The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-04-15 00:00:00

The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. No. LX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Understanding that most of the copies of the Convention between the United States and France, which have been published in the American newspapers, have been taken from the incorrect translations of the London Gazettes, and other unauthorized sources, we have obtained the following copy, from the original in the Secretary of State's office, from a desire to present those articles, which the public are beginning to act upon, as well as the whole instrument, in a shape which may be depended upon.
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Premier Consul of the French Republic in the name of the people of France, and the President of the United States of America, equally desirous to terminate the differences which have arisen between the two states, have respectively appointed their plenipotentiaries, and given them full powers to treat upon those differences and to terminate the same; that is to say, the Premier Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the people of France, has appointed for the Plenipotentiaries of the said Republic, the citizens Joseph Buonaparte, ex-ambassador at Rome and counsellor of state; Charles Pierre Claret Fleurieu, member of the National Institute, and of the Board of Longitude, of France, and Counsellor of state, President of the section of the Marine; and Pierre Louis Roderer, member of the National Institute of France, and Counsellor of state, President of the section of the Interior: and the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said states, has appointed for their plenipotentiaries, Oliver Ellsworth, chief Justice of the United States, William Richardson Davie, late governor of the state of North Carolina, and William Vans Murray, Minister resident of the United States at the Hague; who, after having exchanged their full powers, and after full and mature discussion of the respective interests, have agreed on the following articles.
ARTICLE I.
There shall be a firm, inviolable, and universal peace, and a true and sincere friendship between the French Republic and the United States of America; and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people, without exception of persons or places.
ARTICLE II.
The Ministers Plenipotentiary of the two parties not being able to agree at present respecting the treaty of alliance of 6th February 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, and the convention of 14th of November 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed; the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time, and until they may have agreed upon these points, the said treaties and convention shall have no operation, and the relations of the two countries shall be regulated as follows.
ARTICLE III.
The public ships which have been taken on one part and the other, or which may be taken before the exchange of ratifications, shall be restored.
ARTICLE IV.
Property captured, and not yet definitively condemned, or which may be captured before the exchange of ratifications (contraband goods destined to an enemy's port excepted) shall be mutually restored on the following proofs of ownership: viz. The proof on both sides with respect to merchant ships, whether armed or unarmed, shall be a passport in the form following:
"To all who shall see these presents,
GREETING:
"It is hereby made known that leave and permission has been given to master and commander of the ship called of the town of
burthen
tons,
or thereabouts, lying at present in the port and haven of and laden with and after that his ship has been visited and before sailing, he shall make oath before the officers who have the jurisdiction of maritime affairs, that the said ship belongs to one or more of the subjects of the act whereof shall be put at the end of these presents, as likewise that he will keep, and cause to be kept by his crew on board, the marine ordinances and regulations, and enter in the proper office a list, signed and witnessed containing the names and surnames, the places of birth and abode, of the crew of his ship, and of all who shall embark on board her; whom he shall not take on board without the knowledge and permission of the officers of the marine, and in every port or haven where he shall enter with his ship, he shall shew this present leave to the officers and judges of the marine, and shall give a faithful account to them of what passed and was done during his voyage; and he shall carry the colours, arms and ensigns of the French Republic or the United States during his voyage. In witness whereof we have signed these presents, and put the seal of our arms thereunto, and caused the same to be countersigned by at the day of A.D.
And this passport will be sufficient without any other paper, any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding; which passport shall not be deemed requisite to have been renewed or recalled, whatever number of voyages the said ship may have made, unless she shall have returned home within the space of a year. Proof with respect to the cargo shall be certificates containing the several particulars of the cargo, the place whence the ship sailed and whither she is bound, so that the forbidden and contraband goods may be distinguished by the certificates; which certificates shall have been made out by the officers of the place whence the ship set sail, in the accustomed form of the country. And if such passport or certificates or both shall have been destroyed by accident, or taken away by force, their deficiency may be supplied by such other proofs of ownership, as are admissible by the general usage of nations. Proof with respect to other than merchant ships, shall be the commission they bear.
This article shall take effect from the date of the signature of the present convention. And if, from the date of the said signature, any property shall be condemned contrary to the intent of the said convention, before the knowledge of this stipulation shall be obtained; the property so condemned shall without delay be restored or paid for.
ARTICLE V.
The debts contracted by one of the two nations with individuals of the other, or by the individuals of one with the individuals of the other, shall be paid, or the payment may be prosecuted in the same manner as if there had been no misunderstanding between the two states. But this clause shall not extend to indemnities claimed on account of captures or confiscations.
ARTICLE VI.
Commerce between the parties shall be free. The vessels of the two nations and their privateers, as well as their prizes, shall be treated in the respective ports as those of the nation the most favoured; and, in general the two parties shall enjoy in the ports of each other, in regard to commerce and navigation, the privileges of the most favoured nation.
ARTICLE VII.
The citizens and inhabitants of the United States, shall be at liberty to dispose by testament, donation, or otherwise, of their goods, moveable and immovable, holden in the territory of the French Republic, in Europe, and the citizens of the French Republic shall have the same liberty with regard to goods, moveable and immovable, holden in the territory of the United States, in favor of such persons as they shall think proper. The citizens and
inhabitants of either of the two countries who shall be heirs of goods, moveable or immovable, in the other, shall be able to succeed ab intestato , without being obliged to obtain letters of naturalization, and without having the effect of this provision contested or impeded, under any pretext whatever; and the said heirs, whether such by particular title, or ab intestato , shall be exempt from every duty whatever in both countries. It is agreed that this article shall in no manner derogate from the laws which either state may now have in force, or hereafter may enact, to prevent emigration; and also that in case the laws of either of the two states should restrain strangers from the exercise of the rights of property with respect to real estate such real estate may be sold, or otherwise disposed of, to citizens or inhabitants of the country where it may be, and the other nation shall be at liberty to enact similar laws.
ARTICLE VIII.
To favor commerce on both sides, it is agreed, that, in case a war should break out between the two nations, which God forbid, the term of six months after the declaration of war shall be allowed to the merchants, and other citizens and inhabitants respectively on one side and the other, during which time they shall be at liberty to withdraw themselves with their effects and moveables, which they shall be at liberty to carry, send away or sell, as they please, without the least obstruction; nor shall their effects, much less their persons be seized, during such term of six months; on the contrary, passports which shall be valid for a time necessary for their return, shall be given to them for their vessels and the effects which they shall be willing to send away, or carry with them; and such passports shall be a safe conduct against all insults and prizes which privateers may attempt against their persons and effects. And if any thing be taken from them, or any injury done to them or their effects by one of the parties, their citizens or inhabitants, within the term above prescribed, full satisfaction shall be made to them on that account.
ARTICLE IX.
Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to individuals of the other, nor shares, nor monies, which they may have in public funds, or in the public or private banks, shall ever, in any event of war or of national difference, be sequestered or confiscated.
ARTICLE X.
It shall be free for the two contracting parties to appoint commercial agents for the protection of trade, to reside in France and the United States. Either party may except such place, as may be thought proper, from the residence of these agents. Before any agent shall exercise his functions, he shall be accepted in the usual forms by the party to whom he is sent; and when he shall have been accepted and furnished with his exequatur, he shall enjoy the rights and prerogatives of the similar agents of the most favored nations.
ARTICLE XI.
The citizens of the French Republic shall pay in the ports, havens, roads, countrys, islands, cities and towns of the United States, no other, or greater duties or imposts, of what nature soever they may be, or by what name soever called, than those which the nations most favored are, or shall be obliged to pay; and they shall enjoy all the rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and exemptions in trade, navigation and commerce, whether in passing from one port in the said states to another, or in going to and from the same, from and to any part of the world, which the said nations do or shall enjoy. And the citizens of the United States shall reciprocally enjoy in the territories of the French Republic in Europe, the same privileges and immunities, as well for their property and persons, as for what concerns trade, navigation and commerce.
ARTICLE XII.
It shall be lawful for the citizens of either country to sail with their ships and merchandise (contraband goods always
excepted) from any port whatever to any port of the enemy of the other, and to sail and trade with their ships and merchandise, with perfect security and liberty, from the countries, ports, and places of those who are enemies of both, or of either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, and to pass not only directly from the places and ports of the enemy aforementioned, to neutral ports and places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy, to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of the same power, or under several; unless such ports or places shall be actually blockaded, besieged, or invested.
And whereas it frequently happens, that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy, without knowing that the same is either besieged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed that every vessel, so circumstanced, may be turned away from such port or place, but she shall not be detained, nor any part of her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscated, unless, after notice of such blockade or investment, she shall again attempt to enter: but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper. Nor shall any vessel of either, that may have entered into such port or place before the same was actually besieged, blockaded, or invested by the other, be restrained from quitting such place with her cargo, nor if found therein after the reduction and surrender of such place, shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to confiscation, but they shall be restored to the owners thereof.
ARTICLE XIII.
In order to regulate what shall be deemed contraband of war, there shall be comprised under that denomination gunpowder, saltpetre, petards, match, ball, bombs, grenades, cartridges, pikes, halberds, swords, belts, pistols, holsters, cavalry saddles and furniture, cannon, mortars, their carriages and beds, and generally all kinds of arms, ammunition of war, and instruments fit for the use of troops: all the above articles, whenever they are destined to the port of an enemy, are hereby declared to be contraband, and just objects of confiscation: but the vessel in which they are laden and the residue of the cargo shall be considered free, and not in any manner infected by the prohibited goods, whether belonging to the same, or a different owner.
ARTICLE XIV.
It is hereby stipulated that free ships shall give a freedom to goods, and that every thing shall be deemed to be free and exempt which shall be found on board the ships belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, although the whole lading, or any part thereof, should appertain to the enemies of either, contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed, in like manner, that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free ship, with this effect, that although they be enemies to either party, they are not to be taken out of that free ship, unless they be soldiers, and in actual service of the enemy.
ARTICLE XV.
On the contrary it is agreed, that whatever shall be found to be laden by the citizens of either party on any ship belonging to the enemies of the other, or their citizens, shall be confiscated without distinction of goods, contraband or not contraband, in the same manner as if it belonged to the enemy, except such goods and merchandise as were put on board such ship before the declaration of war, or even after such declaration, if so be it were done without knowledge of such declaration; so that the goods of the citizens of either party, whether they be of the nature of such as are prohibited, or otherwise, which, as is aforesaid, were put on board any ship belonging to an enemy before the war, or after the declaration of the same without the knowledge of it, shall no ways be liable to confiscation, but shall well and truly be restored without delay to the proprietors demanding the same; but so as that if the merchandise be contraband, it shall

not be any ways lawful to carry them afterwards to any ports belonging to the enemy.
The two contracting parties agree, that the term of two months being passed after the declaration of war, their respective citizens, from whatever part of the world they come, shall not plead the ignorance mentioned in this article.
ARTICLE XVI.
The merchant ships belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, which shall be bound to a port of the enemy, or to one of the parties, and concerning whose voyage, and the articles of their cargo, there shall be just grounds of suspicion, shall be obliged to exhibit, as well upon the high seas as in the ports or roads, not only their passports, but likewise their certificates, showing that their goods are not of the quality of those which are specified to be contraband in the thirteenth article of the present convention.
ARTICLE XVII.
And that captures on light suspicion may be avoided, and injuries thence arising prevented, it is agreed, that when one party shall be engaged in war, and the other party shall be neutral, the ships of the neutral party shall be furnished with passports similar to that described in the fourth article, that it may appear thereby that the ships really belong to the citizens of the neutral party; they shall be valid for any number of voyages, but shall be renewed every year, that is, if the ship happens to return home in the space of a year. If the ships are laden, they shall be provided not only with the passports above-mentioned, but also with certificates similar to those described in the same article, so that it may be known whether they carry any contraband goods. No other paper shall be required, any usage or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding. And if it shall not appear from the said certificates that there are contraband goods on board, the ships shall be permitted to proceed on their voyage. If it shall appear from the certificates, that there are contraband goods on board any such ship, and the commander of the same shall offer to deliver them up, the offer shall be accepted, and the ship shall be at liberty to pursue its voyage, unless the quantity of the contraband goods be greater than can conveniently be removed on board the ship of war or privateer, in which case the ship may be carried into port for the delivery of the same. If any ship shall not be furnished with such passport or certificates as are above required for the same, such case may be examined by a proper judge or tribunal, and if it shall appear from other documents or proofs, admissible by the usage of nations, that the ship belongs to the citizens of the neutral party, it shall not be confiscated, but shall be released with her cargo (contraband goods excepted) and be permitted to proceed on her voyage. If the master of a ship, named in the passport, should happen to die or be removed by any other cause, and another in his place, the ship and cargo shall nevertheless be equally secure, and the passport remain in full force.
ARTICLE XVIII.
If the ships of the citizens of either of the parties shall be met with, either sailing along the coasts, or on the high seas, by any ship of war or privateer of the other, for the avoiding of any disorder, the said ships of war or privateers shall remain out of cannon shot, and may send their boats on board the merchant ship which they shall so meet with, and may enter her to the number of two or three men only, to whom the master or commander of such ship shall exhibit his passport concerning the property of the ship, made out according to the form prescribed in the fourth article. And it is expressly agreed that the neutral party shall in no case be required to go on board the examining vessel for the purpose of examining his papers, or for any other examination whatever.
ARTICLE XIX.
It is expressly agreed by the contracting parties, that the stipulations above mentioned, relative to the conduct to be observed on the sea by the cruisers of the belligerent party towards the ships of the neutral party shall be applied only to ships sailing without convoy; and when the said ships shall be conveyed, it being the intention of the parties to observe all the regard due to the protection of the flag displayed by public ships, it shall not be lawful to visit them: but the verbal declaration of the commander of the convoy, that the ships he convoys belong to the nation whose flag he carries, and that they have no contraband goods on board, shall be considered
by the respective cruisers as fully sufficient to admit under the protection of their convoys, ships which shall carry contraband goods destined to an enemy.
ARTICLE XX.
In all cases where vessels shall be captured or detained under pretence of carrying to the enemy contraband goods, the captor shall give a receipt for such of the papers of the vessel as he shall retain, which receipt shall be annexed to a descriptive list of the said papers: and it shall be unlawful to break up or open the hatches, chests, trunks, casks, bales, or vessels found on board, or remove the smallest part of the goods, unless the lading be brought on shore in presence of the competent officers, and an inventory be made by them of the said goods. Nor shall it be lawful to sell, exchange or alienate the same in any manner, unless there shall have been lawful process, and the competent judge or judges shall have pronounced against such goods sentence of confiscation, saving always the ship and the other goods which it contains.
ARTICLE XXI.
And that proper care may be taken of the vessel and cargo, and embezzlement prevented, it is agreed, that it shall not be lawful to remove the master, commander or supercargo of any captured ship from on board thereof, either during the time the ship may be at sea after her capture, or pending the proceedings against her, or her cargo, or any thing relative thereto. And in all cases where a vessel of the citizens of either party shall be captured, or seized, and held for adjudication, her officers, passengers and crew shall be hospitably treated. They shall not be imprisoned or deprived of any part of their wearing apparel, nor of the possession and use of their money not exceeding for the captain, supercargo and mate five hundred dollars each, and for the sailors and passengers, one hundred dollars each.
ARTICLE XXII.
It is further agreed, that in all cases the established courts for prize causes, in the country to which the prizes may be conducted, shall alone take cognizance of them. And whenever such tribunal of either of the parties shall pronounce judgment against any vessel or goods, or property claimed by the citizens of the other party, the sentence or decree shall mention the reasons or motives on which the same shall have been founded, and an authenticated copy of the sentence or decree, and of all the proceedings in the case, shall, if demanded, be delivered to the commander or agent of the said vessel, without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same.
ARTICLE XXIII.
And that more abundant care may be taken for the security of the respective citizens of the contracting parties, and to prevent their suffering injuries by the men of war or privateers of either party, all commanders of ships of war and privateers, and all others the said citizens, shall forbear doing any damage to those of the other party, or committing any outrage against them, and if they act to the contrary they shall be punished, and shall also be bound in their persons and estates to make satisfaction and reparation for all damages and the interest thereof, whatever nature the said damages may be. For this cause all commanders of privateers before they receive their commissions shall hereafter be obliged to give, before a competent judge, sufficient security by at least two responsible sureties, who have no interest in the said privateer, each of whom together with the said commander, shall be jointly and severally bound in the sum of seven thousand dollars or thirty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty francs, or if such ships be provided with above one hundred and fifty seamen or soldiers, in the sum of fourteen thousand dollars or seven thousand three hundred and forty francs, to satisfy all damages and injuries, which the said privateer, or her officers or men, or any of them may do or commit during their cruise, contrary to the tenor of this convention or to the laws and instructions for regulating their conduct, and further, that in all cases of aggressions, the said commission shall be revoked and annulled.
ARTICLE XXIV.
When the ships of war of the two contracting parties or those belonging to their citizens which are armed in war, shall be admitted to enter with their prizes, the ports of either of the two parties, the said public or private ships, as well as their prizes shall not be obliged to pay any duty either to the officers of the place, the judges or
any others: nor shall such prizes, when they come to and enter the ports of either party, be arrested or seized, nor shall the officers of the place make examination concerning the lawfulness of such prizes; but they may hoist sail at any time and depart and carry their prizes to the places expressed in their commissions, which the commanders of such ships of war shall be obliged to shew. It is always understood that the stipulations of this article shall not extend beyond the privileges of the most favored nation.
ARTICLE XXV.
It shall not be lawful for any foreign privateers who have commissions from any prince or state in enmity with either nation, to fit their ships in the ports of either nation, to sell their prizes, or in any manner to exchange them; neither shall they be allowed to purchase provisions, except such as shall be necessary for their going to the next port of that prince or state, from which they have received their commissions.
ARTICLE XXVI.
It is further agreed, that both the said contracting parties shall not only refuse to receive any pirates into any of their ports, havens or towns, or permit any of their inhabitants to receive, protect, harbor, conceal or assist them in any manner, but will bring to condign punishment all such inhabitants as shall be guilty of such acts or offences.
And all their ships, with the goods or merchandizes taken by them and brought into the port of either of the said parties, shall be seized as far as they can be discovered, and shall be restored to the owners, or their factors or agents duly authorized by them; (proper evidence being first given before competent judges for proving the property) even in case such effects should have passed into other hands by sale, if it be proved that the buyers knew or had good reason to believe, or suspected that they had been piratically taken.
ARTICLE XXVII.
Neither party will intermeddle in the fisheries of the other on its coasts, nor disturb the other in the exercise of the rights which it now holds or may acquire on the coast of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or elsewhere on the American coast, northward of the United States. But the whale and seal fisheries shall be free to both in every quarter of the world.
This convention shall be ratified on both sides in due form, and the ratifications exchanged in the space of six months or sooner if possible.
In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles both in the French and English languages, and they have thereto affixed their seals; declaring nevertheless that the signing in the two languages shall not be brought into precedent nor in any way operate to the prejudice of either party.
Done at Paris, the eighth day of Vendémiaire of the ninth year of the French Republic, the thirtieth day of September anno Domini eighteen hundred.
(L.S.) Joseph Bonaparte (L.S.) Oliv. Ellsworth (L.S.) C.P. Claret Fleurieu (L.S.) W. R. Davis (L.S.) Roederer (L.S.) W. V. Murray
Found—A Bank Note, of considerable value, by the servant of JOSIAS M. SPEAKE. April 13, 1801. 3t
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
Commissioners Office, 5th March, 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 sale on Tuesday the 12th day of May next, at Mr. Rhodes's Tavern, in the said city, the following lots, to wit, Lot No. 2 in square No. 47, lots no 4 5 15 16 20 and 21 in sq no 184, lots no 3 6 15 16 20 in sq no 198, lots no 3 4 14 15 in sq no 218, lots no 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 in sq no 249, lots no 10 in sq no 286, lots no 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 in sq no 317, lot no 10 in sq no 319, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in sq no 343, lots no 2 3 4 5 6 in sq no 344, lots no 10 11 12 in sq no 345, lots no 1 2 3 4 13 16 17 18 19 20 in sq 374, lot no 1 4 5 8 9 12 in sq no 403, lots no 3 4 5 6 7 in sq no 404, lots no 2 3 4 6 7 9 in sq no 405, lots no 2 3 6 7 10 11 in sq no 427, lots no 2 3 4 5 6 in sq no 428, lots no 1 2 3 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 in sq no 424, lots no 5 6 7 17 18 19 in sq no 455, lots no 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 in sq no 534, lots no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 in sq no 535, lot no 20 in sq no 585, lot no 15 in sq no 587, lot no 2 in sq no 643, lot no 2 in sq south of sq no 825, lots no 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 in sq no 826, lot no 2 in sq no 997, lots no 3 and 4 in sq south of sq no 1019, lots no 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 in sq no 1020, lot no 2 in sq no 1021, lot no 1 in sq no 1022, lots no 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 in sq no 1023, lots no 5 and 6 in sq no 1024, lots no 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 11 in sq no 1045, lots no 31
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 in sq no 1046, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 in sq no 1047, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 24 in sq no 1048, lots no 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 in sq no 1049, lot no 9 in sq no 792, lots no 11 12 14 15 16 in sq no 799, lots no 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq no 847, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in sq no 849, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 in sq no 377, lots no 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 in sq no 878, lots no 25 26 27 28 31 32 in sq no 1048, lots no 1 and 3 in sq no 1065, lots no 1 5 6 in sq north east of sq no 1065, lot no 1 in sq no 1066, lots no 1 and 3 in sq no 11, lots no 2 3 7 8 9 10 12 13 in sq no 138, lots no 1 3 4 5 6 7 in sq no 161, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 in sq no 247, lots no 1 3 4 10 11 in sq no 452, lots no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 in sq no 453, lot no 1 in sq south of sq no 463, lots no 3 4 5 6 in sq no 492, lots no 5 9 and 10 in sq no 493, lots no 4 5 6 in square no 494, lots no 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 28 in square no 517, lots no 2 4 6 8 in sq no 518, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq no 529, lots no 20 and 21 in sq no 533, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in square no 537, lots no 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 no 538, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in sq no 563, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 in sq no 567, lots no 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 no 568, lots no 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 no 569, lots no 2 4 6 in sq no 570, lot no 2 in sq no 572, lots no 2 and 3 in sq no 577, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 in sq no 581, lots no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq no 584, lots no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 in sq no 642, lots no 1 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, lots no 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 in sq south of sq no 643, lots no 2 3 4 6 in sq no 644, lots no 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, lots no 1 2 and 17 in sq no 1000, lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 21 25 26 34 35 36 in sq no 1043, lots no 2 3 4 14 15 16 17 18 in sq no 1066, lots no 10 11 13 14 in sq no 1067, lots no 1 2 3 4 11 12 13 in sq no 1076, lots no 1 and 2 in sq south of sq no 1091, lots no 1 2 9 10 11 12 in sq no 1092, lots no 1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in sq no 1105, lots no 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 in sq no 1116, lot no 9 in sq no 1117, lots no 5 6 7 8 in sq no 1123, lots no 5 6 7 8 in sq no 113, lot no 3 in sq no 1140 and lot no 4 in sq no 1149.
The terms of sale are sixty, ninety and one hundred and twenty days for all sums under 1000 dollars, and nine months credit for all sums amounting to one thousand dollars or upwards. It is expected purchases may be made to greater advantage at the ensuing sale than heretofore; because, at former sales a competition took place among persons who held liens on the property sold.
The commissioners have also at their disposal upwards of 4000 lots which have never been sold.
The public sale to commence at Ten o'clock, in the forenoon, and to continue on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in each week, till all are sold. The purchasers will be required to give notes, endorsed to the satisfaction of the commissioners, and negotiable at any of the banks in Baltimore, George Town or Alexandria. Should any purchaser fail, at the expiration of the week in which such sale is made to pass his note with an approved endorser or endorsers, the sale will be declared void, and the lot or lots re-sold without further notice:—and such purchaser shall be excluded as a bidder during the sale.
WM. THORNTON, } Commissioners. ALEXN. WHITE. }
TO BE SOLD,
On Thursday the 23d day of April next, in the town of Bladensburgh, at public Sale, between
20 and 30 valuable slaves,
A GREAT variety of household furniture, such as beds and bedding, mahogany and walnut bedsteads, mahogany and walnut tables, and chest of drawers, mahogany, walnut, and Windsor chairs, an elegant and extensive set of table China, several elegant looking glasses, and much other household and kitchen furniture, several very good saddle horses, two carts with harness complete, and four excellent milch cows. Also a number of improved and unimproved lots in the said town of Bladensburgh. The sale to commence at eleven o'clock and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. The terms of sale, for all sums below 20 dollars, cash, and for all sums above twenty dollars, a credit of six months, except it be for real property, upon which twelve months will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security.
WM. STEUART.
F. B. One of the above negro men is an excellent taylor having been regularly taught and has kept a shop for these two years.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1801.
Concurring facts, from different parts of the union, attest the prevalence of sentiments, liberal, conciliatory, and enlightened. The new era in the political events of our country, so far from being attended by disquiet or confusion, appears to be received as the result of cool and deliberate reflection. It is embraced by federalists as well as republicans, as the pledge of mutual harmony and good will. The measures of the chief magistrate, so far as they have developed themselves, are considered as the correct expositions of the enlightened wishes of the people, carried into effect with caution, temperance and forbearance.
We congratulate our fellow citizens, we congratulate those who have heretofore claimed the exclusive title of federalists, on that spirit of magnanimity, which, yielding to oblivion past jealousies and personal feuds, seizes the auspicious moment of tendered reconciliation. Republicans can have no personal views subversive of national welfare. So far as their own good is connected with that of the state, it is a virtue and a duty to pursue it. When they promote their own interest to the injury of their country, they cease to be republicans. This is the true republican creed! Citizens of America, however you are denominated, graduate the actions of your rulers by this standard! If in their actions they support this creed, will they not merit, shall they not receive, your confidence? That they will receive your confidence I infer, from their having already received it so far as they have acted.
Occasional discontent and partial murmuring are unavoidable in a country so extensive as this. Men can only form judgments according to the various degrees of information they possess. Prejudices, deeply rooted, have heretofore been cherished, which can only be dislodged by that information which time alone can furnish.
Abuses too, which call for redress, will undoubtedly in their cure produce uneasiness, so far as personal attachments prevail, in some districts of country. Removals from office, even for misconduct, will not always be understood, nor will they in many cases admit of explanation. The acquired influence of the displaced individual may for a while triumph over the dispassionate judgment.
These reasons, connected with the mass of pre-existing prejudices, satisfactorily account for those trifling symptoms of local dissatisfaction which are to be seen in some of the public prints. We say trifling symptoms of local dissatisfaction: for the quarter from which it flows, no less than the style in which it is expressed, are conclusive proofs that it exclusively owes its origin to a few individuals in one or two commercial towns.
We repeat it, the people are united. Without ceasing to respect themselves, they are disposed to respect their government; not (we rejoice in the republican forbearance) with adulatory and servile homage, but with that manly support, which liberal sentiments, enlightened judgments, and unceasing vigilance ever bestow on the results of virtue and wisdom.
The following extracts of letters confirm the preceding facts.
Extract of a letter from the western parts of Massachusetts.
"The exclusive federalists here are completely confounded. The republican energy and firmness of principle displayed in the President's inaugural speech, have caused them to yield their opposition. It is acknowledged by all parties to be a masterly performance. It is my belief, that Jefferson's administration will be as popular as was that of Washington."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of a western county in the above-mentioned state.
"Republican gains ground every day, and seems to be taking peaceable possession. Federalism has done scolding—there are many omens of a change in the executive in this government."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of a more central situation in the same state.
"The President's speech lays down all opposition before it—the world seems changed, freedom is restored, and exiled Americans have returned to their constitutional dominion."
Extract from another gentleman situated as above stated.
"The administration has opened itself in a lovely view, gratifying to its friends, silencing the complaints of, if not extorting applause from, its enemies. Every thing seems now settled amicably; opposition, malice, virulence and faction are dumb struck. It is fair weather—the speech is eulogised; it is to be framed and glazed for posterity."
JOSEPH CLAY, appointed a Judge of the 5th circuit court U. S. has declined his appointment.
Extract of a letter from Capt. Michaels, dated Malaga, Feb. 11.
"In entering the gut of Gibraltar, I fell in with 9 sail of French ships, bound to the eastward; some of the ships seemed to be line of battle ships, the other five frigates. I was spoke by one of the frigates, questioned and politely dismissed."
COMMUNICATION.
LITERARY NOTICE.
Preparations are making to re-publish, in an elegant style, by subscription, in the course of the ensuing summer, in the city of Washington, all the political and literary works of WILLIAM GODWIN—in convenient duodecimo volumes, handsomely bound, at one dollar a volume. It is not exactly known how many volumes will comprise the work; but a set of definite proposals will soon be published.
BOSTON, April 4.
FROM LISBON—LATE.
Letters from a respectable merchant at Lisbon, received yesterday via Salem, inform, that the controversy between Portugal, Spain and France had been satisfactorily settled.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away on Saturday night, the 4th inst. from the subscriber, living in Prince George's county, about seven miles from Queen Ann, a dark Mulatto Man named JACK, about twenty-three years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, well made, full face, much pitted with the small-pox, his hair or wool plaited and tied, has a down and curly look when spoken to, and speaks big and short: as he has clothes unknown to me, I cannot describe them; it is probable he will change both his name and clothes, and will endeavour to pass for a free man. He has a mother living in the district of Columbia, and it is likely he may have made that way. Whoever takes up said fellow and will bring him to me, or secure him in any jail so that I may get him again, shall, if taken ten miles from home, receive Ten Dollars; if twenty miles from home, Fifteen Dollars; if thirty miles from home, or out of the state, shall receive the above reward, by
COLMORE DUVALL.
April 11th, 1801. N. B. All masters of vessels and others are forewarned harbouring or carrying off said fellow at their peril. 3t
I will sell or lease on ground rent for ever, a number of building Lots fronting on North F Street, near the President's square.
JOHN KEARNEY.
Washington, April 13. 3t
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office, Washington City, April 1, 1801.
A Lieut. William Amory, Mrs. Eliza Arthur, John Anderson, Rev. Michael Arthur 2, Rev. David Austin, Lieut. Addison, B. Armisted, David Armour. B.
John H. Barney 6, George Butler, Amos Bird, Joseph Boone 2, William Buttsby, Capt. John Barney 2, Peregrine Boots, Benjamin Betterton, Thomas Billington, Ignatius Boone, Messrs. Burnett and Rigden, Elisha Beall, Rev. John Brackenridge, Commodore Barry, Wilson Bryan, Capt. Ross Bird, Jonathan Bird, Zachariah Biggs, John Barrett 2, James Birth, James Bently, William Butler, William Bailey, Capt. S. Blackburn 2, Samuel Barron 3, Joseph S. Belt, Joel Brown, William Byrne, John Brown, David Britton, Mrs. J. Bath, Doct. Charles Brown, William Bond, Patrick Branniff, Mark Blair, Bela Badger, John Bogan, Mrs. Nancy Ballenger, Mr. Brown, John Buckler, Doctor Bellisrove. C.
Charles Cook 3, George Collard 2, Charles Campbell 4, William Clark, Bent Clark, Flora Conner, Messrs. John Caton and Co. John Coyle, John Coffey, Baron V. Carnop, Captain Thomas Calvert 2, George Caines, Doct. Washington Craik, Michael Cooke, Robert Charles Slater, Barton Ennis, Henry Callen, John Christian, Nicholas Coulon. D.
Mrs. Katharine Dexter 2, David Dobbin 2, Andrew Dexter, Chevalier De Yrujo, Patrick Dury, Mr. Dera Roge, James Dogherty, Joseph Deunie, Samuel Davis, Samuel Dando, George Duckworth, Mons. Dularaque, Edward Day, Peter Dennon, John Drew, Eliza Dempsey, Lieut. Joseph S. Dwight, John Delahunty, George Davis, William Davis, Delfy, William Duffles. E.
E. Emmerson, Lieut. Samuel Evans 2, Barton Ennis, Richard Elliot. F.
Mrs. Sufannah Foulk 2, Jesse Franklin, James Foster, Mrs. Jane Fulton, Moses Foster, Abiel L. Fenton, Miss Prudence and Polly Fuller, John Frost, Wm. Foxton M'Carthy Fitzhugh, Mrs. Mary Fenwick, John Fulkerfon. G.
William Given 2, Capt. Elijah Gilenheaters, Capt. Isaac Giron, Thomas Graham, Robert Gillespie, John Govers, Philip Grymer 2, Rachel Grove, Thomas Griffith, Harjubah Goodwin, John Garner, Thomas L. Griffin, John Grant, Thomas Giron, John M. Gantt, Francis Green. H.
Daniel Haragan 3, Leonard Harbaugh 2, Lieut. John Heiskell, John Harris, William Heth, William Heyl, William Hamer, William Hill, George D. Handy 2, Joseph Hustler, Lieut. James Houfe, John Hollins, Lewis Haufe, John Heachell, Patrick Hughes, Richard Hearing, Townsend W. Hunt, Joshua Harving, Henry Harshman, James Hoban, Anthony Hurtges, John Harris, Samuel Hodge-don. I.
T. B. Johnson, John Johnson, Lieut. John Johnson 5, Mrs. Mary Jones, Henry Ingle, John Janey, Thomas Ingram, John Isboman, Rinaldo Johnson, William Johnkin, Samuel Jackson, Levi Job. K.
John Keene 2, John Kellen 3, James Knott, John Karnes, Mary Kennaday, Conrad Kramer, John Kedgbe. L.
James Lyon 4, Rev. Thomas Lyell 3, Edward Langley, Lewis Leroy 2, Capt. Henry Ludington, Henry Lunt, John Lockwood, David Leech, John Law, Major Thomas Lewis, Wm. Lovel, George Lawrence 2, Evan Lewis, William Lee, Capt. Limes, Micajah Lewis, Eleanor P. Lewis, Capt. James Eastwood, John Little, James Law, Robert Laung. M.
Samuel M'Kee 5, Jacob Mark 7, Thomas Meredith 2, Samuel M'Intire 2, Daniel M'Neill 4, Henry Miller 2, Joseph Mecklin, Thomas Martin, Capt. Staats Morris, John Minor 2, George Mercer, Miss Abigail Monday, John Murray 3, Michael M'Farlan, Captain Hugh M'All, Michael M'Kewan, Eliezer M'Donald, John Mills, Thomas Mugg, Lewis Morin, H. G. W. Miners, Walter M'Irvin, Notley Madox, Lieut. James W. Murdoch, John Marshall, blacksmith, Robert M'Minn, John James Marshall, Gideon Morris, Thomas Mitchell, John M'Giffin, Philip Mara, Alexander M'Donald, James Mathers, John Muckelfson. N.
Francis Newman 2, Sarah Norton, John Nixon, Thomas Niel, Charles Nevill, Jacob Nurser. O.
John Oxley, John H. Oswald, David Oeden 2, James O'Brien, Miss Maria O'Connor, Harper Orow, Robert Oliver, John Ogeer, Pressly Obannon. P.
Thomas Peter 2, George Paxton 2, William Patterson 2, Theodore Peters 2, Pierce Purcell 2, Joshua Powell, Israel Pierce, Benjamin Paterfon, Enoch Pelton, John Pawley, Lieut. Peters, John Price, James Pritchard, Richard Parrott, Celia Pyc, Thomas Pye, Benjamin Pearson, Benjamin Parks. R.
Rind and Stewart 15, James Rand 3, Valentine Reintzel, Robert M'Ray, Thomas Rhodes, Daniel Rine, James Reid, Conrad Redheffer, Rutherford and Co. Capt. George Reynolds, Mr. C. Rousfillon, James Robinson, George Rowland 2, James Riddle 4. S.
John Stewart 4, Richard Stanford, Benjamin Stother, Israel Smith, Mr. Simon, William S. Shaw, Jonas Stanberry, Capt. John Shaw, Doct. Jeffery D. Shanly, Michael Shanks, Miss Ann Stuart, Henry Schuchly, M. de St. Hilaire, Peter Sybold, John Story, James W. Sloan.
T. Commodore Truxton 11, Stephen Thorn 2, George W. Talbot 2, Pressly Thorn 3, Margaret Twedy, William Tubman, John Taylor, William Thomas, James Tonkings, Cartwright Tippet, Richard Thomas, Mrs. S. Tompkins. V.
Monsieur Van Havre. W.
Joshua Ward 2, John M. White 2, John F. Willie 3, Thomas Watson 2, John Willis, Hugh Wilson, Thomas White, Joseph Wheaton, Mr. Wictickus, Samuel Whann, William Woodward, James Walker, Samuel Wisell, James Westcot, John Wichel, William Whann, David Waterfon, Benjamin Wheeler, Capt. Elisha O. Williams, Joseph Wilson, Michael Wheaton, John Jones Waldo, Pat. White 2, Mrs. Walbergh, Col. Samuel Ward, Francis White, William Widerburn, Abel Wiley, James Welch, Steward Williams, William Worthington. Y.
William Young. m&w m:3w
Nail Manufactory,
ALL kinds of Cut Nails for Sale by Wholesale and Retail at the Factory on F Street, and at the Hardware Store of the Subscriber, where persons building and all others wishing to purchase may be supplied with any quantity at the most reasonable rates.
JOHN JACK Washington Feb. 4, 1801.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
Two elegant brick Houses, 40 by 20 feet,
SITUATE on King and Columbia streets Alexandria, as well calculated for the grocery and flour business as any in the city; also two large stores adjoining the above houses, 25 feet front, by 36 feet deep, and I will likewise lease or sell, 7 or 8 valuable lots on King and Patrick streets, subject to a small ground rent. Possession will be given of one of the houses immediately, and the other in 30 days. Any person wishing to purchase, one fourth of the purchase money will be required in hand, one fourth in 3 months, and the balance in 12 months, by paying interest and giving a security on the property.
I will also sell or rent,
Two new two-story Brick Houses, 25 feet front by 36 feet deep, situated near Pennsylvania Avenue, on the corner of E and B streets, between the great Hotel and the President's house. The situation for private families or stores, is equal, if not preferable, it being at present in the most populous part of the City. Possession will be given of one of the houses on the first day of next May, and the other on the first day of June following—One fourth part of the purchase money will be required in hand, one fourth in 90 days, and the balance will be taken either in negroes, dry goods or groceries. The negroes at their valuation, and the goods at the wholesale prices.
I will also sell,
Six or eight thousand acres valuable Kentucky land. The terms of payment will be required as above mentioned.
The subscriber intends carrying on the brick-laying and plastering business extensively, and will keep a constant supply of bricks and lime for sale, he will also undertake to furnish all materials to any person disposed to build in the City, on the most reasonable terms for cash. Application to be made to Francis Peyton, Esq. for the property in Alexandria, or to N. VOSS. City of Washington, April 8, 1801. 2M
The subscriber will exchange
a number of LOTS in the City of Washington for a TRACT OF LAND, not too distant from a market. The Lots are situate on or near the Eastern Branch, and will be exchanged on liberal terms.
ALEXANDER YOUNG. City of Washington, April 13, 1801. tf
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
GRATEFULLY acknowledges the numerous favours conferred on him, and informs his friends and the public that he has entered into partnership with CHARLES VARDEN, likewise from Philadelphia, on Capitol Hill, opposite Mr. CARROL's buildings, where, as well as in Pennsylvania Avenue, between the President's House and George Town, from their long and extensive experience in Military, Naval and Fancy dress, and in Ladies Habits &c. and from their having procured the best of workmen and materials the utmost taste and punctuality might be expected.
Two apprentices wanted. Washington, Dec. 22. 1mt.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
A three story Brick House,
On square 831, near the Navy Yard. For terms apply to JOSEPH WHEAT, on the premises, or to the subscriber.
NOTLEY MADDOX. April 13, 1801. 3t

CONVENTION OF THE NORTHERN POWERS.
[From the Stockholm Court Gaz. of the 3d.]
Convention for the re-establishment of an armed neutrality, between his majesty the King of Sweden, of the one part, and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, of the other part, concluded and signed at St. Petersburg, the 4th (16th of December,) 1800, accepted and ratified by his Swedish majesty on the 20th of December, and by his Imperial majesty of all the Russias on the 8th (20th December) in the same year.
In the name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity.
In order that the freedom of the navigation, and the security of the merchandise of the neutral powers, may be established, and the principles of the laws of nations be fully ascertained, during the continuance of the present maritime war, his majesty the King of Sweden, and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, actuated by their love of justice, and by a reciprocal desire to promote whatever may be for the public advantage of their respective states, have to that effect determined to give new sanction to those principles of their neutrality, which are in their nature indissoluble and to require that they may be respected by all powers interested in their preservation. With this view their majesties have, by their declaration of the 15th of August to the northern courts, who are equally concerned in the maintenance of those general regulations antiently recognized, given them to understand how sincerely it is the object of their hearts to restore, in its full independence, the general right of all nations to convey their ships and merchandise freely, and without being subject to the controul of the powers at war. His Swedish majesty imparted his wishes and his sentiments to his great allies, and an happy conformity of their mutual interests has induced them to adopt the resolution of re-establishing that system of an armed neutrality which was attended with such advantages during the American war, and to renew its beneficial principles in a convention adapted to the present circumstances. To this end his majesty the King of Sweden, and his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, have nominated, as their Plenipotentiaries, namely, his Swedish majesty, Baron Curt von Stedingk, Ambassador Extraordinary to his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, Lieutenant-general Chamberlain of the Queen Dowager, colonel of a regiment of infantry, knight, and commander of the order of the Sword, and knight of the French order Pour le Merite Militaire; and his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, Baron Count Theodore von Kottosin, his right trusty privy counsellor, member of the council principale, minister of foreign affairs, director general of the posts of the Empire, grand chancellor and grand cross of the sovereign order of St. John of Jerusalem, knight of the first class of the orders of St. Andrew, St. Alexander Newsky, and St. Anne, knight of the order of St. Lazarus, of St. Ferdinand and St. Hubert; who, after exchanging their respective full powers, have agreed upon the following articles:
Art. I. His majesty the King of Sweden, and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, declare that they will strictly prohibit the exportation of contraband merchandise on the part of their subjects with every power whatever, whether at present engaged in war, or which may hereafter be engaged in war.
Art. II. In order to prevent all doubts and misunderstandings as to what shall be considered contraband, his majesty the King of Sweden, and his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, declare, that they will acknowledge the following articles as contraband, namely, cannon, mortars, fire-arms, balls, flints, flint-stones, matches, gun-powder, saltpetre, sulphur, helmets, pikes, swords, bangers, cartridge-boxes, saddles and bridles, with the exception of such a quantity of the above articles as may be necessary for the defence of the ships and their crews; all other articles not herein enumerated, shall not be considered as war or naval stores; they shall not be subject to confiscation but shall pass free and without restraint. It is also hereby agreed, that the present article shall be without prejudice to the particular stipulations of former treaties with the powers at war, by virtue of which, the things above-mentioned are allowed or prohibited.
Art. III. And whereas it is resolved, that whatever by virtue of the foregoing article,
can be deemed contraband, shall be excluded from the commerce of neutral nations; in like manner his majesty the King of Sweden, and his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, will and determine, that all other merchandise shall be and remain free; and in order that the general principles of the laws of nature, of which the freedom of trade and navigation, as well as the rights of neutral nations, are the immediate consequence, may be placed under a competent and sure safe-guard, they have resolved no longer to delay that voluntary explanation , from which they have hitherto been restrained by motives of their separate and temporary interests. With this view they have hereby determined—
1. That every ship may freely navigate from one harbor to another, and on the coasts of the belligerent nations.
2. That the effects which belong to the subjects of the belligerent powers in neutral ships, with the exception of contraband goods, shall be free.
3. That in order to determine what shall be considered as a blockaded harbor, such denomination shall be admitted to apply only where the disposition and number of the ships of the power by which it is invested, shall be such as to render it apparently hazardous to enter, and that every ship which shall go into a blockaded harbour, that is evidently so blockaded, violates the present convention, as much as if the commander of the blockade had previously advised it of the state of the harbour, and it had nevertheless endeavoured by force or artifice to obtain admission.
4. That with regard to neutral ships, except those which, for just reasons, and upon evident grounds, shall be detained, sentence shall be pronounced without delay; the proceedings against them shall be uniform, prompt and lawful. Over and above the indemnity to which they shall be entitled for the damage they shall have sustained, complete satisfaction shall be given for the insult committed against the flag of their Majesties.
5. That the declaration of the officer who shall command the ship of war, or ships of war, of the King or Emperor, which shall be conveying one or more merchant ships, that the convoy has no contraband goods on board, shall be sufficient; and that no search of his ship, or the other ships of the convoy, shall be permitted. And the better to insure respect to those principles, and the stipulations founded on them, which their disinterested wishes to preserve the imprescriptible rights of neutral nations have suggested, the high contracting parties, to prove their sincerity and justice, will give the strictest orders to their captains, as well of their ships of war, as of their merchant ships, to load no part of their ships, or secretly to have on board, any articles which, by virtue of this present convention, may be considered as contraband; and for the more complete carrying into execution this command, they will respectively take care to give directions to their courts of admiralty to publish it whenever they shall think it necessary, and to this end the regulation which shall contain this prohibition, under the several penalties, shall be printed at the end of the present act, that no one may plead ignorance.
Art. IV. In order to place the commerce of their subjects upon the most legal and permanent basis, his majesty the King of Sweden, and his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, have deemed it expedient to equip a number of ships of war and frigates, which shall be charged to see that the object obtained, and the squadrons of each power shall take those stations, and protect those convoys, which their commerce and their navigation may require, and which shall be conformable to the course of trade of each nation.
Art. V. To provide against all inconveniences which may arise from any nation abusing the privilege of their flag, it is established as a regulation not to be departed from, that every transport, be it whose it may, belonging to the country whose flag it bears, shall have on board a captain, and the half of the crew composed of the subjects of that country; and the passport shall be drawn up in due and regular form. Every transport which shall not observe these regulations, or shall violate the command printed at the end of this present convention, shall forfeit all right to the protection of the contracting parties, and the government to which it may belong shall alone be responsible for all the loss, damage, or inconvenience it may sustain.
Art. VI. Should it nevertheless happen that the merchant ship of one of the powers should find itself in a situation where the ships of war of that nation are not stationed, and where they cannot have protection of their own convoys in such case the commandant of the ship of war of the other power, if it shall be requir-
ed, shall duly and faithfully afford assistance as may be necessary. The ships of war and frigates of other nations shall afford protection and assistance to the merchant vessels of the other, provided, in the mean time, that the vessel requiring such assistance shall not have violated the principles of the neutrality, by having carried on any illicit commerce.
Art. VII. This convention shall have no retrospective operation, and consequently it shall have no references that existed previous to its conclusions. Its application shall only be to future acts of violence and aggression, and it shall form the basis of a system for the protection of all the neutral nations of Europe, whose rights may hereafter be denied or violated.
Art. VIII. Should it, notwithstanding all the possible care of the two powers, and notwithstanding the observance of the most perfect neutrality on their sides, so happen that the merchant ships of his majesty the King of Sweden, or of his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, should be insulted, plundered, or taken by the ships of war or privateers of one or the other of the belligerent powers, the minister of the injured party shall forthwith represent the same to the government whose ship or war or privateer shall have committed such act of violence; he shall reclaim such captured vessel, demand due satisfaction, and by no means lose sight of the insult offered to the flag. The ministers of the other contracting power shall also enforce the complaint in the most energetic and determined manner possible, and they shall generally and uniformly act in concert together. Should their just complaint meet with no redress, or should be postponed from time to time, then shall their majesties have recourse to reprisals against such powers as shall have refused to do justice; and that they shall endeavour, by every possible means, to give effect to such reprisals.
Art. IX. Should it happen that one or the other of the two powers, both, on account of, or from dislike to, the present convention, or any circumstance connected with it, should be disquieted, molested, or attacked; in such case it is agreed, that the two powers shall make it a common cause, mutually to defend each other; and they shall reciprocally employ every exertion to obtain full and complete satisfaction, as well for the insult done to their flags, as for the injury sustained by their subjects.
Art. X. The principles and regulations stipulated and settled by this present act shall apply to every maritime war, by which Europe may unhappily be disquieted. These stipulations shall also be considered perpetual, and upon all occasions shall be appealed to by the contracting powers for the regulation of their commerce and navigation, and for the maintenance of the rights of neutral nations.
Art. XI. As the object and main consideration of this convention is to ensure the general freedom of commerce and navigation, his majesty the King of Sweden, and his Imperial majesty of all the Russias, hereby agree, and bind themselves to each other, to give their consent that other neutral powers may become parties to it, adopt its principles, conform to its obligations and partake of its advantages.
Art. XII. In order that the belligerent powers may not have to plead ignorance of the arrangements concluded between their said majesties, information shall be given to such belligerent powers of the regulations they have determined upon, which are so little of a hostile nature, that they can be detrimental to no other country whatever, but, on the contrary, are only calculated to secure the commerce and navigation of their respective subjects.
Art. XIII. The present convention shall be ratified by the two contracting parties, and the ratification shall be exchanged, in due and good form, within six weeks, or sooner, if possible, from the day of signing it.
In testimony of the same, we the undersigned, furnished with full powers, have hereunto signed our names, and affixed our seals.
Given at St. Petersburg, the 4th (16th) of December, 1800.
(Signed) CURT VON STEDINGK, VON KOSTOPSIN.
[Here follows the ratification of their Swedish and Imperial majesties, countersigned by Joh. Christ. de Toll and Count Kottosin.]
Conrad & M c Munn
HAVE opened houses of entertainment in the range of buildings formerly occupied by Mr. Law, about two hundred paces from the Capitol, in New Jersey avenue, leading from thence to the Eastern Branch. They are spacious and convenient, one of which is designed for stage passengers and travellers, the other for the accommodation of boarders. There is stabling sufficient for 60 horses—They hope to merit public patronage.
City of Washington, Nov. 24, 1800. tf
A PREMIUM of 100 dollars will be given to any Person who will exhibit the best Plan of Barracks, for the Marines, sufficient to hold 500 men, with their officers, and a Houle for the commandant. The Plan must be so drawn as to be capable of being hereafter enlarged, and must be so arranged as to suit the dimensions of the Lot, which has an East and West front of 615 feet, and a North and South front of 250—The plans must be all lodged at the Navy Office before 1st May.
April 3, 1801.
Public Sale of LOTS,
IN WASHINGTON CITY.
WILL be Sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, on Friday the 1st day of May next, at William Lunsick's Hotel. Two Hendon Lots, situated Eastward of the Capitol and near to the Eastern Branch Ferry—The terms will be one half Cash and the other half at 60 days on Notes negotiable at the Bank of Columbia satisfactorily endorsed. An indisputable title will be given by
GEORGE WALKER. Washington, March 2, 1801. tMayr
NAILS.
ALL Kinds of Hammered and Cut Nails, and Brads. Sold at my store in this place, between the President's house and the Six buildings, at the following prices for Cash only.
Hammered Nails and Brads.
   By cwt. or 112 wt by retail under 36.     20dy Nails 12 1-2 d. per lb 13 1-2 d per lb.   12dy do 13 13 3-4   10 do 13 3-4 14 1-2   8 do 15 15 1-2   Deck and Spike Nails, 11 1-2  
Cut Nails and Brads.
   20dy Nails 9 1-2 10 1-2   10 do 10 11   8 do 11 12   6 do 12 13   4 do 13 1-2 14   3 do 14 1-2 15  
SAMUEL MCINTIRE.
Washington, Feb. 6, 1801. tf
BUILDERS.
WILLIAM LOVERING, of George-Town, and WILLIAM DYER, of the City of Washington, having commenced partnership in the Architectural and Carpenter line of business, which they are determined to carry on with assiduity, integrity and dispatch, hope for the patronage of their friends and the public.
Having a number of the best workmen now employed, are ready to execute any orders which they are determined shall be done in the best workman like manner for those who will please to favor them with their commands.
Orders directed to W. LOVERING, Gay street near the Union Tavern, George-Town, or to W. DYER, 1 Street, North of the new War Office, City of Washington, will be punctually attended to.
N. B. WM. LOVERING has been in the practice of drawing for and superintending great part of the Buildings in the City of Washington and its Vicinity.
Washington, April 1. tf
FOR SALE,
The complete frames for two buildings, ONE 44 feet by 24 feet, two stories, the other 28 by 16, both of best white oak and prepared in the best manner, being intended for the use of the owner. Poplar feather-edged plank, sufficient to complete, may be had with them. Enquire of the printer.
April 10. tf
FOR SALE, OR RENT.
TWO Brick dwelling houses, situated on the Pennsylvania-avenue near the President's house; each containing two handsome parlours and passage on the first floor, four lodging rooms, including garret, all private, kitchen and cellar; the whole will be completely finished in a few days; the yard's front palisaded and set with trees; the walks to the street paved or graveled, which will render the same as comfortable a situation as any in this City for a private family, and will be sold for less than any gentleman can have the same built for a family of negroes, will be taken in part payment, or Lots will be exchanged for Slaves. For particulars enquire on the Premises of
OWEN ROBERTS.
March 11, 1801. tf
LOTS FOR SALE,
In the City of Washington.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch. Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety-nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard.
WILLIAM PROUF.
City of Washington. December 12, 1800 N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kinn of Bricks, and some Cord Wood.
W. P.