The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1800-12-29 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. XXVI.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
NONDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1800.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, Dec. 23, 1800.
Mr. HARPER observed that experience had proved the existence of some deficiencies, as well as inconveniences, in the provisions of the Bankrupt law. He therefore moved the appointment of a committee to enquire whether any, and if any, what amendments are necessary to be made in an act for establishing an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States. Carried, and a committee of three appointed.
Mr. H. LEE moved the going into a committee of the whole on the bill for erecting
A MAUSOLEUM to George Washington.
On this question the house divided, ayes 42, noes 34.
Mr. MORRIS took the chair, and read the bill by paragraphs.
Mr. H. LEE said the merits of the bill had been so often discussed, and the subject was so delicate, that he would not again offer his sentiments generally on it. As it was the opinion of several members, that the dimensions of the Mausoleum should not be fixed in the law, but that they should be governed by the sum appropriated, he moved to strike out "100 feet at the base and of proportionate dimensions."
Agreed to.
Mr. H. LEE then moved an amendment confining the ground on which the mausoleum should be erected to public property.
Mr. HARPER opposed the amendment, which was lost, only 31 members rising in favor of it.
Mr. H. LEE then moved to fill the blank, fixing the sum to be appropriated for erecting the mausoleum, with 200,000 dollars.
Mr. SMILIE said he hoped the house would not with its eyes open go into a measure that might involve incalculable expense. It was proposed to appropriate 200,000 dollars. This was probably but a small part of what would be ultimately required; and when the thing was once begun, it must be completed, cost what it would. If the architect would give security for accomplishing the work for 200,000 dollars, he would not be so much opposed to it. But, as it stood, he was opposed to it, as a useless expenditure of public money.
Mr. HARPER said the old story was again rung in their ears. An object, in itself, highly important, was proposed, and forsooth, because it cost some money, on the ground of economy it must be rejected.
He would ask the gentleman just up whether he knew any thing about the expense of a mausoleum? And yet not professing to be informed, professing indeed to know little, he had put his vague conjectures in the room of estimates formed with deliberation by artists of the first eminence. These clamorous objections were well understood. Their sole object was ad captandum vulgus ; to create alarm about what was termed useless expense. They were intended for nothing else.
To satisfy the solicitude of gentlemen an artist of talents universally acknowledged had been desired to furnish an estimate; which estimate stated that a pyramid of 100 feet base would cost 67,000 dollars. This was the estimate of an artist of such accuracy that in the greatest work ever undertaken in America, and the greatest, perhaps of its kind, ever undertaken in the world (he alluded to the water works of Philadelphia) the expense actually incurred had fallen short of the estimate. The same accuracy had characterised his plan and execution of the Bank of Pennsylvania, which was probably the greatest work of the kind executed in this country. And yet the gentleman from Pennsylvania will place his vague doubts, and (Mr. Harper begged pardon for the expression) his total want of knowledge against the calculations of a man of practical science.
The gentleman had asked whether any one could be found, who would be responsible for the execution of the work for the proposed sum. Mr. Harper said, if it were proper for a member of that house to say so, he would undertake himself to erect a mausoleum of 150 feet base, and 150 feet high, for 200,000 dollars; and for the performance of his engagement he could give the most unquestionable security, such as every member of that house would approve. He further believed that the artist before alluded to, if required, would give the necessary security. The accuracy of the estimate had been tested by every circumstance that the nature of the case admitted. The same course had been pursued in this case, that every reasonable man was accustomed to take in his own private concerns. Every such individual, who designed building a house, obtained first, an estimate from a skilful workman, which satisfied him. If men acted not in this way, there could be no progress in human improvements.
After this information furnished by such an artist gentlemen ought to be satisfied without oppoling to it their own crude conceptions; and Mr. Harper said he hoped they would cease to talk on a subject on which they were so ignorant, until they become better informed.
Mr. MACON did not see the subject in the same light with the gentleman from South Carolina. He was disposed to pay the greatest respect to his talents, but he could not give up his own opinion. The estimate made by the artist amounted to 140,000 dollars; yet the gentleman from Virginia required 200,000 dollars. Does not this shew that the gentlemen themselves have not confided in the estimate of the artist?
Mr. H. LEE explained, and said that he thought the most proper plan for adoption was that of Mr. West; pursuing that plan 200,000 dollars might be required, as there would be interior arrangements to make additional to those contemplated by the estimate.
Mr. MACON said he thought 140,000 dollars would be sufficient. He knew not how to reconcile the difference between the estimate made in Philadelphia and that made in Washington; the first was only 67,000 dollars; which was a sum much below any calculated here. He did not pretend to any information on this subject, and the various modifications the bill had undergone convinced him that no member was well acquainted with it. The estimates differed materially from each other. They could not therefore all be correct. He could not from these considerations, feel confidence in the estimates of the gentlemen from South Carolina, or the other gentlemen; for if they really possessed correct information, how came they so radically to differ; and the committee itself to propose so many alterations in the original bill?
Mr. SMILIE replied to Mr. Harper. The object of his remarks was to shew that Mr. H. possessed as little information on the subject as himself.
Mr. RUTLEDGE. The substance of what the gentleman says is that he wants to do nothing. He had long thought so, and he was now confirmed in his opinion. When the man, whose loss the world deplored, departed from us, we were all shrouded with sorrow; and the mournful event awakened our deepest regrets; and resolutions expressive of the national affliction at his death, and commemorative of his services, were unanimously passed by both houses of Congress. Those resolutions were not carried into immediate effect owing to the disagreement of the two branches of the legislature. Now when we propose to carry them into effect, objections are started to every measure offered; objections that rise eternally in our horizon, which, whenever we pursue, fly from our reach, and which always moving in a circle, we can never overtake.
Gentlemen tell us they are unaccustomed to spend public money without estimates. To satisfy the vigilance of their economy we obtain them. They then tell us they are inaccurate; their objections arise from the want of detail; they wish a minute statement of each separate charge. Again we consent to gratify their wishes,
anxious for their sanction to our measures, that they may express the unanimous sentiment of Congress. We produce an estimate as minute as any ever furnished by an artist on any occasion. The total amount of estimated expence is 149,000 Dollars, and to avoid the necessity of calling on Congress again, the gentleman from Virginia asks for 200,000 Dollars.
Still after all our trouble and solicitude to satisfy the scruples of gentlemen, they continue to urge objections. One gentleman says the estimate made at Philadelphia differs from that made here; another gentleman will not confide in any estimate, and another wants security.
Does it become the dignity of the house thus to be occupied with trifling objections on such a subject; and in the spirit of bar-gaining to waste its time in saving a few dollars?
Many gentlemen, anxious for this measure, had agreed to postpone the consideration of it, hoping thereby to accommodate other gentlemen in their views, and expecting ultimately an unanimous vote. But he now abandoned it. He saw no period to objections. Much time had already been idly wasted. They had delayed too long to do what ought to have been done at once. Let us then take the question at once, and get rid of it, though a veto should be passed upon the bill.
The question was then taken on filling up the blank with 200,000 Dollars, and carried Ayes 41, Noes 38.
Mr. DENT moved to amend the Section appropriating the sum by substituting the word "for" in the room of the word "towards" which would fix the whole sum to be appropriated instead of leaving it uncertain. Agreed to.
The Committee then rose and reported the bill as amended. On the question to agree to the 200,000 dollars appropriated, the house divided, ayes 41. Noes 38.
The Speaker then put the question on engrossing the bill for a third reading.
Mr. CLAIBORNE was opposed to the engrossing of the bill. He hoped no gentleman would ascribe his opposition to a want of respect to the memory of our great patriot. His respect for this illustrious character had been almost coeval with his life, and would follow him to his grave.
He was opposed to a mausoleum, because it would not be so respectful to the memory of Washington as the equestrian statue directed by the old Congress, who had directed the battle during our revolutionary struggle, and for whose character he felt the highest veneration. The present government could not refuse to carry into effect this act of the old Congress without a violation of moral principle. He preferred a statue to a mausoleum, because the former, from representing the form and the features, would inspire the beholder with more lively emotions than a mass of stones formed into a pyramid.
Were the expence of a statue greater than that of a mausoleum, he would notwithstanding prefer it; but he believed the reverse would be the fact. He not only wished a statue raised, but also was in favour of an immediate appropriation for depositing the remains of our departed friend, within these very walls, in such a manner as would not disgrace them.
Mr. CHAMPLIN, had heretofore voted from a spirit of conciliation. He was now not a little surprised to find the gentlemen from Tennessee and North Carolina (Mr. Claiborne and Mr. Alston) opposed to a mausoleum, though their names appeared, from an inspection of the journals of last session, among those who were then in favour of it.
He considered a mausoleum as preferable to a statue, because the first was calculated to celebrate all the virtues of the statesman as well as the hero, while the latter would be limited to his military exploits.
Great opposition has been made to the erection of a Mausoleum with the professed view of avoiding expense, and I admit generally that economy ought to be observed, in the expenditure of public money. But on an occasion highly interesting to the feelings, and deeply involving the character of the nation, even the
appearance of parsimony should be carefully avoided. It is necessary to consider the nature and magnitude of the object, for which money is required. It is not asked for, in the present instance, to commemorate a man distinguished only on the field of battle. It is not wanted to gratify family pride, or to raise a monument of despotic power and slavish submission. It is to be furnished by a great and free people to record, in a manner worthy of themselves, their gratitude for the important services rendered to them by one of their fellow citizens; the fruits of which I cannot but hope will be enjoyed and recognised by future generations. We are called upon by the public voice to erect a monument suited to the character of WASHINGTON, who has been emphatically styled, the man of the age , and whose virtues may, by the record we shall make of them, become the property of distant ages.
These virtues will doubtless be the theme of some able biographer, and it is wished, that posterity may not search in vain for some striking evidence of our acknowledgment of them. It is indeed of infinite importance to civil society, that the memory of that great man should be perpetuated, by every mean in our power. We may thus sow the seeds of virtue, honor and patriotism in our country. He will be held up as a model, to which the finger of wisdom will constantly point, to which the attention of youth will be irresistibly drawn, and the mind of every man aspiring to pre-eminence among a free people, will be rivetted.
The proposed Mausoleum would be a structure well-calculated to resist the ravages of time. As to the hand of man, at least of civilized man, we need not guard against it. The depository of the ashes of WASHINGTON will never be assailed by it. It may indeed be attacked by the ruthless hand of some invading barbarian. But its only security against such an attack must be derived from the courage and fortitude of the people of the United States. And I trust they will never tamely yield up the land of their forefathers.
Mr. BIRD was against the bill, because it proposed the erection of a mausoleum, which would not be equal to the object for which it was raised without the expenditure of a vast sum of money; whereas a statue could be made, somewhat correspondent to the occasion, for a moderate sum. It was in vain for gentlemen to talk about a structure commensurate to the object. Such a thing was impossible. He moved the recommendation of the bill to a Committee of the whole house.
The question being put, the house divided, ayes 39, noes 39; and it passed in the negative by the casting vote of the Speaker.
Mr. SHEPARD said, I will do as much as any man to honor the memory of Washington. I have fought and bled with him several times. I have always supported and will continue to support him. But on the score of expense I think we are going too far. I will go so far as to have his remains placed decently within these walls. Further I will not go; for I do not think we have a right to throw away the public money.
Mr. MACON delivered his reasons against a mausoleum, and in favour of an equestrian statue: and among other remarks, said the idea that a mausoleum would be equal to the character of Washington was preposterous. Few individuals in the world were capable of drawing his character. In a few words he would say, that no character that had ever lived was equal to him, and it was his firm belief, that the world would never see his equal.
Mr. BROWN thought general Washington the best man that had ever lived; and he was surprised at the ideas of gentlemen on the ground of expense. If the mausoleum were agreed to, it would not cost each person in the U. States 4 cents; & if the equestrian statue were also made, (which he hoped would also be done for the sake of general accommodation) it would not cost more than two cents. It seemed to him that some gentlemen wereaverse to doing any thing, though they did not wish the people to think so.

Mr. ALLSTON would not have risen, had he not been marked by the gentleman from Rhode-Island as an object of inconsistency.
Mr. CHAMPLIN explained by saying he did not mean to censure the gentleman for his change of opinion, for which he doubtless had good reasons.
Mr. ALLSTON. Let the measures of congress be reviewed, and it would appear, that the house itself and the gentleman from Rhode-Island had been as inconsistent as himself. He would appeal to the gentleman whether it was more honorable to desert his duty and fly a vote, than to act as he had done.
Mr. ALLSTON gave his ideas at some length for his preference of a statue. But as they were nearly similar to those expressed by Mr. A. in a former stage of this business, we omit them.
Mr. HUGER said it was unnecessary at this time to take into view the old arguments that had been urged. The proposition of the gentleman from Tennessee, for an equestrian statue, was the only one he should notice. So impressed was he with the inadequacy of a common statue to express the gratitude of America, that he solemnly declared he would rather have nothing done, than to have what was done in this back-handed way.
He was disposed to treat with great respect the acts of the old congress. But the act, to which the gentleman from Tennessee had alluded, and which he wished this house exclusively to carry into effect, was passed in reference to the military exploits of general Washington, because at the time it was passed, his life had been most characterised by them. Since that period circumstances had changed. If we are bound by the acts of the old congress, are we not equally bound by those of the last session? If you adopt the ideas of the gentleman, do you not hold out the commander in chief of the American army as deserving a splendid monument, and the father of the constitution and other great civil acts as deserving nothing?
Without any concert whatever, a remarkable concurrence had taken place between West, Trumbull, and other respectable artists, who all gave an unequivocal preference to a mausoleum; which, in his opinion, would be far less expensive than a statue. The expense of the latter, as would appear from an estimate in the office of the secretary of state, could not be less than 40,000 guineas, deliverable at Paris; and when the additional charges of transportation, insurance, and other incidental expenses, were considered, he was persuaded it could not be completed for less than two or three hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. JOHN C. SMITH considered the government as pledged to do that which they had promised, and which the national feeling required.
Mr. RANDOLPH must consider the present as a tedious and useless debate. The gentleman had declared the government to be pledged. To whom were they pledged, and for what? It was to the relics of the deceased; to have them placed within these walls. For this, there were the strongest reasons, as such a measure would be agreeable to the venerable lady to which he had been united.
If then they were so pledged, why violate this pledge, by referring the business to the secretary of state, of the treasury, of war, and of the navy; though what connexion there was between the office of the secretary of the navy and the performance of this trust, he could not tell.
One consideration with him was insuperable. The departure from the original plan tended, unjustly, and most cruelly, (however pure the intentions) to violate the feelings of a lady, so much troubled already.
(to be continued.)
NEWS FROM CURRACOA.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the Petapsc. sloop of war, to his friend in Philadelphia.
"On the 22d of September, we arrived off the island of Curracoa. Having previously been informed that a French force of 16 vessels and 1400 men from Guadaloupe, were besieging the city of Amsterdam, in that island, we reconnoitered, and discovered the privateers, 15 in number, laying close under two forts, which we thought too strong for us to attack, having only the United States ship Merrimack to support us. At the same time spoke the governor of Curracoa, and the American Consul on board. The latter informed capt. Geddes that the enemy intended to take the town by storm that night, and that to preserve the property of the American merchants afloat as well as ashore, it was his opinion one of our ships ought to run into the harbor in order to prevent the enemies entering. At 5 in the evening we stood in, when the French opened a quick and well directed fire upon us, from a fort of two 18, one 12, and two 9 pounders, within half pistol shot, and roofs of the houses in the L'Othra Banda, which was filled with the enemies troops—who kept up a constant fire of musketry, which was as warmly returned from the cannon and muskets of the Petapsc, and those deluded people who escaped death, returned to their camps, but at intervals, engaged us all night, which we returned from our great guns. On the 23d, they appeared to be more in motion than in common, but kept up a constant fire from their batteries; they embarked with great precipitation, leaving behind them eighty or an hundred men, all their guns, ammunition, &c. With pleasure I am enabled to state we had but two wounded, one of which was Mr. Calder—The loss on the part of the French is computed at about 150, with 1 general officer. We received considerable damage in our hull, rigging and sails. On the 24th the British frigate Nereide entered and hoisted the British flag, agreeably to the capitulation entered into with the governor previous to our arrival. All the American property is safe."
storm that night, and that to preserve the property of the American merchants afloat as well as ashore, it was his opinion one of our ships ought to run into the harbor in order to prevent the enemies entering. At 5 in the evening we stood in, when the French opened a quick and well directed fire upon us, from a fort of two 18, one 12, and two 9 pounders, within half pistol shot, and roofs of the houses in the L'Othra Banda, which was filled with the enemies troops—who kept up a constant fire of musketry, which was as warmly returned from the cannon and muskets of the Petapsc, and those deluded people who escaped death, returned to their camps, but at intervals, engaged us all night, which we returned from our great guns. On the 23d, they appeared to be more in motion than in common, but kept up a constant fire from their batteries; they embarked with great precipitation, leaving behind them eighty or an hundred men, all their guns, ammunition, &c. With pleasure I am enabled to state we had but two wounded, one of which was Mr. Calder—The loss on the part of the French is computed at about 150, with 1 general officer. We received considerable damage in our hull, rigging and sails. On the 24th the British frigate Nereide entered and hoisted the British flag, agreeably to the capitulation entered into with the governor previous to our arrival. All the American property is safe."
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
An arrival at New-York from Falmouth brings London papers to the 17th of November.
The articles of most importance stated in these papers, are:
The removal of the pacific Congress from Luneville to Paris.
The resignation of Carnot as minister of war—and
The assembling of a large Russian army in Galicia.
The British have relinquished their design upon Cadiz.
The French troops have taken Arezzo, in Italy, by assault.
The adjourning of the Congress at Luneville without effecting the object of their meeting.
The king's speech to parliament, in favor of continuing the war.
The continued scarcity of grain, without a prospect of speedy relief—and,
The guarantee on flour, fixed at 70s. a barrel.
BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS.
November 11.
This day, a little after three o'clock, his majesty came down to the house, and opened the session of parliament with the following most gracious speech from the throne; the speaker of the house of commons and several members attending at the bar.
"My Lords and Gentlemen, My tender concern for the welfare of my subjects, and a sense of the difficulties with which the poorer classes particularly have to struggle, from the present high price of provisions, have induced me to call you together at an earlier period than I had otherwise intended.—No object can be nearer my heart than that, by your care and wisdom, all such measures may be adopted as may, upon full consideration, appear best calculated to alleviate this severe pressure, and to prevent the danger of its recurrence, by promoting, as far as possible, the permanent extension and improvement of agriculture."
"For the object of immediate relief, your attention will naturally be directed, in the first instance, to the best mode of affording the earliest and the most ample encouragement for the importation of all descriptions of grain from abroad."
"Such a supply, aided by the examples which you have set on former occasions of attention to economy and frugality in the consumption of corn, is most likely to contribute to a reduction in the present high price, and to ensure at the same time the means of meeting the demands for the necessary consumption of the year."
"The present circumstances will also, I am persuaded, render the state of the laws respecting the commerce in the various articles of provision the object of your serious deliberation."
"If on the result of that deliberation it shall appear to you that the evil neces-
sary arising from unfavorable seasons has been increased by any undue combinations of fraudulent practices, for the sake of adding unfairly to the price, you will feel an earnest desire of effectually preventing such abuses: but you will, I am sure, be careful to distinguish any practices of this nature from that regular and long established course of trade which experience has shewn to be indispensable for the present state of society, for the subsistence of my people."
"You will have seen with concern the temporary disturbances which have taken place in some parts of this kingdom. Those malicious and disaffected persons who cruelly take advantage of the present difficulties to excite any of my subjects to acts in violation of the laws and of the public peace, are in the present circumstances doubly criminal, as such proceedings must necessarily and immediately tend to increase in the highest degree the evil complained of, while they at the same time, endanger the permanent tranquility of the country, on which the well-being of the industrious classes of the community must always principally depend."
"The voluntary exertions which have on this occasion been made for the immediate repression of these outrages, and in support of the laws and public peace, are therefore entitled to my highest praise."
"Gentlemen of the house of Commons, Under the circumstances of the present meeting, I am desirous of asking of you such supplies only as may be necessary for carrying on the public service, till the parliament of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland may conveniently be assembled. The estimates for that purpose will be laid before you; and I have no doubt of your readiness to make such provision as the public interests may appear to require."
"My Lords and Gentlemen, I have directed copies to be laid before you of those communications which have recently passed between me and the French government, respecting the commencement of negotiations for peace. You will see in them fresh and striking proofs of my earnest desire to contribute to the re-establishment of general tranquility. That desire on my part has hitherto been unhappily frustrated, by the determination of the enemy to enter only on a separate negotiation, in which it was impossible for me to engage, consistently either with public faith, or with a due regard to the permanent security of Europe."
"My anxiety for the speedy restoration of peace remains unaltered; and there will be no obstacles nor delay on my part to the adoption of such measures as may best tend to promote and accelerate that desirable end, consistently with the honor of this country, and the true interest of my people; but if the disposition of our enemies should continue to render this great object of all my wishes unattainable, without the sacrifice of these essential considerations on the maintenance of which all its advantages must depend, you will, I am confident, persevere in affording me the same loyal and steady support which I have experienced through the whole of this important contest, and which has under the blessing of Providence, enabled me, during a period of such unexampled difficulty and calamity to all the surrounding nations, to maintain unimpaired, the security and honor of these kingdoms."
[After the delivery of the King's speech a very long debate took place on the answer which it was proposed to send to it by the Commons; and especially on that part of the Speech which relates to the general scarcity of provisions in the kingdom. Mr. Pitt moved for a committee to consider what bounties should be granted on the importation of corn; the first object of which, he said, would be to adopt a practical remedy for the scarcity, and afterwards to enquire into the causes. Granted. He then obtained leave to bring in a bill to prevent distilleries using grain for a limited time; a bill to prevent the making of starch; another to prohibit the exportation of provisions or food, particularly rice; and moved for a committee to consider of the duty on the importation of hops, with a view of obtaining a supply of that article.]
LONDON, Oct. 20.
Though it has been pretended that General Kray asked permission to resign, there is no doubt, that in fact, he was recalled, and that his recall has been attended with complete disgrace. The General, on his return, met his sovereign at a place called Sieghards Kirchen; and the old officer for
whom the Empress, the preceding year, embroidered a magnificent vest, considered himself as very happy, the present year, to converse for a few moments with the Emperor, while he was changing horses!
The Langrave of Hesse has taken an unexpected measure. He has put all his troops upon a war establishment. "It may be hence inferred," says the Journal de Commerce, that the project of neutrality, of an armed mediation, is on the point of being realised, and that Prussia will not delay taking the same measures as her ally the Langrave of Hesse.
OCTOBER 29.
Letters from Stockholm, of Oct. 3, say "The king will return to this capital about the 28th inst. His relations with the Emperor of Russia become every day more intimate, and our dispute with England furnishes new food. These two princes will doubtless concert their measures and declarations on this subject, and we shall soon see what has been very rarely seen, the three powers of the North uniting their interests, and speaking the same language."
If we may believe the intelligence from Constantinople, inserted in the French papers, the situation of Abdallah Menou in Egypt is much more favorable than was imagined. While the renewal of the insurrection of Pashwan Oglou has retained a considerable part of the Ottoman troops in Europe, the feeble and disorganized army of the Grand Vizier is still stationary near Jaffa.
OCTOBER 30.
Letters from Vienna contain a confirmation of the appointment of Count Cobentzel to succeed Baron Thugut: but from the manner in which he has been removed it should seem that his removal is less to be considered as a disgrace than as a sacrifice to the exigencies of existing circumstances.
The delay in the opening the Congress at Luneville, a delay attributable solely to Austria, has been the subject of much speculation. The change in the ministry was given as the cause of the delay, and the elevation of Count Cobentzel was considered as a proof of the party, of the determination of the Austrian Cabinet to make peace: yet the hopes of peace are rapidly vanishing at Vienna, and a circumstance has taken place which is considered as an indication of an intention on the part of Austria of renewing the war. The Archduke Charles has been appointed Imperial and Royal Field Marshal and Generalissimo of the Austrian Armies, with powers unlimited, and totally independent of the Austrian council. Count Celleredo has been sent to the Archduke at Prague to notify his royal highness's appointment, and to have a conference with a foreign minister who is arrived there expresses from Carlsbad. It seems that the court of Vienna is very sanguine in its expectations of its assistance from Russia. The Prince of Auerberg has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Petersburg; and it may be that Baron Thugut has been removed more for the purpose of conciliating the Emperor Paul than of smoothing the way to peace. The private letters from Vienna assert that the conditions proposed by the French are inadmissible, and that other powers have resolved to interfere to preserve the integrity of the German empire.
By the recent decree of the French Consuls, 140,000 emigrants are, it is stated, permitted to return to their country. All persons are to be erased, except persons coming under the following description: 1. Those who have borne arms against France. 2. Those who, since the departure of the French Princes, have continued to form part of the civil and military establishment of the Princes. 3. Those who have accepted from the French Princes, or from the powers at war with France, the offices of ministers, ambassadors, negotiators, and agents. 4. Those who have been maintained on the list in consequence of the report of the commission established on the 7th Nivose, (27th December last.)
NOVEMBER 5.
We this day received the Paris Journal to the 1st inst. inclusive. The only article in the official Journal respecting the negotiation, is a short statement of the arrival of the count Cobentzel, the Austrian plenipotentiary, and the marquis Lucchellini, from Prussia, in Paris. Some of the non-official papers mention also the arrival of a Bavarian minister, and state, that it is probable that the negotiations for peace will be carried on in that city.

It is extremely probable that the Congress, which was to be held at Luneville, in case the English had consented to send thither a negotiator, will be held at Paris, where the ministers of the greatest powers in Europe have already arrived. The first consequence which will thence result is, that the English will have no representative here, and that peace will be concluded without them. The second is, that the negotiations will be carried on with more effect under the eyes of a man accustomed to employ as much sincerity as diphth in his deliberations. The chief trait by which his genius is characterised, is to see far and at one glance. We shall therefore be not far from the truth, and shall gratify the most ardent wish of our heart, if we foresee that the anniversary of the 18th Brumaire, year 8, he strangled the monster anarchy—On the 18th Brumaire, year 8, he put an end to the scourge of war!
Publiciste.
From German Papers.
Copenhagen, October 7.
The Government of Denmark has not been known to have any diplomatic character near the United States of America. However, as the commerce of Denmark has greatly increased, it has been considered necessary and expedient to fill this post under the present circumstances. Our consul at Morocco, BLICHER OLSEN, has consequently been appointed minister resident from our court to the Government of the United States; and next spring will go thither in that character. His residence is to be at the City of Washington.
Vienna, 5th October.
Private letters from Prague inform us that the A. Charles has accepted the nomination of Generalissimo. Great preparations were made for his reception at Court. There is no doubt but the army will be rejoiced to see him. Although a great deal about preliminary articles and ratifications is said, the preparations indicate nothing but warlike prospects, and nothing short of hostilities are expected; in which case we expect to be supported by a large Russian army.—Prince Charles is to command in person in Germany, and Prince John in Italy with the assistance of General Mack.
October 6.
The General in Chief Moreau arrived here last evening, at 6 o'clock, in company with General Macdonald; their arrival was announced by the discharge of artillery. An elegant ball was given them, at which the greater part of the Diet attended. We are assured that before his departure from Augsburg, general Moreau furnished passports for the Count de Cobentzel. On his way here he visited the fortress of Ingolstadt, and the monument erecting to the memory of the brave Latour d'Auvergne.
The Congress of Luneville is provisionally transferred to Paris. We know that Count Cobentzel has arrived here, that citizen Joseph Buonaparte returned along with him, and that the marquis of Lucchesini, the minister plenipotentiary of the king of Prussia, has also arrived. It is asserted, that the conferences which take place at Paris, will not retard the opening of the Congress; on the contrary, it is probable they will hasten the result. M. Cetto, the Bavarian minister, has also arrived. It is asserted in a positive manner in letters from Vienna, that the differences which existed between that court and the court of Petersburg, have terminated to the satisfaction of the two monarchs, and they mention as a proof of it that the grand Duke Constantine, who was in Gallicia at the time of the grand military reviews, commanded on that occasion a division of Austrian troops. This accommodation, which is probable will not however be carried so far as to produce an alliance, offensive and defensive between the two courts;
the engagements which Russia has entered into with Prussia, must interdict the former from making any alliance that might be contrary to the object of the armed mediation.
The last armistice was to expire on the 20th October. It is said, but we know not on what foundation, that it will be prolonged for four months; it is no more probable that it will be prolonged to the end of the negotiations, the result of which is still involved in obscurity.
Gazette de France.
Sir Sidney Smith has been relieved in his station, off the coast of Egypt, by adm. Bickerton—Moniteur.
Count Cobentzel, since his arrival, has had frequent and long conferences with the first Consul. On the evening of the 8th, he was at the opera, after which he paid a visit to mad. Berthier, where he partook of a superb entertainment, at which were present madame Murat, mademoiselle Beauharnais, and the most amiable women of Paris.—Gaz. de France.
THE SUBSCRIBER
BEGS leave to inform the Public in general, that he has opened a Beef-steak and Oyster House, on Capitol Hill, City of Washington, in the House lately occupied by Brown and Snowden as a Printing Office, a small distance from the Capitol, where Gentlemen may be accommodated at any hour in the day or Evening, with Beef-steaks, Oysters, Sausages &c. at the Shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. Likewise the Subscriber has taken particular pains to lay in a stock of Good Liquors, and flatters himself that by paying strict attention to the business to Merit the favour of the Public in General.
WILLIAM TONKIN.
December 23.
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Kid, Eliot & Co.
At the Brick Store opposite BLODGET'S HOTEL.
HAVE received by the Brig UNION, Capt. Leonard, from Liverpool, a large supply of Crockery Ware. Some of which is well assorted in small casks for the country.
Also, by the same Vessel.
White Lead, ground in oil.
Spanish Brown do.
Red Lead, Patent yellow, &c. &c.
They expect by the Roba and Betsey arrived at Norfolk, an additional Invoice of crockery and a large assortment of Glass ware. All which will be sold at the Philadelphia prices.
December 28.
BOARDING AND LODGING.
TWO gentlemen can be accommodated with Gentel Board and Lodging in a good and comfortable Two story Brick house, a few yards from the end of the New Gravel Walk on New Jersey Avenue, and on moderate terms by
JAMES VANSANDT.
December 28.
3t.
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 Presidents House and George Town, from their long and extensive experience in Military, Naval and Fancy dresses, 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.
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20 Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the Subscriber, living in Frederick County, Virginia, a Mulatto boy named Fom, about twenty years of age, of a sturdy make, about five feet nine inches high, he has no particular mark.—He will endeavour to pass for a free man.—He has a mother, a black woman, slave to Mr. Frederic Conrad, living in the Federal City; where it is conjectured he will harbour. The above reward will be paid on his being brought home, or Ten Dollars if procured in any jail and information given to
A. LINDO.
December 22.
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Notice is Given
THAT I shall attend at the Eastern Branch Ferry on Monday, the 29th inst. for the purpose of renting the Fishing Landing. If any person should want to rent it, with whom I am not acquainted, security will be required.
JOHN WALLACE, of Win. Dec. 23, 1800.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29.
The official returns from Kentucky for President and Vice-President have been received. They are for
Thomas Jefferson, 4 votes
Aaron Burr, 4
These votes complete the returns from all the states; whereby we are enabled to announce the total result as follows:
For Thomas Jefferson 73
Aaron Burr 73
John Adams 65
C. C. Pinckney 64
The Senate have confirmed the nomination of JOHN JAY, as Chief Justice of the United States.
We understand, that the President of the United States has offered, through the Secretary of the Navy, to Capt. Little, his officers and men, his congratulations on their late success, and his sincere wishes for their future glory.
The Secretary of the Navy it is also said, has expressed himself to this purport, that it was before known that the captain, officers and crew of the Boston, only wanted an opportunity to be offered them to do honor to themselves and their country.
The house of delegates of Virginia have passed an act against DUELLING, which provides that the property both of the challenger and the challenged, and the person carrying a challenge, shall pass immediately to their heirs on giving or receiving it; that they shall be incapacitated from holding real estate; and shall be disabled from holding any office under the government.
The bill has been rejected in Senate.
Mr. BACON, the republican candidate, is elected a member of the H. of R. of the U. S. for Massachusetts. In the district the votes were, for Mr. Bacon 1427, for Mr. Williams 1381; scattering 43.
Mr. LEE, the federal candidate, is elected for the First Eastern district.
Robert Liston, the English minister, is now at Norfolk, from which place he intends to sail for England. Mr. Thornton remains in the character of Charge des Affaires.
Oliver Ellsworth, one of the American Envoys to France, arrived at London on the 29th of October. He is highly spoken of by the London editors.
Since his trial HADFIELD has remained in Newgate, from which place he has been lately removed to Bedlam, where an apartment had been prepared for his reception. He was dressed in a dark coat, and appeared to be perfectly calm and collected. When he arrived at Bedlam, he expressed some objection to the place, but added, "I dare say there are many better men here than myself, and I am sure there are many out of Bedlam who deserve to be in as much as I do."
Capt Barclay arrived at New York from St. Sebastians informs that all intercourse between France and Spain is stopped, in consequence of the plague which rages in all parts of the latter kingdom. All American vessels are obliged to perform quarantine; and what is very singular, they attribute the introduction of their calamity to vessels from this country.
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.
The following Resolution passed the house of Delegates on the 22 instant.
Whereas the General Assembly of this commonwealth at their session, which commenced in December in the year 1798, passed sundry resolutions, in one of which they solemnly protest against the act of Congress, commonly called the sedition law, as a palpable and alarming infraction of the Constitution of the United States.
And whereas the General Assembly of this commonwealth, at their session, which commenced in December in the year 1799, repeated this solemn protestation against the said act of Congress, and moreover, directed the publication of the report of a select committee, containing a fair and candid representation of the reasons on which that measure was founded; a report of which the members composing this present General Assembly take pleasure in expressing their decided ap-
probation, not only because of the perspicuity and irresistible force of the arguments which it contains, but because a disposition to promote "mutual respect confidence and affection among the members of the union," is uniformly preserved.
And whereas recent occurrences have taken place in several parts of the United States, and particularly in this commonwealth, which justify the apprehensions expressed by the said General Assemblies, and which prove that the said act is as oppressive and dangerous in practice, as it is erroneous in principle.
And whereas the said last mentioned General Assembly by their resolution passed on the 11th day of January last, instructed the Senators from this state in the Congress of the United States to oppose the passing of any law founded on or recognising the doctrine lately advanced that the common law of England is in force under the government of the United States, a doctrine which they truly declared to be novel in its principles and tenuous in its consequences; and the members of the present General Assembly, after the most mature deliberation are of opinion that the said doctrine tends directly to the subversion of a fundamental article in the constitution, namely, that the general government possesses no powers but those which are expressly granted:—therefore,
Resolved, That the Senators from this state in the Congress of the State, be instructed, and that the representatives be requested, to avail themselves of every opportunity to obtain a repeal of the said act of Congress, and to oppose any law or resolution containing a recognition of the said doctrine.
CHARLESTON, December 5.
Yesterday was burnt pursuant to sentence, BEN, a negro fellow belonging to Mr. Greggemes, for the murder of Mr. William Maxwell, in a barbarous manner. SMART, concerned with BEN, will suffer death in like manner, this day, at the place where the murder was committed, near the thirteen-mile-house, between the hours of ten and four.
Kid, Eliot & Co.
HAVE received by late arrivals, a general assortment of Hard ware and Ironmongery, which they offer for Sale at their Store opposite the Great Hotel.
They have also on hand
Madeira, } Wines.
Sherry & } Wines.
Lisbon } Wines.
Cogniac Brandy.
Jamaica Spirits,
Holland Gin,
Loaf and Brown Sugar,
Tea, Coffee, &c. &c.
Washington, Dec. 18.
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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 tf N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kiln of Bricks, and some Cord Wood.
W. P.
CONRAD & M'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.
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that two Tracts of land belonging to CHARLES GRANDPRE lying in the County of Pickering in the Mississippi Territory, and adjoining land belonging to Adam Bingaman, are attached by a Foreign attachment at the suit of Joseph Calvet for a debt of 2063 dollars 30 cents
JOSEPH CALVET.
Nov. 28, 1800.
BOARDING AND LODGING.
FIVE or Six gentlemen can be accommodated with Gentel Board and Lodging, in a good and comfortable House, on New Jersey Avenue, at Mr. Law's former residence. Also good Stabling wherein twenty horses can be accommodated by,
SAMUEL BOOTES.
Nov. 26th, 1800.
4t.

CONSIDERATIONS
On the Government of the Territory of COLUMBIA.
No. III.
The first enquiry which will present itself in considering the government of the Territory of Columbia in relation to its local concerns, is whether the Federal Government ought to exercise it by its general depositaries of legislative, executive, and judicial authorities; or whether a special, subordinate, legislative, executive, and judicial authority, ought to be created for that purpose.
Two objections occur against the exercise of legislative, executive, and judicial authority, over the Territory of Columbia, by the ordinary depositaries of those authorities, in the Federal government.
It will be attended with great difficulty in the execution. No policy can be worse than to mingle great and small concerns. The latter become absorbed in the former; are neglected and forgotten. The legislative mind, applying its power to the regulation of great national objects, is not in a state to regard with proper attention the minute necessities of a town, a City, or a District. The institution of local legislations for domestic purposes is peculiar to America; and is the greatest improvement which has been made in the science of government in modern ages. Liberty can never be well secured in a very small state. Some more powerful nation by force or fraud subverts it. The liberty and autonomy of America depend on the preservation of a great and powerful empire on this Continent; capable of concentrating its energies, and directing them by a single impulse. But the great objection to instituting such a government has been that it cannot well be republican.
Montesquieu has almost obtained for this idea, by the force of his erudition and eloquence, the authority of a maxim. But the institution of subordinate legislations, such as are found in the Federal Government, removes the objection. These are the nurseries of talent, and of courage; and keep alive in the great body of the people the habits of republicanism. These answer the purpose of Guardians, and of Censors. These keep off tyranny abroad, and tyranny at home. In the midst of danger and revolution, they guard against the evils of anarchy; which has always afforded the first step for the tyrant to mount in the ladder of ambition.
Had France possessed any institutions of this nature, we should not have seen in that country, four successive constitutions, each the bloody victim of the other, in the same period that one has answered for this country.
Independent of the difficulty of execution, another objection arises which deserves attention. It will impair the dignity of the national legislative, executive, and judicial authorities, to be occupied with all the local concerns of the Territory of Columbia.
The only remedy for these evils is to erect a subordinate authority for each of these powers. Let us begin with the legislative.
Pursuing the constitutions of the United States, and of the individual states, in some measure, as models; let the legislative power be confided to two houses, one to be termed the Senate, the other the Assembly, and both together the Legislature.
Until the territory shall have attained a population of thirty thousand, let the number of members in the first be eight, in the second twenty. After it has attained a population of thirty thousand, let the permanent numbers be sixteen and forty.
From so numerous a legislature, an ample knowledge might be expected, of all the various interests in the Territory of Columbia; and a wise, steady, and impartial regulation of its local concerns would result.
A legislature so numerous, and probably so able as this would be, would supercede the necessity of any corporate and inferior institutions within the Territory.
Let the Senators be elected out of citizens of the United States, bona fide resident in the territory of Columbia, by the inhabitants of the territory at large, without regard to districts. Let the Senators be divided into four classes; and the seats of one expire annually.
Let the Assembly-men be elected out of citizens of the United States, bona fide resident within the territory of Columbia;
and bona fide resident within some particular district thereof, by whose inhabitants they are chosen; and let them hold their seats for one year.
Let the legislature meet at two stated times in every year in the city of Washington. A frequency of meetings will be necessary, as attention must be constantly alive; and as the members will probably be able to spend but little time from their private concerns. A few days will be sufficient for a session, if the periods recur often.
We come now to the executive authority. Let this be vested in a governor. Let the governor be nominated by the President of the United States, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, appointed and commissioned by him.
Let him be a citizen of the United States, bona fide resident within the territory of Columbia.
Let him have the power of nominating, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the territory, of appointing and commissioning all executive and judicial officers of the territory of Columbia.
Let him have the power of removing all such officers at pleasure; and let himself be removable at the pleasure of the President of the United States.
Let the governor have a qualified veto on the acts of the legislature, as in the constitution of the United States; and let the congress of the United States retain the right to repeal any law passed in the territory, and to prescribe or make any regulation respecting the territory, at their pleasure.
The consequence of this system would be, that in matters purely local, the federal government would seldom interpose; and in matters of national moment their authority would be sovereign and undiminished.
It remains to consider the judicial authority.
Let there be a court of justice for the territory, to be termed the general court, to sit in the city of Washington, and to possess original common law and equitable jurisdiction without limitation, subject to appeals in all cases, directly to the supreme court of the United States.
Let there be appointed a limited number of aldermen in the city of Washington, in the town of Alexandria, and in the corporate limits of George town. Let there be appointed a limited number of justices for the country North of the Potomac; and a limited number for the country South of the Potomac.
Let each alderman and justice have authority to render judgments in all controversies, where the debt or damage does not exceed one hundred dollars: and for the finding of facts, and ascertainment of damage, let him be attended by a jury of six freeholders.
Let an appeal lie in all cases from the judgement of an alderman or justice, both on the law, and on the fact, to the general court of the territory directly.
This system brings justice home to the door of every citizen. It gives uniformity to the whole Territory. Those who do not personally know the jurisprudence of both Virginia and Maryland, cannot imagine the wide difference which exists between them. If they are both good, it is a sufficient objection to them that they are different. If one is entitled to a preference over the other, it is still better to defer both, than to attempt to introduce the one as a substitute for the other.
The same motive which operated in submitting the form of an instrument in the second number, will plead my apology for adopting the same course in this. It would not be rendering justice to the subject, it would not be demonstrating so incontrovertibly the facility of carrying into immediate operation a plan of this nature, unless a detail of some kind is presented. No other mode so well enables the mind to form a judgment with promptitude and precision.
It will be remembered, however, that various provisions, on subjects totally pretermitted here, will require attention hereafter, when the system is in operation. To aim at correctness and nicety; to embrace every point and to leave nothing unfinished; has been as far from the intention, as it is from the talents, of the author of these considerations. In the practical exemplification of any system, whose outlines are well defined, affairs generally fall into a natural train, and as it were regulate themselves. The organization once made, the Territory of Columbia will experience, no further anarchy or confusion: but will advance, in the career of glory, with firm and steady steps, at the front of that confederacy, whose collected statesmen she re-
ceives into her bosom, and returns to convey her science and her arts, her wisdom and her polish, to the remotest corners of this wide-spreading empire. Supported by the firm and solid pillars of the State Governments, she crowns, with a light majestic dignity, the dome of the edifice. With greater justice may it receive the inscription of the Louvre at Paris,
"Non orbis, talem gentem; nulla gens, parem urbem, habet."
EPAMINONDAS.
City of Washington, December 22d, 1800.
LONDON October 26.
OF THE ENGLISH FLEET.
The mind receives, with a degree of incredulity, accounts it wishes to believe untrue. We heard that an unsuccessful attempt had been made by our troops on Cadiz; but conceiv'd, that, benefitting by the experience we had so dearly purchased, we should avoid further disasters:—that the yet fresh recollection of Holland and of Ferrol, would have removed every possible cause of miscarriage, and that increased discredit would not, by elating the enemy, augment the danger our gallant soldiers must have to contend with when they come to action.—We would not credit the account, till we yesterday received letters from the fleet and army, dated the 21th of Septembers, and 2d and 7th inst. from which the following painfully important particulars are extracted.
On the 13th of September, Lord Keith, accompanied by Sir Ralph Abercromby, and 10,000 of as brave fellows as the world can boast, arrived from Minorca at Gibraltar.—The return of this army was unexpected, and the contiguous coast of Spain defenceless; but the alarm created by the intelligence was accompanied by preparations, and troops began to collect from various quarters to Cadiz, and to the lines and fortresses at St. Roche. On the 18th, the Spaniards moored in the Pontal six sail of the line and a frigate, with springs on their cables, in such a manner as to form a powerful protection to the carrakas and the dock-yard; and dismantling these ships, sent half their crews into gun-vessels, and to assist at the batteries.
On the same evening Sir R. Bickerton, who with about six sail of the line had effectually blockaded Cadiz, fell in with Sir J. M. Pulteney and 15,000 men, not inferior to the others, and informing him of the progress of preparation at Cadiz, urged his stay, whilst he, the Admiral, dispatched a frigate to Gibraltar to apprize Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby: but the General's orders were peremptory, and he proceeded to Gibraltar, where he arrived on the 19th of September.
The Rock being unable to supply the necessary quantity of waters to this increased number of persons, 70 of the troops ships were sent to the Bay of Tetuan, 14 leagues distant, about half way to which, passing Ceuta, a Spanish post which had resisted several sieges, the garrison was so weak that it is stated they only waited a summons to surrender. At Tetuan a body of troops were landed to prevent all communication with the Moors during the watering; but a gale from the west having driven most of our fleet far into the Mediterranean, it was the 6th of the present month before we were in a state to make the purposed attack on Cadiz.
The arrangements being made to land between Rota and St. Lucars, and after carrying those posts, to take the fort of St. Catherine's, by which the fleet would be enabled to get to the N. W. side of the bay and co-operate with the army, and 800 soldiers got into the boats for that purpose; but when the general saw that the boats were not competent to take a greater number at one time, conceiving that they were not equal to the object to be accomplished, the undertaking was relinquished, and the fleet and Army ordered to proceed to Tetuan, from whence our Letters express a belief that they are to go to Leghorn.
Assured by authorities, in which we place much confidence, that Cadiz could have been carried the beginning of last month, by 3,000 men, and apprised of the infinite importance of such an acquisition, we cannot enough lament the delay and universal notification of attack to which we have to attribute our failure and disgrace.
The impossibility of deriving succour from Gibraltar and the difficulty of getting at thence, which on account of e strong western current, can only be effect-
ed with a breeze at East, renders that place peculiarly ineligible as a rendezvous for an enterprize to the westward. It is alike painful and extraordinary, that the planners of this expedition, knowing, that it was to comprize 25,000 men, & the importance of debarking at once as many as possible, did not provide the means to land more than 3,000; and that the Officers who directed it did not know, till the men were actually in the boats, that these boats could not contain a sufficient number of troops to afford a probability of success.
CONVEYANCER'S OFFICE.
THOMAS HERTY has opened an office a few yards from the CAPITOL, on the New Jersey Avenue, where he will attend daily till 3 o'clock during the sitting of Congress, and in the afternoon, at his office opposite the LITTLE HOTEL—Conveyances of land, wills, mortgages, leases, assignments, copartnership deeds and discharges, marriage settlements and separations, letters of licence and composition, bills of sale of vessels, slaves, and other chattels, bonds of conveyance, and other bonds, powers of attorney, awards, manumissions, partitions, exchanges, petitions, annuities, post obits, leasmen's wills and powers, and all other instruments in the above line, are drawn according to the legal import of the same respectively, with the utmost punctuality, accuracy, secrecy, and dispatch, and on moderate terms.
Titles investigated, and opinions given where necessary.
N. B. Herty's Abridgment of the laws of Maryland, approved and sanctioned by the Attorney General and Legislature of Maryland, may be had at the above office, price Six Dollars neatly bound and lettered; also Herty's Digest of the Laws of the United States, price Three Dollars, neatly bound and lettered.
December 5, 1800.
twtf.
JOHN MINCHIN, BOOT MAKER.
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
RESPECTFULLY acquaints his FRIENDS, CUSTOMERS, and the PUBLIC, that he has removed his BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORY from near the Eastern Branch, to New Jersey Avenue, on the hill, near the Capitol, where he makes Gentlemen's Boots, Boutees, dress and undress Shoes on the shortest notice, in the neatest manner, and of the best materials.
December 3d.
3tw.
TO JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS.
WANTED, a number of Journeymen Shoemakers, to whom constant employment and good wages will be given.
RAN AWAY
FROM the Subscriber on the 10th inst. Negro FIDELIO, well known about the City, and it is thought he is lurking about Mrs. Young's where he has a wife. I will give a generous reward for having him put in Jail, and One Dollar for Boggng him and bringing him home. All persons are also forewarned from crediting any person on my Account, without an order from under my hand, and also from Harboring my People, or permitting them to cross the Ferrys without a line from,
JAMES R. DERMOTT,
St. Elizabeth, Dec. 15, 1800.
3t
This day is Published ana for Sale
BY
RAPINE, CONRAD & Co.
AT THE WASHINGTON BOOK STORE, Corner of South B. Street and New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol.
A FEW remarks on MR. HAMILTON's late Letter, concerning the Public conduct and character of the President, price 25 cents.
The EGGO GIRL and her Benefactors 3 Vols. by Mrs. Bennet author of Welsh heiress, Juvenile indiflections, Agnes De Courci, and Ellen Countess of Castle Howell. price 3 dollars, neatly bound.
JUST IMPORTED,
IN the ship Missouri, via Philadelphia, and now opening for Sale at the Subscriber's Store on New Jersey Avenue Capital Hill, Square 690.
A General Assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery, Brass Wares and Building Materials.
Among which are the following Articles.
Iron pots, frying pans, chaffing dishes, Brats, iron and Japand Candlesticks, patent metal tea kettles and sauce pans; japanned tea trays, waiters and Bread baskets, sad irons, wind up Jacks, Sweeping, scrubbing, hearth and shoe brushes; Mathematical instruments, mahogany knife cases, filled with ivory handled knives and forks, Crust stands, ladies dressing cases; mill, pitt and cross cut Saws. 56, 28 and 14lb. Iron weights. Also scale beams to weigh from 5 to 20 cwt. at an end.
HENRY INGLE.
November 24th, 1800.
To RENT.
A Commodious Two Story brick dwelling house on square No. 701—the lot is well inclosed and hath every necessary out house, and is very convenient for a small family—it may be entered on immediately, the terms made known and the premises shown by applying to
BENJAMIN MORE.
Washington, New Jersey Avenue,
December 17, 1800.
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