The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1801-07-13 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. CIX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
MONDAY, JULY 13th, 1801.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Our commercial readers will find in the following order of the British Privy Council, interesting information on a subject at this season of great importance. The exemption of England, for a long period, from Plague, is probably owing to the superior excellence of her QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. We recommend an attentive perusal of them to all Boards of Health.
At the Court at St. James, the 29th day of July, 1800—PRESENT, The King's most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by an act passed in the present session of Parliament, intituled, "An act for erecting a Lazaretto on Chetney Hill, in the county of Kent, and for reducing into one act the laws relating to quarantine, and for making further provisions therein," it is, amongst other things enacted, that from and after the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred, all ships and vessels arriving, and all persons, goods and merchandizes whatsoever, coming or imported into any port or place within Great-Britain, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, from any place from whence his majesty, his heirs or successors, by and with the advice and consent of his or their Privy Council, shall judge it probable that the Plague or other infectious disease or distemper, which his majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, shall from time to time declare to be of the nature of the Plague, may be brought, shall be liable and obliged to make their quarantine in such place and places, for such time, and in such manner, as shall, from time to time be directed by his majesty, his heirs, or successors, by his or their order or orders of council, and notified by proclamation, or published in the London Gazette; and that until such ships, vessels, persons, goods, and merchandizes shall have respectively performed, and shall be duly discharged from such quarantine, no such person, goods, or merchandizes, or any of them, shall come or be brought on shore, or go, or be put on board any other ship or vessel in any place within his majesty's dominions, unless in such manner, and in such cases, and by such license as shall be directed or permitted by such order or orders made by his majesty, his heirs, or successors in council as aforesaid; and that all such ships and vessels, and the persons or goods coming or imported in, or going, or being put on board the same, and all ships, vessels, boats, and persons receiving any goods or persons out of the same, shall be subject to such orders, rules and directions concerning quarantine, and the prevention of infection, as shall be made by his majesty, his heirs and successors, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, and notified by his royal proclamation, or published in the London Gazette, under such pains and penalties as are inflicted by the said act.
And whereas his majesty has judged it expedient to make regulations with respect to the performance of quarantine, in addition to those established in the said above recited act, and doth judge it probable that the infection of the plague may be brought into this kingdom by ships or vessels coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with or without clean bills of Health; and also by the importation into this kingdom of certain goods, wares, and merchandizes, the growth, produce, or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the Straights of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, from any port or place in Holland, or from any port or place whatever where there is not a regular establishment for the performance of quarantine, his majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered,
I. That all ships and vessels (not having the Plague or other infectious disease or distemper, which shall, by his majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, have been declared to be of the nature of the plague, actually on board,) coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with clean bills of health; and all ships and vessels whatsoever having on board cotton-wool, (except ships and vessels coming directly from the East-Indies, or from the continent of
America, or the West-Indies, loaded in whole or in part with that commodity, being the produce of those parts,) or any of the goods, wares, or merchandizes enumerated in the first class herein-after stated, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the Straights of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, shall, together with their cargoes, and all persons on board thereof, perform such quarantine for such time, in such manner, and at such places as herein-after directed.
II. And it is hereby further ordered, That all such ships and vessels coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, as shall arrive with clean bills of health, and all persons, goods, wares and merchandizes on board such ships and vessels respectively, shall respectively perform quarantine in the places herein-after appointed; that is to say,
All such ships or vessels so arriving as last aforesaid, as are or shall be bound to the port of London, or any member or creek thereof, or other place within the said port, or to the river Thames, or Medway, shall perform quarantine in Standgate creek, such of them as are or shall be bound to the ports of Ipswich, Yarmouth, Lyme, Boston, Hull, Newcastle, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, or any of them, or any member or creek thereof, or other place within the said ports respectively, shall perform quarantine in Whitebooth Road, between Hull and Grimsby; such of them as are or shall be bound to the ports of Carlisle and Chester, or either of them, or to Liverpool or Lancaster, or to any other member or creek of the said ports of Carlisle or Chester, or to any other place within the said ports respectively, or to any part of the Isle of Man, shall perform quarantine in a place called Highlake, near Liverpool, at the west end of Highlake; such of them as are or shall be bound to the ports of Milford, Cardiff, Gloucester, Bristol, Bridgewater, or any of them, or any member or creek of them, or any of them; or to Padstow, or St. Ives, being members of the port of Plymouth, or to Ilfracombe or Barnstaple, being members of the port of Exeter, or to any other place within the said ports of Milford, Cardiff, Gloucester, Bristol, or Bridgewater, or within the said members of the said ports of Plymouth and Exeter, shall perform quarantine in King-road and Porhyte Pill; such of them as are or shall be bound to the ports of Plymouth, Exeter, or Pool, or Falmouth, or any other of the members or creeks, or other places within the said ports of Plymouth, Exeter, and Pool respectively, except Padstow and St. Ives, members of the said port of Plymouth, and Ilfracombe, and Barnstaple, members of the said port of Exeter, and herein-before mentioned, shall perform quarantine in a place called St. Ives Pool, within the mouth of the harbour of Falmouth; such of them as are or shall be bound to the ports of Southampton, Chichester, Sandwich, or any of them, or any of the members or creeks thereof, or any of them, or any other place within the said ports respectively, shall perform quarantine at a place called the Mother-bank, near Portsmouth; such of them as are, or shall be bound to the eastern coast of Scotland, comprehending the ports of Leith, Borrowstownness, Alloa, Dunbar, Kirkcaldy, Anstruther, Preston-Pans, Dundee, Perth, Montrose, and Aberdeen, or to any member, creek, or other parts thereof, shall perform quarantine in Inverkeithing bay; such of them as are or shall be bound to the western ports of Scotland, comprehending the ports of Glasgow, Greenock, Irvine, Campbeltown, Oban, Rothesay, Fort William, Air, Port Patrick, Stranraer, and Wigtown, or to any member, creek, or other parts thereof, shall perform quarantine at Lanulash, in the island of Arran; such of them as are or shall be bound to the northern ports of Scotland, comprehending the ports of Inverness, Zetland, Orkney, Caithness, and Stornaway, or to any member, creek, or other parts thereof, shall perform quarantine in Cromarty bay, in the Murray Firth; such of them as are or shall be bound to the south-west ports of Scotland, comprehending the ports of Dumfries
and Kircudbright, or to any member, creek, or other parts thereof, shall perform quarantine at Garsthorn, at the mouth of the river Nith; such of them as are or shall be bound to any place on the coasts of England or Scotland, not within any of the ports or limits herein-before mentioned or described, shall perform quarantine at such place herein-before appointed for performance of quarantine, as shall be nearest to the port or place to which such ships or vessels respectively shall be so bound; such of them as are or shall be bound to the Isle of Jersey, or any part thereof, shall perform quarantine at a certain place on the coast of the island, called Belle Crouse, or at some place herein before appointed, for performance of quarantine on the coast of England; and lastly, such of them as are or shall be bound to the islands of Guernsey, Sark, or Alderney, or either of them, or any part of them, or either of them, shall perform quarantine in a place near the island of Guernsey, called the Little Road, or at some place herein before appointed, for performance of quarantine on the coast of England.
III. And it is hereby further ordered, That all goods, wares and merchandizes, imported in any such ships or vessels as aforesaid, shall be opened and aired at the several places herein before respectively appointed, for the performance of quarantine by such ships and vessels respectively, in the manner and for the time herein-after directed.
IV. And it is hereby further ordered, That all such ships and vessels, (not having the plague, or other infectious disease or distemper, which shall have been declared as aforesaid to be of the nature of the plague, actually on board,) coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, as shall not be furnished with clean bills of health, shall perform quarantine in Standgate creek, and no where else; and in case any ship or vessel coming from any of the places before described, not being furnished with a clean bill of health, shall come into any of the out-ports of this kingdom, or to any of the islands aforesaid, the principal officers of the customs at such port or in such islands, or the governor or chief magistrate thereof, shall cause such ship or vessel to depart from thence immediately, and proceed to Standgate creek to perform quarantine.
V. And it is hereby further ordered, That on the arrival at Standgate creek of any ship or vessel coming from or through the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic ocean, with or without a clean bill of health, the superintendent of quarantine, or in case of his indisposition, or of his being otherwise necessarily engaged, his assistant, together with the medical attendant, and on the arrival of any such ship or vessel from the places before-mentioned, at any of the out-ports of this kingdom, or at any of the islands aforesaid, the proper officer of the customs, at the place appointed for the performance of quarantine at such places, shall go alongside such ship or vessel in a boat, (keeping to windward,) and shall see the crew and all other persons belonging to or being on board such ship or vessel, Mustered on the gang-way, and the superintendent of quarantine, or his assistant, or the proper officer of the customs, appointed for the performance of quarantine, shall then and there, in the presence of the crew, put the following questions to the master or other person, having charge of the ship or vessel, who shall answer the same upon oath, viz.
What is the name of the vessel, and from whence does she come? What is the name of the commander? Is the bill of health clean or unclean, or suspected? Produce it. Is the instrument now produced the true and only bill of health, or is there any other on board the vessel? If there is, produce the same. Has there been any sickness on board in the course of the voyage? If so, of what nature? Has any person died on board in the course of the voyage? If so, of what disease, and when? Are all persons now on board in good health?
At what place or places was the cargo taken on board?
Of what does the cargo consist? VI. And it is hereby further ordered, That the answers to the aforesaid questions shall be taken down in writing, and the superintendent of quarantine, or his assistant, with the advice of the medical attendant at Standgate creek, and, in case of a ship or vessel bound to any of the out-ports or islands aforesaid, the proper officers of the customs at the places appointed, for the performance of quarantine, at such out-ports or places, shall appoint a proper place for the master, or other person having charge of the ship or vessel, to repair to, who thereupon shall, as soon as possible, after having answered the foregoing questions, repair to such place, carrying with him the log-book, manifest, and all of the ship's papers, all of which shall be delivered to the superintendent of quarantine, or his assistant, at Standgate creek, or to the proper officer of the customs, at the out-ports or islands aforesaid, (as the case may be,) the said log-book, manifest, and papers having been first immersed in Vinegar and fumigated; and such master, or other person, shall then solemnly make oath to the truth of the contents of such log-book, and that every particular entry therein was made as soon after the fact as possible, and also to the truth of all the other papers so delivered, as well as to the truth of his answers to the following questions, which questions are to be then and there put to him by the superintendent of quarantine, or his assistant, or by such proper officer of the customs as the case shall be, viz:
On what day did you arrive at the place or places where you took in the whole, or any, and what part of the cargo, and on what day did you sail from such place or places; and what part of your cargo was taken in at each place, and when?
What place or places did you touch at during the voyage? Did the plague or any other contagious distemper prevail in any degree at any of the places at which your cargo was taken on board, or at which you touched? If at any, say at which, and when?
Did you meet with any British ships or vessels at any of the places you have been at? if you did, say when, where, and what were the names and destinations of such ships or vessels?
Did you leave any British ships or vessels at any of the ports you have sailed from; if you did, mention their names, and the names of the commanders?
Were such ships loading; were they near their departure, and whither were they bound?
Do you know whether any foreign vessels loading at the port from which you sailed were bound beyond the Straights of Gibraltar? and if so, what were they, and whither were they bound?
How long have you been upon the voyage?
Have you spoken to or otherwise had any communication with any vessel at sea during the voyage? If you have, say when, where, and the nature of the communication held? Were there any letters, parcels, or other articles delivered or received into your ship or vessel from any ship or vessel met with on the voyage, or until your arrival at the place where you were put under quarantine by the proper officer of the customs, and the delivery of your papers to such officer; and what were such letters, parcels, or articles?
What were the ships or vessels you spoke to or had communication with, and what were their destinations respectively? and what do you know respecting the state of health on board such ships or vessels?
In the course of your voyage has any of your ship's crew or passengers suffered from illness of any kind? what was the nature of such illness? when did it prevail? how many persons were affected by it? are there any convalescents on board? are all on board at present in good health?
What number of persons, if any, have died on board during the voyage? when and in what part of the voyage did such persons die?

Were any of those who died suspected at the time to have died of a contagious disease? Were their bedding and clothes destroyed? If so, when, and in what manner? Were any of the persons immediately employed about the sick afterwards taken ill? If so, of what disease?
At what precise time after leaving port did such deaths happen? In how many days after being first indisposed did the sick die? What were the most obvious appearances of the disease?
Did you touch at the isle of Rhodes, the Morea, or any and what part of the coast of Africa, within or without the Mediterranean? and if so, at what time or times respectively? and had you any and what communication with the shore at those respective places? Did any person on board communicate during the voyage in any manner whatever with any ship or vessel coming from any of those places? If so, when and in what manner? And what do you know of the state of health of the persons on board such ships or vessels?
Do you know whether any person whatever employed in loading your vessel or in bringing any articles into it, or having any communication on board thereof, was taken ill during such employment or communication? or, whether by the absence of such person or persons in the course of such employment, any suspicion was entertained of their having been taken ill? if so, of what disease?
Do you know whether or not your cargo, or any part thereof, had been long in warehouse before its being taken on board? if you do, say how long? Have you any knowledge of its being packed or handled on shore, or conveyed from shore, or stowed on board by persons affected with the plague?
Do your crew and passengers consist entirely of the same individuals who were on board at the time or times of your departure from the port or ports of loading? if any alterations in that respect have taken place, specify the same, their causes, and the time or times of such alterations.
What pilots or other persons from the shores of the kingdom of Great-Britain, or from the islands of Scilly, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, have been or are now on board your ship or vessel, or have had any communication whatever with the ship's company or any of the passengers during the voyage homewards, and until the time of her being put under quarantine by the proper officer of the customs?
[To be continued.]
A GREAT BARGAIN.
I WILL sell or lease for ten years, a valuable Farm, in the county of Culpepper, and state of Virginia, on Flat Run, containing 750 acres; the land is extremely fertile, and yields abundantly in the production of corn, wheat, and tobacco; there are about 100 acres of meadow land, 50 or 60 of which are cleared, and 15 acres well set in Timothy, about 350 acres of the tract are cleared and well inclosed. This land is distant from Fredericksburg about 28 miles, and 55 miles from Alexandria and the City of Washington. There are several valuable merchant mills, in the vicinity, one within the distance of a mile, where the Fredericksburg prices are given for all kinds of grain.
I will also sell the Reversion of 250 acres of land adjoining the above, on which are erected a number of valuable buildings, among them a large dwelling house of 60 feet by 40, with four rooms on a floor, with fireplaces, and every necessary out houses—A valuable peach and apple orchard.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as any persons desirous of purchasing or leasing, will doubtless wish to view the premises. For terms apply to Robert Brooke Voss, Esq. who lives adjoining the premises, or to the subscriber.
I will also Sell or Rent,
Two three story brick houses in Alexandria, completely finished, on King and Columbia-street, with sundry valuable property near the same, possession whereof may be had immediately. The situation for the flour and grocery business is equal to any in Alexandria.
For terms apply to Henry Thomas Moore, Alexandria, or to the subscriber
NICHOLAS VOSS.
City of Washington, July 13, 1801.
N. B. I wish to hire by the month, or until the 1st day of November, ten or twelve laborers, for whom liberal wages will be given. Apply to N. Voss, on F street, or W. T. Voss, at the Navy-Yard.
MAILS
FOR Orange Court House, Virga. Charlottesville, Virga. and for all other offices west or south of Charlottesville; for the southern part of Kentucky; the Indiana and Mississippi territories, and Tennessee will be closed every Monday at 5 P M, until the 1st day of November next.
MAILS for Montgomery C. H. Maryland, Frederick Town and other offices in Maryland, westward of Frederick Town; for Chambersburg, Penn and all other offices in Pennsylvania west of Chambersburg; for the Northwestern Territory and Kentucky, will be closed every Friday at 5 P M.
THOMAS MUNROE, P. M.
Post-Office, Washington City, June 30, 1801.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1801.
OFFICIAL.
Appointments by the President of the United States.
WM. C. C. CLAIBORNE, Governor of the Mississippi Territory.
JOEL LEWIS, Marshal for Delaware District.
The FOURTH of JULY has been celebrated through the Union, as far as information has reached us, with more than usual demonstrations of joy. On no anniversary of this day, since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, have there been exhibited more unanimity and harmony. From this and other expressions of public opinion, it is most evident that the animosity of party spirit is rapidly on the decline.
In general the toasts and sentiments given at the various entertainments are very similar. From this consideration we shall decline inserting many of the statements in detail; but to make amends for this deficiency, we propose selecting the most interesting toasts.
We understand that Mr. Peale, of Philadelphia, has lately returned from a trip up the North River, where he purchased the most material parts of the bones of the great Mammoth animal commonly called the Mammoth, as well as the right of taking up the remainder. Within the space of two or three months he expects to have it in his power to put together a complete skeleton for the Museum.
We have published in our columns, as room allowed, a copious extract from Mr. GALLATIN'S Sketch of the Finances of the United States, on the "Effects of the Public Debt, and Resources applicable to its extinguishment."
The publication was made to give a greater diffusion to sentiments which, though delivered in 1796, may in fairness still be considered as the sentiments of the writer, as from his subsequent performances and speeches in Congress no material alteration appears to have taken place in his mind.
It is our opinion that the general train of reflection, and the leading principles of public men cannot be too much known. True principles, avowed in the calmness of the closet, seem to be entitled to particular regard, and while their publicity spreads useful information among the people, it contributes to produce that salutary confidence in, and respect for, public agents, which virtue and talents have an exclusive right to claim. They become, too, permanent rules whereby to judge of a man's actions, which may justly be suspected when they evidence a departure from his deliberate and declared convictions. It may not be amiss to present in a condensed shape, the leading ideas of the writer, as enforced in these extracts.
 1. Mr. Gallatin is inimical to a funded debt, as a matter of choice, being of opinion that it neither increases the wealth or the happiness of a nation.  2. He is, notwithstanding in favour of discharging with the strictest good faith all our existing obligations.  3. He is desirous of extinguishing the debt with as much rapidity as is consistent with the resources of the country, and with a regard to the existing mass of the circulating medium.  4. He is inimical, in times of peace, to making loans.  5. He is inimical to a large national debt, because the taxes which it requires impair the respectability of a nation in the eyes of foreign powers by lessening its means of defence, and shake the affections of the people for the government by the inevitable burthens they impose.  6. He is inimical to war with any nation, and is of opinion that no war with any nation is likely to occur for a long time.  7. He is in favor of rendering the western lands the efficient means of accelerating the discharge of the national debt; for which end he has devised a plan, laid down in his work, and afterwards substantially adopted by Congress, the benefits of which we are now reaping in the productive disposition of our lands. This plan exhibits a happy accommodation between ideas which make the ultimate value of western lands immense, and those which consider their present value as insignificant—insuring, by a gradual and guarded disposition, an income, which will in fact produce a greater saving to the United States by enabling her to extinguish the funded stock, than would be accomplished by a 
disposition, protracted until that stock had risen in the market, and until a large sum had been expended in the payment of accruing interest.
It is a little extraordinary, and may here merit notice, that in some recent censures published against Mr. Gallatin, he has been condemned with asperity for suppressing, in his character of Secretary of the Treasury, certain information, received by him, of the productive sales of western lands recently made, with the alleged view of withholding from the past administration that tribute of praise due to their wise plans—when in truth the plan, with all its wisdom and good qualities, owed its existence to him. The reader will observe its outlines sketched in our extracts, and these outlines, improved, were afterwards transferred into a law drawn up by Mr. Gallatin, and by his exertions passed.
8. Mr. Gallatin expressly declares, in weighing the relative claims of different sources of revenue, "That the duties upon importation are, of all others, those which seem best adapted to our situation;" considering this source of taxation more productive, more easy and less expensive of collection than other taxes, and more equal in its application.
9. He is, in general, an enemy to excises, as oppressive in their collection, and not likely in the present infant state of our manufactures, to be productive.
FINALLY. He says that when the import is carried as far as prudence dictates, lands must be resorted to, and be made to contribute by direct taxation.
Such are the leading features of a performance, which may be denominated the most systematic work that has been written in this country on finance. The principles laid down, and the practice recommended under those principles, are most of them such as have been pursued by our general and state governments with visible good effect; such as are congenial to the nature of our systems of government; such as coincide with public opinion; such as are even fortified by the prejudices of habit. They betray neither a servile spirit of imitation, nor a daring spirit of innovation. They forcibly recommend economy and peace. And under the auspices of these two republican virtues, rigidly enforced, a doubt cannot be entertained of the continuance and permanency of our liberty and prosperity.
At the late session of the Legislature of New Hampshire, thirty acts were passed, of which fifteen were for incorporating Social Libraries in various towns.
The United States ship Ganges has been sold at Philadelphia, for 21,000 dollars. The purchasers were Messrs. Willing and Francis.
A MINE of Silver and Lead has recently been discovered at Freeport in the district of Maine, which promises a source of very considerable wealth to the proprietors. Workmen are already engaged in preparing the metal.
The Light House on the Gumbet at the mouth of Plymouth harbour (Mass.) has been consumed by fire.
The prospect of the election of Gen. WHITING, the Republican Candidate for the 7th Congress in the Western district, is very fair—and that of RICHARD CUTTS, Esq. for the Third Eastern district, there is scarcely any doubt. [Boston Chronicle.]
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Philadelphia, 7th July, 1801.
The United States ship George Washington will leave the Delaware about the 25th inst. and touch at New-York: from thence she will proceed to Gibraltar, and take under her convoy any vessels bound that way. R. E. HOBART, Sec'y.
Mr. Liston, lately the British minister in the United States, arrived in England May 13.
George Prescott, Esq. is appointed Governor of St. Lucia, and George Nugent Esq. of Jamaica.
Most of the vessels which sailed from England on the 4th Dec. on a secret expedition under the command of Sir Hume Popham, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 12. Some conjecture them to be destined to the Red Sea, others to the Mauritius.
Extract of a letter from the Master of an American vessel at Barcelona, dated May 4, sent over land to Bordeaux, and forwarded from thence.
"The other day an American ship, capt. Union, arrived from London. About six
leagues from the fortress, spoke a British frigate, who told him there were thirteen Tripolitan cruisers out; that he had spoken five of them; and, pointing to one of the leeward, said, that is one of them, who is aiming after you. The generous Englishman then hove about, and protected him till he got under cover of the guns of Montjuich castle.
"After this you can judge whether any man would attempt to put to sea, and risk perpetual slavery. There are 22 Americans here, all afraid to start—cannot get guns to arm, nor men to fight. We expect our government will send out some of our ships of war, to pay these villains their demands. It is a great sacrifice to stay here upon expence. I would sell my vessel would any one buy her."
LONDON, May 14.
We yesterday stated that reports had reached this country of the intention of the French government to incorporate the Batavian Republic with France. A letter from an officer on board admiral Dickson's fleet cruising off Goree, to a naval officer of rank in town, states their having received information that the measure was resolved on by the French government, and an attempt made to carry it into execution about the 8th. The said letter gives some particulars of this project, but we cannot vouch for the accuracy, as we know not the channel through which the information comes.
May 16—19.
The king has been pleased to appoint George Prevost, esq. brigadier general of his majesty's forces, to be lieutenant governor of the island of St. Lucia, in America; and George Nugent, esq. major general of his majesty's forces, to be lieutenant governor of the island of Jamaica, in America, in the room of Alexander Earl of Balcarres.
From the assertion of the French papers, that our troops at Batavia had been "vigorously repulsed," it appears that an attack has been actually made on the place. We believe it has, and that our forces have not taken the town of Batavia, but two small islands which command the mouth of the bay or harbor. These, we understand, are held till a larger force under admiral Rannier can go and complete the conquest.—This intelligence comes from Holland, where it is credited.
May 18.
We yesterday received Paris papers to the 5th instant, which have no great claim to our attention. As it may have been long foreseen, Piedmont has been united to the French Republic. It forms six Subalpine Departments, of which Gen. Jourdan remains proconsul, under the title of administrator. This is one more instance of the violation of that solemn decree by which the French in 1792, disclaimed all intention of making conquests, and of what was equally vain, the subsequent professions of their rulers, that they meant only to extend the republic to what they called its natural limits, the Rhine, the Jura, the Alps, and the Pyrenees. The army of the Grisons, which it was supposed was to remain in this country after which it was named, and in Switzerland, has suddenly received a contrary destination: It has set out altogether on its march for France, and has been ordered to repair to the coasts of the ocean, in order to increase the strength of the army destined to act against Portugal, and to magnify the appearance of a serious plan of invading our island, a plan so absurd in the relative situation of France and England, that we may be almost as certain that it will not be attempted, as that, should the madness of our enemies prompt them to such an enterprize, it must fail. There can be little doubt that this plan has entered into the views and intentions of Bonaparte, but he will no doubt lay it aside, as the Directory did in 1798.
The MONITEUR, contains a report with respect to the commerce of France, during the eighth year of the republic. It may attract the attention of political economists. The exports are estimated at about eleven millions sterling, and the imports at nearly fourteen millions—a sufficient proof of the diminution of the national wealth, and of the decrease of industry.
May 20.
The following is an extract of an official letter, dated Camp before Alexandria, April 7, 1801.
"Sir Sidney Smith commands the expedition against Rosetta; he has with him the flank companies of the 40th, the Queen's regiment, and I believe all the Turks that have been landed, with his brigade of sailors. In the event of his

succeeding at Rosetta, this column is to proceed up the Nile to Cairo, for which point the Grand Vizier is likewise in motion.
"We have certain advice that a strong column of his army has entered Egypt, and advanced beyond Bardenader, and were expected at Soleich about the 26th ult. The French had a strong corps there, but the garrison has, we understand, been reduced to a few native companies. The natives are everywhere revolting, and at Catech, Bistab, Habras, and other places, have joined the imperial standards in crowds."
"We hear that five or 6000 seaprys have arrived in the Red Sea, but nothing is known of their debarkation. The nature of the intermediate country is however such, that we cannot receive any accounts except by way of Cairo, and Me-nou is doubtless on the alert to intercept all communication."
"A supply of horses has been received from Smyrna, and nearly the entire of our cavalry are at present mounted. Our horses hitherto have not exceeded three hundred, and these for the greater part not yet broke in."
May 22.
Yesterday arrived a Hamburg mail. It left the Danes in possession of the city. They were, however, about to withdraw, but will not quit the neighborhood until the final settlement of all matters in dispute. Private letters say—Denmark demands that the Prussian troops shall evacuate Hanover, when the Danish troops do Hamburg. The Prussians have already evacuated the Duchy of Oldenburg.
May 22.
Lord Nelson has not yet sailed for Revel. On the 12th his fleet was lying between Moen and Falster. [Two islands near Copenhagen.] Admiral Totty with 5 sail of the line, has joined Lord Nelson near Copenhagen. The whole fleet was making preparations to return.
Rumoured Changes in Holland.
We yesterday stated that reports had reached this country of the intention of the French government to incorporate the Batavian Republic with France. A letter from an Officer on board Admiral Dickson's fleet, cruising off Gore, to a naval Officer of rank in town, states, their having received information that the measure was resolved on by the French government, and attempt made to carry it into execution about the 8th. The following letter gives some particulars of this project, but we cannot vouch for the accuracy, as we know not the channel through which the information comes.—[This letter is wanting.]
PARIS, May 7.
In order to satisfy the impatience of the public, we are authorised to publish, that the government has received no news from Egypt, since that brought by the Oisirs; and the public ought to attach no faith to that which has been said hitherto in the English journals, upon the defeat of the French army in Egypt.
[Moniteur.
May 14.
THE ARMY DESTINED AGAINST PORTUGAL.
Head Quarters of the French army at Burgos, April 29.
The advanced guard of the corps of observation of La Gironde, after a month's march has arrived in the capital of Old Castille, situate about forty leagues from our frontiers. We cannot but give praise to the care with which the Spaniards have lodged our soldiers in the corridors of convents, and their zeal to procure us provisions of a quality really superior to those of France.
We are assured that gen. Vandamme is on his march with ten thousand men to join us. Every thing leads us to expect the most perfect harmony between the Spanish and French troops, and we do not doubt the success of the expedition, should Portugal leave us to enter into its territory before a peace shall be concluded.
FRANKFORT, May 6.
The prefect of Mayence or Mentz has received from Paris, an edict of the French government declaring that city a free port and permitting the free entry of all foreign merchandise. The custom houses established on the Rhine are to be transferred the 21 inst. to the ports situated on the coast of the interior.
BRUSSELS, May 2.
They write from Dunkirk that the arming and repairing of the flat-bottomed gun boats and other vessels, goes on with great alacrity. A large number of sailors from
the borders of the ocean and the channel, are at this place and are to compose the crews of the vessels. Like preparations are making at Havre de Grace, Boulogne, Nieuport, Ostend and Helsingue. The troops belonging to the army of the Rhine, near ci-devant Flanders, are expected here the last of this month. Vice-admiral Milly, maritime prefect of Dunkirk, is engaged in inspecting the whole coast to Flesquinque inclusive. He will visit at the same time the Gallo Batavian division of L'Escant, which it is said will be commanded by admiral Callignier, an officer of great merit.
COPENHAGEN, May 9.
Admiral Totty, with 4 ships of the line has joined the English near this place, admiral Nelson with the British fleet, has sailed for Rostock having left Keoge Bay, on the 6th inst. Admiral Parker embarked on the 7th instant on board a frigate for England.
Mon. De Lifakewithd, minister from the court of Russia has received dispatches from his court in which the Emperor declares that he will not abandon the coalition of the north and that he entirely approves of the armistice concluded by Denmark. The Emperor has written a very flattering letter to the prince Royal, in which he assures him that the very valiant conduct of the Danish army in the late action has excited the esteem and admiration of the court of St. Petersburg. The emperor in his letter states the prince royal "the Young Hero."
CARLSRONA, May 4.
On the 26th of April, Vice-Admiral Cronstadt sent a letter by a flag of truce to Admiral Parker, requesting to know whether the communication between the different parts of Sweden, and between the Baltic and the western coast of that kingdom, was to be considered as open or not? To this an answer from the English Admiral has to day been received, dated the 29th of April, stating, "That after receiving from the Russian Envoy at Copenhagen the letter of the Russia Minister Count Vender Pahlin, expressive of the wish of his Imperial Majesty for an armistice, till the present differences between Great Britain and the Northern Powers could be accommodated, he had immediately given orders that the navigation of the subjects of Russia, Sweden and Denmark, in the Categat and the Baltic, should no longer be interrupted." He concludes by requesting the Admiral to assure his Sovereign, that this is the more agreeable to him with respect to Sweden, as no hostilities had yet taken place, and as, from the present favourable prospects, he considered himself as assured that the ancient harmony and friendship, so conducive to the common welfare of both Powers, would speedily be restored.
BERLIN, May 9.
On the 5th inst. the American Ambassador Mr. Adams, who has been recalled, had his audience of leave of the King.
HAGUE, May 9. Some disputes have arisen between the War Minister, Cambier, and Gen. Angereau. The revision of the Constitution having been long protracted, the Directory have published an order for the Primary Assemblies to be called together to choose thirty two new Representatives to replace the third of the Legislative Body which goes out next week.
May 12.
According to accounts from Paris, Count Cobentzel is very frequently with the Chief Consul at Malmaison, and makes every exertion to mediate, if possible, a Peace between England and France.
Amsterdam May 4.—On the 29th ult. the long expected Gen. Angereau arrived at the Hague, but without receiving any marks of public distinction. On the 1st of May he assembled the members of the Batavian Government, and announced to them the Arrest of the Consuls, bearing date April 11th, declaring, that in consequence of the revision of the Batavian Republic, which was long since found necessary, they had decreed that the Batavian Republic should from henceforth lose all separate distinctions, and form a part of the French Republic, one and indivisible. This communication was heard with evident marks of disgust, and the meeting broke up abruptly. Symptoms of discontent were manifested by the lower orders of the people through the day, and the Orange cockade was hoisted in the evening.
May 15.
No farther information has been received of the reported changes in Holland. The story of De Winter's putting the fleet un-
der the protection of this country is universally considered, as we stated it yesterday to be, quite unworthy of credit. It is very generally believed however, that the intrigue for the incorporating Union, has been for some time carried on by the French Government. The Cabinets of Berlin and the Thuilleries no longer maintain their former good correspondence, and many think that Bonaparte had reason to suspect that the intrigues, and perhaps the arms of Prussia, would have endeavoured to dispute with France for the leading influence in Holland.
The French are fitting out expeditions at Rochefort and at Brest.
HAMBURGH, May 11.
The following are the conditions relative to the free navigation of the Elbe, proposed in a letter from Sir James Crawford to Prince Charles of Hesse Cassel, in a letter dated Hamburg, May 7, and fully assented to by the Prince, in his answer of the same date.
 1. The neutrality of the Elbe shall be completely restored from this day, and free entrance and return shall be granted to every ship, whatever flag it may bear. In the unfortunate case of a renewal of hostilities between England and Denmark, no ships in the Elbe, or which may arrive, in confidence of this convention, shall be subjected to embargo or any molestation.  2. All English goods, or property, which from this day shall arrive in the Elbe, shall be free in every case from sequestration or search.  3. If the court of Copenhagen with notice shall be given, and this convention shall be in force during these six weeks.  4. On the other part England engages that the Danes, from the harbours of the Elbe, bound to Greenland or Norway, shall be provided with the necessary passes for them to proceed on their voyage, and return, without in any manner being detained or molested by the British ships of war or cruisers. 
May 16.
We have here many private letters from Paris, which state that Bonaparte lives in the greatest apprehensions for his life, and he takes all the precautions of a man who actually fears. He has caused large ditches to be dug round his seat of Malmaison, and a guard is mounted both before and behind, and the greatest formalities are observed when he arrives. It is generally believed at Paris, that he will cause himself to be proclaimed Supreme Chief of the state—that he will suppress all the authorities that appear to be at variance with him—that he will name a First Minister, who will be Joseph Bonaparte, and unite the two ministers of Police and the interior into one; and it is apparently on the 14th of July that these changes will take place.
Thomas K. Beale, and Wife, v. William King, & William Hammond, } In Chancery, June 9, 1801.
THE object of this bill is to foreclose or have a sale on sundry mortgages executed by the defendants. The bill states that to secure the payment of the sum of three thousand two hundred pounds, the said William King and William Hammond, duly made, executed and acknowledged their several deeds of mortgage to a certain Joseph Clark deceased, of the following tracts or parcels of land, viz. Champion Forrest, Addition to Champion Forrest, Hammonds-Search, Support, Chance, Portland Lapland, Remnant, and the Support; and that the said Joseph Clark devised all his estate real and personal to his wife, who after the death of the said Joseph Clark intermarried with the said Thomas K. Beale, and that the said William King now resides out of this state. It is therefore on motion of the complainants adjudged and ordered that the complainants cause a copy of this order to be inserted in some newspaper of the district of Columbia, in which the said King is said to reside, at least in one of each of three successive weeks before the 12th day of July next, to the intent that the said absentee William King, or any other person that may conceive himself interested, may have notice of the complainant's application and of the substance and object of their bill, and may be warned to appear either in person or by a solicitor in this court, on or before the third Tuesday in November next to show cause, if any there be, why a decree should not pass agreeably to the prayer of the complainant.
Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. cur. can. July 10, 1801. iaw 4w
FOR SALE, A young Negro Girl, About 15 years old—Apply at this office, April 22, 1801.
For sale or Rent,
THE house and lot at present occupied by Mr. John Dempsey, situated near the Capitol Building, on lot No. 6, in square 759; this lot fronts 55 feet on East Capitol street, and 75 feet on Second street. Possession may be had the first day of August next, and for terms apply to the subscriber.
SAMUEL N. SMALLWOOD. Washington, May 29, 1801. im
EXTRACT from GALLATIN'S
Sketch of Finances of the United States written in 1796.
(Concluded.)
The consumption, therefore of imported manufactures, and the amount of duties paid on that consumption will be proportionably less. If a land tax presses harder upon the land holders of the North, it is because the proportion of cultivators is less, and that of manufacturers is greater than to the South. If the proportion of manufacturers is less to the South, the people there must consume a greater quantity of foreign goods and pay a larger proportion of the import. By combining the two modes of taxation, a more equal effect will probably be produced than can be by either singly. This opinion is confirmed by the experience of all other nations; it is not believed, that any instance can be adduced of a nation raising any considerable revenue, without having resorted to direct taxation, to land taxes. Nor have these, when laid judiciously, and with moderation, ever been complained of as unequal or oppressive. It is, however, proper to examine what additional resources can be derived from indirect taxes.
The duties upon importation are, of all others, those which seem best adapted to our situation. As we import more and manufacture less, in proportion to our consumption, than almost any other country, the import must necessarily be far more productive than any internal duties on our own manufactures. The collection of the import, being confined to a few sea-ports, requires but few officers and a small expense. The merchant is liable to no vexation from the officers, except at the time of landing the goods, and on board of his vessel; and he is always a man of sufficient information, to understand thoroughly the duties required of him by the law, and to repel any attempt by the officer to oppress. In those particulars the manufacturers who pay internal duties are generally placed in a worse situation, for the act of manufacturing not being, like that of landing goods, the work of a day, but that of the whole year, it is necessary, in order to know the quantity manufactured, that the work-shop of the manufacturer, should be perpetually opened to the inquisitorial inspection of the collector. Nor must it be forgotten that, in America, the few extensive manufactures are carried on by a great number of persons, many of whom, from their situation in life, may often involuntarily omit some of the numerous duties prescribed by the most complex of all revenue laws, and are also more exposed to the oppression of subaltern officers. Although few manufactures are yet carried on upon a large scale in the United States, yet a great proportion of the most essentially necessary articles are made at home, and the greater part of the importations may justly be termed luxuries and are amongst the most proper objects of taxation. Thus the import, at the same time that it possesses the same general advantages with other taxes upon consumption, is free of the most weighty inconveniences which may be objected to the other species: it is, in our present situation, of all others, the most productive, the cheapest to collect, the least vexatious, and in general the least oppressive.
[Mr. Gallatin then examines into the fitness of the most extensive articles of American manufacture to be taxed; in general inferring that it would be improper at present to tax them; and then observes:]
It therefore appears, that the only new indirect taxes that can be resorted to, are an addition to the import, an excise on leather and hats, and a stamp-duty; all of which would not yield above one million of dollars and would therefore fall short of the revenue wanted. Yet could a sufficient sum be raised by those means, the people of the United States may decide which would be most oppressive; these including an additional duty on salt, or a direct tax. The objection arising from a supposed inequality has already been noticed, and it must be farther observed that if some states have stronger objections against that species of taxation than others, they are generally those which have been mostly relieved, by the assumption of the state debts, from the heavy

viest individual burthen. Had not that assumption taken place, the Union, indeed, might have proceeded to the extinguishment of their proper debt, without wanting additional revenues, and without resorting to direct taxation. But those states who were oppressed under the weight of their own debts, must in that case have raised a larger revenue than will now be their proportion of a general tax. After having urged as the most powerful argument in favour of the assumption, that it would liberate the resources of each state from local demands, and enable the Union to use them all; it would seem unfair, at present, to refuse to the general government the command of the most productive internal branch of revenue. In fact, the very objections against that assumption, which have been so much insisted upon, must lose a great part of their strength, if an adequate revenue is raised. They are mostly grounded upon the increase of the general debt and the greater difficulty for the Union effectually to command all the resources of the country. Give the Union that command; prove that its ability of paying the principal of the debt is not impaired by having assumed the state debts; and the measure will stand almost justified.
How far the lands belonging to the United States, the additional resources to be derived from indirect taxes, and the savings which may be effected, in our present rate of expenditure may reduce the amount of revenue to be raised by a direct tax, cannot be ascertained. But it cannot be supposed, that even a tax of 1,600,000 dollars could be oppressive in the smallest degree. From the year 1785 to the year 1790, at a time when the situation of the United States was less prosperous than now, when their population, the quantity of cultivated land and of circulating capital, the annual income of the people and their consequent ability to pay may fairly be stated as inferior to what they now are, a tax was raised in Pennsylvania without oppression and paid with punctuality, the amount of which was nearly equal to the present proportion of that state of a federal tax of 1,600,000 dollars. Perhaps it would not be amiss, in order to insure the greatest possible economy, to make all the payments of the interest and principal of the public debts out of the duties on imports, appropriating the surplus of those duties, the internal existing duties, and the new taxes to the discharge of all the current expenditures, and especially of the military and naval establishments.
A direct tax imposed by the Union may be laid, either uniformly on the same species of property in all the states, or upon that species in each state which has usually been directly taxed there. In favor of the last mode it may be said, that it will altogether remove the inequality apprehended from a land tax, and, above all, that it will better accommodate to the habits and prejudices of each state. This last argument carries so much weight with it, that the house of representatives have directed the secretary of the treasury to prepare a plan upon that principle, to be laid before them at the ensuing session. The materials, which will then be collected, may enable Congress to form a final determination on the subject; and it is not the intention of this sketch to anticipate, by any remarks on details, the deliberations which must then take place. Yet, opinions having been expressed here upon most species of taxation, a general remark will also be added on the comparative merits of the two modes of laying direct taxes, without any reference to the local causes which may influence a final decision.
A direct tax is laid upon property, in proportion either to its capital value, or to the revenue it affords. It is therefore necessary not only to collect the tax, but previously to assess it, in other words to estimate the value of the property or of the income divided from it. The collection of the tax itself is every where cheaper than that of any other tax, because the officers employed may always be temporary ones, there being no necessity, as in the case of indirect taxes, to keep a watch over the contributors. It costs less to collect in England and in France than any other species of tax. Even in Pennsylvania where the system was complained of, on account of its being expensive, the charges of collection were but five per cent. But the assessment must necessarily increase to a certain degree the expense, and this will vary according to the species of property taxed. Real property, being of a permanent nature, may be valued once in five or ten years, without any great inequality resulting therefrom. The assessment of England, which, it is true, is now very unequal, has stood for near a century without variation. Personal property perpetually shifting requires
a yearly valuation. But it is not only in the article of expenses in collecting that direct taxes upon real property possess a great comparative advantage. In order to assess to estimate the capital or the income of an individual, that capital, that income must be known. His real property is visible and can always be estimated with certainty. But the greatest part of his personal property may, with propriety, be denominated invisible. His capital employed in commerce, the debts which are due to him, (from which must be deducted those he owes) his money and even his stock in goods must either be assessed according to his own declaration, or be estimated in an arbitrary manner. And when the tax is laid upon the revenue and not upon the capital of persons; when the profits of their industry are also to be calculated; it may truly be asserted that, was it not for the permanence of the vexatious excises, the most odious of these would be less oppressive and unjust than a direct tax levied in that manner. Experience justifies these assertions. In England, where direct taxation falls almost exclusively upon lands and houses, they never have given cause to any just reason of complaint. In France, the taxes called personal taille and capitation , which were laid with a regard to the conditions of persons, and assessed according to a conjectural proportion of fortunes, industry and professions, were equally oppressive to the contributors and injurious to the nation. Although there are some species of personal property, which may be estimated and taxed in a more certain and less arbitrary manner than others, yet it may be laid down as a general rule, liable only to local exceptions, that lands and houses are the proper objects of direct taxation, that almost every other species of property must be reached indirectly by taxes on consumption.
To conclude; the resources, to which it appears that the Union should resort, are those of the most general nature, leaving all the lesser, all the local subjects of taxation to the individual states. There are at present but two species of wealth of a general nature in the United States, viz. lands and capital employed in commerce. It has already been stated that in proportion to our population, we were one of the first commercial nations. It cannot be denied that we are by far the first agricultural nation. It must be acknowledged that we are not yet a manufacturing nation. Our capital in commerce is great; our capital in lands is immense; it can hardly be said that we yet have any capital in manufactures. Taxes must be raised from that fund which can afford to pay; taxes must be laid, even in the first instance, where capital does exist. The impost is productive, because our commerce is extensive: every effort, in our present situation, to raise a considerable revenue from our manufactures, will prove abortive, because there is no capital there to pay it; because the income drawn from those manufactures which are proper objects of taxation is yet inconsiderable. The same taxes upon consumption, which in manufacturing countries are raised by excises, are in America very properly raised by impost. When the impost is carried as far as prudence will dictate, the great source of taxes upon consumption may, in this country, be considered as nearly exhausted, and the other general species of American capital, the other great branch of national revenue, lands, must be resorted to; must be made to contribute by direct taxation.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the MAILS of the United States on the following routes, will be received at the General Post-Office in Washington City, until the 15th day of July next inclusive.
91. (c) From Harrisburg by Halifax to Sunbury once a week—Leave Harrisburg every Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at Sunbury on Thursday by 10 a m —Leave Sunbury every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Harrisburg on Friday by 6 p m —Contract for one year.
NORTH W. TERRITORY.
92. From Pittsburgh Pa. by Georgetown and Canfield to Warren, once in two weeks. Leave Pittsburgh every other Wednesday at 2 p m and arrive at Warren the next Friday by 7 p m . Leave Warren every other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Pittsburgh by 10 a m . Contract to continue for two years.
93. From Washington Pa. by Brooke c. h. Va. Wheeling Va. Zanesville N. T. and Hockhocking to Chillicothe twice a week. Leave Washington Pa. every Tuesday and Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Chillicothe the next Friday and Monday by 7 p m . Returning . Leave Chillicothe
every Saturday and Tuesday at 4 a m and arrive at Washington the next Tuesday and Friday at 10 a m .
94. From Zanesville to Marietta once a week. Leave Marietta every Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at Zanesville on Thursday by 10 a m . Leave Zanesville every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Marietta on Friday by 7 p m .
95. From Chillicothe by Manchester, Mayville Ky. Washington K. Paris K. Lexington K. and Versailles K. to Frankfort K. twice a week—Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday and Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Washington on Wednesday and Sunday by 11 a m —Leave Washington the same days at 3 p m and arrive at Lexington Thursday and Monday at 3 p m and at Frankfort on Friday and Tuesday at 9 a m . Returning .—Leave Frankfort every Friday and Tuesday at 3 p m and arrive at Washington Saturday and Wednesday by 3 p m —Leave Washington same day at 5 p m and arrive at Chillicothe the next Monday and Friday by 7 p m .
96. From Washington K. by Augusta to Cincinnati, once a week—Leave Washington every Wednesday at 3 p m and arrive at Cincinnati on Friday by 9 a m —Leave Cincinnati every Friday at 3 p m and arrive at Washington the next Sunday by 8 a m .
97. From Chillicothe by Upper Sandusky, Miami Rapids and Frenchtown on the Reaon River to Detroit, supposed to be 165 miles, once in two weeks—Leave Chillicothe every other Tuesday at 8 a m and arrive at Detroit the next Saturday by noon— Returning .—Leave Detroit every other Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at Chillicothe the next Thursday by 3 p m —Contract to continue two years.
98. From Louisville K. to Vincennes once a week—Leave Louisville every Tuesday at 8 a m and arrive at Vincennes on Thursday by 6 p m — Returning .—Leave Vincennes every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Louisville the next Monday by 6 p m —Contract to continue two years.
99. From Vincennes by Kaskaskia to Kahokia once in two weeks—Leave Vincennes every other Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Kahokia the next Monday by 4 p m . Returning .—Leave Kahokia every other Monday at 8 a m and arrive at Vincennes the next Friday by 10 a m —Contract to continue 2 years.
IN KENTUCKY.
100. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg, Danville, Beardstown, Springfield and Shepherdsville to Louisville once a week—Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Danville on Saturday noon at 12 m , Beardstown on Sunday at 2 p m , and Louisville on Monday at 4 p m . Returning .—Leave Louisville every Tuesday at 8 a m and arrive at Beardstown on Wednesday by 8 a m , at Danville on Thursday by 10 a m and at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a m .
101. From Eddyville by Smithland to Fort Massac once in two weeks—Leave Eddyville every other Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Fort Massac on Wednesday at 10 a m —Leave Fort Massac every other Wednesday at 2 p m and arrive at Eddyville on Thursday by 6 p m —Contract to continue 1 year.
MISISSIPPI TERRITORY.
102. From Natchez to Loftus Heights in Miss. Ter. once in two weeks—Leave Natchez every other Monday at 8 a m and arrive at Loftus Heights on Tuesday by 10 a m —Leave Loftus Heights every other Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Natchez on Wednesday by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years, and proposals to be sent to Mr. John Steele at Natchez.
IN DELAWARE.
103. From Georgetown by Concord and Laurel to Salisbury Md. once a week—Leave Georgetown every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Salisbury by 6 p m —Leave Salisbury every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Georgetown by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
IN MARYLAND.
104. From Annapolis by Sharptown to Centreville once a week—Leave Annapolis every Friday at 9 a m and arrive at Centreville by 5 p m —Leave Centreville every Monday at 9 a m and arrive at Annapolis by 5 p m .
105. From Annapolis by Haddaway to Easton once a week—Leave Annapolis every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Easton by 6 p m —Leave Easton every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Annapolis by 5 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
106. From Elkton by Warwick to Greensboro once a week—Leave Elkton every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Greensboro by 6 p m —Leave Greensboro every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Elkton by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
107. From Washington City by Hobbs and Brookville to Taneyton once a week—Leave Washington every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Taneyton on Thursday by 6 p m —Leave Taneyton every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Washington on Saturday by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
108. From Washington City to Wiley'sville Va. once a week—Leave Washington every Sunday at 8 a m and arrive at Wiley'sville by 11 a m . Returning .—Leave Wiley'sville every Saturday at 1 p m and arrive at Washington by 3 p m —Contract to continue 6 months.
IN VIRGINIA.
109. From Morgantown by Petty John and Clarksburg to Marietta N. T. once a week—Leave Morgantown every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Marietta the next Monday by 3 p m . Returning .—Leave Marietta every Tuesday at 9 a m and arrive at Morgantown on Friday by 7 a m —Contract to continue 2 years.
110. From Romney to Morgantown once a week—Leave Romney every Friday at 10 a m and arrive at Morgantown on Sunday by 4 p m . Returning .—Leave Morgantown every Monday at 10 a m and arrive at Romney the next Wednesday by 2 p m —The contract for this route to expire the 31st March 1802.
111. From Alexandria by Thomas's ferry to Piscataway once a week—Leave Alexandria every Saturday at 2 p m and arrive at Piscataway by 6 p m . Leave Piscataway every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Alexandria by 10 a m —Contract to continue 2 years.
112. From Bowling Green by Broadus's Mill, Harrisons and Dunkirk to New Kent c. h. once a week—Leave Bowling Green every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at New Kent on Tuesday at 10 a m —Leave New Kent on Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Bowling Green on Wednesday by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
113. From Richmond to Charles City c. h. once a week—Leave Richmond every Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Charles City c. h. on Wednesday by 6 p m . Leave Charles City c. h. on Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Richmond on Tuesday by 10 a m —Contract to continue 2 years.
114. From Petersburg by Suffex c. h. to Jerusalem once a week—Leave Petersburg every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Jerusalem by 6 p m . Leave Jerusalem every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Petersburg on Thursday by 10 a m —Contract to continue 2 years.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
115. From Charlotte N. C. to York c. h. S. C. once a week—Leave Charlotte every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at York by 6 p m —Leave York every Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at Charlotte by 6 p m —Contract to continue 2 years.
NOTES.
Note 1. The Postmaster General may alter the times of arrival & departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
Note 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified.
Note 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contracts, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails destined for such depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of 5 dollars shall be incurred.
Note 4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mails: and if any person, making proposals, desires to carry newspapers other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry it with that emolument and for what sum without that emolument.
Note 5. Should any person, making proposals, desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals, the alterations desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of his contract.
Note 6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year.—Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the month of August, November, February and May, one month after the expiration of each quarter.
Note 7. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue in force until the 1st October 1805, excepting such routes as have a particular note respecting the continuance of the contract.
JOSEPH HABERSHAM,
Postmaster General.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, WASHINGTON CITY, April 27, 1801.