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The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. No. LXXIV.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22d, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
No. II.
In my preceding remarks the appointment of Mr. Gallatin to the office of Secretary of the Treasury was considered as not only justified, but required by the wishes of a great majority of the enlightened citizens of the United States. His principles and measures are and have been the same with those which have been pursued amidst the conflicts of party, until their recent splendid and unequivocal triumph. Does any man in his senses doubt that triumph? Does he not behold the man, pre-eminent in the esteem and affection of the people, at the head of the government? How came he there? He came at the voice of the people—that voice which speaks the same language, which wills the same measures, that have been expressed and pursued by Albert Gallatin, by James Madison, by John Nicholas, and by a number of other men actuated by similar motives. Why then is the torrent of reproach directed to overwhelm one man , when it ought, if consistently directed, to be applied to the destruction of the whole republican party; of the president of the United States; of the democratic members of Congress; of every distinguished republican in the Union; and of the American people themselves? The answer is obvious and irresistible. Disappointed ambition knows and feels its impotence. It realizes that the present is the period of cool reason. The day of passion is past. The people have learnt to respect themselves, and have made their enemies respect and fear them. To succeed, therefore, in its unvarying object, which is to degrade republicanism and debase the people, it is politic to be circumspect, guarded and reserved. It is necessary to withhold an avowal of its ultimate purpose. It is necessary to accomplish its object by piece meals. Hence it employs its wiles in relation to some particular man or measure. It scatters the poison of insinuation, it defames simplicity of manners by calling it hypocrisy, it depreciates talent by calling it cunning, and in the name of a foreigner concentrates every vice that the most degraded state of human nature gives birth to.
But fortunately it is the nature of error forever to be inconsistent. The same spirit of calumny that now holds up to indignation the appointment of a foreigner, justified and panegyrised the appointment of Alexander Hamilton , himself a foreigner, to the very office in which Mr. Gallatin is to be placed.
Who appointed Mr. Hamilton? Was it not Washington, that man whom federalism extolled to the skies as upright, enlightened, and unerring? The period of the appointment was 12 years ago, when Mr. Hamilton had not been longer in America, than Mr. Gallatin has been at this day. If then Washington in 1789, did right in appointing Alexander Hamilton, will Mr. Jefferson do wrong in appointing Albert Gallatin in 1801? I speak in relation to the charge of Mr. Gallatin's being a foreigner: and in this view I contend that federalists should either approve the nomination, or be silent. As to integrity and talent it is superfluous in this view of the subject to dwell upon them. Whatever may be said of Mr. Hamilton, no one has dared to say that Mr. Gallatin wanted the honor of a gentleman or the integrity of an honest man; and his talents need no other illustration than the universal admiration of the republicans, and the perpetual invectives of the federalists.
Let then the truth, the whole truth, be spoken. Let those, who denounce the nomination of Mr. Gallatin, condemn also the appointment of Mr. Hamilton. Let them say, we clamorously approved the actions of Washington, while we had certain personal views to answer by swelling his fame. Then we anathematized every man who dared to doubt his infallibility; we called him a fool or a madman, an incendiary or a traitor. We have answered our views. And now, as the example of Washington can no longer promote our purposes, we will treat it with neglect, we will virtually condemn it, we
will laugh at those who appeal to it as sacred.
No—Fellow citizens, the departed Washington, no less than the enlightened Jefferson, have manifested an adherence to the sound, liberal, and enlarged policy of national interest, in selecting men of the best talents and purest virtues for places of the highest trust and responsibility. The mind of neither was so narrow as to limit by local boundaries the existence of talent and virtue. They both of them loved their country too well to deny it the aid of science, industry, and fidelity, in whatever country they may have been cultivated. They felt none of those ignoble jealousies, those uncharitable antipathies, and those exclusive regards, which prejudice in a thousand shapes suggests to the darkened mind.
Under the influence of these principles, which no great man will disclaim, however little minds may rail, Washington chose a Hamilton; and Jefferson, it is expected, will chose a Gallatin to preside over the finances of the country. The former, Washington considered as enlightened and virtuous; (for at that period the private immoralities of his life had not been developed) the latter, Jefferson knew from personal knowledge strengthened by the unanimous suffrage of republican citizens, to be well informed, faithful, and upright.
That, in truth, Mr. Gallatin is well informed, that he is faithful and upright; that he is in principle (however he may be in birth) an American, is so well known to a great portion of the people, that they need no further information. But, to repress, as far as truth can repress, that mass of vague reproach and unfounded charges that are urged against him, it will be shown in subsequent remarks that the political deportment of Mr. Gallatin has been invariably distinguished by the talents of a statesman and the virtues of a patriot.
DR. BLAIR.
The Rev. Dr. Blair, whose death was formerly mentioned, was the son of a respectable Merchant in Edinburgh, who having suffered considerably in circumstances by the South Sea Scheme, was afterwards an Accountant of Excise. Dr. Blair was ordained to the parish of Collessie, in Fifeshire, in 1743. The fame of his preaching, even at this early period, procured him in a few months, a translation to the Canongate Church at Edinburgh, in which he remained till 1752, when he was chosen one of the ministers of the city, and in 1758 was preferred to the high church. About this time he opened a Class for Rhetoric and Belles letters, to which he read the first sketch of his Lectures, and these were so highly approved, that in 1759 he was created the first Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles letters in the University of Edinburgh. In 1762, he published a Critical Dissertation on the Poem of Ossian, in which, from internal evidence, he supported the antiquity of that Poem. In 1777 the first volume of his Sermons appeared, and since that period three more volumes have been published. These Sermons have experienced a success unparalleled in the annals of pulpit eloquence, which they have justly merited by their purity of sentiment, justness of reasoning, and grace of composition. In addition to these volumes, we are happy to hear that the Doctor, previous to his death, delivered the MS of a fifth volume into the hands of his publishers, which is far advanced in the press. In 1780 his Lectures on Rhetoric and the Belles Letters were published. These Lectures are eminently distinguished by laborious investigation, sound sense, refined taste; and above all, by that lucidus ordo which always proves a writer to be master of his subject. In short, this work may truly be considered as an unequivocal and sure standard of taste.
Dr. Blair lived in constant habits of friendly intimacy with the first literary characters of the age, who could not fail being warmly attached to a man who had employed his life in diffusing through his country a genuine taste for polite li-
terature, maintaining the peace and justice of its ecclesiastical establishments, and enforcing the precepts of Christianity not more by the power of his eloquence than by the purity of his manners.
We shall conclude with observing that every line, every sentiment that has issued from the pen of this eminent Divine, tends to the great centre of all his views, the promotion of virtue, religion, and humanity; and that all his actions were no less pointed towards the same great end.
From the Baltimore American.
Liverpool, March 3, 1801.
Dear Sir,
The expected increase of the bounties on American flour is at length rendered probable by the introduction of a bill into the Commons under the auspices of administration, by which the protecting prices are proposed to be, viz.
On all flour imported into Great Britain, which shall have been cleared out in America, between the 12th of November, and 10th of January last—fine flour, 78s.—superfine, ditto, 80s.—per barrel of 196lbs. neat.
On all flour cleared out in America, between the 10th of January and the 25th instant—fine flour, 86s.—superfine do. 90s.—per barrel of 196lbs. neat.
These bounties are exactly the same as those quoted in our letter of the 31st of December, with the exception of 86s. instead of 88s. on fine flour, which we supposed to be not correctly stated to us.
On flour cleared out in America, after the 25th instant, the protecting prices revert to—fine flour, 68s.—superfine do. 70s.—per barrel of 196lbs. neat—and are to continue so, on all flour that may arrive before the 1st of October next, as stated in our letter of the 26th of December last.
The Brown Bread Act, and the clause for preventing the making of fine flour, are repealed, as they were found not to produce the effects hoped for, and to occasion considerable discontent in consequence of having furnished ground for abuse.
Although the late and expected large supplies of flour, &c. have produced a temporary stagnation in the sale, and some depression in the price, yet we do not expect either will be of long continuance. Almost every other article of native provisions is on the advance, and little doubt is now entertained that the apprehensions of general scarcity have been neither unfounded nor exaggerated. The months of May and June, will probably prove the time of greatest trial.
Notwithstanding however, we think the continuance of the demand for all kinds of grain and flour, may be computed on, yet we are not quite so confident, with respect to rice, more especially, if towards the Autumn and Winter, the supplies from the East-Indies, should prove as large as now appears to be expected.
It is with much concern we add, that it is understood the King is again afflicted with a return of his former malady, and unless some favorable change should very soon take place, it is expected the executive government will be committed to a regency, as the present uncommonly critical state of the nation and of public affairs throughout Europe, will not admit of much suspension in the affairs of government. It was deemed necessary that W. Pitt should continue in office, till the terms of Loan were settled, and the supplies for the year proposed, but the coming of the King's illness, before these were finally completed, hath presented a bar to the formal acceptance of his resignation, and he is therefore till the minister.
A definitive Peace is formally concluded upon between France, and the Emperor of Germany, and most cordially should we rejoice to give you similar information respecting this country, but on this subject, as it respects both France and the northern powers, no further information has yet transpired.
We are respectfully, Your assured friends, RATHBONE, HUGHES & DUNCAN.
NORTHERN CONFEDERACY.
The following is the answer of baron Ehrenswärd to the notification of lord Grenville, of the 15th of January, stating that an embargo had been laid on the Danish and Swedish ships in England.
"The underlined minister plenipotentiary of his imperial Swedish majesty, received the official notification, by which his excellency lord Grenville, first minister of state, signified to the underlined that his Britannic majesty had ordered an embargo to be laid on all Swedish ships that should be found in the harbors within his dominions. So unexpected an event between powers who were on relations of friendship toward each other, was received with astonishment by his imperial majesty, who was not only unconscious of having given his Britannic majesty the least cause of complaint, but, on the contrary, was entitled to have demanded indemnification for repeated aggressions. Actuated by this reflection he rather expected that the notification was transmitted with the view to bury his grievances in oblivion than to give occasion for fresh ones, which should renew the remembrance of the past.
"As the English court has stated, as the ground of this notification, that a maritime convention was in contemplation it would doubtless have acted with more justice had it waited for an official communication from the Swedish court, which it most assuredly would, in proper time, have received, of a convention, which is considered in so odious a point of view, as to urge it to an act of violence against a court, whose connection with England no king else could have disturbed. As the dispute between the Russian and English courts related to the island of Malta, and the declaration of the Danish court referred to the convention of 1780, the underlined can see no just reason why the Swedish court, which had given no other declaration than what related to the note of the 31st of December, which has but just been received, should be attacked in so hostile a manner, before any answer had been given to the insinuations contained in that note.
"The underlined, who imparted the contents of the note of his excellency lord Grenville to his court, is obliged, in conformity to the orders of his master, to protest, as far as by the present act he can formally protest, against the embargo laid on the Swedish ships, and loss or damage that may be thereby occasioned. He demands, in the most forible and expressive terms, that, in pursuance of the stipulation of the treaty of 1661, the embargo may be taken off, the continuance of which can no otherwise be considered than as a designed and premeditated declaration of war on the part of England.
"The underlined, whom the expression of the desire of the British court could not escape, observes; in the hostile determinations by which it is accompanied, only a desire to give his imperial Swedish majesty cause of complaint, as well by the detention of the convoy, as in respect to the affair at Barcelona. He wished the British court had confirmed the truth of its assurances by its actions, in which case this court would have been actuated by corresponding sentiments. The underlined has the honor, &c.
(Signed)
"BARON VON EHRENSWÄRD." London, Jan. 17. 1801.
A BULL.
The new Pope has directed his attention to the looseness of the female dress, and has actually issued a bull against it. To this disorder he ascribes all the evils which have afflicted Europe and depressed the Church. He says—"The eye of a christian can no where turn itself without encountering abashed the display of seductive charms, in public and private; nay the very temples are profaned by these indecencies.
The importance of this object was deeply felt by Clement of Alexandria , who declares, "that women should on no account be permitted to appear before men in indecent apparel, lest the latter be led into en-

cation, and the former themselves be drawn into unrighteousness, when they attract the eyes of the other sex. His Holiness accordingly has strictly enjoined us to repress by fine or corporal punishment , according to the circumstances of the case, these crying enormities, he directs too, that their punishment should be extended to such damselfies, as though at first sight they appear properly attired, are nevertheless decked in transparent robes , and with a voluptuous and magnificent attire display themselves in very seductive and tempting attitudes. Moreover, fathers, husbands, heads of families, who weakly or negligently permit their wives, daughters, servants, &c. to trespass against these rules, shall not escape with impunity. Also, all tailors, haberdashers, milliners and men milliners, hair-dressers, and others who contribute to these enormities of dress, shall in no wise pass unpunished.
The Bull goes on to state, that "all priests, confessors, overseers, churchwardens, and others, shall in no wise admit such delinquents to the holy supper; that they shall not allow women improperly dressed to enter the church, and if they come they shall be driven out; and if they resist the higher powers shall be required to lend their aid."
From a St. Croix paper of the 22d March, received per the ship Piquet.
PROCLAMATION.
Official intelligence being communicated to this government from the Danish ambassador in London, of his Britannic majesty having ordered a hostile embargo on all Danish vessels in their harbors, all trading persons in the Danish West India islands are hereby warned and forbid to go to any English port; in order also to prevent that no illicit goods, such as money, ammunition or warlike stores be clandestinely exported, it has been thought necessary to forbid all exportation in general from the islands, except West India produce to America. In consequence of which no other clearances from the custom house shall take place without a positive permission or order from the government here and the commandant of St. Thomas, whereby the respective officers of the custom houses are also earnestly enjoined to guard against any thing being clandestinely carried off. And whereas it is at the same time incumbent on every honest burgher to partake in the defence of the country, no body shall be allowed to quit the Island without a special passport from the government or the commandant of St. Thomas, as long as those hostilities shall continue.
Given under his majesty's seal and my hand. Government house, March 14, 1801. (i. s. e.) LINDEMANN.
LONDON March 4. WHIG CLUB.
Yesterday a very numerous meeting of this club took place at the Crown and anchor, in the Strand. Earl Thanet was in the chair, supported by a number of Noblemen and gentlemen of the first distinction; the Dukes of Norfolk and Bedford, Mr. Fox, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Robert Spencer, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Erskine, Mr. Whitebread, Sir John Aubrey, Mr. Smith, Mr. St. John, Mr. Adair, Mr. Hobhouse, and a number of other gentlemen.
The usual toasts of the Club being drunk, The chairman gave— His majesty, and a speedy and complete recovery to him.
Which was drunk with three times three, and the loudest applause.
Mr. Fox's health being given, he addressed the company in a short speech, in which, after thanking them for the renewed expression of their attachment, he stated, that though he had for some time past felt himself under the necessity of declaring his perseverance in the system of retirement he had adopted, nevertheless he had resolved, in the present situation of the country, to attend the discussion of the motion for an enquiry into the State of the Nation, announced by his hon. Friend Mr. Grey.—Upon this occasion he was willing to try whether the House of Commons in the present eventful crisis, would continue that blind system of confidence they had so long pursued. He did not at all depreciate the merit, or question the motive of those who had thought it their duty to be more regular in their attendance, though his own views of the subject had fully satisfied himself that the course he had followed was for him the most proper.
Other events, besides those general and well known in the situation of the coun-
try, might still farther require his attention. An event to which he would now allude, might produce a discussion to which he should conceive himself bound to give his attendance. Should that occasion unfortunately recur, he could only say, that his opinions were the same that he had held when they were first demanded by the public exigency. Time and reflection had but matured and confirmed his former ideas on the subject. He trusted that no opportunity would occur for the discussion of those opinions, and it would be premature to say more.
With regard to the other point to which he conceived his attendance in the House of Commons required, he could only say, that his conduct must be regulated in a considerable degree by the result of that discussion. If the House of Commons, in the present difficult and dangerous state of the nation did not enter into a deep, firm, and thorough enquiry, the country was lost. Every melancholy presage, which even the most gloomy had indulged, was realized; more than the most fearful accumulation of evils had actually taken place, and the danger continued to encrease. In such circumstances, an additional effort to rouse the nation might be tried; but it depended upon the spirit shown by the House of Commons, whether the calamities we had undergone could be relieved, or the dangers we had apprehended could be averted.
The speech was received with the warmest bursts of applause.
Mr. Sheridan, on his health being drunk, returned his thanks, & among other things said, that after all the experience of the past, and the observations of the present, there could be no other sentiment among those Members of Parliament, who had opposed the system by which the country had been reduced to its present distress, but to look to his honourable friend, Mr. Fox, as the sea mark to guide their course. On this occasion he should forbear to descend on the general situation of the country. In looking round he should rather wish to find topics of consolation, and among them he classed the return of Mr. Fox to Parliament, and the restoration to the country of the privileges of the Habeas Corpus Act.
DUBLIN, February 10.
Yesterday Mr. Tandy was brought up to the bar and Mr. Attorney General informed the Court, that it was his intention that the prisoner should be tried in the county Donegal, at the next assizes, where the overt-acts of treason are alleged to have been committed, and that though he might have obtained a rule of the Court to send the prisoner and this indictment to Donegal, without bringing him into Court, yet as the prisoner had chosen counsel, under an idea that his trial would take place in Dublin, he might now wish to have other Counsel assigned for his defence; therefore it was, that he (Attorney General) had thought it right to have the prisoner brought up this day.
Mr. Tandy being asked by the court, if he had any objection to make to the motion, or if he desired to change the counsel already assigned for his defence, he said he had not received notice of this motion until Saturday evening; that he had not an opportunity of consulting his counsel, and now wished for their assistance—upon which Mr. Curran was called and, after consulting with Mr. Tandy, said he saw no objection to the motion, and as to the necessity of changing his counsel, he saw no occasion for it, as he was certain, from the manner in which the prosecution was conducted by the Attorney-general, that no objection would be made to counsel appearing at the trial, although not specially assigned.
Mr. Attorney-general replied, that he would consent to the prisoner's having such persons for his counsel as he desired.
The court accordingly granted the Attorney-general's motion, and the prisoner will of course be tried at Lifford Assizes.
VIENNA, February 12.
The following notification has been transmitted from the states chancery to the agents and states of the empire:
"The French Republic has required, as an express condition of the new armistice for 30 days, that during that time, not only the peace with Austria shall be finally concluded, but that the emperor, as head of the empire, shall act definitively for the German empire, in order to avoid the delays inseparable from a congress. The emperor has not been able to refuse consenting to this proposition, and finds it necessary to give this notice to the states. He will,
on this occasion, exert himself as much as shall be in his power for the good of the whole empire; but should the result not prove conformable to his wishes, it must be considered as a consequence of the unfavorable circumstances in which he finds himself; and such of the states as shall conceive themselves to have cause of complaint, must apply immediately to the French Republic."
HARTFORD (Conn.) March 30.
A correspondent at West-Simsbury has favoured us with the following account of the damage occasioned by the late rains, on the Farmington River.
"On this river and branches have been carried away and destroyed seven grist-mills, five saw-mills, fourteen bridges, two clothier's shops and works, one dwelling-house, 2 barns, several small out-houses, besides immense quantities of timber and fencing from all quarters. The only instance of mortality accrued to knowledge is the son of Mr. Josiah Adkins, of West-Simsbury, about 14 years of age; this lad and his sister went into Mr. Cleveland's mills to take down an old weaver's loom belonging to the family, and while they were busily engaged the mill and its appendages went off. It seems the girl first took the alarm and made an effort to get out, but the instant she stepped on the plank leading from the bank to the threshold of the mill door, the end crew off the bank and tumbled her headlong into the current. She floated down the stream about 30 yards, when she caught hold of a small limb and drew herself to the shore. The boy it seems continued in the mill, which was borne down the stream some distance in an erect position, and forming a scene truly sublime and awful! The boy at the mill door begging assistance from those who stood on the shore, who were unable to help him; the mill after passing down some distance in this manner, struck a large rock, capsized, and tumbled to pieces, and in this concussion it is supposed the boy was killed. Judge what must have been the feelings of the parents, who stood on the shore and witnessed the whole catastrophe, hearing the cries of their darling son in distress, and unable to afford him any relief! Imagination will want assistance to figure a scene of the whole group. The boy was taken up a few hours after, at half a mile below; his head was bruised in a shocking manner, and other evident marks of violence caused by the timber; he was carried home to the family, and the next day decently interred. It is suggested that one instance occurred near Capt. Dudley Case's, in which were seen five buildings, viz. one grist-mill, one saw-mill, one dwelling-house, one clothier's shop, & one bridge, in regular succession floating down the river! To estimate the damage done on this river, is not my province; sufficient to say, that it is much more than all before this from the first settlement of the country."
BRATTLEBOROUGH, (Vermont) March 23.
THE FRESHET Of last week destroyed in this and the adjacent counties, more than 2,000,000 dollars of property—mills, bridges, &c.
AMHERST, March 28.
THE RAINS. It is judged, that at a moderate calculation, seven thousand dollars would not indemnify the small town of Milford, for the losses sustained by the late remarkable freshet. Mills, bridges, fences and dams were wrecked and swept away, and whole fields of delightful interval almost ruined by the violence of the water.
NEW-YORK April 16.
Capt. Little, arrived here yesterday from St. Croix, informs that on the 20th March, he was boarded by the British frigate Amphitrite, the officer of which informed him, that the British had taken the island of St. Bartholomews.
April 17.
Upwards of 80 Frenchmen, taken by American ships of war on the West-India station, were yesterday lodged in jail, from on board a vessel from Boston, to be conveyed in a cartel to a port in France or the West-Indies.
We are informed that Capt. Prebble, of the Essex frigate, now in this harbour, is selected by the President of the United States, one of the nine, to be continued in the navy.
RICHMOND, April 14.
Upwards of 3,000 barrels of flour and 200 hogheads of tobacco arrived from the back country through the canal, in the bason at Richmond, in one day—the 6th inst.
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 gravelled, 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
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 beds, 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.
N. B. One of the above negro men is an excellent taylor having been regularly taught and has kept a shop for these two years.
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 all integrity, 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 rect 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.
LOTS.
IN different eligible situations in the City for Sale or Lease on ground rent.—Likewise,
100 Casks inspected Rhode Island LIME.
A number of Quarter and half and Casks of MADEIRA WINE, of a superior quality, by JOHN S. ICKNEY At his building opposite Rhodes Tavern President's square.
Washington, March 2, 1801. eod tf.
FOR SALE,
THREE BRICK HOUSES,
Opposite the Navy Office—They are three stories high, with two parlours on the first floor. Immediate possession may be given. Enquire of WILLIAM DYER, either at the above-mentioned buildings, or at his house on 1 Street, north of the new War Office.
April 17, 1801. tf.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
Stolen out of the Stable of the subscriber last night,
A DARK BAY MARE,
Fifteen and an half hands high, six years old this spring, with white hind feet, a snip on the nose, and one shoe off behind. Whoever will apprehend the thief and mare, shall receive, for the mare, if found within ten miles of home, six dollars; if more than ten miles, fifteen dollars reward; and for the thief upon conviction fifteen dollars also, with reasonable charges.
PENNELL CORBIT.
Cantwell's-Bridge, March 15, 4t.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public, that the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, has appointed him a NOTARY PUBLIC, for the county of Washington in said district, and having for a long time past acted the trusts satisfactorily in that capacity in the City of Washington, under the authority of the state of Maryland, he is induced to hope he shall continue to receive a liberal share of the business in that line, which he hereby respectfully solicits.
HENRY WHETCROFT
March 26, 1801.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1801.
The latest accounts from Massachusetts give the following votes for governor of that state.
For Mr. Strong, 17,872 Mr. Gerry, 13,991
Present maj. for Strong, 3,881
From the opinions of the Boston Editors it is probable that Mr. Strong will be re-elected.
A Spanish frigate, with two millions dollars on board, has been cast away on the coast of Peru; 50 of the crew were drowned, and the money lost.
Twenty-four American vessels have been sent into Kingston, Jamaica, for trial, between the months of January and March, of which number two have been condemned, three have been cleared, three cleared and appealed, and the remainder are waiting trial.
There were imported into Kingston, Jamaica, in the months of April, May, June and July, 1800, from Africa, 6712 negro slaves.
It appears by the census recently taken in Portsmouth, N. H. that it contains 5311 inhabitants—In 1791 it contained 4728.
Monsieur Mounier, once president of the national assembly, who presides over the literary academy at Weimar, is about to publish a work upon the origin and cause of the French revolution, which, from the known talents of the author, excites great expectation.
In this work he combats the theory of Baruel and Robinson respecting the influence of the Illuminati in producing this event, while at the same time he admits their existence as a sect.
It is a fact, that the son of the celebrated admiral Greig has been sent to Siberia by the Emperor Paul; though it was by the exertions of his father that the Russian navy was brought to the state of respectability that it now holds among the naval powers of Europe.
The extent of territory and addition of population which the Russian Empire has gained during the last century, is enormous. It may be estimated from the following calculation.
In 1721, Russia received an accession of Livonia, Esthonia, and Ingria: the first of these countries is computed to contain 1000 square miles, and population of 525,300 souls. The extent of Esthonia is 400 miles; its population 200,000 souls. Ingria is 450 miles square, and has 406,000 inhabitants.
In 1742, Carelia, Wibourg, & some districts in Finland, containing together 990 square miles, and 118,000 inhabitants were added to her dominions. Her acquisitions in Poland during the years 1772, 1793, & 1795, amounted to 8742 square miles, and to six millions, fourteen thousand eight hundred subjects.
In the Crimea and the Ottoman districts, she acquired in 1774, 1783, and 1791, a surface of 1900 square miles, and 450,000 people.
New acquisitions in Courtland, during 1795, 257 square miles of territory, and 300,000 inhabitants. Total accession of strength during the century 13,739 square miles, 8,104,800 subjects.
The population of Russia was estimated in 1784, at 24 millions, exclusive of its Asiatic territory, which contained about six millions of inhabitants. To these are to be added, about 4,000,000 Poles, the number gained since that period, as there is to be deducted from the total of Poland, what the year 1772 gave, calculating 300,000 people for Courtland, and 100,000, for the Crimea, and we shall have for the population of European Russia 28,400,000 souls. The total extent of territory is 251,300 square miles.
Trait of the Russian character.
The steadiness of the Russian troops is one of their striking qualities. No danger whatever can drive them from their posts, or induce them to abandon any attempt which they are ordered to make. The following anecdote, in a French book of travels, lately published, affords a curious illustration of their character:
"In the year 1777, a sudden inundation took place, at Peterburgh. The Empress seeing, from her balcony, that the water was overflowing the place where the centinel before the palace was stationed, called out to him to take shelter within doors, which he refused to do. The Empress asked him whether he knew her; the man replied in the affirmative, and added that nobody but the corporal could relieve him. The water increased, and reached up to the centinel's knees. The Empress sent several messages to him, but in vain. It was necessary therefore to call the corporal, who was asleep in the guardhouse, and he was obliged to swim to the relief of the honest private, who by this time, had only his head and shoulders above water, and would quietly have suffered himself to be drowned, rather than quit his post, notwithstanding the repeated orders of his sovereign"
Extract of a letter from Mr. Samuel D. Earle, supercargo of the brig Sophia, captain Talbot, to his owner, dated Port Royal, Feb. 20th, 1801.
"It is with infinite regret I now inform you of our being captured on the 16th inst. on our passage to the Mississippi, by the British sloop of war Bonetta, capt. Maughn, and ordered for this port under pretence of having no register, as captain Maughn says he has orders to take all vessels sailing under sea-letters. Capt. Talbot and myself were detained on board the sloop of war 18 hours, during which capt. Maughn expressed himself in the most unbecoming language, telling me that I had forged the signature of Mr. Henry Hammond, American consul at Cape Francois, who had certified my bills of lading. He also said he would venture to swear that both vessel and cargo were French property, for that the proof of property before Clement Biddle was all fudge; and that all the notaries in America were a set of damn'd rascals."
N. B. A second letter of the 4th March informs of the vessel and cargo being libelled, and he expects they will be condemned.
It appears from the Quarterly Report of the Commanding Officer of Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio, that from the 1st of September to the 1st of December, 1800, there passed that garrison, descending the Ohio, one hundred and fifty Boats—their cargoes consisted of the following particulars, together with a great variety of Household Furniture, and Farming Utensils.
 32,550 dollars in dry goods.  24,500 weight of dry goods.  31 boxes of dry goods.  4 trunks dry goods.  2,393 barrels flour.  2,933 do. apples.  800 do. whisky.  31 do. peach brandy.  8 do. cherry bounce.  27 do. beer.  52 do. cider.  3 do. gin.  20 do. ginseng.  2 do. dry peaches.  24 do. salt beef.  6 do. salt pork.  24 do. nails.  10 do. glass ware.  200 do. Indian corn.  20 hds. tobacco.  100 dozen glass bottles.  8,340 weight iron.  5,650 weight castings.  1,300 weight bacon.  1,650 yards country linen. 
During the same period twenty-one boats passed that place, ascending the Ohio, the cargoes consisted chiefly of the following particulars.
 36,400 weight lead.  487 barrels salt.  15 casks tobacco.  5 packs buffalo robes.  6 packs peltry. 
Amount of EXPORTS from the Port of Alexandria, for the quarter of the year ending 31st of March last, to foreign ports.
 11,971 barrels Flour.  2,025 do. Bread.  60 kegs. do.  5,726 pounds Butter.  9,765 bushels Corn.  365 do. Beans.  142 do. Pease.  245 pounds of Bees Wax.  126 bushels of Flaxseed.  537 wt. Bacon Hams.  1,018 pounds Lard.  287 bushels Rye Meal.  1,113 do. Indian do.  58 barrels Pork.  3,100 pounds manufactured Tobacco.  663 hds. Tobacco. 
 18 M. Staves and Heading.  136 M. Shingles.  Total value—192,300 dollars. 
To Ports in the United States, during the same period, exclusively of Exports to ports in the state of Virginia, and the adjoining states.
 13,657 barrels Flour.  8,493 bushels Corn.  130 hds. Tobacco.  1,519 barrels of Bread.  353 do. Indian Meal. 
We have now before us, a letter from Azel Howard, commander of the brig Fair American, of this port, the sole property of David Mallet, Esq. of this city. The letter is dated March 18, 1801, at Kingston, in Jamaica, and contains the following unvarnished facts.—
"On the 14th I wrote you, that I was cut out of Jacquemel, on the night of the 9th and morning of the 10th, by the boats of the British frigate Circe, and sent hi-ther for adjudication. It is most probable she will be libelled and condemned notwithstanding the clearness of my papers and accounts that the property is yours. There is no chance of getting the property clear. If a vessel, even after condemnation, is sold to an American, they seize her again and condemn her, so as to get all the American property possible in their hands. If a vessel is acquitted and goes to sea, men of war lie in wait for her and send her in again."
This brig and cargo were worth full Fifty Thousand Dollars. The captors cannot afford to be recalled and replaced.
[Aurora.]
Boston—The population of this town, agreeably to the census lately taken, is as follows:—White males 12,245; white females 12,465; blacks 1170—Total 25,880. In 1791, the population was a fraction over 18,000.
FOR SALE, A young Negro Girl, About 15 years old—Apply at this office. April 22, 1801.
FOR SALE, A Valuable Tract of LAND,
LYING in part on the main Richmond road, a mile from the Rappahannock River, four Miles below Fredericksburg, (in a healthy and most agreeable neighbourhood,) containing about five hundred and thirty three ACRES well watered upon the said Tract there are about two hundred and fifty acres of Wood Land, the greater part of which is equal if not superior in quality to any high lands, yet uncleared in Sotylsylvania there are upon it a dwelling-house, necessary out houses, a very large barn, and a most valuable Mill seat, with a mill-house already built, capable of Manufacturing Twenty thousand bushels of wheat annually, after being put in perfect repair. There is also upon it about sixty Acres of first rate meadow land, part of which is already reclaimed and has produced very heavy crops of Timothy Hay. The above Land is bounded by the lands of Gen. A. Spottwood, Messrs. Wm. Herndon, Mann Page, Francis Taliaferro, and the Tract the subscriber at present lives on. Any further description I deem unnecessary as those who may be disposed to purchase will of course view the land. Upon said tract there are about one hundred and thirty Bushels of Wheat sown, the greater part of which look well and promising.
The said tract of land will be sold by the subscriber at private or public sale, three fourths of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale and the balance in twelve months, bearing interest from the date, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. If not sold by private sale, by the first Monday in May next, it will then be sold on the premises on that day if fair, if not the next day to the highest bidder. The land in the mean time will be shown to any person who may wish to purchase by Messrs Francis Taliaferro, James Tutt, Wm. Darnaby and the subscriber.
LAURENCE BROOKE. March 18, 1801.
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.
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.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
Two elegant brick Houses, 40 by 20 feet, SITUATE on King and Columbia streets S. 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 bricklaying 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.
LOTS FOR SALE, In the City of Washington. THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch. Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety-nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard. WILLIAM PROUT. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kiln of Bricks, and some Cord Wood. W. P.
FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale, four hundred ACRES of Valuable Land upon the Eastern Branch, opposite the City of Washington. It is bounded by the Water, from opposite the Navy Yard, nearly up to Dyer's Ferry; and extends back across that range of hills, South east of the City where are several, as elegant situations, for Buildings, as any in its vicinity. Two hundred and fifty Acres at least are covered with wood and timber; which independent of every expence, will in the Judgment of Judicious persons, yield to a purchaser, fifty per cent more than the proprietor will ask for the land. The soil upon the water, is a rich sandy loam of course excellent for early vegetables of every kind, clover &c. As all doubt respecting the continuance of the Government at Washington, must surely now be removed from the mind of the most incredulous, the subscriber is induced to offer this property for sale, in the expectation, that it must attract the attention of those who have money, and who wish to vest it in such a manner, as will produce an handsome interest for the present without risk, and the chance of a great rise in value, as the City increases in Population and wealth. A fourth, a third, a half, or the whole may be purchased upon easy terms by applying to ANTHONY ADDISON, At BARNABY, three miles from Dyer's Ferry. Washington, April 6, 1801.
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 in the most reasonable rates. JOHN JACK Washington Feb. 4, 1801.
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.

HISTORY OF THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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On the 16th of January, the House of Representatives passed an act to continue in force the act, laying duties on licences for selling wine and foreign distilled spirits by retail, on property sold at auction, and on carriages.
Previously to the passage of this act a motion was made to limit its duration to two years; under the idea that the taxes raised by it were of such a nature, that their continuance should depend upon the fiscal circumstances of the country, of which circumstances the representatives of the people would in all future periods be the best judges, whom it became to retain in their own hands the power over all taxes not pledged to specific and permanent objects; the best way of effecting which would be to pass revenue laws for short periods.
On the other hand it was declared that the sources of taxation opened by this bill were such as ought permanently to be used to supply the demands of the treasury; and that to pass revenue laws for short periods had a tendency to depress the credit of our financial arrangements, as it placed their stability, not on the united will of the legislature, but on the momentary impulse which might actuate a single branch. The motion to limit the duration of the act was lost by a majority of six.
On the 21st of January the H. of R. took in consideration the report of a select committee recommending the continuance of the SEDITION LAW.
A debate of great length ensued, which was not terminated till the third day.
In this debate the continuance of the law was supported by Messrs Platt, Griswold, Dana, Rutledge, Harper, Bayard, Otis, H. Lee, and Dennis; and opposed by Messrs Davis, Randolph, Nicholas, Huger, Claiborne, Gallatin, Nicholas, Macon, and Lyon.
On the question being taken the house being divided, the Speaker's casting vote was given for the continuance of the law.
The debate on this occasion, though protracted to an unusual length, was defultory and uninteresting. The important points, as well of constitutionality as of expediency had, in previous debates, been so fully and ably discussed, that this debate shed little new light on the subject. On the one hand, the conduct of the federal judiciary was condemned as partial and oppressive, and particularly the conduct of judge Chase; while on the other, it was not only justified, but applauded as impartial and enlightened.
The most prominent advocates of the measure were Mr. Bayard, and Mr. Harper; the former of these gentlemen, in discussing the constitutionality of the act, pronounced a spirited eulogium on the common law, which he affirmed to be the grand palladium of our liberties; without, which our system of government as well as of justice would be nerveless and unintelligible.
Mr. Harper avowed his attachment to the bill as the shield of free enquiry. He said that hitherto on principle he had been the friend of the administration; he hoped still to continue its friend. But if, as might be the case, an unprincipled faction should attempt a grand system of subversion, which should tend to impair our strength, destroy our rights, and trample upon our property, he might be compelled to raise his voice against their measures; in which event, he should fly to this very law as his bulwark against persecution. By it the truth was permitted to be given in evidence. However flagitious the conduct of rulers might be, if he could prove the truth of his charges, he would escape the penalties attached to malicious and wilful untruths.
These ideas were repelled in a strain of cool and dignified eloquence. The opponents of the then, and the friends of the ensuing administration, declared their abhorrence of the principle as well as the execution of the law. As it had sprang from a state of alarm, it was their wish that with the existence of that alarm it might expire. They denied the application to the United States of the monstrous mass of error mixed with truth, called the common law. They challenged any man to define what the common law, as applied to the U. S. was, or to what extent its limits went, and where they stopped. For themselves they disclaimed all the protection which it was alleged this act gave to government against calumny and abuse. They knew that if the go-
vernment acted with wisdom and integrity, it would be supported by the affections of the people; and they were convinced that if it wandered into error and vice, it merited that censure which they trusted it would always receive. They acknowledged the perverse propensity of some minds to traduce the wisest and the best actions; but they knew the impotency of such malice, and that sedition laws, which repressed truth, were not the instruments of silencing falsehoods.
The casting vote of the Speaker was of but small avail. In the progress of the measure, it received on the 21st of Feb. its death blow, by a vote of 49 for and 53 against the passage of the bill.
Thus expired an act (as has been pointedly remarked with the administration that gave it birth) which has done more to deface the beneficent spirit of our legal code, than all the other unauthorised measures which a state of sincere or affected alarm has called into existence. It struck at the vital principle of a republic, and placed at the mercy of vindictive power every man who dared to question with freedom the motives of public men, or the tendency of public measures.
On the 19th of January, pursuant to order, the committee of commerce and manufactures reported a bill to incorporate certain persons (being those engaged in working Schuyler's mines in New-Jersey) as a mine and metal company. On the 29th of January the bill was taken into consideration, and a motion thereupon made to strike out the first section, on the principle that congress were not authorized by the constitution to grant charters of incorporation. This motion, supported by Messrs. Livingston and Bird, and opposed by Messrs. S. Smith, Rutledge, J. Brown, and Bayard, was rejected; and the bill, after undergoing several amendments, passed the house by a majority of six; not, however, being agreed to by the Senate, it fell through.
On the 27th of January Mr. Gregg proposed an alteration of the naturalization law in such a way as to admit to citizenship aliens who were resident within the United States prior to the 29th of January 1795. The motion, after receiving amendment, was referred to a select committee, who either omitted to report, or whose report, if made, proved abortive.
On the 28th of January a bill was reported to the house of representatives by a committee consisting of 7 federal members, "for the government of the district of Columbia." The bill directed that—
I. A legislature shall be established, to consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
II. The district shall be divided into two precincts, one on the west, the other on the east side of the Potomack.
III. The House of Representatives shall consist of fourteen members, seven resident in the Eastern, and seven in the Western precinct, chosen for two years, by citizens of the U. S. resident 12 months in the district and 1 month in the precinct of the United States, who are freeholders.
The qualifications of a member of the House of Representatives are, being 25 years of age, being a citizen of the United States, resident in the district for 12 months, and in the precinct for 1 month, and being a freeholder therein.
IV. The Senate shall consist of six members, three resident in the Eastern, and three in the Western precinct, chosen for six years.
The qualifications of a Senator are being thirty years of age, being a citizen of the United States, resident in the district for twelve months, and in the precinct for one month, and being a freeholder therein.
The Senators are to be chosen by eight electors, four whereof to be elected by the citizens of the Eastern, and four by the citizens of the Western precinct, which electors shall have the same qualifications as members of the House of Representatives, and who shall be elected by the same citizens who vote for members of the House of Representatives.
The Senate to be divided, at the organization, into three classes, one of which is to be replaced every second year.
V. A Governor shall be appointed by the President of the United States for three years, unless sooner removed.
He shall appoint all officers erected by the legislature of the district.
He shall have a veto upon the passage of all laws; and if after his disapproving a law, it shall be repassed by two thirds of each house, he shall lay the law before congress to be acted upon by them.
VI. Taxes, excepting excises, imposts and tonnage duties, may be layed by the legislature; but no law shall be passed for
taxing the district for opening, paving, repairing, improving, lighting or regulating the streets, in any town or city within the district.
VII. Two sheriffs shall be appointed annually by the governor, one for the Eastern and one for the Western precinct, who besides the ordinary duties of sheriffs, shall hold and be judges of all elections.
VIII. The judicial power of the district shall be vested in two superior, and two inferior courts; the judges to be appointed by the President, to be paid by the United States, and to hold their offices during good behaviour.
IX. The legislature may pass all laws needful for the government and police of the district, repealable or alterable by Congress, who may make any law, which shall be supreme.
X. A governor shall be immediately appointed.
Such are the features of a bill, perhaps the most extraordinary that the annals either of federal or state legislation present since the era of American Independence. Under the specious mask of imitating the constitution of the United States, it subverted the pillar of that instrument by limiting the right of suffrage, and of being elected to office, to citizens possessed of a freehold property. It placed at the mercy of the executive magistrate, himself to be appointed by the president, the lives and property of the citizens, by giving to him the uncontrolled appointment of sheriffs. It imparted to the legislative body a continuance in office calculated to exalt it above all impossibility.
It will not be surprising that such a bill received the vigorous opposition, in every stage, of the republican side of the house; but it is surprising that its most pernicious provisions should receive the zealous support of a majority of the House, which demonstrates the extreme length to which party spirit, united with power, will go, even to the sacrifice of the vital principles of liberty.
Notwithstanding the decided and persevering opposition given to this measure, it seemed likely to survive it, when the Senate agreed to a bill, which they sent to the house, passed on different principles and from different motives. This bill avoided the organization of a legislature, but prescribed the establishment of a court consisting of three judges to be appointed by the president, and of a board of justices of the peace, to whom the right of taxation and police was confided.
To this system, the federal side of the house was compelled, in despair of obtaining any other, reluctantly to submit, and it passed into a law.
On the 10th of February the committee of commerce and manufactures reported a bill to continue in force for another year the act suspending commercial intercourse between the United States and France, which expired by its own limitation at the end of the session.
A motion was immediately made to reject the bill; on which an animated debate ensued, in which the motion to reject was supported by Messrs. Randolph, S. Smith, Nicholas, Gallatin, Macon, Livingston, Davis, H. Lee and Eggleston, and opposed by Messrs. Harper, Rutledge, Otis, Walsh, C. Goodrich, Dennis, and J. C. Thomas.
It was said by those who voted and advocated the immediate rejection of the bill, that the proposition of it at this time, when a treaty of amity with France had been concluded, and the fairest prospect of reconciliation presented itself, was an insult not only to the house, but to the whole American people. Such a measure, taken at such a time, must be considered as designed to frustrate all accommodation. It spoke that language, which had heretofore been too intemperately spoken; it spoke the language of irreconcilable enmity—of war.
The advocates of the bill declared that they were guided by reasons which they were not ashamed to avow. They wished to convince France that the productions of our country were useful to her, and that we would rather let them rot in our ports, than expose such weakness as to make her believe that we must at all events bring them to market. We had taken our ground; we had determined upon defence and sacrifice to preserve our national honor, and except the most unequivocal proofs were given of the removal of the causes, we would not depart from those measures, which had proved so salutary. One article of the treaty with France had been rejected, and if France chose, she might disagree to the whole treaty so altered. Until it was finally ratified, it became the United States to maintain its old ground.
The question was then taken, and the bill rejected by a majority of eighteen votes.
To be sold to the highest bidder, at Montgomery Court-house Maryland, on Monday the 6th April next, and terms made known on said day.
THE following tracts of Land adjoining, well adapted to farming and planting with a sufficiency of wood land, in a beautiful and healthy part of the Country, 4 miles from the above named Court House, and 18 from the City of Washington. One called Barnhill containing 205 3/4 Acres, on which is a framed dwelling house 24 by 16 feet, with two brick chimneys, a Barn 60 by 24 feet, shingled roof, & Shedded all round. A Kitchen and other convenient houses—Apple and Peach Orchards, 10 or 12 Acres of Meadow, is well set with Timothy, and more can be made. The other Williams goodeville, containing 271 1/2 Acres, on which is a framed Dwelling House, 20 by 16 feet, Kitchen, Stone milk House 12 feet square— Tobacco and other houses, 12 or 15 Acres of Meadow well set in Timothy, and 70 Acres more can be made. A never failing stream runs through said land, so that the meadows may be watered with ease.
Also on the first day of May next, will be offered at Mr. Tunnichiff's Tavern; one, the most Westerly of the Old Six buildings in the City of Washington, now occupied by Mr. John Coyle.
HONORE MARTIN. Montgomery County, } 17th March, 1801. } tM
IN CHANCERY,
April 2d, 1801.
EDWARD MOORE, an insolvent debtor of Calvert county, makes application as a trader, by petition, to the Chancellor in writing, praying the benefit of "an act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors," there is annexed to his petition a schedule of his property, and a list of his creditors on oath, as by the said act is required; and the Chancellor being satisfied by competent testimony, that the said Edward Moore is, and at the time of passing the said act was a citizen of this state and of the United States—
It is thereupon adjudged and ordered, that he appear before the Chancellor, in the Chancery office, on the third day of November next, for the purpose of taking the oath by the said act required, in presence of his creditors; and that by causing a copy of this order to be inserted three times during the present month, in one of the newspapers of the city of Washington, and by serving personal notice on James A. Magruder, he give notice to his creditors to attend on the said third day of November next, for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit; and to lodge with the Chancellor within six months from the time of the last publication (if they shall think fit) their dissent to his being admitted to the benefit of the said act.
Test, SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. St
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN away, a negro boy, named DICK, about nineteen years of age, about five feet six or seven inches high, slender built, has a large scar on one cheek of a burn, which reaches up over his eye so as to disfigure the eye a little, of a yellowish complexion, not to be a mulatto; he had on a pair of blue cloth pantalettes, a sailor jacket of blue, a large wool hat about half worn, a good pair of shoes, and took with him a leather apron, he has belonged to Mr. Richardson Stuart of Baltimore, five or six years past, and worked in his shop at making nails, which business he is tolerable well acquainted with. He left me between Alexandria and George-Town. I expect he will endeavour to get to Baltimore to his mother. Any person securing him, for that either Charles Rogers of George Town, Richardson Stuart, or Archibald Shaw, of Baltimore; or me the subscriber in Wilks county, North-Carolina, shall receive the above reward.
ANDREW ERWIN.
April 20. St
Conrad & M un ni
HAVE opened houses of entertainment in the range of buildings formerly occupied by the 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. St
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 of a House 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 Tunnichiff's Hotel. Two hundred 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. tMay