The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-10-14 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. CXLIX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE IMMENSE SALT-MINES OF POLAND.
The salt mines of this country are striking objects of natural curiosity. There are wonderful caverns, several hundred yards deep, at the bottom of which are many intricate windings and labyrinths. Out of these are dug four different kinds of salts; one extremely hard, like crystal; another, softer, but clearer; a third, white but brittle; these are all brackish; but the fourth is somewhat fresher. These four kinds are dug in different mines near the city of Cracow; on one side of them is a stream of salt water; and on the other, one of fresh. The revenue arising from these and other salt mines is very considerable, and formed part of the royal revenue, till they were seized by the emperor, being situated within the provinces which he dismembered from Poland; the annual average profit of that of Wielitka was 3,500,000 Polish florins, or 97,222l. 4s. 6d. sterling. The latter, indeed, is the most considerable salt-mine in the world, and from it a great part of the continent is supplied with that article. Wielitka is a small town about eight miles from Cracow; the mine is excavated in a ridge of hills at the northern extremity of the chain which joins to the Carpathian mountains, and has been wrought above 600 years, for they are mentioned in the Polish annals so early as 1237 under Boleslaus the Chaste, and not then as a new discovery, how much earlier they were known cannot be ascertained.
There are eight openings or descents into this mine, six in the field, and two in the town itself, which are mostly used for letting down the workmen, and taking up the salt; the others being chiefly used for letting in wood and other necessaries.
The openings are five feet square, and about four wide; they are lined throughout with timber, and at the top of each there is a large wheel with a rope as thick as a cable, by which things are let down and drawn up; and this is worked by a horse. When a stranger has the curiosity to see the works, he must descend by one of these holes; he is first to put on a miner's coat over his cloaths, and then being led to the mouth of the hole by a miner, who serves for a guide, the miner fastens a small rope to the large one, and ties it about himself; he sits in this, and, taking the stranger in his lap, gives the sign to be let down. When several go down together, the custom is, that when the first is let down about three yards, the wheel stops, and another miner takes another in his lap, and descends about three yards farther; the wheel then stops for another pair, and so on till the whole company are seated, then the wheel is again worked, and the whole string of adventurers are let down together. It is uncommon for forty people to go down in this manner. When the wheel is finally set a-going, it never stops till they are all down; but the descent is very slow and gradual, and it is a very uncomfortable time, while they all recollect that their lives depend on the goodness of the rope. They are carried down a narrow and dark well to the depth of six hundred feet perpendicular; this is in reality an immense depth, but the terror and tedioulness of the descent makes it appear to most people vastly more than it is. As soon as the first miner touches the ground at the bottom, he slips out of the rope and lets his companion upon his legs, and the rope continues descending till all the rest do the same.
The place where they are set down is perfectly dark, but the miners strike fire and light a small lamp, by means of which (each taking the stranger he has care of by the arm) they lead them through a number of strange passages and meanders, all descending lower and lower, till they come to certain ladders by which they descend an immense depth, and this through passages perfectly dark. The damp, cold, and darkness of these places, and the horror of being so many yards under ground, generally make strangers heartily repent before
they get thus far; but when at bottom they are well rewarded for their pains, by a sight that could never have been expected after so much horror.
At the bottom of the last ladder the stranger is received in a small dark cavern, walled up perfectly close on all sides. To increase the terror of the scene, it is usual for the guide to pretend the utmost terror on the apprehension of his lamp going out, declaring they must perish in the mazes of the mine if it did. When arrived in this dreary chamber, he puts out his light, as if by accident, and after much cant, catches the stranger by the hand, and drags him through a narrow creek into the body of the mine, when there bursts at once upon his view a world, the lustre of which is scarcely to be imagined. It is a spacious plain, containing a whole people, a kind of subterraneous republic, with houses, carriages, roads, &c. This is wholly scooped out of one vast bed of salt, which is a hard rock, as bright and glittering as crystal, and the whole space before him is formed of lofty arched vaults, supported by columns of salt, and roofed with the same, so that the columns, and indeed the whole fabric, seem composed of the purest crystal.
They have many public lights in this place continually burning for the general use, and the blaze of those reflected from every part of the mine, gives a more glittering prospect than any thing above ground can possibly exhibit. Were this the whole beauty of the spot, it were sufficient to attract our wonder; but this is only a small part. The salt (though generally clear and bright as crystal) is in some places tinged with all the colours of precious stones, as blue, yellow, purple, and green; there are numerous columns wholly composed of these kinds, and they look like masses of rubies, emeralds, amethysts, and sapphires, darting a radiance which the eye can hardly bear, and which has given many people occasion to compare it to the supposed magnificence of heaven.
Besides the variety of forms in these vaults, tables, arches, and columns, which are framed as they dig out the salt for the purpose of keeping up the roof, there is a vast variety of others, grotesque and finely figured, the work of nature, and these are generally of the purest and brightest salt.
The roofs of the arches are in many places full of salt, hanging pendent from the top in the form of icicles, and having all the hues and colours of the rainbow; the walks are covered with various congealings of the same kind, and the very floors, when not too much trodden and battered, are covered with globules of the same sort of beautiful materials.
In various parts of this spacious plain, and the huts of the miners and families, some standing single, and others in clusters like villages. They have very little communication with the world above ground, and many hundreds of people are born and live all their lives here.
Through the midst of this plain lies the great road to the mouth of the mine. This road is always filled with carriages, loaded with masses of salt out of the farthest part of the mine, and carrying them to the place where the rope belonging to the wheel receives them, the drivers of these carriages are all merry and singing, and the salt looks like a load of gems. The horses kept here are a very great number, and when once let down, they never see the day light again; but some of the men take frequent occasions of going up and breathing the fresh air. The instruments principally used by the miners are pick-axes, hammers, and chisels; with these they dig out the salt in forms of cylinders, each of many hundred weight. This is found the most convenient method of getting them out of the mine, and as soon as got above ground, they are broken into smaller pieces, and sent to the mills, where they are ground to powder. The finest sort of the salt is frequently cut into toys, and often passes for real crystal. This hard kind makes a great part of the floor of the mine; and what is most surprising in the whole place is, that there runs constantly over this, and through a large part of the mine, a spring of fresh water,
sufficient to supply the inhabitants and their horses, so that they need not have any from above ground. The horses usually grow blind after they have been some little time in the mine, but they do as well for service afterwards as before.
After admiring the wonders of this amazing place, it is no very comfortable remembrance to the stranger, that he is to go back again through the same dismal way he came, and indeed the journey is not much better than the prospect; the only means of getting up is by the rope, and little more ceremony is used in the journey than in the drawing up of a piece of salt.
The salt dug from this mine is called Ziebna, or Green salt, but for what reason it is difficult to determine, its color being an iron grey; when pounded, it had a dirty ash color, like what we call brown salt. The mine appears to be inexhaustible, as will easily be conceived from the following account of its dimensions, given by Mr. Coxe: Its known breadth (says he) is 1115 feet, its length 6691 feet, and depth 743; this, however, is to be understood only of the part which has been actually worked; as to the real depth, or longitudinal extent of the mine, it is not possible to conjecture.
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and L streets, where he continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of Ornament for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces Metal Sashes, &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 has gold leaf for sale by the package or book.
May 8, 1801.
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Sheriff's Sale.
By virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas to me directed, from the General Court for the Western Shore of the state of Maryland, returnable to October Term 1800, will be sold at Public Sale, for ready money, on the twenty seventh day of October next.
ALL that part of square numbered seventy-four in the general plan of the City of Washington, which is included within the following lines, that is to say, Beginning on Pennsylvania Avenue, at the center of the party wall between the third and fourth three story brick houses from the westernmost of the buildings now erected on the said square, and running thence by a line running northwardly through the middle of the said party wall one hundred and twenty six feet, through the center of the wall between the third and fourth stable from the westernmost house of the said buildings built at the back part thereof, and stopping at the center of the north wall of the said stable, then easterly parallel with the lines of Pennsylvania Avenue, through the middle of the north wall of the said back Buildings and stables, so far as a line drawn from Pennsylvania Avenue, through the middle of the partition wall of the fourth and fifth houses, from the most westernmost house built on the said square, one hundred and twenty six feet, forming a right angle with the said Avenue; will strike and intersect the same, and thence with the said line through the said partition wall southerly to Pennsylvania Avenue, and thence westerly with the said Avenue to the beginning, together with an elegant three story brick dwelling house, handsomely finished, and all necessary out houses upon the said lot being.
Will be also sold on the same day and by the same authority, Lots numbered seven, eight and nine, on square numbered thirty-eight in the general plan of the said city of Washington; each of the said last mentioned three lots having thereon a two story brick house. Also, one dozen mahogany chairs, 3 mahogany tables, 2 mahogany bedsteads, 2 mahogany tea tables, 2 mahogany card tables, 1 mahogany book case, 2 pair of looking glasses, 8 framed prints, 3 carpets, 4 feather beds complete, 2 sets of china, 2 pair of brass andirons, fenders, shovels and tongs, some kitchen furniture, and one Negro boy slave named Butler, about fifteen years of age. The above property is taken as the property of Isaac Pollock, to satisfy a judgment of Abraham Vanloven against him.
The sale will commence at eleven o'clock on the day, and continue until all is sold. The lots and houses will be sold on the premises respectively, and the personal property upon square thirty-eight in the City of Washington.
NOTLEY MADDOX, late Sheriff of Prince George's County.
October 2,
1801
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, Aug. 19,
By respectable advices from Lisbon, of the 6th inst. there is but little hope that the business of indemnity will be soon settled. The Prussian minister in a secret conference has declared, in the most positive manner, that his majesty, the king of Prussia his master, would certainly oppose with all his power and influence, the secularizations in Germany, which have for object the indemnification of Italian princes. A declaration to the same purport has been made by the Russian Ambassador.
We received the following paragraph from a gentleman, of whose knowledge and veracity the public have had some experience: A phenomenon at this season, and still more so in the present warm state of the atmosphere, scarcely to be accounted for on the principles of natural philosophy, was observed in the nights of the 31st of July and 3d of August between 10 and 11 o'clock, in the neighborhood of Bourn. This was the Aurora Borealis, which began in the north-east, and passing over Bootes, M. Asterion, and Ursa Major, vanished considerably to the westward. It was in the zenith of the person who observed it at eleven, remarkably red and tremulous, and terrifying to an illiterate mind.
LONDON, August 20
Admiral Pole's squadron, consisting of 6 sail of the line and two frigates, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth. It is supposed he is going to reinforce sir James Saumarez.
Several regulations have been made by the new Emperor of Russia, all tending to ameliorate the condition of the subject. Fifty thousand peasants were allotted for instance, as vassals to support the different orders of military knighthood. By a late ukase, vassalage is completely destroyed, and in lieu thereof a tax is levied on the district, to be applied to the same purpose, but to be collected by the agents of the national treasury.
LONDON, Aug. 21.
The return of Lord St. Helens from Petersburg may be very soon expected. According to the letters from Petersburg of the 17th ult. Mr. Garlike had received credentials as ambassador to succeed him there.
If an article in the Paris papers, under the head of Petersburg, be entitled to any degree of credit, it would appear that the kings of Sardinia and Naples, and the petty princes of Germany, have not much to expect from the interference of the Russian cabinet in the adjustment of the indemnities in Germany, or the regulation of the political balance of Europe. It is there stated, that the political sketch of the situation of France, which appeared in the Moniteur of the 8th of June, has been copied into the Petersburg Court Gazette, with this singular remark, "that it is very favorable to the tranquility of the continent."
The Madrid Court Gazette says, that the Spaniards lost much fewer men than the French in the battle of Algeziras. The provincial regiment of Rondo lost but eleven men.
The libraries of all the convents in the vicinity of Cologne are now undergoing a search, in order to procure valuable books for the National Library. It is not conceived, that any thing worthy of attention will be discovered, as the inhabitants of these convents were notorious for preferring well furnished cellars to good Libraries.
August 22.
The arrest of the French Emigrants at Bareauth, by order of the king of Prussia, appears to have excited no small sensation on the continent. The following are the exact names, &c. of the persons thus arrested at the express desire of the French: St. Felix was a Major in the Catholic army in La Vendee, where he lost his wife and two sons, and escaped

himself by a sort of miracle into Germany.
M. De Percy was a knight of St. Louis, and a Lieutenant of Chasseurs, before the Revolution. He commanded at the city of Lyons, when that place was besieged by his countrymen and after its capture escaped death only by residing eighteen months in a dungeon. The woman who took care of his subsistence for that time he married on his getting into Switzerland. His nephew was an officer of infantry, born at Lyons, who shared in the opinions and misfortunes of his uncle. M. D. Varenne is an Ex-Noble of the age of 80 years. He served in the Queen's regiment, under the Prince of Conti in the war in Italy, where he was wounded and made a prisoner. He was created a Marechal de Camp in the seven years war. His opinions, not according with those which produced the Revolution, he emigrated in 1791, and served for some time under Prince Conde, and since has lived at Bareuth. Durand, otherwise Imbert Colonnes, has distinguished himself much in the revolution. He was formerly Prevot des Marchans at Lyons. In 1797 he was elected a member of the Council of Ancients, and on the 5th of September inscribed on the list for deportation. This he avoided by passing into Germany. The fifth is M. de la Chappelle, Colonel in the British service, and whose father, a Major-General, is now with Louis XVIII at Warlaw. All these persons were treated with great harshness in the former part of their confinement; but from representations which had been made, they experience a greater share of indulgence.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 10.
The allies have for some days been in a bad humour. This does not presage favourable news for the Anglo-Turks. The Grand Vizier, it is whispered, has been terribly defeated. The campaign is considered at an end both by the heat and inundation.
VENICE, July 29.
The most rigorous orders have been given in all the Austrian ports of the Adriatic, not to furnish provisions to the English frigates and privateers which disturb navigation on that sea.
July 31.
We learn from Cerigo, that the squadron of Admiral Warren, consisting of 6 sail of the line and several frigates, pursued to the coast of that isle, the squadron of Admiral Gantheume; but as the latter had gained six miles of the English squadron, Warren returned to Egypt.
HAGUE, August 3.
There has been seized at the Mouth the Meuse, a small English vessel, which was found on the coast of Goree. It appears certain that Admiral Nelson has a design upon the Meuse fleet: but to attack it he must first take the batteries of Goree, which protect it. Gen. Angereau is at this moment employed in fortifying that place, and sending French troops thither. The garrisons of the Texel, and Helder, have been considerably reinforced. A camp it is said is to be established at Breda.
PARIS, August 16.
Citizen Venturi has been appointed minister plenipotentiary by the Cisalpine government to the king of Tuscany, and to acknowledge him in that quality in the liberty of recommending them to his and Ligurian governments are about to appoint ministers, who will be charged with the same mission. His holiness has given a brief of credit to acknowledge the new king in that quality, and complimented in his name at his arrival at Florence. Monsignor Calepe, one of his Nuncios, is charged with this honorable commission.
August 17.
The meeting of the Deputies from the Canton of the Helvetic Republic is fixed for the 7th of September; but already several of the Cantons have resolved in no respect to countenance the assembly. This refractory spirit has particularly discovered itself in the smaller Cantons, and at Bern a numerous party have positively and formally protested against the project of the constitution as now proposed to them. They complain loudly of it as calculated to destroy even the forms of liberty among a people long renowned for their freedom.
ROME, July 25.
On Monday the sovereign Pontiff held a secret consistory, in which he created nine cardinals, and named besides to 18 vacant bishoprics, several of which are in the Cisalpine, and some in the French Republic.
Important Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, 10th Oct. 1801.
Yesterday arrived in this port the brig Clio, in a short passage of 29 days from Bourdeaux. We have been extremely fortunate in procuring the latest French papers received by her.—The Paris papers are to the 20th of August, and Bourdeaux to the 2d of September [15 Fructidor.] The most important article they contain is the official letter from Gen. Hutchinson, detailing the particulars of the surrender of Cairo on the 27th of June, to the English and Turks; with a copy of the Convention concluded between Gen. Hope, Osman Bey and Isaac Bey, on behalf of the English and Turkish armies; and Gen. Dandelo and Taragré, (chief of brigade) and approved and ratified by Gen. Belliard, on behalf of the garrison of Cairo.
Tiers consolidés at Paris, the 29th of August, were at 481. 400.
The London dates from the French papers, are to the 25th of August; 3 days later than before received.
FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
SURRENDER OF CAIRO.
LONDON, August 22.
Dispatches from the hon. Sir Jones Hely Hutchinson, transmitted in a letter of Lord Elgin, to the right hon. Lord Hawkesbury have this day been received at the office of Lord Hobart, one of the principal secretaries of state.
Head-quarters at the Camp of Gizeh. June 19.
MY LORD.
The combined armies, on the 21st inst. were on both sides the river. The English troops, and those of the captain invested Gizeh, on the left of the Nile, whilst the army of the Grand Vizier, pulled forward and took a position almost within gun-shot of Cairo. On the morning of the 22d, the enemy sent a flag of truce, offering to evacuate Cairo and its forts, under certain conditions. After a negotiation of several days, which was conducted by brigadier Gen. Hope, with great skill and address, the city and forts were surrendered under the conditions I have the honor hereby to transmit to you.
At 5 o'clock, last evening, we took possession of the gate of Gizeh, as well as of the fort of Sulukoski, which commands Cairo from the side of the river. The exchange of hostages, having taken place, the place is to be evacuated entirely in about 10 days.
I have reason to suppose, that there are about 6000 troops in the place, but having not received any statement yet, I am uncertain as to this point.
The service was hard and fatiguing: the troops have suffered much by the heat, by the difficulties of the navigation of the river, and the badness of the roads in the country. But both officers and men have supported it with a great deal of patience, and have manifested a zeal which is above all eulogy, to the honor of his majesty's arms. I am under great obligations to quarter master Gen. Autruther, for the zeal and ability he displayed for the public service under the most difficult circumstances.
The generals Graddock and Doyle, who were employed under my immediate command, have rendered me great services, and I take the liberty of recommending them to his majesty's favor.
Capt. Stevenson of the marines, has shewn a great deal of activity and patience during this long march: he has done all he possibly could to furnish us with provisions; and, in fact, without his assistance, we could not have advanced. Your lordship will recollect, that the river is extremely low, at this season: that the mouth of the Nile is impracticable for days together, and that the distance from Rosetta to Cairo, is from 160 to 170 miles. Capt. Stevenson has been well aided by the capt's. Morrison, Curry, and Hillyar, who were employed under him. Their service was not brilliant, but I hope it will not be forgot, that it was no less useful, and that it required a constant attention and vigilance. It lasted for some weeks, connected with extreme labor and fatigue.
These dispatches will be delivered to you by major Montresor, who, since our arrival in this country, has lived with me in great intimacy, and is able to give your lordship every necessary account of the situation of our affairs in this country. I take the liberty of recommending him to your lordship's protection, as an officer of merit, and to his majesty's favor.
I have the honor, &c.
J. H. HUTCHINSON, maj. gen.
CONVENTION,
For the capitulation of Egypt by the French troops and their auxiliaries, under the command of the general of division, Belliard; concluded between brigadier gen. Hope, on the part of the commander in chief of his Britannic majesty's army in Egypt; Osman Bey, on the part of the Grand Vizier, and Isaac Bey, on the part of the Captain Pacha; and citizens Donzelot and Maraud, brigadier generals, and Farayre, chief of brigade, on the part of the gen. of division, Belliard, commanding a corps of French and auxiliary troops.
The above mentioned commissioners, after exchanging their respective powers, have agreed on the following articles:—
ART. I.—The French and their auxiliary troops under the command of the general of division Belliard, are to evacuate Cairo, the citadel, the forts of Boulac, Jiza and all the ports of Egypt which they occupy at present.
II. The French troops and their auxiliaries shall march to Rosetta along the left of the Nile, with their arms, baggages, field artillery and ammunition, in order, there to be embarked for the French ports in the Mediterranean, with their arms, baggages, artillery and effects at the expence of the allied powers. The embarkations of the said French and auxiliary troops shall take place as soon as possible, and the latest, in fifteen days after the ratification of this convention. It is also agreed that the troops shall be carried to the French ports in the Mediterranean by the shortest route.
III. On the day of ratification of the present convention hostilities shall cease on both sides. The fort of Tulkosky and the gate of pyramids of the city of Gaza shall be given up to the combined armies. The line of advanced posts of both the respective armies shall be determined by commissaries to be named for that purpose.
IV. Twelve days after the ratification of the present convention, the citadel, the fort and city of Boulac, shall be evacuated by the French troops and their auxiliaries, to march by way of Ibrahim Bey to the Isle of Rhoda and into the forts of Foucairay and Oizah, whence they shall proceed as soon as possible, at least within 5 days to the places of embarkation. The generals of the combined armies engage to furnish at their expence every thing requisite for the transportation of the troops.
V. The march and encampments of the French troops and their auxiliaries shall be regulated by the respective generals, or by officers nominated on both sides. But it is clearly understood that the days of march and encampments are to be determined by the generals of the combined armies, and consequently that the French and auxiliary troops are to be accompanied by English and Turkish commissaries, who will furnish them the necessary provisions during the march.
6. The baggage, ammunition and other articles to be transported by water shall be escorted by French detachments, and by armed boats of the allied powers.
7. The French troops and their auxiliaries from Jizah to the time of their embarkation will receive their subsistence according to the regulation of the French army.
VIII. The commanders of the combined armies shall furnish vessels for the transportation of the French and auxiliary troops to the French ports on the Mediterranean, for which purpose commissaries shall be sent to Aboukir and Rosetta, in order to take the necessary measures.
IX. The allied powers shall furnish vessels for the transportation of the horses, and sufficient forage.
X. The allied powers furnish sufficient convoy for the protection of the French and auxiliary troops. The allied powers guarantee that the French and auxiliary troops shall not be molested in any manner till their arrival in France; and the general of division Belliard, and the troops under his command engage not to commit any act of hostility during the same space of time against the fleet of the country submitted to his Britannic majesty or his allies.
The vessels employed in transporting and escorting the said troops shall not touch at any other port in France except in case of great necessity. The commanders on both sides contract reciprocally the same engagements during the time of the French troops staying in Egypt, from the moment of the ratification to the time of the embarkation. The general of division guarantees in the name of his government, that the vessels employed in conveying and escorting the French troops, shall not be detained in the French ports after the debarkation of the said troops, and the commanders shall have liberty to purchase the provision necessary for their return. Gen. Belliard also guarantees in the name of his government, that the said vessels shall not be molested on their return to the ports of the combined powers; provided they do not themselves attempt any military operations, or contribute to it in any manner.
11. All the members of administration and the commission of arts and sciences, and in fact every body attached to the French army, shall enjoy the same advantages as the military. All the members of the administration and commission of arts and sciences, shall be at liberty to take with them, not only all the papers relative to their mission, but all their private papers, and every other article connected with them.
12.—Those inhabitants of Egypt, of whatever nation, who are willing to follow the French troops, are at liberty to do so; and their families, after their departure, shall not be molested, nor their property confiscated.
13. Any inhabitant of Egypt, of whatever religion, who is desirous of following the French troops, shall have nothing to fear, either in his person or property, for the engagements he may have contracted with the French during their stay in Egypt, provided, he conform to the laws of the land.
14.—The sick who cannot support their being transported, shall be sent to an hospital, and attended by French physicians and other persons of their country, till they are recovered, at which time they shall be sent to France under the same conditions as the troops.
15.—After the surrender of the places and forts mentioned in the present convention, commissaries shall be appointed to receive the artillery, ammunition, magazines, papers, archives, plans, and other effects, which the French are to leave to the allied powers.
16.—A vessel shall, as soon as possible, be forwarded by the commander of the marine of the allied powers, to conduct to Toulon an officer and a commissary, charged to carry the present convention to the French government.
17.—All difficulties or disputes that may arise respecting the execution of the present convention, shall be amicably settled by commissaries nominated on both sides.
18.—Immediately after the ratification of this convention, all the British and Ottoman prisoners detained at Cairo shall be set at liberty; and the commanders of the allied army shall give up the French prisoners which are detained in their respective camps.
19.—Officers of the British and Ottoman armies shall be changed for an equal number of French officers of the same rank, as hostages for the execution of the present treaty. As soon as the French troops shall be put on shore in the French ports, the hostages shall be reciprocally given up.
20.—The present convention shall be sent by a French officer to Gen. Menou at Alexandria, to accept it for the French and auxiliaries, (by land and sea) that are with him at that place in order that his acceptance may be notified to the General commanding the British troops before Alexandria without the two following days after this communication was made to him.
21.—The present convention shall be ratified by the commanders in chief of the respective armies within twenty-four hours after its being signed.
Signed at the place of conference, between the two armies, the 27th June 1801, year of Siege of Saphar 1216, or 8th Messidor, in the 9th year of the French Republic.
J. Hope, Brigadier General, Osman Bey, Isaac Bey, Donzelot, Brigadier General, Farayre, Chief of Brigade.
Approved and ratified at Cairo the 9th Messidor, 9th year of the French Republic.
BELLIARD, General of division.
Another arrival at New York.
Last evening arrived here the fine fast sailing ship Connecticut, (lately purchased of government by Jordan Wright) in 35 days from Liverpool. To captain Hiller who commands this ship, the editors of the New York Gazette are indebted for London papers to the 2d of September—together with very interesting ship news.
The extracts from London papers are not so copious as they would have been, had the Connecticut arrived at an earlier hour—what remains shall be given in our next—the most important is now given.
On the 30th of July, at Madrid, a treaty of peace with Portugal was published. The First Consul has acceded to it on the conditions therein mentioned, (which will be published on Monday) and ratified it.

The packet Prince of Wales, arrived at Falmouth the 29th August from Lisbon. Information by her states that the idea of an invasion by the French, appears to be given up.
LEGHORN, August 7.
The American consul resident here has been directed by Mr. Cathcart, the consul of the United States at Tripoli, to give all publicity to the following—
Consulate of the United States of America, at Tunis, July 25th.
The Bey of Tripoli having declared war against the United States, our government has sent a flotilla to prevent the re-entry from injuring our commerce. In consequence we are to inform the agents of all powers at peace with us, that Tripoli is now blockaded by the said American flotilla, and that every ship whatever, which shall attempt to enter the port, will be treated conformably to the laws of nations, applicable to such cases.
(Signed) "W. CATAN, Consul at Tunis."
LONDON, August 28.
Lord Nelson arrived yesterday morning in the Downs, with his squadron. We are informed that his lordship was on Monday off Middleburgh, where he lay to the whole day. On Tuesday he went on board a cutter to reconnoitre Flushing and the adjacent coast; but, it is rumored, found it too strong to be attacked with any probability of success.
The island of Zante has been taken possession of by the English, at the request of the inhabitants.
Sir J. B. Warren's arrival on the Italian coast has wholly changed the face of affairs with respect to the siege of Porto Ferrajo. The French had sent three frigates to cover the siege. As soon, however, as the admiral made his appearance, the three frigates attempted to make their escape. Two of them succeeded, the other (the Paris papers received yesterday said it was the Ceres) was taken.
BY AUCTION.
On Friday the 23d instant, at 11 o'clock, at Mr. Henry Wilson's wharf, Fells Point, will be sold
THE United States Sloop of War MARYLAND. Burthen about 460 tons, built of the very best materials, is only two years old, coppered to the bends, has two sets of sails, her running and standing rigging complete. Her inventory may be seen at the auction room.—Terms of sale at 3 and 6 months credit, for negotiable notes, with two approved indorsers.
Immediate after the sale of the ship, will be sold—A quantity of iron ballast, on 90 days credit, some provisions, armories, coopers tools, water casks, &c.
JOSHUA DORSET.
October. 12. epst
PUBLIC SALE.
The House and Lot occupied by the subscriber near the Navy-Yard, will be sold at Stille's Hotel, near the Capitol, on Monday the 26th inst. at 12 o'clock at noon.
THIS beautiful situation having been for some time described in this paper, any thing farther on the subject is deemed unnecessary, especially as it is presumed those inclined to purchase will view the premises, which may be done at any time prior to the day of sale.
The dimensions of the lot, and the terms will be made known at the time and place of sale, or by application to the subscriber previous thereto. Possession may be had at farthest in thirty days after the sale.
At the same time and place a small parcel of household furniture.
THOMAS TINGER.
Washington Oct. 12, 1801. epst
Two handsome well finished three story brick houses on Greenleaf's Point, to rent on moderate terms.
IN THE CASE
OF GEORGE W. KIRKLAND, Bankrupt.
Whereas a commission of bankruptcy is awarded against George W. Kirkland, late of Washington County, in the District of Columbia; and he being declared a bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the commissioners on the twentieth day of the present month of October, on the thirtieth day of the present month of October, and on the twentieth day of November next, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the said days, at the house of William Rhodes, innkeeper, in the City and County of Washington, and district of Columbia; at the second of which meetings the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts and choose assignees. And all persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any goods or effects of his in their hands, are desired to give notice thereof, to
ELIAS B. CALDWELL,
Clerk to the Commissioners.
October 7, 1801. epst
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1801.
The late general election in Delaware has terminated in the choice of Col. DAVID HALL, the republican candidate for governor of that State, by a majority of 19 votes. As the election appears to have been uncommonly animated and supported by each side on the general principles that pervade the union, it may be considered as a demonstration, that a majority of the citizens are republican.
For a considerable number of years past the chief magistrates of Delaware have been uniformly selected from citizens of federal politics.
On the 11th inst. arrived JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
MARYLAND ELECTION.
Allen Qunn and Richard Ridgely, are elected delegates to represent Annapolis, in the ensuing general Assembly.
For Washington county, Messrs. Cellers, Smith, Tilghman and Ott.
St. Mary's county, W. Hebb, Wilfred Neale, Ralph Neale, L. W. Barber.
DELAWARE ELECTION.
The following is a statement of the vote given in New-Castle county.
Republican Ticket.
 Governor.  DAVID HALL, 1465  Senator.  Joh Byrd, 1471  Representatives.  Adam Williamson, 1464  Caesar A. Rodney, 1476  Joseph England, 1467  Philip Lewis, 1468  William Cooch, 1474  George Clark, 1467  Abraham Staats, 1467  Levy Court Commissioners.  Robert Philips 1471  Robert Johnson, 1468  Arnold Naudain, 1464 
Federal Ticket.
 Governor.  N. MITCHELL, 682  Senator.  Maxwell Bines 674  Representatives.  Amor Grubb, 678  William Armor, 678  Alexander Forrester, 674  James Boulden, sen. 676  William Carpenter, 678  Samuel Thomas, 679  Edward Martin, 679  Levy Court Commissioners.  Abraham Fields, 576  Alexander M'Farlan, 677  Moses M'Knight, 675 
Col. BENJAMIN TALMADGE, Federal, is chosen a member of Congress, from Connecticut.
New-York, Oct. 10.
It is with great pleasure we mention, that the Boston frigate, which on Thursday went on the reef near the Battery, was got off last night at high water; and now lies safe at an anchor between Governor's Island and the Battery.
By a gentleman arrived yesterday from New-York, we are informed, that the fever is spreading with great rapidity there, and that the citizens are moving from town in every direction.
[Phil. pap.]
A letter from Charleston of the 22d Sept. to a gentleman in N. Y. says, "You may inform your neighbours that the sickness continues to rage here with great violence. I hope nothing will induce them to add to our long list of mortality."
Deaths, in Norfolk, from Wednesday the 30th ult. to Monday the 5th instant. thirty-four.
An Eastern Print says, "The operations in the construction of the dry dock and navy yard, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, are in active forwardness; and preparations are making for laying the keel of a 74 gun ship immediately."
His Catholic Majesty perfectly satisfied of the zeal which the chevalier de Yrujo has displayed not only in maintaining the rights of the crown, but also in cultivating
the ties of friendship and good understanding which happily exist between the United States and Spain, and to which they are mutually invited by their respective interests, has been pleased to continue him his Envoy Extraordinary, and minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, in lieu of the late appointment in the same character to the Cisalpine Republic.
To the STOCKHOLDERS of the BANK of COLUMBIA.
GENTLEMEN & LADIES, I TAKE the earliest method of informing you, that I was yesterday served with a notice from the President of this Bank, stating, that my "services as Cashier could no longer be employed." Immediately I wrote to him, demanding to be informed in writing, of the charges brought against me. His reply is, "He will, at their next meeting, lay my letters before the Director—in the mean time he does not feel himself at liberty to make any other reply." Thus the President veils the unjustifiable conduct of the board under the old pretext of BANK SECRECY. Thus your officer, who has discharged his duties for the term of seven and an half years, with diligence and fidelity—who has been unanimously elected eight times to the appointment, is dismissed without being made acquainted with the reasons of his dismissal. To the Stockholders I now appeal for redress, not doubting that they will take the earliest opportunity to reinstate me in an appointment, not forfeited by any misconduct on my part. I pledge myself to prove that the Board of Directors are unworthy of your confidence—I pledge a character unimpeached, and hitherto unimpeached even by the malice of my enemies, to prove it, provided you are permitted to make the proper enquiries into their official conduct—provided the bandage which has been put upon your eyes by the insidious doctrine of BANK SECRECY, be removed, without penetrating the veil which does, and which ought to, conceal the only secret that is proper in any Bank conducted upon upright principles, you will discover more than sufficient to perceive the necessity of removing these men as entirely unworthy of your confidence. The only secret which it is reputable for any Bank to keep, is the quantity of specie on hand, and the amount of notes in circulation. Perhaps, in commercial towns, it may be proper to conceal the Bank accounts of merchants. I say perhaps, because I do not myself feel clearly the propriety of such a concealment. But the merchants of George Town bear but a small proportion to the other debtors of the Bank. Letting then the two secrets, the Specie-Secret and the Merchant-Secret, remain inviolable, it is your duty to explore all the other secrets of the Bank. You will then be convinced that the Directors, and not the Cashier, ought to be displaced. I am ready here, at all hours, to make good my charges against them. In the mean time I persuade myself that you will not rely upon the declarations of the Directors themselves, the party accused, as evidence of their own innocence.
I am, respectfully, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, SAMUELL HANSON, of Samuel.
P. S. It is necessary to apprise you now of one BANK SECRET, without the knowledge of which it will be impossible for you to remove the present Directory. It has been, for several years past, a standing order of the Board, that no Stockholder, Directors not excepted, shall be furnished with a list of Stockholders. Sundry applications have been made for such lists, all of which have been rejected. Yet I do aver that the Directors themselves have repeatedly taken such lists privately, to aid them in obtaining proxies to vote at the election of Bank Directors. It is evident that, unless you are also furnished with the same lists, the Directors may, as they have done, vote themselves in perpetually. From this Bank secret, you may judge of the nature of others, to be disclosed, and from this specimen, you will perceive with what good faith the board comply with their own rules.
October 14. tf
ALEXANDRIA & NORFOLK PACKET.
THE subscriber respectfully returns thanks to his friends and the public in general, for the encouragement and patronage with which they have long honored him, in frequenting his packet between Norfolk and Alexandria. He is now happy to inform them that he has established a handsome, fast sailing sloop, named the GEORGE, in the same line, with elegant accommodations for passengers, there being four private rooms, besides a large airy cabin, and to avoid the inconvenience and disagreeable sensations which some persons experience from paint, the cabin is finished with mahogany.
Any ladies or gentlemen honoring him with their company shall have every attention paid to them, and no exertion shall be wanting on his part to give perfect satisfaction.
Now lying at the wharf of Ricketts, Newton and Co. to whom, or to the captain on board, apply for freight or passage.
TRISTRAM BUTLER.
October 9. en3r
A Negro Girl, about fourteen or fifteen years of age, who can do all kinds of house work, &c. Apply at the office of this paper.
October 12. epst
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
THE period is approaching when, according to the original and indispensable terms of THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, each subscriber will be required to pay Five Dollars in advance for his second year. As the chief support of the paper depends upon subscriptions, it is confidently hoped that subscribers will be punctual in their remittances, which may be made in any Bank Paper, or in Gold, the postage being paid.
A considerable number of subscribers of respectability, as far as the Editor is acquainted with their characters, have requested papers, which have been accordingly forwarded, under the unequivocal engagement to render immediate payment. This, in many cases, has not been done. Unless payment be soon made, a discontinuance of their papers will be unavoidable.
In order that each Subscriber may be informed in time duly to make remittance, the period of payment and the sum required to be paid will be stated on his Paper, in general some time before hand. After such notice, immediate payment will be expected, nor will any subscriber, it is hoped, take offence at a discontinuance of his paper in case payment is not made, as the heavy expenses attending a Newspaper cannot be defrayed without the regular remittances of subscriptions.
Some misconception of the provisions of the post-office law existing, the Editor informs his subscribers, that the mode of stating his accounts was not adopted, until he had obtained the approbation of the Post Master General. On examination it will be seen, that the existing law does not, though the previous law did, prohibit such statement.
To be Rented.
THE subscriber will rent by the year, or during the session of Congress, four large, convenient three-story BRICK HOUSES—they are well calculated for Boarding Houses, being all situated on the Capitol Hill, and the nearest houses to the Capitol; two of them adjoin the well known Tavern occupied by Mr. Stille the other two are situated equally convenient to the Capitol. Any person qualified to keep such houses may know the terms by applying to
DANIEL CARROL, of Dud'n.
Sept. 28. epst
Eight Dollars Reward.
STOLEN on the evening of the 5th inst. from the premises of capt. SEIVY, between the Teyrens of Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Ross, on the Baltimore Post road, a white stud horse with a few black spots on his rump, about 14 hands high, nine years old, and branded with the initials B. R. on the near side. Whoever will deliver the said horse to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges.
BENJAMIN RAY.
October 9, 1801. epst
POST-OFFICE.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 7, 1801.
The great Northwestern Mail which includes the following Post-Offices will be closed at this office every Wednesday at 8 A. M. and Friday at 5 P. M. viz.
 Bedford, Pa. Lexington, Ky.  Bourbonon, Ky. Manchester, N. W.  Brook C. H. Va. Mayville, Ky.  Cannonsburg, Pa. New Lancaster, N. T.  Chambersburg, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa.  Chillicothe, N. T. Somerset, Pa.  Clarkburg, Md. St. Clairville, N. T.  Frankfort, Ky. Verailles, Ky.  Fredericktown, Md. Washington, Pa.  Greencastle, Pa. Washington, Ky.  Greensburg, Pa. Wheeling, Vir. a. M.  Hagerstown, Md. Zaneville, W. T. 
Mails for other north-western post-offices will be made up as usual, every Friday at 5 P. M.
A mail for Unity Town, Brookville, H. b. ville, Howard's Mill, Wright's Mill and Taney Town, Maryland, will be closed at this office every Tuesday at 5 P. M.
THOMAS MUAROE,
Postmaster.
October 9. epst
This day is Published
BY RAPINE, CONRAD & Co. Corner of south B street and New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol.
SELECT NOVELS, vol. 2d & 3d.
EXECUTED in a superior style, and each volume containing two handsome engravings—Price to Subscribers, one dollar per vol.
Nocturnal Visit—A tale in 2 vols. by Maria Regina Roche, author of the Children of the Abbey, &c &c.
Acts passed at the second session of the sixth Congress, began and held at the city of Washington, on Monday the 17th of November 1800.
Also just received,
A very handsome assortment of NEW NOVELS, of the first merit, with a good collection of Law, and miscellaneous HISTORY, and a very elegant assortment of Ladies' and gentlemen's POCKET BOOKS, of various prices and qualities.
R. C. & Co. Have always on hand a general assortment of Stationary, such as writing and letter paper, quills, waters, sealing wax, ink-powder, pen knives, flutes, parchment, playing cards, blank and account books, inkstands, black lead pencils, &c &c. All which they will sell at the most moderate prices. Almanacs for the year 1802, just published. Almanacs for the year 1802, just published.
Sept. 16, 1801.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
MISS LINWOOD.
WERE any sculptor of the present day to give to his figures the correctness and character, energy and ease, which we displayed in those unrivalled models of ancient art which were wrought in Greece, we should class him as the Shakespeare of his profession, conceive that he had discovered the scale by which some writers have supposed the ancient sculptors performed these prodigies of art, and venerate his name for having restored an art the world had long lost, and despaired of retrieving.
A portion of the praise which would be bestowed on such a man, is certainly due to the lady whose name is at the head of this article; for she has awakened from its long sleep an art which gave birth to painting, and the needle is, in her hands, become a formidable rival to the pencil. She has realised, in the most glowing colours, those splendid wonders that were recorded by Homer, and other ancient poets; for that the labours of the loom, so often alluded to by bards of other days, "When purple hangings cloth'd the palace walls," were the art of making pictures in tapestry, there can be no doubt.
The progress of this branch of the arts in Great Britain is curious. In the first samples, or rather samplers, when it was in its infancy, we see the Lord's prayer, or the ten commandments, surmounted by Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, or Daniel in the den of the lions; which, in massy Gothic frames, were wont to decorate the walls of our ancient gentry. The first curious pieces of needle-work that I recollect to have been recorded, are a suite of chair bottoms, worked by, and under the direction of, Queen Mary, consisting of some heavy trophies in honor of her heroic husband. These were, probably, laboured, loaded, and tasteless, and almost all the early specimens that we have seen may be very fairly put in the same class.
Since the accession of our present king, the art has awakened from its long sleep. In the beginning of his reign, the wife of Worldridge, the painter, copied some prints in needle-work, which, though dry and feeble, excited attention, and were noticed in some of the public prints of that day by complimentary verses.
Some five and twenty years ago, several of the orphan daughters of clergymen, patronized and protected by her majesty, and under the direction of Mrs. Wright, wrought in needle-work some bed-furniture, and several other things which bear with taste and elegance.
To these may be added the works of Mrs. Knowles, who, to some of her fruit-pieces, has given
"The glow of nature, and the bloom of spring."
We might grace this list with many other names; but to Miss Linwood it was reserved to produce a collection, which, considering its magnitude and excellence, must be deemed a monument, not only of uncommon genius, but of an industry and perseverance which surpasses the long labours of Penelope at her procrastinated web. Her works exhibit an honorable history of that part of her life which is passed; but as her talents entitle her to a place in this miscellany, and as many of the many thousands who have visited the exhibition in Hanover-square, will naturally wish to know some particulars of the creator of that world of wonders, we have endeavored to procure all the information we could (and it is very slender) of the artist who produced it.
Her family is of Northamptonshire, where they have resided for some ages in situations highly respectable. She was born in Warwickshire, and has, from her very early years, resided in Leicester.
Like many other persons who have had a bias to what has marked and done honor to their future lives by very trivial causes, this lady owes her first thought of an art, in which she has so highly distinguished herself, to a very trifling circumstance.
About the year 1792, a friend sent her a large collection of prints in the various styles of stroke, mezzotinto, &c. They were left with no other view than that of affording her a few days amusement. Inspecting them with the eye of genius, she conceived that the force of an engraving might be united with the softness of a mezzotinto. Unacquainted with the use of aqua fortis in etching, a stranger to the mode of scraping a mezzotinto, and totally ignorant of the art of engraving in stroke, and the whole use of the burin, she had no instrument but her needle to make the experiment. With that she endeavored to realize and embody her first idea, by
copying such prints as most struck her attention, with the rogings of black and puce coloured silk upon white farinet. The needle, in her hands, became like the spear of Ithuriel; she touched the ground-work, her figures assumed form and started into life.
Encouraged by the applause which was bestowed on her first works, she made copies of a still larger size; and the empress of Russia being then considered as the grand protector of genius, and seeming desirous of making her court the repository of every great work of art that was produced in Europe, Miss Linwood was advised to present a specimen to the empress. Not knowing the extent of her own powers, nor having then a thought of making a collection, she consented, and consigned a large picture to Petersburg, which, in October 1783, was presented to her Imperial majesty by her then favorite general Lansdow. She expressed the highest admiration of the performance, said it was an exquisite work, and, in that branch of art, unquestionably the finest in the world, and ordered Lansdow to make such a present to the artist as should be worthy of the work, and of herself. But death countermanded the commands of the empress, for the general departed this life a few weeks afterwards, nor dared any one in the court of Petersburg to mention either his name, or aught in which he had been a party, to the Imperial Catharine. But, however neglected the artist, the picture is highly distinguished, and now occupies a favorite situation in the emperor's palace.
The first attempt Miss Linwood made to imitate paintings was in 1785, and she so far succeeded, that in 1786, she submitted to the society for the encouragement of arts, &c. the St. Peter, from Guido; the head of Lear, from Sir Joshua Reynolds; and a hare, from the Houghton collection. For this the society voted her a medal, on which is engraven, between two branches of laurel, "EXCELLENT IMITATIONS OF PICTURES IN NEEDLE-WORK." The writer of this article remembers to have seen, and much admired these exquisite specimens of the art.
Between that period and 1789, she made great additions to her collection, and, in that year, copied the Salvator Mundi, from a picture, by Guido, in the collection of the Earl of Exeter; for which exquisite production, the writer has been informed, on authority which he confides in, she was once offered the immense sum of three thousand guineas.
In ancient times it was customary for ladies to present scarfs to their favorite heroes; but days of chivalry are no more; Miss Linwood has, however, had the honor of having wrought the first banner that has been offered to any association, since the commencement of the present hostilities, and of having, in the year 1794, presented it to the united corps of cavalry and yeomanry of Leicestershire. It is her own composition, extremely well thought, and finished with a neatness that has been rarely united with so much force.
To return to the art which this lady professes, we have been informed that she was never regularly instructed in drawing, but certain it is that she has uncommon merit in painting, both in crayons, distemper, and colours; draws with accuracy, taste and spirit, and in her paintings at the Leicester ball-room, &c. the perspective is precisely correct.
Her first thought of making an exhibition of her own paintings originated in some pictures which the some years since sent to the Royal Academy, being refused admission; as by a law, which like that of the Medes and Persians, altereth not, they reject every thing in needle-work.
To enumerate the various merits of her exhibition is scarcely necessary; it is before the public, and the attention with which it has been honored, reflects equal praise on the taste of the metropolis and the talents of the artist.
From the late and the present president of the Royal Academy, and almost every other artist of eminence in the kingdom, her works have received the highest and most generous praise; and Sir Joshua Reynolds gave a sanction to his approbation, by pointing out which of his own pictures would have the best effect in her copies. From him, as well as the late lords Exeter, Gainsborough, &c. &c. she has many capital paintings, of which her imitations are now in Hanover-square.
She is now adding to her collection, by copying two (the Woodman in a storm, and the Shepherd's Boy) from the late inimitable Gainsborough, lent to her by Colonel Edward Noel, and two (Lady Jane Grey, and Ephraim and Manasseh) from Northcote.
The following elegant stanzas were writ-
ten by a lady, and a short time since inserted in the Monthly Magazine.
On Miss Linwood's admirable Pictures in Needle-Work.
WHEN Egypt's sons, a rude untutor'd race, Learn'd with wild forms, the obelisk to grace, And mould the idol god in duodecile earth, The loom and polish'd needle took their birth. When doom'd to dull obscurity no more, Fair Science reign'd on each surrounding shore, And stretch'd her arm o'er Greece and early Rome, Still in her train appear'd the labours of the loom. When Gothic night o'erwhelm'd the chearful day, And furious man, creation's savage lord, Knew but the hunter's spear, the murderer's sword; Our toiler fix emboss'd the broider'd vest, In flowery robe the blooming hero dress'd; On rang'd in tartary's glowing colours bright, The mimick crests, and long embattled fight. Now learning's better sun beam'd anew, And Gothic horrors gloomy night withdrew; Gain Promethous wak'd the senile clay, Greece, beauty, order, reap'd to second day. Must die the many arts its influence feel, The pencil chas'd the housewife's humble skill; Rent was the aged tapestry from the wall, Extinguish'd genius gloried in its fall; To monstrous shapes, and hideous forms uncouth Succeed'd a pure and angelic truth. The artist, as she woke the vic'ous lay, And women's labor crumbled in decay. Then LINWOOD rose, inspir'd at once to give The matchless grace that bids the picture live; With the odd air, the lovely lasting die, That fills at once and charms, the wondering eye. Hail better Amazon, to thee belong The critic's plaudits and the poet's song, Thine own fame no barren laurels bring, But flowery wreaths that bud each rising spring.
City of Washington,
Commissioners Office,
2d October, 1801.
BY virtue of an act of Assembly of the state of Maryland, entitled "A further supplement to the act concerning the Territory of Columbia and City of Washington," the Commissioners will expose to public sale for ready money, at William Rhodes's tavern, in the said city, on the EIGHTH day of DECEMBER next, the following Lots in the said city, to wit: Nos 3, 4 and 5 in square no 99, nos 1 2 4 7 8 9 14 15 and 16 in sq no 196, no 10 in sq no 347, nos 1 & 19 in sq no 635, no 4 in sq no 217, nos 8 15 16 17 18 & 19 in sq no 37, no 8 in sq no 40, no 2 in sq no 43, no 4 in sq no 59, no 1 in sq no 60, nos 2 & 3 in sq no 71, nos 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 19 20 21 22 28 29 & 30 in sq no 76, nos 9 & 10 in sq no 77, no 3 in sq no 83, nos 16 17 & 18 in sq no 85, nos 1 & 8 in sq no 6, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 19 & 20 in sq no 20, no 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 25 & 26 in sq no 33, nos 15 16 17 20 24 25 26 & 27 in sq no 105, nos 9 10 & 12 in sq no 118, no 20 in sq no 141, nos 14 15 & 16 in sq no 166, no 1 in square north of sq no 580, no 1 in sq north of sq no 583, nos 1 & 2 in sq no 107, nos 2 & 12 in sq no 23, no 12 in sq no 288, no 2 in sq no 317, no 7 in sq no 345, no 6 in sq no 409, no 13 in sq no 535, no 3 in sq no 579, nos 4 & 14 in sq no 580, nos 2 & 18 in sq no 583, nos 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 & 19 in sq no 585, nos 9 10 12 13 14 17 & 18 in sq no 587, no 13 & 14 in sq no 643, nos 4 and 5 in sq no 734, no 3 in sq south of sq no 825, no 10 in sq no 799, no 2 in sq 821, no 13 in sq 846, no 2 in sq 847, nos 12 and 13 in sq 874, nos 15 and 19 in sq 102, no 1 in sq south of sq no 104, nos 6 7 & 8 in sq no 120, nos 24 25 26 & 27 in sq 126, no 7 in sq 142, one half of no 18 in sq 143, nos 3 and 4 in sq 70, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 & 28 in sq 173, nos 1 2 5 6 10 11 12 13 16 17 and 21 in sq 185, nos 8 9 10 and 14 in sq 256, nos 2 3 17 18 in sq no 290, nos 2 5 6 13 14 in sq no 321, nos 1 3 5 and 9 in sq 322, nos 1 2 5 6 10 11 15 and 16 in sq no 348, nos 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 24 25 and 26 in sq 457, no 2 in sq 2, nos 1 and 3 in sq no 7, nos 6 7 8 10 11 12 and 15 in sq 75, nos 4 5 and 6 in sq 119, nos 1 9 11 12 and 15 in sq 22, no 7 in sq 432, nos 2 and 3 in sq 796, no 6 in sq 432, no 5 in sq 461, no 2 in sq 1064, nos 1 2 3 4 6 and 7 in sq south of sq no 744, no 1 in sq 141, no 2 in sq 644, no 16 in sq 799, no 17 in sq 728, no 1 in sq 291, no 2 in sq 47, nos 15 and 16 in sq 198, nos 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 and 14 in sq 317, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 in sq 343, nos 2 3 4 5 and 6 in sq 344, nos 1 2 3 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq 374, nos 1 4 5 8 9 and 12 in sq 403, nos 3 4 5 6 7 in sq 405, nos 2 3 6 7 10 and 11 in sq 427, nos 2 3 4 5 and 6 in sq 428, nos 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 and 21 in sq 534, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 in sq no 535, no 20 in sq 585, no 15 in sq 587, no 2 in sq 643, no 2 in sq south of sq no 825, nos 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and 26 in sq 826, no 2 in sq 997, no 3 in sq south of sq no 1019, nos 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 in sq 1020, no 2 in sq 1021, no 1 in sq 1022, nos 1 2 3 11 12 13 and 14 in sq 1023, nos 5 and 6 in sq 1024, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 11 in sq 1045, nos 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and 13 in sq 1046, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 and 28 in sq 1047, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 24 in sq 1048, nos 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 in sq 164, no 14 in sq 799, nos 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 847, nos 1 2 3 4 5 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 & 34 in sq 877, nos 25 26 27 28 31 and 32 in sq 1048, nos 1 and 3 in sq 1065, nos 1 5 6 in sq north east of 1065, no 1 in sq 1066, nos 2 3 7 8 9 10 12 and 13 in sq 158, nos 1 4 5 6 and 7 in sq 161, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 and 18 in sq 247, nos 1 2 3 4 10 11 in sq 452, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 and 14 in sq 453, no 1 in sq south of sq no 463, nos 3 4 5 and 6 in sq 492, nos 5 9 & 10 in sq no 493, nos 4 5 & 6 in sq no 494, nos 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 28 in sq 517, nos 2 4 6 & 8 in sq 518,
nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 529, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 & 7 in sq 537, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 & 28 in sq 538, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 in sq 565, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 & 21 in sq 567, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 & 33 in sq 568, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 & 24 in sq 569, nos 2 4 & 6 in sq 570, no 2 in sq 572, nos 2 & 3 in sq 577, nos 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 in sq 581, nos 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 584, nos 5 6 7 8 9 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 & 26 in sq 640, nos 2 3 4 5 15 16 17 18 20 21 & 22 in sq 642, nos 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 & 21 in sq east of sq no 642, nos 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 & 27 in sq south of sq no 643, nos 3 4 & 6 in sq 644, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 & 28 in sq 645, nos 1 2 & 17 in sq 1060, nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 24 25 26 34 35 & 36 in sq 1043, nos 2 3 4 14 15 16 17 18 in sq 1066, nos 10 11 12 13 & 14 in sq 1067, nos 1 2 3 4 11 12 & 13 in sq 1078, nos 1 & 2 in sq south of 1091, nos 1 2 9 10 11 & 12 in sq 1092, nos 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 & 20 in sq 1105, nos 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 & 13 in sq 1116, no 9 in sq 1117, nos 5 6 7 & 8 in sq 1123, nos 5 6 7 & 8 in sq 1130, no 3 in sq 1148, and no 4 in sq 1149.
The sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and continue from day to day (Sundays excepted) till the whole shall be sold, or until the further order of the Commissioners. The highest bidder shall be referred; but if he fails to pay the money offered, on the day of sale, the next highest bidder shall be considered as the purchaser; provided he pays the money offered by him previous to opening the sale on the ensuing day; if he also fails, the sale shall be void, the lots bid for again, exposed without further notice, and both bidders excluded from purchasing during the sale.
WILLIAM THORNTON, ALEXANDER WHITE, TRISTRAM DALTON.
2aw
FOR SALE.
In pursuance of an order of the Orphans Court for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, will be exposed to sale on Friday the 23d of October Inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. at ROCK-HILL, late the residence of GUSTAVUS SCOTT, Esq. deceased.
A number of Negroes, household and kitchen Furniture, Horses, Cows, and a variety of other articles. The terms of sale will be as follows:—Where the property sold to any one purchaser shall not exceed twenty dollars, cash; but where the property sold to any one purchaser shall amount to more than that sum, a credit of six months will be given, on the purchaser's passing bond, with good security, for the payment thereof, with interest from the day of sale.
And on Tuesday following, being the 27th day of October, at 10 o'clock A. M. will be exposed at public sale, at the farm called Strawberry-Vale, situate in Virginia, about nine miles from George-town.
A number of Negroes, Horses, Mules, Cows, Calves, and Farming Utensils, belonging to the estate of the said Gustavus Scott. The terms of sale the same as above.
On the day of sale at Rock-hill, will likewise be sold at public vendue, one moiety of a GRIST-MILL, standing on Rock-Creek. Likewise a number of well situated Lots in the City of Washington. Also, a number of Potomac, and Potomac Bridge Shares, belonging to said estate.—The terms will be made known on the day of sale.
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, Adm'r. Washington, October 2. epts
To be Sold,
On TUESDAY the 27th of this instant, at the dwelling place of Mary Jackson, in Prince George's county, near Caldwin's Tavern, the following Property, viz.
Six Negroes, consisting of one Negro man who is a very good carpenter, and two Negro women, and two lads about sixteen years of age, and one Negro girl, two Horses, Plantation Utensils, and many other articles too tedious to mention—the property of Fielding Belt, late of Prince George's county, deceased. A credit of nine months will be given, the purchaser or purchasers to give bonds or notes, as the case may require, with approved security, with interest from the day of sale.
Also all persons having claims against the estate of said Fielding Belt, are desired to exhibit them to the subscribers, legally authenticated for settlement, on or before the 10th day of August next ensuing, or they will be deprived of any benefit arising from the estate, and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, otherwise suits will be instituted against them without respect to persons.
TOBIAS BELT and BEAL DUVAL, } Administrators
October 5. 3t