The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-11-11 00:00:00

The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. I.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CLX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
IRON BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES.
[CONTINUED.]
The second part is the docks in Wapping, which are intended for the accommodation of several great branches of our trade, which are subject to heavy duties. And
The third is, the improvement of the river from the Tower, upwards, to Blackfriars bridge; and this third part includes the rebuilding of London bridge. By this means, colliers and coasting vessels, and all vessels of light burthen, are to be admitted to pass the new London bridge, and ships can discharge goods immediately at wharfs and warehouses, to be constructed along the banks of the river, and opposite to the centre of the city.
The two first parts of the plan have been sanctioned by Parliament, and have been undertaken by incorporated companies, excepting the canal, which is now executing under the direction of the city of London.
The committee have, in their third report, also recommended a general plan for improving the third or upper part of the port of London; that is, by removing the present London bridge, and replacing it with one of cast iron, 65 feet high in the clear above high water, with inclined planes connecting it with the present streets, and such other improvements as may grow out of this alteration. Also, deepening the bed of the river, to admit of ships of two hundred tons lying afloat at low water; and contracting the width of the river, in order to preserve its present velocity, and to acquire space for wharfs and warehouses, and for the inclined planes, without encroaching upon the property which is now connected with the shores.
It would require many drawings and much detail to convey an adequate idea of the form and construction of this magnificent arch; it cannot properly be shewn as a whole in a drawing upon any scale that would suit a publication of this nature. We understand the public curiosity will be speedily gratified with a perspective view, taken from the Surrey side of the present London bridge, on a plate four feet long and two feet wide, and which besides the new bridge, comprehends the principal objects in the cities of London and Westminster, from Bow church to Whitehall; and the proposed wharfs, warehouses, and terraces, between the bridges. The bridge part is engraved by that eminent artist Mr. Lowry, whose scientific knowledge is only exceeded by his dexterity as an engraver; and all the rest by Mr. Malton, whose views of London have done him honor, and qualify him to give the back ground with a precision which no other artist could be expected to equal.
According to this plan, the bridge is to be composed wholly of cast iron, which is much less liable to decay or alteration than hammered iron. The ribs are to be cast in portions of as large a size as to be conveniently moulded, and cast correctly, and such as can be readily managed in the removing and putting up: they are to be connected by cross and diagonal tyes and braces, placed in such a manner that any of the pieces of the ribs or tyes, or braces, may be taken out separately, and be re-placed without injury or interruption to the bridge. The ribs will receive the weight and pressure in a direction that the shells will operate upon the pieces of iron end-ways; therefore, before the bridge can give way, the iron must be crushed to pieces. All the frames or ribs are to be connected vertically and horizontally from the soffit of the arch to the roadway, so that the whole bridge will act as one frame, and by that means lessen the lateral pressure against the abutments, and guard against any error in the equilibration of the arch. The ribs are to be so disposed that they spread from the middle of the bridge to the abutments, with the view of causing the abutments to embrace a greater space on the shore, to increase the width of the bridge, to accommodate the roadway in turning towards the inclined planes, and to prevent any tendency the bridge might have to side vibrations: the side vibrations
will be further opposed by the cross and diagonal tyes and braces, and by the plating or grating which is to be laid across the ribs to receive the roadway. The roadway is to be composed, first of a light, dry, and durable substance, laid next to the iron plates; secondly, of a compact substance, which will not admit of water passing thro' it; and, thirdly, of the side-paths and pavements for the driving way.
The whole external form of the bridge is to be composed of Gothic tracery; the railing is also to be of Gothic work, with Gothic pinnacles to receive the lamps; so that the bridge will, at a distance, have the appearance of a frame of light Gothic tracery, finished on the top with that wildness of outline of which the Gothic style is so capable.
The abutments, by the spreading form of the bridge, their connection with the entrances at each end, and with the wharfs at each side of it, will occupy a space on the shore sufficient to form an ample foundation for an edifice capable of resisting any pressure whatever. The form and connection of the masonry will also be calculated to distribute the resistance through the whole mass, in the same manner as if it was a solid rock of equal magnitude: additional strength will also be gained by the land arches, or warehouses, which are under the inclined planes.
By making three entrances or avenues with the additional width of the bridge at each end, advantages nearly equal to those arising from three bridges will be afforded to the public. In all respects, therefore, the bridge will be an original design, as its important situation and distinguished name justly demand.
The scaffolding upon which the iron arch will be turned, is to be formed by driving rows of piles into the river, the top of which to be above low water mark; these piles to be properly braced together; upon them will be raised a proper framing to support the part of the iron work which will rest upon them: at a convenient distance, to admit barges to pass, another set of piles and frames will be fixed, and these frames will also be braced together, at a proper height, over the barge openings, which will admit of gangways being made quite across the river, so that the whole will become one general frame shore to shore. The top being made to suit the curve of the soffit of the arch, the iron work will then be fixed upon it with facility and ease. The weight of the whole iron work, when distributed over so great a space, is very small, when compared with works constructed with stone. The scaffolding will not, therefore, require to be of the large dimensions which may at first be imagined: the truth of the principles was fully proved by the very ingenious, though apparently slight, scaffolding, over which the arch of Wearmouth was turned; and they may be illustrated by stating, that the greatest stone arches are turned upon centres formed of timber. When the centres of stone have been brought up to near the crown of the arch, on each side, the whole rests upon the timber centres, and in large arches this weight is very great: the centre must, however, be equal to support the weight; otherwise it would give way, and the stone-work would fall down.
The iron arch is, in fact, no more than a framing similar to that for the centring for a stone arch, with this difference, that the iron framing has little more to carry than its own weight. The iron work having much more strength than timber, may be made proportionally smaller. In making and putting up timber centres, there must be props and supports, and the scaffolding for supporting the iron framing may be compared to these props and supports.
By deepening and embanking the river, much useful space will be gained, and the properties along each bank of the river, as well as the streets adjoining, and leading from thence into the city, will, by a judicious arrangement, be rendered very valuable. Deposites, and public markets for coals, may also be formed under the wharfs, by which means the lighterage of coals brought from the pool up as far as Blackfriars bridge would be completely saved. This plan is
proposed by Mr. Douglass, who has given a full description of it in the Appendix to the third Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons. From his estimates on the general consumption of coal in London, it appears, that the savings in two years will be adequate to the expense of erecting the new iron bridge. This plan merits mature consideration. The coals being regularly supplied, would tend to prevent sudden injurious competition, which of late years has been such a burthen on the public.
If this part of the plan for improving the port of London be successfully executed, we shall no longer be reproached by foreigners, that we have one of the finest rivers in the world running through our principal city, yet that we suffer its usefulness to be in a great measure destroyed by maintaining a stone embankment across the most valuable part of it, by suffering its shores to exhibit an extent of mud, instead of converting them into useful wharfs; and its banks to be covered with mean and shapeless buildings, instead of edifices suited to so noble a situation, and worthy the commercial metropolis of Europe.
The following are the amendments made, and constructions given to the Constitution of New York, by the Convention as formally agreed to.
IN CONVENTION OF THE DELEGATES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Albany, October 27, 1801.
Whereas the legislature of this state, by their act passed the sixth day of April last, did propose to the citizens of this state, to elect by ballot, Delegates to meet in convention, "for the purpose of considering the parts of the constitution of this state, respecting the number of Senators and members of Assembly in this state, and with power to reduce and limit the number of them as the said convention might deem proper:—and also, for the purpose of considering, and determining the true construction of the twenty-third article of the constitution of this state, relative to the right of nomination to office:—
And whereas, the people of this state have elected the members of this convention for the purposes above expressed; and this convention having maturely considered the subjects thus submitted to their determination, do, in the name and by the authority of the people of this state, ordain, determine, and declare:
First, That the number of the members of the assembly hereafter to be elected shall be one hundred, and shall never exceed one hundred and fifty.
Second, That the legislature at their next session shall apportion the said one hundred members of the assembly among the several counties of this state, as nearly as may be, according to the number of electors which shall be found to be in each county by the census directed to be taken in the present year.
Third, That from the first Monday in July next, the number of the Senators be permanently thirty-two, and that the present number of senators shall be reduced to thirty-two in the following manner; that is to say, the seats of the eleven senators composing the first class whose time of service will expire on the first Monday in July next, shall not be filled up; and out of the second class, the seats of one senator from the Middle District, and of one senator from the Southern District, shall be vacated by the senators of those districts belonging to that class, casting lot among themselves: out of the third class, the seats of two senators, from the Middle District, and of one senator from the Eastern District, shall be vacated in the same manner: out of the fourth class, the seats of one senator from the Middle District, of one senator from the Eastern District, and of one senator from the Western District, shall be vacated in the same manner. And that eight senators shall be chosen at the next election in such districts
as the legislature shall direct, for the purpose of apportioning the whole number of senators amongst the four great Districts of this state, as nearly as may be, according to the number of electors qualified to vote for senators, which shall be found to be in each of the said districts by the census above mentioned, which eight senators so to be chosen shall form the first class: and that if it shall appear necessary to the senate, they may forthwith proceed to class anew the said thirty-two senators, in such manner, as to abridge as little as possible and not to enlarge the time for which any of the said remaining senators shall have been chosen.
Fourth, That from the first Monday in July next and on the return of every census thereafter, the number of the assembly shall be increased at the rate of two members for every year until the whole number shall amount to one hundred and fifty, and that upon the return of every such census, the legislature shall apportion the senators and members of the assembly amongst the great districts and counties of this state, as nearly as may be, according to the number of their respective electors, provided that the legislature shall not be prohibited by any thing herein contained, from allowing one member of assembly to each county heretofore created within this state.
Fifth, And this convention do further, in the name and by the authority of the people of this state, ordain, determine and declare, that by the true construction of the twenty third article of the constitution of this state, the right to nominate all officers other than those who by the constitution are directed to be otherwise appointed, is vested concurrently in the person administering the government of this state for the time being, and in each of the members of the council of appointment.
FROM THE NEW ENGLAND PALLADIUM.
COURT MARTIAL.
TRIAL OF CAPTAIN LITTLE.
We present our readers with the sentence of the court martial in the affair of Captain Little, and the letter of the secretary of the navy approving the same. As the defence made by captain Little's counsel, Mr. Otis, contains a statement of the evidence which was not disputed at the time of trial, we have obtained a copy of it, which precedes the sentence.
THE DEFENCE.
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Court,
UPON a view of the evidence exhibited by the prosecutors of captain Little, I am unable to discern the least foundation for impeaching his conduct as an officer or as a man. I therefore dispense with the examination of any witnesses in his favor, except those who have been adduced to invalidate the testimony of
whose manifold contradictions would alone deprive him of credit. It would betray a want of confidence in the candor and discernment of the court, to occupy their time in the examination of witnesses to refute charges, which are entirely unsupported; and an undue anxiety in behalf of capt. Little, to presume that any other justification of his proceedings can be necessary, but what is already established by the witnesses for the prosecution. From these considerations, though surrounded by credible persons, who were spectators of all his transactions in relation to the Berceau and her crew, which were all public and undisguised, he cheerfully forbears to call them into court, and rests his defence upon the utter deficiency of the evidence produced against him. Nor should I, upon an ordinary occasion, deem it incumbent upon counsel to make any remarks in exculpation of a defendant against whom no accusation is supported by a shadow of proof. But when the most audacious practices have been employed to ruin the reputation of a brave officer, who, like yourselves, was engaged in our revolutionary conflict, and was distinguished as a man without fear and without reproach; when efforts are made to tear from his brow his last and most verdant

laurel, by men, whose patriotism is manifested only by the malignant ardor, which precipitates them into projects, to deface the character of their own country, its fleets and officers, and to gratify the pride, the passions, and even the freaks of another nation; when finally by an incessant din and clamor, continued for nearly twelve months, these men have at length so far deceived the admiration, as to attract its attention to their wicked calumnies, it cannot be expected that I should sit down in silence and suppress all allusion to these circumstances, and without some few comments upon the nature of the charges and of the evidence adduced against captain Little.
An attentive perusal of the charges shews that they are all comprised in one; that of maltreatment of his prisoners. It might indeed seem, upon a cursory view, as it has been intimated, that the charges contain something more, viz. an allegation of actual embezzlement by capt. Little of certain of the prize goods, with an intent to defraud the government; but I must insist that no such charge is even specified by the government. The distinction is obvious between a secret taking of goods from an individual with an intent to defraud the United States or the capturing crew, and the public seizure of property without any design of converting it to one's own use. The first is an offence prohibited by law; the last is no offence in itself; but if accompanied by a cruel and inhuman mode of proceeding, the cruelty and inhumanity may deserve censure, while the act is intrinsically right and justifiable.
As government, therefore, may prosecute for every fraud or embezzlement of prize goods; so it may forbear to prosecute, when the fraud appears to be dubious; or of a trifling and insignificant nature. In the present instance, it does thus forbear to prosecute for any direct injury sustained by itself. It lends its authority to prosecute a complaint, exhibited by individuals for injuries done to them, and which implicate the national honor. As the charges, therefore, now stand, if no individual has been injured by captain Little, he could not be convicted, even though it should appear, that the United States, or his crew, had sustained a damage by his procurement, and that other charges might be framed against him, this court being expressly precluded from trying any charge not specified in the order of arrest. This distinction, however clear, is of no moment to capt. Little, except as it conduces to simplify the question before the court, and to place the enquiry upon true principles.
It being then, a question merely of maltreatment, exercised towards prisoners by capt. Little, I beg leave, without a particular recital of the articles, to consider the instances wherein the maltreatment is alleged to have consisted, and whether capt. Little is personally responsible for any of them if they actually occurred.
The instances of ill treatment are reducible to the following items; 1st, Taking money from the prisoners; 2d, Taking other articles; 3d, Indecent conduct in searching the prisoners; 4th, Cruelty in the mode of confining and supporting them; 5th, Kidnapping a part of the crew.
1st. With respect to the money, the facts are undeniably proved to be: That three separate searches were made of the officers and crew of the captured vessel; the first on board the Boston, the day following the capture, on the quarter deck; the second, upon other persons in the same ship, on the forecastle, a few days subsequent to the first; and the last, on board the Berceau, about fifteen days after the capture. These searches were made in presence of all, who chose to inspect them. The orders of the captain were to take money and all iron instruments, but leave one hundred dollars to each commissioned officer, and fifty dollars to each warrant officer. Thus far, it is agreed, the orders were obeyed, and thus far only would capt. Little be responsible, had his officers exceeded their authority. To this general seizure of the money, capt. Little made another exception, which may illustrate that part of his character, which has been held up to public view as sordid and avaricious. He restored to the unfortunate capt. Senes all the specie in his trunk, a sum which he thought too liberal, which he received with tears of gratitude, and afterwards, when no longer a prisoner, mentioned with high encomiums on capt. Little. A testimony this, honorable indeed to capt. Little, and outweighing a thousand peevish censures and bitter invectives of subalterns and sailors. The money thus taken was carried immediately into the wardroom, counted, put into a keg with the account of the whole, locked up, and afterwards, to a farthing delivered into the hands of the marshal.
2dly. Besides money, some of the per-
sons employed in the search, collected, at various times, eight or ten watches, all silver, but one or two, that were either gold or gilt, one or two gold rings, a half dozen silver buckles, a few quadrants and spurs, all of which might possibly be worth one hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars. The watches and other trinkets were also carried, forthwith, to the wardroom, and as some of the witnesses think, were also put into the keg. However this might be, it appears from the schedule which Geo. Little exhibited to capt. Little, that these things were not noted. No traces appear to this court of the subsequent disposition of these few articles, but there is not the least room for a suspicion that captain Little ever received one into his possession. It might, however, be conceded for the sake of argument, that these baubles were seized and actually divided among the officers of the Boston without any regular return or memorandum, still no officer would be committed within the meaning of any one of the charges, no injury would be thereby done to the prisoners.
By the right of conquest all property belongs to the victors; even clothing and baggage. This is evident, from the ordinary stipulations of garrisons and arms, when compelled to capitulate; from the examples of towns and countries, given up to plunder. The conqueror has a discretion what to take, and a prisoner, on his own account, has no cause of complaint for any loss which he sustains by authorizing from his captor. He has no right of property, but merely right of humanity to be clothed and fed. The law protects individuals from pillaging any one of his effects, but the commanding officer may decide and seize what is superfluous and property, thus taken, cannot be deemed that species of pillage which the articles of war aim to prevent. Watches, rings, buckles and plate may be deemed by a conqueror mere superfluities. They may, accordingly, be seized by him for the use of the captors, who are amenable only to the government of their own country for the disposal of them. Whatever becomes of the booty is indifferent to the prisoner; his loss is not aggravated in any event. It may also justly be doubted, whether regard being had to the general usage of belligerent nations, these trifling toys, thus taken from the person, are within the description of those effects, the taking whereof from the prize ship is prohibited by our law. But it suffices to glance at this position, the assumption of which is not essential to capt. Little's vindication.
If the trinkets were not seizable of right, his written orders did not authorize the measure. If they have been since embezzled or lost, he never received them into his custody, nor, as I contend, did he ever see them, for the testimony of Mr. Haswell to his being in the wardroom, when a part of them was displayed on the table, evidently refers to the period mentioned by Mr. Soley and Bradford, who testify that capt. Little was not in the wardroom, and Mr. Haswell who was then sick and wounded, and out of his birth only a few moments at a time, and who cannot swear to the presence of any other persons is probably mistaken. But whether present or not, the entire property was left in the wardroom in the custody of the officers. Whoever had access to the cask, which contained them, captain Little certainly had none; the only return made to him was an account of the cash, which has been produced in court, sworn to by the Clerk, and proved to compare with the return of the Marshal of the District. Thus captain Little is culpable in any view, would deserve censure, not for receiving possession of these things, but for omitting to receive it. It was not his duty, however, to do more than he did. You, Gentlemen, have better information upon this subject than I can pretend to, and I submit to your opinion, whether it be practicable for the captain of a frigate personally to superintend, search and seize property with his own hands, to take an account of it, when seized, or to keep it in his custody.
Like all men in superior stations, he must depend upon the fidelity of subordinate agents; they hold their commissions under the same authority with himself, and in the present case the officers might fairly be presumed to be checks upon each other. After issuing discreet and legal orders, it is impossible for the best officer, consistently with other duties, to descend to minutiae in carrying them into effect.
3dly. The next enquiry relates to the mode of conducting the search. In this respect the accusation of the prosecutors is highly aggravated and discreditable to men holding military commissions. These
officers have stated in the public papers and repeated on the present occasion in the articles of charge, that they were all examined as those parts, which delicacy forbids to name, in pursuit of money. This is false, as it respects both officers and men, the former of whom opened and shut up their own trunks, and delivered their own money, and the latter were examined with much less rigour than their conduct would have justified. Two men only, of their own accord, pulled down their trowsers, by way of insult, the rest were only ordered to unbuckle their waistcoats; and when every device was employed to conceal their effects; when bandages were tied around their bodies, money sewed up in their clothes, shoes and buttons, hid in balls of wax, soap, barrels of sugar, in various, and in short in every place adapted for concealment, what a picture is exhibited of the insolence and arrogance of these men, who have raised such a clamor in the country, and involved the government in such heavy expence, because their brawny bodies were not handled with all the delicacy and decorum which would be proper in a maid of honor undressing a queen.
4thly. The next instance of cruelty is said to consist of the mode of confining and providing for the prisoners. This charge, however, is candidly abandoned, and it is conceded, that they experienced every possible kindness, consistent with their situation, and faced equally with our own officers and sailors. The ample and uniform evidence in this particular, contrasted with their own complaints of being grievously maltreated and put upon allowance, discovers the spirit of exaggeration and malice, which pervades every part of the accusation.
5thly. The same tone and temper are manifested in the charge of appropriating, or in other words, kidnapping the black citizens of the Republic. The allegation is destitute of all color of truth. One boy only was recommended to captain Little by captain Senes, and taken as his servant. He was carried with his own consent into the country, where he remains, happy and attached to capt. Little and his family, and perhaps in as fair a way to become a useful and honest man, as he would be at Cayenne or St. Domingo. In these times too, as American property is no longer lawful plunder, a French negro may even grow rich in Marshfield as rapidly as he could in the West Indies. The boy, however, is free, and can go or stay. He has never been demanded by any officer of the French nation.
I have thus taken a survey of this grievous accusation, and of the evidence produced to support it, with all possible brevity, and at the same time, with as much attention as my leisure, since the adjournment yesterday, would permit. My reluctance to delay the court or to request another meeting has induced me to submit this defence without the slightest revision, and I will close with a few general observations.
All, who are conversant in Courts of Justice are daily witnesses of prosecutions arising from the spleen, the resentment and malice of mankind. But in all that have occurred under my observation, I recollect none, founded on so flimsy a basis as the present. It is, indeed, a case of a most singular complexion, and I believe, unprecedented in the annals of naval or military history. A number of prisoners, citizens of a nation, which for ten years, has subsisted on the indiscriminate plunder of all other nations by sea and land, whose Buccaneers have stripped our citizens of uncounted millions; being legally captured by an American ship, within two months after their arrival in port, began to publish charges of high misdemeanors against the officers who took them; these invectives are repeated and circulated with indulgence, by friends which that nation finds in every country, prompt to proclaim her rights and vindicate her wrongs, but slow to feel and to resent the outrages offered to their own countrymen.
(To be continued)
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR,
Has just received a handsome assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, Swansdown, &c.
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.
GENTLEMEN who favor him with their orders, may rest assured of strict attention, and the best & most fashionable workmanship and materials, and on reasonable terms.
* Military and Naval Uniforms, and Ladies' Habits made with elegance.
City of Washington, between the President's House and the Seven Buildings, Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 21, 1801.
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POST-OFFICE.
Washington, November 7, 1801.
THE Winter Establishment will commence at this Office tomorrow and continue until 1st May next, agreeably to which the Northern Mail is to arrive every day (Tuesday excepted) at four o'clock P. M. and close every day (Saturday excepted) at five o'clock P. M.
The Southern Mail is to arrive every day (Sunday excepted) at seven o'clock P. M. and close every day (Saturday excepted) at five o'clock P. M.
No alteration will take place in other mails from this office.
THOMAS MUNROE, P. M.
October 4.
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For Sale or Rent,
A VALUABLE Lot in Washington City, on a square No. 836, on Delaware Avenue, near the Capitol, opposite general Washington's buildings. This lot contains 5982 square feet, with a commodious three story brick house thereon, completely finished in a handsome style. Sale of said property will be preferred for part cash, and the balance well secured. For terms apply to Messrs. K. Rock and Percival, in Philadelphia, or to the subscriber in Washington City, in New Jersey Avenue.
BENJAMIN BURCH.
Nov. 11.
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PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, will be sold to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 26th of November, at the late dwelling of James Robinson, deceased, about one mile from the Eastern Branch Ferry.
The personal property of the said James Robinson, deceased—Consisting of Household Furniture, kitchen and farming utensils, some wearing apparel and other articles.
Terms of sale, where the property bought by any one purchaser does not amount to twenty dollars—ready money. For all purchases above that sum, a credit of six months; the purchaser giving bond, with good security for the payment of the money with interest, in six months from the day of sale. Hour of sale, 11 o'clock A. M.
LEWIN TALEURTT, Adm rs .
Washington County, } November 11, 1801. }
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FOR SALE.
A TRACT of land containing 2,500 acres lying immediately on the river Potomac, in the county of Northumberland, Virginia, is 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 extremely 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. There are two good mill seats for grist, or saw-mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, exclusive of the heavy timber, which if sawed up into scantling 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.
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Thirty Dollars Reward
THE following criminals who made their escape from the prison of Washington County, in the City of Washington, on Sunday night the 1st inst. have not yet been apprehended.
FRANCIS HIGDON, a slender man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, fair complexion, black hair, and 26 or 27 years of age. It is supposed he has endeavored to get among his relations in Charles or St. Mary's County.
JAMES SCULLY, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, stout made, fair complexion, an Irishman by birth, had on a blue suit of clothes quite new, and of a coarse quality—He is about 40 years of age, talks thick, has short, bushy hair, and is very much marked with the small-pox.
HARRY, a negro man, of light complexion, 23 or 24 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, well made; had on when he went away, a new white cotton shirt, and new coarse, blue, cloth jacket and trowsers.
It is supposed this fellow is gone to Port Tobacco, where, I am informed, his master resides, whose name is Lanty Maddox. Ten dollars will be paid for the delivery of either of the above men, or thirty dollars for the whole of them.
DANIEL C. BRENT,
Marshal of the district of Columbia. Washington, Nov. 11.
WANTED,
A person who can come recommended for his honesty, sobriety, and attention; and who can give good security for the faithful discharge of the duties of the Office of JAILOR.
November 11.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1801.
OFFICIAL.
Appointments by the President of the United States.
Dr. THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER, of South-Carolina, Treasurer of the United States, in the room of Samuel Meredith, resigned.
CHARLES D. COX, of Pennsylvania, to be Commercial Agent at Dunkirk.
WILLIAM PATERSON, of New-York, to be Commercial Agent at L'Orient.
The common council of New-York lately passed an act to regulate the assize and price of bread. In consequence of this act the bakers held a meeting, and resolved to suspend baking under those regulations. A meeting of citizens was immediately had, and 30,000 dollars instantly subscribed to form an establishment under the name of the New-York Bread Company. On the 5th inst. the company published proposals for the daily supply of 3000 loaves, and 2000 sixpenny loaves.
In consequence of these spirited resolutions, the bakers agreed to resume their labour, and to supply their customers as usual, notwithstanding the new regulations.
This information should be universally diffused by the press. The example is calculated to impress the bakers through the union. While it is proper that they should be remunerated for their labour, it is also essential to the comfortable subsistence of the middling and poorer classes, that an article of the first necessity should not be exorbitantly dear.
DIED at Charleston S.C. Robert Smith bishop of South Carolina, in the 73d year of his age, during 47 of which he has performed the duties of minister of St. Philip's church.
Annapolis, Nov. 5, 1801.
Both houses are now organized. Doctor Charles Frazier is chosen speaker of the house of Delegates, and colonel Richard Harwood, president of the senate. William Harwood clerk of the house.
New York, Nov. 7, 1801.
A report was in circulation at St. Croix, when capt. Goodfellow failed, who arrived yesterday, that 10,000 troops had arrived at Martinique from England, supposed to be destined against Porto-Rico, Guadalupe and Marigalante.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 6.
Extract of a letter from the Captain of a vessel lying at St. Jago de Cuba, to his owner in this city, dated 6th October, 1801, received by the schooner Sudy & Polly.
"There has been the devil to pay here, and I came in to share the storm. Shortly after my letter to you of the 13th Sept. an order came on from the Governor of the Havanna to arrest the American Consul, Mr. Blakeley; to seize his property, and to confine him in prison; which was put into immediate execution. This measure, it is supposed, has been adopted in consequence of representations to the Spanish government that he was engaged in carrying on an illicit trade."
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE Partnership of Washington & Dowson, did by mutual consent dissolve on the 10th day of October last. All those indebted to the said concern are requested to make immediate payment to Baily Washington, living on the Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue who is authorized to settle the business of the concern.
BAILY WASHINGTON. JOSEPH DOWSON.
Nov. 11. raw3t
TO RENT,
And may be entered upon immediately the house of Mrs. WASHINGTON, adjoining to general Dearborne. Apply to Mr. LAW, Capitol Hill.
November 11. eptf
NOTICE.
SEVERAL citizens of this place being desirous to have a bridge erected as early as possible over the Potomac, from Maryland Avenue to Alexander's Island, a book is opened at Steele's Hotel, where it is hoped that every person who wishes to encourage so useful a work for this City, will subscribe their names before the first day of December next, also the number of shares they are willing to take, calculating them at two hundred dollars per share.
Washington Nov. 11. eptf
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, September 7.
A Hamburg mail arrived last night, and another this morning. The contents of both are, of course, in our columns. In pursuance of the treaty for the surrender of Cairo, General Belliard had arrived at Rosetta, at the date of the accounts brought by the first mail. The last brings no intelligence upon the subject of Egypt, but furnishes us with one very important article, the treaty of peace between Spain and Portugal, from which we now learn officially, that the ports of the latter country are to be decisively shut against all British shipping.
The death of the Elector of Cologne has given a new stimulus to the cupidities of the principal powers. The court of Vienna is desirous that the dignity of that ecclesiastical electorate should be conferred upon one of the young archdukes; the emperor's brother, the archduke Anthony. Prussia, on the other hand, has intimated, by a specific note to the Chapter of Cologne, presented by the Baron De Dohm, that they ought to desist from the election of a new sovereign, till the arrangements, rendered necessary by the 7th article of the treaty of Luneville, are completed. It is not difficult to see that Prussia expects to profit by the spoil of this Electorate.
The election, should the Chapter proceed in defiance of Prussia, will be considered and treated as null. This Ecclesiastical Electorate therefore will be secularized for the benefit of the house of Brandenburg. This creates facilities in various ways. Prussia gets a convenient neighbouring territory in lieu of that which she has lost. An Ecclesiastical Electorate is even taken out of the empire. By the treaty of Luneville, the grand duke of Tuscany is to be indemnified in Germany. A new Electorate will probably be created in his female states; and they are to point any person, which will be a sort of compensation to the house of Austria for the secularization of an Ecclesiastical Electorate, because the three Ecclesiastical Electorates, of which Cologne was one, were the vassals of Austria. Prussia seeing those Electorates annihilated, and profiting by their spoils, will view with less reluctance a new Electorate created for the benefit of her rival. That this may be the arrangement we merely conjecture. At present Austria does not seem to enter into it, tho' in all probability she must acquiesce.
LONDON, September 9.
The Cles du Cabinet of the 4th instant contains the following article: "Mr. Paget, who succeeds lord Minto in his embassy at Vienna, has arrived at Paris. His passage through France gives reason to suppose that he is also charged with some commission to our government."
PORTSMOUTH, September 6.
This day arrived his majesty's sloop of war La Mondovi, captain Duff, from Egypt, with dispatches, in eight weeks and three days. The dispatches were from General Hutchinson, in charge of Major General Maitland; and from Admiral Lord Keith, in charge of Capt. Curry, who immediately went off for London with them. Arrived the Hebe frigate from Egypt and Malta, with invalids, in nine weeks. The capitulation of Alexandria was daily expected when the Hebe failed, the garrison being represented as in a starving condition.
RATISBON, August 31.
In the sitting of to-day, the following letter from the minister Talleyrand to citizen Bacher, charge d'affaires of the French republic to the German directory, was communicated to the Imperial directory:—
"Paris, August 24.
"Citizen—the first consul has been informed from Berlin of the orders sent to Count Gertz, to declare to the diet of the empire, that his Prussian majesty, in consequence of the fifth and seventh articles of the treaty of Luneville, will oppose the appointment of a new elector of Cologne and bishop of Munster, and in general all re-elections to any ecclesiastical dignities and possessions which may become vacant in the empire by death. Such a declaration is, in fact, too suitable to the spirit and purport of the treaty of Luneville for France not to support it with all her power. In whatever manner the regulation of the indemnification shall definitively be settled, the principle to be followed in allotting them has been laid down by France, which will take care of its execution. You will, therefore, citizen plenipotentiary, officially require, in the name of the French government, and in concurrence with the declaration of his Prussian majesty, that all appointments to ecclesiastical dignities and
authorities, and especially the election of a successor to the electorate of Cologne and bishop of Munster, shall be deferred until the regulation of the indemnifications to be granted to the hereditary princes shall be definitively concluded. I greet you.
"C. M. TALLEYRAND."
VIENNA, August 15.
The grand duke of Tuscany is arrived here from Gratz. The Spanish ambassador, Del Campo, has repeated his application, that our court might acknowledge the king of Etruria, but has again received an evasive answer, in which it was said, that before this could be complied with, the grand duke Ferdinand must be indemnified for the loss of Tuscany. The ambassador upon this, declared that he had received leave of absence for an unlimited period, and will soon quit this city. Citizen Champigny, the French ambassador to our court, is expected to arrive here on the 29th inst. He has applied for passports for a suite of 82 persons, which have already been made out of the chancery of state. Two beautiful travelling carriages, estimated at thirty thousand florins, have arrived here from Russia, as a present to the archduke Palatine, who will go to the coronation at Mol.
August 22.
Letters received here from Civita Vecchia and Trieste, state, that according to the reports of several captains of ships from the Levant, general Menou had likewise surrendered by capitulation to the Turks and English.
General Menou, if he accedes to the convention, is promised every necessary and convenient for his return to France, for himself, his wife and son; and he may be conveyed in separate ships. The French ladies, if they require it, will be conveyed in separate ships. The French battalion is to take with it an eight pounder, with a powder waggon and ammunition.
This morning count Sauratt set out for St. Petersburg, as ambassador from our court.
August 26.
The English ambassador here has as yet received no more couriers from Constantinople, whence it is inferred that general Menou has not acceded to the convention of Cairo within ten of the days stipulated, probably because he still hopes to receive succors from France.
The grand vizier and the captain Pacha have, however, declared that he shall not be permitted to participate in the advantageous conditions granted by the convention of Cairo.
MILAN, August 17.
According to letters from Leghorn of the 12th inst. the deputies of the new king of Etruria and general Murat have returned from the isle of Elba without having effected any thing. The English squadron that lately appeared off that island, has, it is said, reinforced the garrison of Porto Ferrajo with 300 men, and inspired the besieged with fresh courage.
At Leghorn 300 Poles have been embarked for Porto Ferrajo, and another corps of Poles has marched for Piomboni. Hostilities, however, have not yet recommenced, as the answer to the deputation from the king of Etruria is waited for. The English ships cruising off Leghorn have taken a French frigate and six transports, which had come out of Porto Ercole.
IMPORTED,
In the Ship Thomas, from Liverpool, Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddlery and Brass Ware— which are now opening for sale at the subscriber's store on New Jersey Avenue, Capitol Hill, viz.
IRON and brass kim locks, flock ditto, butt and HL hinges, screws, bolts, saws, files, chisels, curriers knives, waggon boxes, frying pans, patent metal tea kettles, pots and saucepans, chaffing dishes, iron pots, knife cases, knives and forks, brass and iron candlesticks, shovel and tongs, brushes, ladies dressing cases, mathematical instruments, mill, pit and cross-cut saws, spanned ware, large scale 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 punctually attended to.
N. B. A good steady Journeyman Cabinet-Maker will meet with employ by applying as above.
Santee Canal Company.
RESOLVED, That the following rules be published for the information of the stockholders, viz.
Rule 10. That every proprietor shall pay five pounds sterling on each share, on the third Monday in January, and the like sum on the third Monday in July, and on the third Monday in January and July, in every succeeding year until the Canal shall be completed; but if the president, and a majority of the directors, shall judge it necessary to raise a larger sum, they shall be at liberty to call for the same, to be paid on notice of six months; provided, that the sum so to be called for on each share, shall not exceed five pounds; and provided also, that the requisition shall be made on the third Monday in January and July.
Rule 11. That if any proprietor, shall fail to make any payments, to which by the rules of the company, he or she may be liable, when it shall become due, or within three days thereafter; every such proprietor shall forfeit to the company all the preceding payments, and also his or her interests in the said company.
Resolved, That payments be made to Thomas Jones, at the Bank of South-Carolina.
Resolved, That on the third Monday in January next, an additional sum of five pounds on each share, be required from the stockholders, over and above the sums then to be paid, agreeable to the 10th rule, and that the same be notified to the stockholders.
By order,
ADAM GILCHRIST, President. JOHN M. DAVIS, Secretary.
Nov. 11, 1801.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
THE period is approaching when, according to the original and insispensable 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 remittances 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.
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and B 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 at Mr. Wild's store, Market street, Baltimore.
GEORGE ANDREWS.
Who has gold leaf for sale by the package or book.
May 8, 1801.
TO BUILDERS.
PROPOSALS
WILL be received on or before Wednesday the 11th instant, at 6 o'clock, by the committee of the Washington Building Company, for erecting and completing a two story dwelling house, in Brick and in Frame. The terms of payment will be advantageous to the Contractor.
The plan and particulars may be seen by applying to Mr. Thomas Herty, conveyancer, near Rhodes's Tavern.
By order of the committee
THOMAS CARPENTER, Nov. 6, 1801. Chairman.
In Chancery, October 31, 1801.
ORDERED, that the sale made by Henry Whetcroft, as stated in his report this day filed, of a Lot of Ground, in the City of Washington, the property of Abraham Young, deceased, for the sum of 1150 dollars, subject to the right of dower, shall be confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown before the 15th day of December next: Provided a copy of this order be published in some newspaper of the said City, or of George Town, before the end of November next.
Test,
GAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Cas.

FROM BARLOW'S CONSPIRACY OF KINGS.
WHAT strange events for proud processions call, See kingdoms crowding to a birth-night ball! See the long pomp in gorgeous glare display'd, The tinseled guards, the squadron'd hosts parade, See heralds gay, with emblems on their veils, In tiff'd robe, tall, beauteous pages dress'd; Amid superior ranks of splendid slaves, Lords, dukes and princes, titular knaves, Confus'dly shine their crosses, gems and stars, Scepters and globes, and crowns, and spoils of war.
On gilded orbs see thundering chariots roll'd, Steeds, snorting fire, and champing bars of gold, Prance to the trumpet's voice; while each at- tends, A loftier gait, and lifts his neck of plumes— High on a moving throne, and near the van, The TYRANT rides, the chosen scourge of man. Clariens and flutes, and drums his way prepare, And shouting millions rend the troubled air; Millions, whose easeless toils the pomp sustain, Who's hour of stupid joy, repays an age of pain. Of these no more, From Orders, Slaves and Kings.
To the O MAN, my heart rebounding springs, Behold the ascending bliss that waits your call, Heaven's own bequest, the heritage of all. Awake to wisdom, seize the proffer'd prize, From shade to light, from grief to glory rise."
Men, says Rousseau, are not made to be crowded into enclosures, but should be spread over the surface of the earth, which they should cultivate; the greater the assemblage, the greater is the corruption produced. The diseases of the body, as well as the vices of the soul, are the infallible effect of a too numerous concourse. Man is of all animals the least calculated by nature to herd together. Men heaped together like sheep would soon perish. The breath of man is a mortal poison to his fellow men, and this is not only figuratively but literally true. Cities are the graves of the human species—after a few generations the race degenerates and perishes; it must then be renewed, and this renovation is always derived from the country.
A Contract offered.
THE Directors of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company will receive proposals until the first day of December next, for erecting a Bridge over the Eastern Branch of Potomac River, at the City of Washington. The width of the River where the Bridge is contemplated to be fixed, is fifteen hundred and forty three feet, and the average depth of water at common low tide is four feet, except the channel, which is from 12 to 24 feet deep—the width of the channel is 450 feet. It is wished by the Directors that estimates may be furnished for a Bridge to be built on Piles or of Boats, as it is not yet determined by them, which of those two kinds to adopt—it is also desired, that plans of the Bridge may accompany the estimates, that the Directors may be the better enabled to judge of the advantages & disadvantages of the two plans which have been suggested. A draw of thirty feet is intended to be made over the channel.
The proposals must be sealed, and directed, post paid, to the Subscriber, in the City of Washington.
On good security being given for the performance of the contract—liberal advances will be made
By order of the Directors, WILLIAM BRENT, Sec'y. Washington, Oct. 19.
Advertisement.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust from Amariah Frost and Esther his wife, to the subscriber, dated the 13th day of August, 1800, will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on the 11th day of December next, at 11 o'clock, A.M. at Belle's Tavern in the City of Washington, a Lot of Ground, being a moiety of No. 17, contained in square 634, fronting 27 feet 4 inches, on north Capitol Street, in said City, adjoining the south wall of the buildings lately erected by general Washington. This spot of ground is considered very valuable from its nearness to the Capitol and pleasant situation commanding an extensive prospect of the city and its vicinity. The title will be made indisputably good; and the terms of sale made known at the time and place before-mentioned.
JOHN G. LADD.
Alexandria, Nov. 2, 1801. 3tw
Also will be offered for sale at the same time and place, the remaining part of said Lot No. 17, being of the same dimensions as the above, and lying contiguous thereto, unless previously disposed of at private sale, by
AMARIAH FROST.
For Sale,
At the Store lately occupied by Mr. F. MARSH, on Water-street, opposite Messrs. King & Daugherty's Lumber Yard, Cogniac brandy, Holland gin. West-India and N. England rum, Spanish brandy, cherry root, brown, loaf and lump sugars, gun powder, imperial, hyson, hyson skin and souchoong teas, ground coffee, pepper, allspice, nutmegs, ground ginger, fig blue, indigo, starch, Spanish sugars, mould and dipt candles in boxes, white and brown soap in ditto, soap leather, molasses, best table codfish, a few thousand weight best Rhode-Island cheese, mens' coarse shoes, apples in barrels, a quantity of onions, &c. &c. George-Town, October 21. 12w3w
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 23 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 156, 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 to 12 13 14 15 17 18 & 19 in sq no 586, 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 north 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, no 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 172, nos 1 2 5 6 to 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 to 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 to 11 12 and 15 in sq 75, nos 4 5 and 6 in sq 119, nos 1 9 11 12 and 13 in sq 222, no 7 in sq 432, no 2 and 3 in sq 796, no 6 in sq 432, no 5 in sq 461, no 1 in sq 1004, nos 1 2 3 4 6 and 7 in sq south of sq no 744, no 1 in sq 461, 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 40, no 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 1093, nos 2 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 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 1640, 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 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 & 23 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 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 1000, 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 Com-
missioners. The highest bidder shall be preferred; 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.
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.
Ads paid 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 Stationery, such as writing and letter paper, quills, waters, sealing wax, ink-powder, pen knives, flutes, parchment, playing cards, blank and account books, inkstands, black pencils, &c. &c. All which they will sell at the most moderate prices. Almanacs for the year 1802, just published.
Sept. 16, 1801.
DAVID JACKSON,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY.
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has removed from Chesnut, to No. 26. South Third Street, directly opposite the Post-Office, where he is opening a general assortment of genuine Drugs and Medicines, Surgeons' Instruments, Painters' Colours, and Patent Medicines of every description. Orders of Physicians and country Merchants executed with punctuality and care, and upon the most advantageous terms. Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1801. ep6t
A NEGRO MAN
To be hired by the year, half yearly or quarterly,
A SOBER well disposed man about 26 years of age, cleanly, and has been many years employed as a coach driver, stable boy, and occasionally waiting at table, and working in the garden. His master wishes to hire him out in or about the city of Washington, he having a wife living near the District. He has never been accused or suspected of dishonesty—For further information apply to the printer. October 23. ep9t
CONVEYANCERS OFFICE,
AND
OFFICE FOR SALE OF CITY LOTS,
On the Pennsylvania Avenue fronting the President's Square, near Rhodes's Tavern, City of Washington.
THOMAS HERTY has connected with the business of drawing Conveyances of Land, Wills, Mortgages, Leases, Bonds, Assignments, powers of Attorney, petitions, and every other species of deed or contract in the profession; that of buying, selling and leasing lots and houses in the City, negotiating loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and knowledge of the laws relative thereto—the knowledge which he has acquired by residence of the situation of City Lots, and how their titles have been acquired, or are liable to be affected; together with his impartial and strict regard to the interest of those who may be pleased to employ him, will, he hopes, secure to him a continuance of public patronage.
Titles to real property investigated, and opinions given thereon when required.
For sale a great variety of Lots, in desirable situations in the City.
N. B. At the above office may be had, his Abridgement of the Laws of Maryland, price 6 dollars. Also his Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 3 dollars. As the Laws of Maryland are in full force on this side the Potomack, it behoves settlers to avail themselves of that information which affects their lives, liberties and property. He who is without a knowledge of his "rule of conduct" is like a stranger in his native land. May 4. 2aw4w. 12wa
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 situate 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 situate equally convenient to the Capitol. Any person qualified to keep such houses may know the terms by applying to
DANIEL GARROL, of Dudn.
Sept. 28. ept
Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber near Piscataway, Prince George County, Maryland, on the 24th of this month, a Negro Woman named NELL, thirty-eight years old, dark complexion, of middle size, has two or three lumps on her breast rather below the collar bone occasioned by a burn when young, bald on the top of her head, but always wears a cap or handkerchief to conceal her baldness, has a very simple smile when talked to; took with her a variety of clothes—ran away once before and was gone some years, was taken near the Red House, 60 miles above Alexandria, and lived in that neighbourhood some years and passed as a free Woman by the name of LINY. The above reward will be paid to any person securing her in any gaol so that I get her again. NICHOLAS YOUNG.
October 4. 12w3t
NOTICE.
In the Case of CHARLES LOVE, Bankrupt. WHEREAS a Commission of bankruptcy is awarded against Charles Love, late of the City and County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, merchant, and he being declared a bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the said commissioners on the 7th day of November next, on the 19th day of November next, and on the 7th day of December next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of said days, at the house of William Rhodes in the City of Washington, Innkeeper, at the second of which meetings the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts and to choose assignees—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
JOHN C. DENT, Clerk to the commissioners.
October 26. 12w3t
NOTICE.
In the case of JOHN BROWN, Bankrupt. WHEREAS a commission of bankruptcy is awarded and issued against John Brown, of the City of Washington and District of Columbia, and he being declared bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to the commissioners in the said commission named, or the major part of them on the sixth and twentieth days of November next, and on the seventh day of December next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of each day, at Rhodes's Tavern, City of Washington; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, at the second sitting to choose assignees, and at the third and last sitting the bankrupt is to finish his examination, and the creditors are to assent to, or dissent from the allowance of the certificate to the said bankrupt; all persons indebted to the said bankrupt or who have any of his goods or effects in their hands, are requested not to pay or deliver up the same to him, but give notice to
JOHN C. DENT, Secretary to the Commissioners.
October 26, 12w3t
NOTICE.
The following slaves have been committed to the jail of Washington County in the District of Columbia, viz.
JOHN MAYNARD—Twenty nine years old, a bright mulatto, 5 feet 10 inches high, says he was formerly the property of David M'Neechen, Esq. of Baltimore, who sold him to a Mr. White, a Mr. Bingham and a Mr. Sargeant from Georgia.
JIM WILMER—Twenty-six or 27 years of age, very black complexion, 5 feet 8 inches high, says he was formerly the property of Mr. Cumberland Dugan, of Baltimore, who sold him to the said White, Bingham and Sargeant—Both of these men have on coarse negro clothing, not much worn.
CHARLES—25 years of age, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, well made, and has a good countenance; says he belongs to a Mr. Tubman, of Benedict, in St. Mary's county, Maryland—has on coarse negro clothing, a good deal worn.
The owners of the above slaves are desired to come and take them away, or they will be sold to pay their prison expenses, according to the provision of the law respecting runaways.
DANIEL CARROLL BRENT, Marshal of the District of Columbia's Washington, October 21, 1801. ff
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. 12w3t