The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-01-22 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CLXXXIX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22d, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
[Inserted by desire.]
FROM THE MUSEUM.
QUERIES,
Relative to the proposed Bridge over the Potomac.
1st. Is it right to sacrifice the property of one part of the community to the interest and advantage of the other?
2d. If the bridge contemplated to be thrown over the Potomac at a place 4 miles below that, to which large sea ships have heretofore resorted, should prove to be an impediment to such navigation thereafter, will it not be to sacrifice the interests of all the proprietors of the upper part of the city of Washington, and of George-Town to the aggrandizement and the enriching of the lower part of the city, and of Alexandria? Will it not, at a stroke, lessen the value of their property one hundred per centum? Will it not, by rapid degrees, tend to remove the merchants, shut up the shops, drive away the tradesmen, moulder down the houses and wharves, and desolate the now fast thriving town of George-Town? Will it not immediately arrest the progress of the upper part of Washington, and turn all purchasers and improvement, to the lower part of the city, to a spot the accessibility to which, by sea navigation (being below the bridge) there can be no fear of? Will it not injure materially the interests of all the people to the westward of us, near any of the interior, & now navigable waters of the Potomac, by forcing them to seek a market from 6 to 8 miles lower, through an extended & to their stream boats, highly dangerous water; at least, by depriving them of the choice between the upper & lower markets on tide water? Can it be doubted, that to erect a bridge at the place proposed, will impede navigation? Is it not known, that let the construction of it as to draws be what it may, that it must delay & vex both large and small vessels in their progress? Must not large vessels take down their masts, and tow up when they approach near, warp through and by this means often lose a tide or a wind, which may prove the loss of days? Must not small craft be prevented entirely from going up and down, with any wind, as they now do by beating from shore to shore, through the shallow as well as the deep water, and will they not be confined to navigating with certain winds, by means of which they can fetch the part where the draw is fixed, and when through, can they, if the wind is a-head, leave the bridge (in the way of the different tacks as it must be) and beat forward?
3d. Will it not speedily happen, from the nature of things, that after fixing the piles or piers on which such a bridge is to be erected, banks immediately below them will be formed, which, in the process of a very few years, will fill up the river there about; or to divert and bend the channel, if any left, as to prevent all vessels of burthen passing; and have we not already but a very little above the spot in question, experienced the effects of the deposit made by the turbid waters of the upper Potomac, discovering evidently the tendency of this water, highly charged as it comes down during many months in the year, with earthy particles, and bearing them one while gliding rapidly through the narrow and deep part of the river, unopposed by any counter current, to deposit those particles to soon as it meets the resistance of the tide in an expanded space? Has it not been seen, and is it not known to the most superficial observer, resident in this neighbourhood, that about this very place, every log, which, borne down by the current has accidentally by ice, or other means, had fallen to the bottom (commonly called planters) in a very few years brings near it a bank rising so near the surface, as to be almost bare at low tide. And have not the citizens of George-Town and the upper part of the city, during all last summer and fall been exerting themselves, at the expence of several thousand dollars from their private purses, expended in the purchase and working of a costly machine, to remove obstructions occasioned by the causes above recited? And shall these men, thus meritoriously anxious to keep open the high road of ship navigation, and thus liberally contributing from their own resources to save their own and their neighbours property from deterioration, by contending with natural & accidental causes, have the mortification to see an artificial work, erected within a stones throw of their late operation, calculated to produce obstacles innumerable, and to their enterprise and industry unsurmountable, to create banks in comparison with which, that which has cost them a sum-
mer's work was but a mole hill? Shall they see instead of a few Planters accidentally lodged and collecting banks about them, a whole range of regular piers or piles planted in the river directly below, to form a series of little mountains from shore to shore, the slopes of which must join below, and let navigation at defiance?
4th. Would not such a measure be injustice, be oppression, be cruelty in the extreme, would it not drive these people to desperation, is it not asking a man to sit still calmly to see a fire-brand put to his house, and unagitated to witness its consumption, story by story, with its valuable contents; his all?
5. Can the promoters of the petition to erect such a bridge be in earnest, in believing that Congress would sanction the measure, can they persuade themselves that the collected wisdom of the United States could practise such a violation of right?
6th. Is there a large commercial city on this or the other side of the Atlantic, on a river navigable to sea-ships, below which there is a bridge? Search for an answer. The Thames, the Elbe, the Weser, the Garonne, the Loire in Europe; the Delaware, the Petapscot, and other rivers in America, and shall the Potomac be the first to try the hazardous experiment? Shall the intended metropolis of the United States put its progress in jeopardy by such a scheme? What would the people of Philadelphia say to a proposition to facilitate the communication of roads, by building a bridge just below the city? what would the people of Baltimore say to such a proposition? Nay, let them bring this necessity home, and ask the good people of Alexandria how they would relish a petition to Congress from some company who might start up, to erect a bridge over the Potomac, at the line of the district just below their town? And would the Jersey and Maryland Avenue men think a bridge over the mouth of the Eastern-Branch a valuable improvement and a great accommodation to the public?
A CITIZEN OF GEORGE-TOWN.
CONSTITUTION FOR THE BATAVIAN PEOPLE.
General Principles and dispositions.
Art. 1. The happiness of the whole is the first of laws: consequently no member nor any section of society, can receive advantage by any particular law to the prejudice of others.
2. All the members of society are equal in the eye of the law, without distinction of rank or birth.
3. Each citizen may do what he pleases; but remains responsible to, and according to the law, both for his actions and the sentiments he propagates.
4. The law establishes the necessary dispositions for insuring to every citizen an honest subsistence; but all privileged bodies and exclusive affiliations are abolished.
5. Every inhabitant is maintained in the peaceable possession and enjoyment of his property. No one can be deprived of any part of his possessions, unless the general good imperiously requires it; and in that case he shall receive a just and proper indemnity.
6. Every inhabitant is inviolable in his habitation; no one can enter it without his consent, and in virtue of an order issued by the proper authority.
7. No one can be arrested but according to the law. No one can be tried or condemned but by the judge acknowledged by the constitution or the law, and until after being summoned agreeably to what they prescribe, and having obtained all the means of defence which they determine.
8. Every citizen must be heard in three days after he has been delivered into the hands of his natural judge. A copy of the motives of his arrestation cannot be refused to him; the law determines the punishment of the judge who shall offend against these dispositions. If the examination and motives of arrestation have not been communicated within the time above prescribed, the prisoner has a right to be released, and without any delay.
9. All usurious severity in the guarding of prisoners is forbidden. All violent means for extorting confession are abolished.
10. Every citizen has a right to address in writing, petitions and propositions to the constituted authorities, provided they are signed individually; in any other case they cannot be made but by the bodies constituted by the law, and
must relate only to objects which have relation to the functions which they discharge.
11. All religious societies, which, acknowledging a supreme being, and rendering homage to him, tend to favour virtue and good morals, are equally protected by the law. Every religious society publicly professes its opinions, and grants free access to the places consecrated to the exercise of his worship.
12. Every head of a family, and every independent person of either sex, who has attained to the age of fourteen, must inscribe their names in one of these religious societies, which they may freely quit to enter into another. Every society requires from its members an annual contribution for the maintenance of its ministers and of its property. This contribution, however, can never exceed the sum stipulated for that purpose by the law.
13. Every religious society whatever remains irrevocably in possession of what it possessed at the commencement of the present century.
14. No exclusive civil rights can be attached to any of them. The teachers, ministers, and ecclesiastical servants of the reformed religion, heretofore the prevailing religion, who, being paid salaries or pensions from the public treasuries, are actually in exercise, shall continue to enjoy their incomes and pensions until the full execution of the dispositions prescribed by Article 12.
15. All the laws and dispositions, which since the commencement of the year 1795, have lessened the value of property or possessions legally acquired, are subject to revision. Whoever has been injured by these laws, may apply to the regency of the State, which according to the exigency of the case, shall propose to the legislative body either a repeal of the law; of its revision, or a just and proper indemnity.
16. Feudality is abolished; all fiefs are declared allodial. The law provides an indemnity for the possessors of lordships.
17. The Batavian people desire that the national guard, established for the purpose of ensuring liberty and maintaining the national independence, shall be encouraged by every proper means. No citizen forming part of that guard is obliged to serve beyond the territory of the republic. He is not bound to any service beyond his department, without a decree of the legislative body, and only in the case of an attack from the enemy. The active service of the national guard, in each department, is farther determined by the law.
18. The same kinds of money shall be coined, and circulated throughout the whole republic, according to the manner and value which the law shall establish.
19. The weights and measures already known in the republic shall be uniformly regulated. The law shall fix the mode and the period when this disposition shall be carried into execution.
Of the division of the territory, and the right of Suffrage.
20. The Batavian republic is one and indivisible.
21. Its European territory remains divided into eight departments, the limits of which shall be those of the ancient Provinces, the modifications undermentioned excepted. The country of Drenthe shall remain united to the Province of Overijssel; and Batavian Brabant shall form an eighth department; Ameland shall form part of Friesland; Wedde and West-Wolderland of Groningen; Ysselstein of Holland; Viane of Utrecht; and Kullenburg, & Buren of Guelderland. The law shall further determine to what department the countries which are already or may hereafter be annexed to the territory of the republic, shall belong.
22. Each department shall be, in regard to its limits, divided into a certain number of districts. It is according to this regulation that the election of the members of the departmental administration shall take place.
23. The present division of the primary assemblies is maintained for the election of the members of the legislative body.
24. Those who unite the following qualities are active citizens.
1st. Those who have inscribed the place of their habitation in the national register.—2d. Those who have attained to the full age of 21, or who form a part of the national guard.—3d. Those who have resided without interruption in the republic for a year, if natives of the country, or six years if foreigners.—4th. Those who can read and write Dutch,
a disposition which; however, cannot be applicable to citizens inscribed before the 23d of April, 1799.—5th. Those who have made the following declaration: "I promise fidelity to the constitution and submission to the law."
25. The following are excluded from voting:—1st. Those who are in the service of any foreign power, or who receive from it a pension.—2d. Domestic servants who receive wages attached to personal or household service.—3d. Those maintained in the houses of charity, orphan houses, and hospitals.—4th. Those who during the last six months, have been maintained from the poor's box.—5th. Those under tutorship on account of bad conduct, dissipation, or mental derangement.—6th. Bankrupts, as well as those who have given up their property, until their creditors are paid.—7th. Those who are in a state of accusation, or who in justice are known to be infamous.
26. The law fixes the manner in which the right of suffrage ought to be exercised, and the qualification in regard to property required to be elected.
27. The ministers of any worship are not eligible to functions depending on the government.
28. The military cannot exercise their functions but in the place of their residence, and in so far as it is distinct from that where they are in garrison.
Of the Government.
29. The government is entrusted to a regency of state, composed of twelve members chosen from among the active citizens of full 35 years of age, born within the republic, having resided in it for the last six years, and not being connected by relationship or alliance within the fourth degree with any member of the regency. They shall enjoy an annual pension of 10,000 florins.
30. For this time seven of these members are immediately named by the present Executive Directory. These seven members shall proceed to choose the other five. The twelve regents shall choose from among themselves a President, who is elected for three months. During the first six months of the installation of the regency of state, if one or more vacancies shall happen, the remaining members shall proceed in the course of eight days to fill them up.
31. The regency of State decrees the regulation of order for holding their sittings. It shall divide itself into as many commissions as the different branches of the administration render necessary. These commissions shall employ themselves in discussing and examining the affairs referred to them by the council.
32. The regency shall unite to itself, besides a secretary general, a secretary of State, having the department of foreign affairs, three other secretaries of State, having the departments of the marine, war, and the interior; or, if it thinks more proper, in place of each of the three latter, three councils, composed each of three members. In the last place, a council of finances entrusted to three persons, and a treasurer general.
34. The Secretaries of State, or the councils which supply their place, are charged with the administration of the affairs within their province, as well as the execution of the orders transmitted to them by the regency, agreeably to its instructions, and under their responsibility. They are named by the regency of the state, from a triple list formed by the section of the council of regency attached to the department to which they belong.
34. Every year one member of the regency of state shall go out in rotation: this shall take place, for the first time, on the 1st of November, 1802, according to the order which shall be determined by lot, for the annual going out of all the members. To supply the vacant places, the departments shall proceed, in the order hereafter prescribed, to the nomination of four persons, a list of whom shall be sent to the regency. The latter shall reduce their number to two, from whom the legislative body shall make a definitive choice.
The legislative body is composed of 35 members, named for the first time by the government during the first eight days of their installation. Twelve of them, chosen by a plurality of voices, for the term of session, ordinary or extraordinary, shall discuss the laws proposed.
Discussions on all projects presented the first week of a common session, must be terminated at the latest the last day of the session, that is to say, on the 30th of May, or 15th of December.
During extraordinary convocations, the propositions which have given rise to them must be determined before the fe-
paration of the legislative body, and within a month at least.
The members of the Legislative body pronounce on the projects presented to them, by Yes or No.
These projects may always be withdrawn during the course of the discussion. If the project is rejected, the regency of the state, when it judges necessary, shall depute three of its members to the legislative body to explain and defend the motives of their vote; if the legislative body persists in rejecting the project, it cannot be again brought forward. In this case the legislative body must assign reasons for their refusal; the regency retains the right of presenting another project.
The debt and obligations contracted, not only by the generality and in its name, but also in the name of the different provinces of the three quarters of Guelderland, the county of Drenthe, Batavian Brabant, and of the East India Company, are declared national debts and obligations.
Contracts for rents, obligations, receipts, and all other obligatory acts, shall be exchanged as soon as possible for national obligations, without any deduction whatever of capital or interest.
Promise of the members of the legislative body.
I solemnly promise, that as member of the Legislative Body, and in conformity to the constitutional act, I will assist with all my power to support the interests of the Batavian people, as well as to maintain their rights; and that I will discharge with sincerity and zeal all the duties imposed on me in this respect, without ever deviating from them for any consideration whatever, favour or any other thing. I equally promise that I will in no manner concur in, nor take any resolution or project, that may tend to introduce hereditary dignities, or that may tend to deviate from the principles of a representative popular government.
Promise of the members of the regency of the state.
I solemnly promise, as member of the Regency of state, that agreeably to the constitution and power which has been entrusted to me, I will assist with all my might to maintain the interests of the Batavian people; to defend its rights, its rank and dignity, to consolidate, maintain, and ensure the independence of the Republic, and the liberty of the citizens; that I will with sincerity and zeal discharge all the duties imposed on me in this respect, without ever departing from them, on any consideration whatever, favour or disgrace, promises or presents, or any other thing; and that I will never assist in any manner to form or countenance any project that may deviate from the principles of the constitution, or tend to introduce hereditary dignities, or which may be contrary to a popular representative government; and I moreover promise, that if I come to the knowledge of any enterprise of this kind, I will oppose it and endeavour to prevent it by all the means with which I have been entrusted.
[From a late London Print.]
THE CHIEF CONSUL OF FRANCE.
A very extraordinary work has made its appearance at Paris, and is laid (but we cannot believe it) to have been written either by the order or with the sanction of the Chief Consul. It is called An Essay upon the Modes of rendering Revolutions useful , and the principal object of it is to establish the necessity of an hereditary executive power in France. Much of the work is occupied with a discussion of the government of Bonaparte, of whom the following character is given:—
"Bonaparte, raised to the post of First Consul of France, became afterwards the restorer of public tranquility in his country, and the pacificator of Europe, presents to our view the image of the most extraordinary moderator that has ever existed, for he has consummated his work without armies, without punishment of death, arbitrary proscripti- or confiscation. We thought him beaten, conquered, and dead in Egypt, whither, it was said, he had been sent as into exile by a ruling faction. Immediately afterwards we hear that he has landed in the harbor of St. Raphael, at the extremity of the Provence; he traverses France as a private person, it is true, but not as a man who considers himself or is considered null. He arrives at Paris. Six weeks scarcely elapse

before he overthrows the Directory, the Councils and the Constitution that had vexed and disturbed France for five years; he raises himself above all, he replaces the government called a representative one by a simple commission, and he orders a constitutional act, the parts of which he previously puts into execution.
"All acts till that time were anti-revolutionary ones, emanating from his own will, without the appearance of the concurrence of the people. He addresses a constitution to the French; it is accepted in the form a which it prescribes, and the consular government, immediately upon its adoption, gives birth to ideas of happiness in the minds of a numerous people. Prosperity seems anew to be willing to occupy a vast and too long ravaged territory."
"Bonaparte, strong in the spirit that he has created in France, has been able to shew the same opposition and the same impartiality towards all parties; more powerful than them all together, it has not been necessary for him to proscribe any one either en masse or in detail. This power broke the revolutionary principle that had been tottering so long, and engendered that anti-revolutionary principle which for twenty months has been immovable."
"He applies himself to every thing; he compresses all factions; but he destroys nothing—he approximates without danger the most contradictory elements—the Jacobins and the Emigrants—the moderate and the furious, the tolerating and the fanatic—he makes the presumptuous silent, and recalls the banished. In his position he had no need of punishing any past political offence; and if he were severe in Nivose in the year 9, by the penalty of death and transportation, it was for offences posterior to his elevation, and against the existing order of things."
"The incessant and undisturbed activity of Bonaparte is alarmed at nothing. He increased the strength of the armies out of France at the time that the necessity of military force seemed to be more pressing in France. He promised peace on the day of his accession; he has always shown himself true to his word, but he has never thought himself obliged to hurry himself, in order to fulfil his promise; he calculated that a brilliant and dictated peace would be the most solid support of the new government. He has happily attained his object, in spite of all the hazards that might have swayed him from his purpose, and checked him in his career."
"Of all the Frenchmen who have distinguished themselves in the revolution, Bonaparte is the man who has united the fittest qualities for the part he occupies."
"To fix the revolution, it was necessary to have the action of a military government. Bonaparte is the general who has the most excited the confidence of the army."
"To destroy all factions, it was necessary to have had no share in them. Bonaparte was never of any national representation."
"Not to displease the nation, it was necessary not to be sullied with the blood of any of the victims of the revolution. Bonaparte never figured in the clubs or popular assemblies; he was neither named to the 14th July, the 5th of October, nor the 20th Jan. In the operation of the factions he was only a military man."
"If Bonaparte does not please all Frenchmen, it is because Colossuses must be seen from afar; it is because, obliged to compare him to a crowd of great men, who have preceded him, taken collectively, one thinks one's self permitted to require that he should concentrate also all their qualities and all their indifferent forms; but one does not recollect that he is neither Cæsar nor Augustus, nor Medicis, but in certain points; and that if he were them in every thing, it would be necessary that he should have no morals to be Julius Cæsar; that he should have confiscated and arbitrarily decreed the penalty of death to be Augustus; and that he should have been a merchant to be Medicis."
"When so many great men shine in a single one, can one have any difficulty in passing over the details which he may unite, in favour of the absence of those vices which it would be dangerous for him to possess?"
All hazards have served Bonaparte, and in so marked a manner, that it is exclaiming against Providence, to say that he is not in his natural post! but would there be no difference between the hazards that have served him, and the chances of birth? This is precisely the difference that exists between him and the pretender of France."
The Subscriber
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has removed from George-Town to the fountain Inn, near Rhodes's City Tavern. Where he is furnished with a good boiler, carriage house, and stabling for eighteen horses, and every thing in his line to render the accommodation of travellers agreeable. The strictest attention will be paid by CHARLES ROGERS. N. B. Ten or fifteen gentlemen can get board and lodging on moderate terms. Dec. 22. eptf
   DOCUMENTS     Accompanying the President's Message on the commencement of the Session.   DOCUMENT No. IV. States the expenditures on account of materials for building six 74 gun ships, to the 1st of October, 1801.   Dolls.  
   For timber for the frames: Dollars,   Advanced and paid on account of live oak timber for 6 frames in Georgia, 112,000   Ditto 1 frame in South-Carolina, of which about 2-3 has been procured, 17,000   Ditto one frame and 1-3 of a frame at the City of Washington, 15,000   144,000   From which deduct the sum, as there are 8 frames procuring two of which to be preserved for future use, agreeably to act of the 25th Feb. 1799, 26,666   Remains on account of the six ships, 117,334   Timber exclusively of the frames, say, Pl. & thick stuff, &c.   At Washington, 47,794   Norfolk, 30,150   New-York, 13,173   Boston, 38,540   Portsmouth N. Hampshire, 21,196   150,853   Total for timber, 268,187   For Cannon, 46,645   Copper, 116,913   Extra frames, 26,666   458,411  
   DOCUMENT, No. V.     Expenditures on account of Navy Yards, Docks and Wharves, to 1st October, 1801.   Dolls.  
   At Washington: Dolls.   Purchase of ground, 4,000   Improvements, 54,683   58,683   Norfolk:   Purchase, 12,000   Improvements, 14,273   26,273   Philadelphia:   Purchase, 37,000   Improvements, 1,636   38,636   New-York:   Purchase, 40,000   Improvements, 1,863   41,863   Charleston, near Boston:   Purchase, 40,000   Improvements, 3,643   43,643   Portsmouth New-Hampshire:   Purchase, 5,500   Improvements, 26,304   31,804   Total 240,906  
   DOCUMENT, No. VI.     Statement of the sales of public vessels and stores, payable into the Treasury.   Dolls. cts.  
   Names of vessels. amount sales.     Merrimack, 21,154 59   Herald, 17,847 75   Warren, 19,747 01   Connecticut, 19,300   Trumbull, 26,500   Richmond, 6,250   Patapscio, 24,680   Ganges, 21,000   Portsmouth, 34,365 82   Delaware, 23,799 28   Eagle, 10,485 73   Scammel, 8,001 87   Experiment, 8,446 68   Augusta, 13,889   Maryland, 20,200   275,767 73  
   DOCUMENT, No. VII.     Statement of monies applied for the defence of certain Ports and Harbors in the United States, in pursuance of the Act to provide for the defence of certain Ports and Harbors in the United States, passed on the 20th of March, 1794, distinguishing the monies expended for the Fortification of each Harbor, to the 16th of November, 1801, inclusive.   Dolls. cts.  
   Names of places fortified. Total amnt.     Dolls. cts.   Portland, 8,499 25   Portsmouth, 8,902 81   Salem, 2,593 60   Marblehead, 13,634 91   Boston, 106,642 67   New-Port, 107,394 91   New-London, 9,428 39   New-York, 100,013 41  
   Philadelphia, 62,384 52   Baltimore, 93,664 36   Annapolis, 268 50   Norfolk, 5,987 93   Alexandria, 2,008   Cape Fear River, 24,642 13   Charleston, 25,931 11   Georgetown, 250   Savannah, 1,562   St. Mary's, 4,578 91   578,387 41  
REPLY
Of the Legislative Council of the North Western Territory to Governor St. Clair.
SIR, The Legislative Council experience sensations of real pleasure at again meeting your Excellency at this time in health, and at having the opportunity publicly to express their approbation of your re-appointment to the important office of Chief Magistrate of the Territory, which it has pleased the general government to entrust to your special care.
The numerous services which you have rendered both in the common cause of our liberty and independence, as well as in your government of the Territory, are sacred pledges that your administration will be guided by a sincere desire to promote the greatest possible happiness and prosperity of our infant country.
'Tis with regret we view the unparallelled miseries which a long series of wars, uncommonly ferocious, have entailed upon a large proportion of the civilized world. Such scenes of distress, while they awaken our tenderest sympathy, cannot fail to call forth our warmest acknowledgments to an all-wise ruling providence, for the continuance of peace and happiness to our country, under the wise and equitable administration of our federal government; and we trust, that such constitutional measures will be pursued as are best calculated to insure a continuance of those singular blessings.
The important objects of legislation which your excellency was pleased to communicate in your address to both Houses, at the opening of the present session, will occupy our early and attentive deliberation; and we shall be ready at all times to give our cordial assistance in the formation and passage of such laws as shall be deemed necessary, for the promotion of happiness at home and respectability abroad.
GOVERNOR'S ANSWER.
Mr. President and gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
The very kind answer which you have now been pleased to make to my address to both Houses of the legislature, has excited sentiments in my breast that are not easily expressed, and at best, I am not good at expression when I feel strongly.
The desire of being useful was impressed upon me by nature, and in the course of a long life so many opportunities of gratifying that desire have presented themselves, I trust it is now settled down into a habit. If in my past conduct in public life, gentlemen, you find a pledge for the future, permit me to add the solemn assurance, that I will never designedly deviate from that line of rectitude which, hitherto, I have endeavoured to follow.
For any services I may have been happy enough to render, either in the cause of liberty and independence, or in the government of the Territory, the favorable notice you have been pleased to take of them, is a most grateful remuneration.
The satisfaction, gentlemen, you express at my having been re-appointed to the high and important office of governor, demands my warmest acknowledgments, and I am bound by every obligation of duty to God, to the nation and its government, and to the people of the Territory, that so far as in me lies, in the execution of it, your just expectations shall not be disappointed.
ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.
To Rent, And possession given immediately, A TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, North front of the President's House,
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National Intelligencer.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 1802.
DEBATE
On motion of Mr. Breckenridge to repeal the act passed last session for new organising the courts of the United States.
JUDICIARY ESTABLISHMENT.
[CONTINUED]
Mr. OLCOTT, of New-Hampshire, said this subject was of the most important kind, and though many able arguments had been already offered, he could not pass it over with a negative vote.
It has been suggested that the act, now proposed to be repealed, came in on the influx of passion, and that the influx of reason should sweep it away. He did not know that this was the case. Some gentlemen contend that it was adopted with great deliberation.
He thought the reasons for a repeal of this law insufficient. It is not said, that if the constitution vests a right to office in the judges, that we can affect them. He thought the constitution did vest the right, and he held it to be sacred.
The provisions of the constitution appeared to him so plain, that they scarcely admitted of illustration. He who undertakes to explain the text must find more explicit terms than those contained in it. He could not find any.
After dwelling upon the different provisions of the constitution, Mr. Olcott went upon the question of expediency at some length, and concluded that a repeal was as inexpedient as unconstitutional.
Mr. COCKE, of Tennessee, followed Mr. Olcott. He said he was sorry gentlemen attempted to make quack doctors of them, by laying we may give a wound, but cannot heal it. He wished the Senate to enquire whether the law now proposed to be repealed was constitutional or not. If it was not, we should act like honest men, acknowledge that we have violated the constitution, and restore it to its purity by repealing the law. Let us recur to the Journals of 1799, and see what was the understanding of these champions of our liberties, and whether they have not since changed. The Journals would prove that the judges were to mix with the legislature, were to be locked up in a closet, and to declare who was to be our executive magistrate.
[Mr. Cocke went into an examination of the arguments on the constitutional point.]
We have been told that the nation is to look up to these immaculate judges to protect their liberties—to protect the people against themselves. This was novel, and what result did it lead to? He shuddered to think of it. Were there none of these judges ready to plunge their swords in the American heart? He did not think it proper to be alarmed by the terrors held out. He wished to know no man; to take things as they are. But if gentlemen will attack, they must expect a reply.
Mr. Cocke then dilated upon the several points of the discussion, and concluded with the expression of the hope that the legislature would repeal the law, and that they would not give way to the ideas of gentlemen that the government was made for a chosen few—for the judges—to whom we are to look up for every thing.
[Mr. Morris's Speech in our next.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. S.
MONDAY, Jan. 18, 1802.
A petition was presented from J. C. Symmes, praying Congress to accept his release and relinquishment to the United States, of all his claim to a quantity of land N. W. of the Ohio, on certain proposed terms.
Referred to a select committee.
The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the value of the exports of the United States, to the ports of Italy, Gibraltar, and the Barbary powers for five years preceding the 30th Sept. 1801.
The House resumed the consideration of the amendments made in committee of the whole to the bill respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters, which were agreed to.
The question was then put on engrossing the bill for a third reading, and lost—Ayes 43—Nays 46.
The House went into a committee of the whole on the bill for fixing the military peace establishment, who made some progress therein, and obtained leave to sit again.
TUESDAY, January 19, 1802.
A memorial from Fulwar Skipwith, consul-general of the United States at Paris, praying the liquidation of a claim,
for official services rendered, and advances of money made for the United States.
Referred to the Secretary of State.
A memorial of sundry distillers in Boston and elsewhere, in Massachusetts, was presented, praying the repeal of the law imposing a duty on distilled spirits, and bills.
Referred to committee of Ways and Means.
A petition of sundry inhabitants of the City of Washington, was presented, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, in connecting the waters of the Potomac, and the Eastern Branch, by opening and completing a canal along the Tiber creek, through the low grounds at the foot of Capitol Hill.
Referred to committee on the territory of Columbia.
Mr. Tallmage reported, from the committee appointed, on the resolutions of the Senate respecting Lieut. Sterrett, that it would be expedient to disagree to said resolutions, and to adopt others in their room. The first resolution proposed that Congress express the high sense they entertain of the gallant conduct of Lieut. Sterrett, and the other officers, and crew of the Enterprise—The second requests the President to present Lt. Sterrett with a sword commemorative of the heroic action; and recommends the allowing one month's pay to the other officers and crew.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill fixing the military peace establishment, Mr. Davis in the chair.
After considering the same, the committee rose, and reported sundry amendments, which were ordered to lie on the table.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 1802.
The House took up the amendments of the Committee of the whole to the bill for fixing the military peace establishment.
Mr. BAYARD moved to amend the bill, as to strike out that part of it which establishes the appointment of a brigadier general.

Mediterranean trade against Tripolitan cruisers.
When Mr. Bayard moved for an addition to the bill, authorizing the President of the United States, to issue letters of mark and reprisal against Tunis and Algiers, in case he shall hereafter think the existing state of things require it, as well as against Tripoli.
This motion was opposed by Mr. Giles as unfeasible at the present period.
On the question the amendment was lost, only 27 members rising in favor of it.
The bill was then reported to the House, the amendments proposed agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
The House went into committee of the whole, on the bill for amending the act for laying and correcting a direct tax.
The first section repeals the 13th section of the act of 1798, which prescribes that lands on which taxes remain unpaid for one year, shall be sold, subject to the right of redemption within two years after sale.
Mr. Randolph stated that the provisions proposed to be repealed were unfeeling of execution, inasmuch as the expenses of advertising required, exceeded in many cases, by four or five times, the amount of the tax, and which exceeded the percentage allowed; and inasmuch as no person would buy the land offered for sale, when he might be deprived of it, by a redemption within two years.
Documents were read, which substantiated this statement.
Mr. S. SMITH opposed the repeal as going to deprive the owners of land of the right of redemption; which he deemed a valuable provision; without which the owners of land, particularly non-residents, would be deprived of their property, without a knowledge of the tax imposed, or being able, however desirous, to pay it.
Mr. RUTLEDGE also opposed the repeal as imposing hardships upon those who have not paid the tax, which were not imposed upon those who have paid. He further stated that the non-payment in the southern states had arisen, not from indisposition to pay, but from want of collectors to carry the law into execution, the compensation allowed having been so inadequate as in many districts to have disabled the government from obtaining officers.
Messrs. Griswold, Milledge, Stanley and Morris delivered their sentiments against the first section, when on motion of Mr. Macon the committee rose, and asked leave to sit again which was granted.
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 16.
JANUARY TERM, 1802, 13th of the Month.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, } To wit: Alexandria County, }
We the grand jury for the body of the said county, in the district aforesaid, do, upon our oaths present the practice of setting up and drawing lotteries within the county and district aforesaid, as a serious and growing evil, tending to the injury of the morals and subversive of the principles of many of the inhabitants, and we do recommend the utmost vigilance in all officers who have cognizance of such evil practices, to use their best endeavours, in future, to check their further extension.
We also present as a grievance, certain powers vested in, and emoluments granted to, the levy court, in and for the county of Alexandria, as lately established by law, inasmuch as they have authority to draw two dollars a-day for their services, without limiting their times of sitting; that they have power to tax the people without possessing their general suffrage, and that we hold it a fundamental principle in government, that the people ought not to be taxed without representation.
We also present as a grievance, the practice of persons coming from distant parts of the United States, into this district for the purpose of purchasing slaves, where they exhibit to our view a scene of wretchedness and human degradation disgraceful to our characters as citizens of a free government. True it is, that those dealers in our fellow men, collect within this district, from various parts, considerable numbers of those victims of slavery, and lodge them in some place of confinement until they have completed their number; they are then turned out into our streets, and exposed to our view, loaded with chains as if they had committed some heinous offence against our laws. We consider it a grievance, that citizens from distant parts of the United States should be permitted to come within this district, and pursue a traffic fraught with so much misery to a class of beings entitled to our protection by the laws of justice and humanity, and that the interposition of civil authority cannot be had to prevent fathers and mothers being wrested from their offspring, and children from their parents, without respect to the ties of nature.
We conceive these grievances to demand legislative redress, especially the practice of making sale of black people, who are to be manumitted at the expiration of a term of years, who are sold, & frequently taken to distant parts of the continent, where they have not the power to avail themselves of the liberty they
may be entitled to at the expiration of the term.
JOHN POTTS, Foreman.
JANUARY TERM, 1802. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, }
Alexandria County, ss. } We the grand jury for the body of the county aforesaid, present as a grievance, the bad state in which those roads leading to the town of Alexandria, and which are within the district and county aforesaid, now are; and also recommend, that if the present means of obtaining repairs are insufficient, that some better mode may be adopted to effect this very necessary and desirable end.
We also present as a grievance, the state of the public jail, in the county and district aforesaid, which we consider as a public nuisance, and insufficient for the safe keeping of prisoners, and as also in a situation that neither the health, cleanliness nor comfort of the persons confined therein can be preserved.
JOHN POTTS, Foreman.
CHARLES VARDEN,
Merchant Taylor, from Philadelphia,
GRATEFULLY acknowledges the favors conferred on him by the gentlemen of this City, and flatters himself that the general satisfaction he has already given will merit a continuation of the fame. He has also received a handsome assortment of goods from Philadelphia, consisting of,
Best superfine cloths, Cassimeres, Swan-down, Toylenettes, Velverettes, Fancy Cords, Costings, Flannels, &c.
N.B. Regimentals, Naval Uniforms, and Ladies' Habits, made in the neatest and most fashionable manner, and at the shortest notice—Washington City, New-Jersey Avenue, next to Mr. Rapine's book store.
Dec. 16, 1801. eptf
JOHN MINCHIN,
BOOT-MAKER,
(From Philadelphia)
New-Jersey Avenue near the Capitol.
JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS wanted—Also two apprentices.
Dec. 7. eptf
Robbery! and Reward.
WHEREAS on Saturday night the 16th inst. the store of McCormick & Cochran, on the Capitol Hill was feloniously broke open, and taken from there five pieces blue, bottle green, and dark brown superfine broad cloths, three or four pieces of Iwan-down, three and one half dozen white cotton and worsted stockings, several pieces badanna and flag hankercchiefs and seven eight wide Irish linen, chintz shawls, fine hats, red morocco pocket books, wide black ribbon, &c.
To shew our detestation of such practices and our determination of assisting in punishing those concerned, we, the subscribers, do promise to pay to any person who will discover and prosecute to conviction, those concerned in the above robbery, the sums annexed to our names respectively; with a full assurance of pardon to the persons so discovering.
   Dolls. Cts.    McCormick and Cochran, 50 —  Thomas Law, 10 —  Samuel N. Smallwood, 10 —  William Prout, 10 —  Redmond Barry, 5 —  Adam Lindlay, 5 —  William Emack, 5 —  David Waterstone, 5 —  Benjamin Burch, 5 —  Tristram Dalton, 5 —  Gilbert Dockey, 5 —  Pentias D. Stille, 5 —  John Macarthy, 5 —  George Blagden, 5 —  Griffith Coombe, 5 —  Henry Iugle, 5 —  John Townes, 5 —  George Brown, 5 —  James Barry, 5 —  James D. Barry, 5 —  Robert Cherry, 5 —  William Tunnicliff, 5 —  Daniel Rapine, 5 —  Albert Gallatin, 5 —  William Duane, 5 —  Samuel Harrison Smith, 5 —  Clotworthy Stephenson, 5 —  John Jack, 5 —  Peter Miller, 5 —  Daniel Carroll of Dud. 5 —  Jones and Co. 4 —  L. Washington, 4 —  William Blagden, 3 —  Benjamin More, 3 —  Henry Danlap, 3 —  Joseph Mickman, 3 —  John Stickney, 3 —  Edmund Seannell, 2 50  Thomas Carpenter, 3 —  James O'Brien, 4 —  Charles Vardin, 2 —  Jeremiah Codnor, 2 —  Robert Brown, 2 —  Jonathan Gibson, 5 —  Mr. Dowton, 5 —  
Washington, Jan. 18, 1802. eptf
P. S. In addition to the above reward, one hundred dollars will be given to the person or persons discovering where the above mentioned goods stolen, will be found by
M C CORMICK & COCHRAN
Boarding House.
E. Gardner, at No. 6, of the Seven Buildings, will accommodate gentlemen with boarding and lodging on moderate terms.
Dec. 28, 1801. eptf
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of JASPER DE CARNAP, late of the City of Washington, deceased; are desired to exhibit their accounts for settlement, and those who are indebted are earnestly requested to discharge the same without delay.
ELIZABETH DE CARNAP, Administrator.
HENRY INOLE, Administrator
Dec. 11, 1801. ep8w
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1802.
On Wednesday morning, Dr. LOGAN, in walking from George Town to the Capitol, was overtaken by a fainting fit, and fell down lifeless on the road; in which state he remained for some time.
It gives us great pleasure to add, that from medical and other aid, immediately applied, he was soon restored to the full enjoyment of his senses, and is now in a state of rapid recovery.
Exported from the port of Philadelphia, from the 1st October to the 31st Dec. 1801, both inclusive:
  40,730 barrels Flour  2,258 half do.  148 barrels Midlings  13,327 barrels Indian Corn Meal  398 half Do.  5,753 barrels Rye Flour  50 half Do.  
Capt. Lincoln, from Cape-Francois, informs that a British fleet of five sails of the line and a number of frigates, had arrived at Jamaica, and that a French fleet was daily expected; when it was supposed, that the English were to join the French against St. Domingo.—Capt. L. further informs, that the whites are subject to the blacks in all parts of the Island.
Extract of a letter from a respectable mercantile house at Halifax, N. S. to a house in Baltimore, dated Dec. 10, 1801.
"The decrees in this court of admiralty to the amount of 100,000l. sterling, have been revised."
In one of the last numbers of the Journal des Debats , we find an account of a discovery equally new and extraordinary. Citizen Lebon, a very ingenious chemist, has contrived, a method of producing from hydrogen gas, not merely a very clear light, but a very strong heat. "Judging both from the simplicity and the extraordinary effects of this experiment, lays the French writer, it seems to be an application of the powers of chemistry to the combustion of wood, and animal substances." Under a globe of glass is placed a light, at once of the brightest and most steady kind, which at the same time supplies the place of an active and warm fire. An apartment of considerable extent is illuminated by it in the most splendid manner, and the light which it reflects is extremely vivid and pure. It has no tendency to spoil the appearance of the apartment, or to expose it to danger, it never emitting any sparks from it. Though in proceeding along the tube it is cool, yet it contracts a proper degree of heat in mixing with the atmospheric air; the colours of the illumination are beautiful & variegated, but it is remarked that they lose their brightness on being exposed to the external air, and then assume a fainter and less striking appearance. In bringing the hydrogen gas into contact with the atmospheric air, the artist has made provision either for augmenting or moderating its activity. The importance of this discovery is obvious. It may be turned to a variety of purposes, promoting at once the ends of convenience & economy. It is calculated to extend to an almost inconceivable degree, the properties and powers of light, and to employ in the most important uses, those substances which in common cases pass off under the form of smoke, without accomplishing any object of utility."
This discovery, thus advantageously mentioned, is now much talked of, and visited at Paris. The engine is called a Thermolampe , from a composition of the Greek words denoting heat and light.
The Emperor of Russia has given orders that the pension which Lalande, the French astronomer, had from the academy at Petersburg, not only should be paid in future, but that all the arrears contracted since the French revolution shall be discharged.
The literary society at Lyons has proposed for the prize subject in poetry, for the present year, "A Satire on the Romances of the day, considered as to their influence on the morals and the taste of the nation."
LONDON, November 9.
The grand expedition to St. Domingo is to sail from Brest within a month. It is to consist of several sail of the line, besides frigates and transports, and it is said to carry 10,000 troops on board. The fleet is under the command of Rear-Admiral Latouche Treville. The land forces to be under Gen. Leclerc, the chief Consul's brother-in-law. The civil and political parts are to be under the direction of the counsellor of State, Benezech.—Bonaparte's younger brother Jerome, will be under Admiral Latouche Treville. A frigate has already sailed from Brest, with several other men on board, who are gone, no doubt, for the purpose of making arrangements previously to the arrival of the main forces.
The expedition has the hearty concurrence, and will, it is supposed, receive the assistance of our government, if it be necessary.
SONG.
I've roam'd through many a weary round, I've wander'd east and west; Pleasure in every clime I found, But sought in vain for rest.
While glory fights for other spheres, I feel that one's too wide, And think the home, which love endears, Worth all the world beside.
NOTHING
[From a Paris Paper.]
In spite of the wit with which the eyes of our fair readers generally inspire us, we cannot deny that we are on some occasions afflicted with such a degree of mental sterility as to be utterly incapable of producing any thing at all, smart or entertaining.—What must we say under such circumstances? Nothing , reply our fair readers. That is precisely what we have now resolved to do. But you will say that Nothing is a very insignificant subject. Is this really your opinion? For our part, on the contrary, we believe that Nothing is as present every thing. May not the greater number of the voluminous romances, which consume so much paper, and stuff the shelves of so many libraries, be very fairly reduced to Nothing ? Are they not made of Nothing ? Are they not sold, or at least are not read for Nothing ? What is obtained from reading them? Literally Nothing . How many people are there now a days, who, though originally Nothing , have, after being for a moment something, again relapsed into Nothing ? What is there in most cases in those pretty heads which not unfrequently turn out Nothing ? The young Olympe pleads for a divorce from the old Geronte, to whom she was married last year. What is it she has been doing during the year of their marriage? Why truly he has been doing Nothing . What does the prude Orphise , who exclaims so loudly against naked bosoms, conceal under her triple fur? Why she conceals Nothing . Can you conceive any thing more witty and spirited than Mr. Sheridan's Comedies, or more dull and insipid than the monstrous fads of Kotzebue? Nothing . Is there any thing more unhappy than the lot of an unfortunate stock jobber, more unfeeling than the heart of a rich miser, more light than the vows of a lover, more dull than the verses of Small Pobjus? Still the answer is Nothing . You see then that Nothing is every thing, and even above every thing, for what is wanting to what has every thing. But Nothing has no where so great an influence as over the fair sex. They know how to please with Nothing . With Nothing they play off all their attractions. Nothing vexes and confounds them; a Nothing puts them out of humour, and the same Nothing restores them to cheerfulness. A Nothing gives them the vapours, and in its turn affords them pleasure and amusement. But we will not longer trespass on your patience with Nothing ; and therefore we shall here close our remarks on Nothing !
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE,
At the Union Tavern in George-Town, at 5 o'clock in the evening on the fourth Thursday, viz. 28th of January next;
THE brick house formerly occupied as a Tavern by Mr. Semmes, on a credit of six, nine, and twelve months. Negotiable notes, with approved endorser, payable at the bank of Columbia or Alexandria, to be given at the time of sale. An unquestionable title will be made, and the papers laid before the purchasers. Any person desirous of purchasing this very desirable and valuable property at private sale in the mean time, may know the terms by applying to either of the subscribers.
PHILIP B. KEY, WILLIAM THORNTON.
Dec. 23, 1801. epts
GEORGE BROWN,
Has received at his store opposite to the house lately occupied by capt. Burch, New-Jersey Avenue,
A handsome Assortment of DRY GOODS.
Suitable to the present season.—Earthen Queens, and Glass Ware—Also
Groceries and Liquors,
Among which are the following articles—Loaf and brown Sugars, tea, coffee, pepper, mustard, nummegs, box raisins, figs, salt shell almonds, oranges, lemons, Cranberries, Holland gin, and spirits, &c.
The above goods are laid in on such terms as will enable him to sell low for cash—He keeps a regular supply of the best superfine flour from the back country.
Dec. 11, 1801. ep8w
MRS. PICK,
Takes the liberty to inform the ladies of George-Town and City of Washington, and its vicinity, that she has this day opened at Mr. Kirtz's, opposite the Union Tavern, an elegant assortment of MILLINERY, consisting of,
Velvet bonnets, caps, shawls, embroidery, dresses, handkerchiefs, artificial flowers, plumes, trimmings both gold and silver, bugle spangles, sacks, muffs, belts and tassels, straw bonnets, calimere shawls and bonnets, gold and silver thread, wigs and frizes, perfume of all kinds, &c. &c. and other articles too numerous to mention; which she will sell on moderate terms.
Dec. 23 eptf
Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Wiley,
RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public, that they have removed their boarding School to the three story brick house, nearly opposite to the bank, where they are prepared to take boarders and day scholars.—Every attention will be paid to the manners, morals and improvement of their pupils.—Approved masters attend the school to instruct the young ladies in those branches which Miss Smith and Mr. Wiley do not teach.
Geo Town, Jan. 22. raw3t
FOR SALE.
A superb Curriculo with plated Harness.
ALSO a pair of young, handsome and active PONIES, and a capital saddle horse, who never was in harness. Enquire of the Printer.
Dec. 23. eptf
JOHN GOULDING,
Broker and Commission Merchant,
RESPECTFULLY offers his services to his friends, to the friends of his friends and to the public. He proposes to do business in this line, for the purchase and transfer of real and personal property of every description, the barter and exchange of lots, houses, &c. for mer handier, and vice versa.
He has just received and for sale, Madeira, Port, Lisbon, St. ret and Malaga wine, brandy, gin, and cherry brandy, grapes, raisins, currants, figs, almonds, tapers, soaps, anchovies, citron Corks, &c. Philadelphia porter, loaf sugar, and slices of all sizes, particularly Ladies morocco, kid and spangled shoes. All which are for sale on reasonable terms, for cash, flour, or tobacco; and again begs leave to solicit his friends, the friends of his friends and the public, to give him an opportunity, by partaking of their favours, to gratify them, in more respects than one.
George Town, next the Post Office. Dec. 18, 1801. eptm
NOTICE.
THIS is to give notice, That the subscriber has obtained from the orphans court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the personal estate of James Robinson, late of the county of Washington deceased, all persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the first day of June next; they may otherwise be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 24th day of December in the year 1801.
LEWIN TALBOTT,
Administrator.
December 28, 1801. eptf
JOHN BYRNE,
At his wholesale and retail Wine, Spirits and grocery Store, in Prince, near Water-street, Alexandria.
Offers for sale at very moderate prices,
London particular Madeira } do do } Tennesse } Choice Lisbon, Port and Ma } Wines. laga }
Cognac brandy, Holland gin, old Jamaica spirits, anniseed cordials, fine teas, coffee, chocolate, loaf, lamp, and brown sugars, nutmegs, mustard, pepper, Florence oil, raisins, starch, molasses, corks, &c. &c.
A final assortment of tea-trays, waiters, brass cocks, and Dutch ovens; with excellent Irish linen and dowlas sheeting by the piece.
The quality and prices of the above are peculiarly calculated to recommend them to the keepers of boarding houses, and to give satisfaction to such gentlemen as may wish to provide their own wines, &c.
Alexandria, Dec. 21, 1801. eptf
JOHN MARCH,
STATIONER,
High-Street, George-Town,
Respectfully informs the Public, that he has received, from England, an assortment of Stationary goods of the best qualities; including:
Writing paper, from atlas to foolscap, wove drawing paper from atlas to demy, music paper, royal and foolscap, coloured and marbled do. best black lead pencils, Reeve's colours, and camel-hair pencils, sealing wax, and Irish wafers, best red and black ink-powder, black ebony and mahogany writing desks, letter cases, and ash skin books, English quills, and an assortment of pewter, glass, leather and wedgewood inkstands, round rules, &c. Morocco, Russia, calf, red, green, and white sheep, very fine and large—also American papers of different qualities, at the lowest cash prices.
J. M. has an assortment of blank and ruled books; and makes them to order, on short notice.
* Where may be had Dr. Church, Lee and Baileys Patent Medicines, Dec. 23. 6t
FOR SALE,
A Servant about twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, who has been accustomed to serve as BUTLER, in a Gentleman's family, for 10 or 12 years. He is also an attentive body Servant. Apply to the subscriber, at Belle's Hotel.
SKELTON JONES.
Washington Dec. 14, 1801. op3w
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY on Saturday night the 26th of last month, a Mulatto named CYRUS, about 21 or 22 years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, with dark bushy hair. He has served an apprenticeship with a millwright, and is a good workman. He stole from Pops Creek, the estate of Daniel M c Carty, Esq. in the county of Westmoreland, a small forest horse, a neat light saddle, not much worn, made by James Smock, Fredericksburg, and a snaffle bridle, with a variety of wearing apparel. He has for wife a maid belonging toad

PROPOSALS,
For carrying the MAILS of the UNITED STATES on the following Post-roads , will be received at the General Post Office, in Washington City , until the 30th day of January next , inclusive.
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IN MARYLAND.
2. From Wilmington by Christiana, Middletown, Warwick, Md. Sassafras, Md. and Georgetown, Md. to Chester-town, Md. three times a week—Leave Wilmington every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Chestertown same days by 5 P. M.— Returning , leave Chestertown every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Wilmington same days by 5 P. M. 3. From Chestertown by Centreville, to Easton, twice a week—Leave Chestertown every Wednesday and Friday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Easton by 5 P. M.—Leave Easton every Thursday and Saturday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Chestertown by 5 P. M. 4. From Easton by New Market, Cambridge, Vienna and Salisbury to Snowhill, to return by Princess Ann, once a week—Leave Easton every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Snowhill on Friday by 1 P. M.—Leave Snowhill on Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Easton on Monday by 6 P. M. 5. From Harford to Belair, once a week—Leave Belair every Tuesday at 7 A. M. and arrive at Harford by 10 A. M.—Leave Harford every Tuesday noon, and arrive at Belair by 3 P. M. 6. From Baltimore by Libertytown to Fredericktown, to return by New Market, twice a week—Leave Fredericktown every Wednesday and Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore by 5 P. M.—Leave Baltimore every Friday and Wednesday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 5 P. M. 7. From Baltimore to Annapolis, three times a week—Leave Baltimore every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 A. M. and arrive at Annapolis by 5 P. M.—Leave Annapolis every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore by 3 P. M. 8. From Baltimore by Ellicott's Lower Mills, Montgomery c. h. and Charlesburg, to Leesburg, V. once a week—Leave Baltimore every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Leesburg on Saturday by 6 P. M.—Leave Leesburg every Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore on Friday by 10 A. M. 9. From Annapolis by Lower Marlboro, Huntingdon and Calvert c. h. to St. Leonard's once a week—Leave Annapolis every Tuesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at St. Leonard's on Wednesday by 10 A. M.—Leave St. Leonard's every Wednesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Annapolis on Thursday by 6 P. M. 10. From Washington City by Montgomery c. h. Clarkburg, Fredericktown, Hagerstown, Boonsburg and Greencastle, Pa. to Chambersburg, Pa. twice a week—Leave Washington every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 5 P. M.—Leave Fredericktown every Friday and Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Hagerstown by 11 A. M.—Leave Hagerstown at half past 11 A. M. and arrive at Chambersburg same day by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave Chambersburg every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Hagerstown by half past 12 P. M.—Leave Hagerstown at 1 P. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 3 P. M.—Leave Fredericktown every Wednesday and Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Washington by 5 P. M. 11. From Washington City by Upper Marlboro and Queen Ann's to Annapolis once a week—Leave Annapolis every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Washington by 5 P. M.— Returning , leave Washington every Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Annapolis by 5 P. M. 12. From Washington City by Upper Marlboro, Nottingham, Lower Marlboro, Aquasco, Benedict and Charlottehall to Chaptico once a week—Leave Washington every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Lower Marlboro on Sunday by 7 A. M.—Leave Lower Marlboro every Sunday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Chaptico by 5 P. M.— Returning , leave
Chaptico every Monday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Washington on Wednesday by 3 P. M. 13. From Annapolis by Kent Island, Sharptown and Queenstown to Centreville once a week—Leave Annapolis every Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Centreville by 3 P. M.—Leave Centreville every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Annapolis by 2 P. M. 14. From Washington City by Piscataway, Port Tobacco, Allen's Fresh, Newport, Chaptico, Leonardtown, Great Mill and St. Inigoes to the Ridge once a week—Leave Washington every Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at the Ridge on Friday by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave the Ridge every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Washington on Sunday by 7 P. M. 15. From Fredericktown by Woodberry, Taneytown, Petersburg, Pa. and Hanover, Pa. to York, Pa. once a week—Leave Fredericktown every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at York on Sunday by 11 A. M.—Leave York Monday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown on Tuesday by 6 P. M. 16. From Fredericktown to Leesburg, Va. once a week—Leave Leesburg every Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 2 P. M.—Leave Fredericktown every Friday at 5 P. M. and arrive at Leesburg on Saturday by noon. 17. From Hagerstown by Hancock and Old-town to Cumberland, once a week—Leave Hagerstown every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Cumberland on Thursday by noon—Leave Cumberland every Sunday at 11 A. M. and arrive at Hagerstown on Tuesday by 10 A. M.
IN VIRGINIA.
18. From Hagerstown, Md. by Williamsport Md. Martinsburg, Winchester, Stevensburg, Strasburg, Woodstock, Newmarket and Harrisonburg to Staunton once a week—Leave Hagerstown every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Winchester on Wednesday by 10 A. M.—Leave Winchester at 11 A. M. and arrive at Staunton on Friday by 10 A. M.— Returning , leave Staunton every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Winchester on Sunday by 2 P. M. and arrive at Hagerstown on Monday by 10 A. M. 19. From Alexandria by Matildaville, Leesburg, Waterford, Charlestown, Shepherd's-town and Martinsburg to Winchester, to return by Battletown to Shepherd's-town, and from thence by the same route to Alexandria once a week—Leave Alexandria every Tuesday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Charlestown on Thursday at noon, at Martinsburg by 5 P. M. and at Winchester on Friday at noon. Returning , leave Winchester every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Alexandria on Tuesday by 9 A. M. 20. From Alexandria by Centreville, Middleburg, Goshen, Paris, Milwood and Winchester to Romney once a week—Leave Alexandria every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Winchester on Sunday at 3 P. M. and at Romney on Monday by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave Romney every Tuesday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Winchester on Wednesday at 10 A. M. and at Alexandria on Friday by 9 A. M. 21. From Romney by Western Post and Green Glades to Morgantown once a week—Leave Romney every Tuesday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Morgantown on Thursday by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave Morgantown every Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Romney on Monday by 6 P. M. 22. From Romney to Moorfields once a week—Leave Romney every Tuesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Moorfields by 3 P. M.—Leave Moorfields every Monday at 10 A. M. and arrive at Romney by 6 P. M.—Contract to continue until October 1, 1802. 23. From Centreville by Haymarket, Buckland, Fauquier c. h. and Jefferson-ton, to Culpeper c. h. once a week—Leave Centreville every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Culpeper on Tuesday by 10 A. M.— Returning , leave Culpeper every Tuesday at noon and arrive at Centreville on Wednesday by 3 P. M. 24. From Frederickburg by King George c. h. Broadfield, Mattoxbridge, Leesburg, Templeman's cross Roads, Richmond c. h. Farnham, Kinfaile, and Northumberland c. h. to Lancaster c. h. once a week—Leave Frederickburg every Wednesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Lancaster c. h. the next Saturday by 6 P. M.—Leave Lancaster c. h. every Saturday at 10 P. M. and arrive at Frederickburg the next Wednesday by 10 A. M. 25. From Frederickburg by Port Royal, Laytons, Lloyds, Tappahannock, Urbanna, and Gloucester c. h. to Yorktown, once a week—Leave Frederickburg every Wednesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Tappahannock on Thursday by 6 P. M.—Leave same in one hour and arrive at Yorktown on Saturday by 6 P. M.— Returning , leave Yorktown every Saturday at 10 P. M. and arrive at Tappahannock on Monday by 7 P. M. and at Frederickburg on Wednesday by 10 A. M. 26. From Frederickburg by Orange c. h. Milton, to Charlottesville, once a week—Leave Frederickburg every Wednesday at 10 P. M. and arrive at Charlottesville on Friday by 10 A. M.— Returning , leave Charlottesville every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Frederickburg on Saturday by 7 P. M. 27. From Charlottesville by New York, Staunton, Middlebrook, Brownburg, Lexington, Fincastle and Montgomery c. h. to Englishville on the west
side of New River, once a week—Leave Charlottesville every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Staunton on Saturday by 10 A. M.—Leave Staunton at half past 10 A. M. and arrive at Fincastle on Sunday by 1 P. M.—Leave Fincastle by half past 1 P. M. and arrive at Englishville on Monday by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave Englishville every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Fincastle on Wednesday at 8 A. M. and leave Fincastle at half past 8 A. M. and arrive at Staunton on Thursday by 2 P. M.—Leave Staunton at half past 2 P. M. and arrive at Charlottesville on Friday by 10 A. M. 28. From Staunton by Kincaids, the Warm Springs, or Bath c. h. Morris's, Callaghan's, Sweet Springs, Sulphur Springs and Lewisburg, to Uniontown, and from Uniontown by Lewisburg, Callaghan's, Morris's, and the same route to Staunton, once a week—Leave Staunton every Saturday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Sweet Springs on Monday at 2 P. M.—Leave Sweet Springs in 2 hours and arrive at Uniontown the next Tuesday by 7 P. M.— Returning , leave Uniontown every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Staunton the next Saturday by 10 A. M. 29. From Englishville by Wythe c. h. Aspinville, Abingdon, Sevierville, T. Sullivan c. h. T. R. R. R. T. and Hawkins c. h. T. to Orvilles, T. once a week—Leave Englishville every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Sullivan c. h. on Thursday at 10 A. M.—Leave Sullivan c. h. at 11 A. M. and arrive at Orville on Friday by 10 A. M.— Returning , leave Orville every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Sullivan c. h. on Saturday by 3 P. M.—Leave Sullivan c. h. at 4 P. M. and arrive at Englishville on Monday by 7 P. M. 30. From Richmond by Goochland c. h. and Columbia, to Charlottesville, once a week—Leave Richmond every Wednesday noon, and arrive at Charlottesville on Friday by 10 A. M.— Returning , leave Charlottesville every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Richmond on Monday by 6 A. M. 31. From Charlottesville by Warren, Warrenton, New Market, New Glasgow and Madison, to Lynchburg, once a week—Leave Charlottesville every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Lynchburg on Monday at 5 A. M.—Leave Lynchburg every Wednesday at noon, and arrive at Charlottesville on Friday by 10 A. M.
In a few days Will be Published And for sale at Mr. Duane's Book Store, a pamphlet, entitled "Reflections on Government, Philosophy, and Education." CONTAINING also some remarks on female education, prefatory to a series of essays explanatory of the course of instruction adopted in the Stevensburg Academy. By JAMES OGILVIE, Instructor of youth in the Stevensburg Academy. Jan. 18, 1802. ep6t
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR, SOLICITS a continuation of that generous encouragement which he has experienced from the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City and its vicinity. Having procured an elegant assortment of clothes, cashmere, swansdowns, &c. and engaged workmen of superior talents. His unmeriting attention shall be given to merit patronage. Capitol Hill, next house east of Mrs. Finch's boarding house, and Pennsylvania Avenue between the President's square and Seven Buildings. Dec. 7, 1801. ep1f
Marshal's Sale. Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas issued out of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington, to me directed, John Ashley and Henry Pratt, against the lands and Tenements of Robert Morris, will be exposed to Public Sale, To the highest bidder, for cash, at Rhodes's Hotel, on the third day of February next, all the said Morris's title in and to lot No. 2, in square No. 706, in the City of Washington. Sale to take place at 11 o'clock, A. M. DANIEL C. BRENT. Marshal of the District of Columbia. Jan. 18, 1802. cpts
Charlotte Hall School, SCHOOL will open on the 8th day of January next. The trustees at their quarterly meeting, held on the 30th of November, having taken into consideration the great increase of the School, and thinking that the moral conduct, and improvement of the pupils might be best promoted by the residence of the principal in the family, have induced him to undertake this duty; therefore the Rev. GEORGE RALPH, with proper assistants, will receive boarders, at Charlotte Hall, on the terms heretofore established, by the trustees, viz. Board, lodging, and washing, 27 to 30 Or, by furnishing bedding, 25 per annum. The payments, as usual, will be expected to be made quarterly, and in advance. Signed by order, NEALE H. SHAW, Rep. Cool Springs, Dec. 28, 1801. 2aw4w
Lodgings, EQUALLY decent and one third cheaper than any in the city, separate rooms and best attendance to be had at Greenleaf's Point, where Judge Symmes now lodges. Good stabling is also furnished, by SAMUEL SPEAKE. Washington, Jan. 20, 1802. ep3t
ROBERT CHERRY, Near the Sugar House, New Jersey Avenue, has just received (in addition to his former stock) per the Sloop Harmony, captain Elwood, from Philadelphia. A GENERAL assortment of groceries and liquors, viz. Peppermint loaf and lump sugar, Havannah white, Jamaica and St. Croix brown do. hyson, young hyson, hyson skin, fouchong, and bohea teas, coffee, pepper, allspice, nutmegs, and cloves; hair powder, plain and scented, box and keg raisins, mould and dipt candles, white and brown soap, Degen's beef mackerel, haddock, mackerel, and herring in barrels, dried codfish, &c. Cognac brandy, Holland gin, Jamaica and Antigua rum, Madeira and Lisbon wine, with other articles, all of a good quality. Also a trunk of swansdown, glass in boxes, 12 by 10 and 8 by 6, which he will sell low for cash, or barter for first quality tobacco.—The above articles have been laid in at a falling market, and shall sell the same at very reduced prices for cash. He returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public, for the encouragement he has already met with since his residence here, and hopes for a continuance of their favours, which will be thankfully acknowledged. January 9, 1802. cpts
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia in the county of Washington, in chancery fitting, in the case of George Walker complainant, against Overton Carr, defendant, WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, for ready money at Tunnicliff's tavern in the City of Washington, on MONDAY the eighth day of February next, the following squares and lots, or so much thereof as will satisfy the decree aforesaid, viz. Squares 851 862 863, lots 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 and 33 in sq. 1043. 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 and 20 in square 933, lots 3 4 5 6 7 13 14 15 16 and 17 in square 1077, lots 1 2 3 6 7 20 21 and 24 in square 1077, lots 2 3 and 4 in square north east of square 1065, lots 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 and 33 in sq. 1043. 20 21 22 and 23 in square 1042, lots 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 and 18 in square 1017, lots 1 2 6 7 and 8 in square 943, square 890, lots 12 3 7 8 9 15 16 17 and 18 in square 1067. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock, and will continue from day to day until the whole of this property or so much thereof as will satisfy the decree is sold as will comply with the requisites of the aforementioned decree. PHILIP T. BAKER, Trustee. Jan. 5, 1802. cpts
Mr. SPRIGG, THE owner of LEBBO, was not desirous, after the races at the City, to run again Mr. Taylor's horse LEVIATHAN, he would have thought it ungenerous to have made such a proposition. But as Mr. Taylor has decided in the public prints that "he can be accommodated for his own sum, not being less than 1500 dollars." Mr. Sprigg will run with him over the City Course, on the 13th day of May next, for 3,000 dollars, the four mile heats, spreadly to the rules of racing. As major Foreman, the owner of Ranger, will have an opportunity of contending with Lebo and Leviathan, he can never have a better one than at the same time and place; but if that should not be convenient, Mr. Sprigg will run Lebo against Ranger on the first Monday in June, over the Goven's Town Course, the four mile heats for 3,000 dollars, or for any sum between that and 1000, as major Foreman may think proper. Jan. 15, 1802. ep6t
FOR SALE. THE subscriber is authorised to sell a tract of land containing four hundred acres, lying in Prince George county, an Oxen Run, adjoining the district of Columbia, and about two miles from the City of Washington, with a good road to that part of the Eastern Branch over which a bridge is to be built.—This land is healthy and abounds with springs of excellent water. There are between twenty and thirty acres of meadow ground, with a fine stream through it, which may be prepared for timothy at a small expense, and at least two hundred acres in wood and timber. The wood itself will more than pay for the land. The cleared land, except a small part indeed, is of an excellent quality, and has on it a large tobacco house, and several houses suitable for the accommodation of labourers. This land has on it some elegant situations for country seats, commanding a view of the river and the city. If this land be not sold at private sale, before the 10th day of March next (and if it be, timely notice will be given) it will on that day, if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter be sold to the highest bidder on the premises. The greater part of the purchase money will be required down; a credit of three months will be given on the balance, the purchaser securing the punctual payment of the balance at the expiration of that time. Persons disposed to make a private purchase, may know the terms by application to Wm. Cooke, of Baltimore Town, of Mr. James F. Leitch of Manchester, Virginia, Mr. John Addison at Gessborough, near the City of Washington, or to the subscriber in the city of Washington. PHILIP B. BAKER, Attorney for J. Addison. Jan. 18, 1802. cpts
NOTICE. THE partnership between Robert Clarke and John Tutt, Painters and Glaziers, was dissolved by mutual consent on the twenty-seventh day of July last. All those who have any demands against the said firm, are requested to present their accounts without delay, and those who are indebted, are desired to come forward and discharge their respective accounts. ROBERT CLARKE, JOHN TUTT. Washington Jan. 15, 1802. ep3t
NEW STORE. THE Subscribers most respectfully inform the Public in general, and their friends in particular, that they have just opened a handsome assortment of Dry Goods, SUITABLE FOR THE SEASON, On the Pennsylvania Avenue, between the President's Square and the Seven Buildings, which they purpose to sell low for cash. ALSO, A few casks of Cut Nails. SHARPLESS & SMITH. November 25. ep3m
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and E streets, where he continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of Ornaments for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces, Metal Sashes, &c. which may also be had at his store No. 51, Barclay Street, New-York, and to Mr. Wild's store, Market Street, Baltimore. GEORGE ANDREWS. Who has gold leaf for sale by the package or book. May 2, 1801. 1y
IMPORTED, In the Ship Thomas, from Liverpool, Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddle-ry and Brass Ware, which are now opening for sale at the subscriber's store on New Jersey Avenue, Capitol Hill, viz. IRON and brass kin locks, lock dits, butt & HL hinges, screws, bolts, saws, files, chisels, curriers knives, wagon boxes, frying pans, patent metal tea kettles, pots and sauce pans, chafing dishes, iron pots, knife cases, knives and forks, brass and iron candlesticks, shovels and tongs, brushes, ladies dressing cases, mathematical instruments, mill, pit and cross-cut saws, japanned ware, large foale beams, &c. &c. HENRY INGLE. October 19.
The CABINET and CHAIR-MAKING Business is carried on by Ingle and Pelton, at their shop next to the above store, where orders in that line will be thankfully received and punctiliously attended to. N. B. A good ready Journeyman Cabinet-Maker will meet with employ by applying as above. 2awtf.
For sale, or to be rented. A House and lot on the Capitol Hill—the lot is 20 feet 2 inches on Delaware Avenue, and about 150 feet deep extending back to a 30 feet Alley. The House is a handsome well furnished convenient three story brick house, containing 2 sealed garrets, 5 chambers, 2 parlours—kitchen with a pantry and cellar. It is directly opposite to the Buildings of WASHINGTON, occupied by Gen. Dearborn, near adjoining to a number of houses belonging to Mr. Carroll, rented to Mr. Dalton and others from its vicinity to the Capitol, it is well calculated for a private family; or a person attached to the offices of the Federal Legislature.—Adjoining is a lot of about 40 feet front on same Avenue, and running same depth back, (the whole under a good post and rail fence) which, if required would be sold at same time. If rented, the Tenant may have the use of the whole of the lot, which would make an excellent garden, having a South and Eastern exposure, as long as convenient to the proprietor. This property would be sold a Bargain for satisfactory payments, or well situated property in Philadelphia would be taken in exchange. Apply to Benjamin Burch, New Jersey Avenue, or to the Editor of the National Intelligencer—or to Kirtland and Percival, Philadelphia. Nov. 21. tf.
FOR SALE. A TRACT of land containing 2,500 acres lying immediately on the river Potomac, in the county of Northumberland, Virginia, late the residence of PRESLEY THORN, Esq. Seventeen hundred acres of which are of the most valuable kind of low grounds on the river; between three and four hundred acres heavily timbered, the remainder is wavy high land—some very productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the State for cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious two story brick mansion house and two offices, a large brick stable, a valuable barn, cow house and many other out-houses, all in good repair. The orchards and garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Alexandria, Baltimore or Norfolk—here are two good mill sites for grist, or saw-mills on this estate, and plenty of cedar and chesnut timber, exclusive of the heavy timber, which if sawed up into scuttling will command a price in the City of Washington, nearly equal to the value of the land. The terms will be made easy to the purchaser or purchasers, and the tract will be divided into two or more plantations if necessary.—Apply to RICHARD PETERS, junr. No. 85, Walnut Street Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 11. cpts
City of Washington, July 24, 1801. The Subscribers HAVING on hand a number of house frames of different dimensions, also, a large quantity of the various kinds of lumber requisite for building, and having made such arrangements as will ensure a constant supply thereof, and enable them to sell the same on very advantageous and moderate terms to the purchasers, hereby give notice, that on application, accompanied by a memorandum or bill of the frames or lumber wanted, they will cause the same to be delivered as soon as may be, at any of the wharves in the City of Washington, George-Town or Alexandria. The circumstances under which the subscribers enter into this business, authorize an assurance that the strictest punctuality in their engagements may be relied on. They are therefore induced to believe, that many persons who are engaged in building, or who may intend to build, will find a great convenience and advantage in making timely application, and being thus supplied with the whole of the lumber necessary for their buildings by the time it may be wanted for use. JOHN CONNER, Somerset County, near Princess Ann, Maryland. THOMAS MUNROE. City of Washington. July 27. 2awtf