and compared till yesterday. The total amount of lands sold under the act of 10th May 1800, is as followeth.
   At private Sale, viz.     At Steubenville and Marietta from 18th July 1800 to 31st May 1801. At 2 Doll. 109,294 33-100 Acres. Dolls.   At Cincinnati during the month of May 1801. do. 14,002 20-100 246,598 06   At public Sale, viz.   At Chillicothe, Cincinnati and Marietta, in April, May and June, 134,883 10-100 309,348 28   Total 258,179 63 100 555,941 34  
The Deputation from the Cherokee nation lately at the seat of government, consisting of five Chiefs attended by an interpreter, and assistant interpreter, were appointed to the mission, and furnished with instructions by the chief of the nation the Little Turkey.
The objects of their visit were principally to make representations and request information, on the following points which were the subject of the Talk of their Orator the GLASS, at the War Office, on the 30th ult.
1. That much uneasiness had been excited in the minds of the Cherokees, by a report that the United States had authorized a Treaty to be holden with them soon for the purpose of depriving them of more of their land; that at the time of the last Treaty they had been promised by the commissioners of the United States that no more land should be required of them; that their Father, the late President, had recommended to them to raise stock, but that they should be unable to act according to this advice if they were to part with any of the lands now belonging to them. They requested that the new President, to whom they now looked up as the father and guardian of their country, would protect them in the possession of their present territory, and inform them truly what they had to expect.
2. That the nation were exceedingly alarmed at the removal of the troops of the United States from the frontier where they had been so useful in preserving peace, and protecting the red people from the outrages & intrusions of the whites upon their lands; they asked, why have these troops been removed? "no sooner were they gone than two of our people were killed by the whites."
It appeared on investigation that the time at which these two Indians were said to have been murdered was some days previous to the movement of the troops from their late station, and that the alarm excited by the removal of the troops had been considerably increased by a report, which had been mischievously circulated among them by some white people, that the government had determined no longer to check the intrusions of the whites upon the Indian lands; but to leave the Indians themselves to protect their territory against the frontier people: The deputation requested that the President would give the nation a written pledge or assurance of his intention to continue to them the friendship and protection of the government.
3. That at the treaty of Tellico the Cherokees had been promised that they should, as soon as the lines between the United States and them were run, be furnished with maps descriptive of those lines; that their beloved chief, Bloody Fellow, went to Philadelphia immediately after that treaty, for the purpose of procuring the said maps and other papers which had been promised them, but that he had returned without them. "I and my whole nation rejoiced" said the orator "at the appearance of a new moon after its changes, hoping thenceforward to live in peace and tranquility."
4. That they had to acknowledge the great advantages which their nation had derived from being taught to spin and weave—that under the recommendation of the government and the late agent, Mr. Dinsmoor, they had cultivated those advantages, so much that the agents of the United States, though well supplied with tools, &c. could scarcely answer the demands of the Indians.
5. That they made it a point firmly to conform to their engagements: No Indian had committed an outrage on white people with impunity; but there were murders of red people still unaccounted for, and they much feared that for these no satisfaction would ever be given.
On the 3d July the deputation waited on the secretary of war and received an answer from him in the name of the President of the United States to the foregoing representations.
The SECRETARY stated that he had laid the representations of the deputies from the Cherokee nation before their father, the President of the United States; that he had it in charge from him to bid them a cordial welcome to the seat of government; that the President had willingly listened to their representations, and requested them and their nation to be assured of the friendship of the United States, and their sacred regard to justice and existing treaties.
In reply to their representations the Secretary stated—
1. That the lands now belonging to the Indians had been ascertained by the running of the boundaries agreeably to the treaties: that the United States considered all beyond the lines as belonging absolutely to the Indians, and not to be taken from them, or settled upon by white people, without the full and fair consent of the nation being first obtained: that from the increase of population in the United States, it was natural that they should be desirous to buy land when the Indians were willing to spare it; but that unless they were perfectly disposed to sell, none of their land should be required of them.
The Secretary further observed, that where lands, which the Indians are unwilling to part with, lie between settlements of the whites, so that they can neither visit nor trade without passing through them, the United States would wish to have permission, paying the Indians for the indulgence, to open roads across such lands, and establish houses here and there for the accommodation of the travellers. That on this subject the President had directed commissioners on behalf of the United States, to meet the Indians in treaty at South-west Point, in the state of Tennessee, on or about the first day of August next.
2. That they ought not to entertain any apprehensions on account of the removal of some of the United States troops from their frontier; that a sufficient number would still be continued there to preserve peace and prevent intrusions on their lands, or bring the intruders to legal punishment; and that the agent of the United States and the commanding officer of the troops had been directed to use their best endeavours to effect those ends. The Secretary also delivered to them, agreeably to their request, and by direction of the President, his assurances, written on parchment, and to be deposited in the nation, that the Cherokees might continue to rely in full confidence on the protection and friendship of the United States, and on the justice and faithfulness with which all engagements should be observed on their part, and that he would never abandon them nor their children so long as they should act justly and peaceably towards the white people and their red brethren.
These assurances were accompanied by a present of a golden chain, as emblematic of the usual metaphor of the Indians, "the chain of friendship," and expressive of the desire of the government, that the chain by which the United States and the Cherokees are held in friendship, may continue bright, and like gold, never rust.
3. That a map, descriptive of the boundary lines, should be provided for them immediately.
4. That the government rejoiced to hear of their progress in manufactures and husbandry, and would cheerfully aid it, by furnishing them with the necessary implements, and by sending persons into their nation to instruct them in all the arts necessary to their further progress in procuring to themselves means of subsistence much more certain than by hunting.
5. That it was the determination of the United States to punish all persons who should commit offences against the red people, if they could be detected; but that if the mischief should be perpetrated so secretly that the offenders could not be discovered, or if they should escape from justice, satisfaction should be faithfully given, according to the stipulations of the treaty. The deputation left the seat of government on Friday morning last, on their return home, expressing great satisfaction at the reception they had met with. Their conduct whilst here was so signally prudent, quiet and sober, as to merit the warm approbation of the government.
The happiness which the citizens of the United States enjoy beyond that of any other nation with which we are acquainted, is undoubtedly an evidence either of the greater purity of our morals, or of the superior excellence of our political institutions; or of both. While, therefore, we mourn over the miseries and misfortunes of too many of our fellow men, in different states of society, and under other systems of government, we ought, with grateful hearts, and enlightened judgments, to appreciate the blessings we possess, to be strengthened more and more in our republican convictions, and to rejoice that while other nations are contending, some few for freedom, but more, unfortunately for lawless power, we are in the secure possession of peace and liberty.
In realizing our prosperity, individual as well as national, we should be constantly mindful of its cause; that we may never forget, that on the existence of that cause must forever depend the effects that flow from it. That cause is republicanism; which may be considered as a collection of true principles adopted for the regulation of human conduct—principles, whose essence it is to value the happiness of all men as equal, and of consequence to respect and protect, as equal, the rights of all men.
Such reflections become infinitely important, when we feel that the duration of a republican government and of republican manners depends entirely on the unceasing vigilance of the people. There has not, perhaps, since the creation of the world, been a period when the mistaken interests of a few did not impel them to subvert or impair the interests of the many. Inordinate ambition cannot content itself with the pure principles of equality. It is, therefore, perpetually engaged in perverting or eradicating them—And, it is only when the great body of the people, by unceasing vigilance, restrain ambitious spirits within narrow limits, that their liberties are safe.
These remarks have suggested themselves on a perusal of the following extracts from English Prints. England was once free and happy. It is to be lamented, that she has long ceased to be either. Sympathising most sincerely in the miseries of her subjects, we may not withstanding extract a most useful lesson from them. Let us not rashly imitate measures, and adopt principles, that have led her to ruin.
WHIG CLUB.
London, May 5.
Yesterday, the members of this Society dined together at Freemason's Tavern, Mr. Fox in the chair. The meeting was very numerous. Among others present were, Mr. Fox, Earl Thanet, Lord Holland, Lord Robert Spencer, Mr. Erskine, Mr. Alderman Combe, Mr. Byng, and Mr. Brogden.
After the standing toasts, Mr. Alderman Combe gave the health of Mr. Fox, which was drunk with enthusiasm by the company.
Mr. Fox, in returning thanks, observed, it had been usual for him, on such occasions, to allude to the peculiar circumstances of the times. When last he addressed them some changes had taken place, and he had thought it proper to attend in Parliament, but he now found that no change had been made in the House of Commons. He thought it his duty to make the experiment, but he perceived his attendance there could be of no use. However his late habits had rendered him less inclined to assist in Parliament, he certainly would attend the moment he thought his exertions could be serviceable to the country, and he trusted the Whig Club, reposing the confidence they had so long honored him with, would rely on his readiness to seize the first moment in which his abilities could be of public utility. Unless he deceived himself grossly, his presence in the House of Commons could be of no use at this time. About a century ago an expression had been used, in which experience had shewn there was some truth, though it was thought very ridiculous—a monarch said he would send his Jack-boot to the Senate and it should be obeyed. We may come to the situation in which the king may not only rule by his Jack-boot, but we may be governed by the Jack-boot's Jack-boot. (Loud laughter and applause.)
Mr. ERSKINE, on his health and the trial by Jury being drank, said, that the joining of his name with the trial by Jury gave him a melancholy satisfaction. That privilege which he venerated was now no more. Times may be, when it is necessary to suspend it, but never till now had it been withheld without a reason being afforded him, a member of Parliament, to state for the measure. Even in the worst

times of the present age, some reason had been given for it. No rebellion had taken place, commotions did not exist, nor were our prisons filled with suspected persons—and yet the Habeas Corpus, consequently the trial by Jury, was suspended. Whenever called upon he would always exert his best abilities in the defence of the oppressed individuals, and would be faithful to the cause of this country.
Mr. Fox gave as a toast, a speedy peace with the French Republic.
The health of the duke of Bedford, Mr. Byng, and the freeholders of Middlesex; Mr. Combe, and the Livery of London; Earl Thanet, &c. &c. were afterwards drank with applause, those gentlemen present returning thanks.
Cork, April 25.
Some days since a poor man went into a field, about a quarter of a mile from Uppingham, purposing to destroy himself; with this intent he made a deep wound in his neck with a razor, completely cutting through the wind pipe; but either through want of resolution, or other cause, at this awful crisis he paused: he returned to the town, and his wretched appearance attracting attention, he was conducted into a house, and making signs for pen and paper, wrote, "My name is S. Edwards, of the town of Halifax, Yorkshire: under the pressure of misfortune, I have committed this act. I am by trade a currier, but unable to procure employment, I have not tasted food for three days." A surgeon immediately attended, sewed up the orifice, and the wretched man is likely to recover.
A London paper of May 6, says—Last Wednesday morning a respite was sent off from Dublin to Lifford for Mr. NAPPER TANDY, until the 28th of May.
SPANISH TRADE.
Extract of a letter from G. C. Merton, Esq. Vice-Consul of the United States at the Havana, dated 15th June, ult. to a gentleman in Philadelphia.
"There are idle rumours of orders having again been issued to close this port against foreign trade. They are false. The order would be absurd, and as impossible to be carried into execution as the one in 1799."
Copy of a letter from a gentleman in Smyrna, dated April 8.
"Egypt seems now to be ours. The Grand Vizier has arrived with his army at Cairo. The inhabitants of the country have risen against the French; and the fleet of the captain Pacha has joined that of the English."
Besides the Intelligence given in our columns in detail, are the following articles:
A report in London of the capture by Sir J. B. Warren of 4 sail of the line under the command of admiral Gantheume.
A London Print of May 23, says it is the determination of the British government that the British fleet shall remain in the Baltic until the final adjustment of the differences with the northern powers.
By advices from the Hague of the 12th of May, we learn, that the indemnity which the prince of Orange demands for his estates in Holland is eight millions of florins.
A Portuguese Envoy is arrived at L'Orient, to propose terms of peace, or to accede to the conditions demanded by France.
NASHVILLE, June 17.
We are just informed by a gentleman of respectability, direct from Knoxville, that some whitemen have killed two Indians on Oba's river, one of them is supposed to be Watts's son.
NEW-YORK, July 11.
The arrival of the brig George, last evening, in 39 days from Liverpool, enables the Editors of the New-York Gazette, this day, to lay before their readers, extracts from London Papers to the evening of the 27th of May, the latest the George could bring, as she sailed on the 29th.
PARIS, May 22.
CAPTURE OF THE ISLE OF ELBA. A naval expedition fitted out from Corsica, has taken the Isle of Elba, on the Italian coast. The possession of that place was of little advantage to us; except perhaps that it enabled us to ascertain the
naval preparations in the different Italian ports. A French squadron of six sail of the line, and as many frigates, was seen off Leghorn on the 1st of May. This must have been Gantheume's squadron, which sailed from Toulon on the 27th April.
We are assured that the French fleet, on its route to land on the Isle of Elba the troops which have possessed themselves of it, has taken two English frigates.
[The French official account of the taking of the Isle of Elba, will be published in our next.]
General Macdonald was to set out on the 19th for Copenhagen, in quality of minister of the republic at the court of his Danish majesty. He brings his aid-de-camp with him.
The journal of Genoa of the 9th May, contains the following article:—A captain of a vessel which arrived at this port yesterday, in eighteen days, and who passed through the islands of the Archipelago, states, that it was generally reported that the English had been beaten under the walls of Alexandria, where the French sprung several mines with great success. Being asked whether the French had re-embarked, and returned with their fleet to Malta? he answered that he did not know that circumstance.
Mr. Dawson, the minister of the United States to the French Republic, arrived on the 17th inst. at Paris.
Mr. Dawson, envoy extraordinary of the United States, accompanied by general Kosciuszko, went within these few days, to the house of Thomas Paine, and delivered him a very affectionate letter from Mr. Jefferson, in which he invites him to return to America, and offers him a national vessel for his passage.
If we may judge from the last news from Berlin, contained in the last German gazette, a difference appears to have arisen between Prussia and Denmark, on the subject of the seizure of Hamburg and Lubec. His Prussian majesty wishes to take hold of these places with his own troops, and Denmark seems unwilling to retire from them in spite of repeated solicitations. If this power persists in the refusal, Prussia is determined to seize Holstein by its own force.
LONDON, May 26.
We received last night Paris papers to the 23d inst. They are barren of important intelligence as all the papers have been that have arrived for some time past. The Moniteur is totally silent upon the situation of affairs in Egypt, and hence it may be inferred that the French government are still without any official information from gen. Menou. The Moniteur, however, has published, without a single observation, our Extraordinary Gazette account of the battle of the 21st. The official papers are not quite so silent.—The Journal des Defenses, comments, but in a very feeble manner, upon the dispatches from gen. Menou. Other journals have published the following article under date of
Paris, May 22, half after twelve o'clock, "The commissary general of Police at Toulon, states, in a letter to the minister of general police, that the Republican check Le Joubert, which arrived on the 11th of May from Biscerte (in the Regency of Tunis) has brought intelligence confirming the report of the defeat of the English in Egypt, with further information, that gen. Menou had taken 6000 prisoners."
NOTICE —An adjourned meeting of the Subscribers to the Washington Market House, on Pennsylvania Avenue, will be held at Mr. Rhodes's City Tavern, on Wednesday next the 15th instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. July 23, 1801.
The Schooner Dolphin & Kitty, now lying at Mr. Young's Wharf will constantly take freights every three weeks from this to Annapolis or Baltimore. For terms apply to BROHAWN and BOYS. Washington July 15, 1801.
VARDEN & CARPENTER, TAYLORS,
Gratefully acknowledge the favors of the public, whilst carrying on business opposite Mr. Stille's Tavern, and inform, that they have removed to the next house east of Mr. Tunnicliff's Hotel, where gentlemen and ladies will be served in a style of fashion and elegance which it has ever been, and ever will be, their study to execute, and they presume, equal to the most populous cities in the Union.
Regimental and Ladies Habits made in the neatest manner. May 15, 1801. wtf
At the Sale of Non Residents LAND FOR TAXES.
Agreeably to an Act of the Kentucky Assembly, we purchased, at Frankfort in November last, for a Company, the following described Tracts.
   In whose name listed. quantity Acres. For whom entered, &c. County and water Course. Quantity purchased     Philips and Young, 100000 Philips & Young, Scott & Franklin Eagle crk. the whole   James Steele, 30000 Wm. Pollard, Hardin, Green river, do.   Samuel Sackett 3000 A. Barbour, Bourbon Licking, do.   Richard Johnson, 2000 R. Johnson, Jefferson, Floyd's Fork, do.   Samuel Pearl, 500 S. Pearl, Mason, Farrows creek, do.   Andrew Byrn, 500 Mason, do.   Alexander Stewart, 500 Campbell, do.   Dubartis Shepherd, 3000 D. Shepherd, Clarke, Kentucky river, 2900 acr.   John Archer, 2000 J. Archer, Harrison, Williams river, the whole   John Donnell, 1400 Donnell & Barr, Licking, do.   fame, 2000 Dozier & Barr, Clarke, 1999 acr.   fame, 2644 3-4 J. Donnell, Mason, 2600 acr.   Lawrence Slaughter, 1231 Dozier and Barr, Mason, 650 acr.   Adam Banks. 3750 L. Slaughter, Mason, 3500 acr.   Richard Johnson, 100 A. Banks, Mason, 40 acr.   Elizabeth James, 200 R. Johnson, Mason, 150 acr.   R. Ridgely, & S. Nathans, 1000 W. Robison & Co. Mason, 150 acr.   J. P. Harrison. 3000 Ridgely & Ship, Franklin, 2900 acr.   663 J. P. Harrison. Shelby, 39 acr.  
As we are desirous that the original owners of these lands should know who has become the purchasers, and are willing to give them up to the proper claimants on receiving an adequate compensation; we have thought proper to give notice, that applications from any person interested, made before the 1st of September next, will be attended to; after that time we will not consider ourselves bound to give the former a proprietor preference, but will proceed to do the best we can with our purchases. Letters addressed to either of the subscribers in Lexington, postage paid, will be answered.
C. BANK, } Agents for THOMAS BODLEY, } the Company,
NOTICE.
Thomas K. Beale, } In Chancery, and Wife, } June 9, 1801. v. } William King, & } William Hammond, } THE object of
this bill is to foreclose or have a sale on sundry mortgages executed by the defendants. The bill states that to secure the payment of the sum of three thousand two hundred pounds, the said William King and William Hammond, duly made, executed and acknowledged their several deeds of mortgage to a certain Joseph Clark deceased, of the following tracts or parcels of land, viz. Champeon Forrest, Addition to Champeon Forrest, Hammonds Search, support, Chance, Portland Lapidand, Remnant, and the support; and that the said Joseph Clark devised all his estate real and personal to his wife, who after the death of the said Joseph Clark intermarried with the said Thomas K. Beale, and that the said William King now resides out of this state. It is therefore on motion of the complainants adjudged and ordered that the complainants cause a copy of this order to be inserted in some newspaper of the district of Columbia, in which the said King is said to reside, at least in one of each of three successive weeks before the 12th day of July next, to the intent that the said absentee William King, or any other person that may conceive himself interested, may have notice of the complainant's application and of the substance and object of their bill, and may be warned to appear either in person or by a solicitor in this court, on or before the third Tuesday in November next to show cause, if any there be, why a decree should not pass agreeably to the prayer of the complainant.
Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. cur. can July 10, 1801. raw3w
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this rendezvous the following soldiers belonging to the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers; ISAAC DAVIS, about nineteen years old, five feet seven inches high, dark blue eyes, black hair, ruddy complexion, a farmer, born in this county and state.
JAMES NELSON, twenty two years of age, five feet six inches high, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, by occupation a farmer; he is also a native of this state and county.
JAMES HENNING, twenty one years old, five feet nine and three quarter inches high, blue eyes, light hair, sallow complexion, by occupation a house carpenter, born in Berkeley county this state. They all deserted in their uniform. Any person apprehending the above deserters, shall receive thirty dollars upon delivering them to me, or any officer commanding in the service of the United States, or ten dollars for either of them.
RICHARD S. BLACKBURN, Captain 1st Regt. Artillerists and engineers, commanding. Dumfries, Prince William county, } Virginia, May 19, 1801. 6w
Nail Manufactory,
ALL kinds of Cut Nails for Sale by Wholesale and Retail at the Factory on F Street, and at the Hardware Store of the Subscriber, where persons building and all others wishing to purchase may be supplied with any quantity at the most reasonable rates.
JOHN JACK Washington Feb. 4, 1801.
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and E. streets, where he continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of Ornaments for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces, Metal Safes, &c. which may also be had at his store No. 51, Barclay Street, New-York, and at Mr. Wild's store, Market Street, Baltimore.
GEORGE ANDREWS. Who wishes to let a BRICK HOUSE, the west side of the President's house. May 8, 1801. 1y
THE following negroes have been committed to the gaol of Washington County, District of Columbia. Their owners are requested to come and release them, otherwise they will be sold as the law directs, to pay prison expences.
ROBERT—The property of Richard Sanford, of Orange county, Virginia; five feet six inches high, about 24 years of age, has on a white negro cotton jacket and trowsers, considerably worn.
JOHN BUTLER—(Who says he is a free man) about five feet ten inches high, 25 years of age, has on an old blue cloth coat, and drab trowsers.
ANDREW—Five feet four inches high, 33 or 34 years of age, has on an old blue coat and a pair of old negro cotton breeches; says he is the property of Mr. Edward Gantt, of Berkeley county, Virginia.
JOHN PETERS—The property of Mrs. Rommell, of Calvert county, Maryland; about five feet six inches high, 53 years old, has on a white negro cotton jacket and trowsers.
DANIEL C. BRENT. Marshal of the district of Columbia. lawtf
In Chancery, May 31, 1801. ON application to the chancellor by petition in writing of Clement Chamberlain of Montgomery County, praying the benefit of the "Act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors," passed at the last session, on the terms therein mentioned, and a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors so far as he can ascertain the same on oath, being annexed to his petition; and the said Clement Chamberlain, at the time of presenting his petition having produced to the chancellor the affiant in writing of so many of his creditors as have due to them according to the list aforesaid, the amount of two thirds of the debts due by him at the time of passing the said act.
It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the said Clement Chamberlain, by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in a newspaper in the City of Washington, once in each of three successive weeks, and by serving a copy thereof on any one or more of his creditors before the first day of July next, give notice to his creditors to appear in the chancery office on the eighth day of July next for the purpose of recommending some person to be trustee for their benefit, on the said Clement Chamberlain's then and there taking the oath prescribed for delivering up his property.
Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. ct. can. June 24. 3 raw
MAILS
FOR Orange Court House, Virga. Charlottesville, Virga and for all other offices west or south of Charlottesville; for the southern part of Kentucky; the Indiana and Mississippi Territories, and Tennessee will be closed every Monday at 5 P. M. until the 1st day of November next.
MAILS for Montgomery C. H. Maryland, Frederick Town and other offices in Maryland, westward of Frederick Town; for Chambersburg, Penn and all other offices in Pennsylvania west of Chambersburg; for the Northwestern Territory and Kentucky, will be closed every Friday at 5 P. M.
THOMAS MUNROE, P. M. Post-Office, Washington City, June 30, 1801. 6t
Conrad & M c Munn
HAVE opened houses of entertainment in the range of buildings formerly occupied by Mr. Law, about two hundred paces from the Capitol, in New Jersey Avenue, leading from thence to the Eastern Branch. They are spacious and convenient, one of which is designed for stage passengers and travellers, the other for the accommodation of boarders. There is stable room sufficient for 60 horses—They hope to merit public patronage.
City of Washington, Nov. 24, 1801. 4t

STATE PAPERS.
Vice Admiral Cronstadt to Admiral Parker.
“Carlskrona, April 26, 1801.
“Having by order of my king answered the question you proposed to me on the 18th inst. in the open and artless manner becoming a Swede, who speaks in a just cause: I likewise hope and expect, that your excellency will not hesitate to give an explicit answer to the question which I also have the honor herewith to propose, on the part of my king. The fleet of his Britannic majesty, under your command, having quitted the neighborhood of Carlskrona, after the receipt of my letter above mentioned, and according to a report from his majesty's governor general in Scandinavia, soon afterwards pulled Saltholm Ref, probably with an intention of returning through Lolland, your excellency will permit me to request an answer to the following questions:—“Whether the king, by this step is to expect a more moderate line of conduct toward the unarmed merchant ships of his own subjects, and those of his allies? 2. Whether the communication between different parts of his realms, as well as between the Baltic and the Western coast of Sweden, are to be considered as blockaded or not?—The king my master is of opinion, that the arrival of some ships from Pomerania for Carlskrona, without being stopped by the ships from the English fleet, cruising in these seas, furnish an opportunity for asking these questions. He has therefore commanded me to request of your excellency a positive answer to these points, by which my further conduct will be regulated.
(Signed) C. D. CRONSTEDT. Adjutant general to the king, acting for the fleet, and appointed commander in chief at Carlskrona.”
Answer from Admiral Parker.
“I have had the honor of receiving the letter which you, admiral have written to me, in the king's name, on the 26th inst. The answer I have to return, is, that having received, through the Russian envoy at Copenhagen, a letter from count Von der Pahlen, his majesty's minister, which so clearly evinces the favorable sentiments of his imperial majesty towards Great Britain, on his own part as well as with respect to his allies. I do not hesitate a moment to comply with the emperors wish for an armistice, until the present difference between Great Britain and the northern powers shall be settled; and, in order to shew my readiness to contribute thereto, I have given orders, immediately no longer to obstruct the navigation of Russian, Swedish, and Danish subjects, in the Categate, and the Baltic. I request the admiral to assure his king, that, with respect to Sweden, it gives me the greater satisfaction that hostilities have not yet commenced between us; and under the present favorable circumstances, considering myself assured, that the former harmony and friendship, so useful to the mutual welfare of both powers, will speedily be restored. I have the honor to be, with particular esteem, your excellency's most obedient servant,
H. PARKER.”
Admiral and commander in chief of his Britannic majesty's fleet in the Baltic, &c.
Extract of a letter of a recent date from a gentleman at Palermo, in Sicily, to his friend in New-York.
“Respecting the politics of the day, I have to inform you, that, according to the English, it is impossible for Naples to make peace with France on Bonaparte's terms, who, they say, demands (besides some other small matters) four millions of ducats (3,200,000 dollars) cash; terms which the king cannot with honor accept, and must therefore continue to fight. Others think he will follow the example of the emperor, and submit to peace on any terms. The French soldiery have a strong repugnance against fighting with the Neapolitans, of whom they seldom get any thing but their guns, and never can make a single prisoner; the first quality of a Neapolitan hero being to have legs as swift as a hare, and the second to know how to make use of them.”
“His majesty keeps it up at Palermo like a philosopher, and seems to trouble his head very little about politics, leaving those matters to his ambassador, who went about 8 months ago to Vienna, to negotiate a peace with France, at the time the emperor ought to have done it for himself. Who this able negotiator is, is not generally known; but he is supposed to be a man of great talents, who has always shewn a remarkable attachment to his majesty's crown, to which for the last 35 years he has been continually adding laurels.”
It is reported that his majesty will soon return to Naples, the prince-royal having been received there with great demonstrations of joy. The city has been illuminated for three nights, and many entertainments given to him. The Neapolitan ladies (as fond of pleasure as the sex generally are every where) have not suffered this opportunity of amusing themselves to escape. This loyal reception given to the prince, has determined his majesty to return to Naples, having there as good and even better sport for hunting than at Palermo. Besides, as he is equally fond of the fair sex, and as Naples furnishes a greater number of fair ones than Palermo, this is an additional reason for preferring the metropolis. Without having a crowned head, one would be apt to do the same: for the Sicilian ladies are too ugly, God knows! and, what is worse, as ignorant as what, shall I say?—as ignorant as dirty; which is indeed saying a great deal. However, as in this world every one has his imperfections, and some good qualities which often counterbalance those imperfections, so have the Sicilian fair theirs. The most striking of these are, such good nature, tenderness of heart, and willingness to oblige, that if a man can overlook the former (which as a good Christian he ought to do) he will rather place them in the rank of Turkish Houri, or daughters of Paradise.
“The Neapolitan ladies regret the French very much, by whom nine out of ten have been converted to jacobins. They have not had the same success with the men. It is true, they have had a powerful rival in Cardinal Ruffo; and it is well known that the Neapolitans have a stronger inclination to cardinal virtues than to French amability. This neglect of the French towards the men, and the same neglect of the cardinal to the other sex, have created two parties in Naples, at the head of which are the two tutelary saints, viz. St. Genaro at the head of the jacobins, and St. Anthony at the head of the royalists. The first was formerly the great saint, but has entirely lost his credit by turning jacobin. I am even astonished that they do not send him to the galleys, or put him in prison, as is the practice in some parts of the Mediterranean, when they think their saint does not use them well.—In Sardinia, if he neglects to send them rain when they want it, they imprison him until it has rained enough, and then he is liberated with great pomp. Whilst speaking of Sardinia, I may as well add, that its king is now in Naples. He appears wholly reconciled to his fate, and bends all his thoughts towards his Creator. To frequent the churches, and to follow the many processions which pass daily through the streets, a wax candle in one hand and a rosary in the other, are his sole occupations and his pleasure. He gave a great example of uncommon penitence (for a king) in the month of February last at Naples, by following a procession for about two miles, without either a shoe or a stocking to his feet. This is a real fact, and has astonished all Naples. Some wicked people pretend that this humiliation is a penance inflicted on him by his confessor for the great sin he committed when he left Sardinia, by taking with him 32,000 dollars, which had been collected in the whole island for the redemption of the 766 persons taken by the Turks about three years ago in the island of St. Peter, and carried into slavery to Tunis. The king had made an agreement to have all of them that were then living, and had not embraced the Alcoran, restored for 180,000 dollars, in three payments; but as money was a scarce commodity in his strong box, this sum was to be collected by little and little from charitable people, and amounted when he left the island to 32,000 dollars, which he took with him, not I believe with any wicked intention, but merely through forgetfulness; for kings are as liable to commit mistakes as common folks. The king of Naples is a proof of it, who, when he left his dominions, and carried away all the money that could be collected together, forgot himself likewise when he took the deposits in the banks belonging to his beloved subjects.”
THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER.
Alexander Paulovits was born on the 23d of December 1777, and was married on the 9th of October 1793, to Maria Louisa Elizabeth Alexiowna, of Baden, who was born on the 4th January 1779. The Prince from his earliest infancy manifested the best disposition, mildness of character, great frankness and ingenuity, a just and penetrating mind, and a rare discretion. The beauty of his form gave a new value to those qualities which developed themselves more and more every day, and conciliated universal affection.
He has the air and majestic graces of his mother. His goodness and his mildness have rendered him the idol of the soldiers, at the same time that his judgment has made him the admiration of the officers. He always took the part of the unfortunate, and was ever willing to be the mediator between them and his father. To those who seek for defects, among virtues, it has appeared that the mildness of his nature does not leave him sufficient boldness, and that degree of confidence which shields a man from foreign impulses. He seemed to be discouraged, and to lose the desire of instruction as soon as lost his masters, particularly Colonel Labarge, his first preceptor. The crowd, who judge always from the falsest appearances, seeing in the Grand Duke Alexander, a reserve and circumspection which they mistook for pride, were, at first, more attached to his brother, Constantine. But the latter has not that amiable and prepossessing exterior which belongs to Alexander; he has more vivacity, and a more familiar manner. The elder brother has always had more taste and disposition for the sciences. Amongst the masters of the Grand Duke, Professor Kraft was particularly distinguished for his goodness, his clearness, and his accuracy. Alexander always evinced a desire to obtain information. Kraft, speaking one day of the hypothesis of some philosophers on the nature of light, said that Newton conceived it to be a continual emanation from the sun. Alexander, then twelve years of age, replied—“I don't believe it, for if that were the case the sun would become smaller every day.”
After the death of Catherine, Alexander was kept about his father with marks of tenderness which resembled distrust: but his character might have shielded him from all suspicion. Scarcely was he allowed one day to see his young wife. The Emperor surrounded him with officers upon whom he relied, and removed all those who had not been his spies; he deprived him of his regiment to give him another, and appointed him military Governor of Peterburgh, but nominated a person as his assistant. The revenue of the young Prince, which was but 30,000, was increased to 200,000 roubles.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, July 6, 1801.
Notice is hereby given, THAT PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Navy until the 31st inst. inclusively, for the supply of all Rations which may be required for the Marine Corps, from the 1st day of October next, to the 30th day of September 1802, at the City of Washington, at Baltimore, at Norfolk, or any other place or places, where marines may be recruited, marched or stationed, within the states of Maryland or Virginia:—The Ration to consist of eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or where neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice or one and an half pound of sifted or bolted Indian meal, one and a quarter pound of fresh beef, one pound salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork, and when fresh meat is issued, salt at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations; one half gill of rum, whiskey or other ardent spirits; soap at the rate of four pounds candles at the rate of one and an half pound, and, vinegar at the rate of two quarts, for every hundred rations. The price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as substitutes and alternatives must be specified.
H. DEARBORN, Acting Secretary of Navy. ept1A
For Sale and to Rent,
TWO elegant two story Brick DWELLING HOUSES, situate on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, a little to the west of the President's Square. Each house contains two parlours and passage on first floor; on second, two rooms with fire-places, and well finished garrets, cellars and kitchens. In the front of the buildings extending to the avenue, is a neat yard planted with trees, palisaded, &c. The situation, in point of health and contiguity to the public buildings, is equal to any in the city, and is well adapted for private families, or to accommodate genteel Boarders. The title is indisputable. The terms will be moderate for part cash or slaves. For particulars inquire of OWEN ROBERTS, on the premises, or of
THOMAS HERTY, Conveyancer City of Washington, May 25, 1801. 17
BROHAWN AND BOYS,
BE leave to inform the citizens of Washington, that they have taken Mr. N. Young's wharf, very conveniently situated to the Capitol and President's Square; where they have opened a LUMBER YARD, and expect to go pretty largely in that line of business; and in about two or three weeks will have a general assortment of the first quality of groceries that can be procured in Baltimore.
Washington June 24, 1801.
N. B. Any gentleman wishing to apply for bills of scantling of any size or dimensions, may obtain it at the shortest notice by applying as above.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, June 7th, 1800.
Regulations for ascertaining and fixing the Pensioners, and payment of pensions on the Navy establishment of the United States.
O obtain a pension the party must produce to the Secretary of the Navy a certificate from the commander of the ship or vessel on board of which he sustained the injury, which incapacitates him; or in the case of a marine, from the commanding officer of the marine corps, or commander of a detachment as the case may require; in the latter case however, if the injury happened on board a vessel of war, the certificate of the surgeon will also be required, if on shore, that of some respectable medical character of the place, that the same was received while he was acting in the line of his duty, specifying the nature and amount of the disability, the capacity or station in which he acted, and the monthly pay to which he was entitled at the time of sustaining the injury. On such certificate being produced, and it being ascertained to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, that the disability still exists and is likely to continue, he will at once direct the applicant to be placed on the books of the Loan Office of the state in which he resides, and the loan officer will make the payments half yearly, viz. On the 1st of January, and 1st of July, to the party in person or his legal attorney during his life or the continuance of his disability. But if the pension is to be paid on a power of attorney, the loan officer must have it ascertained by the certificate of a Justice of the peace of the county where the pensioner resides, that he was living, and that his disability continued, in the month next preceding that in which payment is to be made every year, and must transmit the same to the Accountant of the Navy with the necessary receipts as vouchers for his payments.
Each person to be placed on the pension list, must receive at the Navy Office a certificate in the following form. A. B. Seaman, &c. having been disabled in the service of the United States, on board of the ship of war while acting in the line of his duty, is entitled to receive dollars per month, from the loan officer of the state of _____ payable half yearly, on the 1st of January and 1st of July in every year during his life or continuance of such disability, to commence from the _____ day of _____. The same will be paid to him in person or on his legal power of attorney. But no money will be paid on a power of attorney, unless the said A. B. shall tend to the loan officer of said state, the certificate of a Justice of peace of the county wherein he resides, that he the said A. B. appeared before the said justice in the month preceding that in which the payment is to be made and that his disability still continued.
Signed BENJ. STODDERT.
The foregoing regulations are still in force. By order, AB. THOMAS, P. CH. Navy Department, June 17, 1801. 3taw2m
TO BE RENTED,
THE store lately in the tenure of Doctor Galsasspy and Co. Its situation for business is preferable to any other in the City, being on the Pennsylvania Avenue, between the President's House and the Capitol, and within a few yards of the spot on which is to be immediately erected the market house.
JOSIAS W. KING. At the Capitol. eptf
May 29, 1801.
LOTS FOR SALE,
In the City of Washington. THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch. Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety-nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard. WILLIAM PROUT. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kiln of Bricks, and some Cord wood. W P
CONVEYANCERS OFFICE, AND
OFFICE FOR SALE OF CITY LOTS, On the Pennsylvania Avenue fronting the President's Square, near Rhodes's tavern, City of Washington.
THOMAS HERTY has connected with the business of drawing Conveyances of Land, Wills, Mortgages, Leases, Bonds, Assignments powers of Attorney, petitions, and every other species of deed or contract in the profession; that of buying, selling and leasing lots and houses in the City, negotiating loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and knowledge of the laws relative thereto—the knowledge which he has acquired by residence of the situation of City Lots, and how their titles have been acquired, or are liable to be affected; together with his impartial and strict regard to the interest of those who may be pleased to employ him, will, he hopes, secure to him a continuance of public patronage.
Titles to real property investigated, and opinions given thereon when required. For a great variety of Lots, in desirable situations in the City.
N. B. At the above office may be had, his Abridgement of the Laws of Maryland, price 6 dollars. Also his Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 3 dollars. As the Laws of Maryland are in full force on this side the Potomack, it behoves settlers to avail themselves of that information which affects their lives, liberties and property. He who is without a knowledge of his "rule of conduct" is like a stranger in his native land. May 4. 24W4W. Iowa